The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

"Thank you, Third Master."

When Ruizhu brought the Go chess, Lin Yun first taught a few people the methods and rules of Gobang. This game is easy to learn and not difficult.

Qin Keqing learned it very quickly. At the beginning, Lin Yun could kill her instantly.

After losing several games in a row, Qin Keqing found the trick, which was to keep calm and block the opponent's anger.

Lin Yun lost his temper by this kind of trick, and regretted that he shouldn't ask for trouble.

The two were wrestling with each other on the chessboard when they heard Shi Xiangyun's laughter coming from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the bead curtain was opened from the outside, and a group of girls came in talking and laughing.

Lin Yun looked up and saw Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Xiangling, Yingge, Zicuckoo, Hibiscus, Pearl, Snow Goose, Cuixi, etc. coming in.

Daiyu, who was walking in front, said with a smile: "I guessed it right, brother is indeed here."

Qin Keqing stood up quickly and said with a smile: "You two sisters are here just in time. Your brother has studied a new method and asked him to teach you."

Shi Xiangyun happily said: "Brother Lin, what's the new way to play? Quickly teach us."

Lin Yun jokingly said: "I can teach you, but you are not allowed to cry if you lose."

"Hee hee hee~" Daiyu covered her mouth and snickered.

Shi Xiangyun rolled up his sleeves, sat opposite Lin Yun, and said, "Just wait and see, I will definitely win a game against Brother Lin today."

While picking up the go pieces, Lin Yun asked Daiyu, "Sister, have Baoyu and Sister Baochai gone back?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "It's already gone, the ancestor and aunt sent someone to pick it up."

Shi Xiangyun: "We originally wanted Sister Liubao to stay here for a few days, but she said she wouldn't go back for fear that my aunt would worry."

Lin Yun said in his heart: "Your elder sister Bao wants to enter the palace to be a female historian, how dare you live with me."

Shi Xiangyun has a flexible mind, and he was very handy when he learned backgammon. He defeated Lin Yun on the chessboard within a few games.

Daiyu felt itchy, so she pushed Lin Yun away and sat down to play against Shi Xiangyun.

Both of them have the same intelligence, but when they play against each other, they are very similar, and each has his own outcome.

Xiangling watched for a while, then she also took Yingge to her room to face him.Rhododendron, Hibiscus, Snow Goose, and Cuixi are also eager to try, wishing they could find a place to play against each other immediately.

Lin Yun secretly regretted it when he saw it, "It would be great fun to cultivate a group of gamblers."

Chapter 232: What do slaves study for?

Rongguo Mansion, Lixiangyuan.

When Baochai came back from Linyuan, she didn't go back to her room to rest, but went to pay her mother's greetings first.

When I walked into the bedroom, I saw Aunt Xue sitting on the kang, looking through the account books.

Seeing Baochai coming in from the outside, Aunt Xue quickly put down the account book in her hand, got up and took Baochai's little hand, and sat down on the kang.

Aunt Xue: "When you go to the mansion over there today, have you ever seen Brother Yun's daughter-in-law?"

Baochai took off his cloak and handed it to Ying'er next to him. Then he smiled at Aunt Xue and said, "I met her when I went there. My brother is right. Sister-in-law Yun is indeed a good person. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a good personality." Also gentle.”

Aunt Xue: "I heard that Brother Yun went to Jinxiangyuan with your brother, why didn't he stay in the mansion to accompany you?"

Baochai: "I'm afraid my mother is thinking about it. Brother Lin is not Brother Bao. How could he hang out with girls in the inner house. I heard from Sister Yun that when she lived in Linyuan, Brother Lin was rarely seen. Go bother her and Sister Lin, and ask them to go over to discuss anything."

Aunt Xue nodded in praise and said, "I was worried that it would be inappropriate for you to go there, but now that you have said it like this, Brother Yun is indeed a polite person."

At this time, a little maid came in with two cups of hot tea and handed them to the mother and daughter respectively.

Baochai picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Mother, brother is still drunk?"

Aunt Xue: "Don't talk about that evil one. I asked him to take you to Linyuan. When he arrived, he went to Jinxiangyuan to drink. He was actually drunk."

Baochai persuaded: "Brother is a boy after all, so it is necessary to socialize outside."

"Brother Yun went with him, why didn't he drink too much?"

Baochai thought: "Can this be compared? Brother Lin went to Jinxiangyuan to make friends with Prince Xuan's grandson, and brother is purely to join in the fun. If Brother Lin didn't take him with him, how could the young prince play with him?"

"Mother, when I came in just now, you seemed to be flipping through the account book. Could it be that there is a mistake in the account?"

Aunt Xue said with a bitter face: "The income of the shops here in the capital is decreasing day by day. I have checked the account books everywhere, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"Most of the managers outside are masters of accounting. How can my mother tell the truth from the fake? In my daughter's opinion, it's better to ask someone to hire some accountants outside to help you check the accounts everywhere."

Aunt Xue shook her head and said: "I tried this in Jinling, and it was of no use."

Baochai hesitated and said: "Mother, how about asking Brother Lin to help us check the accounts?"

"This~"

Aunt Xue was quite moved when she heard the words, but she was also worried that Lin Yun would collude with the stewards of the Xue family to embezzle the Xue family's business.

Baochai naturally understood her mother's thoughts, she hurriedly persuaded: "Mother, elder brother Lin is a gentleman, how could he do such a thing as embezzlement of relatives' property."

Aunt Xue: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts is of great importance. Let mother think about it again."

"Ok."

Mother and daughter were talking in the room when they saw Xue Pan walking in with a drunken look on his face.

Seeing that his sister was also in the room, Xue Pan said in surprise: "Sister, you have come back? I was thinking of going to Lin Yuan to pick you up."

Baochai smiled and said, "Thank you brother."

Xue Pan picked up the teacup on the Kang table, raised his neck and drank it in one gulp.

Aunt Xue scolded him: "You bastard, that's your sister's teacup, why do you drink it right away?"

Xue Pan shook his head and said, "I thought it was the tea my mother drank."

"It's mine, and you can't drink it either."

Baochai hurriedly said, "My brother drank too much and his mind is a little unclear. Mother, don't blame him."

"My sister should be considerate of me. Mother is always making a fuss. Since you think I'm in the way, I'll go back and go to sleep."

After Xue Pan finished speaking, he staggered towards the door.

The mother and daughter glanced at each other, both shook their heads helplessly and smiled wryly.

...

Here, after Baoyu came back, he also went to pay his respects to the old lady first.

Mother Jia was worried about Baoyu and didn't even take a nap, waiting for him to come back.

After Baoyu had saluted, Jiamu called him to sit beside her and asked him, "How about going to Linyuan to play today?"

Baoyu nodded and said, "Very good! Besides Sister Lin and Sister Bao, Sister Xiangyun also went."

"Oh? Your sister Yun went too."

Baoyu: "Sister Yun has not only gone, but I heard that she will stay there for a while longer."

Jia Mu nodded, and then asked, "Did Brother Lin play around with you?"

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"No. I heard that Brother Lin and Brother Xue went out to do errands together and didn't come back at noon."

After a pause, Baoyu said again: "I also met Qin Zhong, Brother Lin's brother-in-law today. That Qin Zhong is handsome and has a good temperament. I want to invite him to study at the ethnology in our mansion. What does the ancestor think? "

Mother Jia laughed and said, "What stupid things are you talking about? That's your Brother Qin's brother-in-law, how can I make decisions for him."

Baoyu: "Brother Lin listens to his ancestors the most. You just need to talk to him. Maybe this can be done."

Mother Jia raised her face and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is not in line with etiquette. How can I force you, Brother Lin, to do something beyond etiquette?"

Baoyu wanted to grind a few more words, but saw Jia Mu standing up and saying, "I'm tired too, Baoyu, go back and have a rest first."

"Yes, my ancestor."

Seeing that Jia's mother was going to rest, Baoyu had to leave.

...

After leaving Jiamuyuan, he went to pay his respects to Mrs. Wang, and then returned to Bisha Kitchen to rest.

Walking into her bedroom, she saw that Xiren was the only one in the room, and the other maids were gone.

As Xiren untied Baoyu's cloak, he asked with concern, "Second Master came back so late, have you eaten yet?"

"It's already been used."

Baoyu replied, then went to sit on the warm kang, rubbed his hands together and said, "Where did they go?"

"They all went to play cards. I saw that the second master didn't come back at noon, so I just went with them."

Baoyu sighed when he heard this, and said, "I always thought that the maids in my house were all the best, but who would have raised a group of gamblers?"

Xiren took a cup of hot tea, handed it to Baoyu, and said, "What's the matter with Second Master today? Usually they also play cards, but I never see you talking about them."

Baoyu: "You don't know, not only are the maids in Brother Lin's house beautiful, but most of them can read and write. Some of them can read poetry. How can you compare?"

Xiren: "The maids in my nephew's mansion didn't come from us. If they were trained well, it's our mansion's credit."

"You don't understand, like Sister Ping'er, Brother Ying, and Fu Rong, they all can't read much. But the Xiangling girl in Brother Lin's house, it doesn't matter if she is beautiful, she can read poems that fit the occasion , Do you think it's surprising?"

Xiren retorted: "Slaves serve their masters, what are they doing with so many books? If that Xiangling was in our house, she must have been kicked out by the order of the old lady."

"Stupid! I'm telling you what to do, it's really playing the piano."

Baoyu complained with disgust, then got up and walked out the door.

The attacker rushed to catch up and shouted: "Second Master, it's cold outside, it's not too late to put on the cloak before going out."

Baoyu: "No, I'll go sit with the third sister."

...

Chapter 233: Daiyu is sick

In the middle of the night, Lin Yun had a nightmare.

In the dream, he and his eight hundred soldiers were sent to the northwest battlefield to fight the Mongols, and they all died tragically under the iron hoofs of the Mongolian cavalry.