The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Yuanyang didn't dare to say one more thing, that is, it is enough for Jiamu to have Baoyu who doesn't like reading, and Jialan can't be turned into a second Baoyu.

After sending the mandarin ducks away, Suyun went back to the house, but did not see Li Wan's figure. After asking the little maid, she found out that Li Wan had gone to Lan Ge'er's study.

She thought to herself: "Grandma must have understood what the old lady is thinking, and went to tell Lang Geer to go."

Chapter 88: Being humble but not daring to forget about worrying about the country

While Jia Lian was being beaten, Lin Yun and Qin Xiaoting went to visit Ding Yuannan's home.

Ding Yuannan's family lives on the west side of the outer city, which is a gathering area for artisans and households, and it is also the poorest and most messy shanty town in the city.

Walking on the streets strewn with sewage, mud, and debris, you can see dilapidated houses of different heights and short ones. A few teenagers in ragged clothes are chasing and playing on the dirt. From time to time, children run past Lin Yun and others, splashing. The mud stains on several people's clothes were stained.

Qin Xiaoting must have been here many times. Several young men ran out of the house and greeted him warmly.

A dark-faced young man shouted at Qin Xiaoting: "Uncle Qin, are you here to visit Ding Xiucai again?"

Qin Xiaoting smiled and said: "We are here to invite Yuan Nan out for a drink, I wonder if he is here?"

The young man turned his head and pointed behind him, and said, "Yes, Ding Xiucai and his family seem to be repairing the house."

"is it?"

Lin Yun looked in the direction of the man's finger and saw people outside a small single-family courtyard coming in and out from time to time, carrying uneven lengths of wood on their shoulders.

As soon as they got close, they saw a dirty Ding Yuannan running out of the yard, and smiled at them, "Brother Qin, Brother Yun, why are you here?"

Qin Xiaoting: "We originally wanted to invite you to Jinxiangyuan for a drink, but depending on your situation, I'm afraid we can't go."

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Ding Yuannan said embarrassingly: "I'm really sorry, the heavy snow a few days ago almost collapsed my house, I was worried that it would snow again later, so I asked someone to repair it."

Qin Xiaoting looked at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Yun, look~"

Lin Yun reached out and took off his coat and said: "Since we have encountered him, let's help him."

Ding Yuannan asked anxiously: "How can this be done?"

Lin Yun: "We are all friends, so little things are nothing. Don't underestimate me. When I was in my hometown, I did manual labor."

Seeing what Lin Yun said, Qin Xiaoting had no choice but to take off his coat and said: "Yuannan, please don't be polite to us. There are many people here, so if you help us, it will be over soon."

Lin Yun turned back to Xiao Mo and Zhong Yi and said, "Don't be idle, both of you, come and help with work."

Xiao Mo's face turned dark when he heard this, he was not afraid of work, but he was worried about the clothes on his body, he had heard that he was going to Jinxiangyuan, so he specially changed his outfit, this is the end.

Under the leadership of Lin Yun, several people walked quickly into the courtyard and repaired the house together with the craftsmen.

...

A busy young woman saw a guest, so she hurried over and asked Ding Yuannan, "Husband, who is the son who came with the uncle of the Qin family?"

Ding Yuannan: "He is my roommate friend, named Lin Yun, and he is also a scholar."

Woman: "Looking at the luxurious clothes on his body, he must be the son of a rich family?"

Ding Yuannan nodded, then beckoned to his younger brother Ding Yuanxi who was busy, and told him: "Yuanxi, hurry up and buy more meat, I want to entertain two friends for my brother."

Ding Yuanxi said with a bitter face: "Brother, how can there be any money, the materials for repairing the house are still owed."

After hearing this, the woman pulled out a silver hairpin from her head, handed it to Ding Yuanxi and said, "Second brother, you can pawn this."

Ding Yuanxi said anxiously: "Sister-in-law, this is your last piece of jewelry."

The woman laughed and said, "You can buy the jewelry after it's gone. You can't let your elder brother lose his manners in front of his friends."

Ding Yuanxi looked at his elder brother in embarrassment, wondering if he should listen to his sister-in-law.

Woman: "Go quickly, don't let others see and make fun of us."

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Ding Yuannan gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to your sister-in-law, go quickly."

"Ok."

After Ding Yuanxi left, the woman smiled at Ding Yuannan: "Husband, hurry up and get busy, I'm going to prepare food right now, so that I can entertain your two friends."

Ding Yuannan nodded and didn't speak, but turned around and ran to work.

Many people are easy to do. After adding four or five strong laborers, the house was quickly repaired.

Lin Yun originally wanted to say goodbye, but under Ding Yuannan's persistent invitation, he decided to stay and have dinner with everyone.

...

In the living room, Ding Yuannan poured tea for the two of them, and said apologetically, "Brother Qin, Brother Yun, the humble house is simple, if there is a lack of hospitality, I hope you will forgive me."

Qin Xiaoting said happily, "Yuan Nan, you've missed your words. It's not like you don't know what kind of life we ​​lived in the academy."

Lin Yun also smiled and said, "When I think about helping Brother Qin clean the toilet, I even eat a lot less."

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Qin Xiaoting: "No way, I see that you are faster than anyone else in the academy."

"Aren't I just hungry?"

Lin Yun suddenly remembered and asked, "Brother Yuan Nan, didn't you say you have a child? Why didn't I see it?"

"The child is with his mother."

After Ding Yuannan finished speaking, he got up and walked out of the living room, and shouted towards the kitchen: "Xiu Niang, bring Ming'er over here to meet the guests."

A moment later, a young woman in a blue padded jacket pulled a little boy into the living room.

Lin Yun hurriedly stood up to greet her, and smiled at the woman, "Lin Yun has seen my sister-in-law."

The woman bent back and said: "Young master, don't be too polite, I dare not be a concubine."

After finishing speaking, she told the child again: "Ming'er, show respect to Uncle Lin quickly."

The little boy bowed towards Lin Yun in a resemblance and said, "Ming'er greets Uncle Lin."

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Lin Yunle said: "That's right, this kid will definitely be more promising than Brother Yuan Nan in the future."

After speaking, he took out a few silver spoons from his pocket and stuffed them to the little boy, "Take them to buy candy."

The little boy turned his head to look at his parents, wondering whether he should accept it or not.

Lin Yun smiled at Ding Yuannan, "Brother Yunnan, your family education is quite strict."

Ding Yuannan smiled shyly, then said to the little boy, "Thank you, Uncle Lin."

"Thank you, Uncle Lin."

The little boy took the silver box and bowed to Lin Yun again,

At this moment, a young man with a similar appearance to Ding Yuannan walked in, and said to Ding Yuannan, "Brother, can we start the banquet?"

"Ah."

Ding Yuannan responded, and then introduced to Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, this is my second brother Ding Yuanxi."

"Yuanxi, this is your elder brother Lin Yun."

Ding Yuanxi hurriedly clasped his fists at Lin Yun and said, "Yuanxi met Big Brother Lin."

Lin Yun smiled back and said, "You're welcome, I don't know if I'm older than you."

Qin Xiaoting smiled and said, "Yuanxi is also thirteen this year, the same year as Brother Yun."

Ding Yuannan: "My younger brother's birthday in October is slightly younger than Brother Yun's."

"Is Far West studying?"

Ding Yuanxi: "No, I am an apprentice in a firearms workshop."

"Oh,"

Lin Yun became interested as soon as he heard it, he pulled Ding Yuanxi to sit down at the dining table, and said excitedly: "Yuanxi, I am also interested in firecrackers, let's have a good chat."

Ding Yuanxi said inexplicably: "What's so interesting about firecrackers? Most soldiers in the army don't like to use that thing. I don't even want to learn it."

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After finishing speaking, he said to Qin Xiaoting again: "Brother Qin, I want to join the army, please help me talk to my brother."

Hearing the words, Ding Yuannan said urgently: "Don't even think about it, just go and be your apprentice at ease."

Ding Yuanxi said dissatisfiedly: "I am tired of doing that kind of thing that no one wants every day."

Lin Yun suddenly said: "Yuan Xi, let me introduce you to do business."

Ding Yuanxi said with disgust on his face: "Merchants are lowly, I don't want to do it."

"Uh."

Qin Xiaoting hurriedly said: "Drink first. Yuan Nan, bring the wine quickly, let's chat while drinking."

When Ding Yuanxi heard this, he wanted to go down.

Lin Yun quickly pulled him back and said, "Yuanxi, let's talk about firecrackers. I have an idea. Help me think about it and see if it's feasible."

Ding Yuanxi: "The firecracker is heavy and hard to use, so what's there to talk about?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "I have an idea, that is to remove the matchlock from the firecracker and use tunnel stones to fire it. It would be much more convenient."

Ding Yuanxi: "How is this possible? How can gunpowder be ignited without a match?"

Lin Yun picked up the teacup, poured some water on the table, then I dipped my fingers in the water, drew a picture of a tunnel-fired gun, and introduced to Ding Yuanxi: "This kind of firecracker is divided into front and rear charges, and the rear The breech charge is used to fire, and then the muzzle charge is ignited to launch the projectile."

Qin Xiaoting asked from the side: "If the breech medicine does not have a match, how can it be ignited?"

"Using flint, we clamp a piece of flint on the jaw of the hammer, and set an anvil next to the fire hole. When shooting, pull the trigger, and under the action of the spring, the flint is hit heavily on the edge of the fire door. When sparks come out, the gunpowder can be ignited and fired."

Ding Yuanxi said pleasantly: "Yes, flint can be used to start fire, and it is too easy to ignite gunpowder."

Ding Yuannan also said excitedly: "If we don't use a match rope, can we shoot on rainy days?"