Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 151 Jialinxue!
"Second brother, it's time to go."

After breakfast, Xinda packed his bags.He came behind Chen Heng who had stopped to think, and said softly.

"Well, wait a minute."

Chen Heng was still having a headache writing something on the rice paper in front of him.Seeing this, Xinda retreated to the window to help his brother watch the sky.

Today is a cloudy day, as it has been for the past few days.The clouds were gathering, as if it was going to rain heavily.But the people of Yangzhou had been looking forward to it for a long time, but they didn't see a drop of rain fall, so they could only worry about the dark clouds.

However, days like this are suitable for traveling far away.

As the weather gets warmer, the beautiful boys and girls can change into bright spring clothes after taking off their heavy winter clothes.

Miss Lin's travel date, remember, is today.Xinda happened to see a ray of morning light piercing the clouds, and the golden light looked bright. He thought it would not rain today.As soon as he stopped thinking, he turned his head and looked at his brother with some worry, fearing that the other party would delay his farewell.

Fortunately, Chen Heng didn't keep him waiting long, he just heard 'I thought of it'.Xinda saw Chen Heng pick up the pen, and began to write ink on the paper with great concentration.

Not long after, Chen Heng put away his pen, got up and left his seat with a comfortable expression, and smiled at his younger brother: "We will set off when the ink is dry."

"Okay." Xinda stepped forward quickly. He has been with Chen Heng for a while and knows how to deal with such objects.

I saw him dig out a book bag of a moderate size from the bookshelf, and took a fan to the far side of the desk, fanning the pressed rice paper softly.

When Chen Heng saw his brother's behavior, he couldn't help but said with a smile: "It's okay, just put it there, we have time."

"We are going to send someone off, so it's better than arriving later than the host's house."

Xinda felt that his brother was a bit dumb, but the other party was a member of the prefect's family.

We ordinary people are lucky to be able to make friends, how can we not be cautious in everything.

But I begged my brother for nothing, and Xinda didn't want Chen Heng to let others find fault with the details.

Chen Heng saw it and knew that the other party was thinking of him.Simply don't break the other party's mind, after all, it's not a big deal.

The key to this problem is that one's own foundation is weak, which makes people around him cautious about everyone they meet.

For this kind of matter, you can only rely on your own efforts to solve it in the future.

Without thinking too much, Chen Heng waited until the rice paper was packed into a bag, took Xinda with him and rushed to the pier in the city.

Pass the tourists and vendors in the streets and alleys, and walk slowly on the long streets.When they arrived, there were already many people standing on the pier.

The sun appeared briefly once, and was covered by the gathering dark clouds.But that golden halo is still rendering the world in front of me through the clouds.

In the world of white walls and black tiles, the light yellow soft light spreads to the end of the line of sight.

The waves pushed the official ship to the shore, and the guard patiently explained to the traveler that the magistrate's wife was about to travel.

On the open space circled by the guards were people from Yangzhou City who came to see him off, as well as Uncle Lin's family.

Chen Heng was a little blocked by the guards, but a few servants saw the young master who was inconvenient, so they rushed up to usher him in.

"Brother." Lin Jue saw Chen Heng at a glance, and hurriedly ran from Uncle Lin.He noticed what the other party was holding in his hand, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Brother, is this a gift from you to sister?"

"Yeah." Chen Heng nodded, "I'm not late."

"We have just arrived. Brother, I haven't seen you give me a gift." Lin Jue's expression was a little unhappy, always feeling that he had suffered a big loss, "If I had known, I would have followed my mother and sister to visit the capital together. gone."

Because Lin Jue was still young, Jia was worried about his health, so he simply let him study with Wang Xianming at home with peace of mind.With only Daiyu, he went to the capital to visit his grandmother, who was suffering from illness.

"Okay, I'll give you a set when it's your birthday." Chen Heng showed a funny subtle expression when he heard this.

This kid is just ignorant. He didn't know that Chen Qingyue was afraid that he would mention the word 'gift' now.

"Brother, are you serious?" Lin Jue was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Chen Heng to be a guarantee.

"Of course, if a gentleman says something, it's hard to chase." Chen Heng shook his head with a smile, walked to Lin Ruhai, saluted and said hello, "Uncle."

"Have you eaten?" Lin Ruhai looked very tired. He had been busy with river channels and river embankments recently, and often rushed outside the city.Today I also squeezed in half a day's free time to give my wife and daughter a gift.

Chen Heng hurriedly nodded, and the two chatted for a while, chatting about family matters.He got up again and looked at Jia Shi who was socializing in the distance. Many officials and wives in the city came to see him off.Those who can come are qualified, and each family naturally carries different gifts in their hands.

Those who couldn't make it in time also entrusted someone to forward the gift list and gift box.These things are naturally registered by the steward of the Lin family.

When Mr. Jia comes back from the capital, those who want to make friends should return some small gifts, and those who want to have a deep friendship should wait until after the festival.As for people who are treated the same as the Wang family, they can stop thinking about moving around in the future.

Chen Heng stood far away and couldn't hear the inside story.Just watching the scene was very lively, especially when I saw Daiyu, who had to force a smile to keep her company, I felt secretly happy in my heart.

However, he looked around and found two people who were extremely rare on weekdays.Miaoyu and her master, whom they haven't seen for an unknown amount of time, seem to be accompanying the Lin family to Beijing.

This was a strange thing. Chen Heng felt surprised and couldn't ask Uncle Lin beside him.

You must know that after the couple lived in Lin's house, they have been living in seclusion in the backyard.The Lin family deliberately vacated a courtyard for the two masters and apprentices to eat fast and chant Buddha, and they have been raising the master and apprentice to this day.

I didn't expect to meet again, and it was already the time of farewell at the dock.

Chen Heng visited the Lin Mansion several times as a guest, but he never had the chance to see Miaoyu once.It can be seen that the temperament of the master and apprentice is cooler than ordinary people.

But monks can also understand.Chen Heng accompanied Uncle Lin to watch for a while, and then he saw Mrs. Jia walking with her daughter.

Talking with other wives, Jia Shi also had some headaches.But their Lin family is becoming more and more noble now, so there is no way for this kind of communication.

Chen Heng noticed his aunt's tired look, and when she stood in front of her, he simply said hello.

"Heng'er."

"aunt."

After the two greeted each other, Chen Heng saluted Jia Lian again.The two of them didn't talk much, they just smiled and said a few scene words.

We are not from the same world, we just need to maintain polite communication.

After Chen Heng finished talking with the others, Lin Daiyu put on a straight face, shook her head slightly, and looked straight at her elder brother.

This little girl is still holding back her anger over the quarrel with Jia Lian, and she doesn't want to make more gestures in front of her.

Chen Heng looked at the other party's thick dark circles, and at a glance, he knew that Daiyu hadn't had a good rest in the past two days, so he couldn't help frowning, "No matter how uncomfortable it is, you should pay attention to your body. The prayer beads that Aunt Shui specially gave you are to Keeping you safe is not about making you think about others and secretly hurt yourself."

It's really three days of recognition, when you look at each other with admiration.Lin Daiyu blinked, she didn't know that her elder brother was so good at deceiving people.

With these words, using Aunt Shui's intentions to point her to her is much better than dryly telling her to pay attention to her body.

He won't secretly ask someone for advice behind my back, right?

Thinking of this, Daiyu pursed her lips and said, "Brother, don't try to be bad."

Jia Lian's performance in the Lin family recently taught Lin Daiyu a good lesson.This little girl really couldn't comment on her cousin's style, so she had no choice but to be a dumb monk.It's just that after hearing about those colorful worlds, the girl's perception is different from before.

The heads of these two people were brought together, with Lin Jue in the middle, and the Lins and his wife on the other side saying goodbye one by one, making Jia Lian look like a guest.He was also bored when he was idle, so he could only stare at Chen Heng and Daiyu.

What my sister said made Chen Heng confused.Seeing Jia Lian looking over, he straightened his face and reprimanded lightly, "What nonsense are you talking about?" He turned around and waved to Xinda, taking the things he had prepared earlier from the other party, "Your birthday will not be in time this time, these The gift will be given to you in advance. This time, don't complain that I didn't send anything. "

When Lin Daiyu heard this, joy rose in her heart.Looking at the other person's tired look, he said with some distress: "It's not that I won't come back, it will only be a month or two at most. Brother, it's the same thing if you wait until I come back."

I believe there is a ghost in your words, Chen Heng pretended not to hear, and said to himself.

"It's mainly coincidence. When I was free a few days ago, I went out to look around, trying to find something that suits you. In the end, I really came across it."

Chen Heng held the wooden cage covered with black cloth, and lifted a corner in front of Sister Lin, only to see a little raccoon cat lying in the cage and sleeping.

"I can't think of anything to give as a gift." Chen Heng explained calmly, "The store said that its mother has a gentle temper and never hurt anyone. I think it also likes to catch flying insects and has a very lively temperament. If you think it is suitable, I will buy it for you. coming."

Daiyu took the wooden cage from her brother, but was a little reluctant to hand it over to someone else. She just stood silently, listening to Chen Heng continue to chatter, "I have written the matters about raising cats in the book. You remember to go with Xueyan Look. You have to be careful when raising them."

He took out a book bag and a letter from his bosom. Seeing that Daiyu was holding on to the wooden cage and would not let go, Chen Heng simply handed it to Xueyan. "Everything that should be said is in the letter." He emphasized again, "on the road...be careful."

"Brother, don't you want to part with it?" Daiyu's mouth curled into an arc, she hugged the wooden cage and dared not move, she just poked her head with a smile, "Don't worry, Yu'er will go back quickly."

Chen Heng didn't comment, just looked at the younger sister who grew up together, and said helplessly: "If you encounter any difficult or troublesome things. If you can't solve them, just write to me."

"Got it." Lin Daiyu nodded with a smile, and she glanced at her elder brother in front of her.He hurriedly looked away again, and happened to see the servants of the Lin family carrying things onto the boat, box by box.

When the wind blows the waves, the sound of the tide bursts.

Seeing Jiang Feng urging to see off the guests, the girl who had been nodding before suddenly smiled and said, "I'm leaving."

The emotion of parting rose between the two of them like this.The slightly cold wind in February passed through the corners of their clothes through the gaps.

Only then did Lin Daiyu realize that since Chen Heng came to Yangzhou, this was the first time that they had been separated for such a long time.

"En." Chen Heng nodded.

"Brother, wait for me to come back."

"it is good."

Lin Jue watched for a long time, seeing that the two finally finished talking, and then came up to take a look at the kitten in the wooden cage.As a result, just as he stretched out his hand, he was slapped away by his sister.

"Brother." Lin Jue was also speechless and began to cry out to Chen Heng, "No, you have to give me a cat."

"Okay, okay, I got it." Before Chen Heng had time to comfort him, Lin Ruhai, who had made peace with Jia, said to everyone: "It's almost time, don't delay other tourists from getting on the boat."

Jia's trip was on an official ship. In order to avoid being squeezed and bumped by others, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to temporarily clear the dock.

It is rare for their family to go back to the capital, and there are too many things to bring there.

But this will inevitably cause inconvenience to others, Lin Ruhai, as a parent official, also urges his wife and daughter to leave quickly.

Jia urged the other party a few more words, signaled Lin Ruhai to take care of her health, and then took the reluctant Daiyu onto the official boat.

Chen Heng held the book bag given by his sister Lin before leaving, and watched the official ship disappear into the blue waves before heading back home with Lin Ruhai.

"Don't forget to review your homework when you go back."

"Well, so is Uncle, patrolling the river embankment, pay attention to safety."

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After returning home, Chen Heng prepared to start studying as usual.But before that, he opened the bookbag that Lin Daiyu gave him, took out the contents, and prepared to sit and read slowly.

The top one is sister Lin's handwritten script. The paper is not thick, but Chen Heng read it very carefully.The story is also simple and generalized.

It is about the daughter of a poor family. Because of a natural disaster, she has no choice but to sell herself in the Duke's mansion, and is severely criticized by her master in every possible way.In the end, he planned to escape from the Duke's mansion, but was rescued by a farmer's son outside the city, and raised a son who was the champion in the exam.

This story looks ordinary, but it cannot stand up to Daiyu's excellent writing style, so it is catchy to read.What's more, judging from Daiyu's notes at the end of the article, it should only be a first draft and has not yet been fully finalized.

"Brother, I can't go to Aunt Shui's mourning hall, so I can only ask you to burn this manuscript to Aunt Shui for me. My sister once told Aunt Shui that she should be the first to see the written script."

That's right, Chen Heng already knew it in his mind. He had guessed that the prototype of this script was Aunt Shui.It's just that from his perspective of reading books for many years, this story is still a little bit of succession and transition.

However, as Daiyu's debut work, it is already very good.Moreover, in the current literary world, women are willing to use women as the main characters to start the story.Apart from his "The Legend of Shushan Heroes", there is really only Daiyu's work, which is considered a blank area.

In addition, with Daiyu's literary background here, Chen Heng is still very optimistic about the prospects of this storybook.

He put down the storybook and opened the letter written by his sister.I saw a short article written on it, in the name of Xiaoxiangzi, about how a woman who was oppressed in the capital escaped all the way to Yangzhou and died of illness.

Just looking at the style of writing and the choice of words, this essay is much simpler and sharper than the script.

Chen Hengguang guessed from this way of writing that Daiyu wanted to post it on newspapers.

Looking back, it turned out to be the case.

"This article, I also ask my brother to help my sister distribute it to the newspaper shop."

Chen Heng turned the article back to the previous night, only staring at Daiyu's last short summary sentence: "Life withers like a flower, falling on paper and becoming an article."

Such vernacular sentences are very similar to Chen Heng's writing style.

The two of them grew up studying together, and when Lin Daiyu wrote articles, her style was very similar to that of Chen Heng.

Regarding the pros and cons of this point, Chen Heng had discussed it with her at the beginning.

"Articles in newspapers are meant to be read by ordinary people after all. People who work in the fields may not like the style of writing that scholars love."

"I think the storybook is the storybook, and the newspaper is the newspaper. The former can write freely, but the latter is better. It is the meaning of our newspaper to let more people see and understand it."

This passage was said by Chen Heng to Sister Lin when he was discussing the significance of the newspaper.Unexpectedly, the other party actually listened.And on top of it, improve the style of writing.

This is the first time that my sister has independently published an article in a newspaper.The quality of the article is also excellent, taking into account the beautiful diction on the basis of realism.

In just a few hundred words, the life of a suffering woman is written on paper.People can't help but hug their wrists and sigh for the experience of the people in the article after reading it.

Chen Heng thought for a while, then directly picked up a pen and added on the paper: "The beauty of writing has the style of Yuefu in Qin and Han Dynasties. The far-reaching conception has the spirit of great masters in Tang and Song Dynasties."

The signature is naturally Mr. Yuan He.

He wants to help his younger sister.

When Xinda walked into the room with tea, he saw Chen Heng busy with his head on the table, and quickly said in surprise: "Second brother, why don't you close the window before doing business."

Chen Heng realized later that when he went out, Xinda opened the window to ventilate the room.

"Haha, I didn't pay attention." Chen Heng smiled and continued to copy things.

After Xinda closed the window, he walked up to his brother. Seeing that the other party was copying Miss Lin's things, he couldn't help wondering, "What is brother doing?"

"I'm done copying." Chen Heng couldn't explain, so he could only say something perfunctory.

This is his own selfishness.

The younger sister's storybook is quite commemorative, and Chen Heng plans to keep it as a treasure. When she writes a better story in the future, he will show the original to the other party, so that she can look back on her growth.

As for the portion to burn for Aunt Shui, Chen Heng had to write it by hand.

"Oh." Xinda didn't hesitate to ask. He found a book from the bookshelf and sat next to his brother with a stool.

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At this time, Daiyu was also opening her brother's letter.The official ship sailed smoothly on the canal, and the civet cat was released from its cage and curiously looked at the new world and its new owner.

Xue Yan liked this gadget very much, and while the lady was busy, she had already started playing with the kitten.

Daiyu glanced at Xueyan and opened the cat breeding manual written by Chen Heng.The above things are described in accordance with the sub-sections.He recorded Chen Heng's knowledge about raising cats in his previous life in great detail, and also focused on the disposition of raccoon cats.

After reading the manual, Daiyu handed it to Xueyan, so that the other party could learn it together.On the other hand, he continued to open the book bag, which contained the paperwork written by Chen Heng specially for her.

The first article is about the life story of Tan Yunxian, a female doctor in the Ming Dynasty. Chen Heng was studying Ming history recently, and happened to notice this gentleman in medicine.

To say that this female doctor is quite legendary.From Fang Bolan's life, Chen Heng took his indomitable spirit of seeing beacon smoke as a good day, and broke Tan Yunxian's feelings and ambitions to his sister.

"Life is turned upside down like waves, and I set sail to help the sea."

This half-sentence poem was written by Chen Heng when he was helping refugees outside the city.

Facing the chaotic and uneasy situation at that time, Chen Heng only had the idea of ​​serving the public service wholeheartedly.Doesn't he hope that his younger sister will follow his method, and only hope that the other party will not mourn too much because of Aunt Shui's incident.

The matter of life and death has its own number of days.For the rest of us, just be a walker who lives up to this life.

"Sister, the words in the other envelope, I often use it as my ambition, and put it on the table to remind myself. I hope you and I will encourage each other."

Lin Daiyu opened the last paper bag, took out the rice paper and spread it out.I saw a line of flamboyant and phoenix dancing characters, with a vigorous vigor rushing to my face, vividly on the paper.

"Tian Xingjian, the gentleman is self-improvement."

The elder brother tried so hard to persuade him, why didn't Daiyu understand the other party's mind.

Chen Heng was worried that she would fall into a state of self-pity, thinking that everything in the world was as cruel as Aunt Shui.

Only then did he come up with the exhortation method of using the civet cat as a companion and using the example of his predecessors and himself.

Feeling the other party's deep concern, even though she was half a day away from Yangzhou, Daiyu was still surrounded by warm care.

In front of Xueyan, she held the rice paper in her arms like a baby, and said foolishly: "It's so much that people start to miss it."

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The official ship that the Lin family was on was conspicuous, with wooden signs such as 'Yangzhou Prefect' and 'Rongguo Mansion' on the bow, and all merchant ships and passenger ships along the way avoided it by three points.

Jia Lian's room is at the bow of the ship, and when you open the door there is a platform.Putting up a soft-covered bench, you can not only have a clear view of the boats dodging on the river, but also enjoy the pleasure of riding the wind and waves.

"There will be times when the wind and the waves cleave, and the clouds and sails will be hung directly to help the sea. Li Bai's poems are really refreshing to read."

He couldn't help but feel a little proud, he successfully invited back to his aunt's family today, and when he got home, he didn't know how much praise he would receive from the old lady.

The attendants saw that the second master was in a good mood, so he hurriedly said some polite words.What he said was nothing more than "Sure enough, the second master should go out" and so on.

A more clever servant suddenly pointed to a similarly shaped ship in the distance and said, "Second Master, look. The sign on that ship seems to be our relative."

Jia Lian propped himself up from the reclining chair, holding a clairvoyance sent by Xiyang in his hand, which was just right for inspection.In the circular hole, you can see the words 'Jinling Xuejia' standing on the official ship breaking through the waves in the distance.

There are still a few Xue families in Jinling, who can use such a large official ship.When Jia Lian thought about it, he agreed with the servant's judgment.

"It turned out to be them?!"

Jia Lian didn't expect this to happen. The relationship between his family and the Xue family was too complicated.But there is no way around the Wang family, but with this seniority, do you have to settle with Madam?Or should we start with the second aunt?
Thinking left and right, Jia Lian suddenly laughed.What worries him? Isn't there an elder on board?

It is appropriate to leave this matter to my aunt to decide.

Jia Lian happily ran to Jia's room with the matter of encountering Xue's family on the road.

I thought it was a coincidence made in heaven, to make people meet old friends in other places.

Thinking of Jia's smiling face, after hearing Jia Lian's words, he said, "you must pay attention to safety when sailing on the river, let's wait until the capital."

After all the trouble, Jia Lian had no choice but to leave in a hurry.My dear aunt, how do we know where the Xue family disembarked.

He shook his head helplessly, but he could tell that Jia Shi didn't want to get in touch with Xue's family, so he had to give up.

But some things are just so coincidental.Seven or eight days later, wait for their ships to arrive at the Jingshi Wharf.

The Xue family's boat even docked here.

　Although I came late, the number of words is enough.I started polishing at seven, and now.Ahhh, the pain.I haven't played games for a few months, read novels
　　
　
(End of this chapter)