Weiyang of the Red Mansion

"Master, it's windy outside, let's go inside." Yunxiu took a cloak and put it on Lin Lang, persuading him.

In the past two days, the old man didn't know why, whenever he was free, he would stand on the porch and stare at the rain curtain in a daze, if she didn't listen to the persuasion, she couldn't help but tell the old lady to ask the old lady to invite a doctor to show Lin Lang, Is the disease not completely cured?

Lin Lang came back to his senses, and smiled at Yunxiu, "My illness is all cured, Yunxiu doesn't have to worry."

Hearing this, Yunxiu frowned slightly, and wanted to say something to persuade Lin Lang to go in, but seeing that Lin Lang had moved into the house by himself, he couldn't help laughing.

After Lin Lang entered the room, he poured himself a cup of tea. After he was a little bored, he simply went to the study to practice calligraphy.

After three or five days like this, the weather finally cleared up, and Lin Lang was allowed to go out.

With the two servants who were close to me, I went to the streets to play.

The Lin Mansion is located in the west of Chengcheng, on the boundary of the capital, there is a saying that the east is rich, the west is rich, the south is poor, and the north is humble. Liehou's was passed on to his grandfather. In fact, the title has already come to an end. It's just that the emperor is sympathetic to the old ministers, so Lin Lang's grandfather inherited one more generation. But when it comes to Lin Lang's father, Lin Hai, the title is completely gone. She died four years ago, and in less than a year, her grandmother was gone. Now including him, the Lin family has three masters.

His father Lin Hai, his mother Jia Min, and himself.

Lin Lang's father, Lin Hai, was also unlucky. In fact, he was selected as a scholar early. He just wanted to accumulate a few more years, and then took the provincial examination a few years later. Unexpectedly, his grandfather suddenly disappeared, and Lin Hai had to keep his filial piety. Waiting for a year or two, until the next township exam, I was unlucky and fell ill again, and missed a subject of the township exam, and next time, my grandmother passed away again, and I kept my filial piety for another year.

It was so easy to keep the filial piety, and successfully passed the provincial examination. I planned to continue to take the general examination, but my father and mother went again one after another. Otherwise, Lin Hai would have taken the general examination the year before last. Try to wait until next year.

There is no one in Beijing who does not sympathize with Lin Hai, otherwise he would have been a Jinshi early on, and he would not be a Jieyuan until now.

If it wasn't for Lin Hai's wife being the only legitimate daughter of Duke Rong Jia Daishan, who was related to the Rongguo Mansion, the current situation of the Lin family would be bleak.

Even so, Lin Hai has also tasted the warmth and coldness of human relationships in the past three or four years.

Lin Lang had never met his great-grandparents. When he was born, his great-grandparents had already passed away. He had only seen his grandfather and grandmother, but his impression of his grandparents was not very deep. After all, when his grandfather and grandmother died, Lin Lang was only four or five years old. Years old, a few years have passed, and the faces of my grandparents have been almost forgotten.

I went shopping around the street, bought some scattered things, and was about to go back home, when I heard a slightly familiar voice from above my head, "Cousin Lin!! Cousin Lin!!"

If he heard correctly, this person should be calling him.

Xunsheng raised his head to look, and immediately recognized that the person calling him was Lian's second cousin from Rongguo Mansion.

Seeing that Lin Lang saw him, Jia Lian hurriedly waved to him, "Come up!"

Lin Lang was a little puzzled, wondering why Jia Lian greeted him so warmly.

Although he and Jia Lian are direct cousins, they don't actually see each other very often. Jia Lian is already fourteen this year, and there is a full five-year age difference between them. In addition, Jia Lian doesn't like reading, and Lin Lang follows His father was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, fundamentally, the two had no common language, so even though they were first cousins, the two actually didn't know each other at all.

Although they were not very familiar with each other, Lin Lang was not worried that Jia Lian would cheat him because they were cousins. Of course, he was even more curious about the reason why Jia Lian called him up so enthusiastically.

Handing the things in his hand to the boy, he walked into the restaurant with "Qingweiju" hanging on it.

As soon as he went up to the third floor, he saw Jia Lian standing at the door of the elegant room. Seeing him coming up, he walked towards Lin Lang quickly.

"I heard that you were seriously ill a few days ago, but now you seem to be recovering?"

Lin Lang could feel Jia Lian's kind concern, so he smiled and said, "My parents won't let me go out if it's not good."

"It's true." Jia Lian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Lin Lang turned around and said, "Second brother Lian asked me to come up, what's the matter?"

"Hey, what's the matter?" Jia Lian said amusedly, "I just happened to see you by the window and asked you to come up and play together. It's rare to meet you on the street."

In Jia Lian's impression, this cousin Lin was a nerd, and he was always a person. Jia Lian also invited Lin Lang several times, but Lin Lang declined his invitation on the grounds of studying. After many times, Jia Lian stopped calling him Lin Lang. .

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Lin Lang also remembered that Jia Lian had invited him out to play, but he declined them all.

Thinking of this, he probably understood why Jia Lian was so excited to see him.

"Second brother Lian also knows that I was ill a few days ago. After recovering from the illness, my parents didn't allow me to read and worry about my nerves. They just told me to rest well. After a long time, I was also a little bored. It just happened that the sun was clear today, so I went out for a walk. It's time to relax," Lin Lang explained, and then asked, "Second Brother Lian didn't come to the restaurant alone, did he?"

"A few more friends, come and meet with me?" Jia Lian invited with a smile.

Lin Lang smiled and said, "I originally planned to go back to the residence, since we have met each other, we naturally want to meet."

Hearing that, Jia Lian was a little surprised, but he didn't go into details. Maybe it was because Cousin Lin was very happy today that he agreed to him.

When the two entered the private room, Jia Lian introduced to Lin Lang that all the people present were brothers from the Duke's mansion.

After introducing each other's identities, Lin Lang sat down beside Jia Zhu, and said with a smile, "Why isn't Cousin Zhu studying at the mansion today?"

"Second Aunt has been picking a wife for Big Brother Zhu recently. Big Brother Zhu has been asked a lot, so come out with me to relax." Jia Lian said.

Lin Lang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, remembering that Jia Zhu is fifteen years old this year, and he is at the age of seeing each other, so he doesn't know which girl he picked.

"It seems that cousin Zhu's good news is coming soon." Lin Lang said with a smile.

Jia Zhu also laughed, "You boy, I haven't seen you for a few days, but your mouth is getting narrower and narrower. Who did you learn from?"

"I'm self-taught," Lin Lang smiled, and asked again, "I don't know whose girl Second Aunt picked for Cousin Zhu?"

Jia Zhu took a sip of wine and said, "They are all girls from official families, but look, mother is very satisfied with the girls from Li Ji Restaurant."

Li Jijiu?

Lin Lang thought for a while, and said, "Is it the Guozijian offering wine, Li Shouzhong?"

"It's him, and you recognize it?" Jia Zhu asked curiously.

Lin Lang laughed, "Li Jijiu is still in the same subject as my father took the hospital exam back then, and he is fairly familiar. My mother should have met the girl from the Li family too. Why don't I go back and ask my mother what the girl from the Li family looks like, and then Come to inform you?"

"I want it!" Lin Lang's words were obviously teasing, but there were also people who made fun of Jia Zhu.

Jia Zhu's cheeks were flushed by these people's fuss, "If you make such a fuss again, I'll turn my back on you and leave."

"Hey, annoyed, annoyed!"

Jia Zhu got up and made a gesture to leave, Lin Lang and Jia Lian grabbed Jia Zhu from left to right, and pushed him to sit down.

Lin Lang smiled and said, "Brother Zhu, don't be upset, I just said it casually, and I didn't really ask. If I really asked, let my father know, and I will punish him."

"It's just that you have a bad mouth, and you've been ill for a while, so you've become enlightened?" Jia Zhu said angrily.

In fact, Jia Zhu was not really angry, but just put on a show, and everyone knew it well.

Lin Lang apologized with a smile, "I'll replace wine with tea, how about I make amends to Cousin Zhu?"

"That's all, let uncle know, he thought I was bullying you." Jia Zhu waved his hand.

Lin Lang played with this group of people for a while, and then took the initiative to leave. He had been out for a long time, and he didn't want to worry his parents. He stopped him and asked someone to send him out of the restaurant.

Back at the mansion, Lin Ruhai asked about it, and Lin Lang told the truth. He heard Lin Lang said that he met Jia Lian and Jia Zhu, and they played together in the restaurant for a while, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Afterwards, Lin Lang studied in the mansion, reducing the time to go out, but Jia Lian invited him to go out to play, as long as there was no important matter, he would go to the appointment.

After all, they are cousins ​​of direct relatives, so it's fine if they don't agree once or twice, and it's a bit too much not to agree every time.

After coming down a few times, let alone Jia Lian felt Lin Lang's change, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min also discovered this. Lin Lang no longer forced himself to study like before, and would go out with relatives and friends he knew well in his free time. , which is a good change.

After a month of this, Lin Lang was playing with Jia Lian and Jia Zhu in a restaurant, when suddenly a servant from the Rongguo Mansion came looking for Jia Zhu.

"Master, my wife is giving birth, master please go back."

Jia Zhu was shocked when she heard the words, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye to her friends. Jia Lian was also stunned for a moment, and when she recovered, she took Lin Lang to say goodbye together.

After leaving the restaurant, Lin Lang wanted to go back to the mansion, but was dragged by Jia Lian and Jia Zhu into the carriage of Rongguo Mansion.

"Brother Zhu, Second Brother Lian, why did you drag me up here? Is it not convenient for me to go over because my second aunt is giving birth?" Lin Lang looked at the two helplessly and asked.

Jia Zhu smiled and said, "I don't need you to deliver the baby, so why avoid suspicion? You didn't take the boy out today, and you came out of the house with us to play. I told you to go back by yourself. If something happens later, I will How do you explain to your uncle and aunt?"

Hearing this, Lin Lang shrugged and did not argue with Jia Zhu.

"Second aunt is 37 or [-] years old this year, right? At such an advanced age, why do you still ask her to be pregnant and have a baby? What should I do if something happens?" Lin Lang's words are not pleasant, but they are indeed reasonable.

Jia Zhu said helplessly, "Grandmother wanted my mother to abort the baby, but mother was reluctant, refused, and insisted on giving birth. Grandmother had no choice but to take care of mother more carefully to avoid difficult labor." Said At this point, Jia Zhu was also a little worried about her mother.

Seeing that Jia Zhu was restless, Lin Lang and Jia Lian stopped talking, so as not to irritate Jia Zhu.

Rushed all the way to Rongguo Mansion without saying a word, just entered the East Courtyard, before I had time to greet my second uncle, I heard a baby crying from inside.

"It's born, it's born, my wife gave birth to a brother!" Joy came out of the voice, and soon an exclamation came from inside, "What is this?"