Chapter 126 Meeting (Part 1)

Lin Daiyu has been a little troubled recently. Although Jia no longer prohibits her from going out, she has sent a few extra people to follow her.

She didn't take it too seriously at first, and was happy that there were a few more people helping.

But a few days later, when the clerical work in the academy was completed, Lin Daiyu saw the clues about these servants.

As soon as Mr. Xie gave orders for something, they rushed to do it before Daiyu did.

His movements are so nimble, I really want to treat my young lady as a porcelain doll.

Lin Daiyu is such a smart person. She only understood her mother's thoughts after seeing her once or twice.

But it’s not easy to force people not to do this kind of thing. If they really do this, they will be in trouble with their mother.

But what should she do? Lin Daiyu felt really depressed and wrote two letters in frustration, preparing to complain to her brother.

But after waiting for several days, she still didn't get a reply from Chen Heng.

This is funny to say, because the letter was clearly written by Daiyu herself, and she also handed it to Chen Qing personally.

But Chen Heng has been living outside the city these days and has no time to go home.

As for Daiyu, she told Chen Qing: There is no need to tell her brother deliberately, just wait until he is free to come home and then show it to him.

Look, look. What is this thing called?

You wrote the letters one by one, why don't you tell people not to rush to read them.

Even Chen Qing, the eldest sister, couldn't guess Lin Daiyu's thoughts.

You said she was not in a hurry, she clearly wrote one letter after another. You said she was in a hurry, but she also said she would wait until her brother was free.

After taking the letter from poor Daiyu again, Chen Qing also figured it out in his heart that it would be okay if things continued like this. He had to find a way to call his brother back tonight.

Chen Qing is not the only one who has this idea, Chen Qi has also been very worried recently. His precious daughter went to the academy day by day, saying that she was there to help the refugees, but what was her daughter's intention? As a father, could he not understand?

When he went home for lunch today, Chen Qi finally couldn't hold it in any longer and called Mrs. Gu into the room to talk about the Lin family's boy.

"No way." Ms. Gu still didn't believe it. It's hard to tell for other children. She, the eldest daughter, has always been sensible and steady. She has never had to worry about her since she was a child. "Are you mistaken?"

"How could I be wrong?" Chen Qi spread his hands and said worriedly, "They wished they were both close to each other that day. The more I think about it now, the more I feel that it doesn't look like they are meeting for the first time."

"Let me tell you, why does that boy always lower his head when he sees me? It turns out he has a guilty conscience."

Seeing Chen Qi's words, Gu was also hesitant and hesitated for a long time before saying: "Don't worry, let's call Heng'er back first. They have a good relationship with each other, let's see if Heng'er knows anything.

If we really like him, let's inquire about the other person's character. It doesn't matter if you have a servant, as long as you don't have children at home, you can find a way to resign from the house and live a life outside. "

In the Great Yong Dynasty, the servants of generally wealthy families were divided into two types: children born in the family and ordinary servants. The former is a general term, which mostly refers to being a slave for generations, or being reduced to a lowly status because of family members committing crimes, or fleeing from poverty.

But needless to say, when you fall into this situation, most people just have to accept their fate. You have to serve your master's family all your life, and the same goes for the children you get from your wife. Of course, the owner's family will also support him until his death. There is rarely any reason to kick out the elderly family's children.

The latter are relatively better. They can treat serving people as a job, and the contract they sign must be reported to the Yamen. They can still be regarded as good citizens. However, when such people reach old age, their masters will usually give them some pension money and then give them some gifts. Send out of the house.

In terms of treatment, the latter is not as good as the former. The pros and cons can only be said to be in the eye of the beholder and the wise.

However, there are many people from small families who particularly love the elderly servants of such wealthy families. He often invites them to his home, firstly to popularize the fashionable habits of wealthy families, and secondly, to give his children insights and establish rules.

The old Chen family only had a little money, so how could they have the right to choose this or that? Mrs. Gu thought clearly, "A man's character is the most important thing. As long as the two of them live a harmonious and beautiful life, nothing else matters."

After hearing this, Chen Qi also nodded, but he added: "If the Lin family gives birth to a child, then I will never allow my daughter to be married off to serve someone. If she refuses, find an honest person for her as soon as possible. The craftsman got married."

"It's natural. How can a child born from father and mother be reduced to serving others." Gu naturally agreed ten thousand times.

As soon as the couple finished their discussion, before Chen Qi left home, he asked Chen Huaijin to tell Chen Heng that he must go home at night.

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Today, there is not much going on in the camp outside the city. The adult men, led by government officials, rushed to the west of the city to open up wasteland. The remaining family members are easy to take care of. Before going home, Chen Heng told Jiang Yuanbai and others to increase the number of training sessions in the evening.

The men have gone out to build Yangzhou, so they have to take care of other people's wives, children and children.

"Brother Heng, don't worry."

"Brother, go home and take a shower in peace. We are here to ensure that nothing happens."

"That's right, that's right. Your clothes are smelly. Go back and have a good sleep tonight and come back early tomorrow."

Chen Heng was too lazy to respond to these jokes and just smiled and went home with his second uncle and Xinda.

As soon as he saw the door, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere at home.

The eldest sister kept giving him winks, so why were his parents also fooling around?

Are the two parties quarreling?

Chen Heng's confusion is not mentioned for now. After dinner, Chen Qi and Gu hadn't spoken yet, but Chen Qing had already dragged his brother out.

When Chen Qi saw this, he kept winking at Gu: Look, look, did you see your daughter's little move? I'm not wrong.

Now, Gu had to believe it even if she didn't want to, and thought to herself: No, we have to catch these two siblings and ask them carefully.

Putting aside the worries of his parents, Chen Qing took Chen Heng all the way to his brother's room. Seeing Xinda who came in at some point, Chen Qing couldn't help laughing and said, "You two are inseparable."

Xinda also slapped his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Please forgive me, I have been following my second brother these days and I am used to it. I didn't react for a while and I have gone home today."

After saying that, he was about to get up and leave. Chen Qing couldn't bear this, so she quickly pulled him back and said with a smile, "Good brother, he is my brother, but you are not my brother? I was just kidding you."

Chen Heng made a joke on the side, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and your literary talent has improved."

"Who said it wasn't? Every day, I have to deal with fairies in the sky. It's impossible for me not to be smart." Chen Qing said so meaningfully that Chen Heng was confused.

At this time, Xinda had lit the oil lamp on the side, and brought it to the desk. He quietly retreated and stood behind Chen Heng, acting as a black-faced Bodhisattva.

Chen Qing wanted to laugh, so she just pointed at her two younger brothers with her hands, and then looked at Chen Heng's changes in the light of the fire. Seeing this, she couldn't help but wonder: "Brother, how come you look better?"

What kind of weird words are these? Chen Heng frowned habitually. How could the two siblings change after not seeing each other for a long time? He thought it was just the eldest sister talking to cheer him up, and he didn't think about it seriously, and asked directly: "Sister is so anxious to find me, is there something wrong?"

Chen Qing looked again and still felt incredible.

In fact, the changes in Chen Heng are simple to say. He is an adult inside, and his temperament is more stable than his peers.

During this period, he was in charge of the food, drink, defecation and urination of tens of thousands of people outside the city. He had to dispatch and arrange everything, and there were hundreds of people around him who obeyed his orders. His steady temperament was like a settled old wine, and began to emit a strong aroma of wine.

Fortunately, Chen Heng was very sloppy, and Chen Qing looked at him a few times, but didn't take it too seriously. She said a few words about Daiyu's affairs, and took out the letter written by the other party from her arms.

Chen Heng was quite surprised. He didn't expect that Sister Lin would go to the academy to help. He took the letter and looked at it. The nagging and a little bit of resentment on the paper made Chen Heng see the other party's delicate appearance in a trance.

Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't seen her for a while. Chen Heng pinched his chin and thought.

"Why are you standing there? Why don't you write a reply?" Chen Qing stretched out his hand and pushed his brother.

Chen Heng smiled, "It's okay, I'll go to the academy tomorrow, and my sister will call her out, and I'll say a few words to her at the door."

That's fine. Chen Qing nodded with great satisfaction. One thing had been dealt with, and she brought out the second thing that had been hidden for a long time.

"What's the matter with that girl wearing your clothes?"

"Ah?"

Chen Heng hadn't reacted to hearing this suddenly. He suddenly felt that his sister was unreasonable. Whose good girl could wear his clothes?

"It's Miss Zhen." Xinda leaned over and whispered behind his second brother.

"Oh, oh, oh." Chen Heng suddenly realized and laughed, "What's going on?"

"Did you want to show me your displeasure just now?"

"No, no, sister, my dear sister, just listen to me and tell you slowly."

This matter is not complicated, and Xinda is there to guarantee it. As soon as Chen Heng finished speaking, Chen Qing understood and said, "So that's what happened. She is such a miserable person."

"I said, I saw her these days, why she is so stupid when meeting people and things, but she feels very sincere. It's really pitiful and lamentable."

Chen Heng also sighed. Who said it wasn't? More than ten years of seclusion have made a good girl a fool. I just hope her blessing will be in the future.

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"Shanzhang, please allow me to leave for a while."

This is the second time that Jia Yucun has come to visit Pei Huaizhen. He has also suffered these days. There are suddenly so many people in the academy, and they are all women and children. He and several teachers are sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on the back.

"Pedant." Pei Huaizhen put down the brush in his hand, "You don't even have this open mind, you read the books of sages in vain?"

You are amazing, I haven't seen you go out these days. Jia Yucun certainly didn't dare to say this openly. Besides, he is not yet forty years old, and Pei Huaizhen is over sixty, there is no comparison between the two.

Pei Huaizhen raised his head from his calligraphy and saw that Jia Yucun had even packed his bag, and laughed: "Are you going to learn from that ancient person and escape overnight?"

"Shanzhang, I'm in the melon field and plum tree." Jia Yucun answered in a rough voice.

To be honest, Jia Yucun has to worry about this. He is a handsome middle-aged man, and he has the title of Jinshi, and his family is not around. To put it bluntly, if he is thrown into a pile of widows, it's hard to say who is the wolf and who is the meat.

"It's okay, it's okay. If anything comes out, I'll cover it for you. The drunkard's things will never happen to you." Pei Huaizhen laughed and comforted.

The drunkard in his mouth was naturally Ouyang Xiu. This matter should be told in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Ouyang Xiu was over fifty years old, but he had a daughter-in-law who had been widowed for many years. His political enemies falsely accused Ouyang Xiu of cheating on her daughter-in-law.

As a result, Ouyang Xiu resigned and quickly remarried his daughter-in-law.

However, this matter is definitely not true. It is just that some idle people like to use it as gossip and spread it, so that future generations who do not know the situation will believe it to be true.

"I'm going to open a school in the academy tomorrow. There are so many children in the academy, so you can be put to use."

"This?" Jia Yucun was a little hesitant when he saw that the mountain chief was thinking about it. "They will only stay for more than a month and will go to the county after the New Year. Is this necessary?"

"Yes, of course there is." Pei Huaizhen said loudly, "Don't say it's a month, even if it's ten days or three days, as long as we can teach people to read, we should do it."

"yes."

Jia Yucun could only nod, but this was also a good thing for him.

In today's world, teachers are still respected. To uphold the honor of teaching, even if the master is thrown into a crowd of women, as long as he has done nothing wrong, the world will not frame him.

A teacher is someone who teaches, teaches and resolves doubts.

If you don't have this convenience, how can you teach and educate people?

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The next day.

After cleaning up, Chen Heng came to the academy with a sigh of relief. He really didn't sleep well yesterday. After his sister left, his parents asked him about some dumbfounding things.

It took until midnight to dispel the two elders' doubts, and this morning they rushed outside the city to work all morning.

Now after lunch, I had time to bring Xinda to the academy.

The sky was bright and clear, and Chen Heng was dressed normally. He was wearing a green shirt as usual, except for a large cloak chosen by sister Baoqin.

There was nothing he could do. Who told his cloak to be worn by someone else?

Those were new clothes. Although Mrs. Gu couldn't say she was complaining, it was definitely necessary to nag her son for not knowing how to run a household.

"Chen Lang? Is it Chen Xiaolang?"

As soon as Chen Heng stood still, the old woman coming out of the door of the book garden noticed him with surprise.

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