Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

No, I have to find a reason to go to the Lin family and see if there is anything attractive there besides Lin Daiyu.

Thinking of this, he kicked Mingyan again.

"Get up, useless thing. Prepare the horses, and let's go to the Lin family."

"Second Master, we have to ask for leave from the teacher!" Mingyan squeezed out two tears at the right time. She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and looked at Jia Baoyu.

"If the old lady finds out that we went out to play under the pretext of going to school, she will scold us and maybe even give us a beating."

"Then why are you still dawdling here, wasting my time for nothing? If you hadn't known about it and kept it to yourself, would you have stayed away from the Lin family for such a long time?"

"I went to the Lin family to see Miss Lin and Qin Zhong a long time ago."

At this point, Jia Baoyu stamped his feet in anxiety. Mingyan ran away in a flash.

He ordered his men to prepare the horses and went to ask for leave.

The reason is very sufficient: I want to go see my aunt.

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When they arrived at the Lin Mansion, they saw a very domineering eagle, Saker Falcon, in the yard, striding around its territory.

Inner and outer courtyards, walls and roofs.

Only the sound of birds chirping "coo, coo..." could be heard, and the silence became even louder.

"Is your master not at home?" Jia Baoyu asked the old woman who led the way.

"Master Bao, the master has gone to the government office, and the lady may be resting now."

"You came without prior notice, so we informed Madam Rong that you should sit in the hall for a while."

"The young ladies and young masters are studying in the school." The old woman answered respectfully.

"So you can go to bed early or late?" Jia Baoyu was a little puzzled. It was neither noon nor evening, so why didn't his aunt come on time?

The old woman smiled and replied, "Look at what you said. Madam is the mistress of the house. When you are done with your work, you can rest any time of the day or night."

"It's up to the Madam to decide the time."

"That's fine, I won't bother you anymore. Can you take me around the Lin Family Academy?"

Jia Baoyu didn't originally come to visit Jia Min primarily; he wanted to see his friend.

"That won't work, Second Master. I, an old servant in the school, cannot make the decision."

"Because it's afternoon, the school is having martial arts classes. If you want to go, you have to ask Madam for permission first. Only after Madam gives her permission can you go."

Jia Baoyu became even more curious, "Does your school also teach horse riding and archery?"

"In that case, shall I go and see your young lady?"

When the old woman heard that she wanted to see the young lady, she closed her mouth and stopped talking.

She didn't know whether she should say it or not, because the young lady was also taking martial arts lessons, but she didn't fight with them. She was running in circles, and from time to time she seemed to be dancing to some unknown thing.

Although it is separated from the young masters by a wall, it is still indecent for others to see it.

Once, a maid saw the young lady with a yellow oriole, and the yellow oriole was imitating the whip.

This is not something a lady from a noble family would do.

The Lin family members all kept their mouths shut. Everyone received the highest monthly salary in the capital, so they naturally knew what to say and what not to say.

Only those domineering and cruel ladies whip people all day long.

But these ladies have never beaten anyone.

Now that the young lady has a new maid to manage her, everyone gets along well with each other, and no one complains about being beaten or scolded. Even the former miss Xueyan is now obedient.

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"Do you want to go and see the school?" Jia Min, who had packed up neatly, came out and saw Jia Baoyu, and heard Jia Baoyu make this request.

Jia Min hesitated for a moment and called to the nanny beside her, "Madame Rong, can you ask someone to ask the gentleman if he can be allowed to watch?"

Madam Rong naturally understood and asked the maid to go over and see if Daiyu was okay.

Let her step aside for a while. The children are getting older day by day. Although they are all relatives, they still need to pay attention to the things they should pay attention to.

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"Jing Qing, why did you become like this?" Jia Baoyu walked around Qin Zhong with heartache.

Look at the bumps on the clothes. What is he wearing?

This is similar to what the servants wear at home, a blue cloth shirt with a gray sweat towel tied around the waist.

There were also traces of dirt on his face.

Look at Yongan standing beside him, and Lin Yongyi.

Although they were also short-handed, they were much cleaner.

Jia Baoyu's face also showed true anger.

In the Jia family school, children fight with each other and anyone could be hit, but in the Lin family, they are fighting and defending against one person.

He saw bloody marks on the back of Qin Zhong's hand.

Who did it?

As he said this, he was about to reach out and roll up Qin Zhong's sleeve to take a look at his arm.

Qin Zhong was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly, "Master Bao, no one is hitting me, we are just having a serious fight."

"Is there such a serious sparring match? Everyone else was fine, why are you the only one injured?"

"Isn't this bullying you?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhong's face turned red again. Fortunately, he had been well sunbathed for the past few days, so his face was slightly redder, so no one could see it.

"Master Bao, that's not true. It's true that my skills are inferior to others."

Qin Zhong had no choice but to admit that even the butterfly-like Lin Yongyi had some skills.

There was a back and forth fight with Yongan.

Although he failed in the end, he was not as embarrassed as I am.

Are you a masochist?

Jia Baoyu couldn't understand that in his own world, even a family of military generals couldn't be like this.

That kind of fight was also a stopgap. It was said that many of the four kings and eight dukes were military families, and he had never seen anyone dare to fight with his own son.

They were all defeated by the young master.

"Come back to the Jia family with me. I'll go back and tell the old lady to kick Brother Xue out. Isn't it just right for us to play and study together in the school?"

"Why bother getting angry and hurt here?"

After saying this, Jia Baoyu was about to reach out and pull Qin Zhong.

Qin Zhong took a few steps back and said, "I won't go to Jia's house anymore."

He couldn't tell his sister that he was going to go again, as neither he nor his father could stand it.

Moreover, he would tell his sister all the nonsense the Jia family said, and if anything happened again, he would be beaten to death.

Jia Baoyu turned to Lin Yongan and asked, "Cousin Yongan, is this how you learn?"

"Did you force Qin Zhong to be here?"

Lin Yongan's tone has also become more serious due to the influence of Lin Daiyu.

"Second Brother Bao, Qin Zhong is too weak and not worthy of me forcing him."

"If he wants to go with you, you take him with you."

"My Lin family never forces anyone. They all come here on their own."

"Let's go, let's go see Haotian and Parrot. We heard that they are back." After saying that, Lin Yongan left with Lin Yongyi.

Lin Yongyi followed closely behind him and turned to wink at Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong.

I wonder what’s wrong with your eyeballs?

"Second brother Bao, please wait for me for a moment. I also need to pack up and will come over in a moment." After saying that, Qin Zhong also followed.

He had to clean up and change his clothes.

Only Jia Baoyu was left disheveled in the wind.

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"Haotian, Yingge, I have heard about your great contributions. You two are very brave. You went deep into the enemy camp and got a lot of information about the enemy."

"You are a pair of brave little clever fellows."

Lin Daiyu squatted down. The eagle was taller than her. She slowly stroked the eagle's feathers with both hands. The parrot next to her had a pair of eyes flashing with light.

He tilted his head, as if listening carefully to Lin Daiyu's chatter.

"There's another student at home, he's as shy as a girl."

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