The True Winner of the Red Chamber

Not long after, the carriage drove back to Zhen's Mansion, the father and son got out of the carriage, and first went to the sick Zhilan's house to have a look.

Over the past three months, the bodies of the children in the family have weakened a lot, otherwise Zhilan would not have caught a cold after blowing the wind.You must know that they are surrounded by eight servant girls and four old mothers who are pointing. Although they are blown by the wind, they are weak.

What's more, it's still summer.

Seeing her father and younger siblings coming to see her, Zhilan struggled to get up, "It's all because of my daughter's unfilial piety, my father is worried." After speaking, she said to her younger siblings: "Don't get too close, or you will get sick."

Zhilan is his second daughter, and she is only eight years old this year. Seeing her acting like this, Zhen Yingjia has nothing but heartache.

This child is too mature, think about his previous life, an eight-year-old child... who was only in the second grade, not to mention sick, even when he was healthy, he would pester his parents and act like a baby, wanting this toy or going to the park or something.

After I got sick, I even cried and shouted that I would not take injections or take medicine, and it was useless to coax me.

Zhen Yingjia sighed, sat on the edge of the bed and handed her a glass of water, "Take care of yourself, you will be well in two days, father will take you to see your grandfather's house."

Zhilan nodded silently, but Zhen Yingjia took a few sips from the cup in her hand.Zhen Yingjia stood up and said, "You two talk to sister, don't make trouble with her."

Outside the house, Zhen's mother happened to come to see Zhilan, she was a little afraid that her son would take Zhiqi and Baoyu out, leaving Zhilan at home alone made her feel uncomfortable, and wanted to come to accompany her specially, but she didn't expect her son to come back. Hurry up, and I came to see Zhilan without even changing my clothes.

Seeing Zhen Yingjia coming out, Zhen's mother subconsciously didn't want her son to know that she was standing at the door the whole time, she grabbed Dong Xuan's hand and went around the back of the room, hiding among the layers of flowers.

They didn't come out again until they could no longer see Zhen Yingjia.

Zhen's mother shook her head and said with emotion: "I saw that he was not close to the children earlier, so I thought..."

Although Zhen's mother paused, Dong Xuan didn't pick up right away. It was nothing more than the fact that the master didn't like children at first, and he didn't care about the children until his wife died.

Dongxuan is the first-class servant girl by the old lady's side. She would not blame her if she occasionally said a few words about Mrs. Zhen's mother, but once it was said about the master, she would not dare to lend her ten courage.

"It turned out that Mrs. Li was still there, so he didn't need to worry about it. Although she couldn't get out of bed for half a month, the child was teaching very well." Mother Zhen sighed, "Now that Mrs. Li is dead, my son looks like a child." Then it happened."

Dongxuan now understands Mother Zhen's meaning, but she can't say that the wife died well, so she said with a smile: "The young master and the girls are well educated, and it is also thanks to you, just as you said , It turns out that my wife spends half of a month recuperating, isn't it all you who watch over me? I think the master has figured it out these days, I haven't seen him working more diligently in the morning and evening, and his attitude towards you is more respectful... "

Mother Zhen patted the back of Dongxuan's hand with a smile, "I'm just such a son."

Dongxuan helped Zhen's mother to go in, but Zhen's mother stopped her, and said: "There are two younger ones to accompany her to relieve boredom, and they are younger siblings who grew up together. I am an old woman. Go join in the fun."

"Then I'll help you to walk in the garden?" Dong Xuan smiled and said, "The last time the imperial doctor came, he also said that you should walk more."

"Well," Zhen's mother nodded, "I really have to walk more while I can. After a year, I have to arrange for him to marry a bride, otherwise there will be no one to take care of the family. Hey... really can't finish worrying. "

As the two walked forward, Mother Zhen said, "It's a pity that my son is not yet 25 and has become a lonely family. Besides, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a good wife."

Dongxuan is good at this topic. She smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? The master is not yet 25 this year. For example, Master Lin in Jinling City was already 25 when he married a girl from the Jia family. Scholars get married. It's too late, and the master looks very young."

Mother Zhen smiled until her face was wrinkled, she couldn't stop patting Dong Xuan's hand, and said cheerfully: "It's about my son's face, which looks like he hasn't turned 25 yet, anyone who sees it will be satisfied. "

Although Zhen Yingjia wanted to take the children out and see the world more, and didn't want everyone to be confined at home, but due to practical problems, by the time they went out again, the summer was almost over.

This time Zhen Yingjia went to his father-in-law's house with his three children.

Zhen Yingjia sat on one side, facing three children.

The second daughter, Zhilan, sat upright, already looking like a young lady, while Zhiqi and Baoyu tilted their heads together, looked at Zhen Yingjia, and then lowered their heads and whispered something.

Without thinking about it, she knew it was him, Zhen Yingjia coughed twice, and looked at her son and daughter who became more and more lively.

Baoyu was originally pampered and raised by the family, and the original owner still maintained the majesty of his father, but this majesty was broken by Zhen Yingjia within two months, so although Baoyu still respected his father in his heart, he was close to him on the surface. a lot.

"Father seems to be very preoccupied these two days." Baoyu raised his head and said hesitantly.

Zhen Yingjia felt that he still had half a sentence to say, but after waiting for a long time, there was no more words, and even Zhiqi sat upright and didn't say a word.

Until Zhilan broke the silence, "Maybe I went to my grandfather's house...to remind my father of my mother."

The atmosphere in the carriage immediately fell silent. Zhen Yingjia comforted the children, but he couldn't say that he wasn't worried about this.

The original owner is sincerely sad, but he has never even met Li Shi, and he was a real gay in his previous life. In the past, his current personality was no different from his previous life.

Except in this life, he plans to change his way of life.

What Zhen Yingjia is worried about now is the memorial he wrote to the emperor.

Regardless of whether Zhen Yingjia's official position is actually for the emperor to guard the door, but he is a legitimate fifth-rank official who cannot escape. In terms of privileges, he can use post horses, take the official route, and take the expedited route Give the emperor a memorial.

In other words, the letter was delivered to the emperor within seven days at most.

But it has been almost three months now, and there is no news from Beijing, which makes him feel a little uneasy.

Did he miss something?The emperor didn't like the original owner that much?Or did he think too highly of himself, and there was something wrong with the writing of that memorial?

Zhen Yingjia shook his head. Although his future was uncertain, his determination to move to the capital became more and more determined.

He didn't intend to live an ordinary life, let alone the identity of the original owner, and the mess left behind. If he didn't do anything, he would be convicted and dismissed from his job and ransacked his home within two years.

And it was the first copy of the house that was ransacked in the entire Dream of Red Mansions.

Another point is that he still has to recall carefully the past few months of quiet recuperation, and he discovered another big problem.

The so-called Zhen Yingjia's final official reinstatement was not written by Cao Gong at all. This plot happened in the last 40 chapters, that is to say...

It is true that the Zhen family was dismissed and the family was wiped out, and the population was dying. As for the reinstatement of the official and the reinstatement, Zhen Baoyu's final struggle, and marriage and other plots, these are good wishes that only exist in the fandom.

After discovering this, Zhen Yingjia felt that she had to speed up her pace.

So on this day, he took the three children to his father-in-law's house. If he wanted to take the imperial examination, the Li family was a good helper.

Of course, Zhen Yingjia sometimes thinks about it, if his Weibo system is upgraded to the third level, will he be able to see the exam questions?

This is really... cool.

However, he is still struggling on the first level. According to his current social status where he can hardly go out, it will take two years to reach the second level.

This can be regarded as another reason why he wants to live in the capital. In any case, there are more social activities in the capital than in the south of the Yangtze River.

The sun was about to reach the top of the head, and the carriage finally arrived at Qingsong Academy.

Qingsong Academy is the largest academy in the south of the Yangtze River. It is as famous as Bailu Academy in the capital, but the academic atmosphere is better than that in the capital, and the staff ratio is much simpler.After all, there are many officials in the capital, big and small, as well as Shixun's wealthy family and Zhong Ding's family. There are also a lot of relationships that cannot be refused.

The Li family, who got the news a long time ago, sent someone to wait at the gate of the mountain. When they saw their uncle's carriage coming, the servant greeted him quickly, then climbed up the shaft, and led the carriage to the back of the mountain. .

Qingsong Academy is built at the foot of the mountain, and there is a pond not far away. The scenery of the lake and mountains makes people linger and forget to return.The Li family lived in this academy.

The carriage went all the way in, and it didn't take long to reach the gate of the yard.

Zhen Yingjia jumped out of the carriage first, and then carried the children down one by one. Turning around, she saw the old father-in-law standing at the entrance of the main hall looking at him with tears in his eyes.

"Your mother also said that the journey is far away, and you can only arrive at noon, but you didn't expect to come so early."

Before Zhen Yingjia could speak, several children stepped forward to pay respects one by one. After entering the main hall, Zhen Yingjia realized that everyone from the Li family was waiting in the hall.

Li's grandfather, biological parents, and her twenty-year-old younger brother all stared straight at their family.

Zhen Yingjia couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Come and sit down." Father-in-law Li Shixin greeted hurriedly.

Mother-in-law Qi said, "Let Yunfei take him to see where he lives first, and if it's not good, we can change it."

Going out to visit friends at this time is different from modern times, going out in the morning and coming back in the evening.

Because the principle of relying on horses to go out determines that most of the people who go out to visit friends have to stay overnight, and there are often those who stay at a friend's house for a month, not to mention that this is the first time Zhen Yingjia came to visit after Li's death.

Both parties need to rely on this to show that their relationship has not been broken, so Zhen Yingjia brought a salute and a maid, and planned to live in his father-in-law's house for at least a ten-day period.

As for the Yunfei mentioned by the mother-in-law, it is Li Yi, Zhen Yingjia's younger brother-in-law, named Yunfei.

Li Yi came forward to invite Zhen Yingjia, took the maidservants to carry the things, and went out of the hall to the back.

Zhen Yingjia was still a little strange. She turned her head and looked at Li's grandfather who was sitting in the middle, that is, the head of Qingsong Academy. Why is he here at this time?

Li Yi followed his line of sight to look back, raised his eyebrows and said: "You don't know yet, there is news from Beijing that my cousin, who is married to the Jia family, has died. The news I got yesterday , Grandfather is worrying about this matter."