In two lifetimes, this was the first time Lin Jinrong met Mr. Zhu and his wives. From that year when he lived in Zhuangzi, he heard about the good reputations of Mr. Zhu and his wives, and then later, Lin Shenzhi successfully became a disciple, and Lu Yan passed the exam successfully.
She has always had genuine respect and respect for the couple.
The gentlemen did not look like what she had imagined. She originally thought that such a master should wear light robes, look like a fairy, behave calmly, be serious and stern; the mistresses should be gentle, generous, dignified and elegant.
Quiet. Who knew that the person sitting in front of her was a fat, rosy-faced, smiling, amiable, ordinary old man. Even the hair on the top of his head was thinning a lot. The teachers and wives were indeed gentle, generous and dignified.
Yes, but she is just an ordinary middle-aged woman.
Lin Jinrong didn't have time to hide the surprise in his eyes, and was laughed at by all the teachers and wives: "You are surprised, Ah Rong, you don't even think about what kind of person such a greedy person will be after eating so many good things from you.
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Mr. Zhu laughed and said, "I don't care about food and clothing in this world. I just want to be comfortable. Of course, I will be comfortable as long as I am comfortable. Eating is the first priority. Being fat means that I eat well."
With just one word, most of Lin Jinrong's restraint was gone. She thought she understood why Lu Yan liked to come to Mr. Zhu's house to sit around when he went home to attend funerals and pay filial piety. Even she liked to be disrespectful to people like this.
, get along with people who are witty. Neither she nor Lu Mian are such people. They will never say another word when nothing happens, and they don’t know how to tell jokes to adjust the atmosphere. Every time they are together, they always ask and answer questions.
It's basically business, which is kind of boring when you think about it.
When Lin Jinrong thought of this, he smiled and said: "Sir is one of the rare people who has come out of the world, and his words are humorous. I think my wife must be in a very good mood every day."
All the teachers and wives smiled: "That's true. When I was young, I would occasionally argue with each other, and I would be so angry that I would cry. But his two words would make people laugh. It's so disgusting."
Lu Yan and Lin Shenzhi lowered their heads and smiled with their lips pursed. Mr. Zhu coughed and said, "The mountain breeze is cooling down the back. Why don't you, ladies and gentlemen, take the guests to take a walk and have a rest? Then prepare something delicious to entertain the guests."
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When the disciple started serving as an official, the teachers and wives knew that the gentlemen must have something to tell Lu Yan, so they motioned to Lin Jinrong to follow her for a walk in the back mountain: "The back are all flowers and trees planted by ourselves. Although they are simple and crude, they are also interesting.
It's rare for you to come here, come with me for a walk, pick a few apricots and try them, your mood will improve accordingly."
Lin Jinrong followed the other teachers and wives out of the house, and walked dozens of steps along the shade of the trees. Suddenly, the scenery in front of her was filled with green mountains, green pears, green peaches, and yellow apricots falling from the branches. It was so pleasant.
"Peach blossoms and apricots hurt people, and dead people are buried under the plum tree." The masters casually pulled down an apricot branch, picked a few golden and plump apricots hanging on it, and put them into the wicker basket handed to them by the servant girl.
, casually said: "That's why Mr. Zhu is determined not to plant plum trees. In my opinion, it's just because he doesn't like to eat, so he doesn't allow others to eat."
This couple is really funny. The man calls the woman Master Zhu, and the woman calls the man Master Zhu. In fact, they are both very affectionate and comfortable people. Lin Jinrong was envious and also found it interesting: "Sir, you have such a temperament."
What?"
All the teachers and wives said with a smile: "Isn't that true? Just ask Min Xing and Shen Zhi. When eating with him, he will not be allowed to eat dishes that he doesn't like, but others like to eat, and he has to persuade others to do so.
Don’t eat it, say it’s not tasty at all. Let’s talk about him, he never feels there is anything wrong with him. It can be seen that this man is like a child sometimes.”
Lin Jinrong said with envy: "Sir and his wife are really a couple of gods and immortals."
The teachers and wives looked back at her: "You and Min Xing will be the same when you and Min Xing reach our age. Maybe it will be better."
Lin Jinrong was silent and whispered: "Maybe."
The teachers and wives looked at her for a moment and said seriously: "I will definitely do it. When you lived with your mother in this village, I knew you were a good girl and wanted to get to know you. But I didn't think it would be good to come to her rashly.
I thought that I didn't know who this good girl would be, but she turned out to be Min Xing. At that time, the gentlemen said that they were a match made in heaven. Min Xing was the child I watched grow up, although he spoke less.
But your conduct is very upright, tough by nature, hard-working and serious. You two are of the same talent and appearance, with the same family background, and both are people of good conduct. As long as you both think well, how can it be wrong? I see that you have a worried look on your face, as if
It means depression. If you are young, you should not overthink things. You should learn to think things through on your own."
Lin Jinrong felt that her words seemed to have a bit of meaning, and he sighed for a moment, not both of them can go a long way and go well, but these words are just sweet to say to all the teachers and wives.
Sweet smile: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."
The teachers and wives were open-minded, so they stopped talking and talked about other things with Lin Jinrong. Suddenly they saw a servant woman carrying a basket of eggs and said with a smile: "The daughter-in-law of Wang Youjia sent it to Second Grandma Lu.
It's all from the chickens she raised herself, and it's fresh."
Lin Jinrong didn't recognize this person and couldn't help but look at the teachers' wives inquiringly. They smiled and said: "Do you still remember? It was the woman who helped your mother get married during the Hua Chao Festival that year. Her surname was He and she lived in Qingliang Temple at that time.
Here, with thirty gu dowry money from your mother, you married into a family named Wang down the mountain. Now you have two children, and your life is going well. She also comes to help us in her spare time. She probably heard about you.
Here you go, I went home specially to get it. Sincerely, just accept it."
Lin Jinrong has done a lot of good deeds in the past few years, but she didn't expect anyone to remember her like this. Looking at the basket of big fresh eggs, she couldn't help but feel unhappy, so she smiled and said: "Is she still there? Take her in."
I have to thank you in person."
The servant woman smiled and said: "She was shy, so she put her things away and left. She just said thank you to the Second Grandma. She often burns incense and kowtows in front of the Bodhisattva, asking the Bodhisattva to bless you and Mrs. Lin San to live a long life and have everything go smoothly."
Lin Jinrong was a little embarrassed: "I just happened to meet her at that time. I can't afford to worry about her like this..."
"It was just a thought for you, but it fulfilled her life. You deserve to be remembered like this by her." The teachers and wives sighed: "I heard from my eldest daughter-in-law that a righteous man came from her natal family and used her family property.
He set up a righteous village to prepare marriages for poor women who had lost their virginity and poor men who were unable to marry. They would give twenty guan to a married woman and 30 guan to a married girl. In the past few years, he had helped several
Hundreds of people have created countless blessings. Although Mr. Zhu and I have done some things over the years, our family backgrounds are small and our abilities are limited, so we cannot help too many people." Lin Zongzong talked to Lin Jinrong about some external matters.
Lin Jinrong was thoughtful, and realized that the world is so big, but his own knowledge is really shallow, and his mind only revolves around the little things in his own family, which is really a waste of his life. Suddenly he felt a little cheerful, and he was also depressed.
He felt a little calmer. Seeing his wife sighing with emotion, he advised her, "Just do your best for this kind of thing."
"That's right." Mrs. Zhu smiled, then put the matter aside, and introduced all her daughters-in-law to Lin Jinrong. The daughters-in-law of various families were very well-behaved and knowledgeable, and Lin Jinrong got along very well with them.
I was happy and relaxed like never before. Especially the Zhu family's youngest daughter-in-law, Han, was born in a wealthy family in Huaizhou. She was about the same age as Lin Jinrong and was a master of the zither. In just a few words, she and Lin Jinrong felt like close friends. They almost hated each other.
Night.
The relaxing days always passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was time to say goodbye. Lu Jian sent someone to call him, and Lin Jinrong reluctantly said goodbye to his teachers, wives and others, and made an agreement with Han to exchange letters in the future before turning around.
Got on the carriage.
It was noon at this time, and the sunlight was extremely harsh. Both Lu Yan and Lin Shenzhi were afraid of the sun, so they hid in the carriage to cool off. When they saw her playing with the basket of eggs, Lu Yan didn't care. Just seeing her happy was enough.
After achieving the purpose of bringing her out, Lin Shenzhi asked curiously: "Why would the master's wife give the fourth sister a basket of eggs?"
Lin Jinrong was a little proud and said with a smile: "It's not from my wife. It's from someone else."
Cherry chirped and told what happened, and said proudly: "Mrs. Zhu have been praising grandma all the time."
Lu Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw Lin Jinrong's joy mixed with a bit of pretentious reserve and a bit of showoff: "In that case, half of this basket of eggs should be given to my mother-in-law."
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Lin Jinrong suddenly said: "If I had known that all the teachers' wives and several sisters-in-law were such wonderful people, I should have asked you to bring me here. I am so late to meet the third grandma today, but I have to say goodbye immediately."
When Lu Yan heard this, he felt happy. He looked up at Lin Jinrong and saw a big white egg in her hand. He smiled sweetly and said, "My wife said this is a double yolk egg. I can't wait to open it immediately. Have you seen it?"
Double yolk eggs?”
Lin Shenzhi said contemptuously: "You think everyone is as ignorant as you, of course I have seen it."
Lin Jinrong was annoyed and said: "Yes, of course you have seen it before. Whenever you cried when you were a child, your mother would want to find all kinds of strange things for you to see and play with."
Lin Shenzhi was only twelve years old. It was a good time for him to have a good face. When he saw Lin Jinrong exposing his shortcomings in front of Lu Yan, he couldn't help but get annoyed. He pouted and said, "Then the fourth sister shouldn't have followed them in pampering me when I was a child."
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Lin Jinrong said: "You originally wanted me to beat you with a stick. If you had told me earlier, I would not disappoint you."
Lin Jinrong usually doesn't have the innocent and cute look of a girl of the same age, and Lin Shenzhi also looks like a young and mature young adult these years. It's really rare to see these two siblings like this. Lu Yan looked left and right, feeling that both siblings were
She was so cute, so she took the egg from Lin Jinrong's hand and said calmly: "I haven't seen it either."
Cherry and Dou'er also laughed: "None of the slaves have seen it before."
Lin Shenzhi curled his lips: "A man doesn't care about women."
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