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During the next journey, Mr. Lin San stopped looking for trouble, Mrs. Tao became cold-hearted, and Lin Jinrong no longer acted deliberately. He just followed the etiquette and ordered people to ask Wu Xiang about his food, clothing, housing and transportation and what he needed. If necessary, he would try his best to do it.
If you don't need it, don't force it. At first, people thought the atmosphere was a bit strange, but later they got used to it and didn't mind it anymore. Wu Xiang was even more happy to be free, so everyone arrived in Qingzhou peacefully.
Seeing the city wall of Qingzhou from a distance, Mr. Tao, who had not been home to visit his relatives for many years, was so excited that his eyes became wet. Lin Shenzhi even leaned by the window and shouted excitedly: "Is this my uncle's home? Is this my cousin's home?"
"Yes." Mrs. Tao tightened the little cloak around him and touched his little face lovingly: "You have to remember that uncle treats you well. In the future, you should come here more often and see him and his wife more often.
aunt."
Lin Shenzhi said sensibly: "There are also third sisters and eldest cousin."
Mrs. Tao smiled proudly, looked back at Lin Jinrong and said with a smile: "Look at our little seventh, how sensible we are."
Wu Xiang galloped over on horseback, leaned down and asked Lin Shenzhi: "Seventh brother, do you want to ride a horse? I'll take you to the front first. Maybe my eldest cousin has been waiting in front."
Lin Shenzhi was eager to give it a try, and secretly glanced at Tao's face. Tao smiled gently and rejected Wu Xiang for him: "That's all, he had a cold breeze last night and was a little bit cold. It's not good to blow the cold wind again. Thank you, Brother Ang.
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Lin Shenzhi's dark and shiny eyes suddenly dimmed, and he thanked languidly: "Thank you, Brother Wu. You can go first, and we will take our time later."
It seemed that Lin Shenzhi had not come to play with him in the past few days, and the other members of the Lin family also consciously kept a distance from him... He was not targeting them, but he just hated Master Lin San's questioning. Since he had to hold his breath,
It didn't matter. Wu Xiang looked at Tao and then at Lin Shenzhi, smacked slightly, and pinched the horse's belly hard: "Then I'll go ahead to explore the way first." After that, he left in a hurry.
"Mom, I want to ride a horse." Lin Shenzhi lay in front of the window and stared at Wu Xiang's back, his face full of grievances.
Mrs. Tao sighed, touched the top of his head, and said softly: "I'll let your cousin take you riding after we get to Qingzhou. Don't cause trouble to outsiders now."
Lin Shenzhi was unwilling to give in. He turned his eyes and saw Lin Shiquan at the side. He clapped his hands and smiled: "Don't bother Brother Wu. I'll find Brother Quan. He won't find me annoying."
Lin Jinrong smiled: "Seventh brother, just now Brother Wu wanted to take you to ride a horse, but my mother just rejected him, saying that you were cold, and soon you will have all my brothers to take you riding. Do you think this is good?"
This doesn't work, that doesn't work either. Lin Shenzhi's eyes turned red: "But I obviously didn't catch a cold. It was my mother who lied."
Tao's face suddenly became serious, but he didn't know how to explain his behavior to Lin Shenzhi, so he shouted coldly: "I have the final say, if you don't allow it, you won't allow it!" Seeing Lin Shenzhi's mouth tightened, as if he wanted to
He cried and scolded: "Don't cry! If you don't obey, go and sit with your father."
Lin Shenzhi resisted, but turned his back to face the car wall, refusing to look at Mr. Tao. Lin Jinrong leaned over and winked at him: "Oh, I'm angry."
Lin Shenzhi pouted and ignored, while Lin Jinrong got closer and closer, smiling: "Let's see, you are crying over such a trivial matter. Is this really my brave seventh brother?"
Lin Shenzhi wanted to cry and laugh, but was ashamed and embarrassed. He stretched out a hand to push Lin Jinrong's face, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't look at me!" Tears flowed down his face as he spoke.
Lin Jinrong quickly wiped it off for him with a handkerchief, hugged him into her arms, and laughed softly: "How big of a deal is it worth crying for? Come on, let me tell your mother why she said that." Just scolding doesn't explain it.
The reason is that it doesn't work.
"I won't listen." Lin Shenzhi covered his face.
"You really don't want to listen?" Lin Jinrong ignored him and whispered: "Mother didn't let you ride with Brother Ang because she was worried about you. At the same time, she was really afraid of troublesome Brother Ang. The reason why she didn't tell her directly was to let others know.
Everyone looks better. Do you know why daddy is angry with Angkor?"
Lin Shenzhi didn't speak, but he didn't cry either. Of course he knew that he was no longer a child.
Lin Jinrong continued: "It's because Brother Wu doesn't save face for my father. As for this person, face is given to each other. It's best to leave some room and give others some affection so that we can meet each other in the future. Mom, this is not
Lying is a polite refusal. Do you understand?" After thinking for a while, he added solemnly: "Of course, there are reasons. You can be merciful in small things, but you have to do what you should do in principled big things.
We can't lose our integrity." She had suffered enough of the disadvantage of giving in regardless of the reason, and Lin Shenzhi could not suffer this disadvantage again.
Lin Shenzhi slowly let go of his hand, picking at the pattern on the cushion, and after a while he said: "Why did Brother Ang do this? Why didn't he be more tactful like mother, to save some face for father?"
Lin Jinrong sighed and smiled: "He is different from us."
Lin Shenzhi thought for a long time and said, "Why is it different? His family is richer than mine. Is he more capable than us?"
"You can put it this way." Lin Jinrong whispered: "Shenzhi, you have to remember that only if you are a good person, do good things, and have the ability, you will naturally be respected by others. Being respected is something that cannot be forced upon you.
Not coming."
Mrs. Tao pressed Lin Shenzhi's shoulder with one hand and said in a deep voice: "You must study hard to give your mother and your two sisters some credit."
Although Lin Jinrong also desperately hoped that Lin Shenzhi could study well, he felt that being a good person was more important, so he did not say it in front of Mr. Tao, but secretly held Lin Shenzhi's hand and smiled gently at him: "Just do your best when it comes to studying.
, but you must be a good person.”
A steward shouted loudly outside: "Madam, our young master is here to pick us up!"
Mrs. Tao hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage and saw Tao Fengtang and Wu Xiang walking side by side, followed by several stewards. They rushed towards their carriage and horses with bright smiles. She hurriedly asked people to stop the carriage and greeted Tao Fengtang: "
Fengtang!"
"Auntie, it's been a smooth journey, has it been a smooth journey?" Tao Fengtang jumped off the horse and ran quickly towards Mr. Tao's car to salute and say hello. He secretly peeked into the carriage from the corner of his eye. Even though he knew that Lin Jinyin could not come, he still did.
Full of hope.
Lin Jinrong knew who he was looking for and couldn't help but chuckle: "Hello, cousin."
Tao Fengtang saw clearly that there were only Lin Jinrong, Lin Shenzhi, and Mrs. Tao inside, and there was no one he was thinking about. He was disappointed and smiled sadly: "My parents are cleaning at home and entertaining guests, and they have been thinking about you since yesterday.
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Tao smiled and said, "I have been missing them too."
Mr. Lin San coughed hard in the car behind him. Tao Fengtang pursed his lips and smiled and said, "I'm going to say hello to my uncle." Then he walked to Master Lin San's car, bowed respectfully, and then
Asked hello.
Mr. Lin San finally got some comfort for his injured soul, so he pulled him into the car affectionately to talk. Tao Fengtang did not refuse, confessed, and got into Mr. Lin's car and answered all his questions. After that, Mr. Lin deliberately
She pulled him to express affection and ignored Wu Xiang, as if this could save something.
Wu Xiang was so smart that he understood what was going on at a glance, but he didn't take it to heart - he would rather hang out with Lin Shiquan than Mr. Lin San, so he smiled evilly at Tao Fengtang and winked.
Tao Fengtang knew his temper and could only smile helplessly.
Mrs. Tao saw this and couldn't help but secretly sigh that her nephew was considerate and thoughtful and knew how to save face for herself, so she loved Tao Fengtang even more.
This was not Lin Jinrong's first time coming to Qingzhou, but he was too young when he came here and had long forgotten the prosperity of Qingzhou. Sitting in the car, he could only hear the hustle and bustle on the streets, the sounds of hawkers, the roads were crowded, and the horse-drawn carriages were moving.
He walked very slowly. He wanted to take a peek, but he was also afraid that the servants of the Tao family would look down on him, so he had to endure it and comfort himself. Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, there are plenty of opportunities.
Finally, the carriage drove into the side door of Tao's house, and everyone got out of the car. Tao Shunqin, Mrs. Wu, her two daughters and her youngest son stood at the door of the hanging flower to greet them. Before they could speak, Mrs. Tao burst into tears and shouted emotionally.
He said: "Brother, sister-in-law." Then he stared at Mrs. Wu, pursed his lips and said, "Why have you lost weight again?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Madam Wu quickly advised her: "Stop your tears and show the children a joke." She ignored Tao's attention with a smile, and smiled behind her: "The children haven't come to talk to your aunt yet.
Uncle, do you want to meet your cousins?"
So everyone came forward to salute, and Wu Xiang stood aside quietly. After Lin Jinrong, Lin Shenzhi, and Tao's cousins had seen the salute, they came forward to salute and say hello to Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu was overjoyed to see her capable nephew. She had to ask him questions, but she never ignored Mrs. Tao and others. She gently patted her youngest son Fengju on the shoulder: "I'll take you there."
Little Seventh Brother is going to play." Then he led everyone all the way inside, and randomly talked about a few topics that everyone was interested in, and everyone could talk about it, and there was a lot of joy and excitement.
Lin Jinrong saw this and sighed again. When her aunt does these things, she always makes people feel like a spring breeze and never makes people feel left out. This is a qualified matron. Just thinking about it, the Tao family
The two girls, the eldest girl Feng Qing and the third girl Feng Xiang, held her arms on the left and right, pinched her cheeks, and said affectionately: "The little girl has grown up again."
Lin Jinrong looked at his two cousins, feeling indescribably good, and pinched their cheeks in turn: "You guys don't recognize me, you haven't seen me for several years, and you pinch my face as soon as I come here."
Tao Fengqing was about the same age as Lin Jinyin, and she was just waiting for Tao Fengtang to get married. She had already followed the Wu family to study Neo-Confucianism. She was generous and fierce. She squeezed Lin Jinrong's hand with one hand and said with a smile: "What kind of student do you think you are?
The little girl will still be a little girl if she grows up for a few decades, and I can still pinch your face. But you can’t pinch mine."
The third girl, Feng Xiang, laughed and held down Lin Jinrong's other hand, continuing to pinch her face: "Me too, I can pinch you, but you can't pinch me."