The third master glanced at the fifth master. His mouth was parched after eating peanuts. The fifth master put the beans in his own cup, and he asked the fourth master to replace them. He just kept eating the dried peanuts, one mouthful after another.
He didn't drink any water. He felt so good. Lao Wu seemed to have taken advantage of him. If it weren't for the purpose of blocking his mouth, he would have acted as if he was willing to eat it. He snatched the tea cup spinning in the fourth master's hand.
, drank all the tea in it, and then said to the fifth man: "Brother will give you a cart of peanuts later. You can leave them at home and peel them slowly." Then he said to the fourth master: "Fourth brother, give me some peanuts.
Pour me a glass of water. I'm really thirsty."
The fourth master actually took the teapot and poured a cup for the third master.
The third master drank again, then looked at the fourth master and said: "Fourth, you have a bad mind. I asked you why you don't drink tea, but you didn't let go of the cup. You knew that your brother was thirsty, so you didn't give him water.
Really? Why are you so evil-minded?"
The Fourth Master glanced at the Third Master innocently and said, "The Third Brother is over-hearted."
"Pull him down. None of us knows which one is who." The third master shouted suddenly.
These words have been heard by several brothers, and each of them has his or her own taste. Brothers, no one knows what others are thinking.
The eighth master was particularly embarrassed, thinking that the third master meant this to him.
This has been laid for a long time, and these brothers all understand it in their hearts, let alone Prince Zhi.
By the time the banquet officially started, Lin Yutong had already lost thirty taels of silver.
Dafujin said with a smile: "It makes the four younger brothers and sisters bankrupt."
Lin Yutong smiled and said: "It's because I'm really not good at my level. Even if I lose, I'm convinced."
Even if you win, who can really take this little silver? It's just a reward for the maid serving in the house.
Hear Bafu Jin say: "Fourth sister-in-law has not found a good helper. If the Crown Princess comes, I'm afraid she will only win the battle."
This is a very unpleasant thing to say.
This is not only an irony that the fourth master follows the prince and only wants to fawn over the prince. It also makes people think that everyone dares to win against Lin Yutong, but they think that the fourth master does not have the dignity to make everyone give in to her.
It's like playing cards with the slaves. The slaves don't dare to win. I believe that if it were the princess, no one would dare to beat her today.
This is not a pleasant thing to say, but it is also true. But saying it so bluntly seems a bit provocative and looking for trouble.
Lin Yutong sighed inwardly. The current Fourth Master is indeed not very eye-catching. His identity is no different from that of the Three Fortunes, the Five Fortunes, and the Seventh Fortune. Although the Seventh Master has some disabilities, Kangxi cares the most about his son.
Because they are not afraid of arousing anyone's dissatisfaction and suspicion, Qifu Jin's family also lives a decent life. There is no reason why anyone should be shorter. We all have the same status and play at the same level. No one thinks about the twists and turns inside.
Although the Eight Fortunes were talking about Lin Yutong, the other three Fortunes also offended her at once. It was as if the three of them were flattering villains.
What could Lin Yutong do, and really start a quarrel over this? She pretended not to hear, and just said to Dafujin: "Sister-in-law has prepared something good today, let's try it. It's a rare relaxing day." She ignored it completely.
Just treat her as a fart. I am not afraid of her, but there is no need to get into a quarrel over this.
Although Dafujin didn't like people who were related to the prince, when it came to hatred, he must hate people like Master Ba who poached people the most. So he smiled and answered: "Even if it is delicacies from mountains and seas, who can be rare? However, I invited you.
Two female gentlemen are here, let’s have some fun and have a laugh, that’s all.”
"This is good!" Sanfujin first laughed and said, "Our father has raised a small troupe. But I don't listen to that, and I can't finish a line of babbling for a long time."
These words received a response from Shi Fujin. She is from Mongolia and has trouble speaking Chinese. Tell her to appreciate the opera and stop it quickly.
Everyone laughed and sat down. No one answered Bafujin's words.
Bafujin's face suddenly became embarrassed.
Lin Yutong sometimes thought that the couple Ba Ye and Ba Fujin actually had a low self-esteem deep down. They seemed to always want to prove themselves.
The eighth master's biological mother was born in Xinzheku. Xinzheku was the place where the family members were sent away after serious crimes were committed. This Wei family should have such origin. All the men in her family should have been beheaded.
Such a woman can still get close to the emperor. I'm afraid the things in between are not simple. In fact, the palace is very strictly managed, and the emperor really doesn't want to see him. Wei's ability to get close to the emperor smoothly, if not for her own scheming
, there is someone helping behind the scenes.
Therefore, her status has never been raised. Moreover, except for the eighth master, she has never given birth to any children.
This proves that Kangxi had a knot in his heart.
Because of the embarrassing identity of his biological mother, it is impossible for this eighth master not to feel inferior, especially compared to other brothers. He treats others with leniency because at the beginning, he had no other political capital.
Now he has even poached the eldest brother he has always followed. In terms of character, he is inferior.
Lost on one word of loyalty.
Which superior would like such a person?
As for Ba Fujin, her mother-in-law was the concubine born to Prince Anjun’s side Fujin. Her mother was even convicted and executed. She grew up in Prince Anjun’s palace, but she had no father or mother.
The life of the concubine may not be really smooth. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is living under someone else's roof. She became the Eight Fortune Jin because Kangxi wanted to place his son in charge of the Eight Banners. Prince An was the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner.
Under such circumstances, the support that Anjun Prince's Palace could give Bafujin was actually limited.
She was more active than the other Fujins. She often entertained officials' wives in the palace and socialized everywhere, probably to prove herself to the eighth master. To prove that the eighth master had not married her wrongly.
Lin Yutong thought for a while and put down his hands.
Dafujin prepared fruit wine, but Shifujin complained that it was not enough, so he brought it instead of strong wine.
Lin Yutong immediately frowned. How could she have drank this? I'm afraid everyone here knows how much she drank. She originally wanted to pour it into the space. Who knew that Ten Fujin and Fourteenth Fujin were crazy by themselves, and it didn't count when they were served in front of them.
You still have to stand aside and supervise.
The younger ones always respect the older ones. Dafujin drank the most, Sanfujin and Lin Yutong drank about the same amount. Wufujin cheated and hid a few, but he didn't drink much.
The drink was very strong. When someone came from below to send word that the gentlemen were leaving, Lin Yutong stood up suddenly, still swaying a little.
The Fourth Master stood outside with his hands behind his back, chatting with the Third Master, the Fifth Master and the Seventh Master, and each had to wait for Fujin to come out.
The third master turned his head first, probably seeing that San Fujin had to have two people holding his feet to help him float, and muttered: "This group of women is really amazing. We men are not drunk yet, but they are... really contrary
It’s crazy…”
In fact, the relationship between the Fifth Master and Fujin was sincere. Today, Wu Fujin had become more courageous after drinking. When he saw the Fifth Master approaching, he walked around without even looking.
The Fourth Master looked at Lin Yutong as normal, but when he got there, he realized that he had drunk too much. His eyes were watery, and he was pulling on his sleeve and shaking him.
Fourth Master's heart trembled because of his sway, and he quickly helped her get into the car. Thinking of what happened last night, he was worried that this person was really drunk and would make some kind of joke outside.
Lin Yutong drank the water from the space and felt better halfway through. He wasn't completely drunk either.
"I won't dare to drink anymore." Lin Yutong said, leaning on Fourth Master's shoulder.
Fourth Master stroked her back and said, "Why do you think of drinking?"
"It's okay! The eighth brother and sister said something inappropriate before eating." Lin Yutong said with a smile: "Maybe the tenth brother and sister don't want people to think how close she is to the eighth brother and sister. The fourteenth brother and sister are the same. Look, Jiu Ye
It is possible for Master Shi and Master Shi to follow the Eighth Master and make a fuss to make their presence felt. But when it comes to sincerity, I’m afraid that may not be the case. If the Eighth Master gains power, they will definitely follow closely. But once..."
"You also have to look at their brains to see if they are better than Lao Ba. Don't let Lao Ba get dragged into the water. It will be difficult for them to get ashore." Fourth Master said in a low voice.
Lin Yutong nodded, she had not thought of this. It seemed that her brain was still not enough.
Listening to the fourth master say again: "Old Fourteen, it is impossible to win over Prince Zhi. According to age, Prince Zhi is a full sixteen years older than Old Fourteen. He is old enough to be an Ama. He is as young as him.
What kind of friendship is there? It's also Lao Ba, and he doesn't refuse anyone who comes. He wants to get benefits from Lao Ba, but he doesn't have a heart-to-heart relationship with him. Do you think he is a fool? Ignore him and let him do whatever he wants.
Go ahead."
Lin Yutong said "hmm" and was a little confused.
After arriving home, Fourth Master went to the front yard. Lin Yutong had a good sleep before he felt comfortable. The fatigue from the past few days was also relieved a lot.
I was thinking of having a banquet at my house the day after tomorrow. But there are no entertainment activities here, so we can't just sit around.
So I sent someone to call the old woman. She drew a picture and asked someone to make a few mahjong pieces out of wood.
In fact, there is already mahjong now, but it is still very different from modern mahjong. Not only the patterns are different, but the number of pieces and the gameplay are also different. Moreover, it is very small. It is only as long as a finger.
Modern mahjong is still the most fun.
The old grandma looked at it for a long time and said: "This is easy, just ask them to stay up late at night, and they will get it early tomorrow morning."
Lin Yutong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if the others are rough, just make a set of exquisite ones, I will use them."
As a result, when I saw it the next day, I had made a total of nine sets. I don't know what kind of wood it was. Not to mention the thickness, the sound it made was also very nice.
Lin Yutong first taught Pomegranate the simplest method of playing, "Take this with you today and send it to the empress in the palace."
This was a matter of asking for a reward, and Pomegranate happily responded.
Yesterday it was the Wang family of Zhijun County, and today it is the Sanbeile family. This is how it is during the Chinese New Year. After visiting this house, go to that house.
Concubine De in the palace looked at the mahjong sent by Lin Yutong, played two games, and became addicted. She asked the nobles in the palace to play with her.
She has two sons, who are firmly established in the palace. Now that her grandsons are grown up, they don't care whether they are pampered or not. She called these people, put the money box aside, and gave the money to Lisuo.
If you really win someone else's, I'll give you two pieces of stuff as a reward later. It's like you've won someone else's loss.
These nobles had no children, were not favored, and had a difficult life in the palace. Who would not be happy to accompany the concubine and flatter her.
Lin Yutong came back from the third master's house and took the fourth master and Honghui Hongyun to teach them how to play.
This thing is simple and easy to learn, and no two people can master it.
"Are you going to ask someone to play with this tomorrow?" Fourth Master asked.
Lin Yutong smiled and said, "What should we do? Give each person two bags of beans and peel them slowly?" As he said this, he couldn't help laughing.
Fourth Master also laughed and said, "It's pretty good, let's take this."
Before Honghui and Hongyun were interested in this, they used it as building blocks to play with.
After sending the two children to sleep, the Fourth Master looked up at Lin Yutong again. He saw that she wore Han family clothes and dresses, which was unimaginable before. Her small coat with gold flowers on a white background made her breasts bulge and her waist look bulging.
The limbs are slender. The cuffs are like trumpets, rolled with silver edges. The lower body is a lake green skirt, with no color at all. In the winter months, dressed like this, it actually suppresses the color and does not feel thin.
"What are you doing?" Fourth Master asked when he saw some needle and thread in Lin Yutong's hand.
"Make a coat for Honghui to wear when sleeping. He doesn't wear a bellyband now, but you still have to be careful when sleeping at night." Lin Yutong said.
"We should have asked the nuns to take care of our sleep a long time ago." Fourth Master said dissatisfied.
It's superfluous, and you have to follow prescribed movements even when sleeping. Is this how people live?
"You have suffered once, so you have to make your child suffer again." Lin Yutong said: "Besides, sleeping is a private matter, and no one else can know about it. Is it possible that I sleep well now?"
Fourth Master thought about the two of them hugging each other and making a pile during the past two nights.
The two chatted and joked for a while, but the topic had already diverged.
The next day, Lin Yutong got up early and watched people clearing up the decorations. Then he had to go to the kitchen to see for himself how the dishes were being prepared.
The fourth master and Lin Yutong only personally welcomed Prince Zhi and his wife and the third master and his wife at the door, leaving the rest to the care of the fourth master's disciples.
When everyone was able to gather a table, Lin Yutong took out the mahjong. There were several girls waiting on them and teaching them how to play.
The fourth master was in front, and he and the third and fifth masters of Zhijun opened the table and played. This thing is simply perfect. When you want to talk, you can talk while playing, no problem at all. But if you don’t want to talk anymore, this
The game can make people fully immersed in it, and other people's words can only be ignored.
Prince Zhi played a few games and smiled at the third and fifth masters: "The fourth master is such a ghost, hiding such a good thing and not taking it out."
The fourth master stared at the cards in his hand for a long time and then said: "It's my brother's fault. Isn't this because I was thinking about you being busy? How dare you take it out."
Prince Zhi drew a blank board and went out, saying: "Aren't you also idle? Your brother, the prince, has given you some good errands."
Mr. Wu, who was sitting opposite him, quietly touched the whiteboard.
The fourth master sat under the fifth master, touched the cards again, and said: "The emperor's errand. Little brother didn't know that the prince also spoke."
Saying that, he played a Dongfeng card.
The fifth master touched again. After touching, it was the fourth master's turn to draw the cards.
The third master is sitting opposite the fourth master. Prince Zhi has made a move and he has not received a card yet. Why are these people so annoying? "Lao Wu, can you wait for your brother and me to draw a card before you touch it again?"
?”
Prince Zhi on the opposite side happened to hit a card worth ten thousand. The fifth master glanced at the third master innocently, put down the cards, and asked the fourth master uncertainly: "Fourth brother, is this nonsense?"
The third master glanced at it first, and he was really confused.
Damn it, he didn't even touch a card, and he immediately lost five taels of silver. Prince Zhi was the banker, and he lost ten taels.
"It doesn't count, it doesn't count!" Prince Zhi rolled up his sleeves, "We just tried a game. Let's start again now."
The third and fourth masters said: "I originally wanted to give it a try."
The fifth master's face drooped. What about his brother? He was squandering a few taels of silver. He was the youngest at this table, and he had no place to say anything.
It happened that Lao Jiu came with Lao Ba and Lao Ten, and he grabbed Lao Jiu's top bag. "You can play here. Ask the fourth brother to teach you. I will teach the eighth and tenth brothers." At another table, he is the elder brother. It's a trap.