Brothers from the same clan have always been at odds with each other, and fights are inevitable when they meet.
But Lin Xun's abnormal behavior today made the other three young masters feel uncomfortable.
At the beginning of the class, Mr. Yunzhong explained the Book of Songs with great eloquence.
None of the people in the hall paid attention to Mr. Xun's explanation. From time to time, they looked at Lin Xun, who was sitting in the middle and listening carefully.
"Hey! What's wrong with you?"
Lin Xun glanced at it with a look that looked aloof from the mortal world.
"Lin Xun, what tricks are you playing today?"
"Lin Xun! Can you be more normal? You look so scary."
"Now, since you're like this. Brother Yu, I'm going to show you off today. Last time we made a bet, we jointly defrauded you. At worst, I'll give you back the few taels of silver you lost. Don't be so indifferent."
Several people were looking around below, but Lin Xun remained unmoved.
"Isn't this person possessed by evil spirits?"
"Ahem..." Mr. Yunzhong coughed lightly, "Lin Xu."
Lin Xu, the youngest, got excited and quickly stood up and saluted: "Sir."
"Read again what Mr. just dictated."
"..."
Lin Xu was silent, his mind was not on the text, so he didn't know what the teacher would say.
"Sir asked you, why didn't you answer?"
Lin Xu said angrily: "I don't know."
"Don't know?" Mr. Yunzhong frowned, "Come here."
At the same time, he took out the ruler.
The rest of the group enjoyed themselves without making a sound.
Lin Xu hesitated to speak, but looked at Mr.'s serious expression and walked up.
"Hand over."
Mr. Yunzhong said calmly.
Lin Xu reluctantly stretched out his hand, but his husband took it and struck it with a ruler.
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp sound.
Then there was a howl like a killing pig.
"ah!"
Lin Xu burst into tears and shouted: "Old man! I will fight with you!"
I have to admit that Mr. Yunzhong is a little distracted.
Seeing that the dandy young masters of the Lin Mansion were all behaving well under his own guidance, they did not pay any attention to the juniors from the collateral clan.
This was a severe blow, and the intention was to establish authority.
I don’t want to have any trouble with the people here in front of me.
Although Lin Xu is young, he is also an arrogant and indulgent master.
"I call you sir to give you face! You old fool actually dare to hit me?"
Lin Xu got mad, grabbed the ruler, and swept Mr. Yun Zhong's forehead with his backhand.
"Snapped"!
The wrinkles on Mr. Yunzhong's forehead were evened out, and his hat flew several meters away.
"Ouch!"
With a whimper, Mr. Yunzhong covered his forehead and fell to the ground.
In a short time, the old man's forehead swelled into a peach shape, and with his old appearance, he looked like a longevity star.
"What is it called!"
Lin Xu couldn't help but shake his beaten hand, which was burning with pain.
While he was talking, the man rushed forward again, trying to fight.
"Lin Xu, this is impossible, how can you hit Mr.
Lin Hengzhi jumped up and rushed forward with righteousness.
Mr. Yunzhong was extremely moved and thought he had met a good student.
Unexpectedly, this guy said one thing and did another. Not only did he not help, he stepped on the gentleman's sleeve, making the gentleman's hand unable to move.
It was said that he was blocking, but it was not Lin Xu who was blocking, but Mr. Yunzhong.
This Mr. Yunzhong has finally realized how powerful the children of the aristocratic families in the small border town are.
Before he could get up, he was punched several more times.
Looking at the whole of Luoyang and Chang'an, you can't find such a villain!
It happens to be in this small border town!
"Ouch, ouch... the harsh mountains and rivers bring out unruly people! You wait... you wait..."
"Old guy! You're still yelling!"
The Dandies of the Lin family have been fighting each other since childhood and have already developed a tacit understanding of each other.
Lin Xu made eye contact with Lin Hengzhi, lifted his husband up one after another, and threw him into the courtyard pool.
Under the pavilion, Lin Xun looked as if he didn't see anything.
The other Lin Youwei had a scornful smile on his face.
…
Half an hour later.
Lin Mansion is lively.
Mr. Yunzhong smashed Lin Tingzheng's nanmu tables and chairs, and tore up the frontier fortress map he gave to the Lin family. He was so wet that he almost vomited blood with anger.
He clamored for Lin Tingzheng to immediately arrange a carriage to take him back to Luoyang, threatening to let the students in Chang'an and Luoyang know how despicable the younger generation of the Lin family in Youzhou was.
Lin Ting kept apologizing and said all kinds of good things, but it was of no use at all.
Although this Mr. Yunzhong is not a contemporary scholar, he is also a well-known teacher in Luoyang City.
Several big families in Luoyang respect Mr. Yunzhong very much. If he were allowed to return to Luoyang and spread rumors about the Lin family, the reputation of the Lin family would be very bad.
Lin Ting had been extremely busy for the past few days, and was also a little exhausted mentally and physically.
Finally, I agreed to Mr. Yunzhong's request to return to Luoyang, and at the same time paid a large sum of money to get Mr. Yunzhong's promise not to tell the story of today's incident.
After this incident, Lin Tingzheng naturally beat Lin Xu and Lin Hengzhi severely.
But the husband has been angry and gone. The Lin family has many things to do, and the Lin family has no time to look after a few boys.
"Master..." Butler Liu suggested in a low voice, "Didn't Bai Song say it before? He wants to be the young master's companion. Now no one is looking at the young masters, and Bai Song has nothing to do all day long, so he can
If you go and stare at it, it’s not like eating for free at home.”
"He? He is a scholar from a poor family. How can he be qualified to look after my Lin family students?"
"Hey, a few young masters get together. If no one is watching, you don't know what trouble will happen."
"father……"
Outside the hall, Lin Xun's wife Qin Mianxing came.
"Mian'er, are you back?"
"Reporting to Daddy, Mian'er went home to visit her mother and heard that her husband was recovering from illness, so she came back in a hurry. As soon as she entered the house, she heard that her husband was going to teach and left in anger..."
"I won't mention this matter anymore."
"Mian'er said that if there is no one to tell the clansmen to study, it is better to let the daughter-in-law take care of them. The daughter-in-law is one year older than the husband, and the husband usually listens to his daughter-in-law more. I think they will not cause much trouble if the daughter-in-law is watching.
Trouble."
Lin Ting was thinking about it: "Mian'er, you are a woman..."
"My daughter-in-law also often studied poetry and prose when she was in her boudoir. Besides, there are many things going on at home recently, and my daughter-in-law also wants to share more burdens for her father."
Lin Tingzheng thought that it would be better to let his daughter-in-law come out and keep an eye on him than to let a son-in-law.
"Okay, just be careful and don't let them cause trouble again. If necessary, ask the servants to keep sticks."
"yes."
Qin Mian bowed and walked away slowly.
…
Bai Song never thought of helping the Lin family prepare for the Little Sui Ping.
The things he had to prepare for were much more important than the New Year's Eve Review.
Bai Song did not see his new house for several days.
Sangsang hasn't seen Brother Bai for several days.
The first time I saw Sangsang was when I stepped on the courtyard wall outside the house.
The girl was concentrating on drawing on the wall with a small shovel, and she didn't even notice that the person she missed the most came.
Until he arrived behind Sangsang.
"Sangsang, what are you doing?"
Seeing someone warms your heart, and relieves Sangsang's pain of lovesickness at the first sight, and all the hard work of the past few days is instantly thrown away into the sky.
Sangsang threw away the small shovel, patted the dust on his body, revealing his shallow dimples: "Brother Bai, why are you here?"
"If I don't come to see you for a few days, I won't feel at ease."
Sang Sang smiled, clasped her little hands behind her back, and said like the obedient girl next door, "Sang Sang doesn't need Brother Bai to worry about her, she's always fine."
"Uh... I mean the peppers I planted earlier..."
Sangsang's face turned red and she lowered her head in disappointment, but it was softened by Brother Bai's affectionate touch on the head.
"What are you doing? Concentrate on a wall."
"There is a lot of moss on the walls. Sangsang needs to clear it off so that it looks like a house that is inhabited."
"Why are you fighting with a moss?"
"Sang Sang likes it, and they want to add new powder to the courtyard wall. I asked the county mason and he said it would cost three hundred coins. Without Big Brother Bai's consent, Sang Sang didn't dare to make a decision."
"You girl, you said this house is yours, you can do whatever you want with it, why do you need to ask me?"
Bai Song became more and more accustomed to Sangsang, a girl who was so well-behaved that she was like the clouds floating on her face, invisible but real.
"Okay, don't do it. Where are Uncle Qu and Auntie Qu?"
"My parents have gone out to buy some fields for Brother Bai. The fields outside the county are quite far away, so we probably won't be able to get back until late at night."
While talking, the two of them returned to the courtyard side by side.
I haven't been to the house in the east of the city for several days, so Bai Song was greatly surprised to see him today.
The entire house has been renovated, and the front and back yards have been well taken care of by Sangsang.
Even the bluestone bricks piled haphazardly in the corner of the courtyard have been sorted out, and everything is arranged neatly.
Bai Song was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.
"This...you did all this?"
"Yeah." Sangsang nodded, "Dad is busy buying a field for Brother Bai, so he doesn't have time to lay bricks, and Sangsang doesn't know how to..."
"Hey!" Bai Song sighed and touched the girl again, "Girls are so capable, they are also a kind of pressure for men!"
Sangsang blinked, not quite understanding what Brother Bai meant.
Without further ado, Bai Song took Sang Sang to the small vegetable garden.
There is nothing in the small vegetable garden now, just a pile of loose fertilizer.
Sangsang knew what Brother Bai was thinking, and brought over the pot where the pepper seeds had been planted: "Brother Bai, the peppers have sprouted."
Although the sprouts are only small, the white and tender teeth exude vitality.
"Very good. It's cold now. You must take good care of it and don't let the peppers freeze to death."
"Um."
After a moment's hesitation, Sangsang asked again: "Brother Bai, what exactly is that pepper?"
"It makes the food more flavorful, and you will know it when it matures later."
With that said, Bai Song took out the potatoes again and displayed them in front of Sangsang like a treasure: "Well, I have something better for you to see today."
Sangsang looked at the round potatoes with a puzzled look on his face: "What is this?"
"This thing is called potato."
"This thing is just dirt, is it also food?"
"That's right. The pepper only changes the flavor of the food, but the potato is amazing. It can replace grains and be used as a food for people to satisfy their hunger. It is easy to grow and has high yield. If this thing can be spread, I believe that the Tang Dynasty will There are no more hungry people in our territory!”
What Bai Song said was a bit exaggerated.
But Sang Sang showed no signs of surprise. Instead, she looked at Bai Song with admiration, her eyes unblinking.
"Sangsang, aren't you surprised at all?"
"Why be surprised?"
“I don’t think most people believe that a small potato can eliminate hunger in the world.”
"But Sang Sang believes it. Sang Sang believes whatever Brother Bai says."
Bai Song smiled bitterly and touched Sangsang's head again: "You are really Brother Bai's little crush!"