Brothers of 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 eloquently.
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 him lightly, with a look that could see through the mortal world and look aloof.
"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 forward.
"Hands."
Mr. Yunzhong said calmly.
Lin Xu reluctantly stretched out his hand, but his husband took it and hit it with a ruler.
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp sound.
This was followed by 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 hard enough blow, and the intention was to establish authority.
I don’t want anyone here to be evil.
Although Lin Xu is young, he is also an arrogant and indulgent master.
"I call you sir to give you face! How dare you, an old man, really 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's the name?"
Lin Xu couldn't help but shook his beaten hand, which was burning with pain.
While he was talking, the man rushed forward again, pretending to fight.
"Lin Xu, you can't do this. How can you hit sir?"
Lin Hengzhi jumped up and rushed forward with righteousness.
Mr. Yunzhong was so moved that he 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.
Mr. Yunzhong finally realized how powerful the children of the aristocratic families in the small border town were.
Before he could get up, he was punched several more times.
If you look across Luoyang and Chang'an, you won't be able to find such a villain!
It happens to be in this small border town!
"Ouch, ouch... the harsh mountains and rivers bring out unruly people! Wait... 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, and threatened 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 the good things. But it was of no use at all.
Although Mr. Yunzhong is not a contemporary scholar, he is also a well-known teacher in Luoyang City.
Several major families in Luoyang respect Mr. Yunzhong very much. If he is allowed to return to Luoyang and spread rumors about the Lin family, the reputation of the Lin family will be very bad.
Lin Ting had been extremely busy for the past few days and felt a little exhausted.
In the end, he 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 spread today's incident to anyone.
After this incident, Lin Tingzheng naturally beat Lin Xu and Lin Hengzhi severely.
But the husband was already angry. The Lin family had many things going on, and the elders of the Lin family had 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, it doesn’t count as having a free meal at home.”
"Him? He is a scholar from a poor family. How can he be qualified to look after a student of my Lin family?"
"Hey, there are several young masters getting together. If no one is watching, we 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 the teacher and leave in anger..."
"I won't mention this matter anymore."
"Mian'er said that if there is no one to tell the clan members 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 if the daughter-in-law is watching, they will not cause much trouble. 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 have a son-in-law.
"Okay, just be careful and don't let them cause trouble again. If necessary, ask the servants to keep sticks on hand."
"yes."
Qin Mian bowed and walked away slowly.
…
Bai Song never thought of helping the Lin family prepare for the New Year Ping.
What he had to prepare for was much more important than the Little Sui Ping.
Bai Song didn't see his new house for several days.
Sangsang didn't see Brother Bai for several days.
The first time I saw Sangsang was at the corner of 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 got behind Sangsang.
"Sangsang, what are you doing?"
Seeing someone warms your heart, and relieves Sangsang's lovesickness at the first sight, and the hard work of several 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, clasping her little hands behind her back, and said like the obedient girl next door, "Sang Sang doesn't need Brother Bai to worry about you, 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 downplayed 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 clouds floating on her face, invisible but real.
"Okay, don't do it. Where are Uncle Qu and Auntie?"
"My parents have gone out to buy a field for Brother Bai. The fields outside the county are quite far away. It will probably take us late at night to get back."
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 jumbled bluestone bricks piled in the corner of the courtyard have been sorted out, and everything is placed neatly.
Bai Song was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.
"This...you did all this?"
"Yes." 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 also put pressure on 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 spores 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 a 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 really powerful. This thing 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 Datang There are no more hungry people in our territory!”
Bai Song said this was a bit exaggerated.
But Sangsang showed no signs of surprise. Instead, he looked at Bai Song with admiration, his eyes unblinking.
"Sangsang, aren't you surprised at all?"
"Why should you 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!"
