Miss Lin Family of the Red Chamber

"master?"

The housekeeper Lin was called by Lin Ruhai to take over the house and waited for a long time when Lin Ruhai didn't speak before he reminded him.

"Uncle Cheng, the Meng family... have they come back?"

Lin Ruhai hesitated for a long time before asking. Ever since he learned about the capital, Lin Ruhai had been avoiding the news of Meng's three mothers and sons. Now he asked with a complicated mood, but he lacked confidence.

"Yes, sir, Aunt Meng and the two young masters came back in early February."

"Then they..."

"After Aunt Meng came back with the Eldest Miss and the Eldest Young Master, Aunt Meng was busy with farming. The Eldest Young Master has already entered school, and the Eldest Miss is checking a few shops in the city. The Eldest Young Master is not a big deal. You can enter Minglu Academy at a young age, and it was Master Yan who invited you to admit the young master..."

Butler Lin, a loyal and conscientious servant, didn't need Lin Ru's system to order Butler Lin to keep people watching Meng's third mother and son, even those who knew what happened to Meng's third mother and son could be found out.The Lin family has a lot of influence in Yangzhou and even in the whole of Jiangnan, so it is not difficult to find out about the Meng family's three mothers and sons.

There was no need for Lin Ruhai to ask the butler Lin in detail, and he had already reported to Lin Ruhai about the three mothers and sons of the Meng family in every detail.

Lin Ruhai suddenly asked about Meng's three mothers and sons, which made Lin Butler ecstatic.God knows how disappointed the elders in the Lin Mansion, including Butler Lin, were when they found out that the master wanted to give up and refuse to take Aunt Meng and the two young masters back to the mansion, especially since the master never asked about Aunt Meng's three mothers and children. , They didn't understand why the master would do that, why they didn't even want to recognize him as their own flesh and blood; but they didn't dare to speak out but they had complaints in their hearts.

In the past, I was scrupulous because my wife had a brother born in the womb, but now my wife has given birth to a sister who is too weak to support her, and the wife herself has been injured and can no longer reproduce. Very disappointed.

Now the master mentions Aunt Meng and the two young masters and instantly gave Housekeeper Lin hope. Maybe the master will bring back Aunt Meng, the eldest lady, and the young master. Perhaps the Lin family will soon have an heir.

Lin Ruhai listened to Steward Lin talking about the two children, and his psychology also changed subtly. The images of the two children became more and more vivid in his mind. The surge was stronger than before.

"What are the names of the two children?"

Lin Ruhai suddenly interrupted Butler Lin's words, butler Lin paused before reacting, hesitating for a while and said nervously:

"Uh... the eldest lady's name is Meng Yan and the young master's name is Meng Zhou."

Lin Ruhai only felt a lump in his heart, and the faint smile on Yangzhou's face froze when he heard Lin Butler talking about the two children, and he laughed unnaturally.

"Follow the mother's surname, too..." He didn't recognize the two children, why should they take his father's surname.

Thinking of all the things he had done since he accepted the Meng family, it seemed that he had really done nothing for their three mothers and sons, and he kept his heart and guilt from both the Meng family and the two children.

"Master, as long as you bring Aunt Meng and the two young masters back, and let them recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, then give them to the young masters..." The over-excited Steward Lin stopped abruptly in the middle of his speech, only to realize that he had overstepped the limit. , quickly stepped back and stepped aside, not daring to say any more.

"It's not the time yet."

Lin Ruhai didn't blame Butler Lin, in fact, he also thought so in his heart, as long as the three mothers and children were brought back to the mansion, they would recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, and then rename the two children.This kind of thought had already been formed on the day when Jia Min gave birth to her daughter, and after listening to Jia Min's hysterical words when she went crazy, this thought became firm.

But Lin Ruhai is still very sensible, he knows that this is not the time, because he is concerned about Meng's identity, he can no longer let Meng be his concubine, thinking of Dr. Liu talking about Jia Min's body, Lin Ruhai suddenly had an idea.

"Master, would you like to meet the two young masters first?" Meng's house is very close to Lin's residence, just across the street behind Lin's residence. Thinking that the young master is still in the academy, Butler Lin hurriedly added:

"It will be Ching Ming in two days. This old slave has heard that Minglu Academy will have a three-day bath during the Ching Ming Festival. The master is going to meet the two young masters."

"Uncle Cheng, please arrange it."

"Okay, sir, don't worry."

Butler Lin agreed with great joy, and went out happily to go directly to Nanny Lin to discuss it.

The result of the discussion between the two old guys was that Xiaolan, the youngest daughter-in-law of Mother Lin, knocked on the door of Meng's house early in the morning the next day.

Xiaolan has been wanting to come to see Meng since she found out that Mrs. Meng is not dead, but she was suppressed by Nanny Lin after Mrs. Meng went to Beijing a few years ago, and now she is finally asked to come to Mrs. Meng, Xiaolan I am very excited.

Xiaolan followed the little maid into the main hall, and the Meng family rushed into the house from the backyard.

"Xiaolan?" Looking at Xiaolan who was already dressed as a woman, Meng called out excitedly but couldn't believe it.

"Miss!" Xiaolan burst into tears when she saw Meng Shi, and knelt down towards Meng Shi with a plop: "Miss, miss, you are really still alive, miss!"

"Xiaolan!"

After a life-and-death parting, the master and servant hugged each other and wept bitterly when they met again, and the endless sorrow and pain were vented out in the cry.

The two of them couldn't stop crying even for a long time, and the little maids were frightened and rushed to find Meng Yan.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?"

Meng Yan hurried into the room.

The little maid couldn't explain clearly, Meng Yan only heard that someone came to find his wife, and she was crying, Meng Yan thought something happened.

It was Meng Yan who called the Meng family who stopped crying, and at the same time felt that he had lost his composure.

Xiaolan Xunsheng stared straight at Meng Yan, she knew that the young lady gave birth to twins, and seeing one of them in person, Xiaolan was also very pleasantly surprised.

"Miss, this is, is this the little lady?"

"Xiaolan, this is my eldest daughter, Yan'er." After Meng introduced her daughter to Xiaolan, she said to Meng Yan, "Yan'er, this is Aunt Lan. You can call her Aunt Lan."

"My maidservant greets the young lady. The maidservant is a young lady's maidservant who can't be called Aunt Lan by the young lady, that's the name that the young lady calls the maidservant." Xiaolan's loyalty to the Meng family has not changed for many years.

"Aunt Lan, please hurry up. My mother often mentioned you and said that I grew up with you as sisters. I should call you Aunt Lan." Xiaolan is also an acquaintance of Meng Yan, and Meng Yan naturally knows Xiaolan's loyalty to the Meng family.

After the two were polite again, Xiaolan asked about Meng Zhou.

"Zhou'er went to the academy to study and is not at home, but he has a three-day rest on Qingming Festival and you will come to see his son again." The reason why I called Xiaolan was because the Meng family would not go to Lin's residence.

"Miss, haven't you ever thought about taking the young lady and the young master back? My wife gave birth to a daughter and it's up to me whether she can support her or not. The young master is the only male in the Lin family. As long as you want, the master will definitely take you back. of."

Xiaolan dared to meet Meng's eyes, she hoped that the young lady would return to the Lin's mansion, the Lin's mansion is the home of the young lady and the home of the young lady and the young master, they should go back.

"Xiaolan, do you know what happened back then, the fire that filled the sky that night, Mei Xiang and Xiaoyi were burned because of me...the fire that night was set by Nanny Liu, who wanted to burn me and the child to death ... As long as that Jia family is still alive, I can't go back, I can't risk my children, they were bought by Mei Xiang and Xiaoyi..."

Thinking of Meixiang and Xiaoyi when she mentioned that night, Meng was so sad that she couldn't cry.

"It's Mei Xiang?" Xiaolan was shocked!

At first they all thought that the two corpses were Meng Shi and Xiao Yi, and that Mei Xiang ran away after arson, but they didn't expect to be Mei Xiang and Xiao Yi.Meixiang and Xiaolan didn't get along very long and they didn't have a deep relationship, but when she thought that Meixiang had saved her young lady, Xiaolan was deeply moved; and when she thought that Xiaoyi, who was like her sister, died so miserably, Xiaolan couldn't help crying.

Fortunately, Meng Yan was sent away by the two, otherwise Meng Yan would definitely have a headache hearing the two crying like this.

The master and servant hadn't seen each other for a long time, they cried for a long time and chatted inseparably, Xiaolan didn't want to leave until it was dark.

Meng learned about the graves of Meixiang and Xiaoyi from Xiaolan and decided to go to worship on Qingming Festival to thank them for their life-saving grace.

Unexpectedly, after asking this question, I found out that she was originally thought to be burned to death, but her "corpse/body" was not buried in the cemetery of the aunt's burial in the Lin Mansion, but was buried directly outside Yangzhou City.Only from Xiaolan's mouth did Meng know that she had been included in the Lin family for half a year, but the Lin family had not registered with the yamen, which meant that she was not from the Lin family at all in the official files.The burial of 'she' and Xiaoyi outside Yangzhou City was also the responsibility of Jia Min. The excuse was that she was not from the Lin family in the government's household registration file. After the fire, the old lady fell ill, so Jia Min decided to Discuss with Lin Ruhai and decide.

Knowing this, Meng's heart was full of chills and it was extremely desolate, she did not expect her to be such an existence in Lin's mansion, Meng's heart could not help feeling cold towards Lin Ruhai, and at the same time hesitated for a while about returning to Lin's mansion.

In fact, Meng Yan didn't know that Mrs. Lin and Lin Ruhai both thought about asking Mrs. Meng to enter the Lin Mansion, but Jia Min was very sad when Mrs. Meng entered the mansion. Lin Ruhai felt sorry for his wife. In order to suppress Meng Shi, he asked Lin Ruhai to wait for Meng Shi to give birth to a child before registering for household registration. Lin Ruhai agreed without making his wife sad;The Meng family really didn't become the Lin family until 'death'.

However, if the Meng family is still the aunt of the Lin family, it will be unfavorable and an insult to the Meng family, but judging from the current situation of the Meng family, it is beneficial to her. At least outsiders don't know that she used to be a concubine of the Lin family, and she will remarry in the future Entering the Lin Mansion is not considered a concubine's rightful and tight successor.You must know that in this era, especially officials and eunuchs, taking concubines as wives is ridiculed, and you must know that literati attach great importance to these things.

However, Meng Shi was sad at this time because she hadn't had time to think so far.

Xiaolan went back to the Lin Mansion happily after seeing the Meng family, but she didn't know that someone had followed her along the way, from the Lin Mansion to the Meng family and back again, and she didn't know that because of all these meetings, the Meng family almost brought huge troubles. disaster.