Miss Lin Family of the Red Chamber

Time flies, fleeting.It has been a year since Jia Min passed away, and Jia Min's coffin has been parked outside Yangzhou for a year. On the anniversary of his death, Lin Ruhai decided to carry the coffin back to the ancestral grave in Gusu for burial.

It is said that death is like a lamp going out, no matter how serious mistakes Jia Min made during her lifetime, they all disappeared with her death.

What Jia Min did, the Lin family did not make a scene for outsiders to know. In the eyes of outsiders, apart from not having any children for the Lin family, Jia Min is still the noble family of the Duke’s mansion, who is born with a noble appearance, has extraordinary talents, and has the order of a gentleman of the third rank. The wife of the official family, and Lin Ruhai did not divorce or demote his wife, so she is still Lin Ruhai's first wife, so she is still eligible to be buried in the Lin family's ancestral grave.

Whether it's for Lin Ruhai's own reputation and career or for his daughter, I have to say that the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Jia Min is at least before Lin Ruhai learns what Jia Min has done. Lin Ruhai's feelings for Jia Min are true, and he really loves Jia Min.

Even now, Meng Yan felt that she could still see Lin Ruhai's memories of the beautiful past.

Lin Ruhai took Daiyu Fuling south to Gusu, but Meng Yan and Meng Zhou did not go with Lin Ruhai.Meng Yan and Meng Zhou haven't recognized their ancestors yet, and no one knows about Jia Min's nominal aunt, and Jia Min is still the enemy of their siblings. Meng Yan really doesn't want to honor her filial piety, and of course she hasn't. .

After arriving in Gusu, Meng Yan and Meng Zhou were arranged to live in the Lin family's ancestral house. Lin Ruhai was busy with the funeral and had no time to take care of the siblings except to order scary to wait on them carefully. The siblings were completely freed.Because they are unfamiliar with each other, the siblings can only stay at home, Meng Zhou reads books and Meng Yan practices calligraphy, and occasionally the siblings even play chess and discuss paintings.

Standing in the high viewing pavilion, Meng Yan saw the nostalgic expression on Lin Ruhai's face, and Meng Yan pouted.Losing the mood to enjoy the scenery, he turned and left to go back to his yard.

Suzhou and Yangzhou both belong to Jiangsu, and they are not too far apart. The scenery in March in Yangchun is similar, but the scenery in Gusu is more peaceful, delicate and graceful, while the scenery in Yangzhou is a little more gorgeous and lively. Yan prefers Suzhou.But this is her first time back to Suzhou and she may not live long, which is a pity.

After all the work was done, Lin Ruhai was free to take care of other things.

Thinking of Meng Yan and Meng Zhou, the servants reported about the two children every day. Lin Ruhai already knew from the conversation that the two children knew about the quarrel between the Meng family and the Jia family. The family keeps filial piety.

Today Lin Ruhai is going to take the two children to find the patriarch

"Master, the eldest young master and the eldest lady are here." Xiaolan took Meng Yan and Meng Zhou to see Lin Ruhai, because Xiaolan was the Meng family's dowry and Lin Nanny's daughter-in-law, so she was sent to take care of Meng Yan and Mengzhou.

"come in."

"Greetings to Daddy." Meng Yan and Meng Zhou greeted obediently, and Lin Ruhai immediately smiled kindly when seeing the two children.

"Come here, child, come to Daddy."

"Daddy knows that you two are wise and have your own opinions, but when you arrive at the patriarch's house, you just need to be obedient. Let daddy tell the patriarch about other things. No matter what the patriarch asks, you can push it to dad or pretend you don't understand, you know?"

Before going out, Lin Ruhai told the siblings.The Lin family is a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, but Lin Ruhai's family is thin, and most of the males have children after thirty, so their seniority is relatively high. Even the current patriarch Lin Ruhai is two generations older than him. I can't get close.

"Got it, Daddy."

"Okay, let's go."

Lin Ruhai was holding the two children, one on the left and the other on the right. Seeing that Mrs. Meng was always holding the children on this side, he had been looking forward to holding them for a while.Thinking that he was holding his children's hand for the first time in his forty years, Lin Ruhai felt a rare joy in his heart.

Lin Ruhai had carefully planned and arranged for the two siblings to recognize their ancestors. He planned to first let the two children recognize their ancestors and realize the identity of the two children as Lin Ruhai's sons and daughters. Recorded under the name of the Meng family, this happens to be the identity of their mother and son.

As for the biological mother of the two children.

"Since Uncle Hai said that Uncle Hai and Auntie Hai are the children of Uncle Hai, it is not impossible to record them in the genealogy, but they are the biological mothers of Uncle Hai and Auntie, what?" The head of the Lin family looked at Lin Ruhai in embarrassment.

It wasn't that he made things difficult for Uncle Hai on purpose, but he had to remember his biological mother for the sake of his little uncle and aunt.

"The patriarch should know that eight years ago my mother gave me a good concubine, Mrs. Meng. The biological mother of the two children was Mrs. Meng, but Mrs. Meng accidentally passed away during childbirth and left only two children. The two children have been raised in the Outside the residence, no family tree has been uploaded, and this time I came back to settle the matter."

As for why he has been raised outside the mansion, and why he didn't let the child enter the family tree until Jia's death, Lin Ruhai won't go into details about this matter, and he doesn't care what others say.

Lin Ruhai had already planned to bury Xiaoyi, who had gone for the Meng family during the fire, into the Lin family cemetery as Aunt Meng.Xiaoyi was originally a maidservant of the Meng family, and it was an honor for her to have Meng as her surname.

"It turned out to be Aunt Meng, and now it's all over, but I have to discuss this matter with the clan elders." Patriarch Lin's suspicious eyes fell on Lin Ruhai, obviously not completely believing Lin Ruhai's words.

He had heard of Aunt Meng, but he heard that she was burned to death within half a year after entering the mansion.Since these two children are Uncle Hai's children and they are still raised outside the mansion, could it be that they were born in the outer room raised by Uncle Hai outside the mansion? Unexpectedly, Uncle Hai, who has always been deeply in love with the Jia family's fish, would also be raised in an outer room.

The head of the Lin family felt that he was telling the truth, and he stroked his beard and looked at Lin Ruhai's eyes with more meaning, an expression that I understand and I understand.

"The chief of the Lao clan is responsible for this matter. I heard that in recent years, the crops have not been good, and the sacrifice fields in the clan have not yielded much. The 1 taels will be given to the clan to buy some sacrifice fields. This can be regarded as the end of the Lin clan in my capital. A heart."

Lin Ruhai took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and put them on the coffee table between the two of them as he spoke. Patriarch Lin immediately put his hand on the banknotes and smiled more kindly.Seeing this, Meng Yan curled her lips secretly, it's really easy to do things with money.

"Uncle Hai has a heart, I will decide the matter of my little uncle and my aunt, and I will open the shrine after the auspicious day is counted."

Hey, poor, I can't afford to be hurt if I don't have money.The Lin family has been farming and studying since the dynasty. Although there are many people studying, only Uncle Hai is an official. The people of the clan can't afford to support their families just by relying on the income from those fields.It can be said that he has turned his head gray for the Lin family.This 1 taels can solve many problems in the clan.

Patriarch Lin was not worried at all that Meng Yan and Meng Zhou were not Lin Ruhai's children, the Lin family's unique pride, they would not allow their blood to be stained.

"It's just Uncle Hai, Uncle Hai, after your little uncle and aunt came back, you have three children under your knees. It's not a solution if there is no housekeeper in this house to take care of the children."

Patriarch Lin was worried again, thinking that his Uncle Hai had refuted the matter of his great-uncle and grandmother taking a concubine for the Jia family, and he was afraid that Uncle Hai would not remarry because of the Jia family.Uncle Hai is a family of officials. There is no woman in charge of the man's house after he fights in the officialdom. How can he do without a wife to deal with other official family members.Moreover, Uncle Hai is not yet forty and is in his prime, how can he do without his wife to take care of him.

"It's because I didn't make it clear that the patriarch was worried. For the sake of a few children, I'm already planning to propose a marriage to marry Meng's clan sister, who has already appointed Zhang Ge's great-granddaughter Meng as his successor."

After marrying a stepwife, you always have to come to the clan to make a score, and you have to say hello in advance to let the clan leader know that you are prepared.

"Uncle Hai can rest assured that he can think about his nephew and grandson like that."

No matter it's for the children or why, as long as Uncle Hai is willing to marry again.

"I don't know the names of the little uncle and the little aunt?"

"The eldest daughter, Lin Mengyan, and the eldest son, Lin Mengzhou. There is one more thing to trouble the patriarch, and ask the patriarch to record the two children under the name of the Meng family after the Meng family passes through."

Lin Ruhai didn't change the names of Meng Yan and Meng Zhou, this was because Mrs. Meng told him that the names of the two children were chosen by the children themselves, and because Lin Ruhai felt guilty about the two children, Lin Ruhai followed the siblings.

"This..." It's not uncommon for the Lin family to be the eldest son of the concubine, but it's not good for this stepmother to record the concubine under the name of the stepmother as soon as he passed the door.

"Uncle Hai, this decision is too hasty. Why don't you discuss it with your aunt after she enters the mansion."

He made this decision without telling his stepmother. He was really worried that if he offended his stepmother, his two children would be harmed.

"The patriarch also knows that my branch in the capital has been passed down for several generations. I am getting old and have no more thoughts; I am content with having two more daughters. I have already written to discuss this matter with the Meng family. I am grateful that her elder sister has already agreed to this matter." For the child Lin Ruhai has almost confirmed this cognition in her heart.

"Forget it, just follow Uncle Hai's wishes."

So Meng Yan and Meng Zhou became backboards at the patriarch's house, Meng Yan pouted a few times, and two days later, their names were recorded in the Lin family tree, still under the name of the Meng family.Patriarch Lin had said this matter, since it was a certainty that Lin Ruhai would marry the Meng family as his successor, the two children would be directly recorded in the Meng family's name.

At this point, the family's work in Gusu was completely over, Lin Ruhai's vacation was over, and he returned to Yangzhou with his three children.

The first thing Lin Ruhai prepared after returning to Yangzhou was to go to the capital to propose a marriage. Lin Ruhai was thinking about marrying the Meng family into the mansion as soon as possible so that Meng Yan and Meng Zhou could return to the Lin mansion with their testimonies, so he was very concerned about the marriage proposal. Extremely meticulous.

Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou was busy with his marriage, and Jia Shishi of the Rongguo Mansion in the capital finally remembered that his daughter's anniversary had passed.Thinking that the Lin family's filthy fat is still Lin Ruhai's third-rank official product, the Lin family's relationship cannot be broken.Thinking that her daughter only left a granddaughter for her son-in-law, Jia Shishi felt extremely regretful.

It would be fine if the granddaughter could live with her, but if she couldn't support the Lin family, wouldn't the relationship be broken?No way, the Lin family's relationship must not be broken, and she still counts on Lin Ruhai to help her Zheng'er in the future.

She had to find a way to continue the marriage.

Jia Shishi couldn't think of a good solution for a while, so he asked Mrs. Wang to discuss it. I have to say that Mrs. Wang, who can secretly hold the Rongguo Mansion in her hand, is a bit quick-witted.

"It's not a difficult task. It's not that there are no other girls in our Jia family. It's not uncommon for such things to happen. Our cousin girl is still young and always needs to be taken care of by herself. Uncle Lin will not refuse if she wants to come." It cannot be denied, Mrs. Wang is well aware of Jia's mother's unscrupulous skills.

"This idea is right, ouch, why didn't I think of it."

"It's not that the old lady didn't think of it, it's just that she didn't think about it for a while, even the daughter-in-law, maybe you will remember it later, the old lady." Madam Wang stared at the coral screen next to the old lady and flattered Jia Shishi vigorously.