The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Lin Jue had dinner at Qi's house, picked up Dai Yufang and went home.Along the way, Daiyu kept talking about how cute and cute the Yingchun family's sister was, and she couldn't help talking about her little Lin Yi, "Although the sister is very cute, she is two points worse than our Yi'er."

Lin Jue said with a smile: "The children are all my own, and Yi'er is your nephew, so you just look at him for nothing."

Daiyu retorted: "That's because our Yi'er is really good, otherwise how could I boast so much, it's not a joke." In the end, she said again, "I have never seen a better girl than Yi'er." child."

Lin Jue smiled secretly, you only saw a few of them, and you love Yi Er very much in your heart, so naturally you only think Yi Er is good.He joked in his mouth and said: "That's true, the main thing is to adopt a daughter to follow his aunt and raise a son to follow his uncle. Although our family's Yier is a brother, he also followed his aunt. Naturally, he looks good!"

A blush floated on Daiyu's face, and she said angrily, "Brother is really good at making fun of people."

Lin Jue laughed and patted Daiyu's head. Daiyu was also very grateful for her brother's occasional intimacy, and immediately closed her eyes with a smile.

The matter of the Qi family was just a small episode in the Lin family, but it was said that when the Jia family and Sister Feng returned to Rongfu, the Jia Zhang family went to Mrs. Wang's courtyard and "unintentionally" told Mrs. Wang, "Madam didn't see it." , the sister of the second aunt's grandma's family is cute and cute, but she is very human, not to mention sister Baochai, even I like it very much at first sight, I wish it came out of my own stomach."

Mrs. Wang didn't know that Baochai had gone to the Qi family, so she asked, "Why, Baochai also went?"

Jia Zhang covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Madam doesn't know?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, although this side room was brought in solemnly, it was no different from a concubine's room, and she didn't say she had to serve the mistress to set rules, and she couldn't go out casually.Now that Baochai went out without the consent of the mistress, it would be a serious crime.After all, it was her own niece, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to say: "I forgot for a while, she has always been good with Yingchun, and this time the sister of Yingchun's family washed three times, so I asked her to go with you, but I forgot to know I will tell you."

Mrs. Jia Zhang said with a smile: "Sister Baochai also said the same thing. I was still thinking that it's okay for a family like ours, that is, to go to a relative's house. It's okay for the sisters to stay together. It's a joke. Besides, Baochai has a body now, so she should pay attention to it. What should I do if she bumped outside? It's okay for her to be a concubine, but what's in her belly is ours. The noble grandson of the family is very precious."

Mrs. Wang's face was not very good-looking when she heard the words, Jia Zhang stopped and said something else with a smile, Mrs. Wang slowly turned her face.

Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied with Baochai. After all, it was because of her scandal that Baoyu had to marry the daughter of this poor family.Leaving aside their status, the dowry is pitifully small.It's just that since Baochai entered the door, she only knew how to flatter and respect her as an aunt, and Jia Zhang, the first family, was not liked by Baoyu, and she had a very aggressive temper, which made Mrs. Wang suffer several times. Tell her this daughter-in-law to share some, and she dislikes Jia Zhang even more.Now that Mrs. Wang is protecting her, Xue Baochai can stand against Jia and Zhang in court.

Although Jiazhang was born in a downtrodden family, his family is also very particular about rules, especially the scholarly family, everything follows the ancient law, and the education Jiazhang received since childhood is also "female virtue".Therefore, although she was born in a scholarly family, she could not read a few words, which is somewhat similar to Wang Xifeng.

When Jiazhang was at home back then, although her father was confused, several concubines and concubines all climbed onto her head, but she was the legitimate daughter of the family after all, and on the surface, she was the father's favorite concubine. She also wanted to salute and greet her. On this point, even her father had nothing to say.Therefore, the Jia Zhang family really looked down on the so-called rules of the Jia family. A concubine tried to climb over the head of the main wife, and the head wife actually protected the concubine.

Jiazhang's front foot left from Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang called Xue Baochai on her back foot.

Xue Baochai came in with a smile on her face, and bowed respectfully, "Madam looking for me?"

Mrs. Wang's words left traces on Mrs. Wang's heart, but now she saw Xue Baochai's behavior, Mrs. Wang was very annoyed, and said coldly: "You went to the Qi family together today?"

Xue Baochai didn't expect this to happen. In her opinion, it was just a trivial matter, but seeing Mrs. Wang's face was not looking good, she didn't dare to stand up, and still maintained a half-kneeling posture, aggrieved: "I am because of I was on good terms with Second Aunt before, and when I heard that she was happy with a noble daughter, I followed her to see her. It wasn't a big deal, and Second Aunt agreed."

"Which second grandma will agree?"

Xue Baochai was ambiguous, but she didn't want Mrs. Wang to ask the truth, so she stammered, "Yes...it is... Second Grandma Lian."

Mrs. Wang sneered and said, "I didn't know that when Baoyu's concubine came out of the house, she even went through another's daughter-in-law. What's the reason for that?"

Xue Baochai hurriedly knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

Wang Xifeng is the niece of Mrs. Wang's natal family. She was originally a big matchmaker made by Mrs. Wang, who married Wang Xifeng to Jia Lian.Originally, he wanted to give himself a little help, Wang Xifeng was indeed a powerful arm at the beginning, but now he is delayed in the fight between wives and concubines, and even the housekeeper has been divided by Jia Zhang.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Xue Baochai's belly. After all, it was Baoyu's first child, so she asked Xue Baochai to get up first.Xue Baochai stood and listened to Mrs. Wang's lecture for half a day. Fang staggered back to his yard and asked who had come to Mrs. Wang's place to chew his tongue. He felt secretly resentful.

Mrs. Jia Zhang went out of Mrs. Wang's yard and went directly to Jia Mu's place. Wang Xifeng was also there, talking to Jia Mu about how cute Yingchun's children are.

When Jia Zhang saw the ceremony, Jia Mu smiled and asked her to sit down, pointing to Wang Xifeng and said, "Look at your Lian's second sister-in-law. She is the most narrow-minded. She actually said that she would bring the girl from the Qi family to us to raise her." It's on."

No matter how much Jia's mother likes her, she has a limit to whether it is a great-granddaughter, and she already has a great-granddaughter named Qiaojie, but what she values ​​more now is Jia Zhang's belly.

Jia Lian is also a grandson, and Jia Lan is also a great-grandson, but in Jia's mother's view, the most important thing is Baoyu's grandson and Jia Zhang's great-grandson.Especially now that Xue Baochai has a body, it would be fine if it was a girl, but if it was a boy, it would be Baoyu's concubine's eldest son.It is unavoidable to be regrettable that there are concubine sons before there are legitimate sons.

Mrs. Jia Zhang naturally knew what Jia Mu meant, so she smiled and said, "The eldest sister-in-law is there, the second sister-in-law is there, and there is me here. Does the old lady want a few great-grandchildren? Why bother to hug the second aunt's house? But it will make the second aunt's heart ache to death."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Now I'm looking forward to you!"

Jia Zhang's face was slightly red, and she looked shy. Jia Mu's heart moved slightly, "Daughter-in-law Baoyu, this month's letter..."

Jia Zhang said in a low voice, "I haven't been here for two months."

Jia Mu clapped her hands and said with a smile: "You child, why didn't you tell me earlier, but the doctor has seen it?"

"Because the month is small, the doctor is not too sure, and I am afraid that if I say it, it will make everyone happy, so I dare not say it."

Jia's mother was still full of joy, and took Jia Zhang's hand and said, "You silly child, it doesn't matter if you don't have one. You are still young, and there will always be some in the future. The most important thing is to take good care of your body and give birth to me in the future." A fat great-grandson would be nice."

Although Jia Zhang said she was not sure, she was always cautious, and if she was really not sure, she would not let herself know, so Jia's mother was very happy, and felt that this great-granddaughter-in-law married well.

In the end, Mother Jia invited an imperial doctor who is known as a master of obstetrics with a post. Although it was only two months, the imperial doctor definitely said that it must be a happy pulse. Jia Zhang became more and more careful.

Mrs. Wang originally treated Baochai differently because she was pregnant. Now that she heard that Jiazhang was also pregnant, she threw Baochai away.Even later, Baochai accidentally slipped and fell in the garden and lost the child, and she didn't take care of her. Baochai gritted her teeth with hatred, and once again experienced the ruthlessness and coldness of Mrs. Wang.

After all, the baby in Baochai's stomach was Jia Baoyu's first child, and because Baochai touched Baoyu's temper, and kept silent about his official career and economics, his relationship with Baoyu became more and more intimate. Baoyu was very disappointed for Baochai. Sad for a child.

But Jia Baoyu's childish nature, and later Jia Zhang's body was diagnosed, so this heartache is limited.When Jiazhang became pregnant and couldn't share the same room, and Baochai was inconvenient to serve because of her confinement, Baoyu stayed at Xiren's house more and more.

Jiazhang looked coldly at Xiren's satisfied face, smiled coldly, turned around and raised it with Jia Mu, "Now that I have a baby, and my sister Baochai has a miscarriage, there is only one Xiren serving in Baoyu's house. It was given by the old lady, and it was always in line with Baoyu's wishes, but it was a little lacking. The girls around me were a little vulgar, and I was afraid that Baoyu would look down on me, so I thought it would be better to promote two of them from his own house, so that I could take care of them wholeheartedly. What do you think, old lady?"

Jia Mu waved her hand, "You are Baoyu's official wife, so you should be the one to make the decision. You can serve Baoyu well if you see fit, and then you can tell your wife."

Mrs. Jia Zhang hurriedly responded, and talked with Jia Mu for a long time. Jia Mu smiled and said, "Now that you are pregnant, you don't have to come to say hello every day. I told your wife, she It also saves you from waiting there, you just need to take care of yourself and take care of yourself, don't worry about anything else."

Jia Zhang said with a smile: "I have always been healthy. Now that I have a body, I don't think there is anything more precious than before. And I used to hear from my nanny that the poorer the children, the easier it is to raise them. Gein The woman works all the year round, and her body is strong. I thought, in a family like ours, there is no place where I need to work. It's just a daily routine, but it doesn't make me panic. The old lady loves me, but I don't For other things, even for my children, I will not make myself work hard. Now I can still hold on, when I feel tired, I will come to trouble the old lady."

When Jia Mu heard what she said, she knew that she was really not trying to show off, so she still didn't forget to tell her a few words, and still told her to take care of things.Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth secretly when she found out, she didn't take back the housekeeping right after all this, it's really hateful.Thinking about her stomach, there was still nothing she could do.