Red Mansions Circle of Friends

There are three qualities in a person: being able to hold one's breath, being able to bend one's waist, and being able to hold one's head up.

Nan Sheng, who was sent away at a young age, understood this truth very early on, but Qiao's mother, who was also sent away by others, couldn't see the reality clearly.

Qiao's mother's attribute is "cousin", which is commonly known as the typical weak slag lotus with "wave operations are as fierce as a tiger, and the record is only negative five".

When she was in the Lin family, she was the only bloodline of Mother Lin's natal family, and Jia Min was a married cousin, so she would not care about her sister-in-law who was going to marry, but the Qiao family was a different situation.

Father Qiao's aunt was placed in Father Qiao's room by the big girl next to Mrs. Qiao. She is a eloquent and cunning family-born child who can coax the old lady and Father Qiao well.' A weak scholar like Roaring Ma Belle.When Qiao's mother marries into the mansion, she can join hands with the seventh aunt and aunt of the Qiao family's servants to make things difficult for Qiao's mother.

The reason why she was able to raise Nan Sheng safely in Qiao's family until now is because Nan Sheng is her daughter's family, and secondly, because of the power of the Lin family as a "maiden's family".

Later, Qiao's father died of illness, and Qiao's mother had no legitimate son, and at the instigation of some members of the Qiao clan, she actually put the eldest son of the concubine into her own name and became a legitimate son.

It seems that Qiao's father continued the incense, but actually put a small splint on Qiao Nansheng.The heat in her head subsided, and Mother Qiao realized that she had been fooled, but it was too late to say anything.It happened that she didn't want to stay at Qiao's house either, so she packed up her dowry and took Nan Sheng to Yangzhou to join Lin Ruhai.

The concubine is not qualified to take care of the affairs of the concubine, but the eldest son who is named can take care of the concubine's daughter.In addition, the aunt of the Qiao family who has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, thinking of the generous dowry brought out by Qiao's mother and two-thirds of the property of the Qiao family, if Fuling returns to Yundu at this time, Nan Sheng will undoubtedly go back to the tiger's mouth .

So how to send Qiao's mother's coffin to the Qiao family's ancestral grave, and how to get out of Qiao's family smoothly are the things Nan Sheng is thinking about at this time.

Just like when Qiao's mother was alive, she often used the Lin family as foreign aid, Nan Sheng also regarded the Lin family as her last trump card.

If the Lin family is willing to help, she will naturally keep this favor in her heart.If you don't want to help, you can only see the tricks, and you will be tossing back to the cloud.

Nan Sheng didn't write to Lin Ruhai directly, but sent someone to send a letter for help to Jia Min.The reason for doing this is because even if Lin Ruhai was found first, it is estimated that Jia Min will send someone to arrange this matter in the end.Worried about Jia Min's character, Nan Sheng sent Shi Jiu and his wife.

Shi Jiu's family was originally Qiao's mother's personal maid, and later she became a dowry to Qiao's family.She lived with Qiao's mother in the Lin family since she was a child, and not only knew Jia Min, but also Lin Ruhai.It is more appropriate for her to send a letter to the Lin family for help than others.

Although Jia Min felt a little against her cousin, but death is the most important thing, and she is a mother, so naturally she would not settle old scores with Nan Sheng.Shi Jiu's family came, and they spoke so pitifully that even ordinary people can afford three points of compassion, let alone Jia Min who stands on the victor's point of view.

So Jia Min received the message, without further ado, asked someone to invite Lin Ruhai back from the yamen, told the matter in fifty, and then sent many people to support Nan Sheng.

Because someone died at Nan Sheng's side, they couldn't just bury the body in the inn.When I wanted to find a Taoist temple to live temporarily, I finally found that it was safer and more suitable to buy a small courtyard.

After all, incense money is not a small sum.

This account is like rent and mortgage.After the rent is paid, the house still belongs to the landlord, but after the mortgage is paid, the house is still the same as the owner.

So he first bought a high-quality coffin to wrap Qiao's mother, and then bought a small courtyard that was not too big and relatively simple for pedestrians to live in, and then anxiously waited for the actions of the Lin family.

The people sent by the Lin family left the next day after receiving the news, but because of the traffic problem at this time, it took five or six days before they arrived.

When the people arrived, they greeted each other first, and Nan Sheng rewarded the servants of the Lin family based on his memory and impressions from his previous reading of the Red Chamber, and said a few words of thanks to Lin Ruhai and Jia Min before turning back to Yundu.

Because of the steward sent by the Lin family to handle the whole process, the funeral was not hindered, and Nan Sheng didn't even worry about Nan Sheng's fate after finishing Qiao's mother's funeral.

It is said that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, but the people do not fight the rich, and the rich do not fight the officials.And at this moment, is the Lin family an ordinary family?

The Lin family has been a vassal for generations, and the master of the family was born in the imperial examination. He is the patrolling censor of Yangzhou.The headed wife was born in the Duke's mansion in the capital, and the family is a Duke of Shuang, so it is their family.And the descendants of the Lin family came to Yundu and handed the greeting cards and meeting gifts to the local officials in Yundu, so why worry about doing things?

You said that Qiao's mother took away two-thirds of the Qiao family's property?

She is the mistress of the house and your aunt, what does she want to do with you as a registered aunt?Filial piety is the first thing in everything, and his father has not changed his ambition for three years after his death.Do you not know how to write filial piety?

Do you want to leave the cousin girl at home to keep a filial upbringing?

You can keep your filial piety anywhere, but your aunt left a message before she was alive. After she went, the cousin sent the girl to the Lin family to be raised by Mrs. Lin herself.After all, you can't let a lowly concubine raised by a girl raise a big girl.

Master Biao also wants to go to the Lin family to listen to our master's teachings?

Our family doesn't have a brother of the right age. I'm afraid we adults don't have the energy because of our busy schedule.

The people Jia Min sent were from the original Lin family, as well as the companions she brought out from the Rongguo Mansion, not to mention how the servants of the Lin family were, but in terms of messing around and bullying others, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion were not afraid of anyone.

They dare to say that in this respect, the people from Rongguo Mansion are all professionals.

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So even if the Qiao family is a big family in Yundu, with the attitude of parents and officials, they can only watch the people of the Lin family 'dominating' the Qiao family, and dare not speak out.

And during this period, as long as Nan Sheng gave the reward in full, she usually stayed in the room with Shi Shan and copied Buddhist scriptures for Mother Qiao according to her body memory, and she didn't care about the rest.

Mother Qiao left a lot of companions, and she also left a lot of dowry and private houses.Looking at the dowry list and the layout of the farm shops, Nan Sheng really felt that the old lady of the Lin family didn't take advantage of her niece, and even accompanied her a lot.It's a pity, it's no one for her niece to live like this.

Because of the actions of the Lin family this time, Nan Sheng felt that the atmosphere of the Lin family was better than that of Rongguo Mansion, so during those days in Yundu, he arranged for all the servants left by Mother Qiao to go back, and when he set off for the Lin family, he only brought It was Shi Shan, the personal girl, and Shi Jiu and his wife.

Besides, bank notes are the most convenient thing to carry these days, but looking at the small boxes full of bank notes, Nan Sheng always feels uneasy.After all, the current banknotes look simpler than the banknotes of later generations.The counterfeiting of banknotes in later generations gradually disappeared due to the shrinking market under various cashless payments.

Therefore, it was Nan Sheng who was the first to doubt whether these bank notes were genuine or not.The second is the bank that issued these banknotes.

It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, who knows if there will be unpredictable storms in the sky.If the bank goes bankrupt, the bank notes will become useless paper.

So before leaving Yundu, Nansheng exchanged all the banknotes, especially the large amount of banknotes, into gold and silver, and received them in the space for storage quietly.

As for other jewelry materials and various utensils, Nan Sheng packed them and transported them to Lin's house.

There are many things that the ancients taboo, even in modern times, it is extremely rude to go to other people's houses for a hundred days.Taking this into consideration, Qiao's mother's funeral was performed for ninety or ninety days, and then she chose an auspicious day to set off, wandered on the road for a few more days, and entered Yangzhou City after a hundred days of filial piety.

Knowing that Nan Sheng was coming, Jia Min told Dai Yu in advance, and then asked someone to tidy up Nan Sheng's yard not far from the main courtyard.

Daiyu was still living in Jia Min's east wing at this time, and she didn't have her own yard. She heard that Jia Min had prepared a yard for Nan Sheng, so she went to see it curiously, and the young adults helped arrange it.

It was a few days away on the road, when Nan Sheng arrived at Lin's house, he saluted and greeted him again.Lin Ruhai received the meeting gift and persuaded him not to be sad and homesick, and to be like family when he came here, and don't talk heresy.Jia Min also said the same thing, so she asked Daiyu and Nansheng to meet each other.

Nansheng is ten years old this year, while Daiyu is even younger, only about four years old.The powder is carved with jade, the eyes are agile, and the little group is extremely cute.

It turns out that sister Lin looks like this.

Carefully stretched out his hand, and lightly poked Daiyu's face.When the fingers were released, the milk fat on the baby's fat cheeks trembled twice, which made Nan Sheng's eyes shine.

wow, so cute~

"Sister Nan?" Daiyu pulled Nansheng's clothes and called her to a corner.

Nan Sheng came back to her senses, her eyes first fell on Daiyu's two fingers on the hem of her clothes, then her eyes moved upwards, and Daiyu's thin face appeared in front of her eyes.

Daiyu looked healthier when she was still a child. Since Jia Min disappeared last autumn, and then she was dissatisfied with eating at Jia's house, and she had to be a vegetarian and keep her filial piety. She lost a lot of weight.

"What's the matter?" Following Daiyu's wishes, Nan Sheng followed Daiyu to the corner and asked in a low voice.

Daiyu pursed her lower lip, looked at the girls carrying trays of food coming in and out, and said softly, "Auntie is here today, so there is nothing wrong with us attending the welcome banquet according to the etiquette. It's just,"

"It's just that my aunt's filial piety is less than a year old. It doesn't look like it's going to the banquet at this time, and it's not suitable for etiquette, but what?" Nan Sheng didn't wait for Daiyu to finish, and then took over, "You are too overthinking about everything. Too much. Auntie kisses again. She was named Wang before she got married and Xue after she got married. What does it have to do with us? She comes today, and we welcome her and say goodbye. After all, we are just like their wives. Cousin, go back to the room and rest, I will go to Sister Yuanyang and then I will go to you, if the old lady asks, I can answer."

Daiyu nodded, pursed her lips and smiled sweetly at Nansheng.