[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Ruhai frowned and flipped through the painting, and after a while he said, "Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Fu Tu" is so precious, even if I take it from the collections of the Lin family, it is worth a lot in the eyes of those who love painting. , I'm afraid it can't compare to this "Luo Shen Fu Picture"."

Gu Kaizhi's reputation is too great, and there are not many authentic paintings handed down, but books teaching people how to draw are widely circulated.

This "Luo Shen Fu Picture" was originally lost, but now it reappears, and its value is naturally inestimable.The Zhen family gave him this painting as a congratulatory gift. Not only was he not happy, but he felt his head was as big as a bucket.

Lin Liu frowned: "Then what is father going to do?"

Lin Ruhai sighed: "I can only return this painting back to Zhen's family in its original form."

"Since father has already made up his mind, why is he always frowning?" Lin Liu was puzzled, "Could it be that father has other difficulties?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "The Zhen family is different from the Lin family. If there is any happy event and someone gives a gift, they always have to sing in front of everyone. If the son of the Zhen family is only taking part in the provincial examination, not passing the exam, I will Sending a "Fu Tu of Luoshen" with great fanfare, I'm afraid it will cause other people to misunderstand."

The misunderstanding is fine, what makes people tangled is that he still has no way to explain——

Ren Zhen's family sent a heavy gift with good intentions, if you don't want to accept it, you can choose to return it, it must be done quietly.He ran to explain to everyone that the painting was given to the Lin family by the Zhen family, but the Lin family didn't want it and returned it...

The Zhen family must hate him to death?

Therefore, it is necessary to find a suitable opportunity to return the gift, at least it must be an important occasion, where people feel that even if the Lin family sends such an important gift, it is not surprising.

Lin Liu was puzzled: "Can't father secretly return this painting?"

"I really want to," Lin Liu shook his head, "but when I sent Zhen Yingjia away, he pulled me and told me that I would definitely like the gift he gave today, and he even mentioned that it was a painting and calligraphy lost by a famous artist. At that time, there were quite a few guests standing by, so the news could not be concealed."

Now I'm afraid that many people are waiting to see how the Lin family will return the courtesy.

Lin Ruhai liked this painting quite a lot, and the Lin family did have quite a few collections. Compared with Gu Kaizhi's "Fu Tu of Luoshen", there are only five fingers, and each of them has special significance.

He didn't want to exchange a painting with special significance for a painting that was nothing special except precious and favorite.

The point is that in the eyes of others, the painting he sent may not be as good as "Luo Shen Fu Tu", which makes him even less willing to return the gift——

"Luo Shen Fu Tu" has been lost for too long, and now it suddenly appears in the eyes of others, which inevitably brings a bit of magic. It is Gu Kaizhi's authentic work, and its research value is even higher.

"Then we can only find a suitable opportunity to return this painting as it is?" Lin Liu frowned, "Wait until the son of Zhen's father and son pass the exam? Father, will he know how educated the son of Zhen's father and son is, and whether he has a chance to pass the exam?" ?”

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "I had the opportunity to meet that child before, he was handsome and romantic, but unfortunately he was a womanizer, his eyes were black and his body was weak, it didn't matter how educated he was, I was only worried that he would enter If you can’t stay in the examination room for two days, you will be carried out.”

This is what it means to fail the exam.

Lin Liu frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Then father, does he know that the Zhen family has had any happy events recently? Like the elder's birthday, someone getting married, or the birth of a newborn?"

Lin Ruhai was about to shake his head when he suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, I heard that Zhen Yingjia's eldest son had already appointed the concubine daughter of the royal family of Dongping County under the introduction of the princess of Beijing County last year. Then they can get married. Didn’t Zhen Yingjia’s eldest son pass the examination a few months ago as a scholar? It is said that regardless of whether the eldest son of Zhen Yingjia can pass the examination of Juren this time, he will get married next spring.”

It's autumn now, and it won't be a few months until Zhen Yingjia's eldest son gets married.

Lin Liu suddenly thought of another thing: "Speaking of which, is Cousin Zhu getting married too?"

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's a coincidence, I heard from your mother that Jia Zhu will also get married next spring. Unfortunately, we were still in Jinling at that time, so we couldn't go back to the capital to attend his wedding, so we had to wait for him When I went back, I prepared a wedding gift for him to take back with him."

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's evaluation of Zhen's parents and sons, Lin Liu couldn't help asking: "Brother Zhu seems to be going to take the Juren examination next month, right? Father thinks, how sure is Cousin Zhu?"

If you asked about Jia Zhu's life, Lin Ruhai probably didn't know much about it, but about his studies...

Since coming to Jinling, Jia Zhu has lived in Jia's family in Jinling, but she can't stay in Jia's old house for two days a month, and spends most of her time studying at Mingde College.

And even during the two days of rest every month, Jia Zhu would visit the Lin family every time, first to visit Jia Min, his aunt, and Lin Liu and other cousins; Those who have been officials ask for advice.

The teachers of Mingde College can teach Jia Zhu about academic problems; but the emphasis is on the integration of policy theory with reality, and I am afraid that such flashy articles will not get high marks.

If the Jia family is at ease, they can let Jia Zhu go on a study tour.

However, it is inevitable to encounter dangers during the study tour. None of the elders of the Jia family agreed to Jia Zhu's study tour, so he could only learn about the people's livelihood in other places, as well as the political and political trends, the policy of governing the country, etc. through Lin Ruhai and Zhen Shiyin.

Hearing Lin Liu's question, Lin Ruhai nodded with a smile: "Before Zhu Ge'er came to Jinling, even during the two months on the boat, his thoughts were wandering, as if he was still thinking about his maid. But after entering Mingling After coming back from the German Academy in a month, Jia Zhu's heart has settled down, and she has taken the initiative to study hard."

The most important thing is that after Jia Zhu entered Mingde College, she followed the teachers of the college to strengthen her body, and her originally vain body became much stronger.

Facing Jia Zhu like this, Lin Ruhai dared to say without hesitation, "If it hadn't been for the examiner who hated Brother Zhu's writing style, he would have won the provincial examination this time. If he performed well, the top few would also win Not impossible."

After Jia Zhu came to Jinling, Xu Shi had classmates with similar knowledge to compare with each other, and they studied very hard.

The key point is that there is no father like Jia Zheng around to force him, and he also has time to rest, combining work and rest, so he is naturally more focused on learning than when he was in the capital.He was able to get Lin Ruhai's evaluation because of his hard work.

Lin Liu blinked, and said with a smile: "It seems that we have to prepare a congratulatory gift for Cousin Zhu's success? This is a big event, and the Jia family in Jinling may also hold a big ceremony for Cousin Zhu when the time comes." We can’t even prepare gifts, can we?”

Lin Ruhai nodded naturally: "Am I missing a congratulatory gift for Brother Zhu?"

Lin Liu thought for a while, then smiled and said, "I'm afraid there are still more. I heard Brother Song say that the eldest son of the Shi family is gone, but his wife found out that she was pregnant immediately after the news of his death. to give birth.

If it's a son, why don't you give him the joy of Nongzhang and the congratulations of inheriting the title?If it is a daughter, the gift of Nongwa and congratulations to the second master of the historian for inheriting the title must also be given.

The importance of this is great.

And the child in the womb of the second uncle and aunt Zheng should also be born recently. "

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "It's all piled up, our family is really going to bleed a lot recently."

However, Lin Ruhai's expression was quite calm. Obviously, this bit of "bleeding" was not enough to make him feel pain.

The two talked for a while, Lin Liu's expression was serious, and he looked at Lin Ruhai seriously: "Father, you haven't given me the confirmation of what I told you before."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, before replying that Lin Liu was talking about helping her investigate the weaver households in the south of the Yangtze River who made their living from textiles.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but fell silent.

After a long time, Lin Ruhai said, "Little Qilin, you are too courageous."

Lin Liu smiled: "But father, I don't like to put my life in the hands of others. Whether I can survive, whether I live well or not all depends on the character and quality of the person who holds my life." You want my daughter to endure bad days, and I can barely do it, but you want me to live like this for the rest of my life, and my daughter really can't do it."

After the end of the previous life, even though her fiancé has been doing well, Lin Liu has been studying knowledge hard, hoping to be independent on her own.

It ended up like that in the end, but it was only because Lin Liu's ability was limited, and he couldn't save enough capital to leave the fiancé's team in a short period of time. It wasn't that Lin Liu didn't work hard.

Relying entirely on the kindness of others?Lin Liu couldn't do it.

Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu had had such conversations several times, and it was not the first time Lin Liu had said such words.

It's just that a few times before, after listening to Lin Liu's words, Lin Ruhai chose to remain silent again. Even Lin Liu couldn't get a glimpse of his thoughts from his calm expression.

But this time, as soon as Lin Liu finished speaking, Lin Ruhai shook his head with a smile, and then said: "When you come to my study later, I have already asked people to investigate and sort out the materials you want. You can just come and get them." gone."

Lin Liu was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Lin Ruhai in surprise: "Father, did you agree from the beginning?"

If you want to collect the information of all the weaving households in several nearby provinces, you can't finish the investigation and collection in just one or two months. Lin Ruhai must have asked his confidants to investigate immediately after hearing Lin Liu's request. Say today that all the information has been investigated and sorted out.

Lin Ruhai said another piece of good news: "The carpenter you asked me to find before, is completely trustworthy, and I have already had someone pick it up from the capital."

Lin Liu's eyes widened, and she was so excited that she almost jumped up: "Thank you, father!"

Lin Ruhai shook his head helplessly: "Since you want to try, go for it. I heard your plan, it is not impossible to realize it. If it fails, my Lin family has accumulated so many years, it is not impossible to even give you the bottom line , if it succeeds..."

On the contrary, it succeeded, and the benefits the Lin family can get are too amazing.

Lin Ruhai has already made Jenny textiles with a [-]-fold increase in efficiency, and learned from her confidants that her daughter is not exaggerating. The speed of the textile machine is not only [-] times that of the large-scale use of the textile machine today, but if the workmanship is better , and may even exceed eighty times.

Lin Ruhai is not a mediocre official who has no understanding of people's livelihood. He knows very well that once the textile machine newly brought out by his daughter is promoted, it will cause a huge blow to the current textile market.

He was very happy that his daughter was the first to consider hiring Orito, who would have been the first to be impacted.

Lin Ruhai really didn't know why he had any reason to reject his daughter's plan.

He can even provide some news for his daughter.

After the father and daughter returned to the study, Lin Ruhai took a stack of weaving household documents and handed them to Lin Liu, and then took out a thinner document from the bookshelf: "It records that it is near the capital and in the south of the Yangtze River. The names of the weavers and grain merchants, and the situation at home."

"Don't blame your father for being troublesome," Lin Ruhai smiled, "I just think that your previous plan only considered that the large-scale replacement of grain merchants might attract the attention of the court, but did not think about the large amount of high-quality and cheap cloth. Appearing on the market, it is equally likely to deal a heavy blow to many weavers, leading to widespread closure of these weavers..."

"Although the imperial court's control over the weaving workshops is not as strict as that of the grain merchants, it should not be underestimated. When you are doing business with Brother Song, you'd better buy those well-known cloth merchants to be safer."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and explained: "I just thought, after we promote cheap fabrics, this kind of Jenny loom that weaves too fast will definitely not be able to hide. Not only will it not be able to survive the initial period of time, but they may not have the money to buy the Jenny loom later on. But these big businessmen have money in their hands, and when the Jenny loom is discovered, they should be able to buy it and study it at home, right?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Of course the top few cloth merchants may have survived the initial period when cheap cloth hit the market, but the cloth merchants in the middle, and even the cloth merchants at the lower level, may not be able to resist. That first time."

Seeing that Lin Liu was still puzzled, he reminded, "Middle- and lower-class businessmen are not as rich as you think." The richest people have always been dignitaries, not businessmen. It must have been one of these weaving bureaus that discovered your loom of a jenny."

"And when the Weaving Bureau gets the looms, the imperial court may see the huge market, and maybe it will open a yamen similar to the Weaving Bureau, which is dedicated to folk fabrics. At that time, these cloth merchants will have no room to survive. .”

The imperial court said that it would not compete with the people for profit, but the salt and iron that really made money were also controlled by the imperial court?

Once it is discovered that this cheap fabric may shake the country, the court will definitely end immediately.

After hearing this, Lin Liu broke out in a cold sweat: "Thank you father for reminding me, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

Lin Ruhai smiled and nodded: "You found out before you even started to do anything, and it didn't cause any loss. There is really no need to be so close to the enemy."

Lin Liu exhaled, smiled and nodded: "Father, don't worry, I will be more careful in doing things in the future."

The father and daughter talked for a while before finalizing the matter.

It just so happened that Ji Song's father's former confidants had also arrived in Jinling, and according to Ji Song's wishes, they found many carpenters with serious mouths.

Just as Lin Liu handed over the information on the weaving households and major grain merchants and cloth merchants to Ji Song, Ji Song found that confidant the next day, split up the whole plan, and then told him the part he was in charge of.

That confidant thought that Ji Song gave up investigating the truth to take revenge, and only wanted to make money, and he was a little unhappy after getting Zhihu's information.

Ji Song also has no way to tell the whole plan. Making money on the road is only the first step in his investigation of the truth. Only by earning enough money can he enter the eyes of those noble people in the capital and find an opportunity to investigate the original truth.

Only then did the man feel at ease doing things for him.

Speaking of which, Ji's father has a really good vision. Although his confidants are not well-versed in civil and military skills, they are quite reliable in doing things. No matter what Ji Song asks him to do, he can do things properly in the end, and people can't find any faults. .

It didn't take long for hundreds of this new type of jenny loom to be produced.

Then, there is the purchase of cotton.

Of course, Qian Jisong did not have the cotton purchaser, but Lin Liu had quite a few——

Since she crossed over, the Lin family has to give the child small change red envelopes every year during the holidays. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are also generous, giving each time a few hundred or two hundred taels, and some elders of the Rongguo Mansion give red envelopes during the festivals ...

Lin Liu is not a person who likes to spend money, so naturally she saved everything.

Calculating now, with the red envelopes given by these elders and all kinds of out-of-season jewelry, Lin Liu's private house is worth 1 taels.

And it just so happened that after she and Ji Song settled the accounts, the starting capital they finalized was 1 taels.

It's just that before the 1 taels of silver were invested, Lin Ruhai had someone call Lin Liu to the study, and before she could ask any questions, he took out a wooden box and pushed it in front of Lin Liu: "There is something in it." What I want is 20 silver bills, which should be enough for you to use for a year and a half, if not enough, come to me when the time comes."

Lin Liu hesitated: "Why is father thinking of giving me money?"

Cloth is a necessity of life. After she uses the Jenny loom, the production cost will be greatly reduced, and the price of the cloth will naturally be reduced accordingly. When the time comes, it will be profitable, and it will not cost much money at all.

1 taels of silver is enough for them to start with.

So from the very beginning, Lin Liu had no intention of using the Lin family's money: this would maximize the separation of the whole matter from the Lin family, so that even if there were any accidents in the process that caused the whole plan to fail, no one would take this matter The matter has something to do with the Lin family.

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai secretly prepared 20 taels of silver notes for her.

Lin Ruhai naturally thought of Lin Liu's worry: "I just did a rough calculation, and I know that you will never have more than 1 taels. Since you are going to do something big, how can 1 taels be enough?"

Lin Liu hurriedly told Lin Ruhai the account he had settled with Ji Song, and finally explained: "We calculated it in advance, and 1 taels of silver is really enough."

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "1 taels is barely enough. If you don't invest some more money, when will you be able to carry out the plan to the last step? To do big things, the most lacking is time. Don't waste the last time for 20 taels of silver." Start this safe time."

Lin Liu couldn't help swallowing, the 20 taels of silver bills came out of your mouth, why did it look like Chinese cabbage?

She thought for a while, and persuaded: "Father, I also know that this period of time is the safest, but I don't want the Lin family to be involved. I know exactly what I am doing, and I know how dangerous it is. If 100% safety cannot be guaranteed, it is better for the Lin family not to be involved in it."

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Liu and said with a smile, "Who told you that this bank note belongs to the Lin family?"

Lin Liu was at a loss: "If it's not the Lin family, who else could it be?"

"It belongs to the Lin family, but it doesn't belong to the Lin family." Lin Ruhai explained, "This is the dowry of my mother and the previous generations of mistresses. It was originally stored in the hands of my mother. After my mother left, she handed over all the dowry to It was given to me. Although the dowry went into the Lin family, it does not share the same account book with the Lin family, so it is considered a way out for the Lin family."

The Lin family passed it down from one generation to the next. After every mistress married into the door, there was no son or daughter to share the dowry, so they saved more and more, and it is already a huge number.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "So 20 taels of silver is really nothing to me."

The key point is that the money is kept secret, no one will know that the money came from the Lin family.

Even if someone investigates the account books of the Lin family, they can't find this money at all.

Lin Liu was stunned: "Can it still be like this?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "So you can use it at ease, if it's not enough, you can find it for your father."

Lin Liu took the wooden box with a dazed expression, and she still couldn't recover until she returned to her yard.

When Jin Qiu and the others saw this, they couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Miss, what did the master tell you to go there for? Why have you been out of your mind since you came back, as if you were pretending to have countless things on your mind?"

Isn't it just pretending to have countless worries?

Originally, there was only 1 taels of silver, and Lin Liu planned to make ends meet in the early stage. When it develops, it will naturally develop slowly with loose hands.

Who ever thought that Lin Ruhai gave her such a big gift?

Lin Liu smiled at Jin Qiu and the others: "It's not a bad thing, I'm just thinking about what gift I'm going to give Cousin Zhu after he's in high school."

Only then did Jin Qiu and the others feel relieved, and then they sat around and began to brainstorm together, trying to come up with a good idea for Lin Liu.

Lin Liu was relieved, and quickly put the wooden box next to the pillow.

With so many banknotes, she couldn't rest assured if she didn't keep them by her pillow.

But Lin Liu quickly handed over the wooden box to Ji Song, and now she was relieved and relaxed. Poor Ji Song was holding the wooden box all day long, no matter what he did, he had to hold the wooden box. Yes, it really made Guiling see a lot of jokes.

Gu Lingxu wanted to "destroy" Ji Song's impression in Lin Liu's heart, and specially complained about him in front of Ji Song, making Lin Liu laugh out loud.

With the 20 taels of silver bills, the Jenny textile machine was quickly promoted in the weaving households in the south of the Yangtze River at a flying speed. When the purchased cotton arrived, cheap cotton cloth was quickly produced.

Ji Song bought a shop specially to sell this kind of high-quality and cheap fabric.

However, because the raw materials are still purchased from farmers, they were worried at the beginning that the price reduction would attract the attention of others, so the price did not drop much compared to other fabrics.

The price is not too low, and it is a newly opened store, so naturally the money earned will not be too much.

But Lin Liu and Ji Song were quite calm about it, and they were not in a hurry——

Most of the 20 taels of banknotes were used to purchase fields, and those fields were all prepared to be used to grow cotton.When the cotton matures, three years at the latest, cloth with a lower price than now will appear on the market in large quantities, raking in a lot of money for the two of them.

But that's all for the future. For Lin Liu, the most important thing now is Jia Zhu's provincial examination.

After all, Jia Zhu is Jia Min's nephew, even if he is Wang's son, but his attitude towards the Lin family is also noticed by the Lin family. After a long time, it is not easy to treat him coldly.

So for this rural examination, Jia Min took Lin Liu and personally escorted Jia Zhu into the examination room, and then sent someone to guard outside the examination room every day, worrying that if Jia Zhu got sick, no one would greet him when he was carried out.

The exam is divided into three sessions, each lasting three days.

The first round was fine, the examinees were well prepared, but no one got sick.

But in the second round, some weak candidates fainted from time to time, and were carried out by the guards in the exam room.

On the second day of the third round, the eldest son of Zhen, who had been trying so hard to persevere, finally couldn't hold on, fell down in the examination room, and was carried out.

I don't know if the Zhen family has too much confidence in the eldest son, or what, no one is guarding outside after so many days of exams——

When Zhen Yingjia's eldest son was carried out, the guards yelled several times but no one responded. Finally, the servants of Jia's family, who were also guarding outside the examination room, came forward and carried him to a nearby medical center. Report from home.

The uncle of the Zhen family, who had been invisible all this time, personally brought a large group of people to the medical clinic and brought his nephew back to the Zhen family.

He never even asked the doctor for a prescription.

In his opinion, how can the medical skills of these doctors outside compare with the old imperial doctors raised by the Zhen family?Wasting time in the medical hall, it is better to take my nephew back to the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

A group of people appeared quickly and left quickly.

He even forgot to pay the consultation fee of the clinic.

The servants of the Lin family and the Jia family couldn't help but look at each other without getting a look from the uncle of the Zhen family from the beginning to the end. In the end, it was the Lin family who paid the consultation fee for the Zhen family, which was less than two taels of silver.

Zhen Yingjia's eldest son was carried out before he even finished the exam, so he naturally failed the exam without any surprise.

On the contrary, Jia Zhuguo, as Lin Ruhai expected, passed No.5 in the provincial examination.Although he was not Jie Yuan, Jia Zheng and his colleagues could brag about getting such a good name in a place like Jiangnan where literary style prevails.

As soon as the news came back to the capital, Jia Zheng swept away his sister-in-law's dispiritedness, and started to go out to socialize in high spirits. Even the Qing guests who had been rejected by him before were invited back to Rongguo Mansion again.

After attending the Luming Banquet, Jia Zhu packed his bags and prepared to return to Beijing by boat.

Before leaving, Jia Zhu came to Lin's house to say goodbye.

Lin Ruhai, as he said before, directly asked Jia Zhu to hand over the wedding gift to Jia Zhu, and asked him to bring it back to the capital by himself.

Hearing that the gift was to congratulate her on her marriage in advance, Jia Zhu blushed at that time.

Lin Ruhai looked at him meaningfully: "Now that you have won the exam, if there is no accident, you will be able to pass the Jinshi exam sooner or later. The future is so great, it is best not to be too obsessed with women. I heard that the daughter of Li Ji Restaurant is virtuous and dignified , you are young, maybe you think it is not as playful and interesting as a maid, but you should always remember why you married the girl from Li Ji Restaurant, and you must not spoil your concubine and kill your wife."

Jia Zhu's face turned red, and she immediately understood that Uncle Lin was beating herself because of his obsession with women when he was in the capital.

He didn't dare to argue, and nodded repeatedly to promise: "I will definitely not let Miss Li down!"

Lin Ruhai smiled and sent him to the carriage.

Not long after Jia Zhu left, news came from the capital that Aunt Zhao had given birth to a girl named Tanchun.

Before the Jia family in Jinling was ready to go to Beijing, news came from the capital again that Mrs. Baolinghou died of dystocia, leaving only a little girl behind.The original title of Marquis of Bowling was directly awarded to Shi Nai, the eldest son of the historian, by decree of the emperor.

So the Jia family suspended their preparations for going to Beijing, hurriedly prepared two more gifts, and at the same time waited for the Jinling historians to prepare the two to go to Beijing together.

Lin Ruhai sent the gift prepared in advance to Jia's house, and had no intention of sending anyone to Beijing.

Time flies, and a year has passed in no time.

Lin Liu and Ji Song are making great progress in their business. The original small cloth shop has opened four branches, and the low price has also aroused some small cloth shop ideas. Many people want to inquire about their purchases. channel.

Lin Liu thought for a while, and decided to cooperate with these people and supply the goods to these small cloth shops for sale. As a result, the cloth shop opened by Lin and Liu, which might have attracted the attention of those big cloth shops, "disappeared" before their eyes again. .

Lin Liu's plan went quite smoothly, and Aunt Zhao's life in Rongguo Mansion was quite comfortable——

Not two months after giving birth to Tanchun, she found out she was pregnant again.

However, if a concubine is pregnant, the Lin family can't send a congratulatory gift with great fanfare. After Jia Min knew about it, she didn't mention it, as if she hadn't heard about it.

On the contrary, it was the upcoming marriage of Zhen Yingjia's eldest son that made the Lin family even more concerned.

It's just that before the wedding, the Patriarch of the Xue family, who had been dealing with various affairs while sick, couldn't hold on anymore. When he went out to inspect the shop, he suddenly fainted, and then he couldn't get out of bed again. to bed.

In April, Wang Ziteng's elder brother, Wang Zisheng, brought people back to Jinling, and lived in Xue's house before finishing repairs.

Jinling, which was originally relatively calm, suddenly became dark and turbulent.

The wedding of Zhen's eldest son kicked off in this atmosphere.