[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

The story is about, in a remote small village on the outskirts of the capital, there is a family of scholars. There are only two people in this family. The husband studies hard every day. He is a well-known boy in the local area. , All affairs at home have to be taken care of by his wife.

The wife is not only beautiful, but also very good at housework, and has good embroidery that everyone praises.Relying on the vivid embroidery, the wife not only earns the living expenses of the husband and wife, but also saves some money every year.

Although many people say that the wife is wronged by marrying a scholar, not only does she have to take care of the family and the outside world, and the husband does not know when he will be able to pass the exam, but she and her husband are in love with each other, she is happy, and others can't say what.

After ten years of hard work, her husband finally won the prize of scholar.Just when the wife thought that she had finally come to the end of all hardships, the husband brought back a beautiful woman from outside and said that he wanted to marry her as his wife.

The wife almost went blind from crying, but in the end she could only watch her husband marry a new wife.

It is said to be an ordinary wife, but in fact it is no different from the main house. On the contrary, the wife has become a transparent person in the family. Not only does she have to watch the two show their affection, but she also has to do housework and serve them. As a servant girl, she beat and scolded her every time she felt unsatisfactory.

That day the scholar had a big fight with his new wife. Instead of getting angry at his new wife, he ran up to her and beat her to death.

The wife has been managing the family for many years, and her health has already collapsed. Now that she is treated like this, she passed out on the spot.

But the husband just took a look at her and left the house with the silver.

When his wife woke up, she found that she was still lying on the ground.

Enduring the pain, she went back to the room, and wanted to take the money to ask the doctor for medical treatment, but unexpectedly, she found that the silver taels she had accumulated over the years had disappeared.His wife was so angry that her eyes turned black and she couldn't breathe at all...

Lin Liu blinked after reading a page: Very good, this kid He Nian managed to arouse her anger.

She was about to look down, but when she turned it over, she found that this was all the content sent by the Year of the Crane.Lin Liu almost turned the envelope upside down, but couldn't find the second piece of paper.

It wasn't until she opened the envelope that she saw a sentence inside the envelope——

"If my sister likes it, remember to write back to me, and my brother will continue to write."

Lin Liu: "..."

This stinky boy, is he impatient?

She was half-pissed off by the story of the year of the crane, and now that she saw this sentence, she was half-pissed off again.Almost wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River with a knife to chase and kill, so that Lin Henian would know that her sister is not easy to mess with!

But it is a pity that she has no way to leave the capital now.

So Lin Liu could only write a letter to scold He Nian, and then...

Of course, he nodded and agreed to his request. After all, although this story seems a little subtle, whether it is writing or the ability to mobilize people's emotions, it is first-class. If nothing else, at least it is enough to attract others.

What's more, although this script seems to be less than half written, there are already three or four poems in it——

Writing scripts these days, if you don’t add a few poems in it, no one will read them at all.

And He Nian's poetry writing level is much better than most literati today.

At the end of the letter, Lin Liu summed up the routines of the novels he had read in modern times, such as "marriage in place of marriage", "chasing wife in crematorium", "husband-in-law", etc., and wrote them together in the letter Send it to the Year of the Crane.

Even if He Nian is talented, there is only one person in the end. When he keeps writing, when he runs out of inspiration, writing to him the little glove road he has seen will always save He Nian's brain cells from dying a little bit, and at the same time make him feel better. His baldness came years late.

Thinking about the balding hair of those modern Internet writers, Lin Liu clicked his tongue unkindly, and couldn't help laughing when he thought of his appearance after the New Year of the Crane.

As soon as she handed the letter to Bichun, she heard someone knock on the door.

Jin Qiu stepped forward to open the door and found that it was Daiyu, and asked with a smile, "Second Miss, why did you come here so early today?"

Daiyu smiled at Jin Qiu: "I heard Brother He Nian's letter early in the morning, so I went to my sister to see what Brother He Nian wrote."

The three He Nian brothers had been to Jiangnan for more than half a year. Daiyu had never been separated from them before, so naturally she missed them very much. When she heard He Nian's letter, she rushed to Lin Liu to read it.

Lin Liu shook his head and laughed, and from the many gifts from the Year of the Crane, he took out the hairpin and ring jewelry that the three brothers bought for Daiyu and a thick stack of books.

She glanced at it just now, and they were all travel notes and miscellaneous books, as well as a few story books.

Although the He Nian and the others escaped, they were not ignorant. Leaving aside travel notes and miscellaneous books, the story books were obviously carefully selected, and the records were not the popular stories about talented scholars, beautiful ladies and romantic couples in the market.

Lin Liu directly handed the book to the mother-in-law behind Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Your three elder brothers are thinking about you, and they found these books after searching Jiangnan for a long time. You can read quickly, you The three elder brothers can hardly keep up with you in finding books for you."

Daiyu smiled shyly, "I'll take it slow."

After speaking, he looked at Lin Liu curiously, "Didn't brother bring a gift to sister?"

Lin Liu smiled: "Of course I will. You and I each have a copy, both of which are the same, and no one is missing. It's just that you need more books, and I have more miscellaneous novelties."

In this regard, the three brothers will not favor one another.

Only then did Daiyu feel relieved, and turned her head to ask the nanny to hold the book well, so as not to damage the book.

Lin Liu shook his head and laughed, took out a few more letters, and handed them all to Daiyu: "He Nian and the others wrote to you and your father and mother, with their respective names written on them, you should take them along."

Daiyu put it away with a smile, and turned her gaze to a few pieces of letter paper on Lin Liu's desk.

She realized something, and quickly turned around: "I won't disturb my sister's work, I will leave first with the book."

Lin Liu noticed her eyes and smiled: "These are letters from your brother He Nian. There is nothing you can't read. If you are curious, just pick it up and read it. There is also a story written by your brother on it, which is very interesting. Yes, you can taste it."

As he spoke, he hooked his lips, gathered up the letter paper, and put it directly in front of Daiyu.

Daiyu wasn't very curious at first, but she became interested when she heard that there was a story written by brother He Nian.

She put the letter in her sleeve pocket, sat down on the chair opposite Lin Liu, and picked up the letter paper of He Nian and flipped through it.

In He Nian's letter, he only mentioned that he hadn't found any literati who were really talented and good at speaking, and he just recommended himself by the way. There was really no secret.

Although Daiyu was a little surprised that Lin Liu wanted to find someone to write the storybook after reading it, she didn't pay too much attention to it. After reading the contents of the letter, she put it aside, and then picked up He Nian's storybook. The story begins to read.

Daiyu is a sensitive person, full of emotions, and very easy to empathize with others.

Although the story of the Year of the Crane is a little poorly written, it is really good in all aspects, especially the rhetoric is gorgeous, the writing is profound, and the words and sentences are very particular. It is Daiyu's favorite one.

She just watched the beginning, and it was easy for her to follow the development of the story with emotional ups and downs. From the beginning, when she saw all the sweet details of the couple getting along, she smiled knowingly, to the wife's distressed frown when she was struggling to maintain a family, and then to The husband is unlucky, and after gaining power, he reveals his true face and is full of anger, and then when the wife is beaten by the husband and all savings are taken away, the face is full of despair and weeps, and then...

"Where is the content behind?" Daiyu stared at Lin Liu with a pair of beautiful dewy eyes, "Sister, are you hiding the content behind? This wife has no money, but what should I do?" How about seeing a doctor? Did her husband come back in time? Did the wife get medical treatment?"

Lin Liu spread his hands: "Your brother He Nian wrote so much, and I don't know the development of the story behind. If you don't believe it, turn the envelope over and read the words on it."

After hearing this, Daiyu immediately opened the envelope.

then……

"I want to write a letter to Brother He Nian. How can I write a story halfway through and just send it to others? It makes people scratch their heads, and I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well at night." As he spoke, he was about to get up. Going back to her room to write a letter, after walking two steps, she suddenly realized something, turned her head to look at Lin Liu, with sad eyes, "Sister, you have read it before, and you know that Brother He Nian is cheating, so why would you still Show me the storybook? I thought my sister was a good one, but I didn’t expect her heart to be black.”

Lin Liu couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing.

Daiyu threw herself on Lin Liu, stretched out her hand and thumped her a few times: "Everyone says it's disrespectful to be old, but my sister is not old yet, so she's starting to be disrespectful too."

After finishing speaking, he snorted, grabbed the story of the year of the crane, turned around and ran out of Lin Liu's room.

Lin Liu was stunned for a while, then laughed again.

Even Daiyu couldn't forget the story of the Year of the Crane, Lin Liu was still a little uncertain at first, but now she is completely relieved.

……

The plan to win over literati has made a good start, and the business of grain and cloth is booming under Lu Sui's management, and the daily sales volume has reached an astonishing amount.

I don't know how Lu Sui did it, anyway, in the back, not only Lu Sui's own shop for making high-end fabrics has spread far and wide, but many noble ladies in the capital have put on clothes made of fabrics from Lu Sui's shop, Even the grain and cloth business that Linliu entrusted to Lu Sui is booming, and has his own name among the common people.

When Lin Liu heard the name of Lu Sui's shop from the mouth of Princess Zhongshun, and saw her talking in a slightly proud tone that she asked her maids to line up outside Lin Liu's shop for several times to grab the one she wanted. When it comes to the fabric, her mood is quite complicated.

In order to find out Princess Zhongshun's attitude towards the shop, Lin Liu deliberately stomped on a bunch of them, saying that no matter how beautiful and luxurious the fabrics in that shop are, they are definitely not as exquisite as those supplied by Jiangning Weaving, and not as good as the fabrics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. luxurious……

Then Princess Zhongshun became angry.

This princess has been in contact with the Lin family for a long time, and she has always been a good-tempered lady. She would not blink even if she was bullied by Princess Shile, but now she almost quarreled with Lin Liu because of someone else's shop. get up...

Lin Liu: "..." Her family, Lu Sui, has opened a chain of cloth shops, is it developing a cult?Are you crazy, Princess Zhongshun?

And it's not just Princess Zhongshun, when Lin Liu came back to his senses and looked around for a week, he found that every banquet he attended, every married wife and unmarried girls talked about the hottest topic was always Lu Sui's shop What kind of pattern fabrics have been produced, how many kinds of patterns are there in a set, what is the difference between each kind, what style of clothes are more suitable for it, which kind of fabrics are the most beautiful to match...

Lin Liu: "..." I just didn't come out to the banquet for a month or two, why do I seem to have missed the whole world?

Seeing her sister's bewildered look, Daiyu hurried to her side and explained with a smile: "My sister hasn't gone out for a long time, maybe I don't know, but my brother has already opened his shop in the capital."

"I did a lot of activities before, and I specially invited the best embroiderers in the south of the Yangtze River to make some clothes and hang them in front of the store. Because they are so beautiful and exquisite, they quickly became popular in the capital, and they are very popular. The lady likes it."

After finishing speaking, Daiyu whispered, "Many of my little sisters like the fabrics in my brother's shop, but they can't compete with those wives at all. They complained a lot in private. I'm too embarrassed to tell them that the shop belongs to Brother Lu Sui .”

Lin Liu: "..." That's an exaggeration, even fans of modern luxury brands are not as enthusiastic as these ladies and girls, okay?

She thought it was exaggerated, but Daiyu didn't think so at all.

She pursed her lips and smiled, with a proud expression on her face: "Sister, look at the clothes worn by these ladies present. Most of them are made of fabrics from my brother's shop. The rest of the clothes are draped. The silk, belt and other decorations are also made of elder brother's fabric, no matter how bad it is, the handkerchief must be made of fabric from elder brother's cloth shop, if you don't have any on your body, I'm afraid you will be laughed at."

Lin Liu turned to look at Daiyu: "I remember that you always like to be unique, why does it sound like you don't mind wearing the same fabric with so many people now?"

Daiyu covered her lips and laughed: "Sister is confused? When did brother send home fabrics that were not painted by himself, unique?"

Lin Liu: "..."

She went to inquire again, and finally found out that this kid Lu Sui was selling fabrics. This is just making fabrics into a card game——

Nabuzhuang produces more than ten kinds of new fabrics every month. Each fabric is classified into dozens of categories due to different details and colors. Each of them is expensive, and some of them are particularly beautiful. There will be a limited number of purchases;

At the end of each month, there will be several hand-painted fabrics for the year of the deer as gifts;

There is also a lottery that can be drawn after spending a certain amount, and the prizes are fabrics that have been sold in limited quantities in the past few months and have been out of stock;

It can be said that if someone wants to collect all the cloth, the money spent in the cloth shop every month must be an astronomical figure...

Lin Liu: Every time she hears about Lu Sui's business operations, she always wonders who is the real time traveler, Lu Sui or herself.This brain, even if it goes to modern times, can definitely establish its own country in the mall.

Even Lin Liu, who has seen a lot of modern marketing methods, can't help but be amazed by the way Lu Sui makes money.

But I don’t want Lu Sui to feel that it’s too slow to make money like this (Lin Liu:…), so he used the money to open a series of jewelry and rouge gouache shops. The kid got it out.

In just half a year, Lu Sui's jewelry and rouge and gouache shop took off directly with the east wind of the cloth shop, and made a lot of money from these rich people.

Just when Lin Liu felt that this was the limit of the year of the deer, he suddenly sent a letter telling Lin Liu the great news——

"Because my younger brother's shop is so popular, it has attracted countless ladies and ladies. However, many of the fabrics, jewelry and rouge gouache in the shop are limited. In order to get those products that are out of stock in the shop, many ladies find my brother and want to Make a deal with me."

"My brother couldn't refuse, but he didn't dare to accept the money, he was worried that he would offend the ladies; he didn't dare not accept the money, he was afraid of being accused of bribery, so after some discussion, he decided to ask the ladies to bring food in exchange. "

"You don't need too much food, as long as it's worth two-thirds of the gold and silver jewelry."

"The wives and ladies felt that my younger brother was generous and sensible, so they moved the family's grain to the cloth village and then to the granary."

Lin Liu: "..." I didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.

Not only is the business going well, but under the control of Lu Sui, the book that He Nian had just released under a pseudonym also successfully set off a craze in Jiangnan, attracting countless people's resentment and pursuit——

In order to test the waters, He Nian directly published the part of the manuscript that was originally given to Lin Liu without the ending.So of course, the words of He Nian successfully attracted the attention of some scholars who only read scripts. After some publicity, countless people fell into the trap of He Nian.

His writing style is really good, but because of this, he was scolded even worse.

Many readers wrote letters to the published bookstores, forcing the bookstore boss to find the author to write out the content immediately and publish it for sale.

Of course it didn't work out. Who told the real boss of the book shop to be Lu Sui?

Because their appetite has been whetted for a long time, many readers have learned the operation of "send the blade" without a teacher, and ask the servants to buy a kitchen knife to send to the book store every day.

Lu Sui joked in his heart when he wrote to Lin Liu that he could make a small fortune just by selling kitchen knives.

Lin Liu: "..."

Sure enough, all capitalists are black-hearted, even if this person is his younger brother, there is no exception.

It was not until two months later that the follow-up to the story of the Year of the Crane came long overdue.

But this follow-up almost caused the readers of the book to run away on the spot. If Lu Sui hadn't come to the government office early and invited many government servants to guard the door of the bookstore, I'm afraid those angry readers would directly give the bookstore a hand. It's on fire—

It turns out that Crane Nian suddenly had a magical turning point at the back of the story. Because his wife had no money to see a doctor, she stayed in bed for a long time. However, during this period, not only could she not lie in bed to recuperate, but she had to get up every day to wash and cook for her husband and rivals in love, and even embroidered to make money. Not only that, but occasionally they would be used as a punching bag to yell, beat and scold.

After a period of torture, his wife accidentally fell and died just like that.

But the husband not only didn't collect her, he even didn't hold a funeral for her because he didn't want to pay for it. He didn't even prepare a coffin, so he wrapped her body in a broken mat and threw her directly into the mass grave .

But after everyone left, a big lump suddenly bulged out from the wife's body, and then a hand suddenly came out of her body.

Then?Gone again!

To publish a book, the imperial court must issue an ISBN, otherwise it cannot be printed.And Lu Sui's book shop is just opened, small in size, and gets few book numbers every month, so it can only release one or two new books a month.

In other words, if you want to see the follow-up, you have to wait another month.

Lin Liu: "..." I sympathize with these readers.

Perhaps this magical turning point was too horrifying and impressive. Lu Sui also attached a few "fan works" written by Lu Sui's readers in the letter, all of which are stories based on the latest ending of He Nian.

Lin Liu read all of them carefully, and found that these works have outstanding writing style, profound writing power, and accumulated a lot of literary knowledge. The only problem is that the storyline and narrative techniques are too old-fashioned, which makes people feel no freshness and immersion.

But from these "fan works", Lin Liu has already seen the message that Lu Sui wants to convey to himself——

The plan to win over literati has officially been on the right track.

Lin Liu rubbed his nose, the younger brothers are so outstanding, it was impossible to boast for a while.

The front of the letter was almost full of good news, but at the end there was a piece of not-so-good news: Zhao Shishi, the wife of Zhao Rui, the Patriarch of the Zhao family in Jinling, seemed to have been following the whereabouts of their brothers.

Lin Liu frowned, a little worried about Lu Sui and the others.

After thinking about it, when she replied to the letter, she simply wrote the news of her sister who she knew Zhao Shishi had lost in the early years, so that when Lu Sui met Zhao Shishi again, he would tell her the news directly.

She doesn't have any liking or dislike for Zhao Shishi, but she is a little jealous.

But such a person obviously can't let her stay in Jiangnan.Zhao Shishi has been operating in Jiangnan for many years, who knows if she has any backup in private?And her behavior of letting people inquire about the whereabouts of the three brothers is also a bit strange.

Without hesitation, Lin Liu planned to lure people to the capital.

Of course, she also had some temptations in doing so——

The success of her plan lies in whether Zhao Shishi still has feelings for the lost sister and whether she wants to find her.

If she still wants to find someone, Zhao Shishi will definitely come to the capital, and if she tells Zhao Shishi the news about Zhang Shishi, she will not attract people with bad intentions for Zhang Shishi; Mrs. Zhang has lost her feelings, so she will naturally not tell Mrs. Zhao the news about Mrs. Zhang, and let her disturb Mrs. Zhang's life.

She hesitated whether to tell Mrs. Zhang the news, but soon realized that Mrs. Zhao Shi's attitude was still unclear, so Lin Liu quickly dismissed this idea.

After the letter is sent, it will take at least two months to receive a reply.

Lin Liu no longer paid attention to Jiangnan, but went to Jia Min.

It happened that Jia Min also wanted to look for her. When she saw Lin Liu coming, she held her hand and laughed: "I met Princess Zhongshun at a banquet a while ago, and she smiled and asked me how I gave birth safely. There are so many children. I looked at her because she was going to give birth in a few months, so I was a little nervous. Princess Zhongshun really likes you and Daiyu. After thinking about it, I decided to take you and Daiyu together Visit the princess in the past to make her happy."

Although he didn't like the princess, Jia Min and Princess Zhongshun had a good time talking and became good friends during this period of time together.

Jia Min even invited Princess Zhongshun to the house as a guest, and introduced Sheng Man to her.

Sheng Man's position in Jia Min's heart is still somewhat special. She was able to introduce Sheng Man to Princess Zhongshun, obviously she really regarded her as a friend.

Lin Liu was also very happy that Jia Min found a friend to chat with, so he didn't refuse, and simply nodded and agreed.

Because there are no other sisters in the family to play with Daiyu, Daiyu never refuses to go out.

So the mother and daughter got into the carriage and went to Zhongshun Palace.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived, Princess Shile was also at the mansion. When she saw them coming, she immediately raised her nose and raised her eyes. Obviously, she was very displeased with them.

Jia Min frowned invisibly, and saluted Princess Shile with a smile. Without saying a few words to Princess Shile, she went directly to the princess.

The three of them were about to salute, the princess hurriedly got someone to support her, and the three of them were spared the salute.

Lin Liu blinked, always feeling that the situation in front of her was a bit strange.

But whether it is Princess Zhongshun or Princess Shile, the expression is still as gentle as water, and the expression is almost full of arrogance and domineering, which is no different from before.

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min, and found that her expression was calm, as if she didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

She almost thought it was her own illusion.

But thinking that it was this kind of feeling that saved her many times in the last days, Lin Liu still took care, and she was much more cautious in her words and actions than before.

Xu Daiyu sensed Lin Liu's vigilance, and quickly stood beside her, not daring to move around.

Lin Liu smiled, patted Daiyu on the head, and did not let her leave his side.

Princess Shile looked at the happy faces of the four of them, and seemed to find it dazzling: "Mrs. Lin, what are you doing in our palace when you are not at home doing housework? The second concubine is pregnant. If something happens to you here , but you can’t tell if you have a mouth. My father is over fifty years old, and the second concubine is pregnant. If something happens to the child, you will have to walk away without food."

Jia Min frowned when she heard that she never left the child and always said that the child would be bad.

She was about to speak, but she heard the always gentle princess lower her face: "If the princess doesn't like staying with me, why don't you keep cursing my child? He is your younger brother, and he will inherit the palace when he is born. Yes, you will still rely on your younger brother in the future, and if you are so vicious now, you are not afraid that your younger brother will find out and not support you in the future."

Princess Shile was furious: "Which figure is he on the cards, and he dares to say that I can rely on it? Do you believe it or not? With just one word, I can make my father make other concubine sons, and let you draw water from a bamboo basket in vain." ? An unborn child soon, what are you proud of?"

The concubine lowered her head, her voice was weak: "Your lord is wise and mighty, how could you do something like spoiling your concubine and destroying your wife, and make your concubine your son? The princess should not talk nonsense, so as not to ruin the lord's reputation."

But I don't want Princess Shile to become even more angry after hearing this, and simply take two steps forward, pointing at the princess and yelling: "My father has a high position and authority, and he has won the trust of the emperor. He has a good reputation, why are you here blindly?" Worried? You should go out and ask, see if anyone dares to say a bad word about my father?"

The two argued for a few more words, and they didn't know what the princess was thinking, but suddenly mentioned Princess Shile's mother, so Princess Shile was furious, and simply pushed the princess.

Just as Jia Min was about to pull, Lin Liu grabbed her and prevented her from touching the corner of Wang Hao's clothes.

Jia Min didn't have time to look back, she broke away from Lin Liu's hand and wanted to help, but found that the princess staggered suddenly before being touched by her, and she fell down in another direction, and her stomach hit the ground, and she fell to a knot Strong.

The color of blood instantly dyed the skirt of the princess red.

The servant girl screamed, and after a lot of fuss, the child in the princess' stomach was not kept.

Standing in front of the princess' bed, Jia Min was dumbfounded.

Wang Hao looked at Jia Min's appearance, said sorry in a low voice, and then asked people to send Jia Min's mother and daughter out of Zhongshun Palace.

On the carriage home, Jia Min suddenly said, "Little Qilin found out just now, the princess fell down on purpose, that's why you won't let me touch her?"

Lin Liu took a look at Jia Min and shook her head: "I just feel that Wangfei's attitude towards Princess Shile today is a bit too arrogant, unlike her usual temperament."