[Red Chamber] Buddhist concubine

Lin Ruhai served as a foreign prefect of Chongqing, Sichuan Province. The former prefect of Chongqing was used as a sacrifice to the heaven because of his involvement in the struggle for succession.

Although the real reason for the ransacking of the house was because of seizing the heir, but the magistrate himself was indeed not a good official, and his death was not an injustice.

As soon as Lin Hai arrived in Chongqing, he immediately started to clean up the mess left by the previous magistrate, and then went around to visit, trying to add some income to the people in Chongqing, so that they would not be displaced due to some natural or man-made disasters.

And Jia Min is busy organizing the internal affairs of the magistrate's yamen, as well as communicating with the officials, wealthy businessmen and other wives in the Chongqing government, intending to break into the wife's internal affairs as soon as possible, and want to provide help to Lin Hai from the direction of the wife's diplomacy, and she is also very busy. open hand.

This busy work has directly passed more than half a year.

Today, Jia Min was chatting with a group of wives, when one of the wives mentioned that the book shop opened by King Xian had a new book by Mr. Meng Honglou.

Relying on the two novels "The Widow" and "Lu Sheng" before, the pen name of Zhuang Zhou's Dream of the Red Chamber has really spread all over the country. As long as it is a place where books under the name of King Xian are published everywhere, there is no one who does not know this pen name.And the story written by Mr. Meng Honglou is indeed very novel and suitable for people's taste, which naturally attracts many fans.

Even if the people in the capital are not as crazy, every time I hear that Mr. Meng Honglou has a new book, I always want to buy a set to read enough.

As the lady was talking, she suddenly remembered that Jia Min came from the capital, and then, as if she knew about it for the first time, she asked Jia Min eagerly: "Madam is from the capital, have you ever heard about the Lin family in a teahouse?" Mr. He from the teahouse told the story of "The Widow"? I heard people say that "The Widow" was accepted and loved by many people so quickly. The characters are imitated vividly, as if the real person is right in front of our eyes. Our Chongqing government is not as rich in talent as the capital city. It has been many years, and we have not found a person as capable as Mr. He mentioned in Mr. Meng Honglou's book. Every time I think of it I feel very sorry. Since Madam came from the capital, she must have heard of "The Widow", right? Can you tell me about the grand occasion when the story of "The Widow" caused crowds to empty out?"

Jia Min: "..." Can she say that although she has read the story, she has never gone to a teahouse to listen to the story?Or, if she told these wives directly that Mr. Meng Honglou's famous teahouse was under her own name, would she be beaten to death by these envious wives?

Jia Min coughed a few times and finally shook her head: "I have never been there, I only bought a few novels by Mr. Meng Honglou."

The lady was a little disappointed, she seemed to have no interest in speaking, she turned her head and asked the maid next to her to go to the book store to buy Mr. Meng Honglou's new "Hou Men Chang Daughter".

Seeing this, Jia Min asked the maid beside her to go with her.

The lady was very pleasantly surprised: "Mrs. Lin likes Mr. Meng Honglou's novels?"

"Slightly read the basics." Jia Min said modestly, "Mr. Meng Honglou's characters are very moving, and the story is also full of twists and turns, which makes people look forward to it. Every time I read the beginning, I can't help but look down, so the new book comes out. I can’t help but want to buy a few copies.”

After a pause, she laughed again, "Speaking of which, I still have a manuscript of Mr. Meng Honglou here. It took me a lot of effort to obtain this manuscript."

After hearing this, the lady immediately became interested, and hurriedly asked Jia Min if he could transfer it.

After being rejected by Jia Min, she was not angry, she just pulled her and asked if she could find a chance to watch one or two.

Jia Min was just asking for it, so naturally he agreed immediately.

After this incident, the lady suddenly felt that she and Jia Min had the same goals, and immediately pulled people to talk about Menghonglou.Seeing this, the others smiled and agreed, and the atmosphere in the room became harmonious for a while.

In the evening, when Jia Min talked about this with Lin Hai, he couldn't help sighing: "I tried every means to deal with these ladies before, but I couldn't get in. I didn't expect to make friends with them just because of Zhou Yao's manuscript."

Lin Hai smiled: "Zhou Yao's story is really well written, otherwise, how could it attract thousands of people? It's not incomprehensible for people here to yearn for Zhou Yao's novel after reading it."

Jia Min suddenly felt sour in his mouth, and looked at Lin Hai with a bit of anger: "Is Zhou Yao that good?"

Lin Hai was amused: "How do I know if she is good? I only know that the stories she wrote are good, and I don't know anything else. If you want to know, why don't you ask yourself? I remember that when Zhou Yao was still in the mansion, his wife came into contact with her." Is it much more time than being a husband?"

Jia Min gave him an angry look: "You are the only one who is narrow."

However, she didn't dwell on this problem anymore, but thought of other things, and her expression suddenly became sad: "Husband, tell me, if I had listened to Zhou Yao's method back then, if I had chosen to trust her completely, I would have stopped those folk remedies for having children." Now, that child won't leave..."

Up to now, whenever Jia Min thinks of the child who was lost due to his negligence before he found out, he feels heartache and guilt.

Lin Hai is not without feelings for the lost child, but he also knows that Jia Min has always felt that the loss of the child is due to his own negligence, and he blames himself very much for this. Always wake up from nightmares.

So after Lin Hai heard this, he didn't follow Jia Min's words, but said: "Since the child is gone, maybe it's not time for our husband and wife to have a child, maybe when the fate comes, the child will come again." Are you back? Madame really shouldn’t think too much, just wait with peace of mind.”

Jia Min smiled, obviously not listening to Lin Hai's words.

Lin Hai sighed in his heart and could only shake his head helplessly.

The husband and wife did not expect that they only mentioned Zhou Yao, and within a few days they heard news about her again.But this time, it was the news that Zhou Yao was pointed out by the emperor to be the side concubine of King Xian.

Jia Min thought about what Zhou Yao had done in the Lin family before, and knew that she had not treated Zhou Yao harshly, but she was also dazed by the news and almost stunned.

When she came back to her senses, she immediately covered her stomach and began to scream for pain.

The servant was startled, and hurriedly sent someone to call the doctor to check on Jia Min.

then……

"Congratulations madam, congratulations madam!" Before Jia Min could ask where the joy came from, the doctor stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Madam, you are really happy."

Jia Min's eyes widened, and then he was stunned by the surprise.

In the evening, Lin Hai heard the news when he returned to his house, and his reaction was almost the same as that of Jia Min.

This is a great thing.

Because of her pregnancy, Jia Min didn't even want to pay attention to Zhou Yao's concubine, for fear of hurting her mood and causing bad influence on the child.

It's just that many times, bad things don't come because you don't want them to come.

Less than ten days after Jia Min found out she was pregnant, another news came from Beijing——

Before, they were worried about the prince who would jump over the wall in a hurry, but he conspired against him.Because the Jia family has a lot of involvement with the prince, this matter cannot be ignored at all.In order to get Rongning and Ningfu out of this conspiracy, Jia Daishan rescued him and was shot by an arrow. Less than half a month after being rescued, he just disappeared.

When the news came, it had been half a month since Duke Rong Jia Daishan passed away.

Jia Min pouted on the spot. If the doctor hadn't treated her in time, the child might have died.

After Lin Hai heard the news, he nearly beat the servant who told Jia Min the news to death. If Jia Min hadn't woken up in time, the woman would have died.

But even if Jia Min pleaded for her, it only made Lin Hai give up the idea of ​​killing her, and transferred her away from Jia Min's side, throwing her out to become a rough envoy.

After that, neither the news of Jia Amnesty's first wife's death in dystocia nor the drowning of his eldest son reached Jia Min's ears.

Under Lin Hai's strict protection, Jia Min finally gave birth to a son seven months later.

Because the husband and wife are not in good health, the child is also a little weak, but at least healthy.The doctor said that if this child is born and raised well, he will be as strong as other children in less than a year.

Lin Hai and his wife wept with joy.

The two couldn't wait to pass the good news back to the Lin and Jia families in Beijing.

The Jia family is fine, because Jia Daishan passed away and the whole house is observing filial piety. Although he was a little happy after hearing the news, he didn't want to do much.Mrs. Lin sat up in shock because of this news, she was dying of illness, not only in good health, but also in good spirits, as if she was ten years younger.

Later, Mrs. Lin reluctantly asked someone to tell Zhou Yao the news.

Zhou Yao was very happy.After all, Jia Min's son is not only the elder brother of sister Lin in the future, but also the younger brother of his two daughters.This is the way it is in this era. Only when there are brothers in the family can they be relied on, so that they will not be looked down upon by their natal family.

Hearing that Lin Hai was the magistrate of Chongqing Prefecture, Sichuan Province, she thought about the local climate, and remembered that potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops could grow there, so she directly showed the "" The manuscript of "Queen's Merchant" was sent as a gift for Jia Min and his wife.

Needless to say, Jia Min was pleasantly surprised after receiving the manuscript.

But after she read the contents of the book, she called Lin Hai over even more pleasantly, and then pointed to the descriptions related to potatoes and sweet potatoes to Lin Hai: "You said that the real gift Zhou Yao sent was not this book. It itself, but the crops mentioned in the book? And this pepper, the book specifically mentions that it has a miraculous effect in removing moisture, and Sichuan happens to be very humid..."

Before she finished speaking, Lin Hai grabbed the book and read it eagerly.

"This book is very useful!" Lin Hai's eyes were red with excitement.