Rebirth of the Zhang family in the Red Chamber

Qing Zhi covered her red hijab and sat quietly in the new house, hearing the bustling sounds from the front yard faintly coming from outside, her heart was at peace.

Thinking of that brother Yuan who was weak when he was a child, his face was always pale and unhealthy, and his eyebrows and eyes were exquisite like a girl's, he became her husband in this life.

Thinking of the year when my aunt went to the capital from Gusu to the capital under the harsh wind, and personally handed down a pair of blood jade bracelets, a family heirloom of the Lin family, to the eldest daughter-in-law of each generation, and put them on for her. people's marriage.

The grandfather and the others did not expect that the aunt would be so urgent. Before the two families had a good discussion, they directly gave a token representing the identity of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lin family. The bracelet is said to be able to mobilize one-third of the Lin family's property.

When the grandfather saw the jade bracelet at the time, he said, "This old man knows that the Lin family will always pass the jade bracelet on to the daughter-in-law when the eldest daughter-in-law gives birth to the next generation of heirs. You can give it to the niece now." Zhi'er, it's too precious, the Lin family will give the jade bracelet to Qing Zhi now, Zhi'er can't accept it."

At that time, my aunt laughed happily, and put the bracelet on her hand without any hesitation, "I don't know how Zhi'er's conduct is. You have to give it to Zhier sooner or later, and there is nothing wrong with giving it now. Besides, this is also our old man's decision, so you don't have to feel embarrassed when you are old."

The jade bracelet represented how much the Lin family valued her. The bracelet had already been put on her wrist, and her grandfather did not object. As far as what my aunt said, the marriage between the two families was a matter of certainty. Exchange the token.

After staying in the capital for a few days, my aunt returned to Gusu with Lin Yuan. After the first month of the second year, she went to Beijing again. This time, Mr. Lin also went to Beijing.

In March when Chun Ya confided, the two families formally went through the procedures, invited the official media, and settled the marriage. The wedding date was set on August [-] after she was born.

Before the two parties officially settled, no one leaked the news. After they formally passed the Najib, asked the name, and Najib made the decision, the people in the capital knew about it. At that time, it was said that the father and uncle were known and not Some colleagues I know have been asking for a long time.

Her marriage was settled, and mother was anxious about her younger brother's marriage. My younger brother has been away from home for many years, and mother has been helping her elder brother to see her marriage, but her elder brother is not at home. Even if there was a girl who was in love with her before, she is already married now I have a son.

The little brother looks like a wanderer, but in fact, like the other men in the family, he has a responsible heart. Even if he cannot be a husband and wife, he will at least treat each other with respect. Although their family is not as expressive as the Lin family It is stipulated that only [-] no heirs can take concubines, but the men in their family have always had a strong sense of responsibility, and they will not easily take concubines. At least so far, there are only five concubines recorded in the ancestors.

Although the younger brother has been away from home for many years, although he does not plan to pursue an official career, although he has no idea of ​​his future at the moment, although he has reached the rare age of [-] and has not yet taken a wife, but because of their family's reputation, status, and With the good reputation of a married man, my brother is still a rare son-in-law in the eyes of many people.

When the mother was worried about the candidate for the little brother, the little brother actually said that he had a crush on her best friend Mengru.In my little brother's words, since I have to marry a woman no matter what, if I marry a woman who doesn't know what's good or bad inside, it's better to marry Mengru.

The little brother is not the eldest son, and to be his wife does not need to be very capable, and she is not a clan wife. Ru'er is a bit innocent, but the little brother has traveled for these years, and it is estimated that he has seen too many women who are vicious and vicious. On the one hand, someone like Ru'er just happened to catch his eyes.

Ru'er is younger than her, and she has always pampered her like a little sister. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that she is a daughter, but in fact, Ru'er is the same age as her, but only one month younger than her birthday.

The wedding date of the younger brother and Ru'er was set on February 26, the day after Ru'er and Jiji, less than a month earlier than her.

The father wanted to delay her marriage for a year on the grounds that his elder brother was too close to her marriage, afraid that he would be too busy, that he had not prepared enough, and that he had wronged his only daughter.

It's a pity that the Lin family didn't agree. The Lin family's reason was that Lin Yuan also had one. The Lin family wanted them to get married as soon as possible. Mr. Lin is not young anymore, and he is anxious to embrace his great-grandson.

The Lin family's reason is very good. After all, in the age when this man got married at the age of [-] or [-], he hadn't married yet, so he really couldn't wait any longer. The little brother was because Brother Rui was there. Besides, Mo'er was born, mother It's not that anxious, even if you are anxious, the younger brother is not at home, how can you marry when the groom is not at home.However, the Lin family has only one descendant, Lin Yuan, and the inheritance of the heirs is all on him alone, so the Lin family is naturally anxious.

After discussing the wedding date, the grandfather decided that after finishing the wedding ceremony for his elder brother in the capital, they would pack up and return to Gusu, but my father immediately disagreed.

The daughter can only stay in front of him for such a long time, and the father will forcefully remove it for half a year. The father's opposition was suppressed by the grandfather, and the father was depressed. In those few days, the father put on a sad face to his grandfather every day. , Grandpa said all day long that he felt sick, but that didn't change his decision.

Grandfather intends to let mother and her go back together. As long as mother is there, he will continue to arrange for her dowry, so that her marriage can be completed in Gusu, and father will ask for leave when she gets married. It doesn't matter if it comes down, anyway, from the grandfather's point of view, it doesn't matter if his grandfather is there, and whether his father is there, of course, the grandfather thinks it doesn't matter.

Grandfather's plan, in addition to his plan to arrange the whole process of her marriage, there is another point to save her from the capital when she is going to get married.Given the distance between Beijing and Gusu, even if there is no delay on the road, it will take two months to welcome the bride. The bride travels, but it is not as comfortable as the usual travel. Take care by the side, even if there is an elder brother who can send the relatives, in the words of the grandfather, how can they take good care of the granddaughter if they are just a few thick-hearted brats like girders.

Qingzhi clasped her hands and placed them on her lap, with her eyes downcast, she looked at the rust on the wedding gown as mandarin ducks playing in the water through the gap exposed by the hijab, thinking that it was for her to marry well and for her to be confident after marriage. Feet, grandfather and the others are not afraid of being gossiped at all, and they are not afraid of those who provoke troubles to play, and the furniture and decorations for her are full of huanghuali.Because Lin Yuan didn't become an official, her family didn't have a title or official position, and she didn't have a royal rank when she married. Although there was no rule on how many dowries she could have, it was not too much, and finally decided on eighty dowries.

Thinking of her eighty sets of dowry, thinking of yesterday's makeup, and the frightened expressions of those who watched the makeup that Yuzhu said, she felt so warm that she didn't know what to say. The family's love for her was really amazing. She was so moved that she didn't know how to express it.

It is said that there are [-] dowry boxes, but those dowry boxes are specially customized by my grandfather. The dowry boxes are twice the size of other houses, and they are all made of high-quality mahogany. It was stuffed to the brim.

People's jewelry boxes are all a small box with a pair of masks in it. A few small boxes represent how many pairs of masks have been delivered. When the small boxes in her jewelry box are opened one by one , Seeing that every box is stuffed to the brim, gems of all colors, rings of various colors, heads of all kinds, whether it is the majestic, dignified and full of gold inlaid jade heads in the capital, or those delicate, small and smart hairpins in the south. Hairpin bracelets, even those highly priced overseas diamond jewelry, regardless of the price, these things are squeezed and stuffed into small boxes one by one, so that there is no gap at all.

When the jewelry box was opened, everyone was really stunned, and then couldn't help the corners of their mouths twitching, knowing that the Zhang family loves their daughter, but this is too much.

Looking at those tribute-grade silks and satins, those adobe tiles representing the fertile farmland, and the red seals representing the pressed box silver, the weight is known to everyone, the dowry of the Zhang family's daughter, the Lin family's daughter-in-law, is real. It is so rich, and if someone is interested, it will definitely be no less than 100 million taels of silver. This is still a rough estimate. After all, those farms and manor shops have good and bad fields. gone.

You must know that even those ladies from the Marquis's family in the Duke's mansion, with a dowry of 120 sets, bought ten miles of red makeup, and it only cost two to three hundred thousand silver.Many people are thinking in their hearts, if they knew that Miss Zhang's family had so much dowry, they would have come to ask for a marriage, and now they have given it to the Lin family at a lower price, they really regret it.

Qing Zhi knew that the people who came to her wedding today, apart from discussing her dowry, would definitely be amazed again when they saw the people who came to see her off.

Thinking of those people in her sending off team, she couldn't help tears welling up in her eyes. In order to send her off, her uncle, father, and elder brothers all wrote to ask for leave. When her mother told her, although she really wanted her relatives They can give her a marriage, but she thinks that there is little hope, but who would have thought that uncle, father, and the others would actually have their papers approved by the Holy Majesty.

After her uncle, father and brothers came to Gusu, she realized that because the Holy Lord loves the southern tour, and many aristocratic families like to borrow money from the treasury from the Ministry of Households. Ten thousand taels of silver, the Holy One agreed that they would go back to Gusu to marry their daughter (niece, sister).

Qing Zhi didn't expect that the national treasury was running out of money. She knew that the new emperor later created the empress concubine to save money for the national treasury.

As for the 10 taels of silver, people who have some news also know about it. Many people think that the Zhang family is really burning with too much money. Isn't there two boys in their family who are not in office? Let those two boys get married It’s fine if you don’t, besides, the two in-laws of Zhang’s family are also big families in Gusu, and there are many boys in the family, and they still use these officials who are in the court, so they have to spend that money just to get married.

Some people think so, but those who have tried Qing Zhi's idea, they all regret it and just want to vomit blood. These behaviors of the Zhang family can show how much they attach importance to the only girl in their family. , even if Mr. Mi cooks mature rice, I'm afraid it won't work.

I was afraid that they would become enemies if they didn't get married, but looking at the posture of the Zhang family now, even if they really suffered a loss, given how much they love that sister, they would never leave that sister behind if something happened. My sister doesn't care, alas, it's too late to say anything now.

Qing Zhi can think of those people's thoughts, maybe others will think that such a big show of richness will cause trouble, but she is not afraid at all, this is just to let everyone know that they value her, the family is afraid I don't have a high rank, so I will be neglected when I go out to socialize in the future.

He thought that since returning to Gusu, his grandfather would go to Lin's house every day, chatting with Mr. Lin, furnishing her a new house, and doing everything possible to make her live comfortably in Lin's house in the future.

Thinking of her father and mother holding back tears of worry and worry to send her to the sedan chair in the morning, thinking of Brother Rui holding her back on the sedan chair, holding back his sobs and saying to her, "Little sister, even if you are married, you are still from our Zhang family." Baby, you are my brother's best sister, don't be afraid of anyone or anything, no matter what happens, the family will support you, my brother will always support my sister behind my sister"

Thinking of the tears in Qingzhi's eyes, she finally couldn't help but shed them. The family that gave her the most love no matter in the previous life or in this life, she left again, and she can no longer act like a baby with Lai by their side. Nor can I see them every day, greet them, eat with them, or make snacks for them...

Facing those guys who were envious of him and desperately pouring him alcohol, Lin Yuan's countermeasure was to compare and drink, and after drinking everyone standing except him, he got away and went back to his new house. A person who misses you deeply.

Lin Yuan was able to get away so quickly, it was because he added speed drunk to the wine. With a little something he added, even a person who is not drunk after a thousand glasses of wine will become ten times weaker than before after drinking the wine mixed with fast drunk. One, of course he used the antidote in advance, so why would he get drunk with them?

After getting drunk for a few batches, no matter how jealous and resentful he is for marrying such a daughter-in-law who is so rich in dowry and valued by her natal family, no one dares to force him. I didn't look at those drunk guys, and they all started talking nonsense Well, they were talking about some embarrassing things about themselves, they still don't want to make a fool of themselves, just like this, under the eyes of everyone's envy and hatred, Lin Yuan slipped away ahead of schedule.

In front of the new house, Lin Yuan took a few deep breaths, rubbed his hands vigorously on his face, trying to relax his facial expressions, and stop being tense and stiff. He straightened his clothes before entering the new house.

The maid waiting at the door, Lin Yuan signaled them to keep quiet. As soon as he entered the room, he felt that something was wrong with Zhi'er. Recently, he found that Zhi'er was suppressing her tears in a low voice. Now he was nervous. He was very uneasy, could it be that Zhi'er regretted marrying him, thinking of this possibility, his face became pale and colorless.

Lin Yuan told all the people waiting in the room to go down, and then mustered up the courage to lift the hijab on Qingzhi's head with a scale.Qingzhi fell into the touch and reluctance for her family, she didn't feel Lin Yuan's arrival, her tears were so low that the maids in the room didn't notice, if Lin Yuan hadn't practiced kung fu, Wugan would be more sensitive than the maids There are too many, and she is all about her, and she won't find out.

Qingzhi felt that no one would find out what was wrong with her, so she let herself sink into her thoughts at ease. She just wanted to indulge herself this time, and before Lin Yuan came back after toasting, she would definitely be able to clean up her emotions. It's a pity that she She didn't expect Lin Yuan to come back so early, her eyes were so bright that she raised her head reflexively.

When Lin Yuan saw his bride, his eyes were reddish, and tears slipped down his pink cheeks. The longing in his eyes made him very distressed, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. It was the reluctance and longing for his relatives. It's fine to give him what he wants.

"Zhi'er, don't be sad, your grandparents are in Gusu, you can visit them often, you miss your father-in-law and mother-in-law, and I can also accompany you to the capital to see them, if you want to go to other places, I will accompany you too, as long as You are by my side, I will accompany you wherever you want to go, don’t cry sadly, my heart hurts when you cry.” Lin Yuan sat beside Qing Zhi, holding her face in both hands, holding her face a little bit because of practicing kung fu. Rough thumbs gently wiped the tears on her face.

Qingzhi looked at this, her husband, her husband, and the father of her future child, seeing the distress he felt in his fancy, seeing the reflection of herself in his eyes, seeing his affection for her, seeing His firmness, his oath, his love.

All of a sudden, those uneasiness, uncertainty, and reluctance no longer occupied her thoughts. The person in front of her, her beloved, made her heart feel more stable and full.

Neither of the two spoke, just looked at each other quietly, but neither of them felt embarrassed. The two of them were surrounded by warmth and happiness. Slowly, the two faces leaned together, and the two faces were branded on each other's lips. A firm, solemn kiss like an oath.