[Red House] But for the sake of the king

March [-]th is Daiyu's full moon, and March [-]th is Tang's birthday.Therefore, Lin Ruhai invited a theater troupe specially, and planned to have a good time for three days.There is no need to make such a big deal when a daughter is born, only those who have a boy will mobilize people.It's just that Lin Ruhai regards Daiyu as his treasure now, so he doesn't care about all this, he just wants to let everyone in the world know that he has a precious daughter.

The wedding invitations were scattered three days ago, and they were nothing more than a few relatives and some respectable princes and officials in Beijing.Furthermore, due to the Tang family's relationship, several old concubines and old Gaoming were invited together.Although Lin Ruhai is a scholar, he is not pedantic, so he naturally understands these human relationships.What's more, with the presence of the Tang family, the list of guests for the banquet has been double-checked.

It's just that I didn't expect that many people sent congratulatory gifts before the day came.There is no impenetrable wall in this world, coupled with the spreading of the word by caring people, the news that the newly appointed senior official of Lantai Temple, Mr. Lin Hailin, is favored by the Holy Spirit naturally spread like wildfire.It would seem deliberate if they meet each other rashly on weekdays, but now that it's such a good time, it's natural to express your affection.

In Lin Ruhai's heart, he blamed that person for causing trouble, but he couldn't drive him out even if he came to give gifts.Moreover, it was a congratulatory gift for his mother and daughter, which was incomparable with the usual ones.In desperation, I had to write a lot more wedding invitations in a hurry, sent them away, and at the same time ordered people to prepare more banquet noodles.

The banquet on the first day was naturally some close relatives.The one-month-old Daiyu is not as weak as she will be in the future, and under the careful care of the two new nurses, she has grown white and fat, which is very gratifying.What's even better is that they are not afraid of strangers. Seeing such a large group of strangers, they didn't even cry, which reassured Jia Min and Tang Corporation a lot.Several young daughters-in-law also hugged each other for a while, feeling a little happy.

During the confinement period, Jia Min got angry twice and felt a little unwell.Although it has been a full month, according to the imperial physician, it is still necessary to have a good life and support.But if she doesn't come out today, my mother-in-law will steal all the limelight.And in the future, bad things about her will inevitably come out, so it's better to put up with it for a while now, so as not to be gossiped by others.

It's just that, Tang's disliked her even more.All the daughters-in-law's faces were rosy when they were confinement, but hers was still pale and pale, and the bit of flesh that was finally made up during pregnancy was gone, and she looked like she was seriously ill. .What I know is that she didn't take good care of herself during her confinement. If there are people who don't know or are good people, they can't say that she is a mother-in-law who abused her daughter-in-law.

Naturally, Lin Ruhai didn't care about these things. Even though he lived an extra life, he was still confused about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.Now he is holding Daiyu to the front, asking the master to shave her head.A few days earlier, he invited a famous barber in the capital to shave the child's full moon head.When it came to this exact day, the auspicious time was selected first, and the master washed his hands with clean water.Then, with a tool wrapped with red cloth and red thread, Daiyu's fetal hair was cut off, leaving only a handful in the middle, which is called smart hair.After that, boiled red eggs are used to remove the shell, and rolled twice on the child's head.Then mix the egg yolk with onion juice and spread it on the top of the head.Someone picked up the cut fetal hair and used it as a fetal hair brush.

After shaving her hair, Daiyu was sent back to Tang Corporation.Because Jia Min really didn't have the strength to carry the child around, Tang shi held her and called everyone at the table by the child's title.No matter what thoughts were in the hearts of the people sitting there, they all had smiles on their faces, and they took out the long-life locks, gold and silver lockets and other things that had been prepared, and stuffed them in Daiyu's swaddle, which was regarded as a meeting gift.After a lap, the swaddle was stuffed with gold and silver, Tang felt like his hands were falling, so he asked the nurse to take the baby back.

After the banquet, the stage became lively.Tang shi greeted everyone and clicked a few words, but didn't listen carefully, just for fun.Her second nephew is going to take up a new post in the near future, so he is pulling the two nephews and daughters-in-law to talk.

Lin Ruhai in front of him quietly invited the two cousins ​​into the study under the pretext of having something to do.

"Cousin Ruhai, if you have something to say outside, you still have to come here secretly." Tang Yan, the boss of the Tang family, is straightforward and has no ambitions. He doesn't look like a son of an official family.

Tang Hao, the second son of the Tang family, has completely different temperaments from his elder brother, and it seems to be a bit of a tiger. "Brother, why are you so anxious? Ru Hai has his own reasons. There are so many people outside here, and it's inconvenient to talk about many things. You can't feel comfortable in the study."

Lin Ruhai poured two cups of tea for them with a smile, "Please sit down, cousin, it's very lively outside, it's not suitable for talking. I heard that cousin will go to Fujian soon, so taking this opportunity today, it's for Your farewell."

Tang Yan put the teacup on the incense table beside him, and said with a smile, "Hey, it was originally for this matter, what's so mysterious about it, where is it different?"

Tang Hao shook his head with a smile, his big brother is too straightforward, I really don't know how his infantry commander got up. "What does Ruhai have to say? There is nothing else in Fujian, but I heard that there are some foreign things, do you want me to bring them to my niece?"

Lin Ruhai hurriedly said, "Cousin is joking, Yu'er is so old, how can he play with anything." After thinking about it, he said, "But if there are some new and interesting ones, it doesn't hurt to bring one or two. Although you can find everything in Beijing, it’s not as convenient as there. It’s just that there are typhoons in Fujian every summer, so please take care of yourself, cousin.”

Tang Hao still had a smile on his face, "Ruhai is worrying too much. My brother is a governor anyway. If the sky falls, there will be a government office to support me. Anyway, I am an official of the imperial court, but I am doing it for the benefit of the people and sharing the worries of the imperial court. But you At the feet of the Son of Heaven, one must be careful in everything."

"Cousin, don't worry, I should be careful. But although Fujian is far away, don't forget to bring a few more letters from home, so as not to worry about my aunt."

Tang Yan drank a cup of tea, and then said, "Okay, I understand what you said separately, but why don't I understand it together. Come on, I'd better go outside to listen Let’s play, today is a rare occasion to invite Boss Jin, it’s a pity not to listen.”

Lin Ruhai and Tang Hao looked at each other and smiled, and then went out together.After all, Lin Ruhai is the host's family. Although all the people present today are close relatives, it's not good to be away after a long time.It's just that he really has nothing to do with this big cousin.

The Tang family has a scholarly family for generations, and its family background is stronger than that of the Lin family. In the previous dynasty, it was a well-known Jiangnan family.Being able to survive the change of dynasties is enough to show the stability of its position.But there was a strange talent in their generation, and that was Tang Yan, who was not good at writing and ink, but loved to use knives and guns.Mr. Tang has beaten and scolded him before. People like them don't want both civil and military skills, they just want stability.It's just that Tang Yan was determined, and when he was 14 years old, he secretly went to the Ministry of War to enroll in the army and went to the border.When he came back, he already had a lot of military exploits.At that time, the emperor was very happy to hear that there was a young and promising general in the army.After careful questioning, he found out that he was the son of the Tang family. Longxin was overjoyed, so he made an exception and appointed him as a member of the army.Now he is the commander of the second-rank infantry, which was unexpected by everyone at the beginning.Because this Tang Yan not only doesn't like reading, but also is straight-hearted.There are all kinds of officialdom, even military officials, and those intrigues are no less than civil officials.With Tang Yan's temperament, he was able to achieve this position, which can only be said to be blessed by his ancestors.

To say that among this group of people, the most embarrassing one is not the useless Jia She, but Jia Zheng.Speaking of which, the Jia family started out with military exploits, but now there are no children who follow this path.And although he loved reading since he was a child, he originally planned to enter the imperial examination as a scholar, but his father's memorabilia before his death allowed him to obtain grace and enter the Ministry of Industry.

He was a little complacent at first, thinking that after all, the Ningrong Second Mansion, one sect and two dukes, are much more prosperous than other families.But after all these years, he is still a small master.Seeing that several relatives and friends of the same age, whether they were born in the imperial examination or inherited the father's title, are much more prosperous than him.He also wanted to follow Lin Ruhai's example in keeping clean customers, but all he attracted were flattering idiots, without any real talent or learning.After another glass of sake, Jia Zheng thought that if he could inherit his father's title, or really rely on his own ability to pass the imperial examination, he would be more glorious than them all.But now he can only accept his fate. Fortunately, he has a good son who can fulfill this wish for him.Therefore, after returning to the mansion, Jia Zheng had much stricter requirements on Jia Zhu's homework.

Tang's was not idle in the background, it seemed that some parents were short-sighted, but they had something to say.It turned out that Tang Hao's family had just added a boy the year before last, who happened to be one and a half years older than Daiyu.In the past two years, Tang felt that his health was getting worse and worse, so he always thought about things in the long run.Now seeing Tang Hao's daughter-in-law, and thinking of that fat boy again, he thought of making a baby kiss.

People say that three years old is old. Tang thought that the third child of Tang Hao's family is also very clever. He can speak at the age of eight months, and he can run around the world before he is one year old.Furthermore, the two families are related by marriage, so it would be great if they could get closer.The daughter-in-law of Tang Hao's family is also gentle and virtuous, so she won't embarrass her.

But it's really too early to tell about this matter now, so Tang didn't say it clearly, he just asked the two nephews and daughters-in-law to talk and asked some interesting things about the family.And because the second child's family wanted to go to Fujian with their whole family, so I said a few more words.

The members of the Jia family are naturally greeted by Jia Min, and they have known for a long time that Mrs. Lin doesn't want to see their Jia family, so there's no need to rush to put their hot faces on their cold buttocks.

But Mrs. Wang was a little more careful.Like Jia Min, she was also Miss Qianjin when she was at home, but she was not as favored as her.After getting married, seeing my sister-in-law at home is so precious, it's a little tasteful.When Jia Min also got married, the gap became even bigger.Although her husband is the queen of the state, he only has the false title of a sixth-rank official, which is no match for a serious third-rank Beijing official.Only in the matter of offspring, the Wang family is somewhat proud.But she gave birth to a big fat boy in the second year after entering the door, one step faster than Dafang, which made her grow a lot of face in front of Jia Mu.As for Jia Min, who has been married for more than ten years and has nothing to do, and finally sought medical advice and got a girl, who is still a girl.No matter how loud she is, she is still a loser.Without a son by her side, it would be hard for Jia Min to be the housewife.Didn't you see that Mrs. Lin didn't bother to talk to her? Although she seemed to love her granddaughter, she still took her to be raised by her side, so she might be dissatisfied with Jia Min.