The Jade of the Red Chamber

After the new year, Rongguo Mansion sent four or five letters in a row, saying that the old lady was very sad because of Jia Min's death, and she missed her grandson and granddaughter very much, so she wanted to go.Lin Hai and Lin Zhenyu discussed the matter in the study.

Lin Haidao: "Now that your grandmother is urging you more and more urgently, I'm afraid you can't just push it away. It's just that your father sent someone to Beijing to investigate... This Rongning Second Mansion is getting more and more outrageous! The elders act recklessly. It doesn't matter if your descendants don't benefit, but I heard that the youngest son of the second house named Baoyu loves to hang out in the inner curtain. He is now nearly nine years old. Jiang is eight years old, if Yu'er's reputation is damaged by collision, it's not good!"

Zhenyu said: "Our Lin family has a big house in the capital, so we definitely can't live in his house forever, but we had to live in Rongguo Mansion for a while at the beginning. Daiyu is fine, the newly hired nuns are all well-behaved. He was not afraid of him when he brought enough maids and wives to guard the door. However, Fuyu is still young, so few of the Jia family's children are motivated, and there are even those who eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble. That’s too bad! Therefore, it’s absolutely impossible to send Fuyu to Jia’s family to study. On the pretext that Fuyu is weak, it’s still his son who will teach him. After returning to his own house, he will ask the husband to help Fu Yuyan find a knowledgeable person. A virtuous person."

Ruhai looked at his son who was getting more and more brilliant, nodded and said: "Zhen'er thinks very well, Fuyu is not yet five years old, so it's very good." Then said: "You also know that your mother and your second aunt There have always been suspicions, so you have to be more careful and don't lose your manners."

"Hmph, there was an old lady before the second aunt, so it won't be too embarrassing on the face." Zhenyu said coldly: "It's just that the whole family has got into the eyes of money and only knows powerful families, so they have to plan. Save it as a stepping stone for others!"

Then he said sadly: "Now you are on the cusp of the storm, even if the emperor is facing father, you can't stop others from stalking you. If we go, will father be even more lonely?"

Lin Hai smiled and said: "Don't worry, you are here as fathers, and you can't let go of your hands and feet. Today, you know how to deal with Jiangnan, and you will have to deal with it sooner or later. After this term, my father will write a letter to ask you to come back. Also happy."

Ruhai persuaded them to go to the capital quickly, but Lin Zhenyu was resolutely unwilling: "We can't let go of leaving like this! Why don't we set the date until the end of next month and let Yu'er celebrate her birthday at home? Anyway, let the two young ones be happier; secondly, I need to hire some guards for my father, and my father also knows that his son has a good relationship with Shui Yang, and now he gave him the He San and He Si beside his son. He found a few expert guards for his father, which can be regarded as peace of mind for his son; he also had time to make some arrangements in the third time, so that the house would not be peaceful; They are all bright and clear, so if you mention them in advance, you won't get caught up in other people's troubles."

He also said: "Don't teach them to send people to pick them up. We will just go to visit ourselves. It will be more comfortable this way."

Seeing that his son's filial piety is commendable and that everything is proper and reasonable, Ruhai agrees, and the letter of divorce has nothing to do with the date set by Jia's mother.

Daiyu and Fuyu knew that their grandmother outside the capital city wanted to take their three brothers and sisters to Beijing, but the boss refused.

Daiyu said angrily: "My mother just passed away, and the three-year filial piety period has not yet passed, so let us abandon our father like this, even if the old lady wants to see us, this is the same... Besides, our family has been in contact with our grandparents' family since we were young. There is no enthusiasm outside, why is it like this now?"

Fuyu only grabbed the corner of Zhenyu's clothes, her big eyes were full of resistance.Zhenyu hugged Fuyu in her arms, and said with a sneer, "I'm afraid it's not just as simple as thinking about us. If I miss you, how sooner or later can I go? It's just this time! It's just that my father will have a continuation after my mother's death. Far away from them. Now my father is a senior official of the second rank, and Jane is in the heart of the emperor. Except for the eldest uncle who inherited the title of first-class general in the maternal ancestral family, the second uncle is only a senior official of the fifth rank, and has not been promoted in the past ten years. The eldest cousin After entering the palace for a few years only as a female official, it is the time when I need help! Otherwise, how can I be so eager to remind you one after another?"

Fu Yu was innocent and cute, he didn't understand many of these things, but he was very reluctant to leave his father, so he hated his grandmother's family who insisted on going.It's just that Xiao Fuyu is young and doesn't know what to do. His elder brother is the most powerful and his elder sister is very smart. He just listens to his elder brother and sister.

Zhenyu said to her younger sister: "We don't need to think about these things. Father has his own ideas. Our family is a pure minister. If we don't go astray, my sister can rest assured! Just you two have to remember, the grandfather's family and the father's family are the same. Our family is different. Since the death of my grandfather, the rules have been messed up! Now the second uncle who has not become a prince lives in the main house, and the eldest uncle has moved to the side courtyard. Not to mention, their family has a brother who was born with jade , only one year older than Yu'er, because of the doting of the old lady and the second aunt, they are still hanging around in the inner curtain at the age of nine, love to adjust rouge and eat, girls have red lips, hate reading, and when they see girls, they will talk to others Saying 'I have seen this sister before' is very crazy. Let's just deal with it face-to-face, and we must not provoke him!"

Daiyu and Fuyu were stunned when they heard it. Doesn't uncle care about such a character?

Zhenyu said with a smile: "The second uncle wants to take care of it, but the old lady and aunt are very protective. After a little while, the old lady threatens to take Baoyu back to her hometown in Jinling. If this is the case, I dare not take care of it because of filial piety. Baoyu became more and more reckless, and I heard that he would often break into girls' bedrooms without notification, but he didn't think there was anything wrong, he only thought it would be good for all the sisters and sisters in the world to come, and he called himself a "flower protector."

Daiyu frowned, did she feel complacent after ruining the girl's reputation? !So far, he has become more and more disgusted with this second cousin who has never masked his face.Lin Fuyu only felt that this second cousin was such a jerk, she had to protect her sister from him!

When she was young, Daiyu frowned and said: "We will live in my grandfather's house? My brother said so, it is not good to come to his house to behave and learn, so it will delay Fuyu. Fuyu will be five years old in September. It's time for enlightenment reading!"

Lin Zhenyu touched the twin buns on her younger sister's head, smiled and praised: "Yu'er is really delicate! Don't worry, you also know that our family has a house in the capital, and my brother lived there during the scientific research. Last year, before the release of the rankings, my brother ordered people to start renovations and expansions. Now it is almost ready. We will go to our own home after we live in our grandfather’s house for a few months! My father also said that he will return to Beijing to reunite with us after this term is over. What! During this period of time, Fuyu will live with me, and I will enlighten him."

Lin Fuyu said happily: "Really? Then Fuyu wants to sleep with her brother!"

Daiyu shamed him, Fuyu blushed and buried her in her brother's arms~

Zhenyu smiled: "Telling you this is just to make you a little bit defensive. The second aunt and mother have some quarrels, and there will be some troubles. But even if we live in their house, we will use our own food and clothing, so don't worry about it." How about them. When the time comes, bring enough servants and so on, just take care of our own yard. Don’t bother with the rest.”

Then he said to Daiyu: "I heard that the sisters of my grandfather's family are very good. The first uncle and concubine Yingchun, the second uncle and concubine Tanchun, and the first lady of Ning's mansion Xichun. There is only one thing, the way my grandmother raised girls. I don’t care too much, I just keep them in front of me for fun. Yu’er is different from them, the eldest daughter of a dignified second-rank official, she has to learn some housekeeping from the nuns!”

Daiyu had already narrowed her eyes with a smile, and nodded again and again. Her elder brother always felt that his younger sister was incomparable—it was like this since she was a child. He tried his best to hire a famous teacher for her, and now he asked the nuns in the palace to give her.A few days ago, when Aunt Xi came to visit them, she was very envious, she only said that Muyan of their family would be satisfied if she could get one to educate them, and only then did she know how precious and how many princesses came out of this palace. There are none in Hou's family.

As Daiyu thought about it, Lin Fuyu had already fallen asleep in her brother's arms, so he didn't need to think about those things, as long as he followed his brother and sister to do things together!

At the end of February, I packed up three boats full of belongings, and brought nearly a hundred people to Beijing in a mighty way.When the boat was abandoned and landed in March, there were sedan chairs and luggage vehicles from the Rongguo Mansion waiting for a long time.Ma Shou also brought people to wait at the pier.

When we met for a while, Lin Zhixiao stared straight at the three big ships, what a guy!I don't want this aunt's family to be so rich!I just want to greet the unloading ship and pull the luggage.However, he was stopped by a steward who looked like Maitreya in his 30s. The steward smiled and said, "Is this the steward of the Rongguo Mansion? Ma Quan, the second steward of the Xialin Mansion."

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly said: "Little brother Lin Zhixiao."

But Ma Quan said with a smile: "Our Lin family also has a mansion in the capital, but the old lady of your mansion misses her grandson and granddaughter. My uncle, eldest lady, and second master are going to visit my grandmother. These things will not bother Lin. Thank you." He asked Ma Shou to unload the boat with all the servants and servants.

Lin Zhixiao's complexion was pale and uncertain, and he just stood there in a daze.I saw the servants of the Lin residence were agile and orderly, and they packed up four large carriages in a short while.

Ma Quanlai said to Lin Zhixiao: "The salutes of the uncle, the eldest lady, and the second master and the gifts for your house have all been packed, so I ask steward Lin to take us first, and the old lady of the province will miss you."

Lin Zhixiao had already received Madam Wang's order to see what the Lin family had brought to Beijing, so he hurriedly said, "Teach these young men to help the horse housekeeper with these things."

Ma Quan refused with a smile: "Don't dare to bother, I heard that the old lady cares about her grandson and granddaughter very much, so let's go first." He urged to come to Beijing quickly, why are you not in a hurry now?

Pointing to the servants brought by Zhenyu, he said, "Such people are enough!" Lin Zhixiao had no choice but to lead the people to the sedan chair.

I saw Wu Yaya's dozens of maidservants and mothers-in-law sitting behind the sedan chair in the big green cloth carriage that the Lin family was waiting for, and there were more than a dozen young servants and long attendants standing beside the sedan chair.

Lin Zhixiao was speechless, "This is?"

Ma Quan laughed and said: "It's just our uncle, eldest lady, second master's maids, nanny and some young servants. It's just that I don't dare to bring more when I come to your mansion for the first time. I only bring some ordinary things. It's not as good as the prince of your mansion." Miss and son's pomp." He said again: "These personal bedding and salutes will be delivered by someone later, and I will trouble Manager Lin to take care of it."

I could only hear Lin Zhixiao saying in his heart: I heard that the ancestors of the Lin family also had a noble title, a scholarly family, and my aunt is now a second-rank official, Jane is in the emperor's heart, now it seems that it is true!Looking at this ostentation, I'm afraid only Baoyu can match it. Don't offend the Lin family's master and sister!In the future, all the previous contempt was withdrawn, and the eyes were full of envy and respect.

Lin Zhixiao rode in front, the horses were all slow, he followed at a step, and several carriages followed behind the three sedan chairs, heading forward in a mighty way.

Walking to Ningrong Street, other pedestrians gradually decreased.All the horses dismounted, and all the maids and women got out of the carriages to catch up, and everyone stood up next to the sedan chair for their masters, with the chief servants accompanying them on the periphery.

Lin Zhixiao saw Ma Quan stop and was stunned for a moment, so he got off his horse and asked, "Steward Ma, what's the matter?"

Ma Quan said with a smile: "There is no rule for servants to drive to the front of the master's house, it's just a long way, the grandpa and the lady kindly pity them for being tired!"

Seeing the strict rules of the Lin family, Lin Zhixiao was even more awed in his heart, this is the demeanor that a noble family should have.

A group of people lowered their brows and narrowed their eyes, without hearing any noise, they walked to the north gate of the street, but Ma Quan stopped again.

Lin Zhixiao was in a daze at this moment, and asked Ma Quan, "This is it?"

Ma Quan looked at the door, but smiled and said nothing.

Lin Zhixiao had no choice but to look at the gate, saw that the front and side gates were closed, and opened the east and west corner gates for people to come in and out.

When they reached a door with hanging flowers, the sedan chair dropped, and the servant leader withdrew. Ma Quan just brought Lin Zhixiao to the outer courtyard.Lin Zhixiao wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling that today was like a dream.

Ma Quan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's not that my younger brother is ignorant, but that corner gate is where servants enter and exit. How can my father and young lady enter and exit through this? Besides, my uncle has a great reputation, and now he is a juren. Don't enter that corner gate!" Without waiting for Lin Zhixiao to answer, he stuffed a purse into his hand, and said to a group of Jia's servants: "I'm going to trouble everyone today! Let's buy some water and wine for a rest! The house is busy with affairs, so don't bother me." Then he said to Lin Zhixiao: "Once again, the elders will follow you to handle everything, and the steward Lao Lin will only help to take care of the maids' salutes. Farewell!"

When Lin Zhixiao came back to his senses, Ma Quan and a few people in the car had followed the young man away.Seeing that everyone was staring at his hand, he couldn't help snorting, and opened the purse to see, it turned out to be four or five gold and silver pruned plum blossoms, which were three or four heavy, which scared Lin Zhixiao and all the boys. With a jump, Lin Zhixiao deeply regretted opening it in front of everyone.

In short, since then, Lin Zhixiao has become even more respectful to the brothers and sisters of the Lin family. The boys all know that this aunt and wife's family is a real family.