The Jade of the Red Chamber

It is April in the world, when the weather is good and the people are harmonious, the small boats on the winding waterways of the Jiangnan water town are moving forward in rhythm with the spring breeze.It seems that there is always a sense of leisure in the south of the Yangtze River, which affects the businessmen and tourists from the north and the south, so that those busy people can steal half a day of leisure, watching the bright sky and the people coming and going in the long singing of the fisherman girl or Du Niang boatman. Going forward, drink a cup of slightly astringent green tea with a smile.

Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang finished their errands slowly, and they traveled all the way from the scenery of West Lake, which "remembers the south of the Yangtze River, and Hangzhou is the most memorable", and enjoyed a few days in Taihu Lake, where the rice is fragrant and the fish is fat, and came to Suzhou. It was business affairs and sightseeing. Before going out, Father Lin personally told the two of them to go to Suzhou to visit the branch tribe. Of course, Lin Ruhai wanted to think about Lin Zhenyu's connections in the future. Lin's main family is full of scholars. Although Ding is rare, it is good for them and the branch if they make friends!

But aside from Lin Ruhai, Zhenyu also knew that his father missed his mother as much as they did. Their roots were in Suzhou, and their mother was buried in the land of the Lin clan in Suzhou. It is too far away from Suzhou to go back and forth, and it is really impossible to come to worship every year.In Lin Zhenyu's heart this time, the most important thing to come to Suzhou is to worship her mother.

The Lin family is a big family in Suzhou, and it has not declined for hundreds of years. Although these years have not had many children, they can't stand the strict family precepts, and the children are well-educated.Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang went to meet the head of the branch family first, and said that Lin Zhenyu was still a child of the branch family in name, and the old patriarch saw that he was now more promising than others, so he smiled and asked Take him to introduce him to the clansmen, so that he can recognize his relatives.However, Lin Zhenyu thought of her mother eagerly, and declined with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, nephews and grandchildren will naturally visit relatives in the family, but the capital is far away, and nephews and grandchildren have not come to pay homage to ancestors, grandparents and mother in recent years, and I miss them very much. Uncle..."

The old patriarch nodded with a smile. Is this human nature? He hurriedly called his son and asked him to take Lin Zhenyu and the others to the family's ancestral grave.

When they arrived at the place, the uncle said to Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang, who were carrying joss sticks and paper money: "Going in here is the family's ancestral tomb, and outsiders are not allowed to enter except for twice a year when worshiping. Daddy, I'll wait for you here, and Zhenyu can go in by herself."

Lin Zhenyu quickly thanked the uncle, and said with a smile: "Thank you uncle, it's disrespectful to take the trouble this way, how dare my nephew tell my uncle to wait outside? Besides, my nephew already knows the way, so I can go back by myself." He also ordered the swing to wait carefully to serve the uncle back.

The uncle also knew that Zhenyu would have to stay in the cemetery for a long time, so he agreed to hear what he said was true.

When Tang Shu turned around the path and was out of sight, Zhenyu turned around and walked in with Shuiyang. Fortunately, this ancestral tomb was built on a hill, and only people were guarding the hill where they came over just now, otherwise Shuiyang would have to spend a lot of time going in Talking.

This small hillside is covered with dense greenery, facing north and facing south, backed by mountains and surrounded by flowing water, it is a place with good geomantic omen.Jia Min's tomb is easy to find, as the uncle said, the older the ancestors are buried in, the older the ancestors are buried. Jia Min is the wife of the current head of the family, so she is naturally outside.

The tombstone is very clean. It can be seen that the guards of the mountain often come to wipe it for the ancestors. There is a fluffy grass growing beside the tomb. Lin Zhenyu opened the basket, and first wiped and tidied up the tomb carefully with Shui Yang before lighting it up. Putting incense sticks on the paper money, placing offerings of fruits, pulling Shui Yang and kowtowed to Jia Min three times in an upright manner.

Kneeling there, Lin Zhenyu, a 15-year-old man, wanted to cry again. After holding back his tears for a while, the tears still flowed down. Yu talked about her marriage caringly and intelligently, about how Xiao Fuyu grew up from a fat dumpling to a young boy who is now praised, about how they missed her, and about the fate of the Jia family and them...

Zhenyu knew that no matter how cold her mother's heart was, she still missed her mother's family, so she said with tears in her eyes, "Don't worry, mother, the lives of grandma and uncles are safe. I will be there to help, as long as the children and grandchildren live up to the spirit, the painstaking efforts of the grandparents will not be in vain."

After nagging about family affairs for a long time, Zhenyu put away her tears and calmed down. During these times, Shuiyang has been kneeling beside him, listening to his chatter, as if returning to the years when they were not grown up. During these years when he was never by his side, listening to him like this, Shui Yang felt warm and comforting in his heart, wanted to hold him in his palm, and accompany this person for the rest of his life, um, their life is still very long, There are still many years in which he can participate, and they can create many memories together.

In the end, Zhenyu took Shui Yang's hand and said solemnly: "Mother, this is the person I want to be with for the rest of my life!" Then she pursed her lips and smiled, "Well, you liked him so much when you were young, and now you definitely want Shui Yang Do you want to be your daughter-in-law?"

Shui Yang tightened his palms, and said solemnly: "Mother, I will treat Zhenyu well and let him live happily ever after!" Just now she didn't feel it, but Zhenyu blushed when she heard the word "Mother".

... Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang stayed in Suzhou for half a month, and they are familiar with the branch family, and the younger generation also get along well.The two did not return to the capital immediately, but changed their way to Yangzhou. Not only did their family live in Yangzhou for many years, but there was also a shop and farm to inspect. The family is the in-laws, so doing this to give my sister a face is also respecting the Xi family's deeds.

Lin Zhenyu secretly wanted Daiyu's status and situation in the Xi family. After all, Xi Shuangyou had brothers and sisters. His respect as an elder brother was only good for his younger sister's future marriage. After marrying a wife, Daiyu's two sisters-in-law's backgrounds are not as good as those of the Lin family, so he should be more respectful as an older brother, and save others from crowding out Daiyu because of her high birth.Of course, father's airs must be stopped!That's why I didn't teach people to bully my sister.

Lin Zhenyu's careful thoughts can naturally be guessed to some extent, and she feels more and more distressed about what kind of life this person lived in the Jia family in the past few years, so that he can develop such a meticulous and thoughtful heart.It's just that Lord Shui never imagined that someone lived two lives, and the previous life was not as good as this one. In that life, there were no such thoughts of clans and families. Fighting for uncles and uncles for the coveted property was done by any means. Lin Chen's child didn't love his mother or his father, and he raised him in front of the old man. Apart from being careful and careful, and thinking about it, what else could he do? It was so hard to grow up to eighteen or nineteen years old, but he still died for no reason. .

Zhenyu never thought of telling Shui Yang about his past life. For him, the past life was more like a big dream, but it just made his mind mature a few years earlier than ordinary people. Apart from experience and advanced knowledge from books, that There was nothing he was willing to think of for more than ten years, so why bother to scare the water again.Lin Zhenyu pursed her lips. Besides, people nowadays are somewhat superstitious. Shui Yang will definitely not let him go. I am afraid that Shui Yang will use this excuse to cause the same thing as he did in the Imperial Academy. Most of the officials in the Imperial Academy put on airs and were lofty and disdainful to drop by. If Shui Yang accompanied him to work, the group of gentlemen would definitely smash them, but it's hard to explain.

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The little couple is sweet and sweet in the south of the Yangtze River, but the Jia family in the capital is becoming more and more noisy.

The Ningrong Second Mansion was originally from the old Duke Jia Yan Jia Yuan, that is, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng's blessing and industrious king. He made great achievements and won two world positions. Only then did Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion have two sons. Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua made great contributions again, and never descended to attack, so that Jia's mother had the status of an old feudal monarch.The two lines of the Jia family have always used Ningguo Mansion as the patriarch, even after Ningguo Mansion was not as good as Rongguo Mansion, it has not changed, but now the current patriarch Jia Zhen and her son Jia Rong have been exiled for nine thousand miles, and Ningguo Mansion has only one daughter who is a descendant. How could Xichun and Jia Qiang, the posthumous son of elder brother Jia Zhen, succeed as the patriarch? It was inevitable that the patriarch should be assumed by Jia She.

This time Jia She is determined to separate the family, and now that he is the head of the clan, he will have to invite the elders of the clan, but now the second wife, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang have both been convicted. In fact, he lost his reputation for nothing, but the old lady and the second wife had to speak up.

Since Mrs. Wang came back to Jia's house, she managed to eat hot porridge, hot rice, meat and vegetables. Jia's furniture and her body were all stolen, only the old lady's foundation was still there. Mrs. Wang To Jiamu, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw.She stayed in prison for more than half a year and stayed under Jin Chuaner's hands for half a month. It can be said that she has experienced all kinds of beatings and scolding. Not to mention, even the face can be given up.

Mrs. Wang has been enslaved, and she is still an official slave who will not be pardoned. Her status is even lower than that of the maids and women in this mansion. If it weren't for the old lady and Bao Erye, those people would not look at her like that. So polite, that's it, it's still very different from before, the respect of the maids is only for face, and they disappear when they turn their heads.Mrs. Wang is an official slave, so it is impossible for her to be a housekeeper anymore. The servants still call him the second wife for the sake of Second Lord Bao, and now she lives in the inverted room behind Jia Mu's upper room.

Mrs. Wang is very respectful to Jiamu now, and she waits on her like a new daughter-in-law who has just entered the house. On the contrary, Jiamu is often sleepy and not happy.Mrs. Wang has been in prison for half a year, and her ability to see people's eyes has become much stronger. When she saw this, she didn't know that Jia's mother was bored with her. This Mrs. Wang was also obedient, knowing what Jia's mother liked, and often ordered Jia Baoyu to come Talk to Jia Mu, and always talk about Jia Baoyu in front of Jia Mu, now that he has grown up, what books are he reading, and he will take a scientific examination in the future.Grandmother Jia left, who had loved Jia Baoyu for so many years, was naturally happy when she heard about this, and her face gradually became better towards Mrs. Wang, but it was still indifferent.Jia's mother knew very well that if it wasn't for the sake of the Wang family and Baoyu's helplessness, it would be useless and would only drag Baoyu's mother down.

The inverted house does not see the sun all year round, and it is cooler in summer, but it is humid all year round. Mrs. Wang suffers from a backache and leg pain in the prison. The secondary medicine is just that, and I don't mean to give her a careful examination. Now I am in the inverted room, and I will suffer a lot at night.

Mrs. Wang has been domineering for most of her life, and now she only cares about eating and drinking well. In prison, she has seen the benefits of money. Even if she has a few big money, she can still have a full meal. In her heart, that is more important than her precious son!

Now that she has been raised for half a month, she has finally regained some vitality. Seeing that so many people are living on the old lady's self-sufficiency, she feels a little distressed.Sooner or later, the family will be divided. When the old lady can't do it, the old lady will naturally leave the big head to Baoyu because of her heart, but there will be a lot of money for the big house, and all the expenses for so many years will be in vain. She is also afraid in her heart. At that time, Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian took over their mother's money, so now they are thinking about separating the family.What's more, she took a fancy to the courtyard where Dafang lived, and the old lady told her that the relatively large courtyard was for Baoyu to live after her marriage, so she naturally took a look at Dafang's current residence.

Mrs. Wang came several times to instigate Mrs. Xing, asking their eldest wife to come forward to separate the family. Mrs. Xing didn't want to see her, but she also wanted to separate the family in her heart.Fortunately, Jia Amnesty has become a sensible person this time, knowing that the Wang family is uneasy and kind, and wants to make their eldest family bear the name of being unfilial and unrighteous, so that the eldest family can get more benefits when the Wang family is at a disadvantage.

He reprimanded Mrs. Xing severely, and gave some instructions to the old aunts who were used to waiting by her side.The next time Mrs. Wang came to visit Mrs. Xing after serving the old lady, she saw a few well-dressed aunts sitting in the small hall, looking at her with straight eyes and brows without shy away from criticizing her. Mrs. Wang blushed, and the little girl behind her stood a little further away as if she was ashamed.

An aunt said: "Hey, isn't this our second wife? Please sit down quickly, and my servant will salute you." Speaking like this, her buttocks seemed to be glued to the chair, and she didn't move.

A not small voice "whispered" and said: "What is the second wife, she is just an official slave, why don't we salute her." After that, the aunt turned her head and smiled and said to Mrs. Wang: "The second wife is here to see For our wife, what a coincidence, my wife is going to watch our eldest daughter embroider the dowry today, so I don’t invite you to go, you see this is very embarrassing, it’s not good to make the eldest daughter happy!"

No matter how good Mrs. Wang is, she was going to explode with anger, but after all, her face was not normal. Now she heard this blushing but turned away as if nothing had happened, which surprised a few aunts who had prepared a lot of words.On the way, Mrs. Wang's lowered eyes seemed to be filled with blood, terribly violent.

But when she heard about Yingchun's marriage, although Madam Wang hated them for calling that cowardly little girl openly, she still grabbed a few women to find out cheekily. , and Tanchun, Tanchun's appearance is very good, if she marries a wealthy businessman, even if she is to be a second wife, she can get a good dowry gift, and she can be asked to support Baoyu in the future .

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang immediately went to see Tanchun, and she became more and more satisfied the more she watched, isn't it just the age to marry.

Tanchun was startled by the scrutiny in Mrs. Wang's eyes, and her heart skipped a beat. She is also a Conghui girl, so what else can people miss about her now?Isn't it just a future marriage? My intuition is not good, so Tanchun bit his lip and talked to Aunt Zhao about it, but Aunt Zhao couldn't do it in a hurry.Fortunately, Jia Huan has come back at this moment. He has been busy visiting his former husband and classmates these few days. Aunt Zhao asked Zhao Guoji to call him back in a hurry. Tanchun didn't care about embarrassment. .

Mrs. Wang really mentioned Tanchun's marriage in front of Mrs. Jia. At first, Mrs. Jia was a little impatient with her meddling, but after listening to her several times, she finally moved her mind. What matters is power, the Jia family is in decline, if Tanchun marries into a powerful family, even if it is a small one, it will be a good support.

On this day, Mother Jia called Aunt Zhao to discuss Tanchun's marriage. Now Mrs. Wang's "Madam" is just a name, not a real wife. It is not her turn to intervene in Tanchun's marriage. If you are a grandmother, you can only call Aunt Zhao to discuss it.Jia's mother said what she meant, and also pointed out almost suitable families.

Aunt Zhao asked Zhao Guoji to inquire about many families long ago. Mother Jia said that she happened to know two families. One family was a fourth-rank official in the capital, but his grandsons were all older than Tanchun. The second wife, the name of this Ke wife is very famous in the capital!One is the Liu family, a big businessman in Zhili. This Mr. Liu is a capable man. He has money and is related to high officials in the court. Serving Wenggu in my hometown, Tanchun married and was taken by my side to wait on him, barely a common wife, and life will not be easy.

After listening to these two, I knew that the other ones were definitely not good. Aunt Zhao naturally gritted her teeth and disagreed. Mother Jia's face became gloomy.Mrs. Wang couldn't understand Aunt Zhao's life for most of her life. Now, looking at that face that hasn't changed much, and touching her own rough skin, she felt even more angry in her heart, so she couldn't help but chime in.

However, Aunt Zhao took advantage of the opportunity to show her housekeeping skills-spreading, sitting on the ground crying and making noises, with her mouth open, pointing at Mrs. Wang's nose and yelling: "It's just that our family bought it with money. Official slave! Think of yourself as the second wife, and you can interfere in the girl’s marriage!" He also cursed at the things that happened in Baoyu’s room these days, and the dirty things in Rongguo’s mansion in the past. Having said that - this is "willing to cut yourself to pieces, dare to pull the emperor off the horse".

This movement attracted everyone. After Jia Baoyu listened to a few words, he heard Aunt Zhao scolding him for being shameless and shameless. The daughter-in-law didn't come in and made the maid pregnant. .Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing, and Sister Jia Lianfeng came in to persuade them.

When Madam Wang saw them coming in, she didn't want to cry and make a fuss. What she said was that she and the second master were responsible for the family, and Yuan Chun died for the Jia family. Now their orphans and widows are being bullied.

Jia She's face was livid, he stared straight at Mrs. Wang and said coldly, "Mr. Wang, what do you want?"

Madam Wang gritted her teeth, made up her mind and said ruthlessly, "Separate the family!"

Jia She snorted coldly and said, "Okay! Separate the family! Old lady, what do you think?"

Jia's mother closed her eyes and said, "Let's divide up. You don't need to invite the elders of the family. You's mother-in-law and Lan'er's mother-in-law are also called."