The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Lin Hai's depression alone cannot affect the happiness of everyone in the Lin family.

Since Lin Chang's parents are both in Suzhou, and Jia Min and Geng are still a few years away, the Jiang family has full power to make the decision!After all, the Jiang family can be regarded as Lin Chang's highest-ranking female elder!

In Lin Chang's family, Lin Chang has only one seedling, not even a brother or sister, but he looks a bit like the original owner in the original book.

After Lin Hai came back from the Imperial Academy that day, he saw Jiang holding a list and looking at "Mother..."

"Hai'er is back! Sit down!" Seeing Lin Hai's return, Mrs. Jiang asked the servant girl to watch tea.

Lin Hai took the tea with a smile, took a sip, and asked curiously, "What were you looking at just now?" It seemed that she was looking at some gift list.

Jiang said with some headaches: "It's not Lin Chang's child's betrothal gift, you also know about Jia's family name, although it is the Duke's Mansion, but the name is not correct, and the mother is having a headache. How much dowry to send over."

When Xiao Ding was young, he had to send half of the betrothal gift, but there were rules for doing anything in the upper class, and the standards for marrying a daughter in a public house were completely different from those in a marquis’ house.But this Jia family is very weird, it says it is a Marquis's mansion, but it hangs a signboard saying it is a mansion, and Jia Daishan's title is not a Duke, so Jiang's headache is very big.

If you don't give too much, you are afraid that others will look down on their Lin family. If you donate too much, you are afraid that you will overstep and cause unnecessary trouble.

Lin Hai picked up the gift list prepared by Jiang with a smile, looked at it, and frowned after just one glance.Because the Lin family has been scholarly for generations, they perform ancient rituals and prepare ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, inscriptions, guqin and other treasures that are hard to find in the world, and are of great value.But this is in the hands of people who understand value.If someone who doesn't understand it looks at it, it is far less valuable than those powerful families who are famous for food, and Lin Hai has always felt that the Jia family may not understand its value at all.

"Is everything on this list prepared by my mother?" Lin Hai asked looking at the rare treasures on the list.

Jiang said with a smile: "How can it be! This is Lin Chang's father. After receiving the letter, he sent someone to Beijing and brought 1 taels of silver with him. He said he asked us to buy it for Lin Chang in the capital." A house. The rest is all arranged for small business."

Lin Hai secretly calculated, according to Lin Chang's current status, a house with three entrances is more than enough.No matter how good the terrain is, it’s only about three or four thousand taels. If you add the treasures sent along with it, this half of the dowry is almost 4000 taels of silver. This is the standard for a government official to marry a wife!But if the Jia family doesn't understand the value of these treasures.The betrothal gifts sent by the Lin family were at most 4 taels.

Lin Hai thought about it, and thought it would be better to interrupt after all, who made Mrs. Shi live longer than Jia Daishan, and she looked at the scene described in the original book, she is a person who likes to live a luxurious life, if she underestimates the Lin family.It would be very bad to indoctrinate Jia Min like this.

"These betrothal gifts are also rare treasures in the world, but such betrothal gifts are inevitably inappropriate." Lin Hai thought about his words.

"Oh! Isn't it right?" Jiang looked at Lin Hai in surprise, "You're talking about something wrong! That's not the case with your little betrothal gift."

"That depends on who is right!" Lin Hai said solemnly: "The Kong family is a scholarly family that has been passed down for thousands of years. It is an ancient ritual like our Lin family, so there is nothing wrong with your preparations, mother. But the Jia family is a family of meritorious deeds. Well, this is only the third generation. My mother thinks they have something to say. I heard people say that Mrs. Jia has to write the memorials by someone else! My mother thinks how many people the Jia family can have. Knowing calligraphy and painting, I understand them better value." To put it bluntly, he is just an upstart.

Jiang Shi heard Lin Hai say this.Without thinking about it, what Lin Hai said made some sense.

"And my son heard that the current mother of the Jia family originally planned to marry Miss Jia to the King of Beijing, but unfortunately she didn't agree. Mother, do you think Mrs. Shi would like us? Lin Chang's family background is It’s lower than the Jia family’s, and Miss Jia’s family can be regarded as a low-marriage, if this dowry doesn’t look good in their eyes, they don’t know how to organize our Lin family behind their backs!” Lin Hai continued.

"Crack!" Jiang slapped the table fiercely, and cursed at Lin Hai: "Nonsense, this marriage was clearly requested by the Jia family. They dare to arrange our Lin family."

Lin Hai said with a smile: "Mouth can grow on other people's faces, mother, can you still let people plug up other people's mouths one by one? We know this. Others don't think so, and they probably feel wronged !"

"Okay, isn't it just asking me to change the dowry? Seeing that you are right, I will discuss this with the master." Jiang Shi is also a little uncertain. Although everyone is in the upper circles, civil servants and military officials It's not the same road, so the wives in the inner house don't have much intersection, but Jiang has heard of the extravagant life of those Gongyun families.

Most of the mistresses of the Gongyun family are: only a few words, not blind, and can barely understand the account books.The narrow field of vision directly limits the height of understanding of the court situation and characters.Far from being as visionary and farsighted as the mistress of the Scholar's House.

"Mother still doesn't understand what I mean." Lin Hai shook his head and said.

This is strange, Jiang asked curiously: "Then what do you mean!"

"Wealth cannot be exposed, but it must be exposed!"

"What kind of nonsense is this? It's not revealed." Jiang was confused by Lin Hai!

Lin Hai explained with a slight smile: "Our Scholar's House pays attention to the word 'stability', and what we pay attention to is 'not revealing wealth' and 'making a fortune in silence'. But sometimes we can't keep a low profile too much. Life needs to be simple, But the basis of simplicity is to be able to be luxurious at any time, otherwise it is shabby. Different people should be treated differently. The Jia family is a family of Gongyun. Pearls and gemstones, if the mother really took this dowry, the Jia family would think it was poor. The son had heard of it, and the second young master Jia Zheng liked to read a little in that family, but he didn't know anything about it. , it can be seen that the whole family likes vulgar things."

Jiang scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, how can you say that about others." But in the end, I think Lin Hai's words are reasonable, and I am looking at it carefully.

"Then tell me, how much dowry we should send over!"

In the original book, the Jia family has always called themselves the Duke’s Mansion, so they must have always thought of themselves as the Duke’s Mansion. As Jia Min is the only daughter-in-law, and now that the Rongguo Mansion is in its heyday, it is likely that they will look at the Duke of the Kingdom. It was done according to the specifications of marrying a daughter, so Lin Hai chuckled and said, "Isn't he the Duke's Mansion? Naturally, he came according to the rules of the Duke's Mansion!"

"But..." Jiang was a little hesitant, not because he couldn't afford so much dowry, but because he would be hated by the emperor.

"But what!" Lin Hai took a sip of tea and said, "Anyway, the signboard of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion in Jia's family is still hanging, which means that others don't treat him as such, but relatives must. No one thinks that the Jia family is the Duke's mansion anymore, how can their self-esteem bear it!"

Some people just like to be self righteous.

Jiang Shi nodded, "You're right, we have to treat him as the Duke's Mansion before the Jia family's sign outside has been torn off." Then he looked at Lin Hai curiously, "I don't know where you are. I have learned, I have learned all about 'wealth must be revealed'!"

Lin Hai heard something wrong with Jiang's voice, and quickly said, "Didn't you teach me this, mother?"

"I taught you, when did I teach you?" Jiang asked in surprise.

"Mother, you forgot! Not long ago, weren't you preparing a congratulatory gift? I saw it once, and found that although the contents were the same, you gave our family friends of the Lin family, my father's colleague of the same year, and mine of the same year. The gift packaging is completely different. The gift packaging for family friends and father’s colleagues in the same year is more discreet and more beautiful, and the gift packaging for my same year is much simpler. I asked you what is going on, and you are right People should be different from things, because other people's face is different." Lin Hai nonsense.

"Oh! What's the matter?" Jiang was a little puzzled, why couldn't she remember it!

"Of course!" Lin Hai said so confidently that no one could see that he was lying.

Seeing Lin Hai taking it for granted, Jiang Shi also believed it a little bit, "Maybe there is!"

"By the way! You are walking outside now, and you should pay more attention to some young people. You still have two younger sisters who are going to be engaged!" Jiang Shi suddenly remembered, and hurriedly told Lin Hai.

Lin Hai's teacup was a little unsteady, "No way! It's so early, my sister is not yet 10 years old!" Is it necessary to see people so early?

Mrs. Jiang looked at Lin Hai with a face that you didn't know much about, "What do you know, the marriage of this girl's family is a matter of life after marriage. Men can divorce their wives, but women can divorce their husbands. This is a big marriage, of course. You have to be cautious, that is, you have to look at it now, wait until it is almost done, and the person has no bad habits before you can get married. Listen to those official matchmakers, hmph, she can call the local hooligans on the street Pan An is alive! If you meet such a person, it won't ruin your sister's life."

Compared with Lin Qianyu, Jiang shi was more cautious about the twins' marriage. After all, it crawled out of his stomach, and he was reluctant to suffer the slightest grievance.

Lin Hai touched his nose, it seems that it really is the same thing.

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