Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

Hearing what Shi Nai said, Mrs. Chu was puzzled.

She frowned and said: "I'm afraid Miss Lin won't live in the Lin Mansion for long, and it's probably Mrs. Jia who will pick up Miss Yun in the future."

After thinking about it, Shi Nai understood.Since ancient times, there has been a saying of five non-marriages, and the widow and eldest daughter are one of them.The ancients have said that a bereaved woman and the eldest daughter cannot marry, and there is no religious precept.The more aristocratic the family, the more concerned about these things.Mrs. Lin Ruhai died young, and if her daughter was brought up by her grandmother, the old lady, she would be able to fade away the "no teaching precepts".

And for those big families like them, there is still a big trouble for girls who have no female elders in the family-once the wife and grandma are gone, it is no longer convenient to communicate with the female relatives of other families, and over time, even the family relationship will be weakened.

When Jia's family was mentioned, Mrs. Chu couldn't help feeling more emotional, and couldn't help but said: "The girls from Jia's family are pretty good, but it's a pity they came from that place."

But this can only be said by his husband and wife in private.

Historians have witnessed how the Jia family is going from day to day.What makes Shi Nai most dissatisfied with the Jia family is how Jia Zhen, the current patriarch of the Jia family, only knows how to be happy, and no one can control him, and because Jia Zhen takes the lead, the atmosphere of the entire Jia family is getting worse.

Even if Jia Baoyu is loved by his grandmother, so he can hang out with the inner curtain all day long, because Baoyu is young, it is not a big problem.Shi Nai insisted on taking Xiangyun home that day. Although there was also Baoyu's reason, it was not the main reason.

Shi Nai and Mrs. Chu couldn't care less about other people's family affairs, all they could do was keep their contact with Jia's family less.Now the husband and wife talk about how to get along with the Lin family and how to treat Daiyu in the future.

In the Lin family at this time, it was Lin Ruhai who was in a difficult situation.

He doesn't ask his daughter's future marriage to help him find any help in the officialdom, so he doesn't care about the rigid rules that restrict his daughter's family like other official families, so as to win his daughter's good fortune.

But keeping his daughter at home for a long time, he was worried after all.

A woman lives in a deep boudoir, so she is already bored.If there are no sisters to accompany me, I will feel even more lonely.

Like Daiyu, she has no elders like mother or grandmother, and she has no one to accompany her all day long.No matter how many girls and women are serving at home, they are only servants after all, and there are certain things that they can't say to them.

Besides, Daiyu always had to learn to communicate with other families.When she was a girl, she could always hide in the boudoir.If you get married in the future and become the head of the house, how can you escape these social activities?

These things must be learned from an early age, and taught by the elders by precept and example, so that it will be easier.It is actually the best choice for Daiyu to learn from the old lady Jia who was born as a daughter of the Hou family and has been the wife of the country for many years.

However, this Jia's family had a huge problem, which made Lin Ruhai worried about sending Daiyu there again.

That day Chongyu and Xu Zhong sent a letter back to Yangzhou, informing him that the medicines Daiyu took in Jia's mansion were all inferior, and he had been paying attention secretly.Chongyu was also cautious. Before he went to Beijing, he had joined forces with the servants of Lin's family, internally and externally, to investigate secretly and find out the truth.

It turned out that most of the medicines that Daiyu used were ineffective, because the servants of the Rongguo Mansion were corrupt to the extreme!

Those servants went to buy medicine after receiving the money from the cashier, but they only bought the cheap ones, regardless of whether they were effective or not.Perhaps they were still thinking that if the medicine had no effect, Daiyu would still have to take the medicine, and they would have another chance to profit from it.

No matter where money is spent in Jia's mansion, it can't escape the hands and feet of these servants.

This has long been a disease shared by Rongguo Mansion and even Ningguo Mansion.

After Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing, he carefully confirmed that what Fang Xin Chongyu, Xu Zhong and others had investigated was the truth.

He thought about telling Mother Jia and the others about this, but seeing that the servants of Jia's family formed gangs, and many of them were old people serving at home, those who had great dignity committed some crimes and sent them away for a while. Two, the rest will not change these unhealthy tendencies, so Lin Ruhai stopped thinking about it.

If any of the masters of the Jia family were dissatisfied with Daiyu, they would have to treat Daiyu politely for the sake of Mrs. Jia.But what about the large group of servants who dared to bully the Lord?Then how to deal with it?

Lin Ruhai thought that if he was to deal with the servants of the Jia family, he would have to clean up most of them.It is impossible for the Jia family to do so.

At this moment, the door outside the study was suddenly knocked twice.

Ruhai collected her mind and said in a deep voice, "Please come in."

Mo Zongliang pushed the door open and entered, and asked with a smile: "It's getting dark, are you still asleep?"

Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked him to sit down, sighed, and then said all the things he was worried about.

Mo Zongliang pondered for a moment, then asked: "The most worrying thing for you now is how to find some playmates for Daiyu?"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "That's true."

"Why don't you consider a private school for girls?"

Lin Ruhai was startled, and asked again: "Private school for girls?"

"That's right." Mo Zongliang said with a smile, "You just don't want to do this, and I will tell you after the Chinese New Year. This child, Daiyu, has a delicate and sensitive mind, which is very different from others."

"Once I keep her idle all day long, I'm afraid that she will think wildly and add to my heart troubles. Although she has some congenital deficiencies, as long as she is well-behaved, it will be fine. Only her thoughts must not be too heavy. Once serious However, it is really possible that the medicine will not work.”

"I thought that if she wants to have something to pass the time, she must have some homework for her to learn. It would be best to have a few sisters who are also talented and talented to study with her. That's the best."

Lin Ruhai greatly agrees with this, but there are some problems.He sighed: "Brother Mo's idea is not bad, it's just that we want to set up a private school for girls. I'm afraid girls with this kind of character will not be able to come to my private school to study and study."

Female private schools are not new, they have existed in all dynasties, but they have never been popular.

In the court, there has always been a study of palaces set up for princesses, princesses and other clan girls, but it has nothing to do with girls outside the clan.

Small families are often unwilling to let their girls study, let alone private schools, which cost money for nothing, and they cannot do the work at home.

The wealthy family has many scruples, even if they go to a private school for girls, they are also afraid that something will happen to their daughter on the way to and from school, so they don't want to let their daughter go out casually.

On the contrary, there are some middle-level families who want to teach their girls to read and write, but they think it costs too much to hire a husband, so they prefer to go to private schools, but there are not many such families.

As a result, this private school for girls is very tasteless. It is often a joint venture between a few good families to build one, and other families are willing to send their daughters, and they also pay some money to maintain the operation of the private school.Sometimes as long as one of them refuses to invest any more money, the private school can collapse.

Lin Ruhai doesn't mind spending money.Even if he only hires a husband for Daiyu, he will spend this money.Build an additional private school, but it costs a little more, it's not worth caring about.

But if he has prepared the private school properly, but no one else is willing to enroll, or the enrollees fail to meet his requirements, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Mo Zongliang smiled and said: "Let me ask you first, are you sure to persuade your mother-in-law to send the three girls from the Jia family?"

"It's not easy." Lin Ruhai replied without hesitation, "The old lady likes to be lively. When I brought Daiyu back, it made her feel much deserted around her. If I take all the three girls from the Jia family away from her, I'm afraid she will I'm even more unhappy. Besides, where is Jia's place?"

Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help snorting.

"They don't care much about the education of the boys in their family. How can they be expected to pay attention to the education of their daughters? If I mention such things as going to private schools, they will laugh at them first."

Thinking that her son had to go to school in places like Jia's family school, Lin Ruhai felt depressed for a while.

Mo Zongliang pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Then are you sure to invite some nuns in the palace to teach in your private school? It's best to ask the princess and concubine for advice."

"It's not difficult." Lin Ruhai understood a little.Since the Jia family entered the palace in Yuanchun, they have been paying special attention to the affairs of the palace.

Mo Zongliang smiled and said: "You didn't let the girls from their family live with you for a long time, but you came and went back every day. If the girls are happy, they can live in your house. This is considered to be relatives. Jia No matter how reluctant the old lady is to part with her daughter, she should also understand whether her happiness alone is more important or the future of the family's children is more important."

This topic is a bit heavy.

Jia's mother's status in Jia's family is too high, and everyone dare not let her know the bad things, for fear of disturbing the old lady's interest.Yuanyang, the maidservant next to Jiamu, and Wang Xifeng and the others intentionally or unconsciously concealed many things about the Jia family.Mother Jia is not ignorant, but she doesn't know much after all, so she adds a bit of peace of mind to her own enjoyment.

It was Daiyu, because she had a younger brother who often reminded her that Jia’s family had a limited future and that Jia Baoyu couldn’t take responsibility; He is a servant, and he has the experience of being secretly disgusted by the Jia family's subordinates at times. He knows the current situation of the Jia family better than Jia's mother.

But Daiyu couldn't tell Jiamu either.Firstly, I don't want the old man to be sad, and secondly, my status is embarrassing.Instead, after Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, Daiyu and her father talked about it in detail.

"Forget it!" Lin Ruhai frowned, "Whether the old lady agrees or not, I will tell her first. Even if she refuses, will I delay Daiyu's schooling?"

The private school is prepared first, if there is really no one at that time, what is it if he only studies for his own daughter?

However, Mo Zongliang was very sure, and said with a smile: "They intend to cling to the royal family, and the etiquette and rules related to the royal family must make them care."

The two discussed for a while, and then went to bed.

The two went to bed late, but they went to bed later than the two of them.

Daiyu was sitting by the bed, lost in thought.

During the day, it was fun to play with her sisters, but now that they are separated, she can't help but feel sad.

Suddenly there seemed to be a figure flashing outside the door.

Daiyu was suspicious when she heard Guo Sixi's voice.

"Sister Lin, can I come in conveniently?"

Daiyu responded, but at the same time got up to meet her.

Guo Sixi had already entered first, rushed to her bedside, pushed her to sit down, and said with a smile: "You are always weak, it's better to just stay warm here."

Daiyu agreed, and asked again: "Sister Sixi, why haven't you slept yet?"

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