Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Every ten years, the Lin family will arrange a large-scale ancestor worship for the whole family.At that time, all the men of the Lin family will return to their hometown in Gusu and gather together.The Lin family can be regarded as a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River, but the population has not been prosperous.For all the descendants of the Lin family, unless it is really impossible to come, the patriarch will agree to your absence.Therefore, even though Lin Qing was a side branch, Lin Mingan was young, so they rushed to the Lin Family Ancestral Hall early in the morning, waiting for the ancestor worship ceremony to begin.

Chen, as Lin Qing's wife, also came with their father and son.The ancestral hall of the Lin family occupies a large area. Outside the ancestral hall is an elegant courtyard, and two rows of houses have been built for visitors to rest.There are also quite a few women who come today. They cannot enter the ancestral hall with men, but they can kowtow outside the ancestral hall after the ceremony. This is the identity of the head of each house.

Before the ceremony started, the head of the ancestral hall arranged for the clansmen who came to participate in the ancestor worship to rest first.Men are placed in the main room on the east, and women are placed in the wing room on the west.But there is only a small garden between them, and they are not strictly separated. After all, they are all members of the same clan, and there are not so many male and female defenses.

Lin Ming'an was still young, no matter whether he followed Lin Qing or the Chen family, it was his choice.Lin Qing was worried about one thing, and winked at Mrs. Chen.Chen was taken aback, and immediately understood what her husband meant, she smiled and kept Lin Mingan by her side, and said: "Master, just go and talk to the brothers in the clan, I will take care of Brother An!"

Most of the women from the Lin family who came to offer sacrifices to their ancestors were not young anymore. Seeing such a handsome young boy like Lin Mingan, they were naturally very rare, and they gathered around Lin Mingan to ask questions.Although Lin Mingan's outer shell was small, he was already an adult in essence, and he couldn't stand the love and enthusiasm of these women.He could only pretend to be shy, and answered a few words casually, using the excuse of going to play with children of the same age. After getting Chen's permission, he ran out of the house all the way and escaped.

The women in the room praised Lin Mingan for his good looks to Mrs. Chen, and they were kind and courteous to his parents. They heard that Qinghe Zhenren, the host of the Xuanmiao Temple, also liked him very much.Chen's heart was full of joy, but her mouth was modest, and she repeatedly said that An Ge'er was just an ordinary child, how could he deserve the praise of his wives.

"Look, a cuckoo bird just flew over the sky!" A strange voice suddenly sounded: "There is a saying that "the dove occupies the magpie's nest", you say how pitiful the magpie is for the dove to raise children! No matter how good, Can you still recognize the old magpie if it flies when it grows up?"

Suddenly, the whole room fell silent.Lin Qing and his wife had no children for many years. When they adopted Ange, in order to deceive others, they said to the outside world that Ange was born outside. The eminent monk gave his fortune-telling, and he could not bring him home until his soul was stable, and he was not allowed to reveal this to outsiders. layer relationship.For this reason, they also moved home specially.The servants in the family have been using it all the time, and they are all honest and responsible, and they dare not reveal half of it.Therefore, none of the neighbors knew about An Geer's life experience.The elders in the family also knew about it, but the two families involved were silent.

Chen's heart became angry, and she followed the voice, only to see that the person speaking was Wang Chunxia, ​​a sister-in-law from a distant family.Her family was not well-off, but she and her husband had several children, and the Lin family had many heirs.A few years ago, Wang Chunxia and her husband had the idea of ​​adopting their second son when they saw that Lin Qing and his wife had a wealthy family.Lin Qing and Mrs. Chen saw that the child was clumsy and ordinary-looking, and more importantly, Wang Chunxia and his wife were mean-spirited, and their words inadvertently revealed the intention of spying on their own property.Moreover, the child is already eight or nine years old and can remember things, how can he be raised well?Finally, after repeated consideration, their request for adoption was rejected.Today, Wang Chunxia saw that everyone surrounded Chen Shi and praised Lin Mingan, and felt jealous and angry. If Lin Qing and Chen Shi had adopted their son at that time, wouldn't all Lin Qing's property belong to her in the future?Hatred arose, she deliberately revealed the truth in front of everyone, poked Chen's sore spots, and watched Chen's face change, feeling elated.

Although Mrs. Chen treats people kindly, she is also a decisive and articulate person who has taken care of the family business properly for many years.After getting angry, she quickly calmed down, and said with a sneer, "Isn't that Chunxia's sister-in-law? 'Doves occupy the magpie's nest'! You wanted to adopt your second son to my family, so that was the idea? Fortunately, my master didn't May we have escaped a catastrophe!"

"Today is the ancestor worship ceremony. What is the reason why you are talking nonsense here and alienating the tribe? Come on, let's go to the ancestral hall and ask the patriarch to judge in front of the ancestors. This woman with a bad mind and a lot of words, According to the family rules, how should we be punished?"

For a while, the voices of the two became louder and louder, and they seemed to be at war.Chen was so angry that she was really going to seek justice from the patriarch.

Seeing that the matter was getting serious, some of the people present were old and experienced, and hurried to mediate, and they also reprimanded the provocative Wang Chunxia.Among the other people, the well-known Chen family and Wang Chunxia, ​​who are usually so fond of teasing and taking advantage of others, naturally favor the Chen family.What's more, today's incident was completely provoked by Wang Chunxia with bad intentions.If Brother An is separated from his parents, the Chen family will never give up, and Wang Chunxia will definitely not be spared!

Wang Chunxia also knew that she had caused trouble by her mouth, and she was afraid that Lin Qing and his wife would bear a grudge against her family and make a scene in front of the clan.Immediately, he rolled his eyes, decided to act first, and started to cry and make a scene. He kept saying that Mrs. Chen relied on her family's wealth, and after only a few words, she wanted to put people to death, how vicious!

The noise from the west wing alarmed the men in the main room on the east, and the clan elders hurried over to inquire.In front of everyone, Wang Chunxia cried even more miserably, but because Chen was thinking about An Ge'er, she mumbled in her mouth, unwilling to tell the whole story, and seeing the situation, it was difficult for others to speak.Looking at it this way, it seems that Wang Chunxia has taken advantage of it.

The elder of Wang Chunxia's husband's branch said: "The family of Lin Qing, the family and everything are prosperous! They are all members of the Lin family. It is not good to be strong and competitive!"

"Clan elder, how can I want her to be strong?" Chen's face turned pale with anger: "You don't know the cause and effect, so how can you conclude that it is my fault!"

"Then why didn't you explain it?" The clan elder snorted, "Besides, your sister-in-law is crying so badly, isn't it because she was wronged?"

"Clan elder!" A crisp childish voice sounded from outside the crowd: "My aunt never deceives people, if you don't believe me, you can ask everyone! She doesn't want to say, there must be her reasons. Why don't you ask in private Bystanders, how do you get to the bottom of the truth? Are those who cry justified? Haven’t you heard: the child who cries first gets milk, and the wicked complain first?”