Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

In the evening, Wang Xifeng returned to his courtyard after finishing his day's affairs.When she saw Jia Lian, she quickly asked about Yangzhou.

"Second Master, what's going on here, Uncle Lin really donated all the family property?"

"That's still false. The imperial decree of the emperor is very clear. The magistrate of Yangzhou specially sent the master bookkeeper in the yamen to follow the management of the Lin family's property and property. I can't interfere at all, and I dare not interfere!"

"As for whether Uncle Lin has left any private house for Sister Lin in private, then I don't know." Jia Lian said resentfully.

"Didn't you get the money?" Wang Xifeng didn't believe it: "I don't know you yet, and you still have to spend the money in the frying pan!"

"Believe it or not!" Jia Lian sneered and said, "At the beginning, the old butler of the Lin family gave me 500 taels of silver to spend on the account, saying it was Uncle Lin's wish, but later it was gone. It's convenient for Uncle Lin to give birth to a child, so don't worry if you think about it, it will be a delay of a month at most. Who knows, the emperor's imperial decree will come later! Uncle Lin must have made arrangements long ago , I said, why does he hang himself with ginseng soup every day! Going out this time, working hard, is really a loss!"

Wang Xifeng also became anxious: "Then what should we do? Without the Lin family's money, how can the provincial family's villa be built beautifully? There are still many holes in our house waiting for this money to be filled!"

"Maybe Uncle Lin has already guessed the idea of ​​our family, so he is willing to donate his family wealth to the emperor in exchange for protecting sister Lin?" Jia Lian said angrily: "Anyway, the property of the Lin family will not fall to Lin Lin. In my sister's hands, it might as well be dedicated to the emperor."

"I think Uncle Lin is confused. Sister Lin and Baoyu could have been a good pair, but they just brought the money to Jia's family earlier. Now that Uncle Lin has done such a great job, how can my wife be happy? I will accept this marriage!" After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, she added: "Not only the wife, the old lady is also holding her breath!"

"Sister Lin is now receiving the salary of the township lord, and the court supports her. Baoyu is still a white man, and his wife may not be able to be picky!" Jia Lian said disapprovingly: "Besides, Sister Lin did not come here without a penny. The poor relatives gave back 5 taels of silver, enough to support themselves! Besides, the emperor left the dowry for the mistresses of the Lin family as dowry. I saw the dowry list, tsk tsk, the total sum, It is worth less than half of our Rongguo Mansion's property!"

He thought for a while, and sighed: "Uncle Lin is really good at planning. Now that Sister Lin has status and a dowry, wouldn't it be better than entrusting the family business and daughter to our family!"

"Students are really amazing. How could they have been so unwise back then and gave up their good son? Otherwise, the second-class Jinshi in this department would have to call me 'cousin'!" Jia Lian sighed with emotion. road.

Wang Xifeng curled her lips and said, "It's just Jinshi, what's so rare?"

"Not rare?" Jia Lian chuckled twice: "Believe it or not, even if Baoyu can be admitted to Juren, the mansion can hold a three-day feast, not to mention that he is No. 7 in the second class! Civil officials have always competed with military officials. Higher class, how about Big Brother Zhu being able to survive the exam? The second master would think of a way to marry him the daughter who went to Jinling Guozijian to sacrifice wine. At that time, our family was more prosperous than now, and the Li family didn't have much money. No Is it just to help him change from Wu Xun to a civil servant? Besides, Lin Mingan is not only good at reading, but also has other abilities. His adoptive father can confer officials and titles, [-]% of which is his credit! "

"Uncle He Yulin is really at a loss!" Jia Lian concluded: "Sister He Yufeng, our top priority is to have a son. Sister Qiao will also have a brother to support in the future. Otherwise, no matter how big the family is, It’s also a waste of money for others.” —— Either the emperor, or the Jia family!

"That depends on God's will!" Wang Xifeng was also a little anxious, and uncomfortably picked up the topic: "Oh, if this is the case, the garden still doesn't know how to build it?"

"What are you worrying about?" Jia Lian snorted, "The old ladies and wives take out the money, it doesn't matter if we help with it. Without money, it's hard for a smart woman to make a living without rice. Are you going to force us to death?!"

Another thing came to mind, and he hurriedly warned: "Sister Lin's dowry can't be moved! When I was in Yangzhou, the government made a list. It was also specified in the imperial decree! If it is moved, it will be a crime of resisting the decree."

"Oh, it's so difficult!" Wang Xifeng sighed frowningly.

"Leave it to the old lady and the wife to worry about, it has nothing to do with us anyway!"

After Lin Daiyu returned to Jia's mansion, she began to keep a filial piety for Lin Ruhai.After Lin Baifu settled down, he, as the housekeeper of the Lin family, went to the House of Internal Affairs to take over a house and three farms that the emperor allocated to Lin Daiyu according to the rules of the township.The three farms are not far from the capital, and they have a total of nearly [-] mu of land, all of which are relatively fertile and good.Lin Baifu is quite good at management, and after a rough calculation, the annual income of the farm is enough for the young lady to live well. Moreover, by the end of the year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will issue a separate reward for the next year, so I feel at ease.

Lin Baifu lived in that house, and as a housekeeper, he assigned the servants who came with the house to tidy up the house, so that if the young lady was not happy living in Jia's house, there was still a way out.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also assigned Lin Daiyu two foster nuns, one surnamed Xu and the other surnamed Ma, both came out of the palace and received a salary from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.They were ordered to live in Jia's mansion, and taught Lin Daiyu that they would not get any part of the Jia's family's expenses, and they would take the responsibility of the House of Internal Affairs.Although Emperor Yongjia didn't like to see Lin Ruhai very much, he had a good face and always wanted to look good on the bright side.Besides, the daughter of the Lin family lives in the Jia family, so what if she is taken away?Isn't that embarrassing him?Ai Yu specially asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send a nun to teach.

These two nuns still carry rank and confidence.To the master of the Jia family, he spoke politely, but acted according to the rules.Anything that is inconsistent with the rules must be resolutely corrected.For example, one day, Jia Baoyu entered Lin Daiyu's inner room without authorization, but was stopped by the nuns, and said a lot of things about men and women with a straight face, and educated him well.

Jia Baoyu was naturally dissatisfied, where did the dead fish eyes come from? Sister Lin was so tightly controlled, pedantic and vicious, even he didn't pay attention.Sister Lin must have also been bullied by those two old guys, she didn't dare to refute, she just lowered her head and didn't speak.If this continues, will she still have the spirituality to lie?

Jia Baoyu ran to complain to Jia Mu. In his eyes, as long as the old ancestor spoke, no one would not listen, and success would be achieved immediately.

Unexpectedly, the old ancestors who responded to his requests in the past did not make decisions for him, and ordered people to drive away those evil mothers.He just coaxed him, persuading him that those nuns were sent by the palace to teach sister Lin how to behave, so they should not be offended.When sister Lin finished learning, they left naturally.Baoyu is good, listen to grandma, go find other sisters to play.

Jia Baoyu had no choice but to leave aggrieved, alas, it's really boring.Since I can't see Sister Lin, should I go to Sister Xue's place today, or go to Qin Zhong for a drink outside?All the way, he was saddened that Sister Lin could not be as unrestrained as before and congenial with him.

Mrs. Wang's face is gloomy, and many things are not going well recently.The property of the Lin family was ruined, and she was devastated to raise the money for the construction of the garden, and it was still more than half of the way. She was thinking about how to speak to the Xue family; she had prepared a gift for Lian Er to go to Zhongshun Palace to give gifts, but they would not accept them at all. , the head of the palace, Shi, came forward with an arrogant attitude, and dismissed Lian Er with a few words; the canonization ceremony in Yuanchun was delayed, and the gold book and gold treasure were not issued...

When she was worried about Yuanchun, Lin Daiyu made her very angry.

How could she, a girl, manage the few farms originally allocated by the imperial court?Butler Lin is an outsider after all, and he is not bound by a contract, so I can't believe it!She just wanted to let her confidant Zhou Rui take care of Lin Daiyu on her behalf.

Unexpectedly, the housekeeper of the Lin family refused, saying that the master entrusted all the affairs of the young lady to him, and did not want others to intervene.Zhou Rui then said a few harsh words, and the housekeeper dared to say that he would go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to sue the house for bullying the orphan girl.How presumptuous!

But thinking of the imperial decree just issued by the emperor, thinking of Prince Zhongshun who is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs, thinking of Yuan Chun in the palace, and the fact that Butler Lin is now a good citizen, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to hold back her anger.But for Lin Daiyu, she disliked Lin Daiyu more and more, and when they met, her face was light and she didn't show a smile.

As a result, some gossip spread in Jia's mansion, saying that Young Master Lin of Yangzhou donated all his family property to the emperor, because he did not trust Jia's mansion and did not miss the old master's support for him in the past.Now Miss Lin is living in Jia's house in a grand manner, with the money of the township lord, and conniving the mothers around her to embarrass Second Master Bao.The wife kindly asked Steward Zhou to help her manage the farm, but she flatly refused, for fear that the mansion would take advantage of her.It can be seen that the father and daughter are of ordinary character, ungrateful, and don't think about it. Now that I have no father and no mother, if I don't rely on the Jia family, who else can I rely on?

The two nuns saw that the Rongguo Mansion was busy and noisy in order to welcome Concubine Xiande to visit her relatives. In order to avoid causing trouble, they simply closed the gate of the courtyard tightly, so that Lin Daiyu could take care of Lin Ruhai and take care of her in peace.The people of Rongguo Mansion are dressed in red and green, and they are beaming. They have no blood relationship with Lin Ruhai, so naturally they will not restrain themselves.But Miss Lin, you are going to mourn your father, so you don't look like one together!It's better for everyone to avoid each other.This is the filial piety to Master Lin!

After coming and going, the masters of the Jia family gradually became indifferent to Lin Daiyu.Men Huan Du Hu Aodong.Lin Daiyu had something on her mind, so she simply closed her door and read, living a peaceful life. In addition to her usual favorite poems, travel notes, essays, historical books and classics, all kinds of books are full of richness. Gradually, she no longer hurts the scenery. , Seeing the moon was startled, and the tears became less and less day by day.

When Lin Mingan returned to Syria, the good news of his high school and the news of Lin Qing's appointment as an official had already spread.The family has already celebrated a lot, and the servants have all received rewards.At this moment, my young master returned home in fine clothes, and the carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the mansion. The servants warmly welcomed Lin Mingan into the mansion, and at the same time, hurriedly dispatched people to report to the wife and young lady.

Before Mrs. Chen came out, Yi'an ran out with small steps laughing all the way, calling excitedly: "Brother, brother!"

"Brother An!" The next moment, Mrs. Chen also arrived, leaving in a hurry, beads of sweat dripping from her forehead.

Lin Ming'an's heart felt hot, and he showed a bright smile to the two women closest to him in this world: "Aniang, Yi'an, I'm back!"