The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

"Pick up my aunt!"

One word awakens the dreamer!Lin Ruhai understood the key after a little thought!This not only solves the problem of taking the daughter home without parenting, but also avoids the accident of my sister's death!Thinking of my sister's mother-in-law who died a few years ago, I was busy with business in my dream, knowing that my sister was a widow and had no children, and the mother-in-law who depended on me passed away, but I didn't have time to visit, so I just asked people to prepare gifts for New Year's Day...

Thinking about the loss of my father when I was young, my mother was weak and sick, almost my elder sister supported the family for more than ten years, in order to wait for myself to grow up, I insisted on putting aside my marriage, and ended up getting married in my 20s. It's good luck.The husband was in poor health, and they had no children for many years after their marriage. They only got a brother when they were nearly forty. The couple loved each other like eyeballs.However, she was abducted when she was two years old. Mrs. Lin's husband fell ill as soon as she heard the news and passed away within two years. went!I also wrote a letter to ask my sister to come over to my side, but my sister refused, saying that everything is fine with my husband's family to take care of me.But thinking of the dream a few days ago, I suddenly realized: My sister is alone, how can she live well?It's clear that I just don't want to cause trouble for myself!

Thinking of this, I made up my mind, hurriedly repaired a letter, and sent a reliable old family member to pick up my sister.

Lin Ruhai didn't say much in the letter that she was afraid that her sister would be left alone to take care of her. She only said that she was lonely and in poor health, and that she was afraid that if her sister didn't come, she would never see her again in her lifetime.He also said that although his daughter was sent to her natal family, but he missed her so much that he couldn't bear it anymore. He wanted to bring her back, but he was afraid that her daughter would have a reputation of being uneducated and would not get a good marriage.I just ask my elder sister to take pity on herself, and come here to accompany my younger brother, help my younger brother take care of my daughter, so that my younger brother can enjoy family happiness for a few years before he dies.

With Lin Ruhai's usual personality, how could he write such a shameless letter that threatened his life?After being really frightened, I felt that nothing was more important than the lives of my relatives, so what was it worth if I was shameless?In short, my sister will definitely feel sorry for herself after reading the letter, and will come here no matter how difficult it is.Sure enough, Mrs. Lin received the letter and cried a lot. Without saying a word, she summoned relatives of her husband's family, and said that she was old and did not plan to adopt a child. If only God could find her youngest son , my dowry money is enough to support me, and the rest of my belongings are nothing rare for a widow.The property of the husband's family should be distributed as it should be given away, leaving only the old house and hundreds of acres of land to support the old family members of several old houses, and their own dowry. However, the things brought to Xu’s family that could be taken away were sold off, and the things that could not be taken away were sold off, and they rented a boat and rushed to Yangzhou in a mighty way.

On the other hand, Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth and continued to pretend to be sick.He wrote another letter to the Rongguo Mansion in the capital, still only saying that he was sick and wanted to see his daughter, so he directly sent the old housekeeper's younger brother and his younger sister-in-law to pick him up. Aunt Meng secretly called the daughter-in-law to tell her to see the girl. , told the girl to bring back all the things she likes when she packs up her luggage. Clothes are nothing more than a year old. It’s not a pity to lose them. Just bring back all the important jewelry and books. If you don’t care about them, you don’t need to pack them up. up.Be sure to tell the girl that the adult has no serious physical problems, he just misses the girl, and tells the girl not to worry, it would be a big deal to make the girl suddenly ill.Tell the girl these words in private, and ask her not to tell the old lady, lest the old lady be reluctant.It was really a last resort, the master missed the girl very much, otherwise he would be embarrassed to take it back directly, anyway, the master will return to Beijing in a few years, and the girl doesn't have to be reluctant to see you all, we will still see you in the future.

After two groups of people went out like this, Lin Ruhai regained his composure.

Suddenly thinking of his term of office, he couldn't help complaining secretly.The reason why his health was so poor in the dream was that he was exhausted from sitting in the damned Xunyan Yushi's position for too long and had too much trouble.The salt censor was originally served by the censor (the censor is the doctor of Lantai Temple, as mentioned in Chapter 1), and the rule is only one term. The fear is that he has been with the people in the salt government for a long time. Collusion.However, I have won the grace of God, and it turned out that three years have expired (in the early Qing Dynasty, the tenure of this position was one year, which is obviously empty. I didn’t hear about Lin Ruhai’s job change in the original text. Obviously, I have worked for more than one year, so I follow the general Forget the three years of the official system, I mentioned it in Chapter 1, and I will emphasize it again here, so as not to encounter the Censorship Party and scold me... cough cough) He insisted that he did things so that he could rest assured, and let him go for another three years.This kind of fiery position actually allowed me to be re-elected, no wonder I went to see my ancestors in a few years...

Lin Ruhai felt like sitting on pins and needles thinking about the fact that his term of office would expire at the beginning of next year. After much deliberation, it was still the old way, continuing to use illness as a card to avoid death!Anyway, my health is really not good these few days. The old doctor Qin said that he was overthinking, so he simply went to beg for bones!I only said that I am nearly half a hundred years old, and my body is getting worse and worse. I really can't bear the heavy responsibility.

Lin Ruhai is really afraid of the job of patrolling the salt censor. Not only does he offend others, but he is also stared at by a group of people. He is very careful in his actions, which is really frightening.As for returning home?Who would want to retire in their 40s?This is a good time to squeeze into the first power group!It's nothing more than retreating.At his own age, it is very unlikely that the emperor will let him retire. While sending someone to take his place, he will also appease him and let him take good care of his body.If all goes well, he can return to the normal life of the doctor of Lantai Temple after he "heals up". This is Lin Ruhai's ultimate goal when he returns to Beijing!Lin Ruhai was selected as a Tanhua at the age of 28, and became a doctor of Lantai Temple at the age of 39. In 12 years, he was promoted from a seventh-rank Hanlin Academy editor to a third-rank doctor of Lantai Temple.And concurrently serving as the Xunyan Yushi, although he has no rank, it can be seen that Lin Ruhai has really won the grace of the saints. After going around outside to accumulate qualifications, he will only be promoted more quickly after returning to Beijing.Lin Ruhai's head is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people, his calculations are clear, and he feels ruthless in his heart. If he has no son, he will live with his daughter!His official position is secure, even if he wants to recruit a son-in-law for his daughter, there are a large number of beautiful young men vying to be his own son-in-law.

The more Lin Ruhai thought about it, the more she felt it made sense, and the more she felt that she had to live a long life in order for her daughter to have someone to support her, so she hurriedly asked someone to wash her face, and fell asleep in no time.Aunt Meng was so startled that she came to see if he was not feeling well, and why he slept so early today.In the end, I heard the old god Lin Ruhai saying that he should take good care of his life, rest more, and try to live to be a hundred years old. Seeing his daughter give birth to ten or eight boys, he would snatch half of them from his son-in-law to be named Lin.Aunt Meng couldn't laugh or cry when she heard all these things, she knew that he had been very shocked these few days, she suddenly figured it out, and her mind suddenly relaxed, so she was a little crazy, so she didn't care how much he babbled, and tucked him in the quilt, He went back to his room and went to sleep.

This Aunt Meng is indeed a wonderful person, her relatives almost died, she also tried to die that day, and was rescued; afterward, she did not seek death, she really let go of her mood and lived a good life.Every first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, she would go out to worship her parents and her ex-husband and son, but when she returned to the Lin Mansion, she would never cry.Some people outside said that she was secretly greedy for wealth and honor, and didn't know how to be ashamed. A widow even became a concubine.But in the Lin residence, no one really said that. If she wanted to be a concubine, she would not marry that day. Mrs. Lin liked her very much, and she specifically said that she wanted her to stay with Lin Ruhai as an aunt.It's just that she doesn't want to!Later, it was true that her husband and son died in vain, and she was heartbroken by her in-laws, and almost died. Jia Min, who knew the news, picked her up and returned to Lin Ruhai.

This is also God's arrangement, if she had been directly Lin Ruhai's concubine back then, she would have been tortured by the inner house, and now she is probably just a submissive old concubine.However, she had experienced a lot outside, and when she returned to Lin's mansion, she didn't have any desire to compete with Lin Ruhai. Instead, she could just treat Lin Ruhai as the young master of the day and take good care of him.

Because of this, when Lin Ruhai encountered such an unimaginable matter this time, after much deliberation, he still discussed it with her. Without it, it was due to the 30-year relationship.

Aunt Meng had someone clean Lin Daiyu's yard carefully.I also estimated her stature, and because there were few people in the family, I specially invited four embroiderers to come to the house to make clothes for the eldest girl. I estimated that I made 6 sets of clothes per season.Auntie has to keep a filial piety for her mother-in-law, and it is impossible to come here empty-handed. It is easier to prepare clothes, two sets of plain clothes per season and complete the etiquette.He also asked people to melt gold and silver, and took the jewelry at home and invited the old craftsmen of Zhenqifang to make jewelry for little girls and silver jewelry for women to keep their filial piety.He also said that the trees in the yard should be built, and that the girl's yard should be planted with more flowers. After a while, all the curtains and screens in Daiyu's house should be replaced. They dug up all the peonies in the yard prepared for the aunt, and they were too busy.

Lin Ruhai was in a daze, seeing her running around without having time to take care of herself, she went mad again, calling her and saying, "It's only two months away, what are you fussing about now?" Aunt Meng With a sharp glance, he said bitterly: "You still say you love your daughter, how old is your daughter? Can you still wear the old clothes? I don't know how tall the girl is now, so I have to make a few more. She only left when she left. In the first few days, how many jewelry can I wear? Is it possible for her half-grown girl to wear his wife’s hairpin? My aunt is a filial piety. Although she does not lack clothes and hairpins, let’s prepare some, which will always make my aunt feel at ease. There is also the aunt's room. The Xingziyuan has never been lived in by Lord Yan since he took office. Our family is even smaller, and it has been empty for almost ten years. How can it be done if it is not cleaned up! The girl always wants to marry, if the wife is here, I have already started preparing the dowry! Fortunately, my aunt is here, so I can finally start preparing."

It's also Lin Ruhai who has thought about it in the past few days, not always hurting the spring and the autumn, otherwise he would not dare to mention Jia Min because of Aunt Meng's courage.Otherwise, the old man would chant poems and lament at the window again, that would be the most worrying thing!

As expected, Lin Ruhai still felt sad. This time, he didn't hurt Chun Beiqiu, but complained to himself: "Yeah, I don't know how tall Yu'er is! I was so cruel that I just sent her away like this and left her alone! I should bring my sister here..."

"You're talking nonsense again. My aunt's mother-in-law was still there that day, so how could you take my aunt over?" Lin Ruhai was not so lifeless these days, and Aunt Meng spoke a lot more lightly.

So Lin Ruhai also ran to her daughter's yard, and said after a while: "The curtain is red and festive!" After a while, he said: "If you want me to say, it would be nice to plant a bush of roses here, so energetic!" He even moved the good inkstone in his room. Come here for two.Aunt Meng thought he was annoying, so she pushed him back to the study after a while: "Don't meddle in it, we can clean it up faster!"

Lin Ruhai just twirled his beard and smiled, but refused to go out.At this moment, I suddenly saw a young man coming to report:

"Old Zhang in Gouyaner Hutong has passed away!"