A Concubine of Salted Fish in Qing Dynasty [Red House]

As soon as the new year passed, the old lady packed her bags and sent a letter to her son before the year, saying that he would not come back so soon, and that the husband whom grandson worshiped also went to Yangzhou, and asked his grandson to go to Yangzhou.

At the same time, she was asked in the letter not to go there, because the journey was exhausting.

Although the letter didn't say it clearly, the old lady still understood the meaning, because the son's time in Yangzhou would not be too long, and when he came back, she had to follow him back, and it was too hard to travel on the road.

After all, I am an elderly person. Although the old lady also misses her son, she still has a heart to live a long life.

So when the son said this, he silently dismissed his idea of ​​going to Yangzhou.

She'll just stay in the capital. If something happens and the two granddaughters want to go back to their parents' house, she's here and can go back anytime.

As for the others, the grandson is going, but she doesn't force the aunt to go or not, as long as one person goes.

Just let them choose.

Aunt Mei fell into a tangle when she heard such words, should she go?

She has already walked back and forth, even if someone takes care of her on the way, it will be very hard.

Yun Shuyao doesn't care about the hard work on the road, she wants to go.

The children will leave her side one after another. Now that the daughter has left and flies independently, the time for the son to be independent will not be long.

He will go to participate in Qiu Wei next year. If he passes, he will continue to participate in Chun Wei, and then he will be awarded an official. At the beginning, he should be in the capital. If both parties are in the capital, it’s okay, they can still be together. If I let it go, I don't know when we will meet again.

Think about it, Lin Ruhai knew it at that time. Before returning to the capital, he had been working outside.

Another one, she also wants to go to see how the progress is going over there. It would be even better if she can help and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

When Aunt Mei saw Yun Shuyao saying that she was going, she almost stood up without thinking and said that she would also go.

She asked her daughter and son-in-law that the master should not be in Yangzhou for too long, and the master's letter also meant this. She hesitated for a while, but finally did not stand up.

Aunt Chu didn't go either, she said she would copy scriptures and pray for the master in the Small Buddha Hall.

Daiyu doesn't go either, she also misses her father, but if she goes to Yangzhou too, all the brothers and sisters in the family will leave, won't the grandmother be the only one left?

She wants to have fun in front of her grandmother, so that her grandmother will not be so lonely.

Listening to Lin Daiyu's thoughts, the old lady's heart felt as if she was soaking in a hot spring. Her whole body was warm, and her eye sockets became hot: "Good boy, good boy..."

So the candidates were decided like this, and as soon as the river thawed, Yun Shuyao and Chen Yu boarded the boat and set off.

The journey was smooth, unimpeded, and there were no problems with the hull being broken or the crew getting sick.

It is worth mentioning that when they were about to arrive in Yangzhou, they also received a post from Xue's family.

The head of the Xue family saw the news on the flag here, asked someone to inquire, and found out that it was the Lin family, so he sent a post. Although the Xue family was not directly related to the Lin family, the mistress of his family and the Jia family's The Second Mrs. Wang is a sister.

From this level of relationship, they are relatives.

Because the other party was dealing with business matters and had no female relatives, Yun Shuyao didn't meet anyone. She didn't know that it was Xue Baochai's father at first, but when Chen Yu mentioned it later, she mentioned that the other party had a son named Xue Pan, when she had a daughter named Xue Baochai, it dawned on her.

Lin Ruhai, who had received the letter in advance, had already sent someone to pick them up at the pier. After getting off the pier, they had to take a carriage instead, and then arrived at the Lin Mansion.

This is the practice of their family. There is a government office when they work, but as long as they work for a longer time, Lin Ruhai is used to buying a house according to his own preferences. Anyway, the house he lived in later resigned and sold it to the general manager. You won't lose money, and you can still make money most of the time.

Same now.

When he arrived at the Lin Mansion, Chenyu saw Lin Ruhai and knelt down: "My son is not filial, he has not been at his knees for so long."

Lin Ruhai pulled him up with all his strength, and he was so relieved that he was about to catch up with him: "Get up quickly."

Compared with Chen Yu's impression of his father, he is much thinner, and the dark circles under his eyes are not shallow.

You can see from his face how tired he is.

Chen Yu really blamed herself.

When his father was injured before, he should have come to take care of the sick.

Lin Ruhai: "If you really came, you would be unfilial!"

It was all due to luck that he was able to do well. If his son came, don't worry, those people would attack his son and threaten him. He didn't want to imagine that scene.

"Is your grandmother all right?"

"How is your sister doing at her husband's house?"

Chen Yu: "Grandmother is in good health, and she invited the imperial physician to take her pulse a few years ago."

"It's fine for the two older sisters. The eldest brother-in-law is pure and kind. Love and respect the eldest sister."

"The fourth elder brother also treated the second sister very well, and even gave the second sister a name."

……

After he finished asking about the recent situation at home, Yun Shuyao: "You show me your hand."

Lin Ruhai stretched out his hand as he said.

He is in good health now, but a little overworked.

He smiled: "Don't worry about it now."

Yun Shuyao also smiled: "Take it easy for now."

At the same time, Yun Shuyao and Chen Yu also knew that the emperor would go to Yangzhou for the fifth southern tour, so Lin Ruhai's already busy life had reached another level.

During this period of time, he either slept in the government office or in the study.

Take the time to talk to them now, and you have to make up for the lost progress afterwards.

Kangxi wants to tour the south?And you want to come to Yangzhou?

Yun Shuyao frowned: "This place was still in such a mess last year. If the emperor wants to come here, isn't he afraid that there will be fish that slip through the net?"

Lin Ruhai knew what she was thinking, "Of course the emperor will be fine, he is the son of heaven, and he is blessed by heaven."

The manpower around him is absolutely sufficient, even if someone really wants to kill himself, the success rate is very low, but if he really meets an assassin here, and the prince and grandson are injured, there will be a big earthquake in Yangzhou up.

Moreover, even if it is easy to drive, can it really be easy to drive?

It will definitely inspire teachers and mobilize people.

"Where will Shengjia stay at that time?"

Lin Ruhai: "Maybe I will go to Jinling. If I go there, I will probably live in Zhen's family. If I come to Yangzhou, the magistrate has already packed up a wealthy businessman's courtyard for the emperor to stay in."

Lin Ruhai was very busy, and after talking to them in the study for a while, someone came to him.

Before Lin Ruhai left, he told his son: "Today, let someone send a post to your husband. Have you brought your homework?"

Chen Yu frowned: "I brought it, it's all done."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Okay."

Then she looked at Yun Shuyao: "I'm going to take care of you for the inner house affairs."

The old lady was not around, so Yun Shuyao naturally took over the chores at home.

Then Yun Shuyao found that she was also busy. The trivial matters at home were fine, but she followed Lin Ruhai to some unavoidable banquets, and her vigilance was raised.

Because she found out that there are many people here aiming at the throne of Lin Ruhai's second wife.

Of course, they took a fancy to Lin Ruhai's future and ability. If they married him, they would be able to get a son-in-law of a third-rank official, which was a bargain.

As for the age difference, they ignored it, which is not surprising at the moment.

What is Lin Ruhai thinking? Does he have the idea of ​​remarrying?

Yun Shuyao couldn't help becoming worried.

Jia Min said at the beginning that she would give up his idea of ​​remarrying. After such a long time, to be honest, even she was a little surprised, because it has been a few years and her son is almost an adult.

What if Lin Ruhai no longer has this idea?

Relatively speaking, if she was given a direct supervisor to take care of her, she would of course be more willing to work as a white job.

Who knows what kind of character her boss is, if she is not easy to get along with, unless she is no longer in the Lin family, otherwise even if she becomes strong, she will still be the main wife.

She counted, and now the official circles in Yangzhou basically cover the first and second leaders, and there is also a familiar family, that is the Zhen family.

It's Zhen Yingjia's cousin, of course, who is now in her cardamom age.

Lin Ruhai first married Jia Min, who came from the Jia family, and now another daughter from the Zhen family?

Is this because he wants him to marry one of the daughters of the old in-laws who have been friends with each other?

No, probably not.

Soon Yun Shuyao denied it.

If he really wanted to marry, Lin Ruhai would definitely not choose the daughter of the Zhen family, because they have old grudges.

That is the wishful thinking of the other party.

But after all, she still wanted to ask Lin Ruhai what he thought, so she found a time when he was not so busy, and sent him some soup.

No matter how much she guessed here, she might as well ask directly.

"Master, didn't we go to Li's house for a banquet yesterday, at that time, I heard some words, is the master planning to remarry?"

Hearing her words, Lin Ruhai raised his eyes from the copybook, and looked at her with a smile: "What's the matter, someone found you." Is this jealous?

Yun Shuyao sighed: "Yeah, hearing those words, I almost thought that I would be insulting the master if I didn't take the initiative to marry a woman from a great family. It's really a sin."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai suppressed the smile on his face: "Don't pay attention to them."

Yun Shuyao frowned: "Then the master's idea is..."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai simply stood up, "Shu Yao, are you worried?"

Yun Shuyao narrowed her eyes: "Master, I'm worried. I'm the master's concubine, so naturally I don't have the right to say anything about it, but I can't help but feel uneasy. If there is a lady with a bad character on my head... But I can't do it. It’s not as comfortable as it is now, not all regular wives are as noble and pure as the first wife.” She doesn’t make things difficult for her aunt, and she doesn’t get close to the concubine’s children, but she doesn’t make things difficult, this is what Yun Shuyao admires Jia Be sensitive.

In particular, Jia Min still has feelings for Lin Ruhai.

Changing places, if it was her, she would have long been unable to bear the feign death to escape.

Some things don't matter if you don't talk about feelings, but if you talk about feelings, you can't get a grain of sand in your eyes.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect her to speak so clearly, so she pressed the words in her heart and gave her the right words: "Don't worry, I won't marry again."

He hugged her into his arms: "If you hadn't entered the Lin Mansion at the beginning and had a fixed name, I would have married you, but if it hadn't been for the beginning, we would never have met." So there is no if.

"I don't want to marry anymore. It's good for you, Chenyu, Yingyu, Luoyu, or Daiyu."

Lin Ruhai is satisfied with the current situation in the inner house, and doesn't want to test people's hearts.

"Don't pay attention to what they say, they don't know your talent, I have explained all your achievements in the brochure, this time when the emperor makes his southern tour to Yangzhou, he may summon you to face the saint, you should prepare yourself first. "Lin Ruhai didn't know what the emperor would do, so he didn't dare to speak too much.

If everything goes well, he will hand over at that time.

"When the time comes, the emperor will decide on merits and rewards. No matter how bad it is, there will be something to say. If you go out, no one will give you face in the face." Lin Ruhai said In the eyes, there seems to be light.