Practical Life in the Red Mansion

Under the arrangement of his elders, Lin Yang took a long look at Gu Jing from a distance. Although he couldn't see anything clearly, he was just a slender figure.Seeing that Lin Yang was satisfied, Jia Min started arranging for someone to go to Gu's family to propose marriage after returning from the temple.

Early in the morning, the well-known matchmaker Li in Beijing took a sedan chair and carried a dozen boxes behind her to Gu's house.The box at the beginning contains tea, followed by delicacies from mountains and seas, such as abalone, deer antler, ginseng, sea cucumber, mushroom, shark fin, donkey-hide gelatin, yuan scallop and so on.Then there are wedding cakes and various snacks. The small boxes are filled with red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, chestnuts, lilies, red rice, red beans, etc., as well as pairs of dragon and phoenix incense candles.

Gu Jin deliberately asked for leave and waited for the Lin family's matchmaker at home. He was very satisfied with the Lin family's upright family style and scholarly family. , Most of the time, they will skip the acceptance and get engaged directly. The Lin family is willing to spend their time preparing for the acceptance, and this sincerity also satisfies him.

He entertained the matchmaker politely, and handed over his daughter's birthday horoscope, so that the Lin family could ask Jihe horoscope.Naturally, Mrs. Chen didn't dare to show a little reluctance in front of her master, and she was also full of laughter.Gu Jin knew that his wife was arrogant, and thought that his daughter would also marry into an honorable family. He was afraid that her thoughts would affect his daughter. If his daughter was unwilling, a good marriage would be the most important thing. It became a feud.

Therefore, after sending the matchmaker away, Gu Jin ordered: "You let Jing'er go to live in Jing's cousin's house for a few days." Mrs. Chen turned pale when she heard this: "Master, this, this, isn't it right? , Jing'er is still at home preparing for marriage." This is slapping her face, how can a niece live with both parents in her uncle's house.This is clearly accusing her of not teaching her daughter well.

Gu Jin took a deep look at Mrs. Chen and said, "Don't worry, I'll be here when Wending comes back." After all, they have been husband and wife for many years, and he explained softly: "The eldest aunt is tired of living in Daxing's hometown, and the leader The niece of my eldest cousin’s family is coming to the capital, and she wants to stay at my cousin’s house for a few days, the eldest aunt likes to be lively, so I send Jing’er there to accompany the eldest aunt and the second is to get along well with the sisters at home.”

Only then did Chen answer in a low voice, although her husband was dissatisfied with her actions and at least gave her face in front of outsiders, but she didn't expect that taking her husband's words would make her face a little paler.

Gu Jin said: "Hao's daughter-in-law has also been here for a year, and you have to let her take care of family affairs, after all, she is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law." Gu Jin bit the words "eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law" very hard. Hearing this, he almost couldn't stand up.

Gu Jin sighed and said, "Don't worry, I said I won't treat you, Jing'er, and Jiang'er badly." It was a reassurance for Chen Shi.

Chen cheered up and said: "Master, don't worry, I will hand over the keys and the like to Hao's daughter-in-law as soon as possible." Gu Jin nodded: "You are a mother-in-law after all, so you don't have to let go of everything, and you need to guide her. .”

A few days later, Jia Min found out that Gu Jing was going to stay with Gu Jing's mother for a few days, and she couldn't help but laugh. The Gu family did this on purpose for her to see, and also specially passed the news to her ears to comfort her. , although Mrs. Chen is a fool, Gu Jin, who is in charge of the house, is not a fool.Jia Min also had anticipation in her heart, hoping that Gu Jing could use this to sharpen her temper.

The third day of August is Jiamu's birthday. Although it's not a full birthday, everyone in the Lin family has to go.Lin Yang had to attend his grandmother's birthday even if he didn't want to.

Before leaving, Lin Yang told Lin Yun thousands of times that the only theme was not to let the stone from Jia's family get close to Daiyu.

Lin Yun was impatient, and made a face at Lin Yang: "When did my brother become as nagging as an old man?" Lin Yang squeezed his fists and made a creaking sound, threateningly: "Your skin is itchy again." Not afraid of his brother's threats, Lin Yang dared not bully him as long as Daiyu was there anyway, so he ran to Daiyu's side with a smile.

Daiyu was helping Jia Min to plan a birthday gift for Jia Mu. Seeing Lin Yun running over, she knew that he and Lin Yang had another formula, but looking at the pink face of her younger brother, her heart was still Off by a few points, he said to Lin Yang angrily, "Brother is scaring Brother Yun again." Lin Yang only shouted for grievances and then gave the hippie-smiling Lin Yun a look.

Lin Yun pulled Daiyu's sleeve pitifully and said: "Sister, brother stared at me again." Jia Min was not soft-hearted, and said to Lin Yun: "An elder brother is like a father, and elder brother should teach you." The case is over.

Lin Yang also imitated Lin Yun's pitiful appearance and pulled Jia Min's sleeves: "Mother knows the difficulties I teach my younger brother." Jia Min and Daiyu laughed when they saw it, and Lin Yun stared even more. His eyes widened, and he scraped his own face with his fingers to laugh at his elder brother who didn't know how to act like a baby when he was so big.

Jia Min gave Lin Yang a push: "How old are you, and you still look like this." Lin Yang put away his pitiful appearance, and glanced at the gift list. There were gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, clothing, and other items on it, as well as ancient paintings The contents of the book posts immediately felt a pain in the flesh, forget about the former ones, and giving the latter ones to Jia's family is nothing more than winking to the blind.

Lin Yang said to Jia Min: "Grandmother is getting old and likes festive, auspicious and bright things, why not add my new gem bonsai and replace these ancient paintings." Before Jia Min could speak, Daiyu boasted: " It's my elder brother who's thoughtful, but I've forgotten my grandmother's preferences." It turned out that Daiyu had drawn up the list.

Lin Yang hurriedly said: "How do I know this, but I just mentioned it casually. I think my sister is very well-prepared, both vulgar and elegant, so there is no need to change it. If I say it, it is too vulgar."

Can Jia Min not understand that Lin Yang's thoughts were that he was reluctant to part with things before and that he was afraid of hurting Daiyu, so she laughed at the side, and Daiyu also understood Lin Yang's thoughts, and said coquettishly: "It's better to change according to my brother's previous intentions. Come on, my elder brother loves things." Lin Yang didn't feel embarrassed when he was teased, and said seriously: "Thank you Yanyan for being considerate of my thoughts." Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled and rolled her eyes.

When it came to Jia Mu's birthday, Lin Yang didn't expect that his earnest advice could not compare to Jia Min's words.

Jia Min looked at Jia Baoyu who was saluting her with a smile, and said with a smile, "Baoyu still remembers me and waited for me in the inner courtyard to see me." She took Baoyu's hand, and said again before Jia Mu said : "My aunt loves you too. Well, you should go back to the outer courtyard quickly. How can you delay your socializing with relatives and friends? I heard that the brothers of the Shi family are also here. They are all relatives. You can't favor one over another, you should go See you."

Baoyu originally wanted to take the opportunity to stay in the inner courtyard and get close to Lin's cousin, but when his aunt came up, she asked him to go to the outer courtyard.

Naturally, Jia Min would not give Jia Mu a chance to speak, and tried to persuade her: "Baoyu, you are the most promising person in the family, you can't always hide in the inner courtyard. Make some close friends, and you will help later." One sentence was for Jia's mother.

Jia's mother glanced at the smiling Jia Min and knew that she had made up her mind to let Baoyu go to the outer court. If she refused, she didn't know how many words were waiting for her. She could only look at Baoyu with distress and said, "Your aunt said Yes, Yuanyang, send Baoyu to the outer court." Baoyu was still unwilling, and acted like a twisted sugar in Jiamu's arms, and Jiamu patted his hand: "Don't worry, I will send someone, you dare not teach me a lesson. Yours." Baoyu saw that Jia Mu's mind could not be changed, so she followed Yuanyang to the outer courtyard step by step.

Mrs. Wang on the other side gritted her teeth angrily. She wanted Baoyu to go out to socialize but was refuted by Jia Mu. Who knew that she turned her head and followed Jia Min's words, and said in a strange way: "I'd rather listen to my aunt."

Jia Min was surprised and said: "I'm Baoyu's direct aunt, so it's for his own good. Baoyu is also a good child. Knowing my painstaking efforts, she naturally listens to me."

While speaking, without looking at Mrs. Wang's face, she greeted Mrs. Baolinghou and Mrs. Zhongjinghou who were sitting on the side, and asked Daiyu and Lin Yun to greet the two ladies. The very heroic girl greeted Jia Min.

Mother Jia looked at Jia Min with a dazed smile and said, "She's a girl from your eldest cousin's family, named Xiangyun." Then she said, "While you talk, let these two girls stay with me." Jia Min Busily pushed Daiyu to Jiamu's side, Lin Yun said, "Grandmother, you forgot me." As he spoke, he threw himself into Jiamu's arms, and Jiamu laughed loudly and said, "It's my grandmother's fault. Forget our brother Yun."

Mrs. Bao Linghou congratulated Jia Min and praised Lin Yang for his promising young man and getting another good marriage.It was the first time for Jia's mother to hear that Lin Yang's marriage had been decided. Seeing her mother's expression, Jia Min explained with a smile, "It hasn't been decided yet, and I didn't dare to publicize it."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she withdrew her thoughts, embraced Lin Yun, and watched Daiyu and Xiangyun talk with a smile.

When it was busy, I heard the girl announce that Mrs. Xue brought Miss Xue to come.Mother Jia frowned slightly when she heard the words, and sighed: "It's just a birthday, why do so many relatives come here?" Wang Xifeng, who happened to enter the room, said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that our ancestors are very lucky. Giving the ancestors the opportunity to pay respects to their birthdays will bring the blessings of the ancestors."

Jia Min was surprised that the Xue family was still in the capital.

Mrs. Xue Wang led Xue Baochai to wish Jia Mu's birthday, and Mrs. Jia smiled and said to Mrs. Xue, "It's hard for my wife to come here on purpose." He waved to Jia Min and said, "This is my youngest daughter. Grandson and granddaughter are here." Xue Wang said hurriedly, "I saw you in Yangzhou."

Mother Jia smiled slightly in a daze: "It's really fate." Then she half complained to Jia Min who came over: "You keep everything a secret." Jia Min greeted Xue Wang with a smile, Explained to Jia Mu: "My daughter has no chance to tell you." Jia Mu then patted Jia Min's hand.