The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

After returning from Lin's Mansion, Shulan immediately asked people to inquire about Jia Min's itinerary after entering Beijing, especially the part of visiting Jia's Mansion, Bao Dai's first meeting, it was a pity that she couldn't see her with her own eyes.

But if you miss it, you miss it. You can't let others play a part in front of you again.Shulan can only ask people to see if there is any second-hand news.

Fortunately, Jia's mansion was originally a skeleton. If no one asked for information, the information would be released automatically, let alone someone like Shulan deliberately inquiring about information. Shulan soon got the information she wanted.

Let's say that when the family of the Lin family abandoned their boat and landed that day, there was a butler from the Lin family who was guarding the capital, carrying a sedan chair and a vehicle pulling luggage, waiting for a long time on the pier.

Then Jia's mansion received Jia Min's greeting card, saying that she would bring Lin Jin and Lin Daiyu to visit Jia's house tomorrow. When Jia's mother saw the greeting card, she was so excited that she sent someone on the spot to remove the things next to her house. The wing room was cleaned up and said that it would be used by Jia Min and Lin Daiyu.

It made Mrs. Wang almost tear the veil in her hand.

Mrs. Gein Wang hated Jia Min very much. Before Jia Min got married, she lived in the West Wing. After she got married, Jia Mu directly sealed the West Wing.Neither Jia Yuanchun nor Jia Baoyu lived in it before. Jia Yuanchun used to live in the Xinuang Pavilion, and Jia Baoyu now lives in the Bisha Cabinet. These two places can be compared with the West Wing. It made Mrs. Wang feel a stomachache. .

That's all, but when Jia Min was not married, she still helped Mrs. Zhang, and Jia Zheng protected Jia Min, which made Mrs. Wang mad with jealousy.Originally, I thought that this life would be over if we never saw each other, but I didn't expect that Jia's mother would react like this when Jia Min went to Beijing. She even treated Jia Min as a girl who hadn't left the cabinet, which made Mrs. Wang involuntarily envious and jealous.

Even though Jia's family is separated now, in such a small matter, if others dare to fight against Jia Mu, Jia Mu still has the biggest move. Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang don't want to try it, because they have suffered before.

After spending the night with a stomachache like this, after getting up early in the morning and going to Rongxi Hall, Mother Jia asked them to wait in the house for Jia Min's visit. Except for the aunts and concubines on the table, all the masters and masters of the Jia family were waiting in the Rongxi Hall.

I don't know how long I waited, and I was a little impatient waiting for Mrs. Wang. Suddenly someone reported: "My aunt has arrived with her brothers and sisters, and she is getting off outside the door." out of the lobby.

Behind Jia Mu was Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang, and behind them were Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Xu and others. These people were very surprised in their hearts. Although they knew that the old lady loved this aunt who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, they didn't know how prosperous she was. Jia Min was very curious, all of them stretched their necks and looked ahead.

After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps, and I saw dozens of daughters-in-law and maids walking over slowly. "

Mother Jia was also very excited and hugged Jia Min into her arms. The mother and daughter hugged their heads and burst into tears, and Mother Jia burst into tears. Come on, hold back the tears.

"Jin'er, Jin'er's daughter-in-law, Yu'er, come and meet your grandmother." Jia Min directed.

Lin Jin, Yang Shi and Lin Daiyu took a step up as promised, knelt down on the futon that the girl was preparing to put on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed to Jia Mu.

"Good boy, get up quickly, get up quickly." Mother Jia quickly called the three of them up, looked at them carefully, and praised them again and again.Then he wondered: "Didn't you say that Jin's daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy? Why didn't she come to Beijing?" Mother Jia didn't see the baby, so she thought they had kept the baby in Yangzhou.

Jia Min replied: "I brought him to Beijing, but he was tired of traveling a few days ago, and he was a little bit unbearable. He got up early this morning and felt a little hot. Please ask the doctor to see it. Give him a bowl of millet porridge and he will heal. I was afraid that taking him out would make his condition worse, so I decided to keep him at home. The next time I come to pay my respects to the old lady, I will bring him to the old lady when he is well. Goodbye, madam."

"It's good that it's okay. The little family is no better than you, and it's easier to take care of them." Mother Jia didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, and then took Jia Min's hand and went back into the house after being reminded by the girl beside her.

It's just that Lin Jin didn't follow into the house, but went to the outer courtyard accompanied by Jia Zhu and Jia Lian.Jia's mother also knew that Lin's family was a scholarly family with more rules than her own, so she didn't obstruct her, but told Jia Zhu and Jia Lian to treat Lin Jin well.

Yang Shi and Lin Daiyu followed Jia Min into the house, and Jia Mu pulled Jia Min to sit on the couch in the center. Jia Min was looked at by everyone, and she didn't feel embarrassed at all, because she used to be so popular in Jia's mansion. Xing Pengyue, who made Jia's mother love her alone.

Jia Min sat quietly beside Jia's mother, and Jia's mother pointed to Yang's Lin Daiyu one by one: "This is your first aunt, this is your second aunt, this is your eldest brother Zhu's daughter-in-law, Zhu sister-in-law, and this is your Lian." The second brother's daughter-in-law Lian and the second sister-in-law." Yang Shi and Lin Daiyu visited each other one by one.

Pointing to the three girls below, he said, "This is Yingchun, the eldest girl from the first house, and Yu'er's sister. This is the second girl from the second room, Tanchun, who is Yu'er's younger sister. This is the posthumous son of my eldest nephew. Xiangyun, come to our house these few days to play with the Ying girl and the girl Tan."

Jia Min also followed Jia Mu's hand to look over, and saw that the first one had slightly plump skin, fit her figure, her cheeks were puffy, her nose was greasy and goose fat, gentle and silent, and she was amiable; the second one had slender shoulders and a thin waist, Slender figure, duck egg face, handsome eyes and sculpted eyebrows, looking forward to the sky, the essence of color, forgetting the world when you see it; the third one is not tall enough, there is still some baby fat on the face, and she looks very healthy in the begonia red clothes , I am happy when I look at it.

After meeting each other, everyone returned to sit down, and the girl poured tea.

Because Jia Min is here now, Wang Xifeng doesn't dare to show off those little cleverness, and has been serving by Jiamu's side all the time.She has always been talkative, and as soon as she said a few words, everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became active.

Then Jia's mother asked Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun to take Lin Daiyu to play in the room. After waiting for the four of them to leave, Jia's mother sighed to Jia Min: "I didn't know how many years my uncle will be released." , I don’t know if our mother and son can meet again in our lifetime. Now God blesses us to meet our mother and son. Don’t leave today. I’ve cleaned up the West Wing and Pear Fragrance Court, and you are here Stay for a while."

The smile on Mrs. Wang's face almost couldn't be maintained when she heard this, even the smile on Mrs. Zhang's face, who had been on good terms with Jia Min, froze.Since ancient times, unless it is difficult to go back to the mother's house after marrying far away, there is no way for married aunts and aunts to live in the mother's house.

Usually when this happens, the woman is either divorced by the man, or the husband’s family loses and can’t afford to eat.No matter what the situation is, you will be pointed out when you go out.

Jia Min glanced at the people present calmly, his eyes dimmed, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "I also want to guard the old lady, because I really can't do without people at home. Seeing that the family friends in this capital city have not passed by for more than 20 years, I have to visit them one by one in Beijing at this meeting. The unborn Jin'er has to prepare for next year's Spring Festival, Jin's daughter-in-law has to take care of the older and younger, and Yu'er is still young. Xiaodang can't afford any important responsibilities, so I really have to let the old lady down."

"Oh!" Mother Jia also knew that she was taking it for granted.

Jia Min is the head wife of the Lin family, and the network of so many friends and relatives in the capital has to be maintained. You said you were released, and you only sent your mother-in-law to give the New Year gift. No one will say anything and everyone understands.But now that you have entered Beijing, if you haven’t seen me for more than 20 years, if you don’t come here in person, it will be unreasonable.

Of course, these are comparatively speaking, those who have a higher status than Jia Min's Lin Fu, but those who are lower than Jia Min's status in the Lin House, can't be ignored. You say that you can't condescend to go to his house, and you have to accept the kindness of others to visit. !Treating guests to dinner is indispensable during this period of time. If Jia Min lived in Jia's mansion, what would it be like? Was it invited by Lin's mansion or Jia's mansion?

Jia's family may not lose much, but the reputation of Lin's and Jia Min's will definitely be ruined.The Lin Mansion in the capital city is not without a house, and it is not without money that Lin Ruhai now holds the position of inspector of salt and censor.You, the head wife of the Lin family, actually invited the Lin family to a banquet in Jia's residence to inform people about their entry into Beijing. People really don't know what to say, and can only cast a contemptuous look.

Therefore, no matter it is for the reputation of herself or the Lin family, or Lin Jin's future, it is impossible for Jia Min to live in Jia's house. Of course, Lin Daiyu is fine. God, there is no problem at all.But the problem is, Jia Min began to think about Lin Daiyu's lifelong event!

Now that Lin Jin has married a wife and had children, the biggest problem for Jia Min is to find a good husband for Lin Daiyu.Let his daughter Lin Daiyu be a house girl all day long and not go out to see guests, this Mr. Ruyi can't come.Jia Minke planned to take advantage of this time to take Lin Daiyu around the upper-class families in the capital, and signaled to everyone that there was an excellent girl in the Lin family, Yunying who was not married, and that the well-matched family would come as soon as they wanted.

As for Lin Jin and the Yang family, neither Jia Min will live in Jia's mansion, nor will the two of them live in Jia's mansion. One is going out to make connections and prepare for the war against Chun Wei, and the other has to serve the masters of the Lin family. , whether it is Jia Min, Lin Jin, Lin Daiyu or the baby son she gave birth to, they are all the objects of Yang's service.

Mother Jia was a little disappointed when she saw this, but she also knew that Jia Min was telling the truth. These things must be done, and she, the wife in charge, must do them. No one else can replace her. Now she can only pull Jia Min to say more.

Jia Min also looked at Jia's mother with a look of reluctance, sitting beside Jia's mother and talking to Jia's mother for an unknown amount of time, but suddenly it was time to eat.Jia Min naturally stayed to eat, and Jia's mother asked the four girls to be found.

When Lin Daiyu came in with her sisters, there were already many people waiting here. Lin Daiyu stood with the sisters and watched Mrs. Zhang start to direct the maids in the room to set up tables and chairs. Chopsticks, Mrs. Wang enters the soup.

Mother Jia sat down on the couch in front of her, and took Jia Min to sit next to her on the couch. There were five empty chairs on the other three sides. Mrs. Xu hurriedly took Lin Jin's wife, Mrs. Yang, to sit on the first chair on the left. Yang was very reluctant.

Jia Mu laughed and said, "They don't eat here. You are a guest, so you should sit like this."

Yang looked at Jia Min and nodded before taking his seat.Wang Xifeng also pulled Lin Daiyu to sit on the first dirty chair on the right, and then asked Shi Xiangyun to sit beside Lin Daiyu.Opposite Jia Mu and Jia Min sat Jia Yingchun and Jia Tanchun.

After taking everyone to sit down, they began to eat. After Jia's mother picked up the chopsticks and moved the first chopsticks, the others started to move the chopsticks.The servant girls next to them are obsessed with dust whisks, rinsing bowls, towels, etc., and the two stand next to the case to spread out the daughter-in-law and servant girls who wait on the outside. Although there are many maids, they don't even hear a cough.

The Lin Mansion and the Jia Mansion have different rules, Jia Min is fine, but Yang and Lin Daiyu are not used to it.It's just that both of them are smart people, so they changed them one by one without changing their expressions.

Then Jia Mu said: "You go, let us talk freely."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang got up quickly, and said a few more gossips before leading Mrs. Xu and Wang Xifeng away.

In today's scene, Mrs. Xu and Wang Xifeng are fine. They have been doing this kind of work since they married into Jia's mansion, but Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang are not at peace.Normally, they really had to serve Mother Jia for dinner, but they had never been so aggrieved as they are now.

In the past, they came to serve Jia Mu, obviously they were serving, but in fact they were just talking with Jia Mu. The Xu family and Wang Xifeng led the girls to do things like setting up banquets, serving food and serving soup.Although he couldn't eat at the same table as Jia's mother, he didn't have to serve Jia Min, his sister-in-law, for dinner like today.

Even Mrs. Zhang, who has a good relationship with Jia Min, is not at ease, let alone Mrs. Wang, who has always been at odds with Jia Min.It's just that Jia's mother is partial to Jia Min, and Jia's amnesty and Jia Zheng are stupid and filial. If they and Jia Min are at a disadvantage, they must be the ones who suffer. This makes Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang no matter how upset they are, they can only hold back. In my heart, I dare not show half of it.

Because they were in a bad mood today, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang both agreed not to let their daughters-in-law serve them, not because they were considerate of them, but because they were genuinely afraid that the more they thought about it, the more aggrieved they would become, and they would lose their composure.

Xu and Wang Xifeng felt something strange at the same time, but the opposite was their mother-in-law, even if they found something wrong, they didn't dare to speak out on the spot.

When Mrs. Xu returned to her room, she changed her clothes and drank a sip of tea to calm herself down. Ting Lan came over with a message, "Grandma, this is a gift from my aunt. Look..."

"Is this ours alone, or..."

"These women in the Lin family said that they were given to the second master's family. The old lady, the elder master's wife, the second master's second wife, Mr. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, and the three girls are separate. I went to find out. , the Lin Mansion distributes the pieces in such a way that people send them to various places." Ting Lan said.

Xu gave Ting Lan an appreciative look, "Let me have a look."

Even though she was already prepared, Xu's eyes lit up when she saw this gift list.It's not that she is greedy for the little money, but that the more things she gets for free, the better.And the more precious the gift, the better. Doesn't this mean that this aunt values ​​her room more and more.

"Put them all aside for the time being, don't rush to put them away, wait for the second master to come back, and then talk about it." Jia Lian had to have a look at these things before packing them up.

"I heard that my aunt gave us this room more than the one given to Uncle Zhu. It can be seen that my aunt likes grandma more." Ting Rong said suddenly from the side.

Looking at Mrs. Xu from Meng Cong and shaking his head, he said, "What's so strange about this? Don't forget that there is brother Lan. Grandma Zhu didn't have any children." Some of that is what it should be, not too much that makes people panic.

When everyone heard it, it was true that there was still Brother Lang, and they couldn't stop taking him seriously just because he was young now.