[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

Let's not mention Xiaosi and Xiaosi's daughter-in-law, the Huanxi friends.Today is the Great Court Meeting, Lin Ruhai and Lin Haoyu are in the palace, the news cannot be sent in, the people who sent it can only wait in the place of their own carriage, hoping to report to the master and uncle as soon as possible.

As soon as the father and son left the palace, they got the bad news from the servants, and they didn't care about it, they got into the carriage and went straight to Lin's mansion.It really happened suddenly without any warning. I don't understand why my mother/grandmother, who was normally healthy, passed away suddenly.

When the two returned to the mansion, white cloth and white curtains were hung everywhere, and the servants who came and went also wore white clothes, with solemn and sad faces, and were non-stop preparing to arrange various things.The third child brought his fourth and fifth children to support him in the outer courtyard.

Seeing Lin Ruhai coming back, she hurried up to greet her: "Father, Mother has brought people to pack up the remains of grandma, and the mourning hall has also been set up. When you come back to see grandma for the last time, it's time to bury her."

In fact, Jiang Yingrong, the mistress, does not need to do the burial at all, and she can take care of it properly with her own maid. It's just that Jiang Yingrong tried her best to wash, dress, and scrub Mrs. Lin's face with her two daughters-in-law. , Change the shroud.

"How are the preparations for the funeral?" Lin Ruhai asked, while his servants waited on him to put on the filial piety clothes and hats.

"Grandmother left suddenly, and all kinds of things need to be bought now. I have already ordered several stewards to go to the east, west, south, and north of the city to buy separately. The first batch of yellow paper, lamp oil, candles, paper bundles, white linen and other things are barely enough for the current supply. .” The third child replied.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you spend more money. You can't lack this one or shorten that one, or use some shoddy things to make it look bad when guests come. Even if your grandmother leaves suddenly, you can't rush it. The third child Continue to take care of the affairs of the outer courtyard. After seeing the old lady, the boss will take the fourth brother to support the guests who have passed the house to express their condolences."

"Yes!" The third child continued to work.Lin Ruhai took the eldest to see the old lady for the last time.When the two arrived, Jiang Yingrong brought Daiyu, daughters-in-law and grandchildren in sackcloth clothes, and they were guarding Mrs. Lin who had packed up her remains.

Lin Ruhai led the boss to kneel down three times, got up and looked at the old lady's face carefully, and saw that the old lady's face was serene, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned as if she was smiling.Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, her mother didn't seem to leave with any regrets.

It's just that Lin Ruhai was quite regretful in his heart. Before his mother passed away, he didn't stay by his side. He regretted why he didn't discover the abnormality in advance so that he could stay at home.What was in her heart was naturally brought out on the surface. How could Jiang Yingrong not understand Lin Ruhai's thoughts after having been with him for decades, and comforted her:

"Although my mother passed away suddenly, there was no pain before she died. The court judge also said that it was a happy funeral."

Mrs. Lin had already breathed her last breath when Zhang Yuan sentenced her, but to be on the safe side, she asked him to confirm it, and it was natural to see whether she was in pain or not before she died.Zhang Yuanjue saw that the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the whole family gathered together except for the daughters-in-law who stayed away.

Joy and mourning, people's mourning, mourning is also too much to mourn, why is there joy.As the saying goes, those who are happy and mourning are considered to be happy when the deceased has both good fortune and longevity.

The Lin family now has many descendants and a thriving population. Although Mrs. Lin has only one child, Lin Ruhai, she has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This is a blessing.

Mrs. Lin is exactly seventy years old, and at the age of seventy, it can be regarded as reaching the minimum standard of full life.

Although the first half of his life was troubled by heirs, and he was widowed for many years, but in the second half of his life, he was surrounded by children and grandchildren.

He was not tortured by illness and pain before death, and died of old age naturally, and ended his life satisfactorily. This is the whole end.

Quanfuquanshouquandi are all satisfied, so it can be called "happy mourning".If one of them does not meet, it cannot be called "happy mourning".

Sure enough, Lin Ruhai's expression eased a little when he heard that, "Happiness and mourning" is also a great blessing, not just any old man can easily meet the three conditions.So Lin Ruhai adjusted his mood, "Then follow the specifications of a happy funeral. I told you not to be too sad or cry aloud. Let's encoffin." After that, it was encoffining, and Mrs. Lin was placed in the mourning hall.

Because it is a happy funeral, the funeral post notifying each family is also specially marked, so that the guests who come to express their condolences will not cry too sadly without knowing the inside story, and instead conflict with the happy funeral.Remove part of the white cloth that was already covered, and add some yellow cloth and red cloth for embellishment.Red filial cloth is added to the filial piety of the grandchildren, and yellow filial cloth is added to the filial piety of the great-grandchildren to distinguish it from ordinary funerals.Even people who don't know the inside story can know at a glance that this is a wedding and funeral, and they won't make a mistake.

After all, crying for joy and mourning is just a form, and most of them need to be happy and lively to cater to the meaning of joy and mourning.Outsiders are also willing to come to attend funerals, thinking that they can enjoy the blessings of the elderly, and some even ask to bring some fruit offerings back to bring some blessings to their families.

He also specially invited well-known opera troupes from the capital to set up a stage to sing in the front yard and the back yard respectively. They sang for three days, and made sure everyone knew that Mrs. Lin was the one who returned with good fortune and longevity.

The second child rushed to the capital on the last day of the funeral, and it was the last trip to see his grandmother.The sixth princess and the two children stayed in Beimu because of the long distance and could not ride fast horses.The second child, as the Marquis of Zhenbei, was naturally busy with business, so he immediately turned back to Beimu after seeing off Mrs. Lin, worried that something would happen to Beimu after he left.If it hadn't been for the second child to sit in the frontier these years, I don't know what Beimu would do in counterattack.

However, due to the gradual implementation of the decree, the past two years have been much better than the first, so the second child dared to turn around for a few days. If Beimu wants to live in peace in the future, it may take ten to twenty years, and some will suffer.

After finishing the wedding and funeral, the next step is to help Ling return to his hometown. The Lin family's ancestral home is in Gusu. Lin Ruhai has been in Beijing for many years and has not had the chance to go back.When the second child joined Zhenbei, Lin Ruhai took an opportunity to express his intention to retire, but the emperor pretended not to understand.Since the emperor didn't want to approve it, Lin Ruhai had to work for a few more years.

This time Lin Ruhai thought it was a good opportunity. Ding You had been there for three years, even if he was called back to the court by the emperor in the future, he would basically be a mascot, and he would have honor.But if something happens, he will be consulted for his opinion at most, and he will not hold too much real power, so it doesn't matter.

Let alone three years, even if he retired for half a year, his original position would probably be snatched away, and the carrot hole was finally vacated, so how could he leave a chance for him to squat in again.

In order to prevent the emperor from having to worry about Ding for three years, Lin Ruhai's notes were written in earnest words, so he almost burst into tears, and said that his health and energy were not good when he was old.He planned to return to his ancestral home, Gusu, for three years. One was to keep filial piety for his mother to fulfill his duty as a son, and the other was to take advantage of it to cultivate his body.

The emperor considered it again and again and finally agreed, Lin Ruhai is Daqi and has worked hard for himself for so many years, a serious and pure minister.Do not form a party for personal gain, do not engage in corruption, and do not participate in the battles between princes.So many government orders can be implemented smoothly only through his mediation, so I don't know how many people have been blocked, and I don't know how many political enemies have been made.

This time he wanted to go into seclusion, and the emperor could understand.The first time he euphemistically mentioned the meaning of becoming an official, the emperor understood Lin Ruhai's thoughts, and knew that he was worried that the excessive power of the Lin family would cause the emperor to fear.Not to mention that the emperor himself trusted Lin Ruhai more than he feared it, but once Lin Ruhai stepped down, he really couldn't find someone like him to replace him, so he pretended to be a fool and stayed for a few more years.

However, the emperor also prevented Lin Ruhai from mentioning the matter of retiring again, and in the past few years he has also started to train reserve soldiers, so when Lin Ruhai borrowed Ding You and mentioned the letter of retirement, the emperor was not caught off guard.Although he agreed with a swipe of a pen, he only agreed to go back to Ding You's hometown. Even if he didn't say anything about the rest, everyone understood the unfinished meaning: this Lin Ruhai is still useful, and it's not time for people to leave the tea to cool down.

The whole family of the Lin family sent Mrs. Lin back to Suzhou for burial.Lin Ruhai ordered the boss to take all the people back to the capital, leaving only Daiyu by his side.

As grandchildren, the eldest brothers only need to stay at home for a year, and they don't need to return home to Ding You.Besides, the heart is the most important thing. There is really no need for a family to stay in Gusu to observe filial piety. Let alone whether the old house is enough to live in, it is not certain whether the young ones can adapt to the climate of Gusu.

In less than a month, several children fell ill one after another, had a fever, and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea one after another.Already accustomed to the climate of the capital, changing suddenly to a completely different place is not just unsuitable.

Moreover, the older ones have reached the age of studying, and staying in Gusu will also affect their studies.Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Lin was buried, Lin Ruhai drove the bosses back to Beijing as soon as possible.

Xiao Si wanted to stay in Gusu, he was really afraid of his old father-in-law, and even his friends in the capital were willing to give up because of it.People say that the mother-in-law is more and more satisfied with her son-in-law. Even if the old father-in-law is not as exaggerated as the mother-in-law, he will not embarrass the son-in-law.

When it came to Xiaosi, it was the complete opposite. The more his father-in-law looked at him, the more dissatisfied he became. Every time he took his daughter-in-law back to her natal home, the father-in-law would pick and choose whether his nose was not his nose or his eyes were not his eyes.

He was even forced to endorse the book. He was so old, and he didn't want to take the No. [-] Scholar exam, but he still had to endorse the book like a child.He also assigned tasks to him, waiting for the next time he went to the random inspection, and took the school exam with a few nephews from his wife's natal family.Seeing the snickering expressions of the little nephews, Xiao Si felt that his face was really thrown at grandma's house.The old man really knows how to pinch his seven inches, he really pinches it accurately, knowing that he hates endorsement the most.

His own father didn't force him to study like that, spanking at most.Or if there is no comparison, you can't tell the good from the bad, isn't it? Ever since I got my father-in-law, Xiaosi felt that what was he going to do with two meals? Endorsing is not a human job.A dear father is a dear father, just different from the later father.

To what extent does Xiao Si's old father-in-law dislike him? Let me give an example: In order to please my father-in-law, Xiao Si heard that my father-in-law prefers a snack from Xingyuanzhai.Once I got up early in the morning and went to line up to buy it myself, and gave it to my father-in-law.His old father-in-law looked at the snack box, gave Xiaosi a sideways look, and then ordered someone to feed it to the dog, and fed it to the dog... Since then, his old father-in-law ordered that there should be no snacks from Xingyuanzhai in the mansion, and those sent by others It doesn't work either.

There were so many similar things, Xiao Si was almost desperate, and then he simply gave up trying to please his father-in-law.After his son was born, the father-in-law saw that his son's face was a little bit better. After all, Xiao Si was also honored by his son, but the father-in-law was still very mad at him!

Anyway, he didn't want to go back to the capital, not at all.You might say that if the father-in-law doesn't like himself, then he might as well go less.Xiaosi also thought about it, but if he didn't report to the old man's mansion in ten days and a half months, the old man would come to Lin's mansion to report, and then he would face the "mixed doubles" between the old man and his own father.

After thinking about it, it is better to report on time, especially after the son is born, the task of sending the son to his mother's house on a regular basis is the fourth.Anyway, as long as Xiaosi goes to Yue's house, his father-in-law will definitely be in the mansion, it's really waiting for you in the mansion in the wind and rain, and it will never change~~~

In the end, Xiaosi's idea of ​​staying in Gusu was just to think about it. Without Lin Ruhai saying anything, Xiaosi's wife twisted his ears and took Xiaosi onto the boat.