Enemies in the Red Chamber

After the county magistrate and his wife returned home, one was elated and the other gloomy and worried.The elated one was the matriarch of the county magistrate, and the meeting gift Wu Lin gave her was really satisfactory. The few items in the box were all good things that people had nowhere to buy, and there were also one or two palace-made tributes. Go for rare decency.The one who was gloomy and worried was the county magistrate. Seeing that the magistrate's wife kept cheering and boasting that the county magistrate's wife was generous and capable of doing things, she walked up and down irritably and reprimanded: "Don't be wordy, we think it's a good thing, I don't know what to do." Don’t take it seriously, they are a big family, look at the family members of the luggage carts, can you stop being so petty and ignorant!”

This is the frontier, and women are not as virtuous as those in Beijing. The county magistrate immediately slapped the table, "How come I don't know much about it? Have you used such a good thing or seen it before? Why are you pretending to be a capable person? You have seen it before." The biggest day is the young master of the Sun family. You have never seen Mr. Sun, and I have seen Mrs. Sun. She is still filling big cloves of garlic in front of me. Who doesn’t know who is half a catty! I just haven’t seen it yet. ?He is a big shot from Beijing, your immediate boss, for whom am I worrying so much, shouldn't I be flattering him?!"

The county magistrate was slightly depressed, and couldn't stand the roar of the Lion in the River East, so he hurriedly begged for trouble: "Ancestor, I just said something, and you see where you have gone. Who said you shouldn't, I am also flattering the little county magistrate." Well, the last county magistrate didn’t greet me in person. But I was just worried. When I was in the yamen, I kindly reminded him to visit Mr. Sun, but I knew it was useless by looking at his face. It’s not big, I’m proud and proud. Just look at the scene and you’ll know that the young master must have gone out to practice. We guessed before that he won the first prize and was sent to Fei County to be the county magistrate. There must be no background, etc. It must be wrong. There is no one behind him to support him so confidently? I don't believe it. Now, I am afraid that if the little county magistrate confronts the Sun family, what will happen to me, the second in command? It will be miserable in the middle!"

The lady of the county magistrate didn't believe it: "Impossible? Didn't everyone say that strong dragons don't overwhelm local snakes? No matter how big a family comes from, they don't dare to mess around? Maybe he doesn't even care about the affairs of the county. I'm back."

The county magistrate continued to pace in distress, unable to think of a good solution, and finally had no choice but to give up, saying: "Let's talk about it later."

Within a few days, the head of the Sun family was so angry that he said something almost the same as him, "Riding a donkey to read the account book and wait and see!"

The Sun family knew Liu Ge'er's identity better than others. They knew that he was a serious grandson of the former Rongguo government. The father of the family also committed a crime and was demoted to the Imperial Academy to study. He has not been promoted for many years. The family is close to the branch almost none.I also know that my in-laws are only useful from the Yue family's Wu family, and they are still military generals who can't do their best in the government. Although he is a new champion, he has been relegated to Fei County, a place that is extremely barren compared to other places, as a county magistrate.I was a little apprehensive that he would be able to communicate with the capital often, but he didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was just a brat, and he must still be thinking about making Qianfang use all means to transfer back to the capital, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

But when the Sun family saw that Brother Liu had only visited Cheng's family with a junior gift, and did not go to other houses, and even the Sun family was forgotten, Master Sun felt very uncomfortable.When she knew that she went to Cheng's house because of Mrs. Cheng's disrespect to Mrs. Sun, she felt even more uncomfortable.Even if no one in the Sun family is in the court now, the connections left by the old man are still there, and Guangdong Province is still in the hands of the Sun family. This Lin Zhao is too defiant. If he doesn't teach him a lesson, he doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth!

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After the county magistrate reminded Brother Liu that day, he made his own decision based on the information he had collected, combined with what he had heard along the way, and what he had seen and heard since he arrived. On the other hand, it's better to face each other from the very beginning, making the other party think that he is a stunned young man who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth will not bear it.So there was a series of actions that followed.

For the first three days, Brother Liu stayed in the yamen to take over official duties, and Wu Lin only handed a greeting card to the Cheng family, and did not take any action after that.On the fourth day, the husband and wife packed up the gifts and went to Cheng's house.

In the Cheng family, the old lady was both happy and worried about Brother Liu's appointment as the magistrate of Fei County. She was happy that the county magistrate was always her nephew no matter what, and would help her even for the sake of face. What was worrying was that she heard that the boy was young When he grew up in the Rongguo Mansion, he didn't know if he was taught by the old man to hate himself, and the Sun family. If he saw that the Sun family was powerful and was united by the Sun family, his situation would be even more worrying.As for Jia Min, Mrs. Cheng was not too worried. Even though she hated Jia Min in her heart, she had to admit that she believed in her heart that Jia Min would not speak ill of her concubine sister in front of her children.

Sun's heart is nothing but disdain. According to her words, "I have become the number one scholar, and I am so unpromising to be a county magistrate in our Fei County. Such a person is afraid of what he will do! I don't want to let our master He lives in Fei County, and is still working under the hands of the magistrate of Guangdong Province. He still has no fame. Those who act in the opposite way are either hopeless or have no backing. What’s so good about it? Some people think they’re backed by a mountain, huh, they’ve never seen the world!” The so-called some people, of course, are Refer to Mrs. Cheng.

Therefore, when Brother Liu and Wu Lin arrived at Cheng's house, what they encountered was that only Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng were entertaining guests at home, and they were all waiting in the main room for them to visit. When they came out to greet them, their cousin, Mr. Cheng, was not even in the mansion, saying that he had already gone to Guangdong City because of his busy schedule.

Not to mention Sun's impatience at the corners of his brows and eyes and Mrs. Cheng's superior elder attitude, the absence of Master Cheng alone is enough to make Brother Liu and Wu Lin sneer.On the day they arrived in Fei County, the Cheng family put up lanterns and festoons to celebrate the first birthday of the third girl. Master Cheng must be there, and he would not rush back the next day, and then the Lin family sent a greeting card to come over. I don't believe he didn't See, now that this is coming out, it is obvious that this depends on the attitude of the Sun family before making a statement.

Without a man to receive him, Brother Liu would never lower himself to be accompanied by a housekeeper. Even if the men from the Cheng family came later, Brother Liu would not just go to the front yard and stay with Wu Lin all the time. Mrs. Cheng had ready-made excuses when she spoke. She had never seen how close her aunt was now.Whenever the old lady wanted to reminisce about the past, get closer to each other, and say something that she missed very much after not seeing her for many years, Mrs. Sun would start to interrupt and change the topic.Since Wu Lin knew Cheng Hui and Cheng Quan siblings, she didn't like them at all, especially the old lady Cheng, so she just sat there as if she couldn't tell, watching mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fighting.Brother Liu, a grown man, would not answer their words. He drank his tea with his head down, pretending he didn't hear or see.

In this situation, and there was nothing to say, they came to Cheng's house just to silence the outsiders. After three rounds of tea, the two looked at each other and were about to say goodbye and leave.Mrs. Cheng didn't say what she wanted to say, and she didn't achieve her goal. Naturally, she didn't want to. She wanted to keep the two of them for dinner. I'm busy," so I finally got away and left.Only the housekeeper saw him off when he went out, which made Brother Liu sneer again.

After returning to Hou Ya, Wu Lin changed her clothes after washing and came out. Brother Liu was still snorting coldly, and it seemed that he was still angry.Wu Lin is much more open-minded than Brother Liu in this regard, and she smiled when she saw him like this, "Why are you so angry, we didn't intend to make friends with their family, isn't it good, and it saves time when others say we don't care We are new here, so we went to Cheng’s house at the beginning, staring all over the place, afraid that we might not get the word out? Now they give us shame first, and no one can tell if we don’t get close to them in the future Come on. Although the old lady is a concubine, after all, she has the status of an aunt. For us, this is much better than the Cheng family standing at the door to greet us affectionately. This is the real benefit."

Then he sighed again: "It is said that she came from the same natal family as my mother. Compared with my mother, this old lady is far behind. There is nothing comparable in means and brains, even her face and temperament are also thousands of miles apart. She can at most compare My mother is probably ten years older. She doesn't look like a sister but looks like a mother and daughter. Although the eyebrows and eyes are actually more delicate than the mother's. As the mother said, a woman should be more open-minded, otherwise she will be like a black-eyed chicken. Not only his words and deeds are disgusting, but his face is also getting old."

Brother Liu sneered and said: "What's the use of having a good face! She is a concubine married far away, how can she compare with her mother. Mother has a mother-in-law in her natal family and a mother-in-law in her husband's family. And following my father to be the master of the house outside for so many years, how can that old godmother compare?"

Wu Lin was speechless. She didn't agree with Liu Ge'er calling her aunt an old godmother, but now she knew Liu Ge'er a little bit, and knew that he didn't value ethics as much as others. Those who look down on people don't care how close the blood is, it's useless, they will pay attention to their words and deeds outside, and only the closer people will pay less attention to their words.She didn't want to cut off the opportunity of the head of the family to speak to herself, so she just pretended she didn't hear it, and didn't follow suit but didn't refute it.

So I heard Brother Liu continue to say: "Oh, you can't hold back your face if you want to use me as a backer. You want me to bow your head by posing as an elder, and you don't want to see if you have that ability! In fact, if she can be more sensible , I don't mind using her to open an opening for the Sun family first, but unfortunately, I'd rather go around a few more times than make an elder sick on my head. Just in time, it will save you trouble, otherwise I have to rely on you , and make this group of people uncomfortable all day long."

So Wu Lin also laughed, and after laughing, she said: "We are a husband and wife, and I should do my best for you. Don't take a shortcut just because you want me to be comfortable. We have no foundation to come here. We can go." The road is also limited. Don't worry, my mother has taught me a lot before coming here, and I can handle some things."

Brother Liu will not listen and say something else, at least after hearing this, he is still very upset.

Brother Liu didn't visit Sun's house at the beginning, and thinking that Mrs. Cheng was his aunt, the others also understood.But after going to Cheng's house, the new county magistrate didn't go to any house anymore, and directly led the county magistrate and the master to the countryside. I can't see through it. Given that the Sun family is deeply rooted in Guangdong Province, many people speculate that the new county magistrate may be in trouble.

Therefore, there were very few responses to the posts sent by Wu Lin, except for the wife of the county magistrate and the wife of the chief secretary, who had no choice but to decline after receiving the lead, and no one else came at all. An excuse to decline.Wu Lin had guessed it a long time ago, and didn't take it seriously, she still followed her own steps, what to do and what to do, and took it as the magic needle of the sea when Brother Liu in Feixian County was away.

Therefore, the whole Feixian County is like the sea in the afternoon. It looks calm at first glance, but there are waves brewing underneath, just waiting for someone to throw a stone to break the calm.