Miss Lin Family of the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai came out of Jia's mansion full of anger. Thinking of the threat that Jia's mother had made, Lin Ruhai was angry and humiliated.

Fortunately, he was already prepared to clean up the matter in Yangzhou, otherwise he would be safe after being caught by Jia Mu.

Ever since Mother Jia knew from the correspondence between Mother Jia and Jia Min that she knew about the existence of the Meng family, mother and son, Lin Ruhai expected that Mother Jia would threaten him with this matter. Q.Presumably, for the sake of Jia's family and Jia's mother, she would rot this matter in her stomach.

In this era, taking a concubine as a wife is to be punished by the stick and ridiculed by the literati, which will affect the official career, so Lin Ruhai is so cautious about marrying the Meng family as his successor, and plans a perfect plan.

Fortunately, there are not many people who know about the Meng family, and many people knew about the death of Aunt Meng in the Lin family, so it is clear that the identities of Meng Yan and Meng Zhou are recorded under Aunt Meng's name.It is justifiable for him to marry Aunt Meng's sister as his successor and record the two children born of Aunt Meng under the name of Aunt Meng's sister Meng, and others can't find anything wrong.

The only thing that makes Lin Ruhai feel pity is that he originally wanted to use this matter to break off the relationship with Jia's in-laws in the future.

Lin Ruhai is a shrewd person. From Jia Min's matter, he thought of Rongguo Mansion. After someone checked the Rongguo Mansion, he found that the foundation of Rongguo Mansion was completely rotten. Neither of the Rongguo Mansions could use anyone, so the Jia family would be defeated. undoubtedly.What's worse, the people from Rongning and Ningfu have not yet participated in the matter life and death. If Lin's family continues to have a relationship with Jia's family, they will be implicated sooner or later. That's why Lin Ruhai has the idea of ​​breaking up with Jia's family.It is a pity that it may not be realized in a short time.

I don't know if the affairs in Yangzhou and Gusu have been settled, but seeing the wedding day getting closer, Lin Ruhai becomes more and more anxious.But fortunately, God still favored him, and finally Lin Butler finally arrived in the capital two days before the wedding.

"The old slave greets the master."

"Uncle Cheng has worked hard. Uncle Cheng is happy to invite you. Uncle Cheng, everything is done."

"Master, don't worry, this old servant has lived up to his expectations and everything has been settled."

"Miaoyue nunnery?"

"Master Huiyin went down the mountain in person to mourn Aunt Meng. The old slave has already told Mrs. Huiyin that the master will marry Aunt Meng's sister-in-law as his successor and will record the young master and young lady under the name of his new wife. Master Huiyin should If it's Miaoyuean, she will handle it. Master Huiyin and Aunt Meng's grandmother are old friends, and with her as a witness, nothing will happen.

The old slave personally sent the young master and the eldest lady Fuling to Gusu. Aunt Meng has already been buried. The young master and the eldest lady have moved into the old house. The old slave has arranged for Lin Yi's family to wait in the old house.In addition, after receiving the master's letter, the slave arranged [-] more guards to protect the young and the young lady in the old house. They are all proper people, please rest assured, master. "

"I don't worry about doing things honestly. Uncle Cheng has worked hard all the way. Go down and rest first."

The things he was worried about were finally dealt with, and Lin Ruhai's anxious heart could finally calm down.

Thinking of the anxiety and worry these days, it is really painstaking to inherit Lin Ruhai for his Lin family heirs.Of course, this is because Lin Ruhai became more cautious after knowing that he might only have Meng Zhou as his son in the future, and could not tolerate any stains on Meng Zhou.Zhou'er is the only son in his life.

"master."

"Uncle Cheng, what else is there?"

"When the old slave came, the eldest lady asked the old slave to bring something for the new lady..." Butler Lin was a little speechless.

"Why don't you just bring something here and leave it there?" They will return to their ancestral home in Gusu soon after they get married, and they will see the things sooner or later.

"Miss said that the dowry was prepared for the new wife and asked the old slave to send it to the new wife. Master, do you see?"

This girl's family prepared a dowry for her own mother. He had never seen such a thing before, and it was a bit strange to talk about it.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect this, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

"Okay, Uncle Cheng, you can arrange for someone to send it to the Meng family in another courtyard, and go quietly."

"It's my lord."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel sad, his daughter and children didn't grow up by his side, as expected, he was closer to his mother who was always by his side, and his daughter obviously still didn't believe him.Thinking of Yuxue's lovely daughter and clever and witty son, if the two grew up by his side, they would definitely get closer to him.

In fact, Lin Ruhai really thought too much, and Meng Yan didn't mean that at all; Meng Yan had seen Jia Min's dowry list, and Meng Yan knew that Jia Min's dowry was very rich when she married into the Lin family, and it could be said to be a red dowry at the time; To be Lin Ruhai's successor, but Meng Yan didn't want people to underestimate the Meng family. Even if the dowry couldn't surpass Jia Min, it couldn't be much worse than Jia Min.

The preparation of the dowry for the Meng family was planned by Meng Yan a year ago. This year, with the help of the Lin family, Meng Yan opened many perfume shops in the south of the Yangtze River. All these Mengyans were given as dowry to the Meng family.When Jia Min married into the Lin family, the dowry was 10 liters, and Meng Yan prepared [-] liters and [-] taels of silver for the Meng family.This kind of dowry is the only one in the family of a girl who is married as a second wife, and Meng Yan's purpose is to make the Meng family look better.

Zhang's Bieyuan, the Meng family moved to Zhang's Bieyuan after Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, and she will get married here.Mrs. Zhang felt sorry for her granddaughter and lived in another hospital with her granddaughter in order to support her granddaughter.

"Girl, Missy has someone deliver something." Qin Liu led the servant in with a box about [-] to [-] centimeters in size.

Qinliu followed Mengshi to Beijing to serve her, and now Mengshi was waiting to be married. Qinliu also changed her address and called Mengshi a girl.

"Yan'er brought something here!" Mrs. Meng was overjoyed to hear her daughter send something.It's been nearly half a year since I haven't seen my two children, Meng Shi, and I miss them so much. "What did Yan Er send?"

"The slave does not know."

"Wan'er, if you open it and have a look, you will know, there should be a letter from Yan girl."

Mrs. Zhang also likes Meng Yan and Meng Zhou very much.Since meeting Meng, Meng Yan has sent gifts to Beijing every festival or birthday. Since Meng came to Beijing to be married, Meng Yan and her brother have been sending gifts every month, even though they are not expensive things. , but better than the mind.It is said that there are many people who are polite, whether it is etiquette or gifts, it is precisely because of this that Meng Yan and Meng Zhou are loved by everyone in the Zhang family.

Opening the box, there was indeed a letter written by Meng Yan and Meng Zhou to Meng Shi. Meng Shi couldn't help crying when she read the letter.

"These two children are really..."

The two children actually prepared a dowry for her, which really moved her and made her ashamed. She really cultivated the blessings of several lifetimes to cultivate her two children, Yan'er and Zhou'er.

"Since Yan'er and Zhou'er have such filial piety, you can accept Wan'er." Mrs. Zhang was also very moved, of course she was also shocked, but more of it was pity for the two children, who had to take care of their mother at such a young age. Planning, it's really pitiful.

"Well, what my grandmother said is, how can I live up to the filial piety of Yan'er and Zhou'er. Qin Liu will add the things to the dowry list and send them to the Lin Mansion tomorrow."

With the dowry prepared before, plus the two shops that Yan'er sent now, two Zhuangzi of ten hectares, 10 taels of silver and most of the box of jewelry, her dowry is also considered a ten-mile red dowry.

Makeup the next day.

With the sound of firecrackers, the dowry tied with red silk was carried from the other courtyard of Zhang's Mansion to Lin's Mansion. The first one had already been sent to Lin's Mansion and the last one had not yet left the other courtyard. This is the real ten-mile red makeup.

The Meng family's dowry reminded many people in Beijing that the same ten-mile red makeup was carried into the Lin residence more than ten years ago, and it was also Lin Ruhai who married Lin Tanhualang.

"This is really red makeup. Lin Tanhua is really enviable. Even marrying a stepwife is such a generous dowry. Others don't marry ten principal wives, nor does Lin Tanhua marry one stepwife."

On the teahouse on the second floor, the Ninth Prince poked his head out to look at the dowry passing from upstairs and couldn't help the sour smell.The natal family of the concubine whose father the emperor proposed to marry him is not revealed. I am afraid that when he gets married next year, the dowry of the concubine will not be half of Mrs. Lin's.Although he didn't care how much the princess's dowry was, he always felt upset when he was compared by a courtier.

"Fourth brother, how much was your fourth sister-in-law's dowry when you got married? How much is Mrs. Lin's?"

The Ninth Prince thought that his fourth brother's father didn't love him and his mother didn't love him, and his fourth sister-in-law's family was not much better than his concubine's family, and the dowry might not be as good.

"The support of the family depends on the man's dowry and not on the wife's dowry. Instead of counting other people's wives' dowry, you might as well go to the father to ask for an errand and get more salary to support the family in the future."

Speaking of the dowry of the fourth concubine, the fourth prince’s face was not good-looking. After his mother and concubine went, his father angered him. He was not allowed to be favored by his father. I lost a lot of face in front of my brothers.

Fortunately, although the princess's dowry is not generous, she is extremely gentle and virtuous. Not only did she manage the palace in an orderly manner, she also gave birth to two sons for him. With her in charge of the palace, he can have no worries.

Coupled with the secret support from his mother's family, he no longer cared about the dowry back then.

Seeing the fourth prince getting up and leaving, the ninth prince hurriedly followed, yelling as he walked, "If I relied on that little salary to support my younger brother, I would have starved to death, and that little salary is not enough for my younger brother to drink and go to the theater. Brother, you If you have any good ideas, tell your younger brother, and your younger brother will also open a shop with you to earn some money to support the family..."

The fourth prince ignored the ninth prince who went out of the teahouse and left on a sedan chair. He had more important things to do. When Lin Tanhualang got married, he always wanted to send a generous gift, just for the sake of friendship with that girl.

The ten-mile red makeup made the people in the capital also watch the excitement, and at the same time, it also made Jia's mother blush when she got the news, but Lin Ruhai was busy getting married so she didn't have time to care about Jia's mother's mood.

On the second day after the dowry was delivered, eight red sedan chairs were carried to carry the Meng family out of the other courtyard of the Zhang Mansion and into the Lin Mansion accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums all the way.