[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

In the winter of this year, Lin Ruhai from Yangzhou wrote a letter, saying that he was not feeling well and wanted to take Daiyu back.

Leaving aside Jiamu Baoyu's reluctance to let go, Youyi came up with a good idea in a flash. After searching Yao'er's system space for half a day, he found something that had been saved a long time ago, and gave it to Dai jade body.

As for the effect, we will have to wait until Daiyu returns to Yangzhou and meets Lin Ruhai to know.

Just talking about Jia's house, since Daiyu left, Baoyu has been depressed every day, and Jia's mother has been depressed for several days in a row.

Later, Xiangyun, a historian, was brought over for a short stay. Mother Jia was in a better mood, but Baoyu was still depressed.

"It's been a long time since I saw Sister Baochai." Tanchun and Yingchun played chess, raised his hand and dropped a hand, and suddenly said.

Yingchun didn't raise her head when she heard the words, she was holding a white piece in her hand: "I went over to see her room full of books, and a few men in charge were kneeling outside the screen, the atmosphere was very tense. I didn't dare to go in, so I came out after saying hello to my aunt."

"Sister Bao is always different from us." Xichun sipped the tea slowly, and said to Youyi, "This tea tastes really good."

"Is it okay?" Youyi glanced at her when she heard the words, and while flipping through the homework that Jia Lan handed in, she said, "I'll let you find out the old Pu'er that's been treasured."

Xichun gave her a flattering smile, and Yingchun said, "Why didn't you see sister Xiangyun today?"

Xichun snorted lightly: "He's playing with 'Brother Love', how can he talk to us sisters."

Tanchun heard the words, and gently reminded: "Be careful with this."

Xichun didn't care too much: "I know, isn't this here with my sister-in-law!"

Tanchun and Yingchun looked at each other and smiled, both feeling helpless.

In March of the next year, it is the time of spring and flowers blooming.

A bolt from the blue struck Jia's mansion.

When Jiangnan's letter was sent to Mrs. Shi for the third time, Mrs. Shi announced to the whole family that she would make a marriage alliance between Erfang Baoyu and Lin Ruhai's daughter Daiyu.Because the two are still young, they are only engaged for the time being, and they will officially get married when they are adults.

Jia Zheng was naturally very much in favor of his son marrying his niece. Mrs. Wang nodded when she saw Jia Zheng, even though she was not happy, she could only agree.

But everyone knew that the Lin family left their daughter to the Jia family this time.

Naturally, a housekeeper from the Lin family came to Beijing to handle the engagement matters, and he also brought a thick stack of dowry orders.After the two families made the engagement ceremony, the dowry list was read out on the spot, which was considered a helpless decision.

One is to let the Jia family know that even though Daiyu of the Lin family has no relatives to protect her, she still has a generous dowry; the other is to deter the servants of the Lin family who "dowry" Daiyu not to put their hands on Daiyu's dowry .

This list is in quadruplicate, one in Daiyu's hands, one in Jia's family, and one in Lin Ruhai's old friend and the government. All can be preserved.

This is not in accordance with the rules, but it is also Lin Ruhai's best effort for her daughter.

Of course, behind all of this, Youyi smiled, hiding her achievements and fame.

The dust of the marriage here has settled, and the Xue family has no hope.

Aunt Xue scolded angrily in the room for a while, but Baochai remained calm.

After all, she doesn't have much hope for a good marriage, so she might as well beat and beat the stewards in Beijing with this time.

Compared with her mother who was born in the most prosperous era of the four major families, she is two points more sober.

Now Xue's family has little to keep in Beijing. Relying on the power of Jia and Wang's two houses and the prestige accumulated in the past, she can barely hold on.Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to move out at this time. Even if some servants ridicule her, she is the most realistic and sober person after all.

However, as a daughter of hers, she managed the store over her elder brother, which has attracted criticism from many people outside. Even her aunt, Mrs. Wang, warned her several times in private.

But so what?Compared with a good marriage in the future, for her, it is more important to keep the Xue family's property.

Sighing, thinking of her brother, Baochai was rarely relieved at this time.

At least no matter how dandy and incomprehensible my brother is, at least he still trusts her and doesn't criticize her for taking power. This is a blessing in misfortune.

Just after the turmoil of the engagement, before Baoyu could get over it, a big event happened in the East Mansion.

The wife of Jia Rong in Dongfu, the so-called "Grandma Rong", passed away.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang naturally did not mention the hospitality in the past, because You Shi, the head of the house, was ill again, so Jia Zhen hired Wang Xifeng to take care of the housework for a month, and Sister Feng drove there every morning. Hair is in high spirits.

But these have nothing to do with Youyi, her place is still Sanchun's small gathering place, because Jia's mansion has something to do, Xiangyun naturally goes back to the mansion, but Baochai often comes over to make an appointment.

She is also entangled in many things, but some things can't be done all at once, and she has to listen to her mother's nagging at home, so she often comes to Youyi to seek peace.

Jia Lan's schoolwork is getting better and better. Jia Zheng is free to test a few words, and while he is more satisfied with him, he is also more and more dissatisfied with Baoyu, who is two years older than him.

Besides, Jia Dairu nodded and said that his county and government examinations were safe, which made Jia Zheng very happy. He was about to order someone to send him back to Jinling, but Mrs. Wang came forward to stop him. The only thing is that the county examination is still early, and he will come again in the spring of next year. make plans.

In fact, Mrs. Wang also has some small plans in it. She is proud that Jia Lan's homework is good, but after all Baoyu is her heart and soul. Thinking of how much Jialan's exam will be a blow to Baoyu, she is not very happy.

The matter was put on hold in this way, but Jia Zheng valued Jia Lan even more from then on, calling him over to test his homework from time to time, and recommending some old friends.It is true that he missed the scientific examination back then, but now he is very excited to see his grandson like this.

In November, Jia Zheng's birthday was naturally a big event, but a piece of good news at the banquet made the ancestral hall of Jia's mansion smoke for three days.

Jia's mother was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, she chanted "the hope of recovery" day and night, and Mrs. Wang straightened her back since then, and she was very reluctant to let everyone know that she was the mother of the noble concubine.

So Jia's mansion stepped up preparations for the royal concubine's family visit, and the garden began to be stepped up.

It's just that it's common for Jia's family to not get enough money. Although the Ning's house also contributed, there is still a big gap.

The first thing Mrs. Wang thought of was her good sister, so she immediately went to Xue's yard.Unexpectedly, Baochai had expected that Mrs. Wang would definitely come this time, and told the doctor who prescribed the medicine to Aunt Xue to do something, so that Aunt Xue was sleepy every day and could sleep groggyly for a few days.

So Mrs. Wang came here to be received by Baochai. She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassing to this junior, but seeing that Aunt Xue couldn't get out of bed, she could only speak to Baochai.

Baochai just took out a small wooden box and handed it to Mrs. Wang, saying: "Mom said earlier: This mansion is going to build a garden, and there may be some people who are not good at money. Our family has been looked after by your uncle and aunt all these years. For this matter, you must do your best. I have raised 3 taels of silver from the shop. If your family is rich in the future, you will return it. If you are not rich, it is just a gift."

He smiled bitterly again and said: "Please forgive me, Auntie, it's not that I don't want to take more, but it's not as good as it is now. My brother is not easy to do. It is inevitable that some people will not accept me as a member of the girl's family. It seems that there are too many properties under my hand. It’s all fake, and I’ve tried my best to take these out.”

This sounded nice, and Mrs. Wang sighed when she heard it, patted Baochai, and said, "My son, it's hard for you."

So he took the box and said: "I will come to see your mother some other day. If you are free someday, go there for a walk. Your three younger sisters are often at your sister-in-law's place. Go for a walk, you sisters We are together, and it is also lively."

"Yes."

Baochai smiled softly and agreed.

So Mrs. Wang went back with 3 taels of silver, and there was still a gap of 10,000+. Each family borrowed a loan, and paid 2 taels from the treasury, and came back with a shortfall of 5 taels.

When Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng talked about the matter in the evening, Youyi hesitated and said, "Madam, if the house is really nervous, there is also a small villager in the daughter-in-law's dowry. If you are tight, you can still come up with 8000 taels." of silver."

"You don't need to use your money." Mrs. Wang refused without even thinking about it: "Your widow is unemployed and brings this kid with you. You should save some money in your hand. No matter how nervous the house is, it won't be close to your things."

——No matter how much she disliked Li Wan and Jia Lan, the upbringing of everyone made her not want Youyi.

Jia's mother also said: "Daughter-in-law Zhu, it's not easy for you to save these things, so just keep them. If it's really not enough, I still have some money here, use it first."

The first sentence is to Youyi, and the last sentence is to Mrs. Wang.

"Where can I use the old lady's private house?" Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "It's really not good, there are two spare farms in the daughter-in-law's dowry, and there is no one left or right to take care of them. It's good to make a move."

Daiyu sat there pondering for a long while, and at Dingshou the next morning, she handed a small brocade box to Mrs. Wang with both hands, and expressed a little apology in front of everyone: "Father confiscated most of the family property during his lifetime, and the dowry It’s not easy for me to use the things in the house, only this 1 taels of silver is left to me by my father, if the family is nervous, let’s use it for now.”

When Youyi heard this, she casually glanced at the old nanny standing behind Daiyu's seat, with a smile in her eyes.

With Daiyu's innocence, she really doesn't seem like a person who can make things like this, it can only be someone behind her who makes a plan.

The person that Lin Ruhai left behind for his daughter before his death is actually something that can stand up.

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and suddenly hugged Daiyu, saying: "I have a son, it's hard for you to do this."

Mother Jia closed her eyes as a tacit consent.

Mrs. Wang took the box and assured Daiyu: "Don't worry, when the family is rich in the future, I will definitely return your share first."

Daiyu said repeatedly, "It's not in a hurry."

Mrs. Wang also sold part of the Jinling Sacrifice Field in private, and finally collected enough money, and the provincial palace was finally built vigorously.

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I seem to describe Baochai as a careerist.

But compared to the gentle and reserved Baochai in the original text, I still like her more like this.

Ambitious, meticulous and steady, she will eventually have endless wealth to accompany her. Compared to being a man's vassal, she is still more beautiful like this.