Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

Jia Hua's birth made the entire General's Mansion boil, and the atmosphere was filled with joy all day long. Xichun also became happier. What made her even happier was that Lin Daiyu wrote back, saying that she would go to Beijing with her mother. Count the days, and it's almost here.

Mother Jia also received Jia Min's letter, she was also overjoyed, and sent someone to wait on the pier early.

Jia Min looked at the capital which was getting closer and closer, and tears began to appear in his eyes.

Lin Daiyu smiled and comforted her, "Mom, it's a good thing to go home, why are you still feeling sad?"

Jia Min wiped away tears, "I grew up in this city, and I am very familiar with it. When I left, I never thought of coming back. Every time I think about it these years, I seem to feel that the capital is right in front of me, but Now that I have really come back, I feel that it is very strange.”

Lin Daiyu tilted her head, "It turns out that my mother is too timid to be close to her hometown."

Lin Daiyu looked at the vague outline of the city, "But I can't wait to arrive in the capital immediately, and my heart is full of excitement and excitement."

Jia Min smiled and nodded at her, "I know you are only looking for your older sisters to play with, don't worry, I have already asked, although your second and fourth sisters don't live together now, but they are still next to each other, we need to meet each other It's easy too."

Lin Daiyu smiled, and said in a low voice: "It's a pity that the third sister is gone, otherwise it will only be more lively."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lower lip, she didn't understand the whole story of this incident, she just felt sorry for Tanchun, a good girl who was dragged down by her birth mother.

Jia Min was faintly aware of something strange inside, but couldn't tell what was wrong. Seeing that Lin Daiyu was sad, she said softly, "Okay, don't think about it so much, go back to your room, and you'll be at the pier in a while."

Lin Daiyu hummed, and helped Jia Min back to the room.

When they arrived at the pier, the maidservant from the Rongguo Mansion rushed forward to say hello, Jia Min nodded, and took Lin Daiyu into the carriage.

Lin Daiyu was curious when she heard the voices outside, so when Jia Min saw it, she gently opened a small corner of the car curtain to let Lin Daiyu look outside, and explained to her in a low voice.

Lin Daiyu chuckled, "The capital is really prosperous, but it looks different from the prosperity of Yangzhou."

Jia Min also laughed, "After all, Yangzhou has a more literary style, but the capital has both civil and military styles."

Lin Daiyu nodded, and heard Jia Min say again, "This street is called Ningrong Street, and if you go further, it is Ningguo Mansion, but now it has been renamed General Wei Lie's Mansion."

The car moved forward slowly, and saw that it had arrived at the Rongguo Mansion. Lin Daiyu asked curiously: "Mother, are uncles and the others just in front of the Rongguo Mansion?"

"Yes." Jia Min patted her head, "Now your grandmother lives with the second uncle's family, and your first uncle's family each occupy half of the original Rongguo Mansion."

Lin Daiyu nodded, looked at the plaque of the Rongguo Mansion and put down the car curtain. She also heard Yingchun mention this a little bit, but after all, she didn't feel more deeply after seeing it with her own eyes.

Why didn't Jia Min lament that in just a few short years, the mother's family had completely quarreled with each other, and now that it has become like this, it is impossible to reconcile.

Jia Min originally thought they would enter the mansion through the side door, but unexpectedly the car passed the main entrance without stopping at the side door, and slowly headed towards the corner door.

Jia Min is familiar with the house, and seeing that she hasn't entered the mansion for so long, she lifts the curtain of the car to take a look, and asks people to stop the car as soon as she sees the scenery outside.

A woman came up to ask, Jia Min said coldly: "When did the side door of Rongguo Mansion change place?"

The mother-in-law was speechless, Jia Min called the steward who came to the Lin Mansion, "Go, find a carriage, let's go back to the Lin Mansion directly, and then send someone to deliver the letter to mother, so as not to wait for us and worry. "

The mother-in-law immediately became anxious, and hurried forward to stop her, "Mrs. Lin, the old lady is still waiting for you and Miss Lin."

Jia Min ignored it, and sneered directly: "Let me and my daughter enter the mansion through the corner gate, why do you still treat us as relatives?"

Jia Min was really angry. Today she took her daughter back to her mother's house in a serious manner. She decided to live in Rongguo Mansion because of Jia's mother's repeated invitations, but she agreed to Rongguo Mansion to treat her like this?She held back her anger when she saw that there were only maidservants on the pier before, but now that she dared to let them enter the corner gate, no matter how good-tempered Jia Min was, she couldn't help it.

Steward Lin also asked people to come forward to protect the carriage, and their Lin family is not the kind of shabby householder who waits to come to the door to fight the autumn wind, so they will be angry if they insult the Lin family like this!

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, a servant girl hurried over, "It can be regarded as catching up!"

The maid bowed to Jia Min, "Mrs. Lin, Miss Lin."

Jia Min looked at the maid, and saw that the maid was still panting, her nose was dripping with sweat, she was well dressed, and the ornaments on her hands and head were not very valuable, but they were somewhat exquisite.

Jia Min understood that this should be a second-class maid, serving in front of her master and occasionally saying a few words.

Jia Min hummed, "Who are you?"

The servant girl replied: "The slave girl's surname is Bai, and her name is Jin Chuan. She serves in front of the second wife on weekdays."

Jia Min snorted, "Then what's the matter with you?"

Jin Chuan said awkwardly: "Going back to Mrs. Lin, before the mansion heard that Mrs. Lin was going to come back with Miss Lin, they were very happy. They were preparing the yard and eating utensils. I didn't expect to lose my head in such a hurry. The carriages and horses were mixed up! Today, the old lady and the second lady counted the time and asked why the person hadn't picked it up, only then did they realize that there was a mistake, and the slaves rushed over."

Jin Chuan turned around and scolded the old lady, "You have been working for so many years, and you don't have any plans at all? What kind of precious people are Mrs. Lin and Miss Lin? How could the old lady let them enter the house through the corner gate? Use your pig's brain to think about it! Today is a coincidence for me, and I haven't entered the mansion yet, otherwise I will have to skin you today!"

The mother-in-law looked annoyed, and stretched out her hand to slap her face, "Look at me, I'm not confused!"

The mother-in-law saluted and apologized to Jia Min again.

Jin Chuan also saluted Jia Min, "I hope Mrs. Lin and Miss Lin are magnanimous. Don't take offense. The old lady in the house has prepared meals and is waiting for Mrs. Lin and Miss Lin."

Jia Min looked at Jin Chuan with a half-smile, "I didn't expect the little maids in the mansion to be more and more capable after not going home for so many years. I would like to ask for this mouth even after hearing it."

Jin Chuan buried his head even lower, "Mrs. Lin is absurd."

Jia Min lowered the car curtain, "Let's go, since mother has prepared meals for us, don't make her wait in a hurry."

Jin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked someone to bring a carriage into the mansion through the side door.

Lin Daiyu held Jia Min's hand worriedly. They had caused so many troubles before entering the mansion, which shows that Rongguo Mansion does not welcome them.

Jia Min couldn't understand her daughter's worry, but no matter how bad Rongguo Mansion was, it was her mother's home.

Jia Min patted Lin Daiyu's hand, "Don't worry, we're just staying here for a while to accompany the old lady, and when your father comes to Beijing, we will also go back to the Lin Mansion."

Lin Ruhai has submitted a memorial to request his resignation, and the emperor has agreed, but it has not been made public, and most people still don't know about it, thinking that Lin Ruhai will continue to be re-elected.

When Jia Min left, Lin Ruhai had already started to rectify his official duties, so that they could be handed over to the successor officials. He would be resigning this year when the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials began. Jia Min came back to Beijing this time to clear up the relationship in advance.

Lin Daiyu hummed, she still had an obedient look on the surface, but inside she was determined not to let the Rongguo Mansion underestimate the Lin family.

The two entered the mansion, got out of the carriage, followed the mother-in-law into the Chuihua Gate, and walked from the Chaoshou corridor to the courtyard where Jiamu now lives.

A few maids in the yard saw them coming and immediately went in to report, and a few others hurriedly helped lift the curtain.

Lin Daiyu went in with her mother, and saw an old woman with silver hair being supported to go out. When she saw them coming in, her eyes turned red, "My Min'er!"

Jia Min hurried forward, "Mother!"

Lin Daiyu thought: This is my grandmother.

Jia's mother hugged Jia Min, "You still know to come back? I'll never see you again in this life!"

Jia Min's eyes were also red, "Mother, my daughter is not filial, she will come back today."

The two cried together, and the maidservants around them also wiped away their tears.

Jia Min coaxed Jia's mother well, and introduced Lin Daiyu to Jia's mother, "Mother, this is my daughter, named Daiyu."

The maid at the side was clever, and immediately put a mat on the ground. Lin Daiyu knelt down and said hello to Jiamu, "Daiyu has met my grandmother."

Mother Jia said yes repeatedly, and helped Daiyu up herself, "Good boy, get up quickly."

Mother Jia looked at Lin Daiyu's appearance carefully, "Her eyebrows and nose follow yours, but her mouth follows her father's."

Someone from the side said: "But we see, sister Lin was carved out of the same mold as my aunt."

Lin Daiyu followed the sound and saw a woman in her 20s who looked like a fairy concubine dressed in gold and silver was looking at them with a smile.

Jiamu's face paled a little, but she still introduced to Daiyu: "This is your sister-in-law."

Daiyu hurriedly saluted, Wang Xifeng stepped forward, "My good sister, I'm looking forward to you. Today, the second girl and the fourth girl almost refused to go to school when they heard that you were coming."

Hearing Wang Xifeng talk about Yingchun and Xichun, Daiyu's eyes lit up a little, and her smile widened, "Is the second sister and fourth sister okay? I wonder when they will be free?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Okay, everything is fine, you don't need to visit them specially, after school is over, they will definitely come and play with you."

Wang Xifeng said again: "Now that you are here, you are not allowed to be restrained. We don't live together on weekdays, so you have to come to play with us frequently."

Lin Daiyu hurriedly nodded and agreed.

Jia Mu said with a smile: "Okay, you can sit down and rest for a while, and let your sister Lin rest too."

Only then did Wang Xifeng sit back down, and Jia Mu introduced Li Wan to Lin Daiyu, "This is your brother Zhu's wife."

Lin Daiyu saluted and said hello.

Li Wan nodded as a response.

Jia Min looked around and asked, "Mother, why don't you see my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law?"

Jia's mother said, "Your second sister-in-law is going to prepare meals. I'll see her later. As for your elder sister-in-law..."

Wang Xifeng took over the conversation with a smile, "My mother couldn't get away from taking care of the children for me. I also wanted to welcome my aunt and sister, but unfortunately I took the lead."

After Jia Min heard this, she began to look at Wang Xifeng seriously. These words sound simple, but it can be seen that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is harmonious.

Mother Jia sat down again with Lin Daiyu, and started talking to Jia Min. After a while, a little maid came to report, "Second Master Bao is here!"