Auntie Lin of the Red Chamber

When the Jia family received Lin Ruhai's invitation, they treated it very seriously.The two masters of the Jia family, one is empty, has a title, lives at home and can only hold a concubine, and the other is squatting in the position of a member of the fifth-grade industry for more than ten years and never moves. No one is better than this sister-in-law. Those who are officials, and still in the heart of the emperor, were transferred from the local officials who were released to the center of the capital by the emperor's personal decree.Although it is a transfer at the same level, it is already a kind of promotion from the periphery to the center.So after receiving the greeting card the night before, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng's two brothers who were at odds with each other, and they gathered at Jia's mother to discuss the matter.

Mother Jia already knew from her daughter Jia Min's letter that Lin Ruhai was coming, and she also knew that she had brought four concubine sons and the concubine's biological mother.For Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law, Jia's mother is satisfied. Not only is he gentle and elegant, he is also very good at being an official, and he also treats the Jia family, the in-laws, very kindly.As far as her daughter's heavy boxing gift is concerned, the average son-in-law has long been unhappy.But Lin Ruhai didn't care at all, otherwise Jia Min wouldn't have given back such a heavy gift for more than ten years.From this point of view, Lin Ruhai's son-in-law is really rare.It's just that Mother Jia's only regret is that Lin Ruhai's four sons were not born with her own daughter.Fortunately, there is almost no such regret now. The daughter is already pregnant. Even if the child is a girl, it doesn’t matter. Jia Min can have both the first child and the second child. Anyway, it has been proved that she is fertile. .

Mother Jia flipped through the greeting card in her hand, looked at the words "bringing children together", pondered over and over again, and finally decided that, when treating Lin Ruhai, the Jia family would of course treat Lin Ruhai with respect as if they were honored guests, and treat the concubines of the Lin family without looking Let's look at the face of the Buddha in the face of the monk. Jia's family is kind and welcomes guests like home.

The next day, the Jia family opened the front door for the rare occasion.When Lin Ruhai and his sons arrived at the door of Jia's house, Jia Zheng was already standing there waiting, Lin Ruhai hurriedly got off his horse and went up to meet him. The two of them went up to meet their uncle after some formalities, and asked the sons to come up to see their uncle. Just entered the door.Lin Ruhai has a good impression of this second uncle, he is a scholar, although he is only a scholar, but according to his eldest wife, he has been studying at home until now, and he seems to be a decent person, and he is still worried about his arrival. Treating each other warmly, Lin Ruhai's words became more friendly.

Jia She felt that he was also a first-class general of the third rank. Although this sister-in-law was more talented and had more official luck, he was still a sister-in-law after all. How could he let his brother-in-law go to greet him in person? Go ahead and be courteous to that five-rank fake, anyway, is his official position low...

Jia Mu is now completely disappointed and desperate for this eldest son who is obsessed with wine and sex, who is obsessed with obsession with obsession.Instead of looking at the old man whose body had been hollowed out by wine and sex, he turned his head and pulled the eldest grandson who was standing beside him to his side, and confessed: "Pearl, you have to behave well, you know, you, Uncle Lin, are very good at it." Talented, you were hand-picked Tanhua back then, next year you will take the Children's Examination, although you are already familiar with poetry and books and have confidence in the academy examination, but if you can let Uncle Lin give you some pointers, maybe you will be able to win the first place in the case Woolen cloth".

Jia Zhu, who is 13 years old, is already a young man. Because of the education of playing small poems and books, his green and immature body also has a bookish temperament, and he is cute and cute when he looks at it.Before coming here, he had been severely admonished by his father, Jia Zheng. Now, when he heard the explanation from his grandmother, he was extremely curious about this Uncle Lin, whom he had never met. Fortunately, he would meet him soon, so he hurried forward and bowed. should be.

Mother Jia touched the head of her well-behaved grandson, feeling very relieved in her heart, and then she thought: Zhuer has a talent for reading, and Baoyu, although she is young and can't see anything, is born with visions, so there must be blessings in the future. The two go hand in hand in the court, and I believe that the Jia family will repeat their glory.It's just that before that, the capable son-in-law of the Lin family is needed to assist.Who knows who raised the son, and Mother Jia also knows her two sons well. The eldest son is confirmed to be a waste, and the second son has been backed by the big tree of the four major families for more than ten years. It has not been able to take a step up. Don't count on anything.

On the other hand, Madam Wang was very entangled.She didn't like that sister-in-law Jia Min, very disliked, even disgusted.Of course, she also knew that Jia Min didn't like her either.To talk about the discord between the two, it started not only when she was Jia's wife, but also earlier, as early as the boudoir period when she was a child.

The same four princes and eight males have known each other since they were young.And because of the closer relationship between Jia Shi and Wang Xue, the Wang family and the Jia family are also very close, and they often participate in many important and small activities together.Such occasions where the female relatives gather, it is natural to compare the girls of each family, and they are often compared together as the eldest daughter of the family.However, the education of the girls in the Wang family and the Jia family, from the goal to the goal, not to mention very different, sometimes the methods are opposite.

The female family members of the Wang family enveloped that "a woman is virtuous without talent", so as the eldest daughter of the Wang family, all the books she read were nothing more than the Three Character Classic and Biographies of Lie Nu. Difficulties.And Jia Min, the eldest daughter of the Jia family, is well-read and talented, and can write poems, songs and Fu at her fingertips.Often among a bunch of girls, Jia Min stands out from the crowd.Of course, the crane is Jia Min.This made the eldest daughter of the Wang family who had a high self-esteem unhappy.

What's more, Jia Min's appearance is also beautiful and beautiful, and she is also refined, and her appearance is also graceful and charming.As for her, she has a face like a silver basin and a plump body. Although people praise her for being dignified and beautiful, she understands that compared to her beauty, she still loses to Jia Min.

Talent and beauty can't be compared, that's all, what's more annoying is that the status of pets in the family can't be compared.Jia Min was regarded as the apple of the eye by the Jia family, and was held in high esteem. Although she had the title of the eldest daughter of the Wang family, she was worth nothing in the Wang family.Jia Min is the old daughter of Duke Rong and Mrs. Shi, and the only legitimate daughter. She has been honored and favored since she was born, and she is loved like a treasure.As for her, she has two older brothers and a younger sister. Her father valued her two sons more, and her mother valued her eldest son, Wang Zisheng. The second elder brother, Wang Ziteng, worked hard. To be favored is also to get the mother's attention.

When it comes to getting married, she is Jia's wife, and Jia Min is the girl of Jia's family. She has to serve her sister-in-law.With Jia Min's picky and pampered character, she was miserable every time she was tossed, and she burst into tears.Later, Jia Min finally got married too. She married Tanhualang from Zhongding's family and the only son of the Lin family. He became the housekeeper's wife as soon as he entered the house.She married the second son of the Jia family. Even though her husband is more loved by her parents-in-law, she is still overwhelmed by her elder sister-in-law.Today's house-filling sister-in-law doesn't have a high family background, but she is still a first-rank imperial man, and she is still a fifth-rank pleasant.Although she lived in the Rongxi Hall and was the housekeeper's wife of Jia's family, her name was not right and she couldn't even stand up and say it.Jia Min's husband not only reads well, but also rises step by step as an official.Her husband said how good she was at reading, she was a scholar and worked for relatives in Jinling, and she was too good at being an official.

The only thing that can comfort her is that Jia Min has no children, but she has two sons and a daughter, all of whom are smart and lucky, and all of them are loved and cared for by Jia's mother.Because of this consolation, the heart that has been twisted and tangled for many years is slowly soothed.But now, Jia Min's husband is about to visit, but her eldest son wants to pray for the kindness of Lin's uncle to teach him a thing or two.Mrs. Wang's heart, which had been flattened, began to struggle again.She felt that she had lost to Jia Min again.Sometimes, Mrs. Wang would also think that maybe Jia Min and her, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, were the nemesis.

No matter how entangled and angry Madam Wang was, when Lin Ruhai arrived, she had to get up and hide in the cubicle.

Lin Ruhai has come all the way, how should I put it, I am a little disappointed.Not to mention that Jia Zheng was full of rote and rote, it made people laugh and cry, even the maids and attendants covered in silk and satin who came and went had flashy eyes, and they didn't look so well-behaved, and this was the servant of the master's house, so it can be seen that Jia The rules of the house are so loose.

I was led to the study room outside, and when I saw my brother-in-law, I was shocked by the age of this brother-in-law who I hadn't seen for many years. What happened to this man, he was only in his early forties, why did he look like He can be his father.So Lin Ruhai's politeness added a bit of condolences. Jia She only felt that his sister-in-law was very gentle and amiable, and his attitude towards him was also like a spring breeze. Knowing that I am the head of the Jia family, so what if you go to greet me in person, you just want to be affectionate to me.Jia Zheng bowed his head in silence...

Lin Ruhai asked his sons to come forward to see the uncle again.Because Jia Amnesty was in a good mood, he not only gave the meeting gift he had prepared in advance, but also took out a foreign gold watch from his pocket, and found a sapphire, a jade chime, and a jade ruyi handle from his body. Give Brother Lin Yan four.Lin Ruhai was surprised, not because of Jia She's generosity, but why Jia She found it first from his body. Isn't this the outer study of Rongxitang, his study?Immediately Lin Ruhai had the answer, it was indeed not, it belonged to Jia Zheng.Because Jia Zheng watched his elder brother suddenly increase the gifts, he had to thicken the meeting gift accordingly, but he took it directly from the antique shelf in the study.Lin Ruhai had to come to an unimaginable conclusion, that is, Jia's parents and children were confused, and Jia Zheng stole the court.

Lin Ruhai looked at the upright second uncle in front of him, a little puzzled and a little unbelievable.What happened to the Jia family, and what happened to you, Jia Zheng?Have you lost your reputation?Don't you want to be an official?No wonder you haven't been promoted in your official position for more than ten years. It turns out that it's not just a matter of ability.He was wondering before, that Jia Zheng was not capable enough, but he could be raised a few steps just by his qualifications, and with the support of veteran nobles behind him, no one dared to press him for ten years, right? , the original root is here.

Although Jia Zheng's matter was boring and he didn't bring it up on the table, the capital city is not big, especially in the upper circles. Everyone will know what's going on soon.You yourself are not upright, you have problems with your character, how do you expect others to appreciate you?Value you?