Auntie Lin of the Red Chamber

It was dark on the second day, and the whole Lin Mansion was brightly lit and bustling.Because he was busy preparing to send the young masters of the Lin family to Shen's house for school, and also because Lin Ruhai wanted to open a warehouse to prepare gifts for his nephew and grandchildren.The gift he wanted to give had already been given on the first day when he went to Shen's mansion, so he had to use it in the name of Changtai and his brothers: the meeting gift from the master uncle to the young masters and misses of the Shen family.Changtai and his brothers have been upgraded to be uncles, and they are elders, so they should give gifts to their nephews and nieces.Lin Ruhai also had no choice, he couldn't say to give his senior brother Shuxiu or something, but he couldn't let his senior brother give money to people and money, so he had to adopt a roundabout tactic to get money back from here.

Let me introduce here, Shen Bang has three children, apart from Shen Zhao whom I met earlier, there is also a two and a half year old son and a six month old daughter, all of whom are descendants.For Shen Kuang, there are two sons and daughters, and two sons and daughters.There are seven young masters in the Shen family, Miss Sun, and four young masters in the Lin family. Each of them gave generous gifts, and those from the first generation were even more generous, totaling 28 gifts.Lin Ruhai felt that he could probably make up for his senior brother.While Lin Ruhai was preparing a grand meeting ceremony for his sons, he was both grateful and envious of Ding Xingwang, a member of the Shen family...

During the day yesterday, Wu Jin had already told his sons: They will all go to Shen's residence to study with Uncle Shen.Changtai and the others were really happy at the first time, they had a new companion to play with, and they met yesterday, they are bosom friends who like and appreciate each other.But after a while, I felt a little embarrassed again: Do I still need to send the letter I have already written in my hand...

Wu Jin is a good mother, and soon discovered that her sons seemed to have some small troubles, so she hurried forward to ask, but after asking, she found out that it was such a trivial matter that made people laugh and cry, but she was malicious and didn't give any advice, just Remind them: You can bring small gifts to new friends, new friends and little brothers and sisters...

Changtai and the others became excited again when they received the new news. They put aside the letters with unknown destinations and searched through boxes and cabinets to find their cherished collections. Gifts must be carefully and solemnly...

So when he set off, Lin Ruhai saw seven carriages driving in a row in front of him, feeling a little weak, turned his head to look at Wu Jin and beckoned her to explain.He remembered that he only prepared two carriages as gifts, plus a carriage for his sons, if he added a carriage loaded with clothes and utensils that his sons would bring, then there were only four carriages, then What happened to the three extra carriages?

Wu Jin snapped his fingers and explained to Master Lin: "Although the Shen family has maids who are ready to serve, our Lin family must also have our own maids to go with us. Changtai and his brothers each bring a few, right? There are only four in total, so you need a carriage to send them. Although you have prepared a generous gift, the brothers think that it was prepared by you, the father, and not their own wishes, so they also prepared a gift. You must know that there are kites and other space-occupying things inside, and there are quite a lot of clutter, so in the end, the things they prepared had to take up a carriage. Also, the Shen family prepared a yard for their brothers. , then there must be two housekeepers to look after the yard. When it comes to our young master, Shen's house is not easy to take care of it, so it is better for our family to send out their own people. Lin's second daughter-in-law, Meng Shi, master Brother Nai urged Feng's daughter-in-law, Pei, to be sharp and capable, and steady and reasonable, so I'll let them both go, they need a carriage again."

Lin Ruhai looked at Wu Jin who was narrating the past and the past, and couldn't help but think: Perhaps, women are the most wonderful existences in this world, because they are always changing, and in different environments, they will have different feelings. Appearance, looks so weak, but is so tough.

When he was young, in his eyes, his mother was gentle and docile, but after his father was seriously ill and died, his mother seemed to become stronger all of a sudden, facing all kinds of people with malicious intentions, his mother became so brave and gentle. And spicy.When he was newly married, in his eyes, Jia Min was weak, graceful and innocent, but when he became the director of the family, Jia Min seemed to suddenly become more dignified and shrewd. Added a bit of inseparable melancholy, but it can still be seen that Jia Min is unwilling to give up, and that kind of tenacity is hard for even a big man to match.When I came to Wu Jin, at first acquaintance, I thought she was a young girl who was ignorant and ignorant of the world. After a deeper understanding, I realized that Wu Jinzhi generally knew his duty but was also cute and cute. Now Wu Jin, it seems All of a sudden, she transformed into a dignified, well-supported and well-behaved wife.It seems that they don't need time to transition, and they don't need to be taught and trained. As long as they are placed in that specific position, they can do suitable things...

Lin Ruhai withdrew his thoughts, and faced the seven carriages again, but he had no choice but to drive towards Shen's mansion with the motorcade.Shen Zongyuan asked his teachers and nephews to come over today, but he didn't intend to start the class today, he just set aside time for them to pack their things and adapt to their new life in Shen's residence. It turned out that this decision was really wise.

The young masters of the Lin family are going to live in the Shen residence, this is not like Lin Ruhai brought to visit like the two days ago, this time it is necessary to alert the women in the back house of the Shen residence.The current housekeeper of Shen's mansion is Mrs. Li, the eldest wife of Shen's mansion. Old lady Shen has long since neglected the family affairs. This time, because the nephews her husband cares about are coming this time, she also has a good impression of her husband's younger brother, Lin Ruhai. , so I took my second daughter-in-law, Xiao Su, to meet Zhang Luo with great interest.To clarify, the second wife of Shen's residence is the niece of old lady Shen's natal family, so they are used to be called Xiao Su's.

There is another story here.More than ten years ago, the Su family was dismissed from office and fined money because they were involved in an embezzlement case involving two kings.Since the fine was a huge amount of family wealth, and the positions of the men of the Su family were all rolled up to the end, so after paying off the fine and without any new large income, the Su family soon fell into decline.According to his family background and talents, the little Su family would definitely not be able to match the second son of the Shen family, but there is old Mrs. Su's full support.Old Mrs. Shen felt sorry for her natal family and wanted to pull her natal family back. Although her own brother's family didn't have a suitable girl, it happened that her cousin's family had a young niece, who was now Xiao Su's.It's fine, as long as the Su family can borrow the power of the Shen family for another 20 years, then the Su family can stand up again.

Faced with the plea of ​​his old wife who had been together for 20 years, Shen Zongyuan couldn't say no to it, but it was impossible to get him to agree sincerely, so he had to shirk it on his son, and only said that his second son would be willing.He knew that because the family was defeated, Xiao Su's educational level was just too low to be a blind eye, but because she could make small objects for money, she was very good at practicing a lot.But the second son of his family has dreamed of marrying a talented woman since he knew the difference between men and women.He can be sure that the second son will resolutely resist, and he has already thought about it. Even if the second son resists in a more violent way, he will turn a blind eye and not pursue it.But two days later, the second son came to him and said that he wanted to marry cousin Su.Shen Zongyuan····

Shen Kuang, who was still very immature at the time, was also very helpless and internally hurt: the old lady cried with snot and tears, and said that she was just doing her filial piety for her mother...

Shen Kuang is a kind and filial son, even if he doesn't like Cousin Su, he can only nod in agreement.Shen Kuang burst into tears: What else can I do, my father can't bear it, so why should he be charged with "unfilial piety".What's more, he has already thought about it, even if he can no longer expect a talented wife to add beauty to his sleeves, he can definitely take a beautiful concubine...

So even though the Shen family did not advocate taking concubines, Shen Kuang still accepted three concubines at one go, and also accepted a concubine Ji from a colleague a few years ago.Shen Zongyuan and Mrs. Shen also had no choice but to...

Xiao Su also has her own knack for survival.She understands that she doesn't please her husband because of something that cannot be corrected in this life, so she simply doesn't wait here for her husband, instead she goes to serve her mother-in-law and cousin, and she is also respectful, considerate and docile to her sister-in-law and sister-in-law .Old Mrs. Shen also loves her. Seeing that she is so knowledgeable and filial, she is even more satisfied with her, so she takes care of her and helps her a lot in life.So even though Shen Kuang loved his younger wife more, he still had a son and a daughter with his eldest wife.

Mrs. Shen is also satisfied with the politeness and peace of her younger siblings, especially not relying on the closer relationship with her mother-in-law to compete with her.So after returning to his small home, when chatting with his husband, he spoke nice words for his younger siblings.After a few times, Young Master Shen's affection for this ordinary younger brother and sister naturally increased a lot.When I arrived at Shen Zongyuan's place, although there were only a few face-to-face contacts, my wife said yes, and the eldest son and daughter-in-law also agreed. Looking back on the few times we met, Xiao Su was indeed respectful and considerate, and he was born to Xiao Su in front of him. His second grandson is well-behaved and sensible, and his impression of his dissatisfied second daughter-in-law has improved a lot.Since then, even though Xiao Su, who is still not loved by her husband, has gained a firm foothold in the Shen family through her own hard work.

Shen Zongyuan was a little unhappy when he saw that his junior brother gave such a heavy gift to his grandchildren, but he could understand his junior brother's thoughts, so he simply accepted it.What's more, although these things seem to be many, they are nothing to the Lin family.Even if he didn't calculate carefully, he knew that his junior brother's family wealth was only a lot more than that of his Shen family.Compared with Shen Zongyuan, Mrs. Shen and the others had a slightly distant relationship with the Lin family. Although Mrs. Shen valued and loved them, they were not distressed and subsidized property, but the Lin family knew etiquette and fun, so they were naturally happier.Therefore, the whole Shen family treated the young masters of the Lin family with more care and kindness.

After making arrangements for the sons, and leaving the sons in the Shen Mansion to adapt to the environment, and making an appointment to pick them up before evening, Lin Ruhai said goodbye and left, and he still had to complete his trip of visiting relatives and friends.