Every Red Mansion dungeon must play the ending of Long Aotian

Now that you have made up your mind, act quickly.

Lin Ruhai was able to hold the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor for three years and finally retired peacefully, so there is no need to go into details about his actions.

Although it was adopted for the sake of their daughters, it was not an easy matter for officials and eunuchs to accept adopted daughters.Xing Xiuyan wants to make a pair of shoes for Lin Ruhai, and Lin Ruhai also invites relatives and friends to be witnesses.

Since Lin Ruhai wanted to keep a distance from Jia's family, he just used the excuse that Jia's family was in mourning, and instead of directly posting the post to Rongguo Mansion, he made a detour, posted a post for Jia Amnesty alone, and invited some of his own friends. Colleagues, friends.

Witnessed by relatives and friends, Xing Xiuyan kowtowed to Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai took the tea from Xing Xiuyan, the shoes made by Xing Xiuyan, gave him a jade pendant, and took Xing Xiuyan to the Lin family's ancestral hall to burn three sticks of incense.

This gift is complete.

In the ancestral hall of the Lin family, Xing Xiuyan kowtowed to the ancestors of the Lin family according to the etiquette, and then passed on the string of Buddhist beads obtained from Master Yiru to Lin Ruhai.

Without him, I only hope that Zen master's lifelong hard work can keep Lin Ruhai's life long.

In fact, apart from the pair of shoes, she didn't need to give Lin Ruhai another gift, such as this string of Buddhist beads.But she always felt that the Buddhist gatha that the Zen master recited at the end had a deep meaning. Now that their Xing family is attached to the Lin family, they only hope that Lin Ruhai can be well and stay in the court for a long time, so that their Xing family can also recite it. Rely on a big tree to enjoy the shade.

Lin Ruhai sighed after hearing about the origin of this string of beads, and patted Xing Xiuyan's head.He didn't believe this, but he still kept the string of Buddhist beads carefully.

Lin Ruhai ate and drank with the men in front, while Xing Xiuyan was sent to the back, staring at Lin Daiyu.From today onwards, the servants of the Lin family will call her Second Miss, but she will call her Sister Lin Daiyu instead. The rules in the Lin family are the same as Lin Daiyu's. Even if she gets married in the future, the Lin family will prepare a dowry for her.

In front of people, Lin Daiyu behaved very well, she did not lose her etiquette and self-cultivation as the eldest lady of the Lin family, but behind her back, she was full of sadness and joy.

Because she knew that Lin Ruhai had already made up her mind to continue.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Lin Ruhai's marriage to be settled - Cheng Shi, the second daughter of the late Taichang Siqing, was eighteen years old.

Mrs. Cheng's original partner, that is, Miss Cheng's biological mother, Fang, had three sons and two daughters successively, and died young at the age of 25 because of frequent births that hurt her health.A year later, Master Cheng married the daughter of an official family as his successor, and gave birth to two more sons.

Whenever a woman gave birth to a son, her heart would naturally be biased. Mr. Cheng originally relied on the support of the original spouse's family, so this family property was mostly the original spouse's dowry.

For the sake of money and the future of their children and grandchildren, the Cheng family doesn't stop much now.Ms. Cheng lost two of her three brothers, and none of them looked ordinary but somewhat unusual—the elder brother was rare in talent, and he passed the examination of scholar early, but he caught wind and cold in the examination room of the township examination, and died. Although he married a wife, he didn't even have a son. His wife returned to her mother's house after three years of filial piety. Now she has been remarried for two years, and she even has a son. The second brother is also diligent in studying, but I don't know why. , Once I went out to a banquet with someone, it fell into the water and disappeared.

Although the Fang family were wealthy businessmen, they did not dare to fight with officials, and could do little for their grandchildren. Instead, the married Miss Cheng and Miss Cheng protected their only younger brother like eyeballs.

The reason for Lin Ruhai to choose Zhong Cheng was, on the one hand, because of her somewhat pungent reputation—according to the information Lin Ruhai had found, the reputation of Second Miss Cheng was quite unavoidable—and on the other hand, it was because of Cheng’s reputation. Three years after her elder sister got married, she gave birth to two sons.

Lin Ruhai is not afraid that his wife is not gentle or knowledgeable enough, but he is afraid that his wife will not be able to stand upright and be manipulated by others, or that she has long been crooked.Since the second Miss Cheng's mother and elder sister are good at giving birth, her character is not bad, and she can protect her family, so why is Lin Ruhai dissatisfied?

Although the Second Miss Cheng had been divorced before, it was because she mourned her father and brother one after another, but the elders in the man's family were seriously ill and rushed to see his new wife, which had nothing to do with her.

Of course, Lin Ruhai's choice of Miss Cheng also has something to do with the fact that Cheng's family is a commoner and they don't get along with their stepmother.

He didn't want his new wife's family to be too complicated, especially now that the imperial court was about to change, and the bride's family was too complicated, which would only bring endless troubles to the Lin family.

Furthermore, the disaster is worse than a married woman.Miss Cheng's elder sister did not marry into an official's family, and the two sisters had a problem with their stepmother. In the future, if there is anything wrong with the stepmother's family, it will be easy to excuse.

Lin Ruhai didn't mind teaching Cheng Jiasaburo by the way.

Lin Ruhai chose this Second Miss Cheng, and this second Miss Cheng, whose boudoir name is Cheng Wanying, was also trying her best to get this marriage done. In order to make this marriage possible, she even used the help of the Fang family to pass through the Fang family's doorway. Send your Geng Tie to the matchmaker of the Lin family.

When the Lin family came to hire, Cheng Wanying was really relieved.

She is already eighteen and has just finished observing her elder brother's filial piety.She knew that if she didn't work hard, God knows what kind of family her stepmother would promise her to!And after she married indiscriminately, it was her stepmother's turn to take care of her only brother.

For the sake of her younger brother and herself, she had to marry into a noble family.

Don't say that Lin Ruhai is fifty now, even if he is eighty, she will marry!Because Lin Ruhai is the servant of the household department and a high-ranking official!A high-ranking official who can let her protect her younger brother!

Not to mention how busy the Lin family and the Fang family will be in the next few days because of this marriage, it is only said that after Mother Jia got the news, she hammered the bed and scolded Lin Ruhai—because Lin Ruhai didn't know about the remarriage at all. Meeting Jia's house—and forcing Jia Lian to pick up Lin Daiyu from Lin's house.

It's her fault that Lin Ruhai knows how to be a bird!

If it wasn't for the sake of opening up the relationship with the Jia family, he wouldn't have gotten married in such a hurry.You know, he will be hired at the end of November, and he will officially marry in the first month of the next year. It will only be three months before and after. Even if he continues to marry, in this day and age, it would be unseemly to rush from engagement to marriage.

Lin Ruhai didn't let Jia Lian see her daughter at all, but directly said that the new mistress of the Lin family was about to enter the house, and Lin Daiyu was also making preparations, so she would not go to Jia's house.

Just sent Jia Lian away.

Xing Xiuyan also does needlework with Lin Daiyu: she is the adopted daughter of the Lin family, and the Lin family will soon have a new mistress, so it is necessary to express.

But who would have thought that in the twelfth lunar month of this year, the emperor suddenly confiscated the harem a few years ago, and Jia Yuanchun also got Fengzao Palace Shangshu, plus the title of Xiande Concubine, the Jia family immediately trembled.It's just that no matter how stupid the members of Jia's family are, they dare not speak out in front of Lin Ruhai, a serious household servant, so the two families are just cold.

Since Lin Ruhai had decided to keep a distance from the Jia family, he would naturally keep the news shut depending on the situation. Therefore, when Xing Xiuyan got news from the Jia family again, it would be after the Cheng family passed through the door and Lin Ruhai returned to the household department after her wedding leave.

But it turned out that before the pen was sealed in the twelfth lunar month last year, the emperor suddenly sealed off the harem, and then the Supreme Emperor made a fuss about it, and there was the will of visiting relatives.

As wealthy businessmen from Shanshan and Shaanxi, the Fang family also wanted to get a share of the family-saving villa project in Beijing, so they came to discuss Cheng's idea.Some people suggested Cheng to use the Lin family's posts, but Cheng didn't dare to call the shots, and he didn't dare to talk to Lin Ruhai easily, so he invited Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan to talk about it.

Because of Cheng's marriage, Xing Xiuyan was sent to Lin's family at the beginning of the year, and she followed Lin Daiyu to welcome her newly born mother-in-law. She was expected to stay until the Dragon Boat Festival after her own birthday, so she heard Cheng's hesitation He said: "Have you heard? The families of the concubines are all building provincial villas now!"

Before Lin Daiyu could react, Xing Xiuyan said:

"Visitor's house? My wife is curious about this?"

"Yes, I heard that this was the last decree last year. It said that it was pity for the ladies who had been away from home for many years, so they asked the ladies to go home to visit their relatives."

Xing Xiuyan snorted and said with a smile: "After all, the royal family is different. Just don't talk about the family of a public official like us, it is an ordinary family. However, any family background will not let others see the faces of their female relatives easily. But in recent years, I always heard that there was a flood in this place and a drought in that place, so the decree must say that if there is another courtyard in the house, you can welcome your mother-in-law back home to visit relatives, but it is not a mandatory order. Then each family began to practice condolences It’s a villa. Excuse me, madam, I wonder if what my daughter said is right?”

When Cheng heard this, he immediately regained his spirits.

She said: "You continue."

"Yes, ma'am. If it's something else, my daughter may not know it, but if it's this, my daughter does know it. Madam, do you want to hear the details?"

"of course."

Xing Xiuyan immediately hinted to the left and right, and Cheng immediately asked the girl to retreat outside the door. Xing Xiuyan said: "Although this matter is unprecedented, but the root cause must be mentioned from the time when the Supreme Emperor was in power."

"The Supreme Emperor?"

"That's right!" Xing Xiuyan said, "The law of this dynasty follows that of the previous dynasty, and the officials' salaries are really meager. Even the foster father's annual salary is only more than two hundred taels of silver plus the corresponding Lumi. How can such a little money be enough?" So, just like the previous dynasty, the Manchu dynasty was full of greed and cruelty in civil and military affairs, and there was no honest official. If the ancestors had a weaker family, especially the Beijing officials, if they had no extra income, they could only go to the treasury to borrow money. The consequence is that all the officials have borrowed money from the national treasury. This is the current situation that Wansui needs to face. My wife must have heard that money is the guts of a person, and although the words are rough, they are not rough. Without money, Wansui can do nothing! Therefore , Long Live has been on the throne for a few years, demanding civil and military officials to return the shortfall, but the result..."

Cheng knew about this.Because if the Cheng family hadn't been for her mother's generous dowry, her family would have been liquidated as well.Her father often talked about it during his lifetime, so she was very impressed.

Cheng suddenly realized: "So, Wansui asked all the empresses to visit their relatives, in fact, to test the bottom of each family?"

Xing Xiuyan replied: "It's not just that. My daughter reckons that Wansui may have prepared mountains, rocks and wood, and is ready to take the opportunity to fill his own pocket."

After all, in this world, you can't do without money.

Thinking about it, Cheng thought it was reasonable, so she sent a letter back in a hurry, reminding Fang's family not to take food from the emperor's mouth and burn themselves.Here, she quietly suggested to Lin Ruhai that she was a lady from the official family in name, but in fact, after her father passed away, their Cheng family came from common people, and she didn't understand many things.I hope that Lin Ruhai can help her find two foster nuns.

Lin Ruhai heard that it was a good idea.

After all, Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan are both ten years old this year, so it's time to learn how to be a housekeeper. Cheng needs to learn, so why don't Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan need to learn?Just in time, in this way, we can uprightly reject Jia Mu's successive sending of people to pick up Lin Daiyu.

Cheng took the opportunity to propose that the Lin family's back garden be used to teach the two children how to be a housekeeper.

She is the mistress of the Lin family, and she is newly married. She takes good care of her small courtyard. First, she will improve her favorability with Lin Ruhai, and she will also clean up her reputation of being aggressive in the past. As for the power of the housekeeper of the Lin family, she is not in a hurry.After all, Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan are girls after all, and they will always get married in the future, so they won't hinder her.On the contrary, if Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan learn the skills of housekeepers well, it will also benefit her reputation.

Lin Ruhai naturally has no objection.