Every Red Mansion dungeon must play the ending of Long Aotian

These days, whether a family is prosperous or not depends on the heirs on the one hand. The descendants are prosperous, so it is naturally prosperous. On the other hand, it depends on the marriage, especially the marriage of the daughters in the family. .

If the Jia family occupies the former, then the Lin and Xing families occupy the latter.This year only entered the first month, and there was a thick pile of posts sent to the Lin family and the Xing family, all of which invited Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Xing to visit, and specifically stated that they would bring Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan.

In fact, it's just to see each other.

Although both the Lin family and the Xing family said that the children were young and wanted to stay for two more years, this did not prevent the families from seeing each other.

In contrast, the Jia family and the Wang family were not as lively.

It can even be said that it is deserted!

How can the impact of Wang Xifeng's rebellious words be clearly stated in a few sentences?Not to mention the old Jia Yingchun, even Wang Xiluan, Wang Ziteng's daughter-in-law, has become a slow seller in the marriage market.

Wang Xiluan, Wang Ziteng's daughter, is better than Wang Xifeng. Jia Yuanchun only reached the age of Ji when she visited her relatives, and she is as old as Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun, even though the month is younger than Xue Baochai, and she is eighteen this year.

Although it was the same year as Jia Yuanchun, Wang Ziteng was promoted secretly from the Beijing camp and made this position into a nine-province inspector, but he is a high-ranking official after all, and there are many people who want to marry his daughter. up.

Wang Ziteng also insisted on his identity, and was not in a hurry to get his daughter engaged and married. He originally planned to spend two years on the pick and choose, and then make a decision after his daughter turned seventeen. Find yourself a good ally.

What Wang Ziteng never expected was that, firstly, he was caught in a national funeral and could not discuss relatives, and secondly, Wang Xifeng would say such a thing!And it was in front of the maids and maids and servants all over the yard!

Compared with Mrs. Wang's reputation of benevolence cultivated over the years, Wang Xifeng's strictness has never been popular, and the people below have long complained.Not to mention that the Jia family is well-known in Beijing for its fierce internal fighting!Under the impetus of caring people, this word has been spread long ago, and everyone who should know knows it.

Who would dare to marry the daughter of the Wang family now? !

It is certainly wrong for Wang Xifeng to say such words, but it is not wrong for Mrs. Wang of the Jia family not to take measures in time to let such words spread out?

No matter whether it is Wang Ziteng and his wife who are openly and covertly not raising Wang Xifeng well, or the family education of the Wang family's daughter has always been like this, in short, Wang Xiluan, Wang Ziteng's daughter, is no longer interested in the marriage market!

Not only in the marriage of children, but also in other aspects.

After the national funeral was over, Jia's family became neglected, and there was no good sign from the first month of this year.Compared with the year when Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, there was a lot of traffic in front of Jia's house, officials from all walks of life lined up to send filial piety, and ordinary people came to vote with their family fortunes, but this year, there were very few people, and only one official from Lingnan came to give gifts.

On the contrary, it was the Lin family and the Xing family, there was a lot of traffic at the door, and even Xing Xiuyan received a box of jewelry.

Xing Xiuyan didn't dare to accept it hastily, so he could only offer it to Lin Ruhai to have a look.

Lin Ruhai took it over and took a look. It was the small box of huanghuali that is usually used to hold tea leaves. It was just the capacity of one or two tea leaves. The small diamonds are packed full of brilliance.As long as you pour it out and take a closer look, you will know that these stones are probably not the top quality gemstones like glass, they are also small in size, but they are second-class.

Lin Ruhai said: "This stone is quite ordinary, it is just for you little girls to play with. This official just used quantity to make up for the lack of quality. Although it is rich, it is not out of the ordinary. Just accept it. It is not good to make head jewelry Some, but it’s good to play some ordinary gadgets, or play with them yourself or keep them for others.”

In other words, there is no hindrance.

Xing Xiuyan was relieved when he heard about it.

She laughed and said, "It's the first time I have received so many gems, but it shocked me!"

Lin Ruhai said: "Don't worry, even girls from rich families in the suburbs of Beijing have one or two sets of jewelry made of this kind of jewelry. It's okay."

Xing Xiuyan said: "The adoptive father has said so, so the daughter is at ease. There is only one thing, the daughter has always been worried."

"what's up?"

"My daughter heard that the weather in Henan is a little bit wrong now that it's February this year. It didn't rain at all."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he slammed and stood up.

Of course he knew what that meant.

If it doesn't rain all the time, it means that this year the Central Plains will experience a severe drought that has never happened in a century, and this kind of severe drought is often accompanied by locust plagues!

Seeing Lin Ruhai like this, Mrs. Cheng said: "Now it's only March, and it should be the peach blossom season. It's not easy to exchange such news. I'm afraid it hasn't reached the capital yet."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "March [-]rd, peach blossom flood. It should have come long ago."

After receiving such news, how could Lin Ruhai sit still?He immediately sent his servants to other provinces to inquire about news, and stayed up all night in the study, digging out all the residence newspapers and studying them.

Two days later, Lin Ruhai, as the head of the Lin family, issued a series of orders: This year, the Lin family's Zhuangzi along the Haihe River and Jinxi River will no longer grow rice, but will instead plant sweet potatoes, even the seedlings that have already been planted will be pulled out, and sweet potatoes will be planted instead. .He also asked the head of the farm below to train the farmers and tenants to prevent the hungry people from attacking the manor.

The hungry people are so hungry that they even eat people, let alone others!

This is true for the Lin family, let alone the Xing family.

The Xing family is cheaper than the Lin family.

Unlike the Lin family, the Xing family does not have so many fields, and Xing Zhong has always planned to use sweet potatoes to make wine. Food cannot be sold at a price, but spirits can be exchanged for cattle and sheep from the grassland. Therefore, all the Xing family's Zhuangzi grows are Sweet potatoes, even under the rule of Xing Zhong's Boling Mansion, and under Xing Zhong's compulsion, sweet potatoes were planted wherever they could be grown.

The breeding of poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks and pigs is encouraged within the sphere of influence of the Lin family and the Xing family.

Among other things, when Xing Zhong was the magistrate of Jing County last year, the people in Gyeonggi could see the changes under his rule. Therefore, when the Boling Mansion issued an order, the people followed suit.

They don't know that a large-scale locust plague may break out this year, but they know that raising more chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock will have a very significant impact on improving their lives.

As for Mrs. Cheng, she had already sent a letter to the Fang family.

For those who are drunk and dreaming of life, this day passes quickly.But in the blink of an eye, April 26 came again.Jia Baoyu is 15 years old and has grown up.He is the phoenix egg of the Jia family, and the Jia family naturally attaches great importance to his 15th birthday, posting posts everywhere, inviting relatives and friends from all walks of life, even Jia Cong's examination in the examination room can't compare.

But neither the Lin family nor the Xing family answered.

The Cheng family directly said that they had given birth, but the Xing family simply said that the third aunt of the Xing family was getting married soon, and that Xing Xiuyan had no time to help her mother. Both families sent congratulatory gifts, but none of them disappeared. Mrs. Zhen, who came to visit Jia's house again in Beijing, was very disappointed.

Mrs. Zhen's family knew very well that both Lin Ruhai and Xing Zhong were celebrities in front of the emperor, and with the help of these two, the possibility of her daughter entering the palace would be greatly increased.

But now, she can only return disappointed, and then contact the four kings and eight princes and other relatives and friends to find a way to send her daughter to the palace.

Don't mention the lawsuits behind the scenes of the Jia family and the Zhen family, let's talk about the Xing family.

The Xing family was busy buying the dowry for the third aunt of the Xing family, so Xing Xiuyan must help watch over the affairs of the village, so Xing Xiuyan knew that since mid-April, there have been refugees from Shandong and Henan in the village one after another.

Both the Lin family and the Xing family tried their best to find ways to resettle these refugees, for example, cleaning up river ponds, building water conservancy facilities and so on.

Xing Xiuyan didn't hide it anymore.

She directly took out the earth and cement formula.Nothing else, this thing can be used to prevent leakage when building ditches, and it doesn't consume food as much as compound soil!Repairing water conservancy in this season can not only absorb a lot of labor, but also make plans for the coming year!

There are concrete recipes, Xing Zhong, the prefect of Boling, is in charge of specific affairs, and Lin Ruhai will help to check for leaks and fill in the gaps, whether it is to listen to the sky, or to contact relatives and friends to help together, the resources and connections of the Lin family as a century-old family have finally been displayed in Xing Xiuyan in front of.

However, there are always a few guys who don't understand the general situation in this court.And under the imperial court, how can the few enlightened families like the Lin family and the power of a few state capitals like Boling Mansion accommodate the hungry people in Henan and Shandong provinces? !

mid-June,

Reports arrived from residences in Henan and Shandong, and the plague of locusts finally came.

Do not,

Perhaps the word "final" should not be used. It should be said that the locust plague had already come, but by the end of May and the beginning of June, the scale of the locust plague and the scale of the victims' flight could no longer be covered up, so they could only be reported to the court.

Immediately afterwards, the booklet of the governor of Shanshan and Shaanxi was also sent to Beijing:

The locust plague has spread to the Shanshan area!

It's fine in other places, but the ecosystem in the Loess Plateau is inherently weak, how can it withstand the tossing of locust plagues? !

Immediately afterwards, the booklet of the governor of the Lianghuai River also arrived, and it turned out that the Lianghuai River Basin was also plagued by locusts!

The court shook!

You must know that the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin have been important grain production areas in China since ancient times!If these two places are plagued by locusts!It is tantamount to shaking the country!

Right now, we can only hope that the food in Shuzhong and Huguang can be supplied.

But in Xing Xiuyan's view, after all, it's a drop in the bucket!

At this time, news came from the Jia family, saying that Jia Amnesty lost his temper and cut off one of Jia Lian's legs. Can serve the sick.

When she heard the news, Xing's wife was so frightened that she dropped her teacup:

"This, this, what a big deal! To make brother-in-law so angry?!"

Xing Xiuyan said, "Have you notified the adoptive father's family?"

Wang Shanbao's family quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Naturally, I also notified Mrs. Lin's family."

Xing Xiuyan thought for a while, then got up immediately: "Come on, prepare the car, I'm going to my adoptive father's house."

The faces of Wang Shanbao's family immediately changed: "My cousin, our wife wants to invite..."

"I know why my aunt sent you here. But I have been in Beijing for the past few years. Although my aunt doesn't go out very often, I usually hug a girl to play with antiques at most, but in terms of behavior, how can my aunt be worse than that?! You I have been with my aunt for so many years, look at my aunt, is he such a confused person? If there is no other reason, my aunt would lose his temper and even break my cousin's leg abruptly?"

As Mrs. Xing's accompanying room, how can Wang Shanbao's family dare to say that Jia Amnesty is not?

Although she was full of complaints, she still could only bow her head submissively.

Looking at her appearance, Xing Xiuyan understood seven or eight points in her heart.

She said: "Mother Wang, don't think that my words are not nice. I usually see what you do in your house. On the surface, it looks like a brocade, but in private it is a bad debt! Don't say anything else, It's just you people, just looking at a concubine over there, and it's like a raging fire cooking oil, you think that it must be good. But you also look up! That concubine has been enshrined for several years, she But an egg hatched! If she has a royal heir in front of her, even if it's not a prince but a little princess, you can hold it. But what is there in front of her?! Anyone who has been in the palace probably knows, She is just a bright face! In fact, she is a rafter in her early years! Don't say that I am ugly! You just count, how many eunuchs have gone to your mansion to beat the autumn wind in the past two years! As long as she is a person, those The eunuchs would insult you so much and treat your house as their own warehouse?!"