[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Not long after General Shenwu's birthday banquet ended, Jia Min held several more banquets. After several choices, most of the unsuitable girls were eliminated, leaving only four.

One is a girl from the Xungui family, but his family title is coming to an end soon, and he is planning to transform the family. The girls in the family are also literate since childhood. As for not being able to speak together;

One is a girl from Guozijianji Restaurant. She has been known for her talents and looks since she first attended the banquet, which is also helpful for Guiling's future;

The daughter of an old friend of Lin Ruhai, she is good-looking and can read and write. The brothers in the family are also successful. The only problem is that this old friend has a relatively low official position and is not considered a good match;

The last one who met Guiling was the older sister of Zhou Xin, his childhood friend.

Speaking of Zhou Xin's elder sister, no matter her family background, talent, appearance or figure, she is also good at everything, as long as she has been in contact with her, no one will say anything bad about her.

But her marriage is still in jeopardy.

The Zhou family had originally intended to marry the Lin family. When Guiling returned to Beijing for the exam, the Zhou family and his wife tried to open their mouths, but they were rejected by the Lin Liu siblings on the grounds that they did not pass the Jinshi exam and would not consider starting a family.

Afterwards, Mr. Zhou was appointed as a foreigner, and Guiling went to Gusu for the exam, and they separated like this.

It has been three years since we last met.

Mr. Zhou got the news that Lin's parents were choosing their daughter-in-law almost as soon as he returned to Beijing. Even if he asked his wife to hand over the greeting card, every banquet of the Lin family would bring his daughter with him.

Jia Min is not stupid, after two times he understood what the Zhou family meant.

According to her thinking, the girl from the Zhou family is really good. The Lin family and the Zhou family have two adults and two children, and they are closer than others. When choosing a future daughter-in-law, Jia Min will naturally be more biased. familiar person.

Lin Liu and Guiling looked at each other, and wanted to say something——

During the two months together on the boat three years ago, the two siblings had a clear understanding of Mrs. Zhou's temperament. It could be said that as long as Mrs. Zhou survived, big trouble would arise sooner or later.

Because of this, both of them felt that Zhou's parents and daughters were not good candidates for marriage.

But at the same time, the two of them knew very well that Zhou's parents and daughter were very nice girls.Gentle and demure, considerate, with outstanding appearance and talent.

From a personal point of view, this is another very good candidate for marriage.

You can't directly deny Miss Zhou just because of Mrs. Zhou, right?After Lin Liu struggled for a while, she looked directly at Guiling and let him make up his own mind.

Guiling thought about the other three girls that his mother had mentioned——

He doesn't know them all.Moreover, these introductions are more biased towards family background, appearance and talent, but they don't know their personality at all.In contrast, it was Zhou's parents and daughter who made him feel closer.

Thinking that his mother would not make a decision for a while, he frowned, but still didn't say much.

If in the end, the mother still chooses Miss Zhou, it can only show that the two are destined, even if they get married, it doesn't matter, the big deal is to let the other party have less contact with the Zhou family in the future.

But never thought that Lin Ruhai, who had been keeping silent all this time, would speak directly and exclude the girl from the Zhou family from the waiting list.The reason for the refusal was not Mrs. Zhou, but Lord Zhou.

"I just found out some time ago that Mr. Zhou is actually working for the Supreme Emperor." Lin Ruhai frowned, "The reason for his foreign appointment for the past three years was to go to the south of the Yangtze River and find a few places where he can dry salt for the Supreme Emperor, so as to continue to provide the extravagant life of the Supreme Emperor .”

Although salt is cheaper, there are more people selling salt.

With small profits but quick turnover, the money the imperial court earned from selling salt every year was several times higher than the tax money collected by the previous salt government.

If the Supreme Emperor can really find a place to dry salt outside the control of the imperial court, and only provide him with a luxurious life alone, it is not impossible.

But it is a pity that after the promotion of the Salt Field Law, even if the imperial court did not find tidal flats that could be used to dry salt for a while, ordinary people would occupy the place to dry salt——

If the court did not find out, they would dry the salt and eat it themselves, and then sell some to improve their lives; if the court found out, they would hand it over directly and get a sum of money.

So now all over the country, the places suitable for drying salt are basically only a few corners, which are not suitable for large-scale drying of salt and small tidal flats that are not suitable for management.

In such a place, even if you can dry salt, you won't be able to produce much salt if you work hard. It's just a few hard-earned money.

So after going out for three years, Mr. Zhou almost returned empty-handed.

Because of this, Mr. Zhou almost couldn't come back after three years as a foreigner.

If he hadn't searched all over the relationship between the DPRK and China, the Zhou family would probably still be working as officials in other places.But if he wants others to help him, he always has to explain what his ex-post is doing, and why he can't come back after three years, right?

So Master Zhou's secret of working for the Supreme Emperor was just exposed.

Regardless of his private background, Lin Ruhai is still a member of the emperor, so he naturally has to be clearly separated from the officials of the emperor's line.It's nothing more than the in-law relationship before taking refuge in the emperor, but now he is reused by the emperor, and he is also married to an official of the emperor's line...

Are you stupid to be the emperor?

So this marriage cannot be concluded.

Jia Min was a little disappointed: "I have been in contact with several girls before, and this Miss Zhou has the best personality among the girls."

Why is the Zhou family on the side of the Supreme Emperor?

Lin Liu and Gui Ling looked at each other, they were relieved to think that they don't need to contact Mrs. Zhou.

So there were only three candidates for Guiling's fiancée.

I thought that as long as there were one or two more banquets, one of the three girls would be finalized, and then the marriage would be settled directly. Who would have imagined that Chen Yaojin would be killed halfway——

At the banquet afterwards, Princess Zhongshun suddenly appeared and showed considerable enthusiasm for Jia Min.The most important thing is that she even mentioned the princess who went to school in the palace in her speech, and she had a very obvious idea of ​​marriage.

Jia Min was taken aback, and before he could tell Lin Ruhai about the matter, the family with the worst background among the three families who were originally interested in Guiling made a cryptic apology at the banquet and chose to withdraw.

Not everyone has the guts to compete with the prince's daughter for the title.

Jia Min: "..."

Although she understood the other party's choice, the incident caused by Princess Zhongshun still took Jia Min's breath away, and she turned around and told Lin Ruhai about it.

Lin Ruhai had no idea of ​​marrying the royal family, and after hearing about it, she also had a displeased expression on her face: "Before the concubine makes it clear, you should hurry up and settle the marriage, it's best to get engaged directly, so that even if the concubine Zhongshun has an idea, she can only do so." give up."

Princess Zhongshun's daughter is the princess, so she doesn't have to worry about marrying at all. As long as Guiling is engaged, she won't be rushed and insists on marrying the Lin family.

Jia Min listened to Lin Ruhai's words, and when he returned home, he began to have people investigate the temperament of the remaining two girls in private.Although the investigation time is short, there may be some omissions, but generally there will be no mistakes.

Among the two girls, Jia Min finally chose the daughter of Xungui's family.

Xu, the daughter of Guozijian Ji Restaurant, was raised a little rigid because of her strict family education. Although Guiling's temperament has become much calmer after entering the court and becoming an official, she is still a lively child at heart, so the two are not suitable.

Both families wanted to get married, so they quickly decided on the date of Na Cai.

Jia Min invited his own handkerchief from the past to be a matchmaker, and successfully settled the names of the two children.

After the news of the two families' engagement spread, Prince Zhongshun's family did not take any action.

Jia Min was very relieved.

After Na Cai, when the two wives were talking, the other party revealed that they wanted to keep their daughter at home for a few more years, and wanted to wait a year or two before getting married.

Jia Min has two daughters of her own, so she naturally understood the other party's request, so after checking Huang Daoji's date, she directly postponed the date of asking Ming and Najib to next summer.

The woman's family was very happy, and their attitude became more and more enthusiastic when they saw Jia Min again.

Gui Ling was originally a young man who hadn't opened his heart, but because he was led by Ji Song, his future brother-in-law, he didn't know what to do after getting engaged.

So he followed suit, if he came across any interesting little things when he went out, he would buy a copy, and then someone would give it to his fiancée who he had only met from a distance.

……

Soon, it was New Year's Eve.

With Lin Ruhai's current official rank, everyone in the Lin family will go to the palace for a banquet.

Lin Ruhai, Guiling and his sons all put on official uniforms, and Jia Min also put on her first-grade overcoat. Even the two sisters, Lin and Liu, also put on new clothes, not daring to slack off.

The whole family took two carriages and entered the palace not long after.

It's cold in winter, and the lard in the food congeals into lumps not long after the food is put out, which makes people feel unappetizing just looking at it, let alone eating it.

Fortunately, the Lin family had already made preparations and had a meal before entering the palace to fill their stomachs.

Otherwise, if you enter the palace hungry, but you can only look at the pair of delicacies in front of you and can't eat your chopsticks, you may not be in a good mood that night.

After the palace banquet was over, it was getting late, and the Lin family went back to their homes as soon as they stepped into the gate of the Lin family. After washing up, they fell asleep on the bed.

The Lin family is like this, and the Shenwu General's Mansion doesn't give in too much.

But there is one exception -

After Ji Song returned to his room, not only did he not fall asleep, but he went directly to the desk, picked up the carving knife and continued to carve the woodcarving that he had completed most of.

It happened that Feng Ziying was very energetic and couldn't fall asleep after returning to the room to wash, so she simply wrapped herself in a big cloak and ran directly to Ji Song's yard next door.

After the maid opened the door, Feng Ziying rushed into the room without giving the maid a chance to report.

Ji Song was engrossed in carving, but he didn't notice anyone coming in.

Feng Ziying didn't make any noise at all, she just sat opposite Ji Song and watched him sculpt.

The gift has been formed, it is two wolves snuggling up to each other.The tenderness and tenderness flowing between the two wolves is mighty and powerful, with smooth muscles and fine hair. It really makes people feel tempted just by looking at it, and want to store it up and play with it every day.

But because she couldn't see the male and female, Feng Ziying regarded the two wolves as brothers.He also thought affectionately: This must be carved by his elder brother and given to himself as a New Year's gift.

With this in mind, even if Ji Song was doing one of the most boring jobs in the world, Feng Ziying would still concentrate on watching, and would not even blink his eyes.

When the watchman rang the midnight clapper, Ji Song's ornaments finally took shape.

He twisted his neck a few times, stretched his waist, and when he raised his head, he met Feng Ziying's burning eyes.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, and asked in doubt, "When did you come here?"

Feng Ziying chuckled: "I couldn't sleep after washing up, so I just came over to look for my eldest brother."

Hearing the title "Big Brother" come out of Feng Ziying's mouth for the first time, Ji Song didn't feel moved, but subconsciously shuddered: "What's wrong with your brain? Why is your tone so greasy?"

Feng Ziying wanted to roll her eyes at first, but when she caught sight of the wolf ornament from the corner of her eye, she finally restrained her impulse and said softly: "I don't think it's too hard for my brother to not rest all night, but to prepare a New Year's gift for me. So I want to say something nice to make you happy?"

Ji Song blinked: "New Year's gift? When will I prepare a New Year's gift for you?"

Feng Ziying originally wanted to flatter Ji Song, but when she heard this, she froze: "Aren't these two wolves carved for me?"

Ji Song frowned: "Why do you think so?"

Feng Ziying was not happy: "Don't you stay up all night just to carve a small ornament for yourself? If you are not in a hurry, why don't you wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to carve?"

In this way, he will not pretend to be affectionate, thinking that this is a gift from Ji Song to himself.

Ji Song was even more surprised: "I can't use a knife during the Chinese New Year, so I naturally want to carve this ornament today. Besides, I took the time to carve tonight because I was really in a hurry."

As he spoke, he pointed to the two wolves snuggling together, "These two wolves are husband and wife, what should I give you as a gift? Of course it is for your sister-in-law."

Feng Ziying was still annoyed by her self-indulgent sentimentality. Hearing this, she was dumbfounded: "Feng Zifeng, are you stupid? The New Year gift you gave my sister-in-law was not jewelry, but two wolves? Are you really not afraid Did you scare my sister-in-law?"

Where did someone give his fiancée a gift from two wolves?

Ji Song gave Feng Ziying a white look, took out his purse preciously, and shook it in front of him a few times: "See, this is a gift from my fiancée, and it is embroidered with a wolf. Don't put it on Your sister-in-law is on par with other women, she is unique in this world!"

Feng Ziying glanced at the purse in Ji Song's hand, blinked, feeling her teeth hurt.

……

The next day, as soon as Ji Song had breakfast at home, he wrapped the two wolves he carved by himself in a gift box, and prepared to go to Lin's house as a gift.

That Feng Ziying didn't know what she was thinking, but she sauntered behind Ji Song and wanted to go to Lin's house too.

Ji Song looked back at him: "What are you following me for?"

Feng Ziying chuckled: "You have been engaged to the girl from the Lin family for so long, and I haven't seen what my sister-in-law looks like. And after listening to what you said last night, I'm not curious. Is my sister-in-law's reaction after receiving the gift the same as that of my sister-in-law?" Is it the same as what you said? Brother, let me go and take a look together, I will leave after reading, and I will never stay in the Lin family to disturb your relationship. "

Ji Song wanted to refuse at first, but on second thought, the date of their marriage has not been decided yet, according to the intention of the Lin family, they will have to wait at least two or three years.He didn't think there was anything wrong, but in order to investigate the truth about his family's extermination, he certainly couldn't be guarding the capital all the time.

If Lin Liu encountered some trouble when he was not in the capital...

His gaze fell on Feng Ziying, looked him up and down, and suddenly smiled: "If you want to follow, then follow."

Feng Ziying's eyes rolled, and she didn't understand why Ji Song suddenly changed his mind.

But the final result was what he liked anyway, so Feng Ziying didn't delve too deeply into it, and simply stepped forward, shoulder to shoulder with Ji Song, and went to Lin's house together.

The two brothers came early enough, and no one from the Lin family had left the house yet.

Hearing the news that the two Feng family brothers had come to the door, Lin Ruhai directly asked his servants to welcome them to his study.After the meeting, he only asked a few words, and after confirming that Ji Song was only here to meet the little Qilin, he shook his head and laughed, but he didn't make things difficult for him, and let him go out of his study.

Feng Ziying followed Ji Song, her eyes fell on the surrounding environment, and she repeatedly praised: "If you say that these literati will enjoy it, look at the scenery in this courtyard, it is much more beautiful than our family's martial arts training ground."

Ji Song glanced back at him, and sighed helplessly: "What does this have to do with civil servants and generals? Ningguo Mansion didn't start with a general. Go and see their garden, it's much more luxurious and beautiful than the Lin family."

Feng Ziying glanced at him, and said: "You don't understand, the scenery of Lin's house is obviously designed, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I have been to Ningrong and Rongfu. Although the scenery is good, it is better than Lin's. There is a lack of elegance and aura. It’s okay to look at it occasionally, but if you live in it, you’ll get tired of it soon.”

Although he also practiced martial arts with his father, but because he likes to read, he has developed a good appreciation ability.

The two brothers came to the garden while talking.

Ji Song subconsciously walked in the direction of the Huxin Pavilion, but was stopped by the maid who led the way: "You two gentlemen, please come this way. The eldest girl is not waiting at the Huxin Pavilion, but in the flower room."

Lin Liu didn't want to encounter the situation at Feng's house that day again, so he decided to meet at the greenhouse from the very beginning.

The Lin family used to have a greenhouse, but after Lin Liu went there once when he was five years old, he suggested to Jia Min to have someone buy a lot of large glass, and then build a glass greenhouse, which transmits light and keeps warm. One of my favorite places to stay.

It was Ji Song's first time to see a glass greenhouse. After knowing that this glass greenhouse was built under Lin Liu's suggestion, a proud expression suddenly appeared on his face.

Feng Ziying caught his expression in his eyes: "..."

What's the matter with his big brother, he likes the girl from the Lin family and likes to be silly, right?

Fortunately, he only showed a toothache expression, and didn't say anything in front of the maid.

The two brothers quickly walked into the greenhouse from one side, and then saw two girls, one big and one small, among the colorful flowers.

Because when the maid was passing the message, Lin Liu was practicing flower arranging with Daiyu, and only heard Ji Song's name, so she asked the maid to take him to the flower room, without paying attention to what the maid said behind her.

So she only knew that Ji Song was coming, but she didn't know that Feng Ziying was also coming.

Lin Liu didn't realize it at first, but when Daiyu raised her head and found a strange boy standing beside Ji Song, she screamed and hid directly behind her, Lin Liu finally realized: "You two go out first! "

Ji Song also realized that he had come in recklessly, and pulled Feng Ziying to leave the greenhouse.

But I didn't want to pull it, but I didn't pull it.

When Ji Song turned his head, he found that Feng Ziying's gaze was on Daiyu, and he couldn't move his eyes away.

He slapped Feng Ziying directly on the head: "Fool, it's time to go!"

Feng Ziying immediately came back to her senses, realized that what she had done just now was really offensive, and hurriedly bowed and apologized to the two girls. After getting the consent, she didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly followed Ji Song out of the conservatory.

After going out, the servant girl took the two brothers directly to the next room.

The two brothers sat together, silent.

After a long time, Feng Ziying finally couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice, "Is that little girl just now sister-in-law's younger sister?"

Ji Song rolled his eyes at him: "Be quiet for me."

Feng Ziying turned her head away with a displeased expression.

But after waiting for a while, he looked at Ji Song again: "Brother, please tell me, is the little girl just now sister-in-law's sister?"

Ji Song frowned: "Why do you ask this question?"

Feng Ziying chuckled: "I don't think she looks pretty."

"Looking good?" Ji Song thought for a moment, then nodded, "It seems really pretty."

Although the two sisters of the Lin family have similar facial features, as expected, Miss Lin is the prettiest.

Feng Ziying was speechless: "Brother, your eyes are on the sister-in-law, right? Although the sister-in-law is also pretty, it is obvious that the little girl has a more refined temperament!"

Ji Song turned his head and looked at Feng Ziying coldly.

Feng Ziying covered her mouth, not daring to speak again.

After a while, the maid beside Lin Liu came over and took the two brothers to the greenhouse.

Lin Liu was the only one left in the greenhouse, and Daiyu had already left.

Feng Ziying looked around in the conservatory, but she didn't see the little girl who had glimpsed just now, she turned her head slightly disappointed, and looked at Lin Liu.

In all fairness, the facial features of the two sisters Lin Liu and Daiyu are very similar, but Lin Liu's facial features have been opened, and the facial features are extremely delicate, and now is the time when the collagen is the most abundant, it is really necessary to compare the two sisters In terms of height, it is obvious that the older Lin Liu is more beautiful.

Little girl Daiyu can only compete with Lin Liu when she reaches Lin Liu's age.

now?She still has baby fat on her cheeks.

But even if Lin Liu's facial features were more outstanding, Feng Ziying still saw the little girl Daiyu at first sight, because the temperament of the two was very different.Lin Liu's temperament is stronger and more aggressive, while Daiyu's temperament is elegant and elegant, more like a little fairy who descended from the sky, beautiful and refined.

Among the two different styles of beauty, Feng Ziying's instinct chose Daiyu for him.

However, in Lin Liu's eyes, his words and deeds just now were not very pleasing——

If it weren't for Feng Ziying's appearance of only thirteen or fourteen years old, she would not have just politely invited people out, but had someone blow him out with a broom.

Feng Ziying's eyebrows twitched, and she immediately took a step back, pushing Ji Song in front of Lin Liu.

Unprepared, Ji Song was pushed forward three or four steps by Feng Ziying, almost hitting Lin Liu directly.Finally, he stopped half a step in front of Lin Liu, but because he couldn't stand firmly, he rushed towards Lin Liu.

bang——

Ji Song quickly grasped the corners of the tables on both sides, and barely stopped the falling trend.

It's just the posture of the two of them now...

Lin Liu leaned back slightly, raised her eyebrows, could this be the legendary Bidong?

Looking at the flowers blooming all around, Lin Liu silently changed the answer in her heart——

This should be an advanced version of Bidong, Huadong, right?

Lin Liu was thinking about some messy things, but he didn't notice that the two of them were breathing intertwined, and Ji Song's entire face had already turned into a red apple because of the instant kung fu.

Lin Liu turned her head to meet Shang Ji Song's eyes, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt a little shy.

The sun is shining brightly, surrounded by hundreds of flowers, and the teenagers and girls are embracing each other among the flowers. It is indeed a very beautiful picture.The premise is that there is no light bulb that destroys the atmosphere.

Feng Ziying waited for a while, and saw that Ji Song not only didn't stand up quickly, but instead stared at her fiancée in that position, and didn't intend to look away for a long time...

"Ahem," Feng Ziying forced a smile, "Brother and sister-in-law, have you forgotten that there are other people in the greenhouse? Look at my poor and innocent brother!"

Ji Song got up quickly, and after standing still, he didn't forget to reach out and grab Lin Liu's wrist, pulling her up as well.Then he silently walked aside, avoiding Lin Liu's sight uncomfortably.

The two of them hadn't had anything to do yet, and Feng Ziying exhaled exaggeratedly: "Brother, don't you have a gift you want to give to your sister-in-law? Why don't you hurry up and take it out?"

If Ji Song doesn't send out the gift again, Feng Ziying is worried that sooner or later she will be forced to flee by the sticky atmosphere between the unmarried couple——

What the hell, he's still a kid!

Feng Ziying was chattering in her heart, but on her face was an expression of extreme anticipation.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song: "What gift did you bring?"

Today is the Spring Festival, it is normal for Ji Song to give her a gift, she doesn't find it strange, on the contrary, she is more curious about what gift he plans to give her today.

Ji Song calmed down, went out and came in with a gift box from the servant.

Lin Liu looked at the gift box with expectant eyes: "What did you give? Why didn't you just open it?"

Ji Song looked back at Feng Ziying, although he knew that Lin Liu would not be frightened by the gift he gave, but because of what Feng Ziying said before, he still felt a little uneasy.

He pursed his lips, opened the package with his own hands in front of Lin Liu, and took out two wolves clinging to each other from the box.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Did you carve this yourself? It's so powerful and beautiful! I like it very much, thank you!"

As he spoke, he directly took the ornaments into his hands, and checked the various details over and over again.

Ji Song heaved a sigh of relief.

Feng Ziying was stunned: There is really someone in this world who sees a fiancé giving two wolves as a gift, and is not afraid but surprised?I have learned a lot!

……

After the Spring Festival, the Lin family will start visiting relatives.

The first thing to go is Rongguo Mansion.

But this time, Jia Min was the only child who went to Rongguo Mansion to celebrate the New Year. The three children including Lin Liu and Lin Ruhai had no plans to go.

When Jia Min entered, the concierge felt strange and couldn't help muttering something in his heart.

When Jia Mu saw Jia Min coming alone, she just sighed in disappointment and didn't say anything else.

Worried about her mother's misunderstanding, Jia Min explained in a low voice: "Although Ruhai does not agree to the marriage of the two Yu'er, he will not prevent the children from coming to Rongguo Mansion just because the marriage fails. He, he is because at the last banquet, Bei Jing The king of the county gave Baoyu a bunch of wagtail incense sticks bestowed by the emperor himself, so..."

Although Jia's mother disapproved of girls reading the Four Books and Five Classics, when raising her daughters and granddaughters, she never forgot to teach them how to read and write, to know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But maybe she was too disappointed. After hearing this, the old lady just rolled her eyes and couldn't even say a word of extraneous words. She just said: "It's right for Ruhai not to let a few children come over. , don’t come too.”

After a pause, she smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about me. After all, I am the widow of a hero. Even if something happens to the Rongguo Mansion, my dowry can be kept intact. The court will not disgrace me. And I also According to what you said, let someone go out, bought a lot of farmhouses and put them under his name, and if something happens in the future, the family will always have a place to live."

As she said that, she called Yuanyang again and asked her to take out a wooden box from the private treasury and hand it directly to Jia Min, "Here is the money I have accumulated over the years, half of which is for you, and half for you. I bought some farm houses and shops. The cunning rabbit and the three caves, I have to leave a way out for myself now."

Jia Min took the wooden box sadly, not knowing what to say.

But Mother Jia smiled openly at her, "I've lived for decades, and my whole life has been glorious, even if your two elder brothers are worthless, they are still filial children, and they didn't do me any harm. The capital is all over the place, which one is my blessing?"

Regardless of the final outcome, the life of the old lady is the life that many people look forward to the most.

But the old lady's blessings may have been used up in the past few decades, so she made such a joke when her life was about to end.

Fortunately, the old lady can think about it herself.

Worried that Jia Min was thinking too much, Jia's mother changed the subject with a smile: "They want Ningrong and Rongfu to build a grand view garden, and now it's half built. I went over and took a look, and the scenery is really good. The garden is much more beautiful. You don't have to come when you go home to visit your relatives in Yuanchun, but after the visits are over, it's a waste if the garden is empty, you come when the time comes, and I'll show you around."

Jia Min naturally had no answer.

The mother and daughter picked up a few more fun things to chat and laugh, but it was easy to pass the time, and it was noon after a while.

After lunch, Mother Jia asked Jia Min to leave.

Jia Min roughly knew that her mother wanted to teach her brother a lesson, so she simply left.

……

Time flies, and it is the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival is also called the Lantern Festival. Before this day, the streets will be decorated with lanterns and festoons, which is very lively.Because young men and women often go out to enjoy the lanterns on this day, and the elders in the family will be extra tolerant on this day, so on this day, a pair of young men and women are often seen on the street.

This festival can also be regarded as the ancient Valentine's Day.

Ji Song wished to meet Lin Liu every day, so naturally he would not miss this festival.So early in the morning, he appeared at the door of Lin's house.

The Lin family hadn't had breakfast yet, so he could only obediently wait in the reception room until the Lin family had finished eating before seeing Lin Liu.

Going to the street to appreciate lanterns together is such a fun thing, naturally Guiling and Daiyu will not miss it.

So after the meal, Guiling and Lin Ruhai greeted each other, and took the two servants, trotted to the fiancée's house, and invited the fiancée to go out to enjoy the lantern together.

On such an important day, as long as you are not too sick to get up, you must agree to the invitation.

But it just happened to be such an unfortunate coincidence. The maid next to Guiling's fiancée said that her girl was so happy knowing that she could go out to enjoy the lanterns with Guiling today. She didn't sleep well all night, and when she woke up this morning, she found herself sick.

Although he was able to get up, he couldn't go out, so he could only regretfully reject Guiling's invitation.

Guiling came here full of expectations, but he was naturally disappointed when he got such a result.But the matter of illness is beyond his control, so he can only turn around regretfully and go to the meeting place with Lin Liu in advance.

When he arrived, Lin Liu and Ji Song hadn't arrived yet.

But there was already a person standing there.

Guiling stepped forward in doubt, and was stunned for a moment before recognizing that the other party was Ji Song's cheap younger brother Feng Ziying: "Mr. Feng, why are you here?"

Brother Song never mentioned that Feng Ziying will go out with them today to enjoy the lanterns?

Feng Ziying smiled: "I begged my elder brother for a long time before, but he never agreed to let me go out with him. I had no choice but to see my elder brother leave, so I asked the servant next to him. Before I learned that my elder brother left, I ordered The boy next to me is waiting here, he will bring his sister-in-law...Miss Lin came over, so I mentioned it."

He said and looked behind Guiling suspiciously, "I remember you were engaged last year? During the Lantern Festival, don't you want to enjoy lanterns with your fiancée and cultivate your relationship?"

His eldest brother went to the Lin family early in the morning, and he, the younger brother, couldn't stop him.

Guiling shook her head helplessly: "She's sick."

There is no more to say.

Soon, Ji Song and Lin Liu came together, and Lin Liu was also accompanied by the little tail of Daiyu.

Guiling smiled, and waved at Daiyu: "Little sister, you can just stay with me today, don't disturb my sister getting along with Brother Song."

Feng Ziying was very happy to see Daiyu, but she was stunned when she heard Guiling address Ji Song: "Brother Song?"

Ji Song looked back at him: "When I was in the temple, the abbot gave me a dharma title, Ting Song."

Because Ji Song showed up at the Lin family earlier, Lin Liu and his brother always called him Big Brother Song, so in order to avoid being suspected in the future, after discussing with General Feng Tang, they decided on this statement.

After hearing this, Feng Ziying frowned: "I didn't know that before."

Ji Song snorted: "You don't even think about what your attitude was when I came back, why did I tell you?"

Feng Ziying suddenly felt wronged and didn't dare to make trouble anymore.

A group of people walked and strolled all the way, and soon it was lunch time.They entered a restaurant nearby, ate there, rested for a while, and then went out to continue shopping.

It didn't take long for the sky to darken, and the surrounding lanterns, which were originally empty but without any light, began to shine their own light one after another.

This is the most beautiful time of the Lantern Festival.

Under the dim light, Ji Song cautiously reached out and grabbed Lin Liu's hand.

Lin Liu looked back at him, seeing his shyness and uneasiness, smiled, and took his hand back: "I saw that the rabbit lantern over there is very beautiful, let's go and have a look."

Ji Song had completely lost his mind, and instinctively followed Lin Liu, protecting her as she walked forward.

The two took the lead, and the three younger ones quickly followed.

Rabbit-shaped lanterns are very common during the Lantern Festival. The shops that put out the lanterns don’t even use the lanterns to guess lantern riddles. You only need a few pennies to buy the lanterns.

After a while, the lantern arrived in Lin Liu's hands.

She was about to speak, but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the girl of a couple standing in front of the booth opposite them looked familiar.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and called Guiling: "Look at that girl, is she your fiancée?"

Gui Ling stood beside Lin Liu and looked in the direction of her finger: "Where is it? Which girl? Why didn't I see it?"

Lin Liu looked again, only to find that the couple who were shopping in front of the booth had disappeared.

Guiling thought she was wrong, and couldn't help laughing: "Didn't I tell my sister before that she got up sick this morning, so she can't come here? My sister forgot so soon?"

Lin Liu frowned, wanting to explain.

But after thinking about it, I have only met Guiling's fiancée a few times, and I am not familiar with her, not to mention that there are so many people with similar body shapes in this world, maybe she really admits her mistake.

Even if you doubt it, you should have someone investigate it and talk about it after you get the evidence. Otherwise, if you speak rashly and ruin the other party's reputation, it will be a lifetime matter, so you don't speak anymore.