Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

This day, the mother-in-law from the Jia family sent the gift to come over to say hello, Jia Min hastily ordered someone to come in and sit at the head with Lin Ruhai.

Except for the men, there were two or three third-class servants who came to pay their respects. They were all in their forties, and their clothes and hairpins were no different from those of their masters. Those who have just been promoted, have never seen such a grandeur, the third-class servants are already like this, and I don't know what the situation is like for the masters of Rongguo Mansion.

No matter how noble the Lin family is, they have no noble titles to attack, not as good as the Rongguo Mansion's regulations, so Jia Min has long been used to it, and now he and Lin Ruhai fall in love with each other. Zhihu is completely different. She is not good at commenting on this. After seeing the visitors, she heard that they were going back to Beijing. The busy people made arrangements, and at the same time packed up the presents for them to bring back, and wrote a letter to inform the old mother. The news that the eldest brother is leaving for Beijing in autumn.

In a blink of an eye, Jia Min also had a filial piety, so there was no need to hold a special banquet for the guests.

They were young couples originally, although they met each other day by day and had deep feelings for each other, but they had kept their filial piety for many years, and for a long time, in the gauze tent, beside the mandarin pillow, they were turned into red waves, lingering and sentimental, far better than when they were newly married.

One night, Jia Min got up late the next day.

When he woke up, the pillow was cool, and Lin Ruhai was nowhere to be seen. Looking out the window, it was already high in the sun, and a ray of sunlight fell into the room through the screen window. Jia Min couldn't help feeling a little ashamed when he thought of the love he had last night.

The close girl, Qing Kong, walked in quietly, pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Madam is awake?"

Jia Min said angrily, "What time is it? Why didn't you call me?"

Qing Kong stepped forward, rolled up the gauze curtains, hung them on the copper hooks on both sides, and said with a smile, "It's already three quarters of the hour. The master explained earlier that he would let his wife rest well today, without waking her up, and he also ordered the kitchen to serve you." My wife is stewing black chicken soup with red dates and longan."

Jia Min's heart was as sweet as honey, and he said, "It's greasy, who eats this early in the morning?"

Qingkong smiled and replied: "That's exactly what I said, the master also thought about it, and told the kitchen to simmer slowly, the wife will eat it at noon, let's eat bird's nest porridge in the morning, it is already cooked."

When Jia Min heard this, she was even more moved. She put on her clothes and got off the bed, and asked, "Where is the master?"

Seeing her get up, Qingkong raised her voice to order the girl outside to come in with her grooming stuff, then helped her to sit in front of the dressing table, and said in his mouth: "The master went out early in the morning, and he said that he accepted Liu Juren's appointment yesterday. The Zhu family looked at antique calligraphy and paintings, so they didn’t come back at noon, and had dinner outside.”

Jia Min suddenly remembered what Lin Ruhai said last night. Liu Juren said that the Zhu family was originally a well-known family. It has been passed down to the fourth generation, but it has fallen into poverty. There is only one dude who has not yet married. Most of the utensils and other things have been folded, and now there are a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings in my hand that I want to sell. Liu Juren knew about it, and Tete asked Mr. Zhu to buy it, so I asked Lin Ruhai to go with him. If it is good, I will buy it to avoid that Mr. Zhu practiced it.

Liu Juren is crazy about antique calligraphy and paintings, but his family is only considered wealthy, not rich, and he has to prepare for the exam, so he may not be able to afford it if he is interested in it. However, he and Lin Ruhai have a good friendship and know that Lin Ruhai has loved these things in recent years. Lin Ruhai bought it from Mr. Zhu, and he can borrow it to have a look when he is free.

Compared with gold, silver and jewelry, Jia Min has the same temperament as Lin Ruhai, and he also likes these things. He agrees with Lin Ruhai's actions very much. Hearing Qingkong's words, he said with a smile: "I see, this is a good thing, I wish for it."

Qingkong knew what her husband and wife liked, so she immediately nodded in agreement.

After washing and washing, Jia Min wore a shirt with red flowers on a white background, her jet-black hair was tied in a homely bun, and adorned with two or three jasper hairpins. She took a selfie in the mirror, which couldn't hide the spring color on her face, which made her even more beautiful. Rich rhyme.

Yudie smiled and praised a few words, and said: "My wife looks better, especially her complexion. It's strange that all the wives and grandmas asked my wife what she usually eats to recuperate."

Jia Min was also somewhat complacent, and suddenly heard someone talking outside, and asked, "Who is outside? Come in and talk."

As soon as the voice fell, the sound outside stopped immediately. The little girl opened the curtain, but saw the steward's daughter-in-law come in, holding a stack of postcards in her hand, and seeing that Jia Min had washed up, she quickly bowed and said, "Ma'am, the delivery is delivered outside." There are a lot of postings, some for the master and some for the wife, the ones for the master have been sent to the study, and I will bring the ones for the wife."

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are a married couple, and Lin Ruhai's affairs are often told to Jia Min, and the people below can see clearly, but after all, the posts of men outside are not allowed to be shown to Jia Min.

Jia Min ordered Qingkong to pick it up and deliver it to her.

This daughter-in-law in charge was promoted two years ago when she was taking care of the servants. She was neat and tidy, and she rarely followed the rules. Now she is in charge of many trivial matters in Jia Min's room, and she is somewhat respectable.

Jia Min read the post, and it was nothing more than inviting her to enjoy the flowers today, and drinking wine tomorrow, or someone's happy event, or someone's banquet, all of them are invited to show her face. Jia Min is a naughty and troubled person , not sticking to one pattern, keeping filial piety for several years, has already been ruthless, now seeing the invitations from various families, naturally happy, busy replying to the posts one by one, some accepted, some refused.

Seeing this, Qing Kong smiled and said, "Since that's the case, my wife should also prepare for the banquet, and choose a day to ask the kitchen to go shopping."

Jia Min laughed and said: "What do you need to say? Not only do we have to return the banquet, but we also have to hold a banquet to treat guests in a few days. I see that the sweet-scented osmanthus in the garden will be in full bloom. It's just right to hold an sweet-scented osmanthus banquet."

After replying to all the posts, Fang Dekong ordered someone to pack up and pack the things. The departure is imminent, so as not to be in a hurry when they arrive. For example, all kinds of gold and silver utensils and porcelain decorations are very trivial, and it is difficult to describe them all at once, but there is no need to write them down.

But when Lin Ruhai and Liu Juren arrived at Zhu's house, they saw that the house was deserted and the vermilion paint was peeling off. It really looked dilapidated.

People like the Zhu family like pawnshops very much, because after a hundred years, they have accumulated mostly good things, but the things sent to the pawnshop can only get two or three tenths of their value. It was sent to the pawnshop for pawning, but sold to some elegant gentry and wealthy businessmen.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was invited by Liu Juren, Mr. Zhu was overjoyed, and quickly invited them into his home.

Who doesn't know the reputation of the Lin family. In Gusu, the Lin family is regarded as a first-class family. Adhering to calligraphy and calligraphy, Mr. Zhu invited them into the study with a wink. What he showed them was not gold and silver utensils, but Books, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

Lin Ruhai saw the collection of books and calligraphy and paintings in the study of the Zhu family, and sighed secretly. Throughout the ages, there are indeed many unworthy sons.

Lin Ruhai came relatively late, and there were not many calligraphy and paintings left in Zhu's family, but there were many books. Maybe Mr. Zhu thought books were worthless, so he didn't take them seriously, and he didn't propose to sell them. But in Lin Ruhai's view, these books They are very precious. Although the number of them is far less than that of the Lin family, there are quite a few unique copies among them, which are invaluable.

Lin Ruhai asked: "I really like these books, I wonder how much Mr. Zhu will pay for them?"

Mr. Zhu was stunned, pointing to the dusty bookshelf and said: "Master Lin wants to buy these books? These books are very common in the market, but they are not worth much, but I have also hidden some authentic calligraphy and paintings by famous artists. Master Lin Let's take a look."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Calligraphies and paintings are naturally to be bought, but I also like these books, Mr. Zhu, let's make a price."

Mr. Zhu was overjoyed when he heard the words. He didn't expect these worn-out books to be sold for money. After thinking for a moment, he raised a finger, and the lion opened his mouth and said, "Since Master Lin likes it, I'll sell it to Master Lin at a cheaper price. In addition to the bookshelves, there are still ten or twenty boxes in the storeroom, Master Lin will give me 1000 taels of silver to move all these books away."

Lin Ruhai almost laughed out loud when he heard this, 1000 taels of silver?Even 1 taels of silver can't buy these books on the bookshelf.

Without revealing anything on his face, he nodded readily and agreed, ordered someone to pay 1000 taels of silver first, and then packed all the books away. There are several large vehicles.

After all the books were removed, Lin Ruhai relaxed to look at the calligraphy and paintings that Mr. Zhu had brought out.

Those calligraphy and paintings were authentic works by famous masters from the previous dynasty. Lin Ruhai asked Liu Juren to choose them first. In terms of knowledge, Liu Juren was far inferior to Lin Ruhai. He loved calligraphy and painting more than books, but his family couldn’t afford them, so he only picked a handful of fans at a price of 300 yuan. Two, the rest were bought by Lin Ruhai, and there were several other antiques for a total of 8000 taels.

Mr. Zhu earned nearly ten thousand, and he was so happy that he sent Lin Ruhai away with a smile on his face.

When going out, Lin Ruhai looked back and sighed silently.

The calligraphy and paintings bought were also ordered to be sent home to Jia Min by the servants. At noon, Lin Ruhai hosted a banquet in the restaurant for Liu Juren to drink, thanked him for being a bridge, and bought such a treasure, and did not return until evening.

Jia Min ordered people to boil the soup and bring it up, and said: "The Zhu family is indeed a noble family. When the calligraphy and paintings were delivered, I ordered people to spread them out to dry for half a day. There were quite a few orphan copies. Not many of the engraved books were handed down when they were recorded, but it is a pity that they were lost in preservation, dozens of books were eaten by moths, and many pages were missing."

Lin Ruhai heard the regret in Jia Min's mouth, couldn't help laughing, and said: "It's a fluke for us to buy it back, but Mr. Zhu didn't know the value of the book at all. Now that it's ours, just keep it and don't damage it. "

Jia Min nodded and said: "Of course I know, what a crime, all these good books have been destroyed."

For several days in a row, apart from going to banquets, Jia Min took people to take care of these books, calligraphy and paintings carefully. Looking at the books that were eaten by moths, she felt very distressed, especially one of the lonely books was missing more than ten pages. It is useless for master craftsmen to repair it.

Lin Ruhai has an open-minded temperament, not as fussy as Jia Min.

But Jia's mother was always thinking about her daughter, and she finally looked forward to the return of the person who gave the gift. Before she could ask questions, she read the letter first, and when she saw what was said in the letter, she was overjoyed. reunited.

Among the several children, Jia's mother loves Jia Min the most. Although she is a daughter, she is ten times higher than her elder brother. In terms of talent and learning, Jia Zheng is not as good as Jia Amnesty, let alone Jia Amnesty. The daughter is caring. Worrying about the family fortune, Jia's mother thought that she would see her daughter soon, one was happy and the other was worried. The happy thing was that the mother and daughter were reunited, but the worry was that Jia Min had no children.

Thinking of this festival, Mother Jia repeatedly ordered the big girl Yuanyang to open her warehouse, take out the best tonic medicinal materials and prepare them, and when Jia Min came to Beijing to repair Jia Min's body, she also ordered Fei Cui to bring the used silk and satin to call the room. The girl in the middle made some of the most fashionable clothes in the capital for Jia Min, so that she would not have any clothes to wear when she came to Beijing. She also asked Ma Nao to find out her dowry jewelry. , ordered the goldsmith to make several sets of jewelry according to the fresh patterns.

Mrs. Wang sat down and looked at her two children, unable to hide the love in her eyes. Now her son is growing up and her daughter is smart, and she is very much loved by Jia Mu and Jia Zheng. Who can compare to her own blessing?Hearing that Jia Mu said that Jia Min arrived in the capital at the end of the year, and was so busy at the end of the year, she suppressed her smile a little. She is so charming and doted on, if she goes to Beijing, wouldn't she still be angry with this sister-in-law?

Suddenly, when she heard that Mother Jia ordered someone to bring out the mutton fat white jade consecrated by the eminent monk as a gift to Guanyin, and then give it to Jia Min, the smile in Madam Wang's eyes faded even more.