Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

Su Li looks about [-] years old, but in fact he is [-] years older than Lin Ruhai. He is [-] years old this year. His ancestors were also a family of scholars and officials. The two families live together in Gusu City. Naturally, they have a lot of friendship with the Lin family. After the farewell to the capital, until Su Li's death, Lin Ruhai never saw him again. Although he usually wrote letters, there were not many.

The Su family has been handed down to Su Li for five generations, but their descendants are not prosperous. Compared with the Lin family, they don't even have Tang clan. The two families have only one son, Su Li. Now, the elders of the two families have passed away, and only Su Li and his wife Liu are left. Shi was carefree and unrestrained, and died in his forties. Although he had no heirs under his knees, he was open-minded and romantic by nature, so he didn't care much about it.However, Lin Ruhai remembered that Su Li had a daughter in his previous life, and he didn't know what happened to her afterwards, but he had seen things from the Su family in the Quicui Nunnery in the Grand View Garden of Rongguo Mansion.

It was the nun named Miaoyu. Lin Ruhai had seen and played with all the utensils she used in Su's house, so Lin Ruhai guessed that Miaoyu might be Su Li's daughter, but he was a ghost, and he couldn't even take care of his daughter. Not to mention Miao Yuzai.

After all, Lin Ruhai is a man, a gentleman by nature, except wandering in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he only follows his daughter, and never goes anywhere else, so as not to bump into the female relatives, nor spy on her inner room, but after all, he has seen many things, Dai Yu doesn't always stay in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but often fights with the sisters, so she sees Miaoyu quite often.

Miaoyu is the oldest among the hairpins in the Grand View Garden who have never been out of the cabinet. She is as old as Lin Ruhai knows, and she looks very good. Seeing Zu Li's arrogance and indifference in the past.Miaoyu's final ending, Guazhou Ferry was captured by dead bones. Lin Ruhai only heard about it, and secretly lamented that her own family and the Su family's century-old family had ended up with no successors.

Therefore, seeing Su Li suddenly, Lin Ruhai inevitably felt a little sympathetic.

Zhen Yingjia heard this, and said with a smile: "It turns out that there is such a relationship. This is better, and we get along more harmoniously."

Su Liqing is taller than Lin Ruhai, and not as tactful as Lin Ruhai. Kuang has never looked down on Zhen Yingjia. Although he is an official under Zhen Yingjia, he deeply hates the Zhen family who overshadowed the sky and offended many people, so he just smiled and said: "The person in charge of Yingtian Mansion The humble job already felt powerless, but now I have help like a sea, it is like adding wings to a tiger, and I can't ask for it."

Because Lin Ruhai understood Su Li's nature, after a little thought, he knew what Emperor Xuankang said about someone accusing Su Li of taking bribes. There must be some people who were dissatisfied with him being the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion. Maybe he offended someone, and there were probably some people who were jealous The century-old foundation of the Su family, five generations of the Su family, he was the only one up to Su Li, and all his belongings belonged to him. I don't know if it was related to Su Li's death in the prime of life in his previous life, only one daughter escaped into Buddhism.According to Su Li's nature, even if he escaped this catastrophe, he might not be able to escape other people's schemes in the future.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "I dare not take this praise, but you are the one who decides, and my assistance is important. I am just a co-confessor under your command, but there are two or three co-conspirators, and I am not the only one. How can I do it for you? "

Su Li shook his head and said, "Don't I know you?"

Although he has a haughty personality and a clear mind, he is not ignorant of his current situation. The officials who came to investigate the news have already arrived in Jinling, spied secretly, and walked around. There is no reason for an extra sum of money for so-called corruption and bribery. They have no evidence at the moment, and they have not returned to Beijing.

Lin Ruhai also smiled when he heard this.

Now that I have seen all the officials here in Zhen Yingjia's place, Zhen Yingjia's status in Jinling, since he is thinking about his friendship with Jia's family, he will naturally help him, and he does not need to explain anything, just introduce Lin Ruhai personally to the officials, big and small, in Jinling. Then he knew the meaning, no matter whether it was above or below, he must not dare to embarrass Lin Ruhai.The so-called network is like this, even if Lin Ruhai intends to rely on his own ability, but he will not refuse it. After all, he has been an official for many years and knows the way of it best. People have been in trouble for many times, and it is not easy to show their talents.

Compared with the capital city, Jinling is mixed with fish and dragons, often ignoring the laws of the country, and almost always follow the lead of the Zhen family. If Lin Ruhai wants to be an official and seek the well-being of the people, he must do so. A noble and unyielding temperament is completely useless here. He has harmed himself, and he can't show his ambitions, talking about assisting the country and governing the people.

Yanke censor is the first-class vacancies in the world. Like Tie Zheng, he has always been appointed once a year. It was Taizu who knew that he went to the south of the Yangtze River and caused the Zhen family's shortfall in tenure. In order for the Zhen family to pay back the money, an extra Taking care of the Zhen family has only allowed him to serve for three years at most. Now the Zhen family is no longer in the salt administration. Lin Ruhai was able to serve as the censor of the salt class for many years. Even if you die, you will die in office.

Coming out from Zhen Yingjia's place, neither of them sat in a sedan chair, they simply walked back to the yamen, Lin Ruhai smiled at Su Li and said: "Tomorrow I will handover with someone, after the handover is over, let's have a drink together so that we can talk about the past , do you like it?"

Su Li shook his head and said: "You have a bright future, why should you be dragged down by me? Didn't you see today that few people get close to me? The capital has sent people to investigate, and they are checking the accounts of Yingtian Mansion. If you don’t come, my official career will come to an end, if you get close to me at this time, won’t you lose face as a new magistrate at that time?”

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Where do you put our friendship when you say this? I made friends with you only because of you, your character and ability, not your grade and family background, don't you? When there is a difficulty, or is about to be difficult, I have to stand by and watch? If this is the case, I can't afford to think that you value me. You are still the prefect of Yingtian Mansion, and the new prefect does not know where it is. You How do you know that your official career must have come to an end?"

Of course he would not tell Su Li about the promise Emperor Xuankang had made to him. If the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion was really corrupt and accepting bribes, he would replace him calmly without any guilt in his heart. He understood Su Li's temperament too well and knew that he would disdain it, although he was not quite sure about it. Corruption or not, but I still believe in Su Li, and now I only hope that the capital will come to make an early investigation.

Su Li's eyes moved, and a smile appeared on his face. He was both pleased and grateful, and said: "At this time, you are still willing to trust me, and you are not troubled by current affairs. With you as a friend, you will live up to your life."

Lin Ruhai said sternly: "Although this is the case, if I am friendly with you, I must put ugly words first. If you are innocent, I am naturally happy for you. If you really did something illegal, don't blame me for being ruthless and destroying relatives righteously. Our generation Scholars, what you seek is for the country and the people, not for your own pleasure and disregarding the people. Your family and I know each other well, and we have never lacked clothes or food. The so-called gold, silver and jewelry are all yellow and white things. , being rich and honored is only a little bit more refined, after all, it’s meaningless.”

Su Li laughed, and after he finished laughing, his face was very serious, and he said: "This is you, Lin Ruhai, you live up to the word that Mr. gave you as Ruhai, you can learn from Hairulin, if you believe in me with all your heart, and put everything else in your place. Regardless, I also underestimate you."

Speaking of this, he also said: "Don't worry, just relying on the family property of our two families, we are already well-clothed and well-fed, which is beyond the reach of ten thousand people. Even if we add a few taels of silver, there will be nothing better than what we have now. Why should I ruin my future for these things? After you take office, you will inevitably touch the official affairs of Yingtian Mansion. If the capital comes to inquire, you don't have to care about me. Just tell the truth. I have a clear conscience. Framed by me not to say, come up with some non-existent evidence."

Su Li's complexion was very ugly. Compared to the Lin family, the Su family's behavior was inevitably a bit arrogant, with few relatives and friends, which offended many people, unlike the Lin family who married into the Rongguo Mansion even though their children were not prosperous.Although the Rongguo Mansion's actions were too ostentatious, they were old friends with the four kings, eight princes and the Zhen family, and they took care of Lin Ruhai at all times.Even though the Lin family had nothing to do with them, but instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, it was because of the Jia family that they took extra care of Lin Ruhai.

Because Jinling is an old capital city, every family here is intertwined, and there are old Zhai clansmen, it is the most difficult place to be an official, and I don't know how many people are eyeing my current position.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what Su Li said, so he couldn't help but sighed, and comforted him: "Although the saint is kind and kind, he is wise and powerful. Many officials' character is remembered in my heart. I also recognize the officials I sent, and I know that they are the most You are upright, as long as you are innocent, you will be given justice."

Su Li sighed, "I hope so."

As he spoke, he suddenly smiled and said, "It's useless to worry at this time, it's just a matter of fate, don't worry about me, but I got a daughter at the beginning of the year, if you go to our house, don't forget to prepare a gift."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai hurriedly congratulated, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will prepare a gift for Ling Qianjin. When you see my brother tomorrow, you will have to spend a lot of money. I definitely don't want to suffer. I only have this one now. My son, named Lin Rui, is already two and a half years old, and in another year, I will enlighten him."

About Miaoyu's life experience is just his speculation, and he doesn't know if Su Li's daughter is her.

When Su Li heard it, he smiled and said: "I should congratulate you more. With this brother, you will have successors. But I don't care much about it. My Yu'er is very smart. You must like it when you see it. Brats have What's better? My daughter is more considerate."

Lin Ruhai was startled, and said, "Ling Qianjin is also called Yu'er?"

Su Li smiled and said: "Exactly, her nickname is Qingyu. She was born when the willows were turning green. Jade is a flawless treasure. Also, her maiden name is Liu, so I took this nickname with her. Why? Don't you Is there someone in my family called Yu'er? It's really incredible, you are also jade, and I am also jade, the word jade is so vulgar."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "I don't know that vulgar is elegant, and uncommon characters are more strange, but not as elegant as these common names. It's a coincidence that although I don't have a daughter now, I have already proposed a name for my daughter. The name is Dai. Jade."

Su Li read it twice, and couldn't help admiring, saying: "Thanks to you, it is indeed more elegant than my daughter's name."

Lin Ruhai smiled triumphantly, his daughter deserves the best in the world.

Su Li got angry, and suddenly said: "No, how can my daughter's name be inferior to Ling Qianjin? When I go back, I must read the book carefully and give her an excellent scientific name."

Lin Ruhai laughed secretly, didn't he know that Daiyu was also a baby name?Since Daiyu was raised well, he would naturally give her a name, like brothers, regardless of each other.In his previous life, although he raised Daiyu as a man and taught her to read and write, he was not open-minded enough, so he didn't give her a name. As for the youngest son, he was afraid that he would not be able to support him, so he never gave her a name.

Su Li suddenly clapped his palms and said with a smile: "If I have it, I'll call it Miao Er, what do you think?"

When Lin Ruhai heard this, she was stunned. Could it be that Su Li's daughter Su Qingyu is really the nun Miaoyu she met in her previous life?Miaoyu looks like a monk but not a monk, she looks like a vulgar and not a vulgar, she is said to be a nun, but she is practicing with her hair, and she is served by a maidservant. as legal name.

Su Li laughed and said: "Just call it Miao'er, Su Miao, if you don't give Ling Qianjin a big name in the future, I'll have to laugh at you."

One sentence made Lin Ruhai laugh, and said: "You can't see my joke, I have already named my daughter."

Su Li hurriedly asked what it was called, and insisted on comparing which name was more elegant, but Lin Ruhai kept silent, but after he pressed him for a long time, he said: "When that day comes, you will naturally know, why rush?"

After hearing this, Su Li couldn't help feeling a little resentful.

Su Li's family lives in Yingtian Mansion, and Lin Ruhai also lives here, and they both returned to the Yamen together. Knowing that the new official took office, the former Tongzhi had already sent away his family and vacated the house so that he could live with Lin Ruhai and his wife.

After Lin Ruhai arrived in Jinling, he tidied up before going to see Zhen Yingjia.

The two broke up when they arrived, and went home separately. Unexpectedly, when Lin Ruhai returned home, he learned that Jia Min had brought Lin Rui to Su Li's house to meet him.

Two family friends, Su Li and Lin Ruhai were originally studying together, but before Jia Min came in, Su Li returned to his hometown because of his father's death. After Su Li's high school champion entered the Imperial Academy, Mrs. Su Fang went to Beijing with him. Coincidentally, Jia Min went back to his hometown with Lin Ruhai helping his spirit, but he missed it and never saw him again.Mrs. Su was originally from Gusu, not a girl from the capital city. Although Jia Minqi has never seen her before, she has heard her name for a long time. Jia Min also learned from Lin Ruhai that the name of the prefect of Yingtian Mansion is Su Li, but she doesn't know if it is her So when she arrived at Yingtian Mansion, she handed over the post and went to pay a visit. When she learned of the friendship between the two families, she actually stayed and returned in the evening.

At that time, everyone in the Lin family had packed up, and when the husband and wife met, it was inevitable that they would talk about what they had seen and heard today.

Jia Min first smiled and said: "I went to the Su family today and met the young lady of the Su family. She is only a few months old. She looks like a snow ball. She is very tidy, but she is a little weak. There is a doctor guarding the house every day."

Lin Rui sat in Lin Ruhai's arms, raised his face and said, "My sister loves to cry."

Lin Ruhai said: "Rui'er should take care of my sister more in the future, don't let her cry."

Lin Rui nodded vigorously, and answered yes loudly. He also liked the little sister of Aunt Su's family very much. Brother Rong, Lian, Brother An, and Sister An gave him all the delicious and stubborn things, and he also gave his little sister what he liked.Thinking of this, Lin Rui struggled to get down. Lin Ruhai didn't know what he wanted to do, so he quickly put him on the ground, and saw him running to his room in a hurry. Seeing this, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min hurriedly ordered the nanny and the girl to watch .

When Lin Rui was far away, Jia Minfang said again: "There is a monk who wants to become a monk with Hua Qingyu. Qingyu is the young lady of the Su family. How can Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su be willing, but they are unwilling. They have already bought several substitutes. It doesn't work, now Mrs. Su is also very worried, and asked me if I know any doctor with good medical skills, so that Qingyu can take a look."

Lin Ruhai was in a daze for a while, as if Miaoyu had been sick since she was a child, because she bought a lot of substitutes and was useless, it was better to leave the house by herself, and she also had a nanny and a girl to serve her, could it be that Miaoyu really is Today's sapphire?

The reason why he remembers Miaoyu is that it originated from Su Li, and the second is that there is a faint shadow of Daiyu on Miaoyu.Daiyu was also sickly since she was a child, and she started taking medicine since she could eat. I don’t know how much bitterness she took. The original doctor said that she was born with a deficiency, but it was not a terminal illness. She was easy to take care of and had a chance of recovery. When I was [-] years old, a monk with a skinny head came and insisted on turning her into a monk. He also said that he could not see relatives and friends with other surnames, and could not hear crying, so that he could be cured. I was born because I was reluctant to part with my daughter, and I hated these monks and priests the most on weekdays. Ken, and never followed it. Could it be that her daughter’s suffering is caused by her seeing relatives and friends with a different surname, and crying often?If Daiyu and Miaoyu are both monks, does that mean Miaoyu is another Daiyu?

The Su family sent Miaoyu to become a monk, and Miaoyu's health has recovered since then, but she stays away from her parents and guards the ancient Buddha with blue lanterns alone, which is obviously the way of a daughter of a thousand gold, but she wants to abide by the rules and discipline, and she wants to put out her ordinary heart. Extremely miserable?

Lin Ruhai didn't believe in the words of monks and Taoists all his life, even if he was reincarnated, he still didn't believe it.

Baoyu was born with jade, and the origin of that jade is a bit strange. Monks and Taoists said that gold and jade are a good match. The Xue family listened to the monk's words and put on a golden lock. After running around for Jinyu, the two treasures finally got married, but Baoyu abandoned his wife and maidservant, and went away to become a monk. How could this be a good match for Jinyu?

Therefore, it is said that it is up to man to make things happen, and the words of monks and priests cannot be trusted at all.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai said: "Let's inquire first. If there are any good ones, I will recommend them to the Su family. Our elder brother is also young. When he left Beijing, he was ill, and the doctor often came to check his pulse."

Jia Min nodded, that's all.

After a few days, Lin Ruhai and his previous acquaintance handed over and went to work.He was introduced to everyone by Zhen Yingjia, no one from above and below was in trouble with him, and the prefect above him was his good friend Su Li, so Ying Tianfu's affairs were quickly taken care of.

The envoy from the capital is very familiar with Lin Ruhai, and he also knows that this person came here to be an official with the will of Emperor Xuankang. Acting at the time, so he came to ask, Lin Ruhai knew that he had everything to say, and he was impartial as expected.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "My lords, you might as well inquire about the history and reputation of the Su family in Gusu. Their family's wealth of millions is enough, so why worry about the so-called embezzlement of tens of thousands of taels of silver? Their family only has a few antiques It's more than this amount." After thinking for a while, he said again: "There is no one in Su Zhifu who understands better than me, he is so noble, if he offends people easily, but not corrupt, the two are the most shrewd and decisive, After a long investigation, don't you have any clues?"

Although Lin Ruhai wanted to go further, he was unwilling to go along with others' false accusations against Su Li.

In fact, the people who came here already knew a lot about Su Li's affairs. They came very suddenly. It is expected that Su Li was caught off guard and had no precautions. Since Su Li was an official for three years, he has made up for a lot. When he made up for the shortfall, he did not exploit the people. Except for the taxes collected by the court, he did not add a penny, and ordered all the parents and officials under his command not to do so. Every year during inspections, once they learn that some officials are like this, they will definitely reprimand them and add a mark to their performance evaluation. They think they offended people because of this, but the people in Yingtianfu all say Su Li's kindness, which shows how good he is. Well, I came to ask Lin Ruhai today, asking him for assistance, it was just a routine business.

The two laughed and said: "Although we have some clues, we are still not thorough enough to go to Beijing to report to the saint."

Hearing their tone of respect for Su Li, Lin Ruhai knew that they had found out that Su Li was innocent, otherwise it wouldn't be the case, he felt relieved, and said with a smile: "It's better to start the investigation from the person who complained, maybe it's for personal grievances. It can be seen that maybe the two adults can find out some other secrets from it."

Those two people had this intention for a long time, and they smiled when they heard the words, and they planned to start with the person who complained without Lin Ruhai's reminder. After half a month, it was very clear that it was a false accusation, and it was because Su Li's behavior was too noble, which made them Unable to make a profit from it, they secretly hated Su Li for blocking their way of making money, so they decided to use the relief money from the previous year's snow disaster to sue Su Li for their own pockets.

When the news was presented to Emperor Xuankang, Longyan was furious, and immediately dismissed him, and rewarded Su Li with a lot of praise, but he was even more satisfied with Lin Ruhai's character.

After this matter is over, it is already the next year. After Lin Ruhai and Jia Min came to Jinling, since Xue's family is the brother-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion, Master Xue and his wife Wang also visited him. The Xue family had a new son this year, so happy that Wang Xue didn't know what to do, and wished to announce it to the world immediately. After Jia Min found out, he had to send someone to send a congratulatory gift.

Xue Pan was born, and Lin Ruhai calculated that according to Xiang Ling's age, now Zhen Shiyin's wife, Mrs. Feng Shi, should also be pregnant. Sure enough, after returning home from the yamen at night, she changed her clothes, and Jia Min said with a smile: " Mrs. Zhen is happy, counting Mr. Zhen having a baby next year, it is God’s eyes that he has not failed a family like them." No one understands Mrs. Zhen’s suffering better than Jia Min. She is over forty years old and still has no children. Half girl, even though Zhen Shiyin is very open-minded, she always blames herself.

Because Jinling is not far from Gusu, Jia Min went back and forth several times. At the beginning of the year, he even took Lin Rui there. However, Lin Ruhai was on business every day and never returned to his hometown. He and Zhen Shiyin had a good friendship. Min Ye and Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Yan often exchanged letters and gifts.

As for Wang Zhen, Li He and others, their terms of office have expired and they are no longer working in Gusu, and they will go to other places together with their families.Lin Ruhai and his wife had been taken care of by them for a long time, and they were already very sad when they parted, but now they are far apart, and they feel more and more that there are eight or nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life, but this is already the case, even caring about it is useless.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Since that's the case, when Mrs. Zhen gives birth to a child, we will send someone over to give gifts."

Although Lin Ruhai knew that Zhen Shiyin would have a daughter, and that this daughter would die in a foreign land, but Jia Min didn't know the details. As people think at the moment, she still hopes that Feng's family will have a son to inherit the incense.

Jia Min nodded and said: "It should be so, I have prepared some auspicious gifts, and I will send someone to bring them back."

Without saying a word, Lin Rui came suddenly, holding a gold necklace inlaid with jewels in his hand, and said with a smile: "Aunt Su gave Rui'er a white jade nine-link ring, and Rui'er also wants to give the eldest aunt to Rui'er." Give the collar to Sister Qingyu."

Jia Min said with a smile: "Rui'er is so generous, Ming'er will take you to Su Shibo's house."

Lin Rui was very happy immediately.

Su Qingyu is already one and a half years old. She is smart and handsome, and looks like Su Li. Lin Ruhai has seen it before, but her temperament is weak, and she is very similar to Daiyu when she was young. Lin Rui has already run around all over the place at this age. Qingyu can't walk now, she often lies on the bed, so worried that Su Li and his wife can't wait to be with them day and night.

Lin Ruhai loved Wu and Wu, and gave Su Li a lot of ideas, because he thought that Daiyu's health was not good, and after her rebirth, she focused on specializing in this way. The old doctor who came back to his hometown saw it, and then used it on Su Qingyu. The old doctor got Lin Ruhai to promise that he could copy all the prescriptions, so he worked very hard, and lived in Su's house for several months. There has been a lot of improvement, so the two families have become closer.

The Lin family has only one son, Lin Rui, and it's time for fun. Although the youngest son is with him, master and servant are different after all, and he feels very lonely. Seeing that Su Qingyu is very well-behaved even though she is young, and Lin Ruhai taught him to love his younger siblings, I can't help but often go to Su's house with Jia Min.

Seeing this, Jia Min smiled immediately, and said to Lin Ruhai: "The former son was in Su's house. I saw Rui'er and Qingyu were very stubborn. I even laughed and said that it would be good if the two families got married. Although we don't know whether it is because of the relationship between our two families in the future They are on their own side, but the two families are from Gusu, after the master and Mr. Su don’t like to live in the capital after they get old and retired, we will go back to Gusu, so we can take care of each other.”

Lin Ruhai couldn't help smiling, and said: "That's not possible, how can you see your character now? It's better to wait until you are older and understand your temper. A good wife is less troublesome. I am fortunate to have you as a monogamous wife. How much less is it?" trouble."

After hearing this, Jia Min saw Lin Rui looking over curiously. She couldn't help blushing, and said angrily, "What are you doing talking about in front of Rui'er? No, it's embarrassing. Besides, although I said a few words with a smile, But she was declined by Mrs. Su. Mrs. Su said that Rui'er was extremely intelligent, and she could recognize thousands of characters in her belly at the age of three or four. She was born in Qingyu, and now she is young and sick. It can't be done, how can we hurt our family. After hearing this, I sighed for a long time."

Lin Ruhai said: "Madam Su is a sensible person, that's why she said this. I think this girl is also extraordinary. If she can be with her parents all the time, with her parents' ability, she will be a good relative when she grows up."

Su Qingyu was weak and sick, Lin Ruhai knew it well, but if he took good care of himself, he might be eight or nine points better, but people in the world tend to believe in the words of monks and Taoists, and they always feel that even if there is some improvement, but their health is not as good as ordinary people, it is not good. Instead, they said It made Su Qingyu's situation worse.If someone else Xu Shi dislikes Su Qingyu's poor health, he is unwilling to marry her as a wife, worrying that it will be difficult to give birth, but what kind of person is Lin Ruhai?My own life is an extra, and the same is true for my son. It is a blessing to have a son who burns incense, so what cares about thousands of generations of descendants?What's more, Su Qingyu and Daiyu's illnesses are very similar. Lin Ruhai is looking forward to Daiyu's arrival as scheduled, hoping that she will grow up safely, hoping that she will find a lover and not die in depression like her previous life. The slightest sapphire.

Jia Min didn't know that Lin Ruhai had such a big secret hidden in her heart. She only felt that her husband's words and deeds had become more open-minded since the death of her mother-in-law. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "If Mrs. Su knows what the master said, I don't know how to be grateful. The master also knows that the Su family has only one heir of Mr. Su, and inherits the two clans. I don’t know which one was connected to them by chance more than a hundred years ago. There is nothing to do in seven or eighty years. For some reason, seeing Master Su’s family has only one daughter, Qingyu, and they have come to seek refuge with two children. Son, Master Su and Mrs. Su got angry in vain."

Lin Ruhai was startled, and said, "There is such a thing? I didn't hear Mr. Su mention it."

Jia Min said: "Family ugliness should not be publicized. I only heard Madam Su say it after I had a joke with Mrs. Su. Those people have already been driven away by Mrs. Su. It's true that rich people have distant relatives in the mountains. I don't know how many people there are in the Su family's huge family business." Coveting, for this, I don’t know how many people want to give concubines to Mr. Su, and there are also a group of frivolous women who recommend themselves as pillow mats. It is unknown whether he will receive a huge amount of property, or he will inherit all the family business."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "If Mr. Su has such a heart, why wait until today? Throughout the ages, there have been many dignitaries with only one woman, and they are not alone in the Su family. Could it be that they all take concubines for their children? I have never seen this. They I really don't understand Mr. Su's loftiness, even I feel quite inferior, let alone others. I guess, with Mr. Su's temperament, he must say that he will bring up Qingyu Haosheng, choose a good son-in-law, and give up all his family fortune. Dowry, but that's it?"

As Su Qingyu's condition gradually improved, and Lin Ruhai often comforted him, Su Li no longer kept the words of monks and priests in his heart, and only cared about taking care of Su Qingyu's body.

Jia Min sighed softly, and said: "Although that is the case, for this, I don't know how many people blame Madam Su, they can say anything in secret, it seems that everything is Madam Su's fault." As a woman, Jia Min often wondered, if there was no Lin Rui, would he be like Mrs. Su and the Feng family, always feeling ashamed of his ancestors and often depressed.

After hearing Jia Min's words, Lin Ruhai suddenly remembered his previous life for some reason.Maybe it's because of the feeling of being closer to the hometown, or because you often encounter people and things related to Daiyu in your previous life. Xiangling is like this, Miaoyu is like this, and even Xue Baochai's mother, Aunt Xue, and her son Xue Pan are also in Jinling. , Lin Ruhai can't help but think of all kinds of past lives, and can't forget them.

Jia Min in her previous life was just like Mrs. Su today, suffering from rumors, even Jia Min suffered more than Mrs. Su and Mrs. Feng.Su Li and Zhen Shiyin had no children but neither took concubines, but he took several concubines in order to have children. However, the concubines had no children, so there were a group of people who were jealous of Jia Min's noble birth and husband's aspirations, and they made up a lot of gossip in private. , how powerful Jia Min is, how to control the inner house, how to prevent concubine Ji from having children, etc., Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing. Although he said that the man is the master of the outside world and the woman is the master of the house, the master of the family is the master of the family. Is he actually blind and deaf?I don't know any rumors?

Therefore, since Lin Ruhai was reborn, he only wishes to treat Jia Min with one heart and one mind, and live a peaceful and stable life. Even if only Daiyu is left as a daughter in the end, she will no longer take concubines like in her previous life, but she did not expect that Lin Rui was born. It was an accident joy.

Lin Ruhai said in relief: "What do you do with the gossip of the world? Master Su and Mrs. Su are the best way to live a stable life."

Jia Min smiled, nodded and said: "Master is right, no matter what outsiders say, life belongs to Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su, as long as their family lives well, those gossips are nothing."

The next day, when I went to visit Mrs. Su, I really comforted her so much, and said Lin Ruhai's words again.

Mrs. Su was watching Lin Rui tease Su Qingyu with the gold collar, but she saw that Su Qingyu's eyeballs were shaking with the gold collar in Lin Rui's hand, and she couldn't help reaching out to grab it. Lin Rui smiled slyly, and moved away every time she reached out , So many times, Su Qingyu seemed to be annoyed, turned her head and ignored him.After hearing Jia Min's words, Mrs. Su said: "If people in the world are as sensible as your husband and wife, there won't be so many gossips. I have been married to us for 20 years. What kind of things haven't I heard? I'm so angry. It's just you two, mother and son, just come to see me and Yu'er, why bother to give such a valuable thing, but I won't want it after two days."

Jia Min pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "If you say this, I should blame you. Isn't the thing you gave Rui'er valuable? Besides, this collar is not mine, it was given to Rui by my natal sister-in-law. Son, it is his benefit that Rui Er wants to give it to his younger sister, and it is up to him to decide, so I will ignore it, lest he develop a stingy temper."

At the beginning of the year, Rongguo Mansion returned gifts, and among them was the collar Lin Rui held in his hand, which was given by Madam Dou. I heard that it was given to Madam Dou by Jia Mu. I gave Mrs. Dou a few extra things.

Although Mrs. Dou entered the door and her father was promoted to the third rank, she was not in charge of the house, and only took care of the affairs of the East Courtyard. Therefore, Mrs. Wang was still the housekeeper and director of the Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Wang was the one who made the decisions when giving gifts. It's just that after that year, Mrs. Wang's gift was not in line with Jia Min's wishes. After that, all the gifts Mrs. Wang prepared to send to Lin's family must be read by Jia Mu in person, while Mrs. Dou only flatters Jia Mu in front of Jia Mu, or strictly controls Jia She. , or to educate Jia Lian carefully, the rest don't care.

Mrs. Dou was a smart person. She not only managed Jia's amnesty and taught Jia Lian, but also had a bright temperament and charming words, which always made Jia's mother smile. Mother enjoys flowers, eats wine and listens to operas. She is not like Mrs. Wang's gourd who always has no mouth. Regardless of family, life in Rongguo Mansion is like a fish in water.

After Lin Ruhai found out from Jia Min, he secretly praised Mrs. Dou. Although the Rongguo Mansion has not seen the embarrassment of running out of money, it is very grand and spends a lot of time. She is also decent, and almost fills her own pockets at every turn. Madam Dou manages well, but manages too much. It is much better to take care of your own East Courtyard and take care of your husband and son than to save money. Even though the Rongguo Mansion's family business should have been inherited by them, since Mother Jia is still there, they will not separate the family. If you don't care about family affairs, you won't be as respectable in front of Jia Mu as you are today.

Jia Min has been in the capital for a few years, and she also knows what her natal family is doing. If she thinks about it carefully, she can understand what Mrs. Dou is thinking, and she understands eight or nine points. of.

Mrs. Su heard this, shook her head and said: "Where are you stingy? I think Brother Rui is very generous, and half of Yu'er's obsolete tools are given by Brother Rui."

But Jia Min said with a smile: "He was born until now, so many things have been given by his brothers and sisters, Rong'er from the Beijing Palace, Lian'er from the eldest brother's family, An'er, my goddaughter, and Pu Pu from the Dongping Palace. Son, as long as there were good things in the capital, they would always think of him, and others would lead by example, now that he is an older brother, he should naturally love his younger sister more."

Madam Su said: "Have you been away from Beijing for a year? Do you think you miss them?"

Jia Min sighed, and said: "Why don't you miss it? I watched it for a few years as a child, and everyone is smart, even the cold-hearted and heartless people miss it, let alone me? By the way, on Qingyu's birthday , The Xue family gave a very rich gift, now I heard that the Xue family has added an eldest son, can you send someone to give a gift?"

Mrs. Su said: "Of course I sent someone there, although I have nothing to do with their family