The Red House Returns the Pearl Lin's Home

Lin Lin flicked the fine iron tip that reflected the cold light with her fingers, shook her right hand holding the handle tightly, and the whole spear made a sound of gold and iron, whizzing and pierced straight into the yellow ground in front of her: "You said that this mansion Did Mrs. Wang look for my sister?"

The tip of the gun that had been infused with internal force was mostly submerged, and under the cold wind of the twelfth lunar month, the soil that should have been as hard as iron was broken from the middle like a block of tofu. With a blushing face, he repeated with difficulty: "Going back to Second Master Lin, there is such a thing, the maidservant has just received the monthly money from Miss Ping'er in the Second Grandma's room, and when she went out, she passed by the Baoxia Hall, and saw the second wife from a distance. Madam led three or four old ladies to Miss Lin's yard together."

Lin Lin pulled out the gun, threw it on the shelf, and said to her servant: "Tiger prison!" Without further words, she turned her head and left.

Hulaoguan is connected to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. The mountains and ridges are criss-crossed and dangerous. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

The young man named Hulao is considered the most useful person in Lin Lin's hands. He looks extremely ordinary, short and thin, with dark and rough skin. At first glance, he looks like an ordinary mud dog.

Hulao grinned, and took out twelve taels of silver ingots from the cloth pocket on his waist, stuffed them in the hands of the little maid, and smiled honestly: "My second master gave it to the girl. Thank you for your help today. If there is any news, I'm afraid I will trouble the girl."

The little maid looked at Lin Lin's back, bit her moist water chestnut lips, stomped her feet half-ashamed and half-annoyed, and didn't turn her anger into joy until she weighed the silver in her hand, and couldn't help thanking her.

Hulao dragged her to say a few more words, deduced from insinuations that all the actions today were all her own actions, and there was no shadow of any master behind her, so she left just now.

He was just a servant, and he came to the west courtyard just for the sake of his master, and naturally he was not qualified to enter the inner courtyard, Hulao thought about it, then turned his head and walked towards the corner gate.

A few guards on duty at the door were sitting on the stone pier and gossiping, seeing him coming, because it is common to see him, this kid also understands the rules, has a sweet mouth and can talk, and his hands are filial. A doorman knew him quite well, and asked, "Hey, did Second Master Lin ask you to go out again?"

Leaving aside Lin Daiyu, who they had no chance to meet, the two brothers of the Lin family are quite interesting, one is running out of life by himself, and the other is making his own servant run out of life, the tiger prison often has to go out seven or eight times a day This time, these people are not surprised, and they don't check very much.

Hulao nodded, scratched his head, and grinned foolishly: "Go out and buy something for the second master, a few brothers are sitting here, I still have a few bags of shredded hookah here, which is produced in Honghe Road, Yunnan. The special person made it with great effort, and it has a lot more flavor than the ones you can buy on the street now."

"Good boy!" A doorman gave him a heavy arm, laughed and took it, waved his hand casually to signal him to hold on tight.

Hulao thanked him again and again, before he stepped out and went straight to Jiamushe Teahouse to report to Lin Lu.

Well, it's just a woman, and Hulao is naturally not worried that his master doesn't have the ability to solve it, but now is not the time to be in trouble. After all, Mrs. Wang is an elder. With the "unfilial" hat off, no one's face nice.

At times like this, Lin Lu, who knows how to behave better, needs to adjust the atmosphere.

Zhou Rui's family was originally waiting outside the Baosha hall, with a pair of eyes scanning the furnishings in the courtyard back and forth, and from time to time, they poked their feet inside to see the things placed inside, secretly speechless.

The Lin family usually looks inconspicuous, but they did not expect that the family is indeed very rich. Compared with the Jia family, it is not much better than the Jia family. Thanks to the second wife's shrewdness, she came up with a good idea. Otherwise, wouldn't the two boys of the Lin family Live and eat for nothing?

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly turned her head and saw one of the two boys from the Lin family push the door in, and the bolt she used to push the door snapped.

Lin Lin's expression was indifferent, her eyes didn't look at her at all after entering the door, Zhou Rui's family was startled, seeing that he was about to walk into the house, she hurriedly stepped forward with a smile: "Second Master Lin came back really early today , but sooner rather than later, Second Master would go in now, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate!"

"Isn't it right? I'm going in to see my sister, why not?" Lin Lin stopped in her tracks, and her cold eyes swept across her body indifferently, with a kind of indescribable coldness.

Zhou Rui's family couldn't hold back their smiling faces, but they still forced themselves to be calm, forced a smile and said: "To tell the truth, the second wife happened to be in there, and their aunts, nieces and aunts haven't seen each other for more than ten years, so they have accumulated a lot of money." I was about to confide my own feelings, but the second master said that it would be inappropriate for you to rush in at this time?"

"That's just a coincidence. Our brothers have been bothering me at the house for so long. Except for the day when I first came, I followed my brothers and sisters to greet the old lady and aunts. I haven't had a beautiful appearance on weekdays. Today is the right time Take this opportunity to apologize to the second aunt." Lin Lin squinted her eyes, and with her hearing strength, she could already vaguely hear the voices inside, and she sneered inwardly.

Zhou Rui's family was thinking about Mrs. Wang's previous instructions, and they were willing to let go. They wanted to dissuade her, but Lin Lin made a wrong step, turned her waist, and walked past her like a ghost.

When Zhou Rui's family was still in a daze as to how someone could pass through the small hall that was tightly blocked by her body, Lin Lin had already knocked on the door.

Inside Mrs. Wang's voice paused for a moment, and then Mulian's crisp and clear response immediately sounded: "Come here, come here right now—"

After a while, the door was opened, and when Mulian saw him, her nervous expression eased, and immediately she took on three points of grievance and resentment, her lips trembled and she endured it, and said in her mouth: "Second master is back—— —It so happens that the second wife and the girl are waiting for you!"

Lin Lin stepped in. Lin Daiyu did not sit in her usual seat, but gave up the main seat to Mrs. Wang, and sat on a round wooden chair with chess pieces. There was a small relief table between the two of them. This thin open volume.

There was nothing wrong with Lin Daiyu's expression, but there was a little humiliation hidden in her eyes. She glanced at Lin Lin at this moment, and said with a smile without saying anything else, "Why are you here so early today? Come and say hello to Second Aunt."

After all, it was her sister who said it. Lin Lin followed suit very face-saving, and casually cupped her hands at Mrs. Wang, then raised her eyelids and looked at the booklet on the table. Here it comes.

Seeing that he had seen the account books, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to hurry up and put them away. With her right hand, she stroked the round Buddhist beads on her left wrist. After holding back for a long time, she finally couldn't suppress the anger aroused by such blatant contempt.

She looked at Lin Lin with the arrogance characteristic of harsh elders: "I am just the head wife of a duke's mansion, the mother of a virtuous concubine, ordered from the fifth rank, and you are an inferior person who came out of a mountain village temple. , Naturally, you can look down on me, after all, you can't ask everyone to understand the nobility that the nobles have passed down from generation to generation, and are superior to others from the bottom of their bones."

Lin Lin shifted her weight from her left foot to her right foot nonchalantly, knowing that she hadn't finished complaining, she waited patiently for the next one.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wang paused after she finished speaking, as if she took his silence as cowardice and incompetence, her chin was raised higher and higher, and the hairpin on her head trembled arrogantly with the master's movements: "Although I don't I know what Uncle Lin thinks, but this is his family affairs after all, I can't get involved, but since you are the second son of the Lin family, you should know what kind of behavior you have Manners are the ones that show face, and you don't even know the basics of etiquette, so is this your Lin family's tutor?"

No matter how hard Lin Daiyu could hide her anger, when Mrs. Wang's sarcasm came at her, she could bear it for the sake of her relatives, but when the other party pointed at Lin Lin, she couldn't completely ignore it.

Lin Daiyu's almond eyes widened, her willow eyebrows stood erect, and she sneered back: "The elders have something to teach, but the younger generation dare not resign. What the second aunt said is absolutely right, and our brothers and sisters are naturally wrong. When it comes to tutoring, Who can compare to second cousin?"

"Second cousin was born with jade, so of course we are not comparable to ordinary people like us. Cousin also has his own style of behavior, which is different from the dirty people in the world." The following words should not be said by a boudoir daughter's family, Lin Lin consciously accepted Come here, the same words, coupled with his poker-faced face, bring double the effect of irony, "Everyone in the capital knows who doesn't know, the second cousin is used to hang out in the inner curtains, and likes the lipstick painted on the maid's lips the most." Rouge, such a tutor, my Lin family can't keep up with flattery."

A few words hit Mrs. Wang's soft flesh. Over the years, how many years, these two words have always been her heart disease. .

Whose family's son-in-law still hangs out with a group of children and family members every day when he is fourteen or fifteen years old. Although he still hasn't found anything dirty and transgressive, it has a bad reputation after all.

It's just that Jia Baoyu was born with visions, and his appearance was very similar to the deceased Jia Daishan. Jia's mother loved this grandson like eyeballs, and she was never willing to let go.

Jia Zheng is a foolish and filial man who pretends to be an honest gentleman, blindly acting on his mother's order, and even allows his son to fool around like this. Mrs. Wang is afraid that Jia Zheng's only surviving son will be controlled by such an old man. Baoyu was alienated from her, and hated Jia Mu long ago.

As for the matter of eating rouge, it is a serious illness in Mrs. Wang's heart. No one wants the son born in October to be a lustful and hungry ghost. Unfortunately, Jia Baoyu is born a bit biased. He is a love species bred by the bell spirit of heaven and earth. , the nature is like this, and it cannot be changed.

Because of the grievances of the previous generation, Mrs. Wang didn't like the three members of the Lin family at first, not to mention that Lin Lin always looked down on her. Mrs. Wang just took the opportunity to get angry, but she didn't expect to be directly treated by someone. A heart disease came out, and the anger and resentment reached the extreme.

The bitter and mean Miss Lin and her four maidservants were eagerly preparing to see how she would react. That scoundrel of the Lin family who deserved to die early seemed to be smiling but full of contempt. Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth tightly, and the anger in her eyes burst out like a sharp sword. She shot out, and simply heard Zhou Rui's family coughing in a panic outside, interrupting what she was about to blurt out.

Mrs. Wang took a deep breath, shivered for a while, and then swallowed it firmly. She moved all the facial nerves she could mobilize, but she still couldn't pull out a smile. I grabbed the account books on the website and left directly with three or four wives.

On weekdays, Mrs. Gaoming, who deliberately emphasized elegance and dignity when walking, was aggressive and dusty at this time. Lin Lin settled down in the seat she was sitting just now, and asked: "Sister, before I come, the second wife in the house asked you What's the matter?"

"Isn't it because the imperial decree of the emperor's graciousness to allow the concubine's relatives to come down last month, the family is busy worrying about the affairs of the relatives' garden, and to buy a large tract of land, not to mention every inch of land in Kyoto. With land, wood is very expensive Not only do you need a certain amount of expenses, you need to have all the decorations, but you also need to have the best ones. Besides, a few empty buildings don’t look good, and you need to replant flowers and trees,” Lin Daiyu said, wrinkling slightly The nose is rare and cute. "The cost of such a calculation is astonishingly high. Even if you invest a few hundred thousand taels of silver, it won't make a difference."

"What's more, what's the situation of the servants of Jia's mansion? In the past few months, you and I have both seen that cheating and embezzling money are all normal things. Such expenses will go up and up. Mention." Lin Daiyu touched the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and signaled Mulian to replace the broken tea and make another pot, "Except for the royal family, no matter how rich and noble a family is, they don't have tens of millions of taels of silver on hand. No, the second wife has listened to someone's instigation, and the idea is on us."

Every woman who knows how to settle accounts is awe-inspiring. Lin Daiyu is also a person who does not talk much on weekdays. Now that she has calculated the account carefully, Lin Lin's scalp is numb and she nods to show that she understands: "That's her mother." The daughter is coming back to visit relatives, she looks like the face of the Jia family, and the newly built garden is not named Lin, how can this second wife open her mouth?"

"Didn't you see that she was showing me the account book just now? It shows the expenses we have lived here for more than a month, but it is fake. An egg can cost three copper coins. I really don't know anything if I look at it." What about the idiot who doesn't understand? Then she borrowed money. Jia's purchase valued several truckloads of timber, and the money in hand couldn't move, so I wanted to raise a little bit from here. This money will be returned slowly through us from the expenses of board and lodging here." Lin Daiyu said it angrily and funny, this is really something that the mistress of the mansion can do, how could anyone else think of it Come up with such an idea.

Lin Lu was clamoring yesterday to hurry up and find a way to escape. The amount Mrs. Wang said, even if calculated according to her outrageous account book, is enough for them to live for ten or eight years at least.

"There are always people who think that they are the only smart person in the world." Lin Lin didn't care much, thinking of the words she heard sporadically when she opened the door and came in, she asked, "Since my sister didn't agree, I'm afraid Jia Wang also said what?"

"...It's nothing, she was offended by the younger generation, so she was naturally a little annoyed," Lin Daiyu covered it up. After all, Lin Lin is not her real brother, and it has something to do with Jia Min, so there are some things she can't say. When I got angry, I saw you barging in rudely, so I didn't get angry like that."

"What is it like not to be angry?" Lin Lu also rudely pushed the door open and came in. After hearing the story from Hulao, he didn't bother to drink the last sip of tea. He left the tea money and hurried back , I didn't expect to still miss a wonderful show, I couldn't help beating my chest and feet, feeling extremely regretful.

Lin Lin simply turned her head aside and chose to ignore it, Lin Daiyu sighed helplessly in her heart, and said the matter again to smooth things over.

After hearing this, Lin Lu rolled her eyes, and said with a smile, "I see, that's what happened. The second aunt's behavior is really unkind. The Lin and Jia families are in-laws. To us, the Jia family is even more serious. Bajing's family, they ask for their own affairs, so naturally they don't stand still, but if she treats us as fools like this, it will be too much."

"This is natural. If the elders really opened their mouths, it is only because of the mother's affection. Of course, ten thousand eight taels of silver is not a problem, but the second aunt is using this kind of dirty tricks, which is too much." Look down on us." Lin Daiyu also agreed with him, if the Jia family really asked for a loan, even if they asked for 10 taels of silver, no one in the Lin family would be able to refuse, but now it's not just about money. .

It's okay to take money, but you can't be treated as a fool at the same time as taking money, as someone who can be slaughtered at will.

Lin Lin still didn't make a statement, but for this person, being silent usually means agreeing. Seeing that the three of them agreed, Lin Lu smiled and said, "It's easy to handle, sister, please prepare, let's go to grandma, big sister For such a happy event as visiting relatives, we should naturally have a congratulatory gift—by the way, we should also explain clearly to my grandmother. Although it is an iron blood relationship, after all, it is a family with two surnames, and we should bear all the expenses in the future. , still using Jia’s purchases, plus an errand service fee.”

Lin Daiyu was a little hesitant, she knew that Lin Lu was a lawless master since she was a child, she thought about it for a while and persuaded: "Let's forget it this time, let grandma find out, it's another wrong thing, and it will damage the relationship between relatives. "

Silly girl, do you think that if we don't tell you, your good grandmother really doesn't know?I don't know how many outside this Baosha are people's eyeliner.

Lin Lu knew very well that if they didn't tell her, Mother Jia would just pretend she didn't know about it, and her sister's grievances today would all be in vain.

"Second aunt is clearly bullying our brothers and sisters when they are young, and there is no one to back them up, so they dare to act like this. Let her teach her a lesson, maybe she will do something next time?" Lin Lu persuaded, then asked, "Where are those account books?"

"... After Ziyu came, after saying a few words, the second aunt left, and seemed to have taken everything away when she left." Lin Daiyu was taken aback by his jumpy question, but answered immediately.

Even though she still has a bit of brains, knowing that if something bad is done, the evidence must be wiped out, Lin Lu smirked: "I understand, good sister, wait here for brother, I will come as soon as I go."

After Lin Lu finished speaking, she rushed out quickly without giving the two people in the room time to reflect. Lin Daiyu looked to the side blankly, and Lin Lin folded her arms and rolled her eyes.

What did you do?Needless to say, of course it was a sneaky attempt to steal the account books as evidence.