The Heart of the Red Chamber

When he brought up his younger sister who was completely confused about major matters, but who was smarter than anyone else in matters of money, Wang Ziteng's face was really ugly. He gritted his teeth and said to Lin Zhenghe: "My dear, this is something that our Wang family didn't teach me. My daughter, I will go tell the Jia family about this matter! As for the marriage of the Lin family's niece, my nephew is not a good match, so please take care of my in-laws!"

Seeing the tired look in Wang Ziteng's eyes, Lin Zhenghe sighed in his heart. If there was a way, he would not have found Wang Ziteng, so he also smiled wryly: "Brother Ziteng, if it wasn't for the kid getting married At that time, Zhuo Jing and I wouldn't be in such a hurry, it's really embarrassing Brother Zi Teng!"

Wang Ziteng waved his hands and said: "If there is any embarrassment or not, this matter must be resolved! Back then, Brother Ru Hai and I had a little friendship. Who knows that now that Brother Ru Hai passed away, the only remaining beloved daughter was taken by my younger sister. My family bullied me, I have completely lost my old face!"

Lin Zhenghe also knew that he was embarrassing others, so after saying a few more words, he got up and left.

Wang Ziteng personally sent Lin Zhenghe out, and after he came back, he sat in the study for a long time before calling his servants and ordering him to send a letter to Jia Wangshi, asking Jia Wangshi to come back once so that the matter can be settled.

Not many people knew about the conversation between Wang Ziteng and Jia Wangshi. The people in the Wang family only knew that Jia Wangshi's eyes were red when he came out, and his energy was much less. Wang Ziteng was not in a good mood either.

The Jia family gritted their teeth and returned part of the money to Lin Daiyu. Among them, the Jia Wang family contributed most of it, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. Shi Taijun also knew the situation of the Jia family, and felt sorry for his youngest son's family. He felt even less towards Lin Daiyu. With a sense of kindness, she certainly loved Lin Daiyu, but compared with Jia Baoyu, her grandson was more important.After thinking about it, Shi Taijun still approached Lin Daiyu, showed Lin Daiyu his kindness, and the difficulties with Jia's family, and promised Lin Daiyu to marry Jia Baoyu. Moreover, in order to prevent Lin Daiyu from developing a grudge, Mrs. Li had discussed the matter with Lin Daiyu before. She did not say whether Lin Daiyu had any affair with Jia Baoyu, but only said that the matter of marriage is always up to the parents. The orders of the matchmaker, the words of the matchmaker, the Jia family has been pushing back, if their own side has been insisting, it will inevitably be looked down upon.

Lin Daiyu now lives in the Lin family. Mrs. Li raised her as her own daughter, and she would not let her be as naive as she was in the Jia family. Lin Daiyu now knows that her father turned the Lin family's wealth into her own. The dowry, she no longer has parents to support her, if there is no generous dowry, she can only marry into a small family.Being a daughter-in-law is no better than being a daughter. If the dowry is not rich, you will be rejected.

But no matter what, Lin Daiyu is not a philistine in nature, the key is soft-hearted, how can she be willing to embarrass her direct grandmother because of money and other things outside her body, even if she is depressed, she finally agrees not to pursue it.Shi Taijun was naturally relieved, so he asked Lin Daiyu to stay in Jia's house for a longer period of time, so that he could get together with Baoyu and a few sisters, and said that Baoyu missed her very much. He did not live in the Grand View Garden as Shi Taijun arranged, but still lived in the previous house.

After learning some ways of the world, Lin Daiyu, who was already sensitive, felt the jealousy and alienation hidden under the superficial intimacy of the former sisters. Yingchun may be because of her cowardice, and her relationship with everyone is not far or close. Yes, Tanchun was even more obvious, she regarded Xue Baochai as her own sister, but she always regarded Lin Daiyu as an outsider. She is big and ridiculous, her sister-in-law who treated her well also passed away, and Youshi treated her politely on the surface, and she also felt a little dependent on others in Rongguo Mansion, but she and Lin Daiyu felt a little bit of sympathy.

As for Xue Baochai, she still had the appearance of a caring and gentle elder sister, but Lin Daiyu didn't have any ill feelings towards her. When she heard the little girl below say that Xue Baochai would be Bao's second grandma in the future, she just felt sad. She doesn't have the face to say what she likes or not, but she knows in her heart that no matter what, so many things have happened, neither she nor the Jia family can say anything about getting married without any grudges. Bitter, if my parents were still there, how could I have fallen into such an embarrassing situation, and finally had to rely on the uncle entrusted by my father on his deathbed to gain a foothold?

On the second day of Lin Daiyu's stay, Shi Xiangyun was also taken over. In order to be loyal to the current emperor, the historian almost went bankrupt and paid off the debt owed to the current emperor. A lot of income, so these years have been quite embarrassing. In order to save expenses, many servants have been released. Some things that need to be done by the servants have to be done by the female relatives of the family, such as the clothes that the masters of the family need to wear. Clothes, footwear, and accessories like needlework.In fact, this kind of thing is nothing, but many things are afraid of comparison.The Jia family always paid attention to ostentation, even those servant girls would not need to do needlework all day long like Shi Xiangyun, which naturally made Shi Xiangyun feel very unbalanced.

After Shi Xiangyun's parents both passed away, the Shi family was also in chaos, so Shi Taijun took him to Jia's house for a period of time. Shi Taijun loved her very much. When Lin Daiyu came, Shi Xiangyun suddenly felt that his place was taken away, so I'm always jealous of Lin Daiyu, and often say sour things.

Jia Baoyu is still very warm to Lin Daiyu, but Lin Daiyu already knows how to avoid suspicion, after a few times of excuses, Jia Baoyu said that Lin Daiyu has only lived in someone else's house for two years, why has she become a layman? Lin Daiyu is ashamed Furious, Mrs. Li just sent someone to pick her up, so she followed the Lin family away.

When Mrs. Li heard Lin Daiyu say not to pursue the matter further, she couldn't help sighing, and didn't say any more. Anyway, the money returned by the Jia family is enough to buy a decent dowry, but in the future, even if she finds a son who is willing to adopt a son In the Lin family, the child won't get much in the future, she told Lin Daiyu carefully, and Lin Daiyu's tears flowed down: "Auntie, but, that's my grandmother, I can still How to do it?"

Mrs. Li put her arms around Lin Daiyu and comforted her: "Don't cry, your children and grandchildren have their own blessings. As long as people strive for success, how much money can't be earned! Don't be sad!"

Lin Daiyu didn't think of this level before, but now that Mrs. Li mentioned it, she suddenly felt sorry for her deceased father, and was so angry that she fell ill again. Mrs. Li ordered someone to take the post to invite the imperial physician, while Secretly annoyed, thinking of Lin Daiyu's thin body, future offspring will also be a problem, so it becomes even more embarrassing.

Mrs. Li is in a dilemma for Lin Daiyu's marriage. Even if Lin Ruhai means to find a small family and know that she loves someone to marry, but since Lin Daiyu lives in her own home, she can't do it like this. She can't let others I feel that the Lin family is mean to their relatives, but with Lin Daiyu's conditions, it is really not easy to find someone who is well-matched.Lin Daiyu has a lot of advantages, and she is not bad in any of them. But these days, the bones can be picked out of the egg, and girls will be more picky after all.Lin Daiyu is the eldest daughter of a widow, and her health is not in good condition. She has been living in the Lin family these years, and has been raising bird's nest and snow clams. Such a delicate daughter-in-law.

Wang Ziteng didn't mention these things to Wang Ren, so Wang Ren only heard about it vaguely. Feng Ziying took a break that day and invited Wang Ren, Chen Yejun, and Liu Xianglian to attend the play.Wang Ren wasn't very interested in this, and couldn't hold back that the others were all movie fans, so he had to follow.

Right now on the stage, there is a scene of Havoc in Heaven. A group of people downstairs watching the Wusheng performing Sun Wukong on the stage do a series of somersaults and applaud desperately. In the private room upstairs, Feng Ziying is not very interested in martial arts. While eating, he complained there that he knew that he should have invited the theater troupe back to his home so as not to be troublesome here, and then he said: "Speaking of which, Qiguan is the best singer of Xiaodan, but he was watched by Prince Zhongshun." It’s on, and I can’t go out when I’m free, and I don’t even have any news recently! It seems that I won’t be able to listen to his plays in the future!”

Chen Yejun snorted softly: "Come on, Prince Zhongshun has won quite a few roles these years, but after a year or two, he will let go of it, and just listen to it at that time!"

Feng Ziying said mysteriously: "That's not necessarily the case, that Qiguan is the loyal and obedient Prince's favorite person, and he won't be able to eat for a day without him!"

Liu Xianglian was well-informed. Hearing this, she said: "What are you talking about, Qiguan? I heard that he sneaked away with someone a few days ago. At this moment, people from the Zhongshun Palace are looking everywhere. If you find it, then Qiguan is sure enough!"

Wang Ren didn't know anything about Qi officials and painting officials. Hearing them talking lively now, he said a little boringly: "Whatever they do with so many things, but that Qi official is not kind when he speaks. If he is not loyal and obedient The prince held it, how could he become a famous actor so quickly, besides, without the prince Zhongshun, an actor is nothing in a place like Chang'an, I guess if you two were not in the way of the prince Zhongshun, you would also want to Hook up with others!"

Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian laughed dryly. These two people are not clean and self-sufficient people.

The few people here didn't say anything about Qiguan. After returning, Wang Ren saw Wang Ziteng's face was angry. Seeing Wang Ren's return, his face eased a little.

Wang Ren greeted Wang Ziteng, and then asked, "Father, did someone make you angry?"

Wang Ziteng was a little annoyed: "It's not the Jia family, your aunt was fine when she was at home, but after she got married, she didn't worry people! Then Jia Baoyu, it's not good to provoke someone, but Prince Zhongshun You know, Prince Zhongshun is the emperor's younger brother, and he also knows current affairs and does not have real power. Therefore, the emperor has always been very tolerant to his younger brother. It is also useful to be loyal to the prince for some small things! Jia Baoyu actually offended someone because of an actor! That aunt of yours still has the face to come to me and ask me to make amends and apologize to Prince Zhongshun!"

Wang Ren was dumbfounded. It was not easy for him to intervene in this matter, but he still said cautiously: "Father, aunt also loves my son very much. It's just that my son has to say something!"

Wang Ziteng waved his hand: "Just open your mouth!"

Wang Ren sighed: "Father has always been in the cabinet, so I must know some of the emperor's thoughts. The emperor is quite dissatisfied with the noble family. If my royal family hadn't surrendered early, and the foundation is shallow and the population is not prosperous, presumably unless my father has the talent of Yi Yin, I can't do it." To get the current high position. The Wang family has been trembling all these years, but there are some problems in the aunt's family. Not to mention anything else, now for some reason, some people are talking about it. My aunt still has some things that violate the law in private, this time my father can be a middleman to make things better for the Jia family, but what about the next time, so what about the next time?"

Wang Ziteng was silent for a while, even if he was angry several times before, he would not care about his sister in the future, if he really wants to do it, he still has to do it, but what Wang Ren said is also reasonable, no matter how close the sister is, she is someone else's family, and it cannot be done for the sake of the sister. After dragging his own house into the water, he waved his hands weakly: "Okay, I get it!"

Seeing that Wang Ziteng had listened, Wang Ren left immediately.Wang Ziteng has feelings for his sister and brother-in-law's family, and the Jia family and the Wang family have several lifetimes of friendship, but Wang Ren and the Jia family do not have such a deep relationship. To him, the Jia family is an outsider.