Lin Jiajinyu of the Red Chamber

As soon as Lin Daiyu got married, Lin Jinyu wandered around the mansion twice, feeling empty, so she often ate and drank in Xu Ziwen's mansion.When Mu Li accompanied Daiyu back home to live in the opposite month, it happened to catch up with Qiushou, Mu Li was still in charge of camp defense, the most important thing, so he had to leave Daiyu to live in her mother's house alone.The newlyweds couldn't part with each other, because Lin Daiyu had to personally watch the ordering maids pack their clothes and salute, and after giving several instructions, Fang reluctantly sent Mu away.

This Mu Li has really undergone earth-shattering changes since he got married, and now he is very popular. In layman's terms, he talks a lot and laughs a lot, and often uses his brother-in-law's money to teach Lin Jinyu a thing or two.The key point is that the husband and wife are of the same body, and Lin Daiyu added a few sentences from time to time, opening her mouth "your brother-in-law is so so", and closing her mouth "what about your brother-in-law", which did not depress Lin Jinyu to death.It's strange that people say that girls are extroverted, and the water thrown by the married daughter, look at this momentum, it won't work if you don't splash it!

After sending her husband away, Lin Daiyu brought up the matter of letting her younger brother go to her home to prepare for the exam. Of course, Lin Jinyu would not agree. Her sister was kind, but this big mansion must have a serious master to be decent.Lin Daiyu knew that her younger brother was very assertive, so she didn't try to persuade her, but asked Lin Jinyu to concentrate on her studies.

Now that Xu Ziwen, Wen Fei, and Mu Li are all accompanying Qiushou, Lin Jinyu has no other place to go.As the spring approached, he was also a little nervous. This was not a joke. There were more than [-] people in the country, so they studied hard at home every day.In fact, he really wanted to visit Xu Shuo's house. When Lin Daiyu got married, the Xu family all came to support her, and they put on a good posture for the whole family.Furthermore, Xu Shuo's academician from the Hanlin Academy has a splendid essay, which was praised by the sage himself, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world. From what Xu Ziwen said, Xu Shuo is very likely to be the chief examiner.However, he has long been worshiping Xu Ziwen as his teacher. As a literati, it is inevitable that he has a bit of a bad temper. If the ready-made master is not used, he has to ask others for advice. Xu Ziwen will probably be unhappy, and Lin Jinyu will save it.

Although Tu Wenfei accompanied him, he never slacked in his pursuit of Lin Jinyu. He sent a long letter to Lin's family every three days, beginning with: I love Yubao.Lin Jinyu was paralyzed to death, and he doubted whether Tu Wenfei had transmigrated it, but he didn't know that it was inherited from his uncle and nephew.

Life in the Lin Mansion was plain and quiet, but it was the Rongguo Mansion's Pear Fragrance Court that caused a stir.

Aunt Xue was trembling all over, her eyes were wide open, her whole pale face twisted into a strange expression, her hands firmly grasped Qiu Ling's wrist, her teeth were rattling.Qiu Ling was afraid of extreme pain, she looked at Aunt Xue with tears streaming down her pitiful face, and couldn't help but let out a soft cry.Aunt Xue gritted her teeth and asked, "When you clean up the house, have you ever touched the red sandalwood box in this cabinet!"

Qiu Ling's face was pale, two lines of tears rolled down her beautiful cheeks, she kept shaking her head, "Mrs. Mingjian, this servant just came in to clean up, so how dare I rummage through the cages. I have no way of knowing whether there is a box or not."

Aunt Xue pushed Qiu Ling to the ground fiercely, and Qiu Ling curled up on the ground, trembling.Aunt Xue wished she could tear Qiu Ling apart, and shouted sharply, "From Yu Fu's family! Detain this little bitch, watch out, don't allow her to follow suit! Go invite the girl over!" A gold hair wearing gray cocoon silk The mother-in-law dragged Qiu Ling out in a panic.Aunt Xue was fidgeting, her eyes rolled white with anger, and she was about to turn over. The Huang mother in the room heard the movement, she poked her head in to have a look, hurriedly supported the master, and said, "Ma'am, ma'am, Wake up, ma'am!" And called the little girls to come in, and hurriedly waited for Aunt Xue to lie down on the kang, feeding tea and beating her breast.

Xue Baochai was talking with Sanchun and other sisters in Jiamu's house. These days, Jiamu has become more and more kind to her. When she heard the little girl asking her to go back, she hesitated to say anything. She couldn't help but feel suspicious. Jiamu smiled. Said, "Bao girl, go and have a look, the concubine must have something important to do. If it's something outside, you are too busy, just send someone over and ask your second brother Lian to help."

Xue Baochai thanked her with a smile, and hurriedly took Yinger's hand and went.

Aunt Xue has calmed down a little now, she was lying on the pillow crying, Xue Baochai panicked when she saw it, she leaned on the kang, and said tearfully, "Mom, what's wrong, I'll ask my second sister-in-law to call the imperial physician." .”

"You all go down and guard the door, and no one is allowed to enter lightly! I have something to say to the girl." Aunt Xue wiped away her tears, but sat up with her body, Xue Baochai supported her mother's arm, and moved The pillow was erected and leaned against the mother's back, and wiped the mother's tears with a handkerchief. Aunt Xue's throat was choked, and she held her daughter's hand and shed tears for a while, crying, "My son, I don't know the IOU written by your aunt. Why, it disappeared out of thin air."

Xue Baochai's heart suddenly went blank, she almost couldn't hold it anymore, her face turned pale, and she asked in a low voice, "Mom, how is it possible? I don't even know where my mother is, how could she disappear? Is mother unlocked?"

"The lock is still there, and there is nothing in the box. I don't know how to open it." Aunt Xue said angrily, "Usually, Qiu Ling comes to my house more often, and she can read and write! Except Who else could she have?"

Xue Baochai thought carefully, and said softly, "Mom, my daughter doesn't think it's Qiu Ling. Anyone who does this must have some benefits. To Qiu Ling, it's just an empty box. If there are some jewels in it, I believe it." She did it. But think about it, she sold it to our family since she was a child, her father has no relatives, her mother favored her to serve her brother, and Minglu opened her face to serve wine. The future is just around the corner, she stole these, what is the use? Since I came to our house, I haven't stepped out of the gate, and I don't know her mother-in-law and servants well, so if it's Qiu Ling, Mom ordered someone to search Qiu Ling's box to find out."

"I've searched." Aunt Xue looked up at her daughter, "But except for Qiu Ling, the people who can enter my house are all old people. The four or five generations of Chen people in our family, I have always treated them well. Can you do these things?"

Xue Baochai lowered her head and said softly, "Our family is reliable. A few days ago, I told my mother that the wages of the women outside were cut by four hundred lines. They were all directly sent by the mansion, and they didn't know the details. It's not uncommon to drink and gamble in ordinary days. If you can't keep someone, you have some hands and feet, let alone, look at the cages on the third and fifth floors of your mother, don't you think it's some valuable property?"

Xue Baochai never believed that it was Qiu Ling who did it. Qiu Ling is very weak. She was originally Xue Pan's aunt's reserve army, who was Xue Pan's drinker.Although the Xue family's visit was a little too careless, Qiu Ling's temperament can be seen; moreover, with her appearance, it took Xue Pan a year or two to get her, Qiu Ling couldn't trap Xue Pan, and she had no means .Thinking of this, Xue Baochai said softly, "Mom, let Qiu Ling out first, she is a person close to my brother, and she just married a sister-in-law now, so it's not good. Since she usually stays in Mom's room the most, then Ask Qiu Ling if she saw any suspicious people coming to her mother."

Aunt Xue heard something reasonable, so she called Ying'er to bring Qiu Ling for interrogation.Poor Qiu Ling was born weak and cowardly, trembling under the fright, she couldn't even speak. Aunt Xue saw that she was frightened to this field, but she was a little bit suspicious, thinking that it was probably not Qiu Ling, so she didn't say anything else , so timid, and can't do something like stealing, not to mention that she has ordered someone to search Qiu Ling's room.Xue Baochai frowned, watched Yinger feed Qiu Ling a cup of warm tea, and Qiu Ling came back to her senses, pleading with tears all the way.

Xue Baochai leaned over to support Qiu Ling, wiped away the tears on Qiu Ling's face with a handkerchief, helped Qiu Ling to sit on the chair below, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, now my wife already knows that you are innocent. Yes. It’s just that my wife lost something important, so I just asked you to ask. You usually show your wife the house, but have you ever seen anyone come in?”

With two tears in her eyes, Qiu Ling shook her head and said, "Slaves often work outside. Except for the servants, no one enters the wife's house lightly. The two mothers are the most honest. ..."

Xue Baochai asked softly, "Think about it again, have the women in the yard come in?"

"In addition to looking at the house, I also followed my wife to see the concubine and the old lady over there. I don't know about the rest, girl, I really don't dare to steal things. I really didn't take anything." Qiu Ling knelt down again. Give Xue Baochai a nibble.

Xue Baochai signaled Ying'er to help Qiuling get up, and said coldly, "Go back to your room to freshen up, find some medicine and bandage the wound on your hand carefully, don't miss a word about today's affairs!"

Qiu Lingying hurriedly saluted and left.

Aunt Xue beat her chest and scolded, "Which bastard who cut off his children and grandchildren is a bastard, a low-spirited bastard, and did such a wicked thing like lightning and killing his children and grandchildren!"

"Mom said what to do now?" Xue Baochai was also worried.

Aunt Xue said coldly, "What should we do? When it gets dark, open the door and search one by one! I want to see who is so daring to steal from our house!"

Xue Baochai covered her lips and whispered, "Mum, why are you so confused? We're living in a relative's house, and we're going to raid the house? It doesn't look like it if someone finds out. Besides, our own slaves are fine, like those suspects What's more important is the mother-in-law of the house, if these people make trouble, our face will be lost!"

"My son!" Aunt Xue slammed her fists on the bed in pain, and said, "That's 20 taels of silver. You've spent your whole life on it, so why bother with shame! Find out, and I will Cut the one who kills a thousand swords into a thousand pieces!"

Xue Baochai lowered her head and asked, "What about brother and sister-in-law? Now that brother and sister-in-law are going back to live with her natal family for the next month, we are yelling and killing and ransacking the house. How will we explain when brother and sister-in-law come back?"

"I'm their old lady, if you want to confess, just come to me and ask for it!" Aunt Xue was desperate.

Xue Baochai thought about it, and said with tears in his eyes, "Mom, tell my daughter to tell her, let's forget it. If this thief got something, he would never hide it in the house and wait for someone to search it. He tore up a thin piece of paper and burned it." I swallowed it and buried it, where can I find it? Mom loves me so much, so I don’t have to disturb the whole family because of these things. Mom just listen to my advice, there is absolutely no reason to copy the new wife’s new house! This must be spread , our family's reputation is over, we women don't care, anyway, people who pretend to be deaf and dumb can get by without leaving the gate. But my brother is walking outside, mom should also think about my brother, brother What face do you have to drink and do business with people outside! Seeing that the business at home has improved, we girls can't help brother, can't we do it backwards?"

When Aunt Xue heard about her son, her heart softened and she shed tears, "My son is more thoughtful, so what about me? Is there any way?"

Xue Baochai saw that there was no one outside, so she lowered her voice and said, "Mom, according to my daughter, anyway, Mom didn't plan to ask my aunt to return the money, but just worry about my daughter's affairs. Mom, you and your aunt I can't read, how do I write the IOU, how do I draw it?"

"My name is Xiangling. It's written by your aunt's handprint." Aunt Xue said.

Xue Baochai said softly, "In my daughter's opinion, it's better to make a fake one. My aunt is illiterate, and she is at this age. It has been almost two years since this year. I don't think my aunt can remember what the IOU looks like." Yes. Mom just needs to show this IOU when the time comes. Auntie has a ghost in her heart, and she will never dare to ask someone to check the authenticity. Just need to deter Auntie and ask Auntie to help us. Mom, do you think it makes sense? ?”

Aunt Xue's eyes flashed, her old heart finally touched the ground, she embraced Xue Baochai with infinite love and affection, stroked her daughter's soft and plump face, and praised, "It's my son who is good at planning. My son, this time, let's not go through others hand, as long as you and I know about it."

Xue Baochai naturally ordered people to prepare pens, inks and ink pads without mentioning it.