Edge of the Red Chamber

When it comes to making zongzi, I don't really wait for them to wrap it up and steam it in the pot, but it's just to try to make it fresh, and moreover, I don't want to think that the zongzi grows out of the ground.

Jia Min only allowed Daiyu to eat rice dumplings when she was four years old. She was young and it was the first time she ate rice dumplings.Her grandmother feared that she would not be able to digest if she ate too much, so she coaxed her and said, "I only have this half, and if you want any more, it will be gone."She is small and doesn't understand, but she still remembers what Jia Min said in the past, if you want to eat pomegranates, you have to plant pomegranate trees first, so she begged Jia Min to plant zongzi.Jia Min didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and told a child that he couldn't explain clearly, so he had to ask his servants to prepare the materials, and led Daiyu to make rice dumplings.Both play and learn.

In addition to the fact that Zhang Feng'e used to do a lot of work at home, her hands were a little rough at first, but they have also become delicate and tender in the past two years.Not to mention that Lin Jun and Daiyu have never broken their oily skin since they were young.The women and girls in the room watched, if they really dared to let the three of them do it, if they hurt their hands, they would not be able to get rid of it.Each of the three made four bags, and when they asked for more bamboo leaves, the mother-in-law and the girl stepped forward to stop them.

The nannies of several people also stepped forward to persuade them: "Girls, it's all for fun, and you still do it seriously? You hurt your hands carefully."

Zhang Feng'e got up in a hurry, took one with each hand, and said, "Let's go, these few are just a wish, if you really hurt your hand, it's not filial piety to make old ladies worry about it."

Su Momo and He Momo hurriedly said, "That's exactly what you said."

The table that was usually placed in the pavilion was moved aside, and now a plate of peaches, mung bean cakes, sanzi, etc. had been set up.The three of Daiyu moved over, and Liuli personally held a tea tray filled with begonia-style carved lacquer and filled with gold and rich flowers. Inside were three small white jade bowls, filled with the mung bean soup, and the water droplets on the outside of the bowls were crystal clear.

Zhang Feng'e then asked: "Where can the old lady send it?"

Putting down the tea tray, Liu Li said, "I just sent Ye Zi to deliver it myself." The three of them ate mung bean soup and snacks.

The three stayed until noon and accompanied the old lady for lunch. Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian invited the old lady to Luoying Pavilion to enjoy the scenery and have a drink.It was also because the weather was good, there was no sun, and it was not too hot, so the old lady became interested and ordered not to use the sedan chair.So a group of people walked and stubbornly walked all the way to the garden.

The tables and chairs in the Luoying Pavilion are all ready, and there is a small flower hall opposite the pavilion. The inside is ready, and the rice dumplings have been steamed on the stove. The fragrance is mixed with the fragrance of meat, fruit, and the fragrance of bamboo leaves.

Mrs. Zhao smiled and asked Daiyu: "I heard that you made zongzi to honor me and the old lady. Don't you just coax us?"

Lin Jun was not afraid of her mother. Hearing the words, she quickly moved to the old lady's side and said, "Everything is passed by the old lady. The old lady has to make decisions for us."

A group of people chatted and laughed and entered the Luoying Pavilion, and without waiting for orders, four women came out of the flower hall, each holding a large multicolored enamel holding box, came in and put it on the collapsed board beside the entrance railing, and then retreated one by one. go out.A few more maidservants came in, some with bathtubs, some with handkerchiefs, some with incense boxes, and some with spittoons.A few people washed their hands, Lu Huixian led some young maids to serve the dishes, Mrs. Zhao poured wine from the pot herself, and gave the first glass to the old lady. Said: "how can I work hard, auntie, I'd better do it myself."

Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hand and pressed it falsely, and said, "You just sit and enjoy it with peace of mind."

As soon as the dishes were served, Lu Huixian asked if the rice dumplings were ready. The old lady heard this and said, "It's good for the girls to look at these, and you can come and have a drink." Then she said to Mrs. Zhao, "Sit down too. There are so many maids, I'm afraid no one will serve you."

The two hurriedly said: "The old lady usually doesn't want us to serve her in the past, she finally came out once, and let us show my filial piety."

The old lady was still very happy in her heart, she waved her hand, and said with a smile: "filial piety is not an issue, a family eats wine and has fun, this is the way of human relations, rules and etiquette, as long as you can get by on the big face." Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian just responded sit down.

All of a sudden the servant girl brought up the peeled zongzi, and Hong Kam took a small mahogany tea tray and put two small emerald saucers with lotus leaf edges, each filled with four [-]-inch zongzi, and said with a smile: "This is the rice dumpling. The grandma and the girls respect the old ladies, the old ladies try it and see how it goes."

The old lady took one and ate it, and said: "You girl, you can talk nonsense to coax me, your grandma didn't go back all day today, where did you make the zongzi, maybe you guys did it? "

Hearing this, Lu Huixian asked with a smile: "The old lady's words are not fair. The younger sisters made rice dumplings, and the old lady didn't watch. How do you know that they made dumplings and not the girls? Although I didn't go to Sister Feng's place , could it be that there is no room for a table in my room?"

The old lady pointed at her and Mrs. Zhao and said, "This girl is getting more and more courageous. I just said a word, and she has a big talk waiting for her."

Mrs. Zhao then laughed and said: "She doesn't know the old lady's heart, she only thinks that the old lady loves Feng girl and doesn't love her, and she is jealous of her younger sisters. But she doesn't know that the old lady is measuring her, knowing that she is today My son must not even be able to take a break, how can I have time to sit down and make zongzi."

Lu Huixian got up and poured a glass of wine for the old lady, and said: "Auntie doesn't listen to what you say, she only wants to drive a wedge between us, why did the old lady treat me and my sisters differently? If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid it's my aunt Seeing that the old lady loves us alone, she feels bad, but she is too embarrassed to say it, so she uses me, an honest person, as a raft."

The sisters stopped eating zongzi, so they listened to what they had to say, Mrs. Zhao said, "Fortunately, the old lady still understands in her heart, otherwise, wouldn't she be coaxed by you? With such a small mouth, Bai can say It’s black, white can be black, right or wrong, good or bad, it’s all up to your mouth, where can I reason?” He also said: “I don’t understand in my heart, I just came here At that time, he was still the same as before, speaking in a gentle manner, not so eloquent, and I don’t know who I learned from.”

Mrs. Zhao came when Lu Huixian consummated the house, and said that the meeting was the same as before, but this meeting is different. Doesn't it mean that Lu Huixian learned from Lin Jue?

When Lu Huixian realized it, she blushed and said angrily, "This is also an aunt who only makes fun of us."

The old lady smiled, then picked up the glass and said, "Have a glass of wine, and let's eat zongzi, otherwise it's hard to digest when it's cold."

Mrs. Zhao took the wine and said with a smile: "The old lady is good at being a good person. She provokes us to quarrel with each other. She is just watching the jokes. She is afraid that if we really quarrel, she will come out to be a peacemaker again. It's clean. The few of us don't know, but the old lady is kind."

Daiyu put a rice dumpling into Mrs. Zhao's mouth and said, "It's all caused by this rice dumpling. I'll feed my aunt one, and it's just a sign of bad luck."

Without saying a word, everyone in the pavilion laughed.

Daiyu herself couldn't help laughing, she let go of her hands, and the chopsticks fell to the ground with a tinkling sound.The little maid hurriedly suppressed a smile and picked it up, and sent another pair of clean ones.

The zongzi on the table was cold, and another plate was served.Everyone was chatting and laughing, after all, it was not easy to restrain, and they didn't dare to eat more. They tasted one or two, but it was just for the occasion.

Du Linjun ate more alone.

Zongzi are all about one inch in size, small and exquisite, Lin Jun didn't pay attention to them, she was talking and laughing, but she didn't pay attention, and she ate too much without knowing it.Mrs. Zhao was funny and angry at the same time, and scolded: "You are so greedy? I am hungry all day long, can't you?"

Lu Huixian hurriedly ordered the servant girl to cook Xiaoshi soup for their sisters to eat, and said: "The small ones I made this year are too small to eat." Then asked: "Why don't you go out and take a walk, and it will be easier to digest."

Daiyu was thinking about the graceful flowers, and when she heard the words, she got up and said, "Just in time, it's so cool today, let's take a stroll." Then she wanted to leave.

Zhang Feng'e held her back and said, "Don't worry, let's go after eating the soup." Before she finished speaking, the servant girl had already brought Xiaoshi soup, and the three of them ate a bowl each, and then went straight away.

The old lady and Mrs. Zhao Lu Huixian each ate a bowl, then moved to the slump of the railing and sat down, removed the remaining seats, and served some fresh and preserved fruits.

Lu Huixian was mediating on one side, and Mrs. Zhao sat and talked with the old lady, because she said: "I went to my old in-law's house to have a drink and watch a play yesterday. Mrs. Ma of the Imperial Academy talked to me. I listened to the meaning of the words. It seems like we have taken a fancy to our Yan'er. I thought, our side is almost the same as the Cheng family, and it has not been settled yet, so it is not good to make it public. Just say that I live here, is it a guest house, what is better? Take care of the family affairs, and push this matter to the old lady."

The old lady nodded and said: "It should be like this," and said: "There are many relatives in the family, but I have never heard of such relatives in their family."

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "The old lady has a good memory," and said: "It is not a relative. It is a matter of several generations. The ancestors of the Ma family used to worship under the grandfather of the Cui family. Now Mrs. Ma His son was studying at the Hanlin Academy, and Mrs. Ma often came over to get close to him. Chunshang Yuer and Miss Xian consummated the house, and Mrs. Ma brought the eldest girl over for a day, but there were so many people that the old lady did not remember. There are also some."

Since she is not a relative, and she is leaving as a relative, Mrs. Ma must be a witty one.The old lady nodded and said, "That's right. I said the other day Mrs. Tai talked about so many girls, but there was no one with the surname Ma."

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "This Mrs. Ma is the same, and the girl she raises is another, naive and straightforward. Who would have guessed that the person I met this time is a girl from her family."

The old lady also had a smile on her face, and said: "The dragon has nine sons, and they are all different, let alone human beings? Maybe Miss Ma followed her father, or followed her aunt, there are always some."

After Lu Huixian cleaned up, she came over and invited the two to the table, and said, "The water is very humid here, old ladies and wives go and sit down."

The old lady sat down and drank tea, and Lu Huixian said: "Speaking of which, I went to Rongfu to watch a theater on the first day of the new year. I also encountered an incident. I didn't take it seriously, so I didn't tell the old lady about it. This meeting I heard my aunt talk about it, and I thought, it’s better to teach the old lady. The old lady only listens to it as a joke, and that’s all.”

Mrs. Zhao then asked with a smile: "Our Yan'er is good-looking and knowledgeable. With such a family background, it's no wonder that other families are thinking about it. Which family's girl has taken a fancy to it?"

Lu Huixian waved her hand and said with a smile, "This time, it's not because I fell in love with the second master, but because I fell in love with a girl in our family."

Mrs. Zhao laughed and said, "It must be Feng'er."

The old lady hurriedly asked: "Which family is it? It doesn't matter the family background, as long as the family is good and the child has a good temper, you don't have to worry about anything else." It's because the family is bad, or the child is bad, or neither is good, and he smiled again: "I'm also in a hurry."

"That's not the case." Lu Huixian waved her hand and said, "Whether it's the second master or sister Zhang, which old lady is not in a hurry? This is exactly what the old lady loves them."

Mrs. Zhao couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly said, "Let's not talk about anything else, just tell us which family you belong to first, we have a good idea in our hearts."

Lu Huixian said, "It's the family of Xue, the successor of Jinling Ziweishe."

Speaking of which, the women of the Lin family, except for Lu Huixian, didn't know the reason why the Xue family came to Beijing. What the Xue family said was to choose talents and praises for their girls to come to Beijing.

"It turned out to be their family." The four big families in Jinling are powerful and powerful in the south. Mrs. Zhao saw that she was referring to one of the four families. Although she didn't know the talent, she felt bad.In matters of marriage, what matters is the right marriage.In Mrs. Zhao's heart, it's not right that Xue's family and Zhang's family are not in proper households, so this relationship is naturally not easy to get married.But he also didn't understand how the Xue family fell in love with Zhang Feng'e, and after all, the Rongguo Mansion was the ancestral home of the Lin Yu brothers and sisters, and they were all relatives.Whether it's good or not, she couldn't say for sure, so she just asked: "The two of them are also old relatives, so to speak, they are also very rich. And this is the only son who inherits the family business, so he must be delicate. I wonder how old is their young master? How is the character and appearance?"

The old lady also hurriedly said: "Let's not talk about whether you are rich or not, let's talk about the child first." Then, the old lady remembered something again, and her face was not as happy as before. After thinking for a while, she continued. Said: "I didn't care about it before. I thought it was not related to us. I had nothing to ask what they were doing. I only heard that their master was gone, so I came to Beijing to visit relatives. It was not allowed by the clan, or for other reasons. Otherwise, how Orphans and widows don’t live at home, but live with relatives? Outsiders look at it, and it’s really out of order.”

It turned out that the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching, and the Rongguo Mansion invited Mrs. Zhao's wife, Lu Huixian, and sisters to watch a play on the first day of the lunar new year. Naturally, Aunt Xue also came.

Aunt Xue thought, her widows usually have no one to invite them, except that they can meet people from the Lin family here in Rongguo Mansion, and they can't usually meet them.It's just that the Lin family doesn't go out very often, and if it's not a holiday, the Rongguo Mansion will post a post and they won't come.If you don't mention it this time, the next time will have to wait until August [-]th.After waiting these few months, I'm afraid the girl from the Zhang family has already been settled.So he made up his mind that if he met Mrs. Zhao or Lu Huixian this day, he must find out.

Since they were not serious relatives, Mrs. Zhao naturally didn't go. This time, even Zhang Feng'e and Lin Jun didn't go there, only Lu Huixian and Daiyu went there.

Daiyu doesn't like to watch operas, and she is tired of Baoyu making noises in front of her. After watching it, she takes Sanchun to their room to chat and laugh.Baoyu hurriedly followed, but Daiyu ignored him because Jia's mother was not in front of her. She just sat among her sisters, and it was difficult for Baoyu to get close.

The old lady saw Daiyu's kindness, so she didn't doubt it. Seeing that Baochai was boring alone, she ordered Baochai to go with her. The girl is good-natured and filial, and she is willing to accompany our old man to see a play."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Bao girl is weird. She has been like this since she was a child, and she doesn't like to move. In terms of it, it's better to be like Miss Zhang, not as weird as Bao girl." At this point, I asked Lu Huixian, "Why don't you see Miss Zhang and Miss Jun today?"

When Lu Huixian heard Aunt Xue single out Zhang Feng'e alone, she understood, she just pretended to be ignorant, and said: "Jun'er and her mother have also gone out to drink, and sister Feng is at home with our old lady."

Aunt Xue smiled and said to Jia Mu, "That's not what I said."

Mother Jia naturally understood Aunt Xue's thoughts better, nodded, and said with a smile: "She is also a rare one." She took advantage of the situation and asked Lu Huixian, saying: "The last time I talked to the old lady of my in-laws, she said that there is no one. A good boy, I don't know what you think."

If Lu Huixian didn't understand anything, if Mother Jia or Aunt Xue spoke out and refused, they would definitely be criticized.Lu Huixian ignored Jiamu's words and said: "When we talked at home, the old lady also said. Since her father entrusted us, although sister Feng is not in our family, but she is raised by the old lady, she and Dai'er Same, no elder brother can talk about my sister's affairs before the decision is made. It's better to wait for the second master's matter to be settled, and then focus on sister Feng's affairs. At that time, I'm afraid I will come to bother the old lady and Mrs. Xue."

Even if it is really necessary to decide on Lin Jue's marriage first and then talk about Zhang Feng'e's affairs, then why not have a look at others first?Lu Huixian clearly looked down on Xue Pan.

Aunt Xue was so angry that she was half dead, but there was nothing she could do.Jia's mother was not very happy. Although Xue Pan was not successful, she came from a big family. According to Zhang Feng'e's small family, she is considered a high climber.What's more, she was the one who personally secured the matchmaker, and Lu Huixian refused without taking a nap, probably because she didn't have her grandmother in her eyes.

Lu Huixian looked at the way the two of them looked, and knew that they were not very satisfied, so she just took it as a joke and said: "The old lady can see clearly," and said: "It is precisely because Mr. Xue relied on his wealth and power to kill people. I ran into a catastrophe, so I escaped to Beijing..."

Before the words were finished, not only the old lady, but also Mrs. Zhao's expression changed.The old lady lowered her face immediately, and said with a sneer: "What is this, and she has the face to beg us Feng'er, and she can do it."

She naturally refers to Jia Mu, and the old lady hates it even more.First, he came over and said that he shouldn't have a grandniece by his side to plot against Lin Yan, but this time he simply wanted to destroy Zhang Feng'e.

The old lady really misunderstood, since she has no children, Zhang Feng'e and the few others she has seen, naturally they all hurt like eyeballs.In her eyes, no matter how good the family is, they are always afraid of wronging Zhang Feng'e.

But Jia's mother has another thought, relying on her family status as a prince, this is a first-class family in the world.Xue Pan killed someone, in the eyes of Jia Mu, it was just that the child was too naughty.What's more, the matter is over, and the case against Ying Tianfu has also been closed.Xue Pan is also a relative of his own family. Although he is not comparable to his own family, he is also closer than outsiders. In the eyes of Jia Mu, Xue Pan is naturally a good one.With a girl from such a poor family as Zhang Feng'e, that is the dignity of the Zhang family.It wasn't that Zhang Feng'e was raised by Mrs. Zheng, and Lin Hai was taking care of Mrs. Zheng, how could the Xue family think highly of her.

Lu Huixian hurriedly served tea and said, "Old lady, please stop being angry, I shouldn't have said it, everyone is angry for nothing."

Mrs. Zhao also came up to persuade her, saying: "Fenger is such a good child, no one in the family does not love her, even me. Although we have not been together for two months, I still love her character in my heart. Who would wrong her? Why? If these people who can't figure it out are really angry, it's not worth it."

The old lady sighed, and said just now: "I understand in my heart that I have no descendants. She was just like you two years before I was with me, and I only raised her as my own. It's just that she is more miserable than you. , the mother left early, and the grandmother treats her grandson like a grandson, so she should love her grandson more. You always remember the scene when she first came to our house. A girl from a small family has never suffered such hardship. I Just thinking of my unlucky son, you said that I can’t think of a son and a half daughter, but there are too many sons and daughters. When did the grandson of our Zheng family get abused to such an extent? Fortunately, her father She is still innocent, and what she said meant that she really cared for Feng'er, otherwise, I can see that I can spare him. How can I not feel bad when I see others ruining her like this?"

The words made Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian's eyes turn red, and they both said: "It's all over, didn't you say that it is bitter first and then sweet. I see, Feng'er is a lucky person, otherwise why would I end up with the old lady, but After two years, he has come out like this again."

The old lady's anger came out, and her breath has calmed down.Hearing this, it was funny, and said: "The future blessings are not the future blessings, it depends on her own good luck." After finishing speaking, she was about to get up, and Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian hurriedly got up to support her.The old lady waved her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, let's go for a stroll too. If it's Dai'er, it's rare that it's cool today, and the weather is getting hotter every day, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go out for a stroll. "

Rosary beads Muyu and several big maidservants were sitting and talking outside the pavilion, and when they got up here, they rushed in to serve them.Rosary beads and Muyu wanted to step forward to replace Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian, and they both said, "With us, you don't feel at ease? That's a good way to talk."

Once out of the pavilion, Lu Huixian said to Dan Ruo who was following behind: "You don't have to follow, I will go out with the old lady and the wife for a stroll, and I will come back here to rest after a while, you bring a few people to watch over here. Come on, don’t let us come back, there’s no tea or water.” Dan Ruo said yes, then stopped, pointed to a few servant girls to look at the stove in turn, and she personally led several servant girls to prepare for a while plate.

The old lady was elderly, Mrs. Zhao and Lu Huixian didn't dare to go far, so they walked slowly along the edge of the pool, taking advantage of the wind on the water, so it wasn't too hot.While chatting about homework, when encountering a good scene, talk about the scenery again.After walking for a quarter of an hour, there was a fork in the road. Lu Huixian remembered that this road could also lead back to Luoying Pavilion, and several people took the fork in the road.When I got back to the pavilion, I saw that the three sisters Zhang Feng'e had already sat down to have tea.

Mrs. Zhao asked from a distance: "When did you come back? Why didn't we see anyone when we followed you?

Daiyu hurriedly got up to greet her, and said, "We passed the flower wall over there to see the twig, and we must have missed it on the way."

Mrs. Zhao said: "Sure enough, I missed it." Then asked: "If it is in the south, it will be blooming at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult here." She also said: "This single plant is not good-looking, and it will be interplanted with ivy until it blooms. At that time, it looks good against the emerald green leaves."

All three of Zhang Feng'e nodded, and said: "A few days ago, I don't know which girl said that the buds were already blooming. I thought that when I was in the south, it was almost blooming at this time. I just came in today, so I stopped by to have a look. How do I know that even There are no flower buds yet, and I'm afraid it will be next month, but the begonias planted below are all blooming."

After talking, Fu came into the pavilion again.Just as he sat down, he saw Dan Ruo and his party coming in with tea trays. The old lady was feeling thirsty, so she asked, "What is it?"

Danruo said: "Mung bean, tremella and lily soup."

The old lady said, "If it's hot, bring a bowl."

Mrs. Zhao came over with a bowl and said, "They are all careful before eating the rice dumplings. How dare they prepare cold ones? The old lady just eat them with confidence."

The old lady walked all the way, but she was in good spirits, and she was still sitting on the slum.Mrs. Zhao was afraid that the old man would hold on, so she stepped forward to persuade: "The old lady should lie down a little bit." Rosary also came up to persuade, the old lady was tilted, and the little maid handed the beauty hammer, and Rosary moved her foot and sat down. While beating the old lady's legs, the wooden fish came up with a bowl and a spoon to feed the old lady.

The old lady took a sip of the soup, nodded, and said: "This is just right," and then said: "It's best to plant the spinach and the spinach together. When the spinach is exhausted, the spinach will continue to bloom. You can enjoy it for four or five months." The flowers are easy to live. When I was a girl, I always planted these two kinds of flowers on the wall of the backyard, and no one took care of them. I just paid attention to the thinning of the seedlings every spring."

Lu Huixian said: "I don't know that the old lady likes this, otherwise, next spring, it won't take much trouble to move some over there."

The walls in the small courtyard behind are covered with vines, the old vines are as thick as a child's arm, if you want to plant something else, you have to cut down the old ones.

The old lady quickly waved her hands and said: "That's all, I just said so." Then asked: "The vines in the yard, I see it for some years, maybe it was there when there was this yard?"

Lu Huixian said: "That's what the old man said, but I don't know what it is."

After eating soup, everyone saw that the old lady was tired, and Daiyu and sisters were sweating all the way and wanted to go back to take a bath and change clothes, so they called bamboo chairs and open sedan chairs to come in, and went back to their houses to rest.

In the evening, all the men and women of the family went to eat in the old lady's room, with men on the left and women on the right, and two tables were set up, which was considered a festival.

After asking what Lin Hai and Lin Yan meant, the old lady asked Mrs. Cui to ask the Cheng family what they meant in private.Mrs. Cheng also had this intention, so she agreed as soon as she said it.

Ordinarily, the next step is Nacai, that is, the man brings a gift to the woman's house to propose marriage. If the woman accepts the gift, it means that she agrees, and then she will continue to perform the ceremony of asking for her name.However, it is unavoidable that in the end there may be a disagreement between the two in-laws and the two in-laws become enemies instead.Therefore, I will find a woman who is familiar with and trustworthy in both families, and combine the horoscopes of the two before accepting them.

Mrs. Cui is old and has a high seniority, so it is not easy to walk around, so she pushes it to her daughter-in-law; Mrs. Cui thought that although she has a mother-in-law above her, she also has a son-in-law and a grandson-daughter-in-law below, and it is not good to look out like this. He pushed it to his daughter-in-law.

The two people's horoscopes are very close, and the two families are naturally happy.Fortunately, the Lin family had already made preparations, but within one month, the first four ceremonies became the first four ceremonies, and Lin Jue's marriage was settled.

Miss Cheng is only fourteen this year, and Mrs. Cheng is reluctant to stay. She wants to stay for two more years, but she is also worried that the Lin family will not want it. After all, Lin Yan is also eighteen.I asked Mrs. Cui in private, meaning to find out what the Lin family said.

It happened that Lin Hai thought that if Lin Yan won the exam three years later, he would be more respectable when welcoming his relatives, and the two hit it off.After all, the Cheng family married a girl, and they were afraid that their girl would be wronged.As the saying goes: "Old and healthy, the spring is cold and the autumn is hot." After all, Mrs. Zheng is getting old. If there is something good or bad, she will keep her filial piety for a few years, and she is afraid of delaying her daughter's youth, so she doesn't say this to death.If Mrs. Zheng is not in good health, the marriage will naturally be advanced, and if she remains healthy, everyone will be happy.Three years later, no matter whether Lin Yan is in the middle or not, he still chooses a good day to get married.

From outsiders' eyes, it took only half a month for the two families to propose a marriage, but they didn't know that the two families had already had an interest and had been inquiring about each other for a long time.Wang Ziteng's wife hasn't thought of an idea yet, the Lin family's dowry has already been paid, and it's useless to regret it.Wang Ziteng's wife has a high vision, and it took a few years for her to settle down when she saw the girl was getting older.Of course, this is something to do later, let's not mention it for now.

Lin Yan's marriage has just been settled, and Zhang Feng'e's marriage has also been settled.Not from Beijing, but from Gusu.That family was originally an aristocratic family, but their family was in decline, their parents died early, they couldn't study well, they had a bold temperament, and they were fond of wielding guns and swords, but they were the champions of martial arts this year.Who do you know, but it is Liu Xianglian.

The Lin family and the Liu family are both from Gusu. Seriously, the two families are somewhat related.The father of Lin Hai and Liu Xianglian was also an old acquaintance. When he passed away, he entrusted Liu Xianglian to Lin Hai.I don't want Liu Xianglian to be very assertive even though she is young, first she said to be filial, and refused to go to Lin's house, Lin Hai couldn't stop her son from being filial to his father.Once the filial piety period is over, except for a few people to take care of the ancestral house, only one Zhuangzi is left, and the others are sold off.Going out of Gusu alone, traveling around mountains and rivers, visiting teachers and friends, was very happy.

Lin Hai was overjoyed when he received the letter. If he wanted to ignore it, he couldn't let it go, so he had to order people to search everywhere, but there was no news for several years.

That year when Jia Min passed away, Liu Xianglian went to the door by herself, offered incense in front of Jia Min's spirit, and offered her first and last name. Only then did Lin Hai know it was him. Although he was happy, he was really upset.It wasn't until a hundred days later, when several children persuaded her, that she gradually got better.Lin Jue lured him in, and Lin Hai just remembered, so he couldn't help asking about his experiences abroad in recent years. Liu Xianglian didn't hide anything, and there were no details, but whenever Lin Hai asked, he would explain it carefully.Although reckless, but the heart has not changed, but the lack of sharpening.I like it too, but I have to ask about the future.Liu Xianglian herself has an idea, because she said she plans to take the martial arts exam.Lin Hai had expected it in his heart, and he didn't dare to want him to inherit his father's career, so he didn't think it was different.So she kept him at home, but Liu Xianglian refused, and only said to go back to her hometown in Gusu to concentrate on practicing martial arts and taking the exam.Lin Hai was worried after all, so he invited a martial arts master to go back with him.

Sure enough, in the second year, I wrote a letter saying that I was already a scholar, and I was only waiting for the year of the competition.

Lin Hai saw that he had been away for so many years, even though he had no parents to discipline him, he had never learned the ways of those dudes.After a few years of polishing, and a calmer temper, it may not be unpromising?When the old lady mentioned Zhang Feng'e's marriage, Lin Hai thought of him.She only mentioned it to the old lady when Liu Xianglian gained fame.The old lady thought it was good to see her in person, and asked Zhang Feng'e in private before writing to her father.

Knowing that he was recommended by Lin Hai, he has known him since he was a child, and he knows the bottom line.He didn't tell Chen Shi either, he first went to report to his parents, and then carefully explained the other party's character and family background.The two old people have nothing to say, they only say that they are good friends from the Lin family. They have no parents, no brothers, and they are the masters of the house when they enter the house. Naturally, they are very willing.Master Zhang immediately replied to the letter, wrote Geng Tie himself, and sent it to Beijing together with the letter.

Liu Xianglian appointed Fujian General, who should have taken office immediately.Liu Xianglian originally planned to wait for Zhang Feng'e and Ji to get married, but the old lady meant that it would be better to get married sooner rather than later. There is a Chen family in the family, so it is better to get married earlier, or things will change later.

Lin Jue and Lin Yan also knew that the Zhang family's affairs had reached such a level, so they explained to Liu Xianglian in person.Liu Xianglian agreed immediately, and wrote a book later.When the emperor saw that it was a happy event, he was more than merciful, and promised to take office at the end of the year.Knowing that Liu Xianglian has no father or mother, she is even more respectable, and even made an extra decree to marry her.

The old lady was worried about repeating the ceremony at first, but now she doesn't worry about anything.

This side of the imperial decree came down, the wedding date was in October, Zhang Feng'e was going home to get married immediately, and she couldn't even wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Others can do it, but Daiyu is extremely reluctant.Zhang Feng'e was also reluctant, but she couldn't.

I don't know how much more dowry left by Mrs. Zheng. These old ladies have already prepared it, so they are not afraid, but it is more difficult for the dowry girls and companions.The Chen family in the Zhang family didn't dare to think about it, and Mrs. Zhang might not be reliable.Lu Huixian came forward to send Liuli's family to Zhang Feng'e, and the old lady also chose a room from the old house in Gusu to send to her.Although it may not be suitable for use, it is better than the one selected by the Zhang family.

People from the Zhang family arrived very quickly, and they arrived together with Mr. Zhang's letter.Originally, she came here to pick up her own girl to go home to be married, and she didn't want to have such a great grace.He was Master Zhang's confidant, and he respected Zhang Feng'e in his heart.In this way, I dare not be negligent in the slightest, and listen to the arrangement and mediation of the Lin family and my son-in-law in everything.

Daiyu made the list, thinking about it, she always felt thin, just when Lu Huixian came to see her, she pushed the list in front of Lu Huixian, and said, "Sister Xian, help me to see, are these okay?"

Lu Huixian took it over and looked at it for a few times, then picked up the pen and scratched most of it, leaving only a few colored needles and threads and some unremarkable gadgets, and before Daiyu could ask anxiously, she said: "These are good or not, send one over It’s not easy. Second, you belong to a girl’s family, and things that are too heavy are too much. If you have all these sewing things, your friendship is good, and no one else can make a mistake. You are still afraid that I will wrong Feng’er. There are old ladies here."

As soon as the words fell, a voice outside said: "Sister Xian and sister have treated me like this, but I have nothing to repay you. This farewell, I don't know if we will meet again." But it was Zhang Feng'e who came over. I don't know when he came, his face was full of tears, and his eyes were swollen into peaches.

Thinking that we will be separated in two days, and we will be separated from each other, Daiyu has started to cry, and Lu Huixian's eyes are also red, and she tried not to cry, forced a smile and said: "How can I say this? It's a good thing. Crying and crying every day, how can there be a happy event? I quickly stopped my tears," and blamed Zhang Feng'e, "I'm only too old to say anything that I can't meet. When we were in Yangzhou, how did we ever think that we would go to Beijing? Now No, he also went to Beijing. Not to mention anything else, after three years, my brother-in-law will also return to Beijing to report on his work, and then we won’t be able to see each other again.”

Lu Huixian's brother-in-law cried, Zhang Feng'e blushed, with tears on her cheeks, she didn't know whether to cry or to be ashamed, and said: "Sister Xian is always playing tricks on people." After saying that, she walked to Daiyu's side , pulled her up, and said: "I packed the boxes and cages in the past two days, and sorted out the needles and threads I have made in the past two years. They are in triplicate. The sister-in-law and sister-in-law have already asked Liuli and Ye Zi to send them over. This package It's just for you, don't hold it against me, just keep it as a reward."

While talking, he went out of the study with Daiyu, but ignored Lu Huixian.Daiyu knew that she was shy and embarrassed, so she ignored Lu Huixian.When he got to the door, he turned his head and saw Lu Huixian following up, but without saying a word, he turned back to talk to Zhang Feng'e.

The three of them left the study room, Lin Jun walked in, Luzhu followed, carrying a bundle, saw Zhang Feng'e, and said, "Why are they all here? I also said that my eldest sister and I are going to your place."

Lu Huixian pointed to Luzhu and asked, "What is this?"

Lin Jun pointed to the Arhat bed and asked Luzhu to put the bundle on the bed. She stepped forward to untie the bundle by herself. Inside was a red lacquered fruit box with silk on top.