Lin Lang, the wood family of the Red Chamber

At this moment, the mother-in-law came to report, "Master Lin is here."

Mother Jia was taken aback, and couldn't help having a bad premonition in her heart. She raised her hand to let the girls in the hall hide behind, and then said, "Please."

After Lin Hai came in, he gave Jiamu a junior salute, and Jiamu asked kindly, "Where are you from?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "I've wanted to visit the old lady for a long time, but now that Chu Chu has taken over the official department, I have no clue about everything, so I was delayed."

Jia Mu said: "I know you are busy. Now that you are in a high position, how can you visit relatives and friends in leisure time? See what you are doing today?"

Lin Hai said happily: "It's just to announce the good news to the old lady. Daiyu and Prince Li have discussed marriage and will be engaged in three days. Isn't that right? As Yu'er's grandmother, Hai personally came to invite the old lady. My wife will go to have fun together in three days!"

"Pa-da..." The agarwood crutch in Jia Mu's hand was lost and fell, she stood up with a look of shock and anger, pointed at Lin Hai and asked, "What did you say!"

Lin Hai was in a good mood and repeated what he said just now. Mother Jia was trembling all over, covering her chest with one hand, and was already speechless.

Lin Hai deserves to be called an old fox in the officialdom. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he hurriedly resigned, "Since the letter has been delivered and the mansion is busy with Daiyu's affairs, Hai will leave now." After finishing speaking , Without waiting for Mother Jia to speak, she turned around and left, as if there was a ghost chasing after her.

Fortunately, Lin Hai was kind and didn't choose to come to announce the good news on Jia Mu's birthday, but even this made Jia Mu angry.

For a while, the people in Rongguo Mansion were in a mess, and some maids rushed to Rongxi Hall and Jia She's courtyard to report the news, asking them to come over to serve the sick.

As soon as Jia She heard that Lin Hai had left, Jia's mother fell ill, and immediately knew that Jia's mother's illness was caused by Daiyu's marriage. Report the letter in the small courtyard, and come to Rongqingtang again, then Jiamu will definitely take his anger on him.So before the maid in Jiamu's yard came to report the news, she took Mrs. Xing and ran to Zhuangzi, pretending to be recuperating.

As soon as Jia Zheng heard that Jia's mother was ill, he immediately rushed over with Mrs. Wang.

Jia's mother fainted only when she was out of breath. The old lady was in good health and woke up not long after.Seeing his old mother woke up, Jia Zheng finally felt relieved.

At this time, Mother Jia was not in the mood to care about where Jia Amnesty had gone. She just waved everyone away and said to Jia Zheng, "Go and read the correspondence between you and Lin Hai to see if they are still there!"

Jia Zheng is very strange. Recently, he has been supervising the construction of family-saving villas in the mansion.Now the big house goes up to Mrs. Jia Shexing and down to Jia Lian Wang Xifeng, they all throw away their hands and no longer participate in the affairs of their second room.There was no one in his room who could take the lead, so he could only ask Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion and people from the side branch of Jia's family to supervise the building.As a result, Jia Zheng checked the accounts one day on a whim.

In order to build a family-saving villa, their second room is tightening their belts to live.Without the Lin family's 300 million foreign wealth, although there is a subsidy from the Xue family, it is a drop in the bucket.Mrs. Wang's private house saved over the past few years, her dowry, and Jia Zheng's own private house money are almost filled.Besides, the Xue family is a merchant family after all, and the background is not comparable to that of the Lin family, who is a scholar of the fifth generation. If nothing else, just take those antiques and relics from various dynasties as an example. A few pieces to come.

It's a bad thing for these people to use the Rongguo Mansion as a treasury and drag it to their own house desperately.Although Jia Zheng didn't pay much attention to common affairs, he also knew that they could buy a little girl at most 40 taels.Look at Jia Qiang's report about buying a small opera actor in Gusu. Twelve girls actually spent 3 taels!These girls are made of gold!

Immediately short of breath, he sent everyone away in a fit of anger, and did everything by himself. In the past few months, he was almost exhausted.Therefore, there was no news at all about the marriage of Prince Li, which had already been rumored in the outside world.

"Mother, what is this?" Jia Zheng didn't understand what Jia Mu meant.

Mother Jia patted the side of the couch resentfully, she was so angry that she burst into tears: "Just now Lin Hai came and said it was to give me good news. Your brother-in-law promised my jade to Prince Li!" She took a few breaths Mother Jia said again, "I have pity on my Baoyu, who is still thinking about Sister Lin, Sister Lin, and that. I only hate my Min'er's early death, but Lin Hai didn't let our Rongguo Mansion go. It's in my eyes."

Jia Zheng was shocked: "Is there such a thing?! My son has been very busy with the matter of visiting relatives' villa recently, but I have never heard of it. Besides those letters, my son followed the old lady's instructions. The idea is to put it in the secret room, and there is no sign of outsiders entering the outer study, it should... nothing will happen..." Jia Zheng was not sure.

Mother Jia stared blankly at the roof, was very silent for a while, and said wearily after a long time: "Go and have a look, I'm afraid the letter is gone..."

Jia Zheng got up immediately, knocked down the chair without noticing it, and hurried to the study outside.How was it possible to see that letter?All that was left was a letter that had apparently been repackaged.Jia Zheng sat on the ground blankly, and it took him a long time to check to see if there were any other letters.

After a closer look, fortunately those letters were all fine (?) Jia Zheng finally felt relieved.As for whether the person who took Lin Hai's letter peeked at it, Jia Zheng no longer dared to think about it.

When Jia Zheng told Jia's mother about the study outside, Jia's mother was not relieved.On the contrary, she was even more worried, but this worry seemed unreasonable, and she didn't know how to tell Jia Zhengming, so she could only sigh and suppress the panic in her heart.

As Daiyu's grandmother and uncle, her granddaughter's engagement must of course be present.But Mother Jia really didn't want to go to the Lin Mansion to suffer the anger again, and she didn't always have the intention of going to the Lin Mansion to save face. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang also shared the same hatred with Jia Mu, and only stayed in the mansion to accompany Jia Mu.

Jia Amnesty brought Mrs. Xing, and Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng brought Yingchun, Xichun, and Baochai to the Lin Mansion, which relieved the embarrassment between Rongguo Mansion and Lin Mansion.

In the backyard of Lin's mansion, Wang Xifeng was talking to Daiyu with her big belly, "I never imagined that among the girls in our family, sister Lin was the first to betrothed, and it was such a family, such a family. His character really makes my sister envious."

Daiyu's face was red, she had seen Tu Chen before, and she and Princess Anyang were best friends, and she often talked about how good her brother was in front of these best friends, which made Daiyu envious.After a long time, Daiyu had already quietly hung her heart on Tu Chen.

Seeing Wang Xifeng teasing her at this time, she immediately replied, "Sister Feng actually said that, aren't you afraid that Second Brother Lian will be jealous?"

Wang Xifeng waved his hand, "Your Lian's second brother is self-aware. With his behavior, how can he compare with Prince Li? Don't worry, he won't be jealous."

In a word, all the girls laughed.

"You guys, testify. If the second elder brother Ming'er Lian asks about it, the younger sister will have to tell the truth."

"Just say it! Haha!" Wang Xifeng acted as if he was letting the king say it, but Daiyu couldn't make up her mind.Now that Wang Xifeng has resigned from her duties as the housekeeper of the Rongguo Mansion, she can raise her baby at home with peace of mind, and she is much more lenient towards Jia Lian. The young couple are childhood sweethearts, and their relationship is already good. Now that Wang Xifeng's heart has returned to the big house, Jia Lian has also taken care of her Quite a lot, the husband and wife are much better than before.This is what Wang Xifeng is most proud of today.

"Sister Feng is now practicing the art of nourishing qi in the mansion. Sister Lin probably doesn't know about it! Now, Sister Feng is not the second grandmother of Feng in the past." Xue Baochai said at the right time.

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips. In the past, her relationship with this elder sister Bao was not very good, but she didn't expect to come to their Lin Mansion to congratulate her in person today. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Is this asking for something?

"Why didn't sister-in-law and third sister come?"

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "The elder sister-in-law and the third younger sister are very busy now, they also have to worry about the support of the Rongguo Mansion, and also worry about the construction of the relative's villa, but they are too busy."

"Third sister has grown up. She can arrange such a big event in an orderly manner. Compared with Sister Feng, she is much more capable." Lin Daiyu laughed.

"That's right, no one dares not to listen to what Third Sister speaks in the house." Xichun also laughed.

Xue Baochai looked at the chatting and laughing of the sisters, but it seemed that she was out of tune with them, and her face was a little uncomfortable.But when he thought of his purpose of coming to the Lin Mansion this time, he was reluctant to give up such an opportunity.

In fact, all the sisters of the Jia family have already discovered Xue Baochai's strange color, but they are not serious relatives with the Xue family after all, and there is Wang Xifeng who recently doesn't want to talk to her because of the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, so they all ignore her arrive.

Daiyu could figure out why Xue Baochai came to the Lin residence, but only to beg her brother to let Master Xue's family go.It's just that her brother is seldom in the Lin residence, and even when he does come, he will not make a special trip to see her in the backyard. From Daiyu's point of view, there is nothing she can do to help.

In the end, it was Wang Xifeng who softened her heart. Now that she is pregnant, her mind is much calmer. Just like what Baochai said, she has cultivated her mind well.Let's just do good deeds every day, after all, Da fool Xue is also her cousin.

"Sister Lin, although it's a little unreasonable to mention those bad things on your happy day. It's just that Sister Baochai has been eating and drinking badly for the health of the Xue brothers these days, and Aunt Xue has such a temper. Sister Baochai is vigilant, I am afraid that the Xue family's wealth has long been lost. My sister feels very uncomfortable when she sees it. Sister Feng has the cheek to beg my sister here to help Sister Baochai, what do you think?"

Daiyu lowered her head, remembering that she still envied Xue Baochai for having a brother and mother by her side, thinking that she was so much better than her, but who would have thought that 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.Now their situation has turned around.

"Hey! Sister Feng opened her mouth. How can my sister refuse? But my sister should also know that the relationship between my sister and my brother is not very harmonious, that is, now that my sister has left my grandmother's house, it is better. The Xue family My sister didn't dare to take care of my brother's affairs, so I could only say that I would introduce my brother to Sister Bao later. What does Sister Bao think?"

How can Baochai not respond to this?This can be regarded as an unexpected joy. In a moment of excitement, Baochai stood up, walked in front of Daiyu, and with a "plop", she knelt down for Daiyu.

Daiyu was startled, stood up hastily, grabbed Baochai's hand, and wanted to help him up, "Sister Bao, why bother! Get up quickly."

Baochai took advantage of the situation and stood up, weeping with joy, "Sister Lin is willing to help her sister, it is already an unexpected joy, how dare you ask for so much?" These days, Baochai has been suppressed too hard, some The matter really couldn't bear to think deeply. Recently, she was just thinking about it when she had nothing to do, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong.She can understand what kind of temper her aunt is in these few years. How can such a person be her daughter-in-law?Besides, Baoyu is said to have a great fortune, but where did this fortune come from?Jia Baoyu didn't like reading, nor did he like official career and economics. Every day, he thought about his sisters and sisters.He has so many sisters and sisters, what is she, Xue Baochai?

Now that she agreed, Daiyu didn't delay, and said to the eldest maid, Lancao: "Lancao, go to the outer courtyard and ask the uncle to see if he is willing to help sister Bao with this."

Lancao responded, turned and went out.

Lancao was Mu Linlang's personal maid before, and when she saw Mu Linlang, she told him the details of today's events, so that Mu Linlang could have a better idea.Coincidentally, Mu Qing was also nearby, but Tu Yang didn't come because of his status.

"Xue Baochai is very capable. It's a pity to be born as a daughter. Since she lowered her head and begged us, let's see what she can come up with to make this deal. If it satisfies us, help her." It's nothing."

Mu Linlang nodded, Xue Pan had learned enough of the lesson, and he didn't have any life-and-death feud with him. Now that the uncle has spoken, it's okay to give him face, "But today is not the time to talk about this. Lancao, you go back, Just tell Ms. Xue, let her go to Yipinxuan in three days, and let her think about how much she can do for her incomprehensible brother."

"Yes." After taking the order, Lancao went back to the backyard.