Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

The third grandma smiled and said: "Oh, compared with the things of the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, what I prepared is a bit out of hand."

The more she said that, the more everyone urged them to take a look. The third grandma looked younger than the Shen family and the second grandma, and she was also close to the grandmas in the other rooms of the Chen family. Seeing everyone booing, she laughed and said: " Although my stuff isn’t good, it’s not bad, take out what you’ve prepared first, and let me open my eyes before talking about it.”

A lady with a round body smiled and said: "What you said is irrelevant, today you have to start it."

The rest of the people echoed in succession, but the third grandma refused, and finally the fourth grandma who came from Fujian smiled and said, "I'll come first."

Grandma Chen's meeting gift was a string of pearl bracelets. The pearls were all round and the size of a longan. Although they were not as good as Dongzhu and Nanzhu, it was extremely rare to find so many pearls of the same size and quality.

Grandma Chen Liu and Grandma Chen Qi exchanged colors and took out all the gifts they had prepared. One gave a pair of pearl flowers, a pair of golden hairpins, and the other a pair of bracelets and earrings. No one has been compared.

Now only Grandma Chen Wu and Grandma Chen Ba are left. Grandma Chen Wu said she looked at the third grandma, but the third grandma looked at the eighth grandma. Grandma Chen Ba took a sip of tea and calmly took out a pair of purses , poured out a pair of rings inlaid with huge rubies and a little green phoenix hairpin.

Everyone looked at the third grandma again, the third grandma smiled, opened the box and saw that it was actually a red gold temple flower inlaid with sapphires, which shone so brightly that it hurt the fifth grandma Chen's eyes.

Grandma Chen Wu's smile immediately froze, and she reluctantly took out a small box: "This is my heart."

The third grandma immediately smiled and said, "Whatever gift from the fifth grandma can make us open our eyes."

Grandma Chen Wu blushed and did not speak. Seeing something was wrong, Mrs. Shen stood up and smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, our bride has been standing for a long time. She still hasn't told her to go down and rest."

Everyone laughed, saying that Mrs. Shen favored her daughter-in-law.

Lin Wanru was also sensitive to the fact that Grandma Chen San and Grandma Chen Wu were not getting along. She first said that her own things were not good, and then urged the other grandmas to show their gifts. When she took out the temple flower, she looked at Grandma Chen Fifth From the look on his face, he knew that there must be something tricky.

Out of the main hall, Lin Wanru asked Chen Ruiwen, "Aunt Third and Aunt Fifth seem less affectionate than the other aunts."

Chen Ruiwen also looked like he knew the inside story, and said with a smile: "You will know later."

After recognizing their relatives, the two went to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and many complicated rituals were inevitable.When we came out of the ancestral hall, it was already time for lunch.

Lin Wanru stood all morning, her feet were sore.While waiting to eat, she had to stand aside and set the rules, Shen said with a smile: "I'm not an outsider, so don't talk about such politeness, I've been tired all morning. Sit down and eat."

Chen Yongming also said: "Sit down and eat quickly, and just ask the maids to serve you."

Lin Wanru couldn't refuse, and sat next to Chen Ruiwen.

Except for Chen Yi coming out to have a reunion dinner with everyone on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, the rest of the time he ate alone, even Chen Ruiwen was newly married, and the second and third bedrooms ate separately.Therefore, apart from Chen Yongming and Shen Shi, there were only Chen Ruiwen and Lin Wanru at the dinner table.There is also the third young master Chen Ruiyun.

Chen Ruiyun's personality is a little reserved, he doesn't like to talk much, but Chen Yongming is very kind to this bastard, he asked a few things about the military camp, and said: "In the past, your brother also survived step by step. You are not afraid of hardships, but now you are suffering more. The more lessons you learn, the more you will be able to stay safe in the face of danger." Chen Ruiwen respectfully complied.

Chen sneered and said: "I don't forget to teach others when I eat, but don't forget that my fourth brother and fifth brother are all in the capital. Do you want to take them around for a walk? It's not a waste of time to come to the capital."

Chen Yongming smiled and said: "Why should I worry about it, the second and third younger brothers are already busy to go shopping, and you can arrange a carriage for that time." Shen asked a few more questions, and said what special products he had prepared.

After a meal, they talked about several things. Chen Ruiyun went back after eating, and Shen Shi also asked Chen Ruiwen and Lin Wanru to go back: "I'm afraid you haven't dealt with the matters in your own yard. It's like going back and looking around. Come back at night." Lin Wanru agreed.

The courtyard where Chen Ruiwen lived was called Tao Ranju. The third courtyard was completely renovated before getting married, and it was very clean and tidy. The new house for the two of them was set up in the third courtyard. The girls who waited on her were more dowry brought by Lin Wanru. Although the yard was big, it didn't feel deserted.

There is a small corner gate at the back of Tao Ran's residence. After exiting the small corner gate, there are left and right cross courtyards, which are now empty. Behind the cross courtyard is a small two-story building called Xingyun Building, which used to be the place where the house collected books.

Later, Chen Ruiwen felt that he could look down on Tao Ranju's every move by standing in the Xingyun Tower, and felt uncomfortable, so he put the Xingyun Tower into the courtyard wall of Tao Ranju, and now it has become Chen Ruiwen's private study, and a servant is watching , Usually no one dares to go in.

As soon as Lin Wanru returned to the house, Suoyu and the others gathered around to serve her. Lin Wanru changed her clothes, took off the hairpin ring, leaned on the pillow and drank tea, and felt much more relaxed.

Chen Ruiwen personally took out a small box from Xici Room, and showed it to Lin Wanru: "In the past, there were no maids in my yard, only Lingxi, Quyue, Yeyu, and Hengjiang. Now I have transferred them to the study. Mother thinks the yard is empty, so she added eight maids and four old mothers, and now the deeds of prostitution are all here, you keep them, and assign each of them any errands."

Lin Wanru asked Lu Ni to put away the box, with a narrow smile on her face: "Mother never sent you a girl to serve you? I don't believe it."

Chen Ruiwen took off his shoes and sat on the kang, he stretched out his big hand and grabbed Lin Wanru, and pressed him into his arms: "Aren't you wishing I had a few maids to serve you?"

In front of the girl, Lin Wanru was very uncomfortable, and pushed Chen Ruiwen: "Sit aside, I want to meet the people in this yard, and now I don't even know their names, how can I assign errands?" Chen Ruiwen let go After leaving Lin Wanru, the two of them sat across the kang table and called the maid to come in.

The eight girls were big or small, the big one was fourteen or five years old, and the young one was only eight or nine years old. Lin Wanru asked carefully, some were bought from outside, and they lived alone in the mansion, while some were domestic slaves. , parents and brothers are working in the mansion.

Lin Wanru looked at the manpower needed everywhere, and pointed to a few younger ones: "Guixiang and Guiye first learned the rules from Lu Ni, and usually helped with errands, practicing experience, Guizhi and Guizi followed Longyan and Suo Yu, Lianhua and Lianye are old, and they are the sons of the mansion, and they are familiar with the mansion, so they stay with Zhuanxiang and Chisu, and teach them the rules, and Lianzi and Lianxin are waiting in the house."

Everyone responded in unison, and retreated, Chen Ruiwen said: "Isn't it enough to have Lu Ni in the room to serve you?"

Lin Wanru said: "Lu Ni is also getting old, my aunt told me to talk about Lu Ni's marriage as soon as I entered the door, don't delay her, now take advantage of her not leaving, take the girl in front of me well, I can't Once she goes out, there isn't even a single person in the house who can serve her."

Since childhood, Chen Ruiwen either studied or practiced martial arts. He learned the ways of the world in the officialdom. He was not interested in the twists and turns of the inner house at all. Seeing that Lin Wanru was right, he stopped asking. It happened that Chen Ruiwu invited Chen Ruiwen to go out. , to entertain the uncles of the Chen family, Chen Ruiwen gave a few instructions, saying that he would come back for dinner.

Lin Wanru rested for a while, got up and changed clothes, and went to Shen's yard. Shen was talking to Ganoderma lucidum. Seeing Lin Wanru coming, Shen was very happy, took her hand and told her to sit down: " I didn't tell you to take a good rest, why are you here again?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "I'm fine staying in the yard, come over and talk to Mother."

She used to be called aunt, but now she has to be called mother, Shen felt comfortable and said with a smile: "It just so happens that you are here, I was thinking that your grandfather and grandmother are both in the capital, tomorrow you and Ruiwen will go to Shen's house to kowtow, no matter what , are all filial piety that the Son of Man should perform.”

Lin Wanru could tell that when Shen said this, she was also tentative.

The Jiang family and the Shen family have completely fallen out, but now that the Shen family is separated, the eldest family of the Shen family has nothing to do with the grievances and resentments between them. When Shen said this, she was also indirectly trying to get her own tone. If she agreed to the past , it means that the Jiang family and the elders of the Shen family have cleared up their past suspicions. If he does not agree, it means that the resentment is still there.

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "It's natural, I will prepare presents when I go back, and I can't go there empty-handed."

As expected, Shen Shi was very happy, and said: "I have already prepared it, so why should you worry about it?"

The two of them were talking together, but when it was time for dinner, Chen Yongming sent someone to say that he and the fourth and fifth masters of the Chen family had dinner outside, and Chen Ruiwen couldn't come back. Shen sent Lin Wanru back early.

Chen Ruiwen came back quite early, and Lin Wanru was a little surprised when he saw him sober: "I thought you must be drunk, why, no one gave you alcohol?"

Chen Ruiwen said with a smile: "Dad is here, dad will drink with them, and I, a junior, will help pour the wine and serve the wine. How can I compete with the elders? Fortunately, my cousins ​​didn't come, otherwise I would definitely be drunk. "

Lin Wanru then talked about visiting Shen's house, but Chen Ruiwen didn't care: "If you want to go, then go, if you don't want to go, I'll go and tell mother."

Lin Wanru said: "Finally, they are close relatives of flesh and blood, so can they stay away from each other forever? Instead of being embarrassed when they meet each other, it's better to be intimate from the beginning."

Seeing that she was open to thinking, Chen Ruiwen was naturally relieved.

Early the next morning, Chen Ruiwen and Lin Wanru bid farewell to the Shen family and went to the Shen family's old house. Shen Yueming was naturally happy to receive the letter, and ordered Shen Xun to greet him outside the door. When Shen Xun saw the couple coming over, he said with a smile: " Grandfather has been looking forward to it all morning, if grandma hadn't persuaded him, he would have waited for you to have breakfast."