Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Shen Aixiao looked at Lin Wanru's back, and said bad things about her to Shui Rou: "Yu has talent in business, but he doesn't know anything about poetry. Two words, vulgar!"

Shuirou thought that Shen Aixiao was still Lin Wanru's grandfather, yet she had such a comment, and couldn't help laughing.

There are many shops on the West Street, people come and go, and it is very lively. Shi Aizhu hid behind the door and saw a family exclaimed: "That is Chenxiang Pavilion. I bought all the makeup powder there. It is better than the inner one. There is Fuxi Tower, which is four stories high, so grand..."

Because the busy clerks all avoided, Lin Wanru took the account book on the counter and looked through it. Although a business had not been done, the expenses for opening the shop had already been recorded on it. In just a few days, the expenses had already been paid. 2000 taels of silver, Lin Wanru looked at the counter made of wenge wood, the bookshelf made of yellow rosewood, and the Ru kiln porcelain placed on the table, and couldn't help being speechless.

Shen Aixiao's business is more important than living at home. The set of tables and chairs in this shop alone is worth the money the shop earns in a year.

Shen Aixiao is good at learning, talking about poetry and essays at his fingertips, Shuirou and Liu Xuan have benefited a lot, and at noon, Shen Aixiao waved his hand: "I invite you to Fuxilou for dinner."

First I called the boy to say hello, booked a private room, and Shen Aixiao took the four girls over in a mighty way.

Halfway through the meal, Lin Wanru secretly winked at Lu Ni, Lu Ni understood, and went down to settle the bill, seeing Shen Aixiao's appearance, let him save the money and spend it in the shop.

When it was time to check out, the shopkeeper said it was over, Shen Aixiao was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Lin Wanru, smiling very satisfied.

Back at the mansion, Lin Wanru talked about this with Shen Shi: "Look at my grandfather, he spends money lavishly. I'm afraid that when the shop opens, he won't even have any cash in hand."

Chen said with a smile: "Do you really think he is letting him make money? Don't worry, my father left me a large sum of money before he left. If I gave it to them from the beginning, it might be squandered, just waiting for them to live." Send them off if they can’t make it through, Father said, let them live a hard life first, and then we’ll learn a lesson.”

Lin Wanru suddenly realized that Shen Yueming was really kind.

In the evening Chen Ruiwen came back with a smile all over his face.Said: "Do you know that Mr. Wei opened an academy on West Street."

Lin Wanru was surprised: "Is it also on West Street?"

Chen Ruiwen smiled and said: "No, Master Deng and Wen Lingfeng have been going to help every day these few days. Seeing that they are about to start accepting students."

Lin Wanru said: "Grandfather's bookstore is about to open, when the time comes, the two families won't be able to compete?"

Chen Ruiwen didn't take it seriously: "The scholar failed to rebel for three years, let alone the combined age of the two of them is over a hundred, what can they do? Although Mr. Wei has a few disciples to help, but Master Deng and the others understand it. Come back to make trouble, but dare not make it big."

Lin Wanru sighed: "The capital is very lively now."

The winter solstice will be two days later, the emperor intends to be lively and lively, and originally said to hold a banquet in the palace, but there are many rules in the palace, so the second prince proposed to hold the banquet in Changxi Garden instead.Changxi Garden is also a royal garden, and the emperor would sometimes stay there for a while, so he was naturally happy to hear that.In the past few days, not only the emperor has moved in, but the queen mother has also moved in. It is very lively.

Second Grandma Chen approached Mrs. Shen to discuss, saying that she had found a family for Chen Ruixue.Wanting to take this opportunity to see each other, Shen is busy with this matter.So he handed over part of the housework to Lin Wanru.

Lin Wanru got up at a quarter o'clock every day, and after greeting Shen, Chenzheng was dealing with matters in the flower hall in front of Shen's yard, and there was often a line of mother in charge waiting for an answer under the eaves.

Although Lin Wanru is a new daughter-in-law, she is also Shen's niece, and she and Chen Ruiwen are affectionate and affectionate. No one dares to underestimate her from the housekeeper to the servant. They are all respectful, Lin Wanru At the beginning, I couldn't get a clue, but later I got used to it, and answered the questions according to the previous example, but it became very handy.

On the day of the winter solstice, the Chen family got together early in the morning to have a meal of dumplings, and then each went on their own way. Chen Yongming took Chen Ruiwen and went there first, while the Shen family and other female relatives went back to the house to dress up and go in a carriage.

Changxi Garden has been decorated a long time ago, and it is not the first time for Lin Wanru to attend a royal banquet. She is a little less nervous. Looking around the courtyard, it is really like a fairyland on earth. Although it is winter, the flowers are withered, but the branches are tied The fake flowers made of yarn are enough to confuse the real ones, and it still looks like a garden full of flowers.

As soon as the three sisters of the Chen family entered, they were taken to a flower hall, where they chatted and laughed with girls of similar age. Lin Wanru, as the new wife, had to serve by Shen's side, and follow behind Shen to greet the nobles.

The main hall was brightly lit, and there were already many Mrs. Gao Ming who had come to pay their respects. Lin Wanru glanced up hurriedly, and saw Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, and Lin Daiyu standing behind Mrs. Wang.

The Empress Dowager who was sitting on the throne liked Shen very much, so she excused her and let her sit down to talk, then waved to Lin Wanru, took her hand and said with a smile: "I didn't ask for a wedding wine when you got married. , What a pity, how is life in the Chen family? Did your mother-in-law bully you?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Mother treats me like her own daughter, how could she bully me."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Look at it." Then she said, "Don't you have a sister? Did you come here today?"

Lin Daiyu stood up and bowed again to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother also pulled her closer to look at her carefully, and said with a smile: "The girls in the Lin family are all beauties, and the elder sister looks more handsome than the younger sister. The Jia family is really lucky."

Mother Jia got up and said modestly: "Who says it's not? My granddaughter-in-law is smart and generous, but she acts prudently. There is no one who is disrespectful."

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction, and gave Lin Daiyu two bottles of plum blossom dew and two treasure hairpins: "It's a new trick that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has created, let's play it as a toy."

Lin Daiyu thanked her, and the Queen Mother looked at Lin Wanru again: "What do you want me to reward you with?"

Seeing the empress dowager's kind and joking appearance, Lin Wanru smiled and said, "You gave my sister good things, so why don't you miss my share?"

The Queen Mother laughed loudly, nodded her nose and said, "You are really clever." So she rewarded two bottles of incense dew and two hairpins as she did, and gave a few extra pieces of material: "You are newly married, these materials are bright, you just Use it to make new clothes."

Lin Wanru thanked her, but the queen mother did not tell Lin Wanru to back down, instead she pulled her to sit beside her, and asked Mrs. Bao who was sitting next to her with a smile: "I remember that your two girls are beautiful, and they have reached their age. Have you promised someone?"

Mrs. Bao hurriedly said: "It hasn't been decided yet, if you reward yourself with dignity, you can choose a marriage for me, it would be the best."

The queen mother smiled and said: "Speaking of which, there are quite a few girls who have reached the age of marriage. Aizhu, Xuan'er, Chaohuang, and Rou'er, aren't they all old enough? The emperor will meet the young masters of each family later, and we will Looking back, if there is someone you like, the emperor will give you a marriage on the spot, it will be a good story."

All the wives laughed and agreed, but each had their own plans in their hearts.

Mrs. Wang saw Lin Wanru sitting beside the queen mother, and the queen mother smiled and talked to her, gritted her teeth secretly like her own granddaughter, anyone surnamed Lin is a beauty, and in her opinion, anyone surnamed Lin is a vixen.

Daiyu has been married for a few months, she has no movement on her body, and keeps Baoyu from going into other people's houses. The next chance is for the concubine Xian to beat Daiyu well, but she doesn't want Daiyu to be rewarded by the queen mother. The queen mother has rewarded things, who dares to say a word is not good?

The hall was buzzing with joy and laughter. Concubine Roujia, Concubine Wu, Concubine Chen Ying, Princess Minghua, and Princess Shunhua arrived. Everyone stood up to salute and reassigned seats in order. There were two princesses, one Occupying the Empress Dowager's side, even the noble concubine Roujia sat beside her.

Lin Wanru was sitting next to the Queen Mother, Princess Minghua said with a smile: "Wanru is actually here, just now Aizhu yelled to go to the flower hall to look for you, it seems that it was all in vain."

The queen mother thought of Chaohuang when she heard the words, and asked Concubine Roujia, Concubine Roujia smiled and said: "You don't know her yet, where can you live free, and go to Dongyuan to see people playing ice."

The queen mother said to Lin Wanru: "We're talking, you're bored here, go and play with them with your sister."

Lin Wanru agreed with a smile, looked at Mrs. Chen, who nodded her head, and then she dragged Lin Daiyu out.

After leaving the main hall, she felt cold and approaching, the two sisters held hands, Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to like you so much."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "I've also been honored by my predecessors, it's nothing, but I haven't seen my sister for a long time, how are you doing?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "Life is still the same, isn't it the end of the year now? It's getting more and more busy, Sister Feng is busy going around, how about you? Now that you have become the eldest mistress of the Chen family, don't you have a lot of fun?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "You actually made fun of me?"

The two sisters started laughing and ran into Concubine Jia Xian who came to pay her respects with the little princess in her arms, but Concubine Jia Xian looked indifferent. Seeing Lin Daiyu and Lin Wanru salute her, she left in a hurry without even looking at her In the past, Lin Wanru wondered, what happened in such a hurry?

When the two sisters arrived in Dongyuan, almost all the young girls were there, and there was constant laughter. When Xue Baochai saw the two sisters coming over, she walked over to talk, but there was no smile on her face. Lin Daiyu felt strange, and just wanted to make a joke, but was stopped by Xue Baochai. It was difficult for Lin Wanru to follow when they talked in a secluded place, so he stood not far away to watch over them.

After only a few words, Lin Daiyu no longer had a smile on her face, instead her expression was serious. Lin Wanru asked curiously, "Did something happen to Jia's family?"

Lin Daiyu frowned and nodded: "It seems that the little princess is not well, the empress asked Baochai to tell me, let me tell the old lady, and invite a famous doctor outside the palace."