Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

There was a silence in the hall, although Lin Wanru didn't understand what was going on, but seeing Grandma Chen Wu's ugly face, she knew that there was nothing good going on, and she couldn't help complaining secretly, Grandma Chen San was very kind on weekdays, why did she not deal with Grandma Chen Fifth?

Grandma Chen Wu put the tea bowl on the table with a cold face, and said, "Sister-in-law San is asking knowingly, what exactly do you mean?"

Second Grandma Chen hurriedly stood up to smooth things over: "It's because of our Ruixue's marriage that we get together. It's so easy to get together once a year. It needs to be lively and lively. Talking is boring. Let's play cards."

They asked someone to bring up the table again, and there were exactly two tables for eight grandmas, but Grandma Chen San did not give up and intentionally shared the table with Grandma Chen Fifth, but Shen pulled her over and said softly: "At this time, I don't want to look at the face of my second brother and sister." If I say too much, everyone will not look good when they really make trouble."

Third Grandma Chen looked very reconciled, but she didn't insist. She followed Shen Shi, Fourth Grandma Chen, and Eighth Grandma Chen gathered at a table, and Fourth Grandma Chen pulled Lin Wanru to sit beside her: "You help me read the cards."

Grandma Chen Ba smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Si, aren't you embarrassing Wanru? Do you want her to help you win her mother-in-law's money?"

Shen said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, Wan Ru, you help your fourth aunt read the cards, and you have to beat her hard today."

Fourth Grandma Chen pretended not to be happy and said: "Okay, you mother-in-law and daughter-in-law plan to win my money together? I'm not going to be fooled."

Everyone laughed, Grandma Chen Ba pulled Lin Wanru to sit beside her: "Elder sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law don't need to help, just ask Wanru to help me."

The lively and noisy atmosphere in the room quickly suppressed the embarrassment just now. After playing cards for a long time, everyone went back to rest.

Lin Wanru was really tired this day.After returning home, Chen Ruiwen squeezed her shoulders and beat her legs. Lin Wanru said, "What kind of grievances do Third Aunt and Fifth Aunt have? You didn't see it today. Third Aunt's words were thorny, and Fifth Aunt almost lost her temper."

At this time, there were only husband and wife in the inner room.Chen Ruiwen didn't shy away from it either, and explained the reason in a low voice: "It was the time when Uncle Six got married. At that time, Uncle Six's family hadn't moved out of the capital. The marriage was done in the Chen family's old house. Uncle Six helped Went to greet relatives, got drunk and slept in Uncle Six's study. For some reason, Aunt Five thought it was Uncle Fifth who was resting in the study, so she went over. Uncle Third got drunk and messed up, holding The fifth aunt didn't let go, but the third aunt saw it seriously. Although it was a misunderstanding, it was hard to hear the news. At that time, the grandfather kept his mouth shut. No one was allowed to spread the word, and the third uncle was beaten up again, but the whole family Everyone knows that when there is a lot of discussion, the third aunt naturally loses face and hates the fifth aunt. She said that the fifth aunt broke into the uncle's ovary for no reason, and the fifth aunt is actually wronged, but what can she say? Uncle Wu didn't live up to it, her room was always poorer than the others, and my aunt always wanted to be mean when she saw it."

Lin Wanru's eyes widened in disbelief, she didn't expect this secret to exist, she was stunned for a while before saying, "Then what is Fifth Uncle saying?"

Chen Ruiwen smiled wryly: "My fifth uncle is cowardly, so I can't blame my fifth aunt for this matter. What can he say? He only knows how to study on weekdays, and my fifth aunt worries about everything at home. Without my fifth aunt, my fifth uncle can't live well. Several aunts persuaded the third aunt many times to let go of the knot, but the third aunt couldn't swallow it, so she was not willing to respond. Every time the fifth aunt came, the mother and the second aunt always secretly helped each other in different ways, and even kept it secret. Third Aunt, there is no other way to do it."

Lin Wanru wondered, "Has Fifth Aunt's son married? Why did he get married so early?"

Chen Ruiwen said: "Speaking of it, it's another grievance. My fifth aunt has only one son, who is ranked tenth. She has always regarded it as a treasure. The tenth brother is also sensible and studies hard every day. Who would have thought that one day, when she was drunk with her classmates, she would have sex with a restaurant?" The owner's girl has a head and tail, and the restaurant owner wants to climb into the high branch of the Chen family. The tenth brother is responsible for life and death. He is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. He said that if the tenth brother didn't marry, he would go to the Yamen to complain, and forced his daughter to hang herself to make her innocent. In the end, there was no way out, and the fifth aunt could only let go and marry this son. Daughter-in-law, the tenth brother was only 14 years old at that time, but the girl was seventeen. It was clear at a glance who was seducing who, but how can you tell about the relationship between men and women, that girl is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she was pregnant two years ago , but it’s gone after all the tossing.”

Lin Wanru was even more surprised, and said with a trace of pity in her tone: "Fifth Aunt is really suffering."

Chen Ruiwen said: "Although this relative is far away, they are of the same clan after all. Later, you can find a way to help Fifth Aunt with some things. Don't give money. It will look bad on the face of relatives. It's better to have some things for basic necessities, I'm afraid it's worth more than money. Well, Uncle Wu doesn’t have that ability, but he still claims to be romantic, like others collect antiques, once he bought a vase for 1000 taels, only to find out that it was a fake after he bought it, and it’s not worth even five taels of silver.”

After being told by Chen Ruiwen, Lin Wanru felt that Grandma Chen Wu's life was really aggrieved. After much deliberation, she brought out a few horses of old-fashioned material, and invited Grandma Chen to drink tea, and said with a smile: "Send it in the shop." Here are some pieces of material, but I am too young to hold back, if I wear them for my mother, my mother will say that I don’t know how to manage the house, and I have bought things indiscriminately, and my fifth aunt has pity on me, so please take these materials away.”

Grandma Chen Wu is not an idiot either. Although the color of a few pieces of material is old-fashioned, both the material and the pattern woven on it are very precious. Besides, if you want to buy the material, you must choose it first. If you don’t like it, it’s more convenient to send it back. Knowing that Lin Wanru was helping her, her eye circles couldn't help but turn red, but she didn't want to spoil the fun, so she forced a smile and said, "Sister-in-law loves you the most, so why would she blame you?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "Mother always said that she was diligent and thrifty in managing the house, but she didn't say anything, but she felt distressed in her heart. Fifth Aunt accepted it, but she did me a big favor."

Grandma Chen Wu was not familiar with this niece and daughter-in-law, and she didn't know why she was helping her. She was a little hesitant to ask for it, but thinking about the few clothes in her closet, she still accepted it.

Mrs. Shen soon found out about this, and said, "Help if you can. We can't just ignore her while she's poor." Lin Wanru looked at her coldly, and guessed that apart from Mrs. Chen San, everyone else had Helping thoughts.

The fourth grandma Chen brought back seafood from Fujian, one for each family, and the fifth grandma got the biggest share, and sold it in a dry goods store, at least 200 taels of silver. Grandma Chen Liu and Grandma Chen Qi now live in Shanxi , I brought a lot of wild chestnuts from the mountains, golden jujubes, dried shiitake mushrooms, and wild ginseng, and one piece per house. Grandma Chen Ba was the youngest. Although she didn't prepare any expensive gifts, she also brought some Rouge gouache came over and shared with everyone.

After a few days of bustle and bustle, May [-]th was an auspicious day. On the first day, Second Grandma Chen invited Third Grandma Chen to Cao's house to deliver the dowry and make the bed.

Chen Ruiwen was also busy greeting the guests, her feet didn't touch the ground, Lin Wanru was not assigned any work, Shen only asked her to sit in the main room, if she needed to make up her mind on something, it would save the servants from being unable to find anyone.

The people in Shen's courtyard were naturally very hospitable to Lin Wanru, they brought melon seeds, peanuts and other fruits of various colors, and gathered together to gossip and laugh, until evening, when Shen came back, Lin Wanru returned to Taoranju.

The second day is the official day, and there are only busier and more lively people in the mansion. Lin Wanru, as a sister-in-law, is going to Chen Ruixue's room to add makeup. Chen Ruixue has already changed into her wedding dress, she has a new look, and lowers her head shyly, listening to the jokes .

Lin Wanru couldn't help laughing when she thought of how she was when she got married. Among the grandmothers, Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Chen San were the aunts of the first relatives, so the gift of adding makeup was naturally more expensive than the other grandmothers. A set of red gold ruby ​​head noodles, Grandma Chen San gave a set of red gold sapphire head noodles.

The rest of Grandma Chen’s photo is a string of pearl bracelets, Grandma Chen Wu gave a pair of gold hairpins, Grandma Chen Liu and Grandma Chen Qi gave gold bracelets and jadeite bracelets, and Grandma Chen Ba gave a temple flower.

As a sister-in-law, Lin Wanru couldn't be too simple, but she couldn't overwhelm the limelight of the aunts, so she only gave her a pair of flounder jade pendants.

When Cao Xian led people to welcome the bride, several young masters of the Chen family blocked the door, and there was a lot of excitement. The youngest Chen Ruili and Chen Ruishuang even got a lot of red envelopes. When Chen Ruixue got on the sedan chair, the firecrackers crackled After half an hour, the guests gathered around the gate to watch the excitement turned back to talk and laugh, and were ready to sit down. Several wedding sheds were set up in the huge courtyard of the Chen family. In one place, every table must be greeted.

Aunt Shen and Jiang's family all came to have a wedding, and there were naturally people from the Shen family's old house. Shen was afraid that the two sides would confront each other.

Jiang Wenming and Jiang Dao were naturally in the outer court, so Shen handed over Mrs. Jiang and He Zhishu to Lin Wanru to sit in the wedding shed on the left, while he himself invited the Guan family to sit in the wedding shed on the right, and the two had nothing to do with each other.

Mrs. Jiang was also very envious when she learned that Lin Wanru was pregnant with twins, and said to Aunt Shen, "I don't know when I will be able to hold my grandson."

He Zhishu lowered his head at the side, Lin Wanru carefully noticed that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not as affectionate as before. It is said that He Zhishu had been in the house for less than a year, and he did not worry about his children. Mrs. Jiang had always loved her, how could she be in such a What about this occasion?

Aunt Shen smiled and said: "Why are you in a hurry, Dao'er's future is important now, and the couple are young, you can just enjoy the blessings." Mrs. Jiang sighed.

The banquet was too noisy, Lin Wanru sat for a while and said she wanted to go back to rest, Aunt Shen hurriedly said: "There are so many people arguing that I get a headache, your aunt and I are not outsiders, you go back and have a rest."

Lin Wanru looked at Zhishu He coquettishly: "I'm not interested in being alone, my cousin can talk to me." Mrs. Jiang naturally agreed, and Zhishu He returned to Taoranju with Lin Wanru.