Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Sister Feng then ordered Ping'er to find the old ladies of those girls one by one according to the list to take them away. For a while, the whole garden was in chaos, and they all ran to the master to cry and beg for mercy, or to find capable relatives to say good things, but this Returning to Sister Feng's determination, she scolded each yard one by one, only saying that there was a little girl stealing things, and it would be disrespectful if she didn't punish them.

Tanchun and Xichun had nothing to say, but Jia Baoyu wanted to intercede, but Xiren Qingwen persuaded her, and Qingwen said: "If you dare to steal something, it's fine. Let's kick out a group and see who dares to steal." Mischief."

Xiren also said: "This is what my wife said. Didn't you refute your wife's face by pleading?" Jia Baoyu had no choice but to ignore it.

Jiamu didn't object when she found out about this, she just said that it was good to drive out, and she told everyone with many examples of slaves instigating their masters to do bad things: "I have lived these years, and I have never seen anything. It’s not an exaggeration, but there’s no need to be sorry.”

Lin Wanru went back to the garden from Jiamu's place, and He Longyan sighed with emotion at Sister Feng's resolute behavior. Sister Feng's big action was probably due to what happened that day. If you say that these little girls are wronged, it's just that they are usually lazy and bickering. Just in time for this, he was kicked out.

Long Yan didn't feel pity for them, and said: "Miss, she forgot what that girl said that day, it's too annoying, such a person who doesn't understand the rules, deserves to be kicked out."

Lin Wanru didn't speak, but she also heard later that the two maids who were supposed to be on duty in Sister Feng's yard that day were punished by Sister Feng to kneel under the eaves to break the porcelain pieces and not give them food or drink. One of them fainted after holding on for a long time , and the other didn't last more than half an hour, and now they are kicked out, and it will be difficult to come back to work in the future.

Just as they were talking, Zhou Rui's family came over with two wives and escorted a young girl. Seeing Lin Wanru, Zhou Rui's family hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile, "Where are you going, miss?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "I just came here from the old lady, what is sister Zhou doing?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "This is the Zhuan'er in the second master Bao's house. She is also among the people who were driven away. It's just that everyone else has parents and they were all taken away. She is the only one who has nowhere to go. I was just about to go Please show me the second grandma."

Lin Wanru looked at that girl, she looked fair and clean, she was only eleven or twelve years old, she was wearing a half-worn green silk bijia, with a white satin skirt underneath, her eyes were red and swollen.

Lin Wanru nodded, and just as she was about to go, the girl fell to her knees with a plop, and begged Lin Wanru's sleeve, "Please take me in, girl, I can do rough and heavy jobs, I don't have parents, and now I'm being Throwing her out is a dead end, the girl is the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva, please help me."

Lin Wanru was taken aback, and Long Yan hurried forward to break her hand: "It's useless for you to talk to the girl, it's almost as good as asking Second Mistress, let go soon."

The one at Zhou Rui's family hurriedly asked the two women to pull Zhuan'er away, and cursed: "Before I left, I was not honest, and I will beat you up so that my memory will be long."

Zhuan'er just looked at Lin Wanru and begged: "Please girl, I have no parents. I was abducted and sold since I was a child. I finally found a place to live. Now that I have been kicked out, I don't know where to live. , I beg the girl to take me in, I will be a cow and a horse for the girl for the rest of my life."

Lin Wanru couldn't help feeling pity, and said: "I can't be the master, it's useless if you beg me." Then he asked Zhou Rui's family: "She has no parents, how will Sister Feng get rid of her?"

Zhou Rui's family was a little embarrassed, and said: "Half of such girls were bought from Ren Yazi, and now they are no longer there, so naturally they must be returned to Ren Yazi. There are all."

Zhuan'er flinched and didn't speak anymore, just kowtowed to Lin Wanru, his forehead was scratched.

Zhou Rui's family was also shocked when they saw it, Lin Wanru said: "Sister Zhou, this girl is so pitiful, she has nowhere to go, or Sister Zhou begged Sister Feng to let her stay."

Zhou Rui's family said: "I'm also a slave. I can't say that. If the girl pity her, or go back to the second mistress, you should come and serve her. The second mistress will always give the girl a face."

Lin Wanru thought for a while, and felt that saving someone's life was better than building a seven-level pagoda. This girl was really pitiful, and she might have done a great deed just by taking a trip, so she followed to Sister Feng's yard. He laughed and said, "If my sister likes it, then just stay by my side and serve her."

Lin Wanru said with a smile: "I know that my sister is acting vigorously and resolutely in order to rectify the atmosphere in the mansion. Although I feel sorry for this girl, it's not good to break the rules set by my sister. How about this girl follow me, the monthly money He Yiying eats, drinks, and eats with my own money, and doesn't need to be raised in the house, so if someone is not convinced, my sister can talk easily, and my sister has given me face, so I can't make things difficult for my sister."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "How much can a girl eat and drink, what does my sister say?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "Everyone else kicked him out, but he stayed, and others gossip, now it's right that she was kicked out by my sister, and I bought it with money, is my sister still afraid that I can't afford the money?" ?”

Sister Feng understood that Lin Wanru didn't want to embarrass her, and was moved in her heart, so she naturally had no reason to do so, so she asked someone to bring Zhuan'er's deed of selling herself to Lin Wanru, and Lin Wanru paid Zhuan'er's worth at the beginning. I handed over ten taels of silver to Sister Feng to confiscate and write off the account. Sister Feng didn't care about the ten taels of silver, and gave it to Zhuan'er as a reward, telling her to serve Lin Wanru well.

Zhuan'er was very grateful, kowtowed first to Sister Feng, then to Lin Wanru.

Lin Wanru took Zhuan'er back and asked Long Yan to take her down to freshen up. Then Long Yan found herself in two small clothes and put them on for Zhuan'er. Zhuan'er freshened up and wiped off the wound on her forehead. Yao, solemnly kowtowed to Lin Wanru, and said: "The maidservant's life was saved by the girl. From now on, the slaveservant will follow the girl, and only recognize the girl as a girl, and I will not hesitate to go up the mountain or down into the sea of ​​fire."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "I asked you to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire to do something. I took pity on you for a while, so I took you in. As long as you obey the rules and be careful, I will naturally not treat you badly. Will not gossip."

Zhuan'er nodded: "Your maidservant will definitely not embarrass the girl." Lin Wanru nodded and said, "Since you have followed me now, I will give you a new name, let's call it Zhuanxiang from now on, first follow the cage smoke and Suoyu likes to learn the rules."

Zhuan Xiang hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, and Long Yan took her to give her a place to live.

Lin Daiyu came here hand in hand with Jia Baoyu when she found out. Jia Baoyu said: "Although that girl was serving in my yard, I never heard of it once. It can be seen that she is honest. It is her good fortune that she is with my sister now."

Lin Daiyu said: "You have taken one now, I'm afraid everyone will come to beg you to take it in tomorrow, and it will be up to you what to do then."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "I told Sister Feng that I bought this girl, and I paid for it. Now that the deed of sale is in my hands, what can other people talk about?"

Aunt Shen didn't say anything when she found out, she just called Zhuanxiang over and told her to keep her own place.

At the beginning of October, the emperor brought the prince and all the officials back from Mount Tai to worship the heavens, and the capital suddenly became lively. Everyone talked about matters related to worshiping the heavens. Chen Yi paid his respects, reported what happened along the way, and then went to pay his respects to Mrs. Chen.

Seeing her son who had lost weight obviously, Shen felt a little distressed: "Didn't you eat well on the way? Why did you lose so much weight?"

Chen Ruiwen said: "There are so many things to do, sometimes it's just enough to have some snacks without having time to eat." Shen asked Lingzhi to instruct the kitchen to cook tonic for Chen Ruiwen.

With Chen Ruiwen's taciturn personality, he didn't know how to complain and act coquettishly. He talked about the important things along the way and sat aside to listen to Shen's nagging, but he was thinking of Lin Wanru in his heart, and he didn't know how healed after the beating. Did you bother him?

Seeing her son in a daze, Shen couldn't help laughing, turned the girl away, and had a private conversation with Chen Ruiwen: "I already know about the meeting between you and Wan Ru, tell me, do you like Wan Ru?"

Being pointed out so directly, Chen Ruiwen was a little embarrassed, nodded, but didn't speak, Shen patted his son bitterly: "If you like it, you like it. There's nothing to be ashamed of, but you shouldn't meet in private without telling the elders, you Auntie was so angry that she scolded Wanru, don't you feel bad? You, don't tell me, if I had told you earlier, I would have planned something for you. "

Chen Ruiwen said in a muffled voice, "Grandpa won't agree."

Shen said: "If you don't ask, how do you know your grandfather won't agree? Don't you even have the courage to do so?"

Chen Ruiwen shook his head, and said: "What's the use of talking about it again? If my aunt is angry, even if my grandfather agrees, she will definitely think I'm frivolous. Why would she give me Wanru's promise?"

Chen said with a smile: "Your aunt is also eager to love daughters, and she is afraid that Wanru's reputation will be damaged. Now if we propose a marriage in a serious way and make a kiss, she will be too happy. You should ask your grandfather first. Meaning, if he agrees, I will propose marriage for you."

A gleam of ecstasy flashed in Chen Ruiwen's eyes, and he immediately went to Chen Yi's study.