Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Chen Yi looked at his grandson who had gone and returned with some doubts: "What else is there?" Chen Ruiwen didn't feel embarrassed anymore, and said directly: "I want to marry Wanru as a wife, what does grandfather think?"

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and cursed: "You have already decided, and you still come to ask me what to do."

Chen Ruiwen touched his head and sat beside Chen Yi: "I thought my grandfather would object."

Chen Yidao: "You are the one who decides the matter of marriage, as long as you like it, but you choose the person yourself. If you get married, it will be good, and if it is not good, you will suffer it alone. I can't control it anyway."

When Chen Yi made such a statement, saying to let it go, Shen strongly agreed, and Chen Ruiwen's father, Chen Yongming, also had no objection, so Shen went to Jia's house excitedly, and talked to Aunt Shen about it.

Aunt Shen was very happy, and said: "I thought, Wan Ruan is still young, and her sister's marriage has not been settled yet, I'm afraid we will have to wait until her sister gets married before we can talk about her marriage."

Shen Shi said: "It should be so, this matter is settled, let's not mention it for now, but my sister must give me something as a token."

Aunt Shen took a pair of Hetian jade mandarin ducks from her dowry to wear, and the mandarin ducks were matched as a pair. One was kept by Mrs. Shen, and the other was kept by Aunt Shen. This was used as a covenant to seal the marriage between her children.

Both Mrs. Shen and Aunt Shen didn't say anything about it, and even Lin Wanru didn't know about it. When Chen Ruiwen got the mandarin duck pendant, he still felt a little unreal in his heart. He hid in the room and smiled silly at the jade pendant for a long time. Xi and the others were scared to death.

If it is said that a man and a woman have made a marriage contract, they should avoid suspicion, but now Mrs. Shen and Aunt Shen are only exchanging tokens, and they don't pay much attention to it. Mrs. Shen even invited Lin Wanru to live with her at home. Lin Wanru was afraid of Aunt Shen. Unhappy, originally wanted to refuse, but Aunt Shen was very happy, and packed Lin Wanru's burden with a smile.

Lin Daiyu didn't want to ask Lin Wanru to live with the Chen family, she always felt that Lin Wanru was closer to the Chen family, which made her feel very uncomfortable, but Mrs. Shen personally ordered someone to pick her up, and Mother Jia nodded. She could still say Don't you want to go?Therefore, he could only be depressed, and Lin Wanru didn't send him off when he left.

Because Aunt Shen mentioned asking her to marry Chen Ruiwen, Lin Wanru felt a little embarrassed when she saw Chen Ruiwen, and because she was beaten because of a private meeting last time, she also had some conditioned reflex to escape, so she just smiled and chatted with Chen Ruixue Just say hello to Chen Ruiwen.

Chen Ruiwen sat by the side and watched silently, without interjecting, the three Chen Ruixue sisters liked Lin Wanru very much, chattered for a long time, and then begged Shen, saying that they wanted to welcome Lin Wanru tonight, and the girls wanted to drink.

Chen Ruishuang was the youngest, and she tugged on Shen's sleeve and begged, "Let's pool our own money to buy the banquet."

Shen smiled and said, "Where did you get the money? The monthly money of two taels of silver is not enough for me."

Chen Ruiwen suddenly said: "The money will be deducted from my monthly money. It's rare for them to be happy, so mother will agree."

Shen smiled and said: "You have become a good person, and I don't have to be a bad person." Then she ordered Lingzhi to ask the kitchen to prepare a banquet and send it to Ningxiangzhai, so that the young girls could have fun.

Lingzhi responded with a smile, and Chen Ruishuang hugged Chen Ruiwen's arm and said with a smile: "Brother has paid out the money, and brother will come too."

Chen Ruiyu laughed and said, "Ask elder brother to sieve wine for us." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Shen asked someone to make a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine. The wine is not strong, suitable for girls to drink. To Chen Ruiwen, this sweet-scented osmanthus wine is like white water. He also drank two cups symbolically and then helped warm the wine. Or serve a few girls with vegetables.

At the beginning, they sat and ate vegetables and talked and laughed, but later Chen Ruishuang found it boring, the four girls fought each other, and lost drinking, Lin Wanru is not good at this, after drinking several cups, in the end, she was a little smoked and dazed Being helped to the bed, I woke up until dawn.

Fortunately, the sweet-scented osmanthus wasn't strong enough to make wine, so she didn't feel a headache, but Lin Wanru still felt ashamed that she was drunk.

But she heard from the girl that Chen Ruixue and the others were also drunk, Chen Ruiyu even kicked the woman who carried her back home, and the youngest Chen Ruishuang was also drunk unconscious, Lin Wanru had a red face She went to greet Shen Shi, and Shen Shi looked at her with a smile: "Did you have a good time yesterday?"

Lin Wanru said embarrassingly, "I told my aunt to read a joke, and I drank too much for some reason."

Chen said with a smile: "I used to say I asked Ruixue and the others to play with you, but now it's no longer possible. It happened that Ruiwen had two days off, so I asked him to play with you." Just as he was talking, Chen Ruiwen came in, after hearing this Said: "The sweet-scented osmanthus in Tianxiangyuan is in full bloom, I will take my sister to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus."

Shen said: "Alright, I'll ask someone to prepare a carriage for you." Lin Wanru didn't have time to say anything, and only asked Chen Ruiwen after getting into the carriage: "Where is Tianxiang Garden?"

Chen Ruiwen said softly: "Tianxiangyuan is a separate courtyard. It was originally the courtyard of the First Emperor's aunt, Princess Dachang. Princess Dachang loved osmanthus and collected many varieties of osmanthus to plant. After Princess Dachang passed away, this courtyard was empty. After coming down, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be responsible for asking people to take care of it, and some people have rented this yard for banquets. Princess Minghua used it twice, King Beijing used it once, and King Zhongshun used it once. Let's just go and have a look. Not to mention renting, there are many people enjoying sweet-scented osmanthus at this time."

As expected, Chen Ruiwen was right. As soon as he entered Tianxiang Garden, he saw the carriage of the Shi family and Liu family. It turned out that Shi Guangzhu and Liu Fang brought Shi Aizhu, Liu Xuan and Shui Rou to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus. Bounce ran over: "Wan Ru, you are here too, what a coincidence."

Lin Wanru smiled and wanted to salute, but Shi Aizhu hurriedly stopped her: "I treat you as a friend, what are you doing so awkwardly?"

Liu Xuan and Shui Rou also came over to say hello with a smile, Shi Aizhu was cute and innocent, Liu Xuan was bright and charming, and Shui Rou was gentle and elegant. Seeing that Lin Wanru came with Chen Ruiwen, the three of them were a little afraid of Chen Ruiwen, and dragged Lin Wanru away in a hurry up.

Shi Guangzhu stopped Chen Ruiwen with a smile: "You said you have something to do, and you didn't come for a drink, so you're busy with this matter." Chen Ruiwen didn't speak, still holding Lin Wanru's cloak in his hand, and asked Liu Fang: "Would you like to stay?" In the capital, is the Second Prince busy recently?"

Liu Fang smiled and said: "It's said to be a supervisor, but it's only a month. What's there to be busy with? Minor matters have their own rules and regulations. Follow the rules. Big things are left to the elders to discuss. It's very leisurely."

Talking and laughing, he talked about the marriage between the Bao family and the Jia family: "Bao Changfei got Jia Baoyu a civil job in Wucheng Bingmasi, and the second girl of the Jia family married the Baochang Ling Chongxi. Said, it’s really washed, I heard that Bao Changling can walk around.”

Chen Ruiwen frowned, Shi Guangzhu said: "The Bao family is determined to win this matter, and the Jia family can't tolerate it. It's a pity, even if the Bao Chang Ling is cured, the Jia family will inevitably have the reputation of selling girls for glory." Gossiping with each other, sitting in a nearby pavilion drinking tea.

However, Lin Wanru was dragged away by Shi Aizhu and the others. This day, Xiangyuan really lived up to its name, it was full of sweet-scented osmanthus, and there were all kinds of golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus. Lin Wanru asked Shui Rou: "Why is there no one here?"

Shui Rou smiled and said: "Because there are often girls or wives in the boudoirs who come to admire the sweet-scented osmanthus, fearing that someone will bump into them, so apart from taking care of the sweet-scented osmanthus, no one is guarded here. Everyone knows that this is the other courtyard of the Eldest Princess. No one dares to act wild."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "I haven't heard of it, I'm so ignorant." Liu Xuan said, "Everyone says the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is good, but I envy you. Have you ever been to the West Lake?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "I have been to the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. The scenery is very nice. The lakeside is full of willow trees and peach blossoms. It happened to be spring when I went to Yangzhou. The green willow trees and red peach blossoms are so beautiful. Wealthy families all go boating on the lake to hold banquets, feast and have fun. Girls from poor families can’t afford big boats, so they rent small boats to visit the lake. In summer, there are lotus flowers on the lake, and some people row boats to pick lotus pods. But picking lotus, lotus leaf and He Tiantian have become real."

The other three listened, Shi Aizhu clenched her fists and said, "I must go to Jiangnan to have a look."

Liu Xuan smiled and said, "How do you go? Unless you marry Jiangnan, then you can see her every day."

Shi Aizhu blushed, and chased to beat Liu Xuan, but Shuirou pulled Lin Wanru and asked her: "You lived in Suzhou since childhood, how is the scenery of Suzhou different from that of Yangzhou? How is it different from the capital? "

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "It is said that ten miles are different. Although there are differences between Suzhou and Yangzhou, the difference is not big, but the capital city, one south and one north, the difference is much. To be honest, it is the first time I have grown up so big. As for sleeping on the kang, Jiangnan does not have this, but there are canopy beds and Arhat beds, and there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, most of them are by boat, rarely by horse-drawn carriage, and the food is also different."

Shui Judao: "I read in the book that Jiangnan has many exquisite desserts, which are very famous, which cannot be made by cooks in the capital. There are also many beauties in Jiangnan, and women in Jiangnan wear The clothes are more fashionable than here in the capital."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "This is true, because there is a weaving bureau in the south of the Yangtze River, and whenever there is new material, it is always near the water."