Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Aunt Shen was still afraid that she would swallow the Lin family's property like a thief, but if Daiyu married into the family, wouldn't those property belong to the Jia family?If you have to write a dowry list, it doesn't matter if you write it or not, how can you treat your granddaughter badly?Mother Jia was also angry.

But Aunt Shen made up her mind, and she said that the Jia family should be the first in everything about the wedding, but she never let go of the dowry list alone. She even invited Shen to be a witness.

Mrs. Shen is the eldest aunt of the Shen family, and the Shen family and the Lin family are family friends. Mother Jia did not dare to take it lightly. If Mrs. Shen said a word and recruited people from the Shen family from the south of the Yangtze River, that would be bad, so she urged Wang Madam and Jia Lian sorted out the things as early as possible according to the records in the account books.

The Lin family's property is divided into three parts. The bulk is farm land deeds, which have been accumulated by generations of the Lin family. In places like Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou, there are thousands of acres of fine paddy fields and mountain land connected together. For those who cannot be bought, there are nearly a hundred shops that have been passed down for generations and are now run by loyal servants of the Lin family.

When Lin Ruhai was alive, they respected Lin Ruhai, but before Lin Ruhai died, he ordered them to respect the seal and handed the seal to Aunt Shen. Without the seal, no one can sell these farms and shops.

Although Jia Lian got the land deed at the beginning, but because he didn't have a seal, he couldn't command these people, so he put it on hold and only took the interest of two places to spend.

In addition to farms, there are also a large number of treasures and antiques. The accumulation of five generations has placed more than a dozen large warehouses. They are also good things that cannot be seen on the market. Aunt Shen watched and sent them to the warehouse of the Lin family's old house in Suzhou and locked them up, under the care of Lin Zheng, the head housekeeper of the Lin family.

In addition to these two items, it is the house of the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou, the cash in the warehouse, and several properties purchased by Lin Ruhai himself. These add up to several 10 taels of silver, which have long been emptied by Jia Lian, and part of it was embezzled by Jia Lian himself. Yes, part of it was spent when Concubine Yuan visited relatives.

Now he was thinking about those farm shops, and he was shocked when he heard that Aunt Shen wanted to count things, so he hurriedly discussed with Wang Xifeng what to do.

Wang Xifeng smiled bitterly: "My aunt's words are reasonable, and the old lady can't refute them. My aunt invited the grandma of the Chen family to come over. The Shen family and the Lin family are good friends. If the grandma Chen intervenes, the old lady has nothing to say. Now I have no choice but to scrape together some money to deal with this matter, and wait until Daiyu enters the house, but fortunately the shop in the farm has not been moved, otherwise it would be really troublesome."

Jia Lian sighed, beating his chest and feet: "I still thought that with these things, we don't have to worry about it for four or five years, and now we have to hand them over so soon."

Wang Xifeng gave him a blank look: "If it's just Sister Lin herself, that's all. It's not easy for her to ask for a dowry as a young girl. Who would have thought that Aunt Shen would follow? She is an elder, so it's appropriate to say that. Back then you She shouldn't have been brought here."

Jia Lian complained again and again: "When I sent my uncle's coffin back to Suzhou, I said that since Aunt Shen is from the Shen family, it would be better to go back to the Shen family. People, there is no reason to go back to the Shen family, sister Lin also insisted on taking them to Beijing, they are a family, and they all agree, what can I do."

Wang Xifeng didn't speak anymore.

Aunt Shen was also worried at this time, not because of the family property, she had the account book in hand, even if the Jia family swallowed it privately, she would obediently spit it out, she was worried because the Jia family didn't seem to be planning to make a big deal out of it.

That day when she mentioned the dowry, Mrs. Wang knew about it, and she was very angry.

She also got a lot of good things from the Lin family, how willing is she to return them now?

But it didn't make sense, and after much deliberation, she suggested to Jia Mu that the marriage was out of order, and she just got a small sedan chair and invited someone to play and play for fun. Are you marrying a daughter-in-law or taking a concubine?

The Jia family can make do with it, but the Lin family can't.

As soon as she objected, Mrs. Wang brought out some family property words in her words, which seemed to mean that as long as Aunt Shen let go of the family property, she would promise to make a big deal of it. How could Aunt Shen agree, and the two sides froze for a moment .

Shen Shi knew that she was scolding the Jia family for being dark, but she couldn't do anything else. Although she was the eldest aunt of the Shen family, she married into the Chen family. If it doesn't go well, if the Shen family's reputation is used, the Shen family will definitely be pulled out, but this is what Aunt Shen doesn't want to see.

After much deliberation, Mrs. Shen decided to persuade Aunt Shen, but just as soon as the Shen family was mentioned, Aunt Shen refused immediately, and Mrs. Shen said: "Don't worry, just think about it, what can we two wives do?" Things? These things still need a man to decide. Daiyu is the daughter of the Lin family, no different from the daughter of our Shen family. I understand why you want to fight for her, but you can't do it alone. Don't worry. I didn't tell anyone else, I just wrote to my eldest brother quietly, he is the eldest son of the Shen family, and has a good relationship with Ru Hai, it is most suitable for him to come forward, and in the spring of next year, I have several nephews who will also come to Beijing Participating in Chunwei, going to Beijing is really a good name, with their help, how can the Jia family be so arrogant?"

Aunt Shen was hesitant, and Mrs. Shen laughed again: "You can't even trust your elder brother? I just told him not to tell anyone."

The eldest brother of the Shen family, Shen Ze, is the eldest son of Shen Yueming. Because he wanted to inherit the family business, he did not pass the scientific examination to become an official. Now he has taken over the general affairs of the Shen family and managed them in an orderly manner. Shen Ze got married earlier, and he is still an upright man. ,, The eldest son is already 20 years old, and the second son is also 16 years old.

He is upright, gentle and elegant, and treats his younger siblings equally, regardless of whether he is a concubine. To be honest, Aunt Shen has a good impression of this cousin. If he comes forward, I believe this matter will be resolved soon. He is also called Jia. Let's see, even if the Lin family loses its head, there are still people to support it.

Aunt Shen hesitated again and again, but finally agreed to Shen's proposal. Shen was overjoyed, and immediately wrote a letter asking someone to send it back to Suzhou in eight hundred miles. When Shen Ze received the letter from Suzhou, he was surprised at first. Then I was happy, Wu Niang, the cousin, was the youngest in the family, although she was a concubine, she was gentle and quiet.

It was really difficult to commit Lin Ruhai as a concubine at the beginning, and he was very sympathetic. When Lin Ruhai passed away, Wu Niang helped her spirit back to Suzhou, and Shen's family came to express their condolences, but she avoided seeing her.

It's fine if she doesn't see her, and she doesn't allow her daughter, Lin Wanru, the cousin of the Shen family, to see her, which shows the hatred for the Shen family. it has been improved.

Thinking so in his heart, he ordered his sons and nephews who were going to Beijing to go to Chunwei to pack their bags and enter Beijing early. His father Shen Yueming felt strange and asked him what happened. It's the beginning of spring, but I'm in a hurry,

Shen Ze didn't tell anyone about this matter, even his wife Li Shi, he kept his mouth shut.

Shen Ze and his sons and nephews rushed to Beijing years ago, but Mrs. Shen and Aunt Shen didn't know about it. They only got news when the spring of the next year came. They just settled down to celebrate the new year, because Mrs. Wang and Aunt Shen refused to let go , this marriage is deadlocked.

The sisters in the garden also heard about it, and they teased Lin Daiyu at first, but later they didn't hear the news, so they didn't dare to mention it again. Lin Daiyu found out from Aunt Shen, and her restless heart calmed down.

Although Aunt Shen and grandmother are elders, she trusts Aunt Shen even more, so she just pretends that she doesn't know anything.

Naturally, Jia Baoyu also knew the news, but he didn't know the details, and he was too embarrassed to ask, fearing that it would hurt each other's reputation, so he kept silent, which fulfilled Aunt Shen's wish, and just waited Let's talk about it when the Shen family comes.

Mrs. Shen personally came to pick up Aunt Shen and Lin Daiyu. Lin Wanru went to Chen's house to celebrate the new year. Mother Jia was reluctant to part with Lin Daiyu at first, but what Mrs. Shen said meant that both of them were going to get married. It is better for the two children to avoid taboo. Wanting to go, I had to reluctantly agree.

Aunt Shen and Lin Daiyu Lin Wanru packed their bags and went to Chen's house, which was also Aunt Shen's idea.

When the Shen family came to break up with the Jia family, it would be shameful for Lin Daiyu to still live in Jia's mansion. Now she moved out with the excuse of the Chinese New Year, just waiting for the spring. There was a big banquet in the local area, and Daiyu was married to Jia's family in a grand manner. If they couldn't reach an agreement, they would break up at once, so that Jia's family would not use Daiyu as a raft.

Aunt Shen and the Jia family's respective schemes aside, Lin Wanru was only happy with the Chen family sisters and Chen Ruiwen when she came to the Chen family to celebrate the new year, but as the end of the year was approaching, Chen Ruiwen became busier and couldn't see each other often.

In addition, Lin Daiyu is also here, the two sisters are always together, Chen Ruiwen can't go there often, now he only hopes that Lin Daiyu will get married soon, so that he can talk about his marriage with Wanru.

Although Lin Wanru knew that the two parties intended to get married, she had no idea that her marriage had already been arranged by Aunt Shen, because she was discussing with Lin Daiyu about going to the banquet after accepting Shuirou's post.

Shuirou didn't know that Lin Daiyu had gone to Chen's house and sent the post to Jia's house, or someone from Jia's family had sent the post over again. Shuirou really set up a poetry club and invited Lin Wanru and Lin Daiyu to join it, and said that while they joined, It hasn't snowed yet in winter, so we have a snow appreciation party in time for the first snow.

Lin Wanru was not interested in such elegant things, but Lin Daiyu was very interested, and personally replied to the post, saying that she would go.