Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Lin Wanru said: "I heard about it when I was in Jiangnan. The Jiangnan side especially likes to inquire about the news from the capital. What happened to that big family, they said clearly and logically." After thinking about it, he said: "Cousin, do you still remember?" That Wan Lin? I said he belongs to the prince, has my cousin ever asked about him?"

Chen Ruiwen nodded, since Lin Wanru said he knew Wan Lin, he asked someone to investigate Wan Lin carefully. Wan Lin is the eldest son of the Wan family in Yangzhou, a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wan Lin found another way and came to the capital to look for opportunities, in order to find a nobleman to be the backstage and get the Wan family's property. As for whether he is the prince or not, he is not sure.

Lin Wanru said: "If the Wan family belonged to the prince, they would definitely not be able to contact the prince directly, but it is very possible that they have contacts with the Bao family. Whether Bao Chang Ling is trying to restrain his wife, he must know very well."

Seeing her confident appearance, Chen Ruiwen thought it was a little funny, and said, "Have you ever heard about the Chen family in Jiangnan?"

Lin Wanru rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, everyone said that the emperor likes you very much and wants you to marry Princess Chaohuang. They all say that you and Princess Chaohuang are a match made in heaven."

Chen Ruiwen's complexion suddenly turned sour: "Why have I never heard of this rumor? It must be a nonsense."

Lin Wanru glared at him: "What's the matter if you talk about it? It's not that you really want to marry her. Even if the emperor really wants to recruit you as his son-in-law, you won't suffer a loss."

Chen Ruiwen was angry and impatient, and made a gesture to catch Lin Wanru: "You want me to punish you again, right?"

Lin Wanru ran away in a hurry, two feet away from him, made a face at him, and ran away in a hurry.

Chen Ruiwen smiled helplessly, turned and left, but saw Shen Quan standing not far away, looking at him in astonishment.He regained his indifferent expression: "Third cousin." Shen Quan reluctantly said: "Cousin, I didn't expect you and cousin Wanru to have such a good relationship."

Chen Ruiwen's heart suddenly rang out. Speaking of which, Shen Quan and Wanru are the first cousins, so he said: "Cousin doesn't know yet, my aunt and mother are in charge, and Wanru and I are already engaged."

Shen Quan actually knew about this a long time ago, but now he heard Chen Ruiwen admit it himself, he still couldn't accept it, he squirmed his lips.Didn't say anything after all.

Back in the room, Shen Yu was reading, but Shen Quan was upset.He thought of his mother's instructions before he came: "Your sister is already sixteen, so you can't delay any longer. This time you go to the capital, you must get along with the young master of the Chen family and please your aunt. I don't have to worry about your sister's marriage anymore."

He originally thought that the Chen family was the tallest, and the family always said that his aunt had high vision, so Chen Ruiwen's marriage must have not yet been settled, and his younger sister is the daughter of the Shen family, as long as he mentions it, his aunt will not refuse.

Unexpectedly.Chen Ruiwen's marriage has been decided, and the other party is still the daughter of the fifth aunt who was kicked out of the house by the grandmother early, if the grandmother knew about it.Must be mad.

After hesitating several times, he decided to write a letter back to tell his story about it, and let his grandmother and mother decide for themselves.

After the Lantern Festival.This year is basically over, and many things are slowly getting back on track.The young masters of the Chen family also went to study, went to the barracks, got busy, and Shen Ze was also preparing gifts, preparing to take Shen Cheng and Shen Yu to hear about Ling Feng's apprenticeship.

Chen Ruiwen went with him, Lin Wanru didn't know what to say, but when she came back at night, Shen Ze's face was beaming, it seemed right, Shen was also happy, and said to Shen Ze: "This reading, maybe I will stay in the capital, does Wen Lingfeng have a daughter in the right grade?"

This is just a joke, Shen Ze said with a smile: "Mr. Wen only has one married daughter, so it is impossible to get married, but Mr. Deng has an unmarried daughter."

Shen said: "My brother will go to Jia's house again in two days. The sooner the matter can be settled, the better we can propose marriage with Jia's family. Although I mentioned this matter later, Jia's family dare not do anything. Moth, but the people who can't keep up with the lower ones have any plans."

Shen Ze said: "Don't worry, I will not let Wu Niang suffer."

Shen Ze took time to go to Jia's house. Mother Jia saw him and called Jia Lian, "From now on, I will go through the accounting of the Lin family's property with Uncle Shen. The shopkeeper will see you and reconcile the accounts, hurry up, I was thinking about Baoyu and Daiyu's marriage as soon as possible."

Jia Lian agreed, took the account book and went to the study with Shen Ze to talk.

In the next few days, Shen Ze would go out early and return late, and sometimes Aunt Shen would follow suit. Aunt Shen knew the Lin family's property best. Most of the farm shops were located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was too late for the Jia family to dispose of them. , but it is not easy to go wrong, the key is the shop in the capital, Aunt Shen doesn't want to return it to Zhao, as long as the deed is still there, the account book is clear.

It's easy to calculate like this, only most of the Lin family's Ku Yin was moved back to Jia's mansion by Jia Lian, which was the easiest item to count, but Jia Lian hesitated and pushed it to the end, Shen Ze knew it in his heart, and didn't pursue it , Let Jia Lian make up for the shortfall.

Until mid-February, after almost a month of work, most of the accounts were correct, except for some gold and silver jewellery. Show the ledger to Aunt Shen.

Aunt Shen said: "I'm very satisfied to get so much back, it's all thanks to Big Brother helping me deal with it."

Shen Ze laughed and said: "One family doesn't talk about two families, as long as Daiyu gets married smoothly, I will be worthy of Ru Hai."

February 16th is Daiyu's [-]th birthday, and everyone gathered again to celebrate her birthday.

At the end of February, the Jia family hired Aunt Xue as a matchmaker, and formally proposed Daiyu and Baoyu's marriage. Because the two parties had negotiated, the three matchmakers and six hires went smoothly. The marriage is considered appropriate, just waiting to discuss the wedding date.

Aunt Shen also breathed a sigh of relief, because during this period she had been using the Chen family's place, and the Shen family also helped a lot. Aunt Shen thought that she could not be in the Chen family when she got married, so she discussed with the Chen family to move. Live outside.

Shen was a little anxious, and said: "You move out to live, not to mention that it will be difficult to find a good house for a while, and I can't rest assured that you are just a couple of women."

Aunt Shen said: "Sister, don't be angry with me either. I want to save face. The daughter of the Lin family is going to marry from a relative's family. If you tell me where the face of the Lin family will be, everyone will laugh at the master's death. The Lin family is in decline. , I can't let people gossip about this, and besides, it's like getting married, do you also live here?"

Mrs. Shen sighed, and discussed with Shen Ze, Shen Ze went to Aunt Shen and said: "The Shen family also has a house in the capital. I thought it was troublesome at the time, so I didn't go to live in it. Why don't you move there after cleaning it? Everything is there. Ready-made, the servants are also ready-made."

Aunt Shen resolutely refused: "Brother is worried about me, I understand in my heart, I am not fighting for myself, I am fighting for the master and Daiyu, if elder brother wants to help me, just go out and ask for me, as long as The house is good, and the money is readily available."

Aunt Shen's attitude was resolute, and she was still reasonable, so Shen Ze had nothing to say, so he had to help her find out if there was a house for sale nearby.

After Chen Ruiwen found out, he admired this aunt very much, but he was also secretly worried that when Aunt Shen moved out, Lin Wanru would definitely move out with her, and meeting her in the future would not be as easy as it is now.

Lin Daiyu has moved back to the Chen family since she proposed marriage with the Jia family, hiding in the room all day, one is afraid of being teased, and the other is to embroider the dowry. Lu Yun, who is the most proficient at women around her, goes to serve her, so that she can help her a little bit, and Lin Wanru often asks Suo Yu to help her.

On the third day of March, Shi's family held a spring banquet again. Shi Aizhu invited Lin Daiyu and Lin Wanru to come over to play. Since Lin Daiyu was inconvenient to go out, Lin Wanru went alone.

Seeing her, Shi Aizhu greeted her with a smile in front of everyone, and immediately pulled her into the yard to talk when no one was paying attention. Shui Rou and Liu Xuan were already waiting. : "How did I hear that you bullied the Bao family sisters? Tell me quickly."

Lin Wanru was in a hurry to hide, and ran behind Shuirou: "Where did I bully them, just ask Rou'er and you will know, I was really wronged."

Shi Aizhu smiled and said: "Oh, you don't know, the Bao family sisters don't know how honest they are recently."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "That has nothing to do with me." She then asked Shi Aizhu, "How is what I begged you to do? Sister Bao is very grateful to you."

Shi Aizhu smiled and said: "It's a trivial matter, I was afraid that my mother would know that I was troublesome, so I went to the palace in person and told the emperor's uncle, who was very angry, and reprimanded Master Bao, saying that he was narrow-minded The prince is also there, right? The prince is glad that this matter has been suppressed, and the Bao family has trouble again, so how can he not be annoyed? Now the Bao family is acting with their tails between their legs."

Lin Wanru then talked about Yingchun: "If sister Yingchun was still at their house, how could they be so arrogant? You can't make things difficult for sister Yingchun, can you?"

Liu Xuan said: "Just now I saw Mrs. Bao at the front, she was accompanied by the young mistress of the Bao family, but Sister Yingchun didn't come."

Shuirou smiled and said: "Fortunately there was no fight that night, otherwise I'll see how you end up, you don't know, the Baojia sisters have fought with people before."

Shi Aizhu smiled and said: "Don't talk about them, let's talk about the poetry club. It's March now, and the peach blossoms have already bloomed. When shall we go?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "My sister is about to get married, and the family is busy with things, but I have a lot of free time, so it's fine to let me know when it's time, but you guys have big feasts all day long, when are you free? "