Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Shen Shi said: "This is also true." Immediately, she was very happy, her nephew stood out, Shen Shi was very happy no matter what.

When they arrived at Shi's house, the eldest princess really asked about the marriage of the three of them, but Shen didn't hide anything, and said with a smile: "Xun'er and Jie'er are both married, but Quan'er has not yet been decided. Let me ask, but it is the eldest grandson of the Second Household, his parents are not here, even if we are close relatives, we are not sure, we just wait for Daiyu to get married and my father comes to have a wedding banquet, then I will ask him to make up his mind."

Princess Minghua is also shrewd. Shen Quan is the eldest grandson of the second wife of the Shen family, and her status is decent. In-law relationship, marrying a daughter is not considered a low marriage.

The point is that she heard about the conflict between Aunt Shen and the old lady in the second room of the Shen family. Although she is not very clear about it, Aunt Shen is a good daughter's family and has not returned home after more than ten years of marriage. It can be seen that the second old lady of the Shen family must be very powerful It was difficult, because she was afraid that Aizhu would suffer if she married her, so she started to inquire about the news first, and when she heard what Shen said, she just laughed it off.

Shi Aizhu and Lin Wanru had a bitter experience: "Ever since that time when I was the only one who didn't match up, my elder brother added fuel to the picture and said how smart other people are, so my mother arrested me every day to study, but it caused me misfortune." .”

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "It's always good to read more books, and the eldest princess is doing it for your own good. We sisters played together that day, so I didn't care if it happened or not. If you go out to meet people in the future, others will, but you No, don't you have no face?"

Liu Xuan chimed in from the side: "Wan Ruan is right, it's good to read more books, the last time I held a poetry competition in the palace, my second cousin was the first, where are you?" Shi Aizhu remained silent.

But Liu Xuan asked Lin Daiyu: "Is she still not going out?"

Lin Wanru said with a smile: "Of course it's inconvenient to go out. If you miss her, it won't be too late to visit us when we move to Lianhua Hutong." Then everyone talked about Lianhua Hutong and the house, and everyone became more and more excited. The farther away, Lin Wanru did not ignore the sadness that flashed across Shi Aizhu's face.

Shi Aizhu is different from Liu Xuan, Liu Xuan has a stronger temper, she likes it when she likes it, and breaks her mind completely when she doesn't like it, even when the second prince got married, she just laughed it off.

Shi Aizhu is different, with a lively appearance and a delicate heart.Even though the second prince was married, she did not give up, she knew it from the day when she rushed out to interrupt the quarrel between the prince and the fifth prince.She came out to stop the matter because she was afraid that the second prince would be involved, and it was obvious that she could do this.

Lin Wanru secretly sighed, the second prince is already married, so Shi Aizhu can't be a concubine anyway.This relationship is doomed to end without a disease.

At this time, a storm was brewing in the Shen family in Suzhou.

When Shen Ze first arrived in the capital a few years ago, he wrote a letter to Shen Yueming, saying that he met Wuniang and Lin Wanru, and talked about the Lin family's property and how Wanru resembled his grandmother Zeng Yifang. Shen Yue received the letter next year.Just after the Lantern Festival, he set off for the capital, firstly, for the Lin family's property.Second, it was for the niece and granddaughter of Wu Niang, and third, it was because I wanted to see my daughter and grandson whom I hadn't seen for more than ten years.

Shen Yueming also often went out alone, but the Shen family didn't ask him carefully.Shen Yueming took a servant and a steward to go north by boat.

Just entered February.Shen Quan's letter arrived, and his letter was addressed to his mother, Xiao Guan.

As soon as the young Guan saw the letter, Chen Ruiwen, whom he thought to be his prospective son-in-law, had already made an engagement, and it was Wu Niang's daughter, so he immediately showed the letter to the second old lady Guan, who took the letter and went to the big house to ask his sister-in-law Crying and complaining about Sapo, there was a scene.

Shen Yueming's wife, Mrs. Zhuang, was from a well-known family. She had been with Guan's sister-in-law for decades, and she knew her very well. She didn't coax or persuade her. It's Yuanniang's son, and I don't care who Yuanniang wants to marry as her daughter-in-law. Now that Wuniang's daughter is already appointed, she is also the granddaughter of the second brother. What happened, not to mention that the Chen family has no face, the Shen family has no face either."

Shen Aixiao was confused about trivial matters, but not about major ones. She was ashamed and ashamed to talk about Guan Shi, and the second room closed the door and made another scene, until Shen Ze wrote a second letter to invite Shen Yueming to attend Daiyu's wedding. .

Shen Yueming has been away for almost a month, and the letter is urgent for [-] miles. Shen Yueming is not here, so she handed it over to Shen Aixiao. It's also possible, Daiyu's marriage must be attended by an elder from the Shen family, so she ordered her to pack and prepare to go north.

After Guan knew about it, he insisted on going to the capital with this excuse, saying that he was going to the wedding, but in fact he still didn't give up. He thought that girl Wu Niang was most afraid of him, so as long as he yelled and scolded him, she would keep her from retiring the marriage , won't my granddaughter have a chance at that time?

Shen Aixiao was enjoying herself outside, but she couldn't handle her wife at home, so she had no choice but to let her follow. When Guan went out, Xiao Guan, as his daughter-in-law, also followed, and Xiao Guan brought his daughter Shen Man.

On the side of Dafang, as soon as Mrs. Zhuang heard that Mrs. Guan was going with her, she was worried that Mrs. Guan would go to the capital to mess around. If there was no one to suppress her, wouldn't it be embarrassing for Yuan Niang?After thinking about it, her husband is not here, so it's better to watch it by myself, so I also said to go.

The Zhuang family was going, and Shen Ze's wife, the eldest grandma, Li Shi, naturally also had to serve her. Almost half of the Shen family sent out to the capital.

Besides, at the other end, Shen Yueming came to the capital with the steward and the boy. He stayed in the inn without telling anyone. He hadn't been to the capital for more than ten years. He planned to go shopping first, and then prepared some gifts. Daughter's house.

One day, he strolled to a brush and ink shop, wanting to pick out two good inkstones, but there was no one in the shop, and the servant who followed him yelled twice, and then a smiling man came out from the inside. Middle-aged man: "Old man, what do you want? Our ink, paper and inkstone are all the best, and the price is fair, you can choose whatever you want."

Shen Yueming smiled and said: "Take out all the best inkstones in your shop." As he spoke, he sat down on the chair next to him, the shopkeeper saw that he was a big customer, he couldn't help agreeing, and went into the inner room.

After a while, a young girl came out from the inside, with an angry face, and behind her was the shopkeeper who couldn't help smiling: "You have been picking for a long time, but you still don't like it. This old gentleman wants to see it. I can't wait for you alone." You don’t do any other business, do you?”

That girl looks pretty, with a sharp mouth: "Don't say that you pay attention to reputation when you open a shop and do business. It's a different matter. Let's talk about first come, first served. I didn't choose well here, so you took the things away. Isn't it just pushing the high and stepping down?"

The shopkeeper just couldn't help apologetically, and put a stack of boxes with inkstones on the table next to Shen Yueming: "You always pick slowly."

However, Shen Yueming looked at the girl with a beard and a smile: "Young lady is right, everything comes first, first come first, first come first, first come first, I'd like to ask the young lady to pick first, I can wait."

Seeing that Shen Yueming was kind and courteous, the girl's face softened a little, and she said: "Old man, you should choose first, we girls don't understand this either, I just choose a good-looking job."

Shen Yueming couldn't help smiling, carefully looked at the inkstones in the box, and picked out one carved with the moonlight from the lotus pond for the girl to see: "Miss, do you think this one looks good?"

The girl stretched her head to look, a little embarrassed: "You have a good eye, I just fell in love with this one, but unfortunately I don't have enough money, so I can only choose other ones."

The shopkeeper muttered beside him: "It's just an inkstone of 50 taels of silver, what about it?"

The girl blushed slightly, but she still retorted: "Where do we girls have any money? It's because our girl's birthday is coming soon, so the sisters joined in to buy a birthday gift for the girl. It's our heart, we alone The monthly money is only one tael of silver, and the upper and lower sisters only have 20 taels of silver after saving for two months, which is not enough."

Talking a little sad, she put the inkstone back, Shen Yueming said with a smile: "Does your girl know that you give her money to buy things?"

Seeing that Shen Yueming was kind, the girl was also willing to talk, and said: "Our girl is the cousin of Duke Qi's mansion, so why care about this little thing, not to mention the 50 taels of inkstone, the 500 taels of inkstone may not be taken seriously, it is just our heart , usually when she celebrates her birthday, instead of asking us to give gifts, she gives us things instead, but this time it's a girl's birthday gift, and we all want to show our hearts."

Shen Yueming's eyes dimmed when he heard this, and he became more and more amiable: "You girls are fifteen years old, since you sent inkstones, I think your girls must be fond of dancing and writing."

The girl covered her mouth and laughed: "Old man, you guessed it wrong. Although my girl can read, she doesn't like learning. She is far behind our eldest girl. It is the eldest girl's idea that we give the inkstone. She said It’s just to let the girl see and practice calligraphy for a while more on our minds.”

Shen Yueming smiled and said: "It's good for a girl to be able to read and write. Since you say that, I'll take care of your face and add these 30 taels to you. I can't ask you to make a trip in vain."

The girl waved her hands again and again: "We don't know each other, so I can't use your money." After thinking about it, she asked the shopkeeper, "How much is the good lake brush in your shop? How much is the ink?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "The best one for a Hubi is five taels of silver. The ink is pine smoke ink. A box of four yuan costs ten taels of silver. If you buy two pens and a box of ink, it's exactly 20 taels of silver. Two denarii."

The girl said angrily, "I don't want to buy two pens, but two boxes of loose smoke ink." The shopkeeper smiled shyly, and hurried to get the ink.

Shen Yueming watched the girl pay the money and leave the shop, thoughtfully, the cousin of Duke Qi's mansion has an older sister who is 15 years old, could it be Wuniang's daughter Lin Wanru?