Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Because it was noon, everyone rested, the two of them didn't dare to laugh loudly, Chen Ruiwen couldn't stay longer in the inner courtyard, so he left after playing for a while.

On the seventh day of April, it was Lin Wanru's 15th birthday. Everyone from the Chen family came to Lianhua Hutong for a drink, and the Jia family also posted a message. Sister Feng brought Tanchun and Xichun over, and Aunt Xue also came.

As for Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan, they had agreed long ago that they would get together to have a good time after their birthdays, so they only asked someone to send a birthday gift, but no one came.

On the high tables in the main hall are neatly arranged birthday peaches and birthday noodles, and the kang on the table is full of congratulatory gifts.

Lin Wanru wore a bright red dress, and was greeted by Aunt Shen. Elders like Chen Yi condescended to come, and they couldn't be called to celebrate Lin Wanru's birthday. Shen Yueming, Shen Ze and Chen Yongming walked around and received a lot of gifts.

Lin Wanru's face was flushed with heat, and she went back to the house and changed into a lighter dress and went to see the female relatives in the inner courtyard. Only Sister Feng and Tanchun Xichun came to Jia's house, but Sister Feng could talk, and a few words made the scene extremely lively. They asked someone to set up a stage, and when Lin Wanru went, everyone was laughing and talking about something.

Seeing Lin Wanru coming, Sister Feng smiled and said, "Shou Xing is here, ask Shou Xing to play."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Sister Feng has never heard of any drama, so she came to ask me."

Shen looked at it with a smile, and said, "I'm tired of listening to these shows about Magu Ma's birthday celebration, it's like ordering something new."

Lin Wanru ordered the new "Pearl Shirt" and "The Story of the Goldfish". Pearl's story, "Golden Fish" tells the story of He Xian, a scholar who accidentally released a goldfish, but the goldfish turned into a story to repay his kindness. The former is touching.The latter are cheerful and very popular.

The actors on the stage are dressed up, and Xiaodan Yunniang trekking long distances to pick pearls by the riverside in Jingchai cloth skirt, singing beautifully and melodiously, but also with a steadfastness, everyone in the audience listened, and Sister Feng quietly smiled at Aunt Xue Said: "Wanru is not bad compared to Yunniang, she will order whatever her mother-in-law wants to hear."

Sister Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it wasn't low either.The Second Grandma Chen and the Third Grandma Chen who were sitting next to her heard it and couldn't help laughing. The Second Grandma Chen even teased Shen and said: "Sister-in-law, I really envy you. When will I have a filial daughter-in-law?" alright."

Everyone here was stunned for a moment, why did Second Grandma Chen talk about this without thinking, and then looked at Yun Niang on the stage and Wan Ru in the audience, and burst into laughter.After the first day of the first lunar month, everyone in Beijing didn't know that Lin Wanru was Shen's daughter-in-law, so they all looked at Lin Wanru with narrow smiles.

Lin Wanru's face was flushed with embarrassment, and Shen smiled, "They're all close relatives, so there's nothing to be ashamed of. It seems like it's not just my daughter-in-law. It's also my niece. Shouldn't she be filial to me? It's you, the birthday star Here, why don't you go celebrate your birthday?"

Tanchun Xichun and the three sisters of the Chen family rushed forward, surrounded Lin Wanru and drank wine, and the excitement lasted until evening. First, Sister Feng and Tanchun Xichun were sent away, and then Shen was going back.

Today, whether it is Aunt Shen or Lin Wanru.They all drank a lot of wine, but there was still a lot of work to do outside.Shen Shi was originally worried, but Lin Daiyu said: "Auntie, don't worry, there is also me, you must have a lot of family affairs after you go out for a day, I will not leave you in vain, I will take Wanru to pay my respects when I have free time. "

Shen smiled and said, "With you here, I can rest assured."

Lin Daiyu sent the guests away, and paid wages to the master chef and helper of Fuxilou, and gave rewards, as well as cups, plates, and chopsticks. She also watched the kitchen staff tidy up, and asked the women to leave the banquet table as it was. I moved back and locked it, and I was busy until the second watch before I rested.

On the second day, Shi Aizhu sent the post over, and Lin Wanru discussed with Lin Daiyu: "Sister, go too, there are so many people and it's lively."

Lin Daiyu is now wholeheartedly waiting to get married, and she doesn't go out of the door. She said: "I will always be teased when I go. It's better to stay at home."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Only talking about me, not many people get teased? It's just for fun, good sister, let's go together."

Lin Daiyu hadn't been out as a guest for a long time, and she couldn't help being moved when she heard the words. The two sisters made a decision to go to Shi's house for a banquet tomorrow.

Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan celebrated Lin Wanru's birthday, naturally Shuirou was indispensable, Princess Chaohuang and Xue Baochai gathered together for a whole day, Shi Aizhu was released almost after the curfew, Princess Chaohuang had her own The guards protected the two sisters of the Lin family, and Princess Minghua asked Shi Guangzhu to personally escort them back.

Shi Guangzhu happily accepted the errand, and when it was delivered to Lianhua Hutong, Lin Daiyu politely invited Shi Guangzhu in for a cup of tea. Both Lin Daiyu and Lin Wanru were taken aback.

Lin Wanru didn't care about anything, and hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and ran in, only to see three strange women in the yard being pushed out by several guards, very embarrassed, and one of them yelled: "Two women Madam asked you to kowtow to her, if you don't go now, you will go one day sooner or later, why should everyone look bad?"

Lin Wanru was so angry that she scolded: "Which family's crazy woman, why don't you get kicked out?"

When the woman saw Lin Wanru, she rushed towards Lin Wanru with an "ouch", and Lu Ni quickly stopped in front of her. The woman shouted: "You are the cousin girl, the second wife is your grandmother, you better hurry up!" Let's kowtow together with grandma Wugu, and when the second wife blames her, everyone can't afford to walk around."

Lin Wanru's complexion changed drastically, and she froze there, then Lin Daiyu caught up with the woman, and said to the woman, "You mother-in-law is so unreasonable, my sister's grandmother has been in the capital all the time, why did another grandmother come out, it must be Anyone who comes to the house talking nonsense and defrauding money, get rid of them quickly."

Those guards were all chosen by Chen Ruiwen himself, and they were all fierce. Hearing what Lin Daiyu said, they were even more merciless, and quickly drove the three women out. After drinking tea, I went to the Chen Mansion to report to Chen Ruiwen.

Lin Wanru hastily went to Aunt Shen's yard, Aunt Shen was sitting at the side wiping her tears silently, Tongxia and others beside her were silent, Lin Wanru sat next to Aunt Shen, and said softly: "Aunt Shen, what happened? "

It took a long time for Aunt Shen to say: "The second wife has come to the capital, and now she lives in the Chen family."

She couldn't help crying, she was a concubine, lost her mother since she was a child, and lived under the aunt's hand, and there were two sisters from the concubine next to her, and life was even more difficult. She lived tremblingly for more than ten years, and finally Looking forward to getting married, but because of a plot by the aunt, she committed herself to be a concubine.

She hated and was afraid of her aunt, but now she came to the capital and let the two meet again, which was undoubtedly a blow to Aunt Shen.

Lin Wanru said: "The woman just said that she asked my aunt to kowtow, presumably they are all the women next to the second wife?"

Aunt Shen nodded, but her tears couldn't stop like beads with a broken thread: "The three of them are surnamed Guan, one is surnamed Liu, and the other is surnamed Wang, and they are all the companions of the second wife. Arrogant..."

This is a matter of the Shen family, Lin Daiyu didn't talk too much, she brought tea for Aunt Shen herself, and said softly: "Auntie, you are now a member of the Lin family, if you want, you can walk around as a relative, if you don't want to, just ignore it, Why bother yourself so much."

Lin Wanru also said: "What my sister said is that my sister and I will accompany you. Once she comes, we will call out once. This is at our own home. If you are still worried about this and that, the painstaking efforts of my aunt to set up her own family are not the same. In vain?"

Aunt Shen wiped her tears and nodded, she still has to guard the two girls, she must not be intimidated, no matter what, she must straighten her back, otherwise she will embarrass the Lin family and her own daughter .

At this time, Shen's family was also in a state of desperation. Her mother and her second uncle and aunt didn't call the capital without saying hello. While she was busy arranging a place to live, she asked someone to go to her mother to inquire about the news. Only when Shen Yueming and Shen Aixiao met, did she know. Coming to the capital is superfluous.

But since he came here, he couldn't go back right away, so Shen Yueming asked Shen Ze to take someone to Shen's house to clean the house, and planned to move there. He used to live alone, but now half of the whole family is here. I can't just stay at Shen's house.

Zhuang and Shen's mother and daughter couldn't help crying when they met, and they confessed their divorce to each other. Zhuang even told Shen the purpose of their visit: "Ever since your second aunt knew that Ruiwen's marriage was settled, she has been It's been noisy, and now I'm here because I want Wu Niang to take the initiative to resign, so that I can give Sister Man to Ruiwen, but I can't resist her, and I'm afraid that she will cause trouble, so I have to come with her."

Shen was taken aback, and then became very angry: "What is Second Aunt doing? She hurt Wu Niang so badly at the beginning, and now she wants to interfere in Rui Wen's marriage. Mother, Rui Wen is your grandson. There is only one Wanru, you can't ask Second Aunt to beat mandarin ducks with a stick."

Mrs. Zhuang comforted: "Don't worry, since you have taken a fancy to Wanru as a daughter-in-law, I will definitely call you Ruyi, and I will follow you. Besides, with your father and your second uncle here, she dare not go too far. At most, it's nothing more than showing off in front of Wu Niang."

But Shen couldn't be completely relieved, she had seen Second Aunt's aggressiveness and unreasonableness.

Ordinarily, Shen's scholarly family, Guan's temperament, would not have married him, but Guan's father, Guan Hui, was Zeng Yifang's senior brother. At that time, Mr. Zeng was in Jinling and Zeng Yifang was in Suzhou, so he couldn't take care of him personally. It was because Guan Hui, a disciple, did his best and took care of him like a father, so that his future was delayed.

Guan Hui had a son and a daughter, and the daughter happened to be around the same age as Shen Aixiao. Zeng Yifang also hired Guan Shi as his youngest daughter-in-law to thank her senior brother. She developed a domineering temperament.

After marrying into the Shen family, Zeng Yifang always took care of her intentionally and pampered her more and more. Later, Zeng Yifang passed away early, Zhuang's was a demure man, and Guan's became more and more unrestrained. More and more relying on the old to sell the old, regardless of face.

Thinking of Aunt Shen, Shen couldn't help sighing sadly.