Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Besides, Chen Ruiwen, when Shi Guangzhu reported to him that day, he knew after a little inquiring that Aunt Shen and Guan Shi were not getting along, but one was the future mother-in-law and the other was the uncle and grandmother. Putting on an iceberg face, he didn't rush to the Lianhua Hutong until Shen's family moved to the deep house, not knowing if Wanru had been wronged.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he heard a woman yelling loudly, spitting flying all over the place, and her mouth was full of "unfilial daughters".

Nanny Guan was in the middle of talking when she suddenly saw a few soldiers with sultry faces chasing them away. She was startled, and when she saw Chen Ruiwen, her face turned into a flower with a smile: "So it's Young Master Biao, don't you think so, Young Master Biao?" I know, my wife specially asked me to pick up Grandma Wugu and Biao girl, but I was kicked out before entering the door. Grandma Wugu is too unruly, so don’t go there before the time is too late. My wife is boasting about Young Biao at home, you might as well go Say hello to her old man, she must be happy."

Chen Ruiwen's eyebrows stood up sharply. He was riding on a horse, but at this moment he swung his whip unexpectedly, and a long bloodstain appeared on Guan Nanny's face. He took off the whip, took a cold look, and walked into the alley.

The servants of Lin's house had long been looking for news, and when they saw this scene, they hurriedly led Chen Ruiwen's horse with a smile on his face.

Nanny Guan went back to Shen's house with her face covered in blood, startled Guan Shi, and asked sharply, "Was that little bitch Wu Niang beating her?"

Nursing Guan said with a mournful face, "It was the young cousin of the Chen family who beat him."

Guan Shi was so angry that he stood up suddenly: "Prepare the car for me. If she refuses to come, I will go in person. I think she dares to touch me?"

Naturally, Nanny Guan responded in a hurry, and sent a message to prepare the car, and a girl had already reported to Shen Yueming and Mrs. Zhuang.Mrs. Zhuang came over in person and said: "After all, Wu Niang is a junior, and younger siblings have to respect themselves when they are angry. If you make trouble like this, Wu Niang will feel even more uncomfortable."

Guan said angrily: "I don't care so much, I have to ask her to kowtow to me obediently and confess."

Mrs. Zhuang was speechless, and her tone was somewhat accusatory: "Plead guilty? What is Wu Niang guilty of?"

Guan Shi said sharply: "If she doesn't recognize me as the aunt, she is not filial. How can she not be guilty?"

Mrs. Zhuang sneered: "You also know that you are the aunt. If you hadn't insisted on Wu Niang's misbehavior, why would Wu Niang become a concubine? Although Wu Niang is a concubine, all the girls from the Shen family got a good home. However, Wu Niang became a concubine. You only bought twelve dowries when you got married. I was so ashamed for you. How you treated Wu Niang back then is how Wu Niang treats you now. Don’t cry The sky grabs the earth, sow whatever cause you sow. Whatever fruit you get, you will receive it yourself.”

Seeing Zhuang's stern tone, Guan burst into tears: "I am also married to the Ming Dynasty. I have given birth to the Shen family for decades, and now I can't even manage a concubine girl. What are you doing alive? "

Mrs. Zhuang was most annoyed by her crying like a shrew, frowning and watching, Shen Aixiao heard the sound.Zhuang said angrily: "You don't care about your daughter-in-law like this?"

Shen Aixiao looked indifferent: "It has nothing to do with me if she cries for her. Don't be angry, sister-in-law, come in and have a drink of tea."

Zhuang turned away angrily.Only then did Shen Aixiao look at Guan Shi: "Wu Niang wanted to sever the father-daughter relationship with me at the beginning, but I refused. But you insisted that Wu Niang would marry into the Lin family as a concubine, which would also embarrass the Shen family and force me to agree. , now Wu Niang and I are no longer father and daughter, and you are no longer her aunt, so you should go back wherever you came from, don't be ashamed of yourself."

Guan Shi looked at Shen Aixiao in disbelief, but Shen Aixiao took the 50 taels of silver borrowed from Shen Ze and went out to hang out.

Shen Aixiao is a literati, so naturally he likes to visit brush and ink shops and bookstores. After visiting two shops, he bought two new books and then sat in a teahouse to drink tea. This teahouse is facing the Lotus Alley, and you can clearly see People come out, people on the street go in.

Shen Aixiao was very patient and waited until evening before seeing a woman dressed in plain clothes coming out with a basket on her shoulders. Today is April [-]th, the anniversary of Jiang Ting's death and Aunt Jiang's birthday.

Every evening on this day, Wu Niang would find a willow tree to burn paper for Aunt Jiang and Jiang Ting, because five willow trees were planted in front of the Jiang family's old house, which Jiang Xiucai imitated Mr. Wu Liu and became the Jiang family's sign.

There was a willow tree not far from Lianhua Hutong. Aunt Shen went under the tree, took out the incense paper money, and silently burned it to her mother and uncle. At the beginning, the uncle asked her to marry her cousin, and she thought that as long as she married, she would get rid of the management. The torment of Shi is all right, so he is full of joy to marry.

Who knows that Guan Shi is so vicious, accusing her of being selfish, forcing her to be a concubine, and even pissed off her uncle and cousin, who were young and couldn't compete with the Shen family. It's been almost 20 years since I saw her, and I don't know how it is now, whether I have married a wife and had children.

Aunt Shen silently finished burning the paper, and as soon as she turned around, she saw a person not far behind her. It was getting late and she couldn't see her face clearly, but the feeling of that moment still made Aunt Shen realize immediately that it was Shen Aixiao, her father whom she also hasn't seen for more than 20 years.

She didn't speak, but stood there in a daze, Shen Aixiao looked at her daughter with her hands behind her back, didn't speak, and walked into the alley after a long time, Aunt Shen hurriedly followed.

For her father, Aunt Shen is more resentful than hatred. She blames her father for his indifference. She blames her father for being ruthless while watching her mother and uncle die. .

She knew in her heart that in her father's world, there were only blooming poems and poems, romantic songs and prose, and the rest were empty words, which did not exist for him.

Shen Aixiao sat at the head unceremoniously, and Aunt Shen stood beside her without speaking. The girls felt the strange atmosphere, and they stayed away after serving tea.

Shen Aixiao looked at the tea bowl in his hand, it was exquisite Begonia Zhengchun famille rose porcelain, and the tea leaves were from this year's new Longjing tea before the rain, looking at the decoration in the hall, it was elegant and generous, without the slightest sense of embarrassment or poverty. Somewhat comforting, he said, "What about Wanru?"

Aunt Shen went out and told the girl in a low voice to call Lin Wanru.

Lin Wanru was also very surprised when she heard the news. She thought about it, changed into plain clothes, took the plain silver bracelet given by the Queen Mother, and went to the front hall.

Shen Aixiao heard the girl's announcement, looked up inadvertently, and was stunned. The person in front of her was Tingting, wearing a snow-green spring dress, embroidered with simple and elegant magnolia flowers, and only wore a Xinghuachai only had a plain silver bracelet in his hand, but when he saw the bracelet clearly, his whole body froze.

It was my mother's 25th birthday. He carved it with his own hands. My mother liked it very much and never left her. Later, when my grandfather passed away, my mother went to Jinling to attend the funeral. She lost the bracelet in a hurry. It was very sad for a while.

Now that the bracelet has been seen again, could it be that this girl was reincarnated by her mother?How else could they be so similar, and still wear that bracelet?

Shen Aixiao knocked over the tea bowl without realizing it, Lin Wanru's eyes flashed with surprise, and she slowly stepped forward to greet her: "Hello, Second Master Shen."

Shen Aixiao looked at the tea stains and tea leaves on the table, and said, "What do you call me? I'm your grandfather!"

Lin Wanru looked at Aunt Shen, and said coldly, "My aunt called you father, so you are naturally my grandfather. If my aunt doesn't call you father, I don't want to recognize my relatives indiscriminately."

Shen Aixiao sneered: "Knowing relatives indiscriminately? You are eloquent at such a young age, Wu Niang, is this how you teach your children?"

Aunt Shen turned her head away, and said softly: "At the beginning, I clapped your hands three times. Once I broke up with you, once I broke up with you, secondly, I broke up with you, and thirdly, I broke up with you. forget."

Shen Aixiao didn't speak anymore, but she didn't move either, she just sat like this, Lin Wanru saw that there was no way out in such a stalemate, so she asked the girl to invite Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu came over gracefully, and greeted Shen Aixiao: "My father is also your nephew, so I have the cheek to call you the ancestor, you don't want to dislike it."

Shen Aixiao looked at Lin Daiyu, who had a soft tone and unparalleled appearance, and heaved a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that there would be no steps, so he said, "You are very similar to your father. He has been reading since he was three years old. Can you read?"

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "Father has invited Mr. to teach him, so he can only know a few words."

Shen Aixiao waved his hand and said: "We are from a scholarly family. We don't say that a woman's ignorance is virtue. The better her knowledge, the more she should feel that she has a bright face. Don't be humble. Let me ask you, the recorded spring collection is readable." Pass?"

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Your masterpiece, the juniors have naturally read it."

Shen Aixiao nodded in satisfaction: "There are not many people who know about the collection of spring collections, but you have read them, so it can be seen that they are well-read. Very good, for a family like us, girls should be like this." Then she asked Lin Wanru: " How are you reading?"

Lin Wanru has never read Lu Chun Ji, but she has heard that it contains hundreds of flowers and plants that grow in spring. It was originally Shen Aixiao's game work, but everyone praised it. She said: "I haven't read it. Books, don’t understand these things.”

Shen Aixiao became unhappy: "Haven't read a book? How can this work? Did your father not teach you, or did you not learn?"

Lin Wanru said: "If you think about it, you don't know. I have been in poor health since I was a child, and I haven't been with my father. Naturally, I am no better than my sister in learning."

Shen Aixiao stopped talking. At that time, Wu Niang was in Suzhou with her child, but she became strangers to the Shen family. Not to mention that she didn't know, it was the first time she saw her granddaughter.

Shen Aixiao Lai refused to leave at home, and Aunt Shen was not good at chasing people, so she was exhausted. Fortunately, Lin Daiyu and Shen Aixiao talked about poems and songs. Shen Aixiao liked the quick-witted Lin Daiyu very much, and even proposed He wanted to accept her as his disciple.

The two chatted very happily until the second watch, Shen Aixiao was still unsatisfied, looked at the night outside, and said: "It's getting late, I'll stay overnight, Wu Niang, ask someone to make room for me."

Aunt Shen couldn't help it, so she ordered someone to tidy up the yard and put Shen Aixiao in. In the middle of the night, Shen Aixiao woke up once, saying that she was hungry, and ordered the kitchen to be lit again for supper, which was more polite than at her own home.

That night, Aunt Shen was sleepless, and Lin Wanru was also sleepless, but because the second master was "lost" in Shen's house, the lights were brightly lit all night.