Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Xie Niang was on night duty outside. Hearing Lin Wanru's cry, she put on her clothes and entered, lit the lamp, and silently handed Lin Wanru a handkerchief and tea. Lin Wanru told her to lie on the bed, and the two of them talk together.

Xie Niang talked about her life experience for the first time: "I am the eldest daughter, and I have a younger brother and a younger sister, and my family is considered well-to-do. Later, when my mother told me about marriage, people thought I was too good-looking, and I couldn't behave myself. I fell in love with my younger sister, who was a very nice family, so my mother agreed to let my younger sister marry, and later she talked about my younger brother's marriage. After the younger siblings came in, they saw that I was not married yet, so they said that I was eating for free and not working. , Who would have thought that at this time, my younger brother was seriously ill, and he emptied his entire family in order to see a doctor. In the end, there was nothing he could do. Someone came to take him in, and my younger siblings urged my parents to sell me for money. My mother was not willing, and my younger siblings Then I cried and made a fuss, and asked my mother if she wanted a son or a daughter. My mother was so forced that she had no choice but to sell me. Because I was good-looking, she sold me for ten taels of silver. My mother felt sorry for me and secretly gave me Erliang, tell me to keep it for use, after that, I have no news of my parents, and I don’t know if my younger brother has recovered from his illness.”

Lin Wanru was silent for a while, then asked Xie Niang: "Do you hate them?"

Xie Niang smiled wryly: "What do you hate? They are also trying to save my brother, I only hate my own life."

Lin Wanru held Xie Niang's hand: "Don't worry, I will definitely not make you suffer."

Xie Niang smiled and said: "Following the girl, I eat delicacies from mountains and seas, wear silk and satin, and have a little girl to command me. I am better than ordinary girls. I used to feel that my life was hard, but now I feel that I have met a noble person. Where is it?" It still suffers, and sometimes I worry about my parents and younger siblings, and I don’t know what’s going on with them.”

Lin Wanru could hear the comfort in Xie Niang's words, there are always difficult choices in one's life.Although the marriage between her and Chen Ruiwen was a mess, but looking at it from another perspective, the grievances between the Jiang family and the Shen family were over, so Auntie didn't have to worry about it anymore. Comparing the two, there are gains and losses. What can she complain about? .

Lin Wanru and Xie Niang chatted for half the night, but still got up early the next day, because of staying up late, Lin Wanru's eyes turned blue.But she didn't care about it, and rushed to Aunt Shen's place to have a look. Aunt Shen took tranquilizing medicine last night.After sleeping soundly all night, Lin Wanru didn't wake up until she came, and when she woke up, she hugged Lin Wanru and cried loudly.

After a whole night, Lin Wanru thought about it: "Don't cry, Auntie, if something happens to you, who should I rely on? Everyone is happy now, isn't it great? Uncle won't take advantage of the Shen family anymore. Aunt Bian doesn't have to be afraid that she won't be able to explain herself."

Aunt Shen was crying sadly, and all the girls in the house were also sad.Wipe away the tears.

In the afternoon, Jiang Wenming and Jiang Dao came over, but Aunt Shen didn't know what was going on.It was just that Jiang Wenming ruined Wanru's marriage and was a little indifferent, but Jiang Wenming said something else: "Lan Zhixing was dismissed from office, and the emperor asked me to take over his position as minister of the Ministry of Industry. I will stay in the capital from now on. .I have already written to Jiangxi, asking Daoer’s mother and children to move here too. From now on, our family will not have to be separated.”

Jiang Wenming's eldest son is Jiang Dao, and there is another eight or nine-year-old younger son, Mrs. Sui Jiang, who lives in Jiangxi's hometown.

After hearing this, Aunt Shen said: "Didn't you want to sever ties with me in front of the emperor, and now you come to tell me what to do, and you can do whatever you like, I don't care."

Jiang Wenming was astonished, but Jiang Dao smiled and said, "Don't be angry, Auntie, it was just fighting for that breath yesterday, and father also had to do it."

But Aunt Shen started to cry: "You argue so much, how can you tell me to have the face to see Yuanniang in the future."

Jiang Wenming was stunned, only then did he realize that Aunt Shen had misunderstood, and said angrily: "Don't worry, your good son-in-law can't run away. He knew Wanru was in a dilemma yesterday and offered to withdraw from the engagement. It can be seen that he still has some sincerity towards Wanru. The emperor said If you told me not to beat the mandarin ducks with sticks, who would dare to obstruct their marriage?"

Now it's Aunt Shen's turn to be surprised: "Rui Wen took the initiative to propose divorce?"

Jiang Dao smiled and said, "No, the emperor was listening in the apse at that time. You were probably too sad to hear."

Only then did Aunt Shen breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked the girl to tell Lin Wanru, but when she heard that Lin Wanru had gone out, Aunt Shen said, "Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me?"

Tongxia shook her head in embarrassment: "The girl didn't say anything, she only followed Xie Niang."

Aunt Shen was in a hurry: "Hurry up and look for it, Wan Ruo can't think about it." She glared at Jiang Wenming again: "It's all caused by you. If there is something wrong with Wan Ruo, I will die."

Jiang Wenming hurriedly asked Jiang Dao to go out and help find someone.

Lin Wanru went out after receiving the letter from shopkeeper Lin. She went straight to Lin's winery, and when she saw shopkeeper Lin, shopkeeper Lin smiled and said, "You don't even know what a coincidence. , If I hadn’t heard that it was the Yang family’s boat and it came from Yichun, I would have asked a few more questions in my heart, I’m afraid I would have missed it.”

Lin Wanru didn't expect that Mrs. Yang Er would take the initiative to go to Beijing. Did she come here specially when she found out about Mr. Wei?Or is there something else?She asked shopkeeper Lin: "What did the old lady say when she read the letter?"

Shopkeeper Lin said: "I just said I knew it, and came here without stopping, and didn't say anything else."

Now Lin Wanru was not sure. She thought for herself, but ignored the doubt that flashed in Shopkeeper Lin's eyes. She knew the secret words set by the boss, and even knew the wife's natal family well. This Miss Lin, Who is it?

At this time, Junzi Wei changed his previous prestige and knelt in front of the tablet placed in the main hall, unable to lift his head. Sitting next to him was his cousin, the second old lady of the Yang family.

Mrs. Wei was very sympathetic to this cousin, and often extended a helping hand. The relationship between the two brothers and sisters was very good. Later, Junzi Wei agreed to settle in Jiangxi, and Mrs. Wei was relieved, but he did not expect that Mr. Wei would act more and more as he got older. Radical, he actually wanted to annex the Shen family and rule alone.

But is the Shen family so easily defeated?Shen Yueming's mother, Zeng Yifang, has a very good relationship with the daughter of the Ye family, even the current queen mother should respectfully call her Aunt Yifang, and the emperor values ​​Shen Yueming so much, let alone the Shen family has such a capable in-law as the Chen family, At that time, let alone annexing the Shen family, as long as the emperor protects him, not only will Mr. Wei not succeed, but he will bring himself to perish.

When she learned of Mr. Wei's purpose of going to Beijing, she rushed over in a hurry, and someone tipped off the news halfway, which showed the urgency of the matter.

Wei Shi was extremely angry, pointing to the tablet in the hall and said: "How did you promise my second aunt before she died? Tell her!"

That was the memorial tablet of Wei Junzi's birth mother. Wei Junzi knelt there, without any trouble on his face. When his cousin asked him, he said: "My mother told me to behave properly and not lose the gentleman's style. I'm sorry. name."

Wei sneered: "You still remember, but what did you do? You instigated people to frame the Shen family, what kind of behavior are you doing? You don't want to be called Wei Junzi in the future, you change your name to Wei Xiaoren, so that the second aunt will not be in the house." Under the nine springs, I will be ashamed!"

Mr. Wei has gray hair and beard, and he is a great-grandfather, but he kneels in the hall and is reprimanded by his cousin. The aggressive Wei Shi in the hall didn't dare to take a step forward, and left quietly.

It wasn't until he left Sixi Hutong that Deng Yuan said to Wen Lingfeng, "I'm afraid the master will return without success."

Wen Lingfeng said: "That's not necessarily the case. The master's decision has never been changed, not to mention that he sacrificed a blue trip. I'm afraid he won't let it go."

But Deng Yuan waved his hand and said: "As long as this old lady is here, the master will never dare to do anything, but I don't know who reported the letter to her, not to mention that the people in the Shen family don't know this level of relatives, even if they know, how old are you?" My wife came so fast, I'm afraid I came from Jiangxi with my master."

Wen Lingfeng said: "Since that's the case, why are you busy? Let's go back first, and come back when the old lady finishes training and the master is free."

Deng Yuan thought carefully about how the master was reprimanded just now, and thought it was a bit funny, stroking his beard and shaking his head, he went home.

However, Lin Wanru and shopkeeper Lin chatted in the winery. One wanted to indirectly inquire about the current situation of Master Lin and Mrs. Lin, and the other wanted to find out Lin Wanru's identity, so they didn't want to stop the conversation.

Shopkeeper Lin asked Lin Wanru if he knew about business. Lin Wanru didn't want Shopkeeper Lin to know her identity, so he smiled and said, "I was taught by my father to read the account books when I was a child. I dare not say I am proficient, but I understand it a little."

Shopkeeper Lin is thoughtful, he can teach his daughter how to read books from an early age, he must be from a business family, it seems that he is really related to the Lin family.

It happened that the clerk outside had a dispute with the guest. The guest said that he had given two cents less. man.

After the guests had left, the young man said aggrievedly: "The hanging money was made by me personally, five hundred, no more and no less."

Shopkeeper Lin reprimanded: "It's not worth taking a few pennies to hurt your peace. Next time something like this happens, make a smile and pay a few pennies more. How do I teach you?" The guy stopped talking.

Shopkeeper Lin was very thoughtful, pulled the hanging money away, removed the two copper plates, strung them up again, and showed them to Lin Wanru: "It's obviously five hundred copper coins, but that person must say that there are fewer. Today's business is It's getting harder."

Lin Wanru took it upside down, and said with a smile, "It's true that two copper coins are missing. In business, harmony is important to make money. It's not good to have an argument with a customer over two copper coins. The shopkeeper should teach the boy well."

Shopkeeper Lin was stunned. She actually knew that two were missing with just a shake of her hand. Not to mention the little guy, even he didn't have this kind of skill.

Shopkeeper Lin didn't give up, and gave Lin Wanru a few more copper coins. Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Nine are missing."

She grew up among the piles of copper coins. Others were not sure how to weigh the silver, but she knew how heavy it was when she held it in her hand. This skill was taught by her father.

Shopkeeper Lin looked at Lin Wanru with eyes full of admiration. Those who do business are convinced by people with real kung fu. Lin Wanru's action really suppressed him. Until before leaving, shopkeeper Lin still asked Lin Wanru Who do you study under?