Survive in the world of Red Mansions

As for Xichun, Lin Rui hasn't seen her for a long time, but no matter what, as a cousin, he should go and see her when she is married.

In fact, Lin Rui and Xichun don't have many relatives. Jia Zheng, Jia She and Lin Rui's mother Jia Min are brothers and sisters, and Lin Rui's natal family over there. Because they are relatives, Lin Rui and Jia Lan , Jia Lian and the others walked around more frequently.

Speaking of it, the two prefectures of Rongning and Ningxia were actually far away from each other in blood, but it was because Jiamu, Yipin Gaoming's wife, had a higher seniority and higher grade, and Jiamu's experience of harming her , so that the Ning Mansion of the direct branch seems to be attached to the Rong Mansion, and the two mansions are next to each other. The relationship between the family is more intense.

It is precisely because of this that the Lin family and the former Ningguo Mansion and now Jia Rong's side also move around from time to time. The two families have always been in contact with each other for weddings and funerals.Of course, for the current Jia Rong, it may be more to find someone to rely on, but as long as it is not too much, Lin Hai and Lin Rui are not stingy people, and it doesn't matter if you can give them some help. Besides, if it is because they are now defeated , The two families cut off contact, which inevitably makes people feel that the Lin family used to be cold-blooded, and did not extend a helping hand to poor relatives, which caused people to gossip for no reason.

And because of Xichun, the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the Red Mansion always need more attention. Of course, there are many poor people in this world, but after all, they don’t know and are not familiar with other people, so naturally they won’t do more What, but Xichun is well known to them, and they are not stingy with kindness in taking care of her.

After the fall of the two mansions, at least there was Yuan Chun, the noble concubine, in the Rong mansion, and Yuan Chun gave birth to a little princess, so it was much better than the Ningguo mansion. The face of the Duke's wife was more or less preserved, and there was a chaste woman named Li Wan, and finally she kept her house and their private money.

The Ningguo Mansion was not so lucky. Although Qin Keqing was only the grand-niece of the late emperor, and the late emperor and Qin Keqing's biological grandfather fought for the throne, they attacked, suppressed, and even framed each other. He was not stingy with giving some preferential treatment. When he saw her marrying into the Ningguo Mansion, he thought that although she was not a good family, she still had a noble title, and she would be able to live in wealth and safety in the future, so he didn't ask much.

For this grand-niece who was living abroad with royal blood, even though she didn't think about admitting her back and making her a princess or county lord, it didn't mean that anyone could wantonly humiliate her.After Qin Keqing passed away at a young age, the late emperor sent people to investigate, and soon found out the reason. I really didn't expect Jia Zhen, the patriarch of the Jia family, to be so bold and inhumane, and still know Qin Keqing's real life She dared to act like this despite her status, and finally forced this grandniece to die in depression.

At the moment when the former emperor and the present father and son knew the truth, the final fate of the Ningguo Mansion had already been decided, because Qin Keqing's identity was well known to many people at that time, and it was not good to act immediately, so they waited several years.Of course, it is not good to use the identity of the person who murdered and humiliated the royal family, but as long as you want to find the Ningguo Mansion in the past, you can find it for any crime. In the end, the Ningguo Mansion was copied, her own mansion was confiscated, and Jia Zhen was exiled for three thousand miles. However, Jia Zhen, who had always been pampered, died on the way before reaching the place of exile. As for her own illness, there were other reasons for her death, and no one cared about it at this time.

After the entire Ningguo Mansion was ransacked, there was really no roof to cover and no ground to stand on. Compared with Rongguo Mansion, it can be said to be extremely miserable, and now it is really attached to Jia Mu.Before Jia's mother passed away, she not only separated the two sons, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, but also arranged for Jia Rong and gave them some private money.They also allocated the Rongguo Mansion to Jia Rong, where the Xue family lived in Lixiangyuan and the two courtyards next to it, and officially transferred it to Jia Rong's name.

Anyway, after the decline of the Jia family, there are many places, and it is impossible to sell the entire house of the Jia family, even if it is sold separately.There is another point that Jia's mother has also considered. In the future, Baoyu or Lan Ge'er will be successful, that is, except for the place that was allocated to Jia Rong's name, the entire Jia family, the former Rongguo Mansion, is also very large, so there is no need to worry about the mansion being too big. Minor problem, these places are not inhabited now, and there are not many servants in the family now, it is impossible to clean them every day, and those courtyards are just left for nothing to collect dust.

Now that Jia Xichun is married, I heard that the man is still a scholar. Since he sent a post, Lin Rui, a cousin, has to go there, even if it is to save Xichun's face and support her, he should go this way.Lin Rui later asked Lin An to inquire about the situation of the man's family. Xichun's future husband's family name is Hu, and the Hu family lives in the outer city. Some shops are rented out, and there are thousands of taels of silver a year. After several generations of the family, they have a son who can study, so they want to find a daughter of a scholar. Such.

He was looking for an official matchmaker to set up a line, and he took a fancy to a concubine from a seventh-rank official family, but the aunt of this family is very cruel, and for this very beautiful concubine who hindered his eyes, he used her to climb high. If you can't climb high branches, at least you have to bring yourself a lot of money.Although the Hu family is considered to have a small amount of property, it is impossible to fill in the whole family in order to marry this son. Many wealthy families will put all the bride price of the man into the dowry of the married woman, but obviously the aunt of this family I didn't have this idea, so the negotiation failed in the end.

When Ningguo Mansion was first copied, Jia Rong was decadent for a while, but his stepmother, wife, and younger sister were all women, and he was the only man he could rely on. Later, his wife became pregnant again, and the burden of the whole family fell on Jia. Rong's body forced him to pull himself together.After Jia's mother passed away, she also allocated a little private house to him, and with the help of his wife Hu's family, he used the money as capital and learned to do business with Jia Lian.

I went to Jiangnan, Northwest and other places to buy some goods and sell them in the capital. I was born in a family with a good eye for these things. I suffered a lot at first, but gradually I started to make some money.

With the support of the Lin family, although Jia Rong and Jia Lian's current business is not very big, it is also considered good. Walking outside, they naturally know a lot of people. Occasionally, they heard that Mr. Hu was looking at each other, so they I found someone to inquire carefully, and felt that I was barely compatible with my sister Xichun.If it was the former Miss Di of the Duke's Mansion, she wouldn't even think about it, but now that the Ning family has fallen, it is really very difficult to find a better family for Xichun.

At the beginning, Xichun was only thinking about going to the temple to practice, but when Lin Rui found out, he told Daiyu some dirty things in the temple, and asked Daiyu to come over and persuade her to stop thinking about it.Now Xichun sees that her elder brother Jia Rong knows how to make progress and is able to set up a family. The second sister Yingchun, who was like a wooden man, is a stepwife, but after marrying into Qian's family, she has a good life. In addition, she has a young nephew. After birth, even though life at home is not as good as before, it feels more comfortable than before, and gradually those thoughts of becoming a monk have dissipated.

After Jia Rong told Xichun about the Hu family's situation this time, although Xichun was not very willing, she did not object.Xichun also knows the situation of her own family. It is impossible for her to marry into a family of officials and eunuchs like her second sister back then. The Ning family has completely lost. Now it is better to have a reputation as a scholar than to marry into a merchant.There is another one, Xichun also understands that she is not young anymore, it is impossible to be an old girl at home all the time, and make people laugh for nothing, and make things difficult for her brother and the others.

Another brother also said that the two sisters, Yingchun and Daiyu, are married well and have gained a firm foothold in their in-laws. The Lin family has not been alienated from the Jia family in recent years because of the decline of the Jia family. It's the same as before, that is, if he and Jia Lian are doing business outside now, the Lin family will help if they can.If she married herself, as long as the Hu family is not stupid, Xichun must be treated kindly for the sake of these relatives.

Xichun also didn't want to rely on her relatives, for fear of causing them trouble, but since her family's defeat, if she didn't rely on these relatives, her brother's business would not have been so smooth at all.Now all the waiters in the whole family add up to no more than 6 people. This is because my brother added a few people after his business improved, and the number of waiters decreased. In addition, there is a little nephew who usually spends more time together. Xichun, Jia Rong and his wife and Youshi no longer eat separately, and often talk about family affairs together.Jia Rong couldn't help telling the outside affairs to the women in the family, and Xichun also knew a lot of outside affairs, as well as her own situation, so even if Jia Rong mentioned the Hu family this time, she was not very satisfied, but No objection either.

Jia Rong is not very satisfied with the Hu family either, her younger sister was also the first daughter of the Duke's mansion, but in the past and the current situation of her family, it is really difficult for her younger sister to find her husband's family.A family with good conditions would not be willing to find a lady from a family whose house was ransacked. Those who are willing are those with poor conditions or some merchants, and Jia Rong like this is not willing.This Hu family is also considered to be a moderately wealthy family, and the brother of the Hu family is also in good condition. Although he is only a young scholar, he is motivated and polite. He is only three years older than his sister. Of course he can go further in the imperial examination in the future. Even better, even if it stops here, the younger sister of the Hu family, who is well off, won't suffer along with her.If he wants to go further in the imperial examination in the future, it will only be better for his sister with the presence of uncle Lin, cousin Lin, and cousin husband.

Of course, no matter how satisfied the brother of the Hu family is, it is impossible for the woman to send someone directly to talk about it. After finding out that the brother of the Hu family would occasionally meet with the same year, she invited Jia Lan to meet the man first. After getting acquainted, Jia Lan inadvertently brought up her aunt's marriage when chatting on weekdays. If the Hu family is interested, they will naturally send someone to talk about it. If they don't want to, they don't mean to force the man. The family is not good, and the Hu family is not so good that the Jia family is dying.

After hearing Jia Lan's words, the brother of the Hu family went back and mentioned it to his father. Hu's father was shrewd and knew that it might be that the Jia family had two relatives, so he went to inquire about some things about the Jia family himself. I know that although the Jia family has fallen, it is not comparable to before, but it is not too bad now. Now there are two talents, Jia Lan and Jia Baoyu. I heard that they are both good at school. will go further.I found out that this girl is also very good. The first lady of the former Duke's mansion must have a good upbringing. If I want to go further, it is very important to have a good mistress.Besides, the Jia family really has several good relatives, and these families and the Jia family have been walking around on weekdays. If my family can marry the Jia family, with the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, there will be a few prominent families relatives? !

It was also based on these considerations that after the Hu family inquired about these matters, they were immediately condemned to a matchmaker. Since both families were interested, the matter was easy and smooth.From the matchmaker's visit to the day of getting married, it took only more than five months, and everything was finalized.

Originally, the Hu family thought that the daughter-in-law who was about to enter the house had a few good relatives, even if she used to be the Duke's mansion, but now she has fallen after all, and they have a little contempt for this daughter-in-law.But when the dowry came out the day before the marriage, everyone in the Hu family couldn't help feeling that they had to re-evaluate the new daughter-in-law.

Regarding Xichun's marriage, Zeng Daiyu also wanted to help, and when she often went out to socialize, she would also ask if there was a suitable family.But in Daiyu's current social circle, she really didn't meet any suitable people. Even if she was a concubine from a family with poorer conditions, the mother-in-law couldn't get used to concubine sons and concubine daughters, but she didn't want to have an in-law whose family was copied for the sake of reputation.

So this time, after hearing that Xichun's marriage was decided, and after people inquired about the man's situation, although she was not satisfied with the Hu family, but for the sake of the man's goodness, Daiyu was very generous in adding makeup.When Yingchun got married back then, apart from adding makeup to the younger sisters, there was 1000 taels of silver specially ordered by Lin Hai in the Lin family, and Daiyu had prepared two sets of high-grade jewelry outside.

This time when Xichun gets married, Daiyu doesn't know how much her younger sister-in-law will add makeup, whether she will add 1000 taels of silver notes as her father said back then, but no matter what happens to her natal family, Daiyu herself Still prepared a generous makeup gift.

I didn't feel it when I was not married before, and I never worried about money in my natal family. Only after I got married did I realize how important the dowry in a woman's hand is.Daiyu has been in the capital for so many years, and she has gotten to know a lot of handkerchiefs. Two of them married into other people's homes because they were second-in-laws and could not take care of the house. These took a lot of heat.

After Daiyu married into Xu's family, Xu Jingzhi finally got what he wanted. He had nothing to say to Daiyu. Having a husband's love is one thing, but during the day, after all, men have to go out to attend to their own affairs, and women still stay home every day. In the backyard, I get along more with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and other people.Only then did I really understand the importance of the rich dowry that my father and younger brother had prepared for me. In the Xu family, I am the second daughter-in-law and cannot take care of the housekeeper, but what does it matter? Just take good care of your own small yard, and you have a lot of money in your hands No one in the Xu family dared to underestimate him. In addition, his father was the Minister of the Household Department, and his younger brother was a candidate. Both of them had bright careers, which ensured that their position in the Xu family was unshakable.

Because Daiyu was rich in dowry when she got married, she was really not short of money. It was because of her own experience and what she had seen in the past few years that she knew the importance of dowry to women, so it really cost a little for Xichun's dowry this time. thought.

A small Zhuangzi not more than a hundred miles away from the capital was released by the Ministry of Household Affairs last year from some people who ransacked their homes. There is a slight improvement now, but after all, it is still just a new start. After Xichun has a family, the dowry cannot be generous.But after a woman gets married, not to mention too much, she can't have nothing in her hands, just waiting for the little monthly money, how can she live this life?This Zhuangzi is small, but as long as it is not a disaster year, there is still a profit of 200 taels of silver per year. With money in hand, you can buy some private houses for yourself in the future. When a woman has money in her hand, she can be tough in her husband's house get up.

Daiyu's final makeup for Xichun was the land deed of this small village, a silver note of 500 taels, two sets of jewelry, two furs, and some fashionable clothes. To Daiyu, it was really nothing, but to Xichun, it was indeed a great gift.When Daiyu gave the land deed and bank notes to Xichun privately, Xichun was unwilling to accept anything. Although she knew that Daiyu was not short of money, the two sets of jewelry were a generous gift, not to mention the fur and clothing. Why do you want these?

Later, it was Daiyu who said that when cousin Yingchun got married a few years ago, her father had specifically confessed and gave it to her in private, but at that time she gave cousin Yingchun 1000 taels of private money. , so I only gave 500 taels, and told her not to dislike it.After Jia Rong made some money from doing business, she also added some land to her family. Xichun naturally knows the current land price. Even if it is nearly a hundred miles away from Beijing, Zhuangzi is not big, even if it is cheaper from the Ministry of Households. , but there is no j□j hundred taels of silver, and you can't scoop it up.

Li Jingya, the cousin of the Lin family, did not add makeup lightly. Knowing that her husband did not have any thoughts about this cousin, Li Jingya also felt relieved. She looked through the previous account books and saw that she was in Daiyu, the big sister. In the hands of my aunt, after adding makeup to the second girl of the Jia family, she was also very generous.The Lin family is not short of money, their own dowry is rich, and Lin Rui confessed, so it is even a little heavier than the make-up ceremony for the Spring Festival.

Yingchun here is also a set of high-grade jewelry, and privately gave a silver ticket of 200 taels.Yingchun gave birth to a daughter at the beginning of this year, because her former partner had already given birth to two boys, so although Yingchun only gave birth to a girl this time, the Qian family was very happy.Yingchun is a very good-natured person. He has never caused any trouble during the years since he entered the house. Even the mother-in-law handed over all the housekeeping rights to the stepson and daughter-in-law who just entered the door. She didn't see any objections. Instead, she often talked and played cards with her mother-in-law in her spare time. What.

Yingchun can be said to be a beauty, and her temperament is gentle and calm. The Qian family's son has never been indifferent to this stepwife, and now he can be said to be quite satisfied.It doesn't matter if you are soft-tempered, it is because of this that the Qian family's back house has no conflicts between the step-wife and step-son and daughter-in-law, and the current situation is stable.The daughter-in-law of Qian's parents is also very good at life. For a step-mother-in-law who doesn't fight for power with her, it is good for her reputation and she is also very willing to make friends. Having a child is everything.

Jia Rong didn't keep any of these private money, and let Xichun keep it privately, but later Xichun still kept the 800 taels of private money that Jia Rong privately gave.It can be said that Jia Rong did her best to buy a decent dowry for Xichun this time, and Xichun insisted on keeping the 800 taels of silver note because she knew this.What Xichun means is that Jia Rong is doing business now, and it is always good to have a looser hand. It may be useful at any time, because the few sisters now have a lot of private money in their hands, and they can't just because they are married. Life at home is difficult.

Jia Rong always thought that her younger sister was once the prostitute of the Duke's Mansion, and now she is just a scholar, not to mention marrying into an official family. Because of this, Jia Rong wants her sister's dowry to be a little bit richer.But also because of this, Jia Rong is really tight now, and he has more money in his hand, so he can be more flexible in whatever he has to do, so after he refused, he finally accepted the 800 taels of banknotes, but with Xichun said that it was her money, and if he, the brother, borrowed money from his sister, he would definitely return it to her in the future.

Because some relatives added makeup, Xichun's dowry was revealed at the end, which really surprised many people.All the betrothal gifts of the Hu family, except some food items, including the 500 taels of betrothal silver given by the Hu family, were all put in the dowry, and the Jia family also prepared 500 taels of silver in a box.Although the furniture is not made of good wood, all kinds of furniture are available, and there is nothing missing.There are many other clothes, fabrics, furs, and decorations. Although many people who read the fabrics don't know what the fabrics are, they can tell that they are good things, especially those jewelry, which made the relatives of the Hu family stare. Big eyes.Although these people don't know what jewelry store these jewelry came from, it doesn't mean they don't know that these are good things.

At that time, they knew that the Hu family had married the eldest son a girl from someone whose house had been ransacked. Many people were still laughing secretly. Now that they saw the exposed dowry, these people couldn't help but shut up. Comparing with these families, they are still much higher. Look at these dowry, ordinary people can't afford it.

Seeing this, the head of the Hu family couldn't help but secretly proud of his original decision. This daughter-in-law is a good marriage!

Not to mention the relationship with several senior officials and relatives of the daughter-in-law's natal family in the future, the daughter-in-law's dowry is also very satisfactory.He had inquired at the beginning, the original Jia's house was really ransacked, and there was nothing but a suit of clothes.As it is now, it is all helped by those relatives, and the daughter-in-law's natal family has only slowly started to rise.But even if the Jia family has slowly started to get better in the past few years, those dowry jewelry cannot be bought with a little money. My daughter-in-law has a good relationship and is very important to give such precious jewelry. In the future, my son's future may depend on these noble relatives. I must make it clear to those in my family that I will treat this daughter-in-law well in the future, but Don't embarrass her!

When Lin Rui was going to Jia's house, he happened to meet Xu Jingzhi on the way. Knowing that Xu Jingzhi was also going to Jia's house, the two walked together.

When Lin Rui arrived, Xichun hadn't left the house yet, because the groom was a scholar, and he was a scholar after all. He was being stopped by Jia Lan, Jia Huan and others, forcing him to make couplets.

In fact, when Jia Rong and the Hu family came to discuss the time when Xichun was going out this time, they had some careful thoughts, knowing that Lin Rui would definitely come, but it was impossible to ask for leave on purpose, so they delayed Xichun's going out as much as possible.Although the Hu family was somewhat dissatisfied with this hour, the man persisted until he didn't care too much. It's not a big deal if it's a little later.

Although there is the little princess who is the daughter-in-law of the Lin family who came to the door in person, and cousin Daiyu and Yingchun, who are now all officials' families, but except for the matchmaker, no one from the Hu family who came to greet the relatives can see it, only cousin Lin Rui personally Only by coming to the door can the people who are married in the Hu family see it, so that they will value my sister more.

It is precisely because of this that Jia Rong kept people guarding in front of the courtyard. When Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi arrived, someone immediately went in and reported to Jia Rong. Here, Jia Rong went out to greet her, "Cousin Rui, cousin-in-law, you are here, please come inside!"

Lin Rui looked very happy when Jia Rong saw him, and seemed to be a little relaxed. He thought that when he first arrived, the servants of Jia's family said that the groom had been stopped for a long time inside, so he couldn't help but understand. A little bit, but Lin Rui didn't say much. The Hu family liked Xichun, so they would naturally consider these relatives of the Jia family. , is also a good thing.

The three came inside modestly, and saw the groom thinking hard about couplets.When everyone in the Hu family saw them, especially when they knew their identities, the eyes of the groom and those of the same age as him couldn't help but brighten up.A second-class Jinshi, a Tanhualang, and they are all so young. For those of them who have just obtained the fame of scholars, it is really rare. The two asked for advice.

Lin Rui had already arrived, and Jia Rong hurriedly signaled to Jia Lan and the others to let them go to the groom. Jia Lan and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Let go.Jia Lan also understood why Jia Rong had to wait for Lin Rui, but it would be good for aunt Xichun, and he wouldn't mind helping her then.

When Xichun went out of the school smoothly, Jia Rong was busy?p>

The cute private banquet was set up, but Lin Rui thought about getting up early tomorrow, so he only drank a few glasses of water and wine, and said goodbye to Jia Rong, and asked people to go in to inform Li Jingya that they were going back home?p>

When Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi went out with Daiyu and the others, Lin Rui had just helped his wife into the car, and when he turned around, he saw Yingchun's husband, Qian Junchi, riding a horse.

When Lin Rui and the others saw Qian Junchi dismounting, they hurried forward to salute.

"Meet my cousin-in-law!"

"I met Uncle Qian!"

"Cousin-in-law, cousin Rui, nephew Rong Tang, nephew Lan!"

A group of people chatted and laughed in front of the door. It was getting late, and several people also took advantage of the opportunity to leave. Before getting on the horse, Qian Junchi invited Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi to have a drink when they had time.Qian Junchi is in the household department, he is capable, and Lin Hai takes care of one or two of them. Now he has been promoted to Yuanwailang from the fifth rank, and is in charge of the Jiangxi Cleaning Department. Because of this, is it possible that Qian Junchi wants to befriend Lin Rui? .

Lin Rui got on the horse after thanking him. Looking at Qian Junchi who had gone away, he couldn't help but think of Yingchun who died tragically in the original drama.Now Yingchun has a child, today Yingchun went out to visit relatives, Qian Junchi came to pick Yingchun back home in person, it seems that the relationship between the two is good.Even if what Qian Junchi did was superficial, but he was willing to do so, at least he gave Yingchun, his wife, the minimum respect.

It is because of their father and son that Daiyu has a stable life now, and is able to help others. Because of Daiyu, Yingchun just successfully married into the Qian family at that time, and has a stable life now. This should be regarded as the indirect work of their father and son Good thing!The original drama is not irreversible either!