Survive in the world of Red Mansions

The birth of the Lin family's grandson is definitely a great joy for the entire Lin family, so early the next morning, the housekeeper lined up all the people, except to go to the grandma's natal family's Zhongshun Palace to announce the good news, and some other relatives Or good news from the in-laws.

Although it is already spring, the temperature in the capital is still very low at this time. Because he is afraid that the newborn baby will catch the cold, Lin Rui and his wife discussed it and decided that it is not a big deal to do it for the third time. I just invite a few of my own to compare. For close relatives, when the child is full moon, the child will be older and will definitely be healthier than a baby who has just been born for a few days. At that time, the full moon ceremony will be held, so that both adults and children will suffer less.

The butler Lin Yuan commanded the servant girls in the mansion to sweep and clean the entire Lin Mansion for the young master's full moon ceremony, so as to welcome the guests.

Although the eldest grandma Li Jingya is full moon, but because of her future health, it is not convenient for her to entertain the guests herself, so she invited her married great-aunt Daiyu to come back to help entertain the guests.

Lin Daiyu now has a son and a daughter, but considering that the son is only two years old and it is time to be mischievous, she did not bring him here today, but sent him to her mother-in-law specially, and only brought her daughter back to her mother's house.

Lin Daiyu returned to her natal home early in the morning because she was going to help Zhang Luo and entertain guests.Although Daiyu's eldest daughter, Mingzhu, has a younger brother, she is still very curious about her younger brother. She had a little fever during the third bath last time, so she didn't bring her here. It's the first time I've seen her here today. This little cousin.

Because Mingzhu kept saying that she wanted to see her little cousin, after the two mothers and daughters entered Lin's residence, Daiyu took her daughter Mingzhu's hand and went straight into the Runzeyuan.Before entering the house, the eldest grandma came out with someone to greet her. As soon as Daiyu saw her, she quickly walked up a few steps, "Brother and sister, why did you come out? Although it's full moon, you should be more careful."

"Sister, this month has been exhausting. It's because of you that Mammy let me go out for a few steps. Why is Mingzhu the only one here, where is Brother Rui?"

Mingzhu saw that her little aunt had already walked in front of them after a few words, and hurriedly saluted her, "Mingzhu has seen my aunt, aunt, where is my cousin, I want to go and see my little cousin, and I will prepare something for my little cousin." gift."

"This little girl has been talking about it for a few days. She said that she wanted to see her cousin. She even found out some toys she kept and said she wanted to bring them to Brother Xuan."

"My cousin is still young. He is in the house, but he is asleep now."

Several people walked into the room while talking, and as soon as Mingzhu entered the room, she was led by the servant girl to Brother Xuan.Seeing that the little cousin really fell asleep, lying on the edge of the small bed, looking at the cousin who was sleeping soundly inside, who was much younger than his younger brother, he couldn't help touching his tender little face with his hands curiously.

Little Mingzhu was watching, when Lin Daiyu walked in, "Mingzhu, mother is busy now, should you stay with your cousin, or go out with mother?"

Mingzhu looked up at her mother, then at Brother Xuan, "I want to play with my cousin, and I will go find my mother later."

"Then you stay here obediently, don't quarrel with your cousin, and listen to your aunt," he said to Li Jingya, who came in next to her, "Then I'll leave Mingzhu here, let the younger siblings watch, don't let Mingzhu This girl is making a lot of noise to Brother Xuan. You are just full moon today, you should pay more attention, it is still early, go and rest, if there is anything I am not sure about, I will let someone tell you."

"That's a lot of trouble, big sister!"

"A family should be. There are many visitors today. You should go and rest now. You won't have time later."

After Daiyu left, Nanny Fang persuaded Li Jingya to lie down again, because Li Jingya got up early this morning and washed herself thoroughly. In bed for a while also confused.

It felt as if someone was coming, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Cousin Lin leading someone in, and sat up quickly, "Sister Lin, I'm sorry," and looked at the little maid next to her reproachfully, "You guys What's going on, Cousin Lin didn't know to notify me when she came in?" and motioned to the little maid next to him to help him get dressed.

Princess Lin pressed Li Jingya back and leaned back again, "Don't blame them, I didn't let them report it, don't be too busy, I'm not an outsider, even though it's full moon, I still need to pay more attention to my body." Sitting down at the side, he sighed and said, "I have given birth to a brother this time, so I feel relieved and let those people see it."

After listening to Princess Lin's words, Li Jingya also felt a little emotional. In the past few years, she has indeed endured a lot of pressure because of having a child. Even if her father-in-law and husband have never said it, she is also having a hard time.

Li Lin and Li Jingya have a relatively good relationship, they often communicate with each other, and they talk to each other more casually, "It's still you, even if you are pregnant, and your mother-in-law didn't put some concubines in your room to hinder your eyes. I just confirmed that I was pregnant. Originally, Junma already had a maid who grew up with her and a cousin. My mother-in-law also brought over the maid who served in her room. Anyway, there is a cousin and a housemate. I don't care about adding one more, and I'm not the one who is anxious, now there are already three housemates in the county horse mansion plus a cousin, and it's bustling every day!"

"Just like that, you don't care? By the way, last time you said?p>

I'm sorry, I didn't eat it, but how is it now? "Li Jingya didn't want to talk about other things, so she asked about other things?p>

Li Lin couldn't help sneering, "It's gone a long time ago. She is also considered capable. She has had three children in five years, but unfortunately one of them was not born. I personally found someone to do it for the first child. Later, I ignored the other two. People are in a hurry. Now those few are fighting to the death. You also know that the mother-in-law wanted to put those concubines in my princess mansion, but fortunately I pushed her back.

You see, now I have my own mansion, the salary of the princess, and a lot of dowry in my hand, and now I have two sons. After seeing it, I don’t know how comfortable I am. As for the county horse, love come or not!In the past two years, there have been more concubines in Lu's mansion, and I will treat him like that, but he lives more in Junma's mansion. Do you think this person is cheap? ! "

Li Jingya looked at her current cousin, and thought of when she got married back then, her cousin looked haggard at that time. Although she had two children now, her complexion is fair, her face is rosy, and her whole person has become cheerful a lot.

Last year, I went to the Lu family to attend a banquet, and saw the cousin and concubine that Lu Junma brought in. At that time, she almost didn't recognize it. It was Cousin Lin who mentioned it, and she noticed that it looked about the same age as Cousin Lin. Yes, the haggard-looking woman is that delicate and beautiful little cousin of Xiaojiabiyu back then.But it's no wonder that the miscarriage hurt her body, and she had to fight with several other concubines over the room. However, this cousin was also capable of conceiving three children in five years, but she was unlucky, and one of them was not born.

"Sister Lin is getting more and more beautiful now. That cousin is four or five years younger than you. She seems to be older than you. Just think about it now. I used to look at you like that, and I was anxious."

Most of today's brothers or uncles' princesses and county owners are married to marquis noble families, and her husband's family is in the capital and is still an ordinary official's family. There are only her and Li Lin. It is no wonder that the relationship between the two is relatively close. Seeing that Li Lin's life is getting better, she is also happy.

"I'm not as happy as you. I don't have a mother-in-law. Even if you are pregnant, your cousin-in-law doesn't have someone to take care of you. However, I live a more comfortable life than many women after getting married. I don't have to set rules in front of my mother-in-law. I am in charge of the house and have a lot of money in my hands." Money, now that my son has it, what else is there to hate?! The county horse likes to find as much as he wants, as long as he has money to support, I don’t care so much now.”

"Even if there is no separation, the money in Junma's hand belongs to your husband and wife, right? Are you really letting him do that?"

Li Lin approached Li Jingya suddenly, smiled slyly, and said nonchalantly, "You don't know how much private money he has. When that cousin first entered the county horse's courtyard, my mother-in-law wanted To save my face, she is very nice to her. This cousin is sweet-mouthed and can make small clothes, she is beautiful and she is a beginner, isn't the county horse regarded as a treasure.

During that time, in order to make this cousin happy, I bought a lot of clothing and jewelry for her.Generally, jewelry that is a little eye-catching will cost more than a dozen taels of silver, and the better ones are tens of taels, and hundreds of taels are very common, and even the best ones are not new.After Jun Ma and I got married, all his private houses were handed over to me, because men spend more money, except for those pens, inkstones, jade pendants, etc. given by others, all private houses, including those gold and silver rewarded by others during the Chinese New Year Kaizi, the total is only more than 1000 taels. Whose money is it that he buys gifts for others so often?

The county horse never cared about the money, and he usually paid the bills with the servants who followed him. When I first got married, I thought about being a husband and wife, so I often used dowry to subsidize him. Later, seeing him like this, I don't want to do stupid things anymore.I told Junma that that cousin is not an ordinary concubine, and now he is in charge of his yard in the Lu Mansion, and his private house is handed over to his cousin. Although he delayed, I still let that cousin take over. his private room.

The cousin had been in charge of the private house for less than half a year, and the boy next to the county horse came to me. The shopkeeper of the antique shop came to collect the money, a total of 550 taels. Aunt Fang had no money, so I asked me to scoop the money out. I directly said that whoever is in charge of the county horse's private house money will go to whoever the money is, so I don't care so much.Later, that cousin, Aunt Fang, personally begged to come to my princess mansion, but I didn't let her in.Later, I inquired that the money was scooped out by my mother-in-law in private. My mother-in-law found an opportunity to beat me later, saying that a man wants to save face when he is outside. Scooping dowry to subsidize his son, but I didn't care, if she really dared to say that, I would let the whole capital come to watch their Lu family jokes. "

This is the first time Li Jingya has heard Princess Lin talk about this matter. Although she has never worried about money, he still knows that even for a family like theirs, 20 taels per month is not considered. Fewer, but these young masters of everyone have a lot of socializing, and they go to some relatively high-end restaurants for drinking and eating, plus some shopping, monthly money alone is not enough.Before her elder brother got married, the concubine often scooped up her own private house to subsidize. The other concubine brothers and sisters in the palace depended on their biological mothers. They came in with dowry or were more favored. Can live a tight life.

"If the private house is handed over to that cousin, your mother-in-law must subsidize it?"

"My father-in-law's official position is incomparable to that of Lin Ge's. The entire Lu family has always been prosperous. The Lu family is not like your family. There are only cousins, brothers, and a sister who got married early. The county horse does not say that the concubine is a brother. Well, there are still two brothers who are born in the same family, and the other second wife also has opinions on subsidizing too much. Besides, it is her business that she is willing to subsidize. I also have a lot of dowry in my hand. I'm not short of money, so why bother to look at my mother-in-law's private money with envy.

I have been married to the Lu family for several years. Although the Lu family looks good, but the family's wealth is only that. There are no numbers, even if the parents-in-law go away, there will be limited people who can be assigned to our room.Anyway, I don't expect to live there, but they don't even think about my own dowry.Now I don’t have much expectations for the county horse. When I first got married, I donated a five-rank acquaintance. Later, with the help of my father, Wang transferred him to a real job from the sixth rank, but it took many years before he was promoted to the junior Fifth rank, it's not that I demoted him, his ability is just like that, it's only because of the fifth rank that others see it for the sake of my father and father-in-law. "

Li Jingya listened a little funny, "Is my cousin not bad? He is now a fifth-rank man, considering his age, he is passable. No matter what you say, your cousin is a big man. He won't be happy if you are like this." .”

Li Lin glanced at his cousin, "You don't have to talk about him so carefully. He has been promoted to two grades in so many years, and he is no worse than some poor children. But what is his background? Can he be the same as those poor children by himself? I see through this, but don't worry, I'll just be casual with you, no matter what, he is also my son's father, I still want to save these face, these words, I very much in front of my mother and concubine Don't talk about it, just talk about it here.

I figured it out, Jun Ma was spoiled too much by her mother-in-law back then, and she developed a temperament of high-mindedness and low-handedness. I don't want to develop such a character in the future, Brother Qi and Brother Xiang.Brother Qi is more than three years old now, and when he turns four years old, I plan to invite him to be an enlightenment gentleman, not to mention a candidate like my cousin, at least let him take the imperial examination and come back with a reputation.I came here early today, and I also want to tell you about this. My brother-in-law is Tanhualang, and I know a lot of scholars. I want to trouble my brother-in-law and find a husband for Brother Qi, but don’t worry, Brother Qi still has half a year left You are only four years old, so you can find them slowly. "

"It's not a big deal, but I remember that the Lu family seems to have a family. Will your father-in-law and the county horse be unhappy if you do this?"

"For the sake of brother Qi, I deliberately went to find out about the situation of the family school. Since I married into the Lu family for so many years, the family school has produced two scholars. One is still the last one, and these three people are all attached to the school. , not a serious Lu family. My mother and concubine have a cousin, and my brother-in-law both studied in the Imperial College, saying that my brother-in-law was particularly able to endure hardships. Mr. Linge only had a brother-in-law when he was almost 40 years old. I'm sure you can't be spoiled, but no matter how spoiled you are, you can still be ruthless about parenting, so you see now..., in fact, it's not like the county horse. Are there few natal brothers between you and me? How many people can eat that? bitter?!"

Li Jingya has been married to the Lin family for many years, so she naturally knows something about Lin Rui's childhood. It's really like what cousin Lin said, like them, the sons of rich and noble families, because they have everything since they are born, the children in the family are really motivated. Not much.

It is still those scholars who have stricter discipline on their children. Just look at the relatives of the Lin family. Brothers from the Yao family and the Xu family have all participated in the imperial examination. The Jia family was considered a noble family in the early years. Yes, but now I have started to take the road of imperial examinations. Two of them already have the fame of scholars and are planning to participate in this year's provincial examination. If they can pass the examination, they can slowly recover in the future.

"My brother has had a serious errand since the year before last, and he has become a lot more stable. Cousin Ye will definitely be able to do the same when he reaches his age."

"I just hope that my younger brother can be like cousin Feng in the future."

The two were talking when they heard Lin Xuan crying next door. Li Jingya felt that it was almost time, so she asked someone to wait for her to get dressed and went to have a look.As soon as she was dressed, a little maid came in to announce that the princess and the wife of the eldest son had arrived, and Li Jingya and Li Lin hurriedly greeted her out together.

On Lin Daiyu's side, after confirming some trivial matters at the banquet with the Lin family and several aunts, female guests arrived one after another.Although it is said to be a big deal, Lin Hai and his son have always had little interest in feasting and receiving gifts, so the guests who came today are mainly relatives of the Lin family, people from the grandma's natal family, plus the husbands of Lin Hai and Lin Rui , friends of the same year, etc., but even so, there are nearly [-] tables.As for those who did not receive invitations and sent stewards to give gifts, the Lin family rejected them all.

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