Survive in the world of Red Mansions

It's the season of crisp and clear autumn, and everyone in Lin's residence is busy.

The entire Lin Mansion has been renovated, the walls have been repainted, the big trees in the courtyard have been entangled with red curtains, and pots of flowers of various colors have been decorated everywhere in the mansion, which is extremely beautiful. A tall colorful shed was set up in the courtyard early on, and everything was for the young master of the mansion to get married.

The day after tomorrow is the day of Lin Rui's big engagement. Lin Daiyu took her daughter with her early this morning, plus a nanny, Xueyan, Xuehe and others who have been following her all the time, and they are now married. Let's help together.

Although there are a few aunts who are in charge of housework in the inner house, it would be unseemly for Lin Rui, who is the young master, to let a few more aunts take care of the housework, so this time Lin Hai invited Daiyu back to her natal house to take charge.

In the past, when Daiyu got married, Yao Fang, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yao family, was invited to preside over it. However, last year, Yao Fang was out with Yao Yan, the eldest cousin of the Yao family, and was not in Beijing.The eldest daughter-in-law of the Yao family was brought up as a clan wife, so it can be said that she is very familiar with handling these matters. Lin Hai originally thought about asking the second daughter-in-law of the Yao family to come and help her since Yao Fang was not in Beijing. It's a little worse than it might be, but it shouldn't be too far off.

Later, it was Lin Rui who said, why invite others, just let Daiyu come back to host. Daiyu used to be in charge of the Lin family, and with Mr. Qiu and Nanny Li giving advice, nothing would go wrong.It has been a few years since Daiyu got married, and she has seen a lot in the past few years, so there will be no major problems.

Afraid that there were too many things to do that day, I invited the wife of Lin Xu, the youngest son of the old patriarch who stayed in Beijing, to come over to help in advance, and a few aunts who had been managing the inner house to help, basically the same.Although he also intends to do it big, but the Lin family doesn't have many relatives, so Lin Hai doesn't plan to invite too many people.

This time because of Lin Rui's big wedding, Suzhou sent people over, plus the Yao family, Jia family, Xu family and other relatives, and the rest were Lin Hai's friends and colleagues of the same age, plus some of Lin Rui's own Friends, the number of invitations sent out is not too many, which also saves those who organize the banquet a lot of things.

The betrothal gifts that will be sent out tomorrow have all been prepared. Although she knows that the housekeeper has always done things properly, Lin Daiyu still holds the betrothal gift list in her hand, and these prepared betrothal gifts are all placed in the house one by one. Check carefully, and carefully check whether there are any defects in the dowry gifts placed, whether the quantity is accurate, etc., to ensure that the preparations for the dowry gifts to be sent out the day after tomorrow are foolproof.

For dowry, the necessary cakes, candles, firecrackers, incense, couplets, chicken, pig, fish, hair vegetables, abalone, yuan scallops, mushrooms, shark's fin, etc., four-color sugar, four-jing fruit, wine , coconuts, tea, sesame, gift boxes, glutinous rice, etc., as well as some pure gold jewelry, gold bracelets, gold ingots, gold pendants, bracelets, etc. These betrothal gifts are all in even numbers, which means that good things come in pairs.

There are also silks and satins, jewelry, antique ornaments, etc., and the other gold is 3000 taels of gold.

The Lin family prepared 3000 taels of gold this time, which ranked among the top ten except for a very small number of families in the capital.In addition, the jewelry and antique ornaments in the betrothal gift are all high-quality products, which are definitely top-notch.

Lin Daiyu checked all the betrothal gifts, and she was relieved after confirming that there was no problem. She told the guarding mother-in-law to be careful not to be disturbed, so she took them back to the Meiyuan where she used to live.Although Lin Daiyu is married, the plum courtyard where she lives has been kept there, and there are always arranged women in the courtyard to ensure that Lin Daiyu can move in at any time when she returns to her mother's house.

As soon as she returned to the Meiyuan, she heard her daughter crying. Lin Daiyu walked a few steps quickly, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw her daughter in the arms of the nanny, crying very sadly.

When the nanny saw Lin Daiyu coming in, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Second young mistress, after the eldest lady woke up, she has been crying and refuses to drink milk. I don't know what's going on?"

Lin Daiyu's daughter, whose nickname is Mingzhu, is more than seven months old, and has begun to recognize people. Daiyu came in and looked at her children, and knew that she might have just woke up and came to a new place, and Daiyu hadn't been seen yet. The mother was with her, and that was why she began to cry.Although the little guy has a nanny, he only stays with the nanny when he is drinking milk. He usually spends a lot of time with Lin Daiyu, and because of this, the little guy is a little attached to Lin Daiyu's mother.

As soon as Mingzhu got into her mother's arms, she stopped crying, her hands were still unconsciously clutching Daiyu's clothes, probably because she was afraid that this mother would run away later, so she had to hold on tightly.

"You little moron, my mother only left for a while, and you cry when you wake up without drinking milk." Lin Daiyu pointed her daughter's forehead with her finger, and laughed and cursed angrily.

Lin Daiyu and his wife did not go back to Xu's mansion that night for the big engagement the next day, and stayed directly at her mother's house.

Early the next morning, the housekeeper prepared all the dowry gifts to be delivered to Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and when the time came, he would carry them out of the mansion.

Lin Rui was the only one in the Lin family, and there were no other brothers to help. This time, they had to hire brothers from relatives and others to help.This time, cousins ​​Yao Chen and Yao Hao from the Yao family, Jia Lian and Jia Lan from the Jia family, Lin Xu from the same family, and others were invited.

Jia Baoyu has been in a daze for a while since he lost the psychic jade, and he couldn't find the jade afterwards, but he turned around inexplicably.In the spring of this year, I went back to Jinling with Jia Lan to take the college examination. Although Jia Baoyu only started to study seriously in the past two or three years, this time with Jia Lan, both of them were selected as scholars. You can also see from here It can be seen that Jia Baoyu is really smart, but he didn't put his mind on the Four Books and Five Classics.

Although Jia Baoyu is much more normal now, Lin Rui thinks of Jia Baoyu's character before, and he is really afraid that he will suddenly say some inappropriate topics such as dead fish eyes, so it is better not to labor the physical work of Shenying's waiter Bar.

When the time came, Lin Rui and a group of brothers from relatives, led the servants at home, accompanied by a matchmaker, and a group of people came to Zhongshun Palace carrying the dowry.

Zhongshun Prince's Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons today, and the door was full of guests. Before the Lin family's dowry arrived at the palace, the eldest son Li Feng was already waiting in front of the mansion with his people.The Lin family's dowry was carried into the palace. A middle-aged steward stood in front of the mansion, saw the dowry brought in, and sang loudly according to the dowry list.

When all the betrothal gifts were placed in the courtyard, many visitors came to watch.The 3000 taels of gold that the Lin family gave this time is among the princesses married by the clan, even if it can't be counted among the best, it can still be ranked in the forefront. It will definitely not give the Zhongshun Palace a chance to laugh at people because of the dowry.

Today, most of the guests in the Zhongshun Palace are from the clan or noble families. They have seen many good things, and their eyes are naturally poisonous. You can see that although the betrothal gifts sent by the Lin family today are not the most, but Many of these jewelry and antique ornaments are rare boutiques. The value of these jewelry is probably much higher than the 3000 taels of gold bride price.

Many people were secretly admiring that the Lin family was really generous, and fortunately they only had one son, although most people knew that many of the betrothal gifts from the man would be put in the daughter's dowry and then sent back to the man.However, although these betrothal gifts are often carried back to the man’s family, even if they are carried back to the man’s family, they no longer belong to the man’s family, and these will become the daughter-in-law’s private property. Because of this, not every family is willing to do this land.

Princess Zhongshun was also very satisfied with the betrothal gifts sent by the Lin family. Needless to say, the betrothal money will be used as a cash box. Although she has prepared a lot of good things for her daughter, but these are not too much. Now these good things sent by the Lin family , and put them together in the daughter's dowry at that time, it will be more dignified.

When the Lin family returned to the mansion, they brought some food items from the betrothal gift list, plus a set of clothes, hats, shoes and socks made for Lin Rui by the princess, and returned to the Lin mansion.

The next step is to apply for a date to choose a date for the big wedding. In fact, these two families have already agreed on it, so this application period is just a formality. The date set is ten days later, the auspicious day of October 29th.

When a noble girl from a noble family gets married, she pays attention to ten miles of red makeup. Although it is a bit exaggerated to say this, it is enough to explain how rich the dowry is when a noble girl from a noble family gets married.

This time when the only daughter of the Zhongshun Palace got married, the dowry would naturally not be less. Although it was not as loud as when the princess got married, it was definitely not to be underestimated.The dowry prepared by the palace itself was extremely rich, and with the addition of a large sum of dowry from the Lin family, as well as the additions made by the masters in the palace, the dowry of Princess Jingya attracted the envy and hatred of others.

Princess Jingya’s final dowry contained a total of 140 eight loads, and each box was still relatively full. Fortunately, when it was proposed not to set up a princess’s mansion, Lin’s mansion expanded Lin Rui’s yard. Nearly half of it, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with so much dowry.

The busy day finally passed, and the entire Lin Mansion became quiet.Lin Rui was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep. He couldn't explain his psychology, but he just couldn't sleep.

To be prepared, Lin Rui suffered from insomnia the night before he was going to get married!

Lin Rui simply got up, recruited Licorice, who was on duty outside at night, and asked him to find someone to ask if the master had rested in the main courtyard tonight.After a while, Licorice came back to reply him, saying that the master was resting in the main courtyard tonight. Lin Rui heard Licorice's reply, put on his outer robe, and came to Lin Hai's courtyard.

When he came to the outside of Lin Hai's bedroom, Lin Rui saw that the candle was still burning inside, so he called out, "Father, are you asleep?"

"Rui'er?" Lin Hai's voice was full of doubts, also, people who are going to get married tomorrow, don't go to bed at this time, but run here instead, "What's the matter, Xiao Rui, don't stop at this time, you have to get up early tomorrow Woolen cloth!"

Before Lin Hai finished speaking, Lin Rui came in, "What's wrong with you? You have to get up early tomorrow morning, are you so excited that you can't sleep?"

Lin Haibin said that while getting up, he took out another quilt and spread it aside, "It's so cold at night, so I don't have to worry about catching the cold anymore if I run here wearing a coat."

After Lin Hai finished these, he leaned on the kang, just looked at Lin Rui, didn't continue talking, and waited for Lin Rui to speak by himself.

Lin Rui leaned aside, his face was a little troubled, "I just can't sleep, thinking about getting married tomorrow, and living with a woman for the rest of my life, this feeling is very strange, I can't describe it."

"Oh, are you suffering from premarital phobia? Do you want to escape from marriage?"

Upon hearing Lin Hai like this, Lin Rui rolled his eyes indecently, "Father, do you really think about it? It's just that there will be a big change in your life in the future, and you don't get used to it. Escaping marriage? I'm not a teenager [-]-year-old junior high school boy?"

"Since you know it yourself, there is nothing to worry about. After you get married, you just have an extra woman and a wife around you. Of course, in this society, whether you are satisfied with this woman or not, divorce is not allowed. , even if it’s not good, you can only bear it, but even if it’s as bad as I just said later, you’re not satisfied with the little princess in the end, and the two of you will spend less time together in the future, what’s there to think about? You’ve seen it before A few times, the little princess, you have said that you are a good person, so that's fine!"

"I know all of this, probably I haven't fully accepted a woman as a wife to accompany me psychologically."

"Rui'er, before getting married, I was a little tangled, I can understand, but after getting married, even if you don't love this little princess, you should take more care of her. After all, she is just a teenage girl. Girls of this age before She is still acting like a baby in the arms of her parents. Now that she is married into our Lin family, she has to learn to be a housewife. Based on this point, she should be more considerate to her.

In the future, whether you will become a loving couple or live together as a partner, it is important not only for her but also for you to let both of you live comfortably. "

Lin Rui leaned to the side, listening to his father, in fact, he understood all these principles, and now listening to Lin Hai talk about these again, he felt a lot more relaxed.

The two father and son chatted for a while, Lin Rui saw that it was getting late, and felt a little sleepy, so he was ready to go back.

"It's so late, it's very cold outside, just sleep here!"

Lin Rui is also a little drowsy now. Hearing what Lin Hai said, he didn't want to leave anymore, so he lay down and heard Lin Hai whispering, "When someone marries a daughter, the bride has to sleep with her mother on the last night before marriage. Together, talking privately, and maybe teaching some goblins to fight, I didn't expect my son to get married, and I also enjoyed it!"

"..." Is this the same? !