The Story of My Aunt in the Red Chamber

The author has something to say: Before the text begins, let me explain it to everyone.Some people are quite puzzled. Aunt Xue's family is not directly related to the Lin family. Jia Min's relationship with Mrs. Wang is not good. How did the two families get along. . .Ah Luo understands it this way. First of all, the Xue family and the Lin family are not directly related, but Xue's father and Jia Zheng are brothers-in-law, right? Jia Zheng and Jia Min are brother and sister, so they are related to the Lin family. .Besides, the four major families in Jinling belong to the same circle, so everyone should have known each other since they were young, right? Madam Wang hates Jia Min so much. During the middle period, Mrs. Wang was always under the pressure of Jia Min, and she couldn't compare to it, so she felt resentful.However, assuming that Aunt Xue has a good personality and is with Jia Min, a red flower, willing to be a green leaf, then the relationship between the two will be very good.Now everyone is in a similar situation. They are all children born after more than ten years of marriage to their husband's family. The situation is the same. Although Aunt Xue has a son, but her husband is dead, Jia Min's sense of superiority is born leisurely, although She just died of her son, but her husband is still alive. Someone is worse than her!To sum up, Jia Min likes Aunt Xue quite a bit, so the relationship between the two families will be established!

There is also the problem of calling people, because the relationship between the two families is connected because of Jia Zheng, so the calling is followed by Baoyu. When Baoyu calls Aunt, Daiyu calls Aunt. Then call aunt.Of course, the customs may vary from place to place, but this is how it is here.

The busy days passed by, and it was already the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.

"Tong Xi, have you left for the New Year ceremony to the capital?"

"If you go back to your wife, it has already been sent out, and I guess it has already arrived in the capital."

"That's good, how about the ones going to Yangzhou? Have you sent the ones to the Lin Mansion?"

"It was sent out a few days ago, and the housekeeper went there in person."

"That's good! I can rest assured that Uncle Quan is doing business."

Rongguo Mansion

"Ma'am, the Xue family from Jinling has arrived."

"Oh, let them in." Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up. Her elder sister was incompetent since she was a child, if she hadn't been protected by her two elder brothers. . .He didn't even know what was going on when his original marriage was robbed by him. He thought he was a good person and was implicated by her!Tsk, if it wasn't for the Xue family's stupid money, she wouldn't be willing to associate with her stupid sister.Anyway, she is also the head wife of Rongguo Mansion now, how can she be compared to that businessman's wife, let alone a businessman's wife without a husband!

Thinking about it, the corners of Mrs. Wang's mouth turned up. Look, I still have a better vision. If it wasn't for my original design, the one who married into Rongguo Mansion to be the head wife would be my good sister!Why do you all come from the same four major families, Wang Zimeng and Jia Min that bitch are superior, and I can't compare to them in anything!Well, it's not like I'm not doing well now, each of my offspring is struggling, how can I compare to myself, Zhu'er is so talented, Yuan Chun was born on the first day of the new year, and there is Baoyu who was born out of covetous jade!

"Meet my aunt, the younger one is from the Xue family to give a new year gift, here is the gift list, please have a look at it."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help being a little upset when her imagination was interrupted. However, she pursed her lips and waved the old woman to get up. By the way, someone took the gift list.Opening the gift list casually, the originally unhappy mood became even more unhappy. With these things, it was less than half of what it was in previous years.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's livid face, the mother-in-law of Xue's family couldn't help being a little angry.In the past, a lot of money was sent to Jia's family. As a result, this year, the master was sick, and asked Jia's family to help hire an imperial doctor, so he pushed back and forth, ignoring Xue's family.Fortunately, my uncle and master are there to help, otherwise, their Xue family would have been bullied.It is really wise for the wife to reduce the annual gift now, but she can no longer feed the money of the Xue family to this white-eyed wolf!

"My wife said, this year the old man has gone, and the whole family is in filial piety, so it is inconvenient to prepare the New Year's ceremony, so I ask my concubine to make it up. When my wife is not filial, I will prepare a big gift to apologize."

Mrs. Wang could only forcefully suppress her unhappiness when she heard this, "Speaking of which, my elder sister's life was miserable, she became a widow at a young age, and her nephew and niece are still young, so I don't know how to live in the future! "

Seeing Mrs. Wang pretending to cry, the corners of Xue's mother-in-law's mouth twitched slightly, "Returning to my aunt, my wife said that my uncle was young, and it was time for him to study hard, so he picked up his homework while keeping his filial piety." The master has already gone, no matter how hard and tired she is, she will endure it for the sake of her two children."

Mrs. Wang wiped away the non-existent tears at the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and she returned to her appearance as a housewife, "That's it, then that's all. Those are some specialties from the capital that I prepared. I think my sister has been away from Beijing for so many years. Missed."

"Yes, concubine, I will definitely tell my wife about it." Tell your wife how stingy you are, and if the Xue family sends you gold and silver, you will get a little bit of local specialties from the family. It's really shameless!The mother-in-law of the Xue family resigned respectfully while constantly discussing in her heart.

The Rongguo Mansion on this side received the annual gifts from Jinling, and the Wang Mansion on the other side also received things from their sister.There are several carts full of things, how can it be comparable to sending them to Rongguo Mansion!

"My sister has a heart." Wang Ziteng stroked his beard in satisfaction.

"That's right, the eldest sister is the most thoughtful. This gift is not only precious, but also thoughtful! Our family's masters, big and small, all have a suitable gift." Shi Shi held the gift list, smiling all over his face.

Look at this is also a younger sister, but there is no comparison!What Rongguo Mansion sent was from their own Zhuangzi, and the Xue family sent not only gold and silver, but also clothes made by the eldest sister for their grandson!Whoever still lacks that idea is just a matter of thought.

"Master, look, this is a purse made for you by your niece Baochai!" Shi Shi laughed while holding a purse with childish stitches.

"Well, my sister has a heart." Wang Ziteng was a little proud, look, this is his beloved sister, and the niece can make purses for uncle!

"Sister's kindness is invaluable, and we need to add one or two points to the gift this time!" Shi Shi suggested with a smile, he should be more generous, don't be like the two from Rongguo Mansion. , like a black corn all day long!

"You can decide for yourself, just don't lose your dignity. Besides, the Holy Majesty has just ordered me to be the inspector of the nine provinces. After the new year, our family will leave Beijing. This year's annual ceremony should be more generous." With that said, Wang Ziteng took the New Year gift from his nephew and niece and went to the foreign study.

Study room in the back house of Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi Yamen

Lin Ruhai was also seeing Xue Quan, the head of the Xue family who came to give the Lin family a new year gift.

"Young one, please greet Mr. Lin. My wife gave it to Mrs. Lin for fun. Please accept it with a smile." Xue Quan bowed to Lin Ruhai, and presented the New Year gift list with both hands.

Lin Ruhai asked someone to take it, glanced at it, and was a little surprised, this gift is not a bit thick!

Xue Quan said with a wink, "Master Lin, because my master passed away in a hurry, my wife was afraid that my young master would be left alone, so she wanted to ask Master Lin to take the time to watch my young master. I heard that Master Lin has a daughter who is married to my young lady. I'm about the same age, and I thought it would be nice to have some contact with my little sister, so I thought I would move to Yangzhou after the new year, so that relatives could walk around, and I could comfort Mrs. Lin's pain of losing her son."

That's right, not long after Wang Zimeng came here, Lin Ruhai's only son died at the age of three, not only Lin Ruhai was in pain, but Jia Min was crying every day, wishing he could follow him.At that time, as soon as Wang Zimeng knew about it, he sent someone to prepare a generous gift.

Thinking about the friendship between the two in the boudoir, now that they lost their father and lost their son, they can comfort each other.Lin Ruhai straightened his beard, nodded and said, "Mrs. Xue is polite. Mrs. Xue is looking out for her children and grandchildren. Lin is willing to help. It just so happens that Zhuojing and my daughter have someone to talk to."

After Xue Quan left, Lin Ruhai turned back to Jia Min, seeing Jia Min's happy expression, he felt even more that it was the right decision to keep Mrs. Xue's family.

As the New Year ceremonies of Wang's Mansion and Rongguo Mansion arrived in Jinling, everyone in Jinling knew that Mrs. Xue was doing very well with those in the capital, not to mention the several carts of New Year's Eve sent by Yangzhou's Yanyan Censor Lin's Mansion a few days in advance. It's a gift.Be careful in the future, don't offend people who shouldn't be offended!

Wang Zimeng looked at his elder brother Wang Ziteng's list of annual gifts, and was very happy. This was a sign that his elder brother valued himself.It's just that the annual gift of the Rongguo Mansion is somewhat contemptuous. Anyway, I also sent the annual gift of 5000 taels of silver. It's too embarrassing to return such an idea, not even half of it. Bar!I still see that I have lost my support, thinking that I can handle it casually!

But it's okay, it's better to gradually alienate them than to cut off contact all of a sudden and make people suspicious. This Jia's house will be raided in the future!