[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Although it was the first time for Jia Min to come to Weiyang, it was not the first time he had heard of Weiyang's specialty skinny horse.

Most of these thin horses are cultivated by wealthy businessmen and wealthy families from their own daughters, or simply bought beautiful little girls from outside.

People in the world pursue and like what they like, they must know a little bit, and it is best to practice one or two special skills.

The girls cultivated in this way perfectly meet the needs of most literati.

It's just that the investment in each talent is quite large, so after these lean horses grow up, they will be sent to the official's home by their relatives or masters, and become a bribery weapon that is more useful than money but less likely to be caught.

After understanding what kind of skinny horse exists, Jia Min also understood the reason why Lin Kou didn't want to go back to Qian's house.

Knowing Lin Kou's request, Jia Min immediately relaxed: "Since you don't want to be a concubine, I will definitely find you a husband who is top-notch, and when the time comes, marry him and be a straight lady."

After a pause, she was a little embarrassed, "It's just that marriage is about being well-matched. The future husband-in-law we selected for you must be good enough in person, but his family background is..."

Lin Kou was at a loss: "Do you have to get married?"

She has just arrived at the Lin family, and she hasn't even met her younger sister Lin yet. Why did she mention her marriage all of a sudden?

Jia Min was also taken aback: "You are already seventeen."

Lin Kou blinked: "I'm only seventeen."

They are not yet of age.

One feels that 17 is too old and should consider marriage as soon as possible; the other feels that he is still underage, not to mention marriage, falling in love is considered puppy love.

The two looked at each other, not knowing how to continue the conversation for a while.

The topic of marriage was put on hold.

One is that Lin Kou really has no intention of getting married, let alone that she should be in a hurry to get married; the other is that Jia Min needs to raise a baby, and she finally got pregnant, and she is very worried that something will go wrong with the baby.

The person concerned had no will, and those who could take care of it were unable to work hard, so naturally no one cared about Lin Kou's marriage.

It's not that the Lin family can't afford to support an idler.

Lin Kou just stayed at the Lin family.

Although the Lin family was quite big, Lin Kou could only wander around the three-acre land every day except for eating, drinking and sleeping. After a long time, the layout of the Lin family became clear.

She already knew the residence of sister Lin, whom she was thinking of.

It's just that Lin Kou has been in the Lin family for so long, but he has never met Lin Daiyu once. On the contrary, Lin Hai's concubines have met Lin Kou several times, and each time they have a friendly attitude towards Lin Kou, just like seeing a Bodhisattva.

If it wasn't for Bai Shuang who stopped him immediately every time, Lin Kou might have gotten acquainted with these concubines.

On this day, Lin Kou met one of Lin Ruhai's concubines again.

According to Bai Shuang, Lin Ruhai has a total of six concubines, one is the housemate before marriage, the other is Jia Min's dowry maid, and the other is the maid given by her mother-in-law when Jia Min was infertile for three years.

These three concubines are all in their [-]s and [-]s, and Lin Ruhai didn't come out with him this time.

The remaining three were concubines that Lin Ruhai and his wife bought one after another from outside or from the family after many years of infertility. They were still young, not yet thirty, and they came out together.

One of them was the biological mother of Lin Ruhai's son who died young.

It was this person that Lin Kou met this time.

Her name is Mei Ying, and she is the aunt promoted by a girl bought by the Lin family from outside. No one knows her exact name.

"Hello, Miss Kou," Mei Ying said in a weak voice, her eyes were still like a pool of stagnant water, "I don't know that Miss Kou is coming to enjoy the flowers today, and I've offended the honored guest, so I'm leaving now, and I hope Miss Kou doesn't care about it."

After speaking, he took the maid and left.

This is the only one among the three aunts who is not surprised to see Lin Kou, but can't wait to stay away.

Bai Shuang looked at Mei Ying's back, and sighed: "Miss Kou, don't argue with Aunt Mei, she just hasn't gotten over the sadness of Master Yanling's departure."

Yanling is Lin Daiyu's younger brother who died young.

In fact, Jia Min didn't come out, it's just that she is the mistress of the Lin family, and the things she needs to do every day fill up the gaps in the daytime. Now that she has new hope, her mental state has returned to a normal level.

Aunt Mei was stuck in the back house all day long, and had nothing to divert her attention, so it was naturally more difficult to get out of it.

Lin Kou nodded: "I don't care about her."

After speaking, he took Bai Shuang and ran to the vicinity of Lin Daiyu's yard.

As the only child of the Lin family, Lin Daiyu was naturally treated the best.Her yard is not far from Jia Min's yard, the place is extraordinarily large, and the scenery is also the most beautiful and unique in the entire Lin Mansion.

Unlike the tranquility of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Lin Daiyu's small courtyard is more refined, and the colors are more in line with children's preferences.

The colorful flowers bloomed enthusiastically in her yard, and the little girl sitting in it looked like a flower fairy entering the mortal world, which made people unable to take their eyes off her.

Lin Kou guessed that this might be because Lin Ruhai and his wife were still alive.

Her temperament has not been affected by her involuntary sojourn life, nor has she experienced the grief of the death of her parents, so she is naturally more lively.

Personality affects preferences, so it is not surprising that the yard will have this style.

Lin Kou was quite happy to see Lin Daiyu's garden for the first time.

This means that she is living a very good life now.

only……

Bai Shuang looked at Lin Kou helplessly: "Miss Kou is only wandering outside this time, won't you come in and visit?"

Ever since Jia Min got pregnant, she no longer stopped Lin Kou from getting in touch with the eldest girl.

It's just that every time Lin Kou came over, he would meet the eldest girl studying.

Although the others didn't think it was a big deal—after all, it wasn't serious reading, it was just learning by reading classics—Lin Kou always said that he couldn't disturb the children's study, and every time he just walked around outside the courtyard, he took Bai Frost leaves.

Lin Kou visited the door a few times, but the two have not met formally yet.

I think it's the same this time...

Ok?

Bai Shuang was about to persuade her, but she saw Lin Kou rushing into the courtyard with a whoosh.

Bai Shuang turned her head to look, and found that Xueyan had a head protruding from the window where the eldest girl usually read, because it happened to be stuck at the neck, and it seemed to be growing on it.

Not to mention, it's a little scary.

Immediately afterwards, the big girl's head also grew out of the window.

Lin Daiyu has a pair of eyebrows that seem to be frowning but are not frowning. She looks rather melancholy, but because her loving eyes are full of curiosity and joy, it only makes people feel innocent and ignorant of world affairs, without any sense of sadness.

When she saw Lin Kou, she asked softly, "Are you the girl Kou who helped my mother get pregnant?"

Lin Kou raised a smiling face: "Yes, I am Lin Kou. The girl will have a younger brother soon, are you happy?"

Originally, she didn't need to care whether Jia Min's child was a boy or a girl, but before making a wish, she suddenly remembered that Lin Daiyu had expressed her envy for Xue Baochai's brother more than once in the original work, and felt that if Jia Min had two daughters, they would definitely be divided. Lin Daiyu's resources and love, so at the end I added an extra sentence, I hope it is a son.

Lin Daiyu immediately grasped the flaw: "How do you know that your mother is pregnant with a younger brother?"

Lin Kou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Don't you want Mrs. Jia to be pregnant with a younger brother?"

Lin Daiyu glanced at Lin Kou and understood what she meant——

She said this because she wanted to be a younger brother, not because she really knew that her mother's birth was a son.

In short, it's just nice to listen to.

But for some reason, Lin Daiyu always felt that something was wrong.

"Of course I hope my mother is pregnant with a younger brother." Lin Daiyu tilted her head and thought for a while, "but if it's a younger sister, I'm also very happy."

She knew that her parents wanted a son very much, but because her younger brother was not treated differently when she was there, Daiyu still didn't quite understand the difference between the two.

Lin Kou simply changed the subject: "I came to see you a few days ago, and you were all studying, why aren't you here today?"

When it came to this topic, Lin Daiyu immediately became happy: "Before we came to Weiyang, there was a Mr. Enlightenment at home. It's just that Mr. is too old to travel around, so he didn't come with us this time. In order not to Forgetting what I have learned before, I will naturally study hard.”

Lin Kou was speechless: "How old are you, and you are working too hard!"

Lin Daiyu smiled embarrassingly: "Confucius once said, 'Learning and learning from time to time is nothing to say'. Reading is something that makes me very happy, not to mention hard work."

"Then why didn't you read it today?"

"Because my father said that he has found a knowledgeable wife for me in the local area, and he will go to the mansion to teach me to read in a few days, and let me relax for a few days before the master comes to the mansion."

"Master?"

"That's right," Lin Daiyu said with longing in her eyes, "according to my father, Master is a Jinshi."

The imperial examinations in ancient times were not easy. Many people had studied for a lifetime, and they couldn't even pass the exams for scholars, let alone ones for Jinshi.Those who can pass the exam are generally 50 to [-] years old, and basically choose to enter the court as an official.

Lin Ruhai was able to invite a Jinshi to be a teacher for his daughter, which is truly remarkable.

It would be even better if this teacher was not called Jia Yucun.