[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Lin Kou hurriedly asked to invite Fen Fen in.

It has been many years since I left, and I have already dressed as a woman, and seeing her ruddy complexion, it seems that I am living a good life now.

That's exactly what happened.

After reminiscing with Lin Kou, Fen Fen quickly talked about his experiences over the years: "After the accident happened to the Qian family, they wanted to send me away to plead for mercy. But the adults who presided over the case were stern Not only did they not accept me, but they also decided that the Qian family bribed officials, which should be a higher crime, not only directly ransacked the Qian family's house, but also got a free life for a skinny horse bought by the Qian family from outside like me."

"After I lost my slave status, I immediately took out my private house for many years and rented a small courtyard near the city gate. At the same time, relying on the talents I have learned over the years, I went to some wealthy families to work as a female husband to make money, and at the same time asked people to inquire about my parents. information."

"I don't know if it's my luck, or God saw that I had a hard time before and wanted to make me feel better. It didn't take long for me to meet a kind man, who is my current husband."

"He helped me find out where my hometown was, and also got news about my family. Later, I even met Lin Kou, the person sent by your biological father to Weiyang, and learned about your stay in the capital. Because I provided news about the Qian family. , and also told the other party about your life in Qian's family back then, and they found my parents on purpose in order to repay me."

Fen smiled happily: "I also just found out that after I was separated from my parents, although I was sold to Qian's family by Huazi, my parents and relatives came to the capital with a large army, and they managed to stay with me thanks to my father's cooking skills. In the capital, and settled down."

Lin Kou should have been happy for her, after all, he has found his family that he misses so much.

but……

She hesitated and said, "Has your family ever looked for you in these years?"

Yan Fung paused, lowered his eyelids: "Of course I did look for it, but after looking for it for a few years, there was no news of me, and then they gave up. They gave birth to another pair of children, and gradually they regarded me as dead. "

Lin Kou didn't know what to say for a moment.

But Feng laughed at her: "Isn't this a matter of course? If I find my parents and find out that they have made a mess of their lives in order to find me, then I will be angry and sad .and moreover..."

Lin Kou grabbed Lin Kou's hand and smiled peacefully, "They have been looking for me for several years after I disappeared. They didn't give up on me at the beginning. I am already satisfied. I was married to my current husband before I came to the capital. , I also had a child at that time, so before I met my parents, I was worried that I would not be able to be filial to my parents, but now that I know that each other's life is good, everyone is happy."

Lin Kou saw that Fen Fen really didn't care, so he didn't say anything bad to spoil the fun.

She changed the subject and said, "What does your husband do now? How good is he to you? Why are you with him again?" After a pause, Lin Kou couldn't help doubting, "He couldn't be taking advantage of the fire, could he?"

After all, even Wei Yang doesn't have many talented young and beautiful girls like Yan Fen.

Back then, the Qian family used fen as a secret weapon.

Fen Fung said embarrassedly: "He is a sea merchant. He has been doing business at sea these years. He has wasted his age, so he has never been married. I can't say that he took advantage of the fire. He did express his affection for me from the beginning, but... I think I don't deserve her, so I always avoid him. Later, it was your father's family who told me about my parents. In order to go to Beijing, I...

She was a little embarrassed, "He didn't take advantage of the fire to rob, but I had bad intentions."

Lin Kou frowned: "If you want to come to the capital, you can just ask someone from the Zhen Guo General's Mansion to give you a lift. Why put your own lifelong happiness on it?"

Panicked, he waved his hands again and again: "At that time, they had to deal with the Qian family, and they had no plan to return to the capital. And with my appearance... if I go on the road alone, I'm afraid it's not right."

She glanced at Daiyu, who was listening with gusto, and couldn't help but cover her face, "I didn't tell my husband that I had found my family. I only talked about it after I got married. Seriously, it's still me I can’t stand him. Fortunately, he is magnanimous, and after only being angry with me for a month, he agreed to go to Beijing.”

Lin Kou: "...Girls, it's better to have more eyes."

Daiyu glanced at her, covered her mouth and giggled.

Lin Kou was startled by Lin Kou's answer, and his expression relaxed a lot: "I was supposed to go to Beijing the year before last, but I didn't want to wait for us to pack up the ceremony, but found out that I was pregnant. After that, I became pregnant and gave birth to a child until the child was one year old. We dare to take our children to Beijing."

Lin Kou smiled: "Why didn't you say that someone would bring me a letter? I said before that I asked the people from the Zhen Guo General's Mansion to ask about your situation, but they said that your parents are in the capital, and you probably will soon I didn't look for you again when I came to the capital. Who would have thought that it took you so long to come to the capital?"

棽棽 sighed: "I didn't expect to be pregnant so soon..."

Thinking of his own child, he couldn't help laughing again, "That little devil can't be separated from others, and loves to cry and make troubles, crying like a devil's voice filling his ears, tossing so much that life in the whole house would be worse than death, if it weren't for his father Lied to him that there are many delicious and fun things to do in Beijing, and we almost didn’t even go to Beijing this year.”

Lin Kou raised her eyebrows, not interested in talking about children.

On the contrary, Daiyu may have seen many younger siblings during this time, so she was very interested in the children, and asked a lot of questions about the children.

He was also patient and answered all of them one by one.

After Daiyu satisfied her curiosity, she looked at Lin Kou again: "Speaking of which, I heard that you are married too?"

Lin Kou paused, and told Fen Fen everything that happened after he arrived in the capital, and said: "In the past one or two years, my husband and I have spent almost all of our time on getting him used to the examination room. I don’t like to go out too much. If you have anything to do, just come to me directly. I live on the street behind the Lin’s house, not far from the Lin’s house. The gate is hung with Zhen’s House. There is only one Zhen’s House on that street. Easy to find."

Fen Fen then told Lin Kou his home address.

After the two exchanged addresses, Fen Fen remembered one thing: "From what you said, your husband's experience is a little bit similar to mine."

Lin Kou was puzzled: "What are the similarities?"

Feng Fen laughed: "My husband also participated in the imperial examination when he was young. Although he is not as capable as your husband, he passed the Tongsheng examination at a young age, but he has been failing in the scholar examination for many years. The family thinks that he is a waste of money by studying. If he had to pay for it, he insisted on reading it himself, so my father-in-law gave him a sum of money and divided him out."

"After the family was separated, my husband still wanted to study, and he did pass the examination of scholar, but after he passed the examination of scholar, he realized that scholar was just the beginning, and he had no further qualifications, so he gave up the imperial examination and followed others. Do business at sea."

Lin Kou wondered, "What do you mean by not having further qualifications?"

He paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "Examination for a scholar is different from juren. My husband said that for an examination for a scholar, you only need to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics upside down and understand the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics. You can pass the exam, but you need to learn from famous teachers. Or have enough money to buy books other than the Four Books and Five Classics... My husband had no money at the time, and his talent was not very good, so..."

Lin Kou understands that the best educational resources are already monopolized by the upper class, and it is far more difficult for ordinary people to pass the Jinshi exam than the upper class.

That's why many scholars married the daughters of businessmen or officials after passing the examination of scholars or juren. The businessmen or officials did this for investment, and the scholars also did this to obtain better educational resources.

At least, it is a monetary resource that can be exchanged for educational resources.

Daiyu was a little dazed: "Sister Li, does your husband have no collection of books at home? My father decided to take the imperial examination back then, and no famous teacher was willing to accept him, but he still passed the Tanhua exam relying on the collection of books at home."

After a pause, his eyes fell on Daiyu's face.

Her first reaction when she heard this was that the girl was showing off to her; but when she met Shang Daiyu's clear eyes, she had to admit that this girl really thought so.

She really didn't know how difficult it was to have a collection of books at home.

It's really a little bit, why not eat the smell of minced meat.

Fen Fung looked at Lin Kou.

Lin Kou smiled and said, "Daiyu has been weak since she was a child, and her relatives haven't left much, and she doesn't understand many things outside." After speaking, she looked at Daiyu, "It's amazing and amazing that the Lin family has so many books. One thing that people envy, other people may not want to have so many collections of books, but there is no way to get so many different collections of books.”

"Orphan copies, ancient books lost outside, and other books are collected by many people as family heirlooms. It is easy for people to know, let alone borrow." Lin Kou sighed, "The things in the small library of the Lin family , You can’t buy it outside at all. For example, the test papers that your cousin Zhen needs, didn’t we also borrow them from the Lin family?”

Suddenly, Daiyu realized that what she said earlier was inappropriate, and hurriedly apologized to Fen Fen.

Feng Fen also understood that she meant no malice, so he accepted her apology: "It's only so simple if parents love someone who has never suffered. It's very good of you."

Daiyu felt embarrassed: "This is pretty stupid."

Lin Kou laughed: "What does it matter whether you are stupid or not? You will get in touch with outsiders more in the future, inquire more about outside news, or follow Madam's side to learn how to be a housekeeper. With your intelligence, it will not be long before you can figure out what you are. All the questions you want to know."

Daiyu rolled her eyes, pursed her lips and snickered.

Fen Fen and Lin Kou looked at each other, and they loved Daiyu a little more in their hearts.

After all, today is a hundred-day banquet for several children. As a guest today, Lin Kou could not show up, but as one of the masters of the Lin family, it would be inappropriate for Daiyu not to show up.

So the three chatted for a while, and then came to the banquet venue before the banquet started.

The two most important parts of the [-]-day banquet are the recognition of uncle and naming. The naming is easy to say. Lin Ruhai himself was born in Tanhualang, and he has enough literary talent. The names of the next generation are all selected from the fire characters next to the characters with good meanings. Use the words next to it as the name, and then choose a few simple nicknames and it will be over.

Recognition of uncle has become a big problem.

As we all know, Jia Min has brothers, but one of her two brothers died and the other was exiled, so it is impossible to appear on such an occasion.

And the brothers of the other aunts...

The Lin family doesn't recognize this relative at all. After all, the Lin family's aunt was either carried up by a maid or bought from outside. Letting such a person appear at the Hundred Days Banquet as an uncle is a bit of a slap in the face of Jia Min, and belittles the family. The identities of several children are another point.

Fortunately, Jia Min found a peer from a branch of Jia's family.

During the banquet, many wives and ladies wanted to take medicine from Lin Kou.

Lin Kou refused all of them, and only said that the medicine primer in her hand had been used up again, and there was no way to make medicine for others.

There are still people who want to pester Lin Kou. Before Lin Kou exerted his strength, he saw two noble ladies appearing beside Lin Kou, one on the left and one on the right, protecting Lin Kou in the middle. If someone wants to start a conversation with Lin Kou, their tone is good If the tone is not good, one of the two ladies will sing red face and the other will sing bad face, and they can make people cry on the spot.

The others saw how powerful the two ladies were, and were also afraid of their identities, so they had no choice but to give up making friends with Lin Kou in the end.

——These two wives are the wives of the two brothers Lin Xiao and Lin Meng.

These two wives are also wonderful people, because they both came from a family of military generals, so although they have a good relationship with their husbands, and the relationship between their sisters-in-law is as close as sisters, they can't get along with their mother-in-law Lan Yun at all.

The mother-in-law Lan Yun is also sensitive, so she feels that they who know the "truth" look down on her, so she criticizes her everywhere.

Although Lin Xiao and Lin Meng used to protect them, if Lan Yun didn't do too much, or if it was just some verbal sarcasm and irony, Lin Xiao and Lin Meng couldn't do anything to Lan Yun due to filial piety, so the two The lady really suffered a lot at Lan Yun's hands.

But in the past two years, after Lin Kou was admitted to the General Zhen Guo's residence, the situation gradually improved.

First, the father-in-law finally broke up with the mother-in-law, making the mother-in-law put more energy on the father-in-law and could not care about their unimportant daughter-in-law, and then the two brothers Lin Xiao and Lin Meng were treated by the mother-in-law to Lin Kou He was completely disappointed with his attitude, and because of this, he finally made up his mind not to ask for Lan Yun's maternal love, and instead devoted all his affection to his wife and children.

The two brothers Lin Xiao and Lin Meng would no longer tolerate Lan Yun's previous tricks because of their identity as Lan Yun's mother, but would stop them.

The point is, the father-in-law is on their side unconditionally.

As a matter of course, the lives of the two wives in General Zhen Guo's Mansion became more comfortable to the naked eye, and even the smiles on the faces of the children were much more than before.

So, how could these two ladies not be grateful to Lin Kou?

They couldn't wait to hold Lin Kou up to the sky. Not only did they not mind how kind Lin Wu and his son were to Lin Kou, they themselves, their children, and even their natal family treated Lin Kou very well.

Lin Kou knew the two of them, so he couldn't help laughing: "Thank you, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, if it weren't for you, I would be bored to death today."

The two ladies waved their hands again and again: "It's all small things!"

Lin Kou was also used to their attitude, knowing that they were informal people, so she didn't say anything more.

It's a big deal, just find a chance to help them in the future.

After the hundred-day feast, Lin Kou asked Zhen Fu to find out what difficulties the two sister-in-laws had at home.

After all, Zhen Fu had worked as a blood drop before, and he has not withdrawn from this intelligence organization yet, so it is easier to inquire about news than others.

So it didn't take long for Lin Kou to know the situation of the two sisters-in-law's family.

General Zhen Guo's family is the highest, and the situation of the two sisters-in-law's family is not much worse, but the elder sister-in-law is the eldest daughter who was raised according to the clan's wife, and the second sister-in-law is the second daughter who is relatively favored. The situation of the two brothers is quite similar.

And the natal families of these two sister-in-laws can be favored by Lin Wu, and their family style and character are quite good.

If it wasn't for the fact that military generals were not as popular as civil servants during the Taiping period, the daughters of these two families might be able to do well as princesses and concubines, so where would it be Lin Xiao and Lin Meng's turn to catch up?

Lin Xiao and Lin Meng are good brothers, but their mother...

In short, the two brothers are not very popular in the marriage and love market because their mother is holding back. The girls who can marry these two families have a good relationship with their parents, and the other party does not want to use their daughters to pave the way for the men in the family. In addition, there is also a certain element of luck.

This so-called luck is that Lin Kou's sister-in-law's second aunt disappeared during that time——

Lin Kou's sister-in-law's second aunt and second uncle grew up together. They were childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts. The two got married almost as soon as they reached adulthood, and their feelings for each other couldn't penetrate the third person at all.

But when Lin Kou's sister-in-law went to the border to fight with her second uncle, she originally just stayed in the rear to do logistics work. Unexpectedly, one day when her second uncle went to the battlefield, she suddenly felt a pain in her heart. After she realized that something might happen to her husband, she ignored The blocking of others rode to the battlefield.

It was also because she went that she was able to block a fatal arrow for her second uncle in time on the battlefield.

Her second aunt's arrow wound was healed very quickly, but at that time, she fell from the horse and fell to the ground and hit her head, and then heard that she was just pregnant with a child that no one knew was gone. Under the stimulation, she felt a little dazed .

In the year when Lin Kou's sister-in-law Jiji was born, her second aunt was lost.

No one knew how her second aunt ran out after staying at home. The concierge also said that she never saw her second trial go out, but she just disappeared out of thin air.

Lin Kou's sister-in-law's family searched for a long time, but they couldn't find any clues.

Marrying with the General Zhen Guo's Mansion, apart from confirming after investigation that Lin Xiao's character is indeed good, and he is not such a foolish and filial person, he also hopes to use the power of the General Zhen Guo's Mansion to find his second aunt.

However, after so many years, Lin Kou's sister-in-law has given birth to three children, and her relationship with Lin Xiao is getting better and better, but her second aunt still has no clue.

It is said that my sister-in-law's second uncle has seldom been on the battlefield in recent years, and when he is not on the battlefield, he uses alcohol to relieve his worries.

It has become a wine jar.

And Lin Kou's second sister-in-law's family also had some problems in the year she was about to get engaged——

The second sister-in-law's fiancé's father-in-law, who is about to get engaged, broke the scandal of pampering his concubine and destroying his wife before the engagement. In order to pamper his concubine, he not only put his wife under house arrest and suppressed him, but even allowed the concubine's room to do something to his wife. Beating people with torture tools, it is said that suicide is not allowed. To achieve this goal, she even threatened her with her only son, that is, her ex-fiancé.In the end, he forced people to death.

Who dares to marry such a family?

She was so frightened that her second sister-in-law's family divorced after carrying the train overnight. In order not to let people talk about it, she immediately made an engagement with Lin Meng, who was flawed but had a good character.

The second sister-in-law's family has been living smoothly these years without any trouble.

On the contrary, the second sister-in-law herself has some regrets——

It is said that after the divorce that year, Lin Kou's second sister-in-law's fiancé-to-be had never been engaged to marry a wife for all these years because of her deep love for her.

It's not that she has any feelings for the former fiancé-to-be whom she has never met, but she just feels sorry for him.

After all, there was indeed some...

Cough, it's not the former fiancé-to-be who dotes on his concubine and kills his wife, so he shouldn't be implicated in his father's scandal.

After Lin Kou knew about these two things, she couldn't help but ask Zhen Fu, "Apart from these two things, do they have any other regrets or wishes?"

Zhen Fu shook his head with a smile: "Not really. If you were admitted before the Zhen Guo General's Mansion, you might have, after all, Lan Yun is not good to them, but now...they are living smoothly, and there are only these two grievances and regrets gone."

Lin Kou: "...It's really enviable."

Zhen Fu was stunned for a moment: "We can't go back to the past, we will have a good life in the future, which is enviable!"

Lin Kou also sighed, she didn't expect Zhen Fu to be so serious.

But she felt quite good in her heart, so she didn't say much, but nodded seriously.

Zhen Fu said again: "I really don't know where your sister-in-law's second aunt has gone. Maybe she got lost, maybe something happened to her, maybe she was taken away... Anyway, no one knows her exact whereabouts. But your second aunt In fact, sister-in-law doesn't need to feel sorry for the fiancé-to-be before the divorce."

Lin Kou wondered, "What do you mean?"

Zhen Fu leaned closer to Lin Kou's ear and whispered, "The news that his father doted on his concubine and killed his wife was the one he arranged to break out. The purpose was to get your second sister-in-law's family to divorce."

Lin Kou: "???"

Zhen Fu whispered: "Because of his father's absurdity and the vicious behavior of the concubines in the mansion, her former fiancé-to-be hated the touch of women extremely, and had long planned not to marry for a long time. So after learning that his grandmother had made an appointment for him Your second sister-in-law was worried about delaying others, so after finding out that your second sister-in-law's family loves her daughter very much, she revealed the matter."

After a pause, Zhen Fu laughed, "I'm afraid he never thought that your second sister-in-law would feel sorry for him."

Lin Kou: "..."

Seeing that Lin Kou was in a daze, Zhen Fu couldn't help but curled her lips, and said after a while, "Your sister-in-law's regret can be resolved, as long as I find that person to explain it to your second sister-in-law in person."

But sister-in-law Lin Kou's second aunt...

It can only be said that she disappeared too early, otherwise, after a few more years, the emperor will form a blood drop, and spies will definitely be placed in Lin Kou's sister-in-law's house, and the whereabouts of her second sister-in-law will no longer be unattended Know the mystery.

Lin Kou thought about it, and tried to make a wish in her heart——

I hope that someone knows the whereabouts of my sister-in-law and second aunt's body.

Lin Kou waited for nearly an hour, but her figure remained unchanged.

Either someone knew her whereabouts long ago, or the sister-in-law's second aunt was still alive.

So Lin Kou made another wish——

I hope that someone knows the whereabouts of my sister-in-law and my second aunt.

Still no change.

Then-

Those who want to know the whereabouts of the eldest sister-in-law and the second aunt should tell others about her whereabouts.

In less than half an hour, Lin Kou lost forty catties.

The originally plump figure instantly turned into a thin bamboo pole. If she hadn't had a lot of fat before, she might have fainted just now.

But it's scary to lose so much weight!

Could it be that the person who knew the whereabouts of his sister-in-law and second aunt was far away from the capital?

Or, the sister-in-law's second aunt was not lost at all, but was arrested?Or locked up?

That person is the murderer?

Lin Kou was thinking about the possibility of this outcome, when he raised his eyes, he saw Zhen Fu rushing to her in panic, and hugged himself up.

Lin Kou: "..." It's over, I was lost in thought for a moment, and forgot that Zhen Fu was still by my side.

Seeing her image after losing weight is naturally not as shocking as seeing her suddenly lose weight.

Zhen Fu must have been frightened.

Lin Kou sighed, and quickly reached out to hug him: "Zhen Fu, I'm fine..."