The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Among Jia Jiayu's generation, only Jia Zhu was able to do something, but Jia Zhu died so early that there was no one in Ningrong and Rong's two houses.

Although Baoyu is smart, he doesn't have to go on the right track, and he hates economic and official careers. Although the second uncle cares about discipline, his grandmother loves Baoyu. Now seventeen or eighteen years old still accomplish nothing.

"I've heard for a long time that Cousin Zhu in Rongfu is capable, but it's a pity that he died early. Fortunately, sister-in-law Zhu still has a son by his side. Otherwise, how would I spend the rest of my life?" Gu Fulan sighed.

Lin Yao laughed and said, "The imperial doctor said that you think a lot during pregnancy. It is true. What are you thinking about now? You are about to give birth. You should stop thinking about these messy things. Wait until your baby is born. , whatever you think."

"I just said it casually." Gu Fulan said.

Among the relatives in the Rong Mansion, Gu Fulan's closest relative is Li Wan, and there is no one else, because the daughter-in-law married by her second brother is Li Wan's cousin.When they were in the boudoir on weekdays, the sisters were very close.

Now her second sister-in-law has married into the Gu family and has become her second sister-in-law. The husband and wife are harmonious and beautiful, making others envious.

Li Wan's marriage to the Rong Mansion was originally an excellent marriage, but unfortunately her husband died so early that Li Wan became a widow early and became depressed at a young age, which is really distressing.

Lin Yao shook her head and laughed.

"By the way, sister Yingchun is out of the cabinet now. Over there in Rongfu, is sister Tanchun's marriage still undecided?"

Lin Yao was helpless, "What are you worrying about? Tanchun has her second aunt to worry about her."

"Let me tell you, if the second aunt wanted to find a good marriage for Tanchun, why did she delay until now? With a background like ours, which family didn't make an appointment early? Rongguo Mansion, it's really strange , the daughters are all seventeen or eighteen, and outsiders have to help to make arrangements. If I hadn't mentioned that day and let cousin Cheng take Sister Yingchun, maybe Sister Yingchun would be ruined by that grandson Shaozu marrying her."

The pregnant woman has a weird temper, and no one can hold her back when she gets angry for a while.

Lin Yao could only coax her and said, "Second aunt is famous for being sympathetic to the poor and the elderly, so how can she not worry about her own daughter? Besides, this Tanchun is also a concubine, ordinary people, who would want to marry the daughter of a concubine?" ?”

"That's true..." The difference between concubine and concubine is not so easy to overcome.

Even if Gu Fulan felt dissatisfied, she had to admit it.

Although Tanchun was raised in front of the old lady like Yingchun, but he was only raised in front of the old lady. If he was really raised by the old lady himself, how could there be such a good thing?The old lady is old and doesn't have the energy to raise the granddaughters at home, so she just wanted to make a fuss and raised all the girls from the Ningrong Second Mansion by her side.

However, in fact, these ladies were all taught by female gentlemen.

"My sister-in-law's natal family has a cousin. Although he is a concubine, he is not bad at learning. He passed the exam this year. The Li family is also a big family with a name in the south of the Yangtze River. Husband, do you think this kind of relationship can be made?"

Maybe she was going to be a mother, but compared to Yingchun, who was three months older than her, Gu Fulan somewhat sympathized.

She didn't want to think badly about her second aunt, but after all, it didn't come out of her own stomach. The second aunt didn't want to bother about it, but it's understandable. If Lin Yao had a concubine, she probably didn't want to bother about it either. of.

Lin Yao laughed and said, "Are you addicted to being a matchmaker?"

"How about you?" Gu Fulan said.

Lin Yao held her in her arms and sighed, "The Rong Mansion really has to give you a big red envelope, otherwise wouldn't your efforts be in vain?"

"What do you mean, is my good intentions?" Gu Fulan snorted.

Lin Yao shook her head, "Don't dare, it's just that I'm also wondering, well behaved, why are you worrying about them? If they don't have a good life in the future, they will have to blame you."

"I'm not blind to mandarin ducks. Elder sister Yingchun is docile. She is like this, and she is just right to match with cousin Cheng. Tanchun must be strong. My sister-in-law's natal cousin is capable. In the future, Tanchun will marry him, at least to say the least." What's wrong with a third-rank order?" Gu Fulan said.

Lin Yao raised her eyebrows, "I didn't say you messed up the mandarin ducks."

"You wonder why I help them?"

Lin Yao nodded, "Of course it's strange. Although Rongfu is your wife's natal family, but you just married here, you should not be familiar with the sisters in Rongfu. If you worry about them like this, if you don't know, you think they are you. What about my sisters?"

"Sister Yingchun, I just brought it up on a whim when you told me about the death of my cousin's wife." Gu Fulan paused and then said, "Tanchun, we have to start talking about it a few months ago. It was my grandmother's birthday, and my wife and I went to Rongfu to celebrate her birthday. At that time, the marriage between sister Yingchun and cousin Cheng was halfway through the sixth ceremony, and it was already a certainty. When I passed by the garden, I saw sister Tanchun there from a distance. I was crying, but I didn't go to bother her, I just heard her tell the servant girl that her life was not good, and I looked at her very pitifully, she never gave up in front of people, I didn't expect that the queen would cry so sadly."

Lin Yao was stunned.

After Gu Fulan became pregnant, her heart became very soft-hearted. This is probably the sequelae of being a mother.

In addition, Tanchun is usually strong and never shows her weak side in front of others. How could Gu Fulan not feel sympathetic when she suddenly saw this scene accidentally?

Of course, this is also because Tanchun is already very good, otherwise he would not have brought it up.

The Li family is also a scholarly family in Jinling. There are quite a few officials in the family, who have passed down poems and books to the family, and the family has a very large population.

Lin Yao is also familiar with Gu Fulan's sister-in-law, Li Yunling.

When he was still in Yangzhou that day, the sister-in-law also took care of him.

Li Yunling was born in Li's family's family's concubine branch, her father is now a first-rank official, and he is also an important figure in the court.

Although Gu Fulan said that the person in Tanchun's favor was only Li Yunling's concubine cousin, but based on his background as the concubine of Li's parents, the gold content of this concubine is not low.

With a first-rank uncle taking care of him, his official career can't be said to be smooth sailing, but at least there are not so many twists and turns.

Gu Fulan really put her heart into it.

"You are going to give birth now, so don't think about it for now. After you give birth, if you still want to help her, go and tell your wife. After all, your wife is Tanchun's aunt. It would be better if she came forward."

"okay."

With Lin Yao's approval, Gu Fulan stopped talking to him about these things.

For several days, Lin Yao stayed with Gu Fulan at home.

On the night of the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Yao fell into a drowsy sleep, and woke up when she heard someone humming.

After waking up, he realized that it was Gu Fulan who was humming, so he quickly got up and lit the lamp.

"Lan'er, what's the matter?"

"I, my stomach hurts..."

Lin Yao immediately called for someone to ask the maid to invite Mrs. Wen to come.

Because Gu Fulan was about to give birth, Po Wen had invited her to live in the Lin Mansion a month earlier, and lived in a wing room in the east courtyard, so Po Wen rushed over quickly.

"Yo, it's about to give birth." Wen Po came over to look at it, and immediately said.

Then Lin Yao was kicked out of the room.

Lin Yao put on her coat, feeling anxious for a while.

Gu Fulan's painful cry came from inside the room. Although it was cold outside, Lin Yao was still in a cold sweat.

The commotion here was so loud, it naturally alarmed Lin Ruhai and his wife.

The two rushed over with their clothes on.

"How's it going? What did Mrs. Wen say?"

Lin Yao frowned, "The man hasn't come out yet, so I don't know what's going on."

Seeing that Lin Yao was sweating anxiously, Lin Ruhai said, "This woman gave birth like this, you don't have to worry, there's Mrs. Wen here, everything will be fine, and besides, didn't the imperial physician check her pulse before?"

Lin Yao nodded absent-mindedly, and kept looking into the room.

Lin Ruhai and his wife are old, the weather is cold and the time is late, they couldn't stand it anymore, after staying for a while, they were driven back to rest by Lin Yao, and before leaving, they let Lin Yao take care of them, and if they gave birth, they immediately sent someone to tell them.

Lin Yao responded with a hmm and ah ah, and dealt with it.

Time passed bit by bit, but the child was not born yet, Lin Yao became more and more anxious.

The medical treatment in ancient times was very rough. A woman's childbirth is like walking through the gate of hell, and she may die at any time.

Lin Yao anxiously walked around the garden.

Suddenly there was a coldness on her forehead, Lin Yao raised her hand to touch it, her fingertips were moist.

Lin Yao raised her head in doubt, and a cold touch fell on her face again.

After a while, Lin Yao reacted.

Snowing?

Just astonished, the cry of a child came from the room.

After a while, Mrs. Wen came out to announce the good news, "Congratulations to Uncle Lin, grandma, mother and child are safe."

Mother and son, is it son?

It's not that Lin Yao favors sons over daughters, but that Lin's patriarch's sons are weak. If the first child is a boy, the pressure on Gu Fulan will be relieved a lot.

Lin Yao hurriedly asked someone to prepare a reward, and when the room was cleaned up, Lin Yao wanted to go in to see Gu Fulan, but with snow falling on his body and the cold air all over his body, he hesitated for a moment, asked someone to prepare water, took a shower, and put the After washing away the cold, he entered the house.

Gu Fulan was still asleep, and Lin Yao didn't wake her up.

The child was wrapped and placed beside Gu Fulan.

The baby was just born, red all over, wrinkled and ugly.

But Lin Yao didn't dislike it at all.

This is his son.

Lin Yao sat by the couch and kept watch all night.

The next day, when Gu Fulan woke up, she was shocked to see Lin Yao sitting beside the bed with a haggard face.

"Why... haven't you slept all night?"

Lin Yao held Gu Fulan's hand and said with a smile, "I can't sleep, how are you? Is there any discomfort? If there is any discomfort, just tell me, don't hide it."

Gu Fulan looked at him and laughed, "Am I like a fool? I don't feel well, of course I would say it." After a pause, she remembered something, "By the way, where is the child?"

"It's sleeping next to you. It's a boy. I'll name him Chun. How about it?"

Gu Fulan looked at him suspiciously, "Which word?"

"Pure and pure," Lin Yao said with a smile, "Actually, I thought about it a long time ago, no matter whether it is a man or a woman, they are all called this name, but it just coincidentally, it snowed last night, and even more so Yes, the child was born as soon as the snow fell, and the snow is also pure and white. God thinks this name is suitable for our child."