[Comprehensive Wear] A good brother's life

In Rongguo Mansion, in Wang Xifeng's room, Brother Xiang, who has just learned to walk, is playing a game of chasing each other with his sister Qiao.

Wang Xifeng was sitting on the couch, lying on the small table to settle the accounts, looking at the pair of children who were playing around from time to time.

"I caught it..." Brother Xiang hugged his sister's thigh, tilted his head up, and smiled like a fool.

Sister Qiao touched her brother's little head with her hand, and praised, "Your brother is really amazing!"

"Hey hey hey..." Brother Xiang, who was praised by his sister, laughed even more silly.

"Okay, you two rest for a while, and play later." Wang Xifeng made a look at Ping'er, and Ping'er immediately understood, and went out to bring some snacks and fruits to the young lady and the young master.

The siblings sat on the carpet and fed each other snacks and fruits.

Sitting on the couch, Wang Xifeng looked at the pair of children tenderly.Looking at it, his expression gradually became in a trance.If Cousin Lin hadn't reminded the couple a few years ago, she and Second Master Lian were still managing the mansion, worrying about the expenses of the mansion every day, racking their brains to get money every day, exhausted every day, exhausted every day. ...Maybe she still can't give birth to a son for Lian Er Ye.

Now, although the husband and wife no longer manage the mansion, their life is much better than before, and even the two of them have earned more money than the mansion in the past few years.

Now, the husband and wife have saved a lot of money and bought a lot of land.Not only that, these years, the husband and wife have forgiven their crimes for lending loan sharks.In the future, if something really happens in the mansion, the husband and wife should not be convicted of a felony.

Ping'er noticed something wrong with Wang Xifeng's expression, and asked with concern: "Grandma, what are you thinking?"

Wang Xifeng came back to his senses, and smiled lightly: "Ping'er, how do you think our life is going now?"

Ping'er was taken aback by the question, and then said truthfully: "Grandma, I think we are living a very good life now."

"How is it compared to before?"

Ping'er hesitated and said: "Grandma, when you were in charge of the power in the mansion, you were very prestigious. Everyone in the mansion was afraid of you and tried their best to please you. At least, I was almost exhausted." At this point, Ping'er paused, looked at Wang Xifeng's expression, and saw that Wang Xifeng was not angry, so he continued, "You used to worry about the expenses of the mansion. Do everything possible to get money, really..."

Ping'er didn't finish her sentence, Wang Xifeng knew what she wanted to say, and filled in what she hadn't finished: "You are really stupid, you continue."

"Now, grandma, you don't care about the affairs of the mansion any more. You have taken care of your body and gave birth to the second master's son." A few years ago, Wang Xifeng did not give birth to Jia Lian's son. Those vicious women in the Rongguo mansion She said behind her back that she had done all kinds of bad things, and that she would not be able to have a son if she got retribution. She also said that she would be divorced by the second master Lian sooner or later. "Second Lord is now running a winery outside. Not to mention making a lot of money every day, but there are also hundreds of taels of silver in the account every day. This is much better than when he was managing the mansion before."

"In the past, Second Master Lian and I worried about hundreds of taels of silver every day, and asked Yuanyang to help steal the old lady's things as pawns. Now I sit at home every day, and I get hundreds of taels of silver every day." In such a day, she used to think that never thought about.

"Isn't that right? Didn't you find out that the second master used to like to look for flowers and ask willows, but since he didn't have anything to do in the mansion, the second master never messed around outside, nor did he mess around with the uncle Zhen in the next mansion. , thinking of ways to make money and buy land every day."

"It's all thanks to Cousin Lin." As his wife, Wang Xifeng naturally noticed the changes in Jia Lian in the past few years.She knew that Lin Huaiyu must have said something to Jia Lian, otherwise Jia Lian would not get rid of the bad habit of looking for flowers and asking Liu. "If it wasn't for Cousin Lin, our family wouldn't be as happy as it is now."

"Master Lin is really good. He can not only study, but also do business." Ping'er likes his current life very much.Although she used to manage the mansion with Wang Xifeng, she was also the object of everyone's fawning, and those women and maids also fawned on her in various ways, but she didn't think there was anything good, after all, there were too many things to worry about.They worked hard to manage the affairs of the mansion, but they didn't get any benefits, and they were cursed by these people in private. "When I heard Second Master Lian say that he would cooperate with Young Master Lin to open a winery, I thought the winery would not be able to open, and even if it opened, it would lose money. I didn't expect that not only would it not lose money, but it would also make a lot of money."

"I thought so too at the beginning." Wang Xifeng smiled, "Cousin Lin is not only smart in studies, but also smart in business. This man, as long as he is smart, he can succeed in anything."

"Master Lin and the others have already set off for the capital?"

"Second Master Lian said before that Cousin Lin and the others would come to the capital after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's time to leave now."

Just then, Jia Lian came back from the outside.

Seeing his happy face, Wang Xifeng knew that something good had happened, and hurriedly asked, "Second Master Lian, what is your happy event?"

"Brother Huai and the others have already left for the capital." Jia Lian didn't hold back this time, "We'll be there in six or seven days."

"Really?" Wang Xifeng said with a look of surprise, "I just told Hepinger that Cousin Lin and the others should leave, but I didn't expect to arrive in six or seven days."

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival, they set off the next day."

"In such a hurry, I thought they would leave a few days later."

"When Brother Huai comes, I have to treat him to a good meal."

"One meal is not enough..."

Jia Lian and his wife sat on the couch, discussing how to entertain them well when Lin Huaiyu and the others came.

After a while, Zhou Rui's family came to Wang Xifeng, saying that his wife had something to do with her.

When Wang Xifeng heard this, he immediately became vigilant.In the past few years, every time my wife asked her for something, she wanted her to take over the affairs of the house.

Sure enough, when she arrived at Mrs. Wang's place, she directly asked Wang Xifeng when she would manage the affairs of the mansion.

Wang Xifeng said that Brother Xiang was still young, and when she gave birth to Brother Xiang, her body was hurt and her energy was not as good as before, so she couldn't manage the affairs of the house like before.

Mrs. Wang didn't understand why Wang Xifeng and his wife became so unwilling to manage the affairs of the house.She persuaded Wang Xifeng earnestly, saying that Jia Lian would inherit Rongguo Mansion in the future, and the husband and wife would not care about Rongguo Mansion, who would take care of Rongguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng sneered in her heart when she heard this, but she still said humbly on the face that she was not in good health yet, and she didn't have the energy to worry about the affairs of the house for the time being.If Second Master Lian really inherits the Rongguo Mansion in the future, then she will manage the affairs of the mansion in the future, but she can't do it now.

Mrs. Wang was very angry when she saw that Wang Xifeng didn't eat oil and salt, but there was nothing she could do.Before, she pretended to be sick for a while in order to dump the affairs in the mansion to Wang Xifeng, but Wang Xifeng still didn't care and suggested that Li Wan take care of it.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng really didn't want to manage the affairs of the mansion because of her health and couldn't force her, Jia's mother agreed to let Li Wan take care of it.

Mrs. Wang was worried about Li Wan managing the affairs of the mansion, so she recovered from her illness in a few days.

"You are trying to exhaust me to death."

Wang Xifeng was not afraid of Mrs. Wang's threats, and suggested very sincerely: "Madam, if you feel tired, you can ask sister-in-law to take care of it."

"Your sister-in-law can't do it." Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied with Li Wan's daughter-in-law.To be precise, Mrs. Wang has been very dissatisfied with Li Wan since Jia Zhu's death.

"My sister-in-law hasn't really managed the mansion yet, so how do you know she can't do it?" Wang Xifeng said, "My sister-in-law has read and can read, which is better than me."

Mrs. Wang didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, so she turned the conversation to Wang Xifeng: "What do you think of Baochai?"

This endless question made Wang Xifeng startled for a moment, and then she said objectively: "Baochai is very good." The wife asked what she was doing.

Mrs. Wang nodded without saying anything, and waved Wang Xifeng back.

Wang Xifeng returned to her room full of doubts, "What do you think your wife is planning?"

"Does the wife have a crush on Miss Xue?" Ping'er said, "Didn't it be said that Miss Xue has a golden lock, which just matches Baoyu's jade?"

Wang Xifeng thought about it, and felt that this matter was not her concern.

"Forget it, what she thinks has nothing to do with me."

Soon, Wang Xifeng knew what Madam Wang was planning.Mrs. Wang wants to ask Xue Baochai and Jia Tanchun to manage the affairs of the mansion together.However, Xue Baochai didn't agree to the affairs of Guan Rongguo Mansion as in the original book, she felt that she was inappropriate.

Mrs. Wang didn't expect Xue Baochai to refuse, so her face was gloomy at that time.Aunt Xue also felt that it was against the rules to let her daughter manage the Rongguo Mansion, and suggested that Mrs. Wang let Jia Tanchun and Li Wan manage it together.

"Mother, we refused my aunt to manage the Rongguo Mansion, which made my aunt very unhappy. Let's move out." Xue Baochai didn't expect Mrs. Wang to let her manage the Rongguo Mansion, which is too absurd.Although she is her own niece, she is an outsider after all. She is not stupid for letting her manage the affairs of their house as an outsider.

Aunt Xue also felt that it was not suitable for them to continue living in Rongguo Mansion, "After a few days, I will tell the old lady, and then we will move out."

Xue Baochai knew the purpose of Mrs. Wang asking her to manage the Rongguo Mansion, so she refused.Her refusal not only rejected the management of Rongguo Mansion, but also rejected Jia Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang has always wanted to match Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai, and wants Xue Baochai to become her daughter-in-law. In the past few years, she has expressed and hinted many times, but she was fooled by Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai.

Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied that she had not received a clear answer from Aunt Xue.Now Jia Baoyu is 13 years old, and he will be able to get married in two years. If Xue Baochai is not settled for him, it will be even worse when Lin Huaiyu comes to the capital three years later.

Now that Aunt Xue and the others had clearly rejected her, Mrs. Wang was very angry and dissatisfied.She asked Jia Baoyu to marry Xue Baochai, and she actually wronged Jia Baoyu. She didn't expect Xue Baochai and the others to be so ignorant.

Zhou Rui's family saw Mrs. Wang's gloomy face, her expression was a little distorted and terrifying, and she was so frightened that she stood aside and dared not say a word.

Mrs. Wang desperately turned the Buddhist beads in her hand, but her face became more and more ferocious, and her tone was gloomy: "Shame on your face!"

When Zhou Rui's family heard this, they lowered their heads even lower in fright.

"Where is Baoyu not worthy of her?" Her family Baoyu is the son of the Duke's mansion, the younger brother of the Concubine De, and the uncle of the country. It is a grievance to marry her as the daughter of an imperial merchant. How dare a woman refuse, it's really... Shameless!

"Hehe! Are you still thinking about seeing Lin Huaiyu in three years?"

Mrs. Wang didn't know what Aunt Xue was planning.Although Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai never showed any difference towards Lin Huaiyu, Mrs. Wang could guess what Aunt Xue and the others were thinking. After all, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai only knew Lin Huaiyu in the past few years.

"Ah!"

At this time, Lin Huaiyu, who was on the boat, sneezed unexpectedly.Fortunately, Xiao Daiyu was not by his side, otherwise he would be nervous again.

Liu Jinu asked, "Master, are you alright?"

"It's okay, someone should be talking bad about me behind my back." Lin Huaiyu just woke up from a nap, and saw that the sky outside the window was gloomy and hot, "Go get my fishing rod." This kind of weather is most suitable for fishing.

When Xiao Daiyu woke up, she saw that her brother had caught a lot of fish.It seems that we will have a whole fish feast again tonight.Fortunately, the chefs on the boat are very skilled. The fish they cook every time are very delicious, and they are not repeated. Otherwise, you will get tired of eating fish every day.

Xiao Daiyu sat next to her brother, watching her brother fishing and chatting with her brother at the same time.

"Brother, how many days will we be able to reach the capital?"

"If it's quick, it will arrive in five or six days, if it's slow, it will be seven or eight days." Seeing Xiao Daiyu's sad face, Lin Huaiyu asked with concern, "What's the matter, are you feeling unwell?"

Xiao Daiyu shook her head slightly: "No, I'm worried about Daddy."

"Father will be fine." Lin Huaiyu said this very firmly, "Father will not let himself be fine for us."

"Is Daddy really going to be all right?" Xiao Daiyu has always been sensitive and worried, and likes to think too much.These days, she has been thinking wildly.

"Father will be fine!" Lin Huaiyu knew that her younger sister liked to think too much, and seeing her so worried, she regretted letting her know about it.He put down the fishing rod in his hand, reached out and tapped his sister's forehead, "Father will be fine, but if you keep worrying about this matter, you will be the one who will have trouble soon, don't make father worry about you. "

Xiao Daiyu glared at her brother coquettishly, pouted and said, "I see."

Lin Huaiyu pinched his younger sister's face again, "Don't worry if you know." After speaking, he deliberately teased, "You are a girl who frowns and worries every day, be careful that you will get wrinkles at a young age, and you will change when the time comes. What if I become an ugly girl and can't get married?"

Xiao Daiyu blushed slightly, glared at Lin Huaiyu angrily, and shouted dissatisfiedly, "Brother!"

"What I said is true. If you think wildly like you every day, you will easily get wrinkles." Lin Huaiyu sighed heavily, "You are wrinkled before you are old. Who will marry you by then..." His words were still Before he could finish speaking, his younger sister grabbed his arm, causing him to gasp in pain, "You murdered my brother."

Xiao Daiyu was so angry that she grabbed Lin Huaiyu's arm again, "Brother, you bullied me!"

"Which one of us is bullying whom?" Lin Huaiyu rubbed his arms and said, "You are wrinkled at a young age, and you like to pull people. I think I will support you for the rest of your life."

"Brother!" Xiao Daiyu blushed and raised her voice.

"It's useless to call you brother. If you keep thinking about it, you will definitely be covered with wrinkles." Lin Huaiyu spread his hands, "No matter how good your brother is, I can't help you."

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you." Xiao Daiyu stomped her feet and left the deck angrily.

"Master, why are you so angry with Miss?"

"Be mad at her, and tell her not to think about it." Lin Huaiyu frowned slightly, with a worried look on her face, "Otherwise, she would make herself ill before she even arrived in the capital."

Nanny Zhang said: "Miss is also worried about Master."

"I knew I wouldn't tell her about this, so she wouldn't be so worried like now." Lin Huaiyu really had no choice but to think of ways to divert her attention from her sister's sensitive and worrying psychology.

In the next few days, Xiao Daiyu gradually stopped thinking about it under the dislike and stimulation of her brother.

Every time Xiao Daiyu quarrels with her brother, she will be very energetic, which is why Lin Huaiyu likes to tease her.

Two days later, they arrived in the capital smoothly and safely.

After Ye Wenfu got off the court, he rushed to the pier in a hurry.

"Brother Huai, have they arrived?"

Jia Lian came to the pier early in the morning, waiting for Lin Huaiyu's boat.Seeing Ye Wenfu rushing over, he quickly said to him: "Master Ye, Brother Huai and the others haven't arrived yet, but they are coming soon."

Ye Wenfu nodded and said nothing more.

"Master Ye, actually, you don't need to come here on purpose. I will pick up Brother Huai and the others later, and I will send them directly to your residence." Jia Lian thought that Ye Wenfu rushed to the pier to pick up Lin Huaiyu and the others because he was afraid that he would pick up Lin Huaiyu and the others. Rongguo Mansion.

Ye Wenfu glanced at Jia Lian, and said lightly, "I'm here to pick up my son and daughter, what's wrong?"

Seeing Ye Wenfu say this with pride, Jia Lian suppressed a smile and said, "There's nothing wrong."

Ye Wenfu snorted and didn't say anything else, his eyes were full of expectation looking at the river in the distance.

Two quarters of an hour later, an official ship appeared in their sight.

Jia Lian had good eyesight, and saw Lin Huaiyu standing on the bow from a distance, and exclaimed in surprise, "Master Ye, that boat seems to belong to Brother Huai and the others."

"It seems to be their boat." Ye Wenfu said with joy, "The brat is finally here."

After a while, the boat carrying Lin Huaiyu and the others docked smoothly.

Lin Huaiyu saw Ye Wenfu and Jia Lian on the port from a distance, and got off the boat as soon as the boat docked.He saluted Ye Wenfu first, "My son has met his adoptive father."

Ye Wenfu's heart was filled with joy when he called "Father". He reached out and patted Lin Huaiyu's shoulder, looked carefully at his adopted son from head to toe, and said lovingly, "He has grown a lot taller." After speaking, he frowned. He frowned and said, "Why are you still so thin? Didn't you eat well on the boat?"

Lin Huaiyu didn't think he was thin, but he still followed Ye Wenfu's words: "Yeah, I didn't eat well on the boat. I will eat meat properly when I get home."

Hearing Lin Huaiyu say "go home", Ye Wenfu felt so ironed that a smile almost burst out on his face.

"Okay, okay, we will go home later, we will eat meat."

Lin Huaiyu turned around and saluted Jia Lian, "Long time no see, cousin."

Jia Lian walked up to Lin Huaiyu and hugged him, then patted him on the back.

"Finally I'm looking forward to you."

After a while, Xiao Daiyu also got off the boat and saluted Ye Wenfu and Jia Lian.After that, they got into the carriage and left the pier.As for the things on the boat, Madam Zhang and the others thought nothing would happen.

Sitting in the carriage, Ye Wenfu asked Lin Huaiyu about their situation on the boat with concern.

Lin Huaiyu said that their journey to the capital was very smooth and safe, and nothing happened on the way.

Arrived at Ye Mansion half an hour later.Lin Huaiyu's arrival this time was warmly welcomed by everyone in Ye Mansion, after all, their identities have changed this time.

A few years ago, when they came to Ye Mansion, they were only sons and daughters of good friends, but this time they were the adopted sons and daughters of Ye Wenfu and his wife, the young master and young lady of Ye Mansion.

When Mrs. Ye saw Lin Huaiyu and the others, she first hugged the two of them vigorously, and then asked about their situation on the boat with concern.

Seeing that Lin Huaiyu and Ye Wenfu had a lot to talk about, Jia Lian took his leave first and came back to Lin Huaiyu and the others tomorrow.

Lin Huaiyu personally sent Jia Lian to the door, "Cousin, after returning from the palace tomorrow, I will go directly to the winery to find you."

"Are you going to enter the palace tomorrow?" Jia Lian asked in surprise, "What are you going to do tomorrow?"

"Go to the palace to see the emperor." Lin Huaiyu said, "I will tell you in detail when I come back from the palace tomorrow."

Jia Lian nodded and didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, then I'll wait for you at the winery tomorrow." After speaking, he raised his hand and patted Lin Huaiyu's shoulder, "I'll go first."

"Cousin, go slowly." After sending Jia Lian away, Lin Huaiyu returned to the study and continued to tell Ye Wenfu and the others what had happened in the past few years.

In fact, nothing major has happened in the past few years. The only major event is that Lin Huaiyu took the imperial examination.Furthermore, Lin Huaiyu and the others often wrote to Ye Wenfu and his wife in recent years, but they still had a lot to say when they met.

During the chat, Mrs. Ye kept holding Xiao Daiyu and did not let go.We haven't seen each other for several years, Madam Ye misses Xiao Daiyu very much.

After chatting for a while, they had lunch, which was very rich, and it was all Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu's favorite dishes.If Mrs. Ye is not bad at cooking, she would like to cook for her two children herself.

After lunch, Mrs. Ye took Xiao Daiyu to take a nap.Although they haven't seen each other for several years, the relationship between them has not become unfamiliar, but has become closer.

Ye Wenfu also wanted to take a nap with his son, but he was too embarrassed to say so, so he waited for Lin Huaiyu to speak by himself, but Lin Huaiyu didn't receive his signal.

Lin Huaiyu felt that he was 13 years old, and it was not suitable or convenient for him to sleep with Ye Wenfu.Furthermore, he hadn't slept with Lin Ruhai in the past few years, so he never thought of sleeping with Ye Wenfu at all.

Seeing Lin Huaiyu returning to her room to take a nap, Ye Wenfu was full of disappointment.

"Master, if you want to take a nap with the young master, you can tell the young master. If you don't tell the young master, how will the young master know?"

"Who said I want to take a nap with him." Ye Wenfu said very arrogantly, "He is not a child anymore."

Hearing Ye Wenfu's duplicity, the housekeeper smiled helplessly in his heart.

"Yes, master, you don't want to take a nap with the young master."

Ye Wenfu glared at the butler, "There's so much nonsense."

The butler didn't dare to say anything more, and obediently withdrew.

Ye Wenfu went back to the study and scolded Lin Huaiyu in his heart, the brat is not caring at all.

Lin Huaiyu, who was already asleep, didn't know that Ye Wenfu was looking forward to taking a nap with him, and he didn't wake up until the evening.Although you don't feel tired when you take a boat, it is still tiring to take a boat for a long distance.

Both siblings slept through the afternoon, and woke up feeling much better.Madam Ye felt sorry for them traveling long distances by boat, so she asked the cook at home to make tonic soup for them.As soon as the two woke up, they were "forced" by Mrs. Ye to drink a lot of tonic soup.When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Ye "forced" her to eat a lot of food.

Since Lin Huaiyu and the others had to get up early tomorrow to meet the emperor and empress, after they took a walk for a while, Madam Ye urged them to go to bed early.

The next day, at the beginning of Mao Shi, Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu were woken up.After freshening up, the two were dressed up by Mrs. Ye in various ways.

Before Lin Huaiyu and the others arrived in the capital, Mrs. Ye asked Lin Huaiyu for their sizes and made a lot of new clothes and shoes for them.

In addition to new clothes and shoes, Mrs. Ye also made them a lot of jewelry.She made several sets of jewelry for Xiao Daiyu, including gold, jade, and gemstones.She made many hairpins and crowns for Lin Huaiyu.

When entering the palace to meet the emperor and empress, of course one must dress up grandly, otherwise it would be too impolite.

At the beginning of the hour, Mrs. Ye brought Lin Huaiyu and Xiao Daiyu into the palace.They went to see the queen first, and then went to see the emperor after the emperor came down for the morning court.