[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

After the first year of Shangyuan, Xiaoxue Chuqing.

Jia Min gave birth to a young son named Yan.

Brother Yan is also good-looking, he laughs at everyone, and is held in Lin Ruhai's arms.

When the midwife grandma came out with the baby in her arms, she said with joy on her face: "My brother is full of heaven and he cries loudly. He is a blessed man!"

When Daiyu heard that her mother had given birth to a younger brother, she happily ran to see him, and Yanyu followed her.

In fact, brother Yan could not be born safely; Yanyu once saw two blue grasses growing outside the main courtyard, and she recognized that these were the soul-killing grasses that should have grown by the Ling River. The fate of both the mother and the child is inevitable, but fortunately, Yanyu disposed of the soul-destroying grass and did not cause a catastrophe.Obviously this is a poisonous plan by Fairy Jing Huan, Yanyu guesses that this may have something to do with Jiang Zhu's return to tears carefully planned by Fairy Jing Huan, so she can only carefully guard against the poisonous plan.

"Sister, we have a younger brother, and I will be a sister too!" Daiyu squatted beside the cradle, touching the baby's cheek curiously, then turned her head and said happily to Yanyu.

Brother Yan grinned, made a babbling sound, and waved his pink arms like jade lotus roots.

Yanyu also went to the cradle to tease the baby.

It turns out that this is what a child in the world looks like when he is just born!Unlike their fairy grasses, they are all conceived by the aura of heaven and earth, and can only be cultivated into human form.Yanyu thought so.

Newborn babies are sleepy, and after being teased by the two sisters for a while, Yan'er narrowed his eyes and ignored them.

"Brother is already asleep, why don't sister go back first." The wet nurse came over and said.

Yanyu and Daiyu went to visit their mother. Just as Jia Min woke up, she saw her two daughters coming in. Daiyu lay beside her mother and said happily, "Mother, we just went to see my brother, he is so good!"

Yanyu also followed her sister and said, "We played with my brother."

Jia Min listened to her daughter's rambling, and smiled happily: "Yan'er is still young, so don't make trouble with him."

Daiyu nodded obediently: "We will love my brother very much."

Yan'er's three baptisms were also very lively. Lin Ruhai's uncle's aunt Xu and cousin Li ordered servants to bring in congratulatory gifts, which contained oil cakes, eggs, brown sugar and children's clothes.There are thirteen statues of gods in the outer hall, and money for worshiping the gods is placed under the incense burner; the midwife grandma came out with Yan'er in her arms and worshiped three times in front of the statues. Add water, coins and xiguo to the bottle, and the grandma who delivered the baby said auspicious words.

Aunt Xu hugged Yan'er and smiled lightly: "The child looks good, and looks like your master when he was young."

Cousin Li Shi was talking to Jia Min in the inner room; Li Shi is the elder sister of Li Shouzhong, the niece of her mother's family, and Jia Zhu, the eldest son of the second house of Rongguo Mansion, was married years ago, and now she is talking to Jia Min I also feel kind.

"You have two elder sisters Yu, and now you have brother Yan again, the blessings are yet to come." Li Shi said with a smile while stroking Jia Min's hand.

"Sister-in-law is going to be a mother-in-law soon. Minger advises my brother to marry a daughter-in-law and have a grandson, and my sister-in-law enjoys family happiness with her grandchildren. Who doesn't envy you!" Jia Min took a sip of brown sugar ginger soup before laughing. .

When it comes to his son's marriage, Li's eyebrows are already smiling: "Now that brother Jian's marriage has been settled, I can let go of my heart that has been hanging on for a long time. The girl from the Yu family is indeed a good girl. It is also auspicious to get Geng Tie." When mentioning the daughter-in-law who has not passed the family, Li is extremely satisfied.Originally, the ancestors of the Xu family were also officials and eunuchs, but it is no longer the same as before; Xu Jian's emphasis on martial arts has cut off the road to scientific research, so the relatively well-matched family stopped thinking about choosing a son-in-law.As for the girl from the Yu family who was also the daughter of a military officer, she was raised gentle, virtuous, dignified and courteous, she was a perfect match for Xu Jian.

After dinner was set in the front hall, Aunt Xu asked the maid beside her to come in and call Li Shi over, and Li Shi told Jia Min carefully.

When Jia Min gave birth to sisters Yanyu and Daiyu, she also suffered from a severe injury, and she was extremely cautious during the confinement period.Now that Yan'er is born, Jia Min is not too young, and he has to take care of everything to take care of his body.

When Yan'er was full moon, there was another excitement.

Because Jia's family was far away in the capital, it was already after receiving the news. Jia Min's mother, Mrs. Shi, was very happy to hear that her grandson was born, and prepared a generous gift for her eldest grandson, Jia Zhu, to come to Yangzhou to congratulate her; Jia Lian handled it, because Jia Zhu was selected and was preparing for next year's spring, Jia Zheng intentionally asked him to come and learn from his uncle Lin's family who was born in Tanhua.

Lin Ruhai is also very optimistic about this diligent and studious nephew, seeing that he has a good academic attainment, he also reminds him a lot.If Jia Zhu can be named on the gold list, it will also be a happy event for the lintel; Lin Ruhai can see clearly that since the old Duke left, the Rongguo Mansion is not as good as it used to be, if the descendants don't live up to the will of the ancestors, the family will decline sooner or later.

Jia Zhu went to visit his aunt again. When Jia Min left the cabinet, he was still young, and now when his aunt and nephew saw each other again, he was very emotional.

Asked about the current situation of the people in the house, Jia Zhu also replied in a polite manner: "The old ancestor is in good health, so my aunt should not worry too much. The old ancestor was overjoyed when he heard that his cousin Yan was born, so he asked his nephew to greet his uncle, aunt, and grandparents on his behalf." Two cousins."

Before Jia Zhu's departure, Mrs. Shi asked a craftsman to forge an exquisite longevity lock for Yan'er, and Jia Zhu handed it to Jia Min for Yan'er to wear around her neck.Yanyu and Daiyu were learning how to be female celebrities in the back room. They heard that their uncle's cousin came over to talk to their mother. They couldn't help being curious and peeked behind the screen; this cousin Zhu was as gentle as jade, The demeanor is gentle and elegant, and I heard from my mother that their father was also so handsome when he was young.

Jia Min noticed that they were hiding behind the screen and called them out to meet their cousin.

Yanyu and Daiyu came out arm in arm and obediently said, "Hello, cousin!"

"The ancestors always remember that the two cousins ​​are the most beautiful." Jia Zhu said with a light smile when she saw their sisters.

Jia Min smiled kindly and said: "Everyday, they are like monkeys. There are no daughters like them, and mother loves them."

Jia Zhu listened carefully to what her aunt was saying, and then said with a smile: "The ancestors have always loved us juniors, and they will be happy to see our cousins."

Daiyu also thinks that this cousin speaks very nicely. No wonder she once heard her mother say that there is a big brother Zhu in her uncle's family who is the most outstanding among brothers of the same generation. Even her father is full of praise.

Jia Min talked to Jia Zhu for a while, then asked Nanny Liu to take him to the room to rest.

The nurse took Yan'er down to nurse her, Yanyu and Daiyu were brought back by the nurse, and Jia Min called Qian Yi's daughter-in-law to come in and sort out the gift lists from each family.

The Zhen family also sent a congratulatory gift, it was Mrs. Chen who was next to Mrs. Zhen's Feng family.

On the day of Yan'er's full moon banquet, Mrs. Feng brought her daughter Yinglian to congratulate her in person; Xiaoyinglian was wearing a water-red white apricot embroidered dress with an apricot flower pinned to her collar, obediently following Mrs. Zhen's side.

The famous wives and wives in Yangzhou City all came to congratulate them. Jia Min exchanged greetings with them in the main hall and arranged for the girls to play together.

Aunt Xu's youngest granddaughter, Xu Yuming, is also 12 years old, and she is the oldest among the girls; moreover, the Xu family and the Lin family have close contacts.There is also Zhuang Mu, the eighth girl of the Zhuang family in Gusu. Zhuang Mu's mother is Shi Shi, the niece of Mrs. Shi. She and Jia Min are cousins ​​and married to Jiangnan together; Afterwards, because she was obedient and well-behaved, he was willing to take her to play together.

It was rare that so many little friends came to the house, Daiyu was also very happy, and took Xiaoyinglian there.

Yu Ming and Yanyu have similar temperaments, and they get along very well.

Yu Ming is the spoiled young girl of the Xu family, lively and cheerful, pretty yet dignified.

"Sister Ming, Sister Yan." Zhuang Mu ran over to find Yu Ming and Yanyu, "Shall we go play shuttlecock together?"

Yan Yu and Yu Ming followed her, and the maid had already brought the shuttlecocks to the girls.Yanyu thought about Daiyu's poor health, maybe she should let her younger sister exercise more, so she also kicked shuttlecock with them; while Yinglian was the youngest, she could only watch her sisters play and clapped her hands happily. good.

Yu Ming was surrounded by a group of younger sisters and called his elder sister, and his whole person was in high spirits.

"Sister Mu, I heard that Lord Zhuang will be transferred back to Beijing, and you want to leave too?" Yu Ming accidentally heard the news from his parents, and now he wants to ask Zhuang Mu about it.

Zhuang Mu's small face immediately wrinkled: "Father said that Beijing is cold in winter and summer in summer, so he asked me to stay in Gusu with my grandmother."

The eighth girl of the Zhuang family is a famous medicine pot. It is said that when Master Zhuang went to Gusu to take office, she was also ill all the way, and finally survived to Gusu; after a few years of careful care, she got better and was able to come out of the house and talk to her. The sisters were joking and joking, but even so, the wet nurse was very worried.

Yanyu used her spiritual power to check Zhuang Mu's physical condition quietly, but found that her condition was different from Daiyu's.Daiyu was the root of the disease from her mother's womb, and it is not a serious problem now that she is growing up; but Zhuang Mu was entangled in the cold poison, which completely dragged her down, and she could only be with the decoction for the rest of her life.Yanyu felt in her heart that a good girl is so pitiful, she must protect her younger sister Yu'er.

The five girls played for a while, when suddenly the shuttlecock flew over the wall, Yanyu lifted her skirt and ran to pick it up, and Zhuang Mu followed her curiously.

"Sister Mu, I can do it by myself." Yanyu turned her head and told her.

Zhuang Mu stopped obediently, but suddenly saw Guanshi Qian leading two men, one old and one young, coming from the corridor towards the study, and Yanyu also looked there.

She recognized that boy as the one she met in the lane during the Lantern Festival. He was still wearing a black cloak and a bamboo hat, and followed Guanshi Qian into the study with a stern expression on his face.

"Sister Yan, Sister Yan." Yanyu was a little dazed, and only when she heard Zhuang Mu calling her did she regain her senses and pick up the shuttlecock.

Guanshi Qian brought the two of them to the study, and then he waited in front of the door and said, "Mr. Zhao, my master is already waiting in the study."

The middle-aged man was Zhao Yue, whom Lin Ruhai had mentioned earlier to invite sisters Yanyu and Daiyu to be her husband. He was only three or four years older than Lin Ruhai, but he looked pale, white-haired and weather-beaten. suffering.

Pushing open the door and entering the study, Lin Ruhai greeted him warmly: "Brother Chongqing!" Looking at the young man next to Zhao Yue, Lin Ruhai looked solemn, "Little General Mu."

"Lin Shibo, boy Zhuang Yanshen." He cupped his hands and said.

He is Mu Ran, the second son of Mu Shi, king of Dong'an County.Three years ago, the king of Dong'an County was involved in a battle for the throne among the princes. In the end, the five princes were defeated and demoted to common people. The king of Dong'an County was ransacked and executed for treason. He narrowly escaped from the capital and went all the way south to live here.After leaving the capital, Mu Yun concealed her identity and took the surname of her mother and concubine Zhuang, claiming to be a traveler traveling between the north and the south, and traveled here.

Back then when Lin Ruhai was in Beijing, he had received kindness from the King of Dong'an County, and Jia Min and Princess Zhuang were also close friends in her boudoir.And Lin Ru has been overseas for many years, and the Lin family has been loyal to the emperor and pure ministers for generations, regardless of the battle for the reserve position, so it has not been affected like Zhao Yue.

Seeing Mu Ran now again, Lin Ruhai was also emotional; but after hearing Mu Ran call himself an alias, Lin Ruhai followed suit.

Zhao Yue only said: "I heard that Brother Ruhai is happy to make Zhang Zhang. I don't have any famous buildings around me. I only gave this piece of "Painting Yuntai Mountain" by Mr. Gu in the former dynasty to my brother. There is also this inscription by Mr. Tanwei. The folding fan, I took it as a meeting gift for my two female students."

Just as Lin Ruhai was about to speak, he suddenly heard a report from Guanshi Qian outside the study: "Master, Master Zhu from Uncle's family is here to see you."