[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

Prince Shao's mansion married the concubine, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites married his daughter, which is considered to be the top annual wedding this year.

The clan's mansion in Beijing, when it comes to titles, seniority, and emperor's aspirations, they are all vaguely headed by the Prince Shao's Mansion, not to mention that the Prince Shao's Mansion is still in a special situation, and there are very few young masters in the mansion (there are two bastards in total, and one will never show up).Originally, there were not many opportunities for happy events, but this time it was the marriage of the eldest son who would inherit the throne. The Beijing family thought about Prince Shao's temper, and knew that this marriage would be extremely grand.

And the woman, Mrs. Lin, is also from a family of Liehou, and her ancestral home is still in the south——in recent years, the "ten miles of red makeup" that has gradually become popular in Beijing to marry a daughter is passed down from the south of the Yangtze River. However, the southern capital is notoriously even grander.

The threshold of Prince Shao's Mansion is high, and many people cannot enter.

But the woman is going to send a dowry in advance, and the red makeup stretches across the streets and alleys, but it is a bustling scene that everyone can see.

In fact, according to Prince Shao's wishes, he originally wanted to set the wedding day in August and September, when the autumn is breezy and breezy. At that time, it was considered a rare lukewarm season in the capital.

In mid-October, it gets a little cold.

But helplessly, after Prince Shao's Mansion sent the two people's horoscopes to the Guanxing Pavilion, the master approved a note saying that there are no good days suitable for big weddings in August and September, either it is just an ordinary auspicious day, or it is suitable to break the soil and fast, etc. But it is not a good day for a big wedding.

Only in mid-October is the auspicious day for marriage and children.

This kind of auspicious time, if it is not counted, it will be fine, once it is counted, if it is not obeyed, there will always be a lump in my heart.

King Shao had no choice but to follow Guanxing Pavilion's suggestion.

It was later discovered that, let alone, there seemed to be two brushes in Guanxing Pavilion.In August and September of this year, the capital city was engaged in the 'Beijing Camp Corruption Case' in full swing.Half of the imperial court was involved. At that time, Prince Shao's mansion was full of weddings, and most of the officials and families were worried about drinking.

Sure enough, in this October, when everything has settled down, it is even more peaceful and auspicious, and everything is suitable.

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The custom of Dazhou, related to the big wedding, is that an even number is auspicious, and it is important to carry the woman’s dowry four or six days in advance and send it to the man’s home for relatives and friends to visit.

When Lin Jiang learned about this custom in the past, he also said: "No wonder people say that 'wedding and funerals depend on family property'. Anyone who loves their daughters must prepare a dowry that can be seen." The male family pointed and pointed, it was almost half short in the past.

Folk women's dowry is small and simple, but the women's box and dowry are delivered to the man's home two days in advance.

But the bridesmaids of the official family do not only prepare dowry boxes and cages, the woman's dowry is really omnipresent, and it is not too much to say that the whole family is moved there.

Therefore, when a family marries a daughter, it is usually divided into two days to transport the dowry to the man's house. One time transports various furniture, and the next time transports the women's dowry and other things.

And the really precious and small things in the box were just passed along with the woman on the day of the wedding.

So, ten days before Daiyu's big wedding, Sister Feng packed up her simple clothes and lived in the Lin family. The next few days were actually the busiest time for the woman's family during the whole wedding process: the dowry had to be sorted out in the end. , to arrange population transport.

When it comes to the official wedding day, the woman is only busy giving off the wedding for the first half of the day, and the rest of the show is at the man's house.

The day before the dowry was to be delivered, not only Sister Feng was busy inside and out, but even Jia Mu brought Mrs. Xing over to add makeup to Daiyu herself.

Mrs. Wang was still lying there devastated - of course even if she recovered, she would never come to the Lin family's door.She hated the Lin family, especially Lin Jiang.Let her come to add makeup to Daiyu's wedding, it is better to let her hit the wall.

People are complex and multi-faceted, but they also have simple moments. There may be many calculations at ordinary times, but at a certain moment, there is only one kind of abundant and pure emotion in my heart.

Mother Jia is like this.

When she walked into Daiyu's yard, passed through the dowry that was gradually being packed in boxes on the porch, and stepped into Daiyu's boudoir, when she stood up and walked towards her, Jiamu's eyes were filled with tears .

Decades have passed.

At that time, she walked into the yard of her only daughter with such reluctance, watching Jia Min get up and walk towards her.

Back then, Jia's mother, full of reluctance and nostalgia, watched Jia Min get married, from Jia's daughter to Lin's wife.

After that, the mother and daughter lived together in Beijing for a few years.

Later, Jia Min followed Lin Ruhai to the south of the Yangtze River, where he eventually died of illness, and the mother and daughter never had time to meet again.

So this time, when Jia Mu suddenly saw Daiyu preparing to get married, her whole body was hit by memories of the past, and she was immersed in longing for her daughter.

And Daiyu also felt what Jiamu was thinking when she saw Jiamu suddenly lose her composure and burst into tears.

Maybe Jia's mother pointed at Jia Min's and cried many times before, and there were many moments of ulterior motives.But this time, Daiyu could feel Jiamu's wholehearted sadness and longing.

The grandparents and grandchildren wept for a moment.

The atmosphere was so sad that even Mrs. Xing, who had no impression of Jia Min, wiped her tears.

It was Mammy Xia and others who hurried up to persuade, and gradually persuaded.

And Jia's mother's momentary out-of-control feelings gradually came back, she stopped her tears and pulled Daiyu and said, "My good boy, come and see what I added to your make-up."

What Jia Mu brought was really good stuff from the bottom of the box, definitely the kind that would be worth putting in the palace, and the makeup was generous.

Of course, it's not all about emotional factors, it's more about the power of the Lin family.The Ningguo Mansion is gone, and even the Wang family has completely collapsed. Naturally, the Jia family wholeheartedly wants to establish a good relationship with the Lin family.

Speaking of which, during the time when Wang Ziteng and Wei Renyu were fighting in full swing, even when Wei Ren deliberately showed weakness and fell into the disadvantage and asked himself to be guilty, the Jia family did not come out to stand for Wang Ziteng, and did not step on it.

It made Lin Jiang feel a little bit emotional: Jia's family didn't stand in line with Wang's family. I don't know if it was Jia's mother's concern or Jia Amnesty, the new head's idea.

For this matter, the relationship between the Lin family and the Rongguo Mansion remains as usual.

Jia's mother gave her some make-up, and told Daiyu many girls' private rooms, and she didn't go back until lunch in the afternoon.

And Mrs. Xing looked at the bustling and bustling Lin family, so she couldn't help saying to Mother Jia: "My niece is waiting to be married now, and the most important thing to take care of is that I don't have to worry about it. Although Sister Feng is capable, she is not superhuman. I'm afraid she can't be too busy. Come on, old lady, how about I come over and take care of you for a few days?"

Mother Jia was a little hesitant: It is fair to say that, since my mother is gone, it is actually very reasonable for my aunt to come to help.

But Daiyu's two aunts are really special.

Mrs. Xing is the continuation. In the eyes of Jia Mu, this eldest daughter-in-law is not only from a poor background, but also has never taken care of the family to take care of important affairs; not to mention Mrs. Wang, she just lay down and said, "I will die if I die." It's like not helping the Lin family'.

Mother Jia didn't have the nerve to ask them to help before, maybe they came and put up the aunt's money, and even made trouble the other way around.

Seeing Mrs. Xing's request at this meeting, Mother Jia hesitated, and became embarrassed for a while. Seeing this, Daiyu said happily, "Thank you for your love. If my aunt's family is busy, it will be great if you can move here and sit in town." alright."

These words were given to Mrs. Xing under the steps.

Just now Mrs. Xing was quick-talking, and she asked for orders without thinking too much. It is only natural for her aunt to help her niece get married, but Mrs. Jia refused to agree. Since she came from a low family background, she was afraid of embarrassing the Rongguo Mansion and her granddaughter!

So much so that Mrs. Xing was extremely embarrassed.

And Daiyu saved her back with just one word.

Mother Jia nodded when she heard the words, and added a few words by the way to give Mrs. Xing some face: "It's a good thing if you are willing to help. It's just that I just thought about it. Sister Feng is not at home. How can Tanchun and the girls go?" Young, if there is anything at home, I am afraid I will find you, the eldest wife - but Yu'er's marriage is more important, since you are interested, come and help for two days."

Seeing that Mother Jia rarely gave her face, Mrs. Xing turned her embarrassment into joy and hurriedly responded.

When Sister Feng heard that Mrs. Xing was coming to the Lin family to help with the cooking, she was not dissatisfied: in fact, Mrs. Xing is more careful than her when it comes to handling money and checking the detailed accounts.

So Sister Feng immediately vacated the main seat and let Mrs. Xing take the seat, and she only stood beside her.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xing plowed through the list of various utensils in the dowry first, and approved the number.Then, regardless of my age, I personally walked to the two warehouses where the furniture was placed, looked at each of them, and instructed the servants in various ways, how to lift and place them, and not even a little bit of varnish was damaged.

Mrs. Xing stood beside the two large and expensive glass screens for half a day, personally instructing the servants to wrap them up tightly, not even revealing the seams before she was willing to leave.

Nanny Xia was also busy keeping her feet on the ground, but when she passed Mrs. Xing, she looked at her with admiration, and whispered to Daiyu, "I never imagined that the eldest lady would be as good as Second Grandma Lian in taking care of these things."

Indeed, Mrs. Xing was more careful and considerate than Sister Feng when she took care of valuables.After all, her background caused her to cherish things more than Sister Feng.

It's just that Mrs. Xing has never taken care of major affairs no matter whether she is in her boudoir or at Jia's house, and she is really not good at arranging and dispatching personnel.

Sister Feng saw that there was no problem in handing over the dowry items to Mrs. Xing, so she went to make overall arrangements for the people who will carry the things tomorrow.

And Mrs. Xing was so tired after watching the people wrapping the utensils, she walked back to the small flower hall where Sister Feng was, and asked the maid who brought her with her to beat her legs and waist quickly, and she listened to Sister Feng while resting. Scheduling population.

Besides, Mrs. Xing used to be a little jealous of her daughter-in-law being able to manage the house, but she couldn't figure it out as a mother-in-law.

It's just that she has never seen Sister Feng dispatching personnel work before, and seeing it for the first time today, she can't help feeling that it makes sense for the old lady to let Brother Feng be the housekeeper. Not messy.

It can be said that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are cooperating for the first time in a serious matter, and they are actually quite happy, and at the same time they look at each other with admiration.

At night, after everything was settled, Daiyu naturally bought wine in the courtyard to entertain Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng.

After Lin Jiang came out of the palace that day, he didn't go back to the Wei Mansion, but also came to the Lin family to join this small banquet.

These days when Daiyu was about to get married, Lin Jiang had already made an agreement with Wei Ren: Don't wait for me, I won't go home, I want to go back to my mother's house to stay with my sister until she gets married.

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Lin Jiang did not come empty-handed to join this small banquet, she also contributed the last small barrel of amber wine she treasured.

Originally Mrs. Xing seldom drank alcohol in Jia's house: After all, Jia Amnesty only drank with his little wife in his arms, and did not invite Mrs. Xing to join him.As for the family banquet that Jiamu brought the daughter-in-law and juniors at home, Mrs. Xing was not interested in sitting in it, she just had a drink with Jiamu, and that's all.

But today was a rare opportunity for Mrs. Xing to show her talents, so she felt happy. The amber wine was delicious, so she couldn't help drinking two more glasses.

When he got a little drunk, the chatterbox opened.

From Daiyu's dowry to her own dowry.

Mrs. Xing had a look of nostalgia on her face: "There are three sisters in our family. When my mother passed away, the two younger sisters and one younger brother were very young. I also packed up and got married by myself."

The Xing family is just an ordinary official. Back then, they were able to get married to a mansion like the Rongguo Mansion, even as a stepwife, and many local people almost lost their eyes with envy.

However, the family background of the Xing family was mediocre, and Mrs. Xing's biological mother had left early, so she had to save for her eldest daughter, and worked hard to prepare a very decent dowry in her opinion.

It's just that the dowry she tried her best to get for herself was quite simple and shabby in the eyes of the Jia family at that time, and even the Jia family now.

The Xing family's dowry was delivered, and no one else needed to point it out. The Rongguo Mansion looked shameful and feared that the in-laws would make fun of it. At that time, Jia's mother made the decision.

It was fooled in front of the relatives, but this matter cannot be hidden from the subordinates of the Rongguo Mansion. They all know that the new lady who is about to start has no money.

So after Mrs. Xing got married, she never had a chance to integrate into Jia's family and became an embarrassment.

Also from that time on, Mrs. Xing always felt that she was inferior to Mrs. Wang, and she had to haggle over everything with the second room.Of course, it's not just her who thinks so, but everyone in the house thinks so.

In front of the two juniors here, Mrs. Xing didn't express her sorrows so clearly in the past, she just sighed: "The most important thing in this marriage is that the family is right, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to marry high, and there will always be some crooked intentions in the heart of those who marry low. It's like a loss, no matter how difficult it is to reconcile."

Speaking of the dowry, Lin Jiang smiled and shook his wine glass: "I heard that when Princess Qiyang got married, she carried the dowry for four days. Old example."

In fact, according to the dowry that Lin Ruhai prepared for Daiyu, it would take four days if it was carried slowly and carefully to Prince Shao's mansion.

But that would be too ostentatious and presumptuous, directly violating the rules of the princess in the palace.So Lin Ruhai also took pains to simplify, select the best from the best, and reluctantly cut some items that were not needed temporarily from the dowry list, and prepared to give them to his daughter slowly in the future.As for Sister Feng, she also arranged enough manpower to schedule the dowry delivery within two days.

Mrs. Xing's words became smoother and smoother. When Lin Jiang talked about the eldest princess, she said: "This is the emperor's family marrying a daughter. Naturally, it costs money like water. How can ordinary people afford such a large dowry? Think about it, this is amazing." It’s not a one-off business, the girl has to hold a banquet when she returns home for three dynasties, and she has to give a gift during the New Year’s festival.

And all the people here, except Mrs. Xing, are really girls from everyone, and they have never suffered from money.Hearing Mrs. Xing talk about some people's faces being swollen to pretend to be fat, in order not to lose face, they had to borrow money to buy their daughter's dowry and other things, and they were a little overwhelmed.

For Mrs. Xing, it was rare for someone to listen to her attentively, which inevitably made her speak even more emotionally.

Mrs. Xing is an expert in seeing money. After looking at Daiyu's dowry, she knew how much money and effort Lin Ruhai had spent in it. Bring the capital.

After many years of sadness, Mrs. Xing said boldly: "You ladies who live in the deep house compound don't know that many people outside think that a daughter is a loser after giving birth, and it is good to sell a daughter. The girl was thrown outside or drowned."

"There are very few people who love their daughters like my aunt."

Sister Feng was just listening, but seeing Mrs. Xing getting more and more sad, and the topic getting more and more serious, she hurriedly dragged back: "Madam, did you drink too much wine, please cook a bowl of noodles to eat, or drink more." It hurts my stomach."

Sister Feng wanted to diverge, but Daiyu asked carefully instead, asking Mrs. Xing to explain in detail.

Now Daiyu is no longer a girl who is not in the book, does not know the ticket, and is locked in the Rongguo Mansion and knows nothing about foreign affairs.But after all, she is a young lady who grew up in Gaoliang Jinxiu, and Lin Ruhai loves her very much. For her, selling her sons and daughters to separate her flesh and blood is the suffering in the world she knows.

But the fact that she personally killed herself and gave birth to her daughter in October of her pregnancy was really shocking to her.

In the past few years, Daiyu has been in charge of the Lin family, and has also compiled medical books with Lin Jiang, so she is determined to do something.

Seeing that Daiyu wanted to listen, Lin Jiang also said something, most of which were folk things told by the older court ladies.

When Mrs. Xing heard Lin Jiang mentioning the old maids, she said even more: "Even if I'm sitting at home, I've heard of it. Linyuan is deliberately looking for a way out for the palace maids who are old enough to leave the palace and have no one to rely on. Reliably go to your family's medical center to do work."

"Naturally, you are kind-hearted and considerate of their difficulties and sufferings. But after all, you are still an official lady who has never suffered. Just looking at these old palace ladies, I think they are the most miserable. I don't know how many girls in the world are born with Make people drown and choke to death."

"These girls raised by their parents and then sold to the palace are regarded as valued by the family, and they are willing to keep them. How many people in the folk, when the first daughter came out, they thought it was rare and would keep them. When it comes to the second one, many of them are simply discarded.”[1]

Seeing Daiyu's expression, Lin Jiang knew what she was thinking.

In fact, with the completion of the medical center, the medical books published by bookstores these days have become more and more professional.There is a specialization in surgery, and it is still the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital, who are more proficient in compiling medical books.

These days are busy with the preparations before marriage, Daiyu has no time to take care of other things, but in the days after marriage, she definitely doesn't want to just hang around in the back house of Prince Shao's mansion, but also wants to do some things of her own.

Sure enough, Daiyu said to Mrs. Xing: "Auntie, I know that there are shantangs outside that specialize in adopting abandoned children. If there are shantangs that specialize in adopting baby girls, those parents who can't afford or don't want to raise their daughters can send their daughters to you. Entering the Shantang, it doesn't cost money, so you don't have to hurt his life."

Mrs. Xing was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "If so, I'm afraid it will be better."

"No hurry." Lin Jiang said to Daiyu: "In two months, it will be Chinese New Year. Every New Year's Day, the royal family members starting from the queen mother will do good deeds. The most common thing is to set up porridge sheds. The act of sending money and food to various charitable halls in Beijing."

"Concubine Shao must also bring her clan members to do this."

"My sister has this intention, and it happens that I can do this with the concubine at that time." This is the rule in Beijing. Girls in the boudoir and young wives have to be pointed at what they do. It is different to have an elder as a protective umbrella.

Mrs. Xing nodded beside her, and suddenly took Sister Feng's hand: "Exactly, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law want to stay together and take care of some household affairs together, so that they know how good each other is. Today, I know how much Sister Feng used to do. Disaster."

Sister Feng was stunned.

This is where the sun came out, and Mrs. Xing actually pulled her and began to praise her!

Wang Xifeng was rarely speechless, and Lin Jiang couldn't help laughing.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xing had some wine today, and she didn't notice Sister Feng's sluggishness. She put down Sister Feng's hand, and said to Daiyu: "Niece, if you want to set up a charity hall for baby girls in your palace, I will I’m idle at home anyway, and I’m willing to help you.”

Sister Feng was even more surprised than before: Yaoshou, is it possible that the eldest wife is going to give money from her private house to Shantang?The eldest wife is going to take money out!Isn't this scarier than praising her?

But soon, Sister Feng discovered that her mother-in-law still stood up to the love of money.

It is still possible to contribute, but it is not possible to contribute money.

Mrs. Xing then added: "Although I don't have any money, I can help you manage the women and children of Shantang. You are all Miss Jiao. I don't know where you are from. There is a kind of old woman who is bad. For example, some old nuns in the pickled nunnery specially tricked the girls to force them to do something..."

Although she stopped talking, everyone could think of what was going on.

Both Lin Jiang and Daiyu nodded: It is true that there must be someone who understands the market like Mrs. Xing, understands the market outside, and is strict in money management.

After all, Princess Shao is also a person who grew up in a honeypot, similar to Daiyu, she has never seen and will not think too much about the darkness at the bottom.Don't think they have good intentions, and they spent money and effort to build a charity hall, but the girls who were hurt went into another kind of hell.

So Lin Jiang raised his glass to Mrs. Xing: "The eldest wife can be regarded as the prison censor!"

Mrs. Xing was still a little shy after a long absence in her joy, and said anxiously: "Here, I will help a little, even if the Linyuan is boasting like this. Alas, it is not troublesome to raise some girls. When they are a little older, they will be more comfortable." I can make a living for myself.”

Lin Jiang nodded in agreement: Speaking of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the thing that suits her most is that the court explicitly forbids women's footbinding.

Since there is no restriction of such bad habits, women have a pair of natural feet, in fact, they are not inferior to men whether they are farming masterpieces or farming fish and animal husbandry.There are even some women who are not inferior to thin men in carrying coolies.

Daiyu already had a plan in mind: in the Girls’ Charity Hall, call some old, childless and helpless women to teach the girls some daily labor such as farming, silkworm rearing, and female red.On the one hand, it will allow those women some benefits to live on, and on the other hand, it will also allow these girls to have the ability to support themselves in the future.

Women never lack the tenacity to work hard and endure the hardships of life. What they need is just a chance to survive when they are babies.

This evening's small banquet was still accepted by Sister Feng.

She raised her glass and said with a smile: "I'm a person who can't wait to see what's in front of me. Now let's send Sister Lin out of the house in a good way. We can discuss other ideas slowly. There will be a long time in the future."

The cups touched lightly, and there was a crisp and sweet blessing.