The maid of the red house

But she said that Daiyu went back to Zhou's house before the snow geese. Mrs. Zhou got the news early. Although she knew she was safe, she was very anxious and waited in the upper room. , and asked if she and Zhou Hong were safe on the road, etc. After she finished asking, Dai Yufang paid homage to her mother-in-law again.

Zhou Yan heard Daiyu say that she had brought a lot of earthen ritual gifts, such as new tea fans, incense beads, clay figurines, silk tapestry, etc., and said with a smile: "It's a pity that it's already autumn, and the fan is actually useless."

Daiyu smiled and said: "The fan will not be damaged anyway, if you don't use it this year, then use it next year."

Zhou Hong nodded with a smile, and asked, "Big brother didn't come back with his sister-in-law, did he go to Beijing?"

Daiyu said: "Although this trip to the south is to accompany me to pay respects to my parents, but I also have errands assigned by the saints. After finishing the official business, I will go to Gusu to meet with me, so now I go to pay the order first, and I can go home after I answer the message. .”

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said nothing, and asked half a day: "What embarrassing things did you encounter in Gusu?"

Just as Daiyu was about to answer, she saw Steward Wang's wife coming and said, "The things outside have already arrived, I asked my wife where to move."

Mrs. Zhou asked in surprise, "What? The earthen ritual gifts brought by your grandma have already been delivered, what else is there?"

Steward Wang's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "It's the dowry Mrs. Lin left for grandma. My wife forgot? I sent someone early to say that I still have a lot of things to go back to Beijing with my uncle and grandma. Let the housekeeper take someone to bring them back with a car."

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "Look at my memory, how could I forget this important matter. Since it is your grandma's dowry, no matter how much it is, it will be sent to their yard for your grandma to keep. Our Zhou family does not have a beautiful daughter-in-law." The reason for the dowry."

Steward Wang promised to go out and pass on the message, Daiyu hurriedly ordered Zijuan to open the storeroom and the ear room, and ordered the mother-in-law to take it in. Thinking that Xueyan once said that Lin Ruhai gave her the things, they were still brought back together with these things, and they had not been separated. Then he told Zicuckoo: "I remember that there are several boxes of clothes in it, and some jewelry, calligraphy, painting, gold and other things are moved to the small warehouse in my room."

Zijuan laughed and said, "Even if the girl doesn't tell me, I have to ask the women to arrange these precious things elsewhere."

Daiyu smiled slightly, and Zicuckoo hurried over.

Mrs. Zhou didn't ask how much Daiyu brought, but Zhou Yan was curious about how Lin Ruhai hid the things privately. She pulled Daiyu to ask what happened. In the underground secret room built more than a year ago, my late father stored his things there, if it wasn't for this trip back, I wouldn't even know about it."

Mrs. Zhou said: "This is amazing, how come you don't even know about it? I'm also surprised, I've never heard you say it before, but suddenly there is a letter saying that there are many dowry items, and I haven't seen it on the dowry list. "

Daiyu explained with a smile: "It's not intentional to hide it, but my father only told Xueyan about it, and I didn't even know where I hid it. When I returned to the south, Xueyan revealed it and showed me the order. Bring it back, it was written on the dowry list, but it’s very vague, I’m afraid no one will pay attention.”

Mrs. Zhou was suddenly blessed, and said: "I mean, when I saw your dowry list, why did it say the number of things in the dowry ancestral house and the number of things in the house? I think that's what it means."

Daiyu said: "It was Xueyan's idea, and it was also in order not to make too much publicity."

Mrs. Zhou said: "This girl can really hold her own. Isn't Mrs. Lin afraid that the snow geese will get up and sneak away first?"

Daiyu hurriedly smiled and said: "Madam doesn't know, Xueyan is not such a person, if so, why bother to abscond, anyway, she has already obtained her contract of selling herself, even if I leave, I have nothing to do, but she doesn't, you can see her heart."

Mrs. Zhou was startled, and said, "When did you give her the deed of sale?"

Daiyu replied: "It has been several years. At that time, I lived in my grandmother's house. I thought I had no future. I took the deed of sale, and she could find a way out by herself, so I gave it to her."

Mrs. Zhou said: "It's true that you are so courageous, thanks to Xueyan's loyalty. If it's someone else, let's see where you cry."

Daiyu smiled and said nothing.

Zhou Yan was stunned when she heard that, remembering that when she first saw Xueyan, she spoke and behaved generously, stepped forward in a crisis, comforted herself and her brothers, and asked unconsciously: "Sister-in-law said that Xueyan has already escaped?" Registered? Sister-in-law is willing?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "Her household registration has always been with me, but after all, she is from Gusu, and she is still in Gusu. It is no different than me getting married and coming to our house, so this time she went south and sent people to the yamen in Gusu. Moved her household registration to the capital, she is still with me now, but after the matter is over, she will go back to her own home, she has a house next to Master Zuodu Censor Ji, which was left to her by Aunt Nanhua Yes, it’s only two streets away from our house, even though we’ve been there, we can visit often.”

Zhou Yan was very reluctant after hearing this.

Mrs. Zhou recalled that Xueyan was Nan Hua's younger sister, and she couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The two sisters are really a pair of loyal people. Thanks to the trust of my old in-laws, she invited you over when she opened the door. If she got some ink from it, you And how do you know?"

Daiyu thought for a while, then sighed: "Not to mention that she is not such a person, but to keep some of them privately, but she deserves it. If it wasn't for her, how would I be able to keep these things? What's more, my father had a foresight When teaching me, not only did he tell me that there are about a million of them, I am afraid that my uncle also knows that there are probably so many, so he guards against her first, how much can she be greedy? When my father told her this secret, he still I left something for her as a thank you."

Mrs. Zhou couldn't help saying: "My old in-laws are really very considerate in their actions."

Before she finished praising her, Zhou Yan said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, did I hear you right? You said Master Lin left a million dollars?"

Mrs. Zhou was also stunned when she heard this sentence.

Daiyu nodded slightly, and said in a low voice, "Father has worked so hard for me that I don't even know how to repay it."

Rao, Mrs. Zhou, mother and daughter, have always been stable. Hearing that Daiyu admitted that she brought millions of dollars back to Beijing, she couldn't help but gasp. There are many, and the total of their family is only 30 million taels of silver, which is only the same as Daiyu's previous dowry. Now that there are so many, Daiyu is actually the richest man in the house.

The maids who were accompanying her were also very surprised. Grandma actually brought millions of dollars into the house?

After Mrs. Zhou was shocked, she was very happy in her heart. No matter how much dowry Daiyu had, although the mansion could not get it or use it, it would be passed on to her grandson in the future, and it was still given to her family.

Speaking of Daiyu, the daughter-in-law, she is indifferent to fame and fortune, honest and innocent, since she entered the house with a large dowry, she has neither flaunted her power nor caused troubles, and never competed with herself for power and profit, and only took care of Zhou Hong wholeheartedly, or talked with herself, or Playing with Zhou Yan, there is no other one in the capital. Mrs. Zhou is already satisfied, and now that she hears about this, she likes her even more.

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Daiyu joked to Zhou Yan with a smile: "Don't worry, you will leave the pavilion tomorrow, and I will pick some good things to add makeup to you, which is also my heart."

Zhou Yan blushed immediately, and said dissatisfiedly: "Sister-in-law, you are still laughing at me!"

With such a sentence, the silence in the room was resolved, and everyone laughed.

Mrs. Zhou asked: "You brought these things back this time, does your grandmother know?"

Daiyu was silent for a moment, then said softly: "I kept this matter from people at the beginning, how could my grandmother know? It's just that my grandmother is getting old, but now I bring these things back, I feel really uncomfortable." After finishing speaking, she sighed deeply. .

Mrs. Zhou said: "I understand what you said, but there are many people at the ferry, and our family is carrying all these things, so we can't hide it from people."

Daiyu remembered that Zhou Hong had said that Emperor Changqian had ordered him to do so, so she still couldn't help but feel a little sad.

She has a clear mind, and she just doesn't talk about some things. Others say that the Rongguo Mansion is greedy for ink, but to be honest, besides the Rongguo Mansion, who else can her father entrust?Those members of the Lin family who have passed the fifth service are probably worse than the Rongguo Mansion. At least there is still a grandmother who loves him in the Rongguo Mansion.When others accused Rongguo Mansion of being righteous, it was because they didn't get it, so they were able to do so. If three or four million things were in front of their eyes, they would only act like Rongguo Mansion, but they did it better than Rongguo Mansion.

Seeing that she was silent, Mrs. Zhou knew that she was talking about her pain, so she hurriedly said: "Just now you said that Xueyan was about to leave the citizenship, so why didn't you come back with you? I didn't see her."

Daiyu said: "Let her watch the luggage and things on the boat."

Mrs. Zhou listened, nodded and said: "That's right, I have to have a confidant to watch over it carefully."

Daiyu said again: "I came back and brought someone with me. I went to Beijing to find a girl. I begged me to take her all the way to Beijing and live in our mansion for a while. I asked her to come and say hello. When I was young, I arranged her to live in the snow. In the goose room."

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly asked who it was and what the origin was. Daiyu thought about it, and then told the whole story.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou sighed and said: "It's really pitiful for the parents of the world. They have been looking for them for more than ten years. It's hard for her to be an old man." After finishing speaking, she hurriedly asked someone to come in.

Xueyan was busy watching people pack their things, while Zhen's wife followed Daiyu into the mansion, she was outside the upper room with the little maids and mothers-in-law, when she heard that Madam Zhou was going to see her, she hurriedly adjusted her clothes and walked in. , bowed his head respectfully.

Mrs. Zhou saw that although she was poor, she behaved well, she first liked her a little bit, and then thought of her love for daughters in order to find her daughter, so she hurriedly asked someone to show her a seat, asked a few words, and answered clearly , then turned around and asked Daiyu, "Since her daughter is a concubine in the Xue family in the Rongguo Mansion, what can you do to reunite their mother and daughter?"

Daiyu told Xueyan what she had said earlier.

Mrs. Zhou said: "Although it may not be possible, but at least I have some hope. I only hope that the Xue family will be more reasonable."

Daiyu sighed and said, "For the time being, this is the only way. If not, then think of another way."

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said nothing.

Not long after all the outside things were moved in, Xueyan also returned, first took the luggage and arranged it properly, and then selected some exquisite and decent earthen ritual gifts and sent them to the upper room, and sent them to Zhou Yan brothers and sisters.

It was late in the evening when Kankan was done. As soon as Zhou Hong came back, the family waited to clean up the couple.

The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, not only the Zhou family enjoyed the full moon, but also the Rongguo Mansion.

After worshiping the moon in front of Jiayin Hall, Mother Jia said that it is good to enjoy the moon on the mountain. When I arrived at Tubi Mountain Villa on the mountain, it was fine to hear the jokes made by Jia Zheng. Le Zhiyi also felt desolate in the middle of the night, and said: "At the beginning, this was Yu'er's name, but now she is not here anymore."

Sister Feng hurriedly persuaded: "No matter how good Sister Lin is, she is someone else's daughter-in-law now. She just returned to Beijing yesterday. Naturally, she will have to spend the fifteenth day at home before she can visit the ancestor. By then, the ancestor will like it very much!"

Jia Mu hurriedly said, "When did Yu'er come back? You didn't even tell me."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I just returned to Beijing yesterday, just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Their house is not allowed to welcome the couple? Besides, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival today, so there's no reason to come here."

She only said what Jia Mu liked, but she didn't dare to say that the rumors on the ferry had already spread in the capital.

It turned out that the rumors at the ferry crossed from one to another, and everyone knew that when Daiyu returned to the south to worship her parents, she brought back the dowry things that Lin Ruhai secretly hid in her. , when the second door was gossiping, Ping'er heard it, and came back and told Sister Feng that Lin Ruhai had been guarding the Rongguo Mansion a long time ago, so only 20 taels of silver were distributed to three places for Daiyu to keep, and then hid No one will know about the huge sum of money.

Sister Feng was terrified when she learned about it. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner and Jia's mother was getting old again, she hurriedly ordered people to shut up, not to spread it to the old lady's mouth, and did not tell Mrs. Wang and so on. She only talked about it with Jia Lian at night.

After two years of recuperation, Sister Feng has returned to her old self. Recently, seeing that the mansion has become more and more difficult, she just moved a lot of unused gold, silver, copper and tin guys and pawned a few hundred taels of silver for Mrs. Xing's festival. In two months, Jia Lian was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He wished he could flatter Sister Feng every day. Hearing this, he also sighed, "I heard about it a long time ago outside. I'm really ashamed. I don't know Lin How did my uncle hide it, obviously I didn't see any movement from him when I was in the south of the Yangtze River."

Sister Feng gave him a sideways look and said, "If you can see through it, how did Uncle Lin manage to be a salt censor for many years?" But in her heart she was thinking that at such a young age, Daiyu was able to keep such possessions, not to mention that when she got married, she would not Don't say it, it can be seen that I am also guarding against the mansion in my heart.

Jia Lian also laughed, and said: "Exactly. I never thought that we could talk about all the things of the Lin family. Who would have thought that they had hidden millions of things earlier. I heard that those are good things. Although It’s not comparable to the big shops like Grange shops, but it’s far from the antiques, calligraphy and paintings that our family got.”

Sister Feng was surprised and said: "The ones I got earlier are very decent in the garden. Does the Lin family have better ones?"

Jia Lian said: "It's a pity that I was a step late when I heard the news, and I didn't see it. But people who have heard it say that it is hard to tell what is in the cage, but there are eleven boxes that are probably filled with gold. You can see it at a glance." It can be seen, otherwise, what could be so heavy? There are many large pieces of furniture, except that there is no golden nanmu, and the rest are made of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood. I said that when I packed things, Why are the dowry items of the mistress of the Lin family not complete, it turned out that they were all left to sister Lin first."

Sister Feng was very envious when she heard it, and sighed: "Sister Lin's dowry when she got married was already superior to all others, and now she has a fortune of millions, so why not make everyone jealous? We don't know, let's just do it, we know. , I don’t even know what the idea is.”

Jia Lian said, "What's your idea? It's envy and jealousy. I can't think of anything other than these two thoughts."

After hearing this, Sister Feng took it for granted.

Jia Lian thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "You also often go to Sister Lin's place, thinking about how many benefits you have gained from Sister Lin, and if you go now, she will not turn you away."

Sister Feng said angrily: "What are you talking about? In the past, Sister Lin didn't leave the court, so we just messed around. Now she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. Do you think General Zhou is easy to bully? You still have her idea! Thank you for being able to open your mouth, I see, let's live an honest life, you have a wife, I have a dowry, and I have saved them for my son."

Jia Lian was very surprised when he heard this, and said, "Why did your temper change?"

Sister Feng touched her lower abdomen, her face was full of tenderness, and she said, "I'm just accumulating virtue for my son. Think about it, how much have the two of us made over the years? It's not like you don't know what's going on in the house now, so why bother thinking about it? The money in it is not as much as yours and mine. Tomorrow, I will ask Sister Lin to see what she can do, so we can live without haggling."

As soon as Jia Lian heard about his son, Jia Lian threw his previous thoughts to the wind, nodded and said: "You are right, I am not as good as you."

Sister Feng smiled slightly, pushed Jia Lian to Ping'er, and then closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After being taught by Nanny Rong several times, Sister Feng didn't care much about Jia Lian, she only cared about her children.She was originally a very scheming person, so of course she would not leave Daiyu far away, she was deeply envious of Daiyu's ability, and because of her benefits, she was pregnant today, seeing Daiyu get better and better, it is beyond the reach of the mansion , I just wish I could go over to flatter you right away, but I'm not willing to make any plans.

Therefore, Sister Feng has kept it from Jia Mu and others so far, and only waited for the Mid-Autumn Festival to wait for the opportunity to tell Jia Mu slowly.

It happened that Mrs. Xing Wang, Sanchun sister Baoyu and others were all there. After hearing this, only Baoyu didn't care about it, and the rest were all shocked, and couldn't help but look at each other. I didn't expect Lin Daiyu to have a million dowry in addition to hundreds of thousands of dowry. capital.

Sister Feng looked up at everyone's expressions, sneered in her heart, and bowed her head in silence, not to mention them, even when she just got the news, she was very surprised.

When Jiamu heard what she said, she was eating tea, her hands trembled, the tea bowl fell to the ground and was smashed, and her skirt was wet.

Sister Feng was shocked, so she brought someone up to clean it up herself, and ordered people to sweep out the broken pieces of the tea bowl, and comforted Jiamu.

Jiamu said with a wry smile, "I didn't expect my aunt to be on guard against us everywhere!"

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "My ancestors, don't blame Sister Lin, my aunt is on guard against us, even Sister Lin doesn't know about it!"

When Jia Mu heard this, she hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Mrs. Wang and others also looked at Sister Feng, wanting to know the truth.

Sister Feng said: "Second Master goes out to inquire every day, and after a lot of talking, he only found out from the people of Zhou's family who went south that these properties are not even known to their grandma, and have always been guarded by that girl Xueyan. I didn’t tell Sister Lin until I got back to the south, just like the gold that Sang and Ji’s family collected back then, Sister Lin didn’t know anything about it.”

It turned out that Mrs. Zhou defended Daiyu everywhere. She had experienced more things than others. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, when she learned that someone had quietly come to their house to ask people about these things, she ordered them to pretend to be a slip of the tongue and say these things. Daiyu didn't know about it, only Xueyan, a girl, knew about it, and she didn't tell it until she went south. After she came back, Daiyu ordered people to keep her mouth shut, not to talk about it, just to protect the face of her grandmother's family, but she didn't expect that at the ferry Someone guessed something like this, so Sister Feng only said this today.

Jia's mother said: "I knew that my Yu'er would not hide it from me like this. It turned out that the girl Xueyan guarded everything, and she really guarded it. We didn't realize it at all."

After finishing speaking, Jia Mu sighed: "That's good too, anyway, leave more things for Yu'er, otherwise there is nothing left."

Sister Feng agreed: "What the old lady said is that the hearts of parents in the world are pitiful. Uncle Lin only has one daughter, Sister Lin, so it is natural to arrange things properly. Although Uncle Lin is hiding it from us, Sister Lin is not such a person, and she loves to respect the elderly in her heart." Madame, I just sent a post, saying that I will come to see the old lady in two days and apologize."

Jia's mother said: "It's all her father's work. What crime is she asking for? She is really a good boy with a solid heart."

Mrs. Wang said: "Girl Feng, you said Xueyan guarded it?"

After hearing this, Sister Feng smiled and said, "It's not her! I never thought that Uncle Lin would entrust such an important matter to a little girl. We don't even know that the snow geese have been jumping up and down for so long in front of us. .She was really able to hold on, and she didn't reveal any rumors, even sister Lin didn't know about it."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "My aunt really trusts her."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "I also said the same thing. Could it be that our relatives are not as trustworthy as a little girl? Uncle Pian Lin told Xue Yan to be alone, and she was not allowed to tell Sister Lin that if Xue Yan absconded with a secret , What can Sister Lin get? I don’t know what Uncle Lin thinks.”

Mrs. Wang said: "It's just that you don't believe us."

After hearing this, Sister Feng didn't speak.

Mother Jia said in a deep voice: "Okay, what time is it, why do you still care about these things? If it weren't for our house to act like that, why would my aunt have to go to such lengths? I finally left something for Yu'er, so you can talk about it here This is what Yu’er said. She is kind, she doesn’t want to let others know, and there are many people with bright eyes and bright hearts, and they don’t think about what to do in our house.”

Mrs. Wang said: "It's spread like this, what else can I do? I can only ignore everything."

Jia Mu sighed and said, "That's the only way."

But the servant's mouth is not easy to seal, even if he doesn't say it on the surface, he can't stop talking in private, just say: "It is said that Miss Bao's family is a millionaire, but the Xue family and Uncle Xue can Give her so much dowry? Look at Miss Lin, she is really blessed, with such a dowry alone, she can eat and drink for the rest of her life, and her parents-in-law like it."

Aunt Zhao has always been on good terms with these women. After hearing this, she hurriedly asked about it. When she learned that Daiyu still had a dowry of one million yuan, she had already brought it back from the south. Chun Chu told her, and enviously said: "Who would have thought that Miss Lin is so rich. If I knew it, I should flatter her. A little leakage from between the fingers is enough for the girl to make a dowry, and she is better than the girl. Well, I don’t know how much better the wife can give as a dowry.”

Tanchun was frightened and angry, so angry that he burst into tears, and said: "It belongs to Sister Lin. No matter how much she has, there is no reason to prepare a dowry for me. What is Auntie talking about? Tell me how to behave in front of my wife." ?”

Seeing that she was crying so much, Aunt Zhao felt a little bored, and said angrily, "Didn't I think of the girl? The girl still blamed me. I'm telling the truth. Miss Lin is so rich and generous. Give the girl something. Better than the mansion, how much can the mansion give the girl? They still talk about me."

After saying this, seeing that Tanchun was pale and weak, Aunt Zhao hurried away.

There are only two servants Tanchun in Qiushuangzhai, and the servants have been stunned for a long time. While handing Tanchun a handkerchief, he said: "Is it true that as my aunt said, Mrs. Lin kept it for Miss Lin privately?" A huge dowry? It's appalling."

Tanchun wiped away his tears, and said, "What kind of person is Uncle Lin? I knew from the time when Sister Lin got married, and I knew about the other money in the box. There must be other arrangements, but I didn't expect the secret to be hidden in Xueyan There is nothing good about a little girl except that she is more shrewd and has better calligraphy, so why is she so trusted by Uncle Lin?"

The secretary was also puzzled, and said: "That's right, if someone else is hiding such a secret, they can't be majestic in front of Miss Lin, but she doesn't, it's really rare."

Tanchun bowed his head in thought and didn't mention it.

This is the case in the inside, but the previous two places, Jia She and Jia Zheng, are different. When Jia Zheng learned about it, he felt ashamed, but Jia She jumped up, pointed at Jia Lian and cursed: "Look at the good things you did, why didn't you do it in the first place?" Notice that my aunt has hidden something?"

Jia Lian stood aside with her head bowed, and said in a low voice, "My son really doesn't know what my uncle did, and my uncle didn't make any movement."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered that Lin Ruhai had checked the warehouse account book and burned it by accident, so he couldn't help but tell Jia Amnesty.

When Jia She heard this, he immediately patted his legs and said, "That's it. I must be afraid that you might not be able to match the number when packing up, so we burned the account books in the warehouse first, and we didn't know he hid things. It's true." Lin Ruhai, why are you so cunning and cunning? Not only did you save millions of dollars, but you also made our family lose face."

Jia Lian didn't dare to say a word, thinking that if Lin Ruhai didn't hide, his family would definitely be greedy for ink.

The more Jia She talked, the more distressed he became, and said: "Millions of wealth, that's millions of dollars. In exchange for silver, it would be piled up like a mountain. I don't know how many years it would be enough for the mansion to eat, but it all fell into the hands of the Zhou family." No, we don’t have any, it’s really cheap for them, who’s going to marry their daughter with so much dowry?”

Jia Lian had no choice but to say, "Uncle Lin has no descendants, so it's only natural that Sister Lin has so much money to marry as a dowry."

Jia She spat at him and said, "So what? We've raised her for so many years, and she doesn't want to be filial?"

Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, thinking that Daiyu probably knew all along that the mansion was greedy for her family's property, but she didn't say it.If you say it, I'm afraid it will make people laugh even more.But Jia Lian didn't dare to say these words to Jia She, for fear that Jia She would beat him up again like the stone nerd's fan incident that year.

After finally getting out of Jia's amnesty courtyard and returning to the room, I saw Sister Feng lying on the soft couch with a very tired face, and said: "I'm dealing with the master in the east, why are you so tired? Don't worry about these things, It's just resting."

Sister Feng opened her eyes and said, "Second Master, don't worry, I will naturally understand. I have suffered once, can I suffer a second time? I was in the old lady's room just now, and my wife asked me to come out to housekeeper, but I didn't agree. "

Jia Lian was very happy when he heard this, nodded and said, "That's right. When you give birth to a son, what do you care if it's justified?"

Sister Feng smiled faintly, and said: "The old lady has already spoken, so no servants are allowed to discuss this matter any more, and don't bother to pay attention to the outside world, you just have to have a count in your heart."

Jia Lian sighed, told her what Jia She said, and finally said: "It's just that the master should not cause trouble. Last time, because of the fan, the family was ruined. Now that Jia Yucun has surrendered, it is more important that our family is far away from someone like him. I don't think he will be an official for long, and I persuaded the master a few times, but the master scolded me and said I was wrong."

Sister Feng pondered for a moment, and said: "The mansion is not as good as every year, and the officials outside are also falling one by one. When my son was copying and inspecting the garden, the woman from Zhen's family came over in a panic, her expression was not good. I brought thirty or forty large boxes to my wife's room, but I didn't expect Jia Yucun to surrender too."

Jia Lian wondered, "What copying and inspection of the garden? When did it happen?"

Sister Feng said: "It's only been a few days. My wife asked me to go, so I said I haven't changed the laundry for two months, so I didn't go. Which of the girls in the garden is not a coquettish guest? Or marrying a good family like Sister Lin? I don’t know, I’m not going to do something to offend people!” He was talking about how Mrs. Xing found the embroidered spring bag, how she gave it to Mrs. Wang, how Mrs. Wang came to inquire about the crime, and how Mrs. Xing sent Wang Shanbao’s family over. Together with Zhou Rui and so on, tell Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian heard this, she couldn't help being stunned, and said, "What a quiet place in the garden, there is such a commotion? I'm afraid I don't know which girl, or maybe the concubine Ji over there lost it. According to me, the girls live in It's all in the garden, it's important to ask Baoyu to move out seriously, sister Lin has left the cabinet, and Baoyu is sixteen or seventeen, and she lives with the girls, what a shame."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Where is Baoyu willing to move out? I'm afraid there are a few people in his room who won't be able to keep them. The first one is Qingwen. My wife hates her beautiful and frivolous nature the most. Someone took the opportunity to file a lot of complaints. It's good to visit the girl directly. I gave Wang Shanbao's family a slap, and I didn't dare to answer back. It's ridiculous that the dishonesty was found to be Wang Shanbao's granddaughter named Siqi. There is another funny thing, sister Xue is a guest, and she didn't copy Heng. Wuyuan, she is going to move out the next day, and she didn't even speak to Girl Yun, so Girl Yun had to pack up her clothes and temporarily live in Daoxiang Village, sister-in-law's place, but fortunately, Girl Yun has been confiding in her for the past few years, so she is like this."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "There is a lot of disturbance outside, and I don't think it's clean inside. It's really getting worse day by day. The Zhen family ransacked the house outside, but ours ransacked our own."

Sister Feng shook her head and said, "It's our wife who got the handle and sent it to the second wife on purpose to say that she is not strict in housekeeping."

Jia Lian was silent for a long time, and sneered for a long time: "This house belongs to us. Master Mid-Autumn Festival even told a eccentric joke, pointing at the old lady. Although the words were rounded later, who doesn't understand?"

Sister Feng comforted: "Anyway, this title is not available to others. It will still belong to the second master in the future. We all rely on the empress in our house, so let's bear it anyway. Didn't the second master say a joke about being afraid of his wife? Let me see. It makes some sense."

Jia Lian chuckled and said, "You all say I'm vulgar, but I think my second uncle is pretty much the same."

Sister Feng glared at him, and couldn't help but also smiled.

In a blink of an eye, it was the eighteenth day of the eighth month. Daiyu came to visit in person, pleaded guilty with Jiamu, and presented gifts of earth rituals and so on.

Jiamu took her to sit beside her and looked at her carefully. Seeing that her complexion was getting better than before, she said: "You are tired from traveling all the way, why don't you come here after resting at home for two days? If you are tired, how can I feel better?" ?”

Daiyu said with shame: "The old lady doesn't blame me, I really don't know what to do. I couldn't come here in person on the old lady's eighty birthday, and I couldn't send someone to give gifts in person on the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's late."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Silly boy, what are you talking about? Can you stop your father's idea? What's more, you don't know about it. How can I blame you? Besides, when I passed my birthday, you The mother-in-law is here, and she brought you the birthday gift that you had prepared long ago, and before the Mid-Autumn Festival, your family also gave a gift, I think it's all good, but the watermelon doesn't taste very good, I think it's because of the heavy rain."

Daiyu said: "The melons and fruits from my hometown are good, but it's a pity that I can't bring them into the capital for my grandmother to taste."

Sister Feng came forward with a smile and said: "My sister remembers my ancestors in my heart, and my ancestors are like honey in their hearts. They don't need to eat melons and fruits, but they are also delicious. Good sister, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you will be more picky. I will also teach you." How do I take care of it."

Daiyu smiled and said, "I've heard about your wedding, congratulations."

Sister Feng was a little proud, and hurriedly said: "These are all thanks to my sister, and I am today."

Daiyu smiled and said, "I can't afford it. My sister-in-law just takes care of the baby. I'll come over to congratulate you when I give birth to a brother tomorrow."

Sister Feng said: "My sister should also get pregnant as soon as possible."

Jia's mother also nodded and said: "Exactly, Yu'er has been here for half a year, and she is the eldest son and daughter-in-law, so she is good at taking care of her. Don't be like your Lian's second sister-in-law. She is almost 30 years old and still doesn't have a brother by her side."

Daiyu blushed unknowingly. Seeing that there were only Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and others in the room, and the sisters were not there, Fang whispered, "Our family said that I am too young to be able to support me. Not later than the year."

These words were not taken aimlessly by Daiyu, but by Zhao Yun while chatting with Zhou Hong.

Not only is Zhao Yun both literate and military, but he also knows some medical skills. He often treats nearby people at home and is quite famous. Children born at the age of fifteen or sixteen are more likely to survive and are less likely to die young. If they are born after the age of 20 and before the age of 30, the child will be very strong and rarely get sick.

Zhou Hong thought it was very reasonable, so he sent someone to investigate. As expected, he told his parents.

Mrs. Zhou recalled that she was pregnant with a son when she was 16 years old, and it was gone before full term, so she had no sequence teeth. It was a sad thing to mention. Zhou Hong, who was born at the age of 20, grew up without any disasters. Zhou Lian, who was born later, was not as good as her two elder brothers. Zhou Yan was often sick since she was a child, and she was only raised when she was six or seven years old. Looking at the results of Zhou Hong's investigation, she became more convinced, and suggested that Daiyu should pass the eighteenth or nineteenth birthday. Having children at the age of 30 is also for the health of future generations.

Therefore, Daiyu and Zhou Hong are not in a hurry to have a child right now.

When Jia Mu heard what Daiyu said, she couldn't help saying, "It's surprising that there is such a saying."

Daiyu laughed and said, "People in the world don't know and don't care, but our family firmly believes it after seeing the results of the investigation." Their family didn't believe it at first, but they couldn't help but believe it when they saw the results of the investigation. .

After hearing this, Jia's mother said, "That's fine. I'm afraid that your mother-in-law will be unhappy if you don't come out for several years."

Daiyu said: "Grandmother don't have to worry, our wife is taking good care of me."

When the sisters came over, Fang kept his mouth shut.

The sisters were all very happy to see Daiyu, especially Xiangyun, whose eyes were reddened, and said: "Sister Lin, you are really heartless, you just leave as soon as you say, and you don't come back after a few months, I feel so sad in my heart." miss you."

When Daiyu came, she had already heard about the raid of the Grand View Garden by the Rongguo Mansion. The servants of the Rongguo Mansion loved to gossip and couldn't hide it from the outside world. What's more, outsiders were paying attention to the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion because of their own reasons, so they spread the word in private. , only Rongguo Mansion doesn't know.

Seeing the sisters like this, Daiyu couldn't help empathizing with the grievances they suffered, and hurriedly said: "Because I left in a hurry, I didn't have time to say goodbye to the sisters. It was my fault. I will be the host in a few days, please You eat crabs and enjoy sweet-scented osmanthus, this time we will not write chrysanthemum poems, only sweet-scented osmanthus poems, I will invite you in the next post, and you will not go or not.”

Xiangyun was surprised and said: "Sister Lin, you are a new wife, and you still do these things?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Anyway, I don't care about the family. I have nothing else to do except go out and socialize with our wife, and play with Yan'er. Besides, Yan'er is getting older now, so I should know some sisters. Our wife agreed with me very much, and she didn't ask me to use the ladder as my own business, but to go to the office instead.