The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Since Miss Qingqing received four county kings, her net worth has also risen. If Mama Mo hadn't seen that Jia Amnesty was a first-class general, he might not be able to afford it.Even so, the current expenses are gradually becoming too much for him.So he wondered if he should buy her.

But 3000 taels of snow pattern silver is really not a small sum.Although the Rongguo Mansion has a lot of money, it has nothing to do with him in the end. It is all in the hands of the old lady. Under the old lady is his second brother and second sister-in-law. I am afraid that his daughter-in-law has more pockets than him.However, thinking of his daughter-in-law's current situation, he felt ruthless in his heart: Good second daughter-in-law, you really don't leave any way for their eldest wife to survive!On the one hand, he resented his mother's eccentricity, and on the other hand, he was helpless.

It was the one named Sun Shaozu who usually ate, drank and had fun with him and was quite valued by him. He said with a smile: "Uncle Shi is thinking about Miss Qingqing, right? 3000 taels is nothing. I borrowed 4000 taels from Uncle Shi and the remaining 1000 Two, Uncle Shi will give Qingqing a good life, how about it?"

Jia Amnesty was overjoyed: "How did this happen!"

"If there is anything I can't do, I'm not as polite as Uncle Shi. I only charge a fraction of the profit. How does Uncle Shi feel?" Sun Shao said.

Jia Amnesty became embarrassed, isn't this just an example?National law strictly prohibits lending, but Jia She never takes this law seriously in his daily speech and actions. He is worried about the interest, 4000 taels, one interest, but it has been for three to five years, it is really worth it. A big expense.

He wanted to show off his face again, so he wouldn't say that he was reluctant, but the Sun Shao group's family also had a lot of money and power, so he didn't dare to blatantly renege on his debts, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

Sun Shao's group was already a little impatient, and he was about to grit his teeth to respond, but he heard a laugh: "Uncle!"

Turning around, it was Lin Mo.

Lin Mo is taking a rest today, and he is wearing a water-colored gown that makes him look elegant.Holding the autumn fan in his hand, he smiled amiably: "I happened to be eating at Wuweilou. If I hadn't seen that the coachman was next to Lian's second cousin, I would have almost missed my uncle." He looked at Sun Shao's group again. :"Who is this……"

There are not many nephews in the Rongguo Mansion, and Sun Shao's group didn't think of going to Lin Mo's place. They only secretly guessed whether it was the big fool Xue, but the Xue family didn't have any friendship with the big house of the Rongguo Mansion, and he knew that, so he didn't see him either. Lin Mo said directly, "Uncle Shi, tell me, do you want the 4000 taels?"

Lin Mo became displeased: "Uncle, this man is so boring!" He put Jia She on his arm affectionately and said, "What did uncle say to him, his nephew is here!" He told Shen Bao behind him, "Go over there!" Datong Bank exchanged 4000 taels over here, and give this 'brother' a hit." While leading Jia Amnesty, he walked towards Wuweilou, "Brother, let's leave here, I'll treat uncle to drink, since you can't see If you come to me, I won't spoil your interest."

Jia She looked at him in surprise.

"The same goes for uncle, tell me if you don't have any money with you? You want to borrow money from outsiders." He looked resentful. You really don't want to beat him!"

Jia She was also troubled: "My good nephew, I won't hide it from you. Now our family, I can't do anything. I can talk about 4000 taels, even if it's 1000 taels, it's difficult for me to get it out! No, this No, it's really..."

Shen Bao had already taken out the 4000 taels of silver notes swiftly, and Lin Mo smiled and said, "Since it's my uncle who wants to spend the money, I don't bother to cash in the silver. If you are relatives, what can't you say? I Although there is some displeasure in the Tong family, Second Cousin Lian and I have always been on good terms, uncle doesn't know me yet? If I didn't pass by today, wouldn't uncle really borrow money from that person?"

"Good nephew!" Jia She said again and again, "Now I have only one nephew like you who is willing to do me a little favor!"

"Uncle said that." He said, "What a great idea! It's worth what uncle said. I know I'm from Shandong. Since the old lady in your house, I haven't seen me as a grandson, but Lian The second cousin is sincere to me and has helped me a lot. I heard from my sister that the second cousin took good care of her back then. When my mother passed away, my uncle was also in great pain. My uncle’s family did not dislike me. It's too late to be grateful, and I also want to get closer, just because the old lady and the second aunt are in the way... eh."

Jia She grabbed his hand and said, "Never mind what other people do! Now you are the son of my brother-in-law, that is my sister's only son! Never mind the old lady and younger siblings, if you don't want to be close to them, just come to me!" Then I remembered: "Is your nephew feeling better?"

"Thank you, Uncle, for your concern. It's all right now." Lin Mo saluted with a smile on her face, looked at Sun Shaozu who was stomping outside the Wuwei Building, and said casually, "Uncle, pardon my nephew, just now my nephew was outside listening to you and that The lady talked about it for a while, but it’s just that there is no such thing as charging interest for borrowing money from a friend! The official department has been investigating closely these days, and that person is still like this, which shows that he is not sincere to uncle.”

Jia Amnesty was also quite dissatisfied with Sun Shao's group's profit, and felt ironic after hearing this: "What my nephew said is, how many people in this world can treat me like you do!"

"We are uncles and nephews, can we be the same?" Lin Mo smiled.

On the way back, Shen Bao was still stunned: "4000 taels, my dear, I remember that the death contract I signed back then was 20 taels in total. The elder of the Rongguo Mansion is really willing to do so. Did he spend so much to hire his wife?" Money!"

"You don't care if the money is spent on the wife or the flower girl. Anyway, he owes me 4000 taels of silver." Lin Mo was very satisfied. Although 4000 taels is not a small amount, it can solve the big trouble of Rongguo Mansion. , it is worth the money.What's more, Jia She wanted to save face and even gave him an IOU - of course, even Lin Mo himself didn't have confidence in his ability to pay it back.Just spend money to eliminate disasters.

When the carriage entered Jingyuan Hou's mansion, I saw Wen Ge guarding the third gate with a happy face: "Master, a letter has just been sent from Jinan, and the wife and the third master will be here in a few days, and the girl has prepared it." They have everything to eat, play and wear, and ask the uncle to check it out."

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Mother is coming? That's great."

According to the agreement between him and the Kong family, he should go to the Kong family to greet his relatives as soon as he is filial piety.It's just that he didn't make any movement here for a long time, and even Kong Jingrong came to hint twice.Now that my mother is coming, things have to settle down.

Lin Baishi simply said: "Let's be kind. If you wanted to marry an IKEA, we wouldn't have to go to the Kong family. Since we originally wanted to rely on the reputation and status of the Kong family, we don't have to pay any price for it." Giving, how can there be such a good thing in this world! Have you forgotten all the etiquette, righteousness and shame that your husband taught you?"

Lin Mo was speechless, and glanced back quietly. Lin Che nestled in the back and tried to wink at him. He couldn't understand, so he blinked back anxiously, so that Lin Bai could see, and both of them were copied by ears. up.

Daiyu was a little uncomfortable when she heard that her aunt had punished her elder brother as soon as she came. She wondered if this aunt might be too strict, but Lin Baishi treated her very kindly: "Is this your niece?" She said, "Your father is older than our master. It turns out that when he was in high school, our grand master was also a medical officer in Beijing. He wrote to our master to say that your father is very handsome. There are big promises. It has been so many years now, and Tanhualang's daughter is so old."

Thinking of her father, Daiyu couldn't help feeling sour, but then she thought about it, her aunt's husband was gone, and a sense of sadness came to her heart: "When I was young, a monk called Laitou came to our house, Saying that our Lin family is... I don't want to call him right."

Lin Bai said: "What's the use of what you say, a monk or a Taoist priest? I only know that your father did his best and was still doing his own work until he died. The emperor praised him. I also know that our master, There are a few uncles and uncles who saved people. People in Shanxi know our Lin family! I am a woman, and I also know that they have studied books all their lives, isn’t it just to defend their family and the country? Our family does not learn boxing. Literati also have ways to be loyal and filial. I have been suffering for so many years, but if it happens again, I will still pack the burden for the master and send him to Shanxi."

Daiyu was silent.

"Human life is in the sky, how long you live is up to God, but how you live is up to you to choose. We don't have as many paths as their boys and men, but to live happily and comfortably is up to your own heart." " Lin Bai said with a smile, "When Mo Geer was a child, a lame Taoist priest came to the door and said that he lived in the world because he was a disaster and wanted him to become a monk. Ke died—but now that he is your elder brother, and you have been together for so long, have you seen our brother Mo doing things that hurt nature and harm people?"

Daiyu was terrified.

She thought why Laitou monk, a lame Taoist priest, only told her his fate, so her brother also... Her voice trembled: "It's about uncle, brother, he—"

"It was the elders of the clan who decided to go together. At that time in Shanxi, a bad official was in charge of the silver, and none of them came back. It was the path chosen by the old men themselves. What does it have to do with Brother Mo? If you say Mo Geer was able to overcome the Shanxi earthquake at the age of eight, why didn't he give that nonsense Taoist priest to overcome the dead first!" Lin Bai said loudly.

Only then did Daiyu feel a little better: "How could that Taoist talk like that! How sad my brother must be." This was much more serious than what she said at the beginning, "If you don't leave home, you will lose all your surnames except your parents." Who would feel bad if someone they didn't know told him that he had restrained his father, not to mention how old his brother was at that time?

"Mo'er said at that time, if he really has such a great ability, the first thing he will do is to overcome your bull-nosed Taoism! Curse you to stay in this world forever, and you will never be able to cultivate immortality in your life." Lin Bai said with a smile , "At that time, the Tailord was looking for someone to drive the Taoist priest out. Who knew that he would come up with this sentence and take away the morale of the Taoist priest."

Daiyu couldn't help laughing: "My brother has always been so calm."

"Actually, he's also afraid. It's up to the person to believe or not believe in the stories of ghosts and gods." Lin Bai said, "Before I came, my sister Tong Mo'er praised you a lot. I'm also happy to see you today. There is nothing to give you, this bracelet was my favorite when I was a girl, if you don't dislike it, just accept it."

"A gift from my aunt, how dare you dislike it." Daiyu said as she took it with both hands, but saw that it was a bracelet inlaid with gold rims made of long jade. , this is too precious."

"I'm getting old now, and it doesn't suit me to wear this bracelet. My mother gave me this bracelet. I thought I'd give it to my daughter too, but unfortunately I didn't have one. You are Mo'er's younger sister. I treat you as my own daughter." Look, this bracelet is the most suitable for you." Lin Baishi said and put it on Daiyu herself, "Longyu raises people, Mo'er said, there is a word jade in your name, look, how suitable it is to wear. "

Daiyu can only be grateful.

Lin Mo has developed his current temperament. It cannot but be said that Lin Bai has taken a lot of credit. She is straightforward, she can't be rejected by others, and it is difficult to change the decision she made.The marriage between Lin Mo and Kong Jingxian has been put on the agenda since she came.She said this: "Why didn't you dislike it at the beginning? It was because you were young when you got engaged. After more than ten years, everyone has come to the capital. You make irresponsible remarks, as if you were a good wife and mother in the beginning."

Lin Mo could only admire.

"Take your daughter-in-law as your daughter and teach it slowly. If you procrastinate now, it will be bad for your reputation." She said slowly, "Even if you can't teach well, there is always a way. Don't tell the Kong family to taboo you, she After all, it is Princess Hehui's most beloved granddaughter, although the princess is consciously letting you go, but if you really care about her granddaughter's reputation, don't you understand who she is after?"

Lin Mo swallowed.

"As for the Rongguo Mansion, of course I know that you don't want to invite people from their family, but how can you make Yu'er deal with it like this? Anyway, your relationship with Jia's family is not as good as it used to be, but others don't know, They will only say that Marquis Jingyuan is not close to his grandmother's house—don't be wronged, I haven't been wronged yet, my mother, who has been called your grandmother for so many years, is now snatched away by someone who is lying motionless on the credit book .”

Apart from laughing, Lin Mo was speechless.

"Little girl, who grows up smoothly, always has her own temper. Miss Kong has never been wronged, so she developed such a temper. After suffering, she will know how to restrain herself." Lin Bai squinted She glanced at him, "Didn't you call me here to be a wicked mother-in-law? Don't worry."

The Lin family has a high prestige in Shandong, and the Lin Bai family also has an imperial order from Lin Qing, so even Kong Jingrong respects her very much.The marriage of Lin and Kong's family has been discussed for more than ten years, and the dowry and bride price have been prepared for many years, so the planning is also orderly.The eldest princess is used to this kind of thing, and she has always been very handy. Lin Bai has also seen the big world, so she is not in a hurry, who should be invited, what date, and what kind of style should be used.

The first-class Marquis of Jingyuan, this title is not low, and concubine Hou is a super-rank, above the fourth-rank Junjun.From then on, it's time for Jingning County Lord to change his name.

"Mrs. Lin is from the Bai family. You have seen her sister's way of dealing with the world. This one is not much inferior to the governor's wife. Logically, you don't need to treat her as a mother-in-law, but the Lin family on both sides recognized their ancestors. Lin Madam is the elder of the Lin family, you need to respect her so that you can live up to your parents' teaching." Although Lin Bai was invited by Lin Mo, but thinking of her granddaughter's temperament, He Hui Dachang Princess also Some apprehension.

Kong Jingxian lowered her head and said, "I can save it."

"Put it in your heart." Princess Hehui sighed.

She has also heard about Lin Bai's teaching sons, those deviant girls and boys in the Lin family, all of them who came out of her hands were not in a hurry to advance and retreat, and the rare thing is that their temper is still there.At the beginning, Lin Han's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mo, thought that she came from a master of poetry and writing, and was dissatisfied with her mother-in-law's control of the family affairs. Lin Bai simply let go and asked Mo to take care of it for half a month. When I saw Mo Shi again, it was already a mouthful of "my mother-in-law".Now that Lin Bai's family is in Beijing, Mo's family is in charge of the internal affairs of Shan Ren Tang, it is said that it is not bad.

His granddaughter's temperament is even better than that of Mo's.

Lin Qing is known as a modest gentleman, but Lin Mo is stubborn. She thought of Lin Mo's flustered but correct words and deeds when he knelt under her seat, and she couldn't help sighing—if Lin Bai was willing to teach Jingxian is naturally the best, but if Lin Baishi doesn't care and just keeps on guard, what can be done.

When Lin Bai entered the capital, she began to socialize with Daiyu. She is the elder of the Lin family, and it is more legitimate to do this, and she is more generous than Rong Bai. He has saved the lives of many princes and nobles, and the officials will not underestimate him. The Emperor Taishang personally gave him a plaque "Wonderful Hands and Kindness". After the incident in Shanxi, the Lin family still values ​​it very much. Monument to worship.

Therefore, Daiyu was invited by many people to drink tea with Lin Baishi.

Lin Bai's family doesn't go out very often, but just chooses a few places to walk around.She said to Daiyu: "Our family's practice of medicine is easy to be kind, but it is also easy to offend others. It is good to nod to whomever you are, and you have to be close to whomever you want to be with. These are all very particular, but you are the younger sister of Jingyuanhou. I'm so taboo, but it never hurts to be careful."

"Auntie said that, but she is born with me? Jingyuanhou's surname is Lin, isn't it Lin from my aunt's family?" Daiyu laughed, "I can't write two characters Lin in one stroke!"

Lin Bai sighed, she was also in the capital, she had heard about the girl from the Lin family who lived in seclusion, and wondered if she lost her mother at a young age, might she have a bad temper, but now I see, Lin Hai taught her daughter very well Well, this girl is careful in what she says and does, and she is very good at distinguishing right from wrong.