The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Mother Jia sighed: "It's not easy for two sisters to joke together after decades. It's because you are married so close that I can't find any old sisters who can tell jokes together. I have nothing to do, so I just play with my grandchildren every day, listen to their jokes, and play cards in my spare time, which is not as interesting as you.”

"The old lady can live comfortably like this. We are busy all day long." Lin Bai said with a smile, "Actually, I haven't seen her for many years. Sending letters and things, and rarely seeing each other. After all, they are two families."

Rong Bai also said: "That's not true, after all, there are two families now. I always feel that going to my sister-in-law's house for a while is more legitimate than going to my sister's house."

"That's the reason," said Jia Mu.

Aunt Xue coughed dryly, changed the topic, and asked Daiyu: "You are going to have a sister-in-law now, have you seen it before? Are you nervous?"

"I've seen it, my sister-in-law is the best girl, and I can be regarded as a good match with me, not to mention my aunt is here."

Even Jia's mother had to sigh that Lin Mo thought carefully about Daiyu.Although the status of a girl is respected in the family, the sister-in-law may have the upper hand among sisters-in-law, but Daiyu has no mother now, and Kong Jingxian married like a sister-in-law like a mother, and she has a high status. Some people would think that it was Daiyu's fault that there was any conflict with her.Now that Mrs. Lin Bai is called over, and Daiyu has another aunt, who recognizes her status as the elder of the Lin family, so to be honest, Mrs. Lin Bai can be regarded as Kong Jingxian's mother-in-law-when there is a mother-in-law, the daughter of the girl's family The status is really beyond compare. When Wang married in, she had to serve her and Min'er at the meal before she dared to go down to eat by herself.When I married into Jia's family, I also started as the great-grandson's daughter-in-law, and served her from generation to generation.She found a husband's family for Min'er, because she also liked that the Lin family had a simple population, so her precious daughter didn't have to suffer.

Baochai said with a smile: "You always say that you envy me for having a mother and brother, but now you have one too. Are you happy?"

Several people were joking, when Lin Ke's family hurried in: "Ma'am, Princess Qin is here."

"Why didn't Princess Qin go to the Princess Mansion?" Lin Bai stood up and asked.She never cared about the affairs of the court, and she listened to the matter that Lin Mo was appreciated by His Highness the Third Highness, she just listened to it and smiled. Anyway, the outside affairs are always in the hands of men, and they have a half-knowledge of what they are talking about, and if they make mistakes, they can just ignore it. Oh no.

Rong Bai reminded: "Isn't Brother Mo working under His Royal Highness King Qin? Maybe it's because of this." But he secretly doubted, even so, there is no rule that the prince goes to the princess' mansion and the princess comes to the marquis' mansion. The personal relationship between King Beijing Jing and Lin Mo was reported by the queen.

Concubine Qin Lu's body is plump, her face is full of joy, surrounded by maids and women, her makeup is luxurious, her eyebrows are flying, she is quite grand, she first said when she came in: "Our prince went to the emperor's aunt and grandmother, I said I, He said he was afraid he was going to disturb Mrs. Lin, Miss Lin, but I said what are you afraid of? Didn’t Master Hou post a message for us! Mrs. Lin doesn’t dislike it, does she?”

"Don't dare, don't dare, when the princess comes, our house will really flourish." Lin Bai hurriedly gave up his seat.Originally, among the female relatives here, although Jia Mu was not the highest in rank, she was older and of higher rank, and she was also the grandmother of the imperial concubine. There was going to be a change, Tanchun and Yingchun hurried up to help grandma move, Wenge and Zijuan quickly served tea.

"These two are girls from the Rongguo Mansion, right? They look really juicy, and the old lady can take care of people." Qin Wangfei frowned and smiled, and Jia Mu repeatedly said "Thank you".But Baochai sat on the seat, a little calm.Usually when she is with Sanchun, she always wants to win in every way, but today the mother is here, and her seat is according to the position of Xue's family - she is still under Yingchun.

Mrs. Lu saw Daiyu again, and said with a smile, "My eyes have been opened today, so there is such a handsome girl!" He took her hand and asked, "Which family do you belong to?"

Lin Bai said hurriedly: "If you go back to the princess, she is the real sister of Lord Hou."

"Strange way!" Mrs. Lu asked Daiyu, "How old are you now? Have you ever read a book?"

"As for the princess, I'm thirteen this year, and I have nothing to do at home, so I read a few books to pass the time." Daiyu lowered her head and replied.

"Thirteen, she's younger than a few imperial sisters. After all, she's the younger sister of Marquis Jingyuan. She has a whole body." She sized Daiyu carefully, "If you have a chance, I'll call you My aunt and elder brother and sister-in-law brought me to my house to play, and when I had nothing to do, I also learned words from our two boys. I was worried that no one would talk about it. Our prince always said that I had half a bottle of water everywhere. shake."

For a while many people laughed, Daiyu said: "My concubine is really quick to talk, I have a chance, so I will definitely bother her." She could see that Mrs. Lu was getting close to her, although she didn't understand why, but she just said it. something went wrong.

There are quite a few women who are puzzled in their hearts. King Qin now only has two side concubines. Although he has two legitimate sons, at his age, he is still not rich in heirs. Maybe the princess is here

But I heard Mrs. Lu laughing and saying: "What's bothering you! I'm only calling you troublesome when I come here today!" Then she said to Lin Baishi, "What a lovely girl, if I have such a girl, then life will be interesting too much."

Only then did Lin Bai let out a sigh of relief: "The girl is more caring than the boy. I'm not afraid that the princess will hear a joke when I say it. Although she is only a niece, she is more caring than the two boys in my heart."

"Emperor Xiaolin is also working in the imperial hospital now. It's really a tiger father without a dog. A few days ago, our family's Bozheng Qi and blood were not going well. It was useless to call two or three imperial physicians. The imperial physician Xiaolin immediately scraped Sha. Zhengcai recovered. I remembered that when I was a child, I had a constant cough. When it was severe, I could even vomit blood. It was Mr. Lin who prescribed a prescription for me, and I took it for several years. Your family is two generations of us. Where is the benefactor of the family?"

"It's just a matter of loyalty to the emperor. This is their job, and the princess is too flattering to our family."

"I saw Jingyuan Hou come to Beijing, and he was a champion at the first shot. I also told our master that the young masters of the old doctor Lin are going to take the exam? That's really a hospital. Loss. Unexpected result, there is only one eldest son." Cao Shangshu's wife sighed.

Lin Baishi looked at Daiyu's face, then smiled and said: "Mo'er's father is now Tanhualang, it's nothing if he is a son who can study, our master just grabs medicine and prescribes, and Han'er Che'er naturally wants to inherit it." The ancestral industry is that they are still young and have not learned much, so I am still worried."

"The Lin family is a master, Madam is too modest." Lu said.

A few people were talking, the boys and girls came to report, the uncle greeted the grandmother and came back, and was about to visit the hall.The disappointment in Lin Bai's eyes flashed, and he greeted: "The banquet is about to open, right? Ask Brother Che and Brother Jia to help block it—forget it, Shen Bao, tell the third master, He will give you some more wine, Jia Geer is still young."

"Didn't Che'er just live in the Imperial Hospital? Even though I'm on leave today, it's not good to drink too much, right?" Rong Bai said, "Don't worry about Brother Jia, everyone who comes here today Proper, what does it matter if he drinks some."

Lu Shi said: "Isn't it true that the little emperor uncle of Beijing is also here? With the little emperor uncle here, no one would dare to make too much noise."

"Since the men are getting lively, let's start the show here too. It's boring to sit." Lin Bai asked, seeing no objection, she took a look outside.Wen Ge immediately brought up the opera brochure, and Mrs. Lin Bai offered it to Mrs. Lu first. Mrs. Lu declined it twice, but seeing that she couldn't do it, she ordered "Lu Zhishen's Drunk and Navigating Mount Wutai".

"This is Sister Bao's favorite play." Tanchun laughed.

"The stage of this play is very good, and the words are clever, you will know it after listening to it." Baochai smiled and nodded her forehead.

Lu said: "I can't tell whether the play is good or not. It's just that I didn't sleep well last night. I didn't want to order something too noisy. I'm afraid my brain hurts. I just listen to this one." point.In order to make it difficult, Jia's mother said casually, "Today we are guests, and the host should order first", and pushed the trick booklet to Lin Bai's.

Lin Bai didn't speak, but Rong Bai said: "My old sister, I don't like to listen to operas for decades, so I always ask her to get some weird things. Others have opera troupes in their families, and she also raises them." Every day, to see if the little girl is handsome or not, she doesn't care what her voice is." The whole room roared with laughter.

Jia Mu asked curiously, "Is it true that you don't listen to any plays?"

"It's just listening, it's just that you don't understand." Lin Bai admitted honestly, "Others listen to the opera. I just watch from the side. If someone comes up to play ugly, I just smile. If I don't understand, I can pass the time."

Mrs. Lu laughed: "I've never seen such a sincere lady."

Anyone with eyes can tell how much I weigh. If you don’t know how to pretend to understand, it’s really embarrassing for an expert who knows how to play to watch the joke behind your back. Shi Shiran of Lin Bai smiled, and handed the booklet of tricks to Wen Singer, "Please ask the old Feng Jun of Rongguo Mansion to order a show, and just say, today is your grandson's big day, Mrs. Lin doesn't understand this, I'm afraid It's a joke, let her see Miss Lin."

Wen Ge went to learn a lesson, and Jiamu laughed: "If that's the case, I'm not welcome." Then she clicked on "Havoc in Heaven".Mrs. Lin Bai turned her head and glanced at Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu didn't care about it: "On such a day, I want this kind of play." Then he said, "Let's start the show."

The play started lively and lively, and several people talked about Kong Jingxian's dowry boringly. They were envious for a while, and Jia's mother laughed and said: "After all, the Kong family is everyone. It is also the county monarch. This kind of ostentation is really eye-opening. Lu said: "A girl's dowry depends on the situation of her mother's family and the importance of the family. Although the Kong family is a family, if it wasn't for Jingning's cousin being favored by the emperor's aunt and grandmother, it would be so rare! My aunt really didn't tell my cousin Jingning. Before I came, the prince and I were worried. It doesn't matter if I don't go to my aunt's house. After hearing this, my aunt told me that the house of the royal aunt and grandma will be a family from now on. People, no, I came here with a thick skin."

Mrs. Cao Shangshu said: "That's not the case. The Marquis of Jingyuan will be the princess's grandson-in-law from now on?"

Lin Bai said with a smile: "A daughter who is as beautiful as a flower is a treasure to anyone. Because of the daughter's marriage, the two families have become relatives. Isn't it fate?"

Mrs. Cao suddenly looked at Jia Mu and said, "Speaking of dowry, I suddenly remembered that when the eldest girl of Rongguo Mansion married Tan Hualang, she also had a dowry spread all over the floor, just like the one yesterday."

When Jia's mother heard this, she couldn't help but think of her daughter. She put Daiyu in her arms and said, "I have three children, and her mother is the one who loves me the most. It's a pity." Sad, today is Cousin Lin's big day, let me say this—"

Mother Jia stopped crying as she said, but she still sighed a few words: "As long as there is a family with a daughter, whoever is not a treasure, I wished I could take out all my belongings and buy her a dowry."

Lin Bai looked at the meaningful eyes of everyone, and couldn't help sighing. She just smiled, and holding the hands of Yingchun and Tanchun, she said: "The old lady loves the girl, we can see it." Isn’t it here? Seeing that the little girl is nursed back to health, she is juicy and sensible, and people like it just by looking at it. I don’t know which family will be lucky in the future!”

It's a bit too much for an elder to make jokes about a junior, but on a day like this today, Yingchun Baochai is at this age again, so I can laugh it off, and the wives all laughed, especially when thinking of Jia. What the mother said earlier about the rich dowry of the daughter in the family made her laugh more meaningful.

Mrs. Rong Bai also held Yingchun's hand, and asked Mrs. Xing: "This is Mrs.'s daughter? She looks docile." He took off a bracelet from his hand, "I really like it. You keep this bracelet. You Lin My younger sister has one too, and hers belongs to her aunt."

Mrs. Xing hurriedly dragged Yingchun to thank her, saying that it was too precious and refused to accept it, and at the same time she wanted to decline.

Rong Bai said: "I like this girl." While smiling at Lin Bai, Lin Bai shook his head slightly, and the sisters looked at each other and smiled.