The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Jia Mu was wiping dominoes with Mrs. Wang, You Shi and Sister Feng. When they heard that Lai Da was back, she called for someone to come over.Sister Feng quickly asked: "Did the gift prepared by the ancestors be given to Mrs. Lin? Did she say whether she liked it or not? Is the Lin family's ostentation big today? Brother Lin has only been in Beijing for a few years. How many people came to see him off? How much? Have you seen Sister Lin?"

Jia Mu said with a smile, "He just came back. You also let him drink tea to catch his breath." Yuanyang had made tea early, and when he heard this, he brought a bowl to Lai Da with a smile.

Lai Da busy Liansheng said "I dare not bother Sister Yuanyang" while taking it respectfully, and did not dare to drink tea, so he described today's situation in detail.

Mother Jia was silent for a while, and said, "King Beijing is a very approachable person. For the matter of Rong's daughter-in-law, didn't he set up a road sacrifice? It's just that the emperor personally gave a plaque and ordered people to see him off. It's really rare. See you later. Brother Lin, you have to tell him to do a good job and not let down the emperor's kindness."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "I think Brother Lin is a sensible person, and he will definitely not let down the painstaking efforts of our ancestors. Lai Da, what does Miss Lin say?"

"It's said that it's windy, Miss Lin and Grandma Lin haven't come out of the car." Mrs. Lai replied cautiously, "Miss Lin said thank you to the ancestors."

Mother Jia was slightly disappointed, but she still smiled and said: "The wind is strong. I said that my granddaughter is not in good health. If I go out and blow the wind, what will happen? Since I didn't come out, it will save me a worry. You are tired all day, go down first, it will be Rong'er's birthday in a few days, did they say whether to come or not?"

"My lord Longwei, I don't dare to ask." Lai Da mumbled.

"Go on." Mother Jia waved her hand, and Yuanyang sent Lai Da out, "Brother Lai is too, he is usually very smart, why can't he say anything today? Knowing that the old ancestor valued this, so he Do you have the courage to ask what can be done? Can Uncle Lin scold our Rongguo Mansion in front of the prince?"

Lai Damo sweated and said, "I really don't dare, you haven't seen Uncle Lin and King Beijing today, don't mention me, even Second Master Rong didn't say a word."

Mother Jia waited anxiously for a few days, and when she heard that the servants of the Lin family had gone to the Ningguo Mansion to congratulate Uncle Rong's birthday, she was relieved and heard what Youshi said about those people: "It's the three wives. Sent, I brought them to the ancestors to pay their respects."

The three women were not eye-catching, wearing the brocade pattern clothes that the master rewarded them with, their voices were respectful, even if they were a bit dull, they would not say a word more than they said.After Youshi had been talking around for a long time, they were finally willing to say: "Master said, it's cold, grandma and girls are not in good health, so they won't come."

"Didn't you say you were coming a while ago?" Mother Jia asked anxiously, "Could something be wrong with Yu'er's body again?" Like ants on the pot: "Old ancestor, let's go and bring back sister Lin, she has only been home for a few days, and she will get sick from time to time."

The leading lady kowtowed: "Master Jia, don't dare to curse our girl like that, the uncle knows that he will come to fight with you."

Baoyu also realized that what he said was wrong, so he stomped his feet anxiously.

"Our grandma said that she had not traveled such a long distance to celebrate her nephew's birthday after living for so many years. The girl said that she had lived at home for so many years, and she had never heard too much about Dongfu from her wife. On the contrary, Uncle Rong, Uncle Lin never saw a gift come to his door when it was his birthday. Now that he celebrates his birthday, if the people in Dongfu don’t ask, they will say that she is not in good health. Uncle Lin and her own birthday congratulatory gift." The old lady imitated what Jingxian and Daiyu said word by word with a stiff face, but her description was very stiff, and she couldn't imitate Daiyu's half aura, so it was easy to say what she said. A little aggressive, even Tanchun Youshi and others frowned.

Baoyu felt relieved: "It's good that Sister Lin is fine."

Baochai laughed and said, "Sister Lin's mouth is becoming more and more clever. I can't learn this kind of tolerance." Xiangyun said: "She is now a noble lady of the Hou family, of course she is not such a clumsy tongue as us. Comparable, the old lady thinks of Sister Lin who is clever every day, so why don't you give us some clumsy ones!" Mother Jia embraced her happily: "Are you jealous?"

Youshi flattered: "The ancestor favored Miss Lin and Feng. We couldn't help but want to put some honey on our mouths when we saw it. Be smart and make our ancestor like it."

Aunt Xue said: "Not to mention anything else, even if there is no matter of Rong'er's birthday, you should invite Lin Ge'er's family. The old lady knows it. First, because of Pan'er's disappointment, Lin Ge'er said that The guest told Lord Liu about our Paner, and now that Paner is not here, we should thank him for him." Aunt Xue was anxious to see Lin Mo for a reason, next year will be the general election, and Baochai's minor election a few years ago Being murdered by Xue Pan lost the number of show girls. In this general election, Xue's family is no more than a mere royal businessman and has no qualifications at all.Some time ago, Jia Zhen invited the eunuchs in the palace to drink. Aunt Xue asked him to inquire. When the eunuch was full of wine and food, he said: "There are noble relatives who are as close as Marquis Jingyuan in your house. Don't ask for their family, but ask them for help." Am I taking a long way here?"

At first, Aunt Xue didn't believe that Lin Mo had such abilities. Apart from other things, even the imperial concubine of their family said clearly that she couldn't help. If Lin Mo was favored again, would she be able to take care of this matter?The eunuch probably drank too much, and he said nonsense: "The general election is the empress's business. The empress's intervention depends on whether she is willing to put more young girls in the palace." Jia Zhen listened It was outrageous, so he hurriedly made a toast to get over this.

Aunt Xue entrusted the shopkeeper of her shop to inquire, and what she found out was similar to what the eunuch said, and she came back and told Baochai: "It is said that Lin Geer's daughter-in-law is very popular with the empress, after all, it is from the Kong family. Yes, even the royal family loves her virtuous and dignified, and with the face of Princess He Hui and Prince Duan's residence, the clan has always treated the princess well, and the empress is happy to love Brother Lin's daughter-in-law to please the Supreme Emperor."

Baochai squeezed the veil tightly: "When Sister Lin lived in my aunt's house, I thought she lost her mother and felt sorry for her. Who would have expected her to be in such a situation now. With a brother who has given up, there is a Such a sister-in-law is really not on the same level as us." But in his heart, he felt bitter, hating Xue Pan for not living up to expectations, if he was like Lin Mo, how could he be inferior to Daiyu?

Now that I heard that Lin Mo's family would not come to celebrate Jia Rong's birthday, Aunt Xue became anxious and said, "Just because of Pan'er, old lady, let me tell you something heartfelt, that day Lian'er came back with me. After talking about what Master Liu told him, I was so anxious that I didn't sleep well all night. If I didn't talk to others, I would really feel uneasy. But I'm a woman, and it's not easy to tell Master Liu, old lady, You see, if you invite Brother Lin's daughter-in-law to come over to enjoy the flowers and drink tea, would it work? Isn't it true, didn't their girls say that they would come to write a poem while it was snowing? They had already said that they would invite Lin girl is here."

These words reached Mother Jia's heart, she really didn't know what happened to the Zhen family, and in a few days it would be time for the local officials to go to Beijing to report on their duties. Although Zhen Yingjia was released without charge, she was seriously injured.Although the Zhen family is very powerful, the current appearance is that several princes are holding onto the Zhen family.Lin Mo's words were not clear, she had to tap and tap again, she still smiled and said: "It's snowing and cold, and the road is slippery, I'm afraid Miss Lin doesn't want to come. I don't dare her Come on like this."

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun said: "Isn't it still snowing now? Old lady, let's take Sister Lin over to live here now. What's the point of writing poems without her? Let's have fun together. Sister-in-law Lin can still be with the elder sister Sister-in-law will be your companion."

The Shi family is a double marquis, not much worse than Lin Molai. Jia Mu smiled and said: "In this case, why don't you post a message to Yu'er, your uncle is Baoling Marquis Zhong Jinghou, and her brother is Jingyuan Marquis. It's not too much, wouldn't it be comfortable to ask Yu'er to go with her sister-in-law to enjoy the snow and do things."

The women of the Lin family kowtowed to Xiangyun when they heard the words: "I really don't know that the girl belongs to the historian family, so they forgot the etiquette and begged the girl to forgive her sin."

Xiangyun has always been frank, and he couldn't stand these people's salutes the most, so he hurriedly said: "What's the matter, do you know that you should salute to the daughter of the Hou family, but you don't know to the daughter of the Duke's mansion?"

The leading mother-in-law said: "It's not for this reason. Our Concubine Hou came from the Duke's mansion. Even if we were given ten guts, we would not dare to act recklessly. It's just that our Concubine Hou accepted the concubine Zhongjing Houfei a few days ago. The greeting post said it was meant by Marquis Baoling, but I don't know what it said, Concubine Hou told us to pay more attention to etiquette when we meet girls from the Shi family in the future."

In fact, Jingxian's original words were: "No matter how old my grandmother is, she, a married aunt, can take care of the affairs of the historian? Isn't the Marquis of Zhongjing in Beijing when the Bowling Marquis moves out? Doesn't their niece live in their own relatives?" Uncle’s house, I went to live in my aunt’s house instead, if you see the Shi family’s girl in Rongguo Mansion, don’t talk to her too much, I think the two concubines of the Shi family are quite clear-headed.” Lin Mo’s Jing Yuanhou It is a first-class marquis, which is slightly different from Baolinghou, a title that cannot be inherited for five generations. She herself had a title when she was a girl. The concubine also needs to be treated by peers.

Aunt Xue said: "Although it is more appropriate for Yun'er to invite you, but after all it is because of my evil affairs, why not just let me do it in the next post."

Jia Mu also said, "It's very good."