The Immortal Road of the Red Chamber

Seeing that it was almost time for bedtime, Jia Min broke the warmth of the room with a loud noise.

The Lin family's descendants are weak, and they pay more attention to health preservation than others.Jia Min ordered the father and son to be served a bowl of soup, and asked the girl to take Daiyu back to her room properly.

As usual, the couple sat under the lamp and chatted for a few more words. Seeing that the time was almost up, they got up and went to Daiyu's room.

When the two came over, it happened that Daiyu's bowl of medicine was almost dry before going to bed.

When Daiyu saw the two of them coming in, even though she knew it was futile, she would struggle again, and buried herself in the bed, hiding under the quilt.

Looking at Daiyu who was pouted and buried her head in hiding, the couple were very angry and funny.Smiling and shaking his head, he stepped forward, one hugged the person out, and the other pulled the quilt out.After tossing for a long time, a bowl of medicine was eaten, and the family of three also sweated from the toss.

"Am I still your baby?" Daiyu, who couldn't take candied fruit for the medicine before going to bed, asked a routine question in a grievance.

Jia Min reached out and tapped Daiyu's forehead, "Little heartless." If it's not her own, it's up to you.

Lin Ruhai didn't take it seriously, glanced at Daiyu, then at Jia Min, and said to Daiyu in a tone that was obviously teasing a child, "Of course you are Daddy's sweetheart, as for your mother... well, then It’s hard to say.”

Jia Min: What kind of old man is this.

Daiyu nodded, "Father needless to say, Sister Yu understands."

Jia Min: What kind of idiot is this.

After chatting and laughing a few times, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's sweat dried up, coaxed Daiyu into bed, and told the servants on duty at night to take good care of the girl, and then they left together.

After going back, I washed and changed clothes without mentioning it.

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Early the next morning, Lin Ruhai waited for Daiyu to wake up, took medicine, and had breakfast before going to work in the front yamen.

Daiyu continued to dawdle by Jia Min's side according to her usual habit.

"Mother wants to hire a foster mother for our Sister Yu. Does Sister Yu have anything to say to her grandmother?" Jia Mu wrote a letter and asked Daiyu.

Daiyu suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, and said in a bored voice, "Then please greet me by the way."

When Jia Min heard this and saw Daiyu's attitude, she immediately frowned.I want to reprimand my daughter for her disrespectful attitude towards her elders.

It is true that the daughter is her own, but the old lady is the one who gave birth to her.She does not allow her daughter to be disrespectful to her mother.

"Ma'am, Aunt Bai's place is making trouble again. It is said that she has no appetite since dinner last night and has not eaten since."

"Then be hungry." Jia Min turned his head and drank angrily, then suppressed the anger in his heart and diverted all the anger caused by Daiyu, "Ruyi, you bring all the daughter-in-laws in charge of the mansion, and The second housekeeper Lin went to Aunt Bai's yard and said what I said. It's fine if I like her, and if I have something good or bad, the whole family will step up for me."

Who are you threatening? Do you really think she will throw a mouse trick?

"Come on, go to Aunt Bai's house, and send everyone from Aunt Bai's family to Zhuangzi. Tell them that Aunt Bai gave birth to her brother safely, and that nothing will be pursued. If...don't blame you My wife is cruel."

Because of the difficulty of having an heir, Jia Min would pick out one of the family-born slaves in the mansion every few years to be promoted to be an aunt.

Aunt Bai was originally the son of a family in the mansion. Two years ago, because of her good looks, Jia Min singled her out and wanted to be Lin Ruhai's housemate.

Jia Min asked Aunt Bai and her mother for their opinions in advance, and seeing that they were really willing, she changed jobs for Aunt Bai, and gave Aunt Bai a bounty to let her whole family go out of the house.

Three generations of slaves were not allowed to take the imperial examination. Even if Jia Min let Aunt Bai's family go out of the house to be good citizens, their identities would not be of much benefit.

Not only that, but also broke Aunt Bai's arm in the mansion.

The Bai family is a family with children, so there will always be some connections in the mansion.If they are really allowed to stay in the mansion, it will be a hidden danger for Jia Min to manage the backyard.

This trick was taught by Jia Mu herself when Jia Min was not married, and therefore, even though Lin Ruhai would have multiple aunts every two or three years, those aunts lived alone in the Lin family. courtyard.

Immediate family members have been taken care of by good people, close relatives have been transferred away, and there are not many helpers if they want to get involved.

Not only that, when Jia Min was the housekeeper, he tried to arrange older girls for the aunts.

The kind that will be old enough to leave the house and get married in a year or two.

Most of what they want is a smooth transition, and very few of them are fooled into confidantes by their aunts.

After all, the aunts will not spend too much time watching them pat their butts and leave when they reach their age.

The other side released Aunt Niang's family members, but they didn't really let them go.Jia Min has always been extremely cautious in doing things, and likes to watch three steps and one step.

Therefore, before letting them go, more or less left a lot of 'criminal evidence' down.Once there are any conflicts, even if they become good citizens, they can still deal with them.

You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.This is what the late Duke Rong once taught Jia Min.

He told Jia Min that a man allows his woman to play with her mind and tricks, but she must not treat a man like a fool.

Some things can be done, and some things must not be touched. Children are the bottom line of a man.

In addition, Rong Guogong also told Jia Min from a man's point of view.Don't act too virtuous at the beginning, be more genuine.

Men know men best. For his only prostitute daughter, his beloved youngest daughter, the old father Rong Guogong can be said to have told Jia Min everything he can and cannot say.

Therefore, apart from the aspect of children, Jia Min's life after marriage is really quite nourishing.

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As for the housekeeper and the social interaction, Jia Min absolutely made no faults.But it was in raising children that Jia Min felt tired of having such a girl on the table.

When she came back to her senses, Jia Min was going to continue to educate unfilial daughters about love, but when she turned around, she didn't see Daiyu at all.

Looking around the room, Jia Min was angry again.

The little bastard actually ran away quietly while she was talking.

Looking down at the beginning of the letter she just wrote, Jia Min made up her mind to find a nun for her disobedient daughter.

No, find two.

Jia Min, who gritted her teeth and wanted to put a small splint on her daughter, today's letter is destined to be full of twists and turns.

No, before the routine greetings were finished, someone came in again.

After glancing at the unfinished letter, Jia Min had no choice but to put down his pen and get up to go out.

Lin Ruhai was the censor of Yanyan, and he was also an official in the south of the Yangtze River. The things he received during the three festivals and two birthdays were sometimes enough for his family's annual expenses.

The filial piety of salt merchants, the reciprocity of courtesies among officials, and mutual entertainment have never been simple matters.

No, the wife of the Li family, the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou City, came over to give the gift in person, and came to the door without posting a post, and came suddenly and recklessly.

If it was an ordinary family member of a salt merchant, as Jia Min, he would not even need to see him.But this lady was from the Zhen family in Jiangnan.

Not only was she born in the Zhen family, but she was also the prostitute's daughter from a close branch.

Just for the Jia family and the Zhen family's old relatives for several lifetimes, Jia Min can't put on airs as an official wife.

As for the fact that Zhen's family married their daughter-in-law to the salt merchant, outsiders all said that the young lady had an accident when she went out, thanks to the son of the salt merchant who rescued her.

But as soon as this statement came out, there were many people who had doubts.

The Zhen family is in the south of the Yangtze River, so it can be said to be a giant.The daughter of their family needs to be rescued by the son of the salt merchant when she goes out?This in itself is a joke.

It's just a fig leaf for the collusion between officials and businessmen.

Lin Ruhai was able to become an official in Yangzhou so smoothly, and there was some support from the Zhen family.Therefore, it is impossible for Jia Min to lose face of the Zhen family now.

What's more, if there is no grievance or enmity, she doesn't need to do it.

Of course, this was what Jia Min thought before meeting the visitor.When he saw the visitor, after some polite greetings, the smile on Jia Min's face disappeared, but there was no more smile in his eyes.

"I didn't know that Aunt Bai's sister-in-law was the aunt of the Li family, but the Li family is also a big family, so why would she want to marry the girl into a servant's family as the second wife?"

There was something in Jia Min's words, Mrs. Li Zhen seemed to have known that Jia Min would ask such a question, and gave a very reasonable explanation.

"Speaking of which, it's also my husband's sister, who lost her life when she was three or four years old. No, my aunt went to offer incense outside the city two months ago, and the two of them look like one person , instantly recognized..."

"So it's a coincidence. It's been 'lost' for so many years, and once it's found, it's no different from picking it up for nothing."

"Who says it's not. There's no reason for us to talk about such things. It happened to be visiting my wife today, so I just chatted with my wife." Zhen smiled and put the tea bowl on a few tables beside her, with a gentle smile, "Although it's just chatting, I still want to congratulate Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin is going to have a precious son."

Jia Min said coldly, "Thank you for your trouble."

Eyes flickered, Zhen smiled and continued to 'chat' with Jia Min with a smile as if she hadn't noticed, "I heard from our aunt that Aunt Bai has been in poor health for a while, maybe there is something serious about it?"

Hearing this, Jia Min picked up the teacup slowly, and brushed the tea leaves floating on it with the tea lid, "This man's fate has been predestined by the heavens. We are just... doing our best and obeying the destiny."

Zhen Shi didn't expect Jia Min to say such a sentence, and the smile on her face froze.In an instant, he was ready to open his mouth and beep again.

When Daiyu heard this, she stopped listening.Putting her little hand on her lips, she made a silence gesture to the girl at the door, then she carried her skirt out of the main courtyard and ran all the way to the front yamen.

"Daddy! Daddy! Something happened. The aunt of the Zhen family is forcing my mother to give her seat." She is still a child, so there should be no one with the same knowledge as her, right?

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After hearing these words, Lin Ruhai, who was in front of the yamen, and the officials of all sizes in Yangzhou City were a little flustered.

I really can't see that you are such Lin Ruhai.