The Immortal Road of the Red Chamber

The child's soft and anxious voice gradually approached from the back house, and the expressions on the faces of the Yangzhou officials who were discussing with Lin Ruhai in the front yamen were indescribable.

Aunt Zhen's grandma...is that the Zhen family they know?

People in the officialdom, besides the taboo words of the dynasty, the first thing to memorize is the family tree origin of the official family.

Lin Ruhai was born in the Lin family in Gusu, and his ancestors were in the family of Zhong Ding.His wife, Jia, was originally from Jinling.The Jia family of a Shuangguogong, the daughter of the first Rongguogong.

The Zhen family is the only one who dares to provoke a concubine of such a background.

An aunt, not a girl, must be married.

So which aunt of the Zhen family has become a widow and wants to find more branches, or is someone uncomfortable in the house?

Oh, I'm going, it's so exciting~

All the officials avoided the area where Lin Ruhai was, and after giving a look that could only be comprehended and indescribable, they all pretended to be busy.

Lin Ruhai's complexion can't be described as ash from the bottom of a pot, the best ink in the world probably has this concentration.

He first sat there staring at the door without saying a word, then stood up and walked towards the door.At this time, Daiyu also ran to the door.

While patting her panting chest, Daiyu raised her feet and stepped in. When she looked up, she seemed to realize that there was a room full of officials sitting in the middle hall, her eyes were wide open, and she covered her mouth with a pair of small hands, "Hey! I ,I did not say anything."

Lin Ruhai: ...

Officials:  …

Lin Ruhai snorted, turned around and explained a few words to the people in the middle hall, then took Daiyu out of the room.

As soon as Lin Ruhai walked out, the Yangzhou officials in the room immediately turned into gossip-going aunts and six wives, winking and muttering for a while, making it very lively.

It can be seen how eye-catching Daiyu's words of "give way".

Zhen's marriage to the Li family, a salt merchant, is indeed what the world thinks, with the intention of collusion between officials and businessmen.As for whether the Li family really lost a daughter when they were three or four years old...that doesn't matter.In Yangzhou, there are always some special products cultivated since childhood that are not good in appearance and quality, and are not out of stock when they are old.

The timing of Aunt Bai's sister-in-law's death is so coincidental, whether there is a cloud of muddy water below, I'm afraid only the person who did it knows best.

But ever since this daughter of the Li family became Aunt Bai's sister-in-law by coincidence, she has given her a lot of confidence.

After dinner yesterday, Aunt Bai sent someone to send a message home to her sister-in-law.

As soon as her sister-in-law heard the news from Aunt Bai, she went to Li's house at dawn this morning, otherwise Mrs. Zhen would not have come in such a timely manner.

Lin Ruhai is the salt censor, and the Li family is a salt merchant. With such a relationship between life and death, the picture is naturally not small.

Lin Ruhai is the censor of salt inspection, and he served consecutive terms before.The Li family knew that Lin Ruhai's term would be full next year, but if they were well prepared this year, the Li family could earn a lot of money back.If re-elected, the benefits are even greater.

So investing in Aunt Bai is not a loss.

If Lin Ruhai was short-hearted, he would not be where he is today.Although he is a brainless pet to his daughter, but he knows what kind of girl his daughter is.

And Lin Ruhai believed that no matter what kind of gangster the Zhen family's aunt was, she might not be the opponent of his family.

The people sitting in the middle hall were all veterans from the officialdom. Lin Ruhai was worried that his daughter would reveal her secrets if she stayed a little longer, so she directly dragged her to the backyard.

Walking to the junction of the front office and the backyard, Lin Ruhai stopped at the Zhuma Pavilion with his daughter.

"Go ahead."

Daiyu looked up at Lin Ruhai, stepped forward with a smile and tugged at the hem of her father's clothes with one hand, and pointed at Jiangshan with the other, "Daddy has a long story to tell, please listen to my daughter slowly."

"Naughty again." Lin Ruhai glanced at her, and while ordering his servants to bring some fruits, he took a handkerchief to wipe Daiyu's sweat, "There are no rules, and I won't ask your wife to punish you later."

Daiyu stuck out her tongue, with a confident expression on her face.After Lin Ruhai rolled her eyes, Daiyu cleared her throat, and began to speak in a pretentious manner.

"It is said that many years ago, a family named Li in Yangzhou lost a daughter. The daughter was born rich and happy, and was very cute. In order to find this girl, the Li family directly invited Li, a salt merchant from the same clan."

"Wait, why did you bring out another girl from the Li family?" Lin Ruhai thought that Daiyu had just run and shouted 'Aunt Zhen'.

"Impatient, I am so impatient. Didn't I just say that, this matter is a long story."

"Then you can make a long story short." Lin Ruhai angrily reminded her daughter that her son should stop talking.

"Oh." Daiyu pouted, and most of the excitement on her face disappeared, "It's nothing. It was Aunt Bai's sister-in-law who died suddenly after Aunt Bai became pregnant, and her brother came back soon after. Sister-in-law is actually a girl from the Li family who has been lost for many years, Sister-in-law Bai has a deep affection for sister-in-law, and the aunt of the Zhen family who married into the Li family is telling my mother about the inheritance of the family at the request of Sister-in-law Bai."

Lin Ruhai: "...nonsense."

He knew there was water in it, but he didn't expect so much water.

What 'give way to her', isn't that a detriment to people's reputation.

Daiyu saw that her father's face had darkened again, and tugged on Lin Ruhai's clothes with her small hands, "Daddy, I'm also filial, right?"

Lin Ruhai laughed angrily when he heard the words.

Smart people like to make up their minds. If Lin Ruhai listened to Daiyu's cadenced storytelling about what happened, maybe he could still understand what happened.However, he wanted Daiyu to make a 'long story short', so he had to make up the whole story.

Lin Ruhai intuited that the Li family was plotting against him, and that the Zhen family stretched their hands too far.

Although the annual drama created by the brain is not far from the truth, it has obvious subjective meaning after all.

For example, what happened in Lin Ruhai's mind was that the Li family killed the Bai family's wife, then married a daughter of her own, and tied Aunt Bai's family to the Li family's big boat.

My daughter is usually mischievous, but she is a filial child.She was able to say these words, it must be that Mrs. Zhen said something extremely inappropriate, or she was already angry with his wife.

Thinking of his wife, Jia Min, who also gave birth to a son for him, but now being forced into this situation because she has no children, he has been extremely annoyed.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Ruhai felt that although what the girl did was unethical, it was Zhen's own fault.

If you reach out to meddle in other people's family affairs, you must have the consciousness of humiliating yourself.

Thinking of this, and thinking about his own identity, Lin Ruhai decided not to keep his mouth shut to the servants and officials of the mansion.

Anyway, I can't seal it now.

Pass it on how you like, he is not afraid of the oblique shadow...

Lin Ruhai wasn't worried that Jia Min would suffer. He thought that Jia Min had female guests, so it would be difficult to bring his daughter into the inner courtyard, so the father and daughter sat here.

Lin Ruhai first lectured on Daiyu's behavior, and then changed the subject in distress after her daughter buried her head in her chest.

"...Scheming is not the foundation of one's life. You are still young, don't let those little cleverness affect your vision and heart. Today's matter..." Lin Ruhai pursed his lips, and he couldn't ignore the girl's face. The drop of 'tear' that fell, unconscionably gave Daiyu affirmation, "You are filial, smart and clever, Daddy is very happy."

When Daiyu heard this, she raised her head and looked at Lin Ruhai with bright eyes, "I'm Daddy's daughter."

With that proud look, Lin Ruhai seemed to have seen the wildly wagging tail behind Daiyu.

Sighing softly in the bottom of his heart, Lin Ruhai understood nothing. Everyone knew it was wrong to spoil children, but they were reluctant to strictly control them.

Raising children and grandchildren is easier said than done.

Although there is only one daughter now, Lin Ruhai has already experienced the hardships of raising a son and a daughter.

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Daiyu listened to Jia Min's treatment of Aunt Bai and the Bai family after breakfast. Sitting opposite Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai asked what Daiyu did when she got up early. Daiyu thought about it. After a while, he realized that he hadn't done anything, so he told Lin Ruhai what Jia Min had done.

Lin Ruhai didn't say a word after hearing this, and the expression on his face didn't change a bit.

The status of wives and concubines was so disparate that Lin Ruhai didn't think there was anything wrong with Jia Min's actions. On the contrary, he also felt that Jia Min's words and deeds had the air of being a housewife.

Heirs are very important, but they cannot lose their dignity.

No need for double standards.

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"Daddy, I don't like my grandmother."

"Why is this? Your grandmother loves your mother the most, and also loves you the most." Breaking open some walnuts for her daughter, she couldn't help asking her curiously while using walnuts to replenish her brain.

"Alas!" Daiyu sighed, opened her mouth to eat a piece of walnut first, and only after the walnut was exhausted did she analyze it seriously with Lin Ruhai:

"I heard from my mother that my grandmother also loved my second uncle's cousin Yuanchun, and then she sold the eldest cousin to the palace as a servant because of the pain." Raising her head, Daiyu spread her hands towards Lin Ruhai, "I heard that The maids are just like our maids, they serve people. Last year, I heard Jia's servants gossiping, saying that they got along well, just like Aunt Bai."

Lin Ruhai's eyes flickered for a moment, and his face was full of helplessness.

"Nonsense again, be careful that your mother will punish you after listening to it."

"Oh."

The father and daughter sat here for a long time. After Jia Min sent Mrs. Zhen away, the father and daughter went back to the inner house by themselves.

When the two returned to the inner house, Jia Min had just finished listening to her daughter's feat.

Although she was also angry with the Li family and the Zhen family, she didn't want to see her daughter 'learn bad'.

The morals of the world are extremely unfair to women, and a single carelessness may lead to catastrophe.Zhen Shi is not the only one behind this incident, but Zhen Shi is the only one who is unlucky for her daughter to make such a fuss.

Jia Min considers herself to be a person with clear grievances and grudges, and she also remembers grudges in today's matter.But she didn't bother to use this method against a woman.

Splashing this kind of dirty water will stain your shoes.Get your hands dirty too...

So after receiving some education from Lin Ruhai, Daiyu received Jia Minyu's earnest re-education, and she felt so tired that she didn't love her anymore.

Geez, humans.