The Fate of the Red Chamber

Although the matter of Baoyu left a deep feeling in Daiyu's heart, as time went by, it gradually faded away.In addition, the Chinese New Year is only two months away, and I am so busy all day long that I have no time to think about it.It is necessary to prepare the winter clothes for the servants, the gifts from relatives and friends, the gold and silver screws for the rewards, and the New Year’s wine for ancestor worship, etc., which makes Daiyu wish for a People break it into two.

Of course, these are not the busiest things, but the outside industries.

The Lin family still has more than [-] farms in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Because of the good terrain, they are all in the Taihu Plain area, and the prospects are good. This is the time when the stewards come to Beijing to settle their accounts.In recent years, several new farms near the capital are quite passable, and people come to pay Daiyu almost every day.In addition, there are some shops with good profits.

Except for the original property of the Lin family, most of Lin Mohan's own property was handed over to Daiyu to take care of it.Daiyu was really surprised, she didn't expect her brother to have such a rich family business, which was stronger than what her family had accumulated over hundreds of years.My family is an aristocratic family, and I keep a low profile in everything, and I can't deliberately collect money, so those properties are only to ensure that future generations will have food and clothing, and will not expand too much. My brother's is different.There are not many fields, only a few tea hills in Hangzhou, Huzhou, Fujian and other places, and the tea produced is of the highest quality

, the profits are high.Mohan's main industry is various shops. There are 49 shops of his elder brother in Jiangnan, Hunan, Jiangxi and Sichuan, and [-] shops in the north of the capital, all of which are among the best in the local area.Even, there is maritime trade.

Daiyu was startled when she saw so much money in the account book, she had never seen so much money before.After a careful calculation, the combined income of the family and my elder brother has an income of nearly one million taels of silver almost a year.Daiyu only kept 10 taels to put into the family's public account, and handed over the rest to Mo Han to take care of it. Presumably, my brother must have a lot of money to spend.

In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.As for Daiyu, she was too busy a few years ago and her body was strained. She has been bedridden these days, asking a doctor to take medicine every day, and she didn't even go to the banquet in the palace.

"Sister, why are you up, at least lie down for another two days." Mo Han came back from the palace to receive the banquet, and when he saw Daiyu sitting on the smoked cage talking and laughing with the maid, his expression was a little gloomy.

Daiyu curled her mouth, glared at Mohan, and muttered: "My brother is bad, I was just a little tired before, but you are good, you cured me along the pole, don't allow this or that. There are no outsiders, what are you afraid of?"

Actually, speaking of it, Daiyu was not sick.It was Mo Han, in order to prevent the queen mother from doing something wrong, deliberately spreading rumors that Daiyu was ill, and that he might meet people from the Jia family when he entered the palace, so that Daiyu would not be embarrassed.

Of course Daiyu understands this, but it’s so boring to lie on the bed alone. As soon as the elder brother left, he ignored the persuasion of Bai Huixueyan and others and insisted on getting out of bed. No one can cure her.

"You are naughty. Forget it, as you said, there are no outsiders anyway, so don't hold you back. What did you say just now, so happy?" Mo Han sat next to Daiyu and rubbed Daiyu's hair , smiling dotingly.

"Well, I won't tell you." Daiyu stuffed the small hand stove in her hand into Mo Han's hand, her mouth was still very hard.

Mo Han took Daiyu's hands, wrapped her small hands in his palms, held the stove, and looked at Xueyan playfully: "Xueyan, tell me."

Why does the old lady have to drag me every time when she gets angry?Xueyan frowned, drooped her head, and calculated which side would be better to stand on.

"Good girl, don't tell me, I think the little fat guy working in the front yard is pretty good, and our Xueyan girl is not too young, so it's time to match her." Mo Han didn't even lift his head, and he paid attention to admiring Daiyu's green jade. The tube-like fingers are really beautiful.

Little fat man, oh my god, the fattest boy in Lin's mansion, don't want it.Xueyan was really frightened, and confessed again and again: "Master, your lord let me go in large numbers. The girl is for..."

Before Xue Yan finished speaking, Bai Hui pulled her hard, pointed at the corner of Xue Yan's forehead angrily and cursed: "You are a worthless thing, so you will be afraid. You are a girl's girl, and you have to do everything yourself." Lord, can I still sell you? As long as the girl says a word, I will sell you and I will not obediently redeem you."

"Uh, yes. Thank you, sister Baihui, for reminding me. Girl, good girl, I didn't say anything. What will you reward me for?" Xueyan had already reacted, with a playful smile on her face.

"Damn girl, you are so stupid that you dare to ask for a reward. Bai Hui, the gift from the Yicheng Palace the day before yesterday included a malachite green emerald bead chain, so I will give it to you." The heat from the stove, the heat from the palm of the elder brother , baked until Daiyu had a slight fever, and her eyes sparkled when she looked at people.Xueyan didn't expect the girl to reward Baihui without mentioning herself, and waited anxiously. Daiyu saw it funny, and then said: "There is an amber necklace with crystal beads. I don't like to wear it either. Whoever wants it can take it." .”

Xueyan hurried away, and Bai Hui followed with a smile. The girls and uncles usually don't want them to serve them when they talk, and they will call for others when they have something to do.

"You are generous, what good things can you give me? Anyone who sees it will have a share." Mo Han smiled and scratched Daiyu's pretty nose, wanting to go up and take a bite.

Before, when Daiyu woke up, Baihui was worried that she wouldn't really catch a cold, so she tried to persuade her to wear a large woolen cotton satin double-breasted gown. The smoke cage was hot and she was so close to Mohan, so she felt really uncomfortable. Kind of hot.Su Xing shook off Mo Han's hand and started to unbutton it.Seeing how cute she was, Mo Han liked her more and more. Knowing that she was not used to doing these things, he stopped her from doing it herself, and said, "You don't know how, so let me do it."

Daiyu didn't refuse, and looked intently at Mo Han, who lowered his head and unbuttoned his button seriously.My brother has really grown taller and stronger, with thick eyebrows, a firm chin, and a touch of blue on his pink lips. He has a more calm and restrained temperament than a few years ago. My brother is probably 19 years old this year.At this age, everyone's sons are married and have children. I don't know what my brother thinks.Future sister-in-law, sister-in-law?

Gently taking off Daiyu's gown, Mo Han looked at her with a smile, but found that Daiyu's originally happy face had a layer of sadness, what's going on?

"Sister, what are you thinking?"

Daiyu suddenly came back to her senses, looked at her brother's eyes that were as bright as stars, and said inadvertently, "Brother, when will you marry your sister-in-law?" Can speak casually.

Mo Han was confused for a moment, yes, I am not young, I have reached the age to talk about marriage, but I only want to take care of Daiyu, never thought that one day I will marry a woman to come home.Occasionally, Liu Wangye, Shui Wangye and the others joked that he was really clean and self-sufficient. Not only did he not have a wife, but he didn't even have a housemate in the house. Looking at the capital, he was the only one.Hey, who of them understands their distress, sister, if such a thing spreads out, it may cause a shocking subversion, and he has to always restrain himself in front of Daiyu, for fear that Daiyu will hate himself for looking down on him when he finds out Own.

The elder brother didn't speak, just lost his mind, Daiyu thought that he really thought about this matter, she felt a little angry, but she didn't dare to express it, she should be happy for her elder brother.My elder brother married his sister-in-law and had a nephew, so the Lin family would have a descendant, right? My elder brother could also be taken care of by a caring person.

Confidant?Then what are you? Don't you know your brother well enough? Why do you need someone else to be close to your brother?Daiyu felt a little jealous, but suddenly woke up, her brother and she are brother and sister, how can they say they are close friends, this, this should not be allowed.

Because of this topic, both of them are a little dull, and this kind of thing will only get darker and darker.

It wasn't until the fifth day of the lunar new year that Daiyu's health improved, but she still couldn't go to various houses for dinner.The ninth day of the lunar new year is the day when Lin's family treats them to New Year's wine. Most of the dignitaries in the capital have come. Several princesses' mansions, princes' mansions, princes' mansions, ministers' mansions, and many family friends have set up hundreds of tables.Men are invited to the hall in the front yard, women are invited to the hall in the back yard, girls are invited to the garden, and there are servants, women, and maids who follow.

Fortunately, the preparations were well prepared, but the event was lively and lively, nothing went wrong, and the guests and hostess enjoyed it.

It's just a coincidence that it's time to invite the Jia family to have New Year's wine with the Duke of Rongguo's mansion, so people from the Jia family can't come, and the Jia's New Year's wine is quite deserted.Lin Fu's post was sent out a long time ago, before everyone received Jia's. Everyone thought that it was because Jia's family didn't get on well with Lin's family, and it was not Lin Fu's fault.

The unlucky Wang Xifeng was severely punished by Jia's mother afterwards, but she dared not complain.It turned out that the Jia family sent Zhou Rui's family to the Lin Mansion to inquire in advance, to see what day they would invite to drink. Mo Han secretly found out that the Jia family had initially set the ninth day, and he also set the ninth day.It's just that the lady in charge didn't make it clear when she returned to Zhou Rui's house, she only said that it was either the ninth day or the tenth day.Zhou Rui's family went to answer Mrs. Wang first. When Mrs. Wang heard this, she didn't care, so she sent Zhou Rui's family to tell Sister Feng that it was scheduled for the ninth day, and the Lin family was on the tenth day.

Sister Feng believed it and got ready.It wasn't until several days later that Mrs. Wang thought of sending a third-class woman to the Lin Mansion to inform her that they had fixed the ninth day of the lunar new year and told the Lin Mansion not to worry about it, but they didn't know that the Lin Mansion had even sent out the invitation.

It wasn't until a few days before the ninth day that the Jia family heard that the Lin family had also chosen the ninth day, knowing that it was too late to change the date.Considering that the relatives of the two families have different backgrounds, they generally won't be serious. Who knows that those people are rushing to flatter the Lin family and ignore the Jia family.

For a while, this matter became a new topic of conversation in the capital, and Jia Mu was so angry that she pushed back all the later New Year's wine, and only let the daughters-in-law go to socialize.

However, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is the day when Concubine Xiande visits relatives, so the Jia family's unhappiness did not last for a few days.Even if the Lin family gains power, it is not as good as having a noble concubine in the palace.Mother Jia rejoiced again.

Volume Three: Brother and Sister Love