The Reincarnation of the World of Red Mansions

Jia Min sat lazily on the chair and listened to the steward's report on today's affairs.After dealing with the matter, Jia Min asked them to retreat.Jia Min drank fruit wood water (that is, a drink made of fruit) and lamented that the autumn tiger was a bit powerful.The Lin family had prepared some suitable drinks very early on, and the favorites of the masters of the Lin family were always prepared every day.Jia Min asked casually: "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival hasn't been sent to Jia's mansion yet, has it?"

Nanny Lin sat upright at the bottom, and replied respectfully: "Yes, I want to send it with the news of my wife's pregnancy, so I haven't set off yet."

Jia Min looked at the gift list drawn up by Nanny Lin, it was very generous.It was also Jia Min who thought, since she was pregnant in the first year of her marriage into the Lin family, Mother Lin took care of the gift list that year, and the gift list has never been thinner since then.I still reduced a lot at my own request, and it was only [-] to [-]% thicker than normal.

Nanny Lin looked at the lady sitting on top, full of satisfaction.The five generations of the Lin family are single-handed, and everyone in the Lin family is a good master, like the ancestors, before they have children after middle age.As a result, he married Miss Jia's family as his wife, became pregnant as soon as he entered the door, and gave birth to the young master smoothly.It even broke the curse of the Lin family's single biography, and gave birth to the young master.Now I am pregnant again, which is really a surprise.

It doesn't matter if the wife gives generous gifts to her natal family based on the merit of the wife's birth.What's more, Madam is also a well-educated and reasonable person, who manages the Lin family in an orderly manner and takes good care of the master.Although the gifts given were a bit thicker than those of ordinary families, Lin's House did not lack these, and Jia's House would also send back the same gifts every time.Thinking about it this way, when thinking of the bad aunts in the backyard, Sister Lin's affection for Jia Min increased even more.

Jia Min thought that she was pregnant this time, so the gift list should be thicker.Moreover, Mrs. Zhang is still there, so she can't do that kind of thing like returning a small gift, and it can be seen that Mrs. Zhang's gifts are all with her heart.Since Mrs. Zhang put her heart into choosing gifts for herself, she should also put some thought into choosing some gifts for this ceremony.

Jia Min thought for a while, then turned to Nanny Zhang and said, "I remember Brother Hu is a few years older than Yang'er, and Yang'er is almost at the age he wants to see, and Brother Hu should have reached the age to marry a wife." .”

"Yes, ma'am. The last time someone from Jia's mansion said that the eldest madam is already looking after Master Hu's daughter-in-law, it should be settled at this time!" Nanny Zhang quickly replied, still wondering if it was the old madam. If you win, the eldest lady wins.The nanny who came to Jia's house last time was an old acquaintance of hers. She said that the eldest lady wanted relatives from her natal family to marry brother Hu.Fortunately, the historian did not have a girl of the right age, otherwise the competition might have been even more fierce.

Jia Min thought for a while, "I remember a few high-quality antique satins in the warehouse, which are smoother, brighter, and softer than other silks and satins. Moreover, brocade satin has various patterns, rich colors, fine lines, and is very suitable for making Quilts, padded jackets, etc., when the time comes, put them in, and treat them as my aunt's heart.

Also, I heard that Hu'er and Zhu'er from the second elder brother's family are very gifted in reading, Sister Lin, you can ask the master, pick up a few books that the master has read with annotations before, and put them in the gift list.There is also a book with great Confucian annotations that the master got a few days ago, and someone copied it and put it in the gift list. "

Nanny Lin nodded below, "Don't worry Madam, I'll find someone who is good at calligraphy and ask him to copy the book down."

Jia Min nodded, then looked at the gift list.When I saw that there were all kinds of things that are fashionable in Jiangnan recently on the gift list, the ones I picked were more delicate and elegant.There is also a part that is more delicate and gorgeous, and looks radiant.They are all compared to the gift lists I gave before, but they are more fashionable and thicker.

Jia Min curled the corner of her mouth and said with satisfaction: "It's almost done. Madam Su is going to take out the duanmo I made some time ago and the paper made of various petals in the first half of the year, and add some to it. The gift list for sister-in-law is in In addition to some books published on the market that I have collected these days, the second sister-in-law added the set of jewelry that the wife of the salt merchant gave me a few days ago."

Now both of them should be quite satisfied, especially the second sister-in-law.The salt merchant who gave this set of jewelry has just become big recently, and has the air of a nouveau riche.Jia Min thought back to the set of jewelry she saw, it was very beautiful and exquisite, and the materials were also very particular, expensive and valuable.But no matter how you look at it, Jia Min feels a bit like a nouveau riche, and it is very dazzling.

Jia Min now prefers comfortable things more and more, whether it's clothes or jewelry.The clothes should be comfortable to wear, and the jewelry should be comfortable to look at.

I saw that the precious ones given to Jia Mu already included blue and white birthday celebration round mallet bottles, blue and white landscape figure phoenix statues, and white jade embossed magnolia flower vases. I have some good medicinal materials.Jia Min put the gift list on the table next to him, and nodded with his jade-like fingers.He opened the mouth and said, "I have a ginseng plant that is more than a century old in my storeroom, and it can be seen as a human figure. I remember that the mother who came last time said that my mother's hair had turned gray. I have a century-old Polygonum multiflorum in my storeroom. Madam Su, how about you?" Let's take it to Nanny Lin in a while."

Looking at Sunshine, it’s time to continue exploring Lin Da Niu’s space, and Jia Min looked at it with some tiredness and continued to say: “The nephews and nieces are all good, and the nephews have already sent some good pens, inks and papers. Inkstone, my niece has already sent some fashionable accessories and fabrics in the south of the Yangtze River, that’s about it. By the way, last time the steward sent over a dozen pieces of raw jade, I remember carving some out. Recently, glass jade is popular, and the head is not bad. , just give each one a piece!"

After finishing the order, Jia Min recalled that there was nothing to miss.He let them go down, and he went back to the room under Xueti's service.Back in the room, Jia Min sat on the chair and waved back the servants.

Jia Min habitually checked the news in the mansion, and saw that there was nothing worth noting, so she turned her energy to Miss Lin.As a result, Jia Min shed bitter tears for her.

When Da Niu Lin first came here, her family thought that she had just recovered from a serious illness and needed to rest, so they didn't ask Da Niu Lin to do much work.Da Niu Lin doesn't think so. Although Da Niu Lin was not like a little princess at home, she was always loved at home.

Although Da Niu Lin used to work, is cooking with natural gas the same as cooking with a fire in ancient times?Not to mention that I couldn't even control the fire at the beginning, but it was able to ignite it, that is, the fire was very big at one time and small at the other.Moreover, there is a lot of ash in the firewood, and it feels bad after burning.

The same is true for sweeping the floor. I always feel that the floor is not clean.The room is also very dark, with dust on the beams, very dirty.Da Niu Lin always felt very hot, without a fan, the air conditioner was very difficult.Every night I have to sweat all over to fall asleep, and when I wake up, I feel that the dust on the room has fallen on me.

Unfortunately, I can't take a bath often, because the water in the house is drawn from the wells in the street.Lin Xuan, the eldest brother in the family, had to go to the elementary school and had no time to fetch water.Da Niu Lin's father, Lin Zhong, loves flowers and plants and spends a lot of time on them every day.Only Lin Fengshi, Lin Daniu and Lin Erniu were left in the family, and Lin Fengshi was also going to work in the mansion.As a result, there is not much water in the house except for cooking!Most of the time, Lin Zhong and Lin Xuan went to the well to wash.

Knowing this, Jia Min recalled the situation of Da Niu Lin's house.Lin Zhong's parents passed away when Lin Zhong was seven or eight years old. Without his parents' plan, Lin Zhong became a small steward based on his love for flowers and plants and the little care of his father from the previous flower and plants steward.Later, she married Jia Min's maid, and her predecessor was released, so she became the steward of the flowers and plants in the outer courtyard because of her honesty and duty.

Because there are no elders, it must be more difficult.The reason why Da Niu Lin was not discovered last time was because Lin Zhong and his wife were working in the mansion, Lin Xuan was in the school, and only eight-year-old Da Niu Lin and Er Niu Lin, three years old, were left at home.So no one noticed when Da Niu Lin had a severe cold, which led to Da Niu Lin's arrival now.

Thinking of that small school, it is actually like the current vocational and technical college.When I was young, I taught some characters. If the child's talent is really good, the teacher will tell the family and the master.If the family is willing and courageous, they will report back to the master, and Jia Min will not ask for their selling money, but will give them some according to their family's performance.

When the child is about ten years old, he will start to hand in some arithmetic and some small skills such as running the hall. When I was 13 years old, I started working in a shop outside, but I only got half of the salary at the beginning.After the training expenses of these years have been paid off, you can get the full amount.

Of course, the things that these teachers hand over will not have any morals and responsibilities of scholars.Moreover, some rules of the Lin Mansion have been throughout the entire learning process, and some of the benefits of the Lin Mansion will be mentioned from time to time.

The reason why Jia Min and Lin Ruhai built this small school was because the Lin family had cleared out many corrupt stewards and greedy servants, and Jia Min was responsible for being dealt with.In fact, in a big family, the people above all know that the people below will be greedy, but they can't imagine the amount they are greedy.

If you don't know the amount they greedy, it's okay to look at those servants. If you know the amount they greedy, the higher-ups can accommodate it.Jia Min just reminded his sister-in-law with the manpower she left in Jia's mansion. It happened that Mrs. Wang had placed a lot of manpower when she was pregnant some time ago.After Mrs. Zhang gave birth, those people caused a lot of trouble for Mrs. Zhang.Moreover, Mrs. Wang also used these people to secretly elevate her son, so that Jia Guogong could pay more attention to Jia Zhu.

Maybe Mrs. Wang didn't mean to step on Jia Hu, but it was rumored later that she was stepping on Jia Hu to raise Jia Zhu.Can Mrs. Zhang agree?Certainly not.Because Jia Guogong is still there, Jia's mansion is not as big as the back, but it has already seen signs of it.Mrs. Zhang was thinking about the trouble Jia Mu's people had caused her in the past, and when she heard this method, she stabbed it out cruelly.