Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

This day Lin Ruhai rested and Daiyu didn't go to school, and the father and daughter were in the study to check the account books sent by the accountant.After several months of recuperation, Jia Min's complexion has become much better, with a ruddy complexion. This day, he brought a plate of imperial concubine lychees on an agate plate to the study and said: "You two are busy all day long, how long have you not had a good life?" I've been resting for a day or two, and I'm still here to eat a few extremely fresh lychees."

Daiyu raised her head and looked at the lychee in Jia Min's hand. Because of the drought, this year's lychee is not big, but it is extremely rare.So Daiyu shook her head slightly, cleaned her hands in the silver basin brought by Zisu, picked up one and peeled it off, and sent it to Lin Ruhai first.I just twisted another one myself.

Seeing Jia Min, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Min'er looks much better now, thanks to Yu'er who manages the house well at such a young age, Min'er can take care of her body."

After hearing this, Jia Min said angrily: "I really have no choice but to take you father and daughter. Is it worth money, or is it worth the money if you are tired of bad people? You only see that I will be raised better, and you don't see how Yu'er is so young. How can I suffer?" Do you have to work so hard? Our family doesn’t lack the money, so why are you working so hard?”

Lin Ruhai ate a lychee, snorted coldly and said: "Someone stepped on the head of our Lin family. It's not enough if he didn't succeed once, and he used tricks again and again. God can't stand to embarrass him this time. Are we If God does not take it, we will suffer, so Yuer and I are just following the way of heaven. After this season, our property will still be taken care of by Miner, and Yuer will still go to school with Mr. Liu."

Hearing Lin Ruhai's tone, Jia Min thought of the ruthlessness that flashed in Lin Ruhai's eyes when he said that Daiyu would take over the family business, and then remembered that most of the properties Daiyu bought were mulberry fields, and the Zhen family was in charge of the Jiangning Weaving Mansion. After coming down, Fang suddenly realized.Thinking back to the early spring of this year, it was Daiyu who consulted with Lin Ruhai first, and she became more and more surprised, looking at the little doll with pink makeup and jade carvings in front of her: She naturally knew that Daiyu was smart, but she didn't expect Daiyu to be able to count all the strategies, let's take a look Hundred.

Jia Min heard that the matter was of great importance, so she dismissed the servant girl Shutong who was serving in the study, leaving only a family of three.He asked the father and son again, just because he was not angry with what the Zhen family did, and wanted to teach them a lesson, why they didn't let themselves do it, but they had the heart to work hard.

Lin Ruhai offered a seat for Jia Min in person and said, "Min'er just said that money is worth money, or that people who are exhausted are worth money. I also take it seriously. After weighing it in my heart, it is Min'er who is worth money. If it's just to embarrass the Zhen family, Min'er is exhausted, let's bear it for another two years. Naturally, the manager Zhuangtou will handle everything outside, and Yu'er can see through some books at home. Our father and daughter are reluctant to bear Min'er's hard work. Min'er You don't understand us now."

After hearing this, Jia Min smiled sweetly and said, "Why don't I know that the master values ​​me, but I'm still worried that our Yu'er is too outstanding. As the saying goes, a tree is better than a forest..." Jia Min only spoke half of it, but he couldn't go on. Looking at Daiyu's expression is both proud and worried.

Daiyu naturally knew that Jia Min wanted to say that Muxiu would be destroyed by Lin Feng, so she smiled, went up and took Jia Min's arm and said, "Since mother is worried about this, why don't you take care of yourself? If my parents love me, we will With the love of my parents above and the support of my brothers below, who would have me happy and at ease?"

Jia Min was stunned after hearing this: Since marrying into the Lin family, Lin Ruhai has attached great importance to his first wife and is not lecherous. He has married several concubines just to prolong his descendants, but he doesn't pay much attention to them.Later, when he had children, he even sent away his wicked aunt.Now even the second sister-in-law of the mother's family framed the Lin family like this, and the husband never angered himself.What's ridiculous is that I felt trapped in my husband's house and my mother's house, unable to get along with myself, and gave up on myself, so my health went from bad to worse.The world said that the bereaved mother and daughter should not marry, if he really had something good or bad, would such a good daughter be disgusted by the world?Thinking of this, Jia Min's expression gradually became firm: as a mother, you must be strong, even for a pair of daughters, you should live a good life.The sage said: Repaying kindness with kindness and repaying grievances with straightness is my own sister-in-law, so why not distinguish between grievances and resentments?

Jia Min hugged Daiyu in her arms, stroked Daiyu's soft hair and said, "Yu'er is right, mother has lived a long time, so it is better for Yuer to know her. I also figured it out. Worry about people who don't deserve it."

Daiyu nestled in Jia Min's arms, she couldn't see Jia Min's expression, but Lin Ruhai could see it clearly.Seeing Jia Min's wonderful eyes staring forward, his expression became firm, and Lin Ruhai felt relieved.No matter how hard he tried to persuade him before, Jia Min always felt guilty, but now Jia Min is really worried about the situation of his children, and he is afraid that he will finally turn out of his horns.

Daiyu was also happy when she heard this, raised her head and smiled and said, "That's good, no one is worth embarrassing yourself." I sent it out of feeling, but I was taken aback.But Daiyu is less than seven years old, even if she is not as intelligent as ordinary people, how can she have any sad experience?Both husband and wife felt that they were thinking too much, so they didn't ask further.In fact, Daiyu thought of her previous life under the severe pressure of wind, frost and swords, she had naively counted on Jia Baoyu, and she had grieved for others, and she really felt it at this moment.

But when Jia Min asked the father and son about the details of their plan for these days, and how Daiyu came up with such a plan, Jia Min just listened to the story with great interest.

It turns out that Daiyu in her previous life went north after the Qingming Festival this year. According to Lin Ruhai's intention, she originally wanted to keep Daiyu at home to study.Later, there were already signs of a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, Lin Ruhai thought: In every disaster year, the most feared thing is that there will be refugees everywhere, which will gradually disrupt the government.At that time, as a big official, I don't know what the future will be. Since my mother-in-law insists on taking Yu'er to Beijing, I might as well send Yu'er there, so as to save myself from worrying about the future.

On the day of Daiyu's birthday, everyone shouted that it was hot, and Daiyu suddenly remembered the severe drought in her previous life.Thinking that this year may be another drought year, it is better to prepare early.So at night, I consulted with Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai was originally a person with deep pockets in his chest, Daiyu mentioned it slightly, and she also thought that besides her own family's early preparations, she could also help the Zhen family.Therefore, Daiyu proposed to buy more mulberry fields this year, and Lin Ruhai immediately agreed.

Except for the fact that Daiyu hid Lin Ruhai and his wife from knowing about her past life, she told Jia Min about the other things in detail. : "It should be like this, otherwise everyone will think that our Lin family is easy to deceive?"

Daiyu's father and daughter had dealt with Zhen Yingjia once and for all. It was a surprise to see Jia Min figured it out.The whole family was very happy, thinking that the three of them would be locked in the study for half a day, and they didn't know what happened to brother Ling, so they opened the study.From a distance, I saw Wang Momo guarding the porch, it seemed that the woman on the second door was coming, and Wang Momo didn't want to be disturbed.

Seeing that the master and wife had finally come out, the woman on the second gate hurried up and said, "Responding to the words of the master, madam, and girl, Master Jinling Zhen posted a post saying that he wanted to pay a visit to the master. He has been waiting for half a day. Wang Momo said that the master Talk about things, but don't let me talk back and forth."

Jia Min and Lin Ruhai looked at each other, and Lin Ruhai said to the steward: "Go and tell the steward, just tell me what I said, if Mr. Zhen came for business, he will go to the yamen to discuss it tomorrow; if he came for private matters, let's just talk about the old days. , Lin never mentions official business." Then he turned to Jia Min and said softly: "It's so easy to take a day off, but it's delayed for half a day, let's take Yu'er and Brother Cheng to play together, and ignore him."

Jia Min nodded yes, and brought Daiyu back to the house with Lin Ruhai.

Zhen Yingjia waited in the concierge for half a day, but got a little bit of a nosebleed, and the attendants around him were about to have a fit, so Zhen Yingjia himself stopped it.To show her sincerity, Zhen Yingjia came early in the morning. She waited in the concierge for half a day, and she was sweating profusely in the morning heat.I didn't want to, but I waited for the housekeeper of the Lin family to pass on such a sentence.Zhen Yingjia knew that Lin Ruhai was making things difficult on purpose, but he had already inquired about it. The entire Jiangnan Dulin family had harvested a lot of silkworm cocoons this year.The reason is that the housekeeper has worked hard. I will go to the Yamen tomorrow to visit Mr. Lin.

The next day, Zhen Yingjia arrived at the Yanzheng yamen early in the morning, handed over the post and the yamen servants, and looked forward to it.After a while, the yamen servant came out and said that Mr. Lin invited Mr. Zhen.Zhen Yingjia, the salt government yamen, is very familiar with him. Before Lin Ruhai, he had served several times as the master of the salt department.When Zhen Yingjia walked into the Yamen, she couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional in her heart. Lin Ruhai snatched away such a huge job.

After stepping into the lobby, Zhen Yingjia looked around and saw that they were all acquaintances.It turned out that the chairs were arranged according to the number of seats in the hall, and the seats were all salt merchants from Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers.Seeing that the former salt class master had also come, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted.Lin Ruhai also politely took the seat, but Zhen Yingjia's seat had been reserved for a long time.

Now that Lin Ruhai is a second-rank official, Zhen Yingjia is only a fourth-rank official, so he had to bow down to Lin Ruhai, and was about to explain why he came, but Lin Ruhai preemptively said, "I don't know what's the matter, Mr. Zhen, who came here today?"

Zhen Yingjia said: "My subordinates are in charge of the Jiangning Weaving Mansion in Jinling. Who knows that this year's weather is not good, and the production of silkworm cocoons in various places is very limited. I heard that Mr. Lin has a long-term vision and has bought many mulberry fields, and the harvest is excellent. Come to beg Mr. Lin to sell the cocoons from the mansion to the lower officials."

Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "What do I mean? It's not a difficult task. It's just a coincidence that I met a rich family in Jinling who bought silkworm cocoons at twice the price. I have already sold all the cocoons produced by my official farm."

Zhen Yingjia also inquired about an ordinary merchant buying silkworm cocoons at a high price, but this merchant was originally a tea merchant, how did he start the silkworm cocoon business?When he found the tea merchant's house, his family said that the master had had enough of the new tea and went north to sell it.Zhen Yingjia had no choice but to come to Lin Ruhai, and could only bow down and say: "Since Mr. Lin has made a large deal with that tea merchant, he can naturally find that merchant. I just ask Mr. Lin for his recommendation."

Among the salt merchants who came here today, there are naturally a few who colluded with Zhen Yingjia's officials and merchants back then, and they have excellent personal relationships.However, most of them were exploited by Zhen Yingjia. Today, seeing Zhen Yingjia's humiliation and humiliation, although he didn't show it on the surface, he secretly felt happy in his heart.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "Master Zhen's words are really embarrassing. The most honest thing is to do business. The cocoons produced by the farm under my name are the butlers who are in charge of contacting the sales. Is it true that Mr. Zhen wants to make me and the businessman go back on their promises?"

Zhen Yingjia was used to being domineering and domineering, and she had been patient for half a day with her brows lowered and her eyes pleasing to the eye. In addition, the anger she suffered yesterday suddenly erupted, and she said sullenly, "Master Lin, what are you talking about? I'm here to catch up with you." Clothing materials for this autumn. Could it be that Mr. Lin is unwilling to share the worries with the saint just because he wants to sell silkworm cocoons at a high price?"

Zhen Yingjia brought out the sage, thinking: If you insist on not selling the cocoons to Jiangning Weaving Mansion, you are unwilling to share the sage's worries. Lin Ruhai, even with ten heads, can't afford to wear such a big hat.After finishing speaking, Zhen Yingjia looked at Lin Ruhai solemnly, and gradually there was a sense of confrontation in the air.Salt merchants, big and small, also felt the tense atmosphere.

However, Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "This year is a year of calamity. Master Zhen said to share the worries of the Holy One. This is what I thought in my heart, but I can't ask for it. Look, Lord Zhen, today, many salt merchants are in the yamen for the sake of the Holy One." We came here to share our concerns. Just now we were discussing, each family does not care about the amount, no comparison, how much can be donated, and all the donated property will be recorded and recorded in the book and sent to Beijing. Exploitation at all levels, although it is a drop in the bucket, is in the end the humble officials and all the merchants have the same heart. Master, you handed the talent booklet to Lord Zhen, and Lord Zhen is righteous, and he must be willing to participate in this righteous act."

After hearing this, Zhen Yingjia's scalp went numb, the house was leaking because it was raining all night, and she couldn't buy silk cocoons, so Lin Ruhai made calculations.But Lin Ruhai made it clear that the property donated today will be handed over to the saint. If he does not pledge the donation at the scene and spread the word in the future, he will be accused of not sharing the saint's worries on his own head.With resentment in his heart, he took the booklet handed over by the master without showing it on his face and looked at it, only to feel dizzy.According to the brochure, the two largest salt merchants pledged 8 taels of silver, the second-class salt merchants pledged [-] taels, and the first-class salt merchants pledged [-] to [-] taels.

Zhen Yingjia froze on the spot, thinking: Now that I am asking Lin Ruhai, I have to focus on the important work of the Weaving Mansion, and said for a long time: "I have to be inferior to Mr. Lin, it's just about the silkworm cocoon?" Without the amount of Lin Ruhai's pledged donation, he used himself to save others, thinking that Lin Ruhai was also borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, but ten thousand taels was as high as the sky, so it is not too difficult for Lin Ruhai to be first-class.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Your Majesty Zhen is righteous, and I thank you in advance. What I mean, Lord Zhen has responded to everyone in the south of the Yangtze River, and I dare not surpass Master Zhen. Therefore, it is very good for the two of us to have the same status. As for Master Zhen The silkworm cocoons that need to be purchased, I, Lin Ruhai, have to be a villain and go back on my word once, the silkworm cocoons that were originally twice the market price in previous years, but how about selling them to Master Zhen for one and a half times?"

The price of silk has soared in the year of disaster, but the price of one and a half times is extremely fair, so Zhen Yingjia had no choice but to nod.

Lin Ruhai smiled again and said, "So, I thank Mr. Zhen for his carelessness. I think that many voluntary merchants here have donated a lot of silver taels, and supplies and food are hard to come by during the disaster year, so I pledged to donate [-] shi of rice."

Zhen Yingjia was so frightened that she almost fainted. In a good year, a stone of rice is worth only two taels of silver, but in a bad year, it is worth four taels of silver.Twenty thousand stones of rice are worth 8 taels of silver.Moreover, the Zhen family didn't have such a large amount of old grain, and if they bought it in large sums, some merchants might be hoarding it, and they might not be able to purchase the full amount even for five or six taels.All the salt merchants who were born in the two Huaihe Rivers were present, and there were so many witnesses. If I contradicted my promise and spread it to the ears of the saint, wouldn't it arouse the anger of the saint?

Who knows that Lin Ruhai didn't even give Zhen Yingjia a chance to repent, and told his master: "Master, write down, I donate [-] shi of grain, and Mr. Zhen also donates [-] shi of grain. If that's the case, I'll send the steward to contact you and buy it." Silkworm cocoon merchants have to become villains themselves, so as to relieve Lord Zhen’s urgent needs. Lord Zhen will prepare food some other day, and I will also send people to prepare silkworm cocoons, and the delivery will be clear at once, so it’s not cheap for both sides.”