Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

Daiyu's biological father is still there, and she has lived in Rongfu for a year, and she hasn't spent much time with Xiangyun, and the two little girls are not very close.

But when Xiangyun came to be a guest, for Daiyu, one more of her was not too much, and one less of her was not too much of a problem.

Lin Hai happened to be resting at home that day, and after the girls arrived, it was customary to meet him as an elder.

When Daiyu came to Rongfu, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't see her. When Lin Hai returned to Beijing, he was promoted again. Every time Daiyu returned to Rongfu, as long as the two brothers were at home, he would meet Daiyu specially and say a few homely words.

Lin Hai didn't want to be like the two of them: he had to have the same attitude towards the girls of these relatives.

So when Wang Chan and Daiyu came to see him with a group of girls, Lin Hai also took a closer look at these "coquettish" girls in the original book.

He was a little disappointed: except for the older Baochai and Yingchun who looked like girls, the others were all real "girls".

It's just that there are almost no curves at all, and you can't tell a man or woman at all just by looking at your figure regardless of your clothes.

Lin Hai thought inwardly that he had committed a crime, he had to plan his own life at such an age, and this so-called life plan was nothing more than marrying into a good family.

From Lin Hai's point of view, when a girl is sixteen, she can explore her life goals with her. When her daughter is truly independent, she must graduate from a university or a master's degree in 23rd.

In this day and age, girls are more harsh and ruthless. As a father, he may not care about too many people. At least he must let his daughter enjoy life without worry before she gets married.

Lin Hai couldn't help sighing when the girls' situations were compared.

Just at this moment, Baochai just finished talking about her own situation: she briefly introduced the current situation of her mother, brother and acquaintances.So Lin Hai sighed, and Baochai interpreted it as Uncle Lin's regret for the death of her old friend and her father.

Lin Hai also had a little friendship with Baochai's father at the beginning: nodding acquaintance is also friendship.

Baochai took great pains to make friends with Daiyu, and she just wanted to use Daiyu to meet her uncle and aunt Lin, so that they would have an impression of her, and this contact would... always be useful in the future.

After Baochai finished speaking, it was Yingchun's turn—the girls talked about their family affairs in front of Lin Hai and his wife, and they were all sorted by age.

Yingchun is clumsy, and how does she know how Jia She and Mrs. Xing are feeling?It's not that easy to meet.

Seeing that she was in trouble, Lin Hai winked at Daiyu.

Daiyu smiled slightly, "The son went back to his grandmother's house and met his uncle and aunt." Then he mentioned a few words about Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing, both looking pretty good.

That's true.Ever since they became concubines in Yuanchun, Jia She and Mrs. Xing felt that their future was in sight, and they were obviously more nourished than before.

Yingchun was secretly relieved when he heard the words.After that are Tanchun, Xiangyun and Xichun.

These three girls were eloquent, Lin Hai listened carefully to the reactions of the other girls: Baochai, who was the most thoughtful, lowered her head slightly, with a smile on her face, but her attention was almost entirely on the couple.

Yingchun seems to be in a daze all the time, while Tanchun and Baochai react similarly, Xiangyun seems to be distracted, and Xichun is the youngest, talking about something.

Daiyu's parents never died, and she didn't have any troubles with Xiangyun, who was sick and sympathetic. After a period of time, the two sensitive girls reconciled, hugged each other warmly, and finally developed a deep affection.

Although both parents died, Xiangyun's situation in the original book is much stronger than that of Daiyu. Looking at it, I really can't believe that Aunt Xiangyun has any malicious intentions towards her.

In the first half of the original novel, the little girl in Xiangyun complained a lot about her situation. It is really that the life in Rongfu is very different from the situation in her uncle's house, and she just feels aggrieved.

But looking back, with age, Xiangyun has indeed become more well-behaved and sensible.

The little girls saw Lin Hai, so they followed Daiyu to the yard, talking and laughing.

The house was no longer lively, Lin Hai dragged his wife and fell in love, "There are fathers who were born but not taught by fathers, although this is a curse word, but..."

Wang Chan also sighed: "But it's really appropriate. It's not the father's fault to raise children." She couldn't help feeling sorry for the little girls.

The three masters, Jia Jing, Jia Amnesty, and Jia Zheng...are very unreliable fathers: I guess the child is born, dressed warmly and fed enough. I really didn't even think about teaching the child, only thinking about the child To become talented on your own, and then honor your ancestors... Isn't this a daydream? !

Wang Chan and her parents are just such a daughter, so naturally they love her like a treasure.

When Wang Chan was not married, she saw her father every day, so she didn't find it strange at all that her master and Daiyu's father and daughter were always bored.

While favoring their daughters, her parents did not "freeze" their sons. They always followed the order of letting their sons go to practice and then teaching them when they came back.

Therefore, Wang Chan, like Lin Hai, despises the ways of "teaching children" of the masters of Ningrong and Rongfu.

Wang Chan guessed that the master listened to pity these girls and wanted to pass a ladder to these girls. As for their future, it still depends on whether they have a clear mind.

Lin Haidao: "It's good if it's convenient, after all, I'm not their father. If Daiyu and these little sisters end badly, she will also be sad."

Sure enough, I guessed it right.Wang Chan nodded and said, "Our eldest girl has a kind heart."

Lin Hai has already expressed his position, and it is good to leave the details to his wife, and then he put his arms around her and talked about the business, "Mr. Zhu will be appointed as an official next year, and Mr. Zhu will replace him. Mr. Li, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, may be transferred to the Minister of Rites..."

The seat of Minister of Justice will be vacant next year, and Wang Chan's father will also have the opportunity to take a step forward, but the premise is to prepare early.

Wang Chan was surprised first and then pleased, "Really?"

Wang Chan is very close to her natal family, and she knows no less than her brothers about the news of the previous dynasty.

Her father's boss, Master Li, will become Minister of the Ministry of Rites at the next stop... Maybe her mother's family doesn't know it yet: originally thought that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment would have to be re-elected, so her father intends to find a foreign post.

Lin Hai smiled and said, "What the fifth prince told me, can it be false?"

The fifth prince and concubine finally found out that she was pregnant these days. The fifth prince was overjoyed and made a special trip to thank Lin Hai again: How did Lin Hai's prescription make the body more comfortable and easy to use? The fifth prince didn't say anything, but he knew it in his heart.

The same man, the fifth prince knew that he couldn't hide his family affairs from Lin Hai, so he pulled Lin Hai back again after leaving the court, and after sincerely thanking him, he offered a new round of thanks: it was the news of the change of officials of the Ministry of Punishment.

The fifth prince's uncle was once the chief assistant of the cabinet, and there is also an uncle who is the secretary of the Ministry of officials, so there is no need to doubt whether the news is true or not.

Wang Chan nodded vigorously, "I'm not doubting whether it's true or not..." She also had her own worries, she pouted at the old Wang's house next door, "The next door has returned to Beijing, can the job be settled? That's a first-rank official."

Although there are many senior officials in the capital, the official positions with real power are not just "one carrot and one hole".Wang Ziteng still dare not talk about choosing a seat, let alone Wang Chan's father.

It should be noted that Wang Chan's father is over 50 years old. If he can't be promoted to the second rank this time, he may not be able to touch the edge of the first rank in this life, so he thinks that he can't make money in the capital, so he seeks a foreign job.

As the natal family of the concubine Xian, the Wang family has no shortage of heritage, nor does it lack clansmen who hold real power, but the problem is... these clansmen are not young, and there is little chance of "moving up" any further. Wang Chan's father Count the youngest of these people.

A few years later, when the juniors stepped onto the stage, it is likely that the senior clan members who served as high-ranking officials had been in office for many years, and some of them might have been buried in the soil.

Now the Ninth Prince has just got married, and after more than ten years, the Ninth Prince will be in his prime, and he is afraid that there will be no handsome talents from his mother's clan around him.

Wang Chan immediately said, "Lord Lu is going back to Beijing too," she added, "How can my father not be 'guilty'?"

When Mr. Lu returned, he was also destined to occupy a "pit", and it had to be a "good pit".

In other words, Mr. Chen and Mr. Lu are Lin Hai's Jinshi and Jurenzuo respectively.

Mr. Chen is the second assistant of the cabinet. Now he is over 70, and he already has the heart of "retiring bravely". Even when Lin Hai just returned to Beijing to visit this old man, he had clearly informed him of his plan to become an official in the near future.

Of course, Mr. Chen is the second assistant of the cabinet after all, even if he is about to retire, the "remaining heat" should not be underestimated, but Lin Hai has never thought of this teacher.

The reason is extremely simple: Lin Hai is now a third-rank minister, if he wants to be promoted again and it is an important position, he can only choose one among the ministers or the governors of various provinces.

Whether Mr. Chen is happy or not is one thing, but whether he can do it or not is another matter - a minister or a great official in the frontier can also be decided by a cabinet elder?

In addition, as soon as he returned to Beijing, he eagerly hugged the thigh of the former teacher... This appearance is too ugly, Lin Hai, as a civil servant who came from the imperial examination, can't be shameless because he is "too pragmatic".

After Lin Hai evaded suspicion, Mr. Chen, an old man, should retire and return to his hometown... So the relationship between master and apprentice with this teacher is destined to be as thin as water.

However, Master Lu, another teacher, was much more enthusiastic than Master Chen.

Lin Hai's servant of the household department is mainly due to the holy will, but it is also indispensable for Master Lu's recommendation.Although the exchanges between the master and the apprentice are still not very frequent, but this tacit understanding is already in the heart.

According to Wang Chan's natal family's wishes, Mr. Lu returned to Beijing to become an official, and the Wang family was willing to make room for this ally.Didn't Wang Chan's words just want to seduce Lin Hai and give her another "reassurance": the master will tell her about the business affairs, but not necessarily everything in detail.

Why can't Lin Hai hear the daughter-in-law's overtones?

Thinking again about the words of the next teacher in the letter, he immediately gave a happy message, "Teacher doesn't seem to want to stay in Beijing this time." Prince Duan, this is really tricky."

Having said that, but as the master said, the plan cannot keep up with the changes!

Wang Chan didn't hide it, and sighed lightly.

Lin Hai asked curiously, "Isn't the teacher on good terms with his father-in-law? Didn't he reveal his plan in the letter?"

How could it be possible to not reveal anything?

Wang Chan replied: "Of course there is an explanation in the letter, but..." She was a little embarrassed, "Isn't this worrying? My mother personally sent someone to deliver the letter, asking me to ask tactfully, and also told me not to take it. Daddy, don’t offend the master with this matter.”

To put it bluntly, the Wang family and Lin Hai each have their own sources and channels of news, and the news confirmed by the two families is often more credible.

It is wise for the Wang family to leave this matter to Wang Chan, instead of calling Lin Hai to the Wang family for questioning.

However, for Lin Hai, his father-in-law would never be disgusted when he asked him, but when his daughter-in-law asked, he responded more casually.

Wang Chan was still mumbling at this time, his tone was sour, "It's just...my mother's letter was written as if the master is her son and I am her daughter-in-law!"

Lin Hai laughed.

As his mother-in-law, he loves his daughter-in-law the most. Seeing that the life after marriage is extremely harmonious, she really doesn't want to cause any trouble for the couple.

Wang Chan felt that he couldn't tell for a while, so he simply asked the eldest girl to bring the mother's letter and hand it to Lin Hai to read.

Lin Hai took a look, okay, all three pages of letter paper are written on the tips of getting along with husband and wife - one look at the patience and caring, and you know it must be your own.

Because there is no in-laws, and her husband loves her, Wang Chan has to go back to her mother's house three or four times a month, and she also has to bring Daiyu. The brothers have a meal, and finally the family of three will go home together.

This rhythm of accompanying his wife back to her mother's house, which is very common in modern times, moved Lin Hai and his mother-in-law.So in the letter, in addition to the experience, it is rare to praise the son-in-law in various fancy ways... and wrote a full two pages.

The more Lin Hai looked at the smile lines, the deeper the lines, "I'm so good, I don't even know." After speaking, that handsome face was pressed against Wang Chan's ear, and he kissed him a few times.

Wang Chan blushed again.To apply a modern term, it is: pink bubbles floating all over her body...

Lin Hai and his wife had a good atmosphere, and Daiyu and the little sisters kept laughing.

The Lin family also has a garden, which has been repaired quite decently these days.Daiyu excitedly took the sisters to see the plum trees she had picked out by herself, muttering a few words, "I don't know if they will bloom next year", and then went back to her room to have tea and snacks with the sisters. .

After warming up, Daiyu thanked Baochai: she liked the gift specially prepared by Baochai very much.The second is Xiangyun's gift: Xiangyun gave Sifang a handkerchief embroidered by her hand, which happened to be a complete set of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

Seeing that Daiyu attached great importance to the handkerchief she sent, Xiangyun not only smiled sincerely, but also added a little bit of complacency.

Xiangyun's needlework is very good, especially if she puts her heart into it.

Unlike a local tyrant like Daiyu who always gives pocket money, and now he has almost 1 taels on hand, Xiangyun has no control over money, so he can only save some pocket money when he comes to Rongfu.So her presents were either handmade or...not worth much.

In terms of shooting, it is not as good as Yingchun and Xichun.

Fortunately, the sisters are very considerate of her. Daiyu took Xiangyun's gift and showed it to the sisters. Everyone just got together to comment on the needlework... Then they were full of interest and wanted to compose a poem to "commemorate" today's reunion .

Since you want to write poetry, how can you do it without good wine and good food?Poetry flourishes only when you are full and full!

Daiyu sent Xueyan to talk to the big kitchen.Although she has a small kitchen, she mainly prepares supper and snacks, and cannot afford real meals.

Lin Hai is hugging his wife and reading Xiao Na Han's books together - the level is much lighter than ~Jin~Ping~Meike, but Wang Chan's face doesn't cool down at all.

The eldest girl of the couple was too embarrassed to enter the door when they reported it, but talked outside.

Hearing that the eldest girl wanted to keep the sisters for dinner, Wang Chan ordered the eldest girl to pass on a message to the steward, "Send someone back to Rong Mansion to say something, and the family will prepare someone to send the girls home together in the evening, so don't worry."

When it comes to writing poetry, Lin Hai also has mixed feelings: he has read the poems left by the girls after getting together a few days ago... Anyway, the level is quite different from what he expected.

But artistic creation often comes from pain.

Daiyu has nothing to do with "suffering" at all, and Baochai's thoughts are not above a little fame. In Lin Hai's view, the poems of girls now are a bit like "emphasizing sorrow for new words".

Lin Hai couldn't help laughing and said: "People don't hit two young people in vain."

Wang Chan was startled, "Huh?"

"Follow Daiyu." Lin Hai said, "You can do whatever you want at home." After saying that, he said to his wife, "Thank you for your hard work."

Wang Chan shook his head and smiled, "How hard is this? It's just a sentence or two."

To be honest, the eldest girl often communicates with her sisters, which saves her a lot of trouble.

Wang Chan understood very well: the more kind he is to the eldest girl, the more sincere the master will be.As a stepmother, it's not good for the eldest girl to stay at home with the maids all the time - it seems that they are in peace, but the master must be uncomfortable.

But it was the end of the year, and she was really busy. The couple read Xiao Na's book for a while, and then she went back to the case to deal with the pile of accounts: it's not easy to drag the eldest girl who is new to common affairs to settle the accounts with her Reconciliation, right?

Seeing his daughter-in-law sitting back at the table in the back room, Lin Hai didn't move, but just sat up a little bit, and then asked Ai Lu to invite the housekeeper Lin Da and his confidant master Bao Huaishang.

As the stewards who stayed in the south to deal with the family property completed their tasks one after another and returned to Beijing with their families, Lin Hai and Bao Huaishang had more and more things to report.

Lin Hai only ordered to keep the Lin family's ancestral home and sacrifice land in Yangzhou, and reserved two shops, all of which were used for rent, and the rest of the real estate was cashed out...as long as there is no loss, it is fine, and he does not expect to make a lot of money by changing hands.

As the servant of the household department, there are very few people who dare to deceive him in Yangzhou, and many buyers even bid more, just to impress Mr. Lin.

The real question is, after the business is closed, how will those stewards who have been in the Lin family for half their lives or even their entire lives be arranged.Lin Hai's plan is...to invest in maritime merchants.

The background of the original work is undoubtedly fictional, but it obviously refers to several dynasties that really existed in the history of the ~Tian~ Dynasty... and there are many bright allusions.

As far as Lin Hai personally feels, it is basically a mixture of Ming and Qing, half and half.

The current emperor did not pursue the policy of closed-door policy. For the convenience of guarding, the southeast coast was not fully opened, but there were several cities that were extremely prosperous because of the opening of ports.

Whether it can influence the Holy Majesty is another matter, but if you don’t take advantage of this raging age of great voyages to make a fortune, it’s just a waste of money—if the development in the court is not as you like, you can simply go to Southeast Asia to get a piece of land.If you can't be a minister capable of governing the world, and you can't be a hero in a troubled world, then find a place far away from the emperor with high mountains and crack the soil to seal the border.

However, not only did the Lin family never do maritime trade before, they didn't even have many serious business transactions. The rich family property was purely due to the accumulation of wealth through several generations...

Therefore, Lin Hai is going to send someone to study there, and it doesn't matter if he pays the tuition first.It just so happened that he was free today, so he simply called a few stewards who had observed secretly, and asked them to give some instructions.

But after nightfall, Baochai and the girls returned to Rongfu together in Linfu's carriage.I sent someone to report to the two wives of King Xing, and the girl replied that the girls can do what they want, and Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan, while Sanchun and Xiangyun went back to Jiamu's room to rest-the Grand View Garden doesn't even have a sketch now, so the girls naturally He also lived with Jia's mother.

When Tanchun returned to his room, he was ready to wash up and rest. First, he let his elder brother Baoyu hold him back, and asked how Daiyu's sister was doing. Without saying a word, Jin Chuaner, the eldest girl in front of Mrs. Wang, came to invite her personally: Madam has something to ask.

Just now I told them to go back and rest early!

Tanchun had to freshen up and change her clothes. The little girl was lighting a lantern in front of her. She helped the servant book and went to Mrs. Wang's courtyard.

Before Tanchun entered the door, he saw her father's servant trotting out with his head down.She immediately knew that her father was also in the wife's room at this time: it was probably not that the wife wanted to see her, but that the master had something to ask her.

Tanchun thought about it, and after entering the door, after Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang saluted, he sat down calmly with his father and aunt.

Mrs. Wang is happy to have a concubine who understands in her heart, and no girl in this mansion can surpass her Yuanchun——Tanchun can indeed suppress Aunt Zhao and save her a lot of trouble.

Therefore, she has a bit of mother-daughter affection for Tanchun...on the surface.

Jia Zheng, who had nothing to do with being clever, and who always had a straight face with his children—he suddenly realized that he and his daughter hadn't seen each other for a long time, so he gave Mrs. Wang a wink without knowing where to start.

Mrs. Wang nodded, took Tanchun's hand and asked the family of three in the Lin family, and then smiled, "How can you have fun today?"

Tanchun lowered his head slightly, but from the corner of his eye, he could clearly see that his father listened carefully to her words.

At this moment, Mrs. Wang suddenly asked, "I heard that your sisters saw your Uncle Lin?"

How could father care about Mrs. Lin and Daiyu?Tanchun responded, "I see. Uncle is very kind and looks good, much better than when he just returned to Beijing."

When Lin Hai came to Rongfu to take Daiyu home, Tanchun met her uncle several times, and the comparison was clear, so he said this.

Jia Zheng is actually concerned about whether Lin Hai is in a good mood now.

Because he has a ~big~trouble~ trouble right now, and he wants to ask Lin Hai: a sum of money that was originally used to repair the dam in the southern section of the Yellow River has disappeared!However, the account of the Ministry of Industry has not yet been allocated... He clearly remembered that he should have allocated it, because he had already received the "filial piety" of the money, and let his wife send it to the imperial concubine in the palace.

If the brother-in-law is in a good mood now, he will simply come to ask for help tomorrow-as for why he doesn't block Lin Hai in the yamen... because he doesn't go to court, and he has to work in the Ministry of Industry during the day, and he can't find someone after he leaves the yamen , or see the brother-in-law chatting and laughing with the prince, "fading away"... out of his sight.

He has already asked Ji Yu's brother Wang Ziteng, but Wang Ziteng is helpless, he... really has no choice!