The Five Girls of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Lin Jing smiled thoughtfully, walked to Zhao Ziming's side, shook his hand and said, "Cousin, let me go out for a walk." She turned her head to look at Zhao Ziming's thin face, and said with a smile : "Cousin is still too thin, how about I cook something for cousin in the future?" Isn't it said that most men like virtuous and gentle wives?Lin Jing felt that she should work hard in this direction.

Zhao Ziming touched Lin Jing's head and smiled, nodded slightly and said, "Okay." He chuckled lightly, and said again, "Can my cousin cook by herself?"

"Yes." Lin Jing nodded, pulled Zhao Ziming out of the Zhulan courtyard, and walked westward. The courtyard was dilapidated, and people rarely came there. Only Lin Jing would sneak out of the house from there, so Zhao Ziming did not doubt it. What, I just thought she wanted to go out and play secretly again.

Lin Jing pulled Zhao Ziming and walked directly towards the main hall, her steps were also a little hurried, she didn't give Zhao Ziming a chance to refuse at all, she seemed very excited, Zhao Ziming didn't know what she was excited about, just followed her into the hall in a funny way, " Slow down, there are many weeds in this yard, don't fall."

Lin Jing smiled at Zhao Ziming, walked to the main hall, pushed the door open, and immediately blocked Chen Wu and Ruan Xinxiao, Ruan Xinxiao covered her body with the quilt in panic, and her eyes showed deep fear.

"What are you doing!" Lin Jing shouted pretending to be panicked.

Zhao Ziming hastily pulled Lin Jing back and let her hide behind him, with a solemn expression, looking particularly ugly.

Chen Wu was taken aback. Seeing that it was two children, he immediately jumped up and said angrily, "Who are you? Why are you here!" He only felt that the girl looked familiar.

Ruan Xinxiao seemed to have just recovered from her senses, and the frightened wit was brought back again, and she quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Girl, please spare this servant!" As she spoke, she secretly pulled Chen Wu, and she You know, the girl has always been soft rather than hard, she is quite capable, Fifth Brother may not be her opponent. "

When Chen Wu heard Ruan Xin laughing and talking about the girl, he took another look at Lin Jing and said with a sneer, "Ah Xiao, you are just an unfavored girl, the second master doesn't take this girl seriously at all. Li, why bother to beg her, even if you say it, no one will believe it."

Lin Jing shook her head, with a strange arc on her mouth, "Really?" She pointed at Ruan Xin and smiled, and said, "Even if you can't do anything about it, what about her?"

Chen Wu hesitated.

Lin Jing sat on the chair, looking extraordinarily leisurely and calm. Ruan Xin held Chen Wu with a smile, and said, "Girl, don't be as knowledgeable as him, he is just following the orders of the second master, and he didn't intend to offend the girl." Yes." Ruan Xin gritted her teeth with a smile, and continued: "It is not a pity for the servant to die, but Fifth Brother is innocent. It is the servant who was deceived by the lard, so he went to seduce Fifth Brother."

Lin Jing's complexion was complicated, she glanced at Ruan Xin and smiled, and asked, "Are you defending him?" Lin Jing pointed at this man, sneered, and said, "He's not worth your maintenance."

Ruan Xin smiled for a moment, then said: "I don't care who he is, I just know that he treats my servant well. Even if he kills someone outside and sets fire to it, my servant will recognize him."

Lin Jing choked for a moment, she looked at Ruan Xinxiao's firm gaze, snorted coldly, and said, "If he really has the responsibility, he won't let you take care of it alone at this moment." She glanced at it quite disdainfully Chen Wu had deep contempt in his eyes.

Ruan Xinxiao didn't speak, but Chen Wu frowned and said, "What are you talking about." He walked up to Ruan Xinxiao and comforted him: "Ah Xiao, don't worry, how can I harm you, if you want to , I will take you away right away, the world is so big, there is always a place for us."

Ruan Xinxiao just shook her head slightly, smiled at Chen Wu, and said, "Let's beg the girl, the girl is kind, she can always forgive us."

Lin Jing looked at Ruan Xinxiao and suddenly became discouraged, and she was unwilling to deal with these stupid things. She had facilitated the matter between Ruan Xinxiao and Chen Wu, but now seeing Ruan Xinxiao like this, Lin Jing didn't like it. Feeling very happy, she just frowned and said: "Forget it, you go, I won't tell others, but don't threaten my mother in the future." Lin Jing stared at Ruan Xin with a burning gaze and smiled, saying: "My mother said that you are very smart and know what to do." As she spoke, she glanced at Chen Wu lightly.

Ruan Xinxiao quickly kowtowed and said, "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you." As she said that, she looked at Chen Wu, and the joy in her eyes seemed to overflow, which made Lin Jing a little embarrassed.

This is wrong, Lin Jing told herself subconsciously.

Lin Jing doesn't know how Chen Wu treats Ruan Xinxiao, it's just a matter of feelings, like a person who knows how warm and cold a drinking water is, Ruan Xinxiao is addicted to it, she thinks it's good to be good.

Ruan Xinxiao would go to the Rose Garden every day to pay respects to Mrs. Zhao. She was respectful and flattering. Lin Jing just watched silently, as if nothing had happened. Zhao Ziming was sullen because of this incident. Said, but Lin Jing knew that he had already guessed that she was using him.

After all, Zhu Qing was released from the Buddhist hall by the old lady, but it didn't cause any trouble to Lin Jing. Zhu Qing's previous helper was Ruan Xinxiao, and now Ruan Xinxiao had a fatal grip on Lin Jing. In her hand, she naturally didn't dare to help Zhu Qing any more, but she was thinking of a way to trip Zhu Qing, which made Zhu Qing have no energy to find Zhao Shi's bad luck.

Ruan Xinxiao waited by Mrs. Zhao's side all day long, so on the [-]th day, she paid her respects to the old lady. Ruan Xinxiao had a place to serve everyone at the table. The old lady specially ordered bird's nest porridge for Zhu Qing, and said with a smile: "This is the best bird's nest. I don't want to eat it on weekdays. You hurt your body earlier, so you should make up for it."

Ruan Xin greeted Zhu Qingsheng with a smile, and flattered her with a smile: "Sister Zhu, this is because the old lady loves you so much that she specially reserved a seat for you so that the big kitchen can stew this rock sugar when you get up early. The bird's nest porridge is here, so it can be seen that the old lady is thinking of you." Ruan Xin smiled and glanced at the silent Chen, hooked the corner of her mouth and said: "Although it is common for people like us to eat some bird's nest, it's just that The bird's nest is no different than others, I heard it was rewarded by the sage, if I, how would I dare to eat this, it must be placed on the incense table as an offering." These words revealed a bit of sourness, which made a person who had never seen anything sour in the world feel sour. The image of the aunt is full of conscientiousness.

As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions were different, and the old lady frowned, "What are you, talking nonsense here." She looked at Mrs. Zhao, and said coldly, "Don't say that anyone can bring blessings. From the Court of Honor."

Mrs. Zhao put down her chopsticks slowly, wiped the corners of her mouth, and then said with a smile: "Old lady, I saw that Mrs. Ruan has a refreshing temper, and she even praised her little sister before, so I specially brought her here to relieve your boredom, old lady." What about her son, isn't it her filial piety?" She looked at the old lady and said: "If the old lady doesn't like it, just don't ask her to come here in the future."

Coming out of Furong Courtyard, I happened to meet Mrs. Chen, and the two chatted with each other for a while. Ruan Xin smiled and looked at Mrs. Chen pretending to be wronged and complained: "Madam, it means you are kind, it's not that slaves talk too much. It's just that the slaves really look down on us, and it's understandable that our wife doesn't like the old lady. After all, our girl hurt the old lady's heart and flesh, and showed some color to our wife. We are juniors Can you still resent her old lady? But what about you, madam?" Ruan Xin smiled extra annoyed, and then said: "This bird's nest is your honor to the old lady, Zhu Shi, what is she, why is it so big Good luck."

Mrs. Zhao twitched the corners of her mouth lightly, and said angrily, "I was scolded by the old lady just now and I didn't learn a lesson, and now I say this again, so I'm not afraid of being disgusted by others." Then he glanced at Mrs. Chen, and said: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, Ruan Shi also has no intentions."

"Why are you scolding her? You're telling the truth." Chen's complexion was a little ugly, she snorted coldly, and said, "I think that's how you usually come to make fun of me." She didn't wait for Zhao Shi spoke, snorted, and said again: "I said in this house that I was the housekeeper's wife, but no matter it was for food or food, I always thought of the old lady for the first time, but in the end, I don't know who got it in the end." Anyone with a rotten conscience can give it."

Chen's heart was stuffed with anger, and after venting her anger on the two of Zhao, she went straight back to Wutong Courtyard. How could she not understand what Ruan Xin said with a smile, she just turned a blind eye That's all, now that someone pointed it out so brightly, Chen felt as if she had been slapped in the face, and her face was burning with pain. Whose mistress is as useless as her, it's not her sister-in-law. Fighting, it turned out that the concubine of the second room was capable of grabbing food from her.

Ever since Zhu Qing was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall, the Chen family had really gathered some contacts, and the old lady didn't seem to notice it, but after Zhu Qing was released, the old lady did her best to support Zhu Qing. Clothes and jewellery, as long as the third girl likes it, the old lady can open her mouth to ask her for it. This is a mother-in-law, and she doesn't feel embarrassed when she asks her daughter-in-law for something.

But let's talk about it, but no one will say that Chen's is good, you are a daughter-in-law, you don't know how to honor the old lady when you get a good thing, but let the old lady ask for it, people who know it say It's the old lady who doesn't pay attention to it. If she doesn't know, it can be said that the Chen family cheated her mother-in-law.

In short, no matter what the Chen family does, in this place where the word filial piety is greater than the sky, it is impossible to justify it.

Mrs. Chen was disgusted because of this, but when Ruan Xin laughed and said that, she was poking her heart. Mrs. Chen immediately felt that she was very useless. The two businessmen's wives were oppressed to death just because one of them was her mother-in-law.

Oh, it's really ridiculous.

Yuanliang and Yuanrui thought about their age, but Mrs. Chen wanted to let Yuanliang go to Xishan Academy to study. It happened that Yuanqing had been studying in Xishan Academy for a year, and Yuanliang went. The two brothers happened to support each other, which is also suitable. .

This was agreed the year before last. At the beginning, she gave Yuan Qing a quota for admission from Duke Qi's mansion, and the second wife did not have a son, so the quota for the Lin family was naturally given to Yuanliang. Lin Jiaping accepted it at the beginning. Chen originally thought that There should have been no twists and turns, but Lin Jiaping didn't agree, but said he was waiting.

Chen Shi was a little annoyed at the time, which gave her a bad premonition.

Sure enough, after the old lady told Yuanrui to go to Xishan Academy, Chen's expression changed at that time, but she had to explain in a gentle voice: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law and the master discussed before, and our Lin family will give Yuanliang the seat Xishan Academy is no different than others, all the students are Shixun's children, and they all study in the academy, and they are all contacts who will be officials in the future. If they can make friends with the two noble children, their future prospects will not be bad." What's the use of Lin Yuanrui going, he's just a bastard.

"Yuan Rui is the best student among the three brothers. If he doesn't go to the academy, who is qualified to go?" To make a fortune for the Zhu family. "

Mrs. Chen immediately said angrily: "Old lady, what you said means that your daughter-in-law is not going to obey me. Why is Yuan Liang not as good as Yuan Rui?" She stood up directly, panting for breath.

Lin Jiaping frowned, and said angrily, "Sit down, why are you talking to your mother?"

The old lady pursed her lips, and suddenly showed a trace of sadness. She pulled Lin Jiaping and cried, "My son, my mother treats you two brothers the same. I only hope that you will support each other in the future, the second child." He...was a smart child since he was a child, back then..." The old lady cried and remained silent, Lin Jia also showed her unbearable face, and then cried: "Mother, you are ashamed to say that about Zheshaer."

Seeing this, Chen suddenly felt a little discouraged. She listened to Lin Jiaping and said, "It's up to the mother to decide this matter. Since Yuan Qing has already gone to the academy, the quota is naturally for Yuan Rui."

The old lady wiped her tears, took Lin Jiaping's hand and wept, "My son can say that, so I feel relieved. I don't know how many more days I can live with my old bones. Seeing your brothers in harmony is more important than anything else." Happy."

"I don't agree!" Chen shrieked, "Yuanliang is the eldest son of the eldest son, there is no reason to carry a bastard who is not on the stage and suppress the first son! Which family has such rules!" Chen was obviously angry It's so ruthless, there is no image at all, just like a lunatic.

Lin Jiaping's face darkened, he slapped Mrs. Chen, and said in a cold voice: "Rules? Look, what rules do you have now?" He stared at Fu Ling and the other two, and said, "Help your wife back to the house. , don’t go out if you’re so embarrassing.”

Mrs. Chen stumbled back to the Wutong Courtyard. She lay on the bed and cried for a while, but she couldn't figure out why Lin Jiaping made such a decision. Isn't Yuanliang his own son?

Seeing Mrs. Chen's sad appearance, Fu Ling felt a little uncomfortable. After a while, she said in a sobbing voice: "Madam, this servant probably knows why the master did this." Seeing Mrs. Chen raised her head in a daze, she said again "It's just that I heard this from the old woman in the house before, but I thought it was the woman talking nonsense, so I didn't take it to heart."

Mrs. Chen wiped away her tears and said, "Tell me and listen."

Fu Ling then said: "It is said that the second master has been smart since he was a child, he can compose poems at the age of three, and write articles at the age of six. Even the dean of Xishan Academy said that the second master has very good qualifications. Given time, he will be able to learn something." It's done." Mrs. Chen stared blankly, with an expression of disbelief, only to hear Fu Ling say again: "It's just that the old lady had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to the second master, and almost lost her life. The old lady didn't like the second master at the time."

Chen frowned and didn't believe Fu Ling's words.

"It's not easy for the first master to be suppressed by the second master everywhere." Fu Ling frowned, and then said: "Mr. Lin had some friendship with the dean of Xishan Academy back then. Gang Lie didn't intend to take advantage of this relationship, and he was proud of the excellence of his two sons, so he asked them to take the exam, and in order to stimulate them, Mrs. Lin said that only one of them could enter the academy."

"What happened next?" Chen asked.

"The servants are not very clear about it, but they only said that the elder master entered the academy later, and the second master was seriously ill, and the old lady was imprisoned by the old master for one year for unknown reasons. Since then, the old lady has treated the second master especially Since then, Fu Ling frowned, looked at Chen Shi and said, "Second Master has been in poor health since then, and he has never studied or practiced calligraphy. The matter of studying for Second Master has made the old man lose his temper. , but the second master still went his own way, and later became what he is today."

Mrs. Chen was silent for a moment, "I am afraid that the serious illness of the second master is related to the old lady and the master."

"My servant has heard this matter before, and I don't know if it's true or not." Fu Ling waited on Mrs. Chen to wash her face, and said, "Ma'am, don't take it seriously."

Mrs. Chen cleaned up, looked at the woman in the mirror, sighed softly, and said: "I don't care why the master wants to accommodate the second child, but the son is me. For her future, I can give Everything." The sternness in her eyes flashed, "What is she, Mrs. Zhu? After all, she is just a concubine. Lin Yuanrui, a concubine, dares to want to grow up with the things of a concubine, and he is not afraid of being greedy!"

"What's Madam planning?" Fu Ling asked softly.

Mrs. Chen snorted, and said: "I am not only the daughter-in-law of their Lin family, but also the daughter-in-law of Duke Qi's mansion!" She pointed to Fu Ling and said, "Write a letter to the eldest brother, saying that the Lin family is too deceitful. Don't take our Duke of Qi's mansion seriously, if that old woman has the Duke's mansion in her heart, she won't be able to let Yuan Rui replace Yuan Liang!"

Fu Ling nodded, and then went to write a letter.

With Duke Qi's government intervening, it was naturally impossible for Lin Yuanrui to study in Xishan Academy. After Yuan Liang was sent to Xishan Academy, Mrs. Chen immediately felt satisfied, and she didn't feel angry when she saw the old lady's black face.

From Mrs. Zhao, from her body, Mrs. Chen wants to understand a truth. Apart from her children, the only thing a woman can rely on is her natal family. If she does not have a natal family, she will end up worse than Mrs. Zhao. After all, Mrs. Zhao has a gentle temperament Except for the fifth girl, she has never offended anyone, but she is different. Because of the housekeeper, she has offended many people. Not to mention, using Qi Guofu to suppress the old lady made the old lady hate her so much. She was down and out, and she couldn't imagine what consequences she would face.

Fortunately, fortunately, she was born in the Duke's Mansion, so she is many levels higher than the current Lin family.

Chen's dominance made the old lady depressed, and she fell ill immediately.

Lin Jiaping was very dissatisfied with the Chen family because of the interference of the Duke of Qi's government. After the old lady fell ill, this dissatisfaction reached a fixed point. The family suppressed and lost face.

"Ma'am, the master directly hits you without asking indiscriminately, it's simply too bullying." Fu Ling helped Chen Shi who fell to the ground, his face full of anger.

Chen wiped the corners of her mouth, touched her cheek, her voice was calm and unexpected, "This is the second time he hit me." Fu Ling pursed her lips, she knew how much her wife cared about the master, now Tranquility might really hurt her heart, so she had to change the subject and said: "Ma'am, the old lady is sick this time, and she seems to be very angry. The servant is watching, the old lady probably won't let it go."