Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

After Xiangyun left, everyone from Jiamu to Xiren was unhappy for a few days, and the Grand View Garden seemed to lose some of its color, not to mention the Xiao and Xiang Pavilions, which had no owner, looked even more desolate.

Sister Feng, on the other hand, had finished taking care of the Spring Festival celebrations, put aside Daiyu's dowry, and turned to her son's Zhou banquet.

On the eighth day of April, the weather is fine and fine.

Before Yingchun came out of the cabinet, Jia Amnesty had told the mansion that the eldest grandson's weekly banquet must be held grandly, and the banquets and operas must be top-notch. Jia's mother thought that Jia Xuan was the second eldest son born after Jia Lan. It took more than ten years to get it, so I ordered Sister Feng Li Wan to Tanchun and wait for good food. There are so many guests on this day, and the excitement is comparable to the time when I come out of the pavilion in the spring.

Jia Lian and Sister Feng's looks are beautiful and romantic, far better than the couple Jia Zhu and Li Wan in the past. They are as old as Mrs. Xing and others.

Jia Xuan was wearing a red embroidered bellyband and emerald trousers, and grabbed a wooden sword neatly to fight.

Although what he grabbed were not pens, inks, papers and inkstones and other precious things, they were better than the hairpins and hairpins that Baoyu grabbed when he was one year old. Everyone present smiled and congratulated him, saying that he has the legacy of his ancestors, and he will definitely be a famous minister and general in the future.

Hearing everyone's compliments one after another, Jia Amnesty laughed from ear to ear. He didn't like to read since he was a child, and he never supervised his son. Naturally, he would not force his grandson to be satisfied with the pen, ink, paper and inkstone like Jia Lan.That year when Jia Lan caught Zhou, I don't know how much effort Li Wan spent to get Jia Lan to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and to resolve the embarrassment that Baoyu had been thinking about for years after he caught the hairpin and hairpin.Therefore, after grabbing the wooden sword, Jia She was afraid that others would disturb his grandson, so he hurriedly ordered the nanny to carry it in and hand it to Sister Feng for care.

All the guests were chatting and joking, and when they saw Jia Xuan's pink and jade carvings, they liked it even more. carry him down.

The children were not there, and the girls were all talking and watching a play in the side hall, and all the families were talking about marriage gossip.

The Rongguo Mansion had just finished a happy event, and everyone remembered it with a smile. They all laughed at Jia Mu and praised the mansion for being generous and kind to the daughters, asking the daughter to take the betrothal money out of the house, etc.This is not a compliment, most families in the capital left the dowry money to their parents, and did not take it away with the daughter's dowry, because the dowry was equal to the dowry, and it cost too much.

Mother Jia replied with a smile: "That's what it should be. Who in our family lacks a few taels of dowry? Regardless of marriage, the dowry is for the sake of the children, and they always want to make their lives better in the future."

Everyone nodded in agreement, most of them had daughters, how could they not know that daughters are more valued by the husband's family after the bride price is brought back?

Mrs. Wang Ziteng is about to marry her daughter, and she is very busy. Suddenly she remembered what Sister Feng had entrusted her to. After thinking about it for a moment, she took the opportunity to ask Mrs. Wang: "The second girl in the family has left the cabinet. Is the third girl married?"

Mrs. Wang was startled, and hurriedly said: "No, there was no banquet and music for the previous year, and there was no official media to propose marriage."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "The third girl is not young anymore, she will be 15 years old next year, right? I remember that she is only 20 days younger than the county master Jingxiao. The county master Jingxiao has already engaged in marriage. It's coming soon, it's time for my aunt to make some plans for Sanyatou. I have a wonderful family here, I don't know what my aunt thinks."

When everyone heard about it, they were curious and asked who it was with a smile.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng said: "It's the fourth son of the former Nine-door Admiral Yang's family. He is 17 years old this year. He has been to our house several times. I saw it with my own eyes. He looks good and is worthy of a third girl."

Concubine Nan'an smiled and said: "It can be seen that you are doing a good job as an aunt, and you miss your niece in your heart. Such a good family, it is rare for you to think of your niece. I have also met the fourth brother of the Yang family you mentioned. His name is Yang Shan. Didn’t you study at the Guozijian? Sure enough, they match very well.” However, Yang Shan is a concubine, and Tanchun is also a concubine daughter, and they are equal to each other.

After hearing this, Jia's mother hurriedly asked, "Is it really so good?"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng smiled and said: "If it's not good, the old lady will beat me a few times with a walking stick. The third girl is our niece after all, so why not miss her? Brother Feng often praises her for being strong and very intelligent. The ability to be a housekeeper. I thought about it for a long time, and after several screenings, I chose the young master of Mr. Yang's family. The two families are not the same, and the status and appearance of the two children are also matched. A pair of people made in heaven. I asked Mrs. Yang I just took advantage of brother Xuan's arrest of Zhou to tell my aunt."

Mother Jia nodded secretly, very happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lao and his wife are bothering you. I thought in my heart that these sisters are all married, and the fourth girl is young and guards her father's filial piety. There are only three girls. My uncle and wife said that such a family is like sending me an agate pillow when I dozed off."

What he said made everyone laugh, and he talked about the Yang family's affairs that he knew, and there was nothing wrong with it.

I don’t know which year Sister Feng sent high-quality ginseng to the Yang family. The Yang family misses the old love very much. The two families are family friends and have always been close. Originally, they also said to come to see Brother Xuan to catch Zhou. Opening up, today I only sent the steward's daughter-in-law to give a heavy gift.

After listening to it one by one, Jia's mother felt appropriate.

The little girl Caier arranged by Xichun was waiting in the living room. When she heard about this, she hurriedly learned from Xichun and said: "My uncle and wife treat the third girl very well. The family I chose for the third girl is the Yang family. Master Yang In the past, he was the admiral of the Nine Schools, but now he is also a high-ranking and powerful person, better than the in-law's family that Miss Yun just said. Even if the fourth son is a concubine, I don't know if the third girl is willing or not."

Xichun sneered and said, "Why would you like it or not? On the contrary, if you look down on others, it's not possible to be a concubine? She just wants to marry a concubine, how do you know that people don't pick a concubine? Mrs. Wang is such a matchmaker, and it is very good for the third sister."

Being the concubine's first wife is ten times and a hundred times better than being the concubine of a high-ranking official.

People in the world often pick concubines and concubines. If they don't marry poor families, they don't want to be the concubines of officials who are higher than Jia Zheng officials. The wife of a serious first- and second-rank official does not value concubines, nor will he choose the concubine of a fifth-rank official as his wife.

There are quite a few dignitaries who want to marry princes and nobles who are of the same status as themselves or have a higher official position than themselves. When they see that the other party has a wife, they send a concubine as a concubine. Tongfang girl class.

Coincidentally, Daiyu was also there, and she asked Cai'er, "Did the second wife agree?"

Now that Yingchun is married, it's time to go to Tanchun. Compared with marrying in the judgment of Zhongyuan, it is better to marry in the capital after all, and the sisters help each other.It is expected that Sister Feng has thought of these things, and she is afraid that her sister will be affected by the downfall of her family in the future, so she begs Mrs. Wang Ziteng to be a matchmaker for Tanchun.Although the first room and the second room had long had a rift, Jia She and his wife treated Baoyu very well, and Sister Feng also admired Tanchun very much, admiring Tanchun's housekeeping skills.

Cai'er shook her head and said: "No. Girl, the marriage that my uncle and wife said is so good, not only Concubine Nan'an, but also Princess Beijing, why did the second wife decline? She said she was waiting for the second master to come back. I can’t decide on my own.”

After hearing this, Xichun's face darkened.

Before she could speak, Cai'er added another sentence, saying: "The second wife also said that Baoyu is not engaged yet, and the third girl is a younger sister, so she can't be ahead of her elder brother. There is some truth in that."

Her mother was working in the garden, she had a bad tongue, she was the last to go back to Tanchun to kick her out, Cai'er always kept it in her heart.

Xichun waved Caier to go down, and before going down, he asked Ruhua to buy fruit for Caier with money, and when there was no one in the room, he said, "Sister, what do you think the second wife means? I don't want to ask some people about such things in detail." It's too straightforward to refuse on the spot. Even if you think about it, when the second master comes back, there is still room for change."

Daiyu thought that the benefits brought to Jia Zheng and his wife by Tanchun's distant marriage should far outweigh the benefits of marrying the concubine of the Yang family. She can't make the decision on her own in matters of marriage. Ask my sister, in the past, who made the decision when the virtuous concubine entered the palace? Who made the decision?"

Xichun pondered for a long time, then shook her head and said, "Baoyu was only three, four, or five years old when Niang Niang entered the palace, and I was even younger at that time. How do I know who made the decision? It's not the old lady, but the second master and the second wife. Why does my sister ask this?" "

Daiyu remained silent, laughing secretly at herself.

Xichun suddenly clapped her hands, and said: "I know what my sister is thinking, but it can be regarded as what I said earlier. If I don't sell my third sister for a good price, how can the second master's wife be willing? Let's take the matter of sister Yun's marriage." To put it bluntly, if the second master really has the heart, whether he should say it or not is a matter of his words. If he agrees, can the empress and the second wife still come to refute his meaning? Why bother to write back and ask this and that to make more trouble? There are so many things coming, why don’t you want to agree? Want to agree but are afraid that your mother won’t agree, and you don’t want to offend Master Shi Hou. In the end, you will push it to others to show your innocence.”

Thinking about it this way, Xichun felt that Mrs. Wang, who wholeheartedly believed in Baochai, was better than Jia Zheng.

In fact, Daiyu also sensed that Jia Zheng wanted to agree with Shi Nai's relatives, but he couldn't match Yuan Chun's intentions, which led to the previous ending, making everyone believe that Shi Nai forced Jia's family to marry Xiangyun.

As for Tanchun, what Daiyu is most worried about is that Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang have no intention of proposing marriage to Tanchun, or lending her a favor.

Calculated according to Yuan Chun's age, she was already fourteen or fifteen years old when she entered the palace. An ordinary family had already saved up the dowry at her daughter's age and found a family for her daughter.But Yuan Chun didn't say goodbye, what does that mean?It shows that Jia Zheng and his wife have decided Yuanchun's fate long ago, so they have never engaged Yuanchun. Daiyu doesn't believe that no one will come to match Yuanchun.

After all, it was not Jia's mother who decided to enter the palace in Yuanchun. If Jia's mother could be in charge of the grandchildren's marriage, Baoyu's marriage would not be where it is today, and Yingchun would not marry Zhongshan wolf in the manuscript.If it is not Jia's mother, it must be Jia Zheng and his wife, and Jia Zheng's meaning is the main one.

Thinking of this, Daiyu felt that she was really careless, and couldn't help laughing.

However, afterward, many people sent official media to propose marriage to Tanchun, and some people liked Tanchun and asked their good friends to order their wives to be Baoshan. The families they talked about had their own advantages and disadvantages, and Mrs. Wang never responded.

Tanchun's originally bright eyes dimmed instantly.

Daiyu and Xichun knew that Tanchun wasn't unaware, and couldn't bear it, but they couldn't talk too much in front of people, and there was no way to get Madam Wang to marry Tanchun.What the two sisters said was done in private, and they dare not let others know, saying that they are absurd.

Xichun quietly said to Daiyu: "Don't worry about anything else, but our sisters grew up together, why don't you care? The second elder sister is already well, and she doesn't fight or grab in Baoninghou's mansion, her temperament is gentle and gentle, Baoninghou Madam and second brother-in-law treated her well. Even the old lady praised her for being sensible. On the day she returned home, who didn't know that Baoninghou's house was also very polite? Now only the third sister is left, and she is very thoughtful. I am not afraid of other things, but I'm afraid that the second master's wife will take advantage of the benefits in the future, and the third sister will not know whether to be a wife or a concubine."

Daiyu replied in a low voice: "I also have this worry, we can't do anything, and wait for the second uncle to come back at the end of winter, if the second uncle still doesn't respond when he comes back, it's hard to say."

Xichun let out a long sigh, feeling reasonable.

Others didn't care about this matter, Dufeng sister tried her best to ask her mother's family to choose this marriage for Tanchun, but Mrs. Wang actually refused, she was so angry that she cursed a few times in the room and sat on the chair indignantly. .According to Jia Zheng's rank and Tanchun's background, without Mrs. Wang Ziteng personally protecting the matchmaker, how could such a good family expect Tanchun?With the Yang family's family status, it is easy for the concubine to hire a concubine's daughter of a second- and third-rank official, or a concubine daughter of a third- and fifth-rank official for the concubine.

Jia Lian said: "If the second master is not at home, the second wife can't be the master of the third sister's marriage. Who can understand what kind of good marriage they want to find? Don't worry about it. It's serious to take care of sister Lin's dowry first. Chances are, if the Zhuangtian shop should be placed under Sister Lin's name, it will be placed under her name, and the ones that should be used for makeup should be prepared as soon as possible, so as not to be in a hurry when you come to them."

Sister Feng thought it was right, and said: "It's not in a hurry. After my sister gets married, I will come back to work. My mother also sent someone to ask me to help. The second master first waited for the Zhuangtian shop to be under the name of Sister Lin. Leave the rest to me."

The husband and wife agreed to work separately.

Daiyu knew Jia Lian and his wife's plans, and let Jia Lian take care of them quietly. Suddenly, one day Lin Tao's family came to say hello, and asked Daiyu in a low voice, "What is your plan for the one hundred thousand taels of silver in my uncle's hand?"

Dai Yufang remembered that she still had 10 taels of silver in Wei Ruolan's hands, smiled slightly, and said: "Just put it there, why bother to transport it back and forth, exhausting people? Anyway, these dowry items are already amazing. It’s not interesting to add more. I remember it was 10 taels, why do you say a hundred thousand taels?”

Lin Tao's family laughed and said: "In the past few years, my uncle has someone doing business. Seeing that it is a pity that the girl's money is for nothing, the uncle invested it in the business again. In two or three years, he earned 5 to [-] taels, which is still the girl's. "

Daiyu smiled a little, and said, "Just say what I said, don't have to send it."

Lin Tao's family agreed, and said: "The old house in Gusu has sent over the rent over the years, about 3000 taels of silver. The old servant of the mansion brought a lot of things to make up for the girl in advance, and I'm afraid I won't be able to make it next year."

Before Lin Ruhai died, he bought a lot of sacrificial fields, all of which were used by the clan, either to help the poor, or for education. Unable to bear the imperial court worrying about money, he volunteered to donate it.Those people thought that they didn't even have Daiyu, so they had to get a dowry. Although they were reluctant to give up such a large family fortune, they thought that even if they stayed, they would not be able to compete with the Rongguo Mansion, so they all praised Lin Ruhai's move with a smile.

Daiyu knew all the arrangements of her father before he died. This is also the reason why the clansmen never objected to her father's untimely actions. Hearing this, she hurriedly said: "There is such a thing? Why didn't you say it earlier. I have many palaces here. I asked Zijuan to pack up some of the silk and satin things that were rewarded in the city, and my mother took them back, and I asked Uncle Lin to arrange all kinds of earthen rituals and other things in the capital, and someone to take them back."

Lin Tao's family recited a Buddha, and said with a smile: "Everything of the girl is good. They must be happy when they see it. In the past few years, whenever Jia's relatives and friends went south, they never gave them some Things? They also remember the girl's kindness."

Daiyu sighed: "Originally, I'm not at home, and my parents have exhausted them from the sacrifice and cleaning, so why not show some kindness?"

The eyes of Lin Tao's family turned red, but the Lin family is now extinct, and there is nothing they can do about it. Lin Ruhai put it down before his death. Thinking of this, Lin Tao's family hurriedly talked to Daiyu about the money, and agreed to deliver it in a few days.

I went out of the house and told Lin Tao, and Lin Tao agreed.

The 10,000+ taels of silver were in Wei Ruolan's hands, and Lin Tao personally went back to him.

After Wei Ruolan heard it, she smiled and said: "Everyone else wishes for more dowry. It is protected by laws and regulations, and it is all their own. The girl is good, put it in my hands, and I am not afraid that I will not give it to her."

Lin Tao has watched Wei Ruolan's every move these years, and he often laughed to his wife and said that Lin Ruhai has died in peace, which is enough to satisfy her. After hearing Wei Ruolan's words, she said with a smile: "If the girl doesn't believe in my uncle, the world will still have a lot of money." Is there anyone who can be trusted? Besides, the girl is also very thoughtful, and she is afraid that if the 10,000+ taels of silver are transported to the past, there will be trouble again."

Wei Ruolan said: "Let me think about it, there is always a proper way to put it in the girl's dowry."

Suddenly seeing Haifeng poking his head at the door, he couldn't help calling in and said, "What's worth doing to you? Didn't you see that Uncle Lin and I were discussing something important? You can't wait outside."

Haifeng hurriedly apologized, and when he wanted to say something, he didn't know where to start.

Seeing this, Lin Tao left with a smile on his face. Wei Ruolan failed to persuade her to stay several times. She gave Gaifeng a hard look, sent her out, and came back, "Just tell me what's going on. If it's not important, pay attention to your monthly payment!"

If you want to know what Haifeng said, let's listen to the next chapter.