The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

On the Lin family's side, the reason why Mother Lin followed Lin Hai to the capital was also for her son's marriage.

Lin Hai can be regarded as an older unmarried young man. If he were placed in an ordinary family, at Lin Hai's age, his children would run around everywhere.However, he was unlucky, and the Lin family didn't know which god he had offended, not to mention several generations of single pass, each of them was not in good health, Lin Hai was one of the better ones, otherwise he wouldn't have survived this Many imperial examinations, all the way to the present.Therefore, the Lin family has never had the habit of getting married early. After all, anyone with a bit of knowledge knows that doing that kind of thing too early is not good for your health.Therefore, Lin Hai was not engaged until he was seventeen or eighteen years old.

Originally, he thought that when Lin Hai passed the Juren examination, he was not too young, so he happened to be engaged, and when his son went to the capital to participate in the examination and came back, no matter whether he passed or not, he could get married directly.In the end, his father died. Naturally, the marriage that Lin's mother was still looking at and comparing couldn't be done, and the girl was not too young. For an uncertain matter, he couldn't wait for Lin Hai to finish watching. Xiao said, therefore, those candidates that Lin's mother thought of before can be said to be all yellow.

After her husband's death, Lin's mother discovered what it means to be warm and cold. When people go away and the tea is cold, without her husband's protection, even the clan that has already passed the fifth service can be forced to come to her door, let alone outsiders!Moreover, without Father Lin's heavy status, it would not be easy for Lin Hai to find a wife with a slightly higher status. Although he won the Juren at a young age, Jiangnan's style of writing is quite strong, and there are many unmarried Juren like him. At least they have capable fathers and grandparents!Therefore, in the end, the people that Mother Lin liked looked down on Lin Hai.

How could Lin's mother endure such a psychological gap? She had sworn in her heart that she must marry her son a noble daughter. If it wasn't for the fact that the consort of the dynasty could not hold power and fulfill his ambitions, Lin's mother could not wait for her son to marry a princess. Woolen cloth!

At this moment, Mrs. Li came to tell Mother Lin about Rongguo Mansion's intention to marry the Lin family, and Mother Lin felt a little moved.

Mother Lin didn't go back to the capital for many years, so she didn't know much about Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Li didn't hide anything. She told the whole story about Rongguo Mansion, and then sighed: "Mr. Rongguo has been a hero all his life. But he slapped his old wife in the face! Because the Shi family didn’t like my son-in-law being raised by his own mother-in-law, he preferred the younger son even more. He has lost his heart, and now he has been inherited to Duke Rong's elder brother who died young."

When Mother Lin heard this, she hesitated: "Then Shi is like this, her daughter?"

Mrs. Li is also very straightforward: "How many years have we known each other, and I can't bully you about this matter. I have only met that little girl a few times before, but she is smart and intelligent, and she is born well, but her temperament is similar to Shi's. I don’t look like you, otherwise, how could I take this job! To be honest, it’s the same thing with this girl, we are old sisters, with your methods, is it possible that you can’t even teach a daughter-in-law well? The main thing is Duke Rong over there!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Li lowered her voice and said: "Mr. Rong Guo simply gave up my son-in-law at the beginning, but the one who stayed in the end is a worthless person. He has no fame at all. He is an apprentice in the Imperial College. Yin Sheng, partial life, still can’t do anything, being flattered by a bunch of sycophants every day, and nothing else is ignored! Rong Guogong is also helpless, his son is useless, if he wants Jia’s family to be good, he must first train someone of his own , So, he has taken a fancy to your family like the sea!"

Lin's mother was a little hesitant, and said: "Then, when my son comes back, I will discuss it with him?"

Mrs. Li smiled and nodded: "It's natural. We are so old and say we are making decisions for our children. How long can we make decisions? It depends on them how they live! If you have a girl, what do you say? , I’m done with my errands today, let’s put this matter aside for the time being, our old sisters haven’t seen each other for many years, and we still have a lot of heartfelt things to say!”

Mrs. Li is a straightforward person, and she had a very good relationship with Lin's mother back then, and soon brought the two closer again, and then talked about the things they had been apart for so many years, and finally each shed a few tears , Mrs. Li also successfully established the image of a bosom friend in Mother Lin's heart, and finally went back satisfied.She knew Lin's mother's temperament. She said that before, but she was at least six percent willing in her heart. Since she was willing in her heart, it was easy for Lin Hai to talk about it. He said: "Fortunately, life is not disgraceful!" Jia She and his wife were a little dumbfounded.

Sure enough, as Li expected, the Lin family quickly responded, saying that they agreed to the matter. These days, don't listen to people talking about marrying a wife and a virtuous person. Marriage is a good relationship between two surnames. As far as the family is concerned, family background is actually much more important than appearance and character.

For example, with similar looks, one is virtuous and capable, and the other is unruly and willful. As far as the family is concerned, they would rather choose the unruly and willful one. As for what the virtuous can do, does a family like theirs still want their wives to spin and weave by themselves to support the family?But having a capable in-law can bring more benefits to the family.In particular, the girls brought up by big families may have a more arrogant personality, but the things they have been exposed to are things that Xiaojiabiyu can never imagine in her life. Therefore, they can only do more things for her husband's family. If they have Even more so with children.

Apart from the unsatisfactory biological mother Shi Shi, Jia Min has nothing to criticize.Chaopin Guogong's only prostitute daughter is talented and beautiful. It is said that she has already started to learn how to be a housekeeper. Jia Daishan also loves this daughter very much. Besides, Jia Daishan has made it clear that she will give her son-in-law some help.Lin Hai never naively thought that after becoming an official through the imperial examination, everything would be smooth sailing.Don't say that ordinary Jinshi and Jinshi may spend their entire lives in the sixth and seventh ranks.Even if it is the three in Yijia, everyone doesn't know how many people even have a bad ending. After all, there are three in three years, and it is not worth much to be precise.And if Jia Daishan had the support of someone like Jia Daishan, who is simple in the emperor's heart and still holds real power, he didn't know how many detours he would have to avoid, and he could revitalize the Lin family faster.

What's more, for the Lin family, the most important thing is that no matter how much Shi Shi has, she has two sons and one daughter. If Jia Min has Shi Shi's physique, the old clam can conceive pearls. They were all unsatisfactory, and the Lin family also recognized it.

The two quickly reached a consensus, and there was a tacit understanding between each other, and the next step was to enter the formal process.

Jia Daishan's movements were also quick, and before the palace examination began, he entered the palace to ask for the grace of the saint.There is a reason why Jia Daishan has always been in the emperor's heart. In front of saints, he has always been able to bend and stretch, and he can always show his true feelings.Almost crying with snot and tears to the sage about his sufferings, there is no successor, the old wife is confused, but the daughter is smart and capable, but she is destined to marry off.He didn't have any other requests, he just hoped that his daughter would be happy in the future, so he wanted to ask for a marriage from the sage, so that his daughter's marriage would be more dignified, so that she wouldn't suffer any grievances at her husband's family because of the old wife.

The saint is not too young now, he is always worried about his sons who have grown up, but he has always been tolerant of his daughters, the princess of this dynasty has no real power, and the son-in-law can only be raised for the rest of his life, there is no such thing as the throne Threat, therefore, the sage naturally prefers such a princess. Seeing the old Jia Daishan crying about his son's injustice, the heart of pity for the girl was beyond words, but it aroused the sympathy of the sage, and he immediately agreed.

So, just after the palace examination was over, Lin Ruhai was selected as Tanhua by the sage on the spot, and then there was a double happiness. Not only was it the day of the gold list title, but it was also the time of the bridal chamber. A pair of jade rings, a pair of jade biscuits, and the "Heavenly Match" written by the imperial pen as congratulatory gifts.

After such a combination of punches, let alone Lin Ruhai's same year, the envious and jealous eyes of a group of people in the court almost burned Lin Ruhai to death. In the section of the military commander, my future father-in-law Jia Daishan stroked his beard and looked at him with a gratified smile on his face, but his heart trembled. No matter what, his father-in-law's family is not a cheap lamp!But he realized more deeply what status Jia Daishan had among the saints.This kind of Yue family is certainly capable and can give him more help in the future, but correspondingly, I am afraid that for a period of time, the Lin family will have to follow the pace of the Jia family.

With Lin Ruhai's psychological preparations like this, the dowry offered by the Lin family was extremely generous, which gave the Jia family enough face, and Jia Min, who secretly saw Lin Ruhai once from behind the screen, was also heartbroken, full of longing for the future. Even if Xiao Wang said sour words about her generous dowry all day long, Jia Min pretended not to hear it, and was full of anxiety and sweetness about being married.

On Jia Amnesty's side, after knowing that everything had settled, he showed an expression of ambiguity. Some things seemed to have not changed, but in fact they had gone in a different direction.Jia Amnesty was just making excuses, but when he broke through, the chaotic situation became clear.Originally, Jia Amnesty was the shield of incompetence, and every one of them had the so-called helplessness and innocence, and they were forced to tear off the mask they used to deceive the world and even themselves, and ended up at this point , This made Jia Amnesty feel ironic and a little funny, and he was even more looking forward to what would happen in the future.