The Red Chamber Collection

Because of Li Shiwei's words, everyone still protected Daiyu for fear of accidents.Surrounded by the people in the mansion, the men and women of Linjiazhuang consciously stayed away.

Daiyu followed the patriarch into the house, and the family greeted them one by one.Qing'er, who came to follow the yard, carried the stone, Zijuan, Xiaocui, Wang Fu'an's family, mottled bamboo, emerald bamboo, and others all guarding outside!

Daiyu briefly explained the purpose of her visit.The third grandfather looked at the stone and said: "If you had said earlier, it would be good to adopt the Lin family!"

"It's settled!" Daiyu laughed.

"This is a big matter. Although it is a matter of iron and steel, let me discuss it with everyone! This is the rule of the ancestors!" The third grandfather twisted his beard and said: "Ge Ge don't have to worry, it's just going through the motions, who wouldn't like Lin The surname Branches and Leaves is lush?"

"Everything is arranged by the third grandpa!" Daiyu said.

"It's almost noon, let me go to the heads of the families now, and there are a hundred or so people here. They will share food and lodging with each family!"

"Third Grandpa, there is no need for this! We have already discussed it when we came here. We will cook and cook by ourselves, so we don't need to bother you. Please also ask Third Grandpa to point out a place so we can set up a tent!"

"Then let's talk about it after lunch! How come Ge Ge is also a descendant of my Lin family. If you don't even offer a meal, wouldn't it make outsiders say that the Lin family is too indifferent?! If you want to set up a tent, the yard in front of the ancestral hall is fine. But Ge Ge, you But you can’t live outside. If you don’t mind, I’ll let someone clean my own courtyard and let Grid live in it!”

Daiyu hurriedly said, "This can't be done!"

"Gege, I know you are precious! For safety reasons, if you still recognize me as the patriarch, you can live here! My younger son and I moved out to live with the eldest son for a few days! Do you not listen to what the third grandpa said?" The third grandpa Smiling and twisting his beard.

Daiyu laughed and said, "If Third Grandpa says so, then Daiyu will obey!"

The third grandfather went out to discuss with the home courts of the other families.Everyone raised their hands in favor.The matter of Lin Ruhai entering the ancestral grave was decided so quickly.And ask each family to cook more meals.The poorer families are not worried about people going there.As a result, they had an opinion and said: "Although we are poorer, can't we afford a meal when Ge Ge comes back?"

The third grandpa discussed with everyone again, and felt that some people's homes were clean.Some people's homes are sloppy.Since you want to invite Ge Ge to dinner.I won't come to your house, and I won't come to my house. It's better to have a big dinner in Quanzhuang.Unified deployment of personnel.Bring the tables and benches of each family to the place in front of the ancestral hall.Then bring the dishes of each family to the field, where they light a fire to cook.

So everyone agrees!

Started to act, collected some loose money and went to Jishang to buy fish and meat.The women of each family went to the vegetable field to pick some vegetarian vegetables and fruits to send.I also saw men from various families chasing chickens, ducks and geese quacking.The poorer families who have no money can't afford it.Kill all the hens that lay eggs.I thought to myself, that's all.Make sure to entertain Gege well, and don't let the master of the village look down upon her!

Daiyu stood on the field with tears in her eyes.I feel that although it is the Lin family's distant house, it feels kind.After all, his surname is Lin.Got home!

Daiyu felt ashamed of being sorry for the Lin family. She worked outside and took care of so many poor people.Why didn't I think of taking care of my hometown? !The young Daiyu, because of the kindness of the people in Linjiazhuang.Blame yourself.I think when my father was an official in Yangzhou, when he went to visit his old family, his father took care of them one by one.And when I was a child, I followed my parents back to my hometown to worship the ancestors. The enthusiasm of the Linjiazhuang people is still in my mind!

Because of the willingness of the Lin family, this meal is still a hearty meal.The people from Lin Family Manor and Lin Mansion, combined, number about [-] people.In addition, there are more than a dozen officials.It was also very lively.

After dinner, the magistrate resigns!The patriarch asked someone to invite Mr. Feng Shui to measure the cemetery on the ancestral cemetery.In the morning of the second day, Lin Daiyu was dressed in filial piety, and the entire Lin residence was also white.People in Linjiazhuang also tore off filial piety cloths and wore them according to their seniority.

When she came to her parents' grave, Daiyu knelt down and cried: "Daiyu, an unfilial daughter, report the good news to your parents. You are going to have children! Please report to your ancestors!"

While Daiyu was talking, Qing'er had already knelt down hugging the stone.All the people in the house knelt down.According to seniority, the younger generation of Lin Family Village also knelt down!The women start howling!After a while, Zijuan Wang Fu'an's family and several daughter-in-laws wiped away tears and pulled Daiyu up.And let the people rise up, and the people rise up.

A dozen or so young men from the village came over, carrying shovels, and people from the Lin residence wanted to pick them up. They said: "We are all descendants of the Lin family, so we should come to work!" Then they dug up.Daiyu's tomb has a brand new wreath on it.There are also wine and fruit products on it.Daiyu is inconvenient to ask at this time.

The patriarch asked someone to discuss, dug out the coffin in Daiyu's grave, and burned it directly according to Mr. Feng Shui's intention.Leveled the cemetery.Smash Daiyu's stele with two sledgehammers in a few hits!

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's coffin were dug out, and it was intact because it was made of high-quality wood.Two deep trenches were dug at the bottom of the coffin, thick ropes were threaded through, the poles were fastened, and a strong man with a height of 32 was selected to lift the coffin up.Two bands of drummers began to play dirges.Monks and Taoists, all kinds of skills.

When Wang Fuan raised his voice, 32 strong men worked hard together to lift the coffin weighing several thousand kilograms, and followed the trumpeter forward.

When we arrived at the cemetery, the pit had been dug.Mr. Feng Shui adjusted the position of the coffin with a compass.This was filled with soil.The details will not be described one by one.

But it is said that Daiyu ordered Taoist priests to do a Taoist temple for a few days.Daiyu wanted to stand in front of her parents' spiritual tablets, but was persuaded by several people and dragged away.When I came to the ancestral hall, the parents' brand-new spiritual tablets had already been placed on it.

The third grandfather said: "Gege, take care of your health! You are a filial daughter, which is very rare in the history of my Lin family. Your name will be recorded in the "Lin Family Genealogy" as an exception! Please record this story! The result of discussions between the elders of the Lin family!"

Daiyu bowed down to all the old people!

On the second day after the ceremony, Daiyu sent someone to find Taohua: "It's better that you prepare meals for hundreds of people."

Pigs, cattle and sheep are shipped whole.Daiyu intends to buy more peach blossoms.

Because last time Daiyu saw that many families killed the hens that laid eggs, what kind of friendship is this.I have been bothering for many days, and the materials and grass used were originally planned to be collected and bought.The people of Linjiazhuang refused to let it go.The materials and grass brought in by each family are piled up like a mountain.Until the end, only half of it was used.Daiyu knew that if she gave them money, it would hurt their hearts!They won't take it.

Daiyu asked Taohua to send people to buy more meat, just to share the rest with the villagers.Besides, Daiyu was thinking.Teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish.Give them money and food, and they will eventually run out.If you don't set up a workshop in Linjiazhuang.Then take the land of Linjiazhuang.concentrate.

But it is not easy to rush.Because the people here have not seen its benefits.Daiyu is afraid of implementing it, and there will be many resistances!Daiyu discusses her ideas with several elders first!Several elders were very surprised.It's not up to them to decide.The patriarch immediately decided to discuss the matter with the heads of the Lin family village.

So everyone stood in the courtyard.The patriarch and Daiyu sat.It's not that Daiyu is crazy, but that Daiyu doesn't sit, and neither does the patriarch!Daiyu said that she is a junior.How can there be any reason to sit?That's what I said, but after all, Daiyu was named Gege, and she became a righteous sister with Yanzi.If according to the etiquette system.When Daiyu sits, the whole village has to kneel down to salute!

Daiyu considered it comprehensively.It is better to sit down.Don't let people take advantage of the loopholes and say that the people of Lin Family Village are arrogant and rude, and dare to discriminate against the royal family and nobles. Wouldn't this hurt them? !

When Wang Fuan talked about the plan, it was exactly as Daiyu expected.Some are for it, some are against it.But for the workshop, it is unanimously in favor.Daiyu thought, starting from the workshop, it will be a matter of time before Linjiazhuang is incorporated, so that they can live a good life.

During the meal time, the whole village is more lively than the festival!Daiyu asks Wang Fu'an to wait and toast everyone's wine on her behalf!There are many etiquettes, so I won't tell them one by one here.After the meal, give the remaining meat to the patriarch to share with the people.

In the afternoon of the same day, Daiyu led everyone up and down to go back.Ask the elders to visit the mansion.The patriarch said that he will go in a few days!Daiyu learned that they were only willing to go if they had to make new clothes for the sake of face.

Daiyu Fang said: "We are all one family, so I won't hide it. I know it's not easy for each family, as long as the clothes are clean, it doesn't matter! When you arrive at the Lin Mansion, someone will cut your clothes for you!"

The patriarch smiled and said, "How dare you let Gege spend more money?"

"We're all a family, so why be polite. Besides, it's not worth a lot of money."

So we discussed urgently and decided to go to the three old people.These three old people can still come up with decent clothes at home.This is the first time I go back to the Lin Mansion, and I can't empty-handed, so each family sent eggs and so on.Although there are many people in Daiyu's house, it's hard to refuse.This is their heart!

Wang Fuan accompanied the three elderly people all the way.It wasn't until dark that we arrived at Lin's mansion.Daiyu asked Taohua to cook a few dishes, asked Wang Fuan, Li Xiao, Liu Qibiao, and Li Shiwei to accompany the patriarch to drink a few cups, and after washing, they ate some tea.Knowing that Daiyu has been tired these days, Zijuan smiled at the three of them: "The three elders should go to bed early, because the journey has also been tiring. Let my uncle accompany me for a stroll around the mansion tomorrow."

So Zicuckoo put the three of them to rest in the inner courtyard.Send Daiyu to the garden before returning.Nothing to say all night.

After dinner on the second day, Wang Fu'an wanted to accompany the trio of patriarchs for a stroll in the mansion.The patriarch was still muttering in his heart, what's there to do here.In the end, when he got out of the courtyard, he was dumbfounded.I thought Lin Mansion was just this big.But I never thought that such a large courtyard would be unconscious last night.

That's no wonder, because the chariots and horses directly sent them to the inner courtyard, where they ate.Outside, because of the pitch-black night, I didn't see much.

He followed Wang Fu'an and looked at the courtyards one by one, all three of them seemed surprised.How big is this.After visiting the inner courtyard, we went to the outer courtyard.Wang Fu'an introduced the order of the construction of the courtyard one by one.Wang Fuan brought the three of them to the workshop, where there were more than 100 girls and daughters-in-law.The three of them didn't say a word, they were reserved.

Qiya came over and said with a smile: "I was going to invite you, just so you are here! Measure the size first."

The three young daughters-in-law came over, and the three of them let them measure on their bodies.At this moment, their original reserve was gone.Where is this girl and daughter-in-law from an ordinary family? !Such a girl and daughter-in-law could not be found in Zhuangshang.Measure the clothes well, and all three bow down to show their favor!

Come out from the yard.Wang Fuan took them to see the school.Because a notification has been sent, all the students inside have arrived, and Jia Yucun is leading them to recite Ziyue.Wang Fu'an didn't want to go in and disturb them, so he said to the three elders: "This is the Lin Fu Free School! This is the boy, and the other is the girl! Girls are timid, and they will be afraid of me when they see them, so I won't take you there to see them!"

"No, no, no!" The three hurriedly lowered their heads and said.

"Come on, I'll take you into the garden to have a look!"

"Garden? Isn't the place where we live a garden?" the patriarch asked strangely.

"Oh, that's the inner courtyard of the Lin Mansion. As far as the courtyard you live in, Long Live Lord has also lived in it! Long Live God specifically pointed out that the courtyard does not have to be empty to let you live in it!"

The three of them shuddered and were stunned.Where Long Live Lord lives, if they dare to live without knowing the situation, they will be beheaded!

Wang Fu'an saw it, and said with a smile: "Don't panic, the three uncles, Long Live God allowed it. If it is someone else, the lady will not let in. Generally, people who come here arrange the front yard or the side room outside the wall. The inner yard, It used to be where the princess and the princes lived. Now that the garden has been built over there, the young lady has moved there and let us live in. There are four yards in total, and now only two yards are open for people to live in. Woolen cloth!"

"My God, if I knew this, I wouldn't dare to live in it even if I was killed!" The patriarch hadn't woken up from the nightmare.

"Don't worry, even if Long Live Lord is here, if the lady lets you live, you will live there!"

The patriarch knew that this Ge Ge was no ordinary Ge Ge.

The three of them followed Wang Fu'an and walked for more than a mile before arriving at Linfu Garden.When he looked up, he saw the four big gilt characters in Linfu Garden, each character was as big as ten pot lids.Hanging high, it is very majestic.Just looking at these four big characters, ordinary people will be half shorter.

"Look, this is the calligraphy of the present Long Live Master!" Wang Fu'an laughed.

"Ah!" The three of them were shocked again.

The three thought at the same time, they still don't respect Daiyu enough.In Linjiazhuang, Daiyu proposed to buy the land, who would dare to refute Gege's face?Damn it!Be sure to tell them when you go back!I also thought that Daiyu is really low-key in her work, and just relying on her status as a princess, she still uses herself to stand out, and the servants will inform her that if she spends money to buy land, who would dare to object?Don't want to live? !

Seeing that it was Wang Fu'an, the guard hurriedly opened the side door.Wang Fu'an brought them in, but it was a passage of two feet.On both sides of the passage are flower walls grown with plants.After walking through the passage, the front suddenly opened up.The scenery comes into view.

Wang Fu'an said: "The one-fifth of what you can see now is less than one-fifth. Only upstairs in Miss's residence can you have a panoramic view of the scenery. The garden covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres!"

Wang Fu'an led them through a long corridor, and saw a river in front of them, making a circle, and there were more than [-] acres of fields in the circle.But it is a high courtyard wall, and the floor can be seen on the top of the courtyard wall.The courtyard and the outside are connected by a bridge [-] meters wide.I saw the red lacquer door closed tightly.

Wang Fu'an said: "Three gentlemen, I won't take you in, the young lady is not awake yet!"

"Ah, no, no, dare to invite this master, how much taels of silver will it cost for this garden? Not less than tens of thousands of taels, right?!" The patriarch bent down and said to Wang Fu'an.

"Oh, it's estimated to be 24 taels. Later, the sixth prince accepted the emperor's order, and the princess took advantage of the absence of the lady, and added another 8 taels of expenditure, and made more than a dozen scenery!"

"My God! I dare not even think about it, talking so much money!"

"Hey, Miss doesn't know. If they knew, they wouldn't be able to do it. Now the 8 taels of silver was paid by the emperor. Miss doesn't want to owe the emperor such a big favor. It's just that there is no way. That is the holy decree!"

"Aren't you joking!" the patriarch hurriedly said.

"Although I said that, as long as there is a young lady, then Long Live Lord often jokes!"

Chatting along the way, one of the old people couldn't move anymore, and said: "I'll sit down for a while, I can't finish shopping in such a big yard! You go!"

Wang Fu'an could see that the three old men were a little tired, so they beat themselves on the head, Fang said: "I forgot about this!" Turning around, he said to the boy who followed: "Go, let Wang Lin take the carriage Come."

Wang Fu'an turned his head and said to the three elders: "Don't say that you are so old, even half-grown young men are tired from shopping!" Fortunately, this was taken into consideration when the garden was built here, so the roads in it extend in all directions.Both are roomy and designed for carriages! "L