Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 107 Mrs. Lin's Thoughts

July is hot, the sun is shining incandescently, and it is steaming hot.

Even if a small basin of ice was placed in the room, Lin Zhiru's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat.

"My cousin is so afraid of the heat, but luckily the wedding date is in November." Fang Weiwei pursed her lips and smiled.

Mrs. Fang patted her and said with a smile: "Your cousin just came from Quanzhou, and she is not used to it yet. Just stay for a year or two."

Lin Zhiru laughed along, and glanced at her mother.

Xin Dao, if I knew this uncle's house was like this, I might as well come back two months later.

Mrs. Lin raised her eyelids slightly, and gave Lin Zhiru a warning look, and joked with Mrs. Fang with this just-right smile on her face.

My daughter's wedding is scheduled for November, and it only takes one and a half months to come from Quanzhou by sea boat and canal, and it is true that there is still time to leave in August.

She just thought that she had been sent out with her husband for so many years and hadn't returned to Beijing for more than ten years. She really didn't know what the situation of the Hai family was like now.

He wanted to go to Beijing as soon as possible, first to prevent his ambiguous husband from arranging his daughter's dowry, and to check the situation of the Hai family for a while, so as to save his daughter's eyes from being smeared when she gets married.

This is the time to rush to Beijing when the weather is still cool in April.

Unexpectedly, on the canal, grain grains were entering the capital, and the canal was blocked. The speed of the boat was extremely slow, and it was delayed for more than half a month.

In the end, not to mention the hard work on the road, the arrival in this capital happened to be the time when the emperor went to the summer resort.

The younger brother of the Fang family is just a principal, and he is not qualified to accompany him to escape the summer heat, but this year he was named by the emperor for some reason, so he can go with him.

But because they wanted to come, this Mrs. Fang had no choice but to go, and she should have resentment in her heart.

However, although my younger brother's official position is not high, but my father is a third-rank official, a pacifier on Hubei Road, why is the family so hard-pressed?
Even the ice seemed useless.

"Ah, cousin, this string in your hand is Nanhong?" Lin Zhiru raised her hand to pick up the maid's tea, revealing a string of coral beads on her wrist, and Fang Weiwei cried out when she saw it.

It caused Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Lin who were above to turn their heads to see it together.

Mrs. Fang glanced at the beads in Lin Zhiru's hand, saw that the beads were bright red and transparent, and each one was about the same size, so she unconsciously said, "This is a good thing."

Mrs. Lin's heart moved, and she said: "There are no other benefits in Quanzhou, just these things. Speaking of which, I still have some for Weiwei."

After saying that, he asked the personal nurse to open the box.

When they arrived the day before yesterday, they were almost dizzy from the heat, and they didn't have the time and energy to talk about etiquette. Although a meeting gift was given, it was for everyone in the Fang family.

The father worked in Hubei, but there were still three sons left in Beijing. Mrs. Lin's younger brother was in charge, and the other two younger brothers were concubines.

It's just that when a big family meets, there is no distinction between each other's strengths, so she always prepares a pair of gold bracelets.

But her younger brother is different, and she has already prepared other things.

Mammy brought a box over, and Mrs. Lin stretched out her hand to open the box and said, "These are all new things from Quanzhou, let Weiwei play with them."

Inside the box were a pair of pink pearl earrings, a Huasheng intertwined with more than a dozen pearls, a string of coral bracelets, and two ivory combs.

When Fang Weiwei saw it, her eyes straightened, she took a look at her mother, took the bracelet to look at it, and said: "Wow, these are rare in the capital, so beautiful."

Mrs. Lin smiled slightly, and thought that Mr. Xie was a wise man, and the things he gave were better than those given to Jiaozi.

The box of coral beads was obviously ground from the same piece of coral, each one was the size of a lotus seed, exactly two hundred pieces in a box.

She strung together many strings of bracelets and necklaces, which were specially prepared as gifts for Lin Zhiru.

"You, why don't you thank aunt first." Mrs. Fang smiled.

"Thank you, aunt." Fang Weiwei bowed to Mrs. Lin, put on the bracelet, then went to pull Lin Zhiru, and said with a smile: "Cousin, let's go out to play, it's hot here, let's go to the gazebo by the lotus pond to talk. "

Seeing Mrs. Lin nodding her head slightly, Lin Zhiru smiled and got up, and followed Fang Weiwei out.

After the two of them went out, Madam Lin took out four [-]-peat handovers from her sleeve and handed them to Madam Fang.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Mrs. Fang pretended to be surprised.

Mrs. Lin stuffed Jiaozi into Mrs. Fang's hands, and said: "We are sisters, and I am not polite to you. I know that it is not easy in the house. You are in charge of the family's expenses, and you have to keep people from chewing their tongues." , These are only the expenses of our family, what do you use, you just say that I paid for it myself, so you can stop their mouths, and you won't be angry."

Mrs. Lin came to send her daughter off to get married, brought more than 30 people, and lived in a side courtyard of Fang's family.

There are many people, but after getting married and returning home, they will leave no later than next spring.

In the past six months, even if everything in the capital is expensive, all expenses will definitely not exceed one thousand guan.

What's more, Mrs. Lin is still responsible for the monthly money.

Mrs. Fang knew what Mrs. Lin meant behind her, she smiled and said, "I made my sister laugh."

The Beijing officials don't have any extra money, and everything is expensive. The money sent back by the old lady has to support the other two houses. To be honest, the money is really not enough. It is her wish that the elder sister-in-law is willing to subsidize it.

Putting Jiaozi into her sleeve, Mrs. Fang said: "Sister, don't worry, my cousin's family is a good family, and my nephew is also very promising. Now he has been admitted as a scholar. From the master's point of view, it is no problem to be a Jinshi."

The Hai family was originally a family in Jinhua, and the main family was in Jinhua, but this cousin was the most promising. He passed the Jinshi exam by himself, and with the help of his grandmother, his official career has been good.

That young master Hai is also pretty good, he only likes beauty a little bit, but this kind of minor problem will definitely get better after getting married.

There are still two girls in the Hai family, it's up to Lin Zhiru to make friends with them.

However, people say that Quanzhou has a lot of money, and there are no officials in Quanzhou who are not rich. No wonder my brother-in-law asked for re-election in Quanzhou. Seeing that the meeting gift that my sister-in-law gave to my daughter was more than a thousand, I knew Lin Zhiru There will be no less dowry, so I am not afraid of living a bad life.

After thinking for a while, Mrs. Fang said again: "How about I ask Weiwei to invite some good friends to come and play, the left and right are my sisters, and let Zhiru get acquainted first."

Mrs. Lin was waiting for her words, she hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After a few days, Fang Weiwei called her cousins ​​from the Hai family and a few other girls she had been friends with to come and play.

I don't know who is talking too much. That day, Second Miss Lin came uninvited.

She is just a young lady and a concubine, if the Prince of Zhen Guo hadn't sent her here in person, she wouldn't be able to enter Fang's house at all.

After arriving, seeing that the other girls ignored her, she led her into Lin Zhiru's room again.

The Fang family and the Lin family never imagined that she would be so bold. Without realizing it, she was allowed to push open the door of the warehouse where the dowry was placed.

Mrs. Lin was so angry that she asked someone to throw Miss Lin out.

He also sent a message to the prince of Zhen Guogong who was accompanied by the second master Fang in front, saying that your concubine is too powerful, she will grab everything she sees, and we are small, so we dare not keep it.

No matter how thick-skinned Zhen Guogong's son was, he couldn't stand being told that. Before he got into the carriage, he slapped Second Miss Lin hard.

"Master, master, I saw it." Second Miss Lin's face was drawn aside, but she didn't dare to scream, she just hurriedly said: "There are a lot of pearls and ivory in her box, and my concubine is looking at them, they are all very valuable things. , I'm afraid they were all sent by the sea merchant!"

She thought she had climbed a high branch, so what if she is a good concubine?The prince also said that he disliked the wife very much, and the wife's health is not good, so when the wife dies, she will be righted, and she will still be the wife of the country!

No matter how bad it is, she has the five thousand sons given by her father and those things in her hands, so she can always live a good life.

But just after leaving Quanzhou, those things of hers, together with the ones on her head and hands, were taken off by the crown prince.

Later, those Jiaozi were searched and taken away.

She has nothing left.

And when he arrived in the capital, Shizi's first wife did not have a good relationship with Shizi, but she was in excellent health!The aunts are absolutely full of energy and strength to toss.

And there shouldn't be too many aunts in the courtyard of Duke Zhen Guo's son!
The Zhen Guogong's mansion is indeed big, but the courtyard allocated to the prince can be entered in four directions, the main courtyard is where the prince's wife lives, the front courtyard is the prince's site, and the rest enter the small courtyard in the back two.

In such a place with a total of 28 houses, there are actually [-] aunts!
She is the No.20 eighth.

Not to mention the maids, even the aunts live in the same room.

But the prince wants women to be simple, and whoever he likes, he will drag him into any place, and leave as soon as he does it.

The only fortunate thing is that there are so many aunts.

Shizi has no children...

not a single one……

It's just that after seeing the methods of those aunts, the hope of having a child by sleeping is completely shattered.

It is difficult for her to even touch the side of the prince.

At this time, all previous illusions were shattered, and she was almost desperate.

Early this morning, Shizi had someone take her to the front yard, let her freshen up, and let her communicate with his sister.

But at the beginning, she only thought that she could do everything by turning from a black chicken into a phoenix, so how could the aunt and sister get in touch with her?

After she went in, he didn't give her a look.

She was also in a hurry, looking at the jewelry that the sister-in-law occasionally exposed, thinking that this is the case anyway, why not go to the sister-in-law to grab something.

Although it didn't work out, it still allowed her to see those white ivory, bright red coral, and pearls the size of longan.

She has snatched things belonging to her sister-in-law twice, so she naturally knew that her sister-in-law didn't have these before.

And my father would never spend money to buy it for my sister-in-law.

Then, just like last time, it was given by the sea merchant!

If she wanted to survive in the Duke's Mansion, she had to be useful to the prince.

Besides beauty, what the prince needs most is money!
As long as she can find money for Shizi, then she will be valued by Shizi, at least, she can change to a better room.

Taking a light breath, Second Miss Lin said: "Your Majesty, the sea merchant will give you so many good things. He must be very rich. I am willing to write to my father and ask him to help you. Doesn’t the money of the sea merchants belong to the prince?”

Prince Zhen Guo's expression didn't change.

money……

Not to mention that he is short of money, the third prince is even more short of money now.

Now the emperor is becoming more and more suspicious, and the third prince is afraid that he will become the second prince, so he already has ideas to buy the imperial guards, so he can act first.

But the imperial guards are no better than those civil servants, they can be attracted by their future.

(Warlords have a limited future)
Then Li Xiang is dead, but isn't there another rich sea merchant here?
This time, let the third prince come forward directly, and things will be done.

After thinking about it a few times, Shizi's complexion suddenly turned better, and he helped Miss Lin, saying: "That's right, you may not have corresponded with your father for a long time."

The carriage of the Duke of Zhen's mansion left.

A young daughter-in-law walked out from behind the stone lion by the door, her face was slightly blue, her teeth bit her lips, she turned around, and ran to the backyard where the Lin family lived to send off their wives.

(End of this chapter)