Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 5

Mrs. Wang said calmly: "At any rate, the eldest girl has also lived in our house for a while, and now she doesn't come back after returning to the capital, so she made us worry."

Sanchun and the others hurriedly comforted Jia Mu, "Grandfather, didn't sister Lin say that she would bring her cousin to visit the ancestor tomorrow. But we will talk about her later, sister Lin must be reluctant to part with us." Jia Mu He nodded and said yes again and again.Instruct the servant girl to prepare to pick up Daiyu and Moyu tomorrow morning.Baochai sat next to Mrs. Wang, dressed in semi-new clothes with a hundred butterflies and flowers, and a simple bun on her head. She was dignified and graceful at the age of thirteen or fourteen, with a natural bearing.Seeing Jia Mu so nervous about Daiyu, Baochai felt a little unhappy in his heart.Her family is the richest man in Jinling, known as pearls as earth and gold as iron.She is Mrs. Wang's niece, and she can feel that while living in Jia's house these days, although the old lady is polite to her on the surface, in her heart, she is far from being able to be with Daiyu, a direct relative. Granddaughter on par.

But she didn't know that, in Mother Jia's mind, not to mention Daiyu was her granddaughter, even if Daiyu was an ordinary relative, it was much more important than Xue Baochai.Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the last.Even if Xue's family is as rich as an enemy country, in Jia's mother's opinion, in terms of status, even an ordinary scholar may not be comparable.Not to mention a scholarly family like the Lin family, the Zhong Ding family?

Jia Lian recounted the things in Yangzhou in detail, and naturally skipped the time he spent in Yangzhou city.

After finishing speaking, Jia Lian took out 10 taels of silver notes and handed them to Jia Mu, saying that it was obtained from the disposal of the remaining property and house of the Lin family.Mother Jia took it in her hand and sighed again, "Your Uncle Lin's family was much better than ours. When your aunt got married, the bride price was not less than one million. Now I have to leave these years for you. Yu'er will be a dowry in the future. In other words, it would be better for their siblings to live in our house, and the two children will not be controlled by those slaves when they live outside?" Mrs. Wang quickly interjected: "The old lady said very well. Yes. The eldest girl and Brother Mo come to our house, can we still treat them badly? Some girls in our family must be indispensable to the eldest girl, and naturally some Baoyu will not be short of Brother Mo."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "What you said is exactly what you said. I'll talk to Yu'er tomorrow."

After resigning Jia's mother, Jia Lian followed Mrs. Wang to the accountant, and Jia Lian took out another 15 taels to Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang frowned repeatedly, "The Lin family has only this little money left?" It's really unbelievable that there is only this little money left in such a huge family business.Jia Lian said: "It is said that Uncle Lin is very clean and honest as an official. He is also a person who is soaked in music, chess, calligraphy and painting and doesn't know how to manage. If you want to come to the Lin family, it will not be as good as before. This funeral is also very deserted." In this way, Mrs. Wang The talent calmed down a little, and asked, "What do you think of the Lin family's other courtyard?" Jia Lian was startled, then came to his senses and said, "The Lin family's other courtyard looks elegant and unique, and the area is not small. Could it be that the wife called the Lin family's other courtyard?" Court's idea?"

Mrs. Wang glared at him, her face became more and more gentle, "Our family has raised that Lin girl for several years, and now there is no one in the Lin family. Isn't the Lin family's things belong to our Jia family? There is also the Lin family's old house in the inner city. Although no one has lived there for more than ten years, it is more dignified than ours." What Mrs. Wang didn't say was that Daiyu's appearance and talent are all above the daughters of the Jia family. If they marry from the Jia family in the future, they will be nothing more than Lose a few dowry money, but sometimes you can cling to a good family, so as to pave the way for Baoyu's future.Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds.Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang's displeasure that she didn't get as much money as expected gradually subsided, and she waved Jia Lian to step down.

What was Mrs. Wang's calculation? Jia Lian naturally ignored it, and went back to the yard where she lived with the remaining 5 taels of silver in her arms.Although this trip to Yangzhou took a lot of time, it was very happy and the income was very good.Now Jia's family is just looking very beautiful from the outside, but in fact it has long been unable to make ends meet, 5 taels of silver is not a small amount.

Back in her courtyard, Wang Xifeng was sitting on the side eating melon seeds. When she saw Jia Lian coming in, her phoenix eyes were slightly raised, and she said with a half-smile: "Second Master Lian can come back. How happy are you in Yangzhou this time?" Jia Lian feigned anger. He glared at her and said, "What's so happy about it? I followed the wishes of my wife and old lady to do business." Wang Xifeng waved her hand and said, "Come on, if Second Master Lian can tell you how big the Lin family's house is, the garden and the living room. What does the study look like? I'm convinced that you didn't go out to mess around." Wang Xifeng didn't know what kind of virtue her husband was, and it would be strange if he was used to staying in a scholarly family like the Lin family.

Jia Lian saw that Wang Xifeng didn't intend to quarrel with him, so he chuckled, stretched out his arms to hug Wang Xifeng and kissed him, took out 2 taels of silver note from his bosom and gave it to Wang Xifeng, saying: "You can keep these and use them." Wang Xifeng smiled coquettishly. Said: "I knew that you were not so honest and would give all the money to the old lady. How much did you get back from the Lin family?" Jia Lian sighed: "After all, it is still a famous family in Jiangnan, although there is only an empty shell left that can buy two One hundred thousand is not bad. The rest is given to the second wife. Now the second wife is thinking about going to the old house of the Lin family in the capital."

Wang Xifeng took the silver ticket and said with a smile: "No wonder the second wife never liked Sister Lin, but today she told the old lady that she would take Sister Lin to live here. I'm afraid it's not as simple as just a house. In two years, Sister Lin should also After leaving the cabinet, the second wife wanted to control her marriage, but she didn't know if the old lady would be happy with it."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "We don't have to worry about so much, just live our lives well."

But Daiyu and Moyu obeyed their father's instructions, and moved into the Lin family's other courtyard in the capital after entering the capital.Although it is a separate courtyard, it is still in the city. The people of this generation are all famous families and nobles, and usually there are no dubious people coming and going, and it is very quiet.Daiyu and Moyu were very satisfied after seeing it.

"The master wrote a letter a month ago saying that the girl and the young master are going to move to the capital, and he wants us to clean up the other courtyard. They are all arranged according to the way the girl and the young master like it. Would you like to see it?" Madam Lin He led Daiyu and Moyu into an exquisite small building in the back garden of the other courtyard. It was indeed very unique and elegant, just in line with Daiyu's temperament and preferences.Moyu's residence is in a main garden close to Xiangyang in the front yard.The layout is also very satisfactory.Mo Yu had just lost his father at a young age, and he was unwilling to separate from his sister, but he also understood that this was originally a rule, and he couldn't let people look down on his sister and go with him, so he obediently agreed.Daiyu was very pleased to see that Moyu was so sensible.

"There are not enough people around the girl. The old slave has long ordered people to recruit four maids, four maids and wives. There is also a nun in the young master's courtyard, and two maids. , two accompanying servants, and four maids and mother-in-law, do you think the girl can be used?" Mother Lin asked, and at the same time recruited several accompanying maids for Daiyu and Moyu to have a look at.How rough it is is the responsibility of the big girl next to the master, but the master can only know if the girl who is accompanying him is suitable or not.

Daiyu saw that the six girls were all about twelve or thirteen years old, and they were also pretty and upright.No comments either.But Mo Yu said: "Allow the two maids in my yard to my sister's yard, and add another nanny to me." Nanny Lin was startled, and quickly said: "There is no little girl around this young master. How does the waiter do it?" Mo Yu looked at her sister and said solemnly: "Daddy said, a man should not be delayed in being in the pink rouge, and he will be infected with the pink rouge for no reason. He has fallen into a man's character." The Lin family has always pampered their daughter in every possible way. Yes, but very strict with boys.Even the seven-year-old Baoyu couldn't understand someone like Jia Jiabaoyu who spends all day among the maidservants.

It's really funny for a seven-year-old child to say such a thing.Daiyu couldn't help covering her lips with a smile, stretched out her hands to pinch Moyu's small face and said to Nanny Lin, "Just do as Mo'er said." Isn't Baoyu from Jia's family just hanging out with her daughters since she was a child? I used to think that Baoyu was very kind to her, and his talent and demeanor were somewhat like my father's.But when she returned to Yangzhou and saw her father, she felt that she had made a mistake.Although Baoyu has his father's talent, he doesn't have his father's intelligence. He may have similar demeanor, but he doesn't have his father's strength of character.Although she had a good relationship with Baoyu and didn't think there was anything wrong with his appearance like that, but when she thought of her younger brother turning into Baoyu's appearance, she felt a little unacceptable.The men of the Lin family still need to understand what is the character of the Lin family and what is the responsibility of the Lin family.

So, according to Mo Yu's wishes, besides Xueyan, Daiyu added six girls, big and small, and Mo Yu added two servants and two nuns.The siblings had a casual dinner and took a rest.Tomorrow I have to visit Jia's house, and then I can be considered to have settled down in the capital.

Early the next morning, before Daiyu and Moyu had finished their breakfast, someone from the Jia family came to tell everyone in the Jia family that the girl and the young master had gone to the house.

Daiyu frowned and didn't speak, Xueyan said displeasedly: "How can anyone come to pick up someone so early in the morning? The girl and the young master just woke up." Moyu put down the porridge spoon in her hand and looked at Nanny Lin Asked: "Who are here?" Mother Lin curled her lips and said: "Two women and a girl named Zijuan came, and they said that girls used to serve." Daiyu and Moyu frowned at the same time , They were all born in famous families, and many rules were clearly reflected in their minds almost at a very young age.Where is the reason why someone sends two wives when they invite a girl who has not left the cabinet and the son-in-law at home?
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