Go to the side of the salt government. The Hong family and Daiyu came back from Fan's house, met with the masters, had dinner together, said a few words, and dispersed. Lin Daiyu recounted what she had seen and heard today at her father in Tonghuayuan, although she didn't learn it in a sentence, she also said seven or eight points about the words of everyone at the flower viewing party, and even described the slight demeanor in her eyebrows and eyes, and the small movements between her hands and feet. Lin Ruhai didn't care about those little women's thoughts, but her daughter was close to her and said a word, listening to her lively tone and clear voice, she felt happy and safe in her heart. The father and daughter talked until late at night, when Qinghe and Zijuan came to ask Daiyu to rest, Lin Ruhai hurriedly sent her back to her house. Lin Ruhai recruited the steward again, and ordered to allocate a wide car from tomorrow for the Hong family and Daiyu to use when they went out, and repeatedly instructed a word of attentive service, so that he could rest assured.

Now I only talk about the Zhang family, a family of three. When he arrived at Mingqiao Courtyard, Zhang Hui said goodbye to his parents and returned to his own house in the side room, and the Hong family couldn't wait to open his mouth to Zhang Wang, saying, "This Lin girl, it's really a good girl." You didn't see it today. In terms of age, she is the second-to-last youngest, but with her words and actions in the Fan family, don't say anything wrong, no one can find the slightest fault. She is really a beautiful lady, decent, elegant, and polite. I wish she was my own daughter, and it was reasonable to accept all the praise from others. He grabbed Zhang Wang again and asked, "You didn't go out this day, but did you tell Uncle Lin about it?" Such a good girl, if you miss it and have nowhere to find it, don't let Brother Ying complain about you for the rest of your life!"

Zhang Wang glared at him and said, "He dare!" Then he laughed, pointed at Hong's and said: "You say that the wind is the temper of the rain! No wonder Hui'er didn't say a word, and went to his own room with his head bored, which was afraid of you." And what are you shouting at me, the most important thing for your son is your heart? Besides, what kind of person is Cousin Lin? If you don't know what kind of person you want to know, can you hand over Lin Yatou to you?"

Hong smiled: "Aren't I in a hurry? ”

Zhang Wang shook his head and said, "You are still in a hurry." I don't know anything else, Cousin Lin's actions and etiquette are no longer unknown. If his brother's affairs are not decided first, he will not open this mouth no matter what. Now the two families have a tacit understanding, just to take care of our friendship. ”

Hong frowned and said, "Uncle Lin also has too much heart. Are we all the same sons, and we are not random parents. ”

Zhang Wang coughed twice and said, "Why are you anxious again? How can people say this when they hear it? Obviously, they are all well-intentioned, and they don't make us worry a little more, and we are also free from other troubles." ”

Hong's eyebrows furrowed, and he said, "What are you worried about? What other troubles are there?"

Zhang Wang sighed and said: "My good grandmother! Do you want your daughter to have a golden and noble little concubine who has good relatives waiting there before she passes through the door, or do you want your daughter to be a stable sister-in-law and wait for the younger brother and daughter-in-law to come and greet An?"

Hong Shi said dumbfoundedly: "Lin Yatou is not that kind of person. ”

Zhang Wang said: "But I can't help someone to think like this." If you want to have a harmonious family, you must be more fair as an elder, at least not to show your partiality in front of others. Seeing that Hong's face was still unhappy, he couldn't help but shake his head again, and said with a smile: "I won't say it, you are such a temper, straight and straight without turning." Anyway, if we marry a daughter-in-law, we always have to do what you want in the end. ”

When Hong heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Hengzhang and said, "It's just that your belly is twisted and turned." Why did I hear that you are the most straightforward outside? Even the master of the family can't force you. He laughed as he spoke. While looking for a teapot and a teacup, he poured a cup of tea with Zhang Wang, and took one himself, and then said: "If you want to talk about my brother's family, I am also anxious." I paid special attention to the cherry blossom viewing party today. The eldest lady of the Ren family, as well as the girls of the Ding prefect's family, I think they are all very good, and they have not yet decided to marry. It's just that I wonder if their family may have already counted, and Yu'er has married a wife before, and I'm afraid that if I really say that we have a heart for each other, it doesn't look like I have a relationship. So he didn't speak. There are also two girls from the Donghai County Bo family, who have some relatives who have contacted Mrs. Hui of the Ren family, and have also been brought to the Fan family. It looks pretty good, but it's too young, and it's a little bit lacking in calmness, otherwise you can make up a number. ”

Zhang Wang nodded while listening, and finally asked: "You said these families, why did you forget the master's family?" I remember that Fan Chengyan also has a daughter, so I can't see it this time?"

Hong said: "She is the master's family, so she is naturally the one who sees the Tao." But this Miss Fan is also twenty years old, and although she hasn't gone out, she must have already decided on someone's house. Is it my turn to ask more?"

Zhang Wang smiled and said nothing, took two sips of tea, and then said slowly: "The Fan family is also a family that has studied for generations, and the girls in their family will not be bad in appearance and upbringing - just look at Gu Wenling's family." ”

Hong smiled: "This is natural. If Ying'er wasn't too young, it would not be better to be my daughter-in-law. ”

Zhang Wang said: "Since I didn't see it right today, that's it." We still have to be in Yangzhou for a few days, and your niece and daughter will go out of the cabinet for a big ceremony, and the girls of the right age should always be there. I mean, it's up to the daughter-in-law to pick from this. In the end, the same clan and the same clan are closer than those found from other families. ”

Hong said with a smile: "Do you have to be a relative girl, and only a daughter-in-law can be close to your mother-in-law? I also know that the uncle is thinking about me, and he has the heart to give me face and the Hong family. But this face also depends on whether it is worth it. And I am not happy to find a niece and nephew from my mother's side - the uncle thought: A simple daughter-in-law is not how I like to discipline, how to discipline. If I have a quick temper and speak heavily, my daughter-in-law runs home and cries and complains, and brings out my brothers and sisters to fight with me. Even my good friends with my ladies and wives avoided them and didn't make that trouble for themselves. ”

Zhang Wang couldn't help but laugh and said, "What you say seems to be that you want to be a bad mother-in-law." But now that you treat Lin's niece and daughter so well, I can't imagine that I can bluff people after I succeed. It's really the world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient. ”

Hong was about to drink water, but when he heard this, he hurriedly took his hand away, shook his cup with a smile, and only said, "You sent me a crooked hat to wear again." I treat Lin girl sincerely. After laughing for a while, he said, "But you also have to admit that I have a reason for doing this." Regardless of anything else, you just look at the two brothers in our family - it's not that I'm disrespectful as a junior, talking about the elders behind my back, the third family and the sixth family, before entering the door, the wife can imagine that it was like this later? There is also the daughter-in-law in front of the elder brother, although it is a generation, and the treatment of each other is a little different, but I am the wife, and I have to feel bored. ”

Zhang Wang was laughing, but when she mentioned her two brothers Zhang Yao and Zhang Bi, who were compatriots of her mother, her face became calm. At the end, he sighed softly and said, "Mrs. is also for the good of us sons." It was the girl who she watched grow up for a few years, or even more than ten years, that she was willing to put down her face and put down her body to beg for us. Is it true that the third and sixth children are not in harmony in their families? Even if the daughter-in-law and his two younger ones are also good, it is just an accident that no one can imagine...... This time it's you thinking too much. ”

Hong said: "Uncle is a kind person, I understand." Even if I think too much. But it's better to think more than less. I don't have a biological daughter, although I have an eyebrow girl in front of me, and I will be sent out at the end of this year. Now that she is a daughter-in-law, she wants to be treated as her own girl when she marries back, and she really doesn't want to be polite and unkind. I can't care about anything else, but if we can't be intimate and lively in our own yard, what kind of family are we?"

Zhang Wang couldn't help but hold his forehead and said: "Grandma careful, you are also a person who has passed forty and fifty, and when you open your mouth, you will say 'make a mess', and you are not afraid of other people's jokes and disrespect? Now the children in the family are getting older, not only the two of our family should get married, but also not only the third, fourth, and sixth children. In the past two months, few people have come to me to say, I'm afraid I'm just waiting for the results of the autumn season to come down. Although most of this is still the opinion of his own parents, we can never ignore it. ”

Hong smiled: "I still don't know this? As far as the young people in the clan you mentioned, I have been staring at them, and since the beginning of the Chinese New Year, I have called their mothers and sons to come to the house one by one, gossiping a few times, and it has passed a whole round. There is also an account in the box on the shelf at home, if you don't believe it, go back and take it. I'm going to wait for you to give orders, and it's not all messed up? ”

Zhang Wangdao: "You are old in doing things, I am relieved." However, several nephews in the family, the sons and wingmen of the fourth family, and the second son of the fifth family, Qu'er, should pay attention to the marriage. Have you ever mentioned to you? You don't want your nieces and nieces to be daughters-in-law, so you won't be happy to be nieces and daughters-in-law, right? ”

Hong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle, what's the matter?

Zhang Wang smiled calmly: "I think they are all good, and I can't bear that they will be stopped from entering the eyes of the family because they are your mother's relatives." So I have to fight for them. ”

Hong sighed deliberately and said, "Uncle has fought for them, what else can I do? It's just that other people's families may still be considered, and Yan'er shouldn't plan there." ”

Zhang Wang frowned and said: "What are you not going to do?" I think Yan'er's character and articles are good, and most of the township exams this year will not be outside the top ten. He is one year older than Hui'er, so the fourth brother is not in a hurry, and the fourth brother and sister should also be in a hurry to ask his daughter-in-law to hug his grandson. I remember a few years ago, when you had a birthday, you invited Xiaodongmen to come to our house to play, and the four brothers and sisters praised the niece and nephew of the eldest brother's family. ”

Hong said: "It's rare that the uncle still remembers this." The fourth sibling said it twice. But the uncle forgot that Yan'er is the eldest grandson of the second room. No matter how much the fourth brother and the fourth brother and sister like it, can his marriage not go through the second uncle and the second aunt? The second uncle doesn't take care of things, so let's not talk about it. But the second aunt, there will be no ambiguity on this again. And if Yan'er is in the middle of the year this autumn, he will definitely go to Beijing to try it next spring. The second aunt's maiden home is the Jingchang Marquis Mansion in the capital, and now her nephew Chengjue is in charge. The second aunt has been married to Changzhou for many years, and has never returned to Beijing once. A few days ago, I was in front of the old lady, and I listened to her, and most of the time I wanted to take advantage of this time to go back to my parents' house to have a look, and I would also meet the old sister of the year. That's why I said I don't have to worry about Yan'er's marriage. ”

Zhang Wang nodded and said with a smile: "Since the second aunt has a plan, it is naturally subject to the meaning of the elders." ”

At this point, the night is already dark. He and his wife did not say any more, but called someone in to serve and wash, change clothes and rest, and did not say anything all night.

After breakfast on the second day, Hong took Lin Daiyu out to visit the temple. only said to Lin Hai and Zhang Wang: "Yesterday's flower viewing party, it was not early to come back, so I didn't go shopping." The weather is just right today, so let's take a walk. The carriage and horses are all fully carried, so there is no need to worry. Zhang Wang apologized to his cousin: "I'm afraid I'm going to take my niece and daughter into the wilderness." Lin Ruhai shook his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Where is it? I'm afraid that Yu'er will be bored at home." ”

As soon as the two cousins laughed and laughed, Lin Ruhai went to the Yamen of the Yan Government to take care of official business - at that time, although Lin Ruhai's body had not fully recovered, and the root of the disease had been pulled out for seven or eight points, he could also inquire about the board of directors every day, but he paid more attention to maintenance than before, and when he was tired, he arranged for his subordinates to do it on his behalf, so as not to make himself more tired. Zhang Wang didn't go out to meet friends that day, so he instructed Zhang Hui to do his homework in the study of Mingqiao Academy, took a few poems and gave them to Zhang Hui, first ordered to comment on them one by one, and then gave Gu Chong, Ren Baishi and Fan Taosheng father and son to correct the words, check them one by one, compare their opinions, say the differences, and finally order Zhang Hui to redraft the text according to the title.

The father and son were discussing vigorously, when suddenly Lin Ruhai came in and asked everyone to leave the courtyard. When the two of them saw that his expression was wrong, their faces changed. Lin Ruhai replied to Zhang Wen Yan at this time: "There are some things to say. Hui'er helped us guard outside, and whoever came was sent away. Zhang replied yes, immediately got up and went outside, and when he left, he took the door with him. Lin Ruhaifang walked up to Zhang Wang, took out the two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to him. Zhang Wang quickly looked at it, and his face became solemn. The two brothers sat silently opposite each other for a long time before Zhang Wang spoke. I want to know what happened, what Lin Ruhai and Zhang Wang said, and look at the next breakdown.