Chapter VIII

One morning, Lin Ruhai went to the yamen as usual, and a small greeting post was sent to Lin's house, signed by a talented Xia Liansheng. Pen, fun, pavilion www.biquge.info this post and other worship posts, was sorted out by the big housekeeper and sent to the backyard, although Gui Mama is literate, but where does she have the patience to read so many posts, so she asked the little girl to pick out the bronzing post, and then pick out the second class after the bronzing post, casually look at it, feel that the word is pleasing to the eye to pick out two out, and the other posts are sent to the firewood room together, the Lin family's daily fire is a piece of ink. In this case, it is conceivable what the ending of a post written by Xia Liansheng casually at the street stall show will be.

But fortunately, Xia Liansheng didn't take the matter that the Lin family might reply to him, Yao Jin was more than a year old and could walk on his own staggeringly, he had to find a suitable place to place Yao Jin, and he couldn't hold Yao Jin every day to find a job. Besides, when I used to go to school, the state also encouraged students to work and study, and even university campuses had work-study opportunities everywhere, but the people here were really excessive, and where they needed to work hard, when they heard him say that he had a reputation for showing off his talents, he hurriedly bent down and sent him out of the door, regardless of how satisfied he was with how well he did his work; But there are as many talented people in Jiangnan as dogs, and Xiucai Jinshi walks everywhere, go to those places that require famous scribes, and he can't even get the word of a dog, and he can't even go to the street to set up a stall to write letters on the street. Isn't this forcing him to go home and farm and sell sweet potatoes? So he was heartbroken, started his old business, took out the sets of clothes in Jinan Mansion, and started speculative trading again. But how developed the business in Jiangnan is, he didn't make much money in Jinan Mansion in this business, but he accidentally went outside the city once, and he found a new way of life.

Let's say that Mama Gui goes to the backyard every day according to her own wishes to send her screened posts to Jia Min, Jia Min lazily flipped through them and complained: "It's these again, it's either a big salt merchant or a family that the master explained that can't come and go, it's really boring." ”

Mama Gui's palm couldn't help pinching, and then said with a smile: "It's not just a few, there are also a few posts in others, the old slave has read it, these posts are either written with no sincerity, or they simply don't know where to come out and pretend to be our relatives. The old slave took matters into his own hands and sent those posts to the firewood room. ”

Jia Min listened to Mama Gui's introduction, frowned and said: "These individuals don't understand etiquette, righteousness and shame, seeing that our family is rich and noble, and there is no title, I feel that anyone can come to fight the autumn breeze, and I don't look at what I am." Mama Gui, you did the right thing, just deal with it like this in the future. ”

Mama Gui listened to Jia Min's words, smiled on her face, even claimed yes, and flattered Jia Min: "Mrs. is a kind-hearted person, if I wanted to beat those poor scholars who claim to be relatives, I would have beaten out those poor scholars who claimed to be relatives." Kindness is rewarded, you see our brother and sister, which one doesn't need to be more beautiful and meticulously crafted by others? Just like the grandchildren of the old lady in the capital, she will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future! ”

Jia Min was overjoyed when she heard this, but she didn't dare to show it too much, coughed twice, took a sip of tea, and said: "Mama Gui don't say this in front of the master in the future, the master doesn't like his children to be like other people's families." ”

Mama Gui hurriedly slapped her mouth gently: "Look at my memory, my wife just feels sorry for me." Don't worry, when the old lady is here, I must praise how kind and amiable the old lady is, and I have nothing to say about being kind to our wife. ”

Jia Min smiled and nodded, but her heart fell into sadness, when she first got married, her father passed away suddenly, she was filial piety, and she had to keep it for three years, but as a son-in-law, Lin Ruhai only had to keep it for one year, and the old pious woman gave the lord two personal servants in the name of "spending scattered leaves for the Lin family", although the master did not pay attention to color, and let himself stay alone in the empty room for a few nights, staying alone in that empty room, even the echo was very big... Fortunately, the old pious woman died early, and she followed the words of the old pious woman before, and sold those foxes in the name of praying for her mother-in-law, and threw the Zhuangzi on the Zhuangzi, but fortunately, the old man trusted him, and with the help of Mama Gui, he finally stabilized the backyard, look, it's not very good now.

Mama Gui saw that Jia Min seemed to be stuck in memories again, and stepped forward to Jia Min with a smile and said, "Madam, there is nothing wrong these days, do you want to take a look at the recent account books or something?" The old slave should continue to deal with it according to the rules. ”

Jia Min listened, waved his hand impatiently, and said: "Mama has been handling it very well before, just continue to deal with it as usual, and come back to me if you are not sure, if you have that idle time, I might as well play a piano and stroke a tune for Sister Dai and Brother Hui'er, and teach them to recognize two words." I heard the old lady say that Baoyu of the second brother's family is smart, and he can already compose poetry, and the gentleman in the school also praised him for his spirituality. ”

Mama Gui hurriedly said: "That's not, the people raised by the old lady in front of her, which one is not Zhong Lingyuxiu?" ”

Jia Min thought of her mother and the days when she was favored at home, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart: "I don't know when my master will be transferred back to the capital, and when will I see my mother again." ”

Mama Gui smiled and said: "Mrs., this is a mistake, my uncle is only in the fourth official residence now, what can he be when he arrives in the capital?" If the wife is majestic in this place, when the old lady finds the old relationship and talks about peace, the uncle is promoted to the first and second grades, and the wife returns to the capital, don't the former little sisters have to give you blessings and ask for peace? ”

Jia Min remembered the vulgar friends who claimed to be the descendants of military generals in the past, and he was also not interested. pouted and said, "Forget it, I don't want to miss them, I have to go and see my sister Dai and Brother Hui." ”

Mama Gui said with a smile: "When Mrs. Zhang said just now, Mama Zhang had already sent someone to bring the eldest sister and eldest brother over, it may be almost there, Mrs. will go to the flower hall first, and the old slave will go to urge." ”

Jia Min said happily: "You still understand my heart, okay, Mama Gui, you go to the council, my lord has been a little busy lately, so I will tell the kitchen to make something good tonight." ”

Mama Gui bowed down and retreated, and when she was about to go out, she looked at Mama Zhang, and Mama Zhang nodded.

Back in the council hall, Mama Gui listened to the report of the housekeepers, said that she was not in the mood to lecture today, and waved her hand to let them all disperse. Then he leaned back in his chair proudly and smiled silently: With such an obedient housewife, she is really comfortable living this day. Thinking of Jia Min's marriage, when Jia's mother was choosing a marriage for her beloved daughter, those faceless old sisters were afraid of leaving the wealth of Rongguo Mansion one by one, how did they know that the Lin family also had the accumulation of five generations of Hou Mansion, which was much richer than Rongguo Mansion with only one generation. To tell the truth, when the old lady of the Lin family was still there, the pomp and circumstance of Mrs. Nahou Mansion came out, and even she had to admit that Rongguo Mansion had become a nouveau riche. But people are always invincible to birth, old age, sickness and death, right? Her Mama Gui is now in the Lin family, not to mention that she is above 10,000 people under one person, but she is also one of the best figures in the Lin family. In addition, the family has found a master early, and now they only need to use the Lin family's New Year's gift every year to pay more filial piety, and if the master is happy, it can also benefit his own children and grandchildren.

Thinking beautifully, she remembered that there was a note in the Zhen family's greeting post in the morning, she pulled it out of her sleeve, opened the note, and first confirmed the secret note agreed between her master and her, and then read the content of the letter, the letter was a little short, but Mama Gui read it very slowly, and began to sweat, and when she finished reading, the sweat was already soaked on the back of her clothes. She read the letter again from beginning to end in disbelief, leaning back in her chair as if resigned to her fate, she no longer had the smugness she had before, and it was as if her whole body had been drained of strength. However, she thinks again, if things are done right, her future gains are also huge!

In the afternoon of the same day, when Mama Gui, Mama Zhang and Jia Min were chatting, they mentioned the scene of gold everywhere when the harvest was in the autumn Zhuangzi, and Jia Min was a little moved in his heart, and he proposed to Lin Ruhai that night, wanting to go to Zhuangzi to relax, but Lin Ruhai did not agree, for fear that something would go wrong, as compensation, Lin Ruhai agreed that Jia Min could find an opportunity to incense and go out for a walk.

The next day, Lin Ruhai went to the yamen normally, and it didn't take long for a small guy to report from the yamen, saying that the wife took her daughter and son to the temple in the east of the city to offer incense, but accidentally startled the carriage, and the wife's carriage shook off everyone and didn't know where to go. When Lin Ruhai heard this, he panicked, thinking that this was not anyone's means, for fear that something would happen to his children and daughter-in-law, he hurriedly took leave from the yamen and rode towards the east city gate.

The little guy watched Lin Ruhai ride out of the yamen, he, smiled, turned his head and pretended to chase out of the yamen, then took a detour back to the house, entered the back door, and went straight to the courtyard of the big housekeeper to report the news, after getting the reward of the big housekeeper of a hundred taels of silver, he happily went home to pack his baggage, and planned to go home to marry his beloved village flower sister, but on the way back to his hometown, he met a robber on the road, and lost his life.

When the big housekeeper got the news, he sent someone to the second gate and said a few words to an inconspicuous little girl, and the little girl went straight to Mama Gui's yard, shouting loudly as she ran: "Mrs., Mrs. It's a big deal! Someone from the yamen said that the master had been assassinated! ”