In the Changkun Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lin Yan looked at the small clothes sent in by the Zhuang family, and her eyes were kind.

Zhuang is now in his fifties, and there are wrinkles on his face, which is probably the reason for his open-mindedness, but he still looks younger than his average peers.

Zhuang smiled and said, "Your grandmother is very happy to know that you are pregnant with a child again, and your second aunt said that she even ate an extra bowl of rice." These little clothes were made by your grandmother, as well as by your younger siblings. ”

Lin Yan smiled and asked, "Grandmother is okay?" ”

Li is a long-lived person, and now he is over eighty years old, except for his slower movements and some dazzling ears, he is still healthy.

But as she grew older, her family was afraid that something would happen to her, so they no longer let her enter the palace. Every year in the Spring Festival, Lin Yan also exempted her from running.

So Lin Yan hasn't seen her for several years, almost ten years.

Zhuang smiled and said, "Okay." As he spoke, he compared it with his hands and said, "Such a large piece of pork belly is stewed so badly that she can still eat two or three pieces a day." ”

Lin Yan advised: "You still have to pay attention to it, this kind of thing that is not easy to restrain is better to let grandmother eat less." ”

Zhuang said: "Why didn't you tell your grandmother, but your grandmother is also right, she is so old, and she still has a few years to live, at this time, she can eat when she can, drink when she can, and eat everything she wants to do before she dies." ”

Lin Yan listened and didn't say anything, and then saw a bunch of small clothes, there was a small red dress embroidered with the wings of the crane, the crane looked lifelike, the person who embroidered it was ingenious, and a little white was embroidered in its eyes, so it seemed that the crane was also very aura.

Lin Yan saw that it didn't look like the craftsmanship of the family, so she picked it up and asked, "Who embroidered this little dress?" ”

Zhuang replied to her: "She is Chenghong's daughter-in-law, and her craftsmanship is good." ”

Zhuang sighed and said, "I always thought that Tao was not a good person, so even if I married her and entered the door, it was not pleasing to the eye horizontally and vertically, unlike your other two younger siblings, who I personally selected." ”

Lin Yan knew that the Zhuang family fell in love with Mei Niang at first, but in the end, Lin Chenghong fell in love with Tao, and instead of making trouble, he wanted to marry Tao, but Tao was the cousin of Mei Niang, who was fostered in the Zhuang family.

Therefore, Zhuang always felt that Tao was scheming, and somewhat felt that she was deliberately trying to rob her cousin's family. Although he couldn't screw his son and let his son marry her, he couldn't treat her with the heart of the Xu family and the Li family.

Zhuang continued: "But the last time the emperor asked people to buy the centipedes, centipede skins and half-branch lotuses sent to the northwest, Tao was impressive. Said and sighed: "She is also a good child, twenty or thirty thousand catties of medicinal materials, she said that she would give it when the literature came out." ”

Tao's dowry is rich, but the dowry she brought in is not only the one on the dowry list on the surface, Zhuang knows it in his heart. But firstly, the Lin family is not a person who covets the dowry of their daughter-in-law, and secondly, the Zhuang family somewhat dislikes the Tao family and doesn't care much about the Tao family, so they don't know how many things she has in her hands.

It was only this time that Zhuang did not know that the industry in Dow's hands was so rich. The property she inherited from her parents from her uncle has multiplied more than ten times after she took care of it. There are more than 40 crude drug shops in the country alone.

Zhuang said: "The last time I offered medicinal materials to the court, Tao told me that the fourth and sixth brothers who led the troops to fight in the northwest were their brothers, and His Royal Highness King Qin was also the nephew of his own family. Since it is a medicinal herb for family members, how can it be collected. ”

Lin Yan heard the emperor say that when the imperial court went to buy medicinal materials from the medicinal herb dealer, Tao took the initiative to say that he would donate 10,000 catties of half-branch lotus, centipede and centipede skin, and did not receive a penny. Half of the medicinal materials purchased by the imperial court were donated by Tao. The emperor also praised Tao in front of her, saying that she had a loyal and righteous style, although she was a woman, but she did not let her eyebrows go.

Half-branched lotus and ground centipede are not worth much, and one or two silver can buy a catty. But centipede skin is a precious medicinal material, and it costs five or six taels of silver a catty. But centipede skins are all good medicines for attacking and curing poisons. These medicinal materials donated by Dow are worth nearly 100,000 taels of silver.

Tao may be doing this to please the Zhuang family and the Lin family, but on the other hand, he must have a certain mind to do so.

Zhuang continued: "I thought about it, it's okay to do this. Dow is a good hand at making money, but Cheng Hong is a loose and sparse man. With her, the share of property that will be given to Chenghong in the future will at least not be lost by him. Although Dow's background is a little worse, he is also a smart person who can live, and he doesn't need to worry about Chenghong in the future. I, in the future, will be more leisurely and worry less about the affairs of their husband and wife. ”

Speaking of the Li family again, he said: "Tao will please people, accompany your grandmother to listen to operas and listen to music and tell stories, we don't let your grandmother do anything, she secretly accompanies your grandmother to do it, your grandmother is coaxed by her to be happy, but she likes her very much." Three days and two ends asked, what about the mother, what about the mother. ”

Lin Yan laughed when she heard this, she saw that the Zhuang family didn't like her, so she took the Li family's path to gain the approval of the Lin family. However, among so many children and grandchildren, Li's favorite granddaughter is Youyu, who was brought up by herself, and her favorite grandson is the youngest and naughty Lin Chenghong, so he probably has some love for Tao.

Zhuang said: "After she and Chenghong got married, Chenghong's temperament was a lot more stable, and I think she also has her credit." She told Chenghong that he was the youngest in the family, and he didn't need his brother in front of him to lead troops to fight, and he was not that material, but a manly husband can't do nothing all his life and rely on the grace of the family, so it is better to open a martial arts academy and teach some children to practice martial arts and use soldiers, and pass on the loyalty of the Lin family. In the future, if the subordinates can teach one or two generals to serve the imperial court, it can be regarded as loyal to the emperor for the imperial court, and they have never insulted the lintel of the Lin family. As for the money for opening the academy, she will pay for it. ”

Zhuang Shi pointed as he spoke, and said, "I think Chenghong was moved by her." ”

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, it seems that the Tao family guessed that the Lin family would not let Lin Chenghong enter the court as an official, otherwise, with the power of the Lin family, how could he not install a position for Lin Chenghong and would have nothing to do for the rest of his life. The Lin family is now prominent enough, there are Lin Chengzheng and Lin Chenggang leading the Lin family army in the northwest, and their military exploits are continuous, so even Lin Chengliang has to suppress him and put him in an unimportant position, let alone the youngest Lin Chenghong.

Tao understood this, so he asked Lin Chenghong to find another way and let him open a martial arts academy to teach people to practice martial arts and lead soldiers.

Lin Yan said to Zhuang's family: "Mother, be kind to Tao, she is a girl with an excellent heart." ”

Knowing that the Lin family does not intend to pay attention to Lin Chenghong, he can still find another way out for his husband without fighting or grabbing. It shows that she can see the situation clearly, has a vision, and will also take the overall situation into account. If it were someone else, I am afraid that the Zhuang family and Lin Ying would have arranged a future for Lin Chenghong.

Zhuang listened and nodded. (To be continued.) )