Twenty-ninth
In the eyes of Wang Ziteng's wife, Mrs. Gao, Lin Hai's future grade is still secondary, but Lin Hai's circle of daughter-in-law is really powerful! Even though she is a first-class fate, she also has a lot of places to rely on Lin Hai and his daughter-in-law.
Because the prince vacated King Yizhong and offended King Suduan this time, it would be difficult for Mrs. Gao to participate in the social communication between Princess Yizhong, Princess Suduan and even the inner wife, even if she was the concubine's aunt.
Most of the old ladies of the Six Great Pavilions are from poetry and book families, if no one is introduced, Mrs. Gao is the same~insert~no~ go in......
In other words, if Mrs. ~ Wai ~ Friendship doesn't matter, how can it still be valued and talked about hundreds of years later?
The influence of the wind on the pillow on men is secondary, mainly because the topics of the ladies are not only short in the family, but they can hear some of the movements of the previous dynasty, although they are mostly just a few words, but as long as they have the heart to understand that it is not difficult for people to benefit from it.
Wang Ziteng was not in the capital for many years before, without her husband's support and expanding her social circle, Mrs. Gao's entertainment became less and less, and after Wang Ziteng's "lifting ~ reporting" Suduan Palace, her social circle became narrower......
All in all, Mrs. Gao needs to take Wang Chan's line to meet some "new friends".
Mrs. Gao didn't hide her thoughts, Wang Chan didn't care about it: from the end of the year to the beginning of next year, she would have to hold a few banquets, and then invite the wife of the Wang family next door to sit together.
As for letting Wang Chan personally take it, go to the relatives on Wang Chan's mother's side, and introduce them one by one...... Don't dream about it.
Wang Chanken pulled Mrs. Gao, also in Daiyu's face. No matter how Daiyu came back from the Wang family, she could see that this girl was very happy-Daiyu's familiar little sisters...... Speaking from the heart, Mrs. Gao shouldn't be able to look down on any of them, but for Daiyu, she also invited people one by one, and she was entertained, and it was the guests and hosts who were happy, so Daiyu would be so happy when she went home.
After all, Mrs. Gao is attentive.
Besides, Wang Chan thinks that the old man and Wang Ziteng have a good chat...... Although the officialdom is eager to get rid of the other party's whole family ~ political ~ enemies to meet, they have to smile the same, as if they have a good relationship.
Looking at the eldest girl who was talking and laughing with her father, Wang Chan remarked Mrs. Gao's name in the booklet of her memoir.
Lin Hai saw that his daughter-in-law was immersed in her books, and after a while, he looked up at their father and daughter, and ordered, "Girl, find your mother to set the format of the invitation, and our father and daughter will also help your mother a little." ”
The format of the so-called invitation is the kind with empty headers and drop-offs, and the content in the middle is exactly the same.
The post written by the master naturally has to be sent to distinguished guests, such as his own mother's family, the post written by the eldest girl is specially sent to her little sisters, Wang Chan made up his mind, so he found the post he wrote, and took a large pile of blank posts, according to the number of names on his booklet, and handed it over together.
A small coffee table was set up on Luohan's bed, and the father and daughter also began to write hard.
Daiyu wrote a post to her little sisters, and she inevitably sighed, "Daddy...... Can I invite my grandmother's three sisters and Sister Bao to come to our house? ”
After the snow, Daiyu had already made the east, and invited these little sisters to come to the house, and it was only a few days before she had to invite someone to play...... Every time I am Dong's mother, I have to take a lot of trouble to prepare, so Daiyu is also embarrassed when she makes a request.
Lin Hai didn't raise his head, "Let's discuss it with your mother." And he reminded, "Don't just invite your grandmother's sisters. ”
Daiyu put down the pen, her face was slightly red, but she still said solemnly, "It's not that my daughter wants to favor one over the other, I just listen to the meaning of the sisters' words, they are not young, and the aunts and uncles never go out......"
There's nowhere to hang out, right?
Lin Hai couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: This is the girl who used Daiyu as a lifesaver. Think about it, girls are good at communicating, and they can be paid a little more attention to Jia's mother.
Mrs. Gao, the wife of Wang Ziteng, is a serious Mrs. of the Order, what do you think of her social circle? Don't you want to use his daughter-in-law to open up the situation?
Not to mention Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, they already have limited connections, and besides, one has nothing to do, and the other daughter-in-law has already entered the palace as a mother-in-law, where will they care about the affairs of the concubine?
In addition, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng's brothers and did not succeed, and they still raised their sons Jia Lian and Baoyu, so how much can they do to their daughters? The father didn't care about it, and the two ladies didn't "ignore" the girls even more.
It's just that he has the impression that Tanchun is not a person who is so urgent about family affairs, and Lin Hai thinks about it for a while, and feels that Tanchun should be affected by Baochai.
In the original book, Baochai ran into walls everywhere and couldn't find any way to advancement, so he could only follow Daiyu Xiangyun to compete for Baoyu? Jia Baoyu is indeed the only son of an official eunuch that Baochai can come into contact with.
With Baochai's heart, with Daiyu, a good sister, she naturally has to fight for her own future...... It is estimated that Jia Baoyu is not in Baochai's eyes now.
Lin Hai had three before he crossed, and after he crossed over, he was ten years younger, and he finally became a real uncle.
He is not as old as the teenage girls who have not recovered from their illness - in modern times, these children are no more than junior high school students.
If Daiyu is willing to help the little sisters, it will be a blessing for her daughter, and if the girls make a little awkward and Daiyu changes her mind, then forget it.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to Lin Hai, he doesn't care about whether his daughter has fulfilled the good marriage of the little sisters.
Wang Chan also felt that it didn't matter: these girls in Rongguo Mansion were either from concubines or from merchants, no matter how hard they worked, they couldn't affect the eldest girl, let alone the marriage of her nieces and nephews, so she regarded it as a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good.
Anyway, if the eldest girl is happy, the old man will be happy. She was happy to see the old man smiling all day long...... Well, she looked at Lin Hai and gradually became hot: The old man is really good-looking, ...... Better!
The love of husband and wife is not enough for outsiders, but which of Wang Chan's henchmen and big girls can't see it? Today happened to be Qiluo and Xiujin on duty, and when she saw that her wife's expression was getting softer and softer, she waited to listen to her wife's instructions.
Sure enough, Wang Chan covered his face and looked at his two girls, "Tell the kitchen to prepare some fresh fruits and vegetables, and then let Lao Wang get two tender little lambs." ”
The old Wang she mentioned was her companion, and now he sits as the chief steward of the inner courtyard. Splendid took the order and left.
Wang Chan smiled again and said to Lin Hai's father and daughter: "I have a good recipe for picking up lamb meat at home, but this time we have been stained with the light of the eldest girl." ”
Daiyu hurriedly got up and rushed over to hug Wang Chan's arm, "I know that my mother also hurts me." "She eats venison and mutton now, and she can restrain herself quite well.
In other words, although Daiyu asked her father to extend her life expectancy, although she was still a little insufficient, she has not been sick since autumn......
When Lin Hai saw it, he felt more and more that Daiyu's sentimental and sick body was because the loss of her father was too stimulating, and as for the future, ...... That has something to do with Baoyu being too unreliable.
was born weak and heavy-minded, and Mrs. Wang of Rongfu was reluctant to give Daiyu a good life - Lin Hai remembered that when Daiyu first came to Rongfu when she did not lose her father, she wanted to eat ginseng to raise Rong Pills, and Mrs. Wang gave it without saying a word; When Daiyu has no father, she will eat some bird's nest purely when she lives in Rongfu, and she will have to be helped by Baochai.
swallowed Daiyu's million-dollar dowry, and couldn't even give up a little bird's nest...... Thinking of this, Lin Hai was even less angry with Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang.
Regardless of whether Baochai was sincere or fake, she was indeed the only one who lent a helping hand at that time.
Lin Hai thought about it, and regarded the plot in the original book as a previous life, so let's return Baochai to a good marriage this time. Take a step back and say, if Baochai marries high, the Xue family's property will not be cheap Rongfu, and the Rongfu will be saved for a long time.
In the eyes of Mrs. Wang, whose heart is higher than the sky, her Baoyu is born with a miracle, and she is also a "national uncle", how can Baochai be worthy of it? Even if Baochai is her niece, she is also a merchant, and she has no father, in addition to the money in the family, how much can she help Baoyu with?
I have to say that Lin Hai guessed Mrs. Wang's mind very accurately.
In fact, at this time, Mrs. Wang was receiving and giving New Year's gifts at home, writing and replying, and she was still thinking about Baoyu's lifelong events: I have to admit that Daiyu is also reasonable among Baoyu's cousins......
This is also the reason why Mrs. Wang has been entangled: she really doesn't like Daiyu and her mother, and she doesn't like Daiyu's high spirit, but Daiyu's father and stepmother are powerful people that her brother doesn't want to offend.
But fortunately, my brother Prince Teng returned to Beijing, and Mrs. Wang consciously had more room for choice, and there was no need to worry about family affairs for the time being. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, I always have to enter the palace a few more times, just to discuss it with my mother.
But she said that Baochai was not as optimistic as her aunt, she was guarding her mother in Lixiang Courtyard, and discussed with her mother how many gifts to prepare for the Lin Mansion, especially Daiyu's sister.
Baochai took Aunt Xue's arm and said, "Mother, our sisters are guests at my uncle's house, and Sister Daiyu said that she will invite us to her house in a few days...... Said that her mother's cousins also went. ”
Aunt Xue said, "That's time to prepare more gifts." As he spoke, he beckoned the big girl to take the cover from the box and come out.
Baochai lowered her head slightly, her face was slightly red, "Mother, when the time comes...... Daiyu's sister's mother's cousins will also be funny. ”
The daughter was supposed to enter Beijing to be elected, but something happened to Pan'er at this juncture.
Although the prefect of Jinling saw that his brother Wang Ziteng's face was covered up for a while, the matter of his daughter's entry into the palace was also gone, and then it was rumored that the eldest girl of her sister's family had been crowned a concubine...... Aunt Xue complains that her son is dragging her daughter down, but what can she do? In Aunt Xue's heart, no matter how intimate her daughter is, she is also someone else's, and she will have to rely on her son in the future.
But the daughter can't enter the palace and marry casually...... If you marry a merchant again, even if you are also an imperial merchant, why do you have to leave your clan and come all the way to Beijing?
Aunt Xue originally wanted to rely on her sister-in-law and sister to help her find a good family for Baochai, and even moved Baoyu's idea - after all, the building near the water has the first month, but after getting along these days, Aunt Xue is not so blind that she can't see that the ancestor of Rongfu and her own sister have no intention of getting married.
As for the sister-in-law...... For Pan'er and Baochai, it was really faint from beginning to end. That's it, the sister-in-law is like that to their sisters, and the sister-in-law probably feels that their sisters' husbands are not of much help to their brother.
Thinking of this, Aunt Xue is also sad: the family is still warm and cold, not to mention outsiders, fortunately Baochai knows how to plan for herself. It is not easy to count on which official wife takes a fancy to her Baochai; But if any son likes Baochai, he will not marry, and he will be a little sure of achieving a good marriage.
Aunt Xue also knew that Mrs. Lin Jiaxin's invitation to her nephews, nieces, nephews, and nieces to follow their mother to the house as guests must be "different between men and women": boys and boys play together, girls and girls sit together, but young men and women always have to meet each other.
Aunt Xue thought about it after a while, and hugged her daughter with satisfaction, "Then you should prepare a heavy gift," and Zhang Luo said, "Bring the box of pearls." ”
That box of beads is rare...... Baochai still thinks that her mother is too good-looking: look at the Lin family's furnishings, as well as the clothes and jewelry on Daiyu...... Thinking about the background of the Lin family's wife, I am afraid that there is no shortage of rewards in the palace in the family.
In short, people are not bad for silver, rather than sending precious gems like a mother, it is better to send some elegant things: rare rare ancient books or calligraphy, painting, ink ingots, inkstones, etc......
Baochai thought about it for a while, and no longer reminded her mother: It's better for her mother to send her mother, she sent her, mother and daughter have two hearts, is Daiyu better to "explain" to Mrs. Lin.
Their Xue family is not bad for money...... Spending money to buy connections is really unbelievable!
Daiyu often invited her sisters to the door these days, and the Lin family wife smiled and talked to them for a while every time, and then let their little sisters go to talk and laugh by themselves - in short, the Lin family wife looked at Daiyu's face and was very kind to these little girls.
Baochai also made up her mind: flattering Mrs. Lin may be more attentive than pleasing her aunt.
Preparing a gift for Daiyu, Baochai was about to go back to the room, and it happened that at this time Xue Pan returned and went to the main room to meet his mother.
Seeing that his brother was full of alcohol, Baochai frowned slightly, and then asked with a smile, "Who are you going out with today?" ”
Xue Pan burped and replied with a smile, "Among those people...... You will know Baoyu ......"
As soon as Baochai heard it, he knew that it was a small gathering of familiar sons, Baoyu was still young, and his brother was afraid that he would not be able to make anything out of the ordinary at the banquet, otherwise after following Baoyu's long-term followers to report the news, his aunt alone would not be able to spare him!
So Baochai persuaded: "In the future, my brother will tell Baoyu to go out, don't stay him too late, otherwise my aunt may not be comfortable there." ”
Many people have heard of Baoyu's Lingyu and Baochai's golden lock, but because Daiyu is not in Rongfu and Baochai is not in Baoyu, no one muttered this time, and even Xue Pan never thought that his sister and cousin would become a pair......
Xue Pan also nodded hurriedly when he heard this, "My sister is right." "My uncle, like my aunt, has a serious air all over my body, and Xue Pan feels stunned when he thinks about it.
Baochai saw that her brother listened to her words, so she said again, "Uncle has returned to Beijing, and my brother will go to my uncle's house a few more times." After thinking about it, he added, "It's not good to favor one over the other." ”
Xue Pan was about to be unhappy when he heard the first half of his sister's sentence, and then heard the second half of the sentence...... smiled again, "It's still my sister who is thoughtful!" ”
The cousins of my uncle's family are different from my uncle, so they will not "not eat oil and salt".
Seeing that the brother and sister were very happy, Aunt Xue was very relieved, and she also hugged her daughter and laughed.
But said that Baochai took Daiyu's post and was about to be a guest at the Lin Mansion, when Ying'er stepped forward and said to her girl, "Girl, Miss Shi is here, and now she is in front of the old lady, Caiyun came to pass the word, please go over and talk too." ”
When Baochai heard that she had changed her clothes, she helped Ying'er and went to Jia's mother's yard together. When Baochai's master and servant arrived, there was laughter in Jia's mother's house.
After Baochai saluted, she heard Jia's mother ask Tanchun's little sisters how they planned to arrange it, and Tanchun told Jia's mother about the fact that several of their sisters had received Daiyu's post.
Xiangyun's face froze when he heard this, and Baochai knew that this girl didn't get Daiyu's post.
Mother Jia didn't take it seriously: Daiyu had lived by her side for about a year, and Xiangyun didn't come over much, and it was common sense that sisters were not familiar with each other.
She called the mandarin duck to her, "You go for a walk, go to the Lin Mansion and tell Yu'er, Xiangyun is here, and Ming'er and her sisters will arrive." Ask her again, when are you free these days, let her come back to accompany my old woman, I miss her. After speaking, he asked the mandarin duck to open the box and send a pair of enamel plum vases and a string of coral beads that the concubine had given him a few days ago.
Mandarin ducks should go down. In fact, the last time Daiyu returned to Rong Mansion was only half a month ago.
Baochai and Tanchun both secretly said when they heard this: Fortunately, the old ancestor is willing to come forward. Xiangyun also laughed: The little girl without her father and mother is the most sensitive.
This is also something that the old lady will do: if she takes Xiangyun without saying it in advance, Daiyu is probably nothing, but I am afraid that the new wife of the Lin family will not be happy. I didn't see the old lady sending things to the Lin Mansion, so she had to come out of the palace?
And if the girls around her form a deep friendship, Jia's mother will naturally be happy to see it. The old lady also has a plan in her heart: her son-in-law is a master who is afraid of trouble, but he is definitely not unkind.
It's just that the old lady's words and deeds reached Mrs. Wang's ears, and Mrs. Wang felt a pain in her flesh: thinking that she would work hard to save money, part of it was sent to the palace, and the other part had to think about building a courtyard, but the old lady did not hesitate to send the things given by her daughter directly into the Lin Mansion!
Baoyu, who was in front of Mrs. Wang, listened, and didn't notice his mother's frowning brows and the corners of his mouth tightly, he was thinking about it: Sister Lin's snow-white wrists with the string of red beads I don't know what kind of beautiful scenery it is.
Although it was a pity that he could not participate in the reunion of his sisters, he also knew that his uncle would not indulge him...... However, a few days later, Sister Lin's cousins and cousins all went to the Lin Mansion to get together, and he also got an invitation written by Sister Lin.