Chapter Eighty-Four: The Old Problem
In the past, when the old lady Jin was alive, several concubines only added one concubine to him, which was Jin Chun, the fourth master of the Jin family. Jin Chun grew up beside Mrs. Jin in the main room since he was a child, and his biological mother was sent to a remote village many years ago, and he broke off contact with his biological mother since he was a child.
Although he was raised under his mother's knees, Jin Chun's temperament is still very different from that of several brothers. The Jin family has already revived the family history in the generation of the old lady Jin, and restored the reputation of the living god of wealth in the previous dynasty. With money, I want my children and grandchildren to make a difference in their careers. It was the old lady Jin who spared no effort in cultivating his son, and invited a famous teacher in Jiangnan to teach him since he was a child.
The eldest son, Jin Yu, has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and his qualifications are mediocre, but he is also literate and hyphenated, and he took over the family business after getting married; The second son, Jin Zheng, and the third son, Jin Min, were both admitted to the imperial examination, and they were born as second-class jinshi. Only this concubine Jin Chun, but he can't study, he can't do business, when the old lady Jin was alive, he hated this little son.
After the death of Mrs. Jin, Jin Yu and Jin Min came to the capital, Jin Zheng was also released, the three brothers were not there, and the old house of the Jin family was dominated by Mrs. Jin, without his father and brothers, Jin Chun's life was even more difficult.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the hometown of silk, and the Dawu Dynasty has set up weaving bureaus in Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and has sent special commanders to manage the weaving eunuchs.
Jin Chun's wife Jiao is also from Suzhou, although her maiden family is not in the stream, but her brother Jiao Bingxing caught up with the Suzhou Admiral Weaving Eunuch Li Gonggong, and recognized Li Gonggong as a godfather.
As a result, Jin Chun also trembled. The Jin family is a native of Jiangsu, and there is a little silk business, so he has changed from the previous mud to the past, and has become a fragrant bait that the Jin family is vying to make friends with. Mrs. Jin also made an exception and took out five or six shops for him to manage.
Jiao's family, like her brother, is a shrewd person who meets the wind and rudder, and is accustomed to superficial work, taking advantage of being able to say a few words in front of Mrs. Jin, coaxing Mrs. Jin to smile, in the old house of the Jin family, it is Jiao's and another fifth grandmother of the family Chen who has helped Mrs. Jin take care of the housework over the years.
The fifth grandmother Chen is the daughter-in-law of the second old lady of the Jin family, after all, she is not the daughter-in-law of the old lady Jin, so it is not as easy as Jiao's, so although the Chen family also helps the housekeeper, but there is no one in his hands, and there is no money in his hands.
They all thought that when Mrs. Jin came to the capital, she would temporarily hand over the house key to Jiao's to hold, but she didn't expect that she let Jiao's follow her into Beijing.
She didn't give this key to anyone, but only left some turnover silver with the Chen family. In order to cover the daily expenses of the house.
For this reason, Jiao was so angry that he threw a whole set of porcelain. I thought that after serving carefully all these years, Mrs. Jin had long regarded her as her own, but I didn't expect that she would still guard against her at a critical time.
Don't blame her for not having the ability, and you can't blame her mother's family for not being able to help her, only blame Jin Chun for being a concubine, after all, it's not the meat that fell off Mrs. Jin's own body, after so many years, people are still separated from their stomachs.
What made Jiao even more depressed was that she was returning to the north for the first time, and it was summer, and the hot and dry weather in the capital made her very uncomfortable, and she fell ill as soon as she arrived in the capital.
Compared with when he was in the old mansion more than half a year ago, Jiao Shiqing has lost a few points, but his eyes are still shining.
Linglong returned to the old house at the age of four, and was treated very well by this aunt for eight years, and Jiao's three daughters often bullied her, even when Linglong was seriously ill, it was also thanks to them.
That time, Jiao asked Linglong to follow the mother-in-law in the house to the village to collect rent, and when he came back, he encountered a heavy rain, and when he entered the door, the three cousins were also coming back, and when he saw Linglong, he let the mother-in-law come in, closed the door, and locked Linglong outside.
Linglong was only eleven years old that year, standing alone outside the gate, drenched in the torrential rain for most of the night, until the second half of the night, Xingyu, who had been waiting for the young lady, learned the news from the mother-in-law, begged the housekeeper, opened the door and helped Linglong in.
But it was still a step too late, Linglong's high fever did not go away, and this little life was almost delivered.
Fortunately, she was blessed by misfortune, not only did she not die, but she also remembered the events of her previous life.
Linglong didn't blame the three cousins, they are all little girls, the reason why they bullied her is nothing more than because her father is a concubine and an official, and she is also from the capital, they have known since they were young that because their father is a concubine, their status is lowered, and they are a little more jealous of her. In addition, grandmother treated her badly, so they simply bullied her even more, who made you a class higher than us when you were born, you deserve it.
The pleasure of bullying her just offsets the humiliation caused by their unsuccessful father. Keeping Linglong alone outside the gate, they were actually very afraid, but thinking that the third uncle had not returned to Jiangsu all these years, they were not afraid.
Linglong's mother is already crazy, her father doesn't care about her, and her grandmother hasn't looked at her at all, such a person is killed by the rain, and no one feels distressed.
They thought that few people knew about this matter, but Jiao's knew that her daughter could hide how many things she could hide from being a mother.
After coming to the capital for so many days, Jiao's was the first time he had seen Linglong. It's only been more than half a year, Linglong has grown taller, seems to be more beautiful, white and red, healthy and healthy, and the child who has just recovered from a serious illness in her impression is not the same.
She was lying on the hospital bed, and she didn't let her personal maid inquire in the house, and after the fifth lady returned to the capital, the turmoil in the house was also inquired clearly.
Linglong has never done anything, but Jin Yuan fell into the river, directed and acted in a lame drama, and brought humiliation on herself; Linglong didn't do anything, but let the Nie family bump into Song Xiuzhu and oppress her daughter-in-law, and forced the third master to ground Song Xiuzhu and Jin Yuan.
If there were no such things, Song Xiuzhu would not have taken Mrs. Jin to the capital, these things happened after Linglong came back, if it had nothing to do with her, Jiao's hundred people didn't believe it.
Jiao was about to put a few words in Linglong's mouth, when he heard the little girl at the door come in: "The uncle and the second master of the East Mansion have come to greet the old lady." ”
Hearing this, Linglong's eyes lit up, and her second cousin Jin Zihuan came, which was really good.
The lobby brother Jin Ziyan is much older than them, and Linglong has only seen him when he was a child, and he is not familiar with him; Second cousin Jin Zihuan just met a while ago, and it was he who sent her and Linlang to Zhuangzi.
In the past few days, she has been thinking that Jin Zihuan should also come to say goodbye, and today she really came.
cousin Jin Zihuan and her own brother Jin Zifeng, she would rather choose to trust Jin Zihuan.