Lin Jinlou had no expression on his face: "Oh, how much silver do you sell?" ”

"Grandma said at least ten taels of silver a ......"

"Well, you go...... Wait, come back. ”

"What do you command?"

"In the future, your grandmother will paint it for you, and you will hand it over directly to your grandfather. You should send this painting to the study first. ”

Gui Yuan answered, and went with the brocade tube.

Lin Jinlou stepped into the house, Xiaojuan was making an embroidery pier and dozing at the door, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Lin Jinlou enter the house, and quickly stood up, Lin Jinlou shook his head, and Xiaojuan immediately closed his mouth. Xianglan was drawing next to the bookcase, and Lingqing stood aside and waited for the pen and ink. I saw that Xianglan was very serious, and for a while she painted with a medium dye, and at one time she used a small color to pick out a fine hook, or she stood still and stared at the painting carefully, and then carefully considered the pen. Lin Jinlou only found out that Xianglan painted like this, and the most common thing he used to be was a woman holding a pipa and a zither, playing and laughing with a spring breeze on her face, and she was colorful and moving, but Xianglan only had this quiet little appearance, which made people unable to take their eyes off.

Lin Jinlou stood for a long time, and when Xianglan finished painting, he looked up and saw him, Lin Jinlou just walked over, Xiaojuan hurriedly went to offer tea, and Lingsu went to get Lin Jinlou's home-style clothes. Lin Jinlou stretched out his arm and glanced at Xianglan. Xianglan had to wipe her hands with a towel and stepped forward to serve Lin Jinlou to change her clothes.

Lin Jinlou asked, "Why do you want to draw again?" ”

Xianglan took off the big jasper, went to untie the gold and jasper belt around her waist, hung her head and said: "I am bored in the room every day, and I have nothing to do, so I will draw two pictures to relieve my boredom." ”

"Oh, you're good at painting, you already know that you have a name called 'Lanxiang Jushi', and your father sold your paintings at the beginning. If you are willing to paint, you can paint, it is better to have something to worry about than to twist your neck with your master all day long. He stared at Xianglan's face, since the last time Xianglan scratched him, people seem to have changed, although it is more and more obedient, but his mind is sinking like well water, and he is talking less and less, staying in the room all day long, often in a daze at the Buddha statue, sitting for a morning. Lin Jinlou pondered, maybe Xiao Xianglan was homesick, but it was not common to be depressed like this.

Xianglan had taken off her belt, and when she was about to untie his clothes, Lin Jinlou took her hand, pulled Xianglan into his arms, hugged her, lowered her head and said in her ear: "Didn't I tell you, the things in the capital can't be finished for a while, and you have to pass before you can go back." In the past few days, the master has been busy socializing everywhere, and when he is free, he will take you out to play. If you have nothing to do, talk to the maids more, don't sit still, if you want to listen to a play or a book, just let people go out and invite. ”

When the maids saw Lin Jinlou hugging Xianglan, they all looked at each other and retreated lightly. Lin Jinlou said twice tentatively, but Xianglan didn't move, so she let go of her and said with a gloomy face: "Let's talk about it, just paint, why do you want to sell paintings to make money?" Still thinking about running? ”

Xianglan was used to being moody with him, and when she saw that he was going to be annoyed, she hurriedly pulled his sleeve, shook it, and whispered: "I didn't want to run, just to relieve my boredom." Glancing at Lin Jinlou, seeing that he was still black-faced, he couldn't help but get up scared, hesitated slightly, slowly passed over, leaned on Lin Jinlou's arms, wrapped his arms around his waist, and said, "I don't like to listen to dramas, it's noisy to tell stories, and it's such a fun thing to paint."

As soon as Xianglan pulled his sleeve, Lin Jinlou lost his temper, and now he became more and more soft, raised his hand around her, stroked Xianglan's back, and said after a while: "I didn't let you paint, as long as you are willing, you can open the painting, whatever you want, you can get it for you, but you said by yourself, the family is short of your few taels of silver, and you also let you get the painting out to sell for money, as if the master can't support you and treats you badly." ”

Xianglan thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "No one will look at it after the hard work is done, it's better to sell it, someone can like it, I'm happy in my heart, don't want money, just have fun." ”

Lin Jinlou thought for a while, stared at Xianglan for a while, ordered someone to call the book, and ordered: "Go to the study and get the brown thin books on the desk." When the book was dyed for a short time, he really took seven or eight brown thick volumes, and Lin Jinlou handed those volumes to Xianglan and said: "This is Lin Jiajun's account book, you have to take a good look these days, and you are not allowed to make a mistake, you know?" ”

Xianglan flipped through it, and saw that it was full of large sums of military salaries, so she couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly closed the account book and pushed it over, saying, "This thing is going to be fatal, how can it be handed over to me like this." ”

Lin Jinlou said casually: "Why can't I hand it over to you?" Don't you know how to pull the abacus? Originally, I brought a few bookkeepers over, and two of them were still sick, so you should calculate it for your master first. ”

Xianglan had no choice but to take the account book over, and flipped through it again, only to see two volumes of four-column accounts and two volumes of Longmen accounts, with a shocking amount of money spent on them, and she muttered for a moment: "When will the uncle want it?" ”

Lin Jinlou said: "Don't worry, just come out next month." ”

Xianglan nodded and asked someone to get the abacus.

Lin Jinlou changed his clothes, sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed, looked through all kinds of government affairs letters from Jinling Daily, and looked up at Xianglan from time to time. I saw her sitting at the round table, carrying a pen and carefully checking it, and the abacus beads crackled. Nearly noon, Xianglan closed out a few pages, transcribed the inappropriateness on a piece of paper, and reported it to Lin Jinlou for reading.

Lin Jinlou looked at it carefully a few times, and ordered Xianglan to take the abacus, he reported the number, asked Xianglan to calculate, made a few pointers, pinched her face and said: "Okay, it's done very well, it's time to eat." ”

Xianglan couldn't help but say: "How can the procurement in the army cost such a huge amount, the silver is the same as running water, the money costs twice, and the things are also badly damaged every month." ”

Lin Jinlou said: "The water is clear, there is no fish, there is no futile when people are observed, the purchase of oil and water is large, there are naturally greedy mouths, human nature is so, it is unbearable, ten taels and twenty taels in front of the eyes, and the palms are itchy, not to mention the real money and silver piles in front of the eyes, how strict the laws and regulations, there are also those who take risks, but if you can do things, this idea is still in my hand." The Lin family's army is already extremely strict, and the reported loss is less than half of it, and other armies also have two or three percent. "After saying that, I ordered someone to set the meal, no problem.

Lin Jinlou's original intention was to find something for Xianglan to do, so as to save her from thinking crankily all day long. Unexpectedly, Xianglan was very serious, in addition to the inventory every day, she also quietly drew some paintings, and those who painted ordinarily were handed over to Longan, and Longan was handed over to Lin Jinlou and placed in the study to fall into ashes. Those who paint exquisitely send painting fans and small juan out to hang in a calligraphy shop next to the Temple of Literature to sell, and do not use the name of "Lanxiang Layman", but the paintings are cheaper, and they can also get seven or eight taels of silver every month.

No further ado. But said that Jinling came to a letter, Wang could not enter the capital due to illness, Lin Jinting was already on the way to Beijing, Lin Lao Madam ordered Lin Jinlou to manage Lin Jinting's marriage, set up a banquet in the capital to entertain the guests and friends who had made good friends in the day, and the bride received Jinling and then went to the church to get married.

This matter is not difficult, because it is not in the capital to worship the church, so only set up seven or eight tables to invite the best relatives to the people, Lin Zhaoxiang has already prepared the guest list, Lin Jinlou added a few more people, ordered Xianglan to preside over the feed, book dyeing assistant. Tan originally wanted to come over to help, but Lin Jinlou was tired of her, so he only said lightly: "The second brother is not good, the younger brother and sister take care of and serve every day, and they can't even sleep well, how dare they work in this matter again, I have arranged all this matter, if there is any shortcoming, I will bother my brother and sister at that time." In a few words, he sent Tan away.

Xianglan didn't want to touch her hands, lying on the bed and pretending to be sick, but Lin Jinlou forced her to do this, and promised her: "This thing is done well, the master will find a place to sell paintings to you." Xianglan gritted her teeth and took this matter, and the town was even busier to ten points, but fortunately, the Lin family had already had a way to feast guests, and there was a set of "Lin Family Cuisine", and Lin Jinlou ordered it to be arranged according to the "Lin Mansion Banquet Yan Cuisine Full Banquet", which was the highest regulation of the feast. Xianglan flipped through the recipes, and saw that it was quite similar to the way of the banquet in the Shen family in the previous life, with a total of 130 dishes per table, and the dried fruit cakes were all knowledgeable. In addition, to open a warehouse to take all kinds of dishes, or porcelain, or silver, or wooden, are a complete set of custom-made, lack of a can not match, dishes or square, or ingots, or gourd, or ruyi, or auspicious clouds, even the position on the table to take "wealth rolling", "step by step" and other auspicious meaning according to a specific direction place.

Xianglan said: "Although the Lin family's house in the capital does not live permanently, fortunately, there are all kinds of banquet supplies. ”

Shuran smiled: "At first, it wasn't too complete, didn't the second master just have a happy event, and the incomplete ones are all neat." It's just that the second grandmother married in a hurry, many of them were not very thoughtful, there was not even an elder when he visited the church, the uncle had an uncle who was an official in the capital, and he came to preside, and the exchanges were also somewhat decent, and the scene was passable, but he was afraid that the second master would be tired, so he only let him come out and toast three glasses of wine and go back, and the people outside listened to a play, and the excitement dispersed in the middle of the night. ”

Xianglan said: "The matter of inviting the opera team outside is helped by Chu Ye, Liu Ye and Xie Ye, and we only take care of the affairs of the inner house." I look at the old practice, the lord's family is happy, the servants also have to follow the feast, and there are also particular, build a canopy in the courtyard, spread a new kang mat on the ground to sit and eat, a table of ten bowls, you keep an eye on this matter, each table only gives a jar of wine. The chef is too busy, and I am afraid that I will not be able to eat fresh dishes at this table, but the chicken, duck and fish that should be given must be missing. ”

Shuran hurriedly responded.

Lingqing was making a circle of rosters outside, and when he heard Xianglan talking inside, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Doing this is the most thankless thing, if you don't do it well, poke your backbone; Well done, no one praises it, and you have to be jealous. Especially our grandmother's identity, it's not right to do this."

Lingsu said: "What are you afraid of, the horizontal and vertical are let by the uncle, the previous cards are all here with grandma, and the sister of the book dye wants to take care of things, so she has to come over and ask for the brand." ”

Lingqing said: "Tsk, that's different, although it was here before, grandma didn't care about everything, it was all handled by Sister Shuran, we can't afford to be famous, but now it's grandma Zhenzhang'er who did it herself, and I didn't see that the second grandmother didn't even let me get it." Today, the uncle asked me to send two dishes over, and the second grandmother ignored me when she saw me, which was obviously a grudge. ”

"There is another thing you have thought about, the uncle will marry again sooner or later, the uncle loves his aunt and grandmother so much, and the new grandmother will enter the door in the future, if she is a soft and temperamental person who does not care about everything, alas, who is happy to have such a favored aunt in the room, aunt and grandmother hold such a great power in her hands, and it may not be a blessing in the future." Xue Ning was originally planning to plate, but suddenly stopped and sighed.

Xiaojuan was wearing a painting fan and smoked the quilt, and said with a smile: "Yo, it's rare, you are a good person, no one can be offended on weekdays, and I also have a lock on your mouth, it is not easy to say this." ”

Xue Ning just smiled and went back to settle the score. She came to the capital with Chunling, only worked and didn't talk much, Xiaojuan and the painting fan were far away from her, Lingqing and Lingsu were close to her on weekdays, and they had a deep friendship with each other. She looked at it coldly, feeling that Xianglan was respectable and amiable, but she was worried about Xianglan's future, so she couldn't hold back and slipped out of her mouth.

Xiaojuan said: "What are you afraid of, uncle is so fierce, so he won't let our grandma suffer." Still follow grandma comfortably, you didn't see Kang Shouju, Siluo, who used to serve the second master closely, is now squeezed like a rough girl"

The painting fan pouted and said: "Hey, can she not be squeezed, she is bent on piercing the second master's side, jumping up and down, the second grandmother is so powerful, how can it be a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

Xiao Juan pursed her lips and smiled: "She's still powerful?" Xiaohua fan, have you never seen the previous Miss Cao and Zhao Yuechan, those two are really powerful, and the second grandmother can be regarded as a small witch compared to them. ”

Xue Ning put down her pen again and said: "The second grandmother is just a good showman, and she loves to pick and choose food and clothing, there is really nothing on the side, if it was the previous grandmother, Siluo would have sold her feet a long time ago." Now the maid who originally served the second master is left with only two of them, Siluo and Luluo. ”

Lingqing dried the ink on the roster and said: "Caiping, Caifeng, Caixia, and Caiming are all brought by the second grandmother, one by one, they are dancing with teeth and claws, and they are clever and sharp, and they go to the kitchen every day to change their tricks to eat and drink, and they don't think the food is good, saying that the Lin family is slow to treat the second room, who doesn't know that our eating and drinking is made by adding silver." ”

Everyone couldn't stop talking, and suddenly saw Shuran come out with two bottles, so they stopped talking one after another. Alone.

It is said that Lin Jinting arrived in the capital, and the day of welcoming relatives is getting closer and closer.

On the day of the wedding, the Lin Mansion was busy before and after. The sound of gongs and drums shouting in the front yard was heard outside the alley, and in the inner house, the ladies of the Lin Mansion who were invited to the banquet also arrived, and two or three respected ladies of the Lin family also arrived at the scene. With this one in front of the circle, Xianglan breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't like to socialize, and also managed the things in the feed, so she was in the back, and ordered the maids around her to inspect everywhere, and she sat in the middle of the room, if there was a request for instructions, it was convenient to respond.

There was a mess before, and the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law who came to ask Xianglan continued, and when the bride was brought into the house, everyone entered the banquet before stopping. Xianglan rubbed her eyebrows, and the painting fan hurriedly handed over a cup of tea, and said, "I've been tired for a long time, hurry up and rest, is grandma hungry?" What do you want to use? ”

Xianglan said: "I'm so busy that I don't want to eat, just get over it." ”

The fan said: "This can't be done, grandma has been tired and thin for the past two days, so I should eat some, I will go to the small kitchen to bring some food." So saying, he went.

The small kitchen was in full swing, passing dishes one by one, everyone recognized that the painting fan was in front of Xianglan, and Wei Liangjia, who was in charge of the kitchen, was busy and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Painting fan girl, what do you use?" ”

"It's not me, it's our grandmother." ”

Wei Liang's family became more and more attentive: "Ouch, it turned out to be my aunt's grandmother, I specially reserved a stove, just to make food for my aunt and grandmother, just say what you want to use, I know that my aunt loves light, and there are a few small dishes today, which are prepared for my aunt and grandmother." As he spoke, he opened the food box and saw a clove tofu, a coral cabbage, a crystal soup dish, and a peony tender roll, which were extremely finely made. Painting fan in the past two days with Xiaojuan to read the recipe, has long been memorized, now at a glance, it is clear that these four dishes are not on the recipe, but the chef to please Xianglan made four other things, can't help laughing: "Mom has a heart, such a good dish, our grandmother designated to like." ”

Wei Liang's family waited for this sentence, and said busily: "This is our little heart, it's hard to work hard for grandma these days." He ordered the little girl to fill up porridge and pastry again, save another food box, put a few dishes, and ask the fans and "other girls in the house to try it".

As soon as Xianglan saw the bright dishes, she picked up chopsticks and ate some, and beckoned Xiaojuan and the fan who were waiting in the room to also go and have some tea and rice. After finishing the meal, Xianglan rinsed her mouth and cleaned her hands, and then got up to inspect outside. Painting a fan is a child's nature, and when he heard that there was a stage singing in the back house, he couldn't hold it back for a long time, and he went to watch the play with a sigh of smoke when he returned to Xianglan.

Xianglan checked it and saw that there was nothing going on, so she simply let Xiaojuan go to eat and drink to see the excitement, and went back to the room. The courtyard was quiet, the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and girls had already disappeared, and when they entered the house, they saw only Xue Ning guarding the house, crooked on the couch outside with their eyes closed, obviously having just had lunch, and was sleepy, and this time the child was asleep.

Xianglan entered the house lightly, ate half a cup of tea, took a picture in front of the mirror, and saw that her hair and clothes were fine, so she picked the flowers on the hairpin on her sideburns in addition to a few pieces of jewelry.

Lin Jinlou dwells in the place called Changchun Hall, the backyard is planted with flourishing flowers and plants, and there are rockeries for vines to climb, lush, recently because of the renovation of the garden, Chu Dapeng pulled a car of orchids, all placed in the courtyard of Changchun Hall, the breeze comes slowly, the fragrance fills the nose.

Xianglan couldn't help but stop, staring at the orchid in a trance. At the moment, she is full of flowers and brocade, cooking oil in the fire, because she is in charge of the feed, everyone in the whole house has a smiling face on her, all kinds of flattery and no money, who would have thought that when she first entered the Lin family, she was just a little maid who was excluded from everything, beaten and scolded by the evil lord, and worked hard to change the day of peace? But who would have thought that in her previous life, she was a noble lady who called slaves and maids, and was pampered by thousands of people? Therefore, the world is impermanent, I am afraid that the more beautiful she is now, the worse she will fall in the future, just like these orchids, when they are blooming, thousands of people naturally compete to appreciate, once withered, crushed into mud, who cares?

At first, she thought about changing her mind, lest she would be used as a slave for the rest of her life, and she would not be able to turn over if she was oppressed, her appearance was supple, and her heart was as strong as fire. Now that she has been grinding her mellow after several trials, she has learned to follow the karma, not to argue in the adversity, and to learn to let go, she still wants to get out of the Lin Mansion and doesn't want to be a concubine, but now she has learned to wait, let the fruit she planted slowly mature, and slowly figure it out. This is simple, but it is actually extremely difficult to do, especially in her current situation, the future is foggy, if she stands on the top of the cliff, no one can help her, she is growing pains step by step, and now her indifference is tempered in every tormented day and night.

Xianglan stared at the orchid idiotically, and unexpectedly stretched out a hand behind her back and picked off the orchid in front of her, Xianglan was startled, and when she looked back, she saw Lin Jinlou standing behind her with a smile, putting the orchid hairpin in her hand in her bun, and said: "What are you looking at standing here stupidly, as if you are in a fixed position." ”

Xianglan said: "I didn't see anything...... The flower is blooming well, what are you doing with it? ”

Lin Jinlou said: "'Flowers can be broken straight and must be broken, don't wait for no flowers and empty branches' understand? Isn't this flower blooming for people to appreciate, I think it looks better on your head. He smiled while pulling Xianglan's hand, "Remember the first time I saw you, you had such a flower on your head, and I wondered, where is this girl, born so good-looking, why haven't I seen it before." The strong smell of wine sprayed on Xianglan's face.

Xianglan also remembered that time, Lin Jinlou was also full of alcohol, cold and cold came out from behind her, her eyes shimmered, like a wolf, she raised her head, looked at Lin Jinlou's smiling eyes, and suddenly felt that Lin Jinlou had eaten too much wine, her eyes were straight, and she looked at her appearance at this time, and she was actually two points silly. Lin Jinlou has always been shrewd and decisive, with majesty at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, Xianglan was stunned at first when she saw him like this, and then couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth.

Lin Jinlou was already in a good mood, and this Xianglan smiled rarely, and couldn't help but be even more open-minded, hugged Xianglan in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "These days, I take care of you taking medicine, and understand you for being busy, so I can't bear to make love with you a few times, and the time is just right today, I think you think you are tight......" said and kissed down the delicate neck.

Xianglan was shocked and hurriedly pushed: "I'm going to die, this is outside!" ”

Lin Jinlou smiled: "Which one doesn't have long eyes to come to the inner house?" The maids and ladies are not there, so it's okay. ”

Xianglan beat him desperately and said, "Why don't you do anything, there are guests in front of you......"

"Xiao San'er is there, and Chu Lao Er is covered, so it doesn't matter if you go back at night."

"That's not going to work, if people bump into me, I might as well die!"

"Tsk, why are you so confused...... Okay, okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry...... You cry like this every day, sooner or later you have to be an adult, and if you can't see people, you will become right? Lin Jinlou said, hugged Xianglan, and went to the back of the rockery, only to see that there was a cave in the rockery, and the rattan at the entrance of the cave was hidden, but it was also very hidden.

As soon as Lin Jinlou entered, he put Xianglan on the stone table inside, stretched out his hand to untie her clothes, and pulled the pants in her skirt with the other hand, and said: "Good girl, I really haven't seen anything more than you, but now you are satisfied?" ”

Xianglan really struggled, she understood that if Lin Jinlou begged for pleasure, she had to comply with him, otherwise she would be asking for hardship, and now in this courtyard, Xianglan was so red that she was about to drip blood, her eyes were closed, and she just hoped that he would do something soon.

It is said that among the ladies in this room, the Tan family is talking and laughing with people, Zhang Luo everyone has meals and dishes, and toasts at each table with wine glasses, and is so busy that everyone sees that there is no dispraise. There was a noble lady during the banquet: "I often hear that the uncle of the Lin family has a concubine, and now this banquet is also managed by her, I don't know where the person is, can you introduce it to us?" As soon as this remark came out, everyone else agreed.

Tan Shi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't show a trace of appearance on his face, and said with a smile: "It's this Li'er, I'll invite it personally, everyone wait." Then he put down the flask and left the table.

Tan Shi first went to the tip of the Xianglan director, only to see that the house was empty, and then to Changchun Hall, from the back door to enter, just a few steps to feel the wine heavy, the heart suddenly jumped up, couldn't help frowning, rubbing the temples and stood to rest for a while, suddenly heard a very slight sound at the rockery, at first thought it was a cat and a dog, but it was not like, I couldn't help but be suspicious, walked over lightly, only to see a cave behind the rockery, covered with flowers and plants, and half of the naked men were acting according to a woman.

Tan was taken aback, and looked carefully with courage, only to see that the man was Lin Jinlou, his clothes were half-faded, revealing a honey-colored strong flesh, the muscles on his arms were stretched, and the beads of sweat were flowing down, and he pushed forward quickly and urgently, showing that he had reached a critical moment, and the expressions on his face were hideous, like a handsome beast, Xianglan was lying under him, a pair of white and slender legs rested on his arms, and his feet were still kicking peach embroidered shoes, swinging and swinging, his face was tilted to one side, his temples were chaotic, his starry eyes were half-closed, his brows were slightly frowned, and he was biting his lip. Suddenly Xianglan raised her neck and gasped, Lin Jinlou gasped, lifted her leg higher, and pushed it in, Xianglan seemed to "snort", grabbed Lin Jinlou's arms with both hands, Lin Jinlou tore off Xianglan's hand, pulled it to his neck, let her wrap it, leaned over to kiss her lips, and kissed her on both sides of her cheeks and neck, and whispered: "Just the two of us, call it out......" The words behind it were inaudible, Lin Jinlou said a few more words, panting, and lowered his head to Xianglan's round chest.

Tan Shi was dumbfounded, his face was red and his heart was pounding, and he unconsciously took two steps back, only to feel that his whole body was dry and hot, and the whole person was crispy. She, she, she, she never knew that the boudoir scene was like this! I never knew that a man's body could be so strong and good-looking! Lin Jinxuan was pale and weak, almost wanting to see the ribs, and it was only a moment between the sheets, all of which were finished as soon as she realized something interesting. But it's ...... Tan Shi thought of the two bodies entangled in the rockery, his mouth was dry, the blood all over his body was boiling, although his heart was itchy, but he didn't dare to peep again, but he repeatedly thought about what he had just seen, and retreated out of despair. RS