Chapter 81: Transition
On this night, the owner of the entire Lin Mansion was not very calm. In the main courtyard, Mrs. Lin said Zhang Cheng's matter lightly, she sighed, "I also sent Zhang Cheng's daughter-in-law to ask, she cried pitifully in front of me, saying that she had a prescription, and if you eat it, you can strengthen your body, get rid of all diseases, and prolong your life." He thought, match it out, give it to Aunt Zhang first, and if it really works, then give it to the master. As a result, he was deceived and took countless pieces of silver in vain. He lost all his family's money and borrowed foreign debts, so he had no choice but to do this. ”
After listening to it expressionlessly, Marquis Lin directly dropped the cup, "Is he a fool, believe this kind of thing!" ”
Mrs. Lin sneered in her heart, knowing that he had to cover up for that family.
"Thanks to my daughter-in-law's careful discovery, if this is sent to the eldest princess's mansion, it may cause a lot of trouble." Mrs. Lin said lightly.
"Uh......" Marquis Lin was a little embarrassed, thinking that he knew that he was not doing something right, so he didn't dare to continue, so he could only follow haha. Through Jia Minzhi, he talked about Lin Ruhai: "His idea is good, I remember that our family has a small courtyard with three entrances on Funing Street, and I can give it to him." ”
Mrs. Lin thought for a while and had some doubts, "That courtyard is not facing the street, because it is close to Guozijian and Gongyuan, it is rented to students who enter the capital for the examination." ”
"That's just right, I don't really want to make it a shop, in Ruhai's words, it's a clubhouse. A place for students to exchange knowledge with each other. Marquis Lin twisted his beard and felt that his son's proposal was really good.
"In this way, I will listen to the master, and I will send someone to send the deed to Ruhai tomorrow." Mrs. Lin pursed her lips and smiled.
In the small courtyard, when I heard that Marquis Lin had rested in the main courtyard, Aunt Zhang asked someone to turn off the lights and lay on the bed, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, so she could only open her eyes and look at the top of the tent. Stunned. I don't know when Hou Ye will be able to come to see her, and how should she tell Hou Ye to let her niece be an aunt to the uncle. The most important thing is, will Hou Ye agree? Even if the Hou Ye agrees, can the wife agree? Do you want to use some means?
In the guest house, Fang Miaoxiang had just seen her younger brother and came back to discuss with her mother, "Mother, although Uncle Lin is kind enough to take care of us, we can't live in the Lin Mansion." If you are not related to each other, you have a bad reputation. Now I still have some money in my hand, I beg Aunt Lin to do me a favor, buy a yard near Linlin's house, buy some land, and collect some rent in the future, so that I don't have to sit on the empty mountain, and when my brother uses more silver in the future, let's trouble Uncle Lin elsewhere. It is still necessary to calculate the money clearly. "Although they owe favors, they can't point to the Lin family with a dead face, no matter what, they still have to be self-reliant.
Yun after the death of her husband. Shang can deal with the clansmen, keep the family property, and is also a resolute person. She came back with Marquis Lin for the sake of her own children. The daughter has been filial piety. It's time to talk about people, in my hometown, it's good not to be sold by my clansmen. Marrying an ordinary family is an extravagant hope. If they are bullied in their in-laws' house, don't expect the clansmen to go out for their mothers. And her son, although he is young, is good at reading, and even her husband says that he is very talented, how can she bear that her son will be pressed by the clan like this and will not be able to get ahead for the rest of his life? It just so happened that when she heard that Marquis Lin was passing by, she thought about it again and again, gritted her teeth, and took her children to beg.
Marquis Lin still remembered her old friendship with her husband, and agreed without a trace of ambiguity, and her heart fell to the ground. It's just that although she entered the Shendu with Marquis Lin, she just wanted to rely on the Hou Mansion to have a better life, and she didn't want to rely on the Lin family and don't care about anything.
Therefore, hearing what his daughter said, Yun was very pleased, stroked her daughter's crow crow's hair, and said softly: "Miao'er, my mother is very happy, you are not blinded by wealth." ”
Fang Miaoxiang smiled lightly: "Mother, it's not early, you should go to bed early." ”
"Well, you should go to bed early, too." Yun patted his daughter.
The Shang sisters were arranged in the Luomei Courtyard not far from Zhilan Pavilion, where several red plum trees were planted behind the house. The two sisters slept in the same bed, the younger sister Feng Yun was already asleep, but the elder sister Feng Zhi was still open, thinking about her mother's words in her head. Before her mother died, she told her about her youth, and sighed that her grandmother did not agree to her sister's proposal, on the one hand, the title of the Lin family was already the last life, and on the other hand, it was also because the Lin family did not have many heirs, and there was only one son of Marquis Lin, and I was afraid that my daughter would marry in the past, and the pressure would be too great.
She always remembered that her mother gasped and clenched her hand hard, making her swear that she was not allowed to see the wealth of the Lin family, so she had thoughts that she shouldn't have. She said that she has been looked down upon all her life for this, and she doesn't want her daughter to be the same.
"Alas......" Shang Fengzhi couldn't say what it was like at the moment, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
The closed tent was opened, and the girl on duty at night whispered, "Girl, do you want to eat tea?" ”
Feng Zhi hurriedly got up, "No, I woke up from a dream, you go to sleep." ”
"Oh, I'm out there, the girl has something to call me." The gauze tent was folded again, and Shang Fengzhi didn't know when, so he was confused. When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.
She turned over and sat up, and hurriedly pushed her sister beside her, "Yun'er, wake up, wake up." ”
The girl outside heard the movement and opened the tent, and said with a smile: "The girl doesn't have to worry, the eldest grandmother sent someone to say, let the girls have breakfast, and then go to the main courtyard to see the wife." ”
"Oh." Feng Zhi only came back to his senses at this time, they had already arrived at the Lin family, not in Huicheng's hometown.
In Songfeng Courtyard, Lin Ruhai held the deed given by Mrs. Lin and smirked, Jia Min went to change his clothes and ignored him. When he came out after changing his clothes, he saw that he was still there stupidly, and he couldn't help but sigh helplessly, pushing him to wash up, and ordering someone to set the meal.
After breakfast, Lin Ruhai went out in a hurry, and after Jia Min saw him off, he took people to the main courtyard. When Lin Hou came back, he brought a lot of clay instruments to distribute to various relatives and friends, Jia Min was not very familiar with the aspect, so he went to Mrs. Lin to study early in the morning.
When they arrived at the main courtyard, the Shang family sisters and the Fang family's mother and son had already arrived, and they were talking to Mrs. Lin. Seeing Jia Min coming, knowing that they had to take care of family affairs, they got up and said goodbye with a very good look.
Mrs. Lin smiled and stayed for a while, and several people said that they would come back in the afternoon, so they asked someone to send them out.
"Yun'er, you have been spending more time with Sister Fengzhi and Miaoxiang recently." Mrs. Lin thought for a moment and instructed her daughter. She knew best what the people in the house were like, and she was afraid that someone would neglect them, so she asked her daughter to take care of them from time to time.
Lin Yun responded with a smile. He said: "My sister-in-law dialed over, they were all girls who had just come in, and they were specially selected to be honest and obedient, and they were not so bold when they thought about it, and they dared to snub them." ”
Mrs. Lin praised Jia Min, "Good job." Then he asked, "Do you have clothing, jewelry, and other things?" ”
Jia Min said: "Ready, Luomei Courtyard has plain materials and silver and jade heads." In Qingzhuyuan, because the Fang family's uncles and sisters and brothers have already been filial, they have sent the latest tricks in this year's capital. I also called the embroidery lady and measured it. Start by making four outfits for the season, and take your time with the rest. ”
"Okay." Mrs. Lin nodded, "Let the housekeeper take someone to clean up the yard outside the gate in the northeast corner, put the furniture and everything in place, look at a good day, and ask Aunt Fang to move over." "Just now, the Yun family had already expressed to her the idea of wanting to live by herself. Mrs. Lin couldn't hold back. Just said, let them live in a courtyard behind the Hou Mansion. It happened that there was a corner gate outside that courtyard. It is also convenient for the two families to come and go.
The Yun family responded with great gratitude, and cried to Mrs. Lin again, which caused Mrs. Lin to cry too.
For a while, Mrs. Lin remembered Jia's mother again, "The third day of August is the birthday of my mother-in-law. Seeing that the day is coming, I have prepared a gift. ”
Jia Min smiled: "I was about to give my wife a look." As he spoke, he reached out and took the gift list in his hand, and gave it to Mrs. Lin with both hands. Mrs. Lin looked at it again, "It's thinner, you're too careful." ”
Lin Yun was by Mrs. Lin's side. Naturally, he read the gift list from top to bottom, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, Jia Min really wrote so many things towards his mother's family, is this to move the Lin family to the Jia family? When she heard Mrs. Lin say that the etiquette was a little thinner, her eyes widened, and it was thin there, obviously she had written too much.
Jia Min said with a smile: "It's not a whole year, it's just a small birthday, my mother originally sent someone to say it, and the family didn't want to make a big deal, just invite a few relatives and friends to have a meal." ”
Mrs. Lin shook her head, asked someone to take a pen, and added some things to it, before returning it to Jia Min: "Write according to what I intended." ”
Although Lin Yun didn't speak, she was very puzzled in her heart, she also took care of the house and prepared a gift list, but the things sent to the eldest princess's mansion didn't give the Jia family much? Isn't the eldest princess more noble than any Rongguo Gong? She had a question in her heart, and after Jia Min left, she naturally asked.
Mrs. Lin said: "The grandson of the eldest princess was just born, how can she compare with the Duchess of the Kingdom?" "What I didn't say was that this eldest princess was not the sister of the emperor's mother, and the concubine was not an outstanding person, and the emperor treated them like that, neither good nor bad, how could she compare with Jia Daishan, a prince of heaven who was in charge of the safety of Gyeonggi.
Lin Yun nodded as if she didn't understand, she felt that some of her concepts didn't seem right, a little too taken for granted, and she should relearn it.
Lin Yun herself realized it, and Mrs. Lin naturally knew it, and secretly sighed that she would teach her daughter well in the future. You know, gift-giving is a university question, and there are many doorways in it, and it is one of the compulsory courses for being a housewife. Mrs. Lin has been in charge of the Hou Mansion for 30 years, so she can be regarded as having such a little experience, so she naturally has to pass it on to her daughter.
Teach your daughter, do you want to teach the three girls in the house now? Mrs. Lin thought about it for a while, although the other three daughters will marry in the future, although they can't compare with their daughters, but with the Lin Mansion, how can they marry a squire, and the housekeeper director also has to learn. No, she's only a little tired.
Lin Ruhai excitedly took his plan in the morning, gathered all his friends together, and deliberately found a very quiet teahouse before telling him his plan. Originally, he could have done this by himself, but he was denied by Marquis Lin. For this kind of thing to earn fame among Shilin students, it is better not to come alone, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the emperor, and you have to find a few people to share it.
Lin Ruhai asked very stupidly at that time: "Isn't a large number of people a party?" Then he was slapped in the head by his father, "Stupid, do you think that if you do it alone, you won't form a party?" "It's stupid, okay, it's just some students, some may not even be showmen, I don't know if I can be an official in the future, it's a Mao knot.
As soon as the plan came out, there were no objections from several people present. It's not stupid, you can't grab it when it comes to fame, okay?
So, a few people gossiped, saying how much money one person would produce, how many scholars he would produce, how many books he would bring over at first, and then how the chief manager would hire them, and so on. It was easy to negotiate a general charter, and Lin Ruhai said very seriously: "Let's talk about it first, let's study, only talk about learning." Not as good as state affairs. Even if there is occasional discussion, it should also be rational, and arrogant words should be said less. "Nima, the worst thing in ancient times was that speech was restricted, and there were crazy people in that generation who were killed for scolding the court and traitorous ministers. He still wants to live a good life, and he doesn't want to be implicated at all.
cough, in this era, it is basically normal for students to talk about state affairs, and it is not normal not to talk about it. Yang Ze was very opposed to this suggestion, "Ruhai, you are cowardly!" "Still young people no. If you are a young person, you should have blood, and if you see injustice, you have to dare to speak and scold.
Lin Ruhai said: "It's not that I'm timid, but a few words of scolding won't have much effect, but it's easy to give people a handle." "Even if it's a modern Internet, can the rumor-mongers still be caught in real times? What's more, in ancient times, or in a fixed place, with a large number of onlookers, he impassionedly scolded the emperor, the court, corrupt officials, or something, which is a shortage in itself. "When there is resentment and scolding, it is better to think about it in many ways. Wouldn't it be better to brainstorm a few ways to solve the problem and hand it over to your parents than to scold. ”
Yang Ze stopped talking this time. Well, he also thinks that Lin Ruhai's statement is indeed better.
Since then, several people have often been busy with the study, running around during the day. When I returned home at night, I had to light the lamp and boil the oil to copy the book. If you are alone or something, you must not take the original. They do. The eldest of the family will not agree either. Therefore, they can only copy it themselves.
"Now, here's for you." Jia Min walked into the study, followed by four girls, each holding a tall stack of books when they walked.
Lin Ruhai put down the pen, turned around in surprise, picked it up and looked at it. The font is beautiful, but it can be seen that it is written by a woman. "This is ......" must not have been written by his wife anyway, and although the word Guy is neat, it is not very good.
"Madame gave you those two maids, didn't I keep asking them to copy books? This is the result of their months of work, and the books I have married and the time that have been added to them, they have copied less than a twentieth of them. Jia Min replied with a smile.
Lin Ruhai's jaw was about to drop, "Lady, didn't you start this idea at that time?" ”
Jia Min shook his head, "No, I just wanted to find something for them to do at that time." Later, I remembered. ”
What should I do if my wife doesn't have you. Lin Ruhai was moved, and directly gave Jia Min a bear hug, and by the way, he stained Jia Min with the ink on his hand, and then was kicked away by his angry wife, and slept in the study pitifully.
Aunt Zhang, who was ruthless and made herself sick, finally waited for Marquis Lin, she cried that her brother was not angry, and on the other hand, she said that she was worried that he would not be able to settle down in the future.
Marquis Lin said that if he has nothing to do, he will not let her brother have an accident. After all, he was the only son of the nurse, so he rushed to the nurse to save his life, and he couldn't make the nurse die.
Aunt Zhang's weak tears, the green silk was scattered, her face was yellow, and she was extremely pitiful and cute, so that she aroused a lot of pity for Marquis Lin, he raised his hand to pull her hair, and said softly: "Don't worry, with me for a day, I will take care of him for a single day." ”
"But Uncle ......," Aunt Zhang gritted her teeth, "Mrs. has always come to see my brother unpleasantly, and even my uncle is the same." In case of...... I'm not blessed, I didn't give birth to a son and a half daughter for my lord, if I have, I don't worry...... "Of course I can't say, if you die first, what can I do."
"Uh......" Marquis Lin withdrew his hand and did not speak.
When Aunt Zhang saw that he had a hesitant look on his face, she boldly begged: "Master, the slave begs you again, can you let my brother's little daughter go to serve the uncle?" ”
"Ridiculous!" Marquis Lin stood up suddenly, his son had only been married for a few days, how could he take a concubine, and it was not easy to explain to the Guogong Mansion. Besides, he was already annoyed with Zhang Cheng, and he really didn't want his son to have anything to do with him.
Aunt Zhang's face turned gray all of a sudden, as if the vitality of the whole person had been cut off. Seeing her like this, Marquis Lin couldn't bear it, so he only said: "Let me think about it again." ”
Mrs. Lin listened to the words from the girl, clenched her fists hard, her long nails sank deep into her palms, and she really hated it to death. The Zhang family sisters and brothers have disgusted her for half her life, and they still want to get a girl to disgust her son, but it is impossible.
She inhaled hard, wanting to suppress the fire in her heart, but she couldn't suppress it, and when Marquis Lin came over at night, she saw Mrs. Lin's expression faint, ignoring him. He still wondered, what's going on? Get up on the wrong side of the bed? Not feeling well?
Only then did he care: "What's wrong with my wife?" But you're not in good health? ”
Mrs. Lin broke out in an instant, threw the teacup in her hand directly on the ground, and said loudly with hatred: "Of course you want me to die immediately, so that you can give your beloved aunt a place." ”
As soon as Marquis Lin heard it, he knew that this was what Aunt Zhang told him. was known to Mrs. Lin. But in front of the girls, he was slapped in the face by his wife like this, and he couldn't get down on his face. With a blue face, he sat on the side, and said for a long time: "My wife is not in good health, so take care of it." After saying that, he raised his leg and planned to leave.
Mrs. Lin was really disgusted enough, for fear that her husband would be confused again, and stuffed that little goblin to her son, which would really break the combat effectiveness table. directly stood up and said angrily: "You stop." ”
The girls waiting in the house, when they saw Mrs. Lin angry, had already retreated, and at this moment only the husband and wife were left in the house. Mrs. Lin doesn't have to hide it, "With me alive for a day, don't think about getting close to my son." ”
"It's not enough for their sister and brother to disgust me for a lifetime, do you want to disgust my son again? Lin Yi, I'll tell you, unless I. Otherwise, it will never be! ”
Lin Hou was so angry that he turned around and said, "If you hadn't drugged her body and didn't give birth to a son and a half daughter, why would I be so indulgent with Zhang Cheng." ”
Mrs. Lin was taken aback. She didn't expect her husband to know about her methods. Hmph, you know, so what! If she hadn't made a quick decision back then, the Lin family would have no place for their mother and son to stand now. "If you hadn't spoiled her back then. Compare with me everywhere, will I be drugged? You have so many aunts, why didn't I treat others like this. ”
Marquis Lin also knew that what he did back then was wrong. Therefore, where he found out, he hid it and did not tell anyone. Just now Mrs. Lin's unusual performance, she was dizzy, and she said it without checking it for a while. At this moment, I also regretted a little, seeing that Mrs. Lin did not have the slightest remorse, she barely suppressed her anger, threw her sleeves and left. If you don't go, you can't go, and if you don't go, the two will be more and more noisy, and the more they lose their minds. If he said anything, not only Mrs. Lin would be sad, but her son and daughter would also be sad.
In the final analysis, Marquis Lin only has one son, and he is still the eldest son, and it is impossible for him to do anything to his son's mother no matter how angry he is. Hehe, Marquis Lin is in his fifties, he was such a young wife when he was young, and he didn't give birth to more sons and half daughters, can he have more children when he is old? Therefore, Mrs. Lin dared to quarrel with him, and she was not even afraid to expose her selfish methods.
Marquis Lin walked away from the main courtyard angrily, and Mrs. Lin in the house was also so angry that her face turned pale, cold sweat was dripping on her forehead, and her hand was stroking her chest, only to feel that her heart was beating hard, and the next moment it seemed like she was about to jump out of her mouth. The body was even softer, without a trace of strength, and was supported by the girl to lean on the couch, only stunned and crying.
For a while, the entire Lin Mansion knew that Lin Hou and his wife had quarreled, and the quarrel was very serious. Lin Hou moved directly to the study, and scolded Wanqing and the other two girls in the study, called someone to play the board, and almost didn't rush home.
Mrs. Lin was sick that night, and she asked a doctor overnight.
In the final analysis, it is Marquis Lin who is at fault, and he is also afraid that his wife will tell his son why the two quarreled. There was remorse in his heart, and his son came to pull him, saying that my mother was seriously ill and had to be asked for a doctor. He didn't insist, he made a tiger face, asked someone to take his name and ask for someone, while making it look like he was forcibly pulled by his son, and entered the main courtyard.
Jia Min and Lin Yun stayed by the bedside, Mrs. Lin's fat powder was not lost, her face was pale, especially under the eyes, it was even more blue and black, obviously she had not rested well.
Jia Min asked the girl who was waiting for Mrs. Lin, and knew that Mrs. Lin had not slept well at night in the past six months, with insomnia, dreams, sweating, and a bad appetite. She counted Mrs. Lin's age, no, she was in her fifties, it was the time of menopause, and it should be menopausal syndrome.
Lin Yun listened to the invitation from outside, and knew that his brother had brought his father here, so he hurriedly said to Mrs. Lin, who closed her eyes and recuperated: "Madam, my lord has come to see you." This morning, she had already given Mrs. Lin a lesson, but she only said that she was too frivolous and shouldn't quarrel with Marquis Lin, "What's the matter, can't you say it well?" My lord has always respected his wife, and he has never refuted your words. ”
Mrs. Lin was walking in a dead end, ignoring her, only feeling that she had raised her daughter for nothing, and she spoiled her on weekdays, and actually helped the dead old man to speak at the critical moment, what a white-eyed wolf! (To be continued......)
PS: I've been a little busy at work lately, and it's a little difficult to code words during the day, or maybe they're all unified at night and directly change to six thousand! Hehe, when I'm not busy, I'll resume the rhythm of one chapter at noon and one chapter at night.