Jia Min's shiny black hair was loosely tied in a depraved bun, only a simple style of eight-treasure hairpin was inserted, wearing old homely clothes, sitting on the edge of the collapse and reading the account book.

It's just that she has the account book in her hand, but her mind flies to a few children who are playing on the collapse. Looking at Lin Jin's chubby, red face, and then at her son's pale little face who had lost a lot of weight due to illness, and Daiyu, who was too weak and knew that she had a deficiency at a glance, she sighed secretly in her heart.

In fact, according to Lin Jin's heart, she didn't want to stay in the main house for long. Because she felt that her existence was just Jia Min's eyes, not to mention, her physical condition was much better than Jia Min's son and daughter, which made her more responsive.

Originally, Jia Min's attitude towards her was the normal treatment of her mother-in-law to her concubine, everything was in accordance with the rules of the house, neither increasing nor decreasing, but I don't know what Jia Min thought, since Brother Mao'er recovered from her illness this time, she suddenly became much more enthusiastic about her, and I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd.

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Hongluo walked up with a bowl of longan lotus seed soup and said with a smile: "Madam, take a break, I've been watching it for a long time, don't get tired." ”

Jia Min put down the account book and sighed: "I have to take a break, I read the booklet for half a day, and my eyes are glazed." Picked up the bowl and was about to eat, but when he saw that there was only one bowl, he looked at the red snail in surprise, "You are also an old man, why don't you act carefully now, why did you only send one out?" "What about the children?

Hongluo explained with a smile: "I thought that lotus seeds are relatively hard things, and Brother Mao'er is weak, and now he has just recovered from his illness, so I have to be extra careful in this diet, so I didn't take it." And because Brother Sumire, eldest sister and Brother Mao are together, I am afraid that when they eat, Brother Mao will see it, and it will not be good if I don't give it, so I also withheld Brother Sumire and the eldest sister's share. But I asked the cook to prepare another cheese, which should be delivered in a moment. ”

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Just when Lin Jin, Daiyu and Brother Mao were eating cheese under the service of the nurse and the maid, Wang Shun's family came in from outside and replied: "Madam, the old lady in Beijing has sent someone. ”

Since leaving Beijing with her husband, Jia Min has written to her mother at least once a month, which has become a routine. This time, the letter from Jingzhong was several days late, and she couldn't help but be a little worried, not knowing if the letter was delayed on the way, or if something happened to her mother's family.

After hearing that her mother had sent someone to come this time, Jia Min felt that something might have happened at home, looked at the three children sitting in a row, signaled that the nurses would send them to the east room, and then ordered someone to bring someone from her mother's house.

Lin Jin entered the east corner at the end, and saw a woman who was dressed like Jia Min, if she hadn't explained it in advance, she would never have imagined that she was a slave, and she looked like a woman in her fifties who came in from outside.

Seeing that the person who came was Mama Lai, who was next to her mother, Jia Min was startled, and without waiting for her to say hello to her, she hurriedly asked, "Why are you, Mama Lai, but what happened to the family?" ”

Mama Lai hurriedly said: "Don't worry, girl, the old lady and the family are fine." It's just that the old lady received a letter from the girl some time ago, and although the girl said in the letter that everything was fine, the old lady was worried that the girl would report good news or bad news in the letter, and she had a nightmare on the night of receiving the letter, so that the old lady missed the girl more and more. It's just that the old lady is too old to come in person, so she sent an old woman to look at the girl for her. ”

After listening to Mama Lai's words, and seeing that she had been calling herself a "girl", it reminded her of the good times when she stayed by her mother's side when she was in the boudoir, Jia Min's tears couldn't help but fall, and she couldn't help crying: "It's my unfilial piety as a daughter, who has been married for so many years, and has children and daughters under my knees, and even worries my mother." ”

Mama Lai said with a smile: "Girl, don't say that, this old saying says, 'raising a child is a hundred years old, and you are always worried about ninety-nine', no matter how old you are, girl, in the eyes of the old lady, you are still a child." ”

Jia Min took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and asked Mama Lai about the fatigue on the road, although she knew that her mother's family was fine, she still cared about her mother's family, from Jia's mother, to her two brothers and sisters-in-law, and several nephews in later generations.

Mama Lai smiled: "Don't worry, girl, the old lady is very healthy, and she hasn't even sneezed since the Chinese New Year this year."

The eldest lord and the eldest lady are fine except for some daily quarrels; The second master and the second wife are also fine. Both rooms are going to be added. When I left, it was revealed that a new concubine was pregnant; On the second master's side, Aunt Zhao, who gave birth to a girl last year, was pregnant again, and the delivery date was a few months earlier than that of the eldest master. ”

The absent-minded Lin Jin and Brother Mao were dismantling the Nine Rings, and when they heard this, they secretly thought to themselves that these two unborn children should be Jia Huan and Jia Cong.

Hearing that his mother's family Ding Xingwang, Jia Min smiled, "It's a happy event that someone has been imported into the family." ”

Although she couldn't see Jia Min's expression, Lin Jin could hear her joy from her voice.

"By the way, Zhu'er and Lian'er have also reached the age of marriage, do you know, what is the family's plan for their marriage?"

"Uncle Zhu reads well, he participated in the imperial examination this year, and he took the first place in the county examination and the government examination. Therefore, whether it is the family or Uncle Zhu's personal meaning, the marriage is to wait for the time being. ”

Although Jia Zheng's house still bears the name of the son of a wealthy family, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this name is false, so when Jia Zhu was discussing marriage, this marriage was a bit high, and it was not low.

Jia Min naturally saw this, and nodded his head when he heard this: "This idea is good, wait for Zhu'er to succeed in her studies and then discuss marriage, and there will be more room for marriage choices." As soon as the voice changed, he said worriedly: "It's just that Zhu'er, who is an elder brother, doesn't say that she is a relative, as a younger brother, Lian'er's marriage may also be put on hold for the time being."

The young and the old are orderly, and people like us have no reason for their elder brother to tell their younger brother that they have not yet discussed their relatives. Zhu'er and Lian'er are of similar age, and it doesn't hurt for Zhu'er to delay for a few years because of the imperial examination, but on Lian'er's side, the marriage is delayed because of Zhu'er, I'm afraid the eldest brother's side may not be happy. ”

Lin Jin was a little surprised, although she knew that Jia Yu and Jia Zheng were at odds, but she was cheating and couldn't be counted. According to the information she gathered, when it came to his wife's maiden family in the house, all of them praised him, and none of them were bad.

Originally, she thought that when Jia Min got married, Jia Daishan was still there, so the contradictions between Jia Yu and Jia Zheng were suppressed and did not break out; After she got married, she was far away from the capital and was not well-informed, so Jia Min didn't know that the big house and the second room were not in harmony, but what she said just now showed that she clearly knew that the two brothers were not in harmony. In this way, thinking of the mansion's evaluation of Rongguo Mansion, Lin Jin held her chin in her hand and felt that this thing was a bit wonderful.

"Rest assured, the second master's marriage has been decided. The old lady took a fancy to the second wife's maiden niece, a girl with the nickname Feng Ge'er, and the eldest lady also agreed. It's just that Miss Feng is still young, even if she is married, she has to wait a year or two if she wants to get married; Besides, the two families were originally relatives, and Miss Feng would occasionally come to the house as a guest and stay for a few days; If it was engaged, she would be embarrassed to come, so the old lady didn't mention it, but the two families had a tacit understanding. Uncle Zhu's marriage is suspended, and Second Master Lian's will also be pushed back, so that it will be cheaper to do it twice. ”

Hearing that it was the niece of the second sister-in-law, Jia Min frowned slightly, although she didn't know how this Feng girl was, but because of Mrs. Wang, she was not very satisfied with Jia Lianding's marriage.

However, since ancient times, the elders have been in charge of major marriage events, Jia's mother took a fancy to it, and Jia Yu also agreed, even if she didn't agree with it, she didn't have room for her beak; Besides, even if she had something to say, it was impossible to tell Mama Lai; Therefore, she did not express her opinion on this matter, and instead asked the remaining juniors of the Jia family: "How is the brother in the second brother's family, who was born with a jade title and is named Baoyu, now?" He grabbed the rouge hairpin ring when he caught Zhou, and now he is older, but he is still so naughty and naughty? ”

Mama Lai smiled: "Second Master Bao is older now, although he is still very naughty, but he is already sensible. The eldest girl took him and taught him a few books orally, and he had already read thousands of words in his belly. The old lady said that she was more clever than Uncle Zhu back then, and when the second master grew up, even if he was not better than the blue, he would definitely be able to compete with Uncle Zhu. ”

Jia Min smiled and said nothing, although there were words written by his mother that praised Baoyu for being smart, there were also words that he liked to mix around and be naughty. However, Mama Lai, as a slave, in front of Jia Min, the aunt, naturally only has to say good things about the people of the master's family, and those bad comments are just said in private, and they will not be said in front of her no matter what.

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The two mansions of Rongning are in the same breath, and after Jia Min asked about Rongguofu, he cared about Ningguofu again.

Mama Lai, who was originally smiling, put away her smile, "A few days ago, Uncle Bao Hou Shi swam in the lake and unfortunately drowned. Mrs. Shi didn't know what gossip she heard when she was in Uncle Shi's Qiqi Dojo, so she followed Uncle Shi to death. After attending the funeral of Uncle Shi and Grandma Shi, Master Jing, who was a Taoist priest in the house, said that life is impermanent, wealth is like floating clouds, he can no longer be greedy for red dust, and he must seize the time to pursue the Ascension Avenue and so on, and go to Xuanzhen Temple to officially become a monk. ”

Before he had time to grieve for the death of the Shi family's couple, Jia Min was stunned by the operation of his cousin, who had been poisoned by "immortality", and whose title, official position, wife and children were all abandoned, sighed lightly, and shook his head with a wry smile.

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The information revealed by Jia Min and Mama Lai's words is a subtle knowledge to Lin Jin, a person with the ability to "predict", and many things have now been faintly seen.