Jia Yu village name, the word Shi Fei, originally Huzhou people, since he was dismissed, came to the Huaiyang territory, became the Xibin of the Yan Zheng Lin family, and taught a son and a daughter of the Lin master to read.

Although it is to teach two children, but Lin Jin is the main object of teaching, he and Daiyu have just been enlightened, for him who was born in Jinshi, teaching them to read is a piece of cake, very labor-saving.

Because she knew what he was doing, Lin Jin didn't have a good impression of Jia Yucun, but after following Jia Yucun for a few days of classes, she had to admit that Jia Yucun did have two brushes.

If you have goods in your belly, you may not be able to be a good teacher, but Jia Yucun's class is full of witty words and fun, and the combination of allusions and articles is fascinating. If it is taken to the next generation, it is absolutely no problem to be rated as an "excellent teacher".

But the most important thing is that Jia Yucun's emotional intelligence is very high, although Daiyu and Lin Jin are both his students, but it is obvious that his focus should be on Lin Jin who can participate in the imperial examination.

It's just that Daiyu can't ignore it, you must know that she, as a woman, can take classes with Lin Jin, which shows her status, so if he ignores her, it is likely that Jia Min, who regards Daiyu as an eyeball, will wear "small shoes", and if it is serious, he can even sweep him away.

It is not easy to balance the teaching content of Lin Jin and Daiyu, and to give people the feeling that he also attaches great importance to Daiyu. Because children are the most emotionally sensitive, it is easy to tell whether it is true or false, especially Daiyu is still a very smart girl, but Jia Yucun has done a good job in this regard, and even let Daiyu praise him once in front of Jia Min.

You must know that Daiyu is not easy to praise people, so he can do this, Lin Jin admires it very much.

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After class, Lin Jin and Daiyu returned to the upper room hand in hand. As soon as they entered the house, they were attracted by the silk and satin that was spread all over the room.

When Daiyu saw these silks, she opened her mouth and said in surprise: "Mother, I know that to learn needlework, you have to start by recognizing the material, but there is no need to put on such a big battle, right?" ”

Jia Min smiled: "I want to be beautiful, just to put such a big battle on you just to let you recognize the material?" Why are you so big? Your grandmother's cousin Zhu's marriage is set, and these clothes are for his marriage.

But what you just said reminded me. You just take this opportunity to recognize the clothing, and the things are more complete; Second, this material is relatively large, unlike a small strip that is generally used to recognize the material, which is easier to recognize and easy to learn. ”

While La Daiyu came over to recognize the clothes, Jia Min said to Lin Jin: "Brother Jin, you can also come and listen." You don't have to learn how to needle, but it doesn't hurt to know a little bit more about these things. Maybe you'll be working on a weaving errand in the future, and you'll be able to save a lot of trouble. ”

Lin Jin knew that even if he didn't serve as a messenger in weaving, it would not hurt to learn this. Although the old saying "look at clothes and know people" has a derogatory meaning and snobbish meaning in later generations, it is true in this era. Because of the social rank, many clothes are not worn by ordinary people and merchants, even if they are officials, they are not of a certain grade, and some restricted materials cannot be used.

Of course, in this regard, in addition to specific occasions, the people have actually dressed a lot more relaxed, for example, many salt merchants in Jiangnan wear silk and satin correctly, and the official has not said anything, and it is currently in a state of "the people do not lift, and the officials do not investigate".

Jia Min picked up all kinds of fabrics on the table and told them what this was and what that was, such as flower soft satin, plain soft satin, brocade satin, Japanese satin, and antique satin、...... Which of these satins is good for clothes, which is good for trimming, which is suitable for jackets, and which is suitable for skirts,...... It also talked about what to wear at what time of year and what to wear on what occasion,...... While explaining, I recalled some things about learning needlework when she was in the boudoir.

Listening to Jia Min tell how her mother's Rongguo Mansion was different from other people's families, when Lin Jin was reading the book, she felt that Jia Min was showing off the wealth of Rongguo Mansion.

But now that she was in it, she saw Jia Min with a smile on the corner of her mouth and a glow between her eyebrows, and since Brother Mao was gone, the expression that she could no longer see appeared on her face again, and she realized that in fact, Jia Min was not boasting about the wealth of her mother's family, and she knew that the scholar's family and the noble family acted differently, of course she knew that she was recalling the good times when she was a daughter in the boudoir.

Many people believe that a girl's life is the best when she is not married. This point, Lin Jin felt that it was most obvious in ancient times.

After Jia Min married Lin Ruhai, was she happy? This question involuntarily came to her mind.

Let's not talk about the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and wife and concubine in ancient times, just talk about the fact that she has not had children for many years, even in modern times, everyone knows that the husband and wife can't have children is not only a problem for the woman, but also a problem for the man, but most of the pressure is still borne by the woman, let alone in ancient times.

Although Yang Wan couldn't go out, Lin Jin followed Jia Min out to attend several banquets, and once overheard people talking about the Lin family's heirs. At that time, even if there was him and Brother Mao, there were still some ugly words. So before the two of them, Jia Min went out to socialize, and he didn't know how many ugly words he had heard.

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After class on this day, Lin Jin asked Daiyu while packing up her things: "I'm going to see Brother Lin, do you want to go with me?" ”

Daiyu shook her head, "I'm not going." My mother has been not doing well in the last few days, and I want to spend time with her. ”

Thinking that Jia Min seemed to have died of illness after about a year of Lin Ruhai's tenure as a salt inspector, and heard that she was not good, Lin Jin hurriedly said: "I'll go with you to see my mother." ”

When he arrived at the main courtyard and gave Jia Min a salute, Lin Jin asked with concern: "The child heard that his mother is not feeling well, and I don't know if I can invite a doctor to come for a consultation?" What did the doctor say? ”

Looking at Daiyu and Lin Jin, who were looking at him with concern, Jia Min smiled: "It's not a big problem, it's just that you have eaten something bad and your stomach is uncomfortable, just rest for a few days." ”

Seeing that although her complexion was not very ruddy, she did not show any signs of illness and looked relatively healthy, Lin Jin and Daiyu were relieved.

In fact, Lin Jin, Daiyu, and Jia Min didn't know that Jia Min's problem was very serious.

As an old woman and pampered Jia Min, she is not a particularly strong body. After that, she had not had children for many years, and in order to have a child, Jia Min took a lot of medicine. It was the medicine that was poisonous, and the medicine further damaged her health.

As an elderly mother, Daiyu and Brother Mao, two children born less than a year apart, were born one after another, almost hollowing out Jia Min's pampered body.

After that, she was worried about the sick bodies of her two children, and after the death of Brother Mao, she was even more devastated, so her body was empty and profitable, and it has gradually become a spring and dried up, and now she is just relying on the little vitality left in her body and the precious supplements she eats every day, barely maintaining a healthy appearance.

In fact, it's just a paper flower shelf, which falls when you touch it lightly, or when the wind is a little stronger. Therefore, Jia Min's body must not be sick again, otherwise, even if Bian Que is alive, he will not be able to save his life.

However, Doctor Xu, who passed through the house to diagnose the pulse, only talked to Lin Ruhai, and even Jia Min hid it, so the people in the house, except for Lin Ruhai, thought that Jia Min was fine.

Jia Min's body, in addition to hanging his life with precious medicinal materials and supplements, is to recuperate and not worry, but Lin Ruhai, the newly appointed salt patrol imperial history, is in charge of salt, a major event related to people's livelihood, and has more social entertainment than other officials, so Jia Min not only has to manage the house, but also help Lin Ruhai deal with officialdom.

And the Jia family added chaos at this time, Jia Zhu only became a relative a few months ago, and Jia Lian's wedding date was also set at this time, also this year. They are all nephews, and it's not good to favor one over the other, so Jia Min, like Jia Zhu, took the trouble to help prepare a lot of things for the wedding, and it was tiring.

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After getting acquainted with Jia Min, I heard her say a lot about Jiafu, and this day Lin Jin and Daiyu listened to Jia Min recall the old things in her boudoir back then, and talked about her old friend Mrs. Wang.

Because when later generations analyzed the book of Red Mansions, they once put forward the view that Jia Min and Mrs. Wang did not agree with each other when she was in the boudoir. In this regard, Lin Jin agreed. But when she heard that Jia Min wanted to marry Daiyu back to her parents' family, she was puzzled, because if Jia Min and Mrs. Wang had a gap, she would not have the idea of marrying Daiyu to Baoyu.

You must know that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at this time is a very big problem. As we all know, Lu You and Tang Wan are in love with each other, but Lu's mother doesn't like Tang Wan, so she forced Lu You to take a break from Tang Wan. In terms of blood relationship, Lu's mother is Tang Wan's aunt, which is much closer than the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Daiyu.

Thinking of this, Lin Jin asked tentatively: "Mother, when you and your second aunt were playing together, you didn't quarrel a lot, right?" Don't you hold a grudge against her? ”

Jia Min smiled: "When we played together, we didn't lose our anger, and when we made a lot of trouble, we didn't even speak for a month or two. But those are all children who are ignorant and indiscriminate, nothing at all, turn their heads, and reconcile again in a few days. Looking back now, I don't even remember why we quarreled back then.

What's there to hold grudges about?

Back then, it was just because of young spirit. Now that I'm older and have endured a lot of things, when I look at the past, I find that those grievances and grievances are not worth mentioning at all. On the contrary, when I think about it now, those things back then, even if it was an unhappy thing like quarreling and bickering, I will feel very beautiful and warm. ”

Hearing Jia Min's words, Lin Jin didn't know what to say, in Jia Min's place, the affairs of her and Mrs. Wang in the early years belonged to the past that had already been opened, but she could think like this, but Mrs. Wang might not be as broad-minded as her, and she let go.

It's just that Lin Jin can't say this, and it's not easy to say, after all, she has never seen Mrs. Wang, so she can't evaluate her "out of thin air".