Chapter 14: Joy and sorrow
Originally, because she received Jia Min's letter, Jia's mother, who was very happy, knew that Jia Min's son died early after reading the letter, and her face suddenly became ugly.
Mrs. Wang, who was discussing Jia Zhu's marriage with Jia's mother, saw Jia's mother's expression, her heart moved, and asked, "Old lady, but what happened to the fourth sister of the Lin family?" ”
"Min'er's brother died at the beginning of this month, and I don't know how sad she is." Mother Jia said with a worried face: "She is at this age, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get pregnant, some time ago, another boy was born in the second room." Now that she has no children under her knees, the other party has two sons, and she is afraid that her life may not be easy. ”
Mrs. Wang's thoughts are the same as Jia's mother, but at this time, she can't make matters worse, and said with relief: "Old lady, don't worry too much, Aunt Lin and Sister Min have a deep husband and wife, and they are not the ones who spoil their concubines and kill their wives, and Sister Min is not very old, only one year older than me when I was pregnant with Baoyu, and a few years younger than Dongfu Jing's sister-in-law." Sister-in-law Jing is so old, isn't she still pregnant, so it's absolutely no problem for Sister Min to have another one. ”
It's so easy to regenerate one. Although Jia Min didn't say that she couldn't give birth, because she had not had children for many years a few years ago, she didn't know how much bitter medicine soup she drank, which was a three-part poison; In addition, because he has not been able to have children and is depressed, his body, which was not very healthy, has become less and less strong; After giving birth to Daiyu at an advanced age, less than a year later, Jia Min became pregnant again and gave birth to Brother Mao'er, and frequent pregnancies once again damaged her physical health.
Although Jia Min did not mention her physical condition in the letter, Jia's mother was old, so how could she not think of it, so she knew that Jia Min had no children under her knees and the position of the wife in charge was not stable, and she would not let her risk her life to get pregnant, because she was afraid that Jia Min would have a life and would not give birth.
However, there is no need to tell Mrs. Wang about these inside information, Jia Mu said from a different angle: "What you said is simple, but the situation in the backyard of the Lin family is very different from that year." Although Min'er was childless back then, none of the concubines in the backyard gave birth.
But now, the backyard of the Lin family not only has an extra second room that has given birth to two sons, but can replace Min'er, the wife in charge. And this second room has a great relationship with Lin Ruhai, she is the daughter of his aunt who married out, and she is his cousin. If there is such a second room eyeing you by your side, do you think your position as the wife of the house is stable? ”
Mrs. Wang was dumbfounded by the question.
Jia Mu sighed, looked at Mrs. Wang, who was silent, and waved her hand, "Forget it, you go down first, I'm not in the mood at this time, Zhu'er's marriage will be discussed later." ”
Mrs. Wang walked out of Jia's mother's yard, walked back to her house with cheerful steps, and ordered Jin Chuan with a smile and in a loud voice: "Jin Chuan, go to the kitchen and give an order, let them cook a few more good dishes for lunch." I'm glad today, Mrs., you can go and warm a pot of the good Yuquan wine you have hidden, and when you eat later, I will drink a few cups. ”
When a woman in the back house is not married, she compares her family background, appearance, talent, character, husband-in-law and in-law's family background, dowry, and ......; After getting married, compare your husband, your children, your husband and wife's feelings, and .......
Because Jia Wang Shixue is known as the four major families, and because the Jia family and the Wang family are both in the capital and move around more frequently, Jia Min and Mrs. Wang have known each other since they were boudoirs. Therefore, two people of similar age are not only compared with themselves, but also inevitably compared by others. In general, in the comparison with Jia Min, Mrs. Wang has never won.
There are very few sisters-in-law in the world who have a harmonious relationship. The girl who has not been out of the cabinet is a coquette, and after being a wife, she has to set rules in front of her mother-in-law, originally Mrs. Wang married for the first time, and has not yet adapted to the gap after the decline in treatment, but there is also a Jia Min who was originally on an equal footing, and now she can only respect Jia Min, she has a kind of embarrassment to be seen by the people who don't want to be seen the most, therefore, the gap between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min, who is already more subtle about Jia Min, is getting bigger and bigger.
It's just that Mrs. Wang was just happy about Jia Min's experience here, and it didn't take long for her to turn her head and Jia Mu did something that made her depressed.
Jia's mother takes her as a housekeeper, and her affairs are already redundant; Aunt Zhao gave birth to another child, which added a lot of things to her; In order to help her share one or two, I took Tanchun to her to raise her, saving her, an old woman, from eating and sleeping every day, and eating and eating, and there was nothing to do, and by the way, I was bored. In order to show that she was a bowl of water, Mother Jia also took the concubine of the big house to Yingchun.
In fact, Mother Jia took Yingchun and Tanchun to her side to raise, and the idea of beating Xing Wang and Wang was a little bit, but this was not the most important thing.
The most critical point is that although Jia's mother is not very optimistic about the future of Yuanchun entering the palace, it does not mean that she is not optimistic about the future of sending girls to the palace, especially when the family generation of men is not strong and the future of the next generation of men is uncertain, sending women to the palace cannot but be said to be a shortcut to the sky. Therefore, she took Yingchun and Tanchun to her side to raise them for the future of the family.
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Because of Brother Mao'er's death, the Lin family has not had a good life this year. After the New Year, Lin Ruhai was appointed as the imperial history of salt patrol and moved his family to Yangzhou to take office.
Although with the happy event of her husband's promotion, and a change of environment, Jia Min's situation has improved with a little less sadness, but compared with before, she is a little less energetic.
Lin Ruhai saw Jia Min's appearance, all kinds of comfort were ineffective, thought about it, went to the east courtyard, teased Brother Lin for a while, and discussed with Yang Wan: "Cousin, I want to send Brother Jin to the upper room and be raised by my wife, I don't know what you think?" ”
Yang Wan panicked when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "How can the master have such an idea?" ”
"Since Brother Mao went, my wife's spirit has not been very good, if Brother Sumire is sent to her knees, I think it should be able to soothe her pain of losing her child."
Yang Wan wanted to refuse, but the concubine was raised by her mother's side, which raised the identity of the concubine, which was obviously good for Lin Jin, so she couldn't refuse, so she hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to think about this." "The stakes are high, she can't be the master, she has to discuss it with her mother.
Lin Ruhai knew that Yang Wan had no idea, and expected that she would discuss with Aunt Lin before she could give him an answer, so she put this topic aside for the time being and talked to Yang Wan about other things.
After sending Lin Ruhai away, Yang Wan immediately sent someone to invite Aunt Lin over. After Aunt Lin came, she couldn't care about Lin Jin who came with Aunt Lin, and said what Lin Ruhai meant with a crackle.
After Lin Jin heard this, she was speechless, and she didn't know how to evaluate Lin Ruhai's operation. It is undeniable that his heart is good, but his wife's own son died, and you sent a concubine for her to raise as a comfort. Is this really comfort, not a stab?
Such a husband will be put in the future generations, and it is strange not to beat him out of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Even in this era, how many wives can see their concubines? Yes, Jia Min treats Lin Jin very kindly, not like Mrs. Wang, who not only suppresses it, but also has no Jia Huan in her eyes at all, but it doesn't mean that she really likes Lin Jin.
Her attitude towards Lin Jin is amiable, in Lin Jin's opinion, it is because in her eyes, she regards Lin Jin as just Yang Wan's child, the child of the Lin family's relatives, not Lin Ruhai's son.
Aunt Lin heard Yang Wan say that Lin Ruhai was going to give Lin Jin to Jia Minyang for raising, so she didn't think about it at all, and said without hesitation: "Tomorrow, you will send Brother Jin to the upper room." ”
"Mom!" Yang Wan looked at Aunt Lin disapprovingly, and said her wishes, "I don't want to give Brother Jin to my wife to raise." Yes, the concubine was raised by the wife of the family, and it is true that the identity of the concubine can be raised, but it is not necessary for Brother Sumire to raise her identity at all.
The Lin family is now a man, whether it is a sister-in-law or a concubine, what is the difference? Even if Brother Sumire is recorded in her name, it is just a deception to future generations, and no one knows what is going on today. ”
"I asked you to give Brother Sumire to Jia Minyang, and it has nothing to do with whether or not she is elevated." Aunt Lin looked at Yang Wan and patiently explained: "You have two sons now, but Jia Min doesn't have a son, even if Jia Min is skillful, if you don't want to fight, I'm afraid this backyard won't be calm." Don't you notice that there have been a lot of slaves who have shown you favor lately? ”
sighed, "This wife and concubine are fighting, if one is not good, it is not only your henchmen and slaves who are unlucky, maybe they will also fold the child into it." There is only one daughter left on her side, and no matter how expensive she is, she can't compare to you. In the past, she didn't fight with you because she was a jade bottle and you were a magnet; Now that it's upside down, you have become a very precious jade bottle, not afraid of falling, not afraid of breaking it, but she is it. So, you hurry up and send Sumire to the upper room. Only in this way can the backyard quickly return to peace. ”
Yang Wan didn't listen to what Aunt Lin said, and was still unwilling to do a dying struggle, "Send Brother Sumire to the upper room, maybe my wife will find out her true identity, and then ......"
Aunt Lin pointed to Brother Lin on the side and said, "Brother Lin was also born to you, although you hugged him a lot, but how many times did you personally help him change his diapers?" If it weren't for the fact that when he was born, you had seen him and confirmed his gender, and I told you, saying that Brother Lin was a girl, could you hide it from you? ”
Seeing that Yang Wan stopped talking, Aunt Lin said again: "Although it is said that Brother Jin is raised by Jia Min, but the things around her are done by her own maids and mothers-in-law, do you think Jia Min will do it herself?" Besides, Brother Jin has now moved to Yuhua Pavilion to live, and he still has to go to school every day, even if she is given to Jia Min to raise, how long can she stay by Jia Min's side every day, it is estimated that it is about the same as now, where can Jia Min find out her true gender? ”
Yang Wan couldn't argue, so she could only reluctantly agree.