Jia Min's shiny black hair was loosely tied into 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 looking at 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 looking at her son's pale little face who had lost a lot of weight due to illness, and Daiyu, who was too weak and invincible, she 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 more. 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, so it made Jia Min 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.

……

Hongluo walked up to the front with a bowl of longan lotus seed soup on a small tray and said with a smile: "Madam, take a break, I've been watching 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." ”

When he picked up the bowl and was about to eat, he saw that there was only one bowl, and 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 serving?" "What about the children?

Hongluo explained with a smile: "I thought that lotus seeds are a relatively hard thing, 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 reported: "Madam, the old lady in the Jingli Mansion 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 common practice. This time, the letter from Jingzhong was a few days late, and she couldn't help but be a little worried, not knowing whether it was a delay on the way to deliver the letter, or something happened to Jingzhong's mother's family.

After hearing that his mother had sent someone this time, Jia Min felt that something might have happened at home, looked at the three children sitting in a row, motioned for the nurses to take them away, and then ordered someone to bring the people sent by the family into the house.

Brother Mao was clingy to his mother, refused to leave, and cried so much, Jia Min had no choice but to send him to Dongshao and let himself be in his sight, afraid that he would be lonely, Lin Jin and Daiyu also sent him over.

Lin Jin fell last, and when she entered the east room, she 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 an old woman who looked like she was in her fifties walked in from outside.

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

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, although the girl said in the letter that everything is fine, but the old lady can't rest assured, worried that you will report good news or bad news in your heart, and the night you received the letter had a nightmare, so that the old lady misses you 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 all 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. ”

Absent-mindedly, he and Lin Jin and Brother Mao dismantled the nine rings, and when they heard this, they secretly thought to themselves, 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 the look on Jia Min's face, Lin Jin could hear her joy from the sound of 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 the second brother'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." ”

It's just that the voice changed, and he said worriedly: "It's just that Zhu'er, who is an elder brother, doesn't say kiss, as a younger brother, I'm afraid Lian'er's marriage will 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 the same 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 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, because Jia Daishan was still there, 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, inconvenient to come and go, 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 actually knew clearly about the discord between the two brothers.

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 actually been decided. The old lady took a fancy to the niece of the second wife's mother, a girl with the nickname Feng Ge'er, and the eldest lady had no opinion.

It's just that Miss Feng is still young, even if she is married, she has to wait a few years to get married; Moreover, because the two families were originally relatives, Miss Feng would occasionally come to the house as a guest and stay for a few days; If she was engaged, she would be embarrassed to come, so the old lady didn't mention it, but the two families had a tacit understanding.

Because Uncle Zhu's marriage is suspended, Second Master Lian's will also be pushed back, so 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 was afraid that there was no 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:

"The brother in the second brother's family, who was born with a jade title and a nickname Baoyu, how is it 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.

……

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 had been raising because Miss Shengyun was sick, and she didn't come up in one breath when she received the news, so she followed.

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 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, shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't know what to say.

……

Jia Min and Lai Mama's words revealed a lot of information, and they knew a lot of things, and for Lin Jin, a person with the ability to "predict", he has now vaguely seen the signs.