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 fabrics, she opened her mouth and said in surprise: "Mother, I know that learning needlework starts with recognizing materials, 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?" You're not that 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, the material is large, unlike a small strip that is generally used to recognize the material, which is easier to recognize and easy to learn. ”

At the same time that La Daiyu came over to recognize the clothes, Jia Min beckoned 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. If you were to do a weaving errand in the future, you would 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, told them what this was and what that was, and divided them into brocade, satin, silk, yarn, silk, silk, silk, Luo, and silk、...... These varieties are then explained in detail about each variety. For example, satin is divided into 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,...... She also casually talked about what to wear at what time of year and what to wear on what occasion,...... While explaining, I recalled some interesting things about learning needlework when she was in the boudoir.

Listening to Jia Min's recollection of the old things in the boudoir, telling how her mother's Rongguo Mansion was different from other people's families, Lin Jin originally felt that Jia Min and Daiyu were showing off their mother's wealth when they said this. But now that she was in it, seeing Jia Min with a smile on the corner of her mouth and a glow between her eyebrows and eyes, since Brother Mao'er was gone, she saw the look on her face again, and she realized that Jia Min was not boasting about her mother's family, and the scholarly family and the Xungui family acted differently, of course she knew this, 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? Let's not talk about the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and concubines in ancient times, just talk about the fact that she has not had children for many years, even in modern times, everyone knows that if the couple can't have children, it may not be that the woman has a problem, but the man may have a problem, 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 was fine. She followed Jia Min to several banquets, and overheard people talking about the Lin family's heirs. At that time, she and Brother Mao were already there, and 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 themselves don't know that Jia Min's problem is very serious.

As an old woman and pampered Jia Min, she is not a particularly sturdy body. After that, she had no children for many years, and in order to have a child, she took a lot of medicine under great pressure. It was the medicine that was poisonous, and the medicine further damaged her health. Compared with the physical damage, she was mentally hurt more, and she was not depressed, so it has to be said that Jia Min's psychology is strong enough.

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, he was tired of worrying about the sick bodies of his two children; After Brother Mao'er's death, she was even more devastated, so her body was empty and dangerous, and it has gradually become a spring that has dried up. Now he is just relying on the little vitality left in his body and the precious supplements he 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, not to worry about it, but Lin Ruhai, the newly appointed salt patrol imperial history, because he is in charge of salt, a major matter related to people's livelihood, 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 marriage date was also set at this time, they are all nephews, and it is not good to favor one over the other.

In fact, I can't complain that Jia Min bothered to help Zhang Luo, the male of the Jia family, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng can't be counted on; Jia Zhu wants to study, and has no time to take care of chores; Although Jia Lian has changed his skills on the road to the world, he has begun to help with some housework, but he is young and has not yet experienced it, and he is not easy to interfere in the affairs related to the marriage between him and Jia Zhu; Therefore, Jia Min, who is an aunt, can only worry more.

finally finished the affairs of Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, and received the news of Jia Rong's marriage in Dongfu, because Jia Min helped Jia Zhu and Jia Lian prepare for the purchase of things very well, after Jia Zhen saw it, she wrote to Jia Min to help manage Jia Rong's engagement items, so Jia Min took the trouble to help Jia Rong Zhang a lot of things, therefore, in addition to his own stall, Jia Min worked for his mother's nephew for more than half a year, and he was tired.

In addition to the great joy of getting married, the two mansions of Rongning also had an extra joy. It's just that there is a white thing in this happy event, and the grandmother Jing of Ningguo Mansion gave birth to a girl at an advanced age, named Xichun, because she accidentally got a postpartum stroke in the confinement and failed to recuperate, and after giving birth, she went in less than 100 days.

In addition, the Lin family received the news that they failed the Yuanchun election and entered the palace by taking the path of a small election. In this regard, Lin Jin was very curious and wanted to know how Jia Min, who was protecting the short, was round in front of Lin Ruhai. It's a pity that Daiyu doesn't know, and she can't ask Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, so this matter has become a mystery to her.

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Because of her good relationship with Daiyu, under her leadership, Lin Jin came to the main courtyard from time to time, so she was with Daiyu and listened to Jia Min talk a lot about when she was not married.

On 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. When later generations analyzed the Red Mansion, they once put forward the view that Jia Min and Mrs. Wang did not agree when she was in the boudoir. In this regard, Lin Jin once agreed. But after coming to this world, 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 after marriage, but Lu's mother doesn't like Tang Wan, so she forced Lu You to divorce 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, you and your second aunt should have been very familiar back then, right?" When you're together, you don't have a lot of quarrels, right? Don't you hold a grudge against her? ”

Jia Min smiled: "We grew up together, and when we played together, we were not less angry, 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 is there to hold grudges about?

Now that I'm older, I've experienced a lot of things, and 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 in the boudoir, even if it is an unhappy thing like quarreling and bickering, will feel very beautiful and warm. ”

Hearing Jia Min's words, Lin Jin understood. In Jia Min's place, the affairs of her and Mrs. Wang in the early years belong to the past, which has already been opened; But when she thought so, Mrs. Wang might not be as broad-minded as her, and she had already 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".