001 Marriage
Lin Jinyu has traveled to this time and space that she has never heard of for three days.
On the fourth day, she was called by her body father to speak.
"Daddy." Lin Jinyu entered his father's study, saluted in a proper manner, and after hearing Lin's father Lin Zhihe sigh and say "Sit", he sat down lightly on a chair behind him.
Lin Zhihe looked at his daughter, who was delicate and slender, and then looked at his daughter's demeanor of resisting and avoiding him, and he was sad for a while.
"Jin Niang, ......"
"My daughter is here, Dad, if you have anything to say, you say." As he spoke, Lin Jinyu looked up at Father Lin in front of him.
Father Lin is more than thirty years old, with a thin figure and a bookish atmosphere. He has a short beard, clear eyebrows, warm eyes when he looks at people, and even more loving when he looks at his daughter.
At this time, it seemed that he was about to say something unspeakable, and he looked embarrassed and very sorry for his daughter.
"The Xu family's family affairs, how are you thinking about it?"
Lin Jinyu's head hung lower.
What the Xu family and the Wang family, she doesn't know who her father wants to promise her to.
In my memory, it was Lin Zhihe who wanted to tell the Xu family about this original body, and she wanted face from a girl's family, and it was not easy to say that she liked her childhood sweetheart's cousin, so she went back aggrievedly and cried under the quilt. As a result, when I opened my eyes again, the core in this body had changed.
Lin Jinniang was silent, Father Lin sighed, walked up to his daughter, pulled a chair and sat down, and said, "Dad knows that you like your cousin, but Jinniang, your aunt doesn't want to marry you as a daughter-in-law." Jin Niang, you are sixteen years old this year, and your family affairs are difficult, if you miss the Xu family again, I am afraid that you will not be able to find a better family in the future......"
Jin Niang's face turned blue and white, and she suddenly felt ashamed as if she had seen a ghost. She didn't expect that the father would see through his daughter's thoughts, and he said it directly, and she was ashamed and indignant for a while.
Lin Zhihe was also distressed when he saw his daughter's appearance, but he still pretended not to see it, and directly broke the words and made it clear. He babbled a lot of things, but Jinniang hung her head all the time and didn't give the slightest response.
Lin Zhihe's face was even more bitter, he couldn't bear to wronged his daughter, but his daughter's cousin was really not a good match for marriage, and although Jinniang's aunt loved Jinniang, she had absolutely no idea of marrying her as a daughter-in-law.
The daughter is reluctant to marry, and there is such a mother-in-law who is picky and disgusting everywhere, how can she live a good life?
In comparison, although the Xu family is a little more difficult to say, and now the future is uncertain, the second son of the Xu family is a promising one. He had seen the child with his own eyes, and he was good in appearance, character, and learning.
This is also the great change of the Xu family, and now they urgently need a woman with a strong temperament to marry the head of the family, so that they fall in love with his daughter, otherwise they will be such a small people, and they will not be able to climb the door like the Xu family.
Lin Zhihe chattered a lot, and when he said everything he could say, he asked Jin Niang to go back to the room and think about it, okay or not, and give him a reply tomorrow.
Jin Niang answered "yes", got up and quit after a while.
It wasn't until she got back to her room that she came back to life and sat down on a stool and gasped for breath.
After a few days of exploration, Jin Niang has figured out this home.
This original body is also called Lin Jinyu, which is exactly the same as her name, and people in this family love to call her Jinniang.
Jin Niang is 16 years old this year, and her mother gave birth to her younger brother when she was six years old, and she died of blood on the spot.
Lin Zhihe, the father of Jin Niang, was admitted to Xiucai shortly after marrying Jin Niang's mother, and when he was about to take the exam, his wife was mourned, so he did not participate in the scientific examination that year.
After that, I have to be a father and a mother, and my parents are not in good health and need to be taken care of, and they are too busy. had no choice but to ask for the wishes of his parents, and with the help of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he remarried his widowed sister-in-law and entered the door. The two have been living together to raise children for several years.
Then Lin's father and parents also passed away one after another, and Lin Zhihe delayed three scientific expeditions in succession, was disheartened, and had no idea of continuing the scientific examination. only opened a private school in the town to teach a few students to earn money to support the family, and his life was not rich, but it was also passable.
In just a few years, Jin Niang has grown up, but marriage has become a big problem.
At this time, it was still popular to "three don't marry", and Jin Niang belonged to the eldest daughter who lost her mother and didn't marry among the three don't marry.
At the time, people believed that a woman whose mother died early would not know how to be a wife and mother, and that without her mother's teaching, she would not know how to get along with her husband, which might cause family disharmony. In addition, the character of the eldest daughter who lost her mother is either too tough or too cowardly, and she is not a good candidate for a daughter-in-law.
Because of this, Jinniang's family affairs are not going well everywhere.
Of course, although the marriage is more difficult, it is not that there are no good people who take a fancy to her. After all, she is very beautiful and very good-looking; And she also has a talented father, and Father Lin is very fond of his daughter, and his character and knowledge are also excellent, and he is a well-known private school teacher. With these two points alone, I don't know how many students want to marry Jin Niang, so that Father Lin will teach them and help them become famous in the imperial examination.
Helplessly, Jinniang's heart belongs, and all her hearts are filled with her cousin. Those who came to the door to ask for relatives returned in vain.
Father Lin felt sorry for his daughter, not only wanted her to marry Ruyi, fulfilled her wish, but also wanted her to see clearly that her cousin was not a good person and could get lost. is delayed day by day, and Jinniang's family affairs have been ruined until now.
Now that she is sixteen years old, she is indeed not young, and Father Lin can't wait any longer, so he took heavy medicine and decided to give his daughter to the Xu family, who came to propose marriage and he was also optimistic, and at the same time broke her heart, so that she could no longer escape.
Jin Niang was deep in thought, when she suddenly heard a crisp knock outside the door, "Eldest sister, eldest sister." ”
She got up to open the door, and to no surprise the outsider was her aunt and sister.
"Xuanxuan, what's wrong?" The little girl in front of her had just reached her chest, and she was wearing a double bun, and her hair was wrapped in peach pink beads and a string of bells. As she shook her head, the bell rang pleasantly, setting off this little girl with delicate eyebrows and eyes, but her eyes shining when she smiled.
Jinxuan is only eight years old this year, and her father was killed by robbers on the way to sell goods.
Her uncles coveted the family's house, shop and land, and swept them out of the house on the grounds that their lives were hard.
Jinxuan's mother, who is her aunt, was desperate and had no choice but to return to her parents' home. But my mother's brother has already married a wife and had children, and my sister-in-law is not a good person, so she naturally has no good face for the penniless little sister who came to take refuge.
The aunt has a cowardly temperament, but that time she carried the squeeze of the sister-in-law and kept filial piety for her ex-husband for a year, and only then married her brother-in-law to fill the house with the help of her parents.
Jinxuan was naturally brought over by her mother. She was not originally called Jinxuan, but she was renamed by Father Lin after she came.
And because she has been living in the Lin family since she can remember, and she is the youngest, her family will inevitably be a little biased, so Jinxuan's personality is not gloomy and cowardly at all, but delicate, lively and cute, which is very pitiful.
The little girl in front of her looked at Jinniang with smiling eyes, and said coquettishly, "Big sister, the peach blossoms behind the house are blooming, shall we go to see the peach blossoms?" Didn't the eldest sister say before that she was going to pick peach blossoms to make peach blossom cakes for Xuanxuan, let's go now, okay? ”
I also want to go out and breathe, but am I not depressed and angry now?
Jin Niang could only regretfully coax the little girl and said, "Not today, the eldest sister still has a book to read, the eldest sister will accompany Xuanxuan to pick peach blossoms tomorrow, okay?" ”
"Okay." The little girl laughed and ran away, but the laughter like a silver bell still echoed in the air.
Jin Niang saw that the person was gone, so she was about to close the door, and she saw her younger brother Jin Qing coming out from another corner.
"What is Qing'er going to do?"
"Come and talk to the eldest sister."
When Jin Niang heard this, she had to push the door open again and beckoned her younger brother into the house.
Jinqing is six years younger than Jinniang, and she just turned ten years old this year.
He is already a little teenager, and his facial features are very similar to Father Lin. Perhaps under the influence of his father, Jinqing also likes cyan clothes very much, and the little boy is as tall as a green bamboo, and he looks very good.
Jin Niang picked up the teapot to pour tea for her younger brother, but was stopped by Jin Qing, "Sister, don't be busy, I'll talk to my sister and leave after a few words." ”
"Then you can say it, sister, listen."
Jin Qing pondered for a moment before she said awkwardly, "What does my sister think of the Xu family's family affairs?" ”
Jin Niang: "......"
"How old are you, why do you even have to worry about your sister's family affairs? You can study with peace of mind, and your sister's family affairs are handled by her father and aunt. ”
Jinqing said, "Sister, don't fool me with such words. Aunt has always loved you, and she has no opinions, she has always been what you say, and your aunt has never gone against your will. Father dotes on his sister even more, because you are not happy, you have rejected so many good sons, and my father has never said anything. Expect your father to make tough decisions about your family, but I am afraid that it will not work. ”
"Are you afraid that your sister and father will not let go, are you here to persuade your sister?"
Jin Qing thought for a moment before nodding, "Sister, I think the Xu family's family affairs are good." ”
"The Xu family is a relative of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, although the relationship is farther away, but in the end, the same clan can still be taken care of by the Pingxi Hou Mansion. When the younger brother said this, he didn't think that the Xu family was a high-ranking nobleman and wanted his sister to cling to it. But Pingxi Hou is in charge of the family very strictly, the nephews and nephews in the family have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they have to be sent to the military camp to serve in the army at a certain age, they have no bad habits, and they are resolute, they should be good candidates for husbands. ”
But the younger brother, two people who want to become husband and wife, as long as the man's resolute temperament, will not have a good life.
Jin Niang muttered in her heart, but she didn't say it, and listened to Jin Qing continue to persuade her, "And the Xu family's housemother ignores the world, the Xu family's sister-in-law has returned to her mother's house, and there is no housewife in the family to preside over the feed, if my sister marries the Xu family's Erlang, she can be in charge of the house at that time, and she doesn't have to be angry with her mother-in-law, which is really good." ”
"Besides, Xu Jiaerlang has a good character, excellent appearance, outstanding literary talent, although he is a little cold, but he is stable and reliable, if my sister marries him, she should be able to live a good life."
"Compared with Xu Jiaerlang, my cousin is ...... It's inferior. ”
Jin Qing saw his sister glaring at him angrily, he was not annoyed, but persuaded Yin Yin, "My sister alone thinks that your thoughts are being hidden, in fact, except for Xuanxuan in the family, I can't see it, but my aunt and father and I know my sister's thoughts." Even I can see it, and my cousin and aunt must be able to see it. But so what? My cousin didn't tell you his heartfelt feelings, he didn't promise to marry my sister and enter the door, and my aunt pressed my cousin to prevent him from coming to our door for several months, and the meaning was already obvious. ”
"Sister, my brother said something unpleasant, although my cousin is the person you like, I like him to be pure and kind, but my aunt is strong, and my cousin is filial and has no opinions, if you marry and have a disagreement with your aunt, my cousin will definitely defend my aunt, and will not face my sister. My sister has a tough temperament, and she is not a person who is willing to suffer, even if she tolerates it once or twice for her cousin, can she continue to tolerate it after that? And if you can't bear it and a quarrel breaks out, it will ruin your feelings the most. After a year or two, the earlier friendship has long been consumed, and the husband and wife are like strangers, and my sister regretted it too late. ”
Jinqing finally concluded, "Sister, my cousin can't stand up, it's hard to be a good match." ”
After saying this, he asked Jinniang with a worried face, "Sister, what do you think?" ”
Jin Niang nodded, "I think what Qing'er said makes a lot of sense." ”
Jinqing didn't have time to rejoice, so she heard Jinniang ask again, "But what if my sister insists on going her own way and has to marry her cousin?" ”
The little boy was in a trance for a moment, and then showed a fierce expression, "If my sister insists on doing this, my younger brother will also persuade my father to promote family affairs and fulfill my sister's wishes." However, I will redouble my efforts to study, vowing to take the exam to make a name for myself, so that my aunt and cousin will not dare to treat my sister slowly. ”
When Jin Niang heard this, she couldn't help but show a look of emotion, she touched the young man's head, and said softly, "Sister knows the reason, but she can't turn a corner for a while." Sister Qing'er Rong thinks about it, okay? ”
Jinqing hesitated with an "um" and stood up to leave. Jin Niang sent him out, and couldn't help but sigh, "Young Mu Ai is human nature, and my sister is not exempt from vulgarity." But then again, although my cousin and I got along more as children, we haven't seen each other a few times in the past few years. Now that I think about it, I'm just obsessed with his physiognomy and temperament. And it's also my unrequited love, and my cousin has no intention of me at all. I'll think about it again and see if there is any point in continuing to be stubborn like this. ”
Jinqing heard the compromise and frustration in her sister's tone, and she was overjoyed for a while, and the pace of leaving was relaxed.
It seems that she was disheartened, so she simply broke the jar and broke it, or she was empowered and enlightened, and she didn't wait for the next day, and that night, Jin Niang went to her father's study again and said that she agreed with the Xu family's family affairs.
Not to mention how Father Lin was overjoyed, he said "yes" several times in succession, and also came up to drink a few glasses in a hurry.
But when she said that Jin Niang returned to the room, she was distracted again.
When I passed through, I encountered the dilemma of being sixteen years old, and I couldn't escape the matter of getting married. is either a cousin or the Xu family, compared with the two, her choice is naturally the Xu family.
Just like Jinqing said, her cousin can't stand up, and he can't protect her at all. This is a typical mom boy, and it is unrealistic to expect him to live.
Moreover, the cousin and aunt are familiar with the temperament of the original body, and when they first arrived, Jinyu was worried that she would show her stuffing carelessly and be seen as inappropriate.
And marrying the Xu family does not have this problem. She can let herself go as much as she wants, no one will question this, and she doesn't have to live her life in fear, which is good.
Again, it is said that Xu Erlang's mother is obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting all day long, and she has no time to pay attention to the children she has born, let alone trouble with her daughter-in-law.
Without the dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, this is better.
Jin Yu thought about the pros and cons of this family affair repeatedly, and fell asleep in a daze.
It seemed to be just a blink of an eye, and the sky was bright, and the sound of Jin Qing reading was heard outside. Jin Yu opened her sour eyes, and suddenly felt that this night had passed quickly.
With Jinyu's approval, Father Lin asked someone to bring a message to the Xu family early that morning.
The next morning, the chief housekeeper of the Xu family led the iceman who proposed marriage and came to the door happily.
Although the Xu family is a relative of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, this Pingyang Town is the ancestral land of the Pingxi Hou, so the Xu family has a lot of face in the town.
The marriage gift sent by the Xu family was also very rich, and the iceman invited was still the official media, and the people on the street were shocked for a while. all know that the Xu family is the second son of the house and came to marry Lin Xiucai's eldest daughter.
For a while, there are those who are envious, those who are red and jealous, and there are those who say cool words.
After exchanging Geng posts, the Xu family took Jin Niang's birthday eight characters, and the two sons' birthdays in the family, and sent them to Qingyuan Temple to find the abbot to get together, and finally came up with a "full of children and grandchildren, and the Wang family settled down" Comment, the two families were very surprised and satisfied, and this family matter was naturally settled quickly.