Liang leaned on the soft pillow behind him, grabbed a handful of melon seeds into the small saucer, and began to swallow, "Brother Zhang is the most outstanding child among the juniors, he is only three years old and can already memorize the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" backwards, and he is a child raised in my sister-in-law Lu's house. Lu is a girl from a century-old family in Jiangnan, and her family education is very strict, and Brother Zhang is raised in her house, but she has become well-behaved and sensible. ”

Then, Liang sighed, sprinkled the melon seeds in his hand on Gao Ji, and muttered a few words, "Pity me for being unlucky, I have raised three children, and none of them are competitive and can let me hold my grandson." ”

"Where is that, ma'am? When Brother Cheng returns and marries his daughter-in-law, it won't be long before you can hold your grandson. Mother Qin said, a smile on her face.

Qin's mother knew that the Liang family was worried about Brother Cheng's marriage. There is still half a month left, and it is time for Brother Cheng to go on a scientific expedition. The old couple of King Liang of Jinling also felt very sorry for this grandson, and when the time came, they would let someone send Gu Yucheng to the capital and let him participate in the scientific examination.

After Gu Yucheng returned from the scientific examination, the Liang family would order someone to go to the Lin family in Fujian and the Hai family in Sichuan to see each other, the Liang family liked the girl of the Lin family in Fujian, and Gu Licai liked the girl of the Hai family in Sichuan.

The Lin family in Fujian is a Shilin family for decades, and most of the children in the family work in the six departments, the father of the Lin family girl is still the servant of the ministry, and the mother is the daughter of Wang Taishi.

Although the girl of the Lin family is good, she is not a good child, and the Liang family also knows this, but the Gu family is withering and declining, and for the prosperity of the people in the long house, it is still necessary for her to go to Quanzhou to see the girl of the Lin family.

If it is really a sick seedling as the rumors say, and she has to take a breath after walking a few steps, then she will let Gu Yucheng marry a girl from the Hai family in Sichuan.

Liang thought for a moment in his mind, asked Qin's mother to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and instructed: "Qin's mother, the mother of the Lin family in Fujian, Wang, and I are old acquaintances, you write a letter to her for me, and say that after I recover from my illness, I will take the dog to visit her in Quanzhou, and tell her about the marriage of the two children, so that the two children can also look at each other, and the date will be set on the eighteenth day of the lunar month." ”

Liang said, Qin's mother had already picked up the pen and wrote it on the paper, and after a while, Qin's mother wrote all the words that Liang had just said into the letter.

After Qin's mother finished writing, she picked up the paper and blew it, then put it aside, and asked, "Mrs., what about the Haijia in Sichuan?" The lord intends to let the eldest prince marry a girl from the Sichuan Hai family, should we also hand over a letter to let the son and the girl from the Sichuan Hai family look at each other?"

Liang pulled the melon seeds in his hand, nodded and said, "Since I wrote a letter to the Lin family and their Hai family, I have to inform them no matter what." It's just that if I take Brother Cheng to Chengdu in person and look at that girl, I can't get off this face. You go and talk to the old lady, and let the old lady choose a Lin family from Zhengding and go to the Haijia in Sichuan to have a look. ”

When Qin's mother heard this, although she felt that this move was inappropriate, she didn't dare to say it directly to the Liang family. If it is a girl from the Hai family in Sichuan who marries in the future, instead of a girl from the Lin family in Fujian, the girl of the Hai family knows that the Liang family was so perfunctory at the beginning, wouldn't it intensify the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

And in her opinion, the Liang family wants Gu Yucheng to marry the Lin family girl, even if the Hai family girl finally marries, the Liang family will not give her a good face.

"Madam, then, the old slave went to pay homage to the old lady. Let the old lady choose a lady from the Lin family to come out and see the Hai family girl. Mother Qin said, and was about to bow down and go out.

Seeing that she was going out, Liang put down the small plate in his hand, and hurriedly advised, "Find a few good hands to keep an eye on Cai, she will definitely take action in the next few days." and the maids and servants who served beside her, asked me privately what the Cai family was doing not long ago? ”

Qin's mother turned around, answered "yes", called a few girls who were waiting outside the courtyard, and went to Lin's courtyard.

Hall. Since Lin went to the back room that day and said those words, he didn't go out again, and stayed in the small Buddha hall to chant and pray for blessings for the past few days.

Because today is the fourteenth, it is the day when the Lin family burns incense and worships the Buddha. Lin lit a few oil lamps enshrined in front of the Buddha, and after putting on the three pillars of incense, he kept kneeling on the lotus futon in front of the Buddha, while Gu Yutang sat on the bamboo chair in the small flower hall next to him, his eyes were a little red, and he kept staring at Lin.

After Mama Liang made tea, she handed a cup to the high table of carved plum blossoms beside Gu Yutang, and said softly for fear of disturbing the Lin family who was worshipping the Buddha.

"Actually, the three girls don't have to go to the big kitchen to make a scene, the maids and wives in the big kitchen are all waiters, and they also listen to other people's orders. The three girls went to make such a scene, Feng Lao'an personally called Miss Zijuan to go, from the chef in charge of the big kitchen to the maid who chose the dishes, and then to the mother-in-law who washed the dishes, all of them were changed, including the mother-in-law who was in charge of kitchen purchasing, and they were also unlucky. ”

Gu Yutang picked up the tea on the high table, lifted the tea lid and waved the tea fragrance with her hand, it was the best Biluochun, but she felt bitter in her mouth, but she didn't drink it, but said: "Mama, do you really think that I went to the big kitchen to make such a fuss, causing a big cleaning in the big kitchen?" Mama, you've been with your grandmother for so many years, and you haven't seen anyone behind the purge? ”

"There's a pusher behind the scenes? Who is that?" Hearing Gu Yutang say this, Mama Liang also felt that something was wrong, Gu Yutang just went to make trouble, and she still made trouble with the mother-in-law who was waiting by You's side, and she didn't make much movement, so she was persuaded by the maids and servants in the kitchen.

It stands to reason that the original maids and servants in the big kitchen, not to mention meritorious, should be faultless? How can you be demoted, driven out of the house, driven out of the house? Could it be that there is really a behind-the-scenes promoter behind this, and he wants to clean the big kitchen thoroughly, but he just borrowed Gu Yutang's name.

Gu Yutang glanced at the Lin family, picked up Fang Cai's cup of Biluochun again, drank it gently, and said, "Mama think about it carefully, who is the original steward of the big kitchen?" Who is the steward today? I just didn't want to be a gunman for someone else in no apparent terms, so I made a special investigation. But after all, we are in the second room, and we can't meddle in the transfer of these personnel. ”

As soon as Gu Yutang's words fell, the Lin family, who was kneeling on the futon, had already been helped up by Mama Liang, and after Mama Liang patted the dust on Lin's knees, she helped her to sit on the bamboo chair.

"Sister Tang is right this time, someone borrowed her hand and cleaned the big kitchen. It's just that this is someone else's family affair after all, after all, the long house and the second room have been separated, and their affairs can only be ignored if they don't mess with us. Lin said, glanced at Gu Yutang, who was sitting next to him, and patted her hand gently.

"The matter of the second room, and they will make trouble by themselves. Sister Tang, your second uncle asked someone to write a letter to me, saying that let's go back to Chengjiang during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's just that my grandmother's body hasn't completely healed yet, I'm afraid that I won't be able to withstand the fatigue of the journey, if you are really homesick, when your second uncle and aunt want to go back, I will let her take you. Lin said lightly, looking at Gu Yutang in front of him.

Gu Yutang knew that the Lin family was for her good, Gu Yutang had been away from home for more than half a year, and knew that she had the Yang family and Gu Yuli in her heart, so she wanted her to go back to see them. But the Yang family and Gu Lichi are still stiff in the mansion, and they still need Gu Yutang to take the Lin family back to deal with it, if the Lin family doesn't go back to deal with it, I am afraid that Gu Lichi will ignore the Yang family's opposition and bring the Chen woman's woman into the mansion.

"Grandmother, Tang'er doesn't want to go back with her second uncle, Tang'er wants to go back with her grandmother. Now my grandmother's health is not as good as before, if Tang'er returns to Chengjiang, then who should take care of my grandmother's body? Grandmother don't drive Tang'er away, Tang'er wants to stay by your side and accompany you for the rest of her life. ”

Gu Yutang said, holding the hand that Lin was holding her tightly.