On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Lin Ruhai took Jia Min and his eldest son Lin Lang to visit the Lin clan chief's house. Bookmark this site

There is no evidence of when the Lin family settled in Suzhou, but the Lin family has developed into a large family in the local area. Strictly speaking, Lin Ruhai and his team have no blood relationship with these branches in Suzhou. Lin Ruhai's ancestor was a famous minister who was called "Wenqu Xing" by the people at the end of the Shang Dynasty. After Bigan was killed by the king of Zhou, his wife Chen fled into the mountains and forests while pregnant, and later gave birth to a son named Quan. After Zhou destroyed the Shang, King Wu of Zhou was born in the forest because of Quan, and felt the unyielding loyalty of his father Bigan, so he gave the surname Lin, that is, Lin Jian, the ancestor of Lin Ruhai. Later, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the Lin family was involved in the struggle for the throne, and in desperation, they gave up their ancestral land, went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and finally settled in Suzhou. The original people surnamed Lin in Suzhou also fled the war from the north and came here, but their ancestors were Xianbei people. After Lin Ruhai's ancestors arrived in Suzhou, they were appreciated by the patriarch of the Suzhou Lin clan at that time because of their outstanding literary knowledge, hoping that Lin Ruhai's ancestors could become a branch of the Suzhou Lin family, so as to strengthen the Lin family even more, and Lin Ruhai's ancestors, in order to be able to settle down in Suzhou and have some shelter, so they agreed to be recorded in the genealogy of the Suzhou Lin family, and became a branch of the Suzhou Lin family. In fact, no one knows that Lin Ruhai and they will worship the tablet of their ancestor Lin Jian at home every year.

In addition to Lin Ruhai, the Lin family has four branches. One is the patriarch of the Lin clan, and it is also the most prosperous one. The other three branches are all side branches and Shu branches of the Lin family, and their prosperity cannot be compared with the patriarch's branch. However, because of Lin Ruhai's branch in Suzhou, who has been a high-ranking official in the capital for several generations, no one dares to come to trouble the Lin family, so the other three branches of the Lin family are backed by big trees and can barely get by.

The Lin clan chief's family lived in the south of Suzhong City, and the other three branches, one of which lived next door to the patriarch's house, and the other two lived outside the city.

Lin Ruhai handed the patriarch a greeting post in advance, and the patriarch's family came to the gate today to greet Lin Ruhai's family. Lin Ruhai was the first to get out of the carriage, and the patriarch was about to bow down with his children and grandchildren, but Lin Ruhai hurriedly stopped the patriarch.

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"What is the patriarch doing, I came today, I just went to the clan brother's house to visit relatives as a member of the Lin family, don't do this big gift!"

Lin Ruhai is now the parent official of Suzhou, and he is the same generation as the patriarch, so the patriarch does not have to kneel, but the descendants of the patriarch must kneel and salute Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai raised his hand and said, "All nephews and nephews, please hurry up!" ”

Hearing Wen Lin's voice, a group of people kneeling behind the patriarch got up one after another.

"Seventh cousin, let the carriage send your younger brother and sister directly to the second gate, your cousin-in-law and her daughter are already waiting there!" The patriarch said. Lin Ruhai ranked seventh in the family tree and the last in their generation, so the patriarch called Lin Ruhai the seventh cousin.

"The third cousin arrangement!"

Jia Min and Lin Lang arrived in the carriage, and after another incense plant, they stopped. Mo Lan and Wei Zi got out of the car first, turned around and helped Jia Min down, and Mother Lu hugged Lin Lang and followed Jia Min and got out of the car.

After Jia Min stood still, he saw an old woman with gray hair kneeling down to him and saluting under the support of two middle-aged women, and hurriedly walked over to support her, "Don't you, I'm young, don't dare to take this big gift!" ”

The old woman said with a kind smile on her face: "Deserved, you are the county lord and a noble lady with a fate, so you can naturally worship as an old man!" ”

"When I first arrived in Suzhou, I never met my relatives in the clan, so I don't know what to call them?"

"The old body is the wife of the nineteenth generation patriarch of the Lin family in Suzhou, Lin Zhou." The old woman introduced herself, and pointed to the two middle-aged women beside her: "On the left is the eldest daughter-in-law of the old man, Lu Shi, and on the right is my fourth daughter-in-law, Fang. There are also three concubines and daughters-in-law, behind me! ”

He stepped forward first to help the Lu family and the Fang family up, and then said to the ladies who were kneeling behind Lin Zhou's family: "Let's get up, it's not as polite as this!" ”

Jia Min looked at Lin Zhou's again, and said with a smile: "The third sister-in-law is really too polite, my husband and I were originally here to visit relatives, the third cousin and the third sister-in-law made such a big battle, but it made us uncomfortable, and I hope that the third sister-in-law will mention more and take care of me in the future!" ”

"Seven brothers and sisters, rest assured, the old body can help will never refuse! It's cold outside, and the seventh brother and sister are pregnant, so let's hurry into the house to warm up, so let's sit and talk slowly. ”

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"Good! Three sisters-in-law, please! ”

"Seventh brother and sister, please!" Lin Zhou was supported by the Lu family and went to the backyard with Jia Min.

Jia Min followed Lin Zhou's into a large courtyard called Ming Fangtang, after a group of people entered the main hall, Lin Zhou's let Jia Min sit down on the main seat, and he sat on the other side, and the other female dependents also sat down according to their identities, several young girls and daughters-in-law stood behind their respective elders, and Mother Lu stood beside Jia Min with Lin Lang in her arms.

The maids served tea, and Jia Min took two sips and said slowly: "Third sister-in-law, this is my eldest son Lin Lang, who will be one year old on the fifteenth day of the first month of the next year." ”

Mother Lu hugged Lin Lang, who had just taken off her cloak, and stepped forward to salute Lin Zhou's family, and Lin Zhou's recruited: "Come and take a closer look!" Mother Lu hugged Lin Lang and took a few steps closer. Xiao Lin Lang saw a kind old lady smiling at him, and he also giggled, and stretched out his little hand for Lin Zhou to hug him.

"Oops! This child is really good-looking, he is a likable, come and hug the third aunt! Mother Lu glanced at Jia Min, and when she saw that Jia Min nodded slightly, she carefully put Lin Lang in Lin Zhou's arms.

Lin Lang smiled at Lin Zhou's without recognition, and Lin Zhou's asked the maid to bring a beautiful brocade box, and took out a piece of excellent mutton fat white jade gourd from it and handed it to Lin Lang.

"Ah...... Yikes! Lin Lang raised his little hand to show Jia Min, and Jia Min smiled: "The third aunt gave you, you can take it!" Be careful not to fall! Lin Lang nodded his little head, held the white jade gourd in his two small hands, and then smiled at Lin Zhou's again: "Thank you...... Thank! ”

Lin Zhou's hugged Lin Lang as if he liked something, and screamed heartily, and the other ladies also laughed when they saw Lin Lang's cute appearance.

"These fourteen brothers are so pleasing, our old lady hasn't laughed so heartily for a long time!" The speaker was a woman in her thirties, white in appearance, but with a calculating look in her eyes.

( Jia Min's counterattack in the Red Chamber )