Mrs. Lu gave Lin Jinrong a pot of white camellia as a return gift after giving Lin Jinrong some subtle warnings and encouragement.
Old Mrs. Lu smiled and said: "Even so, someone has to remember to pick it up for me. I am not in good health and rarely go out. I have long been thinking about the plum blossoms blooming in the Snow Pavilion. From winter to spring, I never have the chance to take a look.
Look. If you hadn’t brought it for me, I’d probably not see the flowers after they withered.”
Lu Yan blushed slightly and said, "It's all because of my grandson's inconsideration."
Old Mrs. Lu smiled and said: "That's all, Erlang, I can't bear to blame you. We all know that you work hard. Grandma will be really happy when you are named on the gold medal list."
Lin Jinrong searched around with his eyes and finally found a scripture book in front of the couch. He smiled and said, "Grandma loves to read scriptures, can you see clearly?"
Old Mrs. Lu sighed: "My eyes are dim and I can't see clearly."
Lin Jinrong climbed up the pole: "I have copied many scriptures at home. When I was in the countryside, I even listened to the master of Qingliang Temple explain it. If grandma doesn't mind it, my granddaughter-in-law will come over and read it to you when she has time.
How about I make a copy for you with big characters?"
Mrs. Lu smiled slightly: "I'm just afraid that you young people think I'm stuffy here. If you don't think so, of course I won't."
At this point, Lin Jinrong finally found another place to go.
Next, the two of them went to Lin Yuzhen's room. Lu Yun came out to collect the flowers and said apologetically: "Mom didn't sleep well last night. She woke up with a cold this morning. After taking medicine, she lay down and started sweating again."
He clearly didn't want to see them and deliberately manipulated her. In the past, Lin Yuzhen, who was physically strong, would often use this trick against her, so Lin Jinrong was not worried and said calmly: "Then I will come over to serve my mother after I deliver these flowers.
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Lu Yun pushed her out and said, "Why bother? You are a good person yourself, just have me here. If you are energetic, you might as well take good care of your brother. His study is the most important thing."
Lin Jinrong slid down: "Why are you so embarrassed? It's my responsibility to serve my parents-in-law. My sister-in-law has worked too hard."
Lu Yun was startled and smiled as brightly as a flower: "Why are you embarrassed? We are sisters-in-law and cousins. We are a family. We are flesh and blood. What you do and what I do are not the same?"
Lu Yan then said: "Arong, since Ayun has said this, don't be polite to her. She won't tell lies."
Lu Yun blinked, smiling slightly uncomfortably.
Lin Jinren smiled and said, "Okay, let's go first. We'll visit my aunt again in the afternoon."
When the two of them walked away, Lu Yun took the flowers and went into the house. Lin Yuzhen sat on the couch and stared at the flowers in disgust: "Take it and throw it away! I get angry just looking at it. Why don't you let her serve me?"
?Serving your parents-in-law is a matter of course!"
She didn't want Lin Jinrong to serve Lin Yuzhen. It was because Lin Jinrong was too hateful and could move up and down the pole freely. Lu Yun took the bottle of bile handed over by the girl Fang Ling, inserted the plum blossoms into it with his own hands, and placed it in the most conspicuous place: "
Why are you doing this? You can just throw it out if you want to make yourself angry. Throw it out so that the whole family will know that you don't want to see them."
Lin Yuzhen was angry for a moment, then slowly turned back: "You said she went to your grandfather's place early in the morning, and then to your grandmother's place? Then she should go to that bitch who pretended to be sick? She ate everything inside and out.
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"Mom, I'd better not say this again. Walls have ears. If it spreads, it will inevitably chill people's hearts." Lu Yun said sternly: "There is nothing wrong with coming to thank you. Mother, since you can't control it, you might as well relax a little. Brother, don't
I don't remember feelings. In fact, the most important thing is my brother." If he could hold Lu Yan tightly in his hand, he would be better than anything else. Who would Lin Jinrong be at that time?
Lin Yuzhen looked at the blooming red plum without saying a word. She could not be suppressed by Lin Jinrong forever. She had to turn around and let Lin Jinrong know who has the final say in the family.
In Song's yard, there were always many people waiting for a reply. Lu was very apologetic: "There is nothing I can do. Farming is busy. Not only are there many things in the village, but there are also many trivial matters at home. After a winter, the garden should also be busy."
It’s all tidied up. My mother really can’t leave, so I have to ask my second uncle and my second younger siblings for their forgiveness.”
Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "It's okay. I know Second Aunt is busy, so we can just sit down and leave."
Just as he was talking, Mrs. Song walked in with a smile: "It's your first time here, how could I not come to accompany you? I wouldn't have been so busy in the first place. I just received the old man's order and will be in Shangsi soon. This year the whole family will
They all went to the old house in the countryside to celebrate the festival and go on an outing.
Visiting the grave, I also asked my second nephew and his wife to meet some members of the family. They had to live there for a while. Everything had to be carefully planned and arranged for food and accommodation, so I was delayed for a while.
How is it, Ah Rong is all well?"
Lin Jinrong stood up and saluted her: "Thanks to aunt, everything is fine."
Mrs. Song held Lin Jinrong's hand, looked up and down, and praised: "What a beauty, I feel pity for you. We Erlang are so lucky. How come the most beautiful and best one is chosen just for you?"
It’s on fire.”
Lu Yan smiled from the bottom of his heart: "It's because the elders show mercy."
Madam Song glanced at the two of them with a smile and said, "It's almost time for lunch, why don't you stay for lunch?"
Lu remained silent while Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "We still have to go to the third aunt, so we won't bother the second aunt."
"Go to your third aunt's place?" Mrs. Song was a little surprised, but also a little relieved, "It's time to go. Things have changed, and I don't know if she has returned to her old habit. I have two posts here before they got them back.
Please bring her plaster for me. I'm too busy and I'll go see her another day."
Mrs. Tu has an old problem, shoulder pain when the weather changes. It is said that the root cause of the disease was caused by taking care of Lu Mian in the past - Mrs. Tu became a mother for the first time, with several children who died in infancy in front of her, she didn't care at all.
Don't worry about leaving the newborn Lu Yan to the wet nurse and raising Lu Yan yourself. Your shoulders and elbows are often exposed when sleeping. It was late autumn at that time, so the root cause of the disease was established.
Lin Jinrong knew this, so he didn't ask Mr. Song what Mr. Tu's old problem was, and just said goodbye with a smile.
Mrs. Song watched the couple go out, stopped smiling, held her forehead and said, "I guess it won't be long before the old lady will let her come and manage things with us."
Mrs. Lu was teasing her little son with a smile, and was shocked when she heard this: "Why did mother say that?"
Mrs. Song was a little irritated: "You still can't see it? After you gave birth to Yuan Lang, the old man arranged for the whole family to go back to the old house. Now that she has not yet been a month old, she has to arrange to go back to the old house to meet her clan relatives.
Going on an outing to visit graves, this is how a clan wife is treated. Next, isn’t she going to be the housekeeper? Don’t forget what kind of person the old lady likes the most.”
The second house has been very busy these years, and although it has laid a strong foundation in the family, its status will never be as high as that of the first house. No matter during festivals, sacrifices or banquets, the second house will always be one step lower than the first house. Even in the future,
Two hundred years later
, most of the property in this family should belong to the big house. Lin Jinrong has a good management skills, and he can unexpectedly break out of the Lin family sisters. He caused a huge commotion when he first arrived. How can he be a good person? So both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law remained silent.
Come down.
The third bedroom lives in the southwest corner of the Lu Mansion. Because both Tu and Lu Gen are not in good health, and Mr. Lu San likes to study behind closed doors, this is the quietest place in the Lu Mansion.
There are pear trees planted in the yard. The beginning of spring this year is earlier than in previous years. It has not yet opened. The bare branches are covered with snow. There are no servants walking around. There is only a janitor woman wearing a half-worn jacket. She shrinks her hands and feet.
He stood by the door, staring at the pile of residual snow on the ground in a daze.
This situation, compared with Lin Yuzhen's luxurious courtyard where the girls and women are very orderly and dare not leave the house, is like poverty and poverty; compared with the Song family's bustling courtyard with people coming and going, it is like loneliness and poverty.
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Even if he knew that this was not the case in the room, even if he knew that Mrs. Tu was not short of people to take care of her, Lu Mian's eyebrows could not help but frown slightly due to such a sharp contrast.
Lychee hurriedly stepped forward: "Mom, our second master and second grandma are here to see the third master and his wife. Could you please go in and let us know."
The woman ran inside happily: "Master, madam, the second master is here."
Aunt Hui hurriedly ran out with red eyes and said: "Rare guest, rare guest, please come quickly, please come quickly."
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Lu San, wearing a half-worn home-made crow-green cotton coat, with a plain silver hairpin inserted in his head, stood still holding the door, squinted for a while, and said happily: "Erlang, why do you have such a problem?"
Come here empty?"
Lu Yan pushed Lin Jinrong out: "Arong saw that Lord Tingxue's red plum blossoms were blooming well, so he specially sent one to my aunt to comfort her who is lonely during her illness."
Lin Jinrong took the plum blossom from Lychee's hand and offered it with both hands. Aunt Hui hurriedly took it and said happily: "It's really rare. My wife must like it very much. This plum blossom will be placed on the bedside of my wife's bed every time."
If you look at it every day, your illness will be cured within a few days."
Lu Yan was a little embarrassed. He looked up at Lin Jinrong and felt relieved when he saw that she was smiling and not displeased.
Mr. Lu San squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Jinrong from head to toe, then sighed softly: "Come in, it's cold outside."
As soon as Lin Jinrong started to take steps, Lu Yan whispered in her ear: "Uncle Third's eyesight is bad when he reads. His eyesight is not good."
Lin Jinrong whispered: "I know." Mr. Lu San's eyes were hurt by reading, and he wished he could put the book on his face, but he also loved reading very much. Although he didn't see any tricks, it was not like the ones in her family.
The Third Master is so shameless. The Third Master Lu doesn’t take concubines, gamble, go whoring, or go out. He just loves to read. He doesn’t hit or scold Mr. Tu back. Of course, he doesn’t care much about the big and small things at home.
Heartfelt.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, Tu, who had swollen eyes and pale face, was helped out by the girl. Seeing Lu Yan, he said: "Erlang, have you seen your brother? Does he eat well? Can he wear enough clothes?"
Do you want to be warm?" As he said this, tears started to flow again.
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