When the sky was bright, there were early birds singing outside the window. Lin Jinrong turned over and squinted at the morning light to see if Yilang beside him had kicked off the quilt. But he saw that Yilang had indeed turned half of his body as fat as a lotus root.
short legs exposed
Outside, I couldn't help but smile and covered him tightly with the quilt. Before I let go, I saw Yilang's eyelashes flashing. He opened his eyes and looked at her confusedly for a while, smiled at her, and then raised his buttocks towards her.
climb.
Lin Jinrong hugged him hurriedly and coaxed: "Sleep a little longer."
Yilang went to bed early last night and had already regained his energy. He struggled energetically: "No, no." Lin Jinrong went to yell at him, and the mother and son burst into laughter.
Cherry heard the noise outside and hurriedly whispered: "Grandma, are you awake? There is a message from the eldest lady."
Lin Jinrong asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"
Cherry opened the door and came in: "The eldest lady is sick. I need to call the doctor in the middle of the night."
Lin Jinrong was so shocked that he quickly sat up: "Why did you suddenly fall ill? Why didn't you come to report it?"
"I heard that I ate something bad." Yingying stepped forward and poured hot water into the basin: "The doctor that the second master sent for was afraid of disturbing you and the fourth young master, so he specifically asked not to inform you."
Lin Jinrong got out of bed, dressed and combed her hair: "I was tired yesterday. I slept so hard that I didn't even hear a sound. Is the second master still over there?"
Cherry said: "I just came back not long ago, and I'm still lying down now."
Lin Jinrong then ordered Dou'er and others who came in after hearing the sound: "Take good care of Yilang, I will go to the eldest lady." Seeing that she was leaving, Yilang immediately hummed: "Don't go, don't go, stay with me."
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Everyone made him laugh. Lin Jinrong coaxed him: "Grandma is sick. I'm going to see her. Yilang will come over after washing his face and having breakfast, okay? Mom is waiting for you there."
Yilang then obediently stretched out his hand to let Dou'er help him get dressed.
When Lin Jinrong arrived at Lin Yuzhen's yard, she saw that everything was quiet. The two little girls who were sweeping the yard had their heads buried in sweeping the floor. Even the sweeping movements were very light, so they guessed that Lin Yuzhen's temper was probably bad again.
When I walked to the corridor, I saw Fang Ling coming out of the room yawning, and shouted in a low voice: "Fang Ling."
Fang Ling hurriedly covered her half-opened mouth, came forward with a smile, pointed to the room, and whispered: "I have just fallen asleep after struggling for half the night. Grandma, don't you want to go in? Come and sit here."
Lin Jinrong took her hand and walked aside to ask in a low voice: "Why did you suddenly become ill? Has the master gotten up?"
Fang Ling's face showed a bit of weirdness, and she said vaguely: "There was something wrong with the wolfberry porridge I ate last night... The master got up in the middle of the night to visit his wife, and the one who has been by his side has just laid down." In fact, it was Lin Yuzhen who borrowed the money.
She was crying and fussing about being sick, and she refused to let Lin Jinrong come over, and she didn't want any concubines to take care of her. She couldn't just let her heir, Lu Jian, wait close by, right? Lu Jianxin did his best to torment her for half the night.
Lin Jinrong subconsciously asked: "Who made the wolfberry porridge?"
Fang Ling glanced at the corridor, and Lin Jinrong looked over, and saw a plain white figure kneeling straight under the corridor. Under the morning light, with black hair and no makeup, a slender figure, a different kind of poignancy and sadness, it was exactly
Aunt He.
Lin Jinrong looked back and asked Fang Ling: "When did it happen?"
Fang Ling said disdainfully: "She was well-informed. She just heard that my wife was sick, so she spontaneously ran over to take care of her. Later, the doctor said that she had a bad stomach and asked what she had eaten? Wasn't everything that my wife ate yesterday normal?
Did she make it by hand? Of course we answered truthfully. We will wait until the second master sends the doctor to come out.
Go, the wife and the master hadn’t spoken yet, so she knelt on the ground and didn’t say anything, just cried. The wife got angry and said, I’m not dead yet, why are you anxious? The master wrinkled.
I frowned and told her to get out. After she came out, she kept kneeling there and never got up."
Aunt He knelt down, naturally to show her innocence, but since she is still kneeling now, it means that no one believes in her innocence, or in other words, even if Lu Jianxin believes in her innocence, he does not intend to protect her. Lin Jinrong then called this person
Putting it behind his head, he told Fang Ling: "I'll go to the kitchen and let someone make some porridge. If my wife wakes up, could you please talk to her." He lowered his voice and said, "Persuade me."
Fang Ling hurriedly responded: "Grandma, go away, there are slaves here."
Lin Jinrong went to arrange meals for Lin Yuzhen and others. She cooked a pot of millet porridge for nearly an hour until the rice turned into juice. Then she served it with a few delicate and delicious side dishes and divided it into two portions.
Give it to Lu Yan and send a copy to Lin Yuzhen in person.
When she returned to Lin Yuzhen's yard, Aunt He had disappeared. Lu Jianxin was standing in the yard holding the only remaining celadon tea cup, staring blankly at the drifting clouds on the horizon. Hearing her greetings, he said lightly: "Good luck!"
Serve your mother-in-law." After saying that, he went on his own.
When Lin Jinrong entered the room, Lin Yuzhen was lying on the bed talking to Grandma Fang in a low voice. When she saw her coming in, she waved to her in a good mood: "What delicious food have you cooked for me?"
"It's just millet porridge and a few vegetarian dishes. Is my aunt feeling better?" Lin Jinrong looked at Lin Yuzhen, who looked like a winner. She was convinced, but she didn't criticize her.
Lin Yuzhen smiled and said: "Much better. Where is your father-in-law?"
Lin Jinrong said: "I just went out with the tea cup."
Lin Yuzhen's face immediately darkened: "Then we are going to see that bitch." Lin Jinrong then realized that Aunt He had just fainted from her knees in the corridor and was sent back. But Lu Jianxin did not go to see Aunt He after all.
, instead he took the cup of tea and went to see Lu Jianli.
In this round, I can't tell who lost and who won. In short, Aunt He didn't ask for a favor, and Lin Yuzhen made herself sick. But no matter what, Aunt He has been really honest since then.
For a long time, I no longer dared to bloom in front of people at any time, regardless of whether they wanted it or not.
Let’s not talk about the open and secret fights between the eldest wife and the concubine. The three brothers of the Lu family each have their own sorrows and sorrows, and their days have been lived in misery. In just a few days, the three brothers Lu Jianxin went from his brother to his wife.
My brothers have all lost a lot of weight. With this incident in the middle, the brothers often hang out together, talking about things in the past, and guessing who Mei Baoqing has offended, what kind of situation he will end up in, and
Or, caring about Lu Jianli's illness.
Half a month later, the masters and wives held a spring banquet in Lin Jinrong's teahouse to entertain the wealthy women of Pingzhou City, striving to succeed at once and establish Pingzhou as a charity village. Lin Jinrong arranged for Qin You to put up a sign of going out of business early.
, carefully cleaned the tea shop inside and out, and prepared exquisite refreshments, just waiting for the official day to arrive.
On that day, the wind was beautiful and the temperature was pleasant. All the female relatives of Pingzhou City who had some respect and a lot of money and had some friendship with the masters' wives came. Lin Jinrong accompanied the masters' wives outside to welcome the guests, with a sour smile on his face.
The mood was extremely exciting.
After most of the guests had arrived, the wife of the magistrate, the magistrate of Fukuo County, and the wife of the county magistrate came hand in hand. They talked and laughed at Yan Yan with many compliments. They also took the lead in donating a sum of money that they could afford, which was enough for everyone.
Master's face. Lin Yuzhen, Tao, Yang and others also made extraordinary efforts. Soon the big bamboo basket used to hold donations was filled with all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins and other items.
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Seeing that the time was almost up, the teachers and wives pulled Lin Jinrong out and said with a smile: "I am ashamed to say that I have had such thoughts for more than ten years, but I have never been able to achieve what I want without the money. That day I had a great talk with this child
Ichiban
, she revealed her inner feelings, and she just let it go after sighing. Who would have thought that the child would remember it in her heart, and it was thanks to her efforts that this matter could be achieved this time... She even donated her dowry.
It’s really rare for most of them to come out.”
Everyone in the audience looked at Lin Jinrong with different eyes. Some were appreciative, suspicious, mocking, some looked like a fool, and some were angry. For example, Lin Yuzhen and Tao were very angry. But both of them were very angry.
There was a tacit understanding. After looking at each other, they found the information they wanted in each other's eyes, and then they all lowered their heads silently, planning to settle the score with Lin Jinrong later.
This situation was not discussed with Lin Jinrong beforehand. Earlier, Lin Jinrong only wanted to do things for her, and it would be fine for all the sisters to come forward to make a name for herself. But now she was suddenly pushed out by the sisters. She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and uneasy.
He said in an angry voice: "Master's wife..."
The masters and wives smiled and said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? It's not murder and arson. This is something that will bring glory to the family and benefit the whole country. You should be proud of it."
Mrs. Zhizhou stood up at the right time, took Lin Jinrong's hand and praised: "A husband among women! If there were a few more women like you in the world, would men still dare to laugh at me?" As she said this, she put on the handbag on her wrist.
He took off a pair of red gold bracelets, took off all the gold and silver ornaments on his head, ears, and hands, threw them into the basket, and said loudly: "I don't want to say much, just do my best!"
Mrs. Zhizhou's move triggered another wave of donations, and everyone had to bring in more of their own money. The ladies counted the money separately, and the accountant specially invited made the abacus crackle, and it took a whole morning.
After sorting out the numbers and recording them one by one, the regulations were promulgated.
Jinrong, Mr. Yang is in charge of this matter. He also invited the magistrate, general magistrate, and the wife of the county magistrate to supervise. He selected a few capable women who are eager for justice and justice to take charge of the affairs. They agreed to announce the results every month. Those who participated today
Anyone who has doubts has the right to inquire about the accounts. Anyone who discovers that someone is committing fraud has the obligation to help recover the money.
Before the matter was over, someone brought in more than 20 older women who had lost their travel time due to family poverty. According to the regulations, each of them received 20 guan of money to make a dowry, and handed it over to the matchmaker to help find them.
Not to mention marrying into a suitable family.
It was getting late, and the matter in Yizhuang finally came to an end. Lin Jinrong followed the masters and wives to see off the guests lightly and quickly. When the masters, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also got in the car, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and thought happily, no matter what
,Only
As soon as she got this started, the road ahead would be easier, so she ordered someone to set up the car, and she went in to ask Tao and Lin Yuzhen to board the car and go home. As soon as she entered the door, she saw the two people who had been whispering to each other turned around at the same time.
Come and stare at her.
Mrs. Tao said without smiling: "Second Grandma Lu, you are so generous."
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