Chapter 1,179 The Lin family has a heir, Lord Wang arrives
Lin Ruhai was born in the Lin family of Gusu. His ancestors were nobles for five generations, and he could be said to be extremely noble.
In Lin Ruhai's generation, although he failed to achieve the title of nobility, he worked hard on his own. When he was in his twenties, he placed third in the high school imperial examination and became the most beautiful man among the nobles.
If Su Mingzhe, the number one scholar, had not appeared, Lin Ruhai would have been proud of his title of "Than Hua Lang" for the rest of his life.
"It's a pity that I can't compare to my son-in-law."
Lin Ruhai looked at the young Su Mingzhe and thought of his young self. After becoming a prostitute, he was favored by the previous generation Rong Guogong and married his wife Jia Min.
After getting married, the husband and wife are harmonious and deeply in love.
Unfortunately, his first wife passed away too early, and the two of them could not go on a happy date together.
After feeling emotional, Lin Ruhai calmed down and asked Su Mingzhe to sit down and talk.
"Over the past year, my mother-in-law, Yu'er, and your father have all written to me a lot of letters, especially Yu'er. She mentioned you many times in her letters and said that you took good care of her."
"In addition, the pills you gave me have helped me a lot over the past year and even saved my life and your cousin's life!"
"Huh? Cousin?"
Su Mingzhe was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
Lin Ruhai remembered that he seemed to have never mentioned this in the letter, smiled awkwardly, and explained.
It turned out that in May last year, Lin Ruhai's concubine Liu Niang gave birth to a son for him. Although he was a concubine, he was his only son now.
Aunt Liu was the maid who was married to Jia Min. After Jia Min passed away, she took charge of the affairs of the back house as her aunt.
"Congratulations, uncle!"
Su Mingzhe had known for a long time that Lin Ruhai had a concubine.
And we also know that Lin Ruhai has at least seven or eight concubines.
It's just that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were on good terms before, so these concubines had no chance of getting pregnant.
Now that Jia Min passed away and the eldest son she gave birth to also died of illness, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to let his concubines bear children for him.
After all, his incense can never be cut off.
In addition to Aunt Liu who is pregnant and has given birth to a son, Lin Ruhai has two other concubines who are also pregnant. One has already given birth to a daughter, and the other is more than four months pregnant and will be able to give birth before the end of this year.
When Su Mingzhe heard the news, he congratulated him, but his closeness to Lin Ruhai immediately weakened a bit.
The two chatted for a while, and then the housekeeper came to report that the banquet had been prepared and invited Su Mingzhe to the table.
This was a family dinner, and Lin Ruhai didn't have many rules, so he asked Aunt Liu and Sister Lin to come over, and they all sat at a round table to eat.
After the banquet.
Su Mingzhe followed the housekeeper to the east wing. Before he entered, he heard complaints from Qian Xue and several other girls.
"Sister Xiren, my skirt is all moldy! I don't know what to wear tomorrow..."
"Who told you not to wash yourself?"
"I washed mine and it stinks!"
"And this one!"
"Second Master's clothes are also moldy!"
"Sister Qingwen, why is your skirt okay?"
Qingwen saw the sisters sighing and couldn't help but said proudly:
"I told you a long time ago that the changed clothes need to be washed, and after washing, they need to be dried over a fire before they can be put away. But you just didn't listen. Now they are smelly and moldy. Let's see what you do!"
When the girls saw Su Mingzhe push the door open and enter the house, they quickly put away the clothes scattered on the floor:
"Second Master is back!"
"How was your conversation with Mr. Lin?"
"Have you talked to Mr. Lin about your marriage to Miss Lin?"
A group of women were chattering and asking questions. Su Mingzhe could only hold Qianxue, who was closest to him, in his arms and answer the questions slowly.
In ancient times, people always paid attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.
Su Mingzhe came to Yangzhou this time to bring letters from Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, so that Lin Ruhai could meet him.
The real matchmaker will have to wait for a while, and he won't be here until May in two days.
After answering everyone's questions, Su Mingzhe noticed that the clothes and skirts of the girls were indeed moldy and smelly, so he asked Xiren to take out one thousand two hundred taels of silver notes and give one cent to the maids to go out and buy them in the next few days. some brocade and silk, and remaking some dresses.
When all the maids were jumping for joy, Su Mingzhe interrupted in time:
"Yangzhou is not Chang'an. As outsiders, we can easily be bullied. So if you want to go out to buy anything, be sure to ask Butler Lin to send someone to follow you."
"Second Master, don't worry, we won't run around!"
These maids are not stupid either. They have been taught various rules since they were young, and they will definitely not put themselves in danger.
the other side.
Lin Ruhai took Aunt Liu and her daughter back to the flower hall in the backyard. When she saw her daughter hugging her little son and laughing happily, any uneasiness in her heart disappeared.
Although Lin Ruhai's health has been much better recently after taking Su Mingzhe's elixir, he still often feels weak due to his busy schedule.
In addition, he is now in his forties and his son has just been born, so he begins to worry that he will not see his son grow up.
Now that her daughter is close to her son, Lin Ruhai can rest assured and entrust her son to take care of her.
"father!"
Sister Lin hugged her brother for a while. When she saw her brother started to yawn, she handed her brother over to Aunt Liu to take care of her. When she looked back and saw her father hesitant to speak, she asked out of curiosity:
"Do you have anything to tell me?"
"Yu'er, please sit down first!"
After Lin Ruhai sat down, she was not polite to her daughter and directly expressed her worries:
"Yu'er, in the blink of an eye, you are about to get married. But your brother and sister have just been born, and as a father, I am worried that after a hundred years, they will have no one to take care of them and they will be bullied..."
"Dad, you have always been in good health and will definitely live a long life!"
Sister Lin had just returned home, and she was already in a sensitive mood. When her father said such sad words, tears burst out of her eyes.
"What kind of stupid thing did Yu'er say?"
Lin Ruhai saw that her daughter was scared to tears by him, so she quickly put away her words, put on a smile and said:
"Seventy years of life are rare in ancient times. Most people can live to be fifty or sixty years old, which is considered a long life. My father is now in his forties, and he is only ten years away from sixty."
Lin Ruhai smiled and expressed her worries, and then began to entrust her young son and daughter.
After hearing this, Sister Lin naturally agreed.
In her opinion, her father is in good health and can live for at least twenty or thirty years, so this kind of entrustment is completely meaningless.
When Lin Ruhai saw her daughter agreeing, she smiled happily.
Afterwards, he asked Sister Lin to go back to her attic and take a rest early.
Turn around.
Accompanied by Sister Lin, Su Mingzhe began to play around.
On the first two days, a group of people took a boat trip on the lake and river.
After the fatigue from the journey had dissipated, everyone sat in the carriage and arrived at Mount Na.
Nashan is an extinct volcano.
For the girls, the stone pillars and scenery here are unique and wild.
In the evening, under the leadership of Qingwen, the maids Qian Xue, Qiu Wen, Tan Yun, and Jin Chuan accompanied the man to play in the water.
While everyone was having fun, Lin Ruhai, who was dealing with official duties, suddenly received a report from the housekeeper:
"Sir, Mr. Wang from Jinling is here!"
Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then reacted: