"Mother Chang, are these things my godfather gave me valuable?" When she got home, Lin Zhu asked her mother Chang to put the silver bracelet given by Dong Yuzhen into the jewelry box. "I think it was given by Miss Dong.
The workmanship of this bracelet is so fine, it must be much better than those silk flowers."
"Girl, you can't buy these silk flowers even if you have money. They are all made by the Imperial Palace, which makes silk flowers for the royal family. They are awarded to officials above the fourth level every season according to their grades. This Dongzhi County is only seven grades, so naturally there are no
Such a reward. However, Miss Dong has some knowledge and is much better than her sister." Chang's mother shook her head and said that her impression of Dong Yuyao was not very good.
Thinking of Dong Yuyao's greedy eyes after taking out the silk flowers, and her unwillingness to leave, Lin Zhu also felt that although she was the daughter of the county magistrate, her style was not on the stage. I really don't know how the tutor of the county magistrate could be like this. The two sisters
Completely different. "Mother Chang, what do you think of Dong Yuzhen?"
"Some noble ladies have good manners and good education. It would be nice for me to make friends with them. In a few years, the girl will need to go out to see the world. She can't always stay in Linjia Village, always thinking about picking mushrooms and chasing hares.
Something like that." Chang's mother began to educate her by chance. "She is the daughter of the county magistrate, a lady from an official family, and her demeanor is normal for some ladies." Lin Zhu nodded.
"The girl is wrong. There are countless official ladies in the capital, but not all of them can be called noble ladies. Miss Dong is just a little bit related, which is not bad. I'm sure.
What kind of background does her mother have? Otherwise, she is the daughter of a seventh-grade magistrate. You will know it just by looking at Miss Dong Er." Chang's mother shook her head when she mentioned Dong Yuyao.
At this time, Chang Shi knocked on the door and came in, "Uncle Chang Shi, are you okay?" Lin Zhu stood up and sat on a chair, and asked Chang Shi to sit down. "I went to inquire about some situations in the local magistrate." Chang Shi said
He told Lin Zhu and Chang's mother everything he found out.
The county magistrate Dong Jisheng has been the local magistrate for six years. He is not the least honest, but he has done some good things for the local people, so the people are not dissatisfied with this magistrate. He himself has no bad habits, and his family only has
Two wives and concubines. However, the wife is the concubine of the Lin family in Beijing. The Liu family, who has been promoted from concubine to common wife, is from a merchant family.
The daughter is a cousin of Dongzhi County, so she is very favored by him. There are three sons and two daughters in Dongzhi County. The eldest son Dong Wenbo and the eldest daughter Dong Yuzhen are the children of the main wife. One is 15 years old and the other is 13 years old this year. The second son Dong Wenyuan and the third son
Dong Wenhao and his second daughter Dong Yuyao are the children of the Liu family. One is fifteen years old, one is fourteen years old, and the other is twelve years old. The Liu family is at odds with the Lin family.
After listening to Chang Shi's report, Lin Zhu stuck out her tongue. It turns out that's the case. No wonder her sister always squeezes out sister Kuang. It turns out it's jealousy. She was unlucky enough to be Dong Er's prop to disgust her sister, although what happened later was considered
He slapped Dong Yuyao in the face. But according to Dong Yuyao's character, he probably wouldn't let it go. Lin Zhu was a little worried.
"Don't worry, girl. Dong Er doesn't dare to do anything to you. If Dong Zhixian comes out to teach you a lesson because of such a trivial matter, then he shouldn't be an official anymore. It will not only damage his official prestige, but also lose a goddaughter."
Unable to do anything, he has a reputation of bullying the small ones. Those who are not worthy of their punishment are now
It was time for the end-of-year evaluation. He had been the county magistrate here for six years. When he was thinking about being promoted or transferred to a better place, how could he be asking for trouble? Besides, Muyue Trading Company had already greeted him.
Chang Shi patiently explained to Lin Zhu.
"Why did Muyue Trading Company greet him?" Lin Zhu was stunned when he heard this, then asked. "Muyue Trading Company also has business here. Of course, it will have good relations with the local parents. We have such important business dealings with you, so we won't let you.
How can they rest assured when someone is protecting you? What if someone wants to poach them?
You have to know." Chang Shi's words made Lin Zhu understand that future business with Mu Yue Trading Company will eventually attract the attention of others. In order to continue better cooperation, Mu Yue Trading Company will definitely protect or monitor him. Although there is a contract
, but Lin Zhu is signed once a year, so if they don’t protect her more, they will be so worried that they can’t sleep.
"Mom, help me teach that village girl a lesson." As soon as Dong Yuyao returned to the magistrate's office, she went to her mother Liu to cry and complain, and Lin Zhu and Dong Yuzhen said bad things in front of Liu.
"And the silk flower made inside, I want it too, mother, please let me
She gave it to me." Madam Liu knew her daughter's temperament very well. She was happy to cause trouble to Lin's mother and daughter, but she had to stop it. At this moment, her husband was exerting his strength, so she must not offend her.
Mrs. Lin. "Yao'er, didn't mother tell you
Well, be honest and don't cause trouble to the mother and daughter these days. When your father gets promoted, mother will help you with whatever you want to do. Now is the most important time for your father, so nothing can go wrong."
Mrs. Liu touched Dong Yuyao's head and said, "Besides, you and a villager
What do you care about? You have lost your status as an official lady. What did your mother tell you? You should always pay attention to your status outside, behave generously, and look like a lady, so that your reputation will be good.
, only then can you find a suitable husband."
Although it was her mother who said it, Dong Yuyao was still a little shy when she heard the words "Ruyihuangjun", "Mom, I'm still young, how can you say this." She twisted her body and said in disbelief. "Sooner or later.
I have to say that telling you in advance is for your own good, so that you can pay more attention to your identity and not let other people compare you." Liu said seriously.
"She? Humph, just with her pimple-covered face, she can compare with me." Dong Yuyao sneered at this. In terms of appearance, Dong Yuzhen was far behind her, but Dong Yuyao didn't know that those who have their own
For families who have inherited the family, appearance is never the criterion for choosing their first wife. The most important thing is character.
When Dong Yuzhen returned home, she immediately went to see her mother. Mrs. Lin was embroidering a piece of clothing in the room. "Mom, you are embroidering clothes for brother again." She picked it up and looked at it. "Didn't brother say
Aren't you allowed to embroider any more? Look carefully, your eyes should be tired again." She picked up the clothes and put them aside.
"It's okay, I just have nothing to do to pass the time. Is there anything good I can find at Qiaodiefang today?" Mrs. Lin looked at her daughter lovingly and touched her face. She felt a little distressed, "Go and get it first."
Powder it. It's my fault that my mother didn't find a good way, so she can only let you apply powder to cover these pimples.
"Mom, it's okay, do you think I found something good?" Dong Yuzhen showed the silk flower she got from Lin Zhu to Mrs. Lin. "This, isn't this a silk flower made in-house? Where did you get it? I didn't hear it.
Tell me which high-ranking official’s family is here?
Have you ever lived here? I never heard that your father got these?" Mrs. Lin was very surprised. "Mom, my father just got silk flowers like this. Can he give it to me? He gave it to me a long time ago." He paused.
"I got this at Qiaodiefang."
"No way, how can they get such a thing?"
"They can't get it, but the people who went to Qiaodiefang today were wearing these handmade silk flowers on their heads, just like the ones worn by my cousins in the capital." Dong Yuzhen was because her cousins in the Lin Mansion were always crowded because of this.
She, she really wants to have an inner-made silk flower. "You, you still care about her."
Those words they said? Didn’t Mom tell you? These are all external things, not worth paying too much attention to. The wife and I only learned one thing, women should firmly control the rights of the backyard.
Only by taking matters into your own hands can you have a foothold at home." Mrs. Lin's eyes gradually became sharper.
"But mother, didn't you give over the housekeeper's rights now?" Dong Yuzhen asked puzzledly. "Haha. Sooner or later, she will hand it over obediently. Does she think the family is so easy to manage?" Mrs. Lin
She sneered. But Mrs. Lin quickly changed the subject. "Why did that person sell you this made-in-house silk flower? What official lady?"
So Dong Yuzhen told Mrs. Lin exactly what happened in Qiaodiefang, and after speaking, she said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Dong Er would have bad intentions to do good things today. I'm so ridiculous, mother."
You haven't seen the way sister Xiaozhu talks. She is only ten years old. She is like a young adult, but Dong Er doesn't take advantage of her at all."
"You said that child's name is Lin Zhu?" Mrs. Lin's expression changed. "Yes, she said she is a farmer in the country. But the clothes she wears and the way she behaves don't look like a village girl. Is there something wrong, mother?
Seeing her mother's silence, Dong Yuzhen asked with some confusion. "There's nothing wrong. I'm just curious about where she got these things." Lin recovered instantly. "She said it was someone else.
It was a gift, but from the looks of it she didn’t seem to know how rare these hand-made silk flowers were at first. She told me to give it to me and asked someone to bring it to me. And the mother beside her is also very powerful. I took the bracelet you gave me as a return gift.
I gave it to Sister Xiaozhu, and she recognized the origin at a glance and said it was Master Jiang's final work. Mom, is the famous craftsman in the capital you are talking about called Master Jiang?"
"Yes," Ms. Lin nodded, with an unusual look on her face, "Zhen'er, what do you think of Lin Zhu, and what kind of person he is?"
"Sister Xiaozhu is very polite and easy to talk to. She is neither humble nor arrogant. She doesn't fawn over me when she knows my identity. She is not afraid when Dong Er makes things difficult for her. She can also make her feel embarrassed. I like her very much." Dong Yuzhen originally wanted to marry Lin.
Lin Zhu took it home and asked his mother to take a look, but Lin Zhu had other things to do, so he gave up.
"In that case, then you can post a message and invite her to come and play." Mrs. Lin seemed to have made a decision. "Mom, don't you dislike her for being a country girl?" Mrs. Lin's usual behavior does not seem to be that of a person who can get along well with someone.
When meeting people from the countryside, she always behaved in a decent and aristocratic manner, which was something Liu wanted to learn but could not learn.
"Why would mother dislike country people?"
"But didn't you look down on those relatives from the countryside who came to our house and those who were doing business?" Dong Yuzhen looked at her mother and said, "They all come here to enjoy the autumn wind. They come over and over again, and they are always so greedy, mother.
How can I give them a good face?
Look, if you relax a little, they will climb up the pole and take advantage of our family." Lin said with some gloating, then Liu wants to manage the house, that's fine, then it's up to him to deal with the vampire.
If she did it, she would be fine and relieved. What's wrong with that?
"Yes, Sister Xiaozhu is not someone who likes to take advantage at first glance." Dong Yuzhen also looked unhappy when she thought of those excellent relatives. They had also taken away many of her beloved things.
"Zhen'er, mother told me that this Lin Zhu girl has a very good relationship with a big shot. Mother is not telling you this to make you curry favor with her. It's just that you just act with your heart when you are dating.
We only talk about your friendship and don’t worry about other things, you know?" Mrs. Lin solemnly confessed.
"I know mom, but where is dad?"
"Don't interfere with your father. Don't let your children's friendship get involved in adult matters. If your father asks, mother will tell him." Ms. Lin didn't want to anger Muyue Trading Company. Others didn't know what she was doing.
Don’t you know, Muzue Trading Company’s background in the capital is not that deep, and killing a small county magistrate is simply a piece of cake.
So Dong Yuzhen posted a message to Lin Zhu, inviting her to come to the magistrate's office as a guest. Unfortunately, she posted the message a little late. By the time the servants from the magistrate's office went to Lin Zhu's house, people had already gone downstairs.
It was empty. Lin Zhu didn't want to go back so early, but he heard that Liu Qiucui had given birth and Aunt Li had a grandson. In order to rush to send gifts to her family, she left in a hurry.
The servant's reply made Dong Yuzhen very disappointed. "It's okay. She will definitely come back. Then you can make an appointment with her. I'll ask someone to find out where she lives in the country, and then I can send her another post."
Ms. Lin comforted, "Well, let me worry about it." Dong Yuzhen had no choice but to nod in agreement. In fact, there was another reason why she liked Lin Zhu. She felt that Lin Zhu was like her sister. Although she only met her once, she felt very close to her.
.That’s why I wanted to meet her.
Dong Jisheng, the county magistrate, also learned about Lin Zhu from Liu and Dong Yuyao, but unlike Dong Yuzhen's praise, their mouths were full of slanderous words. They also said that Dong Yuzhen collaborated with outsiders to bully his sister.
Vicious sister. Originally Dong Jisheng listened
He was still very angry and wanted to teach his eldest daughter and Lin Zhu a lesson, but the more he thought about it, the more Lin Zhu's name sounded familiar. When he finally remembered who Lin Zhu was, he almost didn't give it to his favorite second daughter.
A slap in the face, the chief executive of Muyue Trading Company personally wrote a letter from the first
The shopkeeper Du shopkeeper brought it here, meaning that he should look after Lin Zhu and not let the blind people bully her. Now that she is fine, the first person who wants to bully her is herself. Isn't this a way to seek death? Himself
I want to be promoted, but I'm also thinking about whether I can let Muzuki Trading Company do it because of this matter.
Doing a favor, it was almost ruined. Fortunately, the eldest daughter seemed to have a good relationship with her. He was still saved, so Dong Jisheng had to rest in Lin's room for several days with a smile on his face, while Liu fell down in anger.
The tea cups were all over the place, and Dong Yuyao was warned not to cause trouble to Lin Zhu.
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