As soon as we entered the inner courtyard of Jia's house, perhaps because it was dark, we only saw countless lights hanging on the porch, and it was really hard to see the rest clearly.
I have to talk about the feeling. It’s a mess!
Some respectable girls and daughters-in-law came to watch the fun. They were all dressed in gold and silver, and none of them behaved properly. Some even took the initiative to say hello and quickly ran in to report the news.
If you really haven't seen the world, you can't praise the prosperous family when you see it like this. But no real big family is like this. When distinguished guests come, the master disappears and the servants run around the yard.
Lin Yuyang's face turned dark! If her sister hadn't mentioned the situation of the Jia family earlier, she would have thought she was looking down on them.
From a distance, I heard the girls laughing and reporting, "The Lin family's cousin and young master cousin have arrived."
Another girl opened the curtain diligently, "The old lady is looking forward to it."
No one stood properly, bowed to the guests, and then did whatever they were supposed to do.
The servants following the Lin family were all confused. What kind of rules are these?
The curtains were lifted, and the lights were bright inside.
Lin Yutong walked in with a smile. When he saw the old lady sitting in the seat, he knew it was Mr. Shi.
"Greetings to the old lady." Lin Yutong said with blessing. Anyway, the Jia family doesn't have many rules, so kneeling is naturally unnecessary.
Lin Yuyang and Lin Daiyu followed suit and paid their respects to the old lady.
"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Shi was shocked when she saw Lin Yutong and Lin Yuyang. This didn't seem to be easy to handle. She stretched out her hand to hold Lin Yutong, but she didn't want to, Lin Yutong directly pushed Lin Daiyu over.
"Knowing that the old lady misses her sister, I have sent her here for you. Take a look and see if she has lost weight."
Everyone in the room laughed.
"I'm not thin! I'm not thin!" Jia Baoyu said as an excuse without waiting for others to say, "I look at my sister and she seems to look better. It can be seen that she feels better now that she has someone to keep her company."
"That's true." Shi held Jia Baoyu with one hand and Lin Daiyu with the other. "What I love the most are these two jade girls. Looking at them, the old lady feels comfortable."
Lin Yutong said in his heart, with such obvious partiality, he didn't know what the children and grandchildren sitting here thought.
Wang Xifeng stood up and led Lin Yutong and Lin Yuyang to recognize them.
"I recognize this!" Lin Yutong said, looking at the lady in front of her who was wearing a gold hairpin and dressed in an old-fashioned way, but she was not too old. "You must be the eldest lady. You are the kindest among my sisters. Seeing you, you are really famous.
Meet."
Mrs.
"This child." Mrs. Xing was surprised that Daiyu actually went home and praised her. She felt very proud for a moment. She smiled and helped the Lin family siblings up, "They are all our own children. I am happy to see you. Now that my family is here,
Live well and treat it as your own home."
Lin Yutong responded with a smile, asked the girl to give the gift, and opened the box in public, "I am a commoner, you must not dislike it."
Mrs.
I saw another lady sitting upright, occasionally smiling, also slightly pursed her lips, very reserved. She must be Mrs. Wang.
Lin Yutong presented a box of scriptures, "I heard my sister told me about your preferences when she came home, so I specially invited them back from the famous Baosha Temple in the south of the Yangtze River."
Mrs. Wang's mouth froze, "You kid is so thoughtful."
Lin Daiyu was on the side, feeling really grateful for this eldest sister. She never said these words, but now her sister has done favors and made her famous everywhere.
She was quite embarrassed.
Lin Yutong said in her heart, Mrs. Wang may hate you even more now.
That's fine, she can't change Sister Lin, and she doesn't want to change. But marrying the Jia family is really not a good idea. She doesn't want to be a bad person in marriage. She doesn't have to break up Baodai. But she can't destroy the Lin family.
They are tied to the Jia family. With the virtues of everyone in the Jia family, if something happens, how can they not implicate the Lin family?
The Lin family is not only Lin Daiyu's Lin family, but also her own Lin family, and even her younger brother's Lin family.
If she doesn't do anything, it depends on whether Mrs. Wang will want such a daughter-in-law.
Everyone received a decent gift. The old lady was a walking stick made of old vines.
Wang Xifeng has a ruby head and face, Li Wan has a set of white jade jewelry. The three springs are all gold and jade hairpins.
The one given to Jia Lian is a pair of jade pendants. The one given to Jia Baoyu is a set of Four Books and Five Classics. Jia Huan, Jia Lan and Jia Cong all have pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
It was several aunts in the house who gave me fabrics and silver jewelry.
"I don't know if there are still relatives at home. Let's make up for the meeting ceremony later." Lin Yutong smiled. He didn't prepare anything for Aunt Xue, his daughter and Shi Xiangyun.
Anyone who visits a relative’s house must recognize the relative’s relatives!
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and understood something in her heart. This person must have looked down upon the identity of the Xue family's mother and daughter.
Lin Yutong really didn't look down on people, but he didn't want to associate with the Xue family. Xue Pan was a troublemaker, who dared to get close to his family! He had to clean up his mess in a shameless way.
If Lin Ruhai can get through this hurdle, his official career will be higher and further. This will be good for his younger brother's future. It's better not to be implicated. But don't get involved with such an out-of-reach relative. If you leave
It's getting close, and not helping when the time comes will seem heartless. It's better not to get closer in the first place.
It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Lin Yutong did not feel that he was snobbish.
As for Shi Xiangyun, she doesn't hate others. She just doesn't like people who always take frankness as a privilege sometimes. You are frank, so you have the qualification to speak freely and be forgiven. If others don't forgive you, you won't be happy.
Okay, you must be stingy and petty. There is nothing wrong with you.
If we can't afford to offend, why can't we hide?
Lin Yutong asked the girl to carry a box in from outside. "This is two thousand taels of silver." He opened the box and said, "Please accept it, old lady."
Mr. Shi's expression turned serious, "What are you doing? They are not outsiders, they are my direct grandchildren, how can they be so poor?"
Lin Yutong said with a smile: "Relatives have a way of getting along with relatives. Only in this way can we last long. Otherwise, people will think that we are poor relatives who come to fight in the autumn wind." As he said this, he covered his mouth and giggled like a joke.
The smile on Shi's face froze, and she thought to herself: This is Daiyu's matter, the Lin family already knows about it.
She glanced at Mrs. Wang, who was not ready to say these words. But her dislike of Daiyu was the root of the matter. The servants would look at their faces and know what to say to gain favor. It seemed like this
The servants need to tidy up.
Some of the people in the room were as confused as Jia Baoyu. Listening carefully, they could tell that the eldest girl from the Lin family was speaking in a questioning tone.
Lin Daiyu glanced at Lin Yutong, with pleading in her eyes. She felt that her sister's behavior made her grandmother's face look too ugly.
There is no such slap in the face.
Lin Yutong sighed inwardly, Sister Lin is still close to Mother Jia.
She smiled slightly and said, "This is the same as the Xue family."
Everyone was stunned, this is right. There are two relatives living there, so it is difficult to have different standards. But the Xue family didn't give any money, they only said that they started the fire. So why did the girl from the Lin family say that the Xue family gave money?
.Could it be that the Xue family said it themselves?
Aunt Xue's mouth froze, and Xue Baochai's face turned red...(.)