The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 44 Meeting the Ceremony (Part [-])
After Zhenzhu finished speaking, seeing that her master's face didn't move much, she said boldly: "In order to settle down the second wife's family, madam has been busy for half a day, and she didn't even care to drink a sip of water, and she asked the servant to order the kitchen to prepare it. I didn't expect good intentions to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs for this big table, and this big table was ruined for nothing."

Greenness flashed across Lin Yuanzhi's face, he pointed to the food on the table and said, "Since the second lady won't come over, let's send the food to their yard."

Pearl summoned two servants outside the door, cleaned up the table, left only four dishes and one soup, and took out the rest.

Lin Yuanzhi's face turned soft, and he said: "The second brother has been in Qicheng County all these years, and has been an official in the countryside for a long time, and the second younger brother and sister came from merchants, and their words are very vulgar. Ah Yun, don't take offense."

Bi's expression was indifferent, and he said: "Master's words are serious, and younger brothers and sisters are outspoken, it's not a bad thing."

Lin Yuanzhi nodded and said, "Anyway, it's the end of the day, so it's fine if they don't come over. We haven't seen each other for so many years, and we're already strangers. Let's have a good meal as a family."

In the early morning of the second day, Lin Yuanzhi expected that Mrs. Huang would bring her children to the main courtyard to pay his respects. He was afraid that Mrs. Huang would mess around and Mrs. Bi would be overwhelmed.

The family of five waited in the main courtyard for nearly an hour, and they were urged several times by servants, but still no sign of Mrs. Huang.

Lin Ziwan was worried about going to the yard to play, and seeing the whole family sitting upright in the house, they were already making a fuss.

Lin Zisu was holding her younger sister in her arms, and was teasing her when she heard the sound of chaotic footsteps in the yard.

Mrs. Huang walked into the hall, followed by four teenagers and girls.Her face was radiant, and it was obvious that she had slept very well at night. When she saw Lin Yuanzhi, she said unceremoniously: "Brother, you and your sister-in-law have enjoyed happiness in the capital these years, but our whole family has suffered hardships outside. After all, I am an old man. The sky opened my eyes, and I returned to the capital. Brother, look, there are so many people in our family, we can only squeeze into two small courtyards, it's pitiful, pitiful!"

Lin Yuanzhi's face was normal, and he said with a smile: "The second brother has been an official outside these years, and the younger brother and sister brought up these children. It is also hard work for you. This time I returned to the capital, and I will settle down here in the future."

As he spoke, he pointed to the children behind Mrs. Huang, and said kindly, "Sisters and brothers, these are all your children, right? This is the first time I've seen them, so why don't you introduce them?"

Mrs. Huang was stunned for a moment, originally thinking of pouring out bitter water, but Lin Yuanzhi's words blocked everything she wanted to say.They had to attract several children one by one to meet Lin Yuanzhi.

Mrs. Huang first pulled her son Lin Fangfeng to Lin Yuanzhi. This Lin Fangfeng was 14 years old. He was at an early age. Ever since he entered the hall, his eyes were wandering around.

Seeing Lin Yuanzhi, Lin Fangfeng saluted Lin Yuanzhi and Mrs. Bi lazily, and wanted to retreat.

But Lin Yuanzhi stopped him and said, "Brother Feng, it's the first time we meet, uncle here has something for you, consider it a gift."

As soon as Mrs. Huang heard that there was a meeting gift, she pushed her son forward overjoyed. Lin Yuanzhi handed a green cloth bag to Lin Fangfeng and said, "When I was 14 years old when I went to take the entrance examination for children, your father was only one year old. When I was 12 years old, when I heard that I was selected as a scholar, I stayed up all night and hand-copied the "Shangshu" and gave it to me. I will always remember this love in my heart."

"A few years ago, I came across "The Story of the South Window" by Qian Wenhao, a great Confucian of the dynasty. This is his reading notes when he was young. You go."

Hearing that his uncle said it was a treasure, Lin Fangfeng opened the green cloth bag impatiently, but saw that the book wrapped in oiled paper was in tatters. Where did it come from, I was even more displeased, I stuffed the book into my arms casually, and said: "Nephew thanked uncle."

Seeing that Lin Yuanzhi just gave his son a broken book, Mrs. Huang was also unhappy, and secretly cursed her elder brother for being stingy.But thinking that in the future they will be under the same roof after all, and the elder brother is the head of the family, so he dare not show embarrassment to the elder brother.

Lin Fangfeng retreated back, and Mrs. Huang took her daughter Lin Zizhu to Lin Yuanzhi, saying, "This is my daughter Zizhu. She was born well-behaved since she was a child. Now that she is in Beijing, she will surely find a good one in the future." People, Zi Zhu, quickly salute your uncle and aunt!"

Lin Zizhu murmured a few words in a low voice, then bowed to Lin Yuanzhi and Mrs. Bi to salute, but no one present could hear what she said, so she straightened her waist.

Mrs. Bi handed over a pair of gold bracelets with phoenix pattern and carved silk that had been prepared a long time ago to Lin Zizhu. Lin Zizhu hesitated to accept it, and glanced at Mrs. Huang, indicating to ask.

Huang's eyes lit up when he saw the gold bracelet.

In her eyes, all jade and antiques are useless, only real gold and silver are valuable things, and the sister-in-law gave her daughter such a dazzling thing for no reason, there must be some conspiracy.

She remembered that just after she had finished laying out the score, her sister-in-law came to show her favor today, presumably this sister-in-law was still young, she was concerned about face and did not dare to compete with herself.

Huang's heart was full of enthusiasm, she pulled Qin Yajun over, and said with a smile: "This is my relative's niece, this time I came to Beijing to bring her to see the excitement."

After Qin Yajun met the ceremony and gave her name, Mrs. Bi also gave her a pair of gold bracelets, which were exactly the same as Lin Zizhu's. Only then did Mrs. Huang realize that Mrs. Bi hadn't looked at her highly from the beginning to the end, and she was poured cold water on her full of joy. , secretly hated in my heart.

Qin Yajun received the meeting gift and was about to put it away, but Huang Shi rushed forward and said to Qin Yajun, "Yajun, you are still young and you are not familiar with Beijing, so you can't put valuable things around you. This bracelet , Auntie will keep it for you first."

Then without any explanation, Mrs. Huang put the pair of gold bracelets into her sleeves.

Seeing that Mrs. Huang didn't care about his status as an elder, Lin Yuanzhi frowned and asked, "Sister and sister, am I a little confused? I remember that our Lin family has no relatives from the Qin family. This niece didn't listen Brother mentioned it."

Huang's face froze, and then he hesitated and said: "The Qin family is relatives from my mother's side, and the relationship is not too far away. Naturally, Yajun is also my niece."

Having said that, Mrs. Huang was still a little guilty, and didn't want her elder brother to see her flaws, so she pointed to Lin Banxia at the door and said, "Brother Xia, it's rare to come to Beijing, so I'll come to your uncle and aunt too." Let's see each other."

Lin Banxia went forward to salute according to the words, Lin Yuanzhi prepared him a set of four treasures of study, Lin Banxia was flattered and kept thanking Lin Yuanzhi and Bi Shi.

After Lin Wenjing and Lin Zisu greeted the Huang family, a few juniors got to know each other. When they talked about their ages, Lin Wenjing was naturally the oldest, followed by Lin Fangfeng, followed by Lin Zisu and Lin Banxia , Lin Zizhu, Lin Ziwan.

Qin Yajun was only a few months younger than Lin Wenjing, seeing the brothers and sisters of the Lin family yelling at each other, they put her aside and felt a little unhappy.

She knew that Uncle Canning's mansion was her first step in the capital, and she had to gain a firm foothold first. If she wanted to take advantage of Uncle Canning's influence, she would naturally have to find a suitable companion. Only Lin Zisu is the most suitable.

Qin Yajun stepped forward and took Lin Zisu's arm, and said with a smile: "Big sister, I've been in the country for a long time, and I don't usually see much. I'm going out for a walk."

Before Lin Zisu could answer, Huang hurriedly said, "Sister Su, Yajun is also your cousin, and our family doesn't talk about each other, so you can't neglect her."

Although Lin Yuanzhi had exchanged letters over the years, he couldn't say enough about it, so he asked about his younger brother's recent situation.

When Huang heard her elder brother's quarrel, she was full of grievances, and told about the trivial matters of her family over the years.

He couldn't help adding embellishments during the conversation, and at the end Huang said: "Brother, when he comes to the capital, you have to take care of him. When he came to the city, I was still a big girl. My father didn't dislike him. He promised me I gave it to him. I have not enjoyed any blessings after following him all these years, on the contrary, I have been pissed off. Since he was promoted to county magistrate, he has been blaming me constantly, saying that I didn't take his face into consideration."

"Tell me, he is a poor man, and he relies on my natal family for his daily expenses, but he is thinking about marrying his aunt. He finally fulfilled his wish according to him, and he blamed me for hurting his face."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Huang took the sweat towel between her sleeves, pretended to wipe away her tears, and said to Mrs. Bi: "Sister-in-law, it is really difficult to be a daughter-in-law of the Lin family, don't you think so?"

Lin Yuanzhi also knew a general idea about his younger brother Lin Wuha.

His second younger brother filled the county magistrate's vacancy in the capacity of a juren, and when he first arrived in Xicheng, he was taken by Mr. Huang.

The Huang family is a well-known well-to-do family in the county. Although they have a lot of money, they are restricted a lot after all. The idea is to have a relative in the yamen to take care of the business on weekdays.Master Huang betrothed his daughter to Lin Wuzai in order to gain an identity.

Hearing Huang's complaints about his younger brother, Lin Yuanzhi was extremely helpless. Huang's grandiose presentation of matters such as marrying his aunt was just a matter of husband and wife, and he even said embarrassing things for his wife, which really made him dumbfounded.

Lin Yuanzhi frowned tightly, and said: "It's hard for an upright official to break up housework. Brother and sister, I will talk to my second brother when he arrives in the capital. It will be Longevity Day soon, and I still have some official business in my office. You can rest assured." Stay at home and talk about housework later."

(End of this chapter)