Chapter 44 Letter
Cousin from my eldest uncle's family? Four-year-old Lin Daiyu and three-year-old Lin Changan were cute and chubby, and they looked at Jia Lian with curiosity.
No relatives have ever come to their house.
"What are you still standing there for?"
Lin Ruhai touched his son's little head and said, "This is your second brother Lian. He came from the capital and brought you gifts."
"Brother Lian!"
"Second Brother Lian..."
Lin Daiyu and Lin Chang'an called out in unison, their childish voices made Lian Er unable to help but feel happy.
He is already married, and the next step is to have a child.
"Give me a hug, brother!"
Jia Lian smiled and stretched out his arms. He hugged Lin Daiyu with one hand and Lin Changan with the other hand. "Uncle and aunt, you are lucky to be in Jiangnan. If you were in the capital, I would definitely take my cousins home."
"You dare?"
The two children were not afraid. Instead, they were stunned for a moment and then became surprised and happy. Jia Min was happy in her heart, but she had a frown on her face, "I can't break your legs."
"The old lady wants to rob it."
Jia Lian was not afraid of his aunt at all. "Uncle, look at my aunt. She can only bully me."
"Hahaha, it's enough for me to bully you."
Lin Ruhai smiled and snatched back his daughter, "If the old lady comes to snatch someone away, we will only ask you."
"Oh," Jia Lian laughed, "how could I have forgotten that no matter who in the family makes a mistake, I will be the one to suffer the consequences."
“Puff~”
Thinking of how this kid was beaten wherever he went, Jia Min couldn't help laughing, "Who told you to be like a monkey?"
He skipped classes all day long, and several teachers were driven away by him. Anyway, he would be beaten by his eldest brother and scolded by his second brother.
When he ran to his mother, she would protect him six times out of ten, but four times she would also beat him up.
"Chang'an, don't you want to climb a tree?" Jia Min smiled, "Let your second brother climb it first and show you."
Ah? Lin Changan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Second brother, is it true?"
"Hey~"
Jia Lian, who had been tricked by his aunt countless times, knew immediately that his aunt was going to bully him again, "Second brother will teach you, we will climb together."
"Okay, okay!"
Lin Changan clapped his hands on the spot and said in a baby voice, "Sister, my second brother and I will crawl together for you to see."
"Okay!"
Jia Lian scratched his little nose and said, "You are indeed a naughty boy."
“Hehe~”
Lin Changan smiled exceptionally brightly.
My sister is often sick, and my parents are scared of her. In fact, they hope he can be tougher.
"No way!"
Lin Daiyu objected before her parents did, "Climbing trees is dangerous," she said with a serious face and a sweet voice, "Second brother, don't teach your younger brother."
"Pfft, then I'll listen to my little cousin."
Jia Lian showed Jia Min a smug look, "Daiyu, when I came here, your aunt from the East Palace asked her to kiss you a few more times when she saw you, as if she was kissing you for her."
"…Is this what your aunt said?"
Jia Min was shocked and amused, "Are you using your aunt's name to fool us?"
"How dare I!"
Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, "Isn't your aunt about to give birth? I'm sure you've heard me bragging about your cousin before, and now you insist that she's pregnant with a girl. When I went to say goodbye the other day, she was so envious, but she couldn't come, so she could only ask you to kiss your little cousin more on her behalf."
"Hahaha!"
Lin Ruhai laughed and held his daughter to his wife, "Hurry up and give a kiss to your sister-in-law. Maybe God will give her a good daughter."
"Puff!" Jia Min took her daughter and said, "Dayu, do you want your mother to kiss your uncle instead?"
"want!"
Lin Daiyu's little face blushed a little.
In the past, her mother often mentioned her maternal grandparents' home, but she had no idea what it was at that time. But now, she remembers her aunt in the East Palace.
"Then mother will kiss my good Yu'er."
Jia Min's eyes are full of tenderness.
Her son and daughter are her life.
I have been married for more than ten years and finally got a pair of daughters. I was so afraid of dropping them that I held them in my hands, and afraid of them melting when I held them in my mouth.
"By the way, how is your aunt's health now?"
"I'm fine."
Jia Lian also kissed Lin Changan twice, "Don't envy your sister, your second brother likes you very much."
“Puff~”
Lin Ruhai spit out a mouthful of tea while laughing.
"Hahaha……"
There was constant laughter in the exquisite dining room.
At this time, the maids served the dishes one after another.
Yangzhou cuisine is also exquisite, including stir-fried shrimps, Wensi tofu, boiled shredded dried vegetables, three-piece duck, lotus fish fillet, crispy crucian carp, and fried water chestnuts. They are light and appetizing. Jia Lian feasted on the food with relish.
Rarely, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min also broke the rule of not talking while eating. They served him the food themselves and asked about the latest news at home.
It’s mainly the old lady’s health, which is what the couple is most concerned about.
Of course, looking at Jia Lian's expression, one knew that even if something happened at home, it was not a bad thing.
Unconsciously, while eating, the two of them learned about everyone's health, the downfall of the Lai family, and the return of the treasury silver.
The former is fine, but the latter...
The couple looked at each other, and both lost their initial ease. Fortunately, the meal was over. After rinsing their mouths, they asked the maids to take their children away. Jia Min frowned and said, "Tell me the details of returning the silver to the treasury from the beginning."
The matter of treasury silver is related to the game between the emperor and the retired emperor.
When my father and uncle were alive, they didn't return it and just sealed it in the library. Now it's like this... Jia Min always feels something is wrong.
Lin Ruhai was also very concerned. This was his in-laws' family. His ability to gain a foothold in Jiangnan was also related to his wife.
"This story all started when my aunt made a scene in the school."
Jia Lian knew he couldn't escape, and of course he was afraid that his grandmother and second uncle would mislead his aunt and uncle in the letter, so he told them everything that had happened in those days, "...my father also thought it was best to return the money to the treasury at that time, and my grandmother didn't object. The family also donated a lot of money to the national treasury in order to accumulate blessings for the child in my aunt's belly."
"Then... when you were paying back the silver and donating the silver, did the emperor say anything?"
Lin Ruhai was very serious.
The retired emperor trusted him, and the emperor also trusted him. It was not that he was trying to please both sides, but the national treasury really had no money, and he was needed to stay here to stabilize and preserve the largest tax collection area in Jiangnan.
Only by protecting this place can we protect the military pay for the nine borders and prevent chaos in this country.
The two emperors don't need to know who he is, as long as they know that he works diligently.
But this seat is not so comfortable.
The emperor and the retired emperor also had their own subjects, who were trying to win him over while suppressing him at the same time.
They all wanted to drag him down and replace him with their own people.
Now the Jia family is still paying...
"The Emperor said nothing."
Jia Lian said, "Father doesn't mind returning the silver, but my second uncle seems a little disappointed."
Lin Ruhai: “…”
He had always thought that his uncle was a little confused, but now...
"The emperor not saying anything is the greatest compliment to the Jia family."
The emperor would not say anything out of consideration for his old minister. On the contrary, if the emperor gave him a reward, the emperor would feel betrayed.
Lin Ruhai's expression eased slightly, "Sister-in-law has a very wise heart."
Act quickly, react quickly! It will be too late for all parties to know, let alone say anything.
"Lian'er, you must be filial to your aunt in the future."
Jiangnan is a big melting pot, and Jia Min, the legitimate daughter of Rongguo Mansion, has suffered many times.
She was also well aware of her family's situation. "The biggest crisis of the Jia family has been eliminated by your aunt's disturbance."
"good!"
Lin Ruhai stroked his beard with a smile, "Didn't the sister-in-law have a letter? Min'er, take it over and have a look first!"
Jia Min hurriedly took out the last letter, but after opening it, she found that there was not only hers, but also her husband's, and her husband's was the thickest.
"Eh? For me?"
Lin Ruhai's heart skipped a beat.
The most capable people in the Yue family are the eldest brother and his wife in the East Mansion.
Suddenly, I put the letter to him in Min Er's letter...
Jia Min handed it over immediately, and of course, she also read the letter her sister-in-law gave her.
"Minmei Dear Sister: I think you have already known everything about the family from Lian'er. I have already died once. Looking back on the past, it seems that I should have let it go like you did, Brother Jing. But I am pregnant and cannot let it go. I cannot afford to die."
Shen Ning knew Jia Min was smart, and of course she wasn't the type to beat around the bush, so she said directly, "Recently, I've been dreaming of my daughter Yuxue's cute little self. I'm afraid I won't be able to grow up with her, so I hired two midwives early. Oh, they even control me from eating one more mouthful of rice or drinking one more sip of soup."
Jia Min was originally in a heavy mood, but when she saw this, she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
Among her three sisters-in-law, she likes this one the most.
I've been worried since I heard that she was pregnant at this age.
Jia Min had experienced the hardship of having children, so she understood her sister-in-law's desire to have a child.
In her most recent letter, she wrote about the cuteness of her children and the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan, and invited her to visit Jiangnan when her children grow up.
At that time, I was afraid that she would be trapped in the sorrows of the past, but now it seems that my sister-in-law has moved on.
That's good!
"The Daiyu in your letter is probably the daughter in my dream. For her, I really endured everything. I dared not eat the fruit that I was not allowed to eat, and I dared not sleep if I was not allowed to sleep. In short, I always dreamed of my daughter. It's all your fault."
Shen Ning wrote in the letter: "Just wait, I will definitely go to Jiangnan to play. When the time comes, you have to give Daiyu to me and let her take me around and eat all over Yangzhou City. Oh, and Chang'an, he is a boy and has to protect us."
At this point, she finally changed the subject, "It's been many years since we last met, and I miss you so much. I know my brother-in-law is a man with great ambitions, but Jiangnan is a wealthy place, and there are probably many people eyeing him. You and your wife are one, so besides taking good care of him, you should also take good care of yourself.
"Servant of the Jia family, you should know how rotten it is from the Lai family. If possible, try to investigate it."
Jia Min brought quite a few companions with her.
Lin Ruhai loved her so much that the inner house had probably long been ruled by the servants of the Jia family.
In modern times, Shen Ning once read a post saying that the tragedy of the Lin family was caused by Lady Wang who had her eyes on the Lin family's wealth.
She didn't know if that was the case, but it was better to be cautious.
She wrote in the letter: "I am not afraid that they will be greedy at home, but I am afraid that they will be deceived by people outside. The two children are still young, you must be very careful and never let those slaves mislead them."
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