Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

The old man said the Yellow Crane Tower and fireworks went to Yangzhou in March.

The carriage rumbled on the road, the breeze was not dry, and the Lin family's entourage traveled light and with a small entourage. This day, they finally reached Yangzhou in sight.

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"Is that Jia Min, cousin Jia?" Under the plaque of Yangzhou Post Station, there stood a woman wearing a scarlet jacket and skirt embroidered with lilies and honeysuckle flowers, with a golden hairpin in her hair. Her eyes were slightly raised, and there was a vermilion beauty mole at the end of her right eye. She was about thirty years old.

He turned his head to look at Jia Min, who was walking down from the carriage, holding Rong Mama's hand with one hand and climbing the edge of the carriage with the other.

As if she was afraid of recognizing the wrong person, she took a few steps forward.

"Cousin from the Jia family! I'm your cousin from the Shi family!"

After confirming it, she shouted in surprise. The three or four radish-headed children behind her, as well as the maids and servants, all turned around to look.

Jia Min heard the shout and looked up. When she saw the woman with a beauty mole, she subconsciously covered her face with a handkerchief.

Why is it her?

He glanced back at the carriage, wishing he could get back in it and wait until everyone had left before getting out.

"Madam! Slow down. Yangzhou is just ahead. This is the last post station. You can rest here tonight." Aunt Rong gently reminded Jia Min.

Jia Min calmed herself down, pretending not to see or hear anything. She used her other hand to tidy up her clothes and reached out to touch the hairpins and rings to make sure they were not out of place.

Then he lowered his head, stepped onto the bicycle bench, and looked at the ground intently.

"Oh! We are finally here, sister! My feet are numb from sitting in the carriage."

"Okay, Yongan, then you stay here! I'll go down first. I don't want to stay in there for a moment."

After saying this, Lin Daiyu was the second one to lift the carriage curtain, pushed away Mother Wang's hand, and jumped down.

Although the journey was not long, the dirt road was bumpy.

Lin Daiyu stood on the ground and shook her slightly numb feet.

I raised my head and looked around, and it was indeed the most prosperous place in the world.

The post station square was bustling with traffic. There were dozens of horse-drawn carriages, official sedan chairs, and box carts parked in the square.

His eyes found the nearest father and mother, "Mom! Father," and then he glanced at his cousin who was standing next to his father.

"Cousin!" This was considered a complete greeting.

There is no way. I have been staying in the carriage every day these days. Those two birds that betrayed their master seem to have no idea what loyalty is.

He wanders outside every day, and most of the time he stays with his cousin who rides a horse.

It is true that birds love freedom since ancient times!

The Prince of Nan'an glanced at Lin Daiyu, his eyebrows raised as if about to fly.

Jia Min was still looking at the ground thoughtfully. Lin Ruhai looked at his daughter with a smile, "Are you tired?"

The woman with a beauty mole who was standing under the plaque and greeting Jia Min jumped three times when she saw Jia Min ignoring her.

"What do you mean? Are you pretending not to know me?"

The woman called out to the people behind her, "You go in first, I met someone I know."

Her two children followed closely behind her, holding her hands on the left and right, "Mom! We'll accompany you."

The remaining few people looked at each other strangely, said nothing, and went in from the side.

The woman led her two children to Jia Min and her group, "Cousin Jia! Don't you recognize me? But I know you. You haven't changed in the past ten years!"

"I am your cousin Shi Yifang from the Shi family!"

Everyone in the Lin family looked at this carefree woman.

……

Can you be more reserved in public? Don't you know that you can't spread the woman's name casually?

"Oh! It's Shi's cousin!"

"Just now I seemed to hear someone calling me. When I saw that group of people, I thought I had misheard. I've been sitting in a carriage for the past few days, and it's been bumpy, so I feel a little dizzy."

Jia Min saw that she couldn't avoid it, so she weighed her reasons and started to greet him.

Oh! How did I run into this big-mouthed Shi Yifang! Jia Min thought.

It's really a bad year. Nothing good will happen if I meet someone I know.

Shi Yifang looked at her with a half-smile, "I thought so! We grew up together, how can you pretend you don't know me?"

"What kind of relationship do we have? Right?"

Jia Min thought to herself, you have said everything, what can I say?

She had no choice but to nod. "Cousin Shi! There are too many people outside, let's go in and talk." Jia Min looked around and saw that some people were already paying attention to this side.

But Shi Yifang looked at her, her eyes flickered a few times, and she didn't take a step.

"Cousin Jia, you didn't even introduce me to someone. Everyone knows that you married your ideal husband. So this must be your brother-in-law, right?"

"Wow! Your son has grown so big. He looks just like your brother-in-law! Both are so handsome!"

Jia Min looked at Yong'an held by Mother Li, and then compared him to the two children led by Shi Yifang.

The two children looked about six or seven years old, and were pretty, especially the girl, Xiao's mother.

"Cousin Shi, the child behind you is yours, right? He looks about the same height, so he must be about six or seven years old, right?"

"She's even better looking. Look, this daughter looks exactly like you when you were a child."

"The one he's holding is my son, he's only three and a half years old."

Shi Yifang looked at Lin Yongan in her mother's arms in surprise, then looked at the Prince of Nan'an standing next to Lin Ruhai, and pointed at him and said,

"Cousin Jia, isn't this your son?"

As soon as she said this, everyone present looked at her.

Lin Daiyu thought to herself, what kind of look is that? He must be a thousand degrees myopic, right?

How can you tell that my cousin looks like Lin Ruhai?

One is elegant, the other is handsome; one is like a pine tree, the other is like a bamboo; their eyebrows and eyes are not even alike in the slightest.

Except that they are all men, the colors of their clothes are slightly similar.

Upon hearing this, Jia Min immediately rejected it, "No, no, no, he is not my son."

"Then who is he?" Shi Yifang asked.

Who is he? How can I say this?

Shi Yifang was his mother's niece. If he said she was from the Jia family, he was afraid that she would write to his mother again and ask questions.

Seeing Jia Min hesitating and seeming to have something to hide, Shi Yifang opened her mouth, surprised as if she realized something.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, and her beauty mole twitched.

He looked at Lin Ruhai and sneered, then turned to Jia Min's ear to comfort her.

"Cousin Min, there is nothing to hide. Is he just a concubine's eldest son? It is a bit disgusting that the husband whom I carefully selected first has a concubine's eldest son."

"But there's no need to deny it. If men can do this, we can bring them out openly."

"I'll show you later that I have quite a few illegitimate children."

"Just treat it like raising a cat or dog, and just give it a bowl of food."

Jia Min stood a little shaky, "Why can't I explain this clearly?"

Shi Yifang was speaking in her ear, but the voice seemed to come from far away, "Jia Min, I hate your sticky nature the most. You can't raise a concubine's eldest son so well."

"Otherwise your little son will become a poor thing. Oh! Come on, let's go in!"

Jia Min looked around blankly, at Lin Ruhai and the Prince of Nan'an.

Oh my God! This bubble of lies is getting bigger and bigger. When it can no longer hold up and bursts, what shall I do?

Why didn't anyone come to my rescue? Why are you so indifferent? You could at least explain it to me.

Suddenly, her daughter's voice broke her embarrassment, "Haotian! Come back!"