Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

Chapter 272 Hot Porridge and Incense Ashes

Mrs. Wang thought to herself that if it weren't for this incident, she should have publicly mentioned the severance of the relationship with the Lin family a long time ago.

To break off the relationship, the old lady must have a suitable reason.

What reason does a mother need to cut off ties with her child? The label of being unfilial is enough to overwhelm a person.

Your Majesty just wants an attitude.

But the Lin family is really cunning. They have been keeping quiet all these years since they came to Beijing. Now it is too late for them to realize that they are trying to gain reputation by giving out porridge.

We must not get involved with the Lin family.

When she gave out porridge, we also gave out porridge, which made us seem like followers.

Haven’t you seen that the sensible families in Beijing no longer provide free porridge?

Today, His Majesty is sincere in his desire to promote Taoism. Now both Buddhism and Taoism are extremely prosperous, and the incense is burning day and night.

There is an endless stream of devout believers.

Seeing that the mansion had made arrangements, Youshi no longer mentioned it.

Mrs. Xing smiled coldly and said sarcastically, "I don't think the Bodhisattva needs our incense money, but the people who are almost starving need a bite of food."

"This rich man thinks differently from us, the little people. He would rather turn into ashes of wood carvings and clay sculptures than feed the common people."

Grandmother Jia's expression also fell, "Old Master's wife, I think it's time to shut your mouth."

"Take the fruit from the fruit bowl in front and eat it!"

Mrs. Xing's eyes widened and she immediately said, "You are treating me like a child. Those are leftovers from the ancestor worship."

Wang Xifeng smiled coldly, "The food offered to the ancestors must be good, and it won't make you sick."

"Some girls have stomach problems and get upset every other day."

Mrs. Xing said with a straight face, "You are talking about Qiu Tong, right? Is it because she is weak that she got upset, or is it because you did something bad? Who can tell?"

"The Wang family is powerful, who doesn't know it?"

When Grandmother Jia saw that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were about to confront each other again, she glared at them.

"Stop making trouble. Don't you think there's not enough to do at home?"

"Come early tomorrow. When my second son's wife and I return from the palace, we will naturally bring back the queen's decree."

At this time, Yuanyang came in again to report, "Old Madam, my aunt Lin's family and my uncle Wang's family have all sent gifts for Madam's birthday tomorrow."

"Butler Lai came over to ask if you received anything else?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang raised her eyebrows and stared at Lady Jia.

Grandmother Jia hesitated for a moment and said to Yuanyang, "Should we return the lady's to her?"

"Just tell her that she doesn't have to send birthday gifts to the Empress anymore."

As soon as Lady Jia said this, the women present immediately understood that the old lady was trying to humiliate Jia Min.

Return the gift you gave!

Does Jia Min still have any shame?

……

As expected, I received the gift returned by the Jia family, and I heard that they were not allowed to send gifts in the future.

Jia Min was so angry that she was shaking all over. She seemed to not believe it was true. She confirmed it again.

"Banxia, ​​tell me again, what did your mother say?"

Banxia looked indignant, "Madam, our steward who came back reported that the old lady said that we don't need to send them anymore in the future."

"The Queen doesn't want our stuff!"

Jia Min's eyes were blank. She turned around and asked Lin Daiyu, "Daiyu, what do you think your grandmother meant?"

"Do you think our gift is too simple?"

Lin Daiyu had never expected that the aristocrats of this era were most particular about courtesy and reciprocity.

At weddings, funerals, festivals and celebrations, no matter how bad the relationship is, people try to maintain their face.

Even if enemies meet, they can still smile and forget their grudges!

Now that Lady Jia slapped Jia Min in public like this, there must be some heartless reason behind it.

The reason lies not in my family but in the Jia family.

Thinking of this, she said to Jia Min, who was at a loss, helpless and miserable,

"Mom! Don't worry about it. We can save money by returning it."

Lin Daiyu tried to comfort Jia Min,

"Only a loving mother can give her son a filial piety. If they don't want it, I'll save myself the trouble. I won't send it to them again in the future."

Jia Min felt sad and said to Lin Daiyu, "Your grandmother treated me like this. Did we do something wrong?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and took Jia Min's hand, "Mother, what do you think you did wrong?"

Jia Min couldn't think of it.

"That's it, you are not wrong, I am not wrong, it's others who are wrong."

"Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, and you have something to do tonight."

"Why think about unhappy things." Lin Daiyu's consolation could not make Jia Min feel better immediately.

"What should we do in the third year of junior high school?" Jia Min continued to ask.

"Why don't we go to your grandmother's house as we always do in previous years."

Lin Daiyu sighed, "Mother, we should go."

"Anyway, my daughter didn't take the initiative to talk about breaking off the engagement."

"In a mother-daughter relationship, the daughter is naturally inferior."

"For example, if you are angry with me, can I not acknowledge you as my mother?"

"You are the only one who denies me first."

At this point, Lin Daiyu saw that Jia Min was about to glare at her again.

She continued, "Of course, if we go there, there are two possibilities."

"They welcome us, so we should eat and drink."

"Everything is harmonious."

"If they don't let us in at all, then we will go home immediately without stopping for a moment."

When it comes to being decisive, who else can be as decisive as I am? If it weren't for Jia Min's mother-daughter love, I would have broken off the relationship long ago.

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu continued,

"People treat us as the God of Plague, but we will never treat others as the God of Wealth."

Jia Min sighed and said to herself, "Alas, I have accepted all the New Year gifts sent to me a few days ago, but I won't accept the gifts sent to the Empress."

"Maybe the queen has something against us."

Lin Daiyu ignored Jia Min's displeasure.

And there is a faint feeling,

The Lin family and the Jia family may really have to separate. This is also good. It is best to make it more spectacular. In the future, the Jia family will be confiscated.

First, it won't implicate the Lin family, and second, if I only save a few people, I won't be blamed.

Thinking of this, she turned around and secretly told Qingwen and Zijuan,

"Find some people who often go out and mention it to them, saying that the gift that the Lin family gave to the queen has been returned."

"Let's make them famous too."

After hearing this, Qingwen hurried out to make arrangements.

Now Qingwen walks briskly, and her cousin and his wife are very happy with her new job.

These two people have never been treated seriously in their entire lives. Now, one is a porridge chef who manages hundreds of people for meals, and the other is a teacher who manages orphans.

As two people with such an important task, they had to temporarily curb their laziness and act seriously.

Moreover, the restrictions on leaving the city were not so strict these days. The two people, who had changed their appearance, left the city easily like a gust of wind.

……

Now Lin Ruhai was holding a letter in his hand, feeling very anxious.

He looked at Wei Jiu opposite him, "Are you sure?"

"The Lin family sent someone to deliver a letter saying that the person who processed the identity of the prince has disappeared."

"And there has been no news of Jia Yucun for a long time."

Wei Jiu now looked like a guard of a wealthy family. He held the machete tightly in his hand.

He calmly said to Lin Ruhai, "Jia Yucun has been escorted back to Beijing."

"It will probably arrive in a few days."

"A man returns home on a snowy night. Lord Lin finally shows his true colors."

"Are you afraid?"

Lin Ruhai was so angry that he wanted to curse, I was tricked into coming here.

"What's so scary about whether I live or die? The key point is that I have betrayed my child."