Rebirth of the Lin family's wife

Chapter 73

As soon as Hui Yimei and Lin Yuexian returned to the west courtyard where Dafang was, Xiaohong and Zhang's mother surrounded them.

"Miss, you're finally back..." Xiaohong stepped forward red-eyed, wanted to hold Hui Yimei's hand but didn't dare, took a final step back, and bowed to Hui Yimei.

"Again, it's Second Grandma who's back!" Mama Zhang said while wiping her tears

I haven't seen her for two years, Xiao Hong has gained a lot of weight, and the big braid that used to hang down her head has now become a braid, neatly tied behind her head; while Zhang's mother has a ruddy complexion, and a small braid tied around her waist. The floral apron looks good.

Hui Yi smiled and said, "Xiaohong, why have you gained so much weight? Mama Zhang, you look so energetic!"

Xiaohong felt a little embarrassed, lowered her head and took a step back.

Mother Zhang smiled and said, "Second Grandma, you don't know... Xiaohong gave birth to a boy weighing more than seven catties! She's a little thinner now, but she's even fatter."

Hui Yi frowned, then laughed, "So fast?"

Mother Zhang also laughed, "Quick! At the end of the year you left, she got married and became pregnant in the spring of the second year! Mrs. (Lin) is so nice, I renewed my contract with her for another two years... When Xiaohong gave birth, not only did she grant her a two-month leave, but she also gave her a package worth ten yuan... No, Xiaohong's son is already six months old now..."

Hui Yimei said sincerely, "Xiaohong, congratulations!"

Xiaohong blushed.

She glanced at Hui Yi's flat stomach, hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing.

Hui Yimei and Lin Yuexian went to the main room first.

Elder Lin sprained his waist and was lying on the bed hugging a pillow; Lin Yuelan, who had a schoolgirl's head cut off, stood beside the elder's bed with great excitement, looking at his brother and sister-in-law with red eyes.

Master Lin was also very happy.

It's just that he was getting old, and his waist was twisted again, and he accidentally pulled the tendons in his back when he got excited... But he only said three or four sentences to them, and he said "ouch" several times...

In the end, Mrs. Lin couldn't see it anymore, and said angrily, "Okay, you can rest! Let the children go back to the room to wash and wash... If you want to talk in the future, there is a great chance!"

"Good! Good," Master Lin nodded and said, "Mother Lan'er, quickly send a jar of the Pu'er that I hid last year and the Longjing that I collected this year... The two of them have been away for a long time, homesick Right? Do you want some tea?"

Hui Yimei quickly said, "Thank you dad for always thinking about..."

"Ouch!" he groaned again.

Everyone in the room laughed.

Lin Yuelan sent her brother and sister-in-law out of the main house.

Hui Yimei looked at sister-in-law's feet.

"How is it? Does it hurt?" she asked Lin Yuelan.

Lin Yuelan had a short watermelon skin hairstyle, a pink lace headband, a black knee-length pleated skirt and a light blue long-sleeved skirt, white socks and thick-soled black leather shoes. Ordinary schoolgirl dress up.

She smiled and said to Hui Yimei, "Sister-in-law, my feet don't hurt... Don't worry, my mother is very willing to spend money on shoes for me. All my shoes are foreign-made platform shoes, and she will buy sophomores specially. Then put thick cotton pads in my shoes. As long as the bones on the soles of the feet are not hurt, my feet will be fine... However, it’s just that summer is a bit tough. The soles of these shoes are too thick, and my feet tend to sweat. It stinks when I sweat, and I dare not live on campus, so my father arranged for a car to pick me up after school every day."

As she spoke, she added, "But this is already good, at least when I walk outside, no one will laugh at my feet anymore..."

Hui Yimei looked at her carefully.

Lin Yuelan is also a beauty.It's just that she is small in stature, compared to the tall Lin Yuexian, she doesn't look like she was raised by a mother at all... and although she has a smile on her face, she still speaks softly. It can be seen that, Although she has been studying at a missionary girls' middle school for the past two years, she is still very shy.

"How is your studies?" Hui Yimei asked again.

Lin Yuelan finally showed a proud expression on her face.

"Sister-in-law, I have entered a girls' high school now. Father Tom found me the test papers of the college entrance examination over the years and asked me to do it..." It could be seen that she was a little proud, but she wanted to suppress it. He pursed his lips and smiled, "My grades are not bad! However, Lin Si doesn't plan to go to college anymore, so... I, I'm a little worried that my grandmother won't let me go to college..."

At the beginning, Lin Yuelan was quite happy with her academic performance; but when she thought that Lin Si didn't want to miss college at all, and her grandmother would not let her pass Lin Si in order to suppress her, she probably wouldn't agree either. Going to college by herself... Lin Yuelan was immediately discouraged.

Hui Yimei took sister-in-law's hand, patted it, and comforted, "Don't worry, you just take the exam... If you volunteer, you can fill in Fudan University in Shanghai."

Lin Yuelan was taken aback, "Fudan University?"

Fudan University is a famous school. Although Lin Yuelan has good grades, she still dares not think about it.

"You can't pass the exam?" Hui Yi raised her eyebrows, and provoked her, "You can't even pass the exam, and you are worried that they won't let you go to university!"

Lin Yuelan took a few breaths before saying, "I will definitely pass the exam!"

After thinking about it, she still hesitated, "Sister-in-law, but if I really pass the exam..."

Huiyi glanced at Lin Yuexian, who was standing beside her with a smile and said nothing, and said with a smile, "With your brother here, are you still afraid that you won't be able to go to university after being admitted?"

Lin Yuelan glanced at her elder brother standing beside her sister-in-law, bit her lip and nodded vigorously.

Hui Yimei and sister-in-law said a few more words and then separated, Lin Yuelan went to the main room to serve Elder Lin, Hui Yimei and Lin Yuexian went back to the east wing.

The east wing is still the same as before.

The eight-step rosewood bed, the four-page screen, the Duobao Pavilion, the big book table, the big wardrobe and the imperial concubine couch...

It can be seen that Xiaohong and Zhang's mother must have been very careful to maintain the neatness and cleanliness of the house; under the window sill, in the Duobao Pavilion, on the desk, and wherever the eyes can see, everything is spotless.

But there was still an indescribable coldness in the room.

Hui Yimei took a deep breath.

Man, what a strange creature.

It turned out that when I was in England, I was always concerned about this land in my heart.But after I came back, I felt that the environment was so oppressive...it was really hard to breathe.

Hui Yimei didn't rush to change clothes or anything.

She circled the house twice, and told Xiao Hong, "Go to the flower room and ask for some bunches of flowers. I put a bunch of flowers under the window sill in my house, put a bunch in your second master's study, and put a bunch in the main room outside." ... I also put curtains on the window. I want small flowers on a white background. If we have ready-made ones, you can find them and let me see them before hanging them up. Come back and show me... I also changed the mosquito net on the bed, and replaced it with grasshoppers..."

Xiaohong agreed repeatedly, lifted the curtain and went out.

Hui Yimei opened the closet and looked, and found that more than half of it was new clothes from different seasons. Presumably, these were newly made by her mother-in-law for her and Lin Yuexian according to the season...

She smiled, and found two sets of silk home clothes from the cabinet.

As soon as Lin Yuexian entered the room, he lay down on the imperial concubine's couch.

He has been silent and did not speak, Mei Huiyi did not bother him.

There was the sound of Zhang's mother knocking on the door lightly in the ear room, presumably the hot water in the ear room was ready.

Hui Yimei threw the men's home clothes in her hand to Lin Yuexian, turned around and entered the ear room with her clothes in her arms; Lin Yuexian's study also had an ear room for bathing, so he would take a bath in the study.

After taking a comfortable bath and washing her hair again, Hui Yimei came out with her wet long hair wrapped in a dry towel; Xiao Hong had already returned, and greeted her with a few dry towels in her hand, helping her to do her makeup Sitting down in front of the stage, he began to rub her hair.

"Where is the reception banquet tonight?" Hui Yimei asked.

Xiaohong replied softly, "If you want to go back to Miss, the reception banquet will be held in the flower hall next to the old lady's main room...Everyone will go, except our Eldest Master hurt his back, and the Eldest Wife will not go either... The Grandpa on the second room side Grandma, Third Master, and Fourth Miss are all going..."

Hui Yimei didn't speak.

Xiao Hong glanced at Hui Yi's eyebrows from the mirror, and said cautiously, "...Miss, you and my uncle walked away in a hurry that year, and what happened later...There are rumors outside, so let's talk about the uncle and sister of the Lin family...Brother The grandma was confined by the old lady to stay in bed, and then the third master disappeared. The second wife cried with the old lady all day long, and later, the old lady asked Yin'e, a maid in her room... to our grand master Became a concubine..."

Hui Yimei's fists were clenched tightly at once.

Xiaohong continued, "As soon as Yin'e entered our west courtyard, the people outside... started laughing at our elder again, saying that he is almost 60 years old, and also insulted the beautiful maidservant who is eighteen or nineteen years old at home. ...In this way, the scandal about the uncle and sister-in-law that was caused earlier will be covered up in this way..."

Hui Yi clenched her cheeks tightly.

No wonder Lin Yuexian didn't speak just now.

Master Lin and Mrs. Lin are really pitiful to the parents of the world. It has been more than two years, and they have never said a word to Lin Yuexian and themselves about these grievances...

"Then why don't you see this concubine today?" Hui Yi asked coldly.

Xiaohong looked at the door, then at the window, and then said in a low voice, "...It's strange to say, this Yin'e looks so delicate, but besides going to greet the old lady every day, once she enters Our west courtyard is closed, and we don't hear anything outside the window... And the elder has never been in her room, let alone passed the water... When she first came, we didn't want to see her, But after these two years, she still behaves the same... Later, Mama Zhang asked someone to inquire, and said that Yin'e used to have a fiancé in her hometown in the countryside, and later Yin'e came to Lin's house as a maid, She joined the army. Two years ago, her fiancé came back and said that he broke a leg during the war and suffered injuries all over his body, but Yin'e still insisted on marrying him..."

"This Yin'e is a noble character, but her elder brother and sister-in-law are too greedy for money. They heard that the old lady wanted to take a concubine for our grand lord, and they were greedy for the dowry, so they recommended Yin'e to the old lady... Anyway, Now the eldest wife treats Yin'e very well, so Mama Zhang also restrains me, telling me not to make things difficult for Yin'e, saying that Yin'e may also be a miserable person..." Xiaohong said in one breath.

Hui Yimei breathed a sigh of relief.

She remembered it well.

In the previous life, Master Lin also took Yin'e as his concubine, but he sent Yin'e to marry after a few years...

It seems that good luck tricks people, in this life, Yin'e is still the nominal concubine of Mr. Lin.

"After you and the second master left, the uncle and the old lady mentioned it several times, saying that they would take the eldest grandma, the young master and the young lady back to Hangzhou. No matter how much the old lady and the second wife persuaded him, the eldest grandma quarreled with him. After a fight...he gave up the idea, now, he stays in the study every day to drink away his sorrows, but I heard that he went crazy with drinking, wrote many poems, and published books..."

"Where is the eldest grandma... Hey, she is really amazing!" Xiaohong's tone was a little resentful, "Relying on the treasure in her belly, she was showing off in the Lin Mansion... Once, she fell in love with her." Your dowry is the pair of rosewood carved eight-treasure boxes. You don’t know, she brought people to our west courtyard with her big belly, and insisted on forcing Mama Zhang to open the storeroom door, saying that the pair of eight-treasure boxes You promised to give it to her..."

"You're not here, how dare Mama Zhang and I open the door of the warehouse! It happened that I was there with my stomach full, so I knelt in front of the warehouse door and cried, and Mama Zhang also ran to the old lady with disheveled hair and cried, which saved our life. The small storeroom... Later, our (Hui) wife came to visit Grandma Bai and taunted her, and she finally calmed down."

Hui Yimei sneered, but said to Xiaohong, "When I'm not around, you and Mama Zhang will suffer a lot!"

Xiaohong smiled, "Look at what you said! During the days when you were away, Mama Zhang and I ate and drank delicious food in the mansion, and we had a very leisurely time... But the mansion is in a mess, and we are looking forward to your return , I hope you don't come back...ah, let me tell you about the third master again!"

Hui Yi's eyebrows suddenly moved.

"The third master came back last month. If you see him, don't be too surprised. He seems to be a completely different person! Except for the same eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth, the whole person looks the same as before. It's not the same at all... It is said that he came back to recuperate from his injuries, but I saw him as tall and strong, and he still practiced boxing every day... I really don't know where he was injured, ah, by the way, beside him There are always a few guards with guns... Once I met him in the small garden, hey, it scared me! But he just walked away without even looking at me... ..."

Speaking of this, Xiaohong still seemed to have lingering fears, "...Miss, can we move out and live alone? Although this Lin Mansion is nice, I don't think it's like our home. It's uncomfortable to live in..."

(End of this chapter)