Lu Jianxin and Lin Yuzhen both thought that the couple in the second house were too cunning. The eldest son of the second house, Lu Shao, was already eleven years old and couldn't be fooled anymore. The second son, Lu Jing, had been sly since he was young and wasn't a good thing. The third son, Lu Lun, was too young to tell whether he was good or bad, but he was also very mischievous. No matter how you looked at it, the couple in the third house were easier to deal with and control. Coincidentally, their eldest son, Lu Jian, had been born intelligent and handsome since childhood, with a strong body and a quiet and clever personality. He was also filial and understanding, clearly a good seedling. The only drawback was that this child was already seven years old, a bit older, and already understood things, but what did it matter? Take him far away, let him be separated from his biological parents, and slowly raise him. When he knew the benefits of being a son to the first house, he would naturally be fine.

  So Lu Jianxin opened his mouth, and for Old Master Lu and Old Madam Lu, both palms and backs of the hands are flesh, as long as they are selected from their own grandson, who is the same, let the eldest son and daughter-in-law say who it is, besides, the third house couple, one is not good at literature or martial arts, has a weak character, and is not capable, and the other's family also doesn't have much power, and the dowry is not rich either, so for the third house, this is still a good thing, they didn't even ask about the third house's opinion, and it was decided like this.

  As expected, the incompetent Lu San Ye was reluctant to give up, but he didn't even dare to fart, let alone say anything. Lu San Tai Tai was heartbroken and cried out loud several times, but in the end, she couldn't win against her husband's decision and could only watch with tears in her eyes as her eldest son started calling her "Auntie". As for Lu Jian, after all, he was just a child, nobody would ask for his opinion.

  The Second Mistress's schemes to win him over came to nothing, leaving her seething with resentment and anger but unable to do anything about it. Lin Yuzhen had snatched away the most outstanding son of another family, but she was uneasy in her heart. She took her stepson and daughter and followed Lu Jianxin to Jiangnan, planning to cut off all ties with the Third Mistress and focus on cultivating feelings with him. Lu Xian was very promising, showing a talent for learning, being diligent and serious, doing things with great propriety and elegance, being filial and obedient to his foster parents, and considerate and caring towards his sister. No matter how picky Lin Yuzhen was, she couldn't find any fault in him. His only major shortcoming was that he was taciturn and rarely spoke unless necessary, often going a whole day without saying more than a few words.

  What's taken by force is taken by force, what isn't one's own isn't one's own. No matter how well Lu Xian performed, Lu Jianxin had never given up on the idea of having a child of his own flesh and blood. In his spare time, he was constantly searching for and trying out various methods to have children, diligently cultivating the concubine's body; while Lin Yuzhen grew more anxious with age, always worried that Lu Xian's good performance was actually a silent discontent. Such a deep and thoughtful person would be hard to grasp in the future, so after careful consideration, she decided to carefully select a niece from her hometown to marry Lu Xian, thinking that having a cousin and niece together could help secure Lu Xian's heart. That's why today she brought Lin Jiner to take a close look, and before this, she had already examined three other nieces of suitable age. This concerned her future life, so she couldn't help but be meticulous.

  In the past, Lin Jinyong was unaware of the truth and only felt that this proud and arrogant aunt treated her with great courtesy, so she would often go to Lin Yuzhen's face. At this moment, she had already experienced it once and knew that this aunt of hers only recognized them as aunts and nieces when needed, but when not needed, she was not even as trustworthy as an outsider, so she naturally hid as far away as possible.

  Lin Yuzhen, however, did not let go of Lin Jinyong. She held onto one hand and grasped Lin Shenzhi's with the other, smiling: "It's been many years since we last met, so Auntie should at least return to her maiden home once. I've brought gifts for all my nephews and nieces; they're already delivered, you can see them as soon as you enter your room."

  Lin Jinyong had no choice but to pull Lin Shenzhi and thank him again.

  "What's the need for courtesy among family members?" Lin Yuzhen smiled and said: "Ayun, come and greet your fourth older cousin and seventh younger cousin."

  Lu Yun had just blinked her eyes and stared at Lin Jianrong, hearing her mother's order, she smiled and stood up, warmly greeting Lin Jianrong and his siblings: "I've met Fourth Sister when I was a kid, but Seventh Brother is someone I've never met before."

  "In the blink of an eye, all three sisters have grown up so big." Lin Jin felt a bit like he was in a dream. Lu Yun was like a happy oriole, chattering non-stop. Lin Yu Zhen pulled Lin Shen into her arms, holding pastries to coax him to speak.

  Taoshi led Wu Shi and the people in the house to pay their respects, sat down, and only then did she notice the situation on this side. She couldn't help but feel very surprised. Lin Yuzhen and herself had always been quite displeased with each other before, so why was she being so affectionate with Lin Jinxia's siblings? Thinking about it again, she remembered how coldly she had treated Lin Yuzhen previously, yet Lin Yuzhen didn't seem to be offended by it. This was because of the agreement between the Lin and Lu families, which had some ulterior motives. Although Lu Xian was not bad and seemed to have a bright future ahead of him, he was not a biological child after all. Lin Yuzhen was also not someone easy to get along with, making their relationship complicated. If Nangnang were to marry into that family, she would be subject to pressure from both sides, which wouldn't be a good match.

  Just as she was thinking, her eldest daughter Lin Jianyin came over and whispered: "Mother, Auntie said that I am the oldest in age and will be married next year. She gave me a pair of gold bars with cat's eye stone inlays as a gift for meeting. It's a good thing. I just asked around and heard that the rest of my sisters all got a pair of red gold wristlets, and my brothers all got a high-quality Korean silver mud painting fan."

  Tao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't expect that his old rival would be so generous this time. The gift he had prepared earlier was now awkward to give, and he was thinking about what kind of gift to return when Lu Yun pulled Lin Jianrong over to him.

  "His niece was paying respects to his third aunt." Lu Yun glanced at Tao Shi with a pair of bright, black eyes and chuckled: "Actually, I wanted to pay my respects to Third Aunt earlier, but she's been busy and I didn't dare disturb her."

  It's actually Tao's family didn't give her the chance.

  "Good boy, you must be tired from the long journey, can you bear it?" Mrs. Tao smiled, she was a strong-minded person, after receiving Lin Yuzhen's generous gift, she wouldn't be stingy and lose face in front of her own family, so she immediately took off the pair of gold-inlaid jade armlets she was wearing and gave them to Lu Yun as a gift for their meeting, and also instructed Lin Jirong and Lin Jianyun to take good care of Lu Yun.

  "We'll take turns resting, and Brother will handle everything on the road, so we won't get tired." Lu Yun saw that the armlets were made of genuine gold and the best jade, a gift of great value. She couldn't help but smile even more brightly, and her attitude towards Lin Jinrong and Lin Jinyan became even more affectionate. Lin Jinrong looked around in all directions, searching for her three cousins everywhere. In their past lives, they had wanted to marry Lu Xian so much that they were crazy with desire, but ultimately didn't succeed and ended up resenting him deeply. Now she really hoped they would hurry up and appear, surrounding the mother and daughter of the Lu family, so she could slip away unnoticed.

  However, her eyes scanned the room and didn't see the three younger sisters, which made her feel quite curious. After a while, she took advantage of a gap to quietly ask Lin Jianyin: "Sister, where are the three younger sisters?"

  Lin Jianyin smiled and said, "They were all here earlier, but then they all had something to do and left." In fact, Lu Duan had left first, and then the three little girls had also made excuses to slip away. Lin Jianyin was a person who was about to get married, and there was an agreement between the two families of Lin and Lu, so how could she not understand the thoughts of her three younger sisters? In comparison, it was actually her own younger sister's thoughts that were simpler. Her younger sister had grown up, and there were some things that she should be aware of, Lin Jianyin thought for a moment, then added another sentence: "When you came, did you meet your second older cousin from the Lu family? He said he was going to stroll in the garden."

  "They met, and he was playing chess with Wu Xiang." Lin Jinrong was no longer the simple-minded little girl that Lin Jin Yin thought she was. She immediately understood what Lin Jin Yin wanted to say. But it was strange, why weren't those three girls together with Lu Jian?

  Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives. Lin Jingrong was just asking about the whereabouts of those three sisters when he saw three little girls dressed in floral finery, all with identical buns on their heads, walking in together.

  When she first wore a pink blue skirt, a pair of exquisite small golden hairpins were inserted on the braid, it was Lin Wu Niang's daughter Lin Jianyi from the main house. She had a long face, phoenix eyes, and a few freckles on both sides of her nose, her cheeks were slightly red, and her small white teeth were lightly biting her tender red lower lip, looking quite unhappy.

  Behind them, two girls wearing the same pink dress with a golden lock around their necks, they looked similar in height and weight, with the same pale complexion, arched eyebrows, big eyes, and upturned noses. They were the twin sisters of the second house, Jianzhu and Jianyu. The only difference between them was that Jianzhu had an extra mole on her left earlobe. The two sisters held hands, smiling, and seemed to be in high spirits, as if they had encountered something delightful.

  These three sisters are all lovely in their own ways, none of them is ugly. As soon as they appeared, they attracted the attention of most people in the house. However, most people were more interested in the pretty identical twins, and Old Lady Lin also loved those sweet-mouthed and smiling twins. She beckoned to them: "What fun things have you seen that made you laugh like this? Quickly tell us about it."

  The twins bypassed the Fifth Girl and fluttered around Old Lady Lin like butterflies. Lin Liu glanced at the Fifth Girl, who was huffing and puffing on the side, and smiled: "Today is a good day for Grandma, so naturally there are many good things. We saw a large group of magpies chirping in the garden. We thought to ourselves, 'Don't the birds also know that our old lady is celebrating her birthday?' So we hurried over to report the good news to you!"

  The old lady laughed with her mouth wide open, but pretended to be skeptical: "This mouth of yours, just drank honey water, didn't it?"

  Lin Qi chimed in, "See, Sixth Sister, I told you the old lady wouldn't believe it. It's like this, right?" As she spoke, she quietly pushed Fifth Maiden away from Lin Yuzhen without making a sound.

  The fifth girl's face was even more sullen, and her personal maid Xiner also had an unjust expression.

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