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Lin Jinyong pretended to be tense and said: "I was just about to tell my mother about this. The black spirit stone base of Grandfathers memorial had come loose, and when Lu Wuge leaned against it lightly, it fell into the lotus pond. Fortunately, no one was hurt, or else it would have been disastrous. Brother was afraid of being blamed and wanted to jump into the pool to push the stone, but I thought that since its autumn, the water is cold, and its a big happy day, if he got sick from it, so I stopped him."
She pointed out three problems in one sentence. Firstly, the base of that Lingbi stone was loose; secondly, Lu Yun pushed it down; thirdly, if Lin Yizhen had any shortcomings, it would be a burden for the Tao family. You should know that your idle and anxious eldest and second aunts are waiting to see the joke of the three houses. As soon as Lin Jianrong finished speaking, he saw Wu Shi look at herself again with a hint of surprise, and then smiled coquettishly at Wu Shi, getting a nod of approval from her.
"Alright, Old Lady Gong, get a few people to hang up the stone, all the tools are ready, dont make any mistakes!" She said so, but in her heart, she was really unwilling.
"Yes, maam." Her confidant, Gōng Māma, bowed slightly and went out to attend to some business without mentioning it.
Chun Ya smiled and reminded Tao Shi: "Madam, I heard that the old ladys side is almost done, shouldnt we go over?"
Taoshi responded with a sound, one hand holding Wu Shi, just about to go and pull Lin Shen, when he saw Lin Rong had already pulled Lin Shen into his arms. His heart couldnt help but feel another wave of relief. After surviving great difficulties, there must be good fortune afterwards. The two young girls were frightened this time, but they became much more sensible.
Just as a few people were about to leave, Xia Ye, another senior maid from the Tao familys house, came in and whispered: "Madam, Huang Niang has arrived. She says shes here to pay her respects to Aunt."
At this time, you just came? She doesnt care! Isnt it just for that scoundrel Lin Yizhi? Mrs. Tao frowned and was about to call Xia Ye out to drive the person away when she was lightly pulled by Lin Jianrongs sleeve. She looked at her daughter with displeasure, but saw Lin Jianrong smile and say: "This is also a filial piety of Auntie. Mother will fulfill it for her." As expected, Huang Yiniang came quickly.
Tao looked at Wu again, and although Wu was smiling, her expression clearly disapproved of Taos behavior. With a cold smile, she said, "Let her in." She wanted to see what tricks this sly girl had up her sleeve.
She was slender, wearing a plain white jacket and skirt, with a crimson sash tied around her waist. She walked in with her head bowed, gentle and soft-spoken, greeting them: "I pay my respects to the mistress, I pay my respects to Aunt." She was only passably pretty, and compared to Tao Shi, she was like heaven and earth. But she had been serving Lin San Ye since childhood, so their relationship was different. In her youth, she had even played with Lin San Ye, adding a touch of elegance to her slender figure, making her stand out.
As soon as she saw her arch-nemesis, she was filled with hatred and her eyes sparkled with anger. In front of the guests and children, she forced herself to hold back, and with a fake smile said: "Get up. Youre not feeling well, arent you on leave? If Third Master finds out, hell say Im being too harsh on you again." Its no wonder she hated Huang Niang, they had been fighting for years, and Lin San Yes heart was biased, Tao Shi had suffered many grievances and had long since hated Huang Niang to the core.
Every tyrannical and cruel woman has a poor, bullied little white flower by her side. But Huang Niangniang, this little white flower, today did not exhibit the usual symptoms of being blown down by the wind or tearing up at the slightest word. Instead, she smiled normally and said: "Thank you for your concern, madam. You had someone deliver medicine to me early on, and Im much better now." She paused, looked deeply into Lin Jings eyes, showed him a grateful smile, then withdrew her gaze, fixed it on Tao Shi, and kowtowed heavily: "Madam, thank you so much. Right now, Fifth Young Master cant leave, but later hell come to kowtow and thank you too."
This was all for the sake of propriety, and although Huang Niangs demeanor seemed naturally humble, it was still a deliberate pose. Such behavior was unprecedented. Regardless of how much genuine gratitude she felt, the matter was still unresolved, and Tao Shi would have to explain himself clearly to Old Master Lin before Lin Yi could be completely exonerated. Lin Jinrong sighed inwardly, watching as Huang Niang followed him with a gentle smile, her emotions perfectly in place - his own wife couldnt compete with that! The old lady always lost out, and it wasnt without reason.
According to Lin Jianrongs understanding of Tao, Tao must be impatient and hypocritical with Huang Yiniang, turning good words into unpleasant ones, leaving no more than half of the original human feelings, and adding a few points of resentment. And what she had to do was to stop Tao from speaking out the unpleasant words, thinking that it was one thing in her heart, but not necessary to make it all appear before people - wasnt it because she couldnt pretend that she would be like this?
Lin Jinyong was thinking, when he heard Tao Shi say coldly: "No need, you go tell Lao Wu, let him stop jumping around and causing trouble for me. If not, then have the ability to make trouble and clean up your own mess, dont drag others down!" It was Huang Niangs words that stimulated her, why couldnt he leave? Wasnt it because Lin San Ye led him in front to entertain guests? But a concubines son, is he worth it?!
Lin Jianrong was unable to stop it, and could only exchange a bitter smile with Wu Shi. As the saying goes, "The mountains and rivers can be changed, but ones nature is hard to change." She thought that changing Tao Shis behavior in an instant would be too difficult, and also not in line with reality.
Madam Huang was already accustomed to the temperament of the Tao family, and although she had been stabbed with these few sentences without leaving any room for emotion, her face didnt change at all. She only lowered her eyebrows and eyes and said softly: "The madam is right. Later, I will let Young Master Wu come over to listen to the madams teachings."
Tao Shi got angry again. At first, she gave birth to Lin Jianyin in the third year after entering the door, and then there was no movement for two years. Under pressure, she had to stop taking Huang Niangs avoidance of childbearing medicine. Huang Niang was lucky and immediately became pregnant. She gave birth to a boy at once. When Lin Yizhi was born, Lin San Yes intention was that he hoped she could pay more attention to personally raise him. However, although she was slow to have children, it didnt mean she couldnt give birth. She was afraid of being plotted against by them and raising the illegitimate child as the legitimate one, so she refused to comply. She pretended that she couldnt bear to separate from her child and let Huang Niang raise him herself.
Then she became pregnant with Lin Jianrong, and at that time, it was unknown whether it was a boy or girl. Lin San Ye also didnt say much, but unexpectedly, it was another daughter. She was not resigned to this, gritted her teeth and decided to continue giving birth. Unfortunately, her fate was not good, and seven years passed again. In the fourteenth year after she entered the house, she finally gave birth to Lin Shen. During these years, Huang Niang and her son had Lin San Ye under their control, although it wasnt to the point of favoring the concubine over the wife, but they were always protective of him.
Afterwards, she was ridiculed by her sisters-in-law behind her back. Seeing how they handled such matters, she suddenly remembered that she should have agreed to raise the child and then refused to let go no matter what. She would have had a hold on Huangs wife with this child in hand. As for how to raise the child, it was none of her business! Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret, and no matter how much she regretted it now, it was too late. Watching them grow more powerful by the day while being powerless herself was infuriating!
As soon as Tao Shi got angry, she didnt want to pay attention to anyone and just kept a straight face, being petty and not speaking. Lin Jianrong hurriedly pulled her sleeve and nodded at Wu Shi, only then did Tao Shi humbly say: "Get up."
Huang Yiniang got up again with a humble expression, gazing deeply at Lin Jinyong, making Lin Jinyongs skin crawl. Dont look at me like that, Im not Lin San Ye, cant take your flirtatious gaze, Lin Jinyong raised his face and smiled: "The time is almost right, we need to go to Old Ladys place, are you going too, Yiniang?"
With a status like Huang Niangs, even if she went, it would be just like Ya Tou standing by to serve the Tao family. In the past, Huang Niang was fond of pretending to be something she wasnt, but after being publicly reprimanded by the Tao family twice, Lin San Ye took pity on his "only son" Lin Yi Zhis dignity and made a deal with the Tao family to spare Huang Niang from such gatherings. Having grown accustomed to this over the years, Lin Jin Rong thought that Huang Niang would just come to show her face and probably wouldnt follow them, which is why he asked this question.
But then Huang Niang laughed and said: "I havent served the madam for a long time, the other day San Ye scolded me, the madam was lenient, I dont know the rules of seniority." It turned out that she wanted to follow and serve Mrs. Tao.
Taos thoughts were similar to Lin Jianrongs, thinking she wouldnt go. Hearing her say this, he was taken aback at first, then coldly laughed: "Suit yourself, but if youre not feeling well, hurry back and lie down, dont let people think Im being harsh on you again." She gritted her teeth on the word "again", grinding it out between them. Wasnt she worried that Tao would say one thing to her face and another behind her back, speaking ill of Lin Yizhen? But Tao Cailin wasnt so despicable, never stooping to such things!
"Madam!" Huang Niangniang blinked, a warm and gentle smile spreading across her lips as she spoke in a soft and measured tone: "Everyone says that Madam has a bad temper, but I know that Madam is actually very kind. I remember all the good things Madam has done for me, and I truly want to serve Madam with sincerity." She was openly telling Tao Shi that since Tao Shi and her daughter had helped Lin Yizhen cover up todays incident, she would now flatter them in front of the first wife, second wife, and their guests.
Tao was born with a proud bone, never willing to yield to others, but ironically she only yielded to softness and not hardness. Huangs concubine had softened her stance and handed it over to her, so she couldnt find anything to say, blinked her eyes, and sullenly pulled Wus wife away in a hurry.
Lin Jinyong held Lin Shenzhis chubby hand and deliberately walked slowly behind.
Huang Yiniang also didnt have the slightest intention of shrinking her head and keeping a low profile, with a self-awareness that made people dislike her. She smiled and chatted with Lin Jinyong: "Fourth Young Lady hasnt seen Madame yet, right? I heard Madame brought many longevity gifts, some of which were rare goods from overseas that no one has ever seen before. That young master is really handsome, among the sons of the Lin, Lu, and Wu families of this generation, hes number one in every aspect. I heard earlier that Old Master and several uncles took turns asking him questions, but none of them could stump him. What was his name again? It seemed like it was Lu Xian? And hes the same age as Second Young Master Wu."
Lin Jinyongs heart skipped a beat, almost unable to breathe. From dying to coming back to life, being abandoned and then seeing her enemy again, it was all just a brief moment! Even with her mental preparation, listening to Huang Niangniang repeatedly mention this name made her hatred surge to the heavens.
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P.S: Some thoughts about this article of mine:
The psychological activities of the female protagonist in Rebirth are difficult to grasp. First, she was wrongly killed, so there must be resentment in her heart. Then, unintentionally, she became a resentful woman, and unintentionally again, she became a holy mother. Therefore, every time, I have to repeatedly modify and think, put myself in her shoes, what kind of behavior and thinking is most in line with logic?
Is rebirth necessarily a bloody revenge? I dont think so. In my opinion, the greatest benefit of rebirth is being able to foresee the future, avoid calamities, and adopt the most effective and stable methods to change unfavorable situations for oneself and loved ones. No matter what means are used, as long as they can smoothly achieve their goals, they are good means. As a person who died unjustly, there must be hatred and resentment in their heart, but with different personalities, the ways and methods of dealing with the current situation will also be different.
I saw comments saying that they found the female leads attitude towards her brother strange, but I really didnt think so. When writing this part, I repeatedly thought and revised it.
First of all, I acknowledge that there are indeed irreconcilable contradictions between legitimate and illegitimate children, let alone being close. The female lead I am going to write will absolutely not be such a fool or a saint.
Secondly, at this time, the heroines older brother had not yet become her enemy. Given that she was reborn and is now at her current age and status, it is impossible for her to appear out of nowhere and be extremely cruel and ruthless, trampling people mercilessly. I think this doesnt make sense logically.
Extend a hand to someone who is about to become an enemy but has not yet become one, does not mean to beg for their favor and pity, but rather to take the most advantageous action and plan for oneself and loved ones based on ones circumstances, age, and strength at that time. The question is, when knowing the outcome and having no power or opportunity to fight back, should one first stabilize him and prevent him from becoming an enemy, or rush forward and continue down the original tragic path?
Since it can be avoided, since youve already done a "good deed", why do you still have to put on a life-and-death attitude and glare at each other with ugly faces? Shouldnt doing something that makes the other person feel good make them grateful to you, seize the opportunity to gain the greatest benefit for yourself, but instead make the other person resent you for not being grateful? Its better not to do it then.
I think this heroine should be optimistic and brave in facing reality, strong and courageous, and good at judging the situation.
The above is my thoughts on this article, and I welcome everyones criticism and correction. I throw out a few ideas to inspire others, and I invite everyone to discuss with me together.
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