"Mother by son gui" is a widely circulated saying, feudal society, women's status is low, have to be attached to men, take the Ming Dynasty Empress Hu, although famous for her sage, but because she did not give birth to a son was deposed tragically, since then "Empress Hu was deposed without fault" everyone knows, and this matter also happened often in the late Qing Republic of China, there are families of dignitaries, concubines and concubines fight for 4 sons, the original match and daughter squeezed into the courtyard, the daughter is now a household name.
This little concubine is named Cheng Guilin, although the background is not good, but the person is very beautiful, the personality is also warm as water, after marrying Lin Changmin, who came from a scholarly family, she is very pleasing to her husband and mother-in-law, not to mention that Cheng Guilin also gave birth to 4 sons for Lin Changmin in a row, and the status in the Lin family naturally increased day by day.
And in front of the door of Cheng Guilin's marriage, Lin Changmin has already married two wives, the first wife and his door to the door, the two have a good relationship after marriage, but the wife is not in good health, did not leave a son and a half daughter to die, and later Lin Changmin married He Xueyuan, the daughter of a rich merchant in Zhejiang, it can be said that He Xueyuan is Lin Changmin's main room.
It is said that Jiangnan women are not only beautiful, but also gentle personality, but He Xueyuan was raised in the palm of her parents' hands, she was cared for and raised, so she was not only arrogant, but also did not understand etiquette, although Lin Changmin's mother did not read any books like He Xueyuan, but she also knew a little about Qinqi calligraphy and painting, and knew dali, so He Xueyuan entered the Lin family, and she was very unpopular with her mother-in-law.
Although He Xueyuan gave birth to a son for her husband after marriage, she died early, and the two daughters only lived one, He Xueyuan's situation in the Lin family was becoming more and more difficult, and Lin Changmin did not like this wife more and more, so he did not hesitate to marry the beautiful Cheng Guilin back.
After Cheng Guilin received praise from the Lin family, Lin Changmin took the ill-tempered He Xueyuan and his daughter Lin Huiyin to the backyard, Lin Huiyin,In his childhood, his ears were either her mother's complaints or her mother's quarrels with her father, in fact, Lin Huiyin's father rarely came to the small courtyard where she and her mother stayed.
But in such a growing environment, Lin Huiyin knows how to win the favor of the elders, and she is very smart, so Lin Huiyin has been valued by Lin Changmin, which does not mean that Lin Huiyin is happy, but she does live a different life from her mother.
Moreover, Lin Huiyin is more intelligent than The four sons of Cheng Guilin, and Lin Changmin is also willing to raise his daughter and take Lin Huiyin with him, so that Lin Huiyin has increased his insight and eventually become a famous architect, poet and writer in modern China.