Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 44 Funeral in Yangzhou City (8)

Zhen Yingjia saw that it would be useless for her to say more, so she changed the subject and said, "Mrs. Lin is gone, I don't know what Ru Hai plans?" What is the intention, so he said bluntly without concealing: "The official is over half a hundred years old, and one or two concubines in the back house were also bestowed by the first mother. I have no intention of doing this, so I will not marry again in advance."

Zhen Yingjia originally thought that she still had a younger sister who was young and beautiful, and she was a prostitute. Although it was a failure to arrange for the Zhuang family to enter the Lin Mansion, the situation is different now.Moreover, this woman is the daughter of the prostitute, which is not the same as that of the Zhuang family.

Zhen Yingjia also thought that Lin Ruhai would refuse, but even if she didn't want to pursue the matter of the Zhuang family, she shouldn't refuse.With the help of the Bai family, there is no need to worry about being unable to stand in the mansion.So even if Lin Ruhai shouldn't say it today, it's okay, but he doesn't want Lin Ruhai to block what he wants to say with a single word.

So Zhen Yingjia got angry and didn't want to stay any longer, just stood up to leave, who would have thought that Song Shi came in outside and said: "Master, Master Biao has brought Xing'er and Zhang Xin to the door." Zhen Yingjia was puzzled , who is this young master, and sat down again without saying a word.

When Lin Ruhai heard that Jia Lian had arrived, he was both surprised, annoyed, and heart-warming.Although he couldn't figure out what kind of emotion he was in for a while, he got up immediately, bowed his hands to Zhen Yingjia and said, "My wife and nephew traveled thousands of miles to mourn his late wife Jia." Zhen Yingjia nodded to show that he knew, but he didn't say whether to go or not .

Lin Ruhai can't speak more bluntly?Is it possible to say: Please leave?In desperation, he had no choice but to get up, and as soon as he heard the sound of the death bell coming from outside the door, he saw Jia Lian striding in in plain clothes.In an instant, his eyes were red.But he didn't want to be disrespectful, so he forced himself to be patient.

Jia Lian hadn't seen Lin Ruhai for half a year, but his temples were gray and his hair was full of hair, so his heart was sour.Seeing Lin Ruhai getting up to greet him in person, he hastily stepped forward and knelt down on the ground: "My nephew has seen my uncle." After speaking, he didn't care about the guests beside him, tears streaming down his face.

Think back to how suave and elegant Lin Ruhai was back then?It seemed like yesterday that Lin Ruhai was teaching and giving him careful instructions.When I saw it today, there was a sense of drooping.How can Jia Lian not be sad and heartbroken?

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but wiped the corners of his eyes lightly, before stepping forward to help him up.There are many things I want to ask, but due to Zhen Yingjia's presence, it is inconvenient to ask, so I nodded, and then pointed to Zhen Yingjia who was sitting next to him and said to him: "This lord is the president of Jinling Tirenyuan, Zhen My lord, I think you know it too."

Seeing Lin Ruhai's introduction like this, Jia Lian already made up his mind.Then he bowed to Zhen Yingjia and said, "Boy, Jia Lian has met Lord Zhen." Seeing Jia Lian's words, Zhen Yingjia was not happy, but thinking about the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian, he was determined that as long as he took hold of Jia's family, Lin Ruhai would return Can you run away?

Zhen Yingjia thought for a moment, as if looking at Jia Lian, and then said with a smile on her face: "My nephew, get up quickly, although you have never seen me before. But you and my family don't have to be so estranged, just call him uncle." After speaking, he pretended to be happy and smiled twice.Jia Lian just bowed his head and didn't respond.

Seeing this, Zhen Yingjia didn't argue with him too much.Thinking of going home, I sent someone, just send a letter to Mrs. Jia, and Mrs. Jia was sensible.Afraid that Jia Lian would offend Zhen Yingjia, Lin Ruhai hurriedly said, "You go and see your aunt first, she has been thinking about you all the time." After speaking, there were tears in her eyes, and she hurriedly waved Jia Lian to go down.

Knowing what Lin Ruhai meant, Jia Lian hurriedly bowed and retreated.Zhen Yingjia had already paid attention to it, so she didn't stop there, so she got up and cupped her hands to Lin Ruhai, "Today I came here to pay tribute to Mrs. Madam, but I didn't want to be disturbed by ordinary things. So I won't bother you any more, and I hope the festival will change." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lin Ruhai to respond, he turned around and walked out.

Lin Ruhai quickly collected his emotions and got up to see them off, and the two of them didn't say anything after sending them out of the gate.However, the alarm bell sounded in Lin Ruhai's heart.

Turning to the mourning hall, Jia Lian had already offered incense, and he and Daiyu cried together.Lin Ruhai sighed inwardly, stepped outside the mourning hall for a while before stepping in, without talking to the siblings, first put three pillars of fragrance on Jia Min.

Seeing Lin Ruhai coming, Jia Lian quickly wiped away her tears, and Daiyu also lowered her head.Lin Ruhai knew that they were afraid of making him feel bad, so he didn't point it out.Walking over to touch Daiyu's head, she nodded to Jia Lian and said wearily, "Come to my study." Jia Lian knew that Lin Ruhai had something to say to him, so she also got up and nodded.

Lin Ruhai didn't want to take two steps, then stopped and said to Daiyu: "Your cousin hasn't drunk the tea you brewed for a long time, so go make a pot of tea and bring it here. I'm also proud of my father." Seeing Daiyu looking up Looking at himself, he smiled again and turned around.Jia Lian glanced at Daiyu suspiciously, and followed quickly.

Back in the study, Lin Ruhai's face became serious: "Why are you here? Is there no one in Jia's family?" His tone was very heavy and unfriendly. Just as Jia Lian wanted to distinguish between two sentences, Lin Ruhai continued: "Who are you? Is the errand waiting for you at any time? Or do you think it’s great to have a Yunqi Captain?" The more he said, the more angry he became.

Jia Lian knew that Lin Ruhai was concerned about his future, so he lowered his head and listened, not in a hurry to tell.Seeing that he lowered his head, Lin Ruhai thought that Jia Lian knew his mistake, so he sighed and stopped talking harshly.He just sighed and said, "Don't you think that letting you go back to Beijing was only for your future. Now this Yangzhou city is about to fall into chaos. I am in such a sensitive position..." After finishing speaking He shook his head and sighed.

Jia Lian heard the bleakness in Lin Ruhai's words, and couldn't help asking: "But what happened?" Lin Ruhai didn't answer, but squinted his eyes and asked, "Tell me about your errands. Back then, Eunuch Li Taking you to Beijing in such a hurry, and not wanting to stay for a day, shows that the Holy Majesty attaches great importance to the new bookkeeping method. How did you come to Yangzhou now?"

Jia Lian had long been interested in explaining. Seeing Lin Ruhai asked, he told the errands in Beijing and what he saw and heard in detail.After finishing speaking, I found out that Daiyu had already brought in some tea and a few plates of snacks at some time.Jia Lian was also polite, poured Lin Ruhai a cup of tea and took a sip for himself.In the past, Daiyu would have laughed at him, but today she is frowning and thinking, as if she hadn't noticed.

Daiyu was really thinking. According to what Jia Lian just said, his errands in Beijing should not be completed, so before Lin Ruhai could speak, he asked, "Is my brother's errands over?" Jia Lian.Jia Lian didn't dodge, just looked into her eyes and said, "It's over."

So even Lin Ruhai asked in amazement: "Tell me how it's over?" Jia Lian then told the story of receiving the obituary that day, and the story of the fourth prince's words to help each other, and then sighed: "Fourth prince Looking at someone with a cold face and a cold heart, he is also a person who values ​​affection even if he doesn't want to."

As soon as Lin Ruhai said this, before Lin Ruhai said anything, Daiyu sneered and said: "The emperor's house, where is the place to talk about feelings? Even if there is, I'm afraid it is not allowed." A little ignorant, but I have seen it by the prince's side in the past six months, so I nodded.At this time, Lin Ruhai watched Daiyu stop talking, and couldn't express how many complicated entanglements in his heart.

When Jia Lian mentioned the prince, Daiyu thought of Yuan Chun, so she asked: "When my mother was alive, my mother once said that the eldest cousin of the second uncle's family came to the palace for a small election, and pointed out that the prince's mansion was an errand, I wonder which prince it is? Lin Ruhai didn't expect why Daiyu asked such a question, so he also turned to look at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian thought for a while and said, "Perhaps there is no news at home, but I heard it refers to the Fourth Prince's Mansion." As soon as the words came out, Daiyu's expression immediately changed. Although she concealed it quickly, she did not escape Lin Ruhai's eyes .But Lin Ruhai didn't want to explain when he saw Daiyu at this time, and he didn't ask questions.

After thinking for a while, Lin Ruhai changed the subject and said, "You shouldn't have come here. Since you are here, you should go back quickly after your aunt's funeral." After speaking, she frowned and sighed again.Daiyu felt that her father had frowned and sighed more recently than in the past year.With a slight pain in his heart, he said: "Father, don't worry too much." Since then, I can't think of any words of comfort.

At this time, Jia Lian said seriously: "Your cousin can go to Beijing, but I want to stay with uncle. How can everyone around uncle help?" Just as she said this, Daiyu wanted to refute, just kidding!I don't want to go to Rongguo Mansion!Even if it is not called Rongguo Mansion now, it is still a pool of stinky mud!What's more, there is still that rotten stone.

But Lin Ruhai rushed ahead of Daiyu and said, "Nonsense! You think this is for fun? If I can keep you, your aunt won't be in this situation!" Then she blushed and looked up. Daiyu knew that there was nothing on the roof for her father to look at, and she was afraid of crying.Daiyu couldn't speak anymore, so she could only lean on Lin Ruhai's shoulder lightly and said, "Father, don't do this, mother knows how distressed she is." After speaking, she also shed tears.

Jia Lian frowned and thought for a while and asked, "Uncle, do you have evidence?" Seeing that Lin Ruhai was agitated, Daiyu replied before he could answer, "It's someone from this mansion after all. Since I thought about doing things for others, You won’t have nothing to ask for! There have been a lot of people coming and going in and out of the mansion recently, and if you want to contact the outside world, now is the best time.”

After speaking, he took a sip of tea and continued: "Brother, don't worry about this, I have arranged for people to watch carefully, and those few can't run away!" Although the tone is gentle, it is not difficult to hear the resentment in it.Lin Ruhai sighed and patted her head and said, "Don't think too much about it. As a father, I always protect you. I will never let you..."

Hearing this, Jia Lian suddenly thought of Mrs. Jia's letter to Lin Ruhai.Then he took it out of his arms.Lin Ruhai took the letter, looked at Daiyu after only a few glances.He seemed hesitant to speak.Daiyu knew in her heart that she was going to take her to Beijing, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Jia Lian said: "My nephew thinks it's very good, at least it will be much safer in the capital. Besides, my nephew is different from my sister, and also different from my aunt. So it's okay to stay and help my uncle." When Jia Lian said this, Daiyu couldn't Remaining silent again, he asked, "What do you mean by brother?"

Seeing that Lin Ruhai had said this, he handed the letter in his hand to Daiyu. Although Daiyu knew that she was taking her to Beijing, she read it carefully.Seeing that there is no mention of marriage in my heart, I feel relieved.Lin Ruhai didn't hide anything anymore and said: "Since your grandmother intends to take you to be raised, I also have the same intention. You have no mother to raise you, and no brothers and sisters to support you..."

Before she finished speaking, Daiyu hastily retorted: "Grandmother's words are unreasonable! Since I know my mother passed away and I am devoted to filial piety, there is no reason to be a guest at other people's home?" It doesn't matter what Lin Ruhai is The expression continued: "Even if I want to ask my grandmother to educate me, it is reasonable to pass the filial piety period." After speaking, she lowered her head, not looking at anyone, and not letting anyone see her expression.

Daiyu's stature is not high, so Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian really didn't see the resentment in Daiyu's eyes when she bowed her head like this.But after hearing what Daiyu said, Lin Ruhai couldn't say anything.Sighing, he said: "I thought that since your brother is here, I can rest assured that your brother will escort you after your mother's funeral."

There was a lot of bleakness in the words, and Jia Lian didn't know what to say for a while, so he kept silent, but he was also conflicted in his heart.If nothing happened today, he would also feel that Daiyu's words were reasonable, but knowing what happened to his aunt was intentional, he couldn't help worrying about Daiyu.

Daiyu knew what Lin Ruhai was worried about, and wanted to say that she could take care of and protect herself, but she couldn't say it.For a while, the study fell into silence.

In the end, it was Lin Ruhai who broke the deadlock and said with a sigh, "I'll go back after your mother's funeral, and I'll hand over a letter to your grandmother."At this time, Jia Lian said, "It's so urgent now, how can my nephew abandon my uncle for self-protection?"

Lin Ruhai looked up at Jia Lian, feeling very relieved, but still said: "This matter is settled, you don't need to say more. Yu'er is my Lin Ruhai's girl, even if I die, I must protect her! Can't..." At this point, Lin Ruhai suddenly turned to look at Daiyu, smiled and continued: "We are father and daughter companions. We will go down to find your mother!" The smile was very sad.

This remark was so decisive that Jia Lian and Daiyu were terrified. Daiyu couldn't help but looked at Lin Ruhai with tears in her eyes and said, "But the daughter is here, dragging down the father?" .

At this time, he sighed and said: "It's not good for them to touch me directly. After all, besides Yanzheng, I also have the position of doctor of Lantai Temple. It's just you..." Daiyu immediately understood Lin Ruhai's meaning and asked "Is it necessary for my daughter to leave?" Seeing Lin Ruhai staring at her without saying a word, Daiyu then asked: "Does it have to go to the capital?"

At this time, Lin Ruhai said, "It's not that I must go to the capital, but where else can you go besides the capital?" After speaking, there were tears in his eyes.

Daiyu thought for a while and said: "When my mother dies, it is always better to send it back to the ancestral grave. If I think about it, my mother is willing to go back to Gusu. If this is the case, my daughter will send her mother back. Then we add money for sesame oil every year in Guiyuan Temple. If I want to do something for my mother, I am willing."

Daiyu said it so clearly, there was something Lin Ruhai didn't understand, but he still shook his head and sighed: "Where is there a girl like you who lives in the old house by yourself? If there is anything wrong, I will stay far away for my father. No relatives to take care of."

After listening to what Jia Lian had said, Jia Lian also understood that Lin Ruhai didn't want to stay here again, and also saw that Lin Ruhai was worried that Daiyu would be alone in the old house without anyone to take care of her. If she thought about taking care of Daiyu well, Lin Ruhai would be much more relaxed, so she said, "Uncle If you can trust my nephew, my nephew is willing to accompany my cousin back to watch the spirit. I think the matter should come to an end in two or three years."

Seeing Lin Ruhai's expression of hesitation, Jia Lian hastily added: "My nephew is due to take the exam next year, so I can go to Gusu this time to study quietly, and I will be famous in the future, so I don't deserve my uncle's reputation." Lin Ruhai After thinking about it, he said, "That's fine."

Lin Ruhai was worried about Daiyu living in the ancestral house with her nurturing aunt and embroidery master, but she really couldn't leave.At this time, Jia Lian said that he hopes to study and study in peace and even be considerate.Lin Ruhai comforted Tie Tie in his heart, thinking about it carefully, he felt very good.

Daiyu is surrounded by Nanny Sun, Jin'er and others who watched her grow up, and Nanny Chen, Qi Luo and others left behind by Jia Min. There are still people from the clan to take care of her. I can't write two Lin characters in one stroke.I can send Jia Lian to study at Lin Family Academy.Although he is a nephew, he was trained by himself, and he has a very good relationship with Daiyu.

There is also the old housekeeper Lin Yi in the ancestral house.At that time, Zhao Bing, the head of the nursing home, will be asked to bring more people, and it will be considered reasonable to go back together.Furthermore, Huang Jiyun even liked Daiyu, and would take care of her more or less.Then he made up his mind, and the rest of the matter still needs to be considered.

　Three chapters!No moisture~(~o~)~zZ Furui worked hard, Gujing worked hard!Have you seen it?

　　
　
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