Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber
Chapter 027
"Father!" Wanyu called out sincerely, "Why did father get this idea? Our family is fine, why are we going to the capital?"
Lin Ruhai was silent for a long time, "I'll ask your wife to pack your things. Your grandmother is the wife of the country, and there must be everything in the house. You can go on the road after breakfast."
How could he be in such a hurry, Wanyu thought carefully and said in surprise, "Could it be the river embankment?"
"You are careful, better than being a father and your wife. Take good care of your younger siblings and wife on the way, she..." Lin Ruhai paused, "Sometimes she thinks more." After saying this, Lin Ruhai turned around I just want to leave.
Wanyu hurriedly trotted two steps forward to hug his arm, and said decisively: "The river bank is fine!" After that, she repeated it again, with a more certain tone: "The river bank must be fine!"
Lin Ruhai sighed, "Wanyu, your Uncle Zhen has already sent his wife and son away, and the governor Li lord also sent a team of carriages out of the city last night. Be good, don't let father worry."
Lin Ruhai's idea was actually very simple.After sending his wife and children away, he planned to go to the embankment.Although most of the officials in the city sent their family members out of the city overnight, if the censor mentions it in the future, no matter how you look at it, they will be killed, not to mention Lin Ruhai himself is the censor.
Then he climbed the embankment himself, which is also to redeem the guilt caused by sending his wife and children away. Moreover, the officials boarded the embankment and lived and died with the embankment. The river workers with the sandbags will be much quicker, and they may pass by.
Even if it was the worst outcome, the river embankment burst and he was washed away by the river, or even died, as long as this one survived with the river embankment, the emperor would take good care of the little blood he left behind.
Wanyu shook her head, holding on to Lin Ruhai's arm, refusing to let go, for fear that he would break free, "I'm with my father, and the embankment will never break."
Lin Ruhai's worries seemed to have been dispelled by Wanyu's repeated emphasis and repetition, so why don't you take a gamble?The river embankment has been repaired for two years, and it is basically completed. The money is actually spent in the open. Last night, the supervision of the embankment repair also said that as long as it does not rise by more than half a foot, it will be fine. Moreover, the rain has stopped now, and the peak of the flood can only be reached at noon. Now, thinking about it this way, it seems to be a lot more relieved.
"Okay!" Lin Ruhai patted Wanyu's head and made a bolder decision, "Father will take you to the embankment to have a look."
Lin Ruhai ordered the car to be harnessed, and he went to the study to put on a second-grade golden pheasant patch. Wanyu stood guard at the door of the study, afraid that if he didn't pay attention, he would let his father go away.
After Lin Ruhai packed up, he swept away the slump just now, and took Wanyu into the carriage.
The inner city of the Lin Mansion is basically the residences of dignitaries and dignitaries. There don’t seem to be many people along the way. Occasionally there are groups of soldiers patrolling the streets. When they see the Lin family’s carriage surrounded by a circle of guards, they don’t go any further. Check out.Some places on the street were piled up with sacks and other things, which made them detour a little bit.
After leaving the inner city, it was not so deserted. Wanyu could vaguely hear crying when she was sitting in the carriage, and there were quite a few people there.Lin Ruhai slightly raised the corner of the curtain, and the fleeing people on the street were scattered everywhere. Occasionally, one or two children separated from their parents could be seen sitting on the side of the road and crying loudly.
The closed shop was smashed open, and things fell all over the floor. The entrance of the grain store next door was heavily guarded, but when they saw the obvious smashing, looting and robbery not far away, they passed by with a blind eye.
The carriage that Lin Ruhai went out was the uniform standard of the government. There were soldiers on horseback on both sides of the carriage, and a group of officers and soldiers trotted behind them with bayonets, so no gangsters dared to harass them, but there seemed to be a wealthy businessman's convoy not far away. So lucky.
A few strong men who were looking after the home were overwhelmed by the swarming refugees, all the wives and children in the car were pulled out of the carriage, their belongings were robbed, and even the carriage was snatched by several people, "Get out of the city quickly, the embankment is about to burst !"
In short, those who have the ability to go out of the city have already gone out, and those who have nowhere to go to relatives and friends plan to grab some things and go to the next county to make a living for a while, and what’s more, there are no connections. , can only sit at the door of the house and wait for the final outcome.
Lin Ruhai frowned and said nothing, Wanyu was also taken aback by the situation, she retracted into Lin Ruhai's arms and did not speak.
Did she miscalculate?
The words before going out strengthened Lin Ruhai's confidence, but as Wanyu saw these panicked victims, she became more and more uncertain in her heart.
She is only relying on her younger siblings who have been flooded with sea water. If the river overflows, Chapter 1 of the whole world of Red Mansions will not be finished.But now along the way, the river embankment is far away from the inner city, even if the embankment bursts, it may not be able to flood it.
Then, in order for the younger siblings to go to Rongguo Mansion alone, the parents must die, and one more elder sister is not too much. From this point of view, can the river embankment really be kept?
Wanyu's face turned pale, Lin Ruhai hugged her and sighed.
Mr. Li said that he must appease the hearts of the people and not cause the people to panic needlessly. In addition, the sudden arrival of Hong Feng did not have time to release the news that the people should flee.It's just that this news can't be hidden. It's just that the strong men who built the river embankment are basically all from Yangzhou City, and some are prisoners in the prison. they do.
These strong men work during the day and go home at night. They are clear about the situation of the river embankment. Even if they don't know a word, they don't understand what they say, but the officials who supervise the work can see the worse and worse expressions. See, especially this morning, less than half of the overseers came, what does that mean?Something is going to happen!
At this critical moment, Lin Ruhai's carriage stood out.This direction, although it is also the direction out of the city, but when you go out, you will be on the embankment, and there is no way to escape in this direction.Most of the carriages that sent family members out of the city overnight went out from the north gate of Yangzhou City. Even if there was a long queue at the north gate, it was better to go out from the east and west gates than from the south.
Seeing Lin Ruhai's carriage heading south, the people in the outer city felt hopeful again, and finally a woman with a child in her arms stepped forward and said loudly: "Master, my husband and father-in-law are all on the riverbank! ! This embankment..." Before finishing the second half of the sentence, she was sobbing that she couldn't make a sound.
Lin Ruhai's steady voice came from the carriage, "I will go to the river bank right now, the river bank will not burst!"
The noisy voices around fell silent, and then there were more whispers. Lin Ruhai told the driver to speed up and get to Heti as soon as possible.
Wanyu took Lin Ruhai's hand hard, her voice was not loud, but she was still firm, "Father, don't worry about the family. It's so far away from the river bank, and there are soldiers guarding it, so there will be no problem." The father and daughter also There will be no problem. Once the river bank breaks, tens of thousands of lives will be lost.
The embankment must be preserved!
Lin Ruhai and Wanyu were basically the first ones to wake up in the family. Jia Min didn't get up until half an hour after they went out in the carriage. After she finished washing, she went to Daiyu's room to have a look. Why did the eldest daughter disappear?
It's common to not see the master when I get up in the morning, but where is my daughter? It's been raining these days, and she doesn't have to go to class. She has already gone back to her yard to freshen up.
Jia Min didn't think too much, and ordered the maid to wait for Daiyu and Lin Ping to get up.The rain finally stopped, and when the sun came out, there were still a lot of things to do, so Jia Min went back to his room, took a piece of paper, and listed them one by one.
But something was wrong when I didn’t see Wanyu when I was eating breakfast. Leaving aside the matter of eating, it is reasonable to come to say hello in the morning, so Jia Min called the waiter in Daiyu’s room and asked: “Miss Woolen cloth?"
"Returning to Madam, the master came in the morning, and then he seemed to take the young lady to the study."
Jia Min was a little relieved, thinking that Mr. Cao hadn't come for a few days, and the master was afraid that Wanyu's homework would be missed, so he ordered to go to the inner study to study, and said: "Send some food to the study. Miss is still young, so I have to eat. Do your homework. The master didn't eat much last night, so prepare more snacks."
But after the servant came back, he brought a bad news, the master took the young lady out.
Although it was a bit unusual, it was her own father who took the child away. While watching the two young children eating at home, Jia Min sent someone to call the person at the second gate, wanting to ask where the master took the young lady.
This answer is still not very reassuring.
Naturally, the servants would not know what Lin Ruhai was thinking, not to mention that taking his daughter to the embankment was something he had done on the spur of the moment. According to his original plan, he didn't even plan to let his family take care of things like floods. Knowing that he sent people directly to the capital without mentioning anything else, so what the servants could report back to Jia Min were only superficial phenomena.
"The master took the young lady to the study and ordered his servants to serve some refreshments. Later, the master put on an official uniform, took the official carriage, and took the soldiers away."
What is this for?Jia Min began to feel a little worried, "Go and find a few young men on the second gate, and go out to inquire about it."
Speaking of daughters, they are all raised in deep boudoirs. Except for going to temples, it is normal. Some girls go out once in their lives, from their natal family to their in-laws.
Why is the master taking Wanyu out so solemnly?
Jia Min became more and more worried, and asked Daiyu, who was still drinking porridge slowly, "What did your sister tell you yesterday?"
Daiyu swallowed the porridge in her mouth, shook her head and said, "I was asleep when my sister came yesterday, and I didn't hear what she said. She left before I got up in the morning."
"Sister is fine." Lin Ping also interjected.
Jia Min was fidgeting, and walked around the room twice, becoming more and more impatient.
At this time, Lin Ruhai's carriage had already arrived at the edge of the river embankment.It began to rain lightly again, and the number of river workers on the embankment was reduced by half compared to before, and the rest of the people squatted on the edge hesitantly, firstly because they were afraid of the surging river under the embankment, and secondly, the few people in charge I also stood around, talking in a low voice, not knowing what to say, and no one cared about them for a while.
"If you want me to say, it's better to go back to the city." A river worker in his early twenties said: "Everyone has almost run away, and there are only a few of us left. There is enough." After finishing speaking, the voice was a little softer, "I heard People say that those adults sent their family members out of the city, and they kept the news and sent us to death!"
There were about a dozen river workers in this circle, sitting around the sandbags, most of them lowered their heads, but a few young ones stood up, urging everyone to leave.
"You go, I won't go!" Another man who looked over fifty said, he patted the sandbag beside him vigorously, "My woman died early, my daughter married, and my son also married!" Daughter-in-law, the whole family is in the city. If the river embankment breaches, my old Li’s family will not be able to leave a single root, you go your way, and I will do mine!" As he spoke, he carried a bunch of gravel on his back and went up the river embankment up.
The rest of the small groups sitting together discussed the same things. Seeing that some people started to strengthen the embankment again, many people started working again.
The young man who was the first to encourage everyone stood up and stomped his feet. He looked in the direction of Yangzhou City unwillingly, and went to get the bucket and shovel with a wave of his hand. In fact, he was able to come to work. Otherwise, just follow those people and hide at home. "I came to work today, and I don't plan to go back alive!" He spat out a mouthful of saliva and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, holding the shovel vigorously and filling the barrel with soil, "Work, work! My wife said that today I will cook braised pork , finish work early and go home for dinner!"
Lin Ruhai arrived at the embankment under such circumstances. After hearing this conversation, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He strode up to the group of supervisors and said, "What are you doing, why don't you hurry up and work!"
"Lord Lin!" The person who spoke was the person who appeared in the Governor's Mansion last night, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face, "Not enough people came to work today... and many people came and left."
"If it's not enough, let's ignore the embankment?" Lin Ruhai sternly said, "I'm just here to watch, how much can be repaired!"
With that said, Lin Ruhai walked up to the carriage, stretched out his arms to hug Wanyu out, and strode up the embankment, "Just fill in the soil here, fill it under my feet, wherever you fill it, I will go wherever you want!"
"Master Lin is on the embankment!"
"Master Lin is carrying his daughter up the embankment!"
With these sounds, the actions of the river workers became more and more high-spirited, and even the supervisors spontaneously carried the sandbags, but they seemed to be a bit lacking in strength. A person put down the burden on his shoulders, and continued to walk forward in a staggering manner.
Wanyu turned her head and buried her face on Lin Ruhai's neck, and wiped away the tears from his collar, tears filled her eyes... Her father is really a good official!
It was not only the river workers and supervisors who were moved, but also the soldiers brought by Lin Ruhai.They put down the weapons in their hands, removed the armor on their bodies, and spontaneously joined the ranks of resisting the sacks and carrying the soil. Even the carriage that Mr. Lin was riding in when he came was donated to pull the soil. More than a dozen horses had smooth fur and worked hard to raise them. The saddle on the horse's back was also removed and replaced with sandbags.With their participation, the progress has been made much faster.
Lin Ruhai looked at these people, reached out and patted Wanyu's head, "Crying?"
Wanyu hummed, and rubbed against his collar again.
The river is in full swing, and the river is also undercurrents.
The water plants that could only grow as thick as a human finger climbed up the wall along the embankment, and the algae and other things that later generations hated filled the tiny gaps, and then the huge leaves covered the upper layer.
With the foot of Lin Ruhai as the center, the riverbanks to the left and right are surrounded by dense vines and branches, so that they cannot even touch the water.
Wanyu still buried her face on the side of Lin Ruhai's neck. She went to the Guanyin Nunnery twice a month to double the food production. Now she is standing on the embankment, supplying the water, air and nutrients for plants to grow in the river. She did not believe that the embankment could break through.
Thinking of the master Miaoshan she had borrowed earlier, Wanyu even made the vines put a thousand-armed Guanyin on the outermost layer with some evil intentions.
In addition to winning the favor of the palace and the house, the golden finger can still do some good things that benefit the country and the people. Even if it is the golden finger of the tentacle system, it will be a great help if it is used well!
The wind gradually picked up on the embankment, and there was a lot of moisture in the wind, blowing on the people who repaired the embankment on the bank.The weather in July is always a bit hot. Now that the cool wind is blowing, many people are shocked, and the speed that had slowed down a bit has increased again.
"Not good!" The person in charge gritted his teeth and shouted, "There is water in the wind, and the flood peak is ahead of schedule!"
As soon as the words fell, Wanyu, who was basically at the highest point, saw the river in the distance rising and surging, and it hit the embankment with a roar.Wanyu was anxious, and the hands holding Lin Ruhai's neck became more and more vigorous, and even the aquatic plants under their feet quietly climbed up the river bank, ready to entangle people at all times.
Many people were stunned, stopped what they were doing, and stared at Lin Ruhai in a daze.
It should be impossible to get over, Lin Ruhai saw that the river was still some distance away from the upper edge of the embankment, and said: "It has reached this point, you go down the embankment, and we will talk about it after the peak of the flood has passed."
"What about you, Master Lin?" Many people asked this question when they heard that Lin Ruhai was talking about you.
Lin Ruhai sighed and fell silent.
The first to react was the soldiers brought by Lin Ruhai. They spontaneously stood in a row, their arms intertwined with the people next to them, and surrounded Lin Ruhai and Wanyu inside.
We can't leave Lord Lin alone and run for our lives.
The people on the embankment followed the human wall, one by one filling the embankment.Facing the flood, their arms are strong, not only to protect Mr. Lin, but also to protect the tens of thousands of people and their families in Yangzhou City behind them.
The flood peak was approaching, hitting the river embankment again and again, the already soaked shoes were filled with river water again, and the pants were wet to the waist.But as the river hit the bank again and again, their mood became better and better. There was no breach in the embankment, and the river did not overflow the embankment, and they could go home for dinner soon.
However, within a quarter of an hour, Hong Feng passed the section of the embankment outside Yangzhou City. The almost exhausted river workers collapsed on the embankment, and many of them burst into tears.Lin Ruhai quietly shook his numb feet, his face was still expressionless, but his heart was the same as that of the river workers, he was so excited that he was about to cry.
Finally, it passed, and the river workers jumped off the embankment in twos and threes supporting each other.
It's just that standing for a long time is not stable after all. An old river worker who is over fifty years old slipped and fell into the river twice.
"Bai Quan!" The river worker next to him hastily stretched out his hand to pull him, but he moved so fast that he didn't even reach the corner of his clothes.
Although the peak of the flood has passed, it is still the stage of high tide, the river is fast-moving, and people will sink and float several times in the instant they fall, and they will disappear soon.
Immediately, some people took bamboo poles and other things to reach them, and others took ropes and tied them around their waists, planning to go down the river to fish them.There was no reason to avoid the flood peak, but in the end he was accidentally drowned.
But things changed again, I saw that the man floated steadily on the water after ups and downs a few times, his feet and arms kept pulling, and he swam back against the current.
The companion hurriedly pulled him ashore, laughing so much that he almost burst into tears, "Good job, you old man! You are so good at swimming!"
The old white-headed man spat twice, wiped the river water off his face, thought about the things wrapped around his waist in the river, and the vague figure he saw at the bottom of the river. There was sand in the river, It's not very clear, but...
He also thought of the daughter of Mrs. Lin's family who saw the Goddess of Mercy appear when she first went to Guanyin Nunnery. She was also on the embankment today.
Old Baitou plopped and knelt down in front of Lord Lin, "Goddess of Mercy has appeared! Thank you Lord Lin for saving my life!"
Under the embankment, Mr. Li brought many river workers and prisoners also appeared.When he got up in the morning, he heard the report from the supervisor on the river embankment that half of the river workers were missing, so he didn't care about many, so he took the roster and went to those people's homes one by one to find them without even eating breakfast.
Before all the people were found, many people fled outside the city overnight, and when they heard the supervisor say that Hong Feng was ahead of schedule, he turned around three times in a hurry, and then picked up a group of people from the prison and hurried to the river embankment.
Although it was a bit late, but the embankment did not collapse and no one was missing, Mr. Li felt relieved a little.
Mr. Lin was already on the river embankment. According to the supervisor's report, if Mr. Lin hadn't arrived in time and strengthened the river embankment, the people in Yangzhou City might have been strewn with dead bodies by now.
Mr. Li felt that he did not have such courage. He could send people up the embankment, but when the flood peak came, he would definitely hide aside.Although once the embankment bursts, it doesn't matter where he stands if he doesn't hide for three or five miles, he won't stand on the embankment.
Not to mention that all the officials in the city sent their family members out of the city one by one, only Master Lin, his wife stayed at home, and his daughter was carried to the embankment.
Although Master Li knew that he was such a person, it did not prevent him from admiring Lin Ruhai's nobility and serving the country and the people.Master Li stepped forward, trembling for a while but did not speak.
He turned his head to one side, and shouted: "Hurry up and drive my carriage over here, and send Master Lin back to have a good rest!" As he spoke, he took advantage of turning his head and rubbed his eyes with his sleeve.
Lin Ruhai hugged Wanyu firmly, and went down the river embankment under the escort of two soldiers and guards. Behind him was the still strong embankment, and there were hundreds of river workers who watched him go.
The flood peak had gone, and the branches and leaves of the vines under the water also let go of the embankment, and were washed downstream with the river.Several supervisors and river workers brought by Mr. Li replaced the batch of river workers in the morning, and began to inspect the embankment that had been hit by a flood.
Lin Ruhai hugged Wanyu and got into the carriage again, standing tense all morning, even if the flood rushed in front of him, he still had to remain motionless, Lin Ruhai was too tired to speak.
On the other hand, Wanyu, although equally nervous, was still dry after being hugged all morning, and she had enough strength. She leaned in front of Lin Ruhai, squeezed his shoulders, and said, "Father, don't tell us when we go back. Ma'am, save her from worrying."
Lin Ruhai opened his eyes and smiled, nodded and said: "You only said that you slept in the carriage, and you don't know anything else."
"Yeah." Wanyu nodded.
At the same time, the people from the Lin Mansion who were sent by Jia Min to inquire about the news also came back. The inner city was a little far from the outer city, and when they came out, the master was in a hurry, and the news he inquired was actually a bit delayed.
Li Zheng, a servant of the Lin Mansion, knelt in front of Jia Min, with his head bowed, and his voice was not loud, "I first went to the mansion of the master, and there was no one; I haven't seen the master, and then I went to Mrs. Zhen's house..."
Jia Min couldn't listen anymore, "Don't talk nonsense! Just talk about why the master took the young lady there!"
The little boy hummed twice, the voice seemed to come out of his nose, "They said that they saw the master's car, that they took the young lady to the river embankment, and that...there was a flood! "
"What!" Jia Min suddenly stood up, only to feel dizzy, fell to the ground, and fainted.
Seeing their mother collapsed, Daiyu and Lin Pingbian burst into tears, and Wang Momo turned around in a hurry, seeing one and not caring about the other.
"Hold Miss and Young Master down first." Finally sorted out the clues, Nanny Wang and Yi Bai helped Jia Min to the bed, and they looked at each other. Nanny Wang said: "At this time, I am afraid that the doctor will No please."
Yibai nodded, took Jia Min's hand and said, "Try the simple method? The nanny pinches someone, and I pinch the tiger's mouth."
I don't know how long it took before Jia Min woke up from the pain, and the first thing she did was to cry and hug Daiyu and Lin Ping back, crying worse than the two children. "Look again! Find the master and miss!"
Jia Min fainted and woke up again, Lin Ruhai and the eldest lady were still alive and dead, and the Lin residence suddenly became a mess.
"Ma'am, ma'am!" Lin Ruhai's concubine, Qian Lingcui, ran in crying, and knelt down in front of Jia Min as soon as she entered the room, "They said that the master is not good! And the young lady is also dead!"
"Who did you listen to!" Jia Min said angrily: "You have been in the Lin Mansion for decades, and you have not learned anything else, just gossip! Let me tell you, the master is fine, and the young lady is also fine."
Qian Lingcui was the former maid of Lin's mother, she was older than Lin Ruhai, and now she is nearly forty years old.In the mansion, she has been quietly not fighting or grabbing, who knew that it was like this... I hate it!
Jia Min glared at her, hugged the two children and stopped talking.
Qian Lingcui wiped her tears with a handkerchief. The howling when she entered the door has turned into a soft sob, "Madam said that the master and miss will be fine, and Madam should not be sad."
This sentence was a little more pleasing to the ear, and Jia Min stopped the thought of driving her out.
Jia Min shed tears from time to time, and Aunt Qian even cried aloud. After she was quiet for a while, she complained again: "Master is so old, he ran to the embankment for no reason to do something, it's all down." It's been raining for almost a month, and now it's the flood season, and he's bringing the young lady with him. Even if he doesn't care about anything else, he has to think about this family!" Aunt Qian wiped her tears again with a handkerchief.
Jia Min became more and more anxious. Why hasn't the person who inquired about the news returned yet!
Aunt Qian shed two tears and said a few words, and three more people entered Jia Min's yard. Except for the one who died in the yard earlier, the other three concubines in the backyard came.
In other words, they don’t come here for anything other than asking for peace. Several people know that Jia Min doesn’t like them, and the master doesn’t show much love for them. He doesn’t even have a child, and he doesn’t have a good future. Therefore, these people basically hid in the yard and did not come out.
For this tranquility, apart from the two who were given by others, Jia Min purposely arranged the remaining four aunts to live in the two courtyards next door, so that they can chat and talk when they have nothing to do, and don't get sick from boredom.
All these years have been peaceful.
But now is not the usual time, the master's life or death is uncertain, and all these people have appeared one by one.If Jia Min hadn't been so excited, maybe she would have realized that the news spread a bit fast, for example, the young man who inquired about the news had just finished replying, and she had only fainted for a quarter of an hour, and all the aunts in the backyard knew about it , although Aunt Qian arrived first, but after a cup of tea, the remaining three also came.
But now Jia Min's mind is full of the safety of the master and his daughter. For a while, he thinks that the master is not such an impulsive person, and for a while, he thinks that Wanyu has had her own ideas since she was a child, so how can she fool around with the master.
It was still what the master wanted to do, Wanyu didn't persuade him at first, and then followed out.In short, after thinking about a lot of unreliable conclusions, I was so anxious that I waited for the person who sent the news.
"Ma'am, don't be too anxious. Drink some tea first. The master is lucky, and he may be back in a while." The one who comforted Jia Min with a soft voice was Aunt Gu. of.Mother Jia's self-selected sons were the sons of the Rong family, and the family deeds of the five members of the family were held by Jia's family.
Jia Min didn't like her at the beginning, but after she successfully slept with her, this dislike turned into a blatant dislike, even more dislike than those from the Lin family.After all, those in the Lin family are older than Lin Ruhai, and this Aunt Gu is only one year older than herself.
Hearing that it was her who spoke, Jia Min subconsciously became irritable.She pushed the teacup to the ground, and the tea leaves splashed Aunt Gu's skirt with the tea, "Drink, drink, drink tea, you can't help at all!"
Aunt Gu stopped talking, and even Aunt Zhuang, who came in with her and belonged to the Jia family, swallowed back the words she had prepared.
For a while, the only sound in the room was Aunt Qian's sobbing, and Aunt Tan's soft comfort.
Jia Min was annoyed when he heard this, and said without showing any empathy, "Cry out and cry!"
Aunt Qian stood up with red eyes, and said, "Ma'am, I'll go to the second gate to see if there is any news."
Jia Min waved in disgust, "Hurry up!"
"Don't worry, ma'am, sister is fine." Daiyu pulled Rajamin's sleeve and whispered.Lin Ping also nodded at the side.
Seeing the well-behaved son and daughter, with a bit of grievance on their faces, Jia Min smiled, and his tone became much better, "You two be good, and wait with me for the master and Wanyu to come back." Saying it was just to comfort the child, Jia Min felt very uneasy, waiting for someone who didn't know anything was ranked in the top three on the anxiety list.
After about a cup of tea, Aunt Qian came back again. Her eye circles were still red, and her tears couldn't stop falling. About to hear the word "Master".
Jia Min only felt that his blood was surging, and his eyes were all gray, as if he couldn't see anything.
"Master, master!" Aunt Qian cried loudly, "They said that Master and Miss were swept away by the flood!"
Jia Min fell on the chair.
When she came back to her senses, Wang Momo was pinching her.Aunt Qian cried and yelled and scratched at the door frame: "I'm going to find the master! I'm going to find the master." The remaining three aunts Tan, Gu and Zhuang in the room held her hand firmly, persuading her: " You can't go! You can't go! You're an aunt!"
"She can't go! I can!" Jia Min stood up straight, "Yibai go and order the car, Wang Momo will follow me!"
Daiyu and Lin Ping on both sides held her hand, Jia Min struggled to break free and said, "Xiu Die looks at Miss Young Master."
Daiyu and Lin Ping stuck together again, "Sister is fine, sister is fine!"
The child's hand could be thrown away without much effort. Jia Min walked out of the room quickly, her head dizzy for a while, her ears were filled with the sound of heartbeats, and her eyes were full of her sensible and considerate eldest daughter, accompanied by more than ten The old master of the year ignored the two children at all, so naturally he couldn't hear what they were talking about.
Wang Momo felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't find out what was wrong, so she ordered Yibai to ask a few more servants to follow her.
Nanny Wang followed Jia Min into the carriage, and just as the side door opened, she saw the carriage from the Governor's Mansion enter the side door.
The first one to jump off was his master. He was wet, but he seemed to be in good spirits. After he got out of the car, he turned around and picked someone up from the car. It wasn't her lady who was it!
Jia Min felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest, she cried out tears and called Master shortly, looked at Wanyu who was safe and sound, and passed out again.
Lin Ruhai was silent for a long time, "I'll ask your wife to pack your things. Your grandmother is the wife of the country, and there must be everything in the house. You can go on the road after breakfast."
How could he be in such a hurry, Wanyu thought carefully and said in surprise, "Could it be the river embankment?"
"You are careful, better than being a father and your wife. Take good care of your younger siblings and wife on the way, she..." Lin Ruhai paused, "Sometimes she thinks more." After saying this, Lin Ruhai turned around I just want to leave.
Wanyu hurriedly trotted two steps forward to hug his arm, and said decisively: "The river bank is fine!" After that, she repeated it again, with a more certain tone: "The river bank must be fine!"
Lin Ruhai sighed, "Wanyu, your Uncle Zhen has already sent his wife and son away, and the governor Li lord also sent a team of carriages out of the city last night. Be good, don't let father worry."
Lin Ruhai's idea was actually very simple.After sending his wife and children away, he planned to go to the embankment.Although most of the officials in the city sent their family members out of the city overnight, if the censor mentions it in the future, no matter how you look at it, they will be killed, not to mention Lin Ruhai himself is the censor.
Then he climbed the embankment himself, which is also to redeem the guilt caused by sending his wife and children away. Moreover, the officials boarded the embankment and lived and died with the embankment. The river workers with the sandbags will be much quicker, and they may pass by.
Even if it was the worst outcome, the river embankment burst and he was washed away by the river, or even died, as long as this one survived with the river embankment, the emperor would take good care of the little blood he left behind.
Wanyu shook her head, holding on to Lin Ruhai's arm, refusing to let go, for fear that he would break free, "I'm with my father, and the embankment will never break."
Lin Ruhai's worries seemed to have been dispelled by Wanyu's repeated emphasis and repetition, so why don't you take a gamble?The river embankment has been repaired for two years, and it is basically completed. The money is actually spent in the open. Last night, the supervision of the embankment repair also said that as long as it does not rise by more than half a foot, it will be fine. Moreover, the rain has stopped now, and the peak of the flood can only be reached at noon. Now, thinking about it this way, it seems to be a lot more relieved.
"Okay!" Lin Ruhai patted Wanyu's head and made a bolder decision, "Father will take you to the embankment to have a look."
Lin Ruhai ordered the car to be harnessed, and he went to the study to put on a second-grade golden pheasant patch. Wanyu stood guard at the door of the study, afraid that if he didn't pay attention, he would let his father go away.
After Lin Ruhai packed up, he swept away the slump just now, and took Wanyu into the carriage.
The inner city of the Lin Mansion is basically the residences of dignitaries and dignitaries. There don’t seem to be many people along the way. Occasionally there are groups of soldiers patrolling the streets. When they see the Lin family’s carriage surrounded by a circle of guards, they don’t go any further. Check out.Some places on the street were piled up with sacks and other things, which made them detour a little bit.
After leaving the inner city, it was not so deserted. Wanyu could vaguely hear crying when she was sitting in the carriage, and there were quite a few people there.Lin Ruhai slightly raised the corner of the curtain, and the fleeing people on the street were scattered everywhere. Occasionally, one or two children separated from their parents could be seen sitting on the side of the road and crying loudly.
The closed shop was smashed open, and things fell all over the floor. The entrance of the grain store next door was heavily guarded, but when they saw the obvious smashing, looting and robbery not far away, they passed by with a blind eye.
The carriage that Lin Ruhai went out was the uniform standard of the government. There were soldiers on horseback on both sides of the carriage, and a group of officers and soldiers trotted behind them with bayonets, so no gangsters dared to harass them, but there seemed to be a wealthy businessman's convoy not far away. So lucky.
A few strong men who were looking after the home were overwhelmed by the swarming refugees, all the wives and children in the car were pulled out of the carriage, their belongings were robbed, and even the carriage was snatched by several people, "Get out of the city quickly, the embankment is about to burst !"
In short, those who have the ability to go out of the city have already gone out, and those who have nowhere to go to relatives and friends plan to grab some things and go to the next county to make a living for a while, and what’s more, there are no connections. , can only sit at the door of the house and wait for the final outcome.
Lin Ruhai frowned and said nothing, Wanyu was also taken aback by the situation, she retracted into Lin Ruhai's arms and did not speak.
Did she miscalculate?
The words before going out strengthened Lin Ruhai's confidence, but as Wanyu saw these panicked victims, she became more and more uncertain in her heart.
She is only relying on her younger siblings who have been flooded with sea water. If the river overflows, Chapter 1 of the whole world of Red Mansions will not be finished.But now along the way, the river embankment is far away from the inner city, even if the embankment bursts, it may not be able to flood it.
Then, in order for the younger siblings to go to Rongguo Mansion alone, the parents must die, and one more elder sister is not too much. From this point of view, can the river embankment really be kept?
Wanyu's face turned pale, Lin Ruhai hugged her and sighed.
Mr. Li said that he must appease the hearts of the people and not cause the people to panic needlessly. In addition, the sudden arrival of Hong Feng did not have time to release the news that the people should flee.It's just that this news can't be hidden. It's just that the strong men who built the river embankment are basically all from Yangzhou City, and some are prisoners in the prison. they do.
These strong men work during the day and go home at night. They are clear about the situation of the river embankment. Even if they don't know a word, they don't understand what they say, but the officials who supervise the work can see the worse and worse expressions. See, especially this morning, less than half of the overseers came, what does that mean?Something is going to happen!
At this critical moment, Lin Ruhai's carriage stood out.This direction, although it is also the direction out of the city, but when you go out, you will be on the embankment, and there is no way to escape in this direction.Most of the carriages that sent family members out of the city overnight went out from the north gate of Yangzhou City. Even if there was a long queue at the north gate, it was better to go out from the east and west gates than from the south.
Seeing Lin Ruhai's carriage heading south, the people in the outer city felt hopeful again, and finally a woman with a child in her arms stepped forward and said loudly: "Master, my husband and father-in-law are all on the riverbank! ! This embankment..." Before finishing the second half of the sentence, she was sobbing that she couldn't make a sound.
Lin Ruhai's steady voice came from the carriage, "I will go to the river bank right now, the river bank will not burst!"
The noisy voices around fell silent, and then there were more whispers. Lin Ruhai told the driver to speed up and get to Heti as soon as possible.
Wanyu took Lin Ruhai's hand hard, her voice was not loud, but she was still firm, "Father, don't worry about the family. It's so far away from the river bank, and there are soldiers guarding it, so there will be no problem." The father and daughter also There will be no problem. Once the river bank breaks, tens of thousands of lives will be lost.
The embankment must be preserved!
Lin Ruhai and Wanyu were basically the first ones to wake up in the family. Jia Min didn't get up until half an hour after they went out in the carriage. After she finished washing, she went to Daiyu's room to have a look. Why did the eldest daughter disappear?
It's common to not see the master when I get up in the morning, but where is my daughter? It's been raining these days, and she doesn't have to go to class. She has already gone back to her yard to freshen up.
Jia Min didn't think too much, and ordered the maid to wait for Daiyu and Lin Ping to get up.The rain finally stopped, and when the sun came out, there were still a lot of things to do, so Jia Min went back to his room, took a piece of paper, and listed them one by one.
But something was wrong when I didn’t see Wanyu when I was eating breakfast. Leaving aside the matter of eating, it is reasonable to come to say hello in the morning, so Jia Min called the waiter in Daiyu’s room and asked: “Miss Woolen cloth?"
"Returning to Madam, the master came in the morning, and then he seemed to take the young lady to the study."
Jia Min was a little relieved, thinking that Mr. Cao hadn't come for a few days, and the master was afraid that Wanyu's homework would be missed, so he ordered to go to the inner study to study, and said: "Send some food to the study. Miss is still young, so I have to eat. Do your homework. The master didn't eat much last night, so prepare more snacks."
But after the servant came back, he brought a bad news, the master took the young lady out.
Although it was a bit unusual, it was her own father who took the child away. While watching the two young children eating at home, Jia Min sent someone to call the person at the second gate, wanting to ask where the master took the young lady.
This answer is still not very reassuring.
Naturally, the servants would not know what Lin Ruhai was thinking, not to mention that taking his daughter to the embankment was something he had done on the spur of the moment. According to his original plan, he didn't even plan to let his family take care of things like floods. Knowing that he sent people directly to the capital without mentioning anything else, so what the servants could report back to Jia Min were only superficial phenomena.
"The master took the young lady to the study and ordered his servants to serve some refreshments. Later, the master put on an official uniform, took the official carriage, and took the soldiers away."
What is this for?Jia Min began to feel a little worried, "Go and find a few young men on the second gate, and go out to inquire about it."
Speaking of daughters, they are all raised in deep boudoirs. Except for going to temples, it is normal. Some girls go out once in their lives, from their natal family to their in-laws.
Why is the master taking Wanyu out so solemnly?
Jia Min became more and more worried, and asked Daiyu, who was still drinking porridge slowly, "What did your sister tell you yesterday?"
Daiyu swallowed the porridge in her mouth, shook her head and said, "I was asleep when my sister came yesterday, and I didn't hear what she said. She left before I got up in the morning."
"Sister is fine." Lin Ping also interjected.
Jia Min was fidgeting, and walked around the room twice, becoming more and more impatient.
At this time, Lin Ruhai's carriage had already arrived at the edge of the river embankment.It began to rain lightly again, and the number of river workers on the embankment was reduced by half compared to before, and the rest of the people squatted on the edge hesitantly, firstly because they were afraid of the surging river under the embankment, and secondly, the few people in charge I also stood around, talking in a low voice, not knowing what to say, and no one cared about them for a while.
"If you want me to say, it's better to go back to the city." A river worker in his early twenties said: "Everyone has almost run away, and there are only a few of us left. There is enough." After finishing speaking, the voice was a little softer, "I heard People say that those adults sent their family members out of the city, and they kept the news and sent us to death!"
There were about a dozen river workers in this circle, sitting around the sandbags, most of them lowered their heads, but a few young ones stood up, urging everyone to leave.
"You go, I won't go!" Another man who looked over fifty said, he patted the sandbag beside him vigorously, "My woman died early, my daughter married, and my son also married!" Daughter-in-law, the whole family is in the city. If the river embankment breaches, my old Li’s family will not be able to leave a single root, you go your way, and I will do mine!" As he spoke, he carried a bunch of gravel on his back and went up the river embankment up.
The rest of the small groups sitting together discussed the same things. Seeing that some people started to strengthen the embankment again, many people started working again.
The young man who was the first to encourage everyone stood up and stomped his feet. He looked in the direction of Yangzhou City unwillingly, and went to get the bucket and shovel with a wave of his hand. In fact, he was able to come to work. Otherwise, just follow those people and hide at home. "I came to work today, and I don't plan to go back alive!" He spat out a mouthful of saliva and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, holding the shovel vigorously and filling the barrel with soil, "Work, work! My wife said that today I will cook braised pork , finish work early and go home for dinner!"
Lin Ruhai arrived at the embankment under such circumstances. After hearing this conversation, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He strode up to the group of supervisors and said, "What are you doing, why don't you hurry up and work!"
"Lord Lin!" The person who spoke was the person who appeared in the Governor's Mansion last night, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face, "Not enough people came to work today... and many people came and left."
"If it's not enough, let's ignore the embankment?" Lin Ruhai sternly said, "I'm just here to watch, how much can be repaired!"
With that said, Lin Ruhai walked up to the carriage, stretched out his arms to hug Wanyu out, and strode up the embankment, "Just fill in the soil here, fill it under my feet, wherever you fill it, I will go wherever you want!"
"Master Lin is on the embankment!"
"Master Lin is carrying his daughter up the embankment!"
With these sounds, the actions of the river workers became more and more high-spirited, and even the supervisors spontaneously carried the sandbags, but they seemed to be a bit lacking in strength. A person put down the burden on his shoulders, and continued to walk forward in a staggering manner.
Wanyu turned her head and buried her face on Lin Ruhai's neck, and wiped away the tears from his collar, tears filled her eyes... Her father is really a good official!
It was not only the river workers and supervisors who were moved, but also the soldiers brought by Lin Ruhai.They put down the weapons in their hands, removed the armor on their bodies, and spontaneously joined the ranks of resisting the sacks and carrying the soil. Even the carriage that Mr. Lin was riding in when he came was donated to pull the soil. More than a dozen horses had smooth fur and worked hard to raise them. The saddle on the horse's back was also removed and replaced with sandbags.With their participation, the progress has been made much faster.
Lin Ruhai looked at these people, reached out and patted Wanyu's head, "Crying?"
Wanyu hummed, and rubbed against his collar again.
The river is in full swing, and the river is also undercurrents.
The water plants that could only grow as thick as a human finger climbed up the wall along the embankment, and the algae and other things that later generations hated filled the tiny gaps, and then the huge leaves covered the upper layer.
With the foot of Lin Ruhai as the center, the riverbanks to the left and right are surrounded by dense vines and branches, so that they cannot even touch the water.
Wanyu still buried her face on the side of Lin Ruhai's neck. She went to the Guanyin Nunnery twice a month to double the food production. Now she is standing on the embankment, supplying the water, air and nutrients for plants to grow in the river. She did not believe that the embankment could break through.
Thinking of the master Miaoshan she had borrowed earlier, Wanyu even made the vines put a thousand-armed Guanyin on the outermost layer with some evil intentions.
In addition to winning the favor of the palace and the house, the golden finger can still do some good things that benefit the country and the people. Even if it is the golden finger of the tentacle system, it will be a great help if it is used well!
The wind gradually picked up on the embankment, and there was a lot of moisture in the wind, blowing on the people who repaired the embankment on the bank.The weather in July is always a bit hot. Now that the cool wind is blowing, many people are shocked, and the speed that had slowed down a bit has increased again.
"Not good!" The person in charge gritted his teeth and shouted, "There is water in the wind, and the flood peak is ahead of schedule!"
As soon as the words fell, Wanyu, who was basically at the highest point, saw the river in the distance rising and surging, and it hit the embankment with a roar.Wanyu was anxious, and the hands holding Lin Ruhai's neck became more and more vigorous, and even the aquatic plants under their feet quietly climbed up the river bank, ready to entangle people at all times.
Many people were stunned, stopped what they were doing, and stared at Lin Ruhai in a daze.
It should be impossible to get over, Lin Ruhai saw that the river was still some distance away from the upper edge of the embankment, and said: "It has reached this point, you go down the embankment, and we will talk about it after the peak of the flood has passed."
"What about you, Master Lin?" Many people asked this question when they heard that Lin Ruhai was talking about you.
Lin Ruhai sighed and fell silent.
The first to react was the soldiers brought by Lin Ruhai. They spontaneously stood in a row, their arms intertwined with the people next to them, and surrounded Lin Ruhai and Wanyu inside.
We can't leave Lord Lin alone and run for our lives.
The people on the embankment followed the human wall, one by one filling the embankment.Facing the flood, their arms are strong, not only to protect Mr. Lin, but also to protect the tens of thousands of people and their families in Yangzhou City behind them.
The flood peak was approaching, hitting the river embankment again and again, the already soaked shoes were filled with river water again, and the pants were wet to the waist.But as the river hit the bank again and again, their mood became better and better. There was no breach in the embankment, and the river did not overflow the embankment, and they could go home for dinner soon.
However, within a quarter of an hour, Hong Feng passed the section of the embankment outside Yangzhou City. The almost exhausted river workers collapsed on the embankment, and many of them burst into tears.Lin Ruhai quietly shook his numb feet, his face was still expressionless, but his heart was the same as that of the river workers, he was so excited that he was about to cry.
Finally, it passed, and the river workers jumped off the embankment in twos and threes supporting each other.
It's just that standing for a long time is not stable after all. An old river worker who is over fifty years old slipped and fell into the river twice.
"Bai Quan!" The river worker next to him hastily stretched out his hand to pull him, but he moved so fast that he didn't even reach the corner of his clothes.
Although the peak of the flood has passed, it is still the stage of high tide, the river is fast-moving, and people will sink and float several times in the instant they fall, and they will disappear soon.
Immediately, some people took bamboo poles and other things to reach them, and others took ropes and tied them around their waists, planning to go down the river to fish them.There was no reason to avoid the flood peak, but in the end he was accidentally drowned.
But things changed again, I saw that the man floated steadily on the water after ups and downs a few times, his feet and arms kept pulling, and he swam back against the current.
The companion hurriedly pulled him ashore, laughing so much that he almost burst into tears, "Good job, you old man! You are so good at swimming!"
The old white-headed man spat twice, wiped the river water off his face, thought about the things wrapped around his waist in the river, and the vague figure he saw at the bottom of the river. There was sand in the river, It's not very clear, but...
He also thought of the daughter of Mrs. Lin's family who saw the Goddess of Mercy appear when she first went to Guanyin Nunnery. She was also on the embankment today.
Old Baitou plopped and knelt down in front of Lord Lin, "Goddess of Mercy has appeared! Thank you Lord Lin for saving my life!"
Under the embankment, Mr. Li brought many river workers and prisoners also appeared.When he got up in the morning, he heard the report from the supervisor on the river embankment that half of the river workers were missing, so he didn't care about many, so he took the roster and went to those people's homes one by one to find them without even eating breakfast.
Before all the people were found, many people fled outside the city overnight, and when they heard the supervisor say that Hong Feng was ahead of schedule, he turned around three times in a hurry, and then picked up a group of people from the prison and hurried to the river embankment.
Although it was a bit late, but the embankment did not collapse and no one was missing, Mr. Li felt relieved a little.
Mr. Lin was already on the river embankment. According to the supervisor's report, if Mr. Lin hadn't arrived in time and strengthened the river embankment, the people in Yangzhou City might have been strewn with dead bodies by now.
Mr. Li felt that he did not have such courage. He could send people up the embankment, but when the flood peak came, he would definitely hide aside.Although once the embankment bursts, it doesn't matter where he stands if he doesn't hide for three or five miles, he won't stand on the embankment.
Not to mention that all the officials in the city sent their family members out of the city one by one, only Master Lin, his wife stayed at home, and his daughter was carried to the embankment.
Although Master Li knew that he was such a person, it did not prevent him from admiring Lin Ruhai's nobility and serving the country and the people.Master Li stepped forward, trembling for a while but did not speak.
He turned his head to one side, and shouted: "Hurry up and drive my carriage over here, and send Master Lin back to have a good rest!" As he spoke, he took advantage of turning his head and rubbed his eyes with his sleeve.
Lin Ruhai hugged Wanyu firmly, and went down the river embankment under the escort of two soldiers and guards. Behind him was the still strong embankment, and there were hundreds of river workers who watched him go.
The flood peak had gone, and the branches and leaves of the vines under the water also let go of the embankment, and were washed downstream with the river.Several supervisors and river workers brought by Mr. Li replaced the batch of river workers in the morning, and began to inspect the embankment that had been hit by a flood.
Lin Ruhai hugged Wanyu and got into the carriage again, standing tense all morning, even if the flood rushed in front of him, he still had to remain motionless, Lin Ruhai was too tired to speak.
On the other hand, Wanyu, although equally nervous, was still dry after being hugged all morning, and she had enough strength. She leaned in front of Lin Ruhai, squeezed his shoulders, and said, "Father, don't tell us when we go back. Ma'am, save her from worrying."
Lin Ruhai opened his eyes and smiled, nodded and said: "You only said that you slept in the carriage, and you don't know anything else."
"Yeah." Wanyu nodded.
At the same time, the people from the Lin Mansion who were sent by Jia Min to inquire about the news also came back. The inner city was a little far from the outer city, and when they came out, the master was in a hurry, and the news he inquired was actually a bit delayed.
Li Zheng, a servant of the Lin Mansion, knelt in front of Jia Min, with his head bowed, and his voice was not loud, "I first went to the mansion of the master, and there was no one; I haven't seen the master, and then I went to Mrs. Zhen's house..."
Jia Min couldn't listen anymore, "Don't talk nonsense! Just talk about why the master took the young lady there!"
The little boy hummed twice, the voice seemed to come out of his nose, "They said that they saw the master's car, that they took the young lady to the river embankment, and that...there was a flood! "
"What!" Jia Min suddenly stood up, only to feel dizzy, fell to the ground, and fainted.
Seeing their mother collapsed, Daiyu and Lin Pingbian burst into tears, and Wang Momo turned around in a hurry, seeing one and not caring about the other.
"Hold Miss and Young Master down first." Finally sorted out the clues, Nanny Wang and Yi Bai helped Jia Min to the bed, and they looked at each other. Nanny Wang said: "At this time, I am afraid that the doctor will No please."
Yibai nodded, took Jia Min's hand and said, "Try the simple method? The nanny pinches someone, and I pinch the tiger's mouth."
I don't know how long it took before Jia Min woke up from the pain, and the first thing she did was to cry and hug Daiyu and Lin Ping back, crying worse than the two children. "Look again! Find the master and miss!"
Jia Min fainted and woke up again, Lin Ruhai and the eldest lady were still alive and dead, and the Lin residence suddenly became a mess.
"Ma'am, ma'am!" Lin Ruhai's concubine, Qian Lingcui, ran in crying, and knelt down in front of Jia Min as soon as she entered the room, "They said that the master is not good! And the young lady is also dead!"
"Who did you listen to!" Jia Min said angrily: "You have been in the Lin Mansion for decades, and you have not learned anything else, just gossip! Let me tell you, the master is fine, and the young lady is also fine."
Qian Lingcui was the former maid of Lin's mother, she was older than Lin Ruhai, and now she is nearly forty years old.In the mansion, she has been quietly not fighting or grabbing, who knew that it was like this... I hate it!
Jia Min glared at her, hugged the two children and stopped talking.
Qian Lingcui wiped her tears with a handkerchief. The howling when she entered the door has turned into a soft sob, "Madam said that the master and miss will be fine, and Madam should not be sad."
This sentence was a little more pleasing to the ear, and Jia Min stopped the thought of driving her out.
Jia Min shed tears from time to time, and Aunt Qian even cried aloud. After she was quiet for a while, she complained again: "Master is so old, he ran to the embankment for no reason to do something, it's all down." It's been raining for almost a month, and now it's the flood season, and he's bringing the young lady with him. Even if he doesn't care about anything else, he has to think about this family!" Aunt Qian wiped her tears again with a handkerchief.
Jia Min became more and more anxious. Why hasn't the person who inquired about the news returned yet!
Aunt Qian shed two tears and said a few words, and three more people entered Jia Min's yard. Except for the one who died in the yard earlier, the other three concubines in the backyard came.
In other words, they don’t come here for anything other than asking for peace. Several people know that Jia Min doesn’t like them, and the master doesn’t show much love for them. He doesn’t even have a child, and he doesn’t have a good future. Therefore, these people basically hid in the yard and did not come out.
For this tranquility, apart from the two who were given by others, Jia Min purposely arranged the remaining four aunts to live in the two courtyards next door, so that they can chat and talk when they have nothing to do, and don't get sick from boredom.
All these years have been peaceful.
But now is not the usual time, the master's life or death is uncertain, and all these people have appeared one by one.If Jia Min hadn't been so excited, maybe she would have realized that the news spread a bit fast, for example, the young man who inquired about the news had just finished replying, and she had only fainted for a quarter of an hour, and all the aunts in the backyard knew about it , although Aunt Qian arrived first, but after a cup of tea, the remaining three also came.
But now Jia Min's mind is full of the safety of the master and his daughter. For a while, he thinks that the master is not such an impulsive person, and for a while, he thinks that Wanyu has had her own ideas since she was a child, so how can she fool around with the master.
It was still what the master wanted to do, Wanyu didn't persuade him at first, and then followed out.In short, after thinking about a lot of unreliable conclusions, I was so anxious that I waited for the person who sent the news.
"Ma'am, don't be too anxious. Drink some tea first. The master is lucky, and he may be back in a while." The one who comforted Jia Min with a soft voice was Aunt Gu. of.Mother Jia's self-selected sons were the sons of the Rong family, and the family deeds of the five members of the family were held by Jia's family.
Jia Min didn't like her at the beginning, but after she successfully slept with her, this dislike turned into a blatant dislike, even more dislike than those from the Lin family.After all, those in the Lin family are older than Lin Ruhai, and this Aunt Gu is only one year older than herself.
Hearing that it was her who spoke, Jia Min subconsciously became irritable.She pushed the teacup to the ground, and the tea leaves splashed Aunt Gu's skirt with the tea, "Drink, drink, drink tea, you can't help at all!"
Aunt Gu stopped talking, and even Aunt Zhuang, who came in with her and belonged to the Jia family, swallowed back the words she had prepared.
For a while, the only sound in the room was Aunt Qian's sobbing, and Aunt Tan's soft comfort.
Jia Min was annoyed when he heard this, and said without showing any empathy, "Cry out and cry!"
Aunt Qian stood up with red eyes, and said, "Ma'am, I'll go to the second gate to see if there is any news."
Jia Min waved in disgust, "Hurry up!"
"Don't worry, ma'am, sister is fine." Daiyu pulled Rajamin's sleeve and whispered.Lin Ping also nodded at the side.
Seeing the well-behaved son and daughter, with a bit of grievance on their faces, Jia Min smiled, and his tone became much better, "You two be good, and wait with me for the master and Wanyu to come back." Saying it was just to comfort the child, Jia Min felt very uneasy, waiting for someone who didn't know anything was ranked in the top three on the anxiety list.
After about a cup of tea, Aunt Qian came back again. Her eye circles were still red, and her tears couldn't stop falling. About to hear the word "Master".
Jia Min only felt that his blood was surging, and his eyes were all gray, as if he couldn't see anything.
"Master, master!" Aunt Qian cried loudly, "They said that Master and Miss were swept away by the flood!"
Jia Min fell on the chair.
When she came back to her senses, Wang Momo was pinching her.Aunt Qian cried and yelled and scratched at the door frame: "I'm going to find the master! I'm going to find the master." The remaining three aunts Tan, Gu and Zhuang in the room held her hand firmly, persuading her: " You can't go! You can't go! You're an aunt!"
"She can't go! I can!" Jia Min stood up straight, "Yibai go and order the car, Wang Momo will follow me!"
Daiyu and Lin Ping on both sides held her hand, Jia Min struggled to break free and said, "Xiu Die looks at Miss Young Master."
Daiyu and Lin Ping stuck together again, "Sister is fine, sister is fine!"
The child's hand could be thrown away without much effort. Jia Min walked out of the room quickly, her head dizzy for a while, her ears were filled with the sound of heartbeats, and her eyes were full of her sensible and considerate eldest daughter, accompanied by more than ten The old master of the year ignored the two children at all, so naturally he couldn't hear what they were talking about.
Wang Momo felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't find out what was wrong, so she ordered Yibai to ask a few more servants to follow her.
Nanny Wang followed Jia Min into the carriage, and just as the side door opened, she saw the carriage from the Governor's Mansion enter the side door.
The first one to jump off was his master. He was wet, but he seemed to be in good spirits. After he got out of the car, he turned around and picked someone up from the car. It wasn't her lady who was it!
Jia Min felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest, she cried out tears and called Master shortly, looked at Wanyu who was safe and sound, and passed out again.
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