[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

Lin Ze didn't know whether the arrival of the two nuns was good or bad, but at least he knew one thing very well.That is to say, Jia Min's body seems to have really improved. He used to be panting for a few words, but now he can sit on the kang and gossip.

Things in the mansion are still in order.While taking care of her body, Jia Min often asked Daiyu to come over to learn how to be a housekeeper, as if she was afraid that she would not have enough time.Lin Ze felt a little uneasy in his heart, but no one could express his uneasiness, so he had to express it in his monthly letters.

It must be mentioned that Shui Zhan left shortly after the two nuns arrived.Lin Ze personally sent him on board the boat. It was a rare day when the sun cleared, and the blue water of the river glistened under the sunlight.When Shui Zhan was about to leave, there was a lot of reluctance in his eyes, but Lin Ze knew that his family had already urged him several times, so he thought there must be something wrong, so he smiled and said: "Third brother, the future will be long, we can see each other again, why bother?" This kind of love between children?"

Shui Zhan also laughed when he said that, he just rubbed his hair and said, "You're right, let's just say goodbye and see you later."

The parting atmosphere was well rendered, and it was the cold winter weather, and the howling wind made people's faces hurt.Lin Ze stood on the bank and watched Shui Zhan leave, but he was very puzzled.He, the third brother, has always loved to travel by land, why did he change the boat this time?However, it doesn't matter.

Since then, there is still a letter every month, and the words are the same as usual.Lin Ze put aside the doubts of the day and went to see Daiyu and Lin Lan every day.

"Okay, greedy again."

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lin Lan puffing his cheeks and his big black eyes wide open, which was indescribably cute.Lin Ze stretched out his hand to poke the bulging cheeks, and said with a smile: "It must be something delicious, and I'm afraid I'll snatch it?" Then, he leaned over and sniffed it, then raised his head and smiled, "So it's delicious? The best is hibiscus cake."

"Uh, uh!" After finally swallowing the hibiscus cake stuffed in his mouth, Lin Lan opened his eyes and asked, "Brother, how do you know?"

Lin Ze glanced at him sideways, and thought: Do you think my nose is a decoration for the scent of hibiscus crisps?But there was a faint smile on his face, and he didn't talk to him.He only took warm tea and fed it to Lin Lan himself, before he said, "Can you write the words I taught you yesterday?"

Hearing this, Lin Lan's small face immediately wrinkled into a ball. Seeing that Lin Ze's smile was fading away, she hurriedly tugged on Lin Ze's cuff and said coquettishly, "I was going to write it now, but my brother is here. Just watch me write."

Lin Ze was noncommittal, so Lin Lan obediently ran to the back of the table to spread out the rice paper, and began to copy Lin Ze's handwriting with style.Lin Ze looked at the side for a while, and saw that his pen-holding posture and writing force were very regular, so he felt relieved, just sat down on the chair next to him, and said to Qingmei: "Sister Qingmei, please come and see See if the girl is busy now?"

Qingmei took the order, and Lin Lan raised her head after a pause and said, "Sister Qingmei, I still have a plate of hibiscus cake here, please trouble Sister Qingmei to bring it for my sister to taste." Lin Ze smiled and said: " Could it be that your elder sister is still greedy for your food, and you are the only one in our family who loves these sweet things." Seeing Lin Lan pouted, she shook her head and said with a smile, "Forget it, it's your wish. "Thinking again, after all, when I went back to Daiyu's place, the hibiscus cake would still fall into Lan'er's stomach, and it was only a few steps away, so I nodded to Qingmei.

Qingmei smiled and took the snack box containing snacks, and Fushen left.

Here, Lin Ze only smiled and said, "The things have been taken, you should also settle down and write. Otherwise..." After prolonging his voice, seeing Lin Lan looking over with his big black eyes, Lin Ze just smiled and said : "Otherwise I won't take you to my sister's place."

Hearing Lin Lan yelled "Wah-wah" twice, he immediately began to write with a pen.Lin Ze leaned over to look, and sure enough, the handwriting was more neatly written than before. He couldn't help but feel a little proud, thinking that this method is really easy to use, and he will have to use it like this in the future.

Not long after, Lin Lan prepared three big characters. Lin Ze read them one by one and praised him.Turning his head, he saw Lin Lan's eyes shining brightly, obviously very happy, so he laughed and said: "I know you are anxious to go to my sister's place, so let's change clothes and go."

Daiyu still lives in the yard adjacent to Jia Min, and it's not too far from Lin Lan's place.After entering the courtyard, Lin Ze took Lin Lan to greet Jia Min first.Jia Min was checking the public account with Lurou on the kang. Seeing Lin Ze and Lin Lan coming, she also put down the account book and said with a smile: "How sooner or later do you come to me? Are you here to see me, or go to find me?" Your sister's?" As he spoke, he touched Lin Lan's cheek with his hand, and it was warm to the touch, so he knew he was not cold.

Hearing Jia Min's question, Lin Lan blushed and leaned against Jia Min's side and said, "I'm here to see my wife, and I'm going to see my sister by the way."

Jia Min just smiled and hugged him, fed him a few bites of snacks, and asked him how he was doing recently, how he was reading and writing.Although Lin Lan is less than four years old, her articulation is much more articulate than it was half a year ago.Jia Min asked one by one, and he answered one by one. Hearing Jia Min nod repeatedly, he turned his head to look at Lin Ze.But seeing Lin Ze with a smile on his face, a pair of clear eyes as gentle as water, and the temperament between his brows becoming more moist, he said, "In the past six months, you have taken care of him so thoughtfully."

Lin Ze bowed and said, "Why did Madam say that? Lan'er is my younger brother, and I should be like that."

After Jia Min listened, she was silent for a moment, stared at the gentle smile on Lin Ze's lips for a while, then nodded and smiled, "Yes, what you said is very true." After speaking, he lowered his head and stroked Lin Lan's hair. , Seeing Lin Lan's innocence, the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a trace of a smile.

Lin Lan listened to what Jia Min and Lin Ze said, and said with a smile: "Ma'am, my brother wants me to eat a lot every day, Lan'er is getting fat!" Then, she took Jia Min's hand and touched his bulging cheeks. Little belly, just said: "But my brother is still so thin, is he going to feed Lan'er into a little pig brother?"

The maids who were talking so much in the room also pursed their lips and smiled, and Lu Rou came up and said, "You can't say that the master is thinking like this." Sure enough, even Jia Min and Lin Ze laughed out loud, only Lin Lan blinked. The eyes are puzzled.

Seeing Lin Lan like this, Jia Min just patted his hand, and said with a smile, "How could your brother feed you into a little pig? You're thinking about it again, aren't you?" After taking a deep breath, Jia Min suddenly laughed and said, "Our Lan'er is a little piggy!"

After all, Jia Min laughed first, Lin Ze also coughed lightly, and the smile on his lips deepened.The green and red apricots over there were laughing early, and Lin Lan only puffed up her cheeks, with a look of "I don't care about you".

The atmosphere in the room was harmonious, Lin Ze turned his head to look at Jia Min, and saw that her face was flushed, her gentle and delicate appearance matched with the smile on her lips, she was indescribably beautiful.I just thought in my heart: Madam's expression is probably about to recover.

Jia Min just put his arms around Lin Lan and said a few words with a smile. Seeing that Lin Lan was not really angry, but just acting like a child, he coaxed him a few more words.Lin Lan was brought up by Lin Ze since he was a child, and there are still some aspects of his personality that are very similar to Lin Ze.For example: protect the shortcomings, and never really get angry with the family members.At most, it's just pouting and pouting, how can it be serious.

Jia Min seemed to have discovered this too, and she really had mixed feelings in her heart.She was neither a good wife nor a good mother.For Lin Ruhai, she respected and loved her, but for the sake of her natal family's face, she forced the Lin family to swallow her anger many times, which fueled the arrogance of that bitch; for Daiyu and Lin Lan, although she was the one who was born, but these years, she The education that can be given to them is very limited.To Lin Ze... Jia Min couldn't help sighing softly, this child is too stable and mature, so well-behaved and sensible at such a young age that she can't even find a place where she wants to intervene.What's more, he took such good care of his younger brothers and sisters, what else could she worry about?

Jia Min stroked Lin Lan's hair and said softly, "Lan'er, don't get angry with your brother. What your brother says is the same as mine. You must listen to what your brother says in the future, you know?"

Lin Lan looked at Jia Min, then at Lin Ze, and nodded with half understanding.Jia Min smiled and said to Hong Xing: "It's a good idea to send the second master to the girl first, the uncle and I still have something to talk about."

Hongxing held Lin Lan's hand, and the two went to Daiyu, leaving only Jia Min, Lin Ze and Lurou in the room.Jia Min seemed a little tired, rubbed the center of his brows, leaned on the kang, and said to Lurou in a low voice: "Go outside, let us mother and son talk freely."

Lin Ze saw Lu Rou bowed and retreated, and knew in his heart that Jia Min must have something to say to him alone.But seeing Jia Min's expression like this, he always had some bad premonitions, so he said: "Madam is tired, why don't you ask someone to call me to talk when Madam is refreshed?"

Jia Min only shook his hands, then raised his head and half sat up, and said with a smile, "How can you be so delicate, there are some words, and you can't say them if you miss the time." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled Lin Ze to sit on the edge of the kang. , and said: "Good boy, I haven't thanked you yet."

Lin Ze was very puzzled, thank you?Thank him for what?

"You found two such good nuns for Yu'er, in the future even... Yu'er will do enough." As he spoke, his voice was faintly tinged with sadness.

Lin Ze understood, and hurriedly persuaded: "My wife is just about to get better, how can I say such a thing, it is not in vain to make myself uncomfortable." Thinking again, the two nuns were found by Shui Zhan Yes, in fact, it has nothing to do with me. Now I am a little embarrassed to accept Jia Min's gratitude.

Jia Min didn't care what he thought, and just said: "My good boy, those two nuns, I'm afraid I can't invite them even with the strength of me and the master. I don't know how you invited them, but there is one thing, Being educated by them will certainly benefit Yu Yu'er in the future."

Lin Ze heard that it was a good thing, but seeing Jia Min's expression, he was always a little apprehensive.

Jia Min gasped, and then continued: "My body... I know it myself, I'm afraid it won't be long." Seeing that Lin Ze was about to speak, Jia Min quickly shook his hand and said, "I know you are worried, but Very unnecessary. My body and bones have been like this since years ago, and it is a blessing from God to be able to live until now, so how can I be greedy anymore. "

"It's just that I really can't let Yu'er and Lan'er go. They are so young, and you are only so old. If I go, you will be picked up..." Before I finished speaking, tears were already falling more than.

Lin Ze didn't understand when he heard this.Even though there are already two foster nuns in the mansion, if Jia Min dies, the Jia mansion will naturally send someone to pick her up.I'm afraid that when the time comes, you have to go if you want to go, or you have to go if you don't go.Seeing Jia Min's expression now, Lin Ze knew that she had long since lost heart to Jia's family. The good deeds of those two nuns made Jia Min deeply feel that her mother's family was unreliable.That's why I've struggled for more than a year, and now that I say these words, I'm afraid...it's really bad.

"Good boy, although you are not my own, you are the same as my own. I shouldn't say this about the love between you and my mother for so many years, but I am about to... But please, just treat yourself as a jade Er, Lan Er's identity is my own, so I will help the master in the future."

Hearing this, Lin Zexian still felt a little uncomfortable. Thinking about these years, he didn't know that he was raised under the knees of Lin Ruhai and his wife.But he thought he was very worthy of the Lin family. Hearing what Jia Min said, he naturally underestimated himself.But after listening to it, I felt sore again. I just thought that Jia Min was afraid that after she left, he would get married again, so he must say this.

Lin Ze leaned on Jia Min's lap and said in a low voice, "Madam, don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will protect my younger siblings and not let others bully them."

At this point, Jia Min felt relieved after hearing such a promise from Lin Ze, and said with a light smile, "Thank you in advance."

After finishing speaking, Lurou said outside the house: "Madam, the girl sent Qing Xing to ask when the uncle will go." Jia Min laughed and said: "It seems that they can't bear it anymore. , That's right, I've stayed with you for so long, and they're thinking of you too." After finishing speaking, she asked Lu Rou to send Lin Ze off in person, but Lin Ze hurriedly declined, saying no, and went to Daiyu's place in his cloak.

Seeing that Jia Min was half leaning on the pillow, Lurou came over to change the tea, and asked, "Madam, are you feeling better?"

Jia Min coughed lightly, and only slightly closed her eyes, "Go and invite the master over, just say... I have something to say."

Lurou sent the message without mentioning it.When Du Linze arrived in Daiyu's courtyard, he saw Daiyu's second-class maids, Qinghe and Xueyan standing in the courtyard, chatting and laughing, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The Qinghe and the snow geese hurried over to say hello, Qinghe replied: "Miss, I want the ibis to watch the parrot on the porch, don't tell it to fly away. She was watching, but who knows that the ibis talked to someone else for a while. I don't know how she did it, but she broke the ankle chain of the parrot, and the parrot flew away. She was afraid that the girl would scold her, so she searched everywhere, but couldn't find it. A fake parrot is here." As he spoke, he pointed to the empty cage with a smile, and said, "Who would have thought that when the second master came, he would be interested in teasing that parrot again? Found."

The two laughed again because of what they were talking about, Lin Ze didn't understand much, but it didn't bother him, he just went inside the house.Just after entering, I saw the two maids kneeling inside the room, their little faces were pale and pale, but the warmth in the room didn't make them even blush at all.

Lin Lan's eyes were sharp, and when she saw Lin Ze coming in, she trotted over, holding up the things in her hand to show Lin Ze to see.Lin Ze took off the cloak on his body, his eyes drooped slightly, and he saw the thing in Lin Lan's hand.I found it interesting again, so I took it to look at it carefully, and it was really exquisite.Although it is a parrot made of straw, it is outlined in color and covered with goose feathers, so it is really not obvious at first glance.

Then he asked the two kneeling on the ground, "Which one of you is the oriole?"

The little servant girl on the left said tremblingly: "It's the servant girl."

"You are very skillful. This parrot is so vivid that you can't tell the real from the fake if you look at it from a distance." After finishing speaking, there was a sneer from the inner room. Lin Ze raised his eyes and saw the parrot. I saw Daiyu come out from behind the screen in a change of homely clothes. She was wearing a goose-yellow long jacket and skirt with a wind-haired neckline, which made her appearance even more light and delicate.

Daiyu glared at Lin Ze, then went to look at the two maidservants kneeling on the ground, and said with a sneer, "It stands to reason that this is not a big deal, but your behavior is really abhorrent." The oriole is very dexterous, but it doesn't know that this skill is originally to deceive the master?"

After hearing this, the oriole cried and said, "No, I don't dare to have such thoughts again."

The ibis was too frightened, and cried, "Girl, please spare us this time!"

They were newly promoted maids, they were only about ten years old, they were not stable at all, they were naturally different from a talented and intelligent girl like Daiyu, they were only focused on playing with their childishness.Although Lin Ze wanted to talk, after all, this was a matter in Daiyu's house, so he couldn't get involved.Furthermore, Daiyu has recently learned how to be a housekeeper and director, so it is time to establish her prestige, otherwise, who will obey her in the future.Thinking of this, he also stopped talking, and only pulled Lin Lan to sit on the chair next to him.

Daiyu glanced at Lin Ze, seeing his natural expression, she also knew what he was thinking.I thought to myself that the three of them don't have much time to get together every day, so why waste it for these two.He said: "I don't want to punish you, you leave my yard and go elsewhere."

This is not bad!It is much more serious than not being punished!

The two maids were crying like tears, and they just begged that they would not dare to do this again in the future.The two maids outside seemed to understand the seriousness of the matter, so they knelt outside through the curtain and begged for mercy.With a cold face, Daiyu said: "I think it's troublesome to punish you. If I don't send it out cleanly, it will save you from feeling angry and I will feel uncomfortable."

The two maids said anxiously: "I would like to exchange one month's silver, rice and monthly money. I just hope that the girl will calm down and don't care about us."

After hearing this, Daiyu said, "Since you are willing to do so, go and receive the punishment yourself."

For a while, the two maids burst into tears and couldn't make a sound, but they still respectfully thanked each other before going down.As soon as Daiyu turned her head, she saw Lin Ze's mouth was smiling, her face blushed, and she spat, "What do you think I'm doing, I don't have to be laughed at!"

Lin Ze laughed and said, "Who is going to laugh at you? Now you are in charge of the family. If anyone laughs at you, just let them take the punishment themselves."

When Lin Lan heard this, although she didn't understand what it meant, she clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "Punish them, punish them, sister punish them."

Embarrassed and annoyed by what the two brothers said, Daiyu just said angrily: "Ignore you again." She was about to go back to the inner room, but Lin Lan grabbed her sleeves, and she looked down and saw Lin Lan She pouted and said, "Sister, I'm hungry. Didn't you say that my brother is here, so you will give Lan'er something to eat?"

Seeing Lin Lan blinking his eyes and asking Daiyu to eat, Lin Ze chuckled and said, "Good Yu'er, hurry up and give Lan'er some delicious food, lest he won't come to your place when he's hungry. gone."

Daiyu couldn't do anything about it, so she had to ask Qingxing to get some food and put them on the table one by one. Seeing that Lin Lan was eating happily, she said, "I don't like these sweet and greasy things. I don't know who Lan'er learned the taste from." Saying that, she turned her eyes to Lin Ze.

Lin Ze just smiled and said, "Don't look at me, I don't have such a sweet and greasy taste anymore."

Daiyu also laughed and said, "Thank you for saying this, I just want to ask you, who ate the big plate full of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes the year before last?" Whose belly did it go into?"

Lin Ze smiled sheepishly, blushed, and said, "Those two things are not too sweet." Just looking at Daiyu's half-smile expression, her confidence was obviously lacking.It made Daiyu laugh at him even more, and said: "I don't know who it is. I ate those sweet and greasy pastries greedily, but I fell up three or four times a night, and the next day I saw the whole person take off my clothes." It was like pouring water, causing stomach pains for ten and a half months."

Before Lin Ze could speak, Lin Lan put down the pastry in his hand with a "click" and shouted, "I won't eat it, I won't eat it, I don't want a stomachache."

Daiyu smiled and said: "It should be so. If you eat too much, you don't have to make yourself uncomfortable. Don't learn this bad idea from that person in the future."

Lin Ze touched his nose embarrassingly, and thought: I was full that time, but it wasn't because I ate too sweet.

The children talked and laughed, but Lin Ruhai and his wife had other things to say.

Lin Ruhai just entered the room, when he heard a few subdued coughing sounds from inside the room.Hurriedly striding in, he saw Jia Min lying on the kang, panting slightly. "Ma'am, why are you coughing so badly?"

Seeing Lin Ruhai coming, Jia Min managed to smile and said, "It's really..."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly said: "It's really wrong to say that, there is no reason to weaken the relationship between you and me." Then he asked: "Why did Madam order someone to come to me? It seems that you are in a hurry?"

Jia Min took a short breath and said, "I have something to say to the master, just one thing, the master must not interrupt me before I finish."

Seeing Jia Min speak so seriously, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but sternly said, "I promise you."

"My body, over the past year, has been repeated over and over again. After all, it has hurt the bottom, and it's hard to heal." After speaking, seeing Lin Ruhai's sad face, he smiled lightly and said: "Master, don't be so sad, you and my husband and wife All these years have been my blessings. If I were to die, I would have no regrets. The three of you, Ze'er... Fortunately, you have a child like Ze'er who will be able to protect Yu'er and Lan'er in the future, as well as help the master of."

Lin Ruhai heard this, and only sighed: "Ze'er is a good boy. I usually say that he loves his younger siblings the most and is filial to his parents."

"I'm watching, I'm afraid it's... I've said so many things to Ze'er before, I just hope the master don't blame me for thinking like this. There is nothing else to worry about. But now, I am determined not to wait until that day. The master is not good at general affairs, and he can't interfere with many things in the back house. Lan'er is young, and Yu'er is Jiao Didi's daughter's home. I I have no choice but to entrust everything to Ze'er."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai dissipated some of the unhappiness in his heart. He only felt that if Jia Minruo left, leaving behind three young sons, he might not be able to protect them.

"I know the master is frustrated with my natal family." Panting, Jia Min also smiled bitterly: "To tell the truth, I am also really discouraged. Those two stunned servants are at our house I can't hide anything I did. I only thought that they were sent by my mother. I was 1 in my heart and refused to be severely punished, so I suppressed the attack. I also know that the master is thinking about my face. , and won't send them away. So..."

"It's because I'm too soft-hearted, which made this villain even more arrogant, and did so many face-slapping things!" As he said, he gritted his teeth angrily and said, "I'm not discouraged for anything else, but because My mother turned a blind eye to this matter. Because it was given by the elders, I couldn't easily punish them, but since they returned to Jia's mansion later, why didn't my mother know why they were sent back? She didn't even get angry, only lightly Just a few lessons."

"lady……"

"Master, don't blame me for saying this." Although Jia Min was crying, he still begged: "Master, I only ask you for one thing. If there is something to happen to the Jia family in the future, I just ask the master to think of my face and help you." help."

After Lin Ruhai heard this, she also sighed, thinking: My wife is so weak, but she still misses her mother's family, but Jia's family is so hateful, she doesn't miss her at all.However, seeing Jia Min begging and begging, he couldn't bear it, so he said: "If they don't harm our family in the future, I will naturally do my son-in-law's duty."

Hearing what Lin Ruhai said, Jia Min knew that this was Lin Ruhai's biggest concession, so she also sighed and turned away.

"The things I ask for: one is to ask brother Ze to take care of the mother's responsibilities, and help the master to care for his younger siblings in the future; the other is to ask the master to take care of my face and help me with my mother's affairs. The third..." pause After a pause, Jia Min sighed and said: "I thought, if I leave here, I am afraid that my mother will send someone to pick up Yu'er and the others to Jia's mansion for the reason of 'there is no education for the elderly in the back house'. I thought Nanny Wang, Nanny Lai and the like are also very concerned, but if Yu'er and the others are not asked to go to Jia's mansion, I am afraid they will be criticized again in the future. How about...Master, marrying another lady from a great family is also a good idea. For Yu'er... woo..."

When Jia Min said this, she already burst into tears.She and Lin Ruhai got married as teenagers, and the husband and wife are affectionate and have a deep friendship.Even though Jia Min has been in the family for many years and has no heirs, Lin Ruhai never thought of alienating her.Now that Jia Min is so weak, he only hopes that everything will go well for Lin Ruhai in the future. When it comes to the sequel, his heart is sad and bitter, and he burst into tears unconsciously.

Lin Ruhai's heart was also full of grief, and he just shouted softly: "Don't say that again, Ruhai is alone in this life, nothing else." He sighed: "If you really leave before me, I will take care of you. His three brothers and sisters, when they get married and start a business, and their children and grandchildren are around their knees, they will come to find you."

After hearing this, Jia Min burst into tears and said, "How can I repay the master for his love?" He hated again: "I only hate that I am so weak, and I can't grow old with the master at all."

Lin Ruhai's eyes were also red, and he only comforted his wife in a gentle voice for a long time, until Jia Min was so tired that he couldn't sleep.

"master……"

Half a month later, Jia Min passed away.

Although Lin Ruhai had already been mentally prepared, but the relationship between him and Jia Min was very serious. Hearing that Jia Min had passed away, his throat felt sweet.A gloom condensed in the chest, unable to express.For a moment, the whole person became depressed, and stayed in the study all day long, remembering his wife, and his temples were frosty.

But everything in the inner house must not be missed, not to mention that after Jia Min passed away, the master of the house must be orderly.Nanny Zhang and Nanny Fang have already put out their housekeeping skills to clean up the back house. Although Daiyu is young and sad, she also knows that she cannot slack off at this time, so she puts her energy into cleaning up the back house. thing.

Fortunately, although it was inconvenient for Mother Cui and Mother Shen to intervene in the affairs of the Lin family, they still gave Daiyu a lot of advice on cooking in the back house.Especially Shen Momo, what she is best at is not housekeeping, but herbal diet and nourishment. Seeing that Daiyu is young and facing the pain of losing her mother, and she has to cheer up to deal with the family affairs, she feels a lot of heart Distressed, the daily medicated diet is mainly warming and tonic, so that Daiyu's body does not collapse together.

Lin Lan is also young, but she knows sadness.Hearing such bad news, I was so sad that I cried for several days.Lin Ze persuaded him with great difficulty, and asked Qingmei to bring him to Daiyu's place every day, in order to ask their siblings to accompany each other so that they would not be too sad.

As the eldest son, Lin Ze was not Jia Min's biological child, but he was recorded in Jia Min's name when he was one year old, and he was included in the family tree.After Jia Min passed away this time, Lin Ze tried his best to do what he should do as a son.And because he missed his younger siblings, he ran around every day, just like he lost a lot of weight.Even with the help of Nanny Shen, she still lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Ruhai slumped for a long time, and finally regained her former momentum.He thought that once Jia Min left, there would be chaos in the back house, but what he didn't expect was that the affairs in the back house were orderly.Even Jia Min's funeral was well organized.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai finally got over the grief of losing his wife, the Lin Ze brothers and sisters were naturally a little happier.Lin Ruhai lost his wife in middle age, so they lost their mother when they were young, they were all equally sad.

After a few days, it seems that years have passed, and a glance of ten thousand years.

Lin Ruhai sighed, seeing a coffin parked on the mourning hall, his eyes were slightly wet, "Ma'am..."

"Master, please take care of yourself." Lin Ze came over to help Lin Ruhai who was staggering on his feet, and said in a low voice: "Before my wife leaves, I also beg the master to take care of my body, but I hope the master will take care of my wife's heart, and don't let me take care of my body." I was too hurt myself."

"I know."

Lin Ruhai looked back at the three children, stretched out his hand to touch the youngest Lin Lan, and said, "You are fine, fine." After that, he walked out of the mourning hall with a little pomp.

At the end of the day, Daiyu was sore all over, lying on the couch, she didn't even bother to move her fingers.Qingxing hurriedly fetched water and came over to help Daiyu wash her face. Outside, she heard licorice coming in through the curtain, holding a small cup in her hand, and said softly, "Girl, eat some white porridge before resting. Madam Shen has been cooking porridge for a long time."

When Daiyu heard the words, she knew that the porridge must have warming and tonic herbs added, so she sat up and took it, and was about to eat it.

Daiyu had only eaten a few mouthfuls, when she heard a little maid outside reporting, "The uncle and the second master are here." He hurriedly said, "Please come in quickly." Lin Ze led Lin Lan in for a while, and saw Daiyu eating porridge , and said: "It's not good for this porridge to cool down. You eat it. The two of us just came to sit and sit."

When Daiyu heard this, she pulled the corners of her lips and smiled, and said, "Go get a bowl of porridge for the uncle and the second master." Then she said, "I'm not the only one who is very tired, you are also tired all day. , just use some porridge here as a cushion." Then, Qing Xing had already filled the porridge, and Lin Ze and Lin Lan took a few mouthfuls, only to feel that the mouth was full of fragrance.

Lin Zeqi said: "This porridge looks like ordinary white porridge, but it tastes very refreshing. I just don't know how it is made."

Daiyu smiled and said, "You are asking the wrong person. Mother Shen has boiled this porridge all afternoon. I don't know how it is made, but it tastes good. You If you want to ask how it is made, don’t you have to go to the kitchen to make a bowl for us?”

"Why not!" Lin Ze just smiled when he heard the words, but he didn't take it seriously in this day and age that "gentlemen stay away from cooking".Do it yourself to have enough food and clothing, this principle has never changed.

But Daiyu didn't take it seriously, she just shook her head and smiled, then turned to look at Lin Lan, saw that Lin Lan was eating deliciously, she just smiled and said: "Lan'er is delicious, but it seems that this bowl is not enough. "

Lin Lan finished eating the whole bowl, touched his still hungry stomach, stared at Daiyu pitifully, and said with a pout, "My stomach has been fed by my brother, and now I can't even eat a bowl of porridge." .”

As Lin Ze leaned forward to beat him, he curled up and rolled towards Daiyu, making it difficult for Lin Ze to come and beat him.Daiyu just rubbed Lin Lan's small face and said with a smile: "You still say it's not my brother's fault. If you weren't greedy, why did you come here?" Even though she said this, she couldn't bear to make Lin Lan hungry, so she only said to Qing Xing : "Go and ask Mother Shen if there is anything else to eat, if there is any, just bring it to Lan'er."

Qing Xing went away, Lin Lan smiled happily, and said with a smile: "My sister still loves me, bad brother!"

Lin Ze turned his face away and said: "Your sister is the best. Don't cry in front of me in the future, and say that my sister forced you to write, and said that my sister beat your palm."

Hearing this, Lin Lan really didn't say that, she hurriedly ran from Daiyu to Lin Ze, pouted and said, "Good brother, you just misheard, I didn't say that sister is the best." Seeing Daiyu Both Lin Ze and Lin Ze looked at him with half-smiles. Lin Lan blushed and said in a low voice, "I mean, sister and brother are the best, and Lan'er likes you the most."

Lin Ze was also amused by him, and the sadness of the past few days seemed to have been wiped away a lot.Daiyu also smiled and said: "Lan'er's words are flattering, neither side should be offended. Now that we have put such a high hat on us, if we bully him again in the future, won't we not be able to be his brother and sister?"

While talking, all three of them laughed.Not long after, I heard Qing Xing break the curtain and come in with a food box in her hand, Lin Lan's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and she ran towards Qing Xing at a trot, so frightened that Qing Xing only yelled softly : "Second Master scalded his hands carefully!"

As he said that, he put the food box on the small table by himself, and laid out the contents of the food box one by one.

It turned out that there were some freshly cooked side dishes and a bowl of rice in the food box.Lin Lan leaned over to look. The dishes were brightly colored and smelled attractive.It was exactly: a plate of stir-fried vegetables with green shallots, a plate of pickled cucumbers, a plate of snow-white kidney bean cake, and a pot of freshly brewed Yunwu tea.

Lin Lan took the chopsticks, looked around, and picked up a piece of kidney bean cake first.Lin Ze and Daiyu were looking at him with a smile, but he picked up the kidney bean cake, turned the chopsticks, and brought the cake to Lin Ze's lips, with a pair of dark eyes blinking, "Brother, hurry up!" Try it."

Lin Ze ate it with a smile, and praised: "It's really delicious, but it's different from the home-cooked method. It seems that some other medicinal materials have been added." Although it is a medicinal material, it unexpectedly neutralizes the sweetness of the kidney bean cake.

After hearing this, Lin Lan picked up another piece and handed it to Daiyu to eat. Seeing that her brothers and sisters ate them with smiles, she went back to the table, picked up the rice bowl and started eating these few side dishes.

The three brothers and sisters were eating and talking in a low voice, waiting for Lin Lan to finish eating, when Lin Ze was about to take him back to the house, they suddenly heard a few noises outside the house.Lin Ze and Daiyu looked at each other, feeling puzzled, Qing Xing hurriedly went to ask, and saw Licorice came in and replied, "Master has sent word that there is a visitor."

"At this time, how can we have guests?"

Licorice hurriedly said: "I heard that he is the nephew of my wife's natal family, and he is called 'Second Lord Lian'."