Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

If Lin Hai had nothing special to do, Maozheng would practice Wuqinxi every day.At first he was alone, and after a few days he brought Jia Lian to do it together, and later even Daiyu followed suit.

In Lin Hai's words, if you get up early and practice Wuqinxi, your meals will be delicious.After practicing for more than two months, seeing Lin Hai refreshed, Jia Lian was also high-spirited, and even Daiyu was a little less timid.

Because the Jia family sent everyone Lai to come, after breakfast, Jia Lian came over to Lin Hai and said, "Uncle, sister-in-law Lai mentioned to my nephew yesterday that she wants to see her cousin."

Lin Hai nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Gui Ni: "Let the people from Jia's mansion come here."

Waiting for catkins to send people to invite people from Jia's mansion, Lin Hai called Lin Qian up, and told him, "Prepare a few cars, and send all the people from Jia's mansion to Zhuangzi where my wife is dowry."

Seeing this, Jia Lian was a little puzzled, so Lin Hai smiled and said, "It depends on everyone's quick thinking. If the second door didn't watch closely last night, I would have gone in to meet Yu'er."

Jia Lian blushed with embarrassment, "Uncle, I told her yesterday that I should ask my uncle first."

"Lian'er, this has nothing to do with you. These shameless old slaves, who think that they have been working as servants are older than you, how can they take the words of a little master like you to heart?"

Daiyu sat next to Lin Hai, her eyes fluttering, watching her father talk to her cousin.

After a while, Lai's group came in with the maid.Greetings to Lin Hai and Jia Lian first, and then Lai everyone looked at the pink and tender girl in front of Lin Hai and smiled very affectionately, "This fairy-like girl must be the daughter of the aunt, the old slave Lai everyone greets the cousin girl .” The women behind followed suit.

Daiyu used to listen to her mother talking about her grandparents' family affairs. After hearing about the arrival of Jia's family yesterday, Mother Wang talked to Daiyu about the splendor of Jia's mansion and the love that Rong Guogong and his wife had for Jia Min.Nanny Wang was Jia Min's dowry and later became Daiyu's nanny.She has always taken good care of Daiyu.After speaking last night, he took her hand and said, "Girl, your grandmother loves your mother the most."

Therefore, when Daiyu saw people from Jia's mansion, she felt close in her heart. Looking at the people of Lai's family who had bowed down, she compared Jia Lian's address, "Lai's sister-in-law and sisters-in-law are about to invite them." Move a chair to sit.

Lai everyone smiled and said: "My aunt, there is no place for us to sit. If we can see the cousin, we can talk to the cousin. The old lady has been thinking about her cousin every day since she got bad news from her aunt. , I don’t know how many times I cried, I just hoped that I could pick up my cousin and live in the capital for a few years.”

Lin Hai looked at Lai's words calmly, and Daiyu listened to Lai's words with eloquence, looked sideways at her father who was expressionless, and then at her embarrassed cousin.Daiyu smiled and said to everyone Lai: "Thank you, Mrs. Lai, for telling me that my grandmother misses me. Is my grandmother okay?"

"In addition to missing my aunt, the old lady just wants to see her cousin. If she can win the favor of her cousin, it will also relieve the old lady's pain of losing her daughter."

After hearing what Lai said, Daiyu turned to look at Lin Hai.

"Thanks to everyone, I told you yesterday that the old lady is getting old, and Yu'er can't compete with her if she is filial. After she is filial, I will send her to see the old lady."

Seeing that Lin Hai did not give in at all, everyone Lai wanted to say a few more words, but the housekeeper Lin Qian came over and said, "Sister Lai, the master has made arrangements to send Sister Lai to meet the person who used to serve my wife, please come with me. "

Due to everyone's helplessness, they had no choice but to take someone out with Lin Qian.

Lin Hai sent Daiyu and Jia Lian to study, and he walked slowly to the Yushi Yamen in front of him.When Lin Hai returned from the yamen to the back house at night, Lin Qian came over and said, "Master, the women from Jia's mansion, I left them all at the Zhuangzi."

Lin Hai nodded. Lin Qian's doing things in place is a peace of mind. "I'll pick it up in three or five days. Prepare similar gifts and send them back. In addition, you can find a suitable teaching mother and ask one or two for the eldest girl. Then the king mother can't do it anymore Stay. Also, you choose some little maids whose parents are not married to Jia's family, and train them well, and replace the big maids whose wives/arranged for girls."

Lin Qian responded, "Master, don't worry, I will get things done as soon as possible."

Lin Hai nodded, and Lin Qian went on to say, "Master, there is one more thing. Mr. Jia is getting more and more enthusiastic about his cousin."

"Oh, is it?"

"Mr. Jia explained the lessons carefully to Mr. Biao, but he is not as serious as before to the eldest girl."

"Don't worry about him for now. The eldest girl is still young, so she should be more relaxed in her studies and spend less effort. The cousin will only stay for a few more months, and he will have to return to Beijing a few years ago. You should pay more attention to see if it is suitable for you. Mr. Jia, look for someone for the eldest girl. Mr. Jia is not someone who can stay in our Lin residence for a long time."

"Yes." Lin Qian also came from a family background. He started to study with Lin Hai when he was a teenager, and he has been with Lin Hai for more than 30 years. He has always followed Lin Hai's words thoroughly and without compromise.

"Is there any news from Jingli?"

"Not yet. The Salt Merchant Chamber of Commerce sent over a post, inviting the master to participate in the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at Slender West Lake."

"I'm back. My wife passed away not long ago, how can I feel like watching the moon and drinking with them."

"There are also posts from various government offices, all about banquets." Lin Qian handed over a few more posts.

Lin Hai looked at it one by one, "Let's go back. I think they can understand my mood."

"Yes. Master. I'll do it now." Lin Qian bowed and retreated holding the post.

Lin Hai handled the family affairs reported by the second housekeeper one by one, including the servants sent by Jia's mansion.Then I ordered Gui Ni to invite the eldest girl to have dinner together.After dinner, Daiyu was left to talk.

"Yu'er, Jia's mansion sent a servant girl here today. It's your grandmother who wants to pick you up to live in Jia's mansion for a few years."

"Daddy," Daiyu raised her face and hugged Lin Hai's arm, "Daddy, I don't want to go."

"Good Yu'er, Daddy doesn't want to send you to the capital either. However, Daddy will go down to inspect after a while, and you will be the only one at home. Or, Daddy will keep your cousin for a while longer, so he can accompany you, but He had to return to Beijing years ago."

"Daddy, after my cousin left, will Daddy go to inspect later, and I will be the only one at home?"

"Yes."

Daiyu hugged Lin Hai's arm tightly, and said in a panicked voice, "Daddy, Daddy." Daiyu was deeply impressed by her father's inspections, and she left for two or three months.Since her mother passed away, Daiyu has become more and more attached to her father, and she has to eat with her father every morning and evening.Thinking that she might not see her father for two or three months, and that she was the only one in the big family, Daiyu's eyes were red with tears.

Lin Hai stroked Daiyu's hair, "Yu'er, Daddy has to go to check, does Yu'er understand?"

Daiyu nodded with tears in her eyes.

Lin Hai went on to say: "You are still so young, how can Daddy leave you alone at home? Yuer, Daddy will marry Yuer a mother again, okay? Then when Daddy goes out to inspect, someone will stay at home with Yuer gone."

"But, but..."

"Yu'er, talk to daddy directly."

"Dad married another bride, did he forget about Yu'er's mother?"

"No. With Yu'er here, I won't forget it."

"Mammy said, Nanny said, Daddy has a new man, he will have a younger brother, and then Daddy won't love Yu'er anymore."

Lin Hai hugged Daiyu into his arms, and the father and daughter looked at each other, "Yu'er, Daddy promises you that even if you have a younger brother, Daddy will love Yuer the most. Do you believe Daddy?"

Daiyu looked into her father's eyes, turned her tearful eyes, nodded, big and big teardrops rolled down her cheeks, and said with a sob: "Yu'er believes in Daddy."

"Yu'er, Daddy is over 40 years old, and his life is rare in seventy years. Daddy can't and can't accompany you for many years. If Yu'er is alone in the days to come, how good it is. So , if Daddy marry Yuer a bride again, Yuer will have a younger brother again. When Daddy can no longer accompany Yuer, Yuer will still have a younger brother. Okay?"

Daiyu nodded and shook her head, hugging Lin Hai's neck tightly. "Daddy, I only want Daddy."

"Yu'er, Daddy also wants to be with you all the time, but he will pass away like your mother in a few years. At that time, you will have a younger brother to accompany you, 50 years, 60 years, 70 years. Yu My son is an older child, can you understand what Daddy said?"

Daiyu hugged Lin Hai and cried, "Daddy, I understand. My mother said that I will have a younger brother so that I will be able to rely on me in the future. Daddy, will I have a bride soon?"

"No. After your mother's anniversary."

"Mammy said the bride would not like me. She would only like her brother."

"We Yu'er is such a smart and well-behaved girl, the bride will definitely like it. And daddy will definitely marry Yu'er to a bride who likes Yu'er. He will make beautiful clothes for Yu'er, comb her beautiful hair, wear Good-looking jewelry, dress up Yu'er beautifully, play the piano together, and draw together. Okay?"

Daiyu hugged Lin Hai and cried for a while, moved by the new life described by Lin Hai, she gradually stopped her grief. "Daddy also plays the piano with us?"

"Okay." Lin Hai hugged Daiyu, and it seemed that Nanny Wang couldn't stay there for another day.

"Father, Mammy still said today, and said..." Daiyu looked at Lin Hai's face, and Lin Hai quickly showed an encouraging look, "Yu'er, what do you have to say, Yu'er has always said it directly to Daddy, right? ah?"

"The mother said that my grandmother loves my mother the most. If I go to the capital, my grandmother will love me the most."

"Does Yu'er believe what her father says or what she says?"

"Trust what Daddy says." The little girl replied quickly and firmly.

"In this world, the people who love Yu'er the most are father and mother. Although your grandmother loves your mother the most, she also has her own son to love. Yu'er, if your mother Wang said such things, my father would not want to Leave her by your side, Daddy is afraid that the Yuer whom she provoked one day will be separated from Daddy. How about Daddy changing Yuer to a nanny?"

"Daddy, don't you want to change?"

"No way. Thinking that Yu'er will have the best relationship with Daddy in the future, Daddy wants to cry."

"Then, let's change it." Daiyu's voice was a bit reluctant, and she hugged Lin Hai's neck tightly, "Yu'er and Daddy are the closest."

Lin Hai called Gui Ni to come in and asked her to send for Lin Qian.

Lin Qian came quickly, "Master, what's the matter?"

"You just send someone to send the nanny in the eldest girl's yard to your wife's Zhuangzi. Let your wife take care of the eldest girl for a few days, okay?"

"Okay." Lin Qian only found out during the day that the master was going to replace the eldest girl's nanny, but he had a fit at night. He thought that what Wang Nanny said to the eldest girl angered the master.

"Let your wife settle the big girl's yard, and then come to pick up the big girl and go back to rest."

"Yes." Lin Qian agreed and left quickly.

Lin Hai hugged Daiyu, coaxing the little girl to talk softly. After a while, Daiyu hugged Lin Hai's neck and smiled happily.

The father and daughter talked and laughed, and the room was full of warmth.