'Lin Daiyu' of the Red Chamber

Lin Ruhai angrily tore up the booklet, threw it into a copper basin and burned it with fire. ♀The face of Chu Zaixin suddenly appeared in Jiejiaoxian's mind, and Lin Ruhai sighed.Unconvinced sigh: Is there no one better than him?

As the end of the year passed smoothly, Daiyu, as the new butler of the Lin family, naturally had to start to arrange various matters.

First of all, Daiyu wants to judge the servants in the mansion, and all those who are lazy and slippery will be dismissed together, and the comprador will be more than a dozen newcomers.Daiyu picked out four little maids who seemed to be more useful from here, and kept them in the yard temporarily for future observation, and selected one or two capable ones to promote to her side.He also promoted two older third-class maids to Lin Ruhai's side who were honest and prudent, so that when she was away, someone could urge Lin Ruhai to rest and supervise Lin Ruhai's implementation of the health regimen.

Secondly, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, Daiyu is going to prepare various items needed for the New Year’s Eve, as well as valuables for the compradors to give gifts during the festival. Go over them one by one.

On this day, Zhou Lu's family took the agreed-upon New Year's Eve dinner menu and was preparing to show Daiyu.She suddenly remembered something, first went to the front yard to meet her husband, and gave him the money to buy a longevity lock for her son.

Zhou Lu was about to go out to do some errands, so he stopped by the shop when he was about to come back.After receiving the money, he scratched his head and smiled, "I forgot to ask you for it. Fortunately, you thought about it, otherwise you would have made a fool of yourself."

Zhou Lu's family smiled, pretending to be troubled, and had no time to talk to her husband, so she turned and left.She wanted to take a shortcut to report to Daiyu, but she passed through a small forest, and the branches scratched her clothes.The more anxious Zhou Lu's family got, the more accidents would happen, and he scolded him for being unlucky.Take trot home and change clothes.Her family happened to live in the north of Lin Mansion, close to the small gate on the north side of Lin Mansion.This door is used for the servants of the Lin family to enter and exit.

Zhou Lu's family had just changed their clothes when they heard noise outside.Go out and see, there are people gathered at the north gate.Two janitors blocked a mother and son in ragged clothes.The child was still young, about two or three years old, and was held in the arms of the woman. ♀Taiwan Entertainment 1971 The mother and son's faces turned red from the cold.The woman's hair was disheveled, and the padded jacket on her body had several holes, exposing the blackened cotton.The child in his arms was a little better. Although the clothes were dirty, they were wrapped tightly.

The woman shouted loudly: "We are really relatives of Mr. Lin!"

Hearing this, the guard at the door sneered and said, "Where is the beggar who dares to come to our Lin mansion to eat oil? Why pretend to be Mr. Lin's poor relative? Let me tell you, you have found the wrong place. The other family may recognize you, but our Lord Lin has no relatives in the fifth service. Get out, get out! I will arrest you and send you to the official again!"

The woman cried when she heard this, and because she couldn't afford to offend the boy, she had no choice but to hold the baby and walk away, desperately looking inside, cursing. "Lin Xun, you bastard, you still lie to me after you're dead. Why is your cousin Tanhualang, senior official, I'm sorry!..."

Those from Zhou Lu's family remembered that the eldest sister had talked about the thinness of the Lin family, saying that it would be good if the Lin family had a child to adopt.She had a long mind, thinking that if the mother and son were really relatives of the Lin family, she would be lucky.Hurry up and ask someone to keep the mother and child. She will ask the question first to find out if it is true, and then report back to the girl.

After Daiyu had lunch, Zhou Lu's family came to report with the menu.

Daiyu knew that Zhou Lu's family was doing things properly, so she guessed what happened to her, so she asked, "What got you stuck? If you have any difficulties, please tell me."

Zhou Lu's family hesitated for a moment, at worst he would be scolded.Gritting his teeth, he told Daiyu what he had just met at the north gate.

"The Lin family?" Daiyu thought for a while, and felt that this matter might not be reliable.After all, Aunt Zhong dared to fake her belly, who would believe that this mother and son are not liars?But be cautious, as long as there is a little possibility, it is better to confirm it.

"Did you ask which branch of the Lin family she is from?"

"I asked, but she couldn't tell. She only heard from his dead husband that her husband's grandfather was of the same family as the master's grandfather."

"Call their mother and child here, and I'll take a look." The relationship was far away, and Daiyu didn't know it.It's better to meet people first.

So Zhou Lu's family brought the mother and son over, and changed their clothes to clean ones in advance.It turned out to be too nasty, Zhou Lu's family was afraid that that appearance would offend their own girl.

Daiyu looked at the mother and son standing in the middle of the ground. The mother was in her early twenties, with dark skin and not very good-looking.The child is not like her, he is white and clean, with delicate features, and looks a bit like the Lin family.

However, it is unscientific to judge blood relationship based on appearance alone.If it is from a rich family, there will be one or two things left behind.

Daiyu asked her: "What identification do you have on you? What items from the Lin family does your husband have?" The woman thought for a while and took out a jade pendant from the child's chest.Carefully hand it to Daiyu.

Daiyu touched the quality of the jade, and it was not bad, unlike what ordinary people should have. The back of the jade was engraved with "Gusu Forest".Looking at these three words, Daiyu felt that it was a bit real.He decided to keep the mother and son for the time being, and wait for Lin Ruhai to come back.

Daiyu specifically asked the child's name, Lin Dian, three years old.

In the evening, Lin Ruhai came back and heard about this incident.Surprised: "I do have an uncle. He is more than 20 years younger than my grandfather. He went to Dali as a soldier. Later, there was a war there, and [-]% of the guards died. After that, there was no news of him. The Lin family only regarded him as dead. An empty tomb was set up for him. Is it possible that he is not dead, but still left behind?"

Lin Ruhai took the jade pendant from Daiyu and looked at it carefully.He nodded and said, "This is from the Lin family, and my grandfather also had one, which was buried with him later."

The father and daughter thought it was credible, and immediately found the mother and son.Under Lin Ruhai's detailed questioning, the identities of the mother and child were finally confirmed, and the child named Lin Dian was undoubtedly from the Lin family.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai's uncle was young and frivolous, with great ambitions. He went to Dali to join the army privately. After three years, he became the general soldier, married a wife and had children. Later, he was robbed by Tibetans. Lin Ruhai's uncle was killed, leaving behind his eight-year-old son. , the son grew up and joined the army with his father, and eventually died on the battlefield, leaving behind his wife Qian and her unborn child.After Qian gave birth to Lin Xun, the orphan and widow planned to go back to Gusu to recognize their relatives, but the journey was long, and Lin Xun's mother died of a serious illness in Nanchang.After Lin Xun buried his mother, he met and got married with Su Shi, a farm girl. Although the two were poor, they had a happy life, and they stopped thinking about traveling long distances to find relatives.Unexpectedly, Lin Xun suddenly died of a sudden illness at the beginning of this year. The Su family was disliked by her natal brother, and life could not go on. Fang remembered that Lin Xun had mentioned his life experience, so he took his son to the Lin family in Gusu to seek refuge. , Came to Yangzhou to find Lin Ruhai to recognize relatives.

Lin Ruhai was very excited about the clan staying behind.Although this child is not his, it can be regarded as the seed of the Lin family. After all, the Lin family left only one seedling.After his death, he finally dared to face the ancestors of the Lin family.

Daiyu asked someone to tidy up a large courtyard for Su's mother and son to live in.Clothes, bedding, and items used are all the best and the latest.Temporarily assigned four third-class maidservants, six rough envoys, and four maids to Su's room to serve.

The Su family was born as a peasant woman, and since she was a child, she has seen either the fields or the fields.When she first entered the north gate of Lin's house, Zhou Lu's house, who went first, already felt that the house should be well furnished.When she came to see the daughter of the Lin family again, she didn't dare to enter that room, always feeling that such a dignified place, her low status, was not worthy of staying there.

Now that Mrs. Su wants to live in such a rich and big house, she is afraid and dare not accept it, but fortunately, the eldest girl of the Lin family has a good temperament, so she patiently tried to persuade her.Su's heart was warm, she was so grateful that she couldn't speak, she knelt down crying bitterly, and thanked Lin Ruhai and Daiyu.

"Your Excellency and Miss are really kind people, really kind. I'm a rough person, I haven't read a book, and I don't know how to thank you. Dian'er and I kowtow to you."

Crying bitterly, Su pulled her son to kneel down and kowtowed.Lin Dian was also good, he did what his mother said, knocked his head down, and hit the ground.

How could Lin Ruhai and Daiyu let Su's mother and son perform such a salute and ask someone to help them up.When Su got up, she was a little unsteady.

Daiyu saw that Su Shi's lips were a little purple, and asked someone to help Su Shi to rest.

Su Shi was forced to lie on the bed, she was embarrassed and wanted to get up, but Daiyu held Su Shi's hand to stop her.Daiyu's body is already weak, and her hands and feet are often cold.She held Su Shi's hand like this, it was even colder than her.

"Zicuckoo, go and call for the doctor."

"No, no! Good girl, don't bother me. I'm thick and strong, and I have nothing to do. It's just that I'm a little tired after walking a lot with He Dian. I'll be fine after a night of sleep."

Daiyu nodded with a smile, and asked someone to serve Su Shi to sleep.Lin Dian was hugged by the mother-in-law to rest in the mansion.Daiyu went out, still feeling uneasy.

"It's better to ask the doctor for a safe pulse." Zhou Lu's family ordered someone to invite Doctor Ding.

Daiyu took people back to the room and sat reading.As it was getting dark, Zicuckoo moved the candlestick so that Daiyu would not have enough light to read.

Lin Ruhai came back from outside and came to play chess with Daiyu with a smile. The father and daughter had just played their first chess.The little maid hurriedly came to tell: "The big thing is wrong, Mrs. Su is out of breath."

Lin Ruhai and Daiyu rushed to Su's house, and Dr. Ding was wandering in the main room.Lin Dian's wail came from inside, and the maids and women were all talking to comfort Lin Dian.

Lin Ruhai frowned and asked, "This is?"

Ding Yongchun sighed, shook his head and said, "My lord, Miss, Mrs. Su died suddenly of typhoid fever."

Lin Ruhai wondered: "She was healthy during the day, how could she die suddenly?"

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