The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Lin Hai was sitting in the study room, although he was holding a copy of the "South China Classic" in his hand, his eyes were not on the book at all.

It has been a few days since Jia's family ransacked the house. The Holy Majesty, in the face of Concubine Jia, Xu Jia's family returned to the mansion for a temporary stay, and ordered to comfort Jia Zheng with gentle words. The faction of the loyal and obedient prince seemed to be unbearable when they saw the Holy Majesty. As if his anger was not exhausted, he wrote several letters again and again, exposing all kinds of illegal things in Jia's family, and even gradually spread to others.

After all, Lin Hai is Jia Zheng's sister-in-law, and now he is Baoyu's father-in-law. If the Jia family really collapses, the Lin family will inevitably be implicated. His old disciples all come to ask him if they want to write a letter to help the Jia family separate, but Lin Hai hesitates. After making a decision, he sat in the study for several days, thinking hard, seeking a good plan, but he couldn't find it.

Footsteps sounded outside the door, as if someone was running outside. The Lin Mansion has always been strict in rules and regulations. Lin Hai frowned when he heard someone running around in such an ignorant manner. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he heard a few servants at the door say: "Go back to the master, my aunt is back, my little ones, please tell the master whether you should wait in the side room first."

Lin Hai was stunned, a little unbelievable, when he opened the door and went out to look, he saw that two women serving Daiyu had already entered the door, saw Lin Hai, and saluted together: "Master."

Surprised and delighted, Lin Hai hurriedly waved his hands to tell the servants to go away, and told the two leaders to call Daiyu's sedan chair in.

Inside and outside the front yard, in an instant, a dozen or so women were standing between the roads. Lin Hai didn't care about the dignity of his father and daughter, so he went straight out the door and asked someone to open the middle gate to welcome his daughter in a small sedan chair for two. Greeting each other at the door, it's not right to come down for a while, and it's not right to stay on the sedan chair. In a hurry, he lifted the curtain, half complaining, half coquettishly calling "Father", and said: "How can a father welcome his daughter?" The truth, father, go in quickly."

Lin Hai saw her daughter's ruddy complexion at a glance, she was not as skinny as the rumors in the market, and her face was more joyful, but she nodded reservedly, walked into the front hall, and called for someone to tell Aunt Fang, and Arranging banquets, etc.

Daiyu went in and got off the sedan chair. She stepped forward with her skirt up, and saluted Lin Haiyingly. When Lin Hai saw her for the first time, he was only concerned about joy, but now he smiled again and asked her, "Where is Baoyu? Come on, but you came back suddenly?"

Daiyu raised her face and said with a smile: "I'm homesick, so I came back—don't father like me coming back?"

Lin Hai frowned and said, "You are Baoyu's concubine wife. You are a wife from Jia's family. Why are you still being self-willed like a little girl? Could it be that you and Baoyu had a quarrel?" Daiyu's soft and graceful temperament, It must be Baoyu's fault that he was so angry that he could go back to Beijing. When he found out the reason, he immediately asked Jia Zhengxing for the crime.

Daiyu saw that Lin Hai looked as respectful as a Taoist gentleman, but in reality he clenched his fists tightly, as if he could turn from a civil servant to a military commander at any time and rush to Jia's mansion to ask for an explanation. I missed my father, so I came back."

When Lin Hai heard this, he couldn't believe it even more. He frowned and asked tentatively, "Could it be... because of the girl from the Xue family?"

Daiyu's eyebrows twitched, and she smiled immediately: "Father is overthinking, so I will come back and stay for a few days to see my father. After a while, I will go to the south. Baoyu and his wife both know about this, and they may Yes, if my father doesn't believe it, I'll send someone to the mansion to ask my wife and I'll find out."

Lin Hai was skeptical when he heard this, and said casually: "I will ask your aunt to visit there some other day, if you ask me to ask, it's not good at all, hum."

Daiyu smiled and held his arm by his side and said, "I have a clear conscience. I am not afraid to ask any questions from my father. It makes me very sad that my father doesn't believe me."

Lin Hai only said on the surface: "They are all married, others are mothers at your age, why are you still so childish, talking childishly." The two asked each other what was going on, and Lin Hai smiled and heard Daiyu chatting about interesting things about the south. Aunt Fang came over in a hurry from the backyard. When she saw Daiyu, she squatted halfway and said, "Your sister is back?" At tea time, Daiyu hurriedly stopped her and said: "I have already served one, so don't bother." Aunt Fang seemed to have just recovered, and forced a smile: "I forgot." She turned her head and went to tell the kitchen While preparing the banquet, Lin Hai frowned and said, "I've already asked someone to order—what's the matter with you today, are you uncomfortable? If you don't feel well, you can go back earlier and rest, and Yu'er will visit you at night."

Aunt Fang said: "It's nothing serious, master and sister just talk about you, I'll be there to serve." Seeing that the tea in Daiyu's cup was exhausted, she immediately picked up the teapot and poured water for her. Immediately it is filled to the brim, and as soon as you touch the glass, it is bound to overflow.Daiyu saw it, and said with a smile: "My aunt also said that there is nothing on her mind, and the water is poured out."

Aunt Fang was startled, she hurriedly removed the teapot, and took a closer look, but the tea hadn't overflowed, so she breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing her behaving in a panic, Lin Hai felt displeased, and said lightly: "Just now I called People went looking for you but couldn't find you, and now you are here, and you look like this again, there must be something, is it a family matter?"

Aunt Fang was born in a peasant household, she was dull by nature, she panicked when Lin Hai asked her, so she couldn't help but look at Daiyu.

When Lin Hai saw him, he said, "Yu'er is married, and she is also my direct daughter. You don't need to hide the family affairs from her, just tell the truth." , That is also a small matter of the parents, it is no harm to ask Daiyu to listen to it, and you can also try Daiyu's housekeeper's method, so Aunt Fang urged Aunt Fang to tell Daiyu.

At first, Aunt Fang felt embarrassed to tell Daiyu about it, but she always regarded Lin Hai as her heaven. When she heard Lin Hai speak and saw that there was no one else around, she hesitated for a while and said, "Sister Jing...is pregnant now. .”

Lin Hai was shocked. He slapped the table and got up and said, "You...what did you say?" Remembering that Daiyu was still there, he immediately said, "Yu'er, you go to the backyard to rest first, and I will have a chat with your aunt."

Daiyu said: "Father just said that you don't need to hide anything about the family from me, and now he is going to send me away again, so I won't go."

Lin Hai said angrily: "You are a new wife, why are you not ashamed at all? Do these words sound nice to you? Get out!"

Who knows that Daiyu is not like Baoyu or Xue Pan. Seeing her father getting angry, she just smiled and continued to hold his hand and said, "I am the wife of the Jia family, and I will be the housekeeper in the future. With such a big family in the Jia family, who knows Will something like this happen in the future? I'll learn from my father and aunt first, so that if I encounter similar things in the future, I'll have a better idea."

Seeing her messing around, Lin Hai was so angry that her beautiful beard would stand on end, but Daiyu was sure that Lin Hai loved her, acted coquettishly, refused to let go of Lin Hai's arm, and blocked him with what Lin Hai had said first, Lin Hai had no choice but to stare at the little girl and said, "Just listen to this matter, don't go out and say a word!"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Of course."

Lin Hai said again: "In the future, you are not allowed to mention a single word of what Jia's family will say to others. In the future, you should be careful when you talk to people, and don't talk like today!"

Daiyu smiled and said, "I only say these things in front of my father and aunt, and I won't say them in front of others."

Lin Hai glared at her and said, "You are not allowed to say that in front of us! You shouldn't have said that!"

As long as Lin Hai is willing to keep her, Daiyu is only convinced, Lin Hai reprimanded her a few more times, seeing her obedience, Fang put the matter aside and turned to ask Aunt Fang, "What's going on?"

Aunt Fang has been standing respectfully by her side, and when she was asked, she explained how Zhang Jing came to find him, and how he talked about his relationship with Xue Pan, explaining clearly every word, Lin Hai listened, and He was so angry that he slapped the table and said, "It's unreasonable!"

Daiyu hurriedly tugged at his sleeve and said, "Father... Daddy's hand hurts carefully."

The last time she called Lin Hai "Daddy" was before she entered Jia's mansion, but now she calls her "Daddy" again, Lin Hai was stunned, and half of her anger subsided unknowingly, he took her hand with one hand, and stroked the top of her head with the other, Holding her in his arms, he said slowly: "Yu'er, you came all the way back because you really missed me? Wasn't it because...Jing'er asked you to come back and intercede for her?"