[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

Lin Ruhai was seriously ill and wanted to take Daiyu back to Yangzhou. The old lady sent Jia Lian to follow Daiyu back.When the news reached Lixiangyuan, Zuo Xi hurriedly put on his cloak and went to Rongqingtang.

All the way into the Rongqing Hall, Ying'er didn't need Zuo Xi's order, but cleverly asked the little girl in the yard, "Where is Miss Lin?"

"I just left the old lady's room." The little girl pointed in the direction of Daiyu's room, and replied quickly.

Hearing this, Zuo Xi turned her toes and went directly to Daiyu's room.Before reaching the door, the little girl outside the door lifted the curtain, "Miss Bao is here."

"Miss Bao is here."

Daiyu sat sideways on the inner bed and wept silently. Zijuan brought Xueyan Chunxian and the others to pack up their things back to Yangzhou. She pursed her lips in Daiyu's direction, "It's just right for the girl to come, so please persuade our girl. I won't stop the tears after I got the letter. Just now I even vomited the medicine I took at that time."

Zuo Xi nodded and asked Zicuckoo: "When are you leaving?"

"The old lady told me to leave the day after tomorrow. I have just ordered people to find the second master Lian to prepare the boat."

"It's very windy and cold on the river, prepare more thick clothes for you girls, and you too. Yangzhou is warmer than the capital city, and it's better to bring some autumn clothes." Zuo Xi glanced at Daiyu's face Fang Xiang said to Zijuan, "This room is in a mess, go and get your girl's cloak and hand stove, I will pick you up to your house. After a while, you will finish your work, go and pick up people."

Zijuan also felt the same when she heard the words, and hurried to fetch the cloak and add new charcoal to the hand stove.

Zuo Xi walked around the cage in the room and walked to the bed.While gently pulling Daiyu up, he said softly to her, "I am the only one at home today, you can go with me to Lixiangyuan to meet your son first."

The second master of the historian celebrated his birthday, not only invited the masters of Rongning and Ningfu to have dinner, but also posted a post for the Xue family.Aunt Xue cleaned up early in the morning and left with Mrs. Wang and the others.

The old lady was too lazy to go, and it was my nephew's birthday, so there was absolutely no reason for elders to go to celebrate his birthday.Daiyu didn't go because she caught a cold, while Zuo Xi had the same reason as the old lady, being too cold to move.Therefore, apart from the old lady, there are only two Hakka girls, Zuo Xi and Daiyu, in the entire Rongguo Mansion.

Dai Yu had just heard what Zuo Xi told Zijuan, and now she was very upset, seeing Zuo Xi pulling her out, she followed her out obediently.

When they arrived at Lixiangyuan, they asked the girl to serve hot tea and snacks, Zuo Xi only asked Daiyu to sit for a while, and she began to turn Yinger around with her small mouth.

"Take two of the glass ball lamps from the shop in front of you, put the bad things on the stove into a jar, and boil a basket of salted duck eggs with oil. Then send someone to Guxilou Street Bring back some sour candied fruit from the candied fruit shop above..." Zuo Xi thought for a while and then added, "I also bought a few pickles from Liubiju and told them to put them in small jars. Also, this year's new I put a small bag of the green rice and red rice I got in a cloth bag for Miss Lin to eat on the road. When you don’t have an appetite on the road, it’s also good to eat porridge with those side dishes.”

Ying'er went out to work, and Zuo Xi asked Wen Xing to ask for a basket of fine silver frost charcoal and a bag of tangerine peel.

After Zuo Xi had finished ordering everything he could think of, he took Daiyu's hand and prepared to say something practical to Daiyu.

"At this point, I can't just say nice things just to make you feel better. Uncle Lin must be very ill, so he will send someone to pick you up. The old lady called her brother-in-law to accompany you back to Yangzhou. It's just saving money It means to take care of trivial matters." Considering Daiyu's mood, Zuo Xi only used trivial matters to bring about the funeral and so on.

Daiyu is smart, so she doesn't know what this trivial matter is, she nodded sadly: "...um."

"I'm stupid and slow to turn. I'll tell you everything I can think of first, and you can see if it works."

"Sister, please tell me." Daiyu was confused, but she also understood Zuo Xi's good intentions for her.

"Let's talk about the first one first. Does Uncle Lin's letter say what kind of illness he has, and how long has he been ill?"

Daiyu shook her head, "The letter was written to my grandmother, and my grandmother only said that my father would take me home."

"Okay, I understand." Zuo Xi squeezed Daiyu's slightly cool hands and gave her some advice: "One thing to say, we can't give up treatment if Uncle Lin says he's seriously ill. The doctor in Yangzhou doesn't like it, then Just ask for foreign aid. After a while, you will ask the old lady to find a way to hire an imperial doctor to go back to the south with you. Even if... we are doing our best."

"What my sister said is that I will beg the old lady in a while."

Zuo Xi nodded, "If the old lady can't use her strength, don't worry. If you have money, you can use ghosts to grind the millstones. If I spend money on my side, I can also send you an imperial doctor to Yangzhou. But that Once I come, I will definitely not be able to go back with you." But it will not be too late to think about it.

This made Daiyu tear up even more, "Even my own sisters are nothing more than that."

sisters?

Like Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue?

Zuo Xi shivered, and quickly ended this delicate topic, "Second, we have to prepare for the worst."

Daiyu nodded, knowing what the worst plan Zuo Xi was talking about, she choked up and asked Zuo Xi, "Sister, it's okay to say."

"You have no brothers. Except for your mother's dowry and part of the family property, all the property of the Lin family must be charged to the treasury and belong to the clan. This is part of the reason why the old lady asked her brother-in-law to go back to the south with you."

".I know."

"This matter is very important, so don't worry about it." Seeing that Daiyu was about to break the dike again, Zuo Xi hurriedly interrupted her, "There is no male in the Lin family, so there are three choices, one is to set up a female household for you, The second is to adopt, and the third is to return to the Lin family after you get married. Let’s not talk about setting up a female household and returning to the succession, just talk about adoption. The benefits of adoption are ready-made. It can keep your incense burning, the ancestors Zongsi has sacrificial offerings every now and then. It can also give you shelter, depend on you for life, and give you a family you can rely on. Don't think too much about people, let alone, you saw that your brother-in-law took care of Yingchun Is it true? Brothers who are direct relatives are unreliable, let alone adopted ones. People of the older generation also said that 'mutton can't be pasted on dog meat'. The words are not rough, and they are talking about this situation.

Furthermore, if the adoptive brother has a bad character, not to mention breaking the lintel of the Lin family, it will also cause you a lot of harm.If you think about your biological parents and family members, it will be boring.It is also possible to adopt a person without parents and family members, but it may not be foolproof.Adopting an older person may not be close to you.If you adopted a young one, it would be so difficult for you to bring a younger brother with you.So in the end, whether you want to adopt a brother or not, you must think clearly and understand. "

After Zuo Xi finished speaking this long paragraph, Daiyu's thoughts all shifted to this.Just when Daiyu followed Zuo Xi's words to think about the pros and cons, Zuo Xi added another point, "There is one more thing, no matter how bad it is, it can be used to make a fuss at critical moments."

"What is it?"

"The number of supervisors in the Guozijian." Zuo Xi got up, went to get the Daqing law, and turned to the page he had read before.That page was bookmarked by Zuo Xi, so he quickly turned to it.While handing the Daqing law in his hand to Daiyu, he told Daiyu the above content. "...officials of the third grade or above, who have served for three years, and their sons can go to the Imperial College to study after their death."

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"In addition to these, there is also the property of the Lin family. The Lin family has been lined up for generations, and the family wealth is unknown." Speaking of this, Zuo Xi was a little embarrassed.His mouth opened, his face full of hesitation.

"Sister, do you want to talk about Lian's second brother?" Although Daiyu was talking about Jia Lian, she knew that Zuo Xi was not talking about Jia Lian alone.

"You have read my family's running account, and you have counted the accounts of our two small shops. Even if you haven't read your family's account book, it will not be difficult for you. After returning home, there is no need to rush the housekeeper to check the account. Just do what you have in mind.”

Daiyu: "..."

"Money is something outside of your body. You only keep some of your favorite things with you, and let them fight for and snatch the rest. Just do what you don't know, don't like it, and ignore it." Squeezing Daiyu's small ears, left Xi Xi couldn't help thinking about what happened after her mother passed away, "We have our own shop, no matter how bad it is, we can support you. No need to cause trouble for some yellow and white things. You don't treat yellow and white things very much on weekdays. Take care, it will be fine in the future."

After a pause, Zuo Xi chuckled, "Ancient paintings, ancient books, some of them are worth thousands of gold. If you really need something close by, just bring all the books and paintings at home with you." There are few people who know these things, and no one will snatch them from you. If you are short of money, just find a book you don’t like, and I will quietly take it out and exchange it for bank notes for you.”

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Some of these words came to Zuo Xi’s temporary thoughts, some were encountered and read in life, and some were borrowed from the information explosion in modern times.

In the modern legal society, there are cases where orphans from wealthy families are robbed of their custody rights by their relatives, and they want to occupy the family property and abuse the orphans to death.In contrast, Daiyu's situation will only be more difficult.

In the past, I always thought about how the Lin family's property was taken away by others, but after living in this era, you will know that some properties cannot be protected.

Wealth touches people's hearts, if you don't want to give up money, you have to give up your life.

The Xue family is an exception, but it is not an exception.There is also a male in the family, so he has to pretend to be a fool and let others slaughter him when he is under the taboo of rats?Daiyu is a little girl who lives in a closed inner house, is frail and sick, and is isolated and helpless. Wouldn't it be more dangerous if she didn't give up those things.

"It's said that you can't be close, so I'll only say this once. The old lady is your grandmother, and her love for you is based on blood. But who is the master of the whole family with the old lady?" What about those who have no blood relationship? Your surname is Lin, and the old lady’s surname is Jia. She loves you and protects you, but in her heart, the Jia family is always more important. The old lady is getting old, and she also hopes for a family and prosperity. For the interests of the Jia family, she will naturally give you shelter."

Daiyu couldn't accept these words.Intellectually, she knew that what Zuo Xi said was reasonable, but emotionally, she couldn't accept this kind of family affection that could be touched at the first touch. "Why is this?"

"When you are sad for the flowers withering, the flowers feel that they have completed a reincarnation. It may be happy that they were plucked ruthlessly when they were not blooming; when you are plucked because the flowers are at their most beautiful. When you are down and sad, maybe the picked flower is happy that you can leave the branch at the most beautiful time like those beauties who don’t like twilight.” Taking a deep breath, Zuo Xi looked directly at Daiyu , "So don't take everything seriously, and think about things from several angles." In this way, you let others go, and you also let go of yourself.

Daiyu was taken aback by Zuo Xi's words. Although she hadn't digested what Zuo Xi wanted to express, Daiyu remembered Zuo Xi's words in her heart.

For a while, Daiyu looked at the worry and distress in Zuo Xi's eyes, pursed her lips, and showed a very bright smile to Zuo Xi, "You talk like an old woman."

Zuo Xi twitched the corner of his mouth, and patted Daiyu on the shoulder twice, "What a brat."

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After a while, Zuo Xi asked people to pack up all the things prepared for Daiyu, took a look at them, and then asked people to carry them to Rongqing Hall.Originally, I wanted to keep Daiyu to eat in Lixiangyuan, but I thought that there was no one in the house today, and there was no one to accompany the old lady to eat, so I asked people to go to the restaurant on the street to buy a piece of ingredients for Yuewang's head chicken, and took Daiyu Yu returned to Rongqing hall.

Go back to Daiyu's room first, and see that Zijuan has almost packed her luggage.Zuo Xi also said that she had asked someone to prepare something just now, so that Zijuan knew what to do, so she took Daiyu to the room.

As soon as he entered, Zuo Xi paused.Then he bowed to Jiamu as if nothing had happened, and said hello to Li Wan with a smile.

It turned out that she was at home.

"Girl Bao is here." The old lady saw Zuo Xi and Daiyu coming holding hands, she smiled and called them to come forward, "Your mother has gone too?"

"I got up early and left with my wife." Zuo Xi replied with a smile, "I just asked someone to buy Yuewang chicken and send it over. The old lady will use more later."

Zuo Xi heard about Coconut Chicken as the main dish in Jiu Ye's restaurant.Afterwards, people often take large bowls and jars that can hold coconut water to buy raw ingredients and make them at home.

Today, I was also worried that Daiyu would not have an appetite, thinking that she would like to eat this, so I asked someone to buy a copy.Thinking this way, Zuo Xi planned to bring Daiyu two more meals on the way when she set off the day after tomorrow.

When I was young, when it was time to eat, the coconut chicken that Zuo Xi asked someone to buy was also served.Zuo Xi stared at Daiyu and drank two bowls of soup, and then made an appetizing dipping sauce for Daiyu to dip into the chicken. Seeing that Daiyu ate a lot, he felt relieved.

The body is not very good, and if you get sick in a hurry, it will really be a house leak and rain all night.

He stayed in Rongqing Hall until Xiaxiang, and Zuo Xi didn't return to Lixiangyuan until Sanchun and Baoyu came back.

After a night of no dreams, Zuo Xi went to Rongqingtang to accompany Daiyu for a day after breakfast the next morning.When no one was around, Daiyu quietly told Zuo Xi about the imperial physician.Zuo Xi gave Daiyu a reassuring look, and after Daiyu left Rongguo Mansion with Jia Lian, Zuo Xi started what she had promised to Daiyu.

Spend money on the imperial physician.

After first inquiring about how much salary the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital could get in a year, Zuo Xi took out ten times the salary to invite an imperial physician in the imperial hospital with excellent medical skills and excellent reputation to go to Yangzhou.

There are introversion and competitive pressures in all walks of life, and Tai Hospital is no exception.But if the money is in place, there are still people who are willing to take a year off.

So you come and go, Zuo Xi spent 22 times the annual salary of the imperial physician to send the person to the bodyguard bureau, and hired people from the bodyguard bureau to send the imperial physician to Yangzhou.

At that time, he was worried that the imperial physician would not be able to make this outpatient consultation, so Zuo Xi asked someone to inquire about the famous Laozi name in the capital, and also spent a lot of money to hire a doctor to go to Yangzhou.

But instead of calling the same bodyguard agency for escort, they changed to another one and took the waterway.

"Miss is really kind to Miss Lin." This level of affection makes even the uncle, his own brother, shy away three feet away.

"What do you know?" Zuo Xi went back to Ying'er while reading the Mongolian book in his hand with the Chinese version.

"I just asked the girl if I didn't know."

"You have been with me for so long, and you can still ask such stupid and stupid words." Zuo Xi glanced at Ying'er, and said lightly, "Be strict with your mouth, and don't let the slightest leak out. If you call mom and brother, or even If the people in this mansion hear anything, I can't tolerate you anymore."

Ying'er's heart trembled when she heard the words, and she quickly assured Zuo Xi that she looked away and continued to read the book in her hand.

Please, I really want you to know why the sisters are so nice to Daiyu, so are the sisters still messing around?

hum~

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