Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

After listening to Daiyu's explanation of the purpose of coming, Lin Ruhai pondered for a while, and finally told Daiyu what he and Jia Zheng had decided in private.

After speaking, he looked at Daiyu, his eyes were full of relief.

"Chongyu can think of telling your sister about anything, and you will also think of helping him to ask me. Seeing that your siblings are in a good relationship, I am relieved."

Daiyu was startled slightly, already feeling that her father was worried.

Sure enough, I heard Lin Ruhai say again: "Although I agreed to the matter between you and the girl from the Xue family, after all, the daughter's family is married and married to a good husband. In the future, there will be children by her side, and the future will be truly dependable. You and Xue Girls like this, when you are old, you don’t know what will happen. By then, I’m afraid I’m already dead and I won’t be able to protect you.”

Daiyu's eyes were red, and she hurriedly said: "No, Daddy will live a long life."

Lin Ruhai laughed dumbfounded.

He stretched out his hand, imagining that Daiyu hugged her when she was young, or rubbed her hair, because his daughter had grown up, so he put his hand on the table embarrassingly.

"Silly girl, even if your father really lived a hundred years, and you live another hundred years, isn't it also because your father is walking ahead of you? Or do you think that if you take good care of your body and walk ahead of your father, your father will feel better? "

Listening to Lin Ruhai's loving voice, tears rolled down the corners of Daiyu's eyes.

She hurriedly wiped it with her handkerchief, and said with a smile, "No, I, I..."

She wanted to say that she should let daddy go ahead, but she couldn't say it, and finally changed to "don't worry, daddy".

Lin Ruhai knew what she was thinking and just smiled.

"You don't have a husband's family, so the only thing you can rely on is your younger brother. On the Xue's side, Xue Biao is good, but the relationship with Miss Xue is still a bit estranged. After all, he is not a real brother. Xue Biao is under the control of his wife, and he is still the same. I don't know how much he can improve, but if he doesn't make trouble outside, it will be rare."

Daiyu lowered her head slightly.He knew that Lin Ruhai's worries were not unfounded.

Lin Ruhai said again: "Look at your sister-in-law Xue is okay now, she can see the situation clearly, and she won't mess around. There shouldn't be any major problems between Miss Xue and her sister-in-law. I'm afraid that your brother's future wife will not He will have conflicts with you. If he can really be with the third girl of the Jia family, you don’t have to worry too much about having disputes with your siblings in the future.”

Daiyu's heart was sour again, and she could be regarded as understanding that "parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans for them."For her sake, didn't Lin Ruhai plan for her a distant future that she had never considered?

But she still has concerns.

"But Chongyu, is he willing? Will he be wronged? If I delay him so much for me, how can I feel at ease?"

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "You are my daughter, so he is not my son? Since I arranged this way, why didn't I see that he had a rare opportunity to contact women from other families, but he always told me intentionally or unintentionally over the years, He will marry a wife he likes in the future, so that the husband and wife can live in harmony. Imagine if I don't give him and the third girl a chance, where will he go to find the girl he likes? Someone from a proper family, if not a cousin How can he get acquainted with other girls?"

What he said made even Daiyu feel surprised, secretly trying to figure out Chongyu's intentions.

She knew that Chongyu did not realize her feelings for Baochai until later, but from Lin Ruhai's words, Chongyu had already told Lin Ruhai before this that more consideration should be given to their young children in marriage. wishes.Where did Chongyu get such an unconventional concept?

But Chongyu should have said so many times, Lin Ruhai had to be angry, annoyed, or feel that he was out of the world, so that he could quickly calm down after knowing what happened to her and Baochai, deal with it calmly, and even prepare for the future for them life.

Daiyu thanked Chongyu for her thoughtfulness before, but now she doubts whether Chongyu is also interested in Tanchun. Maybe when she said those words to Lin Ruhai, she also had a small part of her mind hoping that Lin Ruhai could understand his intentions from it and make a decision for him. and Tanchun.

But when she thought that when Chongyu came to see her tonight, she was only suspicious but not happy, Daiyu was not sure again.

Lin Ruhai talked to Daiyu about the arrangements for the future, fearing that she might miss her rest, she hurriedly ordered someone to take her back to her room to rest.

Daiyu suppressed all these thoughts and waited for Baochai to come to discuss with Baochai.

Because Daiyu's health is getting better and she is not as weak as usual, the Lin Mansion on New Year's Eve this year is also full of fireworks and firecrackers.

The servants set off firecrackers in the yard, and Lin Ruhai led others to stand in the corridor to watch.

Xiangling approached Daiyu with a smile and asked, "Sister Bao is not here, do you want me to cover your ears for you?"

Daiyu blushed, and she looked even more charming under the light of the lanterns hanging in the corridor.

But the audience was only talking and laughing, no one seemed to notice her and Xiangling, she smiled and said: "I don't want you, why don't I cover my ears myself?"

Coincidentally, the servant in charge of setting off the fireworks in the yard shouted, "Set off the fireworks!"

Daiyu hurriedly covered her ears, but the voice of refutation could not stop coming to her ears.

Then I looked up, but saw that the night sky was illuminated by fireworks, shining brightly, and this sound became a lively witness.

At this time, in the Xue family, Xue Baochai was also enjoying the fireworks with his family.

Xue Pan and Xue Biao rose up, and they had to light the fireworks by themselves.Baochai and Xu Qingyan stood beside Aunt Xue, one on the left and the other on the right, watching the two brothers play together.

Suddenly seeing brilliant fireworks rising in the direction of the Lin residence, Aunt Xue laughed and said, "If Daiyu's child is in much better health, their family loves to display these things."

Baochai also looked there, thinking that although Daiyu was not within reach now, but the two were watching the same fireworks, she couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling.

After the first day of the new year, it should be a time to visit relatives and friends.

However, as members of the Jia family and Wang family returned to their ancestral home, the Lin family and the Xue family did not have many relatives in Beijing, so most of the time only two families communicated.

It didn't take much time for Lin Ruhai to take Chongyu to visit Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and socialize with some colleagues.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was about to take his family members with him and set off for South Vietnam to take up his post together, suddenly a letter from Jinling urgently arrived at Lin's residence.

It turned out that on the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, just as Jia Mu's family was about to open the door for cleaning, they heard the sound of wooden fish in the distance. A monk with a scarlet head and a crippled Taoist came from both ends of the street.

Although the street was long, the two walked quickly, and they gathered in front of Jia's house almost in the blink of an eye.

The sweepers of Jia's house were still at a loss, when Baoyu walked out of the room clapping his hands and laughing, and asked the two men who came to pick him up, and then the three of them walked away like that.

There was only one person sweeping the house. When such a sudden change happened, he was busy chasing Baoyu and yelling loudly. I feel that the three of them are really floating like immortals, and they can't be seen in a blink of an eye.

No matter how the members of Ren Jia's family searched for traces, they couldn't find the whereabouts of the three of them in the city. They only heard that they should leave the city, but after leaving the city, the world is so big that they don't know where to look.

Jiamu and the others were sad, but a jade letter came the next day. Dao Baoyu was born with a celestial karma. When Baoyu settled down, there should be news back.

Seeing that Baoyu had just left, Yu's letter came. Although everyone in the Jia family believed most of what Yu said in the letter, how could they really let go of the search for Baoyu?

Therefore, when Jia Zheng sent a letter to Lin Ruhai, he intended to ask Lin Ruhai for help, but also said that because of this matter, it would take some time before he could go to Lin Ruhai.

After reading the letter, Lin Ruhai let out a long sigh, wrote a letter to reply, and wrote a request to some of his old friends in Jinling, sent the letter out, and then ordered someone to invite a couple of children and tell Daiyu and his brother about it.

Daiyu inevitably had to worry about Jia Mu and others, and also worried about where Baoyu would go after leaving with the monk.

However, the day when Lin Ruhai left Beijing was approaching, even if news of Baoyu came, Lin Ruhai could not delay any longer, and still had to leave on time.

Just after the first month, Baoyu's letter was sent back to Jia's house.

It is indeed Baoyu's handwriting, only saying that he has been ordained a monk.

In the letter, Baoyu was extremely grateful for the kindness of his parents and elders in raising him, and deeply lamented that there is nothing to repay in this life.

He also talked about Qinggeng Peak's nonsensical cliffs, and how he was fascinated by the world of mortals in the past. He wanted to enjoy it, but later found that the prosperity turned out to be empty, and he only cared about the emptiness outside his body. He missed his own practice for no reason.He is known to live a prosperous and happy life, but now he wants to practice asceticism and practice as a wandering monk, in order to be completely enlightened and return to his original appearance.

Everyone in Jia's family couldn't understand Baoyu's letter. After receiving the letter, they copied a letter and sent it to Lin's family in Nanyue. I heard the monks in the temple say that the precious jade that was shaved that day has gone to nowhere.

In the days that followed, the Lin family and Jia Jiaxin still communicated frequently.

The months flew by quickly.

Summer in South Vietnam comes earlier than in Beijing and Yangzhou.

Rao Daiyu is weak, and now she has changed into lighter summer clothes.

One day Daiyu was sitting on the swing in the courtyard, holding a collection of poems and looking at it, when Baochai came suddenly, and when she saw that Zijuan was about to shout, she hurriedly signaled Zijuan to keep quiet.

She walked up behind Daiyu quietly, and gave the swing lightly, so that Daiyu wanted to give up her poetry collection and grab the rope of the swing, but she was worried about cherishing the scroll, and couldn't bear to drop it casually.

Fortunately, the swing didn't shake very clearly, so she was able to stabilize it quickly. She turned her head and saw that it was Baochai, and immediately smiled and said, "Good girl Baochai! You don't accompany your mother and sister-in-law, but you come to scare me." What am I doing?"

The swing was so big and so stable that it didn't matter for the two girls to sit on it.

Daiyu made way for her, and Baochai sat beside her.

Baochai took out the collection of poems in Daiyu's hand and handed them to Zijuan, and said with a smile, "Is there anything I should worry about? Although my sister-in-law is pregnant, she is not yet a few months old, and her body is still light. And there is a mother to take care of her. I walked around them, but they thought I didn't understand anything, so I just got in the way."

She touched Daiyu's hand again, only to feel that it was soft and soft, and Fang nodded.

Daiyu just wanted to laugh at Baochai who was busy worrying all day long, and she would know the cold and the cold, so she heard that a servant came to report that Uncle Dao came with her brothers and sisters.

Daiyu and Baochai hurried out to meet them. It turned out that Jia Zheng came with Jia Huan and Tanchun.

Jia Zheng received a letter some time ago, saying that he had set off, but he was not sure when he would arrive.Lin Ruhai had to wait at home all day long due to her busy schedule.At this time, Lin Ruhai was not at home, and Chongyu had already received Jia Zheng and Jia Huan.

When Daiyu and Baochai saw Tanchun, the three of them laughed and cried alternately.

At the beginning, Jia Zheng thought about bringing Mrs. Wang with him, but later he was worried about Jia Mu, so he asked Mrs. Wang, Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhou to stay with Jia Mu and be filial for him.

Daiyu saw that behind Tanchun, besides Tanchun's girl, there was another Caixia from Mrs. Wang's room in the past, and she knew it in her heart.