Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

As soon as Lin Ruhai came back from the Salt Office, she received a report from Mother Wang.Shocked in his heart, and worried about his daughter's health, he hurried over to visit her in person.

I saw my daughter Lin Daiyu (in order not to cause confusion, I will use her original name hereafter as Lin Daiyu. In fact, Daiyu is just a baby name. I don’t know her real name. Maybe she is called Lin Xiaoxiang?) lying flat on the bed, looking very sad, with two eye circles. It was red, which made Lin Ruhai feel very distressed.

Lin Daiyu: Well, that's thanks to the makeup.Today's makeup is "the one who is sad and ecstasy, the only one who is different!" '.

"Yu'er, what's wrong with you, why are you crying?" Lin Ruhai asked gently.

"Father, you don't want me anymore, and you want to throw me at my grandmother's house, of course Yu'er will be sad!" Lin Daiyu decided to play the emotional card for Lin Ruhai first, expecting that Lin Ruhai would be very nervous about her only flesh and blood.

"Yu'er, why would father not want you? Really, there is nothing you can do!" Lin Ruhai raised Lin Daiyu as a son since she was a child, unlike other girls who only learn needlework, and want her to read and write. Even the gentleman invited, Jia Yucun, is a second-class Jinshi.The second-class Jinshi gave a class to a little girl, fearing that the daughter of the prince's family would not be treated like this. This shows that the Lin family has a profound heritage, and they attach great importance to Lin Daiyu, and they provide the best conditions.Lin Daiyu, nurtured and nurtured in such an environment, is naturally intelligent and insightful, matures earlier than her peers, and thinks more far-reaching, so as not to arouse others' suspicion.

"Father is nearly half a century old, and I don't want to remarry anymore, so as not to embarrass and delay the youth of others. You have no biological mother to raise you, and you have no sisters to support you. You are young and sick. Your grandmother's family is a famous family. Uncles take care of you, and there are many sisters as companions, so you won’t be lonely. If you go, you will have a better life than at home, and father will feel at ease.” Lin Ruhai sighed softly.

"But, grandma and uncle, I have never met them, will they treat me well?" Lin Daiyu blinked her big black eyes and questioned Lin Ruhai.

"That's natural!" Lin Ruhai said affirmatively: "Your mother is the only daughter of your grandmother, and your two uncles are her biological elder brothers. Back then, your mother was the jewel in the palm of the Jia family and was the most favored, just like me and you. Your mother loves you so much."

"I don't believe it!" Lin Daiyu shook her head again and again, "It's because my father wanted me to go, so he said that?"

"Why don't you believe me?" Lin Ruhai asked in bewilderment. His daughter had always been quick-witted, so he didn't coax her like a child, with some sense of equal communication.

"Father, are both uncles busy, busier than father? Are there any cousins ​​in their family?" Lin Daiyu asked.

"Uh, your eldest uncle, Jia She, is a nobleman in the family. He has received the title of first-class general, but has not been in office. Your second uncle, Jia Zheng, is currently working as Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Industry. You have four cousins, sir. Uncle’s sons, Jia Lian and Jia Cong, and your second uncle’s sons, Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan. Among them, your cousin Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu are descendants. Cousin Jia Lian is married, and he donated a five-rank Tongzhi , helping your second uncle with housework at home." Lin Ruhai introduced in detail, thinking that Lin Daiyu would go to Jia's house in the future, so he could know these situations well.

"Your two uncles are Taiping officials in the capital, and they are no more complicated than local affairs. They should not be as busy as your father."

"Since this is the case, why did the Jia family only send a few servants to express condolences when my mother passed away?" Lin Daiyu opened her eyes wide and said aggrievedly, "It's just that uncles are noble and not worth the toil. Can't you do it for me? Mother's funeral, there is no natal family to see you off for the last time, how can you be the most loved? When my mother went to mourn Mrs. Xu, she sighed that Mrs. Xu's elder brother and younger brother had traveled far and wide. Come to see her off, I cried so sadly!"

Lin Ruhai couldn't answer these words, pondered over his words, and suddenly became unhappy.He can't count on Jia Amnesty, he is just a ridiculous dandy, and his wife has never hit it off with him.But the second brother, Jia Zheng, is a gentleman with a lot of etiquette. Has he forgotten it too?Their husband and wife have a very close relationship with him.It's just that they can't get out of their own way, so the juniors can go through it as much as possible.It only takes about ten days from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River by water.But the Jia family only sent a few servants to fool them!Children are the most innocent and keen, seeing things that he had subconsciously ignored.

"Maybe they have a reason." Lin Ruhai said.He thought for a while, after all, it was the water thrown by his married daughter. Besides, Jia Min had been away from home for a long time, so how could he still maintain a deep bond of affection? You can't let your daughter think that the Jia family is not good because of this, it will inevitably show on the face in the future, this is not appropriate.

Lin Daiyu was keenly aware of the change in Lin Ruhai's tone, and she said again: "Father, I only have two uncles, but I heard from my mother that I also have several aunts, but I have never seen any of them."

"Oh, they are the concubine daughters of your grandfather and your mother's sisters, and they are not alive now." Lin Ruhai replied casually.As soon as I thought about it, I felt a chill in my heart.

It turned out that the father-in-law's only two sons were born to the mother-in-law. I heard that there were also bastards, but they couldn't stand up.Jia Min's concubine sisters are not very old, but why are they gone?I heard that they are not as delicately raised as Jia Min at home, but their health is much better than Jia Min.It is true that when they marry and obey their husbands, they follow their husbands outside, and their living conditions are not as good as those of the Rongguo Mansion, but after all, they are still official wives, and their daily life is guaranteed, and they will not suffer a lot. Why are they so fateful?Of course, no one can guarantee that people will have misfortunes and good fortunes. However, if everyone dies, isn't this ratio too high?

Unless, unless they were married to someone who was not a good person, they were unhappy in their marriage, depressed, and boiled themselves to death!

And their marriage is naturally decided by the parents at home.But the father, Jia Daishan, is not familiar with the affairs of the inner house, and he may not be that concerned about the concubine's daughter. The one who really handles the concubine's marriage is the head mother Shi Taijun.The marriage is in the hands of the son, the aunt, who controls their fate.If you are careful, you will choose someone who is good for you; if you have malice towards the concubine, you can arrange a marriage that is decent on the outside and bitter on the inside, which will make you miserable. This is why many concubines want to curry favor with their aunts.Could it be that the aunts also encountered the same situation?

And why couldn't the father-in-law's concubine stand up?In the Duke's mansion, there should be no shortage of high-quality food and supplements. The doctor who treats and consults the masters on a daily basis is also a highly skilled imperial physician in the imperial hospital, it shouldn't be!There is something strange about it.

Rongguo Mansion, Shi Taijun, and Lin Ruhai suddenly felt that the graceful and kind Mrs. Duchess in his impression had unknowingly cast a shadow, and he frowned and pondered.

"Your grandmother is a generous person, she will definitely treat you well!" Lin Ruhai thought for a while.It's normal for a woman in the inner house to be indifferent to children who are not her own. He is a scholar, so he can't make malicious guesses about his elders without evidence.Some say selfishly, the mother-in-law doesn't treat concubine sons and concubine daughters kindly, but she won't treat her own granddaughter badly, right?

Lin Daiyu smiled, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.She is still a child, so she can't expect to convince Lin Ruhai once. This time, it would be nice if she could plant a seed of doubt and dissatisfaction in his heart.

More than a month later, Lin Daiyu was actively maintaining her body while calmly listening to the clichés from the mothers and maids around her.She felt that Lin Daiyu's poor health in the book was partly hereditary, while Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's bodies were not considered very healthy, but they were not as bad as hers. Baicai passed away.At that time, it was not considered short-lived.The more important reason is that Lin Daiyu herself thinks and worries too much, her mood is not smooth, and she eats less food, lacks sleep, and her body cannot be nourished. How can she not be weak?Xue Baochai once advised her to take care of it, which is in line with the way of health preservation. Ginseng is a life-saving and refreshing medicine. If you eat it all day long, it is like applying too much fertilizer to the crops. If they are not nourished, they will wither. .

Therefore, these days, Lin Daiyu focuses on taking care of her body.On the grounds of caring for her father, she asked the housekeeper to invite the most outstanding doctor in the south of the Yangtze River, so that all the family members, Lin Ruhai, herself, and several aunts were diagnosed.This doctor is very good at keeping in good health. Lin Daiyu ordered the accountant to donate a lot of money to him to prescribe an effective medicinal recipe. After careful consideration, he asked another person to check it. After confirming that it was feasible, he made it in the kitchen every day and gave it to Lin Ruhai. Eat, medicine tonic is not as good as food tonic.Now apart from Lin Ruhai, only Lin Daiyu is the legitimate master of the Lin family, and the servants did not dare to underestimate her, they just obediently followed her orders.

Lin Daiyu took the doctor's order as an excuse to take Lin Ruhai for a walk in the garden every morning and evening for exercise, and later learned Wuqinxi, Baduanjin and so on.Lin Ruhai didn't think so at first, but thinking that this was a filial piety from her daughter, she couldn't bear to refuse.After a few months of eating medicinal food and exercising like this every day, both of them felt that their bodies had improved a bit, and they felt lighter.

Lin Ruhai was a little surprised. Her daughter, who was always as delicate as a beauty lamp, began to learn to take care of family affairs.Not only caring about his father, but also caring about his aunts, it can be seen that he has a filial piety and looks forward to the Lin family's well-being.He felt a little sour again, and sighed silently, it's a pity that Daiyu is not his son, girls always have to be extraordinarily difficult.If I ever have a problem, Daiyu is an orphan, how can I make perfect arrangements for her, so that she will have no worries in her life?

Lin Ruhai fell into a difficult thought, with the love and sorrow of a father.

The doctor carefully diagnosed Lin Ruhai and his aunts.It turned out that, except for the two aunts who had entered the mansion in recent years, the other aunts were too cold and seemed to be difficult to conceive.The reason for this, he dare not say.Is it the result that they were ordered to take 'Zizitang' all the time before Lin Daiyu was born?Or did Jia Min not want them to give birth to an heir of the Lin family, so he did it?Respect or mutual harm between them?These are all unknown!

Lin Ruhai was filled with anger and disappointment, and something was wrong with his body, it seemed that he was overdosing, but he didn't know it.He blamed it for the result of his years of childlessness.He didn't know what the truth was, and perhaps with Jia Min's long sleep, he would no longer be able to figure it out.Of course, this probably had nothing to do with Jia Min. Before the mistress had any hope of giving birth to a son, it was also a customary rule for the concubine's room to serve the "avoiding son soup", and she had no reason to harm her husband.But Lin Ruhai couldn't help feeling vigilant when he thought about the situation of the children of the Rongguo Mansion.

He also didn't want to keep those aunts who had been tricked in the house. He really couldn't tell which one of them was innocent.Lin Ruhai wrote down the document for releasing concubines, allowing them to leave with all their private houses, and the other person gave 500 taels of silver and a small villager, and then silently handled the matter.

After the dust settled, Lin Ruhai hired a famous doctor to take care of everyone in the family; at the same time, he sadly planned to have no more children.