[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

According to what Lin Ruhai said in the letter, he was supposed to come back in May, but as soon as May entered, the servants of the Jia family and the Lin family were waiting at the pier, but they never found anyone.If it hadn't been for the post envoy to deliver his letter later, everyone in Jia's family might not be so anxious!

"Just say that something has delayed it." Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief, handed the letter to Daiyu, and said, "Your father said in the letter that there was a flood in Yangzhou, and he wants to postpone returning to Beijing to report on his work."

Lin Daiyu read the letter carefully, and at the same time she felt relieved, she also had other worries, "Yangzhou has not been flooded for many years, I don't know what the situation is, father..."

"Don't worry, your father is not the magistrate either, maybe it's because Yangzhou is in a hurry, that's why he postponed his return." Mother Jia held her granddaughter in her arms and comforted her: "It's because His Majesty trusts your father, otherwise, how could he come back?" What about allowing him to return to Beijing to report on his duties later?"

Daiyu nodded slightly, but in the end she still cared about her father who was far away.

Due to this delay, Lin Ruhai did not return to the capital until the end of October. The servants of Rongguo Mansion immediately returned to the mansion to report as soon as they arrived at the Lin family's boat, and asked someone to go to Rongguo Mansion first by the way.

Lin Ruhai raised his hand to block it, and said: "Please tell my mother-in-law and brother-in-law that I need to enter the palace immediately, and the time of return has not yet been determined. Today I will rest at home, and tomorrow I will go to Rongguo Mansion to visit my mother-in-law."

Entering the palace is a matter of urgency, and the servants of the Rongguo Mansion naturally hurried to make way for the aunt, and then immediately returned to the mansion to report, lest the masters of the mansion wait.

Lin Daiyu was still a little disappointed when she learned that her father could not come today, but then she laughed again. Her father has already returned to Beijing, and the three of them will definitely be reunited in the future, and it will be a day and a half.

It was only after Jia Lian returned to the mansion that he learned that Uncle Lin had returned. Hearing what Wang Xifeng said, he immediately entered the palace, and said, "It is Uncle Lin, who can enter the palace as soon as he returns to Beijing."

"Yes, he must be promoted."

"As long as they can stay in Beijing, Daiyu and Ke'er will be much happier." For officials of the same level, Beijing officials are more important than local officials, so people like Uncle Lin will definitely not be worse than before.Jia Lian didn't worry too much about this matter, but instead asked, "Did the things of Daiyu and brother have been packed?"

"There's nothing to clean up." Wang Xifeng helped Jia Lian take off her coat, handed it to the maidservant and said, "Grandmother means that they have to come back for a short stay when they have nothing to do, so they pack up their personal things and return to Lin's house." There is no shortage of these."

"I also have to prepare something for our two daughters. These children have never been separated, and they may come to live for a few days at any time."

"It's too late to make temporary preparations, so what needs to be done in advance?"

Jia Lian just raised her eyebrows and didn't argue. Anyway, she knew later that she, as a mother, was not as good as he understood the daughter in the family, or that he had a thorough understanding of Qiao's temperament.

On the second day, it was estimated that Uncle Lin was coming, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu had to go to work and could not meet at home, but Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian did not go out.

While the father and son were waiting in the outer courtyard, Jia Amnesty complained to him because of this: "Everyone has serious business to do, but you insist on showing that you are fooling around."

Jia Lian pushed the melon and fruit plate in front of his father, and stretched out his hand to invite him to eat more and talk less.Jia She gave his son a blank look, turned his head away from him, grabbed a handful of peanuts and ate them himself.

When Lin Ruhai arrived, Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian personally took the people all the way to the old lady's courtyard. After arriving there, Mother Jia and Daiyu Lin Ke naturally met each other with tears in their eyes, and Jia Lian took advantage of her family. Dad sat aside and continued to watch.

After a while, Jia Lian was named, and when she regained her senses, the old lady said: "Your uncle has just returned to Beijing, and he is not very familiar with the affairs in Beijing. Later, Lian'er, you can help introduce him."

Jia Lian nodded, looked at Uncle Lin with a smile, and said, "Whatever Uncle wants to hear, from officials to civilians, I can tell you a thing or two."

"Then I will trouble the second nephew." After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai turned to his mother-in-law and said, "Speaking of which, in the palace yesterday, His Majesty also mentioned Lian'er..."

Jia Mu was surprised, and immediately asked: "But what's the matter?"

"The flood in Yangzhou caused heavy losses in all counties in Yangzhou. Only Changzhi County, where Lian'er was the county magistrate, did not flood too many fields because he strengthened the embankment and dug a lot of canals during his tenure. People will not be displaced by natural disasters."

"This..." Jia's mother had never heard Jia Lian say too much about things outside, so she always thought that he was just playing around, but she didn't expect...

Lin Ruhai already knew about the division of property between the two houses in Rongguo Mansion. Although he also liked Jia Zhu, a nephew, he must have preferred Jia Lian who had been helping him take care of his children, so he brought up this matter. thing.

"Your Majesty said that Lian'er is capable of doing practical things. I heard that he is now in the Fourth Translation Hall, and told him to do well."

What has been done will always leave traces. The current county magistrate of Changzhi County has benefited from the incident in Yangzhou this time, but Jia Lian also has an impression on His Majesty, so it is not a complete loss.

And Mother Jia didn't expect that the place they randomly found for Jia Lian would be known by His Majesty, and she felt that it was a pity for a while. If she had chosen a good place at the beginning, she might be able to get a promotion now. .

Jia Lian saw his grandmother's regretful face, and immediately waved his hands and said, "I'm doing well in the Fourth Translation Hall now, grandma, don't let your imagination run wild."

"I'm not idle!" The old lady glared at Jia Lian angrily, and said to her son-in-law, "The reason why I rushed to get him back was because my wife was seriously ill, and he complained about it. Can I really make my own claims?"

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard twice, and said with a smile: "Since the Fourth Translation Hall has continued in this dynasty, it must be because of its existence. Mother-in-law doesn't need to worry."

In fact, Lin Ruhai was a little surprised when he saw his mother-in-law again. The mother-in-law in his impression was still the majestic lady before she left Beijing.When we met again, Mrs. Madam was a lot older, but she was also a lot gentler. He never knew before that mother-in-law would joke with her grandson like this...

And Jia Amnesty sat on the side, no matter what he said, he would act like a deaf person without interrupting. After Lin Ruhai tried to bring him into the topic, he felt bored, so he said that he would go out to see the dinner prepared at noon. how's it going.

"That's what we women do, and we don't know how to find a good one even if we make excuses!" Mother Jia scolded, and looked at her son-in-law apologetically, and said, "Don't mind son-in-law, your elder brother is such a person, Our family is used to it, and we didn't deliberately neglect you."

Lin Ruhai waved his hands to show that he didn't care, and he really didn't care, thinking about it better, his eldest brother has always been bohemian, so why would he mind.

At noon, Mother Jia left her son-in-law for a meal in the yard, and another meal in the evening, but it was impossible to keep her son-in-law at home, so she could only let her son-in-law and two grandchildren go.

The old lady was so sad when she watched the people leave, as if tears were about to burst out, which made Daiyu's eyes turn red, and the atmosphere didn't improve no matter how much everyone persuaded her.

Sister Qiao looked back and forth, turned her eyes, threw herself at the old ancestor's legs, swayed again and again, and shouted: "Old ancestor! Sister Qiao wants to visit my little aunt's house together! Let me go! Qiao My sister can't bear them."

"Sister Qiao!" Just as Wang Xifeng wanted to tell her daughter not to be self-willed, Jia Lian grabbed her wrist. Seeing him winking at her, she glanced at Sister Qiao again, but in the end she didn't say anything to teach her a lesson.

Mother Jia was reluctant to let her two grandchildren go away, but at this moment, Sister Qiao pestered her and immediately persuaded her: "Your little aunt and the others are going home, and it's not like they won't be seeing each other anymore. Don't bother them."

Sister Qiao still pouted and refused, the old lady had always spoiled her lawlessly, she couldn't tell her mind to think about anything else, she just agreed blindly: "Can't the great-grandmother promise us Sister Qiao? I'll take you there when the time comes." Be a guest."

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai immediately invited: "There are only two Daiyu siblings at home, and Ruhai is also worried. If it wasn't for the health of the mother-in-law, I wish I could invite you to host the house for a while, so that I can help Daiyu get started. ..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiamu's eyes lit up, she tapped on her crutches, and said, "I don't worry about Daiyu's half-old child going back to be your housekeeper, so my old lady will ask you to go over and help you cook for a while." Time, come back when Daiyu gets her hands on it!"

"How can this be done?" Wang Xifeng didn't care about Jia Lian's pulling her at this time, and immediately disagreed: "You are so old, so don't worry about it, how can we rest assured as juniors? If my uncle's family has Whatever happens, sister-in-law Zhu and I can go over and help."

Li Wan also nodded at the side, persuading: "Grandmother, my siblings and I are also worried about your health."

Lin Ruhai didn't expect that his words would lure his mother-in-law out. At this time, he wanted to persuade his mother-in-law helplessly, but he was worried that his voice would make his mother-in-law think he was not welcome, so he could only touch the two children and let them go. Persuade to persuade.

Jia Zhu was not as worried as the others. He could see that the old lady was reluctant to part with her grandson. Even if they went, they would make her old man really hard. It would be better to do what she wanted.

So he didn't dissuade him, but said: "Even if you want to help, grandma, you have to let uncle and cousins ​​go home first. Uncle has just come back, and there are still many things to do. Go back early and rest, and we can talk about it tomorrow." yes."

"Yes, grandma." Jia Lian received Jia Zhu's gaze, and immediately said: "When grandson personally sends you to Uncle Lin's house tomorrow, you can ask grandson if you have anything to do. Grandson is alone and will not let you Tired."

Having said that, Mother Jia no longer dragged her son-in-law and the three of them reluctantly to let go, and immediately urged them to go back to rest earlier with distressed words.After Jia Zhu and Jia Lian sent Uncle Lin back, they made an appointment to take the old lady as a guest tomorrow.