[Red Mansion] February is the season of wishing

The Grand View Garden was originally a place outside the world, but today it has all been broken.

Jia Zheng especially cherished himself as a second-rank uncle, and when Lin Ruhai expressed his desire to see his daughter, he agreed in a loud voice and asked someone to invite Miss Lin immediately.

Pian Lin Ruhai made a strange move, saying that he wanted to see where his daughter lived.

Originally, there were scruples between men and women, but the father and daughter hadn't seen each other for many years, and now they disagreed, always with a bit of pedantic and unreasonable meaning in it.

Jia Zheng ignored Mrs. Wang's nervous gaze, agreed directly, and ordered all the maids and daughters-in-law to stay away.

He also asked Lin Ruhai if he wanted to visit other people's yards.

Lin Ruhai: "I'm here to see my daughter, not the Grand View Garden." He directly rejected it.

Jia Zheng hurriedly nodded, and went ahead to open the way.

Suddenly, the Grand View Garden was in a hurry.

……

After a while, Lin Ruhai walked to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but there was not a single petal or leaf on the road.

The low door of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was opened wide, and the maid who had been instructed leaned over to salute and say hello.Outside the courtyard, the sound of bamboo leaves swaying can be heard, bringing a sense of coolness and adding a bit of charm to the houses in the courtyard.

Jia Zheng felt dry, and when he was blown by the wind through the bamboo grove, he exclaimed, "It's such a cool wind."

Lin Ruhai also nodded, a little satisfied, this yard is quite suitable for his daughter's talent.Yin asked: "Why does my little girl live in the Grand View Garden and the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

Jia Zheng bowed his hands to the palace respectfully and said, "The concubine Yuan ordered Miss Lin to stay in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and there was not much difference from the news he detected from outside.

He was admitted to the hospital.The boy waited for the outsider to stay outside the courtyard, while the daughter-in-law and maids surrounded Uncle Lin and Jia Zheng and entered the room.

Lin Daiyu leaned over to salute, but was helped up by the elderly Wang Momo before she could complete the salute, and was persuaded: "I haven't seen you in a few years, so don't stick to etiquette!" Line tears.

Only hindered by Jia Zheng's presence, he dared not express his thoughts.

The tea is ready and steaming.Daiyu gave the two elders one by one.Ask them to sit down again.

After Jia Zheng finished drinking, he could smell the pleasant fragrance in the cup, and said with emotion: "Good tea."

As soon as the tea entered Lin Ruhai, it was filled with sweetness, and when I poured it on my back, there were two small dates that had been pitted.He remained calm, chewed and swallowed, and said with a smile: "Good tea."

It turns out that there is a custom in the south that guests who come to visit or go home should drink a cup of sweet tea as a welcome.Lin Ruhai saw the difference, so he didn't say a word.

They gossip and ask how things are going.Lin Daiyu naturally picked the good things to say.

The sound of bamboos outside the courtyard makes the atmosphere inside the courtyard harmonious.

After chatting for a few words, it is inevitable that the maidservant will start to change the cup and refill the tea.Seeing the snow geese wandering around a few times, but not seeing another one, Lin Ruhai couldn't help being puzzled, and asked, "Where is Zijuan?"

Jia Zheng was startled: How did my uncle know Zicuckoo?

Daiyu said, "I'm going to serve Brother Bao."

Lin Ruhai asked, "Didn't you add another one?"

Daiyu replied: "The ancestor sent Hu Po over here. It just so happened that her mother was ill, and she left the house on leave yesterday."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and suddenly felt a chill in the room.Looking around, even the windows made a little "bang bang" sound.

Jia Zheng also felt a chill welling up in his heart... There are many talented girls in Beijing.

"Is there enough charcoal fire?" On the other end, Lin Ruhai was still asking with concern.

"There's a pot lit in the pavilion," Daiyu said.

The thick cloth cage was placed in the boudoir of the house, and Lin Ruhai felt bored seeing it, and said annoyedly, "Why don't you order a few more pots? You're not just bored in it."

Daiyu couldn't answer, so she was silent for a while.

Xueyan boldly saluted and replied: "In spring, as a rule, there is only one charcoal basin."

Lin Ruhai sneered and said, "According to what example?"

Naturally, it is the case of Jia's daughter.But no one dared to tell him like this.

Jia Zheng could also tell that Lin Ruhai's tone was not kind, and he was looking to provoke and question the crime.

The atmosphere froze suddenly.

Lin Ruhai sneered for a long while, and said to Jia Zheng, "My aunt and grandma travel thousands of miles to make things difficult for her. But for the sake of my daughter, this junior may have to bother to invite her to Beijing."

Foster daughter raises a grudge?Jia Zheng was also a little unhappy, thinking that if Daiyu was sick, it would be good if she could grow up to this point, but would you still be picky about eating from Jia's mansion and using Jia's mansion?Isn't it a waste to order so many braziers?

Suddenly there was a strong gust of wind, and Daiyu couldn't help coughing.

Lin Ruhai sighed inwardly: "Forget it, my aunt and grandma and Daiyu are not fit enough to travel long distances." He directly ordered a mother-in-law who came with him, "Let the boy outside ask the imperial hospital to judge." The mother-in-law agreed Go with a sound.

No one said that the mother-in-law is not from the Jia family, and there is no reason to recruit people from the Jia family.

Everyone's eyes were only on Lin Ruhai and Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng said nothing.

Lin Ruhai was sure that the court judge would be able to come in, and continued: "Since you are in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, then I will ask directly. ——Baoyu is old, do you have any arrangements for marriage?"

Jia Zheng felt bad, so he bit his bullet and said, "This matter is up to the Wang family to decide."

Lin Ruhai nodded without being annoyed, and asked again: "Does Mrs. Wang have any arrangements?"

Jia Zheng blushed, "..."

Lin Ruhai chuckled lightly: "Do you know Baoyu's age this year?"

Jia Zheng's face turned purple: "..."

Lin Ruhai's complexion suddenly collapsed, and with a dark face, he shouted: "You let my daughter live in the same place as a boy who is of marriageable age!!!"

Jia Zheng was frightened by the roar, jumped up in shock, took two steps away, and said indiscriminately: "The concubine Xiande ordered them to live together. Besides, they have a good relationship since they were young. They are together!"

Lin Ruhai listened for a long time before he understood the meaning.

He was so angry that he grabbed his sleeves and wanted to go up——

"Father, don't be angry," Daiyu said, "My heart is clear and I have a clear conscience."

Lin Ruhai's heart eased, and he smiled wryly again.

The rumors are so fierce that they can be resolved with a clear conscience.

He closely investigated the affairs of the salt administration, knowing that there would be no life after ten deaths, who would have thought that he would come out alive, and he would face the family's troubles surrounded by the red dust.

Lin Daiyu's reputation was publicized by those snarky servants of the Jia family, and he felt guilty and anxious.Seeing Jia Zheng's hospitality, I thought he was on the right track and could make proper arrangements.

It's a pity that he forgot that when people get anxious, they often become idiots, and they say everything regardless of whether they mean it or not.This is the baseness of ordinary human nature.

Hey, but he, Jia Zheng, is also an official figure after all, but he turned out to be an ordinary person?Lin Ruhai was dizzy.

After laughing bitterly, Lin Ruhai said solemnly to Daiyu, "Get ready to recruit a son-in-law."

Daiyu:? ? ?

After the filth under the salt tax was uncovered, every family suffered, and the Jia family who had a good relationship with the Zhen family must not be able to escape.

Lin Ruhai thought about it, hated the Jia family for ruining their daughter's reputation, and wanted to keep Shi Taijun alive for the sake of filial piety, and let the rest of the Jia family die.

He doesn't even have to be a pusher.

……

Jia Zheng was scared away, and Lin Ruhai sat in peace.The gate of the courtyard is full of maids and women, so they are not afraid of anything.

After a while, the court judge came with a female doctor, and asked Daiyu's complexion and tongue coating through the curtain, and then gave Daiyu a pulse diagnosis.

"How?" Lin Ruhai asked worriedly.

"It's okay, some minor illnesses, just take care of them." The court judge said so, and prescribed some prescriptions, and said some taboos.

One of the taboos includes not taking some supplements, such as ginseng...

"As a rule, Jia's mansion eats ginseng Yangrong pills." Xueyan said.

"Deficiency is not to be supplemented, so don't eat it in the future." The female doctor said decisively.

The court judge knew some of the rich and noble habits in Jia's mansion, so he shook his head without saying a word, sighed inwardly, and gave Lin Ruhai another look.

Lin Ruhai was sent to the hospital for sentencing.

On the carriage, there was no more idle ears, and the court judge trembled and told the truth: "Miss Lin is exhausted inside, and the end is approaching..."

"The reason?" Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth, and even began to wonder about the possibility of the Jia family plotting to poison the orphan girl's property.

"...Let her be happy and live the rest of her life without being depressed."

Lin Ruhai asked again: "So, why is her time approaching?"

The court judge hindered his relationship with Lin Ruhai, and he was unwilling to perfunctory. After thinking about it, he explained tactfully: "In the big mansion, there are too many ways to tease people."

Lin Ruhai nodded, a chill flashed in his eyes: "Very good."

……

After Lin Ruhai left for a while, someone brought silver charcoal, saying it was for keeping the house warm.

When Xueyan sent the two mothers-in-law who worked so hard to carry charcoal away, one of the mother-in-law kindly persuaded her: "Miss Xueyan, at any rate, we can't bear to see you from being a small group leader to now..."

The mother-in-law glanced cautiously at the low wooden door at the entrance of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, "How rich is our family? But Mrs. Lin felt that she was a saint, so she allowed Miss Lin to pick and choose. This, this, this, in the future It’s definitely not good! Let me tell you, Miss Xueyan should find a chance and ask for grace to move her slavery to us!”

Xueyan listened for a while: "...Oh."

She turned her head and left: "She is a young lady, how can you talk about it?"

The mother-in-law's good intentions were ignored, and she said angrily: "She eats Jia's food and drinks Jia's food, why can't she talk?"

Xueyan was speechless: "Did you eat your food?"

She was holding back a long time ago, when she was young, the teachers of the Lin family were not allowed to cause trouble, and because of Zicuckoo's face, she didn't dare to make noise with others.But just now she could understand that the master was annoyed by the second master Jia. Now, can't he just say what he said, and if he doesn't reply, he won't reply?

How could the mother-in-law expect that Xueyan, who is usually clever and sensible, can speak without being dirty but suffocating, and she was stunned for a while before she wanted to curse.But Xueyan had already entered the house.

Daiyu heard the movement inside, poked Xueyan on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Everyone is their own master, don't be angry in the future."

Xueyan blinked and said with a smile: "Slaves and servants are also 'their masters'."

Daiyu thought about it, too, looking at Xueyan's curved black eyes, she also smiled after a while.

……

Rongxi Hall.

Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng sat around.Jia's mother is at the head, Mrs. Wang is next, and Wang Xifeng is at the bottom.

Jiamu told them to come, but she didn't speak for a long time, she just looked at the gold and silver decorations on their bodies.

The atmosphere was gloomy for a while.

They were all worried about one thing, but no one said it.

It was still Jia Mu, who sighed and explained clearly: "Uncle Lin has returned to Beijing, and Daiyu has also reached the age of seeing each other. It is time to prepare the dowry."

What does Lin Daiyu's dowry matter to my Jia family?

This was Mrs. Wang's first thought.But Sister Feng's expression had changed, she was smiling and crying.

Mother Jia looked at the reactions of the two people, and said leisurely: "Maybe Wang has forgotten that when Aunt Lin asked her to stay alone, she said that half of the Lin family's property was Daiyu's food money, and half of the property was Daiyu's. dowry."

The author has something to say: Everyone in Jia's house: I am not I do not have it!Miss Lin is so well-behaved, why are she crying and worrying?It was clearly the fault of Fairy Jing Huan!

Jing Huan Fairy: I'm not me, I don't have you, don't talk nonsense!How can I interfere in the small world, this is clearly the fault of Cao Xueqin!

Cao Xueqin: Indifference.jpg

Passers-by: Yes, it's all Mr. Cao's fault!Not filling the hole is Duke Cao's biggest mistake! ! !

Cao Xueqin: ...Gee.