The Red Chamber Collection

There was a lot of rumors about Daiyu's adoption of Shitou.There are various arguments.Some said that a big girl was looking for someone to marry and have a child in an unscrupulous manner, and wanted to adopt someone else's child.This is really an unprecedented pioneering work.After all, he is a child without parents, and willful nonsense.

Some said that the lady did not want to get married, but wanted to adopt the grandson of the nurse.With such a large family property in the Lin family, it turned out to be cheaper for others!

Some also said that Miss Lin Fu was extremely filial.In order to let his parents return to the clan, he even risked the displeasure of the world.It can be seen that it is brave!

?

These rumors did not reach Daiyu's ears.No one in the house dared to discuss this matter.People outside the mansion talked about this with the people of the Lin mansion behind their backs.They knew that the Lin family was extremely powerful, and they did not dare to oppose the Lin family.Once heard by the people of the Lin family, a slander of Miss's reputation is enough to drink a pot, and she really can't eat enough to walk away.

On this day, Daiyu had a adoptive banquet.Two carriages came to pick up the wet nurse's family.The child was left at Qing'er's family.This child is one year old, she is Qing'er's daughter, her name is Xiaohua!If it wasn't for Daiyu's pregnancy, Xiaohua would have been weaned at six months.

The nurse and Daiyu said: "Miss, the child will be born at that time. Let the grandson and daughter-in-law be the child's nurse!"

Dai Yudian smiled with a big belly: "What do you mean? You are my wet nurse, and the child in my belly should also be called Qing'er sister-in-law. Wouldn't this be a mess for the rest of my life?!"

"Miss, why are you in such a mess? You are the master and miss, and we are slaves. How dare you claim any seniority with the lady, and make people laugh when you tell it! It's a slave's duty to think of the master. Besides, even the sister-in-law So what? The singer said that Bao Zheng still grew up on her sister-in-law's milk! If you are looking for a wet nurse outside, it is better to be more careful at home!"

"Mom said yes, so it will be. You are classic and know more than us! I don't know if Qing'er is willing or not!"

"She doesn't want to do good things that other people want? What kind of nobleman is she? She can't breastfeed a child? In this family, if I didn't feed the young lady for a few days, would I have enough to eat today?"

"Then mother can't cover the sky with one hand. I don't want you to ask, I will ask myself! If she doesn't want to, mother is not allowed to force her!"

"Miss, you don't know the life of the poor! Do you think you understand the suffering of the poor after eating two bad meals? You have never experienced the suffering in your heart! I will leave the words here, you go Ask Qing'er, she is overjoyed! It's such a good day to have such a master. I don't know when she got the blessing in her life!"

Daiyu called Qing'er with her mottled bamboo, and Qing'er came over with Xiaohua in her arms.Daiyu said: "Qing'er, I want you to be the child's nurse, are you willing?"

Qing'er looked at grandma shyly and said, "Is it all right? Miss, don't you despise me?"

"What are you talking about? Why would I dislike you? Just say, are you willing or not!"

"I am willing. I am willing!" Qing'er knelt down and kowtowed to Daiyu while she was still holding the child in her arms.

Daiyu asked her to get up.Qing'er stood up.I don't know what to say, so I ran out in a hurry.A sentence floated from outside the courtyard: "I'll tell my parents-in-law. Make them happy too!"

That evening, the family sat together.Yan Xuelin started the meeting very seriously, and said: "Since the mother is the young lady's wet nurse, then Qing'er must not be called the child's wet nurse, she should be called the wet nurse!"

On the second day, Yan Xuelin solemnly told Daiyu the result of the discussion.Daiyu laughed and said, "We need to discuss this too? It's up to you, call it whatever you want!"

?

Daiyu didn't let Xiaohua come because she was afraid of arousing people's suspicion.

When the queen heard that Daiyu was going to adopt a son, she became even more suspicious.She didn't show it on the surface, and said to Daiyu: "Xiao'er, your filial piety is rare in the world. If your parents are alive in the sky, how gratified you will be! The hearts of parents are too cruel, how can you be willing to put them away?" Is the child adopted to you?!"

"Sister-in-law, you have stayed in the palace too much. How can you understand the sufferings of the people? Look at these two girls, they were bought from the market! Who doesn't want to live a good life, who wants to serve others?! But there is no money in the pocket, Forced by life! Little Shitou will only be surnamed Lin in the future, and his parents will not leave him to find a job in Lin's mansion. He is considered a house slave. The child of a house slave will be adopted by the master, that's what I wish for!" Yanzi said.

The queen smiled and said: "So that's the reason! Hair, let me ask you, the adoption is coming, the child is going to call you mother?!"

Daiyu nodded seriously: "Ah! Yes, I am his mother!"

"It sounds like playing house when I was a child!" The queen laughed.

Daiyu's nurse's family, Zicuckoo Wang Fu'an entertained them, and had dinner in the front yard of Lin's mansion.Daiyu still arranges the emperor, queen and Prince Gege to live in the garden.Daiyu and Zijuan said: "After you have eaten, take mother and the others to the garden!"

Zijuan agreed, and took Yan Xuelin's family to the garden.Yan Xuelin was always an honest person, but when he came to Lin's residence, he was stunned when he saw Daiyu's home.

On the side of Niuzhuang, there are also high-ranking officials in the capital who retired and returned to their hometowns.Yan Xuelin had seen his family's mansion.Yan Xuelin thought that it should be the best place in Suzhou.But I never thought that compared with Lin Fu, it is nothing worth mentioning!

Yan Xuelin saw the high courtyard walls of the Lin Mansion, the vermilion lacquered gate, and the vigorous and powerful characters of Lin Mansion.My heart became more and more humble.He also heard that the emperor lived in the garden, and he was stunned all of a sudden.That leg was useless, unable to take a step.No matter what Zijuan said, he just couldn't take that step.Fortunately, Yan Xuelin's son, Yan Ximiao, is not like his father.Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they are surprised by everything in the Lin family!

He, grandma, mother and daughter-in-law followed Zijuan, and said to Zijuan: "Madam, such a big mansion must require servants! Madam, can you see if I can do it?! I can carry and pick, and I have plenty of strength! "

"Are you literate?"

"I went to school for two years when I was young, and I know a few words!" Yan Ximiao said.

"Oh! I see, I'll talk about it when I report back to Miss!"

Zicuckoo knew that it was not easy for him to decide.Looking at this Yan Ximiao, he is also shrewd and capable.It is exactly this kind of people that Lin's family lacks now.

Zicuckoo took them for a walk all morning, trying to avoid meeting people in the palace.Zicuckoo knows that the people in this palace.Not all are the same.Some people speak kindly, while others are very vicious.This is also due to each person's temper, position, and birth.

Zicuckoo and Daiyu talked about Yan Ximiao's request.Daiyu said with a smile: "Mother Xue told me a long time ago, I was thinking, Brother Yan Xuelin can't get farts with a stick, but he taught such a son. I heard that he can read a few words, you can give me a position first , Look at the arrangements. Observe slowly. As for Yan Xuelin, you can let him farm. He can’t do anything else. Let his mother-in-law go to the garden to help cultivate potted plants first! You also observe.”

Zijuan said: "Then when will you let them come?"

"Let them deal with the family affairs before coming here. This is not an urgent matter! In addition, give them a yard to live in the north!"

this day.The emperor and queen are going to Suzhou to weave, all the officials come to pick them up, and Daiyu leads a large group of people to send them off.The emperor reasoned that Daiyu had done a great job in taking over and the queen was satisfied.Daiyu was rewarded with a heavy gift.All the details will not be repeated here.

Daiyu's various expenses over the past few days.It is equal to the emperor's payment.The gift of Daiyu from the princes, officials and all Gege is considered an addition to the mansion.This increase is not a small amount, it is the income of the Lin family for several years.

Zicuckoo because of small stones.I can't forget it all the time.He said to Daiyu: "Shitou's birth should be celebrated, how can he wait so slowly?!"

Daiyu said with a smile: "This matter. Dare to use a gong? The day when the garden is completed, it can be regarded as a meeting ceremony for Shitou to come to this world! The emperor, queen, princes and Ge Ge congratulated him. Is this kind of meeting ceremony too light? !"

"You think so, of course it's not light! The young master's baby name is Xiao Shitou, have you decided on your first name?"

"It's called Lin Shi!"

"Lin Shi?!" Zicuckoo smiled and said, "The name Miss thought up must be good! Lin Shi, that's great!"

Daiyu was chatting with Zijuan, but she saw someone coming to report the funeral, saying that Yan Xue, the mother of Niu Zhuangyan Xuelin, had passed away.

Daiyu was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked the funeral reporter: "What do you mean? Didn't you be fine yesterday, talking and laughing here, why didn't it disappear?" Tears flowed down.Everyone also found it strange that Zicuckoo couldn't help crying.

"When we got home yesterday, Grandma Yan told us about being here. She said that she has no regrets in her life! She is also worthy of the ancestors of the Yan family. We all congratulate her and envy her! Say they The Yan family finally came to the end of their hard days. She didn't want to leave the next day without making a sound. The smile on her face has been maintained! Miss, I can't delay, I have to write a letter!"

Daiyu let him have tea!

Zijuan cried for a while before arriving: "Miss, it's not easy for you to go. I'll go!"

Daiyu wiped away her tears and said: "Her wedding materials haven't been prepared yet, you quickly take someone to her house to take care of the funeral, and lay some wedding materials in the coffin. Don't be reluctant to give up money, give her some dignity! The stones are also gone I don’t open Qing’er, and I have to breastfeed every day, so the two mothers-in-law take care of Qing’er. She doesn’t know it yet, so go with you. The bedding is still there, let the mother-in-law lead the child to live there , but it’s a hard few days. I’ll prepare and I’ll be there soon!”

"Miss?"

"I know what you mean, so you don't need to say more. I was rarely seen there in the past. Now I go out in such a grand manner, no one thought it would be me. Go, Yan Xuelin is an honest man, and he has no relatives Those who can afford it! This time, you will take Wang Fuquan to control the outside, and you will be inside!"

Zijuan agreed, and immediately it was reported that Wang Fuquan, Li Xiao, Wang Rui and others took three carriages and went with 200 taels of silver!

Daiyu called Taohua and asked her to arrange the princess' meals.I put on a plain suit, and brought a few people from Mottled Bamboo, Green Bamboo, and Xiaocui.Liu Qibiao personally escorted six apprentices.Wang Fu'an's family was afraid that Daiyu was young and didn't understand the funeral etiquette here. If she made a mistake, people would laugh at her. It was her responsibility to protect the face of the Lin family.So he handed over the matter to Qiya, and took two women with him.The chariots and horses were about to leave the gate when they were stopped by a girl chasing after Yanzi.The swallow followed.

"San'er, Wu'er, you two go with my sister and don't allow her to stay there. If you don't listen to my persuasion, you can force her to get in the car for me. Mother Xia and Mother Li, I want to persuade Princess to cry less. She is still in good health. Weak, if she gets sick because of this, I will only ask you two!"

Then everyone got into the car and went to Niuzhuang.

In the afternoon, Daiyu arrived at Niuzhuang in chariots and horses.People in Yan Xuelin's family came and went, crying constantly, and Yan Xuelin's natal family was cousins ​​and nephews.They are all here.Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Daiyu's nurse was dressed and stopped in the middle, but the coffin had not yet arrived.Daiyu thought of going back, threw herself on her knees, and howled.After all, you grew up on the milk of a wet nurse. How can you forget this emotion? !

When Daiyu cried.There were women Yan Xuelin, his sister and daughter-in-law and other women who were crying.Cried for a moment.Naturally, there are women to persuade.Wang Fu'an's family and the two nuns in the palace took advantage of the momentum to pull Daiyu up, persuading and comforting her.

A woman from the Yan family asked Zicuckoo privately.How should someone like Daiyu be given to Xiaobu?Wang Fu'an's family listened and whispered: "Miss is the master, so it is said that there is no reason for a master to show filial piety to a slave."

Daiyu heard this, and cried, "Tear my daughter's filial piety clothes from me!"

Everyone wants to persuade, Zijuan said: "Although the young lady is the master, but treat the wet nurse with courtesy!" Everyone gave up.

The people brought by Daiyu.All kowtow one by one.Yan Xuelin took his son to return the gift.

The filial son Yan Xuelin said: "Miss, you go to the side yard to rest."

"Mom has gone, how can I rest at the same time?"

Everyone persuaded, Yan Xuelin's cousin said: "My aunt is nearly [-]. In this life, I have enjoyed the blessings of being with the young lady. When I went there, I was smiling. When my aunt returned to her mother's house, she said what she wanted. She is very lucky in this life. I met a Bodhisattva heart like Miss."

At this time, a young woman stepped out from among the filial daughters.Said to Daiyu: "Miss, you are precious, please go to the next door to rest. There are many people here and the smell is mixed. If Miss is dirty, wouldn't it make my mother feel uneasy to leave?!"

Daiyu looked at the woman carefully and said, "You are a young lady?"

The woman cried: "Miss, do you still remember my nickname?"

Daiyu hugged and cried, and said after a while: "How can I not remember you? When I was young, my mother took us two to play, and I always bullied you at that time! I remember, when I complained, you would be beaten by my mother." !"

"Miss, I didn't know what to do at that time. I always made the master angry!"

The two hugged each other and cried, causing everyone to cry again.

"Old sister, Miss's health is important. You don't have to come, there are too many people here. You accompany Miss and talk in the side yard! What did your mother tell you to tell Miss? You tell Miss!" Yan Xuelin said.The little old lady understands her brother's intentions. Although her mother has passed away, the young lady's body is the most important thing!I really have something to tell Ms.

But it turned out that when Yan Xue came home that day, he asked Yan Ximiao to bring his two daughters.In the evening, the young lady did not arrive.Yan Xueshi explained some things to her two daughters.The two daughters wondered how it looked like their mother was explaining the funeral.

"Mother, don't talk about it, it's scary! Look at your body, it's still too early. If you're not a hundred years old, Lord Yama will not accept you!"

said the little lady.

"Damn your mother!" Yan Xue nodded her daughter's head and said with a smile: "You are so old, don't you become an old monster? Scold your old lady in different ways!"

"Even the old monster, I like it too. The son doesn't think the mother is ugly!" The eldest daughter laughed.

"Listen to me, you two. I don't worry about the life of the eldest girl. There are several acres of land at home, and the eldest son-in-law can manage it well. I am just worried about you!" Yan Xue said to the young lady: "I am here today. Going to the lady's mansion is an eye-opener. The garden is just like the one sung in the play. The Jade Emperor's palace is nothing more than that. Now you might as well go to the lady's mansion to do things."

"Where is Miss's house?" The young lady said, "You said it earlier, I can't go now either!"

"Don't talk about your mother. What is there to worry about in your family? Now that you enter the mansion and bring your little son-in-law, the housing in Lin's mansion is ten times better than yours!"

"Lin Mansion? Do you mean the Lin Mansion in Wangjiazhuang?"

"It's not that there, where else is the Lin Mansion?"

"My lord, after talking for a long time, it turns out that you are talking about my master's house! Someone from Lin's mansion is negotiating with our Xiaoli Village. Most people have already signed their names, and Li Xiang also signed yesterday. .Since yesterday, he has been a servant of the Lin family! So the master is a young lady! How do you say that?! I am still in the dark!" The little old lady said in surprise.

So the whole family laughed, there was such a coincidence.

?

After hearing this, Daiyu looked at the young lady, "Are you from Xiao Lizhuang?"

The little lady nodded.

"When the mother's matter is over, you can come to my house!" Daiyu said. L