Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Time passed slowly, and another half a month passed.

The pear blossoms are blooming brilliantly, and the jade-white petals stretch out. The whole garden seems to have a light-colored barrier, which looks like a cloud of white smoke from a distance, hazy.

Baoyu was wearing an ivory gown, half lying on a rocking chair under a tree, holding a book and reading quietly, her smooth black hair hanging down from the head of the chair.

A gust of wind blew by, and the pear blossoms all over the garden fluttered down, covering his head and body. His smooth black hair swayed in the rain of flowers all over the sky, revealing his handsome face faintly. This scene was so beautiful that it was unreal. Mingyan, who was guarding outside the courtyard, also looked straight at him.

Today, when Muxiu, Baoyu seldom took a break, so he took the book to Wangchun Hall to read, also for the warm pear blossoms.He shook the petals that fell on the pages of the book, and looked up at the sky. It was almost noon, and the sun became a little hot.

It's almost mid-May, and the heat is about to rise, and the flowering period of peach blossoms, pear blossoms and apricot blossoms is also over.

Baoyu suddenly felt a little sad, flowers are always there every year, and people are different every year.

He sighed, got up and shook off the remaining flowers all over his body, and walked into the room with a faint fragrance of pear blossoms.

There is an ice cellar in the mansion, as well as Zhuangzishang and the hot spring courtyard. I stored a lot last winter, enough for two summers. A few days ago, I pulled a few carts and put them in the ice cellar and placed them in the house.

The roof of Wangchuntang is also very high, so it is relatively shady and cool, and if you put ice on it, you won't feel hot at all.The three main rooms are connected, and the place is very spacious. The sun shines in through the open windows without hindrance, filling the room with light.

Seeing him get up, Ming Yan followed him in, saw him go to the row of bookshelves behind the desk and rummaged through it, then bowed and asked, "Master, there are new cherries and lychees, do you want some?"

Cherries are cherries. Baoyu has an industry in Jinling, so they planted them and transported them over there. They stored them on ice, and they were very fast.

"When did you come here? How many are there?" Baoyu picked it up for a long time but failed to pick it up. He turned around and took the official document that had just been delivered in the early morning, and went to sit on the concubine Xiang's chair and asked while looking at it.He doesn't care about these things now, and only leaves them to Mingyan and Yinquan.

Ming Yan said: "I just arrived yesterday. I put four baskets into it. I put it in the ice cellar. The lychee is a tribute fruit that the household department just received this year. The prince ordered two baskets to be sent to you. The rest Only a few lords and Lord Gu can get it."

It turned out to be water soluble.Baoyu felt very useful, "Send the cherries in half baskets to Rongfu, and some lychees as well." He said so, and then said, "By the way, did they send it to Yangzhou?"

This question is from Jinling. Mingyan knew this question a long time ago, so he hurriedly said with a smile, "Why do you order this? It has already been delivered. There are two big baskets at Lin's house and two big baskets at Lian's house. I guess it will be early."

Baoyu nodded in satisfaction, and soon after the tea smoke went down, two exquisite silver plates were brought up on a red sandalwood tray, and placed on the small round wooden table beside the couch, inside were bright red cherries and lychees, all Cleaned, the cherries have been cut open to remove the pits, and the crystal water droplets are more attractive.

Baoyu ate them one by one. The sweet and sour taste was delicious, but the lychees were hot, so he didn't eat much, only three or five.

Ming Yan was standing on the ground, and after he wiped his hands, he said, "Master, it's noon, what do you want to eat? Fresh whitebait was sent from the village, and there are many chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, just dug out bamboo shoots."

Since he pointed Wang Qi over more than half a month ago, everything has slowly become on the right track. He also goes to the Jinyiwei side every few days, and he doesn't intervene in the Imperial Guard side, just waiting for Wang Qi's actions. , so he had a rare leisure time recently.

"Then let's make a fish soup, remember to make it light and not too oily." He picked it up again and looked at it. He didn't like to eat meaty dishes, and he became more picky when the weather was hot. "Bamboo shoots are good. Looking at adding a meat dish, as long as lean meat, chicken and duck are fine, and looking at adding a few vegetarian dishes, the staple food is a few pancakes."

"Master's life is really simple!" Mingyan muttered in her heart, and went down to give orders to the kitchen.

After Baoyu read the official document sent by Wang Qi, he spent half a month making detailed statistics and reporting it to him, and he was about to issue a decree to send Ding back to the field in five or six days before recruiting new soldiers.

Baoyu commented: "Yes." Put it on the case and wait for someone to send it back in the afternoon.

In a short time, lunch was served. Stir-fried rabbit meat with bamboo shoots, purple cabbage and potatoes shredded in vinegar, eggplant with minced meat, golden and smooth tofu cubes and peeled and diced tomatoes. A two-inch high plate In the as-big clean white porcelain basin is the fragrant fish soup, and there is also a stack of fried golden green onion pancakes with eggs and stir-fried shallots.

After eating three cakes, the dishes were quite satisfactory. Finally, Mingyan served him a stewed fish soup. The whitebait was petite and crystal clear, and it tasted even more delicious when cooked with Jinhua ham soup.

Baoyu drank two bowls, picked a few small fish and shredded ham to eat, put down the stewing pot and wiped his mouth contentedly, and said with a smile: "It tastes good, you can add another one in a few nights, I will reward you."

Mingyan thanked Baoyu with a smile, and led someone to clean up the dining table, and brought hot water to wait for Baoyu to rinse his mouth, then retreated.Baoyu lay down on the big bed and put on a thin quilt to sleep for a while, then got up and began to correct the official documents.

Yangzhou, Lin Mansion.

Lin Ruhai stepped into the gate of the mansion amidst the darkness, and asked as he walked towards the study: "Miss is back?" The servant following behind lowered his head and said: "I came back in the afternoon, and I am waiting for you in the study, and I haven't eaten yet. "

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Go and prepare, I will eat with Miss, in the study."

The servant responded and made arrangements, and Lin Ruhai strode forward.He practiced for several months according to the method of exhaling, breathing and nourishing Qi taught by Daiyu, and he felt that his body was much lighter and more energetic than before. Knowing that it was Baoyu's instruction, he was more satisfied with his son-in-law.

When I got to the study, I saw Daiyu in a sky blue skirt with water sleeves, sitting on a soft couch by the window reading a book!He didn't shy away from Daiyu, he entered the study casually, knowing that she was a child with a sense of propriety.

As soon as Daiyu heard the noise, she raised her head, put down her book, stood up and came forward, saying happily, "Daddy, you are back!"

He lovingly touched her head, and said with a smile, "Why don't you eat first? Daddy came back late." Daiyu shook her head and smiled, "It feels like I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to be with you."

Lin Ruhai went around behind the screen to change clothes, and came out to change into plain clothes, Daiyu poured tea on the kang table, he sat down, picked it up and said with a smile: "I've been away for more than ten days, I'm finally willing to come back, I thought you forgot Daddy Woolen cloth!"

Daiyu blushed, and said angrily: "How is that possible! Who do you think I am!" Lin Ruhai laughed, and when the dinner table was set, the father and daughter had eaten warmly, and he asked the servants to serve it. A plate of cherries came up.

At the moment cherries are considered a rare commodity, and Daiyu smiled after serving them: "Father, I also ate at Brother Lian's place, it was delivered by his house three days ago!"

Lin Ruhai picked up one and put it in his mouth, and tapped her forehead with the other hand, "Silly girl, don't you know? It was sent by Baoyu, and we and Lian'er's family have it."

Daiyu was biting one, and the bright red juice stuck to her lips. She licked it and blinked, "I know! The second brother Lian told us, and the second sister still made fun of me!"

"Should be joking, as a father, I want to say that he is really good to you!" Lin Ruhai nodded, his eyes were full of love, Daiyu's face instantly became as red as her lips, but she was probably used to it, smiled.

After a while, he said timidly: "Father, he wrote to say...he wants to pick me up there...but I don't know what you mean..."

Lin Ruhai paused, and said with a broken smile: "You are really a child, and you can't be separated for a moment, so it's okay if you haven't seen each other for two months?" Daiyu lowered her head in embarrassment.

Lin Ruhai wanted to say that it was wrong, after all, unmarried men and women were unmarried, and there was no explicit marriage contract yet, so it was unclear how they lived in this way.

But his heart softened when he saw his daughter begging in his eyes.

For the past two or three years, she has been following her. The father and daughter spend more time together, but recently she has become busy again, and Yu'er can only stay in the mansion every day, or go to live with Jia Lian.

She and Baoyu have been together since they were six or seven years old, and it has been sixty years since they were in such a situation, and he couldn't bear to make them miss each other.

He thought for a long time, until Daiyu was ready to disagree, before he said, "If you want to go, I will not stop you as a father." Daiyu's eyes lit up all of a sudden, "I want to go!"

Although Lin Ruhai was a little bit reluctant, but he was so busy with official duties that he rarely had time to accompany her. When he arrived in Duzhong, Baoyu would definitely take good care of her. Thinking of this, he felt relieved: "Daddy let you go, but if you want Write to him first, let him get ready, and leave after a month, okay?"

Daiyu was still dissatisfied, she rolled her eyes with a smile and nodded repeatedly, Lin Ruhai sighed deliberately when she saw her happy like this: "Oh, it's really a big girl who doesn't want to stay!" It's the best, my daughter loves Daddy the most.

More than half a month later, Baoyu smiled blindly holding the letter paper, calling for people to pack their bags and go to Yangzhou to pick them up, and dispatched two teams of 24 Jinyiwei to accompany them for protection.

All the servants who had been serving Baoyu knew who they were going to pick up, and they all smiled happily, and loaded several carts with gifts in large and small bags.

The mansion is lively, but the outside is not calm. A few days ago, a conscription order made the people boil. The imperial guards dismissed nearly four-fifths of the soldiers, all of whom had been in the army for more than eight years. Withdrew a few junior lieutenants, and said that all young and middle-aged people who have reached the age of fifteen in each household can sign up, and they are in charge of food and housing.

The capital has been resting and recuperating for so many years, and the population has increased a lot. It is not a problem to recruit so many million people. Baoyu didn't show up, so Wang Qi was only allowed to sit at the commander's mansion of the Jingying Palace, but he also received a soft hand after receiving the post .

Without him, besides ordinary people, there are still many officials who want to stuff their sons in and find a moderate official position.After all, Baoyu is a celebrity in the dynasty, if he can work under him, and then dredge the relationship, as long as Baoyu can be promoted and recommended, he can find a good background.

Even if it is an idle job, at least he is happy to be at ease!

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