The Rebirth of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

This southern tour lasted more than 100 days in total, and it was the first time that Lin Daiyu was away from her father and brother for such a long time.During the southern tour, I didn't feel that I was away from home for a long time. When I was in sight of the capital pier, my heart was full of longing.

I don't know if there are any changes in the father and brothers at home, how they are doing without her in charge of the house.Especially the youngest tree slave, who is usually the most clingy. After she has been away for so long, I don't know if the two elder brothers have bullied him.

Lin Daiyu was so homesick, she couldn't sit still because she was so upset, she wanted to say something, but she was afraid that the girl would make a joke, so she squatted down with a snack and teased Lihua to pass the time, playing with each other.

Lihua suddenly closed her ears, moved her ears, and looked at the door with a cat face.After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Yinzhen walked in gracefully with square steps.Lin Daiyu's hand holding the mincemeat froze, and was picked up by the pear-eyed and quick-mouthed courier, eating it with a full face.

"Fourth Master." Lin Daiyu greeted lazily, stood up from the ground, wishing to do it all over again, and erase her undignified appearance from Fourth Master's mind.

Yinzhen smiled slightly: "I'm about to go ashore, let me explain a few words to you."

Lin Daiyu sat upright and listened attentively.

Yinzhen said: "You're back home. We couldn't see each other so frequently before... so I'd better explain some things to you. For one thing, the government has been unstable in the past two years, and some factions will inevitably be affected. Although The Lin family is fine for the time being, but no one can tell what will happen in the future, so don’t go out if you have nothing to do.” The prince has always been favored by the emperor’s father, but since the year before last, the emperor suddenly cut off some of the prince’s henchmen, and last year With enfeoffment among the elder brothers and the distribution of real power, some people couldn't hold back any longer and started to move.

In the 38th year of Kangxi, although the situation was calm on the surface, in fact, there was an undercurrent quietly.

Lin Daiyu was clear in her heart, and promised: "I see." In fact, she didn't go out often, and Yinzhen's intention was to let her stay away from the Jia family in the prince's faction.

Yinzhen continued: "Secondly, let me ask you, what kind of courtyard or layout do you like, and I will ask you to draw a picture according to your wishes."

Lin Daiyu's face became hot, so she said seriously: "This is built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to regulations, I have the final say?"

"Of course." Yinzhen said firmly.

Lin Daiyu thought for a while: "Well, I will plant a large pool of lotus flowers, and the garden will be filled with twelve masters, twelve friends, and twelve servant girls. .”

Yinzhen raised his eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile: "The first two things are easy to handle, just use glass as a window..." He draws the tone, "I need to ask for advice... for this."

That "..." inexplicably made Lin Daiyu think of a word, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

What about the second brother-in-law, he must be thinking too much.

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Is there anything else Fourth Master would like to tell the slaves?"

Yinzhen stretched his eyebrows, and said: "The last thing, if you want to find me, ask someone to go to the Luozhen Escort Office in Xixiao Hutong with a jade card to look for Zhang Tinglian."

Lin Daiyu teased: "So fourth master still runs an escort agency?"

Yinzhen came here at some time, and now that he has finished what he should explain, he is about to leave. He said: "What's so strange about opening an escort agency, and you will know more about it later. I'm leaving. Be careful when you get off the boat."

Before going out, Yinzhen stopped and turned around: "By the way, you like cats, don't you also like dogs?"

Yinzhen's eyes were very bright, giving Lin Daiyu the illusion that "this matter is very important to him", she nodded in a strange way.

Before getting off the boat, Lin Daiyu was still thinking about Yinzhen's last smug and happy appearance. Could it be...he likes dogs very much?

Kangxi had already ordered Lin Daiyu to go home as soon as she got off the boat, and she didn't have to follow her to the palace.

The Lin family had already prepared a big emerald-covered Zhuying eight-treasure cart to pick up their daughter at the pier, but they didn't see their father and brother, and the feeling of disappointment disappeared in a flash.Lin Daiyu didn't see the servant's mysterious smile, and felt that there were too many people and chaos here, and she could see people as well when she went home, so she stepped on the footstool and got into the carriage.

As soon as she entered, she was thrown to the side by a small cannonball, and the pear blossom in her arms jumped away with a scream. Lin Daiyu was also startled, seeing that it was a tree slave, she giggled happily.

Lin Xiang smiled, and Lin Qiong laughed mischievously beside him, and pretended to shout: "Lin Xiaoxuan, let's see what you look like."

Lin Daiyu embraced Lin Xuan, looked at it carefully, and choked out a sentence for a long time: "The tree slave is fat again..." The five-year-old boy is white and chubby, with pink and cute cheeks, just like the one next to Guanyin in the painting. little golden boy.

With a sound of "Puff", Lin Xiang and Lin Qiong fell down laughing in the carriage, and Lin Xuan complained: "Sister..."

"Actually not, it's much stronger." Lin Daiyu hurriedly added, "It seems that the tree slaves didn't slack off practicing kung fu in the morning."

Lin Xuan was overjoyed, her face fell down again, and she murmured: "Sturdy fat man?"

Uh……

Lin Daiyu hurriedly turned her head: "Brother, Qiong'er, I have been away for three months. Is there anything going on at home? Is father in good health?"

Lin Xiangdao: "Sister, don't worry, everything is fine at home, and Aunt Wei is very appropriate to take care of the housework." There are few people in the family, and the four men are not at home on weekdays, so they have nothing to do, so the father asked Aunt Wei to take care of the trivial matters, but The key to the treasury is still in my father's hand.

Lin Xuan came back to her senses, and said loudly: "I've grown up, sister, don't call me by my nickname anymore, my name is Lin Xuan!"

Lin Daiyu frowned, her disappointment was hard to express: "The tree slave was taken by my sister, and Lin Xuan was taken by my father. The younger brother has grown up, and he really started to dislike the older sister..."

Lin Xuan hurriedly hugged Lin Daiyu, and said loudly: "The tree slave is not there, the tree slave is wrong, sister, don't cry, you can call whatever you want."

Lin Daiyu snickered, still embarrassed: "Didn't you grow up?"

"When he grows up, he will be my sister's younger brother, and will always be my sister's tree slave." Lin Xuan focused on comforting her sister, and said nice words without thinking.

Lin Daiyu groaned with a smile.

After teasing Lin Xuan, Lin Daiyu suppressed her smile, everyone chatted and laughed casually, and arrived at the house not long after, Lin Hai didn't come back from the yamen at this time, Lin Daiyu was tired all the way, so she went to Chuyuge to rest and didn't mention it.

The three big girls of the winter generation who did not follow were waiting at the gate of Chu Yuge, and when they saw Lin Daiyu, they rushed to greet her. The local conditions and customs along the canal and the magnificent scene of the royal tour to the south.

Lin Daiyu took Lin Xuan by the hand, with a big smile, and said cordially: "I brought some local folk ceremonies and winter scenery to the south, take some time to pack them up and give them to them." All the maids thanked them hurriedly.

Lin Xuan tugged at Lin Daiyu's hand, raised her head and asked, "Sister, did you bring anything for the tree slave?"

Lin Daiyu said: "Then how dare you forget it. I'll sort it out and deliver it in person tomorrow. I'm not in the mood today."

Let Yilan take Lin Xuan away, and back to her room, Lin Daiyu washed off the dust, took a long breath, and lay down to rest.Although the dragon boat was extremely comfortable, it was outside after all, and she was full of troubles. Lin Daiyu was a serious person, she couldn't sleep well, and her sleep was very shallow.Now that she finally returned to her own home, the familiarity and intimacy of the home made her fall into a deep sleep and have a good night's sleep.

It was dusk when she woke up, half of the sky was dyed yellow, and the parrots were chirping on the porch. Lin Daiyu sat up and lifted the curtain of the bed.Dongyu heard the commotion, and walked in to help Lin Daiyu get up.

"What time is it?" Lin Daiyu asked.

Dongyu said: "Girl, it's three o'clock in Youzheng, and you have slept for more than two hours."

Lin Daiyu tidied up and changed into comfortable homely clothes, "I'm hungry, bring me some food."

Dongyu covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Girl, master and men are waiting for you to have dinner together."

Lin Daiyu was surprised: "It's already past dinner time, how dare you let Daddy wait for me..." Then she reprimanded: "You didn't wake me up, it's almost dark."

Dong Yu pouted: "How dare a servant disobey a man's orders. Good girl, stop arguing with a little girl like me, go quickly."

Lin Daiyu rushed to the main courtyard, and sure enough her father and brother were there. The tree slave was probably hungry, and there were crumbs on her mouth when she was eating. Seeing her coming, she ran over, grabbed her with her dirty hands and called her sister sweetly.

Lin Hai first looked at Lin Daiyu, and seeing that she was not thin and looked good, he was relieved and called his servants to serve food.

The Lin family has never been proud of extravagance, and their meals are light and nourishing on weekdays. Today, it changed from the past and asked the cook to cook a large table of meals, saying that it was to clean up Lin Daiyu.

After the meal, the girl was about to remove the remnants of the food, when suddenly Lihua ran in, pawing at Lin Daiyu and meowing, flicking her tail back and forth vigorously, her round cat pupils full of pleading.

Lin Daiyu was helpless: "Are you hungry?"

Lihua jumped onto her lap, stared at the uneaten fish on the table and continued to meow, but didn't dare to climb up the table without permission.

Lin Qiong laughed and said, "Sister, who gave you this local cat? It's quite smart."

Lin Daiyu twitched the corners of her mouth, a native cat?Don't say it was given by fourth master.He said to himself: "A four-month-old kitten can actually eat meat, right?" He asked the girl to send half of the fish to Chu Yu Pavilion for Lihua to eat.

Chu Yuge's little girl left with Lihua in her arms.

Everyone switched to the study to talk.

Lin Hai asked about Lin Daiyu's situation during the southern tour, but he didn't ask too deeply. The servants of the Lin family had basically reported it, including the things that the Wang family did.It's impossible not to be angry, the daughter I held in my hand was bullied as soon as she went out, the father couldn't bear it, but the Wang family fell, the daughter's tone

Someone has already made a move, and Lin Hai couldn't do it again, so he could only sigh.

It was Lin Daiyu who comforted Lin Hai: "My daughter is fine, she has not been bullied."

Lin Hai still sighed.Marrying into the royal family, how could he not be bullied, his daughter is really suffering.

Lin Xiang and Lin Qiong also had deep worries in their eyes.

Lin Daiyu bowed her head and remained silent.She knew her father's worries, so how should she tell them that fourth master didn't make her suffer any wrongs?

Forget it...it's really hard to say.

Speaking of the grand scene of Jiangnan Zhen's pick-up, Lin Hai's brows were tightly frowned, and he didn't say anything.Zhen Yingjia is ambitious, anyone with eyes can see it, the Holy One will endure him for a while, maybe forever?The emperor has been quietly suppressing the princelings. The Zhen family and the Suo'etu family are the leaders of the princelings. It is hard to say what will happen in the future.

I hope the Jia family can be smarter and don't get too deep, otherwise... don't blame him for not thinking about his dead wife's old love.

After talking about the southern tour, he talked about what happened at home recently.Lin Xiang and Lin Qionghu looked at the beams and the floor, pretending they didn't hear anything.

Lin Hai moved his seat uncomfortably, coughed a few times, touched his cuff uneasily, and said, "That...Yu'er, there is something..."

It is rare for Lin Daiyu to see her father who is always indifferent, asking: "What's wrong?" Doesn't she know what happened at home?

Lin Hai made up his mind and said, "I have arranged a marriage for my father, marrying a girl from Chahar Su's family as a continuation." After speaking, he suddenly calmed down, picked up his teacup and waited for Lin Daiyu's reaction.

Lin Daiyu was surprised for a moment, "Cha...continued...oh." She was very smart, and quickly thought of the reason, nodded and said she knew.

Lin Hai and Jia Min are deeply in love, and Lin Hai never thought about continuing the series.However, the daughter is about to get married, so she can't live without a female family member to teach and handle family affairs. The three sons will also marry wives in the future. The back house of an aristocratic family really cannot lack a mistress.

Speaking of the girl from the Chahar family, she had a very ill-fated life. She was originally good in appearance, body and upbringing, but she fell ill at the age of 14 and did not participate in the draft until 17.After losing the election, I was supposed to stay at home and get married, but unfortunately my grandmother passed away at this juncture, so I had to keep my filial piety, and then my mother went too, and stayed for another three years.Finally, three years later, I was 21, my father was gone, and I wasted until I was 26, becoming an old girl.

It is difficult for a 26-year-old orphaned old girl to find a good family, so Miss Chahar has three nephews this year, and she is still in the boudoir.Although Lin Hai is not confused, but the name of the handsome Tanhualang in the empty alleys of thousands of people back then was not built. He is still handsome at the age of 40, with a more refined and stable taste than when he was young, so he was remembered by the matchmaker.He was unwilling at first, but when he thought about his children, he agreed.

The wedding date was set in a hurry, it was only in June, and the fear was that if Lin Daiyu's wedding date was set early, there would be no one in the house to preside over it.

Lin Haidao: "Yu'er's dowry is still handled by Qiong'er, if Min'er's dowry is put together, it belongs to Yu'er, and no one else can take it away."

Lin Daiyu felt a little sour in her heart, and said angrily, "What did father say?"

Lin Hai sighed, and turned to say: "A few days ago, someone from your grandfather's family came and said a few unpleasant words. As a father, I realized that the Jia family's family rules and education are not so good, and my Yu'er has suffered for the past few years." As soon as he continued, he would become estranged from the Jia family, and then the Jia family sent someone to say some nasty things, and wanted to bring back Jia Min's dowry. Li's junior idea.

"Tell me what to do, it's been so long." Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "There are a few sisters in my grandmother's family who are very good. Although I live there, I use our own food, how can I suffer? Father thinks too much." As for the toss-and-turn past life, it has become a dusty past.

Lin Qiong thought of something, and clenched her fist angrily: "Sooner or later, let these bastards know how powerful Second Master is."

Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes, and tightened the handkerchief in her hand.Sure enough...does he know...