Red Mansion Cat Master

Lin Ruhai was stunned, and his eyes became even more angry.

Xuanlou was too lazy to meddle in such nosy matters, turned his head, put his hands behind his back, and walked away with his chin raised.

Lin Ruhai stayed alone for a long while in a daze, before realizing it, he hurried into the room to comfort his wife.Min'er had just been humiliated by his elder brother, so she was bound to cry non-stop.Lin Ruhai pondered over what to say to persuade her, but when he entered the room, he was stunned.

Jia Min leaned against the bed, sat with her head down, and remained silent.

Lin Ruhai expected that she would be shocked, so she hurriedly sat next to Jia Min and took her hand, "You know who your elder brother is, so don't meet him."

Jia Min moved her eyeballs and started to cry, but she still didn't speak.

Lin Ruhai sighed, advised Jia Min to lie down, and tucked him in.

Lin Ruhai waited for a while without seeing her speak, and when Jia Min wanted to be quiet, he wanted to leave.

Jia Min stretched out her hand to hold him, and said with tears in her eyes, "Master, did I do something wrong? I didn't do it right..."

Lin Ruhai frowned when she heard her bring up the old story again, "Why are you saying this again? I told you earlier that the three generations of the Lin family are single-handed, and the heirs are weak at root, so it has nothing to do with you."

"It doesn't matter. If the master had listened to me, he would have taken a few concubines into the house, but now he might have already had a queen." Jia Min wept.

Jia Min mentioned the matter of taking a concubine a few times before, but every time she mentioned it, she would cry, and then kept blaming herself.Lin Ruhai understood that she was duplicity, and didn't want her to be more sad, so she kept refusing to agree.Unexpectedly, Jia Min would now blame him for this matter!

No son, no son, he felt uncomfortable, but he also thought about it, accepted his fate, and didn't care so much.What's the point of bringing up sad things after a while!

Lin Ruhai didn't want to argue with Jia Min anymore, fearing that the more they talked, the more sad they would be, so he told her to rest and leave.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's indifferent attitude, Jia Min felt even more panicked, and lay weakly on the couch, weeping silently.The wives all knew they couldn't persuade her, and if they offered symbolic words of comfort, they would politely keep silent if they didn't see that she was getting better.

Daiyu and Yingchun had only met for the second time, and they were not familiar with each other.She said a few words in the Yingchun room, and because she missed her mother, she wanted to leave.

Yingchun asked the reason, hesitated, and finally decided to speak: "I will go to see my aunt with you."

Daiyu froze for a moment, nodded, and smiled sweetly at Yingchun.

The two sisters, one big and one small, held hands and ran to Jia Min's room together.

The scene of Jia Min lying in bed crying was watched by the two children.Daiyu immediately cried with her mother.Jia Min hurriedly coaxed her to come to her, then turned her head and scolded the gatekeeper: "Girls are here, why don't you say a word, they are all dumb!"

The little servant girl saluted anxiously, and defended in a low voice: "Your maidservant has notified you."

"Why, could it be that I'm deaf?" Jia Min said sharply.

The maid hurriedly knelt down and bowed her head to admit her mistake.

Daiyu looked at her mother with concern, and the tears in her eyes became more intense.Just now the servant girl did report it, but the mother didn't hear it, it must be because the mother's condition worsened.

Jia Min felt even more uncomfortable, so she hugged Daiyu and cried together.

Yingchun hastily comforted her: "Auntie is just sick. I was sick a year ago, and I'll be fine after two days of treatment. My aunt will be fine too. When my aunt recovers, I won't cry, and neither will my sister." Cry, you all don't have to cry."

Hearing this, Jia Min suppressed her tears, praised Yingchun for being sensible, and then told Daiyu: "If you have nothing to do, go and play with your second cousin, and you don't have to wait in front of me all the time. It's all right, you two should go too, I'm tired, rest a little while."

Daiyu nodded, and led by her nanny, she went out holding hands with Yingchun.

Jia Min looked at the backs of the two children leaving, thoughtfully...

Yangzhou City has a warm climate, and the afternoon sun is particularly comfortable.

After Xuanlou had eaten and drank enough, he ordered someone to carry the Luohan couch to the courtyard.Lay out thick soft cushions, take a leisurely trip up, close your eyes, and bask in the warm sun, it feels like nothing too much*.

Not long after, Xuan Lou began to snore.When he was sleeping at first, his body was curled up into a ball. After gradually being heated by the sun, he stretched out his limbs and began to change various sleeping positions.

The two servants, Zongzhu and Shitou, who were accompanying Xuanlou were dumbfounded.The two wanted to have fun, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud.The two of them kept their mouths shut, shaking their bodies to hold back their laughter, and ended up sweating.

Lin Ruhai hid in the study room and was clean. Thinking carefully about what Jia She said earlier, he felt that there was some truth to it.Since the child's death, Jia Min has been depressed.Lin Ruhai couldn't stand her repeatedly bringing up the past, so he kept busy with business affairs to numb himself.Now that I think about it, I have indeed neglected to take care of her these years.Jia Min will get sick, also has its own reasons.

Lin Ruhai felt that the eldest brother stayed out of the matter and saw it thoroughly, so he should ask him for some advice.Besides, he is Jia Min's real brother, so he should be easier to speak than himself.

Thinking that he had accused him just now, Lin Ruhai felt a little guilty, so he went to Jia She to make an apology without saying a word.

Before Lin Ruhai could reach the gate of the courtyard, a young servant hurriedly greeted him and greeted him in a low voice.

"Why are you talking so quietly, is it?"

The servant led Lin Ruhai to the entrance of the courtyard, and pointed to the sleeping Xuan Lou in the courtyard. "Master She basked in the sun and fell asleep."

Lin Ruhai stared wide-eyed, looked at Xuanlou's sleeping posture, and couldn't help laughing. "It's really... extraordinary."

Tanhualang is different, people are not weird, they say 'different'.

The servant laughed and asked Lin Ruhai what's the matter.

"It's nothing, just come and have a look." Lin Ruhai decided not to disturb the elder brother's rest, and turned to leave, but he didn't know where to go.He stopped, turned his head to look at Xuan Lou again, that intoxicated expression...is it really that comfortable?

I have nothing to do anyway.

"Go get a stool, I'll sit in the courtyard and wait for him."

"Ah... ah? My aunt, you want to sit and wait in the yard?" the little servant asked in surprise.

Lin Ruhai glanced at him: "No?"

"Okay, okay, of course, aunt, please wait, the little one will move right away."

The servant couldn't help moving out the stool, and moved a square table beside him, prepared tea and snacks, and then invited Lin Ruhai to take a seat.

Lin Ruhai sat for a while, and was really sleepy from the sun, gradually unable to open his eyes.

Seeing this, Zongzhu murmured to Shitou in a low voice, "Why don't we move an Arhat couch for my aunt?"

Stone nodded heavily: "I think it will work!"

Zongzhu quietly went from room to room, and found that there was another room in the west wing, which was cleaned and covered with thick soft cushions according to the previous standard of my master.

Lin Ruhai was nodding in sleepiness when he was suddenly awakened by the palm bamboo.

Zongzhu and Shitou helped Lin Ruhai to sit on the Arhat couch.

Lin Ruhai straightly said no, he didn't want to be like his elder brother, lying in the courtyard in broad daylight, which would be unrefined.

Just as Lin Ruhai shied away, the two young servants dragged her to sit down.This sitting was soft and extremely comfortable, and with the comfortable sunshine in the morning and afternoon, Lin Ruhai really didn't want to get up.

"Let's sit down first." Lin Ruhai said awkwardly.At first, he leaned on the soft cushion on one side, maintaining a sitting posture, and gradually lay down without knowing why, and then fell asleep.

Xuan Lou had a sweet dream.I dreamed that I found many, many bell spirit stones, and a group of live mice, fat and fresh...Suddenly, there were countless live fish jumping in front of him, splashing water, and then he lowered his head, and found himself in the middle of a big river .

Xuanlou sat up in shock, and sneezed several times as if he was choking on the water.

"Master, are you alright?" Zong Zhu leaned forward and asked in a low voice.

Xuan Lou frowned: "Master, I'm already up, so you don't need to speak so quietly."

Zongzhu glanced at Lin Ruhai's direction, and continued to lower his voice, "My aunt hasn't gotten up yet."

Xuanlou looked over and found that there was an Arhat couch in the yard, and Lin Ruhai was lying on it.

"Hehehe..." Xuan Lou laughed twice, narrowing his eyes, "He is smart, he will enjoy it!"

Xuanlou stretched greatly, wanting to wash his body. "Prepare water and take a bath."

Zongzhu understands the master's habits, and has already boiled hot water in the kitchen, and it will be ready in a while.

Xuanlou was still a little afraid of water, but it was better for him to put water in a bucket, he knew that he would not drown if he went in.People in big rivers will be more afraid.He was really afraid, otherwise he wouldn't even be dreaming like this.

Before Xuan Lou puts his feet into the bathtub, he encourages himself first: he really loves to be clean, so he has to sacrifice his fear of water to clean himself.He is so good!

After taking a bath, when he got up, Xuanlou suddenly felt a little dizzy and the soles of his feet felt weak.Xuan Lou felt that the blood in his body seemed to be flowing backwards, and his internal organs seemed to be emptied.Xuan Lou realized that his body was getting weaker and weaker. According to his current condition, if he did not receive a large amount of spiritual energy within two days, his soul would definitely be exhausted in this physical body.

He quickly meditated on the spot to absorb spiritual energy, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

The sun was about to set, and Xuanlou was sitting in the hall, eagerly waiting for news from Jia Lian.

Only Jia Lian's servant, Laiwang, came back to report.

"Second Master hasn't found the stone yet, and there are still seven or eight places that we haven't gone to. It will take at least three to five days to go through all these places. Second Master asked the younger one to come back to you first, and he may come back in a few days not coming."

"It's too late." Xuanlou sighed softly, his face pale as paper.

"Sir, are you feeling unwell?"

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lin Ruhai stood by the door, looking at Xuan Lou in surprise.Why does it feel like the eldest brother's energy was taken away overnight?

Xuan Lou looked up at him wearily: "By the way, why is my brother-in-law looking for me?"

"Let's not talk about that, first take care of your own health, I'll go get you a doctor right now." Lin Ruhai turned around to leave after speaking.

Seeing his nervous and anxious appearance, Xuanlou thought it was funny, and called him to stop. "It's useless, my disease is the same as your daughter-in-law's, and I need heart medicine for my heart disease."

"Brother, is something on your mind?" Lin Ruhai was dubious, and planned to sit down and listen first.

Xuanlou froze for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, lovesickness."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he understood.Big brother finally revealed his true nature!He probably has a crush on some girl.He can't help with this kind of thing!

"Others miss people, but I miss stones."

Lin Ruhai knew that he had misunderstood, so he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what kind of treasure my brother is collecting?"

"A stone that looks very ordinary, so it's hard to find." Zhong Lingshi has no characteristics at all, and its appearance is no different from ordinary stones that can be seen everywhere on the ground.

Lin Ruhai laughed when he heard the words, "Since my brother can tell the difference between this kind of stone, it means that it must be different from other stones. Brother, think about it carefully and tell the characteristics, maybe my brother-in-law can help you."

When Xuan Lou thought about it, what Lin Ruhai said was quite reasonable.The reason why he can recognize Zhong Lingshi is because Zhong Lingshi itself has a powerful aura.But ordinary people like Jia Lian can't feel the aura at all.

Suddenly, Xuan Lou's eyes lit up. "Yes, if there is a person who wears this stone with him, he must have smooth skin, full of energy, and inexhaustible strength."

"It turned out to be a stone that can be used to refresh oneself." Lin Ruhai concluded.

Xuan Lou admired Lin Ruhai's ability to summarize, he really deserves to be a highly educated and talented person among human beings!

"I'll ask someone to post a notice. The Lin family still has some prestige in Yangzhou. If anyone among the common people really has this thing and wants to transfer it, they will ask for it." Lin Ruhai said.

"You're such a good move! Why didn't I think of it." Xuan Lou was full of admiration.He thought for a while, and the price must be attractive, "Just set 3000 taels!"

Lin Ruhai shook his head with a smile: "The price is too high, but it will make people hesitate. They think that what they have is a treasure, and hesitate to sell it. Let's order 50 taels per catty, or 80 taels for seven."

It's not particularly expensive, but it happens to be worth some money. After people who own the stone know about it, they will definitely rush to sell it when the stone is "valuable".

Xuan Lou felt that what Lin Ruhai said made sense, and couldn't help feeling grateful.After Lin Ruhai left, Xuanlou was still worried that it would be too late, so he deliberately recruited Laiwang to pass the news to Jia Lian, and also asked Jia Lian to spread the news in various villages and towns when he was looking for the stone.I just hope that someone can bring this stone to exchange.

Xuan Lou felt dizzy and his body was extremely exhausted.After being supported by the servant on the couch, he no longer had the strength to get up.

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The next day, Jia Min woke up and began to vomit.She usually ate less, but when she vomited, all she vomited was acidic water, and then she saw blood.She couldn't eat, couldn't drink medicine, and even found it hard to swallow water.

After the doctor's pulse diagnosis, he sighed one after another, reminding Lin Ruhai to prepare for the funeral as soon as possible.