Love of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

Here Zhong Chu took Lin Ruhai's order and hurried to Tongxiang Village.As soon as he arrived at the willow tree at the entrance of the village, an old man wearing a straw hat blocked his way.

"Hello sir, why did you stop me?" Zhong Chu got off his horse and immediately made a song.His face was full of puzzlement, but he secretly took precautions, quietly paying attention to the opponent's movements and expressions, and if there was something wrong with the opponent, he would be able to grab the opponent's vital points and restrain him immediately.

"I don't dare to call you a gentleman. I'm just a farmer. What are you doing here?" The old man took the old bong, lit it, and started smoking.Occasionally, the turbid eyes revealed a clear light, and the wrinkles on the face that had been worn down by the years did not appear old, but exuded a peaceful aura.

"The little one is here to find someone." Zhong Chu cupped his hands, looking honest and honest.

The old man took a breath of smoke, tapped the end of the old bong on the old willow tree at the entrance of the village, shook out the tobacco residue, put another smoke ball in, hung the old bong on the waistband of his trousers, and walked slowly. He asked: "Brother, are you looking for relatives or friends?" His slender eyes stared straight at Zhong Chu, and his skinny fingers with age spots unconsciously touched the cigarette holder.

"Visiting friends." Zhong Chu gritted his teeth and scratched the back of his head. "He and I met in Gusu. The boy is going to get married soon, so I came to tell my friends," Zhong Chu said honestly, and when he mentioned the marriage, he still had a shy "hehe" smirk, subconsciously wanting to scratch his head, like It was because the old man felt that he was not stable, so he forced himself to put his hand down, and he was at a loss as to how to put it down.

"Getting married is a good thing. If the little brother is looking for someone, the old man will see if he can find someone for you. If you find someone for you, the old man will have the honor of your marriage." The old man suddenly laughed, as if genuine I am happy about this, and I am eager to help Zhong Chu find someone.

"My good friend is Yan Mao. He told me that he is from Tongxiang Village. We made an appointment to have a drink at the Yanjialou in Gusu yesterday. He didn't come. I was afraid that something might happen to him, so I came to him and told him by the way. Good news for him." Zhong Chu didn't let go of him when he said the word Yan Mao, and the old man on the opposite side paused slightly, if he hadn't been paying attention to the other party, he wouldn't have discovered it.Zhong Chu bent his mouth, looking more honest and honest!

The old man stood up, shook his legs, and signaled Zhong Chu to follow him. "Old man Yan Mao knows, Yan Dacai's son, but I haven't seen their father and son for a few days. I'll take you to his house to look for it."

Zhong Chu followed the old man for a while. Occasionally, several passing villagers greeted the old man friendly and called him "Uncle Yan".

"I think everyone calls Mr. Yan Uncle, but I don't know if Mr. Yan is related to Yan Mao?" Zhong Chu approached the old man a few steps calmly. He was a young and strong boy who couldn't keep up with an old man. .The old man walked in a hurry, but he didn't blush or breathe, Zhong Chu still had some difficulty following him!

The old man stopped suddenly, looked back at Zhong Chu, then turned his head and continued forward, taking smaller steps.

"Tongxiang Village has the surname of Yan. I have no relationship with him by marriage, but we are in the same village. I am getting old, and everyone calls me "Uncle Yan" to show off for my old man."

"That must be because Mr. is deeply popular. Everyone respects you and loves you, so you have this honorary title."

The two of them were humble and complimented each other, and they arrived at Yan Mao's house after a while.

A woman over half a century old in sackcloth feeds chickens in a yard surrounded by bamboo. The fence is new and exudes a faint bamboo fragrance.Five or six fluffy chickens surrounded the woman and called out "chee-chee". The chicken feed in the woman's hand was very rich, which was corn flour mixed with rice bran.At this time, a seven or eight-year-old boy came out of the back room, holding a yellow-faced steamed bun, walked up to the woman, broke off a piece of steamed bun and fed it to the chicken.

Zhong Chu looked silent, and turned to look at the old man: "Please introduce me, sir." He couldn't talk to other people's wives, so he made a gesture of "please" to the old man.

"Huiniang, is Yan Mao at home?"

Accepting Zhong Chu's invitation, the old man raised his breath and shouted to the woman inside through the fence.

"Uncle Yan, Ah Mao and his father haven't come back for a few days. I'm asking his elder brother to look for him. The child Yuan'er has been crying for his father for the past two days. I can't help it. How can I buy a salt?" It's been so long!" The woman's face was full of melancholy, her eyes were filled with tears, and she wiped her tears with a handkerchief as she spoke. "Who is this little brother?"

"It's Yan Mao's friend, I asked him to deliver the wedding invitation." Yan Bo answered casually, and then said to Zhong Chu: "Yan Mao didn't come back, his elder brother went to find him. Why don't you go to my house for two days first, Or leave a letter with me, and I'll give it to him when he comes back."

"Since he's not at home, I don't want to bother you. And I need to go back to take care of a lot of things at home, so I won't bother you. Thank you, sir, for your generous help. I will get married in the future, and I will definitely invite you to have a wedding wine." Zhong Chu bowed his hands and edited , bid farewell to the old man Yan, and said goodbye to the woman, and led the horse back to Gusu.

Zhong Chu rushed into the city before the city gate was locked. The main house of the Lin Mansion was brightly lit. Lin Ruhai sat on the top and bowed his head to drink tea. Daiyu yawned while looking at the book in her hand, not turning a page for a long time.

"If Yu'er is sleepy, go to rest first." Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu's sleepy appearance, and distressedly told her to go to rest first, but Daiyu put down her books and took a sip of sugar water to refresh herself.Daiyu has a bad spleen and stomach, and her spirit is also weak. On weekdays, Lin Ruhai and Zhong Chu ordered her not to drink too much tea before going to bed at night, for fear that she would not be able to sleep.

"Yu'er is not sleepy, Yu'er waits for Brother Zhong with Daddy."

"Master, Uncle Zhong is back." Lin Butler brought Zhong Chu in happily. Zhong Chu followed behind him and saw Daiyu standing up from a distance. Lin Ruhai put down his teacup to stand up and sat down again. There was a real smile in Chu's eyes.

"Master, sister, I'm back." First, he pretended to be serious and bowed to Lin Ruhai. Before Lin Ruhai could move, Zhong Chu sat down on the chair, "I'm about to fall apart this trip!"

"Whether you're seated or not, housekeeper, serve the food." Lin Ruhai cursed with a smile, calling for housekeeper Lin to bring over the warm food.Lin Butler put the specially reserved dish of braised pork in front of Zhong Chu, and Zhong Chu chopped it into a shapeless chunk, and his mouth was full of oil.

Daiyu accompanied Zhong Chu with meat for a while, and soup for a while, and she was happier than eating by herself.Zhong Chu looked at the bowls that had piled up into a hill, and could only resign himself to finishing the food. He had just eaten half of the bowl, and the bowl was full again.

"Sister, what do you think I look like?" Swallowing the rice in his mouth and drinking the soup, Zhong Chu stopped his chopsticks and turned to look at Daiyu.

Daiyu didn't understand, brother Zhong didn't have three heads and six arms, and he didn't have strange shapes, except that he was black like a piece of carbon...

"carbon!"

"..." Zhong Chu was speechless, shook his head, and said, "No, it's like the second senior brother!"

Lin Ruhai watched the interaction between the two with a smile, and it was a pity that Daiyu was too young. If she was older, she could have married Zhong Chu.

"Daddy didn't accept other apprentices?!" Daiyu looked at Zhong Chu blankly, not understanding why Zhong Chu looked like the second senior brother.

Zhong Chu resisted the urge to rub Daiyu's head, and then said with a smile, "Then why does my sister raise me like a pig?"

Daiyu was dumbfounded. It turned out that the second senior brother was referring to pigs. Looking at the dishes that were about to overflow from Zhong Chu's bowl, her face blushed, she put down her chopsticks, and left a sentence "I don't care about you anymore", and hurried to Lin Ruhai Li, ran out.

Lin Ruhai smiled without saying a word, watched Zhong Chu put down his chopsticks after finishing the food in the bowl, and signaled Zhong Chu to follow him to the study.