Clear water and jade in the Red Chamber

, calling for her daughter.

"Father! Daddy!" Daiyu threw herself into Lin Ruhai's arms and said in pain, "Daddy! I want mother!"

"Is Yu'er missing your mother again?" The words touched Lin Ruhai's heartstrings, he hugged Daiyu and sat on the bedside, coaxing him with red eyes: "Yu'er don't cry, don't cry..."

"Uncle Lin, have you ever read Auntie's letter?" Mo Xiao asked thoughtfully after finishing all the letters.

Shaking his head, Lin Ruhai said: "Min'er puts away the letter every time he reads it, and just pick the important ones and tell me." He always respected his wife and never flipped through them.He is busy with official duties and secret tasks, so he can't think of these trivial matters.

"Let's take a look first..." Mo Xiao picked up all the letters and sorted them out, and handed them to Lin Ruhai.Ruhai unfolded the new development suspiciously, and looked at it one by one.For a moment, the big hands clenched tightly, pinching the letter paper into shape.

Looking at the sad Daiyu in his arms, Lin Ruhai still had to comfort his daughter as the most important thing at this moment, and he held on for a long time before suppressing the anger in his heart, hugged Daiyu, and patted her on the back gently, for a long time Silent.

"My mother is protecting the Lin family and me, while protecting the face of my mother's family. She has been suffering in her heart for so many years, but no one knows..." Daiyu said quietly: "But I thought that my grandmother really loved my mother, and she didn't care about her." Trying to do filial piety for your mother is all a lie in the end!" It seems that Jia's mother has guessed Jia Min's temperament, knowing that she also cares about her mother's family's face, and will not tell her husband's family.

"Yu'er, don't be sad. We have cut off contact with the Jia family since then, and we will never touch them again. It's all because of your father. At that time, I heard your mother said that she had rejected the Jia family's marriage proposal, and there was no such statement later. , I didn't take it to heart... Your mother is a miserable person, and her daughter will be tricked by her mother's family after she dies, which is a complete waste of her suffering in order to protect the old lady's face..." Lin Ruhai hated her own Neglect, Jia Min is a good daughter, a good wife, and even a good mother. She has suffered such a great grievance in this life, and now thinking of her wife who had to pretend to be happy when she received a letter from Beijing, it is really painful.

At the beginning, getting married was completely decided by his parents, but they lived together day and night. Not to mention his beauty, Shan Jia Min's intelligence and understanding made it difficult for him not to love, and his talent completely eclipsed other women.Since Jia Min became pregnant, he never stayed in his aunt's house again, and the relationship between the two became sweeter day by day.It is also because Jia Min is capable of managing the house, which makes him quite at ease, and he can be busy with official duties without any burden, and does not worry about housework and trivial matters.Although Daiyu's birth was somewhat accidental and chaotic, it landed safely, and the intimacy between husband and wife is better than before, even though he has never had a male heir, he doesn't care about it.

"Father, I'm going to see mother..." Tired of crying, Daiyu nestled in Lin Ruhai's arms and said earnestly, "I'm going to see mother."

"Okay, let's go tomorrow, let's go tomorrow morning!" Lin Ruhai quietly went to sit in front of Jia Min's grave for half the night on New Year's Eve, pouring himself a drink, talking to himself, and confessing to his beloved wife that he shouldn't have done it. At the request of the Jia family, send Yu'er to Beijing.Now that my daughter is back, it's time to tell my wife...

In the evening, Xueyan took Zijuan to the gatehouse in the inner courtyard to make paper money, and prepared white candle incense offerings for the grave tomorrow.This is the work of low-level servants, Xueyan must do her best for her wife, so she sent her to do it by herself.

035 Fragrance

Seeing that the snow geese had pulled her here deliberately, Zijuan seemed hesitant to speak, she didn't know how to speak, and after thinking about it, she understood a little bit.

"Xueyan, do you want to talk about the master?" Zijuan asked directly.

"No wonder the girl always says you are smart, but you have already thought of it." Xueyan smiled, took a page of straw paper, and stamped a copper coin seal.

"Are you afraid that I will tell?" Zijuan smiled wryly: "Although I am already from the Lin family, I am from the Jia family. Even if I have some suspicions, it doesn't matter. As long as our master is not injured, it would be better. ? It also prevents the girl from worrying and crying day and night, after all, it hurts her body too much, the girl is weak and can't stand it."

"It's not really a suspicion. The girl said that you are a good person, but you were blinded by some things and misunderstood yourself." Xue Yan put down the small copper hammer, and pulled her to sit next to Kang Yan'er , said: "Although I took the girl back under this excuse, in fact someone really wanted to assassinate the master! Now there are only the girl, the son and you and me in the mansion, and the rest of the servants are also kept in the dark, so as not to be known , and then return to harassment."

"Who is so cruel! Even though I just came here, I can see that the master is a good man, a good official! Why is there such a black-hearted person!" Zijuan was indignant: "It is like the master who is in a high position and is so easy-going and kind-hearted. There are not many..."

"So let's not let people know, so as to paralyze the other party and investigate in secret!" Xueyan took Zijuan's hand and said sincerely: "Zijuan, it was my fault in the past, because I hated the Jia family and targeted you. The girl is right, no one is a natural slave, you are the child of the Jia family, you have to go to the Jia family whether you like it or not, if I am such a vulgar person, I just leave you behind when I leave Beijing, why bother to bring it. Girl But he said that if he keeps you there, his life will be ruined, if he takes you out of there and realizes it in the future, it will not be in vain for his master and servant..."

"The girl really said that!" Zijuan's throat seemed to be blocked, and she choked up: "I am just a slave, how can He De let the girl treat you so favorably!"

"The girl is kind and kind, otherwise she wouldn't be fooled into going to the capital." Xue Yan said: "At first, I was reluctant to part with the master, and I didn't want to go, just to fulfill my filial piety for my mother, but it turned out to be a scam! Pity our wife ..." With tears in her eyes, she hurriedly took a deep breath, and endured it back: "The girl also said, if you are unhappy here and still think about that side, you can ask Second Master Mo to send you back in the future." !"

"No, I won't leave, I'm already a member of the Lin family, I..." Zijuan hurriedly got up, anxiously having no place to put her hands: "Young lady treats me with great kindness, I really can't leave, I... ..." In a hurry, "Plop" knelt down in front of Xueyan: "My good sister, I beg you, please talk to the girl carefully, don't drive me out, if you have doubts, tell me to stay out of the Lin family's gate for the rest of my life That's it! I know you are a skilled fighter, if I still have a second heart, I will die by your sword!"

"What are you doing!" Xueyan was startled, and hurriedly supported Zijuan with all her strength, then squatted down and patted her clothes: "I said it all, if you are willing to stay, the girl is of course happy. In the future, we will serve girls together, get along well, and be good sisters!"

"Yeah!" Zijuan wiped her eyes and nodded vigorously.

"Let's not talk about the unhappy things, let's pay the wife." Xue Yanfu knelt down on the mat again, and picked up the copper hammer.Zicuckoo also knelt down respectfully, and took pieces of gold foil paper to fold ingots.

Originally a carefree life, there were occasional sighs, but it was just the little daughter who was worrying in her spare time.But I didn't expect that once I went to Beijing, I suddenly grew up a lot and learned a lot of dusty things in the world.Daiyu wiped her mother's mirror repeatedly with a handkerchief, fearing that there would be a little dust, then opened the boxes one by one, took out all the jewelry items inside and cleaned them.

Mo Xiao sat on the doorstep, and by the candlelight inside the room, looked lovingly at the busy figure reflected on the window paper.

Daiyu was busy inside, while he waited outside, watching the moon rise, and the courtyard was brightly illuminated.

At this time, no amount of consolation will help, it is better to follow her mind and let her vent.It's just that no matter how sad or happy she is, it's good to have her by her side.

Most of Jia Min's jewelry is simple and precious, some were purchased by the Lin family and presented after thousands of choices, and some were brought back by Lin Ru on overseas business trips.Others are during the holidays, and girls and women bring back some fresh gadgets from time to time, so they are filial.However, as the housekeeper and mistress, she doesn't often wear overly cumbersome tricks.There are only a few that are often worn, and the rest are put away separately.

It has been more than a year since my mother passed away, and these jewelry have been wiped every few days, and they are shiny, as if the owner is still there.Every time Daiyu took one, she would think of the way her mother wore it and the words she said at that time, and tears would overflow unconsciously, falling on the hairpin and sliding down the dressing table.She quickly wiped it off, but it was so continuous that she had to wipe every hairpin several times before it was clean.

This butterfly was bought by the Zhulan girl in the outer courtyard as a tribute. Its wings can move and it is inlaid with a circle of small pearls.The flat hairpin was given by the housekeeper's daughter-in-law. It looks a little rustic. After all, you are not young, and your eyes are old... Pick up a not-so-small phoenix hairpin. It took half a year's monthly money to buy a birthday gift. My mother was so moved that she wore it for many days.

Sighing deeply, a faint fragrance came into his nose.

No one has worn it for a long time, how can the hairpin still smell so fragrant?Daiyu just stared at it over and over in a daze, put it to her nose and sniffed, it was indeed its fragrance.This object is a phoenix made of fine silk with a golden handle, a row of small beads at the mouth of the phoenix, and a slightly larger green agate hanging from it, neither of which can emit fragrance.

Feeling east, west, and moving the phoenix head, I still can't find where the fragrance is.

"Second brother!" Daiyu was originally sad and bored, her head was a little numb, but she couldn't come up with a result, and she suddenly felt like going crazy.

"Here we come!" Hearing Daiyu's call, Mo Xiao rushed in hastily.

"You told it not to smell any more!" Daiyu demanded confidently.

"Huh?" Mo Xiao didn't understand all of a sudden, thinking he made a mistake.

"I don't want it to smell! I don't know why it smells, I just don't like it!" Daiyu suddenly thought