After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

After Jia Min ate a small bowl of millet oil and half a bowl of red dates and goji berry soup, and then ate a few mouthfuls of refreshing side dishes, Lin Ruhai accompanied her back to the room and coaxed her to sleep.

He knew that Jia Min's mind was delicate and sensitive, and she must not have slept much during the past few days since he was unconscious.

After putting Jia Min to sleep, Lin Ruhai came out lightly, and asked someone to call the housekeeper Xu Song to the outer study.

"Master finally woke up!" Seeing the backbone of the family standing up again, the servant was quite excited.

Lin Ruhai moved his wrist, and said with a smile: "It's also a blessing in disguise. I feel that after sleeping for a few days, I can sleep away all my illnesses."

Xu Song repeatedly said: "God bless, God bless!"

"That's wrong." Lin Ruhai said seriously, "I'll tell Uncle Xu, this time, it really has nothing to do with God."

"Ouch!" Xu Song was shocked, he said "bah" several times, stomped his feet and said, "Children's words are not taboo, the strong wind blows away! Immortals from all walks of life, our master is young and ignorant, all immortals, please don't be offended."

Lin Ruhai said dumbly: "...Uncle Xu, I'm already in my 30s, why am I still a child?"

Xu Song insisted: "The master doesn't have a brother yet, so why isn't he a child?"

This is the psychology of the elderly.

In their minds, children are not grown up when they get married, and they are not considered adults until they have children, preferably three or four.

Lin Ruhai didn't argue with him, and said directly: "When I was in a coma, I met the judge of the underworld, who claimed to be Cui. Judge Cui met me and said that I should not die, so he patted me on the head, and I will I woke up. Moreover, after waking up, I feel refreshed, and I haven't felt so relaxed since I was born out of my mother's womb."

There are miracles in this world from time to time, and both Buddhism and Taoism have real abilities, so the people are even more superstitious.

What's more, Lin Ruhai was in a coma for several days, and after waking up, not only was he not weak and his legs were weak, but he was also healthier than before, which was enough for Xu Song to believe his words.

No, Xu Song has stopped talking about God now, and thanked Judge Cui again and again.

In the end, he proposed to Lin Hai: "Since the master has accepted such a great favor, I have to repay it. How about cleaning up the empty courtyard in the north, and making a golden body for Judge Cui, and worshiping day and night?"

Lin Ruhai said: "There is no need to worship day and night. Cui Ban said that he likes seasonal melons and fruits. As long as he arranges for people to renew them every day, my wife and I will go to worship on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year."

Xu Song nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, the master is busy with work, and the daily worship is too frequent."

Lin Ruhai said again: "Since we want to make a golden body for Judge Cui, why don't we make statues of all the ghosts and gods in the underworld and worship them together, so that the Judge and his colleagues can have fun together."

Xu Song said that he was thoughtful, and discussed with Lin Ruhai about the material and size, then went to open the warehouse, pulled out a few pieces of red sandalwood in stock, and sent someone to invite the best sculptor in Yangzhou City .

The courtyard to the north was originally used by Lin Ruhai's father when he was alive to house several common rooms.

Later, when Lin's father passed away, Mrs. Lin dismissed all the housekeepers and aunts, and several yards were vacant, and the one to the north was one of them.

Since it is to worship ghosts and gods, it is natural to have sincerity.

Xu Song personally led people to clean up what needed to be cleaned, and repaint what needed to be repainted.

The window screens were all worn out, Xu Song asked Nanny Wang to open the inner storehouse with the key, picked up alizarin red soft smoke, and replaced the old window screens.

Not only that, but in the large room used for worship, the walls were repainted with moisture-proof and antiseptic spices, the altar table was also made of huanghuali, and the floor was even covered with blankets woven with mysterious pictures and texts shipped from Persia.

However, when Lin Ruhai came to check, he recognized that the woven scriptures of Persian religion were woven on the blanket, so he hurriedly removed it for fear of collision.

Xu Song was so ashamed that he had done something bad with good intentions, so he simply pulled Lin Ruhai to check all the arrangements, and only gave up after making sure that there were no more taboos committed.

Such a big commotion would naturally alarm Jia Min, the housewife.

Lin Ruhai told Jia Min what he said to Xu Song again, and Jia Min was even more grateful, and every time he burned incense and worshiped, he was very devout.

Lin Ruhai has already sent Lin Er, the second housekeeper, to Gusu's home with a gift and a letter from him. If he wanted to come to his home, he would not refuse this opportunity.

In the days that followed, Lin Ruhai's main task, apart from working in the yamen, was to contact his teachers and contemporaries in the capital, and wanted to be transferred away from Yangzhou.

That's pretty easy.

Yangzhou is a land of prosperity, no matter in anyone's eyes, it is a fat and short child.

If officials from other places want to plan an errand in Yangzhou, it will be quite difficult.

But if you want to go out from Yangzhou, it will be much easier.

But Lin Ruhai's behavior is very strange in the eyes of everyone.

Not only did the benefactor in the capital write to ask him what he thinks, but even the Zhen family in Jinling sent someone to ask.

The Zhen family and the Jia family are relatives by marriage. Lin Ruhai's stable stay in Yangzhou is also due to the care of the Zhen family.

Now that he wanted to get away first, Lin Ruhai thought of this kindness, and mentioned a few words to the Zhen family.

"The sage was in his prime in the Spring and Autumn Period. No matter where Lin takes office, he will be loyal to the sage. Please tell Lord Zhen that we are all servants of the sage. Although Lin has left the south of the Yangtze River, he and Lord Zhen are as close as neighbors in the world."

However, Lin Ruhai reckoned that Zhen Yingjia might not be able to listen.

Because the Ninth Prince supported by the Zhen family relies entirely on the support of the Zhen family. Once the Ninth Prince successfully climbs to the top, the rewards received by the Zhen family will be unprecedentedly huge.

Lin Ruhai in the first life was also fascinated by the Zhen family's power. Although he never betrayed the old saint, he turned a blind eye to some of the Zhen family's actions.

Thinking about it now, it's no wonder that in the end, both the old saint and the new emperor gave up on him.

Just ask, which emperor can tolerate the disloyalty of his subjects?

Although his behavior does not constitute disloyalty, in the eyes of the old sage who is fighting for power with the new emperor, his usual innocuous flaws are enough to make the old sage worry.

——Lao Jiu is not yet the emperor, so you can give him convenience.Now that the sixth child has ascended the throne, if he waved at you, why don't you sell me to the sky?

The new emperor did not recruit him because he had the same concerns.

To put it bluntly, Lin Ruhai was born at the wrong time.

If the old sage had gone a few years earlier, what he did would have been harmless at all.

Maybe, it could even become the horse bone that the new emperor "buys a horse bone with a thousand pieces of gold".

——Look, I can continue to employ those who have been with Lao Jiu before without any grievances.Anyone who wants to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, I will never refuse!

But who would have thought that the old sage lived so long?

He obviously had a stroke, but he managed to get through it, and his body and bones became stronger and stronger.

During the alternation of the two dynasties, like Lin Ruhai, there were definitely not a few people who were cheated by the lifespan of the old sage.

However, since Lin Ruhai knew that the old sage could live, he naturally wouldn't fall twice in the same pit.

In his previous life, he had made preparations long ago, and at the right time, he joined the camp of the new emperor who was still the sixth prince.

If it weren't for that Nizi's incident, he would have been a butcher for an official in his previous life, and he would have been on the rise, and he would have had no regrets in his life.

In this life, Lin Ruhai still has to learn from the experience of the previous life, and on the basis of jumping out of the quagmire, she is determined not to get on the sixth prince's boat in advance.

He finally understood that no matter how great his contribution to the dragon was, he did not have the insurance of a pure minister.

This time, Lin Ruhai will be a pure minister, and he will be loyal to whoever is on the dragon chair.

As for the years when he was fighting for glory on the second day, he found a foreign job in advance and went to hide in a remote place for a few years.

Hey, by the way, didn’t King Yama say that if he wants to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha, it’s useless to donate incense money.

If he went to those remote areas to govern one side and benefit the people, would it be considered a merit?

Even if it's not meritorious, it's more fulfilling and comfortable than nesting in the capital to intrigue.

And the only thing to worry about is the bodies of their husband and wife.

He is better now. If Jia Min's body is not well maintained, it will be difficult for him to withstand the long-distance travel.

Lin Ruhai thought about it, and decided to discuss it with Jia Min.

There are no elders in his family, and many things are discussed by the husband and wife.

Moreover, Jia Min was taught by Jia Daishan since she was a child, and she has a broad mind and insight, which is not comparable to that of ordinary boudoir girls.

But Lin Ruhai didn't expect that there was an unexpected surprise in this discussion.

Here's the thing:

Although Jia Min agreed to Lin Ruhai's adoption proposal, he also understood that their husband and wife's bodies were really not suitable for being stubborn about "children".

But she is a woman after all, with the commonality of women in that era.

Although she never showed it in front of Lin Ruhai, in private, she felt that she couldn't let her husband have her own flesh and blood, and she felt very sorry for her husband.

It is also because of this depression in his chest that he has been recuperating for several months. Jia Min's health has not improved, but his face has turned paler.

But she kept this matter in her heart and tortured herself. Even Ms. Wang didn't say anything, so Lin Ruhai naturally didn't know that she still didn't think about it.

Now, Lin Ruhai came to discuss with Jia Min about his future and plans for the future.

Jia Min discovered that the biggest stumbling block to realizing these goals was actually his own body.This woke her up instantly.

——The husband let go of his heart and devoted himself to his career. As a good wife, she actually hesitated when it was time to be consistent with her husband.

This is really inappropriate!

As the saying goes, nourishing kindness is greater than giving birth to kindness.

If their husband and wife adopt a good young child who is well educated and loved as much as their own, how can he not be filial?

If he is really a white-eyed wolf, the world can break his back!

Furthermore, an heir is not a parent, but an heir is a grandson.

At worst, let the child marry a wife and have children earlier, and it is the same to let the couple embrace grandchildren earlier.

After Jia Min figured it out, the medicinal diet for nourishing his body gradually took effect.

Although Lin Ruhai didn't know the twists and turns in the process, he was naturally very relieved to see that Jia Min's spirit had recovered and he was actively going out to socialize with the wives of various prefectures.

Sure enough, people still have to find something to do.Once you get busy, you will lose a lot of hypocritical thoughts.