[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Originally planned to leave for Beijing before the Chinese New Year, but thinking about the possibility of celebrating the Chinese New Year on a boat in the end, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min discussed it, and finally decided to wait until after the Chinese New Year before leaving for Beijing.

This year has been an unusual one, and I stayed for about a month after the Chinese New Year.

On this day, Jia Min looked at the servants who had been bought back in Gusu before, and hesitated whether to sell them directly or send them back to the old house.

Knowing Jia Min's hesitation, Lin Liu directly suggested: "Why don't you send it to the old house? My father chose to release it to avoid the power struggle in the capital. Now there is no winner. Jing, I'm afraid it will still be released."

If it is released again, it will definitely not return to Jinling, but whether it will go to Jiangnan again, no one can say for sure.

Jia Min listened and nodded: "In this case, I will send all these servants to the old house in Gusu. Later, we will see where your father works. If it is closer to Gusu, then take them directly to avoid I bought servants locally, but they were mistaken as spies. If the distance is far away, the Lin family can’t afford to support these servants. It just so happens that the old people in the old house are also old. Let these people go and replace them, so as not to find another person .”

So it was settled.

The servants of the Lin family were worried that after the Lin family left, they would be sold out.

They stayed in the Lin family quite well. Although the Lin family had good rules, they treated the servants fairly leniently, and there were not so many intrigues. If possible, no one wanted to leave.

Now that I know that I can stay in the Lin family, even though it's only in the old house in Gusu, it's much better than being sold to someone who doesn't know what kind of house again.

So these people came to the pier together, and then were sent to Gusu by Lin's family boat, and the weather was calm all the time, without any disturbance.

After the servants left, the Lin family's boat also set sail and finally embarked on the journey back to Beijing.

Life on the boat is rather boring, and Lin Liu's only hobby is teasing her younger siblings, among which Daiyu and Maoshou, the youngest, are the most "favored" by her.

Little girl Daiyu is no more clingy than the other children, she is relatively more independent, and she is quite tolerant towards her family.

Even if Lin Liu was disturbed by other people while teasing the child, she lost her attention for a while and hurt others, the little girl would just look at Lin Liu helplessly, as if she had done some heinous thing, but as long as Lin Liu Apologizing in a low voice, or smiling at her, Daiyu will let the past go, very magnanimous.

There is only one thing, this girl is quite accusing to those close to her.

This point is actually mentioned in the original work. In the original work, when Daiyu had not fallen in love with Baoyu, because they both lived in Jiamu's house and were closer than other sisters, she had a "comprehension" towards Baoyu. , unexpected gap".

This is actually a bad place.

For example, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, as Daiyu's parents, are naturally willing to tolerate her daughter's little problems. Lin Liu is also an adult soul in her shell, and she will not really get angry with Daiyu.

Although the three Guiling brothers are all Daiyu's elder brothers, they are only children, and they will inevitably have trouble with her in this situation.

However, Daiyu Xu has many relatives who dote on her in this life, so her shortcomings in this aspect are not particularly prominent.Lin Liu only gave some guidance occasionally, and Daiyu discovered this by herself, and forced herself to change it.

After changing it, Daiyu got along with her brothers more harmoniously. The three of Guiling also loved this younger sister to the bottom of their bones, and wanted to take her around to play almost every day.

And Maoshou is like Daiyu's little tail, wherever she goes, Maoshou will follow her.

Although Maoshou is small, he is quite good at winking——

As long as a few older brothers forget him, or dislike others for their short legs and slow movements, he will immediately call elder sister, Lin Liu when Lin Liu is there, and Daiyu when Lin Liu is no longer there.

The younger brothers are all attached to Linliu, and they can be regarded as obedient to her words. As long as she looks over, the three brothers stop immediately and wait for Maoshou to catch up with them; Brother, so every time Maoshou shouted, Daiyu would go to see her younger brother, so the three older brothers naturally had to stop and wait for someone.

After a few times, the three brothers have also learned to be good, and they don't need to call Maoshou. As long as they find that the short-legged little brother can't keep up, they will stop and wait for someone. Just pick them up and play with them behind them.

But most of the time, Ji Song still followed Lin Liu, talking to her about the business development in Jiangnan.

The five little ones played together all day, even on the boat, it was full of laughter.

Daiyu and Maoshou, who originally liked to sit quietly and read a book, were brought up to be much more lively, and even their health was improved a lot.

Then came Daiyu's birthday.

Early in the morning, Jia Min cooked for Daiyu himself and made a bowl of longevity noodles.

The noodles of Changshou noodles are only one, and they are very long.Jia Min's cooking skills were not good enough, the noodles were uneven in thickness, and the thinnest part was half the size of a pinky finger. Daiyu chewed in small bites, and felt pain in her cheeks halfway through eating, and then looked at Jia Min with a sad face.

Lin Liu was overjoyed when she saw it, and was not surprised to get angry from Daiyu.

Jia Min used to make Longevity Noodles for Lin Liu and others, and she often encountered this kind of look, and she was used to it. She only thought Daiyu's expression was funny, and she didn't feel that it hurt her self-esteem at all, and she laughed with Lin Liu and others .

But celebrating Daiyu's birthday on the boat is not as comfortable as at home, and there are many ways to have fun.Jia Minxu felt that Daiyu had been wronged, so she specially gave her two of the heads she liked.

But Daiyu didn't like it, after getting these jewelry, someone returned it to Jia Min the next day, she just said that she didn't like it, and now that she is too old to use it, she might as well let her mother wear it and play with it herself.

Jia Min asked again, and she asked Jia Min for some manuscripts of poems that she and Lin Ruhai wrote before.

Jia Min liked it and was funny, but she didn't say anything after all, but asked Xinghua and others to fetch all her previous manuscripts and hand them to Daiyu.

About a month and a half after Daiyu's birthday, the Lin family's big boat arrived at the pier in the capital.

Because they had written in advance to inform the old lady of the approximate time of her return to Beijing, the people from Rongguo Mansion had already asked people to wait at the pier.

In addition to the people from Rongguo Mansion, there are also the servants of the Lin family staying in the capital.

Lin Ruhai and Zhen Shiyin disembarked first, and then raised their hands to summon the servants of the Lin family to help them dismantle and transport the boat, while the servants of the Jia family also helped.

After all the salutes were disassembled, Jia Min took the female relatives and children off the boat together.

The leader of Jia's house is Nanny Lai, who is beside the old lady. When she saw Jia Min, she put down her work and walked up to Jia Min in a hurry: "Auntie, the journey was smooth? Did you encounter any danger? On the boat How's the time going?"

Jia Min also opened her mouth to answer, knowing what the other party wanted to know most, she didn't hold back, and answered directly: "After wearing these salutes and sending them home, I need to tidy up. After about five days, I will bring a few A child came to greet his mother in person, and asked the nanny to tell his mother."

Nanny Lai nodded in response, then turned around and continued to work.

Jia Min hurriedly called people to stop: "I'm afraid my mother will be waiting at home, so I'd better take someone back and tell my mother the news that I have arrived in the capital. There is not much luggage here, and there are enough servants from the Lin family." used."

With that said, Jia Min turned around and took a red envelope from Xinghua, and handed it directly to Nanny Lai.

When Nanny Lai took the red envelope, she weighed it, and immediately smiled: "This old slave is confused, and forgot that the old lady is the most important thing. Don't worry, auntie, this old slave will take someone back to Rongguo Mansion to report the news." .”

Jia Min smiled and nodded, seeing her leave with her own eyes, she turned to look at Lin Ruhai: "Nurse Lai has already left, should we go home by car?"

After staying in Jinling for three years, when I returned to the capital for the first time, it was really difficult to adapt to the weather in the capital.

In the new spring of March, the weather around Jinling was getting warmer, but there were still some icicles hanging in the capital, which made Jia Min and others take out the cloaks and capes that had been put away and dress them up again, not daring to relax at all.

Jia Min and the others left first, while the servants watched the luggage at the pier, waiting for someone to come and deliver it.

After Jia Min and his party left the pier, and the others paid no attention to the big boat of the Lin family, they put on two teenagers who were dressed in ordinary clothes and were no different from the others on the pier.

These two people are Lin Liu and Ji Song.

The 12-year-old Ji Song has already started to grow. During these days, he has grown extremely fast, his beard has started to protrude, and a small protrusion has appeared in his throat.

The most important thing is that Ji Song's voice has already started to change——

The originally clear and indistinguishable voice of a child gradually became deep and deep, with a bit of the roughness of a teenager.

Such Ji Song, if he dresses up as a woman again, the risk of being exposed is too great.

What's more, they agreed before that Ji Song would only stay in the Lin family for three years, and he would only disguise himself as a woman for three years.

Today's Ji Song has changed a lot from three years ago. If it weren't for his relatives who are very familiar with him, even standing face to face, they might not be able to recognize him as the radiant little chubby, former Ping Nanbo The son of the world, Ji Song.

Lin Liu was a little bit reluctant: "You left the Lin family this time, where are you planning to settle down? Let me tell you, it doesn't matter where you stay, it's better to change your identity and stay in the Lin family. It just so happens that Gui Ling is also here to find a book boy Age, your age is just right, no one will doubt you staying in the Lin family as a book boy."

Ji Song shook his head with a smile, his smile, which was originally as bright as the warm sun, has become clear and cool, and the heat in it can no longer be felt.

He looked at Lin Liu seriously: "You taught me that when choosing to do dangerous things, you must hide your identity. It doesn't matter if you have an accident, and you must not implicate your family. Although I have no family now, my grandfather The whole family may not have evil intentions, but I will remember how the Lin family treats me, so I naturally don't want to implicate the Lin family because of myself."

For Ji Song, the Lin family is no different from the last safe haven.

He didn't want the Lin family to suffer any harm because of him.

Even if the road ahead is thorny, he is not alone, and his father's cronies are by his side to help, which is enough.

Thinking in this way, Ji Song cupped his hands at Lin Liu: "Since we have arrived in the capital, let's say goodbye here. In the future, write a letter to the small vendor opposite Ji's former old house, and he will pass it on to me." .”

Lin Liu sighed, and could only nod her head in agreement: "Don't be rash in what you do, remember to be careful. It is not something that can be done overnight if you want to investigate the reasons for the murder of your family members. could put you in danger."

A smile appeared in Ji Song's eyes: "Don't worry, I can bear to wear women's clothing for three years, and I will never put my safety in danger for a little clue."

Lin Liu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, reached out and took out a money bag from his sleeve pocket: "There are 3000 taels of silver bills in here, you take them to deal with emergencies first. After you settle down, if you are short of money, you Pay the money directly at the cloth village, and the cloth village was only opened by you and your subordinates running around, so don't wrong yourself."

Ji Song nodded, raised his hand to take the money bag, and put it directly into his sleeve pocket.

Having said that, it seems that everything that should be explained has been explained clearly.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song helplessly, and after a moment of hesitation, he still raised his arms and hugged him tightly: "Ji Song, remember to be careful!"

Without waiting for Ji Song's reaction, Lin Liu turned around and left the pier, trotted all the way to the corner, and boarded the carriage of the Lin family staying here.

Ji Song stood still, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

He put his hand on his shoulder, paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "The enemy hasn't been found yet, of course I will be careful."

After speaking, he turned around and disappeared into the sea of ​​people.

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Although almost all the Lin family left the capital, there are still three aunts and many servants living in this house, so there is no problem of no one cleaning it.

Upon receiving the news that Lin Ruhai and his party were coming back, the housekeeper had already asked the masters to clean up the houses of the masters and make them comfortable. They could move in immediately after they came back, and they would not let the masters wait for the servants to clean them at all.

Even the housekeeper of Zhen Shiyin's family has been tidied up, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The few people stayed on the boat for a long time, and after returning to Beijing, they rode in the carriage for a long time. They were already so tired that they wanted to lie on the bed and take a nap. How could they have time to chat?

So as soon as they arrived at Lin's house, they only mentioned a few words, then went back to their rooms, and rested after washing up.

It wasn't until the next day that the little ones had another chance to explore this strange home——

Gui Ling and Lin Liu have also lived in this house for a few years, so they are not unfamiliar with the family, but the twins still don't remember when they left. Jinling was born and never lived in this house.

So early the next morning, Jia Min got up and took his servants to check the luggage and put it into storage. Lin Ruhai also sent invitations to a few relatives and friends, announcing that he was returning to Beijing.

And the few little ones, under the leadership of Guiling, began to "explore" the scenery and corners of their own house.

Lin Liu followed Jia Min, helping to count the luggage they brought back from Jinling——

There are many local specialties and gifts for relatives and friends. Some of them need to be stored in the warehouse, but most of them need to be kept out, waiting to be sent to various homes.

Apart from the problem of luggage, Jia Min also needs to check the account books to see if there is anything wrong with the expenses of the family in the past three years, whether someone has embezzled money while the master was away, or wronged someone.

After reading the account books, I have to invite people from various shops and farms to meet and ask about the expenditures of the past three years...

Except for the night when he came back, Jia Min has been busy with these trivial matters and has no time to rest.

When the matter was finally settled, it was the day when Jia Min had agreed with Nanny Lai to go to Rongguo Mansion to pay her respects to the old lady.

Early in the morning, Jia Min finished washing, changed into an indigo dress after breakfast, sat in the room and waited for Lin Liu's three-year-old children to come over. .

Jia Min was hesitant to take Daiyu and Maoshou to Rongguo Mansion together, but thinking of the current chaotic situation in Rongguo Mansion, she finally gave up on this plan.

The child is still young, if something goes wrong, it will be bad.

Daiyu was sensible and knew that her mother was doing it for her own good, so she obediently accepted the result.

Maoshou didn't understand the situation at first, but when he found out that his mother, three older brothers, and sister Qilin were all dressed up, and only he and sister Daiyu were still wearing ordinary clothes, he immediately started crying.

Because he cried so suddenly, even Jia Min was startled by him.

Fortunately, Daiyu was right next to him. Knowing about Maoshou, she reached out and grabbed a piece of snack and put it near his mouth.

Maoshou sniffed and bit off most of the pastry in one bite.

cry?Already forgot!

Looking at this scene, Lin Liu shook her head dumbfounded.

But Jia Min seemed to be accustomed to this, patted Daiyu's head, and walked out of the room with one of the twins, while Lin Liu and Guiling followed Jia Min hand in hand.

As for cats?His heart and eyes are full of the cakes made by sister Daiyu, and he has no time to pay attention to his mother and brothers and sisters.

The family got into the carriage, staggered, and soon arrived at Rongguo Mansion.

After Lin Liu got off the car, she subconsciously looked around.

There are still people coming and going around, as if there is no time to stop, and there is no sign of decline at all.

After three years of absence, Rongguo Mansion has not changed at all.

Jia Min asked someone to knock on the door, and the concierge opened it quickly. At first, he was a bit lazy, but after recognizing Jia Min, the concierge immediately called out "Auntie" in surprise, and then impatiently opened the door. Jia Min and his party greeted them in.

The old lady had been reminded a long time ago that the aunt will be here today, so if someone comes, just take her inside and don't need to report.

Jia Min knew the Rongguo Mansion very well, and she didn't need a maid to lead the way, so she took a few children and took a shortcut to Rongqingtang, where Jia's mother lived.

Jia's mother had been waiting for her daughter to come to the door early, and when the maid outside announced that it was the aunt who had arrived, she immediately got up with a smile and went outside, and led her into the Rongqing Hall herself.

After the two of them sat down, Mother Jia turned her attention to the children.

She rolled her eyes between Lin Liu and Guiling, and said with a smile: "This is the little Qilin and Guiling, right? You took them away from the capital for three years, and now they come back, their appearance has changed drastically, if they hadn't grown up with you They are so similar that I almost don't recognize them.

Jia Min begged for mercy: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have left with the child for three years."

Mother Jia gave her an angry look, but she didn't take her words to heart——

She had heard about it a long time ago, and Lin Ruhai was seeking out activities with his friends again, hoping that he could still leave the capital this time.

Jia's mother was surprised, why all those officials who have been sent out want to go to Beijing to be an official, but this Lin Ruhai looks like the most prosperous place in the world in the capital, some kind of dragon's pool and tiger's den, he doesn't want to stay here, he has to go outside.

It's fine for him to go to other places to suffer alone, and he has to bring his wife and children with him, but as a mother, she is very missed.

Mother Jia thought so in her heart, and it came out naturally in her words.

Jia Min laughed, and quickly explained: "Mother is confused? We lived in Jinling for the past three years. Where is Jinling? It is said that there is heaven and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou. This Jinling is so close to Suzhou and Hangzhou, but compared to Suzhou and Hangzhou. It’s not too bad. We also wore gold and silver in Jinling, but we didn’t suffer at all.”

After hearing this, Mother Jia turned her eyes around her face a few times, and saw that although her cheeks were thinner than when she left the capital, her eyes were bright, and she really didn't look like she had suffered, so she felt relieved.

Seeing that her mother was relieved, Jia Min brought He Nian and Lu Sui to her mother and said, "Mother, look, these are the twins born to my daughter, the year of the crane and the year of the deer. When I was in the capital before, The children are still young, and they have no chance to bring them to greet their mother, but now that the children have grown up, it may be possible for them to meet their grandmother."

As he spoke, he pushed the twins' backs.

The twins were also obedient, and when they realized what their mother meant, they knelt down and kowtowed three times to Jia's mother: "Grandmother is good!"

Seeing the identical facial features and demeanor of the twins, Jia's mother was overjoyed, and quickly asked someone to help the twins up, and then asked Yuanyang to fetch two golden locks from the house, and gave them one each.

After recognizing the person, Mother Jia took Jia Min and started talking about family matters.

Lin Liu looked funny from the side, and felt that the old lady Jia Mu really liked Jia Min, the only daughter.

It's just that the time for reconciliation didn't last long, and after a while, someone announced that the eldest wife had arrived.

When Mother Jia heard the voice, her smiling face immediately became serious.

Jia Min was startled: "Mother?"

Mother Jia waved her hand: "I'll talk about it later."

After finishing speaking, someone invited Mrs. Xing in.

This is the first time Lin Liu saw Mrs. Xing. Thinking of Mrs. Xing's age, she thought she would dress younger, not to mention how pretty, but at least match her age, right?

Unexpectedly, it was an old-fashioned woman in a dark green robe who entered the door.If you don't look carefully, Lin Liu almost thinks that the person who came in is already 50 or [-] years old!

Lin Liu turned to look at Jia Min in a daze. Seriously, Jia Min got married earlier than Mrs. Xing, and also older than Mrs. Xing, right?But Jia Min is wearing a very bright indigo blue today, but Mrs. Xing is wearing a very old-fashioned dark blue.

Those who didn't know this thought Mrs. Xing was Jia Min's sister.

If Mrs. Xing's face was not really young, some people might think that she is from Jia Min's mother's generation.

Even a normal man wouldn't like such a dress, let alone Jia She, who is greedy and lustful?

If Mrs. Xing likes it herself, or if she doesn't care about Jia She's preferences, that's fine, but looking at the sad look on Mrs. Xing's brows, it's obviously not the case.

Lin Liu was a little confused.

But Mrs. Xing didn't pay attention to their children. After greeting Jia Mu, her eyes fell directly on Jia Min's face, and she didn't know what she was looking at.

Jia Min frowned at her look, but she couldn't say anything to the sister-in-law whom she had just met, so she could only look sideways at Mother Jia, pretending not to notice her gaze.

In order to get rid of this unnatural feeling, Jia Min smiled and looked at her mother: "I remember that Yuanchun is already almost seventeen, right? I was in Jinling when she reached Jiji before, and I just gave her a Jiji gift. Now that I come back, I should see her and make up a gift."

Before Mother Jia could speak, Mrs. Xing on the opposite side gave her a careful look, and then said, "Yuan Chun has been suffering from coughing since the beginning of spring, and now he is resting in bed. I'm afraid I won't be able to come see my aunt."