Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

Weak, but well-born, the little man has learned to walk. Although he is not walking very steadily, he is stepping on the red carpet on the table, swaying, looking left and right, as if he is looking for someone, which makes people love him.

When Jia Min saw her, she knew that Daiyu was looking for Lin Ruhai. Before she could say anything, she heard someone laugh and said, "Oh, even the jade girl in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva is not so smart? What are you looking for? Like a villain fine."

Jia Min ordered someone to carry her to find Lin Ruhai. Fang pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I'm looking for our master. It's strange to say that our master loves this daughter the most. She seems to understand in her heart and is also the closest to the master. Father and daughter don't see each other every day, it's like three autumns, if our master is at home, we must hug her, and we don't see him at night, and we don't want to sleep."

Everyone laughed and said: "Master Lin loves her so much, so naturally she is close to Master Lin." They secretly envied that it's okay to love their son like this, but Lin Ruhai treats his daughter so well, surpassing his son.

Among them, only Mrs. Wu didn't take it seriously. No matter how good her daughter was, she belonged to someone else's family. Who knows what she will look like if she is spoiled like this?If one is arrogant and indulgent, who is willing to ask for marriage?It's better to love your son more, that's the one who will inherit the incense.In the past few months, she had been reprimanded several times by Wu Yue, and it was inevitable that she would become a little bit more stubborn and jealous of Jia Min, but Wu Yue made it clear that if she dared to make trouble, she would be divorced and go back to her natal family, so she had to The flags and drums died down, not daring to bring up the idea of ​​that day again.

Seeing Jia Min today is not like an ordinary woman, because her children have grown up, and at this age they are dressed very dignifiedly and steadily, but she is wearing a silver and red butterfly and flowered jacket, with a goose yellow pair of skirts on the outside, and a tie underneath. The long emerald green dress is embroidered with a winter jasmine flower that meanders upwards, tender yellow and charming, with graceful movements.

Mrs. Wu thought that she was old, but Jia Min was in the prime of life, and she felt more and more dissatisfied. She was about to ask about what happened in Liu's house a few days ago, but she heard that there was a gift from the palace outside, and she had seen Lin Ruhai. up.

Jia Min hurriedly asked to come in, but he was really puzzled in his heart, it's just that he didn't get the reward from Emperor Xuankang in the capital, and now they are thousands of miles away from the capital, what are they doing to reward Daiyu on Daiyu's birthday?No delay.

But I saw three or four young eunuchs and seven or eight servants coming in from outside, each holding a filigree brocade box, and saluted Jia Min. The first young eunuch smiled and said: "During the Chinese New Year, the master rewarded the royal dishes to His Royal Highness, The princes and all the officials of the clan below sighed for a while when they mentioned that Mr. Lin was not in the capital and could not taste the food. His Royal Highness said that Mr. Lin is loyal to the master and has not changed the slightest from the beginning to the end. You can't even win over, it shows that your loyalty to the master is very commendable, the master is very happy, and His Royal Highness said that Mrs. Lin has a female flower festival for her birthday, so the master rewarded Miss Lin with something to congratulate Fangchen. Therefore, The little ones rushed over quickly."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the things held by the servants behind and said: "I heard that the master rewarded Miss Lin with things. The crown prince and several princes made fun of them, and they also gave some things. I ordered the younger ones to bring them along."

After hearing this, Jia Min thanked her kindly, ordered people to watch the tea and made tea, received the gift, opened it and put it on it for people to see.

Surprised expressions appeared on everyone's faces, even Lin Ruhai's eldest son had never received such grace, how could a daughter get it instead?In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never wooed Lin Ruhai, so why did he speak for Lin Ruhai in front of Emperor Xuankang?On the contrary, it didn't make Emperor Xuankang afraid, and even gave him something?Just looking at the imperial gift, it is a pair of gold inlaid jade Ruyi, a pair of red gold emerald inlaid pearl inlaid gemstone necklaces, a pair of red sandalwood mutton fat jade phoenix, a pair of Liuyunbaifu jade pendants, pearl bracelets, agate bracelets, etc. There are two strings, two strings of agarwood bracelets and two strings of beeswax bracelets, and the rest are also extraordinary gifts from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the princes.

Jia Min entertained the people from the palace, and was talking about what he had seen and heard in the capital. Not long after, the Rongguo Mansion, the Shen family, the Li family, the Su family, the Shi family, etc. all came to present gifts. Laughter, lively and extraordinary.

Everyone's gifts hadn't been delivered yet, seeing that Emperor Xuankang valued the Lin family so much, he had to secretly thicken the gifts when giving them.

Mrs. Wu used to have countless things to say, but now she is frightened and has gone to Java.

Jia Min was busy until the evening, so Lin Ruhai personally sent the people in the palace to rest. When he came back, he saw Jia Min holding a thick gift list and looking at it under the lamp, saying: "Yu'er is just catching the Zhou banquet, we have a lively event." These are also because of loving Yu'er, why are such heavy gifts being sent everywhere? Look. Every family in the capital sends them from thousands of miles, which makes me very surprised. Although the master is now very powerful in Jiangnan, he can What is rank in the capital? What benefits are there for them?"

Lin Ruhai looked through it for a while, except that the Shen family and the Li family gave away ordinary clothes and materials, the rest were all rare, and the Su family's century-old family entrusted their husband and wife to take care of Miaoyu. However, Rongguo Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, and Zhen's family gave too many gifts, even more than Lin Ruhai and Jia Min gave on their birthdays.

Lin Ruhai frowned, with a pensive look on his face, he didn't understand why Emperor Xuankang suddenly rewarded these things well, and he couldn't ask why when he sent people to rest before.

But he didn't know that Emperor Xuankang checked the reason for the prince's change, and finally found Su Li, and Su Li met Lin Ruhai and went back. Lin Ruhai had already mentioned a few words in the booklet, but he didn't go into details. Emperor Xuankang expected Lin Ruhai must have mentioned something. Emperor Xuankang knew everything about his friendship with Su Li. No matter what they said, in a word, Emperor Xuankang was very happy with the changes in His Royal Highness compared to the past. Emperor Xuankang was thinking about the Empress Yuan. Dote on the prince more, not to mention that Lin Ruhai has not been wooed, so he naturally looks at Lin Ruhai differently, and has long wanted to reward Lin Ruhai, but it is just to borrow the name of Daiyu's birthday.

One of the things that Emperor Xuankang bestowed on the Lin family was Ruyi. Once Ruyi came out, it showed how satisfied Emperor Xuankang was with Lin Ruhai. His Royal Highness was grateful for what Lin Ruhai had mentioned. He wanted to win over Lin Ruhai, so he gave gifts as a joke. As for the Ninth Prince, who is only in his teens, he admires the Crown Prince and vows to be a virtuous king. Apart from the Crown Prince, he has several older and promising elder brothers. He has no intentions. After seizing the heir, there was no gift.

Officials in the capital are very well informed about any news. Although it is strictly forbidden in the palace to pass on private information, whoever has an eyeliner in the palace, or buys a few eunuchs, so they all know about it. gift.

When the Jia family found out, they were even more delighted with Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai is the son-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion. The Jia family naturally felt honored to receive this kindness. He is willing to ask others to compare, and only picks the best things among himself and sends them to the south of the Yangtze River for his granddaughter.

Therefore, when Daiyu was ignorant and ignorant, she got a lot of things for nothing because of her father, and Lin Ruhai and Jia Min saved them all for her, and put them in the dowry in the future, how decent.

In this regard, some people are envious, some people are jealous, and so on.

After all, Lin Ruhai is a smart person. He heard the prince's various behaviors soon, and after changing his previous life, he understood Emperor Xuankang's intentions. When it came time to report on his duties, according to his rank, he had to go to Beijing to report on his duties. Officials below the third rank did not need to go to Beijing. They were all inspected by the officials above, but the third rank and above had to go to Beijing. Lin Ruhai's real power was from the third rank, but the false title was from the second rank. It stands to reason that he should also go to Beijing, so he packed his luggage early and explained to his superiors. I want to go to Beijing.

In his previous life, after he took the post of Yanke Censor, he was re-elected every year because of Emperor Xuan Kang's will. He had never been to the capital to report his duties. If he had been to the capital, he might be able to know the situation of his daughter in Rongguo Mansion, and he would not end up like that in the end. .

It seems that Emperor Xuankang also wanted to see him in this life, so on Daiyu's birthday, he ordered the eunuch to deliver an oral order, ordering him to go to Beijing on another day.

As soon as Lin Ruhai talked to Jia Min, Jia Min said: "Master came to Beijing to report on his work, and it took more than two months. Rui'er and I are fine, but the master loves Yu'er so much, why can't she see the master?" Don't cry to death?"

Lin Ruhai felt embarrassed, and sighed: "Even so, I can't take her with me." Daiyu was too young and weak, even if Lin Ruhai wished to see her daughter every day, he didn't dare to take her out like this. I had no choice but to tell Jia Min and Lin Rui to hold Daiyu in their arms for a few days before leaving.

Jia Min had no choice but to obey, since Lin Ruhai finally came to Beijing, Jia Min packed a lot of things for Lin Ruhai to take, including gifts for the Rongguo Mansion, gifts for the Shen family, Li family and other places, and laughed. Said: "Many boys and girls have been added to my natal family. I have never seen them. Except for gifts from my mother, brothers and sisters-in-law, I have to bring them some."

Lin Ruhai nodded in agreement, chose an auspicious day, and boarded the ship north with his soldiers, servants and family members.

It is said that after Lin Ruhai went on the road, although Jia Min was accompanied by a pair of sons and daughters, and was flattered by the official salt merchant's wife, she still felt very lonely. Lin Ruhai cried two or three times a day, but he could only walk a few steps staggeringly, but he staggered all over the house and yard looking for Lin Ruhai, thinking that he was hiding somewhere waiting for her to find him.The flowers in the garden were just in bloom, and a few petals drifted down and landed on Daiyu's body, dotted with crimson shadows.

Tired from walking, Daiyu sat down under the flower tree covered with red felt, she couldn't help glancing around, as if wondering why Lin Ruhai hadn't been found yet, the more she thought about it, the more sad she became, and the circles of her eyes immediately turned red.

Seeing this, Jia Min felt pity and amused her, so she walked over, bent over and brushed off the fallen flowers on her body, and coaxed her: "Your father has gone to buy you flowers, and he will be back tomorrow. Mother will take you to see the sister of the Su family, okay? You haven't seen the sister of the Su family yet, when we come back, your father will be waiting for you at home. "

Daiyu stared at her mother with her eyes open, she still had tears in her eyes, as if she didn't quite believe it.

Lin Rui is already nine years old this year, and will be ten years old at the end of the year. He will go to Gusu to study next year. Although he is from Gusu, he rarely lives in Gusu. I was very envious, hearing Jia Min's words, and thinking of Qingyu's young age, lying alone next to the Qingdeng ancient Buddha, I felt deeply sad. After all, she was my sister who had been in pain for many years. After all, I was thinking about it, and asked Jia Min: "Mom is going to Gusu? Go to Panxiang Temple to visit Sister Qingyu?"

As he said that, he approached, bent down and picked up Daiyu, and teased her with the flower branches he just picked. Lin Rui's appearance was very similar to Lin Ruhai, and he loved Daiyu like a treasure. Daiyu looked at him, Holding the flower branch in his hand, Fang slightly stopped the choking in his throat.

Jia Min takes his son to Gusu once or twice a year. In the past one or two years, he came to Yangzhou again because of pregnancy and gave birth to a daughter. Fang never went again. Hearing his son's question, he smiled and said, "Anyway, your father is not at home. Usually there is nothing important, so take this opportunity to live in Gusu for a while, when we come back, your father should have returned from the capital too."

What she didn't tell Lin Rui was that now that Lin Ruhai was not here, many people below entrusted her with errands and wanted her to take Lin Ruhai's post. She didn't want to ignore it, and she didn't want to make trouble with him, so she wanted to avoid it.Knowing what kind of person her natal second sister-in-law is, and often listening to Lin Ruhai's explanation of how powerful she is, Jia Min believes that her husband is considerate, that she has both children and that she has nothing else to ask for in life.Therefore, I was really vigilant in my heart, and never took Lin Ruhai's post to take care of others.

Lin Rui thought for a while, then nodded and said: "It's just right, the husband just asked for leave, saying that there is something at home, and it will take half a month to go back and forth. The homework has been assigned, and the son will go with the mother, so the mother can give some advice to the son. fall."

Jia Min also thought of this verse, so she planned to bring her children along, anyway, it's not very hard to get close.

Since he and his son both wanted to do this, Jia Min ordered him to take his younger sister to play, and packed his clothes and luggage by himself. He also chose an auspicious day, intending to set off for Suzhou.

Unexpectedly, the day before his departure, Jinfeng's wife and Qingkong came from Jinling to pay a visit, and Jia Min rushed to invite him in.

Mrs. Jin and Qingkong sent salutes. Jia Min looked at the gift list, except for the silks, satins, makeup powder, tea, porcelain, snacks, etc. that were almost routinely sent for three festivals and two birthdays, and Lin Rui's pen, ink, paper, inkstone and new books. Today, there is an extra box of pearls and four gold collars. Jia Min frowned and said, "Come here, why send these things? It's too expensive."

The Lin family has gone through a hundred years, and apart from the imperial palace, there is nothing that can compare to their family, so Jia Min doesn't care about it, and prefers to give gifts outside, all of which are silk, satin, tea, porcelain and other things. In addition, Lin Ruhai is becoming more and more important now, to flatter him People give generous gifts, most of which are gold, silver and jewelry in the name of birthday celebrations. If there are too many, Jia Min will dislike vulgarity, and there is no reason to refuse him, especially after Daiyu was born, Lin Ruhai became the censor of the salt class. , the following salt merchants and others gave gifts, all of which are these things.

Jia Min suddenly remembered that there was a family that gave gifts very well. For Daiyu's first birthday, other people's gifts were nothing more than silk, satin, gold, silver, necklaces, jewelry, ironware, etc., but the salt merchant surnamed Wu gave only ancient inkstones of calligraphy and paintings of Fatie. Rare.

After Jia Min said this, Mrs. Jin said with a smile: "It's so easy to come here, how can I come empty-handed? Besides, these are just my own things. Thanks to the care of Mrs. Madam, our business is getting better and better. So it didn't cost a lot of money. I originally thought that my wife had added a sister, so I should honor her with some makeup, powder, hairpins, rings and clothing materials, but our vision is vulgar, and the things we make are also vulgar, and my sister is too young, so we will Listen to what your younger siblings say, honor your sister with a box of pearls, and let her play with it."

Qing Kong pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "My wife accepts it, it is our filial piety."

In her heart, she was full of gratitude to Jia Min. Although she was born as a girl, but following Jia Min's side, she was more respectable than usual. She saved three or four hundred gold in clothes, shoes and hairpins. She received a dowry, and when she arrived at the Jin family, everyone in the Jin family didn't dare to underestimate her. The life with Jin Huang was very happy, and when they came out and went in, who would treat her as a girl?

Therefore, when the Jin family arranges gifts for the Lin family, it is she who advises Mrs. Jin, and Jia Min often likes it very much. Today, the box of Nanzhu looks simple and thin, but it is actually round and exquisite, of average size, which is extremely rare .

Jia Min glanced at her slightly protruding belly, then smiled joyfully, and said: "You have given away a lot during the Huachao Festival, and you will give it again today. How can you run out of it? Yu'er changes it every day." You can't wear so many clothes with a new dress. It's better to leave it to your children in the future."

When Qingkong heard this, his face turned red.

Mrs. Jin laughed and said: "Mrs. Zhenzhen is born with sharp eyes. Today, I came to Yangzhou with my master and uncle. One is to inspect the business in Yangzhou, and the other is to announce the good news to my wife. The younger siblings have been pregnant for more than four months now. "

Qingkong's dignity in front of Jia Min is extraordinary, and she can speak well. Since she came in, their family has sent things to Lin's family every year. The outside world knows that they have been blessed by Lin Ruhai, although Lin Ruhai did not give their family much convenience. The door, but the business is still gradually smooth, ordinary officials dare not bully each other, any good business will always think of their family first, except for Xue's family, which is still not as good as Xue's, other businesses in Jinling are not as good as them.

However, it is said that since Mrs. Xue passed away, Mr. Xue has been in poor health in recent years. It's not as good as it used to be.

Mrs. Jin sighed in her heart. After all, it is a century-old family. Even if it is not as good as before, the power is stronger than them.

Hearing Mrs. Jin say that Mr. Xue is not good, Jia Min was a little surprised, suddenly remembered that Mr. Xue is the husband of Wang Xue, sister-in-law of Mrs. Wang, and now he has both sons and daughters, so he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? I vaguely remember that Master Xue is about the same age as our master now? Why is it so bad? Their family is brother-in-law with my natal second brother."

Unconsciously, Jia Min thought of her eldest cousin in the Marquis Bowling's Mansion, who also passed away at a young age, leaving the elders very sad.

Mrs. Jin nodded and said: "Madam remembers well, but Mr. Xue is not as good as Mr. Xue, ten of them are not as good. Pity their family has been proud for more than a hundred years, and today's descendants are not as good as one generation after another." Although their family is not as good now. The Xue family is good at teaching the children and grandchildren, maybe the children and grandchildren can surpass the Xue family when they take over.

Qing Kong was sitting below, and seeing Jia Min's puzzled look, he smiled and said, "The Xue family has a son named Xue Pan, who is only six or seven years old this year. He is very arrogant and domineering. She doesn't like reading, but she knows how to play around, is rude and arrogant, and doesn't know a few big characters. The daughter of Xue's family has a beautiful body and elegant manners, but she is only four or five years old, and she can already recognize thousands of characters. Her brother is ten times older, and Master Xue loves her like a treasure, and now he also asks her to read and write."

Mrs. Jin praised: "That's not it. We see each other often, and only praise. It's a pity that he is not a kid."

When Jia Min heard this, she couldn't help but secretly wondered, and said with a smile: "I really don't know what the world is like, but girls are better than men, but most people don't like this, so I don't know what will happen in the future. "

Thinking of Jia Baoyu's pursuit of Zhou Bie, he didn't want anything, only the hairpin and hairpin, but his own daughter abandoned Fendai and took poetry and books.If it wasn't for outsiders, Jia Min would have sighed a long time ago.Even so, she told Lin Ruhai a few times in private that catching Zhou is not a good future, if the Jia family teaches well, maybe Baoyu can also become a talent, it is not known.Unfortunately, she had several correspondences with her natal family, and learned from Mrs. Dou's letter that Jia's mother doted on her very much, and knew that she was close to a beauty without knowing it.Although Jia's mother often praised Baoyu in her letters for how clever, clever, and how she resembled her father, but Jia Min had already heard the news, so she was not happy.

Jia Min sighed secretly, disapproving of her mother's way of raising her children and grandchildren, but at the same time felt relieved, one was happy and the other was worried.Now that the hairpin is caught, although it doesn't sound very nice, it finally reassures the higher-ups that he is just a child who can be known at a glance to be a licentious person.Thinking about it, there was no movement at all, probably because Baoyu only grabbed the hairpin ring when he caught Zhou.

Jia Min thought of Yuan Chun, Zhao An, Feng Jie, Miao Yu and others, all of them showed their talents at a young age, and now, although they have not seen each other again, they must have surpassed the men in the world.

After Mrs. Jin and Qingkong left, the wives of two more salt merchants came to pay their respects. Jia Min was so busy all day that he hurriedly set off the next day.

It was March at that time, new willows were sprouting green on both sides of the road, green peaches were just blooming, a thriving scene, gorgeous and picturesque, with the wind blowing, accompanied by the singing of countless mountain daughters, the throat was clear and tender, which made people feel refreshed.

Lin Rui was riding a pony outside, but Daiyu followed her mother in the car, stepped on Jia Min's knees, and looked out of the window.

Suddenly, Lin Rui jumped off his horse and picked a few lavender rhododendrons along the roadside, a few pink peach blossoms, and a few unknown wild flowers. There was still some morning dew, so Lin Rui tied it into a bundle with silk ribbons and sent it to the car. Daiyu was so happy that she smiled and tied her hands to hug her full.

Jia Min quickly took her hand and said: "Be careful, don't cut your hand, it hurts so much that you cry!"

As he spoke, he told Lin Rui to be careful, watched him get on the horse, and ordered the servant girl to bring a flower pouch from Ru Kiln, untied the silk ribbon, put the flower branch in the pouch, and placed it on the table in the car. There are also two books and tea bowls, snacks, melons and fruits on it.

Daiyu was young, looked outside for a while, admired the flowers for a while, and fell asleep in Jia Min's arms after a while.

The trip was safe and Daiyu didn't cry, but Jia Min felt relieved. When he was about to arrive in Gusu, he was ordered to live in the post station, take a rest, and take a rest. The next day, he went to Gusu and was washing for Daiyu. In the shower, someone suddenly sent a post.

Jia Min couldn't help wondering, "Who can I meet when I pass by here?"