The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

In the blink of an eye, it is already March in Yangzhou. Since the hostess died of illness the year before and the young master came to Beijing, Yangzhou Lin's Mansion has been in a cold and depressed atmosphere, but it seems a little different recently...

In the study room, Lin Ruhai carefully read the letter sent by his daughter Lin Daiyu from the capital. This is the third letter since Lin Daiyu went to Beijing to join her ancestral family. Lin Daiyu specially asked Lin Quan to bring it back to his father.

After a long time, Lin Ruhai put down the letter in his hand, sighed faintly, looked up at Lin Quan who was standing there, and asked, "After you went to Rongguo Mansion, have you ever seen the girl's face? I'll let you find out Is there any certainty about it?"

"As for the master, once I got there, I only talked to my second uncle in the outer courtyard. Although I didn't see with my own eyes whether the girl was safe or not, but because I had been instructed by the master before the trip, I deliberately brought Zhuo Jing to Beijing together, just to It is convenient for her to be a woman, so she went into the inner courtyard to greet her mother-in-law and two uncles and wives, and she also went to the uncle's courtyard with the uncle and wife, Miss Jia, and the girl to talk about family affairs. Talk." Lin Quan hurriedly bowed in response.

"How is the girl's situation in Rongguo Mansion? Don't hesitate to tell me everything." Lin Ruhai immediately urged with concern after hearing the words.

"I told her all the things that the master told me to ask clearly. She is also sensible. Naturally, she knew that the master was very worried about the girl's life in Rongguo Duke's mansion. Jing also told me all the information she had inquired about. She said that now the girl lives with the second girl Jia, and the two of them read and write together every day, and the uncle and wife have specially hired a good teacher. The master of Nuhong taught them how to embroider, and now the two sisters are living a very fulfilling life." After Lin Quan finished speaking, he began to talk about the news he and his wife had learned after they came to Beijing this time.

Speaking of which, thanks to the loose rule of Rongguo Duke's Mansion, Lin Quan and his wife found out many strange things that surprised him. However, Xijue's big house was forced to live in a corner of the old garden.

The second thing is that because of what Lin Hai mentioned in Lin Daiyu's letter years ago, he specially sent someone to the Rongguo Mansion to give Lin Daiyu the ginseng and bird's nest. It turned into a pile of second-rate goods that were almost useless. Fortunately, Mrs. Xing and Jia Yingchun discovered in time that Jia Yingchun even asked people to throw away those useless things without hesitation. All of them are the most important, and we must not force ourselves to eat for fear of waste.

Another thing is the result of Lin Daiyu's handling of Wang Momo's betrayal of the Lord, because Wang Momo didn't complete the tasks specially assigned by Lin Ruhai in time, and took a large amount of silver for herself, so that Lin Daiyu almost carried her back in the Rongguo Duke's mansion. The crime of eating and drinking for free, Lin Ruhai was naturally very angry when he learned about this. If he hadn't thought that Wang Momo was one of the dowry brought by Jia Min, he felt that if she was with his daughter, her daughter would be honored. If life in the Duke's Mansion should be easier, he wouldn't let that idiot go to the Duke of Rong's Mansion with his daughter, but he didn't expect that a family is a family, even if he has been away from the Duke of Rong's Mansion for more than ten years, a certain These natures can never be changed.

In fact, Lin Daiyu was a little soft-hearted in the end. She never thought of driving Nanny Wang away, but Wang Xifeng deliberately found a wrong place to make a fuss in front of Jiamu. Released from the mansion, of course whether she is good or bad will no longer have anything to do with the Linjia family, this is undoubtedly the heaviest punishment for the mother Wang who has been pampered and pampered for a long time.

As for Lin Daiyu's reputation, she still relied on the help of Wang Xifeng, who knew how to make tricks. Wang Xifeng was looking for a good day, and when many people were talking in Jiamu's room, he specially brought some good things to Lin Daiyu, and emphasized that It was purchased with the money that Lin Daiyu handed over to the Duke, so immediately let the master and servant of the Rongguo Mansion know that although Lin Daiyu and the servants live in the mansion, the food and clothing are also borne by themselves. At that time, Jiamu expressed that she was extremely annoyed at this matter, but Lin Daiyu insisted that this was what Lin Ruhai meant, and Jiamu once again acted like she was Because he respected Lin Ruhai's intention, he reluctantly accepted it.

The last thing is that I heard that Jia's mother has mentioned several times that she hopes that Lin Daiyu will move to her yard to live with her, but she has never mentioned that she wants her precious grandson Jia Baoyu to move to the outer courtyard, so whenever Jia's mother shows a little bit of words, At the slightest hint of that, Jia Yingchun and the newly appointed Nanny Chen next to Lin Daiyu would use various reasons to dispel Jia's mother's thoughts.

Some of these things, Lin Ruhai had already known from Lin Daiyu's letter to him, but some of them were mentioned by Lin Quan for the first time today. He murmured confidently: "How has this Rongguo mansion become like this now... No wonder the second niece specially reminded Yu'er to remember to tell me that in the future, things must be sent directly to my brother-in-law, and must not be sent to the main house ...But why did the second brother-in-law's family occupy the main house? What's going on? I clearly remember that the title of Rongguo Duke was inherited by the first brother-in-law, didn't I? Madam didn't seem to mention these things before her life?"

"I wonder if it's because of the Jia family's second master Bao who was born with jade? I heard from the servants in the Rongguo Mansion that the old lady dotes on the second master Bao very much. Even Zhuo Jing said that she went to the old lady's house." When I said hello in the house, the second master Bao always stayed by the old lady's side, and didn't say anything about going to school. It seems that he hasn't read books seriously until now, but he has learned those... better than others. "When Lin Quan said these things himself, he felt ashamed for Jia Baoyu. How can a seven or eight-year-old brother still live in the inner house?Fortunately, the girl in his family is protected by his uncle and wife, otherwise, I really don't know what will happen.

"Oh! Yu'er has told me about this matter several times in her letters. When she wrote back for the first time, she already mentioned to me that she almost made my nephew unhappy because of her slip of the tongue. The last time she came back The letter also said that the nephew was acting absurdly, showing contempt for the Four Books and Five Classics from time to time, and satirizing those scholars who are committed to official careers as fame-seekers, national thieves and ghosts, obviously not a younger generation who knows how to make progress, but Mrs. He also said that he and Yu'er should be close friends of Qin and Jin, fortunately I didn't agree with Madam's proposal, otherwise why would I just watch Yu'er suffer in the future?" Lin Ruhai obviously had a feeling of loathing for Jia Baoyu who had never met before, so The tone of his mention was also very cold.

"What the master said is that the girl has always been delicate and talented. How can ordinary people be worthy of it? The second girl Jia also asked Zhuo Jing to tell the master a word. She said that the girl is now the only relative left, the master. What if You're not here anymore, isn't the girl pitiful?" Lin Quan said with a guilty conscience.

"Oh?! I'm afraid she said more than that? That girl really doesn't know what to say to her. Yu'er has bluntly recounted a lot of what she said in the letter, but if those words are spread, they must be criticized. Her reputation is bad, you have to tell your family to pay more attention, and don't mention some things that shouldn't be said." Lin Ruhai heard that Lin Quan's words had something to say, but there was a sense of dumbfounding in her heart, and at the same time Confused, this man in Rongguo's mansion is not as farsighted as a little girl, this... can there be a future?

In fact, since Lin Ruhai received the first two letters from Lin Daiyu, she has regretted more and more that she should not have sent her daughter to Rongguo Mansion. After all, no matter how close relatives in Rongguo Mansion are, they will never be able to kiss their parents The blood relationship of the children is only because the people sent by the Rongguo Mansion kept saying that the mother-in-law missed his wife who died of illness very much, and worried that he was a big man. In the future, I am afraid that discussing relatives will be in the way, and he has repeatedly persuaded him to send his daughter to Beijing, so he has no choice but to let her go to such a far place...

In less than half a year now, Lin Ruhai has already learned from her daughter's letter that the mother-in-law just brought her daughter to live in the mansion, and never mentioned anything to teach her. Her daughter likes to study quietly, but she tells her not to... You must read those useless books, just have fun, and you have been thinking hard to make your daughter live in the same room with the eight-year-old nephew. The Rongguo Mansion is a duke's house after all... Now it has become There are no rules and regulations at all, and the family tradition is so corrupt. Although I have heard that the uncle and wife have behaved according to the rules so far, but the behavior of the uncle is like that... Alas!It really gave him a headache the more he thought about it.

"Master, don't worry, Zhuo Jing knows things well, so she won't yell around, but we are talking about these things in private, and the few people who went with me don't know what Miss Jia Er said." Lin Quan bowed immediately. explained.

"Well, it's true that we should send things directly to the big room in the future, but I heard from my wife that her second sister-in-law is also shrewd, and it would be bad if she did it too deliberately, so I think we should score two points in the future It’s good to send it, but how to send things requires some skill, you know how to do it?” Lin Ruhai said to Lin Quan after thinking about it.

"I understand, I understand, the left and right are things to give to the girl, and it will never make the master and the girl stand up in front of the in-laws." Lin Quan understood, and naturally nodded in reply with a clear face.

Lin Ruhai has always believed in Lin Quan's ability, so he heard that Lin Quan already understood what he meant, so he didn't say anything more, but told Lin Quan to go home and have a good rest, and stay in the study by himself to continue thinking about the future He thought that even if he could live to be a hundred years old, he would not be able to protect his daughter all the time, not to mention that he was nearly half a hundred years old and her daughter was only seven years old. It is reasonable for her to rely on her in the future, but even if she wants to have a son, not to mention that he doesn't have that kind of thought, the time will definitely not allow it. How can it be so easy to find a reliable person who can protect her daughter?

Lin Ruhai sighed helplessly, but suddenly remembered that after Lin Zhong returned to Suzhou years ago, he seemed to have mentioned that the offshoots of the Lin family are flourishing, and there are many outstanding children among them. Lin Ruhai had no choice but to think carefully about the Suzhou Lin family who had been separated for five years. He thought that no matter how distant the relationship between them was, they were still members of the same family. Naturally, they were somewhat related by blood. If you find a suitable candidate...