The Lin family of the Red Chamber has a son

But Lin Yan packed up his luggage and paid homage to Lin Ruhai for a hundred days, then he took his sister and family servants and hired two large boats to go north to the capital.

Daiyu had actually weakened a bit due to her father's death. Lin Yan had feared that she would not be able to support her after a long journey, so she ordered people not to travel, but to travel day and night.He also told the maids and mothers beside Daiyu to pay attention at all times, and if there was anything wrong, they should speak up as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the weather gradually cooled down at this time, and the journey went smoothly.

Abandoning the boat and landing on this day, the Lin family's carriage was already waiting at the pier.Lin Yan asked Daiyu to take the car, and rode the tall horse himself. The two brothers and sisters followed by the girl, the woman and others went back to the mansion first.There were many salutes and other things in the back, and the people from the Lin family went to count them one by one, loaded them into the truck and transported them back.

Although Daiyu knew that her family had a house in Beijing, she only came back today.After sitting in the car for a long time before stopping, I heard my brother's voice: "Sister, we are home."

Sitting by the window, Daiyu looked out through the gap in the gauze curtain, and saw that the car had already parked in front of a house.The two red lacquered doors were opened wide, and a dozen young servants with delicate features and clean looks stood in a row, and there was another well-dressed, slightly fat man waiting in the middle, but it was the old butler of the Lin residence, Lin Lin, who came over a month earlier. become.

Seeing the chariots and horses of Lin Yan brothers and sisters approaching, Lin Cheng's face immediately showed excitement, and he walked forward quickly to meet him and bowed to greet him.

Lin Yan jumped off the horse, picked up Lin Cheng with a smile, and said inwardly, "Uncle Lin has worked hard these days."

Lin Cheng didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly changed the servants to lead the horses, and respectfully welcomed Lin Yan brother and sister into the mansion.

Daiyu's carriage drove all the way to Yimen, the servants retreated, and an old woman opened the curtain outside.Zijuan Xueyan got out of the car first, and then helped Daiyu down.

Followed by a neat and refined nanny, she blessed Daiyu and said with a smile, "Hello, girl. I am in charge of the maids and women in the inner courtyard. Everyone in the mansion calls me Chen Sheng's family. "

Daiyu nodded slightly.

Lin Yan also walked in, looked at Daiyu and said with a smile, "My sister's house has been tidied up, and it's in the back yard. My sister is going to rest now, and later..."

Before the words were finished, a person rushed out from the Moon Cave Gate and shouted, "Second Uncle!"

Then a figure jumped into Lin Yan's arms.

Daiyu was caught off guard and was taken aback.When I looked closely, I saw a child wearing a sky-blue double row of fringe sleeves and a lotus-blue silk ribbon around his waist, sitting next to his brother.

Lin Yan looked down at the child who was holding his arm tightly and refused to let go. He hadn't seen him for a year, but the child was taller, with a lot of flesh on his face, and he still looked chubby.

Knocking on his forehead, Lin Yan smiled and said, "You don't know how to be ashamed in front of your aunt? Why don't you meet your aunt soon?"

The child turned his head, a pair of round eyes gurgling, looked at Daiyu, saw that this aunt was only a few years older than himself, and her dress was so clean, not only in line with the jade pendant, pressed skirt and other decorations He didn't bring anything with him, even on his head, he only tied his hair with a white jade butterfly hairpin.

Although the clothes are simple, and there is a bit of shock on the face, but the appearance is needless to say, just standing there still makes people want to get close.He grinned at the moment, and called out crisply: "Auntie!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he lifted up his robe and knelt down on the ground, saying: "My nephew, Lin Ruo, has met Auntie and kowtowed to Auntie."

Daiyu let out an "Aiya" in her heart, seeing that the child was not much younger than herself, so she could just call her aunt, but she knelt down as she wished, and she didn't know who it was...

Hesitating to avoid it, Lin Yan said with a smile, "Sister accepts his gift with peace of mind, that's what he should do."

Even so, Daiyu hurriedly asked Mother Wang behind her to help the child up, and then looked at Lin Yan, "Brother, this is..."

"This is my elder brother's child, and now I'll live with me. I'll tell my sister when I have time to look at it in detail. It's okay to bow now, and we've met each other. Would my sister go back to the house for a rest?"

Daiyu was indeed exhausted from the journey, and after all, the journey was no worse than at home, especially bathing and other things were even more inconvenient.When Lin Yan said this, he immediately felt uncomfortable all over his body.He hurriedly responded to Lin Yan's words, and followed the old lady in the mansion to his yard.

At this time, it has entered September, which is the best time of the year in Beijing.The sky is blue and the clouds are white, and the wind is refreshing.

Daiyu held Zijuan's hand and followed Chen Sheng's family to the backyard.Chen Sheng's family is very talkative and shrewd, so he naturally knows that this time when the two masters come back, this girl may be the master in the inner courtyard in the future.Therefore, he was very careful when speaking, lest he could not say a word, so he would bump into the girl.

Daiyu's room really took a lot of thought to tidy up.The three rooms are very spacious, and when you enter the door, you can see a glass screen with a pear wood bottom to separate the inner and outer rooms.Because in Xiaozhong, those brightly colored antique jade wares were not placed on the ancient shelves.A six-foot-wide rosewood box bed was set up inside, with a blue gauze curtain on it.There is also a book table near the window, on which is a small three-legged incense burner.There is also a Ru kiln beauty shoulder vase with seasonal flowers placed on the other side of the desk.

After taking off the cloak on his body, a little girl brought him warm water.Zijuan hurriedly covered Daiyu's skirt and helped her wash her face.

Daiyu felt that she was very tired, so she leaned on the bed to rest her mind, and only asked Zijuan Xueyan to rest by herself, and she also wanted to take advantage of this effort to rest a little.

Lin Yan didn't care about grooming himself, so he first placed the spiritual tablet of Lin Ruhai and his wife in the Buddhist hall behind, and kowtowed reverently.

Fu went to the study again, Lin Cheng had already prepared the account books of various affairs in the mansion for Lin Yan to check.

Looking at the two thick account books on the table, Lin Yan suddenly felt a headache.

In the evening, Lin Yan told Daiyu in detail about the origin of that child——Lin Ruo, who was originally his biological elder brother's child.Lin Yan had lost his father since he was a child, and only lived with his brother and sister-in-law.Who knew that his elder brother went out to listen to Zen in the temple that year, but when he came back, he encountered heavy rain, fell off the mountain, and disappeared on the spot.The sister-in-law was pregnant with the child for eight months. When she suddenly heard the bad news, she couldn't bear it. The child was born prematurely, and she herself collapsed to death.

Since then, a ten-year-old uncle and a newborn baby have been dependent on each other.

When Daiyu heard about Lin Ruo's life experience, she couldn't help but think of herself again. They were both fatherless and motherless. That child had never even met her own parents, so she was even more pitiful than herself.

"Poor child..." Daiyu wiped the red circles under her eyes, wishing she could call Lin Ruo to comfort her.

He also asked Zicuckoo to take out the prepared meeting gifts-four new books, a fine Duan inkstone, and an exquisite white jade pendant.

Lin Yan saw Daiyu's unspeakable look of wind and frost all the time, although the brows were a little sad, but there was a tired and lazy look, so he didn't say much, just drove Daiyu back to rest .

Lin Yan originally planned to go to bed early, but he didn't know that he was about to fall asleep in a daze, when he heard a soft "creak" from the window, and it was pushed open again.

Lin Yan opened his eyes helplessly, and by the moonlight outside, he could vaguely see a black figure jumping in neatly from the window.

Tomorrow, someone must put some bottles and cans under the windows——Lin Yan thought so.

Once the black shadow entered the room, it tiptoedly closed the window again.Turning around to look at the bed with the sky-blue curtain hanging, the people inside were the ones I had thought about for a long time, but the hateful curtain was actually tightly covered.

Thinking of this, he relaxed his steps a little bit, and half-moved to the front of the couch, only to feel his heart beating more and more violently.

After hesitating for a while, he finally reached out.

Before touching it, a white and slender hand stretched out from inside, lifting the curtain.

Situ Lan looked at Lin Yan who suddenly sat up on the couch. He let down his hair because he was sleeping. Now his black hair was scattered on his shoulders. His hair was dyed with ink and his face was like a jade crown. He looked, but his eyes were bright with anger.

"Zifei, um, um, you're back?..."

"Nonsense! You don't know what I'm doing here in the middle of the night when I'm back?" Lin Yan said angrily.

Situ Lan couldn't bear his angry look the most, so she threw herself on the bed, hugged Lin Yan with the quilt together, and said with a smile, "Zifei is the most cruel person. I haven't seen you in months. , and didn’t tell me when I came back. In vain, I told you so much in my last reply, and ordered someone to send me a message when you got on the boat, so that I could count the time to pick you up. Inquiring over there, I didn’t know you came back today.”

As he talked, Situ Lan felt seven parts wronged and three parts angry.Two peach blossom eyes stared at Lin Yan, only to see that his face was getting redder.

Coughing lightly, Lin Yan pushed Situ Lan and said, "Calm down, Bi Luo and the others are outside."

"You lied to me again. You never want girls to sleep in the outside room. Now they are all sleeping in the wing room?"

Lin Yan was amused when he heard this, "When did you come here? Why do you only see it with your own eyes?"

As he spoke, he pushed Situ Lan away vigorously with his hands, and walked to the tea compartment with his shoes, poured tea and handed it to Situ Lan.

Today is the night of the full moon, and the moon is bright and bright.Although the window is covered with gauze, it can still be seen clearly.The two held a glass of warm water each, and sat there talking in a low voice.

Lin Yan suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly asked Situ Lan: "As I said last time, please help me pay attention to a well-educated nanny, do you have someone to choose?"

Situ Lan nodded: "I've been thinking about it. This year, my brother happened to be praying for his father, and many people were released from the palace. I asked someone to check the roster of the inner palace, and found that there was nothing in the family. The nanny, who is well versed in manners, found two of them, and they will be sent to you tomorrow."

After Lin Yan heard this, although he entrusted him with this matter, he had no intention of actually inviting the nuns in the palace. After all, those nuns in the palace were all of rank and salary.If it wasn't for the princess princess, where could he be easily invited?

I don't think Situ Lan really invited him here, not only that, but what he said was simple, but his thoughts were extremely meticulous.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Situ Lan again, and it came out in his gaze.

Situ Lan was overwhelmed by the flattery, the hand that was originally on the knee seemed to rest on the table inadvertently, and then slowly slid towards Lin Yan.Lin Yan looked funny, so he just patted it back.

Situ Lan sat there and chatted wildly with Lin Yan about his experiences on the road, seeing that Lin Yan couldn't hold on any longer, so he reluctantly left.

"Wait," Lin Yan saw that he went to push the window again, put his hand to his forehead and said softly, "In the future, when you come to the door, you will come to the door, don't do these things like jumping over walls and windows. If Yushi finds out, he must read your book. "

In the morning of the next day, as expected, Situ Lan sent the two women from the palace to come with the foster mother.

When Lin Yan looked at the two nuns, one had a long face and a slightly fat body; the other had combed hair meticulously and had no expression on his face, but looked a little paralyzed.

The two greeted Lin Yan, then pushed aside and stood respectfully.

Lin Yan had ordered Daiyu to come over earlier, and pointed to the two nanny and introduced to her: "This one is Madam Xu, and this one is Nanny Li. The two nanny were released from the palace. The old people who come out are very well-behaved. I specially asked someone to invite them here, and my sister will just learn from Mammy in the future."

Daiyu naturally knew that it was extremely difficult to find a foster nun in this palace, and if the girls in the big family were taught, they would naturally benefit a lot.Those foster nuns are naturally extremely hard to find, even though they have lived in the Rong Mansion for several years, they have never seen the nuns in the palace come to give advice to the sisters, they are just followed by the old nuns in the mansion.Who did my brother entrust to invite him here?Why such a big face?

Daiyu felt that there were many things about her brother that people could not understand.Although he was curious in his heart, he would not lose his manners. After hearing what his brother said, he got up and said yes.

Lin Yan said to the two nuns again: "My younger sister is already 12 years old now. Since there is no elder in the house, I have to ask the two nuns to take the trouble to teach her."

Those two people originally came here under the order of Prince Zhongshun, how dare they not be dedicated?Now seeing that Lin Yan is a gentle and elegant person, and his conversation is not overpowering, I like it a little more in my heart.Seeing Daiyu's picturesque eyebrows and clear demeanor, although she was dressed in plain filial piety, her gestures were well-regulated, and she hurriedly said, "What's the matter, sir? Our sisters dare not say anything else. By the side of the princess and princess. It's a matter of the rules, but please rest assured, sir."

Lin Yan smiled with satisfaction.He ordered people to send the two nuns to rest, then turned to Daiyu and said, "there are still fewer people around my sister. I don't know much about the inner house, so why don't my sister take advantage of these days to look at it coldly?" Come on, and bring up two more girls from the second class."

After hearing this, Daiyu thought for a while and said with a smile: "The people around me are enough. Don't need to make up any more?"

"Sister is stupid. Now that we are living in Beijing, which of the girls in the big families in Beijing doesn't have four or five big girls around? This is a rule. It's nothing in our own home, just waiting We have passed the filial piety, and my sister will go with me to the homes of some old acquaintances of my father. It is inevitable that I will not make friends with the girls in the boudoir. Wouldn’t it be a joke if there are fewer people following me? Besides, the girl who is close to me is also It's not easy to get what you want in a day or two, and you have to learn to serve from the nuns, which is also a difficult job. Therefore, when my sister looks at people, you might as well choose some younger ones."

Daiyu stopped talking, and felt grateful to her elder brother for his thoughtfulness, but she couldn't say thank you no matter what.

Mother Wang behind her was full of joy.She was originally Daiyu's nurse, and seeing Daiyu grow up, she naturally knew how pampered Daiyu was in Yangzhou.Later, he followed Daiyu to the north of the capital. The master meant that he was afraid that the girl's grandfather's family would be suspicious, so he sent only one of the maids beside Daiyu there.Who knew that Rong Mansion's name sounds nice, but it is harsh in the upbringing of the girls.Even including his own girl, plus the three girls from Rongfu, each of them is just two big girls around him.If it goes out, it won't look good.

Seeing that the uncle, who is not his own brother, can think of these things for the girl, besides, let the girl choose by herself, isn't this the best thing?At that moment, he put his palms together and recited the sound of the Buddha, and then he said happily to Daiyu: "Miss, why don't you hurry up and thank the uncle? It's not because the girl looks good outside, but now that there are more people serving, the girl also saves a lot of money." Isn't it a problem? Let's talk..."

Smiling, he glanced at Zijuan behind Daiyu, "Now the maids around the girl are all grown up, and they will be released in a year or two, so why don't you just hold on to the younger ones first?" what?"

Lin Yan picked up the celadon tureen on the table and said with a smile, "After all, Mammy has experienced a lot. I never thought of these things."

Looking down at the clear tea in the bowl, she didn't ignore the sudden change of Zijuan's face behind Daiyu.

Just as he was about to speak again, a girl came in from outside and replied: "Master, someone from the Rongguo Mansion outside has sent a post, did you see it or not?"

Daiyu thought of something, her face suddenly changed, and she looked at Lin Yan.Lin Yan smiled reassuringly, and said to the girl, "Call me in."