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Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Zicuckoo, you know what Baoyu sent you. They are all wrapped together. You can send them back to Baoyu later."

Xueyan said: "Then what about the handkerchiefs that were written on earlier? I remember Qingwen sent them at night."

Daiyu said: "It's better to burn those handkerchiefs, Mei Qing, light the fire for me, and burn those useless waste papers."

Mei Qing heard this, quickly got angry, and said to Daiyu: "Girl, I want to go back tomorrow, you and the fourth girl gave Princess Miaoyu a gift, should I take it to Feng's mansion or let the young prince take it to the palace?"

Daiyu thought for a while and said: "You should let the young prince take it to Miaoyu. I will tell the fourth sister tomorrow to see if she has anything for sister Miaoyu. I still have to write a letter and invite you tomorrow." Take them together."

After dinner, Daiyu really concentrated on writing letters at the table, thinking that Shui Rong would be anxious about leaving Jia's mansion, so she also told her that she would stay in the capital for a few days after leaving Jia's mansion, and would definitely send someone to inform her Where I live.

Daiyu's two letters were both very long, so she folded them up and then went to wash and rest.

Not long after the [-]th day, Daiyu was talking with Wang Momo and Zijuan in the room, when she saw a maid outside come in and come back: "Miss Lin, a visitor from Gusu has arrived, and Mr. Lai is accompanying him in from the second gate. Someone has already told the old lady."

Daiyu Wangmao and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, knowing that Lin Zhong must be here.So he ordered Chun Xian and Mei Qing to prepare refreshments, and he, Xueyan Wangmao and Zijuan hurried out.

When Daiyu's master and servants came to the second living room, they saw Lin Zhong, Li Lei, Li Xun and a boy of fifteen or sixteen sitting there.Not seeing each other for a few years, Daiyu saw that Lin Zhong already had a lot of gray hair on his forehead, she couldn't help being excited and knelt down and said, "Uncle Lin!"

When Lin Zhong saw Daiyu, she was already a slender girl, so he hurriedly lifted her up and said in surprise, "Yu'er has grown into a big girl!"

Daiyu greeted Li Lei and Li Xun again, and called him brother.Lin Zhong pulled the young man over again and said, "Yu'er, this is the young master of Shopkeeper Hu. He lives on Chang'an Avenue and is the son of my old friend."

The boy also came forward to greet Daiyu: "Hu Shan pays homage to the girl. Father is busy, so he asked me to come to see the girl."

Daiyu knew that he must be the son of the pharmacy shopkeeper of her own, so she hurriedly saluted, "Mr. Hu, thank you for your hard work! Say hello to your father for me."

For a while, Zijuan and Xueyan also greeted Lin Zhong and Li Lei together.

Just as they sat down, they saw Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng coming out.It turned out that when Uncle Lin came to the mansion today, according to Ru Hai's instructions, he specially prepared generous gifts worth several thousand taels, and there was a full cart full of gifts the size of Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion.The butler, Lai Da, has seen the world. He saw that although Uncle Lin is not Daiyu's real uncle, he is dressed in an extraordinary manner. Li Lei and Li Xun who came with him are already the deputy generals of the Jingxi Army Camp. Hu Shan is a young man. It was unusual, especially it was the first time I saw so many gifts, so I hurriedly asked someone to report to Mrs. Jia Muwang.

Seeing Mrs. Jia Muwang coming out, Lin Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to salute.Mother Jia had met Lin Zhong before, so she laughed and said, "Uncle Lin has worked so hard to come here so far, so don't be offended if you don't show proper manners."

Lin Zhongdao: "It's Yu'er's blessing to see that the old lady is still so healthy. The old lady and uncle and wife have worked hard all these years to raise Yu'er so well. If my elder brother and sister-in-law can see that Yu'er is now I don't know how happy I will be."

After Lin Zhong finished speaking, he asked Li Lei and Li Xun to greet Mrs. Jia Mu Wang, and introduced them: "These two are the nephews of Yu'er's grandmother's natal family, and they are also Yu'er's cousin. Now I am serving in the Western Jingxi Military Camp and living in the capital. I went to the capital yesterday, so I went to see the two of them first. This is Mr. Hu, the son of my old friend, and also the son of my elder brother's old friend."

After everyone saw the ceremony, Lin Zhong asked Li Lei to present the gift list, and said with a smile: "I came here by coincidence, and I heard that Young Master Biao is getting married tomorrow, so I would like to congratulate the old lady and uncle first."

Jia Mu laughed and said: "This is happiness on top of happiness. Yu'er has been looking forward to your coming for many days. You will only stay here for a few days. There may be many guests in these two days. We are busy. You should not be too formal!" "

Lin Zhongdao: "Old lady, don't worry, we will definitely wait for Young Master Biao to get married before returning to Gusu. I just wonder if Yu'er has much luggage? We need to prepare the carriage first."

After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly said, "Uncle Lin, I don't have many things."

After Daiyu finished speaking, she said to Jia Mu: "Grandmother, there will be many guests in a while, and my aunt and sister-in-law Feng will be busy. I would like to invite Uncle Lin, my two cousins ​​and Mr. Hu to my Xiaoxiang Pavilion for a while. They have a meal, I wonder if grandma can do it?"

Jia Mu said: "Yu'er, it's okay to sit with you for a while. Let's go to the living room for dinner. There will be many guests in a while. So, girl Feng, you can arrange a few guest rooms for Yu'er's family to live here." Come down."

Lin Zhong heard this, and hurriedly said: "You don't need to be so troublesome, old lady. Yu'er's two cousins ​​have houses in the capital. I want to live with them. Mr. Hu's house is also on Chang'an Avenue. I haven't visited the capital for a long time. , I also want to visit them. Now there is a great thing going on in this mansion, I will come over for a wedding tomorrow!"

Seeing Lin Zhong being so forthright, Jia's mother was also very happy, so she nodded and said, "This is our rudeness, I think you should stay here?"

Li Lei hurriedly said: "Old lady, you don't have to be so polite. We haven't been together for a few years. Today, Uncle Lin is here. Li should stay at our house."

After hearing this, Jia Mu had no choice but to obey.

For a while, Daiyu led Lin Zhong, Li Lei, Li Xun and Hu Shan to Xiaoxiangguan, and Mei Qing and Chun Xian had already prepared refreshments.Lin Zhong looked at Daiyu's room and said with a smile, "Yu'er's room is a bit like our room in Gusu, except that there are many books."

Xueyan said: "Uncle Lin doesn't know, we have already packed several boxes. People say that Confucius's moving house is full of books, and I think it's the same when the girl moved."

Mr. Hu looked around and praised: "Miss Lin's room is full of books, it's really not simple, it makes us men feel ashamed."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Could it be that Mr. Hu also likes to read?"

Lin Zhong smiled and said: "Yu'er, don't look at Mr. Hu as young, he started school at the age of 15 last year."

Daiyu looked at Hu Shan and couldn't help but admire him: "Mr. Hu is so powerful? Then I should learn from you."

Daiyu smiled at Li Lei and Li Xun again and said, "Have the two cousins ​​settled on a cousin?"

Li Lei hurriedly said: "I told Li Xun that we will not consider starting a family until Sister Yu'er has settled on a marriage."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Cousin Lei, Cousin Xun, you are all over 20 years old, you shouldn't wait for me, I am still young. I regret that my father didn't help you start a family back then. If you are interested You can say anything to Uncle Lin and me! If you don’t get married, I’m afraid that you will be the most unmarried in the Jingxi Military Camp.”

Li Xun is shy and usually doesn't like to talk. Hearing what Daiyu said, he hurriedly said: "Sister Yu'er is wrong. Except for the chief general, many people in our barracks have no families. There are many older people who have no families than us."

Lin Zhongdao: "Yu'er is right. Now that Yu'er is leaving here, Li Lei and Li Xun, you two should start paying attention to see if there is a girl you like. Time flies, and Yu'er is so tall. I still Big brother came to this mansion when he was in the capital, and there was no such a big garden at that time."

Daiyu said: "Uncle Lin doesn't know, there are nearly twenty yards like mine in this garden. It took a lot of effort to build this garden."

Daiyu asked Li Lei and Li Xun again: "Brother Li Tai is also in the Jingxi military camp now, I wonder if you can see him often, cousin? How is he now?"

Li Lei said: "General Li is the deputy commander now, and he goes to the school field every day to review the drills of the soldiers, he is amazing!"

Lin Zhong asked Daiyu, "Yu'er, do you think we will leave on the 21th or the [-]st?"

Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Uncle Lin, I think it will take [-] days. I have almost cleaned up here, and Uncle Lin will decide."

Lin Zhongdao: "I heard that Yu'er has been to the Beijing Palace several times, how is the old prince now?"

Daiyu said: "Uncle Lin, Uncle Shui is very kind to me. I went there once a year ago, and Uncle Shui's old injury relapsed, and now he is recuperating in the Beijing Palace."

Lin Zhongdao: "Then I will visit the old prince tomorrow. The eldest brother has explained that if you leave after Yu'er, you can inform the prince of Beijing."

Thinking of the matter of Shui Rong, Daiyu nodded and said, "Then it will be hard for Uncle Lin."

Lin Zhong took a look at the several boxes that Daiyu had already packed, and Daiyu hurriedly said, "Uncle Lin, I don't have any other valuable things, just several boxes of books, which I picked out and brought from Gusu back then. , all the things from my grandmother’s place are kept, and I have asked Xueyan Zijuan to give some other small things to some maids outside.”

Lin Zhongdao: "It's better to be more concise. Yu'er, I'll come to the banquet tomorrow, you can tell the old lady that I have hired a boat for [-] days, and Li Lei and Li Xun will come to help move things. Here I just finished the wedding, so I'm busy if I think about it, so I don't need to bother them."

Daiyu nodded.

For a moment Yuanyang came over to invite Lin Zhong, Li Lei and Li Xun to have dinner, Lin Zhong said: "Yu'er, we will leave the house first after dinner, we still have some things to do, I will come over tomorrow, Li Lei and Li Xun are going to the barracks tomorrow. We will come early the day after tomorrow, you guys have to pack your things."

Daiyu hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Uncle Lin, Mother Wang and I will prepare everything."

Yuanyang led Lin Zhong, Li Lei, Li Xun, Hu Shan and others through the corridor, smiled at Lin Zhong and said: "The old lady told you, you are Miss Lin's relatives, if you like, you can stay here."

Lin Zhong smiled and said, "Girl, don't bother, I can live with Li Lei and Li Xun. We used to be together all the time in Yangzhou."

Yuanyang smiled and said, "Uncle Lin, you don't have to be polite, just call me Yuanyang. I'm the old lady's girl, Miss Lin and her two cousins ​​are both in the military camp, and they must have families. It's rare to come back. In my opinion, Uncle Lin is still It's more convenient to live here."

After hearing this, Li Xun said with a blushing face: "To tell you the truth, Li Lei and I haven't got married yet, so how could we have a family? We two brothers will not want to start a family until Sister Yu'er is engaged. things."

Yuanyang glanced at Li Xun, and saw Li Xun's face flushed when he said this, and hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm really sorry, I didn't know you didn't have a family. The male college is married, and you are both serving in the military camp. You are so outstanding. I thought you were already married."

Li Xun replied with some embarrassment: "Both of us brothers have no parents or family members, so no girl would like us."

Yuanyang smiled and said, "Why? I think you are all outstanding."

Lin Zhong said with a smile: "I think Miss Yuanyang is so good, she should have already settled for someone? If the girl has a suitable person, how about you help the two cousins, Yu'er, as a matchmaker?"

After hearing this, Yuanyang couldn't help blushing and said: "Uncle Lin, we are servants, I'm just a girl, and now I have to serve the old lady, how do I know how to be a matchmaker?"

Lin Zhong sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, Yu'er, these two cousins ​​are good. My elder brother has always regretted that he didn't marry them, and Yu'er is still young. We don't have any acquaintances in the capital, and there are only a few of them in the barracks." Big man, their daughter-in-law, I'm afraid they really need the help of Yuanyang girl and Yu'er."

Yuanyang glanced at Li Lei and Li Xun, seeing Li Xun looking at her, she blushed and lowered her head and stopped talking.

The next day, Lin Zhong went to the pharmacy to get a few boxes of high-quality medicinal materials, bought a gift, and brought a shop assistant with him to the Beijing Prince's Mansion to visit Shui Ruoning, Prince of Beijing.

Shui Ruoning was reading in the study, when he heard that Gusu Lin Zhong was visiting, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly brought Uncle Yun to greet him.

Lin Zhong hasn't seen Shui Ruoning for several years, seeing that he is indeed thinner and aging a lot, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Shui Ruoning.Shui Ruoning said with a smile: "Yu'er always expected her Uncle Lin to come earlier, and now she is finally here. Has Uncle Lin visited Yu'er?"

Lin Zhong nodded and said: "To tell you the truth, I have been here for a few days, because I am really busy. I only went to the Rongguo Mansion yesterday, and I know that my visit this time coincides with the wedding of Young Master Biao of the Rongguo Mansion. It is too late I will come to see you for a few days, please don’t blame me.”

Shui Ruoning smiled and said: "Uncle Lin has traveled so far, it's too hard, if you don't mind, just stay here for a few days, I have something to discuss with Uncle Lin."

Lin Zhong hurriedly said: "In recent years, Yu'er and her two cousins ​​have received much love from the prince, and Lin Zhong is very grateful. Right now, Li Lei and Li Xun both have residences. My elder brother also let me prepare a place Settle down, so I'd better go back and live."

Shui Ruoning sighed: "Brother Ruhai has been gone for more than five years in a blink of an eye. To tell you the truth, Uncle Lin, I have been looking forward to your coming to Beijing earlier, because of the matter between Yu'er and Rong'er, I don't know if Uncle Lin has listened to Yu'er. Did you talk about lifelong events?"

Lin Zhong heard this, and said in surprise: "I don't know if the prince is talking about Yu'er or the young prince's marriage?"

Shui Ruoning smiled and said: "I'm talking about the marriage between me, Rong'er and Yu'er. Uncle Lin may not know that my family's Rong'er wants to marry Yu'er wholeheartedly, and Yu'er treats Rong'er well. Uncle Lin is now Yu'er's Elder, do you think we can settle their affairs first?"

Lin Zhong heard this, and hurriedly said: "I will tell you the truth, Yu'er's life is the most important thing for my elder brother. Yu'er has no parents or brothers, and my elder brother only hopes that Yu'er can marry a loyal man who is devoted to her. I don't want Yu'er to marry the prince and grandson and a high-ranking family, the prince must have heard from my elder brother. Although I am an elder, I can't force Yu'er to marry, first of all, she must be willing."

Shui Ruoning smiled and said: "Of course I know, I was the one who requested the emperor's decree on behalf of Brother Ruhai. Who knew that by mistake, I and the emperor's own son were blocked, and the emperor had no choice, because You are not joking. Uncle Lin doesn’t know that my Rong’er, after meeting 12-year-old Yu’er, vowed to marry Yu’er. He said that if he didn’t marry Yu’er, he would marry no one. Now he is 19 years old. Don’t want a girl, don’t want people in the room, don’t allow me and the emperor to talk about any marriage with him, it makes me and the emperor’s head faint. I asked Yu’er, and she said that you should agree.”

Lin Zhong heard this, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, if Yu'er agrees, my elder brother must be alive and protect Yu'er. However, there are two more things, I wonder if the lord has thought about it? "

Shui Ruoning hurriedly asked which two things.

Lin Zhong sighed: "Your Majesty knows that Yu'er's mother passed away so early. The main reason is that she felt guilty that she did not leave a man to inherit the incense. Yu'er's grandfather has repeatedly warned my elder brother to raise Yu'er well, saying that Yu'er is also a child. It will be the hope of the Gusu Lin family in the future. Therefore, my elder brother hopes that the person Yuer will marry should not only treat Yuer well, but also take into account the incense of the Gusu Lin family. What the elder brother means is that if Yuer only has two sons in the future, We must leave a son to inherit the incense of the Lin family."

To know how Shui Ruoning would answer after hearing this, read the following.