[Red Mansions] Dependents

Although Yaxin and the others went out early, the Shangyuan Festival still attracted the people a lot. When Yaxin went out, the street was already full of people, and the sedan chair could only walk slowly. Yaxin decided to abandon the sedan chair and walk on foot when she couldn't get through at all. Others didn't care, but Xichun was a girl who hadn't left the cabinet but had to wear a veil, and the girl's face was not something anyone could see.

The street is very lively. Various styles of lanterns can be seen everywhere. It can be seen that the sellers and hawkers have put a lot of effort into this lantern, and the handwork is not lacking in exquisiteness.

Yaxin didn't bring any maids with her family when they went out, but she brought the two big maids beside her, and the same was with Ke Qing and Qing Wan. Jia Qi was held by Ke Qing, and the baby was held by Qing Wan. Following Yaxin closely, the two big men Jia Qiang and Jia Rong naturally accompanied their wives.

It was a leisurely way to look around the bustle, and met many people, including Jia Rong’s colleagues, family servants, and Geng’s family. Miaoyu’s belly was too big and it was inconvenient for Jingyu to accompany her at home. .

Jia Qiang booked a private room in Songhe Tower, which is a famous restaurant in the capital, but it was difficult to book, but Jia Qiang happened to be in charge of Yaxin's family's shop, and she had some friendship with these businessmen. The government's face is naturally easy to talk about.

In Songhe Tower, I met Lin Ruhai and Daiyu. Yaxin was very happy. I haven't seen Daiyu for a few days. It's really not as good as my dog's kennel. The feeling is different. After returning to the Lin Mansion, I didn't hear about the illness. After taking care of the house for a few days, Daiyu has become more and more demeanor.

"Sister-in-law, are you coming out too?" Daiyu also just arrived.

Yaxin said happily: "Yes, thinking that the whole family spends the Lantern Festival at home every year, this year is a little different, so I took it out to watch the lantern festival."

"Daddy also said that it's better to go out and have fun with just the two of us at home." Daiyu said happily.

Seeing what Daiyu said, Xichun thought that Daiyu's house was really rare and strangely lonely: "Uncle Lin and Sister Lin, you would like us to be together, and make it more lively, and Qiang'er said that our room can be viewed from the whole capital." Best of all, you can see the busiest places."

Hearing what Xichun said, Daiyu was very excited, just being able to celebrate the festival with Yaxin and the others was enough, not to mention seeing the most prosperous areas.Daiyu and Xichun looked at Lin Ruhai longingly, Lin Ruhai basically responded to Daiyu's request, looked at Yaxin apologetically and said, "Yu'er is not sensible, I'll just talk to her, you guys go up first."

Yaxin looked at Xichun and kept pulling herself to agree, and there was Wawa who had already gone over to pull Daiyu silently, so she compromised what she could do: "Xi'er has said so, and Yu'er thinks so too, how about uncle?" As long as these two little ones are fulfilled, they are still a family anyway, Rong'er and Qiang'er are also here, so uncle doesn't need to worry too much." Ya Xin naturally knew that the biggest concern here was herself.

Lin Ruhai knew something was wrong but couldn't resist Daiyu's pitiful call, but agreed: "So we father and daughter will bother you."

After entering the private room, Daiyu and Xichun got rid of the scarves on their faces, and felt a lot easier. Although they didn't dare to look out blatantly when they opened the window, it was enough to see the bustling scene outside.After ordering some refreshments, they began to chat. It was rare to have a table with women, but Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were obviously absent-minded, and Lin Ruhai was not dissatisfied. Lin Ruhai himself is a dedicated person. Jia Rong and Jia Qiang only feel good about this.Hearing that it wasn't the laughter coming from over there, he turned his head and listened for a while out of curiosity.

"Mother, you don't know. Wan'er and her husband met on the Lantern Festival. At that time, Wan'er followed her mother to watch the lantern festival. When the crowds got crowded, they dispersed. I was impatient and ran around but couldn't find it. There was someone following behind. At that time, I was terrified because I was afraid of some villain. I ran into a dead end in a panic. As a result, he followed, and I yelled at him. Now it’s funny to think about it. If it is such a villain It’s also useless. He came and told me his name, who he was, and where he was from, and then gave me the lantern in his hand. Everyone knows the purpose of a man giving a lantern to a woman on the Lantern Festival, but I So he accepted it in a daze, and then he knew that I was separated from my family, so he stayed with me and waited by the river from a distance." Qingwan said with a smile what happened at that time, feeling boundless in her heart.

Yaxin teased, "Did you fall in love with him then?"

"No. At that time, I just thought that this person was a good person." Qingwan was a little embarrassed to be teased by Yaxin, but she still said: "It was later that he asked the uncle to come to propose marriage and was rejected by my parents. I thought he should give up just this once, after all men are good-faced, but he ran away and promised my parents several times that he would treat me well in the future. Moved."

Yaxin smiled and said, "I never thought that he would be so active in this matter when he usually looks like a stunned young man. I underestimated him."

Lin Ruhai found it funny, but at the same time felt warm, a kind of homely warmth. Since Jia Min left, this feeling has disappeared. Lin Ruhai watched Yaxin, Keqing, and Qingwan talking and laughing, while accompanying Dai Yu Xichun was amused, and from time to time told the doll lying by the window to pay attention to safety, which created an illusion of being a family.

"Grandma, come and see." The quick breath of the doll attracted everyone's attention, and also interrupted Lin Ruhai's confused thoughts. Lin Ruhai withdrew his mind and found that no one found it, so he was relieved and followed everyone to see what the doll found.

The doll stretched her hand as far as she could and pointed at a place on the street: "Grandma, is that the trafficker you mentioned? The doll has been watching him for a long time, and he has been following the aunt who is holding the child in front of him, and even pulled him a few times. That sister."

Seeing that the doll was so nervous and looked at the place the doll was pointing at, there was a man sneaking behind a woman, and the woman didn't pay attention, but the child obviously knew it, with a look of fear and bewilderment.

"Rong'er, go and remind that woman, you are anxious to see the baby." In fact, apart from compassion, the most important thing is the baby, and the elders can't teach the child to die.

But Qing couldn't bear it in her heart, and said after hearing this: "Mother, I should go with my husband, it's not very convenient for him to go to a woman's house as a grown man."

Yaxin nodded: "Go now."

Doll kept watching by the window, fearing that her little sister would be taken away by traffickers before her parents arrived. "Grandma, why did he do this? Doesn't his family have any children?" It was the first time he faced the sinister side of human beings. , the baby is very sad, and the same Daiyu and Xichun know people's intrigues, but they are not very comfortable when facing them.

"Who knows, the reason for each trafficker to do this may be the same or different, and the ultimate goal is just for the money." Yaxin sighed, human traffickers have always existed since ancient times, for the benefit of all, who knows they What on earth was thinking in my heart, to actually do such a wicked thing.

After the baby saw what Jia Rong and Ke Qing had said to the woman, the woman looked back nervously and saw a person walking away in a panic. She lowered her head and asked about her child, then quickly picked up the child and said goodbye. Jia Rong and Ke Qing apologized, felt at ease, looked at Ya Xin and asked, "Is money really that good?"

Yaxin handed Jia Qi in her arms to Qingwan, hugged the doll and said, "Money is a good thing. Without money, a doll will have no place to live and nothing to eat. Dolls can't have many things they like, and they can help many people." , but money will trigger people’s desires and make people do bad things, then money will become a bad thing.”

The baby thought for a while and said: "The baby understands, the money is not bad, but the people are bad, just like what grandma said about Chu people carrying biscuits."

"Yes, the people of Chu are innocent, but they are guilty of carrying a bi. In fact, it doesn't matter to others if they are pregnant. It's just that those people are greedy. We just need to live well. We don't want to force things that are not ours." Ya Xin rubbed the doll's head and said.Lin Ruhai listened to it as if he had learned a lesson. How many people in the officialdom suffered only because of "carrying biscuits". Women are thorough, can't compare, can't compare!

This little episode passed in a short while, and the baby had a good time pulling Daiyu and Xichun, and forgot about the unpleasant things. Over there, Daiyu told the story to the baby, and Xichun also read a lot of books, Daiyu Tell one, and she will go on to tell the next story, which is cheap and the doll has won a lot.

When they returned to the mansion, the children were all asleep, Xichun's head was nodded several times like a chicken pecking at rice, and her eyelids drooped, so Yaxin let them all go back, and went back to the room by herself, thinking about the day. In the evening, I don't know if it's an illusion or what, I feel that Lin Ruhai is always staring at me, but I shake my head, don't think about it too much, even if there is anything in this generation, the two of them can't get over it, so let's sleep peacefully Bar.

On the day of the Flower Festival in February, Daiyu posted a post on her birthday and invited the little sisters from the Ningrong Second Mansion to come to the house for a gathering. Xuan Keqing entered the palace. Recently, everyone in and outside the palace knew that the queen mother was very fond of Keqing, so now Xuanzhao doesn't have to make excuses every time. The queen mother wants to chat with someone when she has nothing to do, and she likes Keqing , Announcing her into the palace and other people have nothing to say, except for jealousy, what else can I do, I can only lament that I am not so lucky to be a queen mother