[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Hearing the news of Wu Hui's return, Bao Cong was dumbfounded.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai was over 50 years old... I can't blame him for being so surprised by Lin Ruhai's age.

Bao Cong himself is Mrs. Wang's old man, but he had been thinking about Lin Daiyu's parents with ordinary thinking before, thinking that Lin Ruhai was only in his thirties.

He didn't know that Lin Ruhai married Jia Min at a young age, but because both of them were in poor health, it was very difficult for them to have children.The couple had been seeking medical advice everywhere for more than ten years. Jia Min gave birth to Lin Daiyu when Lin Ruhai was in his early forties.

A few years later, Jia Min struggled to have another son, and when he was less than three years old, the child died, and Jia Min also died of illness.

Lin Daiyu is now 12 years old, counting her age, isn't Lin Ruhai already in her fifties?

In the age of the ancients, Lin Ruhai in his fifties was already considered a long life.

Moreover, he was originally in poor health. Since he became an official, he has done everything by himself and done his best.In the end, he gained a good reputation as an upright official, but it was his own life.

No matter how many health-enhancing jades Bao Cong gave him, wearing them on his body and displaying them in the house, they still couldn't make up for his painstaking effort!

After Lin Daiyu got home, she only devoted herself to serving the decoction in front of Lin Ruhai, shed tears from time to time, and couldn't think of anything else.

In the evening, Baocong was worried that she would not be able to bear it, so he called Zijuan and Qingwen, and said: "Nowadays, Lin's family affairs are so messy, and sister Lin is focused on Uncle Lin, and even neglects herself. You two Zijuan just takes the snow geese to serve Sister Lin and persuades her to eat and rest on time, Qingwen just follows Mrs. Wang to take care of Sister Lin's things, and don't care about the rest."

"If you need to find Sister Lin for anything, or if someone bumps into her, you can just ask someone to go out on the spot, and then tell Xue Yan to come back to me, and I will deal with it myself."

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Qingwen and Zijuan nodded their heads in agreement, and after returning to the inner courtyard, they chatted and persuaded Lin Daiyu to go back to her room to eat something and take a rest.

After persuading Lin Daiyu to go away, Bao Cong went back to Lin Ruhai, just when he heard Jia Lian asking about the doctor's condition, he only said that he was dying, and only depended on ginseng soup to hang his life, and he could live one day longer.

Bao Cong's heart became heavier after hearing this, and he followed Jia Lian to guard Lin Ruhai's bed.

During the day, when Lin Ruhai saw Lin Daiyu coming back, he reluctantly drank a bowl of ginseng soup, and struggled to say a few words to her.Afterwards he has been in a coma, talking nightmares.

Bao Cong and Jia Lian kept watch until midnight, when they suddenly heard some movement on the bed.When they went over to look, they saw Lin Ruhai opened his eyes, looking at the bed curtain with wandering eyes.

"Uncle Lin? Uncle Lin?" Jia Lian called him softly, and when he saw him looking at him, he said, "Does Uncle Lin know his nephew? I am Jia Lian, my father, Jia She. When you married your little aunt, you once seen!"

Lin Ruhai squinted his eyes, recognized it for a long time, and then said with an air of wit: "Oh, it's Lian'er..."

"Yes yes yes!" Jia Lian excitedly said, "It's my nephew! The old lady missed Uncle Lin and sent her nephew to send Sister Lin back to visit you. You have seen Sister Lin during the day, do you remember?"

Lin Ruhai listened, recalled for a while, nodded slowly, and murmured: "Yu'er is back, Yu'er is back..." As he spoke, his somewhat empty eyes wandered to Bao Cong next to him. On the body, he asked doubtfully: "Who is this? Which boy is it? Why don't I recognize it?"

Jia Lian bowed to give way, pointed to Bao Cong and introduced, "Uncle Lin, this is the son of my second uncle Jia Zheng, named Bao Cong!"

Bao Cong hurried forward to meet him, and said softly, "Hello, Uncle Lin, my name is Bao Cong, and I am the nephew who carved jade and sent it to Yangzhou for you!"

With such a reminder, Lin Ruhai quickly remembered, stretched out his withered fingers, pointed at Bao Cong and said, "Yes, it's you, the piece of Songhe... Yannian paperweight you gave me, I , I like it the most, but it was a pity that it fell and broke last year..."

Bao Cong hurriedly held Lin Ruhai's hand, and comforted him: "It will be broken if it is broken. I will carve another good piece and give it to my uncle tomorrow. I only hope that my uncle will get well soon."

Lin Ruhai hummed twice, nodded and panted, took Bao Cong's hand, looked at Jia Lian, and said, "I'm a little hungry."

Jia Lian hurriedly asked someone to serve a bowl of warm ginseng soup. Bao Cong half-supported Lin Ruhai to sit up, and asked Jia Lian to feed him a few mouthfuls.

After drinking the ginseng soup, Lin Ruhai seemed to be better, neither panting nor coughing, and fell asleep again.

After another half an hour, Lin Ruhai woke up again, saying that he was thirsty.

Jia Lian and Bao Cong gave him a few mouthfuls of tea and two mouthfuls of pastries.Repeatedly like this, when it was almost dawn, Lin Ruhai suddenly opened his eyes and said, "It's dawn, it's time for dinner."

Jia Lian and Bao Cong looked at each other, and they were secretly suspicious.Lin Ruhai had already eaten and drank a lot all night, and now he even remembered to have dinner.

So, Bao Cong hurriedly asked the girl to pass on the meal, and then said to Lin Ruhai: "I have already passed on the meal, uncle, wait a minute."

Lin Ruhai nodded tremblingly, and looked out the door blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jia Lian stayed up all night and was a little tired, but for some reason, seeing Lin Ruhai like that, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle Lin, what else do you have to tell your nephew?"

When Bao Cong heard this, he was startled. Looking at Lin Ruhai again, Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Lian fixedly, and said slowly: "Lian'er, I only have a girl named Yu'er. You, you and the old lady said, From now on, I can entrust her to take care of everything!"

As soon as these words came out, Bao Cong immediately burst into tears as the two of them still didn't understand something.

Jia Lian was also choked up and cried, and he had to respond to Lin Ruhai's words, saying: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, starting from the old lady, there is no one in the family who does not love my sister. Although my sister's surname is Lin, the old lady also treats her as her own granddaughter." I love you the same, and when Sister Lin leaves the pavilion, she will be as beautiful as my little aunt back then!"

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said with tears: "I only, only worry about this matter. Back then, I told the old lady..." As he said, he shook Bao Cong's hand tightly, and said to him again. Bao Cong said, "I've made an agreement with the old lady!"

Although he didn't say it clearly, Bao Cong knew what Lin Ruhai was talking about, so he nodded and promised while crying, "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely protect Sister Lin and treat her forever!"

Hearing Bao Cong's words, Lin Ruhai felt relieved, and slowly let go, letting himself fall on Bao Cong's body.

Bao Cong quickly sniffed, grabbed Lin Ruhai's jaw, and asked, "Uncle Lin, the family property and Yu'er's dowry, what else do you have to explain? I'll tell Yu'er!"

Jia Lian only cared about wiping away his tears, and softly sent the girl to urge Lin Daiyu to come over. Hearing Baocong's question, he was stunned for a while.

The old ancestor sent him, of course, to help Sister Lin deal with the Lin family business.He only thought that after Lin Ruhai left, those things were left to him to dispose of. How could he have imagined that he would ask a dying elder how to dispose of the family property so bluntly?

But if Bao Cong asked directly like this, it would be good for him to listen.

Lin Ruhai was already holding on to his breath, but it was already at the end of his strength.

At this time, when he heard Baocong mention Lin Daiyu again, he struggled to gain some energy, and said intermittently: "My Lin family, the single heir of the five generations, and Yu'er, there is only one daughter... the mistresses of the family... The dowry, all, belongs to her."

He gasped, and said with tears running down his face: "I, my great-great-grandfather's inheritance, Marquis, my father, and I have been an official for many years. What I have accumulated up to now... [-]% goes to the court, and [-]% goes to the family." And the Lin clan... and the rest, just give Yu'er a dowry."

Hearing this, Jia Lian cried halfway, and suddenly couldn't cry anymore.

Uncle Lin is confused!How to dedicate such a large family business to the court?

Although Lin Daiyu is a girl and cannot inherit the entire family business, Uncle Lin will leave more to his daughter!How could you be so sick!

However, Bao Cong nodded repeatedly in front of the bed, and Jia Lian had no choice but to come forward and nod to show that he knew.

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he already exhaled more and breathed less.

Lin Daiyu didn't sleep well at night, and when the girl came to remind her, she was already planning to get up.At this time, she dressed in a hurry and went to Lin Ruhai's room, just as she saw the maid carrying the rice in.

She was in a panic, and when she went in, she was held back by Bao Cong.Bao Cong stroked her shoulder lightly, and comforted her: "Sister, don't be afraid, Uncle Lin said he wants to eat Chaofan, so you can feed him."

Jia Lian had already helped Lin Ruhai to sit up, Bao Cong brought chicken porridge and handed it to Lin Daiyu.Lin Daiyu also knew that her father was not well, so she wiped away her tears and fed him a bowl of porridge with her own hands, holding back her grief.

After eating the porridge, Lin Ruhai seemed to be in better spirits, smiled at Lin Daiyu, and fell asleep on the bed.

It was only time for a cup of tea, Jia Lian went to see Lin Ruhai again, but saw him smiling, and had gone away quietly.

Lin Daiyu fainted from crying on the spot!