Red Mansions Are Floating Clouds

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Lin Ruhai came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "The plum blossoms are not bad."

Daiyu said: "I think my father must not have seen plum blossoms this year, and if it is placed in the room, my father must like it."

While talking, Aunt Qin lifted the curtain and came in. Seeing that Lin Ruhai had woken up, she said, "It happened that the kitchen was talking back and forth that the meal is ready. Since the master is awake, let's order the food to be served."

Lin Ruhai said: "Have you delivered the meal for Young Master Jia's Biao?"

Aunt Qin said: "It's already done, I think it was sent just now."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai said, "Then serve the food."

When Lin Ruhai was young, a small table was placed in front of Lin Ruhai's bed, and several dishes were served that Daiyu loved to eat when she was a child. Lin Ruhai's dishes were placed on the kang table. The first-class maid in the main courtyard stays blue to serve Daiyu.

The two finished their meal without saying a word, and after rinsing their mouths, Lin Ruhai said, "This pigeon soup is really good, why haven't I seen it made in the kitchen before?"

Daiyu laughed and said: "This is a new recipe. I wrote a recipe and ordered the kitchen to make it. My father's illness is not suitable for mutton. This stewed squab with four treasures is very good. It suits my father. Fortunately, my father also eats it." love to eat”

Lin Ruhai laughed in surprise: "I know you read a lot, but you don't know that you have even read recipe books"——and also said that Daiyu read it from the book

Daiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Father, don't underestimate people. I will be better. I cook everything for you to eat."

Lin Ruhai said: "It's so good, haha..."

After all the food on the table was cleared, Daiyu asked Aunt Qin to eat first. His father and daughter drank tea and chatted. The witty words are like pearls, although Daiyu is only nine years old, but the soul inside is already more than 20 years old, and her vision is much more advanced, and her knowledge is also wider, so the two chatted very speculatively

When the medicine was prepared in the kitchen and brought to him, Daiyu served him to take the medicine, and then told Liu Lan to hold a meeting every morning, noon and evening to breathe in the window, remember to cover the curtains on the bed before opening the window, and then she left

Back in her yard, Zijuan was still busy arranging Daiyu's clothes. Seeing Daiyu come back, she hurriedly put down the jade carving of Tongyin Lady in her hand, stepped forward to take off her big woolen clothes for Daiyu, and put on a light one. Daiyu in the jacket ordered the crystal to grind the ink, first wrote down the dietary precautions, and then wrote more than a dozen recipes for dietary therapy, and called Coral to send them to the kitchen

The next morning, I got up early to accompany my father to have breakfast. After breakfast, the steward of the outer court replied that he had some business, so Daiyu sat behind the screen and read a book to relieve boredom. Aunt Qin and the maids avoided going out. business

Daiyu flipped through the book softly behind the screen, and finished flipping a thin book in a short while. Ancient women can't even read novels. It really makes this person who comes from the entertainment society feel that the spiritual world is barren. There are people outside. No, just when I was bored, I suddenly heard the word "Master Zhen", and couldn't help but stop listening.

After listening carefully, it turned out that he was talking about Master Zhen collaborating with several large salt traders in Lianghuai to smuggle salt. Just after getting important evidence, a master suggested to warn him in private, just recover the stolen money, and said: The Zhen family has deep roots in the south of the Yangtze River, and was the emperor's favored minister, so he was afraid of making him jump over the wall. Some people said that if he was not punished, the stolen money turned over to the treasury would have no name, and it would be difficult to justify it at that time.

Lin Ruhai just kept silent, and after the two sides had argued, he said: "I have been in charge of the salt administration for three years because of Mu Huang's favor. Not to mention the stolen money recovered, now this Jiangnan salt merchant hates me to the bone, let alone It's not up to me to decide whether or not to let go. I'm afraid that the Supreme Emperor is also difficult to decide, so I wrote a note and asked the Holy One to decide whether to collect their criminal evidence privately."

All the masters agreed, and they all withdrew if nothing happened.

Daiyu heard that the person had gone far away, so she came out from behind the screen, first poured a cup of warm water for Lin Ruhai to moisten, and seeing that he was in good spirits, she asked, "Father, is this Lord Zhen from Jinling?" ? I heard at my grandmother's house that Jinling Zhen's family has a very good relationship with Jia's family, and the daily etiquette is the first one."

Lin Ruhai said: "Exactly, after these few families were the favorites of the Supreme Emperor, before the Supreme Emperor abdicated, they were all extremely prominent families."

Daiyu said: "Father, why bother? You just need to explain everything to the Holy Majesty and let the Holy Majesty decide whether or not it will be all right?"

Lin Ruhai said: "Silly girl, it's good to have evidence. How can you talk nonsense without evidence? I started looking for this evidence not long after I became a salt official. Now it has been two years before I have some clues. Is it easy for you?" ?”

The third prescription

Daiyu understood, it turned out that her father had already gotten into a fight with a bunch of local gangsters, and this situation was really not an ordinary danger

In the blink of an eye, Daiyu suddenly remembered that when she read the various comments on the Red Mansion in her previous life, there was a saying that Lin Ruhai was actually poisoned to death, and now it seems that this kind of saying has some truth

Thinking of this, Daiyu was not calm anymore.

After being silent for a while, I still couldn't help asking obliquely: "You have been collecting criminal evidence for two years, has no one discovered it?"

Lin Ruhe smiled, and said, "Last year, a guard sneaked into Zhen's Mansion and was discovered, so the guard committed suicide."

Daiyu said: "They must have guessed that it was father who was investigating them. How could you have succeeded now?"

Lin Ru gave a wicked smile, and said, "This time I went to Mr. Liang Shang on purpose, and sure enough, I stole the ledger of the stolen money."

Daiyu chuckled, and said: "It's true that there is a specialization in art, the ancients are sincere and can't deceive me."

Lin Ruhai also laughed

The curtain of the inner room was lifted, and Aunt Qin came in with two servant girls behind her. She was still holding a food box, and when she opened it, there were several desserts, including steamed chestnut flour cake with sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, four-color crisp candy, emerald celery and shrimp dumplings Huang, crispy apples, and a few small minced meat pancakes, Daiyu saw how cute the pancakes were, so she couldn't help picking up one to taste. The Xi'an Roujiamo has its own merits

Seeing that she ate deliciously, Lin Ruhai couldn't help eating two. Aunt Qin said with a smile: "When the girl comes back, the master's appetite is much better. Maybe he will recover sooner if he is relieved."

Daiyu took the conversation and said: "I heard that the medicine my father took is not very effective, why don't you see a doctor, maybe it will be all right."

Aunt Qin sighed: "This doctor is a famous doctor in the south of the Yangtze River. They all say that he has the best medical skills. How dare he change to someone else?"

Daiyu said: "Looking for doctors and medicines is also about fate. How will you know if you don't try it? Is there any prescription for the medicine my father took? I want to see it."

Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "Our family's Yu'er can not only memorize recipes, but also understand medicine prescriptions. It's amazing."

Daiyu pretended to be dissatisfied, and pouted: "Father, don't underestimate me. I have become a doctor after a long illness. Although I am only nine years old, I have been taking medicine for nine years. I am probably more experienced than some young doctors." Woolen cloth"

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and laughed loudly. He laughed so hard that he coughed again.

Daiyu and Aunt Qin hurriedly patted his back and poured warm water to moisten his throat

Daiyu said: "If you have honey, take some. When you drink water every day, wash it with warm water, it can also moisten the lungs and relieve coughs."

Aunt Qin looked at Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai nodded, "Alright."

Daiyu went to the window and opened a slit to look out. The snow that was still light in the morning had turned into heavy snow, reflecting the red plums in front of the window. snow!"

Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu's blushing face, he didn't know whether it was from excitement or from the cold, and hurriedly said: "Carefully freeze, if you want to see the snow, wouldn't it be nice to wear a cloak and go to the garden?"

Daiyu closed the window as she said, regretting, "It would be great if father could accompany me to see the snow." After thinking about it, she became cheerful again, and said, "Although father can't accompany me to see the snow now, but next year when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, My father must have recovered from his illness, and he will be able to accompany me to enjoy the spring.”

Lin Ruhai said: "Shame or not, I only think about eating and playing all day long."

Daiyu stuck out her tongue and said, "I won't argue with you, I'll go to see the snow."

After finishing speaking, he turned and went out of the inner room, and the maids and women gathered around when they saw them, some wearing big cloaks, some wearing Guanyin pockets, and some wearing warm muffs—the small and exquisite hand stove in the white fox fur, and the one with red folded branches and flowers and silk Inside the muff, the muff is exactly the same as the cloak and the Guanyin pocket, and the feet are replaced with leather boots in lambskin

Everything was ready, and a group of people walked towards the garden in a mighty manner. The snow on the main road in the mansion was cleaned at any time to prevent anyone from falling. The garden had not been appreciated for a long time, and a layer of snow on the ground shone slightly Light, a huge pine tree in the corner of the rockery pond and the garden against the background of a dozen red plum trees, this kind of scene is rare in modern times, and now you can actually live in it

Daiyu walked towards the pond, and a group of people followed closely. The water in the pond was clear and shallow, not yet frozen, and a group of red carps could be seen at the bottom of the pond motionless.

A woman at the back saw Daiyu staring at the red carp, so she stepped forward to laugh with her and said, "If you want to feed the fish, I will bring some fish food." After that, she took out a bag of fish food wrapped in a handkerchief Handed it to Xueyan, Xueyan opened the handkerchief, held it in her hand, and handed it to Daiyu, Daiyu nodded to the old woman and smiled, "Thanks for your heart" I just sprinkled fish food and no one rewarded me with it. The two fed the fish and walked towards the rockery. The rockery is two or three feet high, and there is an octagonal pavilion surrounded by bowls on the top of the mountain. It must be very pleasant to come and enjoy the snow in it. The snow is easy to slip, so I have to give up

Bypassing the rockery, there is another large plum blossom forest, full of red plum blossoms in full bloom, looming in the heavy snow, which is indescribably beautiful. Daiyu walks in it, only feels the faint fragrance floating, as if in a fairyland

Tired after half a stroll in a garden, although there is a pavilion to rest, Daiyu took all the people with her.