Red Mansions Are Floating Clouds

Daiyu's only daughter came back, and she added a gift from Daiyu, which made Daiyu make another small fortune.

Jia Lian left without waiting for long, Lin Ruhai also lay back on the bed, and Daiyu sat aside and played chess to pass the time

The festival that should have been lively and busy in the Lin family was extremely leisurely for the father and daughter. Visitors were received by the butler, and Nanny Song was still in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard, and Aunt Qin was only responsible for taking care of Lin Ruhai's daily life.

I heard that Jia Lian is very busy these days, and that Jia's mansion also has quite a lot of property in the south. When Jia Lian was inspecting the property a few years ago, he was invited to Xiao Qinhuai by those shopkeepers to eat flowers and wine. For some reason, he fell in love with a famous prostitute named Liang Guilin. At the age of nineteen, this woman is petite and soft, gentle, intelligent, and good at rhythm. She is also a talented woman who likes to talk about poetry. A good sentence, and there are even rumors that during the Bingwu period, seven of the students who took the exam spent the night with them in high school, so there is another nickname called "Chang'e".

It is said that Jia Lian went to see Liang Guilin every day, and naturally it cost a lot of money, and the ecstasy cave was even more of a gold cave, and the money on his body was spent like running water. A lifelong reliance, seeing that Jia Lian is young, beautiful, and wealthy, he is obedient and affectionate to her, and is willing to commit himself to him, but the old procuress asks too much for Jia Lian, a dude.

Jia Lian had a headache for several days but did not get a huge sum of money. If he was in the capital, there would naturally be a lot of money coming in, but it was really tricky in Yangzhou, so he had to turn his mind to the Lin family.

That night, Jia Lian specially invited Lin Butler to drink. After drinking for three rounds, he asked Lin Butler what to do in the future

Butler Lin sighed, "I'm an old bone, so I have no choice but to go back to the countryside to provide for the elderly."

Jia Lian said: "Steward Lin is Uncle Lin's brother-in-law. He is in his prime. How can he just retire like this?"

Butler Lin smiled and said, "I'm already 50 years old, I can't accept my old age."

Jia Lian said again: "How about if Steward Lin follows me back to Beijing and still asks you to manage the Lin family's property?"

Butler Lin thought to himself: "It seems that the Jia family already regards the Lin family as something in their pocket." With a smile, he said: "There are all talented people in your house, why should I make trouble, it's better to go back to my hometown to provide for the elderly."

The two played Tai Chi. After all, Jia Lian was younger and was no match for Steward Lin. After talking for a long time, he couldn't even find out how much property the Lin family had. In the end, he had no choice but to "borrow" 3 taels of silver.

Butler Lin said that he was not surprised. A servant who followed him reported Jia Lian's whereabouts before, so he naturally knew what the 3 taels were used for.

Butler Lin pondered for a while and said: "My master told me that Mr. Jia should pay the expenses directly from the accountant's office, and only need to go to the accountant's office to pay the money tomorrow."

The sixth time Li Jinyao

On the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar new year, Dr. Yang came to the door again. He guessed that the medicine should be effective, so he rushed to check the results. In fact, Lin Ruhai also felt that his cough was better in the past two days. Dr. Yang took the pulse carefully, left a prescription and left.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival, and Daiyu ordered early on to hang more lights in the garden, put charcoal basins in the pavilion on the rockery, and spend the Lantern Festival in her garden at night.

When it was getting dark, Daiyu personally invited Lin Ruhai to go to the garden to watch the lantern went to the garden

Along the way, lanterns of various colors were lit on both sides of the corridor. When I arrived at the garden, I saw that the plum blossom forest was covered with lanterns, which made the red plums very beautiful. Looking up, the pavilions on the rockery were brightly lit, against the dark blue sky. The bright moon above is like a fairyland

The two went up to the rockery and looked down from the pavilion. The lights were twinkling.

A maid said a few words to Zijuan outside the pavilion, and Zijuan came in and said, "Go ask the servant of Second Master Lian to tell him that Second Master Lian went out at noon and hasn't come back yet."

Daiyu heard this and said, "Forget it, tell the kitchen to keep glutinous rice balls for him."

Thick cushions were spread on the stone benches in the pavilion, and an incense burner was lit in one corner. Daiyu went and ordered the servant girl to take the incense slices inside, and tore a few pieces of orange peel and threw them into the charcoal basin. Suddenly, the room was filled with orange

There was the sound of fireworks in the distance, Daiyu turned around and looked outside the window, there was a forest of trees and silver flowers, Lin Ruhao was standing in front of the window, a mink fur cloak draped over his emaciated body seemed to be able to bury him, he stood quietly, at every turn

Lin Ruhong is very angry. He is tall and thin, with a white face and beard, and has a refined temperament. Except for Daiyu, he always smiles on weekdays, but feels alienated from others. His long gray hair is tied high From the beginning, only a jadeite hairpin carved into the shape of a bamboo knot was inserted.

Just in a daze, Zicuckoo came over and said with a smile: "It's really good to see the fireworks this way, you can see them, and you won't be shocked by the noise."

Daiyu came back to her senses, and said, "It's Ai Fireworks, which are beautiful but too noisy. This is the best way."

Lin Ruhai turned back and smiled after hearing this: "When you were young, your mother and I hugged you to watch the fireworks, but you were afraid of the noise. Since then, our house has been far away from fireworks."

Daiyu laughed and said, "I'm not scared, I just think the sound is too loud."

The dishes in the kitchen were sent to the garden in an insulated food box with a charcoal basin at the bottom, the tea and fruit snacks were removed, and various dishes were placed on the table. Daiyu went to help Linru under the pot, and sat beside her

After eating, the two chatted, and Daiyu said: "It would be great if the surrounding and top of the pavilion were all made of bowls. When you look up, you can see the stars and the moon, and you can bask in the sun during the day."

Lin Ruhai said: "Then it's not a pavilion but a greenhouse."

Daiyu said: "When will my father be transferred back to Beijing, we can build a greenhouse on the hot spring village?"

Lin Ruhai said: "When the weather gets warmer, you go back to Beijing with your Lian's second cousin first, and father will naturally go back after his term of office is over."

Daiyu was startled and said, "Why? I want to go back with my father—I will return to Beijing whenever my father returns to Beijing."

Lin Ruhai wanted to open his mouth to explain, but he was speechless. A few days ago, Dr. Chen, a famous doctor who had been taking his pulse before, came to check his Ping An pulse once every half a month. The servant found out that Dr. Chen disguised himself and went to Qian's house, a great salt merchant. Originally, no matter which house Dr. Chen went to, it could be interpreted as a visit, but he was a bit suspicious when he took a detour in disguise. After a few days, I heard that Dr. Chen went to Accidentally fell into the lake while Hongqiao and drowned

Up to this point, Lin Ruhai already had a clear idea. They must have bribed Dr. Chen after they found out. Dr. Chen did not dare to poison, and only used some mediocre prescriptions to make his condition worse. Now they suddenly changed doctors.

At that time, she connived at Daiyu's behavior, but she just didn't want to disobey her intentions. She didn't expect to actually catch a big fish. Under the command of the prince, the present sage sent himself here three years ago, just to hold on to the money bag of Jiangnan so that it would not fall into the hands of the prince. If he died of illness, Jiangnan would fall into the hands of the prince. The prince has grown up. At this time, the Rongguo Mansion in the capital is safer than Yangzhou. Daiyu is the granddaughter of the old lady Jia, and the Rongning and Ningfu are both descendants of the Supreme Emperor's favorite ministers, although they have some relationship with the crown prince. , but it will not be as hard to guard against as in Yangzhou

Thinking of this, Lin Ru said confusedly: "Father's illness has recovered a lot, and he will be busy with business every day from now on. There are no elders here to educate you, and there are no sisters to play with you. Besides busying with business, father also has to worry about you for you." You, when Ren Man returns to Beijing, I will pick you up."

Daiyu still wanted to argue, but seeing Lin Ruhai's persistent expression, she swallowed her words back. Of course she didn't know that the surveillance operation she thought failed was actually a success, but everyone thought she was a child, and she never expected to tell the master I have to tell the lady later

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After Jia Lian spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to redeem Liang Guilin, a famous prostitute, he rented a small courtyard to house her. The illness has obviously improved, so he hurriedly wrote a letter back to Beijing to ask whether he should bring Sister Lin back home, not to mention how happy Mother Jia was when she received the letter, but Mrs. Wang was very unhappy. I was just waiting to take over the property of the Lin family, but I didn't expect that I would recover from my illness in just two months. Mrs. Wang felt that she had lost a large sum of money for no reason, and she was very heartbroken.

Baoyu was also very happy when she knew it, and pestered Jia Mu to write a letter asking Jia Lian to bring Lin Daiyu back. Jia Mu also had this intention, so she ordered Kuai Ma to send the letter to Yangzhou

Spring came very early this year, so Lin Ruhai has already prepared the boat, but the ceremony to take the boat to the capital has not yet been prepared, so the trip has not yet taken place

Suddenly one day, the eldest maid Liulan came to Daiyu's courtyard, saying that the grandson of Mrs. Li's family was transferred to visit Daiyu.

Daiyu was a little puzzled, but she couldn't turn people away, so she ordered her to come to her courtyard.

After Daiyu changed her clothes for meeting guests and combed her hair again, Miss Li was already waiting in the main hall.

When Li Jinyao had waited for half a stick of incense, she sat on the official hat chair at the bottom of the main hall and looked around. On the front wall was a picture of accumulating greenery in spring mountains. An old man walked slowly along the mountain path with a stick, followed by a servant boy with a piano. The hillsides are long and young, the peaks are covered with lush vegetation, and the depths of the mountains