Enter the red building

The girl looked back gently, although she covered her face, Xue Qiu felt that all the flowers in the world were blooming at that moment of looking back, he smiled foolishly, watched the girl go away silly, and looked at The girl got into the carriage, just like that.

The peddler next to him couldn't help but said: "Go away, don't look at it. Do you still want to buy this jade gourd?"

Xue Qiu came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Of course I want to buy it!"

When the peddler heard this, he immediately burst into a smile, and hurriedly said, "Five taels of silver, not expensive." The smile on his face looked like a profiteer no matter what.

Xue Qiu held the jade gourd in his hand, smiled, and smiled again.When Bai Xia came back, seeing Xue Qiu like this, she thought that Xue Qiu had been stimulated by something, and worried: "Master, are you alright?"

Xue Qiu raised his head and smiled, "What can I do?" Just thinking that he knew nothing about that girl, his heart slowly cooled down, he sighed, his expression was very lonely.

Seeing his uncle's face-changing from happy to sad, Bai Xia was very worried, wondering what stimulated him.

Xue Qiu thought for a while and asked: "Bai Xia, is it destined that we will meet again?"

Bai Xia nodded, thinking about it in her heart, she couldn't help asking: "Master, who are you destined for?"

Xue Qiu smiled, his smile was full of joy, but he said: "Fate with the predestined person!"

Seeing this, Bai Xia didn't ask any more questions.Bringing Xue Qiu to the hired carriage, Xue Qiu and Bai Xia said to the coachman to visit Yan Yushi Lin Ruhai's house, and got into the carriage.

Xue Qiu looked at the downtown of Yangzhou through the car window, a scene of prosperity.In turn, he thought of his adoptive father who hadn't seen him for a long time, and felt very happy.

After about half an hour, they arrived at the gate of the Lin Mansion.Xue Qiu looked at Lin's mansion and couldn't help sighing, it really deserves to be the home of a second-rank official.Just the two big stone lions at the gate give people a kind of majesty.The main entrance is more than double the size of our own.Red lacquered gates, large yellow copper rings, the gate tower, door opening, door leaf, door frame, waist frame, saiyu board, walking board, door pillow, sill, threshold, door hairpin and other series all show the prominence and wealth of the house.

On the main entrance is a golden watanabe's pear wood plaque, and above it is written in big letters: Lin's House.Xue Qiu felt very strange that there was no servant waiting outside the door.Generally, there should be nursing homes waiting outside the gates of high-ranking and large households.

Xue Qiu told Bai Xia to knock on the door.Bai Xia went forward to buckle it with the copper ring, and knocked several times, but still no one came to open the door.Bai Xia turned to Xue Qiu and said, "Master, what's going on? I—"

Bai Xia was just about to say that after knocking for so long, no one came to answer the door.The door opened with a "creak".Wearing a long black gown, a man about forty years old came out. He seemed to be a housekeeper or something.The man looked rather haggard, as if he had suffered a big blow.

The man looked Xue Qiu up and down, and asked, "Master Xue Qiu if you dare to ask?"

Xue Qiu nodded.

Seeing Xue Qiu nodding, the man burst into tears, and said in a choked voice, "Master Xue Qiu, go in quickly. The master is dying soon." He wiped away his tears, and stretched out his hand to invite Xue Qiu in.

When Xue Qiu heard the phrase that the master is dying, his mind went blank, his body trembled, and his eyes were dark.Xue Qiu forced himself to calm down, but his voice still showed shock, "What's going on?"

The man shook his head, "Master Xueqiu, let's go in first and talk about it later!"

Bai Xia supported the crumbling Xue Qiu, and followed the man into the room.

Xue Qiu murmured: "No way! Absolutely impossible! It is absolutely impossible for foster father to die at this time, absolutely not possible." In Dream of Red Mansions, it was clearly mentioned that Lin Ruhai passed away near the end of the year, it is impossible, impossible to die now .

Listening to Xue Qiu talking to himself, Bai Xia worried that Xue Qiu would not be able to stand the stimulation.He whispered comfortingly: "Master, don't get too excited, Mr. Lin is an auspicious person, and he will live a long life."

Xue Qiu heard this sentence in a daze, and nodded, "Yes, I will definitely live a long life!"

The man who led the way saw Xue Qiu losing his composure, and he didn't know what it was like. While worrying about the master's condition, he was also happy that the master had such a adopted son.The master has no children, so the lineage of the Lin family will be cut off. Now that there is a adopted son like Xue Qiu, it can be considered that he can have a son to die for the master.

Walking through the long corridor, turning a few corners, and passing through a few corner doors, he came to the main room where Lin Ruhai was.As soon as he entered the door, he could smell a strong smell of medicine. There were three servant girls in the room waiting for him. What Xue Qiu saw was Lin Ruhai's withered face, disheveled hair, pale face, and colorless lips.Xue Qiu rushed to the side of the bed and shouted softly: "Father! Father!" His eyes turned red and tears flowed down his face.

Lin Ruhai heard someone calling his adoptive father in a trance, opened his eyes slightly, and saw Xue Qiu crying when he half-opened his eyes, coughed a few times, and opened his lips, "Yun Xiao, are you here?" He wanted to struggle to sit up , Xue Qiu hurriedly stopped Lin Ruhai and told him to lie down.

Lin Ruhai looked at Xue Qiu and smiled, "Your crow's mouth has come true."

When Xue Qiu heard this, tears flowed uncontrollably, "Father, it's my fault, I shouldn't talk nonsense."

Lin Ruhai smiled, stretched out his hand to caress Xue Qiu's face, and wiped away his tears, "It's your fault. Stop crying, and Ji Zhou will say you again when he sees it." As he spoke, his tone was breathless , intermittently.Then he said to the housekeeper who was leading the way: "Old Qi, I will ask Yu'er to come and see his brother later. And the one from the Jia family—" Lin Ruhai couldn't remember for a moment which junior the Jia family sent to come.

Butler Qi, the housekeeper of the Lin family, quickly answered, "Jia Lian."

"Yes, Jia Lian! You make arrangements and see him tomorrow!"

Steward Qi nodded and said, "Master, you don't have to worry, I will take care of these things. You just need to rest easy and recuperate."

Lin Ruhai nodded, waved to let everyone else go out first, and had something to say with Xue Qiu.The others hurried out, closed the door, and stayed outside to guard.

Xue Qiu asked with red eyes: "Father, who actually killed you?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, but did not answer the question.Stretching out his hand to hold Xue Qiu's hand, he only said: "I'm dead, you have to take good care of your righteous sister Lin Daiyu for me."

"Father, don't worry, I will take good care of sister." Xue Qiu repeatedly promised.

A smile appeared on Lin Ruhai's pale face. He looked at the scar on Xue Qiu's right hand and stroked it lightly, "Yun Xiao, looking at your scar, I feel happy and sad at the same time. I think Lin Ruhai has lived for so many years. , I have no son under my knees, and when I am dying, I can have an adopted son to die for me, I am already very satisfied, and I have no regrets."

Xue Qiu hurriedly said: "Father, you have, of course you have. You haven't embraced my son, your grandson yet. How can you say that you have no regrets, so, you must live for a long time, look at your The grandson grows up."

Lin Ruhai smiled, looked at Xue Qiu, and smiled happily, "Yes! I want to hug my grandson, I want to hug my grandson, I also want to name them, give them a full moon gift, and give them a birthday gift."

Xue Qiu smiled, covered Lin Ruhai with a quilt, and whispered: "So, foster father, you must live well."

Lin Ruhai nodded.