The maid of the red house

Hearing that Jia Lian had also gone to Lin Ruhai's room, Daiyu's tears rolled down her cheeks. She didn't know whether she was angry at the thoughts of the members of the Lin family, or at Jia Lian's eagerness to rush over. She also knew a little about Jia Lian's nature. .

After a long time, not knowing what everyone in Lin Ruhai's room said, Daiyu was secretly anxious, and said indignantly: "What are they doing? They don't care about Daddy's body, only thinking about those things? As long as there is a little If you have a conscience, you shouldn't come to the door when your father is recuperating."

Daiyu's eyes were red and swollen from crying, but her expression showed no sign of weakness, her bones were full of strength, she was truly soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Yu's hand, handed her a piece of handkerchief, and comforted her softly: "Girl, don't be sad. As the master said, profit is the first word. Seeing that the master is like this, can they get more benefits? These are all As the master expected, even if the girl is like this, there is nothing she can do, it is better to think about the future."

What Lin Ruhai and she are most worried about is that people will leave the tea. If the half of the family can let people raise Daiyu well, Lin Ruhai will definitely be willing. He understands better than anyone else that both the Lin family branch and the Rongguo Mansion may take the money. Turning his face and refusing to recognize anyone, he trampled on Daiyu instead. It's just that Rongguo Mansion has an extra blood relationship with Daiyu's natal family, so he has the idea of ​​entrusting Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion. But now he is probably also very worried. Still worthy of his trust.

Wealth and silk confuse people's hearts, as it has been through the ages.

After hearing Xueyan's words, Daiyu nodded and stopped crying, she was still very worried about Lin Ruhai's body, fearing that he would not be able to disturb her.

Cuiping couldn't bear it, she knew that Lin Ruhai was busy arranging funeral affairs recently, and her loyal servants who did not steal or play tricks had received Lin Ruhai's grace, so she said, "Don't worry, girl, anyway, I am in the master's room Serving tea and water for the guests, I’m going over here, I’m afraid I’ll hear something, and I’ll tell the girl when I come back.”

Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said: "Go quickly, if daddy is not in good spirits, please come and tell me first." She didn't care what they said, she only cared about Lin Ruhai's health.

Cuiping agreed, and immediately left the ear room.

Daiyu waited anxiously while rubbing her handkerchief, but Xueyan remained calm and took out a gold watch the size of a walnut from her pocket to check the time.

This gold watch was given to her by Lin Ruhai when she was packing up her things during these days. With Lin Ruhai's position and understanding of people's hearts, how could she not try her best to save more things for Daiyu?It is better to leave it to the girls around you than to leave it to others.So I simply took the opportunity to teach Daiyu, combed up and down, and moved all the lonely books, pens, inks, calligraphy and paintings to Daiyu's room early. Xueyan not only got this gold watch, Zijuan also got one, except Lin Ruhai last time. For the golden bead hairpin rings, the two of them and Tinglan Danju also got a box of good-colored clothes, a rosewood and mother-of-pearl dressing box with a diorama inlaid, and a bag of gold and silver lockets, about thirty or forty of them.

In order for her daughter to be taken care of by those around her, Lin Ruhai invested a lot of money.

Seeing that she was approaching Sishi little by little, Xueyan's heart was getting heavier and heavier, and when she was about to fall to the bottom of the valley, Cuiping suddenly ran over, with tears all over her face, and shouted: "Girl, the master called the girl!" .”

Daiyu's body swayed when she heard the words, and she almost fainted.

Xueyan helped her to go out, and asked, "Where are the people in the master's house?"

Cuiping supported Daiyu's other hand, and cried, "Seeing that the master vomited blood, he left in a panic. The master asked me to invite the girl over, and said he had something to say to the girl."

The words were like a bolt from the blue, Daiyu said sharply: "Go and call the doctor!"

Cuiping choked up and said, "I have already sent someone to invite you. The master is not in good health. The doctor has been living in the mansion all this time."

"Daddy!" Daiyu didn't wait to finish listening, she shook off the hands of the two of them, and took two steps at a time, but there was still Jia Lian standing by the door awkwardly, Daiyu didn't care about him, and hurried to Lin Ruhai In the room, Lin Ruhai was half lying on the couch, his upper lip was stained with blood, like a blooming red plum, and his lips were so pale that they were almost colorless, dying.

Lin Ruhai raised his head with difficulty, and watched his daughter approaching and kneeling on the ground in front of the bed. He couldn't help reaching out and rubbing the top of her head, his face full of serious illness could not hide his kindness, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, idiots, It was your mother who came to pick me up. It is also a happy event for us to meet under the Nine Springs and be buried in the same cave. The only thing I am worried about is your safety. It is a pity that I did not think carefully and dealt with it too late , I don’t know what your fate will be in the future.”

Lin Ruhai had already coughed three or four times while speaking, and another smear of blood overflowed her lips. Daiyu was anxious and bitter, and couldn't help crying, sobbing: "It's all because my daughter is unfilial, and my tired father is so annoying."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "You are my blood, I don't plan for you, but who is in charge of you? You, a girl, don't care about the affairs behind me, let them fight the famine!"

After finishing speaking, she couldn't hold on any longer, her eyes closed, her hand slipped from Daiyu's head, and she passed away.

When Lin Ruhai died, Daiyu cried so much that she almost passed out.

When Jia Lian heard the news, he came in quickly, and at the same time sent someone to send a letter to the capital, asking for instructions from Jia Mu.

After putting on the filial piety clothes, the snow geese barely touched the ground, and Zijuan Tinglan and the others both comforted Daiyu and packed up their things. When he was seriously ill, there were officials waiting to take over, but because he was sick and did not move out, he had to pack up his things and prepare to move back to the ancestral house in Gusu when he returned to his hometown.

In addition, Jia Min's coffin is stored in a temple in Yangzhou, and it will also be moved back to the ancestral grave together with Lin Ruhai's coffin.

Daiyu lost her father when she was young, the autumn wind is cool, her body is delicate and weak, and she is sick again. She has to cry and recuperate. .

As Lin Ruhai was a second-rank official, the funeral was not very lively. Thanks to Jia Lian's handling of the funeral, there were many old friends in Jinling, and most of them came to express their condolences. Gossip, but Ting Lan said with emotion: "When people leave for tea, compared with the scene when my wife went, it's not even [-]-[-]% beautiful."

They have all experienced Jia Min's funeral and know the differences and reasons.

When Jia Min died, Lin Ruhai was still there, with a high position and power, and there were countless people vying to flatter and flatter him. Now that Lin Ruhai died, the Lin family was extinct, and there were no direct descendants to compete. There was no benefit to speak of, so they naturally stopped coming.

At the end of the year, Zhao'er, who had gone to report to Jia Mu, came back and brought news of Qin Keqing's death and a letter from Jia Mu to Jia Lian. Xueyan watched coldly. Although she didn't know what was said in the letter, Jia Lian's expression was relaxed, presumably she had something to rely on .Accompanying Zhao'er were the winter clothes Sister Feng prepared for Jia Lian, and Jia's mother missed Daiyu and sent two boxes of winter clothes, telling her to take care of her body.

Daiyu has only one relative, Mother Jia, and she is very grateful, but she lives a delicate life and doesn't like to wear clothes made by outsiders, and she has been away from Rongguo Mansion for more than a year, and her stature is not right, so she ordered Zijuan to open the box , distributed the clothes to the six big girls, and if they felt that the size was smaller, they took off the leather inside and made it with extra face.

Xueyan had just put away her clothes when she heard that Jia Lian had gone to Zhen's house to write a letter.

Daiyu sighed: "Grandmother's family is in the capital, Zhen's family is old relatives, how can there be no reason not to seek help?"

Xueyan nodded and said nothing, Daiyu could see it, she also understood Jia Lian's idea.

During the funeral, there were so many complicated things that it was difficult to describe them one by one. After the coffins of Lin Ruhai and his wife were buried in the ancestral grave, the outside became lively. Xueyan came to the Lin family for more than half a year, and quite recognized a few women and servants, and spent some money Quietly inquiring about the situation outside, it was nothing more than the family property. The mother-in-law didn't know the details, and she didn't know how Jia Lian took care of it. It was probably caused by someone from the Zhen family. The members of the Lin family could not help but leave angrily.

Xueyan thought to herself, in the original book, Daiyu has lived in Rongguo Mansion for many years, and she has not seen a single member of the Lin family come to visit. Could it be that she was at a disadvantage in the property struggle, did not get the benefits she deserved, and hated Rongguo Mansion for bullying others, so she treated Daiyu badly? ignore?

According to the mother-in-law, not only did the Lin family clan not get much, but part of it that was supposed to be handed over to the court was not handed over. It was impossible to take the money away from Jia Lian!I don't know how Jia Lian manages it up and down. Anyway, all the property of the Lin family is now in his hands, and he is hurriedly selling off the farm shop, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all kinds of gold, silver, copper and tin and other bulky things.

Xueyan also heard that Jia Lian didn't use any members of the Lin family when transporting the property in the warehouse and checking it out, but the Lin family has many eyes, and someone always sees it clearly, so Xueyan knows that Jia Lian has left a lot of good things for himself. , made a windfall.

After finishing the family property affairs, it's been a new year, except for a few maidservants left for Daiyu, the rest of the Lin family were dismissed by Jia Lian under various names, unexpectedly they had already been freed from slavery by Lin Ruhai's grace. After finishing the funeral, one or two hundred members of the family packed their bags and went their separate ways, and the whole family suddenly dispersed.

Daiyu felt desolate, and said, "It's true that the tree fell and the monkeys scattered."

But Xueyan said: "Master does this for the sake of the girl. If the second master Lian sells it, who knows whether the master's family is good or bad. Did they beat or scold them? They have worked hard for so many years and saved some money. Tiji, let them go out to live on their own, wouldn't it be good deeds, maybe one or two people are thinking of the master's kindness in their hearts, and it is unknown if they will be able to help the girl in the future."

She was trying to comfort Daiyu, but she didn't expect that it was these servants who repayed her kindness later, and Daiyu was spared many difficulties, and that's a later story.

Only Jia Lian sighed secretly, these servants were all transferred and taught by big families for several lifetimes, if they call Ren Yazi, I don't know how much money they can sell for!Many people are very willing to buy servants who have been used by the scholarly family.

Losing a large sum of money for nothing made Jia Lian very upset, and he couldn't wait to set off for Beijing as soon as the spring began.