Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Dai Yusheng was petite, and she spoke in a soft voice, as if she was out of breath. The more Lin Ruhai looked at it, the more distressed she felt, and when she remembered that she had suffered many crimes in sending her to Jia's mansion, not to mention that she was poisoned, she felt distressed and annoyed for a while. for a while.Looking at Daiyu again, she seems to be thinner than before.

Daiyu had already poured the medicinal juice with her own hands, put it in a small bowl with blue and white intertwined branches, and held it to Lin Ruhai.The latter took the bowl and pursed his mouth slightly, as if he was thinking about something. After a long time, he put the bowl on the small case and looked at Daiyu.

"Daughter, although the sun is out today, the wind is not small, and it is still a bit cold. Besides, in the second half of the afternoon, the sun will gradually go down, adding a bit of coolness. It's cold, let alone you? It's not because your father won't let you go out for a walk. At least you should choose a warm time without wind, preferably at noon when the sun is shining warmly. You are born weak and can't bear the cold wind the most. Turn back Coughing."

Daiyu said with a smile: "That was before, when I came back this time, how did Daddy see me cough once?"

Lin Ruhai frowned for a long time before he had to admit: "That's true." After finishing speaking, he added another sentence, "That's the case, you have to be careful, it's too late if you really catch a cold."

Daiyu answered with a smile, and said, "Dad, drink the medicine quickly, it won't be good if it gets cold."

Lin Ruhai picked up the medicine bowl, frowned and looked at Daiyu: "Where's your medicine, why don't you fry it together?"

Daiyu said, "I'll take the medicine before going to bed."

Lin Ruhai only thought that she was afraid of suffering, just like many children who knew that they would still have to take medicine sooner or later, but they could delay it for a while.Daiyu was usually very sensible and never let her worry about it, but now she showed a little childishness, Lin Ruhai found it novel and funny.He turned around and ordered the servant girl who followed him to bring a small saving box, and said: "When I came back, I saw a candy shop selling good candied fruit, so I bought some. Look at it and see if you like it? You can drink these when you drink medicine. It won't be hard to take care of it."

Daiyu knew that her father had misunderstood, but she didn't point it out and reached out to take the box.

It was a six-petal box with cloisonné enamel five blessings holding longevity patterns, exquisite workmanship, and a candied fruit was placed in each grid.There are seven or eight kinds of candied red fruit, candied crabapple, candied golden dates, kumquat cake, candied lotus seeds, candied water chestnuts, etc., all of which are crystal clear and make people drool when looking at them.

Zhou Hang glanced at the girl next to her who swallowed a mouthful of saliva, couldn't help but roll her eyes, and rushed to Daiyu's feet with a "meow".Daiyu smiled and reached out to tease the kitten for a while, then raised her head and said, "Thank you Daddy for bringing me such delicious food. Daddy, look at Chubby, this little guy is also very excited, he must like the gift Daddy brought .”

Although there was nothing wrong with these words, Lin Ruhai felt a little uncomfortable listening to them.

He bought the candied fruit for his daughter, and hearing what his daughter meant, he actually wanted to give the kitten a share.Although he is an official of the imperial court, he would not care about a kitten, but... Seeing that the kitten is getting closer and closer to his daughter, sometimes even he feels that he is excluded.It's really a bit, uncomfortable!

Daddy Lin, who refused to admit that he ate a kitten vinegar, was a bit self-conscious.When the kitten wanted to pounce on Daiyu again to act like a spoiled child, he stretched out his legs without a trace, blocking his way.

Zhou Hang's cat is small and weak, and he only reached Lin Ruhai's calf with his tail up.Hmph, I can't afford to offend or hide!In view of the disparity in strength, he wisely took a detour, bypassing Lin Ruhai and changing direction to continue attacking.But when she was more than 30 centimeters away from Lin Daiyu, she was stopped again by a thick leg.

Lin Ruhai is tall and tall, and she is also a thin and flirtatious person. As for the legs, they are really not thick.But in front of a certain kitten who is less than twenty centimeters tall, haha, everything is relative.

Even after several times of pounces, Zhou Hang's kitten's glossy hair had a faint tendency to stand on end.He looked at Daiyu, and Daiyu pursed her lips with a smile in her mouth and kept silent, obviously not intending to lend a helping hand, instead she seemed to be watching the excitement.

The kitten was furious now, staring at Lin Ruhai angrily with wide-eyed eyes, its back arched, and fierceness appeared in its eyes.

Lin Ruhai was startled, and wondered why this kitten looked like a tiger cub.

"Fatty!" Daiyu shouted.

After a long time, the kitten looked back at her, and his eyes had returned to calm.Daiyu looked at Lin Ruhai, but the latter was not angry, but smiled approvingly at the kitten, "Yu'er, this kitten listens to you, it's easy to raise, and it will be a protector in the future."

Daiyu asked Lin Ruhai to take the medicine, and said in her heart: Zhou Hang is not just a cat, in the future, alas, that's all, let's do whatever we want in the future.

Not long after, the servant girl replied that the meal was ready and asked where it was placed.

There are only Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu two serious masters in Lin's house, and the aunt is not allowed to serve at dinner, so there are not so many rules, Lin Ruhai ordered them to be put in Daiyu's room.Not long after, a few maidservants carried a small round table of nanmu wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and cloud legs, and set up two seats, and another five or six maidservants came in with big red lacquer boxes and set out meals.Lin Ruhai ordered Xueyan and Zijuan to boil down the medicine Daiyu was taking, and they could take the medicine after eating.

Lin's family mainly eats light food, unlike Jia's family who feast on fish and meat.Daiyu usually eats three or four vegetarian dishes, one meat dish, and two soups.When eating with Lin Ruhai, there are only two more vegetarian dishes and one meat dish.Of course, this is not a fixed rule. There are only these two masters in the Lin family. If you want to eat something special or add a few dishes, you only need to send someone to the kitchen to pass a message.Unlike the big and small masters in Jia's mansion, everyone has a share, and if they want to eat some special dishes, they have to pay for it and hand it to the kitchen to cook.

Daiyu was not very hungry, she put down her chopsticks after eating a few small wontons and a few pieces of tender tofu.

Lin Ruhai frowned: "Didn't you say that you are good at eating, why do you eat so little?"

Daiyu said: "I ate a lot of cakes and a bowl of sugar-steamed crispy cheese in the second half of the day. I'm not hungry yet."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and gave Daiyu a bowl of nourishing longan soup.Daiyu took the soup and drank it in small sips, and ordered the girl to pick tender and tender fish for Pangpang to eat.When the meal was over and the medicine was not ready, Daiyu ordered someone to put in another small stove, took a round fan to boil the water and asked Lin Ruhai what kind of tea to drink.

Lin Ruhai said: "Soak some Junshan silver needles."

Daiyu then ordered the girl to go to the newly obtained Junshan Silver Needle tea, while chatting with Lin Ruhai every sentence, nothing more than talking about the recent family affairs and asking about Lin Ruhai's body.

Judging from his complexion alone, Lin Ruhai was already much better than the previous few days, he no longer coughed, and he was in good spirits.Daiyu was secretly happy for her father, it seemed that the spirit spring water really had an effect, and after using it for a while, it might be able to completely detoxify.She only had such a close relative left, if her father also went, she might not be able to survive.Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, God was merciful, let her meet Zhou Hang, and by chance, she got the space spirit spring, which saved her father's life.

Even she herself got the opportunity from Zhou Hang to get rid of the root cause of the disease and live for a long time.

Zhou Hang and her fate are already entangled, and the kindness she owes Zhou Hang may not be cleared in a lifetime.

Daiyu had finished making tea, and coincidentally, the medicine had also been decocted.She didn't drink the usual medicine, and she poured it directly in the space in order to destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces so that no one would find out.But today, my father was watching from the sidelines, fearing that he would not be able to avoid it.Daiyu subconsciously glanced at Zhou Hang.Receiving Daiyu's aggrieved and helpless eyes, Zhou Hang almost jumped on the table and made a mistake, oh, it was a mistake and knocked over the medicine bowl.

However, doing this is not the solution to the problem. Lin Ruhai can let the girls boil another bowl, and then stare at Sister Lin to drink it down. He believes that Daddy Lin has the patience.

Turning his head, Zhou Hang didn't look at Lin Daiyu's expression, so as not to soften his heart.

Sister Lin, you are asking for more blessings, but I can't help it.

Lin Daiyu pouted, and looked at Lin Ruhai bitterly, seeing that the latter had no expression, so she had to close her eyes and get used to the medicine.Just as he put down the medicine bowl, a piece of candied fruit was stuffed into his mouth, and a little bit of sweetness radiated from the tip of his tongue, gradually dispelling the bitterness of the medicine.

Daiyu squinted her eyes and smiled, and looked at Lin Ruhai cheerfully: "Thank you, Daddy."

Zhou Hang lowered his head and hugged the tip of his tail, his heart was a little depressed due to that stinging smile.He also wanted to comfort Sister Lin, like her father, he would give her a candied fruit after she finished drinking the medicine, and he could even take the opportunity to touch that rosy little face and see her satisfied and happy smile.

It's a pity that he is a black family now, even if he can take the form of a human, he can't appear in front of everyone openly.If he had a legal identity, he could also stand by Sister Lin's side openly and aboveboard, protecting her for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, he was a little relieved.

Nothing is impossible in this world, is it?

So what if you don't have an identity, strength determines everything in any era, and if you have strength, you have identity.He needs to slowly accumulate strength, and now he can maintain his human body longer and longer, which should be related to his drinking of spiritual spring water every day.If things go on like this, he will be able to live like a normal person in another year or so. He should be glad that although he is only two or three months old in the body of a cat, he will at least look like a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old when he turns into a human body , otherwise it's really hard to act.

There are nothing more than two ways to get ahead in the world: one is to study hard, obtain fame, and advance in official career. If the means, ability, and luck are good, you may be able to enter the center of power after 20 years; but the premise is that everything goes well. And the emperor had to be a Mingjun.The second is to serve the battlefield, make contributions, and blaze a trail; this is a shortcut, but if you don't do it well, you will lose your life.

Although Zhou Hang has always been a legendary academic master, but that is only limited to the modern education of the 21st century, and the ancient ones are also stereotyped essays, which is not his specialty.Fortunately, his memory has always been good. Although he can’t say that he never forgets, he can memorize an article after reading it two or three times, but he has just started now. Compared with those scholars who have studied the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood, it is later. , It is not easy to come from behind.If you go the second way, fighting on the battlefield, with his small stature, he probably can't compete with those ancient generals who practiced martial arts since childhood.

So is there a third way?

His greatest advantage is the ability to control beasts, to be exact, the ability to control cats.It is estimated that no one will believe it when it is said, and there is suspicion of strange power and chaos.Wait, you won't let him be a magic stick if you are so weird?

It is not impossible to think about it carefully.The ancient people were generally superstitious, and the magic stick really had room for survival. Many temple and Taoist masters were quite respected, and most of them were princes and nobles who flattered them.Once he accidentally listened to the gossip of the servants, and said that there was a national teacher in the previous dynasty who had some supernatural powers. When he was in his 80s, he looked like he was in his 40s. The sound is like a living god, kneeling down and worshiping with a big gift.

It is said that later, when the national teacher lived to be more than 100 years old, he rode a crane for a hundred days to ascend, and the emperor cried more heartbreakingly than his own father who died.

Looking at it this way, national teacher is a good job, decent and casual!

As long as Lin Ruhai survives, he will be transferred to the capital in the future at least as a second-rank court official.Daiyu is not only the prostitute daughter of the Zanying family, but also her father is a high-ranking official, so her status is not disrespectful.What's more, she is still an only daughter, and most of the family property accumulated by the Lin family for a hundred years will be used as a dowry for Lin Daiyu in the future. I don't know how many people want to marry this marriage that can gain both power and money.

Such a family background and such a family background are enough to be a princess. If he doesn't get a great status, he will be ashamed to propose marriage to Lin Ruhai.

In more than ten days, after the Flower Festival, Lin Daiyu will be 11 years old.In ancient times, people got married early. Generally, they should marry their daughters at the age of twelve or thirteen, and they usually get married when they are 15 years old.There are only three or four years left in total, and the more Zhou Hang thinks about it, the more he feels that he can't waste time anymore, and Sister Lin will be married off by someone else.

"Fatty, what are you thinking about with your little head? You don't even eat fish!"

Daiyu's sudden voice interrupted Zhou Hang's thoughts. He looked down at his small plate, and sure enough there were a few pieces of soft and tender white fish, and Daiyu was staring at him curiously.

"Meow~" Zhou Hang pulled out a smile that he thought was perfect, and wagged his tail casually.

All the maidservants who were waiting on the side were all smiling cutely.

Daiyu laughed too, and showed her father the picture she drew in the plum garden.Lin Ruhai nodded, and said, "That's right, you have a bit of character, how much money can your painting be sold for in the market?"

Daiyu lowered her face when she heard this: "It's only a few taels of silver..."

Lin Ruhai said: "A few taels of silver is not a lot. The paintings of ordinary scholars only sell for a few hundred renminbi, and the master can only sell you for this price. You didn't know it when you grew up in a boudoir, but five taels of silver is enough for a middle-level peasant family to live on for two years. It’s been three months. There are so many poor people in this world, and some of them go hungry for more than half the year.”

Daiyu remained silent after hearing this, and raised her head for a long time before asking, "Are there many in our Yangzhou city?"

Lin Ruhai nodded, Daiyu was silent for a long time, and thought to herself: This is what the ancients said in the poem, "The wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks and the bones are frozen to death". She lived too *easy to think about everything outside so beautiful.As everyone knows, there are many shacks and tile houses besides the whitewashed walls and Zhulou.It’s okay if you meet a clean and honest parent official, at least you can live on; if you are greedy for an exploitative and embezzler, the people will suffer.

"Father, I checked the warehouse a few days ago and found that there are many old grains and rice buried in the ground, and they are still lying there. Why don't they let the poor people in the city eat."

Lin Ruhai said: "If you have such a heart, it is naturally the best."

So he handed over the matter to Lin Daiyu.

After Lin Ruhai left, Lin Daiyu picked up the account book left by Li Feng's wife.She was managing the house these days, and she had already learned how to check the general ledger, and Zhou Hang taught him a set of extremely delicate number writing and calculation methods, which were very convenient to use.But this method is the culture of another world, Zhou Hang told her not to disclose it to outsiders at will.

In the dead of night, Daiyu and Zhou Hang entered the space together after hearing that the girls in the side room were silent.

The space is still so empty, except for the small thatched hut, there is wilderness and dead grass as far as the eye can see.Zhou Hang's kitten trotted to the hut, and when he came out, he was already a handsome young man.

"Sister Lin, have you finished reading the ledger?" He smiled.

Daiyu nodded, this ledger is not the ledger of a certain shop, but the general ledger of many shops.It roughly records the account withdrawal, account entry, profit, etc. within a year, most of which are profitable, but there are a few shops that are unable to make ends meet.

Informing Zhou Hang of this matter, the latter said: "There must be a reason for a shop to make ends meet, or the location is not good, or the management is not good, or the shopkeeper is full of pockets, lazy and lazy, and the products are not selected, etc. Etc. The restaurant should be opened in a place with a lot of traffic; the bookstore should be opened near the academies or teahouses where imperial examination scholars often gather, or near the Hanlin Academy. Most scholars are noble and like to be clean. If the bookstore is located in a bustling street with noisy traffic, the business will definitely not be good."

Daiyu was thoughtful, and Zhou Hang said again: "Tomorrow, you will call the shopkeepers of these shops and ask what's going on. If there are shopkeepers who are rich in private pockets, then find a way to replace them with honest and capable people. If you don't have a big mind, you can come up with a solution according to local conditions. If it doesn't work, you can simply push out the shop that has been losing money all the year round, and you can get a lot of housing expenses in a year, which is better than losing money all year round."

Daiyu nodded, Zhou Hang's idea was indeed good, and she planned to do so tomorrow.Daddy handed these things over to her, so she naturally had to take care of them.

"Sister Lin, look—"

Daiyu was contemplating with frowned eyebrows, but was suddenly interrupted by Zhou Hang's slightly exclamated voice.She subconsciously glanced at Zhou Hang, and saw Zhou Hang holding a piece of dry grass in front of her.

"Did you see that these withered grasses have sprouted?" Zhou Hang raised his eyebrows, looking very energetic.

Daiyu took a closer look, "It's really... spring back to the earth, and now the flowers, plants and trees outside have grown thin green buds, I didn't expect the grass in the space to do the same."

Zhou Hang felt that it was not that simple.

Together, the two of them walked to the small lake formed by the gathering of spiritual springs, and there were green, tender yellow grasses growing close to the lake.Daiyu squatted down, stretched out her hand to touch the tender bud, raised her head and smiled, "It's soft..."

Zhou Hang also imitated her and squatted down to touch it. Xiaocao softly scratched his palm, which made his heart itch.

Li Feng's daughter-in-law took Daiyu's order and went back to thoroughly investigate the matter of the servant and maid who escaped two years ago.He called all the servants who had been in contact with these two people to them and questioned them carefully. In addition to the clues specially arranged by Zhou Hang and Lin Daiyu, and the clues of Lu, they really found out many strange things, including her buried under the bed. A vial of unused poison.

Li Feng's daughter-in-law knew about her master's poisoning, and also knew that the master didn't want the girl to know, so she didn't dare to report directly to Lin Daiyu, but instead told Lin Ruhai with all the witnesses.

Daiyu just smiled when she heard about it, all she wanted was for her father to know.

Lin Ruhai also sent someone to find out the details of Huang Guixiang at this moment, and even found out a lot of things that she didn't say.It is true that her daughter Haitang died in the prefect's yamen in vain, but although her husband and two sons are a pity, they are really hateful!

After hearing Li Feng's daughter-in-law's report, Lin Ruhai was even more shocked.