Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Red Mansions

The clothes to come are a bit big, the child's skeleton is very small, his wrists and ankles are very thin, he was washed very carefully by Biling, his hair was half-dried and loose, revealing a delicate little face.

He no longer had the previous fear of Lin Daiyu. He lay on the kang and watched Lin Daiyu smooth the two kittens without even blinking, watching very seriously.

Lin Daiyu smiled and waved to him, "Come and play with us, it feels very comfortable."

The child thought for a while, then slowly moved over, tentatively stretched out his hand and nodded Bai Bai's head, Bai Bai tilted his head and looked at the hairless one, the cat's paw lightly patted his finger.

"It's just for nothing." Lin Daiyu shook Gouzi's paw, "This is Gouzi. What's your name?"

The child was stunned, biting his lip and thinking for a long time, with tears in his eyes, he said, "I don't remember."

Lin Daiyu sighed lightly, and told the servant girl, "Go and ask the second master, if you know the child's original name."

It is really pitiful for a child as young as Ding Dian to lose his parents first and then be abducted to treat him like this.

Bi Ling left for a while and then came back, "The second master said that the child was originally called Lin Jue, and he didn't have anyone around him who could take care of the child, so he entrusted it to grandma first."

"I know." Lin Daiyu pondered for a moment, "No one is allowed to spread this matter, I will tell my father."

"I don't need you, I'll go and talk to my father-in-law." Yan Ji entered the room, "Uncle has gone back, he still has business to deal with."

"What did you come up with?" Lin Daiyu asked, and sat down a bit to make room for him.

Before Yan Ji sat down, Lin Jue had already shrunk to the corner with hands and feet together, looking at Yan Ji warily.

"It's all about you, you just got better." Lin Daiyu teased Lin Jue with the kitten, "Don't be afraid, come over to my sister."

Yan Ji laughed, "Why is my brother-in-law so annoying."

Lin Daiyu said, "If you want to save a child, my uncle can just send it home, but this has been sent to us in a hurry. Is there anything we can do for you?"

"Uncle thinks this child is suitable for his father-in-law to be his heir, and he wants you to help him talk, so it's a good thing to kiss you." Yan Ji said, "He is afraid that his father-in-law will not agree, so he uses you as a shield."

Lin Daiyu said, "Although this child is pitiful, his father is still in charge of the inheritance. I felt sorry for my uncle back then, but my father didn't adopt my uncle because of me."

Yan Ji grabbed her shoulders, "Don't think too much about it, if the father-in-law doesn't like it, we'll keep him and we won't ask him to be beaten again."

Lin Daiyu laughed, "It's only natural."

"It's a pity that this happened, and it didn't let you have fun."

"Why don't you have fun? It's great to see the Fendaicao and eat so many new things." Lin Daiyu leaned on him, watching Lin Jue and the kitten play together, "I asked them to pack shepherd's purse at noon Wonton, I don’t know if this kid likes to eat it or not.”

"Why don't you ask me if I like food?" Yan Ji pretended to be serious.

"But I love to eat, I love to eat, don't you like to eat?"

"I love to eat."

The two lived in Zhuangzi for another three days. Lin Daiyu drew many kittens and rabbits to make Lin Jue happy. When they returned, Lin Jue refused to let go of the stack of precious drawing paper.

"It's okay, let him hold it." Lin Daiyu put Lin Jue beside her and rubbed his little head, "If you like it, I will teach you how to draw in the future, okay?"

"Okay." The child looked at Lin Daiyu with big clear eyes.

Tea and snacks were prepared in the carriage, Lin Daiyu broke off a piece of pastry and fed him slowly, was eating happily, Yan Ji suddenly leaned over, snatched the snack from Lin Daiyu's hand after Lin Jue.

Lin Daiyu turned her head and stared at him for a moment, "It really is a cat like its owner."

When he came, the dog jumped over and snatched the food from Yan Ji's hand, now it was Yan Ji's turn.

Yan Ji nodded calmly, "I learned it from Gouzi."

"Promise." Lin Daiyu shoved him.

Lin Jue was placed in their wing room. There were only the two of them in the left and right houses. There were many vacant rooms. Lin Daiyu simply asked Bi Ling to accompany Lin Jue, because it was Bi Ling who gave him medicine and took a bath, and the little guy was still close to her. some.

Lin Jue tugged at Lin Daiyu's skirt and refused to let her go, so Lin Daiyu had to squat down to coax him, "You are a brave and good boy who sleeps alone, and with Sister Biling accompanying you, you will be able to see me again tomorrow morning. "

While coaxing, Ming Yilan came.

She walked a little hurriedly, "What's going on, it's been spread outside, saying that your father received a skinny horse from a salt merchant in Weiyang, and gave birth to an illegitimate child. He also said that he was afraid that the matter would be exposed and affect his official career, so he left their mother and child alone." Falling on the street and being bullied by others, it was the Zhen family who saved the child and preserved a bit of the Lin family's blood."

Lin Daiyu and Lin Jue looked at her at the same time, they both had round eyes, one big and one small were so cute.

"There is really a child?" Ming Yilan was stunned, "Your father really did something wrong to your mother?"

"Mother, please sit in the room and listen to me. I never thought that the Zhen family would turn black and white. I should thank them for their great kindness?" Lin Daiyu handed the child to Biling and supported Ming Yilan entered the main room.

Lin Daiyu poured her a glass with her own hands, and explained Lin Jue's origin clearly.

After hearing this, Ming Yilan sighed, "I'm the one who got impatient today. I thought just now that your father really did such a thing. I won't allow you to go back to your mother's house in the future, and let this old man fend for himself."

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "Mother is also concerned, but she is in chaos. Do you want to go and see that child? He looks a bit like me, so I don't blame others for gossiping."

There are a few osmanthus flowers planted in the courtyard of the main room. At this time, the courtyard is full of sweet fragrance. Ming Yilan couldn't help but praise, "You two are living comfortably."

"Mingde and I both like to paint flowers and plants, so we planted some four-season vegetation at home." Lin Daiyu said, before she could shout, Lin Jue had already stumbled over and hugged Lin Daiyu's leg, pointing to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree and said, "Xiangxiang. "

Only then did Ming Yilan take a closer look at Lin Jue, "It does look a bit like the Lin family, what are you going to do now?"

It's not easy to talk about adoption first, so Lin Daiyu could only say, "I have discussed with Mingde and want to adopt this child."

"What happened to your father, ask him to deal with it." Ming Yilan bent down and hugged Lin Jue, "Oh, like a little girl."

Lin Daiyu hurriedly helped to support the child.

Lin Jue was startled at first, and felt that Ming Yilan didn't mean to hurt him, so she relaxed and smiled at her.

"It's good for you to take it with you first, just to accumulate experience, and you won't be caught off guard when you have your own children in the future." Ming Yilan hugged Lin Jue to reach the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, "Is it fragrant? Let's break it down and keep it in the house is it good?"

Lin Daiyu's ears turned red, "The freshly pickled sweet-scented osmanthus is ready, I'll let them cook a bowl of rice dumplings."

"Okay, I'll go back after dinner."

The white and tender balls fell into the bowl like pearls, with the sweet scent of osmanthus, Lin Jue's face was full of longing, as if his mouth was about to drool.

Seeing Lin Daiyu feeding Lin Jue herself, Ming Yilan couldn't help laughing, "If you like children, give birth to one soon, so I can hug my grandson."

Lin Daiyu pretended not to hear, the tips of her ears were still red.

Fearing that the glutinous rice would not be easy to digest, she didn't dare to give Lin Jue more to eat. Ming Yilan led the child to the garden to digest the food, pointing out flowers and plants from time to time to teach him how to recognize them.

Lin Daiyu watched their interaction with a smile, and suddenly Madam Li came looking for her with a solemn expression.

Nanny Li didn't come out very much these days, and she had been idle all the time, with such an ugly face, Lin Daiyu didn't want to disturb Ming Yilan and Xiao Linjue, so she and Nanny Li went to the other side of the corridor.

"But what happened?" Lin Daiyu asked.

Nanny Li handed the ball of paper to Lin Daiyu, "Grandma, look at this first."

Lin Daiyu flattened it, and found that it might be a letter, but there was a strange writing on it, "Tatar."

When she was learning to speak Tatar, she also looked for some Tatar classics, and she could recognize them, but she couldn't understand what they said.

"Today, on a whim, I wanted to go to grandma's study to find a book to read. I didn't want to find a hollowed-out book, and this was what was hidden in it. The person in charge of the study is Xueying, it may be her, or it may be someone else." Li The nanny said, "This letter is probably not a good thing, so I can only let the uncle come back to read it. There is a possibility that there is a traitor in the mansion. Now the most urgent thing is to find this person, not just in grandma's study, maybe there is something else in the house." The place is stuffed with dirt. It's just that the Princess is... isn't she?"

"You don't need to hide it from your mother." Lin Daiyu said, "Go and ask someone to check if there is anything else."

After she gave the order, she took the letter and gave it to Ming Yilan.

Ming Yilan was pulling down the hydrangea to show Lin Jue, but when she read the letter, she was no longer the same as before, "He actually wants to slander my son for collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country."

"Can mother understand?"

"I learned from Mingde's father before, so I can roughly understand it." Ming Yilan's tone was a little stiff.

"It's all my fault, people got mixed in."

"You are still young, where have you ever seen such a dirty trick? If one is bad, the whole family will join in. It can be said that it is not cruel." Ming Yilan said, "These are the only people who can get in touch with your study, check it out carefully. .”

Lin Daiyu said yes, "Please ask mother to teach me."

"I don't know if the news of this person's release of the letter has spread. It's the right place to put things in Mingde's outer study. The one who can enter your room must be a servant girl. Has there been a servant girl who always wants to go to the outer courtyard recently?"

Biling thought for a moment, "The maidservant has been following grandma, and she didn't notice."

"I just ate it and thought it was a bit too sweet. I want to eat some salty snacks. You ask Xueyan to fry some small dumplings for me." Lin Daiyu instructed Biling, lowering her voice, "Let Xueyan ask the people in the kitchen."

The owner of the Yan family had few children, so he withdrew the small kitchen and set up two kitchens inside and outside. Usually, the vegetables were sent to the outside kitchen first, and then the mother-in-law moved them into the inner kitchen. The news was much better.

"Probably not a family child. Where did they get the chance to come into contact with the Tatars?"

Ming Yilan pinched her face, "Daiyu, you're thinking about one thing wrong, it's not because you came into contact with the Tatars that you can frame you."