The Hulk of the Red Chamber

Different from Lin Ruhai's descendants, the Gusu Lin family has never had similar worries. On average, a new generation is born in less than 20 years. Therefore, the biggest impact is that even a few The elders of the clan are at most the same generation as Lin Ruhai, and most of the others can be regarded as Lin Daiyu's juniors.

Seeing people who are older than Shi Ding call him uncle, uncle and grandfather, it is really an unspeakable pressure.Of course, after so many years of messing around, Shi Hong didn't show it on the surface even if he muttered in his heart.According to Lin Ruhai's final arrangements, Shi Hong handed over a group of properties in Gusu to the elders of the Lin family in public, and asked the elders to supervise the use of the property. A large amount of property, people with names and surnames in the clan know the background, and since they are all in Gusu, everyone knows the market, at least it will not be obvious that there is no natural disaster*, but Zhuangzi reports natural disasters instead, resulting in a significant drop in income Case.

Looking at the large stack of land deeds, the eyeballs of all the people present were red, and they were all extremely eager. This is the real benefit!At least during the holidays, the bonuses distributed to each family in the clan are much higher than in previous years.

Shi Hong also has nothing to covet about the Lin family's property. It is not impossible for historians to earn tangible wealth. The most valuable network resources left by Lin Ruhai and his daughter are already Shi Hong's. He didn't have any thoughts of encroaching on it for himself, not to mention, wouldn't the part that Lin Daiyu inherited be handed over to their children in the future?

However, to be honest, the relationship between the two clans has been extremely cold since the branch of Lin Ruhai. The dignitaries look like they don't even see the rituals during the festivals. It's no wonder that the relationship between the two families can't get closer.

Therefore, after burying Lin Ruhai in the Lin family's ancestral grave, and having some exchanges with the Lin family, Shi Hong planned to return to Beijing.As a son-in-law, he should give Lin Ruhai filial piety for three months, and now it's about to expire, and he has to rush back to the Imperial Academy to continue working.

However, Lin Daiyu was ill.Although Lin Daiyu's body has improved a lot in the past few years, but after experiencing the pain of losing her father, the subsequent guarding and crying, and helping the spirit to return home, these are all exhausting things. Lin Daiyu blames herself for the past few years. Getting along with her father day and night, she didn't even notice that her father was in poor health. She felt unfilial, and the psychological pressure made it difficult for her to feel at ease. Now that Lin Ruhai had been buried, Lin Daiyu fell ill as soon as she relaxed.

I invited the doctor over, so naturally I said the same thing, I was depressed, exhausted physically and mentally, and I needed to relax and recuperate.

When Shi Hong came back from the outside, he saw Lin Daiyu half lying on the bed. Zijuan had just served her with medicine. Xueyan took candied fruit and persuaded Lin Daiyu to eat two pills. Lin Daiyu just shook her head. He bowed to Shi Hong: "This servant has seen the uncle!"

Shi Hong nodded, motioned them to stand up, sat down on the edge of the bed, waved his hands and said, "Don't take it if you don't want to take it, so as not to lose the drug's properties. You go down first, and I will talk to your grandma!"

The two retreated in response, Shi Hong looked at the haggard Lin Daiyu, and couldn't help sighing, Lin Daiyu was fine everywhere, but she was a little sentimental, people have to look forward, how can they always be indulging in sadness In the middle, thinking of this, Shi Hong sighed again, but he still stretched out his hand to help Lin Daiyu lie down, and tucked her in the corner of the quilt, and then said: "Yuean, father-in-law has achieved success in his life, but he What I miss most is you. If it weren't for fear of you worrying, why would my father-in-law hide everything and pretend to be healthy until he married you into my family? If you mourn like this, wouldn't you have failed your father-in-law? , Even if he is under the Nine Springs, he can't feel at ease?"

Tears flickered again in Lin Daiyu's eyes, and she said in a hoarse voice: "But, I, I still hate myself, why I don't know anything all the time, and enjoy my father's love with peace of mind. Better..."

Shi Hong was taken aback, how could she have such an idea, he directly interrupted Lin Daiyu, grabbed Lin Daiyu's hand so thin that he could see the blue blood vessels below, and said sharply: "If it weren't for you Yes, as early as a few years ago, my father-in-law went directly to die to serve the country! Back then, my father-in-law was assassinated several times, and he was even more in danger before he came to Beijing. If he hadn’t heard that you were in a bad situation in Jia’s house, he was worried that if he died, you would be swallowed up by the Rongguo Mansion There is not even a bone left, he can't resist at that moment!"

Lin Daiyu's expression became astonished. Although she was smart, she was still a little girl at that time, and she was in the inner house, and what she heard was nothing more than trifles from the parents. Other things, whether it was Lin Ruhai or Shi Taijun, would be interested. Keep it from her, don't let her know.At that time, Lin Daiyu only knew that Lin Ruhai was attacked by political enemies, but she didn't know that Lin Ruhai's life was dying.When Lin Ruhai was almost recovered and returned to the capital, in order to avoid the distress of her delicate daughter, naturally she would not tell her, and even if she said something, she would try to understate it as much as possible, so Lin Daiyu didn't know anything about it.

Shi Hong continued: "How do you think my father-in-law's body fell to the point where his body was exhausted? He was poisoned and assassinated a few times while serving as the censor of Yanyan. Even, I heard that the reason why my mother-in-law died early is also the same reason. If it wasn't for thinking about you, why would my father-in-law have to work so hard to survive the death situation until he returned to Beijing to take up his post, so that he could keep you by his side forever? I will support you until you get married!"

Lin Daiyu's expression suddenly became urgent: "That Zijia, who killed father?"

Shi Hong thought for a while, and then said: "Father-in-law served as the inspector of salt in the past, in order to rectify the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River, which naturally violated the interests of the big salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, those salt merchants also have their own backgrounds. For example, the Zhen family in Jinling even involved several princes. Although the salt merchants involved in the events of the past have almost all been ransacked and wiped out, but most of their backgrounds are still there. After all, the emperor is still there. Your Majesty still has scruples. However, we men are naturally involved in matters in the court, Yue An, you don't have to think too much!"

When talking about the Zhen family, Lin Daiyu's eyes obviously moved, but Shi Hong didn't pay attention, but said softly: "Yue An, the only regret of my father-in-law in this life is the problem of the blood of the Lin family, and it will ultimately fall on you and me. If you don't take good care of your health, can this branch of the Lin family be extinct?"

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu didn't care about her shyness, her face showed firmness, and her hand also gained strength, and she grabbed Shi Hong's fingers, Shi Hong actually felt a little pain, seeing that Lin Daiyu was no longer indulging in sadness In the middle, Shi Hong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You should rest well, and when you recover, we will return to Beijing together!"

"En!" Lin Daiyu responded, nodded again, and said, "Zijia, I won't make you worry like this again in the future!"

"What nonsense, we are already husband and wife!" Shi Hong smiled a little, he bowed his head and gently kissed Lin Daiyu's red and swollen eyes, the remaining tears had a bit of salty taste, making Shi Hong There is also some sourness in her heart, Lin Daiyu is only a child of twelve or thirteen years old now, and in future generations, she will still be a primary school student, "Don't be sad, I'm still by your side!"

Lin Daiyu also showed Shi Hong her first smile these days, Shi Hong stuffed her hands into the quilt, and said softly: "This is good, you live happily, and your father-in-law will be happy after death. of!"

Lin Daiyu nodded vigorously, watched Shi Hong leave, and called Zijuan and Xueyan to come in to serve her. After thinking about it, she asked Xueyan to go to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of milk and japonica rice porridge. Seeing that she was willing to eat, Xueyan couldn't help but Overjoyed, he hurried to the kitchen to order.Lin Daiyu left Zijuan to talk by her bed. After talking for a while, she pretended to be casual and asked: "Recently in Gusu, I heard people mention the Zhen family. I seem to have heard you say that my grandmother's family is the same as the Zhen family. relative?"

Zijuan naturally didn't know what Lin Daiyu's intentions were when she asked the Zhen family, but thought that Lin Daiyu was really curious for a while, so she replied: "What Grandma said is that the Rongguo Mansion and the Zhen family were also in-laws before. The first one was a girl from the Zhen family. Later, an aunt in the Rongguo Mansion also married into the Zhen family, but that aunt was unlucky and passed away after a few years! However, over the years, the Rongguo Mansion and the Zhen family still often As for the contacts, I heard before that the Zhen family also has a Baoyu, who was born in the same mold as the second wife's second master Bao!"

Lin Daiyu inquired about the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family again, but Zijuan didn't know much about it, but even on this point, Lin Daiyu had already discovered that the relationship between the Jia family and the Zhen family was even more intimate than that of several in-laws. As for the relationship between her family and her family, she soon had some frightening guesses in her mind.

Just as he was thinking about something, Xueyan came back from the kitchen, and while quickly serving porridge for Lin Daiyu, he said, "There is no Jasper Jasper rice that Grandma used to eat in the kitchen for a while, I use ordinary Jasper rice, but the taste is also delicious." Not bad, grandma will use it first!"

Lin Daiyu was full of worries at the moment, how could she still taste the food, she used half a bowl indiscriminately, and then she didn't need it, Xueyan just thought she didn't like it, so she made up her mind, and went to remind the kitchen tomorrow and asked them to see if they could eat it. Buy some rouge rice and jasper japonica rice, so that grandma can eat two more bites.

Lin Daiyu told Xueyan to stay on guard at night, then she closed her eyes, Xueyan and Zijuan didn't dare to talk anymore, Zijuan retreated by herself, Xueyan quickly spread a bedding on the pedal, blew out the candles, and then lay down After coming down, she was also tired all day. Hearing Lin Daiyu's breathing evenly, she thought that Lin Daiyu had already fallen asleep, and she also fell asleep dimly.

But in the darkness, Lin Daiyu opened her eyes, her expression changed from bewildered to clear, she breathed out silently, and closed her eyes again.