Red Mansions: No Tears

?Jia Lian heard that the Lin family had guests, and a servant who stayed behind told him the next morning. At that time, he just stroked his chin and asked nonchalantly, "Do you know where it came from?"

"I've inquired about it, but I'm just a poor scholar, because I've asked Mrs. Lin to point me out a few times before, probably from where I heard that Mrs. Lin was seriously ill in bed, so I came to visit him specially." The boy replied. road.

"Poor scholar? What kind of identity is Mrs. Lin, who is willing to let go of his dignity to point out a little-known kid? And leave someone at home as a guest? Don't you be deceived? What is the other party's name? Have you asked?" Come out?" Jia Lian looked at the young servant suspiciously, thinking that if he was really a poor scholar, then it would not be worth mentioning, and he was afraid that the other party was someone sent by the Gusu Lin family to explore the way, and if the other party got caught It's not good to be empty.

"Of course! His surname is Jiang. I heard his servant call him Seventh Master. I think he is the seventh in the family. His accent is also from the south of the Yangtze River. This should be normal, right? If he is not a local, which poor scholar?" How capable is he to come all the way to see a doctor? Let alone know about Mrs. Lin's illness." The boy replied as a matter of course.

"Jiang's family? Hmm..." Jia Lian flipped through his mind. Before coming to Yangzhou, he probably knew about the political power and family distribution of several prefectures and counties in Yangzhou, plus some old stories in Jinling over the years. Occasionally, news came to the capital that none of the officials currently serving in the Jiangnan area seemed to have the surname Jiang... It seemed that he was not a big shot. After thinking about it, he asked again: "Have you seen that Jiang Qi? How is it? How many people did you bring?"

"I've met him once before. He was dressed very ordinary, and he only brought a servant with him. He looked very shabby. He must not be a young master from a rich family." The servant replied with certainty.

"Since this is the case, then don't worry about him. There are ten, eight, or nine people who come from some unknown place to make friends and get along with each other. Master Lin is willing to take money to serve him, so let him go Well, the two poor ones on the left and right can't spend a few taels of silver, you should hurry up and do the things that the second wife explained." Jia Lian listened, and felt that this unexpected visitor was not threatening, so he was very upset. He waved his hands heartily, and told the boys to investigate the affairs of the Lin family as usual, and then went out for fun again with the two personal servants.

The little servant responded briskly, and sent Jia Lian's master and servant all the way out, then turned back to greet the other companions, and prepared to go to the places he had been to the previous two days, and continue to look for those dull-looking, The deceitful Lin family's servants are clichés.

Zijuan came to Lin Daiyu's bedroom early in the morning, but Lin Daiyu hadn't woken up yet, so she approached Ziyun half-hidden and asked in a low voice: "You are here to watch the night these days, you can see that the girl is in the middle of the night go out?"

"Huh?! How is it possible?! Why didn't I know that the eldest girl had gone out in the middle of the night? Is sister Zijuan suspicious of me? Don't you think that I have fallen asleep, so I didn't hear the movement in the house? I swear , I have never been lazy! When the eldest girl calls, I always enter the room to serve at the first time." Ziyun widened her eyes, expressing her innocence bitterly.

"No? But last night, the girl clearly..." Zijuan murmured to herself in disbelief, and felt that what Lin Daiyu said the day before was incomprehensible. In the room, how could it be possible that no one was alarmed along the way?

"In the early morning of the day before yesterday, Nanny Wen came to look for the eldest girl and took her out, but the eldest girl refused to let me and Bai Ye go with me, so I don't know where they went, and they disappeared soon. I'm back." Ziyun added a paragraph as if he suddenly remembered it.

"Early in the morning? How early is that?" Zicuckoo frowned and asked persistently. She thought she could leave the room at a time she didn't notice, so it could only be before Mao's time?The women and maids who came with them all got up one after another around the beginning of time, no matter how old the old ones are, and no matter how young the young ones have bad eyesight, they will not be unable to see the two big living people coming from the sky. Walk in front of you?

"Who remembers so much?! It's early in the morning anyway!" Ziyun rolled her eyes unceremoniously and replied impatiently. When she heard a voice coming from the room, she immediately left Zijuan, hurried into the house.

That night, Zijuan suddenly heard Lin Daiyu tell Aunt Wu that she had actually gone to Jia Min's house to look at it secretly, and felt very sour and sad, and even couldn't believe it. She thought that Miss Lin really didn't believe her?Or how could he not even mention a word to her, as if deliberately avoiding her attention, secretly ran to Aunt Min's house in the middle of the night to miss her mother who passed away many years ago?Besides, how could Miss Lin's frail body withstand the icy cold wind at night?But from what Ziyun said just now, it seems that Miss Lin really went out alone with Nanny Wen... But in this way, she can't know whether the dowries left by Aunt Min are in the place where she lived before her death That's it... According to what Nanny Lai said before, Aunt Min is the old lady's most beloved daughter, so when she got married, the old lady gave her a lot of good things as a dowry, and Nanny Lai also revealed what the old lady meant, The main reason is that I hope to bring Aunt Min's dowry back to Jia's house first, as a support for the old lady to miss her daughter, and secondly, I want to take good care of it for Miss Lin, so as not to be greedy by that villain in the future. She can't see anything now, and she doesn't know if those things have been made into their own by the Lin family.

Zijuan bit her lips, and looked into the house with a complicated expression. Just in time, a little girl brought water, she immediately put on a friendly and pleasant smile, took the water basin in the little girl's hand neatly, and at the same time Said: "It's good for me and Ziyun to serve the girl today, and you can call two more people to go to the kitchen and bring breakfast back together."

That little girl seems to have just been on duty not long ago, and when she sees those high-ranking maids on weekdays, she has a feeling that she can only look up to but not be kind to. At first sight of Zijuan who is so approachable, she was a little panicked at first, but she saw it again. Zijuan showed an attitude of not being able to refuse, she carefully showed a slight smile, thanked Zijuan respectfully, turned around and went downstairs quickly, then greeted the two little girls in the yard, the three of them were together and a half He half-run out of the yard.

After washing and combing, and having breakfast, Lin Daiyu took Zijuan and the two little girls to the main courtyard to greet Lin Ruhai.

Lin Daiyu arrived at Lin Ruhai's house, but found that Jiang Ke was already sitting on the bed, serving Lin Ruhai to drink medicine. She was a little surprised. To be honest, she didn't know if Jiang Ke, who didn't appear in the original book, would have anything to do with the future of the Lin family. However, since the other party was able to wait in front of Lin Ruhai for several days in a row, he did have a bit of respect for Lin Ruhai. .

"Brother Qi came so early again today?" Lin Daiyu said to Jiang Ke with some embarrassment after paying respects to Lin Ruhai.

"The steward Lin repeatedly explained that my cousin had to take medicine on time every day, but the servants were rough and rough, and it would be inconvenient for him to get older, and since I stayed, I naturally had to talk a little bit about it." Speaking of serving my uncle, there are always many places that my sister is inconvenient to do, and now it's just right for me to do these things." Jiang Ke smiled without caring.

"Then I would like to thank Brother Seven. Does Daddy feel better today?" Lin Daiyu nodded with a guilty conscience, because what Jiang Ke said made sense. Although she is a girl, she and Lin Ruhai are parents, but it is indeed impossible for her to be completely happy. Serving is in place, not to mention other things, just supporting Lin Ruhai and feeding him medicine like Jiang Ke did just now is not enough, but do you want to ask a few personal servants or Lin Butler to do it?It seems... a bit weird, as expected, at such a time, you will feel that it is a tragedy not to have a son! !

"It's probably because I can see Brother Ke serving me so caringly, and I feel a little relieved at the moment... Being a father doesn't mean that I dislike Yu'er, but... ah!" Lin Ruhai and Jiang Ke once got along for a while, I have a very good impression of Jiang Ke, let alone these few days, Jiang Ke's hands-on and caring, it is the first time for him to truly understand the gap between whether he has children or not, but he is not so confused as to show it in front of his daughter. The regret in his heart, after all, after his wife died of illness, he was the one who chose not to remarry. If he didn't plan to marry again, he would give up the chance of having a son Cheng Huan in this life. Do you want to put that kind of dissatisfaction on your daughter?

"Biao uncle... have you considered the matter of adoption?" Seeing this, Jiang Ke hesitated for a while, but couldn't help raising his doubts.

"Adoption? How easy is it?! Not to mention that my Lin family is not prosperous and has limited descendants, even if there are still a few tribesmen, they are all distant relatives who have been separated for several generations. If they themselves have to worry about having no successors, how can it be possible?" Give up an heir to me? Even if someone is willing to give up a son, I have to consider whether the character of the other party is kind and reliable, and whether he and his original family will bring any trouble to this family..." Lin Ruhai shook his head, He sighed helplessly.

"Really? It's my nephew who has shallow vision." Jiang Ke lowered his head in disappointment and said.

"Actually, Dad can think about it carefully. As for the question of whether the other party's character is good or not, no one can say that right? Could it be that what looks good at this time will always be good in the future? I don't think so. Right? The most important thing is, if you have a son under your father's name... at least, after a hundred years, there will still be a younger generation offering incense and offering sacrifices to you." Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes to think for a moment, and suddenly said something astonishing words.

"Yu'er?!" Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Daiyu in surprise, but seemed to understand why Lin Daiyu said that.

"What my sister said is that people's hearts are unpredictable, and who can guarantee that they will not change their minds for decades? Besides, what my cousin should consider is the few years before my sister's marriage. Is it really necessary to rely on the Rongguo government all the time?" Is it?" Jiang Ke nodded with regret, and asked a puzzled question.

Because Jiang Ke heard that Lin Daiyu followed his words and began to persuade his father to agree to adopt a stepchild, he couldn't help but look at her differently, and regardless of what Lin Daiyu thought in his heart was different from what she said, he was able to say this Words at least show that she is not an ignorant girl who is ignorant of the world and does not understand things. She may even have thought about how she will get along with that nominal "brother" if there is really a "relative" in the family.

After two days of investigation, Jiang Ke was surprised to find that Lin Ruhai never seemed to know the real face of Jia's family. He didn't know that in the eyes of many aristocratic families in the capital, the two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia were simply a stinking, filthy place. It was an unbearable place, and fortunately the girls of the Lin family hadn't acquired those habits all these years there, but he was worried that Lin Ruhai, who didn't know the inside story, would have to entrust his only daughter to the Jia family at the last moment.

When Jiang Ke thought about it this way, he felt that he should disclose some truths to Lin Ruhai in a timely manner. Even if there is really only one place to go in the future, at least he can first think about how to protect his remaining blood. ?