Red Mansions: No Tears

?Lin Ruhai sat alone at the table and thought about it for a long time. Finally, he was very disappointed to find that his daughter's complexion did not seem to be as rosy and radiant as he thought it was. He didn't realize it before. I really think that my daughter must be doing well in Jia's house, and her body and complexion must have been taken care of by her mother-in-law to an excellent state. Now it seems that this is not the case?For the first time, Lin Ruhai was shaken by his decision to entrust his daughter to the Jia family after death.

Naturally, Lin Daiyu didn't know that under Lin Ruhai's seemingly pedantic appearance, she actually loved her only daughter. She was just surprised that Lin Ruhai would leave an outsider at home when she was so sick that she couldn't get out of bed for three days , and because that person is a character that doesn't appear in the book, so I couldn't help being a little curious, so I asked Ziyun, the maid who was transferred to her side under the pretext of learning from Zijuan, to go with her mother who was working in the kitchen, It was Lin Daiyu's first day back home, and Mother Qiu, who was lucky enough to show her face in front of Lin Daiyu once, inquired about the news.

This newcomer Ziyun is two years older than Lin Daiyu, just like the Xueyan who went to Jia's house with Lin Daiyu back then, but smarter and smarter than Xueyan who was also only ten years old at that time. Well, there is a brother and a sister above, under the care of the brothers and sisters, it is inevitable to have a lot of small thoughts, but in general, she is still a very innocent little girl, and because she has been a younger sister at home for a long time, she is always in a dilemma. The one I was taking care of had a little bit of a desire to stand up and be the master, and to be a sister herself. Unfortunately, there is no one younger than her in the family. It is hard to find someone younger than her, but she just came back Lin Daiyu, the little master of the family.

When Ziyun heard that Lin Daiyu mentioned to Mother Wen that because the snow geese hadn't come back, she planned to pick one or two little girls who were born in the mansion to serve by her side, Ziyun, who was still called Xiaotao at that time, immediately asked her mother She asked that she wanted to serve Lin Daiyu, and when she came here again, she saw that Lin Daiyu was not only younger than her, but also much weaker than her, so she couldn't help but use the same way her brothers and sisters treated her before. On the surface, I wish I could not take care of Lin Daiyu to the point of meticulous care.

Lin Daiyu did not stop Ziyun's series of actions that seemed to win favor. After all, Ziyun is the son of the Lin family. The so-called "a strong dragon will not overwhelm a snake", no matter how young Ziyun is, on the land of the Lin family, Zijuan and those few The mother-in-law and maid of the Jia family still have to give her three points. Moreover, Lin Daiyu also intends to let others slowly replace Zijuan as the "only big maid" in the future, and when she finds a reason in the future, Zijuan will be "returned" to Jia. When she was home, Mother Jia would not refuse her return on the pretext that there was no one around to take care of her properly, and continue to dangle such a big nail in front of her eyes.

In the past few days, on the one hand, Zijuan provoked Lin Daiyu and asked her why she didn't go to see the place where Jia Min lived before. The waiters asked clearly, and there were so many petty tricks that she wanted to ignore them. It's just that if she didn't take her and the Lin family seriously, if it wasn't for the instigation of some people in the Jia family, she would have been only eleven or twelve years old. Zijuan didn't have the guts to do this, so she didn't want to scare the snake too quickly, but just reminded Madam Wen to secretly send a few trusted women and maids to follow her in turn.

Ziyun sneaked into the room quietly, took a quick look inside and outside the room, and after confirming that there were no other maids nearby, she approached Lin Daiyu's ear and said, "Miss, I have already asked my mother, so it turns out that Jiang Qiye is also somewhat related to us. One of his great-uncles is our grandpa’s concubine sister. I heard that the Jiang family’s ancestral home is in Suzhou just like our Lin family’s. , now counting, he has been doing business in Huai'an for decades, because he once wanted to improve his family's status in the local area, so Jiang Qiye's great-grandfather inquired about the results of the evaluation, and finally somehow, he actually agreed with The Lin family, who is still in the title, but because the status of the two families was too different at that time, so his second son married the old lady from the concubine. Unfortunately, for some reason, the two families were only at the beginning. I walked around more frequently in a few years, and then I didn’t have much contact with him.”

"Really? What kind of industry does the Jiang family... do?" Lin Daiyu asked curiously.

"It seems to be one of the salt merchants in Huai'an, right? But it seems that they don't just sell salt, they seem to sell some goods like rice, grain, and other things. My mother said that the most profitable industry in our Jiangnan area is the salt industry. , but because the profits are so astonishing, there are countless dirty things behind the scenes, and because all the salt merchants are rich in money, it is rare for one or two children from a salt merchant's family to see it. It looks serious and promising." Ziyun replied in a somewhat ignorant manner.

"Heh! According to your mother's profound insights, that Jiang Qiye is just one of the few, right?" Lin Daiyu nodded and asked with a funny face.

"That's right! I heard that Jiang Qiye passed the examination of scholar at a very young age. He once came to Yangzhou alone in order to study, and stayed for nearly half a year, just to ask the master about schoolwork. It seems that at that time He also lives in our mansion, and later he will go to the academy in the capital to study, and the master recommended him to go." Ziyun nodded repeatedly with his eyes shining.

"Really? Could it be that the seventh master of the Jiang family is planning to abandon business and change his career?" Lin Daiyu pondered silently, wondering what the character of the seventh master of the Jiang family is?It's a pity that she has no basis for reference at all, it's really difficult...

Lin Daiyu thought about the plot in the original book again earlier. She remembered that in the original book, the story about Lin Daiyu's return to Yangzhou to serve the sick was hastily mentioned, and the number of words did not even take up half of a chapter. To be clear, she is here All the affairs she faced can only be described as being blind with two eyes. However, when there was no one available at Jia's house and she had to take precautions, she had to find someone as soon as possible while she was still in Yangzhou. Two trustworthy people secretly entrusted the things she wanted to keep, so that she would not have to live in fear when she returned to Jia's house for a few years.

The appearance of the seventh master of the Jiang family was undoubtedly a ray of light in the darkness for Lin Daiyu. She thought that since Lin Ruhai would keep this person, she obviously trusted and valued him very much in her heart, but the family has been doing business for generations...the so-called "no Traitors cannot become merchants', a son of a businessman will come to Yangzhou on purpose, and approach Lin Ruhai, who is the inspector of salt and censor, for the reason of asking for advice. Is there really no other purpose?Although they can be regarded as distant relatives... Lin Daiyu just thinks of Lin Ruhai's unsuspecting and blind trust in Jia's family for many years, and she feels very disturbed. I am afraid that this will be another wrong judgment by Lin Ruhai?

Lin Daiyu thought for a while, and then asked Ziyun about the name of the seventh master of the Jiang family and his family situation, but Ziyun shook her head guiltily, and replied: "The things that the eldest girl asked , My mother didn't mention it at all, maybe she doesn't know too well, besides, it's not easy to know the name of the guest."

"Oh..." Lin Daiyu responded with a little disappointment.

"How about... I have time to inquire secretly? Anyway, Jiang Qiye will live in the mansion for a while, he only takes a young man out with him, and he is a son of a son, butler Lin will definitely send more people to take care of him Why don't you ask my brother to ask, I heard that Housekeeper Lin also appointed him to serve that Jiang Qiye." Seeing Lin Daiyu's sad face, Ziyun couldn't bear it, and suggested cautiously.

"I don't want it. I'm here to be a guest. It would be rude for me to inquire about someone's privacy. If my father finds out again... No! Don't go to your brother, don't make up your own mind." Lin Daiyu shook her head. , decided to just let nature take its course, if God would help, she would always know that Jiang Qiye's character and appearance were valued by her father.

When Ziyun heard that Lin Daiyu didn't want her to continue to inquire, although she was a little disappointed, she was still very childish and forgot about it as soon as she turned her head. Zijuan: "Why is sister Zijuan gone? Last time I went to talk to Aunt Wu, and the last time I went to look for Mrs. Zhong on the second door. Who is she now? Who did you go to?"

"What do you think? The left and right have already asked Mother Wen to find someone to watch, so I'm not afraid that she will make some waves." Lin Daiyu glanced at the door of the room, and shook her head contemptuously, thinking that such an ignorant Zijuan was really burdened. Do you think of the word 'Hui'?No matter how she looked at it, she felt that the name was not worthy of the name.

"I don't understand. Since she wants to find people brought by the former wife from Jia's house to reminisce about the old days, she can go there openly. Why does she have to look sneaky? And...how did I hear that several people brought by the former wife People who came here secretly asked how many farm shops our family had outside? And my mother also said that the nephew of the first wife would pay hundreds of taels of silver to the housekeeper Lin every day, and then went out and didn't come back until late at night. , Is this really okay? Every time my brother wants to buy some scraps of silver with his father, he will be scolded for a long time by his father. He said that making money is very hard work, and you can't spend it casually. How can you be so impolite when you go out to play with the master’s money?!” Ziyun frowned and relayed to Lin Daiyu the news she had chatted with her parents when she went home, thinking about what her father casually said that day, “a surname An outsider from 'Jia' dares to spend the Lin family's money in such a blatant way, it's really shameless!", but can't understand that money also has a surname?But the master didn't seem to say anything, eh~~~ I don't understand!I really don't understand! !

"Has anyone from Jia's family been inquiring about those things?" Lin Daiyu murmured, tapping her fingers.

Although Lin Daiyu has been back for several days, it is a pity that she suffered from a minor illness just after returning, so she has not made much progress in understanding the current situation of the Lin family. Inner house affairs, but within a few days, Lin Ruhai suddenly ordered Nanny Wen to manage the affairs of the backyard, and since then, Nanny Wen has been managing all affairs in the backyard of the Lin family, and never let the two of them intervene again.

Lin Daiyu was also puzzled at first, thinking that my aunt would never be able to get on the stage, she was still half the master, and there was no reason for asking my aunt to help take care of it when there was no serious mistress in the house. Don't you have the right to stay at home?But after hearing the meaning revealed by Mammy in her words, she finally understood that it was Chen and Wu who were greedy for some reason, and they actually had the idea of ​​​​the object behind Jia Min, and accidentally let the person who was not right at that time Jia Min forgets that Lin Ruhai, who is still very heartbroken over his wife's death, has discovered the clues. Lin Ruhai seized their housekeeping rights in a fit of anger. It's just that Lin Ruhai still has some affection for them, so he didn't send them away. Lin Daiyu couldn't see them either. ?