Red Mansions: No Tears

?Sure enough, that night, Lin Ruhai sent a servant to invite Lin Daiyu to the main courtyard for dinner. He said that a guest was staying at home for a few days today, and asked her to meet him. Lin Daiyu arrived a day earlier than Jiang Qiye. For a short period of time, Lin Ruhai took advantage of this time to explain to her something about that Jiang Qiye, and she finally knew the name and some experiences of this Jiang Qiye.

Jiang Ke, who is 14 years old, is the seventh in his family. He has six elder brothers, uh... Of course not all of them are descended from his father, Mr. Jiang. His direct elder brothers are only the two who are the longest and the fifth. The fifth master of the Jiang family is a concubine, while Jiang Er and Jiang San are descendants of the third master of the Jiang family, and Jiang Si is the concubine son of the second master of the Jiang family, so he is the most directly related to the Lin family, and there is another one who ranks sixth. He is the son of the fourth master of the Jiang family. The Jiang family's ancestral home is Suzhou, Jiangsu. However, in the generation of Jiang Ke's great-great-grandfather, they left home to live and do business in Huai'an, so he naturally lived in Shanyang with his parents and grandparents since he was a child.

Before Jiang Ke was preparing for the children's examination the year before last, because he heard that Lin Ruhai was now working in Yangzhou, he made a special trip to ask Lin Ruhai about his experience in scientific examinations. Following Lin Ruhai's suggestion, he did not follow the routine to study in the official school, but went directly to Qingshan Academy in the capital to study through Lin Ruhai's recommendation. Because of the above reasons, Jiang Ke said that he and Lin Ruhai were half teachers.

Jiang Ke's return to Yangzhou this time was originally a routine return home to visit relatives, but because he heard from his family members that Mr. Lin, who had taught him knowledge and helped him enter Qingshan College, had been ill for many days and had never been in office. The kindness of the past made him give up the rare time to reunite with his family and come to Yangzhou to visit Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai, father and daughter, had just finished speaking when they heard the voice of a servant outside saying hello, thinking that Jiang Ke had already come from the guest house, they both turned their heads and looked outside the door at the same time.

"Uncle Lin," Jiang Ke said hello to Lin Ruhai, then turned his head to look at Lin Daiyu, and said inexplicably, "This... is Uncle Lin's daughter, right? , said that there is another eldest girl in the mansion, but she was taken by my grandmother to be brought up by my uncle in the capital, isn't it?"

When Lin Daiyu saw Jiang Ke asking, she got up and saluted him, but she didn't know how to call this person who could theoretically be called "cousin".

"If Miss Lin doesn't see you, you might as well call me 'Seventh Brother'. In fact, according to my relationship with the Lin family, I should have called Uncle Lin a 'cousin'. I came here to recognize relatives indiscriminately, so I didn’t dare to directly discuss the relationship with Uncle Lin, Uncle Lin won’t blame my nephew, right?” Jiang Ke said with a guilty conscience.

"It doesn't matter, I was still in the pain of losing my wife at that time. If you didn't come to ask me for advice, which distracted me, I'm afraid I don't know how long it will take to recover a little. It's a pity that my body... oh Don't say these depressing words, Yu'er finally came back to reunite with me, and you happened to come to visit me. I thought it was a relative after all, and I had to recognize my relatives anyway, so I simply called you both over for dinner. From now on, you can call me Uncle, I will call you Brother Ke, and Yuer will call you 'Brother Seven'." Lin Ruhai waved his hands in a dejected manner, and while ordering the servants to set the table, he explained to the two of them. .

"People say that 'sickness comes like a mountain, and it goes like a thread'. As long as Dad takes care of himself for a while, he will definitely recover." Lin Daiyu always felt that something was wrong after listening to Lin Ruhai's words, and she couldn't figure it out for a while. Through, I can only comfort him with a worried face.

Lin Ruhai smiled, but didn't respond to Lin Daiyu's words, but kindly greeted her and Jiang Ke to sit down and eat. During the dinner, Lin Ruhai only reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls and didn't move his chopsticks again.

When Lin Daiyu and Jiang Ke saw this, of course they felt that they couldn't eat, but after eating a few bites in a hurry, they asked people to put away the food again.

Lin Daiyu knew that the taste of the food at that table was not in line with Lin Ruhai's current situation, so she thought that she would privately order Lin Butler to prepare a few other light dishes for Lin Ruhai later in the day. How can it be cured?Just because Jiang Ke was present, she couldn't say too much directly.

Perhaps it was because of Lin Daiyu's presence, so Jiang Ke just sat for a while, then saluted Lin Ruhai as farewell, and went back to the guest house first.

Seeing Jiang Ke leave, Lin Daiyu immediately called a servant to help Lin Ruhai go back to the bedroom to rest. Seeing Lin Ruhai coughing heavily because of a moment of slack, she finally couldn't help venting to Lin Ruhai what she had been thinking about for many days. full of resentment.

"Did Daddy really intend to abandon Yu'er and go away? You toss your body so much that you don't know where to go and you will let go. Haven't you thought about Yu'er? Daddy really understands that in the past two or three years, What kind of life did your daughter live at her grandmother's house? Why have you never thought about asking her if she was wronged there?" Lin Daiyu followed the instinct of the original owner's body, looked at Lin Ruhai with tears in her eyes, and said in her eyes Unclear, unclear grievances.

"Why didn't my father ask? But my mother-in-law said in several letters that you, Baoyu, and her three cousins ​​got along very well. My father thought that you were doing well in your grandmother's house, so I felt relieved." Quite a few, I originally thought about waiting another two years to pick you up and live here, but how could I know that I would suddenly fall ill, and my body... even the doctor said that I might not be able to last for a long time, so I thought again, if in the future In case of any eventuality, at least your grandmother and two uncles can take care of you, as a father, I never thought of not wanting my daughter..." Lin Ruhai endured the discomfort in his chest and mouth, coughed a few times, with a guilty and helpless expression on his face Express your own thoughts.

After Lin Daiyu heard Lin Ruhai's words, she was even more sure that this cheap father was not very reliable. She still thought that it would be fine to throw her daughter to the Jia family, and she couldn't help but sneer coldly , and then complained again and forced to ask: "Dad, I'm afraid someone misled you? That's why you don't even have to send a letter or send someone to ask me a question or take a look at me, right? But did Daddy Think about it, why has only your grandmother sent you a letter all this time, but Yu'er has never come home? That's because Yu'er doesn't know who can deliver this letter for Yu'er, and she doesn't dare to ask her grandmother I am afraid that my grandmother thinks that Yu'er is not sensible, and I don't want you to worry about business affairs and worry about Yu'er who is far away in other places. Originally, Yu'er hoped that her father would worry about Yu'er's life at her grandmother's house. Or in your heart, you will feel regretful that Yu'er can't be by your side for joy, then you will think about how to bring Yu'er back to accompany you earlier, but now it seems that Yu'er is wrong...Dad, isn't it? Do you think that no matter how bad Rongguo’s mansion is, it will always be Yu’er’s mother-in-law’s house, and they will not treat Yu’er badly?! Do you think that Yu’er has been relied on for life, so you think it’s okay to let go?!”

"How could my father never send you a letter?! My father thought very sadly that you went to your grandmother's house and had fun with a few cousins, so I never remembered to write a letter back. In addition, your grandmother has repeatedly emphasized that the Jia family treats you the same as the three girls. I think that they are also your relatives after all, so I can’t ask more questions... Could it be that they treat you badly? How did they bully you? And the things I sent, haven’t you seen them?” Lin Ruhai frowned, and looked at Lin Daiyu in astonishment, as if he was very surprised by Lin Daiyu’s words. He obviously writes a letter every few months and sends someone to bring a load of gifts to the capital for his daughter. Why does the daughter say that she has never received half a letter or seen the person he sent? !

"Where have I seen the slightest thing? There are no letters or gifts at all, and daddy hasn't asked what the identities of my three cousins ​​who were raised in front of my grandmother are?! The second sister is the name of the eldest uncle. The third sister is the concubine's daughter of the second uncle, and only the fourth younger sister is the daughter of brother Zhen in the Ningguo Mansion. However, the daughter sees that they have nothing to spend on food and clothing. It's different, such a regulation of equal treatment makes the daughter unable to see through whether the grandmother's behavior is exalting the second and third sisters from the concubine, or degrading the fourth sister from the concubine? Besides, after the daughter goes there, what she eats is not enough. It is true that they are the same as them, but the daughter is not surnamed 'Jia' after all, right? And why should they be the same as them in terms of expenses? Is this the way of hospitality in a dignified state mansion? Did Dad really understand it? question?" Lin Daiyu sneered with a hint of disdain.

"This..." Lin Ruhai was stunned. In fact, he always thought that what Jia Mu wrote in the letter was mostly polite words, so he just said that they regarded Lin Daiyu as their own. It's impossible for everything to be the same as their Jia family, right?Fortunately, his mother-in-law always boasted how much she loved the two Yu'er, and there was never a distinction between the superior and the inferior. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it's not really the same, right?

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Daiyu in a daze, with mixed feelings in his heart. He already knew from his daughter's words that she was not worried about him, and he also knew that her daughter had always treated him with displeasure since she came back. The attitude of being near and not far was really because he was angry at him for leaving her alone at his grandmother's house, and because he hadn't heard from him, or because he was seriously ill when he came back, Is that why the daughter feels that he intends to ignore her?Sigh~ how did she understand how he planned for her in his heart?Originally, he had heard about the situation of Rongning and Ningfu in the capital, but it was just because the rumors were about men's affairs, so he didn't think about it so carefully, and thought that if the daughter could be raised by the mother-in-law for a few years In the future, his reputation will be better when we talk about marriage, not to mention his current situation. If something happens to him, his daughter has relatives to rely on... But listening to her daughter, is it true that the mother-in-law is not sincerely good to her daughter?If this is the case, wouldn't it be difficult for her daughter to walk in the future?It's a pity that his body doesn't know if there is any possibility of recovery.

Lin Ruhai was silent for a moment, thinking about Lin Daiyu's words in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, obviously in the past two or three years, he would send letters and things to the capital for his daughter every six months, how could his daughter say She never received anything?Could it be that the white-eyed wolf was raised in his own mansion?Or... the mother-in-law never mentioned it to her daughter?Lin Ruhai was quite confident in himself and in Steward Lin's ability to manage his subordinates, so after a moment of doubts in his heart, he was more inclined to believe that the Jia family concealed the letters and things he sent, and even quickly thought of the Jia family. Dare to do that, there must be Jia's mother's intention, but why didn't Jia's mother mention a word to Lin Daiyu?And the old man deliberately interrupted the relationship between their father and daughter, what exactly was she planning to do?

Lin Ruhai lowered his head slightly, thinking about the cause and effect, and suddenly felt that some things that he thought were normal in the past seemed to have many inexplicable contradictions. He wanted to ask his daughter for more details, but when he looked up, his daughter's eyes were flushed. Her lips were tightly pursed, she stared at him unwillingly, and sighed suddenly in her heart, after all, she couldn't bear to let her daughter continue to say things that were bound to not be too good in her heart.

But if you don’t ask, you don’t want to investigate. After Lin Ruhai comforted Lin Daiyu with a few words, she asked her to go back to rest first, and then ordered Lin Butler to check with the women and maids who came with Lin Daiyu first, and then make a decision. How to deal with the follow-up. ?