[Red Chamber] Daiyu's Rebirth Without Regrets

Chapter 5

But he said that Jia Yucun went to the capital as he wished. Jia Zheng saw that he was tall and well-spoken, and Jia Zheng liked him, so he immediately helped him find a job vacancy.Since then, Jiayu Village has had a prosperous official career, and the sky has skyrocketed, so I won't show it below.

The butler Lin looked at the gap and told Lin Ruhai what Aunt Liu had said. Seeing that the master was frowning, the butler said: "I think Aunt Liu is probably trying to please the young lady, and if the young lady lives in the mansion for a long time Two clever girls are also good."

Besides, when Lin Ruhai first heard that Lin Daiyu didn't want to go to Jia's mansion, he only held the idea of ​​persuading Daiyu in two days, but now seeing that Daiyu's complexion is getting better, and Lin Ruhai is also reluctant to part with his only daughter.After waiting for these two days, I became more and more reluctant to let Daiyu go to the capital. Now that Daiyu was recovering, I decided to keep Daiyu by my side.It's just that in the current situation, I'm afraid that some spies will be found at that time.

Seeing Lin Ruhai frowned, Lin Butler said in a low voice: "I also know the master's concerns, but if we entrust acquaintances to buy, and only find girls with connections, it must be feasible."

Lin Ruhai was silent for a moment and said: "You can arrange this matter yourself, and you must not let unknown people in."

"Understood." Lin Butler replied.

A few days ago, the person sent by the emperor was assassinated halfway, so he was fine, and now he is recuperating in the Lin Mansion.

This man was surnamed Gao, and he was the emperor's bodyguard. Over the years, he had gained the emperor's trust. Because the emperor saw that Lin Ruhai was struggling in Yangzhou and had little success, he secretly sent him here. First, to help Lin Ruhai, and second, to save He looked at Lin Ruhai's meaning.

Gao Shiwei originally reported his illness to avoid people's eyes and ears, so he came to Yangzhou by boat in private.Acting so cautiously but didn't want to be assassinated as soon as he arrived at Yangzhou interface, he simply had good skills, except for a long and narrow knife wound on his back, nothing serious happened.

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai sent someone to meet him earlier, and secretly hid Guard Gao in Lin's mansion.After lying on the bed for two days, seeing that the scar had healed somewhat, guard Gao took two steps in the room, thinking that the wound should get better as soon as possible.

In addition, since Daiyu was reborn, she thought about taking good care of her body and being filial to her father.So I found a lot of medical books to read, and paid attention to food and clothing on weekdays. Although the effect was quite low, my complexion gradually improved.

What's more, Aunt Liu bought a lot of exquisite gadgets from somewhere. Although they were not worth anything, they were novel and interesting to look at. Daiyu kept a few interesting ones, and gave the rest to the servant girls in the house, etc. .

Aunt Liu listened to Widow Zhao's words and knew that pleasing Daiyu was not a short-term effort, but had to be done slowly, so she always let the girl in the room come over to deliver things, even if she came by herself, she just sat and said a few words, which seemed to be advancing and retreating. Moderate, not distasteful.

Within two days, Housekeeper Lin bought four or five maids and asked Aunt Liu to pick out two for Daiyu, and put the rest in other yards for later use.

When Daiyu saw a girl who was about the same age as her, she knew that her father had made up her mind to let her stay in Yangzhou, and she was overjoyed.Immediately, I picked two smart-looking ones, and asked a few words about where they lived and what their names were.

Daiyu saw that one of them was wearing a short blue gown and the other was wearing a red jacket, so she named them Lanling and Hongmei.

These two people are clever, seeing that Wang Momo and Xueyan are the people around Daiyu, they never step over them, they ask a few questions about everything, they are very polite.

He was careful in doing things, and seeing Daiyu often walking in the courtyard, he specially took a cloak and drank tea to follow, fearing that Daiyu would get a cold and dry mouth.So after a while Daiyu liked to order them around.

Aunt Liu came to Daiyu's place once in a while, and gradually she came to Daiyu's place every day. Although she just sat and chatted a few words, in the eyes of others, this big The relationship between Miss and Aunt Liu is getting closer.

Originally, this was nothing, but it actually made Aunt Bai in the mansion upset.Speaking of Aunt Bai, she was the third person besides Mrs. Lin and Jia Min.It wasn't any other reason, it was just because she had conceived a child for Lin Ruhai, but unfortunately she passed away at the age of three. From then on, Aunt Bai didn't care about the world, just stayed in her room and concentrated on worshiping the Buddha.

If Jia Min was still there, Aunt Bai would have lived in peace, but since Jia Min left, Aunt Bai's mind has also become active. Seeing that Aunt Liu's embroidered pillow was promoted by Lin Ruhai to be the head of the family, she was a little annoyed, because Aunt Liu had returned home for a year. Even though I was careful, nothing went wrong, and Aunt Bai was not easy to find fault with, but recently I heard that Aunt Liu often went to Daiyu's place. At first, I thought that with Daiyu's cold temper, Aunt Liu would not be able to please her, but it took a long time. After seeing Aunt Liu coldly as the head of the house, she became very angry and even comforted Daiyu. Since then, Aunt Bai has been a little reconciled. She is what Mrs. Lin pointed out to Lin Ruhai, not to mention that she is an old man in this mansion. Even having given birth to a child for Lin Ruhai, Aunt Liu couldn't be allowed to go on rampant.

Coincidentally, Aunt Bai really found something big or small. A few days ago, Aunt Liu secretly took a batch of satin from Jia Min's warehouse a few years ago, and gave it to herself. Made clothes.Speaking of it, it's not a big deal, but how could Auntie Bai let this wrong foot go.

Two days later, it happened to be Jia Min's birthday. Lin Ruhai ate vegetarian dishes with Daiyu and tested Daiyu's knowledge. Mama wanted to take good care of Daiyu, so she left.

Lin Ruhai walked alone along the bluestone path, bypassing the bushes and walking towards Yongmei Pavilion.This place is relatively remote. In the past, apart from Jia Min, who liked to burn incense and play the piano, no one else came here.Ruhai came here unknowingly, but saw the fire in the pavilion flickering, his heart tightened suddenly, and he went forward to see Aunt Bai wearing a plain dress, with a burning incense table in front of her, kneeling facing east, There are scriptures in the brazier on the side.

Walking in and looking, the handwriting was a bit crooked, Lin Ruhai said: "You wrote this yourself."

Aunt Bai didn't seem to know that there was someone behind her, so she stood up abruptly, saw that it was Lin Ruhai, lowered her head and said, "I'm just learning to copy scriptures when I have nothing to do, the handwriting is ugly, I don't know if Madam likes it or not."

Lin Ruhai picked up the remaining two and said: "You don't know how to read and write, but you still write so much. If you have the heart, Madam will definitely like it."

Aunt Bai still lowered her head and said: "Madam took care of me a lot when she was here, but now that Madam is gone, I can't do much." She shed tears as she spoke.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai helped Aunt Bai to lean on her. Aunt Bai leaned on Lin Ruhai and took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe it, but she didn't want to drop a small flower basket carved with peach pits.

Aunt Bai immediately picked it up and put it back in her sleeve, Lin Ruhai saw that the peach core flower basket looked familiar, so she asked: "This is Pei Er's^"

"Pei'er's peach-pit flower basket." Seeing that Lin Ruhai recognized her, Aunt Bai took out the peach-pit flower basket, and there was a section of red string wrapped around it. The red string looked a little dark, it seemed that it was often worn by her side.

Lin Ruhai took the walnut flower basket, and this Pei'er was Lin Ruhai's child who died young, born of Aunt Bai.Lin Ruhai looked at Aunt Bai's slender figure, with no pink hair on her face and no pearls on her hair, thinking that she had lived a very miserable life in the past few years.

This Lin Ruhai comforted Aunt Bai a few more words, and let her go back first.

That night, Lin Ruhai fell asleep thinking about the peach-pit flower basket, and sent someone to call Aunt Liu early in the morning.

When Aunt Liu heard that it was Lin Ruhai who was looking for her, she was overjoyed. She changed into the new clothes she had just made and came to see Lin Ruhai.As soon as he entered the door, he greeted Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai saw that Aunt Liu was wearing a pink dress and wearing a gold hairpin. She looked even more charming than a flower.

It's just that when compared with Aunt Bai yesterday, Lin Ruhai was very displeased. The Lin family was originally from a scholarly family, and Lin Ruhai had always advocated frugality, so Aunt Liu's appearance was really inappropriate.

Lin Ruhai said with a three-pointed coldness: "You have been temporarily in charge of the inner court for more than a year, you have worked hard."

Aunt Liu lowered her head and said, "It's my good fortune to be able to share Master's worries."

Lin Ruhai looked at her delicate clothes that were really eye-catching, and heard her speak without modesty, so she reprimanded: "Your clothes look good."

Aunt Liu heard that Lin Ruhai's words were quite accusatory, and she tightened the handkerchief in her hand and said, "A few days ago, I saw some worm-eaten horses in the storehouse, so I made some clothes out of them."

Lin Ruhai wondered: "The materials in the warehouse are all placed in camphor wood boxes, how could they be eaten by moths?"

"It's been a long time, and Yangzhou is humid and rainy, so it's inevitable that the box is a bit damp and worn out." Aunt Liu replied with a peek at Lin Ruhai.

It is a fact that Yangzhou is humid and rainy. Lin Ruhai didn't say much, but said: "Aunt Bai who lives in Lanxiangyuan, you have to take good care of her, and be careful about food, clothing, housing and transportation." Lin Ruhai glanced at Aunt Liu and waved: "I I brought you here today not to reprimand you, but to remind you to pay attention in the future, and go down if you have nothing to do."

Aunt Liu was anxious and angry when she heard this, her face was flushed and she went straight to Widow Zhao as soon as she left the hospital.Seeing Widow Zhao, she said what happened just now like beans poured into a bamboo tube.

After finishing speaking in one breath, he picked up the tea on the table and drank it in one gulp, saying: "It must be that surnamed Bai who is telling stories in front of the master. I see that she hasn't been out of the hospital for a few years. I thought she was really dedicated to the Buddha. How do I know?" He was playing tricks behind his back."

Widow Zhao stared at Aunt Liu and asked, "The fabric of this dress is really moth-eaten."

"No. No!" Aunt Liu said hesitantly.

"The clothes are made by the embroiderer," Zhao Widow asked.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Aunt Liu looked at Widow Zhao and asked.

Widow Zhao took a deep breath, and said with a bit of resentment: "I'm afraid she didn't do it for nothing. It's not a big deal for you to steal the fabric from the warehouse, but if the master thinks about it, it's a big crime."

Aunt Liu patted the corner of the table and asked: "Could the master ask for proof of this dress?"

Widow Zhao looked at Aunt Liu with a sneer, and asked back: "If you have such a chance to make her lose face, will you let it go?"

Seeing Aunt Liu rushing to the embroidery room, Widow Zhao tapped her forehead and said in great annoyance, "It's really mud that can't support the wall."

Aunt Liu here is going to the embroidery room, but she doesn't want an embroidery lady from the embroidery room to run to Lin Daiyu's courtyard long ago.Before reaching the gate of the courtyard, he shouted loudly: "Miss, save me."

Daiyu was originally reading a book in the room, but when she heard this, Lan Ling lifted the curtain and said to the outside, "Whoever is yelling loudly at Miss's door, hurry up and get out."

The embroiderer heard that the young lady was in the house, she would not go away, and shouted: "Miss, help me, someone is going to kill me."

The two women who were doing rough work in the courtyard were about to throw her out, but Daiyu asked Lan Ling to let her in to answer.Seeing this, Lan Ling persuaded: "Miss, this person must be a lunatic, don't pay attention to her."

Hongmei chimed in and said, "Lan Ling is right. The mansion has always been quiet and obedient. I have never seen anyone quarrel, and there is no dispute in life. This person must be crazy. Let the mother-in-law kick her out." yes."

Lanling and Hongmei have always done things in a proper manner, and today is the first time they talk so much, Daiyu took a look, and only said to Xueyan: "Call the person outside to come in."

The embroiderer was escorted in by the mother-in-law, and when she saw Daiyu she knelt on the ground and said, "Miss, help me."

Daiyu asked Xueyan to help her up, seeing her eyes were red and swollen, she asked, "Tell me what you have to do."

The embroiderer wiped the corner of her eyes and said: "I am the embroiderer in the mansion. A few days ago, Aunt Liu gave me a piece of pink brocade and asked me to sew a dress for her. It has been a long time, how would I know?" Just now when I passed by the corridor, I heard someone say that the material of Aunt Liu’s clothes belonged to Madam before she was alive, and now that the master knows that he will be punished, Aunt Liu will blame me.” She began to cry as she spoke .

Daiyu asked Xueyan to pour her a cup of strong tea and let her drink it. Seeing that she was in a better mood after drinking two sips, she continued: "I have no relatives or reasons in the mansion, so I came to see Miss, please help me make the decision." .”

"Then Aunt Liu didn't come to ask you about your crimes?" Daiyu asked.

The embroiderer looked at Lin Daiyu and said, "What I said is absolutely true."

At this moment, I only heard someone outside saying that Aunt Liu had come.

When the embroiderer heard this, her face was pale and her whole body trembling, she stepped forward and said: "Miss, help me."

Daiyu asked her to stand aside, and invited Aunt Liu to enter the room. As soon as Aunt Liu entered the room, she gave the embroiderer a stare and said to Daiyu: "This embroiderer is crazy, I will take her back. , don't bother Miss." Saying that, she stepped forward to grab Xiuniang.

Xiuniang dodged and hid behind Xueyan, saying: "You brought the fabric of this clothes, I don't know anything, why did you frame me?"

Aunt Liu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she wanted to use some money to make the embroiderer panic, but how could she know that the embroiderer ran to find Lin Daiyu first, yelling loudly.

Seeing things going in an unpredictable direction, Aunt Liu only felt a headache.