The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 20 The First Meeting of Daiyu
When Jia Lian sat down, Lin Ruhai let everyone use the table, but he put down his chopsticks before eating two bites, and looked at Jia Lian.

In this way, other people could see that Lin Ruhai must have something to say, and they didn't even realize it.

Sure enough, Lin Ruhai waited for the table to be quiet, and smiled at Jia Lian: "Please come here, there is one more important thing I want to ask you."

"Uncle, please tell me."

"My family's ancestral home was originally in Suzhou, and it is only a temporary stay here, so I have already agreed with the elders in the family that it is better to send your aunt's coffin to the ancestral land of Suzhou for burial.

It has been decided to help the coffin back two days later.

Because I am short of energy now, and I am entangled in government affairs, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up, so I want to ask you to take care of foreign affairs for me, so as not to neglect relatives and friends at home and abroad. I wonder if you would like it? "

Jia Lian could clearly feel that when Lin Ruhai said this, the whole hall became quieter inside and outside.

Jia Lian himself was also surprised.

Although Jia Min is his aunt, but the so-called marriage from husband means that after Jia Min married into the Lin family, he became a member of the Lin family.

Unless there is really no one in the Lin family, it is impossible for outsiders to attend the funeral.

Obviously, there were ten or twenty members of the Lin family sitting here, but Lin Ruhai asked outsiders to help with the funeral, which seemed somewhat unreasonable.

"Uncle, no!"

Sure enough, Lin Yan in the hall couldn't sit still, and immediately stood up to object.

Because since their family rushed here from Suzhou, the affairs of the Lin family are almost under their control.

These days, they personally experienced the prosperity of the Lin Mansion.In order to hold Jia Min's funeral, the money of Baihuahua was sprinkled out like water, and naturally, they all got some benefits from it.

And Lin Ruhai's lofty status in the officialdom.

After the funeral and the announcement of the obituary, all the officials in the entire Yangzhou Prefecture, big and small, did not come to offer their condolences!

The most important thing is that Lin Ruhai has no son!
Rumor has it that Lin Ruhai intends to choose someone from the side room as his heir to inherit the family business in the future...

What kind of temptation is this?
It was also the reason why their family hurried to Yangzhou to help the director just after they got the news of Jia Min's death, just to show themselves in front of Lin Ruhai.

But the first few days were fine, and they all tried their best to perform. Later, as the number of people who came to express their condolences decreased, the days of vigil became more and more boring.Coupled with being in a prosperous place, and suddenly having more harmful money in his hands, the loneliness became more unbearable, and naturally there were more times to sneak out with brothers of the same clan to go out to be cool.

"Uncle, Lian's cousin came all the way from the capital to pay respects to his aunt. He was already tired, so why bother him with such trivial matters now, let him rest in the mansion, and leave the rest to the nephews."

Facing everyone's eyes, Lin Yan smiled.

Several other Lin family children who felt competitive also immediately nodded in agreement.

Lin Ruhai didn't speak, and the few people sitting in the hall were not calm anymore. The oldest man among them thought about it and said, "Nephew Ruhai, but what are they not doing well these days? If you say it, they will correct it.”

Lin Ruhai hurriedly cupped his hands: "Third Lord, you are worrying too much, and they are very safe, thanks to their help to take care of the affairs of the house these few days.

But they are all young after all, and two days later, officials from Yangzhou will probably come to send sacrifices, Brother Yan and the others are only white, and it may be inconvenient to receive them, so I asked Brother Lian to help.

Brother Lian was not only born in the government, but also held a sixth-rank position. I heard that he also handled funeral affairs when he was in Beijing. If he came forward to help me take care of everything, I would be more at ease. "

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he didn't say much, and turned to look at Jia Lian: "I wonder if Lian'er is willing to help?"

Jia Lian ignored the different eyes of Lin Yan and the others, stood up and said with a smile: "Thanks to my uncle's trust, my nephew will definitely live up to the entrustment, and I will do my best to do everything well!"

Although I don't know why the Lin clan lost Lin Ruhai's trust, but as Jia Min's natal family, they must be on Lin Ruhai's side at this time.

Among other things, he is quite good at handling these mundane matters.

"Sit down now."

When Lin Ruhai saw Jia Lian agreeing, a smile appeared on his face, and he told the housekeeper and others to listen to Jia Lian's arrangements in everything.

Although they didn't bluntly say that they would deprive Lin Yu and others of their authority, the housekeeper and others already understood what Lin Ruhai meant, and Jia Lian would take the lead in many outside affairs from now on.

Although the members of the Lin family were dissatisfied and unwilling to do so, they did not dare to say anything.

The Lin family has already declined, and now apart from Lin Ruhai, there is not even a single person who can support the lintel.If it weren't for Lin Ruhai's care these years, some members of the Lin family would probably not be as good as ordinary people.Under such circumstances, who would dare to contradict Lin Ruhai?

After dinner, Lin Ruhai called Jia Lian to the inner hall to talk.

Lin Ruhai, out of the mentality that family ugliness should not be publicized, did not explain to Jia Lian the reason for his arrangement. After chatting for a while, he only said, "I need you to worry about your aunt's funeral."

"Don't dare, my uncle's words are serious, this is a matter of duty."

Being simple and polite, Lin Ruhai tilted his head and told the servant girl: "Call Yu'er here, and tell her that Lian's second cousin is here, and let her come out to meet her."

When Jia Lian heard this, his heart moved slightly, but he didn't show it on his face.

After a while, I saw a girl being led out of the back hall.

Judging by his age, he is about eight or nine years old, but judging by his stature, he is extremely fragile.

Ordinary white filial piety sackcloth, a philistine's thing, looks tactful and sad when worn.

It wasn't until she walked up to her and lifted up a small face that looked like weeping but not crying, and worried but not worried, that Jia Lian really understood what it means to be a weak willow supporting the wind, and what it is to be sick like a Xizi!
This is a person who can be seen at a glance, even a person with a heart of stone, who can't help but have a heart of compassion.

"Meet my father..."

The crisp, soft voice perfectly fits with his expression, beautiful and pleasant.

Xu Shi was a little shy, after paying respects to Lin Ruhai, he only glanced at Jia Lian slightly, and also bowed, but didn't ask anyone.

Jia Lian had already stood up and hurriedly returned the gift.

Lin Ruhai knew that her daughter was lonely, so she took the initiative to introduce to Jia Lian: "This is my daughter and your aunt's daughter, whose baby name is Daiyu."

Jia Lian cupped his hands again: "I've seen my sister."

Lin Ruhai said to Daiyu again: "This is your second elder brother Lian, the son of your eldest uncle."

Daiyu hurriedly said, "Daiyu has seen Lian's second brother."

After finishing speaking, he didn't want to face this kind of politeness, and walked to his father's side to serve him.

Naturally, Jia Lian didn't think there was anything wrong.

Lin Daiyu is born with a melancholic temperament, and has no siblings. She grew up alone, and her personality is inevitably withdrawn.

Her narrow and joking personality was probably developed later in Rongguo Mansion.

It can also be said that the years from being taken to the Rongguo Mansion by Jia Mu to the years before she grew up were the happiest days in Daiyu's life.

As for growing up...

In this day and age, it is inevitable that a woman who does not have her parents to make decisions about her life will be sad.

She is such an independent woman, but she meets Jia Baoyu who is good at "sexual obscenity", and the result can be imagined.

Jia Lian was very indignant when he saw the Red Mansion in his previous life.Even if Jia Baoyu can be a little tougher, don't be so afraid of the authority of the elders, even if he keeps his relationship with Daiyu by throwing jade like when he was a child, I'm afraid the result will be different.

Blame only blame, it was destined to be so.

But in this life, if he can achieve his ambition and establish a career, he will protect this fairy who has fallen into the mortal world for a while.

Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, but Lin Ruhai was afraid that Daiyu would lose his manners in front of Jia Lian, so he said, "Yu'er, your Lian's second cousin came to Yangzhou from Beijing to pay homage to your mother, and came here to pick you up. .

Your grandmother wrote a letter, saying that she would take you to live in Beijing for a while. After your mother's business is over, you can go to the capital with your second elder brother Lian. Your grandmother will take care of you there. It's better around me..."

Lin Ruhai spoke slightly sadly, and unconsciously wiped the moist eye sockets.

If he is like this, let alone our sentimental sister Lin!
After hearing her father's words, Lin Daiyu's two big watery eyes suddenly flooded with water, and she looked very pitiful.Just because there were outsiders present, she never said a word, just looked at her father with tears in her eyes, as if she wanted to defeat her father with her own tears and make him take back his life.

When Jia Lian saw this father and daughter who might cry in their arms, he knew that it would be an eyesore for him to stay any longer, and it would not be good for Lin Ruhai to comfort Daiyu, so he resolutely resigned.

Sure enough, as soon as he left, Daiyu couldn't help crying anymore, she knelt in front of Lin Ruhai, and begged: "My daughter is willing to serve her father, serving tea and meals every day, please don't send my daughter to the capital... "

(End of this chapter)