The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 23 The Old House of the Hou Mansion
As expected, Daiyu lived up to her reputation of being delicate and weak, she fell ill not far from Yangzhou.Therefore, the sending team had to make do with her and slow down even more.

For this reason, Daiyu didn't say anything, but she was actually quite ashamed and resentful in her heart.

But because of her illness, there was nothing she could do.

This day, Daiyu stopped at a farm, and Daiyu was served by Wang Momo and others and ate half a bowl of decoction.

Suddenly, outside some simple windows, snow geese ran over bouncing.

"Girl, are you feeling better?"

After Xueyan entered the room, seeing Daiyu's expression, she immediately put away her happy expression, and asked worriedly.

Daiyu didn't look at her, she just stared at the bamboo cage she was holding in her hand.

Xueyan slapped her head: "Does the girl like this too? Hee hee, here, this is for the girl! I heard that the second master Lian just bought it from a farmer on the side of the road, and it costs a tael of silver each!" "

Daiyu's nanny Wang Momo, who had just turned her head around, saw it, and said in a low voice, "What a cute stone mouse."

Stone mouse is the earth name of squirrel.The little squirrel in Snow Goose's hand was originally pulled out from the tree in the field by the farmer. It was still very young. Seeing the procession of supporting the coffin passing by, he tried to put it on the side of the road in order to exchange some money.It happened that Jia Lian saw it and bought it.

Daiyu frowned slightly, and asked Xueyan, "Why did he give it to me?"

"Miss still asking, it must be that the second master Lian saw that the girl was bored in her illness, so he bought it specially to relieve the girl's boredom. It's hard for the second master Lian to be so caring, unlike those people in the clan who don't know what to do. Go slower and be full of complaints!
It can be seen that the ancients are right, the sky is big and the earth is big, and my uncle's house is the biggest.Fortunately, they are still uncles, aunts, cousins, and all of them are not as loving as an uncle and cousin.

I heard from the housekeeper that because the girl was ill, the second master Lian was afraid that the country doctor would be useless, so he specially sent someone to Zhoucheng to invite a good doctor, saying that he had sealed a bag of money, so he agreed to go to Suzhou with her. Woolen cloth. "

Grandma Wang said seriously.

Daiyu remained silent, waited for Xueyan to put the cage on the side of the kang, and tried to reach out her hand to tease the two cute young mice, but when she saw that they were afraid, she withdrew her hand again, and told Xueyan: "See you later. Brother Lian, thank him for me, thank you for your trouble."

Mother Wang had already received an explanation from Lin Ruhai, but seeing that the timing was just right, she continued: "Speaking of the girl's uncle's house, it's really not an ordinary mansion.

The dignified founding father's mansion, the girl's direct maternal grandmother is the old lady of their family, and it is said that she is a person who loves the younger generation very much.

Since her old man personally wrote to the master to take you to live in Beijing temporarily, it can be seen that she really wants to see the girl.

Seeing that their elder brother loves the girl so much now, it must be no different, so even if the girl is not doing anything else, she should go to Beijing to see her just because of the old lady's painstaking efforts. "

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't stop crying.Nanny Wang knew she couldn't persuade her any more, so she could only sigh softly, and went out with the medicine bowl.

Snow Goose looked left and right, intending to stay and accompany the little squirrels, but fearing to annoy the girl even more, she hesitated for a while, then hung her head and went out.

Daiyu was left alone on the kang, weeping silently towards the window.

Recalling the words of my father, nanny and others, I couldn't help but think about it secretly.

Lian's second elder brother was born in the Duke's mansion, so he was naturally rich and honorable in Beijing, so it's rare that he was willing to travel thousands of miles to mourn his mother.Not only mourning thousands of miles away, but watching his words and deeds, he also feels pity for himself. I think one is being told by his grandmother, and the other is caring about the blood relationship.

Thinking about family affection and truth in the world, it really varies from person to person. Although uncles and aunts also have words of concern for themselves, but most of them are false and perfunctory, and they are also expressed in front of father for personal gain.Therefore, the kinship between the same clan is not as pure as that of a foreign clan.

Thinking about it again, after I went to the capital alone, only my father was left alone in Yangzhou. From then on, there were two lonely people separated by thousands of miles.

……

The group stopped and went, and it took more than ten days to finally reach Suzhou.

After entering the city, he came to the old house of the Lin family.

The members of the family, together with the whole family, men, women and children, had already gathered at the door, and when the coffin appeared, they immediately cried like they were fighting for the ground.

Jia Lian originally thought that the Lin family was thin, but only now did he realize that a big family that has lasted for a hundred years should not be underestimated!

The members of the Lin family who knelt on the ground in vain, let alone one or two hundred!

It can be seen that here are all the Lin family members, and those who went to Yangzhou for the funeral are only two or three out of ten.

With so many people mixed together, it was inevitable to be chaotic for a while. Jia Lian had to contract the old housekeeper and others to arrange and disperse them one by one.

Here, Daiyu sent her mother's memorial tablet to the ancestral hall, and cried once more. With the support of her nurse and two or three maidservants, Fang was ready to go back to rest.

"Girl, the servants and maidservants have already tidied up a room in the main room and cleaned it up again. You can just live in it, girl."

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law greeted her with a smile.

Daiyu frowned, and after a while Fang said: "I still want to live in my original house."

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law was a little embarrassed when she heard the words, she turned around and glanced behind her, and persuaded: "Miss is a nostalgic person. But we are also thinking about the girl. She has always been weak and lives here. After all, it is closer to the mourning hall. Miss Sitting up is more convenient.”

"Yes, Daiyu's little niece, don't refuse, just live in the main house here. Anyway, your mother has gone, and your father didn't come back this trip. You should live in the main house."

As soon as the housekeeper's daughter-in-law finished speaking, a young woman came up from behind and tried to persuade her in the same way.

Daiyu never liked to argue with idlers, so she didn't say anything more.

But Wang Momo is not so easy to fool, once she heard the words of this daughter-in-law and the housekeeper's wife, she already guessed seven or eight points, so she reprimanded the housekeeper's wife: "Young lady is the master, so she can live wherever she wants. , Is there any reason for you to forcefully arrange according to your will?

Girl, ignore them, let's live in the old house. "

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law didn't dare to fight back when she was reprimanded, so she could only smile helplessly.

But a girl next to the woman couldn't help it anymore, and said anxiously, holding her arm, "Mother, I like living there too, I don't want to move out, mother~~"

"Don't make noise~!"

The woman hit the girl, and seeing everyone looking at them, she was a little embarrassed at first, but then she looked relieved and said, "Let's be honest, little nephew, don't blame us. First, we will come in to help your mother set up In the mourning hall, when entertaining relatives and friends, I was worried that your sister Jiaojiao would be alone at home, so I took her to the mansion to resettle, not thinking it would be where you lived before.

I heard that you are coming back, we originally wanted her to move out, but firstly, there are so many busy things outside, and secondly, your sister Jiaojiao is also weak like you since she was a child, so it was delayed, so now the house is given to you Jiaojiao My sister lives here. "

Daiyu originally thought it was because the servants were lazily moving around, but who knew it was such a situation, she was stunned for a while, and said weakly: "Auntie, but that is my room..."

"We also know it's your house, but it's too troublesome to move and tidy up now. Anyway, there are so many houses in this mansion, it doesn't matter where you live. If you don't want to live in the main house, you can live in other places." Okay, I'll tell them to clean it up for you right away!"

Wang Momo was originally a responsible person, but she was also irritated at this time. She said angrily: "Grandma Hong is too troublesome, your daughter Jingui, don't we girls deserve to be bullied by you? If the master is here , you dare to treat our girl like this?"

This great grandma's real surname is Chen, and she is Lin Yu's mother.Because Lin Yu's father has the reputation of a scholar, so their family is considered a prosperous family in the family, so they behave a little more publically.

How could she put a slave in her eyes.

"Nurse Wang's words are too harsh. Who dares to bully the girl, and who is bullying your girl again? The elder sister-in-law has gone, and the whole family is busy with them. They are all inspected wherever they should. Where should they be? Just do it, why worry so much for a while?

Don't say that her uncle is not here, even here, we come here day and night to help take care of these things, and we won't treat us harshly, so why are we still embarrassing our relatives about a room?
You girl didn't even say anything, you are here to sow discord, I think the girl is clearly a good girl, it's all you slaves who love to make trouble. "

Chen Shi's words made Grandma Wang tremble with anger, so she wanted to talk to Chen Shi carefully.

Daiyu was really disgusted, so she held her back: "Forget about mom, I'll just live in the main room here."

Wang Momo also thought that it was Jia Min's funeral, so she held back her anger, but she still replied a few words.

"what happened?"

A strange young man's voice sounded, making Chen Shi, who still wanted to mock Mother Wang, stop.

She turned around and looked in the direction she came from, and then couldn't help sighing secretly: What a handsome young master!

After looking at it for a long time, I couldn't recognize it. I felt that it was not from their Lin family.

Jia Lian settled down the affairs of the mourning hall, and originally wanted to visit Daiyu, but when she heard the commotion here, she came over to have a look.

When Wang Momo saw Jia Lian coming, she immediately became confident and told the whole story without hesitation.

Jia Lian also came with several housekeepers and Lin clan children, among them, Lin Yan seemed a little anxious after hearing what Wang Momo said.

He pulled his mother's arm and complained: "Mother, before my father and I left, didn't we tell you to move my sister out? How come you forgot?"

Mrs. Chen knew she was wrong, but how could she admit it in front of her son, scolding: "How did I forget, your sister doesn't want to move out, what can I do!"

Seeing more and more tribesmen around, and many of them pointing fingers at them, Mrs. Chen felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have indulged her daughter for a while and caused trouble.

But not afraid.

If his uncle also came back, it would be difficult. Now that Lin Ruhai has not returned to Suzhou, who else can bully them?

Lin Hong's father, Lin Hong, was a middle-aged scholar who could not be criticized.He scolded his wife in his heart, shook his head and sighed "disgraceful" and "disgraceful", and then left pretending not to see.

Jia Lian knew that Lin Ruhai had been an official abroad for many years and even took all his family members away, so there must be some clansmen who couldn't help but move in this huge old house of the Marquis Mansion, calling it "borrowing".

This situation basically exists in the big families in all parts of the country. Some of them don’t have a house to live in, and even the slaves who are guarding them rent it out to outsiders for profit!

Therefore, the situation of the Lin family is not unique in Jia Lian's view.

The only thing he can't figure out is that now that the head wife has passed away and sent back the coffin, how dare you occupy the house of the head house?
Where did you get the guts?

Seeing Daiyu clearly aggrieved but tilting her head and not speaking, Jia Lian felt angry for no reason, and looked sullenly at the butler who stayed behind in the old house.

The housekeeper knew that the matter was out of control, and he knew Jia Lian's background from the old housekeeper. He didn't dare to make a mistake, so he knelt down and explained: "Second Lord Lian calm down, and the slaves actually tried to persuade him, but Grandma Hong and the others insisted on not Listen, I don't want to move away, and the servants can't help it..."

In fact, it was for the benefit of the housekeeper and the servants that the people of the Lin clan could move in, so there were no troubles for several years.

I hate Grandma Hong, others knew that the Lord's family was coming back, so they packed up their things and moved out in advance, but she was the only one who refused to move out.

If it implicates the events of the past few years and affects so many people, then let this stupid woman die!
"What are you still doing in a daze, haven't you heard that your girl wants to live in her original house? Why don't you let your wife bring someone to clean up the house!"

The butler was still a little hesitant. Looking at the old butler who had been gloomy for a long time, he also gave him a stern look at this time, and immediately got up and yelled at his wife: "Go, what are you waiting for!"

"All irrelevant things should be thrown out of the house."

Hearing Jia Lian's words, the "Jiaojiao girl", who was a little scared at first, ran up to the housekeeper's wife and stopped her with her hand: "You are not allowed to go, and you are not allowed to touch my things!"

After being in a daze for a long time, Mrs. Chen hurried over to protect her daughter, cursing, "You've turned your back on me? Or are you fooled by lard? What kind of thing is he? You listen to him like that? How dare you throw away my daughter's things? I'm not done with you!"

Lin Yan's expression was not good, he looked at Jia Lian and said, "Cousin Lian doesn't have to do this, don't say this is our Lin family's business, you shouldn't interfere, besides, even if sister Daiyu really wants to live in her old house , we just moved out by ourselves, why do you have to show your prestige here and lose my sister's things, it's too bullying!"

As soon as Lin Yi said this, many people showed the color of the same hatred.

Obviously, everyone was more or less dissatisfied with their Lin family's affairs, but they had to obey the orders of an outsider.

"Second Brother Lian, forget it, I don't want that house anymore. It's better to let my mother go to the ground for now, and don't worry about other things."

Daiyu didn't cry before, but now that Jia Lian came to help her decide, she cried instead.

She didn't want Jia Lian to have a conflict with the family members, so she tugged on Jia Lian's sleeve and tried to persuade him.

But Jia Lian knew a little about Daiyu's mood, and heard her say "I don't want that house anymore" instead of "I don't want to live in that house anymore", so he guessed that even if he really vacated the house for her now , Daiyu will not live in it anymore.

What kind of mind is this?

Probably something that others have touched, she no longer cares about it.

Or like Miaoyu, she would rather smash the teacup that the dirty woman drank than take it back.It's just that Daiyu's obsession with cleanliness has lost a bit of Miaoyu's nobility and added a bit of free and easy sincerity.

Perhaps, for the boudoir that has accompanied her for many years, she will never look back in her life.

Following Daiyu's will, without wasting much time with the women in the country, she asked Nanny Wang to send Daiyu back to the main room to rest, and then said to Lin Yu: "In one day, restore sister Lin's house to its original state, otherwise, don't worry about it." Blame me for being indifferent."

It is something that sister Lin doesn't want, and it is not something that others can take at will.

Jia Lian put down these words, glanced lightly at Mrs. Chen and the others, then turned and left.

The old butler admired Jia Lian's demeanor very much, and he didn't answer Chen's bitch from the beginning to the end.

Seeing that Jia Lian had already left, Mrs. Chen was still cursing to win the sympathy of others, and he finally said coldly: "If the second master Lian hadn't been generous and didn't care about you, you just scolded him for those words, and you wouldn't even die do not know.

If Grandma Hong doesn't believe it, you can just ask Young Master Yan, what is the identity of Second Master Lian!
What happened in the mansion today, after returning to Yangzhou, I will explain everything to our master. As for how the master will deal with it, you just have to wait. "

The old butler has served two generations of Lin family patriarchs, and he is also highly respected in the family, so his words carry some weight.

Chen originally wanted to fight back, but seeing that her son, who had always been perverse, just gritted his teeth and endured Jia Lian's threat just now, and realized that there might be something wrong.

Seeing this, the old housekeeper glared at the anxious housekeeper next to him, snorted coldly, and followed Jia Lian's footsteps.

　Long chapters, enough to break apart the weight of two chapters, this is not considered lazy, ah.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)