The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 9 A pair of sons and daughters are enviable (please recommend and collect)

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When Xing Zhong saw Lin Ruhai, he couldn't hide his shock.He came to Yangzhou for business two months ago, Lin Ruhai is not as old as this, now he is only breathing more than a living person, there is no flesh on the cheeks, the cheekbones are protruding, there is a groove in the eye socket, and the big eyeballs are unusually abrupt .

Where can I still see the title of the gold list back then, and the appearance of being praised by the Supreme Emperor in the Golden Luan Hall.

Feeling sad, Xing Zhong stepped forward and took Lin Ruhai's hand: "Brother Ruhai!" He saw that although Lin Ruhai was disabled and sick, he was in good spirits and could sit on the pillow for a while, so he guessed that this was probably a flashback , Xing Zhong felt even more sad when he thought of Lin Ruhai's help to him.

Although Xing Zhong's guess is not entirely true, it is close to the truth.Lin Ruhai knew that all oil was exhausted, but the Jia family's fleet had not entered Yangzhou for a long time. Lin Ruhai was afraid that he would not have time to see his daughter Daiyu for the last time, so he secretly invited that quack doctor to express his wish.The genius doctor is by no means mediocre, he used a dose of ancestral secret recipe, stimulated all the essence and blood of Lin Ruhai, and allowed him to endure it for another two or three days, but once the effect of the medicine wore off, it would be difficult for Lin Ruhai to be saved even if the Immortal Da Luo was alive.

For the sake of her daughter, Lin Ruhai was willing to take the risk, and this is how Xing Zhong saw and heard today.

"Brother Duan is here," Lin Ruhai called out Xing Zhong's words in relief, "Is this your brother?" Lin Ruhai saw that the chubby Zhengde's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to call: "Good boy, come to uncle." .”

Zhengde had been taught by his sister a long time ago, and knew that this uncle Lin Ruhai was kind to the Xing family, so he rubbed his short legs forward twice, lifted up a corner of his thin shirt and knelt down: "Nephew Zhengde has seen uncle."

Lin Ruhai thought of his son who died young, who was as cute and smart as the elder brother of the Xing family, and he couldn't help feeling sad: "Righteousness. Those who are righteous, correct their own virtues, and those who are in the top position correct themselves to govern the people. Brother Duan started a Nice name."

Before Xing Zhong could say a few words of humility, Little Zhengde had already shaken his head and said: "Uncle is wrong, sister said, my name refers to Zhengde, Utilization, Housheng, Weihe."

Lin Ruhai laughed loudly, mixed with coughing: "It can be seen that Mr. Duan and his sons and daughters are very good, which is really enviable." After finishing speaking, he sighed softly: "I also have a good daughter, but I haven't seen her for many years, and I don't know about it. How is the child? It’s no better than having your sons and daughters around your knees, but now that you think about it, you regret it at the time. If you could have persisted in the beginning, and asked Daiyu to stay with me at home, it would never cause today’s regrets.”

Xing Zhong smiled and comforted him and said: "Brother Ruhai wants to open up more, but fortunately Jia's will be here in just two days. You father and daughter will naturally have good days ahead, so don't be in a hurry."

Lin Ruhai understood that brother Duanxian was trying to comfort himself.It is said that a friend in adversity sees the truth. Since he was seriously ill, many relatives have come to Yushi’s mansion, either the old relatives from the mother’s side, or the dilapidated hukou from the Lin family’s ancestral house. Lin Ruhai has not seen them all. I wrote a letter asking Lin Xiang to send it to Suzhou.Speaking of recognizing the relatives of the Xing family, it was all beyond Lin Ruhai's expectation. Three years ago, Xing Zhong, as a clerk, took his servants to Yangzhou to deliver the case files. It happened that Lin Ruhai was a guest at the magistrate's house. Make friends, and mention Xing Zhong's identity in front of everyone.

Lin Ruhai is the son-in-law of the Jia family, Mrs. Guan Xing should be called a sister-in-law, and the brother-in-law of her sister-in-law, he wants to see her because of love.Unexpectedly, this Xing Zhong is an old man with no evil intentions, so he is worth making friends with.Lin Ruhai didn't dare to deny that when he had a good relationship with the Xing family, he had the idea of ​​leaving a way for Daiyu. However, after two or three years of hard work, Lin Ruhai felt that Xing Zhong was more reliable and more worthy than the closer Jia family. entrust.

That's why he was lingering on the sick bed, and when the deadline was approaching, he tried his best to hand over the booklet to the Supreme Emperor, just to find a small post of county magistrate.

Lin Ruhai held Zhengde's round hand with a hand like a dead tree branch, and said softly: "Brother De, Uncle Lin's family also has a sister, would you like to play with her?"

Zhengde looked at his father ignorantly, seeing that his father didn't nod or shake his head, he thought for a while and said, "As long as my sister plays with Sister Lin, I will play with Sister Lin." Zhengde felt dissatisfied and quickly added One sentence: "Uncle Lin, my sister knows a lot."

Xing Zhong was too ashamed, and said hastily: "This kid is full of nonsense."

Lin Ruhai laughed loudly: "I can tell, your girl is very prestigious! Did you come with Mrs. Sister-in-law?"

Xing Zhong nodded: "Zhengde is too unrestrained, only his sister can restrain this living monkey. Now it's time to go to the back house with Steward Lin to help."

Lin Ruhai said in his heart that he was afraid that his daughter would not catch everything when he came back, so he asked the younger siblings of the Xing family to help manage the house for two days.Because of the difference between men and women, Lin Ruhai only invited Xing Zhong and Zhengde over, not the mother and daughter of the Xing family.Now, when I heard that his wife was helping out in the back house as soon as he entered the mansion, he was even more grateful.

"I have a few words that I want to discuss with Brother Duan Xian, I wonder if it's okay"

Xing Zhong understood, and hurriedly asked Zhuan'er outside to lead Zhengde to play in the yard outside.Zhengde was led out by Zhuan'er's little hand, just as he arrived at the door, he suddenly thought of something, he got rid of Zhuan'er and ran back until he reached Lin Ruhai's bedside, leaned forward, barely hooked to the edge of the bed , covered his mouth with a fleshy palm, and whispered: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, I'll save the dragon beard crisps for sister Lin!" After speaking, he twisted his little buttocks and ran away like flying.

Lin Ruhai's eyes could not be drawn away from the figure who had run away outside the door for a long time, and Lin Ruhai himself did not notice the envious tone: "If I had a heart like brother Duanxian back then, I would not have to worry about no one inheriting the family business. After all, it’s still shallow-sighted.”

Before he made friends with the Xing family, he had sent someone to inquire. The Xing family originally had only one daughter, who was a year or two older than Daiyu. A few years ago, they picked up a child from somewhere, and the Xing family took care of her as their own.Lin Ruhai remembered that he heard the news and thought Xing Zhong was interesting, but now that he thought about it, Xing Zhong was many times smarter than himself.It's like him, thinking that he is destined to have no children, so he wants to guard the huge family business for his daughter. In the future, when Daiyu gets married and has children, it will be fine to adopt one under the Lin family's name.

Unexpectedly, the heaven failed to fulfill his wishes, and his daughter was not yet an adult, but he wanted to die.

Lin Ruhai has enjoyed all the glory and wealth in his life, with two great joys and two sorrows in his life.What is proud is that the young Jinke was nominated and married to the beautiful Jia family; the unsatisfactory is that the youngest son died early and the daughter has no one to support.The first three have all become a thing of the past, the past is gone, it is useless for Lin Ruhai to think about it any more.But the precious daughter Daiyu is still young, and her days are still long in the future, Lin Ruhai has been struggling so far with this little belief.

Xing Zhong sat on a mahogany carved high embroidered pier next to Lin Ruhai, with a sincere tone: "Brother Ruhai, I know what's on his mind. From now on, our Xing family will have one more daughter, and we will treat her the same as Xiuyan girl."

"I'm here to thank Mr. Duan on behalf of Daiyu." Lin Ruhai propped himself up to go to the ground, Xing Zhong was worried that his building would collapse, so he pinned him firmly on the bed. "You and my brother still pay attention to what to do. Taking care of your body is the most important thing."

Outside the yard, Zhengde and Zhuan'er felt bored after playing for a while, "Sister Zhuan'er, where is my sister?"

Zhuan'er is a good-tempered girl, she took out a brocade handkerchief to wipe Zhengde's sweat, squatted down and said, "The wife and the girl are probably in the backyard, didn't the girl say that the lady of the Lin family will be back in two days, she You need to help with the decoration. We are waiting for the master here, and the young master is good, so the master will give you the little white horse!"

Zhengde is Chun Rili's birthday, half a year has passed since now, Xing Xiuyan saved a sum of money, discussed with Zhang Yi, Zhang's cousin, and bought a small white horse for Zhengde, but Zhengde was very happy.It's just that Mrs. Lu is afraid that Zhengde is too young, so he is not allowed to ride, so he can only go to the stable with the boy to have a look.

Since then, Zhengde practiced more and more diligently, and only hoped that his parents would let him go and let him have a good time.

Sure enough, when Zhengde heard it, his calf stretched straight like a stick, Zhuan'er laughed and said, "Can you stand still without the master?"

Zhengde nodded proudly, "Should someone supervise this kind of thing?" Zhuan'er nodded secretly. He has been in Xing's house for five years and has seen many novel things. At the beginning, it was only because the Xing family was an official family, but now that I have learned a lot, I have also been to a family like the Bai County Magistrate's family, and more than half of the wealthy households in Wu County have also gone there. Something is wrong at home.

Not to mention their girls.

Crystal-like heart, although he is only twelve, he is shrewd and capable like a young adult. He can remember girls whose wife can't remember, and can make perfect girls who are not perfect.The first thing the Xing family admired was not the master who was about to become the county magistrate, nor the wife who opened three shops and brought countless money to the family, but the calm and beautiful eldest girl Xing Xiuyan.

In the past five years, Zhuan'er has grown a lot in stature, and has lost all rustic charm. Every time he goes home, everyone in Zhuangzi comes to watch the fun, and they all praise him for his great changes.But Zhuan'er knew that no matter how great her changes were, they were not one-tenth that of their girls.

Zhuan'er remembered that when she was first sold into the Xing family, the girl was short and her face was sallow. If it weren't for the clothes on her body that could make her look strong, people would believe that she was the fire-burning girl of the Xing family.But five years later, the girl either took a bath with goat's milk or drank the milk like water every day. She was fair and tall, like a peeled egg, and she couldn't find anyone as beautiful as this in Suzhou City. girl.

Zhengde pulled Zhuan'er's hand dissatisfied: "Sister Zhuan'er, Zhengde is hungry."

Zhengde practiced martial arts, and his appetite was astonishing. The Xing family made a fortune by cooking food, and they have never been stingy in this regard.Zhuan'er saw that the master didn't intend to come out, so the young master knelt on the ground and rubbed his stomach again, feeling hungry, but Zhuan'er had no choice but to take Zhengde and the Lin family's maid to the back house to find his wife and girl.

(End of this chapter)