Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 39 Funeral in Yangzhou City (3)

After Jia Lian left, Jia's mother lay down for a while, and as soon as she stopped crying, she began to think.Now that the imperial plaque of Rongguo Mansion has been removed, almost all the mansion has become a joke in the capital, but they don't say it in public.After all, this mansion still lacks confidence.It would be useless to suppress the eldest son now, and the younger son was still a bit unsatisfactory.Although the two brothers have taken positions in the ministry, their grades are still too low.

The eldest son has always been out of tune, so I just ask him not to do bad things.The youngest son is not familiar with general affairs, he is too lonely and aloof.It has not been promoted in the past ten years.Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia also rubbed her eyebrows, feeling a headache.Lian'er looked good, and became more and more excited.But in the end too young, do not know what the future holds.Baoyu is naturally a man of good fortune, but it doesn't appear at this time.In the future, we will need support from all sides.So it is absolutely impossible to break the relationship with the Lin family.

For a moment, I thought of my poor daughter, who had finished keeping this filial piety and that filial piety in the early years, but it was a life-and-delay, and when she got older, she went to the doctor and took medicine indiscriminately, and broke her body. The son left again... Now this is actually risking his life for his son.Thinking of this, the old lady Jia shed tears silently again in sadness.Never break the relationship with the Lin family!Even for Min'er, I can't stop it!
As soon as she thought of this, Mother Jia heard Baoyu talking outside.Fearing that the maids would stop him, he hastily asked, "But Baoyu is here?" When Hu Po heard Mrs. Jia's question, she opened the curtain and came in with a smile: "Isn't it just that Baoyu and Baoyu are here? Don't let the announcement I just said that I was afraid of disturbing the old lady's rest and waiting outside." When Jia Mu heard this, she wiped the corners of her eyes and rushed to Baoyu who was outside, "Come in quickly, what are you doing outside?"

Hearing Mrs. Jia call him, Baoyu hurried in, rolled into Mrs. Jia's arms and said, "I was reading in the room, but I heard people say that my aunt is gone, and my grandson is afraid that the old ancestor will be spoiled, so I come here to have a look." Look. Seeing that the old ancestor fell asleep, he was afraid of disturbing the old ancestor, so he waited outside." After hearing this, Jia Mu nodded and said: "This is a strange talk, but I know that Baoyu is filial. Just a little, and Don't focus on reading, you will hurt your eyes if you are tired." Baoyu leaned into Jia Mu's arms again and said with a smile: "Where does it hurt your eyes? Grandson only reads for a while, and then rests for a while."

Baoyu rolled around in her arms to show off her cuteness, which relieved Mrs. Jia's sadness. The grandfather and grandson talked and laughed softly for a while, and Jia's mother let him play with his sisters helplessly. Baoyu saw Mrs. Jia The wife was like this, but she suddenly remembered something, walked two steps and then turned back and said: "Since my aunt is gone, I feel sad to come to Sister Lin, it's so pitiful. Why don't the ancestors take Sister Lin to her house and return to her house?" How good is it to have the pain of the ancestors? The ancestors can also relieve the pain of missing a daughter, right?"

Startled by this thought, Jia Mu nodded indiscriminately and said, "Go ahead." Seeing this, Baoyu didn't pause anymore, turned around and went out.And Jia Mu seemed to be possessed, and that sentence kept ringing in her ears, and she couldn't let it go.

Granny Jia is full of ears and eyes: "Bring Daiyu, take Daiyu...take Daiyu" is like a magic voice that can't go away.Thinking that Jia Min failed to keep his son, then Lin Ruhai would definitely marry again.When the time comes, will my family still be Lin Ruhai's Yue's family?It is impossible to break that relationship, even if it continues, it is not clear how to support Baoyu in the future.

If you take Daiyu back and raise her by your side, your granddaughter will naturally get close to you.Let the two Yu'er grow up together, the relationship is naturally different.When the two Yu'er grow up in the future, he will propose marriage to Lin Ruhai on Baoyu's behalf, and he will definitely not refuse.Besides, Guang Min'er's dowry was quite a lot back then, and the Lin family's population was sparse, so Daiyu would definitely not lose money in the future.So that would be great!With me in this mansion, no one would dare to bully my only granddaughter, and it can be considered that I personally took care of my daughter's only flesh and blood.

Secondly, with Daiyu by his side, even if Lin Ruhai remarried, he still couldn't break the bond of kinship.In the future, if the two Yu'er become a good thing, Lin Ruhai will also help and support Baoyu.In this way, if I go down by myself, I will see the Duke of the country with a face.The more Jia Mu thought about it, the more she felt that the idea was good, and she was very satisfied, and she only said that Baoyu was a blessed one.She never thought that Lin Ruhai or Daiyu would refuse.So Yuanyang asked Yuanyang to lay paper for the grinder, and wanted to write this letter to Lin Ruhai himself.

Yuanyang has always been clever. When she saw Jia Mu happy, she smiled and said, "It can be seen that Baoyu is the old lady's heart. The old lady will be happy as soon as she comes." Jia Mu also smiled slightly: "People only say that I love him, but I never knew how good he is." At this point, Jia's mother really cheered up and sat down to write a letter to Lin Ruhai.Although Yuanyang didn't take it seriously, she didn't refute it either.

Jia Lian went out of Jia Mu's house and went to the east yard.Since returning from Yangzhou, although Jia Lian did not regard Xing as his own mother, he is much closer than usual.Even the relationship with Jia Amnesty has improved a lot.In the morning, I always go to Jia She's side for breakfast, and take Jia She's car to go to the ministry together. Even though Jia Lian was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the past two days, Jia She also sent him there first.Even though they went back to their homes in the evening, Jia Lian always came to sit and sit.By the way, listen to Jia Amnesty say a few things about the ministry.

Mrs. Xing also prepares meals for the father and two early every day.Now all the maids and aunts in Jia She's house have been dismissed, except Aunt Wu who gave birth to Yingchun and Aunt Juan who gave birth to Jia Cong. Jia She said before that he would buy new ones, but he was busy every day. I never mentioned it again.Thinking that it was Jia Lian who wrote the letter to forgive Jia, he couldn't help being even more affectionate to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian is also very good at being a human being. If there is nothing to do, she will bring something back from the street to her.Or the new hairpin from which silver shop, or the dim sum just made by which shop, or what good food I ate in the restaurant, I can't describe in detail.The furniture are small things and gadgets, although I don't know the money, but they are more intimate.Let Mrs. Xing always feel warm in her heart.

Before the news of Yangzhou's funeral had reached Mrs. Xing's ears, Jia Lian arrived at the door.Wang Baoshan's family knew that Mrs. Xing was close to Jia Lian now, so she came forward with a smile and said, "Why did you come back at this hour? My wife is in the room. Come in quickly." Mrs. Xing heard a sound in the room, like It means that Jia Lian's family has come. I didn't believe it in my heart, but I was surprised when I looked out of the window. Why is it so early today?

Before she could react, Jia Lian walked in by herself.Recently, Xing and Jia Lian had to meet two or three times every day, so when they met, they knew something was wrong.Thinking of the place where Jia Lian is working now, he broke out in sweat immediately, and without waiting for Jia Lian to salute and greet him, he took two steps forward to hold Jia Lian, and asked cautiously with eyes full of fear, "But the business is not going well?"

When Mrs. Xing asked with such an expression, Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head in a daze, and said in a somewhat exhausted way: "Uncle Yangzhou sent someone to deliver the obituary today, but mother didn't know?" Mrs. Xing was shocked when she heard this Surprised, but heaved a sigh of relief, he gave Jia Lian a sideways look, and then said full of resentment: "Didn't you say that the second wife's natal sister-in-law is here and wants to propose marriage to you?"

Although he just saw Wang Ziteng's wife in Jiamu's room, he didn't know about the marriage proposal. The scene was so chaotic, who would care about her?Then he asked softly: "Tell me about your parents, don't you ask your parents? When will it be the second wife's turn?" Mrs. Xing loved to hear this, and her face was full of smiles: "The old lady sent me away Someone came to call me. I thought that the master was not here, and I was afraid that I would not be able to agree, so I said I was sick."

Jia Lian nodded after being silent for a moment, and didn't want to talk about it any more.I just thought about how to tell Xing Shi that I wanted to go to Yangzhou for the funeral?Although Xing's status and knowledge are inferior to many people in this mansion, he still has some winks.Seeing Jia Lian's gloomy expression, hesitant to speak, Fang remembered what Jia Lian said earlier about the obituary from Yangzhou.

Then he frowned and said, "I don't know that that black-hearted person is talking to you, and someone came to report the funeral there! Could it be because of this that you came back early?" Hearing this, Jia Lian took a deep breath. , For a while, I still couldn't accept that Jia Min disappeared like this.

Mrs. Xing took this as a sudden realization, and continued with a smile: "Lian'er, think about it, if someone really came to report the funeral, shouldn't you report to the old lady first? It is also feasible to find your father or the second master. How can you just go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to look for you? Even if it is me or the second wife, it is more reasonable than looking for you, isn't it?"

When Jia Lian saw that Xing was teaching, it was not good to say anything at this time.I just lowered my head and thought about how I can go to Yangzhou in person, otherwise I will be worried.Thinking of Zong Zong in the past, I don't know what happened to my uncle at this moment?What about the cousin?In addition to being sad, there is more of a heavy sulk in my heart.

Recently, Jia She always came back very late. Although the Ministry of Rites is very leisurely on weekdays, it is also extremely busy during the New Year's Eve.Now that it's almost the end of the year, the Ministry of Rituals is getting busy, especially when Jia Amnesty is in charge of Jiali in the Department of Rites and Purging Officials.All kinds of banquets in the palace are inseparable from him, it seems that he is so busy that he never touches the ground.

After the next hour, Jia Lian saw that Jia She hadn't come back, so he was going to pick him up, but he saw Jia She's side boy coming to report: "The master asked the younger one to tell the master and wife that it's dinner and so on. The meeting will come back from the old lady's place." Knowing that Jia She went to the old lady's house, Xing couldn't say anything, so he just nodded and sent him away.Jia Lian, on the other hand, looked thoughtful but hesitated to speak.

After a while, the little maid in the old lady's room came again, and when she saw Mrs. Xing, she respectfully greeted her: "Hi, madam, would it be better for the old lady to ask her slave to ask the old lady? If there is nothing serious, I will come to the old lady right away." Go to Mrs. Jia's room." Although Xing was puzzled, she didn't panic, thinking that just now Jia Amnesty had sent someone to say that she was in Mrs. Jia's room, and now she called herself again, and she felt even more certain that it was for the sake of Lian'er wants to discuss the marriage with her husband and wife.

Xing thought that Lian'er was getting close to her, and she was not a man and a half woman. In the future, Lian'er would be her reliance, so in this marriage, she had to say a few words to take care of him.So I made up my mind to ask him if he was interested.So he said to the little maid: "Got it, you go first, I'll change my clothes and come here." After the little maid left, she immediately sent Aunt Fei to find Jia Lian.

Jia Lian originally had some guesses in his mind, but now Xing Shi rushed over as soon as he called, and he also hoped to get Xing Shi's help.As soon as she entered the door, Mrs. Xing said, "you are not too young, Lian'er, and there is no other reason for mother calling you here today. The old lady just asked the master to go there, and now she has sent someone to call me."

When Jia Lian heard this, she knew it was because of her aunt, but Xing went on to say: "I want to come, and I won't do it for anything else. It's for your marriage. You should tell your mother first, what's in your heart?" Do you like it?" Jia Lian felt his face twitch when he heard this, but he was speechless for a while.

However, Mrs. Xing continued without realizing it: "Although what I say is useless, you know it. But anyway, it is inconvenient for you to open your mouth about this matter. I will help you talk to the master so that the old man can understand. Your intentions are still okay." After speaking, Xing picked up the teacup on the side, as if waiting for Jia Lian to reply, more like showing merit.

Jia Lian deliberated for a while, and also felt that it was impossible to explain this clearly to Mrs. Xing, so she tentatively said to Mrs. Xing, "Mother Lao has taken care of Lian'er, but I don't know what's going on now. Why don't you go to the old lady's room first?" Let's take a look here. When you come back, Lian'er will discuss with your mother again?" After saying this, Jia Lian felt that all the strength in his body had been exhausted.I am used to talking to the smart people of Lin Ruhai's family, but now it is even more difficult to talk to Mrs. Xing's clumsy words.

Mrs. Xing thought for a while before she nodded and said, "That's right. I should go over after all this delay. Just think about it. After all, mother is on your side." After finishing speaking, she got up and walked out. Had to follow out.

(End of this chapter)