Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 48 Fu Ling Gusu Keeps Mother Filial Piety (1)

Jia Min has been dead for more than 40 days and is gradually entering the final seven.Daiyu has already packed her luggage and is ready to return to her hometown to observe her filial piety.The second manager, Song Shi, took Lin Ruhai's famous card and letter to Guiyuan Temple early.

Today Daiyu stood in front of the deserted mourning hall, looking at the dark coffin.Jia Min's voice and smile still appeared in front of his eyes, but when he stretched out his hand, there was nothing but coldness.I remember that my mother in the previous life turned into a dark box in the end. Even though it was much smaller than this one, it couldn't be covered with heat.The mothers of the two generations seemed to be intertwined at this moment.

Daiyu remembered that her mother died of illness in her previous life.I don't know if Jia Min in the original novel also left because of this, only that he has been ill for a long time.In the previous life, Daiyu didn't have a father, but at that time, Lin Ruhai sent Daiyu away because she was disheartened?Or something else?Daiyu didn't know, and she was powerless to ask.

Daiyu just felt that her soul was swinging back and forth between the past and present, and the reality of the original book. She couldn't tell whether it was heartache or sadness, and she couldn't tell which was real and which was illusion.Daiyu stood in the mourning hall for a long time with eyes dimmed until Lin Ruhai walked in.

Lin Ruhai still put a stick of fragrance on Jia Min first, and then turned to look at Daiyu. Seeing that Daiyu was still in a daze, she seemed unaware of her arrival.So I guessed that she was missing her mother too, after all Daiyu was only seven years old!How unbearable was it for her to lose her mother at the age of seven?

Lin Ruhai closed his eyes and suppressed the tears, and then gently embraced Daiyu in his arms.Said softly on top of Daiyu's head: "Your mother is watching you! Didn't you say that your mother has become a star in the sky? She watches you every night. So be strong and brave " Lin Ruhai's voice finally woke Daiyu up.

Daiyu raised her head to look at Lin Ruhai, and saw Lin Ruhai's eyes filled with kindness.I just feel that even if all this is just a dream, it doesn't matter, right?He couldn't help but smiled at Lin Ruhai.Quietly leaning against Lin Ruhai's chest, listening to the pounding heartbeat.I feel very satisfied.

Lin Ruhai also smiled and stroked Daiyu's little head gently, and said with a smile, "Can you please greet your mother?" Daiyu just woke up and offered incense to Jia Min, and burned paper money.Seeing Daiyu muttering something, Lin Ruhai guessed it was a private conversation between their mother and daughter, and smiled more kindly, but her eyes gradually filled with tears.

Seeing that Daiyu was busy with everything, Lin Ruhai quickly wiped the corners of her eyes.Jian stood up and motioned for her to follow him.As soon as they left the mourning hall, Jin'er and the others wanted to follow, but they were stopped by Lin Ruhai with a wave of his hand.Qi Luo nodded to Jin'er, and the two turned into the mourning hall. They also had a lot of reluctance to Jia Min.

Lin Ruhai walked in front with his hands behind his back, and Daiyu followed closely behind him. Seeing his no longer so tall and straight body, she felt very sad.It was silent all the way, and neither father nor daughter spoke again.Walking back and forth like this, Daiyu followed Lin Ruhai to the study.

There was no one else in the study except the father and daughter, so Daiyu washed the pot with her own hands, boiled water on the small red clay stove, and made Lin Ruhai a cup of tea with her own hands, before she sat down.Lin Ruhai looked at this sensible little person, and felt very sore in his heart, this is his daughter!The only remaining bone and blood, but I can't protect her by my side...

Lin Ruhai was silent for a long time, and Daiyu was also silent for a long time.Daiyu seemed to know what Lin Ruhai was going to say, she was afraid that it would become a reality if she made a sound.So she remained silent, just wanting to stay with her father for a while, even if it was just for a while.Lin Ruhai was also reluctant to break the silence.

But in the end, Lin Ruhai still brought up Daiyu's return home.Daiyu took care of all these matters before.At this time, Lin Ruhai suddenly heard Lin Ruhai mention it, and Daiyu was also very surprised when she was sad.But she still didn't want to make a sound, just widened her watery eyes like that, quietly looking at Lin Ruhai, at his gray hair, and at his loving eyes...

Lin Ruhai gently stroked Daiyu's head, sighed, and said, "Your mother's dowry should have been yours." Daiyu didn't expect Lin Ruhai to mention Jia Min's dowry, but she heard him say, "This is your mother's dowry." Every time you go back, take them back, and you also like those calligraphy and painting books very much, so take them back too."

Having said this, Lin Ruhai stopped talking, and stared at Daiyu for a long time, as if she would disappear if she misread her.Daiyu didn't intervene, just looked back at Lin Ruhai quietly.

After half a stick of incense, Lin Ruhai frowned and said: "You have read all the newspapers, and you probably know what is going on in your heart." Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and said, "As a father, I will I don't want to say anything more. This time, you have to bring all the people with you when you go back." Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai took a sip of tea, only to feel the aroma on his teeth and cheeks.

I couldn't help but smiled at Daiyu, thought for a while and said: "You can also take some of my Lin family's property back. You don't have to ask about the sacrifice field. Even the academy will entrust your master to take care of it for a while, and you Don't worry about it." Lin Ruhai thought for a while and finally said: "What you bring back will be your dowry in the future, and you will have to take care of it yourself."

As soon as Daiyu heard this, her eyes widened, tears fell like money, she covered her mouth for fear that she would cry out, afraid that she would cry out!She always felt that Lin Ruhai was telling her last words, and she only felt a dull pain in her heart.

At this time, Daiyu felt pain in her heart, but she didn't know what she could say or what she could do. She could only cover her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying. She could only widen her eyes to portray Lin Ruhai more clearly. , not wanting to let it go, even the slightest bit, but the tears gradually blurred her eyes, no matter how much she wiped them off, she couldn't wipe them away, and no matter how wide her eyes widened, her eyes became more and more blurred.

Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu's weeping eyes with pain on his face, and asked awkwardly: "Yu'er thinks I can do it?" Daiyu knew that Lin Ruhai was explaining what happened after the breakup, and she hoped that she could believe it. He was just explaining the things after the separation, but the pain in his heart was so obvious.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's question at this time, Daiyu covered her mouth and dared not answer. She was afraid that if she answered wrongly, she would lose her father forever!She can no longer lose her father!Unable to bear it for a while, Daiyu couldn't help squatting down, and suddenly lay on Lin Ruhai's knee and burst into tears.

Isn't Lin Ruhai sad?Why are you willing?Daiyu is just a seven-year-old girl!Is it scary to keep filial piety in the ancestral house alone?Will you feel lonely too?But now that Jiamu has been rejected, Daiyu has no better place to go.Lin Ruhai couldn't help but hated himself, hated his wife and daughter Zhouquan who was unable to protect him!

Lin Ruhai raised her hand, wanting to comfort the sad Daiyu, but she didn't know how to speak.What can he say?Are you saying your father is incompetent?Or is it that the prince has no virtue?He can't, he can't say anything, even if he knows everything.He also believed that Daiyu was as clear as he was.

After all, Daiyu's body lived with the soul of an adult. She cried for a while, as if venting all her sorrow, and quickly controlled her emotions again.Raising his head with red and swollen eyes, he just looked at Lin Ruhai's aging face steadily, and said firmly, "Don't worry, Daddy, Yu'er will be fine. Father, protect yourself too! Promise me!"

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai was both satisfied and distressed. After all, he nodded and said, "If you can do this, you can feel at ease as a father. At that time, let Zhao Bing and Zhang Xin go back with you, and you will have Madam Yang by your side." This kind of old man, there are three housekeepers and his wife at the ancestral house, so it should be fine. You just need to keep your filial piety behind closed doors, and if you think about it, no one will make things difficult for you as a child."

After all, Lin Ruhai let out a sigh of relief, and his whole body seemed much more relaxed.At this time, Daiyu suddenly asked: "Gusu is only three or five days away from Yangzhou. Yu'er doesn't worry about anything else, just one thing. I don't know who will take care of my father? Leave my father alone in the post. It's Yu'er's unfilial piety."

Hearing Daiyu say so like a little adult, Lin Ruhai laughed.Patted her little head and said in a low voice: "Father still uses you as a little girl to worry about? Don't worry, Aunt Liu is in good health, and it is enough for her to stay by Father's side. Although she is not very tempered, Well, the heart is not bad."

Seeing Daiyu looking at her suspiciously, Lin Ruhai coughed lightly and continued: "She just takes care of food, clothing and daily life, and Lin Zhongsong is waiting for the old housekeeper in the outer courtyard, so you don't have to worry." It sounded a little bit of a cover-up, but Daiyu didn't mention it, she just nodded her head pretending to be serious.

Daiyu recalled Aunt Liu's temperament, although she was a bit arrogant in private, and maybe she had a lot of dissatisfaction with Jia Min, but she still had her duty in front of Lin Ruhai, so she didn't say anything else.She also knew that Lin Ruhai was afraid that Aunt Liu would kill her if she followed her.After all, it's only been a few days since Aunt Bai's matter?So he nodded to reassure Lin Ruhai.

After coming out of Lin Ruhai's study, Daiyu began to tidy up the warehouse and pack things up, because she had to take many things back, so she had to pack them again.Fortunately, Lin Ruhai's family has only been in Yangzhou for less than a year, and many things have not been disassembled in time, so it is convenient to sort them out.

This time, Jia Min's coffin will go with him.Therefore, Daiyu can't go by water as she did when she came here, and has to go back by land.The objects in the house are complicated, especially the collection of ornaments such as porcelain and jade.Although not all of them were brought back, Jia Min only had a lot of dowry back then, and Lin Ruhai added a lot to her over the years.

Daiyu was afraid that something would be damaged on the way, so after thinking for a long time, she finally decided to let Zhao Bing escort these belongings back by water. Firstly, there would be less collisions, and secondly, going downstream would save time and effort.Coffins are already very manpower-intensive. If these precious items are transported again, I don't know how many more manpower will be added.

On the ninth day of November, three days before Jia Min's funeral, Zhao Bing escorted the belongings and set off early to return to Gusu by water.Apart from daily necessities, Daiyu only has light things such as deeds, house deeds, ledgers, bank notes and so on.Daiyu put it in a carved ebony box and locked it. Jin'er carried the box with her, but the key hung around her neck.

Everything has been settled properly, and it seems that all kinds of turmoil in the Lin residence caused by Jia Min's death have also returned to calm.No one was talking about Aunt Bai, even Aunt Liu kept her mouth shut when she knew what had happened, shutting herself in the room without asking.

After Daiyu asked her to take good care of Lin Ruhai, she became completely quiet, and even seemed much more peaceful.Daiyu knew that Aunt Liu was ill, so she was both angry and pitiful towards her.Bente asked Huang Jiyun to help her diagnose it.

After carefully supporting the pulse, Huang Jiyun also prescribed a prescription for recuperation.It was the first time Aunt Liu cried while holding the prescription, she cried so heartbreakingly, it could even be said that those who heard it cried.The gratitude to Daiyu in my heart is hard to express, but to Lin Ruhai is more meticulous and considerate.

　I have something to do tonight, two chapters will be released first, the last chapter may be later, it should be around eleven o'clock... Gujing can't confirm the exact time because he has to go out, sorry!
　　
　
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