Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 5 Rescue Zhi'er

Daiyu went to Jia Min's room, saw that Jia Min was still sleeping soundly, and retreated out, only whispered to Mu Mian in the Nuan Pavilion, and clarified the past three or two years clearly on the sidelines.When it was almost lunch time, they heard noises in the tent, and went forward together with Mu Mian, and saw that Jia Min had woken up.

So he asked the maidservant to serve Jia Min to wash up, and then personally selected the hairpin for Jia Min.Seeing Daiyu being so caring, Jia Min felt both hot and sad. Thinking of her son Yan Geer who died young, Jia Min felt even more distressed, but she didn't want to show it in front of Daiyu, fearing that Daiyu would hurt her feelings.Daiyu was preoccupied with thinking about what to say about Zhi'er, but she was also absent-minded.The banquet was a little deserted.

After lunch, Daiyu accompanied Jia Min to sit down in the warm pavilion, she seemed a little silent because of something in her heart, Jia Min thought that Daiyu was still ill, and said: "If Yu'er is tired, there is no need to stay here as a mother, Just go and have a rest, just sit here for my mother." After saying that, he picked up the book and leaned it on the pillow.

Daiyu decided to strike while the iron was hot, torn in her heart. What if Jia Min disposed of Zhi'er after she left?Although there is no relationship with Zhi'er, she is a loyal girl anyway. These days, when I just came here, it is still necessary to win over two loyal "insiders", so I said: "Yu'er is not tired, just I was a little sad, seeing my mother sleeping soundly early in the morning, I thought about going to Brother Yan's room to take a look. Who knows..." Speaking of this, Daiyu rubbed the corners of her eyes, and her eyes turned red all of a sudden.

When Jia Min heard Brother Yan's tears, she couldn't stop crying, but she stopped after hearing Daiyu's words. Seeing Daiyu lowered her head, bit her lips and her eyes were red, she asked hurriedly, "what's the matter?" Already?" The pause was enough time for Daiyu to concoct a good mood, and she rubbed the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief, and the tears also fell, she sobbed and said, "Who knows that the two women in front of the door are actually I was not allowed to enter, saying that my wife ordered no one to come in or out. I thought it would be good for Zhi'er to be by Brother Yan's side and try my best all the time, so I thought that since my wife didn't allow me in, it would be okay to call Zhi'er to talk to me Okay, who knows that the old lady would not allow Yu'er to meet Zhi'er either. Yu'er couldn't invite Sister Qiluo to talk about it, so she called Zhi'er out."

Speaking of this, Daiyu couldn't go on talking, she fell on the small kang table and began to cry silently, which made Jia Min panic all of a sudden: "Yu'er, don't cry, everything has a mother. Ah, good Yu Son, what’s the matter? Don’t break your body from crying, you’ll feel better.” Daiyu was originally weak and fell into a coma for several days. Although she changed her soul, her body didn’t. Unable to breathe, she started to cough, and she herself complained about the broken body in her heart.Seeing that Jia Min was very anxious, he simply got out of bed and threw himself into Jia Min's arms.

"If my mother sees Zhi'er, she will definitely not recognize her!" Seeing Jia Min looking at her, Daiyu hurriedly said, "Although Zhi'er is a servant girl, after all, she is someone who served by Mother's side. Brother Yan is also the most caring. Brother Yan was sick before, and Zhi'er waited by his side in untidy clothes. Seeing that he was getting better soon, who knew that Zhi'er was sick, and he was afraid that Yan would be overwhelmed by illness. Brother, I was worried that I didn't go back, but stayed in the backyard. Who would have thought that Brother Yan would disappear in three or two days? Now Zhi'er is watching, his eyes are dull, his cheeks are sunken, and his lips are cracked. It's very pitiful. She doesn't even know what she's talking about." After speaking, she didn't look at Jia Min's expression and just fell into Jia Min's arms and sobbed. "

Hearing what Daiyu said, Jia Min felt as if his heart was going to explode. Previously, he was only concerned about being sad and Daiyu fainted, but he didn't know the specific situation of Brother Yan.Thinking back to before, the nanny came to report every day and only said that brother Yan's diarrhea continued and his high fever persisted, but how did it come to Yu'er's mouth...for a while, he felt a heart-breaking pain.Ignoring Daiyu who was still crying in her arms, she raised her voice, "Where's the person?" The voice was shrill and trembling.

Kapokben was sitting at the door doing needlework, and when he heard Jia Min's voice was wrong, he jumped, opened the curtain and ran in. Seeing Jia Min's face pale as paper, Daiyu was sobbing in Jia Min's arms, but she didn't know what it was. what happened.

"What orders does Madam have? But don't panic." Hearing the voice of kapok, Jia Min seemed to come back to his senses, and tremblingly said: "Go! Bring Zhi'er to me, I have something to ask !” The voice behind the words was piercing again.

When Zhi'er came to the room, Daiyu had freshened up and washed, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and she sat beside Jia Min and didn't speak.When Jia Min saw that Zhi'er's cheeks were sunken, her eyes were swollen and red, and her lips were as pale and cracked as Daiyu had said, her heart softened. He stared at Zhi'er with some scrutiny.

But Zhi'er didn't shrink back, looking back at herself with clear eyes and sorrowful eyes, she knelt on the ground slowly and kowtowed without speaking, and then thought that she was the one who went out by her side, and her brother's body certificate was still in her hands In the middle of the day, he believed it again, and asked slowly: "Just now Yu'er said that brother Yan got better before, is this true?"

Zhi'er gritted her teeth and replied with tears in her eyes, "Going back to Madam, the uncle has been ill for a few days, and sometimes he has diarrhea and fever, but the maidservant watched the uncle's fever go down and the diarrhea stopped! Mammy also knew about it, but I don't know why the servants suddenly had diarrhea two or three days before the uncle went. They were afraid that the uncle would just be too weak and sick, so they stayed in the side room in the backyard for two days. It's all right, I can know the news immediately, and I can feel at ease. But I don't know that after only two or three days, Chun'er ran to the backyard to look for slaves, and only said that the uncle is dead, and let the slaves go and have a look, the slaves just entered In the courtyard, my wife has also arrived, and now, now, I have not seen the face of the uncle..." After saying that, I was sobbing.

Jia Min was sad when he heard this, and he couldn't stop, and he was a little out of breath. Seeing this, Daiyu hurriedly stepped forward to feed Jia Min with a cup in one hand, and patted Jia Min with the other hand, and was suffocated. It took a long time for Jia Min to get over his breath.

Seeing that Jia Min is so angry that he can't speak now, he said to Qi Luo on the side: "Sister, go and call Chun'er." Seeing that Qi Luo should turn around and go out, she said to Shinan: "You and I'll send you sister Zhi'er to wash up next to you, and I'll take care of you." After hearing this, Jia Min knew that Daiyu was going to ask separately, and she was surprised that Daiyu was clear in handling things, and was relieved and distressed that Daiyu was sensible, so she also asked Zhier. Nodding and saying: "You go and wash first, and then talk back."

For a while everyone retreated, only Yu Daiyu, mother and daughter, Mu Mian and Jin'er didn't speak, just sat, and the room was quiet and depressing.Seeing that Jia Min's expression was not good, Daiyu was about to say something to comfort her, but Chun'er over there had already arrived at the door, so she had to send in for questioning first.

Chun'er looked to be only five or six years old, with a round face, two buns on her head, and a little pale face, but she was still very cute.She came in and kowtowed to Jia Min and didn't dare to speak. She stared at Jia Min with her watery eyes and Daiyu saw that the atmosphere was not right, so she lowered her head and looked at the floor, not daring to look around.

Jia Min didn't cry out, took a sip of the tea, and asked, "When did you find out that brother Yan is not good? And who told you to notify Zhi'er? Tell the truth." Jia Min The voice was not loud, but it was extremely severe. Chun'er trembled when she heard it, and said in a low voice: "I don't know that the uncle is not well. It was Madam Zhou who asked the slave to inform sister Zhi'er. The slave can't Entering the room to serve, just guarding by the door, Zhou Mama asked the servant to tell sister Zhi'er, "I told you sister Zhi'er, I said that the uncle is no good, come and have a look." The servant was very scared and ran to the house. I found Sister Zhi'er in the backyard, told Nanny Zhou what she said, and didn't say anything else, Sister Zhi'er ran out after hearing this, and then we were locked up." Speaking of being locked up, I still shivered with lingering fear .Seeing her appearance, Daiyu knew she wasn't lying, and Jia Min didn't make things difficult for her, and then asked, "Didn't Brother Yan get well before?" This is lying to her, only to hear Chun'er reply: "Go back to Madam, I haven't seen the uncle before, but the servants have passed the meal to the uncle twice and they ate it, and the others don't know." So Jia Min Even if he believed that brother Yan had really recovered a lot before, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his heart, and he was even more resentful.

Seeing that Chun'er was only five or six years old, Daiyu didn't know much, and she didn't expect to tell lies, so she said to Jia Min: "Mother, why don't you let Chun'er go to his house, since you won't need it, it's better to give me some kindness." , It can be regarded as praying for my younger brother." Who would have thought that Chun'er burst into tears as soon as she heard this: "I beg the girl to spare the servant girl, the servant girl really doesn't know anything, don't drive the servant girl out, the servant girl is a It's also willing to be a horse." Daiyu was very surprised, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Seeing Daiyu stunned, Mu Mian guessed that Daiyu didn't know, so she said: "Chun'er is the year my uncle was born and Shinan. I bought them together, and when I bought them, I heard that the offenders had children, and Shinan seems to be the offenders." Needless to say, Daiyu already understood, and said after thinking about it. In this case, why not give her to Yu'er, okay? "Jia Min did not expect Daiyu to say such a thing. Originally, these maidservants who were not dealt with in time were not allowed to stay, but when Daiyu opened her mouth, Jia Min nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Jia Min nodded, Daiyu asked again: "What do you know?" Chun'er was very grateful when she heard that she could serve beside the girl without being kicked out, so she said, "Your servant is by your side. He's just a messenger outside the door, and he doesn't know much, but he has learned some ways to take care of flowers and plants with the old man Kao Lin in the yard." After speaking, he looked at Daiyu with his eyes expectantly, Daiyu thought for a while and said, "In that case, from now on, you can ask Jichun and Qinghe Xueyan to learn from Shinan." Seeing that Daiyu had made up her mind, Jia Min didn't say anything else, so she let her go down. up.After thinking about it, she asked someone to send Zhou Nanny to come over for questioning, but after a while, Qi Luo ran in in a panic. Jia Min was already in a bad mood, and when she saw Qi Luo's flustered appearance, she suddenly became more and more flustered. Before Qi Luo could speak, she scolded: "What are you doing in a hurry? Are you still a little bit more disciplined?" Qi Luo didn't argue, and approached Jia Min in a low voice: "Excuse me, madam. Mammy, the person who came back said that Mammy Zhou died when she heard that his wife had passed on Chun'er, and she is already out of breath." After finishing speaking, she shut her mouth and stood aside.When Jia Min heard this, his heart was in a turmoil. It was obvious that he committed suicide in fear of crime when he knew that the matter would be revealed!Daiyu also understood, and looked at Jia Min with a pale face.Jia Min felt Daiyu's eyes turn to look at Daiyu, and saw her face turned pale all of a sudden, thinking she was frightened, so she breathed a sigh of relief and hugged her in her arms, before he could figure out how to comfort her. I heard Daiyu say to Qi Luo: "Sister, send someone to Nanny Zhou's house quickly. And ask someone to find out who Zhou Nanny has been in contact with recently, and report everything to the wife." The voice is not loud, but it is It was very stable, although Jia Min was surprised in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, he only nodded to Qi Luo, and Qi Luo quietly retreated.

After this round of questioning, both Daiyu and Jia Min were a little tired, but Daiyu was afraid that Jia Min's body would be ruined by overthinking. Jia Min also felt that Daiyu had changed a lot after her illness, so she was very worried. Spend more time with Daiyu, so both of them are trying to persevere.After a while, Zi Zhixuan brought Daiyu's soup, and Jia Min even fed her with her own hands, and wiped the corners of her mouth, reminding Daiyu that her mother in her previous life took care of her in the same way, and she felt very sad. Moved, and even more attached to Jia Min.He thought to himself that he must be filial to Jia Min, and he thought it was all the heart of not being filial to his mother in the previous life.So he opened his mouth to comfort and said: "Mother and father are still young, and they will give birth to many younger brothers and sisters for Yu'er in the future. Don't spoil your body, even if Brother Yan is in the spirit of the sky, he will be uneasy." After thinking about it, he said, " Even the one with a bad heart will find out sooner or later to avenge Brother Yan, and if the mother breaks her body, it will be in favor of those people." Hearing Daiyu's comfort, Jia Min could only do so. Suppressing the anger and pain in my heart, I looked at Daiyu lovingly with the corners of my mouth drawn: "Mother's Yuer will comfort my mother when she grows up, I only regret that my mother failed to protect your brother, you must not What else happened." Daiyu didn't expect that a word of consolation would make Jia Min think so again, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she changed the subject and said, "From this point of view, Zhi'er should be innocent, and there is no one around her." There are too many people serving, how about calling sister Zhi'er to be with my mother again? Sister Zhi'er knows everything about my younger brother, and if mother misses my younger brother, she can have someone to talk to." Jia Min thought about it. After thinking about it, he nodded.He called Zhi'er to kowtow to thank her, and saw that she was haggard, and passed on the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, and asked her to go to her family for recuperation, and come back when she is well.So Zhi'er kowtowed again and thanked him before leaving.

After Zhi'er left, Daiyu chatted with Jia Min about her parents for a while. Jia Min thought that although Daiyu didn't look very well now, she acted in a very orderly manner. If the boy raised him, he asked about Daiyu's literacy.Although Daiyu had never studied the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic in her previous life, she had finished college at least. She wanted to know how to know it, but she also thought that most of the traditional Chinese characters are still unfamiliar, so she said: "I know how to recite it, but I just recognize it." Not quite." Jia Min smiled after hearing this, and asked someone to fetch Daiyu's book. After some practice, she found that although she didn't memorize it completely, the meaning was basically correct, so she hugged Daiyu again. He taught her word by word in his arms.

When Lin Ruhai came back from the Yamen, what he saw was this: Mu Mian and Jin'er stood aside and watched Jia Min teach Daiyu to read, and Daiyu was very serious in Jia Min's arms.Both mother and daughter smiled.He also felt relieved because he heard about Nanny Zhou hanging herself in the afternoon when he first entered the second gate, so he was agitated, but now he is much calmer.Seeing that the mother and daughter were concentrating, she also raised her hand to stop the maids from announcing them, and waved her hand to let them both go down. She walked gently to Jia Min and stood still, when she heard Daiyu say softly: Ming, Fang Duzi. Summarize the main points and remember the facts. That is to say, you can read the works of various schools of thought only after you understand the classics. When reading these books, you must pay attention to summarizing the main points and memorizing the examples." Lin Ruhai I was really relieved to hear this, and I kept nodding my head and said: "Well said! It seems that I, Yu'er, understood it!" This surprised Jia Min and Daiyu. It was Lin Ruhai, mother and daughter, who both heaved a sigh of relief, and Daiyu jumped out of Jia Min's arms as soon as she turned her eyes. If you don't make a notification, you'll scare your mother." After speaking, he pulled Lin Ruhai's sleeve and said, "Daddy, you must calm mother down." Lin Ruhai and Jia Min burst out laughing when they heard this, and Lin Ruhai asked: " Then Yu'er said, how is Daddy going to scare Mom?" Daiyu knew that she couldn't say anything too outrageous, so she just smiled and said, "Then Daddy will buy candy for Mom when he goes to the street." She grinned after she finished speaking. He opened his mouth with a toothless smile, but when Jia Min heard it, he laughed and said, "It turns out that Yu'er was greedy, but she used her mother as an issue. It can be seen that her heart has grown more and more." After that, she kept her face on purpose, Daiyu knew that Jia Min was teasing her, and she could also make fun of Jia Min, so she deliberately held her mouth and said: "That's because Daddy surprised Yu'er and wants to buy some candy for Yu'er." Suppress the shock!" After finishing speaking, he pouted on purpose.Looking at the pink and jade-carved daughter, Lin Ruhai's heart softened, and he was full of promises.The whole family played and joked for a while, then Jia Min waited on Lin Ruhai and went into the back room to change and wash.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was in a good mood, and he didn't want to ruin his mood with the afternoon's affairs, he chose to say relaxedly: "This Yu'er is as spiritual as you said, today I will test her Three Character Classic, although the word I didn’t recognize it completely, but I also recognized it, and the meaning is quite good.” Hearing what Jia Min said, Lin Ruhai remembered that Daiyu’s explanation just now was very clear, so he nodded: “I know about this. Now, I will take care of Mr. Xun's affairs, but there are too many things in the yamen recently, and I can't come out for a while. If you have free time, you can teach it first. Anyway, it's just enlightenment. I believe you can teach it very well." After speaking, he smiled softly at Jia Min.After hearing this, Jia Min blushed, glanced at Lin Ruhai, and said, "Master is making fun of me now. I just know a few big characters. How can I teach Yu'er? It's still necessary for Master to bother to find someone for Yu'er." Mr. Hao is right." Lin Ruhai laughed when she heard it: "Min'er was a well-known talented woman in the capital, how can she say that she knows a few big characters?" Seeing that Jia Min wanted to say something, she went on Said: "Min'er don't worry, master, I will take care of myself." After saying that, the couple went out again.

The family of three also ate together like yesterday, and the atmosphere was very harmonious with Daiyu making jokes during the period. Jia Min and Lin Ruhai also had an appetite and both ate half a bowl of rice.After dinner, seeing that it was still early, Daiyu pestered the couple to accompany her to the garden.

Seeing that the golden chrysanthemums were blooming very well in the garden, they stayed for a while longer, and half an hour passed without knowing it. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, Daiyu yawned to show that she was tired, and Jia Min and Lin Ruhai sent her back to the garden. Went to Xikuanyuan.I didn't want Daiyu to say to Lin Ruhai as soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard: "Yu'er will be fine as long as you go in. It's cold, daddy shouldn't be busy with business anymore, why don't you go back to rest early with your mother?" Although the words were questions, but the expression He was very sure, and his tone was very firm. After a moment of surprise, Lin Ruhai was happy, and smiled and nodded in agreement.Seeing that Jia Min also laughed, with a pale complexion and a delicate body, such a smile is quite charming, so she also stretched out her hand to support Jia Min and walked back.

Back in the room, the screen backed away, and then Jia Min talked about today's events in detail with Lin Ruhai. Seeing that both Jia Min and Daiyu were convinced that Zhi'er was innocent, he didn't say anything more. After a while, Jia Min talked about Daiyu's affairs today, and said : "Although Yu'er is young now, she has a well-organized way of doing things. Why don't I take her to do the housework every morning, so I can teach her to take care of it." Lin Ruhai didn't object after thinking about it, but said: "Yu'er My son is delicate and weak, so don't get tired." After saying this, the husband and wife rested and were speechless all night.

(End of this chapter)