Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 9

It was the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, and one day when Jia Min and the woman in charge talked about donating sesame oil money for Laba porridge, Daiyu fell in love, and when she had dinner with Lin Ruhai and his wife in the evening, she talked about the fact that she had recently started reading poetry Er, Lin Ruhai asked with great interest when she heard it: "Which poems has Yu'er read recently?" Daiyu praised in her heart that she is really good, and she was afraid that you would not ask, so she smiled and replied: "Today's noon After reading "Fengqiao Night Mooring"" and then looked at Lin Ruhai curiously: "Daddy, are we here in Gusu?" Mountain temple, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship. Daddy will take me to see it too? Mother said in the morning that she would donate money for sesame oil, so how about we go to Hanshan Temple to offer incense? Yu'er really wants to hear the bell of Hanshan Temple What!" Daiyu's words made Jia Min and Lin Ruhai amused.Lin Ruhai thought for a while and looked at Daiyu's anticipation, then looked at Jia Min and saw that Jia Min was also happy, and said, "What do you mean, madam?" Daiyu was afraid that Jia Min would not agree, and quickly said, "Yu'er heard that the cold The incense in the mountain temple is the most effective, and our family can donate some sesame oil money to ask the Bodhisattva to bless the mother and give Yuer a younger brother!" Then she looked at Jia Min with a pitiful face. Yu's words were both sad and gratifying, so she nodded in response.Seeing that the matter was settled, Daiyu was very happy, so she asked Aunt Luo to go with her again, which Jia Min certainly did not answer.

Thinking about the incense, I sent people to Hanshan Temple on the fifth day of the lunar new year to do some sorting. On the sixth day, I arranged everything in the mansion and sent people back to the ancestral house to clean it.After everything was settled, she called Grandma Sun and Lin An's family to give them some instructions about giving out porridge. After breakfast on the morning of the seventh day, she sent Lin Ruhai out before inviting Aunt Luo to lead Daiyu. Go to Hanshan Temple.

Because of taking care of Jia Min's frail health, the group of people arrived at the gate of Hanshan Temple at noon. There were five or two horse-drawn carriages. Daiyu and Jia Min were in the same carriage. And Zhixuan had a cart, and the maid who came with her had another cart, and finally a cart of various Laba porridge ingredients.The little monk greeted him warmly, ordered people to take away the ingredients, and then led Jia Min and the others into the mountain gate.

Following Jia Min into the Daxiong Palace, seeing Aunt Luo and Jia Min both knelt down and bowed devoutly, and Daiyu followed suit. In her previous life, Daiyu didn't believe in these ghosts and gods, but she came to the red building inexplicably, and her heart was still She was very nervous, so she prayed sincerely. Of course, Jia Min and others could not hear her prayers, otherwise she would have a heart attack.

After leaving the Daxiong Palace, seeing that it was getting late, she followed the young monk to the meditation room that had been prepared to freshen up. After lunch, Daiyu looked exhausted, and she couldn't help feeling aggrieved at the poor health of her body.When Aunt Luo rested, she followed suit, except that Jia Min brought kapok with her to see the abbot without mentioning it.

When I woke up, the sun was setting and hanging lazily in the sky. Fortunately, the weather was fine today.Daiyu couldn't stay idle, seeing that Jia Min had come back and was talking Zen with Aunt Luo, after listening to a few words she was not interested, so she took Jin'er Zhixuan to visit by herself.It's also thanks to Daiyu's young age that she can walk around freely. If she stays at night for two or three years, she may not be able to do so.

What Daiyu misses the most is Hanshi Hall, Fengjiang Tower and the big bell.You have to take a good look at Hanshi Hall, it is said that Hanshi Hall is inside the Sutra Collection.The roof of the building is carved with stories of characters from "Journey to the West". It is the image of the Tang monk and his disciples returning from the Western Paradise after obtaining the scriptures. I have always been curious about it in my previous life, but there were too many people at that time, and I followed the crowd without seeing anything clearly. Be sure to take a good look this time in the past.As for Fengjiang Tower, it is even more amazing, I have never seen it in my previous life.It was rebuilt and moved there, not the original building!Of course, Daiyu didn't miss the stele corridor. Although Daiyu still can't see people with her calligraphy now, it's always good to see more.So Daiyu made full use of the child's problem of being hyperactive and playful, and ran around Hanshan Temple, and Jin'er and Zhixuan had to follow in fear. Daiyu was not satisfied until Jia Min sent someone to look for her. I went back to the meditation room.

Seeing that Daiyu was covered in sweat, Jia Min was taken aback, but seeing Daiyu's palm-sized face was flushed, not as pale as usual, she was very happy, it could be seen that it was the blessing of the Bodhisattva here, and she made up her mind The idea is to donate more sesame oil money tomorrow.Not to mention what Jia Min was thinking, even Aunt Luo was happy to see her, and now she looks like a child when she sees Daiyu.

Daiyu naturally didn't know what they were thinking, and she didn't feel too tired from walking around before, but now she felt that her stomach was empty after resting, so the fast meal at night was extraordinarily fragrant, and it was even more delicious They also used half a bowl of rice in the mansion, which made Jia Min, Jin'er and others happy.I was afraid that she would hurt her spleen and stomach if she ate too much.

Daiyu originally planned to get up early in the morning to burn incense with Jia Min, but she was so tired yesterday that she overslept, and when Daiyu finished washing, Jia Min and the others had finished offering incense.And knowing that Princess Wujun is also here, she wants to pay a visit, so she sends Daiyu to play for a while.

The morning light shines on the quiet and empty courtyard of the Buddhist family, the occasional sound of chanting from the ancient temple and the forest of steles is accompanied by the singing of birds, and the incense of prayers gathers and disperses at times, Daiyu is a little confused whether it is a dream or reality.It is rare to enjoy such a beautiful time of Chuyang and Jingyi, who knows that a cloud of crimson color knocks Daiyu far away, so frightened that Zhixuan can't stop screaming, and rushes to hug Daiyu in her arms, Touching this up and down, it might hurt there: "Miss, is it hurt? Where is it hurt? How can the servant explain to the wife?" While talking, Daiyu started to cry, and Daiyu was in great pain, feeling dizzy She was speechless for a moment, and a cloud of scarlet color quickly came to Daiyu and looked at Daiyu: "But you didn't watch the road and fell when you were walking." This voice suddenly aroused Zhixuan's anger. Lai replied with hatred: "Obviously you knocked my girl down! I'm ashamed that the villain will sue first!" Daiyu then raised her head to look at the crimson ball that knocked her into the air, her eyes were very bright on her round face Bright, but at this time there was a bit of panic hidden, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead seemed to be running in a hurry, but he didn't know who the stinky boy was, Daiyu wanted to say something, but there was a piercing pain in her back It was heard that she had passed out, and now both Zhixuan and the boy in scarlet clothes were frightened, Zhixuan just hugged Daiyu and cried, and didn't care about it.The boy even turned around and ran away, but after running two steps, he turned back.After all, there was a lot of commotion here, and soon a monk came over. Seeing that it was the daughter of Lin's mansion who had passed out, he hurriedly called someone to inform Jia Min and the abbot.From time to time, the servant of the boy in scarlet clothes also followed: "Oh, my lord, please wait a little longer." Before he finished speaking, he saw Daiyu lying in Zhixuan's arms and passed out, He was also shocked.He sneaked a glance at his master, and saw that the master was also full of anxiety, so he said, "Master, the princess wants you to go back." But the boy in scarlet clothes didn't answer.He stepped forward and pulled twice, intending to drag him away, but the boy in scarlet clothes threw him away after taking two steps, and followed Daiyu and others to the meditation room.

When Jia Min heard that Daiyu had fainted, it was okay, she panicked and almost fainted herself, but thanks to Qiluo holding her up, she stumbled towards this side, Princess Wujun saw this The situation also sent someone to follow.

When Jia Min arrived, Daiyu had already been sent to the meditation room. Jia Min couldn't care less and hurried in to see Daiyu. Yitu: "Why is Brother Xuan here?" After speaking, he looked at the servant behind the boy.The young servant also had troubles, so he ran away the boy in scarlet clothes at the bell tower, and told him about seeing Daiyu fainted after he caught up with him. As soon as the nun heard that something was wrong, she hurriedly turned around and left. Reported to Princess Wujun.Princess Wujun frowned when she heard this and had a headache.But he had to show up, so he had to go to the meditation room here to visit Daiyu.

However, as soon as Jia Min entered the meditation room and saw Daiyu with a pale face and closed eyes, she felt a sudden darkness and fainted. Fortunately, Aunt Luo heard the news and rushed over.

The abbot of the Hanshan Temple was originally very skilled in medicine. After checking Daiyu's pulse, he found out that he had injured his back. It was a traumatic injury and his life was not serious. The coma should be caused by his weak constitution and he couldn't bear the excessive pain, so he let it go. Come on.Someone fetched the trauma medicine from the temple, and prescribed a prescription for someone to grab the medicine, and then turned to look at Jia Min. Jia Min was not in good health, but now he just experienced the pain of losing a son, and he was stimulated again. and fell down.After presiding over Fumai, I knew it was not good, so I hurriedly fetched the silver needle, ignoring any male and female defenses.Fortunately, there are many maids and women in this room.Just at this time, Princess Wujun also came in. Aunt Luo knew Princess Wujun from walking in the palace all the year round, so she quickly knelt down and saluted.Seeing Jia Min and Daiyu both fainted, Princess Wujun was already having a headache, so how could she have time to care about these vain rituals?He hurriedly inquired about the situation with the abbot, and he was relieved to know that nothing happened for the time being.

From time to time, Jia Min would wake up faintly, and the host was afraid that she would be provoked again and hurriedly said that Daiyu was fine, so Jia Min was able to stabilize her mind.Ignoring the county princess here, she walked to Daiyu's side and saw her frowning and pale face. She was heartbroken, so she angrily said to Zhixuan: "Let you follow the girl in the garden." Going around, how did the girl become like this?!" Xiao Zhixuan has been serving Daiyu by her side, and it has been three or four years now. Seeing Daiyu hurt, I feel very uncomfortable and blame myself. Seeing Jia Minna Staring at him with murderous eyes is even more frightening.Then he knelt down and wept softly: "Madam, I was walking with the girl in the yard, but suddenly a young man in scarlet clothes rushed out and knocked the girl out. I can't save the girl, I deserve to die, I don't have any protection." Good girl, please forgive my wife! Please forgive my wife!" After speaking, she broke down in tears.

Seeing this, Princess Wujun knew that she had to talk, so she walked to Jia Min's side with embarrassment on her face and said, "Don't be too sad and anxious. Since the abbot said that you have no worries about your life, you can relax. If you What should I do to call this child?" At this moment, Jia Min noticed that the princess of the county was still in the room and immediately got up and said: "I am rude, I hope the princess will forgive me." After saying that, he wanted to kneel down and salute.Princess Wujun was already very embarrassed, and she didn't know what to say at this time, so she quickly reached out and grabbed Jia Min, and said to the door with an embarrassed expression: "Hurry up and apologize to Mrs. Lin!" Jia Min was stunned when he heard this. Then came uncontrollable anger.

After a while, an eight or nine-year-old boy came in with his head down, bowed himself and said: "Boy Mo Xuan pays homage to Mrs. Lin" After he finished speaking, he glanced at Princess Wu who was standing beside Jia Min. Then he lowered his head and continued: "It was the boy who accidentally knocked down Ling Qianjin..." She was blushing at this point and didn't know how to continue, Princess Wujun had no choice but to say: "This is my natal brother's child, accompany me I went to Beijing and passed by here for two days to play, and such a thing happened without thinking. I am really sorry for Mrs. Lin." What kind of family is Princess Wujun's natal family?That's the imperial concubine's family, that's the prince's mother's family, even if it's not the prince, it's definitely not a family that my little Lin family can provoke, even my natal Rongguo's family should treat it respectfully.

Jia Min felt bitter in his heart, but he could only swallow it by himself.Pulling the corner of her mouth forcefully, she said: "Probably it wasn't intentional, they are all children's families, so it is inevitable that they will be a little irritable, so I can't tell." Jia Min took a deep breath and said again: "It can't be said that my Yu'er didn't notice it herself." After saying goodbye Over the top is the tears flow.

Then Mo Xuan felt even more uncomfortable hearing what Jia Min said, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the end: "Madam Lin, don't say that, it was the brat who hurt Miss Lin..." After thinking about it, "Madam, if you can't get angry , I can't be angry... I can't be angry, kid! As long as Mrs. Lin can calm down, Miss Lin can get better." After speaking, her little face was already purple with suffocation.Seeing Mo Xuan's behavior and hearing his words, Jia Min felt a little angry, but he couldn't say anything else, who would dare to beat and punish the princess' nephew?She could only shake her head, stop talking and turn her head to look at Daiyu. Seeing that Jia Min stopped talking, Princess Wu left her personal nun to guard here, and led Mo Xuan to turn back in embarrassment.

After another half hour, Daiyu woke up faintly. As soon as she moved, she broke out in a cold sweat in pain, only then did she know that she was seriously injured.Jin'er, who was sitting on the side, burst into tears all of a sudden: "The girl is awake, she is awake! Zhixuan is going to report to his wife!" Well, this is the second time Daiyu heard the same words , I was very helpless.Seeing that Daiyu wanted to get up, Jin'er hurriedly said, "Miss is seriously injured, don't act rashly." Then she brought warm water and inserted straws for Daiyu to feed. "

Jia Min came over with Aunt Luo soon after hearing the news, and wept with joy when she saw Daiyu wake up, she wanted to hold Daiyu in her arms but was afraid of hurting her, and just as she was hesitating, Princess Wu also got the news and hurried away coming.

Seeing that Jia Min's face was pale and haggard, and her eyes were full of worry, Daiyu smiled weakly and said, "Mother, don't worry, Yu'er is fine." Is there any reason not to worry about this?So she took two steps forward and sat beside Daiyu's bed and softly comforted her: "Don't talk, you'll have a good life." After she finished speaking, tears fell down like she didn't want money.Daiyu heard the movement and knew that someone had come in, so she turned her head to look, and the maids and women in the room had already knelt down, knowing that this person was an unusual person.A young woman wearing silver and red embroidered peonies double-breasted and wide-sleeved gown came in and said hurriedly, "Madam, I hope Daiyu forgives me for not being able to salute." Jia Min listened. After hearing Daiyu's words, she quickly got up and said, "Princess, forgive me, Yu'er is young and ignorant." After speaking, she was about to salute, but the woman stretched out her hand to support her: "Mrs. Lin, don't be too polite. It turns out that my brother Xuan is reckless You are reckless." Hearing what the woman said, Daiyu knew that the parents of the little boy who knocked her into the air had come.Still a princess, is that little boy a little prince?Before Daiyu could think about it, the princess had already sat on Daiyu's bed. Seeing that Daiyu's forehead was covered with cold sweat and her little face was extremely pale, she said softly, "Don't talk, it's easy to give birth. My nephew bumped into her." You are very guilty, please let me come and apologize to you." Daiyu saw that the annoyance in Wangfei Wenwen's heart had dissipated a lot, so she said: "Thank you, Wangfei, for caring, Daiyu is fine, I think it is a skin trauma and it will take a while to recover " After hearing Daiyu's words, the concubine smiled softly and said, "Stop talking, just rest. Just send someone to tell me if you need anything."

As soon as the concubine walked out, Jia Min sat down beside Daiyu, seeing that she was sweating profusely, she didn't speak, but took a warm handkerchief and wiped her sweat carefully.When the concubine walked away, Daiyu asked: "I'm afraid that Yu'er will not be able to return to the house today, mother can take care of it? Why don't you go back earlier, so that your father won't worry, it's good to have a maid here, Besides, Aunt Luo is here too." Jia Min didn't understand Daiyu's worries, and hurriedly said: "I have already sent someone back to report to your father, and I think your father already knows, so don't worry about these things, and stay here for your mother. I hope you will have a good birth, and when we are done, our mother and I will go back together." Daiyu knew that Jia Min could not be persuaded, so she stopped talking.

In the evening when Lin Ruhai came to the temple suddenly, Jia Min's eyes turned red when he saw Lin Ruhai: "Master", he couldn't help but leaned on Lin Ruhai's shoulder and began to cry. Lin Ruhai was heartbroken and had to pat Jia. After comforting her, Min got up and turned to Daiyu's room.Seeing that although Daiyu looked a little pale but peaceful, she felt a little better, she went to the bedside and comforted her a few words, told her to take a good rest, and then she backed out.

When Mo Xuan heard about Lin Ruhai's arrival, he hurried over with his servant. When Lin Ruhai saw him, his forehead was still covered with sweat, and his small face was blushing because he was in a hurry or because of embarrassment. , it is not easy to reprimand a child as young as eight or nine years old, and his identity does not allow Lin Ruhai to say anything serious, and he doesn't even know what to say to him.However, Mo Xuan didn't wait for Lin Ruhai to open his mouth, so he knelt down and said to Lin Ruhai: "Boy, Mo Xuan paid a visit to Mr. Lin. It was the kid who hurt Miss Lin recklessly, and I ask Mr. Lin to punish her. Once the girl uses the medicine, the boy will definitely tell auntie." Send it for Miss Lin, Lord Lin please forgive me." The words were clear, neither humble nor overbearing, and not like those princes who only know how to shirk and find excuses, Lin Ruhai praised it first, and the voice of the speech could not help but soften a lot: " Get up quickly, I know you are unintentional, just act more steadily in the future." After saying that, he bent over and pulled Mo Xuan up, and saw the child's big eyes were black and white, moist and shiny, and his heart felt even stronger. A three-point favor.

In this way, Daiyu stayed in Hanshan Temple for another three days, and the bruises on her back dissipated a lot, and the pain was no longer so painful before she set off to return home. After the Lin family left, Princess Wujun also took Mo Xuan to continue northward to the capital Do not linger.

Daiyu knew that Fengqiao Town was not far from Hanshan Temple, and she wanted to take a closer look. In addition, the injury on her back was not fully healed, and the carriage was driving slowly, so she lifted the brocade curtain and looked outside. The top of the ink, the shadow of the boat is shining.Because it is the end of the year, there are probably many more pedestrians on the stone road in the town than in the past, and it is occasionally crowded.But most of the passers-by were smiling, and the inn and tea room were full of guests, which was very lively.

After the carriage turned a few turns, Daiyu was amazed to find a very thin little girl about eight or nine years old curled up, squatting on the side of the road, standing on the side was a man who was about forty or so and described as wretched , is selling.Suspicious in Daiyu's heart, she asked Jia Min to ask someone to ask, and the mother-in-law came back and forth from time to time: "The father can't pay the debt and can only sell his daughter." But, death contract! I just want to buy a few more taels of silver to pay off the debt." After hearing this, Daiyu was puzzled, as if she was familiar with the words and heard them somewhere, but she couldn't remember them for a while.But Jia Min's face was full of astonishment after hearing this, how can there be such a father?Without thinking too much, Daiyu said to the woman, "Go and ask that girl to come over and let me have a look." Seeing what Daiyu said, Jia Min didn't want to refute her daughter's face, so she nodded to the woman.

After a while, the man brought the little girl over. He wanted to go up to talk to the nobleman, but the guard directly blocked the man outside, and only let the old woman bring the little girl closer.The little girl had dry hair and was very thin. She looked down at her toes and didn't look up at anyone. Jia Min didn't speak, and Daiyu asked questions.

Daiyu thought for a while and asked, "Where are you from?" The girl shook her head... Daiyu continued her efforts: "Who else is there in your family?" The girl still shook her head... Daiyu glanced at Jia Min Undeterred, he asked, "Is that man really your father?" The girl stood motionless for a while before nodding.Daiyu's patience was worn out, and she said angrily: "Can't you raise your head?!" The girl looked up at Daiyu as if frightened, then quickly lowered her head.

But that one glance was enough to surprise Daiyu!Such a beautiful girl, with gleaming almond eyes, crescent eyebrows like smoke, the most rare thing is a rouge mole the size of a grain of rice between her eyebrows.As soon as she thought of this, Daiyu sat up immediately, and Jia Min sat up in shock: "What's the matter, Yu'er? But where is it uncomfortable?" Daiyu came back to her senses in Jia Min's caring words, and after thinking about it, she felt No, since her family is far away in Suzhou, how could she be sold in Fengqiao Town?After thinking about it, Daiyu decided to get him back no matter whether it was right or not.So she asked again: "Would you like to be my maid?" Daiyu's words made the girl look up again, with both surprise and joy in her eyes, she nodded impatiently.

Back in the mansion, Daiyu asked Hanxiao to take the girl down to wash up, and she washed up herself and lay down on the couch to rest. After a while, the girl washed up and came to see Daiyu again. Daiyu had already thought about it, if it was really that person , was already four or five years old when she was abducted, even if she couldn’t remember anything else, she still remembered her name. It is the biggest unreasonable thing, so why care about so many reasonable and unreasonable ones?So he laughed and said: "It's a symbol, no matter what you used to be, but now you are with me, you should be called Yinglian." The girl's eyes turned red as expected when she heard the word Yinglian, and she just didn't make a sound. Nod.Seeing her expression, Daiyu knew it was that person, but she didn't say anything, so she didn't have to rush to point it out.

(End of this chapter)