novelraw Chapter 18 The Red Mansion
Chapter 18 The Red Mansion
In the blink of an eye, it was winter.
In the past two days, it has snowed in Yangzhou, and the temperature has dropped a lot suddenly. It is very cold, and many people in Yangzhou city have suffered from the wind and cold.Xiaolin Daiyu, who has been in poor health since she was a child, naturally also suffered from the cold.
Fortunately, she has been drinking milk with Lin Huaiyu in the morning and evening for more than half a year, and her body has become much stronger.In the past six months, she has been sick less frequently than last year.If it hadn't been for the sudden cold weather this time, she wouldn't have gotten sick either.
Jia Min also fell ill due to the cold, but not as serious as Xiao Lin Daiyu.Lin Ruhai and Lin Huaiyu's father and son were much healthier than Jia Min's mother and daughter, and the father and son did not suffer from frostbite.
After Xiaolin Daiyu fell ill, Lin Huaiyu went to class alone.Every day before class, he would visit his sister first.After school, I will visit my sister as soon as possible.
It snowed heavily that day, and everything in the courtyard was covered with thick snow, and the world suddenly became a white and pure world.
It's a pity that I can't take my sister to play snowball fights and make snowmen under such heavy snow.After lunch, he built a snowman in his sister's yard, and it would be good for her to have a look.
After school, Lin Huaiyu was not in a hurry to visit her sister, but first made a little snowman and a bunny, and prepared to show it to her sister.
Sure enough, Xiao Lin Daiyu liked it very much, and said that the little snowman and bunny made by her brother were cute.
"After lunch, brother will build two big snowmen in your yard."
When Xiaolin Daiyu heard this, her eyes sparkled and she said, "Really?" However, she soon realized that it was cold outside, and immediately shook her head and said, "Brother, it's too cold. If you don't build a snowman, you will get sick."
"Sister, don't worry, brother is not afraid of the cold, and brother will not get sick." Lin Huaiyu stretched out his hand to tuck up the quilt for his sister, "Brother, go have dinner with mother first, and come back to you later."
"Brother, you have to help me eat more."
"Okay, brother will help you eat more food." Before leaving, Lin Huaiyu told Xiangling, "Take good care of Miss."
"Yes, sir."
Before, Lin Huaiyu asked Lin Ruhai to send someone to inquire about Xiangling's family.A few months ago, I got the news that Xiangling's father ran away with the Taoist as madly as in the original book, and her mother died of illness not long after her father left.As for her grandfather, he was not a good person as he thought, and Xiangling would not have a good life when she went to her grandfather's house.
Lin Huaiyu discussed with Lin Ruhai and the others, and decided to let Xiangling live in Lin's house first, and be Xiaolin Daiyu's maid.When Xiangling grows up, tell her her life experience, if she wants to find her family at that time, they will not stop her.
Xiangling has been able to take good care of Xiaolin Daiyu under the guidance of Peilan and the others.She is a few years older than Xiao Lin Daiyu, and she can take good care of Xiao Lin Daiyu and accompany Xiao Lin Daiyu well.
Xiaolin Daiyu likes Xiangling very much and treats her like an older sister.
When she came to the dining hall, Lin Huaiyu greeted Jia Min first, and then asked with concern, "Mother, is your cough better?"
Jia Min smiled gently at Lin Huaiyu: "It's better than in the morning, and it will be better in two days." After she finished speaking, she pulled Lin Huaiyu to her side and touched his hand, "Brother Huai, is it cold? , is there any discomfort?"
"Mother, my hands are so warm, do you think I'm cold?" Lin Huaiyu held Jia Min's hands back and frowned slightly, "Mother, your hands are a little cold, are you cold?"
"It's winter, and my hands and feet are always cold." Jia Min patted the back of Lin Huaiyu's hand lightly, and said with a smile, "It's not cold if there are earth dragons in the room."
Lin Huaiyu carefully looked at Jia Min's complexion, seeing that her complexion was much rosier than the previous two days, she felt relieved.
"Mother, it's still cold, you still have to pay more attention."
Being so cared by his son, Jia Min's eyes were full of smiles, "Okay, okay, mother will definitely pay attention to you. However, you should pay more attention."
"Don't worry, mother, I won't let myself get sick."
"You're hungry, let's eat first, and we'll have a pot for lunch today."
Lin Huaiyu said happily: "I love pots the most." Hot pots are the most suitable and warmest in winter.
"The hot pot is delicious, but you can't eat it every day, because it will cause you to get angry." Jia Min didn't expect his son to like eating hot pot so much, and he couldn't wait to eat it all at once.She didn't expect her son to eat spicy food so well.
"Don't worry, mother, I will drink plenty of water so that I won't get angry."
The mother and son chatted while cooking the pot.Jia Min would tell Lin Huaiyu what was going on in the mansion, and Lin Huaiyu would tell her what she learned from her husband this morning.
After lunch, Lin Huaiyu went to her sister's house to feed Xiaolin Daiyu porridge.
After Xiaolin Daiyu fell ill these few days, she became more and more delicate. Her brother had to feed her every meal and every medicine, otherwise she would not eat or drink.
Lin Huaiyu likes her sister's acting like a baby very much, and she doesn't find it troublesome at all. She feeds her every meal and every medicine very carefully.
Xiao Lin Daiyu sat on the bed, obediently opened her mouth to eat the white porridge her brother fed her, with a happy smile on her little face.
Obviously it's just a bowl of porridge, but my sister has a sense of seeing the delicacies of mountains and seas.
Lin Huaiyu scooped up a spoonful of porridge and blew it first, and then fed it to her sister's mouth after it cooled slightly.After his sister ate, he picked up the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her mouth.
After feeding my sister and eating porridge, I fed my sister medicine.Seeing her younger sister wrinkling her small face and drinking medicine pitifully, Lin Huaiyu was full of distress.When my younger sister is seven years old, I will change her medicine, so that she will get sick less and take less medicine in the future.
After her sister finished drinking the medicine, Lin Huaiyu hurriedly fed her a piece of candied fruit.
After Xiaolin Daiyu ate the candied fruit, her originally bitter face slowly relaxed, and then she smiled sweetly at her brother: "Brother, don't be bitter anymore."
"Is it really not bitter?"
Xiaolin Daiyu nodded again and again: "Well, it's not bitter anymore, it's really not bitter anymore."
Lin Huaiyu reached out and touched her sister's face, "Get well soon, so you don't need to take medicine anymore."
Xiao Lin Daiyu said obediently, "Well, I will get better soon."
Seeing that her sister's spirit has improved a lot, Lin Huaiyu guessed that in a few days, her sister should recover.
"My brother will go to the yard to make a snowman for you now."
"Brother, it's cold outside, you will freeze."
"Brother is not afraid of the cold, just wait." Lin Huaiyu called his little servant Liu Jinu to build a snowman together.
At first, my hands will be cold, but slowly my hands will start to feel hot.A master and a servant are rolling snowballs in the snow.
Xiao Lin Daiyu was wearing thick clothes, lying on the bed and watching her brother and the others build a snowman.
Jia Min also came over. She held her daughter in her arms and lay down with her daughter by the window to watch her son build a snowman.
"Brother Huai, your hands are red from the cold, don't pile them up." Jia Min noticed her son's hands were red from the cold with sharp eyes, and said with distressed eyes.
"Mother, my hand is hot now, it's not cold at all, you don't have to worry." At this time, he put the small snowball on top of the big snowball, "Wait until I make the snowman."
He asked Liu Jinu to go to the kitchen and get two carrots to make the snowman's nose.Then I found some round and dark stones to make snowman's eyes and clothes buttons.
Soon, he made a snowman, turned to Jia Min and Xiao Lin Daiyu and said, "Mother, sister, is the snowman I made cute?"
Xiaolin Daiyu applauded the venue very much, "It's cute, the snowman my brother made is so cute. When I get well, I'm going to build a snowman with my brother."
"Okay, when you get well, my brother will take you to build a snowman together." Lin Huaiyu pointed to the snowman that was just made and said to Xiao Lin Daiyu, "This little snowman is my sister, I will build another snowman of mine."
"Brother Huai, are you cold?" Jia Min worried that his son would be frozen, "Brother Huai, one snowman is enough, don't make any more, be careful of freezing."
"Mom, I'm not cold, I can make another snowman."
Jia Min shook her head helplessly and dotingly: "You child...you are only allowed to build one more snowman, and you are not allowed to build another snowman after you have finished, or I will be angry."
"Listen to mother, I won't make another snowman after I finish building this snowman." Lin Huaiyu built another snowman that was bigger than before, and it was piled next to the little snowman just now.Two little snowmen, one big and one small, are holding hands, as if they are Lin Huaiyu and Xiaolin Daiyu, very cute.
Xiaolin Daiyu was very happy when she saw these two little snowmen, and said, "Brother is really amazing".
Being looked at with adoring eyes by her younger sister, Lin Huaiyu was very grateful in her heart.
Seeing that her son had built a snowman, Jia Min hurried out of the house, walked up to Lin Huaiyu, reached out to hold his son's hands, and found that his hands were red from the cold, but very warm, which made her feel a little relieved.
"Peilan quickly bring the ginger soup."
"Yes, ma'am."
Jia Min hurriedly pulled Lin Huaiyu into the room, reached out and touched his son's cold face, then rubbed his son's face slightly vigorously, as if to warm it up.
Seeing the worry in Jia Min's eyes, Lin Huaiyu smiled at her comfortingly: "Mother, I'm not cold, I'm really not cold." After speaking, he raised his hand to hold his mother's hands, "Look at my Hands are so warm."
"You are freezing, and you will be cold later." Jia Min reached out and tapped Lin Huaiyu's nose, "No more snowmen are allowed."
Lin Huaiyu knew that Jia Min was nervous and worried about him, so she followed her words and said, "Okay, don't pile up."
At this time, Pei Lan brought ginger soup, and Jia Min reached out to take it, and then fed Lin Huaiyu himself.
Lin Huaiyu said that he could drink, but his mother refused, so he had no choice but to let Jia Min feed him.After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, my body suddenly became warmer.
After accompanying Jia Min and talking to Xiao Lin Daiyu for a while, he went back to his room and prepared to take a nap.
In the evening, when Lin Ruhai came back, seeing Lin Huaiyu made two snowmen, he couldn't help being childlike, and pulled his son to build two more snowmen.Of the two snowmen, one is him and the other is Jia Min.
The four snowmen stood side by side holding hands, just like Lin Huaiyu and his family of four.
In Lin Huaiyu's words, their family is neat and tidy, so the four snowmen should also be neat and tidy.
Jia Min had nothing to do with the father and son, so he had to let them go.After they finished building the snowman, they were given ginger soup first, and then they were asked to soak their feet in hot water.
"It's really stupid." Jia Min glared at Lin Ruhai several times angrily. She couldn't bear to scold her son, so she vented all her anger on Lin Ruhai, "Do you know that Brother Huai has already built a snowman this afternoon? Come back and drag him to make a snowman, if he freezes, I will never end with you."
Lin Ruhai smiled flatteringly at his angry wife: "Brother Huai's body is very strong, he won't get sick so easily, you don't have to be so nervous."
Jia Min raised his hand and tapped Lin Ruhai's chest, "Brother Huai is so strong. Brother Huai is obviously very thin. If Brother Huai is sick, I only ask you."
"Brother Huai is very solid, and he won't get sick easily like Daiyu, so don't worry." Lin Ruhai felt that his wife was too nervous about Brother Huai, and he was afraid that Brother Huai would fall ill if he got wind of it.
"How can you make me feel at ease, have you forgotten how Brother Ming disappeared back then?" The reason why Jia Min was nervous about Lin Huaiyu's body was mainly because he was worried that Lin Huaiyu would repeat the same mistakes as Brother Ming.At that time, Brother Ming only suffered from the wind and cold, and then he continued to have a fever, and then he passed away. "If Brother Huai..."
Lin Ruhai stretched out his hand to hold his wife in his arms, patted her on the back lightly, and comforted her softly: "No, Master Huitong gave Brother Huai the pulse. Brother Huai's body is very healthy. Nothing will happen to him."
Under Lin Ruhai's comfort, Jia Min's anger and worry gradually calmed down, but she was still worried about Lin Huaiyu.
After Lin Huaiyu fell asleep, she quietly came to his room several times to check if he had a fever or was sick.