novelraw Chapter 152 Lin Hai 15 (2 in 1)
Chapter 152 Lin Hai 15 (2 in 1)
Lin Hai didn't intend to train the little girl to be a chivalrous woman, but was stuck on the boat with nowhere to go, wanted to think about something quietly, but couldn't bear to drive the little girl away, so he had to find something for her to do.In the eyes of the serving maid, it was father and daughter meditating opposite each other in the cabin.
The closer he gets to the capital, the more disturbed Lin Hai's mood becomes: one is worried about the bad debts of his predecessor, and the other is worried about the weird situation in the capital.The Taishanghuang probably recovered faster and faster after the trivial matter was pushed out of his hands.Before Lin Hai left Gusu, he received the latest news from Mr. Li of the Imperial Academy delivered by Zhang Hao: Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites took the lead, and the cabinet was carrying the burden of not allowing the Supreme Emperor and Jinshang to face the court together.
When she was about to arrive in the capital, Daiyu pulled Lin Hai and said quietly: "I know what kind of breath Daddy said, it's thin, like an embroidery needle, and it runs so fast." Lin Hai gestured with his palms.
"Don't let anyone know, remember." Lin Hai was surprised that this child has reached this level in just a few days.If a Lin Daiyu who can play tricks is cultivated, I don't know if the world will collapse.
"why?"
"I'll tell you when you grow up. I can't tell the mother, and I can't tell the maids. Can you remember?"
"Yes. Don't worry, Daddy." The little girl and Lin Hai got closer and closer.Except for going back to sleep at night, the rest of the time is spent by Lin Hai's side all day long.
Lin Hai's ship docked at Tongzhou Wharf, and Lin Cheng was already waiting with his people.People from Rongguo Mansion are also there.Lin Cheng stepped forward and told, "Master, I came here to wait when I received the letter, but I didn't expect to go out. People from the Jia family came with me and waited here for a few days."
"It's okay, let's unload your things and go back."
Lai Da from the Rongguo Mansion over there saw Lin Hai dragging a six or seven-year-old boy with picturesque features off the boat, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried over, "Master Lin, the old lady sent servants to pick up my aunt. Where are the master and the cousin girl?"
"Go back and greet the old lady on behalf of my father and daughter, and say that you will take your daughter to visit her old man's house after you settle down in a few days."
"This..." Lai was in a dilemma, the old lady could say that she would definitely pick up Mrs. Lin and Cousin. "The old lady is looking forward to her granddaughter very much. She is looking forward to seeing her cousin soon."
"I'm coming back to work in the capital, and there are many days to meet. You go back first."
"Master Lin, I want to ask you one more question, then... Second Master Lian is going back to Beijing with you?" Lai Da saw that Lin Hai was about to leave. He first saw a lot of people alighting from the boat, but he didn't see Jia Lian, so he hurriedly asked again. One sentence.
"No." Lin Hai was stunned for a moment, Jia Amnesty really kept the matter of Jia Lian's exam a secret, haha, when Jia Lian is admitted as a scholar, it will be fun to watch.
"Then Second Master Lian, why didn't Second Master Lian come back with Aunt Lin?"
"You will know in a few days." Lin Hai didn't say any more, he turned around and carried Daiyu, who was dressed in men's clothes, into the carriage that Lin Jin had brought over, and then he said a few words to Lin Jin and Lin Cheng, and got into the carriage as well. car.
Daiyu sat leaning against Lin Hai, "Father, are they here to pick us up to our grandfather's house?"
"Yes. We have to go home first, and take you to see your grandmother in a few days."
Daiyu blinked and looked at her father.
"Yu'er, when father arranges the business properly, he will take you to visit your grandfather's house."
The little girl nodded, and sat next to her father, the carriage bumped, Lin Hai held Daiyu in his arms, and the little girl fell asleep in a daze after a while.
Holding Daiyu who was asleep, Lin Hai looked at the old relationship between the Lin family and the Jia family in the original memory.The Lin family used to fight the world with the emperor as a counselor, and at first they had to bestow Marquis Wending III, but to Lin Hai's father's generation, it was delayed because Jia Daishan and Jia Daishan were the same emperor's companions when they were young, and they were also the emperor's confidantes when they grew up. generation.To come to Lin Hai is to be born in the imperial examination.
When Jia Daishan was alive, the contacts between the Lin family and the Jia family were all under the eyes of the Taishang, both close and far away.The proximity is because they both came from the same background as the Taishang's companion; the distance is the natural gap between civil servants and generals.And after Lin Hai's father passed away, Lin Haichu ordered Tanhua, and Jia Daishan was in the Golden Luan Hall. Relying on his status in the Taishang's heart, he invited the Taishang to marry him first.When Shilihong got married and Xinke explored flowers, I don't know how many girls in the capital were killed by Xian.
But this marriage was given without first asking the Lin family and Lin Hai... Fortunately, Jia Min is also a smart person of Lan Xinhui's nature. After marrying into the Lin family, she got in harmony with Lin Hai's husband and wife, and had a harmonious relationship with Lin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.Even though she hadn't conceived for more than two years, Mother Lin never scolded Jia Min.When Jia Min finally became pregnant, both Lin Hai and Lin's mother were ecstatic, but it's a pity...
Speaking of the relationship between Lin Haiyuan himself and the Jia family is a bit delicate, Jia Daishan has a detached position in the court, covering Lin Hai, who has just embarked on an official career, and has a good officialdom.But because of Jia Min's miscarriage and the matter of Jia Min's nanny, Lin Hai's mother died, and Lin Hai wanted to send Jia Min back to Jia's house.But when Jia Daishan passed away, the emperor extended favor to Lin Hai and promoted Lin Hai step by step.In Taishang, there may be Lin Hai's father, but Lin Hai can't deny that Jia Daishan has more elements.
When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, Jia Min got Jia Daishan's shadow because of Lin Hai, and the four seasons and eight festival gifts to Jia's family became heavier and heavier every time.Because of Jia Dai's good deeds and the fact that he was getting more and more money, Lin Hai let Jia Min's actions go his own way.But on the other hand, Jia Min felt guilty and blamed Lin Hai because she had not been pregnant for a long time, but in order to prevent the appearance of the eldest son, after giving all the women in Lin Hai the secret sterilization medicine, she treated the back house quite well. Wide and.
After the Daiyu siblings were born one after another, Jia Min let go of the heavy burden in her heart. Under the instigation of the group of dowries, she picked up the arrogance of the eldest lady of the Gonghou family again and began to suppress the concubines in the inner courtyard.As for Lin Haiyuan, for the sake of his children, Jia Min was in charge of the inner house, and he never intervened in the affairs of the inner house.Even Yaoyao, who was his favorite, expressly hinted at the harshness of the mistress, but Lin Hai didn't restrain Jia Min.In the end, Ji's concubines bribed the people in Jia Min's yard and attacked Lin Hai's only son.The death of the only son broke Jia Min's psychological support. After years of seeking medical treatment and medicine for childbirth, his body couldn't take it anymore after taking countless remedies for childbirth.
Lin Hai flipped through his original memory of Jia's mansion, and sighed in his heart, this bloody grievance is really enough.
After the carriage entered the city, Daiyu woke up, rubbed her eyes, and saw that she was still in the carriage, "Daddy, where are you?"
"I'm in town, I'm almost home."
When Daiyu heard that she was entering the city, she left Lin Hai's embrace, moved to the car window, and secretly opened the curtain to look outside.
"Yu'er, you are wearing a boy's robe today, you are not afraid of eating dust, if you want to see it, just lift the curtain of the car."
After hearing this, Daiyu immediately opened the curtain of the car to look outside. After looking at it for a while, she retracted her head, "Daddy, it's not as good as Yangzhou. How long will it be before we get home?"
"Come on, we'll be there in a while."
The carriage passed through the bustling market, and not long after, the horse stopped in front of the former Wending Marquis Mansion and the current Lin Mansion.
When the porter saw Lin Hai's driver, he hurriedly opened the middle door, unloaded the threshold, and the carriage drove in.
Lin Hai took Daiyu along the Chaoshou verandah, and sent Daiyu to a courtyard behind the main courtyard. Behind the exquisite courtyard with two rooms and three rooms, there was a small garden with flowers and trees, a scene in three steps, and a pavilion in five steps. The winding path leads to a secluded place, quiet and elegant.
"Yu'er, this yard is still my great-great-grandfather. When he first got this house, he cleaned it up and prepared it for the Lin family's daughter. It's a pity that the Lin family has been passed down for generations, and there has never been a girl. You are still the first person to live in this yard." One."
At a glance, this courtyard is brand new with blue tiles and white walls, planted with flowers and trees, somewhat similar to the one where Daiyu lived in Xunyan Yushi's Mansion.The aisle in the yard is paved with green square bricks, and along the square bricks there is a narrow path made of small cobblestones.In front of the south window of the main room, there are two big red lotus vats, adding a bright color to the yard.In the lotus tank, several lotus flowers are just blooming, and the tender green leaves make the scorching summer less unbearable.
Daiyu turned the lotus vat around, playing with the lotus leaves with her fingers, and teasing the koi in the vat.A group of koi came to beg for food, Daiyu withdrew her hand and pulled Lin Hai into the main room.
The main room has a complete set of yellow rosewood furniture and eight double-sided embroidered screens with birds, fish and insects. Daiyu surrounds the screens and looks at each one very carefully. Pointing to the squinting cat under the peony, she said to Lin Hai: "Daddy, this cat is embroidered so well, it looks like it's alive." Pointing to the one embroidered with colorful koi, "Daddy, this koi is fatter than the one at home."
"Daddy, I like this screen."
Lin Hai smiled and stroked the little girl's hair hanging on her shoulders, "Just as long as you like it. Look inside again, see if there is something missing, or if there is anything to be changed, tell Dad." Lin Hai told Lin Jin to be careful about this yard. Refurbished, even the ground dragons in this house were re-laid.
Daiyu turned around the screen, and saw the delicate dressing table, under the half-covered mirror coat embroidered with rose-pink lotus patterns, a shiny glass mirror was exposed.The little girl leaned in front of the mirror, made a grimace, widened her eyes, turned her eyes back and forth and tilted her head to look at herself.After playing for a while, he looked back at Lin Hai, "Daddy, this is clearer than the mirror in Yangzhou."
Lin Hai nodded with a smile, "This is a glass mirror made only in the thirteen lines. The mirrors in Yangzhou are all used for a long time."
Lin Hai likes such a lively Daiyu very much. This is what a six-year-old girl should look like when she grows up under the pampering, care and love of her parents.
The bedroom faces the south window is a large kang, and at the end of the kang is a kang cabinet that is common in the north.Daiyu touched the bed of the kang, "Father, is this the kang?"
"Yes. It's cold in the north, so it's better to sleep on the kang in winter."
Daiyu turned her eyes and saw that there was also a mother-of-pearl bed made of huanghuali on the north window. The combination of fine mother-of-pearl and exquisite carvings created a spring scene with a hundred flowers in full bloom. The Flower Festival.The Babu bed is like a small house, with a light pink and blue spun gauze bed curtain embroidered with thousands of thick and light lotus leaves, and pink buds, budding, and blooming lotus flowers, one by one. It is dotted among thousands of lotus leaves in a patchwork manner.
Daiyu joyfully ran to Babu's bed, pulled the bed curtain and asked, "Daddy, can I sleep in the bed now in summer?"
Lin Hai nodded.Daiyu happily loosened the curtains on the bed, went around each room, and finally threw herself on Lin Hai, hugged Lin Hai's arm and said, "Daddy, Yu'er likes this yard. I like them all, Daddy is so kind."
Lin Hai took the little girl to the small garden in the backyard, carried Daiyu to the swing, and pushed the little girl to play for a while, "Yu'er, daddy is going to the yamen, so you can play with Sister Qingmei in this yard. Let's have dinner with Daddy, okay?"
"it is good."
Along with the rich mother who came to the capital, together with Daiyu's other big maids, they brought people to arrange Daiyu's things.Lin Hai told Qingmei, the eldest maid who followed Daiyu, not to let Daiyu leave the yard, but to take care of her carefully before going to the front yard at ease.
Lin Hai admired Lin Qian's work very much, and was also very satisfied with the four maids and eight second-class maids he selected for Daiyu from the maids he had transferred from the Lin family's family to give birth to a child and from various places in the Lin residence.
The four big maids are all from Lin Hai's accompanying students, one in a family, and they can both read and write.The eldest is Lin Ji's daughter, Qingmei, who is more than 14 years old, like her father Lin Ji, she acts prudently, and is the most calculating and calculating person. She is the maid in charge of Daiyu's house.Next is Lin Cheng's daughter Lu Luo, who will be 14 years old, while Lin Jin's daughter Zi Teng and Lin Qian's daughter Bai Wei are both 13 years old.With these four maids guarding Daiyu's side day and night, basically sharing the big and small affairs in Daiyu's house, Lin Hai felt a lot more at ease knowing that their father was always accompanying her.
And those eight second-class maids were all around ten years old.Lin Hai had seen these girls years ago, and they were all steady and meticulous, so he arranged for them to study with Daiyu, and also learn the lessons that Master Qiao taught Daiyu, such as playing the piano and painting.
But the little girl who originally played with Daiyu only left a snow goose.Lin Hai's feelings towards Xueyan are a bit complicated. In the red building, Xueyan was the only maid who followed Daiyu to Jia's mansion. After that, it was almost as if she was invisible, but Zijuan appeared everywhere as Daiyu's caring person.But Daiyu likes to play with this little girl who is the same age as her, so Lin Hai keeps her with Daiyu, so as not to change all her maids all at once, and she feels uneasy.The rest is nothing more than Lin Hai privately ordering Qingmei and the others to be more careful and take care of them.
In the front yard of the Lin Mansion, everyone was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground. Lin Cheng, Lin Jin, and Lin Qian directed the servants, servants, and servants to carry, check, and count the belongings and boxes brought by Lin Hai.Lin Hai went to the study in the front yard, and saw that Gui Ni had arranged the study in the same way as the study in Yushifu.
Lin Hai greeted Gui Ni to bring his official uniform, ordered the horses to be prepared, and immediately took Lin Jin and other leaders to report to the Ministry of Officials with the servants.
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Lai Da returned to Rongguo Mansion and hurried in to see Jia Mu.Mother Jia had been anxiously waiting for several days for Lin Hai and Daiyu's return to Beijing. When she learned that she was arriving in Beijing today, she asked her servants to clean up the house early, and prepared to stay with Lin's father and daughter in Rongguo Mansion. a period of time.
Mother Jia and her family were waiting in the Rongqing hall. When the tea was not fragrant, the chat was boring, and the mind was absent-minded, a little girl came in and said, "Old lady, butler Lai is back."
Mother Jia stood up happily, "Oh, my granddaughter is here." She was about to go out.
But there was a maid who picked out the door curtain for Lai Da and let Lai Da come in.
Lai Da fell to his knees when he entered the door, lowered his head and dared not raise his eyes to look around, and said in a hoarse voice: "Old lady, the slave is incompetent, and I couldn't pick up my cousin girl."
Mother Jia's enthusiasm was poured with a bucket of cold water, and she sat back with a sullen face.
"Old lady, the servant led people to wait at the pier, and saw Mrs. Lin leading a little boy about seven years old off the boat. The boy looked very similar to Mrs. Lin, and looked very close. Mrs. Lin asked the little boy to get off the boat. Greetings to the old lady on his behalf, saying that he will come to see the old lady after he settles down. Then he carried the child into the carriage and returned to the Lin residence."
The room immediately fell into a deathly silence, and even the sound of breathing could be clearly heard.
Mrs. Wang raised her hand, and Li Wan hurriedly led Lai Da through the door, then turned to Yingchun behind the screen and waited for the sisters to go down.
"My granddaughter, can you see it?"
"No." Lai Daxin said that the old lady was really confused, how could our girl let herself be the only servant to see at the pier.
"What about Lian'er, let him come in and talk."
"Going back to the old lady, Second Master Lian didn't come back with Mrs. Lin. The slave asked, and after Mr. Lin told me for a few days, he would know the reason why Mr. Lian didn't come back together."
Mother Jia saw that Lai Da had nothing to say, so she waved him out.Lai didn't raise his head, and backed out.
"Old lady, that boy... don't belong to Mrs. Lin..." Mrs. Wang counted the prayer beads for a long time, and asked half a sentence.Everyone in the room understood what Mrs. Wang meant.
Mother Jia remained silent.After Jia Daishan passed away, the Rongguo Mansion had no one to speak in the court.With great difficulty, Mrs. Lin was promoted to a third-rank officer, and then transferred back to the capital.Ever since his daughter passed away, he planned to bring his granddaughter here so as not to alienate Lin Ruhai from the Jia family.If Lin Ruhai had already had a son and took over Daiyu himself, the effect would be limited.I'm afraid that Lin Ruhai wished to send Daiyu here, and from then on, he gradually drifted away from Jia's family and gradually separated his relationship.
It's a pity for my Min'er.
The more Jia Mu thought about it, the more frustrated she became, and the more she thought about it, the more sad and annoyed she became. She lost her former kindness with a sullen face. God, Mrs. Lin brought his cousin over here."
When Sister Feng heard Lai Da say that Jia Lian hadn't come back, she couldn't help changing her face, and the silk handkerchief in her hand was about to be twisted into a rope.Seeing that the old lady had a sullen face and was unhappy, Sister Feng lost her mind to coax the old lady, her mind turned around, but what Mrs. Wang said was what Mrs. Wang said. Could it be that Uncle Lin used Second Master as a raft?Seeing Mrs. Xing pretending to the old lady, Sister Feng hummed and called for Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to come.
Jia Amnesty is usually at home, but Jia Zheng stayed at home on purpose these few days, waiting for Lin Hai to come.After a while, Jia Zheng arrived at the old lady's Rongqing hall first.After Jia Zheng saluted Jia's mother, he saw that Jia's mother was sullen, and the atmosphere in the room was not right.Looking at Mrs. Wang, hoping that Mrs. Wang could say a few words and give herself a reminder, but Mrs. Wang lowered her head and looked down, just turning the prayer beads in her hand.
Jia Zheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward, "Old lady, whoever offended you, my son will arrest you and vent your anger on you."
Jia Mu sneered, "Where can you catch that man. Forget it, forget it." Her tone was extremely sad.
The mother and son were talking when Jia She came in.He saluted the old lady first, then found a seat and sat down. Seeing that no one was talking in the room, he held the tea bowl and drank tea by himself.
Seeing Jia She leisurely, Jia's mother felt even more uncomfortable, "Boss, your brother-in-law has returned to Beijing, why didn't Lian'er come back?"
Jia She smiled, "Aside from studying with his brother-in-law, what else can he do, he has no money or land, so he won't be able to come back sooner or later."
"You?" Jia Mu's heart was aroused by Jia She's words.
"Boss, are you going to give your son to the Lin family?"
"Give it to Lin Hai if you want it. If you owe me one, the Jia family will not suffer."
When Wang Xifeng heard what Jia She said, her eyelids twitched and her heart panicked, she stepped forward to salute and said, "My lord, I've heard from everyone that Aunt Lin said: Come to see the old lady at home in a few days. But second lord, this... ..."
"Then wait for a few days. Could it be that you can't wait for a few days?"
"Brother," Jia Zheng understood why Jia's mother was upset, "Isn't it because mother misses her grandson that she is in a hurry."
"So what? The Lin family just returned to the capital, and it will take a few days for the family's affairs to settle down. If it were you, could you go to the Lin family now?"
After hearing this, Jia's mother's eyes lit up, "Boss, you go to Lin's house now, ask why Lian'er hasn't come back, and then bring my granddaughter here."
"Old lady, the Lin family just came back, so there are so many things going on in the mansion."
"How many things do you still need her as a little girl?"
"But where is my brother-in-law free to receive me? Mother, wait two days, if my brother-in-law doesn't come, my son will definitely go."
Mother Jia knew that what Jia Amnesty said was reasonable, but she just couldn't hold back, and couldn't help looking at Jia Zheng again.
"Brother, mother told you to go, so you go. As a child, you must be filial. This filial piety means obedience first,"
"You are filial. Huh." Jia Amnesty set aside the teacup and made a face for Jia Zheng.
"Mother, look at elder brother, my son kindly persuaded him..."
"Second, do you think you are four or five years old, huh?"
Seeing the two sons standing like this in front of her, Mother Jia couldn't help but angrily said, "Boss!"
"Mother, you're fine, my son is going back." Jia Amnesty went out without waiting for Jia's mother to reply.While walking, he said: "This year, it was really freezing to death in winter, and it was so hot in summer."
Jia Mu said angrily, "This scoundrel can't do anything serious."