As mentioned above, Zhang Wang's family of four and Lin Hai's father and daughter boarded a boat and traveled eastward from Jinling to Changzhou. In less than two days, I will arrive in Changzhou. Naturally, all the brothers of Zhang Wang's generation came to pick up Zhang Yao, Zhang Kui, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Bi, and Zhang Dou on the wharf; After several parties swept the dust and finished the ceremony, they helped the carriage and horses to Zhangfu. Zhangfu opened the main gate early, Zhang Pei, Zhang Li, and Zhang Zhan sat in Qingxi Hall, and waited for Lin Ruhai and Zhang Wang to enter the mansion directly. Here, the Hong family and Lin Daiyu were led by Zhang Yao's wife Zhou to meet the female dependents in the sedan hall, and then transferred to the dappan car. When Lin Ruhai came out of Qingxi Hall, the two groups of people converged, and then everyone gathered all the way to Wu Taijun's Chenghui Hall. There are always several sorrows and joys, and Qi Kuo cries and laughs - it is Lin Ruhai who meets his uncle and cousins, Lin Ruhai who meets his grandmother Wu Taijun, Lin Daiyu who meets his great-grandmother and dedicates human affection and land, and Zhang Wang, Zhang You, Zhang Hui, etc., and Hong's mother-in-law, aunt, and concubine, and Zhang You and Zhang Hui meet with brothers and sisters. I have seen the furniture together, and I am busy and the wind is in charge.

But it was said that when Lin Ruhai saw Wu Taijun, he knelt down at the door without waiting for him, walked to the front of him on his knees, and was hugged by Wu Taijun in his arms before he could kowtow. Wu Taijun burst into tears, and only shouted in his mouth: "I will make you a ruthless debt collector!" How dare you be so sick like that, how can you bear to give up my lonely old woman! If you really go, do you have the courage to see your mother? Do you have the face to see your old man?" Lin Ruhai was speechless, so he had to weep and kowtow. The people on the left and right persuaded each other twice and three times, and then they closed their voices, washed their hands and returned to their seats.

Lin Ruhai sat down on Wu Taijun's left hand, and let Wu Taijun grab his right hand, and the four eyes of the ancestors and grandchildren were not enough to look at each other's faces. After such a long time, Wu Taijun nodded and said, "I can barely get past it." Shousheng is now the eldest and not a small person, and he should always know maintenance. You must know that the things of the world are done by the people of the world, and they can never be done again. How much worry you have, think more about everything for the people who really care about you. This "Shousheng" is Lin Ruhai's nickname. When Lin Ruhai heard this, he said yes, and he wanted to kowtow again. Wu Taijun said with a smile: "This is a faint official to do, and he is still polite at home." Besides, it's not uncommon for you to kowtow. It is only right for you to go to your aunt and make amends for your sins. When she received a letter from Yangzhou in April, she burst into tears alone. She has worried about her children all the time in her life, and she has not necessarily worried more about you than she has worried about you. ”

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he hurriedly got up and saluted to Zhang Pei's wife Li - it must be known that Lin Ruhai lost his mother at the age of three, and then was sent by his father to his grandparents' house in Changzhou, and he did not return home until he was 17 years old. And because it is a guest house, Yiying takes care of it with great care, thoughtful and meticulous, in fact, it is better than the cousins of the Zhang family, such as Zhang Wang's generation. Zhang Pei and Li said that they were uncles and aunts, and they were not worse than their parents. In particular, the Li family took pity on him for his small loss, and treated him with special favoritism and kindness, and did not do his best to do everything he had if he had goods and benefits, and put several of his own children behind. Therefore, the friendship between the two of them is also deep. At this moment, after listening to Wu Taijun's words, Lin Ruhai hurriedly saluted the Li family, and called "eldest aunt" and knelt straight in front of him and kowtowed. Li Shi had already pressed a handkerchief under his eyes to wipe his tears, and when he saw him kowtowing and holding a handkerchief in his hand, he hurriedly hugged each other, and he was in a hurry for a while, but he just cried and laughed and said: "What is my nephew busy with this? He also led Lin Ruhai to Xie Zhangli, Zhang Zhan's wife, Chen's family, and Yun's family, and said, "Which of the elders in the family didn't look at you? Who didn't worry about you before?" Lin Ruhai hurriedly thanked the two aunts as he said. Half an hour is over, and there is no need to remember more.

I heard Wu Taijun say above: "It's just a courtesy." Shousheng came over. Your body is not as good as it gets, sit down quickly, and see if you are dizzy again. The second wife, Chen, said: "The old lady is distressed about her grandson." Those of us who are aunts don't dare to ask our nephews to kowtow anymore -- if we break our nephew's brain, it hurts the old lady's heart, and it is our unfilial piety as a daughter-in-law!" made Wu Taijun laugh and said: "Fifty or sixty-year-old people, in front of anyone, they are neither big nor small! Even if it is true that I feel sorry for Shousheng, I don't need you to shout in front of so many people." The room was full of laughter.

Wu Taijun said to Lin Ruhai again: "Your head is not rare to me. But there is one person who is really rare to me - where is my great-granddaughter? Why don't you call it in?" So he sent a message to invite Lin Daiyu. Hong carried Daiyu's hand into the hall. Everyone in the room was in a hurry, and they couldn't help but take a look: Qia Daiyu was wearing a goose yellow satin embroidered bamboo leaf plum round-necked robe, and a blue-gray embroidered plum horse face skirt. But Wu Taijun clapped his hands with joy and said with a smile: "Good, good, good! Sure enough, like me, really my child, just like me when I was young!" Then he said to Li's, Chen's, Yun's and others: "You only compliment me on weekdays, saying that your appearance is peugeot Zhouzheng, and from you down, none of them can reach me." This is what I said, but you have never seen me back then, and when I came to the door every day, I was facing the wrinkled skin of my current dried oranges, even if I was like this in my mouth, I was afraid that I was not convinced. I have the heart to argue, but your sisters look like the old lady a lot, and they don't have any real evidence, and it's not easy to compare with you. Now that the girl Lin is here, it can be regarded as the completion of my wish - you take a closer look and say, but it is really handsome and beautiful, and the color is hard to find?"

As soon as he said this, everyone smiled and looked at Daiyu again. Seeing a jade red flying all over her face, it is more and more like a pearl and a beautiful jade. Wu Taijun became more and more proud, pulled Daiyu next to him, and said: "The image is the real image, only Yu'er is more delicate and gentle, in the end, it was smoked from the fragrance of children's teaching, and her body size is about the same as when I was a teenager." I still have two home-cooked clothes made in the northwest earlier, and Yu'er will change them after a while, and the storage will show my appearance and spirit even more, so that you will be convinced from now on, and there is nothing else to say. While laughing, everyone said that they had believed it a long time ago, and praised Daiyu: "Thanks to Miss Lin, we opened our eyes this time, only to know that there was such a fairy hidden in our house." It's no wonder that Nephew Lin is hiding it tightly, if it reveals a little, I'm afraid that the people who come from outside the door will already line up all the way to Jinling City, where is our turn to be a good girl?" Wu Taijun hugged Daiyu and said, "This is the first time I will see you, so you should be more restrained." Just laugh, don't care about the child's thin skin, ruined my great-granddaughter, I only mess with you!" everyone stopped laughing, turned to ask Lin Ruhai about the situation along the way, and said that he planned to stay this time.

Lin Ruhai said that he had sent his old family to Changzhou two months earlier, and put away the small courtyard where his mother was originally married, and the courtyard of the house was cleaned and could be passed at any time. When Wu Taijun heard this, he said at that time: "How can you live on the other side of Yangliu Lane? Although it is also your own property, if you come far away, it will take half an hour to walk, and you don't have to spend all this foot effort every day; second, if you rent it to other families for a few years, the foot of the front wall of the hall is full of some people, if you collide for a while, how can this be good? If you really want to live, you will first send your subordinates in for two or three months, and then make the house warm and comfortable, and then you will move slowly." Now Shousheng and Yu'er just have to live here with peace of mind. The yard has already been cleaned up at home. Yu'er was young, and she was placed in the east courtyard at the back of my house, close to her aunt. Shousheng, you are in the previous grandfather's study in Youyaju, and in a few days Jianxing will come from Nanjing, and I will let him live with CUHK, and the three of you brothers are the same as when you were children, do you think my idea is wonderful?"

Lin Ruhai listened to Wu Taijun's words, Shousheng, Jianxing, and Zhongda, all of them were the nicknames of his brothers, thinking of all kinds of situations under his grandfather's knees when he was a child, he only felt that his heart was surging, and how many words came up, and they were all stuck in his throat for a while. His eyes were sore and his nose was stuffy, but he didn't dare to cry freely, so he only praised it in a strong voice: "The old lady's idea, which time is not good? Then he and Lin Daiyu got up together, and the father and daughter thanked Wu Taijun without mentioning it.

Wu Taijun called Hong and instructed: "Take Lin Yatou to see her yard." Then he asked the Li family and the others to disperse for the time being, and said, "I will talk to Brother Shousheng." Go home, change your clothes, and come back. Tell the girls to come, and meet the elders in this hall, and then have dinner together. And they did as they were told. Lin Ruhai moved with Wu Taijun to sit in the east room next to him.

Lin Ruhai saw that there was no one around, so he knelt down in front of Wu Taijun, hugged Wu Taijun's knees, and didn't say much, only buried his head and whimpered. Wu Taijun did not persuade, only held his shoulder with one hand, and patted his hair with the other. After a long time, Lin Ruhaifang stopped crying, took the handkerchief handed by Wu Taijun and wiped his tears, and said, "The grandson is out of shape, don't blame the old lady." While tidying up his own description, he tidied up the skirt for Wu Taijun.

Wu Taijun sighed: "Where is it to blame! If you don't cry in front of me, and there is a second person who can cry in front of me? Your grandfather has never been an official in his life, and no matter what he does, the words 'free and easy' are hard to change. It's a pity that you, Shousheng you, and Jianxing are two, and they can't help themselves, so they have to work for the heavenly family. Since he has become an official, it is trivial to spend his spirit, and the dilemma of human feelings, legal principles, self-interest and morality is the first thing in suffering. You are also a thoughtful character, your heart is clean and refreshing, but what you see is pieces of mud and dirt, how can you not suffer more? Not to mention that you are not as fortunate as Jian, Xing Ge'er still has a mother and brothers, and there are people around you who know cold and heat, and know what is in their hearts. You're alone. It's been a bitter time for my longevity all these years!"

Lin Ruhai said: "With my grandmother's words, it is a great grievance, and it is all gone, no matter how much hardship I have endured and how much effort I have made, it is worth it." Now my grandson has figured it out, this body is not only my grandson's own, but also my grandmother's, my jade's. Even if I don't care, how can I not cherish it again and again for those who care about my grandson? Besides, if I am not afraid of the old lady's annoyance, there are uncles and aunts in Changzhou, there are Zhongda, and there are brothers and brothers. But my Yu'er is a hard-working motherless, so I have to hold on until Yu'er goes out, otherwise, I will close my eyes for a while, and I have to earn to see my daughter and son-in-law. ”

Wu Taijun smiled: "This makes sense. If you don't, you don't have a father. Because Lin Daiyu said: "Your brother and sister said in the letter before that Yu'er was a little deficient when she was young, and she lived in the capital for a few years and never left the medicine, so please ask Guan Mengke for diagnosis and treatment." When I think of this, I feel pity in my heart, but fortunately, I go to our own door, know the roots, and it is convenient to take care of it. I didn't expect to see it today, but I was a little weaker, and ordinary little girls had it. It's a shame that my daughter-in-law has repeatedly instructed her to take it as a serious matter, saying that when you meet today, no matter how happy and happy you are, or if you touch the scene, you must never make a cry when you think of your mother. I don't know what the reason is here?"

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but nod and sighed: "Sure enough, it's my brother and sister." If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been reassured. Then he said to Wu Taijun: "Yu'er's mother is weak, and Yu'er was born with some deficiencies, so she took medicine when she knew how to eat and drink." The medical medicine was delayed, but there was no effect. When she was three years old, a leper monk suddenly came, saying that if she wanted to be cured, she had to give up her to become a monk, and if she really refused, she could save her life unless she did not see her surname and did not hear the crying. And then there are a lot of crazy words. However, this is the usual method of abductors and scoundrels, coaxing young children to sell them. Naturally, I ignored it and asked someone to beat the monk out. It's just that Yu'er's mother was worried about it and never asked her to see outsiders. Looking at my younger siblings, I think I heard what Dr. Guan said. ”

Wu Taijun nodded and smiled: "Pity the hearts of parents all over the world." Yu'er is like this, who can not be happy when she sees it? Not to mention a good girl. She likes to take care of people the most, and the mother-in-law in the world, I'm afraid she can't find anything more economical than being her daughter-in-law. When I first read her letter, I guessed that there must be a reason. Now I hear you say, that is, she is willing to think about this. When we met in the hall, everyone laughed happily, and there were no tears or tears, which could be regarded as the fulfillment of her wish. However, it should be the same when you want to come to meet relatives. Isn't it fun to cry and cry?"

While talking, a maid Lamei walked in and reported that the Hong family had led Lin Daiyu back, and the other three wives led the girls to the gate of Chenghui Hall. Wu Taijun and Lin Ruhai washed their faces and dressed and went to the hall to see each other. After that, the banquet and the living and other things will not be written here.