Chapter 1: Revisiting
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"The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, and the two scoundrels are Yangzhou", and it is also the Yangzhou where the Caoyun Salt Gang gathers.
In the Imperial History Mansion, a little girl of about ten years old, dressed in heavy filial piety, hurriedly walked in the courtyard, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl hurriedly caught up with her. If you look closely at this girl's appearance, she is a completely miniature version of the snow goose. Look at the little girl in front of her, her body is timid, her face is snow-white, she didn't go far and felt out of breath, who is it not Daiyu?
When she woke up again, Daiyu found herself back in the Salt Patrol Imperial Mansion, and the first thing she saw was the young snow goose and the heavy filial piety all over her body, and she suddenly panicked in her heart. She didn't care about her appearance, so she hurriedly put on her shoes and ran out, only to see that there were white flags everywhere in the house, and white silk was wrapped around the plaques everywhere, which made people's hearts sink outward.
When I arrived at the front of the main hall in the backyard, I saw a dark coffin placed in the main hall, several women with silver hairpins on their heads and wearing heavy filial piety were crying there, and there were dozens of girls and small girls in each row standing with their hands down, and they were all wearing white filial piety. Daiyu saw the word "Lay" on the top, and then looked at the three words "Lin Ruhai" on the tablet clearly written, and tears fell from her eyes.
Reborn back to childhood, once again separated from his loved ones, the pain in his heart can be imagined.
Several women inside heard the cry, looked up and saw that it was Daiyu coming, and they all came forward together. Daiyu recognized that they were all her father's concubines, so she endured her grief and called her "aunt". At this time, a middle-aged man in his thirties hurriedly walked outside the door, who was also full of filial piety. He is the son of the housekeeper in the house, and he is also Lin Ruhai's long-term follower, named Lin Zhuo.
Lin Zhuo saw Daiyu and hurriedly came up to salute. The relatives of the elders are usually respected as half of the elders, and Daiyu avoids half of her body and is called "uncle".
Lin Zhuo looked at Daiyu and Lin Ruhai's concubines, and explained the intention:
"The housekeeper asked me to tell the eldest lady and all the aunts that the second master Jia who came with the Jia family was in the front hall, saying that he would check our shop, land deeds and family property for the eldest lady."
Several aunts didn't say anything, and they all looked at Daiyu next to them. After all, the concubines were bought and sold, and when Lin Ruhai was there, they could barely be said to be half masters, and now that Lin Ruhai is dead, their fate is all in the hands of the ten-year-old heir of the Lin family in front of them.
Daiyu pursed her lips and did not speak.
She remembered that there had been such a scene of questioning in her previous life, when she only cared about sadness and grief, and replied when she heard the words: "Tell the housekeeper, please leave everything to Second Brother Lian." Therefore, she became a penniless orphan girl, only a few stacks of books and pen and ink to take to Jiafu, and lost contact with the relatives of the Lin family, not to mention the whereabouts of several aunts.
Now that she is back alive, the first problem is in front of her: to keep the family property left by Lin Ruhai.
"I didn't ask the Jia family to check the family property for me."
Daiyu said calmly, she pointed out an aunt who was older and had a calmer temperament:
"Please Aunt Ye come with me to have a look!"
Lin Zhuo led the way to the front hall.
There was still some distance from the front hall, and I heard Jia Lian's servant Wang'er dislike the tea served by the girl in the mansion was not good. In the house, the housekeeper in his fifties said: "This is the tea for guests in the house, the main family has something to do, and the preparation is not thoughtful in a hurry, and the second master of the Jia family is invited to take care of it." ”
I only heard Jia Lian say with a smile: "The housekeeper's words are outside, Lin Yatou is young and has no parents, as a maternal grandfather, she has to make up her mind, of course, she is not an outsider." He asked, "But why haven't the account books and the land deeds been delivered yet?" ”
Lin Zhuo walked ahead, stepped into the house first, and whispered a few words beside the housekeeper. The housekeeper hurriedly stood up and greeted him out, and Daiyu and Aunt Ye had already come to the door with the snow geese. Jia Lian saw that Daiyu was coming, and hurriedly spoke before the housekeeper:
"Sister Lin is here, why don't you rest in the house? Aunt Lin went, my sister should take care of her body more, if there is anything embarrassing, just tell my brother. ”
It's like being in charge.
Daiyu solemnly bowed: "Second Brother Lian's kindness is understood." The Salt Patrol Imperial Mansion is my own home, and the stewards in the house are all half elders, and my aunt helps me take care of it. She looked at the housekeeper and said, "It's just that there is one thing that is difficult: recently, my father's old friend will come to condole, and I will ask the second brother Lian to help me come forward to socialize more." ”
There are no relatives on Lin Ruhai's side in the house, and it is not illegal for someone from Daiyu's maternal uncle's side to come forward to entertain. Moreover, the friends Lin Ruhai made during his lifetime were all powerful officials who controlled the lifeblood of the economy, and compared to a tasteless and unranked gentleman in his Rongguo Mansion, I don't know how much higher.
It's just that Jia Lian's eyes are higher than the top, but he looks down on these officials who have been promoted by the imperial examination and merit. He was worried about Sister Feng's entrustment to Mrs. Wang, and he must hold the Lin family's property in his hands, so he immediately snorted and said:
"Those officials, it is enough to send a chief to accompany them. You are the niece of our Rongguo Mansion, the granddaughter of the old lady's in-laws, don't pay attention to those people. When she came, the second wife confessed, carefully The evil servants of the Lin family deceived you when you were young, deceived your superiors and subordinates, and confused the family property. Sister Lin just needs to take care of her body and leave these chores in the backyard to me. ”
The housekeeper snorted dissatisfiedly beside him, obviously knowing that the "evil servant" in Jia Lian's mouth was talking about him. Daiyu heard clearly that Jia Lian had come to meddle in the Lin family's property at the behest of Mrs. Wang, and couldn't help but sneer in her heart: This Bodhisattva-like Mrs. Wang is really a good calculation.
Daiyu didn't show a mocking look on her face, and said solemnly to Jia Lian again: "I have my aunt and housekeeper to help me in the backyard, and I can barely handle it." The important thing is that there are several officials in the salt affairs who will come to mourn tomorrow, they know that someone from Rongguo Mansion is coming, but they are afraid that they will not see each other and leave someone to talk about it, so they need the second brother Lian to come forward in person to entertain. ”
Then he instructed Lin Zhuo to pick up the worship stickers sent in advance and send them directly to Jia Lian's temporary room.
Aunt Ye on the side also spoke: "The second master of the Jia family is busy with the affairs of our adults, and it is also hard, please go back and rest first, I am afraid that there are still many things that need the help of the second master of the Jia family tomorrow." ”
Jia Lian squinted at Aunt Ye, nestled with fire in her belly. He thought that the Rongguo Mansion, which was from a high-ranking family, originally didn't pay attention to the entire Salt Patrol Imperial History Mansion, but who expected that everyone in the Lin family would be relieved of his intentions, and even an aunt came out to issue an eviction order. But thinking of the Lin family's property, how much "grievances", Jia Lian had no choice but to endure it.