After Jia Lian left, Jia's mother lay down for a while, and as soon as she stopped crying, she started to think. Now that the imperial plaque of Rongguo Mansion has been removed, almost all the mansions have become a joke in the capital, but they don't say it on the surface. In the end, this house still lacks confidence. Now it is useless to suppress the eldest son, and the younger son is still a little unsatisfactory. Although the two brothers have both received positions in the ministry, their grades are still too low.

The eldest son has always been out of tune, just ask him not to do bad things. The youngest son is not familiar with general affairs, and he is too lonely and lonely. I haven't risen for more than ten years. Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia also rubbed her eyebrows and felt a headache. Lian'er looked at it as a good one, and she became more and more breathless. But I'm too young to know what the future holds. Baoyu is a creative person, but it is not visible at this time. In the future, we will need support from all sides. In this way, you can't break the relationship with the Lin family.

For a while, I thought of my hard-working daughter, who had been guarding this filial piety and that filial piety in the early years, but it was a delay in life, and when I got older, I went to the doctor and took medicine indiscriminately, and I broke my body, and finally the children were complete, and my brother was gone again...... Now this is actually fighting for his son's life. Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia was sad again, and silently shed tears. The relationship between the Lin family must not be severed! Even for Min'er, I can't break it!

As soon as she thought of this, Jia Mu heard Baoyu talking outside. Afraid that the maids would stop him, he hurriedly asked, "But Baoyu is here?" Amber heard Mrs. Jia's question, Fang opened the curtain and came in and said with a smile: "Isn't it the second master of Baoyubao who is here?" I didn't let me report it, but I just said that I was afraid that the old lady would rest and wait outside. When Jia Mu heard this, she wiped the corners of her eyes and said to Baoyu outside: "Why don't you come in quickly, what are you doing outside?" ”

Baoyu heard Mrs. Jia call him, hurriedly walked in, rolled into Mrs. Jia's arms and said: "I was reading in the room, and I heard that my aunt was gone, and my grandson was afraid that the old ancestor would be ruined, so I came to take a look." Seeing that the ancestor was asleep, he was afraid of disturbing the ancestor, so he waited outside. Jia Mu nodded and said, "It's strange to say this, but I know that I am filial piety." Just a little, don't patronize the book, carefully tired and hurt your eyes. Baoyu leaned into Jia's mother's arms again and said with a smile: "Where did you hurt your eyes?" The grandson only reads for a while, and then rests for a while. ”

Baoyu leaned on the arms and rolled around to sell cuteness, but eased Mrs. Jia's sadness, the grandparents and grandchildren whispered and laughed for a while, Jia's mother weakly let him find his sisters to play by himself, Baoyu saw that Mrs. Jia was like this, but suddenly remembered something, walked two steps and turned back and said: "Since I said that my aunt is gone, I think that Sister Lin is also sad and sad, strange and pitiful." Why don't the ancestors take Sister Lin's house, and the ancestors are in pain? The old ancestor also relieved the pain of thinking about his daughter, didn't he? ”

Jia Mu was shocked by this thought, and only nodded indiscriminately: "You can go." Seeing this, Baoyu no longer paused, turned around and walked out. And Jia Mu seemed to be enchanted, and she kept turning that sentence back in her ears, and she couldn't let it go.

Mrs. Jia's ears and eyes were full of words: 'Pick up Daiyu, take Daiyu...... Pick up Daiyu' lingering like a magic sound. Thinking about Jia Min failing to keep his son, Lin Ruhai would definitely marry again. Will your own family still be Lin Ruhai's Yue's family at that time? If you can't say it, you will break off that relationship, even if it continues, you don't necessarily know how you will support Baoyu in the future.

If Daiyu is taken back, once she is raised by her side, her granddaughter will naturally be close to her. Let the two Yu'er grow up in one place, and the feelings are different. When the two Yu'er are older in the future, he will propose to Lin Ruhai for Baoyu, and he will definitely not refuse. Moreover, Guang Min'er's dowry was a lot back then, and the Lin family had a sparse population, so they would never lose Daiyu in the future. And that's great! With himself in this mansion, no one dares to bully his only granddaughter, and he can be regarded as taking care of his daughter's only blood and blood.

Second, with Daiyu by his side, Lin Ruhai will remarry, and he can't break off his kinship. In the future, the two Yu'er will become a good thing, and Lin Ruhai will also help support Baoyu. In this way, if you go down, you will also have the face to see the grandfather of the country. The more Jia Mu thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was good, and she was very satisfied in her heart, and she only thought that Baoyu was blessed. She never thought that Lin Ruhai or Daiyu would refuse. So he asked Mandarin Duck to grind and lay paper, and he actually wanted to write this letter to Lin Ruhai by himself.

Mandarin ducks have always been clever, and when they saw Jia's mother happy, they smiled and said: "It can be seen that Baoyu sticks to the old lady's heart." As soon as she came, the old lady was happy. Jia Mu also smiled slightly: "Everyone only said that I favored him, but they never knew how good he was." Speaking of this, Jia Mu really cheered up and sat down to write a letter to Lin Ruhai. Although the mandarin duck didn't care, he wouldn't refute it.

Jia Lian left Jia's mother's house and went to the east courtyard. Since coming back from Yangzhou, although Jia Lian has not taken the Xing family as his mother, he is much closer than usual. Even the relationship with Jia Yu is better, I don't know how much. In the morning, I always went to Jia Yu's place for breakfast, and took Jia Yu's car to the ministry together, that is, Jia Lian was on an errand in the Internal Affairs Office in the past two days, and Jia Yu also sent him over first. Although they went back to their homes in the evening, Jia Lian always had to come over to sit down. By the way, I heard Jia Yu say a few words about the affairs of the ministry.

Xing also prepared meals for the two of them early every day. Now the maids and aunts in Jia Yu's house, except for Aunt Wu who gave birth to Spring Festival and Aunt Juan who gave birth to Jia Cong, the rest have been sent away. Thinking that it was Jia Lian who wrote a letter to Jia Lian, he couldn't help but be even more affectionate to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian is also very good at being a person, and if she has anything to do, she will bring some things back to her from the street. Or which silver building's new hairpin ring, or which shop's just made dim sum, or what good things you ate in the restaurant, Lin Lin can't always describe it in detail. It is a small thing and gadget, although I don't know what the money is, but it also seems more intimate. Let Mrs. Xing's heart always be warm.

Before the news of Yangzhou's funeral reached Xing's ears, Jia Lian arrived at the door. Wang Baoshan's family knew that the Xing family was now close to Jia Lian, so he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Why did the master come back at this hour?" Madame is in the house, so let's go inside. Xing heard a sound in the house, as if Jia Lian's family was coming, he didn't believe it in his heart, but he looked out the window, but he was shocked, why is it so early today?

Before she could react, Jia Lian walked in by herself. Xing's family has been seeing Jia Lian two or three times every day recently, so as soon as they met, they knew that something must be wrong. Thinking of the place where Jia Lian was on an errand now, he sweated out of his head, and without waiting for Jia Lian to salute and greet him, he stepped forward and grabbed Jia Lian in two steps, and asked cautiously with frightened eyes: "But the official business is not going well?" ”

When Mrs. Xing asked with such an expression, Jia Lian was stunned, shook her head in a daze, and said a little weakly: "Uncle Yangzhou sent someone to send an obituary today, but didn't my mother know?" Mrs. Xing was shocked when she heard this, but she was also greatly relieved, glanced at Jia Lian, and then said with resentment: "Didn't you say that the second wife's sister-in-law came and wanted to kiss you?" ”

Although I just met Wang Ziteng's wife in Jia's mother's room, I didn't know about telling myself about kissing, who could take care of her when the scene was so flustered? Then he asked softly, "Have you asked my father and mother if you told me about my relatives?" When will it be the second wife's turn to call the shots? Mrs. Xing loved to hear this, and her face bloomed with a smile: "The old lady sent someone to call me." I thought that the old man was not afraid that he would not be able to accept, so he said that he was sick and did not go. ”

Jia Lian was silent for a moment before nodding, and he didn't want to talk about it anymore. I only thought about how to talk to Xing's about wanting to go to Yangzhou for the funeral? Although Xing's identity is less knowledgeable than many people in this mansion, he still has a little eyesight. Seeing Jia Lian's dark expression and the appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Fang remembered what Jia Lian said about the obituary sent by Yangzhou before.

Then he frowned and said: "I don't know if that black-hearted man is chewing the root of your tongue with you, and there will be someone there to report the funeral!" Didn't you come back early because of this? Hearing this, Jia Lian took a deep breath, and for a while he couldn't accept that Jia Min was gone.

Mrs. Xing took this as a sudden realization, so she continued with a smile: "Lian'er, think about it, if someone really comes to report the funeral, wouldn't it be time to give the old lady first?" Even if you find your father or the second master, it is feasible, how can you go to the Internal Affairs Office to find you? Even if it's going back and forth to me or the second wife, it makes more sense than looking for you, right? ”

Jia Lian saw that the Xing family looked like a dun teaching, and it was not good to say anything at this time. I just lowered my head and thought about how I could go to Yangzhou in person, otherwise I would not be at ease. Thinking of the past president, I wonder what happened to my uncle at this moment? What about my cousin? In addition to being sad, there is more of a heavy sullenness in my heart.

Recently, Jia Yu always comes back very late, although the Ministry of Rites is very idle on weekdays, but it is also unusually busy during the New Year's Festival. Now that it's almost the end of the year, the Ministry of Rites is busy, especially Jia Yu, who is in charge of Jiali in the Department of Ritual Officials. All kinds of drinks and banquets in the palace are inseparable from him, and he is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground.

After the unitary, Jia Lian saw that Jia Yu had not come back and was about to pick it up, but he saw the little maid next to Jia Yu and said: "The master asked the little one to tell the uncle and the wife, saying that it would be used again for dinner and so on, and the master will come back from the old lady in a while." Knowing that Jia Yu went to the old lady's house, Xing didn't know what to say, so he just nodded and sent it out. Jia Lian looked thoughtful and stopped.

After a while, the little maid in the old lady's house came again, and when she saw Xing's family, she also respectfully greeted An: "Big lady An, the old lady asked the slave maid to ask the eldest lady is better?" If there is no major problem, go to the old lady's house immediately. Although Xing was puzzled, he was not panicked in his heart, thinking that Jia Yu had sent someone to say that he was in Mrs. Jia's house, and now he called himself again, and he was even more sure in his heart, afraid that he wanted to discuss it with his wife for Lian'er's marriage.

Xing thought that Lian'er was close to him, and he didn't have a man and a woman, so he couldn't say that Lian'er was his dependence in the future, so he had to help him say a few words about his mind in this marriage. I made up my mind to ask him if he liked it first. So he said to the little maid, "I know, you go first, and I'll change my clothes and come over." After the little maid left, she immediately sent Aunt Fei to find Jia Lian.

Jia Lian originally had a guess in his heart, but now that Xing hurried over as soon as he called, he also hoped to get Xing's help. As soon as he entered the door, Xing Shi opened his mouth and said: "If you want to say that Lian'er, you are not young, and my mother called you over today for nothing else." The old lady had just gone to the old man, and now she had sent someone to call me. ”

When Jia Lian heard this, he knew that it was for his aunt's business, but who knew that Xing Shi then said: "I want to come, and I won't do anything else, but for your marriage." Let's tell your mother first, do you have a favorite in your heart? When Jia Lian heard this, he only felt that his face twitched, but he was speechless for a while.

Xing Shi continued to work hard without realizing it: "Even if my words are useless, you know this. But it's inconvenient for you to open your mouth about this matter, so I'll help you talk to the old man, so that the old man can understand your mind. After speaking, Xing picked up the tea cup on the side, as if he was waiting for Jia Lian to reply, more like he was showing his merits.

Jia Lian pondered for a while, and felt that he couldn't explain this to Xing's clearly, so he said to Xing's tentatively: "Mother Lao has bothered about Lian'er, but now I don't know what is going on, so it is better for my mother to go to the old lady's room to take a look." Come back to Lian'er and her mother again? After saying this, Jia Lian felt that all the strength in his body had been used up. I was used to talking to the smart people of Lin Ruhai's family, but now it is more and more laborious to talk to Mrs. Xing's stupidity.

Xing Shi thought for a while before nodding and said, "Yes, I should have passed after delaying these times, you should think about it, after all, my mother is on your side." After speaking, he got up and walked out, and Jia Lian had to follow out.