Chapter 66: Lin Dai's Dream of Red Mansions
Shen Xi dipped a simple toothbrush made of pig bristles in salt and rinsed his mouth, and went to the kitchen to wash his face and feet before returning to his room.
Under the dim oil lamp, Lin Dai was folding clothes, and when she heard the sound of Shen Xi opening the door, she glanced back, and skillfully put the folded clothes into the wardrobe and placed them neatly. Because Zhou is busy on weekdays, she basically does the work of washing clothes and folding and tidying up clothes at home.
"Little daughter-in-law, don't be angry, can I tell you a story? I'll tell you whatever you want to hear. Shen Xi said with a flattering smile.
"Hmph."
Lin Dai snorted lightly, turned her head, and deliberately didn't look at Shen Xi.
After a while, Shen Xi didn't make a sound, Lin Dai felt a little strange, turned her head, and touched Shen Xi's forehead.
"You...... Why are you behind me? Lin Dai touched her chin and said angrily.
"I wanted to kiss you, and I was about to tiptoe, but who knew you turned your head." Shen Xi had a sinister smile on his face.
Lin Dai remembered that Shen Xi said that she would get pregnant if she kissed her, and she was immediately very nervous, and immediately rushed to the bed, picked up her small pillow, and blocked her chest to prevent Shen Xi from further "violating", and her little face turned pale: "You ...... Don't come here. β
"If you forgive me, I won't go over, if you can tell me about your life experience, I promise not to bully you in the future." Shen Xi suddenly found that Lin Dai was afraid that he would kiss her, so he immediately hit the snake with the stick, and said in a threatening tone. Hey! Speech! elder brother
Lin Dai looked sluggish, and it took a long time to figure it out, nodded and said, "If you want to know, I'll tell you that it's okay, but you are not allowed to tell your mother." β
"Of course, I'm a very trustworthy person...... You see, I didn't tell my mother about kissing you. β
Lin Dai lowered her head, bit her lower lip, wanted to speak again and again, and finally mustered up her courage.
"I ...... I used to have a father and a mother, and my father and mother treated me very well, and I also had an older brother above me, who was three years older than me, and he was very good to me. I don't know what's going on, but last winter, my dad was taken away by some people...... Those people are fierce, and the clothes they wear are so strange......"
Shen Xi asked, "Then what do you say about their clothes?" β
Lin Dai frowned and recalled, and shook her head after a while, but under Shen Xi's urging, she described it hesitantly. Shen Xi secretly sighed, from Lin Dai's unsatisfactory statement, it should be the brocade guard of "Flying Fish Suit" and "Embroidered Spring Knife" who came to arrest Lin Dai's father.
The case of being able to dispatch Jinyiwei must be small!
"And then?" Shen Xi continued to ask.
Lin Dai sobbed: "I was locked in a cell with my mother, my brother didn't know where to go, and later, those strange people tied me and my mother with ropes, and some sisters, and drove us on the road...... I didn't know where they were going to take us, and I was very scared, but my mother kept comforting me. β
"We kept walking, every day, and one night, those officials bullied a sister, and while no one was watching, my mother escaped with me. After escaping for three or four days, there were officers and soldiers chasing after me, and my mother put me in a cave, and then went out to lure the officers and soldiers away. β
"I waited in the cave for a few days, and I didn't wait for my mother, under the pressure of hunger and cold, I had to come out to find food, I didn't know the world and the north, I couldn't support it anymore when I came to a town, I couldn't help but cry on my knees, I didn't want to meet you and my current mother......"
Lin Dai spoke very slowly, revealing her life experience and discernment, her face was full of sadness, and she was so choked up that she couldn't speak.
Shen Xi didn't have any harmful intentions, he just wanted to know Lin Dai's past in order to determine if there was any danger to his family.
"It's okay, don't you have a father and a mother now? Mom and Dad will love you. Shen Xi said in a soft and affectionate tone.
Lin Dai glanced up at Shen Xi, and then pouted: "No, my father and mother are all yours, not mine." They spoil me and love me now, all because of you! β
Shen Xi sighed faintly, no wonder Lin Dai wanted to behave like a good girl in front of the Zhou family and Shen Mingjun, but in fact, she was worried that she would be abandoned by the Zhou family in the future. In the end, she is just a child adopted by the Zhou family, and if she can't meet the standards of the Zhou family's daughter-in-law in the future, then she will lose everything she has now.
Shen Xi wiped the tears on Lin Dai's little face with a smile, and Lin Dai was caught off guard, her head shrank back, and she almost fell off the bed.
Fortunately, Shen Xi's eyes were quick, so he grabbed her and comforted her repeatedly: "Little daughter-in-law, even if your father and mother don't love you, isn't there still me?" When you grow up, we kiss every day, and in the future I will be your father-in-law, and you will be my wife. β
Lin Dai finally burst into laughter, stuck out her tongue, and said, "Don't be ashamed." β
seemed to be scolding, but his tone and expression were much closer to Shen Xi.
Shen Xi got into bed, let Lin Dai sleep in the middle position, and began to tell the story...... This time, Shen Xi is talking about "Dream of Red Mansions", the love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, because the heroine of the story is only one word different from Lin Dai, she feels very novel after listening to it.
"You're lying, why is she called Daiyu?"
"It's hard for me to answer this question, maybe you're related to her. In fact, Daiyu's life experience is very pitiful, her mother died when she was six years old, and then even her father died of illness, she lived in her grandmother's house, which is a place called Daguan Garden, where there are many beautiful ladies and maids, rockery pavilions, buildings and water pavilions, it is really beautiful......"
Shen Xi told the story very slowly, and Lin Dai listened very seriously, because she was only one word away from the heroine of the story, and Shen Xi's entry point was also from Lin Daiyu's first entry into the Grand View Garden, and Lin Dai quickly integrated into the story.
When Shen Xi said the hero's name "Jia Baoyu", Lin Dai suddenly said with a sudden realization: "It turns out that it is also called jade." β
Shen Xi glared at her: "You still don't listen to the story?" I was talking energetically, but you interrupted me...... What do you call him? β
Lin Dai stuck out her tongue with a smile, the unhappiness of talking about her life experience just now had been swept away, and she urged beautifully: "Say it quickly, which jade, is it a bad person?" β
Shen Xi thought to herself that Xiao Lori's thinking was different from people, or she was wary of people because of her life experience, so after hearing an unfamiliar name, she would intuitively judge whether this was a "bad person" or a "good person".
Shen Xi continued to talk about his Red Mansion, the story is not as complicated as the original book, it is just a lingering and sympathetic love, but "Dream of Red Mansions" is too long, Shen Xi talked for more than half an hour, and only talked about a few chapters, and at this time Lin Dai was already asleep beautifully.
The little girl in her sleep has a quiet smile on her face, as if she has been integrated into the story, becoming the Lin Daiyu who has lost her father and mother, and has the love of her grandmother and the love of Baoyu.
Looking at Lin Dai and Begonia sleeping like flowers in spring, Shen Xi's heart was very calm.
He really wants to protect this little Lori, so that she can have an innocent and happy childhood. But it is not easy to take care of her, and it takes his whole heart to do it.
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