Chapter 13: Reminiscing about the Past
In the dead of night, in Su Ying's room, the burning red candles illuminate the room, bringing a touch of warmth to the deserted environment. The candlelight burns with a crackling sound, bringing a little noise to the quiet night.
"Madam, take a rest, don't hurt your eyes!" the personal maid Lu'er persuaded to put down the needlework in her hand.
"I'm fine, I'd better hurry up and get the master's underwear out!" Su Ying knitted a tight pattern with a needle and a thread.
"Madame is really good to the master, and she doesn't pretend to be someone else's hand. Lu'er was very envious of the respectful relationship between the lady and the master.
"This is my heart, I have to do it wholeheartedly!" This is all my own hard work, and I do it every night by lighting candles.
"It's just that the old man ......" Lu'er hesitated whether to say it, or to say it.
"I saw my master go to the study just now, I'm afraid I'm going to stay there tonight!"
"The old man is tired of traveling, and if you want to be more considerate, it is inconvenient to bother. Su Ying is usually dignified and dignified, but she is bitter in her heart, how can she not care, and the old man does not come to his room when he stays in the study.
"Madam!" Su Ying suspected that she had heard it wrong, was this rich voice the master?
"Madam, it's the master who is here!" Lu'er opened the door for Jiang Lin and then retreated, leaving the two of them alone.
"Master......" Su Ying was startled, and her delicate fingers were pricked with thin needles with blood beads.
"Isn't the master busy with official business lately?" didn't mean that he took a break in the study. Could it be that something happened that made the old man change his mind?
"What is the reason for today's incident?" Jiang Lin rushed back as soon as he got the news.
"It's a little fight between sisters. Su Ying didn't want to let the trivial matters in the house make Jiang Lin more annoying, so she only said vaguely.
Jiang Lin emphasized the seriousness, "A little fight? Yimu is lying on the bed now." ”
The old man never took care of the backyard in the past, and he didn't care much about his children, but today is also strange, why do you think of caring about Jiang Yimu?
"How can you be a housewife, a matter of life or a petty fight?"
"I heard from the people below that it was the second sister who did it, why do you want to hide it for her, you are shielding her and helping her to abuse!"
The concubine said this to reassure the master. The lord is not often at home, and he rarely comes back and does not want you to worry about these things in the backyard. Su Ying regretted what she had just said.
"Eman's age is not young, some of the things that should be learned have not been learned, and they only know how to bully their own sisters. ”
"Master, I will definitely discipline her strictly. Su Ying made a guarantee.
"Hopefully I won't hear anything like that next time. You rest!" Jiang Lin explained and wanted to leave.
"Master......" Su Ying wanted Ji Shan to accompany him, but she couldn't disturb him.
There are countless words to say in my heart, and when it comes to my mouth, there are only a few words left. "You walk slowly, pay more attention to your body!"
"Hmm!" Jiang Lin replied and didn't look back.
Jiang Lin remembered that Jiang Yimu was seriously ill, so he turned around to visit, and when he heard Yuehong say that people were much better and had stopped, his constricted brows eased slightly.
Walking alone on the stone path, the trees on both sides grow very tall and tall, and when the wind blows, it will make a wailing sound like a human roar. The moonlight was not too bright tonight, because it was covered by a gray sky, and another wisp of wind swept away the clouds that had been dusty for many years.
More than ten years ago, Jiang Yimu was still a child, and Jiang Lin's family business was not yet bigger and stronger.
In the bustling bazaar, there is an old man in straw shoes and ragged clothes shouting business on the side of the street.
He held a sail made of black cloth with a few red letters written on it: Count the things before and after.
"Dao Chief, are you accurate?" a hobbled old woman walked forward with a cane.
The Taoist instructed the old woman to sit down so that she could ask questions. "Old man, please take a seat, I'll take a closer look at it for you!"
The old woman asked, "Sir, can you show me what the future of my son is?"
The Taoist asked for the eight characters of his birthday, and he saw it at a glance.
"Can Ling Gongzi's character be stubborn, he doesn't like to read, and he doesn't practice hard?"
This Taoist is really divine, and he is so accurate that the old woman can't stop nodding. "Yes, yes, as the Taoist said. ”
The Taoist then said: "The current stubbornness is only temporary......
"He will become a pillar of the country one day, and he will do something. It's just a matter of timing, and when the time comes, it's bound to be a blockbuster. ”
"Thank you for your good words. The old woman left her money and left rejoicing.
A strong man with a big waist and a round waist and starry eyes was interested and came to take care of the business.
Before the strong man could speak, the Taoist spoke first. "I look at your face, the heavens are full, the earth is wide and round, and you will be a great official in the future!" said the Taoist confidently with his gray beard.
The strong man did not bother when he heard the Taoist say good things about him, and straightened his chest to show his strength. "How do I know myself, you are unreliable, what I ask for is not here, I want to ask my parents ......"
The Taoist was not in a hurry or slow, and interrupted him: "My parents are sick, yes or no?"
"Sir, I didn't say anything, you guessed it. The strong man looked surprised, and he had a little more respect for the Taoist.
"They are already sick to the bone marrow, and Hua Tuo can't do anything while he is alive. Time is short, children should be by their side more, and leave fewer regrets. and do a good deed every day, so that you can accumulate merit for them. Sincerely, the golden stone is open, I hope God will see your filial piety so that they can stay in the world for more years. ”
"More Taoists, I'll go back to accompany my parents. The strong man left the money and went back.
Witnessing these two things happening, Jiang Lin laughed, he walked up to the Taoist and said: "As long as the parents come to tell their son's fortune, they basically want to ask whether their son will be prosperous and rich. Both parents hope that their sons will become dragons and their daughters will become phoenixes, even if he is a gecko or pheasant. ”
"Whenever a child comes to tell the fortune of his parents, it is absolutely that the father or mother is not in good health, either he is sick, or he is going to return to the West, and other than that, the child will not think of his parents in any other way!
The Taoist smiled and said nothing, "If you don't believe it, the poor Taoist will calculate it for you." ”
"What do I have to calculate!" Jiang Lin admitted that he didn't have any questions that needed to be answered.
"Don't have any questions in your mind?"
"Yes, yes, but you can't solve it. "No one in the world can figure it out.
"Give it a try, you are the same thing as the old man just now, and you are also asking for the future of your children, I don't know if the poor road is right. A thin layer of sweat appeared on the Taoist's forehead, for fear of saying the wrong thing.
Jiang Lin just wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it carefully, it did make him get touched.
"Not bad. ”
"You have a son and two daughters, and the things you are worried about must be related to the third sister. ”
"The Taoist is really powerful, not only does he know who he is, but he also knows how many sons of my family know. Jiang Lin now suspects that there is a problem with the Taoist he met today, whether he has figured himself out in advance and waited for him to be set up here.
Jiang Lin only felt that it was not good, I was afraid that it was a trap, and he wanted to escape.
The Taoist saw his thoughts, "Wait, the poor Tao has not finished speaking, this woman is weak and sickly, and she will definitely have a great catastrophe at the age of eighteen, and this catastrophe will endanger her life." ”
Jiang Lin looked at the Taoist with sharp eyes, "My third daughter is indeed not in good health, but you can't curse him for dying young." ”
The Taoist didn't say much, "You don't believe it, or you don't believe it." What the poor Dao said today is true, just wait for time to verify. ”
Jiang Lin was furious when he heard this, and he would definitely find a famous doctor to cure Yimu's illness.
After recalling the past and returning to his thoughts, Jiang Lin was really afraid that what the Taoist said back then would be true.