East courtyard wing, Lin Ruhai's bedroom.

After Lin Daiyu came out of the garden with Zijuan, she went straight here.

In the house, at this time, there was an old mother about forty years old with a child serving by the bedside.

"Mother Liu, how is my father?"

As soon as Lin Daiyu entered the house, she asked with concern.

Mama Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Girl, don't worry, the old slave looks much better than yesterday, I want to come to the old man Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will get better in a few days." ”

Lin Daiyu stepped forward to check it, only to feel that it was still as white as usual............

"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry! Ouch, my good girl, you have to take care of your body, if the master knows, you can't feel sorry for her, it's the young lady, it's not at ease. Mama Liu saw Lin Daiyu crying and hurriedly comforted.

Lin Daiyu sobbed and said in a trembling voice: "Mother Liu, I know my father's body, and you don't have to comfort me......"

Mama Liu's heart twitched when she heard this, looking at the sad and lovely person in front of her, she didn't know what to say, after all, Lin Ruhai's body was there, and it was useless to say that it was okay, but her own girl didn't care about her own body like this, which really worried her.

Lin Daiyu is already much more handsome, she looks like a young lady between her eyebrows and eyes, and Mama Liu is even closer, where can she still see Lin Daiyu so sad, and she is also wiping tears at this time.

Pushing the delicate childish child beside her, Mama Liu said, "Brother Qing, don't say hello to your sister yet!" ”

This little boy is naturally Lin Qing of the Lin family who has already passed the house.

Compared with other marquis' families, the Lin family in Suzhou is not prosperous, and this Lin Qing is a distant family, so he was not welcomed in the first place, and he did not get any family business.

After a hundred years, those so-called ancestral family properties have been spent, and when they heard about Lin Ruhai, they begged their elders to come to the house.

It was impossible for those elders to let Lin Ruhai become an heir, so they naturally agreed.

It stands to reason that the elders are the masters, and this Lin Qing is indeed Lin Daiyu's "younger brother".

Lin Qing, who had been keeping his head down, heard this, raised his head to look at Daiyu, his expression was full of cowardice, and he called softly: "Sister." ”

Although Lin Qing lived in the Yanzheng Yamen for nearly a month, he did not say a word to Lin Daiyu.

What did his old son say that he was afraid that Lin Daiyu would abuse Lin Qing, so he didn't let Lin Qing contact Lin Daiyu, so that this "sister and brother" were not familiar with each other.

Lin Daiyu looked at Lin Qing's cowardly expression, her face was complicated, and she nodded in response: "Hmm." ”

After a moment of silence, Lin Daiyu seemed to remember something, took out a small sachet from her waist, and then put in a few small silver bills and handed them to Lin Qing.

Lin Qing raised his eyes and looked at the sachet in front of him, raised his little hand, and then retracted it again, lowering his head at a loss.

Mama Liu lowered her head and said softly, "Brother Qing, don't hurry up and accept the sachet that my sister gave you." ”

Encouraged by everyone's eyes, Lin Qing stretched out his hand to take it and said glutinously, "Thank you, sister." ”

Lin Daiyu's move also shows that she accepts Lin Qing, of course, she has no choice, leaving the room to be decided by the elders, even if there are no elders in charge, you should also find a suitable room.

Can't always ......

Sighing lightly, Lin Daiyu said: "Mother Liu, you take Brother Qing down to rest, father has me here!" ”

Mama Liu answered, and left with the apprehensive Lin Qing.

Inside the house, Lin Daiyu leaned on the side of the bed, looking at Lin Ruhai who was withered on the sickbed, and her heart was desolate.

Zijuan sighed in her heart, walked to the table and poured a cup of tea, handed it to Lin Daiyu, and said, "Girl, let's have a cup of tea first!" ”

…………

Beijing, Rongguo Mansion, Lixiangyuan.

On an autumn afternoon, the courtyard is full of pear fragrance.

Xue Pan walked lightly and happily hummed a meat and vegetarian song.

Inside the house, Aunt Xue sat on the kang in the house, heard the little song coming from outside the courtyard, pursed the corners of her lips, her eyebrows and eyes were full of helplessness, and she sighed and said to Xue Baochai, who was making a female celebrity: "Your brother doesn't know what kind of madness he has, and he doesn't know how to be restrained, so he makes people laugh at it in vain." ”

Although Aunt Xue was in a reprimanding tone, the doting in her heart was undoubtedly revealed in her helpless look.

Xue Baochai's face was slightly red, and he said angrily: "Mom, my brother has always been like this, and you don't know it." ”

The tone was flat, but I was still embarrassed in my heart, those little songs were not something that a girl like her should listen to.

Aunt Xue shook her head, and seeing that Xue Pan still didn't know how to restrain herself, she turned her head and scolded out of the window: "Evil obstacles, squirting feces all over your mouth!" ”

Even Aunt Xue burst out foul language, obviously Xue Pan was intolerable, and the lyrics and songs became more and more unbearable.

Xue Pan walked in with a smile, picked up the teapot on the table and drank it.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue hurriedly reminded: "Son, slow down, don't choke." ”

Xue Pan took a big sip and breathed a long sigh of relief with satisfaction.

Xue Baochai raised his eyes and looked at it, smiled lightly, and said, "Brother didn't go to the Internal Affairs Office on an errand today, why are you so happy, isn't there something good happening?" ”

Xue Pan raised his eyebrows with a smile when he heard this, and praised: "My sister is really accurate, a magpie is coming to the door today...... ”

Aunt Xue looked at Xue Pan's smug expression, isn't it the same as the look of those famous singers in the past, and estimated that the good thing Xue Pan said is like this, so she said angrily: "You don't cause more trouble, this is the magpie coming to the door." ”

Xue Pan pulled the corners of his mouth when he heard this, revealing a big smile, and hurriedly said, "Mom, it's really a good thing today." ”

Aunt Xue sneered and said, "You came out of my belly, don't I know your temperament......"

Xue Pan was really helpless when he heard this, he had always caused trouble in the past, and he would hardly bring good things to his family, so that no one believed that he could do good things.

Xue Pan stopped playing dumb riddles, and said proudly: "Today, a son went to the Internal Affairs Office and met the chief manager of the palace!" ”

Aunt Xue shook her head, what could she do when she met the chief manager, it was estimated that someone else was inspecting the Internal Affairs Office, and she happened to run into it, how could she take care of them, and show off this kind of thing......

However, Xue Baochai was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Isn't the good thing that my brother said related to the head of the palace?" ”

Xue Pan nodded with a smile, couldn't stop talking, and said with a smile: "Manager Gao praised our Xue family for its ability to do things, and said that in a few days, more purchases in the palace will be handed over to our Xue family to do, which is not a good thing!" .....”

Aunt Xue's face was overjoyed when she heard this, and then she seemed to remember something, her expression changed, and she said suspiciously: "Don't fool me." ”

Seeing Aunt Xue's suspicious look, Xue Pan immediately stomped his feet angrily, and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, I will scold you for this kind of thing?" ……”

Seeing that Aunt Xue and the others still didn't believe it, Xue Pan shouted angrily: "If I fool you, I will be raised by a son of a bitch."

..........

Aunt Xue's face sank, what she said was offensive, but fortunately, she paid attention to the Internal Affairs Office, but she didn't care about it.

The purchase of the palace has always been a cooperation between several families, each managing its own share, even so, each family can make a lot of money, let the Xue family have more share, this is not to let the Xue family make a lot of money...... Moreover, the heavier the share of the palace procurement, the higher the dignity of the imperial merchants, and the much more convenient it is to do things.

"Good...... Good...... It's ......" Aunt Xue shouted three times in a row, which was enough to see Aunt Xue's excitement.

Since the death of the father of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai's brothers and sisters, the business of the Xue family is not as good as day by day, and the share of the palace is also declining year by year. ……

At this time, Xue Baochai reminded everyone in an atmosphere of joy: "Brother, Manager Gao takes care of our Xue family like this, and the Xue family should also express his feelings." ”

Aunt Xue felt very justified when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "What my daughter said is right. ”

Immediately, he couldn't wait to get up and hurriedly said, "I'll prepare a generous gift, and I'll let Pan'er send it over later." ”

Xue Pan smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, Manager Gao said, let my son go to the Internal Affairs Office to discuss the purchase in two days, and it will not be too late to send it over at that time." ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she nodded, looking at Xue Pan's "calm and relaxed" appearance, Aunt Xue cried with joy, and said secretly in her heart: "God, the man of the Xue family is finally sensible......

Less leaning, Aunt Xue came to her senses, and said suspiciously: "How can this master praise the Xue family, it's strange..."

For several years, they all know what it is like for Xue Pan to go to the Internal Affairs Office, if it weren't for the help of relatives, I am afraid that this procurement errand would have been lost a long time ago.

Xue Pan was stunned, waved his hand and said, "Whatever, maybe it's because our Xue family is able to do things." ”

Aunt Xue sighed when she heard this, she just thought that Xue Pan was sensible, but she never thought that she was still so impetuous and impetuous in nature.

However, Xue Baochai groaned and said, "My daughter thinks about it, I'm afraid it has something to do with Brother Yun of the East Mansion." ”

Xue Pan said with disgust when he heard this: "It's good that the cunning kid didn't make trouble, and he will help us?" ...”

He had once discussed this matter with Jia Yun, but Jia Yun bluntly refused, so naturally it would not be his help.

Xue Baochai doesn't think so, the Xue family and the Jia family have a relationship, that is, Xue Pan is in the Shuntian Mansion, that is also brought back by Jia Yun, in the eyes of outsiders, this is a real relative, if Jia Yun is decent in the palace, those people will naturally sell well, there is no need for Jia Yun to come forward, in Xue Baochai's opinion, this should be a matter of eight or nine inseparable, if not, how could the people of the Internal Affairs Office change their faces, or the chief manager of the palace came forward! .....

"As Brother Yun, it is not a strange thing to be familiar with the chief manager of the palace, and perhaps it is because of this that the chief manager brought up this matter." Xue Baochai guessed.

Xue Pan was stunned when he heard this, but he remembered that the chief manager had talked about Jia Yun before, and when he thought about it at this time, he was afraid that it was really as his sister Xue Baochai said.

Aunt Xue knew her son best, and when she saw his stunned expression, she guessed that Xue Baochai was right, and after thinking for a moment, Aunt Xue said: "Okay, I'm preparing one, just send it over there, and it won't get in the way." ”

Xue Pan was unhappy, first he caused himself to stay in the Shuntian Mansion for a few months, and then "robbed" Xiangling, and finally didn't give him face............