Although the Lin family had a lot of dissatisfaction and unwillingness in their hearts, they didn't dare to say anything.

However, the Lin family has declined, and now except for Lin Ruhai, there is no one in the clan who can support the lintel.

If it weren't for Lin Ruhai's care over the years, some people in the Lin family would have had a difficult life, but I am afraid that they would not be as good as ordinary people.

Therefore, he did not dare to contradict Lin Ruhai's decision.

After finishing the meal with their own thoughts, Lin Ruhai called Jia Qiong to the inner hall to speak.

Jia Qiong also told Lin Ruhai about the discovery of Fang Cai Shidian.

Lin Ruhai only frowned when he heard this, and didn't say anything, and only said after a few idle words:

"Brother Qiong, I still need you to accompany Yu'er to Suzhou, don't let my daughter be wronged."

Listening to Lin Ruhai's words, Jia Qiong naturally knew the meaning of the song when she heard the strings.

"Don't dare, my uncle is serious, this is a matter of duty."

Simply polite, Lin Ruhai turned his head and instructed the maid: "Call Yu'er, I will wait for her here with her cousin Qiong." ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, she knew that Lin Ruhai wanted to explain some things to Daiyu.

After a while, looking at the delicate and abnormal Lin Daiyu being led out of the back hall, like a weak willow supporting the wind.

Dressed in white filial piety linen clothes, plain and pretty, her face was full of sorrow.

After walking in front of him, he looked at Daiyu's face that seemed to be crying and not crying, and seemed to be sad.

Jia Qiong forgot to ask Lin Ruhai, and there was a message saying that he had been cured, why was he still so thin.

"Yu'er has seen her father'......"

A soft and greasy Wu Nong's soft language is completely in line with his demeanor, wonderful and beautiful.

After saluting Lin Ruhai, he looked at Jia Qiong and bowed and said, "Hello Cousin Qiong, thank you Cousin Qiong for your help in the past two days." ”

Seeing this, Jia Qiong bowed slightly and returned the salute and said:

"Sister Yu'er, if my aunt and uncle treat me kindly, my sister's words are a little polite."

Although the two know each other well and have been together for more than a year, the etiquette still has to be done.

After seeing the ceremony, Daiyu walked to Lin Ruhai's side and served.

Looking at Lin Daiyu's appearance, Jia Qiong couldn't help but think of the first two times she came to Lin Mansion.

For the first time, Daiyu learned the piano and flute with him.

When they came back the year before last, the two studied together in the study, and Daiyu followed Jia Yucun to learn some four books;

Jia Qiong, on the other hand, was reading by herself, and occasionally when she talked with Jia Yucun about the scriptures, Daiyu finally looked at herself with bright eyes, and her eyes were full of admiration.

Looking at Lin Daiyu and having a melancholy temperament, I couldn't help but feel a little sighing.

If he hadn't been with her brother for a year when he died, his personality might have been even more withdrawn.

Thinking of the original book, Daiyu has no brothers and sisters, and grew up alone, I can't help but feel some sympathy.

Thinking about her narrow-minded and joking personality, she probably cultivated it in Rongguo Mansion.

It can also be said that the years from being taken to Rongguofu by Jia's mother to not growing up were the happiest days in Daiyu's life.

As for growing up......

In this era, women who do not have their parents to make decisions in their lives are inevitably a little sad.

Such an independent woman, but she met Jia Baoyu, who is specialized in beauty, does not like to study, and has no responsibility, and the result can be imagined.

In her previous life, when she saw the Red Mansion, Jia Qiong was often angry.

Even if Jia Baoyu can take on a little responsibility, he won't let those golden hairpins be all there.

。

It's just a blame, it's destined to be so.

But in this life, Jia Baoyu doesn't need to be responsible, let him be his lover of beauty.

Jia Qiong didn't care, but Lin Ruhai was worried that Daiyu would lose her rudeness in front of Jia Qiong, so he said:

"Yu'er, your cousin Qiong went from Jinling to Yangzhou this time, in addition to paying tribute to your mother, he also had to accompany you to Suzhou to bury your mother, and then take you to your grandmother's house in Shenjing.

It's better to have your grandparents take care of you over there than to be by my side. ”

Lin Ruhai said with a slight sadness, and unconsciously wiped his moist eyes.

He is still like this, not to mention our sentimental Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu listened to her father's words, her two big watery eyes suddenly flooded, and she looked pitiful.

Regardless of Jia Qiong's presence, Daiyu cried, knelt in front of Lin Ruhai, and begged:

"The daughter is willing to serve by her father's side, serving tea and food every day, and asking the father not to send his daughter to Shenjing."

Lin Ruhai is nearly half a hundred years old, and now he only has one daughter, and he is so handsome and intelligent, he has always regarded it as a treasure, and since his son left, he was afraid of melting in his mouth, and he was afraid of breaking it in his hand.

If it was not a last resort, he would never be willing to send Daiyu to Shenjing. Then he helped Daiyu up and sighed:

"I am over half a hundred years old, and I have no intention of continuing the room, you have no mother's upbringing, and you have no sisters and brothers to support you."

After speaking, he glanced at Jia Qiong again, and then continued:

"Besides, you are young and sick, and if it weren't for your cousin Joan to find a doctor to treat you and have fun with you, you would be even more lonely.

Now that you are close to your grandmother, you can also play with your uncle and sisters, which is just a good relief for my worries, why don't you go? ”

After speaking, he looked at Daiyu again, and saw that he was just holding himself and sobbing, thought about it and said, "When my father finishes this business, I will take you back, okay." ”

When Daiyu heard this, her heart became more and more sad, but she had no words to refute, so she had to cry silently.

Lin Ruhai remembered Jia Qiong's words before noon, and couldn't help but slow down his tone even more, couldn't help but be ruthless, and continued:

"Your grandmother was a virtuous man, she loved your mother, and you will love you when the time comes.

Besides, he has a lot of brothers and sisters, and when you go there, you have a grandmother to love you, and a sister to study with you, isn't it better to stay by my side? ”

Daiyu is not a person who is used to pestering, and knows that once her father makes up his mind, he will not change.

The governor is irretrievable, and his heart is full of sorrow.

Lin Ruhai really didn't force her, took her aside and sat down, while admonishing:

"In two days, I will send your mother's coffin back to Suzhou for burial. You have to listen to the housekeeper and your cousin Joan on this trip, and don't do it casually, you know. ”

Daiyu nodded, suddenly realized the meaning of Lin Ruhai's words, and then said, "Won't my father go to Suzhou with us?" ”

"I have a duty to do, and it's inconvenient for me to leave."

The rhetoric as always, made Daiyu's expression darken.

For as long as she can remember, her father was always busy in the yamen, and she rarely had time to spend with her, and she didn't know too well what her father was busy with.

Now I don't even have time to send my mother's coffin back to Suzhou.

Daiyu didn't quite understand what her father had been an official all these years, and even her mother's future affairs could be abandoned.

Lin Ruhai was also afraid that his daughter would be too careful, and said: "I have arranged everything with the housekeeper and others, and I have also agreed with my fellow clans in Suzhou."

Before, I was a little worried that you might not be able to do a good job, but now that your cousin Joan is here, I am also relieved. ”

Hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help but look at Jia Qiong who was standing aside, nodded unconsciously, and then looked at Lin Ruhai again.

Lin Ruhai thought about it, and when he saw Daiyu looking at him, he said:

"You have also gotten along with your cousin Joan, and you have taken care of you for your father for a year, and you know his character.

On this trip to Suzhou, he will take more care of you, you can't have sex with your cousin, if he cares about you, you can't refuse people thousands of miles away. ”

But I remembered that last year, his deceased wife and maid often told him that Daiyu loved to pester this Brother Qiong the most, and the two were so close that they couldn't help but be a little funny about their worries. Then he said:

"If you go to your grandmother's house in the future, if you don't understand anything, you can ask your cousin more."

"Father~"

Although she knew that Lin Ruhai had no other intentions, Daiyu's face was still flushed with shame.

Although she is young, she is a year older than last year, and she understands the difference between men and women a little, although she is not too clear, but she also knows to avoid suspicion.

remembered that he liked to pester Cousin Qiong the year before last, learn to play the piano and blow the flute, and read four books with him, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Jia Qiong.

Lin Ruhai saw that her daughter was shy, and although she smiled on her face, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

My daughter has always been frail, and she is so precocious, she is afraid that she will not be blessed.

This is also what worries him the most.

In the early years of Taishui, he always said that he would let his wife take the child to Shenjing, but his wife was worried about the fatigue of the boat and car, so he never went.

Now that he has reported his funeral to Taishui, he wants to wait for his daughter to return from Suzhou, so that a letter can come.

Tai Shui is a child who likes children, surrounded by grandchildren, and after a lot of people, he thinks he can unravel his daughter's mind.

As for letting Jia Qiong take care of her daughter, it is also from the bottom of her heart.

He thinks that he knows people quite accurately, not to mention that he has taught him for a year;

Just from Jia Qiong receiving the letter, he dared to come from Jinling, and he was not afraid that this funeral would rush his high school joy;

Before that, he reprimanded the salt merchant for himself, and he also knew that he was a man who could be made, and might be able to help Yu'er.

After another two days, everyone got up early, and the housekeeper was ready.

At the gate of the Lin family, Lin Ruhai's eyes wandered on the wooden coffin for a long time, stroking the coffin board inch by inch, for a long time.

Seeing that the time was slowly passing and the sky was already bright, Jia Qiong couldn't help but come to Lin Ruhai's side and said in a low voice: "Uncle, the time has come." ”

Hearing Jia Qiong say this, Lin Ruhai's hands couldn't help but tremble, and he pinned his head to his armpits and rubbed it on his shoulder.

Then he flattened the white silk tied on it with his own hands, and finally sighed and said, "Alas, go ahead." ”

Hearing this, the housekeeper took three steps forward, glanced at the people in the field, and then sang: "Qiling~!" ”

The mourning music sounded, the crying sounded, and the filial daughter was currently putting on a white drape.

All the people who sent the spirit followed the raised spirit coffin and slowly walked out of the gate of the Lin family.

The lanes along the street have long been covered with white lanterns worn with bamboo poles, which looks unusually cold.

But under the rows of white lanterns, there are green and white tents, and in front of each tent, there is a small sacrificial table, and incense is burning in the ding.

These are all sacrificial tents set up by the officials and gentry of Yangzhou Prefecture, and at a glance, it seems that there is no end.

Some of those mansions sent their children and housekeepers to sacrifice on their behalf, and some came in person.

Jia Qiong's task at this time is to help Lin Ruhai, act on behalf of his son, and greet these people to thank them.

Out of the section of the road where the sacrificial tent was placed, the long procession began to move forward at a uniform pace.

Jia Qiong turned her head to look at the small thin figure in front of the spirit coffin, holding her mother's spirit card, crying silently.

The tears flowed unconsciously, and the light in his eyes was dissipated, obviously caught in his thoughts, recalling the joy of his mother's time.

One step and three shakes, as if a morning breeze can blow it down, unconsciously follow the spirit guide forward.

Thinking that there was still a lot of way to get out of the city, Jia Qiong said to Lin Ruhai beside him:

"Uncle, Sister Lin's body is delicate, and the illness on her body is not completely cured, I am afraid that the wind will hurt her for such a long time, so it is better to let her take the car."

Lin Ruhai glanced at the daughter beside him, and then said, "It's okay." ”

Jia Qiong beckoned people to drive the carriage up.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but look behind at the hearse, then raised her eyes to look at her father beside her, and then said:

"No need, thank you, cousin Joan, I want to accompany my father and mother for a while, this time it must be our family of three, staying together for the last time, and I won't have a chance to think about it in the future."

When Jia Qiong heard this, she didn't know how to comfort her, and her mouth opened for a long time, and she could only sigh.

Lin Ruhai on the side, seeing Daiyu say this, his body couldn't help but tremble, and then continued to move forward as usual.

He didn't dare to look at Daiyu, otherwise he was worried that he would be reluctant to let Jia Qiong take his daughter to Shenjing.

Lin Daiyu also knew that Jia Qiong deliberately said that she was not well, so that she could rest in the car justifiably.

But she knew that this was her last chance to accompany her mother, and she also knew that she had missed this time, and she didn't know how soon she would be able to see her father again.

Listening to her daughter's stubborn words, Lin Ruhai endured it for a long time, and finally looked down at Daiyu and said lovingly:

"The Evil God"

"Your cousin Joan is also for your good, everyone knows your physical condition, even your mother will not blame you for this, just listen to him."

Jia Qiong saw that Daiyu only shook her head but did not speak, knowing that she was determined, she no longer insisted on it, and felt more pity in her heart.

So he turned to Lin Ruhai and said, "Sister Lin has a sincere heart, so let's follow her wishes." ”

Although Lin Ruhai was worried about his daughter, he couldn't live up to his daughter's filial piety, so he could only give up after thinking about it.

The long white dragon meandered forward, and finally arrived at the south gate after more than half an hour.

Outside the city was a carriage that had been prepared to transport the coffin.

Although it is possible to transfer the Yangtze River from Yangzhou to Suzhou from the Grand Canal, it takes a long time, and it is also inconvenient to come by, and the weather is still hot, so I am worried that the speed will be slow, and there will be many neglects for the dead.

So the Lin family decided to take the dry road and escort the coffin back to Suzhou in a horse-drawn carriage.

Seeing her mother's coffin being carried into the carriage by the clansmen, Lin Daiyu cried silently, and her body was almost unable to stand, but fortunately she was supported by the maid and grandmother next to her.

Jia Qiong hurriedly brought the carriage and personally helped Daiyu to get into the car.

Daiyu didn't insist this time, stood in the car, bowed to Lin Ruhai, and bowed to Jia Qiong.

Then he entered the carriage with the spirit card, and immediately, a cry came from inside.

Jia Qiong knocked on the snow goose that was covering Bai Xiao and was stupid, and instructed: "Why don't you go up to comfort and comfort your girl?" ”

"Oh."

Only then did the girl follow into the carriage.

Seeing this, Jia Qiong said to Zijuan who was standing beside her:

"You also go and talk to Sister Yu'er more. When I was old last year, Sister Yu'er also liked to play with you. ”

Hearing this, Zijuan hummed softly and followed into the carriage.

Seeing that the coffin was securely tied to the horse-drawn carriage, Jia Qiong also stepped on his white-haired horse and rode to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai is polite with his elders, second uncles, and cousins of the same generation.

Hearing the butler say that everything was ready to go, he clamped the horse's back hard, and patted Jia Qiong's shoulder after getting closer: "This trip, I'm bothering you too much." ”

Jia Qiong shook her head and said with a pun: "Uncle is serious, my nephew will definitely take care of Sister Yu'er." ”

After speaking, he ignored the jealous eyes of Lin Lang and the others next to him, and asked, "Uncle does he have anything else to order?" ”

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "Go ahead." ”

In fact, he also wants to send his beloved wife on his last journey, but he is shouldering the mission of the imperial court, the holy grace.

Thinking of the death of his beloved son, the death of his wife, and now he has to threaten another daughter, as well as what Brother Qiong said, I can't help but feel ruthless in my heart.

If he wants to leave Yangzhou, he must first ask the imperial court for a decree, and the imperial court can only approve it.

The matter was reported, even if it was 800 miles urgent, it would take at least eight days to come and go, but his wife's body could not wait that long.

Therefore, he can only hide the guilt of his beloved wife in his heart, and if his beloved daughter is not there, then he has no scruples.

It wasn't until he saw that the team sending the spirit had gone far away, Lin Ruhai put away his gaze and beckoned his entourage back to the yamen.

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Time flies in a blink of an eye, and it has been some time since I came to Suzhou.

Jia Min has already been buried, but Daiyu still needs to wake the spirit for 7749 days.

Early in the morning, Jia Qiong took Zijuan Xiangling to Daiyu's courtyard.

Seeing Daiyu basking in the sun with only a few thin shirts, the snow geese on the side were talking to her. Seeing Jia Qiong coming, he hurriedly got up and saluted and said:

"Cousin Joan, you're here."

Jia Qiong nodded, then returned the salute, looked at the clothes on Daiyu's body and said:

"Sister Yu'er, it's late autumn, it's still a little cold in the morning and evening, you can't be greedy for cold and heat, add some clothes, your body is not very good, you can't stand the cold."

Listening to Jia Qiong's words of concern, Daiyu couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while, this was the third time that Jia Qiong asked her to wear more clothes.

Although she knew that she cared about her, it was a private matter of the girl's family after all, and letting the man mention it still made her a little shy after all.

looked at the snow goose who was nodding to himself, and couldn't help but say in shame: "Snow goose, why don't you go to the room to pick up clothes with me." ”

Looking at the back of the snow goose leaving, Jia Qiong couldn't help but smile and shook her head, she was still too young to know anything. After thinking about it, he said:

"Sister Yu'er, let my Zijuan and Xiangling follow you first."

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned, this Zijuan and Xiangling are the insiders of Cousin Qiong's room, how can they take care of themselves.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Cousin Qiong, Sister Zijuan and Sister Xiangling are your maidservants, how can you take care of Yu'er." ”

After thinking about it, he was worried that Jia Qiong would misunderstand and live up to his kindness, so he added:

"And, in that case, you'll have no one around to take care of you."

After speaking, Fang regretted a little, how could he say such words, and his face was even more blushing.

took a fancy to Daiyu, who was blushing, and Jia Qiong was also a little funny in her heart. I'm only six years old this year, and I'm only seven years old after the New Year, so where do I get so many thoughts.

However, he didn't show it on his face, he knew that Lin Daiyu was sensitive, and it would be bad if he was misunderstood again.

didn't think much about it, and then said: "Sister Yu'er, don't worry too much, the two of them are older and know how to take care of people, and didn't you like to play with your sister Zijuan before?"

As for my brother, I have nothing to do here, I have been poor since I was a child, except for my mother, I have taken care of myself.

It was only after Mandarin Duck and Zijuan came that someone waited.

And you are weak now, yesterday Dr. Zhang said that you have to record in your heart, last time your body only improved, these days you are tired again.

As a result, you will be fundamentally damaged, and your innate qi will pass away, so you will have to do more games and exercise in the hospital in the future, otherwise the disease will not be able to go to the root.

It's right to bask in the sun in this courtyard, but wear more clothes in the future. ”

Listening to Jia Qiong's words, Daiyu couldn't help but feel sweet in her heart, knowing that this cousin Qiong really cared about herself, and only her mother would say so much to herself in the past, even her father would not say so much to herself.

Although I was happy in my heart, I was a little awkward, and it was naturally a little uncomfortable to be disciplined, and it was not good to live up to Cousin Joan's concern and let him misunderstand.

looked at Zijuan and Xiangling on the side, his heart moved, and then said:

"Cousin Qiong, Sister Zijuan is very familiar to me, what's going on with this Sister Xiangling."