Chapter 282: Being a concubine and giving birth to a monkey
No way?
Sister Lin is sick again?
Doesn't it mean that as long as we can avoid the "watering maniac" of Shenying's waiter, Sister Lin's purple fairy grass will not die of tears?
Didn’t I already ask Sister Lin to leave the central air conditioning in Baoyu’s Rongguo Mansion?
Why do you still fall ill?
Damn it! Is what the mangy monk said accurate?
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When he thought of the scabby monk, Jia Lian felt angry and stood up:
"Then I'll go see Cousin Lin."
Lin Ruhai quickly grabbed Jia Lian:
"It's easy to meet, but what happens after we meet?"
Jia Lian was stunned:
"Of course I'm trying to advise my cousin to take care of herself no matter what."
"You..."
Lin Ruhai pointed at Jia Lian, but she really couldn't say the words "What's the use?"
After all, a well-educated daughter wants face, and a father full of poetry also wants face.
This is an era where face is more important than life.
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Since Jia Lian left Yangzhou for Suzhou, Daiyu has become depressed, increasingly careless about everything, not thinking about food and tea, unable to sleep at night, and her body is getting weaker and weaker.
Lin Ruhai saw this and was anxious. She guessed it was because of Jia Lian, so she asked her daughter insinuatingly, but she refused to tell.
It's a pity that Jia Min is no longer alive. Daiyu and Lin Ruhai's concubines who lost their mother have never been able to say anything, and there is not even anyone who can persuade them.
It was Lin Ruhai's concubine who came up with the idea and asked Lin Ruhai to call Daiyu's personal maid Xue Yan to ask, and then she found out that the matter was indeed related to Jia Lian.
Lin Ruhai also tried to be cruel and told Daiyu that she would find another good marriage for her.
As a result, Daiyu went on a hunger strike.
Lin Ruhai was so frightened that she hurriedly said:
"I thought about it again after I returned home for my father. Yu'er is still young, so it's better not to talk about marriage for now."
Then Daiyu was willing to eat something again.
Lin Ruhai thought about it, but she could only write a cryptic letter asking Jia Lian to come back to Yangzhou and save her daughter's life first.
Although I know that this is a way to quench thirst by drinking poison, there is really no other way.
Now that Jia Lian is here, Lin Ruhai is even more confused:
If he wanted his daughter to get better, he had to let her see Jia Lian; but now Jia Lian was going to see Daiyu, and he had no choice but to tell Jia Lian: "Since you can't marry her, why bother with her?"
This is simply a life-threatening situation for a father.
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Jia Lian looked at Lin Ruhai's expression, which was more painful than constipation, and vaguely guessed what was going on, so he tentatively asked:
"Then...how about I stop disturbing my cousin?
I'll quickly pack up my money and return to the capital as soon as possible?"
Lin Ruhai seemed to have a toothache. He kept breathing in the cold air and said calmly:
"Seeing each other and fighting is like not seeing each other, and being affectionate is not like being ruthless. After the music and songs are over, I just wake up from the wine, and the moon is setting in the deep courtyard and everyone is quiet."
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Huh—at this time, Lin University is still asking questions.
Eh? That’s right!
One duck can pull, two ducks can pull, three ducks...then let's do it.
Before I do it, I'll try to pull it to see the effect.
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Jia Lian suddenly turned around, walked to the table, took a piece of plain paper, and wrote on it:
The fluffy catkins in the wind have turned into duckweeds, and the mud lotuses are strong and graceful, and their lotus root silk lingers.
Take care not to pick a petal of incense to remember your past life.
Humanity's sentimentality has become less sentimental, and now it's really not sentimental.
Always make promises with little faith, and there is always no proof.
After writing, Jia Lian held the plain paper in front of Lin Ruhai with both hands:
"I just said I was going to see my cousin, it was my nephew Meng Lang, please forgive me.
Just now, my uncle was talking about Sima Guang's poem "It's as if we haven't seen each other, and how affectionate is like being ruthless." My nephew suddenly remembered that he had also made a poem recently, and could I ask my uncle and cousin to comment on it?"
He said this very politely, and Lin Ruhai also understood that he was not asking himself to "judge", it was clearly just to show Daiyu.
Lin Ruhai had to admire Jia Lian's quick thinking. Otherwise, how could this young man always win by surprise?
Lin Ruhai silently recited the words on the plain paper, which was a bit baffling.
"The mud lotus is strong and the lotus root silk lingers" is both "lotus root" and "feeling". It seems to be a "love poem", but "A light promise will never be trusted" is clearly very decisive. What does this mean?
What?
Lin Ruhai was afraid that these words would irritate her daughter, so she hesitated for a while holding the piece of paper, and finally reluctantly went.
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Jia Lian had nothing to do in the house, so he looked out the window and saw that Lin Ruhai's newly built house on the south side of Qiyuan was indeed a perfect layout of four waterways and one house, exactly the same as the drawing he had drawn before.
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Although the area is not large, it is a prosperous house. Jia Lian is quite proud of it and can't help but smile and nod frequently.
Little did he know that Daiyu was being supported by Xue Yan at this moment, looking at him from behind the flower window on the side.
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Lin Ruhai stood blankly behind Daiyu, surprised and sighing.
Women are not allowed to stay in college.
My daughter, who was already too ill to get out of bed, suddenly felt as if she had taken a panacea when she saw the words written by Jia Lian on the paper. Her eyes lit up, her face became bright, and she struggled to get out of bed.
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Lin Ruhai, a loving old father, quickly persuaded her daughter:
"If you want to see him, I can just ask him to come in.
You are sick now, so it’s best not to bother yourself.”
Daiyu decided in her heart that "this room is filled with medicinal gas, and Brother Lian must not like it" and insisted on going out to meet him.
After changing her clothes, combing her hair, and letting two maids support her, she walked here and saw Jia Lian smiling calmly through the flower window, but Daiyu stopped again.
After taking a look, Daiyu suddenly turned around again and whispered;
"Go back."
Lin Ruhai was confused, but she had to quickly let the maid support Daiyu and walk back.
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Returning to Daiyu's bedroom, Daiyu was helped to lie back on the bed and said to Zijuan:
"Go and get the doctor to diagnose your pulse."
He also told Xue Yan:
"Heat up the bird's nest porridge. I want to eat some."
Lin Ruhai was overjoyed when she saw that her precious daughter needed medical treatment and food:
"Yu'er, have you figured it out?"
Daiyu sent out all the maids, and then said to Lin Ruhai:
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"Dad, my daughter is going to the capital with Brother Lian."
Lin Ruhai said "Ah":
"Is it possible to marry Baoyu?"
Daiyu lowered her head and whispered:
"My daughter is still young and doesn't want to get married.
What's more, my daughter doesn't want to wrong her heart, so she naturally refuses to marry someone she despises."
"Then...who do you have your eye on?" Lin Ruhai could only ask knowingly.
Daiyu’s voice was not loud, but she was firm:
"Just... like Brother Lian."
"Girl, you are confused! He already has a family, you can't marry him."
Although he had already guessed what his daughter was thinking, Lin Ruhai still stamped her feet when she heard her say it herself.
Daiyu slowly raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and murmured aggrievedly:
"My daughter didn't say she had to be Brother Lian, she just had to be 'like' him."
Lin Ruhai immediately breathed a sigh of relief - that's good, since the daughter wants to find someone "like" Jia Lian, then the father should hurry up and look for him. Anyway, he can't wrong his precious daughter.
"But then why bother going to the capital?"
Daiyu said seriously:
"Dad has always said that I should go to my grandmother's house to get more education. Is there anyone in this family who can teach my daughter about needlework, grooming, etiquette, and housekeeping skills?"
This reason was so good that Lin Ruhai was speechless.
A noble lady like Daiyu will be the matron when she marries into her husband's family.
To manage the household affairs of the husband's family, from daily expenses to human sophistication, from serving the elders, to welcoming and escorting people in the middle, to controlling the family slaves, it is indeed necessary to have a formal aristocratic education.
Jia Min has passed away. Without the upbringing of a family like Rongguofu, her daughter will be looked down upon when she marries into her husband's family in the future.
Lin Ruhai thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement.
It is true that Daiyu is not very old. She will go to Rongguo Mansion to live for a year or two first, and then she can quickly find a suitable husband for Daiyu who can be attractive to her.
Suddenly I remembered something and asked:
"What does the word Que that Lian Er wrote just now mean?"
Daiyu said lightly:
"I don't understand."
Lin Ruhai was about to ask again, but someone from outside came to report:
"Master, someone from the palace is coming outside."