The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 498 Senior Sister Lin Stays and Plays with Me

"Uncle Shi, this is the yard that my mother arranged for Mrs. Zhen and Mr. Lin Xiang. I won't be able to go in. If you need anything, you can tell the servants inside. My nephew is always waiting for orders in the outer courtyard."

"Well, you go."

Seeing the young man salute respectfully and then leave, Jia Lian nodded secretly.Jia Yucun is worthy of being a second-class Jinshi, which is a good way to teach his son.

There are two sons and one daughter in Jia Yu Village, of which Jiao Xing gave birth to a son and a daughter, but they are both young.The older one was born by his late wife, and Jia Yucun had introduced him to him just now, obviously it was cultivated as a successor.

The courtyard of the private mansion of Yingtian government office is very spacious and beautiful.

Jia Lian walked along the corridor, and within a few steps, he saw Daiyu leaning on the railing alone, gazing at the deep courtyard in front of her.

"What are you doing standing here? What about Xiangling and the others?"

Daiyu turned her head when she heard the sound, and the loneliness in her eyes disappeared at a visible speed. To hide it, she glanced back at the wing room behind, and pointed with her mouth.

In fact, Jia Lian had already heard the woman's voice from the side room over there, so he just asked casually.

Looking at Daiyu's expression, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing and said, "Why, seeing Xiangling's mother and daughter reunited, happy and happy, are you jealous?"

"You're just jealous."

Daiyu blushed slightly, and Jia Lian turned her original sadness into embarrassment.

But it is true, although she also lost her mother for many years, how can she compare with Xiangling.Xiangling has lost her parents since she could remember, and now she is finally reunited with her mother and daughter. If she is still jealous, wouldn't she appear very ignorant and immoral?
Besides, how could she be jealous.It's just that she just saw the reunion of Xiangling's mother and daughter, and sometimes she hugged her head and cried, and sometimes held hands and talked about caring, she was a little hurt seeing the scene.

Of course, Jia Lian didn't really think that Daiyu would be jealous, although Daiyu's personality might be a little sensitive, even if you said she was petite.However, Daiyu's character and pure texture are absolutely hard to find in the world.

To give you the simplest example, no matter when, where, or under any circumstances, even if you think your parents may harm you in this situation, Daiyu will not have the slightest thought of being harmful to you.

So she smiled, stepped forward and held Daiyu's little hand, "Since you're not jealous, let's go in, let's go in and see what they are talking about."

Daiyu was noncommittal and just followed Jia Lian's footsteps.

In the simple and elegant room, Feng Shi, Jiao Xing, Xiang Ling, and several servant girls are scattered here and there.

Seeing Jia and Lian coming in, they all stood up and saluted.

Jia Lian didn't realize that Jiao Xing was also here, so she paid her back a gift, then Jiao Xing left consciously and left with her maid.

In this way, there are basically only one person left in the house.

Feng and her daughter looked at each other, under the pleading eyes of her daughter, took a deep breath, stepped forward to Jia Lian who had just been sitting on the couch, knelt down and said, "This concubine is Zhen Feng, thank you Lord for saving my daughter's life." And the grace of upbringing.

The concubine has nothing to repay her, so she voluntarily sells herself and enters the noble mansion. Whether it is sweeping the house or guarding the gate, it is all at the disposal of the noble mansion, and I hope the Lord Hou will show mercy and grant you permission. "

Seeing her mother like this, Xiang Ling hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down with her mother, looking at Jia Lian beggingly.

Not to mention the two of them, even Daiyu and the other maids in the room looked at Jia Lian like this, for fear that Jia Lian would not agree.

After the previous communication, they all knew the situation of the Zhen family.

The Zhen family has long since disappeared, and Xiangling's father has also been a monk for many years, and there is no news at all.And Xiangling's mother, Feng Shi, has been living in her natal family, so she is not very popular after all.

That being the case, why not enter the Duke's Mansion to receive a public meal, so that not only is there no need to worry about food and clothing, but you can also accompany your daughter day and night to make up for the shortcomings of the past ten years!

Although selling himself as a slave may not be emotionally acceptable to the Feng family, who was born as a wife of a country gentry clan.

But she also understands that even a slave of a wealthy family will be in a much better situation than her previous situation.The most important thing is that she has repeatedly confirmed that her daughter is unwilling to leave Rongguo Mansion and her master Jia Lian no matter what.

Therefore, if she wanted to be with her daughter, the only way she could sell herself was to enter the Rongguo Mansion.After all, with her power, as long as others are not willing, she has no possibility of forcibly taking her daughter away!

She did not dare to take her daughter away.

Where do you go after taking it away?She herself lived in her natal family and was rejected by others. Could it be that she brought her daughter back to her natal family and suffered hardships with her?
Then why has she been looking forward to finding her daughter day and night for so many years? Is it just to prevent her from living a rich life and suffer with herself?

So, after we weighed it briefly, she agreed to Jiao Xing's suggestion.Anyway, besides Xiangling, she has no children, so if she is a slave, she will be a slave, and she will not involve any heirs.

As for the decency of the Zhen family, she had already figured it out.When her husband abandoned her back then, she was so sad that she wanted to die, and she didn't think about the Zhen family anymore.

If you are pitiful today, let her find her daughter, that is, find the hope for the rest of her life, she will naturally stay by her daughter's side even if she dies.

Facing everyone's gaze, Jia Lian frowned and asked, "Did Madam think carefully about what she said? Although it is very simple for the family to adopt one more servant, this Marquis does not want Madam to have any reluctance.

As for the madam's desire to be by her daughter's side, Benhou can naturally understand, which is why Benhou agreed to Xiangling to help her find her relatives.

So, even if you don't sell yourself to enter the mansion, you can still stay by Xiangling's side.Benhou can promise to bring you back to the capital, and then rent a house for you in the middle of the capital. In this way, if Xiangling wants to see you, it will be very easy. If you want to see your daughter, you can also come in to see her.

As for your daily expenses, don't worry about that either.Girl Xiangling has been with me for so many years, and I have never seen her spend a penny indiscriminately. I don’t know how much she has saved in her private room, but it is enough for you to live without worry. "

As soon as Jia Lian said this, everyone quickly looked at Xiangling with a hint of a smile.

That's right, Second Master Lian is a generous person, and no one in the whole house knows what he hurts Xiangling. In this way, Xiangling usually gets rewards, I don't know how many!
When Xiangling heard Jia Lian's words, her expression became agitated, and she quickly looked at Feng Shi, nodded vigorously, and almost said, don't worry, mother, I have money, and I will support you!

For Xiangling, she is definitely unwilling to leave Jia Lian.However, she didn't want to wrong her mother, after all, she didn't even sell herself into Jia's mansion.Although she had long regarded herself as a maid in Jia's house, it is true that Jia's house has not allowed her to write a life deed, and her monthly money has always been deducted from Jia Lian's monthly money.

Therefore, Jia Lian's suggestion is a way for her to have both, and I am very grateful to Jia Lian for thinking of her so much.

Meeting her daughter's eyes, Feng smiled instead, turned around and kowtowed again to Jia Lian, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for being so considerate of my mother and daughter. However, forgive me for being greedy, I still want to To be a servant in the mansion, not only can you get closer to your daughter, but also avoid living alone in a courtyard, lonely and no one to talk to.

Please also ask Hou Ye to look at Xiangling's affection and sell himself into the house with grace! "

"mother……"

Seeing that her daughter wanted to persuade her, Feng took her hand and shook her head.

How could she fail to understand, even if Jia Lian spoke the truth, how could she accept this kindness again?Moreover, she has lost her daughter for many years, and now she has just reunited, so what face does she have to waste the love her daughter has accumulated over the years?

Besides, living outside is not as cheap as following her daughter into the Duke's mansion. Even if she doesn't consider the difficulty and cost of meeting in the future, she still doesn't worry about her daughter wandering around in the Duke's mansion alone.

Therefore, she felt that Jiao Xing was right, finding a way to enter the Rongguo Mansion was her best choice.

And she is not related to the Rongguo Mansion, so if she wants to enter the mansion, the only way is to sell herself to enter the mansion.

Fortunately, only through the small details just now, she became more and more sure that the Rongguo Mansion is a family of good deeds, and Jia Lian is also a person of great virtue.

In this way, she doesn't have to worry about being treated harshly after entering the mansion.

As far as Jia Lian is concerned, he just wants to help Xiangling find her mother, and he doesn't care much about whether the Feng family will stay with Xiangling in the mansion or live alone outside.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Jia Lian didn't want to talk nonsense, nodded and said: "Since you have made up your mind, then this Marquis will fulfill you.

But you are not a child of the poor family, and you don't need to sign a lifetime contract.How about this, after returning to Beijing, you first sign a five-year body contract, after five years, how about letting you stay? "

Everyone knew that Jia Lian was so lenient to the Feng family because of Xiang Ling's sake.

Although there is a saying of short contracts in today's world, in order to ensure the absolute loyalty of the servants, the aristocratic families generally only sign death contracts, that is, life contracts, and serve as slaves and handmaids for the rest of their lives.There is no room for you to go back on your word.

Therefore, the maids and women of the Jia family and the Lin family looked at Feng with a little envy.

Naturally, the Feng family also understood this truth, and didn't know what to say for a while, so they could only kowtow to Jia Lian to thank him: "Slave, thank you for your generosity!"

"Thank you, Second Master, for your generosity..."

Xiang Ling also followed her mother, kowtowed to Jia Lian to thank her, but when she raised her head, her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked at Jia Lian with gratitude and nostalgia.

Seeing this, Feng Shi couldn't help sighing.

Seeing Xiangling's mother and daughter get up, they hold hands, obviously full of words, but it is inconvenient for him to go into details because he is beside him, Jia Lian also understands why Daiyu just ran out alone to blow the air.

So Jia Lian didn't want to stay here any longer, so he bid farewell to Jia Yucun and his wife.

"Senior Sister Lin, why don't you stay and play with me..."

Jia Yucun and Jiao Xing's daughter, Yuchai, may be the first to see such a beautiful girl as Daiyu. After seeing a girl like Daiyu by chance, they heard that she was their senior sister, so they immediately fell in love with her.Not only did he run after him, but now he heard that Daiyu was about to leave, he was even more reluctant to let her go. He tugged at the corner of Daiyu's clothes, wanting her to stay and play with her.

Poor Daiyu is a lonely and cold person, facing such a little girl, but also embarrassed to lose the elder sister's money, she always looks very embarrassed.

It was Jiao Xing who saw Daiyu's embarrassment, stepped forward to hold her daughter, and said with a smile: "Your father and your uncle have already agreed, this time we will go to the capital together, if you don't want to part with your senior sister, then we will be on the boat , as far as you can see.

Now they have other things to do, so don't make a fuss. "

"Oh, okay……"

Then the little girl frowned tightly, and reluctantly let go of Daiyu's clothes.

Jia Lian and Jia Yucun who were in front couldn't help smiling when they turned around and saw each other.

"I intended to let Brother Lian come down for a drink at noon. Since Brother Lian has other arrangements, Brother Yu will not force it."

"There is ample time."

"Hahaha, good, the future is long!"

……

Because when they came to Yingtianfu, Jia Lian and Xiangling were in the same carriage.

On the way back, in order to give the Xiangling mother and daughter some space, Jia Lian let them ride in his big carriage together.

In this way, he himself got into Daiyu's incense car in a legitimate way.

But as soon as she boarded Daiyu's carriage and opened the curtain to go in, she saw Daiyu frowning and staring at him: "Why did you come up?"

"My car was taken by Xiangling and her mother, so I came to your place for a while. Well, sister Lin doesn't welcome you?"

But Daiyu didn't believe that a maid, He De, dared to occupy the carriage of Lord Jia's carriage!
"Aren't there maids sitting in the back? If you let them make room for Xiangling and the others, will they not be willing?"

In houses like Jia's Mansion, the big maids who serve close to the lady usually have a carriage when they go out.Only servants and maidservants can only walk along.

As for the reason, no one has said, anyway, it has always been like this.

"Hey, my sister Daolin was originally a good master who was considerate and sympathetic, but she was also a harsh one.

Like Zijuan Xueyan and the others who serve you with all their heart and soul, you actually ordered me to rob their carriage. How could your little cherry mouth say such cold and heartless words? "

"If you are sympathetic, then you can let them sit with you, what are you doing to squeeze me..."

Daiyu blushed.It's because she also knew that although Jia Lian had some small intimate behaviors, they were almost always in the private room, that is, when no one was watching.

At least so far, she has not been in the same car with Jia Lian.

A carriage is a very private space, like a room.Now that Jia Lian is in her carriage, she is worried that others will laugh at her.

"Well, in my capacity, it's even more inappropriate to be crowded with your maids?"

"Pooh……"

Seeing that she couldn't talk to Jia Lian, Daiyu decisively took out her common skills and spat at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian laughed loudly, "Okay, I admit, I want to ride in the same carriage as you, why are you so likable, Sister Lin?
Haha, Senior Sister Lin, just stay and play with me..."

"Ah, you are going to die, you are not serious!"

When Daiyu heard that Jia Lian had actually imitated Jia Yuchai's coquettishness in trying to keep her away, she immediately had goose bumps all over her body, and her cheeks turned red.

However, she was still very happy about it.

Since she was a child, she has never seen any outsiders, and this is the first time she has seen a little girl who likes her so much.Therefore, although she was a little overwhelmed by Jia Yujiao's enthusiasm before, but thinking about it afterwards, she was quite happy.

After all, although many people in Jia's mansion dare not say it, but the details show that they all feel that they have a bad personality and are not likable.

Hmph, isn't this girl very likable?

Who knew, she was used by Jia Lian to make fun of her!
Seeing Daiyu being teased by her like this, she panted coquettishly, her face flushed, knowing that Daiyu could not bear to be teased, Jia Lian stopped at the right time.Sit over, hold her little hand, and let it gently rest in your arms.

Although Daiyu was shy about this, since all Jia Lian's people came up, it was impossible for her to drive him down again.

"By the way, sister Lin, have you been to Jinling City before?"

"Perhaps they have, but I don't remember much."

Daiyu answered truthfully.Jinling is the central city in the south of the Yangtze River. She should have been here with her parents when she was a child.

"In that case, how about I take you around Jinling City?"

Daiyu was moved when she heard the words.There are few ladies who don't want to go out shopping if they don't leave the door.

Besides, Jia Lian was with her.

But after thinking about it, Daiyu still said: "Xiangling and her mother just met again, I'm afraid it's not easy for them to follow us around."

"It's okay, I'll let them go back first."

After finishing speaking, Jia Lian let go of Daiyu, opened the curtain of the car, and ordered a group of people to send Xiangling mother and daughter back to the old house of Rongguo Mansion, and then took Daiyu to the direction of West Market.

(End of this chapter)