The Red Mansions

Chapter 155 The Gusu Lin Family
Jiangnan April.

Along the banks of the river, there are lush greenery, towering vegetation, and picturesque scenery that makes people intoxicated.

For several days in a row, Lin Daiyu and Jia Yun got tired of being together, and gradually became bolder.

In the room, Jia Yun put her arms around Lin Daiyu's willow waist, and Lin Daiyu put her arms around his neck. The two kissed tightly together, and then slowly separated after a long time.

After Lin Daiyu took a few deep breaths, she looked at Jia Yun with her eyes full of autumn water, and pursed her lips, "We'll be docking soon. I'll let you eat your fill, but you won't lose your manners when you go home."

"Well, I know, I won't make it difficult for you." Jia Yun said with gentle eyes, "I'll eat for a while..."

Lin Daiyu was taken aback, smacked her lips, slowly closed her eyes, and let Jia Yun pick it up.

This friend, who liked to tease her before, now likes to eat again.

Looking at her delicate face, Jia Yun's detached and fairy-like aura made her fall in love even more.

He lowered his head and sniffed the young girl's body fragrance on Lin Daiyu's body, his whole body was numb, he couldn't help but hug her tighter, and lightly pecked her away...

After a long time, after parting, Lin Daiyu held up her right index finger, pressed Jia Yun's mouth, turned her head and said with a smile:
"That's enough for today. If you really like it... I'll steal it for you when I get home."

Jia Yun hugged her in her arms, put her hand on her head, and said happily: "You really understand me, I'll do it!"

While talking, Zijuan shouted outside the door: "Girl, everything is ready, and the boat is about to dock!"

"Understood, I'll come out right away." Lin Daiyu replied, and then whispered softly in Jia Yun's ear:
"Let go, don't be reluctant, I'm afraid Second Brother Lian and the others are still waiting, you have to go ahead, don't let them see anything."

"En." Jia Yun released her, hummed, looked at her, and slowly retreated. After reaching the door, she added: "Don't forget what you just promised, allow me to steal it!"

"I promise you!" Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and chuckled, feeling that Jia Yun was a little childish at the moment.

Jia Yun smiled, nodded in satisfaction, turned around, opened the door and walked out of the room.

Zijuan and snow geese stood outside the door, Jia Yun asked Zijuan, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Zijuan bit her lip, nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I slept very soundly."

"That's good!" Jia Yun smiled, and when she returned to her room, she saw that Meiren and Liren had already packed up their salutes, and they were lying by the window watching the bustling and lively scene on Gusu Wharf.

Jia Yun walked up to the middle of the two, put her arms around their waists, and asked, "Are you tired after taking the boat for two days and one night?"

"I'm not tired. Compared with last year when we came out of the capital, taking a boat this time is no different from playing." Charming replied with a smile.

Li Ren said: "Another thing is that the seasons are different. When we came out last year, it was autumn and winter, and everything was withered, and everything was bleak. Now it is spring and summer, and everything is recovering, and everything is full of vitality."

"In comparison, traveling in this season is just the right time, and people are more relaxed."

While talking, the boat docked slowly, and Jia Yun said, "I'll go to the front first, and you will come out with Miss Lin."

Meiren and Liren nodded and watched Jia Yun go out.

When they came to the bow, Jia Lian and Xue Pan were talking lazily, Liu Xianglian naturally went back to the guard team now, and didn't hang out with them anymore.

Jia Yun stepped forward and said with a smile: "Second Uncle Lian finally came out, this time he must have a good time in Gusu!"

"Haha, Big Brother Xue just said that he wanted to invite me to be the host and find a few more skinny horses. How can I survive? Brother Yun, do you have any secret recipes? Let me use them!" Jia Lian laughed.

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "I don't have any secret recipe, besides, the body is overdrawn after eating that stuff, so it's better to get less contamination."

If you say that with his medical skills, just a few pills are enough for Jia Lian.

But it's better not to do this kind of thing, lest Jia Lian have any health problems and blame him instead.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter once or twice. If you come across this kind of secret recipe in the future, you have to pay attention to it for me."

Jia Yun replied that she must, but she didn't care about it in her heart.

After several ships docked one after another, the guards pulled the horses down first to separate the surrounding crowd.

The butler sent by Lin Ruhai came forward to greet her with maids, mother-in-law and servants, and prepared a small sedan chair.

It must be that Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu sent people to go overland before they left Beijing, and delivered the letter first.

After seeing each other and getting to know each other, Housekeeper Lin was a little embarrassed, because both Jia Yun and Xue Pan brought their wives, but he only prepared a small sedan chair, and it would be rude to prepare now.

At this time, I saw the personal guards carried out several carriages from the cabin to the shore, and they were quickly assembled, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

After regaining his senses, Steward Lin quickly ordered the rough envoy woman and the boy: "Labu!"

Labu covered it up, naturally so that the female relatives would not show up, so as not to be watched by outsiders.

Jia Yun and the others got on their horses in front and did not rush away. They waited for Lin Daiyu to come out with others and got into the sedan chair before moving forward slowly.

Leaving the pier and walking into Gusu City, Jia Yun looked at the city with great interest.

Gusu City has a circumference of 47 miles, surrounded by mountains and rivers, extending in all directions. In the east is the Rao of Haiyan, the copper of Zhangshan, and the benefits of three rivers and five lakes. It is a large metropolis in the east of the Yangtze River.

There are private gardens all over the city and outside the city.

Gusu has vertical and horizontal rivers, dense water systems, lakes, mountains and stones, which provide unique natural resources for garden construction.

The water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are full of talents, not to mention skilled craftsmen.

All these make Gusu gardens have superb freehand brushwork art, strong ideological and cultural connotations, and become a master of Chinese garden culture.

In addition, Gusu is also a land of fish and rice, and has always been a big taxpayer.

In the strongest period of Gusu City, the tax revenue of one government accounted for one-fifth of the country.

There are not only many rich people here, but also many talented and capable people gather here to comment on Tantan.

So there is Gusu Pingtan in Gusu dialect, and Wu Nong's soft language is fully reflected.

Of course, listening to opera is also the most indispensable recreational activity, and Kunqu Opera and Kunqu Opera came into being.

Kunqu Opera is the oldest opera, also known as the "mother of opera", and has always been known for its elegant diction and elegant tunes.

The road stretches out, and on both sides are gardens, ancient houses, Pingtan teahouses, restaurants, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses, etc., which are staggered, with white walls and black tiles, small bridges and flowing water, with a unique style.

The streets are full of traffic, crowds of people, shouts one after another, a bustling scene.

Riding on the horse, Jia Yun asked Jia Lian, "Did Uncle Lian ever come to Gusu?"

"I've been here a few times, but every time I passed by in a hurry, so I don't know much about Gusu." Jia Lian smiled.

After a pause, he said again: "But this time, I have the opportunity to have fun for a few days. How long can Brother Yun stay? Why don't we go together?"

"Thank you, Second Uncle Lian, for your kindness. I have a lot to do, so I'll look at it when I'm done." Jia Yun shook her head.

Jia Lian nodded and said, "Forget it, since you're busy, I don't force you to invite you, but you must come to me after you're done, and I'll invite the host to take you around for fun."

Jia Yun laughed and said, "Let me invite the host. It's rare to invite Uncle Lian once, so don't refuse."

"Haha, that's fine. I forgot that you are an official now. It shouldn't be bad to ask the host a few times for money." Jia Lian replied with a smile.

While speaking, the sedan chair in front of me stopped in front of an old house, and there was a plaque on the door of the house, which read: Lin Fu.

The door of the house was wide open, and the sedan chair was carried in by the rough envoy woman through the corner door. Instead, Jia Yun and his party were invited to enter through the gate after dismounting from their horses.

Presumably, the servants had come to report, and Lin Ruhai had already learned that Jia Yun and the others had arrived.

When she came to the courtyard, Jia Yun took a look.

In the courtyard, the flowers and trees are scattered, the lake and stones are exquisite, and the environment is quiet. The halls, pavilions, curved corridors and other buildings are symmetrically distributed, simple and elegant, spacious and spacious, hidden in a piece of greenery.

"It's a good place for self-cultivation!"

Jia Yun thought to herself, and then followed the butler to Lin Ruhai's bedroom.

In the bedroom, the light is dim, and the smell of medicine is strong, a little choking.

Jia Yun, Jia Lian, and Xue Pan stepped forward to visit, and they saw Lin Ruhai's complexion was sallow, his spirit was listless, his eyes were cloudy, and he was dying.

If it wasn't for the fact that all the officials were film kings, Jia Yun would have been easily deceived by him if he didn't know the inside story.

Of course, even though he knew about it, he was still as surprised as Jia Lian and Xue Pan.

The three stepped forward to salute.

Lin Ruhai propped himself up, and after exchanging a few words with them feebly, he was not in good spirits, so he asked the butler to entertain the three of them first.

"Why are you so sick all of a sudden?" Xue Pan frowned after leaving the room.

Jia Yun shook her head and sighed: "How can people not get sick if they eat whole grains? I hope Master Lin can recover sooner!"

"Yes, if something happens to my uncle, what will my cousin do!" Jia Lian answered.

While talking, I heard Lin Daiyu's mourning from the room.

The three looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Especially Jia Yun, although she felt sorry for Lin Daiyu, she couldn't let her know.

Since Lin Ruhai wanted to follow her plan, she, as a daughter, should have howled a few times, and it was within the plan.

"I hope his plan can be completed earlier, otherwise Daiyu's body will not be able to bear it." Jia Yun thought to herself.

In the past few days, he has been cooking herbal meals for Lin Daiyu in different ways on the boat to take care of her body, but after all, the time is too short.

If Lin Daiyu was too worried about Lin Ruhai's illness, she might lose weight easily.

The three of them came to drink tea in the tea room next door. Jia Lian couldn't sit still after drinking a few cups, and asked Jia Yun and Xue Pan if they wanted to go out for a stroll.

Xue Pan was a little moved, but turned his attention to Jia Yun.

Jia Yun shook her head and refused to go, and Xue Pan also said that she didn't want to go, so Jia Lian said hello, turned around and took Xing'er out to play.

After he left, Jia Yun said to Xue Pan: "Gusu is not peaceful these days, you should be careful, don't sneak out alone easily."

During the past few days on the road, Jia Lian would take Xue Pan and Liu Xianglian out to have fun at night when they were resting on the shore, and Jia Yun didn't stop him.

But it's different in Gusu. The situation here is much more complicated than that in Cixi.

Xue Pan was at a loss, and asked doubtfully, "Okay, why is Gusu not so peaceful?"

"Don't ask too many questions. If I tell you like this, I won't hurt you." Jia Yun said as she drank tea slowly, unwilling to explain too much.

After all, Xue Pan still listened to Jia Yun, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I've been with Lian's cousin Gao Le for the past few days, and I'm a little weak. After a few days of rest, I will take care of myself."

(End of this chapter)