The Red Mansions

Chapter 254 You's Pregnant, Lin Ruhai Returns to Beijing
Ningguo Mansion.

In Huifang Garden, wintersweet is in full bloom, and the fragrance is tangy.

The cold wind carried snowflakes and petals flying all over the sky, and the branches swayed and whined.

In You's room.

Jia Yun followed Youshi's pulse, nodded and smiled and said, "It's been more than a month, our hard work has not been in vain, depending on the situation, we are still twins!"

"Really? Can you even see this?" Youshi asked in surprise with surprise on his beautiful face.

Jia Yun nodded and said with a smile: "Of course it's true. After a few months, I can still tell if it's a man or a woman!"

Youshi smiled, stepped forward and sat beside Jia Yun, leaning gently in his arms.

"Thank God, you finally didn't disappoint me. From now on, I can finally have a place in Ningguo Mansion." You Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said softly.

Jia Yun laughed dumbly and said: "Let's say it first, no matter how high or low your status is, you have to raise my children well, otherwise you will have good fruits to eat!"

"Hee hee, I get it, this belly is your children, isn't it also mine? Can I still treat them badly?" You Shi rolled his eyes at him and said angrily.

After a pause, she pondered: "I plan to reveal the news tomorrow, the most important thing is to let Jia Zhen know, what do you think?"

"This is up to you," Jia Yun replied.

"By the way, after I go back later, I will ask your two younger sisters to send some food, drink, fruit, etc. to your mother, and then let your mother send them to you."

"From now on, you can eat the things I sent over, which is very good for your body and children, don't forget."

You Shi hummed, thought for a while, and said: "In this case, it will be a little troublesome, mother."

She knows that Jia Yun's food is extremely extraordinary, with a variety of food and uses, and it is also fresh and delicious.

"Having said that, the mother-in-law is just a pretense, so she doesn't have to come and go to deliver things in person, most of the time it's just a maid running errands." Jia Yun said.

"Also, it is estimated that you will be sick after a while, and your appetite is the most difficult to adjust. It is also good to prepare some fruits as an appetizer."

Youshi nodded, and suddenly put his arms around Jia Yun's neck, and said softly:

"In the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult. If you have a child, you won't be able to serve you."

Jia Yun kissed her and said with a smile: "Hold on, the child is important, isn't this what you have been looking forward to?"

"Another one, you should be more careful when you walk and move around, and relax your mood. Don't hide any bad things in your heart. I will come to accompany you every now and then."

Youshi smiled, rubbed his clean face against Jia Yun's, and whispered, "With your words, I'm satisfied."

"But you are a big deal, so don't worry too much about me. Although I'm called a gourd with a sawed mouth, I just don't want to make it public, but it doesn't mean that I have too many troubles. Just don't worry."

After a moment of hesitation, she frowned slightly, and murmured: "But that woman Xia Jingui is a bit difficult to deal with. She wants to find something to do even if she's fine, and even dares to beat someone."

"Now that I have a child, no one is worried, but I am afraid that she will mess up and mess with me out of nothing."

Jia Yun said, "Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it."

"Are you going to deal with it?" Youshi glanced at him in surprise, rolled his eyes, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "Tell me, did you and her also have sex?"

Jia Yun laughed loudly, and said, "Don't try to lie to me, but I can also tell you that that woman is indeed having an affair with me. I came over from the street just now, and I gave her a good meal."

"That's good!" You Shi was not only not angry when he heard this, but felt lucky instead.

As long as Xia Jingui was like her, she wouldn't care what Xia Jingui did.

"Then does she know about me and you?" Youshi asked.

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "I'm not a gossip woman. I'm hanging out with other women and yelling everywhere. Isn't that short-sighted? Don't worry, she doesn't know about me and you."

Youshi bit the corner of her lips and warned: "Then don't tell her the matter in the future, even though I serve you together with her, it doesn't mean that I like her."

Jia Yun fully agreed, and after talking with Youshi for a while, she went out of the room through the window and came to the back room. After a few flashes, she came to a corridor next to Ningguo Mansion.

Go out of the corridor and come to Ningrong Street.

Although it is snowing and windy, it is the twelfth lunar month, and the streets have begun to smell a little bit of the New Year.

At the gate of Ningrong Second Mansion, a long motorcade snaked for several miles.

That was the convoy from the Jia Mansion Farm to deliver New Year's goods. At a glance, there were at least a few hundred or two cars.

For the Jia family, ostentation is extremely important, and even Zhuangzi pays attention to these things when delivering New Year's goods.

For example, Jia Yun’s family farm sent New Year’s goods. In addition to sending bank notes, there were only dozens of cars for food. The scale was small, unassuming, not noisy, and extremely low-key.

But the people who came up from Zhuangzi of Jia's Mansion were afraid that they would not be public enough, and they could not let the whole capital know the wealth of Jia's Mansion.

However, in fact, in recent years, the output of Jia's Zhuangzi has been worse than that of each year.

Of course, it's not that Zhuangzi's production is really poor, but that a considerable part of the benefits have been taken by the servants.

The last time when the patrol camp was in Beizhili to suppress the bandits, Jia Yun sent people to investigate some farms in Jia's mansion by the way.

It was discovered that many servants not only lived in three-and-a-half-year-old houses, but also bought fields in private and lived a comfortable life of their own.

Even so, those people did not forget to continue smoking Jia's mansion, it can be said that they are insatiable.

As for why this situation occurred, most of the reasons are that many important positions in Jia's mansion were arranged by Jia's mother in the early years.

Even Lai Er, the chief manager of the Ningguo Mansion, was arranged by Jia Mu.

Don't look at this old bastard, who is kind-hearted, shouts every day to accumulate blessings for his descendants, but secretly does not do a few serious things for the descendants of Jia's family.

Why does Jia's mother have a high prestige in Jia's mansion?

In addition to Jia's mother's seniority, age, and high rank, she is also surnamed Shi, and she is backed by two marquis' mansions. In addition, she has run Jia's mansion for decades, so she can hold the scene.

Speaking of which, in the whole Jia's mansion, only Mrs. Wang could secretly wrestle with Jia's mother, but she couldn't gain any advantage.

……

The sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the morning.

It was dark and the wind and snow were howling.

Thirty miles away from the city, around a gazebo beside the official road, there were nearly a hundred guards scattered around.

In the gazebo, the water boils on the small red clay stove, and the hot tea on the stone table is fragrant.

Jia Yun poured Lin Daiyu a cup of tea, looked into her eyes, and asked with concern, "Is it cold?"

"It's not cold, but I'm tired. You sent me to pick up my father." Lin Daiyu shook her head and said.

Jia Yun laughed and said, "You're offended by what you said. According to my plan, it's fine for me to come. You just wait at home, and you don't have to come out and suffer."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "That can't be done, I don't care about other people. No matter how inconvenient it is for my father to return to Beijing, I will welcome him."

"You are too stubborn. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son-in-law, and my son-in-law-to-be is enough to pick him up." Jia Yun took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu gave him a blank look, and said, "Isn't it because the horoscope has not been written yet? We haven't even settled on a marriage, so don't make up your own mind."

Jia Yun laughed and said, "Okay, okay! Now that everyone is here, it's meaningless to talk about it."

Just as he was talking, he rode a flying horse to report.

"My lord, Master Lin's team returning to the capital is still three miles away from here."

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Explore again!"

The visitor responded, turned around and left the gazebo, got on his horse, and rode away again.

"Three miles away, it should be soon." Jia Yun said to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu nodded, and whispered: "My father wrote last time, saying that after going to Hubei, he took in a few aunts. From what he said, is it true that he wants to continue?"

"Well, if Mr. Lin wants to, don't stop him. He's only in his 30s now, and he's in his prime. He can't live alone forever." Jia Yun persuaded her when she saw her complexion.

"One more thing, the main line of your Lin family has always been underpopulated. Even from the perspective of inheriting the family and spreading branches and leaves, Master Lin should continue."

Lin Daiyu sighed, nodded and said: "I don't mean to stop, but I just want to have more than one stepmother, and I always feel a little nervous."

"Hehe, you girl likes to be on the edge of the horns. Nine times out of ten, you can't do what you want in this life. How can it all be based on your own thoughts? In general, the pros of Mr. Lin's rebirth outweigh the cons." Jia Yun said with a smile.

As he was talking, there was a sudden commotion in front of him.

Jia Yun and Lin Daiyu looked up, and it turned out that the guard team who had gone hunting in the mountains had returned.

The harvest was not bad, with two deer, a dozen hares, a few pheasants and chubby chickens.

Jia Yun smiled at Lin Daiyu and said, "How is it? I sent people over to hunt in advance. It was not in vain. Now I will roast the prey and warm the wine. When Mr. Lin arrives, I can have a warm mouthful!"

"Yes yes yes! You can do it! I persuaded you earlier because I was afraid of the danger of hunting?" Lin Daiyu said angrily.

Jia Yun smiled without saying a word, and ordered people to clean up the prey and then roast it.

Of course, he didn't specially send people to hunt. Hunting was just a cover, and it was serious to search around to see if anyone was watching and following him.

When Lin Ruhai enters Beijing, he must first go to face the saint.

Before that, he needs to learn more about various things in the capital from Jia Yun, so as to avoid misjudgment when he meets the saint.

Of course, Lin Ruhai must have his own channel for news about the capital.

But anyway, how could his news come from as extensive and deep as Jia Yun, a local snake?

Therefore, when Lin Ruhai sent a letter to Jia Yun before, he told him to go out of the city to talk.

Soon, all kinds of prey were slaughtered, cleaned, and roasted on the firewood, and the aroma suddenly lingered.

When the rice wine is warm, after a while, the aroma of the wine will make people salivate.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "No wonder my father always likes to write letters to you. Apart from the convenience of communication, your filial piety is also quite rare."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't it right for me to respect my future father-in-law?" Jia Yun glanced at him and said with a smile^O^.

Lin Daiyu tilted her head to look at him a few times, and said in a low voice, "Brother Yun, I got to know you a bit late, if I had known you earlier, it would have been a good thing for the two of us!"

"That's impossible. If I don't take the imperial examination, I won't be able to get into Mr. Lin's eyes." Jia Yun shook her head and said.

Jia Yun knew in her heart that she belonged to the right family. No matter how she said it, Lin Daiyu was born into a scholarly family, so how could she marry her easily?

This means that Jia Yun has saved Lin Ruhai's life, and at the same time, she not only has a reputation for raising others, but also became an official.

Otherwise, he would be ashamed to speak to Lin Ruhai, because the possibility of being declined is very high.

Jia Yun took Lin Daiyu's slender hand, squeezed her fingers and said, "When I went to Aunt Feng's courtyard, you never thought of getting to know and love me?"

Lin Daiyu hummed, lowered her head and said, "At that time, I lived in the back house in a muddleheaded way. How could I have thought so much? I went back to the south and had the honor to be with you, so..."

Jia Yun interrupted her with a smile, and said, "Don't talk about that, we are all together, why are you still talking?"

"Don't worry, when I pass the Jinshi examination next year, won't it be more beautiful for you to marry Master Jinshi?"

Lin Daiyu wrinkled her nose, pouted her lips and said: "Talk big words, if you fail the exam, I will not laugh at you!"

While talking, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came.

In the wind and snow, Lin Ruhai rode a tall horse and wore a thick fur cloak, rushing here.

Jia Yun and Lin Daiyu got up quickly and went forward to greet them.

When Lin Ruhai saw the two of them, a smile appeared on his frozen and stiff face.

After Lin Ruhai got off his horse, Jia Yun and Lin Daiyu stepped forward to salute.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them came to the gazebo. Jia Yun ordered the barbecue and rice wine to be brought up, and chatted while eating.

"After hearing that the guards sent by Zizheng told you to wait, I couldn't help but come here first." After taking a sip of hot wine, Lin Ruhai let out a long breath and smiled.

Not seeing him for more than half a year, Lin Ruhai has gained some weight, not as thin as before.

Although I came from Hubei on the road, maybe because of the unpleasantness of walking, I can't see the look of fatigue, but I am full of energy and look relaxed.

Maybe people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and Lin Ruhai is naturally happy knowing that he will move up a few more levels when he enters Beijing this time, and his career will go straight up.

Lin Daiyu raised her chin to Jia Yun and said, "He insisted that he would go out of the city for thirty miles to meet father."

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Yun and nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I'm tired!"

"My lord, you are welcome, this is what juniors should do." Jia Yun waved her hand and said.

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Daiyu again, and saw that she was now beautiful and rosy, her body was no longer as weak as before, and she felt relieved.

"Is it really cured?" Lin Ruhai asked her daughter.

Lin Daiyu hummed, and said, "Since getting brother Yun to take care of her body, she has never been sick again, and her appetite has improved a lot. In less than a year, she has gained more than ten catties."

Lin Ruhai laughed loudly, with tears in his eyes, and sighed: "Good! My son is finally no longer suffering from illness. It's really great!"

He turned his head to look at Jia Yun, stretched out his hands to hold his hand and said, "Zizheng, both of us father and daughter have received your kindness, thank you for your kindness, let's help each other as a family from now on! "

"Hey, my lord is serious!" Jia Yun glanced sideways at Lin Daiyu and said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu blushed, silently picked up the teacup, took a sip, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What Lin Ruhai said just now is very clear, there is no obstacle in the matter between her and Jia Yun.

But she didn't know that what she had told Jia Yunming when Lin Ru was released from overseas had been done for a long time.

(End of this chapter)