Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 19 [019] Sister Lin, go to my house
Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she asked eagerly, "What can I do?"

Jia Chen didn't respond immediately, but took Lin Daiyu's little hand and said with a smile:
"You come with me."

Lin Daiyu felt the warmth of Jia Chen's palm, and her heart was warm.

Looking at Jia Chen's tall, straight and unrestrained figure, and his childish but resolute and resolute profile, Lin Daiyu seemed to see her father in a daze.

Once upon a time, her father also held her hand and walked through the streets and alleys, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

I don't know why, but being held by Jia Chen feels very at ease, and also slightly shy.

Although she is still at the age of her childhood sweetheart, Lin Daiyu is well-educated, knowledgeable and memorized. After reading a lot of miscellaneous books, she naturally knows that it is not good for men to hold hands.

She tried to pull her hand back, but she shrank a little, and found that she couldn't break free from Jia Chen's hand.

What surprised Lin Daiyu was that Jia Chen's hands were stronger than his father's, which was not the strength a thirteen-year-old boy should have at all.

How could he have so much strength?

Lin Daiyu's heart was full of doubts, and she couldn't see through Jia Chen, a distant cousin.

She tried to withdraw her hand again, but she still couldn't pull it back, so she could only let Jia Chen continue to hold it.

Fortunately, the paths Jia Chen led her were all secluded, and they didn't meet anyone along the way.

After half a cup of tea, Jia Chen led Sister Lin to a wall on the north side of Rong Mansion.

Jia Chen pointed at the wall and said with a smile:

"In the future, I will deliver food and water to you from here."

Lin Daiyu raised her chin and looked up at the wall with a look of doubt:
"This wall is two feet high, how do you give me food and water?"

Jia Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, I can climb over the wall and hand it over to you."

After finishing speaking, he lunged forward, kicked his back foot, took five or six steps, and then stepped on the wall with one step. After three or four steps with both feet, he leaped onto the top of the wall.

This set of light kung fu footwork is included in the sword manual of Wudang Seven Star Sword. Although it is not comparable to the legendary Wudang Ti Yun Zong, it is also the superior light kung fu of the Wudang school.

Seeing this scene, Lin Daiyu gasped, and stood there stunned. She raised her head and stared at Jia Chen intently, her eyes full of disbelief.

How can this be?

This wall is a full two feet high, even if a grown man wants to climb over this wall with his bare hands, it is a difficult task that cannot be accomplished.

But Jia Chen, like flying over a wall, even took several steps on the upright wall, and flew to the top of the wall as lightly as a swallow.

Lin Daiyu lost her voice and asked:
"Brother Chen, have you ever practiced lightness kung fu?"

Jia Chen nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "I've learned a little bit."

After finishing speaking, he leaped and jumped off the wall, which made Lin Daiyu cry out in fright, for fear that he would break his leg.

However, to Lin Daiyu's surprise, Jia Chen landed steadily on the ground, his face as calm as water, without any panic.

Lin Daiyu exclaimed:

"Good skill! Unexpectedly, Brother Chen is not only superb in swordsmanship, but also has such amazing lightness skills!"

Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, as if realizing something, he said with a smile:

"It turns out that the person sitting in the sedan chair that day was indeed you."

Lin Daiyu nodded and said with a smile:
"That's right, that day when I came to Rongfu in a sedan chair, I happened to see you practicing martial arts with a peach blossom branch in your hand. I once saw the policemen in my father's yamen practicing swordsmanship, so I saw that you practiced swordsmanship. Just a round of applause."

Jia Chen laughed and said:

"Then we are really destined, the first relative you see after you enter the Rong Mansion is me."

Lin Daiyu felt inexplicably ambiguous about the sentence, her cheeks were slightly flushed, she rubbed her brocade handkerchief, and said with a shy smile:

"It is indeed destined, but brother Chen can fly up to the wall with empty hands, but if he has food in his hand, can he still jump on the wall?"

Jia Chen waved his hands nonchalantly, comfortingly said:

"Sister Lin, don't worry. I'm strong. Carrying a basket of food in my hand is as easy as if I didn't carry anything."

What he said was really not an exaggeration at all. He was carrying a twenty-eight-pound long sword as easily as he was carrying a feather duster, let alone a basket of three-four-pound meals.

Lin Daiyu smiled shyly in embarrassment:
"In this way, I have to bother Big Brother Chen to bring me meals every day. I feel really sorry."

Jia Chen smiled and comforted:
"You are my younger sister, and my dearest relative. Don't be so outrageous. Let's make an appointment. I will deliver you three meals each morning, lunch, and evening. What do you think?"

Lin Daiyu nodded and said with a smile:
"It's all up to Brother Chen to decide, but I used to have two meals a day, and I didn't eat after lunch. Brother Chen can only bring me breakfast and lunch."

Jia Chen advised earnestly:
"Your body is weak. If you only eat two meals, you can't keep up with your nutrition. You should also eat some dinner."

Lin Daiyu asked in surprise, "What does nutrition mean?"

Jia Chen was slightly taken aback. The word nourishment was only found in later generations, so it's no wonder that sister Lin didn't know about it, so he explained:
"Nutrition refers to the biological process in which the human body takes in and utilizes food and nutrients in order to maintain normal physiological, biochemical, immune functions and life activities such as growth and development, metabolism, and repair."

While talking, Jia Chen saw Lin Daiyu's eyes blinking affectionately, her small mouth slightly opened, and her eyes were full of bewilderment.

Jia Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, just now he said a lot of words that can only be found in later generations, which made sister Lin confused and dizzy.

Fortunately, Lin Daiyu was smart. Although she had never heard of these new words, she still roughly understood the meaning, and her heart was already in a turmoil:

This distant cousin is really amazing, knowing so many profound truths.

Lin Daiyu thought to herself that she had read a lot of books, but she had never heard these words Jia Chen said, so she couldn't help feeling admiration for Jia Chen.

It seems that I still read too little, and I should read more miscellaneous books in the future, otherwise, I will not be able to communicate with Brother Chen normally.

What Jia Chen didn't know was that his status in Lin Daiyu's heart had improved a lot.

"Sister Lin, all in all, you just need to know that three meals a day is good for your body." Jia Chen was worried that Lin Daiyu wouldn't understand, so he had to explain in the most straightforward words.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said:
"I basically understand it. I didn't expect Brother Chen to be so knowledgeable and talented. I have never heard of many words you said."

"Uh..." Jia Chen was at a loss for words for a moment, he didn't know how to explain it, he couldn't say that these words all came from later generations, could he?He had no choice but to smile modestly and say:
"Sister Lin's reputation is too high. I just read a few more miscellaneous books in my spare time."

At this time, sister Lin's stomach suddenly growled, and Jia Chen remembered that it was almost noon, and sister Lin hadn't had lunch yet.

Lin Daiyu rubbed her belly, smiled shyly and said:

"Brother Chen laughed."

Jia Chen said with a smile: "It's human nature to be full, Sister Lin, let me take you back to my house to eat at noon today?"

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, and asked a little late: "That's good, but, how can I leave the house?"

(End of this chapter)