Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 51 Lin Daiyu's Concern
The autumn wind blows past my ears, the grass and trees wither, and in the blink of an eye it is already July.

Nearly three months had passed since the Kang Wang military armor case, and there had been no more waves caused by the incident in the court, and a new chapter had begun.

I just heard that in the harem, Empress Sun was bedridden due to an unresolved emotional issue and had not recovered for a long time.

The Imperial Hospital advised, "The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it."

It is said that Empress Sun's illness had no other cause, but was a mental illness caused by the discord between the two princes, which required Prince Kang to enter the palace to resolve. This is another story.

In the courtyard,
The several pots of small daisies placed on Lin Daiyu's bed were almost losing their original color. They were hanging on the branches and were about to fall off. If a gust of wind blew, the petals would be scattered to the ground.

Lin Daiyu couldn't bear to see the flowers fall and just wanted to wait for them to bloom, so she didn't even open the window all day long. She just watched over the little daisies, and her face became more and more haggard, as if she was withering along with the little daisies.

After another day of reading, Yue Ling looked at Lin Daiyu's slightly yellow face and thought to himself, "This is not a solution. A girl like Lin Daiyu, who is delicate and sentimental, will think of life and death when she sees the yellowing of green leaves. I have to find a way to cure her mental illness."

"She appreciates the blooming and falling of flowers, the passing of time, like the passing of years, which will never come back. She only knows that nothing can last forever, so she needs to be proved that there is eternal beauty."

Yue Ling suddenly had an idea and thought of a good idea. He stood up, picked up the daisy on the window, and walked outside.

Lin Daiyu was startled by Yue Ling's sudden action. She came to her senses and hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, hey, hey, Brother Yue, what are you going to do with them?"

Originally, Lin Daiyu had already thought of a final destination for them. She planned to dig a small hole under the tree and bury them together, so that they could rest in peace and return to their hometown.

At this moment, Yue Ling took out the shaky daisy, fearing that it would be blown away by the wind.

Lin Daiyu was so anxious that her eyes were filled with tears. She saw Yue Ling walk into the hall and stop, and then instructed Zijuan, "Get a small stove, a few sheets of rice paper, and two pieces of colored glaze. Pick these flowers, wrap them in rice paper, and set up a small stove in the yard to light a fire, and wait for me to come back."

Seeing Lin Daiyu's red eyes, Yue Ling said, "Don't worry, I know what you mean."

After saying that, Yue Ling went to the backyard to get the horse and hurried out.

Zijuan and Xueyan were confused by Yue Ling's words and had no idea what was going on.

The girl and General Yue had never had a quarrel before, but today they looked like they had an argument.

Zijuan looked at Lin Daiyu worriedly and asked softly, "Miss, can you do as General Yue said?"

There were two pots of daisies in total. Lin Daiyu looked at them and whispered, "Brother Yue must have his own plans, but I don't know why he left in such a hurry without telling me. I trust Brother Yue to understand my feelings. But the flowers haven't fallen yet, it would be too pitiful to pick them."

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Daiyu said, "Then I'll give you this pot and leave one for me."

Not long after, another round of horse hoof sounds was heard outside the yard. Yue Ling pushed the door open and came in, attracting the attention of the three little girls.

Yue Ling was seen holding a package in his hand, which was full of fine sand when he opened it.

Zijuan asked in confusion, "What is General Yue doing this for?"

Yue Ling waved his hand and said, "Come over and give me a hand. Give me the things I asked you to prepare just now."

Zijuan glanced at Lin Daiyu quietly, and seeing that she was also staring at Yue Ling's actions intently and had no other ideas, she followed Yue Ling's words and handed over the things she had just prepared.

The charcoal was burning red under the small stove. Yue Ling first spread a layer of fine sand on the bottom, then inserted the petals wrapped in rice paper into the sand, and then poured in more fine sand until the height covered the petals.

After completing this series of processes, Yue Ling sat on a small stool nearby, fanning the furnace and controlling the fire.

Lin Daiyu was increasingly confused about what Yue Ling was doing. Her initial worry turned into curiosity.

Sitting next to Yue Ling, he tilted his head and asked in confusion: "Brother Yue, what are you doing?"

Yue Ling deliberately kept the question a secret and said, "Help her change her fate." "Change her fate?"

After the fire had burned for half an hour, Yue Ling turned off the fire, leaving the petals in the fine sand to cool down and dry naturally.

The two sat side by side under the tree.

Yue Ling was waiting for the fine sand to cool down. Lin Daiyu didn't know what she was waiting for. She just waited with Yue Ling, and from time to time she glanced at the little daisy that he had destroyed, thinking that it might have turned into ashes.

Compared to Lin Daiyu's sentimentality, the simple Xueyan doesn't have so many thoughts.

After the fall, what she saw was not falling flowers and leaves, but the jujube trees in the yard had already borne fruits. Some of them had lost their green color and bent their branches.

Xueyan had been coveting the fruit for a long time, but had never touched Yue Ling's things without permission.

Xueyan sneaked up to the two of them and asked, "General Yue, these dates should be ripe, can we eat them?"

Yue Ling glanced at Xueyan, like a greedy puppy, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's edible. Try it. If it's sweet, pick some and share with us."

Hearing this, the snow goose immediately perked up, and happily tapped its feet, carefully picked one from the branch, and without washing it, just wiped it with a handkerchief and put it in its mouth.

After taking a bite, the smiling face instantly turned into a crying face.

"Pah, pah, pah, bitter!"

After taking a closer look, the snow goose yelled again and threw the dates away, "Ah! There are bugs!"

The snow goose, which had bitten a worm in its mouth, hurried to the well to fetch water, gargling its mouth back and forth.

This action made everyone in the courtyard laugh.

Just imagine, without pesticides and Yue Ling never doing any pest control, it would be rare to have no insects.

A burst of cheerful laughter spread throughout the yard, startling the birds surrounding the courtyard wall. The Snow Goose, with a sad face, became the only sad one.

When she came back, Xueyan pouted and said unhappily, "General Yue, you are so mean! You didn't even remind me!"

Yue Ling smiled and said, "Isn't this just a reminder to you that you can't just eat anything you want?"

Xueyan looked at the tree full of fruits and said unwillingly, "What should we do with so many fruits?"

"We'll get them all in two days and use them for firewood."

Xueyan sat aside with a look of regret on her face. Yue Ling tested the temperature and found that the sand had cooled down after all this time. He took out the petals from the sand and gently removed the rice paper. What appeared was a small daisy that was slightly lighter in color but in perfect bloom.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but cover her mouth in shock.

"This is?"

Yue Ling said: "First go back to the room, clean up the fine sand on it, press it into colored glass, and frame it into a painting, so that the petals can be preserved forever."

　Thanks to Zi Buyu, book friend 20210301105262855180, Yan Wenzi (can’t type it QAQ), Miss Snyder, and book friend 20200804092116456 for their monthly tickets, as well as the reward and ten monthly tickets from Feng Zhidao. I will work hard!

　　I also thank everyone for their recommendations, support and company.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)