Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

"Come on, you've made it so obvious. I can guess it without anyone telling me. You're not thinking of giving the parrot to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift, are you?"

Yongan suddenly realized and said,

"What do you think? If you give the parrot away, what will Haotian do?"

"Wouldn't it be lonely?"

Jia Min also found it unbelievable. Usually Daiyu treated the parrot like a treasure. Was it the case that the sun was rising from the west?

"Daiyu, you're not really going to send the parrot away, are you?"

Lin Daiyu was so angry that she wanted to hit Yongan on the head with chopsticks.

When Yong'an saw Daiyu's chopsticks coming towards him again, he immediately dodged.

Daiyu tapped the table with her chopsticks.

"Lin Yongan, what do you think is going on in your head?"

"Of course I can't give the parrot away. Besides, giving it away is almost like giving it its life."

"You don't know its faults yet, you can't tell good from bad, and you say whatever you want."

"If it says something it shouldn't in the palace, that family will be in big trouble."

Lin Yongan refuted while shrinking his neck.

"Isn't that just like you? And listen to what you're saying."

"What else do we have besides parrots that can move and run?"

"Could it be a gift to someone else?"

At this point, Lin Yongan's eyes widened and he stammered,

"Who do you want to send?"

Lin Daiyu said jokingly, "Hey! Don't tell me, Yongan's little head is quite smart. Why didn't I think of it?"

"How about sending you out?"

Jia Min was so angry at Daiyu's outspokenness that her face changed. "Dayu, the New Year is coming soon. Stop talking nonsense all day and scaring the children."

"Besides, it's unlucky for a girl to say that every day."

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, if you're saying something unlucky, get out of here right away."

Lin Daiyu herself found that she was indeed becoming more and more reckless in her words.

Not good, it’s really not good!

She looked at her family's changed faces, turned her head obediently, and said "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" three times, then smiled and said,

"All right, mother. All the bad luck is gone."

"If you don't feel the influence of bad luck anymore, I will continue."

"Don't worry, Yongan. You are my good brother. How can I bear to send you away?"

"Put away your expression of being abandoned."

"We are talking about serious matters, not jokes."

Seeing Yong'an still pouting, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but smile even more.

"I won't send the parrot away either. The parrot is a genius, rare in the world."

"Father can give me another parrot and just teach it a few auspicious words."

"For example, may the Queen Mother be blessed with good fortune, may the Queen Mother live forever, may the Queen Mother be blessed as vast as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains, ..."

As Daiyu spoke, she imitated the tone of a parrot and cried in a shrill voice.

The whole family looked at her in amazement.

Is this possible?

Lin Ruhai stroked his chin and thought about this possibility.

Others were holding various gifts, but I was holding a bird cage.

This picture is so beautiful that it is simply unimaginable.

"Daiyu, these gifts are registered one by one. Will it be too indecent for your father to carry a birdcage?"

Lin Daiyu looked at her father and smiled, her eyebrows curved.

"Father, what's so indecent about this? You can register it too. Just register a bamboo bird cage."

"Bamboo and wood are the mother of a country."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he was enlightened.

But wishing the mother of a country a long life is a good idea, but would it be considered flattery?

I am a gentleman. In Lin Ruhai's heart, giving a stone as a gift is more practical than giving a bird as a toy.

He then asked Daiyu, "Isn't this a bit too flattering?"

Daiyu understood her old-fashioned father very well. She smiled and said,

"Father, how could that be? Wouldn't you say auspicious words when you went to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet?"

"You are just saying it from a human mouth to a bird's mouth. Even flattery is flattery from a bird. What does it have to do with you?"

"Father, don't you just want to leave any conspicuous evidence?"

"And leave behind a reputation as a clean stream?"

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he was dumbfounded by his daughter's audacity.

Why say it so bluntly? The child is too smart, and it's a bit embarrassing for a father.

Lin Daiyu seemed afraid that her father would not understand and continued,

"There will be so many rare treasures by then, who will care about a bird?"

"Besides, this thing is not worth much money, and no one can catch your little braid."

"If someone takes a bird, it changes its owner, and what happens to the bird in the future has nothing to do with you."

"How can it be eye-catching? I went to a birthday party and everyone was saying auspicious words. If a bird learned it, who can say anything?"

After listening to his daughter's analysis, Lin Ruhai thought for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

This gift is not valuable but it is thoughtful.

Thoughts are something that cannot be measured. You can say they are worthless, or they can be priceless.

The key is that I don’t think about clinging to anything, so naturally this unpredictable method is the best.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai became a little restless and wanted to go to the flower and bird market to pick one as soon as possible.

After all, training takes time.

But it was getting late, so we had to wait till tomorrow morning.

"By the way, speaking of the Queen Mother's birthday, I thought of something. Today I received a letter from Jia Yucun, saying that Wang Ziteng asked for the hand in marriage of his adopted daughter Zhen Yinglian on behalf of the Xue family."

"Jia Yucun asked if he refused, would it affect our relationship with the Jia family?"

Before Jia Min could figure out the cause and effect, Lin Daiyu interrupted.

It’s not that she is impolite and doesn’t interrupt casually, but she really can’t understand why the Xue family won’t let go?

This matter concerned her own cause and effect, so she had to talk about it. So she asked Lin Ruhai,

"Father, isn't Zhen Yinglian engaged?"

Lin Ruhai nodded, "I know she is engaged, but the man she is engaged to is an ordinary scholar, whose family background is definitely not as good as the Xue family."

"Jia Yucun was afraid that the Zhen family would find out and would waver."

"If he refuses the Wang family, will it anger the Wang family? I guess he is also testing our attitude!"

"I hope we can share the Wang family's wrath with him."

Lin Ruhai also understood this point very well. Sometimes one needs to weigh the pros and cons in officialdom.

Jia Yucun can now be considered to be closely related to the Lin family.

Every action has an impact.

After listening to Lin Ruhai's explanation, Jia Min understood.

"Master, if you are already engaged, trust and loyalty must come first."

"Jia Yucun should just explain it to the Wang family. I think the Wang family is also a noble family. It is impossible for them to hold on to a little girl, right?"

"This Aunt Xue seems fine, why does the Wang family act like this? They lost the lawsuit because of the kidnapping of the bride, and now they want to marry again. This is not a marriage, but an enmity, right?"

Jia Min had never met Xue Pan and Zhen Yinglian, but Xue Pan's reputation as a person had long been ruined.

Lin Daiyu was worried at first, and Jia Min was willing to agree with the Wang family. After all, the aristocratic families are all related, so who cares about the fate of the little girl.

Unexpectedly, Jia Min always has the most simple ideas, which really makes Lin Daiyu look at her with admiration.