Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

Chapter 145 The Concubine of the Lin Family in Dream of the Red Chamber

Every day, after Lin Junyu finished her introductory lessons and returned to the backyard, Liu Yuxi would say that she also wanted to learn and asked Lin Junyu to teach her.

One reason was to reinforce the child's knowledge, and the other was that being illiterate was really too troublesome. Before, when she helped the old lady manage the household, she was just listening to other people's reports. Some things required calculation and writing. She could do the simple ones herself, but for the complicated ones, she had to ask Granny Lin to step in, which was too much of a hassle!

There's still a long time ahead. Now that we have this opportunity, we should learn on our own and make literacy a tangible skill, so that it's a one-time solution for the long term.

The mother and daughter take turns teaching and learning every day, and they both enjoy it. Lin Junyu is very enthusiastic about learning every day in order to be a good little teacher, and the old lady watching from the sidelines is also very happy!

From the time Lin Jinyu could walk, he was very attached to his older brother. When he was a little over two years old, his brother went to school, leaving him as the only child in the backyard. He was unhappy about this and started following his brother to school every day.

Anyway, since the master is a member of the Lin family, it doesn't matter if the child is a little young. It's in their own front yard, surrounded by maids, servants, and boys. The adults have nothing to worry about, so let the child go and learn.

When Lin Junyu was 8 years old, Lin Ruhai finally sent a letter home with the good news that Jia Min was pregnant. The old lady Lin was overjoyed. The difference between legitimate and illegitimate children was an objective reality in ancient times. Fortunately, Liu Yuxi had prepared the two brothers Lin Junyu psychologically from a young age.

If they found out suddenly, given a child's nature, they wouldn't be truly happy. If they said something unpleasant, they would suffer the consequences later!

Old Madam Lin didn't want Liu Yuxi to bother anymore. She personally opened the storeroom, the main storeroom of the Lin family, and her private storeroom, and took out all the items she thought were suitable to send to Yangzhou.

Two nannies, both experienced in childbirth, were also sent along to take care of Jia Min. In the past, Jia Min was proud and arrogant, and because she was born into the Duke's mansion, she looked down on the Lin family.

Now, her relationship with the Jia family is deteriorating. Two years ago, when Jia Zhu, the second son of the Jia family, reached marriageable age, Wang Shi left the Buddhist hall and the power to manage the Jia family's affairs returned to Wang Shi's hands.

Last year, she even had a son who was "born with a jade in his mouth," which was publicized throughout the capital. The filter of family affection shattered, and Jia Min even thought that the Jia family must be stupid. Even if such a thing were true, it would be covered up. Who would deliberately publicize it?

Aside from the imperial family, what family is worthy of such a "chosen one"? Does your Jia family harbor rebellious intentions and want to overthrow the dynasty?

Although Lin Ruhai also sent people to spread rumors in the capital that this was a scheme orchestrated by Wang Shi of the Jia family within the inner quarters, who knew what the Tian family was thinking? Jia Min and Lin Ruhai were worried during that time that they might be implicated when the Tian family dealt with the Jia family.

Jia Min and Grandmother Jia argued several times in their correspondence. If it weren't for the fact that in ancient times, it was difficult for a woman to gain a foothold in her husband's family without her own family, and that Lin Ruhai, as an official in Yangzhou, had also benefited greatly from being Jia's son-in-law, Jia Min would have been so angry that she wanted to sever ties with her family.

Now that she is pregnant, she only wrote a letter to Grandmother Jia to mention it. As for the congratulatory gifts sent by the Jia family, she will not use any of them, even if her own mother said that she arranged them herself. Jia Min now feels that the Jia family will only harm her.

Perhaps because she was so old to have become pregnant, Jia Min took extra care of herself this time, and finally gave birth to Lin Daiyu, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, on the twelfth day of the second month of the following year, the "Flower Festival".

It was still winter, but all the flowers in the courtyard where Jia Min gave birth were in full bloom. However, Lin Ruhai suppressed the news, as he didn't want his daughter to be burdened with any reputation or attract the attention of those in power right after she was born.

If this news gets out, then his daughter's only path in life will be to enter the palace. Lin Ruhai doesn't need to use his daughter to gain wealth and status; he only wants his daughter to live a peaceful and smooth life.

However, whether it was due to the plot or the damage Jia Min's body had taken from medication over the years, Lin Daiyu was not in good health from birth. Even though she was carefully cared for, she still fell ill from time to time, causing Lin Ruhai and Jia Min a lot of worry.

Back in the capital, when Old Madam Lin learned that Jia Min had given birth to a girl, although she was disappointed that it wasn't a grandson, since Jia Min was already pregnant, who knows if she could give birth to another grandson later? With hope in her heart, Old Madam Lin's health had been quite good in recent years.

When Lin Junyu was 5 years old, Liu Yuxi sent a message through the old lady, asking Lin Ruhai to arrange for a martial arts master to come to the Lin family to teach the two brothers martial arts. It didn't have to be very advanced, but it should be enough to strengthen their bodies and enable them to protect themselves. After all, the imperial examination was also a physically demanding job.

The two brothers were raised like little calves. Hearing that Lin Daiyu was unwell, Old Madam Lin quickly sent the nanny who had once taken care of Lin Junyu and Lin Jinyu to Yangzhou, asking her to talk to Jia Min about how the two brothers were raised, so that Jia Min could take a look and see if there was anything she could learn from it.

When Jia Min left the capital, Lin Junyu was almost three years old. She knew about the child's health condition. Seeing her daughter's body, which required medicine even before she had learned to eat, Jia Min couldn't care less about her other thoughts.

This nanny was the old lady's person, and Jia Min trusted her. However, Liu Yuxi's actions towards the children were sometimes incomprehensible to these ancient people. For example, when she massaged the children, she would move their arms and legs to make them "do exercises" from when they were just a few months old.

In Jia Min's eyes, this was all nonsense, but thinking of Lin Junyu's healthy appearance, she gritted her teeth and had the family doctor confirm that there was nothing wrong, and then had the nanny do the same.

After Lin Daiyu turned six months old, as her nanny said, it was time to start introducing complementary foods. In the past, families with the means would breastfeed until the child was at least three years old, as they believed that breast milk was the most nutritious. Some children would still have a bowl of breast milk every day even after they had grown up!

Jia Min had never really paid attention to what Lin Junyu ate before. As the housekeeper, she only needed to send Lin Junyu's portion to Liu Yuxi. Liu Yuxi and the children usually ate in the old lady's courtyard. But whenever Jia Min went there, Liu Yuxi would greet the old lady with the children and then leave.

By the time Lin Junyu was old enough to sit at the table, she had reached the age to eat solid food. She had no idea that Lin Junyu had started eating other things at such a young age.

Thanks to the care she received from the nanny over the past few months, Lin Daiyu was indeed much healthier than before the nanny arrived. Jia Min had no choice but to summon the family physician again and discuss with the nanny how to add complementary foods to Lin Daiyu's diet based on her actual condition.

When Lin Daiyu wanted to learn to walk, according to Jia Min's thinking, why would the child need to walk on her own? Had all the servants in the mansion died? But the nanny said that when the child wanted to learn, she should be allowed to walk on her own, and only carried when she got tired and didn't want to walk anymore.

With increased activity, her appetite improved, and she ate heartily. Now, as long as it's something that the family physician has confirmed is beneficial and harmless to the child, Jia Min listens to the nanny. Indeed, whoever gives birth to the child loves them the most. Now, she only hopes that Lin Daiyu is as healthy as possible!