Last time on Grafting Life: Lin Yu Tong and Lin Yu Yang’s mothers are buried in the ancestral tombs. Yu Tong, Yu Yang, and Dai Yu are to go to the capital in the new year.
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Chapter 17 – Red Chamber (17)
Lin Yu Tong could not help but ask more in front of her brother, but she knew inside that even if she asked, when this old fox did not want to say, she could not uncover anything.
But if there was danger, it was not something they could just hide from. Rather than trust in the emperor’s protection like Lin Ru Hai did, it was better to trust in oneself.
She did not have the habit of putting her own life in another’s hands.
So on this day, she took along Lin Yu Yang and found Physician Su who had been invited to their home.
The mother of Physician Su had been a daughter of the Lin Family, an aunt from Lin Ru Hai’s family. In this way, this was barely enough for him to be called a cousin of Lin Ru Hai, even if they did not know how many generations removed they were.
Ever since Lin Yu Tong learned of this one’s status, this Physician Su was not treated as a physician hired by the Lin Family, but as a relative. This physician Su felt good to some degree about this.
In the future, Lin Ru Hai would be the only person left in the residence. Having a trusted physician was a very important matter so Lin Ru Hai silently agreed to Lin Yu Tong’s arrangements.
Lin Yu Tong took her brother along this time just because women should not meet men outside. Never mind the past, she had to be more careful. Physician Su counted as an elder, and with her brother keeping company, meeting in their own home was not inappropriate.
“Cousin-uncle.” Lin Yu Tong greeted Physician Su with a smile.
Physician Su shook. “Eldest Miss, I do not dare to accept the honor of being your uncle. Speak, I will do what I can for you.” Physician Su thought, please do not call me like this. It is very scary.
Lin Yu Tong smiled bashfully and said, “You know, Father is sending us off to the capital.” Her tone was very resentful.
Physician Su did not understand the meaning. Did she want him to go to the capital as well? It did not seem like it.
He heard Lin Yu Tong say, “……So far away, the road may not be safe.”
Physician Su thought, this miss is really worrying for nothing. Official Lin is such a clever person. Would he send off his children together if he was not completely confident? If there was any danger, they would all get caught. He could not risk such a thing, so he would make sure they were absolutely safe.
He wanted to say this when he heard Lin Yu Tong say, “I just fear something might happen. So I came to seek help.”
“Eldest Miss, I am just a physician, and I am not young. I can’t fight, I can’t escort you,” Physician Su said in confusion.
“No need for that.” Lin Yu Tong said embarrassedly, “Could you make some paralyzing medicine, knock-out medicine, and itching powder for me! I will use them for self defense.”
Physician Su gaped. Lin Yu Yang choked on the tea that he was drinking.
“Eldest Miss, you know of such things?!” Physician Su was shocked. An ordinary gangster on the streets may not know of such things.
Lin Yu Tong gave a small smile. “Do you have them or not? We are not outsiders. I just want to protect myself. I will not use them to do bad things.”
Physician Su’s face turned black and then red. Such things were held in contempt by the orthodox.
Lin Yu Tong saw Physician Su’s expression and knew he likely had them. “You just make them for me. I will definitely not say that they came from you, not even to my father.”
Physician Su knew this miss’ temper. He had seen it in these days with the Lin Family. This was someone who would do what they said. Today, if he did not give it to her, she would dare to get it from some other place. If the news spread, the girl’s reputation would be even worse.
He sighed. The other called him cousin-uncle, could he refuse?
He casually wrote a few recipes. “Such things harm people. Do not carry too much with you. Just take along the necessary ingredients. It is the same if you make it then. Take the recipe, destroy it after you memorize it, do not leave anything behind.”
The recipe, such an important thing, was given to her like this!
Lin Yu Tong solemnly bowed. She decided inside, after she returned, she would urge Lin Ru Hai to give this cousin-uncle more silver as tribute.
After bidding farewell to Physician Su, Lin Yu Yang asked curiously, “Sister, why do you want such things?”
“Preparations, just in case.” Lin Yu Tong had no confidence in the future, and just wanted to assure herself. If one day, they were stuck in the Jia Family and could not leave, these things may be of use.
Lin Yu Yang was shocked by his sister’s caution. Deep inside, he was on his guard against the Jia Family.
Lin Yu Tong memorized the recipes after returning to her rooms. She did not destroy them, but put them into her space.
Thinking that these were recipes, she sent them back. Maybe they were worth some money.
When night came, she got news. The recipes were sold. Fifty thousand were sent to her account.
An unexpected surprise!
Lin Yu Tong’s terrible mood because they had to go to the Jia Family dissipated due to the extra fifty thousand on her bank card.
For the first time, because of the unexpected income, she truly viewed the medicine recipes and healing of the ancient times seriously.
So, when packing up, she put all the medicine books the Lin Family had into her luggage.
Lin Ru Hai did not know whether to laugh or cry. “How come you are thinking of reading these books again?”
“Rather than ask for help from others, it is better to ask help from oneself. Yang-ge’er is growing up, Dai Yu is weak, Father is not with us, I have to be more careful. The more I understand, the more I can care for them,” Lin Yu Tong explained calmly.
In any case, in order to not get any complaints, Dai Yu’s health was her responsibility. Giving her spring water to drink every once in a while, she would not get worse, and the duty would be fulfilled.
Lin Ru Hai was very touched. “You work hard!”
The days passed with packing up and preparing for the long trip.
Seeing it was about time to leave, Lin Ru Hai called Lin Yu Tong and Lin Yu Yang to his study.
He pushed a box on the table in front of Lin Yu Tong, “Put this away. If anything does happen to this father, this is what you and your siblings will use to settle down.”
Lin Yu Tong’s hands shook. She looked in shock at Lin Ru Hai. “What is this?”
“This is three million taels of silver, the savings of the Lin Family for several generations.” Lin Ru Hai sighed. “Hold onto as much of the property as you can. If not, just let them go. No one knows of the money.”
If Lin Ru Hai was no longer living and Lin Yu Yang was not an adult by that time, they could not hold onto the known properties of the Lin Family. So this box was the trick up the sleeve.
“Other than silver certificates, there are the contracts of some of the Lin Family servants, people who have been with the family for generations, people who this father thinks are of use. Also, there is a jade pendant.” He pushed the pendant in front of Lin Yu Yang. “This pendant is a token. This father has put the deeds to some of the property in a pawnshop. If you take the pendant, you can get it out. Put the pendant around your neck. Do not take it off.” After saying this, he explained, “It is not that this father does not trust you, but one has to prepare for possibilities. If you lose one, you have the other, understand?”
Lin Yu Tong’s tears came down. How could Lin Ru Hai not know the danger, he was just helpless. He was also planning to find a chance for his children to survive.
“Do not cry!” Lin Ru Hai commonly saw his youngest daughter’s tears, but when he saw his usually strong oldest cry, he felt very bad. “This father is preparing just in case.” He sighed and said, “As to Dai Yu, she is innocent. She cannot hold on to what is given to her, she has nothing, and she will be safer. As long as you siblings are there, she will not suffer. This father trusts your character.”
Lin Yu Tong cursed inside, old fox! Wasn’t this moral coercion?
Lin Yu Yang fisted his hands and said, “Father, do not worry, if such a day comes, this son will protect Eldest and Youngest Sister, they will not be slighted. These things will be split into three. This son swears on the heavens on pain of death.”
Lin Ru Hai hurriedly stopped him. “This father trusts you.”
Lin Yu Tong still felt a bit odd about Lin Ru Hai’s sudden arrangements even when they were boarding the ship. She was touched to some degree.
It was normal for people to have some feelings, especially when one called the other father.
In any case, she departed, with worry and concern. She saw Lin Ru Hai’s figure grow smaller on the pier, so lonely. Her nose felt stuffed.
Lin Yu Yang was the first to put away his emotions. “Sister, enter the cabin, the wind on the river is strong.”
Lin Yu Tong indicated for Xue Yan to help Dai Yu. Seeing that the pier was no longer visible, she said, “Go in! Do not get sick to spare Father’s worries.”
Lin Dai Yu was sobbing uncontrollably, but still listened.
The eldest son and daughter-in-law of Steward Lin was accompanying the three to the capital. Lin Ping’s wife was usually called Sister-in-law Ping. She was a woman in her twenties, very capable. In the capital, husband and wife would be their inner and outer stewards.
Lin Yu Yang looked at the string of ships ahead of them and asked, “Whose ships are those?”
Lin Ping said, “They are the government ships escorting the salt tax.”
Lin Yu Yang nodded. No wonder Father was not worried about them on the road. So they were going with the government ships. There were many pirates who raided the merchant ships, but they did not dare with the government ships, much less these ships which carried large sums of taxes for the dynasty. Even if they did not care for their lives, they did not dare to have any thoughts. One was that it was not likely they would manage to get the money, and two, even if they succeeded, the court would not rest against them!
Lin Yu Tong heard this and sighed in relief. She asked if Lin Ping knew who the official in charge was and if they had any relations. She thought about when they went to the shore for resupply, whether they should go to meet the other and curry a relationship.
Lin Ping said with a smile, “Master already has done it. Eldest Miss, do not worry.”
Lin Yu Tong nodded and called Sister-in-law Ping to prepare drunken fish, drunken goose feet, and stewed duck and chicken in some boxes. “If there is a chance, send it over. Just say it is our regard.”
Lin Ping smiled and acknowledged. With interaction came a relationship.
Translator Ramblings: Based on Chinese novels with all these physicians who dole out miraculous medicine and toxins, it’s almost like they have no professional standards. But I’m pretty sure in medieval life they did, and so all these physicians are just the weird ones.
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