A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 871 Making a Snowman

After Lin Daiyu's condition began to improve, Lu Cheng asked Lin Ruhai to find some medical books, saying that he wanted to study them carefully.

"Cheng'er, why do you suddenly want to study medicine?"

"Teacher, although my sister's health has begun to improve, she still needs medication. If I know a lot about medicine, I might be able to help."

"You are a very thoughtful kid. However, medicine is no simpler than classics, history, and literature. The knowledge contained in them is equally vast. The county exam will be held in February after the new year, the prefectural exam in April, and then there will be the academy exam. With your talent, you can definitely pass all the exams and obtain the title of scholar.

If you study medicine now and delay your studies, it may affect your future imperial examinations. You must know that you should become famous as early as possible. "

"Teacher, rest assured. I have the confidence to balance both of them and will never fall behind in my studies."

"Well, I will keep an eye on your studies recently. If you fall behind in preparing for the imperial examination, you will not be allowed to study medicine."

“Students know.”

In fact, Lu Cheng's study of medical books and texts was just a cover to prepare himself for showing off his medical skills in the future.

As for those medical books, Lu Cheng had memorized them by heart. It could even be said that the authors of those medical books were not necessarily as good as him.

However, when Lin Daiyu heard that Lu Cheng was willing to study medical books for her and even delay his studies for this, she was deeply moved.

"Brother, you don't have to worry so much about me. Why do I deserve you to be so nice to me?"

"What are you talking about, Junior Sister? My parents have passed away, and I have no relatives or friends at home. Looking around the world, I have no relatives at all. It was the teacher who brought me back to the mansion and treated me like his own son, making me feel at home again. Junior Sister and I hit it off right away, so naturally I have to protect you."

"Brother... Daiyu thanks you."

No matter how intelligent Lin Daiyu was, she was only six or seven years old and her mind was still very pure. She believed in Lu Cheng's words and was extremely moved.

"Junior sister, shall we start today's training?"

"okay."

After that, Lin Daiyu practiced Zhuanggong more attentively. After each practice, she would talk a lot with Lu Cheng, or walk around the yard together, or boil tea together around the stove.

Seeing that the relationship between the senior brother and his daughter was getting closer and closer, just like real siblings, Lin Ruhai did not care about the differences between men and women. As long as his daughter was safe, happy and healthy, it was more important than anything else.

Lin Daiyu gradually ignored these things and began to allow Lu Cheng to take her pulse on the pretext of studying.

Of course, Lu Cheng didn’t have any other thoughts at the moment. He just used his gentle hidden strength to more clearly explore the condition inside Lin Daiyu’s body so as to make appropriate adjustments to the conditioning plan.

While the two of them were making tea together, Lu Cheng would occasionally add some body-building pill powder into the tea.

After drinking the tea, Lin Daiyu's health improved significantly, her complexion became more and more rosy, and her steps became lighter and lighter. At first, she could only stand for less than a quarter of an hour, but later she could stand for two quarters of an hour, or even longer.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed, winter has arrived, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

On this day, a distant guest suddenly arrived at the mansion.

It turned out that it was the old lady Jia, who lived in the Rongguo Mansion in the capital city. She had heard that her youngest daughter had passed away and was worried that her only granddaughter Lin Daiyu would have no one to take care of her, so she sent a boat of men and women to Yangzhou to take Lin Daiyu to the Jia Mansion in the capital city for settlement.

If Lu Cheng had not appeared, Lin Daiyu would have no sisters or brothers at home. In addition, Lin Ruhai's own health was also declining, so he would definitely choose to send his daughter to his grandmother in Kyoto to be raised.

But the situation is different now. Under Lu Cheng's care, Lin Daiyu's health gradually began to improve, and she became more lively and cheerful. Even Lin Ruhai himself was also in better health.

If the two brothers and sisters were separated at this time, Lin Ruhai would also worry about his daughter's health.

Besides, Lin Ruhai was reluctant to let his daughter go to Kyoto and live under the care of others.

However, Lin Ruhai still gave the choice to his daughter and asked Daiyu: "Yu'er, your grandmother has sent someone to take you to Beijing. Are you willing to live in the Jia Mansion in Beijing?"

Lin Daiyu heard this and shook her head: "Father, I just lost my mother and I don't want to be separated from you. Besides, I plan to observe mourning for my mother for three years and cannot travel far."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ruhai directly called the person from the Jia family and repeated what his daughter had said.

Loyalty and filial piety were the most important things in this era. Since Lin Daiyu had said that she would mourn for her mother for three years, even if Old Lady Shi missed her niece very much, she had no reason to take her granddaughter away.

When the people from the Jia family heard this, they immediately sent someone to pass the message to the capital and delivered the news back.

When Old Lady Shi in Kyoto received the letter, she could only sigh helplessly.

In fact, Lin Daiyu in the original novel did not want to go to Kyoto. It was only after her grandmother’s repeated requests and her father’s persuasion that she set out on the journey north.

What's more, Lin Daiyu has now developed a sense of dependence on her senior brother Lu Cheng and does not want to be separated from him.

As the New Year approaches, the weather is getting colder and colder, and Yangzhou City has also welcomed the first snow of this winter.

At this time of year in previous years, the frail Lin Daiyu had to stay in the house and could not stand the slightest bit of cold.

Now, Lin Daiyu can not only go out and enjoy the snow scenery, but also practice boxing and kicking with Lu Cheng and exercise her body. She looks no different from a normal person.

In the snow in the front yard of the Lin Mansion, Lu Cheng held a shovel and quickly gathered a pile of snow. He then skillfully made two snowballs, one large and one small, and made a snowman.

Seeing this, Lin Daiyu also hurried over and stretched out her hand: "Brother, give me the shovel, I want to build a snowman too."

"Here you go, be careful, it's a little slippery."

Lin Daiyu had never played with snow since she was a child. She took the shovel and started to pile up the snow.

However, Lin Daiyu, who was doing this kind of work for the first time, obviously had no experience. It took her a lot of effort to make two snowballs that were not very round.

It took Lu Cheng's help to stack the two snowballs together, making an ugly little snowman with a small head and a big belly.

Lin Daiyu was immediately annoyed: "I don't want to play anymore, it's not fun at all. Why can my senior brother stack it so well, but I can't do it."

When Lu Cheng saw Lin Daiyu's work, he also smiled.

Even Lin Ruhai, who was sitting under the eaves not far away, couldn't help laughing when he saw his daughter's angry look.

Who would have thought that Lin Daiyu, who was so sick a few months ago, would be so lively and smart now.

Seeing that her father and her senior brother were laughing at her, Lin Daiyu felt a little embarrassed. She bent down and grabbed two handfuls of snow, rolled them into two small snowballs, and threw one at her father and the other at her senior brother: "Let you laugh at me."

Even though he was hit with a snowball, Lu Cheng was not angry. He just laughed and said, "Don't be upset, Junior Sister. I'll fix your snowman."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng picked up the shovel that Lin Daiyu had thrown on the ground, came to the little snowman that Lin Daiyu had made, added some more snow, compacted the snowman, and then used the shovel as a carving knife to carve on the snowman.

Not long after, the originally ugly little snowman turned into a graceful little girl. Looking at her facial features, she was somewhat similar to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu, who witnessed all this, was stunned: "Is this... is this me?"

"of course."

"There's something missing, Snow Goose. Go get one of my cloaks and put it on the snowman."

The next day, the sun was shining and the temperature was warming up. Lin Daiyu looked at the snowman that was beginning to melt in the yard and remained speechless for a long time.

"It's okay. Next time it snows heavily, I'll make you a snowman."

"Brother, every time it snows, let's make a snowman, okay?"