"Dream of the Red Chamber," Chapter Twelve: Jia Rui's Funeral and Daiyu's Departure.

The representatives of the deceased prepared for the funeral and notified various people.

Starting from the third day, we began reading sutras, and on the seventh day, we sent out the coffin.

The coffin is.

Tekkanji Temple.

鉄 Kanji

We decided to temporarily place it in a safe location and later take it back to our hometown.

Soon, the people of the Jia family gathered together and came to offer their condolences.

Eifu.

eifu

no

Jia Shi

kasha

He gave twenty silver coins as a gift, and...

Jia Zheng.

kasei

Also, twenty ryo.

Ningfu.

neifu

no

Jia Zhen

kachin

Also, I gave twenty ryō as a gift.

The people of other families had different financial situations; some gave one or two ryō, while others gave three or four ryō.

Besides that, people who were studying together contributed money from their own homes, and two to three hundred gold coins were collected.

The family of the deceased was not wealthy, but with everyone's help, they were able to hold a funeral that was sufficiently elaborate.

However, towards the end of that winter,

Lin Ruohai

rinjo kai

Became seriously ill,

Lin Daiyu

Rintai gyoku.

In order to call him back, she sent a letter specifically for that purpose.

Madam Jia heard this news, and her worries increased, causing her to become disheartened. Nevertheless, she had no choice but to quickly prepare for Daiyu's journey.

Bao Yu was extremely sad. However, considering the feelings of father and daughter for each other, he could not stop them.

There, Jia Mu insisted on...

Jia Lian.

Karen.

He said he wanted to send Daiyu there, and also instructed that she should be brought back when leaving.

It goes without saying that preparations such as gifts and travel expenses require detailed arrangements. Of course, I made sure to prepare everything thoroughly and quickly.

Once the departure date was decided, Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu said goodbye to everyone. Then, accompanied by their attendants, they boarded a boat.

Yangzhou.

Yoshu.

Headed towards it.

I will talk about the details in the next time.

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