Survive in the world of Red Mansions

During the Chinese New Year this year, every family visits relatives and friends, and the topic of the ladies in the palace going back to visit relatives must be the hottest topic.

Although last year because of the borrowing of money, the old lady, Mrs. Wang and others in the Rongguo Mansion felt that the Lin family was too ignorant to borrow money for the construction of the mother-in-law hospital, but the Lin family refused!

The old lady of the Jia family, like Mrs. Wang and others, secretly hated Lin Hai for being so disrespectful to her son-in-law. Even though Chaotang could do it, he still didn't want Lin Hai to stay away from Rongguo Mansion.In addition, considering that Baoyu will become an official in the future, although his precious grandson was born with Lingyu in his mouth, he will definitely have great fortune in the future, and even with the support of the empress in the palace, there are still indispensable people who can support Baoyu.

So when the Lin family went to Rongguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the old lady was still very happy and asked Daiyu and Lin Rui to go to Rongguo Mansion on the day of the mother's visit, but Lin Rui's sister and brother did not agree.On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the old lady sent her mother-in-law over again, and asked Daiyu and the others to go to Jia's mansion on the Lantern Festival, so that the empress could meet, but Daiyu also refused.

Lin Rui complained in front of Lin Hai, standing in the cold for a whole day, just to kowtow to the emperor's concubine, if this concubine is happy and willing to give you face, I will call you in front of her and say a few words In other words, reward a few palace fans or a few gold and silver zippers, and he is not of M physique, so he ran to ask for this kind of hardship.

Lin Hai asked someone to book a private room by the window in the restaurant where the concubine's concubine would pass by to visit her relatives in advance, just for a few people in the mansion, saying that she wanted to see the grand occasion of visiting relatives.

Jia's mansion has been busy with family-senting matters since last year's family-senting decree was issued, and even this year it was done in a hurry.

In a blink of an eye, the Shangyuan Festival is approaching. Since the eighth day of the first lunar month, there are palace attendants who come out to look at the direction first, where to change clothes, where to sit, where to receive gifts, where to have a banquet, and where to retire.There are also imperial guards in charge of customs and defense, patrolling various places, setting up screens, and instructing Rongguo Mansion where to enter and leave, where to eat, and where to make announcements.People from the Rongning and Ningfu prefectures have been monitoring the details of the various parts of the Provincial Courtyard. It was not until the fourteenth day that they felt that the decorations in the courtyard were properly done.Outside there are officials from the Ministry of Industry and the commanders of the five city soldiers and horses to clean the streets and drive out idlers, so that no one will be allowed to bump into the empress.

It has been over a hundred years since the founding of this dynasty. Although there are often disturbances from neighboring small countries, the overall political situation is relatively stable, and the lives of the people are relatively stable. The stability of the people's lives makes the annual Lantern Festival prosperous.All kinds of lamp styles are becoming more and more abundant, and the varieties are becoming more and more diverse.On the day of Shangyuan Festival, every household will hang lanterns in front of their doors.

It was the same in the Lin Mansion. Apart from the lanterns that the steward had bought earlier, Lin Daiyu also led the maids in the family to make some small lanterns and hang them in the garden of the mansion. Although they were not as beautiful as the lanterns hanging in front of the door, they were also very interesting.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, after an early dinner, Lin Hai took Lin Daiyu and the four women in the backyard to watch the lanterns outside.

At the beginning, Lin Hai and his group were still sitting in the car, but after entering Youshi, there were more and more pedestrians watching the lights on the street, and the car could no longer walk, so Lin Hai and the others had to get out of the car and let the boy find someone Lane parked the car properly.

Lin Hai and Lin Rui walked in front, Daiyu, two close maidservants, and four aunts followed behind, and other maidservants, big and small, also followed, and guards from the Lin residence followed on both sides and at the back to prevent too many people from being overwhelmed. Dispersed.

Along the way, all kinds of lanterns are hung in front of the corridor under the tree, including long, square, round, square, hexagonal, octagonal, single-layer, double-layer, multi-layer styles, bright colors, exquisite lantern paintings, or glass , or paste silk, beautiful and generous, elegant and solemn, there are flowers, figures, animals, lamps and lanterns, a wide range of styles, exquisite and colorful, it is really beautiful.

In addition to watching the lanterns, another important part of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is to guess the lantern fans. In order to attract customers, many businesses will write fan faces on some lanterns for these people to guess.Lin Hai and his son were not very interested in guessing the fans, they just stood aside and watched Daiyu and the others having fun.

"Cousin!"

Hearing the voice, Lin Hai turned his head, just in time to see several nephews and nephews of the Yao family coming over, this is not a place to talk, and the few people just greeted each other, Lin Hai said: "We are in front of Taibai Lou has booked a private room, do you want to sit down together?"

Yao Yan saw that the cousin of the Lin family had a female family member with him, so he looked at the other brothers, but declined, "Cousin, we won't go there, and want to go to the front again."

"Then be careful, the two younger ones, be careful, don't get separated!"

There were more and more people watching the lanterns. Lin Hai felt a little tired after seeing the women walking for so long, and then he saw that the time was approaching You hour, so he said, "The Taibai Tower is ahead, let's go straight there!"

Finally came to the private room of Taibai Building. After sitting down, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. There are too many pedestrians on the street, so it is only here that we can take a good rest.

Someone from the Lin residence had come over early to take care of everything. As soon as Lin Hai and the others came in, refreshments, wine and dishes were served.

"Master, it's the hour of the year, and there is still no movement, so when will we have to wait?" Aunt Lan sat down and drank a cup of tea before asking the most concerned question of this trip.

"It's only Youshi, it's still early, it should be Xushi at the very least, right?" Lin Hai still remembers that when Lin Rui was watching Dream of the Red Chamber, he joked with himself that the people in the palace were all perverts, and they went back to their natal home in the middle of the night. The relatives who save the door are all tormenting people.Looking at the streets now, there are still people watching the lanterns everywhere. I haven't seen people from Wucheng Bingmasi come out to maintain order and expel the crowd, which means that the palace is not ready to set off at all.

"Father, the people in my grandfather's family have been working since the fifth watch today, and it's been a long time to wait until now!"

"Five watch? It's so early! But, brother, how do you know?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "Rui'er guessed it."

A group of people drank tea and waited by the Taibai Building. They waited until Xuchu when they saw people from Wucheng Bingmasi come to disperse the crowd. Everyone stood leaning against the shop corridors on both sides. There was no one in the middle of the street.

After waiting for a while, Lin Rui and the others heard the faint sound of drumming in the distance. Lin Hai said with a smile, "If you want to see it later, you can keep your eyes open. We will pass this place soon."

Pairs of phoenixes and dragon banners, pheasant feather palace fans, and gold burners burning imperial incense, and then a golden umbrella with seven phoenixes on a crank came over. Embroidered handkerchiefs, gargle bowls, dust whisks, etc.After the teams passed by, behind them was a gold-topped goose-yellow embroidered phoenix phoenix, carried by eight eunuchs, walking slowly.

Daiyu, Aunt Hong and the others opened the window, looked out quietly, and let out low exclamations while watching.Lin Rui was also curious and went to the window to have a look. Looking at Luan Yu who was walking slowly, he came back and sat beside Lin Hai and whispered, "Look at the way this lady is going out of the palace. It's no wonder that there are a lot of women going into the palace to fight A hand. Sister Bao, who can write "good wind with strength, send me to Qingyun", should enter Gongbo, maybe it will be better."

"The harem and the previous dynasty have always been connected. The Xue family can basically be said to have lost. Even if Xue Baochai enters the palace, it will be difficult to get ahead." Lin Hai looked at Lan Yi and a few little maids still standing by the window, "Morning Let's go away, there is nothing to see, I'm ready to go back home. I have to get up early tomorrow, so you guys should sleep more tomorrow."

At Xushi, Lin Hai and his family were all ready to go back to the house to rest, and at Jia's side, the curtain of visiting relatives had just opened.

The author has something to say: Originally, I should write the scene of Yuanchun's family visit, but after writing it several times, I always feel that I have changed the scenes of the original drama, and I can't write anything new, so I deleted the scene of the family's visit later. , Is it necessary to write down the details about visiting relatives? !