Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Speaking of this Fuling also sighed, and said: "We originally said that he came to Beijing to prepare for the exam a few years ago, but who knew that he worked too hard in Qiu Wei before, hurt his foundation, and fell ill before he set off, and raised two children. It will take several months. The doctor said that he should take care of himself and not to work too hard. Besides, he was at the bottom of the exam this time, and he was not sure about the exam. So he decided to take it easy, study for two more years, and then take the exam in three years. "

After hearing this, Li Wan nodded and said: "This is also the truth. The body is the most important thing. Anyway, Juren Zhou is still young. Juren in his twenties is already rare." Is that enough?"

Fu Ling laughed and said, "That's right, after three years, I will be in the middle of the capital to participate in the Spring Festival. It just so happens that the prefect of Cheng wants to hire a teacher for their young master, and it has been agreed that he will enter the hall next month. Naturally, I will not." gone back."

Li Wan smiled slightly, and naturally understood the reason. As the saying goes, poor scholars, silver Juren, and gold Jinshi. If you win the Juren, there are very few people who are short of money. Wait, let's sit in the magistrate's house, Su Xiu or something is second, the most important thing is to make contacts, so that he can take care of him in the officialdom in the future.

Everyone in the room was very envious when they heard this, Danju poured a cup of tea for her, and said with a smile: "My sister is now in her early years."

After hearing this, Fu Ling pursed her lips and smiled, "It's all thanks to grandma, otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today."

While talking, Baoyu and Daiyu Yingchun sisters also arrived, and when they entered the room, they laughed and said, "I heard that Sister Fuling is back, so let's all come and see."

Fu Ling hurriedly came forward to pay her respects, and everyone sat down again after seeing the salute.

Baoyu took the lead and asked, "How soon did my sister come back?"

Fu Ling smiled and said: "I arrived the day before yesterday. I had a rest at home for a day due to the exhaustion of traveling and traveling. Today I came to visit grandma, second master and all the girls."

Tanchun and the others also asked if the journey was going well, etc., and Fu Ling told some interesting things on the way to Beijing. With relish, I just think it's better than the story told by the storyteller.

Daiyu asked with a smile: "I remember my sister's brother is also one year old? Why didn't you bring it here today?"

Fu Ling laughed and said, "He's still young. His father and his mother-in-law are so in love with each other. It's not good to eat without him, and they won't let him take it out."

It is said that they are strict fathers and loving mothers, but their family is the other way around, because it is 26 seven

She had this son only at the age of six, and her husband loved him so much that he doted on her even more than her mother.

Everyone felt a little regretful when they heard the words, and sighed: "It was said that I could see the little guy again."

Fu Ling smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are all in Beijing anyway, and we will meet more in the future."

Li Wan also understood how it feels to be a mother. She was really worried about bringing out such a small child, so she said, "Have you ever given a name?"

Fu Ling hurriedly laughed and said, "There is a nickname, which was given by his mother-in-law, called Xiao Shitou."

Everyone immediately laughed and said: "This name is also interesting, but what's the reason?"

Fu Ling smiled and said: "There is no reason, it's just the rules of the older generation, a humble name is easy to support."

Tanchun said, "Is there a big name?"

Fu Ling smiled and said, "It was also his father who named it Zhou Yan."

Daiyu nodded after hearing this, and said, "Yan Nai Meiyu, it's a good name."

After chatting for a while, Fu Ling suddenly thought of something, and said with a quick smile: "I was so focused on talking that I almost forgot about the business. This time I came back from Jiangnan with nothing good, so I brought some earthenware for the second master and the girls." return."

After all, the boxes and cages brought by the people are all Jiangnan scenery, all of which are pens, ink, paper, inkstone, paper of various colors, sachets, incense beads, fans, fan pendants, pollen, rouge, etc. Cooperate properly and write with a sign.

Baoyu, Daiyu and Sanchun sisters are all pens, ink, paper, inkstone, fans, fan pendants, etc. Xiazhu, Danju, Zicuckoo and others are cosmetics, fragrance beads, and sachets.

The sisters all collected their things, and hurriedly thanked Fu Ling: "Sister spent a lot of money."

But Daiyu suddenly saw the things in her hometown, and she couldn't help feeling a little hurt. Thinking of her mother's death, and having no brothers or sisters, she was far away from her father, living in a relative's house, and she only saw some things from her hometown today; thinking of this, she couldn't feel it I feel sad again.

Baoyu knew Daiyu's heart very well, but he didn't dare to speak out, so he quickly changed the subject, pointed to the things left in the box and said, "What's in here?"

Fu Ling hurriedly said: "It's just some gadgets. I don't know which one the second master and the girls like, so there is no subdivision. Everyone just pick what they like."

Everyone was very excited when they heard the words, and hurriedly took out things, and set up a table full, including clay flowerpots, small clay stoves, painted clay figurines, small clay buildings and small pavilions that came out of molds, There are also colorful kites, Jiangmi people, hexagonal pavilions made of dyed thin sorghum poles, etc., all of which are very small and unique.

Baoyu Tanchun and others have always loved these things.

Seeing what he liked, Baoyu took the lead in choosing a small box made of bamboo roots for Daiyu, and said with a smile, "Look, sister, this box is really exquisite and interesting."

Daiyu also knew what he wanted, suppressed the melancholy in her heart, took the small bamboo box with a faint smile, and saw that there were twelve small boxes in total, the smallest was as big as a coin, and the largest was as big as a small bowl. , and each box has a small cover, the small wooden cover is tightly stitched, extremely delicate and unique, I can't help but praise: "It's such a clever craftsmanship, it's hard for him to make it."

Tanchun also held a small clay stove and played it carefully in the palm of his hand, admiring: "Simple but not vulgar, straight but not clumsy, really interesting."

But Baoyu only loves an exquisite and unique painted Zhaojun clay figurine. The clay figurine is very delicately kneaded, with every detail of the skirt and hair showing, and the facial features are exquisite and lifelike, almost no different from a real person. No, just give this to me."

Seeing this, everyone laughed and said, "Don't worry, no one will rob you."

After that, Yingchun chose a hexagonal pavilion made of piles of dyed thin sorghum poles, Xichun chose a set of Jiangmi people, Li Wan also chose a set of small clay buildings and pavilions, and Danju Zijuan and others divided the rest.

As soon as the things were divided, I heard the word from the girl outside: "Brother Lang is back."

Hearing this, Li Wan put down the things in his hands and said with a smile, "Let him in quickly."

Jia Lan is five years old this year. He was enlightened by Li Wan before, and has finished reading three hundred thousand, and now he has started to learn the Four Books.

Now Jia Lan is not as non-existent as in the original novel. Mrs. Wang loves him very much, and Jia Zheng also loves this clever grandson very much. At the beginning of the year, he planned to let him go home to study, but Li Wan knew that Jia's family was chaotic. The good and the bad are mixed, so he quietly let the wind out to Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang mentioned it to Jia Zheng again. Last month, Jia Zheng invited a teacher for Jia Lan to teach Jia Lan in the study outside.

After Jia Lan entered the room, he first greeted Li Wan, and then greeted Baoyu, Daiyu and others. Li Wan smiled and said, "Go and see your sister Fuling, she took care of you earlier."

Jia Lan had heard that a maid from his mother's side would come to visit today. He had a good memory, and when he saw Fu Ling, he still had some impressions, so he hurriedly stepped forward to bow, and said crisply, "Hello, sister."

Fu Ling hastily turned her body to the side, only received a half-respect, then helped Jia Lan up again, held hands to look at him, and saw that he was wearing a stone blue and flowered Japanese satin fringe jacket, wearing blue satin powder-soled small court boots, Although the amount is small, there is already a handsome demeanor between the eyebrows and eyes, which can't help but

Admired: "I haven't seen you for a few years, my brother has become more and more handsome."

Jia Lan's face flushed slightly, and she said, "My sister is absurd."

Seeing that he looked like a grown-up, Fu Ling couldn't help pursing her lips into a smile, and said to Li Wan, "I still remember how mischievous my brother was when he was young, and he was already studying in school in a blink of an eye."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Don't look at him being well-behaved now, but he is actually very naughty. He is weird when he urinates. Do you remember what happened when he was three years old?"

Fu Ling smiled and said, "Why don't you remember, we were really scared that time."

Everyone was a little curious and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Wan glanced at Jia Lan, and said: "That year he had tooth decay because he ate too much sweets, so I didn't allow him to eat sweets, and I didn't allow girls to give them to him. Who knows how many yuan he hid himself?" Golden candy, I hid in the small ear room and ate it secretly, that’s all, but I accidentally choked on it when I was eating it, and I couldn’t cough it out for a long time, but it scared me enough.”

At that time, she almost didn't scare her to death. Fortunately, she still remembered the first aid method she had learned in her previous life and rescued her in time, which saved the little bastard's life.

Daiyu was also there at the time, and she was also deeply impressed by this incident, and said with a smile: "No, luckily my sister-in-law saw the opportunity quickly and helped him spit it out in time, otherwise it would be really dangerous."

Jia Lan blushed immediately when she heard the words, and said, "That's all happened when I was young, now that I'm grown up, mom don't talk about the past."

Seeing that he was pretending to be old at such a young age, everyone couldn't help laughing for a moment, Tan Chun pulled him to him, and smiled and said: "That's right, Brother Lang is already an adult, and we have stopped stealing sweets for a long time, you don't allow it." Laugh again."

Daiyu and the others suppressed their laughter and said, "Very true, I don't dare anymore."

Jia Lan didn't know that everyone was teasing him, his little face became redder, and at this moment he didn't care about the appearance of a little adult, and hid in Li Wan's arms like a twisted candy, refusing to come out.

Li Wan laughed for a long time, then Fang said: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, go back to the room and do your homework."

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Brother Lan has grown up, and he knows how to save face."

As soon as Jia Lan heard about the amnesty, she saluted everyone and took her leave, and then ran away.

After talking and joking for a while, and it was getting late, Fu Ling got up to say goodbye, saying: "It's getting late, I should go back."

Li Wan knew that she cared about the youngest son in the family, so she didn't force her to stay, and said with a smile: "That's fine, I won't leave you in vain, anyway, now you are in Beijing, so you can come and go when you have time."

Fu Ling agreed, and Li Wan, Dai Yu and others sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and ordered her to be sent out.

The next day, all the people were chatting and joking in Jiamu's room. Suddenly they saw Feng'er, a little girl in Sister Feng's courtyard, talking back and forth beamingly, saying that Sister Feng was happy.

The author has something to say: Qiaojie's age in the original book is a bit confusing, and this article is purely private.