The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a long and tall figure slowly coming down the steps of the Qingshi bridge.When I walked in, I saw that this person was about forty years old, with fair skin, clear eyes, and neatly trimmed beard and hair.Although his appearance was not as handsome as Chen Gui's, he had a graceful bearing and a calm demeanor.He only wears a camel-colored crane cloak embroidered with dark patterns of bamboo leaves, and a large cloak with dark blue satin and black velvet trim on the outside. He also holds an exquisitely crafted koi lotus lantern in his hand.

Seeing this, Chen Gui hurriedly stepped forward with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "It turned out that it was Mr. You in person. During the Shangyuan Festival, Mr. You also came out to visit the lanterns?"

After finishing speaking, his gaze swept past Mr. You again - he didn't see the servants, nor his family and children. Could it be that he came out alone to visit the Lantern Festival?

When Chen Gui thought about it, he frowned secretly.

Hearing that, Mr. You shook his head with a wry smile, because he said: "I'm bored at home, so I came out for a walk."

While speaking, his eyes couldn't help looking at Chen Shi who had just urged the second sister to release the river lantern just now, who had already landed behind everyone——

But seeing the brightly lit flower boats, the radiance of the lanterns, and the flickering lights of tens of thousands of lotus lanterns beside the river, Mrs. Chen is wearing a big cloak with lotus lotus silk silk and silver thread embroidered with plum blossoms, standing prettyly around or Among the colorful tourists dressed in bright red or bright green, it is like a curling hibiscus quietly blooming in the middle of the water.

Noticing Shangfeng's momentary obsession, Chen Gui's heart skipped a beat, and then he smiled again.Then he introduced his family members for Mr. You—until Mrs. Chen was in front of her, Chen Guifang said, "This is my sister——"

Master You then interjected: "Oh, so this is the Lingmei rumored in the market. Sure enough..."

For the rest, Mr. You regretted being preposterous, and hurriedly covered it up without mentioning it.That Mrs. Chen had also noticed Master You's scorching eyes from time to time, so she understood the unfinished meaning of that half of the sentence.While sneering in his heart, he intentionally smiled at Mr. You, but seeing the waves of eyes, the lingering eyebrows, and the charming style, Mr. You became more and more fascinated. where.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly gave Mrs. Chen a cold look.Chen Shi was startled, quickly lowered her head and lowered her eyes, restraining her expression.Master You also came back to his senses, coughed a few times in embarrassment, and then smiled at Chen Gui: "It's getting late, You still have some trivial matters to deal with. Brother, please do it yourself."

Hearing this, Chen Gui still greeted politely with a smile, and bowed to say goodbye, as if he didn't notice Master You's several gaffes at all.

While chatting with Chen Gui, Master You bid farewell to everyone in the Chen family.His eyes turned to Chen Shi involuntarily again, but he saw that Chen Shi was lowering his head to talk to two little girls with exquisite eyebrows carved in powder and jade, and ignored him at all.

Master You was startled, but bowed and left calmly.The whole person was alone in the crowd of people walking side by side at the Lantern Festival. Still thinking about the encounter in front of the lantern scene, I couldn't help feeling a little unsatisfied.

On the other side, after Lord You left, Chen Gui smiled and said to everyone: "This Lord You is the Shangfeng who I always say is very important to me. It just so happens that his first wife is also It wasn’t there in the spring of last year. It’s a pity for sister Hui.”

A widow, a widower.

Before saying a word, Mrs. Chen had already looked over and said with a half-smile, "What's your plan, brother? You want to do these tricky things in front of me, but you can't."

When Chen Gui heard the words, he laughed and said, "Where did my sister start talking? I don't understand. I just thought of it and said something casually. You are paranoid. He is a serious person, and he has deep feelings. I want to give it to you." Send a wife to observe filial piety for a year."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she sneered and said, "What you say makes it seem like I'm not a decent person."

After finishing speaking, he smiled again: "It's just a year of filial piety, so what can I say is deeply affectionate. A person like me who is willing to guard our family's short-lived ghost for three years, isn't it a pledge of eternal love? What's more, this year is quiet. It's just for saving face. There are a lot of aunts in the house, and I don't believe that he can resist being a monk."

Chen Gui laughed and said, "How do you know that there is an aunt in the mansion?"

Chen said with a sneer, "I don't know what kind of virtue you men have. The world is as black as crows, but I'm just too lazy to talk about it."

After hearing this, Chen Gui laughed even more: "Since you say that, your brother and I are rare white-haired crows. Your sister-in-law knows this best."

When Feng heard this, he spat and said, "You brothers and sisters are gossiping, why did you drag me on?"

However, the old lady Chen took it seriously, and was eager to love her daughter, so she hurriedly tugged at Chen Gui's sleeve and asked, "What kind of person do you think Mr. You... is? Who else is there in the family? You Tell me in detail, it’s much better.”

Before saying a word, Old Master Chen reprimanded with a gloomy face: "The public, what are you doing with such nonsense. Just watch the lamp with peace of mind."

When everyone heard this, they were secretly startled and smiled at each other.

Old Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen took the lead, holding onto the carved railing beside the Qingshi Bridge and slowly climbing up the bridge steps.Seeing this, the servant girl who followed hurriedly stepped forward to help.Old Mrs. Chen waved his hand, because he said, "I'm going by myself, I don't need anyone to help me."

Hearing this, Chen Gui hurriedly stepped forward to support Old Master Chen's arm, and said with a smile, "It's cold and slippery, and the snow outside is no better than at home. The snow on the ground hasn't been cleaned up yet. I'll help my father."

When Old Master Chen heard the words, he only glanced at Chen Gui lightly, but didn't say anything else.Seeing this, Mrs. Chen hurriedly walked forward to support Mrs. Chen, still joking and saying: "Brother supports father, and I will support mother. Don't be jealous, old man!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and smiled and said to Feng Yinyin: "Sister-in-law can take care of the two sisters for me. If I accidentally get lost, I have nowhere to cry."

Feng Shi hurriedly agreed with a smile, but Chen Gui laughed loudly and said: "What are you afraid of, I really lost my eldest sister and second sister, and I will ask Raoer Waner to take care of you until the end of my life. I can't lose you."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen was not angry and angry, she still looked sideways at Chen Gui with a smile that was not a smile, and said with a smile in her mouth: "It's as if you can make decisions. If you really have the ability, you can discuss it with your parents and sister-in-law now. Put the son under my name, and change the genealogy to be my son, then I will really obey you-it just so happens that I still lack a son, if you are really anxious about what I am anxious about, then it is My real brother."

After that, he still smiled and said to Chen Rong who was standing behind him: "Raoer, come here. From now on, you will call me Mom, and I will love you from now on."

Hearing Mrs. Chen's words, before others could react, Mrs. Chen hurriedly spit on the ground and cursed: "It's really a dog that can't spit out ivory. What evil did I do in my previous life to give birth to your pair?" My son is a troubled person. Sooner or later, I will be pissed off."

The old lady Chen, who was beside her, shook her head again and again and kept moaning, saying that the Chen Gui brothers and sisters were "really outrageous".

The rest of the Chen family followed behind, smiling and not reasoning.That's all for Chen Gui's brother and sister.

After talking and laughing, they arrived at the bridge. The second sister lay on the railing and looked far away, but saw a bright moon hanging high in the sky, and a bright moon reflected in the water.Although there are no stars in the sky, there are thousands of lotus lanterns flickering on and off in the water.The moonlight poured on the water, and the sparkling water was covered with a layer of silver gauze in an instant, like a dream, more like the silver belt that cut off the Cowherd and Weaver Girl.

Going upstream along the current, you can see some farther places with wider waters. There are all kinds of colorful boats set up by powerful, rich, luxurious and luxurious merchants in the city. They are all decorated with silk, silk, paper and silk. , boy worshiping birthday, a hundred birds pilgrimage, the Eight Immortals crossing the sea... colorful and colorful, competing for beauty.The most conspicuous thing is a flower boat with two dragons flying in the sky slowly coming from the middle of the river. The length of the boat is about twenty feet, and the height of the boat is more than three feet.The two huge dragon heads are soaring high, almost soaring to the sky, wishing to compare the surrounding colorful boats to nothing.

Especially the four watermelon-sized glass hydrangea lamps inlaid on the four dragon eyes on the dragon head, and four half-arc dioramas embedded in the inner wall. Seen from a distance, it looks like two living dragons swimming in the water, showing more and more ferocious and lifelike aura.The longan is inlaid with dioramas and transparent glass for the "finishing touch".However, the scales on the dragon's body are all inlaid and spliced ​​with colored glaze.Thousands of lamp oil and small waxes are still burning inside the body. Looking from a distance, the whole body is resplendent and resplendent, dazzling and dazzling, reaching to the sky, and dyeing the river water into patches of golden red and bright green.When the river floats, it sparkles, and the lights and water compete for brilliance, making it difficult for people to tell where is water and where is light.

The second sister was dazzled and dumbfounded.It is only today that I understand what is the world of glass and the world of jewelry.Chen Rong and others next to him were also yelling and pointing, and the tourists watching the scenery on the bridge all praised, "I really don't know who built a beautiful flower boat, so rich and luxurious."

While discussing secretly, I saw a boy in his twenties who was dressed as a boy in green clothes and a small hat, and carried a three or four-year-old girl on his shoulders, pointing at the dragon boat and flaunting: "I know, I know, this It’s a flower boat made by Nan’an Prince’s Mansion. The glass hydrangea diorama lamp on the longan and the colored glaze on the dragon’s body were all picked by our master himself and sent to Nan’an Prince’s Mansion, there’s no doubt about it.”

After hearing this, all the tourists rushed forward to ask questions endlessly.That kid was in his twenties, with a wild temper, just the age to strive for glory and show off his knowledge.Seeing the people on the bridge surrounded him like stars holding the moon, when they got their ideas, their tongues were full of flowers, and they hurriedly asked his family's master's name, where was his family, how did he get this business from the Nan'an Palace, and How to carefully select and send those glass colored glazes to Nan'an Palace, I have talked about it over and over again.

It was only then that everyone learned that the master in the mouth of this young man was not a noble family in Beijing.It's just a shameless steward in a big business.It was not his master who actually took over the big business of Nan'an Palace, but the owner of the firm.His family's master is just helping the master's family with errands.However, although this kid is a big talker, he is really eloquent. He told some interesting stories about the rich and powerful people in Beijing, but it also attracted everyone's attention.

Only the second sister was shaken after hearing these words, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Do you know what the surname of the king of Nan'an County is? There is also the king of Dongping County, the king of Beijing County, and the king of Xining County that you just mentioned. Who is the name? Other than that, what else do you know? Is there any prince in Beijing that is more famous?"

The boy saw that the second sister was only four or five years old, and she was born like his own young lady, with exquisite eyebrows and eyes.I liked it more and more, and quickly responded with a smile: "Who doesn't know that since Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, four kings with different surnames have been conferred due to meritorious service. These four are Dongping County King Mu Shi, Nan'an County King Huo Huan, and Xining County King Jin Zhao. and King Shuixi of Beijing County. In addition, the most prominent people in Beijing are naturally the old princes who followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world. For example, the old prince Jia Yan of Ningguo Mansion and the old Duke Jia Yuan of Rongguo Mansion ..."

The second sister only heard this sentence, and there was a "buzz" in her ears, as if someone had hit her head with a stick, and she couldn't hear anything else.

The little girl on the shoulders of the boy in Tsing Yi saw that her second sister was about the same age as her, and just when she liked to play with her, she quickly leaned down and reached out to reach her.The second sister was still in a daze.Fortunately, the servants and servants following the Chen residence saw the second sister talking to the young man, they had already squeezed in along the crowd and protected the second sister by their side.The masters of the Chen residence also noticed the commotion here and hurried over.

Seeing the second sister standing there in a daze, Chen's brows were erected, and she glared at the boy angrily.The kid was caught off guard, almost captivated by Chen's coquettish stare, and hurriedly lowered his head blushing and heart beating.

When Fu raised her head, Mrs. Chen had already walked away holding the second sister's hand.The boy You stood there in a daze, feeling as if he had lost something.

After being dragged away from the crowd by Mrs. Chen, the second sister was still immersed in the young man's informative words and couldn't recover.At the same time, he turned a deaf ear to Chen's reprimand.All I can think about are the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes" and the "Rongning Second Mansion"...

Could it be that I have transmigrated into "A Dream of Red Mansions"?But who am I in "A Dream of Red Mansions"?

Reminiscent of the elder sister's fiancé-in-law - born in Zhang's family, the head of Huangliangzhuang, also called Zhang Hua.With such a familiar setting, could it be that I am the flamboyant, shameless "Third Sister You" in the book who thinks she is chaste?

Thinking of this, the second sister felt like being struck by lightning on a sunny day, You couldn't believe it.Just as he was about to think deeply, he found that he was in the back house after time travel, and because he acted cautiously, he didn't dare to ask more questions.The female relatives and servants in the family never mentioned matters outside the court except for household chores and trivial matters in the house.As a result, the second sister searched her stomach and intestines for half a day, and she didn't know anything else except for the few words of the young man in Tsing Yi just now.

While being anxious, the second sister became more and more annoyed that she was dispensing medicine powder for the Lantern Festival, and she didn't have time to read the "Deeds of the Emperor Taizu" given to him by Old Master Chen, so she didn't know what happened in today's world.As a result, I was sullen and restless, and it was not easy to go shopping in the next lantern festival.Everyone in the Chen residence thought that the second sister was reprimanded by the Chen family, so they hurriedly spoke to dissuade the Chen family, and coaxed the second sister to watch the lantern.

Don't mention how depressed the second sister is, just say that everyone in the Chen family has finished shopping in the Flower Street, guessed the lantern riddles, felt cold early, but was reluctant to go home.I was looking for a clean place to eat some glutinous rice balls to warm my body.Then I went to a restaurant facing Huajie, and was led by the waiter to the private room on the second floor.

Push open the window covered with silk gauze, and you can look down at the brightly lit Flower Street full of tourists.The second sister was restless, so she wanted to lie down by the window and look at the scenery to calm her mind.Inadvertently, I saw the little girl who had just met once was carried by someone and passed under the window.It's just that the person holding her is not wearing the green dress and hat that the second sister has seen, but a deep grape purple brocade cloak.It seems that his figure is also a little bit shorter and fatter than the boy he saw just now.

The second sister's heart skipped a beat, she hurriedly leaned out to take a closer look, her gaze became cold——

Sure enough, he wasn't the talkative kid before!