The Opening of the Red Chamber

Chapter 021 Ma'am!lady!You are the funny one sent by the monkey~!

Listening to the words of the two court ladies, Jiamu thought they were talking about something, but then she realized that this was a foster nun bestowed by a sage.The upbringing and nuns in the palace had extremely strict rules, and in the end Jia Mu's words had no chance to be said.He had to order the maids and women in the house to send Lin Fan back to the courtyard of Yaoquanxuan.

Of course, Mother Jia still gave Lin Fan the big girl Parrot in her room.

It was given by the elders, even if you want to say no to it.

It's a bullshit dogma, but she has six extremely capable nuns by her side, so she should send this girl to a good student to attend classes.

Lin Fan took the people away, and Jia's mother was quite regretful.She originally wanted to let her good grandson Jia Baoyu and Lin Yatou meet today, but now it seems that it will be postponed.Let's talk about Lin Fan, she didn't want to see Fenghuangdanzi on the day she came, not to mention that Fenghuangdanzi's old lady dug two big holes for her when she came today.

She was in a bad mood, and she was still in the mood to see the legendary phoenix egg.

The servant girl brought by Lin Fan was originally trained by the palace, and the servant girl sent by the Seventh Prince was extremely nimble.The four-entry courtyard of Yaoquanxuan was taken care of by dozens of people brought by Lin Fan in the blink of an eye.In addition, all the utensils are brought by themselves, and there is Dongfeng given by the Seventh Prince before, and errands given by Sister Feng.When Lin Fan arrived at the gate of Yaoquanxuan's courtyard, the courtyard had been tidied up almost properly, and the subtleties were only slowly modified and arranged.

Yaoquan Pavilion is not big, the layout is very compact, and the rooms are relatively small.There are dozens of houses in front and back of the four-entry courtyard, which is enough to live in Lin Fan and the people she brought.

Lin Fan lived in the fourth courtyard, while the first courtyard was reserved for the servants and cooks.On the hanging flower gate of the second entrance courtyard, the two nuns in charge have already arranged for women to watch over, and only female family members are allowed to come in and out on weekdays.In the hallway of the third entrance to the courtyard, guard maids and mother-in-law are also arranged.The reason why he took such strict precautions was that the Seventh Prince had greeted the six nuns beside Lin Fan and the young servants he had given him who could punch and kick before Lin Fan set off.This greeting is to briefly reveal the evil spirits in the Rongguo Mansion, and let them grow some eyes by the way, so that they can see in secret.

The nuns are all people with backgrounds, so they don't understand what the Seventh Prince said, and after spending several months with Lin Fan, they know that Lin Fan is a kind master, so almost all of them have given full play to it. With a bit of good moral character, she vowed to take good care of Lin Fan, a good master, and she was determined not to suffer a little bit of loss in the mire-like Rongguo Mansion.

When Lin Fan returned to the new courtyard, maids and wives had already brought light Jiangnan dishes.Four dishes and one soup, the light taste made Lin Fan very satisfied. After filling his stomach, he closed the door and talked with several nuns.

As soon as Nanny Hao and Nanny Liu came back, after arranging things, they were coaxed by Lin Fan to have dinner.

At this moment, the girls and women on duty in the yard have all solved their food and clothing problems.

With food and clothing settled, it's time to talk about the next thing.

"Grandma Liu, Grandma Hao, look at how the second aunt gave me a big blow today, how did I respond?"

"Girl, today's performance is good." When it came to this matter, Mammy Liu and Mammy Hao told all the maids and women when they were eating, and even told them to pay more attention at all times. a little.

On the contrary, Nanny Liu said again: "Miss, the servant is not easy to mess with Mrs. Wang when she sees that lady. As a younger generation, the girl must make up his mind to these elders every day. Although he won today, he is afraid that he will be defeated in the future." Being made things difficult."

Madam Liu, your old lady is amazing.Just meeting like this has brought out the most powerful one.Sure enough, he is worthy of being a person who has stayed in the court, his eyes are vicious!At this moment, Lin Fan couldn't wait to praise Liu Mama's eyes.He asked again: "Mother Liu, what should I do in the future so that I don't have to pay my respects to this second aunt?"

"Girl, you don't need to worry about this. Now that you're in the period of filial piety, you only need to wear filial piety clothes and white silk flowers on your head every day. Presumably, Mrs. Wang will naturally spare you your greetings, and there won't be any bad messages." Shou Xiao It's normal for people who are expecting to wear filial piety. Could it be that they are not allowed to observe filial piety? !

"Well, I know what to do." Lin Fan lit up and replied with a smile, "Now that I come here, I have to rely on a few more nuns to give advice. In terms of the situation in Rongguo Mansion, Master Qi should tell everyone As I said, I don’t ask for anything else, I just want to live a peaceful life.” After thinking for a while, Lin Fan said, “There is also my cousin who was born to my second aunt, just now Liu Nanny, Xu Nanny and I When I went to the second aunt's place, I also heard his mother say it himself. He is so old, but he doesn't go to school but hangs out with his sisters in the inner room. I shouldn't say too much about it. Now that we are talking behind closed doors, I really want to tell the nuns. I don't want to have too much contact with this cousin. If he comes, or meets my grandmother, I have to trouble the nuns Mammy, block him for me, don't let him get too close to me. Even if I can't stop him, I need several mammy and maids to be with me before I can meet and talk to him."

"Hey, girl, don't worry, Master Qi has explained it, you just need to live with peace of mind. We will take care of the rest, and we will not make things difficult for the girl." The nuns persuaded.

"That's good, let the nuns worry more."

"What did the girl say? This is what slaves should do."

"Oh, Nanny Lu, Nanny Jiang, we had a busy day yesterday. Today we should find out the prepared gifts and send them to every master in this mansion." Lin Fan said, He couldn't help laughing again, "Otherwise, Nanny Liu and Nanny Hao will say 'girl, girl, don't forget etiquette' again."

"Please don't worry, girl. The servants will go to choose later, and they will definitely select and finalize the purpose for the girl."

"Well, good." Fiddled with the teacup in his hand, Lin Fan nestled on the couch with a corseted waist decorated with huanghuali carved with auspicious patterns, leaning on the thick, fluffy and soft black satin Jinbao mattress, and said slowly , "Be sure to give the second aunt a brighter one, her eyes are not very good."

As soon as he said this, the big girls guarding Lin Fan's side couldn't help laughing unreasonably, Hao Hao also laughed and said: "Girl, this one will definitely choose Shining. Just go and talk to the two old sisters, don't worry, girl."

For a while, Lin Fan half-closed his eyes and listened to Yunwei reading to her the legendary storybooks he found in the market, while waiting for Nanny Lu and Nanny Jiang to choose something and send it to her.When she lived in Shunyi County Prince's Mansion, the Seventh Prince gave her many things.In addition to the huge pile of things brought by her father, Jia Min's dowry and some good goods in recent years, the choice of gifts is very wide.

After about a cup of tea, the nuns arrived with the gifts they had chosen.

Nanny Lu came forward and handed over the list. Lin Fan took it and looked at it carefully.

The one given to Jia Mu was a big-bellied Maitreya Buddha statue carved in emerald jade and a pair of ivory plaques inlaid with aquamarine. The one given to Jia Amnesty was said to be the relics of the previous dynasty. Gold stacks of silk inlaid with sapphires and rubies and butterflies wearing plum heads, Jia Lian was given a small jade ink pool, Sister Feng was given a set of gold inlaid big pearls and peony heads, and Yingchun was given a set of emerald Go. For the eldest sister are two strings of small-leaf red sandalwood bracelets called "inch sandalwood inch gold" with jadeite pendants.

The above are for the big house, Lin Fan looks pretty good.Pointing to Sister Feng again, he said, "Sister Feng's elder sister is growing up. Children grow fast and make clothes quickly. Add two bolts of red feather silk with bright red makeup and two clouds to the elder sister. Red and silver silk, two camellias and dark floral satin."

Next, it was for the second room.Jia Zheng was given an ancient bronze square vase engraved with cloud and thunder patterns, Mrs. Wang was given a set of golden peony flower jewelry, and Li Wan was given twelve bolts of azurite colored silk. The ones for Tanchun are four butterfly flower hairpins inlaid with pearls and gemstones, and the ones given to Jia Lan, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Dafang Jia Cong are the same, a set of hardcover versions of the "Four Books" and "Five Classics".

The last one is a set of painting utensils and a set of rice paper and three knives for the fourth girl Xichun.

"Mommy, replace that set of golden peony flower jewelry. The second aunt's eyesight is not good, it's not shiny enough, she may not see it very much. Well, you can replace it with the one I made in Yinlou last time." Twelve little golden monkeys!" Lin Fan pointed to a line on the gift list and said, "Although the golden peony jewelry is pretty, it's really not shiny enough, and it's not as cute as my twelve little monkeys!"

"Hey!" Nanny Lu replied, but she felt something was wrong, "Girl, if the twelve monkeys are given out as a set, then the gift for the second room will obviously be more expensive than the first room." She This is to save the girl in her family. The set of gold little monkeys is a full 120 taels of gold, and the workmanship is extremely delicate and elegant. The expressions of each little monkey are lifelike and extremely cute.

However, Nanny Lu didn't know that Lin Fan sent the monkey to Mrs. Wang just to be sarcastic: "Second Aunt, you are actually a tease sent by the monkey, right?" !Of course, after giving this gift, Lin Fan will naturally let the gossip masters around him tell the source of this sentence, and they will definitely not know it.

"It's okay, just give my aunt an extra string of pearl necklaces." Lin Fan thought for a while and replied, "Give the set of golden peony flower jewelry to Aunt Zhao, it's not easy for her, so add another string The red coral bead bracelet is."

Seeing that Lin Fan had made such a decision, Mother Lu made a complete decision and began to put the presents into boxes.

After tossing about the meeting ceremony, Lin Fan discussed with the six nuns again. Among them, Lu Lu, who was in charge, and Xu Xu, who took care of the details of Lin Fan's life, briefly talked about the matter explained by the Seventh Prince, and finally Lin Fan decided to live his own life behind closed doors.

On the first night of entering Rongguo Mansion, everything was arranged properly for Lin Fan, and of course he slept well.

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Lin Fan slept peacefully, but the masters of the □□ government were not.

Let's start with Jia's mother, the 'pancakes' who are destined to toss and turn on the bed in the first half of the night.

Let’s talk about Jia’s mother. From the very beginning of the morning, she saw her granddaughter’s big fight, and later she showed off her wealth in a high-profile way that blinded everyone’s eyes. In the evening, she also directly He lifted his chopsticks and said he was not used to it.So pampered and loved, Jiamu's heart is full of sorrow and joy.Why did the daughter go so early? Looking at the son-in-law's attitude towards her daughter, one can know how well the granddaughter was doing when the daughter was there. This has once again refreshed her guess about the family background of the Lin family.

It is precisely this kind of guessing that makes Jia's mother dare not underestimate her son-in-law who is currently walking on thin ice in the salt administration. Although the daughter is gone, the granddaughter and son-in-law are still there, and her good grandson Baoyu is still there. The letter that I wrote with Jia Min to make a marriage and marriage is still there, and Lin Yatou stepped into this Jia's mansion, and sooner or later she will be a member of Jia's mansion.

Mother Jia couldn't sleep no matter what, thinking of Lin Fan holding such a large amount of property in her hands, she naturally wondered whether she should keep it for her granddaughter.Wait until she grows up and becomes more sensible before giving it to her.

Money, indeed, is a demagogic thing.

Old lady Jia made pancakes like this, so the mandarin ducks who took care of her couldn't fall asleep.

"Old lady, it's already the second watch, you can take a rest." The caring and conscientious mandarin duck immediately got up and lit a candle to check whether the old lady's quilt was covered properly.

"Yuanyang, do you think Lin Yatou will arrange Brother Parrot by her side?" That was bestowed by her, an old lady, obviously an eyeliner.

Yuanyang is Jiamu's super assistant and personal secretary. The old lady's thoughts, she has already guessed very closely: "Don't worry, old lady, Miss Lin is a sensible girl, and she will definitely not make things difficult for Parrot."

"That's not what I'm talking about," Jia Mu was a little angry, dissatisfied with Yuanyang's written standard official answer, "You said, a girl as young as Lin Yatou holds 10,000+ taels of silver in her hand, and she is not afraid of her." The maids around me have been coaxed? As a grandmother, shouldn’t I come forward and talk about this?” When Mother Jia said this, she seemed to have forgotten one thing. Maids, the background behind this is not small!When the old lady doubts so much, is she doubting the saint or the prince? !

After Yuanyang heard this, the expression on his face became stiff, and he immediately adjusted to the facial paralysis mode.He replied gently and gently, "Old lady, this servant doesn't know either."

Whether you know it or not, everyone knows it psychologically.

When Jia's mother was asking about the mandarin ducks, Mrs. Wang was also discussing the same topic with Jin Chuan'er.

"As an aunt, I naturally have to worry and work a little bit more. Lin Yatou is still so young, if she is coaxed by those women and maids, it will be fine." While talking, she sighed, "May Lin Yatou understand my painstaking efforts."

Mrs. Wang said this as if she had worked tirelessly for her niece, but she actually had another idea in her heart.She wanted to swindle the money from Lin Fan into her own pocket, and then send it to Yuan Chun, who was still struggling in the palace, and use the money to open a way for her to find a way out in the palace.

If it was Sister Lin in the original book, nine out of ten she would be coaxed away.But in the original book, it was Jiamu, the old lady, who lied to Sister Lin.There are many kinds of inferences about the legacy of the Lin family in the later textual research. One is that it was given to the family, the other is that it was given to the official family, and the other is that the Jia family built the Naluoshizi family-friendly villa.

Now that she, Lin Fan, is here, she is quite a steel cock, and her fighting strength and stinginess are going to explode.From the old lady at the top to the Jia Baoyu and the great-grandsons at the bottom, the Jia mansion is not as much trouble as Lin Fan's full stomach!Otherwise, how could she be worthy of her being a house girl for so many years, dedicating her entire youth and beautiful years to comics and novels.

What can Jin Chuan say in this maid, he can only echo: "Madam, what you said is very true!"

On the other side, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's room.

Sister Feng lay on the bed, and said, "Sister Lin is here today, you don't know, that red coral tree and gold ingots really opened my eyes. It is said that salt merchants are salt merchants, and the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River are incredible." Little look, I saw you today, and you really agreed to this sentence."

Jia Lian listened to Sister Feng's words, and today he also heard what the servants said, and said, "Yes, our uncle's family background is quite rich. It's a pity that he has no heirs. Once my uncle goes away, those family backgrounds will be destroyed." It's not cheap for those so-called relatives who don't have anything to do with it."

Jia Lian should be thankful that Lin Fan didn't hear these words, otherwise, with Lin Fan's means, he would definitely turn into Lian's second father-in-law!What does it mean to be a relative who is not related to the family when it is cheap? Even if it is given to the Lin family, it is also surnamed Lin, not Jia!In the original book, this guy embezzled sister Lin's family property privately, and quietly did big things with Mrs. Wang Jia Zheng.

Although Lin Fan didn't meet Jia Lian when she came to Jia's mansion, in her impression, she didn't have a good image of Jia Lian as a bad guy.To be honest, Lin Fan admired Sister Feng very much from the bottom of his heart. Thinking about how a person like Sister Feng married Jia Lian who cheated all the time, it was really bad luck!If she, Lin Fan, was dressed as Sister Feng, she would definitely castrate Jia Lian, a widow, and slowly torture her to death.

After hearing this, Sister Feng sighed: "Haven't you seen those rubies the size of goose eggs and pink pearls the size of longan? They are just like the cornucopia in myths and legends, and they are about to overflow. Think about my Wang family back then. I’m afraid it’s the same.” Then, Sister Feng clicked her tongue enviously and said, “By the way, sister Lin lives in Yaoquanxuan, and she wants to open a small kitchen by herself. Do you think this is a job I bought? "

The job of purchasing is a very lucrative position.

These two couples are worthy of managing common affairs and family affairs, one inside and one outside. In terms of management, the two are really a perfect match.

When Jia Lian heard Sister Feng's reminder, she still didn't understand, so she hurriedly said, "Which candidate do you like? Let's take a look? Sister Lin's helper with the purchase, of course, has to pass the old lady's eyes first. "

"Where do I have a candidate? If I have a candidate, I still ask you?!" Sister Feng poked Jia Lian's chest with her hand, and whispered in a low voice with anger and anger, which made Jia Lian angry again.The two couples have a good relationship, so it is natural that Wushan is in the red silk tent.

After the cloud and rain were over, Jia Lian coaxed Sister Feng and said: "I see that sister Lin is not as simple as we imagined, so don't bother with this matter, and listen to what the old lady and his wife have to say tomorrow, and we can discuss it again." Not too late."

"Alright."

The night is dark and the sky is full of broken stars.The cold wind of late autumn blew past, whistling and whistling, which added to the chill of the night.

Early the next morning.

As soon as it was dawn, Lin Fan got up early in the blur, changed into a white mourning dress, and wore a big white silk flower on his head.

She was about to pay respects to these elders, and by the way, she would give gifts in person, so as to show her respect for them.

But before her family left the yard, Mrs. Wang sent someone to say that there was no need to greet her every day.Why, needless to say, everyone understands.She was afraid of being bumped by Lin Fan's white body.

Jiamu still had to go there, so Lin Fan took two nuns and four maidservants to Jiamu's yard to pay his respects to the cheap grandmother, and brought the gift prepared yesterday.

For the juniors, it is enough to toss people.But for Lin Fan, it was just a daily morning and evening task.She has always been unable to understand this weird rule, so she planned it into the daily tasks of the game on a whim to comfort herself.Thinking about it this way, after complaining, I suddenly felt that life was much more interesting.

But when I came to say hello today, Lin Fan suddenly discovered a very interesting thing.

That's when she came, Mother Jia got up, but the phoenix egg still didn't get up.Haha, this is just too good and makes her so happy.It seems that the scenes that I have played out many times in my mind will be put on hold for now.

After greetings, Mother Jia wanted to keep Lin Fan for breakfast.But Lin Fan had a good excuse, she was going back to copy scriptures for Jia Min.Of course, Mother Jia couldn't keep her, so she had to watch Lin Fan take the nuns and maids away. She really came and went in such a hurry, she didn't even find the chance to say that!Looking at the jasper Buddha statue and the ivory plaque that were left behind, Jia Mu sighed and asked Yuanyang to put it away, and then asked Hu Po to see if her good grandson Baoyu was awake.

Yesterday, Jia Baoyu, a phoenix son, heard from somewhere that another younger sister came to live in his house, and he was very happy at the moment.Begging Mother Jia to let this younger sister come to Jiamu's yard to have a look, Mother Jia originally wanted to call Lin Fan, but thinking of the two foster nuns beside her, she coaxed Phoenix Egg to say that the younger sister would come to say hello tomorrow morning. When you can see it.

As a result, the person who greeted him came, but he still couldn't get up from sleep.Jia Baoyu was spoiled by Jia's mother at home. Jia's mother said, "The child is still young, so he needs to grow up and sleep for a while" and asked Jia Baoyu to sleep late, so I would like to ask the elders for these rules. In front of Jia Baoyu, as long as it is not serious, Jia's mother will let her go.

Lin Fan was satisfied and rewarded on the way back from paying his respects this day.Yesterday, she was completely white, reminding the masters of the Jia family about the death of Jia Min.When I got up this morning, along the way, the maids and women I met were much more plainly dressed.Even Jia Mu didn't dress up as yesterday.

After Lin Fan returned to the courtyard, he went to copy scriptures in the small Buddhist hall that had been arranged.

He also said that at Mother Jia's side, when Fenghuang Danzi woke up, Lin Fan had already copied several pages of the book.As soon as he heard that Sister Lin had come and gone, Jia Baoyu hated and was angry, hated himself for not getting up earlier, and angry at the maid around him for waking him up when Sister Lin came.So, this morning, Phoenix Egg woke up full of energy.

Lin Fan didn't pay attention to how noisy Jiamu's yard was.

What she's focusing on now is the matter of returning gifts from the meeting ceremony that she talked about yesterday. After copying today's scriptures, she took the nuns and maidservants to give gifts from yard to yard.

Being born here to give gifts, Lin Fan got a little nasty.

She withheld the meeting gift for Jia Baoyu, and planned to give it to him in person when she went to Jia's mother's yard tonight.The hardcover editions of "Four Books" and "Five Classics" prepared by her are precisely the originator of the books that Jia Baoyu called Lu Wozhi!In addition, she has a special surprise gift ready, and that gift can only be given out when that brat Jia Baoyu has a convulsion.

The author has something to say: Your bastard author is dealing with the timeline, and finally smoothed out a ball of wool~ I am exhausted~~ I have been reading materials for the past two days, and the source of some notes must be written clearly .

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