The Opening of the Red Chamber

September 26.

The haze dissipated, and it was even more difficult to see the sun.

The warm sunlight fell on the yard, making the delicate hibiscus even more gorgeous.

After Lin Fan finished his cultural class in the morning, he wanted to be lazy in the afternoon.The nuns let her take a lazy break today, so they leisurely moved a recliner to bask in the sun under the eaves of the yard.

The tea smelled faintly, and he was looking around at the flower garden in the yard, wondering if he could get some other flowers, when he heard voices from outside the yard and the sound of people walking quickly.

The courtyard of Yaoquanxuan is located in the northwest corner, separated by a corridor, which is the backyard of Sister Feng's son's courtyard.Few people come here on weekdays, and it is very quiet.It is so lively today, it must be people from the Xue family.

When she got up to make up in the morning, she heard Yun Xia say that Mrs. Wang had arranged for someone to go out to pick her up early in the morning.

Listening to the movement outside now, it seems that people have arrived and are carrying luggage or something.Although the footsteps were chaotic, there was order in the chaos.After listening for a while, Lin Fan simply got up from the reclining chair and said, "Xueyan, Yunwei, come and change my clothes, I'm going to see uncle."

Lin Fan is going to see Jia Amnesty.Not for anything else, just because of the letter he wrote to the Seventh Prince after he hurried back from Jia Mu's courtyard that day.She asked the Seventh Prince to leave the letter for her to run errands. After sending the letter back, she didn't even see the reply.It is precisely because of this that the curiosity and speculation in Lin Fan's heart became more and more serious.She really, really wanted to know what exactly Mr. Zhang, the teacher sent by the Seventh Prince, said to her uncle, whether it was the same as what she had guessed in her heart.

Now the guests in Jia's mansion are relatives of Erfang, so naturally Erfang is busy talking with members of Xue's family.

At this time, Lin Fan leisurely went to meet Jia She, and it was also a good time.

So, after changing his clothes, Lin Fan took Xueyan and Yunwei with him, deliberately took a long detour, and went to the East Courtyard of his uncle Jia She.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the third floor, the woman guarding the gate saw Lin Fan sharply, and immediately came forward to say hello.Lin Fan said a few polite words to her, and the woman hurried in to report in person.After a while, I saw Mrs. Xing coming out with an expression of surprise and joy, and she said as she walked, "Girl Lin, why do you have time to come and sit with my aunt today?" It swept from the top of Lin Fan's head to his toes like flowing water.

Before Lin Fan went out, he took off his absolute linen white suit. Although it was still plain white now, he replaced it with a moon-white satin skirt embroidered with orchids and grass.The white silk flowers on the head were also taken off, the hair was combed into a double flat bun, and a pair of jasper and pearl ear-picking hairpins were inserted on each side.A silver wreath hangs on the chest, and a silver longevity lock hangs on it.Very clean, but without losing etiquette.Seeing Lin Fan like this, the smile on Mrs. Xing's face grew stronger.

When I think of Lin Fan's appearance in front of the second room on weekdays, he is absolutely filial, and there will be such a considerate dress today.It turned out that the child, the niece, kept her in his heart.Thinking of this, Mrs. Xing was extremely satisfied, the curve of her lips became more and more upward, the smile in her eyes and her tone of voice became more and more gentle.

"I'm free today. The nuns gave me half a day off and came to see my uncle and aunt." Lin Fan replied, and Mrs. Xing took her by the hand and walked into the yard, asking questions as she walked. , "Is uncle at home today? The last time I came, uncle said he couldn't bear to see each other, but last time uncle came with Mr. Xixi, he was in a hurry, and he didn't talk properly."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mrs. Xing nodded quickly and replied. The hairpin on her head was exactly the one that Lin Fan gave her last time. The clear and crisp sound of the pearls and jade on the table is very pleasant, "Your uncle was still talking a few days ago, I don't know if you are suitable for the teacher's class, niece, and are you tired from studying?" , On the one hand, he hurriedly ordered someone to send a message to Jia Amnesty.

In the inner room, after being seated, a maid will serve hot tea.

Immediately afterwards, the uncle Jia She, whom Lin Fan wanted to see, appeared at the moment Lin Fan picked up the teacup from the coffee table.

"Girl Lin, are you used to life in this mansion? If there's anything you're not used to, just talk to your sister Feng." When Jia Sheren came, it was the standard official polite way for elders to meet juniors.

The uncle Jia Amnesty gave Lin Fan a hard impression.

In the original book, Uncle Jia She is a person who is unanimously criticized by many red scholars as shameless, overbearing, greedy, willful and evil.Lin Fan also thought so before he traveled to the world of the Red Chamber.Especially the fact that the stone nerd was forced to death for the sake of ten fans made Lin Fan feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.However, when I really came into contact with it, that preconceived notion changed quietly in the dark.

Lin Fan hurriedly put down his teacup, got up and saluted, and then said: "It's all good, please don't worry, uncle." After a pause, he also cut to the chase, "Uncle, the seventh prince picked me up to the palace the other day. , let me have a few words to say to uncle."

Having said this, Lin Fan stopped.Immediately, looking at Mrs. Xing with a sorry look, Jia Amnesty immediately came back to his senses, knowing that Lin Fan had something to say to him alone, so he immediately turned his head and told Mrs. Xing to say : "You go to the kitchen yourself and tell the people in the kitchen to make light vegetarian dishes today, and Miss Lin wants to keep dinner with me. You go and watch in person, and don't allow the people in the kitchen to be lazy."

Mrs. Xing met Lin Fan's eyes, heard what she said, and saw Jia She's order, no matter how stupid she was, she understood that some of the words were very important.Immediately understood, he hurriedly said: "Then the master will go to the study with his niece to talk, and I will let the maids put the tea and fruits in the study, and I will go to the kitchen now."

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and sent Mrs. Xing away with a "go".

In the study room, after sitting quietly, the warm sunlight coming in from the window further set off the tranquility of the late autumn afternoon.

Jia Amnesty's study is very stylish, very low-key, when you look at it for the first time, you will find that it is full of dark colors and heavy.In this heavy color, you will find many differences and the depression brought by ordinary dark colors.On the bookshelves and antique racks in the study, those oddly shaped ornaments also follow the main style of the study, very low-key, and there is a kind of elegance in the low-key.It has to be said that Jia Amnesty has reached a certain level of cultivation and attainment in taste.

Jia Amnesty, who was sitting in the main seat, did not speak. Last time Lin Fan also came in a hurry and did not look carefully.Now she started to observe slowly, and after observing for a while, she couldn't help but laugh.Now is not the time to care about the decoration and style of the study, so Lin Fan asked directly: "Uncle, what did Mr. Zhang say when he met you on the first day in the mansion?"

"Lin girl, didn't you say that the Seventh Prince has something to convey to you?"

"Uncle, Qi Ye didn't have anything to tell me." Lin Fan sat down very calmly, and then said slowly, "I told a lie just now, but I have something else to tell Uncle."

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "What a Lin girl, I knew you had a lot of thoughts."

"Uncle, Lord Qi told me a very important thing that morning. He told me that the sage abolished the position of the third prince as the crown prince." Lin Fan stated the words of that day slowly in an unhurried tone, "Then he told me that winter is coming, and it's time for cats to winter." Lin Fan kept his words vague on purpose, just waiting for Jia Shen to bring up the topic on his own initiative.

Sure enough, as she expected, after Jia She heard her words, the faint smile that was still on his lips disappeared in an instant.Immediately afterwards, he asked Lin Fan nervously and seriously: "Girl Lin, did you tell your grandmother or second uncle?" While speaking, the nervous eyes in his eyes locked firmly on On Lin Fan's face, the serious and serious demeanor passively infected Lin Fan, who was not nervous at first, with his emotions.

"I didn't tell anyone, except uncle you." Lin Fan replied.At the same time, her eyes fell on Jia Amnesty's face, carefully watching the changes in his expression.Seeing uncle's brows frowning at the moment when she said that the position of the third son and prince was abolished, uncle's brows were like earthworms in a flower pot, and suddenly twisted.After going on, it becomes the Tianjin Mahua of later generations, twisting out n many shapes, and these shapes can be summed up in one word: worry!

Lin Fan silently looked at the expression of his uncle Jia She, and then he heard Jia She suddenly slow down his tone and say to her: "Girl Lin, I can't say these words anymore. You must remember it, and you can't be wrong. Others said."

"Okay, I'll remember." But this is not what she cares about, what she wants to know more is, "Uncle, what did Mr. Zhang say to you that day?"

When Lin Fan asked such a question, Jia Amnesty couldn't help but recall the scene from that day.

On that day, those enlightening questions that Mr. Zhang said to him: "Marquis Jia En, how could your life be so absurd? How can someone who has conquered the noble still live in a side courtyard? What should the gifts given by the sage be? Do the elders and children be orderly, and the rules of the nobles and the humble are still ignored? Your old lady is in a daze, so are you going to be in a daze too? Are you not afraid that the censor will take a copy of your family?" Every word and every sentence hit the dead point, and Jia Amnesty hit him like a bell.So for most of the morning that day, Mr. Zhang slowly listened to Jia Amnesty vomit the bitterness of recent years.After his original partner Zhang died, he has been in a daze for so many years.Now after hearing Mr. Zhang's words, it's a lot of bitterness.That day, he remembered pulling Mr. Zhang and asking him to give advice.Mr. Zhang was originally ordered by the Seventh Prince to secretly investigate the Jia Mansion. Because the Seventh Prince was young, he had only been out of the palace for less than two years, and his planning on the interpersonal network was very weak.Those veteran princes and nobles are precisely the prince who wants to borrow their power, but this is not for everyone.Mr. Zhang didn't simply teach Lin Fan to learn such a simple task, but he came here to throw stones and ask for directions.Mr. Zhang has already knocked on his door, pointing out a direction for him, a road of wealth and wealth that can be more than that of a prince in the future, whether he can take this road well depends on Jia She himself's next steps Whether the performance can pass the test.

After a long interval, Lin Fan suddenly noticed that Jia She was distracted and his expression was extremely solemn.

What a dignified expression!

Lin Fan silently stared at Jia She in a daze, and at the same time, she also gained confidence in her heart.It seems that it is not far from what she guessed, the old Mr. Zhang must have promised something to Jia She that day, or said something to Jia She on behalf of the Seventh Prince.Otherwise, how could my uncle have such an expression.Even if the uncle didn't say anything today, she still guessed a little bit, and it depends on what kind of good performance he will have in the coming days.

The uncle in front of him was staring at a floor tile in front of him, with his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to count how many patterns there were on the floor tile.Seeing this, Lin Fan deliberately coughed loudly twice, and shouted: "Uncle, what are you talking about? Why are you staring at the ground in a daze?"

Facing Lin Fan's aggressiveness to dig a hole to the bottom, Jia She couldn't help sighing, half intimidating and half foolishly said to Lin Fan: "Little girl, how can you be so curious?! You are still too old for adult matters. You don’t even understand.” After a pause, he even said something that made Lin Fan dumbfounded, “Girls, you should learn how to be a housekeeper.”

"Yes!" Lin Fan agreed with a smile.

When she replied like this, Jia Amnesty didn't say anything, and after talking to her about the homework, he found someone who said, "Your aunt's has delicious jujube cake today. I made it myself. It tastes different from other places." The same excuse, she sent Lin Fan away.

Lin Fan didn't care about this either. Even if he didn't hear what Mr. Zhang said today, he still guessed a lot.Anyway, it's still the initial stage, as long as it doesn't affect her and her beautiful uncle's future life in the end, then it doesn't matter.If this uncle suddenly gets bloody one day and is about to stand up when his fighting strength is full, she will of course help.

After figuring things out, Lin Fan's mood became better and better. After eating a little snack at Mrs. Xing's place, he found an excuse not to stay here for dinner, and then brought Xueyan and Yunwei back to Yaoquanxuan went.

When Lin Fan was at Jia She's place, Mrs. Wang's yard was also very lively.

Aunt Xue came to Beijing with Sister Bao and Xue Pan. Mrs. Wang had dispatched someone in advance to clean and arrange the Lixiangyuan. Therefore, when the masters were talking, all the luggage of the Xue family had been moved neatly. Entered the pear fragrance courtyard.

Mrs. Wang was pulling her younger sister, Aunt Xue, to talk about the family, while Baochai stayed quietly and listened to the two of them talking.

When talking about daily routines, it is inevitable to bring up the topic of going to Beijing this time.Then, it inevitably brought up the matter of Xue Pan and Baochai.As soon as Xue Pan was mentioned, Aunt Xue had a headache. The brat who was brought up by herself could not be corrected when she found out that her growth was crooked.In addition to the life lawsuit that is still involved behind the scenes, if it weren't for someone in the officialdom in the family relationship, I don't know how much trouble there would be.