The Opening of the Red Chamber

When Lin Fan arrived, he happened to meet his uncle Jia She, who had stepped out of the Hanging Flower Gate.

"Uncle!"

"Girl Lin!"

Suddenly meeting in front of the hanging flower gate of Jia Mu's courtyard, Lin Fan quickly glanced at Jia She, seeing his joyful face, the corners of his mouth curved, and the way he walked with a gust of pride, Lin Fan knew in his heart that he was afraid that he would miss it. The most wonderful side.

Lin Fan's scrutinizing gaze was naturally that of Jia She, who did not escape, and Jia She asked: "Girl Lin, your grandmother's place is in chaos now, why don't you come and sit with me? Uncle, my place. But I got something good, do you want to go and see it?"

When Lin Fan heard this, he lowered his head and thought: It's really a mess now, this uncle just ran away after disturbing the muddy water.He only pulled his wife out, and threw his son and daughter-in-law inside.In addition, this is their housework now, Uncle Mei's letter has repeatedly explained, don't interfere with Jia's housework.Then don't watch the excitement today, go to uncle's side to sit and find out what's going on.

After making up his mind, Lin Fan nodded and said, "Okay. Uncle, what good things have you got, please show me." Then, he turned around and followed Jia She and Mrs. Xing, towards Dongxiao hospital went.

After Lin Fan sat down in the Xinuang Pavilion on the other side of the East Courtyard, Mrs. Xing was dismissed by Jia She with a few words.Seeing this, Lin Fan knew that Jia She might have some words that he didn't want others to listen to, so he also dismissed the nuns and maids around him.

At this time, Jia She let the maids bring tea and cakes, and sat down on the side of the Kang by the window of Xinuang Pavilion with a smile on his face, saying: "Girl Lin, your grandmother's temper may not be very good recently, if she sometimes pulls you Just listen to what you're talking about, and don't think about it in your heart. She's old, and sometimes she's confused when she speaks and does things, and that's how she is today. "

Straight to the point, this method is what Lin Fan likes the most. She smiled while holding the tea, and asked, "I heard Amber, the maid at my grandmother's place, say, Uncle, you had a fight with your grandmother, so I want to come here." To persuade a fight." Persuading a fight is fake, but watching a play is the real thing, Lin Fan added silently in his heart.

"You are a child, and the adults quarrel, how can you persuade them?" Jia Amnesty laughed when he heard this.

"Although I can't persuade you, but I'm here, maybe the quarrel should be eased?" She said, she also felt a little funny, "Uncle, when I was at home, I heard the nuns at home say, When there are children around, adults will quarrel more gently to avoid frightening the children."

"Girl Lin, these words may be useful to your brother Bao, but they are useless to you." Jia She said with inquiring eyes, "If you are frightened by the quarrel, uncle, I will be the first to not believe it."

Lin Fan smiled and didn't answer, picked up the dim sum on the small kang table and ate it.

At this time, Jia She suddenly shouted at the maid standing at the door: "Go and bring the few inkstones I got recently, Master. Those things are placed on the shelf outside the study, and the golden rice is drawn separately. Don't take the box with the pattern of high mountains and long rivers, don't take it by mistake." The girl outside the door heard this, and went to marry something after saying yes.

Hearing the servant girl's footsteps going away, Jia She then said: "Girl Lin, it's rare that you came to uncle's place today, uncle still needs your help with something."

"Oh?" Lin Fan became curious, and asked, "Uncle, what do you need my little girl to help with, you said, as long as I can help, I will definitely help."

Jia Amnesty was amused by Lin Fan's particularly straightforward tone, and his mood became better and better: "Uncle will move to the main house in the main courtyard tomorrow. It's a bit rushed to move here. Uncle is thinking about it." Don't you have a lot of free people over there now, and you want to borrow your mothers and maids to help uncle move."

Lin Fan's eyes lit up when he heard it, and his tone of voice became a little more joyful, "Uncle, is what you said true? Are you finally moving back to the main courtyard?" She was also happy in her heart as she spoke. While listening happily, I also know the general content of the quarrel between Jia Amnesty and Jia Mu today.It's just a pity that when I went to Jiamu's place, the quarrel was over.

Jia Amnesty squinted her eyes with a smile: "Why, in Lin Yatou's mind, my uncle is so unreliable? Look at your cautious expression, is it because you regret not seeing your uncle and grandmother quarreling? scene?"

"Where is it?" Lin Fan quickly waved his hand to deny it, but thought silently in his heart: I'll wipe it!Jia Amnesty really woke up!Then he said, "Uncle, the Seventh Prince said when he took me out to eat last time, Uncle, you have a big heart and can tolerate others, but you can't break Gangchang, you should have moved back long ago."

"Why don't we just move back here!" Hearing Lin Fan's words, Jia Amnesty was even more in a good mood, and looked at Lin Fan with more appreciation and affirmation.

From his point of view, Miss Lin is really smart and smart, no wonder the Seventh Prince takes a fancy to her.Thinking of Lin Fan's ability to fight back against the second daughter-in-law Mrs. Wang's stalking, Jia Amnesty became more and more sure that she might have been taught something by the Seventh Prince when she lived in the Seventh Prince's mansion.People in the royal family have twists and turns in their minds, not to mention that Miss Lin is still in contact with important people.It is normal for her to have such a mind and thoughts now.At the same time, he sighed quietly in his heart: Getting along with the royal people really makes people grow up rapidly.

All of a sudden, Jia Amnesty felt that Lin Fan's face looked more reliable, "So, today uncle is here to tell you that tomorrow I will borrow someone to move."

Lin Fan immediately agreed: "It's not a problem at all, uncle, don't worry, even if you have to move today, it will be fine. The twelve young men who were given to me by Qiye stayed in the front yard of Yaoquanxuan every day, and they were idle. Nothing to do."

While the two were talking, the girl who went to the study also brought what Jia She asked for.

Jia Amnesty whispered to Lin Fan, motioning for her to open the box by herself: "Open it and have a look, uncle gave it to you."

Lin Fan suddenly felt that his uncle was a bit confused. He asked his niece to do something, but there was still a gift?Although he was puzzled in his heart, he still opened the gold-painted box.As soon as it was opened, the contents inside immediately made Lin Fan's eyes brighten.She has been in this world of red chambers for quite a while, and she has learned a lot.Especially during the period of staying in the Seventh Prince's mansion, because of his status, when Lin Fan was practicing calligraphy in Lao Qi's study, Lao Qi gave her a lot of knowledge about literature, antiques, Among them, the knowledge of the Four Treasures of the Study is the most.

The knowledge about inkstones is even more important. Lao Qi also likes to collect inkstones, so there are naturally many good ones there.Lin Fan heard him say that Tao inkstone is one of the four famous inkstones, which is as famous as Duan inkstone and She inkstone.Tao Inkstone is well-known in ancient and modern times for its features of emerald green stone color, elegant and rare quality, firm and fine quality, crystal clear like jade, silent buckle, water drops when you lick it, quick ink development without loss of hair, and long-term storage of ink without drying up.In the Song Dynasty, it was cherished by the literati at that time, and it is extremely precious that has been handed down to this day.The Seventh Prince also had two yuan, which he put away like a baby, and only played with Lin Fan once when explaining it to Lin Fan.

But today, Lin Fan looked at the Tao inkstone in the box. It was green in color and had faint water ripples. The whole inkstone was smooth and shiny, exuding a faint halo.At the moment, under the support of the black lacquer box, it is extraordinarily beautiful, and Lin Fan is eager to collect it when he sees it.

"Uncle, are you really willing to give it to me? This is Tao Yan! It's still top grade!"

Jia Amnesty listened to Lin Fan pointing out what he gave, and asked with satisfaction and trepidation: "Girl Lin, you have a good eye! Why, don't you like what uncle gave you? Are you still picky?"

Lin Fan quickly closed the lid, and said with a smile: "The Seventh Prince taught me these literary tricks, of course I can recognize them. Uncle, I am not picky, I like it very much. I really like this inkstone. I will accept it, and I will not return it to you if you ask me to return it to you, Uncle."

"Whatever is given to you is yours. How can you return it." Jia She smiled and said, "In the future, if uncle has good things, he will naturally give them to you."

Lin Fan accepted the things with a smile, nodded and said, "Then I will accept all of them without hesitation, thank you uncle."

After collecting the things, and listening to his uncle nagging about the household matters for a while, Lin Fan took the things and followed the staff back, and was going to go back and tell the little servant and maid to help move the house tomorrow.

After returning to Yaoquanxuan, Lin Fan laughed every time he thought about what he got from his uncle Jia She.Then I became more and more certain that Jia She, who lived in the small east courtyard all these years, must have also been in the situation of the second householder, and used his reputation of wine and sex to unearth a lot of good things.My uncle is really a second person who can't see what he thinks in his heart. Lin Fan agreed to the move at the beginning, but he hasn't recalled the deep meaning of it.Now that I came back to sit and think about it, I suddenly realized: I think there are a lot of good things dug up these years. When I really want to move tomorrow, I am afraid that my good house will be moved by Mrs. Wang’s servants when they are moving things. Hands and feet.

Now Mrs. Wang, who is in charge of the family, and the servants in this mansion are snobbish again, no wonder Jia She is on guard.Suddenly he thought of Mrs. Wang, thinking about it, she would definitely not be worse than Jia She, and definitely better than Jia She.I just don't know what kind of wonderful scene tomorrow will be.

After Lin Fan had lunch, the story of "The Grand Master made a big noise in the old lady's yard and quarreled with the old lady" spread throughout the Jia's mansion, followed by "The Grand Master will move back to the main courtyard", " Topics such as "the master will be in charge in the future" are spreading rapidly like mushrooms after rain.

Lin Fan always likes to take a nap after lunch.However, I didn't even take a nap today.Just after lunch, I saw Sister Feng and Jia Lian coming to her.

Lin Fan quickly invited the couple to sit down in the yard, and served good tea for them.

"Sister Lin, Sister Feng wants to ask you a big favor today, you must help me!" As soon as she was seated, Sister Feng said directly, "I want to ask the two stewardesses beside you to do me a big favor. You can't be stingy and not borrow people."

"Sister Feng, do you want to ask Nanny Lu and Nanny Jiang to help you straighten out your account books?" Lin Fan also stopped Sister Feng's detours, and said directly, "But grandma wants to verify the account books herself, and Sister Feng, you are worried that there will be trouble. Bad-hearted people gossip and even make petty moves around grandma, so why do you want to ask the two nuns to go and watch them in person?"

With Lin Fan's straightforward and direct words, Sister Feng and Jia Lian were immediately stunned.

Because at this moment, she still looks like a young girl who is only seven years old.A seven-year-old child actually understands the twists and turns?This girl from the Lin family is truly terrifying!Sister Feng couldn't help thinking of Lin Fan's confrontation with Mrs. Wang and the old lady when Lin Fan came to Jia's mansion, and she took a deep breath in an instant.

The gazes of the two couples on her caught Lin Fan's attention, and he said, "This morning, Amber, who was next to my grandmother, came to ask me to go over to persuade me to fight. Tell me, and tell me, Sister Feng, if you come to borrow Nanny, ask me not to lend Nanny to anyone other than Sister Feng."

Having said that, Sister Feng and Jia Lian also breathed a sigh of relief!

It's okay, it's okay, it's because my father has already said hello!

Jia Lian then said, "Sister Lin, that's exactly what your sister Feng meant. Something happened at home this morning. Since Sister Lin saw my father, she should know the specifics, right?" I know that the words between Lin Fan and his father are even more obscure and tactful.It has to be said that to a certain extent, Lin Fan felt that Jia She was the one who was really calm and composed. Facing a child whose mentality obviously did not match his age, he could still talk to her so calmly.

Lin Fan shook his head: "Uncle only told me that he was going to move, and asked me to lend him a hand. As for why he quarreled with my grandmother, he didn't say anything, and told me not to go to my grandmother's place these days, but to wait for my grandmother to calm down. It’s over, what’s going on?”

Jia Lian and Sister Feng looked at each other, and finally it was Sister Feng who said, "Don't worry about housework, Sister Lin. Family members will inevitably make mistakes, so your grandmother is angry." After a pause, she went on again. Thinking of Lin Fan's words when he came to her, he gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger and unwillingness in his heart for what Mrs. Wang did this morning, and said slowly, "Sister Lin, it's hard for Sister Feng to talk about it now, and in the future Say it again, okay?"

Lin Fan saw that she didn't want to talk, so he didn't bother, nodded and said: "Yes. By the way, Sister Feng might as well take Yunxia along. When Mother Lu and Mother Jiang were busy, Yunxia was always by the side to help, Besides, Yunxia has also learned a lot from the two nuns." Don't let me ask, wouldn't I ask someone to inquire for me?Lin Fan secretly laughed in his heart, Yunxia is the gossip leader in their yard, and now that Yunxia is sent to the front line, he will definitely hear more exciting reports than the scene.

After seeing off Sister Feng and Jia Lian, Lin Fan looked forward to tomorrow's events even more.

She was very much looking forward to seeing the expression of Mrs. Wang's mother Jia tomorrow, especially the second uncle Jia Zheng.She has moved here for so long, and she hasn't seen her a few times. It is said that she shuts up with his clean-up guests in the study every day and reads poor poems, and it is also called discussing important matters with his followers.