The Opening of the Red Chamber

But after waiting for the excitement to pass, Lin Fan looked back and thought, did this thing go too smoothly? !

The innate sixth sense made her feel frizzy. After all, old man Lin also had the same worries. It was just that when old man Lin delivered the land deed documents yesterday, Lin Fan also had the hesitant expression on his face. It can be roughly guessed.

It may be that there is something in his heart, Lin Fan also lived restlessly on the last day of Dongyue.

On the [-]th day of the winter month, after noon.

The weather was gloomy, with dark clouds blocking the sun, and it was getting colder and colder.

Lin Fan, who was about to go to the kang to take a rest for a while, received a letter from the servant from Xincong Shunyi County Prince's Mansion. Lin Fan was a little curious, why the Seventh Prince would send a letter to her during this season.Curiosity is nothing but curiosity, after opening and reading the letter, Lin Fan's anxiety became even more anxious this day.

The Seventh Prince's letters are always concise and clear, and after getting along with Lin Fan for a while, they have become more concise.

There were not many words in this letter, but it told all the reasons for Lin Fan's uneasiness.In the letter, the Seventh Prince congratulated the little girl Lin Fan on her fortune, and then told her about the secret manipulations in the pearl incident.Uncle Lin told Lin Fan before that when the pearls were sold this time, the original price would not be so high at all, but during the sale, there was a small accident that was beneficial to Lin Fan.Someone maliciously raised the price with the crown prince and the third master, and even resorted to some means to cheat the third master severely.Of course, the Seventh Prince also told Lin Fan about a major event in his heart.

The thing is like this, the silver that the third master bought pearls, among them there are millions of taels of silver borrowed from underground banks.The behind-the-scenes owner of this underground bank is precisely their royal brother. As for who it is, his own staff has not yet been able to investigate in a timely manner.

Then, Qi Ye added a sentence at the end of the letter: Miss Lin, why did you get a fishing rod for my brother?

Seeing the end, Lin Fan was even more depressed and anxious.Of course, Qi Ye also told her not to panic, anyway, when the pearl was sold back then, the seller said that it was a dowry for his own girl.Seeing this, Lin Fan really couldn't laugh or cry, it's too early to buy this dowry.If she knew the details, she would still think that she was eager to get married!

In addition, she really didn't expect that someone would actually take advantage of her to trick someone.Qiye's letter has already told her how deep the 'mountains' are not revealed under the 'icebergs' floating on the water.No matter how stupid Lin Fan's mind is, the many novels he has read before time travel are really useless.

Lin Fan deeply understood the deep meaning of the phrase "you look at the scenery on the bridge, and the people watching the scenery look at you upstairs".That's how she is now.

After reading a letter, the drowsiness of the whole afternoon nap was dispelled without a trace.

Lin Fan wondered with some fear, would the third son of the emperor secretly send someone to investigate, and finally 'wonder' on her, and would buy her tea from time to time? !Lin Fan felt that his brain seemed to be a little insufficient, and was thinking about whether to write a letter to his father to ask questions, but his aunt, Mrs. Xing, sent someone to tell Lin Fan to come over.

Suppressing this concern, Lin Fan checked his description clothes, and after seeing that he was clean and tidy, he took his standard staff and went to Rongxi Hall.

Today's Rongxitang is inhabited by Jia She, a dignified old man, and everything in the mansion is beyond the rules.

When he got to the main courtyard of Rongxi Hall and met his aunt Mrs. Xing, Lin Fan realized that it was the first day of the twelfth lunar month that his aunt was going to take the family members to the temple to offer incense and fulfill their vows.Having said that, Lin Fan couldn't laugh or cry, the aunt's wish was written on his face, needless to say.

Lin Fan agreed, and asked Jia Mu if she would go.Mrs. Xing told her that the old lady was in a bad mood recently. After this month's troubles, she was not in good spirits, so she would not go.Therefore, apart from herself and her daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng, there were also sisters Sanchun and Zhen's daughter-in-law from Ningfu next door who went to offer incense in the temple this time.The other thing is to inform the mother and daughter of the Xue family in Lixiangyuan now, and ask them if they want to go too. By dinner time, they will know the exact number of people going tomorrow.

After hearing such an answer, Lin Fan was very happy. Mrs. Wang is now locked in the Buddhist hall by Jia Mu to think about her past.At that time, Jia's mother said that when her anger subsided, she could let this prodigal second daughter-in-law come out.So the matter of offering incense this time naturally has no part for Mrs. Wang.

Lin Fan didn't stay with his aunt Mrs. Xing either. After a few gossips, he went back to Yaoquanxuan's yard.

Because this parallel world is the era of Dream of Red Mansions, in some customs, it is somewhat similar to the Celestial Dynasty before Lin Fan traveled.For example, Chinese New Year.

The Chinese New Year in the old days was different from what Lin Fan remembered.

In the old days of Chinese New Year, it was counted from the twelfth lunar month, with an interval of more than one and a half months.Lin Fan knew this, and he also learned it from the mothers and maids.Listening to what they said, she also became interested. After all, this is Lin Fan's first ancient year in this world of Red Mansions, which made her feel extra excited.

So at night, Lin Fan's intense anxiety on the last day of this winter month was also comforted.

In the evening, my aunt, Mrs. Xing, also sent someone to tell me about the people who will go out tomorrow, and asked Lin Fan who he would take with him. Lin Fan didn't know these details, so he simply handed them over to his side. The nuns in charge handle it.She herself sat around the copper smoker with the maids, listening to the legends about the New Year and the latest gossip in Jia's mansion told by the maids.The east and the west are short, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's family is trivial. It is said that everyone has to prepare for the New Year and personal busyness. Lin Fan feels that there is a sense of life.

"Nian", according to the ancient writing method, is a pictographic character.

It has a head and a tail, and its feet are stretched out in all directions. It looks like a big gecko. It is said to be a terrible reptile.It's best if people don't encounter it during one year old.This year can be passed without incident.Therefore, people gather together to burn a pile of firewood, make a pile of delicious good things, and everyone has a good meal to celebrate, and it is precisely because of this that it is called "New Year".

Is this a folk story, and Lin Fan can't figure out what it is.

But this Chinese New Year, in Lin Fan's impression, is to buy New Year's goods, people in the south want to eat reunion dinner, and people in the north want to eat dumplings.In her mind, there are not many records in this regard.

However, now in this world of Red Mansions, after personally experiencing the preparations of the ancient years, I am still stunned.

No, tomorrow is the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and the nurses and maids around Lin Fan seem to have discussed how to celebrate the New Year during a meal in the afternoon, and they are all busy like a spinning top .It is simply an orderly division of labor and clear regulation.Nanny Lu, who was in charge of everything in the yard, naturally followed the gossip that Lin Fan and the maids were talking about and mentioned the word Ezhibannian.

In Lin Fan's view, the term 'governance of the age' is at most a matter of the ten days or so.

But where is this actually?

Listening to Nanny Ji explaining about the Chinese New Year by the way, Lin Fan suddenly felt very tired, and really had no love for the Chinese New Year.

It turns out that the Chinese New Year in the old days, calculated in full, turned out to be from the first day of the twelfth lunar month to the second day of the second month of the next year when the dragon raised its head.There are a series of various cumbersome etiquettes and various "weird and weird ways of tossing people". If you count back and forth like this, it will take almost two months of tossing before it can be considered a complete Chinese New Year.

The nuns didn't go into detail about each item. After all, tomorrow Lin Fan will follow Mrs. Xing to the temple on the outskirts of Beijing to offer incense.So at the same time, the nanny and the maids quickly coaxed their master to wash and sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, when it was still daylight, Lin Fan was dug out of the bed by the maids, washed, dressed, and sent to the carriage.

Mrs. Xing had already been waiting for her in the carriage, and when she got into the carriage, she saw Sister Feng coaxing her daughter and eldest sister, and Mrs. Xing was still talking and laughing in a low voice.From the perspective of Sister Feng and Mrs. Xing, Lin Fan lived in Jia's mansion for so long. In the first month, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not so harmonious.Now, when he suddenly looked at Sister Shangfeng with kindness and gratitude in his eyes, Lin Fan understood.Seeing this scene, her mind, which was still in a half-sleeping state, became a little clearer.

"Sister Lin, come and sit next to me." Seeing that Lin Fan had just lifted the curtain of the carriage, Sister Feng hurriedly waved to Lin Fan.

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Bring eldest sister to me and sit next to me." As soon as the words fell, Sister Feng handed her daughter, eldest sister, to Mrs. Xing.

"I'm sitting with my aunt and Sister Feng today?" Lin Fan said with a chuckle, "I thought that my aunt would arrange me to be in the car of Sister Yingchun and the others."

Mrs. Xing put her arms around her elder sister and smiled brightly: "The three of them are with your Aunt Xue Bao and Sister Bao. They originally planned to arrange you together, but also because you like to be quiet and you get up late, so I decided There is no place for you." While joking, Lin Fan also sat down at the seat opposite to Sister Feng.

The carriage that Jia's mansion drove out of the suburbs of Beijing this time was not a green cloth mule cart, but a real big carriage, very grand and luxurious.

The carriage started to move, and people on horseback could be seen outside the window while the carriage was shaking. Lin Fan was also a little worried in his heart.Is it really good to go out so ostentatiously?Suddenly, I thought about Mrs. Xing's going to fulfill her wish. I think my uncle and aunt have been very happy recently.Such a ostentatious thing should have belonged to the style of the second room, but the reason why it happened today is because the big room finally got what it wanted.

Lin Fan thought about it, and suppressed his plan to tell his uncle to keep a low profile when he came back.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help laughing when she saw Lin Fan's dazed look: "Girl Lin, you and the elder sister should sleep on the pillows in the carriage for a while, and you won't wake up so early. I'm used to it." As she said that, she handed over the blue satin balled flower pillow behind her.

Lin Fan didn't say much, took it, and leaned on the cushion behind his back, ready to take a nap for a while.

The carriage swayed all the way, and the sound of horseshoes beating on the road. As the sky became brighter, there were more pedestrians on the road, and there were more noises.

As the saying goes, life is often unsatisfactory, and life in the parallel world is no exception.

No, Lin Fan doesn't know yet, this time into the twelfth lunar month, a good show has begun.

Today, the female relatives of Jia's mansion and people from Ning's mansion went to offer incense. As soon as they left, two masters who hadn't seen their faces for a long time came back to Jia's mansion.