The Opening of the Red Chamber

As it entered the twelfth lunar month, the weather was freezing every day, and it was rare to see a clear sky for a few days.

After Lin Fan came back from Maple Leaf Temple on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, he has been nesting in the Yaoquan Pavilion, and even rarely went to Jia Mu's place, completely in a state of cat winter.Yunxia looked at Lin Fan's sluggish look, but from time to time, she would tell her the gossip she got from Jia's mansion every day, as a way to pass the time.

The nuns in charge are busy with the preparations for the New Year, and the daily work and rest arrangements in Yaoquanxuan's yard are regular, and now that there are two experienced people around, these preparations are carried out in an orderly manner.

On the morning of the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Fan got up to do morning class. When he was sitting cross-legged on the big kang under the window and learning needlework with Jing Yu, he heard the conversation between the little girl Qiaolan and Qiaomeng standing outside the door. .The two little girls had loud voices. Lin Fan listened carefully, and it turned out that Xiren, the big girl next to Jia Baoyu, hurried over to find her, and now she was blocked by the gatekeepers. .

After listening to the conversation of the little girls, Lin Fan couldn't help but asked Jing Yu: "It's true that I haven't heard much about my cousin recently, why did you find someone to come to me?"

The girl Jing Yu lowered her head and poked the embroidered handkerchief earnestly, but she was habitually nagging: "Young lady, it's not like you haven't inquired before, how can the Second Master Bao in this house be a quiet one?" People." As she spoke, the needle and thread in her hand were moving quickly, and with a sigh, Jing Yu said again, "When I went out to visit Miss Bao for the girl the day before yesterday, I heard someone say that the second master Bao recently I have been playing outside every day. Only the second master and the second wife are completely kept in the dark, thinking that the second master Bao is still studying behind closed doors in the study!"

"Ah?" Lin Fan was also very surprised when he heard this.

Could it be that Jia Baoyu is really a dandy in his bones, after all, he only has three minutes of enthusiasm for doing things?The things he is most interested in, such as fat rice distribution and fragrance, can't attract him anymore?What exactly happened here?

"Girl, don't you believe it?" Hearing Lin Fan's surprise, Jing Yu put down her work and said slowly, "It's true, I heard it a few days ago. Girl, don't you You know, on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the old lady in the mansion said that he would give the second master Bao a vacation, saying that he was too young to be exhausted from studying hard, so she asked the husband to take the vacation. From that day on , The servants around Second Master Bao also helped to hide the second master and second wife. Now Second Master Bao greets the old lady with breakfast every day, and then takes people out of the house to play."

"You said that is the reason why the old lady asked Mr. to give his cousin a vacation?" Lin Fan felt unbelievable, and asked further, "Mr. didn't leave homework? No matter how holidays are on, you still have to leave homework, right?" She is an example. Even if she is a female student, besides, her Mr. Xixi was recalled because the Seventh Prince had something to do, and he left her with a lot of homework when he left.

Jing Yu said "Ouch" again, and then said: "Miss, you don't know, the old lady is willing to let the husband leave homework for the second master Bao, just to make the husband feel good. The specific situation of the second master Bao I don't know, but girl, look at the situation, I have already found someone to come here, and I don't know how crazy it is."

Lin Fan nodded and replied, "That's true." After a pause, he said to Jing Yu, "You ask Yunxia to find out what's going on and why you're looking for someone. Tell the attacker , I don't have anyone she's looking for here."

After Jing Yu got the order, she quickly got off the kang, put on her shoes and hurried out.

After a while, Jing Yu came back in a hurry: "Girl, it's the old lady who wants to find Second Master Bao and ask him if there is anything special he wants to eat in this year's Laba porridge." Without waiting for Lin Fan Continuing to ask, the girl Jing Yu had already guessed what Lin Fan was going to ask next, and said, "I know why the girl is making such a fuss. It's because the second master Bao is the treasure of the old lady now. It's not the second wife now. As the head of the family, the old lady is naturally afraid that Second Master Bao will be treated badly."

"Speaking of Laba porridge, I won't ask any more questions. Just tell me, you can cook whatever you want, and it will be counted in the public account." Lin Fan agreed after listening.

As soon as she finished speaking, Yunxia's voice of thanks came from outside the house: "The servant is here to thank the girl, and I will definitely ask for delicious food from the kitchen that day."

Knowing that it was Yunxia who came to inquire about the news, Lin Fan hurriedly shouted: "Yunxia, ​​come quickly, I'm just waiting for you to tell me what you heard."

The brazier in the room was burning very hot, and the moment Yunxia opened the door curtain and came in, there was a wind blowing outside the room.

The cold wind poured into the room through the opening of the curtain, and Jing Yu, who was sitting near the door, sneezed.After following Lin Fan for a long time, these big maids who were close to her were not so serious, and they also let go in private.Lin Fan patted the vacant seat beside Yunxia, ​​motioning for her to sit down quickly.Seeing this, Yunxia sat down unceremoniously.

As soon as she sat down next to Lin Fan, Yun Xia began to gossip: "Just as I was going out, I was stopped by the mandarin ducks next to the old lady, and ended up going to the old lady, and the old lady asked the maidservant if the girl has any arrangements for that day."

"Then how did you answer?"

"Of course I just said that the Seventh Prince will invite the girl to his house as a guest that day."

Lin Fan laughed when he heard it, and asked again: "Did the old lady say anything?"

Yunxia said: "The old lady felt very sorry to hear that, she thought that the girl Laba would be in the mansion. She said that she would invite the girl from her natal family to come and have fun together, but who would have thought that the girl would go out that day."

"Sooner or later, I will know. I didn't say it a few days ago because I was thinking about some things and forgot." Lin Fan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Anyway, I want to tell my grandmother, so it's better to say it now lest her old man be busy thinking about how to grow old all day long."

"Hey! Girl!" Yunxia and Jingyu on the side heard Hao Nanny's catchphrase in unison.This is the gentlest reminder Hao Hao gave every time Lin Fan made a mistake in his words.

The more the Chinese New Year is approaching, I feel that time flies by.

As far as celebrating the Laba Festival is concerned, Lin Fan doesn't care, for her it's the same wherever the festival is celebrated.After all, Xinzi came from modern times, and it does not have the strong sense of belonging that the ancients had for festivals.

However, Lin Fan never imagined that this Laba day was so wonderful that she listened to the little maid's summary later, and she also enjoyed talking about it.What's more, what happened to her in the county palace on this Laba day is enough to write a script.

Ever since Jia's mother found out about the fact that the King of Shunyi sent someone to invite Lin Fan to celebrate the festival, she has been depressed all the time.The old lady originally wanted to keep Lin Fan to live with her and Baoyu. She wanted to give the two Yu'er a chance to be alone, so that what she had been planning at the beginning would come true.Bisheng Lin Fan's playing cards have never been based on common sense, and he often takes a slanted sword.And the nuns who followed her were more slick than the other, and they had eighteen kinds of martial arts. Every time Jia's mother wanted to give Baoyu and Lin Fan a chance to be alone, they would be silently dispelled.This made Mother Jia very unhappy, but there was nothing she could do.

Laba morning.

The carriage from the Prince's Mansion came early, and Lin Fan came to talk to Mother Jia before boarding the carriage to the Prince's Mansion.As soon as Lin Fan left, he took the two foster mothers, Hao Momo and Liu Momo, and the four maids, Yunxia, ​​Yunling, Yunqian, and Yunwei.The mothers and maids who stayed in the yard did what they had to do, and everything was done according to the time of the duty schedule.

Jia's mother watched Lin Fan go away, so she found an excuse and called the parrot that Lin Fan had sent to Jia's mansion before.

In a sense, Brother Parrot is the eyeliner that Jiamu keeps by Lin Fan's side.

How could Lin Fan let her take care of him personally? She would rather be watched by the Seventh Prince's people than Jiamu's people.So, after Brother Parrot came, he asked Nanny Jiang, who was in charge, to make an agreement with Nanny Lu, and arranged a needlework job for the eldest maid, even Lin Fan's room was not allowed to enter.

Brother Parrot was summoned by Jia Mu, and the people from Yaoquanxuan naturally did not stop him.

The reason for Brother Parrot's visit, how can these people who come out of the palace can't understand, everyone is not obvious on the face, but bright in the bottom of their hearts.They get along well on weekdays, but it is extremely difficult for Brother Ying to integrate into the group of maids and women who follow Lin Fan.

After arriving at Jia Mu's yard, Parrot went up to say hello, and then sat down on the little twig that Jia Mu asked to move.

"Brother Parrot, what happened to what I asked you to do?" Jia Mu half-closed her eyes and leaned on the mahogany cloud-carved couch, leaning against the stone-blue backrest with weaving patterns, and the small rosewood table in front of her was on the bed. With a bowl of hot tea and a few boxes of snacks and fruits.The mandarin duck behind her was rubbing her shoulders vigorously, giving color to the parrot from time to time.

"Responding to the old lady's words, the matter has not made any progress." Parrot, who had just sat down, quickly stood up again to answer.

When Jia Mu heard this, she opened her eyes suddenly, and then picked up the small glasses beside her and looked at the parrot carefully. "Yu'er is very kind to you girls. This ivory white jacket is paired with a pleated skirt of pine color, which is very good. I heard that each of you girls has several dresses? And each of you gave a gift Hedging face?"

"Yes. Not long ago, Ms. Lin rewarded everyone around her. Everyone has three sets of clothes and one set of clothes." Parrot didn't know what Mother Jia meant. He was talking about other things just now, and suddenly changed the subject. .She was a servant, and she didn't dare to ask more questions, so she had to stand aside with her head down.

Seeing her like this, Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to ask: "Did you do what I said on weekdays?"

What Mrs. Jia said, and the person who is arranged next to Lin Fan, this seems a bit strange.That was really weird. Lin Fan, who had read the original book, of course knew that this parrot was renamed Zijuan when he was sent to the side of the original owner, Lin Daiyu.Zijuan was by Lin Daiyu's side, and indeed took good care of her, but what the maid said to Daiyu in the original book, such as "while the old lady is still here, quickly settle the marriage" and so on seemed out of her heart. The lungs, in fact, are words for oneself.

Brother Ying is the son of Jia's family, and the whole family is here. Of course, she doesn't want to marry Lin Daiyu, she wants to stay in Jia's house.If she had to stay in Jia's house, unless her master Lin Daiyu also stayed in Jia's house, then only Jia Baoyu, the phoenix son who married Jia's family, would be the only one.According to the original book, both of Lin Daiyu's parents died at that time, and there was no one in the family. Moreover, the family property was swallowed up by the Jia family and built a yard for the concubine of the saint in Yuanchun.Lin Daiyu is a lonely girl with a meticulous mind. Facing this group of realistic slaves in the Jia family, those days were really difficult.

Mother Jia arranged for Parrot to come, because she wanted Parrot to mention Jia Baoyu from time to time in front of Lin Fan, so that Lin Fan would have Jia Baoyu in his heart.Psychological hints and influences, the effect on Lin Daiyu in the original book is really good, it really made Lin Daiyu pay attention to Jia Baoyu's bear child.

But now it's her, Lin Fan, and some things are worse than farting to her.Farting may still stink, but having said that, Lin Fan can't even get into his ears.Not to mention Lin Fan's nunnery, who is famous for being very strict and serious in the court, because Parrot mentioned Jia Baoyu in front of Lin Fan, and was rewarded by Hao Hao in front of all the girls. slap in the face!The reason is that mentioning a foreigner in front of a girl is outrageous and has no rules!

Lin Fan pressed down on this matter, so that no one was allowed to say anything.Yaoquanxuan was treated like an iron bucket by six nuns, not even a bug could get in.As long as it is something that Lin Fan has said hello not to let out, it will not be let out at all.So Jia's mother didn't even know about Parrot's beating until now.

"Back to the old lady, Miss Lin didn't ask me to serve her personally, but arranged for me to work as a needleworker outside the house." Parrot didn't dare to say what Nanny Hao had said, so he could only respond in this way.

Mother Jia frowned when she heard this, and asked after a while, "Then you haven't said a word in front of the girl these days?"

Brother Ying panicked: "Go back to the old lady, the nuns around the girl follow the girl all the time, the servants have no chance to interrupt."

After listening to Brother Parrot's reply, Mother Jia pondered for a while.

After a long interval, Mother Jia said calmly: "Well, you can go down now. When you go back, take Chunxian back, and do needlework with you at the girl's place. When you have nothing to do, talk to the girl more. "

"Yes."

After sending Brother Ying away and sending Chunxian away, Mother Jia thought about it for a long time and felt tired again. She waved her hand at the mandarin duck behind her, "I'm tired, take a rest and let the maids outside be quiet." Yuanyang quickly brought a thin blanket to cover Jiamu, and then lifted the curtain and came out to guard the door.