The Opening of the Red Chamber

Walking along the bluestone path pointed by Bihe, passing around a few clumps of evergreens covered with snow, the scenery in front of you suddenly becomes brighter.

Lin Fan looked up, but saw the eye-catching winter red in the small lake half-frozen.Thanks to the remodeled body, she could clearly see the faces of every girl sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, as well as the laughing and laughing voices blowing in this direction along the wind.As far as the eye can see, beyond the vast expanse of whiteness, there are winter wintersweet flowers in full bloom in various postures on the nine-curved corridor leading to the pavilion in the middle of the lake.The mansion of the eldest princess is different from ordinary dignitaries. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call this lake center pavilion a lake center water pavilion.

"Come this way, Miss Lin." Bihe reminded her softly when she saw Lin Fan stamping her feet.

Maybe when Lin Fan walked around the clumps of evergreens, the girls in the pavilion in the center of the lake noticed her.Or maybe the Eldest Princess had arranged for someone to come to notify her, and these girls had been waiting here for her to appear.

Walking along the shore of the lake, gently lifted the edge of the blue-colored skirt to reveal the corner of the cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, just stepped on the nine-curved corridor leading to the lake pavilion, and heard a warm greeting from one of the people on the opposite side: "Hey, are you Miss Lin that the eldest princess said? Come here quickly, we are going to start playing the game of throwing pots, and we are just waiting for you to come."

The wind in winter blows away the sound, but not the vision.

Lin Fan looked from a distance, but saw the girl in the fiery red jacket and skirt she had seen just now standing on the Jiuqu corridor opposite.Seeing Lin Fan looking at her, she even waved at Lin Fan.Inadvertently, Lin Fan also quickened his pace.

When they got to the Huxin Pavilion, they saw that it was very lively, it could be said that it was a tea party.

After the maid Bihe sent Lin Fan here, she was about to leave when one of the people present said, "Aunt Bihe, Miss Lin is here with us, so don't worry." Bihe responded with a light smile when she heard this. With one sound, he left.As for the nuns and servant girls who followed Lin Fan, they were arranged to wait in the side hall of the water pavilion for the time being.

At this moment, the girl in the red dress came over, Lin Fan looked carefully, the girl had a pretty face, and the dark eyes on the delicately made-up face were shining with a smile, and she walked over generously. Fang Di introduced himself and said: "Miss Lin, you didn't know me before, but now you need to know me! My name is Xu Chunjin, my father is Taichang Siqing, and I am his third daughter. The eldest princess will definitely tell you After a while, I am the Miss Xu that she talked about, and I often hear him mention you from Brother Seven!" Her playful and lively tone matched her fiery red jacket and skirt, so it was obvious that she was a girl. A person with a particularly cheerful personality.

After hearing this introduction, Lin Fan hurried forward to greet each other.

At the same time, her heart is full of complaints!Madam Hao, it seems that you forgot to teach me a lesson when you were teaching me. When an official girl meets, what should I say when I meet her and the standard way of answering.No matter how she listens now, it's all in the same sentence pattern.Forget it, just follow the same spelling sentence pattern as this girl Xu.

Just as Lin Fan was planning to introduce himself as a layman, Xu Chunjin had already taken a step forward, came over and took her by the hand and walked two steps forward, and said to the people gathered in the water pavilion: "Her name is Lin Fan, she My father is a doctor of Lantai Temple. The last time I heard my father say that Mr. Lin is the Lianghuai patrol salt censor ordered by the saint. My father told me that Mr. Lin has a daughter who is half the age of me. Oh, I know! When I came here this morning, the Eldest Princess told me that we are going to hand in a new handkerchief today, and she was the one who was talking about it." There was a sense of complacency in Miss Xu's words, as if It's like getting the best candy from an adult and showing it off among your friends.

With Miss Xu's words, Lin Fan felt relieved.She just listened quietly and stopped talking.As she expected, this girl Xu was chatty, and before Lin Fan could answer the topic, she pointed at people one by one and started talking again: "This is Sister Mo Yisumo, and her father is Shuntian Mansion Fu Yin." Following Xu Chunjin's words, Lin Fan saw this man's oval face with exquisite facial features, as cute as a doll, unforgettable at first sight. "This, the sister next to Sister Mo is called Xie Chun. You call her Sister Xie. Her father is a cabinet bachelor. She is the youngest daughter of their family and is the most favored. Every time I see her with a bunch of brothers, I'm so envious." Lin Fan glanced at this girl, but they also looked at each other, and saw that the other party's passionate eyes were full of smiles, elegant and noble, and they were really members of a scholarly family. "As for the one hiding behind Sister Xie's back and laughing secretly, it's the third daughter of Prince Shaofu, Liu Huaxin, Sister Liu. She is the most greedy, and she will take away my most delicious portion every time."

"Xu Chunjin, you're talking nonsense again!" Introduced by Xu Chunjin to the new girl in such a way of "revealing the shortcoming", this somewhat mellow Miss Liu was naturally a little embarrassed and a little angry. There was a blush on his cheeks.

"Okay, it's not that Sister Liu doesn't know that girl Xu's mouth hurts people the most." At this time, the last person in the pavilion who didn't wait for Xu Chunjin to introduce him spoke up by himself, and said to Lin Fan, "Miss Lin, Come and sit down and have a cup of hot tea to keep you warm. Girl Xu is like that, I don’t need her to introduce you, it’s better for me.” While speaking, the man’s eyebrows and eyes were stained with a smile, and he said lightly "Miss Lin, from now on, just like Miss Xu, call me Sister Mei." Just as Sister Mei was speaking, Xu Chunjin said in sync: "Sister Mei is the daughter-in-law of the Eldest Princess!"

Listen, the fathers of these girls are indeed in the noble circle!

The villain in Lin Fan's heart was speechless. He said before that he had never seen the butler's standard dependents, but now he finally saw it.All of them were so luxurious, at this moment, Lin Fan suddenly thought of an argument that he had read before time travel, the circle and seat of interpersonal communication, and the current scene made him feel deeply in an instant, no wonder so many people cut it. All sharp heads want to join these circles.It’s just the background and family affairs of these girls’ families. Lin Fan felt that he should review the nepotism genealogy of the family in Beijing that Hao and Lu had given last time.

After this introduction, Lin Fan also stepped forward to pay respects one by one, and then sat down with them.

When these girls get together, the topic of conversation is really the same through the ages.Gossip, housework, clothes, makeup, jewelry, etc., cover a wide range of aspects.But as soon as Lin Fan came, they pulled Lin Fan to talk about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River and the stories of Huaiyang and Huaiyang.In fact, Lin Fan didn't stay in Yangzhou for a long time after crossing over. Fortunately, when she stayed in Jia's mansion, she read a lot of notes on the customs and humanities of this era, and she was able to cope with it.

During the chat, Lin Fan quietly listened to the topics of these girls, thinking about it in his heart.

She turned her head slightly, staring at the lake covered with thin ice on the fence outside the water pavilion. Through the thin ice, she could vaguely see the fish swimming under the ice.Those colorful koi are fat and big, and they swim slowly in the water under the ice, especially leisurely.

Staring at the fat koi, thinking about something in his mind, Lin Fan was in a daze.

The Seventh Prince brought her to the Dachang Princess' mansion this time, and someone brought her into the circle of the same-age official girl. The meaning behind this move is not difficult to guess.Just thinking back to what Uncle Mei said in the letter, facing the matter of the Seventh Prince's courtship, be sloppy if you can, or pretend to not understand the matter, Lin Fan is also a little confused.The situation she is facing now seems to have come, and it seems wrong to agree to go out this time.It's too late to regret it, forget it, just take a step forward!

Xu Chunjin, who was sitting beside her, saw that Lin Fan was distracted, so she tugged on Lin Fan's sleeve and said with a smile, "Sister Lin, you are distracted. Sister Liu said so hard, you are still distracted. ?!"

Lin Fan came back to his senses, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Liu. I'm just curious about the fish under the ice..." Before Lin Fan could continue, Xu Chunjin interrupted with a smile, "Sister Lin, are you Just curious, how to feed the fish in this frozen lake, right?"

At this moment, Lin Fan felt that Miss Xu Chunjin Xu was simply a happy fruit that made people laugh and cry.It makes people nervous, and it makes people relax.Following the steps that Miss Xu handed over, Lin Fan nodded and said: "Sister Xu, you really guessed right, I'm just curious about what the fish in this lake eat in winter when the sleep is frozen. "

Interrupted by Xu Chunjin in this way, the topic that was still talking was shifted accordingly.

"Sister Lin, come with me, and I'll take you to feed the fish." Sitting opposite Lin Fan, the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess, also known as Sister Mei, got up and said with a smile to Lin Fan, "Here There is a special water table for fish feeding, sister Xu said before that she would feed the fish, but it didn’t happen.” While talking and laughing, everyone got up and laughed and said they wanted to go together.

Following behind the princess daughter-in-law, walking towards the side hall on the right, Lin Fan saw the small platform built under the pavilion. It was indeed an ingenious design, square and square, and could be used as a boat docking in the lake. It can also be used as a table for feeding fish.The most important thing is that the water here is not frozen. In this small water area, there is only such a small piece of ice, and all the fish gather here.

"This morning, sister Xu was clamoring to feed the fish, so she chipped away at this piece of ice." It was Xie Chun who spoke, and she smiled, "Now that sister Lin is here, she has Now that I'm with you, I won't go grab Sister Liu's cakes."

"Thank you, sister, you're here again!" Xu Chunjin complained intentionally, but halfway through pretending, she burst out laughing.

While the girls were laughing and joking, a maid brought fish food.Xie Chun took the fish food and distributed them to everyone one by one. Sister Mei beside Lin Fan reminded her gently: "Sister Lin, be careful, don't get too close, this board has been soaked in snow, be careful slip."

Just at this time, I saw a maid running over in a panic, panting and whispering in Sister Mei's ear for a while.

Afterwards, Lin Fan was keenly aware of the displeasure floating between sister Mei's brows, and he tightened his grip, before waiting for sister Mei to speak, he heard a crisp and coquettish sentence from Shuixie that made Lin Fan's goosebumps involuntarily voice: "Is sister Mei not here? Heng Lang asked my concubine to send a word to sister Mei."