The Opening of the Red Chamber

There is a folk saying that it is called the eye of a needle.

What it means behind the scenes is that they have seen adultery that they shouldn't have seen.

Lin Fan didn't know if he really bumped into something when he went out, and wanted to pick the plum blossoms under the window sill of the Dou Feng Xuan.This time, I pushed aside the clumps of small branches, and through the half-opened window, the humming and crooked sounds of men and women when they had sex came out very clearly.

Yun Xia, the maid who was following Lin Fan, was stunned and wanted to scream.Fortunately, Lin Fan's reaction was quick, and he quickly turned around and covered her mouth.At the same time, she warned Yunxia to be quiet with stern eyes.As a Lin Fan who has experienced mental pollution in the current society and can pick up a paintbrush and draw "Appreciating Spring" by himself, when faced with this situation, he does not change his face and is abnormally calm.

The master and servant froze under the plum blossom tree not far from the window, intending to evacuate slowly.

Unexpectedly, the two victims in this room were excited, only to hear a male voice say with strong passion: "Good man, you can relieve me, there is no one here, let's do it again. These Heaven really misses me..." The murmuring voice was especially clear in the quiet courtyard in winter.Then I heard the woman's voice say: "I can't, the ancestors and wives are here, I'm going to serve you, I've been there for a long time..." It seemed that the words could be interrupted before they finished speaking.Then, that only harmonious voice came out from the window again.

Lin Fan's face turned completely green when he heard these two voices.

This is really a ghost encounter, I actually encountered the most shameful ashes crawling incident in Ning Mansion.

Yunxia was already trembling so badly, she grabbed Lin Fan's sleeve and pulled her away quickly.

Compared with Yunxia's panic and nervousness that was suppressed deliberately, Lin Fan felt that he could still be so calm.The master and the servant walked quietly through the plum blossom jungle, and then took a long way around, deliberately circling Huifang Garden and returning to Dengxiange with a stage.

The footprints in the snow were scattered under the plum tree.

The light of the snow intertwined with the light of the sky, and the dark trunk of the plum tree set off the footprints of the two people more conspicuously.

After walking around Meilin and away from Doufengxuan, Lin Fan said, "Yunxia, ​​what did you hear just now?"

"Girl, what are you talking about? The plum blossoms we just picked fell into the water, why don't we pick a few more now?" After all, the person who stayed in the Seventh Prince's mansion, the ability to talk nonsense It is perfect.Although Yunxia was trembling with fear, and her tone was a little unsteady when she said this, her attitude was very clear.

Lin Fan knew that she would not speak out, so he continued slowly: "When we go back, we will find some grapefruit leaves to take a bath." After taking a breath, he stared in the direction of Doufengxuan and whispered, "Just now we left I left footprints, I hope those two don't find out. This matter is really troublesome." It is indeed a troublesome matter, the masters cheated, and if the servants below found out, it might lead to death.Lin Fan is the master, and at most she is taught a lesson by the elders above her.

But what was even more unlucky was the woman in the pair of wild mandarin ducks. In this world where feudal ethics demanded cannibalism, I really don't know if this matter is completely brought out, Qin Keqing might be put into the coffin in advance.

Walking on the garden path paved with bluestone slabs, Lin Fan couldn't help thinking of the original book he had read. After all, this book has been circulated for more than 200 years, and some important plots have been deleted.Not to mention that what she saw was cut and cut, revised and revised, and the plot of the story was changed beyond recognition.

What happened here, Lin Fan suddenly became curious and wanted to know at this moment.

Lin Fan walked slowly in Huifang Garden and waited for Yunxia to calm down before going to Dengxian Pavilion in front.

That brat Jia Baoyu had already been sleepwalking in the illusory realm early on.Lin Fan pays little attention to Jia Baoyu now. After the master and servant walked out of Huifang Garden, Lin Fan told Jia Mu and others that he was very tired and wanted to go back and take a rest first.Jia Mu is a lively person, and now she is in high spirits, she nodded and ordered people to follow Lin Fan back, and she stayed in Ning Mansion with Sister Feng and others to play.

After returning to Yaoquanxuan, Yunxia went busy looking for grapefruit leaves according to Lin Fan's previous instructions.

After Lin Fan came back by himself, he was given a pot of hot water to scald his feet to relieve the cold, but he rolled into the bed sleepily and dreamed of Duke Zhou.

The master and servant didn't know it was, but when they were busy with their own affairs, the pair of wild mandarin ducks at Ning's mansion had already discovered the shallow shoe prints left on the snow.Secretly, when the servant next to Jia Zhen told the people who came to Huifang Garden today, Jia Zhen knew the bottom of her heart.Besides, the footprints on the snow were very clear, and they were still standing under the plum tree not far from the window for a long time.The footprints were a child's shoe prints, and among the people who came to Fang Yuan today, there was only that pair of master and servant.Therefore, Jia Zhen was very clear in her heart, but she didn't know whether to ask or not to ask.

After Shen time in the afternoon, the unique heavy snow in winter fell down one after another, and the weather became even colder.

Lin Fan nested in the warm spring-like room, listening to the crackling sound of silver charcoal being burned in the copper basin, and the hot breath exuding with effort, made her drowsy even more.Fortunately, someone opened the windows of the house a little bit, so that the air in the house can flow, so that there is no lack of oxygen or poisoning.

Winter is the most suitable season for growing meat, but this is for people who have no worries about food and clothing.

The snow outside the house was falling more and more, and the little girls guarding outside the house were happy to build a snowman in the yard. After hearing the occasional laughter outside the house, Lin Fan stayed on her bed together. Jing Yuan, the big girl in front of her, started chatting.

"Jing Yuan, do you think this heavy snow will turn into a big snow disaster?"

After hearing what Lin Fan said, Jing Yuan, who was flexibly holding the net in her hands, couldn't help but frowned and said, "Girl, I've grown up so much, I haven't seen these snowfalls this winter. Well." As he spoke, he looked up at the scenery outside the window, shook his head and said, "It's snowing again, and it's still very heavy."

"Yeah, I can already hear the creaking of snow outside the house." Lin Fan couldn't get up, "Go ask the little maids to warm up the kang bed outside, and I will move to the kang bed later. Read the book." After receiving the order, Jing Yuan put down the work in her hands, and walked out of the room quickly to get ready.

When Lin Fan waited for Jingyuan, he also waited for a bad news.

"Girl, Nanny Xu, the steward of our yard, is here and is waiting outside." Nanny Xu came out of the Seventh Prince's mansion. Back then, Lin Fan went back to Beijing with him to live in the Seventh Prince's mansion. At that time, all the care of life was done jointly by Nanny Xu and Nanny Gao.Now he came to Jia's mansion with Lin Fan, although he doesn't look as bright as he did in the prince's mansion, but the life is really nourishing and leisurely, and he doesn't have to tense his nerves every day.In other words, living now is not much different from retirement.

When Lin Fan heard that Nanny Xu had come, he hurriedly said, "Let Nanny Xu come in."

After Jing Yuan got the order, she hurriedly led Madam Xu into the house.Nanny Xu stepped forward to salute, and Lin Fan saw a dense layer of snow on the neckline of her brown double-breasted padded jacket.The brazier in the house was very warm, and the snow had begun to melt at this moment.

"Nurse Xu, if you are really in a hurry in this cold weather, just ask the little girls to come over." Lin Fan said, as long as there is no one who hurt her, Lin Fan is always soft-hearted.

Madam Xu didn't chatter with Lin Fan too much, and went straight to the topic: "Girl, this old slave is in a hurry. Miss just asked girl Jingyuan to bring the brazier. Miss, you know that in the past two days in Beijing, the charcoal fire The price suddenly skyrocketed. Even rice grains went up all of a sudden. The old slave was thinking..."

As soon as Madam Xu said this, Lin Fan interrupted her and asked, "Mother Xu, you said that after the heavy snow started, the prices of charcoal fires and rice grains in Beijing have skyrocketed in the past few days?"

"That's right. Today, the old slave asked Conggui and Congfuji, who are in charge of purchasing in our yard, to go out to buy charcoal fires, and the price has increased compared with yesterday. Besides, didn't the girl say the day before yesterday that she wanted to buy some winter vegetables and put them in the cellar? But now there are more vegetables on the street than yesterday." Madam Xu sighed heavily, "Miss, please forgive me for talking nonsense, this year's snow may be a little inappropriate."

After all, he is an old man with a lot of knowledge.Jing Yuan gasped while listening, Lin Fan frowned.

The room suddenly became quiet, and Jing Yuan stood beside Xu Nanny, tugging at Xu Nanny's sleeve and muttering: "Mama, there won't be a big snowstorm, right?"

Nanny Xu nodded emphatically, and whispered: "This old slave saw such heavy snow when he was a child. Too many people froze to death that winter, so this old slave remembers it very deeply."

"That is to say, those experienced merchants are already starting to stockpile grain and accumulate supplies?" Lin Fan wrapped himself in a thick quilt and lay on the cold kang bed, calmly said, "Then prepare the things in our yard for the winter. Are you ready?"

Madam Xu replied, "Girl, besides the charcoal fire and some seasonal fresh vegetables in our yard, we have already stocked them up. Even if we live behind closed doors, we won't have a problem in the early summer of next year."

Only then did Lin Fan feel relieved, and said: "That's good. Let's not rush to buy charcoal fire now, there are still a lot of dead wood in the village. Jing Yuan, you can go with Mother Xu later. I went to Zhuangzi and brought back some carts of wood. I remember that there were a few vacant rooms in the inverted house in front of Yaoquanxuan. The wood was pulled back and put there. In addition, I went to the study to write a letter. Send it for me to Old Man Lin in Zhuangzi. Also, call Cong Xin and ask him to deliver the letter to Lord Qi.” After finishing speaking, Lin Fan quickly got up from the kang bed and put on his shoes Just go straight to the study.

Pulling back the felt curtain at the door, the cold wind suddenly poured in, making Lin Fan shiver from the cold.

Fortunately, Jing Yuan was quick, and quickly put the thick and warm fox fur cloak on Lin Fan.

After arriving at the study, Jing Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to grind the ink, and Yun Xia and Jing Yun hurriedly made tea and served them.Yunxia is a girl who talks a lot and loves to gossip, so she habitually gossips every day: "Girl, the snow has been so strange for a few years. I was in the front yard this morning and heard Grandma Li say, Maybe people will freeze to death again, and there will be a severe drought in the coming year..."