The Opening of the Red Chamber

Listening to Yunxia's nagging, Lin Fan naturally knew the danger of the snow disaster.

The old people have accumulated life experience, and the actions of businessmen with a keen sense of smell are so obvious. If she still can't see anything, the books she read in those years can only be thrown into the cesspit.

Lin Fan is not a long-winded person, and the content of the letter is even more straightforward.

After finishing writing the letter, he directly handed the written letter to Jing Yuan and Cong Xin who delivered the letter, and told them to go out now.

It will be late at this time.

But the white snow on the ground delayed the sky that should have been late at this time.

After Jia She took charge of the family, would Lin Fan send letters to others? Jia She sometimes had to report some things, so the carriage and driver at the gate of the Rong Mansion were always ready.After waiting for the two people in the study to take away the letter, Lin Fan asked Yunxia to pack up her pen and ink, and then went back to the kang bed in the east room of the main room of Yaoquanxuan to warm herself up by the fire, and then waited for the reply in the evening.

As time went by, the snow got bigger and bigger, and it was accompanied by howling cold wind.

Lin Fan sat cross-legged on the heated kang bed, looked at the girls who were doing needlework around her, and murmured: "Looking at Daxue, the child in Sister Feng's stomach was born between these two God, I don't know if the midwife arranged by my aunt is ready."

Buried in the embroidery under the oil lamp, Yunwei bit the thread and said, "Girl, don't worry about it, Yunxia has given you all the news, and now Lian's second grandma is busy wiping the dominoes over there in Ningfu. , have won a lot in a row. Mrs. Jia is also busy over there. Now here, except for the old man and your master who stay in this mansion, the other masters are all in the Ning mansion. It's lively."

"That's right, they are very interested in listening to operas." Lin Fan took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile, "But I can't listen to it. When I hear it, it's like a summer song. Mosquitoes are humming, so I can't wait to slap them to shut them up."

At this statement, Yunling Jingyu and the other big maids all burst into laughter, only Yunwei said: "Girl, you can talk about it in the room. If you say it, the aunts, grandmas and ladies of other families , when I invite you to be a guest, how embarrassing it is." As he spoke, he put down the dustpan containing the needles and threads in his hand, and reached out to turn on the charcoal fire in the small charcoal stove in front of him. There was a black casserole on the small copper stove. A pigeon is being stewed, it is the pigeon wolfberry soup with red dates.Slowly adjust the heat, and the taste of the medicinal food will slowly come out.The sweet and greasy aroma of red dates wafts in the room, which is particularly attractive to the appetite.

Speaking of this, Lin Fan couldn't laugh or cry.That was after falling into the water last time, after the Seventh Prince sent her back, he said that she had stayed in the cold water for too long, and that she was short of energy and blood, so she needed to make up for it.Then a lot of supplements were sent to her without any money. After the uncle saw this posture, he also asked people to prepare this and that every day. The original light food became high in salt and fat in a short time. Carbs too.

Facing the concerns of her elders and distinguished royal staff, Lin Fan couldn't directly refuse, so she could only think of a compromise: she proposed to cook soup every day, and keep her three meals a day light as usual.

It was already autumn, and Lin Fan's plan was not bad. Those supplements were slowly digested by her rhythm of "cooking soup".What about soup?She only drank two or three sips, and the rest was distributed to the nuns and maids who followed her.Yunwei is just the servant girl who is in charge of making soup. She may have eaten too much these days, and her original melon-seeded face has become an oval face.

Just as Lin Fan was watching Yunwei staring intently at the small stove cooking soup, the little maid Qiaohe who was guarding the curtain inside the door raised a corner of the curtain to look outside, chatted with the visitor, and then directed The house shouted: "Girl, is Sister Yunxia there? The little girl in the front yard said she needed to find her."

Yunxia heard the words and hurried out, not knowing what was going on.

Lin Fan also listened curiously, but unfortunately the north wind was strong, so he didn't hear anything, but he heard the footsteps of the little maid running away from the front yard.

Just when she was curious, she saw Yun Xia coming over, stopped in front of Lin Fan, and said anxiously: "Girl, Second Mistress Lian just activated it when she was wiping the dominoes at Ning Mansion, and she is busy giving her away now." How about moving it back?"

"Oh, that's a good thing." Lin Fan was surprised when he heard it, and then smiled, "I was just saying that Sister Feng was going to give birth in two days. I didn't expect it to be so effective." He said, "Then you should hurry up and tell the big kitchen in the front yard to let them boil more hot water. By the way, you should send a message to my first aunt and tell her to be on guard against my second aunt. My second aunt has always been Not a fuel-efficient lamp."

Yun Xia was stunned for a while, and finally heard the comment on Mrs. Wang, Yun Xia was a little dumbfounded, nodded and said: "Miss, don't worry, the master and wife will take care of them properly, you can rest assured and wait for your cousin and nephew." After saying that, he adjusted his clothes, opened the curtain and went out to do errands.

This addition is a great thing, Ning Mansion and Tong Rong Mansion are busy and flustered at this time.

Because Lian's Second Grandma started the mobilization more than ten days earlier than the doctors expected.But looking at the calm appearance of Lian's second grandma, no matter how flustered everyone was, there was a limit.

Lin Fan waited quietly, there was a little girl in the courtyard who was passing the message, and she knew everything that happened in the courtyard at any time.

But there was one thing that even she ignored.

That was the brat Jia Baoyu, who dragged Xiren to learn the teachings of the Jingfan Fairy after sleepwalking in the Illusory Realm.Biansheng was at this time, everyone was in a hurry, and they couldn't care less about Jia Baoyu and Xiren.Therefore, this matter was sneaky, and no one except the person involved really knew about it.

When it was completely dark, Sister Feng's yard was full of errand servants and maids standing inside and outside.Jia Mu and other elders were all sitting in the wing room waiting quietly. Lin Fan was going to have a look, but Jia Amnesty and Jia Mu thought that Lin Fan, a little girl, should not run to a place full of blood, so He didn't let her come, but let her stay in Yaoquanxuan obediently, and let the little maid pass the news to the errands.

While waiting for the good news from Sister Feng and the reply from Qi Ye, Lin Fan was sitting on the kang bed in high spirits, flipping through a small storybook that Cong Xin had recently picked up.The small stories in the world of Red Mansions and Dakeng are really scarce, and many stories are turned over and over to get the same tone. Compared with Lin Fan's original world, it is simply incomparable.The lack of spiritual life makes people sigh, and Lin Fan sometimes doubts that he has come here like this.

While waiting, she distributed the pigeon soup with red dates, wolfberries and goji berries in the casserole to some maids and nuns to drink.Of course, the news from Qi Ye came along with Cong Xin when he was rushing back in the blizzard.

Lin Fan looked at Cong Xin's snow-covered appearance, and thoughtfully asked him to retreat to warm himself, but he opened the reply letter written by Master Qi and read it.Seeing this, Lin Fan instantly felt that the whole person was not well.There is no other reason. The seventh prince said in his reply that he knew about this matter a long time ago, and he also knew who was behind the scenes.Not only that, he also told Lin Fan not to interfere in this matter.In addition, Lin Fan was also told that it is best to be prepared for an emergency snow disaster. Qin Tianjian's internal information also said that there will be a snow disaster this year and a severe drought in the coming year.This was confirmed inside information, and Lin Fan was told to burn the letter immediately after reading it.

After reading the letter, Lin Fan immediately threw the entire letter and the envelope into the brazier, and waited until it was all turned into ashes, then he spoke to Yunxia and said, "Yunxia, ​​go call Xu Nanny and Gao Nanny Come on, bring the account book by the way, I want to look through the account book in my yard. Also, Yun Qian, go and call Mother Jiang and Mother Lu, I have something to order."

The two girls got the order and immediately got up and went.On the contrary, Yun Wei, who stayed in the room with Lin Fan, sat quietly on one side, doing the work in her hand non-stop.

After a while, the four nuns came together with the ledger.

Lin Fan said directly without politeness: "The four nuns are all in the hands of Lord Qi. Even if the deed of prostitution is with me, it can't stop this fact. It is true that several of the four nuns were called today. There is a big thing for you to do." No matter whether it is the nanny or the girl, they have never seen Lin Fan with such a serious and solemn expression.Because Lin Fan mentioned the Seventh Prince, they are indeed related to the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

"But according to the girl's order." After looking at each other, the four nuns replied neatly.

Lin Fan didn't make many twists and turns: "Master Qi sent me a letter just now, telling me that there is indeed a heavy snowstorm this year. Let me be prepared for emergencies. I heard Xu Nanny and Gao Nanny say the other day, Apart from not stocking up on the seasonal vegetables, what else is there that is not prepared? Is the expenditure on your account book enough?"

"Returning to the girl, in addition to seasonal vegetables, we have stocked up cabbage and radishes. We also stocked up charcoal fire, so the expenses on the account book are completely enough."

"Mother Jiang, Mother Lu, the two of you are in charge of the affairs of the yard. I call you here today. I am going to add two thick cotton coats to all the people in the yard. If you have any arrangements, I will agree with you." Nanny and Nanny Gao discussed it, and the four of you have settled this matter. Also, in this yard, the house needs to be repaired and strengthened, so I will find someone to come tomorrow, and make preparations as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, girl, the old slaves will definitely handle this matter properly." After saying that, the four of them went busy.

After receiving the response, Lin Fan felt a little relieved, and guarded the doorway covered by the curtain, thinking about why there was no news of Jingyuan coming back at this time.Sitting like this all the time was not an option, so I simply changed into clothes and a thick cloak, and prepared to go to Sister Feng's side to see the situation in person.

This little nephew was hit by a snow disaster when he was born, I hope there will be less rumors in the future.