The Opening of the Red Chamber

Lin Fan couldn't remember how he returned to Yaoquanxuan, and how he lay back on his bed.

After she came back from the Princess Mansion, she fell asleep until it was time for dinner in the afternoon.Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing knew about her going out to the Princess Mansion, and after knowing that she had gone to sleep after she came back, they couldn't bear to wake her up, and ordered the maids to watch over her, but they were very worried.

After waking up in the afternoon, Lin Fan went to the Rongxi Hall and saw Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing sitting on the upper seat in the hall. They both looked worried, and as soon as she stepped into the hall, He quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Uncle, Auntie, don't be so nervous, I thought something big happened?!"

Mrs. Xing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lin Fan approaching in good spirits, and said gently: "How can you not be nervous? You went out for a while and came back and lay down. I'm afraid it was caught by the wind. What should I do if the wind is cold?" At the end of the sentence, his tone became a little serious.

The uncle Jia Amnesty interrupted Madam Xing and said, "Girl Lin won't let you worry about these things. By the way, how about going to the Princess Mansion this time?"

"Uncle, what are you talking about? I'm not afraid that the princess will be overwhelmed." Lin Fan said softly with a smile on his face, "The princess just called me over and asked me if this year will be like last year. Get some flowers from the girl's house. She said that the rouge flower rice I gave her last time was very good, and asked me if I would still make that rouge this year, and she had to order a copy first."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xing breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, that's right."

After Jia Amnesty heard Lin Fan's words, his expression did not change much, but he said: "After noon today, your second uncle and aunt came to pick up Baoyu, Jia Huan, and your sister Tanchun. "

"What's the matter?" Lin Fan asked in puzzlement when he heard this, "The last time I moved, I asked sister-in-law Zhu and nephew Lan to go together, saying that the daughter-in-law wanted to serve her parents-in-law. I understand. But these three people have been taken away, can the second uncle and the second aunt still be angry with the uncle? Is it wrong to stay here to study and do homework?"

Mrs. Xing sighed on the side: "Your second uncle told your second aunt that he has found a suitable husband, and found a nanny for your sister Tanchun who was released from the palace, and has invited her back to be a nurturing nanny. "

"Grandmother didn't say anything?" Lin Fan felt that Jia's mother was the key here. Jia's mother loved Baoyu so much, how could she let the second room take away her sweetheart so easily.

As soon as Jia Mu was mentioned, Jia Amnesty sighed again: "It's okay if you don't say anything. The old lady has recovered a lot these days. When she heard that the second room was coming to pick her up, she disagreed at first. But your second uncle and The second aunt knelt in front of the old lady's bed and said a lot of words, and the old lady agreed."

Lin Fan felt the corner of his mouth twitch, and asked, "So, is he gone now?"

Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing nodded in unison.

It's fine to leave, Lin Fan sighed softly in his heart.In a blink of an eye, I thought of the conversation I had with the eldest princess in the flower hall of the princess mansion this morning, and inexplicably thought of what the eldest princess said, and I came back to my senses in an instant. After thinking about it again, I immediately felt that the eldest princess was doing things at such a fast speed. The speed and efficiency are so fast that she is unpredictable.

After staying in Rongxi Hall and having dinner with Yingchun with his uncle and aunt, Lin Fan found an excuse and went back to his yard first.

After returning to his own courtyard, Lin Fan walked back and forth in Yaoquanxuan's small courtyard alone to relieve his fullness.

In fact, at this moment, her mind was rapidly thinking about the success she had managed in the past five years and the property she owned, and she had to sort out these things.If there is no mistake in the news about the eldest princess, once the situation breaks out, it will not be so easy to take something away from Beijing.Also, before she leaves Beijing, she still needs to find a way to leave a trump card for her uncle to protect herself.

Today's General's Mansion is no better than the original Rongguo Mansion, because the old lady Jia Mu is still there, so this mansion just changed the plaque, and the saint has no intention of taking it back.Once it was really serious, Jia Amnesty's level would not be able to live in a courtyard of the level of the Duke's mansion.Lin Fan is not very sure if Jia She is prepared to retreat in this regard, but now that Sister Feng is in charge of the house, and Jia She's auditing the accounts every month, even if the General's Mansion pays off its debts, it still has some foundation to survive in Beijing. of.

As for her five-year business in Beijing, Lin Fan was very reluctant to part with it. After all, she had spent a lot of effort on it, and now she had to withdraw it.Even the brand name and word-of-mouth that have been managed must be given away.

This thing can't be given to the uncle's family, because everyone in the capital knows that she is the person behind it. The rouge shop and the health medicine shop are two hot potatoes that need to be pondered.But the tea house that he owns can be given to Jia Amnesty.The next step is Cloth Village. Although it makes low-end products, it makes small profits but sells high. If it accumulates for a long time, it is quite an astonishing amount of income.

The eight Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing are the source of materials for the rouge shop and the health care shop. In a short period of time, Lin Fan didn't think of a good way to deal with it.These eight Zhuangzi are really things in her name, so they can only be kept.

What she has to do now is to get rid of everything she can get rid of before July.Only when we return to Jiangnan can we relax.What's more, she clearly knew that this trip back to the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that she would not set foot in this land in Beijing again in a short time.

It is the end of April now, and it will be May in a blink of an eye, leaving at most two and a half months, which will be July.

The time was relatively tight, and in a trance, it gave Lin Fan a feeling of being transferred.Thinking of going back to Yangzhou, Lin Fan was quite happy in his heart.But when he thought of taking Qin Keqing, Xiao Rong's grandma next door to Ning Mansion, Lin Fan felt overwhelmed again.The eldest princess wanted her to take away a living person, but she didn't say anything about the arrangement.Now imagine, I don't know whether to arrange sudden death or get people out in other ways.

After thinking about the things next door, Lin Fan felt that it would be better to think about himself first.

After wandering around the small yard for a while, Lin Fan went to the study to sort things out.

During the same period of time, Lin Shisi, who had received a letter from Lin Fan two days ago, was also counting grain on Zhuangzi, and then waited for the businessman named Wang Yue to come.

Lin Shisi came to Beijing with Lin Fan and worked here for five years, so he naturally figured out Lin Fan's style of work.

It really surprised him that Lin Fan wanted to sell all the grain in the eight villages without warning.

In Lin Shisi's eyes, his little master Lin Fan never did anything he didn't intend.What's more, the grain storage on time every year, and the planned expansion of granaries and underground warehouses are all done step by step.Lin Shisi learned a lot of strange and novel ideas from Lin Fan. When he and his father, Old Uncle Lin, talked about their little master when they had nothing to do, they admired him.

However, now that Lin Fan has made such a fuss, based on the network of contacts and news that Lin Shisi has accumulated in the past few years of running business in Beijing, Lin Shisi has also sniffed out the point behind Lin Fan's actions. unusual.

A few days ago, he also heard some wind and rain news. It was at a banquet in a place where everyone was drunk, and girls with flowers were playing endlessly. At that time, he didn't know what it meant. Who said that.But it clearly fell into Lin Shisi's ears, and he still clearly remembers that sentence, "I'm afraid it won't be long in Beijing, it's going to be windy."

My little master is now getting close to the eldest princess, the seventh prince and others, and also makes good friends with many girls in the noble circle in Beijing.If she wanted to inquire about some news, she would definitely know it before herself.Her actions now also made Lin Shisi feel that something was wrong.When there was a shortage of food in the capital, his little master was selling food.Lin Shisi kept thinking about whether he should remind his little master that doing such a thing in this outlet would attract the attention of the superiors and cause unnecessary trouble.

It's a pity that he didn't come in time to convey his thoughts to Lin Fan, knowing that the person named Wang Yue had already visited.

Wang Yue's visit time was chosen very cleverly, it happened to be dinner time in the evening.When he appeared in front of Lin Shisi, Lin Shisi was in the Zhuangzi ordering the tenant farmers to help with rain and flood protection.Hearing the news of Wang Yue's visit, Lin Shisi had the urge to run away for a moment.Ideas are wonderful, reality is cruel and has to be faced.

Seeing Wang Yue for the first time, Lin Shisi was very surprised.

He knew this person, and he was a very active person in the Beijing-China business district.Wang Yue is a well-rounded businessman, over forty years old, he squints his eyes when he smiles, and his whole body exudes joy from inside to outside.It makes people feel very friendly and easy to talk at first glance, it is simply a living example of harmony making money.He sells north-south goods and runs a dozen dry goods stores.At the same time, his wife is the daughter of the boss of the boat transporter, the husband and wife have done a lot of business and made friends with many people.

A person who runs a business can gain a firm foothold in a densely populated place in central Beijing. If there is no one behind it, no one will believe it.

But the strange thing is that here, there are several people behind Wang Yue on the surface, not to mention secretly.It's not that no one has investigated who he is working for, but the results of the investigation are really hard to recognize.Because every time Wang Yue is investigated, people in the power circle always come out to speak to him, and every time it is different.

This is the wonderful thing, the people are different every time, and those who stand up to say hello to Wang Yue have different status levels, which fluctuate.Generally speaking, it is the kind that cannot be offended.In a sense, Wang Yue is a common office worker in their elite circle, serving many bosses by himself.

Wang Yue was very gentle and polite, and Lin Shisi had dealt with him several times.

But the encounter this time made Lin Shisi very puzzled. Why didn't he know when his little master would send Wang Yue to do things?In other words, who is behind Wang Yue this time?