The Opening of the Red Chamber

Because Lin Shisi was thinking about the real identity of the visitor in his heart, when facing Wang Yue, Lin Shisi always wanted to get some words out of his mouth.However, this is useless. Most of the polite words and conversations in the business world are mixed with truth and falsehood, and the truth is [-]% false and [-]% false.Even if the truth is left after filtering, there is very little information contained in it, and it has nothing to do with what Lin Shi wanted to inquire about.Such a situation made him extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and he always felt that he was not doing enough.

Lin Fan didn't think as much as he thought, and now she was all thinking about how to arrange her things, and she was still racking her brains on how to get a living person out of the Ning Mansion in the east.Still holding a hot potato in my hand, this day is really uncomfortable.

The amount of grain hoarded on Lin Fan's farm is a bit surprising because of Lin Fan's deliberate hoarding in the past few years. Wang Yue, who came to buy grain, was also silently amazed in his heart.

Time passed day by day, and the weather became hotter.

The summer of the 25th year of Jianyuan is coming.

In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the sun has begun to be vicious.

Lin Fan, who came back after receiving the soldier talisman from the eldest princess's mansion, has been busy for more than a month, and after trying to figure out the things she wants to sort out, she can be regarded as "reasonable" up.

As soon as the summer heat arrived, the housekeeper's sister Feng thoughtfully brought us summer cakes and fruits. Of course, there were also ice cubes for cooling down in the house.Every time he saw ice cubes, Lin Fan couldn't control his thoughts and recalled the arrangement with the eldest princess about the ice cube stomach upset that day in the princess mansion.It seemed to be imperceptibly urging her to move faster.

In mid-April, after she returned from receiving the soldier talisman at the Princess's mansion, Grandma Xiaorong next door fell ill.It has been nearly two months, anyway, the news I got from Yunxia, ​​who went to visit on her behalf, is that Grandma Xiaorong has been ill all the time, and she took the medicine prescribed by the doctor. But not much improvement.She is always lying on the bed in such a crooked condition. When she is in good spirits, she will be supported by the maid to walk a little in the small courtyard, or get up and sit under the eaves to get some air.

On the tenth day of June, after Lin Fan settled all the accounts in his cloth shop, he went to Jia Amnesty's study.

She never told anyone that she was leaving, not even her father who was far away in Yangzhou, south of the Yangtze River.This matter is something that she and the eldest princess have negotiated, and the content of this matter is too amazing.

Uncle Jia She is old after all. When the weather is hot, he will be sluggish, like a leaf in the sun, no matter what he does or thinks, he has to slow down a few beats.In addition, at the beginning of this year, the saint became ill because the old lady had no work, and the Fourth Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom became considerate of them old people.As long as there is no urgent matter, these elderly courtiers, who are not in important positions, are allowed to come to court every other day in early summer.

With this approval, Jia Amnesty's summer will be easier.

This day is also the day he rests.

After Lin Fan went to Jiamu's place to say hello early in the morning, he returned to his Yaoquan Pavilion. After having a little breakfast, he hurriedly took the things he had prepared and went to his uncle Jiashe's house. study.

Since you took back the housekeeping rights from the first room to the second room, the days will be smooth and moist.

Jia Shen's money-burning habit of collecting antiques has grown even more.Of course, there is no financial Mrs. Moth Wang now, and such a shrewd person as Sister Feng is in charge of the house, so it can fully afford Jia Shen's money-burning hobby of playing antiques.

In the study in the main courtyard, Jia Amnesty was concentrating on looking at the emerald jade carvings that his son Jia Lian sent over today.Hearing the voice of Xiaosi who was guarding outside the door calling Lin Fan, he immediately cheered up.

Just as he had previously criticized and concluded, when talking about important matters with his niece, it always took his mental energy.

"Uncle, are you handling the jade carving sent by Wan Lian's second brother so early? Are you so worried that it will run away with long legs?" After getting along with Jia She for a long time, Lin Fan naturally also got some of his temperament.It is learned that Jia She has a special talent for appraising treasures in collecting and playing with antiques.As soon as he entered the door, he saw something on his desk, so Lin Fan naturally wanted to joke a few words.

Seeing Lin Fan come and tease him like this, Jia Amnesty couldn't laugh or cry: "You ghostly girl, why don't you go to play with your sister? Are you here to make fun of me?"

"Give something to Uncle, it can be regarded as my makeup for Sister Yingchun." Lin Fan said smoothly.

The last time Lin Fan ran into what Sister Feng said about someone coming to tell Yingchun, she followed suit.Because Dafang stood up straight, Yingchun's fate was subtly reversed.The matter of saying goodbye went very smoothly.Lin Fan paid attention all the way, and of course also learned that Yingchun was about to get married at the end of this year.The object of marriage is the third son of Mr. Liu, the Minister of Rites.Although the official position of the other party's father is only an official of the fourth rank, it is much worse than the general's mansion.But Mrs. Liu's family is noble after all, just a little bit of nobleness makes Jia Amnesty very comfortable and even more satisfied.

Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng are naturally worried about Yingchun's preparations for marriage.Lin Fan, as a sister, of course wants to add makeup.Just thinking about what the eldest princess said, Lin Fan wanted to continue to add makeup to Yingchun, and transferred his cloth village and teahouse to Jia Amnesty.She had already thought a lot about her Zhuangzi and Rouge Shop, and it would be unreliable to give it to Jia Amnesty, and it would be even more unreliable to sell it.Therefore, she still decided to let Lin Shisi continue to manage Zhuangzi and her rouge shop.

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he was a little puzzled: "You should give the makeup to Yingchun girl directly, and send it to me, an old man, what is it? It's not my marriage."

Lin Fan couldn't help laughing, looked at Jia She and continued jokingly: "Uncle, who do you want to marry? You don't want your uncle?" On She's desk, she placed the things in her hand in front of the emerald jade carving Jia Lian sent.Then he changed his playfulness before, and said seriously, "Uncle, you can keep it for Sister Yingchun first, you watch it first, it's not too late to give it to Sister Yingchun when she gets married."

Jia Amnesty was sitting in front of the desk. After seeing clearly what Lin Fan had placed in front of him, his face immediately became serious.

"Girl Lin, what is your intention?" Jia Amnesty pointed to the things Lin Fan handed over, and asked in great puzzlement, "If you want to add makeup, this thing is too expensive."

Lin Fan sighed slightly, and said: "Uncle, Mrs. Liu's family is noble, and Sister Yingchun married Mrs. Liu's youngest son. Mrs. Liu's family doesn't have much livelihood. Sister Yingchun In the past few years in the general's mansion, although the life is not the best, it is not bad. I am afraid that sister Yingchun will suffer when she gets married, and she is a person who loves to keep her grievances in her heart. If I really Sending this makeup over like this, I am afraid that sister Yingchun will not accept it. That's why I asked uncle to forward it." This is just one of the reasons, and Lin Fan doesn't want to take care of it for the other reason. If things fall into the hands of others, only Yingchun is a good choice.

After listening to Lin Fan's words, Jia Amnesty stared at Lin Fan for a while, then sighed, "Yingchun is lucky to have a sister like you."

After Jia She said that, he put away the things in front of him and put them on the bookshelf behind him, and continued to sit down to play with the newly delivered emerald jade carving.Lin Fan didn't stay any longer, as soon as Jia She was seated, she was ready to leave.

The moment he turned around, Jia She could hear Jia She whispered: "Girl Lin, if you have something to do, don't worry about it. Although uncle is old, his brain is not very bright. But when something happens, , Uncle can still give you some references."

"Well, don't worry, uncle, I will never be polite when it still hurts your brain." Lin Fan paused slightly, turned his head and responded with a smile.

Seeing Lin Fan as usual, Jia She waved at her and said, "Your sister Yingchun is going to get married at the end of the year, and you sisters don't have much time to play together. Don't be bored all day long." In the yard, go and play with your sisters."

Lin Fan nodded when he heard this, and after leaving Jia She's study, he didn't go back to Yaoquanxuan directly, nor did he go to Yingchun, but went to Sister Feng's place to tease the younger brother.After Sister Feng gave birth to a little brother at the end of last year, life has become more and more nourishing and satisfying.Having sons and daughters and feeding sister Feng in the palm of your hand has expressed that it is really comforting.

Sister Feng is living comfortably, but Lin Fan is not, and more importantly, she wants to ask about Qin Keqing's situation during the time she spends playing with the children at Sister Feng's place.Between Sister Feng and Qin Keqing, as mentioned in the original book, the relationship between the two is very good, and they also like to hang out and chat together in private.There are a lot of intimate words, and the two will sit down and talk quietly.

In a certain sense, Lin Fan was a girl from outside, so it was impossible for her to hear her.It is precisely because of this that Lin Fan is eager to learn about Qin Keqing's real situation from Sister Feng's mouth.After all, she is a girl's family, even if she goes to visit Qin Keqing, Qin Keqing will be very considerate in etiquette, but it is very difficult to understand her inner thoughts.Therefore, Sister Feng's place became Lin Fan's breakthrough point.

"Did Sister Feng visit Ningfu again recently?" Lin Fan asked directly without concealing it.

As soon as Sister Feng talked about Qin Keqing, her brows were dyed with melancholy: "When I talk about her, it makes people worry. Good people are dragged down by the disease. When I went to visit the doctor two days ago, I just took it. After taking the medicine to sleep, I didn’t talk to her much. I asked the servants who were waiting on her, and they all said that the one who hasn’t seen it recently has improved, and it’s really worrying.”

"Have you tried changing a few doctors?"

Sister Feng shook her head and nodded again, with a hint of anger in her tone: "Why not?! I have changed several doctors, and they all said that it is so stable. However, the condition has not deteriorated, but it seems that it is controlled by the doctor's medicine. It's just Just be steady like this, you're going to burn people!"

After Lin Fan was silent for a while, he said: "This person eats five grains, and he will inevitably get sick." Although he said this verbally, he also had a general idea in his heart.

From the looks of it, the departure day in July might be coming soon.