Prince of the Red Chamber and his father

In the garden, there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. The maids have been curious for a few days. They saw many five seniors and three rough-faced sergeants guarding everywhere, and the bold girl and daughter-in-law even stepped forward to make fun of it.

"How does Second Master Bao live now? He always says that men are filthy things. Now there are so many guards in the garden, and there are two standing at the gate of Yihong Courtyard." The women gossiped and made fun of one place. road.

Maids and daughter-in-laws have no taboos, but daughters-in-law always have some taboos.After being shy for two days, Tanchun simply wandered around the garden generously. She wanted to be the housekeeper, so how could she always stay in Qiushuangzhai? Although the other girls also went out, they just went to Jia Mu's room to say hello together. He refused to take another step, and even Shi Xiangyun, who was always cheerful, no longer played around in the garden every day as usual.

I just started a poetry club, and I don't want to be disturbed again.For the past few days, Lin Daiyu only helped Ji Huaiyuan paint in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so she couldn't help becoming irritable today.

"Our girl is going to the chess club, do you want to go with Miss Lin?" Jia Yingchun also knew that the sisters were too bored in the house these days, so she specially sent Xiuju to ask Lin Daiyu if she wanted to go to the chess club to relax.

"It's hard for the second sister to remember me, so it's good to go shopping in the street." Lin Daiyu often went out when she was in Suzhou, but after arriving at Rongguo Mansion, there were more rules and she was confined in the garden.

When it comes to going out, Xichun is the happiest.

A few people went to the big room first, and since Yingchun Chess Club was opened, Ji Huaiyuan didn't intervene much, letting Yingchun and Lin Ran take care of it according to his own wishes, so Yingchun often went between the Chess Club and Rongguo Mansion alone with her maidservants and servants. .

"Sister Lin, what's so interesting about playing chess? Only the second sister is enchanted and can stare at it for a whole day. Why don't we go shopping elsewhere? I just heard from the little girl that there is a Jing'an Temple just one street away from here. Why don't you?" Go for a walk?"

After Xichun arrived at the chess club, she couldn't sit still after drinking a cup of tea, went to the backyard to talk to the girls for a while, and then came to encourage Lin Daiyu.

"If the fourth sister doesn't like to play chess, you can just go play with Xueqing and the others, or look around upstairs. If you want to go to some temple, next time the eldest uncle and second brother will follow, and you can go shopping as much as you want. Now it's just us sisters, wandering around, what if something happens?" Lin Daiyu advised.

"Sister Lin, what are you afraid of? Jing'an Temple is just across the street, and you will arrive in a sedan chair. Let Uncle Ran and the others follow. What can happen? After returning to the mansion, Uncle blamed me, saying that I was the only one paying attention. I heard that Jing'an The incense in the temple is very good, every third day of the month is very lively, there is also a market, there are many interesting things for sale. We just caught up with the day, why don't we also go shopping?"

Xichun had just played around with the maids for a while, and saw that they had many novel gadgets, such as sugar figurines strung on bamboo sticks, grasshoppers made of straw, and little tigers carved from wood. She told Lin Daiyu all the same. listen.

"How old is the fourth sister? These are all stubborn things when I was a child." Lin Daiyu laughed after hearing this.

"I was never stubborn when I was a child, since sister Lin knows, take me there quickly." Xichun couldn't help begging.

Lin Daiyu just doesn't allow it, how can she let Xichun run around at will.Seeing that Lin Daiyu couldn't be moved, Xichun turned to Mo Yingchun, determined to go to Jing'an Temple.

Yingchun was in a bit of a dilemma, the fourth younger sister was always well-behaved, apart from painting, it was rare to see anything she liked, today she kept pestering her to go to the temple fair, and she wanted to accompany her to see the excitement.But the chess game just started is stalemate, and he is reluctant to walk away.

"The girl was weak since she was a child, and my wife often took her to the temple to make a wish. I'm afraid I have visited all the temple fairs in Suzhou. The fourth girl seems to have never been there, so she feels new. The Jing'an Temple is only one street away from here. Bring more people to follow, it will be fine if you think about it." Seeing that Yingchun was in trouble, Lin Ran persuaded the sisters with a smile.

"Uncle Ran is also messing around with the fourth girl. Since it is a temple fair, it must be very lively. It would be great if someone bumped into it!" Lin Daiyu frowned. It was because she had been there when she was a child and knew that the temple fair was very noisy, so she refused to accompany her. Xichun to go.

"Sister Lin said yes, but if Uncle Ran follows, I think it will be fine." Seeing Xichun's expectant look, Yingchun thought for a while.

"Sister Lin, look, Second Sister and Uncle Ran both said they can go, let's go for a stroll, Uncle said, we have to go back before dinner." After hearing Lin Ran and Yingchun's words, Xichun was elated, and held Lin Daiyu's hand Sleeve begged.

"Miss Si is so kind, you might as well go for a stroll. It's also good to pray for Mrs. Madam and burn incense in the temple. I'll arrange the manpower and everything will be fine." Lin Ran persuaded with a smile.

"Since that's the case, the fourth younger sister will come back after a short stroll." Uncle Wu Ran kept pushing herself to go, Lin Daiyu saw that everyone was waiting for her to agree, so it was hard to win Xichun's heart, and reluctantly agreed.

Lin Daiyu's maids at Lin's house, Xueqing and Xuerui, had already prepared their clothes. Lin Daiyu and Xichun dressed up as scholars, sat in sedan chairs, and walked three streets before arriving at the Jing'an Temple that the maids mentioned.

The temple fair at Jing'an Temple was indeed very lively. After Xichun got off the carriage, she wanted to visit everywhere, so Lin Daiyu had to lead a group of maids and servants to follow her, fearing that the crowd would be crowded and she would disappear after a while.

Xichun grew up in a deep boudoir, and the things she saw the most since she was a child were gold jade hairpin rings and silk satins. Where have you seen these novelties made by farmers from local materials? You have to buy this one and play with it. After a while, the girl who followed her His arms were full of things.

Finally, when she was tired from shopping, Lin Daiyu took a breath, followed Lin Ran to the main hall, prayed silently, and offered a few sticks of incense to worship before they planned to go back.

"Sister Lin, what's there?" Xichun pointed to the crowd under the tree and asked.

"I'll go over and have a look." Xue Qing held the things in her arms to Xue Rui, and ran over to inquire.

"Fourth sister, it's time to go back. There's nothing left. If it's any later, uncle will send someone to find it." Lin Daiyu saw that the stalls outside the temple had collected their goods and left one after another, and persuaded the still excited Xichun said.

"Let's go when Xueqing comes back." Xichun also saw that the crowd dispersed one after another, only the big tree did not increase but decreased, and became more and more interested.

"Back to the fourth girl, there is a pair hanging there, only the upper and lower couplets, and the guards said that as long as the upper and lower couplets are paired, you can get a thousand taels of silver." Xue Qing answered after making a clear inquiry.

"A thousand taels of silver? So much? My uncle said last time that ordinary people spend no more than ten taels of silver a year, but many families don't have any. They suffer from hunger like Grandma Liu and the others. This 1000 taels is enough for a year." Hundreds of households wear it for a year." I only have two taels a month, and I can make a net profit of 1000 taels by matching a pair, Xichun was shocked.

"What pair, do you remember?" Lin Daiyu asked Xueqing, a pair of silver thousand taels is a sky-high price.When I came here, I seemed to see calligraphy and paintings hanging under the big tree. Is it possible that no one can match it all day long?

"Girl, I've made a note. The first couplet is, when you're drunk, you don't know the sky is in the water." Xue Qing read.

After being drunk, I don’t know that the sky is in the water... After I am drunk, I don’t know that the sky is in the water... Lin Daiyu listened to it and repeated it several times in her heart.

"Sister Lin might be right?" Xichun just saw that there were still many paintings on sale in the market. They were different from the fine brushwork flowers and birds she had seen. Although each one was drawn in a haphazard manner, the scenery and characters were lifelike. There was a naive big white goose, There are also spring grass in the fields that are full of vitality.Xichun loves them very much, but the monthly money is almost spent, and she has no other income. Although Ji Huaiyuan often buys them various snacks, clothing, hairpins and jewelry, he doesn't give them the money directly.

If Sister Lin could write the second couplet correctly, she would buy all those paintings and put them in the room to learn to paint.

"When you are drunk, you don't know the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams to press the galaxy." This poem can only be written by looking at the water on the boat at night.Lin Daiyu remembered that when she came back from Suzhou with Lian's second brother, she couldn't sleep at night, she lifted the curtain to look at the river, and saw the ripples on the water surface, covered with broken stars. There is no one to appreciate the beautiful scenery, but unexpectedly, I was hooked by this line.

"Sister Lin, you're really better than Zijian." The second couplet of this sentence is clear and subtle, which is ten times better than the first couplet, Xichun praised.

"That 1000 taels of silver!" Before Lin Daiyu could stop her, Xueqing squeezed past again.

"Wait a minute, my lord stay."

After Lin Ran and Xue Qing exchanged the banknotes, and wrapped up all the paintings that Xichun wanted to go back, they saw a scholar in his twenties chasing after him, dressed in white linen, obviously waiting to be tested by Qiu Wei. scholar.Xu Shi hurried on the journey, his breath was messy, his clothes were sagging, and his hair was not tied properly. A few locks hung on his forehead, covering half of his eyes.

Xueyan stared straight away, although she is a commoner scholar, she has a sunny spirit.It is often said that the appearance of Master Bao is one of the best, and the maids arranged that he was born by a beautiful woman, and there is an unconcealable powdery look on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes.This person in front of him is completely different from Second Master Bao, his eyebrows are like distant mountains and his eyes are full of autumn water. Although he is not very gorgeous and delicate, his elegant demeanor makes people forget the vulgarity.

"I don't know which son is the one who just came out with the second couplet?"

"Why do you ask this, my young master answered it first, the 1000 taels of silver are naturally ours, you are late." Xue Qing tucked the bank note into her sleeve and said in front of the scholar.

"Girl, put it away, I didn't come here for the banknotes. The couplet under the tree was taken from a poem I wrote, and the sentence that the young master answered was much better than my original one, so I pursued it out of admiration." Come, if you don't mind, young master, why not drink a cup of tea in the humble house, you and I just talk about poetry." The scholar said eagerly, staring at Lin Daiyu with bright eyes.

"Nonsense, our girl's writing is naturally ten times better than yours." After Xueqing finished speaking, she realized that she had said something wrong, she quickly covered her mouth, and looked at Daiyu.

"Girl?" The scholar heard this, hurriedly said that he was impolite, and bowed in apology.

Lin Daiyu saw that her identity was revealed by Xueqing, and also saw that the scholar was staring at her like a goose, blushing already, and refused to talk to him, she took Xichun's hand and turned around Walk.

Yingchun was anxious to wait at the chess club, Ji Huaiyuan had already sent people to remind her again and again, but Yingchun didn't dare to tell the truth, so she could only perfunctory while sending people to Jing'an Temple to remind her.

"Why did you come back so late? My father sent someone to remind me." Yingchun was relieved to see them come back.