The Jade of the Red Chamber

It's already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and all colors are ready.

Lin Zhenyu led Xiao Fuyu to paste the couplet written by his father and sent with the letter on the gate of the courtyard where the three brothers and sisters lived.The main courtyard of the Lin Mansion is still called "Xiwu Courtyard". Although Lin Hai is not there and no one lives there, it is meticulously cleaned up. Even the three brothers and sisters wiped and tidied the main hall and bedrooms without pretending to be others.

The inner and outer courtyards of the Lin Mansion have changed door gods, couplets, listing signs, new peach charms, and a new look.Because it is still in the filial piety period, only two bright red lanterns are hung at the gate.There is not much decoration in the mansion, except that it is extremely clean. Zhenyu changed all the curtains of Xiaofu Yucheng Ruiyuan into vermilion, and pasted the grilles cut by the chef's skillful hands on the glazed windows, making it look He was very happy, so happy that the little fat baby clapped his hands for a while and looked at the five bats to send the joy, and for a while he looked at the monkey holding the fairy peach, hehehe was very happy.

The gauze curtains in Yaoguang Court where Daiyu lived were also replaced with pink ones, and the bedroom in Duzheng Court was covered with snow gauze curtains.

Lin Zhenyu spent a lot of money in repairing the Lin Mansion, not to mention buying Linyuan to more than double the area, but the glazed windows in the inner courtyard cost a lot, and the ground dragon was laid under the courtyard. Wealthy people have never seen such meticulous work.Lin Zhenyu is a thoughtful person. Although the Lin Mansion's outer courtyard is made of good materials, it is built in a satisfactory manner. It can only be called tall and well-organized, without any luxury.

From the outside, the most conspicuous thing about this Lin Mansion is the high bluestone fence. Nowadays, the mansions of aristocratic families have never seen such a high fence.It is also Lin Zhenyu's own heart disease. When he saw the Red Mansion in his previous life, it was said that a strongman snatched Miaoyu away. Such an innocent daughter was kidnapped, Zhenyu, who was still Lin Chen at the time, felt strange, such a big mansion and wealthy family didn't even have a nursing home?Those who went tonight were all useless women?In the previous life, Lin Chen sighed a few words and then threw away his hands.

But in this world, he has a younger sister who looks like a fairy daughter, how can he rest assured, and their weak sister and younger brother can't help being scared, so I really don't dare to take it lightly.Therefore, when he was renovating the forest house, he made great efforts to build all the walls of the courtyard with high bluestones. Ma Shou, who was in charge of this work at the time, was distressed by the white money that flowed out like water, and praised in his heart that this house was just like the past. I'm afraid it won't break in the next hundred years, it's sturdy and delicate!He San and He Si also picked out the strong young sons of the family to train and taught them some simple boxing skills. The rules of the Lin family are very strict. When the time comes, the door will be closed. Patrolling the entire Lin Mansion, anyone who catches laziness, slippery or violating the rules, no matter who is in the house, will be sent to the Zhuangzi, and serious ones will be sold out.

While talking with her younger siblings, Chuxue came in and said, "Master, Steward Ma said that something has been delivered from Master Shen's residence."

Zhenyu raised her eyebrows, come again?

Inviting people to the small hall in the front room of Tao Ranju, Zhenyu took a look at He Er, a little surprised: "Why did your master assign you such a trivial matter?" Did he know that from He Yi to He Shiliu Ke It's Shui Yang's baby, and he is very busy on weekdays. He has known Shui Yang for so many years, and some of them haven't seen each other yet.

He Er smiled and said: "It's Chinese New Year, the errands are basically gone, I want to meet with the third and fourth little ones, so I asked the master for this errand."

Zhenyu smiled: "Come on, He San and He Si are in their own courtyard. A few days ago, they asked them to find out an old boxing book from nowhere. It looks like a treasure. He Si also said that he would let you guys Brother, please refer to the details. I haven’t been out of the hospital for two days, if you go, tell He Si, if you don’t come out, Qingxi will have to smash the door.”

When He Er heard this, his eyes lit up, and he walked away quickly with his hands clasped together. ^//^Zhenyu smiled and shook her head, these people are really virtuous, they touch their own arms under the big woolen clothes without any trace, their muscles are not hard at all like others, a little sore, so what... He is smart, unlike those people who only have well-developed limbs!Thinking of how Shui Yang often squeezed here and there when he was alone with him during this time, Lin Zhenyu is now sure that Shui Yang is joking that he doesn't have two muscles on his body!snort!What a big deal!The young master is still developing, and when he is as old as his previous life, he will still be a strong man!

Zhenyu sat there by herself for a while before asking: "What did you send?"

Ma Quan smiled and said: "It's fresh fruits and vegetables from Master Shen's hot spring village, which are rarely seen outside this season. There are also a pair of big deer, ten roe deer and ten paozi each, Siamese pig, wild boar, domestic pig and wild sheep , six green sheep, and six home soup sheep each, two hundred catties of fish of various colors, one hundred live chickens, ducks, and geese, fifty dried ones, fifty pheasants, and fifty rabbits each. In addition: ten pairs of bear paws, deer Twenty catties of tendon and sea cucumber, thirty pieces of deer tongue and beef tongue." Ma Quan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Two bags of hazelnut, pine, peach, and apricot, one hundred pairs of prawns, and two thousand catties of fine silver frost charcoal. , ten altars of imperial wine, ten stones of imperial rouge rice..."

Zhenyu was speechless when he heard that, this is too complete, there are few people in his house, how can he eat it all, but he is very happy with those fresh fruits and vegetables, Zhenyu thought, how about setting up a hot spring village by himself?In this way, not only can we supply out-of-season vegetables in winter, but we can also soak in hot springs...

Ma Quan saw that his uncle was in a trance again, and was a little strange. Why is the uncle always in a trance these days? Could it be that... who girl did he fall in love with?I also thought that my uncle had only met a few girls from relatives, if it was from there... Ma Quan's face turned dark, so it must not be the girl from Jia's family or his relatives? !No, he has to find out, if it is true, write to the master immediately!

Ma Quan cautiously said: "Master? Master, why are you in a trance? Hey, Mr. Shen sent so many things, and we prepared them ourselves, and we don't need them at home. Why don't we send some out? Or give it to Rongfu... Historians... the Xue family?"

Zhenyu looked at Ma Quan strangely, what happened to Uncle Ma, didn't he usually like to mention Jia's family the least?Shaking his head, he said: "No, they are filial to their own family, which has nothing to do with us. It's serious to take some and send them to the master, and Master Yang Siye sent some of the Guozijian sacrificial wine, just say new ones, send some over. In addition Those chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep, keep enough food for our mansion, and give a share to those who have families and farmers in the village. It is considered a new year's purchase. Let's add food to the mansion from today, and all will be added. For the two meat dishes, the portion should be large enough to be eaten."

He also solemnly said: "Those who are not on duty can have a few cups of wine, but if there is someone who is drunk and making trouble or who is on duty for drinking, no matter who it is, they will be kicked out together!"

It is said that in the last month of the twelfth lunar month, Jia's mansion came to invite her twice, and both of them called Zhenyu to refuse on the grounds that Jia's family was overjoyed, and she feared that she would offend Jia's concubine during the filial piety. Perhaps it was an annual gift from Rong's mansion that made Jia's mother unhappy. It is very thin, only one or two points of previous years.Zhenyu didn't care, as long as he didn't go to his house for the New Year, he wouldn't say anything even if he didn't give a New Year gift.It was also because Zhenyu kept an eye out and hid the matter of today's reward. Jia's family has a lot of things this winter, so they won't know for a while, which made them have a peaceful and good year.

Ma Quan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the uncle didn't take those families seriously at all, but he became puzzled again, with such a dazed look, and the changeable expression on his face, he was thinking about the girl who was peeping at the girl from his own family. The expression of thinking is really the same, which girl is it?Which of our girls is not raised in a deep boudoir, how did the uncle see other girls?

There is also my own careless brat, when I went to the uncle's yard to take a job, I caught a glimpse of the young master's girl from a distance, and I thought about it. These years are like wood, but this time I am open to marrying. .Ma Quan raised his eyes to look at his uncle, thinking that if he asks for the big and small begs, will the uncle agree?That girl's mother and elder brother are both in Yangzhou.It's all my mother-in-law who went early, so I have to open my mouth for such a thing, hey!

After thinking about it, Ma Quan said cruelly, "Master... I would like to ask you to point out a wife for my eldest son." Let's just say it bluntly, I don't like people who play tricks.

"It's a good thing. Uncle Ma has someone to choose?" Zhenyu asked with great interest.

Ma Quan broke the boat and said bluntly: "It's the second master's girl, Lu Hui! I have seen that girl from a long distance in your courtyard, and I just... want to marry you. This is a violation of the rules, and the uncle will never punish her. complain!"

Zhenyu heaved a sigh of relief, it's nothing, Aloe is Fuyu's girl, she often follows him to her yard, it's normal to meet him a few times, as long as it's not a secret affair, it doesn't matter.The size of Uncle Ma's family is also useful in front of him. He is honest and hard-working but has a bit of brains. He is trying to promote him to be the second shopkeeper of Zhenbaoxuan. It is also appropriate to give him aloe. After serving for a few years, it will be very appropriate to be a shopkeeper lady in the future.

Then he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it's not considered a violation of the rules. When my father returns to Beijing in the next year, the Lu Hui family will probably come to Beijing, so you can come to propose marriage. The size is very good, and I am going to let him go to Zhenbaoxuan to practice. Congratulations to Uncle Ma first!"

Ma Quan was overjoyed, happily thanked Zhenyu and went.

Ye Zhai, Ye Qiong listened to the housekeeper's report of the things sent from the Lin Mansion, the corners of her lips curled up, her heart was very ironic: my disciple is filial!But the housekeeper was a little embarrassed: "My lord, there are enough things in the house, these things that Master Zhen sent..."

Ye Qiong raised an eyebrow, and said: "What's the matter, of course it was sent with Zhenyu, and that person sent it, just ask someone to return it!"

The butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and covered the corners of his twitching eyes. Who dares to return the one who gave it to him? !

Ye Qiong obviously understood, and didn't make things difficult for the housekeeper, she just said: "It's okay, just send it to his Zhuangzi, if you don't use it up, you will be blind, but take some rare and rare ones and send a copy to Zhenyu." Ye Qiong The acquaintance with that person is also very common, but it was just a chance encounter when I was young, and later Ye Qiong went to Jiangnan's house because the situation was unstable. Seeing him, he is naturally more comfortable and friendly than others.

On the evening of the [-]th, Zhenyu ordered the door to be closed early, the three brothers and sisters sat down in the living room, a screen was placed in front of Daiyu, the housekeeper and the head nurse led the crowd to close according to the order of the servants, and the New Year's money was distributed , purses, gold and silver carabinies, and a reunion feast, offering Baifu soup, auspicious fruits, and wishful cakes, and everyone scattered.Except for those who were on duty, everyone else was busy. Zhenyu and Daiyu both said beforehand that those on duty must be serious and responsible, and in the first month, as long as they are on duty, they will get three times the monthly payment. Everyone in the house is very happy.

Zhen Yuyin said: "Today's New Year's Eve, I don't need to be waited on by anyone. Let's go to the small hall to have a banquet. It's also lively." The big maids such as Chuxue, Qingkong, and Luhui led the little girls away, leaving only them The three brothers and sisters talked and laughed, and they didn't stick to the rules of eating and saying nothing. Zhenyu first found a very interesting carousel lantern, a Western music box that could be rotated, and some other novelty gadgets. The handwritten letters sent like the sea were also brought, and the three brothers and sisters read letters together, enjoyed novelty gadgets, ate some wine and food, and talked a little bit, having a good time.

Half an hour into the night, when he was most excited, Ma Quan came to the hall and replied that someone was coming from the gate. Although his eyes were clear, his face was flushed, and he was called out when he was sitting at the banquet.

Zhenyu twitched her eyebrows, she had a premonition that someone was coming, so she simply asked Ma Quan to go back to the table, and he went to the door, there was a porter anyway.

There were three tightly wrapped people standing under the bright vermilion headlights at the door. Zhenyu knew that there was Shuiyang in front of her at a glance, so she hurriedly let them in, and only asked, "Why are you here at this time? Is there any place there?" Should there be a banquet?"

Shui Yang entered the door and pulled down the hat of the bearskin cloak and replied with a smile: "Isn't it very boring, I just came out because I was drunk."

He Er also pulled down his cloak, thinking that what his master said was really easy, how could it be so easy to get away from the family banquet where the emperor was there, even now, poor Qin Shulai is still in the palace to serve the drunk "Master Jing" "Woolen cloth.

Shui Yang waved his hands and told He Yi and He Er to go to He San and He Si to have fun, turned around and took Zhenyu's hand and said with a smile: "Those banquets are actually some flattering and competing jokes, and they are so annoying. It's empty, it's not as lively as your place, so it's better to watch the New Year with you tonight."

Zhenyu nodded, and just thinking about it, he knew how impersonal the banquet in the palace was. When Shuiyang came, he was also happy, because he said: "I think you are still hungry, so we just eat together." New Year's Eve."

Seeing the smiling eyes of this man, Shui Yang's heart was instantly filled with warmth, he held the boy's hand tightly, and strode forward.

Because Shuiyang watched Daiyu grow up, and Daiyu was not very old, Zhenyu was also very sure that Shuiyang really treated Daiyu as his younger sister, so he didn't teach Daiyu to avoid it, and everyone sat at the same table It's good to talk and laugh on the Internet, and there are no outsiders.

The banquet was removed, and fruit snacks and small wine and tea were placed.

Xiao Fuyu was very close to Shui Yang, and the four of them sat around and talked about some interesting things and knowledge.Shui Yang is well-informed, and today he let go of his usual cold words and deeds. His witty words are like pearls. When it comes to happiness, even Zhenyu is dumbfounded.Talking and laughing, Shui Yang only felt that this was the feeling of a family celebrating the New Year, but it was a pity that his brother couldn't get away, otherwise he would bring Uncle Chen who was called into the palace by the emperor, and it would be complete.

The sound of firecrackers came from the night sky outside, and several people hurried out to watch. The fireworks rose, and sparks of red, yellow, blue, and white came up one after another, colorful.

Xiao Fuyu held onto the corner of her brother's clothes, wanting to set off some fireworks too, Zhenyu pinched the little baby's chubby face, and agreed.From the side room, he took out the fireworks that he had custom-made and prepared a long time ago. Although fireworks are not allowed in this dynasty, only official shops sell them on major festivals. The price is not cheap. He prepared it specially, after all, which aristocratic family has no children, so there are naturally fireworks specially made for these young men in the official shop, which can be held in the hand, the handle is very long, and the danger is very small.

The little guy took it and ran around his sister twice, which made Daiyu very happy.

A row of fireworks sticks were set up in front of the court, Shui Yang and Zhen Yu went up and lit a few big ones, everyone laughed happily under the brilliant sparks.

Watching the new year until midnight, Xiao Fuyu couldn't hold it at first. Zhenyu saw that her sister was also a little bit weak, so she let them go to rest first. Stay for a drink and talk.

Not long after, Shui Yang looked at the young man who was sleeping next to him, his eyes were full of tenderness, he stretched out his hand to hug the young man into his arms, touched the young man's flushed face in fascination, lowered his head and lightly kissed the young man's lips in his arms. With a light kiss, it's instant.Touching his hot ears, Shui Yang hugged the boy into his arms to make him sleep more comfortably, and sat on the big chair, just looking at it like this, his heart was full and soft ...