Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

He smiled, then lowered his head and got into the sedan chair.

"Someone you know?" Liu Xianglian asked standing beside him, he could only vaguely see the back of that person just now.

"Rong..." blurted out a word, and suddenly remembered that his name was not this word, so he said vaguely, "Brother."

"Hey, your Jia family really has outstanding temperament. I haven't seen this person's face, but just looking at his noble appearance, he must be a handsome man, right?"

Jia Lan nodded indiscriminately, looked at how it was almost noon, and said to Ming Qing: "Go and go home for dinner with Third Uncle."

Ming Qing had had enough fun, and nodded obediently.

Jia Lan cupped her hands to Liu Xianglian and said, "Brother Liu, goodbye."

Liu Xianglian returned a salute, "I look forward to seeing you next time."

Seeing that Jia Lan was about to leave, the people in the teahouse left one after another.Jia Lan smiled and replied that he would come next time.

When I went to check out at the shopkeeper downstairs, the shopkeeper smiled and said: "Someone has already paid, not only the little brother, but also Mr. Liu, Bai Laosan, Qian Lao Liu, and the people on the second floor."

Jia Lan was startled, and asked in surprise, "Who?"

"Just the young man in white who went out just now."

It's him?

Jia Lan pursed her lips and asked, "Does the shopkeeper know him?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I don't come here often, I don't know much about it."

Jia Lan was a little disappointed, but still smiled and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper waved his hand, "Come again next time."

Jia Lan smiled and took Mingqing out the door.

"Brother Lang, who is that young man in white?" Ming Qing asked while walking on the road.

"Last year's Lantern Festival, the person who stood beside me when you found me."

Mingqing suddenly realized, "It turned out to be him."

On the cyan tiles, the dark blue sedan chair walked unhurriedly.Far away from the downtown, the empty road seemed extraordinarily lonely.

"Master, do you know that brother?" A shrill voice broke the silence.

After a long while, a voice came from the sedan chair, low and leisurely, with a touch of elegance, "It's sort of it." After a while, he smiled again and said, "I haven't seen you for a year, I thought I wouldn't see you again." Well, if I hadn't had leisure today..."

Suddenly thought of leisure, I am afraid I will miss it.

I haven't seen him for a year, and he who was still a child last year has become more and more refined in this life.

Is he the young master of Jia's mansion?

The person in the sedan chair leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to meditate, his white and ink-free fan was shaking once and for all in front of his chest.

12. Laugh, cry, cry

After the festival, there were a few sporadic snowfalls, and the whiteness in the courtyard of Jia's mansion went away and covered up layers, and the chill lingered.It's just that the continuous chill never ceases to disturb the minds of the young masters of the Rongning Second Mansion. They either set up a stage in this mansion or put up lanterns in that mansion all day long.

In the beginning, Baoyu and Jia Rong called Jia Lan to join in the fun, but after seeing that he was not keen on it, and thinking that he was only a half-grown child, they stopped calling him.

Jia Lan writes and reads books during the day, and reads poems with Li Wan at night, living a very comfortable life.Later, I went shopping with Jia Huan, but I didn't meet Liu Xianglian, nor did I meet the man with a gentle smile.

There was a little loss in Jia Lan's heart, but the loss passed by in a flash and disappeared before Jia Lan realized it.

It snowed again, and Li Wan suffered from a cold. It was not serious, but he needed to lie in bed for a few days to recuperate.Seeing Li Wan's sickness every day, Jia Lan felt very anxious.

Originally, she didn't go out very much, but now she didn't leave the house, and she accompanied Li Wan in front of and behind the bed to relieve boredom.

Seeing him like this, Jia Huan wanted to invite him out several times, but swallowed the words again.

Although Li Wan felt that Jia Lan was calm and filial at such a young age, he was very sensible, but he also felt that his seriousness was a sign of premature aging, so he said that he was fine, and Lan Er could go out and have fun on his own. Lan was extremely stubborn, and replied that her mother was not out of illness yet, so how could her son enjoy the joy alone.

Li Wan felt bitter and happy at the same time, he didn't know what to do for a while.

When the three Yingchun sisters came to visit Li Wan, Li Wan excused himself to rest and asked Sanchun to take care of Jia Lan.

Jia Lan pursed his lips, thinking that considering his actual age, it would be more or less appropriate to take care of them by himself, while respectfully saying yes to Li Wan.

The three Yingchun sisters laughed and pushed Jia Lan out.

In the boudoir, there are not many things to pass the time, except female celebrities, nothing more than piano, chess, poetry and paintings.

Because needles are taboo in the boudoir during the first month, Tanchun proposed to play go, and Yingchun Xichun agreed, but Jialan ignored her opinion.

After playing all morning, Jalan never loses or wins.The warm sunlight shone on Jia Lan through the window, making him drowsy. Taking advantage of lunch time, he planned to run away, but was spotted by Tanchun who was winning, and refused to follow him noisily.

Jalan was so worn down that he had no choice but to stay.Comfort myself in my heart: only women and villains are difficult to raise.endured.

The dice are being thrown here, someone is talking at the door, the red soft curtain is lifted, and Jia Huan is here.Seeing him coming, Jia Lan smiled and said, "You're not studying with your wife, why did you come here?"

Because Jia Huan's house is the closest to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang often disciplines her at home and shares the same room with Baoyu.Although Jia Huan cares about Baoyu on the surface, he is still close to him in his heart, and Baoyu ignores men in troubled times, so the two meet every day, and they live in peace.

The servant brought a chair over, Jia Huan sat down and said with a smile: "You are all playing here, and I am the only one studying, isn't it a loss?" Yingchun said: "Isn't Brother Bao here? He is the best at playing. Why didn't you play your head today?"

Jia Huan shook his head, "He went to Sister Bao's. I thought Lan'er was here, so I came here." Yingchun laughed and said, "Look, brothers are not close, but uncles and nephews are."

Tanchun looked at the knocking on the melon seeds and didn't respond.Jia Huan bowed to her, but she just replied indifferently.Jia Lan watched from the sidelines without saying a word.

Because Jia Huan was added, Jia Lan took the opportunity to be lazy, leaning on the sable fur back, propping his chin to give advice to Jia Huan.

After playing for a while, someone outside shouted again: "Miss Shi is here." Several people got up quickly and went out to Jiamu's place.

Shi Xiangyun was laughing and talking with Baochai, and when he saw a few people coming in, he hurried to say hello and see you.

After saying a few words, Tanchun looked left and right, with a look of doubt on his face, and Baochai asked, "What is Third Sister looking for?"

Tanchun laughed and said, "Why don't you see Brother Bao and Sister Lin?"

Shi Xiangyun pouted, but did not speak.Baochai laughed and said, "The two of them must have somewhere to go."

He said this in a continuous manner, and seeing the faint dissatisfaction on Shi Xiangyun's face, everyone guessed that Lin Daiyu was playing tricks again, so Baoyu went to persuade him.I had different thoughts for a while, and no one talked to me.

Jia Lan frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "Aunt Yun finally came here, but did you bring a gift for Lan'er?"

Shi Xiangyun patted his head, and suddenly realized: "When I entered the door just now, I felt that I didn't bring something with me, and Lan'er reminded me of it, and I forgot to bring a gift for Xiao Lan'er."

Jia Lan's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "Okay, you can forget such an important thing, Lan'er won't play with you anymore." After speaking, Jia Lan snorted and turned around to leave.

As soon as she turned around, Jia Lan let out a sigh of relief. Although she had been pretending to be tender for more than ten years, it took a lot of courage to say such childish and disgusting words without blushing or panting.

Just two steps away, the collar was pulled from behind, and then an arm was wrapped around his neck, and there was giggling behind his ears, "Oh, our little Lan'er will act like a baby too."

Jia Lan immediately trembled three times, the hairs all over his body stood up, and he said forcefully, "I'm not being coquettish."

Although he said so in his mouth, his eyes were rounded because of displeasure, and his lips were pursed even more dissatisfied. This cute look that is not acting like a baby is better than acting like a baby, and finally made several girls who were smiling because of Shi Xiangyun's words finally couldn't help it. He fell back on the chair and laughed.

The mild sunshine that is rare in winter shone indoors, and shone on the smiling girls. Jia Lan looked at Shi Xiangyun, who was trembling with laughter on his shoulders, with a gentle smile on his helpless face.

If the scenery is always here alone...

In the evening, Shi Xiangyun came to see Li Wan, and Baoyu and Daiyu followed. Jia Lan was secretly relieved to see that they were reconciled as before.

On the 21st, it was Xue Baochai's birthday, and Jia's mother set up a small homely stage in the inner courtyard, and ordered a new troupe of small plays, both Kun and Yi.There were also several family banquets in Jiamu's upper room. There was no outsider, only Aunt Xue, Shi Xiangyun and Baochai were guests, and the rest were from our own family.Li Wan was already in good health, so he also participated.

On one side of Jia's mother is Baoyu, on the other is Baochai, and below are Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, each leading a few girls to sit down. Jia Lan and Li Wan sit together.

When ordering plays, Jiamu asked Baochai to order first, Baochai gave way, and ordered a discount of Jiamu's favorite "Journey to the West". Wang Xifeng ordered "Liu Er Dangyi", which was also Jiamu's favorite. Love.Next, each of them clicked out, most of which were for Jia Mu's favor, and Jia Mu was naturally very happy.

At the end of the evening, Jia's mother loved the little Dan so much that she ordered someone to bring her to her, which made her look more and more pitiful when she looked closely.When asked carefully about his age, he was only 11 years old, but he was as old as Jia Lan. Everyone sighed, and Jia Mu ordered people to reward him with two strings of money.

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "This child looks like a person, can't you see it?"

When Jia Lan heard it, he examined it carefully, and then came to his senses. Seeing that the others were all smiling, he knew that they had guessed it too.

Shi Xiangyun laughed and said, "It looks like Sister Lin."

But when someone gave the answer, everyone no longer concealed it, so they made a careful observation and laughed and said that it was really good.Then scattered.

Jia Lan didn't take it seriously at first, she just thought it was funny, but when she turned her head, she saw Lin Daiyu's eyebrows