Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

, he knew that after practicing with Jia Lan frequently, his archery skills were no worse than Baoyu's, but he couldn't tell Aunt Zhao.

He didn't want to cause any trouble until he had the capital to leave the house.

Mother Jia mentioned the matter of the competition, but she forgot it the next day, and no one reminded the maids around.

A few days later, Jia Dairu took a day off from school because of something at home.Seeing that the weather was fine, Li Wan dragged Jia Lan out of the room, who had been scribbling all morning, threw him a bow and an arrow, and left him to fend for himself.

Looking at the maidservants who covered their lips and giggling, Jia Lan sighed helplessly, grabbed the arrow on his bow, turned around and left Daoxiang Village.

The Grand View Garden covers a vast area, and there are not only lush plants everywhere, but also ornamental animals, such as deer, rabbits, and red-crowned cranes.

Jalan wrapped the arrow tufts in front of the small arrows with cloth, and filled the cloth bags with flour, so that the animals would not be hurt, and he could check whether they hit them.Then I spotted two deer near Daoxiang Village and started chasing them.

Chasing them all the time, shooting an arrow occasionally, picking it up after shooting, and chasing after them, such a game of cat and mouse made him quite happy to play.

As he was running, he suddenly saw Baoyu in front of him, so he stopped and said with a smile, "Second uncle is at home. I just think I'm going out."

Baoyu saw the two fawns running away in front of him, and said, "You're being naughty again, what are you doing shooting at him?" Jia Lan laughed and said, "What are you doing in your spare time instead of studying? So practice archery. "

Baoyu couldn't help being a little unhappy when he thought of the competition that Jia's mother mentioned the day before yesterday, and said, "I planted my tooth, and then I won't play."

Jia Lan rolled his eyes, probably thinking of what Baoyu was thinking, smiled lightly, and didn't answer.

Baoyu glanced at the white circle around the running fawn's neck, and suddenly pointed his fingers together and said to Jia Lan, "Come here."

Seeing his thoughtful look, Jia Lan couldn't help being a little puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Baoyu raised his lips and smiled, and said again: "Come here, let me tell you something."

Seeing his bright smile, Jia Lan always felt that there was a conspiracy, walked over anxiously, and asked defensively, "What's the matter with Second Uncle?"

Seeing Jia Lan's refusal to approach, Baoyu approached him impatiently, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Ten days later, there will be a hunting competition at the Beijing Palace, will you go?"

As soon as Jia Lan heard this, he turned his head and ran: "No." Presumably Baoyu knew that the game was not good, so he wanted to use it as a shield.

Jia Lan didn't take two steps, but was hugged by someone.No matter how fast Jialan grows, how can he compare with Baoyu who is four or five years older than him.

Baoyu embraced Jia Lan lightly, and said with a smile, "Why are you running, Lan'er? I don't mean to kill you."

Jia Lan wanted to cry, but since Baoyu was afraid of losing face, of course he was also afraid.

Baoyu stroked his hair, and said with the tone of abducting children: "Don't worry, Lan'er, I won, the reward from Prince Beijing is very generous."

Jia Lan raised his head and smiled wryly: "Then what if you lose?"

Baoyu stared, "If you lose, why don't the princes still want to chop off your head? Besides, there will be many people who will be killed, and only one will win, and the rest will lose."

Jalan blinked.

Baoyu saw that his expression had loosened, and immediately said: "The hunting park of the Wangfu is very large, and there are all kinds of rare animals in it. You have never seen it before."

Jalan was a little moved.

Baoyu smiled and said: "Also, don't you want to see how powerful your archery skills will be in real hunting?"

Jia Lan was completely moved, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Baoyu: "When shall we go?"

Baoyu smiled triumphantly, "I will call you in ten days' time."

Jia Lan's palms itch at the thought of riding a horse and hunting wantonly in the mountains and forests.

Seeing him excitedly holding up his bow and eager to try, Baoyu was faintly aroused in his heart to fight.

Boys seem to be born with the potential to be hunters.Attacking, fighting, and strength occupy more than half of their lives.

After parting with Baoyu, Jia Lan ran to the front yard to find Jia Huan and wanted to tell him the good news.When they arrived at the place, they found that Jia Huan was not there. Xiao Jixiang, the housekeeper, saw him coming, and went up to meet him and said, "The third master left early this morning. I thought he was looking for you, Mr. Lan."

Jia Lan frowned, "When will Third Uncle come back?"

Xiao Jixiang replied: "I didn't hear about the third master. Why don't I call back when the third master comes back and ask him to look for you?"

Jia Lan thought for a while, "Forget it, I'll go find him."

Little Jixiang doubted: "Master Lan knows where the third master is?"

Jia Lan said, "Probably."

Didn't tell him, if he goes out alone, he should go to Jubaozhai.The unhappiness of not being able to find anyone did not affect Jia Lan's good mood.Jia Lan decided to go out to find Jia Huan.

Go back to Daoxiang village and talk to Li Wan, then call Shang Mingqing, the master and the servant go to Jubaozhai.

Jubaozhai was as clean as ever. Jia Lan searched around the store but did not see Jia Huan. Just as he was wondering whether Jia Huan had been there, old man Qi swayed two jade beads and walked out from the inner door.

Almost every time Jia Lan walked around the shop twice, old man Qi came out unhurriedly. Every time he couldn't help but want to ask, he was not afraid of someone coming in and running away with an antique bottle.But due to the issue of commercial confidentiality, he refrained from asking every time.

I think the law and order in the capital is better, Jia Lan explained to himself.

"Why is Lan Geer here?" Old man Qi asked curiously.It's really that Jia Lan rarely goes out, it's not bad to see him once a month, and every time he is dragged out by Jia Huan.

Jia Lan saluted respectfully and asked, "Has Grandpa Qi ever seen my third uncle?"

"Brother Huan, I'm studying in the backyard." Old man Qi replied indifferently.

"What?" Jia Lan wondered, when did Jia Huan break into the opponent's interior?

Old man Qi explained: "Shaodong's family is teaching Brother Huan the knowledge of ritual utensils, so don't let me disturb you at will."

"Young master?" Jia Lan was dumbfounded, and it was really deep inside.

The old man Qi suddenly realized: "I forgot that Brother Lan didn't know each other. Our young master doesn't come here often. A few days ago, when he visited the store in Kyoto, Brother Huan happened to be there too. The two hit it off right away."

Jia Lan looked at the old man's emotion, and asked in surprise, "Who is your young master?"

Old man Qi said: "The eldest son of the Qi family in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Jiangnan Qi family? Eldest son?" Jia Lan repeated.

Old man Qi was shocked, "Haven't you heard of it?"

Jalan was inexplicably ashamed, "It's because I'm ignorant."

Old man Qi snorted, "You are indeed ignorant."

Jalan's heart was shattered by the blown glass.

Struggling to glue the glass heart together, Jia Lan asked, "Can I disturb you in the backyard?"

Old man Qi frowned, "Young master said not to disturb you at will."

"so?"

"No."

Jia Lan looked at old man Qi with a natural look on his face, and his glass heart shattered to the ground again.

Heaven knows, he just wanted to find his third uncle.

After drinking three pots of green tea and walking around for a while, there was movement in the backyard.

As soon as I stepped into the backyard, I saw a few servants in brown servant clothes walking around in the yard, some sprinkled water, some carried basins, and some wrung towels, coming and going, miscellaneous but not chaotic.

While Jia Lan was hesitating, old man Qi went straight to the east study, stood in front of the door, and said in a low voice, "Master, Master Huan's family is here to look for it."

Hearing a bang in the room, and then the sound of someone screaming in pain, Jia Lan and old man Qi couldn't bear to close their eyes at the same time.

Jia Lan stroked her forehead and thought, when will Jia Huan become less irritable.

"You can't be careful." A low, unfamiliar voice came from inside the room.

Jia Lan was taken aback.It was such a cold voice, even the slight helplessness could not melt the voice one iota.

"Lan'er, why are you here?" The door opened, and it was indeed Jia Huan's face with a bright smile.

Jia Lan pouted, "Why can't I come?"

Jia Lan patted him on the shoulder, "Of course you can come, I just don't like you taking the initiative to go out."

Jalan rolled his big eyes.Although it is true that he is an otaku, it doesn't have to be known to everyone.

Jia Huan pulled Jalan's arm, "Let me introduce someone to you."

Jia Lan looked over seriously, and what caught his eyes was a suit of black.

I saw this man wearing an agate silver crown, misty rain and dark silk, an ink-colored spring robe, and a beaded jade belt around him.

What a handsome and heroic figure.

"This is Qi Yi, Big Brother Qi." Jia Huan said warmly.

16. Watching a play and talking

"Jia Lan?" The man cast a dispensable glance at him and asked calmly.

Jia Lan's forehead twitched, and he was sure that he would never like this person, so he stopped bowing and said with raised eyebrows, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Qi Yi was startled, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said to Jia Huan: "Your nephew is quite interesting."

Jia Huan scratched his head, isn't Jia Lan very kind to everyone?Why is it so abnormal today?Without even thinking about it, he took a step forward and put his hand on Jia Lan's forehead.

Qi Yi watched his action without thinking, and immediately narrowed his eyes slightly.

Jia Lan angrily removed his hand and said, "What are you doing, I don't have a fever."

Jia Huan breathed a sigh of relief, "I see you are so abnormal, I thought you were sick again? By the way, why did you come to see me?"

Just as Jia Lan opened his mouth to answer, Qi Yi stretched out his hand to support Jia Huan, and said calmly, "Since you have something to say, why doesn't Huan'er invite your nephew into the room for a talk?" After speaking, his eyes glanced at Jia Huan's knee.

The corner of Jia Lan's eyes twitched, and he hurriedly said, "I just heard that you seemed to hit the table leg again, can't you be more careful?"

Jia Huan said innocently: "Uncle Qi said someone was looking for him, so I guessed it was you. I was just in a hurry."

Uncle Qi? !Jia Lan felt that the sun must be rising from the west today.