Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

When he came over, he said to Li Liang: "Thank you, Lord Li, for reminding me. There is still my mother waiting at home, so I won't wait for Li Li, I will go first."

Li Liang spread his hands with a smile and said, "Please go ahead."

Li Liang looked at his back and frowned tightly.Others may not know that fragrance, but Li Liang is very familiar with it.

Tianshan Xuetan has one flower in ten years and one fruit in 20 years.This year, two plants were paid tribute, one in the palace and one in the North Prince's Mansion.In the past, after the prince got it, he didn't say it was as precious as a treasure, but he kept it well.But now...

Sure enough, the prince's recent behavior is still a bit strange.

40. Never, leave

Jia Lan didn't know how the Jia Mansion mobilized people to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and how they spent money like dirt.All he knew was that after returning home, he kowtowed to Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, and Li Wan each, and then fell headfirst into the darkness.

This drowsiness lasted for three days.

For three days, Jalan slept in the dark, oblivious to all the chaos that was happening outside.

When Jialan woke up, it was exactly midnight.He looked into the darkness of the room, rubbed his forehead, and shouted in a hoarse voice, but the outer room was silent and no one responded.

He barely sat up, leaned against the head of the bed and coughed a few times.His throat was extremely thirsty, and his whole body was sore and weak as if he had run around the capital three times in a row.He got out of bed with the help of the bedpost, swayed to the table and poured a cup of herbal tea, and drank it with his head raised.

The herbal tea flowed through the dry throat and slid down into the parched stomach, dispelling the drowsiness all over the body.Jalan breathed a sigh of relief.

After resting against the table, Fang felt his strength regained.Having slept in a daze for three days, now that he didn't want to lie in bed anymore, Jia Lan took a coat and put it on, pushed the door open and entered the yard.

Daoxiang Village was quiet, except for the occasional crowing of chickens and ducks in the corner.

Jia Lan stood at the door and looked around, feeling a little strange.It was normal to be so quiet in the middle of the night, but he had already left the room, and there was no servant girl who heard him come up to serve him, which was really abnormal.

He was afraid of waking Li Wan up, so he didn't call for anyone. He turned around and planned to go back to his room.

At this time, voices suddenly came from outside the yard. The two voices were high and low, as if two people were arguing about something.Jia Lan stopped and watched the courtyard door open from the outside to the inside.

As soon as Ting Ling pushed the door open, she saw a man in white clothes standing in front of the corner door. The white clothes were swaying faintly in the wind in the dark courtyard. She was startled and screamed in a low voice.After Caiwen heard it, he quickly pulled her away and asked, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

After finishing speaking, he saw Jia Lan standing in front of the corner door with a helpless face, Cai Wen was overjoyed, pushed Ting Ling, hurriedly went up to him and said with a smile, "Brother Lan, you are awake."

Jia Lan looked narrowly at the approach and listened to the spirit: "Why are you screaming, I'm not a ghost."

Ting Ling blushed in embarrassment, stomped on the ground a few times, and said repeatedly: "Bah, bah, what are you talking about in the middle of the night?"

Caiwen also complained: "Why didn't you call someone when you woke up at night? You came out in such thin clothes." She helped Jia Lan into the room, and turned back to Ting Ling and said, "Ting Ling, go and see that Where did the dead vigil girls go to play, and they didn't even know Brother Lang woke up at night."

Ting Lingdao: "Maybe you just broke up with other little girls in the courtyard, let me catch you and teach her a lesson."

Jia Lan said: "A group of children are boring in the middle of the night, let them go."

Ting Ling curled her lips, and Cai Wen hurriedly said: "Brother Lan said yes, but tonight is really too much. These girls are late, have young children, and are very unfamiliar with things. If there is no urgent matter, we will not dare to take it You stay in the yard alone, not to mention you are still sick. I thought that these few people should be able to take good care of you together, but I didn't expect this to happen. Brother Lang, don't stop listening to Ling, We know that Grandma and you are pure and kind people, but we can't let these girls think that they are easy to bully the master."

The more Caiwen talked, the more angry he became, and finally the hand that supported Jia Lan trembled slightly.

Jia Lan knew that Caiwen had always been calm, but at this moment he suddenly showed such an angry expression, which made Jia Lan a little puzzled for a while, he waved his hands and said tiredly: "It's up to you.

In Jia's mansion, which has been rich for several generations, the master is strict and ruthless, and many girls have learned to dictate orders.On weekdays, Jia Lan didn't bother to care about trivial quarrels among these maids.Tonight is really as Caiwen said, a little too lazy.

Listening to Jia Lan's words, Ting Ling beamed with joy, and said, "Brother Lan, you should rest first, and forget about these things. I'll bring you a bowl of clear porridge later."

After hearing Ling leave, Jia Lan walked into the room slowly, leaned against the chair in front of the table, closed his eyes and asked wearily, "What happened in the front yard?" The three of them talked for a long time in the yard, but None of the servants came out, and there was no response from Li Wan's room. Where did the group of people go so late?

Caiwen shook her hand, and the tea splashed out a little bit. She calmed down and said, "It's nothing." Go see the doctor again."

Jia Lan was taken aback, rubbed his forehead and said, "Have I slept for three days?"

Caiwen nodded repeatedly and said: "But the eldest grandma was frightened. She leans against your bed every day, and no one can pull her up."

Jia Lan stroked the rim of the teacup and said, "My mother isn't in the room, is she?"

Caiwen bit her lower lip and said with a smile: "The old lady is not feeling well, the second grandma asked the eldest grandma to take care of her together, and she will be back in the morning."

Seeing her forced smile, Jia Lan only guessed that it might be because Jia's mother was old and had a weak heart and suffered from the cold, so she didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, a few girls went back to the yard, you pushed and knelt down in front of Jia Lan, Jia Lan didn't say anything, just let Caiwen take them down, and fined each of them half a month's salary.

Ting Ling stood aside with the porridge in his hand, staring and trying to interject several times, but was stopped by Caiwen.

After the little girls withdrew, Ling discontentedly said: "Brother Lan, why are you so talkative, so you were fined half a month's salary. According to me, you should be punished well, otherwise these girls really don't know who is the master and who is the slave." gone."

Jia Lan took a sip of porridge and said, "Ting Ling, you are really angry today."

Ting Ling said: "Can I not be too angry? You don't even know Brother Lan, just you have been in a coma for the past few days, how chaotic the house is..." Before Ting Ling finished speaking, there was a hurried voice outside the door : "Lan'er, am I, Lan'er, awake?"

Jia Lan hurriedly stood up, and just took two steps when she saw Li Wan coming in with a surprised and happy expression on her face.As soon as Li Wan saw Jia Lan, he took a few steps quickly, grabbed Jia Lan's hand, and rubbed his face with the other hand, tears fell down: "Lan'er, Lan'er."

Jia Lan was very sad when she heard that, she helped Li Wan to sit on the kang, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, mother, you don't have to worry."

Li Wan held onto Jia Lan and did not let go, looking straight at Jia Lan's face, choking with sobs.

Jia Lan couldn't help Li Wan's tears, she was at a loss all of a sudden, Suyun and Ting Ling rushed forward to persuade her.

Li Wan cried for a while, then slowly stopped, took Jia Lan's hand and asked if he was hungry, thirsty, and if he was feeling well.Jia Lan agreed one by one, and Li Wan was relieved.

After talking for a while, Jia Lan asked, "Is the old lady okay?"

Li Wan was obviously taken aback, and Fang said: "It's okay." Then he stood up and said, "It's still early, you should take a rest. This exam has hurt your body a lot, and you need to make up for it."

Jia Lan didn't refuse, and said with a smile: "I know, mother should rest earlier."

Early the next morning, Jia Lan got up to wash up, changed into new clothes, stretched in the yard, looked at the sun in the sky, and felt refreshed.

After dinner, Jia Lan went to the front yard to greet the old lady and wife.Coincidentally, Baoyu and all the girls were there, so they couldn't help being teased a little bit, and Jia Lan laughed it off.

The old lady held him in her arms, and told Wang Xifeng not to spare ginseng and other supplements, and to help Jialan take care of his body.Wang Xifeng responded with a smile one by one.

The old lady seemed to have not had a good rest at night, and she looked sleepy after a few words.Seeing this situation, Mrs. Wang made everyone disperse.

Several girls were very curious about the imperial examination, so they all gathered in Daoxiang Village and pestered Jia Lan to ask questions.

Several people knew his temperament and ignored him.After talking for a while, Tanchun saw that Jia Lan was a little tired, so he yelled at everyone to leave.

Jia Lan sat at home for a while, then got up to go out.When Li Wan saw it, he asked, "I've just recovered from my illness. I'm just resting. What are you doing again?" Dissatisfied: "Knowing that I wake up and not coming to see me, it's really not a brother."

Li Wan was taken aback, and hurriedly stopped him: "Your third uncle went out for something yesterday, wait for him to come back in a few days, then go and see him."

Jia Lan asked, "Who did he go out with?"

Li Wan said in a daze, "This..." Suyun walked over and said with a smile, "Second Master Lian got a job and said he was going to Ping'an Prefecture. Brother Huan saw it was fun, so he followed him."

Jia Huan was not close to Jia Lian, so how could he go out with him so easily? Although Jia Lan had doubts in his heart, he didn't think too much about it, so he said, "Forget it." He thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go to Liu Look over there, sir."

Li Wan and Su Yun looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.Li Wan went up to meet him and said, "You should really thank me. The day before yesterday, my husband came to visit me in person, but seeing that you were still lethargic, he left."

Jia Lan said, "If that's the case, I'm going."

Li Wan and Suyun prepared some high-quality pastries and asked Jia Lan to take them with them.

Jia Lan arrived at Liu's mansion, but was told that Liu Zihe had left the city early in the morning and was going to leave the city in the evening.