The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

It was the first time for Xue Pan to leave home alone, and he was very careful on the road. After walking for a few days, he saw that the official road was prosperous, and he was also a businessman with a backing. If he dared to provoke him, he gradually loosened up, got up late in the morning, stayed early in the evening, yelled and drank, caused trouble, except for prostitution and gambling, he actually did all the things that the dude did.

The family member Wang Er is a long-standing old servant. Seeing the young master like this, he had to persuade him hard, and threatened his wife and daughter, and finally sent him to Yangzhou. It means to meet relatives.

Lin Hai happened to be taking a rest, and when he heard that there was a letter from Beijing, he hurriedly asked to submit it. Even Xue Pan entered the room together, and hurriedly paid respects to his dear friend. And the taste of Jia's mansion, and it is said that Baochai owes a lot to Rizhao.When Ruhai saw her, she missed her daughter and was happy that she had someone to take care of and teach her, so she stroked a few beards, nodded slightly, and said, "The word Yu'er has grown a bit."

Xue Pan heard it from below, and thought it was the time to flatter, because he said: "Sister Lin's handwriting is excellent, I often hear my sister praise it."

Lin Hai glanced at him, opened the second letter, read only a few words, and suddenly blushed, and softly shouted: "Absurd!" If he didn't read it, he saw that there were still many words below, and he couldn't bear it, so he coughed and put the letter away. Depressed, I read it hastily, but the second half is not about Baochai teaching Daiyu, but Daiyu asking Naifu to teach Xue Pan.

Lin Hai saw that Daiyu praised Xue Pan's character in a letter, saying that he was filial, fraternal and friendly. Although he was rude and uneducated, his behavior was quite respectable. It was only because his father lost his father when he was young, his mother doted on him, and no one restrained him, so he was biased. He begged Lin Hai to look at it in front of his relatives First, let him stay in Yangzhou for a year or two, restricting his studies, and don't let him go the sideways.Daiyu originally asked her father because of Baochai's affection, but Lin Hai felt that her daughter was far away in her boudoir, how could she be so familiar with Xue Pan?Moreover, it is very unusual to ask so earnestly. Could it be that the two of them have such a good relationship?Daiyu is far from Ji, so I'm afraid this bastard sneaked a glimpse of her boudoir somewhere and used words to seduce her. The youngest daughter is ignorant, so it's unknown if she missed a good-looking man.Then I remembered Xue Pan's praise of Daiyu's calligraphy just now, and the more I felt that there was a deep meaning in it, I immediately turned a little joy into anger, opened my angry eyes, slapped the letter on the table, and shouted: "What a bold boy!"

Xue Pan looked at his words, he was happy to see him, since he had finished his younger sister's worries, and was indispensable to his business, he was secretly delighted, when he suddenly yelled at him, he was frightened, and he replied in a daze: "Yes. Seeing that he actually agreed, Lin Hai became more and more furious and scolded: "My Lin family is the scholar of the world, and the prince's family is the wall. Unfortunately, the little girl is sent far away. She is also a dignified official and noble daughter. Isn't it true? Xiao Xiao thinks about you, a thief and a lowly household!"

One sentence scolded Xue Pan so much that he couldn't understand Lin Hai's words. Fortunately, he had the same advantage. He was used to roughness in his boudoir's house. When he saw Lin Hai angry, he knelt down on his knees and fell to the ground smoothly. , just said in the mouth: "The boy is wronged." He knocked his head again, for fear that he would not be sincere.

Seeing his sloppy look, Lin Hai gradually came back to his senses, thinking that his daughter would not be so easygoing. After seeing such a talent, his mood gradually calmed down. He read the family letter several times, and saw Xue Pan sneaking on the ground. Looking at himself, he snorted coldly and asked, "Have you ever read?"

When Xue Pan asked, he thought that scholars would not like those students who can't wait to make progress, so he hurriedly said, "I have studied for a few years."

Lin Haidao: "How many books have you read?"

Xue Pan was stumped by this, he muttered for a while, Lin Hai saw him dawdling, and hummed again, Fang yelled at him, "I've recited half of "Thousand Characters"."

This is already an exaggeration of his own talents, but Lin Hai was stunned for a moment, and he took a step forward and said, ""Thousand Characters"?"

Xue Pan was afraid that he would be unhappy, so he hurriedly said: "I have also memorized a lot of "Hundred Family Surnames", and I have also memorized "Jinglin for Children."

Ever since Lin Hai was enlightened, has he ever heard of the book "Learning the Beijing Forest for Young Children"?After thinking about it, it must be a mistake in "Youth Learning Qionglin". I couldn't laugh or cry for a while, but I realized that Daiyu's "rude and ignorant" had given him too much praise, and my doubts disappeared, but I thought again: This is Xue Pan's younger sister. It must be because she has a very good relationship with Yu'er that she is willing to make such a thought. Yu'er has always been proud and arrogant, and she must be a talented woman in her eyes, but I don't know how there is such a big brother?Forget it, since my younger sister has such aptitude, my elder brother may not be really an elm-headed one, it is probably just a little less discipline, so I come to this point, wait for me to adjust~teach her slowly, and just live up to my daughter's instructions.

Because he himself disobeyed his parents when he was a teenager, and because he felt a little guilty because of the misunderstanding just now, he was very kind at the time, helped Xue Pan up, called him a good nephew, and greeted him with care, which was very different from the situation just now.

Xue Pan couldn't figure it out, and thought to himself that this official was really good-looking, fortunately he didn't have an ambition in the imperial examination, so he didn't have to deal with this kind of people, so he also laughed.

Lin Hai ordered someone to send Xue Pan to the guest room, and asked the housekeeper to pack up the hospitality. Fang Xizi took the letter from home and went back to the room to read it.

Xue Pan lived in Lin's mansion for a few days, and the whole mansion entertained him very thoughtfully.He is a merchant family, even if he has a family property, has he ever seen such a refined enjoyment?But seeing the pavilions and courtyards in the mansion, self-regulation and inscriptions and couplets are all very particular; clothing, food and daily life, strive to be exquisite, many dishes are delicious, but they can't recognize their names when they see them, and their clothes look beautiful, but they can't tell how they are. The truth is, after opening the eyes of a well-informed and prodigal uncle Xue, he felt bored, so he excused himself to do business and bid farewell to Lin Hai.

Unexpectedly, he first said that Lin Hai's official duties were complicated and he would not be able to see him. After waiting for more than ten days, he finally met. Lin Hai also said that his nephew is so talented, and it is a pity that he does not make progress in the imperial examination. It is better to stay here and study with him. good.

Hearing this, Xue Pan was frightened out of his wits. Do you think that he was not even willing to accept the restraint of Jia Zheng at the beginning. The restraint of Lin Mansion is more than ten times stronger than that of Jia Manor. How could he stay here?There are thousands of words, but Lin Hai has made up his mind, arranged a room for him, and served him up and down, except for Liu'er, a personal servant. My aunt talked about things, and said that my mother should not stay outside, and that the old servants at home came out to do business together, and they should not be left behind.

Lin Hai said with a smile: "Your servant was carrying the goods southward the day after your visit. At this time, I'm afraid that I have exchanged things and returned to the capital." It turned out that as soon as he made up his mind, he sent his servants to accompany Wang Erxun The well-known store sold the goods and took them to a familiar silk workshop to order.The local merchants all gave Lin's family face, and the buying and selling prices were all fair. After going back and forth, they exchanged four or five thousand silver for the cloth and returned. .

Seeing the situation like this, Xue Pan had no choice but to stay. He is a magnanimous man. Seeing Lin Hai's strict management, he complained in his heart, but on the surface he could only enjoy the bitterness. He flattered Lin Hai every day, cared about food, and served him like ordinary children.

Lin Hai lived alone for a long time, suddenly there was a young boy in the family, and he found it interesting, so he called Xue Pan to talk to him from time to time, but he was patient at first.

But Baochai didn't go to Daiyu's when Xue Pan left, but went to Baoyu every day to talk.

She knew that Baoyu didn't want to see her, and she didn't mention the fame and fortune, but only talked about people's livelihood stories.She had read a lot of idle books, and compiled those idle sentiments into wild gossip. Baoyu also found it interesting, and gradually got used to it. When she saw Baochai, she invited her into the inner room, moved a stool, Serving tea and pouring water, hospitality.Even the little girl in the yard and the snow geese in Daiyu's yard also like to listen to Bao girl's talk about ancient times. In a few days, when Baochai went, there was no one in front of Daiyu.

On that day, Baochai was telling the story of Mr. Yangming of the former Chao Dynasty, and he was talking about studying things to learn knowledge, etc. Baoyu had never heard of these words. look next door.

Because today's talk is difficult, the maids are not there, and the room is very deserted, so as soon as Daiyu came over, Baoyu saw it and said with a smile, "What are you doing standing outside? Come in quickly." Calling Xiren: "Pour a cup of the eight-treasure tea brought by sister Ribao the day before."

Daiyu then walked in and said with a smile, "It's rare for me to come here. You don't entertain me with good tea, you just use wild things to fool me. It's really sad."

Baoyu said: "Sister Bao said it's warming and tonic. Now at the turn of spring and summer, it's the time when you are susceptible. You'd better be careful."

Daiyu said: "I'm so delicate!" Sitting obliquely next to the stool, the attacker brought tea, and she took a sip and asked, "What is Sister Bao talking about?"

Baochai smiled and said, "I'm talking about the old story of Wang Youjun."

Daiyu clearly heard that she said Wang Yangming just now, but now she said it was Wang Xizhi, so she must have something to say, so she didn't take advantage of her to answer, but Baoyu continued: "Wang Youjun's allusions are nothing more than painting geese, what is there to say?" Yes." It turned out that because Wang Youjun was often praised for his hard work, he didn't like this character. Baochai knew it too, so he smiled at Daiyu and said, "Wang Youjun heard about the conspiracy of rebellion at Wang Dun, and he was afraid that he would be silenced because of it. Pretending to be drunk and lethargic, I escaped the catastrophe, I thought it would be extremely rare for him to have such insight at such a young age, who would have thought that there is someone more powerful than him in hiding dragons and crouching tigers here."

Baoyu hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Baochai smiled and saw that Daiyu was silent.

Daiyu knew that she was mocking her for asking questions knowingly, so she pursed her lips and smiled.After Baoyu and Baochai chatted a few words, Baochai resigned, and Daiyu also got up, went to the door, and called Baochai, "Sister Bao?"

Baochai was also holding a fan in her hand, and upon hearing this, she followed her example by covering her mouth with the fan and raised her eyebrows, "Why?"

Daiyu took her hand and said, "I have something to tell you, come with me."

Baochai went in without knowing, and followed her to the room over there. The parrot in front of the hall hadn't seen her for a long time, and was very affectionate, jumping up and down and calling: "Sister Bao, sister Bao."

Baochai smiled and said, "You already know you miss me, so you can see that people are not as good as birds."

Daiyu gave her a white look, and said, "I'll just say a word, you just come in and listen carefully, otherwise, you'll go away, and I won't bother you anymore."

Baochai followed her in with a smile and sat down.