Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

Silent all night.

The next morning, Zhen Lian was woken up by shaking, and the violent shaking made Zhen Lian wake up quickly.Remembering the past, Zhen Lian took a deep breath and then exhaled the foul air, and sighed inaudibly.

Opening his eyes, he looked out the window, it was pitch black outside, the room was lit, Li Laosan was already washing his face, and Mrs. Li was beside him, she was the one who woke Zhen Lian up just now.

Seeing that she was awake, Mrs. Li let go of her hand and said, "Get up quickly!"

Zhen Lian didn't love the bed either, she nodded and stood up.Get yourself dressed and put your shoes on.

Seeing that there was a basin next to Old Li, he walked over and saw that it was clean water, so he found the utensils used to rinse his mouth yesterday and washed it.After washing, I went to the window to find a comb and combed the two buns in front of the bronze mirror. I took a closer look and found that there was indeed a beauty spot between my eyebrows. I touched it again and didn't care.

After washing, they followed the two out of the room. Breakfast was set on the table in the small hall, including porridge and cakes, plus a side dish.Li Yang and his wife greeted the two of them to take their seats, and the four of them took their seats. Zhen Lian sat down unceremoniously. Seeing other people making a move, she also took a cake with chopsticks and ate it with porridge and side dishes.

After the meal, he moved to the wooden couch and sat down for a while, had tea, said some words, and then left.

After going out the door, I saw what the small courtyard looked like. The small courtyard was not big, surrounded by a wall. After leaving the main house, there was the courtyard, and the gate was directly opposite. The small courtyard only had three rooms in the main room and two rooms in the west wing. , to the east is a grass shed, where Li Laosan's horse and carriage are.

Li Yang helped Li Laosan pull the carriage out of the frame, and Mrs. Li picked up Zhen Lian and got into the carriage.After getting into the car, Zhen Lian saw Mrs. Li took out a handkerchief and approached her. Knowing that she was about to gag her mouth again, she pretended to cry and shouted: "I don't want it, I can't talk anymore!"

Granny Li didn't respond, she kept moving, grabbed Zhen Lian's hands together with one hand, took out a piece of cloth from somewhere and tied it to Zhen Lian's hand, and tied a knot that Zhen Lian couldn't understand.After tying it up, she took out the veil again, held it near Zhen Lian's mouth, shook the veil, and said with a sinister smile: "If you don't want to suffer, just open your mouth honestly!" The mouth made her stuff the veil in.

Zhen Lian curled her lips secretly, the two people's guards are really strong, I don't know when they can feel relieved!

Outside the carriage, Li Laosan led the carriage out of the gate, waited until he was on the main road, jumped into the carriage, and said to Li Yang and his wife: "Let's go now!" Then he started to move, and walked away with a hoof.

It was too early, and the place where the carriage passed was silent.After walking for about an hour, Zhen Lian saw the light from the window of the carriage, and gradually the interior of the carriage became brighter and brighter.Zhen Lian was really bored, so she lay down in the carriage and fell asleep, and soon fell asleep.

Wake up, wake up, sleep again, life in the carriage is extremely boring, Zhen Lian can't talk, and the other two don't talk much, so Zhen Lian can only stare at herself.

Seeing that Mrs. Li had her eyes closed, Zhen Lian quietly got up and moved to the window, raised both hands and lifted the curtain to look outside.I saw the trees outside the carriage passing by in a hurry, and as far as the eye could see, there was an endless mountain range in the distance. From the foot of the mountain to the side of the road were farmland, and a small river flowed through the farmland.In the distant fields, some figures were vaguely seen walking.

After watching for a while, seeing the same scenery, Zhen Lian lost interest and returned to the carriage to continue sleeping.

I drove for an unknown distance, but the sun rose above my head and then set again, and I arrived at a small town when it was dark.

It was already dark, and the streets of the small town were empty, except for some lights from the houses beside the street. The carriage entered the town and drove in one direction. Mr. Li stopped in front of a door in an alley After getting off the carriage, Li Laosan entered the door and shouted into the house: "Master Han, there is a visitor!"

The shopkeeper surnamed Han was doing today's account calculation on the counter, when he heard the voice, he raised his head, saw that it was Li Laosan, he quickly stood up with a smile and came out to meet him.

"Brother Li is here! Please come in! Come in!" Then he said to Xiaoer who came up to meet him: "There are still guests outside, go and welcome in first! Then arrange the carriage, Feed the horses some good food!"

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Li Laosan thanked with a smile.

"A certain job!"

Shopkeeper Han led Li Laosan to the side and sat down on a chair. Seeing Xiao Er leading Mrs. Li into holding Zhen Lian, she stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, sit here!" sit aside.

Mrs. Li sat with Zhen Lian in her arms, and looked at shopkeeper Han with a smile, "Please ask the shopkeeper to arrange a room for us first, so we can go to rest first."

"Okay, let's arrange it. Is it okay to live in the room you usually live in?" Shopkeeper Han got up and asked.

"Well! That's a good one."

Shopkeeper Han walked slowly to the counter, picked up a bamboo sign, looked back at Mrs. Li, "Sister-in-law, please follow me!" and led the way to the stairs.

Granny Li got up holding Zhen Lian, followed her up to the second floor, and stopped at the door of a room.Shopkeeper Han unlocked the door, opened the door and walked in to take a look, and then went back to the door to ask Mrs. Li, "Sister-in-law, please come in! I will ask Xiaoer to bring hot water in a while. If there is anything missing, just let me know."

Mrs. Li entered the door and took a look, then walked to the door, nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper!"

Shopkeeper Han waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, you're welcome. That sister-in-law has a good rest, and I'll go have a drink with Brother Li!" He turned and went downstairs.

Mrs. Li closed the door, went to the table and put Zhen Lian down, untied the cloth strips tied around her hands, and took the handkerchief from her mouth, so that Zhen Lian could move her body freely.

Her hands were bound for a whole day, she was numb and numb, and her mouth was tied. Zhen Lian carefully controlled her mouth to move from side to side, then moved her hands, rubbing her hands slowly, and after a while she let her hands Be more flexible.

Zhen Lian found a chair and climbed up to sit down. When she saw a set of tea sets on the table, she reached out to take it and turned it over. There was no tea, so she had to put it back.

The two-day drive had already made Zhen Lian's body sore and her back ached. She hadn't eaten or drank water for another day, and she was already thirsty and hungry.I just don’t dare to mess around now, I hope I behave a little better now, so that tomorrow I won’t be gagged and tied, and have a hard time!

In Dream of Red Mansions, Suzhou is Xiangling’s hometown Gusu, and Jinling, where Li Laosan is going, is Nanjing, which is not far from modern times, and can be reached in a few hours by car, but what about ancient times?They hadn't left Gusu after walking for a day, and they didn't reach the second town after walking for two days.I don't know how many days it will take to Jinling?Zhen Lian thought wildly.

At this time, there was a light knock on the door, Xiaoer brought hot water and tea, and when he put the tea away, Zhen Lian poured a cup and held it, and drank it in small sips.

Soon the second child brought food again, Zhen Lian and Mrs. Li washed up with hot water after finishing their meals, and before Mrs. Li came back, Mrs. Li fell asleep.

Zhen Lian was also extremely tired, so she climbed onto the couch by the window, undressed and fell asleep.

The next day, she was woken up again by Mrs. Li. Before dawn, she got up, washed, ate and hurried on her way.The day in the carriage was the same as the day before, still sleeping and waking up, waking up and sleeping alternately.

On the evening of the third day, he arrived in Ning'an County. Li Laosan did not enter the city, but only stayed in a farmhouse outside the city for one night, and got up early the next day to start his journey again.

They went on like this for more than ten days, passing one town after another, only then did they hear that Mrs. Li and his wife explained that they would arrive at Jinling City tomorrow.

It has been ten days since she traveled in the carriage, and Zhen Lian has also adapted to the life in the carriage. Her body is not as sore as in the first two days, but she is still very happy to hear that such days are about to end.

Zhen Lian's hands were bound and her mouth was gagged for ten days, so after ten days, she couldn't bear it!It's just that Li Laosan and his wife are very ruthless, no matter what Ren Zhenlian does, no matter how well-behaved she is, she refuses to fulfill her wish.That's a cruel heart, he must still be thinking about biting him!

Also, how good can a person who can do this business be?It's just that now they want to raise themselves and sell them for a good price so that they won't be abused by them. Binding their hands and gagging their mouths won't affect their appearance. Of course they don't want to!

Zhen Lian didn't dare to talk too much when getting along with them, because she was afraid that she would be found to be different from other four or five-year-old children and cause trouble again!

All you have to do is grow up!Zhen Lian lamented!

The next day she got up early again, and now Zhen Lian didn't need Granny Li to shout, she woke up regularly every day.Li Laosan cleaned up and dressed up. They both wore new clothes, and they suddenly looked younger by several years.Zhen Lian didn't have this kind of treatment anymore, but thinking about it, even if she got out of the carriage, she still had to stay in Mrs. Li's arms, so it didn't matter.

After getting into the carriage and driving for half a day, I heard voices coming from outside, the voices became louder and louder as we walked, and gradually became lively.

Soon the carriage stopped, and Zhen Lian looked out through the curtains, and saw that there was a wide road outside, and there were many people lining up beside the carriage, some with empty hands, some with their bags on their backs, Some are carrying loads, and some are pushing carts.Zhen Lian guessed that Li Laosan and the others should have carriages and horses in this team.

The crowd moved slowly, and there were small stalls selling goods by the side of the road. Looking around, they were selling steamed buns. The seller was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, who was loudly hawking to the people around him.

The sudden carriage walked a few steps forward and stopped. Zhen Lian looked into the distance, and saw a tall city wall as far as the eye could see, about [-] meters high, built with stone blocks, the simple and simple city wall, As if standing here since ancient times, the [-]-meter-high wall has already been covered with moss.Zhen Lian sat in the carriage and looked out with her head held high so that she could see the top of the city wall in the distance. There was a three-story building built on the wall at the main gate, which was also made of stone. There were soldiers guarding the upper floors, walking back and forth. .

This is Jinling City!Zhen Lian thought, the shock of such a real world cannot be given by the modern city walls that can only be used for entertainment!