Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 141

The moonlight shines softly on the Temple of the City God, it is not a full moon tonight.The bright moon is still missing a small corner, but the silvery white light is still as bright as before.

Sister Lin stood in several layers of halos, silver, light yellow, and multicolored, reflecting her elegant attire into a flower.The fragrance wafting in the air lingered over the girl's bright and dignified clothes like ribbons.

Tonight is a big day, her and Bao Qin's clothes are personally selected by the elders.Jia's and Fan's are not ignorant, and they only pay attention to the exquisiteness of the clothes and jewelry they choose for girls, but they don't wear expensive things on their children.

Baoqin is as majestic as a bright moon. Chen Heng has seen such a dress before, and today is not as stunning as last time.On the contrary, it was Daiyu, who was used to dress elegantly on weekdays, so a little makeup like this really made people see the extravagance on the other side.

Seeing her elder brother's scrutinizing eyes, Lin Daiyu, who was under the lantern, couldn't help but shrink her embroidered shoes under her skirt, and turned her small face slightly.

Xue Biao was still thinking about the process of solving the problem, and hurriedly said: "Sister Lin, don't you want to solve the problem, why don't you continue talking?"

Chen Hengshai laughed, and nodded towards his sister, signaling that the other party can just talk.Lin Daiyu smiled and blinked, took the curtain from Xue Biao, and said softly, "Brother Xue, look."

"This first sentence: Mo Yan has infinite things outside of his body. To see this flower must be his heart. He said that the puzzle is a flower, and he ordered this flower to grow in the middle of the water."

"Mo Yan has endless things outside the body." Xue Biao thought about it carefully, and he understood it, and smiled immediately, "Sure enough. Since it is outside the body, it is not easy to pick. It is not a flower in the water. Then you two, are you How do you guess it's a lotus?"

Under the dim light, Chen Heng and Lin Daiyu looked at each other and smiled.The elder brother hid his encouraging eyes, which made Sister Lin's tone even more positive, "It's easy to understand until the dream of Lanqiao is over, and I don't know who is in the dream..."

She hesitated slightly, then smiled again, "This sounds like a dream and a blue bridge, and it seems to refer to water lilies. But the story still has to be said about the end of the dream, since the end of the dream is not the water lily. I don't know. The person in the dream said that this flower is similar to the lotus, so it seems to be a similar flower.”

"Since it is not a water lily and it is similar to it, then it is not a lotus."

Although the ancients did not pay attention to the science of plant families, they often compared water lilies and lotus together when appreciating flowers.An elegant scholar like Xue Biao felt very reasonable after listening to Sister Lin's explanation, so he turned to look at Chen Heng again.

"Brother Heng, do you think so too?"

Chen Heng nodded, and added: "Tonight is a temple fair, and the topics set should take care of Taoism and Buddhism. Among them, Taoist priests often wear lotus flower crowns."

Lin Daiyu didn't expect this, so she asked, "Brother, what about the Shi family?"

"I remember that the lotus flower has a little-known nickname called the Buddha's Seat Beard. The person who came up with the question also had this consideration in mind." Chen Heng knew this allusion, and he used to read the idle books given by Xue Bian in the past.

It's just that his memory is better than ordinary people, and he reads carefully and carefully, so that he can see interesting things and remember them firmly.

Xue Biao, who suddenly realized, put his hand on Chen Heng and sister Lin, and said with a smile: "It's no wonder that the sister of the Lin family only calls you the elder brother. Tsk."

Xue Biao made a slightly envious smashing sound, and Chen Heng pushed him helplessly, daring to say anything.He hurriedly handed the lantern in front of Sister Lin, "This thing was broken by Qingyue and the others, so you should take it, Sister."

Lin Daiyu pretended not to hear Xue Biao's words, suppressed the red cloud on her cheeks, and took the lantern happily.However, she suddenly remembered that there was a best friend by her side, so she couldn't help but said, "Brother, sister Xue is also here, how can a lantern be enough for the two of us?"

For some reason, Xue Baoqin was surprisingly silent tonight.It wasn't until Sister Lin said this that she hurriedly said, "Sister Lin, I don't need it..."

Chen Heng nodded with a smile, picked another colorful lantern with Xue Biao, and asked, "Sister Xue, do you like this one?" After finishing speaking, he raised the curtain without waiting for Bao Qin to speak. I looked at the topic.

"A thing is born without parents, and it grows into a tree for a hundred years and a thousand years. It has no leaves or flowers, and it ends up as a lump of dirt."

After reading it, Chen Heng already knew it.He waved for the lamplighter, and told him, "Look, is it a charcoal character?"

The lamplighter opened the bag of the hanging curtain and took a look, and the note inside was indeed written with charcoal characters.Look at the trouble, he came out to set up a stall tonight and made a lot of hard money. How could he be so unlucky to meet four people who came to buy goods.

"Young masters and ladies, you can't guess any more. If you keep guessing, there won't be a single lantern left for the old man." The lamplighter repeatedly cried out his grievances.

You know, those who guess the lantern riddles will be given two copper coins if they fail to guess correctly.For these questions, he also specially spent money to invite scholars to write the questions. He wanted to make some money tonight, but he didn't expect to meet such idlers as Chen Heng.

Xue Biao was not in the mood to embarrass others, he took the lantern from the lamplighter with a smile, and spent half a tael of silver to make the old man happy.

The four turned around, and two girls were walking in the middle with lanterns, Chen Heng and Xue Biao were on the left and right.They walked side by side all the way, wandering along the path of Chenghuang Temple.It's not about picking places where there are no people. Where is the temple fair tonight without people?

They, following the footsteps of Xue Biao, admired the carved murals on the white wall.In this regard, Xue Biao is an expert.From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, all kinds of technical allusions blurted out, which was another wave of extracurricular knowledge for Chen Heng.

It's a pity that after they hadn't been around for a long time, Chunyan and Xueyan came side by side. It turned out that Uncle Lin had finished organizing the ceremony and was about to take all the officials back to the mansion and leave the scene to the common people.

When parting, Lin Daiyu smiled and raised the lantern in her hand, "Thank you brother for giving me the lantern."

This girl just likes to be clever and weird.Chen Heng shook his head and reminded, "It's dark, pay attention to the road under your feet."

"The lanterns are shining brightly."

Laughter wafted through the night, and when sister Lin left, Baoqin naturally followed.As soon as Baoqin left, Xue Biao couldn't stay much longer.

The two friends said goodbye after agreeing on tomorrow's business.

After they all left, Chen Heng wandered around for a while before he was found by Xinda who had come here.It turned out that grandma and the others were busy praying for blessings and were planning to take the family back home.Naturally, Chen Heng didn't dare to stay longer, so he hurried to join his family.

On the way back, Chen Qingyue begged his brother quietly, "Brother, don't tell grandpa about Brother Xue giving us money, can they?"

"Why?" Chen Heng was a little surprised, and this is not something that cannot be said.

"Brother, you are stupid. If grandpa and the others know this, our New Year's copper coins will be less?" Chen Qingyue replied anxiously and annoyed, lamenting that his brother could only read books, but his brain just didn't understand.

"Hahaha." Chen Heng laughed. As a brother, he answered in an interesting way. "Go back and recite the Weizheng article to me, and I will promise you."

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After the New Year's Eve, Jia Lian finally got a chance to go home.It's only seven or eight days before the New Year's Eve, so if you hurry up on the road, you can still get home on New Year's Eve.

Going home for the New Year is a big deal, neither Lin Ruhai nor Jia Shi persuaded him to stay longer.Just prepare the gift to take back, and let Jia Lian take it with him.

There are also particularities of each family in this, Jia is a thoughtful person.Mrs. Jia's gift was the most thoughtful, the gifts from the two elder brothers were the most common, and the gifts from the juniors were surprise gadgets, but the return gift from Prince Teng's family was the most expensive.

Sitting on the official boat back to Beijing, Jia Lian looked at the gift list handwritten by her aunt and recalled it.

He is not a fool, the son of the aristocratic family is very clear in his heart in this regard.

Aunt's gift in return is even more valuable than the gift from the Wang family.What this is saying is to tell the old Wang family.Thank you for your kindness, I accept the love, but I returned the gift to your home.No more, no less, just one more point.

Jia Lian chuckled, so the knowledge of the aristocratic family is hidden in these dark places.If my aunt came back too often, it would become a flattery, and the lower officials flattered the upper officials.If there are fewer gifts, it is to tell the other party that this friendship can be forged, and to move more during the holidays in the future.

If you just accept it and don't return it, then the Lin family will be on top and the Wang family will be on the bottom.

Only this extra point is the most intriguing.My aunt told the Wang family through the mouth of the gift list.

There's nothing to do in the future, so don't get involved.If you still insist on giving gifts and spread the word, others will think that your old Wang family came to the Lin family to play the autumn wind.

Jia Lian smiled and put these mundane things behind her.

He didn't care about the Lin family's attitude towards the Wang family at all, so it was supposed to be good.

In this way, they can be linked together through the Jia family, and the Jia family can become the link between the civil and military.

"It's a pity." Jia Lian received the gift list and said regretfully, "I have to find a chance to come to Yangzhou again."

When I came to Yangzhou this time, I didn't even dare to stay in the brothel. Wouldn't it be a waste of a good itinerary.

Next time I come, I have to play secretly for a month before talking.

I don't know when Jia Lian's regret can be made up.But when he returned to Jia's mansion, there was another excitement waiting for him.

　Yesterday a book friend said, let me pass a chapter during the day, let him work so that he can catch fish.Look, look, I'm here right now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)