Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 58
Someone asked Yangzhou, "How are you going to spend this Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Yangzhou waved his hand, "No rush, let's go see how Jinling is doing."

As the most dazzling pearl along the canal, Yangzhou people are proud.But in their pride, there is also a little grudge.This grudge comes from the inner city river they love, which is called "Little Qinhuai" by people all over the world.

I don’t know which unlucky one in the previous dynasty urged me to write the poem “I don’t know which bridge the Jianye Qinhuai water is sent to Yangzhou.”

Since then, the "Little Qinhuai River" has become famous all over the world.

It's really a waste of reading the books of sages. When he wrote this poem, why didn't he think about "three points of the world are bright moon nights, and two points of rogues are Yangzhou".Why don't you think about the water from Jinling and Qinhuai, can it flow to our Yangzhou?
What a fool.

How can people in the world care about the complaints of Yangzhou people.They only know that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they need to come to Yangzhou to enjoy the full moon night.

Tourists from south to north come here by car or boat, and the inns in the city are packed to the brim.And the people of Yangzhou, who are gearing up, began to carefully dress up their beloved Yangzhou city as early as the tenth day.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Heng followed Wang Xianming into the city again.This time, he clearly felt the enthusiasm in the air.Shops along the street hang lanterns on the cornices, and countless flying ribbons and flags connect the pavilions on both sides, building a colorful bridge in midair.

Under the colorful bridge, there was an endless stream of people on horses, horses and pedestrians, which made Chen Hengwang fearful.After he came to Yangzhou, he devoted himself to studying in the academy. Occasionally he would go straight to the library to buy equipment when he went out, and he would go back to the academy immediately after finishing his work. When had he seen such a lively scene.

Looking around, the small Qinhuai River is on the small Qinhuai River, and the boat touches the boat.On the flying bridge shaped like a jade belt, shoulder to shoulder, face to face.Listening to human voices, the sound and light are chaotic, like boiling like shaking.

At this situation, Chen Heng couldn't help but be speechless.It's not dark yet, are Yangzhou people going to call the moon up?
Wang Xianming has seen the grand scene several times, and his mind is still relaxed.Holding Liu Shi with one hand and Chen Heng with the other, he walked slowly under the escort of the steward of the Lin family.

carriage?sedan chair?
Don't even think about it, if anyone dares to sit on this thing, you can walk a hundred steps in half a quarter of an hour, and the people of Yangzhou will praise you for being amazing.

Fortunately, there is a way to manage things. He took Wang Xianming and others to the shore, stopped a small boat, gave a place name, and led the three people onto the boat.

Then, with a pole hitting the water, the boat shot out like a flying cloud, dodging and dodging across the arch bridges.When the boat docked, Chen Heng walked up the street and saw Lin's carriage waiting for them.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Lin Mansion, and Guan Shi led Wang Xianming and the three of them into the mansion.

Chen Heng has been to two mansions in Yangzhou. The salt merchant's house is rich, and the scenery and pavilions everywhere show the extreme poverty of manpower.Xue Biao's family is different, their expensive items are hidden in famous antiques, if you don't know the goods, you will feel ordinary.

Only the Lin Mansion, once he stepped in, he felt a sense of cleanliness and elegance.The bamboo forest is on the lotus, and the rockery hides behind them and quietly reveals half of its body.Looking around, all the wing rooms and pavilions are inscriptions and plaques, showing the ingenuity of the owner.

They were still walking slowly, and a servant had already run ahead to report to their master.

"Mother, it's my aunt, my uncle, they're here."

Lin Daiyu shook Jia Shi's hand, signaling to him to stand up and go out to meet the guests.

Jia Shi, who had just put her son to sleep, smiled and asked her, "Why, have you thought about a question to test your brother again?"

Lin Daiyu said generously, "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I won't take the test on him, and we'll talk about it when the academy starts tomorrow."

"Why can't he be troubled?" Lin Ruhai leaned over and teased his daughter, "A book of nine chapters on arithmetic, you've already finished asking. What's next? Our family has a lot of books, why don't you go shopping again."

"Father." Lin Daiyu's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe it for a while, there are people in this world who take the initiative to tear down her daughter's platform.

Lin Ruhai immediately shook his head and laughed, raised his hand to pat Daiyu's combed hair, and said to Jia: "Let's go, don't let my sister and brother-in-law wait for us."

"Okay." Mrs. Jia also laughed, and after ordering someone to take care of her sleeping son, she led Daiyu to the front hall together.

The family came to the front hall, and they didn't wait long before they saw Wang Xianming walking in slowly.

As soon as the two families met, they kept saying "sister, brother-in-law" and "brother and sister". After the adults had finished talking about the old days, Liu Shi and Jia Shi looked at each other with a smile, and pulled out the children hidden behind them one after another.

"I've met Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin." Chen Heng bowed politely, and then looked at the girl in front of him who was smiling sweetly at him.Although his heart was surging at the moment, his mind was still clear.He only said softly, "Hello, sister Lin."

Lin Daiyu blinked, she was still looking at her brother, who was neither black nor white, still wearing a simple blue shirt, only a little calm and calm could be seen in the eyebrows.

Isn't it just the crane that Qi Jun's sister mentioned.Lin Daiyu smiled before saying anything, like a jasmine flower just blooming.

Jia Shi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and stretched out his hand to nod her, "Silly girl, I can't scream when I see people. Why don't I see you like this when I usually ask questions."

"Question?" Liu Shi blinked, and she heard something.

Seeing her appearance, Jia pulled her to her side and whispered in her ear, and the eyes of the two fell on Chen Heng from time to time.

Chen Heng's face was quite calm, he only regarded himself as a wooden boy.Clenching the sweat in his palms, he silently recited the Three Character Classic without distraction.

After Daiyu laughed, she hurriedly saluted Chen Heng, and whispered softly, "Brother."

Although the two met for the first time, they had exchanged letters for a long time.

Chen Heng nodded calmly, which made Wang Xianming feel relieved.I thought proudly: See, this is the child I taught.

At this time, some servants came up with tea, Lin Ruhai hurriedly led everyone to their seats.After a few cups of tea, Mrs. Liu had a lot to say to Lin Ruhai and his wife, but Wang Xianming and Chen Heng were the only ones who drank one cup after another.

In the end, Mrs. Jia couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Daiyu with a smile: "Yu'er, take your brother to the courtyard for a stroll. Don't run around. After a while, we will have dinner. I will take you out to watch the lantern festival at night."

"I know, mother."

Lin Daiyu responded with a smile, got up and walked outside.

Chen Heng was naturally very happy if he could not continue to pretend to be a wooden man. He looked at the master with sympathy, and he silently followed Daiyu's footsteps.

The two of them are not very old, and they are not yet at the age of men and women, but the maidservants and nuns who are accompanying them must be indispensable.

Not far from the front hall, Chen Heng controlled himself to exhale slowly.

Unexpectedly, his actions immediately attracted Daiyu's attention.

This delicate girl stopped in front of her, turned her body to Chen Heng, and said with a smile: "Brother, were you very nervous just now. My parents, are you that scary?"

Girl, it's not your parents that I'm afraid of, it's you who makes me nervous.Chen Heng suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and just said, "How did you see it?"

The girl with her brows combed to the brim stood in the sun with her hands behind her back, her nimble eyes bent into crescents because of her smile, "Brother, I'm afraid you don't know that the way you drank tea just now is exactly the same as uncle."

is that so?Chen Heng coughed, pretending he didn't hear it.

Daiyu turned around, she was wearing a white silk today, perhaps because she was afraid that the color would be too monotonous, she chose a beige printed shawl herself, paired with an oil-green pleated skirt, it was really pleasing to the eye.

Little people lead the way step by step.Chen Heng didn't look sideways, relying only on his own height, he stared at the scenery out of sight.

"36." Daiyu suddenly said.

"What?" Chen Heng turned his head in surprise, but he didn't hear clearly.

"Yu'er was thinking about it before." She said as she walked, "Sister Baoqin has already seen her brother, how many letters does Yu'er have to write to her brother before she can see it."

Listening to the innocent expectation in the other party's words, Chen Heng couldn't help letting go of the tension in his heart.

"It's 37," he said.

"Brother replied? Did you figure out the answer to the last question?" Lin Daiyu turned sideways with surprise on her face.

"Yeah." Chen Heng nodded with a smile, and only regarded the other party as his own sister, not the otherworldly fairy in the book, and said in a relaxed tone, "Your question is a little difficult, and it took some effort. I put the answer in the body benevolence hall before going to bed."

"Then you are not allowed to tell me now, I want to go to the academy by myself."

"Is there a difference?" Chen Heng wondered.

"Of course I do. I can hang paper cranes for fun." For some reason, the girl smiled brighter when she mentioned cranes.

Chen Heng secretly thought in his heart, Brother Xue didn't say anything else, his description of Sister Lin was really apt.

Lin Daiyu didn't know what Chen Heng was thinking, but she was only thinking about where to take her brother to play. Suddenly, she said, "Brother, let me take you to our library."

Chen Heng's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Let's go."

　Personally, I feel okay, the tone has been set, and the main event has been arranged properly. Book friends, the gongs and drums are beating, and the Yangzhou Lantern Festival is coming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)