The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Jia Lan: "If my mother finds out that I go to the theater, she will be angry."

Lin Yun: "It's okay, if your mother blames you, you can say I ordered it."

Jia Lan said happily, "Thank you, Uncle Yun."

Lin Yun warned again: "Come back after playing for half an hour, don't overtime."

"Yes."

Qin Zhong and Jia Lan agreed, and then quickly ran away without a trace.

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Opposite Dongnuange, there is an open space the size of a football field, which was originally used for exercising, and now a big stage is built on the open space.There was a sound of musical instruments from behind the stage, accompanied by the voice of a girl singing.

Lin Yun didn't understand opera at all, but Qin Keqing once said that it seemed that the opera troupe sang Kunqu opera.

When Lin Yun and others came over, they saw Jia Lian chatting with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in brocade clothes standing in the open space in front of the stage.

When Jia Lian saw Lin Yun coming, he quickly waved to him and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, come here and I will introduce someone to you."

When Lin Yun approached, Jia Lian pointed to the young man and introduced, "This is brother Qiang, brother Zhen's nephew of Dongfu Zhen. He is in charge of the theater troupe."

The boy didn't wait for Jia Lian to finish his introduction, he saluted Lin Yun, "Jia Qiang greets Uncle Yun, congratulations to Uncle Yun for winning the championship."

Lin Yun returned a salute, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Uncle Yun, there's no need to be polite. This is what a nephew should do."

Jia Qiang's posture was very low, which made Lin Yun feel good. He asked Jia Qiang, "How many artists are there in this troupe?"

Jia Qiang: "Reporting to Uncle Yun, there are twelve artists in the troupe, all girls. There are also five musicians and six handymen, a total of 23 people."

Jia Lian asked Lin Yun, "Brother Yun, do you want to go over and have a look?"

"Ok."

Lin Yun and the others came backstage and saw many girls rehearsing outdoors.However, none of them wore costumes, and it was unclear who was playing which role.

Jia Qiang raised her hand and clapped her hands a few times, then smiled at the girls and said, "Ms. Lin's brother is here to visit us. You all should come over and say goodbye."

A few girls came forward and saluted Lin Yun, "Greetings, sir."

Lin Yun raised his hand and said, "Everyone use snacks. If the performance is wonderful, I will ask someone to give you red envelopes later."

"Thank you uncle!"

At this time, the sounds of musical instruments and girls performing in the room stopped.

After a while, I saw Daiyu leading Zijuan, Furong, and Xueyan out of the house, followed by four or five girls, and several masters holding musical instruments.

Daiyu bowed to Lin Yun and said, "Little sister, congratulations to brother for winning the championship."

The three little maids also followed her to salute, "Congratulations to the third master for taking the high school exam."

The rest of the people also saluted Lin Yun, "Congratulations to the third master for taking the high school exam."

"thank you all!"

After everyone bowed, a few handymen moved more than a dozen small mazaars and asked everyone to sit down.

Daiyu sat down next to Lin Yun and smiled at him: "Brother, can we also buy a theater troupe in our house tomorrow?"

Lin Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, and this little sister didn't even ask how much money it would cost to buy a theater troupe.

Jia Lian hurriedly said, "Sister Yu'er, it costs a lot of money to buy an opera troupe. It is enough for us to have an opera troupe in our house. If you want to see a play in the future, you can go to the mansion over there."

Daiyu hurriedly asked: "How much silver does it cost to buy a troupe?"

Jia Qiang: "Reporting to Aunt Lin, it cost more than 3 taels of silver to buy this troupe."

Daiyu stuck out her little tongue when she heard the words, and never mentioned buying an opera troupe again.

Lin Yun asked with a smile, "Sister, what song were you listening to just now?"

Daiyu: "The song is called Shouyan, and it has a good scenery at the beginning. It was sung by Fang Guan of Zhengdan."

After saying that, she waved to a little girl wearing a purple silk jacket and said, "Fangguan, come here and meet my brother."

Fang Guan came over and saluted Lin Yun: "Slave and servant please greet the third master."

Lin Yun carefully looked at Fangguan who was standing in front of him. The little girl was quite pretty, with a white oval face, dark almond eyes, and the facial features were perfectly matched, giving her the face of a heroine.

Daiyu smiled at Lin Yun: "Brother, let Fangguan sing a tune for you."

Lin Yun quickly waved his hands and said, "They still have to rehearse today, so I won't disturb them, and it's not too late to listen to them tomorrow."

Fangguan was a little disappointed when she heard this. She had long heard that Miss Lin's brother was a fourth-grade general, and he also won the first place in this year's general examination. If she showed her skills in front of him, she might be favored by him, and she would not have to work hard to sing in the future. .

Lin Yun looked at the faces of several girls for a few times, then pointed to a weak girl whose appearance was somewhat similar to Daiyu's and asked, "What's your name?"

The girl stepped forward and saluted: "My name is Ling Guan."

"Sure enough, it's the senior officer."

Lin Yun asked with a smile, "Can you sing A Dream in a Garden?"

Ling Guan hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said: "This slave can sing."

Lin Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, and he thought to himself: "Shouldn't this one sternly refuse? How can she admit that she can sing?"

Daiyu said hurriedly: "Sing a few lines for my brother to listen to. He doesn't like opera very much."

"Your servant respects your life."

Jia Qiang hurriedly called a musician to accompany Lingguan.

As the music sounded, Lingguan walked to the open space, performed and sang:

Dreaming back to the warbler, the years are full of chaos, and people set up small courtyards and deep courtyards.The smoke is exhausted, and the broken embroidery thread is thrown away, this spring is like last year~

A Dream in the Garden is selected from Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion. Although Lin Yun doesn't know Kunqu opera, he still knows the story of the Peony Pavilion.In addition, Lingguan's movements and postures are very graceful, which makes him watch with relish.

These little maids have almost never seen singing and opera. Today they saw Ling Guan's performance. Although they didn't put on makeup, they were still fascinated.

Fangguan was very depressed, she is Zhengdan, and this dream in the garden is her specialty, but now she is letting Lingguan show off in front of the nobles, which makes her feel so embarrassing.

After a song was sung, Lin Yun clapped his hands and laughed, "That's a good song!"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother, it's not enough to just say yes, I want a reward."

Lin Yun raised his hand to touch his chest, and was immediately embarrassed. He rushed over just now and didn't even take the silver ticket.

Daiyu saw his expression?I knew that my brother didn't bring any money.

She pulled out a gold hairpin from her head, walked over to Ling Guan, inserted the gold hairpin into his bun, and said with a smile, "This is a reward from my brother."

Ling Guan quickly bowed to Lin Yun and saluted, "Thank you, Third Master."

Lin Yunchong ordered Ying Ge: "Tell your sister Ping'er later and reward each of them with ten taels of silver, half for the musicians, and two taels for the handymen."

Parrot nodded quickly and said, "Your servant will remember."

Everyone in the troupe was overjoyed when they heard the words, and saluted Lin Yun together: "Thank you, Third Master, for the reward!"

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On the way back to the inner house from Dongnuange, Lin Yunchong asked Daiyu, "Sister, did you post a post to invite Aunt Li's two younger sisters for your birthday?"

Daiyu: "Yes, Aunt Li said that she will send someone to send her two younger sisters over."

"Just send it out."

"It's a pity that sister Liu left early and missed my birthday."

"This is also impossible."

Daiyu suddenly remembered something, she asked Lin Yun: "Brother, I heard that Sister Yun's uncle is going to take office in Jinling, do you think she will go with him?"

Lin Yun: "It depends on the ancestor's wishes. If the ancestor wants to keep Sister Yun, it is probably possible."

"Brother, you have a lot of ideas, can you help Sister Yun find a way to keep her?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "This is easy. As long as Baoyu speaks to his ancestors, it will probably be done."

"Is it really possible?"

"pretty close."

"Then I'll talk to my second brother tomorrow."

Lin Yun reminded: "Sister, I should ask Sister Yun clearly what she thinks before making a decision."

"That's right! If brother doesn't tell me, I almost made a mistake again."

Lin Yun: "Yu'er, if you want to help Sister Yun, you can ask your aunt to recognize her as a goddaughter."

Daiyu was a little unhappy when she heard this, and asked her mother to recognize Shi Xiangyun as a righteous daughter, so sister Yun became Lin Yun's younger sister, with the same status as her.

Thinking of her brother treating Sister Yun like he doted on her, she felt a little jealous.

After a moment of silence, Daiyu asked Lin Yun, "Brother, why did you only listen to the song sung by Ling Guan just now?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Because Lingguan's demeanor is somewhat similar to yours."

Daiyu got annoyed when she heard this, "Brother, it's disgusting that he said that I look like an actor."

Lin Yun suppressed his smile and said seriously: "What's wrong with the actors? They all earn their living based on their ability and deserve to be respected."

After a pause, Lin Yun said again: "We are just reincarnated better than them. If we get along in different places, do you think you can do better than them?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and said, "Anyway, I don't like elder brother comparing me with an actor."

Lin Yun raised his hand and patted Daiyu's forehead, scolding: "Just now you pretended to care about others, but your true colors are revealed so soon?"

"Brother is so annoying! I don't want to talk to you anymore."

Daiyu turned around angrily and waited for a long time, but Lin Yun didn't come to coax her.

She turned around and saw Lin Yun squatting by the stream in front of her, washing her hands, and she suddenly felt depressed.

After thinking about it, she ran to the stream, picked up a bowl-sized stone from the ground, and threw it hard into the water.

There was a splash and water splashed everywhere, soaking a large area of ​​Lin Yun's clothes.

Seeing Lin Yun's distressed appearance, Daiyu raised her hand to cover her mouth, her branches trembled with laughter, and her mood became more comfortable.

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