The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

Auntie, don't let your sister fool you. My sister's surname is Lin, and I remember that the boy who topped the exam this year is surnamed Chen. How can they be the same family?

Chen Heng stood at the corner and couldn't help but tilt his head slightly. He also wanted to hear what his sister, who had never been masked before, would say.

There was a chuckle from the open door in front of me, and the cute voice sounded again.

Don't forget that his surname is Chen and his sister's surname is Lin. Dad said: Our Lin family doesn't have many relatives. If we really want to talk about relationships, he and his aunt can be considered a family.

Oh? Why is that?

It takes a long time to say this, but if I really want to say it, I have to start with a paper kite. There is something light and agile in the soft words, and the slightly upturned tail sound makes people listen to it. You can imagine the look on the face of the speaker.

Paper kite? Chen Heng raised his eyebrows. He had already thought of who this sister was. She must be the beloved daughter of Senior Zhiyuan.

If it were her, when it came to the relationship between husband, teacher, and wife, she should really be called sister. Chen Heng shook his head and laughed, and moved sideways a little further, just enough to see the scenery in both parts of the corridor.

Since I can't copy the copybook now, I might as well become a gatekeeper and protect Sister Lin from other students, so as not to bump into them.

Chen Heng leaned against the wall behind him. There were many beautiful day lilies blooming in the corner in front of him. When Chen Heng came to know this flower, he knew that they had another name, called Forget-worn Grass. Now, not long after the Dragon Boat Festival, it is their flowering period.

The sound of conversations in the house was still coming from time to time.

Good sister, why are you so secretive?

The two sisters are so unreasonable. Shouldn't such a good story be placed at a table, and my sister be invited to sit on top, and be coaxed and persuaded to hear it?

Okay, you know how to play tricks on us.

Auntie, I think Sister Lin is just greedy. I'm afraid she's thinking about the crabs that just arrived at our house the day before yesterday.

I blame you. I mentioned it in school yesterday and it got people thinking about it.

Don't talk nonsense, Sister Wei. I think this crab is thinking about me. Otherwise, how could it tell me in a dream last night that it insisted on letting me go and have a look at it.

It's not difficult if you want to eat. Why don't you ask your brother to help us think about the title of the painting this time?

Auntie, this is good, this is good.

What's so difficult about this? It's just a matter of stepping on the flowers and returning home to smell the scent of horse hooves. I'll just go back and tell him. Sisters, my sister is going to eat this table.

But how is he going to tell us? Doesn't your brother live in the academy? We can't go to the front hall, and he can't come to the back hall.

Chen Heng was also stunned when he heard this. Before he could think about this sudden hit on his head, the voice said again: Tomorrow, after we go to class, we will come back here. I asked my brother to hide the answer in the library. , wouldn’t it be great if we find out then?”

Good guy, this is clearly arranged for me. But I have never met you, how are you going to find me in the academy and tell me about it?

Before Chen Heng had time to think about it, he saw two people walking towards him from the distance. He quickly stamped his feet on the spot, pretending that someone was coming from a distance.

The girl in the room was really startled, and only one person said, Someone is coming, hurry up, hurry up.

Then I heard footsteps and saw them coming out. Chen Heng immediately rushed towards the people in the distance to buy them some time.

But unfortunately, when he turned around and walked away, Daiyu, who was the first to come out, happened to catch a glimpse of the disappearing figure around the corner, and a trace of flying clothes.

When did this person come?

How rude, hiding in the corner and eavesdropping.

When Daiyu hesitated, her steps inevitably slowed down. Instead, Wei Qijun ran to the front and waved back to her.

Sister, go quickly.

Wei Qijun's niece, Wei Shu, also lowered her voice.

Lin Daiyu, who had come back to her senses, nodded and kept her doubts in her mind. She quickly stepped forward and the three butterflies flew into the flowers and disappeared without a trace.

Chen Heng didn't know whether they had left or not, so he had to stand in the corridor and chat with the two classmates for a while. Guessing that the time would be about the same, he said goodbye and left.

When he returned to the dormitory, Qian Dayou couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that he came back early today, Why are you back so soon? Could it be that Du Yunjing is also in the hotel?

Chen Heng shook his head and waved for him to continue playing chess with Xue Biao. He walked to his position, took a piece of white paper and began to think. After all, I have been called brother so many times in vain. Now that I know this situation, I can't just sit back and watch.

Stepping on the flowers brings back the scent of horseshoes? How to solve this problem.

Chen Heng always felt that the purpose of this title was similar to that of ancient poetry hidden in the mountains, so he discussed it with Xue Biao. Xue Biao really knew it and told him the allusion while playing chess.

The root of this question still fell on Song Huizong, who used it to test painters. The one who won the title used butterflies flying around hoofs to solve the problem.

It turns out that the idea I just thought of has already been used by others. Chen Heng shook his head and continued to think of new ways to solve the problem.

Soon, he lifted the pen and hung it on the paper. He first drew a courtyard covered with flowers, butterflies resting on an empty stable, and only a bunch of hanging horsetails could be faintly seen at the arch of the courtyard.

The previous painter concealed the flowers and used butterflies to complete the theme, but he concealed the horseshoes and used flowers to complete the theme.

Chen Heng himself was quite satisfied, and he and his colleagues were doing their best to be a brother for Sister Lin. He smiled and turned over the drawing paper, picked up the pen and wrote a few lines on the paper.

After doing all this, Chen Heng couldn't help but get more playful and folded the drawing paper into a paper crane. When Xue Biao and Qian Dayou saw it, they were amazed and praised him for his skill.

Are you giving this away?

Xue Biao asked curiously, because the papers had been folded together so that he could not see clearly what was drawn on them.

Yes, there is a sister from an elder's family who needs my help with a little thing. Chen Heng explained, without going into detail about the reason.

Jiang Yuanbai was very surprised when he heard what he said, and said directly to Chen Heng: Good brother, why didn't you tell me that you have a sister? From now on, I will also call you Brother Xue. Big uncle.

I'll kill you for talking nonsense. When Xue Biao heard this, he couldn't hold it back and laughed and cursed.

Hold on, don't panic, you two. Jiang Yuanbai coughed and said mysteriously, Actually, I also have two younger sisters. They are of the right age.

Chen Heng had no choice but to put down his pen and stood up, saying: The more you listen, the more you can't stand it anymore. Let's do it together, Brother Xue.

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The next day, after going to class.

Daiyu brought Wei Qijun and Wei Shu to the Tiren Hall as promised.

The weather today was a bit sultry, so Jia specially chose a blue Qiluo tulle sleeve dress for Daiyu. A pair of white and tender arms were looming under the fine gauze.

As soon as Wei Qijun entered the house, he took Wei Shu and rummaged around the library. Although the two are aunt and niece in terms of seniority, Wei Shu, as the niece, is two years older than Wei Qijun.

Lin Daiyu followed the two of them carefully. She didn't ask her 'brother' at all last night. But he wrote with his left hand, wrote an answer and hid it in his sleeve. I was just about to wait until the two of them got tired of looking for it, and then I would take it out and say that I had found it.

Anyway, she was determined to eat this crab feast.

After waiting like this for a while, Daiyu, who was pretending to be rummaging, saw that the time was almost up, so she took out the answer she had hidden and said, Look, didn't I find it?

Aunt, Sister Lin, I found it. Wei Shu also raised her hand at the same time, and she happened to hold a small paper crane between her two fingers.

Hey. Wei Qijun looked at his niece and then at Sister Lin, and couldn't help but wonder, How come there are two brothers?

Sister Lin was also at a loss for words. Even though she was as clever as she was, she couldn't figure out the situation at the moment. He could only say: Sister Jiao, please don't take something from the wrong person.

Jiaojiao is Wei Shu’s nickname.

Wei Shu shook her head and spread out the paper crane as she walked, Look, isn't this painting about stepping on flowers and returning home with the fragrance of horseshoes?

When the drawing paper was passed to Wei Qijun's hand, she took a sneak look at it, covered it, and said to Lin Daiyu: Sister Lin, please open your copy quickly and take a look.

Daiyu felt guilty inexplicably, and she didn't know which part she should say was wrong. I had no choice but to reach out and open the answer I had drawn.

Wei Qijun took one look and exclaimed on the spot: Yeah. She raised her hand and greeted her niece, Jiaojiao, come and see. As she said that, she extended the drawing paper in her hand to Daiyu's side.

The two drawing papers were placed together, and they actually drew the same idea of ​​solving the problem, with only subtle changes.

How could it be such a coincidence? Wei Shu also felt strange, and her bright eyes fell straight on Daiyu like knives. Daiyu didn't understand either. Even though she felt extremely weird in her heart, she could only laugh and said: I think my brother was confused for a moment and drew an extra picture. Maybe he was worried that we wouldn't be able to find it.

After hearing her explanation, Wei Qijun nodded and thought it made sense. Seeing that someone was willing to believe it, Daiyu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and the blush on her face finally subsided a little.

Auntie, look. There are words on the back of this paper.

Wei Shu's eyes lit up and she excitedly pointed to the one in Wei Qijun's hand. Wei Qijun turned over the drawing paper as instructed, looked at the words on it, and read while reading: Sister: Crabs are cold in nature, so don't eat too much. Brother, keep them.

The aunt and niece looked at each other, then both focused on Daiyu, and said in unison.

Good sister, why don't you let us see the back of the drawing paper in your hand?

Now that things have happened, how could Daiyu not guess that the figure from behind yesterday was Chen Heng. I couldn't help but feel embarrassed and annoyed in my heart, thinking to myself that this person is really annoying. He just eavesdropped. He didn't even say hello to me. He made his own decisions and put me in an embarrassing situation.

Daiyu was in a hurry, and the red clouds that had faded appeared on her cheeks again. It happened that her skin was already fair, so that these two red clouds stood out to the sky.

Wei Shu couldn't help but look at the scenery like this and said, Good sister, it seems like you can't eat crabs.

I finally wrote it, and I wrote four versions in total. However, considering the later interaction, I decided to use this.

I will code the second chapter update first, and I will review it by myself at night to see if I can write something better.