In the afternoon at Caicui'an, the fragrance of flowers permeates the autumn wind, swaying in the hearts of beautiful women and causing ripples.
Miaoyu raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian, who was opposite the stone table, and handed over a new cup of tea in her hand. Suddenly, two clouds floated on her cheeks. She couldn't help but asked softly: "What are you looking at..."
Jia Lian took the teacup and raised the beauty's hand. Seeing the beauty ducking shyly, he smiled, took a small sip of the good tea, and then read aloud: "There is a beauty with hands like catkins, skin like gelatin, and a collar like The larvae have teeth like gourds and rhinoceros, their heads are slender and their eyebrows are furrowed, their smiles are charming, and their beautiful eyes are full of hope.”
Jia Lian looked at the beauty in front of him and thought of the beautiful things he had done last night. He felt very satisfied and happy.
Naturally, Miaoyu understood that Jia Lian was praising her. She couldn't help but smile and scolded, "You're such a mouthful."
When the coquettish words came out, even she felt surprised. She felt that her behavior was very different from her past actions. Therefore, she couldn't help but recall what she had entrusted her with her whole life last night. She felt her cheeks get hot and her heart seemed to have thousands of deer bumping around. .
This frivolous prodigal had clearly deceived him, but he couldn't bear any resentment towards him in his heart. On the contrary, because of his sudden visit before, I felt very happy. Thinking about it, I felt that I really had no future. Therefore, she quickly calmed down her girlish demeanor and put on an expression of indifference.
She didn't know that the more inhumane and cold her expression was, the more Jia Lian was tempted to move. If he hadn't known that Miao Yu would have refused, Jia Lian would have really wanted to hold her in his arms and enjoy the beauty and the good tea.
"It's time for you to go back."
Although Miaoyu didn't know Jia Lian's inner thoughts, she could understand Jia Lian's increasingly wild eyes. Because I still had many concerns in my heart, I had to speak out.
"No hurry." Jia Lian continued to sip tea.
Seeing this, Miaoyu frowned slightly, but she said no more. She poured half a cup of tea for herself, tasted it, and enjoyed this wonderful afternoon tea time with her sweetheart.
"Hehehe, do you think what I said is right? They are indeed making tea and discussing Taoism. What an elegant scene!"
The girl's excited voice came, disturbing the tranquility under the rose flower stand. Jia Lian and Miao Yu turned their heads and looked through the window of the courtyard partition wall. They saw Tan Chun happily walking towards this side with Shi Xiangyun, who was half a head shorter than her.
Jia Lian just smiled, but Miaoyu was suddenly glad that she and Jia Lian did not behave out of the ordinary. The two of them sat across from each other, and there was only a set of tea sets that he had collected on the table. He expected that in the eyes of outsiders, he and Jia Lian were just simply drinking tea and chatting.
Thinking of this, Miaoyu became taller and calmer.
"Brother Lian, Sister Lin is looking for you everywhere. Who knew you would hide here? Have you forgotten what you promised her last night?"
As soon as Tanchun met, he started to spread rumors.
Jia Lian saw through the loopholes in Tanchun's words at a glance. Based on Daiyu's personality, even if she wanted to find him, she would only touch him quietly without revealing any trace to others.
But Jia Lian had no intention of arguing with Tanchun, because as Tanchun's words fell, Miaoyu, who was originally as elegant as the autumn wind, suddenly turned cold.
She glanced at Jia Lian and said, "Since someone is looking for you, Lord Marquis, please go down the mountain. I'll excuse you."
After saying that, he, Tanchun and Xiangyun nodded and went straight to the Zen room.
Although this surprised the two Tanchun girls, but because Miaoyu had always been withdrawn, they didn't care. They immediately took Jia Lian down the mountain and told Jia Lian about their plan to row a boat.
Jia Lian had no reason to refuse. He immediately asked Xiangyun to go back and report the news. He personally led Tanchun to the dock and released the Tangmu boat and the awning boat.
Suddenly Yingchun, Baochai and others came, and everyone boarded the boat.
"My sister-in-law said she had something to do and didn't come."
Jia Lian didn't say anything, and asked people to bring some chessboards and fishing gear for the boat trip.
So Jia Lian, Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Sanchun sisters, Shi Xiangyun and other masters took the larger awning boat, while their respective maids and two boat girls who were familiar with the water took the several awning boats behind them. accompanying.
The autumn water is gurgling, and the clear air carries a bit of a bone-chilling chill.
Daiyu, who was staring at Qiu Qing, had just tightened the clothes around her shoulders when she felt a warm weight covering her body. Looking back, it turned out that it was Jia Lian who had put his cloak on her body, which made her blush immediately and said quickly: "I don't need to, you can put it on yourself."
As he spoke, he took off his clothes. One of them was that she was embarrassed to accept Jia Lian's love and care in front of her sisters, and the other was that after she saw Jia Lian take off his cloak, he only had a thin slim-fitting shirt underneath, and she was afraid that Jia Lian would get cold.
"do not move."
How could Jia Lian give Daiyu a chance to refuse? Pull the lapel of the cloak towards Daiyu's chest and tighten it around her waist and abdomen. Then he squats in front of her and ties the lapel tightly for her.
Naturally, everyone else saw what they did. The little sisters had different expressions, and most of them snickered. This made Daiyu feel even more embarrassed. She glared at Jia Lian fiercely for a few times, but did not move again.
His clothes are really warm...
After Jia Lian wrapped Daiyu's whole body in his cloak, he stepped back and looked at it, feeling very satisfied. It feels like making a cute little rice dumpling with your own hands.
After getting up, facing everyone's joking eyes, Jia Lian said calmly: "She is weak and Zijuan is not here, so I naturally have to take good care of her."
According to etiquette, Daiyu has been promised to Jia Lian, so it is not appropriate for the two to meet. But Daiyu's situation is special and she needs to be fostered in Jia's house. It is impossible not to meet her like this.
The reason why Jia Lian showed his closeness and love to Daiyu in public without any worries was to make it natural for everyone to get used to it and to eliminate Daiyu's shyness. Otherwise, whenever there are outsiders around, this girl will be shy in front of him and won't dare to speak, which is very different from the sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued person she used to be.
Everyone obviously didn't take Jia Lian's explanation seriously. Tanchun, who was fishing with a fishing rod in his hand, gestured and touched Yingchun, who was playing chess with Baochai next to him, and said with a smile: "Second sister, are you cold?"
Yingchun's reaction was slower and she asked suspiciously: "It's not cold, what's wrong?"
"Oh, that's nothing. I also said that Si Qi and Xiu Ju are not on the boat. What should you do if you are cold too?
I see that Brother Lian has no second piece of clothing available. It turns out that everything in the play is true. Most of the time, this brother loves his sister, but once he marries his sister-in-law, he immediately abandons her. "
These words were bold and witty, making everyone laugh.
Even Yingchun shook his head, but couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian. It's a pity that I really don't seem to be cold, so I blame it on wearing too many clothes when I went out.
Faced with everyone's teasing, Daiyu seemed very embarrassed. But the clothes were already covering me, and if I took them off at this moment, it would make my face look dirty, so I simply took the usual measures and pretended not to see it, turned around and continued to look at the scenery of the lake.
Jia Lian, on the other hand, was calm and composed, and even walked up to Yingchun and the two of them to watch the chess game.
The two protagonists were like this, and others gradually ignored this incident.
Sitting next to Baochai for a while, he looked at chess and licked his lips, and for a while, he imitated Daiyu and looked out at the scenery. Xiangyun was extremely restless.
As Tang Mu's boat sailed into the Lotus Alley in Qinfang River, he saw broken lotus leaves and withered yellow lotus stems scattered across the stream, giving it a desolate and decadent air.
Shi Xiangyun sighed and said: "I came here in the spring and saw them planting lotus flowers in the pond. They planted such a large area. I also said that in the summer, I must come to see the lotus flowers in bloom. Who knows that I didn't come... …”
In words, there is unspeakable regret and loss.
Jia Lian had a thought after hearing this. He still vaguely remembered that the girl's life in the Shi family was not satisfactory. It seems that her aunt and others were not charitable people, so she often wanted to come to Jia's house to play.
It's a pity that she ignored it. After careful calculation, except for Jia Mu's birthday, this girl has indeed not been to Rongguo Mansion for a long time. I don’t know how much worries and grievances this girl has hidden in her heart, so it’s hard for her to still be so lively and cheerful.
Others didn't know what was going on in Xiangyun's family, and they all thought she was just sorry because she didn't see the lotus.
Tan Chun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you haven't seen it. All the lotus flowers in the world are all the same, and there is nothing interesting about them. If you really like it, I had people pick a lot of lotus pods in the summer and dry them in the sun to make porridge. How about drinking them?" I'll give you a pack just in case you see lotus flowers too."
Xiangyun was very angry after hearing this, "Why don't you say pull out a handful of the stalks and give it to me, that would be better."
"If you like it, that's fine."
At this time, Yingchun also saw the withered lotus leaves in the pond, and said: "It is really desolate. Why don't people pull out these dead branches and leaves? It is not good to leave them here. It will be easier after they rot." It polluted the stream."
Baochai gave birth to a child and said with a smile: "People visit this garden every day, so there is no time for people to clean it up."
Everyone was looking at it, but Jia Lian glanced at Daiyu, who was standing alone, and then said: "It's so simple. I will send people tomorrow to pull out all the remaining lotuses and ship them away."
When Jia Lian said this, he deliberately spoke louder to make sure Daiyu could hear it.
As expected, Daiyu's figure moved, and after a long time a faint voice came: "I dislike Li Yishan's poems the most, but I like only one line."
Hearing Daiyu mention Li Shangyin and talk about poetry, Xiangyun suddenly became interested and ran over to sit next to her and asked: "Why don't you like Li Yishan's poems? I think many of his poems are very beautiful." So what do you like about him?"
Daiyu was obviously not in the mood to argue with Xiangyun at this time, so she only replied slowly: "Leave the lotus leaves to listen to the sound of rain~"
After finishing speaking, no more words were said.
The rest of the people looked at each other in shock. Among them, the Spring Festival is the most embarrassing. In this situation, should my brother listen to her and pull out the dead lotuses, or should he listen to Sister Lin and leave the remaining lotuses to listen to the sound of rain?
After Xiangyun was stunned for a moment, he sighed: "It's indeed a good sentence. How come I haven't heard it before? Looking at it now, these remnants have become much more respectable."
But he said that Jia Lian had deliberately elicited Daiyu's remarks.
He was curious, why did Daiyu dislike Li Shangyin's poems? In theory, Li Shangyin's poetry is exactly the same as Daiyu's in terms of the beauty of rhythm and the hazy and lingering feeling.
Li You said, "It's hard to say goodbye when we meet. The east wind is powerless and all the flowers are withered." Daiyu has "The autumn flowers are miserable, the autumn grass is yellow, and the autumn lights are solitary and the autumn night is long."
Li said, "The red building looks cold across the rain, and the bead-foil floating lantern returns alone." Daiyu said, "The green lantern shines on the wall, and the person is sleeping for the first time, and the cold rain knocks on the window and the quilt is not warm."
Li said, "This feeling can be remembered later, but it was already lost at that time." Daiyu said, "Once the spring is gone, the beauty will grow old, and the flowers will fall and the people will die."
Li You said, "It's hard to get enough, and I'm tired of all my efforts. I want to break up at the fifth watch, and the green trees are ruthless." Daiyu said, "Marry with the spring breeze and don't care. Go with me, endure the flood and stay."
There were so many that Jia Lian even suddenly felt that Daiyu was a character written based on Li Shangyin's poem.
Therefore, Jia Lian didn't think it was a problem to say that Daiyu didn't like Li Bai's wildness, Du Fu's concern for the country and the people, and Su Dongpo's heroism. She said she didn't like Li Shangyin's poems. Jia Lian felt that she was probably lying.
So Jia Lian laughed and said: "This is really difficult. Your second sister wants to pull out the remaining lotus, but you want to leave the remaining lotus to listen to the sound of rain..."
Before Jia Lian finished speaking, Yingchun hurriedly said: "There's no need to pull it out. I think what Sister Lin said makes sense."
Yingchun's stance was too soft, so Jia Lian chose to ignore it and continued to say to Daiyu, "Unless you can tell us all why you don't like Li Yishan's poems, I will listen to you and keep these remnants. "
Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian and shrugged nonchalantly: "You can just pull it out if you want. It has nothing to do with me."
"Well……"
Jia Lian didn't expect that Dai Yu would be so disrespectful and would not attack her personally in front of other people, so she was stunned for a moment.
When the others saw this, although they found it interesting, they also sighed: Daiyu was the only one present, so she dared to let Jia Lian suffer like this in person.
Facing everyone's gaze, Jia Lian couldn't wait to grab Daiyu and slap her little buttocks a few times to relieve her anger.
Seeing Jia Lian and asking questions, he failed.
, sat down unhappily, and the others laughed and asked: "That's right Sister Lin (Girl Lin), why don't you like Li Yishan's poems?"
"Oh, are you bothered? Let me ask one question, and everyone will ask me. I said I don't like Li Yishan's poems, and you are so curious? I also said I don't like others asking questions, so you also want to find out. after all?"
Faced with Lin Daiyu's criticism, everyone expressed their helplessness, but they were not unable to accept it.
Xichun said, "Yes, Sister Lin, why don't you like us asking you questions?"
Daiyu looked at her, "Have you thought about the task that the old lady has given you? Have you figured out how to paint the landscapes, figures, palaces and pavilions, every plant and tree, brick and tile? And the old lady But I said, I want you to draw the scene of our garden visit today in the painting, do you know how to do it?"
Xichun was speechless when asked, and finally understood why Daiyu didn't like being asked questions. It was indeed a bit annoying.
Seeing Xichun's dumb look, Daiyu suddenly became happy. She wrapped herself in Jia Lian's cloak and leaned against the railing of the boat. She continued to smile and said, "You don't have to draw anything else today, but don't forget the grass and insects." Already!"
Everyone was puzzled, and Xichun asked: "What kind of grass insect?"
"Other things are fine, but if I don't paint the mother locust today, won't I be short of scriptures?"
When Baochai and others heard this, they laughed dumbly. Everyone knows that what Daiyu is talking about is what happened when Jia Mu took Grandma Liu and her granddaughters to visit the garden in the morning, especially at noon when they held a banquet at Qiu Shuangzhai, and Grandma Liu, who was full and drunk, made another mistake in front of everyone. They sang and danced with such momentum, just like locusts passing through the border.
Therefore, there is no doubt that this female locust refers to Grandma Liu.
Daiyu didn't laugh until someone died, so when she saw everyone was doing this, she sat up more and more and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish the painting. I've even thought about the title and postscript for you. I'll give you a name. How about making a picture of "Carrying Locusts to Chew"?
When everyone heard this, they all fell down. Among them, Shi Xiangyun, who was closest to Daiyu, watched Daiyu say these words. She was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight. She couldn't hold her steady and almost fell out of the cabin. Everyone was so shocked that they rushed to help her.
Jia Lian quietly looked at the girls who were laughing together, especially Daiyu, who had not laughed like this for a long time, and felt very happy.
Looking around, I found that Jia Baoyu was not there, and I felt even more relieved. My wife's pain was not in vain. She really didn't want to see that boy so much. The needle was good.
