Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

Grandma Liu first told a story about an unidentified girl pulling firewood in the snow, but unexpectedly a small fire broke out. Seeing that Mother Jia was not happy, she quickly changed the subject, thought for a long time and said with a smile: "Let's talk about a strange incident in our place." Well. Speaking of which, the Zhuangzi where I live is in the Liujiazhuang at the foot of Yufeng Mountain on the edge of the capital. On the mountain not far from us is our royal Taimiao and Mausoleum. Everyone knows that our holy ancestor is the Qinglong descending from the earth. People in the village say that we The place is protected by the dragon spirit. But no one has seen it in the past few years. But these days have changed, and every family is worshiping in Zhuangtou. What's the matter, last month, A vision suddenly appeared in that mountain."

All the sisters listened attentively, and Xiangyun interjected, "What vision?" Grandma Liu said with a smile, "There is often a long howling sound in that mountain, and once it rained, there was a colorful fog in the mountain. It is said that because the royal family is the reincarnation of the dragon god, it is the manifestation of the dragon god. But a young man didn't believe it, so he went up to the mountain to see it, but he went crazy when he came back, saying, 'Don't catch me, I was wrong, I won't do it again. I went', people said that it was because he disturbed the Dragon God and offended the Dragon God. So now everyone is looking at the imperial tomb to worship, and they dare not go to Yufeng Mountain lightly. But some people still doubt it, but these days, There is an old woman in our village who is over 90 years old. She eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha every day. She used to worship the dragon god, but who knew that the dragon god was moved at night and came to her dream and said: "You are so devout, so you should be unprecedented, but now you play jade." Emperor, I’ll give you a grandson.” It turned out that the old lady had only one son, and this son had only one son, and she managed to raise her until she was seventeen or eighteen, and died, crying for something. After having this dream, her granddaughter-in-law had a bad mood The symptoms were checked by the doctor, and they really did appear. Now the old lady is so happy that she talks about it to everyone, and no one in Zhuangzi doubts it anymore. It can be seen that there are gods, Buddhas and immortals from time to time." This statement is true. After reading the thoughts of Mrs. Jiamu Wang, even Mrs. Wang listened.The sisters thought it was very boring, but Baoyu was still thinking about the little girl who smoked firewood.

Daiyu frowned and said quietly to Hongyan: "Sister Hongyan thinks this is credible?"

Hong Yan was stunned for a while and laughed: "The old lady is just talking nonsense, there are so many mysterious things in this world."

Daiyu was silent for a while and said nothing.

After we broke up for a while, Baoyu pulled Grandma Liu behind her back and asked who the girl who was pulling firewood was.Grandma Liu had no choice but to make up and tell him that Baoyu was overjoyed and excitedly went to see his servant Mingyan.Seeing that Baoyu was gone, Daiyu hurriedly called Grandma Liu and said with a smile, "Hello, Grandma Liu." Then Grandma Liu has never seen such a beautiful girl as Daiyu, and she respects and loves her in her heart, and seeing her so polite, she hurriedly laughed and said: " Hello Miss Lin."

Daiyu said: "Daiyu has something to ask grandma, just now you said that the dragon god on Yufeng Mountain is true?"

Grandma Liu laughed and said, "I don't know if it's true or not. Everyone said that. The whistling sound and vision are real."

Daiyu smiled lightly and said: "Grandma, don't lie to me, Daiyu asked the Dragon God because she had something to ask, if she sent someone to see if she didn't, she would run away in vain, grandma can't bear Daiyu to return in disappointment. "

Grandma Liu blushed slightly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, girl, there are such visions and rumors, ha ha, but I made up the story, and everyone said it was right, so I followed suit."

Daiyu nodded, it was reliable, and said: "Then what you said about the young man who went up the mountain is also false?"

Grandma Liu shook her head and sighed: "It's true, otherwise everyone believed most of it. The poor family is only a young man who is still crazy. It's all because he is usually curious and adventurous. Something happened this time. Every day I muttered 'I was wrong, I won't come again, let me go', now that mountain doesn't even go to that mountain for firewood."

Sending off Grandma Liu, Hong Yan said with a smile: "Young lady asked what she was doing. This old lady is just talking nonsense to tease my sisters and wives, and young lady still asks it as a serious matter?" Xueyan and others thought so.

Daiyu sighed softly, teased the parrot under the window of the moon hole and said with a smile: "I think it's quite interesting." After seeing Zijuan in a blink of an eye, she hurriedly said, "Sister Zijuan, please go to Sister Xichun to borrow the book. When "Xuanhe Painting Book" came, I said that I would return it to her after reading it for two days." Zijuan agreed to go.

Daiyu said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that this matter is a bit strange. Grandma Liu said that the vision is real, so she doesn't have to lie to me in private. Although Yufeng Mountain is not big, it is an important place for the royal family. Everything is fine, but when something happened suddenly, the people guarding the Imperial Mausoleum and Taimiao did not say a word, especially the crazy person must have seen something that he shouldn't have seen, and he was frightened crazy, or maybe he was driven crazy. I always It doesn’t feel right.”

Yuehua Luqing looked at each other, and said: "What the girl said is not unreasonable, and this incident in the imperial mausoleum is not a trivial matter. If we let the young master send someone to take a look, maybe we will gain something."

Daiyu nodded and said: "I still remember that day before He Feng died, he said that King Zhongshun would make some moves. I don't know if it has something to do with it."

Yuehua smiled and said: "I don't believe such a coincidence, but if it is really related to it, it will save a lot of effort." Hongyan and others didn't even have much hope for Daiyu, but they still asked Yuehua to deliver the letter To Lin Yifei, ask him to find out.

The next day, Mother Jia was happy and took Grandma Liu to visit the Grand View Garden. It was already mid-July. Fortunately, today the sky was clear and the air was breezy, even the scorching sun was a little weaker.

First arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.As soon as you enter the door, you can see the green bamboo on both sides of the road, the ground is covered with moss, and there is a stone-strewn road in the middle, which is indescribably quiet.Zijuan Xueyan opened the Hunan curtain early, and Jiamu came in and sat down.Lin Daiyu personally offered Jiamu a bowl of tea on a small tea tray.Mrs. Wang said: "We don't drink tea, so you don't have to pour it." When Jia Mu heard this, her expression turned cold. Seeing that Daiyu was not dissatisfied, she wondered if she understood.Daiyu didn't understand why, she was amused in her heart, so she ordered the girl to move the chair she used to sit under the window to the lower end, and invited Mrs. Wang to sit down.

Seeing the pens and inkstones on the case under the window and the bookshelves full of books, Grandma Liu said, "This must be that brother's study. It's so exquisite that I don't even recognize the furnishings." The mother smiled and pointed to Daiyu and said, "This is my granddaughter's room."

Grandma Liu took a good look at Daiyu, and said with a smile, "This is like a young lady's embroidery room, which is actually better than that high-class study room."

Baochai said with a smile: "Grandma is right. Even the men probably don't read as many books as Sister Lin. Although we sisters and sisters have read a few books, they are far behind."

Grandma Liu smiled and said: "But Miss Bao is talking. The young ladies from the scholarly families mentioned in the books are all well-read and well-educated, and only the girls from the small households are illiterate. noble."

Baochai blushed, a bit self-indulgent, especially after seeing the smug smiles of Hongyan and the others.Xichun shook her head, thinking that Miss Bao is not tired!

Jia Mu laughed and said, "This room is so elegant, even the soft smoke on the window is extraordinary."

All the sisters knew the origin of the yarn, but Sister Feng didn't, so they asked quickly. Mother Jia said that Sister Feng was speechless and said, "God, it's so expensive." Mrs. Wang's face turned cold.

They went to Tanchun Xichun's house one by one, and then took a boat tour. When Jiamu saw Hengwuyuan hurriedly stopped, she said with a smile: "That's Bao girl's house, let's go and see it too."

Baochai has already prepared for the celebrities.When Jia Mu entered the yard, she saw the openness and sparseness, and the fragrance of vanilla. She nodded and said, "The vegetation here is also very rare." When she entered the house, it was like a snow cave, and there were no toys of any color. A lotus flower, two books, and tea cups are nothing more than a dowry.There are only green gauze curtains hanging on the bed, and the quilt is also very simple.

Jia Mu sighed: "This child is too honest. You have no furnishings, so why not ask your aunt for some. I don't reason, and I didn't expect that your things were naturally not brought at home." Then, ordered Yuanyang to go He fetched some antiques, and said to Sister Feng, "Don't send some playthings to your sister, such small ones."

Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng and others laughed back and said, "She doesn't want it herself. We sent it, but she returned it." Aunt Xue also laughed and said, "She doesn't play with these things much at home."

Jia Mu shook her head and said: "No way. Although she saves trouble, if a relative comes here, it doesn't look like it. If you don't know it, you will think that we have treated relatives badly. Two young girls, the room is so clean, and it is taboo. Our Old lady, it’s time to live in the horse stables. You have heard about the embroidery houses of the young ladies mentioned in the books and plays. They are exquisite. Although their sisters dare not compare with those young ladies, they should not be too out of line. It's too disrespectful to everyone." Mrs. Wang's face turned blue, and she cursed inwardly when she saw Jia's mother's meaningful gaze, she is really an old man, waiting here.

Grandma Liu said with a smile: "That's right, even the little girls in the country have the most exquisite houses in their homes, to show the dignity of the young lady at home."

Baochai's eyelids twitched, embarrassed and frightened, her house didn't have many playthings, and it was decorated like this to suit Mrs. Wang's taste. Hearing this, she didn't dare to do it again, and hurriedly said with a smile: It's because I didn't think carefully, old lady, don't take offense."

Everyone went out of the Hengwu Courtyard to eat at the Jin Pavilion, and made fun of Grandma Liu once, and Grandma Liu knew what she meant, so she played tricks and played ugly to please her once. little child.

After dinner, all the sisters went out to relax.Daiyu went back to the Xiaoxiang Mansion to rest, and saw Yuehua rushing back, her face was flushed red, and she said with a smile, "Miss, you said yesterday that the young master thought it was suspicious and took someone to the mountain to investigate in person that night. But there is a big harvest. Good girl, you have become a great hero. The young master said that you are really everyone's lucky star."

Daiyu was so happy that her eyes seemed to fall into the stars, shining brilliantly, she sat up from the bed and grabbed Yuehua, saying: "Good sister, tell me quickly!"