Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

stir up trouble.When I got home, I only put the five masks and the mask by my bedside, and watched them occasionally.Sometimes I also think of the person under the lantern, but he is always a forgetful person, but after a few months, he can't remember clearly, only vaguely remembering that Yuanxiao saw a fairy-like figure.

After the Lantern Festival, the life of studying in class resumed.

In this way, in August, the Grand View Garden took shape, and Jia Zheng brought Baoyu's guests into the garden to make some couplets.Jia Qiangcai bought twelve girls and invited them to teach them all.Lin Zhixiao's family also hired and bought ten little nuns and Taoist nuns also arrived, and there was also a practitioner with hair, whose Dharma name was Miaoyu.

At the end of October, everything was tidied up. Jiamu Jiazheng and several others went into the garden to carefully consider the decorations, and there was no omission of inappropriate things.So Jia Zheng asked to play the book.Today, Shang Enzhun chooses the day of Shangyuan on the fifteenth day of the first month of the next year, when Concubine Jia visits relatives.After receiving the imperial decree, Jia's house became more and more busy day and night, and this year's New Year's Eve was not easy.

Jia Lan just felt that he hadn't lived much, and this year had passed, and he felt more and more that he was wasting his time and wasting his years.

As we speak, the Lantern Festival is just around the corner.

Since the eighth day of the first lunar month, some eunuchs have come out to look at the direction first: where to change clothes, where to sit, where to receive gifts, where to hold a banquet, and where to retire.They also inspected the local prime minister's guard against eunuchs and so on. They brought many young eunuchs out, closed guards everywhere, blocked the screen, and instructed the staff of Jia's house where to retreat, where to kneel, where to eat, and where to make announcements. .Outside, officials from the Ministry of Industry and the five city soldiers prepared to sweep the streets and drive out the idlers. Jia Amnesty and other supervisors led craftsmen to make lanterns and fireworks. By the fourteenth day, everything had stopped.That night, Shangxiatong never slept.

On the [-]th, five drums, from Jia Mu and other nobles, all make up according to their products.Everywhere in the garden, dragons dance in the tents, and colorful phoenixes fly in the curtains.Gold and silver are shining, and jewelry is competing for glory.The incense of lilies is burned in a tripod, and the stamens of Changchun are inserted in a vase, and no one coughs quietly.Jia Amnesty was waiting outside the gate of West Street, and Jia Mu was waiting outside the gate of Rongfu.The streets and alleys are all blocked by curtains.

Jia Lan remembered that it was written in the book that Concubine Jia did not arrive until evening, so she was not in a hurry and just stood quietly.When everyone was getting impatient with waiting, a eunuch came to report that Wei Chushi had eaten dinner, Weizheng Erke worshiped Buddha in Baoling Palace, and Youchu entered Daming Palace to receive a banquet order, and Xuchu could only leave.Everyone dispersed after hearing this.

When it was almost the beginning of Xu, everyone waited at the same place, and after all the complicated procedures went through, they saw that at the end there were eight gold-topped and golden-embroidered phoenix tablets walking slowly. Jia Zheng and others hurriedly knelt down by the roadside, Yu crossed West Street, entered the gate, and waited for a while before a eunuch came to report his death.

After Concubine Jia was admitted to the hospital and changed her clothes, she went up to the garden to enjoy the scenery in the garden, and then went down to board the boat.A few more plaques were given, and Fang Sheng sat up to observe the ceremony.A ceremonial eunuch led Jia She, Jia Zheng and others to arrange shifts under the platform, and Zhao Rong announced in the hall: "Excuse me." The eunuch led Jia She and others to retreat.There was also the Rongguo Taijun and his female relatives lining up, and Zhaorong announced again: "Excuse me.", so he retired.

The tea has been offered three times, and Concubine Jia descends to her seat, and the music stops.After changing clothes, I went to Jia Mu's main room, where the mother, daughter and sister talked about the parting scene and the family affairs.Jia Zheng also greeted him outside the curtain, and withdrew after asking.Concubine Jia invites Baoyu to come in.

The banquet is ready, You Shi, Sister Feng and others come forward to invite the noble concubine to travel.Concubine Jia and the others walked to the gate of the garden, climbed the towers and pavilions, waded through the water and the mountains, and wandered around looking at all kinds of sights.In the main hall, he was ordered to return to his seat without ceremony, and a feast was held.

Concubine Jia was ordered to pass on the pen and inkstone to wait on her, personally contact Xiangguan, and choose the most pleasing places to give names.He also ordered several sisters and brothers to write poems and inscribe a few plaques, so as to observe the night and live up to the scene.Everyone leads the order.

After finishing one by one, Concubine Jia saw that Bi was full of praise, and ordered Tanchun to transcribe dozens of poems, and ordered the eunuchs to pass them on in the outer chamber.Jia Zheng also entered "Return to the Province Fu".Later, when Jia Lan was born, Concubine Jia had already entered the palace and had never met her face.Then he ordered the eunuch to pass the decree to see him.

Concubine Jia saw that although Jia Lan was young, she was already promising. She couldn't help but feel happy, and along with Baoyu, she bestowed Qiongsu, Jinkuan and other things on them.Li Wan Baoyu Jia Lan saluted and thanked him.However, Jia Huan had not recovered from his illness the day before yesterday, so he recuperated in a leisure place and never attended the banquet.

After the ceremony, the eunuch ordered Jia Qiang to play Zhang Luo.After performing four plays, Concubine Jia saw that the performance was good, so she added two more plays.After finishing, each rewarded a few people, and then left the hospital to play where he hadn't arrived.When I was young, the eunuch knelt down and said: "All the gifts are complete, please check the rules." Seeing that there is nothing wrong with it, Concubine Jia ordered it to be carried out.It’s too much to listen to, so let’s release them one by one.The distribution and other examples are not listed for the time being.

After everyone thanked them, the deacon and eunuch said: "It's already three o'clock, please drive back to Luan." After hearing this, Concubine Jia couldn't help being sad, but she still forced herself to laugh and took Mrs. Jia Muwang's hand and told her not to worry about it, so that she could be herself. keep.Jiamu and the others were choked with crying.Although Concubine Jia couldn't bear to say goodbye, despite the royal regulations, she couldn't make a slight mistake, so she had to bear with her heart to say goodbye.All the people also comforted Mrs. Jia Muwang and helped her out of the garden.

He has been in the palace for more than ten years, and he has been invited for more than a year. He only stayed at home for two hours. Moreover, the rules are exemplary, and the etiquette system is complicated and noisy, which makes people feel at ease.Jia Lan couldn't help sighing when he looked at the luxurious and magnificent golden-roofed golden phoenix-embroidered roof.

As soon as you enter the Hou's gate, it is as deep as the sea, let alone the palace gate.

Concubine Jia finished visiting relatives, and everything returned to normal, except that the family school was closed for the new year, and Jialan Jiahuan was still studying at home, and occasionally went out to play.

Jia Huan was always brooding over the fact that she was unable to attend the Concubine Jia’s homecoming banquet due to illness. Jia Lan couldn’t, so she said that there was nothing to see, but she just stood for a day and knelt for a night, and got some rewards that she can usually see. .

Jia Jun even rolled up his trouser legs to let Jia Huan admire his blue-stained knees.

Jia Huan touched his knee, then nodded hesitantly, and stopped thinking about it.

After lying on the bed for two days, Jia Huan recovered from his illness, so he couldn't stay any longer and urged Jia Lan to go out to play, how could Jia Lan not know what he was thinking.Anyway, nothing happened at home, so he went out with him.

The atmosphere of the Lantern Festival still lingers on the street, with some unpicked red lanterns everywhere, and fragments of firecrackers blown all over the ground.

Jia Huan never brought a servant with him when he went out, and Jia Lan only brought Mingqing with him. The three of them wandered around the street, and Jia Huan said they were going to Jubaozhai.He came out for this purpose, Jia Lan couldn't care less, so he went together.

After drinking a pot of tea from old man Qi, Mingqing said quietly to Jia Lan, "Brother Lan, let's go out and listen to music?"

Jia Lan laughed a little. These antiques are too rigid for boys who are in a lively and active period. Only Jia Huan likes to hug and study. He is a little bored sitting here, so he nodded and said, "Then let's go out."

He said goodbye to old man Qi, and said goodbye to Jia Huan.

Helplessly, Jia Huan was in a state of obsession, and just waved his hands indiscriminately, not knowing if he heard clearly.

There were not many people in the teahouse, so Jia Lan chose a window seat on the second floor, ordered a pot of tea, a plate of melon seeds, and a few plates of pastries, and ate with Ming Qing while listening to the storytelling of the old man standing on the high platform in front of him.

The story is similar to "The Romance of the West Chamber". A scholar went to Beijing to rush for an exam, and was impoverished all the way. He was helped by an old man and asked him to recuperate at home for a few days.The old man had a daughter, who was beautiful and beautiful. Seeing the scholar's gentleness and elegance, he couldn't help but fell in love with him, so the two made a private decision for life, and agreed that when the scholar returned from the examination, they would marry Qin and Jin.

It was originally a vulgar story, but in the storyteller's mouth, it became extremely beautiful.

Jia Lan leaned on the window sill, propped his chin and watched the storyteller gesticulate, shook his head, and heard him laughing and cursing, exaggerating his words, and his mind suddenly drifted to a very young age.

At that time, his parents were not at home, so in order not to make him feel bored, they bought him a radio.He remembered that there was a channel that broadcast storytelling on time at eight o'clock every night.

It was narrated by an old man, his voice was a bit rough, but it became extremely delicate and beautiful when he imitated a woman's voice. He was very strange at that time, thinking that this old man was transformed by Monkey King.

Of course, this Monkey King was also known through him.

Jia Lan met many people and learned many things through this old man.He knows that Sun Wukong fights goblins all the way to protect Tang Seng to learn scriptures. He knows that Lin Daiyu likes Jia Baoyu very much.

In fact, he didn't understand what the old man said. He just sat on the sofa with the radio in his arms every night, waiting for his parents to come home.It was getting dark, the old man said let's listen to the next episode, the TV was snowing, and he fell asleep in a daze.

He waited for a whole childhood, and all he got was the extra quilt on his body the next morning.

After entering junior high school, he didn't wait any longer. He had already learned to do his own laundry, cook by himself, read books by himself, and cover himself with quilts. He also learned to enjoy himself and find warmth by himself.

What he wanted to do most at that time was to go to his parents and say to them: You see, without you, I can still live very well and happily.

But he didn't go after all, and in the end, he didn't want to talk to them anymore.He just wanted to get into college and leave that home.

It's all right now, I finally left, and I left completely.But he suddenly discovered that the thing he most wanted to do was not like that.

He wanted to hug them, kiss them, and tell them that without him, he hoped that they could still live happily and happily.

He doesn't resent them anymore, he knows that they worked so hard for him to live well in the future.

It's just that this understanding seems to have come too late.

Obviously there were many opportunities.Tell them you like them, tell them you are happy, tell them you are fine.

But, in a blink of an eye, why is it fleeting?

And why, would he leave?

"Master, Master."

Mingqing's anxious voice interrupted Jia Lan's delusions. He looked at Mingqing blankly, but he still hadn't gotten out of his memories.

"Master,