The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Baochai knew that Daiyu had always spoken harshly but acted meticulously and appropriately, so when she heard Daiyu's complaints, she just smiled.

Xianglingtou's poem was narrated, and she felt a little timid in her heart, but she was not busy reading the rest, thinking about it for a long time in her heart, hesitating whether to read it again, how could Baochai not know her dullness?She smiled and said to her: "Don't be afraid, just bring all your poems and ask Dai'er to change them for you, and you can read it yourself, wouldn't it be much better than trying to figure it out by yourself? Besides, most poems From the point of view of nonsense, if you have something in your heart, it is already half done, and it will be done in a few days, so don't be impatient."

Xiangling looked at Daiyu hesitantly, and Daiyu smiled and said, "Bao girl is used to cheating and playing tricks, she obviously has ink in her stomach, but she wants to pretend to be 'hidden clumsy', and leave the matter to me. You just read it again, I told her not to be lazy. We will judge for you together."

Xiangling listened to it with a smile, and sure enough continued to read a few more poems. Baochai and Daiyu made detailed comments for her. .

Xiangling and Zijuan got out of the car first. Seeing that Zijuan had helped Baochai, they withdrew to one side. He said with a smile: "It seems to have grown better, and it really needs to be mended."

Daiyu snorted softly, supported her hand and went down to the ground. The mountain was only a small temple, and it was not surrounded by curtains. Only a group of male servants were watching outside to prevent pedestrians from rushing into it, and there was a woman inside. Sparsely surrounded the circle.

A monk of about forty years old and a young monk who was talented took Jiamu in. Seeing that the place was cramped and dilapidated, and there was not much incense, Jiamu frowned slightly, and Baoyu walked by the side. : "I heard that most celebrities disdain to live in that rich and prosperous place, but like to go in and out of deep mountains and dense forests. Looking at this mountain forest, although it is close to the capital, it also has the artistic conception of the end of the south. People who live in seclusion here are probably the same. Don't envy people from other places who are prosperous."

After hearing this, Jia Mu said, "It's here anyway. Baoyu and I went in to worship the Bodhisattva." Leading all the younger generations in, Buddha and Avalokitesvara belonged to them, and there was a Manjusri Bodhisattva in the back hall. After bowing, I got up and suddenly saw a ragged monk with a scarlet head sitting beside him. It looked clear in winter, but in fact it was already very cold. Jia Mu and Baoyu were all wearing big clothes, but this monk was only wearing a shabby single coat. , lying there lazily, with a very indecent posture, the women were startled, and just about to ask, Jia Mu waved her hand and asked, "What's the name of this master?"

The monk said with a smile, "the nameless man, the old man calls me 'monk'." He glanced at Baoyu, and said with a smile, "brother Shi has always been well?"

Baoyu was startled, not knowing what he meant, and the monk didn't care whether he understood or not. After talking to him, he glanced back and saw Baochai and Daiyu standing together, holding each other's hands, and they were very angry. Intimately, he smiled and said, "I'm just taking a look at it casually. Since you are all well, then I can rest assured."

Everyone was puzzled, Baochai's heart was moved, he held Daiyu's hand tightly, and when he looked at the monk again, was there any sign of him?

Shocked and frightened, Jia Mu asked everyone to search for a long time, but found nothing.

Yuanyang asked, "Could it be that monk Miss Lin met before?"

Baochai didn't want them to bring the matter to Daiyu's head, so she said, "If that person is at least four or fifty years old, how can he be so young?"

Yuanyang stopped talking.At this time, everyone was busy, saying everything. When the abbot was called, he said that he had never seen such a monk, and there was no one who placed the order recently. After walking around for a while, she said she wanted to go back. When Baoyu was busy sending her off, Jia Mu, because he had been studying very hard recently, said, "Just ask Yuner to take me back. It's easy for you to come out and relax." , Don’t just study hard all day long and get exhausted.”

Baoyu wanted to say more, and Jia Mu said, "If you don't play by yourself, these sisters rarely come out, so you have the heart to tell them to go back after a while?"

Tanchun and others knew what Jia Mu meant, and they also spoke from the side. Baochai said, "If you want to show your filial piety, send it to the road at the foot of the mountain."

He studied hard every day, and he lost a lot of weight. Recently, when he was sprouting again, he became more and more weak. Daiyu couldn't help persuading him: "No matter how hard you work, you have to take care of some uncles and aunts. At the age of your aunt, you have to take care of yourself." You are a treasure who is as beautiful as pearls and jade, if you study hard and get out, what will happen to her?"

Baoyu laughed and said, "Don't look at me as thin. Apart from studying, I also practice riding and shooting with Lan'er. I'm actually much stronger than before."

When Daiyu heard that he had learned to ride and shoot, her eyes widened. Baoyu just smiled, and Baochai quietly pulled her and said, "Liu Xianglian is good at bowing horses, so he has also learned it."

Daiyu heard that there was clearly something wrong in it, she glanced at Baochai, and the two walked slowly to the side, Baochai said: "Do you remember last time when he said he liked Liu Xianglian? I advised him to take horse bow as his business. Be an upright man, otherwise Liu Xianglian might look down on him, so he listened."

Daiyu said: "I know, it's just that he hasn't mentioned that person for a long time. I thought he had forgotten it, but now it seems that he hasn't."

Baochai sighed: "my brother sent someone to say that Liu Xianglian was back. I asked Yinger to ask him yesterday, and he just replied to me that he had given up on Liu Xianglian."

Daiyu looked back, Baoyu was with all the sisters, although she smiled decently and naturally, it seemed that she no longer had the innocence and kindness of her youth.

Daiyu said: "He said that now, I'm afraid he will regret it later."

Baochai laughed and said, "Why do you care so much about him? He will regret it in the future. It's not that his family has no eldest son. Besides, the idea of ​​his family's lintel, can it be expected to be passed on for hundreds of generations?"

Daiyu was silent, she and Baochai walked slowly for a while, Xiangling called them from the front: "Come here, there is fun there!"

Baochai wondered, "What's so interesting that it deserves such a novelty?"

Zicuckoo took a few steps forward, came back and said with a smile: "They don't know the spinning wheel, so they are making a fuss over there."

Baochai smiled at Daiyu and said, "You probably haven't seen it before, have you? Are you going to see it?"

Daiyu cheered up and said, "I read it in the book." Following Baochai, he saw that there was a hunter there, and the man in charge had already avoided it. Only the daughter-in-law and her two daughters were in the yard.

The mother-in-law was so frightened that she stood there rubbing her hands together. The two girls, the older one stood with her mother, keeping her head down and not daring to move. The younger one was more agile, opening her eyes to look here and there. Look, although it is Dongyue, they are wearing jackets and straw sandals, and both girls have cold noses.

The sisters couldn't bear to see it, so Tanchun asked Siqi to take his cloak, Baochai asked the little girl to choose some old cotton clothes from the clothes she was carrying, and asked someone to take the belt to eat, and Daiyu asked Zijuan to give the hand stove , and gave a few golden beans that she was playing with in her sleeves—the three mother and daughter suddenly saw these things, needless to say, they were grateful to Dade, and Baoyu asked the servant to call the man of the family to the door and asked him how he was doing. Why is the family suffering so much?

The man bowed and smiled apologetically, "It's always been like this in Xiaomin's house. It's good for someone like me who can afford a few jackets at home. If the poor farmer doesn't even have jackets."

Baoyu scolded: "You yourself are wearing a shabby leather jacket, why do you ask your wife and daughter to wear civilian clothes?"

The man said: "Master, I don't know, they are sick, and I go out hunting to exchange money to buy them some food. If I am sick, what will the three of them live on?"

Baoyu was speechless, so he could only call Mingyan to give him a few pennies, when suddenly a little girl came out and said, "Miss Bao said that she recruited a nursing home, and asked this person if he would give two pennies a month to take care of the whole family." Board and lodging, one meal of meat a day, if the girl is promising, she also has errands, but she has a death contract."

The Orion heard it, hesitated for a while, then the girl said again: "You don't have to make a decision today, if you want to go later, go to the city and find Ziweishe's Xue's family in the east of the city."

Then Orion agreed.Baoyu hated him in his heart and sent him away.I went in again, only to see Baochai beckoning to him and saying, "I suddenly remembered that there is another relative in the Wang family who has been connected to the clan. His nickname is Gou'er, and his mother-in-law's surname is Liu. She is an old man with many years of experience. I live outside the city, if you meet Wei Ruolan and the others while hunting, bring him dozens of taels of silver for me, it's just a good fortune."

Baoyu said, "Was Wei Ruolan also in your dream?"

Baochai smiled but did not answer.

Baoyu said, "Since he is a relative of the Wang family, he is also a member of my wife's family. Just ask Mingyan to go for a visit."

Baochai laughed and said, "It's not a serious relative, so there's no need to go there."

Baoyu wrote it down.

Because the wind on the mountain is getting colder, and seeing such worries about people's livelihood, everyone is happy and happy, so they all say they want to go back.

Baoyu escorted the sisters into the car, and when Daiyu passed him, she asked softly, "Are you sure?"

Baoyu said: "Father is getting old, and Lan'er can't support her alone. Besides me, who else can I rely on? If so... there is always a choice."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Think about it clearly." After getting into the car, she raised the curtain and said to him, "If you want to marry someone else, just tell me."

Baoyu sighed: "I will take a concubine, and I am only afraid of harming someone else's daughter. How can I dare to expect to marry anyone?"

Daiyu said softly: "Don't worry, no matter what you do in the future, I will always stand by your side."

Baoyu just shook his head and smiled wryly.