The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Jia Zheng has been busy recently, so he finally got some free time. When he came back, he went to Aunt Zhao's place to have a rest and joke. When Baochai went there, he didn't know where there was a flash of inspiration. Instead of bluntly speaking of Baoyu's evil deeds, he praised him for being close to his relatives, and said Baochai's virtuous words, which made Jia Zheng very angry. Called to bring Baoyu, the servants outside did not dare to disobey, called Baoyu, and returned to Jia's mother, but Jia's mother overslept in the afternoon, and only got up at this moment, and everyone did not dare to go straight to report, so Baoyu went to the study. Jia Zheng said, "Kneel down!"

Scaring Baoyu into crawling on the ground, Jia Zhengyin asked, "Why aren't you in school and wandering in the garden again?"

Baoyu heard that the words were wrong, and said slowly: "Aunt Xue's family has a banquet, and she just came out of school. She has gone back to study in the afternoon, and she has not wandered around."

Jia Zheng sneered and said, "When you say the words about reading, it's really ridiculous."

Baoyu also had an idea, and said boldly: "I really study, because next year I will start to study literature. Aunt Xue's cousin recommended an ancient document and said it was excellent. My son borrowed it to read it. I want to recite it a few times." I have ten good articles in my stomach, and when I write an article in the future, I will have a framework, and I will not panic when I fill in the words.”

This was Baochai's comment on today's article. He listened to it and borrowed it casually. Jia Zheng's words brightened his eyes, thinking when did this son have such wisdom? Could it be that God blessed my family so that it can be prosperous again? generation?Satisfied in his heart, his face became more and more serious, and he scolded: "You are so knowledgeable, don't mention the word 'opening the pen'! You haven't memorized the four books, so you want to write a composition, and you will laugh out loud! And you At such a young age, what kind of eyesight and writing skills do you have to dare to comment on other people's articles, it's absurd!"

When Baoyu was scolded by him, he just bowed his head and dared not speak. He thought that Jia Zheng would not be proud for a moment, and thought that Aunt Xue was from a merchant family, and the book recommended might not be reliable, so he asked the title of the book.

Baoyu replied, "It's Guwen Guanzhi."

Jia Zheng listened to the name, nodded slightly, and said, "What have you been watching all afternoon? I can't tell, watch your skin carefully!"

Baoyu had to recite "On the Six Kingdoms" once. There were many mistakes and omissions in the middle, but it was generally good.When Jia Zheng saw that he had indeed recited a piece of paper, he became more and more happy, and asked about the meaning of the matter.

In the afternoon, Baoyu pointed out the text and was full of spirits, but at this time he didn't dare to provoke his father with his own fallacies, and rolled his eyes, and summed up the comments of Li Wan, Baochai, and Xichun, Jia Zheng listened normally The literati are knowledgeable, but they like Huangkou children who can recite and explain meanings. They stroke their beards and smile, and they just scold: "A little child has knowledge, and he dares to show off! Hurry up and go out! You are not allowed to go home from school privately in the future." , or I'll beat you to death!"

Baoyu retreated as if he had been pardoned, and jumped three feet high in the distance. Just in time, the old lady sent her maidservant to pick him up. Seeing that he came out in good condition, they were all happy, and all the stars welcomed him back like a moon. Say hello to Mother Jia.

Mother Jia couldn't stop shouting, meat, she touched his face again and said, "Poor thing, your face has turned pale from the fright of your father, change your clothes quickly, and drink some tea to moisturize yourself."

After a while, Baoyu asked the girl to take things and serve her. After a while, Baoyu came out and went to the next door to look at Daiyu. Seeing her resting her chin in a daze, she stretched out her hand and waved in front of her eyes, saying, "What are you thinking?"

Daiyu was startled, and said, "You're back? Isn't the master angry?"

Baoyu shook her head, and saw a copy of "Biography and Xilu" spread out in front of her, with a piece of Xue Tao's paper sandwiched in it. The handwriting on it was beautiful and vaguely familiar. Things, how can you just take it as you say?"

When Baoyu saw that she had a relationship with him, his heart darkened, and he lowered his head and said, "I didn't know you cared so much."

Seeing that he was depressed, Daiyu was also embarrassed, so she changed the subject and said, "What did the master ask you?"

Thinking of her father, Baoyu smiled and said, "It's thanks to Sister Bao." After telling her about Jia Zheng's examination and questioning, and saying that he would come to thank Baochai in person, Daiyu said, "We can do whatever we want to play all afternoon. Having dealt with the master, you usually take one or two days out of ten to work hard, even if the rest is just playing, why is this so?"

This is an old saying that Baochai used to say, which Baoyu didn't like to hear the most in the past, but when she heard Daiyu say it now, she sighed, "That's the way it is said, the lectures of the gentlemen in the school are too boring, and they are far worse than the sisters. I can't learn it either."

Daiyu was also surprised to see that he had suddenly changed his temper, and thought it was a good thing for him to make progress, so she followed him and said, "Then when our book club opened, we called you that." I haven't finished reading many books, so I can bring them to the book club and discuss them together."

Baoyu said: "Sister Bao also gave the "Biography of Xilu"?"

Daiyu hummed uncomfortably, pushed him and said, "It's getting dark, you go out quickly, I'm going to sleep."

Baoyu clearly saw that it was not time to go to bed, and was disgusted by Daiyu, so she could only move out slowly. Daiyu waited for him to leave, then opened the book again, and took out Xue Taojian. On it, Baochai's handwriting seemed to be on it, and what she said was nothing more than He told her to read carefully, to relax every hour or two, and told her to go to bed early at night and cover her belly with a quilt. She was rambling, and wrote a whole piece of paper in petty lowercase letters, but her concern came alive on the paper. In the morning, I thought of Baochai's charming smile during the day, and when Baoyu saw that she was angry, she felt that her heart was in a mess. She didn't know why, so she put away the book according to Baochai's instructions, and went out to talk to the parrot say.The parrot was taught to be very clever by her, and when she saw her coming out, he called out: "Xiao'er, Mao'er." He shook his head and said: "You have damaged your eyes carefully."

The last sentence was in Baochai's tone, which startled Daiyu, and threw melon seeds to the bird, saying, "What a beast, even you can learn from her!" He continued to say: "Broken eyes! Broken eyes!" The girl fell to the ground laughing, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, she stopped throwing it, peeled the melon seeds and ate it herself, who knew that the bird seemed to pass Like a spirit, he jumped up and down and said: "I don't eat serious meals, just eat dim sum! Only eat dim sum!"

Daiyu laughed so hard that Zicuckoo took all the melon seeds from her hand and said with a smile: "Look, girl, I can't even look at the birds anymore. Don't eat them. Otherwise, the birds will definitely go to Baobao tomorrow." The girl reports the letter, and the girl has nothing to say about it all day, why bother?"

Daiyu said: "You all bully me, even a bird."

Before the words were finished, Baochai was heard smiling and saying: "Who dares to bully Miss Lin? Tell me, and I will scold him for you!"

Daiyu asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Baochai said: "I remembered that I forgot to take your book away. I happened to be digesting after dinner, so I came over." He went in and took away the "Biography of Xilu". When he went out, he glanced at Daiyu and saw the ground. When I had melon seeds, I asked Zicuckoo: "How much rice can I use today?"

Zijuan said: "I only have half a bowl of rice, and it's better to coax it with the pickled cucumber sent by Miss Bao."

Baochai frowned and said, "I don't eat serious meals, just eat some snacks! When the time comes, I will have a bad stomach and cry again."

Everyone heard that what she said was the same as that parrot, and they all burst into laughter again. Daiyu was ashamed and angry, and muttered: "Half a bowl is not enough, don't we have to learn from the wild peasant woman in that village!"

Baochai pretended not to hear, and ordered Zijuan to put away all the dim sum fruits, and she was not allowed to eat them. She stood and thought for a while, then went to the bedside, and took out a notebook from the side of the pillow. Zhong Shi Shi went away, but before he left, he didn't forget to tease the parrot, stomping Daiyu's feet with hatred, he could only wash his head, complained to Zicuckoo, and fell on the bed to sleep without mentioning it.