The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

It has been more than [-] years since Baochai was reborn. Many past events have long been blurred. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "It was an aunt who lived in Jia's family in that life, and she was also a very smart person. At that time, Jia The extravagance of the family is several times that of this life. This time, the money to build the garden is lacking, and it can’t support the ostentation, so those opera troupes, nunneries and the like should not be bought at all.”

Daiyu said: "Even you boast, you must be a very outstanding person. I don't know how compared to me."

Baochai saw that she was sore, reached out to touch her cheek, and said, "I just boasted casually, but you are not convinced anymore, and insist on comparing yourself with others. There are so many talented women in the world. You compare them all, and compare them all." Do you have to come over?"

Daiyu said angrily: "There are so many talented women in the world, I just want to compare them one by one. If you are not happy, go find someone you don't like to compare with. I won't stop you!" She waved her hands and went out waddlingly.

Stamping Baochai with hatred, he chased after him and said, "Aren't I afraid that you will be tired? You are not afraid of being tired, and you are willing to go to such lengths to compare, can I really stop you? Why do you look like a child as you get older? , this matter must be true.”

It's fine if she doesn't say anything, but when she said something, Daiyu stood still, turned her head and looked at her and said, "What's wrong with getting older? Do you still despise me when you get older?"

When Baochai heard this, she didn't know what kind of taboo Daiyu had violated, so she hurriedly said, "I don't dislike you, I just praise you for being so cute. You think, the older people get, the poorer their parents, they gradually lose The whole face has become hateful, but you, Dai'er, seem to be getting smaller and smaller, your face is also tender and tender, and you look like a ghost. When you go out and say that you are the cardamom age, no one will ask more questions Just one sentence! Just like you, I dare to say 'come up with age', just because you are young and beautiful, which is extremely disproportionate to your age, so saying it is meant to compliment you. If it were someone else, it would be to expose your faults in person , I was about to turn against me a long time ago, do you think this is the reason?"

Daiyu smiled at what she said, squinting her eyes and said half-truthfully, "It's all nonsense!" But she also slowed down, and when she caught up, the two went out side by side, and it happened that Xiangling also came out with someone , Xiangling is holding a white porcelain urn, and the two behind are holding a blue flower pot.

Daiyu asked, "Sister Ling, what is this?"

Xiangling laughed and said, "Those two urns are just harvested rainwater, and mine is dewwater."

Daiyu said: "It doesn't matter if the rain falls, but sister Ling has collected so much dew."

Xiang Ling's face was slightly red, she lowered her head and caressed the white porcelain urn in her hand, without answering.

Daiyu and Baochai looked at each other with a smile, Baochai and Daiyu looked away, but remembered that Daiyu specially collected flower petals for her to cool the incense pills, smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to hold Daiyu's hand, Daiyu Seeing that she was smiling with malicious intentions, he didn't want to take Xiangling's face seriously, so he gave her a look, took his hand away, and chatted with Xiangling in a low voice.

Baochai just looked at her two with a smile and didn't say much.

The weather was bright and the road was smooth. When approaching Xuanmu Mountain, the person who sent the messenger earlier said: "Master Miaoyu is in retreat, and he said that he will not come out until about Moshen. After an hour, the master asked my aunt to rest at the foot of the mountain. She will come back to receive her after she leaves customs."

When Xiangling heard this, she smiled embarrassedly at Daiyu and Baochai, and said, "It's really a coincidence, or we should come back after an appointment."

Daiyu said: "Can't she be the only one in her nunnery? She closed her door, so why don't we go inside and wait for her first?"

Xiangling murmured: "Isn't that good? After all, she told us to wait at the foot of the mountain."

Daiyu looked at Baochai, and Baochai smiled and said, "Did she say it, or her apprentice? If she said it, that's all right. If her apprentice said it, this apprentice doesn't know anything." While speaking, he looked at the reporter, and the reporter immediately said: "It's Master Miaoyu's apprentice, and a little master told me about it."

Daiyu clapped her hands and said, "Okay, since her apprentice said it, we can just go up the mountain." She urged to leave.

Xiangling felt that something was wrong in her heart, and she couldn't hold back Daiyu, so she had to follow her and her way up.

When we arrived at the gate of the Panxiang nunnery, several well-known guests came out with smiles on their faces to greet Xiangling.

Xiangling was obviously very familiar with these people, having met them one by one, and asked them to come to see Daiyu and Baochai.

Those nuns saw that Chai and Dai's servants were like clouds, and they were dressed in beautiful clothes. They knew that they were from a richer family, and they laughed like flowers. This one said that Baochai "is a blessed person with a full donor's heaven", and the one holding Daiyu The hand said, "My wife is destined to be rich and honorable, and the house is full of children and grandchildren."Daiyu couldn't bear the noise when she heard them talking nonsense, so she pulled Baochai's sleeves and told Baochai to go ahead.While Baochai greeted those people, she leaned sideways to block Daiyu, but Daiyu poked her head out from her side again, listening to Baochai calmly inquiring about the details of these people-it turned out that these people were all They are Miaoyu's senior sisters, and the chubby one is Miaoyun, the abbot here, because Xiangling is a great benefactor, so seeing her coming, everyone is attentive and thoughtful, even the abbot greets her personally.

This Panxiang nunnery is located in a remote place, and the nuns in it are no better than those in the capital who have seen the world, and their speech is quite rough. After hearing a few words, Daiyu felt bored, and she went back and forth holding Baochai's sleeve with her hands Knotting and playing on the ground, thinking secretly: Miaoyu's seniors and sisters are all such people, but I don't know what she is like, what ability she has, she can be praised by Baochai, and Xiangling treats her differently.

Baochai talked with those people for a while, and gradually felt impatient, so she smiled and took Daiyu's hand and slowly fell behind, but asked Xiangling to stand in front.

Daiyu was connected with her, and immediately took her hand back, assuming that she wanted to enjoy the scenery, she only asked a little nun to lead the way, and the two moved slowly to a secluded garden, and then ordered the little nun to leave, Daiyu took Baochai and asked, "What kind of person do you all say she is, but why did she come from such a place?"

Baochai sighed: "This is her family temple. Her parents passed away, and the incense here gradually withered. These people are eager to ask for money, and it is understandable."

Daiyu originally thought that Miaoyu was such an extraordinary person, but because Baochai seemed to admire her, and their names had a double word, she felt some inexplicable comparisons. The heart of comparison was half extinguished, and he just muttered: "Don't be a liar, seeing such a big goat as Sister Ling, deliberately lure her with some poems and songs, and cheat her of incense money."

Baochai glanced at her, and said: "Where did you learn the new words, and you just say it? The girl is from every family, and she doesn't pay attention to it." Then said: "Sister Ling is just a little idiot, not stupid, sincere love Fake, can’t you tell? I want you to worry here.”

Daiyu said: "You don't know, it's the idiot who is more deceptive than that fool!" When he wanted to say more, he heard footsteps on the other side, so he stopped.The two pretended to look at the flowers, and walked a few steps pretendingly, only to see a young nun on the small road, wearing a Miaochang bun, a white silk skirt, a long vest with azure trim, tied with an apricot yellow silk sash, and Come with the rosary at the end of the stag.