The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

When Sister Feng, Baoyu and Baochai were awake, they carried them back to their residences to recuperate.Aunt Xue took Baochai back with her own escort, and at the end of the night she rested in Hengwuyuan to look after Baochai. After three days of this, she saw that Baochai was back to normal before going back.

As soon as Baochai left, she got up and went to look for Daiyu.It is the time of spring, when flowers are shining and willows are shining everywhere, birds are singing and streams are sounding, Baochai feels good when he sees this spring, swaying and swaying to the pavilion, he sees several azaleas gathered around to watch moths Son, Baochai said with a smile, "What new way do you think of to tease it?"

As soon as the few people heard her talk, they looked at each other, and the little girls suddenly got busy, some took whisks, some went to see medicines, some asked for water, and after a while, they all dispersed. Only Zijuan and Baochai are really used to it. They stood there with a smile and said, "Miss Bao is in good health?"

When Baochai heard her question, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Is she still angry?"

Before Zijuan could answer, Daiyu raised her voice and said, "Zijuan, I want to rest for a while, close the door of the house, and don't let those irrelevant people in."

Zijuan responded, and entered the house gracefully. Baochai hurriedly followed her, barely catching up to the door before she closed the door, and said repeatedly: "Tell your girl, I didn't mean to put my birthday date on purpose. For her, it’s just that she moves around too often, and I was afraid that if she were to pair up with someone else, it would be a loophole, so I changed my mind temporarily.”

Zijuan laughed and said, "Young lady, tell our girls yourself. I dare not pass it on." After closing the door, Baochai couldn't catch up, so she moved to the window and said inside, "Dai'er, you Open the door and let me in, and let me tell you in detail." Before she finished speaking, Zijuan had already come out and pulled the newly replaced screen window, and closed the window. Baochai knew that Daiyu was very annoyed, and there was nothing she could do. He, thinking that the only thing he could do was to be sincere, he sent all the maids away, and stood in Daiyu's yard by himself, counting the new bamboo shoots on the steps, teasing the parrot on the porch, and looking at the buds on the tree— ——It’s mid-spring, the peach buds are about to open, and the pink and tender branches are gathered on the branches. It's the best scene in the world, but it's a pity that Daiyu seems to have a heart of iron and stone. No matter how much Ren Baochai travels back and forth, he just refuses to see her.

In desperation, Baochai hoped that someone else would come to visit her, so she could take advantage of the opportunity to see Daiyu.Unexpectedly, Jia's mansion has just passed through a major event, and everyone is panic-stricken, and even fewer people come to visit. From morning to noon, there has been no one to visit. Baochai has been standing outside all these times, thirsty in his mouth, so he deliberately said to the window One sentence: "Why is the sun so hot in this spring? It makes people dizzy." I hoped that Aunt Dai would show some compassion and let her in, but there was no movement inside.

Baochai walked back and forth a few more steps, the sun had already risen, and it was the time to bask in the sun, she had always been shy and hot, and gradually she couldn't bear it anymore, she wanted to go to sit somewhere else first, but she was afraid that after she left, Daiyu Getting angry, she had to continue standing at the door. Fortunately, Ying'er came to visit her after a while, and seeing that she was still standing at the door, she hurried to get some refreshments, but Baochai didn't use it. One mouth and one ancestor, they still refused to listen to persuasion.Baochai dismissed them with great difficulty, glanced at the window, and said to the inside: "I did something wrong, you deserve to be angry, so punish me to stand here and wait until your anger subsides before coming out, okay? He listened carefully, and saw that there seemed to be some movement inside, he quickly held his breath, stood up straight, and said: "I didn't do well, let me die from the sun, dry mouth, and starve to death, it's all right, you I'm so angry that I won't eat or drink or move." After saying this, I listened inside again, and I heard voices, and after a while the door opened with a squeak, and Zicuckoo came out with a Holding a cup, Wang Baochai put it in his hand, and Baochai said, "Dai'er didn't say anything, I don't need it."

Seeing her scoundrel coming here, Zijuan couldn't help giving her a white look, went inside, and closed the door again.Baochai waited patiently and counted the leaves of grass under Daiyu's window, but still no one responded.Seeing the rising of the moon and the rising of the cold wind, the door suddenly opened again when she was feeling disheartened, but she saw Daiyu coming out with a cloak in her arms, walked up to her and threw it into her arms, Baochai couldn't help it. After picking up the cloak, he stretched out his hand to grab Daiyu, hugged her in his arms, and shouted: "Dai'er!"

Daiyu pushed it a bit, but she felt that her hand strength was extraordinary, and she was in a posture of entanglement to death, so she couldn't help but coldly said: "Let go!"

Baochai said, "Listen to me, and I'll let you go."

Daiyu didn't speak, and didn't push anymore.Seeing that she seemed to be relaxing, Baochai let go of her hand, fearing that Daiyu would leave, she pretended to hug her, but Daiyu stood motionless.

Seeing that her eyes were red and swollen, Baochai obviously wept hard, her heart trembled, she couldn't articulate that sophistry at all, she could only stand there silently, relatively speechless.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Daiyu stomped her foot to enter the room. Baochai realized that she didn't pull her this time, and hurriedly followed. When Zijuan was about to close the door, she squeezed in sideways. Look at Daiyu, then at her, go out by yourself, and close the door.

The room was silent.

Daiyu sat in front of the desk, facing Baochai, it was already dark, but the lights in the house were not lit yet, but Baochai felt that she could clearly see Daiyu's profile, the familiar, sad, She has more charm than little girls but has more lively and pure side faces than women.

There is no doubt that Daiyu is now crying again.As in the past, the silent and steady tears flowed, but more than ever, it made Baochai feel distressed.She suddenly regretted what she had done, and felt that the cruel trick just now was too heartless, but she hadn't seen Daiyu for three and a half days, and she really missed her too much.Not only the longing for not seeing each other, but also the anxiety of rushing to explain but not being able to explain—— Baochai suddenly realized why she came here in such a hurry when she saw Daiyu. Guilt and worry.

She hid some things from Daiyu, and Daiyu found out, and for three whole days, she couldn't explain it to her, and now the two finally met, and everything was impossible to talk about.

Baochai lowered her head slowly, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

Daiyu wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said calmly, "It's nothing."

Baochai opened her mouth and didn't say anything, but Daiyu continued, "What you said about the separation of the family and the sowing of dissension is all false, right? From the very beginning, you knew that the four families were all together. Yes, the roots are intertwined, and the roots are broken."

Baochai said: "At first, I really thought so, but later... later I found out that it was wrong..."

"After you found out that it was wrong, you changed your mind and didn't remember to tell me at all?"

Baochai replied with a guilty conscience: "It's not all..."

"So you still wanted to fool me from the beginning! Treat me like a child, right?"

"No... I'm just... I wasn't careful..." Baochai said slowly, the response was so weak that even she couldn't believe it, once she said it, it was like her good mood in the morning, and it was blown away in the wind lightly.Daiyu ignored her defense, and continued: "You even knew about Aunt Zhao's curse from the beginning. Even if they didn't take you, even if I didn't intervene, you still planned to report them, right?"

Baochai nodded with difficulty.

"Then, there is nothing more to say between us." Daiyu tried her best to stay calm, but the circles of her eyes turned red again. She cried for a day, and even the tip of her nose was red from crying. Her white skin and red nose , with red and swollen eyes, she looked pitiful and cute like a little rabbit, but Baochai would rather not have her cuteness, and only hoped that she would be safe and happy.Ever since she was with Daiyu, Baochai felt that the auspicious words engraved on her collar were specially written for the two of them, "Never leave, never give up, and continue to live forever", which clearly refers to the two of them, but if They are such a natural pair, so well matched, why are there still disputes between them?

"Dai'er...Daiyu." Baochai's voice was pleading, "I...I really didn't mean it."

"You didn't do it on purpose, you just want to carry everything by yourself, you just want to do it by yourself, find an excuse for me, coax me to do it as a serious matter, and I will return to you every day Some parents are short-sighted, you just watch my jokes there and take me as a trick, right?"

"No..." Baochai argued louder this time: "What I think is that you are that kind of person, a fairy-like character, and you shouldn't be told about these ordinary dirty things..."

"I seem to have told you many times," Daiyu said earnestly, looking straight at Baochai, but there was a particularly firm look in those eyes that were about to cry. With this look, I felt bursts of cold sweat bursting out.

Daiyu continued: "I don't want to be treated like a child by you. I hope that I can stand by your side, accompany you, and share your worries and labors. I hope that although we get along like husband and wife, we don't have to Just like secular couples in this world, one masters the outside, the other masters the inside, and the inside and the outside are not connected, and the two have nothing to do with each other. I think we are more like friends, sisters, or brothers, walking side by side, not you, Sister Bao, the guardian Seeing my little sister, I will live in peace and joy for the rest of my life. I have said it many times, every time you pretend to listen, but in fact you don’t hear anything. Xue Baochai, I call you sister, it’s not that I want you to be like my sister. Treat me the same way, we are the same, you...understand?"

It wasn't hot, but Baochai's whole body was already drenched, and the cold sweat was still pouring out continuously, but she had no time to care about such trivial matters. Daiyu's words had a strong ominous meaning, and she was frightened when she heard them. It was only then that she realized how much trouble her previous life had caused her. Because of everything she had experienced in her previous life, she had developed a different kind of paranoia about this life. .For example, the ancestors who fought in the bloody storm will always hope that their juniors will be stable for a lifetime. For example, a couple who have been impoverished for a lifetime, suddenly become rich, and they will always pamper their children with money. For example, Xue Baochai, who has seen all these miserable Afterwards, I was always extra... wanting to protect that person.