Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

So when Jia Cong came back, he told Daiyu about the experience in detail, and the couple sighed with each other.Taking advantage of Jiamu's joy, Daiyu brought up Yingchun to go home to celebrate her birthday. Jiamu agreed and sent someone to pick her up the next day. up.When I saw all the sisters and relatives, I couldn't help crying.Baochai hurriedly persuaded her, and sent her family to take care of the Sun family who came to see Yingchun's mother-in-law and daughters-in-law for tea and dinner. Yingchun Fang cried and complained about her grievances, saying that Sun Shaozu had bad habits such as "lustful, gambling, and alcoholism", and he was also rude in words and deeds, violent rage, and housework. Pour out all the troubles and grievances one by one.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang sighed repeatedly after hearing this, Li Wan and all the sisters also wept together, but Mrs. Xing became impatient, and before Yingchun finished speaking, she said annoyedly: "It's so easy for the old lady to be happy today. Let Cong It's my daughter-in-law's birthday, everyone is happy, but you are here to spoil the fun - don't talk about such disappointing things." Yingchun was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak.

Seeing that she was pitiful, Mrs. Wang comforted her: "You are a new wife, and Uncle Sun is also young. He is a newcomer, and everyone has their own tempers. Naturally, it is a bit awkward-everyone came here from this time. Come on, don't be sad—in a few years, you'll feel your temper with each other, and you'll be fine after you have children." Li Wan, Sister Feng and others also tried to persuade her in the same way, and Yingchun stopped her grief and sat silently.

Seeing that she was pitiful, Jia's mother let her sit at her seat, which really relieved her.As soon as the show started, Mother Jia asked Daiyu to order first, but Daiyu was very condescending, and asked Yingchun to order first, but Yingchun couldn't give in, so she ordered "The Story of the South Ke", and then Mother Jia asked Tanchun to order , Tanchun ordered "Kite Mistakes", and then Xichun and others ordered one by one, and the stage began to sing, performing joys and sorrows, and everyone in the audience had their own concerns, so they were all moved.

Suddenly seeing that Baochai hadn't been seen, Jia's mother asked, "Where did Baoyatou go?" Mrs. Wang didn't dare to hide it when she saw the question, so she came over and said softly, "Baoyatou's house is gone, because Qin'er's father-in-law The former son was convicted and dismissed from office, and the whole family was sent back to his hometown. Her uncle's reputation was also dismissed. Today, Qin girl went back to her mother's house to bid farewell. The concubine said that she couldn't help crying, so I asked Bao girl to take care of her over there. You don't need to come here." Mother Jia became more and more unhappy when she heard this, so she just nodded and said nothing.There was a lot of noise and excitement at the banquet that day, so I don't need to elaborate.

On the second day, Daiyu held a tea party alone in the Lixiangyuan, and invited all the sisters in the garden, as well as Yingchun, Li Wan, etc., to come and have a tea party for her boudoir.Knowing that something was going on in Baochai's family and her mind was disturbed, she was never invited. There were only five people, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Li Wan and Xiuyan.

Spring is still cold and cold, so the tea party is held in Nuan Pavilion, and Xiuyan lives at Mrs. Xing's side, the farthest away, but the earliest to arrive.Daiyu knew that she was having a hard time with Mrs. Xing, but fortunately Baoqin was married, and as soon as Xue Pan's lawsuit was settled, she could get married, so Xiuyan was very happy recently.The second person to come was Li Wan. As soon as she entered the door, she said, "It's still elegant. What about a tea music meeting? It's so good that you can play tricks. Could it be that you can also play the piano and make music?"

Daiyu gave up her seat to her sister-in-law with a smile, and said: "When I was at home, I learned it for two days. I haven't done it in the past few years here. I'm already raw. How can I dare to play tricks? There are tunes, but Let it go, I will give everyone a surprise."

Soon the Sanchun sisters came together, Xichun was still cold, and didn't talk much when she came, she went to sit alone on the futon under the window, flipping through a few Buddhist scriptures on the desk, reading with gusto.Yingchun was much more cheerful than yesterday. She was originally a person who had no worries, and she was happy with the situation. After returning to Zilingzhou for two nights, she felt satisfied. It seemed that she had returned to the situation before marriage. The sisters chanted poems, played chess, and chatted. for fun.

Only Tanchun seems to be frowning slightly. She is also getting married soon, but she can't get married like the other sisters. It's just that on auspicious days, she will be brought into the palace in a small sedan chair and two rows of palace lanterns. She is a concubine, and since she was a child, she was determined to be famous, but she did not expect that in the end, she would go the same way as Aunt Zhao.

Daiyu understood the reason, she wanted to have a gathering with the sisters and have fun for a day, so she didn't mention these unhappy things, and just invited everyone to the table.Zijuan led the servant girls Xueyan, Chunxian, Biye and Qingzhi to serve the tea fruit.What I drank today was the best Yunnan Green Bud Tea. Add wolfberry, chrysanthemum, American ginseng slices and honey to make sweet tea. There are only two flavors of meat snacks. The new products researched, vegetarian dim sum have crystal candied dates and lotus shortbread—there are not many types, but they are extremely delicate and delicious.

Xiuyan is the most familiar with the maids here, so she first commented on the dragon belt jade pear fragrance: "Well, let me try... There are lobster cubes, scallops, pear chips, cloud legs and coriander. Not bad, it's really a novel taste. The sweetness of fruits and seafood mixed together is very special." Qingzhi blushed and said, "Miss Xing has a good taste."

Li Wan admired the abalone and chicken crisp: "How much abalone and chicken soup does it take to make such a delicious snack? The good thing is that the puff pastry on the lower layer doesn't collapse at all - Lan'er likes the taste of abalone the most. " Daiyu sent her maid to bring a dish to Daoxiang village for Jia Lan to eat, and Li Wan didn't refuse.Xichun always doesn't come forward, and she only eats lotus flower shortbread for dessert. She has been a vegetarian for a long time, and if others can't persuade her, they can only let her go.

Talking and laughing like this, tasting delicious food and fragrant tea, inadvertently heard the thin sound of silk and bamboo from outside the window, Zijuan came to roll up the beaded curtain of the warm pavilion, pushed aside the partition, and the maids who were close to her came to add clothes to their masters.When Tanchun and the others looked out, they saw only two cups of tea, but the corridor outside became dreamlike. Two women in costumes were moving their lotus steps, gracefully shaking their water sleeves, and slowly sang: "It turns out that the colorful flowers are blooming everywhere, like this, and they are all ruined. The beauty of the day is beautiful, but who's house is the place to enjoy the pleasure..." At that time, the pear blossoms in the garden were just blooming, as if they were afraid of the wind and cold. There is a feeling of returning to the wind, and what is sung is an opera, but it is not an ordinary opera, the tune is elegant and unique.

For a while, everyone listened intently, and there was no news inside or outside. After a long time, the two girls finished singing and retreated gracefully through the corridor. Xiuyan sighed: "Sister Lin really knows how to enjoy the blessing. I never thought of listening to music like this. There is no stage, but there is no stage." Covered by a corridor, it is more realistic than the stage, and Du Liniang in that play seems to have become a real thing."

Li Wan laughed and said, "I see that Xiao Dan looks familiar, but I think I've met him somewhere." Tan Chun said, "Yes, it's Rui Guan who wanted to follow Sister Bao, and the other must be Sister Lin." The lotus officer in the room, didn’t you hear that two of her monks became nuns? Why are you here again?”

Daiyu laughed and said, "Third younger sisters have good eyesight, they are Ouguan and Ruiguan. They really want to become a monk, but because their wife dismissed them as girls who have sung in operas, they are worried about going out and they will go to school. It's better to be a monk than to be slaughtered by others. It's just that the old nun is not kind, she just coaxed the two girls to do the work, and she humiliated her all day long, and she often had dubious behavior at night. The prodigal son went to harass. It was the lotus official who dared not sleep every night. He leaned against the door with a kitchen knife hidden in his arms. , so I tried to pass the news to Siqi, she is now with Cong'er's servant, and then I found out, so I sent my mother to buy her two, and sang to me in my Lixiangyuan It's unique to listen to people. I chose elegant and tame tunes from ancient music scores, and let them match ready-made words. Who thought it was very good—but I dared not let outsiders know, so as not to cause controversy—even the old My wife didn't even hear it."

Yingchun said enviously: "Sister Lin lived a life like a fairy, she is not as miserable as I am. Although that Shuangwen has a miserable life, after all, there is a widow planning for her. Pity my life, even if I have parents, it seems that I have no parents." ..." As he said that, tears flowed down, and everyone hurriedly comforted him.But Na Xichun said: "The lotus root officials and the pistil officials are not blessed. Since they have entered the pure land of Buddhism, they are meritorious virtues. How can they get out? If it were me, there would be no problems from now on, and everything would be empty." Li Wan When everyone frowned together, Daiyu sighed: "Fourth sister, you only say that Buddhism is a pure place, but you don't know that you really entered that nunnery, and you are no different from the world of mortals. You always have unspeakable troubles. You are smart." People, why bother to be obsessed with it?" Xichun said nothing, then Tanchun said: "Now that there is evidence, why did the lotus root and pistil officials return to vulgarity?"

Xichun said: "That's because they are stupid. They don't keep anyone here, so they have to wait to die together? Why don't you find a pure paradise? It's always because the heart is burning and the way is not solid." Tanchun Impatient in her heart, she said: "You say this because you really don't know that most of the world is a last resort. How can you go where you want?" Xichun sneered: "Is it also a last resort for you to marry into the Beijing Palace? I know no one is forcing you to do this." Tanchun couldn't help being stunned.

Then Li Wan quickly turned around and said, "Fourth Miss, don't talk so fast. You are not deeply involved in the world, so you think these troublesome things are very simple, thinking that as long as you don't listen to them, you can treat them as nothing. The difficulties in the house I can’t tell your girl’s family about it, but it’s really difficult for the third girl, instead of comforting you, why did you add fuel to the fire?”

Xichun also shed tears, and said forcefully: "I just said that because she is not worth it, why do we have such a hard life as women, those men messed up things, but let the third sister come Is it right to make up for it?" She burst into tears, "I have grown up gradually over the years, and I only see that none of the sisters in the past were happy. Is there only one way for a woman to get married? I A clean person, why should he go along with them?"

Daiyu was shocked when she heard this, she was speechless for a long while, and everyone present had their own concerns, but they were relatively speechless, only weeping.After a long time, Xiuyan forced a smile and said: "We are here for a happy gathering today, and because of the rare return of the second sister, it happens to be loose, so why don't the sisters take advantage of the beautiful scenery on this beautiful day to have some fun, instead weeping here, After a while, when the second sister goes home, the third sister will also get married, so it will be difficult to get together again."

Because Li Wan was also touched by Xi Chun's words, he had already lost his interest, so he sighed: "That's right, today I have let down the elegant spirit of the hairdresser, so sad, it would be better to leave." Saying this, everyone dispersed together. Now, Daiyu leaned on the couch, thinking back to Xichun's words just now, her heart ached, she was not angry, but Xichun said "none of these sisters are happy", but she was an exception?Thinking of this, tears fell like beads with a broken thread.The people who served beside him didn't dare to persuade him hastily, they all held their voices and held their breath, and they didn't dare to treat him as if they were happy.