The Red Chamber: Hang Qin Keqing at the start

Chapter 37 [037] Jia Qiang loves Lin Daiyu
On the other side, in Luxue Nunnery.

Li Wan picked up Xue Baochai's poem and recited:

"Treasure Fangzi closes the door in the daytime, hand in hand to irrigate moss pots.

The rouge washes out the autumn shadow, and the ice and snow attract the soul of the dew.

When you are light, you know that the flowers are more beautiful, and there is no trace of jade if you worry too much.

Wanting to repay Baidi for his cleanliness, Tingting fell into a coma without saying a word. "

"Good!" After Li Wan finished reading, he couldn't help boasting:
"Miss Bao is really talented. This poem is dignified and elegant, subtle and profound. It's really a rare masterpiece. Let's follow the order just now and analyze a couplet each. Sister Yun, let's start with you."

Shi Xiangyun nodded slightly, smiled brightly and said:

"The first couplet of this poem has an extraordinary idea, and it is written about a lady who is beautiful and beautiful, but in order to avoid suspicion, she will close the door even in the daytime, and personally hold a pitcher in her hand to water the white crabapple.

It not only describes her care and personal care for Bai Haitang, but also shows her good behavior of keeping herself clean and abiding by etiquette.

The couplet of this poem says that beside the autumn steps, there is a beautiful figure with cleansed rouge and her face facing the sky. She attracts the spirit of ice and snow beside the dew-condensed stone steps.It reflects the extraordinary and free from vulgarity of Bai Haitang, floating like a fairy. "

Everyone nodded approvingly.

Jia Baoyu pondered for a while and said:
"The meaning of the neck couplet is that although Bai Haitang is extremely elegant, she can make herself more beautiful and charming. However, when my worries are too much, how can I not leave traces?"

Li Wan looked at Jia Qiang and said with a smile:
"Brother Qiang, it's your turn."

Jia Qiang smiled lightly and said:

"The meaning of the tail couplet is that Bai Haitang wants to repay Baidi's rain and dew nourishment, and maintain her own purity, and she is reticent, day and night, without changing her original intention, in order to praise Bai Haitang's prudent words and deeds , reserved and noble."

As soon as Jia Qiang finished speaking, Lin Daiyu suddenly smiled and said:

"Sister Bao has always been very reserved. Only when she cares for Baoyu, will she care about chaos and ignore those red tapes."

As soon as these words came out, the smile on the corners of Xue Baochai's lips froze immediately, and she suddenly remembered that during the dog days of last summer, when Jia Baoyu was taking a nap, she sat beside Jia Baoyu's bed and helped him mend the red bellyband.

Now hearing Lin Daiyu's endless talk, Xue Baochai secretly speculated that Lin Daiyu saw it when she was helping Baoyu mend the red bellyband.

Before Xue Baochai could respond, Jia Baoyu panicked.

He mistook Lin Daiyu for jealousy, hurriedly approached Lin Daiyu, said with a shy smile:
"Sister Lin, Sister Bao is indeed very kind to me, but you are even better to me. You once gave me a sachet, which I keep close to me all the time."

As he spoke, he unbuttoned his collar like no one else was there, reached out and took out a dark red sachet purse from the collar, and held it in his hand for Lin Daiyu to see.

Lin Daiyu suddenly showed embarrassment, and glanced at Jia Qiang in panic and worry.

Jia Qiang felt Lin Daiyu's gaze and looked at her too.

The moment the two people's eyes met, Lin Daiyu suddenly lowered her eyebrows and retracted her gaze as if she had been electrocuted, a faint blush appeared on her palm-sized face.

Jia Qiang narrowed her eyes slightly, thinking to herself: Looking at Aunt Lin's eyes, she seems a little shy, is she interested in me?

However, Lin Daiyu's shy expression made Jia Baoyu mistaken.

Jia Baoyu thought it was Lin Daiyu who was shy when she saw that she was wearing the sachet she gave her all the time.

"Sister Lin, when you have time, help me sew a sachet. It's just right for a pair." Jia Baoyu begged with a playful smile.

Lin Daiyu's face darkened, and she said angrily:

"Who wants to make a pair with you stupid goose? I have become a fun for you men? Return the sachet to me!"

As she spoke, she snatched the sachet, turned her head and shouted at Qingwen:
"Get me a pair of scissors quickly."

Qingwen looked at Jia Qiang with questioning eyes.

Jia Qiang smiled lightly and said, "What Aunt Lin said is what I said, you go and get it."

Qingwen nodded, quickly went to get a pair of scissors, and handed them to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu took the scissors and cut towards the sachet.

"My good sister, don't cut it, don't cut it!" Jia Baoyu panicked and yelled in a crying voice, about to reach out to grab the sachet.

But Lin Daiyu withdrew her hand, the scissors closed suddenly, and the sachet was cut in half.

"Oh!" Jia Baoyu groaned in pain, stunned, "Why did you cut such a good sachet?"

With tears in her eyes, Lin Daiyu casually threw the two halves of the sachet into the stove and snorted coldly:

"Even if I cut this sachet and burn it, I won't let you use it."

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Wang Xifeng hurried over, put his arms around their shoulders, and persuaded them with a smile:
"Okay, okay, everyone is getting together today for the sake of Gao Le Gao Le, both of you should be more concerned about each other, don't take it to heart, let's get down to business and continue to analyze the poems."

After Wang Xifeng's persuasion, Lin Daiyu said nothing, and while wiping the teardrops from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, she quietly sat back beside Xue Baochai.

Jia Baoyu also sat down beside Jia Qiang in a sullen mood.

Li Wan looked around at the crowd and said with a smile:
"Next, let's analyze Sister Lin's poem."

After finishing speaking, Li Wan picked up the poem written by Lin Daiyu and recited:
"Half-rolled Xiang curtains and half-closed doors, crushed ice to make soil and jade pots.

Stealing the pear core is three-point white, and borrowing a ray of soul from the plum blossom.

The immortals in the Moon Cave sew onyx sleeves, and the autumn girls wipe away the traces of their cries.

She is shy and silently complains to someone, and she is fainted at night leaning against the westerly wind. "

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Li Wan repeatedly praised, "This poem is very unique, let's analyze it in the order just now."

Shi Xiangyun smiled heartily and said:

"I still come first. Sister Lin's first couplet is eclectic and self-willed. Under the half-hidden, she reveals a natural feeling. Using ice as soil and jade as a basin shows that her eyes are clean and jade is pure and clear. ,.

In the couplet, she compares herself to a white crabapple, which not only has the immaculate whiteness of pear blossoms, but also the rich fragrance of plum blossoms. "

As soon as this remark came out, Jia Baoyu applauded repeatedly.

But the faces of the sisters were not very good-looking, no one spoke, let alone applauded.

Because they feel that Lin Daiyu's poem is a bit too pretentious, filled with a kind of arrogance that is blind and self-admired, which makes the sisters unhappy.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when the water is clear, there are no friends.

The aloofness and loftiness displayed by Lin Daiyu makes people respectful and alienated.

Moreover, most women are jealous, especially when dealing with the same sex, women are even less tolerant.

Lin Daiyu is so aloof, and she puts on a detached aura that surpasses all living beings, so she will naturally be excluded and disgusted by her sisters.

Li Wan looked at Jia Baoyu and said with a smile:

"Baoyu, it's your turn to analyze the neck couplet."

Just as Jia Baoyu was about to speak, he heard Lin Daiyu say angrily:
"I won't let him comment on my poems."

"Why is that?" Jia Baoyu became impatient, walked quickly to Lin Daiyu, bowed and said:
"Sister Lin, what did I do wrong? Please point it out, can I change it?"

Seeing the scene of Jia Baoyu lying low and being small, submissive, almost begging for mercy, the corners of Jia Qiang's lips raised slightly, this Jia Baoyu is really a super licking dog!

Lick dog lick dog, lick until the end, nothing left!
Lin Daiyu turned her face away, curled her lips in disgust and said:

"Who wants you, a piece of mud that can't support the wall, to help me criticize poems?"

Jia Baoyu was tongue-tied, staggered back two steps, suddenly pulled off the psychic gem hanging from his neck, and threw it on the ground:
"I smashed your stupid thing! What kind of rare thing? It's really ignorant to be accompanied by my muddy puddle."

His movement was so sudden that no one could react.

When everyone came back to their senses, a pot exploded in Luxue Nunnery.

This piece of jade is a symbol of auspiciousness in Jia's family, and it is the treasure in the hearts of Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang.

If he smashed this piece of jade, it would be tantamount to an earth-shattering disaster for the Jia family.

In the original book, when Jia Baoyu threw the jade for the first time, Cao Gong wrote it like this: Everyone in the underground rushed to pick up the jade in fright.

The word "scare" is very appropriate and expressive.

At this time, Jia Qiang also deeply understood the meaning of this sentence.

At this moment, except for Lin Daiyu, the rest of the sisters were panicked and panicked, completely disregarding the image of a lady, and rushed over to pick up jade.

After confirming that the psychic gem was intact, the sisters were relieved.

The sisters gathered in front of Jia Baoyu, constantly persuading and comforting him, for fear that he would smash the psychic jade willfully.

Seeing this scene, Jia Qiang secretly sighed: It seems that Jia Baoyu is just like this.

Jia Qiang shook her head, not bothering to look at this Ma Baonan anymore, she turned her head to look at Lin Daiyu, only to find that her eyes were red with tears glistening at the corners of her eyes.

What a crying girl!
At this time, Lin Daiyu's hand trembled, and she accidentally dropped the handkerchief into the brazier, and it was burned to a pile of ashes in a blink of an eye.

Jia Qiang walked over, took out a lake-blue handkerchief, handed it to Lin Daiyu, and comforted her:
"Aunt Lin, don't be sad. Crying too much is bad for your health. In fact, when you smile, you look a thousand times better than when you cry."

Lin Daiyu had never heard such a bold confession, she smiled shyly and said:

"Isn't it too exaggerated for you? How can I look so good when I smile?"

Jia Qiang smiled gently and said, "What I said is true, I definitely did not lie to you."

Lin Daiyu found that when Jia Qiang was speaking, her eyes were clear, without any distracting thoughts, and she didn't seem to be intentionally molesting her, but she was speaking sincerely from the bottom of her heart.

"Brother Qiang, there are too many people here, so don't talk nonsense, lest you be misunderstood by others."

Jia Qiang laughed in a low voice and said:
"What does Aunt Lin mean, that I can talk nonsense when no one is around?"

Lin Daiyu blushed, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled lightly, "You don't seem like a good person with a glib tongue."

Seeing her Xiafei cheeks, Jia Qiang was worried that if she continued to tease her, she would be scared away, so she changed the subject and said with a smile:

"If Aunt Lin doesn't mind, let me analyze the neck and tail couplets of your poems?"

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then shyly took the handkerchief Jia Qiang handed over, and while wiping the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes, said with a smile:
"Brother Qiang's literary talent is extraordinary, so he is naturally qualified to analyze my poems."

At this time, the sisters had finished comforting Jia Baoyu, and it was just right to hear what Lin Daiyu said.

Jia Baoyu's face was full of sadness, as if he heard his own heartbroken voice, he asked in a crying voice:

"Sister Lin, brother Qiang and I are both men, why are you willing to let him analyze your poems, but not allow me to?"

(End of this chapter)