Dream of the Red Mansion

But Sister Feng was getting up wondering, when she heard the little girl's words, she jumped again, and asked quickly, "What official business?" There is an important official matter, so my wife asked me to invite the second master." When Sister Feng heard that it was something in the Ministry of Industry, she let go of her heart a little, because she said, "Go back to your wife and say that the second master was out of town last night. , did not come back. Send someone back to Uncle Zhen first." The girl agreed to go.

For a while, Jia Zhen came to see the people in the Ministry, asked clearly, came in to see Mrs. Wang, and replied: "The Ministry reported that yesterday Zong Hezuo went to the Henan area to destroy the river mouth and annihilated several prefectures and counties. It will cost more National money, repairs to city workers. The Ministry of Works official has taken care of me, so the Ministry has come to report to the master." After finishing speaking, he withdrew, and Jia Zheng went home to return the message.From then until winter, Jia Zheng was busy every day and often stayed in the yamen.Baoyu's work lessons were gradually relaxed, but he was afraid that Jia Zheng would notice it, so he didn't dare to stop studying in the school, even Daiyu's place.

It was mid-October at that time, and Baoyu got up to go to the school.It was a very cold day, and Xiren had already packed out a pack of clothes and said to Baoyu, "It's very cold today, so I'd rather make it warmer sooner or later." Then, he took out the clothes and picked one for Baoyu to wear.Another bag was wrapped, and the little girl was asked to take it out and give it to Beiming, and said: "It's cold, so when the second master wants to change it, I'd better prepare it." Beiming agreed, took the felt bag, and followed Baoyu.Baoyu went to the study room and did his own homework, when suddenly he heard the sound of the paper window screaming.Dai Confucianism said: "The weather is cold again." Pushing the damper open, I saw layers of black clouds from the northwest gradually rushing towards the southeast.Baoyu came in and went back to Baoyu and said, "Second Master, it's cold, let's add some clothes." Baoyu nodded.I saw Baoming bring in a piece of clothing, but Baoyu didn't look at it, and when he looked at it, he was already crazy.Those elementary school students were eager to look at it, but it turned out to be the bird gold fur that Qingwen mended.Baoyu said, "Why did you get this one? Who gave it to you?" Baoming said, "It was wrapped by the girls inside." Baoyu said, "I'm not very cold, and I don't wear it. Just wrap it up. "

Dai Confucianism only treats Baoyu as a pity for this dress, but he also likes that he knows how to be frugal.Baoming said: "The second master puts it on. If he catches a cold, he is a slave again. The second master only treats the slave as a pain." Baoyu had no choice but to put it on, and sat blankly facing the book.Dai Confucianism only regarded him as reading, and ignored him.When school was over in the evening, Baoyu went to Dairu to take sick leave for a day.Dai Confucianism is an elderly person, but he only spends time with a few children to relieve his boredom, and often suffers from eight illnesses and nine pains.Besides, knowing that Jia is busy with political affairs and Jia Mu dotes on her, she nods.

As soon as Baoyu came back, he met Mrs. Jia Muwang, and she said the same thing. Naturally, there was no unbelief, so she sat down for a while and went back to the garden.When I saw Xiren and so on, I didn't talk and laugh like I used to, so I lay on the kang with my clothes on.Xiren said: "Dinner is ready, should we wait until now?" Baoyu said, "I don't want to eat, I feel uncomfortable. You can eat it." Xiren said: "Then you should also take this This piece of clothes has been changed, and that thing can withstand being rubbed there." Baoyu said, "No need to change it." Xiren said, "It's not just a delicate thing. Look at the needle and thread on it, it shouldn't spoil it like this." Baoyu said Hearing this, he touched his heart, sighed and said: "Then, you pack it up and wrap it up for me, and I won't wear him anymore." Saying this, he stood up and took it off.When the attacker came to pick it up, Baoyu had already folded it by himself.Xi Ren said, "Why is the second master so diligent today?" Baoyu didn't answer, but after folding it, he asked, "Where is the burden to pack this?" People winked and laughed.Baoyu ignored it, sat by herself, listless, and suddenly heard the bell ringing on the shelf, and looked down at the watch by herself.For a while, the little girl lit the lamp.Xiren said: "If you don't eat, just have a mouthful of porridge. Don't be hungry. Look carefully and get hungry. That's our burden." Baoyu shook his head and said, "I'm not very hungry. I ate it by force." It doesn't work." Xiren said: "Since this is the case, you might as well take a rest earlier." So the Xiren musk moon was laid, and Baoyu also rested, tossing and turning, but couldn't sleep, and it was approaching dawn, but instead I fell asleep dimly, and woke up early when I didn't have a meal.

At this time, the attacking musk moon also got up.Xiren said: "Last night, I heard you toss and roll to more than five, and I didn't dare to ask you. Then I fell asleep. I don't know if you fell asleep?" Baoyu said, "I also slept for a while, and I woke up somehow. It's gone." Xiren said, "Is there anything you don't use?" Baoyu said, "No, I'm just upset." Xiren said, "Will you go to the school today?" Baoyu said, "I already sued yesterday. It's a day off, and today I want to go for a walk in the garden to relax, but I'm afraid of the cold. You tell them to tidy up a room, prepare a burner of incense, and put down paper, ink, pens and inkstones. Just do what you want, and I will do it myself It's good to sit quietly for a long time. Don't ask them to disturb me." Sheyue continued: "Second Master wants to work quietly, who dares to disturb." Xiren said: "It's very good to do this, and it will save you from catching a cold. Sit by yourself, and your mind is not distracted." Yin asked again: "You are too lazy to eat, what are you going to eat today? I said it earlier and passed it to the kitchen." Baoyu said: "Let's just do it casually. There is no need to make a fuss. It is. I want a few fruits to be put in that room to borrow some fruit fragrance." Xiren said: "How about that room? The others are not very clean, only the room where Qingwen lived in at first, because there was no one there, it was clean. Just cooler."

Baoyu said, "It might as well just move the brazier over." The attacker agreed.Just as I was talking, I saw a little girl brought a tea tray, a bowl, and a pair of tooth chopsticks, and handed them to Sheyue, saying: "This is what Miss Hua asked for just now, and the old woman in the kitchen brought it here." Sheyue took it. When he saw it, it was a bowl of bird's nest soup, so he asked Xi Ren, "Is this what my sister wanted?" Xi Ren laughed and said, "Second Master didn't eat last night, and he spent another night tossing around, thinking about getting up early today, his heart must be empty." , so I told the little girls to ask the kitchen to make this." Xiren asked the little girls to put the table, and Sheyue sent Baoyu to drink and rinse his mouth.I saw Qiuwen come up and say, "The room has been tidied up, but wait until the charcoal is over for a while, and the second master will go in again." Baoyu nodded, just talking lazily.All of a sudden, the little girl came to invite her, saying that the pens and inkstones had all been placed properly.Baoyu said, "Got it."

Another little girl replied, "Breakfast is ready. Where is the second master eating?" Baoyu said, "Just bring it, don't worry about it." The little girl agreed to go.When the meal was served, Baoyu smiled and said to Xiren Sheyue, "I'm so bored. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it by myself. Why don't you two eat with me, or if it's delicious, I'll eat it." Eat more too." Musk Moon said with a smile: "This is the second master's pleasure, we dare not." Xi Ren said: "In fact, it's okay. We drink together, not just today. It's just to relieve your boredom occasionally. If you are serious about this, there is no such thing as proper manners." The three sat down while talking.Baoyu is at the top, accompanied by two Xiren Sheyue.After eating, the little girl served mouthwash tea, and the two watched and withdrew.Baoyu was holding tea, thinking silently, sat down again, and asked, "Is the house tidy?" Sheyue said, "I just turned around, and asked again this time. "

After Baoyu sat down for a while, he came across the room, lit a stick of incense himself, put some fruits on the table, asked people to go out, and closed the door.The attackers outside were all silent.Baoyu took out a piece of pink paper with lacquered horn flowers, wished a few words in his mouth, and then picked up his pen and wrote:

The master of Yihong burned sister Fuqing to know about it, and drank the tea and fragrance, and the common people came to enjoy it.The word cloud: Accompany with you, take care of yourself alone.Unexpectedly, when the turmoil rises, the body will stop immediately.Which one is softer than words?The water passes away in the east, and there is no return to the west.I don't even have dream grass in my imagination, and I still see Cuiyunqiu when I add clothes.Pulse makes people worry!After writing, he lit a fire on the incense and burned it.He waited quietly until the stick of incense was burned before he opened the door and came out.Xi Ren said: "Why did you come out? Thinking about it, I'm so bored and panicked."

Baoyu smiled and pretended to say, "I was annoyed, so I found a place to sit quietly. Now that I'm done, I have to go outside for a walk." Then, he went out and went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion , asked in the courtyard: "Is sister Lin at home?" Zijuan replied: "Who is it?" When he lifted the curtain to look, he smiled and said: "It turned out to be the second master Bao. The girl is in the house, please second master Go and sit inside." Baoyu walked in with Zijuan.But Daiyu was in the inner room and said, "Zicuckoo, please sit in the second master's room." Baoyu went to the door of the inner room and saw a pair of newly written purple ink clay gold cloud dragon notes, which read: "Green window The bright moon is here, and the ancient history is empty." Baoyu looked at it, smiled, walked into the door, and asked with a smile, "what is my sister doing?" Daiyu stood up and took two steps to meet her, and gave way with a smile, "please sit down. I Writing scriptures here, there are only two lines left, and I will talk after I finish writing." Because I asked Xueyan to pour tea.Baoyu said: "Don't move, just write." As he spoke, he saw a single strip hanging in the middle, on which was a picture of Chang'e, with a waiter, another fairy, and another waiter, holding a long child They are surrounded by clouds, without any embellishments. They all imitate Li Longmian's line drawing, with the three characters "Douhan Tu" on it, written in eight-point.Baoyu said: "My sister, this picture of fighting the cold is newly hung?" Daiyu said: "No. They cleaned up the house yesterday. When I remembered it, I took it out and asked them to hang it up. Baoyu said, "What's the source?" Daiyu said with a smile, "I'm very familiar with you, so I have to ask someone." Don't you hear it. The young girl Su'e is all cold-resistant, and she fights against the moon in the frost." Baoyu said: "Yes. This is really novel and elegant, but it's good to hang it at this time." Then, he looked east and west. Walk.

Xueyan made tea, and Baoyu ate it.After waiting for a while, Daiyu finished writing the Sutra, stood up and said, "Jane is slow." Baoyu smiled and said, "My sister is still so polite." Rat vest, with a bun on the head, a red gold plaque on the hairpin, no other flowers, and an embroidered cotton skirt in the color of Yang Fei tied around the waist.It's really like: a graceful jade tree stands facing the wind, and a fragrant lotus blooms slowly.Baoyu asked, "Has my sister been playing the piano for the past two days?" Daiyu said, "I haven't played for two days. Because I feel cold while writing, I still go there to play the piano." Baoyu said, "It's fine if you don't play. I Although Xiangqin is a pure and noble product, it is not a good thing. I have never played the piano to play the test of wealth, honor and longevity, but only to play the worry and resentment. Besides, you have to memorize the score in your heart when playing the piano. It is not free of heart. According to me, My sister is weak, so don't worry about it." Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled.Baoyu pointed to the wall and said, "Is this the piano? Why is it so short?"

Daiyu laughed and said: "This Qin is not short, because I couldn't reach other Qins when I was a child, so I made it specially. Although it is not a burnt-tailed tung tree, this Heshan phoenix tail is still neatly matched. Longchi It's suitable for wild goose feet to compete. Don't you see that the broken pattern is like a cow, so the rhyme is clearer." Baoyu said: "Sister, have you been writing poems in the past few days?" Baoyu laughed and said, "Don't lie to me, I heard what you chanted. It's impossible to say, Suxin is in the sky, and the sound is very loud when you put it on the piano. Do you have any?" Daiyu said: " How did you hear that?" Baoyu said: "I heard it from Liaofengxuan that day, and I was afraid to interrupt your clear rhyme, so I listened quietly for a while and left. I was about to ask you: the road ahead is smooth Rhyme, what does it mean that it suddenly turns to rhyme at the end?" Daiyu said: "This is the natural sound of the human heart. If you do it, you will go there. There is no certainty." Baoyu said: "That's how it is. It's a pity that I I don't know the sound, so I've been listening for a while." Daiyu said, "How many bosom friends are there in ancient times?" Baoyu listened.Feeling that it was rash to speak, and fearing that Daiyu's heart would be chilled, she sat for a while, feeling like she had a lot to say in her heart, but there was nothing more to say.Daiyu blurted out what she had said just now, and thinking back now, she felt that it was too cold, so she had nothing to say.As soon as Baoyu looked at Daiyu suspiciously, he stood up embarrassingly and said, "Sister, sit down. I'm going to visit the third sister." Daiyu said, "If you see the third sister, give my regards. Just one word." Baoyu agreed and came out.

Daiyu was sent to the door of the house, and she came back and sat in a dull mood, thinking to herself: "Baoyu has been talking hesitantly lately, hot and cold, I don't know what he means." Just thinking about it, Zijuan came and said "Girl, do you want to write? Have I put away the pens and inkstones?" Daiyu said, "Don't write anymore, just put it away." Then, she went to the inner room and leaned on the bed, slowly think about it.Zijuan came in and asked, "Miss, why don't you drink a bowl of tea?" Daiyu said, "I don't want to drink it. I'm a little bit crooked, so go yourself."

Zijuan agreed to come out, only to see Xueyan standing there alone in a daze.Zijuan walked up to him and asked, "Is there anything on your mind at the moment?" Xueyan was in a daze, but was startled by him, because she said, "Don't shout, I heard a sentence today, Let me tell you, it’s strange. Don’t say anything.” As he spoke, he pouted into the room.Because he went first, he nodded and asked Zijuan to come out with him, went to the platform outside the door, and said quietly, "sister, did you hear that? Baoyu is engaged!" Hearing this, Zijuan jumped and said "Where did this come from? I'm afraid it's not true." Xueyan said, "Why is it not true? Others probably know it, but we didn't hear it." Zijuan said, "Where did you hear it?" Xueyan said "I heard what the servant said. It's a magistrate's family, with good family resources and talents." When Zijuan was listening, only Daiyu coughed, as if she was getting up.Zicuckoo was afraid that he would hear it when he came out, so she pulled Xueyan and shook her hand, looked in, but there was no movement, so she asked quietly, "What did he say?"

Xueyan said: "Didn't the former son tell me to go to the third girl to thank him? The third girl is not in the room, only the servant is there. Everyone sat down and accidentally talked about the naughtiness of the second master Bao. Okay, I can only be naughty, I don’t look like an adult at all, I have already promised to kiss, but I am still so stupid. I asked him if he was committed, and he said yes, some kind of Uncle Wang was the matchmaker. That Uncle Wang is from the East Mansion relatives, so there is no need to inquire, just say it." Zijuan thought for a while, "This sentence is strange!" Then asked: "Why is no one in the family talking about it?" Xueyan said: "Servant The book also said what the old lady meant. If I mentioned it, I am afraid that Baoyu would be arrogant, so I didn't mention it. The servant told me and told me not to show it. I only said that I was talking too much." Pointing inward, "So he didn't mention it in front of him. You asked me today, so I won't hide it from you." Just listening to the parrot call, imitate: "The girl is back, pour tea!" Zicuckoo and snow geese were startled, but when they turned around and saw no one, they scolded the parrot and walked into the house.I saw Daiyu just sitting on the chair panting, and Zijuan accosted her and asked for tea and water.

Daiyu asked, "Where have you two gone? No one can be called out again." Then she walked to the edge of the kang, tilted her body, and still fell on the kang, lay down in it, and asked to lift the curtain. Down.Zijuan Xueyan agreed to go out.The two of them were puzzled in their hearts, fearing that he might have overheard the words just now, so they had no choice but to not mention them.Who knows that Daiyu had something on her mind, and eavesdropped on Zijuan Xueyan's words. Although she didn't understand very well, she could understand seven or eight points, as if she had thrown her body into the sea.After thinking about it, I actually responded to the prophecy in my dream the day before yesterday, and filled my heart with a thousand worries and hatred.Thinking about it, it is better to die earlier, so as not to witness unexpected things, it will be boring at that time.I also thought about the pain of losing my parents. From now on, I have been ruining my body day by day. For a year and a half, I have to be clean.After making up his mind, he didn't cover the quilt or add any clothes, but closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.Zijuan and snow geese came to serve several times, but there was no movement, and it was difficult to call.I don't even eat dinner.After lighting the lamp, Zicuckoo opened the curtain and saw that she was asleep with the quilt behind her feet.Fearing that he would catch a cold, I gently covered him with it.Daiyu didn't move, she just waited for him to go out, and she still faded away.The Zijuan just asked Xueyan: "Is what you said today true or not?" Xueyan said: "Why not?" Zijuan said: "How did the servant know?" I heard it." Zijuan said: "Let's talk in the head, I'm afraid the girl will hear it, you see the expression just now, there is a lot of reason. After today, let's not talk about it." Saying that, the two of them also tidied up to sleep.When Zicuckoo came in to look at it, she saw Daiyu's quilt kicked down again, and then covered him lightly.Not to mention the night scene.

The next day, Daiyu got up early in the morning and sat alone in a daze without calling anyone.Zijuan woke up and saw that Daiyu was up, and asked in surprise, "Why is it so early, girl?" Daiyu said, "No, I went to bed early, so I woke up early." Zijuan got up quickly and woke Xueyan , Serve freshen up.That Daiyu stared blankly at herself in the mirror.After looking at it for a while, the teardrops were broken, and Ropa had already been soaked.exactly:

The thin shadow is facing the spring water, you must pity me and I pity you.Zijuan didn't dare to persuade her when she was around, for fear that she would seduce old hatred with gossip.It was quite a while before Daiyu washed and washed casually, but the tears in her eyes did not dry up in the end.After sitting by himself for a while, he asked Zijuan to say, "light the Tibetan incense." Zijuan said, "girl, how long have you slept? How do you light incense? Isn't it for writing scriptures?" Daiyu nodded .Zijuan said: "Girl woke up too early today, and now I'm writing scriptures again. I'm afraid it's too much work." Write to relieve boredom. When you see my handwriting in the future, you will see my face." As he spoke, the tears flowed down.After hearing this, Zicuckoo not only couldn't persuade her any more, but she couldn't help shedding tears herself.It turned out that Daiyu had made up her mind, and since then, she deliberately abused her body, and had no intention of eating and drinking, and the number gradually decreased every day.Baoyu would often find time to greet Baoyu after school, but although Daiyu had thousands of words, she knew she was old and it was inconvenient for her to be tender and flirty like when she was young, so she was full of thoughts, but she couldn't speak them out.Baoyu wanted to comfort Daiyu with the truth, but he was afraid that Daiyu would get angry and aggravate the disease.When the two met, they had no choice but to comfort each other with false words. It was really close to each other.Although Daiyu had sympathy from Mrs. Jia Muwang and others, she asked a doctor for treatment. She only said that Daiyu was often ill, and there was no way to know his heart disease.Although Zicuckoo and others knew what it meant, they dared not say it.

Since then, the weight loss has been reduced day by day, and after half a month, the stomach and intestines have become thinner, and I can't even eat porridge for a day.What Daiyu heard during the day was like the words of Baoyu's marriage, and the people in Yihong Courtyard, whether up or down, were like Baoyu's marriage.Aunt Xue came to see her. Daiyu became more suspicious when she didn't see Baochai.In my sleep, I often hear someone called Second Grandma Bao.Suspicion turned into a shadow of a snake.One day, the grains were exhausted, and the porridge was not drunk. After a sleepy breath, he was dying.I don't know how Daiyu's life will be, let's see the next chapter to break it down.