I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 173 Don’t be sad and hateful

At this time, Shi Xiangyun suddenly said, "Sister Lin, I have heard that Third Brother Cong writes excellent poems."

"He wrote an excellent poem during the last Lantern Festival."

"And on the day when Prime Minister Kou accepted him as his apprentice, he wrote a poem with a limited last line in just a few words."

"Since we have a poet around us, why don't we start a poetry club at the banquet tomorrow?"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Third Brother Cong's poetry is naturally excellent. You knew this, but you still wanted to start a poetry club. Aren't you just asking for trouble?"

Shi Xiangyun laughed and said, "We are all siblings, so why should we fight? Could Third Brother Cong laugh at us?"

"It's a good thing that we have great people like Third Brother Cong here, so we can ask for advice and learn from him, which will help us to improve ourselves!"

After hearing what Shi Xiangyun said, Lin Daiyu also felt that it made sense.

So he asked, "If you want to start a poetry club tomorrow, have you decided what to write?"

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say, "Now the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, why not write about them?"

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but say: "Chrysanthemums do fit the scene, but there are too many of them in the past."

Xiangyun said, "I was thinking the same thing, but I'm afraid it's a bit cliché. Oh, why don't we call Baojie, the second sister, the third sister and the others over so we can discuss it together?"

Lin Daiyu also agreed, so she asked the little maid to call someone.

Soon, Shi Xiangyun and Liangchun arrived at the scene.

Shi Xiangyun also talked about her plan to set up a poetry club tomorrow and write chrysanthemum poems.

The women all clapped and cheered.

Baochai thought for a moment and said, "I have it. Now that the chrysanthemum is the guest and people are the host, I can come up with a few topics."

"They are all two characters: one is a virtual character, and the other is a concrete character, 'chrysanthemum'. The virtual character is a common character. This is both a poem about chrysanthemums and a poem about events. No one has ever done this before, and it cannot fall into a rut. It combines the two aspects of describing scenery and describing objects, which is fresh and generous."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "That's great. But I don't know what kind of empty word to use. Think of one for me first."

Baochai thought for a moment and said with a smile, "The Chrysanthemum Dream will do."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "It's really good. I have one too, how about 'Chrysanthemum Shadow'?"

Lin Daiyu said, "That's fine. But someone else has done it before. If there are many topics, this one can be counted. I have another one."

Xiangyun said: "Tell it quickly."

Lin Daiyu asked, "How about 'Asking the Chrysanthemum'?"

Xiangyun clapped her hands and exclaimed, "I have one too. How about 'Visiting the Chrysanthemums'?"

The girls also thought it was interesting, so they said, "Let Yue Xing come up with ten and write them down before we decide."

As she spoke, Shi Xiangyun ground ink and dipped the brush in it, Tanchun started to write, and Baochai started to read, and in no time they had collected ten poems.

Xiangyun looked through them and laughed again, "Ten of them are not enough to make a painting. I'd better put them together into twelve and it will be complete, just like other people's calligraphy and painting albums."

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she thought of two more, making a total of twelve.

He then said, "In that case, let's sort them out in order."

Xiangyun said: "This is even better, it has become a chrysanthemum album."

Lin Daiyu said: "The first is "Remembering the Chrysanthemums"; I can't remember them, so I go to visit them, the second is "Visiting Chrysanthemums"; After visiting them, I plant them, the third is "Planting Chrysanthemums"; After they are in full bloom, I admire them together, the fourth is "Looking at Chrysanthemums"."

"The fifth is "Offering Chrysanthemums", the sixth is "Ode to Chrysanthemums", the seventh is "Painting Chrysanthemums", and the eighth is "Asking Chrysanthemums"; the chrysanthemums seem to understand words, making people ecstatic."

"The ninth is "Hairing the Chrysanthemum", and the two poems "Chrysanthemum Shadow" and "Chrysanthemum Dream" are the tenth and eleventh. The last volume is "Withered Chrysanthemum" to summarize the splendor of the previous titles."

Xiangyun wrote down the topic as she was told, looked at it again, and asked again, "What rhyme should it be?"

Baochai said, "I hate restrictions on rhymes the most. There are obviously good poems, so why bother to be bound by rhymes? Let's not learn from the small schools, who only set topics and don't care about rhymes."

Tanchun said: "That's very true. This will take our poetry to a higher level."

After the discussion, the women dispersed. On the second day, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, the three sisters, and Li Wan were all present.

The women went out of the east gate of Rongguo Mansion and went straight to Ningguo Mansion.

When Jia Baoyu saw this, he followed secretly.

Soon, the group entered the Ningguo Mansion.

As for Ningguo Mansion, Jia Cong had already ordered people to prepare everything.

The banquet was held in the Chrysanthemum Garden of the former Huifang Garden.

At this time, the garden is full of chrysanthemums in all colors, blooming beautifully.

A gust of golden wind blew by, and the fragrance of flowers was intoxicating. The waves of flowers rose and fell, which was truly beautiful.

The banquet was held in the pavilion in the middle of the chrysanthemum garden.

There were two bamboo tables outside the railing, one with cups, chopsticks and wine utensils, and the other with tea whisks, teacups and various tea utensils.

There are two or three girls over there fanning the stove to make tea, and here there are several other girls fanning the stove to heat the wine.

At this time, Jia Cong was here, asking people to prepare.

The ladies hurried forward to greet him, and Jia Cong returned the greetings one by one.

At this time, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but say: "Third brother didn't invite me, I came here without permission, but I became a bad guest."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "I didn't know Sister Yun came to the West Mansion yesterday, so I didn't send you an invitation. It's my fault."

"Sister Yun, please calm down. How about I apologize to you here?"

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "Third brother didn't know I was coming. Ignorance is not a crime, so why should you apologize to me? Just hope that Third brother doesn't blame me for coming uninvited!"

At this time, Jia Baoyu suddenly walked out from the flowers, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I have come here uninvited, I wonder if you welcome me or not?"

Jia Cong couldn't help but look at Jia Baoyu. He had to admit that this big-faced Bao was really innocent and had no bad intentions.

The situation between him and Xifu was so tense, but Big Face Bao was still completely unaware of it.

Now that he is here, there is no reason to kick him out.

However, after the Grand View Garden is built and the sisters move in, this guy must not be allowed to enter the Grand View Garden again.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Bao is here, of course we welcome him."

After everyone sat down, the crabs were cooked.

Jia Cong ordered: "Don't bring too many crabs. Keep them in the steamer. Bring ten crabs and eat them first."

The sisters all like to eat crabs and they all enjoy them very much.

Only Lin Daiyu was weak and dared not eat more. She only ate two and then put the food down.

A little maid brought Lin Daiyu a bowl of ginger soup and a stack of tofu skin buns.

Seeing this, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but ask, "Third brother, why is it that only Sister Lin has this ginger soup and steamed buns, and we don't have any?"

"Are we all inferior to Sister Lin, and only Sister Lin deserves this treatment?"

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu blushed and glared at Shi Xiangyun fiercely.

But in her heart, she couldn't help but think too much, and for a moment, her heartbeat quickened.

Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "You haven't eaten enough crabs yet. When you're done, everyone will have some."

"It's just a bowl of soup and a plate of dumplings, but you made it sound so unbearable!"

Hearing this, all the girls couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but feel a little lost.

(End of this chapter)