Chapter 152 Poppies (1)

"A concubine grows green plums against a short wall, and the king rides a white horse and hangs the willows; immediately on the top of the wall, he looks at each other from a distance, and when he sees the king, he will be heartbroken."

These few poems come from Bai Juyi's famous "Silver Vase at the Bottom of the Well", which is about a young lady from an official family who met a boy riding a horse when she was looking around the wall because she was bored in spring.The two fell in love at first sight, and the young lady eloped with the boy back to his home, thinking that they would be harmonious and happy from now on.

Unexpectedly, the young man's family thought that the young lady eloped, she was not married into the house by three matchmakers, and could not be his wife's main wife, so they raised eyebrows at her and refused to allow her to participate in the family sacrifice.The young lady wanted to leave the house in shame and anger, but found that she had nowhere to go, and returned to her mother's house shamelessly, feeling an unbearable pain in her heart.

"That girl is treated like this at home, doesn't that boy say anything for her?" Ji Mingmei couldn't help widening her eyes after hearing me tell this story, and looked at me indignantly, what did this matter have to do with me? like.

I felt uncomfortable being watched by her, so I laughed dryly, "Don't look at me like that, I didn't do this."

"Look, I came out from Ji's house with you, but I didn't have any name or distinction. I was very wronged in my heart, and you still tell people such a story." Ji Mingmei said quietly, wanting to cry.

I trembled all over, looking at Miss Ji's appearance, if I didn't give an explanation, she would really cry "wow", but the problem is - I seem to be the one who should cry, right?
Ji Mingmei's eyes were misty, and she was still pitying herself, "I have pity on this weak girl who is as beautiful as a flower. My heart is higher than the sky and my life is thinner than paper. I let the rain and the wind blow in this world. There are different teachings: Shanhe The shattering wind blows the catkins, the life experience is ups and downs and the rain beats the flats..."

She was immersed in her own emotions and got carried away for a while. I saw that she even raised her orchid fingers. If she continued to speak, she might start singing on the spot. I hurriedly stopped her and told her that the poem was later adapted by Bai Pu into a drama "" Immediately on the Wall" is a happy ending, the boy and the lady gave birth to a boy and a girl.

Ji Mingmei was overjoyed when she heard the words, so she let me go.We talked all the way, it was still early when we arrived in Donglin Town, and we passed a bookstore on the way to the hotel, Ji Mingmei was thinking about the story I told her, so she wanted to go in and buy a book Reading books is a good way to pass the time on the road.

The owner of the store was a woman in her forties, who greeted any visitor when she saw them, and asked softly what kind of books we wanted.I was also a little surprised to see that the owner of this bookstore was a woman.At this time, although many women also went to school, there were not many literate people on the whole, and even rarer ones who ran bookstores.

Ji Mingmei was also a little surprised, and asked her: "Did you open this bookshop yourself?"

The shopkeeper smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "The family runs a book printing shop, so there is a front office. They are all busy with the book shop, and I can't help, so I help take care of it in the book shop."

Ji Mingmei and I both nodded knowingly, but seeing the shopkeeper's mood is a bit depressed, I don't know if it's because of some troubles, or because his nature is so calm.We have never met before, so it was not easy for us to ask her anything, so we browsed for a while in the store. During the period, the owner saw that I was reading ancient notebook novels, and pointed to a book of "Jianghuai Stranger Records" and said to me: "This is from "Jianghuai Stranger Records". The version extracted from Zhishouzhai Series is not easy to find elsewhere."

This version is really rare elsewhere, so I smiled and said, "Then buy it." Then I took the book and went to the counter to pay.At this time, Ji Mingmei saw a book turned upside down on the counter, which was "Bai Xiangshan Poetry Collection", and couldn't help saying "huh", and asked the shopkeeper with a smile: "Are you also reading Bai Juyi's poems? Have you ever seen "The Silver Vase at the Bottom of the Well"?"

The shopkeeper opened his lips slightly, and looked surprised. He turned the book of poems over, and we looked at the pages, and saw that it was the "Silver Vase at the Bottom of the Well" at the top of the page.There is such a coincidence in this world that when we came here, we were talking about this poem on the road, and now we saw someone reading it in the bookstore.

Ji Mingmei was also inconceivable, and told the shopkeeper about it, and the shopkeeper laughed out loud, then suddenly picked up the book and handed it to Ji Mingmei, saying: "Since there is such a fate, then this collection of poems I will send it to you."

"Ah, what an embarrassment, I'll pay you the money." Ji Mingmei hurriedly said, "It happens that I also want to buy a book, which saves me the trouble of finding a book."

As she spoke, she wanted to pay the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper insisted on not accepting it.Ji Mingmei was a little embarrassed to be rewarded for nothing, so she had to thank her repeatedly.I watched it from the sidelines and felt a little amazed in my heart. Along the way, somehow everyone would give some small things to Ji Mingmei, and I also received a lot of benefits.

After Ji Mingmei took the book, she was about to walk out of the bookstore with me, but at this moment the shopkeeper suddenly sighed quietly, and whispered to herself: "Send words to a foolish little girl, be careful not to belittle yourself to others!"

These are the last two lines of the poem "Silver Vase at the Bottom of the Well", in which Bai Juyi used the tone of the lady in the poem to warn those infatuated and young girls to be cautious and not to give life to others easily.At this time, the shop owner read out these two lines of poem leisurely, we were all startled, and Ji Mingmei looked at her with consulting eyes.

The owner of the store didn't know what he was thinking, and seemed to be a little distracted, but he said: "It's nothing, I just think these two lines of poems are thought-provoking, and I read them unconsciously, which made you laugh."

We all shook our heads, smiled at her, and then turned to leave. We all felt that the owner of the book shop was behaving a little strangely, but we didn't think about it.After walking around the town and finding a hotel to check in, we put our bags in the back room and went to the front living room for dinner.

After dinner, I asked the owner of the shop about a man named Lin Yubin.The owner of the shop said "Oh" and asked: "Is the guest also coming to the Lin family library to ask for books? The Lin family has always loved books, and I am afraid that they will not let people into the library easily."

"Huh? Does the Lin family have a library?" I didn't know this beforehand, so I was a little surprised when I heard it.Seeing my expression, the shopkeeper naturally knew that he had guessed wrong, so he told me about the Lin family we were going to.It turns out that since the Qing Dynasty, the Lin family built a library called "Donglin Thatched Cottage".

Since then, successive masters of the Lin family have also devoted themselves to collecting books, spending a lot of money for some rare and rare books.Up to now, Donglin Cottage has a collection of more than [-] volumes, and many people come here just to see the rare and rare books of Donglin Cottage.That's why when the shop owner heard me ask about Lin Yubin, he thought I was also here to ask for books.

I told him that I was a patrol horse, and he said "oh", he must have thought that I was here to deliver a letter, and told me the location of Donglin Thatched Cottage without further questioning.I thanked him and went out with Ji Mingmei.We walked in the direction the owner said, and it didn't take long before we saw a magnificent three-story attic standing in front of us.

Below the attic is a house, which is naturally where the Lin family lives.When we arrived at the gate of the Lin Family Courtyard, I knocked on the door knocker, and soon a steward came out to open the door. When he heard that I wanted to find the master of the Lin family, he shied away, saying that the Donglin Thatched Cottage was currently being repaired and it was inconvenient to accept guests.

Presumably, there are too many people who come to ask for books on weekdays, so the steward thought about it as soon as he heard that someone asked for an interview.I hurriedly explained to him that I was a city patrol horse, and I didn't come to ask for books. I just came to ask the master of the Lin family about something.When the steward heard that I was a city patrol horse, his expression immediately relaxed, and he said with a smile: "It turns out that I am the gentleman who delivered the letter. Please wait a little longer. Please come with me, sir."

I nodded to him, and followed him to the hall with Ji Mingmei.In the hall, a woman in her forties was drinking tea there. When the steward said that I was a city patrol horse and wanted to find Lin Yubin, she stood up and said to the steward, "Since you are the one delivering letters, you will send him Take it to Donglin Thatched Cottage, sir should be sorting books there right now."

The steward responded when he heard the words, and led us towards the thatched cottage. On the way, he said to me: "My husband is usually in the thatched cottage at this time. He once told me that if someone irrelevant came to ask for a book, he would find some excuses." Just evade, if you are close relatives and friends, please go to the thatched cottage to meet. It is true that there are quite a lot of people on weekdays, and the family is unbearably disturbed, so it is not intentional to treat you slowly just now."

I heard the words and said hastily: "Where is it, I am bothering you, please don't take offense from the manager."

Donglin Thatched Cottage is a few feet away from the Lin family’s house, and we arrived as soon as we were talking. The steward shouted from under the thatched cottage: “Sir! Sir!” Following his words, someone poked his head out from the window sill of the attic, presumably It was Lin Yubin who responded, "What's the matter?"

"A city patrolman came to your house to look for you, and said he wanted to inquire about something." The steward raised his head and said.

"Oh," Lin Yubin replied, "then please come up."

"There is something I need to go to the printing shop, so I won't go up with you." The steward turned to us and said, "Please go up by yourself, sir. There are books on every floor in the building. You can see my house when you go up to the third floor." Mister."

I said hello, nodded to him again, and then pushed open the door of the thatched cottage together with Ji Mingmei, and walked up the wooden stairs to the third floor.Walking on the stairs, you can see that there are bookshelves beside the stairs, and there are all kinds of books, which can be called a plethora of books.I have loved reading since I was a child, and I once thought of sitting in a book city. Now that there is a ready-made book city in front of me, I can't help but yearn for it.

Because Zangshuge is most afraid of fire, Donglin Thatched Cottage is not an all-wood structure, but a mixed structure of stone and wood.We climbed up the stairs and saw that every floor was spotless, which shows that the owner loves books and sweeps them every day.When we reached the third floor, Lin Yubin poked his head out from behind a bookshelf, and smiled at us, "We're here to entertain guests, and there's no tea to offer, so you're neglecting Mr.

"Where, how many people want to go here and they can't get what they want. We are lucky to set foot here, which shows the great love of the master." I said hastily.

"I heard that sir wants to inquire about something. I don't know what it is?" We exchanged a few words, and Lin Yubin asked straight to the point.

I was a little hesitant at this moment, the scholarly family of the Lin family didn't seem to be involved in the Wenling landslide, but don't be like in Yanzhi Town, the head of the family didn't know about the Wenling landslide.So I thought about it and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Lin knows about such a place as Wenling Town?"

"Wenling Town, um, what is this place?" Lin Yubin really didn't know anything, and after saying a word, he retracted his head behind the bookshelf, and we immediately lost his presence.

"Sir, please tell me, I'm clearing the dust of a few books, I can hear you." His voice came from behind the bookshelf, but he denied knowing Wenling Town straight away, leaving me at a loss as to how to proceed said.While hesitating, something suddenly jumped down from the roof of the attic, which shocked me and Ji Mingmei.

After the thing fell to the ground, its hair stood on end, it stared at us with a grin, and roared in a low voice, as if it was threatening us.Ji Mingmei and I saw clearly what this thing was, and couldn't help but exclaimed immediately.It turned out that it was a cat that fell from the roof.

There is nothing strange about the cat, but the strange thing is that the fur color of this cat is different from that of ordinary cats, but an old wood color, like a puppet cat made of all wood sculptures suddenly came to life.Hearing our exclamation, Lin Yubin showed his face again from behind the bookshelf, and immediately saw the wood-colored cat. He couldn't help being stunned, and exclaimed in surprise: "The horned beast!"

The so-called horned beast refers to a building component, mostly made in the shape of a small animal, used to reinforce the junction where the roof ridges intersect.When I heard his words, I was so astonished that I couldn't help but looked up at the roof, only to see that the mortise and tenon joint of the roof was really empty.

Rats are taboo in the library, for fear that it will bite the books, so it is reasonable to make the horned beast like a cat.It turned out that this cat was actually a horned beast of Donglin Thatched Cottage. It was originally carved from wood, so it was no wonder that it was covered in wood.The horned beast was originally just a beam member, carved out of wood, and it was a dead thing.

But at this moment this dead, carved wooden thing jumped off the beam, and stared at us fiercely, as if we were two big rats.This matter was not easy to accept for a while, so Ji Mingmei and I fell into shock, neither said anything nor did anything, just blankly dazed.

When the horned beast heard Lin Yubin call out its identity, it turned around, arched its back, and squatted down on its hind legs.When I saw something was wrong, I squatted down on my hind legs to prepare for an attack, it was going to attack Lin Yubin!
Lin Yubin was also stunned by the horned beast that had come back to life, and was still in a daze. At this moment, the horned beast let out a low growl in its throat, suddenly rose into the air, and rushed towards him incomparably swiftly. Grab him face to face.Lin Yubin yelled in horror, fell on his back, and immediately fell behind the bookshelf again.

Ji Mingmei and I only heard him screaming in agony behind the bookshelf, and our hearts were shaking.Ji Mingmei's legs were a little weak, and she supported a bookshelf next to her.I was also terrified, but there was no bookshelf to support me, and thinking that Lin Yubin would not have an accident in front of our eyes, I gritted my teeth and rushed behind the bookshelf.

(End of this chapter)

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