Alternative Telling of Dream of Red Mansions: Cherishing Spring

Chapter 1 Preface
——The mountains and rivers drag thousands of miles away
People like to read "Dream of Red Mansions" are like mountains and seas, but those who like to read "Four Girls Cherish Spring" are very rare.

When it comes to Xichun, there are three things that must be mentioned—one is her smallness: she is so small that the description is vague, and there is not much ink on Xichun in the book, which is more economical than telegrams. The second is her coldness: Although Xue Hengwu is cold and fragrant, he still has the heat in his heart to warm him up. However, our little Si'er is stronger than the heroes in "Water Margin", yes The indifferent nature of "ten thousand people can't get close"; the third is her ending: although the original manuscript is lost, all the endings have not been completed, but the prediction made by the fourth girl who shaved her head and made her sister-in-law is more real than the facts. .

Small and cold, cold and sweet, this kind of girl is really a bit weird, but every weird person must have a weird reason, if you read it briefly, you will be fine, but if you only think about it, the small area of ​​Xichun A small blur, but it expands like ink drops into water:
Si Yatou is the only lady of the younger generation in Ningguo Mansion. Although she lives in Rongguo Mansion temporarily because Jia Mu likes it, she should always take time to go home and see her father and brother. Her sister-in-law Youshi also comes here often. Rongguo mansion visits, and it is right to be close to the sister-in-law, but in "Dream of Red Mansions", there is no word at all; there are no such scenes of extreme family affection between father, daughter, brother, sister, and sister-in-law, and they are so indifferent that even strangers would No, it really made people doubt Si Yatou's identity.

Furthermore, Qin Keqing, No.13, died. The funeral was held seven or seven days later. The fourth girl was Jia Rong’s aunt, her nephew and daughter-in-law died. See you go home to see your brother, sister-in-law and nephew.Even if Xichun is young and unable to contribute, can such a very polite thing be avoided?Is there another hidden meaning in this?
Moreover, No. 60 wrote about Jia Jingfudan's death three times, but no one specifically notified Xichun, nor did Xichun show any signs of grief over his father's death.During the entire funeral, Si Yatou neither saw her father, nor did she send any words to send her father away.It is against the common sense not to look at the death of the niece and daughter-in-law, and it is contrary to human relations if the father is dead and does not show any signs of it!Even if it is not the protagonist but uses a simple brush, can it be possible to ignore or omit a gold hairpin to such a ruthless level?If she is such an insignificant person, why write about her?
What's more, the fourth girl seems to have seen the future of the Ning Mansion's future prosperity. She is not like Qin Keqing who dreamed of it. She also told some ways to save the ancestral temple and ancestral grave after prophesying. It's just that I don't care about you and you don't hurt me. Is this the sharp-eyed prophecy of a little girl like her?Or is it inevitable that there is a foreshadowing?

At this point, Si Yatou's ink droplet has spread in all directions in the water, gradually dissipating and developing into a cloud and mist where mountains are not mountains and water is not water. , as many times as there are thoughts, there are as many times as the cause and effect of cherishing spring.And Yiru's "Xi Chun Ji" is just the fate of her thoughts, fulfilling Xi Chun's another fate-when the prosperity of the world is over, fate is such a real to empty flower Enlightenment.

Thousands of miles away

I have always liked this poem by Xichun: "The mountains and rivers drag across thousands of miles."

This horizontal delay is really not comparable to the straightness of Mojie Guyan and the volume of Yi'an Xifeng, but the combination of the two characters conveys a strong sense of painting: there is a sense of spreading and stretching mountains and rivers, and there is also a pen. The taste of flying sweeping, the creative action and the exaggeration of the scenery at the same time, it is really a wonderful pen - and the meaning is like writing Xichun, and it also uses a horizontal drag to move the cloud that is neither mountains nor waters to another text. Inside is thousands of miles, but also close at hand.

Taking a closer look, "Xi Chun Ji" is really not a sequel to "A Dream of Red Mansions". It is just a book about Xi Chun. The same stage lighting, the same costumes and props, and the same Si Yatou's true colors, the only difference is that the script in her hand is no longer the "Dream of Red Mansions" she is familiar with, but a book that cannot be predicted or remade— —In life, we call it impermanence.

Xichun was assigned to Feng Ziying, which was an excellent match, as if it was a clue specially left by the Red Chamber Text for Yiru, who knew that this little relic would have an extraordinary effect in the hands of this girl.After thinking about it for a while, Xichun really can only be allocated to Feng Ziying: Xichun is Jia Zhen's sister, Feng Ziying is Jia Zhen's friend, and their intersection seems to have existed logically a long time ago, but it was hidden very secretively. It's just for people to see.

If it's just that, then it's nothing more than a perfunctory love story, and it's not unusual, so how can such Xichun be considered brilliant?But "Xi Chun Ji" is different. The Si Yatou here is extremely brilliant. Even if Feng Ziying plays and is on the same stage as her opponent, she can't take away Si Yatou's part in the show.There are also other people from the Red Chamber appearing on the stage, but it just makes her more three-dimensional and more exciting.

Xichun in "Dream of Red Mansions" is like a stone in Taihu Lake that is exposed to the wind at night. The air-conditioning you get, the heartache you can touch, is no longer just a vague and illusory figure.

Even though the mountains and rivers drag across and thousands of miles away, the painting here is thicker and deeper.

Therefore, the Xichun in "Xi Chun Ji" is more authentic than the Xi Chun in the Red Mansion, but "Xi Chun Ji" is indeed not "Dream of Red Mansions". Here, Xi Chun has a dream that is more complicated and empty than the dream of the Red Mansion.

She, knows her better than her.

Mu Hongyi

April [-]

(End of this chapter)