Alternative Telling of Dream of Red Mansions: Cherishing Spring

Chapter 11
Xichun still smiled lightly, stood up, and said softly: "Father is not far away, the ancestors only thought that Xichun was selfish, and it was to accumulate blessings for himself."

Speaking of Jia Jing, Jia's mother felt sad for a while.Another person who was close to her left her.She is such a lonely person.Humanity is that white jade is a horse for gold. Who believes that gold carvings and jade bricks can't hide the coolness of autumn?The yellow leaves in front of the hall are falling, which is the old heart withered and fallen.

Is Bai Yu a horse for Tang Jin?You can see that the snow spreads in front of the hall, hiding the boundless desolation, so what if the palaces of the Forbidden City are majestic?When the snow is completely covered, it is just a slightly larger cemetery.

Life is desolate at the end of life.

The taboos and inconveniences of old age left her nowhere to go.She just lay here all day, watching the light and the movement of the clouds, watching the sun rise and set each time.No one understands how tragic and desolate she is slowly surging in her heart at this moment every day.Every day, I bid farewell to time with a heroic and regretful mood, and I am more and more attached every day.That kind of reluctance is warmer and softer than the south wind to the lake, and stronger than the attachment of butterflies to flowers.

She is not smarter and wiser than others.no.She just spent a longer time in this world than others, and the world's affairs have polished people's hearts.She has a bright eye and a bright heart, and she sees farther than others, because her future is shorter than others.

There are infinite scenery along the way of life. You have seen it, and the road is coming to an end. Others have just started, so they still have a long journey.Although God is ruthless, it is also fair.

Her descendants only care about how many treasures can be found out of her dry well, how much gold and silver are hidden in those big boxes behind her?Who cares if she is happy lying here every day?really!If she died, how happy they would be!If you don't believe me, just look at Jia Zhen!

Thinking of them, Mother Jia closed her eyes for a while in frustration.Although Mother Jia's resentment was only momentary, the occasional disappointment was enough to change her decision.Why bother to be a villain for them?These hypocritical filial sons and grandsons.Like what the fourth girl said, isn't it good to accumulate blessings for yourself?This life is a master, who knows which of the six reincarnations will fall into in the next life?
Seeing Xichun's sweet and stretched smile, Jia's mother was a little relieved, and sighed softly, "It's up to you. Our fourth girl has grown up, and she has become a great beauty. Smile more in the future. Grandma likes to see you smile." After finishing speaking, he looked at her and said slowly, "Si girl, you don't have to kneel when you encounter troubles. From now on, you will know that the most rare thing in this life is to stand firmly on both feet."

Xichun's heart skipped a beat, but she didn't make a sound.Answer with a smile.After a while, Mother Jia got tired, and everyone said goodbye. Before leaving, they all looked at Xichun with smiles, and their smiles were as varied as a feast.

Xichun is the most unsurprised, knowing that everyone is surprised today, and it is expected, so it is still the usual style to respond to all changes with the same.After paying her respects, she went back to Nuan Xiangwu, neither saying much nor doing much, even if others wanted to gossip about her, they wouldn't be able to say anything about her.

It's just dexterity in speech and caring demeanor, but don't people have to grow up?She just figured it out.

After a day of exhaustion, it is really different. After reading Zijing for a while, I feel tired and achy all over.Xichun shook her head secretly, laughed at her fragility, and said to herself: "How about walking more than ten miles a day to become a monk?"

After reading for a while, I couldn't bear it any longer, and was about to go to bed to rest, and called for Ruhua by the way, only to remember that her leg was hurt, with a big bruise, and I had already told her to rest.

It was another girl who answered, but it was Ruhua who entered the room. Xichun was not surprised to see her, but she undressed herself, turned her face and said quietly: "I'm not busy now, wait for them to sleep, and you can tell me again." .”

Entering the painting, he was stunned and saw her speechless.It can't be said that she is grateful, but she somewhat likes the long-lasting silence and indifference in this room.Alienation is also a kind of respect, which is vaguely felt in the painting.

After another hour, the night patrolling woman held a lantern on the porch outside to take care of her, and greeted her in a low voice: "It's getting late, please settle down early, girl."

Ru Hua came back to his senses and said to the window: "Ma'am, our girl has already fallen asleep."

The mother-in-law said: "Well, girl, you can rest too." Enter the painting and agree.The mother-in-law's rustling footsteps went away, the little maids closed the door and retreated, the room was silent, only two of Xichun were left.

Enter the painting and kneel down.

Xichun sat up from the bed and looked at her. "Fourth girl, you don't have to kneel in trouble in the future. From now on, you will know that the most rare thing in this life is to stand on your feet." She remembered what her grandmother said, and the old lady's deep eyes hid too much wisdom in the world, and said lightly , and frightened her.

"Entering the painting..." She wanted to tell her not to kneel, but after thinking about it, she swallowed the words and knelt first. Kneel first, and later she will know that standing is not easy.Besides, she did something wrong today, so she can't be spoiled.Xichun thought about it and said, "What's going on today?"

Entering the painting, he kowtowed and said: "I dare not lie to Miss, that person is my cousin, who is now working under the hands of Master Zhen of the Dongfu. His original surname is Zhang, but his name is changed to Lai Yi'er. The bag that was given to me is from Master Zhen on weekdays. If you are happy to reward, I am afraid that someone will let you go in the East Mansion."

Xichun lowered her head and remained silent, just rubbed the quilt with her hands, her eyes were dark: "If it's just this matter... If there are other things, I will post them later, don't blame me for not being sympathetic." Xichun looked up at her, Sighed, "You also know that I am in a difficult situation. There are no people in the two places. The mansion doesn't tolerate me, and I don't want to go. This mansion is also a foreigner, but everyone takes care of the old lady's face and rewards me a few times." Tian'an has a birthday. Therefore, I absolutely don't want any tongues to fall into the hands of others."

"Girl..." Ru Hua was so anxious that she burst into tears, and swore to the sky, "Even if I die, I won't dare to dirty the girl's land."

"Okay then, get up and go to sleep." Xichun was going to lie down and go to bed.

Ruhua didn't dare to stand up, his face was flushed, he lay on the ground and said, "I have one more thing to ask the girl to do..."

"What's the matter?" Xichun turned to look at her, a little hesitant.

"I want to beg the girl... Lai Yier has already begged me in front of Uncle Zhen... I just ask the girl to agree..."

There was a chill in Xichun's chest, and she sneered, "I said there is such an innocent thing! The matchmaker's notes don't count, this time I have played to the end of my private life, and I have sung a complete set of The West Chamber! I don't know at all! You are here again Come to grind me for what to do, look at Uncle Zhen's love for you, wouldn't it be unreasonable to beg him together!"

The room was silent again, sobbing one after another, like the ethereal opera sounds on the stage.Xichun suddenly felt that she had returned to the same alienated state of mind as when she was sitting in the audience watching a play when she was young. She knew it was a play, but she couldn't understand it and couldn't get involved.On the ground, Ruhua cried so palely: "I belong to the girl, so why should I ask the master, once the girl leaves the court, I will follow, so I have to shamelessly explain everything, knowing that the lady is angry I can't even care about it! People live for a lifetime, each has his own master, I can't marry Feng Ziying just like you."

Xichun's hands and feet were cold, but the fire in his chest couldn't be suppressed, and he jumped up.The fire made her eyes flush, and she turned over and jumped out of the bed regardless of the cold, and raised her hand to slap Ru Hua across the face.

He didn't hit it in the end, and his hand stopped in mid-air.Can't beat!She never hit the servant girl, and the servant girl is also a human being.Of course it's also self-respect. Her entry into the painting only proves that she has a guilty conscience and low self-esteem.

Xichun was so angry that she choked dryly, staring into the painting!She, afraid that she would be angry!No, she is not afraid of her at all!He dared to say such unscrupulous and crazy words to her, did he despise her, and dared to say such words to Tanchun after changing his servant book?Does Zijuan dare to be so rude to Daiyu?

What the hell is belittling her!The haze of life experience surfaced in Xichun's heart, huge and ferocious.After so many years, she is not a rock, and she is not at all unmoved.She just didn't dare to move, couldn't move.How to discuss marriage?How do I introduce my background?The father-in-law and daughter-in-law were born from ashes!No matter how kind a family can accommodate such a daughter-in-law?Which man dares to love her?
Green light and yellow scroll, deeply rooted in wisdom, fart!It's not that the heart is ashamed and lifeless, who would like to be alone with the green lights and yellow rolls?
Marry Feng Ziying?Xichun suddenly thought of him whom she had met by chance, and she woke up the dreamer with a word into the painting, and she discovered another secret of her own—it was because of him that she felt strange when she came back today.That's a really good man, the man she likes is like a dexterous white fox suddenly jumping out of the woods, looking back at her, very coincidental!
But is it possible?What is his identity, and what is her identity.Yes, she is inferior.But who can give her a reason not to feel inferior?To be true, not light words of comfort.

Xichun turned around and sat down, smiling.This is not something that Ruhua can think of and say in a flash, she must know where the source of the rumors originated.Although she is cheap, she cannot be underestimated by others.

"Into the painting!" She asked tremblingly, "Who told you, who told you that I promised to the Feng family?"

"Girl." Seeing that her complexion had calmed down, Ruhua wiped away tears and said cautiously, "It was decided by the old lady of Dongfu when he was still alive. The heroic spirit of the old lady is not far away, so I don't dare to blame the old lady." She just asked Yi'er during the day, and Yi'er assured her that the news was true.

"At that time, the girl was still young, and now there is a big funeral, so even the girl herself didn't know."

Xichun was stunned, and fell on the chair, but her whole body felt slack, it was her father's idea... She felt sour in her heart, it was hard for him to remember, knowing that she had done something wrong, she tried to make up for it.He promised her to the Feng family, presumably everything has been taken care of for her...

I hope so……

Just a few days ago, she still wanted to isolate herself from the world.However, seeing Miaoyu's beautiful and desolate back, she became confused.Do you really want to do this?Why not go see the fresh world?She is not as good as Miaoyu.Miaoyu came from outside. No one knows what she has experienced.Maybe it was too difficult for the sea, that is another story.

And she herself is so indifferent, she has no story at all, and she has been stuck here since she was born.It's really not reconciled to bury the wet and grand youth like this.Even if the Buddha said that life is a moist illusion, and it is too miserable, ordinary people want to live richly and abundantly.She is an ordinary woman.

For Feng Ziying, Xichun's face felt hot.She really liked him, really liked him.If I can be with him in the future, these 16 years will not be in vain.

She looked at Ru Hua who was kneeling on the ground, thanked that she didn't slap her, stretched out her hand to pull her up, and said softly: "Get up, go to sleep. I will take what you said to heart."

Ru Hua struggled to stand up, her legs were numb after kneeling for too long.She looked at Xichun and exclaimed in a low voice: "Miss, you don't have shoes on, aren't you cold?"

"Hey!" Xichun blushed, but she warmed up first, turned around and ran towards the bed.

Enter the painting and laugh.Seeing Xichun flustered like a deer, she felt for the first time that Xichun was really immature and a shy little girl.

The laughter didn't stop, when I heard a commotion outside, the flames were burning, people were shouting, the garden was intruded by thieves!

Xichun and Ruoxiang looked at each other.

There was a lot of trouble that night, and it is said that the incident started from Yihong Courtyard.Qingwen and the others insisted that they saw a black shadow flashing over the wall, which frightened Baoyu!The woman who was watching at night couldn't explain clearly either, her words were vague enough to make people suspicious.The people above were alarmed, it was really a commotion, after all Zie Mao didn't see him, it's just that after the uproar, for several days, everyone felt uneasy.The uproar was like the wind blowing before a heavy rain.Then the clouds in the sky accumulated enough water vapor, like thick and heavy lead blocks, approaching the ground low and straight.

What happened!One night, just a few days after the incident of the thief, Xichun had already fallen asleep, and when she heard someone coming into the Nuanxiangwu, she got up in shock, staring blankly at the waning moon outside the window, the moon was as sharp as a wolf tooth.Xichun felt a pain in her heart, that ominous premonition seemed to pierce the rain cloud that had accumulated for several days, and the water was falling in small drops.Xichun looked at her hands again.Hands in cold sweat.Ruhua also woke up, stood by the bed and looked at her, shivering, not knowing whether it was cold or fear.

"...girls...they..."

"It's not for you." Xichun glanced at her, alarmed by a beautiful family?There must be other reasons for making a big fuss.She made up her mind, smiled a little, and ordered Ruhua: "Turn up the candlelight, and invite me to read the praises of the Buddha's deeds. You just go to the bed and lean on it, just don't know what's going on, and it won't be too late to come down when they come."

Went to the painting in a hurry.Xichun draped over her clothes and sat up, holding Buddha's praises in her hand, just read the sentence "peaceful like the earth", the sound was close to her ears.

I couldn't stand the painting, and got out of bed to see it, only to hear the warm curtain move, and Sister Feng walked in without missing a step.Xichun put down the book and was about to salute.Sister Feng smiled and went to the bedside and held Xichun's hand: "My sister will soon be saved. Reading like this in such a cold day, I can bear it at such a young age!"

Xichun smiled but didn't answer, she turned her face and asked Ruhua to pour tea for Sister Feng.

Entering the painting, I was eager to make a sound, so I slipped out.She wondered what was going on outside.

The rummaging outside was very busy, the clothes of the hairpin girls were scattered all over the floor, and the faces of all the girls were pale. They came here suddenly in the middle of the night, and no one knew why they came here.Because they didn't know, the fear became huge, and it was in everyone's heart, and no one got a little information in advance.

As soon as he entered the painting and saw a person, his face changed immediately.It was none other than Wang Shanbao's family, showing a pair of mouse teeth and smiling at her.

She is a person who knows her own details, Ru Hua is flustered, and her whole body is full of chicken chestnuts.Wang Shanbao's smile was like a mouse biting her.Not one, but fell into a rat's nest.

"Aunt Wang!" She gathered herself together, "I'll go and pour tea for Second Mistress." While talking, she slipped out.

In the inner room, Sister Feng and Xichun were talking.Sister Feng looked carefully at Xichun, her eyebrows really looked like her, her heart was sore, and she couldn't say anything.Xichun, this kind of life experience is not easy for anyone to talk about. If they know it, they will pretend not to know it.

Xichun saw the clue, forced a smile, and interrupted: "Second sister-in-law is here now, isn't she here to ask for tea with my sister?"

Sister Feng quickly returned to her usual frivolous and humorous, squeezed Xichun's hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's just that I'm tired from walking, so I stopped by my sister's place to ask for tea?"

Xichun looked at her with a smile.But Sister Feng couldn't hold on herself first, so she felt embarrassed.Naturally, she is not afraid of Xichun, but this face and eyes are too similar to Keqing, which makes her think of her old man.She and Keqing had a close friendship, remembering that year when Keqing was seriously ill, Sister Feng went to see her, she took her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I was born in such a family..." Weeping again, "It's just me No luck!"

But looking at it now, it's hard to say who is unlucky.But Qing died early and was liberated early. It is hard to say that she, who is lucky enough to live in this world, will live a long life.The husband doesn't love her, and the mother-in-law doesn't love her. Every day, she dresses herself up in a beautiful and beautiful way, and after all, she shows others the scene.The old lady said that she was made of Coptis chinensis—it was hard work on the inside and light on the outside, so it could be seen that it had gone through the cracks in the bones.

Men can embrace prostitutes and concubines, get drunk, but what can she do as a woman?No matter how capable she is, she can't act out of style, and occasionally flirts with Jia Rong, she is risking her beheading, and it's a great affair!Besides, men don't flirt with each other lightly, no one has benefited from her overtly or secretly, everyone just takes what they need!

But in the end it was still suspicious, a erotic sachet on the market dared to suspect her first!How unreasonable!Her mother-in-law stared at her like a villain with a pair of thief eyes every day!No matter how frivolous she is, how could she be willing to wear such obscene things.Sister Feng gritted her silver teeth secretly, and vowed to pay back, but she didn't show the slightest bit on her face, her pair of wonderful eyes were still full of spring water, and she watched Xichun.Xichun only felt that the two traces of eyes were only flowing warmly on her face.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Sister, let me tell you, something very important has been lost in the garden. I'm afraid the maid in some room picked it up! Don't hide it from my sister, I've almost seen it all by now." , drop by your place, nothing else, you don't have to worry, we just talk, they'll be fine outside for a while!"

Just as I was talking, there was a commotion outside.The voice of Wang Shanbao's family was as clear as steel beans, rubbing against each other to upset people, and he started to cry when he entered the painting. Xichun's heart shivered, he turned over and got out of bed, and sighed to Sister Feng: "Look, there is so much noise outside now, I just want to talk to my sister-in-law." Talking about the conversation is not over."

Sister Feng frowned, and smiled apologetically: "Wang Shanbao's family is really an old pickle, even I can't get enough of her. Seeing her making trouble all night, getting slapped by the third sister just now is not enough, but when I get to my sister, I still have to disturb her." Three stir four!"

While speaking, Xichun had already put on her clothes, and said with a sneer, "Of course it's not fun, I haven't been slapped at Nuanxiangwu yet! Maybe I've endured it before, and I'm safe now. Sister-in-law, let's go out and have a look."

As soon as this remark came out, Sister Feng was shocked, so she watched Xichun carefully.Her face was very gentle, but the coldness in her eyes was as sharp as a bright blade.Sister Feng thought about what she had seen a few days ago, lowered her head and laughed secretly, and almost fell in love with her again.

At this time, it was more chaotic outside.Entering the painting has already knelt down.Wang Shanbao's family intervened and sneered, and Zhou Rui's family took care of themselves. When they saw Sister Feng and Xichun coming out, they hurriedly handed over the things they had copied.

Sure enough, it was something Lai Yier handed over to Ruhua!
Wang Shanbao's family is not forgiving when they gain power, Xu Xu just said that she has long been reddened by the hairdressing clothes of the little maids in this place.Thinking about how shabby I was when I was young, but I was with a master who was not in power, Mrs. Xing didn't want to be seen by old ladies, and I was really ignorant, so even if she was involved, she would not be in power.Look at these little girls again, what are their abilities and hard work?It's just because of my youth.She has worked hard all her life and lost her youth, but she did not earn as much as they did.

Wang Shanbao's family made up their minds today to show off their prestige and strive to be the first everywhere, and when they see something in the painting, they are envious and jealous, and immediately go crazy!Such a good thing, not to mention anything else, just that snow fox cloak is enough to make her crap out of joy.

"Where did this thing come from! It's the same as what I said earlier, don't let me talk about it for a while!" Naturally, Wang Shanbao's family had already interrogated him, but he wanted to interrogate him again in front of his master to show his fineness.

"Rewarded by General Feng."

"Let's go..." Wang Shanbao's family, seeing Sister Feng and Xichun in front of them, didn't dare to be too presumptuous, swallowed the word "fart", and snorted, "You can see General Feng, he will reward you with this?"

"Yes...he rewarded it." The shadow of the candle swayed, chiseling shadow scars on Ru Hua's face, which became bigger and bigger.Entering the painting, weeping endlessly, Xichun watched coldly, showing no intention of defending her.

(End of this chapter)