Alternative Telling of Dream of Red Mansions: Cherishing Spring

Chapter 8
"I'm not your brother, I'm your enemy, remember reincarnation to seek revenge on me. You remember my face, remember my name, my name is Jia Zhen. Don't find the wrong person."

"Bastard!" Qin Keqing, who fell to the ground, stretched out his hand to grab the candlestick—well, if he was going to die, we should all die together!She threw the candlestick at Jia Zhen, desperately.

Jia Zhen flashed instinctively, and had no choice but to let go of Xichun.

Xichun saw Qin Keqing throwing herself on her, crying, "Xi'er, I am your mother, mother will not leave you alone!"

Xichun felt the hands around her neck loosen, but another pair of invisible hands stretched out, as if to cover her, she hugged Keqing and called—Mother.

In this life, the only mother who cried out.

She remembered Keqing's tears, like an overwhelming flood, covering her face, her neck, and her hands.She felt that the tears were hot, like candle oil, which scalded her whole body, and she was riddled with holes from then on.

In the dream, many things passed leisurely, but Qing died and was buried.In Yuanchun, the noble concubine was promoted, and the family members went back to the mansion to visit their relatives with great grandeur.The grand view garden was built vigorously, the sisters all lived in it, and the poetry club started several times.Grandma Liu came, and the old ancestor asked her to paint the garden. So many things, how did they pass in a while?

Hugh imitates short dreams as yellow beams.The old gets old, the young gets old, the lost, the forgotten, the love and grievances are quietly generated over time, but they are finally annihilated in time.Life is such a thorny and smooth fleeting time.

Xichun woke up.When she opened her eyes, she saw the white banners covering the sky on Rongning Street, and there were still deacons and other things in front of the coffin.Is it still that day?When I looked closely again, it was no longer the masonry coffin, the name on the banner of the spirit tablet had been replaced by Jia Jing, and what everyone was holding up was a coffin made of nanmu wood.

It seems like many years have passed.Xichun looked at herself in the mirror, smiled and sighed: "Maybe I am old a long time ago, but I am only willing to admit it today."

She turned around and asked Ru Hua behind her, "Are you fifteen this year?"

"It's been fifteen, girl. Aren't you all old?" Ruohua answered leisurely while combing her hair.She also has her expectations and thoughts, which are as vague as the shadow of the moon in the waves.

"I'm sixteen." Xichun smiled like a rose that has started to wither before it blooms.

After washing and washing for a while, everyone came to visit, wave after wave, like the endless water patterns outside the lotus root and champagne.Xichun had to socialize with each other one by one, originally he had no turmoil in his heart, but he had to stretch out a stick to muddy his heart, which made his chest sour, and she shed a few tears before giving up.

Xichun is lonely, most people just send Nuanxiangwu out, then turn around and close the door.Everyone pitied her for the loss of her parents at a young age, and they didn't care too much about her.On the contrary, the ancestors and wives were very worried, and sent people to ask about the cold and warmth every three days, and asked Sister Feng to take more care of her.

Xichun was disgusted and couldn't tell.It is unavoidable to go up to thank you and thank you. If you have done enough, there will be fewer people coming.If this is the case, the people in Nuanxiangwu will be turned on their backs.Entering the painting led a few women, knocking on the curtain one after another, serving tea and water to see off the guests, exhausted.Helpless, the rules in the mansion are very strict, women and girls who are not clean are not allowed to come into the house because they are just rough envoys outside.Only Ru Hua and a few little girls were busy.

At first I didn't know when I entered the painting, but I still did my homework every day, and I was surprised to see that people came no longer so vigorously.When Xichun told her the reason, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.But people also have a sense of contempt. People who are used to being busy are suddenly idle, and they stand in the room feeling a little dazed.This day was early and busy again, Xichun and Miaoyu were playing chess in the room.Those who came back and forth into the painting didn't know what to do, and didn't dare to disturb them. They just took the fish food and leaned against the railing under the corridor to watch the fish, rubbing the railing with their hands in boredom.The blue railings make the hands whiter, as if the green bamboos are covered by heavy snow in midwinter.She just leaned on it like this, looking at the water, while thinking about her heart, the water here is neither grand nor vast.The gloomy fish scales are as white as a mirror covered with mist, which is why it is easy to arouse those thoughts that are indescribable and unclear.

Just as he was watching the painting engrossed, someone beside him suddenly laughed: "Miss is so thoughtful, why are you sighing at such a young age, but are you worried that you won't be able to marry Ruyilang?"

When he entered the painting, he was caught off guard, startled and jumped, looking up, a horse face approached, with thin mouth and cheeks, a pair of hanging triangular eyes, smiling and only looking at himself.When I looked closely, it turned out that it belonged to Mrs. Xing's companion, Wang Shanbao's family - an old annoyance who is used to relying on the wind to do evil.

"You're fucking dead! Did you just say this nonsense here? I'll go back carefully, the second grandma is full after a meal, let's see if you can take it." Ru Hua rubbed his chest with his hands and scolded.Seeing it was her, he was unhappy at first, then surprised and angry.After all, Ruhua is born as a young lady, and she can't bear to be angry with others every day. Now even such an old woman who looks like a dead leaf in a muddy pit dares to laugh at her.Entering the painting was so angry that his hands trembled, and he wanted to shave her ears, but he held back after thinking about it, casually sprinkled the fish food in the pond, slapped his hands, left, turned around and sneered, "Ma'am, I'll kill you if you don't want me."

Wang Shanbao's family didn't feel annoyed, they lost their eyes, followed her with a smile on their face, Ruhua became suspicious, and deliberately walked to a place where no one was around.The rockery in this garden is lush with flowers and trees, and under the shade of the trees behind the stones, it is convenient to talk.

The sun was so clear that it couldn't reach here. Behind the rockery, there were thick flowers and grass, and shadows abounded.It is cold on the stone, without a drop of sunlight.Ruhua stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "This rock is cold, so Madam is careful to keep her body cold." Then he took out a handkerchief and put it on the stone for Wang Shanbao's family to sit on. He picked up a clean stone and left Wang Shanbao's house. Sit down far away.At the moment just now, she made up her mind not to offend that old loach, and waited to see what she had to say before making a fuss.

After thinking about it, Ruhua smiled slightly and said: "Aunt Wang, please tell me if you have something to say."

"Miss." Wang Shanbao's family smiled with narrow eyebrows and eyes trembling, "Miss is a smart person, and I won't say that nonsense, it was Brother Yier from Dongfu who asked me to pass the message to you."

After hearing this, Ruhua was shocked as if something had sprouted in his heart, but his face sank, he smiled coldly, stood up and walked behind the rockery, gritted his teeth while laughing and said: "Madam, please come back, don't say anything at this moment, come here I don’t even know the gods. If there are any foul words, such as the words about the West Wing, you should put them back in your belly, aunt, and you don’t have to say them, and I won’t listen to them. If you think that I am such a rash person , he made the wrong idea."

Wang Shanbao's family came up and reached out to hold her, touched her face, and said with a smile: "Hey! You are so tender-skinned, what are you doing in front of me, and you pretend not to recognize me. Brother Laiyi'er is already here Uncle Zhen begged you in front of you, either halfway through the Ming road, no matter how much money I have to ask, I dare not accept this job."

"Ma'am, show some respect." Ruhua held back his anger.It's nothing else, just entering the painting and getting used to the light sandalwood, and the sour smell of Wang Shanbao's family rushed straight to the bridge of her nose, which made her unbearable.Entering the painting, she immediately took a few steps back, shook off her hand, and said sternly, "What do you mean by what you said? Why did he beg me? I still have to serve the girl. Even if the girl leaves the cabinet, I'll take care of you." I have to follow him to serve, counting the heavens and the earth, and I didn't follow his reason."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Wang Shanbao's family clapped their hands and laughed: "I was originally a young girl, but unexpectedly, the girl understands! Now, it's not that you are going to marry and accompany the house, so I am anxious to beg you to the Lord. Fortunately, our master is merciful, so he agreed."

Ruhua didn't care about the disgusting smell on her body, grabbed her and asked, "Is this true? The girl's reputation can't be ruined."

Wang Shanbao's family sat down, put his hands in his sleeves, looked at her with both eyes, and said with a smile: "My mother eats more salt than you eat rice. The matter of disappearing is related to the fact that there is no one in the house. Miss Qinggui, do I dare to talk nonsense?"

Entering the painting, he bowed his head and remained silent for a long time before saying, "Our young lady also said that she would shave her head and become a sister-in-law..."

Wang Shanbao's family laughed loudly, and his face was filled with mountains and valleys, which looked like crumpled kraft paper.The face was so picturesque that I was terrified, but it was laughing again, and the voice pierced hard into my ears: "I heard your lady dreaming, how can there be a lady from the Duke's family to become a nun? It was the old ancestor who promised, and the late grandpa returned it. Forbidden! This marriage was ordered by the late grandpa, because the concubine in the palace died, and it was three years of national mourning. I was afraid that the young lady would know her wild intentions, so she would hide it like an iron bucket. Speaking of it, the fourth girl It's too bad, the old man is dead now, and it's been three years, and he's getting old after marrying..."

"Who is the opposite family?" Ru Hua didn't care to pursue Wang Shanbao's family's crime of disrespect, he squeezed his handkerchief tightly and asked, because his nails turned white from the tension because of too much force.There was a heart beating violently in the chest, this matter could not be wrong, one mistake, it was the life of two people who were wrong.

Cold sweat broke out in his palms.After a while, Ruhua heard a dry voice coming from his throat. The voice didn't seem to be his own: "Since the higher-ups ordered it to be kept secret, how did the aunt know? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

At this moment, Wang Shanbao's family was annoyed. He slapped his buttocks and stood up, pointing at her angrily and said, "Well, you little rotten hoof, you didn't come here for the sake of asking, I will come here? Is it so considerate to tell you?" My own words? But I took my mother’s kindness as a donkey’s liver and lungs! Suspected my mother? I’m leaving, do you believe it or not!” said as if to leave.

Entering the painting, she didn't care about being happy, and Yi'er worked hard for herself, and she saw that Wang Shanbao's family's expressions were not pretending, so she hurriedly held her back, and said with a smile: "Where did the aunt say it? Is it possible that I don't know what the aunt is capable of? Let's keep it secret." I can’t hide it from you, can I? I made a mistake when I was young, please bear with me.”

After a lot of coaxing, Wang Shanbao's family probably thought that there was a lot of money, so he calmed down, and pointed his hand on the forehead of the painting and taught him: "There is an old saying that 'fish has a way of fish, and shrimp has a way of shrimp'. You don't understand this. Is it? Don't mention anything else, if I don't have any skills, I dare to rush into this garden to send you a message? It doesn't matter if I tell you, the man is Feng Ziying. It's not an insult to your lady, and you are on good terms with Master Zhen. It seems that you and In the future, Lai Yi'er will have both ways. I have to take care of you more." Wang Shanbao said with a smile.These words were somewhat sincere, if she didn't have such a plan in her heart, she would not take the risk of entering the garden to spread the word.

"Aunt Cheng's auspicious words." Ru Hua said with a absent-minded smile.One sentence was caught by Wang Shanbao's family, and he went to ask for credit and receive the reward with a smile.

"An old annoyance who is used to relying on the wind to do evil!" Ru Hua leaned against the tree and bowed his head, laughing and cursing, but his heart was like a bamboo blossoming, clusters of clusters, burning fire in his heart.After all, it is happiness, seeing the leaves fluttering and falling, and reaching out to catch them, it seems that I can still smell the fragrance of the last green leaves.Plantains, magnolias, and begonias, layer upon layer of incense, envelop her tightly.

After being overjoyed, Ruhua felt his whole body was sore and limp. He leaned limply on the stone bench, covered his face with a veil, and looked at the sky through the silk.The pink and moist rose color of the sky covered the human face overwhelmingly, and it was slightly hot.

These nine songs are tender and the road of love is winding.Do she and him have today?

(End of this chapter)