Chapter 592: The remaining lotuses are left to listen to the sound of rain

In the afternoon at the Cuicui Temple, the fragrance of flowers permeates the autumn wind, swaying in the hearts of beautiful women, causing ripples.

Miaoyu raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian opposite the stone table, and handed over a newly made cup of tea in her hand. Suddenly, two clouds floated on her cheeks, and she couldn't help but asked softly: "Look What..."

Jia Lian took the tea cup and raised the beauty's hand. Seeing the beauty shying away, he smiled, took a sip of the good tea, and then read aloud: "There is a beauty. , hands are like catkins, skin is like gelatin, collar is like a caterpillar grub, teeth are like gourds and rhinoceros, with a coyote head and moth eyebrows, a charming smile, and beautiful eyes that look forward to it."

Jia Lian looked at the beauty in front of him, Thinking of the good things that happened last night, I feel very satisfied and happy.

And Miaoyu naturally understood that Jia Lian was praising her. She couldn't help but smile and said angrily: "Poor mouth." Even she felt surprised, and felt that it was very different from her past behavior, so she couldn't help but recall what she had entrusted her with her whole life last night, and she felt her cheeks get hot, and her heart seemed to have thousands of deer bumping around.

This frivolous prodigal had clearly deceived him, but he could not bear any resentment towards him in his heart. On the contrary, because of his sudden visit before, I felt very happy. Thinking about it, I felt that I really had no future. Therefore, she quickly calmed down her girlish demeanor and put on a calm look.

But she didn’t know that the more inhumane and cold her expression was, the more it made Jia Lian want to move. If he hadn’t known about Miaoyu, he would have refused. Jia Lian really wanted to hold her in his arms and hold the beauty in his arms. Enjoy with good tea.

"It's time for you to go back."

Although Miaoyu didn't know Jia Lian's inner thoughts, she could understand Jia Lian's increasingly wild eyes. Because I still had many concerns in my heart, I had to speak out.

“There’s no hurry.” Jia Lian continued to sip tea.

When Miaoyu saw this, her nose wrinkled slightly, but she said no more, poured herself half a cup of tea, tasted it, and enjoyed this wonderful afternoon tea time with her sweetheart.

"Hehehe, do you think what I said is right? They are indeed making tea and discussing Taoism. What an elegant scene!"

The girl's excited voice came, Disturbing the tranquility under the rose stand. Jia Lian and Miao Yu turned their heads and looked through the window of the courtyard partition wall. They saw Tan Chun happily walking towards this side with Shi Xiangyun, who was half a head shorter than her.

Jia Lian just smiled, but Miaoyu suddenly felt glad that she and Jia Lian did not behave out of the ordinary. The two of them sat across from each other, and there was only a set of tea sets that he had collected on the table. He expected that in the eyes of outsiders, he and Jia Lian were really just chatting over tea.That’s all.

Thinking of this, Miaoyu became more and more tall and calm.

"Brother Lian, Sister Lin is looking for you everywhere. Who knew you would hide here? Have you forgotten what you promised her last night?"

Tan As soon as Chun met, he started to spread rumors.

Jia Lian saw through the loopholes in Tanchun’s words at a glance. Based on Daiyu's personality, even if she wanted to find him, she would only touch him quietly without revealing any trace to others.

But Jia Lian had no intention of arguing with Tanchun, because as Tanchun's words fell, Miaoyu, who was originally as elegant and light as the autumn wind, suddenly turned cold.

She glanced at Jia Lian and said, "Since someone is looking for you, Lord Marquis, please go down the mountain. I'm sorry to accompany you."

After saying that, she and Tan Chun and Xiang Yun Er The man nodded and headed straight to the meditation room.

This certainly surprised the two Tanchun girls, but because Miaoyu had always been withdrawn, they didn't care. They immediately took Jia Lian down the mountain and told Jia Lian about their plan to row a boat.

Jia Lian had no reason to refuse. He immediately asked Xiangyun to go back and report the news. He personally led Tanchun to the dock and released the Tangmu boat and the awning boat.

Suddenly Yingchun, Baochai and others came and everyone boarded the boat.

"My sister-in-law said she had something to do and didn't come."

Jia Lian didn't say anything, and asked someone to bring some chessboards and fishing gear for the boat trip.

So, Jia Lian, Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Sanchun sisters, Shi Xiangyun and other masters took the larger awning boat, while their respective maids and two boat girls who were familiar with the water took the Several awning boats followed behind.

The autumn water is gurgling, and there is a bit of a bone-chilling chill in the clear air.

Daiyu, who was staring at Qiu Qing, had just tightened the clothes around her shoulders when she felt a warm weight covering her body. Looking back, it turned out that it was Jia Lian who had put his cloak on her body, which made her blush immediately and said quickly: "I don't have to, you can put it on yourself."

, while taking off his clothes. One of them was that she was embarrassed to accept Jia Lian's love and care in front of her sisters, and the other was that after she saw Jia Lian take off his cloak, he only had a thin slim-fitting shirt underneath, and she was afraid that Jia Lian would get cold.

“Don’t move.”

Jia Lian never gave Daiyu a chance to refuse. Pulling the lapel of the cloak towards Daiyu's chest and tightening it around her waist and abdomen, he squatted in front of her and tied the lapel tightly for her.

Of course, everyone else saw what they did, and the little sisters lookedDifferent, mostly snickering. This made Daiyu feel even more embarrassed. She glared at Jia Lian fiercely for a few times, but did not move again.

His clothes are really warm...

After Jia Lian wrapped Daiyu’s whole body in his cloak, he stepped back and looked at it, and was very satisfied. . It feels like making a cute little rice dumpling with your own hands.

After standing up, facing everyone's joking eyes, Jia Lian said calmly: "She is weak and Zicuckoo is not here, so I naturally have to take good care of her."

According to According to etiquette, Daiyu has been promised to Jia Lian, so it is not suitable for the two to meet. But Daiyu's situation is special and she needs to be fostered in Jia's house. It is impossible not to meet her like this.

The reason why Jia Lian showed his closeness and love to Daiyu in public without any worries was to make it natural for everyone to get used to it and to eliminate Daiyu's shyness. Otherwise, whenever there are outsiders around, this girl will be shy in front of him and won't dare to speak, which is very different from the sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued person she used to be.

Everyone obviously didn’t take Jia Lian’s explanation seriously. Tanchun, who was fishing with a fishing rod in his hand, gestured and touched Yingchun, who was playing chess with Baochai next to him, and said with a smile: "Second sister, are you cold?"

Yingchun responded more slowly and asked suspiciously: "It's not cold, what's wrong?"

"Oh, that's nothing. I also said that Si Qi and Xiu Ju are not on the boat. What should you do if you are cold too?

I think Brother Lian doesn’t have a second piece of clothing to wear. It turns out that everything in the play is true. This brother probably loves his sister, but once he marries his sister-in-law, he immediately My sister has been left aside."

These words were bold and witty, making everyone laugh.

Even Yingchun shook his head, but couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian. It's a pity that I really don't seem to be cold, so I blame it on wearing too many clothes when I went out.

Faced with everyone’s teasing, Daiyu seemed very embarrassed. But the clothes were already covering me, and if I took them off at this moment, it would make my face look dirty, so I simply took the usual measures and pretended not to see it, turned around and continued to look at the scenery of the lake.

Jia Lian, on the other hand, was calm and composed, and even went to watch the chess game next to Yingchun and the others.

The two protagonists were like this, and others gradually ignored this incident.

Xiangyun, who was sitting next to Baochai for a while, watching chess and interjecting, and then imitating Daiyu and looking out at the scenery, was extremely restless.

As the Tangmu boat sailed into the Lotus Lane in Qinfang River, I saw broken lotus leaves and withered lotus stems scattered on the river surface, giving it a desolate and decadent atmosphere.

Shi Xiangyun sighed and said: "In spring,I came over and saw them planting lotus flowers in the pond. They planted such a large area. I also said that in the summer, I must come and see the lotus flowers in bloom. Who would have thought that I didn't come..."

There was unspeakable regret and loss in his words.

Jia Lian's thoughts moved after hearing this. He still vaguely remembered that this girl Her life in the Shi family was not satisfactory. Her aunt and others were not charitable people, so she often wanted to play at Jia's house.

It was a pity that she had ignored it. After careful calculation, this Except for Jia Mu’s birthday, this girl has indeed not been to Rongguo Mansion for a long time. I don’t know how much worries and grievances this girl has hidden in her heart. It’s hard for her to still be so lively and cheerful.

Others didn’t know what was going on in Xiangyun’s family, and they all thought she was just regretful because she didn’t see the lotus.

Tan Chun said with a smile: “It doesn’t matter if you didn’t see it, all the lotuses in the world are the same. Nothing to see either. If you really like it, I asked people to pick a lot of lotus pods in the summer and dried them in the sun to make porridge. Why don't I give you a pack and pretend that you also see lotus flowers. "

Xiangyun was very angry after hearing this, "Why don't you say give me a handful of the stalks, that would be better. "

"If you like it, that's fine. "

At this time, Yingchun also saw the pond full of withered lotus leaves, and said: "It is really desolate. Why don't these dead branches and leaves be pulled out by people? Why don't they stay here? Although it looks good, it will easily pollute the stream after it rots. "

Baochai gave birth to a child and said with a smile: "There are people visiting this garden every day, so there is no time for people to clean it up." "

Everyone looked at this moment, but Jia Lian glanced at Daiyu, who was standing alone, and then said: "It's so simple. I will send people to pull out all the remaining lotuses tomorrow, and use Ship and leave. "

When Jia Lian said this, he deliberately made it louder to make sure Daiyu could hear it.

As expected, Daiyu moved, and after a long time, a faint voice came. : "I dislike Li Yishan's poems the most, but I like only one line. "

Hearing Daiyu mention Li Shangyin and talk about poetry, Xiangyun suddenly became interested, ran over and sat next to her and asked: "Why don't you like Li Yishan's poems? I think his Many poems are beautifully written. So what do you like about him? "

Daiyu was obviously not in the mood to argue with Xiangyun at this time, and only replied slowly: "Leave the lotus leaves to listen to the sound of rain~"

After that, No more words were said.

The rest of the people looked at each other in confusion. Among them, Yingchun was the most embarrassed. In this situation, should my brother listen to her and pull out the dead lotus, or should he listen to Sister Lin? , where are the remaining lotuses left to listen to the sound of rain?

XiangyunAfter being stunned for a moment, he sighed: "It's indeed a good sentence. How come I haven't heard it before? Looking at it now, these remnants have become much more respectable."

But said Jia Lian , it was originally intended to elicit Daiyu’s words.

He was very curious, why did Daiyu dislike Li Shangyin’s poems? In theory, Li Shangyin's poetry is exactly the same as Daiyu's in terms of the beauty of rhythm and the hazy and lingering feeling.

Li You said, "It's hard to say goodbye when we meet. The east wind is powerless and all the flowers are withered." Daiyu has "The autumn flowers are pale and the grass is yellow, and the autumn lights are solitary and the autumn nights are long."

Li has "The red building looks cold across the rain, and the bead-foil floating lantern returns alone", and Daiyu has "The green lantern shines on the wall when the person is sleeping for the first time, the cold rain knocks on the window and the quilt is not warm."

Li said, "This feeling can be recalled, but it was already lost at that time." Daiyu said, "Once the spring is gone, the beauty will grow old, and the flowers will fall and the people will die."

Li You said, "It is hard to get enough, and all the efforts are in vain. I want to break up at the fifth watch, and the green trees are heartless." Daiyu said, "Marry with the spring breeze and don't care. Go with me, endure the flood and stay." ".

There were so many that Jia Lian even felt in a trance that Daiyu was a character written based on Li Shangyin's poem.

Therefore, Jia Lian didn’t think it was a problem to say that Daiyu didn’t like Li Bai’s wildness, Du Fu’s concern for the country and the people, and Su Dongpo’s heroism. She said she didn't like Li Shangyin's poems. Jia Lian felt that she was probably lying.

So Jia Lian smiled and said: "This is really difficult to handle. Your second sister wants to pull out the remaining lotus, but you have to leave the remaining lotus to listen to the sound of rain..."

Before Jia Lian finished speaking, Yingchun hurriedly said: "No need to pull it out, I think what sister Lin said makes sense."

Yingchun's stance was too soft, Jia Lian chose to ignore it and continued to treat Dai Jade said: "Unless you can tell us all why you don't like Li Yishan's poems, I will listen to you and keep these remnants."

Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian , shrugged indifferently: "You can pull it out if you want, it has nothing to do with me."

　"Uh..."

Jia Lian did not expect Daiyu to be so He didn't want to give face, and it was not easy to attack him personally in front of other people, so he was stunned for a moment.

When other people saw this, although they found it interesting, they also sighed: Daiyu was the only one present, so she dared to let Jia Lian suffer like this in person.

Facing everyone's gaze, Jia Lian wished he could grab Daiyu and give her a few spankings to relieve her anger.

Seeing that Jia Lian’s questioning was unsuccessful, he sat down unhappily. The others laughed and asked: “It’s Sister Lin (Girl Lin), why don’t you like Li Yishan’s poems?”< br />
　"Oh, are you bothered? Ask one by one, and ask each other. I said I don't like Li Yishan's poems, and you are so curious? I also said that I don't like others asking questions, and so do you. Want to find out?"

Faced with Lin Daiyu's criticism, everyone expressed their helplessness, but they were not unable to accept it.

Xichun said: "Yes, Sister Lin, why don't you like us asking you questions?"

Have you thought about it? Have you thought about how to draw landscapes, figures, palaces and pavilions, plants, trees, bricks and tiles? And the old lady said that if you want you to be in the painting, you must include us I painted the scene of today’s garden visit, do you know how to do it?”

Xichun was speechless when asked, and finally understood why Daiyu didn’t like to be questioned. It's a bit annoying indeed.

Looking at Xichun’s dumb look, Daiyu suddenly became happy. She was wrapped in Jia Lian’s cloak, leaning on the railing of the boat, and continued to smile: “You don’t have to do anything else today. Painting, but don’t forget about the grass and insects!”

Everyone was puzzled, and Xichun asked: “What grass and insects?”

“Other things are fine, today’s mother If the locusts are not painted, wouldn't there be a shortage of scriptures?"

When Baochai and others heard this, they laughed dumbly. Everyone knows that what Daiyu is talking about is what happened when Jia Mu took Grandma Liu and her granddaughters to visit the garden in the morning. Especially at noon, there was a banquet at Qiu Shuangzhai. Grandma Liu, who was full and drunk, said something again in front of everyone. They sang and danced with such momentum that they were like locusts passing through the border.

Therefore, this female locust undoubtedly refers to Grandma Liu.

Daiyu didn’t laugh until someone died, and she didn’t pay for her life. Seeing everyone doing this, she sat up more and more, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish the painting, I will even think of the title and postscript for you. Well, let’s give it a name and call it “The Picture of Carrying Locusts Chewing.”

When everyone heard this, they all fell down. Among them, Shi Xiangyun, who was closest to Daiyu, watched Daiyu say these words. She was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight. She couldn't hold her steady and almost fell out of the cabin. Everyone was so shocked that they rushed to help her.

Jia Lian looked at the girls laughing and laughing quietly, especially Daiyu, who had not laughed like this for a long time, and felt very happy.

Looking around, I felt even more relieved to find that Jia Baoyu was not there. My wife's pain was not in vain. She really didn't want to see that boy so much. The needle was good.

Don’t say that Daiyu doesn’t respect the elderly and the virtuous. To Daiyu and others, Grandma Liu is just a funny country person. If you don’t agree, you can read the series of jokes that Grandma Liu made after entering the Grand View Garden in the original article... Maybe it is not very funny to modern people. But for the children of Duke Hou Men’s house, Grandma Liu simply couldn’t be too funny!