Chapter 590 Leave the remaining lotus to listen to the sound of rain
In the afternoon at Caicui'an, the fragrance of flowers permeated the autumn wind, swaying in the hearts of beautiful women and causing ripples.
Miaoyu raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian, who was opposite the stone table, and handed over a new cup of tea in her hand. Suddenly, two clouds floated on her cheeks, and she couldn't help but asked softly: "What are you looking at..."
Jia Lian took the tea cup and raised the beauty's bare hand. Seeing the beauty ducking shyly, he smiled, took a small sip of the good tea, and then read aloud: "There is a beauty, her hands are like catkins, her skin is like gelatin, and her collar is like
The larvae have teeth like gourds and rhinoceros, they have slender heads and moth-like eyebrows, they have a charming smile and beautiful eyes."
Jia Lian looked at the beauty in front of him and thought of the beautiful things he had done last night. He felt very satisfied and happy.
Naturally, Miaoyu understood that Jia Lian was praising her, so she couldn't help but smile and scolded: "You're a poor talker."
When the coquettish words came out, even she felt surprised. She felt that her behavior was very different from her past actions. Therefore, she couldn't help but recall the things she had entrusted her with for the rest of her life last night. She felt her cheeks get hot and her heart seemed to be filled with thousands of deer.
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This frivolous prodigal had clearly deceived him, but he could not bear any resentment in his heart. On the contrary, because of his sudden visit before, he was overjoyed. Thinking about it, he felt that he really had no future, so he hurriedly restrained the girl.
The coquettish attitude was replaced by a look of indifference.
Little did she know that the more inhumane and cold her expression was, the more Jia Lian was tempted to move. If he hadn't known that Miao Yu would have refused, Jia Lian would have really wanted to hold her in his arms and enjoy the beauty and the 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 she still had many concerns in her heart, she had to speak out.
"No hurry." Jia Lian continued to sip tea.
When Miaoyu saw this, her nose wrinkled slightly, but she said no more. She poured half a cup of tea for herself, tasted it, and enjoyed this wonderful afternoon tea time with her sweetheart.
"Hehehe, do you see what I said is right? They are indeed making tea and discussing Taoism. What an elegant scene!"
The girl's cheering voice came, disturbing the tranquility under the rose flower stand. Jia Lian and Miaoyu turned their heads and looked through the window of the courtyard partition wall. They saw Tan Chun with a girl who was half a head shorter than her.
Shi Xiangyun walked towards this side happily.
Jia Lian just smiled, but Miaoyu was suddenly 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 they had collected on the table. Unexpectedly, in the eyes of outsiders, she and Jia Lian were really nothing more than
Just drinking tea and chatting.
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?"
As soon as Tanchun met, he started to spread rumors.
Jia Lian saw through the loopholes in Tanchun's words at a glance. With Daiyu's personality, even if she wanted to find him, she would only touch him quietly and not reveal the slightest 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 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'll excuse you."
After saying that, he, Tanchun and Xiangyun nodded and headed straight into the meditation room.
Although this 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.
When spring came, 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 people to bring some chessboards and fishing gear for the boat trip.
So Jia Lian, Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, the 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 behind them.
Accompany.
The autumn water is gurgling, and the clear air carries a bit of a bone-chilling chill.
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, she saw that it was Jia Lian who had put his cloak on her body, which made her immediately
She blushed and said quickly: "I don't have to, you can dress yourself."
As she spoke, she wanted to take off her clothes. One of them was because she was embarrassed to accept Jia Lian's love and care in front of her sisters, and the other was because after she saw Jia Lian take off his cloak, she only had a slim-fitting thin inner shirt underneath, and was afraid that Jia Lian would be cold.
With.
"do not move."
Jia Lian didn't give Daiyu a chance to refuse. He pulled the lapel of his cloak towards Daiyu's chest, tightened it around her waist and abdomen, then squatted in front of her and tied the lapels tightly for her.
Naturally, everyone else saw what they were doing. The little sisters had different expressions and mostly snickered. This made Daiyu feel more and 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. He was very satisfied. It felt like he had made a cute little rice dumpling with his own hands.
After getting up, facing everyone's joking eyes, Jia Lian said calmly: "She is weak and Zijuan is not here, so I naturally have to take good care of her."
According to etiquette, Daiyu has been promised to Jia Lian, so it is not suitable for the two to meet. However, Daiyu's situation is special and she needs to be fostered in Jia's house, so it is impossible not to meet.
The reason why Jia Lian showed his closeness and love to Daiyu in public without any hesitation was to make it natural for everyone to get used to it and to avoid Daiyu's shyness. Otherwise, this girl would be shy in front of him whenever there were outsiders.
, he didn’t dare to say anything, which was very different from the sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued person before.
Everyone obviously didn't take Jia Lian's explanation seriously. Tanchun, who was fishing with a fishing rod, touched Yingchun, who was playing chess with Baochai next to him, and said with a smile: "Second sister, are you cold?"
Yingchun's reaction was slower and she asked doubtfully: "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 see that Brother Lian doesn’t have a second piece of clothing. It turns out that what is said in the play is true. This brother probably loves his sister, but once he married his sister-in-law, he immediately abandoned her. .”
These words were bold and humorous, making everyone laugh.
Even Yingchun shook his head, but couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to be cold, so he blamed himself for wearing too many clothes when he came out.
Faced with everyone's teasing, Daiyu seemed very embarrassed. But the clothes were already covering her body, and if she took them off at this time, it would make her look awkward, so she simply took the usual measures, pretended not to see it, turned around and continued to look at the scenery of the lake. go.
Jia Lian, on the other hand, was calm and composed, and even walked up to Yingchun and the two to watch the chess game.
The two protagonists were like this, and others gradually ignored this incident.
Sitting next to Baochai for a while, he looked at chess and licked his lips, and for a while, Xiangyun imitated Daiyu and looked out at the scenery. He was extremely restless.
As Tang Mu's boat sailed into the Lotus Lane in Qinfang River, he saw broken lotus leaves and withered lotus stems scattered across the stream, giving it a desolate and decadent air.
Shi Xiangyun sighed and said: "I came over in the spring 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 over to see the lotus flowers in bloom. Who knows that I didn't come... …”
In words, there is unspeakable regret and loss.
Jia Lian's thoughts changed after hearing this. He still vaguely remembered that this girl's life in the Shi family was not satisfactory. It seemed that her aunt and others were not charitable people, so she often wanted to come to Jia's house to play.
It's a pity that I ignored it. After careful calculation, except for Jia Mu's birthday, this girl has indeed not been to Rongguo Mansion for a long time. I don't know how many worries and grievances this girl has hidden in her heart. It's hard for her to behave like this. 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 flowers.
Tan Chun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you haven't seen it. All the lotus flowers in the world are all the same, and there is nothing interesting about them. If you really like it, I had people pick a lot of lotus pods in the summer and dry them in the sun to make porridge. How about drinking them?" I'll give you a pack just in case you see lotus flowers too."
Xiangyun was very angry after hearing this, "Why don't you say pull out some of the stumps and give it to me, that would be better."
"If you like it, that's fine."
At this time, Yingchun also saw the withered lotus leaves in the pond, and said: "It's really desolate. Why don't people pull out these dead branches and leaves? It's not good to leave them here. It will be easier after they rot." It polluted the stream."
Baochai gave birth to a child and said with a smile: "People visit this garden every day, so there is no time for people to clean it up."
Everyone looked at them at this time, but Jia Lian glanced at Daiyu, who was standing alone, and then said: "It's so simple. I will send people tomorrow to pull out all the remaining lotuses and ship them away."
When Jia Lian said this, he deliberately spoke louder to make sure Daiyu could hear it.
As expected, Daiyu's figure moved, and after a long time a faint voice came: "I don't like 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 and ran over to sit next to her and asked: "Why don't you like Li Yishan's poems? I think many of his poems are very beautiful."
So what do you like about him?"
Daiyu was obviously not in the mood to argue with Xiangyun at this time, so she only replied slowly: "Leave the lotus leaves to listen to the sound of rain~"
After speaking, no more words were said.
The others all looked at each other in confusion. Among them, Yingchun was the most embarrassed. In this situation, should brother listen to her and pull out the dead lotus, or should he listen to Sister Lin and leave the remaining lotus to listen to the sound of rain?
After Xiangyun was stunned for a moment, he sighed: "It's indeed a good sentence. Why haven't I heard it before? Looking at it now, these remnants have become much more respectable."
But Jia Lian said that he deliberately wanted to elicit Daiyu's remarks.
He was curious as to why Daiyu didn't like Li Shangyin's poems. In theory, Li Shangyin's poems were exactly the same as Daiyu's in terms of the beauty of rhythm and the hazy and lingering feeling.
Li 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 miserable, the autumn grass is yellow, and the autumn lights are solitary and the autumn nights are long."
Li said, "The red building looks cold across the rain, and the bead-foil floating lantern returns alone." Daiyu said, "The green lantern shines on the wall, and the person is sleeping for the first time, and the cold rain knocks on the window and the quilt is not warm."
Li said, "This feeling can be recalled later, 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 people will die."
Li You said, "Already it is hard to be full, and labor and hatred are in vain. At the fifth watch of the night, I want to break up, 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 suddenly felt 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. When she said she didn't like Li Shangyin's poems, Jia Lian felt that she was probably lying.
So Jia Lian laughed and said: "This is really difficult. Your second sister wants to pull out the remaining lotus, but you want to leave the remaining lotus to listen to the sound of rain..."
Before Jia Lian finished speaking, Yingchun hurriedly said: "There's 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 say to Daiyu: "Unless you can tell us all why you don't like Li Yishan's poems, I will listen to you and keep these remnants.
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Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian and shrugged nonchalantly: "You can pull it out if you want. It has nothing to do with me."
"Well……"
Jia Lian didn't expect that Dai Yu would be so disrespectful and would not attack her personally in front of other people, so she was stunned for a moment.
When the others saw this, although they found it interesting, they also sighed: Daiyu was the only one present, so she dared to make Jia Lian suffer in this way.
Facing everyone's gaze, Jia Lian wished he could grab Daiyu and slap her little buttocks a few times to relieve her anger.
Seeing Jia Lian and asking questions, he failed.
Sitting down unhappily, the others laughed and asked: "That's right Sister Lin (Girl Lin), why don't you like Li Yishan's poems?"
"Oh, are you bothered? Let's ask each other. I said I don't like Li Yishan's poems, but you are so curious? I also said I don't like others asking questions, so you also want to find out.
after all?"
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?"
Daiyu looked at her and said, "Have you thought about the task that the old lady has given you? Have you thought about how to paint the landscapes, figures, palaces and pavilions, every plant, tree, brick and tile? And the old lady
But I said, I want you to draw the scene of our visit to the garden today in the painting, do you know how to do it?"
Xichun was speechless when asked, and finally understood why Daiyu didn't like being asked questions. It was indeed a bit annoying.
Seeing Xichun's dumb look, Daiyu suddenly became happy. She wrapped herself in Jia Lian's cloak, leaned against the railing of the boat, and continued to laugh: "You don't have to draw anything else today, but don't forget the grass and insects."
Got it!"
Everyone was puzzled, and Xichun asked: "What kind of grass insect?"
"Other things are fine, but if we don't draw the mother locust today, won't we be missing a symbol?"
Baochai and others burst into laughter when they heard this. Everyone knew that what Daiyu was talking about was what happened when Jia Mu took Grandma Liu and her granddaughters to visit the garden in the morning, especially when they held a banquet at Qiu Shuangzhai at noon, where they had enough to eat and drink.
Grandma Liu, who was full of energy, sang and danced in front of everyone, with such momentum, it was like locusts passing through the border.
Therefore, there is no doubt that this female locust refers to Grandma Liu.
Daiyu didn't laugh until someone died, so when she saw everyone was doing this, she sat up more and more and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish the painting. I've even thought of a title and postscript for you. I'll give you a name.
How about making a picture of "Carrying Locusts to Chew"?
Everyone fell down when they heard the words. Among them, Shi Xiangyun, who was closest to Daiyu, watched Daiyu say these words. She laughed so hard that she couldn't stand upright. She couldn't hold her steady and almost fell out of the cabin. She was so shocked.
Everyone hurried to help him.
Jia Lian quietly looked at the girls who were laughing together, especially Daiyu, who had not laughed like this for a long time, and felt very happy.
Looking around, I found that Jia Baoyu was not there, and I felt even more relieved. My wife's pain was not in vain, she really didn't want to see that boy so much, the needle was good.