Seeing this, the Qing guests hurriedly smiled and catered to Baoyu, and praised Baoyu for his outstanding talent and extraordinary achievements.
Jia Zheng thought for a while and then said: "This plaque is a good title. Please write a seven-character couplet for me."
Baoyu looked around and realized the plan, so he read loudly: "The willows around the embankment will borrow three poles of green, and the flowers on the other side will share the fragrance."
After hearing this, Jia Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
When everyone saw this, they praised and flattered him again.
When you walk out of the pavilion and cross the pond, you can see every mountain, every stone, every flower and every tree, and you can't help but pay attention to it.
Suddenly I looked up and saw a pink wall in front of me. Inside, there were several couplets and buildings, covered by thousands of poles of green bamboo.
Everyone said: "What a great place!"
So everyone entered, only to see a winding verandah at the entrance, with stones under the steps forming a corridor.
There are two or three small rooms above, one is light and the other is dark, and inside are beds, chairs and tables built according to the location.
There is another small door from the inner room, which leads to the backyard, where there are large pear trees and plantains. There are two more small steps.
Suddenly a gap opened under the wall of the backyard, and a spring was found. The ditch was only a few feet long, and it poured into the wall. It went around the steps to the front yard and spiraled out under the bamboo.
Seeing this, Jia Zheng smiled and said: "This place is good. If you can study here on a moonlit night, your life will not be in vain." After saying that, he looked at Baoyu with his eyes, and Jia Baoyu quickly lowered his head in fear.
Seeing that something was not right in the atmosphere, everyone quickly used gossip to distract them.
At this time, someone said: "This is a suitable place to write four words."
Jia Zhengxiao asked: "What four words?"
One person said: "Qishui legacy."
Jia Zheng shook his head: "Vulgar."
Another person said: "The title is 'Elegant Traces of Sui Garden'."
Jia Zheng shook his head again: "It's vulgar."
Seeing this, Jia Zhen teased Baoyu with a smile: "Brother Bao, let's come up with a question!"
Jia Zheng said: "He hasn't even asked the question yet, but he has to talk about the good and bad of others first. It shows that he is an ungrateful person."
When all the Qing guests heard this, they smiled and waved their hands and said, "If the discussion is good, it doesn't matter."
Jia Zheng said hurriedly: "We must not let him go."
He turned back to Baoyu and said, "Is there anything that everyone mentioned just now that can be used?"
Baoyu said: "This is the first place seen by the imperial concubine. It must praise the saint's virtues. If a four-character plaque is used and there are original words from the ancients, why is it necessary to inscribe it again."
Jia Zheng said: "Don't 'Qishui' and 'Suiyuan' belong to the ancients?"
Baoyu said: "These are too dull and not as appropriate as the four characters 'You Feng Lai Yi'."
All the pilgrims clapped their hands and applauded.
Jia Zheng nodded and said: "Beast, beast, you are so shallow."
Then he ordered him: "Please write another couplet."
Baoyu had no choice but to read another couplet at his father's request: "The smoke of Baoding tea is still green, and the fingers of the chess player in the quiet window are still cold."
After hearing this, Jia Zheng said, "I'm not necessarily better than others." Then he led everyone out.
As they were talking and walking, they suddenly saw a green mountain blocking them in front. Just as they turned the corner of the mountain, a yellow mud wall was faintly exposed. Straw poles were inserted into the wall for cover, and there were hundreds of branches of apricot flowers.
Seeing this, Jia Zheng smiled and asked everyone: "There is something interesting here, what should I inscribe?"
Everyone said: "Just now Baoyu said, 'It is better to focus on the new than to talk about the old.' Here it is best to use the ancient word 'Xinghua Village'."
After hearing this, Jia Zheng said: "Although 'Xinghua Village' is good, it just violates the name. It would be better to give it a different name."
Everyone catered to him and said, "That's good, sir, but what's the best name for it?"
Everyone was pretending to be deep in thought, but Baoyu had already lost his composure. Before his father could speak, he said: "An ancient poem said 'wine flags are hung on the tips of red apricots', but now we write the four words 'apricot curtains are in sight'."
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Everyone said: "What a good 'in hope', and it also implies the meaning of 'Xinghua Village'."
Baoyu sneered and said: "If the name of the village uses the word 'Xinghua', it would be very tacky.
There is a sentence like this in Tang poetry, ‘Chaimen faces the fragrance of rice flowers’, why not use ‘Daoxiang Village’?”
After hearing this, all the Qing guests shouted in unison: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Jia Zheng was furious and shouted: "Ignorant beast, you have read a few ancient books, met a few ancient people, recited a few ancient poems, and then you overestimated your ability and played around in front of the old gentlemen. I just asked you to try it. It's funny."
It's just for fun, just put it on your nose and face."
After saying that, Jia Zheng led everyone into Maotang, where they saw that the windows inside were papered with white paper and the couches were made of red boards, giving it an air of wealth and wealth.
Of course Jia Zheng was very happy, so he just looked at Baoyu and said, "How is this place?"
All the Qing guests hinted at Baoyu and asked him to agree to the master's wishes.
Unexpectedly, Baoyu didn't listen at all, and only said: "It's better to have a phoenix coming here."
Jia Zheng turned around and reprimanded him: "You ignorant fool, you don't know the quiet atmosphere here at all. The fundamental reason is that you have read too few books!"
Baoyu quickly said: "My master's lesson is certainly reasonable, but what does the ancient word 'natural' mean?"
Seeing that Baoyu was so stubborn and not listening to advice, everyone was afraid that he would be scolded again, so they hurriedly said: "Brother, I understand everything, why don't you understand the word 'natural'?
‘Natural’ means that it is made naturally by God and cannot be made by human beings.”
Baoyu said: "If you put it this way, setting up a farm here is obviously a human effort. It is far away from neighboring villages, not close to the city, not close to mountains, not close to water, there are no ancient temples and towers, and there is no bustling city.
, being alone is not what ordinary people like. Where can I compare with the previous places where there are natural principles and natural gas?
Even if you plant bamboos to divert springs, there is no need to dig holes through the mountains. The ancients said that the word "natural pictures" is not the kind of artificially cultivated soil to build mountains. Although it is ingenious in every possible way, it can never be suitable..."
Baoyu's mouth is like a river, flowing endlessly.
Before he could finish speaking, Jia Zheng was already shouting at the side: "Kick me out!"
Baoyu just walked out and heard Jia Zheng shout again: "Come back! Ask another couplet. If it doesn't make sense, let's get slapped together!"
Baoyu had already been frightened to the point of trembling. After hearing this, he could only tremble and recite: "The new green is growing everywhere, and the fragrance of clouds protects those who pick celery."
After Jia Zheng heard this, he gave up and then led everyone to visit some places.
Everywhere he went, Baoyu's words were extraordinary and everyone praised him. Although Jia Zheng kept yelling and scolding, he was still very happy in his heart.
While walking, Jia Zheng suddenly thought of something and said to Baoyu: "Why don't you go back quickly to see if the old lady is thinking about you? Haven't you had enough fun?"
After hearing this, Baoyu quickly retreated.
As soon as he arrived outside the hospital, a servant who was waiting next to Jia Zheng hugged Baoyu and said, "Thanks to the master, I am happy today. The old lady sent someone to call me several times just now. We all said that the master likes it. Otherwise, the old lady would be happy."
If I don’t ask you to go in, you won’t be able to show your hands!
Everyone says that the poems you just wrote are better than everyone else’s, and you are in the limelight today, so we should be rewarded!”
