Jia Lan went to the spring examination, and Lady Wang and Li Wan were in suspense. Tanchun explained to Zhou Qiong that he had come back to wish Lady Wang a happy return. Although Li Wen and Li Qi had been promised, they had not married yet. Aunt Li was afraid that Li Wan would be bored, so she called the two sisters over to accompany her. For a moment, it felt lively.
Tanchun had always loved the garden, but this time, it was spring and the flowers were in full bloom. She returned to Lady Wang and brought the servant, Cui Mo, and the old women to live in Autumn Bright House. He also urged Li Wan and Wenqi sisters to move to Daoxiang Village. Li Wan had this intention for a long time, so she naturally agreed. Because the garden had been deserted for a long time, Lady Wang first instructed Jia Lian to inform the stewards to send more servants to clean the houses and repair the flowers and trees. Some of the collapsed and damaged ones were rebuilt. In just a month's time, the weather changed and the dust was swept away.
Baochai told Tanchun about her plans for Xiangyun. Tanchun and Xiangyun had always been on good terms and felt that this was the most appropriate place to settle them. He took the opportunity to discuss with Xichun and went back to Madam Wang. "Yun 'yatou is a widow who has lost her job. It's quite pitiful that she didn't seek shelter!" We usually have many idlers, and he's used to living here. Is there still a need for him? If she came, she just had to be at home and not be distant.”Tanchun said,"Younger Sister Shi is a person without a heart. She is also on good terms with Fourth Younger Sister. Madam doesn't need to take care of him, just leave it to Fourth Younger Sister."”It was settled and he told Baochai to send someone to pick him up.
Coincidentally, there was a new capital official from the south who was looking for a residence. Xiangyun rented the house to him, even the rough furniture for a price. She only brought a suitcase and a few bookcases and moved to Longcui Nunnery to live with Xichun. She was still served by Cui Lv. During the day, he would chat with his sisters and sometimes stroll around the garden. It was more comfortable to read Taoist books at night than to stay at home.
That morning, when Tanchun returned from paying her respects to Madam Wang, she walked past the Qinfang Bridge and saw two apricot blossoms blooming like the clouds. Many bees flew around the branches, buzzing non-stop. She thought of the poem of the Tang Dynasty," The red apricot branches are noisy in spring." The word " noisy " really described it well. Who knew how prosperous the apricot forest in Daoxiang Village was! I want to find Xichun and Xiangyun to go and enjoy together. Feeling a little cold on his body, he walked to the fork in the road and ordered the servant to go back to get his clothes. He came to Longcui Nunnery alone.
At this time, the plum forest beside the nunnery was already green. The furnace was clean and the chime was clear. It was exceptionally quiet. Tanchun saw that there was no one inside and went in. As soon as they entered the front porch, a white parrot hung on the porch and suddenly chanted," Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva!”"Even Yingge has mastered Zen here, Fourth Young Lady!" he said with a smile.”Xiangyun was sitting in Xichun's room talking. When she heard this, she quickly came out and said,"Third Older Sister really wakes up early." "Don't you all have morning classes?" Why are you so free today?" Xiang Yun said,"Fourth Younger Sister got up before dawn and was busy early. She just finished reading." What morning classes do I have? To say that it was cultivation, it was just a sentence. It was just to be a fragrant granny of Longcui Monastery!”
"Has Eldest Sister-in-law moved into the garden?" Xichun asked.”"You're really an outsider. You don't care about anything." Eldest Sister-in-law had moved in for a few days, and Younger Sister Lianwen and Younger Sister Qi had also moved in together.”Xiang Yun said,"This is all because Third Elder Sister wants to revive the poetry club, so she sent them all here!"”"I'm here for this." Tanchun smiled. Just now, I saw the apricot blossoms in full bloom and wanted to discuss with Eldest Sister-in-law about opening an 'Apricot Blossom Club'. He had the most apricot flowers there, so it must be even more prosperous. Why don't we go and take a look together?"
"It's good to go," said Xichun. They're here, but I haven't seen them yet.”
As he spoke, the servant brought over a thin cotton jacket. Tanchun changed her clothes and said,"The apricot flowers are in full bloom, but the weather is still so cold!" It's also rare." "I heard them say that it was snowing on the Western Hills two days ago!"”Xichun saw him change his clothes and said,"Third Older Sister wants to go to the Fragrant Rice Village, so let's go now.”Just as he was about to leave, Xiang Yun hurriedly said,"Wait for me to bring something over."”Everyone waited for him to return, but he was still empty-handed. Tanchun smiled and asked,"Where are you taking your things?" Xiangyun smiled and did not answer.
Along the way, it was a cloudy spring day. He saw many buildings and pavilions with many flowers and trees. The green ones were a pile of willow trees, the pale red and white ones were a patch of peach trees that had bloomed. There are also green railings hidden flowers, red pavilions pillow water, everywhere to enjoy the heart and eyes. As they approached Daoxiang Village, they saw a green field in front of them, high and low, with thousands of apricot blossoms as red as fire. Following that was a thatched cottage with earthen walls and a bamboo fence. A group of people stood outside the fence gate. It was the sisters Li Wan and Wen Qi. They were looking at the flowers with the maids.
When Li Wan saw the three of them, she smiled and said,""I predicted that you would come, so I came here to welcome you.”Tanchun smiled,"I also heard the report from the God of Ear News. Eldest Sister-in-law was happy to admire the flowers and came to join in the fun.”Wen Qi and her sister had not seen them for a long time, so they couldn't help but greet them.
"That time, when I was fishing in this garden, it was still right in front of me." Half of the dreams I had at home were here. I didn't expect it to really come again.”Xiang Yun said,"In these few years, not only did Third Elder Sister go to the south, but we also didn't get to meet in the city. I miss her so much!"”"Really, we sisters can't go to see you about brother-in-law's matter." First, we don't know our address, and second, my mom won't let us go out to socialize, so we just stay at home.”"It's a pity Sister Qin isn't here," Li Wen said."I wonder when he'll come."”Li Wan said,"I heard Sister Bao say, The Mei family would soon return to the capital.”"Speaking of fishing, I still remember Second Brother pretending to be Jiang Taigong. It's ridiculous." That time, we all won the lottery, but he didn't. It wasn't good.”Everyone thought of Baoyu and sighed.
"I heard that this garden has been abandoned for a long time and is often haunted." She still looked the same even after she arrived here. It was also very comfortable. It could be seen that those words did not depend on blessings. Xichun said,"Those words were made up, but it's true that they're abandoned. It was only because he had recently undergone some minor repairs that he looked like this.”
Li Wan led the crowd to the flower to enjoy. At this moment, the apricot blossoms were only thirty to forty percent open, just right. Xiangyun said,"The branches of this apricot flower are very similar to plum blossoms, but they don't have that fragrance."”"The plum blossoms in the south are not even as good as the apricot blossoms!" Tanchun said. That year, I passed by Yongjia from Haimen and met the wife of Lu Gong, the observer. He asked me to go to Chashan to explore the plum blossoms. The flowers were all single-petaled and had fully bloomed. They were so white that there was nothing to see. They said that Deng Wei's Xiang Xuehai was the same, but it had too many flowers.”Li Wen said," I've visited the Hanxiang Courtyard in Tiger Hill. There are hundreds of plum blossoms, all of which have two petals. There are also cinnabar and green calyx. As he approached, he could smell a delicate fragrance. Of course, that fragrance was above the apricot flowers.”"Apricot flowers also have green calyxes. My uncle heard from the elders of Taichang Temple that there's a white apricot tree behind the Altar of Land and Grains. Once it blooms, it looks like a green calyx plum." After spending some money to find her husband, she went to take a peek. It was indeed not bad. Unfortunately, we can't reach that place.”
Everyone wandered around the flower forest for a long time. "It's cloudy today," Li Wan said,"and the spring chill is very strong.”Xiangyun and the others also felt a little cold, so they entered the house together and sat down. Suyun brewed new tea and served it to everyone. They drank and laughed.
"This should get to the main body." Today, I sincerely pay my respects and invite the old farmer to be the head of the society. With such good apricot blossoms, shouldn't they open an Apricot Blossom Society?”Xiangyun said,"This year's apricot blossoms are more prosperous than in previous years. It's as if they know we're here. We can't let them down."”"I've written many poems in the past, but I've never sung about apricot flowers," Li Wan said. There weren't many poems in the Tang and Song Dynasties that only sang about apricot flowers, so it was a good topic. It was just that today was too hasty, the place was narrow, and the brush and inkstone were not neat. How could they start a poetry club?”
"If we change the date, we'll have to make another appointment," said Tanchun. As long as it's settled, it's the same if you go to my place.”"Let's count the number of people first," said Li Wan. Apart from me, Banana Guest, Zhen Xia, Ou Xie, and my two sisters, there are also five people.”Xichun hurriedly said,"I only know how to look at flowers and not write poems. Don't count me in."”"It's better to push the Lotus Pavilion as usual," said Li Wan. I thought of someone else. Can we invite Sister Xing over?”"He lives far away," said Tanchun."He won't make it today."”"Don't you know?" Li Wan asked. His aunt's house had moved to the front of Pear Fragrance Court. It was very convenient to go there through the side door.”"He's the pillar of our society," said Xiang Yun."How can we shortchange him?”Li Wan said,"He was about to congratulate her, but even if he wanted to come, Madam wouldn't allow it." We sent the questions over, and it was up to him whether he did it or not.”Tanchun hurriedly sent someone to invite Xing Xiuyan while returning to Autumn Delicious House with the others.
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