At this moment, the Grand View Garden was still abandoned. Tanchun Guining only lived in the side courtyard of Rongxi Hall and had about twenty rooms. In order to be the closest to the upper room, in front of Madam Wang day and night to enjoy, comfort. Not long after Jia Zheng returned, Lady Wang wanted to comfort Jia Zheng, so she could only suppress her grief and send herself away. Immediately after, Jia She was exonerated and returned to the capital. Lady Xing, the other concubines, Yanhong, and Jia Cong all moved back to another courtyard. Many of their original manservants and maids had been dismissed and had to be relocated.
After a while, Jia Zhen returned from the sea, still inherited the position of Duke of Ningguo, and rewarded the mansion and farmland. On the second day of his arrival in the capital, he went to court to express his gratitude. The emperor immediately summoned him and praised him with many words. It turned out that he had helped Duke An Guo eliminate the pirates in the coastal areas and had made great achievements. Duke An Guo had a secret copy to protect him, so he had this favor. Jia Zhen returned to the mansion and came to see Jia Zheng and Lady Wang to thank them. On the other hand, she brought You shi's mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and ordinary concubines back to the East Mansion.
After a series of looting, all the furniture in the residence had to be replaced.
It was easy to get through the busy times, and in the blink of an eye, it was late winter. When Shi Xiangyun heard about all the bad things that happened in the Jia family, she wanted to personally come and sympathize with them, but her son-in-law was too heavy to care. When the son-in-law died, the funeral was held three or seven miles away. It was a hot funeral, and it was inconvenient to go out. After a hundred days, he heard that Baoyu was lost in the yard. He remembered that Baochai had treated him very well and treated him like a sister. Now that he had encountered this, how could he not go and see? He then hired a car and brought Cui Lv all the way to the Rong residence.
When they arrived at the entrance of the manor, they saw many people wearing official hats and shouting. He couldn't help but be shocked and thought, Don't come to confiscate the house again? He quickly called the coachman to ask, only to find out that Baoyu had bestowed Daoist Master Wen Miao with a Daoist name, and they were all here to report the good news. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart,"I've never heard of anyone giving a Daoist name to a Juren, and I've never heard of anyone giving a Daoist name and even giving good news!"
This was really unheard of and unheard of! The manservants at the door saw that Miss Shi often came here, so they let his car in until he reached the inner ceremony door. Xiangyun coldly looked at the servants, who were still as usual, but much more relaxed than before. After getting out of the car, she walked straight into the room.
That day, Xichun was about to move to Longcui Nunnery and came to Lady Wang to say goodbye. Madam Wang felt sad again and said to Xichun,"Fourth Young Lady, I think your wish is twisted! It's just that I can't even control your Second Brother becoming a monk, let alone you! If girls like us become nuns, we'll be a joke. In my opinion, it's okay to eat vegetarian food or chant Buddha, but don't let your hair fall. It's up to you whether you want to listen or not!" Baochai, who was also in the room, continued,"Fourth Younger Sister, your understanding is very high. Bodhi is not a tree, and a bright mirror is not a platform. Since ancient times, there had been many people who cultivated with hair, so how could there not be any who cultivated?”
Just as they were talking, Miss Shi came back. He saw the clouds moving and the maids standing up,"Young Lady hasn't been here for a long time!" "I heard a lot of things going on at home," said Xiang Yun."I wished I could fly here in one step. You have to be able to leave!" When he saw Madam Wang, Baochai, and Xichun, he first greeted them. "Sister Bao, you've lost weight too!" she said, looking at Baochai.”Baochai was speechless and looked at each other sadly.
Madam Wang saw his light makeup and plain clothes and remembered that he was also a widow. She couldn't help but sigh! "Has the son-in-law finished his business?" he asked. This was really unexpected. Putting everything else aside, with the girl's appearance and normal temperament, how could she look like a half-human?”
Xiang Yun sighed,"This is also my bitter fate, there's nothing to complain about." If you say I don't look like it, Sister Bao doesn't look like it either!”His words touched Madam Wang's heart, and tears flowed down her eyes! Xiang Yun saw it and regretted her words,"Second Brother must have become a Buddha! It was not easy for people in the world to become immortals. In the past, the Eldest Master of the East Mansion wanted to become an immortal, but he gave up his life in vain. Buddha was even more difficult. How many people had become Buddhas with their physical bodies since ancient times? Compared with the number one scholar and the prime minister, he is more noble. This was all accumulated by Master and Madam for several generations before they were thrown here!”
"That's just nonsense!" said Madam Wang. Even if Baoyu became a Buddha, what good would it do me?”Xiangyun said,"I still don't understand. In the Buddha Realm, there were only the titles of Great Master, World Honored One, and Bodhisattva. No one had ever heard of a real person who had become a Buddha! Why did the Emperor give Second Brother a Daoist name?”"As far as I can see, Second Brother may not become Buddha, or perhaps he might become an immortal in the future!"”Xiang Yun said,"Fourth Younger Sister is always good at talking about things, how can Second Older Brother become an immortal?"”Xichun smiled and said nothing.
Xiang Yun said,"I heard that Fourth Younger Sister is also going to become a monk.”
Xichun smiled,"He cultivates his path, I cultivate mine, everyone finds a path." I don't want to become an immortal or a Buddha, but we've fallen into this filthy world. There was only one bright path, so why didn't he run?”
"Isn't Third Elder Sister back?" Why haven't I seen him?" "He was at my place just now," Xichun said."I'm afraid he's in the garden now." He always couldn't bear to part with that Autumn Delicacy Zhai, it was obvious that he couldn't reach it.”Xiang Yun laughed,"Everyone is as empty as you. I still want to stroll around the garden!"”Xichun said,"It's such a cold day. If you can sleep on that big rock again, I'll admire you!"”
Madam Wang said," We're too calm here. Since Eldest Young Lady is here, stay for a few more days before going."”"I'm used to living here," said Xiang Yun."When I was young, I lived here for more than half a year. Now I'm alone. Uncle isn't in the capital, and Aunt doesn't care about me.”"You've always been on good terms with Sister Bao," said Madam Wang."Just stay at his place and relieve his boredom."”"I think so too," said Xiang Yun. If Baojiejie has nothing to do, come with me to the garden to find Third Jiejie.”"I want to go to the nunnery too," said Xichun."Let's go together."”Thus, Xiangyun, Baochai, and Xichun brought Cui Lv and Ying 'er to Grand View Garden.
After entering the garden and walking past the stone mountain, they saw a desolate scene. The water in Qinfang Gate had dried up, and there were many withered grass piled up in the pool. From afar, he saw a wall of powder, with powder marks peeling off and moss marks everywhere. There were thousands of old bamboos in the wall. Some were half-withered, some were completely withered, and some were newly grown. There was still some green. "Miss, isn't that Xiaoxiang Restaurant?" Cui Lv pointed at it.”"Isn't that so?" Xiangyun raised her head and stared at him. How come even the bamboo has changed!"
"In the past," said Baochai,"Mother Zhu never lacked water. After Old Zhu and Mother Zhu died two years ago, no one took over. It was also extremely cold in winter. That heavy snow had frozen many of them, and this was the first time this year!”
"I heard that after Sister Lin's death, ghosts often cry here. Is that true?"”Xichun said,"Those old women made it up." Sister Lin already had a place to go, how could she still be here?”"I don't believe it either," said Baochai. However, it was also a little strange that when Xiren and your Second Brother came, they did hear crying from afar.”"The house is empty," said Xiang Yun. You see, when we all move in in the future, the garden will be lively, and these words will naturally be gone.”"When Sister Lin was around, everyone would come to this place often," said Baochai. Now, it's really far away!" After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh! Xiang Yun said,"That year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he and I spent a night admiring the moon and stayed here." When I woke up at dawn, I heard him coughing without stopping. He was so weak and worried for him. I didn't expect that your lifespan would be so short!"
"Although I didn't kill Boren," said Baochai,"he died because of me. Where can I complain about this injustice?”
As he said that, he was about to take the road to Autumn Delight Zhai when Tanchun came out from the stone path with the servant and bumped into him. Tanchun looked at Xiang Yun and said,"Sister Shi, you're finally here. I missed you so much!" I don't want to see you that day? She had something to do at home and was in a bad mood, so she couldn't go. Don't take offense." Xiang Yun said,"Third Elder Sister is really polite. Where did you learn it?" We're sisters, so what's there to be particular about?”"Where are you all going?" asked Tanchun.”"I heard that you were in the garden and asked Sister Bao to come and find you." It had been a long time since he last came, and he still wanted to go around.”"This garden is too deserted. We're the only ones here to comfort him." If Sister Shi stays here for a long time, I still have to invite Sister Xing and Sister Qin to rebuild the poetry club.”Xichun said,"Third Older Sister is still so happy!"”"It's useless to be unhappy," Tanchun replied. When you are not feeling proud, it is better to be happy. The rise and fall of family fortune, the separation and reunion of personnel, were also ordinary things, not considered anything.”
As he spoke, he walked to Happy Red Court. The veranda was covered with weeds, the flowering trees were scattered, the bamboo fence had collapsed, and the empty birdcage was still hanging on the veranda. Seeing the house, the old women came out to welcome them."Grandma, Miss, please take a seat. I'll get the key to open the door.”Seeing the desolation in front of her, Baochai was filled with emotions and hurriedly said,"Let's not sit here.”
After walking another two or three places, the appearance of the Wuyuan Courtyard did not change much. On the exquisite mountain rocks facing him, many strange grasses had borne seeds, some like cinnabar sand, some like green beans, fragrant and strong, and would not fall after frost. The doors of the five main buildings were also locked. Looking through the window, the poem title of the Chrysanthemum Club from that year was still stuck on the wall, with spider webs hanging on it. Tanchun wanted to rest here, but Xiang Yun said,"Let's go! The days were short, so there was no need to go anywhere else.”Everyone went to the Red Fragrance Nurseries. There were only peony planted in the nursery. No one had taken care of it for the past two years. It was not very lush. It was also a cold day. The branches and leaves were all withered, leaving only a barren field. Tanchun, Baochai and the others were tired from walking and sat down in the corridor to rest.
Xiangyun went around the Taihu Lake alone to look for the mountain rock where she had been drunk that year, but it was covered by snow and could not be recognized clearly. He thought to himself,'Flowers bloom for a spring, just like a lifetime. No matter how gorgeous you are, you will eventually die.' Not to mention, just like that year when they drank and passed the tokens here, how lively it was, it was already unbearable to look back! When she thought about how she had no one to rely on, her husband's family was finished. Looking at how his aunt usually treated him, the family couldn't go and wish that this place, which used to be doted on by Grandmother Jia, was almost the same as home. Now that Grandmother Jia had passed away, although Lady Wang treated her well, it was just a face-to-face relationship. Recalling the heavy snow that year, wearing Grandmother Jia's orangutan felt cloak and belt, and the servant girls chasing snowmen. There was also a year of heavy snow, and he roasted deer meat with Baoyu at the Snow Reed Pavilion. At that time, she was still a child, but now she had become a poor woman. It was really a complicated matter! He looked at Snowmelt in a daze and couldn't help but be stunned!
Tanchun and others saw that Xiangyun had not returned for a long time, so they sent Cui Lv to look for him. Cui Lv called out,"Miss!" Xiangyun was shocked and calmed her soul. He hurried back to the corridor and led everyone to the hillside. Suddenly, she saw a cold forest in front of her, with a thatched hut with earthen walls. Xiangyun asked,"Isn't that the Fragrant Rice Village? Is Eldest Sister-in-law still living there?" "Eldest Sister-in-law has also moved to the inner courtyard," said Baochai. He said that when the weather gets warmer, he would still move in. Because there were not many people in the garden and Lan was still young, Madam was afraid that she could not suppress him, so she did not agree.”
Xichun said,"That's right. This garden is strangely empty. It's not easy to walk when it's late." I'm going to the nunnery, Zijuan is waiting for me!”After saying that, they split up and left.
Everyone walked out of the garden together, chatting and laughing along the way. Xiangyun asked Baochai,"Why is Zijuan with Fourth Sister? Is he also going to become a monk?"”"This girl is a bit silly," said Baochai. After Sister Lin died, Xueyan married a boy. He was sent to our house and always wiped his tears behind our backs. Later on, when his fourth sister wanted to cultivate, he begged Madam to go along!”"In Elder Sister Lin's eyes, she's just a servant!" The snow geese were brought by the Lin family, but they were inferior to him. It could be seen that this was fate. I'll talk to him some other day and see what he has to say.”
Just as he was walking to the side of the pavilion, he saw Yuchuan 'er hurriedly walk over and say,""Taitai told me to tell Second Daughter-in-law not to stay too late in the garden and to go to the upper room with the girls.
Madam is still waiting for something." "Yeah, we're on our way back."”
May I know what Madam Wang has ordered? Listen to the next chapter.
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