Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Listening to Qu Wen Baoyu Enlightenment Zen Mechanism Lantern Riddles Jia Zheng's Sad Prophecy

It is said that Jia Lian heard that Sister Feng had something to discuss, so he stopped and asked what it was.Sister Feng said: "The 21st is sister Xue's birthday. How are you doing?"Jia Lian said: "I know how!"How many big birthdays have you prepared, and now you have no idea?Sister Feng said: "Big birthday cooking, but there are certain rules there."Now his birthday is neither big nor small, so I will discuss it with you.Jia Lian listened, bowed his head and thought for a long time and said, "You are confused today."The current ratio, sister Na Lin is an example.How I did it for Sister Lin in the past, now I just do it for Sister Xue.After hearing this, Sister Feng sneered and said, "Don't I even know this?"I thought so too.But yesterday I heard the old lady say that when I asked about everyone's ages and birthdays, I heard that sister Xue is fifteen years old this year.The old lady said she would celebrate his birthday.If you think about it, if you really do it for him, it will be different from what you did with sister Lin in previous years.Jia Lian said, "In that case, it's more than sister Lin's."Sister Feng said: "I think so too, so please speak up for you."If I add something privately, you will blame me for not telling you.Jia Lian laughed and said, "Come on, come on, I don't accept this empty offer."It's enough if you don't investigate me, I still blame you!Said, went all the way, no problem.

Let's say that Shi Xiangyun stayed for two days because he wanted to go back.Jia Muyin said: After your sister Bao's birthday, go back after watching the play.After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun had to stay.On the other hand, he sent people back to fetch the two-color needlework he had done in the past as a ceremony for Baochai's birthday. Who would have thought that when Mother Jia saw Baochai coming, she would like him to be stable and peaceful. It was just his first birthday, so she paid twenty taels of money, called Sister Feng, and gave him a wine and a show.Sister Feng laughed and said: "An old ancestor celebrates the children's birthdays, no matter what, who dares to fight, and what kind of wine show."If you are happy and want to be lively, you can't say how much you spend on it.Baba found out this moldy twenty taels of silver to use as a host, which meant that I would pay it back.Sure enough, it doesn't matter if you can't get it out, the gold, silver, round, and flat ones collapsed the bottom of the box and just strangled us.Lift up your eyes and see, who is not a son or daughter?Could it be that in the future only Brother Bao can support your old man to go to Mount Wutai?Those ladders are only left to him, although we are not worthy to use them now, don't make us suffer.Is this enough wine?enough drama?The whole room laughed.Jia Mu also laughed and said, "Listen to this!"I'm also good at speaking, how can I not beat this monkey.Your mother-in-law doesn't dare to force her mouth, you and me.Sister Feng laughed and said: "My mother-in-law also loves Baoyu, and I have nowhere to complain, but I insist on talking."Said, and made Jia Mu laugh again, Jia Mu was very happy.

In the evening, all the people were in front of Jia Mu. After she was in a coma, when the mothers and sisters of the big family were talking and laughing, Jia Mu asked Baochai what plays he liked to listen to and what he liked to eat.Baochai knew very well that Jiamu was an old man who liked lively dramas and sweet and rotten food, so she always said what Jiamu used to like.Mother Jia was even more joyful.The next day, I sent clothes and playthings as gifts. Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng, Daiyu and others all had different points, so there is no need to remember. On the 21st, a small homely stage was set up in Jiamu's inner courtyard, and a new troupe of small plays was scheduled, with both Kun and Yi accents.There were several family banquets arranged in Jiamu's upper room, and there was no outsider. Only Aunt Xue, Shi Xiangyun and Baochai were guests, and the rest were from our own family.When Baoyu got up early that day, because he didn't see Lin Daiyu, he went to look for him in his room, and saw Lin Daiyu lying on the kang.Baoyu laughed and said, "Get up and eat, and then the play will begin."Do you like to watch that show?I'm better.Lin Daiyu sneered and said, "Since you said that, you specially called a troupe to sing my favorite songs for me."It's not a good time to ask someone to ask me about it.Baoyu laughed and said, "What's so difficult about it?"Tomorrow will do this, and let them borrow our light.While speaking, he pulled him up and went out hand in hand.

When ordering a play after dinner, Mother Jia must ask Baochai to order first.Baochai pushed back again, but she couldn't, so she had to order "Journey to the West" for a discount.Mother Jia was very happy, and then ordered Sister Feng to order.Sister Feng also knew that Jia's mother liked to be lively, and she liked to make jokes, so she clicked "Liu Er Dang Yi".Jia Mu really liked it more, and then ordered Daiyu to order it.Daiyu asked Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, to wait.Jia Mu said: "Today, I took you to make fun of me. Let's just take care of ours and ignore them."My Baba's singing and serving wine, can't it work for them?They are here for nothing, it's already cheap, let them order it!As we spoke, everyone laughed.Dai Yufang clicked it out.Then Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun, Ying, Tan, Xi, Li Wan and so on all clicked, and took over the performance.

At the banquet, Jia's mother ordered Baochai to order again.Baochai ordered "Lu Zhishen Drunk and Navigating Mount Wutai".Baoyu said, "I have to order these plays."Baochai said: "You have listened to the play for nothing in the past few years. How do you know the advantages of this play? It has a good scene and better diction."Baoyu said, "I've never been afraid of these commotions."Baochai laughed and said, "If you want to talk about the excitement of this show, you still don't know the show."Come here, let me tell you, is this show lively or not.It is a set of "Dian Crimson Lips" in the north, with clanging and setbacks, and the rhythm is not to mention good; only one of the rhetoric is "Parasite Grass", which is filled in wonderfully. How did you know it.Seeing that Baoyu said it so well, she came closer and begged, "My dear sister, please listen to me."Baochai then read:

The tears of the hero are scattered, and the family of the scholar is separated.Xie Ci was ordained under the lotus platform.There is no way to separate in a blink of an eye. Naked come and go without care.Where is it a single line to discuss smoke, rain, hats and hats?Once my straw shoes break the bowl and follow the fate! When Baoyu heard this, he patted his knees and drew circles with joy, praised him endlessly, and praised Baochai for knowing no books.Lin Daiyu said: "Let's watch the play in peace. Before you sing "Mountain Gate", you're already singing "Crazy Makeup".Xiang Yun who said that also laughed.So everyone went to the theater.

At the end of the evening, Mother Jia loved the Xiaodan and the clown very much, and she ordered someone to bring them in, and she became more and more pitiful when she looked closely.Because of the age, Xiaodan was only eleven years old, and the clown was only nine years old. Everyone sighed.Jia Mu asked him to take some more meat and fruit with him, and rewarded him with two strings of money.Sister Feng laughed and said, "This child looks like a person. You can't tell anymore."Baochai knew it in her heart, so she just smiled and refused to say anything.Baoyu also guessed, but dare not say.Shi Xiangyun then smiled and said: It looks like sister Lin.When Baoyu heard this, he quickly took a look at Xiangyun and winked.But when everyone heard this, they looked carefully and laughed, saying that it was really good.Dispersed for a while.

In the evening, when Xiangyun changed his clothes, he ordered Cuilu to unpack and wrap up the clothes.Cuilu said: "What are you busy with? It's not too late to wait until the day you go."Xiangyun said: "Leave early tomorrow morning."What are you doing here?Look at someone's nose and eyes, what do you mean!After hearing this, Baoyu hurried to pull him up and said, "My dear sister, you have wronged me."Sister Lin is a caring person.Others know it clearly, but they are unwilling to tell it out because they are afraid that he will be annoyed.Who knew that if you said it without guarding your head, wouldn't he be annoyed at you.I was afraid that you would offend him, so I winked.You annoy me now, not only have you failed me, but you have wronged me instead.If it is someone else, even if he offends ten people, what does it matter to me.Xiangyun threw his hand and said: Don't fool me with your sweet words.I'm not as good as your sister Lin. It's okay for others to talk about him and make fun of him, but it's not right if I say it.I was not worthy to speak of him.He is the master of the young lady, and I am a slave girl. If I offend him, I can't do it!Baoyu said anxiously, "I'm here for you, but I didn't come out because of it."If I have a heart, I will immediately turn into ashes and be trampled by thousands of people!Xiangyun said: "In the first lunar month, don't believe in nonsense."These insignificant oaths, gossip, and crooked words, tell those petty, annoying people, those who will rule you!Don't tell me to spit on you.Then, he went all the way to Jiamu's room and lay down angrily.

Baoyu was bored, so he had to look for Daiyu again.Just before the threshold, Daiyu pushed out and closed the door.Baoyu didn't understand what he meant, so he just swallowed his voice and cheered for his sister outside the window.Daiyu always ignored him.Baoyu bowed his head sullenly to examine himself.Xiren knew it a long time ago, so he must not persuade him at this time.That Baoyu just stood there blankly.Daiyu just got up and opened the door when he went back to the room, only to see Baoyu still standing there.Daiyu was too embarrassed to close it again, so she had to get out of bed and lie down.Baoyu came in and asked, "everything has a reason. If you tell it, people don't feel wronged."It's okay to be annoyed.What is the reason?Lin Daiyu sneered and said, "It's good for me to ask, and I don't know why."I originally made fun of you, making fun of me as an actor.Baoyu said: "I'm not better than you, I'm not laughing, why do you annoy me?"Daiyu said: "You want to compare?"Are you still laughing?You are not as good as not smiling, you are more powerful than someone who has smiled!Baoyu heard that it was indistinguishable, but he didn't say a word.

Daiyu said again, "I'm sorry for this section."Then why are you winking with Yun'er again?What is this peace of mind?Could it be that he was stubborn with me, so he despised himself?He used to be the lady of the duke, and I was the girl of the poor, he was stubborn with me, if I replied back, wouldn't he be making others despise himself.That's the idea isn't it?This is also your kindness, but the one who does not appreciate your kindness is generally annoyed.You make love to me again, but you say that I am petite, and my actions are willing to be annoyed.You are afraid that he will offend me, and I am angry with him.I annoy him, what's the matter with you?He offended me, so what does it have to do with you?

Baoyu saw that he had just had a private conversation with Xiangyun, and he heard it too.Thinking carefully that I was originally the two of them, I was afraid of creating a rift, so I reconciled in the middle. I didn't want to reconcile successfully, but I fell into two derogatory slanders.In the "Nanhua Jing" I read the day before yesterday, there are words such as the skillful man who works while the wise man worries, the incompetent man has nothing to ask for, and travels when he is full of food, like a boat that is not tied;So the more you think about it, the more boring it becomes.Thinking about it more carefully, there are only these two people at present, and they have not yet met and compromised, what do you want to do in the future?Thinking of the period, there was no need to answer, and he turned and went back to the room.When Lin Daiyu saw him go, she knew that it was boring to think about it, and she went away in a fit of anger, without saying a word, and couldn't help getting more angry, so she said: "This time, don't come here for the rest of your life, and don't say anything." Baoyu ignored him, went back to his room and lay on the bed, just staring.Xiren knew the whole story very well, so he didn't dare to say it, so he had to explain it with other things, because he said: "I saw the play today, and I will play it for a few days."Miss Bao must return.Baoyu sneered and said, "If he doesn't pay it back, it doesn't matter who cares."Seeing that the words were not in the usual tone, Xiren laughed again and said, "How do you say that?"In the good first month, women and sisters all like it, so why are you in such a state?Baoyu sneered and said, "It's none of my business whether their wives and sisters are happy or not."Xiren laughed and said, "They are easy-going, and you are also easy-going. Isn't it interesting for everyone to have fun with each other?"Baoyu said: "What is each other!"They have everyone and each other, and I come and go naked without any worries.Speaking of this sentence, I don't feel tears.Seeing this, Xiren refused to say anything more.Baoyu thought about the meaning of this sentence carefully, couldn't help crying, turned over and went to the case, and then wrote a verse: You prove me, you prove your mind. There is no evidence, Si Keyun evidence. There is no proof, it is a foothold. After writing it, although I understand it myself, I am afraid that people will not understand it, so I also filled out a copy of "Parasite Grass", which is also written after the gatha.I read it again, and felt that I had nothing to worry about, and I was content with myself, so I went to bed and slept. Who would have thought that Daiyu would go away resolutely after seeing Baoyu this time, so she came to see the movement on the grounds of looking for someone to attack.Xiren smiled back: already asleep.When Daiyu heard about it, she wanted to go back.The attacker laughed and said, "Girl, please stop. There is a copybook. Let's see what it says."As he spoke, he quietly brought the tune and gatha just now and handed it to Daiyu to read.Daiyu saw it, and knew that it was Baoyu who was angry for a while. She didn't realize it was ridiculous, so she attacked humanity and said, "What I did was stubborn, it doesn't matter."After finishing speaking, I took it back to my room and watched it with Xiangyun.The next day I went to see Baochai again.Baochai looked at his words and said: I am not you, I don't understand Iraq from him.Come and go without hindrance.Feeling very sad and happy, They all said how close they were.I used to be so busy but why, now I look back and think about it, it's really boring! After reading it, he looked at the gatha again, and said with a smile: "This person has enlightened."It's all my fault, it's all caused by a song I played yesterday.These Daoist Zen machines are the most mobile.Ming'er seriously said these crazy words, and kept the meaning, all from this piece of mine, I became the chief culprit.As he said, he tore it into pieces and handed it to the maids, saying: burn it soon.Daiyu laughed and said, "You shouldn't tear it up. I'll ask him later."You guys come with me, and I promise to make him put up with this idiotic nonsense. Sure enough, all three of them came to Baoyu's house.As soon as she came in, Daiyu smiled and said, "Baoyu, let me ask you: the most precious is treasure, and the most firm is jade."How expensive is it?What is your strength?Baoyu couldn't answer.The three of them clapped their hands and said with a smile: "You are so stupid, you still practice Zen."Daiyu said again: "You said at the end of the gatha, there is nothing to prove it, it is a foothold, it is good, but according to my opinion, it is not perfect yet."I will continue with two more sentences.Yin Nianyun said: If there is no foothold, it will be clean.Baochai said: "In fact, this is the only way to understand."On that day, Huineng, the sixth patriarch of the Southern School, first went to Shaozhou in search of a teacher.Hearing that the fifth patriarch Hongren was in Huangmei, he acted as a fire monk.The Fifth Patriarch wanted to ask for a Dharma heir, so he asked his disciples and monks to write a verse each.The Venerable Shenxiu said: The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always wipe it diligently, so as not to let there be dust.At that time, Huineng was making rice in the kitchen. Hearing this gatha, he said: "If it is beautiful, it is beautiful. If it is beautiful, it is not finished."Because I recited a verse saying: Bodhi is not a tree, and a bright mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust?The Fifth Patriarch passed on the mantle to him.Today's gatha has the same meaning.It's just that the cleverness of the sentence just now has not been completely finished, so can it be thrown away?Daiyu laughed and said, "I couldn't answer that time, even if I lost, it wouldn't be surprising if I got the answer now."It's just that we are not allowed to talk about Zen in the future.You don't even know what the two of us know and can do, and you still go to practice Zen.Baoyu thought she was enlightened, and she didn't want to be unable to answer Daiyu's question suddenly, and Baochai compared the quotations, which were never seen by them.I thought about it for a while: It turns out that they are prior to my perception and have not yet realized it. Why should I ask for trouble now.After thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Whoever practices Zen again is just talking obstinately for a while."Saying that, the four of them are still the same. Suddenly it was reported that the empress sent someone to send out a lantern riddle, and ordered you all to guess it. After guessing, each of you made a riddle.When the four heard that they were busy going out, they went to Jia Mu to go to the room.I saw a little eunuch holding a white gauze lantern with a square head and flat head, which was specially made for lantern riddles. There was already one on it, and everyone competed to see and guess.The little eunuch said again: "The young ladies have guessed it, don't say it, everyone just write it secretly on the paper, seal it into the palace together, and the empress will check whether it is right or not."Baochai and others listened to it, and took a closer look. It was a seven-character quatrain, which was not very novel. There was no shortage of praise in their mouths.Baoyu, Daiyu, Xiangyun and Tanchun also got rid of it, and each wrote secretly for half a day.At the same time, Jia Huan, Jia Lan, etc. were passed on, and they all guessed and wrote it down on paper.Then each person picks up an object to make a riddle, which Gong Kai writes and hangs on the lamp. The eunuch went, and came out at the end of the day to tell: "The former empress made it, all of them have guessed it, but the second lady and the third master didn't guess it."The ladies have also guessed what they did, I don't know if it is true or not.As he spoke, he also took out what he had written.Some guessed it, and some couldn't guess it. They all talked nonsense and guessed.The eunuch gave the gifts to those who guessed. Each of them had a palace-made poem tube and a tea whisk, but Yingchun and Jia Huan didn't get it.Yingchun thought it was a joke and didn't mind it, so Jia Huan found it boring.And I heard the eunuch say: What the third master said doesn't make sense, and the empress didn't guess it, so she asked me to take it back and ask what the third master is.After hearing this, all the people came to see what he had done. It was written: the eldest brother has only eight horns, and the second brother has only two horns.The eldest brother only sits on the bed, while the second brother likes to squat on the room. Everyone looked at it and burst out laughing.Jia Huan had to tell the eunuch: a pillow and an animal head.The eunuch forgot, took the tea and left. Seeing that Yuanchun was so happy, Jia's mother became more and more happy, so she ordered to quickly make a small and exquisite screen lamp, set it up in the house, and ordered his sisters to do it secretly, write it out and stick it on the screen, and then prepare to burn incense. Congratulations to the tea fruit and various playthings.After Jia Zhengchao, he was happy to see Jia's mother, and she came to have fun at night during the festival.Wine and fruit were set up, toys were prepared, and colored lanterns were hung in the upper room, and Jia Mu was invited to enjoy the lanterns for fun.There is one seat for Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and Baoyu on the top, another seat for Mrs. Wang, Baochai, Daiyu, and Xiangyun below, and another seat for Ying, Tan, and Xi.Underground women and maids stood full.Li Gongcai and Wang Xifeng had another seat in the inner room.Because Jia Zheng didn't see Jia Lan, he asked, "Why didn't you see Brother Lang?"The underground woman hurriedly went into the room to ask Li, and Li got up and replied with a smile: "He said that the master didn't call him just now, and he refused to come."The mother-in-law replied to Jia Zheng.Everyone laughed and said: The born heart is weird.Jia Zheng hurriedly sent Jia Huan and two wives to call Jia Lan.Jia Mu ordered him to sit beside her, and grabbed some fruit to eat with him.Everyone joked and had fun. In the past, only Baoyu had a long talk, but today Jia Zheng is here, and there is only Weiwei.Although the rest, Xiangyun, is a weak girl in the boudoir, she always likes to talk about it. Today, when Jia Zheng is present, she keeps her mouth shut.Daiyu is lazy by nature, so she doesn't want to talk too much.Baochai didn't speak nonsense before, but at this time she was calm and composed.Therefore, although this table is a homely pleasure, it is not happy to be restrained.Jia's mother also knew that because Jia Zheng was here alone, after drinking for three rounds, she drove Jia Zheng to rest.Jia Zheng also knew what Jia's mother meant, so he kicked him out so that his sisters and brothers could have fun.Jia Zheng hurriedly laughed and said, "Today I heard that the old lady had a big spring lantern riddle here, so I also prepared a bride price banquet, and I came here to join the meeting."Why don't you give your son a little bit if you love your grandchildren?Jia Mu laughed and said, "They don't dare to joke when you're here, but they make me bored."When you want to guess a riddle, I will tell you to guess one. If you can't guess it, you will be fined.Jia Zheng hurriedly laughed and said, "Of course you have to be punished."If you guess correctly, you will also receive a reward.Jia Mu said: "Naturally."As he spoke, he read: The monkey stands lightly on the top of the tree.Play a fruit name. Knowing that it was litchi, Jia Zheng deliberately guessed other things and fined many things. Then he guessed and got Jiamu's things.Then he also read a guess with Jia Mu, saying: "The body is upright, and the body is hard."Although you can't speak, you must answer what you say.Hit something. After finishing speaking, he whispered to Baoyu.Baoyu understood, and quietly told Jiamu.Jia Mu thought about it, and it was not bad, so she said, "It's an inkstone."Jia Zheng said with a smile: "It's the old lady, I can guess it."Turn around and say: send He Cai up quickly.The women in the underground agreed, and offered both large and small dishes.Jia Mu looked at them one by one, and they were all new and ingenious things used during the Lantern Festival. She was very happy and ordered: "Pour wine for your master."Baoyu holds the pot and sends wine in the spring.Jia Muyin said: "Look at the screen, it's all made by his sisters, let me guess again."Jia Zheng agreed, got up and walked to the screen, only to see that the first one wrote: It can make demons and demons feel ashamed, and their body is like a bundle of silk, and their energy is like thunder. A loud sound made people frightened, but looking back at the prime minister, it turned into ashes. Jia Zheng said, "This is a firecracker."Baoyu replied, "Yes."Jia Zheng looked at it again: People with good luck have a lot of meritorious deeds, and it is rare to meet someone who has merit but no luck. Because of the chaos in the town every day, it is only because of the difference in the number of yin and yang. Jia Zhengdao: "It's an abacus."Yingchun smiled and said: Yes.Looking down again is: When the children under the steps are on their backs, the Qingming makeup is the most appropriate. Gossamer is broken and weak, don't complain to Dongfeng for parting. Jia Zheng said, "This is a kite."Tanchun smiled and said: Yes.It is also seen that: The former body has always failed in terms of color and appearance, and does not listen to Lingge or Buddhist scriptures. It is impossible to sink into the black sea in this life, and there is a great light in one's nature. Jia Zheng said, "This is the sea lantern in front of the Buddha."Xichun smiled and replied, "It's a sea lantern." Jia Zheng thought to himself, "The firecrackers made by the empress are things that disperse at the first sound."Yingchun's abacus is to stir up chaos.The kite made by Tanchun is a floating thing.The sea lanterns made by Xichun are pure and lonely.Today is the Shangyuan Festival, how can we all make this ominous thing into a play?The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became. Because I didn't dare to show my face before Jia Mu, I had to still look down reluctantly.I saw a seven-character verse written on the back, but it was written by Baochai, and I read it: Whoever carries two sleeves of cigarettes at the end of the court will never have a chance in the quilt by the side of the piano. Xiaochou doesn't need to be reported by chicken men, and there is no trouble for the maid for five nights. Jiaoshou returned from morning to evening, and his heart was tormented day after year. As time goes by, we should cherish it, and let the wind and rain change. After reading it, Jia Zheng thought to himself: This thing is still limited.It's just that little people feel even more ominous when they write these words, and they are not the generation of eternal happiness and longevity.Thinking of this, I feel more bored and sad, so I subtracted eight or nine tenths of the spirit just now, and just hang my head in thought. When Jia's mother saw Jia Zheng's situation, she thought that maybe he was tired, and she was afraid that all the sisters would not be able to play happily, so she said to Jia Zheng, "You don't have to guess, just go and have a rest."Let's sit down for a while, and we'll be fine.As soon as Jia Zheng heard this, he quickly agreed with a few yeses, and reluctantly persuaded Jia's mother to drink again before quitting.When I went back to the room, I just thought about it, but I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning. I couldn't help but feel sad and emotional. Let's say that when Jia Mu saw Jia Zheng went, she said, "you can have fun at your own pace."Before he could say a word, he saw Baoyu running to the screen lights earlier, gesticulating and criticizing all over his mouth. This sentence is not good, and that one is inappropriate, just like a monkey unlocked.Baochai then said, "It's like sitting just now, everyone talking and laughing, isn't it gentler?"Sister Feng hurriedly came out from the inside and interjected: "You are a person, it is better for the master to keep you close every day."Just now I forgot, why didn't I ask you to compose poetry riddles in front of the master.If so, I'm afraid I'm sweating right now.Said Baoyu was in a hurry, pulling Sister Feng, twisting her buttocks like sugar, just clinging to each other.Mother Jia talked and laughed with Li Gongcai and all the sisters for a while, and felt a little sleepy.After listening to the four drums, he ordered the food to be removed and distributed to the people. Then he got up and said, "Let's have a rest."Tomorrow is still the holiday season, so we should get up early.Let's play again tomorrow night.Let's listen to the next chapter.