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Chapter 52 The 51st round, thank you for giving money, people still work hard and white hair, laughing at the birds of the same fate, regretting their youth

Chunming Foreign History 张恨水 10441Words 2018-03-19
But Hua Boping said "Ouch", and Yang Xingyuan asked in the room here: "What's the matter? There's such a fuss." Hua Boping said: "I remembered, when that ugly thing was sitting on my lap, I reached out and fumbled in my clothes pocket. Since it was someone else’s clothes, I let her touch them. The money was in a small gown pocket, so she couldn’t touch it. Now I remember, when I left, there was still money in my mouth. Stuffing a cigarette. After the cigarette is finished, the cigarette holder was put in the bag, and it must be gone now. Has the clothes guy taken it?" Yang Xingyuan said: "It's still on the sofa chair." Hua Boping said: "You touch it Feel it, is there any more in it?" Yang Xingyuan really picked it up and touched it, and said with a smile, "No." Hua Boping said, "That cigarette holder was bought for five yuan, and I'm very annoyed if I lose it!"

Yang Xingyuan said: "It's not worth anything. I spent a few pennies and went to see the beauty again, and I got it back." Hua Boping said: "Come on! Let's say you can't get it back, but if you can get it back, I would rather lose it. I'm not going either." Yang Xingyuan said: "You are so afraid, why do you go first?" Hua Boping said: "Going first is just to see, who knows what it will be like." Yang Xingyuan said with a smile: "Tomorrow Tell your acquaintances that Hua Boping still has a noble acquaintance in Lianhuahe, which is a romantic story in your life." Hua Boping also laughed and said: "Don't think that the cost is small, and the bath fee and cigarette holder are all included. After doing the math, it's almost ten yuan. I've learned to be a good boy, and I have to be careful of pickpockets when I go in here." Yang Xingyuan smiled and said, "You paid such a big price, and you didn't even ask what his name was. It’s really very rich, this is Wang Jinlong of Lianhuahe, he can compare with ‘meet three hundred taels of silver, and get up after a cup of fragrant tea’.” Hua Boping laughed and said: “It’s not wrong. We finally arrived Once back to another world. Speaking of this matter, I can do it to my peers." As he spoke, Hua Boping had already put on his scarf and came out of the bathroom.Yang Xingyuan said: "Why do you wash so fast?" Hua Boping said: "I took a bath yesterday, and my body is not dirty, but I just soaked it in the water to get rid of the bad smell." Yang Xingyuan said: "Sure enough, I also took a bath yesterday. But if I don’t take a bath today, I’m afraid I won’t be able to fall asleep.” After speaking, he went to take a bath, slept in the hot water, and got up.According to Hua Boping, he must go to the alley.Yang Xingyuan has to go home because there are many manuscripts that have not been processed.The two each put on their own clothes and parted ways.

Yang Xingyuan came back to De's house, went into his room, turned on the light, and saw a western-style envelope on the table with the words "Shi Ji" written on it.I thought this was a letter from Skellyn. Last week, I wrote a letter to reply to her letter, and we had some entertainment. Could it be that she replied to this letter again?Picking up the letter, it was not sealed, and took out the letter paper inside, but it was an invitation.The appointment above was for dinner at the Yingli Fancai Restaurant the next afternoon.Under the word "Guang Guang", there are two lines of words written in red ink pen.It was: "My grandmother wants to have a talk with my husband, so please come here. You are welcome." Yang Xingyuan thought, "I mean, how can she have money to treat guests? It turns out that her grandmother gave the money. This old lady Shi, what's the matter?" If you talk to me, it’s just to thank you. If I went, it’s obvious that I was thanked by others, so what’s the point? It's not good to blow people's feelings." After thinking for a while, he threw the invitation aside and went to prepare the manuscript.It's just such unimportant things that I always keep in my heart. After editing the manuscript for a while, I picked up the invitation again and read the two lines of writing.Yang Xingyuan thought, if she invites me, she must also invite Dongqing. I might as well ask Dongqing first, what does this mean.The invitation was still inserted into the envelope, and it was stuffed in a stack of books.

The next day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Xingyuan calculated that Li Dongqing's teacher had returned, so he walked out of the gate and walked along the alley step by step towards Li Dongqing's door.Walking to the door, I saw Xiao Lin'er coming back from the outside with a schoolbag in his arms. Yang Xingyuan smiled and said: "Why don't you go to my place to play these two days, all the chrysanthemums on my side are in bloom." Xiao Lin'er said: "Have your flowers bloomed? Mine have all bloomed. "Yang Xingyuan said: "I saw it the day before yesterday, and only a few small ones bloomed." Xiao Lin'er said: "Where did you see it. The ones in the living room are not good, and the good ones are all in the upper room."

Yang Xingyuan smiled and said: "You are talking nonsense, I don't believe it." Xiao Lin'er stretched out her hand to pull Yang Xingyuan's clothes, and said, "If you don't believe it, just go in and have a look." Yang Xingyuan said: "You don't have to look, I know, it’s not as good as mine.” Hearing what he said, Xiao Lin’er dragged Yang Xingyuan in, and shouted all the way: “If you don’t believe me, I have to see it.” Yang Xingyuan also laughed all the way come in. Li Dongqing bought a mandarin fish and was happily tidying it up in the yard for dinner.Seeing Yang Xingyuan coming, he said with a smile, "Can you have dinner with us? Please eat braised mandarin fish." Yang Xingyuan thought about it, it was clear that he was going to have dinner at home, not going out, maybe Shi Kelian didn't invite him. she.He replied casually: "I will bother you as soon as I come." Li Dongqing washed her hands, and at the same time let Yang Xingyuan sit in the small study, and then came in.

He smiled and said: "It's just a play, it's all the result of watching a play recently." Yang Xingyuan said: "I haven't seen a play for almost a month, this is wrong." Li Dongqing laughed and said: "I have evidence, It’s not nonsense. First, I read two tabloids in your place. I don’t think that big poets and college students want to read the theory of “Lectures in Liaozhai” or “Talk of Xijiangyue”. They must be watching theatre. The list. Second, I found several playlists for Tianyuan in the expensive wastebasket. I also watched Xiangyu's play a few times that night, and it was not bad." He said with a smile.Yang Xingyuan thought to herself, she thought I was holding Kunjiao, Heitian was really wronged.Said: "The evidence is good, but you have misunderstood. This is the achievement of the young master of the rich family. I have never been a big fan of Kunjiao. Tuberose is still a new Kunjiao, let alone Look." Seeing that he was in a hurry to argue, Li Dongqing stopped talking.Then he asked: "At this time, it's time to write the manuscript. How can we have time to talk about it today?" Yang Xingyuan said: "Today's manuscript has already been finished because of the convenience. It's just not sent. I was walking in the alley just now. , I met Brother Ling, and he dragged me to see the chrysanthemums." Li Dongqing said: "Speaking of chrysanthemums, I remembered something. Central Park holds a chrysanthemum festival every year. I don't know if it will be displayed this year. Is it gone?" Yang Xingyuan said: "I heard that it was put on display in the past two days, how about going to see it together?" Li Dongqing said: "It's gone today too." Yang Xingyuan asked her to go to see the chrysanthemums together. By the way, did not specify today.As soon as Li Dongqing said that she would die today, she knew that she would like to go, so she said, "It's tomorrow. It's the time when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom in these two days. The ancients said: "There are flowers that can be broken until they are broken." : "The joy of life must be timely', so the opportunity is something that cannot be missed." Li Dongqing smiled and said, "It's all just to look at the chrysanthemum. Why bother to quote scriptures, let's talk about it solemnly." Yang Xingyuan saw her appointment tomorrow, but did not reply. It’s not easy to talk anymore. After talking a few words, I said that I want to publish the manuscript, so I have to leave.Li Dongqing said: "Didn't you just say, please have a light meal with us?" Yang Xingyuan said: "To be honest, I would like to eat fish here. But it was five o'clock today, someone made an appointment for dinner, and I agreed first I have to go." Li Dongqing laughed and said, "There must be a full feast of Manchu and Han people over there." Yang Xingyuan said, "How can you see that?" Li Dongqing smiled and said, "This allusion is in Mencius, why don't you know? Mencius said: "You can't have both, and those who give up the fish and take the bear's paw are also." 'Since I gave up the fish here, I must eat the bear's paw.Now there is a feast of bear paws, but there is only a full banquet of Man and Han, so I concluded that it is a banquet of Man and Han based on the syllogism. "Yang Xingyuan's face blushed when she heard this, and she wondered if she knew that Shi Kelian invited me. She also smiled and said: "It's just eating Western food. In fact, Western food is not as good as Chinese food, because this friend invited me to this meal. It is effective, but if you don’t eat it, it seems to be avoiding it, which is not good.Some people once said that eating on social occasions is to fulfill obligations, not to enjoy rights.I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that it is not bad at all. "When I was talking, I saw Li Dongqing's expression remained normal, and said with a smile: "This paragraph of statement, can you compete with Zun Lun, right? "Li Dongqing felt that a few unintentional jokes, made out of a moment of joy, seemed to arouse Yang Xingyuan's suspicion, which was totally unintentional. So he smiled and said: "This is a story from experience, I admit it is not bad. "Speaking of which, I said something else and diverted this matter away. Yang Xingyuan knew that he was going to leave, so he purposely became quiet and chatted more gossip. It was almost five o'clock before he said goodbye and went home.

As soon as he got home, the servant said, "Yingli Fancai restaurant has been urged to come, I know you are next door."Yang Xingyuan hurriedly asked, "How did you answer?" The servant said, "I'm here right now, I planned to go over and tell you." Yang Xingyuan was very satisfied with his wording, nodded, and hastily changed his clothes, Come to Yingli Fan Restaurant.As soon as he entered the door, the clerk nodded his head and asked who is it?His place was originally a small fan restaurant, and once he entered the door, it was a dining room.At this time, the tables were full of people.When the clerk asked this question, if he said that it was a Miss Shi, it would attract people's attention, so he said, "It's a lady surnamed Shi." The clerk said, "Is it a lady? It's upstairs."

Yang Xingyuan didn't bother to pay attention to the guy, so he came upstairs.The clerk below shouted, and the clerk upstairs lifted the curtain of a private seat.Shi Kelian had already stretched out his head and looked out.Seeing Yang Xingyuan, he smiled and said, "Please sit inside." Yang Xingyuan saw that she hadn't braided her hair and had buns on her head, and suddenly felt that she was a little childish.She has cut off the hair on the front of her head, revealing the snow-white scalp on her head. She wears a gray uniform with a short collar, and her entire neck is exposed.The long hair is neatly cut, and at the boundary between the black hair and the white neck, there is a circle of hairs as thin as a spider's silk, sparse and half an inch long, which shows the true color of the young virgin more, not unexpectedly Like the girl from before.Then he said with a smile, "I've been waiting for a long time." Walking into the private seat, there was an old lady sitting on it, about sixty years old, holding the table with both hands, as if about to stand up.Yang Xingyuan thought that this must be Shi Kelian's grandmother, so she took off her hat and bowed.Shi Kelian introduced from the side and said: "This is my grandmother. This is Mr. Yang." Mrs. Shi said: "Kelian has repeatedly told me that Mr. Yang is a good person. Thanks to Mr. Yang's kindness, she helped her enter the exam. I really don't mind going to school." Yang Xingyuan said: "Because I heard Mrs. Li say that Ms. Shi has the ambition to study, and I admire her very much, so it doesn't take much effort to do a little favor." Shi Kelian put the dishes on the table After looking at the sign, he smiled and brought it to Yang Xingyuan, and said, "Should I change it to something else?" Shi Kelian's sleeves were thick and not very long, and when she stretched out the sign from the opposite side of the table, A piece of snow-white arm is exposed, Wang Xue is cute.Yang Xingyuan took the menu card and said, "No need to change it, it's just like this." Mrs. Shi said, "What kind of wine does Mr. Yang drink?" Yang Xingyuan said, "You're welcome, I never drink alcohol." The grandmother said: "Mr. Yang really doesn't drink alcohol, I know it." After saying this, she suddenly thought that there was something wrong with her language, and then said to her grandmother: "Didn't Miss Li celebrate her birthday last time? On that day, Group Li’s house had birthday wine, and there were two tables for men and women, all of which were placed in her living room. At that time, there was still a drinking order! Mr. Yang always didn’t drink too much.”

Mrs. Shi didn't pay attention to these words. After Shi Kelian explained for a while, she was also puzzled.However, I talked with Yang Xingyuan about some trivial matters in daily life, and then slowly talked about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, so I asked Yang Xingyuan, "Is the old man still in the hall?" Yang Xingyuan said: "There is also a mother at home." Mrs. Shi said: "How many brothers?" Yang Xingyuan said with a smile: "There are quite a few, six stupid brothers." Young master?" Yang Xingyuan said: "I'm against early marriage. Besides living outside, I don't dare to burden the family anymore." Shi Kelian didn't make a sound at this moment, she lowered her head to eat.Mrs. Shi listened to Yang Xingyuan's words before and after, and she answered irrelevant questions, but when she was young, she was also a shrewd and capable lady. When she saw this situation, she knew that Yang Xingyuan was not married.He smiled and said: "Yes, it's much easier to do business outside without a family." Yang Xingyuan said: "The old lady is absolutely right." Mrs. Shi said: "But then again, there are families in the guest It’s also much more convenient, and it’s more lonely to be alone.” Yang Xingyuan said: “I’m used to being away for a long time.” Mrs. Shi and Yang Xingyuan talked about family issues, but Shi Kelian was on the side, but she didn’t say a word.We kept talking about coffee, and the words began to break off.Shi Kelian said with a smile to Yang Xingyuan: "My grandmother wanted to go to Mr. Yang's residence to see it in person, because it was the Fu Mansion, and I don't know if I can go there?" Yang Xingyuan said: "Then I dare not do it. Miss Shi This is what I said for me, I want to see Mrs. Shi, because it is Yu Mansion, and it is inconvenient to go, I still have to forgive the old lady." Mrs. Shi said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Yang, my grandparents and grandchildren are here. Living in Beijing, although I don’t have to worry about food and clothing, I’m mentally suffering.” She pointed her hand at Shi Kelian and said, “She likes to be petty, and she’s a guest at someone’s house, how can I tolerate it? A person without a mother and no father can't bear to control her, so this time she broke up alone. It wasn't Mr. Yang's help, and I don't know how it ended." Yang Xingyuan said: "This is also human nature. Now Miss Shi When we go to Yu's house, once we talk about it, we are always relatives, so we can naturally restore our relationship." Mrs. Shi laughed and said: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to break up housework, and outsiders can't guess what's going on here. I came here today because I went to her school to invite her, and she hasn't gone back." Shi Kelian smiled at Yang Xingyuan, and said, "This is very funny." When speaking, Shi Kelian used a knife, She was peeling an apple with her grandmother. After peeling it, she reached out to hand it to her grandmother.Mrs. Shi laughed and said, "You child, why is there no distinction between subject and guest? You should respect yourself first."

It happened that there were two bananas and one orange on Yang Xingyuan's plate, but no apples.Yang Xingyuan said: "You are welcome old man, here are some." When he said this, he looked down and saw that there were no apples in his plate.I also feel that this kind of modesty is unreasonable.Shi Kelian was also very embarrassed at this time.This apple must be given to grandma. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to grandma? If she eats it, it will become even more rude.If it was given to Yang Xingyuan, Baba would be a little embarrassed to peel an apple to give to others, and besides, it would be embarrassing to give it to others after the grandmother explained it.Holding an apple in his hand, although he had a smile on his face, he didn't know how to explain it.It just so happened that the waiter brought a towel, Yang Xingyuan stretched out his hand, and took the towel first.Skellian put the apples on the plate casually, and also took the hand towel.This difficult problem is so vague.

At this time, the meal has been completely eaten, so everyone naturally has to go away, and can't occupy other people's seats for a long time.Yang Xingyuan took the hat from the hook in his hand, and said "thank you" to Mrs. Shi.He said "goodbye" to Skellyn again.But Shi Kelian took out a business card of her own, and said, "There is a phone number on it. If Ms. Li has anything to do, please tell Mr. Yang to tell her and let me know on the phone." Yang Xingyuan took the business card and took Out of the wallet on his body, he hid it away.Fu nodded again, bid farewell and went home.Along the way, he sat in the car and meditated, not knowing what this meal meant.If it's a reward, I shouldn't be invited. If it's an appointment to talk to me, it doesn't matter. It's really puzzling.When I got home, the lights were already on, and I saw a Soviet-style red lacquer suitcase on the table.I thought where did this come from?Open the lid of the carrying box, and there are three pots inside. A pot of braised fish, a pot of meat, and a pot of broccoli.He touched the plate with his hands, and it was hot.They took them out one by one and put them on the table.He thought to himself, needless to say, it was sent by Li Dongqing.This is probably because I was invited to dinner, but I didn't come, so I sent three more delicious dishes.At this time the servant came in, Yang Xingyuan asked, it was indeed from the Li family.Yang Xingyuan looked at the pot of chrysanthemums that Concubine Yang was intoxicated with on the table. When the electric light shone on them, there was a light red in the white, making it even more beautiful.Next to the chrysanthemums, there is a pot of big red begonias, which complement each other, and I feel that the chrysanthemums are really beautiful.Under the beautiful flower pot, there is a volume of Tang poems in imitation of the Song Dynasty, which is very interesting.So he called the servant and said, "Is there any good wine for sale around here?" The servant said, "You can't drink much, so what are you going to do with it? There is a big bottle of brandy at the rich second master's place. I'll pour you a glass, it's enough for you." "Yang Xingyuan frowned and said: "Vulgar! The second master has a bottle of sherbet. I drank half of it the day before yesterday. It's good. Do you see any more?" The servant listened and took the box away. After a while, I brought a small wine bottle less than one foot high, another pair of tooth chopsticks, and a white porcelain cup without flowers imitating jade, all of which were placed on the table.Yang Xingyuan looked at the white label paper on the bottle, it was grape dew from the fruit wine company, and it hadn't been opened yet.Yang Xingyuan was very satisfied with it first, and asked the servant with a smile, "Did you do all this?" The servant said, "No. Just now, I went to Erye's place to ask for wine. He saw that I had a suitcase in my hand, and even yelled to understand. Now, take this bottle of wine from the shelf, and tell me to drink this pair of glasses." He said with a smile.He said again: "He said, if Mr. Yang writes a poem, show it to him." Yang Xingyuan seemed to be possessed, shook his head and smiled and said, "Okay, children can be taught." The money was given to the footman.The servant got this unexpected fortune, and thanked him with a smile. Yang Xingyuan cleaned up the table, opened the bottle, poured a glass of wine, took a sip first, the taste was fresh and sweet, but not very strong.So I sat down and read poetry while drinking.I was 80% full after eating, but when I was happy, I wanted to order wine, so I made a fuss like this.Unexpectedly, the food was delicious, and the wine was delicious, so I ate so much that I just drank it down.After drinking slowly for half an hour, one-third of the small bottle of wine was gone. He didn't have much capacity for alcohol, but the wine didn't taste very good in his mouth, but when it got into his stomach, he was churning likewise, so he was a little tipsy.People who don't know how to drink won't get very drunk, and if they know it in their own hearts, they don't dare to drink.But people are very happy. When I think about today's events, I have to write poems about them.Thinking of this, I pulled out a piece of jade paper from the drawer, dipped the pen until it was full of ink, and wrote: "The fish soup is made with a powdery fragrance, the jade man..." After writing here, I quickly painted the pen.He also wrote: "Indulge in a beautiful family all night," wrote these seven characters, and painted the pen deeply again.I thought to myself: "I am writing today, why am I so presumptuous, don't give up." Put down the pen, rub the jade plate into a ball of paper, and throw it in the wastebasket.The servant saw that he was writing and knew that he was no longer drinking, so he made him a pot of strong tea and put away all the bowls.Yang Xingyuan also felt extremely thirsty and flustered, so she took a handful of sandalwood powder and burned it in the steel stove, poured herself a cup of tea, lay down on the sofa chair in the room outside, and slowly Sober up with tea.Take a leisurely look at the four or five pots of chrysanthemums under the electric lights, thin and graceful, graceful and picturesque.I can't help but think of the two sentences "the curtain rolls in the west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers".I thought tonight that the poetry is very beautiful, why not fill in a poem and try it.Looking outside the window, I saw the moon shining like a wash, the tree in the yard was blown by the wind, and the bare pole was only shaking in the air. After a little thought, I had two sentences. "Linjiang Fairy". Immediately sit on the desk, pick up the pen, and write the sentence you want first.After pondering for a while, he continued with three more sentences.Because it's something in front of you, it's not hard to write. After a while, a poem has been filled out. As soon as the thinking is alive, the meaning is improved, and the meaning is filled in again.When I filled in the third line, I only wrote two sentences. I felt that it was not a method, and I thought about it, but I couldn't continue, so I had to forget it.Moreover, the wine did not wake up well, and people really wanted to sleep, so they lost their pen and ink and went to sleep. When I got up the next morning, I remembered something and went out.Not long after he went out, Li Dongqing specially came to make an appointment with him because he came to see the chrysanthemums, but the servant didn't notice that Yang Xingyuan was going out, and kept leading Li Dongqing into the house.Looking at the three rooms in a row, there is no one there.The servant said: "Mr. Yang probably went out and will be back in a while. Miss Li, please sit down for a while." Li Dongqing said: "No, I will leave a note." Then, he sat down in Yang Xingyuan to write a manuscript He picked up the pen, but before he opened the ink cartridge, he saw half a sheet of writing paper exposed under a book of Tang poems.There were five words on the paper, "the end of the world is outside the door", and I took it out to have a look. It turned out to be two poems, with a few sentences in front of the words, saying: "Drinking with flowers, I don't feel drunk, and I feel emotional when I touch the scenery. I even filled in the number of "Linjiang Immortals", but I didn't fulfill my intentions." That word is: The west wind curtain (towel mo) is cold, and the court locust tree has silenced its crows.The bright moon in the small window is slanted, and the jade hook is slanting, chanting and floating in the green mouth, smiling at the yellow flowers.From the mouth of Shentan to dissipate the drunkenness, throwing books and crossing hands frequently.Tonight's night class is colder, and it's late to sleep, and the world is beyond the door. Li Dongqing read the lyrics once, forgot to write the note, read it several times, nodded, and thought in his heart: "It's really more than enough." Looking at the second line again, it's still the rhyme.The word is: Bai Yu Ning Song Remnant Autumn Feeling Chaos.Who cares about the haggard Jinghua, a bosom friend retweeted her, Jiangnan Hongdouzi, Tongli's daughter's house.There are all the traces of crying and old hatred, the pipa on the desolate river, the red wall is not covered by white clouds, nothing like the tears of a missing woman, turning into heartbroken flowers. Li Dongqing looked at the upper column, his face turned red, and he still had some sympathy in his heart, but when he saw the second half of the column, his color changed abruptly, thinking that this was imitated, if it was done by some of his sons and daughters See, isn't it a joke? And moaning without being sick is not worth it.Below this word, there are three sentences, which are still hemp rhyme.The word is: The eyebrows are just like the sky and the moon, the autumn face is as light and beautiful as a flower, and suddenly the bun is raised and the two girls are pulled. There will be no more after this.Li Dongqing thought: "Under this word, there is clearly a sense of surprise at first sight. Who is this? In this way, the second poem has nothing to do with me. Why should I care?" I read the words from the beginning, and when I read the ten words "Jiangnan Hongdouzi, Tongli Daughter's Home", I read it upside down several times, and finally couldn't hold back, so I opened the drawer and put this manuscript in.Then I found a piece of paper and wrote: "I have nothing to do at noon. I will go to Central Park to see the chrysanthemums as promised. From 1:00 to 2:00, we can meet at Chunming Pavilion." A "green" was marked on the back of the paper. Put it under the Tang poetry, and said to the footman: "Mr. Yang is back, you tell him there is a note on the desk, and he will know." After finishing speaking, she walked away. An hour later, Yang Xingyuan came back.Although I saw the bottom half of the paper, I thought it was the words I filled out last night, so I didn't pay attention.After the servant said it, he realized that it was Li Dongqing's writing. Yang Xingyuan read it over and put the note in a small letter box.I looked at the two poems filled in again, but I couldn't see them.I wondered, it was obviously under the book, why didn't I see it?She must have seen it and took it with her, but she knew it was disrespectful. Even if she saw it, she might not have stolen it, right?Probably rich brothers, I took it to see, but I don’t know, but just now came in from the front, three of his brothers, none of them came home, this guess is wrong, but fortunately, this is not a big problem, if you can’t guess, it’s okay up.After lunch, I was about to go out, because I was looking for a handkerchief, so I opened the drawer.I saw the manuscript lying on the floating surface. "Jiangnan Hongdouzi, Tongli Daughter's House" was smeared in ink.Yang Xingyuan supported the drawer, stood there blankly for a while, then nodded.I simply tore the manuscript into strips, threw it into the wastebasket, looked at my watch, it was pointing to a quarter past twelve, and calculated that it would take about a quarter of an hour by car from home to Central Park, and I would take the car right away. Go out and go to Central Park, it's exactly one o'clock.So I came to Central Park immediately, bought a ticket, entered the gate, and walked slowly along the main road.In my heart, I planned to go to Chunming Pavilion to make a pot of tea and wait, with my head down in the cypress forest, counting my steps, walking step by step.Suddenly someone in front of him laughed and said: "It's a coincidence." When Yang Xingyuan looked up, Li Dongqing walked over from under the corridor, and Yang Xingyuan also smiled and said: "This is really good at keeping time, even foreigners have no faults." That." Li Dongqing said: "This sentence is somewhat illogical, can foreigners represent those who keep time? The word 'foreigner' naturally refers to Europeans and Americans, but literally, We must not say that, the Malays are foreigners, and the blacks are also foreigners." Yang Xingyuan did not wait for her to finish, and said with a smile: "I am the one who declared failure. Although I failed, I am very honored." Li Dongqing said with a smile: "This It's not playing chess with the national players, why is it glorious to lose?" Yang Xingyuan said: "Why not think so?" Li Dongqing said with a smile: "It can be said that he is good at praising and praying. But people who compliment others in person, behind their backs..." Yang Xingyuan said : "Calling people behind their backs?" Li Dongqing smiled and said: "This is also illogical, I didn't say it." Yang Xingyuan thought about it, her words clearly referred to my poem, so she laughed it off. The two of them walked along their feet and arrived at the Sheji Altar. Several young people came out of the main hall above, but Li Dongqing recognized one person, who was a very close friend of Yang Xingyuan. He was walking a step or two in front of Yang Xingyuan. Stop and step back.Said: "Look, your friend." When Yang Xingyuan looked at it, it turned out to be Wu Bibo.Then he took a few steps forward. Shouted: "Bibo, Bibo, don't go." Wu Bibo put his hand on the brim of his hat, nodded slightly, and looked at Yang Xingyuan with a smile.Yang Xingyuan said: "Don't go, let's go all the way to see the chrysanthemums." Wu Bibo lowered his voice, squinted his eyes and smiled, "I'm sorry, I want to accompany my friend." He said and went to the east.Yang Xingyuan stopped for a while, and then Li Dongqing slowly walked forward.He smiled and said, "Your friend is very naughty." Yang Xingyuan said, "Children are naughty." Li Dongqing said with a smile, "Your Excellency may not be an adult." , Yang Xingyuan didn't go on.There are hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums in this hall, colorful and full of elegant seeds. After looking at them, Yang Xingyuan asked Li Dongqing which one she liked.Li Dongqing was honest and criticized for a while.At the end, I have to ask Yang Xingyuan, which one do you like.Yang Xingyuan said: "The lighter the chrysanthemums, the better. I like white ones." Li Dongqing said: "There are a lot of white chrysanthemums here. Do you agree with them?" Yang Xingyuan said: "There is a difference." Pointing to the east, he said: "There is a very delicate chrysanthemum over there, which can represent the chrysanthemum I love in my heart." Li Dongqing said with a smile: "Of course it has been tasted and worth ten times. I want to see it." Look, what kind of chrysanthemum it is, probably what Bole cares about, it must be extraordinary." Going closer and looking, it turned out to be a single branch with two white chrysanthemums blooming on it. , slightly pink.Li Dongqing said with a smile: "It doesn't look very good. Isn't there a pot over there? But the title 'Liulang Noodles' is very interesting." Yang Xingyuan said: "No, no." Li Dongqing bowed while speaking Bending down, I took a look at the name note clipped on the white wax pole, and it turned out to be the three characters "Pingtoulian".This small note was originally rolled half way, so Li Dongqing didn't see it first.At this time, the note was hung upright, and it could be seen at a glance.Li Dongqing blushed, not daring to look at Yang Xingyuan.Yang Xingyuan originally wanted to ask if you agree?When it came to his mouth, he endured it again.He turned his face away after accosting, and said in surprise on purpose: "A good flower is a good flower." Li Dongqing also turned her face and asked: "What kind of flower?" Yang Xingyuan said: "These two kudzu scarves, green petals, match With a golden flower heart, it is really quaint." Li Dongqing echoed his words and praised for a while. I won't mention the words just now, the clouds cross the sky. After looking at the flowers and walking out of the hall, Yang Xingyuan said: "Today's weather, there is no wind and sand, please take a detour in the garden before going out, okay?" Li Dongqing said: "Busy people have time to make detours, so it's not a problem for me to be idle." Yang Xingyuan asked Li Dongqing to take a step forward, and he followed behind.Along the road in the cypress forest, I walked more than half a circle.Yang Xingyuan just looked at the backs of the people in front of her, unlike before seeing the flowers, she talked and laughed naturally, without saying a word.On the contrary, Li Dongqing often finds out a few problems to talk about.Walking along, I didn't realize I was on the small stone bridge behind the waterside pavilion.As soon as the water bends, it is clear and shallow at this time.There are still a few lotus leaf stalks left on the water to shake in the wind.Li Dongqing said: "The remnant lotus leaves are both withered and black. It's not good after all. I remember that there was a passage where Jia Baoyu wanted to remove the lotus leaves from the pond. When he was persuaded, he said, 'Leave the remnants of the lotus to listen to the sound of the rain. ’, he kept it, it can be seen that people’s opinions can change at any time.” Yang Xingyuan said: “That’s what the sisters persuaded him, so he believed it. I’m afraid it’s not the case to change to a Qingke under Jia Zheng’s sect to persuade him. Ling." Li Dongqing laughed and said, "I admit that too." Yang Xingyuan said, "Do you think Baoyu's behavior is right?" Li Dongqing said, "According to me, nothing in Baoyu's life was right. "Yang Xingyuan laughed and said: "This criticism is too harsh. Can you give me an example?" Li Dongqing said: "This is not exhaustive. I have a copy of "Miscellaneous Notes on Reading "Dream of Red Mansions". Yes, I will show it to you tomorrow, and you will know." While talking, he walked, and arrived in front of the waterside pavilion.Yang Xingyuan didn't go forward, but walked down the corridor outside the waterside pavilion.Li Dongqing said from behind: "What's the meaning here, let's go." Yang Xingyuan leaned on the railing and said: "It's near the water, it's very quiet. It's best to play with the moon here at night, with water on three sides." Standing there blankly, only looking at the other bank. On the other bank, a large barbed wire fence covers from the bank to the center of the pool, and there are many waterfowl in it.Li Dongqing said: "That's right, there are two cranes raised there, and they are going to fly, and they are very beautiful from a distance. But this kind of thing is very lazy, and it is rare to fly." Yang Xingyuan said: "No! I am love. Look at the pair of mandarin ducks in the water, you can see it swimming around and never leaving, it is very interesting." Li Dongqing stood behind Yang Xingyuan, neither of them saw their faces.After Yang Xingyuan said this, he was silent for a while.Li Dongqing said with a smile: "This is also innate. Good luck is unkind, and treats everything as a dog. If you love to teach you, you will do what you want. If you can't push it, you can't force it. We saw mandarin ducks, a pair, I find it interesting. Maybe it looks very ordinary on its own." Yang Xingyuan said in a general way: "You are not a mandarin duck, how do you know the joy of mandarin ducks?" Li Dongqing also laughed: "You are not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of mandarin ducks?" Happy?" Yang Xingyuan said: "We don't need to argue. Let me ask you a word, in everything in the world, is it happier to have a partner? Or is it happier not to have a partner?" Li Dongqing said: "It's hard to say, it depends on each individual. You can make a judgment based on your temperament and substance, some are happy to have a partner, and some are happy to not have a partner." Yang Xingyuan was looking at the mandarin ducks, but now she turned her face and said to Li Dongqing: "I don't agree with that. Dare to agree. If there are people who enjoy not having a partner, why doesn't anyone want to follow Robinson Crusoe and drift to the deserted island?" Li Dongqing said: "In this kind of society, we can't meet them. How can we find them? Say no?" Yang Xingyuan said: "If there is, it is because of some stimulation, and it is by no means natural. I think that people who are out of touch with the world, like Tao Yuanming and Yan Ziling, do not take pleasure in living alone. But they have a high vision. Ordinary people can't see it, so they become arrogant people. What do you think?" Li Dongqing smiled and said: "You basically misunderstood me. You are talking about human affairs, and I am talking about nature. You slowly If you want to go, you will understand." Yang Xingyuan said: "How can there be..." Li Dongqing didn't let him finish talking, stopped him and said, "Don't discuss such silly issues. Let's go, there are still many flowers in the greenhouse over there, let's go there and have a look." After finishing speaking, she had already started go first.杨杏园见她已走,只得也就跟在后面,李冬青已是毫不停留,出了中央公园的大门了。杨杏园生怕自己的表示,有些太露骨了,以至引起她的不悦,悄悄的在后面走,不敢再说什么。 可是看李冬青的颜色,丝毫没有什么变动,依然平常一样,心里又安慰了一半。不过她这样矜持,俨若无事的态度,未知她的旨趣何在。两人各坐了一辆洋车,一路回家,李冬青的车子在前面走,杨杏园的车子在后面走。车子是先到杨杏园门口,李冬青的车子过去了,她还回过头来,笑着说一声“再会”。
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