Chapter 9 Fives
Not long after the winter vacation started, something happened that caused everyone's regret.
After the tea party at Lin Yanmei's house that day, everyone was very happy about the cake made of Dutch mice.Ling Xihui works as a reporter for a news agency outside of class.She especially used this topic to describe the New Year's Eve dinner for the nine students from the big bombing that destroyed the rice noodle king's old shop to the point of giving cakes to repay their gratitude.Because of the clues of this story, I introduced the student life of Union University.He also particularly praised the actions of the compatriots who immigrated to Yunnan from all over the country to connect with the aborigines.An article of more than 10,000 words is written to the fullest, and it is eloquent and moving.It was even titled "The Story of the Holland Rat and the Ring", which made people feel sympathetic to the lives of these students.After receiving someone's kindness, it is difficult to put this sumptuous meal in my stomach, but I can't help the warm feeling in my heart.So it was passed on orally from time to time, and I always kept it in my heart. In the days of poverty, it is rare to get a little precious thing, which can be given as a gift.It happened that with this big cake, no one was willing to eat it, but when they proposed to make a generous gift, they immediately agreed with it.At the end is a speech by Wu Baosheng, and every parent in the world can't help but cry when they hear it.No one could bear to listen to such a daughter who looked like suet and pure jade, telling a strange old woman the bitter words of her group of young people who had left their hometown and left their homes and said goodbye to their parents.After the article was published, it was circulated in newspapers for a while.Immediately there was a call for essays describing the life of the students during the war, and I don’t know how many people came to Wenlin Street to see the Dutch mouse and the old lady.But no one can find Ling Xihui in this lively scene.
It's been a week since school started.Winter break starts differently than summer break.Everyone went to class according to the old homework schedule.According to the off-duty time, I used to find people who also have no classes to play.No one could find Ling Xihui.Everyone started to feel strange.The only possibility is that she was too busy to attend class due to the fact that she was so busy with the essay writing to describe the life of the students, but she was never too busy to get the school to register for a registration.Because no one thought that the shrewd Ling Xihui might forget the registration date.No one went to find her when she was busy.Unexpectedly, the registration was closed.Her name was announced on the list of students considered suspended.This is an irreversible fate.
The day after the registration expired, Ling Xihui came alone.I ran into Lin Yanmei head-on with her notebook on her way to class.She hugged her and asked, "Is your sister in the house?" Lin Yanmei said, "Yes!" She said, "Okay, I'll go and see her." Seeing that her expression was different than usual, Lin Yanmei followed her instead of going to class.When I got to the house, I saw that Shen Jian, Shen Jia, Shi Xuanwen, and Wu Baosheng were all in the house.Everyone stood up and called her.She couldn't help it anymore, two lines of tears flowed down, and she simply burst into tears.
It turns out that Ling Xihui's situation is very different from others.Both of her parents died when she was young. A nanny heard her mother's last words and said: "This child has lost her father since she was young. I have suffered all these years but I have not been able to see her grow up. I am afraid that there is no one among relatives and friends who loves her so much as you do." I entrust her to you, and you take her to the provincial capital to find her uncle, and beg him to take care of you no matter what!" Then he said: "In the years since her father died, the family property has been managed by her uncle. I didn’t ask a word, I spent one for one, and saved one for one less. Now I simply go too. There is only one child left, let him spend more time.” This nanny is a conscientious person.After seeing the differences between the two houses in the Ling family property for several years, I feel uneasy. I really think that this young lady has grown up and earned a living. Unexpectedly, disasters will happen again, and the wife will die, and she will become an orphan who is ignored.She cried and agreed.Watching my family bury their wives.I brought the unused money from the provincial capital and took the small train from Mengzi to Bisezhai with the young lady, and then changed to the Dianyue road train and headed north.My family saw the will and heard Mrs. Ling's dying words, so no one stopped her.On the contrary, some who know the nanny is faithful are willing to give her travel expenses.The nanny was grateful in her heart, and remembered all of them in her heart, and prepared to repay them in the future.
The Ling family was originally a big family in Mengzi.After many generations, each house is also separated.The conditions of each house are also normal. Only Ling Xihui's father, uncle and brother are willing to be strong. The city of Kunming came to do business.It is said that it started as a batch of small loads selling needlework and foreign goods.By the age of thirty, by the age of forty, he has become the richest man in Kunming.The two brothers built two buildings side by side on Jinbi Road, one Wanchangyuan and one Wanlongyuan, two large department stores.The word Wanyuan is the name of Lingjiatang, Chang and Long are the names of the eldest and second brothers.The two big stores arranged for the wholesale business of foreign goods in the whole province.I went to the foreign goods stores in various states and counties and asked, and there was no one who didn't know the shop of brother Ling's family in the provincial capital.There are too many wholesale businesses, and they don't care about it in the store.
The two older brothers are nearly forty years old and haven't married yet, and the matchmaker has also crossed the threshold.The younger brother said: "If you want to do this kind of thing, you should do it when you are in your twenties. Now that you are over the years, you don't have to do it." The older brother didn't agree. He said: "If we don't come out of our hometown, our ancestors won't do it." After being extinct, now that you are developed, you want to do such an unfilial thing, you and I will stretch our legs in the future, what is the reason for this hard life?" At that time, the elder brother probably had his eyes on the daughter of a Cantonese businessman who was also in the same family. So he decided to marry her, and the two brothers would fall out.
According to local legend, when the two brothers first came to Kunming, they broke their financial bonds and slept on the upper floor of Dadongmen.It is said that their brothers' lives are connected together, they are both wives, and money is inherently incapable of having both.The same is true for a lifetime of hard work.Reluctantly.If you want to seek money, you have to give up the idea of marrying a wife and having children.If you make a fortune in the future and want to marry a wife, both of you will suffer a catastrophe, and all your property will be taken back by heaven.The two brothers woke up the next morning, and they both testified that they had the same dream, so they became strange.The two discussed it for a while and felt that the dream made sense.Even if the two of them beg for food and go home, they will surely have a reliable bowl of food to eat.There is a house to live in.Getting married and having children is a matter of course.Otherwise, the only option is to do business in the provincial capital.The younger brother said: "There are many filial sons and virtuous grandchildren in our hometown. Since we have worked so hard to come out, there is no reason to go back like this. It is good to earn a family fortune and distribute it to the same clan after decades of hard work. What kind of wife do you want to marry!" My brother was right when he thought about it.Seeing that they are about to beg for food, let's make this wish to get rich first.Can't care that far.
They kowtowed and made a wish right away. Sure enough, they didn't want to go home after all the hard work. They started a small business dutifully and didn't spend a penny.The elder brother himself saw the money turned into money, and not a single penny came for nothing. He had a good calculation, and knew that it was not the power of Shinto, so he felt that the marriage might as well go ahead.The younger brother held the opposite view and strongly opposed it.No one can know whether this is true or not. In short, my brother proposed a large sum of cash, married the Cantonese daughter, and went back to his hometown. He would never work hard as a businessman again.Give both names to my younger brother.
In the second year after arriving home, a daughter was born.Before she could call "Dad", she got sick and died.No one knew what the dead man had planned.The family's money is empty, and only rely on the money sent by the younger brother to survive.Although it is not much, it is always enough not to be embarrassing.
The young lady had a hard time, and it passed when her daughter was five years old.So Ling Xihui was brought to the provincial capital by her nanny at the age of five.These words were told to her by the nurse.She was as ungodly as her nurse, but she didn't care much about property.Since entering the United University, she only wanted to study hard, even if she lost all her family property, as long as she could break off with that weird old man like her uncle!Her uncle sent her to school and liked her very much seeing that she was smart.It's just that everything is completely up to her, without her freedom, she is not happy.She joined the United Nations University.I am still working as a news reporter outside.It doesn't matter what her uncle plans for her.
In the old calendar year, she went back to pay New Year's greetings to her uncle, who told her to meet a man in his thirties who looked like a businessman.And left the man at home for lunch before leaving.In the evening when she returned from the tea party at Lin Yanmei's house, her uncle told her the terrible news that she had been betrothed to that man.
No matter what she said or how she begged, her uncle was unmoved.He also said that he would marry her off within a month.And marry Wan Changyuan left by her father as a dowry to her.Ling Xihui was stunned when she heard that.her dream.Her plans are all over.Her efforts and the meaning of her life must be given up.To go back to guard the estate again, to do what her father would not do at his age.However, she has been used to obeying her uncle since she was five years old.I don't know how to resist.She ran to discuss it with her nurse, who said her uncle had discussed it with her.This day of rebirth has been her daily prayer for so many years, and she is extremely in favor of it!So Ling Xihui was alone and helpless.
She also conveyed another kind of temperament from her father, the desire to start a business.Coupled with her years of education, she decided to disobey after two days of boredom, but if the matter is not confidential, she is in danger of being detained.She pretended to be obedient, and didn't even say anything about going to school.Her uncle is also a shrewd person. On the second day when he knew that his registration at the General Assembly had expired, he readily agreed when he heard that she wanted to go to school to visit her friends.She came running alone.
After seeing my dear classmates, I thought about the reunion at Lin Yanmei's family, saw everyone happily starting another semester of schoolwork, and thought about my future plans and difficulties in the future.The difference between happiness and misfortune in life is so far!Before I knew it, I burst into tears.
When everyone heard her talk about her uncle's forced marriage, everyone became upset.Wu Baosheng said: "What are you afraid of! You can't ask him now! You have to register and go to school. What can he do?" Ling Xihui stopped crying and told her history.
"You don't understand my uncle's mentality!" She said: "His thinking is the same as my father's. It's just that he saw it 20 years later than my father. He probably feels that he is old by now. Marrying a wife and having children is a must. It’s too late. Usually he thinks I’m okay, and wants to be his own daughter. That’s why he is willing to oppress me like this. Think about how famous these two stores are in Yunnan, and how many people know that he is He has no future, and he is trying to change the idea of these two stores. He also feels that he is unable to grasp the situation after his death. I also don’t know how to do business, so I came up with such a way, thinking that he still has the spirit At that time, he made my marriage with one hand, and asked the person he liked to manage the business under him. He has no bad intentions." Everyone fell silent after listening.
"Looking at the past," she resumed her usual tone, "he can be trusted. When my father got married, he used up a sum of money that was almost equivalent to the entire value of a store. In fact, this kind of wholesale business can’t bear such a big change. In those two years, it caught up with the European war, and the price of foreign goods was high. The capital is small, and it’s not easy to circulate. His own store was almost brought down. They kept the news secret. Yes, so I didn’t explain the lack of money, but my family members and outsiders misunderstood it for many years. My mother, especially, always thought that he objected to the marriage at the beginning. I think he must take advantage of my father’s death to bully me. Widowed mother, orphaned daughter. Who would have thought that the large sum of money he borrowed at that time would only be repaid with interest today, and resumed his old business. This fluctuation made him feel old. He always wanted to force me to get married. From his point of view, there is nothing wrong with this matter. To be honest, I am also grateful in my heart.
"Hateful circumstances are not chosen by man. My situation may be envied by others. But I do often resent myself. I would rather not have this uncle, this uncle worthy of sympathy. Nor this wealth, this wealth worthy of envy. But I What can be done!
"The peaceful days in the past were not stable. Elementary school, middle school, and university. I have been worried for a long time. Graduating from middle school is a big test. Fortunately, I passed the class and passed the university, which made him happy. The reputation of the three universities in the north convinced him. He was the only one who allowed me to go to school, and I have been studying for a year and a half today. That autumn, when Kunming suffered the first air raid, the feeling of impermanence in his heart changed him a little, and he was willing to listen to me. A little opinion. I seized this opportunity to establish my own opinion. One day I have the opportunity, work hard for one day. I dare not hope that there will be no accidents until graduation.
"However, it happened today. I still don't want to be reconciled. I think unless I give up my ideals, I will have to be tempered. Because the business in this great war is very different from that in the peaceful days. Uncle's respect for him The business is a bit unreliable. His protection needs to be found early.
"I don't want to just let go. From his point of view, my function is to accept their property. I study and go to school, just to increase my social status so that he can find a better niece and son-in-law. I can't bear the old year's day even more, That pair of small eyes that that person looked me up and down!
"Maybe my plan is wrong. But if I do good or bad, I will take responsibility for it. I am also willing to do it. Let others fiddle with me, and if things don't go my way in the future, I will suffer for others. How is that all about it?"
"It's a rule that I can't get on in school." She ended the paragraph: "I don't want to have conflicts with him. Hiding in school will make it impossible sooner or later. Either fall out, or be obedient. Let him go back. When it comes to a girl, others like to add skills like leaves. I can't be careless. I'm afraid I will leave Kunming for the time being.
"My job at the news agency is very satisfying to them. I know that Myanmar needs to use interviewers. I will go to the news agency today to pick up the job. I will leave as soon as the trip is scheduled. I will leave a detailed letter and tell my uncle. Explain that I am not a foolish child, please rest assured. I will cut it first and play it later. He has nothing to do if he is not in front of him. To that person, he has to explain it for me because of his niece relationship! My uncle is actually very strong. I have plenty of days to repay he.
"In school, there are unavoidable speculations. I came here today to explain it myself. Sister Wu, you and I have been classmates for nearly two years. It is a pity that I can't finish my studies and know my details. If someone talks nonsense, just explain it for me. .If there are rumors that hurt my uncle's heart, I will feel uneasy in the distance!"
"Yanmei!" She looked at Lin Yanmei with teary eyes and said, "Your environment is too happy. Not everyone can have it. Work hard. You are the most painful in freshmen. I really can't bear to leave you!" Everyone cried while talking.Ling Xihui is usually enthusiastic and outspoken, extremely smart, no one would have thought that she would drop out of school for such a reason.We broke up today, I don't know when we will see you again.The Shen sisters couldn't stand being emotionally agitated, so they cried very sadly.Wu Baosheng and Shi Xuanwen couldn't think of a better way than Ling Xihui's own decision, so they could only wipe away their tears in silence.Lin Yanmei never knew anything unsatisfactory in life.I can't wait to exchange my happiness with any unfortunate person, so that I can be safer.Now I feel that I live one more day and one more day of pain.Even school is not completely happy, I wish I could die sooner.
Seeing everyone cry, Ling Xihui relieved her sadness a little.She said: "My thoughts and methods are all forced by the environment. A person should be more flexible. Don't feel sorry for me. But I have to hold back a little bit in the next few days, and don't spread the word that hurts me. After I leave, the whole family will definitely come to the school to see me. Be careful when you answer correctly. Don’t contradict the old man. I can’t stay longer today.”
Everyone knows that this matter has a lot to do with it.Don't dare to mess around.Holding back tears and sending her away.No one dared to say anything when they came back.Sure enough, within three days, someone came to look for Wu Baosheng.With Ling Xihui's handwriting, it looks like an old man.Bald head, gray cloth gown, eyebrows are white.He said he was Uncle Ling Xihui.From her letter, Wu Baosheng knew that she had a chance to leave on the second day after she came to school.She first listened quietly to the old man's argument.It was actually very sensible.There was a bit of regret in his tone that this matter was done too hastily.I was worried about Ling Xihui's safety and worried.
"Xihui is talented." Wu Baosheng said. "We are very relieved when she goes out. With a girl like this, she should be asked to go out for a while. She came to the school before she came. I am afraid that you, the old man, will misunderstand and ask us to help explain again and again, for fear of hurting you. The old man's heart. Let's intercede for him, and forgive her for beheading first and playing later."
"I don't mean to blame her." The uncle said, "She has also become very hard tempered. Just one thing, Miss Wu, please don't hide it from me. Does Xihui have a boyfriend who is very close to her at school?"
"Your old man can probably see it too!" She understood that this was a difficult topic, and she dared not be careless.Otherwise, Ling Xihui's friendship will be lost: "Which of us can go to school for several years without knowing a few male classmates? When we see boys together, we can't decide if we have any special feelings. Xihui's situation is very different. She It is often said that she has a lot of books to study and a lot of work to do, and the opportunity to go to school is not easy, and she refuses to waste time. For more than a year or two, she can really be said to be the one who can study hard without distraction. I don’t know how to use The words were meant to be concealed. Although she is gone now, there is nowhere to go after her. But the truth will always come to light. Why should I tell lies?"
After hearing this, the old man tried his best to reason, so he didn't say anything. He seemed to have another point that was a bit inconvenient to say.When Wu Baosheng saw it, he said, "Xihui is just friends with us at school. If you have anything to say, just say it. We are all willing to do our best."
After hearing this, the old man looked at Wu Baosheng appreciatively, and said, "There is nothing else. A girl's family name is important. I believe what Miss Wu said just now. If there are rumors in the school, please also represent her." Let me explain. My niece and daughter will come back sooner or later, and I am also grateful."
Wu Baosheng heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.They discussed it, and Wu Baosheng packed up the things on behalf of his niece, and handed them over to someone to take them back.Wu Baosheng took the people who came with him into the dormitory to finish the matter, and sent Uncle Ling Xihui out.
In the school, everyone knew what Ling Xihui was doing.Hearing of such a whereabouts, the suspicion at the beginning of the school subsided.More than two weeks later, Wu Baosheng and his group received a letter from her from Yangon, saying that everything was fine.And it opened a lot of horizons for coming out this time.Words are very exciting.Her work is too intense and heavy, so her letters cannot be written long.Wu Baosheng published the letter on the school wall newspaper.She went to see Ling Xihui's uncle again.That day the newspaper disclosed Ling Xihui's first newsletter.Written in detail and moving.Uncle is also happy.Said to be the only outstanding junior in his clan.She stayed for dinner before putting it back.And he also gave her the letter he received and brought it back for publication.These two letters and newsletters were sent on the same day.The materials are almost the same, and the tone is three kinds.
This semester everyone is in a particularly school-loving mood.For Ling Xihui's dropping out of school, everyone felt that today, when wars are raging all over the country, there are not many days in Kunming where people can sing like this, and everything in the school is extraordinarily cute.Who can guarantee that his studies will not be interrupted?The school moved to Kunming in 2007, and it has been in operation for three years this summer.They came with the first air raid on Kunming and brought everything from wartime.They had lost nothing in the restlessness, save the leisurely elements of pre-war college life.At the same time, they not only had different results, but also built a new school building under the bombing.This year, the first graduation ceremony will be held in the new school building.Many people feel that they need to have a good time.It is necessary to restore the entertainment after school and the leisure element in the old life.I also want to say goodbye to many Ling Xihui who are struggling.The nature of such a farewell party is a little different from before.It is not for the students in the school to send off the school, but for everyone to borrow such a meeting to deepen the impression of school life.
According to the usual habits, I know that the graduates are already very busy during the semester, so this meeting will be held after the first monthly exam after the spring break.Enthusiastic people, they have already made preparations before the monthly exam.The rest of the group also discussed the news enthusiastically.Lin Yanmei's tea party last year was the subject of conversation before the winter vacation.After the meeting, a Dutch mouse in front of the rice noodle king's gate gave everyone the correct information, and at the same time drew a vivid scene of the tea party in everyone's minds.Her family, her parents, her words, her dance moves, and even her younger brother.Thinking about it, it seemed like everyone had visited her home and experienced the joy she had so easily prepared for.Close your eyes and you will see her white Changnong.As soon as my heart was quiet, I heard Fan Kuanhu's song and Qiao Qianyin's tune.With these impressions, I feel that the entertainment standard has been raised very high.It was extremely difficult to prepare.While the preparators couldn't hide their happiness, they tried their best to keep it a secret, for fear of spreading the wonderful program to the public.They are all like the people in charge of national defense secrets in the country.Wherever you go, mystery also follows you.With every move of hand, every move of foot, even the movement of lips and teeth, some people guessed whether it was related to the fun fair.Everyone was whispering.
The situation is like this season.In the warm and bright spring sun, there are flowers all over the campus.There are also tender green leaves that are as shiny as wax.The young man had already changed out of his bulky winter clothes, walking briskly like a spring allegro.The clear water flows from the creek and pours into the small lake in the center of the campus, and the white clouds float in the wind to look at their own faces on the clear lake.Three or two pleasant answers, a piece of blue sky like this, and a few silent prayers for the New Year, all of which present a joyful scene, are not enough.
There is something that seems to be a sound, and it seems to be a kind of wriggling existence that people can always feel; is it the bee humming the tune of his work?Is Xinyan pouring out their endless nurturing whispers?Is it the spring worm struggling to emerge from the chrysalis, or the dragonfly trying its rapidly shaking new wings?where are theyUnder the twigs and leaves?Hiding in the green valley in the sky?In the warm dirt?Or in every perceived heart?
This is the feeling of spring for young people, the song taught by Chunyang.This is what the students have come to expect from this fair, as the unpredictable programming suggests.They enjoy the gift of spring.They made their own performances to repay the good spring!
It's a Saturday morning.Wu Baosheng worked in the laboratory all morning, when she heard the bell rang for the end of get out of class, she stood up to pack up the utensils and clear the table.Folding papers and charts, while taking off the white test clothes, singing softly in his mouth.Looking back, I saw the shadow of plum blossoms on the table in front of the window where I was working just now, being sent by the sun from outside the window.She watched alone and smiled.I laughed at myself for being so busy all morning that I didn't realize it.She is the only one in this lab.No one can tell her what's on her mind.Then he stared blankly at the flower shadow on the table and forgot to take off his clothes.Chunyang is warm.The shadow on the table seemed to still have the rising air of the earth, making the shadow flicker a little.Her heart moved, and she went to the window and spread a piece of white paper on the table to pick up the picture of the spring window.She casually used a pencil to sketch the postures of these flower branches on the white paper.There are some indescribable feelings in my heart.She didn't dare to stop, she was afraid that she would not know what to do when she became quiet.
Every Saturday morning, she would wait for Lin Yanmei to come to find her after class and go back to the dormitory of the South Campus with her.Union University class times have always been special.Seven to ten thirty in the morning.From two to five thirty in the afternoon.There is too much time for air strikes in the middle.So the happy morning of Qingming just started, when everyone has no classes.And in the winter morning, everyone went to morning classes like wearing stars and wearing moons.
She was crocheting flowers intentionally or unintentionally, when a person passed by the window like a swallow, the paper in front of her darkened for a moment, and when she raised her head, Lin Yanmei had already arrived in the laboratory.She saw that Lin Yanmei was wearing only a floral dress and a pair of soft shoes, and entered the laboratory without making a sound.He held a stack of books in his hand.When she saw Baosheng, she said, "Sister!"
"Uh?"
"Sister!" She leaned closer to her elder sister, her eyes were searching her face, she spread the book on the table, she slid her arms and fell on the table.He raised his face and stared blankly at her older sister, feeling ashamed to see her.
"Yanmei!" she said, "Why are you looking at people like that? Let's go back to the dormitory for dinner."
"No, sister." She said, "What good things are you hiding from me? Why are you smiling so well alone in the room?"
Wu Baosheng heard that he liked the child's considerateness, so he cupped the face close to his lips and kissed it.Let your eyes pass the person in front of you and look out the window at the horizon.Turning his head to one side, he said, "I'm drawing the shadow of a flower in my hand, and I'm thinking of someone."
Her voice sounded like she was reciting a short lyric poem.
Lin Yanmei also said like a joke: "My good sister, what do you think? Can you tell me?" Her expression was like a pigeon that rolled over from the clouds and landed gently on her hand. .
Both of them laughed.They walked out together, saw their own shadow clearly on the ground, passed through the small gate in the south area of Xinshe, and walked along the outer edge of the flower garden at the root of the city wall to the gap in the city wall.Spring is everywhere calling the attention of pedestrians.Dazzling light.Every corner is happy.
"I miss one of my younger sisters!" Wu Baosheng put one arm around Lin Yanmei's shoulders and said as he walked, "My Lin Yanmei."
"She thinks of you in the classroom too. Sister."
"I don't think she's in the classroom." My sister said, "She's probably on the stage at the fair. She's wearing muslin clothes and dancing with light steps."
"She dare not go. Sister. She is timid. She is afraid of becoming so many people."
"She dances beautifully. And she sings softly."
"She doesn't dare to sing, she wants to hide in her sister's arms, her heart will jump out of her mouth"
"She should play, sing, and dance. Since she is loved by everyone and missed by everyone. Besides, it is spring, and she is in the happy first grade?"
"She doesn't dare to play, sing, or dance. She works hard. She's going to get a pair of glasses tomorrow, a pair of big black-rimmed glasses on her little face!"
One sentence made my sister laugh.They had reached Wenlin Street.Students come and go.The older sister laughed out loud, and pressed her hard on her chest before letting her go.The younger sister happened to understand, so she let her elder sister give her a hug.Then he looked at his sister with a squinting smile, as if to say: "Being a person on the street, sister, do you dare to kiss me again?"
Wu Baosheng squinted at her, as if to say: "Just be naughty to your heart's content. You have such a painful smile and such a small mouth that can talk. Be coquettish with my sister, and my sister loves you. If Go out on stage and show off, those boys who are so thick and frighteningly crazy, you will be able to bear the troubles in the future, little Lin Yanmei!"
Lin Yanmei looked at her sister's eyes, and understood that if she said something good, she hit her and ran forward.My sister just laughed and didn't chase after her.She thought to herself: "In college, there are many study days. Children in the first grade can't choose more homework at all. Why don't you take the time to play more!" What about herself?Since I entered university, I have never been distracted by anything. I have been studying hard until today, and I am about to graduate!
After lunch, the two of them went upstairs together and returned to the house. Lin Yanmei piled the books on the table and knocked out many spring tea petals in the vase.Pieces of red, with some white in between, fell on the book, on the white tablecloth, and on her own hands.Her hand is a patch of pink.She couldn't bear to knock it off, so she held it up in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully.Look at the veins on the petals are very neatly arranged.The color is very delicate, curved and soft.She whispered to it: "Be good, don't be angry, don't be angry. She is bad! She dropped the book so hard that it hurt. Let's not play with her. Beat her. Be good, don't cry, Don't cry."
"She's bad, really bad." Wu Baosheng heard it and continued: "Let's ignore her. Look at her bullying people now. Tomorrow, others will bully her. Let others catch her, regardless of her heart I don't want to, but I have to listen to others honestly, be good, be good Luo Hao!"
Lin Yanmei raised her hand when she heard this.With a flick of the hand, the petals flew up, spinning around in mid-air.Both of them raised their heads to see that it suddenly fell down and landed on the sister's hair.The younger sister took advantage of the momentum and plunged into her elder sister's arms and said, "Don't worry! Sister will be taken out!" She also bumped her head on the bed, and she fell on top of her sister herself, and her hair was messed up.
The two of them simply couldn't get up, and the elder sister gently ran down her hair and said, "Sister, you are invited to perform at the funfair, do you really want to go?"
"It's my sister's graduation, so of course my sister will go to the farewell party." Her small mouth is so good at coaxing people: "If you ask to sing, you can sing; if you ask to dance, you can dance. But there are still so many people? There are so many more What about people who are dumbfounded and drooling? Tell them to watch? Tell them to listen? Why should they be taken advantage of for nothing?”
"My sister also thinks it's aggrieved." My sister said: "But my sister thinks, I have a younger sister who is beautiful. She can sing and dance. She loves me. I ask her to perform, and she is willing. Others When I asked her to perform, she pouted her little mouth and shook her head. I felt happy when I thought about it. I couldn’t contain the joy in my heart. How embarrassing is it that Sister Laughing puts gold on her face?"
"Sister! Can I really go for a show? If a girl doesn't go out for the limelight, just being praised by others can kill her. Can my sister go out for the limelight?"
"Sister, how many characters can you have? A natural talent, there must be a special use for him. Sister, you will be proud of yourself in the school from now on. You have a sister! My sister graduated as a teaching assistant, and she will not leave the school. Let's see who Dare to bully you!"
"Sister, they have visited me several times." Lin Yanmei finally said, "I don't dare to agree. Let's say it is my sister's promise now. I refuse to nod to them! They are too annoying. His tone seemed to be a crime if he didn't agree." Before she could finish speaking, the elder sister wanted to kiss her, but she blinked and ran away.
"Lin Yanmei agreed to the dancing program at this funfair!" The news could no longer be kept secret.Shang Yanmei's mother was busy composing a new score.She specialized in music in the United States.After getting married, I devoted myself to taking care of a family.Her music is on the tender hearts of the two children.Now the song for my daughter has been composed, but there is no one to sing.Lin Yanmei's father remembered Fan Kuanhu at the tea party that day.In order not to let the mother play the accompaniment, Fan Kuanyi was simply invited.Practice three times a week.The father brought three people home in a car to practice, and the two parents checked the daughter's movements together, down to the use of each little fingertip.The three of them were also very excited.We usually get together, and sometimes we come up with a small opinion and provide a reference.Every time Lin Yanmei saw Wu Baosheng, when she had some insights, she smiled so sweetly, as if to say: "My sister wants me to dance, so I will dance with all my heart." But she didn't tell her sister.
Fan Kuanhu is the proud son of heaven, as strong as a small wild zebra.Naturally gorgeous voice, the tone of speech is so shockingly beautiful.A broad chest, strong limbs, and the strength of the arms might rival a calf, right?Because of his gift, he is as easy to sympathize with a bee on a spider's web as a carefree prince.He unconsciously sympathized with everyone.He has many friends, and everyone likes him.But he treats everyone the same and refuses to pay attention to other people's feelings.Sometimes I will step on a grass that raises a happy face to praise him.He doesn't think these people are his friends, he only regards them as his own people.As long as he is willing to love them and help them, he does not need them to be his friends.For example, if someone is injured, he will run over and carry that person on his strong and powerful shoulders to the school infirmary.During the injury period, you can also have a long and intimate conversation with that person.But when the man recovered and came to thank him, he had already forgotten the man's name and appearance.Another example is that someone borrowed something from him and forgot to return it. When he found out, he rushed to return it to him, and prepared a humble apology.He would kindly accept what was returned, and kindly accept the words.Do not answer anything.Others seemed to be in a fog, wondering if he was angry, and he felt that there was no need to explain.For example, if he offends someone himself, he only resents his own behavior and even makes mistakes. This is not acceptable.Be careful next time.Thus he is self-sufficient.He couldn't think of anyone needing his apology.
Being in love seemed impossible to him.He is supreme.有谁能来配他呢？他宁愿尊荣地寂寞着，他不可能堕入爱情里。
他并不是寂寞的。他有自尊伴着。不是伴着，而是天生地没有缺憾。他感觉不到对别人有什么需求。不是他这样地去发展他的思想，是上苍这样安排的。说他骄傲，是太冤枉他了，他对自己的情感是无知的。说他侮慢了别人，是虚妄的，因为他极彬彬有礼。说他是强制自己的爱情是冒昧的；因为他不知道怎么和别人亲热。他虽不寂寞，他心上却是孤独的。他也只有孤独，他实在适应不了群体的生活。
蔺燕梅却如一颗明星耀进了他的眼睛。
他不是伪君子。他也爱看商燕梅美丽的脚踝，这是他仅见过的最美丽的足。这足的旋转，正确地落在他歌唱的节拍上．这共震给予了他说不出的美感。他又爱看蔺燕梅的眼，那是他仅遇到的女孩子眼睛能不躲他自己秀美的双眼的注视的。这双眼睛的流盼，使他起了无限遐想。他又不是卫道的冬烘先生，她身上的气息，她动用的化妆品，她吻过的镜子，也都叫他恋爱；他也常朗朗带笑地说出自己的心思来。不过那为他所不知觉地采用的文句，又全是崇高，居尊而不可亲近的。他说：“蔺燕梅真是难得，少有的美人！”可是这一句话里便包括了：“她是很美。”“与我无关。”“有生以来看见的以她为最美的了。”“我的见识还要再推广。”“她的跳舞来伴我的歌声倒是能够合适的。”之类的含意。他如此想也就如此想而已。如果问他会不会因此而恋爱蔺燕梅。他就会不觉地失笑了。
蔺燕梅无暇的心，也不会恋爱他的。蔺燕梅想不起在跳舞节目之外有什么话会和他讲。有时虽然他们三个人在去巫家坝的路上，看到河边芦苇上一只翠鸟，她也会高兴地喊：“看！范宽湖！一只翠鸟！”这并不值得注意。因为这是她的习性。这是她天生的，可爱的动作。旁边如果是小童，比方说的话，她也会说：“小童！小童！一只翠鸟！”比方说是伍宝笙，她就会在把翠鸟指给她看之后再作出最媚的样子，偎在姐姐身边问：“姐姐，翠鸟好，蔺燕梅好？姐姐，你说，你爱谁？”比方旁边并没有人，只有她的两只狗，她也会抱起两只狗来，揭开它们垂着的大耳朵，悄悄地告诉他们说：“不许吓着他，也不许嫉妒他。我爱他。谁敢大声叫，把它惊飞了，晚上就没有牛肉吃了，不信你们就试试看！”
蔺燕梅，范宽湖的性情既然是这个样子，他们就谁也不以为这次表演对他有什么了不起的影响。好像是陪了大家玩。范宽湖觉得若不愿看低劣的表演，只有自己去来一下。蔺燕梅觉得第一是伍宝笙要她出台的，第二是她不大敢真拒绝了大家的情面。第三，第三是什么呢？她小小的心儿里也不知道。也许是因为春天的阳光太好了，她心里高兴，也许是因为有一篇美丽的抒情文要写又懒得动笔。她便运用一身发育得匀称的线条，绘在观看的人的眼里。
只有范宽怡想法不同。她是要强，争胜，也喜爱听人赞美的人。她天资不可说不高，然而她用心太过。她也美，她偏要别人明说出来。所以三个人走在一起时，她整个注意力在路人的惊羡眼光上。想起表演时，她就一刻忘不了那天她应穿带着什么衣饰。看见了跳舞时的蔺燕梅，和歌唱的哥哥时，就想起，这个是哥哥，那个是嫂嫂。他们的家庭一定又是使人人羡慕的。
转眼间，季节便更换了。晚春把节令传递给了初夏。原来是生长着的，此刻是葳蕤茂盛的了。发狂似地茁长的小树及野草，在原野里挤得满满地。公路两旁浓厚的杨树绿荫及校舍建筑受光与背光的阴阳面，全是强烈的光与暗的对比图案。雨季慢慢地就要来了。先遣的阵雨常常突然来袭，可是又常常不等躲雨的行人站稳它又倏地晴了。青蛙的卵得到了水便流出他们藏躲的地方成了蝌蚪，在春天求到了配偶的雄鸟就把他的妻室在蜜月旅行之后，领到卜居的地方来阿谀她筑巢的技巧。屋脊上的猫儿们早已不再出来吵人，而在哺下一代小猫的奶了。花朵都盛开着，笑脸迎接阵雨。蜜蜂、蝴蝶急促地扑着翅膀，飞到叶下去躲一阵雨，又出来晒一阵太阳。田里的稻子变成深深的。卷心菜的心也摸得出是实实的了。一阵雨过去。就如魔法的棒一挥，所有的植物都长大一些。四野山上红色的土壤便为绿色马尾松的针叶或是高大的橡树叶子遮满。油加利树那可笑的会脱皮的白树干，也为新生的小圆圆叶子遮住，看不见了。
人是最不会玩的动物，他们忘了春季给他们的一点荒唐可爱的念头。也不惭愧自己不如一只鸟，一只猫或是一株小树。他们又转过头来描写赞美夏季的雨水了。
雨水下在山尖上，下在树叶上，淌在山洞里，也从草根旁滑过去。雨滴雨珠撞在一起，嘻嘻一笑，谁都再也分不出谁了。两支小溪流撞在一起更连笑都来不及地又要赶路了。他们流下高峰，流过了无人到过的深谷，故意擦过稀见的黄萱花，又激越过耸立中流的石块。河道转弯时，又偏要碰那面的堤岸一下。最后终于像顽皮逃学的学生，逃不过教师的手，捉住了小小衣领，带回学校去那样，一齐汇注在昆明湖里。
水在什么地方都是那样顽皮。他们流过土壤，惹得小草忍不住要生长。流进池塘招得小鱼耐不得要跳跃。他们是无处不去的。待他们果真到了一个地方，又是谁也指不出哪一滴水，是从什么地方赶来的了。
雨季的开始，在昆明是五月。
在草木随了阵雨生长时，校园里纵横的小河沟也就涨满了水，那干渴了一季的小池塘，就又充满了。池塘中一个半岛边沿上那一片野生玫瑰的枝条，便开始绿了，拳曲的五片成组的小叶带了嫩红的叶边与柔软细小的刺，便慢慢地可以被察看得到。不久就舒展开来。有的还举着小花蕾呢！
游艺会马上就要到日子了，负责的学生几乎都整天在礼堂内，在市街上，忙着借道具或布置会场。上课的课室内看不见他们了。毕业生们也是一样地忙碌，这个会是他们全体的成绩，谁也要参加一分劳力。蔺燕梅的舞蹈也纯熟了。她似乎随时都可以应了音乐起舞。她正如范宽湖，范宽怡一样起初是练习曲谱，背诵曲谱，去表现曲谱，现在是已经了解了曲谱，和曲谱在感情上有了交流，到了以曲谱来表现自己的一种最快乐的境界了。比方说，在起初，她们还不能熟悉其中的一段节奏时，她们用一个流行又被她们喜爱的曲子来比较：“喏！这一段就和那一段差不多！”现在她们已经熟悉到另一种阶段，比方她们之中一人见到了一个好看的女孩子，她们就用这曲谱来形容给另外两个人知道：“她眼睛那一垂，就和第三节，第四动那神气一样！”
为了准备这会场和节目，学生们一面忙成那样，又用心成这样。礼堂门外，隔了一片草地，一个小池塘，那与礼堂的门遥遥相望的半岛边沿上的野玫瑰们，她们依了天色，季节，气候，雨水的指示只是悄悄地，悄悄地，也就从从容容地把她们的舞台布置好了。花蕾们固然不敢太早露面，却也怕临时有些赶不及，所以早早地把自己的花瓣儿染好了应有的颜色。又预先贮存了香甜的蜜水，已经有了一朵盛开的玫瑰差不多的重量了，便忍耐地低下头。花萼细尖的萼片还是紧紧的合着，瓣尖吃力地拧成—股儿，像麻绳一样。叶片们的工作更是繁重。他们赶紧生长，一天天地长大变多。染绿，更绿，更深的绿。他们忙忙地拉起手，重叠了身子。不久花枝丛下已经不再透过阳光，又过了几天，这一片花丛已是一道坚固的绿墙了。叶子们妥善地掩遮了花蕾，行将出台的花蕾。
玫瑰花生长的半岛上住着两家田鼠。两家田鼠支系全很兴旺。小田鼠们已经会啃玫瑰枝上的嫩叶了。为了这点利益是共争的，所以常常使两家伤了和气。不过每年雨季来到，他们便合作了。因为枝上的尖刺永远能防止他们偷吃未长成的花蕾。叫他们混身刺破了，也尝不到那整日整夜在自己头顶上散发着醉人香气的蜜汁！他们不会啃断枝条，拖出上面生了花朵的嫩茎，他们只是冲动地向上窜一下。然后被刺痛了，就马上泄了气。垂了失望的眼光回到地穴里去。枝上的刺一天锐利，刚硬一天。也一天多似一天。聪明敏捷的小鸟，也钻不进花丛里去了。这时一丛浓绿色的墙便阵阵地，安全又放肆地发出蜜香来了。他们也布置好了表演的场所。只待日子一到，就显示出那美丽夺目，如雪如云的花朵来。让看的人魂魄也消，心神为移。她们只是无言地，静悄悄地，享有着她们应该在台上的每一秒得意的时光。她们如春风里的燕子。
这天下午，稍稍有一阵细雨，空气里的尘埃是滤净了。碧空如洗，湖面如镜，晚霞如野火烧山。欢送毕业生的春季晚会开幕了。
校委董先生，代表学校致了词。他儒雅安祥。微笑多于言语。学生代表宴取中致欢送词，兴奋多于矜待，热情胜过感伤。毕业生代表出台致答词了。
出来的是伍宝笙。她的走路就够令人有感触的了。每位先生都想：“她进学校时是那样一只羽毛才长齐全的小画眉，现在是这么一个袅袅婷婷的姑娘了。我都难相信我自己有这魔法，能调理出这样一表品貌来。”她开口了。不待她用秀媚的眼光来邀致同学的爱慕，人人心里就说：“不能罢！伍宝笙。留在学校不毕业罢！伍宝笙。把你的智慧给我们作指针。用你的工作给我们做楷模。用你的手来按抚我们幼小的创伤，用你的笑来培养我们的勇气！留在这里罢！伍宝笙！还要用你眉尖的一蹙来裁判我们的错误。用你芳馥，轻微的叹息来宽恕我们那小小的罪过！”
然而游艺开始了。大家又都兴高采烈起来。毕业生和在校同学是一致地。笑，一同笑，呆，一同呆，不曾分过彼此，似乎欢会的日子正复长长地等待着他们。
其中有一节是史宣文出来背诵诗篇。她的背诵是有着解释传达的意味的。有人说过：“看了注释，翻了参考书还不能了解的诗篇，或是能知道其中含意而体会不出美感的诗篇，听史宣文一念就都了解了，领悟了。又好像对于诗的理解欣赏能力不是得自诗人本身，也不是得自白纸上的黑字，而是得自史宣文的声音神色。因为只有经史宣文选了出来，朗诵过的诗，才能像瘟疫那样所向无阻地风行了全校。”又有人说：“她什么样的诗篇都曾选过。所以她是最了解人生的人。所以她也是最难满足的人。”．
她今夭穿了唱诗班的黑袍，颈间围了白纱披肩。带了宽边眼镜，走到幕前台上正中央，合起掌来。全场寂静得如祈祷时的教堂，耳朵里便有了胜似音乐，胜似歌诵的声音。史宣文传授了他们“但丁神曲”中“净罪界”一开始的三节。大家都受陶冶了。灯光一暗她悄然退去。
这是伍宝笙为她心爱的妹妹布置的空气。幕开了。范宽怡一头柔发在银色的灯光下闪着，她用手在琴上奏出了舞曲第一节：教堂的钟声。那曲调如初晴的早晨。钟楼上的鸽子把钟声带到田野去。野地的草叶上还有昨夜的雨珠，正顺了叶尖滴在地下。
顽皮，伶俐的范宽怡这时在大家眼目上成了虔敬淑雅的修女。一曲已了。不过只是序幕。歌唱的范宽湖，与舞蹈的蔺燕梅都还没有出来。
灯光暗了一下。再明亮时,台下发出了轻轻地一阵叹息，娇艳的蔺燕梅已经是站在台中央了。照明了她的灯光直射透了她那如梦幻也似的妆束。薄薄的白纱衣既轻又软。长长的委在地下，胸前有一个小小的金十字架。她一副又庄严又无知的神情，倒看得出是快乐的。她妆束如同在修道院中长大的女儿。仅仅那高耸的院墙内小小一个天地便满足了她。早晚几阵钟声，教堂前一片花卉，几首美丽的赞美诗和牧师慈祥的脸似乎便可使她快乐无求地献出她的青春在这修道院里了。那怎能叫人不叹息呢？
范宽湖宽平的肩膀上披了传教士的法衣。绛紫色的绸上系了金色丝绒的带子。胸前一部银白色长髯飘在黑色外褂前面。白髯下面隐约地可以看见一个圣主受难金像。头上带了黑丝绒的圆帽子。
台上是修道院花园的景致。范宽湖流水似的歌声便如春阳下解冻的山泉。蔺燕梅的娇嫩就如同东风里出谷的乳莺。她似乎还没有察觉到青春的感伤，快乐地看了这花花绿绿的大千世界。范宽湖的歌词大意是说：“你的母亲把你交给了我们修女的道院。那时我正因宣教来到这里。你正在高贵的白缎子里不住地啼哭。我们想：'这是贵族家里的婴孩，为什么撇弃了人间的尊荣来增加天堂的礼赞？'听了这话你就笑了。我们惊异你平安地由婴孩长大。你由牝羊学会哺乳，由蜜蜂学了辛勤同安份，又从钟声学会了歌唱。现在又要从花朵学会爱娇了。”
这圆润的次中音，稳妥灵活地衬托了蔺燕梅的舞。她由天真的甜美里变成含苞初放的少女。幼年的心情便如春天早上才逝去的美梦那样，不可追求了。
这时蔺燕梅的步法是模仿小黄羊，模仿小麻雀。她有着渴望纵跳，或远扬的姿势，实际上却像是才会走路的小孩。那种拿不十分稳的行路样子，那种讨人喜爱的天真婉好的神情，叫人恨不能把她抱起来，顺了她东指西指的小手，依了她“衣——衣，呀——”的儿语，抱了她东走西走。她对一切景物都露出了惊喜的神色。钢琴声里常常在一个旋身时给一个清脆，高调的和声，她便依了这个跳起的声音表现一种在新发现了什么好东西时那样欢乐。令人想像仿佛是从那音乐里她看到了钻出土来的一朵小花，闪过她眼前的一只小雀，横在天边的一道长虹。她从这音乐的叙述中已长成为一个少女了，她已经从自然的色彩里养成了对于美丽的东西的爱好。看的同学马上便习惯于这种有表现性质的舞了。他们或她们都在想，这样年龄时的女孩子心理体态，正是蔺燕梅最能体会的。
在这一节里她已经得到了成功的保证，看的人已入迷了。她用左右顾盼的双眼介绍了那象征景物的乐音，使人人仿佛也看见了那花，那鸟，那虹一样。
钢琴奏了一个短短的快捷的旋舞曲子。灯光又暗了一下。再看见蔺燕梅时，她胸前多了小小一朵粉红色的花。两颊的颜色更要娇过花朵。音乐节奏光明，清楚，跳动得多。范宽湖嘹亮的声音便先淙淙后澎湃如夏季暴雨后的山洪。蔺燕梅兴奋舒展，踢开脚下的长裙如开屏的白孔雀，合掌祈求，渴慕如子夜的杜鹃，睁目远望，痴情如月夜唱到天明用心头热血去换一朵红玫瑰的夜莺。看的人心情沉重了。他们希望这美丽得过了份的修女幸福，然而他们更希冀她平安，他们担心了。台上的蔺燕梅双颊红热，两个眸子灼灼如一对小火焰。台下伍宝笙忘了这是舞蹈。以为是她妹妹的魂灵，她掩面，心跳，不敢看了。她心上因为蔺燕梅又能表达这另一种心而高兴，也因此而害怕。
范宽湖的歌词里说：“魔鬼不会捉住你的，我的可爱的姑娘。这个世界如此美丽就是因为他们衬出你的颜色。游赏这繁花的五月罢。只要别忘了你的赞美诗，让蝴蝶误认了花朵，落在你的手上，让乳燕的黄口来亲你的嘴，让青年热情的男子在你窗下唱到天明。让你不觉地也谛听到天明，忘了爱情的火焰会灼伤了你少女的心。”
钢琴声第三次盖过了范宽湖的嗓音。灯光又暗一下。这次蔺燕梅胸前的花仍在。而发上多了一项修女的帽子。大家松了一口气。知道这在修道院里长大，也只适合生活于天堂里的女郎没有冒险走出院墙来，并且也做了修女了。范宽湖的歌声如教堂的经文，他说：“是什么力量浇息了你心上的火？是什么力量滤清了你的梦？来罢上帝的新娘，你的美丽是天上的。你的美丽是天上的。”最后一句的乐章一直婉转重复着。
蔺燕梅便如倦游还岫的白云，又如长飞凌波的海鸥，更似曾经穷历无限蜃楼海市多少幻境的信天翁，滑向汪洋万顷中一个小珊瑚礁上时那样。她两臂两手在头上向空中和缓地回旋着，如同从天空不可见的地方接到了些什么，又如同攀到了空中伸下来的一只援引她上天堂的一只手。然后那渴慕的眼睛忽然露出了满足、怡悦的光来。她又如停下来落在湖边沙上的白鹭鸶那样，敛起了刷亮的翅膀，跪伏在台上。再起再伏，表现出一片静穆和平的气象。她稳定依皈如得救的灵魂。
钢琴又是幕启时的钟声，一场虚惊如梦，一场美景更如梦。大家欣喜愉快。do not know what to do.当初因为开场是紧接了史宣文的诵诗，所以多少鲜花未能先送上，此刻送到台上的花篮，掷到台上的鲜花便缤纷如雪。蔺燕梅起身道谢，花朵儿顺了长衣滚下。掌声这才四起，震得欢呼也如隔墙听不真了。三个人鞠了躬退下去。幕拉阖上了。有谁舍得走呢。鼓掌一直不停。
忙坏了后台的人，直到从前台请进了蔺燕梅的姐姐伍宝笙进去。主席宴取中才报告请大家等待一下。
伍宝笙到后台一看，这个小蔺燕梅正披了一件大衣，坐在化妆台前。沈蒹，沈葭，许多女孩子爱惜地照料她。方才三幕舞蹈累得她两颊还是红扑扑地。
“姐姐！”她看见就喊：“姐姐！我给你跳了我所最喜爱的舞！”她要走过来，她们忙扶着她。伍宝笙把她揽在怀里，看她激动的样子，又是那种感伤的声音，也不忍问她是否愿意再给大家点什么。也不忍问叫她到后台来有什么事。只有屏息默数那紧贴在自己胸前的心跳。
“伍大姐。”沈葭说：“他们没想到要预备两个。哪里有跳舞也能跳两遍的呢？范宽怡和她哥哥都累得不得了，在那边房里休息去了。何况一直跳着的蔺燕梅呢？你来替燕梅说句公平活。她实在不能再跳了。”
“台前的人不会散的，燕梅！”姐姐说：“你出去随便说几句话都是好的。他们跟姐姐一样，不放心你是不是会累着了。燕梅。出去露一下就成。姐姐在后面守着你。就在台门口。妹妹一下台就可以扑到姐姐怀里来。和现在一样。”
“不！姐姐。”蔺燕梅抬起脸来说：“去台前面请我妈咪来罢。我要唱一支歌，我有满心的话要告诉我的好同学。请我的妈咪来罢。我要唱黄自作的《玫瑰三愿》。这支歌的伴奏，妈咪不看谱也记得熟的。”伍宝笙听了就示意沈蒹过来偎着她，又向蔺燕梅说：“好好儿休息着，我去请妈咪来。”
到了台下，看见蔺太太在陆先生蔺先生中间坐着正在说话。她心上当然是惦念女儿。她料想着女儿是在出什么鬼主意，心上也不在意。看见伍宝笙进去又出来向自己走过来，倒觉得有点不同了。她忙站起身来问什么事。伍宝笙马上明白了，她也不及向陆先生，蔺先生说话，先笑着慢慢说：“燕梅请妈咪去伴奏呢！”一句话听在旁边人的耳朵里，便如春风里的麦浪，一排一排的向后传，全场都知道蔺燕梅又肯出台了。
妈妈向爸爸招呼一下，便随了伍宝笙从小门往后台走。
“这就是蔺燕梅的母亲！”“这就是蔺燕梅的母亲！”台下又窃窃耳语着。掌声便如惊醒了蔷薇花的春雷。
不久幕又开了。像一个独唱节目那样。母亲坐在琴前面等着。女儿自自然然地走着寻常的步子，仍是那一袭舞衣，却又是人间的女儿。带着笑，盈盈来到台前。微微地欠了一下身。回首看了母亲。她的眼睛是能说话的。台下就寂静得可以听见礼堂外面校园里溪水流往池塘的声音。
钢琴到了蔺燕梅母亲的手下，便如同有了生命，它委婉地、谦和地给了一个引子。
“是黄自的《玫瑰三愿》！”台下懂得的人马上明白了台上这出色美丽的女儿心上的事。
她在台上对了这些师长同学唱。每人却觉得她是仰了脸，真挚又孩气地在和自己一个人说话。她只轻轻地张开了口，歌声却似被生了翅膀的小精灵带了在室中飞走，绕在人家心弦上，溜到校园外深山里的青苔上，又钻到云层上去传给谛听的月亮。台上的蔺燕梅只是轻轻地唱。她那松松软软的小嘴唇是不会用力的。
歌词的最后三句，一句迫切似一句。蔺燕梅在台上祈求着：
“我愿那妒我的无情风雨莫吹打，
我愿那爱我的多情游客莫攀折；
我愿那红颜常好，不凋谢！ -"
这真是蔺燕梅在说话。她是一半求天，一半求人。她本分地述说自己应有的一点希望。这希望也是一半为人，一半为已。这又是方才在大家面前皈依神主的修女在说话。她声音珠圆玉润，希冀之中又有了感伤，她感动了神？至少她感动了人，同时她更引起了自己无限柔敏的情操。她神韵多词句少。
她缓缓抬起了双手，拖了长长的舞袖。两眼似乎看见了夜的天空上的神灵。谁能硬了心肠拒绝这淑婉的女孩这一点点请求呢？她是这样虔诚地用了歌声又邀致了这许多真挚的年青人的同情心为见证来祈求的。她声音忽地增强。又似气力已尽，血泪已干那样，挣扎不起。又如极细的钢丝那样轻巧地在人不能察觉时歇了音响。她唱了最末一句：
“好教我留住芳华