Chapter 16 Eight (middle)
He would often swim in this way, and at this time, not only Liang Chonghuai, or her sister, but everyone who could swim and those who could not, all stood and looked towards the center of the lake.He swam for a while and then turned around, maybe backstroke, maybe sidestroke, returning in a silent posture.Swimming to the shallow shore, I submerged my head in the water, borrowed the power of the water to throw my fine hair back, and fell flat on the top of my head.Standing up again, the skin that seems to have a thin layer of oil on the whole body can't hold a little water, only a few drops of water rolling down, squinting the bright eyes in the sun and smiling It dripped again.Like raindrops on lotus leaves.
Now he changed his clothes and came to see his sister go into the water to play, but he himself stood on the bank.Seeing him approaching, Lin Yanmei said, "Fan Kuanhu, how about we hold a swimming competition at the end of the summer camp?"
"Among our own members, there is no need to hold competitions." Fan Kuanhu said brightly: "Anyone knows who's details."
"We don't know your details." Wu Baosheng said: "I've never seen you compare with others, or teach others."
"Others will be taught by others." He said, "Comparison? Not good."
"Sister." Lin Yanmei said: "Let me ask him a question: Fan Kuanhu, you say you know other people's details, so let's let go of your details and let's judge some people who swim well. Let's hear the score."
"This is easy." He said: "Using dancing as a comparison, the Liang family sisters are like the dance teachers of the dancing school. There are many methods, and they can teach at the same time, but I don’t give them high marks. Or it can be said that she is outside the circle of criticism. But many people don’t think this way. Because they can teach, they are put In the first place. Didn’t even Cai Zhongmian learn from them to save people in the water? In fact, I think all of them can be regarded as good. The Liang family sisters are nothing better. Girls There is no need to learn how to save people like practicing kung fu. Cai Zhongmian and children also have their own strengths, so they should all have first-class criticism."
"There is something in what he said, Lin Yanmei, did you hear it?" Wu Baosheng said, "This is not just to show that he has a better background!"
"Wu Baosheng, your younger sister is already smart enough, and with such a caring elder sister, it really makes people dare not be careless in front of your sisters!" He said with a smile.
"Is that why you just swallowed that half sentence?" Lin Yanmei said: "We are willing to listen to what we are scolded. We don't teach others, and we don't compare ourselves with others. It's probably because people can't see the details clearly. Since you met Gao Ming, please speak up!"
"Miss, I dare not hide half a word." He bowed slightly and said: "Now using the walking posture as an example, swimming is just walking on water. Why don't you have this kind of happiness in your heart; feel that your walking Swim into the water so as not to offend the god of water. Girls must not be dance teachers, and they don’t have to be rescuers on the beach. If there is danger, someone will save them. You are Dazzling me, the only pair of mermaid princesses!"
"Young aristocrat." Wu Baosheng felt that it was ridiculous for this beautiful boy to flatter their sisters in such a proud tone: "We are still not used to this kind of noble entertainment!"
"A movie star that attracts people's obsession." Lin Yanhai said imitatively: "Lin Yanmei thinks that life in movies is bleak. After putting on makeup, I don't recognize myself."
Fan Kuanhu was momentarily stunned by these two sentences, and he couldn't answer them.He smiled and said, "Can the three of us swim together?"
"I think my younger sister is willing." Wu Baosheng stood up casually, "I can accompany her." Unexpectedly, this sentence offended the younger sister.She doesn't answer, doesn't stand up.
Wu Baosheng understood and laughed.Going over to give her a hand, Lin Yanmei said: "This silly sister is really rude, go back and get angry with her, don't make her stand here embarrassed." Lin Yanmei took a look at Fan Kuanhu, followed her sister to stand up, and the three of them And walk towards the water.Lin Yanmei walked in the middle, Wu Baosheng was on her left, and Fan Kuan Lake was on her right. People in the water and on the shore were all looking at them.
The boy in the water said to the banquet: "What do you think the three of them look like standing together?"
"How can people look like anything?" Da Yan said: "Their complexion is so beautiful, standing together is dazzling, like three jade men."
"No!" said the little boy, "like a ball of premium cream ice cream!" Everyone laughed out loud.Embarrassed by laughing at Lin Yanmei, she leaned forward and swam out.The two of them followed suit.
Go into the water along the sandy bank, swim not far to the left, and you will arrive at the foot of the green hill with an uphill path.The water at the foot of the mountain is very deep and very cold. Only those who can swim will take this trip. The round trip is more than 300 meters and less than 500 meters away.Both girls could easily swim such a back and forth.This is how they usually swim, so the three of them followed their habits and swam together.
"Sister, what were they laughing at just now?" Lin Yanmei waited until she was far away before asking softly, "Are they laughing at us?"
"Maybe." Wu Baosheng said, "But there is nothing ridiculous about us."
"It's not necessarily laughing at us," Fan Kuanhu took it over: "It seems like a kid said some kind of joke."
"Maybe the joke was about us." Lin Yanmei said, "Don't worry about him. It's a fast swim!" The three of them increased their speed while talking.When a person exerts physical strength, mental activity decreases.The three of them felt the pleasure of being in the right posture and exerting their physical strength.That feeling uses rhythm as a tool to divert people's mind away, just as music uses rhythm as a tool to divert people's fantasies away and dive into a more mysterious and ethereal lake.
On the green mountain trail over there, two people were walking down.Seeing the three swimmers under Shiba, they all stood still.One is Mr. Gu Yibai, and the other is Yu Mengqin.Yu Mengqin had a small blue coarse cloth bundle in his hand.
"Such a pleasing lens, I really don't know what to use to preserve it." Mr. Gu Yibai said: "This lake and mountains, this water pattern, this breeze, and people swimming in the water! Use music? In prose? In poetry? In painting?"
"Just now Mr. Gu said: 'Such a pleasing lens.'" Yu Mengqin said. "Of course it's a camera."
"It's really suitable for this kind of photography." Mr. Gu smiled.Although he is a newly hired professor this year, even though he has not taken a one-hour class, he is already very satisfied with the students of this university.He went on to say: "However, there should be a few small notes next to the photo, because this feeling, this happy summer vacation memory must be preserved together."
"Mr. Gu, that's the only way to say it." Yu Mengqin seemed to be taking an exam: "We only have to use our eyes to take a picture of the moment in front of us. The shadow is imprinted on our hearts. We can see many beautiful photos in our life, but like this This kind of energetic and emotional memory is rare and fleeting. If you notice it by chance, you will never lose it in your life."
The three people swimming in the water had already swam to the vicinity of Qingshiyan at the foot of the mountain. As soon as they turned around, they deftly turned around and swam back.The green hill is very high, and the path is on the hillside, so it is hard to see who is in the water.It can only be seen from the clothes that they are one man and two women.Men's shorts are black.Both women are in light-colored bathing suits.When turning around, the exposed upper half of the back and the round shoulders flashed through the water.
"Sisters from the Liang family?" Mr. Gu said, "Who is the man?"
"It's not like the sisters of the Liang family." Yu Mengqin was also looking into the water: "The ones without swimming caps must be Wu Baosheng and Lin Yanmei."
"Then the man is Tong Xiaoxian." Mr. Gu said.
"It's not like that," Yu Mengqin said, "Little boy doesn't like to play with girls when he's in the water. He likes to make trouble. He thinks girls are too refined. Mr. Gu, it's getting late. Let's just sit here for a while." , let’s go down when it’s time to eat.”
Mr. Gu nodded, and the two of them sat together on the boulder by the side of the road, watching the three people in the water go far away, and they couldn't tell who was who among the group on the beach.
"What do you plan to do tonight?" Mr. Gu said, "It's not easy to get a chance to attend this kind of gathering of frontier people. I wish I could reschedule the speech to see it; if it weren't for the fact that this speech is already a It’s changed once again, I really want to do it!”
"Is our classmate's discipline very good?" Yu Mengqin said: "Mr. Gu changed his life this time in the speech of the entire summer camp. In fact, it was wronged to go to Kunming and fail to catch the bus back. It is better than attending the fire worship meeting of scattered people this time." I really don’t know where it went.”
"Just decide," Mr. Gu said, "If not, I'll give you the manuscript, and you can do it for me tonight. I'll go to participate."
"It's not good." Yu Mengqin said, "We were asked to keep it a secret. Now it's going to spread again. I'll go. What should we do about that?" He clapped the bundle in his hand as he spoke.
After hearing this, Mr. Gu remembered the figures of two beautiful women in the water just now.He said: "Who do you know well? If you want someone who knows music and dance, it's better to study literature."
"The only one left is Lin Yanmei." Dayu said, "Actually, she is too much noticed in the group. I would rather invite Wu Baosheng. I know her better."
"This is not a social activity." Mr. Gu said: "It's not about going to have fun first. We have to find something we are looking for from their fire worship meeting! I heard that Lin Yanmei was at a spring party before the summer vacation. She has performed. Since she is so good at singing and dancing, we should recommend her to be a cultural envoy to participate. It is decided to be her. You are just a military officer who protects our emissary, and the choice of our emissary cannot be decided by you Yes." The two stood up with a smile, and walked down the mountain along the path.By this time the sun was almost at the top of the mountain.The lakeside is low, so it gets dark first.All scenes darken together.At this time, people tend to calm down and think about their thoughts.
This is where Yu Mengqin sometimes makes people feel cruel; he is not easy to confuse his analytical power for anything.He can always keep his calm state of mind, and then naturally review and criticize.Criticisms from such people are often reliable and undeniable.Even sometimes when he loses his temper, he can suddenly calm down and engage in thinking.At least not gaffe.This is also the reason for his reputation in the school over time.Old friends often say that he is not cute, so he laughed and said: "It is cute to obey the temptation and speak half-drunk words!" This sentence is quite reasonable.
He thought about it cruelly again today, and he smiled and said to Mr. Gu: "Mr. Gu, do you think Mr. Jin and Shen Jian are ideal as a couple?" "
"They are indeed an enviable couple." Mr. Gu replied, "I heard that you once strongly opposed Mr. Jin's marriage."
"I objected to his marriage," he said: "It's not just that they are not suitable for marriage. This is too long to say. What I mean now is that people are as different as objects. Just now Mr. Gu said to see It is advisable to invite Lin Yanmei for the fire worship meeting. I remembered many scenes: under the lights, it is proud to accompany the sisters of the Liang family in the social hall. Wearing thin spring shirts, on a sunny morning like today, climbing famous mountains and scenic spots , carrying a cane, and looked at Wu Baosheng who was wearing an open-collared white silk shirt. Her white soles made no sound when she walked. She has a fit body, a unadorned and dazzling appearance, and she also has a soft bamboo in her hand. There is a smile on anyone’s face. There is another Ling Xihui, Mr. Gu, you have never seen her. She has dropped out of school and went to Yangon to work as a reporter. She should appear in the deserted forest and mountains like a man. Wearing a thick grass-green short jacket and a helmet with a dome to protect against the sun, and a self-defense gun in her hand, she was traveling in the valley where wild animals were infested. A leopard jumped out, and within ten steps, she also She will take aim and shoot without haste. There is another one named Qiao Qianyin, looking at her thin and smart face, holding a cup of bitter medicine and frowning, listening to the concerned people urging her to be more cheerful, but she smiled wryly and refused Delaying these moodless years, the scene is also kind and harmonious. …”
"Then there will be no more coordination if Lin Yanmei will accompany you to secretly participate in the worship meeting of scattered people." Mr. Gu interrupted him: "Don't see other girls too thoroughly, you have to be a little confused to be happy .Do you mean that people are so beautiful just to accompany you to watch a fire worship party!"
"Mr. Gu, don't rush to convict me." He smiled and said, "I just meant that everyone has their own strengths. Of course, each person has more than one kind of strength. I just gave an example. In fact When I was imagining those pictures, I didn't think that there was myself beside me. I was just wondering, if I could ask Lin Yanmei to go with me tonight, I would be the character in the picture!"
"In that case, where is the conclusion of your long series of descriptions?" Mr. Gu Yibai asked immediately: "I thought Lin Yanmei would be the most suitable for meeting people together tonight. !"
"It's the knot here." He said: "But there is still a half sentence below, that is, it's a pity that they are not perfect, and human life has many aspects."
"Sin!" Mr. Gu said: "After hearing a lot of your celibate arguments, I realized that you are the result of committing crimes. These words are not superstitious at all. A picky person like you can only be celibate."
"This is also a very coordinated phenomenon!" He said with a wry smile.
"Let me cite a few more harmonious phenomena for you!" Mr. Gu said: "Girls aged sixteen or seventeen will be sad, and I want to cry for no reason. I can't explain the reason. Ten Eighty-nine-year-old girls like to criticize others for being too fancy. At the age of 212, they can talk to the mirror, and they can groom themselves without telling others, and they also know how to blush. Let’s talk quickly, 267 is not married yet Not pleasing to the eye, not being able to take care of children at the age of 30 is much more serious than being illiterate. These people, if the time is wrong, it will be uncomfortable, right? I am not pointing out that so-and-so is so-and-so. Village women, or queens, women should at least be like this. As for other literary talents, it is always 'after the fact.' What do you think?"
"It was natural," he said.
"You may not yet admit that the perfection you want is unimportant. But you can always take the first step to know that that kind of perfection is impossible. Whether it is a man or a woman, and in union may be It doesn't need to be perfect, but after the combination, you can work hard to adapt." Mr. Gu said.
"It's always nice to have a little more beauty," he said.
"In fact, only one factor is often enough. That is: because he or he is the opposite sex." Mr. Gu stopped talking here, and then returned to the old topic: "So for a person like you, when you are seventeen or eighteen years old, I started to love myself. In my early twenties, I was unexpectedly praised by others because of my self-love. At the age of 24 or 5, I skipped the stage of pursuing the opposite sex in my mind because of observing other people’s love affairs or reading romance novels, and reached the stage of attacking Falling in love, the period when you forbid yourself to get involved in the love field. Then as the days went by, you inadvertently developed a critical attitude so as not to shake your confidence. In my opinion, you have two ways to go in the future. Or a single old man with a weird temper Scholars. Or get married in a daze in middle age. At that time, if you envy Mr. Jin's blessing today, it will be too late!"
In this case, Yu Mengqin can listen to it.He smiled and said, "Revise this path; to be an old scholar without being eccentric, is it okay?"
"Why are you so stubborn?" Mr. Gu said: "I see that there are quite a few outstanding characters among the female classmates, and you have a relationship with each other in your tone. From ordinary contacts, you have a status in their hearts. Why didn't you pay attention in time? You will regret it when you are late in the future, not to mention, looking at your indifferent appearance really makes people think that you are already "discarding silk and bamboo and entering middle age" today!"
"I don't think I'm indifferent." He said: "It's really 'abandoning silk and bamboo'. I have intentions. I think it's too easy for them to make friends. I think we don't have to share the same den with foxes and raccoons to join in the fun. Let those princes visit flowers. Many of us are just 'A gentleman's friendship is as light as water.'”
"I can't imagine there is a more rigid young man than my half-centenarian old man!" Mr. Gu raised his head and laughed loudly: "If this kind of persistence continues to mislead others and yourself! Those nonsense, don't worry about the rumors in your ears. Just talking about the group around you, boys and girls, they are all cute, besides, falling in love is not something ungentlemanly!"
"Love can't be forced." Yu Mengqin didn't want to talk any more.That's how he ended the story.He also knew in his heart that he was wrong, but he was unwilling to reveal his weakness.Mr. Gu smiled after hearing this, and stopped talking. He was afraid that he would irritate the young man by talking too much. Love activities, but do not change the meaning halfway.The old man was thinking to himself, and the beautiful scene of three young men and women swimming in the water from the middle of the mountain appeared before his eyes.For a moment, I felt that I was younger than the half-grown man beside me!They didn't realize that they had already walked outside the gate of Wan'an Temple, so they each collected their thoughts.At this time, Xiaotong and several others were playing softball in front of the temple gate.A ball rolls over.He chased the ball until he got in front of them.However, it is already down the stone steps in front of the temple.He picked up the ball, threw it back, and snatched the cloth bag from Dayu's hand.
"Where did you go all afternoon?" he asked. "'Ill-gotten wealth, whoever sees it,' is delicious?" Seeing that the cloth bag was already in his hands, the two had no choice but to tell him not to quarrel.He opened it and saw that it was a woman's clothes, a gown with wide breasts and sleeves, and trousers with big feet.White ground fine flowers, all embroidered.But it is cloth.The cuffs, trouser legs, and placket all have three-inch-wide dark embroidered borders. In addition, headbands, belts, and "Pi La Ta" flower shoes with sheepskin gold are all available.
"It's so elegant!" he said, "Scattered people's clothes! Where did they come from?"
"It's okay to tell you, don't tell anyone else before tonight!" Dayu said, and Mr. Gu helped him wrap up his clothes: "Let's go over the mountain by the lake in the afternoon to visit a friend of Mr. Gu who studies border people. He taught in a village of scattered people not far along the mountain path by the lake and studied their customs and so on. He said that there happened to be their fire worship meeting tonight. It is not easy for Han people to participate in this meeting. But the boss there was very generous and allowed him to participate. He also introduced us to participate. The male and female participants must be in pairs. Xu Zhan, what to do if his people are not happy? I know, it’s not easy to make a fuss about going together.”
"Mr. Gu!" the little boy said, "You made up to look like a woman?"
"Where is it!" Mr. Gu said: "A large pile of firewood was burned in the center of the venue, which illuminated people brightly. How can you make up!"
"Then invite someone else," Xiao Tong said, "There is only one set of clothes here, Mr. Gu, why don't you go?"
"I'm not going." Mr. Gu said, "I have another speech tonight."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu." The boy said, "I can't listen to your speech tonight. You can't make up, but I can. I'll go."
"No." Mr. Gu said, "It's already decided, and I need to invite someone to go."
"Who is it?" he asked.
"Don't tell him!" Dayu hurriedly stopped him and said, "He knows all the more than 200 people in this summer camp. He might come up with some crazy ideas."
"Forget it!" said the little boy, "You don't plan to tell, I don't plan to know!" At this moment, the rice bell rang.He said, "Let's go eat!" He said again after a while. "Da Yu, you don't wear makeup yourself? Wearing a shirt and suit pants?"
"Their men's clothing has been Sinicized." Dayu said: "I'll talk about it when I get there, just borrow a set of their coarse trousers and jacket temporarily." After talking, they had already entered the dining room, and everyone had dinner together, and they talked about other things. It's something people listen to.
Dayu finished his dinner earlier and went outside to wait for Lin Yanmei.After a while Wu Baosheng came out with her.He walked with them to a place where there were few people at the gate of the monastery.
"Lin Yanmei," he said, "Can you discuss it with your sister and ask her to let you go for a while, so we can say a word or two behind her back?"
Wu Baosheng laughed when he heard Puchi.She pushed Lin Yanmei and said. "Go, go, look at how he begged! There is no need to discuss it. My sister agrees."
Lin Yanmei blushed and said, "Sister, why are you helping a drunk to bully me? Let's go."
"Saint." Wu Baosheng held Lin Yanmei back, asked Yu Mengqin, and then looked at the cloth bag in his hand: "You probably have something really important."
"It's okay, am I not crazy?" Yu Mengqin kept smiling. He knew that with this wise sister present, this little Lin Yanmei could only be obedient.
"Go, Yanmei." She pushed her again: "Don't be petty when you have serious business! Go, if he cheats, let's reason when we come back, don't be a bad person first!"
"I don't listen to what my sister said, but I don't listen to what my sister said." Lin Yanmei said.He also glared at others.
Seeing the failure, Dayu said, "After I've told you, you can tell her again. I don't care. If there is something wrong, come on!"
Wu Baosheng listened and leaned into Lin Yanmei's ear and said, "You've tortured him enough. Go. Go. Drunkard, lunatic, saint, all three have similar styles, and they are all cuter than aristocrats and movie stars." Lin Yanmei was also joking, so she walked towards Yu Mengqin, still a little angry at her sister's words, but since Yu Mengqin didn't hear her, it's fine.Speaking of which, three people have already walked out the door.Wu Baosheng went for a walk by himself.They parted, and Wu Baosheng shouted: "Yanmei! Wait for you to come back later, and my sister doesn't want you to tell what he said!" After she said this, she ran two steps to catch up with Liang Chongrong, and sister Chonghuai together Talking and laughing away.Lin Yanmei was very angry when she heard that.She said to Yu Mengqin: "Look! How embarrassing it is for you to speak without measure! What's the matter, just say it!"
Dayu had long been confused by the girls' small talk, he was alone in a daze, he had already thought of talking to Mr Gu on the mountain before dinner, when he thought about many girls next to each other, he only noticed Their differences did not notice their similarities.He thought of Mr. Gu's work again: "Only one factor is enough, as long as he or she is of the opposite sex." He associated this needle-like sentence with the scene that will unfold tonight.He himself felt a little uneasy.
However, Lin Yanmei's beauty is irresistible, and the impression she gives others is complete and kind.She now asked herself reproachfully if she had lived.I couldn't help but answer.What's more, he brought this up by himself?It's a crime to be a girl like that.It was another risky thing to make a deal with her.He didn't dare to fall into love before he was fully prepared mentally, although his old ideas were suddenly shaken from the foundation.
Seeing that he was silent, Lin Yanmei realized that her tone was wrong just now. "It doesn't matter if you say it to your sister in that tone, and it doesn't matter if you say it to your little boy," she thought, "It really shouldn't be said to a saint."
"Da Yu." She smiled: "Okay. Now I'm waiting for you to tell me what's going on. There's no one here, is that okay?"
Yu Mengqin was in such a panic, he also forgot to explain why he was in a daze, so he hurriedly tried to cover up his confusion by explaining about the Sanminhuo meeting.After he finished speaking, he forgot to ask if she agreed, so he opened the cloth bag to find out the clothes and told her how to wear them one by one.
Since these things are in front of her eyes, Lin Yanmei can understand how to wear them at a glance.Seeing Dayu's tone as if he was teaching and ordering, she also forgot that he came to discuss with her.Without thinking about it, he took the clothes and held them in his hands, saying, "I'll change right away?"
"It's still early, the road is very close. We don't start until dark!" After finishing speaking, Dayu hurried away like a released prisoner.I was afraid that the case would be overturned and an arrest document would be recovered.
Although it was almost the end of August at this time, the days were still growing.Although the sun goes down early in the mountains, it doesn't get dark so fast.Lin Yanmei's mind was full of questions about the fire meeting, but Yu Mengqin left immediately.She didn't understand and was unhappy, so she stood there alone with her clothes in her arms.The places with trees nearby and far away were all dark, and it seemed that the small animals in the field had started to run around.The dizzying beauty of the sunset.
She saw that it would take a while for the sky to get dark, so she went to sit under a big tree and think about her thoughts.One after another crows descended from the top of the tree and returned to their nests.A hare scurry by on a deserted path yonder.A small vole came out of the hole under the root of the big tree where I was sitting. Just a gust of wind blew by, and a sprig of grass hit it on the head, and it hurriedly turned its head back to the hole.
She thought: "Hares, voles, bobcats, weasels are all out to play at night. They're going to see me tonight. They're going to see me in this baggy lace dress and gold shoes on the moon Silently, Xia followed Dayu to the lake, and quietly walked up the mountain from the winding path in the woods by the lake. At that time, the summer camp was holding a speech program. Everyone was quietly listening to Mr. Gu Yibai's speech He talked about the topics I majored in. Those who studied physics, chemistry, civil engineering, and mechanics were all there to listen, but I followed Yu Mengqin all the way up the mountain.
"No one saw us, no one knew us, there were no classmates admiring the moon on the beach, no one swimming in the water at night. We crossed the mountain carefully like thieves. We had to rely on Yu Mengqin to lead the way along the way.
"The other side of the mountain is a place where the scattered people have fun. We are not scattered people. When the mountain is a speech meeting, we slipped away. I want to keep silent like that, wear that kind of clothes, pretend A daughter of scattered people." Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered that a friend of Mr. Gu once went to a summer camp to talk about scattered people.He said that scattered folk girls get engaged and get married very early.Weiziren's daughter's hat is pointed, and she wears it on one side.Married women are wearing another round hat.In order to avoid the temptation of young men.As she thought about it, she hurriedly opened the bag and took a look.A hat is prepared here, which is exactly a round one.She held the hat in her hand and thought.
"That's just right. It will save someone from trouble. But Yu Mengqin is really a bully! Why didn't he tell me first?
"The hat would look like black velvet! Those little flowers are so finely embroidered, and this little thing would be a hat! It's hilarious!
"Yu Mengqin can also play? He will also find a big topic! What's a 'cultural envoy'! I don't believe that a person will not play at all! I often hear his criticisms at concerts and art exhibitions in Kunming. But Why hasn't he talked to me about my dances? He's too human! Anyway, he can't get rid of his pedantic air! It's a pity that you have to find a topic for playing!
"Maybe he doesn't comment on my dancing because he thinks my dancing is too childish?" She suddenly thought: "Maybe it's too childish and pedantic!"
"Anyway, he ought to comment on my dancing. Unless he's been criticizing behind his back, and won't say it to my face, because we don't know each other well, because we're not friendly enough.
"But why didn't such comments reach my ears? Maybe it's because of my bad dancing? Then why did they applaud so hard? They force me to sing and dance every time there is a fun fair?
"Scattered people may not welcome us. We may not be able to satisfy our classmates with our mission. Some people may ridicule me because I just like dancing! What a bad luck!
"Why are Yu Mengqin's eyes so fierce? Why did he only find me to bully him! He was a serious adult at home when he was young? Didn't he flirt with his mother? Didn't he love him without his mother?"
It was already dark.She hugged the clothes and walked out of the shade to the path.She thought: "The moon will come out soon! It's not easy to walk on such a dark road! The little weasel's teeth are very sharp! Yu Mengqin doesn't know if he is careful, so walk with him at night, don't let the little weasel bite me! Don't call me The thorn grass is pricking me!
"Squirrels can bite people! Dutch mice are so good! Yu Mengqin is so ridiculous, he can't use his strength, and catching Dutch mice is not hitting people. If you jump with such great strength, you will fall to the ground and catch me tightly." feet!"
She laughed again to herself, and ran back to the temple.When they arrived at the courtyard, Yu Mengqin was waiting for her at the door.Many people were waiting in the yard for the Toastmasters meeting.She saw Yu Mengqin was about to talk to her.Seeing Wu Baosheng approaching again, she thought: "Yu Mengqin, you careless person. You didn't tell me where they would all set off! I ignore you. I'll go talk to my sister."
"Yanmei." Wu Baosheng said, "Have you finished speaking? Why are you coming back so late by yourself? I reserved a seat for you at the front! The speech is coming soon."
Yu Mengqin was just about to tell her where they would all set off.She didn't know why she didn't want to see him, but she didn't wait for him to speak, so she dragged Wu Baosheng, and then avoided him, and the two went upstairs to the dormitory.
Upstairs, Lin Yanmei saw that there was no one in the room, so she told Wu Baosheng everything about Dayu asking her to go to the fire worship meeting, as if she had just relieved the nameless anger in her heart.Wu Baosheng listened in amazement, and then looked at the bag of clothes.
"What do you think I should do? Sister! Are you really going with him like this?"
"Why don't you go if you promised?" Wu Baosheng didn't know what to do: "It doesn't matter, just come back early. Yu Mengqin will protect you. It must be very fun. I want to go! It's the middle of the night, so scared ah!"
"I'm scared too!"
"But this won't work!" Wu Baosheng said, "People will scold you as a cultural secret envoy for not fulfilling your duties. You should go. You are escorted by a military officer!"
"I don't want his protection." She said, "Sister! Let's go together! You disguise yourself as a man, let's go!"
"Don't be stupid, Yanmei!" Wu Baosheng said, "Don't you remember that time in Grand Phuket? If he hadn't lost his temper, we would still have to be angry with that hooligan!"
Lin Yanmei changed the topic and said, "What about the clothes? We changed them here? Then how do we go out?" She said that she still agreed to participate in the fire worship meeting.
"Ah! This is a round hat." Wu Baosheng said, "Has Lin Yanmei become a daughter-in-law?"
When Lin Yanmei heard this, she was so ashamed that she didn't know what to do, she snatched her hat back: "Sister!" She said angrily, "Look how bullying Yu Mengqin is!"
"Stop making trouble!" my sister said, "I'd better wear a round hat to save trouble. Besides, it's better to hide my hair in this way. Let's go. I've figured out a way."
"Go? Where are you going?"
"Go to the lake, where you can swim, and change in the shed, okay?"
"Who is going to tell Dayu?"
"Let's go down and tell him to slow down," they said, and left.
"Take your pajamas with you." Wu Baosheng said again: "It's also good to wear it inside."
There was no moonlight on the lake.The water of the lake gently floated up to the sandy shore, and then receded gently.The wind blew her two clothes.The clothes were blown cold by the wind, and the dresses patted on their legs were also cool.They took their clothes and bags and went into the grass shed.The elder sister helped the younger sister to change the clothes, tied the belts, hid the loose curly hair under the hat, took off her silk socks and put flower shoes on her bare feet.Borrowing the weak light, I took a closer look at my sister and said, "What a beautiful Sanmin girl!" My sister tilted her head and smiled, her face was burning hot.
The two of them dared not speak loudly, for fear that Yu Mengqin had come and heard him outside the shed.The older sister tied the younger sister's belt a little further.Those slender waists are really not something mountain dwellers can have. She kissed the little scattered man and said, "Really, Yanmei! You are so charming! Come back early tonight!"
"I'll be back early," she said.After waiting for a while, she asked again: "Sister, where do you change your clothes when you come back?"
"I'm not afraid that people will find out when I come back. Just wear it back to the house." My sister said, "I'll take this bag of clothes back." The two of them wrapped up the changed clothes.The moon has risen and shone into the mat shed.Footsteps were heard outside.I don't know who is coming.The two of them did not speak, and waited with bated breath.
Footsteps stopped outside the shed.Dayu's voice asked: "Have you changed your clothes?" The younger sister listened and hugged her elder sister.The elder sister said: "I just came out." Then she told the younger sister in a low voice: "Remember my words." When the younger sister let her go, she brought her clothes and bag and came out.
The moonlight is just right on the yellow sand bank.湖水闪闪地放光。山岭，树林却是暗的。林间的小路依稀还看得出来。棚外站着余孟勤，地上一个清楚的影子。手里一根手杖。
“你没换衣服？”伍宝笙问。
“我到那儿才换。”他说：“做姐姐的给我们祈祷，叫我们平安回来。平安地走完这两趟夜路。””
“你带了手杖了？”伍宝笙说：“够了。好好地做你的武官罢。早早回来。你不会遇到更强的敌手的。”
“我还带了口琴。”他说：“这武官同时还是秘书，要记下来他们音乐的调子。也许像远游的探险的人那样把一件乐器送给那原始的酋长。”
“好了，你们走罢。我等到看不见你们的影子时，自己会回去的。”她说着便把蔺燕梅推过去，推到余孟勤身边。
这个小散民姑娘一直不开口，静默地走过去了。月亮底下那宽袖口的半截袖子下面清楚地看见她一双白细的手臂，和肘际细细的腰。伍宝笙看她们走进林子，走上小路，直到看不见了。自己也无心赏月，心上有点害怕，又有点担心。带了衣服，忙忙走回万安寺，到了寺门口，心才放下。进去看大家正听顾先生演讲，便乘人不见，蹑脚上楼去了。她也不想听讲，便在床上躺着。不久，因为兴奋了一阵的关系乏了，不觉睡去。
蔺燕梅分别了伍宝笙，心也跳得厉害。她完全不知道脚底下的路是怎么走的。余孟勤和她谈的话是怎么答的。心上慌慌乱乱，顺了余孟勤领的路走。这双鞋又有一点儿大。地上又崎岖不平。她脚高步低地紧着走。夜风很凉，从宽大的袖口、裤管吹进来。她不住的打寒战，她一路都走过了些什么地方，都有些什么夜景，她完全不知道。
余孟勤呢，他已经镇静多了。他领了蔺燕梅盘到山岭上，又翻下山去，在月光下仍是黑暗的山谷中走了不久。前面又是一个小山坡。看过去，坡那边有火光可以看见。下了坡之后便可以看见拜火会的地方了。夜里看火光是难辨远近的。又走了一段路，渐渐可以听见音乐响了。不久，拍手的声音，嘈杂的人声也都听见了。他们走进了一个村落。小路转了一个弯，村屋站在他们眼前看不见火光了。街巷上悄悄的，一个行人也没有。
“要先到那个小学去的。”大余说：“到这条路上来。”
蔺燕梅随了他过去，转了几个弯，到了一个大宅子门口。宅里面走出一个人来。余孟勤看见了说：“正巧”。便去招呼。原来正是顾先生的朋友。他介绍了蔺燕梅。蔺燕梅怪不好意思的。
这一位先生姓李，蔺燕梅在夏令营中听过他讲演的，他说：“不早了。不用到学校去。你们先在这儿呆一会儿罢，这是土司家的旁门。”说着他就领他们进来。蔺燕梅这时候已经不害怕了。她走进门来，心上奇怪这深山里会有这么好的村庄，这村庄中会有这么好的院落。石板平平的铺在宽大的家院里，花台，石级，在月下全白得耀目。院墙很高，院内许多花木，很香。
李先生把他们让到一间屋里。这时候早有两个听差来侍候；掌灯倒茶。全像大家宅中气派，而且两个听差都会说汉话。李先生叫一个去学校找他的工友把预备好的衣服拿来。又打发另一个去知会土司一声，说客人已经来了。休息一会儿便去见他。
等两个人都支使走了。李先生说：“等一下，换了衣服便去见土司。这土司姓庄。称他庄司长好了。早上我忘了一句话，这司长人已经是很开通的了。他还出过洋，到过日本。不过也有他守旧的地方。蔺小姐，这叫难免委屈你一下了，若是在他面前说出你们是同学，怕他有不必要的麻烦给我们，因为也许引起他的误会甚至反感。依我的意思。不如直称为夫妇……”
余孟勤，蔺燕梅两个听了这话全呆了。谁也不敢征求谁的意见，甚至谁也不好意思看谁。两个人直了眼看着李先生说不出话来。 "
“到时候由我介绍罢。”李先生接着说：“你们彼此称呼去掉姓好了。大家都是现代的学生了。不要自己先难为情起来。”说着自己哈哈大笑了。
The door opened.后去的听差先回来。说上司等着他们。等他们一起去看会。说完走了。
“这样更好了。”李先生说：“我们又可以看见他们百姓晋见土司的大礼了，我们还可以有土司保护。不过在场上仍以少说话为妙，别叫别人听出口音来。土司他再三叮嘱过的。”
又过了一会儿，衣服也来了。李先生领了余孟勤进到间壁一间房里去换。他自己再走出来陪蔺燕梅。他心上也暗暗纳罕，怎么会有这么俊的一个小姐到这散民村子里来。他端详了一下，说：“蔺小姐，你难免引起全会的人注意呢！”
“那怎么好？李先生。”她害怕起来：“是不是有的地方衣服没有穿对？”
“不是，不是！”他忙说：“都穿对了。”正巧大余也换好衣服走出来，他便把话岔开。蔺燕梅也想到了他先前话中的意思。就低了头，不再问了。
余孟勤身上的衣服与平常的裤褂差不多。不过袖口特别小，而裤脚管又非常大。蓝色的布质的，没有花。胸前对襟的扣子特别多密密地排着。脚下的鞋，也是撒了金花的。
“我的头发怎么办？”他问。
“没有关系，你到时候就知道了。他们里面梳分头的不少。上司自己也是。他自己留了两撇仁丹胡子。他的两个儿子，都在昆明读书，今年暑假回来时还穿了西装呢。”李先生又过去把大余小褂上领口地方几个扣子解开了，说：“这领口上几个扣子通常都是不扣的。”
他们三个走出屋来。大余问：“见过土司就一直去看会不再回来了罢。”
“大概罢。”李先生说：“你还有什么东西要带。”
“纸笔。”他说。
“不要临时记什么。”李先生说：“免得叫人注意。”
“我还有一件东西。”他说：“口琴。”
“口琴？”李先生想了一想，“也好。也许用得着。”余孟勤便去取了出来。
“乐曲凭记性记好了。”蔺燕梅说：“只要用口琴找一找调门就是了。我想跳舞曲子一定是重复的地方多，不会太难记。”李先生听了才知道这位小姐是个极合格的人选来参加这散民拜火会的。
三个人，又进了一重院子，再进了一个月门。便有人去通报了。不久见一个半老的穿长衫的人出来接。长得很严厉的相貌，脸上却充满了诚意的笑。看见了他嘴上两撇仁丹胡子他们知道是庄司长了。也不等介绍，庄司长就殷勤地往堂屋里让，到了屋里才由李先生介绍了。蔺燕梅满心委屈的听人家称了她一声：“余太太！”余孟勤竟比她更狼狈。再加以穿了那种衣服，他竟如一个羞涩、迟愚的村汉。好在庄司长未看出来。
大家随便谈了几句。蔺燕梅请求见一见司长夫人。庄司长说她已经故去了。遂又说起他两个孩子在昆明念中学，现在离开学近，已经回昆明去了：“否则现在可以叫出来见见了。”他说：“不忙，等我写一封信叫他们拿了去见余先生，余太太。还望多多指教！等一下余先生留个地址给我罢！”
这下子可把他们两个吓坏了。幸好李先生把话题转了，他说：“余太太是音乐家，等一下子她可以把会上奏的曲子记下来，编一下，将来也能把此地的音乐在外面宣扬一下的。”
“那好极了！那好极了！”庄司长说，他显得十分高兴：“古时君王特设采风之官，专司此事！我们敞处人民素来是极好音乐的。而且这音乐别有风味。我在外面求学的时候，每逢思乡必定联想到家乡的音乐。这倒是很值得一听的。这确是很值得一听的。好了，不多谈。我们就这么走罢。”说着大家站了起来，外面侍候的人早传下话去，灯笼，随从早准备好了。庄司长笑着让他们先走。他们推辞不过便告罪走在前面。李先生同他在后面走。这回出去的是大门。顺了正街才转了一个弯，沿了大道走出庄去，不远便看到火光人影。那边已停了舞恭候着了。
李先生便上去拉了他俩一把，他两个便预备退下来。庄司长笑了说：“不要紧，不要紧，一同走好了，一同走好了。”于是四个人并排走进一大圈人里去，鼓声震人地擂了起来，观众和衣了彩衣戴了面具的跳舞的人，全伏在地下。
庄司长走到草地上铺了一块毯的地方，坐到一把高椅子上。又叫旁边几个人让出三把椅子，请他们三个坐上。
李先生身边另外有一个女人。衣服华丽得很。李先生和她说了几句话。她便向大余他们这边望望。笑了一笑说了几句不能懂的话。大余对蔺燕梅说：“这大概就是李先生的配角了，招呼一下罢。”他们便向那边点头笑了一笑。他们真的不敢说笑。只是静静地看着。
跳舞又开始了。李先生走过来坐到大余身边说：“好玩罢？不用害怕了。其实没有什么大大的关系的，这个村上的人多半认得我也知道我是汉人。不过是怕远处来的误会罢了。现在和庄司长在一起，更保险了。”
他俩因为看那戴了面具的鬼神纵跳，把那些心事也忘掉了。
四个鬼脸的人和了鼓声跳了一阵，向土司拜了一下，就散下去了。走到火堆前面又拜了一下，把彩衣同面具全投向火里烧了。火前有一个案子，上面有香烛有酒，每人又斟喝了一点。
土司吩咐了身边一个人几句，那人走向前去大声说了一阵。就有十几个人捧了乐器过来。土司对他们说：“余先生，余太太，你们先看着这乐器。等一下我叫他们奏一奏。”
他两个站起来，一件一件的看了。没有一件叫得上名字来。有些像是笙，有的像号角，有的像三弦。他们为难起来。李先生说：“不必记他，这些乐器名字我那里都有的。”他们又捧了乐器下去了。
庄司长又问要纸笔不要。余孟勤看了看蔺燕梅。她说： “可以不用了。谢谢。”
“你怎么说不要？”余孟勤说。
“当了这许多人，记也记不下。”她说。
音乐开始了。许多男女便站起来走到中间圆场子上去跳。他们是一边跳舞一边围着火转了圈子走的。那十几个人的乐队是在前边领着转的。乐队的人穿了长袍，绛紫色，黑色的绸袍，却是黄色里子，跳着走起来，袍子上下翻飞，映了火光花蝴蝶儿似的。
他们两个又看又说，庄司长看了他们拈须微笑。场上转了几圈，乐队不走了。参加的人也各退回去。这时又有几个人走到乐队站着的地方，举起了各人手中木架上的一个小单面鼓，和了乐声一齐敲。场上就又有四个女子走出来。她们先拜了土司，便一人占了一方，跳起舞来，四个人跳的姿势完全一样，并不十分齐。衣服是不同的颜色的。式样上身和蔺燕梅借的这一件差不多，下身多好几条带子，前面又多一块围裙似的花布。这上面绣的花最热闹。
这四人舞的一段最精彩。音乐也最悦耳。跳得姿势也活动轻松得多，不那么震得地也动。看的人有的便跟了音乐唱，有的用手打拍子。
“调子很高。”余孟勤用口琴试了说。“在G之上。”
“很高。”商燕梅说：“全是四拍子一小节，又全是五度音阶。容易记的。”
“惟其是这种简单的曲调才容易动人，才这么美。”余孟勤说。
旁边李先生说：“这是有歌词的，大意是说：'我知道梁玉山前'一个山名，'有一个村子，那儿有个美女，她心里爱我，我现在没有力量娶她，我便不说出来，等我积够了钱，我就去当了那些被拒绝的求婚者的面前，把她接来。'等一下，便可以明白了。”
“这步子很有规律呢！”蔺燕梅说：“音乐也确实好。就可惜不能听懂每一句词。”
正说着，又上来了四个男子，他们仰头一笑：“哈！哈！”又低头一笑：“哈！哈！”再各携了一个女人的手，两两成双，跳了几个旋身。群众蜂拥上来，围了他们又跳，又叫。音乐，鼓声便响极了。大家又转了几个圈子，拜了火下去。
庄上司笑着问他们好不好。他们高兴得说了许多称赞的话。蔺燕梅更能举出许多曲谱上动人的地方解说给庄土司听。
“到底是'会者不难'！”庄土司说：“听一遍就记住了。余太大既能音乐，可以不可以给我们一个表演？”
蔺燕梅没有料到有此一问。便不知道怎么回答才好。那边李先生已经敲起掌来，又向方才传话的人说了几句，传话的人向大家说了。全场欢声雷动，鼓噪欢呼，闹成一片。李先生说：“不要怕了。你们懂音乐，他喜欢极了，一切有他担保，他是土皇帝呢！”
蔺燕梅只有答应了。她同大余商量说：“歌是不能唱的。一开口就露了相了。还是跳舞罢。给他们跳个六拍子的舞步，新鲜新鲜。”大余便掏出口琴来，两个人商量了个曲子，就一同站了起来。场上立刻静下来了。大余陪她走上青草地。自己站在火前的供桌旁边，蔺燕梅站在供桌前正中央。她只轻轻地摇着身子。不跳，让大余把曲子先奏一遍。第二遍一开始，便见她两手一举，一转身，随了拍子快慢就跳了起来。
六拍子的舞步是最灵活快乐的。她的旋身纵跳，忽起忽伏。身子俯仰之间，又轻巧，又柔软。连大余也想不到她有这么现成的表演。四场看的人都呆了。
她像是月光中无声落下的一个仙女，又像是象征青春的快乐之神。她的眼睛明媚含笑。快乐的步子在空中送着音乐，跳动着的衣襟下面仿佛散出花香来。圈子外的人不觉渐渐聚拢来了。这时她又是两手一并。先是由足趾站着的。现在慢慢落下来。白蛇一样的两臂象征着波浪式的动态的，盘旋绕下她的身子。又是一个俏丽的散民姑娘站在那里了。什么仙子，什么快乐之神，又回到月亮上去了。
土司第一个先鼓起掌来。大家更是拍得响。他俩又走回座去。
“露了锋芒就不能久呆了。”余孟勤轻轻地告诉蔺燕梅。
“也没有多少事了，咱们溜之大吉好不好？”她说。
“要不要把口琴送给他？”
“人家是日本留学生，要你的口琴！”蔺燕梅看了余孟勤一眼。
他们说着走到了座上。庄土司，李先生都来道贺，致谢。蔺燕梅便说太晚了，要回去。庄土司想想说：“也只有这样，等大家一齐散了倒不方便。我也就不能派人送了。”
“已经要多谢了。” 她说：“我的衣服怎么送还呢？”她转过来问李先生。
“明天我打发人去万安寺取罢。”李先生说。他便陪他们一起走。庄司长又起身相送。他们坚请庄司长不要动了，好把会期延长一下。他才再坐下。李先生陪他们回到土司宅里，大余换了衣裳，拿了手杖。一同出来。三个人谈了许许多多拜火会的事。这时月已偏西。李先生送他们出了村子，又翻过了小坡，才告别回去。
这时午夜已过，山野行路时便不免有种恐怖心理。但是他们一心净想拜火会上的种种情色，倒不似来时慌乱。谈话也比来时热闹些。不过脚底步子却要比先前快得多了。很快的他们已经走完山谷，翻上山岭。
“记得我们到夏令营来时火车上联的故事罢？”大余说：“大宴的话是很对的；原始风味的情节感动人。连原始风味的音乐也容易引人入胜。”
“好些曲子一入耳便造成非常深刻的印象。”蔺燕梅说：“这种多半是相传很久的民歌。至于那些深奥的乐章要听的人用心去理解的，是另外一种性质。非听好几遍不能懂。现在真用不着那些大曲子。多有几个好民歌，已经很够陶冶我们的好同胞用的了。”
“中国一定有不知道多少好民歌失了传。”余孟勤说：“现在弄得音乐这么贫乏。'礼失而求诸野'音乐竟也是这样！”
“你说！孟勤！”她在会场上说顺了口，不觉又这样称呼了他。为了兴奋她竟不觉：“我念诗词的时候常常想。如果这些美丽的词藻如果连了曲谱一起传到今天，真不知道多好！那么就可以唱了。我们可以听听委婉的'杨柳岸晓风残月，'或是悲壮的'大江东去。'！”
余孟勤听她说完，便站住了脚，喊了她一声：“燕梅！”
她忽然想起这半天名份上的夫妇称呼，不好意思起来。一个人向前跑过去了。
余孟勤也笑了，怕她跑得太快，跌倒。也就把她追上，叫她再慢慢地走。他又接着说：“连爱情也是一样。'礼失而求诸野！'原始的，热烈无顾忌的恋爱也只有初民的部落里才有！”
这时他走得离她很近。蔺燕梅从他身上嗅到了那种威胁性的男子身上火热的气息。她便心跳起来，气喘起来。这是她生平第一次嗅到的一种说不上来的气息。决不是香气，倒也不是难闻的。她就说：“恋爱的心理在什么社会里都是原始的。而求爱的行为还是有修饰的好。求爱时的动物往往有特别夸张的动作，甚至生了特别耀目的毛羽。人类也应该一样，孩气似的在这时期要争胜，要卖弄，要矜持。”
“你是不得了的！”余孟勤心服口服的说：“女人都有这种见解！今天的世界不知道已经由争胜的男人为了讨好女人而建设到一个多么进步的一个场面了。”
“那样也就好了。”她说：“也许不知道打成多么稀糟一团了呢！”说得两个人都笑了。
两个人已经下山到了余孟勤同顾先生看游泳的地方了。余孟勤就想起下午那一个永远忘不了的镜头，及自己后来一篇联想，与顾先生劝自己多结交女朋友的话。现在既然有这么一个花似的姑娘在身边又是这么冰雪聪明的，他的思想便停在那里不能再动了。他的口，舌，词令也就全然停在那上边了。这些词令又都是他这样一个人不能说出口来的。他讷讷地走着，说不出话来。
蔺燕梅似乎也觉出来了。她感到这一静，比刚才那一声亲切的呼唤与透骨的注视更叫她心跳。她便加紧了脚步。她说：“我心慌得很，也不知道为什么，让我快些下到山底下。到了湖边，那是我们的熟地方了。也许可以好些。”
他们无言地跑下山去。下到山脚时已经可以听到鹅塘镇上的狗叫了。他们仿佛是从一个很远的地方回到了家乡。心上没来由地又是欢喜，又是温暖。
穿进林中的小路，蔺燕梅实在乏了。她说：“我要倚着这小松树休息一下。”
大余把手杖按在地上，那神气，他也累了。他说：“别倚！燕梅。松树上净是松香！”
is not that right!她忙再站直了时，背后已经觉到被松香粘了一下。回身仔细看时，松树干上正亮晶晶地，小珠子似的一粒粒的松香。摸上去竟是温暖的。
大余顺手在她背上摘下几粒松脂来。她累乏了。也不躲。她说：“真是！一歇都不能歇！算了，回去。”
“不要歇，燕梅。”大余说：“比方说沙滩上可以歇。可是我担保，一躺下准睡着，那下子，非病不可！”他像看护一个小孩那样和婉地说。
他们又走向前去。蔺燕梅说：“松树就是这一点不好，不能够倚。”
“松树是好树。”他说：“用它盖成房子才经久呢！”
“不说了。”她说：“明天还要用一天精神来作报告呢。”
“我早想好了。”他说：“就把四人舞那段配上歌词。加上解说。才有意思呢。”
蔺燕梅听了不说话，两个人默默地走回万安寺。余孟勤也不知道她是什么心理。只在院里两个人轻轻说了一声：“明天见！”便各自摸路回到宿舍去了。
晓风已经从高空吹下来。蔺燕梅脱下这散民的衣服时觉得上面已经有了露水。她里面原来穿着睡衣的，就上床睡了。伍宝笙似乎被她惊动醒了。她等了一下，发现伍宝笙还是睡着的。她想：“姐姐大概担心害怕地守了我一夜了！”便又下床去在伍宝笙的头发上轻轻地吻了好几下。又回来睡上床。脸上还对了姐姐含着笑呢？人已经乏极入睡了。
昏昏沉沉地，她也不知道睡了多少时候。醒过来看看表时，已经是上午十点钟都过了。她疑心自己的表停了。忙起身看时，全室的床都已经摺得整整齐齐的。只有伍宝笙还没睡醒。她奇怪起来：“怎么起床号两个人都没听见？”她便在床上把伍宝笙喊醒。
“你自己醒了？”伍宝笙说：“那么远的路把你累坏了罢？”
“姐姐。”她说：“睡是睡够了，还是累呢！”
“累就再睡一会儿，”姐姐说：“别强打精神说话。我陪着你。”
“怎么起床号我都没听见？”
“今天说好了不吹起床号的。”
"Oh?"
“昨天晚上顾先生演讲完之后，就把你们去参加散民拜火会的事说了。大家热烈的问了许多问题。又凭幻想虚构了许多拜火会上的情景，决定你们今天回来了，要临时加一个集会由你们报告。这些事连我也不知道。我昨晚上送你们走了以后。回来就睡了。她们散会回到宿舍来，把我吵醒。我说起担心你们回来已经累坏了。她们七嘴八舌地又讲了许多话，又下去和蔡仲勉他