Chapter 25 (8) Omen of the Golden Lock

After Baoyu got married, she often talked with Baochai about the old days, touching the past and feeling the present.I know more and more that Baochai's understanding and sympathy for her are not inferior to Daiyu's, and it is too late.Naturally, the two would bring up the past when they saw each other's gold and jade for the first time in Lixiangyuan, but Yinger's interjection should be at this time.I can't help but think of the scene of embroidered mandarin duck Meng Zhaojiang Yunxuan, and I am even more emotional. Therefore, Baoyu was reminded by this feeling of nostalgia, and asked Baochai for the golden lock to take a closer look and review the past.Baochai still took it out of her underwear and handed it to him.

Baoyu took it, and as soon as Fang saw it, he was surprised and said, "No, this is not the one my sister often carries!"This one is too thick, the chiseled characters are scattered and ugly, and it’s not from a long time, so why are they all “raw”?Baochai knew that she couldn't hide it from him, so she told him the truth. It turned out that Aunt Xue's family was in a hurry to prepare the wedding dowry, but this time Xue Pan was careful, and last year he mentioned that he would blow up the gold lock for his younger sister to make it look more golden, but Baochai said no; now He was about to leave the court, and with all his enthusiasm as a brother, he decided to take Jinsuo to the jewelry building (the name at the time) to "meet the new".Baochai couldn't push it, so she had to follow her brother.

The wedding date is approaching, but the jewelry store keeps delaying work, saying that it is not finished yet.Xue Pan's stupid temper became angry, and he sent his family to sit and beg.I finally got it back, and it was the eve of the wedding, so I hurriedly handed it back to my sister, saying: I'm too busy here, my sister can see for herself. When Baochai went back to the house and opened the bag to look, he was stunned! It's not the original, it's a poorly crafted imitation. Baochai is a sensible, considerate, and tolerant person, and there is no time to spare, so I have to take it with me, and let no one know about it.

Until tonight, I couldn't hide it anymore, so I told Brother Bao exactly. Baoyu said: "Sister, look at the chiseled cloud pattern, the "bends" of the turns are hard, and there are still some that are not connected. The seal characters are also out of shape and hard to recognize-this is a new work by a clumsy craftsman!" Baochai nodded, and said that it was not what you said, that was really replaced by others.Anyway, I don't cherish these things very much, just let them go. Baoyu thought to herself.Although I didn't like the term "gold and jade" very much at the beginning, it is still a real object.But now even that has changed, the fake has come to be confused with the real one, this ugly and clumsy fake can't be exposed, it has to be "rounded" for it!There is really no place to reason about things in the world....

He secretly thought: This is not a good omen. "Never leave, never give up, youth will last forever", but it has been left and abandoned.