Chapter 47 (3) Reaching the Flower House

Jia Yun naturally found out about Baoyu's gradual departure from Feng's residence and wandering around.I finally found it from the streets and alleys, and pulled it home.The husband and wife persuaded each other bitterly, saying, "My nephew can still support my second uncle now, so how can I still suffer from that crime?" Baoyu replied, "In the early days, we sang operas in our house and performed "Xiu Ru Ji". I have seen it. Zheng Yuanhe is so honorable. He also became a beggar. He played "Lotus Falling" every day and sang the song "One year's price is just over, and it's another year's price spring, so it's okay...", I What is it worth if they are less than one hundred than him? If you don’t want to be a flower in the world, where can the rich family give away their food? If I have a new flower, they will also distribute their wealth, right? "

When Jia Yun and Xiaohong heard this, they laughed and felt pity at the same time. They couldn't bear the pain. Xiaohong held back her tears and persuaded, "Just stay here, there's nothing to eat, and you won't suffer from the wind and frost." Baoyu sighed.After a long while, I said, "I know your heart. But it's just that you have to make a living and serve your mother. I can't do anything when I'm bored at home, and I can't bear the loneliness, which makes you tired. Let me take a walk outside to feel better— — Anyway, I’m a little used to it, but I don’t think it’s a big deal, so don’t worry. I’ll definitely come on New Year’s Eve, and let’s watch the year and roll the dice, wouldn’t it be good?”

The couple had nothing to do, so they had to follow him, eat something, and then went on their own. It's the twelfth lunar month now, and in a blink of an eye, Baoyu really came.There was a roll of paper in his hand, and when he opened it, there were several New Year pictures: one was Magu's birthday present, it was a fairy with a sika deer carrying a whole branch of big flat peaches, it was for sister-in-law fifth;There is also a large roll of red paper. When I read it, I have already written Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, horizontal drape, and welcome photos. It is very complete.Xiaohong had already decorated the doors and windows of the house brand-new, and pasted these Spring Festival couplets, and the prosperity suddenly doubled.Baoyu said: "Although the New Year in the mansion is lively and grand, it's not as interesting as this small courtyard." He specially sent the red blessings of the Spring Festival couplets that couldn't be pasted to the neighbor Ni Er's house, and Ni Er was very happy.

On New Year's Eve, the sacred paper of "the true ruler of all spirits in the ten directions of the three worlds of heaven and earth", cigarettes and colored candles were offered. After the incense was burnt, they performed family salutes to each other, and Baoyu kowtowed to the fifth sister-in-law.Jia Yun asked Baoyu what she liked.Baoyu saw that there were a lot of sweets, snacks, and New Year's snacks, so he said, "Give me a small incense burner and a piece of red wax, and you don't need to bother about anything else." Everyone watched and laughed until the fourth watch.Baoyu went back to the house alone, burned a stick of incense on the stove, and lit a red candle.The candle shone on Baoyu's shadow and swayed slightly on the wall; the people in the New Year pictures also seemed to be walking around.The smoke in the house gradually became cyanotic.Baoyu lay on the bed, silently praying.

At this time, the firecrackers all over the city were already in a turmoil, and a whip hanging from the neighbor's house, as if it was under the ear, made the heart beat. Baoyu couldn't help thinking of the joke that Sister Feng told last year: The deaf man set off a firecracker—it's gone!He didn't expect to answer her words so quickly.After midnight, Jia Yun and others tried every means to persuade him to stay, but Baoyu only stayed for three days and went out by himself.Everyone sighed once, and Xiaohong cried again. In a blink of an eye, the Lantern Festival is approaching again, and the street lanterns line up the shop fronts.It's like a fairyland at night.Baoyu loves lamps the most, so he toured Jiuqu Twelve Streets and hundreds of alleys and thousands of houses. Everywhere is really different and every house is unique.On the 15th day, I suddenly remembered that not far from the North City was the road that Zeng and Mingyan sneaked out of the city, why not go for a walk today.Then he walked slowly towards the north.At this time, it was almost meal time, and I had no food in my stomach, so I entered an alley, looking for someone to beg for food.

It turned out that Baoyu didn't know how to beg for food at first, so he stood silently at the door of someone's house. No one knew that he was a beggar, and no one came to rescue him.Later, when I saw that the monks recited the Buddha's name, or knocked on the cymbals, there was no one who was silent, and he couldn't beg, so he followed Zheng Yuanhe's example—except that he didn't play "Lotus Falling", but he took on a new look. Reciting Tang poems in front of the people's door, not only the poems are good, but also the tone is very beautiful. I also saw that he is a handsome young man, gentle and elegant, and he has a heart of pity. There are good people everywhere.

When I came to the door of this house this day, Baoyu felt that the door looked familiar, but I don't know why.He stood at the door and sang poems. Just after finishing reciting a seven-character quatrain, a woman in red came out, and Bao Yufang begged for food.The woman was very surprised when she heard the sound, and kept looking at Baoyu.She turned around and went into the room, and called out a man. Baoyu didn't look at it, but when she looked at it, it was Hua Zifang! The man asked first, "Who are you? What's your surname?" Baoyu vaguely agreed, only saying that his surname was Jia, without his name.The man said, "Are you the second master Bao in Rongfu?" Baoyu also said, "You are Xiren's elder brother Hua?" Hua Zifang grabbed Baoyu and shouted, "Second master, Why do you look like this, how can I still recognize you?" On the one hand, he raised his voice into the room and said, "Second Master Bao is here!" On the other hand, he stepped back.

Baoyu shook his head, refused to move, and replied, "I won't go in. Say hello to my family for me--I just want a meal, I'm already very hungry." Two or three women came out of the house, all in new clothes for the New Year.They opened their eyes wide and looked at Baoyu standing in the courtyard from a distance. The man in the red dress brought a bowl of rice with meat and vegetables on it. They looked at Baoyu who was hungry and eager to eat, with tears of pity in their eyes. These are the aunts and sisters I met in the first month of last year. Hua Zifang asked again: "Sit in the second master's room, maybe my sister will come - Baoyu didn't answer when I picked her up yesterday to eat, looked at the crowd, handed back the bowls and chopsticks, saluted, turned around and turned to her. go outside.