Chapter 203: Autumn Leaves
"Momiji." After getting a little closer to Red Leaf Villa, Jia Lan excitedly pointed to the scene not far away, and Jia Baoyu had already seen it.
From a distance, there was a bright red color, and when I looked up, the bright red turned crimson, and then I couldn't see it clearly, but the color seemed to be a little different.
Closer, you can clearly see the shape of the red leaves, the heart-shaped red leaves, the leaves are intertwined with each other, as if the collision of hearts and hearts, such a fiery red, people's hearts are filled with ripples, passion, this Jia Baoyu has not experienced for a long time The feeling came out again, and some hearts were surging.
"This red leaf also recognizes people! Not like that a few days ago! Baoyu was lucky. ”
"Yes! What a stroke of luck. Jia Baoyu said but didn't go any further, looking at a winding path next to him: "Where does this road lead?" ”
Zhu Yingtai looked in the direction Jia Baoyu pointed and replied: "You can also lead to the top of the mountain, but then you can only go through the back door, and you have to take some long detours." ”
"Let's take the path! It's rare to be able to walk through the back door once. Jia Baoyu was the first to jump off the horse.
Zhu Yingtai naturally did not object, and also got off the horse, seeing that Jia Lan was also going down, Jia Baoyu said: "Lan'er will go up with Uncle Yu and them first!" After playing for a long time, you should be tired. ”
Jia Lan nodded, he was indeed tired, after all, his age and energy were there, and he didn't have some kung fu like Jia Baoyu and Zhu Yingtai, so it would be a little reluctant to really go up the mountain.
Yu Bo and the others led the horses of the two, originally saying that they would leave some guards. However, Jia Baoyu and Zhu Yingtai refused, both of them boasted that they were not people who needed to be guarded, and besides, such a road naturally had to be interesting for like-minded people to walk.
The road is very narrow, and it is okay for two people to cross at a time, but it is a little reluctant, Jia Baoyu and Zhu Yingtai are walking one after the other, and Jia Baoyu is in front.
The mountain is less than 200 meters high, but it has some meaning of stretching, and it took a quarter of an hour to walk. It's only halfway through. Of course, there are two people who are slow, but the road is too tortuous.
"Oh, there's still a family here." After walking some distance, Jia Baoyu saw that there was a family halfway through. Said with some surprise.
Zhu Yingtai listened and explained: "This was not originally a family. It was my grandfather who had him build it here a few years ago. Sometimes he likes to come here, but after all these years he has stopped coming, so he lets the arranger live. Does Baoyu want to go inside and have a look? ”
Jia Baoyu shook his head, "Don't disturb the lives of others in vain." ”
As he spoke, he saw the door of the room, which had been closed, open, and first a child with pigtails, then a girl of eleven or twelve years old in plain clothes, and finally a woman with a baby in her arms.
"Mother, someone is coming." The little girl saw the two of them and hurriedly told the woman.
When the woman saw her, she was first surprised, and then she had a surprised expression, "It's Young Master Yingtai." So saying, he came to the two of them.
In this way, Jia Baoyu naturally would not say such a thing again, the woman came to the front of the two with the baby and a pair of children, and saw Zhu Yingtai obviously a little excited, "Young Master Yingtai has always been good!" ”
Zhu Yingtai was a little surprised, "You know me." ”
The woman nodded hurriedly, "That's natural, Young Master Yingtai and Madame are almost identical, I can recognize them at a glance." ”
"You know my mother." Zhu Yingtai was a little excited when she heard it, since she was born, those subordinates who have been serving Zhu Yingtai's parents all the year round have been dismissed, and others have even given orders to keep their mouths shut, Zhu Yingtai has been obedient since he was a child, and he is unwilling to ask someone in the house to let her grandfather know, so he knows too little about his parents.
The woman seemed to be a little nostalgic and a little sad when she heard this, "I am a maid who married into the Zhu family with my wife, and the lord and the lady are such good people, if you say no, it will be gone." ”
Jia Baoyu also knew about Zhu Yingtai's parents, and seeing Zhu Yingtai's expectation, he knew that he was going to stay here for a while, and said, "Don't be outside, go inside and talk about it!" ”
"Yes! The young master and this son come in and sit down for a while! When the woman heard this, she extended an invitation to them.
"Go in and speak! I want to see the autumn leaves outside. Jia Baoyu shook his head and refused.
The woman looked at Zhu Yingtai, and then nodded in agreement, handed over the baby in her arms to the girl, and reproached her stubborn son, and the woman went inside with Zhu Yingtai.
Jia Baoyu sat on the bluestone bench in the courtyard, watching the young child play, also looking at the red leaves on the mountain, and then looking into the distance, a fiery red, and his heart was suddenly cheerful, but there was also a trace of regret, such a beautiful scenery, it should be good for Sister Lin and them to watch together.
"Childe drinking." The maiden took a jug of wine from the house, and at the same time a plate of fennel beans.
Jia Baoyu saw that the wine was nothing, and he didn't plan to drink it, but when he saw this fennel bean, he was a little greedy.
"There are four ways to write the Chinese characters." If the girl in front of her was replaced by Xiangling, Jia Baoyu was afraid that she would have to say such a sentence.
I poured a glass of wine alone and ate a grain of fennel beans, which was nothing at first, but then it was very aftertaste, and this wine was very feeling.
After another drink, I felt even more full, fragrant and mellow, not like the ones I drink on weekdays, but it also has a different flavor, "What kind of wine is this, I have never drunk it before." ”
The girl listened and replied, "This is the maple wine that my mother brewed, of course there is no more outside." There is a point of pride in the words, but it is not disgusting at all, and taking advantage of the recognition that comes with it is a point of kindness.
Jia Baoyu took out a gold leaf from his arms and handed it to the girl, "You must still have it, wait a while and pack some for me to take with you!" ”
The girl hurriedly took a step back, shook her head and said, "Childe wants Qianqian to get it for you in a while, and the money must not be collected." ”
Slightly surprised, but then he reacted, accepted the gold leaf, and said with a smile: "It turns out that your name is Qianqian!" What a good name. ”
The girl's face suddenly turned red, it was the first time someone had praised her like this, "I'll go fill you with wine." With that, he hurriedly ran away.
Jia Baoyu looked at the girl who ran away and smiled, drank another glass of wine, and looked into the house, "I don't know what Yingtai said?" ”
Of course, with Jia Baoyu's current strength, it would be easy to hear about it, but it was impossible for him to do it.
After drinking a few cups alone, the fennel beans were also eaten unconsciously, seeing that Zhu Yingtai had not finished speaking, Qianqian did not come back, Jia Baoyu got up and went to a maple tree, and the young child was playing.
When I got closer, I was playing with ants on the ground, five or six years old, and I didn't know what life was, but I was just trying to have fun, but two or three ants were killed in such a short time.
"This is an ant!" Jia Baoyu picked up a maple leaf, and there were several ants on this maple leaf, and blew lightly, and all these ants were blown away.
Let go of the hand, the maple leaf slowly falls, but when it falls to the ground, it is quickly decomposed, and after a while, the maple leaf completely disappears, and the earth is one.
"It's true, it's okay to fool me with some five-element charm, where is this charm." Seeing this scene, Jia Baoyu shook his head helplessly and said.
The toddler looked up at him after listening to Jia Baoyu's words, grinned, Jia Baoyu smiled back, and the toddler continued to play.
"This is the most suitable path for the host to grow." The system's voice sounded, answering Jia Baoyu's previous question.
Jia Baoyu didn't ask again, because he wouldn't get useful information if he continued to ask, and as for those that were useless, he just groped for it himself.
After taking some of the fallen red leaves, Jia Baoyu returned to his seat, this time instead of drinking, but began to paint, using the pigment contained in the red leaves to paint something.
Holding the red leaves and moving them a few times at will, it seems to be an understatement, but in fact, every time the pigment in it is completely volatilized, and each leaf is completely disappeared with a few dozen waves.
After a dozen leaves are consumed, a picture of a young child picking up leaves is completed, and the protagonist is naturally the young child.
'Squeak. The closed door opened, and Zhu Yingtai came out with the woman, both of whom had ruddy eyes and were obviously in a lot of emotion.
There was another sound of the door opening, and I saw the girl Qianqian coming out with a big wine jar, Jia Baoyu smiled when she saw this, just asked her to help bring some, where did she think that she would take so much, looking at the weight, I am afraid that there are thirty catties, and it is difficult for her to carry it out.
Busy is to come forward to take it, the girl naturally refuses to let it, but Jia Baoyu just took it at will, the weight of thirty catties is very light for Jia Baoyu.
"What is this?" Although it is a wine jar, it is not necessarily wine, Zhu Yingtai still asked.
"I drank tonight, but I don't want so much good wine in Yingtai's house." Jia Baoyu patted the wine jar and replied.
Zhu Yingtai smiled, and the previous sadness was also swept away, "There is still a lot of good wine!" When I get to the academy, I will let Baoyu drink one every day. ”
After that, he said to the woman: "Aunt Lan, Yingtai will leave first today, and I will make a special trip to see you later." ”
"Young master, go slowly!" The woman had a little reluctance on her face, but she didn't keep the two.
Jia Baoyu and Zhu Yingtai walked along the mountain road again, and there was more of this jar of wine than when they came, and at the same time there was more of a feeling and a feeling, but this is all something in the heart, and the weight is not comparable to wine.
"Mother." The girl Qianqian watched the figures of the two gradually disappear, and when she turned around, she found what her brother was holding in her hand, and hurriedly called her mother.
The woman looked at the young child playing with four or five golden leaves, which were even more dazzling when they complemented the red leaves. (To be continued......)