These days, Rongfu and Ningfu are under construction. This project started from the west side of the East Mansion, that is, the Ningguo Mansion, demolished the walls and pavilions of the Huifang Garden where Qin Keqing lived, and repaired it to the west until the east courtyard of the Rongguo Mansion (the east courtyard of the Rongguo Mansion lived in Jia Amnesty), and then it was repaired a lot more to the north, about three or four miles in total. There is also a small river that is drawn from under the north corner wall of Hoi Fong Garden. I don't know how much money was spent, but just the purchase of flowers, candles, lanterns, curtains, and curtains is 20,000 taels. Jia Zheng doesn't like to do these mundane affairs, and the organizers of the project are Jia Yu, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Lai Da, Lai Sheng and others. But Jia Yu just lies high at home every day and listens to Jia Zhen and Jia Lian's reports.

This is because the current emperor has the virtue of filial piety, so he hopes that his daughters-in-law and concubines are also filial, and the new regulations stipulate that the imperial concubines and nobles, as long as there is a separate suitable large house in their hometown (suitable for the concubines to live in, and cannot be mixed with the men), they can invite the concubines to go back to their parents' homes to live, in order to fulfill their filial piety. So many family members of the concubines are under construction. The Jia family is no exception.

On this day, Jia Zhen came to report to Jia Zheng and said: "Now that the projects in the hospital have been completed, please come and take a look, name the plaque, and mention the couplet." ”

Jia Zheng thought that this was not a mundane business, it was very elegant (he was good at reading since he was a child), so he brought a group of Qing guests to visit the garden. As soon as he approached the garden gate, he happened to bump into Baoyu, so he said, "You follow me, come in!" ”

Baoyu didn't know what was going on, so she had to come in. He was playing in the garden, but when he heard that the master was coming, he was so frightened that he ran outside, but he ran into his father outside the garden. In Jia Baoyu's opinion, Dad is like having an infectious disease, and it is best to avoid it.

Entering the gate at the opening of the snow-white powder wall, you will see a hill blocking the view (so that you can't see the garden scenery at a glance, which is interesting), and the mountain stone ghost Ling (Shan Zeng), the moss is covered, and the sheep intestine path is exposed in the middle.

After walking a short distance along the path, they saw a white stone with an inscription on it. Jia Zheng smiled: "Everyone, what is better to mention in this place?" ”

Everyone began to say, some said "Stacked Cui", some said "Jinzhang", some said "Race incense burner" (there is no waterfall, what kind of incense burner), and some said "Little Zhongnan" (Zhongnan Mountain is a famous mountain for hermits, and it seems that it is not suitable for the imperial concubine's palace). There are more than dozens of people who have said it.

These things are not good, because these Qingke are clear in their hearts, and deliberately say something cliché, because they know that Jia Zheng must be trying Baoyu's studies.

Jia Zheng listened, so he turned back to Baoyu and said, "I listened to the school, you don't like to read, but the couplets seem to be a little crooked." Don't be idle, you say one comes. ”

Baoyu said: "Sometimes, it is better to use old things than to make up new things. The old stuff is still good. It's not a positive scene here, it's just a way to explore the scenery, and it's called 'winding path leads to a secluded place' (an ancient poem). It's also generous. ”

When everyone heard this, they all praised it: "The second brother is really talented, his talent is really far-reaching, and he is better than us who read rotten books." ”

Jia Zheng smiled: "Unabsurdable award." Let's think about something else. Let's go. ”

As he spoke, he walked into the hollow of the stones, and beside the beautiful trees were verdant, and a small river was pouring out of the stones from the depths of the flowers and trees. Walk again, gradually to the north, the road is flat, there are flying towers on both sides, stone fences, a pond leading to the stream, there is a stone bridge along the pond, with three holes, and there are pavilions on the bridge. Everyone went up to the pavilion and sat on the railing, and Jia Zheng said, "What is the best thing to mention here?" ”

Everyone said: "Ouyang Xiu's "The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion" 'has a pavilion and a wing', so it's called 'Yiran'." "Name this pavilion.

Jia Zheng said with a smile: "Yiran is good, but this pavilion is next to water, and it is only commensurate that it is related to water (in fact, Ouyang Xiu's pavilion happens to be repaired on the spring water, and Jia Zheng's original reading is unknown). In my humble opinion, Ouyang Gong also said, '(The spring water next to the pavilion) pours out between the two peaks', and he actually used him to use a 'pour'. After saying that, Jia Zheng took the insole out of the shoe, sniffed it, and slapped it on the railing again before putting it back again.

So a Qingke said: "Well, it is extreme, it is extreme, it is better to call it 'Epsom Jade'." ”

Jia Zheng twisted his beard, still thinking of better words with laxatives, so he saw Baoyu next to him again, and said, "You can also say one." ”

Baoyu heard this, and hurriedly said: "What the master (call my father master) is very true. However, if you study it exhaustively, Ouyang Gong said that 'epsom' is appropriate, and it is not appropriate to say 'epsom' in this pool today (the pool is flat). Moreover, the words that are related to the emperor, such words also seem crude and indecent (yes, such as 'laxative', 'laxative'). It's better to think about something else. ”

Jia Zheng said: "The princes should listen to him. We just made up a new one, you said it was better to use the ancient, and now we use the ancient (using the ancient text, Ouyang Xiu), and you said it was crude. Then I'll listen to what you say! ”

Baoyu said: "It is better to use the word 'Qinfang' than to use the word "epsom jade." Isn't it new and elegant? ”

Jia Zheng twisted his beard and nodded but remained silent. Nodding is OK, but compliments are not. And they all praised each other. This Qin Fang can be compared to the emperor's grace, which is very helpful to the saints, and it is also much more elegant for us, and also for our sister (Yuan Chun is Baoyu's sister). What's more, the garden where Qin Keqing lived was called Huifang Garden, and Qin Keqing was the enlightener of Baoyu's love, Qin Keqing was dying and said: "After three springs, all the flowers are exhausted, and each must find its own door", so this Fang word is a big text in this story, symbolizing women, love and the true nature of people. - In addition, this pond and the river are drawn from under the north corner wall of Huifang Garden, which seems to imply that the things of love are being inherited from Qin Keqing of Ningfu to this newly repaired garden. Therefore, it is called "Qin Fang" here, which is to reluctantly keep the things that are destined to fall, and to moisturize it. This is affection, if there is nothing, it is endless. In short, it is to inherit Qin Keqing's legacy.

Jia Zheng said: "The name of this pavilion is easy to do, let's make a couplet below." (Hanging under the word "Qinfang" in Tingbian.) ）

Baoyu looked around, because he said: "Borrow three pennies around the willow embankment, and the flowers on the other bank are divided into a vein of incense." ”

It is said that this pavilion borrowed green from the willows of the pond, and divided a little fragrance from the fragrant flowers on the other side. It's all about color and fragrance. Sure enough, it was good to be Qin. The flowers and willows are all stained with it. And it's neat. The word "penny" also carries the taste of folk life and seclusion, so it is not bad.

Jia Zheng couldn't help but smile and nodded. The crowd praised non-stop.

So, leave the pool. Walking around, there are mountains, rocks, flowers and trees, and suddenly I saw a small courtyard surrounded by a pink wall, with bamboo, verandah, and a large house in it, and pear blossoms and plantains in the backyard, as well as a small spring. (This is the house where Lin Daiyu lived later, the large Xiaoxiang Pavilion, because there is bamboo!) ）

Jia Zheng looked at it and said with a smile: "This place is not bad." If you study under this window on a moonlit night in the future, you will not waste this life. ”

After speaking, he looked at Baoyu. Meaning, you should read more.

Frightened, Baoyu hurriedly lowered her head.

Zhongqingke hurriedly forked the words and said, "In this place, what words are mentioned on the plaque?" ”

Jia Zheng said: "What words are you mentioning? ”

It is said: "Qishui is left behind." (This is too unscrupulous, Qi County is the former song of the dynasty, where the king of Shang lived, there is Qi Shui, the legacy of Qi Shui, that is, the king of Shang is eating and drinking naked.) Later, Wei Xuangong also stationed a platform in Qishui, and snatched the daughter-in-law who should be married to his son. Don't you anger Lin Daiyu? This Qingke has read too little. ）

Jia Zheng said: "Vulgar. Change one. ”

Another said: "Suiyuan Grace." "This is also in response to the bamboo, there are bamboos in the Sui Garden of King Liang Xiao of the Han Dynasty (but it is not as good as the Xiaoxiang Pavilion that was later changed in Yuanchun, Xiaoxiang Concubine tears dripped into the bamboo, the so-called Xiangfei Bamboo, there is bamboo, and it is suitable for Lin Daiyu, who loves to cry in the future, but it is the best).

Jia Zheng said: "It's also vulgar. ”

At this time, Jia Zhen said: "Then let Brother Bao come to one." (Jia Zhen and Jia Baoyu are of the same generation, and their father Jia Jing is the same generation as Jia Zheng.) Below Jia Zhen is Jia Rong - Qin Keqing's husband. ）

Baoyu said: "The above are all a bit rotten, it is better to call it Feng Laiyi." And all the people were in an uproar.

Jia Zheng nodded and said: "Brutes, brutes (this is not good for themselves), it can be said that a fool thinks about ten thousand, and there must always be a suitable one." ”

There is a phoenix to the instrument, from the phoenix to the instrument, that is to say that Shun made the "Xiao Shao" (with the flute as the main instrument of Wang Le, then with bamboo), while playing, the phoenix ran to jump along. This is suitable for the identity of the imperial concubine of Yuanchun, saying that the imperial concubine is coming, this is the phoenix coming.

Then I ran to a place where the green hills were obstructed (there are mountains, it can be seen that this garden is not suitable for building in Beijing), turned around the mountain, revealing a low wall of yellow mud, and the wall was deliberately spread with straw, and the apricot blossoms next to it were like fire (but it was already spring), and there were some thatched huts inside, and there were fences made of mulberry branches outside, and there were vegetable wells next to them. This place was later lived by Li Kun (Jia Baoyu's brother Jia Zhu's widow, the widow lives in this miserable place, which is also suitable.) ）

Jia Zheng smiled and said, "Hey, there is some truth in this place. Although it is a farmhouse that is chiseled by manpower, it also evokes my intention to return to farming. Let's go in. "The so-called return to the peasants, that is, the scholars no longer go to be officials, but go home to do rural household registration, indicating that they are honest and not greedy for power, which is the most elegant.

There is a stone pillar on the road outside the fence gate, which is also kept by the craftsman for the inscription of these elegant people. Everyone talked about it, saying that there were apricot blossoms in Xinghua Village, because there were no apricot blossoms over there. But Jia Zheng said: "The predecessors already had a village name like Xinghua Village, and if you call it again, it will be repeated." Everyone thought about what to call it, but Baoyu couldn't wait, and said, "It's better to call the apricot curtain in sight." "Everyone said yes, saying that it was in line with the meaning of Xinghua Village, but it didn't infringe on copyright and it seemed that we were not creative. Baoyu sneered and said: "In fact, it is very vulgar to call Xinghua Village, the ancient poem 'Chaimen Lin's Rice Flowers', why not call it Daoxiang Village?" (Old Beijing now has a chain of dim sum shops in Daoxiang Village.) ）

When they heard this, they all clapped their hands and shouted. (Hehe, it's not easy to be a Qingke.) Be diligent with your mouth and hands. ）

Jia Zheng snapped: "Ignorant karma! (It is also similar to the meaning of Huang Pinyuan, the meaning of the bane.) You know a few ancients, you have read a few ancient poems, and you dare to show off in front of the old gentlemen. All this nonsense you just talked about is just to try your turbidity and make a joke, and you're serious! ”

This Jia Zheng said this, it is also a courtesy, it is to pull face for the princes of the Qing Dynasty, the princes of the people are polite to your children, you should also be polite to the princes and the guests of the Qing Dynasty, and give them enough face. It can be seen that Jia Zheng does not treat these Qingke as slaves, and he is still very polite.

Saying that, when he entered the thatched hall, there were no antiques or anything in it, they were all paper windows and wooden windows, Jia Zheng liked it, and said to Baoyu: "What do you think of this?" ”

Baoyu said: "It's not as good as the house with Feng Laiyi just now." ”

When Jia Zheng heard this, he said angrily: "Ignorant fool! You only know that Zhu Lou is painted and magnificent, but you don't know the quiet atmosphere here. You can't appreciate it here. After all, it's still caused by not reading! Alas. ”

It means that big fish and big meat are not good, and green vegetables and radishes are the high realm of beauty.

Baoyu said: "The old man taught me a lesson, but the ancients said the word 'natural', and I don't know what it means. ”

The Qing people said: "Nature, it is the natural existence of heaven, not made by man." ”

Baoyu said: "Yes, the grange here is clearly made of manpower mold and twisting, far away from the village, near the river, high without the tower of the faint temple, there is no bridge leading to the farmer's market, this cottage is craggy to emerge, the overall is not good-looking." If there is a natural principle first, and the natural trend is obtained, even if the bamboo is planted to lead the spring, it will not be like a chisel. The ancients said that the words 'natural pictures' were afraid that it was not this place and reluctantly made something here, and it was not a mountain and reluctantly made a mountain, although it was not appropriate to make a quiet image······"

Without waiting for Baoyu to finish speaking, Jia Zheng was so angry that he shouted: "Fork out!" (Did you fork him out like a bull and a horse?) ）

As soon as Baoyu went out, Jia Zheng shouted again: "Come back!" ”

Baoyu hurriedly came back.

That Jia Zheng watched Baoyu argue with Baoyu's strong words, and debated with the Qingke, for fear that he would be laughed at by himself and have no way to teach his son - you are a junior child, arguing with the elders of the elderly, even if what you say is right, the father, brother and elder are here, how can it be your turn to talk endlessly, at that time, they were all talking about the order of the elders and the young, saying one or two sentences is enough, talking endlessly, people don't laugh at the children, laugh at the elders as fathers.

Jia Zheng snorted angrily, forked Baoyu out, and forked it back, which was regarded as a sign that he would be a father, and he was not used to the fact that the child was not big or small, and then returned to his original state as usual, and ordered Baoyu: "Mention a couplet again, if it doesn't make sense, slap it with the mouth just now!" ”

Baoyu had no choice but to read: "The new green is added to the Huange, and the good cloud fragrance protects the celery pickers." ”

That is to say, the newly rising water (that is the spring water, the spring water is restored) crawled to the woman who washed the kudzu cloth (indicating that the woman worked hard and was virtuous at home), and the fragrant clouds of apricot blossoms surrounded the scholars in the small village (Cai Qin is from the Book of Songs, which says that in the river next to the school palace (aristocratic school), celery is picked, and later generations enter the official school in the examination, which is called celery).

Jia Zheng saw that this time he had read out the meaning of the reader, and it was still full of light, so he was a little satisfied, shook his head and said, "It's even worse." But he didn't talk anymore, leading a group of people out, wearing flowers and willows, Fushi Yiquan, through stone caves, over hills, and to another yard (this is where Xue Baochai lived in the future), there is not a single flower or tree here, all of them are herbs, those herbs that Qu Yuan loved to pick in the past, all kinds of strange names that have to be known in the dictionary, are all here, so it was later called Wuyuan (Wuwu is the name of a kind of herb), and it is also related to her love of eating cold incense pills. Jia Baoyu then thought that the plaque should be written "Zhi Qingfen", using vanilla to describe the pure fragrance of Baochai.

Everyone said, came out and walked not far, saw the floors rising, splendid, this is the main hall, the future to take the imperial concubine to rest, the model bureaucrat Jia Zheng said: "This is too extravagant, the concubine likes simplicity by nature, but we have to do it out of consideration for her dignity." "I love the sheep, and I love the gifts. Confucianism engaged in etiquette, which was originally a waste of social wealth, and Confucius was not responsible.

At this time, Jia Zheng looked at his watch, he still had important matters, and calculated the distance he had traveled, but it was only five or six tenths, so the road ahead accelerated. Everywhere is not a thatched house, or a flower for the window, the long corridor curved hole, the square xia round pavilion, Jia Zheng and his people did not have time to enter, but to a moon cave door, there are several rockeries inside, a few plantains are planted on one side, and a begonia is on the other. The plantain is green, the begonia is red, this is where Jia Baoyu will live in the future. Jia Zheng sat down under the porch and asked, "What's the name of this?" A Qingke said, "It's called Banana Crane." Jia Baoyu said: "It's better to call it red fragrant green jade, so that the begonias are red and the plantain is jade." "Fast men are green, supergirls are red, red and green are there, and the love in the world is all here. Or begonias are a kind of warm, plantain is a kind of cold, and there are beauties in both styles.

Jia Zheng said: "It's not good, it's not good. "It's too erotic, it's not good.

Saying that, I wandered around the room for a long time, and there were high-end objects inside, such as pianos, swords, bottles, and screens, and when I came out, I also encountered a small stream of water from Ningfu Huifangyuan, which was separated and summarized here, in short, it was a fine tradition of inheriting Qin Keqing's love.

Saying that, everyone bypassed the foot of a mountain and went out of the garden, and Jia Zheng saw that Baoyu had followed him all the way to his study, and hurriedly shouted, "You still don't want to go back?" It's been around for half a day, and it's not enough! Baoyu was scolded by him and went out.

At that time, the fathers had to scold their sons, so that they could appear to teach their sons in a good way and not doting, just like the men at that time turned a blind eye when they saw beautiful women, so they seemed to be sanctimonious.

Baoyu came out, and a few of the little guys with Jia Zheng came up, all of them: "We lost today, and the master likes it." At that time, the old lady called people to ask about the situation several times, but we all said that the old lady liked it, otherwise, the old lady would call you back, and you would not have time to show it. It turned out that although Jia Zheng scolded all the way, he was satisfied and happy with Baoyu. And the old lady Jia Mu inquired about the situation all the way, because she was afraid that Baoyu would be abused by his father, and wanted to relieve him by calling him.

The little guys said that, they hugged it up, begged for a reward, one came up to untie Jia Baoyu's purse, and the other took off his fan bag, not to be separated, and took off the valuable little bits and pieces on Baoyu's body, and then scattered in a hurry, leaving one or two, and accompanied him back.

Baoyu returned to Jia's mother, returned to his house, and the attacker poured tea for him, and said while looking at it: "All the things I brought have been relieved by these shameless things." Lin Daiyu also heard that Baoyu had successfully passed the exam, so she came to take a look, and saw that there were no bits and pieces on Baoyu's body, so she said angrily: "The purse I gave them too?" You want my stuff again, can't you! After saying that, he went back to his house in a rage.

When Daiyu entered the room, she took a sachet that Baoyu asked her to make a few days ago, and only half of it was done, and took the scissors and hinged it. Baoyu hurriedly pounced, untied the collar, took off the purse that Daiyu gave him a few days ago from the red jacket inside, handed it to Daiyu, and said, "Look, what is this?" When have I given something of yours to someone else? ”

Lin Daiyu saw that it was indeed given by himself, and he also put it in it preciously, for fear of being robbed, so he regretted being reckless, ashamed and angry, so he had to bow his head and say nothing.

Baoyu said: "You don't have to cut it, I know you are too lazy to give it to me, then well, I will even send this purse back as it is." With that, he threw him into her arms and left. Seeing this, Daiyu became more and more aggrieved and angry, tears circled in her eye sockets, and rolled down - she was the best to cry, it is said that she was the most afraid of crying, crying the most sad, so she picked up her purse and cut it with scissors.

When Baoyu saw it, she hurriedly turned around, grabbed it in her hand, and said with a smile: "Good sister, spare it." Daiyu threw the scissors, wiped her tears and said, "You don't have to be with me for a while, if you want to be annoyed, just put your hand away (don't put it)." What is this? ”

As he spoke, he got on the bed angrily and wiped his tears with his face inside.

Baoyu hurriedly came up, and the elder sister and the younger sister accompanied the short.

Daiyu couldn't be entangled by him, so she had to get up and say, "You mean to make me uneasy, then okay, I'll leave you." After speaking, he got off the kang and walked out. Baoyu smiled and said, "Wherever you go, I will follow." "You jump, I jump too. So he took his purse and chased her. Daiyu snatched the purse and said, "You said no, this will be brought again, and I will be ashamed of you." (It's illogical.) People who are in love can't understand it. As he spoke, he laughed again. After this fight, the relationship between the two has reached a new level. Baoyu said: "Good sister, Ming'er will make a sachet for me again." (Now this one is hinged.) Daiyu said, "Then it depends on whether I'm happy or not." With that, the two of them went out of the room to Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang's room, where Baochai also happened.

At this time, Mrs. Wang was very lively here. Jia Qiang (Jia Rong's younger brother) bought twelve girls from Suzhou, and wanted to teach them to dress up, and then invited teachers to practice acting in big dramas, and did lively performances when welcoming the concubines in the future. Make a fuss, and listen to the next breakdown.