【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Jia Lian became more bold under the influence of alcohol and asked Wang Xifeng mysteriously:

"Do you know why the old man agreed to build this garden?"

Wang Xifeng remained silent and waited for him to continue.

"A jade in a box seeks a good price, a hairpin in a box waits for the right time to fly. Let's see what luck these girls have!" After saying that, he got up and went to take a bath.

Wang Xifeng thought about this sentence and became more and more frightened. She could not sleep all night.

*

After Baoyu returned home, he went to see his grandmother. After chatting for a while, he came to the Green Gauze Cup to look for Sister Lin.

At this time, Pin'er and Xiangyun were playing the hide-and-seek game.

When they could speak Chinese, Baoyu praised them for their good English. After thinking for a while, he said to Pin'er:

"I just went to your store. I should have gone there to congratulate you this morning, but Brother Xue called me and told me something, so I was busy and didn't go there until the evening."

"You don't even order a cheongsam, so why are you going there with your white eyebrows and red eyes?" Xiangyun said quickly, and both she and Pin'er laughed after she finished speaking.

Seeing that they were so happy, Baoyu continued to probe:

"I met the girl in your store today. She said her name was Wu Qing. I think she looks familiar. I think I've seen her before."

Pin'er was startled, but quickly concealed her emotions.

"She was my roommate in Jiangdu. It's your first time in Beijing. How did you meet her? Now she is the soul of our shop. She is an amazing embroidery worker and will definitely become a master in the future."

Xiangyun also praised: "She is indeed very good. I have already made an agreement with Wu Qing that when I become famous in the future, I will be her spokesperson."

Pin'er immediately became interested in this topic:

"What is Yun'er's ideal?"

"I want to be a star, standing on a shining stage. I want to sing and dance, and make everyone like me. I want people in the audience to go crazy for me." After saying that, he took out his mobile phone and showed Pin'er the star's concert.

Baoyu also came over and interrupted:

"What is your sister's ideal?"

Pin'er thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what my ideal is. Let's wait and see!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiangyun hurriedly took Pin'er to wash up.

Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Baoyu had to go back to his room.

*

The weather in Beijing has been raining recently. The next afternoon, it was drizzling non-stop. Shui Rong came in the morning, reviewed his homework, and then went to do his work.

After Shui Rong left, Pin'er searched for information on the computer, preparing to design a cheongsam for Shui Rong's grandmother. Xiang Yun and Zi Juan were busy beside her, rolling flower buttons with the auxiliary materials they brought back from the store.

Pin'er looked up a lot of information about digital codes. It was to imagine the numbers 1-9 as different people.

颦儿在本子上列出一堆自己的想象。比如数字1:像一位瘦且苗条的青年。数字2:像一位慵懒的少女，勾着脑袋沉思。数字3:像一位身材凹凸有致的轻熟女。数字4:像一位知性，文艺气质的淑女。数字5:像一位中年略发福的女性。

She also looked up the corresponding solar terms and seasonal changes of the twelve months of the year. There are also elegant names for the twelve months: January is the first day of the year, February is the apricot month, March is the peach month, April is the plum month, May is the cattail month, June is the summer, July is the orchid autumn, August is the laurel month, September is the chrysanthemum month, October is the spring, November is the moon month, and December is the ice month. Then she also found a fairy tale about the twelve months:

[It tells the story of a poor mother who lives in a dilapidated thatched house with several children. She works as a cook in a rich man's house every day. Because of her tight financial situation, she tries not to wash her floury hands after making cakes that day. This way, she can shake off the flour on her hands and make a pot of noodle soup for her children when she gets home. Such a poor life is bearable.

But the rich man's wife discovered this little detail and ordered her to wash her hands before going home. When she got home that day, she was very depressed and worried about what to do with the children's dinner.

When she passed by a grove, she met twelve people sitting around a fire. They invited her to warm herself and gave her a bowl of hot soup.

She took the bowl with great gratitude and thanked them. Seeing that the mother was very polite and kind, the twelve people asked her:

"We were just arguing about which month is the best among the twelve months in a year? Can you give us your opinion on the twelve months in a year?"

The kind mother began to praise with her love for life:

"I like January very much, although it is a little cold. But it is the first month of the new year. I like February very much too, because spring is coming soon, the weather will not be so cold, and the ice on the river is beginning to melt. I like March too, because the trees are beginning to sprout, and the hibernating animals are coming out..." In short, she praised all twelve months, and the twelve people sitting there nodded in satisfaction and asked her what her wish was.

The kind mother replied: "I just want to live happily with my children, have a house that is airtight and have enough food."

The twelve people blessed the kind mother and asked her to go home to see the surprise. When she returned home, she found that her home had become an airtight building with a lot of food stored in the room, so she lived happily with her children.

Of course, the story doesn’t end there. The rich man’s wife heard about this and went to the woods to look for the twelve men. When the twelve men asked her the same question, she said:

"I don't like any of the twelve months. January is too cold, February is not good either, March is even more annoying, April..." In short, she listed a lot of shortcomings of the twelve months.

The twelve people sitting there were very angry, but the rich man's wife still asked them if they could help her realize her wish.

The twelve people had no choice but to say, "You will know when you go home."

The rich man's wife hurried home, only to find that her house had become a dilapidated thatched hut, and the food and servants in the house had disappeared.

Fairy tales are written for children, but their meaning is to teach everyone to love life and love the world.

Pin'er suddenly had an inspiration and designed a cheongsam for that month based on the beauty of the twelve months and the flowers of each month.

So she started writing and drawing in her sketchbook.

After dinner, the rain finally stopped. Xiangyun took Pin'er back to the house mysteriously and said to her:

"There's a singer I like performing at the bar tonight. Do you want to go with me?"

"What is a bar? A place for drinking? Are they all men?" Pin'er felt a little uneasy.

Xiangyun smiled at her and then matched clothes for her to wear when going out.

"Nowadays, anyone can go to the bar, regardless of gender. I'll take you to see the world."

"Are we just the two going?" Pin'er was worried.

"Let's go just the two of us. Tell grandma that we're going out for a walk. We promise to be back by half past ten." After saying that, he threw the matched clothes to Pin'er and helped her put on some light makeup.