Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Chaohuang waved his hand and said, "Haven't you heard enough singing and dancing just now? Let's compare calligraphy first. Our side is Rou'er, how about you?"

The second prince volunteered: "I'll come."

Shui Rou stood in front of the table, cupped her fists playfully: "Accept the concession, please ask the second prince to come up with a question."

The second prince was a little surprised, but since Shuirou said it, he didn't refuse, thought for a while and said: "For the sake of fairness, let Mr. Shen come up with a question."

Shen Aixiao sat on the sidelines a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, it's meaningless if the topic is simple. How about this, I will write the word "Dragon Boat Festival" today, no matter who it is, whoever writes more types, whoever Even if Fang wins, how?"

The prince smiled and said: "This is also very interesting. In the past, there were only characters for Baishou, but in the future, there will be more characters for Dragon Boat Festival."

The second prince looked at Shuirou, Shuirou looked at Chaohuang, and Chaohuang looked at Xue Baochai and others, seeing them nodding, he agreed.

Within the time limit of a stick of incense, Shuirou first wrote twenty kinds in various fonts, and then Xue Baochai stepped forward to write fifteen kinds, Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan also wrote five kinds respectively, and finally , Princess Chaohuang also wrote five kinds, so there are fifty kinds of characters in total.

On the opposite side, the second prince was writing at a leisurely pace. He was already writing the third piece of paper. Chaohuang stomped his feet anxiously, and handed the pen to Lin Wanru: "Wanru, it's all up to you."

Lin Wanru glanced at Shen Aixiao, then took the pen and stepped forward to write.

In his previous life, Shen Aixiao was a genius. He wrote Lu Chunji about flowers and plants, and a little joke about animals. , but to be called graphics, in short, it is in various poses and with different expressions.Only what you can't think of, nothing you can't see.

After the font encyclopedia appeared, all the students frantically traced their favorite fonts on it for a while, which also caused the fonts on the test papers of candidates during the Spring and Autumn Periods to change ever-changing. Write in block letters, otherwise it will be invalid.

At that time, everyone used this incident to say how famous Shen Aixiao was. Lin Wanru had read this book from Zhuang Mengdie, and at that time, she only thought that Shen Aixiao was full and had nothing to do.I didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Lin Wanru's handwriting is not as good as those of the first few, and one can tell at a glance that she has worked hard to contact her, although her handwriting is delicate.The smell of makeup is too strong, which is also the result of no strict teaching when I was a child, but Lin Wanru didn't care much, and held her breath, thinking about the fonts she saw in that book.Write slowly.

Over there, Deng Lanzhi continued to write, but the second prince wrote a lot, and Deng Lanzhi just added a few words. After that, the fifth prince, Shi Guangzhu, and Liu Fang.He didn't continue to write, Jiang Dao was the last one to play, and he glanced at Lin Wanru.Lin Wanru was still writing at a leisurely pace, calm and relaxed, which was in stark contrast to Shi Aizhu who was scratching her head and scratching her cheek beside her, who was extremely anxious.

Jiang Dao was thoughtful, and wrote several fonts on it.He shook his head, indicating that there was no more.But Lin Wanru on the opposite side was still continuing, the second prince was a little surprised, everyone looked at Lin Wanru, and wrote down word by word in a leisurely manner, until the incense burnt out, Lin Wanru stopped writing, Shen Ai Xiao then read the characters written by the second prince and others first, but after glancing at them, he said with a smile: "I wrote one hundred and six characters."

Then he went to see Lin Wanru again, but this time he frowned, pointed to the last two lines written by Lin Wanru and said, "Can this be called a word?"

Everyone stretched their heads to look, but found that the characters were like ghostly drawn symbols. Lin Wanru smiled and explained one by one: "This kind of characters are written by the northern Tartars. This is Sanskrit. This is the font of the Yao nationality. This is the font of the Yi nationality If you don’t believe me, you can look it up, they all use this font to communicate now.”

Shen Aixiao endured the doubts in her heart and said, "How do you know so much?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said nothing, but the second prince couldn't help but took over what Lin Wanru had written. The more he read it, the more surprised he became, and finally he said: "We lost this game, I am convinced."

Deng Lanzhi also grabbed the paper to read it, but the more she read it, the more frustrated she became: "Miss Lin is right, it is indeed the font of the Yao and Yi peoples. The grand master has been to their villages and has seen this kind of font before. I have seen such a book in my study, Miss Lin is very knowledgeable, and Deng Mou is willing to bow down."

Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan couldn't help cheering, the fifth prince lost at the beginning, a little annoyed, shouted: "What's next?"

Princess Chaohuang grinned and said, "I'd like to bet and admit defeat. It's better than playing chess. It's Baochai's turn. Which one of you will fight?"

Shi Guangzhu volunteered: "I'll do it."

The chess table was lifted up, Xue Baochai played chess with Shi Guangzhu, and everyone gathered around to watch. In the end, there was a draw, but Lin Wanru watched, but Xue Baochai didn't seem to use all his strength. With Xue Baochai's dexterity, Shi Guangzhu couldn't let Shi Guangzhu lose. Lose face, so draw is the best.

The third competition was Danqing, Liu Xuan came on stage, Liu Fang challenged, the two brothers and sisters were not humble at all, Liu Xuan asked Liu Fang to write a question, Liu Fang bluntly proposed to paint the Dragon Boat Festival scene, Liu Xuan was not convinced, Wah-wah shouted: "How long does it take to paint, no, no, change to another one."

Liu Fang laughed and said, "It's because of the complexity that your painting skills are tested. I won't let you do it. Don't cry if you lose."

Liu Xuan glared at Liu Fang and started to paint.

Shi Aizhu and Lin Wanru bit their ears: "Cousin Fang is known as the master of Danqing, this time cousin is going to lose, as if there is any way to win?" Lin Wanru shook her head, she knew nothing about Danqing.

But Shuirou sighed slightly. When Liu Fang completed a painting, Liu Xuan hadn't colored it yet, and she stood up and down. The pen is thrown.

The current situation is that each wins one game and draws one game. The key is to watch the last game. Shi Aizhu looked at the two pianos sent over and felt a little nervous. Liu Xuan comforted her: "Just think of it as practicing at home. Win or lose."

Shi Aizhu was still very nervous, especially when the opponent was the second prince, Lin Wanru felt that Shi Aizhu's hands were about to shake.

Xue Baochai said: "Let Wanru play with Aizhu, and then ask someone to bring a pipa."

Princess Chaohuang's eyes lit up: "Wanru can also play the pipa, let's do this, let Aizhu play along with Wanru."

Shi Aizhu nodded again and again, and Princess Chaohuang asked Lin Wanru to play a pipa ensemble, and the second prince graciously agreed.

Playing the piano pays attention to artistic conception, and there is no rule on what piece to play, so the second prince played a piece of Guangling San according to the score made up by later generations. Looking at the expressions of Shen Aixiao and everyone else, he knew that the second prince played it well.

Shi Aizhu is also an expert, so she became even more nervous, Lin Wanru said to her quietly: "Play along with my song later, you can play whatever I play, as long as you slow down a beat." Shi Aizhu agreed, and took a deep breath. With a sigh of relief, he walked to the piano table and sat down.

Lin Wanru looked at the pipa in his hand, and was in a daze for a moment, as if he had returned to his previous life, playing a ensemble of piano, flute and harp with his good sisters, laughing and laughing, it was already an untouchable memory.

She started to learn the pipa at the age of five, and later became Lin Wanru in Suzhou. She did not fail, and begged Aunt Shen to ask her husband to teach her. The husband praised her for her talent and quick learning. Only she knew that she had practiced for more than ten years. , Pipa has already melted into her flesh and blood and blended with her.

Lin Wanru looked at Shi Aizhu, who was watching her nervously, and Chen Ruiwen, who was at the table with bright eyes, and played the first note.

A beautiful girl sits on the bank of the stream and washes her yarn. She looks at the tender lotus on the lake and sings happily. Suddenly, the sound of a flute comes from the lake. The lotus leaves that touch the sky slowly separate. A handsome young man stands head, playing the flute, smiling and looking at the girl.

The girl's cheeks were flushed, and she even forgot the gauze that fell into the water. After the boy finished playing the song, he smiled slightly: "May I ask the girl's name?"

The sound of the pipa was carefree at the beginning, and then it touched the heartstrings with some girlish heartbeats. When the boy asked that sentence, the sound of the pipa suddenly became high, just like the surging heart of a girl.

The sound of the pipa is like pearls and jade, but the sound of the piano is faint and melodious.

Lin Wanru looked at Chen Ruiwen, playing the pipa, but she didn't think of Wan Lin at all. Instead, what flowed in her heart was Chen Ruiwen's gentleness, his affection, his jealousy, and his kiss with deep love.

Shi Aizhu was a little nervous at the beginning, but she is also a person who knows the piano, and was gradually infected by Qin Li's feelings. She thought of the second prince and her first love, and the sound of the piano became deeper and more melodious.

Everyone present reacted differently, the second prince raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised, Shen Aixiao also looked thoughtful, only Chen Ruiwen, staring at the girl holding the pipa, wished he could embrace her and rub her into his arms , Knead into the flesh and blood, and never separate again.

At the end of the song, everyone was silent, Deng Lanzhi was the first to come back to his senses, and said shamelessly: "Miss Lin's pipa is superb, we are willing to admit defeat."

The second prince also nodded and said: "I am ashamed of myself."

Shen Ai Xiao just wanted to speak, but Jiang Dao said: "I don't know if I have the honor to play the piano with Miss Lin?" Everyone was surprised.

Playing the qin is when two people play the qin at the same time, responding to each other, the one who can't continue to play loses, and loses face in front of everyone. Unexpectedly, Jiang Dao actually mentioned it. Lin Wanru thought about it, and smiled: "Mr. Jiang, can you use the qin?" Allow me to use the pipa?"

Jiang Dao nodded and sat down at the piano table.

At this time, the sound of the qin is as loud as a stone, and the pipa is like water, entangled with each other, like a river crossing mountains and ridges, flowing into the sea, or like a drop of water piercing through a stone. At a glance for a thousand years, everyone is amazed at first, then solemnly, listening quietly.

After a stick of incense, the sound of the qin is still stern, but the sound of the pipa has turned into a mellow, like a quietly blooming flower under the moonlight.

Time slowed down, Jiang Dao played slower and slower, his forehead gradually became sweaty, and finally put down his hands slumped, only the crisp sound of the pipa circulated in the room.

Everyone was stunned, and Liu Xuan was the first to jump up: "Wan Ru won, Wan Ru won."

Shi Aizhu also clapped her hands and laughed, "We won, that's great."

Deng Lanzhi couldn't believe it at first, then he was helpless, he got up and said: "I would like to bet and admit defeat, I am not as good as Fuyun Society."