Old things in the Red Chamber

After many years, Lin Daiyu felt that her eyes were blurred and she couldn't read the characters on the book clearly.But she happened to come across a book that made her want to stop.

Speaking of which, this book does have some origins. In the early years, this book was collected in the emperor's imperial study.I heard that the emperor always read this book in his spare time, and discussed some writing techniques and plots in it with people around him for a long time.Over time, the name of this book spread.Many people are curious about the contents of this book.

After so many years, the emperor was finally willing to have this book copied and distributed to some close ministers.Gu Yun got a copy and flipped through a few pages on the way back. After reading it, he thought the book was really well written and he could take it back and share it with his wife.

Lin Daiyu only felt that some of the content seemed familiar. After reading half of the book, she realized that it was something she had experienced in those years.After people inquired about the source of this book and found out, he covered his eyes with a handkerchief and cried a lot.

He has re-read this book two or three times, but because of the large number of words, he can find something different from the previous ones every time he reads it.So this book has become her favourite.

"Madam, don't read books. The sun is going down now. If you read too much, it will be bad for your eyes." The daughter-in-law brought the grandson over, and the big family pays attention to it. Say hello once in the morning and once in the evening.In Lin Daiyu's view, this is completely unnecessary. Once she opened her mouth and wanted to tell her daughter-in-law not to let her grandson run around with her every day. When it's hot, she feels sorry for herself, and when it's cold, she also feels sorry for her. There are not many good weather in the middle of the year.It's just that when the words came to his lips, he remembered how the old lady doted on Baoyu back then, and felt that if he continued to dote on him like this, he might follow in the footsteps of the old lady. If there was a prodigal child in the family...

"When you get older, people become vulgar." Lin Daiyu asked the maids to put away the book, and asked her daughter-in-law to help her take her grandson to the main courtyard in the veranda.

"Why did the wife say that? In the daughter-in-law's eyes, the wife is as elegant as she was back then."

"You don't know that elegance is only on the outside, and vulgarity is on the inside. In the early years, I couldn't see anything about being an official, but after all these years, I hope that my grandson will go Be an official. Do you think I am vulgar?"

The daughter-in-law made Lin Daiyu forget the earlier topic.But when I went to bed at night, I thought of this topic again, and couldn't help discussing with my husband, whether I had become vulgar.

"Why do you think so?"

"It's not that I got something out of reading that manuscript. When I was still in my boudoir and didn't know you, I felt that no official in the world was a good official. Even my father once said that the filial piety of those salt merchants It is a good thing for everyone to become a scholar without being an official. But now I feel that it is a good thing to be an official.”

Gu Yun only needs to think about it to understand what is going on, "You are just trying to dig into a dead end. Your cousin wants to be an official, but can he be?"

"It's fine, how did you mention it to my cousin?"

Of course, Gu Yun would not say that he could see from the lines how much he admired his wife back then, anyway, the other party had already turned into a handful of loess.It's meaningless to say these things, and my daughter-in-law doesn't have that kind of thought in her heart. If she says something at this time, it will make the relationship between husband and wife tense.

"I mean if your cousin has power in his hands. Or if your grandparents' family has not experienced that kind of change. Now it is very different from what you imagined."

Lin Daiyu nodded, no longer entangled in the topic of whether being an official is vulgar or not, and had already put her mind on the past. "If Baoyu could correct her faults and become an official in the imperial examination early, maybe the second uncle gave up the rebellion after seeing the signs of the family's prosperity. But it's all in vain. Hindsight will not help.”

"You are very right." But he thought secretly in his heart, "Even if that kid is successful and famous now, and he has a lot of children and grandchildren, he has no fate with you after all. Thinking of this, I feel that my fate with my wife is really It was created in heaven. Otherwise, he was older than her and married once, how could he become his wife in the end? It was not destined by heaven.

"But everything is in the past, and being able to leave a manuscript already shows that everything has been turned over. We read this book at this time to remember the past, and there is no need to be sad about it. Go to bed early. "

Lin Daiyu pulled the quilt up and prayed before going to bed as usual.He hoped that his parents would come back to their dreams when he was old.

"I haven't dreamed of them for so many years. I don't know how their life is going. I heard some eminent monks often tell me that some people wake up and find that there seems to be something in their mouth. That's because His family members still sacrificed to him in his previous life. I sincerely sacrifice to my parents every year. If they really did not reincarnate, then they would not be hungry. If they did reincarnate, I also hope that they will wake up at a certain time Someone remembers their previous life."

Gu Yun felt that this matter really shouldn't be talked about nonsense. "Go to sleep, you're thinking too much, father-in-law and mother-in-law are gods in the sky, have you forgotten? It's only good for our children to drink fairy water."

"It's not perfect. After all, there are some problems left behind, but compared with other people, it has indeed been alleviated a lot. After all, it is left to us by our parents. So I am more and more convinced that our parents are different from ordinary people. It must be the gods in the sky who are talking to them. If they are gods, they will naturally hear my prayers. I hope I can dream of them today."

Maybe it was because he thought about it day and night and dreamed about it, but he dreamed about his old friends, and these old people did not have his parents.

In his dream, he returned to Rongguo Mansion. At that time, the old lady was sitting in the main hall with grandchildren on both sides. Everyone stood up and held her hand when they saw her coming.His cousin Jia Baoyu came up and said, "My sister is here, so please don't leave when I come this time." Others shouted, and Lin Daiyu even found out that the Queen Mother of the year was among the group of people.The Empress Dowager was still dressed as a girl, sitting in the crowd, not showing the mountains or showing the water.Discussing a matter next to Xue Baochai, it seems that they are particularly free-wheeling and have a harmonious relationship.

Everyone smiled and pulled her to talk continuously, Lin Daiyu could only see everyone's mouth opening and closing, and finally caught a key word from the noisy voice, "Inside the garden..."

When Lin Daiyu thought about it, she realized that the empress dowager had already entered the palace in the morning when the garden was built, but why was she still sitting at home at this time?

In the end, she suddenly realized that this was a dream in itself, and in the dream, she saw the old sisters and old ladies again.Everyone laughed very happily. They haven't experienced the great changes that followed, and they still enjoy life mostly.

Lin Daiyu looked at everyone very greedily. He knew that after this dream disappeared, he might never see them again, and many of them had long been blurred in his memory, especially the old lady. After he passed away, I can no longer think of her bad things, only think of her good things, think of her kindly looking at me, and how she greeted me...

After waking up, I found that it was still dark, and there was a candle on the table. I couldn't help but sit up, put on my clothes, and let out a long sigh. The husband woke up.

"But I dreamed of something unhappy, why did I sigh so much?"

"It's nothing, it's just a dream about the past. It's been a dream for 20 years. It's very absurd, but it's so rare."

"This manuscript was not only in my hands, but also in the hands of many adults. I heard from them that reading this book is addictive, and some people even became crazy after reading this book. Some even wrote a letter to the emperor. , asked to collect all the manuscripts, and burned them down. Said this book is a demon book. In my opinion, this book has been written wonderfully, and it makes people dream about it. Maybe it is because of this, especially because of your experience Only then will you think about it day by day and dream at night. This incident has passed for nearly 20 years, so don’t take it to heart, it has already passed, let it pass.”

Everyone understands the truth, and it may not be so easy to implement, but for people like Lin Daiyu, they know that it is impossible to go back to the past, and people can live better only by looking forward.

So he heard what her husband said, had a good sleep, got up the next day and put the book in a box. After thinking about it, he felt that it was a pity. The gift was given to Jia Xichun who lived in the capital.

Then, from who knows, this book gradually spread to the market. As long as everyone does not talk about this book at a party, it seems that they are not natives of the capital. Ningrong Street has long since changed its name. The mansion has also become two palaces.But there are always some idle people and some rich and powerful people in the capital. Since they read this book, they lift up cages, put fans in the back of their necks, and deliberately hide from Ning. Walking through Rong Street, when I walked outside the garden, the partition wall pointed to the inside.

"So do you know? Inside this wall is the famous Grand View Garden. When the palace was being renovated, my grandfather's second aunt's third daughter-in-law went in to see it. Hey, let me tell you that it's really the same as what's written in the book. Magnificent and exquisitely crafted..."