Love the Red House

Chai and Dai have been fighting each other for many years, and now the dust has finally settled. Since then, the servant girl of Jia's mansion has been going to the Lixiangyuan to flatter and keep in touch. Peeping eyes, carefully observing Daiyu's expression, talking and laughing in private.

Although Daiyu is indifferent, seeing the faces of these people who are schadenfreude and taking pleasure in others' misfortune, she can't help being a little tiresome, she always looks at each other coldly, but her face is peaceful and happy, like a pool of still water, without any expression of joy or anger.

She is so calm and composed, which makes everyone feel at a loss. The so-called prying is just to satisfy my curiosity to find out other people's privacy, and I hope to see other people's painful tears to gain my own spiritual joy and satisfaction. Therefore, If the person involved is peaceful and calm, everyone will feel uninterested, and gradually forget about this matter.

After a few days like this, Daiyu was reading piano books in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Chunxian leaned in and saluted, "Girl, Miss Shi Jia is here."

Before the words were finished, Xiangyun came straight in and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, sister Lin is getting more and more provocative."

Because she and Xiangyun have known each other since childhood, and admire Xiangyun's bright, straightforward and informal temperament on weekdays, Daiyu was surprised and happy to see her now, put down the scroll, got up and said: "Sister Yun has a long time The days are gone, and I miss them so much."

After saying that, there were waves in her eyes, and she looked at Xiangyun carefully, and saw that she was wearing a half-new and not old cherry red double-breasted cloud dress, her temples were like fog, and her face was as delicate as a flower. But there is a bit of desolation like the autumn wind lingering, if there is nothing, but it can't go away.

Seeing this, Daiyu's eyebrows twitched, and she couldn't tell the reason for a while, so she only asked Chunxian to pour tea, Fang looked at Xiangyun, and said gently: "Sister Yun came here after a long time, she should stay for a few more days. yes."

Xiangyun nodded, pressed Daiyu's hand, and smiled slightly: "I have a lot of things in my heart, and I want to tell my sister, I want to live with my sister these few days, I wonder if my sister is willing?"

Daiyu smiled and nodded, and replied: "between you and me, why bother to ask if you like it or not? I'll have my sister's things tidy up right away, and I'll talk about it in detail at night."

In this way, the two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Xiangyun went to visit various places in the Grand View Garden, circling around for a while, and only then turned back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the evening.

At dusk, after dinner and all the waiters in the waiting room went down, Dai Yufang took Xiangyun and talked at night by candlelight, talking about what happened after the farewell.

Daiyu held the teacup in her hand, took a sip, looked at Xiangyun, and said in a warm voice: "Look at my sister's expression, she doesn't seem very happy, I wonder what's on my mind?"

But under the flickering red candle, Xiangyun's slender eyes seemed to be shrouded in thick fog, and he was not angry at all, and his voice was clear and light, with the meaning of sighing: "My sister should understand what's on my mind. Usually, there is a saying in this mansion that there is a good marriage between gold and jade, but now, Sister Bao has finally fulfilled her wish and married the second elder brother."

After a few words, there were only dozens of words, but they were sad and heavy, with the meaning of self-pity and self-harm, Daiyu raised her eyebrows, her thoughts turned, and within a short time, she understood the reason for her loss of soul.

Thinking about it, for Baoyu, Xiangyun also has a girlish feeling in his heart, lingering and charming, lingering like silk, until now, seeing Baoyu's engagement, he will become someone else's husband, and he can no longer be close, how can he be peaceful in his heart?

Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh in my heart, what a boudoir girl sees and hears is confined to a small world, and with little knowledge, it is easier to show a deep affection for ordinary people. As for what kind of person they are, But it's indistinguishable.

As I am, so is Xiangyun.

Fortunately, I have seen this relationship clearly, and I am determined to let it go completely. Now my heart is like calm water, without waves and waves, and Xiangyun, I am afraid that his heart is extremely bitter?

When I was thinking about it, I heard Xiangyun smile wryly, and said shyly: "Sister Lin and the second elder brother have a good relationship. I knew it deeply. Because of this, I often got angry and quarreled with Sister Lin, but I didn't expect it. Now it will be Sister Bao and Second Brother who are getting married, and Sister Lin and I just have a sympathy for each other."

Hearing that Daiyu came back to her senses, she shook her head calmly and said, "You are wrong. In my heart, I don't care about Baoyu for a long time. Now, whether he is good or bad has nothing to do with me." .”

Xiangyun's face was shocked, and he looked at Daiyu with a dazed look, bit his lips lightly and said, "Why did sister Lin say that? At the beginning, my sister was so close to Baoyu, it was really incomparable to others, I was just I haven't come here for a month, why did my sister change her mind?"

Daiyu smiled softly, her voice filled with calmness and serenity: "As long as you figure it out and see it clearly, you can naturally stop caring about it."

Speaking of this, he embraced Xiangyun with his hands, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his lips, clear and warm: "Forget it, it is a bit inappropriate to say this now, I know in my heart that Baoyu's life is fixed, at this moment , you must be very sad in your heart, why not cry out, I will lend you my shoulder."

Hearing this, Xiangyun's body trembled, and after a while, tears fell from his eyes, and he leaned against Daiyu's shoulder, sobbing endlessly, and the breath in his chest rose and fell violently, like the tide of the sea.

Daiyu sighed secretly, and vaguely remembered that she was also influenced by Baoyu at the beginning, because of his every word, deed, and every action, she was happy or sad, changing inexplicably, but how long ago was that?

The Xiangyun in front of him is just like himself back then, with a pure mind and trapped by love, which makes people feel sympathetic and sympathetic.

Thinking like this in my heart, but I didn't speak, I just stretched out my hand to help her, quietly waiting for her to vent all the pain, regret, and disappointment in her heart.

I don't know how long it took, Xiangyun was tired from crying, and finally stopped gradually. When his tears were dim, he saw that the clothes on Daiyu's shoulders were all wet with his own tears, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, and sighed: "Sister Lin ,I am so sorry."

Daiyu shook her head gently and said: "It's just a piece of clothing, sister don't need to worry about it."

After speaking, he got up and went to the screen, changed into an outer dress, Fang turned around and came back, the corners of his lips slightly raised a soft arc, and then said: "After crying for a while, does my sister feel better?"

Xiangyun gently opened her cherry lips, and let out a long and faint sigh, but her voice was still sad: "I have always known that the second wife likes Sister Bao very much, but she still has a little extravagant hope. Extravagant hopes are no longer possible." Before finishing speaking, tears rolled down again.

Daiyu raised her catkins, slowly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and said quietly: "Speaking of which, I don't know how to persuade you, but I just want to tell you that since you already know, this matter is settled." , then, you should also understand that even if you cry until the day is dark, it will not help the matter, let alone redeem anything."

"Life is alive, there are always times when you don't like it, so what? You have to continue to live. Could it be that Baoyu is the whole of your life?"

Xiangyun put his hand on his heart, his eyes gradually showed a look of melancholy, and said in a low voice, "I understand what Sister Lin said, but I can't think about it, I can't let it go, there is really nothing I can do."

Daiyu sighed slightly, a trace of pity appeared in the corner of her eyes, she didn't know how to persuade her for a while, Xiangyun was even more speechless, raised her head, stared blankly at the red candle on the window sill, dazed, her face was gloomy and bewildered, as if lost Like a ray of soul.

The room was as silent as water, and as time went by, the candle wick got longer and longer, and the candle light dimmed, light and dark, like a tired heart.

Daiyu sighed, picked up a pair of small silver scissors from her side, got up and went to the window, cut off the black candle wick, and said softly: "Sister Yun, look at this candle, you have to cut the burnt wick Only then can the brilliance bloom again, otherwise, it can only be extinguished."

"Actually, isn't life the same? Only when you know how to let go, and when you step out, can you brighten another village."

"I have been sad, sighed, and cried. It is time to think about it and let go of that feeling."

After hearing these words, Xiangyun Dianshuiqiu's eyes brightened slightly, he looked straight at Daiyu, and asked: "Sister Lin is a person who has experienced it, so she is naturally qualified to say these big truths, but I want to ask my sister, at the beginning, How did sister let go of Baoyu?"

Daiyu smiled slightly, her eyes were clear, and her voice was like flowing waves without any waves: "Actually speaking, it is very simple, but some time ago, I suddenly discovered that although everyone has grown up, Baoyu's mind is still stuck in his childhood, naive and childish, which made me feel very disappointed, so I decided to break up with him and live my life quietly."

Xiangyun frowned slightly, and said in astonishment: "Sister, I don't quite understand these words. I walked around the boudoir since I was a child, and the only man I've ever met is Baoyu. In my eyes, he is extremely perfect. How did it come to my sister's mouth?" , it seems to be useless?"

Daiyu stretched out her hand, pressed the center of Xiangyun's curled eyebrows, stretched it gently for her, and said gently: "It's because you have only seen him, so your eyes are confined to a small world, and you can't tell who he is." How the hell."

"As for Baoyu, it's not that he is useless. It's just that I have seen clearly that a man like him is only suitable for living in a noble family, enjoying wealth and honor, and can't protect anyone well. The most important thing is that he talks and jokes with maids everywhere. Never treated me with a whole heart."

"I read the poems of the ancients, and I love Zhuo Wenjun's "I wish to win a person with one heart, and I will never lose my head". I also admire Sima Xiangru when she was betrayed. Let's make a decision', this kind of determination is really a model among women."

Speaking of this, there is a faint and peaceful smile between the lips and teeth, but the voice is firm like this: "If a relationship cannot be perfect, it is better to abandon it decisively. It will continue to be broken and entangled. It is only me who suffers. This is the truth, sister. When it is understood."

Hearing that Xiangyun was silent for a long time, when he spoke again, there was less desolation in his voice, and more sentimentality: "I have never looked at Baoyu with other eyes, but now, listening to Sister Lin's words, it seems very Makes sense."

Daiyu's eyes flickered, Wen Ran looked at her, and said with a smile: "I didn't look at it like this before, but now I start to look and think more, it's not too late."

She patted her hand, with tenderness in her eyes, and then said: "My younger sister is a smart person, so there is no need to say anything else, but my younger sister should know that if I can do it, my younger sister will definitely be able to do it too. Please try my best, my sister, sometimes, the way to give up is not as difficult as imagined."

"And after letting go, you will find that the sky is big and the earth is big, and everything is quiet. The past that you thought was unforgettable will become a passing cloud without leaving a trace."

After hearing these words, Xiangyun was still pondering and didn't say a word. Seeing this, Daiyu couldn't help but feel helpless. How can it be easy to forget and let go of the love that has lasted for so long?

Back then, I had gone through hundreds of twists and turns before I turned around resolutely.

Thinking of this in her heart, Daiyu smiled gently, and said softly: "Sister, you are so beautiful, you should be worthy of a real gentleman. worth."

"That's all I can say. As for what to do in the future, I can't control it. It's up to my sister to decide."

Xiangyun raised his head, nodded and said: "Thank you sister for your explanation, I will think about it."

Speaking of this, he held Daiyu's hand instead, with a look of gratitude in his brows, and then said: "On weekdays, when all the sisters gather together, I only think of my sister as petite and annoying, and my relationship with my sister is different. It’s not as close as Sister Bao, but I didn’t expect that now, Sister is willing to listen to my thoughts patiently and persuade me so hard, I really don’t know what to say.”

The girl's heart was first moved, but she encountered twists and turns, as if she had a lotus heart in her heart, and she was suffering to the extreme. Fortunately, at such a moment, Daiyu was by her side.

Not only soft words to appease, but also pointing out right and wrong with a clear and calm mind. What I hope and hope for is just to get out of the shadows and get a new life.

The gentle warmth given by this woman makes people feel that the time is quiet and not cold even though it is a desolate winter.

Hearing Xiangyun talk about the past, Daiyu sighed softly, thinking of all the things in the Grand View Garden, where everyone enjoyed the flowers and scenery together, reciting poems and matching each other. not going.

Thinking like this in my heart, I felt boundless emotion for a moment, and then felt a little tired, patted Xiangyun's hand, and said softly: "It's getting late, if we have something to say, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Hearing that Xiangyun nodded and agreed to come down, the snow geese who had been waiting outside for a while walked in, lowered the curtain, and waited for the two to rest, then Fang retreated lightly.