The Palm Jade of the Red Chamber

"It's raining heavily today. The old lady said that the girls will have breakfast in Qinglan Pavilion. When the rain stops, go and talk to the old lady." Zijuan came in and said, "Aunt Dongmei is Talk to the old lady, and I will be back later."

"Understood, you and Suju go to prepare breakfast first." Daiyu waved Zijuan down.

Before dawn, it suddenly began to rain heavily, with black clouds over the city and thunder rolling. Daiyu, who had been sleeping late last night, was awakened immediately. She got out of bed and went upstairs to see Tianyou. After waking up with a start, he felt relieved and gave instructions to the two nuns. When he went downstairs, he found that both Yingchun and Baochai had woken up.

"Could it be that I woke you up?" Daiyu washed up under Bai Ling's service, Yingchun and Baochai also washed up, and sat on the side, while Dongmei took Xueyan and Zijuan to prepare some food , I am afraid that some girls will be hungry.

"We woke up as soon as it rained, but you were the quickest. Before I even made a sound, you have already gone upstairs. What's the matter, brother Lin was not surprised?" Yingchun asked.

Daiyu sat beside Yingchun, listened, and smiled: "He sleeps like a pig, I'm afraid he won't wake up until he's hungry!"

Baochai got up and poured Daiyu a glass of happiness, and said, "Don't talk about brother Lin, we also have two little pigs here."

Xichun and Xiangyun in the inner room are sound asleep, and there is no sign of being woken up.

"They were also sleepy last night." Daiyu pushed the cakes brought by Dongmei to Baochai and Yingchun, and looked outside the door. The rain was beating under the eaves, roaring and wanting to rush in.

"Aunt Dongmei, go to grandma's side to see, is grandma disturbed by such loud thunder?"

"Yes, servant girl is going now." Dongmei walked out, and took Zijuan who was guarding the door away with her. It was still dark, and the candlelight of the oil lamp was flickering and extinguishing, which made people's eyes very uncomfortable.

The sound of the rain outside the window became louder and more disturbing. The sky was always dark and gloomy, and it was impossible to tell the time. Daiyu, who was sitting a little bored, asked people to light more oil lamps, closed the door again, moved out the chessboard, and greeted the Spring Festival invitations. Zhan: "We can't do much in this weather, how about the second sister come and walk with the younger sister?"

"Why not." Yingchun accepted it resentfully.

"Then I'll be watching the game, but it seems that it is not an easy task for sister Lin to win against the second sister!" Yingchun's chess skills are obvious to all. Daiyu is only seven years old, four years behind Yingchun. Not bad, but it's a bit difficult to win Yingchun here.

"There are always opportunities, so the second sister has to be careful." Daiyu said, Yingchun smiled without saying a word, the two guessed, and finally Daiyu held the white chess, and Yingchun black moved first.

Watching the chess without saying a word, Baochai watched the interaction between the two quietly. Daiyu suddenly remembered what her father said, people who have achieved something in chess are not fools.

Go is like a battlefield, how do you lay it out, how do you kill the opponent quietly without leaving a piece of armor, and how do you defend your own position to prevent the opponent from taking advantage of it? This is all about great wisdom.

Yingchun, who is dull and looks a bit stupid, is a smart person!

Thinking of her aunt often scolding Yingchun for being stupid, Baochai suddenly felt that her aunt might be the most stupid person!

Xiaobai licked his paw and looked at the chess game of the two through Daiyu. At first, the two were evenly matched, and they were testing each other. After confirming the strength of the other side, Yingchun began to attack.Daiyu's route is still very immature, but Yingchun's layout is very rigorous, one link is closely linked, Xiaobai has to sigh, Yingchun's chess skills may have surpassed the original author's imagination, and such a chest has hills and hills. It is also deplorable that the ending of the Spring Festival in the gully has come to such an end.

But those things that don't care about it, it only needs to take care of its own cubs.

"I lost." There was no turning back in her chess game, so Daiyu resolutely admitted defeat, and said to Baochai who was sitting beside her, "Sister Bao, do you want to play a game too?"

Baochai stood up, exchanged places with Daiyu, and said with a smile, "Of course I want it. I'm so excited to see you fighting! Second sister, please be merciful."

"It's as if you haven't beat me." Yingchun laughed, put away the chess pieces and started a new game.

Both Xichun and Xiangyun woke up, and when they opened their eyes, they didn't see Daiyu and the others, so they were no longer lying on the bed. Under the service of the maid, they dressed and washed, and when they came out, they saw three people sitting together, With extremely serious expressions, the two of them looked at each other, walked over quietly and saw Baochai and Yingchun, the two of them were coming and going on the chessboard, refusing to give in to each other.

"Sister Lin." Xichun pulled Daiyu's clothes, Daiyu turned her head and saw Xichun with bright eyes, and Xiangyun who was looking at the chessboard with interest.

He hugged Xichun into his arms, pulled Xiangyun to sit beside him, Zijuan and Suju had already prepared breakfast, and came to ask if they would like to eat.

It was only [-] o'clock, and there was a faint movement from upstairs. Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Go and bring breakfast, it's early, and the sisters are also hungry."

"Yes, girl." Zijuan led the order and went out to prepare. There was still a short way from the small kitchen. She had to prepare well so that her breakfast would not be caught in the rain.

"Sister, I'm hungry." Tianyou also just came down from upstairs, touching his belly and said to Daiyu.

"Sit down for a while and drink a glass of water. Zijuan has already gone to prepare breakfast." Daiyu beckoned Tianyou to sit next to her. With her two younger siblings by her side, Daiyu got busy and wanted to give the two The younger brother and sister poured water to drink, and checked whether the clothes of the two of them were well dressed, whether there were enough clothes, and so on.

"Sister Lin is too worried~" Xiangyun joked, but he was also envious in his heart, thinking, if he had such a sister, how great would it be?At least it won't be so hard when you live under the fence.

But just think about it.

"As an older sister, who doesn't worry about it?" Daiyu touched Tianyou's head, seeing that her body temperature was normal without any change, she looked at Xichun's again, and found that neither of the children had caught a cold, so she felt relieved.

Zicuckoo and Suju have also brought over the breakfast meal, which is an exquisite Yangzhou meal, not oily or greasy, and the appearance is also extremely delicate.Since they are all children, Su Ju made those steamed buns into small animals, which are not only cute, but also very appetizing.

This is very different from the breakfast they usually eat. The millet porridge contains red beans, lotus seeds and lilies, yellow, red, and white. It tastes sweet and delicious. Drinking it warms the stomach. In this weather It couldn't be better.

The girls all had a big appetite, and they used a bowl more than usual, and they gave up when their stomachs were bulging. The girls who had finished their breakfast were half-lying on the kang, and Daiyu remained the same. Sitting on the chair, Xichun was held in her arms, Tianyou stood in front of Daiyu, with his hands behind his back, reciting the Analects of Confucius while shaking his head.

"The Master said: Learning and learning from time to time, isn't it easy to talk about it? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman when people don't know but are not stunned?"

"Youzi said: He is also filial to his younger brother, but it is rare for him to offend his superiors; he is not good at offending his superiors, but he is fond of making chaos, which is rare. "

"Zengzi said: I examine myself three times a day: Are you not loyal to others? Are you not trusting your friends? Are you not accustomed to passing on?"

One was reciting seriously, the other was listening seriously, Xichun even slowly began to read along with Tianyou, and on the kang, two older girls set up a chessboard for another game, Xiangyun propped his chin and looked at the two. personal chess game.

The sound of the rain outside the house is slowly weakening, the cool wind is moist, and the air is mixed with the smell of soil.

Bailing's maidservants were sitting at the door with small stools, tying nets, or embroidering handkerchiefs, joking and joking, Zijuan's netting was the best, and Xueyan was pestering Zijuan to learn.

When the rain turned into bits and pieces, it was already two hours later, and the player who played chess with Yingchun had changed from Baochai to Daiyu, and even Xiangyun was unwilling to be lonely and came to a game - complete abuse!

"The rain has stopped!" Baochai sighed regretfully. She felt that the time spent with her sisters in such a carefree way really passed too quickly. Whose aunt said it was wrong.

"If my sister is willing, she can come to Qinglan Pavilion to find me at any time." Daiyu said, her eyes looked outside the door, the tree was more emerald green after being washed by the rain, but the flower was broken and fell on the ground. The ground was stained with mud, "I would like to be that tree, facing the wind and rain and letting go of my green." On the road of life, her choice would not be the delicate flowers, which are beautiful but boneless.

Yingchun lowered her head and looked at her toes. Xiangyun laughed when she heard it: "Sister Lin is expressing her feelings. If it were me, I would hope that the cloud will go with the wind, pass away with the wind, and be happy." comfortable."

"I don't understand what you're talking about, but it's getting late, it's time to pay my respects to the old lady." Baochai changed the subject with a smile.

"Yes, it's already unfilial to not go in the morning." Tanchun also said the same, and the girls nodded and went out together, passing by the place where the petals fell on the ground, Yingchun's pace paused slightly, Baochai They also glanced at the tree subconsciously. Even if the two of them had some thoughts in their hearts, they were unwilling to say them.

It doesn't matter if it's a tree or a flower, it's just a person's choice.

But sometimes, it is not necessarily a personal choice that is useful.

Whether it is good or bad, it is just the end of life after all, and this process, whether it is bitter or sweet, is just tasted by yourself.