By Jia Xiuzhen

All those who went to invite people came back. Tanchun, Baochai, Xiangyun, Baoqin and Xiangling were all here. Baoyu hurried to send people, but at the same time he couldn't help feeling sorry that Daiyu couldn't be together at this moment.It was Tanchun who sent Cuimo to call Baoqin and Li Wan, but when he saw Baoqin coming, he asked her something. Cuimo replied, "The eldest grandma was invited by the second girl early in the morning, and she hasn't come back yet."

Baoyu was hesitating whether to call Yingchun and the others, Tanchun smiled and said: "When they gather together, the ancestors have a saying called 'Gourd meeting'. Maybe it is to practice Zen in front of the moon, let's You don't have to bother them when you drink and have fun."

Everyone laughed.For a while, dice were thrown to account for flower names. This is a new filial piety outside. There are many rules such as drinking with the same age, drinking with the same age, etc., which is very fresh and interesting.A group of people made a fuss until three o'clock before they dispersed, and the rest of Baoyu's room let go of drinking.When the wine is on the head, words and deeds are unscrupulous, singing or singing, just lie down and rest for a while when the sky is about to dawn.

Just talking about the other side, Yingchun and Xichun only sat in the garden for a while during the day, neither of them drank any alcohol, they just waited for the food to be served and each of them took two mouthfuls before returning.Xing Xiuyan had Daiyu's handwritten letter in mind, and hurried back after going around everywhere.In the next afternoon, the three of them gathered together to read the rolls of paper.

I sigh or think for a while, even dinner is just a random deal.They were still not satisfied, but now that Daiyu and Guiliu were not in sight, they couldn't find the right one if they wanted to.Inevitably, he put his mind on Li Wan.Yingchun smiled and said: "It's your birthday, so let's use this as an excuse to invite my sister-in-law to sit for a while. I don't think it's a violation of the rules."

Xichun was the first one who couldn't stand it any longer, so he said to Siqi, "Hurry up, invite grandma over. Just say...just say we've served tea, and wait for her to drink tea... Enjoy, appreciate the moon!"

Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan laughed out loud, and Xichun shook her head and said, "I'm going to invite someone now, so I realize that we are really 'nothing long'."

Yingchun said: "Today, the chef is busy preparing the banquet for Ping'er during the day, and at night he has to wait for the gang in Baoyu's house. Even if you want to work for them, it will be difficult."

Xichun sighed: "There is one more. Now Nanny Chang has gone to live in the village. Even the elder sister-in-law's place has lost a lot of fireworks. It is said that spring is born and summer is long, but I smell the slightest hint of autumn." .”

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "You can ask for a cup of clear tea. Once it comes, it will be at ease. We don't need to be so sad. Why don't we bring the good tea sent by Sister Lin and take the water seriously. Let's drink it to the moon. Tea, not too bad."

Yingchun said: "Without Yuelan, who would be able to 'ask the universe with a clear snow'."

Xing Xiuyan said casually: "Since that's the case, I don't have to recommend myself, so let me show my ugliness once, okay?"

Yingchun and Xichun laughed and said: "It's the best thing. I forgot that you are from Miaoyu. I think you must have skills in this tea. It's just that you are too ordinary to hide your clumsiness. We have never seen your ability."

At that moment, Meng Chen's pots were lined up like a deep ou, and the three of them sat around on the kang in front of the window. Two windows were specially opened, and the bright moon was clear and the breeze was as cool as water.There was an announcement from outside, "Grandma is here."

Li Wan brought Suyun over, Suyun was still holding a food box, Siqi followed him in, and said with a smile: "I only learned from the fourth girl, and the eldest grandma said, 'this is born in a rat's nest. Paola—there is no food left.' Let Suyun quickly fill the box with food." After speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed.

Yingchun looked at Xichun and said with a smile: "So what you said was still a secret."

Xichun hurriedly got up to tell Li Wan, and said again: "Everyone says 'you can know elegance when you hear string songs', I think sister-in-law is the one who really knows elegance!"

Suyun and Siqi went to one side and uncovered the food box, and then placed two low cabinets at the corners of the Kang table. The top two layers of the food box were exactly two storage boxes, and one box was placed on top of the other.Siqi was still waiting to take the bottom layer, Suyun stopped him and said, "This is ours."

Sure enough, Xichun waved his hand and ordered: "Go, you all go over there and play by yourself. We want to talk about serious business, so don't make noise."

Suyun agreed with a smile, and went to sit and talk with Siqi Ruhuazhuan in the next room.

Xing Xiuyan regained his composure, and started to fan the stove to boil water, and Li Wan brought another tea called Soft Golden Bud for everyone to taste.I just said that this doesn't hinder sleep, drinking tea in the middle of the night may hurt their spleen and stomach.Everyone is naturally good.

Just as he was drinking the first dish, he heard Biyue coming outside.

Li Wan then called her in to ask what was the matter, and Bi Yue said: "Just now the third girl sent someone to invite grandma and Miss Qin to have a feast in the Yihong Courtyard. It is said that the Xiren and others gathered together the order to give to Second Master Bao." It's my birthday, and I want to play some tricks, so I invite grandma and the girls. I said grandma came to the second girl's place, so they went on their own. I'll tell grandma."

Li Wan said with a smile: "We are drinking tea here, but they are eating night wine. After a while, I will take you there to arrest people. I will manage people in the future, but I committed the crime first." Quit."

Then she said to Biyue: "Since you're here, go sit with Suyun and the others. It's too boring to be alone at home." Biyue couldn't wait, so she agreed and withdrew.

Yingchun sighed: "Ever since I heard my sister-in-law talk about the current situation in the mansion, and looking at the bustling scene in the daytime, I just feel that it is abrupt and unbelievable. If I don't know what's inside, I'm just as happy and having fun. Now I've heard a few more words, but now I'm here When it's lively, I often feel sad, it's really a big disappointment."

Xichun also said: "Why is it in the same mansion? Seeing today's banquet with tortoise shells and hibiscus on the mattress, it's hard to imagine that the house is in danger."

Li Wan was sitting near the window, holding a cup and sipping lightly, without saying a word.The breeze was blowing, the moon was shining brightly, and everyone was silent for a moment.

After a long time, Li Wan sighed: "Last time we said that 'reading' is like a 'diaphragm'. Do you realize it?"

Several people hesitated and nodded, Xing Xiuyan said: "I have gained a little, but I can't always be aware of it."

Li Wan laughed: "If you can be aware of it all the time just by listening, this practice will be simple."

Everyone thought it was right after listening, so they urged her to continue.

Li Wan said slowly: "Aren't you just talking about whether you are in the same mansion? By extension, don't the people in this world live in the same world? How can the thoughts of good and evil, right and wrong, be so different! Sure enough" Seeing is believing', not to mention those who are separated by two places, at least those who come from a family should know the same? If you look at our house, you will know that the so-called 'real' is not so 'real'.

I said before that each person thinks independently, and when everything is reflected in the mind again, it has passed the processing of thinking.So the world you see is only the world you 'can' see.Let’s just say that in the current mansion, the inside pockets are exhausted, and I try my best to support the situation. I have helped the housekeeper these days to know.I only look at the internal account, but I don't know what the external account is like.Therefore, my 'seeing' is also limited.

When it comes to Baoyu, he never likes to think about these things, and secondly, the rules in this house, whoever is missing, will not be missing him.The aunts have reduced their servings twice, and he opened his mouth to ask for a lotus leaf lotus soup, which is enough for the aunts in the mansion for three or two years.How does this compare?From what he saw, even if there is no one in this mansion, he will not be missing.Where did you make him worry?

Come to you...now you are not afraid to tell the truth.Although the status is there, it is naturally not lacking on the surface, but it is often ignored by the slaves in the dark. 'Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet', I don't know if they are also prophets of water cold!If something is missing, we must be frugal, and naturally start from those who are not favored.So you feel desolate, but Baoyu still looks like a prosperous and gentle town, and I can see that she is strong on the outside but capable on the inside.

It is the same place, but because what people see is limited and their knowledge is incomplete; and their own thoughts distort the reflection, so everyone's perception is different.But ordinary people can only feel their own feelings, so they have their own "right, wrong, good and evil".All of these, tangled into one, become a person's "environment".

This 'environment' is an imaginary world framed by people's thoughts, and everything in it is formed by the projection of external objects through people's own various existing thoughts.It is what we usually recognize as 'true'.The 'boundary' of this realm lies in each of us' thoughts.

So we live in this world, are we really living in this world?It's absurd, but in fact we just live in each person's 'environment'.It's like living in a shell, and you can 'get a glimpse' of the so-called world through your own thoughts.Therefore, in the same play, some people see the hustle and bustle, some see the grievances, some see the singing, and some see the power behind the scenes.There are [-] words in the Daoist scriptures, but no one has gained true knowledge.It is easy to see the ever-changing external things, but it is difficult to know that the root of the change lies in oneself. "

Xichun felt it calmly, but felt that this statement was extremely uncomfortable, the more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was in a cage, and he twisted a little bit uncomfortable for a moment.

Xing Xiuyan sighed softly: "It's like never learning Sanskrit, so naturally you can't read the original scriptures. It's a truth. It's easy to distinguish between such knowledge and ignorance. Those who are easy to gain are not easy to perceive the 'wrongness' and 'deficiency'."

Li Wan nodded and said with a smile: "So if you look carefully, people are good at using empty words, but because empty words are not true to reality, and the inner meaning is vague, they are easy to deceive themselves, and they only think they know it."

Xichun said, "For example?"

Li Wan laughed and said, "For example? For example, the high-spirited scholar on the street who talks about governing the country and saving the people, for example, the wife in charge of 'input less and more out' in the worry mansion, for example...for example, Bao Er who said 'I will always protect you' Grandpa..."

Everyone was speechless, Li Wan sighed: "Why do we need to ask others, it is ourselves. When we say every word, how many words do we really know? How many of them are just a bunch of other people pouring into our minds. points'? How much is self-deception?"

Xing Xiuyan frowned and said, "It's true, it's just... why is it so?"

Li Wan said helplessly: "Because people are most afraid of what they don't know and what they don't know. Therefore, when they meet someone who they don't know, they can't help but cover it up with false words, whether it's speculation or inference. , It is only comfortable to cover up indiscriminately.

Why didn't Baoyu invite you two today? "

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then Li Wan said, "how? He didn't tell you why Baoyu is like this. The reason is in his heart. How do you know? Naturally, it should be 'I don't know'. But you ask yourself what is the reaction in your heart?" ?”

Yingchun sighed: "However, what I thought first was, 'It's probably not convenient for us to go if I know to invite us', 'It's not a place where we can play together on a weekday'..."

Xing Xiuyan and Xichun also nodded beside each other, thinking about each other.

Li Wan smiled: "That's the way it is. After a long time, people often forget that they don't know" at all, and they always take their "guessing" as "true knowledge". It will become even more ridiculous in the future, and people are not allowed to question this "true knowledge". Only when you think you are right. Only then will there be more disputes between right and wrong, and the distinction between ourselves and the enemy. In the past, reading "sitting in the well and watching the sky" was just as if the frog was a What a joke, compare it now, which one is not 'watching the sky from a well'?!"

After a long time, Xichun smiled bitterly and said: "Sister-in-law, when I heard Lan'er say it in the past, I felt full of strength and high fighting spirit. Now after listening to you for half a day, I feel ashamed and aggrieved. It's really uncomfortable for you to practice the law. Very much."

Li Wan said with a smile: "'If you follow the law, you will become an adult, and if you go against it, you will become a fairy'. You didn't expect this kind of rebellion, did you?"

Xichun said: "Sister-in-law, since you mentioned this 'well', why don't you talk about the 'method of breaking a well'? Let us have a head start."

Li Wan couldn't bear it and said: "'Taoist is one', if you want to distinguish between the enemy and us in everything, then you are going in the wrong direction, and there is no way to go."

Xichun fell to the ground slumped, and murmured: "I don't want to play with you anymore... This is too embarrassing..."

Li Wan smiled and said to Yingchun Xiuyan: "It is often said that affliction is Bodhi, and now I really understand it. After all, she is Brother Zhen's own sister, but she is so young that people look down upon her, and she still has the desire to win with strength in her heart." You two, outsiders look pitiful, but because you are bullied so much by the world, it is easier to get the wonderful meaning of "Sui Shun", but it is a blessing in disguise."

Xing Xiuyan pulled Xichun up, and said with a smile: "Now I tell you that the 'realm is illusory', you only underestimate the thoughts of right and wrong, the heart of victory and defeat, and this 'realm' will naturally loosen. If you only rush to get The way to fight with it is to use the wind to fight a bull with the "near-kind war"? Naturally, a bull fights a bull, so it's just a matter of thinking and replacing wells with wells."

Xichun looked at the three people who nodded together, and only thought in her heart: "I should stay with Lan'er."