Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 341

A girl like Jia Jiasanchun lives in the Grand View Garden, which is like a fairyland.

They use gold and silver utensils, eat jade grains and golden water shields, and my sister-in-law teaches acupuncture and recitation.

It looks like it has everything.

But it's just not what they need most.

That is, love from loved ones.

Mrs. Shi took them under her knees and raised them, as if she was looking for some playmates for Baoyu.

Among the girls in Jia's mansion, Tanchun is better.

Anyway, there is Aunt Zhao, the biological mother, who has inherited a bit of pungentness.

At least not let others handle it.

And Yingchun and Xichun are marginal people in Rongfu who "grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love" and let others handle them.

Yingchun chose to be insensitive and use dullness as a protective color.

It is called "Er Wood" in Jia's house.

Xichun chose to face each other coldly, watching with cold eyes and talking sarcasticly.

This makes people feel alienated.

The frequency and depth of communication between people are, to a large extent, based on a sense of security.

The sense of security originally originated from the care received in childhood.

Every warm embrace, every positive smile, every cold look, every impatient reply...

It may be a knife that shapes a person's attitude towards the outside world when he grows up.

Even to a certain extent, it may affect a person's social ability when he grows up.

Even the success or failure of marriage.

In fact, even if Mother Jia cared for her, she was old and frail.

One precious jade had exhausted her.

Where can I care about other girls?
Such limited energy naturally cannot take care of everyone.

Just like in the original book, after Daiyu entered the mansion, Mrs. Shi was as close as she was at the beginning, and then she was left in the cold.

To put it bluntly, it is fresh for two days.

It is precisely because of this that Baoyu can take advantage of the emptiness and let the sensitive Daiyu regard him as a reliance.

It's a pity that Baoyu is so unbearable.

Every time you do something, it makes people understand.

He is not one to be relied upon.

When Daiyu understood, she had no other choice.

In the end, it can only get deeper and deeper.

The death of crying blood in the sequel is not necessarily accurate, but it is also very logical.

This is the ending that was doomed from the beginning.

Even if it is not crying blood, it is hanging.

Fortunately, whether it is Daiyu, or Yingchun, Tanchun.

With the appearance of Feng Yibo, all this has been changed.

Only, Xichun was left.

Continue to be a marginal person in the Grand View Garden alone.

In fact, among the three springs, only Xichun is a descendant.

It is naturally impossible to say that she does not have a bit of arrogance in her heart.

But she is the only Jia family who lives in Rongfu among the three springs.

Even though Rongning and Ningfu are close as one family, they have been divided into two generations after all.

Living under the fence makes a little girl like Xichun extra sensitive.

Arrogant and sensitive, slowly evolved into withdrawn.

This is almost the same as Miaoyu's past.

It's just that Miaoyu had no choice, and was arranged to practice in a nunnery since she was a child.

And Tanchun was probably influenced by his biological father, Jia Jing, and had a natural interest in becoming a monk and avoiding the world.

The one who played best in her early years was a nun.

Now every time I come to Feng Mansion, I can't help but sit in the nunnery.

This is the subconscious choice to avoid the world.

Hearing Miaoyu's words, Xichun understood that the other party was trying to persuade her.

But she was used to being withdrawn, so naturally she couldn't hear this.

"Thank you, Aunt Lin, for your explanation."

The change of title revealed her alienation.

After talking about Xichun, she gave another expressionless blessing and was about to leave the nunnery.

At this time, Miaoyu seemed to see herself when she was a child.

She used to be like that too.

Quiet, arrogant, weird, alienated.

Now, her heart has been warmed up by Feng Yibo and Daiyu.

Seeing Xichun like this made my heart ache.

"Fourth girl, wait a minute, since you're here, how about I take you inside to pay your respects?"

When Xichun turned to leave, Miaoyu stopped her.

Xichun was a little surprised for a while, but Miaoyu suddenly asked for some reason.

But when I heard that I was going to pray to Buddha, I was a little moved.

Seeing her turn around, Miaoyu stopped talking.

Turning around, he walked in on his own.

Xichun hesitated for a moment, but chose to follow.

When the two arrived at the nunnery, they saw a five-story shrine enshrined in the middle.

This was built by Feng Yibo after asking Miaoyu for advice.

Otherwise, according to his layman's conception, people will make some golden statues to worship.

The highest floor of the altar is dedicated to Heng III Buddha.

That is, Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, Eastern Glass Medicine Buddha, and Western Blissful Amitabha Buddha.

The three Buddhas represent all Buddhas.

There are not many people who worship in this way at home.

After all, Aunt Lin is an orthodox monk, so this can be regarded as enshrining according to the pattern of a temple.

The second floor is dedicated to Bodhisattvas.

Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

The Three Great Bodhisattvas represent all Bodhisattvas.

The third to fifth floors are full of Buddhist classics, so I won't repeat them one by one.

After the two came in, under the leadership of Miaoyu, they bowed reverently.

They each added a stick of incense to the incense burner.

After the ceremony, Miaoyu looked at the Sakyamuni Buddha at the top of the altar, in the center, and said softly:

"Shi Zu once said: 'Consider the body as the body, observe the feeling as the feeling, observe the mind as the mind, and observe the law as the law'."

Xichun burns incense in her own residence.

Although I have never visited the shrine, there are still Buddha statues hanging for worship.

Therefore, she is also familiar with Buddhist classics.

Hearing what Miaoyu said at this moment, she frowned slightly and said in doubt:

"Is this 'contemplating the four foundations of mindfulness'? Why do I hear 'contemplating the impurity of the body, contemplating the feeling as suffering, contemplating the impermanence of the mind, contemplating the non-self of the dharma'?"

The concept of the four foundations of mindfulness is one of the fundamental Buddhist practice methods.

Although Tanchun has not practiced, he has seen it from the classics.

But obviously, the classics they read are different.

"The four places of mindfulness are the four places where the mind is settled, and it is also the method for the Buddha to use his wisdom to overcome the four inversions."

Miaoyu smiled at her and asked:

"When you say 'Jing, Le, Chang, I', isn't it the four inversions?"

In fact, both of them said the same thing.

It's just that what Xichun said is the current Buddhist philosophy.

And what Miaoyu said was indeed the "original law" that was just passed on from the very beginning.

With her attainments in Buddhism, how could she not know the development of the "four foundations of mindfulness"?

Therefore, it is obvious that the source of the "four foundations of mindfulness" was deliberately aroused Xichun's curiosity.

Xichun heard the words at this time, but was a little puzzled.

It's not that she didn't understand Miaoyu's words, but she didn't know what she meant by what she said to herself.

Seeing that Xichun was really interested, Miaoyu looked at the altar again, and said to herself:

"Everyone in the world knows to seek the blessings of the Buddha, but the Buddha only teaches us how to be ourselves."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Xichun and smiled again:
"I see that the fourth girl now seems to want to seek 'no self', but she does so for 'me'."

When she thought of her previous circumstances, why wasn't she seeking "selflessness" to get through it?
But even if he is withdrawn and arrogant, he ignores people.

And how is it not really "I"?
Xichun didn't open her heart, and she was very wary of Miaoyu.

At this time, what the other party said seemed to be helping him to enlighten himself?
Xichun couldn't figure it out for a while, so she simply didn't want to.

She frowned and looked at Miaoyu, and asked:

"How to do it then?"

Apparently, she didn't mind being enlightened, or becoming a monk.

It's just that in this huge capital, there is no place for her to become a monk.

As she just said:

The family has not left, how can it be regarded as Fangwai?
"I do not know either."

Miao Yu shook her head, but said with a smile:

"It is said that there is no self in observing the Dharma, but everyone is 'I'."

What she said meant, in addition to the Buddhist understanding.

It is also saying, I am the same as you once, and you are the same me once.

Don't worry about it, and don't have to think about becoming a monk.

Maybe turn around and get out of it all like I did.

Xichun finally heard her true meaning and sighed:
"But maybe only the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha can get its true meaning."

At this moment, she finally put down her guard and told Miaoyu that she really had the idea of ​​Qingdeng Ancient Buddha.

Your choice is good, but it may not be suitable for me.

Miaoyu shook her head when she heard the words, and said:

"That's also the 'me' of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha."

Qingdeng Ancient Buddha is also a choice, not necessarily better than now.

You search all over for the method of liberation, but you may not be able to obtain liberation.

If I accept the arrangement of fate, it doesn't necessarily mean that I won't be free.

Of course, this is not to persuade Xichun to accept her fate.

Just tell her that things haven't reached that point yet.

The two of you come and go directly, and they are both fighters.

Another girl might not understand it.

That is to say, two people with similar destinies and a predestined relationship with Buddha can understand each other.

Xichun thought for a while, and suddenly asked expectantly:
"Sister Lin, can I come to you often in the future?"

"of course can."

It's been a long time since Zhichun left, and Xichun hadn't spoken so many words to anyone.

Before I knew it, I even forgot about the poetry club.

The two Buddhist ladies here got married, and the poetry club over there had a good time appreciating it.

Miaoyu and Tanchun are not very gregarious, and no one takes it seriously when they are absent for a while.

Only when they hide away.

Baoyu also succeeded in writing a poem with a lot of rhetoric and lack of emotion, and sent it over.

He was seen through by Li Wan at a glance, and was thrown into the last class.

Tanchun, the person involved, also commented together, but there was no poem that made her cry.

Fortunately, Daiyu and Baochai's poems have souls.

If Feng Yibo Zhuyu hadn't been in front, the two would have been amazing.

Regardless, be at the forefront.

Li Wen, Li Qi and Tanchun are not familiar with each other, and they are not good at composing poems.

In the end, he could only be ranked last, just like Baoyu.

Xiangyun and Baoqin both have poetic talents, and the poems they write are quite satisfactory.

It wasn't until all the evaluations were over that Daiyu said in doubt:
"What about the poems of outsiders?"

Miaoyu is not inferior to her in talent.

If she wasn't there, Daiyu would not be worthy of her name if she consciously ranked first.

At this time, Li Wan checked the number of people and found that Xichun was not there.

"Ouxie is nowhere to be seen, where did these two go to hide?"

She was puzzled, so Baochai laughed and said:
"It may be that the garden is bleak and let them immerse themselves in it. These two are born out of this world, and they may be comprehending Zen."

She said it casually, but it hit the point.

As she said that, she also instructed several servant girls in Feng's residence, saying:

"You go and look for it, don't let the two of you blow too much wind in the garden, and it will be bad if you catch the wind and cold again."

Just as she was talking, Miaoyu and Xichun came back hand in hand.

For a moment, everyone was in a daze.

I saw the two walking and talking, with smiles on their faces.

I don't know, I thought they were sisters!
Yingchun was in disbelief, and was the first to say in surprise:
"Fourth younger sister and Aunt Lin are going to compose poetry?"

Tanchun greeted her at this moment, and exaggeratedly said:
"Wow! Everyone said that they would write a poem for me today, and the fourth younger sister also said that she would participate. In the end, it turned out that my sister was missing, and another sister came back?"

"Giggle!"

When the girls heard the words, they immediately burst into laughter behind them.

Especially Xiangyun, who burst into tears laughing.

Miaoyu also smiled, then bowed to everyone and said:
"When we met in the nunnery, we talked about Buddhism, but we forgot the time for a while, which made everyone worry."

At this time, Ruhua stepped forward and handed Tanchun a piece of poem manuscript.

Xichun showed shame on the side, and said a little embarrassedly:
"Third sister, this is my poem."

Tanchun took a look and said in surprise:
"You wrote this for me? I think you're thinking of Buddha, right?"

It turns out that between the lines in Xichun's words are traces of Buddha's gatha.

The farewell is written as if you are sending someone to the west!
Xichun naturally knew about this situation, so she was very ashamed.

But she is not good at composing poems, and just talked a lot about Buddhism.

With this move, the Buddhist principles were brought out.

All the girls circulated it one after another, each with a surprised look on their faces, but they didn't know how to evaluate it.

At this time, Xichun stepped forward and pulled Tanchun's sleeve, and said in a low voice:
"I just prayed for you in front of the Buddha."

Seeing her like this, Tanchun's heart softened, and he waved his hand and said:
"Okay, okay! You can live with it."

After speaking, she turned to Miaoyu again and asked:

"What about the poems of outsiders?"

Miaoyu glanced at her side, and her servant girl stepped forward and handed in the draft as well.

This time, Tanchun felt a little disappointed after watching it.

She didn't speak, but turned around and handed it to Li Wan.

Li Wan took a look, slightly surprised.

"The poem by the outsider is really well written, and the artistic conception is also high. Although it is a little less sentimental, it is more open-minded."

Having said that, she looked up at Miaoyu, and said:

"This poem should be the first class! But..."

As soon as "but" came out, Li Wan showed regret again, and then announced:

"Outsiders have exceeded the time limit, so they can only be admitted at a lower level, and they will be classified as medium."

Miaoyu naturally has nothing to do with this.

She nodded with a smile when she heard the words, and said:
"The Daoxiang old farmer dealt with it fairly, and my writing was not that good."

Just now she had been persuading Xichun, so the poems she wrote were all consoling.

Naturally, there is a little more open-mindedness in the poems.

But Miaoyu's poetic talent is much higher than Xichun's.

Even if he was also influenced by just now, the poems he wrote are not comparable to Xichun.

Not only did it not lose its true meaning, but it also added a lot of color.

At this time, Tanchun seemed to have recovered, and sighed:

"Hey! Speaking of which, the poems written by Kanwairen and the poems written by Beipo Sanren really have their own advantages and disadvantages. They are both better than each other. It's just that one wants me to be open-minded, and the other makes me homesick..."

Having said that, she changed the topic again, and continued a bit mischievously:
"Although I have already figured it out before I go to sea, but before I go to sea, I start to miss home again."

When the girls heard the words, they were taken aback for a moment.

Then he laughed again.

"Giggle!" "Hee hee hee!"

(End of this chapter)