The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 40 Midnight Song

Xue Pan's "Ode to Flowers" really caught everyone's attention, so they all encouraged him to come up with the next one.

When Xue Pan was still in Jinling, he often suffered from poetry and made a lot of jokes, and was often looked down upon because of this.Now that I have this opportunity, why not try my best to show off?
"My song is called "Midnight Song"."

As soon as I heard the name, I felt a little extraordinary, a head start.So they all listened quietly.

"How can we avoid sorrow and hatred in life, and what is the limit of ecstasy. The dream of the homeland returns, and I feel tears. Whoever goes up the tall building will always remember the autumn. The past has become empty, and it is still like a dream."

This is a method of line drawing, two sentences and one rhyme, with almost no embellishments, expressing the deep emotion for the homeland.

This poem is Li Yu's "Midnight Song".It is about the scene of a person standing on a tall building looking at his hometown at midnight.

All of a sudden, the little friends were really stunned, for a while, there was no sound.

On the one hand, although they don't know much about poetry, after all, this is an era of poetry and writing. Even if they can't make it themselves, they can still tell whether the poetry is good or bad.

On the other hand, they were indeed stunned by Xue Pan.

Even this idiot Xue, who has never been familiar with poetry, can write such a poem, and he is really ashamed of himself.

Especially Baoyu, suddenly became a little crazy.

"The dream of returning to the motherland, I feel tears streaming down my face, who will go up the tall building, I will always remember Qiu Qingwang. The past has become a dream, and it is still like a dream."

While muttering in his mouth, he thought of those sisters and sisters.Although we are still together now, we will inevitably go our separate ways in the future, which is really sad to think about.

Gu Panpan is also a little crazy.

Now, she is 20 years old.At this age, she was definitely considered a leftover woman in ancient times.

Many times, people get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.Baoyu and Daiyu even started to flirt with each other when they were in their teens, passing notes and sending messages constantly.In today's society, it is out-and-out love early and early.

Although Gu Panpan claims to be a performer rather than a body, how can anyone not get his shoes wet when he often walks by the river?Even if you don't sell your body, flirting, scolding and playing ambiguous things are unavoidable.

Most of the geishas like her are proud of being able to join the official family.However, it is very difficult to become the main wife.The highest career ideal is to be accepted as a concubine and concubine.

Thinking of my life experience, and listening to the lonely and desolate feeling of this poem again, I can't help being sad, and I even shed tears.

"Oh, beauty, Master Gu, what are you doing? Why are you still crying? If I had known this, I wouldn't have read this poem?"

Reading poetry?Didn't Xue Da fool do it?I found it strange that this vulgar man suddenly became enlightened, and he was able to compose such poems.

"Hey, to be honest, I did the first two, but I didn't do the last one."

In the Red Mansion, even though Xue Pan was said to be Xue Da fool, in fact, he is not stupid.It's just blindly arrogant, let alone any moral and legal concepts.

Seeing that Xiangling is beautiful, I want to buy it, and if I can't buy it, I grab it.After beating Feng Yuan to death, he walked away.Drinking in the bar, if there was a disagreement, the waiter was beaten to death.

He's just an unscrupulous rich second generation. Although he is known as the overlord, he is not stupid.

"If you didn't do it, who did it?"

Xue Pan naturally wouldn't tell the truth.

"My sister did it."

As soon as Xue Baochai was mentioned, everyone immediately believed it.

Baochai's reputation for versatility was already well-known in the four major families before he came to the imperial capital.

"I said Brother Xue couldn't write such poems. If it's Sister Bao, you're right."

Sister Bao left her hometown and came here, so she felt homesick.Although they are also relatives, they are not as comfortable as their own home after all. It is normal to be a little lonely and sad.

Baoyu immediately recognized that it was Baochai's work.And look for evidence for your ideas.I thought in my heart that I should walk around with Sister Bao more in the future so that she won't be so sentimental.

Sister Bao, like Sister Lin, is a heavenly being, and should only be happy.Such sad and painful things should be endured by us stinky men.

After listening to a poem that was not written by Xue Pan, everyone lost their psychological pressure and the atmosphere became relaxed again.

Feng Ziying wanted to ask Baoyu, Jia Rong and Jia Min about the bet, but when she thought that Jia Amnesty was out of illness and Jia Zhen was still being raised at the home of Imperial Physician Zhang, Jia Min sent another 1 yuan to Jia's family. It's hard to mention two silver coins.

Seeing that Jia Rong has almost turned into a black raw fan since he was a child, it must be true that he lived in the wild for ideological reform and labor reform.

It's really not the right time to mention Jia Min at this time.So he drank a few glasses of wine and left with Chen Yejun and Wei Ruolan.

As soon as Feng Ziying left here, Jia Lian, Baoyu, and Jia Rong felt much more at ease.Jia Rong of course scolded Jia Min like hell, but because Jia Lian and Baoyu were present, he couldn't freely scold Jia Min's ancestors, which made him a little depressed.

Jia Lian was lucky this time, he was not involved in anything, he just avoided his bastard father Jia She all day long.If you can't go to pay your respects, try not to go, lest Jia She take his anger out on him.

Baoyu didn't suffer any injuries this time, but she was a little nervous.I found the housekeepers and asked several times, and they all said that the three acres of land could not be sold for 5000 taels of silver, so I felt relieved.

While talking, Jia Lian and Baoyu inevitably complained about Jia Rong.Said that he shouldn't be in a hurry to go to Yeduju to grab things.It would be shameful for a dozen people to be beaten up by two blacksmiths.

It's fine if you hit him, and you shouldn't come back to find your ancestors.Even if you want to ask your ancestors to make decisions for you, you should inquire in advance.

People have handed over the money to the mansion, and you are still asking for it, no wonder the ancestors are angry.

In the end, the topic fell to the watermelon and ganoderma game. No matter how I thought about it, I had no reason to lose.Thinking about it again, although that bastard earned 1 taels, didn't he also hand it over to the mansion for us people to spend?I am happy.

When walking back, Xue Pan made calculations as he walked: In the past, I was said to be bad, but now I see what a real bad person is.Although I spend money randomly from time to time, it is also my family's money.That Jia Si'er is said to have done those rough jobs by himself, and handed over the money he earned to the government.These people are still thinking about plotting against him all day long, they are many times worse than I don't know.

Back home, Aunt Xue and Baochai were still awake, chatting with Xiangling and Yinger.

Sitting on the kang is a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old.At first glance, it is a first-class character.

The muscles and bones are shiny and smooth, the manners are elegant, the lips are not smudged but red, and the eyebrows are not painted but green.The face is like a silver basin, the eyes are like water apricots, the character is dignified, and the appearance is plump.

Not Baochai, who else could it be?
Although Xue Pan is a rough and muddy person, he is actually very good to his mother and sister.

His father died young, and Aunt Xue was not very thoughtful.Baochai is a more scheming person, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so in the past few years, Baochai has made more decisions about many important family matters.

Now, Xue Pan asked Baochai again, so he was very polite to Baochai.

"Good sister, my brother got into trouble today and asked my sister for help."

"What trouble did you get into again? I don't know what I owed you in the previous life, but in this life I came here to ask for the debt."

As soon as she heard about the accident, Aunt Xue became anxious.

"It's not a big deal, I just want my sister to help me promise something."

"Brother, tell me, what's the matter, as long as it can be done, there is nothing wrong with it."

Baochai was always good at observing words and demeanor, seeing Xue Pan's expression was very relaxed even though he said he had caused trouble, so he knew it was not a big deal, and he was not in a hurry at all.

"You also know that I don't have much ink in my stomach. But I'm angry with those laymen. When I drink wine, the sour smell comes up. I have to write a poem or a word or something."

"I don't know how many poems I have. I recited them tonight. I also know that this matter will be revealed sooner or later, so I say that you wrote this poem. They just Believe it. If someone asks about it in the future, my sister will accept it and say that you wrote the third poem. The first two poems will be mine."

"What kind of poetry is my brother talking about? Why don't you take a look. If it's all vulgar and vulgar, I won't recognize it."

"Sister, don't worry, if it's not good, brother will recognize it himself. It's just this song "Midnight Song", but brother absolutely dare not recognize it."

As Xue Pan said, he took out a piece of paper from his cuff and handed it to Baochai.

Baochai took a look at it, and burst out laughing. This is because she saw the song "Ode to the Duck".

However, then his face became serious.

After about a cup of tea, Baochai looked up.

"Let me advise my brother, don't recognize the first two poems. Everyone knows that you can't write this poem."

"Although this first song is plain and simple, it is also a reference, but it is also very appropriate. Such a conception is also ingenious."

"This second song is also a masterpiece. The magic is in the last line, which is the finishing touch, which can be called the tail of a leopard."

"I dare not respond to the third poem. Although I have a rough knowledge of poetry, I can never write this word. Unexpectedly, there are such great poets in the world today. This word must have just come out, otherwise, it would have been a long time ago." It spread all over the world. Where did you get it?"

"I didn't get it from anywhere, I just got it at home."

"Brother eats a lot of wine and talks nonsense again."

"It is indeed from home. Didn't Miss Ping'er come from Yeduju to give our family a gift? This piece of paper is used to wrap wine. At first I threw it away, but later I saw that there was a poem written on it. It was easy to understand and easy to remember, so I kept it. Unexpectedly, it surprised Baoyu and the others."

Baochai's expression turned serious once he heard that he was from Yeduju.

After coming to the mansion for a few days, I could always hear the up and down talking about that fourth brother Min from Yeduju.Baochai also knew a lot about the personnel and affairs there.

Except for that Jiao Li who can read a few characters, Lian Min is also illiterate. Who can write such poems?

(End of this chapter)