Jiazhu of the Red Chamber

Let's say that Zhong Congyu was talking about some private matters with Jia Zhu in the room, but unexpectedly a waiter knocked on the door and said: "Guest officer, the flower boat you want is ready, I will take you there to have a look?"

Zhong Congyu's interest was swept away by him, and he raised his voice and replied: "Understood! I will go downstairs to find you immediately." After finishing speaking, he said dissatisfiedly to Jia Zhu: "This man has no eyesight, he didn't see the door is closed! "

Jia Zhu gathered the clothes for him, and said: "Yes, the two men closed the door in broad daylight, who would want to go to other places?" Thinking about the actions of the two just now, she couldn't help feeling shy, and continued: " Let's go, everyone says that Yangzhou Prefecture is a famous place in the world, since you have chartered a flower boat, I will reluctantly accompany you for a stroll, and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River tonight."

The two went downstairs to look for Xiaoer, and he led them to the ferry. There were several boats of different styles parked at the ferry. There were several boats on the lake that had just left the shore, and from time to time, pipa and guqin were played from the boats. playing sound.The waiter asked the two of them to wait a while, and stepped on a large purple-red boat familiarly. After a while, several young women came out of the boat. With a thick layer of makeup, he bowed to Jia Zhu and Zhong Congyu: "You two gentlemen, please enter the cabin, and the food and wine have been prepared as ordered."

Zhong Congyu frowned and said: "Since that's the case, you can wait and get off the boat, just leave a punter behind."

The woman looked distressed and said: "I'm afraid it's not right, it's better to have girls with you to have fun."

Zhong Congyu took out a silver ticket from his pocket and threw it at her feet, saying, "Is it enough to buy this boat?"

The woman laughed happily and said, "Enough is enough." As she spoke, she greeted the women in the boat to go ashore, and those women walked over gracefully with light steps, secretly looking at Jia Zhu and Zhong Congyu, Jia Zhu shifted her eyes to the lake, pretending to admire the flower boats, but not to look at them.But when a woman in a lake-green dress got off the boat, for some reason, she twisted her feet, leaned forward, and rushed towards Zhong Congyu with a sound of ouch, Zhong Congyu moved to the side in disgust. When she was about to fall, Jia Zhu stretched out her hand to support her, helped her to stand on the shore, let go of her hand in a hurry, cupped her hands and said, "Young lady, don't blame me, I offended you."

Zhong Congyu said displeasedly: "Zhu Er, are you still on the boat?" After finishing speaking, he threw his hands and jumped into the boat, and ordered the boatman to untie the cable, unexpectedly ignoring Jia Zhu.

The woman was still thanking her, Jia Zhu hurriedly said: "Let's leave now." After saying that, she hurriedly jumped onto the boat, only to see Zhong Congyu sitting at the table in the cabin, drinking wine with a sullen face, without even looking at him.

Jia Zhu didn't know why he suddenly changed his face, took his glass, poured a glass of wine for him, and asked, "Who offended you again?"

Zhong Congyu drank it down in one gulp, slammed the cup on the ground, glared at Jia Zhu angrily and said, "Why are you helping her?"

Jia Zhu was puzzled, "Just for this?"

Zhong Congyu saw that there was no shame on his face, and he still didn't know where he was wrong. He became more angry, clenched his hands tightly, and pinched his nails in the flesh. Then he controlled the urge to be violent, and said harshly: "Didn't you see that?" Did she fall on purpose?"

How could Jia Zhu think that he would be angry about such a trivial matter, and said with a smile: "You are so funny, I can't tell whether she is really going to fall or pretending in a hurry, it's just a little effort, and it doesn't hurt me, why are you so arrogant?" ?”

Zhong Congyu said with a "hum": "Who knows if you saw her beautiful, that's why you reached out to help. If a woman without salt is about to fall, it's up to you to help her or not."

Jia Zhu thought to herself why this person is so unreasonable, since I have explained it clearly, why do you need to be unreasonable, majestic man, do you want to watch the girl fall in front of you?After thinking about it, he realized Zhong Congyu's thoughts again. It turned out that he was being jealous for nothing. He couldn't help feeling grateful for his deep affection, and he became dazed for a while, and murmured: "There is no girl in my eyes. Whether she looks like a fairy or looks ugly, it's all the same in my eyes, besides you, how can I see anyone else?"

After hearing this, Zhong Congyu put aside the sourness just now, embraced Jia Zhu and said, "I saw you talking and laughing with her, and I felt very uncomfortable. Promise me that you will not have any intimate behavior with other women in the future?"

Jia Zhu said softly: "If you can do this, I will definitely repay you."

Zhong Congyu’s face was cloudy and cloudy, Jia Zhu didn’t say much, he raised the curtain to look at the scenery of the lake, the willows were drooping by the lake, the lake was sparkling, the moon was dancing in the lake, and the singers on the flower boats were singing sadly or enchantingly from time to time. Come on, there are occasional bursts of drunken male voices, and the whole lake is indescribably lively.

Until Zhong Congyu chanted softly: "Three parts of the world are moonlit nights, and two parts are rogues in Yangzhou. With such beautiful scenery and fine wine, it's so boring for you and me to quarrel over an irrelevant woman." After finishing speaking, he poured a glass of wine and handed it to Jia Zhu's mouth , Jia Zhu ate it with his hands, and a turmoil with no beginning and no end dissipated.

After passing Yangzhou is Jinling. Zhong Congyu knew that the Jia family's ancestral home was in Jinling, and there were still distant clansmen and servants in Jinling, so he asked him if he would go to see it. Jia Zhu was worried about his aunt's illness and had no intention of going, so he had to give up.After crossing the river and walking for a few more days, I arrived in Gusu. Jia Zhu didn't want to visit her aunt in a hurry, so she found an inn in the city, and went to Guanqian Street to buy a few changes of clothes. Zhong Congyu discussed going to the Lin Mansion.

Although the two of them experienced the little turmoil in Yangzhou, who would care when they were in love, and left it behind the next day, so Jia Zhu said frankly: "I will go to my uncle's house by myself, and you wait at the inn." One night for me. It's not that I don't want you to go, but because of your special status, I'm afraid the Lin family will neglect you in a hurry, and you don't care, I'm afraid it will make them uneasy."

Zhong Congyu said: "Let's go and sit and come back. We don't stay overnight. Besides, Lin Ruhai is in the capital, and the rest of the Lin family don't recognize me. As long as you don't say anything, they will definitely not know my identity. Why do you feel uneasy?" ?”

Jia Zhu wondered: "How can I lie to my aunt?"

Zhong Congyu chuckled and said: "My uncle Zhu, you only say that I am your friend, how can someone who is smart like my aunt get to the bottom of it?"

Jia Zhu nodded and said: "You are right. If my aunt recognizes you, you should say that you are going to visit in modest clothes, keep everything simple, and I think my aunt will obey orders; if you don't recognize you, then you will do as you say." .”

Zhong Congyu naturally agreed, and Jia Zhu took out the mahogany box brought by Jia's mother, and went to the jade shop with Zhong Congyu to pick out a good jade pendant, and prepared to give it to his cousin as a meeting gift.

Asking casually on the street, they found out where Linhou's Mansion was. The two of them walked slowly to the east of the city without riding a horse. Half of East Street and half of North Street belonged to Linhou's Mansion. He opened the door, and only then did he see the gate. There were about a dozen gatekeepers squatting at the gate. Jia Zhu stepped forward and said, "Please inform me that the Jia family in Jinling is visiting."