Come on, Dream of Red Mansions! ! ! Appreciation of the Fifty-third Story of A Dream of Red Mansions

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A General Understanding of A Dream of Red Mansions (53rd Session)

New Year's Eve Sacrifice in Ningguo Mansion to Ancestral Temple and Yuanxiao Banquet in Guorong Mansion (I)

Wujin filial piety: "You told me that it snowed heavily this year, and it was four or five feet deep outside. It suddenly turned warm the day before yesterday, and it was difficult to walk on the road, which delayed for a few days. Although I walked for a month and two days, I am afraid that I will be anxious because of the limited days. "

Jia Zhen said, "I don't know why I came today. I just read the list, and this year you old bastard came to bargain with me again. "

Wu hurried forward two steps and replied, "I told you, this year's performance is really bad." Since it rained in March, it didn't shine for five consecutive days until August. In September, a bowl of hail covered nearly 1300 miles, hitting people, houses, livestock and food, and injuring thousands. That's why. Too young to lie. "

Jia Zhen frowned and said, "I estimate that you have to send at least 5,200 pieces of silver. What is this enough for? " ! Now there are only eight or nine villages left in your village. You have reported two droughts and floods this year, and you are playing tricks again. Let's celebrate the New Year. "

Wu quickly explained: "My place is not bad! My brother is only more than a hundred miles away from me, but there is a big difference in harvest. He now manages eight villages in the mansion over there, several times more than my grandfather's. This year, he only has so many things, and he still owes a lot of two or three thousand pieces of silver. "

Jia Zhen said, "Yes, I can. It's nothing serious, but it costs a little more than a year. I'll save some money if I feel wronged. Besides, I will give someone a New Year gift, so I will be thicker. But it's over when you save some money. Compared with that mansion, there are more things to spend money in recent years, and it is inevitable to spend it, but there is no banking industry. I have lost a lot in the past year or two. If I don't want yours, who can I go to? "

Wu said with a smile, "Although things have been added to that mansion now, the Empress and Long Live the Grandpa will not give them!"

Jia Zhen smiled at Jia Rong and others and said, "Listen, is this ridiculous?"

Jia Rong and others all laughed quickly. "People in your mountain village don't know this. Did the queen give us the emperor's books? Even if she has the heart, she can't decide. There is no reason not to reward. Only some colorful satin antiques arrived at the festival on time. If you reward silver, it will be 120 gold, which is 1200 silver. How to use it? In the past two years, I haven't paid thousands of dollars more! In the first year, my mother-in-law even built a garden. You can work out how much this bill cost. Going back to the province two years later, I am afraid that I am poor. "

Jia Zhen smiled and said, "That's why they are honest bookmakers and don't know what's going on outside. The cork tree is a mallet, which is decent on the outside and bitter on the inside. "

Jia Rong smiled at Jia Zhen again and said, "That house is really poor. The other day, I heard that Xi-feng and Yuanyang were secretly discussing that they would steal from the old lady as money. "

Jia Zhen said with a smile, "It's Miss Feng's ghost again. It's too poor there. She must have seen too many roads and really lost a lot of money. I don't know which one she wants to save. First, she made this law to let people know that she is so poor. I have an abacus in my heart, but it is not such a field. " With that, he ordered someone to take Wu out and treat him well, that's all.

Here Jia Zhen told people to leave all their ancestors' things, and took some to Jia Rong to send to rong family. Then I left my own use at home, and the rest sent examples, piled up under the podium one by one, and asked people to call their sons and nephews around. Then Rong Guo Fu also sent Jia Zhen many things to his ancestors. Jia Zhen looked at the neatly packed offerings, wearing shoes and a big fur coat, and asked people to lay a big wolf skin plate on the rocky mountain under the church column to bask in the sun and watch the children come to collect new year's goods. Seeing that Jia Qin also came to collect things, Jia Zhen called him over and said, "What are you doing here? Who told you to come? "

Jia Qin lowered his hand and said, "I heard that Grandpa told us to pick up things here, so I won't wait for anyone."

Jia Zhen said, "This thing was originally for you idle little uncles and brothers. You were free for those two years, and I gave it to you. Now that you are in charge of the house, you are in charge of the monks and Taoists in the temple. In January, you made an exception. You received all the money from these monks. You are greedy with this! See for yourself, are you dressed like a man who is short of money? "

Jia Qin said: "My family has a large population and high expenses."

Jia Zhen sneered: "You still prevaricate me. I'm sorry, I don't know what you did in the temple at home. When you get there, you will naturally become a grandfather, and no one dares to disobey you. You're rich again, and you're far away from us, so you're the king, gathering bandits to gamble every night and raising your wife and children. How dare you bring this image of flowers and plants at the moment? If you can't get anything, take a water pole. After the New Year, I asked your uncle Lian to pick you up. "

Jia Qin blushed and didn't dare to promise. The man replied: "The water master of the North House sent a pair of couplets, and the money bag came." Hearing this, Jia Zhen ordered Jia Rong to go out to entertain. "Just say I'm not at home."

Jia Rong went, Jia Zhen saw something and went back to his room to have dinner with You Shi. There is nothing to say all night. The next day, I was busier than before, so I don't need to elaborate. It's the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and all colors are ready. Both families have changed their door gods, couplets, listings, and peach charms, which are completely new. From the main entrance, the instrument door, the hall, the warm pavilion, the inner hall, the inner three doors, the inner instrument door and the inserted door to the main hall, the main entrance of Ningguo House is wide open, and the two sides are bright red and purple, just like two golden dragons. The next day, those who were sealed by the Lady Dowager put on royal robes according to their grades. First, they took an eight-person sedan chair and led the people into the palace to pay their respects. After the ceremony, they returned and went to Ningguo House to warm your sedan chair. All the children who did not enter the DPRK were arranged to wait in front of Ningfu and then introduced to the ancestral temple.

Let's say it's the first time for Baoqin, and get to know this ancestral hall carefully. Originally, in another courtyard to the west of Ningfu, there are five gates in the black oil fence, with a plaque hanging on it, saying "Jia's Ancestral Hall" and a book "Jin Wengong and Kong Jizong". There is a pair of long couplets on each side, which reads: "The liver and brain are smeared on the ground, and the fame depends on the grace of self-restraint. Fame and fortune are all over the world, and generations are thriving and full of flavor. It was also written by the Duke of Feast. " The general idea of the couplet is: the people are all grateful to the emperor and died for him; Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong are famous and should enjoy sacrifices from generation to generation. Steaming is offering sacrifices.

Entering the courtyard, Baishiyong Road is surrounded by pines and cypresses. There are turquoise bronze Ding Yi and other appliances on the platform. On the front of Baoxia hangs a Kowloon gold plaque, which reads: "Xinghui Fu Bi". This is the imperial pen of the first emperor. A pair of couplets on both sides, which reads: "The sun shines on the achievements, and the descendants of fame are endless", is also an imperial pen. Achievements, like the sun and the moon, will be passed down from generation to generation. )

In front of the five halls, Yi Long hung a green plaque, which read: "Be cautious in the end." A couplet next to it reads: "Children and grandchildren inherit Ford, and Li Shu still misses Rong Ning." They are all imperial pens. Later generations accept the blessings and virtues of their ancestors, and many ordinary people cherish the achievements of Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong. What an honor it is for the emperor to have so many inscriptions! ) the incense sticks are brilliant and the brocade curtains are listed, but they are not true. I saw the Jia family lined up: Jia Jing was the main sacrifice, Jia She accompanied the sacrifice, Jia Zhen offered the title, Jia Lian and silks, Baoyu held incense, Jia Chang and Jia Ling spread carpets and guarded the burning pool. Tsing yi music, three titles, worship, burn silks and drink, salute, stop.

As mentioned above, in front of the five halls, there is a green plaque written by Yi Long, which reads: "Be cautious". The original text is from The Analects of Confucius. Ceng Zi has a saying, "Be cautious and pursue the future, and the people are virtuous." Later, most of them explained that they died of old age, meaning that their parents died and they were distant ancestors. This means, "carefully handle the funeral of parents, pay homage to ancestors, and let the moral customs of ordinary people be simple and kind." "Some people even extended to the last caution is the embodiment of filial piety. Another Confucius was quoted as saying, "Filial piety is the foundation of benevolence!" "The root of benevolence. They produced evidence to prove that the words "the holy court ruled the world with filial piety" were written on the memorial to the emperor, which showed that this was the basic spirit of the Constitution. Of course, there was no such name as "constitution" in the past, but with this spirit, this spirit is the philosophical spirit, which is based on and centered on filial piety. In the past, the emperor held a high position, and he had to kneel when he saw his mother in the inner palace. Empress Dowager Cixi said that the emperor would change his sentence. But out of the inner palace, mother can't go into politics. This also reflects the spirit of filial piety! Therefore, most people's ancestral tablets have the words "be cautious and pursue the future". You can see at a glance that this is a family that stresses filial piety. Today, although the ancestral memorial tablet has disappeared, ordinary families in China have not given up "pursuing the future with caution", and the funeral of parents' death should be handled with caution. When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, many families would go to the ancestral graves to light some incense. Can you say no to the above explanation? Is it against Ceng Zi's original intention to emphasize the rule of filial piety, but insist on the above explanation of "being cautious to the end"? Or far-fetched? Then, how should you explain "pursuing the future with caution"? " "End" is a result, "Far" is a distant reason, "If you want a good result, it is better to have a good beginning"! He who wants to be cautious, pursues it first, and all the results come from that distant karma. Buddha said: "Bodhisattva is afraid of cause, but ordinary people are afraid of fruit. "Bodhisattva is roughly equivalent to Confucian saints, and saints attach great importance to one thing. For example, friends come to you to do business, and this motivation is also the initial cause. This initial reason may be good or bad. If it is an evil cause, even if you are the chairman, you will go to jail in the future! Therefore, bodhisattvas are afraid of causes, while "ordinary people" are afraid of fruits. You see, those who are sentenced to death will only regret when they are executed, and they will only be afraid when the consequences come. Therefore, for anything, do it well if you have the motivation. If you want to have a good result, it is best to have a good start and be cautious at the beginning. Therefore, "being cautious" means that it is better to have a good beginning than a good result. Isn't there a saying in western culture? "A good beginning is half the battle. "If we understand this truth, then' people's morality is heavy' and the social moral atmosphere naturally belongs to kindness and rigor. It turned out that perhaps Ceng Zi's remark made us misunderstand now. It became the "cause" for some people to make money by taking advantage of their parents' death, which violated the spirit of "cautious independence" and led to people's modesty and hypocrisy instead of honesty and integrity, and fell into the speculation of business human feelings calculation! No wonder Martin Luther, a western religious revolutionary, is often quoted as saying that "starting a business" should be unscrupulous. Looking up the information, it is a pity that Martin Luther's whole sentence is "to achieve the highest morality, at all costs." How nice! Cut this sentence in half, "by hook or by crook" will be used by me, but "completing the highest morality" will take "Shenzhou VII" into space and eventually become synonymous with "pursuing the distance with caution". How dangerous is this? ! Okay, let's get down to business.

"Ningguo House New Year's Eve Sacrifice Ancestral Hall and Guorong House Lantern Festival Banquet" (Part Two)

Everyone followed the old lady to the main hall. The brocade curtain hung high in front of the shadow, and the color screen was bright and fragrant. The above picture shows the portraits of the two ancestors of Rongning hanging in the center, all of which are Yu Pei with python waist and several axes of ancestors on both sides. The rest are Jia Bian and Jia Zhi. Stand in turn from the inner door until they reach the porch of the main hall. Outside the sill are Jia Jing and Jia She, and inside the sill are maids. All family members are outside the instrument door. Every dish arrived and reached Yimen. Jia Gui, Jia Zhi and others took it and handed it to Jia Jing in turn. Jia Rong is the eldest son of the eldest son and lives with his wife. Jia Jing served a dish at each end, which reached Jia Rong's head, and Jia Rong reached Xifeng, You Shi and the altar before reaching Lady Wang. Mrs Wang gave it to her grandmother, who put it on the table. Mrs. Xing stood on the west side of the altar and on the east side, offering sacrifices to the old lady. Jia stepped down and ranked above Jia Qin, until the dish rice soup handed wine and tea. Those who follow the title of the article are headed by Jia Jing, followed by Yu and Jia Zhen, followed by grassroots, Jia Rong, Zuo Zhao and You Mu, with men in the east and women in the west. As soon as Grandmother Jia put on the incense, everyone knelt down together. There were five halls, three halls, internal and external verandahs, and two terraces on the steps, which were full of flowers and there was no gap between them. All was silent, except the clang, the slight swaying of gold and the sound of kneeling boots. After the ceremony, Jia Jing, Jia She and others. Busy resigning, they went to Fu Rongying to meet Jia Mu.

You's building has already been covered with a red blanket, and there is a big brazier with a golden-painted elephant-trunk three-legged loach on it. The front kang was covered with a new scarlet blanket and a backrest pillow embroidered with red dragon. There was a black fox skin cover on it, and a big white fox skin was put on the mattress, so the old lady was asked to sit up. Leather plates were laid on both sides so that two or three sisters-in-law of Grandma Jia's generation could sit down. Here, there is a leather mattress on the small kang after the horizontal head is inserted, so that Mrs. Xing can sit down. There are twelve painted chairs on the opposite sides of the ground, all squirrel chairs of the same color with small mattresses. There is a big copper foot stove under each chair for Baoqin and other sisters to sit on. You sent tea to the old ladies on tea trays, Rong gave it to the old ladies, then You gave it to Mrs. Xing and Rong gave it to the sisters. Xifeng, Li Wan, etc. Can only wait underground. After tea, Mrs. Xing and others got up to wait on Grandmother Jia. After tea, Grandmother Jia chatted with her old sister-in-law for two or three sentences, and ordered people to see the sedan chair. Feng busy to pull up.

You Shi smiled back and said, "The old lady's meal is ready. Every year, I refuse to enjoy some decent dinner. Sure enough, can't we be as good as Miss Feng? "

Xi-feng helped Grandmother Jia up and said with a smile, "Ancestor, let's go home for dinner. Let her go. "

Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "You are busy with your ancestors' affairs here, and you can't tolerate my trouble. Besides, I don't eat it every year, so you have to send it. I might as well send it back. I can't eat it. I'll leave it till tomorrow. Why don't I eat more? " Everyone laughed at what he said. He also told her: "Just send the right people to see the incense at night, and it's not sloppy at all."

You Shi agreed, walked out of NuanGe and got into the sedan chair. You Shi and others flashed out of the screen, and the pages led the bearers out of the city gate, please. You's family is also equal to Mrs. Xing. Here, the car leaves the gate. On this street, Ning Guogong's ceremonial deacon musical instrument is located on the east side, and Rong Guogong's is located on the west side, so pedestrians can't stop. I came to Fu Rong for a period of time, and it was also the main hall of the gate until the end. Now I can't get off the sedan chair in Nuange. After passing the main hall, I turned west and got off the sedan chair in the main hall of the grandmother's side. The crowd gathered around and accompanied them to the first lady's house, which was also resplendent and brand-new. The local brazier is burning with pine and cypress incense and lily grass.

When the old lady returned to her seat, the old nurse said, "Old ladies come to salute."

Grandmother Jia got up again to meet her, only to see two or three old sisters-in-law come in. Everyone shook hands, laughed once and gave up once. After drinking tea, the old lady just sent it to the inner door and then came back and sat down. Jia Jing, Jia She and others led the children in.

Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "You don't have to salute for a year." When he spoke, men and women went through the ceremony together. Set the top seats on the left and right sides, then return and sit down, and receive gifts in turn according to age. The male and female servants of the two houses also distributed money, purses and gold and silver shovel according to the ceremony of the attendants, and put on a silk banquet. Men and women returned to the west and sat down, offering Tu Su wine, acacia soup, auspicious fruits and wishful cakes. Say that finish, Jia got up and went into the inner room to change clothes, and everyone dispersed. That night, Buddhist temples everywhere burned incense in front of the kitchen god. In Mrs. Wang's main courtyard, there are incense of heaven and earth, paper and horse, and there is a big horn lamp at the main entrance of the Grand View Garden. There are street lamps everywhere. Everyone was beautifully dressed, and all night, people came and went, laughter and firecrackers rang in unison.

Here, by the way, I will talk about the problem of "men and women returning to the west" written above. This is also called "male left female right". In daily life, men are left and women are right, which seems to have penetrated into all aspects of social life as usual. You see, the public toilet is male left and female right; Wearing a wedding ring is male left and female right; Judging from the wedding photos, the couple attended some ceremonial occasions and so on. If the position is reversed, some people will joke that it violates the custom of "male left and female right". How did this custom come from? Legend has it that after Pangu, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, became immortal, his body organs turned into four poles, five mountains, rivers, lakes and all living things. Although this legend contains mythical elements, it provides reference materials for us to study the Sun God and Moon God in China. According to the calendar of the May Movement Calendar, the sun, moon and Er Shen of the Chinese nation are transformed by Pangu's eyes, and the sun god is transformed by Pangu's left eye. The moon god incarnated as Pangu's right eye, and the folk custom of "male left and female right" came from this. So, who is Er Shen, the sun and moon of the Chinese nation? The sun god is Fuxi; Moon God is Nuwa, and both of them are legendary ancient gods. White relief and explanation of Fuxi Nuwa statue unearthed in Astana, Shuimogou, Urumqi. Due to the tombs of Astana Hara and Gu Zhuo, several portraits of Fuxi Nuwa in Turpan were found in the cemetery near Jiaohe ancient city. Most of them are buried at the top of the tomb with wooden nails, and the picture is facing down. A few paintings are folded and wrapped around the dead. According to the ancient etiquette of China, Fuxi held the moment in his left hand, Nu Wa held the rules in his right hand, and the snake head twisted. Draw the sun on the head, the moon on the tail and the stars around. Because of its profound meaning, peculiar composition, artistic charm and mystery, it has attracted great attention from the academic circles since it came out at the beginning of this century. Fuxi and Nu Wa are both gods in ancient legends of China and ancestors of human beings. It is said that Fuxi once taught people to engage in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery production, and Nu Wa once taught people the ethical etiquette of marriage. The rules and regulations in their hands, that is, the tools of production, are also symbols of social order. 1953, scientists found that the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the basic genetic object of biology, and the double helix structure of metaplastic basic genetic material are very similar to the image of human ancestors expressing metaplastic in Turpan area. In the name of metaplasia, the portrait of Fuxi Nuwa unearthed in Turpan became the first page illustration of UNESCO magazine International Social Sciences (No.1983). In addition, the custom of "male left and female right" is closely related to the philosophical concept of ancient people. Ancient philosophers in China believed that the two opposites of things and people in the universe were Yin and Yang. Things in nature are size, length, up and down, left and right, and so on. The ancients divided it into big, long, upper and left yang, small, short, lower and right yin. Yang is strong and yin is weak. Men's character, men's violent and strong nature belong to the yang in the left, and women's gentleness belongs to the yin in the right. "Male left and female right" also has practical scientific significance in the application of traditional Chinese medicine. "Male left and female right" refers to the physiological differences between men and women in medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, a man takes qi in his left hand to divide the pulse, and a woman takes blood in her right hand to divide the pulse. Even if the child is sick, he will observe the handprint and adopt the habit of "male left and female right". This is the origin of "male left and female right". This custom, which has been followed to this day, existed as early as the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago. Of course, whether "male left and female right" can really express the physiological differences between men and women is another question. China feudal society, many things are different, even around the east, west, north and south. In ancient times, the south was regarded as supreme, while the north symbolized failure and submission. The palaces and temples face south, and the emperor's seat faces south. When he became an emperor, he called it "south is the respect"; Surrender to others is "defeat" and "surrender to the North". It is precisely because the due south direction is so noble that when building a house, no one dares to take the due south direction of the meridian, both east and west, so as not to violate taboos. In addition to respecting the north in the south, in the east and the west, the ancients also took the east as the head and the west as the second. The residence of the queen and concubines is divided into East Palace and West Palace, of which East Palace is the most important, followed by West Palace. Ancestral temples dedicated to ancestral tablets should be built on the east side of the palace. The "master" and "landlord" in modern Chinese also come from this. In addition to east, west, north and south, there are also high and low points to indicate the direction. The ancient emperor was supreme, sitting north facing south, with the East on his left. Therefore, while advocating the East, the "Left" has also become noble. Wu Dong occupied Jiangdong during the Three Kingdoms period, also known as Jiangzuo. Wen Zuo Wu You's ritual system, the concept of male left and female right, etc. They are all manifestations of respecting the left, and some customs even continue to this day. For example, the room is the most important part of the residential courtyard. The quadrangles in Beijing are bungalows with no buildings. The most important room in the yard is the main room. The first room is the north room, also called the upper room or the main room. Because the ancestral tablet and the main hall are located in the middle of the main room, the main room occupies the highest position in the whole house, and its width, depth and height are larger than other rooms. Generally, there are three main rooms, the ancestral hall is in the middle, grandparents live in the second room in the east and parents live in the second room in the west. Moreover, the second room on the left (east) of the main house in the old house is slightly larger than the one on the right (west), which is the result of the traditional custom of "left is top". In the past, people had the custom of respecting the left. We often say "Zuo Zu You Temple", "Wen Zuo has no right" and "Men left and women right" all show respect for the left. Another example: wearing a ring is also exquisite, which is not seen in written records, but established. People believe that the left is the top and the right is the bottom. The left side symbolizes dignity and strength, and the right side symbolizes tenderness and consideration. So people who wear rings are divided into "men left and women right". In addition, men wear the index finger to indicate courtship, the middle finger to indicate love, and the ring finger to indicate marriage. Women generally don't wear it on their index fingers, and others are similar to men. If someone wears a little finger in both his left and right hands, it clearly means that he is single. In contemporary folk customs, when men and women communicate emotionally, they must pay attention to the position of the ring worn by each other, respect this established custom and get along well. Of course, in the history of China, there has also been a phenomenon that women are left and men are right. Located on the east bank of Jialing River, beside the stone cabinet pavilion on the ancient plank road, the cliff statue of Thousand Buddha Cliffs has a history of 1400 years. The statue is grand in scale and momentum, with a total length of 4 17m from north to south and a height of 45m. The cave of the statue overlaps thirteen layers and is as dense as a honeycomb. There are more than 400 caves and more than 7,000 statues, which are divided into north and south parts centered on Dayungu Cave. Dayungu Cave is the largest cave on the Thousand Buddha Cliff, with 234 statues. Maitreya Buddha in the center of the hall is the main Buddha statue in Dayun Cave and the symbol of Wu Zetian. On the left is Empress Zetian, and on the right is Emperor Li Zhi. This arrangement has changed the traditional custom of male left and female right. Munige, with smooth clothes and full figure, is a rare artistic treasure in the grottoes. The screen carved after the Buddha enhances the expression of the stone carving polyhedron. In a word, it has been a tradition that men are superior to women for thousands of years. From left to right, male first, then female. According to oriental custom, every time you sign, if you are a husband and wife, you must first write your husband's name and add your wife as a suffix. Unlike the west, you pay attention to everything. All right, cut the crap and get down to business.

On the fifth drum the next day, Grandmother Jia and others dressed up according to the products, and sent all the deacons into the palace to congratulate them and wish them a bright future. When I came back from the banquet, I went to Ningfu to worship my ancestors, then came back to receive gifts, and then changed my clothes to rest. All relatives and friends who come to pay a New Year call can't talk to Aunt Xue and Li menstruation, and can't play chess with Baoyu, Baoqin, Baochai and Daiyu. Mrs. Wang and Xifeng are busy treating people to New Year's wine every day. The upper courtyard of the hall over there is filled with opera wine, and friends and relatives are in an endless stream. They were busy for seven or eight days. As early as the Lantern Festival is coming, Ning Herong's two families are all decorated with lanterns. 1 1 On the first day, Jia She invited Jia Mu and others, and the next day, Jia Zhen invited them again, and Jia Mu went to collect them casually for half a day. Mrs. Wang and Ann were invited to drink New Year's wine for a few days, but neither of them remembered it. On the evening of 15th, Grandmother Jia ordered some wine, a little play, hung all kinds of beautiful lights, and led her granddaughter's wife, granddaughter's wife, etc. Rongning second building. Jia Sujing didn't drink or invite him. Seventeen days after ancestor worship, he still went out of the city to practice. Even at home these days, it is a quiet room with no sound. Jia diya slightly accepted her grandmother's gift and left. Knowing that it was inconvenient for him to be here, Jia Mu went with him. Since Jia She came home to join all the guests in drinking, she naturally sang and listened, and her eyes were full of beauty, which was different from this side.

Here, there are ten seats in Jia's living room. There are three things: one or more beside each seat, with several stoves and bottles on it, burning royal lily palace incense. There are also eight-inch-long, four-five-inch-wide and two-three-inch-high mossy bonsai lit with stones, all of which are flowers. There is also a small tea tray with foreign paint, which contains old kiln teacups and ten brocade tea racks, all of which are made of fine and famous tea. All colors are carved with rosewood, embroidered with red gauze and cursive poems. It turns out that the person who embroidered this wreath is also a Suzhou woman named Huiniang. Because she is also a scholarly family, she used to be good at painting and calligraphy, and occasionally she embroidered one or two stitches for fun, which is not for sale. The flowers embroidered on this screen are famous flowers imitating Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, so the format and color are very elegant. Originally, craftsmen who were not blindly colorful used ancient sentences to describe this kind of flower, or their poems and songs were different. They all use black velvet embroidery cursive characters, which are written with hooks and kicks, turning light and heavy, and even breaking, just like cursive writing, and no more hateful than urban embroidery writing boards. He doesn't benefit from this skill, so although the world knows it, few people get it. Many people in rich families don't. Today it is called "emblem embroidery". In fact, there are also secular people who make profits, and recently they imitate them to sew, and fools make profits. This Hui Niang died at the age of eighteen, and now she can't be born. All homes, even one or two, are treasured and need not be used. A group of literati magicians in Hanlin cherish the beauty of "emblem embroidery" deeply, saying that the word "embroidery" can't be perfect, so it seems abrupt to say the word "embroidery" by hand, so everyone discussed and hid the word "embroidery" and replaced it with a word "Wen", so it is now called "embroidery". If there is a "smart tattoo", the price is unlimited. Jia's honor is only two or three pieces. Last year, these two works were put on the table. Now, there are only this pair of wreaths and 16 fans. Jia's love is as precious as treasure, and it is not among all kinds of furnishings to entertain guests. They only stay by their side and enjoy wine when they are happy. There are also various old kiln vials dotted with flowers and plants, such as "Three Friends in Cold Years" and "Jade Hall and Wealth".

The two seats above are Aunt Sydney and Menstruation. In the east, Old Lady Jia built a short couch with a carved dragon screen, with a backrest, a pillow, a skin and a mattress. At one end of the couch, there is a small chair painted with foreign paint. There are tea hangers, tea bowls, mouthwashes, foreign towels, etc. on the chair, as well as a glasses box. Grandmother Jia leaned back on the couch, joking with everyone, took her glasses and looked at them on the stage. She smiled at Aunt Xue and Aunt Li and said, "Forgive me for being old, having a headache and being presumptuous, but let me accompany you obliquely." Because he ordered Amber to sit on the sofa and hit her in the leg with his beautiful fist. There is no cushion under the couch, only a high chair, but there is a wreath vase, incense burner and so on. There is also a delicate little high table outside with wine glasses and spoons. Put this seat on the couch and ask Baoqin, Xiangyun, Daiyu and Baoyu to sit down. Every fruit comes, first show it to the old lady, then put it on a small table to taste, and then put it on the table for four of her, indicating that the four of her are sitting together with the old lady. Therefore, the following are Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, followed by the wives of You Shi, Li Wan, Feng and Jia Rong. All the way to the west are Baochai, Wenli, Liqi, Xiuyan and Yingchun sisters. On the beams on both sides, a pair of three-poly-five-glass lotus colored ear lamp couplets are hung. A handle of paint is hung upside down in front of each seat, and colored candles are inserted in the leaves. This lotus leaf is enamel, and movable type can be twisted. Now all the lotus leaves are twisted outward, forcing all the light and shadow to shine outward, especially when watching plays. Pane doors are taken off together, and all kinds of palace lanterns are hung with colorful ears. All kinds of lights, such as horns, glass, yarn, silk, embroidery, painting, piling, digging, silk or paper, are hung on the veranda awnings inside and outside the veranda and on both sides of the veranda. A few people sat in the porch, namely Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, Jia Rong, Jia Qin, Jia Yun, Jia Ling and Jia Chang.

Grandmother Jia also sent people to invite men and women of all ethnic groups, but some were too old and lazy, or no one at home was inconvenient to come, or too sick or too rich to come, or even afraid of Feng's anger or ashamed to meet people. Therefore, although there are many nationalities, the female guests are only Jia Jun's mother Lou Shi and Jia Jun, while the male guests are only Jia Qin, Jia Yun, Jia Chang and Jia Ling. They all work under Feng now. At present, although people are not complete, it has been lively for several years at a small family dinner. When Lin Zhixiao's wife brought her six daughters-in-law, she carried three kang tables, each of which was covered with a red carpet. There were copper coins on the carpet, strung with red colored ropes, one for two people and three for * * *. Lin Zhixiao ordered people to put two under the seats of Aunt Xue and Aunt Li, and one on the couch of Grandmother Jia. "Put it there," said Grandmother Jia. Daughters-in-law know the rules, so they put down the table, open all the money, draw out the colored ropes and pile them on the table.

Singing "West Building Club" was almost over, and my uncle went out in anger at night, so Wenbao said, "You went out in anger, and it happened that today is the fifteenth day of the first month, the ancestral family dinner of Guo Rongfu. It is very important for me to get on this horse and get in and beg for some fruit. " Say that finish, the old lady and others all laughed.

Aunt Xue and others all said, "What a ghost! What a pity."

Xifeng said, "The child is only nine years old."

Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "He's clever, but it's also difficult." He said a word "reward". The three daughters-in-law had already prepared the dustpan, and when they heard the word "reward", they went to the pile of loose money on the table. Each of them came out on the stage with a dustpan and said, "Ancestors, aunts and in-laws rewarded Bowen for buying fruit!" "

As he spoke, he threw it on the stage, only to hear the noise of money everywhere. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian asked the pages to bring a large sum of money and prepare it there secretly. I listened to the reward from the grandmother. ...