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第五十八回 杏子陰假鳳泣虛凰 茜紗窗真情揆痴理
話說他三人因見探春等進來，忙將此話掩住不提。探春等問候過，大家說笑了一會方散。
誰知上回所表的那位老太妃已薨，凡誥命等皆入朝隨班按爵守制。敕諭天下：凡有爵之家，一年內不得筵宴音樂，庶民皆三月不得婚嫁。賈母、邢、王、尤、許婆媳祖孫等皆每日入朝隨祭，至未正以後方回。在大內偏宮二十一日後，方請靈入先陵，地名曰孝慈縣。這陵離都來往得十來日之功，如今請靈至此，還要停放數日，方入地宮，故得一月光景。宁府賈珍夫妻二人，也少不得是要去的。兩府無人，因此大家計議，家中無主，便報了尤氏產育，將他騰挪出來，協理榮宁兩處事体。因又託了薛姨媽在園內照管他姊妹丫鬟。薛姨媽只得也挪進園來。因寶釵處有湘雲、香菱，李紈處目今李嬸母女雖去，然有時亦來住三五日不定，賈母又將寶琴送與他去照管，迎春處有岫煙，探春因家務冗雜，且不時有趙姨娘與賈環來嘈聒，甚不方便，惜春處房屋狹小，況賈母又千叮嚀萬囑咐託他照管林黛玉，薛姨媽素習也最怜愛他的，今既巧遇這事，便挪至瀟湘館來和黛玉同房，一應藥餌飲食十分經心。黛玉感戴不盡，以後便亦如寶釵之呼，連寶釵前亦直以姐姐呼之，寶琴前直以妹妹呼之，儼似同胞共出，較諸人更似親切。賈母見如此，也十分喜悅放心。薛姨媽只不過照管他姊妹，禁約得丫頭輩，一應家中大小事務也不肯多口。尤氏雖天天過來，也不過應名點卯，亦不肯亂作威福，且他家內上下也只剩他一個料理，再者每日還要照管賈母王夫人的下處一應所需飲饌舖設之物，所以也甚操勞。
當下榮宁兩處主人既如此不暇，并兩處執事人等，或有人跟隨入朝的，或有朝外照理下處事務的，又有先踩踏下處的，也都各各忙亂。因此兩處下人無了正經頭緒，也都偷安，或乘隙結党，與權暫執事者竊弄威福。榮府只留得賴大并幾個管事照管外務。這賴大手下常用幾個人已去，雖另委人，都是些生的，只覺不順手。且他們無知，或賺騙無節，或呈告無据，或舉荐無因，种种不善，在在生事，也難備述。
又見各官宦家，凡養优伶男女者，一概蠲免遣發，尤氏等便議定，待王夫人回家回明，也欲遣發十二個女孩子，又說：「這些人原是買的，如今雖不學唱，盡可留著使喚，令其教習們自去也罷了。」王夫人因說：「這學戲的倒比不得使喚的，他們也是好人家的兒女，因無能賣了做這事，裝丑弄鬼的幾年。如今有這机會，不如給他們幾兩銀子盤費，各自去罷。當日祖宗手里都是有這例的。咱們如今損陰坏德，而且還小器。如今雖有幾個老的還在，那是他們各有原故，不肯回去的，所以才留下使喚，大了配了咱們家的小廝們了。」尤氏道：「如今我們也去問他十二個，有願意回去的，就帶了信兒，叫上父母來親自來領回去，給他們幾兩銀子盤纏方妥當。若不叫上他父母親人來，只怕有混帳人頂名冒領出去又轉賣了，豈不辜負了這恩典。若有不願意回去的，就留下。」王夫人笑道：「這話妥當。」尤氏等又遣人告訴了鳳姐兒。一面說與總理房中，每教習給銀八兩，令其自便。凡梨香院一應物件，查清注冊收明，派人上夜。將十二個女孩子叫來面問，倒有一多半不願意回家的：也有說父母雖有，他只以賣我們為事，這一去還被他賣了，也有父母已亡，或被叔伯兄弟所賣的，也有說無人可投的，也有說戀恩不捨的。所願去者止四五人。王夫人聽了，只得留下。將去者四五人皆令其乾娘領回家去，單等他親父母來領，將不願去者分散在園中使喚。賈母便留下文官自使，將正旦芳官指與寶玉，將小旦蕊官送了寶釵，將小生藕官指與了黛玉，將大花面葵官送了湘雲，將小花面豆官送了寶琴，將老外艾官送了探春，尤氏便討了老旦茄官去。當下各得其所，就如倦鳥出籠，每日園中游戲。眾人皆知他們不能針黹，不慣使用，皆不大責備。其中或有一二個知事的，愁將來無應時之技，亦將本技丟開，便學起針黹紡績女工諸務。
一日正是朝中大祭，賈母等五更便去了，先到下處用些點心小食，然後入朝。早膳已畢，方退至下處，用過早飯，略歇片刻，复入朝待中晚二祭完畢，方出至下處歇息，用過晚飯方回家。可巧這下處乃是一個大官的家廟，乃比丘尼焚修，房舍极多极淨。東西二院，榮府便賃了東院，北靜王府便賃了西院。太妃少妃每日宴息，見賈母等在東院，彼此同出同入，都有照應。外面細事不消細述。
且說大觀園中因賈母王夫人天天不在家內，又送靈去一月方回，各丫鬟婆子皆有閒空，多在園中游玩。更又將梨香院內伏侍的眾婆子一概撤回，并散在園內聽使，更覺園內人多了幾十個。因文官等一干人或心性高傲，或倚勢凌下，或揀衣挑食，或口角鋒芒，大概不安分守理者多。因此眾婆子無不含怨，只是口中不敢與他們分證。如今散了學，大家稱了願，也有丟開手的，也有心地狹窄猶怀舊怨的，因將眾人皆分在各房名下，不敢來廝侵。
可巧這日乃是清明之日，賈璉已備下年例祭祀，帶領賈環，賈琮，賈蘭三人去往鐵檻寺祭柩燒紙。宁府賈蓉也同族中幾人各辦祭祀前往。因寶玉未大愈，故不曾去得。飯後發倦，襲人因說：「天氣甚好，你且出去逛逛，省得丟下粥碗就睡，存在心里。」寶玉聽說，只得拄了一支杖，靸著鞋，步出院外。因近日將園中分與眾婆子料理，各司各業，皆在忙時，也有修竹的，也有歍樹的，也有栽花的，也有种豆的，池中又有駕娘們行著船夾泥种藕。香菱、湘雲、寶琴與丫鬟等都坐在山石上，瞧他們取樂。寶玉也慢慢行來。湘雲見了他來，忙笑說：「快把這船打出去，他們是接林妹妹的。」眾人都笑起來。寶玉紅了臉，也笑道：「人家的病，誰是好意的，你也形容著取笑兒。」湘雲笑道：「病也比人家另一樣，原招笑兒，反說起人來。」說著，寶玉便也坐下，看著眾人忙亂了一回。湘雲因說：「這里有風，石頭上又冷，坐坐去罷。」
寶玉便也正要去瞧林黛玉，便起身拄拐辭了他們，從沁芳橋一帶堤上走來。只見柳垂金線，桃吐丹霞，山石之後，一株大杏樹，花已全落，葉稠陰翠，上面已結了豆子大小的許多小杏。寶玉因想道：「能病了幾天，竟把杏花辜負了！不覺倒『綠葉成蔭子滿枝』了！」因此仰望杏子不舍。又想起邢岫煙已擇了夫婿一事，雖說是男女大事，不可不行，但未免又少了一個好女兒。不過兩年，便也要「綠葉成蔭子滿枝」了。再過幾日，這杏樹子落枝空，再幾年，岫煙未免烏髪如銀，紅顏似槁了，因此不免傷心，只管對杏流淚歎息。正悲歎時，忽有一個雀兒飛來，落于枝上亂啼。寶玉又發了呆性，心下想道：「這雀兒必定是杏花正開時他曾來過，今見無花空有子葉，故也亂啼。這聲韻必是啼哭之聲，可恨公冶長不在眼前，不能問他。但不知明年再發時，這個雀兒可還記得飛到這里來與杏花一會了？」
正胡思間，忽見一股火光從山石那邊發出，將雀兒驚飛。寶玉吃了一大驚，又聽那邊有人喊道：「藕官，你要死，怎弄些紙錢進來燒？我回去回奶奶們去，仔細你的肉！」寶玉聽了，益發疑惑起來，忙轉過山石看時，只見藕官滿面淚痕，蹲在那里，手里還拿著火，守著些紙錢灰作悲。寶玉忙問道：「你與誰燒紙錢？快不要在這里燒。你或是為父母兄弟，你告訴我姓名，外頭去叫小廝們打了包袱寫上名姓去燒。」藕官見了寶玉，只不作一聲。寶玉數問不答，忽見一婆子惡恨恨走來拉藕官，口內說道：「我已經回了奶奶們了，奶奶氣的了不得。」藕官聽了，終是孩氣，怕辱沒了沒臉，便不肯去。婆子道：「我說你們別太興頭過餘了，如今還比你們在外頭隨心亂鬧呢。這是尺寸地方兒。」指寶玉道：「連我們的爺還守規矩呢，你是什麼阿物兒，跑來胡鬧。怕也不中用，跟我快走罷！」寶玉忙道：「他并沒燒紙錢，原是林妹妹叫他來燒那爛字紙的。你沒看真，反錯告了他。」藕官正沒了主意，見了寶玉，也正添了畏懼，忽聽他反掩飾，心內轉憂成喜，也便硬著口說道：「你很看真是紙錢了么？我燒的是林姑娘寫坏了的字紙！」那婆子聽如此，亦發狠起來，便彎腰向紙灰中揀那不曾化盡的遺紙，揀了兩點在手內，說道：「你還嘴硬，有据有證在這里。我只和你廳上講去！」說著，拉了袖子，就拽著要走。寶玉忙把藕官拉住，用拄杖敲開那婆子的手，說道：「你只管拿了那個回去。實告訴你：我昨夜作了一個夢，夢見杏花神和我要一挂白紙錢，不可叫本房人燒，要一個生人替我燒了，我的病就好的快。所以我請了這白錢，巴巴兒的和林姑娘煩了他來，替我燒了祝贊。原不許一個人知道的，所以我今日才能起來，偏你看見了。我這會子又不好了，都是你沖了！你還要告他去。藕官，只管去，見了他們你就照依我這話說。等老太太回來，我就說他故意來沖神祇，保祐我早死。」藕官聽了益發得了主意，反倒拉著婆子要走。那婆子聽了這話，忙丟下紙錢，陪笑央告寶玉道：「我原不知道，二爺若回了老太太，我這老婆子豈不完了？我如今回奶奶們去，就說是爺祭神，我看錯了。」寶玉道：「你也不許再回去了，我便不說。」婆子道：「我已經回了，叫我來帶他，我怎好不回去的。也罷，就說我已經叫到了他，林姑娘叫了去了。」寶玉想一想，方點頭應允。那婆子只得去了。
這里寶玉問他：「到底是為誰燒紙？我想來若是為父母兄弟，你們皆煩人外頭燒過了，這里燒這幾張，必有私自的情理。」藕官因方才護庇之情感激于衷，便知他是自己一流的人物，便含淚說道：「我這事，除了你屋里的芳官并寶姑娘的蕊官，并沒第三個人知道。今日被你遇見，又有這段意思，少不得也告訴了你，只不許再對人言講。」又哭道：「我也不便和你面說，你只回去背人悄問芳官就知道了。」說畢，佯常而去。
寶玉聽了，心下納悶，只得踱到瀟湘館，瞧黛玉益發瘦的可怜，問起來，比往日已算大愈了。黛玉見他也比先大瘦了，想起往日之事，不免流下淚來，些微談了談，便催寶玉去歇息調養。寶玉只得回來。因記挂著要問芳官那原委，偏有湘雲香菱來了，正和襲人芳官說笑，不好叫他，恐人又盤詰，只得耐著。
一時芳官又跟了他乾娘去洗頭。他乾娘偏又先叫了他親女兒洗過了後，才叫芳官洗。芳官見了這般，便說他偏心，「把你女兒剩水給我洗。我一個月的月錢都是你拿著，沾我的光不算，反倒給我剩東剩西的。」他乾娘羞愧變成惱，便罵他：「不識抬舉的東西！怪不得人人說戲子沒一個好纏的。憑你甚么好人，入了這一行，都弄坏了。這一點子屄崽子，也挑么挑六，咸屄淡話，咬群的騾子似的！」娘兒兩個吵起來。襲人忙打發人去說：「少亂嚷，瞅著老太太不在家，一個個連句安靜話也不說。」晴雯因說：「都是芳官不省事，不知狂的什麼也不是，會兩出戲，倒象殺了賊王，擒了反叛來的。」襲人道：「一個巴掌拍不響，老的也太不公些，小的也太可惡些。」寶玉道：「怨不得芳官。自古說：『物不平則鳴』。他少親失眷的，在這里沒人照看，賺了他的錢。又作賤他，如何怪得。」因又向襲人道：「他一月多少錢？以後不如你收了過來照管他，豈不省事？」襲人道：「我要照看他那里不照看了，又要他那幾個錢才照看他？沒的討人罵去了。」說著，便起身至那屋里取了一瓶花露油并些雞卵，香皂，頭繩之類，叫一個婆子來送給芳官去，叫他另要水自洗，不要吵鬧了。他乾娘益發羞愧，便說芳官「沒良心，花掰我克扣你的錢。」便向他身上拍了幾把，芳官便哭起來。寶玉便走出，襲人忙勸：「作什麼？我去說他。」晴雯忙先過來，指他乾娘說道：「你老人家太不省事。你不給他洗頭的東西，我們饒給他東西，你不自臊，還有臉打他。他要還在學里學藝，你也敢打他不成！」那婆子便說：「一日叫娘，終身是母。他排場我，我就打得！」襲人喚麝月道：「我不會和人拌嘴，晴雯性太急，你快過去震嚇他兩句。」麝月聽了，忙過來說道：「你且別嚷。我且問你，別說我們這一處，你看滿園子里，誰在主子屋里教導過女兒的？便是你的親女兒，既分了房，有了主子，自有主子打得罵得，再者大些的姑娘姐姐們打得罵得，誰許老子娘又半中間管閒事了？都這樣管，又要叫他們跟著我們學什麼？越老越沒了規矩！你見前兒墜兒的娘來吵，你也來跟他學？你們放心，因連日這個病那個病，老太太又不得閒心，所以我沒回。等兩日消閒了，咱們痛回一回，大家把威風煞一煞兒才好。寶玉才好了些，連我們不敢大聲說話，你反打的人狼號鬼叫的。上頭能出了幾日門，你們就無法無天的，眼睛里沒了我們，再兩天你們就該打我們了。他不要你這乾娘，怕糞草埋了他不成？」寶玉恨的用拄杖敲著門檻子說道：「這些老婆子都是些鐵心石頭腸子，也是件大奇的事。不能照看，反倒折挫，天長地久，如何是好！」晴雯道：「什麼『如何是好』，都攆了出去，不要這些中看不中吃的！」那婆子羞愧難當，一言不發。那芳官只穿著海棠紅的小棉襖，底下絲綢撒花袷褲，敞著褲腳，一頭烏油似的頭髪披在腦後，哭的淚人一般。麝月笑道：「把一個鶯鶯小姐，反弄成拷打紅娘了！這會子又不妝扮了，還是這麼鬆怠怠的。」寶玉道：「他這本來面目极好，倒別弄緊襯了。」晴雯過去拉了他，替他洗淨了髮，用手巾擰乾，松松的挽了一個慵妝髻，命他穿了衣服過這邊來了。
接著司內廚的婆子來問：「晚飯有了，可送不送？」小丫頭聽了，進來問襲人。襲人笑道：「方才胡吵了一陣，也沒留心聽鐘幾下了。」晴雯道：「那勞什子又不知怎麼了，又得去收拾。」說著，便拿過表來瞧了一瞧說：「略等半鐘茶的工夫就是了。」小丫頭去了。麝月笑道：「提起淘氣，芳官也該打幾下。昨兒是他擺弄了那墜子，半日就坏了。」說話之間，便將食具打點現成。一時小丫頭子捧了盒子進來站住。晴雯麝月揭開看時，還是只四樣小菜。晴雯笑道：「已經好了，還不給兩樣清淡菜吃。這稀飯咸菜鬧到多早晚？」一面擺好，一面又看那盒中，卻有一碗火腿鮮筍湯，忙端了放在寶玉跟前。寶玉便就桌上喝了一口，說：「好燙！」襲人笑道：「菩薩，能幾日不見葷，饞的這樣起來。」一面說，一面忙端起輕輕用口吹。因見芳官在側，便遞與芳官，笑道：「你也學著些伏侍，別一味呆憨呆睡。口勁輕著，別吹上唾沫星兒。」芳官依言果吹了幾口，甚妥。
他乾娘也忙端飯在門外伺候。向日芳官等一到時原從外邊認的，就同往梨香院去了。這干婆子原系榮府三等人物，不過令其與他們漿洗，皆不曾入內答應，故此不知內幃規矩。今亦託賴他們方入園中，隨女歸房。這婆子先領過麝月的排場，方知了一二分，生恐不令芳官認他做乾娘，便有許多失利之處，故心中只要買轉他們。今見芳官吹湯，便忙跑進來笑道：「他不老成，仔細打了碗，讓我吹罷。」一面說，一面就接。晴雯忙喊：「出去！你讓他砸了碗，也輪不到你吹。你什麼空兒跑到這里格子來了？還不出去。」一面又罵小丫頭們：「瞎了心的，他不知道，你們也不說給他！」小丫頭們都說：「我們攆他，他不出去，說他，他又不信。如今帶累我們受氣，你可信了？我們到的地方兒，有你到的一半，還有你一半到不去的呢。何況又跑到我們到不去的地方還不算，又去伸手動嘴的了。」一面說，一面推他出去。階下幾個等空盒家伙的婆子見他出來，都笑道：「嫂子也沒用鏡子照一照，就進去了。」羞的那婆子又恨又氣，只得忍耐下去。
芳官吹了幾口，寶玉笑道：「好了，仔細傷了氣。你嘗一口，可好了？」芳官只當是頑話，只是笑看著襲人等。襲人道：「你就嘗一口何妨。」晴雯笑道：「你瞧我嘗。」說著就喝了一口。芳官見如此，自己也便嘗了一口，說：「好了。」遞與寶玉。寶玉喝了半碗，吃了幾片筍，又吃了半碗粥就罷了。眾人揀收出去了。小丫頭捧了沐盆，盥漱已畢，襲人等出去吃飯。寶玉使個眼色與芳官，芳官本自伶俐，又學幾年戲，何事不知？便裝說頭疼不吃飯了。襲人道：「既不吃飯，你就在屋里作伴兒，把這粥給你留著，一時餓了再吃。」說著，都去了。
這里寶玉和他只二人，寶玉便將方才從火光發起，如何見了藕官，又如何謊言護庇，又如何藕官叫我問你，從頭至尾，細細的告訴他一遍，又問他祭的果系何人。芳官聽了，滿面含笑，又歎一口氣，說道：「這事說來可笑又可歎。」寶玉聽了，忙問如何。芳官笑道：「你說他祭的是誰？祭的是死了的菂官。」寶玉道：「這是友誼，也應當的。」芳官笑道：「那里是友誼？他竟是瘋傻的想頭，說他自己是小生，菂官是小旦，常做夫妻，雖說是假的，每日那些曲文排場，皆是真正溫存体貼之事，故此二人就瘋了，雖不做戲，尋常飲食起坐，兩個人竟是你恩我愛。菂官一死，他哭的死去活來，至今不忘，所以每節燒紙。後來補了蕊官，我們見他一般的溫柔体貼，也曾問他得新棄舊的。他說：『這又有個大道理。比如男子喪了妻，或有必當續弦者，也必要續弦為是。便只是不把死的丟過不提，便是情深意重了。若一味因死的不續，孤守一世，妨了大節，也不是理，死者反不安了。』你說可是又瘋又呆？說來可是可笑？」寶玉聽說了這篇呆話，獨合了他的呆性，不覺又是歡喜，又是悲歎，又稱奇道絕，說：「天既生這樣人，又何用我這須眉濁物玷辱世界。」因又忙拉芳官囑道：「既如此說，我也有一句話囑咐他，我若親對面與他講未免不便，須得你告訴他。」芳官問何事。寶玉道：「以後斷不可燒紙錢。這紙錢原是後人异端，不是孔子遺訓。以後逢時按節，只備一個爐，到日隨便焚香，一心誠虔，就可感格了。愚人原不知，無論神佛死人，必要分出等例，各式各例的。殊不知只一『誠心』二字為主。即值倉皇流離之日，雖連香亦無，隨便有土有草，只以洁淨，便可為祭，不獨死者享祭，便是神鬼也來享的。你瞧瞧我那案上，只設一爐，不論日期，時常焚香。他們皆不知原故，我心里卻各有所因。隨便有清茶便供一鐘茶，有新水就供一盞水，或有鮮花，或有鮮果，甚至葷羹腥菜，只要心誠意洁，便是佛也都可來享，所以說，只在敬不在虛名。以後快命他不可再燒紙。」芳官聽了，便答應著。一時吃過飯，便有人回：「老太太、太太回來了。」要知端的，且聽下回分解。
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الحلقة السابقة العودة إلى الفهرس الحلقة التالية
الحلقة الثامنة والخمسون ظلّ شجرة المشمش — طائر الفينيق الكاذيب يبكي الفينيق الافتراضي نافذة الحرير القرمزي — الحقيقة تدرك منطق العاشق
قيل إن أولئك الثلاثة لما رأوا تان تشون وغيره يدخلون، عجلوا بإخفاء ذلك الحديث ولم يعودوا يذكرونه. وبعد أن حيّاهم تان تشون ومن معه وتحادثوا، تبادلوا جميعًا الحديث والضحك قليلاً ثم تفرّقوا.
ومن غير أن أحدًا كان يتوقّع أن تلك الأميرة المسنة العظيمة التي جُرى ذكرها في الحلقة السابقة كانت قد تُوفّيت. فبموجب المرسوم الإمبراطوري، وجب على جميع الحاصلات على ألقاب شرفية التوجّه إلى البلاط للمشاركة في المراسم وفق مراتبهنّ ومراقبة قواعد الحداد. وأصدر الإمبراطور مرسومًا إلى أنحاء المملكة: يُحظر على كل أسرة تحمل لقبًا إقامة الولائم والموسيقى مدّة عام كامل، وعلى عموم الناس إتمام الزواج مدّة ثلاثة أشهر. فكانت جيا مو وشينغ ووانغ ويو وشو — الجدّات والحفيدات من الزوجات — يدخلن البلاط يوميًا للمشاركة في الطقوس، ولا يعدن إلا بعد الساعة الرابعة بعد الظهر. وبعد واحد وعشرين يومًا في القصر الداخلي، نُقل الروح إلى القبر القديم في منطقة تُدعى مقاطعة شياوتسي. وكان ذلك القبر يبعد عن العاصمة مسيرة نحو عشرة أيام، وبعد أن نُقل الروح إليه كان ينبغي إبقائه عدّة أيام قبل وضعه في القبر الملكي، فكان المجموع شهرًا كاملاً. ولم يكن بوسع جيا تشين وزوجته في قصر نينغ إلا الذهاب أيضًا. وبما أن القصرين أصبحا بلا سيّد، اتفقوا جميعًا على أن البيت بلا ربّ، فأعلنوا أن يو شي في فترة الحمل والنفاس، ونقلوها إلى مكان آخر لتتولّى إدارة شؤون قصرَي رونغ ونينغ معًا. واستعانوا أيضًا بسيدة شيه لتشرف على الأخوات والخادمات داخل الحديقة. فلم يكن أمام سيدة شيه سوى الانتقال إلى الحديقة. وبما أن في مسكن باو تشاي كان يوجد شيانغ يون وشيانغ لينغ، وفي مسكن لي وان كانت خالة لي وابنتها قد ذهبتا وإن كانت تأتيان أحيانًا وتقيمان ثلاثة أو خمسة أيام على غير انتظام، أرسلت جيا مو باو تشين لترافقها وتشرف عليها. وفي مسكن يينغ تشون كان يعيش شيو يان، وأما تان تشون فلكثرة شؤون المنزل ولمجيء تشاو يي ليانغ وجيا هوان بين الحين والآخر مما يسبّب الضجيج والإزعاج، كان الأمر غير مريح على الإطلاق. وأما شي تشون فكان مسكنها صغيرًا ضيّقًا، ثم إن جيا مو أوصتها مرارًا وتكرارًا بأن تعتني بـ لين داي يو. وكانت سيدة شيه معتادة دائمًا على أشدّ العطف والرحمة بها، فلما وافقت هذه الحادثة رغبتها، انتقلت إلى قصر شياو شيانغ لتشارك داي يو سكنها، وأصبحت شديدة الحرص على دوائها وطعامها وشرابها. فامتلأت داي يو بالامتنان والتقدير، وما لبثت أن أصبحت تناديها كما تنادي باو تشاي، بل أخذت تنادي باو تشاي نفسها بـ"الأخت الكبرى" أمامها، وتنادي باو تشين بـ"الأخت الصغرى" أمامها، فكأنهنّ أخوات شقيقات من أمّ وأب، فصرنّ أشدّ قربًا من غيرهنّ. ولما رأت جيا مو ذلك، امتلأ قلبها بالفرح والاطمئنان. أما سيدة شيه فكانت لا تفعل أكثر من الإشراف على الأخوات وضبط الخادمات، ولم تكن تتدخّل في أي من شؤون المنزل الكبيرة أو الصغيرة. وكان يو شي تأتي يوميًا ولكنها لا تفعل أكثر من الحضور الشكلي والتوقيع، ولم تكن تتسلّط أو تتكبّر، ثم إن منزلَها لم يبقَ فيها إلا هي وحدها لتتولّى الأمور، ثم كانت يوميًا تشرف على ما يحتاجه مسكن جيا مو وسيدة وانغ من الطعام والشراب والأثاث، فكان ذلك يشغلها عن كل شيء آخر.
وفي تلك الأثناء، كان سيّدا القصرَين رونغ ونينغ مشغولين على هذا النحو، وكذلك جميع الموظفين التابعين لهما: فمنهم من رافق إلى البلاط، ومنهم من بقي في الخارج يشرف على شؤون المساكن، ومنهم من ذهب مسبقًا لتجهيز المساكن، فكانوا جميعًا في حالة من الانشغال والارتباك. وبسبب ذلك فقد خدمُ القصرَين رئيسهم الشرعي، فمال بعضهم إلى الراحة والتهاون، أو ا�تغلّ بعضهم الفرصة لتكوين عصابات والتآمر مع الموظفين المؤقتين المتولّين للسلطة للتلاعب بالنفوذ وإساءة استخدامه. ولم يبقَ في قصر رونغ سوى لاي دا وعدد من المديرين يشرفون على الشؤون الخارجية. وكان أولئك الذين يستخدمهم لاي دا عادة قد رحلوا، ورغم أنه كُلّف بغيرهم إلا أنهم كانوا جددًا فلم يكن العمل يسيرًا بيسر. ثم إنهم كانوا بلا معرفة، فتارة يغشّون بلا حساب، وتارة يرفعون شكاوى بلا دليل، وتارة يوصون بلا سبب، فكانت أخطاؤهم لا تُحصى، يُحدثون المشكلات في كل مكان، ولا يمكن استعراضها جميعًا.
وكذلك أُمر بإطلاق سراح جميع الممثلين والممثلات من بيوت المسؤولين الذين كانوا يستأجرونهم، فتآمرت يو شي وغيرُها على أن يُقررن ذلك حتى تعود وانغ فو رن وتستطلع رأيها، قاصدات تسريح الفتيات الاثنتي عشرة أيضًا. وقلن: "هؤلاء الفتيات أُشترين في الأصل، والآن وإن لم يعدن يتعلّمن الغناء، فيمكن إبقاؤهن للخدمة، وترك المعلمين يذهبون بأنفسهم." فقالت وانغ فو رن: "إن الممثلات في تعلّمهن الغناء يختلفن عن الخادمات. فهن أيضًا بنات أسر طيبة، لكنهن بُعثن لهذا العمل لضعفهن. وقد لبسن الأقنعة ومثّلن أدوارًا مخيفة لسنوات. والآن وقد سنحت هذه الفرصة، فالأفضل أن نعطيهن بعض الفضة لنفقات سفرهن، ويذهبن كلٌّ إلى حال سبيلها. لقد كان أجدادنا يفعلون ذلك. أما نحن الآن فإننا ننقص فضيلتنا ونبخل. أما الآن فإن بعض المسنات لا يزلن موجودات، فلهن أسباب خاصة لا يردن العودة بسببها، ولذا أُبقين للخدمة، وكبرن فزوّجن من خدم بيتنا." فقالت يو شي: "والآن فلنسأل الاثنتي عشرة، فمن ترغب في العودة، فلنبلغ أهلها بأنفسهم ليأتوا ويأخذوها، ونعطيهن بعض الفضة لنفقات سفرهن حتى يكون ذلك مناسبًا. أما إن لم نُبلغ أهلها فقد يتقدم شخص محتال بالاسم ويأخذهن ويبيعهن مرة أخرى، أفنضيّع هذه النعمة؟ ومن لا ترغب في العودة فليبقَ." فابتسمت وانغ فو رن وقالت: "هذا الكلام مناسب." فأرسلت يو شي وغيرُها من يُبلغ فنغ جيير. ومن جهة أخرى أبلغن مديرة البيت أن يُعطى كل معلم ثماني أونصات من الفضة ويُترك وشأنه. وتم تسجيل جميع ممتلكات لي شيانغ يوان وحصرها وإيداعها، وأُرسل حراس ليلاً. واستدعيت الفتيات الاثنتي عشرة وسُئلن وجهًا لوجه، فتبيّن أن أكثر من نصفهن لا يردن العودة: منهن من قالت إن والديها وإن كانا حيان إلا أنهما باعاها ولن يتوقفا عن البيع، ومنهن من مات والداها أو باعهما أعمامها أو إخوتها، ومنهن من قالت ليس لها من تلجأ إليه، ومنهن من قالت إنها ممتنة ولا تريد الرحيل. ولم ترد العودة إلا أربع أو خمس. فاستمعت وانغ فو رن ولم يسعها إلا إبقاؤهن. أما اللواتي أردن العودة، وهن أربع أو خمس، فوكلن إلى أمهاتهن المؤقتات ليأخذن إلى بيوتهن، على أن ينتظرن حتى يأتي آباؤهن ليأخذوهن. أما من لم تردن الع_distribution فوزّعن في الحديقة للخدمة. فاستبقته جيا مو ون وين قوان لخدمتها، وجعلت الممثلة الرئيسية فانغ قوان مع باو يو، وأعطت الممثلة الصغيرة روي قوان إلى باو تشاي، وجعلت الممثلة الذكرية أو قوان مع داي يو، وأعطت الممثلة ذات الوجه الكبير كوي قوان إلى شيانغ يون، وأعطت الممثلة ذات الوجه الصغير دو قوان إلى باو تشين، وأعطت الممثلة العجوز آي قوان إلى تان تشون، وطلبت يو شي الممثلة العجوزة تشيا قوان. وهكذا وجد كلٌّ مكانه، كطيور منهكة خرجت من قفصها، يلعبن في الحديقة كل يوم. وعلم الجميع أنهن لا يجدن الخياطة ولا الخدمة، فلم يُؤاخذن كثيرًا. وبعضهن من كان يعقل ويخشى ألا يجد مهنة يكتسب منها رزقه في المستقبل، فترك فنه وتعلّم الخياطة والغزل والأعمال النسائية الأخرى.
وفي يوم من الأيام كان الاحتفال الرسمي الكبير في البلاط، فذهبت جيا مو وغيرُها في الساعة الخامسة من الصباح، وذهبن أولاً إلى مكان إقامتهن وتناولن بعض الخبز والوجبات الخفيفة، ثم دخلن القصر. وبعد الانتهاء من وجبة الإفطار، عادن إلى مكان الإقامة، وتناولن الغداء، واسترحن قليلاً، ثم دخلن القصر مرة أخرى لحضور الاحتفالين الثاني والثالث، وبعد انتهائهما عادن إلى مكان الإقامة للاستراحة، وتناولن العشاء ثم رجعن إلى البيت. وكان مكان الإقامة هذا معبدًا كبيرًا لعائلة مسؤول كبير، تسكنه راهبات بوذيات، وفيه غرف كثيرة ونظيفة. وكان هناك فناءان شرقي وغربي، فأجارت عائلة رونغ الفناء الشرقي، وأجار أمير بيجينغ الغربي. وكانت الأميرة الكبرى والأميرة الصغيرتان تستريحان يوميًا، وكنّ يلتقين بجيا مو وغيرهن في الفناء الشرقي، يخرجن ويدخلن معًا، يتبادلن الرعاية. أما الأمور الخارجية فلا داعي لذكرها.
أما في حديقة دا قوان يوان، فلما كانت جيا مو ووانغ فو رن غائبتين كل يوم، وذهبن للجنازة شهرًا قبل العودة، فقد كان لدى كل خادمة وفرصة فراغ، وكثيرًا ما كنّ يذهبن للتنزه في الحديقة. ثم أُعيدت جميع الخادمات المخصصات لخدمة لي شيانغ يوان، ووزّعن في الحديقة للخدمة، فزاد عدد الأشخاص في الحديقة عدة عشرات. ولما كانت وين قوان وغيرهن من الممثلات إما متكبرات في طباعهن، أو مستغلات لسلطتهن في إساءة معاملة الآخرين، أو منتقيات في الطعام والشراب، أو حادّات اللسان، فكنّ في الغالب غير ملتزمات بالآداب. لذلك كانت جميع الخادمات يكنّ لهن الضغينة، لكن لم يجرؤن على مواجهتهن بالكلام. والآن وقد توقّفت الدراسة، تحقّق ما يتمنّين، فمنهن من تركت الأمر، ومنهن من كانت ضيقة الصدر ولا تزال تحمل الضغينة القديمة، ولذا وزّعن جميعًا على بيوت مختلفة، فلم يعدن يجرؤن على الاعتداء.
وكان ذلك اليوم بالذات يوم تشينغ مينغ، فكان جيا ليان قد أعدّ القرابين السنوية، وذهب مع جيا هوان وجيا تسونغ وجيا لان إلى معبد تي كان سي لحرق الأوراق وزيارة القبور. وذهب جيا رونغ من عائلة نينغ مع عدة من أفراد العائلة ليقدموا القرابين. أما باو يو فلم يذهب لأنه لم يتعافَ تمامًا. وبعد الغداء أحسّ بالنعاس، فقالت شي رين: "الطقس جميل، فاخرج وتنزّه، ولا تنم فورًا بعد تناول الحساء، فتبقى في جوفك." فاستمع باو يو، ولم يسعه إلا أن يتكئ على عصا ويحذاءه معلقًا، ويخرج من الفناء. ولما كانت الحديقة قد وُزعت على الخادمات لتعتني بها، كلٌّ في مهامه، فكنّ في وقت العمل، منهن من يقلم الخيزران، ومنهن من يقلم الأشجار، ومنهن من يزرع الزهور، ومنهن من يزرع الفول، وفي البركة كانت النساء يقودن القوارب ويزرعون الطين وبذور اللوتس. وكانت شيانغ لينغ وشيانغ يون وباو تشين والخادمات جالسات على الصخور، يراقبهن ويستمتعن. وجاء باو يو ببطء. فلما رأته شيانغ يون أسرعت تقول مبتسمة: "أخرجوا هذا القارب، إنهم يأتون لاستلام أخت لين." فضحك الجميع. واحمرّ وجه باو يو وقال أيضًا مبتسمًا: "مريضتها، من الذي يقصدها بالخير؟ أنتِ أيضًا تصفّقين وتسخرين." فقالت شيانغ يون مبتسمة: "مريضتها مختلفة عن غيرها، تضحك من الأصل، بل أنت الذي يتحدث عن الناس." وبعد ذلك جلس باو يو أيضًا، وراقب الجميع وهم مشغولون. ثم قالت شيانغ يون: "هنا رياح، والصخور باردة، فلنذهب."
فَانْطَلَقَ بَاوْيُو أَيْضًا لِيَزْوِرَ لِين دَايْيُو، فَقَامَ مُتَوَكِّئًا عَصَاهُ وَوَدَّعَهُمْ، وَجَاءَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْجِسْرِ الَّذِي يُدْعَى "تْشِينْ فَانْجْ تْشْيَاو" عَلَى طُولِ السَّدِّ. فَرَأَى الصَّفْصَافَ يَدْلُو كَالْخُيُوطِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ، وَالْخُوخَ يَنْثُرُ كَالسُّحُبِ الْقَرْمَزِيَّةِ. وَرَاءَ الصَّخَرَاتِ، شَجَرَةُ مُشْمِشٍ كَبِيرَةٌ، قَدْ تَسَاقَطَتْ أَزْهَارُهَا كُلُّهَا، وَظَلَّتْ أَوْرَاقُهَا كَثِيفَةً ذَاتَ ظِلٍّ أَخْضَرَ، وَقَدْ أَثْمَرَتْ فَوَاقِعَ كَثِيرَةً بِحَجْمِ الْحُمَّصِ. فَفَكَّرَ بَاوْيُو فِي نَفْسِهِ: "مَرِضْتُ أَيَّامًا قَلِيلَةً، فَفَوَّتْتُ زَهْرَ الْمُشْمِشِ! وَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ الشَّجَرَةُ: أَوْرَاقٌ خُضْرٌ تُظِلُّ وَثِمَارٌ تَمْلُؤُ الأَغْصَانَ!" فَأَطَالَ النَّظَرَ إِلَى أَوْرَاقِ الْمُشْمِشِ وَهُوَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَفَارِقَهَا. ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرَ أَمْرَ شِينغ شْيُو يَان الَّتِي اخْتَارَتْ زَوْجًا، فَرَبَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ، لَكِنَّهَا مَعَ ذَلِكَ سَتَكُونُ فَتَاةً صَالِحَةً أُخْرَى تَفْقِدُهَا. فِي غُضُونِ سَنَتَيْنِ فَقَطْ، سَتُصْبِحُ هِيَ أَيْضًا: أَوْرَاقٌ خُضْرٌ تُظِلُّ وَثِمَارٌ تَمْلُؤُ الأَغْصَانَ! وَبَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، سَتَتَسَاقَطُ ثِمَارُ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ وَتَخْلُو أَغْصَانُهَا، وَبَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ، سَتُصْبِشُ شَعْرَ شْيُو يَان كَالْفِضَّةِ، وَجَمَالُهَا ذَابِلًا كَالْعُشْبِ الْجَافِّ. فَأَحَسَّ بِالْحُزْنِ وَأَخَذَ يَبْكِي أَمَامَ الْمُشْمِشِ وَيَتَنَهَّدُ. وَهُوَ فِي أَوْجِ حُزْنِهِ وَتَأَسُّفِهِ، إِذَا بِطَيْرٍ صَغِيرٍ يَطِيرُ وَيَحُطُّ عَلَى الْغُصْنِ وَيَصِيحُ بِاضْطِرَابٍ. فَأَصَابَ بَاوْيُو السَّكَرَةُ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ، وَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: "لَا بُدَّ أَنْ هَذَا الطَّيْرَ الصَّغِيرَ كَانَ قَدْ جَاءَ أَيَّامَ ازْهَارِ الْمُشْمِشِ، وَالْآنَ رَأَى أَنَّ الأَزْهَارَ قَدْ زَالَتْ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا الأَوْرَاقُ وَالثِّمَارُ، فَصَاحَ بِاضْطِرَابٍ. لَا بُدَّ أَنْ هَذَا الصَّوْتَ هُوَ صَوْتُ بُكَاءٍ. يَا لَيْتَ غُونغ يِهْ تْشَانغ كَانَ حَاضِرًا لِأَسْأَلَهُ! لَكِنَّنِي لَا أَدْرِي، هَلْ إِذَا أَزْهَرَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ فِي الْعَامِ الْقَادِمِ، سَيَتَذَكَّرُ هَذَا الطَّيْرُ الصَّغِيرُ أَنْ يَطِيرَ إِلَى هُنَا لِيَلْتَقِيَ بِزَهْرِ الْمُشْمِشِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى؟"
وَهُوَ فِي وَسْوَسَتِهِ هَذِهِ، إِذَا بِوَمِيضِ نَارٍ يَنْطَلِقُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الصَّخَرَاتِ، فَفَزَّ الطَّيْرُ الصَّغِيرُ وَطَارَ. فَأُصِيبَ بَاوْيُو بِرَعْبٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَسَمِعَ صَوْتًا يُنَادِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ: "يَا أُوْغْوَانْ! أَتُرِيدِينَ الْمَوْتَ؟ كَيْفَ جَلَبْتِ وَرَقَ الْمَالِ وَأَوْقَدْتِهِ هُنَا؟ سَأَرْجِعُ وَأُخْبِرُ السَّيِّدَاتِ، وَسَيَكُونُ جِسْمُكِ عَلَى الْمَحَكِّ!" فَسَمِعَ بَاوْيُو ذَلِكَ فَزَادَتْ حَيْرَتُهُ، وَأَسْرَعَ إِلَى وَرَاءِ الصَّخَرَاتِ، فَإِذَا بِأُوْغْوَانْ جَالِسَةٌ مَكَانَهَا وَوَجْهُهَا مُبَلَّلٌ بِالدُّمُوعِ، وَفِي يَدِهَا نَارٌ، تَحْرَسُ رَمَادَ وَرَقِ الْمَالِ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي. فَأَسْرَعَ بَاوْيُو يَسْأَلُهَا: "لِمَنْ تُحْرِقِينَ وَرَقَ الْمَالِ؟ لَا تُحْرِقِيهِ هُنَا. إِنْ كُنْتِ تَفْعَلِينَ ذَلِكَ لِوَالِدَيْكِ أَوْ إِخْوَتِكِ، فَأَخْبِرِينِي بِاسْمِكِ وَسَأُرْسِلُ أَحَدَ الْغِلْمَانِ خَارِجًا لِيَحْزِمَ لَكِ حُزْمَةً وَيَكْتُبَ عَلَيْهَا اسْمَكِ وَيُحْرِقَهَا هُنَاكَ." فَنَظَرَتْ أُوْغْوَانْ إِلَى بَاوْيُو وَلَمْ تَنْطِقْ. وَأَعَادَ بَاوْيِيُ السُّؤَالَ مِرَارًا فَلَمْ تُجِبْ. وَفَجْأَةً، جَاءَتْ عَجُوزٌ غَضْبَى تَجُرُّ أُوْغْوَانْ وَتَقُولُ: "لَقَدْ أَخْبَرْتُ السَّيِّدَاتِ وَهُنَّ غَضْبَى جِدًّا." فَسَمِعَتْ أُوْغْوَانْ ذَلِكَ، وَلَكِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لَا تَزَالُ طَفْلَةً، فَخَافَتْ أَنْ تَتَلَطَّخَ سُمْعَتُهَا وَيَخْسَرَ وَجْهُهَا، فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ. فَقَالَتِ الْعَجُوزُ: "أَقُولُ لَكُنَّ لَا تَتَغَطَّرُنَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اللَّازِمِ. فَالْآنَ لَسْتُنَّ كَمَا كُنْتُنَّ خَارِتًا تَتَصَرَّفُنَّ كَيْفَمَا شِئْتُنَّ. هَذَا مَكَانٌ لَهُ قَوَاعِدُهُ." وَأَشَارَتْ إِلَى بَاوْيِيُ وَقَالَتْ: "حَتَّى سَيِّدُنَا يَحْتَرِمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ، فَمَنْ أَنْتِ حَتَّى تَجِيئِي هُنَا وَتَتَصَرَّفِي بِالْحَمَاقَةِ؟ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكِ ذَلِكَ، تَعَالِي مَعِي فَوْرًا!" فَأَسْرَعَ بَاوْيِيُ يَقُولُ: "لَمْ تُحْرِقْ وَرَقَ مَالٍ عَلَى الإِطْلَقِ، بَلْ أَرْسَلَتْهَا لِين مَايِيْ لِتُحْرِقَ وَرَقَ الْحُرُوفِ الْمُمَزَّقَةِ. لَمْ تَنْظُرِي جَيِّدًا، فَأَخْبَرْتِ بِالْخَطَأِ." فَكَانَتْ أُوْغْوَانْ قَدْ ضَاعَتْ حِيلَتُهَا، وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ بَاوْيِيُ زَادَهَا ذَلِكَ خَوْفًا، وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَمِعَتْهُ يُبَرِّرُ لَهَا الأَمْرَ، تَحَوَّلَ خَوْفُهَا إِلَى فَرَحٍ، فَقَالَتْ بِصَوْتٍ قَوِيٍّ: "أَنْتَ مُتَأَكِدٌ أَنَّهَا وَرَقُ مَالٍ؟ إِنَّمَا أُحْرِقُ وَرَقَ الْحُرُوفِ الَّتِي أَفْسَدَتْهَا آنْمُوْ-غُوَانْ!" فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ الْعَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ، اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهَا، وَانْحَنَتْ وَالْتَقَطَتْ مِنَ الرَّمَادِ قِطْعَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْوَرَقِ لَمْ تَحْتَرِقَا كُلِّيَّةً، وَقَالَتْ: "لَا تَزَالِينَ تَتَمَرَّدِينَ؟ هَذِهِ الدَّلِيلُ بَيِّنَةٌ فِي يَدِي. سَأَذْهَبُ بِكِ إِلَى الدِّيوَانِ!" وَقَالَتْ ذَلِكَ وَجَذَبَتْ كُمَّهَا لِتَجُرَّهَا مَعَهَا. فَأَسْرَعَ بَاوْيِيُ يُمْسِكُ أُوْغْوَانْ، وَضَرَبَ يَدَ الْعَجُوزِ بِعَصَاهُ لِيَفْتَحَهَا، وَقَالُ: "خُذِي تِلْكَ الْقِطْعَةَ وَارْجِعِي. سَأَقُولُ لَكِ الْحَقِيقَةَ: لَقَدْ حَلَمْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ بِأَنَّ إِلَهَ الْمُشْمِشِ طَلَبَ مِنِّي دَفْعَةً مِنَ الْوَرَقِ الأَبْيَضِ، وَقَالَ لَا يُحْرِقُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْغُرْفَةِ، بَلْ يُحْرِقُهَا رَجُلٌ غَرِيبٌ عَنِّي، فَتَتَحَسَّنَ صِحَّتِي سَرِيعًا. لِذَلِكَ طَلَبْتُ هَذَا الْوَرَقَ الأَبْيَضَ، وَسَأَلْتُ آنْمُوْ-غُوَانْ بِالْحَاحٍ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ وَتُحْرِقَهُ لِأَجْلِي. وَلَمْ أُرِدْ أَنْ يَعْرِفَ أَحَدٌ بِذَلِكَ، وَلِذَلِكَ أَنَا قَادِمٌ الْيَوْمَ، وَلَكِنَّكِ رَأَيْتِنِي. وَالْآنَ أَنَا لَسْتُ بِخَيْرٍ، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ بِسَبَبِكِ! أَتُرِيدِينَ أَنْ تُخْبِرِي السَّيِّدَاتِ أَيْضًا؟ يَا أُوْغْوَانْ، اذْهَبِي، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتِهُنَّ فَقُولِي لَهُنَّ مَا قُلْتُهُ لَكِ. وَإِذَا رَجَعَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ الْكُبْرَى، سَأَقُولُ لَهَا إِنَّهَا جَاءَتْ عَمْدًا لِتُزْعِجَ الإِلَهَ، وَتَدْعُو عَلَيَّ بِالْمَوْتِ الْمُبَكِّرِ." فَسَمِعَتْ أُوْغْوَانْ ذَلِكَ فَازْدَادَتْ ثِقَةً، وَأَخَذَتْ تَجُرُّ الْعَجُوزَ بِيَدِهَا لِتَذْهَبَ مَعَهَا. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ الْعَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ، أَلْقَتْ وَرَقَ الْمَالِ وَابْتَسَمَتْ ابْتِسَامَةً مُتَوَسِّلَةً وَقَالَتْ لِبَاوْيِيُ: "لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْلَمَ. يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ أَخْبَرْتَ السَّيِّدَةَ الْكُبْرَى، فَسَتَهْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْعَجُوزُ! سَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى السَّيِّدَاتِ وَأَقُولُ إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ تُقَدِّمُ الْقُرْبَانَ لِلْإِلَهِ، وَأَنَّنِي أَخْطَأْتُ فِي الْفَهْمِ." فَقَالَ بَاوْيِيُ: "لَا تَرْجِعِي أَيْضًا، وَلَنْ أَقُولَ شَيْئًا." فَقَالَتِ الْعَجُوزُ: "لَقَدْ أَخْبَرْتُهُنَّ وَأَرْسَلُونِي لِآخُذَهَا، فَكَيْفَ لَا أَرْجَعُ؟ حَسَنًا، سَأَقُولُ إِنَّنِي جِئْتُ وَوَجَدْتُهَا ذَهَبَتْ مَعَ آنْمُوْ-غُوَانْ." فَفَكَّرَ بَاوْيِيُ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَوْمَأَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَوَافَقَ. فَانْصَرَفَتِ الْعَجُوزُ.
ثُمَّ سَأَلَهَا بَاوْيِيُ هُنَاكَ: "لِمَنْ كُنْتِ تُحْرِقِينَ الْوَرَقَ فِعْلًا؟ أَظُنُّنَّ أَنَّكِ إِنْ كُنْتِ تَفْعَلِينَ ذَلِكَ لِوَالِدَيْكِ أَوْ إِخْوَتِكِ، فَقَدْ أَرْسَلْتُنَّ أَحَدًا خَارِجًا لِيُحْرِقَهَا. فَإِنَّكِ تُحْرِقِينَ هَذِهِ الْأَوْرَاقَ الْقَلِيلَةَ هُنَا، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ هُنَاكَ سِرًّا خَاصًّا." فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ أُوْغْوَانْ كَلَامَهُ، وَكَانَتْ قَدْ امْتَلَأَتْ قَلْبُهَا امْتِنَانًا لِحِمَايَتِهِ لَهَا، عَلِمَتْ أَنَّهُ مِنْ نَمَطِهَا فِي الْعَالَمِ، فَقَالَتْ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي: "أَمْرِي هَذَا، لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ سِوَى فَانْغْغْوَانْ فِي غُرْفَتِكَ، وَرُوِيْغْوَانْ خَادِمَةِ بَاوْ-تْشَايْ. الْيَوْمَ لَقِيتُكَ، وَرَأَيْتَ مِنْكَ هَذَا الْمَوْقِفَ، فَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ أَيْضًا، لَكِنْ لَا تُخْبِرْ أَحَدًا غَيْرِي." ثُمَّ بَكَتْ وَقَالَتْ: "لَا يَسْهُلُ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ مُسْتَبِينًا، لَكِنِ ارْجِعْ وَاسْأَلْ فَانْغْغْوَانْ خُفْيَةً فَسَتَعْرِفُ." وَقَالَتْ ذَلِكَ وَانْصَرَفَتْ.
سَمِعَ بَاوْيُ ذَلِكَ، فَضَاقَ صَدْرُهُ، وَلَمْ يَجِدْ بُدًّا إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَسَكَّعَ نَحْوَ قَصْرِ شِيَانْ شِيَانْ، لِيَزْدَادَ عِلْمًا بِحَالِ دَايِي. فَوَجَدَهَا أَنْحَفَ مِمَّا كَانَت، وَهَزَالُهَا يُثِيرُ الشَّفَقَةَ. فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ حَالِهَا، فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا أَحْسَنُ حَالًا مِمَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ. وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ دَايِي أَنَّهُ هُوَ أَيْضًا أَنْحَفَ مِمَّا كَانَ، تَذَكَّرَتْ أُمُورَ الْمَاضِي، فَانْهَمَلَتْ دُمُوعُهَا، وَتَكَلَّمَتْ مَعَهُ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ حَثَّتْهُ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ لِيَسْتَرِيحَ وَيَتَعَافَى. فَلَمْ يَجِدْ بَاوْيُ بُدًّا مِنَ الرُّجُوعِ. وَكَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ فَانْغُوَانْ عَنْ تَفَاصِيلِ الْقَضِيَّةِ، لَكِنَّهُ إِذَا بِشِيَانْ يُونْ وَشِيَانْ لِينْ قَدْ جَاءَتَا، وَهُنَّ يَتَحَدَّثْنَ مَعَ شِي رِنْ وَفَانْغُوَانْ وَيَتَضَاحَكْنَ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُنَادِيَهَا، خِشْيَةَ أَنْ يَفْتِضِحَ الْأَمْرُ، فَاضْطَرَّ إِلَى الصَّبْرِ.
وَفِي تِلْكَ الْأَثْنَاءِ ذَهَبَتْ فَانْغُوَانْ مَعَ أُمَّهَا الرَّبِيبَةِ لِتَغْسِلَ رَأْسَهَا. فَأَرَادَتْ هَذِهِ الْأُمُّ أَنْ تُغْسِلَ ابْنَتَهَا الْبِيُولُوجِيَّةَ أَوَّلًا، ثُمَّ تَدْعُو فَانْغُوَانْ بَعْدَهَا. فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ فَانْغُوَانْ ذَلِكَ، عَتَبَتْ عَلَيْهَا مُتَّهِمَةً إِيَّاهَا بِالتَّحَيُّزِ: "تَتْرَكِينَ لِي مَاءَ غَسِيلِ ابْنَتِكِ! رَاتِبِي الشَّهْرِيُّ كُلُّهُ فِي يَدِكِ، وَلَا تَكْتَفِينَ بِالِانْتِفَاعِ مِنِّي، بَلْ تَتْرَكِينَ لِي الْبَاقِيَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ!" فَاسْتَحْيَتْ تِلْكَ الْأُمُّ ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ حَيَاؤُهَا إِلَى غَضَبٍ، فَصَاحَتْ فِي وَجْهِ فَانْغُوَانْ: "يَا لَكِ مِنْ جَاحِدَةِ الْفَضْلِ! لَا عَجَبَ أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ إِنَّ الْمُمَثِّلَاتِ لَا يُحْسِنَّ مُعَاشَرَتَهُ. أَيُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَانَ، مَتَى دَخَلَ هَذِهِ الْمِهْنَةَ فَسَدَ. يَا لَكِ مِنْ وَلَدَةٍ حَقِيرَةٍ، تَتَخَيَّرِينَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَتَتَكَلَّمِينَ بِالْكَلَامِ الْمُرِّ الْمُحْمِقِ، كَأَنَّكِ حِمَارٌ مُعْتَدٍّ فِي الْقَطِيعِ!" وَأَخَذَتِ الْأُمُّ وَابْنَتُهَا تَتَشَاجَرَانِ. فَأَسْرَعَتْ شِي رِنْ تُرْسِلُ مَنْ يَقُولُ: "كُفُّوا عَنِ الصِّيَاحِ! أَلَا تَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْجَدَّةَ لَيْسَتْ فِي الْبَيْتِ، وَمَا مِنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ يَقُولُ كَلِمَةَ هُدُوءٍ؟" فَقَالَتْ تِينْغ وِنْ: "إِنَّمَا فَانْغُوَانْ هِيَ السَّبَبُ، لَا تَدْرِي مُتَعَجْرِفَةً إِلَى أَيِّ حَدٍّ! تُحْسِنُ مَسْرَحِيَّتَيْنِ فَقَطْ، وَتَكَأَنَّهَا قَتَلَتْ مَلِكَ اللُّصُوصِ وَأَسَرَتِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ!" فَقَالَتْ شِي رِنْ: "لَا يَكْفِي طَرَفٌ وَاحِدٌ لِإِثَارَةِ الْمَشَجَرَةِ. الْكَبِيرَةُ ظَالِمَةٌ أَيْضًا، وَالصَّغِيرَةُ مُسِيئَةٌ أَيْضًا." فَقَالَ بَاوْيُ: "لَا ذَنْبَ لِفَانْغُوَانْ. وَقَدْ قِيلَ مِنْ قَدِيمٍ: 'إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الشَّيْءُ مُسْتَوِيًا فَإِنَّهُ يَصِيحُ'. إِنَّهَا أُيْتِمَتْ وَفُقِدَتْ أَهْلُهَا، وَلَا أَحَدَ يَعْتَنِي بِهَا هُنَا، تَكْسِبُ أُمُّهَا مَالَهَا ثُمَّ تُهِينُهَا. أَيُعْجِبُ أَنْ تَغْضَبَ؟" ثُمَّ قَلَبَ كَلَامَهُ إِلَى شِي رِنْ قَائِلًا: "كَمْ رَاتِبُهَا فِي الشَّهْر؟ لَوْ تَوَلَّيْتِ أَنْتِ أَمْرَهَا وَأَخَذْتِ رَاتِبَهَا، أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ أَيْسَرَ؟" فَقَالَتْ شِي رِنْ: "إِنْ كُنْتُ سَأَعْتَنِي بِهَا فَلِمَاذَا أُرِيدُ مَالَهَا؟ وَلِكَيْ أَسْتَحِقَّ لَوْمَ النَّاسِ؟" وَقَامَتْ إِلَى الْغُرْفَةِ وَأَخَذَتْ قَارُورَةً مِنْ زَيْتِ الْأَزْهَارِ وَبَعْضَ الْبَيْضِ وَالصَّابُونِ وَأَوْتَارِ الشَّعْرِ، ثُمَّ دَعَتْ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الْخَدَمِ وَأَرْسَلَتْهَا إِلَى فَانْغُوَانْ تَحْمِلُ ذَلِكَ، وَأَمَرَتْهَا أَنْ تَطْلُبَ مَاءً خَاصًّا لِتَغْسِلَ رَأْسَهَا، وَأَنْ تَكُفَّ عَنِ الْمُنَاقَشَةِ. فَازْدَادَتْ تِلْكَ الْأُمُّ حَيَاءً، وَقَالَتْ لِفَانْغُوَانْ: "مَا أَقَلَّ حُسْنَ نِيَّتِكِ! تَتَهَمِينَنِي بِاخْتِلَاسِ مَالِكِ!" وَضَرَبَتْهَا عَلَى جَسَدِهَا، فَأَخَذَتْ فَانْغُوَانْ تَبْكِي. فَخَرَجَ بَاوْيُ، فَأَسْرَعَتْ شِي رِنْ تُقَوِّلُ: "مَاذَا يَحْدُثُ؟ سَأَذْهَبُ وَأُكَلِّمُهُمَا." فَسَبَقَتْهَا تِينْغ وِنْ وَأَشَارَتْ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْأُمِّ قَائِلَةً: "يَا جَدَّةُ، إِنَّكِ لَا تَعْقِلِينَ! لَمْ تُعْطِهَا أَدَوَاتَ الْغَسِيلِ، وَنَحْنُ أَعْطَيْنَاهَا إِيَّاهَا، فَلَا تَسْتَحِينَ، بَلْ تَضْرِبِينَهَا! لَوْ كَانَتْ لَا تَزَالُ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ تَتَعَلَّمُ الْفَنَّ، أَكُنْتِ تَجْرُؤِينَ عَلَى ضَرْبِهَا؟" فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: "مَنْ قَالَتْ لَكِ أُمًّا فَهِيَ أُمٌّ إِلَى الْأَبَدِ. إِذَا لَمْ تَحْتَرِمِينِي، فَلِي الْحَقُّ أَنْ أَضْرِبَكِ!" فَنَادَتْ شِي رِنْ شِي يُوِه قَائِلَةً: "لَسْتُ أُحْسِنُ الْمُجَادَلَةَ، وَتِينْغ وِنْ طَبْعُهَا سَرِيعُ الْغَضَبِ. أَسْرِعِي وَتَكَلَّمِي مَعَهَا بِكَلِمَتَيْنِ تُخَوِّفَانِهَا." فَلَبَّتْ شِي يُوِه النِّدَاءَ وَأَقْبَلَتْ قَائِلَةً: "كُفِّي عَنِ الصِّيَاحِ. أَسْأَلُكِ: فِي هَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَقَطْ، أَمْ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ كُلِّهَا، مَنْ رَبَّى ابْنَةً فِي غُرْفَةِ السَّيِّدَةِ؟ حَتَّى ابْنَتُكِ الْبِيُولُوجِيَّةُ، إِذَا خُصِّصَتْ لَهَا غُرْفَةٌ وَأَصْبَحَتْ لَهَا سَيِّدَةٌ، فَإِنَّ السَّيِّدَةَ هِيَ الَّتِي تَضْرِبُهَا وَتَلُومُهَا، وَكَذَلِكَ الْفَتَيَاتُ الْأَكْبَرُ سِنًّا. فَمَنْ أَذِنَ لِلْأُمِّ وَالْأَبِ أَنْ يَتَدَخَّلَا فِي الْوَسَطِ؟ إِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ كَذَلِكَ، فَلِمَاذَا نَدْعُوهُنَّ يَتَعَلَّمْنَ مِنَّا؟ كُلَّمَا كَبِرَ الْإِنْسَانُ فَقَدَ الْأَدَبَ! أَلَمْ تَرَيْ أُمَّ تْشُوِيْ رْ كَيْفَ جَاءَتْ تَتَشَاجَرُ، وَأَنْتِ تُحَاكِينَهَا؟ لَا تَخَفْنَ، فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الْأَمْرَاضِ الْمُتَتَالِيَةِ، وَلَمْ تَجِدِ الْجَدَّةُ فُرْصَةً، فَلَمْ أَرُدَّ. بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ إِذَا تَوَفَّرَ الْوَقْتُ، سَأَرُدُّ رَدًّا قَاطِعًا، وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ جَمِيعًا. بَاوْيُ بَدَأَ يَتَحَسَّنُ، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَجْرُؤُ عَلَى رَفْعِ أَصْوَاتِنَا، وَأَنْتِ تَضْرِبِينَ الْفَتَاةَ حَتَّى تَصِيحَ صَيْحَةَ الْوَحْشِ! السَّيِّدَةُ غَابَتْ عِدَّةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ لَا تَرْعَوْنَ حُرْمَةً وَلَا تَعْرِفُونَ الْإِحْسَانَ! بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ أُخَرَيْنِ سَتَضْرِبُونَنَا نَحْنُ. إِنْ لَمْ تُرِدْ هَذِهِ الْفَتَاةُ أُمَّهَا الرَّبِيبَةَ، فَهَلْ سَتَدْفَنُهَا فِي الْقُمَامَةِ؟"
وَغَضِبَ بَاوْيُ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ بِعَصَاهُ عَتَبَةَ الْبَابِ قَائِلًا: "إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ النِّسْوَةَ الْعَجَائِزَ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنَ الْحَدِيدِ وَالْحَجَرِ، وَهَذَا أَمْرٌ عَجِيبٌ حَقًّا. لَا يَعْتَنُونَ بِهَا بَلْ يُذِلُّونَهَا، فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْأَمْرُ عَلَى الْمَدَى الْبَعِيدِ؟" فَقَالَتْ تِينْغ وِنْ: "مَاذَا يَعْنِي 'كَيْفَ يَكُونُ الْأَمْرُ'؟ لِنَطْرُدْهُنَّ جَمِيعًا، وَلَا نُبْقِيَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّلَاتِي يُحْسَبْنَ وَلَا يُعْتَدُّ بِهِنَّ!" فَاسْتَحْيَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَلَمْ تَنْطِقْ. وَكَانَتْ فَانْغُوَانْ تَرْتَدِي فُسْتَانًا قَطْنِيًّا صَغِيرًا بِلَوْنِ وَرْدِ الْكَرْزِ، وَتَحْتَهُ سَرْوَالًا وَاسِعًا مِنَ الْحَرِيرِ الْمُزَخْرَفِ، وَأَطْرَافُهَا مَكْشُوفَةٌ، وَشَعْرُهَا الْأَسْوَدُ الْغَامِقِ كَازَيْتِ مَدْلُولٌ خَلْفَ رَأْسِهَا، تَبْكِي كَأَنَّهَا دُمْيَةٌ مِنَ الدُّمُوعِ. فَضَحِكَتْ شِي يُوِه وَقَالَتْ: "إِنَّ يِينْ يِينْ الْفَتَاةَ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ كَهُونْغ نِيَانْغْ الَّتِي تُعَذَّبُ! وَالْآنَ لَمْ تَتَزَيَّنْ، بَلْ هَكَذَا بِلَا اهْتِمَامٍ." فَقَالَ بَاوْيُ: "إِنَّ مَلَامِحَهَا الأَصْلِيَّةَ جَمِيلَةٌ جِدًّا، فَلَا تُغَيِّرُوهَا." فَأَقْبَلَتْ تِينْغ وِنْ وَأَمْسَكَتْهَا وَغَسَلَتْ شَعْرَهَا وَنَشَّفَتْهِ بِمِنْشَفَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَبَطَتْهِ فِي ضَفِيرَةٍ مُهْمَلَةٍ مُرْتَخِيَةٍ، وَأَمَرَتْهَا أَنْ تَلْبِسَ ثِيَابَهَا وَتَأْتِي إِلَى هُنَا.
ثم جاءت الخادمة المسؤولة عن المطبخ الداخلي وسألت: "أُعدّ العشاء، هل أُرسَل أم لا؟" فسمعت الفتاة الصغيرة ذلك، ودخلت لتسأل شي رِن. ابتسمت شي رِن وقالت: "لقد ثرنا وتخاصمنا قبل قليل، ولم أنتبه لمعرفة كم تشير الساعة." قالت تشينغ وين: "ذلك الشيء اللعين لا أدري ما أصابه مرة أخرى، لا بد من إصلاحه." وحين قالت ذلك، أخذت الساعة ونظرت فيها ثم قالت: "انتظروا ما يقارب وقت نصف فنجان شاي فحسب." فذهبت الفتاة الصغيرة. ابتسمت شه يويه وقالت: "بمناسبة المشاغبة، ينبغي ضرب فانغ غوان بضربات قليلة. بالأمس هي عبثت بقلادة الخرز، فما لبثت أن تعطلت في غضون نصف يوم." وبينما هم يتحدثون، كانت قد جهزت أدوات الطعام. وبعد قليل، جاءت الفتاة الصغيرة تحمل صندوقاً ووقفت. فكشفت تشينغ وين وشه يويه الصندوق ونظرتا فيه، فإذا به لا يزال يحتوي على أربعة أطباق صغيرة فحسب. ابتسمت تشينغ وين وقالت: "لقد تعافينا بالفعل، ولم تقدموا لنا طبقين خفيفين. إلى متى هذا الأرز المطبوق بالخضار المملحة؟" وبينما كانت ترتب الأطباق، نظرت في الصندوق مرة أخرى، فوجدت فيه طبقاً من حساء فخذ الخنزير الطازج مع براعم الخيزران، فأسرعت وأمالته ووضعته أمام باو يو. فسكب باو يو على المائدة رشفة وقال: "حار جداً!" ابتسمت شي رِن وقالت: "يا للرحمن! مضت أيام قليلة دون أن تأكل اللحم، فصِرت إلى هذا الحد من الشهوة." وحين قالت ذلك، أسرعت وأمسكت الطبق ونفخت بلطف بفمها. ولما رأت فانغ غوان بجانبها، ناولتها إياه وابتسمت وقالت: "تعلّمي أنت أيضاً كيف تخدمي، ولا تكتفي بالغباء والنوم. نفخي برفق، ولا تتركي لعابك يقع فيه." ففعلت فانغ غوان ما أمرت به ونفخت عدة أنفاح، فبرد تماماً.
وكانت أمها بالتبني تقف أيضاً خارج الباب تحمل الطعام وتنتظر. منذ أن جاءت فانغ غوان ورفاقها لأول مرة، كانت أمهاتهن بالتبني من الخارج، وذهبن معهن إلى بستان الكمثرى. كانت هذه العجوز من المرتبة الثالثة في أسرة رونغ فو، لم تكن مكلفة إلا بغسل ملابسهن، ولم يُسمح لها بالدخول والخدمة في الداخل، لذلك لم تعرف قواعد الحرم الداخلي. والآن بفضل هؤلاء الفتيات دخلت البستان وذهبت مع ابنتها بالتبني إلى غرفتها. كانت هذه العجوز قد شهدت من قبل ما فعلته شه يويه، فعرفت شيئاً يسيراً من الأمر، وخشيت أن لا تعترف فانغ غوان بها كأم بالتبني، فيضيع عليها الكثير من المنافع، لذلك كانت تحرص على استمالة قلوبهن. والآن لما رأت فانغ غوان تنفخ الحساء، أسرعت ودخلت تبتسم وقالت: "ليست مهذبة، ستحطم الطبقة على الأرجح، دعني أنا أنفخ." وحين قالت ذلك، 伸出手 لتأخذه. فصرخت تشينغ وين: "اخرجي! حتى لو حطمت الطبقة، لن يكون دورك أنت لتنفخيها. بأي حق دخلت إلى هنا؟ اخرجي الآن." ثم التفتت ولعن الفتيات الصغيرات وقالت: "يا ذوات العيون العمياء! هي لا تعرف، وأنتن أيضاً لم تخبرنها!" فقالت الفتيات الصغيرات جميعاً: "حاولنا طردها فلم تخرج، وخبرناها فلم تصدق. والآن نحن نعاني بسببها، هل صدقتِ؟ الأماكن التي نذهب إليها، تذهب إليها أنت نصفها، ونصفها الآخر لا تذهبين إليه. ناهيك عن أنها ذهبت إلى مكان لا نذهب إليه نحن أصلاً، 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هنا لم يكن مع باويو غيرهما، فأخذ باويو يروي له من البداية إلى النهاية بالتفصيل كيف رأى النار تتوهج، وكيف التقى بأوغوان، وكيف حماها بالكذب، وكيف طلبت منه أوغوان أن يسأله. ثم سأله: "فمن هو الذي تُشيع عليه الجنازة؟" فلما سمعت فانغغوان ذلك، امتلأ وجهها بالابتسامة، ثم تنهّدت وقالت: "إن هذه الحكاية مضحكة ومؤسفة في آن واحد." فلما سمع باويو ذلك، استعجل يسألها: "وكيف ذلك؟" فقالت فانغغوان مبتسمة: "أتدري من يُشيع عليه الجنازة؟ إنه يُشيع على ليغوان المتوفاة." فقال باويو: "هذا من باب الصداقة، وهو أمر مستحق." فقالت فانغغوان مبتسمة: "أهذه صداقة؟ إنه لم يكن سوى فكرة جنونية حمقاء، إذ كان يقول إنه هو الممثل الذكر وليغوان الممثلة الأنثى، وكانا يمثلان دور الزوجين، ومع أن ذلك كان تمثيلاً، إلا أن كل تلك المقطوعات الغنائية والمشاهد المسرحية كانت تحمل في طيّها رعاية وحنان حقيقيّين، لذا فقد جُنّ الاثنان، وحتى بعد أن توقفا عن التمثيل، كانا في أكلهما وشربهما وقعودهما وقيامهما يتبادلان الحب والمودة. فلما ماتت ليغوان، بكى بكاءً مريراً وكاد يموت من الحزن، ولم ينسها حتى اليوم، لذلك يحرق الأوراق النقدية في كل موسم. ثم جاءت رويغوان خلفًا لها، فرأيناه يعاملها بالرفق واللطف كما كان يعامل ليغوان، فسألناه: أتستبدل الجديدة بالقديمة؟ فقال: 'هنا أيضًا حكمة كبرى. مثلاً إذا فقد الرجل زوجته، أو كان لا بد له من الزواج مرة أخرى، فلا بد له من ذلك. أما أن لا يُنسى الميتة ولا يُهمل ذكراها، فهذا هو عمق المحبة والوفاء. أما أن يرفض الزواج طوال حياته لفقدان الميتة، ويؤدي بذلك إلى الإخلال بالمبادئ الكبرى، فهذا ليس من العقل، بل يجعل الميتة أيضًا لا ترح في قبرها.' أتراه مجنونًا أحمق؟ أليس هذا مضحكًا؟" فلما سمع باويو هذا الكلام الحمقى، وجد فيه توافقًا مع طبيعته الحمقاء، فشعر بالفرح والحزن معًا، وتعجب وقال: "ما دام السماء قد أوجدت مثل هذا الإنسان، فما حاجتي أنا — أنا الرجل الترابي — لأن ألوّث العالم؟" ثم أسرع وأمسك بفانغغوان وقال يعظها: "بناءً على ما ذكرتِ، لديّ أيضًا وصية أريد أن أوصلها له، لكن إن خاطبته وجهًا لوجه فسيكون ذلك غير مريح، لذا لا بد أن تبلّغيه إياها." فسألت فانغغوان: "وما هي؟" فقال باويو: "لا يجوز له بعد اليوم أن يحرق الأوراق النقدية. فهذه الأوراق النقدية بدعة من ابتكار المتأخرين، وليست من تعاليم كونفوشيوس. في المستقبل، في كل موسم وكل يوم عيد، ليُعدّ فقط مبخرة، وفي ذلك اليوم يُحرق البخور كيفما اتفق، بقلب مخلص خالص، فهذا يكفي للتبجيل. إن الحمقى لا يعلمون، فيفرقون بين الآلهة والأموات ويضعون لكل فئة طقوسًا مختلفة. وهم لا يدرون أن الأساس كله هو كلمة 'إخلاص' فحسب. حتى في أيام الفرار والاضطراب، حتى لو لم يكن لديك بخور، فما دمت تجد ترابًا أو عشبًا طاهرًا، يمكنك أن تجعله قربانًا، وليس الأموات فقط من ينال هذا القربان، بل حتى الآلهة والأشباح تأتي لتناله. انظر إلى مكتبي، ما فيه إلا مبخرة واحدة، أحرق فيها البخور في كل وقت دون تحديد يوم. لا أحد منهم يفهم السبب، أما أنا فلكل شيء عندي سبب خاص. إن توفر شاي صافٍ قدمت كوب شاي، وإن توفر ماء جديد قدمت كأس ماء، أو زهور طازجة، أو فاكهة طازجة، وحتى أطباق اللحم والسمك، ما دمت مخلصًا نقي القلب، فحتى بوذا يمكن أن يأتي وينال القرابين. فالأمر كله يكمن في الإجلال لا في الأسماء الفارغة. فأسرعِ وأخبريه ألا يحرق الأوراق النقدية بعد اليوم." فلما سمعت فانغغوان ذلك، وافقت. وبعد أن تناولوا الطعام، جاء أحدهم يقول: "لقد عادت الجدة الكبرى والسيدة." وما كان من أمر ذلك، فاسمعوه في المقطع التالي.
Chapter 58
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Chapter 58: In the Shade of Apricot Trees, a False Phoenix Mourns an Empty Phoenix; by the Window of Red Sincere Cloth, True Feeling Illuminates the Logic of Infatuation
Now, when the three of them saw Tanchun and the others coming in, they quickly put a stop to this conversation and did not mention it again. After Tanchun and the others had offered their greetings, everyone chatted and laughed for a while before dispersing.
Who would have had guessed that the elderly Imperial Consort mentioned in the preceding chapter had already passed away? All women with titles of nobility were summoned to court to attend the mourning rites according to rank. An Imperial Edict was issued throughout the land: families holding titles of nobility were forbidden from holding feasts or music for one year, and commoners were forbidden from marrying for three days. The Lady Dowager, Xing, Wang, You, Xu, and the other mothers, wives, and grandchildren entered the palace each day to attend the sacrificial rites, returning only after the hour of wei. After twenty-one days in a side palace of the Inner Court, the bier was then escorted to the former mausoleum, located at a place called Xiaocixian. The journey between the capital and this mausoleum took about ten days. Now that the bier had been brought there, it was to remain for several more days before being placed in the underground chamber, so the whole affair would take about a month. Zhen of the Ning Mansion and his wife could not but go as well. With both mansions left without masters, they therefore conferred among themselves. Since the household had no one in charge, they reported that You was in confinement after childbirth and had her moved out to assist in managing the affairs of both the Ning and Rong households. They also entrusted Aunt Xue with the task of looking after the young ladies and maids in the Garden. Aunt Xue had no choice but to move into the Garden as well. Since there were already Xiangyun and Xiangling with Baochai, and although Li Wan's aunt and cousin had left, they sometimes came to stay for three or five days at a time, the Lady Dowager also sent Baoqin to Li Wan to look after. At Yingchun's place there was Xiuyan. As for Tanchun, the household affairs were numerous and complicated, and besides, Zhao姨娘 and Jia Huan came from time to time to make trouble, which was most inconvenient. At Xichun's place the quarters were cramped, and besides, the Lady Dowager had repeatedly and earnestly charged her to look after Lin Daiyu. Aunt Xue had always been most fond of and affectionate toward her, and since this opportunity had fortuitously arisen, she moved to the Bamboo Lodge to share quarters with Daiyu, attending with the greatest care to all her medicines and food. Daiyu was overwhelmed with gratitude and thereafter called her just as Baochai did—she even addressed Baochai directly as "elder sister" and Baoqin as "younger sister," as if they were born of the same parents, seeming even closer to them than to the others. When the Lady Dowager saw this, she was also greatly pleased and reassured. Aunt Xue merely looked after the young ladies and kept the maids under control; she would not meddle in the household's larger affairs. Although You came over every day, she merely put in a nominal appearance and would not abuse her authority arbitrarily. Moreover, she was the only one left to manage the household above and below, and besides, each day she still had to attend to all the food, drink, furnishings, and supplies needed for the Lady Dowager's and Lady Wang's quarters, so she was also quite overworked.
At this time, with the masters of both the Ning and Rong households thus fully occupied, and the various stewards and servants—some having followed their masters to court, some managing affairs outside the palace, and some having gone ahead to prepare quarters—all were in a state of confusion and busyness. Consequently, the servants of both households, having no proper direction, all sought ease for themselves; some took the opportunity to form cliques, and those temporarily in power abused their authority. In the Rong Mansion, only Lai Da and a few stewards were left to manage external affairs. The several men whom Lai Da customarily employed had departed, and although others had been appointed in their place, they were all unfamiliar and did not feel right. Moreover, these men were ignorant—some cheated and swindled without restraint, some made accusations without evidence, some made recommendations without cause—all manner of misconduct, stirring up trouble everywhere, which would be difficult to recount in full.
It was decreed that all noble households who had kept troupes of actors and actresses should release them and send them away. When this was discussed by Lady You and the others, they decided that once Lady Wang returned home and could be consulted, they too would send away the twelve girls. They said, "These people were originally bought. Even though they are no longer performing, they could still be kept as servants, and the instructors dismissed." Lady Wang replied, "These opera girls are different from ordinary servants. They are the children of good families who were sold because their families could no longer support them, and forced to play clownish roles for a few years. Now that this opportunity has arisen, we should give them some silver for traveling expenses and let them go their separate ways. Our ancestors always followed such a practice. If we keep them, it would be a disgrace to our family and a sign of meanness. The few older ones still with us are here for their own reasons—they did not wish to return home, so they were kept as servants and later married off to our household servants." Lady You said, "Let us ask the twelve girls. Those who wish to return should be allowed to send word to their parents, who can come in person to collect them, giving them some silver for the journey. If we do not summon their parents, unscrupulous persons might falsely claim them and sell them again, defeating the purpose of this kindness. Those who do not wish to return may stay." Lady Wang smiled and said, "That is well said." Lady You and the others then sent word to Phoenix (Xifeng). They also informed the head of the household's quarters that each instructor was to be given eight taels of silver and released. All the furnishings and objects in Pear Fragrance Court were to be inventoried, registered, and stored, with guards posted at night. The twelve girls were summoned and questioned. More than half did not wish to return home: some said that even though they had parents, their parents had sold them and would only sell them again; some had lost their parents or had been sold by uncles or brothers; some said they had no one to turn to; some said they were grateful and unwilling to leave. Only four or five wished to go. Lady Wang heard this and had no choice but to keep the rest. The four or five who wished to leave were placed in the care of their foster mothers, to await the arrival of their real parents. Those who did not wish to leave were distributed throughout the Garden to serve. Grandmother Jia kept Wen Guan for herself. She assigned the leading female role player Fang Guan to Baoyu, the young female role player Rui Guan to Baochai, the young male role player Ou Guan to Daiyu, the "big painted-face" role player Kui Guan to Xiangyun, the "small painted-face" role player Dou Guan to Baoqin, the old male role player Ai Guan to Tanchun, and Lady You requested the old female role player Qia Guan for herself. Each thus found a place, like weary birds released from their cages, spending their days amusing themselves in the Garden. Everyone knew they were unaccustomed to needlework or household duties and did not reproach them severely. A few of the more sensible ones, worried that they would have no practical skills in the future, set aside their theatrical training and took up sewing, spinning, and other women's work.
One day, when a great sacrifice was being held at court, Grandmother Jia and the others set out before dawn. They first went to their lodging for some refreshments, then proceeded to the court. After the morning meal, they retired to their lodging. After breakfast, they rested a brief while, then returned to court to await the completion of the noon and evening sacrifices. Only then did they retire to their lodging once more, and after supper they went home. As it happened, the lodging was the family temple of a high official, where Buddhist nuns practiced their devotions. The buildings were numerous and immaculate, divided into eastern and western compounds. The Rong Mansion rented the eastern compound, and the Mansion of Prince Bejing the western compound. The Dowager Princess and the Young Princess rested there daily. Seeing Grandmother Jia and her party in the eastern compound, they came and went together, looking after each other. The external details need not be recounted here.
Now in Prospect Garden, since Grandmother Jia and Lady Wang were away from home every day and would not return for a month until the funeral rites were concluded, the maids and servants all had leisure and spent much of their time amusing themselves in the Garden. Furthermore, the old women who had served in Pear Fragrance Court were all withdrawn and distributed throughout the Garden for duty, adding several dozen more people. Since Wen Guan and the others were for the most part either arrogant in temperament, bullying those beneath them, fastidious about food and clothing, or sharp-tongued—in short, not inclined to behave properly—the old women all harbored grievances, though they dared not openly confront them. Now that the opera troupe was disbanded, everyone was satisfied. Some let the matter rest, but others, narrow-minded, still nursed old grudges. The girls were therefore assigned to the various households, and the old women dared not trouble them.
As it happened, this day was the Qingming Festival. Jia Lian had prepared the customary offerings and took Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan to Iron Threshold Temple to sacrifice at the coffins and burn paper money. From the Ning Mansion, Jia Rong and several clansmen also went to perform their sacrifices. Baoyu, not yet fully recovered, did not go. After the meal, feeling drowsy, Xiren said, "The weather is fine. Go out for a walk, or you'll fall asleep right after putting down your rice bowl, and it will weigh on your mind." Baoyu had no choice but to take a staff, shuffle out in his slippers, and step outside. Recently the Garden had been placed under the management of the old women, each with her own duties, and all were busy—some trimming bamboos, some pruning trees, some planting flowers, some sowing beans, while in the pond the boatwomen were poling their boats, dredging mud and planting lotus roots. Xiangling, Xiangyun, Baoqin, and their maids were all seated on the rocks, watching them for amusement. Baoyu came along slowly. Seeing him, Xiangyun said with a laugh, "Quickly chase that boat away—they've come to fetch Sister Lin!" Everyone laughed. Baoyu blushed and said with a laugh, "It was someone else's illness—who meant any harm? You're mocking her too." Xiangyun laughed, "Her illness is different from other people's; it's naturally amusing. Yet you reproach others for joking." With that, Baoyu sat down and watched them bustle about for a while. Xiangyun then said, "It's windy here, and the rocks are cold. Let's sit somewhere else."
Baoyu had just been on his way to look in on Lin Daiyu when he rose, leaning on his crutch, took his leave of the others, and came along the bank by the Seeping Fragrance Bridge. He saw only willows trailing golden threads and peach trees breathing crimson mist. Behind a rocky outcrop stood a great apricot tree, its blossoms already entirely fallen, its leaves thick, shady, and green, bearing many tiny apricots the size of beans on its branches. Baoyu thought to himself: "I have been ill for a few days, and have missed the apricot blossoms! Before I knew it, it has already become 'a shade of green leaves and branches laden with fruit'!" Gazing upward at the little apricots, he could not tear his thoughts away. Then he recalled that Xing Xiuyan had already chosen a husband. Although this was a matter of great importance for a man and woman, not to be put aside, yet it meant that one more fine young woman would be lost. In two years' time, she too would be "a shade of green leaves and branches laden with fruit." A few days from now, the apricots on this tree would fall and the branches stand bare; a few years from now, Xiuyan's black hair would surely turn silver and her rosy face wither. And so, unable to contain his grief, he wept and sighed, facing the apricot tree. Just as he heaved a mournful sigh, suddenly a sparrow flew up and alighted on a branch, crying out in disorder. Baoyu, falling once again into a fit of abstraction, thought to himself: "This sparrow must have come here when the apricot blossoms were in full bloom. Now finding no flowers, only leaves and fruit, it cries out in confusion. The sound it makes must be the sound of weeping. It is a pity that Gongye Chang is not here—I could ask him. But I wonder: when the tree blossoms again next year, will this sparrow still remember to fly here and meet the apricot blossoms once more?"
While lost in such idle thoughts, he suddenly saw a flash of firelight from beyond the rocky outcrop, which startled the sparrow into flight. Baoyu was greatly shocked, and then he heard someone shout from over there: "Ou Guan, are you trying to get yourself killed, burning paper money in here? I'm going back to report to the mistresses—watch out for your skin!" Hearing this, Baoyu was all the more bewildered. He quickly went around the rock and saw Ou Guan crouching there, her face streaked with tears, still holding a fire and keeping vigil beside a heap of ashes from the burnt paper money, deep in sorrow. Baoyu hurriedly asked: "For whom are you burning paper money? You mustn't burn it here. If it's for your parents or brothers, tell me their names and have a page outside prepare a parcel inscribed with their names to burn."
Ou Guan, seeing Baoyu, said nothing at all. Though Baoyu asked several times, she did not answer. Then an old woman came striding up fiercely and seized Ou Guan, saying: "I've already reported it to the mistresses. They're furious." Ou Guan, being still childlike in nature, feared being disgraced and losing face, and so refused to go. The old woman said: "I told you not to carry on so high and mighty. Things aren't like they used to be, when you could run wild outside. This is a place with its own measure of propriety." Pointing at Baoyu, she said: "Even our young master here observes the rules—and what sort of creature are you, barging in here to make trouble? It won't do you any good. Come along with me, quickly!"
Baoyu quickly said: "She wasn't burning paper money at all. It was Miss Lin who sent her to burn the spoiled paper with writing on it. You didn't look properly—you've made a false report against her."
Ou Guan, who had just been at a loss, and who had also felt a new fear upon seeing Baoyu, now heard him cover for her instead. Her anxiety turned to joy, and she too put on a bold front, saying: "Are you quite sure it was paper money? What I was burning were characters that Miss Lin had written badly!"
The old woman, hearing this, grew even more fierce. She bent down and picked from the ashes two scraps of paper that had not been fully consumed, holding them in her hand. "Still talking back! Here's the evidence, right here. I'll take you to the steward's office to explain!" So saying, she seized Ou Guan by the sleeve and tried to drag her away.
Baoyu quickly pulled Ou Guan back and struck the old woman's hand away with his crutch. "You just take those scraps back with you. Let me tell you the truth: last night I had a dream. I dreamed that the Apricot Blossom God asked me for a string of white paper money—it must not be burned by anyone in this house, but by an outsider on my behalf, and then my illness would quickly get better. So I asked for this white money and begged Miss Lin, with great trouble, to have her come and burn it as a blessing. I originally told no one to know of it—that's why I was able to get up today. And you had to be the one to see it. I'm feeling unwell again now, and it's all because you spoiled the auspices! And you still want to report her. Ou Guan, go ahead—go with her, and when you see the mistresses, just say exactly what I've told you. When the Grandmother returns, I'll say she deliberately came to offend the spirit and pray for me to die early."
Ou Guan, hearing this, gained even more confidence and instead seized the old woman, wanting to go. The old woman, hearing these words, hastily threw down the paper money, put on a smiling face, and pleaded with Baoyu: "I truly didn't know. If the Second Master reports this to the Grandmother, this old woman is finished! Let me go back to the mistresses and say that it was the young master performing a sacrifice to the spirits, and that I misread the situation."
Baoyu said: "You're not to go back either, and I won't say anything."
The old woman said: "I've already reported it, and they sent me to fetch her. How can I not go back? Very well—I'll say I've already brought her, but that Miss Lin called her away."
Baoyu thought for a moment, then nodded his assent. The old woman had no choice but to leave.
There, Baoyu asked her: "For whom were you really burning the paper? If it was for your parents or brothers, you would all have had someone burn it outside. Burning these few sheets here must be for some private reason."
Ou Guan, moved at heart by his having just protected her, knew then that he was a person of her own kind. With tears, she said: "This matter—besides Fang Guan in your household and Rui Guan with Miss Bao, no one else knows of it. Today, having met you, and seeing that you mean well, I cannot but tell you too. Only you must not speak of it to anyone else." She added with a cry: "I can't very well tell you face to face. Just go back and ask Fang Guan quietly when no one else is around—you'll know then." So saying, she left as if nothing had happened.
Baoyu was puzzled by this, but he could only pace himself to the Bamboo Lodge to see Daiyu. She was thinner than ever, quite pitiable to behold, but when he asked, he found she had by now largely recovered from her illness. Daiyu, seeing that he too had grown much thinner, thought back on what had happened in the past and could not help shedding tears. After a few brief exchanges, she urged Baoyu to go back and rest. Baoyu had no choice but to return. He was still thinking of asking Fangguan about what had happened, but Xiangyun and Xiangling had just arrived and were chatting and laughing with Xiren and Fangguan. He did not want to call her, fearing that the others would press him with questions, so he forced himself to be patient.
Presently Fangguan went off with her adoptive mother to wash her hair. Her adoptive mother, however, had her own natural daughter wash first before calling Fangguan. Seeing this, Fangguan accused her of favoritism. "You let me wash with the leftover water after your own daughter. My monthly allowance for an entire whole month goes to you. You're already benefiting from me, and yet you give me your leftovers, one thing after another." Her adoptive mother, turning from shame to anger, scorned her: "You ungrateful creature! No wonder everyone says actors are impossible to deal with. No matter how decent a person may be, once they enter this trade, they're ruined. This little bitch here, picking and choosing like she's somebody, talking such nonsense—a mule that bites the herd, that's what you are!" The two began to quarrel. Xiren hastily sent someone to say: "Stop making such a racket. Look—the Old Lady isn't at home, and not one of you can manage to keep quiet." Qingwen remarked: "It's all Fangguan's doing, not knowing what to make of herself, acting as if she's nobody knows what. She's performed two operas, and behaves as if she's killed the Rebel King and captured the traitor!" Xiren said: "It takes two hands to clap. The older woman has been rather unfair, and the younger one rather hateful." Baoyu said: "No wonder Fangguan is upset. The ancients said, 'When things are unfair, they cry out.' She has lost her parents and has no one to look after her here. You've taken her money and humiliated her besides. How can she be blamed?" Then he said to Xiren: "How much does she get each month? Why don't you take charge of it and look after her? Wouldn't that be simpler?" Xiren said: "If I were to look after her, I wouldn't be doing it, and if I took her money to look after her, I'd only be asking for people to curse me." With that, she rose and went to the other room to fetch a bottle of floral hair oil, along with some eggs, soap, and hair ribbons. She had a servant woman deliver them to Fangguan, telling her to fetch water and wash by herself and stop making such a scene. Her adoptive mother was all the more ashamed and told Fangguan, "Ungrateful thing—making up stories that I've been skimming your money!" She slapped her a few times, and Fangguan burst into tears. Baoyu walked out. Xiren quickly tried to calm him: "What are you doing? I'll go talk to them." Qingwen hurried over first and pointed at her adoptive mother. "You old woman are truly unreasonable. You won't even give her the things to wash her hair—we were the ones who gave them to her—and instead of being ashamed, you still have the face to hit her. If she were still studying with her troupe, would you dare hit her?" The old woman said: "Call her 'Mother' for one day, she's your mother for life. If she puts on airs with me, I'll hit her!" Xiren called to Sheyue: "I'm not good at arguing, and Qingwen is too hot-tempered. Go over quickly and frighten her with a word or two." Sheyue, hearing this, hurried over. "Stop your shouting for a moment. Let me ask you: not just in our household—look around the entire garden. Who has ever seen anyone teaching and disciplining a daughter in her master's quarters? Even if she's your own daughter, once she's been assigned to a room and has a master, it's the master who has the right to beat or scold her. And the older girls and senior maids have the right to beat or scold her too. Who lets a father or mother meddle in the middle of all that? If everyone managed things like that, what would we have them learn from us? The older you get, the less sense of propriety you have! You saw how Zhui'er's mother came and made a scene the other day—now you're copying her? Rest easy. Because people have been falling sick one after another these past days, and the Old Lady hasn't had the peace of mind to attend to it, I haven't reported it. In a couple of days when things quiet down, we'll make a thorough report and put the fear of authority into all of you. Baoyu has only just begun to recover, and even we don't dare speak loudly—yet you beat someone until they howl like ghosts. The masters have only been away a few days and you've become utterly lawless, as if we don't exist. In another couple of days, you'll be beating us too. She doesn't want you as her adoptive mother—are you afraid she'll be buried in dung and grass?"
Baoyu, in his vexation, struck the door threshold with his walking stick. "These old women all have hearts of iron and bowels of stone—it's a wonder! Instead of looking after the girls, they torment them. Over time, how is this to be endured?" Qingwen said: "What do you mean, 'how is it to be endured'? Drive them all out—we don't want these useless creatures who are good for nothing but show!" The old woman was mortified beyond words and said nothing. Fangguan was wearing only a small padded jacket of begonia red, with silk trousers embroidered below the waist, her trouser legs loose, her hair glossy like black oil draped behind her back, crying like a person made of tears. Sheyue laughed: "She's turned Miss Yingying into Hongniang being tortured! And she's not even made herself up—she's as slovenly as ever." Baoyu said: "Her natural appearance is actually very fine. Don't make her all stiff and constrained." Qingwen went over, pulled her up, washed her hair clean, wrung it dry with a towel, and loosely tied it in a carefree coiffure. Then she told her to get dressed and come over.
Presently the old woman from the inner kitchen came and asked, "The evening meal is ready — shall I send it in?" The little maid went in to ask Xiren. Xiren laughed, "We've been making such a racket just now, I didn't even notice what time it is." Qingwen said, "That blasted thing — something must be wrong with it again, and I'll have to go fix it." She took the clock and looked at it. "Just wait about the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea." The little maid left. Sheyue laughed, "Speaking of mischief, Fangguan deserves a beating too. Yesterday she was fooling with that pendant and broke it in no time." While they spoke, she set out the dishes. Soon a little maid came in carrying a box and stood waiting. When Qingwen and Sheyue lifted the lid to look, there were still only four small dishes. Qingwen laughed, "We're already recovering, and they still won't give us two light dishes. How long must we go on with nothing but congee and salted vegetables?" She set everything out and then noticed in the box a bowl of soup with fresh ham and bamboo shoots. She quickly brought it over and set it in front of Baoyu. Baoyu took a sip right from the table and said, "It's scalding!" Xiren laughed, "Bodhisattva, it's only been a few days since you've had meat, and you're already this greedy." As she spoke, she picked up the bowl and blew on it gently. Seeing Fangguan standing nearby, she handed the bowl to her and said, "You should learn to serve too, instead of being dull and sleepy all the time. Blow lightly — don't get any spit in it." Fangguan did as she was told and blew several times, quite properly.
Her foster mother was also waiting outside with the meal. When Fangguan and the others had first arrived, they had been taken on from outside and had gone together to Pear Fragrance Court. This old woman was a third-rate person in the Rong Mansion, employed only to do their washing, and had never been allowed inside to wait on anyone, so she knew nothing of the rules within the inner quarters. Now she had only been able to enter the garden through their patronage and had followed her foster daughter into the room. She had first observed the way Sheyue managed things and had picked up a thing or two. But she was afraid that if Fangguan were not allowed to acknowledge her as her foster mother, she would lose many advantages, so her one thought was to curry favor with them. Now seeing Fangguan blowing on the soup, she rushed in laughing, "She doesn't know what she's doing — she'll break the bowl. Let me blow it." As she spoke, she reached out to take it. Qingwen shouted, "Get out! Even if she breaks the bowl, it's not your turn to blow it. What are you doing in here at this hour? Get out!" She scolded the little maids too, "Blind fools — if she doesn't know, why didn't you tell her?" The little maids all chimed in, "We told her to leave, but she wouldn't go, and when we reasoned with her, she wouldn't listen. Now she's gotten us in trouble too — do you believe us now? In places we can go, you can go half of them, and half of them you can't. And here she's gone somewhere we can't even go, and on top of that she's reaching out and opening her mouth." As they spoke, they pushed her toward the door. Several old women waiting below for the empty dishes and utensils laughed when they saw her come out, "Sister-in-law, you didn't even look in a mirror before you went in." The old woman, burning with shame and anger, had no choice but to swallow it.
After Fangguan had blown a few times, Baoyu laughed, "That's enough — careful you don't strain yourself. Taste a sip — is it cool enough?" Fangguan thought he was joking and just stood there smiling at Xiren and the others. Xiren said, "What harm is there in tasting a sip?" Qingwen laughed, "Watch me taste it." She took a sip. Seeing this, Fangguan tasted a sip herself and said, "It's ready." She handed it to Baoyu. Baoyu drank half a bowl, ate a few pieces of bamboo shoot, and then had half a bowl of congee and was done. The servants cleared everything away. A little maid brought the wash basin, and after he had washed and rinsed his mouth, Xiren and the others went out to eat. Baoyu gave Fangguan a meaningful look. Fangguan, being naturally clever and having spent several years in the theater, knew a thing or two about everything. She pretended to have a headache and said she wouldn't eat. Xiren said, "Since you're not eating, stay in the room and keep me company. I'll save the congee for you — you can eat it later if you get hungry." With that, they all left.
Here, Baoyu and Fangguan were alone. Baoyu then told him everything from the beginning—how he had noticed the firelight, how he had come upon Ou-guan, how he had protected him with a lie, and how Ou-guan had asked him to speak to Fangguan—relating the whole matter from start to finish in detail. He then asked Fangguan exactly whom Ou-guan had been mourning.
Fangguan listened, his face full of smiles, then let out a sigh and said, "This is a story that is both laughable and lamentable."
Baoyu, hearing this, eagerly asked what he meant.
Fangguan said with a smile, "You ask whom he was mourning? He was mourning Di-guan, who has died."
Baoyu said, "That is friendship, and it is fitting."
Fangguan said with a smile, "Friendship? Hardly! He is simply possessed by a mad, foolish notion. He says that he himself is the young male lead, and Di-guan was the young female lead, and that they were always playing husband and wife. Although it was all pretense, every day those arias and stage scenes were filled with genuine tenderness and intimate affection. So the two of them went quite mad. Even when not performing, in their ordinary eating and drinking, rising and sitting, the two of them were so tender and loving toward each other. When Di-guan died, he wept as though he would die himself, and he still has not forgotten her. That is why he burns paper offerings at every festival. Later, Rui-guan was brought in to replace her. We saw that he was just as gentle and attentive toward Rui-guan, and we asked him whether he was casting off the old for the new. He said: 'There is a great principle here. For example, when a man loses his wife, if he must take a second wife, then he must indeed take a second wife. Simply not forgetting the one who has died and not putting her aside—that is deep feeling and true devotion. If, simply because the one has died, he refuses to remain and remains alone his whole life, neglecting the greater duty, that is not right either, and the dead one would not rest in peace.' Now tell me, is that not both mad and foolish? Is it not laughable?"
When Baoyu heard this foolish speech, it matched his own foolish nature perfectly. He was at once moved to joy and to sorrow, and he marveled at its strangeness and wonder, saying, "Since Heaven has created such a person, what need is there for this turbid creature of beard and brow to defile the world?"
Then he quickly took Fangguan's hand and said, "Since that is the case, I have something to entrust to him as well. But it would be awkward for me to say it to him directly. You must tell him for me."
Fangguan asked what it was.
Baoyu said, "From now on, he must absolutely not burn paper money. Paper money is an invention of later heterodox minds; it is not a teaching handed down by Confucius. In the future, at the proper season and festival, he need only prepare a burner, and on the appointed day, burn incense as he wishes. If his heart is sincere and reverent, it will reach the spirits. Foolish people do not understand this. Whether it is gods, Buddhas, or the dead, they insist on making distinctions of rank and preparing all sorts of different offerings. They do not realize that the single principle of 'sincerity of heart' is what matters. Even on a day of chaos and flight, when there is not even incense at hand, if there is simply earth or grass, as long as it is clean, it can serve as an offering. Not only will the dead enjoy the sacrifice, but the gods and spirits will come to enjoy it too. Look at my desk—I have only one burner there, and regardless of the date, I burn incense constantly. They all do not know the reason, but I have my own reasons in my heart. If I happen to have clear tea, I offer a cup of tea. If I have fresh water, I offer a cup of water. If I have fresh flowers, or fresh fruit, or even meat dishes or fish, as long as the heart is sincere and pure, even the Buddha himself could come to enjoy it. So it is said: what matters is reverence, not empty form. From now on, tell him quickly that he must never burn paper again."
Fangguan listened and promised to do so.
After they had finished eating, someone came to report: "The Old Lady and Lady Wang have returned."
To know what followed, listen to the next chapter.