红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

On one day， which happened to be the middle decade of the third moon， Pao-yue， after breakfast， took a book， the Hui Chen Chi， in his hand and walked as far as the bridge of the Hsin Fang lock. Seating himself on a block of rock， that lay under the peach trees in that quarter， he opened the Hui Chen Chi and began to read it carefully from the beginning. But just as he came to the passage： the falling red (flowers) have formed a heap， he felt a gust of wind blow through the trees， bringing down a whole bushel of peach blossoms; and， as they fell， his whole person， the entire surface of the book as well as a large extent of ground were simply bestrewn with petals of the blossoms. Pao-yue was bent upon shaking them down; but as he feared lest they should be trodden under foot， he felt constrained to carry the petals in his coat and walk to the bank of the pond and throw them into the stream. The petals floated on the surface of the water， and， after whirling and swaying here and there， they at length ran out by the Hsin Fang lock. But， on his return under the tree， he found the ground again one mass of petals， and Pao-yue was just hesitating what to do， when he heard some one behind his back inquire， What are you up to here? and as soon as Pao-yue turned his head round， he discovered that it was Lin Tai-yue， who had come over carrying on her shoulder a hoe for raking flowers， that on this hoe was suspended a gauze-bag， and that in her hand she held a broom.