红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

Chia Chin came， in due course， to pay a visit to Chia Lien and his wife， and was incessant in his expressions of gratitude; and lady Feng bestowed upon him a further favour by giving him， as a first instalment， an advance of the funds necessary for three months outlay， for which she bade him write a receipt; while Chia Lien filled up a cheque and signed it; and a counter-order was simultaneously issued， and he came out into the treasury where the sum specified for three months supplies， amounting to three hundred taels， was paid out in pure ingots.

Chia Chin took the first piece of silver that came under his hand， and gave it to the men in charge of the scales， with which he told them to have a cup of tea， and bidding， shortly after， a boy-servant take the money to his home， he held consultation with his mother; after which， he hired a donkey for himself to ride on， and also bespoke several carriages， and came to the back gate of the Jung Kuo mansion; where having called out the twenty young priests， they got into the carriages， and sped straightway beyond the city walls， to the Temple of the Iron Fence， where nothing of any note transpired at the time.

But we will now notice Chia Yuean-chun， within the precincts of the Palace. When she had arranged the verses composed in the park of Broad Vista in their order of merit， she suddenly recollected that the sights in the garden were sure， ever since her visit through them， to be diligently and respectfully kept locked up by her father and mother; and that by not allowing any one to go in was not an injustice done to this garden? Besides， (she pondered)， in that household， there are at present several young ladies， capable of composing odes， and able to write poetry， and why should not permission be extended to them to go and take their quarters in it; in order too that those winsome persons might not be deprived of good cheer， and that the flowers and willows may not lack any one to admire them!