红楼梦Chapter23_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter23

Tai-yue had just been cogitating on this subject， so that when she unexpectedly heard Pao-yues inquiry， she forthwith rejoined with a smile： My own idea is that the Hsio Hsiang Kuan is best; for Im fond of those clusters of bamboos， which hide from view the tortuous balustrade and make the place more secluded and peaceful than any other!

Pao-yue at these words clapped his hands and smiled. That just meets with my own views! he remarked; I too would like you to go and live in there; and as I am to stay in the I Hung Yuan， we two will be， in the first place， near each other; and next， both in quiet and secluded spots.

While the two of them were conversing， a servant came， sent over by Chia Cheng， to report to dowager lady Chia that： The 22nd of the second moon was a propitious day for Pao-yue and the young ladies to shift their quarters into the garden; that during these few days， servants should be sent in to put things in their proper places and to clean; that Hsueh Pao-chai should put up in the Heng Wu court; that Lin Tai-yue was to live in the Hsiao Hsiang lodge; that Chia Ying-chun should move into the Cho Chin two-storied building; that Tan Chun should put up in the Chiu Yen library; that Hsi Chun should take up her quarters in the Liao Feng house; that widow Li should live in the Tao Hsiang village， and that Pao-yue was to live in the I Hung court. That at every place two old nurses should be added and four servant-girls; that exclusive of the nurse and personal waiting-maid of each， there should， in addition， be servants， whose special duties should be to put things straight and to sweep the place; and that on the 22nd， they should all， in a body， move into the garden.