红楼梦Chapter9_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter9

the fact is that this Chia Jui was， in an extraordinary deGREe， a man with an eye to the main chance， and devoid of any sense of propriety. His wont was at school to take advantage of public matters to serve his private interest， and to bring pressure upon his pupils with the intent that they should regale him. While subsequently he also lent his countenance to Hsueeh Pan， scheming to get some money or eatables out of him， he left him entirely free to indulge in disorderly behaviour; and not only did he not go out of his way to hold him in check， but， on the contrary， he encouraged him， infamous though he was already， to become a bully， so as to curry favour with him.

But this Hsueeh Pan was， by nature， gifted with a fickle disposition; to-day， he would incline to the east， and to-morrow to the west， so that having recently obtained new friends， he put Hsiang Lin and Yue Ai aside. Chin Jung too was at one time an intimate friend of his， but ever since he had acquired the friendship of the two lads， Hsiang Lin and Yue Ai， he forthwith deposed Chin Jung. Of late， he had already come to look down upon even Hsiang Lin and Yue Ai， with the result that Chia Jui as well was deprived of those who could lend him support， or stand by him; but he bore Hsueeh Pan no grudge， for wearying with old friends， as soon as he found new ones， but felt angry that Hsiang Lin and Yue Ai had not put in a word on his behalf with Hsueeh Pan. Chia Jui， Chin Jung and in fact the whole crowd of them were， for this reason， just harbouring a jealous grudge against these two， so that when he saw Chin Chung and Hsiang Lin come on this occasion and lodge a complaint against Chin Jung， Chia Jui readily felt displeasure creep into his heart; and， although he did not venture to call Chin Chung to account， he nevertheless made an example of Hsiang Lin. And instead (of taking his part)， he called him a busybody and denounced him in much abusive language， with the result that Hsiang Lin did not， contrariwise， profit in any way， but brought displeasure upon himself. Even Chin Chung grumbled against the treatment， as each of them resumed their places.