Baoyu talks about his dream with his maid Aroma. Country relative Grannie Liu visits and is given an
audience with Wang Xifeng, and is
overawed by the technology and opulence.
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Chapter 6
贾宝玉初试云雨情
刘老老一进荣国府
Aroma
and Baoyu are embarrassed while dressing him after his dream, and she laughs
when he describes his dream to her. Baoyu has his way with her, doubling their
mutual devotion.
Distant
country relative Grannie Liu 刘老老 tries
to persuade her son-in-law Gouer 狗儿 to appeal to Wang Xifeng for help, and she ends up going
with grandson Baner 板儿 to
see Zhou Rui 周瑞, with whom Gouer’s father had been friendly. Zhou Rui’s wife
gains Liu an audience with Wang Xifeng through Xifeng's maid Patience 平儿. Liu mistakes Patience
for Xifeng, and is overawed by the opulence and technology and cannot get a word
out. Xifeng admonishes Liu for kowtowing to her, and regrets that there are not
more relations visiting them. Liu is embarrassed by Jia Rong’s 贾蓉 arrival, who has come to borrow a
glass screen. A meal is brought for Liu and Baner, and Xifeng gives them twenty
taels.
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