Chapter 715: On that snowy day, a lovely young woman arrived

On that snowy day, a lovely young woman arrived.

The 22nd: On that snowy day, a lovely young woman arrived.

In the previous chapter, the discussion turned to Hamlet and Ophelia; dear readers must think I have 'exhausted Liu Lang's talent,' that I have no 'goods' left in my belly; just like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, making up idle stories for those talented scholars and beautiful ladies, intentionally coming to amuse them and make them laugh.

However, although Liu Laolao was a country person, she was born with some insight. When she came to the Grand View Garden, facing those young masters and the 'three thousand beauties,' she originally had no chance to interject—when the talented scholars and beautiful ladies faced the lovely scenery and good weather, composing poetry and matching verses, you, a country old woman, should quickly step back.

But that country old woman not only did not step back, she boldly walked up to the front stage; not only was she not neglected, she was welcomed and applauded by the talented scholars and beautiful ladies.

There is certainly much knowledge here worth studying and pondering.

Where, then, is this knowledge?

That is the story made up by Liu Laolao; that story is indeed funny, rare, and delightful—

That winter, it snowed continuously, a heavy snow. The snow on the ground was several feet deep. Transportation in the village was blocked by the heavy snow, and the villagers all stayed at home.

"That morning I got up very early," Liu Laolao said, making it up: "Just as I stepped out the door, I heard a rustling of firewood outside; I first thought it was the wind blowing on a snowy day. Later I saw the noise was loud, and I thought it must be a firewood‑poor person coming out to steal grass. I leaned on the windowsill and looked, and couldn't help but be startled. The person stealing firewood was not someone from our village—"

"That must be a passing traveler, stopping at your village, frozen and miserable, seeing the grass pile by the road, and going to pluck some firewood to warm themselves." Jia Mu interjected.

That Jia Mu is kind-hearted, fond of doing good and charitable.

Liu Laolao laughed and said: "Old Man Shouxing guessed wrong— the one stealing firewood is not a passing traveler."

"Not a passing traveler; then who is it on this snowy day?" Old Man Shouxing asked.

"What are you pretending to be, Old Man Shouxing? Actually, it's a seventeen‑ or eighteen‑year‑old extremely beautiful young woman, wearing a white shirt on top and a red skirt below; she also has yellow dye and lipstick on—"

Upon hearing that there was an extremely beautiful girl out in the heavy snow stealing grass, Baoyu felt concerned and asked Liu Laolao anxiously: "Who is that girl? Is she frozen? Or is she hungry?"

This Baoyu has no interest in studying and cannot do proper work— the saying 'seeking sorrow without cause, sometimes acting like a mad fool' describes him perfectly. Look, when Liu Laolao said that the girl in the snowy day wearing a white shirt, red skirt, dyed yellow and lipstick, this originally had nothing to do with him, yet he insists on getting to the bottom of things. Isn't that seeking sorrow without cause?

Seeing Baoyu ask so seriously, Liu Laolao casually said: "Actually, that beauty is a fox spirit transformed; she intentionally wears strange clothes to attract attention, pretends to be extraordinary, to lure people and block business."

This was just a story Liu Laolao made up, but Baoyu took it seriously……………………………..