Although I had to rely on a book to read, I still loved this Aesop's Fables from the West.
It was composed of many short stories, and its format was quite similar to that of the Wei and Jin Dynasties' Shishuo Xinyu. The birds and beasts in the stories spoke and acted like humans, but they weren't. They weren't supernatural, and they were often full of deep meaning. It was very different from what I had read in the past.
After flipping through other books, I found another one called "Divine Comedy." It seemed to be a Western poem praising the gods. I have always loved poems, so it became even more interesting.
In order to make it easier to read, and to satisfy my desire for knowledge, I put in a lot of effort to study the Western characters in the book. Fortunately, among the books my uncle gave me, there was a book called "Western Sentence Reading" that could be compared with the Western characters book.
I concentrated on reading, and inevitably paid less attention to external affairs. His interactions with his uncle and his sister had all retreated to a distance away.
Unfortunately, it was that "Devil's Incarnate" cousin, Baoyu. Although I was very sad and angry that day, and cried for half the night, because he and I lived in the same cupboard, separated only by a door, we gradually became familiar with each other.
Grandmother also told us to get along well with each other. I couldn't help but agree.
After that, I traveled and sat with Baoyu, and we shared the same sentiments. Slowly, I felt that this cousin was really a wonderful person. Unexpectedly, he was very agreeable, and he didn't seem to be crazy at first.
Grandmother's attitude was as if that day was purely unintentional, and after that, she was very compassionate. My daily life was also like Baoyu's. Even my three cousins were at the back.
The gloominess in my heart slowly faded away.
One day, when I read a wonderful part of the book, and was secretly applauding, someone suddenly shouted behind me. I was so shocked that I dropped the book, and turned around to scold him: "What are you doing here? You are disturbing my reading. "
Baoyu's beautiful face came closer, and smiled: "What are you reading every day? Good sister, let me see. "
I sneered, rolled up the book, and hid it behind my back: "You have this sister, that sister, sister-in-law, and brother. If you have a few pieces of honey in your mouth, you can go and shout a few times. What book can't you read? Why do you keep thinking about me? "
Baoyu was crestfallen. "Don't you know that my family hates it when I read these things? Especially if Master finds out, he won't break my legs! "
As she said this, she shamelessly begged me, "I see that meimei has added a lot of new words these days. I think you must have learned a lot from your studies. I am not so lucky as to have an uncle who would give me such a novel book. Why don't Little Sister Ruo let me have a look as well? "
Hearing him say that, I felt a little smug. But she just ignored him with a cold face.
Seeing my insistence, Baoyu grimaced and said, "Humph, it must be some stupid essay. If you don't allow anyone to look at it, I'm afraid something bad might happen. "
I was so angry that I laughed. I pointed at him and scolded, "You fox, I'm afraid you're saying sour grapes when you can't eat them!"
Baoyu blinked and said, "I was just saying that you've learned a lot of new words, and now you're using an allusion that I don't know. I'll have to trouble Little Sister to enlighten me. At the very least, you have to help me understand what they're fabricating about me. "
I laughed and scolded, "Idiot! Hurry up and rest! "As I said this, I was also happy. I took out Aesop's Fables and tossed it to him." Take a look! Don't say that I gave it to you. "
I then reminded him, "I've read it once and made annotations in the language of the imperial court. There are also some explanations from my uncle below. Even if you don't understand Western words, it's fine."
Baoyu longed for Shu, and stared at the book in my hand. I shook my head. "These are Western poems praising the gods. I haven't read them all yet, so don't expect too much."
He glanced at it and saw that it was full of flowery Western words. He didn't care. He then urged me to go out and catch butterflies with the maids.
My body has always been weak, and my mind has been focused on learning Western words and studying Western poems. I was not interested in catching butterflies with the maids, so I told him to go by himself.
I also missed the news that Family Xue had moved in.
I also missed the news from my uncle that Family Xue had brought.
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