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Wu Xinxin: /* Wú Xīnxīn 吴欣欣 */

2021-06-16T06:12:17Z

Wú Xīnxīn 吴欣欣

Wu Xinxin: /* Wǔ Sīyí 伍斯仪 */

2021-06-16T06:11:14Z

Wǔ Sīyí 伍斯仪

Yuan Jing: /* Yì Míngxiá 易明霞 */

2021-06-16T06:07:24Z

Yì Míngxiá 易明霞

Su Xiao: /* Sū Xiāo 苏潇 */

2021-06-16T02:48:49Z

Sū Xiāo 苏潇

Tang Hui: /* Sū Xiāo 苏潇 */

2021-06-15T23:39:34Z

Sū Xiāo 苏潇

Wang Chuyi: /* Téng Bìxiá 滕璧霞 */

2021-06-15T23:37:32Z

Téng Bìxiá 滕璧霞

Teng Bixia: /* Téng Bìxiá 滕璧霞 */

2021-06-15T15:33:58Z

Téng Bìxiá 滕璧霞

Wang Qinyu: /* Wáng Jìngyí 王静怡 */

2021-06-15T15:24:06Z

Wáng Jìngyí 王静怡

Wang Qinyu: /* Wáng Jìngyí 王静怡 */

2021-06-15T15:23:01Z

Wáng Jìngyí 王静怡

Yi Mingxia: /* Yāo Yáng 么阳 */

2021-06-15T13:36:23Z

Yāo Yáng 么阳

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 the sleep of the plum trees， the dream of the bamboos the third watch have already reached. Under the embroidered quilt and the kingfisher coverlet one can't sleep for the cold. The shadow of fir trees pervades the court， but cranes are all that meet the eye. Both far and wide the pear blossom covers the ground， but yet the hawk cannot be heard. The wish， verses to write， fostered by the damsel with the GREen sleeves， has waxed cold. The master， with the gold sable pelisse， cannot endure much wine. But yet he doth rejoice that his attendant knows the way to brew the tea. The newly-fallen snow is swept what time for tea the water must be boiled.
-But putting aside Precious Jade Merchant， as he leisurely was occupied in scanning some verses， we will now allude to all these ballads. There lived， at that time， a class of people， whose wont was to servilely court the influential and wealthy， and who， upon perceiving that the verses were composed by a young lad of the Jung Kuo mansion， of only twelve or thirteen years of age， had copies made， and taking them outside sang their praise far and wide. There were besides another sort of light-headed young men， whose heart was so set upon licentious and seductive lines， that they even inscribed them on fans and screen-walls， and time and again kept on humming them and extolling them. And to the above reasons must therefore be ascribed the fact that persons came in search of stanzas and in quest of manuscripts， to apply for sketches and to beg for poetical compositions， to the increasing satisfaction of Precious Jade Merchant， who day after day， when at home， devoted his time and attention to these extraneous matters. But who would have anticipated that he could ever in his quiet seclusion have become a prey to a spirit of restlessness？ Of a sudden， one day he began to feel discontent， finding fault with this and turning up his nose at that； and going in and coming out he was simply full of ennui. And as all the girls in the garden were just in the prime of youth， and at a time of life when， artless and unaffected， they sat and reclined without regard to retirement， and disported themselves and joked without heed， how could they ever have come to read the secrets which at this time occupied a place in the heart of Precious Jade Merchant？
+But putting aside Precious Jade， as he leisurely was occupied in scanning some verses， we will now allude to all these ballads. There lived， at that time， a class of people， whose wont was to servilely court the influential and wealthy， and who， upon perceiving that the verses were composed by a young lad of the Jung Kuo mansion， of only twelve or thirteen years of age， had copies made， and taking them outside sang their praise far and wide. There were besides another sort of light-headed young men， whose heart was so set upon licentious and seductive lines， that they even inscribed them on fans and screen-walls， and time and again kept on humming them and extolling them. And to the above reasons must therefore be ascribed the fact that persons came in search of stanzas and in quest of manuscripts， to apply for sketches and to beg for poetical compositions， to the increasing satisfaction of Precious Jade Merchant， who day after day， when at home， devoted his time and attention to these extraneous matters. But who would have anticipated that he could ever in his quiet seclusion have become a prey to a spirit of restlessness？ Of a sudden， one day he began to feel discontent， finding fault with this and turning up his nose at that； and going in and coming out he was simply full of ennui. And as all the girls in the garden were just in the prime of youth， and at a time of life when， artless and unaffected， they sat and reclined without regard to retirement， and disported themselves and joked without heed， how could they ever have come to read the secrets which at this time occupied a place in the heart of Precious Jade？
 不说宝玉闲吟But putting aside Precious Jade Merchant， as he leisurely was occupied in scanning some verses， we will now allude to all these ballads.

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 At this point Master Merchant sent a servant to report to the Lady Dowager that the twenty-second of the second month would be an auspicious day for the move into the Garden, and the young people’s quarters would be ready by then. Precious Hairpin Marshgrass lived in Asarum Garden, Mascara Jade Bamboo Lodge, Spring Pleasure Merchant Variegated Splendour of tower, Seeking Spring Merchant the Studio of Autumn Freshness, Spring Cherish Merchant Smartweed Breeze Cot, Silk Plum Paddy-Sweet Cottage, and Precious Jade Happy Red Court. Two old nurses and four maids were assigned to each apartment in addition to the occupant’s nanny and own attendants, and there were other servants whose sole duty was cleaning and sweeping. On the twenty-second they all moved in and at once the Garden gay with flowers and willows ruffled by a fragrant breeze from embroidered sashes lost its former air of desolation.
 But no need to describe this in detail. Precious Jade found life in the Garden all he could wish. He asked nothing better than to spend every day with his sisters, cousins and maids, reading, writing, strumming the lute, playing chess, painting, chanting poems, watching the girls embroider their phoenix patterns, enjoying the flowers, softly singing, guessing riddles or playing the guess-fingers game. He had a carefree life here.”
 =Wú Xīnxīn 吴欣欣=

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 At the words ‘take advantage of me’ her eyes filled with tears, and as she finished speaking she turned from him and began to go.
- "It isn’t a good idea to tip them in the water," said Mascara Jade Forest. "The water you see here is clean, but farther on beyond the weir, where it flows past people’s houses, there are all sorts of muck and impurity, and in the end they get spoiled just the same. In that corner over there I’ve got a grave for the flowers, and what I’m doing now is sweeping them up and putting them in this silk bag to bury them there, so that they can gradually turn back into earth. Isn’t that a cleaner way of disposing of them?" Precious Jade was full of admiration for this idea. "Just let me put this book somewhere and I’ll give you a hand." "What book?" said Mascara Jade Forest. "Oh... The Doctrine of the Mean and The Greater Learning," he said, hastily concealing it. "Don’t try to fool me!" said Mascara Jade Forest, "You'd better let me look at it in the first place, instead of hiding it so guiltily." "In your case,  I have nothing to be afraid of," said Precious Jade, "but if I do let you look, you must promise not to tell anyone. It’s marvellous stuff. Once you start reading it, you’ll even stop wanting to eat!" He handed the book to her, and Mascara Jade put down her things and looked at it. The more she read, the more she liked it, and before very long she had read several acts. She felt the power of the words and their lingering fragrance. Long after she had finished reading, when she had laid down the book and was sitting there rapt and silent, the lines continued to ring on in her head. "Well," said Precious Jade, "is it good?" Mascara Jade smiled and nodded. Precious Jade laughed, "How can I, full of sickness and of woe, withstand that face which kingdoms could overthrow?"
 Mascara Jade reddened to the tips of her ears. The eyebrows that seemed to frown yet somehow didn’t were raised now in anger and the lovely eyes flashed. There was rage in her crimson cheeks and resentment in all her looks. "You’re hateful!"— she pointed a finger at him in angry accusal — "deliberately using that horrid play to take advantage of me. I’m going. straight off to tell Uncle and Aunt!" At the words ‘take advantage of me’ her eyes filled with tears, and as she finished speaking she turned from him and began to go.--[[User:Yuan Jing|Yuan Jing]] ([[User talk:Yuan Jing|talk]]) 23:24, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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 The light monkey stands on the treetop. The answer was a fruit name.
 Master Merchant already knew that it was lichee, but he gave several wrong answers on purpose, with many things being fined. Then he guessed out and got the reward from Grandma Merchant. After that, he also read a lantern riddle to Grandma Merchant to guess, that is, his body is square and hard; he couldn’t speak but would answer all your questions. The answer is an article for use.
-After saying this, he whispered to Precious Jade, who understood and whispered to Grandma Merchant. After thinking for a while, Grandma Merchant realized that it was surely right, so she replied, “It is an inkstone.” Master Merchant smiled, “Worthy of being our highly respected lady! You get the right answer at once.” He looked back and said, “Present my prepared gifts.”
+After saying this, he whispered to Precious Jade, who understood and whispered to Grandma Merchant. After thinking for a while, Grandma Merchant realized that it was surely right, so she replied, “It is an inkstone.” Master Merchant smiled, “Worthy of being our highly respected lady! You get the right answer at once.” He looked back and said, “Present my prepared gifts.”The female servant promised, and then presented the large and small boxes together on.Looking through each of them, Grandma Merchant was satisfied to find that all were new and clever things to play with during the Lantern Festival.So she ordered the servant to serve liqueur for her master.Precious Jade held the flagon and  Spring Pleasure sent the liqueur.
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 贾政道：“这是爆竹呢。”宝玉答道：“是。”
-Master Merchant knew Grandma Merchant's intention as well. Getting him out, so that his sisters and brothers could have fun. So he smiled and said, "Today I heard that mom set the spring lantern riddles, so I also prepared wonderful gifts and banquets for joining the party. Why don't you give your son a little of your love for your grandchildren?" Grandma Merchant laughed, "they don't dare to talk and laugh if you stay here. That silence makes me bored. Since you want to guess a riddle, I'll just tell you one to guess. If you don't guess out, you'll be punished." Master Merchant smiled at once, "Of course. But if I guess out, don't forget to give me the reward!" "That's for sure." Then Grandma Merchant read,
+Master Merchant knew Grandma Merchant's intention as well. Getting him out, so that his sisters and brothers could have fun. So he smiled and said, "Today I heard that mom set the spring lantern riddles, so I also prepared wonderful gifts and banquets for the party. Why don't you give your son a little of your love for your grandchildren?" Grandma Merchant laughed, "they don't dare to talk and laugh if you stay here. That silence makes me bored. Since you want to guess a riddle, I'll just tell you one to guess. If you don't guess out, you'll be punished." Master Merchant smiled at once, "Of course. But if I guess out, don't forget to give me the reward!" "That's for sure." Then Grandma Merchant read,
 The light monkey stands on the treetop. The answer was a fruit name.
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 =Tāng Huì 汤惠=

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	The twenty-four young Buddhists and Taoists from the Dharma Convent and Jade Emperor’s Temple in the Garden had now been moved out, and Master Merchant had been thinking of sending them to various temples elsewhere. Word of this reached Celery Merchant`s mother Lady Zhou who lived in the street behind just as she had decided to look in Master Merchant’s house for some remunerative job, whether big or small, for her son. So she came by sedan-chair to enlist Sister Phoenix’s help. As this woman was normally unassuming, Sister Phoenix agreed. Having thought out the right approach she told Lady King: “We mustn’t send away the little Buddhists and Taoists, because they’ll be needed next time Her Highness comes, and it would be hard to get them together again if once they’d been dispersed. My idea is to move them all to our family’s Iron Threshold Temple. Then all we need do is to send someone with a few taels of silver every month for their firewood and rice, and they can be fetched back if needed without any trouble.”Lady King passed on this proposal to her husband. “Quite right,” he agreed. “I’m glad you reminded me.” He sent for Romance Merchant.--[[User:Teng Bixia\|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia\|talk]]) 07:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)		The twenty-four young Buddhists and Taoists from the Dharma Convent and Jade Emperor’s Temple in the Garden had now been moved out, and Master Merchant had been thinking of sending them to various temples elsewhere. Word of this reached Celery Merchant`s mother Lady Zhou who lived in the street behind just as she had decided to look in Master Merchant’s house for some remunerative job, whether big or small, for her son. So she came by sedan-chair to enlist Sister Phoenix’s help. As this woman was normally unassuming, Sister Phoenix agreed. Having thought out the right approach she told Lady King: “We mustn’t send away the little Buddhists and Taoists, because they’ll be needed next time Her Highness comes, and it would be hard to get them together again if once they’d been dispersed. My idea is to move them all to our family’s Iron Threshold Temple. Then all we need do is to send someone with a few taels of silver every month for their firewood and rice, and they can be fetched back if needed without any trouble.”Lady King passed on this proposal to her husband. “Quite right,” he agreed. “I’m glad you reminded me.” He sent for Romance Merchant.--[[User:Teng Bixia\|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia\|talk]]) 07:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
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		+	After First Spring Merchant’s return to the Palace from her visit to the Grand View Garden， she gave instructions that Seeking- Spring should copy out all the poems written that day for her to arrange in order of merit because she wished them to be inscribed on the tablets in the Grand View Gardens a lasting memorial to that splendid occasion. Master Merchant accordingly ordered skilled artisans to polish and engrave the stones under the supervision of Treasure Merchant, assisted by Prosperity Merchant and Lemna Merchant. As Rose Merchant had his hands full looking after the twelve actresses and their properties, he asked Gladiolus Merchant and Caltrop Merchant to supervise the work instead. In due course, wax was melted over the tablets and the poems were engraved in vermilion. But no more of this.
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		+	The twenty-four young Buddhists and Taoists from the Dharma Convent and Jade Emperor’s Temple in the Garden had now been moved out, and Master Merchant had been thinking of sending them to various temples elsewhere. Word of this reached Celery Merchant`s mother Lady Zhou who lived in the street behind just as she had decided to look in Master Merchant’s house for some remunerative job, whether big or small, for her son. So she came by sedan-chair to enlist Sister Phoenix’s help. As this woman was normally unassuming, Sister Phoenix agreed. Having thought out the right approach she told Lady King: “We mustn’t send away the little Buddhists and Taoists, because they’ll be needed next time Her Highness comes, and it would be hard to get them together again if once they’d been dispersed. My idea is to move them all to our family’s Iron Threshold Temple. Then all we need do is to send someone with a few taels of silver every month for their firewood and rice, and they can be fetched back if needed without any trouble.”Lady King passed on this proposal to her husband. “Quite right,” he agreed. “I’m glad you reminded me.” He sent for Romance Merchant.
		+	--[[User:Wang Chuyi\|Wang Chuyi]] ([[User talk:Wang Chuyi\|talk]]) 23:37, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

	=Wáng Chǔyí 王楚仪=		=Wáng Chǔyí 王楚仪=

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 “倒是提醒了我。就是这样。”即时唤贾琏。
-After First Spring Merchant’s return to the Palace from her visit to Grand View Garden， she gave instructions that Seeking- Spring should copy out all the poems written that day for her to arrange in order of merit, because she wished them to be inscribed on the tablets in the Garden as a lasting memorial to that splendid occasion.Treasure Merchant accordingly ordered skilled artisans to be found to polish and engrave the stones under the supervision of Treasure Merchant, assisted by Prosperity Merchant and Merchant.As  Rose Merchant had his hands full looking after the twelve actresses and their properties, he asked Jia Chang and Jia Ling to supervise the work instead.In due course wax was melted over the tablets and the poems were engraved in vermilion. But no more of this.The twenty-four young Buddhists and Taoists from the Dharma Convent and Jade Emperor’s Temple in the Garden had now been moved out, and Master Merchant had been thinking of sending them to various temples elsewhere.Word of this reached Talent Merchant`s mother Lady Zhou who lived in the street behind just as she had decided to look in Master Merchant’s house for some remunerative job, whether big or small, for her son. So she came by sedan-chair to enlist Xifeng’s help.As this woman was normally unassuming, Splendid Phoenix King agreed. Having thought out the right approach she told Lady King: “We mustn’t send away the little Buddhists and Taoists, because they’ll be needed next time Her Highness comes, and it would be hard to get them together again if once they’d been dispersed.My idea is to move them all to our family’s Iron Threshold Temple. Then all we need do is to send someone with a few taels of silver every month for their firewood and rice, and they can be fetched back if needed without any trouble.”Lady King passed on this proposal to her husband. “Quite right,” he agreed. “I’m glad you reminded me.” He sent for Lian Merchant.--[[User:Teng Bixia|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia|talk]]) 07:01, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
+After First Spring Merchant’s return to the Palace from her visit to the Grand View Garden， she gave instructions that Seeking- Spring should copy out all the poems written that day for her to arrange in order of merit because she wished them to be inscribed on the tablets in the Grand View Gardens a lasting memorial to that splendid occasion. Master Merchant accordingly ordered skilled artisans to polish and engrave the stones under the supervision of Treasure Merchant, assisted by Prosperity Merchant and Lemna Merchant. As Rose Merchant had his hands full looking after the twelve actresses and their properties, he asked Gladiolus Merchant and Caltrop Merchant to supervise the work instead. In due course, wax was melted over the tablets and the poems were engraved in vermilion. But no more of this.
 =Wáng Chǔyí 王楚仪=

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	First Spring’s editing of the Prospect Garden poems had given her a vivid recollection of the garden’s beauties. She was sure that her father, out of a zealous reverence for the Emperor and herself, would have kept it all locked and closed since her visit and would have allowed no one else to enter, and she felt this to be a waste and a shame—the more so when her family contained so many poetical young ladies who would have found inspiration in its scenery—not to mention the benefit their presence would have bestowed on the garden itself: for, as is well-known, When lovely woman smiles not, All Nature’s charms ate dead. Assuredly, the girls must be allowed into the garden. It should become their home. And if the girls, why not Precious Jade? He had grown up in their midst. He was different from other boys. If he were not allowed into the garden as well, he would consider himself left out in the cold, and his distress would cause Lady Wang and Grandma Merchant to feel unhappy too. Unquestionably she should ask for him to be admitted along with the girls. Having reached this decision, she summoned the eunuch Faithfulness Summer and ordered him to convey the following Edict to Rongguo Mansion: Precious Hairpin and the other young ladies of the household ate to reside in the Garden. The Garden is not to be kept closed. Precious Jade is to accompany the young ladies into the Garden and to continue his studies there.		First Spring’s editing of the Prospect Garden poems had given her a vivid recollection of the garden’s beauties. She was sure that her father, out of a zealous reverence for the Emperor and herself, would have kept it all locked and closed since her visit and would have allowed no one else to enter, and she felt this to be a waste and a shame—the more so when her family contained so many poetical young ladies who would have found inspiration in its scenery—not to mention the benefit their presence would have bestowed on the garden itself: for, as is well-known, When lovely woman smiles not, All Nature’s charms ate dead. Assuredly, the girls must be allowed into the garden. It should become their home. And if the girls, why not Precious Jade? He had grown up in their midst. He was different from other boys. If he were not allowed into the garden as well, he would consider himself left out in the cold, and his distress would cause Lady Wang and Grandma Merchant to feel unhappy too. Unquestionably she should ask for him to be admitted along with the girls. Having reached this decision, she summoned the eunuch Faithfulness Summer and ordered him to convey the following Edict to Rongguo Mansion: Precious Hairpin and the other young ladies of the household ate to reside in the Garden. The Garden is not to be kept closed. Precious Jade is to accompany the young ladies into the Garden and to continue his studies there.
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	The Edict was received by Master Merchant and Lady Wang. When Faithfulness Summer had gone, they reported it at once to Grandma Merchant and sent servants into the garden to sweep and prepare its buildings and rehang the blinds, portieres and bed-curtains in readiness for occupation. No one was mote excited by the prospect of this move than Precious Jade. He was discussing it animatedly with Grandma Merchant (it was a discussion in which the words ‘I want’ recurred rather frequently) when suddenly a maid came in and announced that he was wanted by his father. At this bolt from the blue his countenance fell and all his animation drained away. Clinging to his grandmother with the gluey persistence of a toffee twist, he made it abundantly plain to her that he had no wish to obey. --[[User:Wang Qinyu\|Wang Qinyu]] ([[User talk:Wang Qinyu\|talk]]) 15:23, 15 June 2021 (UTC)		The Edict was received by Master Merchant and Lady Wang. When Faithfulness Summer had gone, they reported it at once to Grandma Merchant and sent servants into the garden to sweep and prepare its buildings and rehang the blinds, portieres and bed-curtains in readiness for occupation. No one was mote excited by the prospect of this move than Precious Jade. He was discussing it animatedly with Grandma Merchant (it was a discussion in which the words ‘I want’ recurred rather frequently) when suddenly a maid came in and announced that he was wanted by his father. At this bolt from the blue his countenance fell and all his animation drained away. Clinging to his grandmother with the gluey persistence of a toffee twist, he made it abundantly plain to her that he had no wish to obey. --[[User:Wang Qinyu\|Wang Qinyu]] ([[User talk:Wang Qinyu\|talk]]) 15:23, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 No one was mote excited by the prospect of this move than Precious Jade. He was discussing it animatedly with Grandma Merchant (it was a discussion in which the words ‘I want’ recurred rather frequently) when suddenly a maid came in and announced that he was wanted by his father. At this bolt from the blue his countenance fell and all his animation drained away. Clinging to his grandmother with the gluey persistence of a toffee twist, he made it abundantly plain to her that he had no wish to obey.
 --[[User:Wang Jingyi|Wang Jingyi]] ([[User talk:Wang Jingyi|talk]]) 17:02, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
 =Wáng Qìnyú 王沁瑜=

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 That Precious Jade was uncomfortable in his heart, so he stayed lazily in the garden, only fooling around outside, but he was as in a trance.  And Tealeaf saw him like this. In order to make him happy，she racked her brains：Precious Jade was enough of all the playing things，only this one，Precious Jade had never seen it before.  After thinking about it, she went to the bookstore and bought Precious Jade a lot of ancient and modern novels, along with the "unofficial biographies"of Zhao Flying Swallow, Zhao Virtue, Empress Wu Zetian, and the Imperial Concubine Yang, and the romantic novels. Upon reading these books, Precious Jade  was as if gaining the most precious treasures. Tealeaf again ordered: "Don't take it into the garden. If someone knows it, I'll be in real trouble."But would Precious Jade be willing not to bring the book into the garden？After hesitating four more times, he picked up only a few sets of the more highbrow ones, and put them on the top of the bed so that he can read them when there's no one else; the vulgar and indecent ones were all hidden in the outside study.
   That day was the middle of March. After breakfast, Baoyu brought a set of "The Story of Huizheng" and walked to the Qinfang Gate Bridge. Sitting on a stone under the peach trees, he opened "The Story of Huizheng" and carefully read it from the beginning. When he was seeing the "falling red（flowers）was piled"，a gust of wind passed, blowing down a big bucket of peach blossoms from the tree and Precious Jade’s whole body ，the entire ground and book were covered with flowers. Precious Jade was about to shake off the flowers, but he was afraid that his footsteps would trample them on, so he had to take the petals in clothes, come to the edge of the pool, and shook them into the pool.  The petals floated on the water, drifting, and flowed out of the Qinfang Gate. When he came back, he found there were many petals in the ground again. While Precious Jade was hesitating what to do with these petals，he heard someone behind him say: "What are you doing here?" Precious Jade turned around and found that was Mascara Jade，who came with a flower hoe on her shoulder, and a gauze-bag hung on that hoe，a flower broom was held in her hand. Precious Jade smiled and said: "Well, well, come and sweep these flowers up and put them in the water. I have just thrown lots of them there."
 =Yì Míngxiá  易明霞=