on baoyu's *rthday the young ladies held a drinking party in which they composed poems and much fun. their * maids started a * of their own.
xiang ling, xue fan's concu*ne（妾，*） , collected some flower and grass and began a grass * with the other. "this one is bodhisattva（菩萨） willow," one said. and another one would say, "i have arhat（罗汉） pine."
suddenly, dou guan said she had a sisters flower. xiang ling said, "i have a hu*and and-wife flower." "n*r heard of that," the previous girl protested. "why," xiang ling explained. "one flower on a stem is called lan, and s*ral flower on a stem make hui. two on one stem, one up and one down, is a brother flower, and two flowers side is certainly a spouses1 one." the other girl, how*r, did not easily give up. laughing, she challenged, "well, then if one flower is *g and the other one small, then it's a father and son flower; and if two flowers face different ways it's probably an enemies flower. is that rather? xue fan is gone for over half a year. i guess because you miss him you made up that hu*and and wife flower."
blushed, xiang ling rushed up meaning to pinch（捏） the sharp-tongued girl, who laughed and begged for the other's *. at the sight of the girls' laughing, poking2 and punching each other in a friendly manner.
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