In the small courtyard at No.71in Dongsi Batiao, there are two tall Xifu begonia growing on the left and right, and the long branches cover the courtyard. Every April and May, the white and red begonia flowers are covered with branches, swaying with the wind and overflowing with fragrance.
Old Shengtao, who loves begonia flowers alone, can't bear to enjoy them alone. When the flowers bloom, he invites friends such as Yu Pingbo and Gu Jiegang to enjoy flowers, talk about poems and make wine to welcome guests.
1983, Ye Shengtao met Bing Xin as a good friend, talked about Xifu Begonia in the yard, and invited her to come and see it when it blooms next year. Unexpectedly, for three consecutive years, Ye Lao spent every year in the hospital during the flowering season of begonia. In his illness, he regretted not fulfilling his promise to Bing Xin every year.
In order to make up for the regret, Sheng Tao wrote a poem before he died:
"veranda chunyang ward, and negative full court this year. Sister Bing Xin, Zhang Yu, I am still embarrassed to invite you to see Haitang. "
Finally, at 1987, I fulfilled this unfinished wish for four years. That day, at the invitation of Elymus, Bing Xin, an old man, came to the small courtyard of Shengtao with the help of his daughter and grandson Chen Gang. At this time, the green branches are swaying and begonias are blooming everywhere. The two writers finally got together in front of the begonia flower. Two frail, nearly 500-year-old friends finally realized the four-year "Haitang Covenant".
Because of my work, I have been to this quadrangle several times, but I have never seen begonia blossom; I've been to Bing Xin's old man's house, and I've seen Light Dance and Chen Gang. However, many years later, when I learned this literary story, I couldn't help describing this brilliant and time-space "The Covenant of Begonia" in my mind. So, what kind of scene should it be?
In April, pear, peony, magnolia and peony are in full bloom, with yellow-green flowers and long flowers. It is infinite spring, and the scenery is just right.
Nothing to browse online, Sina suddenly saw a colleague and friend Ye Gang telling his grandfather and Bing Xin about the Four-year Contract under the Begonia Tree. It is sad and graceful, but beautiful as a pearl. I can't help feeling from my heart and thinking far away.
The friendship story of the centenarian, this picture scroll, how many words and strokes have been drawn, floats easily but stays quietly in the world.
It is April day on earth, when begonia blooms and lilacs bloom, and it is also the time when Shengtao and Bingxin meet begonia for four years.
We decided to go to the former residence of Shengtao, reminiscing about the story of that century in the history of literature and understanding the pure friendship of the literary masters of that year.
Sunday, April 65438 +00. Mr. Li, who is scholarly and elegant, made an appointment with Gu Zhichuan, Xiao Wen from People's Education Society, Xiao Zhang from Beiqing Daily, Xiaohua from calligrapher, etc., and came to No.71,the venerable and warm quadrangle, the fascinating former residence of Ye Shengtao.
Ye Gang received us. He is the great-grandson of Elymus, a left-behind person in this small courtyard, and a former colleague and good friend of mine.
In the small courtyard, two tall Xifu begonia bloomed, swaying side by side and soaring into the sky. A four-petal lilac tree in the lobby is in full bloom, bursting with fragrance; There is a long table and several stone benches on your side in Sifang Pavilion, where the green tea brewed by the master hangs upside down, and the fragrance is overflowing. There is a door in the middle of the sea, with green leaves and water reflecting. ...
Looking up at the tall and straight Haitang tree, looking around the exquisite quadrangle and smelling the fragrant petals, Ye Gang said: At that time, his great-grandfather dragged his sick body under this tree and fulfilled his wish and realized the "Haitang Covenant" for four years.
He is a pure scholar, and things that break his promise will make him uneasy, not to mention such a good confidant.
I don't know who said: let's take a picture under the begonia tree. After many years, let's also review this "Haitang Covenant".
Everyone is full of enthusiasm, chatting about the old man of Shengtao, the story of Bing Xin, contemporary literature and all kinds of life.
Night slowly climbed into the sky, accompanied by starlight and charcoal fire. Ye Gang's wife and son are cooking a barbecue, listening to our nonsense silently and secretly smiling happily.
This is such a happy day. It never occurred to everyone that in the four seasons of the spring equinox, when flowers are in full bloom, they will gather in the courtyard of Shengtao and stand under the Haitang tree in awe, so that our younger generations who love literature will have a new "Haitang Covenant" to remember Shengtao and Bingxin, who are infinitely admired.
"Middle school student magazine was founded by Ye Lao more than 80 years ago;" "Chinese was originally called Chinese, but it was changed after Ye Lao put it forward"; "Little orange lights light up the hearts of generations of children." ...