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上得岸来,只见前面楼阁纡连,竟是好大一座庄院,号称“归云庄”。郭黄二人未到门口,一个二十来岁的后生已过来相迎,身后跟着五六名从仆。那后生道:“小侄贱字冠英,奉家父之命在此恭候多时。”
When I came ashore, I saw that there were many pavilions in front of me. It was a big manor called Guiyun Villa. Before Guo and Huang arrived at the door, a young man in his twenties came to meet them, followed by five or six servants. The young man said, “My dear nephew, I’m waiting for you at my father’s order.”
三人一面说话,来到后厅,转过屏风,只见那渔人坐在书房榻上，穿着儒生衣巾,拿着一柄洁白的鹅毛扇,笑吟吟地拱手。郭黄二人入内坐下，陆冠英站在一旁。
As they spoke, they came to the back room and turned the screen. The fisherman was sitting on the study couch, wearing a Confucian robe and holding a white goose feather fan, smiling and arching his hands. Guo and Huang entered and sat down, while Lu Guanying stood aside.
黄蓉见书房中全是诗书典籍,壁上挂着一幅水墨画,下款写着“五湖废人病中涂鸦”,想来那“五湖废人”必是那庄主的别号。陆庄主回头对儿子道:“快命人整治酒席。”
Huang Rong saw that the study was full of poems, books and classics, and there was an ink painting hanging on the wall. The next paragraph read “Five Lake Waster Man Graffiti in Disease”. He thought that the “Five Lake Waster Man” must be the nickname of the manor master. Villa Leader Lu turned to his son and said, “Send someone to clean up the banquet.”
酒筵过后,坐谈片刻,郭与黄蓉起身告辞。黄蓉正要出房,猛一抬头,忽见书房门楣之上钉着八片铁片,排作八卦形状。她心下一惊,当下不动声色,随着庄丁前往客房。
After the banquet, Guo and Huang Rong sat down and talked for a while. As Huang Rong was about to leave the room, she suddenly looked up and saw eight pieces of iron nailed on the lintel of the study in the shape of eight trigrams. She was shocked and then went to the guest room with Zhuang Ding.
