Presumably, Shen Bingcheng was relatively cold at that time. From the environment of the coupling park, we can still vaguely feel that it is surrounded by water on three sides, and only one path is connected with the outside world. The main entrance faces the three-foot high wall. This is completely a "three miles of red dust, white clouds and yellow leaves * * * leisurely." environment However, God will not let such people die alone. Later, when he was most ignorant, he met Yan Yonghua, a talented woman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces who was 15 years younger than him, and became a couple. Shen Bingcheng loves books and poems, and Yan Yonghua also loves to write poems. Up to now, this lady's poem is still engraved on the wall of the East Yard of the Lotus Garden: "There is a beautiful couple living in the Lotus Garden, and a poetic city is built in the corner of the city." Plus the meaning of even numbers, cities are connected. It can be seen that Yan Yonghua is talented.
Entering from the main entrance of the European Garden, it feels like an authentic Jiangnan courtyard with deep twists and turns, which reminds people of Ouyang Gong's butterfly lovers: "Deep willow piles of smoke, dusk is not heavy ..." At the same time, the long and narrow corridor also gives people a sense of dignity. Go straight along the corridor and think about it until you come to a hall. It suddenly dawns on you, making people feel like dreaming, just like walking alone in the dark for a long time. Pavilions, small bridges, flowing water and long corridors reveal harmony and sweetness from any angle. Maybe this is where Mr. and Mrs. Shen Shi live. Along the lovers corridor is "My Love Pavilion". According to legend, Yan Yonghua, the hostess, plays the piano here every day, and the pavilion is facing the curved bridge. On the left of "My Love Pavilion" is "Listening to the Qin Xuan", which is the place where the host listens to the woman playing the piano. The lingering sound of the piano is a bridge to convey love. In this way, Shen Bingcheng and Yan Yonghua spent the best eight years, which moved everyone in the garden.
Shen Bingcheng had to be an official again and had to experience such a similar fate. At the age of sixty-eight, fate made Yan Yonghua, who had been stumbling with him for many years, embark on the same road as his second wife Shen Shi. Once again, he returned to the European Garden in despair, packed everything and guarded the witness of love. Soon it will be lonely.
Compared with Shen Bingcheng, the Lotus Garden is not only a romantic memory, but also an eternal regret, and this endless sadness will last forever. In this garden, I don't think anyone has the courage to think of Shen Bingcheng's last mood and eyes. I can only think of this poem by Yan Yonghua when the new garden was completed:
Small garden fun, when spring is new.
Every flower is like a friend, and the bright moon is the predecessor.
The wind is too loose, and there are gods in the clouds.
If you don't change your mind, you must be true.