Lower Your Head
Editor: Henyee Translations
Su Bei walked up to Mrs. Brown and continued, "Mrs. Brown, bamboo in S Country symbolizes high morality and fearlessness. It's most compatible with your temperament. The poem in this painting says, 'The snow presses down on the bamboo's head, and the bamboo's head is lowered. A red sun rises, but it's still as high as the sky.' It means to praise the bamboo for being unafraid of difficulties and being neither servile nor overbearing. Even if it faces setbacks, it'll quickly rise."
Su Lu had just drawn this painting and left quickly.
No one had seen what the poem was about.
Su Bei opened her mouth and spoke fluently. Everyone finally believed that she was indeed the one who arranged this gift.
Such an arrangement was meticulous and ingenious. It was indeed commendable for her to consider Mrs. Brown's preferences in every way.