Chapter 38

In this chapter, the women of the gynaeceum all gather to celebrate and eat crabs. After Grandmother Jia, Lady Wang and Wang Xifeng head back to their respective houses, only the poetry club members are remaining. They start their poetry event and Lin Daiyu is nominated as the winner at Baoyu's content. Later, Baoyu, Baochai and Daiyu compose poems about crabs.