Jinpingmei

Chapter 11 Pan Jinlian beats up Sun Xue'e, Ximenqing combs Li Guijie
The poem said: The flute and drums on the Sixth Street are making noise, and the first moon is now on the front line.Sleeping black clothes startled jade scissors, fighting night candles muddy vermilion curtains.

The dyed part of the fragrant silk is red and white, and the bitterness and sweetness of Cui Dai are accumulated.Elder sister used to be like this back then, even if he plays with you, you don't have to dislike it.

It is said that Pan Jinlian is arrogant at home, and the cold is hot, and she can't be peaceful all day and night.Extremely suspicious by nature, he only listens to the wall and observes the wall.That Chunmei was not very impatient.One day, Jinlian scolded Chunmei for some odd things.Chunmei had nowhere to vent her anger, and walked to the kitchen at the back, making a fuss with the table and stool.That Sun Xue'e couldn't see it, she pretended to tease him and said: "It's strange! If you want to be a man, you should think elsewhere. Why are you being so stubborn here?"

When Chunmei was bored, when she heard this sentence, she jumped up suddenly: "That crook pestered me to coax this guy?"

Xue'e saw that his temperament was not going well, so she just acted but didn't listen.Chunmei asked her to take a few steps and came to the front, and added some words, saying: "He also said that my mother and godfather took me in, and the pretty gang coaxed the man."

Provocation and Jinlian know.Jin Lian was full of displeasure.Because I sent Wu Yueniang out for the funeral, I got up earlier, and I was a little tired, so I slept and walked to the pavilion.I saw Meng Yulou walking over shaking, and said with a smile: "Why is my sister so dull and silent?"

Jin Lian said: "Don't talk about it, I'm very tired this morning. Where are you going, Third Sister?"

Yulou said: "I just walked around the kitchen at the back."

Jin Lian asked, "What did he tell you?"

Yulou said: "My sister has no words."

Although Jin Lian held a grudge in her heart, she didn't say it out of her mouth.The two did a back-pointing.I saw Chunmei bring tea, and after eating, the two were bored, so they put the table to play chess and pieces.Suddenly, I saw Qintong, a servant at the gate of the garden, approaching and reported, "Father is here."

The panicked two women couldn't collect the chess pieces.Ximen Qing just entered the threshold, and saw that the two of them were wearing silver silk buns, showing their temples, sapphire pendants around their ears, white gauze shirts, silver and red armor, thread skirts, double curved pointed lapels, and red mandarin ducks were thin and small. , one by one with pink make-up and jade, unconsciously smiling all over their faces, and jokingly said: "It's like a pair of pink heads, and it's worth a hundred taels of silver!"

Pan Jinlian said: "We are not fans, there are fans behind your house!"

That Yulou pulled back and walked back, Ximenqing grabbed him with one hand and said, "Where are you going? I'm here, but you have to get away. To be honest, I'm not at home, what are you two doing here?"

Jin Lian said: "We were bored and flustered. We played two games of chess here, and we didn't become a thief. Who knew you came here."

While picking up the clothes for him, he said, "You sent the funeral home early today."

Ximen Qingdao: "Today, the dining hall is full of internal officials, and the weather is hot. I'm impatient, so I'll come home first."

Yulou asked, "Why isn't his aunt here yet?"

Ximen Qing said: "His sedan chair is also waiting to enter the city. I will go back first, and I will send two young servants to pick him up."

sit down.Yin asked: "What do you two play chess?"

Jin Lian said: "The two of us are going to play a game, what are you betting for nothing?"

Ximen Qing said: "When I play a game with you, if the one loses, take out a tael of silver as the host."

Jin Lian said: "We have no money."

Ximen Qing said: "You don't have any money, so you can ask me for a hairpin, it's just normal."

So the chess pieces were placed, and the three of them played a game.Pan Jinlian lost.Ximen Qing was only able to count the chess pieces, but the woman threw the chess pieces into chaos.Go all the way to the bottom of the Ruixiang flower, leaning against the lake and mountain, pushing and pinching the flowers.Ximen Qing found it there and said, "You little glib! You lost the chess piece, but you are hiding here."

When the woman saw Ximen Qing coming, she couldn't stop smiling, and said, "It's a peddler! Meng San'er lost, you dare not ban him, but you come to pester me!"

Pick up the flowers in your hand into petals and sprinkle Ximen Qing all over.Ximen Qing walked forward, hugged her with a pun, pressed her against the lake and mountain, spit cloves out of her mouth, melted her tongue with sweet saliva, and made a joke.Unexpectedly, Yulou walked up to the root and shouted: "Sixth sister, his aunt is here. Let's come later."

The woman left Ximen Qing aside and said, "Brother, I'll come back and talk to you."

Then he went to the back with Yulou and said Wanfu to Yueniang.Yue Niang asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Yulou said: "Sixth sister played chess with his father today, and lost a tael of silver. Tomorrow, the host will be rectified, and I will ask my sister to play."

Moon Mother smiled.Jinlian only had a face-to-face meeting in front of Yueniang, and then came to accompany Ximen Qing.Instruct Chunmei to diffuse fragrance in the room, prepare bath soup, and prepare for the joy of fish and water at night.The official heard: Although Wu Yueniang lives in the family, she often suffers from illness and doesn't care about family affairs.It's just that the exchange of favors, receipts and withdrawals of money are all in Li Jiaoer's hands.Sun Xueer led the family and daughter-in-law in single-handedly, cooking in the kitchen and sending food and drink to each room.For example, when Ximen Qing slept in that room, he ate wine, or ate, and even made soup, all of which were sorted out by Xue'e, and the girls in that room went to the kitchen to get them.Needless to say.That night, Ximen Qing was in the Golden Lotus Room, had a drink, took a bath, and the two of them rested.

The next day, it was also appropriate.Ximenqing promised Jinlian that he would go to the temple to buy beads and wear hoops for him.Waking up early, waiting to eat lotus cakes and silver fish soup, Chunmei went to the kitchen to talk.That Chunmei didn't care to move.Jin Lian said: "Don't let him. Some people say that I pamper him, so I teach you to accept him. They are pretty like a gang to coax men. They point at pigs and dogs in every possible way, and bully my women. What will you make him do next?"

Ximen Qing asked, "Who said it? Tell me."

The woman said: "What's the matter! Pots and jars have ears. Just don't tell him to go behind, and send Qiu Ju to go."

Ximen Qing then called Qiu Ju and told him to go to the kitchen and talk to Xue'e.At about two meals, the woman had already put the table away, but Bai didn't bring it.The anxious Ximen Qing just jumped violently.When the woman saw that Qiuju was not coming, she made Chunmei: "Go behind and have a look at that slave, he only cares about taking root and growing seedlings, but he won't come."

Chunmei felt a little uncomfortable, so she went to the kitchen with her temper.Seeing Qiuju waiting there, she scolded: "I'm a thief, my mother wants to unload your leg! Why don't you go. Dad is waiting to eat the cake and go to the temple. Dad is in a hurry Jump ahead violently, tell me to pick you!"

This Sun Xue'e just didn't listen, but she was furious when she heard it, and cursed: "Blame the little whore! Ma Huizi worships the festival--the one who comes here? The pot is made of iron, and wait for it to come slowly. Get ready I didn’t eat the porridge I boiled down, and suddenly Baxin came out and asked for pancakes to make soup. That’s a roundworm in my stomach!”

Chunmei didn't resent him scolding, and said, "No nonsense! Master won't let me come here, so I can ask you for it. Yes or no, we just said it at the front. Is there such a voice?"

With one hand twisting Qiu Ju's ear, she kept moving forward.Xue'e said: "Master and slave, Chang Yuan seems to be so stubborn, sometimes talking!"

Chunmei said: "Sometimes the way is out of date, if not, let's change the two of us!"

So angrily came.Seeing his face turning yellow with anger, the woman pulled Qiu Ju into the door and asked, "Why are you here?"

Chunmei said: "Ask him. When I went, I was still in the kitchen, waiting for him to slow down before making noodles. I'm not, so I said, 'Dad is waiting in front, mother said what's wrong with you? I won’t go?’ I was scolded by thousands of servants and ten thousand servants in the small courtyard. They said that my father and horse would come back to pay respects to their sons—and that’s right! I don’t want to eat porridge when I’m going to eat it, but the new students ask for pancakes and soup. They just scold people in the kitchen and don’t want to make it.”

The woman said beside her: "I said don't let him go, you can get along with him. If you say that my mother and two tyrants stop you in this room, you can only eat people and scold the future."

After hearing this, Ximen Qing was furious, went to the back kitchen, couldn't help but kicked Xue'e a few times, and cursed: "The thief is crooked! I sent him to ask for cakes, how do you scold him? You scold him a slave, How can you take a picture of yourself without soaking in urine!"

Xue'e was kicked and scolded by Ximen Qing, she dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.As soon as Ximen Qing walked out of the kitchen, Sun Xue'e said to Lai Zhao's wife Yizhang Qing: "Look, I'm unlucky today! It was you who were listening, and I didn't say anything. , Picked up the girl, objected to repaying the master for light things, and provoked her to come and make a fuss. I washed my eyes and saw that the master and slave Changyuan are stubborn, so I don’t want to make a mistake! "

Not wanting to be heard by Ximen Qing, he came back and punched him a few more times, cursing: "A thief, slave, whore! You still say you won't bully him, but you still scold him when you hear you with your own ears."

The beating made Xue'e feel unbearable pain, so Ximen Qing went forward.That Xue'e burst into tears in the kitchen angrily, crying loudly.Wu Yueniang was going to the room, so she got up to comb her hair because she asked Xiaoyu, "What's the mess in the kitchen?"

Xiaoyu replied: "Father asked for cakes to eat and went to the temple. He said that the girl scolded Chunmei in Wuniang's room. When he heard it, he kicked the girl a few times and began to cry."

Yueniang said: "I didn't see him either, I just made it and went with him if I wanted some cakes, and scolded the girl in his room for no reason!"

So Xiaoyu went to the kitchen, urged Xue'e and her family and daughter-in-law to make soup, sent Ximenqing to eat, and went to the temple, no problem.

Xue'e was so angry that she was walking to Yueniang's room to tell her about it.It might as well if Jinlian came suddenly and stood under the window to listen.Seeing Xue'e in the room telling Yueniang and Li Jiaoer how he bullied men and did everything behind his back: "Mother, you don't know whores, they are even worse than raising a man's wife, and you can't do without a man overnight. The cocoon that he did, people can't do it, he did it. At home, he poisoned his own man to death, and followed. Now he eats us and buries him alive. The man he made is like a black-eyed chicken, see We will not wait to see you."

Yueniang said: "I didn't see you either. He sent a girl to ask for cakes, so you send him away. Why are you scolding him for nothing?"

Sun Xue'e said: "I scolded him for being bald and blind? At that time, this girl was nervous in her mother's room. I never beat him with the back of a knife on the stove, and my mother didn't say a word. But today it's his turn." Here, I am proud to wait."

Just as she was talking, Xiaoyu walked up and said, "Wu Niang is outside."

Shaoqing, Jin Lian entered the room, looked at Xue'e and said: "For example, when I killed my husband, you don't have to ask a man to marry me to come home, so that I won't stop him and support your nest. Speaking of Chunmei , It’s not my girl, you are not angry, just teach him to serve the auntie. It saves you from getting along with him and dragging me into it. The man who died of good intentions married? It’s not difficult to do it now, wait for him Come home, give me a divorce letter, and I will go."

Yueniang said: "I don't know about your affairs either. It's easy for you all to save a few words."

Sun Xue'e said: "Mother, you can see that his mouth is like Huaihong, and no one can argue with him. Ming pokes his tongue in front of a man's root, and he refuses to recognize him in a blink of an eye. According to you, except mother, I will They are all kicked out, and only you are left!"

Then Wu Yueniang sat and let the two of him talk to each other, but didn't speak.Seeing scolding later, Xue'e said: "You call me a slave! You are a real slave!"

Almost never fought.Yueniang didn't like it, so Xiaoyu pulled Xue'e back.This Pan Jinlian went all the way to the front, took off her heavy make-up, washed off her powder, the dark clouds were scattered, her face was disheveled, her eyes were like peaches from crying, and she lay on the bed.

When it was time to go west, Ximen Qing Temple came up, with four taels of beads in his sleeve, entered the room, and asked when he saw it, "Why are you here?"

The woman burst into tears and asked Ximen Qing for a divorce letter.Tell it like this: "I didn't seek your money back then, so I followed you. How can I teach people this kind of bullying today? Qian Ye said that I would kill men, and Wan Ye said that I would kill men! If you don't have a girl, that's all. , how do you want the girl in the room to wait on you? Cannibalism!"

This Ximen Qing just didn't listen, but when he listened, the three corpses jumped violently, and their internal organs were full of energy.A gust of wind came to the back, plucked Xue'e's hair, and hit her with a short stick a few times as hard as she could.Thanks to Wu Yueniang, she pulled her forward and said, "It's all about saving everyone! I'll make your master angry!"

Ximen Qing said: "What a crooked thief, I personally heard you scolding in the kitchen, and you pester others. It doesn't count if I don't beat you down."

The judge heard: Buzheng beat Sun Xue'e today, and the discipline Pan Jinlian has done something in the past, so I don't want to come together.It is exactly: Thanksgiving and hatred have accumulated since ancient times, and there will be no dust for thousands of years.

At that moment, Ximenqing beat Xue'e, went to the front, wrapped Jinlian in his arms, took out four taels of beads bought at the temple from his sleeve, and handed them to him.When the woman saw that the man was making decisions with him, she vented her anger, how could she not be happy.Therefore, if one serves ten, the deeper the love will be.

Don't talk too much, one day it's time for Hua Zixu's house to hold a reception and tea, and this Hua's house is next door to Ximen Qingsong.The wine at the internal official's house is very rich.All the brothers are here.Because Ximenqing had something to do, he came only after noon, and they all waited for him, and refused to sit down first.After a while, Ximen Qing came, and then gave up his seat according to etiquette, and Ximen Qing was the head of the host.Two prostitutes, pipa and zither were playing and singing in front of the banquet.The end is unspeakable Liyuan is delicate and charming, full of color and art.But see: Luoyi piles snow, Baoji piles clouds.Cherry mouth, apricot face and peach gills; willow waist, orchid sex.The voice of singing is like a warbler flowing on a branch; the dancing posture is like a phoenix turning among flowers.The accent is in accordance with the ancient tune, and the sound is natural.Dance back to the bright moon and fall to the Qin Tower, and sing to stop the clouds from covering the Chu Pavilion.High and low according to Gong Shang, severity of illness according to style, zither rowing wild goose column sound is slow, board clap red teeth new characters.

After a while, after drinking for three rounds, singing two sets, the two singers put down their instruments, and bowed their heads like swinging flower branches forward.Ximen Qing took two rewards from Dai'an's book bag, two coins each, and thanked them.Because he asked Hua Zixu of his host, "This sister's last name? She can sing."

The host didn't have time to agree, Earl Ying interjected and said, "The high-ranking officials forget things too much, so they don't recognize them? This is Hua's second elder brother Ling Cui---Wu Yin'er in the back alley of Goulan. The player who plays the pipa is the one I mentioned the day before yesterday. Li Sanma's daughter, Li Guiqing's sister, whose nickname is Sister Gui. You see his own girl in your house. How can you deny it?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Yuan Lai is him. I haven't seen him for six years. If I don't think about it, he will become such an adult!"

After the wine, come to pass the wine at the table.This sister Gui is diligent in persuading her to drink, and her love talk lingers.Ximen Qingyin asked: "Your third mother and elder sister Gui Qing, what are you doing at home? Why don't you come to my house to see your girl?"

Sister Gui said: "My mother has been ill since last year, and now she can't move half of her legs and feet, so she can only support others to walk. My sister Guiqing was hired by a customer in Huai for half a year, and she often lived in the store. I don’t let you come home for two or three days. There are so many people in the house, I just rely on me to come out to sing every day. It’s hard work! I often want to go to the house to see the girl, so I don’t have time for nothing. Dad doesn’t walk in there for a long time Go? When can I let the girl go to see my mother?"

Ximen Qing saw that he was in a good mood, and he spoke in a good manner, so he felt a little nostalgic, and said, "Today, I will ask two good friends to take you home. What do you think?"

Sister Gui said, "Don't coax me, Daddy. Are you willing to step on my humble place?"

Ximen Qing said, "I won't coax you."

Then he took out a sweat towel from his sleeve, picked out his teeth and a fragrant tea box, and handed it to Sister Gui to take it.Sister Gui said, "How about we go? Let Bao'er go home first and say something first, to make preparations."

Ximen Qing said: "Wait until the people leave, and get up together."

After a while, after the wine was delivered, and when the lantern holders were about to disperse, Ximen Qing made an appointment with Earl Ying and Xie Xida, but they didn't come home. They sent Sister Gui off with mules and horses, and went to Goulan to Li's house.Exactly: the pit of a man, dug in the dark like a cellar; the cave of fascination, cleverly stacked like a prison;Blindly die warm survive robbery.The signboard is written in big characters: if you buy pretty gold, you don’t have to worry about it; if you buy brocade, your mother-in-law picks it up;

Ximenqing and others sent Sister Gui's sedan chair to the door, and Li Guiqing welcomed the door into the hall.See the number of etiquette, please come out to see my mother.After a while, the godmother came out with crutches, unable to move half of her arm, met Ximen Qing, and said all blessings.Said: "My God, my God! Brother-in-law and nobleman, did that gust of wind bring you here?"

Ximen Qing said with a smile, "I've always been poor, but I never came, don't blame my mother."

The godmother said to Ying and Xie again: "Why don't you two come for a walk?"

The earl said: "It's just that I don't have time to spare. I met Sister Gui at the Hua's tea meeting today, so I brought it back with Father Ximen. Come and see the wine. Let's drink three cups."

The godmother asked the three to sit first.While ordering tea, while mopping the spring table, clearing up the wine and dishes.In a few moments, there are candles in the palm, and a list of wine and food.Sister Gui dressed up from the new house and sat beside her, so that the two sisters would not be able to avoid the two golden cups filled with jade and Ruan, singing and serving wine.Exactly: glass clock, thick amber, pearl red dripping wine from a small trough.Cooking dragons, cannons, phoenixes and jade fat weeps, Luo Wei embroidered curtains surround the fragrant wind.Play the dragon flute and beat the drum.White teeth song, thin waist dance.What's more, don't waste your youth, the silver vat hides Jiao'e's words, don't go to Liu Ling's grave.

At present, the two sisters sang a set, and they drank together at the banquet.Ximenqing said to Guiqing: "You two are here today. I have heard for a long time that Sister Gui is good at dancing and singing southern songs. Why don't you ask for the lyrics of the song and advise you to have a glass of wine!"

Ying Earl said: "I shouldn't start it again. I will take advantage of the officials' spare time to wash my ears and listen to the good news."

Sister Gui just laughed while sitting, and didn't move for a long time.It turned out that Ximenqing wanted to comb Sister Gui, so he asked him to sing first.The women in that courtyard are very knowledgeable and have already seen through eight or nine points.Gui Qing was at the side, so she spoke first, "My sister Gui was raised as a spoiled child, but she was always shy, she just sang casually when she didn't want to talk to others."

So Ximenqing asked Dai'an to take out five taels of silver from his book bag, put it on the table, and said, "What's wrong with these, Quan and Sister Gui will give you some gold-woven clothes another day for the sake of their makeup."

Sister Gui quickly got up and thanked her.Shiling the servant girl to take it away, and then came to sing after the banquet.Although this sister Gui is not very young, she is very talented. She is not in a hurry, she is lightly holding her sleeves, swinging her skirt, with a silver and red scarf with tassels on her cuffs, and she sings: Zhu Yunfei Demeanor calmly, overwhelm the Goulan to gain the upper hand.The fragrance of action is sent by the wind, and the frequency is admirable.Whoa!In the mud of the jade pestle, is it mediocre?A palace businessman, the whole house was shocked.Better than King Xiang in a dream, better than King Xiang in a dream.

After singing, put Ximen Qing's favorite into his feet.He ordered Dai'an to go back to Ma's house, and stayed overnight in Li Guiqing's room in the evening.Ximen Qing was about to comb the girl, but Ying Earl and Xie Xida pushed her hard, so he got on the road.The next day, I sent the boy to go home to get 50 taels of silver, and asked for four pieces of clothes in the Duan shop to comb Sister Gui.How could Li Jiaoer not like it when she heard that she was going to groom his niece?He quickly took a big ingot and paid it to Dai'an, took it to the courtyard as a face, made clothes, set tables, played and danced, gathered flowers, and drank wedding wine for three days.Earl Ying and Xie Xida dated Sun Zhizui, Zhu Shinian, and Chang Zhijie again, and each of them contributed five points to congratulate him.The paving and covering are all from Ximen Qingchu.It's no problem to have a lot of wine and meat every day, and play in the courtyard.

The singing board of the dance skirt is updated every season, and the gold is scattered only on this body.Send a message to the rich to stop being violent, frugality is like a good medicine that can heal the poor.

(End of this chapter)