Jinpingmei

Chapter 16 Ximenqing chooses an auspicious occasion

The poem said: Do not doubt the city and the country, Wushui Wuyunmeng is also crazy.Pink love sells a lot of bones, but Jin Lanyi pity the eyebrows.

Gentle and healthy in the countryside, slim and graceful, with a strange attitude before the wind.The village doesn't know the silence of spring, so the daughter of a daughter hesitates this evening.

It is said that that day when Ximenqing left the gate of the courtyard, Dai'an and the horse went to Li Ping'er's house on Lion Street. When they saw the gate was closed, they knew they had gone to the sedan chair's house.Dai'an asked Mother Feng to open the door, and Ximen Qing came in.Li Ping'er is holding a candle in the hall, with a tidy corolla and light plain clothes, leaning against the curtain and looking forward.Seeing Ximen Qing coming, he hurriedly moved his lotus steps, stretched his skirt, went down the steps to greet him, and said with a smile: "You should come earlier, his third and fifth mothers are still here, they just got up and left. His aunt left early today. , Said you were not at home. Where did you go?"

Ximen Qing said: "Second brother Ying, Xie Zichun and I were looking at the lights in the morning, so we went over to your door. I didn't want to bump into two friends again, so I dragged them to the courtyard, and we were late. I'm afraid you'll wait here, boy When I went, I taught me to push my hands clean, and ran through the back door. Otherwise, they would get caught up, and I would never succeed.”

Li Ping'er said: "Thank you very much for your courtesy. His wife refused to sit down, she just said that there is no one at home, so teaching slaves is so boring."

So the fine wine was re-sifted, and the delicacies were prepared again. All the lanterns were lit in the hall and the noren curtains were lowered.Beast charcoal is added to the golden furnace, and dragon saliva is boiled in precious seal script.The woman handed the wine to Ximen Qing, kowtowed her head and said: "The poor man is dead, and he has no relatives. Today's glass of wine only depends on the officials and slaves to be the master. Don't think the slave is ugly. The slave is willing to be with the official." People make beds and fold quilts, and become sisters with all the ladies, and they are willing to be slaves. I don’t know what the officials think?"

Said full of tears.Ximen Qing took the wine with one hand, and pulled him with the other: "Please get up. Since you have loved me so much, I, Ximen Qing, will engrave it in my heart. When your filial piety is over, I will have my own place and I will not trouble you. Today is a good day for you , let’s have some wine every now and then.”

After Ximen Qing finished eating, he also poured a full cup and served it back.After the woman finished eating, she sat down on the seat.Mother Feng is in charge of the kitchen alone.After a while, eat with noodles.Ximen Qingyin asked, "Which two are you singing today?"

Li Pinger said: "Today is Dong Jiaoer and Han Jinchuaner. In the evening, I will send him to Sanniang and Wuniang's home to beg for flowers."

The two exchange cups and drinks at the banquet, while Xiuchun and Yingchun serve wine and dishes.Dai'an came up and kowtowed to Li Ping'er for birthday.Li Ping'er got up quickly and returned the blessing, and ordered Yingchunjiao Feng's chef to watch birthday noodles and snacks for dinner, and take a pot of wine to eat with Dai'an.Ximen Qing ordered: "Go home early after eating."

Li Ping'er said: "When you get home, your mother asks, but don't say that your father is here."

Dai'an said: "I know, I just say that my father spent the night in it. I just come to pick him up tomorrow morning."

Ximen Qing nodded, and immediately decided whether Li Ping'er liked it or not, and said, "What a good boy, you speak with your eyes."

He also asked Yingchun to buy sunflower seeds with him during the festival with two coins of silver: "You can come here tomorrow and I will make a pair of good shoes for you to wear."

Na Dai'an hurriedly kowtowed and said, "How dare you little one?"

Went down, ate wine and rice, and took the horse out.Mother Feng closed the door and tied it.

Li Ping'er and Ximen Qing had a meal, and then took a pair of ivory cards with 32 leaves, spread alizarin red thatch strips on the table, and the two wiped the cards to drink.After eating once, he ordered the Yingchun room to hold candles.It turns out that Hua Zixu is dead, and Ximenqing has played Yingchun and Xiuchun, so he can't avoid everything, so he taught him to make the bed, take a fruit box and drink wine.On the bed again, in the purple brocade tent, the woman's powdery body is exposed, Ximen Qingxiang's shoulders are shoulder to shoulder, and her jade body is hugging.Two look at the cards and drink with a big clock.Yin asked Ximen Qing, "When will your house be cleaned up?"

Ximen Qing said: "Let's wait for the construction to start in February. You will even open a whole house on your side to make it equal to the garden on the other side. In the front, a rolling shed will be built for playing in the garden. In the back, three flower houses will be built."

The woman pointed out: "In the tea box behind this slave's bed, there are still thirty or forty catties of agarwood, two hundred catties of white wax, two jars of mercury, and eighty catties of pepper. You will move them out tomorrow and sell the silver for me. I want you to build a house. If you don’t think the slave is ugly, you can tell the aunt when you get home that the slave is willing to be a sister with the girl, and you can ask me to be the number one. Kiss, I can’t let you go.”

As he spoke, tears fell down one after another.Ximen Qing hurriedly wiped off the sweat towel and said, "I already know your affection. When your filial piety is complete, I will build a house on my side. Otherwise, I will marry you and have no house."

The woman said: "Since you are really going to marry the slave's house, tomorrow you will build the slave's house and be with his fifth mother. If you can't give up the slave, he is a good person. He will be intimate with the third mother of the Meng family after seeing the slave. The two natural dresses don't look like two sisters, just like a mother. Only his mother is not good, and she is quick to look at others."

Ximenqing said: "This humble Jing of my Wu family is really good-natured. Otherwise, how can my subordinates tolerate these people? Tomorrow, this side will be the same as the other side. We will build three buildings to live with you, and install two corner gates." How do you feel?"

The woman said: "My brother, this is the kind of slavery!"

So the two turned upside down, lustful.Crazy until four o'clock, just go to bed.They lay shoulder to shoulder on the pillow and sleep until they can't get up at mealtime the next day.

The woman didn't comb her hair, Yingchun brought in porridge, only ate half a cup of porridge with Ximenqing, brought wine, and the two ate again.It turned out that Li Ping'er crawled like a horse, and taught Ximen Qing to sit on the pillow, and he arranged flowers upside down to come and go automatically.The two are in the beautiful place, only to see Dai'an knocking on the door outside and riding a horse to pick them up.Ximen Qing called him to ask him a question under the window.Dai'an said: "There are three guests from Sichuan and Guangxi sitting at home. There are a lot of fine goods to be exchanged with Fu Ershu. They only need 100 taels of silver to deposit the contract, and the money will be found in about mid-August. The aunt sent the younger one to invite my father's house. Go figure it out."

Ximen Qing said, "You didn't say I was here?"

Dai'an said: "The little one only said that father was at Aunt Gui's house, not here."

Ximen Qing said: "You don't know what's going on! Second Uncle Jiaofu just sent him away, why come to invite me again?"

Dai'an said: "Second Uncle Fu said that the guest refused to approve the contract until Father went."

Li Ping'er said: "Since the family envoys children to invite them, the business is important. If you don't go, don't you blame the aunt?"

Ximen Qing said: "You don't know, the thief is a slave, the market is late, and there is no place to exchange the goods, so he comes to the door to take off the goods. If it is soon, he will send it. In Manqinghe County, except for my shop, which is large and has a lot of deliveries , Ask as many times as you like, I’m not afraid that he won’t come looking for me.”

The woman said: "Business is not an enmity with the road. I just send Yinu home and come back. The days to come are like willow leaves."

According to Li Ping'er's advice, Ximenqing got up slowly, combed his hair and cleansed his face, put on a net towel, and put on his clothes.Li Ping'er packed up the food and ate with him, while Ximen Qing rode home with a veil all the time.

There are four or five customers in the shop, waiting for the weighing of goods and exchange of silver.The contract was approved and sent away.Walking into Pan Jinlian's room, Jinlian asked, "Where did you go yesterday? Just tell the truth, or I'll be ashamed of you."

Ximen Qing said: "You are all having wine at Hua's house, I walked with them in the Lantern City, and we went in to have wine and spend the night together. Today, the boy came to pick me up just now."

Jin Lian said: "I know the boy is going to pick you up. There is your soul in the yard? Well, you are cheating on me! That whore sent us here yesterday, playing tricks. Wanxi called You go, [Ri Ri] smashed it all night, [Ri Ri] smashed it, and then let it go. Dai'an is a thief who has been imprisoned for a long time. He said the same thing to his aunt, and he said the same thing to me. It's the same story. First, when he went back to Malay's house, his aunt asked him, "Why didn't your father come? Whose house are you eating at?" Aunt Li Gui's house is having wine, so ask me to pick it up tomorrow morning."

After I called and asked him, he smiled and said nothing.I was in a hurry to ask, so I said, "Father is at Hua Erniang's place on Lion Street!" "Thief Prisoner Gen, how did he know that I'm on the same page with you!Presumably you asked him to talk. "

Ximen Qing asked, "Where can I teach him?"

So I couldn't hide it, so I just told Li Ping'er "Wan Xi invited me there, passed me a drink, and said that you were here after I was empty." He cried and told me that he was unmanned, and the second half was empty. He wants to teach me to marry him. Ask when the house will be tidied up. He also has some fine incense and candles worth several hundred taels of silver. Teach me how to be a broker and send them for him. Teach me to collect the money and build a house together. Repair the house tightly. He wants to live with you and be your sister, but I'm afraid you won't."

The woman said: "I don't have any shadows here. I wish I could come here. I have nothing here. I need him to be my wife's companion. Since ancient times, too many boats do not hinder the port, and many cars do not hinder the road. If you don’t want to recruit him, how did you recruit me back then? What’s the point of serving as a slave? I’m afraid that people’s hearts are not like slaves’. You still have to ask Big Sister.”

Ximen Qing said: "Although Yee said so, his filial obedience is not yet full."

After finishing speaking, the woman and Ximen Qing took off their white silk jackets, and something fell out of their sleeves with a sound of surfing. They held it in their hands and it was heavy, with big marbles. After identifying it for a long time, they didn't know what it was.But see: it was originally produced by Fanbing, and it was recommended by someone to transfer to Beijing.The body is small and exquisite.With the help of others, I turned around and made cicadas sing.The solution makes the beautiful heart tremble, and the habit can help the kidneys.Known as the pioneer of the golden face.He was the first in battle and surrendered, and became famous as Mian Ziling.

The woman recognized it for a long time, and asked, "What is it? Why is half of the person's arm numb?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "You don't know about this object. It's called Mianling, and it came from the southern Miandian country. If it's good, it's worth four or five taels of silver."

The woman asked, "Where does this thing go?"

Ximen Qing said: "Put him in the furnace first, and then act, it's wonderful."

The woman said, "You and Li Ping'er are here too?"

Ximen Qing then told the story of the night from the beginning.As soon as Jin Lian said it, she became lustful, closed the door of the room for two days, undressed and went to bed to have sex.It's exactly: I don't know what Zijin's fate is, so I just learned to play the flute and became a fairy.

Stop babbling.One day, Ximen Qing met with a broker and weighed Li Ping'er's scented wax and other items, and sold them for a total of 380 taels of silver.Li Ping'er only left 180 taels of money, and paid the rest to Ximen Qing, who used it to build a house.Teach yin and yang to use the eighth day of February to start construction.Entrust 500 taels of silver to everyone to recruit and be in charge of Ben Si, unload bricks, tiles, wood and stones, and foreman to keep accounts.The four names of Ben are called the first biography of Ben, and the flamboyance of youth is full of abilities and skills.It turned out that Qin'er, the inner minister, was from a family background. He was kicked out because he didn't keep his duty.At the beginning, he was a brother with others, and later he became a family member of an adult family. He abducted his wife and became a wife, but he worked as a broker in an old clothing store.Both pipa and flute can play.Seeing his ability, Ximen Qing often took care of him to weigh goods in the raw medicine shop to beg for money.In this way, no matter how big or small, he can't do without him.On the same day, Ben Si came to recruit supervisors and manage all the craftsmen to start their work.First demolish the old house on the Hua's side, open the walls, build foundations, build rolling sheds, hills, and pavilions where children can play.It's not just one day, don't say everything.

Time is fast, and the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.It took about a month for Ximen Qing to build a garden.But it was the first ten days of March, and Naihuazi was empty for a hundred days.Li Ping'er invited Ximenqing to go in advance, and discussed with him that Huazi Xuling should be burned: "Sell the house, sell it, no, you have someone to watch it. You should marry the slave as soon as possible! You can make the slave as you like." Which one is the first, I would like to help you make the bed and fold the quilt."

Speaking of tears like rain.Ximen Qing said: "Don't worry about it. I've told Fang Xia and Fifth Sister Pan. I'll wait until we finish building the house with you. At that time, your filial piety will be full, and it won't be too late to marry you."

Li Ping'er said: "Since you really want to marry a slave, you should have built up the slave house. If you marry a slave, and live in your house for a day, you will be willing to die. It will save the slave to live like a year here."

Ximen Qing said: "I understand what you said."

Li Ping'er said: "No more, I burned my spirit, and moved to live with Wu Niang for two days first. When you build a new house, it won't be too late to move. You should go home and tell Wu Niang that I'm still waiting for your words. The tenth day of the third month is his hundred days, and I want to chant sutras to burn my soul."

Ximen celebrated his promise and rested with his wife all night.

When I came home the next day, I told Pan Jinlian everything.Jin Lian said: "You know it's good! You can't spare two rooms to live with him. You still ask the big sister. I'm in the river and I don't wash the boat."

Ximen Qing walked all the way to Yueniang's room, and Yueniang was combing her hair.Ximen Qing said that Li Ping'er was going to marry, from beginning to end.Yueniang said: "It's not easy for you to marry him. The first thing is that he is dissatisfied with his filial piety; the second thing is that you dated him as a man; There are many things he has deposited. As the saying goes: the machine is not fast, the shuttle is fast. I heard people say that Hua Da in his family is a rascal. If there is some talk for a while, it will not cause lice to scratch their heads. Slave He said good things. Zhao Qian, Sun Li, you will follow me or not!"

After a few words, Ximen Qing remained silent.Walk out of the front hall, sit on the chair and meditate: It's not easy to answer Li Ping'er's words, and it's not good not to go.After thinking about it for a long time, I went into the Golden Lotus Room.Jin Lian asked, "What did Big Sister say?"

Ximen Qing told Yueniang what she had said.Jin Lian said: "Elder Sister said the same thing. You bought his house, married his wife, and made friends with him back then. You became friends, and you have nothing to lose. You also look at Qiao when you make friends."

Ximen Qing said: "That's all. I'm afraid Huada is out of circles. He knows that he is dissatisfied with his filial piety, and he is in the middle of it. How can I care about it? I don't want to return to him now."

Jin Lian said: "Bah! What's the problem? When you go there, you just say, "I told Wu Niang when I got home that there are a lot of medicinal materials piled up in his upstairs. You guys have no place to pile them up there, and you will also send them again." Wait for a while, the house on your side has been built in half, and the craftsmen are urged to decorate and paint it earlier, and the filial piety here will be full. There is not enough to marry you there. It is better to move to Wuniang Building, meat or meat , I’m not a regular, what’s it like to be crowded together!’ It’s fine with him.”

Ximen Qing was overjoyed when he heard the words, and while he was waiting there, he went to Li Ping'er's house.The woman asked, "How about what you said?"

Ximen Qing said: "Wu Niang said, once you finish painting your new house, you can move in soon. Now his upstairs is piled up in pieces. Where do you stack these things in the past? There is one more thing to bother you." , I'm afraid your uncle will say that you are dissatisfied with your filial obedience, what can you do?"

The woman said: "He dare not meddle in my affairs. Don't say that you have to live separately, and when you are an official, you will write a separate bill. It is already broken. I will marry first by my parents, and then by myself. As the saying goes: Sister-in-law can't understand." Ask, uncle doesn't care about my secret affairs. I have seen bad days now, and he doesn't care about me. But if he farts, I will teach that thief to sit up and dare not fall asleep to death. Sir, you Don't worry, he doesn't dare to mess with me."

Yin asked, "When will your house be tidied up?"

Ximen Qing said: "Now I will tell the craftsmen to build these three buildings for you first, and when the paint is finished, it will be at the beginning of May."

The woman said: "My brother, tighten up. I'd rather wait until then."

After finishing speaking, the maid served wine, and the two drank happily for the night.Since then, Ximenqing has not come for three to five days, so there is no need to elaborate.

Time flies, and Ximen Qing's house has been built for two months.The decoration of the three playhouses is about to be completed, except that the rolling shed has not yet been installed.One day, in the season of Rubin in May, it was exactly: Ai leaves were planted at the door of every house, and magic talismans were hung everywhere.

Li Ping'er had a feast of wine and invited Ximen Qing to come, one to untie the rice dumplings, and the two to discuss the matter of going through the door.On the [-]th day of the fifth lunar month, monks are invited to recite scriptures and burn the spirits first, and then Ximenqing chooses a woman to marry.Ximen Qingyin asked Li Ping'er, "On the day you burned the spirit, did Hua Da, Hua San, and Hua Si invite him?"

The woman said: "I will post a post for each of them, and he can come or not!"

The current plan has been decided, just wait until May [-]th, the woman invited twelve monks from Baoen Temple to chant sutras at home to get rid of spirits.

On that day, Ximen Qing sealed three qian silver as a favor and celebrated Earl Ying's birthday.In the morning, I took five taels of silver with Dai'an, taught him to buy wine, and in the evening, I took Li Ping'er off the service.But he taught Ping'an and Huatong to follow the horse and make an appointment to come to Earl Ying's house in the afternoon.That day, Xie Xida, Zhu Shinian, Sun Tianhua, Wu Dian'en, Yun Lishou, Chang Zhijie and Lianxin were present at the meeting.He also asked two little Youer to play and sing.After handing over the wine and sitting down, Ximen Qing called two little You'er, the first one he recognized was Wu Yin'er's brother, named Wu Hui.The one who didn't recognize him knelt down and said, "The younger one is Zheng Aixiang'er's brother, named Zheng Feng."

Ximenqing was the chief, and each person was rewarded with two qian.When it was time to eat, I saw Dai'an came to pick him up with a horse, and whispered into Ximen Qing's ear, "Second Mother, please go earlier."

Ximen Qing gave him a wink and walked down.He was stopped by Earl Ying and asked: "You dog bone, come here and tell the truth. If you don't tell the truth, I will twist your little ears aside. How many birthdays does your father Ying have in a year? You only take horses in the first half of the day. Come on, who sent you here? Or was it your mother who sent you here? Or where is the eighteenth child? If you don’t tell me, you won’t tell your father in 100 years, marry a wife for you, a bald little dog .”

Dai'an only said: "No one will make the younger one. I'm afraid the night will be tight for the younger one. Daddy has to get up early and take the horse to serve."

Earl Ying did nothing to him once, seeing if he didn't say anything, he said, "If you don't tell me, I'll find out tomorrow and settle accounts with you little glib."

So he poured another bell of wine, took half a plate, and ate it with Dai'an.

After a long time, Ximen Qing came down to change clothes, and asked Dai'an to go to a secluded place to ask him, "Who is coming from the Hua family today?"

Dai'an said: "Hua San has gone to the village. Hua Si's family is ugly, and no one came. Only Hua and his wife came. After a day's fast meal, his man went home first, only his wife, before leaving, two Mother called him into the room, gave him ten taels of silver, two sets of clothes, and kowtowed to Erniang."

Ximen Qing said, "He didn't say anything?"

Dai'an said: "He didn't dare to say anything, he only said that the second mother will come over tomorrow, and he will come to my father's house in three days."

Ximen Qing said, "Is he really saying that?"

Dai'an said: "How dare you tell a lie."

After hearing this, Ximen Qing was full of joy.He asked again, "Have you finished your fast?"

Dai'an said: "The monk left a long time ago, and the spiritual tablet was also burned. The second mother said, please go there earlier."

Ximen Qing said: "I see, you go and watch the horses."

This Dai'an was walking out, and didn't want the earl to listen in the aisle, so she yelled suddenly, which startled Dai'an.The count scolded: "You little bastard! If you didn't tell me, how could I have heard it? It turns out that your fathers are so cocooned!"

Ximen Qing said: "It's a strange dog, don't advocate it."

The count said: "You ask me, I don't say anything."

So he went to the table, and said this to everyone.He pulled Ximen Qing and said: "Brother, you are a man! If you have such a thing, just hang up and don't say anything to your brothers? It's just that Hua Da has something to say, brother just tells us, wait for us to tell him, I'm not afraid that he won't follow. If he dares to say no, we will form a big knot with him. I don't know if this marriage has ever happened? Brother tell us one by one. What are you doing with friends recently? If you want to The order to go, brothers are willing to go to the fire, and the water to the water. The brothers are waiting for you, but I just keep it secret."

Xie Xida took it and said: "If you don't tell me, sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er who we will promote tomorrow will know about it, and everyone will be embarrassed."

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Let me tell everyone that the marriage is over."

Xie Xi said: "My brother will marry his sister-in-law tomorrow, and we will go to congratulate him. At least my brother will call four singers and treat us to a wedding wine."

Ximen Qing said: "Needless to say, I must honor all brothers."

Zhu Shinian said: "It's better to have a glass of wine for brother than to celebrate with brother tomorrow, let's celebrate first."

So he asked the earl to bring the wine, Xie Xi held the pot, Zhu Shi Nian held the food, and the rest knelt down with him.He also called the two young children to kneel, played and sang a set of "Thirteen Tune" and "Happy Meeting an Auspicious Day" and poured Ximen Qing with wine for three or four minutes.Zhu Shi Nian said: "Brother, treat us to a drink that day, and Zheng Feng and Wu Hui should not be missing."

Yin decided: "You two go anyway."

Zheng Feng covered his mouth and said: "The little ones will definitely serve you."

After a while, after passing the wine, everyone returned to the table and sat down.I ate it again.Look at the night, Ximen Qing sat there, got up and left by mistake.Earl Ying still blocked the door, Xie Xi said, "Second brother Ying, let him go. Don't miss his business, teach my sister-in-law to take offense."

Then Ximen Qing got on the horse and walked away.When they arrived at Lion Street, Li Ping'er took off her bun and put on a colorful dress.The hall is brightly lit, and there is a neat table for banquets, and a high-ranking chair is placed on it for Ximen Qing to sit on.The maid held the pot, and Li Ping'er poured a full cup and handed it up, kowtowed four heads, and said: "Today's spirit has been burnt, and the officials will not abandon it. The servants have to give us a towel to fulfill Yu Fei's wish."

Get up and salute.Ximen Qing came to the table and handed the woman a cup before sitting down.Yin asked: "Did the Huada couple say anything today?"

Li Ping'er said: "after lunch, I asked him to come into the room and talk about the marriage of the high officials. He said yes without a word of gossip. He just said that in the next three days, he would teach his wife to come to us. Let’s go home. The slave will give him ten taels of silver and two sets of clothes, whether the couple are happy or not. Before going out, thank you again.”

Ximen Qing said: "Since he said so, it's not bad for me to let him come and walk around. But there is a gossip, I won't spare him."

Li Ping'er said: "If he flirts, I will not let him go."

So the silver-encrusted bell filled Nanjiu, Xiuchun poured it out, and Li Pinger ate a few glasses with him.It's true that the year is less with love, and the wine is more because of the environment.Li Ping'er was more joyful than usual because the day of getting married was approaching, she put on a smile on her face, and asked Ximen Qing, "Just now you were having wine at Ying's house, and Dai'an came to invite you, does anyone know?"

Ximen Qingdao: "Ying Huazi guessed again, forced the boy to say a few words, and made a fuss. All the brothers want to congratulate me, and the one who sings will be the host, and all the helpers will pour me A few cups. I walked out in a hurry, and even stopped me, and said whatever, let me go."

Li Ping'er said: "They let you go, it's still fun."

Ximen Qing saw him in a state of drunkenness and madness, with affectionate eyes, and couldn't help being confused for a moment.Li Ping'er held Ximen Qing in his arms and shouted: "My dear brother! Since you really want to marry me, you should marry me sooner. It's inconvenient for you to come and go, so don't leave me here." It's here day and night."

After talking, tossing and turning, making a mess, the real thing is: the chest is tight and the chest is tight, the money is fine and the arms are light cages; tired of taking photos of the silver cylinder, I doubt it is a dream.

(End of this chapter)