Jinpingmei

Chapter 24

The poem said: When the silver candle is high and the wine is drunk, it is a banquet and the laughter is frequent.Pretty waist and slender dance Zhang Tailiu, Sukou Qingsong Shang Yuanchun.

The fragrance is intentional when you brush your clothes, but the emerald flowers fall to the ground and pick up silently.Not because of a little romantic interest, Ande Hansheng woke up after drunk.

It is said that one day, Lantern Festival in the sky and Lantern Festival in the world, Ximenqing hung lanterns in the hall and laid out beautiful seats.On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole family drinks happily.Ximen Qing and Wu Yueniang lived on top, and the rest Li Jiaoer, Meng Yulou, Pan Jinlian, Li Pinger, Sun Xue'e, and Ximen sisters sat on both sides, all wearing splendid clothes.Chunmei, Yuxiao, Yingchun, and Lanxiang are generally four family members, playing and singing lantern songs on the zither board beside [扌Luan].Duyu Dongshou set up a seat with his son-in-law Chen Jingji.Sure enough, food and cooking are exotic, and fruit offerings are new.Xiaoyu, Yuanxiao, Xiaoluan and Xiuchun all poured wine on it.Laiwang's daughter-in-law, Song Huilian, was sitting on a chair under the corridor, eating melon seeds.The waiter called for wine, so he raised his voice and called: "Lai An'er, Hua Tong'er, I want hot wine up there, hurry up and bring up the wine! The root of the thief is not here to serve, and I don't know where to go!" "

I saw Huatong hot wine going up.Ximen Qing scolded: "Thieves and slaves, no one is here to serve, where are you going? You seldom beat slaves!"

The little servant came up and said, "Sister-in-law, who is going there? Just tell Dad, yell at Dad and scold me."

Hui Lian said: "Who told you not to wait for wine? It's none of my business! If you don't scold you, who will you scold?"

Hua Tong'er said: "The ground is clean, my sister-in-law ate all the melon seeds, and my father scolded me when I saw it."

Huilian said: "The root of the thief! Debts are hot in June, and you have to pay them quickly. What's the matter, if you don't sweep the bento, throw it away, and teach another boy to sweep it. When he asks me, I just say it."

Hua Tong'er said: "Yeah, sister-in-law, it's all just a little bit, how can you get along with me!"

So he took a broom and swept the melon seeds for him, no problem.

But at the Ximen celebration banquet, seeing that his son-in-law Chen Jingji had no wine, he ordered Pan Jinlian to pass it around.This Jinlian came down quickly, filled a glass of wine, handed it to Jing Ji with a smile, and said: "Brother-in-law, your father ordered you to drink this glass of wine at least."

While receiving the wine, Jingji turned his eyes to the woman and said, "Wu Niang, please be respectful and wait for your son to eat slowly!"

The woman covered the lamp with her body, holding the wine in her left hand, and Jingji who had just been waiting took it, and twisted the back of his hand with her right hand. While looking at the crowd, Jingji kicked Jinlian's little foot in a play. .The woman smiled, and said in a low voice: "It's so glib, what will your father-in-law do?"

The two were flirting and playing secretly, but no one saw it.Unexpectedly, Song Huilian was impatiently looked at by him in the eyes of the outside window.He didn't say a word, but he thought to himself: "Usually in front of us, it's fine to separate, who wants to hook up with this young man secretly. I saw the flaw today, and I will search for me tomorrow. Talk."

It's exactly: the white rose in the courtyard of someone's house secretly climbs two or three branches.The sleeves are hidden from people, but the fragrance is only the prophet butterfly.

After drinking for a long time, Ximen Qing was suddenly invited by Earl Ying to watch the lanterns.Instruct Yueniang: "You can play around freely, I'll go to Brother Ying's house for a drink."

Dai'an and Ping'an followed.

Yueniang and all the sisters ate there once, but they saw the Milky Way clear and shallow, the pearl bucket was full of spots, and a round of reunion moon came out from the east, illuminating the courtyard like daytime.Women may change clothes in the room, or make up under the moon, or wear flowers in front of the lamp.Only Yulou, Jinlian and Li Ping'er, together with Huilian, watched Jingji release flowers in front of the hall.Li Jiaoer, Sun Xue'e, and Sister Ximen all followed Yueniang.Jin Lian then said to the two: "His father is not at home today, let's tell Eldest Sister to walk down the street."

Hui Lian said beside her, "Go girls, and take me with you."

Jin Lian said: "Since you are going, you can go back and ask your aunt and your second mother to see if he will go or not. We will wait for you here."

That Huilian hurried to the back.Yulou said: "He doesn't help, wait until I ask him personally."

Li Ping'er said: "I'll also put on some clothes in the room, I'm afraid it will be cold at night."

Jin Lian said: "Sister Li, you have a jacket, bring me one to wear, so that I don't have to go into the house."

Then Li Ping'er promised to go.Jinlian was the only one left, watching Jingji release the flowers.Seeing no one there, he went to Jing Ji and squeezed it, and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law only wears thin clothes, isn't it cold?"

I saw the family's son, Xiao Tie Guan'er, smiling in front of him, dancing around and pulling Jing Ji, asking for the cannon to be fired.I'm afraid this Jingji will disturb the matter, and I wish I could have two Yuanxiao Pao Zhang with him, and send him to play outside.So he joked with Jinlian: "You old man sees that I am thin, so why not give me a piece of clothing to wear?"

Jin Lian said: "The thief is short-lived, and he got used to it. He stole my feet in his head. I didn't say a word. Now he is bold and asks me for clothes again! I'm not what you alluded to. Why do you wear your clothes?" "

Jingji said: "It's fine if you don't agree with me, old man. How can you make a raft to scare me?"

The woman said: "The thief is short-lived, you are a sparrow on the tower, a frightened insect and ant!"

Just as I was talking, I saw Yulou and Huilian coming out, and said to Jinlian: "The aunt is not comfortable, and the elder sister is uncomfortable, so I won't go. Tell the girls to walk and come home earlier. Li Jiaoer's leg hurts, so I don't want to go." Don't go. Sun Xue'e sees that the elder sister won't leave, I'm afraid his father will come home and scold him, so he won't go out."

Jin Lian said: "Don't go, let's just go with Sister Li. When his father comes home, let him scold you! If not, put Chunmei Xiaorouer and Yuxiao in the upper room, Lanxiang in your room , Sister Li brought the Spring Festival greetings to her room."

Xiaoyu came over and said, "My grandma won't go anymore, so I'll go with my girls too."

Yulou said: "Tell your grandma, I will wait for you."

After a long time, Xiaoyu asked Yueniang and came out with a smile.

At present, three women are leading a group of men and women.Lai'an and Huatong followed with a pair of gauze chandeliers.Son-in-law Chen Jingji kicked the horse platform, set off fireworks, and watched with all the women.Song Huilian said: "Uncle, you should wait a little longer. Ladies take me for a walk, and I'll come as soon as I get in the house."

Jingji said: "We can do it now."

Hui Lian said: "If you don't wait, I will annoy you for the rest of your life!"

So I went into the room and changed into a set of green flashing red satin cardigan shirt and white thread skirt.He also put a red and gold sweat scarf on his head, with flying gold flowers on his forehead, golden lanterns on his ears, and came out to follow the crowd.Under the moonlight, it looks like a fairy, all of them are white silk jackets, and there are golden bijias everywhere.The head is full of pearls and emeralds, and the pink lips are vermilion.Jing Ji and Lai Xing'er, one on the left and one on the left, slowed down Tulian, Rustic Ju, Yizhanglan, and Sai Yueming along the way.When I went out to the street market, I could see the fragrant dust constantly, the tourists like ants, the fireworks and thunder, the colorful lights, the sound of flute and drum, it was very lively.Visitors saw a pair of gauze lanterns leading the way, and a group of men and women came over, all dressed in red and green, thinking they were from the prince's family, they dared not look up, and all walked in hiding.Song Huilian called back once: "Uncle, let me see if you put a bucket of flowers."

Once again, he said: "Uncle, let me listen to you playing a Lantern Festival cannon."

One time, the flowers fell and the flowers were picked up; the other time, the shoes were lost, and the shoes were helped by others;Yulou didn't like it, and said a few words: "Why did you drop your shoes?"

Yuxiao said: "He is afraid of the mud, so he wears Wuniang shoes!"

Yulou said: "You tell him to come over and let me see, is he really wearing Wu Niang's shoes?"

Jin Lian said: "Yesterday he asked me for a pair of shoes, who would have thought that they would be fine dog meat, wear them on!"

Huilian picks up her skirt and looks at Yulou.Seeing him wearing two pairs of red shoes on his feet and tying his trouser legs with gauze green string, he didn't say a word.

After a while, I walked through the street and went to the Lantern City.Jinlian said to Yulou, "Let's go to Sister Li's house on Lion Street."

So he ordered the painting boy and Lai'an'er to turn on the lights first and meander to Lion Street.The boy went to knock on the door first, and Lao Feng had already rested. In the room, there were two maids who were sold by others, sleeping on the kang.Panicked, Lao Feng quickly opened the door and let the women come in, turned on the stove to have some tea, and took the pot to the street to get wine.Meng Yulou said: "Stay here, old Feng, don't go to buy wine. We are full from drinking and eating at home. If you have tea, pour two cups of tea and eat."

Jin Lian said: "Since you are keeping people to eat wine, you should order food first."

Li Ping'er said: "Mom, I brought one or two bottles. If the water is not muddy, who can eat it? I want to fetch one or two jars."

Yulou said: "He coaxed you, don't cancel, just wait for the tea."

The old lady just didn't move.Li Ping'er said: "Mom, why don't you go over there for a walk, what are you doing at home?"

The mother-in-law said: "Grandma, look at leaving these two karma in the house, who will watch him?"

Yulou then asked, "Who sold the two maids?"

The mother-in-law said: "One is a maid in a house in the north, she is 13 years old, and she only needs five liang of silver; the other is a family daughter-in-law from Wang Xuban's family. Two denarii."

Yulou said: "Mom, let me tell you, there is a person who wants it, and you earn some money from him."

The mother-in-law said: "San Niang, who really wants it? Tell me."

Yulou said: "Now in your second wife's room, there is only Yuan Xiao'er, which is not enough to serve. You have to find a bigger girl to serve. You should sell the big girl to him."

Yin asked, "Is this girl in her teens?"

The mother-in-law said: "He is 17 years old this year."

Then, bring tea, and everyone ate tea.Chunmei, Yuxiao and Huilian all had a look in front of them, and then went to the upper floor facing the street and opened the window to look again.Chen Jingji urged: "It's late at night, let's go home sooner."

Jin Lian said: "It's strange to be short-lived, the person who reminded me couldn't stop his hands and feet, what's the panic!"

But he called Xia Chunmei and the others to come, and then he got up.Mother Feng sent her out, and Li Ping'er asked, "Where did Ping An go?"

The old woman said: "We haven't come here today, so I asked the old man to open the door and close the door in the middle of the night to wait for him."

Lai An'er said: "Today, Ping An'er went to Ying Er's father's house with Dad."

Li Ping'er told his mother: "Close the door earlier and go to sleep! He won't come at all, so as not to miss your sleepy head. Come to the house tomorrow morning and send the girl and Er Niang. You are the elder of Shifo Temple , I invite you to Zhang Zhi."

After finishing speaking, watching him close the door, this group of men and women just went home.

Walking to the front of the house, I only heard the voice of Han Huizi's wife Han Sao who lived in the house.Because he promised the servants of the stables that he was a man, he followed people at home and went away with all kinds of illnesses. When he came home drunk, he said that someone dug into his room door, stole the dog, and disappeared.The women just stood up.Jinlian envoy Lai An'er called Mrs. Han face to face and asked, "Why did you come?"

Sister-in-law Han crossed her hands forward, bowed twice, and said: "The three ladies are here, listen to the little daughter-in-law."

So I said it all over again.After hearing this, everyone in Yulou gave him some money and fruits in their sleeves, and called An'er: "You ask your brother-in-law Chen to send him into the house."

That Jingji and Gu and Huilian made fun of each other, and refused to go with him.Jin Lian sent Lai An'er to his home, and ordered him to come to the house to wash clothes tomorrow morning: "I told your father, let me vent my anger on you."

The sister-in-law Han thanked her a lot and went home.

Yulou and others just walked through the door, and saw the fourth lady Ben, smiling at the door and saying Wanfu, and said: "Where are the three ladies walking? Please don't give up to offer tea to Han's house."

Yulou said: "I just stopped because of Sister-in-law Han's crying, so I stopped and asked him. Thanks to my sister-in-law's kindness, it's getting late, let's not arrive."

Fourth lady Ben said: "Yeah, the three ladies came to the house to blame others, and just laughed at my little family's house for not being able to serve a cup of tea?"

Life and death are pulled into the house.It turns out that the eight difficulties of Avalokitesvara and Guan sages are offered above, and a snowflake lantern is hung on the front door.Open the door curtain, set up a spring platform, and sit with three people.He hurriedly taught his 14-year-old daughter, the elder sister, to come over and kowtow to the three mothers to serve tea.Yulou and Jinlian each gave him two flowers.Li Ping'er took a sweat towel and a penny from his sleeve, and bought melon seeds with him.My favorite lady Ben Si thanked me again and again.Unable to keep the money, Yulou waited to get up.At the head of the gate, the boy Laixing greeted him at the head of the gate.Jin Lian asked, "Has your father ever been home?"

Laixing said, "Father hasn't come home yet."

The three women also watched Chen Jingji put two chrysanthemums, a tube of tobacco orchids, and a golden calendula at the front of the door before going in behind.Ximen Qing came home until the fourth watch.Exactly: When drunk, he doesn't know the sky is dark, let him go down to the west building under the bright moon.

But it is said that because Chen Jingji suffered from all kinds of diseases, he teased and joked with Jin Lian and other women all the way, and talked with Hui Lian, all of which were intentional.After washing and washing the next morning, I didn't go to the shop, but went to Wu Yueniang's room at the back.Only Li Jiaoer and Jin Lian accompanied Mrs. Wu on the kang table before serving tea.Then Yueniang went to burn incense in the Buddhist hall.The young man bowed forward and sat down.Jin Lian then said: "Brother-in-law Chen, you are a good man! Yesterday I taught you to send off Mrs. Han, but you didn't move. You should just teach the servant to send it off. And you have to fight your teeth with your wife. I don't know why! When your aunt burns incense, see if I tell him or not!"

Jingji said: "Your old man also said that his son's waist [疒罗] was sore yesterday! I walked all the way with your old man and came back to the house on Lion Street. How many miles should I go? I have worked hard. Teach me to send off Han Huizi's wife! It's all right to teach the boy to send off. It will be dawn after a long sleep, and I can't get up this morning."

Just as he was talking, Wu Yueniang burned incense and bowed to Jingji.Yueniang then asked: "Yesterday, why did Sister-in-law Han drink and curse at others like crazy?"

Because of his various illnesses, Jingji was dug open the door, and the dog disappeared. He sat in the street crying and cursing, "He came home this morning, and he gave him a good beating. We haven't woken up yet."

Jin Lian said: "We didn't come back, we persuaded him to go in, and your father came to see him at home, what is it like!"

After finishing speaking, Yulou, Li Ping'er, and the eldest sister all went to Yueniang's room to have tea, and Jingji also ate tea with him.The next time the eldest sister went back to her room and scolded Jing Ji: "You are a prisoner who doesn't know how to die! You beat Laiwang's wife for no reason. If the father who suddenly spread the news found out, the adulteress will be fine, and you will not be executed if you die!"

But that day, Ximen Qing slept in Li Ping'er's room and got up late.I saw Jing Qianhu, a newly promoted military and horse capital supervisor, coming to worship.Ximen Qing just got up to comb his hair, wrapped a net towel, and came out to talk with Jing Dujian in the hall.On the one hand, he asked Ping An'er to come in and ask for tea.Song Huilian, Yuxiao and Xiaoyu were in the back yard, betting on melon seeds, and they got together.That Xiaoyu rode the jade flute underneath, and laughed and scolded: "The thief whore, lost melon seeds, don't teach me to fight!"

Because it was called Huilian: "Sister-in-law, come here, grab the prostitute's leg, and wait for me [into Japan], the prostitute."

Just being stubborn, I saw Ping An coming and calling: "Sister Yuxiao, old man Jing is here and asked me to come in and ask for tea."

That Yuxiao ignored him, and fought and played with Xiaoyu.That Ping An'er just urged and said, "It's been a day since I sat down."

Song Huilian said: "It's strange, father wants tea, and asks the cooker in the kitchen where to go, why do you only hang around here? I just prepare tea for parents' room, and don't care about your tent outside."

Then Ping An went to the kitchen.That day it was time to come to take care of his wife Huixiang, Huixiang said: "Strange prisoner, I'm here to cook. If you ask for two minutes of tea later, just go out. Baba comes and asks me for tea!"

Pingan said: "I'll come later, and I won't send tea later. Sister-in-law Huilian said that it should be the beginning and end of the stove."

Hui Xiang scolded: "Thieves and prostitutes, he decided that he was in the house of parents. I was born to cook? I cook here for big guys, and stir-fry vegetables for big sister-in-law. How many hands?" It’s all right to pour tea, Baba came to find the stove by name, and you called the stove? It doesn’t matter if you missed the tea, I just don’t send it.”

Ping'an'er said: "This is the day when Father Jing is here, sister-in-law hurry up and send tea, I'll take it up. Father will scold you if you are too late!"

Immediately pushing here and there, pushing here and there, it was delayed for half a day.When Yuxiao brought out the tea fruit and teaspoon again, and Ping'an brought out the tea, Jingdu had been sitting in prison for a long time, and wanted to get up again and again, but was detained by Ximenqing.Thinking that the tea was cold and unpalatable, he scolded Ping An for another tea, and then Jing Dujian got up and left.Ximen Qing came in and asked, "Who served today's tea?"

Pingan said: "It's tea on the stove."

Ximen Qing went back to the upper room and told Yueniang: "Today, after tea, go out, go to the kitchen to find out which servant's wife is on the stove? Take it out and ask him, and hit him a few times."

Xiaoyu said, "It's time for Huixiang to go to the stove today."

The panicked Yueniang said: "This crooked bone is waiting to die! It's getting more and more awkward, so the tea is going up."

On the one hand, Xiaoyu asked Huixiang to kneel in the yard and asked him how much he wanted to beat.Huixiang replied: "Because of cooking and frying big sister-in-law vegetarian dishes, the tea is a little cold."

After being scolded by Yueniang once, she spared him.Instructions: "From now on, whenever people in front of your father come, teach Yu Xiao and Hui Lian to have tea in the back, and just let everyone have tea on the stove."

This Hui Xiang couldn't hold back his anger under the kitchen. Ximen Qing, who had just been waiting, went out, and came to the back angrily. The ones who live in the house of the lucky parents, are we the wives of Shangzao? Baba asked the servants to ask Shangzao for tea by name, and you called the one who went to the stove? You know me, and I don’t want to eat toads. Meat—you’re all a man of the earth. You just have to be dad’s little wife. Even if you’re dad’s little wife, I’m not afraid of you!”

Hui Lian said: "It doesn't matter how you are. Your tea is not good. Dad hates you. What do you care about me? How do you take people out of your anger?"

After hearing this, Huixiang became even more annoyed, and scolded: "Thieves and whores! You just ordered me to be beaten with a few sticks, so why didn't you teach me to beat me? You raised countless men in Cai's family, and you are still playing tricks here. !"

Hui Lian said: "I raise a man, you see? No shame! Sister-in-law, you are not a pure aunt!"

Hui Xiang said: "Why am I not a pure aunt? Stand up, better than you whore. Your man once counts millet! You are outside, and you laughed at that one if you didn't eat it? What did you do behind your back?" You just say that people don’t know. You don’t care about women, let alone people below!”

Hui Lian said: "What did I say behind my back? Why can't I take it to heart? Press me as you please, I'm not afraid of you!"

Huixiang said: "Someone decides with you, you know you are not afraid!"

The two were arguing, and Yue Niang, who was invited by Xiaoyu, came and drank both of them: "Thieves, what are you doing if you don't do that business? It's another scene for your master to hear. I didn’t hit it in the head, but I hit it when I got back!”

Huixiang said: "If you hit me once, I won't count if I don't hook the mouth of the adulteress! I'm fighting for my life, and it's not bad for you if I throw you away. Let's all leave this door!" "

Said and went forward.The next time, Song Huilian became even more rampant, colluding with Ximenqing behind his back, ignoring the size of the family, playing with Yulou, Jinlian, Li Ping'er, Sister Ximen, and Chunmei every day.

On that day, Mother Feng sent a girl, who was about 13 years old, to Li Ping'er's room to see her first, and then sent her to Li Jiao'er's room.Li Jiaoer bought it with five taels of silver, and she was waiting in the room, no problem.It's exactly: there is a shortage of poultry outside and a shortage of color inside, so it doesn't matter if you even get a little bit.In the morning, I crossed the carved saddle, and at dusk, I returned with a fragrance of red powder.

(End of this chapter)