Jinpingmei

Chapter 3

The poem said: At first glance, I don't know each other, but Xu Si seems to be affectionate.Hand in front of the cup, the flower bottom loves the eyes.

　 The new state of surprise, including Hu asked the old name.The shadow contains candles tonight, and my mind is crossed.

It is said that Ximen Qingyang Wangpo wanted to meet the daughter, so she said, "Godmother, you can tell me that this matter is done, and I will give you ten taels of silver."

Wang Po said: "Master, listen to me: the word 'suffering light' is the most difficult word. Why is it 'suffering light'? For example, it is commonly called 'cheating' now. Five things must be present before it can be done." Yes. The first is Pan An’s appearance; the second is a donkey; the third is as rich as Deng Tong; the fourth is youth, and the patience is as soft as a needle; the fifth is leisure time. These five It is called 'Pan Lu Deng Xiaoxian'. Once everything is complete, this matter will be obtained."

Ximen Qingdao: "To tell you the truth, I have all these five things. The first thing is that although my appearance is not as good as Pan An's, I can do it well; Third, my family has some money, although it is not as good as Deng Tong, but it is quite enough to live on; fourth, I am the most patient; he beat me four hundred times, and I don't want to give him back Fist; fifth, I have the most free time, otherwise how can I work so hard. Goddess, you do it yourself, and when it is complete, I will thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Wang Po said: "Grand official, you said that you have all five things. I know there is one more thing that disturbs you. It may not be possible."

Ximen Qing said, "Let's talk, what's bothering you?"

Wang Po said: "Don't blame the old man for speaking frankly, senior officials. It's the hardest thing to get light. It's very difficult to make money up to nine cents or nine per cent. I know you've always been stingy, and you don't want to use money carelessly. This is the only thing that disturbs you." .”

Ximen Qing said: "This is easy, I just listen to your words."

Wang Po said: "If the senior officials are willing to give money, I have a clever plan. I have to ask the senior officials to meet with this daughter."

Ximen Qing said, "What's the trick?"

Wang Po smiled and said, "It's late today, let's go back and discuss it in half a year and three months."

Ximen Qingyang said: "Godmother, you have to give up Sako! If you make yourself up to me, you will be repaid."

Wang Po laughed and said: "The officials panicked again. Although I can't enter the Wucheng King's Temple with this old man's plan, it is as good as Sun Wuzi teaching female soldiers. I will catch you out of ten. Let me tell you today: The origin of this daughter is that although she was born at a young age, she is very clever. She can play and sing well with one hand. She knows everything about female workers with needles, songs of a hundred schools of thought, and Shuanglu chess. Her nickname is Jinlian, her maiden name is Pan, and she was originally from Nanmen. Wai Pancai's daughter was sold to Zhang Dahu's home to learn how to play and sing. Later, because the big family was old, she sent it away, and she didn't need a penny from Wuhan University, so she married him for nothing. This daughter can't wait to come out, and she often goes to spend time with him when she is old and has nothing to do. Sit down. He also asked me to take care of him when he had something to do, and he also asked me to be his godmother. Wuhan University left early these two days. If a high-ranking official wants to do this, he will buy a piece of blue silk, a piece of white silk, and a piece of white silk. Another ten liang of good cotton was used to give it all back to the old man. But the old man went over and asked him to borrow the calendar, asking him to pick a good date and call a tailor to do it. If he sees me saying this, pick a date, no problem When he is willing to do it with me, the matter is over; if he happily says, "I'll do it for you." Don't call me a tailor, that's enough. I'll ask him to do it, and he will sew for me. The light will be divided into two. If he comes to do it, I will arrange some wine, food and snacks for him to eat at noon. If he says it is not convenient, he will go to his home to do it, and the matter will be over; That's three points. You didn't come this day, until the third day, around noon, you dressed up and came here, using the name of coughing, and you shouted in front of the door: "Why haven't you seen Wang Ganniang for a few days? I Buy a cup of tea.' I will come out and invite you to sit in the room and have tea. If he sees you, he will get up and go back. Can't I hold him? This matter will be over. If he sees you come in , When I didn't move, the light was four points. When I sat down, I said to my daughter: "This is the official who gave me clothes. Kill him." I exaggerated the many benefits of the official, you Then show off his needle pointing. If he doesn't come to solicit promises, the matter will be over; if he promises to talk to you, it will be five points. I then said: "It's hard for this lady to make a move with me." Do it, kill your two benefactors, one contributes money and the other contributes. It's not that the old man is different from each other. It's rare that this lady is here, and the official will be the master to pour water for the lady. If he leaves, should I hold him? This matter will be over. If he does not leave, the affairs will be easily completed, and this light will be six points. But I took the silver and said to him before leaving the door: "Thank you The lady waited for the officials to sit for a while.' If he gets up and goes home, I can't stop him? The matter will be over. If he doesn't get up, he'll be fine again, and this light will be seven points. Wait for me to buy it Put the things on the table, and said, "Lady, pack up and live, and have a glass of wine. It's rare for this official to waste money." He refused to eat at the same table with you, so he went, and the matter was over. If he doesn't get up and the matter gets better again, the light will be eighty percent. When he has drunk enough wine and is talking about entering Hong Kong, I will say that there is no more wine, and I will ask you to buy it again, and you will take the money. He also asked me to buy wine and fruit to go with the wine. I will close the door and shut you two in the room. If he is anxious and runs back, the matter will be over; if he is allowed to close the door by me, when he is not anxious , this light has nine points, only owes oneseparated.It's just that this point is difficult.Senior official, you are in the room, just say a few sweet words, but don't be irritable, so you go to disturb the matter with your hands and feet, then I don't care about you.First, you flick your sleeves to put a pair of chopsticks on the table, then push the chopsticks away and pinch his feet with your hands.If he is about to make a fuss, I will come to rescue him.This matter will be closed, and it will never be done again.If he is silent, the matter is very clear.This is very light and complete, how can you thank me? "

Ximen Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Although you can't get into the Lingyan Pavilion, godmother, your plan is a superb plan!"

Wang Po said: "But don't forget to promise me the ten taels of silver." "

Ximen Qing said: "I have to eat a piece of orange peel, don't forget Dongting Lake. When will the godmother be able to do this plan?"

The mother-in-law said: "There is only reward for coming tonight. Now that I have not returned from Wuhan University, I will go to ask him to borrow the calendar and tell him in detail. You will send someone to send you some silk and cotton. It will be too late."

Ximen Qing said: "Mother, this is my business, how dare you break your promise."

So I said goodbye to Wang Po, left the tea shop, and went to the street to buy three bolts of silk and ten taels of clear water.The family called Da'an'er to wrap it in a felt bag and sent it to Wang Po's house.Wang Po happily accepted it and sent the servant back.It's exactly: When the clouds and rains in Wushan come, don't let King Xiang build the Chu Terrace.

At that moment, Wang Po collected the silk and cotton, opened the back door, and walked past the Wu family.The woman then went upstairs to sit.Wang Po said: "My lady, why don't you only have tea with a poor family for the past two days?"

The woman said: "It's just that I'm not happy these days and I'm lazy to walk around."

Wang Po said: "The lady has a calendar at home, let me take a look at it with my old man, and ask for a day for tailoring clothes."

The woman said: "What kind of clothes does the godmother cut?"

Wang Po said: "It's because of ten illnesses and nine pains in my old age. I'm afraid that the mountains will be high and the water will be low for a while, and my son will not be at home."

The woman said, "Why doesn't elder brother see you all the time?"

Wang Po said: "That guy was out with a guest, but he didn't hear from him. The old man is worried day by day."

The woman said, "How old is eldest brother?"

Wang Po said: "That guy is 17 years old."

The woman said: "Why don't you find a marriage with him, and you can do it with your godmother?"

Wang Po said: "Because of this, there is no one at home. When the old man comes here, he will find another one for him sooner or later. When the guy comes, he will ignore it. Seeing that the old man is only wheezing and coughing day and night, His body is broken, he can't fall asleep, he just hurts, and he has to prepare his final clothes for a while. It's rare for a rich man and official to drink tea in a poor house. Whenever he sees a doctor in his house, buys a maid, talks about marriage, and sees his old body With such a duty, I don’t care about everything big or small. I donated a set of clothing materials to my old body. The silk and silk are complete, and I have some good cotton. I have left it at home for more than a year, and I can’t do it. This year I feel that life is not good. I don’t want to run into the leap month again, take advantage of two days of idleness, and be forced to do it by the tailor. I only push my life to be busy and refuse to do it. I can’t say it’s hard!”

The woman laughed and said, "I'm afraid I'm not satisfied with what I've done. If I don't think it's time, I'll be idle for a few days. How about doing it with the godmother?"

The old woman listened, laughed and said, "If you can do it with your lady's precious hands, you will have a good time even if you die. I have heard for a long time that my lady is good at pointing fingers, but I dare not come to Xiangyang."

The woman said: "What's the matter with this! Since I have promised the godmother, I must do it with the godmother. I will hand over the calendar days to someone to pick a good day for the zodiac, and the slave will do it."

Wang Po said: "My lady, you don't know how old you are. You don't know much about the words in your poems and songs. How can you show the calendar to others?"

The woman smiled and said, "My family has been out of school since childhood."

The mother-in-law said: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

Then he took the calendar and handed it to the woman.The woman took it in her hand, looked at it once, and said: "Tomorrow is the day of breaking, and the day after tomorrow will not be good. It is not until the day after the outside is the day for tailoring clothes."

Wang Po took the calendar head and hung it on the wall, and said: "If the lady is willing to do it with the old man, she will be a bit of a lucky star. Why choose a day! The old man once thought that the day is a broken day, and the old man just It is not necessary to break the day of tailoring clothes, I don't hate him."

The woman said: "Guishou clothes, it is better to use the broken sun."

Wang Po said: "Since the lady is willing to do it, I am old and bold, but I will start the lady tomorrow, and I will die when I go to Han's house."

The woman said, "Why don't you come and do it?"

Wang Po said: "Even as an old man, I also want to see my wife's life, and I'm afraid that there will be no one at the door."

The woman said: "Since this is what you said, I will come over tomorrow after dinner."

The old lady went downstairs with a thousand thanks, replied to Ximen Qing's message that night, and agreed to come the next day.Nothing to say that night.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Po cleaned up the room, prepared for sewing, arranged tea, and waited at home.Let's say that Wuhan University had breakfast and went out with a burden.The woman hung up the curtain, told Ying'er to look after the house, and walked through the Wang Po's house through the back door.The old woman was very happy, she came into the room and sat down, then ordered a cup of walnut and pine nuts to make tea with the woman.After wiping the table clean, he took out three bolts of silk.The woman measured the length, cut it completely, and sewed it up.The mother-in-law saw it, and couldn't help applauding: "Good trick, I have lived to be six or seventy years old, and I have never seen such a good pointer in my eyes!"

The woman sewed until noon, and Wang Po arranged some wine and food for him, and then ordered a chopsticks noodle to eat with the woman.Take a break to sew again, and when you come late next time, you pack up your life and go home.It happened that Wu Da came in with a burden, and the woman pulled the curtain down the door.Wu Da entered the room, saw his wife's face was reddish, and asked, "Where are you from?"

The woman replied: "It's the mother of the wall, I will make the final clothes, and arrange some wine, food and snacks for me during the day."

Wu Dao: "You don't want to eat his talents. We also have others. He asks you to make clothes, and you come back to eat some snacks. It's not worth it, so you disturb him. You can do it tomorrow. Bring some money with you, and buy some wine and food to return the gift with him. As the saying goes: A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, so don’t lose your heart. If he refuses to return the gift with you, you will come home with your life and return it to him. That's it."

Exactly: Grandmother's cage design is deep, Dalang is stupid and does not know the sound.Bringing money to buy wine as a reward is treacherous, but giving away the mother-in-law.

The woman had nothing to say that night after hearing the words of Wu Da.

After dinner the next day, Wu University went out with a burden, and Wang Po came over to invite her.The woman went to his house, took out living things, and sewed them together.Wang Po hurriedly ordered tea and had tea with him.Look at the seam to the middle of the day, the woman took out three hundred Wen from her sleeve, and said to Wang Po, "Mother, I will buy you a cup of wine."

Wang Po said: "Ah, there is such a reason. The old man and his wife live here. How can they pay the lady for the money? The wine and food of the woman will hurt you if you don't eat it!"

The woman said: "It's the poor man who ordered the servant to come. If the godmother just goes home when she sees out, it's fine to return the godmother."

The old woman heard this and said, "Da Lang understands the matter straight away! Since the lady said so, I will accept it when I am old."

Afraid of disturbing the matter, the woman added money to buy good wine and food, and treated her courteously.The judge heard: "Every woman in the world, you are very delicate, and ten or nine of them are caught by Xiao Yi'er."The woman arranged wine, food and snacks, and ate with the woman.I sewed for a while, and looked at the late arrival, thank you so much and went back.

Don't bother talking.After breakfast on the third day, Wang Po only Zhang Wuda went out, and then she walked through the back door and shouted: "My lady, I am bold."

The woman answered from upstairs: "The slave will come here."

When the two fellows met, they came to sit down in Wang Po's room and took their lives to sew.Needless to say, the woman ordered tea to eat.The woman looked at the sewing until around noon.But it is said that Ximen Qingba will not come to this day, and he has a neat coat and hat, three or five taels of silver by his side, and a Jinchuan fan in his hand, swinging towards Zishi Street.When they arrived at Wang Po's door, they coughed and said, "Wang Ganniang, why haven't you seen me for several days?"

The woman looked at the department and responded, "Who is my old lady?"

Ximen Qing said, "It's me."

The woman rushed out to have a look, and said with a smile: "I only know who it is, it turns out to be a high-ranking official! You came just in time, and please go into the house to have a look."

Pulled Ximenqing's sleeve, dragged into the room, and said to the woman, "This is the official who donates clothes to the old man."

Ximen Qing opened his eyes and looked at the woman: the girl in the clouds is emerald green, her pink face is springy, she is wearing a white shirt, a peach red skirt, and a blue bijia, and she is making clothes in the room.Seeing Ximen Qing approaching, he lowered his head.This Ximen Qing hastily bent forward and sang.The woman immediately put down her life and returned the blessings.Wang Po said: "It's rare for officials and old people to put silk and silk at home for more than a year. They have never had to make it. Fortunately, they killed the lady next door and made it with the old man. It's really a loom that is as good as a needle and thread. The stitching is so good and dense, it’s really rare! Senior officials, come over and have a look.”

Ximen Qing picked up the clothes and looked at them, while applauding, he said in his mouth: "This lady, you can pass on such good needles, like a fairy!"

The woman lowered her head and laughed, "Don't make jokes, officials."

Ximen Qinggu asked Wang Po: "Mother, don't dare to ask, whose house is this lady from?"

Wang Po said: "Guess."

Ximen Qing said: "How can a villain guess it?"

Wang Po laughed and said, "Sir, please sit down, I'll tell you."

Ximen Qing sat down opposite the woman.The woman said: "It's easy to ask the officials to know. You walked under the eaves that day, and you played well."

Ximen Qing said: "Is that the one who hit me at the gate? I don't know whose house is the lady?"

The woman lowered her head a little, and said with a smile: "That day, the slave bumped into me by mistake, don't blame the officials!"

Ximen Qing quickly responded, "The villain dare not."

Wang Po said: "This is the one, but Mrs. Jianbi Wu."

Ximen Qing said: "So that's the case, the villain has lost his sight."

Wang Po looked at the woman and said, "Madam, do you recognize this official?"

The woman said: "I don't know."

The mother-in-law said: "This official is a rich man in the county. The county magistrate also associates with him. He is called Ximen Daguan. The family has tens of millions of money and opens a herbal medicine shop in front of the county gate. The family's money is more than Beidou The rice is rotten into a warehouse, the yellow one is gold, the white one is silver, the round one is pearls, the shiny ones are treasures, there are horns on the head of rhinoceros, and teeth in the mouth of elephants. The eldest lady of his family is also the matchmaker I am talking about. Miss Wu Qianhu's family was born with a hundred talents."

Because he asked: "Grand officials, why don't you just drink tea from poor families?"

Ximen Qing said: "It's just that the little girl in the family has been appointed by someone for several days, so she can't be idle."

The mother-in-law said: "Who's the eldest sister? Why don't you ask the old man to go as a matchmaker?"

Ximen Qingdao: "It was settled by the in-law Chen's house of Admiral Yang's 80 imperial guards in Tokyo. His son Chen Jingji is only 17 years old and still in school. Didn't he also ask his godmother to be a matchmaker? He has a sister-in-law Wen over there to ask for a favor. Here I am. And let Mrs. Xue, who often walks at home and sells green flowers, come to Baoshan together to talk about this marriage. If the godmother is willing to go, I will have a small tea tomorrow, and I will send someone to invite you."

The old woman laughed and said: "I am coaxing high officials and people to play tricks. My matchmakers are all bastards. They said they didn't have me when they got married. How could they be willing to take the same place as the old man? As the saying goes : Do what you want. When you get married tomorrow, the old man will do nothing for three days and five days, take some favors to go around, and ask for a table and a half. It is very serious. How can you be vindictive!"

The two handed each other a sentence and said it once.The mother-in-law only praised Ximen Qing and made false noises, so the woman lowered her head and sewed.

Shui Xing has always been a woman, and her husband often steals with outsiders.Jin Lian loves Ximen Qing dearly, but her lustful heart is not free.

Ximenqing was delighted to see Jinlian's affection, and wished that they would become a couple.Wang Po went to order two cups of tea, handed one to Ximenqing, and one to the lady, and said, "My lady treats the officials to have some tea."

Xuan looked at Ximen Qing again, and touched his face with his hand, Ximen Qing knew that he was half full.Since ancient times, "Merry tea is said to be a match, and wine is a sex matchmaker." Wang Po said: "If a senior official does not come, the old man dare not go to the house to invite each other. One meets by fate, and the other comes just in time. As the saying goes: A guest Don't bother the two masters. The high-ranking official paid the money, and the lady contributed to kill you, the two benefactors. It's not that the old man is in trouble, it's rare that the lady is here, so that the official can be with the old man Master, take out some money to buy some wine and food, and pour hands with the lady, how about it?"

Ximen Qing said: "A villain can't see this place, there is money here."

Then he took it out of the eggplant bag, about one or two yuan, and handed it to Wang Po to prepare wine and food.The woman then said, "There is no need to suffer."

He said in his mouth that he just didn't move.Wang Po took the silver and said before leaving the house, "Young lady, please sit with the officials, and I'll come as soon as I go."

The woman said: "Godmother, please forgive me."

But he didn't move.Wang Po went out, leaving Ximen Qing and the woman in the house.

This Ximen Qing didn't take his eyes off, only looking at the woman.The woman also cast her eyes on Ximenqing, and then went about her life with her head down.Not long after, Wang Po bought fat goose and roast duck, cooked meat and fresh fish, and delicate fruits. When she came back, she filled up the dishes and put them on the table in the room.Look at the woman and say, "Lady, clean up your life and have a glass of wine."

The woman said: "You eat with high officials, but you are not a slave."

The woman said: "It's just pouring hands with the lady, how can you say this!"

While putting the plate of food in front of them, the three of them sat down and poured the wine.Ximen Qing picked up the wine cup and said: "The godmother will drink a few cups for the lady."

The woman thanked: "My family has a small amount, so I can't eat it."

Wang Po said: "I know that my wife is drinking, and please eat two."

The woman took the wine in her hand and said good blessings to the two of them.Ximen Qing picked up the chopsticks and said, "Godmother persuades the lady to order some vegetables for me."

The mother-in-law picked it up and handed it over to the woman to eat.After pouring three rounds of wine in a row, the woman went to boil the wine.Ximen Qing said: "The villain dare not ask, how young is the lady?"

The woman bowed her head and replied, "25 years old."

Ximen Qingdao: "My lady came to the same family as Geng, and Geng Chen is also a dragon. He was on the fifteenth day of the eighth month."

The woman responded again: "Compare the sky to the earth, and kill the servants."

Wang Po interjected and said, "What a delicate lady, she is very clever, and she is also good at needlework. She knows all kinds of schools, Shuanglu chess, folding cards and Taoism. It's easy to write."

Ximen Qing said, "It's there to beg."

Wang Po said: "It's not that the old man is talking right and wrong. There are many high-ranking officials in the house, and there is a woman who looks like a lady!"

Ximen Qing said: "It's like this, it's hard to say. It's just that the villain has a bad life, and he has never recruited a good one at home."

Wang Po said: "It's also good for a high official to be the first lady."

Ximen Qing said: "Don't talk! If my first wife was here, she would have no owner, and the house is upright. Now there are three, five or seven people around me eating, and they don't care about things."

The mother-in-law shouted: "Even I forgot, how many years has it been without a big lady?"

Ximen Qing said: "I can't say it. Although the villain's first wife, Chen Shi, was born in a humble age, she was very clever. She replaced me for everything. Unfortunately, he is gone now, and it has been three years. Now I am marrying this cheap and tired, I often have illnesses, no matter what I do, the activities at home are messed up. Why does the villain just walk out? When I am at home, I want to vomit."

The old woman said: "Master, don't blame me for saying it bluntly. Your first lady and your current lady don't have the hands and needlework of this lady, and she is such a good-looking person."

Ximen Qing said: "Even the servants are not as romantic as this big lady."

The woman smiled and said, "Officer, why don't you invite the old man to have tea in your foreign house that lives on the East Street?"

Ximen Qing said: "It's Zhang Xichun who sings slow songs. I see he is from Luqi, I don't like him."

The mother-in-law said again: "Officer, you and Li Jiaoer in the Goulan have been together for a long time."

Ximen Qing said: "Seeing that this man is already married at home. If he finds out that he will be the head of the family, I will register him myself."

Wang Po said: "But you get along well with Second Sister Zhuo?"

Ximen Qing said: "Don't mention it, Zhuo Diuer, I also married and became the third wife at home. Recently, I got a minor illness, but it disappeared again."

The mother-in-law said: "Yeah, yeah! If there is a middle-level official like the eldest lady, come to the house and say, is it okay?"

Ximen Qing said: "My parents are gone, I'm on my own, who dares to say no?"

Wang Po said: "I'm just kidding, but I'm eager to find such a middle-ranking official there!"

Ximen Qing said: "I didn't do what I did? I just hate that my husband and wife's fate is not good, so I don't bump into each other."

Ximen Qing and his mother-in-law spoke one sentence at a time.Wang Po said: "I was eating wine, but it was gone. The officials don't blame the old man for calling. How about buying a bottle of wine?"

Ximenqing scattered silver into the eggplant bag, and said to Wang Po, "Godmother, you take it, and when you want to eat, just take it, and the godmother will take it if you have more."

The woman thanked her and got up.At the time of Huan's pink head, he drank wine for three minutes to arouse Chunxin, and after two words and words, he was interested, so he just bowed his head and couldn't get up.It's exactly: the eyes, the eyebrows, and the love are endless, and the marriage meets the romance.Wang Po has no other skills for corruption and bribery, she just blindly speaks with a clever tongue.

(End of this chapter)