Jinpingmei

Chapter 40 Holding the Child

The word said: Plant a single plant of Lantian jade, which looks very pleasant.Many parties cherish and support, like a pearl in the palm of your hand.

[优] Zuman is startled by a new metamorphosis, and the enchanting part is different from the old one.Few people know that people laugh at the first sight and become idiots when they meet each other.

It is said that Ye Yueniang and Aunt Wang slept together on the kang.Aunt Wang asked Yueniang: "Why don't you see any happy things, old man?"

Yueniang said: "It's a happy event again! In August the day before yesterday, because I bought the right house of Qiao Da's family, I went to see it every day. When I went up his stairs, I slipped and twisted my body for six or seven months. It’s gone. So far, no one has seen Xi’er come!”

Aunt Wang said: "My grandma has already formed in seven months!"

Yue Niang said: "I fell into the twig in the middle of the night, and the girl and I lit the lamp to look at it, but it was a little boy."

Aunt Wang said: "My grandma, it's a pity! Why are you twisting here? The fetal gas is still weak. Your old man has raised a baby, which is better than others. Look at Liu Niang in front. How long does it take to enter the door? How wonderful it is to have a son!"

Yueniang said: "Everyone's children, it's all up to the sky."

Aunt Wang said: "It doesn't matter. Every time I go with Master Xue, a piece of paper is good for water and medicine. The wife of Mr. Chen the year before last was also middle-aged and childless. She often gave birth to a few babies. She didn't save her for nothing. She also ate Xue. Master's talisman, now she has given birth to a baby boy! The whole family is very happy. It's just that it's hard to find one thing."

Yueniang asked, "What object?"

Aunt Wang said: "Using the clothes of the firstborn child, washed them with wine, burned them to ashes, accompanied by amulets and medicines, picked Renzi Day, and people didn't know it, and they ate it with rice wine. Count the days. That’s right, you’ll have fetal gas in one month, that’s fine!”

Yue Niang said: "This master is a male monk and a female monk? Where do you live?"

Aunt Wang said: "He is also my female monk, and she is also over 50 years old. He used to live in Dizang Nunnery, but now he moves to Nanshou Fahua Nunnery as the head seat. He is very good! He has few classics! He can speak Chengyue can’t talk about the treasures of cause and effect in the “Vajra Rituals”. He only walks in the adults’ homes, and picks them up when he wants them, and won’t release them for ten days and a half months.”

Yue Niang said: "You invite him to come and walk around tomorrow."

Aunt Wang said: "I know. I'll beg for this talisman medicine for your old man. It's just that this one is hard to find, and there is nowhere to find it here. Like this, you might as well borrow the child's room in front of you." Let love run out."

Yue Niang said: "Why do you hurt others to make yourself safe. I will share your money with you, and you will find another one for me slowly."

Aunt Wang said: "I just ask my old lady to find it. He has it. I will clean up this talisman water for you. You old man will have it if you eat it. It's rare that you will raise it tomorrow. You can do as much as you want. Ten stars can't do it." moon!"

Yueniang ordered: "But don't tell anyone."

Aunt Wang said: "Good grandma, are you stupid? Are you willing to tell others!"

Said once, Fang fell asleep.I've had a question about the night scene.

The next day, when Ximen Qing came home from the temple, Yueniang got up to comb her hair.Yu Xiao took the clothes and sat down.Yue Niang said: "Yesterday, the sixth sister at home was waiting for you to come to celebrate your birthday, why didn't you come?"

Ximen Qing learned that the funeral was not over yet, and Wu's family put in a lot of effort late in the evening, setting up many tables-"Uncle Wu came first, and kept me, Brother Hua, Brother Ying, and Xie Xida. The two young children Playing and singing, I drank wine every night. I came to the city this morning, and Brother Ying and the other three still drank wine."

told once.Yu Xiao offered tea and ate it.He didn't go to the yamen either, but went to the front study, fell asleep on the bed tilted.Behind Pan Jinlian and Li Ping'er combed their hair, came out with the child in their arms, and went to the upper room to have tea with them.Yue Niang said to Li Ping'er: "On the day his father came, he was ahead of him. I told him to eat tea and food, but he didn't eat. Now we have food. You put your little Taoist priest on him and hug him. Go ahead and have a look with his father."

Pan Jinlian said: "I'll go too. Wait for me to dress the Taoist priest."

So he put on the golden Daoist bun, put on the Daoist robe, took the top card talisman rope, and put on small shoes and socks, and the golden lotus was about to snatch it.Yue Niang said: "Tell him to be hugged by his mother. Your honey brown peach embroidered skirt is not stain-resistant, and it won't work if you sprinkle it with ideas."

Yu Li Ping'er hugged Guan Ge'er, and Pan Jinlian followed to the west wing room in front.Seeing the two of them lift the curtain, the book boy quickly hid.Seeing that Ximen Qing was sleeping with her face inward, Jin Lian pointed to the child and said, "Old Huazi, sleep well! The little Taoist priest has come to invite you. There is food in the eldest mother's room and I tell you to eat it. Why don't you get up quickly? Push to sleep!"

Ximen Qing, who had drunk all night, lost his head, and Gu Tian fell down, snoring like thunder.

Jin Lian and Li Ping'er sat on the bed one by one, put the child in front of him, how could they fool around, and woke up Ximen for a while.Opening his eyes, he saw Guan Geer in front of him, wearing Taoist clothes, smiling happily.Quickly took it over, hugged him, and kissed him.Jin Lian said: "I'm so clean, come and kiss me! Little Taoist Wu Yingyuan, give him a mouthful. You said that you sent cattle to plow the land yesterday, and you are so sleepy today, so sleepy in the daytime? Yesterday, I told my fifth mother to only care about it." Waiting for you. You are so bold that you don't come to kowtow to Fifth Ma."

Ximen Qing said: "Yesterday's funeral was late. I thanked the general in the evening and ate all night. Today, we will have a drink here, sleep here, and go to Shangju's house to have a drink."

Jin Lian said: "You don't want to drink."

Ximen Qing said: "His family has sent a post since yesterday, so it's no wonder if you don't provoke others!"

Jin Lian said: "You go, come home earlier in Wanxi, I'll be waiting for you."

Li Ping'er said: "His eldest mother has set out the meal, and made some sour bamboo shoot soup, please go eat."

Ximen Qing said: "I'm not ready to eat, wait until I go to drink some soup."

So I got up and went back.

Seeing him go, Pan Jinlian sat down on the middle of the bed, put her feet on the stove and said, "So it's a kang."

Stretching out his hand to touch the mattress, he said, "It's a hot kang."

Looking at the table next to it, there was a copper wire stove for baking inkstone tiles, and he took it over casually, and called: "Sister Li, there are some sweet cakes in the tooth box on the incense table, you can take some with you." I."

Uncover it on one side, put a few in the kang, put it in the crotch on the other side, wrap it around the edge of the skirt, and heat it up.After sitting for a while, Li Ping'er said: "Let's go in, I'm afraid his father will come out after eating."

Jin Lian said: "Isn't he coming out? Afraid of him!"

So the two hugged Brother Guan and went to the back.After a long time, Ximenqing had dinner, ordered the army to prepare horses, and went to Shangju's house for a drink in the afternoon.Grandma Pan went first.

Let's say that Aunt Wang wants to go home in the evening.Yueniang quietly gave him a tael of silver, and told him to stop telling the senior aunt, at least ask Aunt Xue to bring the talisman.Aunt Wang took the money and said to Yueniang, "I will only come back in sixteen days. I found that thing for you."

Yue Niang said: "Forget it, you just did it for me, and I thank you."

So Zuo resigned.The judge heard: "Any grown-up family, like this kind of nun and maid, must not be praised."In the deep palace compound, accompanied by women, they all use the excuse of talking about scriptures, secretly sending warmth and stealing cold, what not to do?There are poems as evidence: the most unspeakable flow, the deep palace compound coaxes Chanjuan.If all of this generation become Buddhas, the West will still be dark and vast.

But it is said that Jinlian went to the mirror stand in the evening, took off the bun, put on a hawthorn bun, painted her face white, and her lips were bright red. She wore two golden lantern pendants and three facial flowers on her face. My son, with a purple gold hoop, found a set of red woven gold hoops, and wore a green blue satin skirt: I want to make up a girl, and coax everyone in the moon to play tricks.Ask General Li Ping'er to come and see him.Li Pinger smiled and said: "Sister, you look like a girl when you dress up. I have a red cloth towel in my room to cover your head. When I go to the back, I will only say his father to them. I found another girl to bluff them, and I will believe it."

Chunmei walked inside with a lantern, walked to the door of Yimen, ran into Chen Jingji, and said with a smile: "I don't know who is here, this is what Wu Niang did to make a living!"

Li Ping'er shouted: "Brother-in-law, come here, after I tell you, I'll let you go to see them first, that's all."

Jingji said: "I have a way to coax him."

So go to the upper room first.Everyone was sitting on the kang and eating tea, Jingji said: "Mother, you see, father usually asked Mrs. Xue to spend 16 taels of silver to buy a 25-year-old sister who can play and sing, and just took a sedan chair to send to the future. gone."

Yue Niang said: "Really? Why didn't Mrs. Xue come and tell me first?"

Jingji said: "He was afraid that your old man would scold him, so he sent the sedan chair to the gate and went. The girl asked them to bring it in."

The eldest concubine didn't say a word, but Miss Yang said: "The official has enough sisters, what do you want him to do?"

Yue Niang said: "Grandma, you forbid it! If you have money, what's the point of buying a hundred? We are all wives in the army - it's just a count!"

Yuxiao said, "Wait for me to take a look."

I saw that in the moon field, it was Chunmei playing the lantern, and she called Lai An'er to light it later, and Li Ping'er followed behind, wearing a hijab and wearing red clothes.Panicked, Meng Yulou and Li Jiaoer came out to watch.After a long time, enter the room.Yuxiao leaned next to Yueniang and said, "This is the master, you still don't kowtow!"

One side took off the hijab.Pan Jinlian kowtowed her head as she inserted the candle, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.Yulou said: "Good girl, don't kowtow to your master, just laugh!"

Yueniang laughed, and said, "This sixth sister is dead! Believe me every time I coax you."

Yulou said: "I don't believe it."

Miss Yang said: "Sister, why don't you believe it?"

Yulou said: "My Sixth Sister kowtows in the past, but she also learns how to kowtow and take two steps back before bowing."

Miss Yang said: "It's still my sister who can see it. If you want to be old, you will believe it."

Li Er said: "I'll believe it too. He didn't take off the cover just now, he just laughed and didn't recognize it."

Just as I was talking, I saw Qin Tong'er hugged into the felt bag and said, "Daddy is here."

Meng Yulou said: "You hide in the open room. Wait for him to come in, and wait for me to coax him."

After a while, Ximenqing came, and Miss Yang and the eldest concubine went out, entered the room and sat down on the chairs.Yueniang was silent.Yulou said: "Sister-in-law Xue sent a 20-year-old girl here in a sedan chair today, saying that you asked him to send her to ask for her. You are so old and have a bright future, why do you still do this?"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Where do I tell him to buy a girl? I believe that old whore is coaxing you!"

Yulou said: "Are you asking big sister? The girl is here too, I won't coax you. If you don't believe me, I'll call you out."

So he called Yu Xiao: "You pull in that new girl to meet your father."

That Yuxiao covered her mouth and smiled, but she didn't dare to pull it. She walked forward and came back again, saying, "He won't come."

Yulou said: "Wait for me to pull, you bold servant, if the boss doesn't move, he twists the master, and he won't listen to advice!"

One side walked into the Ming room.I only heard him say: "It's strange, I don't want to scold you! People don't go in, they just pull people, and they can't get their hands and feet."

Yulou smiled and said: "Good slave, whoever envoys you, you have no rules, don't come in and kowtow to your master."

One side pulls in.Under the shadow of Ximen Qing's lamp, she opened her eyes to watch, but it was Pan Jinlian who was wearing a bun and pretending to be a girl, smiling without cracking her eyes.That Jinlian was sitting on the chair next to her.Yulou said: "What a bold girl! You are a newcomer, you are so uneducated, and you are sitting in front of the master!"

Yueniang laughed and said, "Kowtow to your master while he's here."

The golden lotus didn't move, went to Yueniang's inner room, pulled out the hairpin, put on a bun and came out.Yue Niang said: "What a whore, if anyone asks for a favor, she will wear a bun!"

Everyone laughed again.Yue Niang told Ximen Qing: "Today, Qiao Tong sent six posts to Qiao's in-laws, and invited us to have a feast of light wine on the twelfth. Let's go tomorrow and send some gifts first?"

Ximen Qing said: "Call Xing'er tomorrow morning, just buy four dishes of delicacies and a jar of southern wine. Tomorrow, our family will send a letter to invite his wife on the [-]th, and Zhou Shouwei, Jingdu Supervisor The lady, Mrs. Xia, the lady of Zhang’s family, and the elder sister-in-law don’t need to go home. I taught Ben Si to call the flower maker to make some fireworks. The boy who played together with Wang Huang’s family asked him to play the role of "The Romance of the West Chamber". The courtyard brought Wu Yiner and Sister Li Gui over again. You stay at home and watch the lanterns and eat wine, while Brother Ying and Xie Zichun and I will go upstairs to Lion Street to have wine."

After finishing speaking, he put down the table for a while and arranged for the wine to be served.

Pan Jinlian passed the wine, and all the sisters ate with each other.Seeing Jinlian dressed up as a maid, Ximen Qing felt lustful and couldn't help but wink at him.Jinlian knew what it meant, so she went to the front room, went to Guan'er, took the Hangzhou rope on her arm, re-evened the noodles, and red lips.As early as in the room, prepare the next table of wine and food to wait.After a while, Ximenqing really came, and seeing the woman with her hair in her bun, she was very happy, and sat on a chair with her arms around him, talking and laughing.After a while, Chunmei packed up the food and wine.The woman gave him wine again.Ximen Qing said: "Little oily mouth, it's just passed in the head, and I'm going to teach you to worry about it."

Jin Lian laughed and said, "Wine doesn't count in that guy, but this is a slave's business. I'll give you a bell of wine. Don't complain about your expenses every year."

Smiling Ximen Qing blindly, quickly took his drink, hugged him in his arms and sat on his knees.Chunmei pours wine, Qiuju takes vegetables.Jin Lian said: "Let me ask you, on the twelfth, Qiao's family invites me, and I go every time? Only teach the elder sister to go?"

Ximen Qing said: "He invites everyone to post immediately, why don't you go? Tomorrow, ask the grandma to hug my brother and go for a walk, so as not to find his mother crying at home."

Jin Lian said: "Elder sisters and they all have clothes to wear. My old man only has a few clothes, and none of them are worthy of attention. You take the clothes from Xinzhi in the south, and the family scattered a few pieces, and cut them out for us to wear." Just let it go, what’s the matter if you dare to have a baby? Tomorrow, we will set up wine at our house, and invite all the officials and ladies, so that we can see him and not make people laugh. I’m always talking, you keep your face stupid .”

Ximen Qing laughed and said, "Since it's you, I'll call Zhao Cai tomorrow and cut it off with you."

Jin Lian said: "It's only two days before I ask a tailor to do it tomorrow. It's too late."

Ximen Qing said: "Tell Zhao Cai, bring a few more people, and save up two or three pieces for you. It's enough. It's not too late to do the rest slowly."

Jin Lian said: "I told you earlier, at least I chose two sets of colored clothes for me. I can't compare them with them. You didn't make any big clothes with me on me."

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "You little thief, go and pinch a sharp one."

The two talked and drank, and went to bed at one o'clock.The two mandarin ducks under the quilt, and the phoenix in the tent, went mad for half the night.

The next day, when Ximenqing came back from the yamen, he opened the cabinet and took out the grosgrain ruler woven in the south.Each person makes a dress with full sleeves, a suit of brocade clothes, and a dress with flowers.Weiyueniang has two sets of brocade robes with red sleeves and four sets of colorful dresses.In the rolling shed, the Qin Tonger asked Zhao to be cut.Seeing Ximen Qing, Zhao Cai quickly kowtowed.Felt strips are spread on the table, take out the scissors, and cut Yueniang's first: a bright red brocade multicolored make-up flower jacket with sleeves, a satin gown patched with unicorns made of beasts; a black multicolored gold gourd-shaped phoenix Wearing a floral robe; a set of scarlet satin overlaid with golden unicorn patch jacket, emerald blue wide and overlaid gold skirt; a set of agarwood color makeup patch over brocade silk skirt, red and gold branches and green leaves and a hundred flowers and mud skirt.The rest, Li Jiaoer, Meng Yulou, Pan Jinlian, and Li Ping'er, all had a red and multicolored satin robe with sleeves and golden pheasants and two sets of grosgrain dresses.Sun Xue'e only had two sets, so she didn't wear a robe with him.A total of [-] pieces of clothing were cut in a moment.I exchanged five taels of silver and made wages with Zhao Tai.On the one hand, I called a dozen tailors to make it at home, so it was no problem.It's exactly: Jinling jade pendant makeup girl, Jin Qizhu Qiao adorns the beautiful baby.

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