Jinpingmei

Chapter 45 Responding to Earl's Persuasion

The word says: wandering.At the Xiangqi reception, three thousand red shoes and twelve gold hairpins.Elegant and popular, get out of the car and make a feast of spring.

So graceful, Dongshan whore, worthy of Xiaoao, Beihai Zunbai.And chase after.When Fengchi returns, it's even more important!

It is said that Ximenqing didn't go to the Yamen because of the holiday. When he got up in the morning, he watched in the front hall and sent Dai'an to send two tabletops to Qiao's house.One is with Mrs. Qiao Wu, and the other is with Mrs. Qiao's big family. They all have high-top sugar cubes, seasonal fruit and so on.Mrs. Qiao Wu rewarded two handkerchiefs and three silver coins, and Mrs. Qiao's big family gave a piece of green silk, so there is no need to elaborate.

It turns out that Earl Ying rushed to Huang Si's house after saying goodbye to Ximen Qing.Huang Si thanked him by sealing ten taels of silver with his friends: "The high official ordered me to go to the festival, and the tone was just to mess with the 500 taels of silver. What support do you and I have for money and food?"

Earl Ying said: "How much do you need now?"

Huang Sidao: "Li Sange doesn't know, as long as he asks the minister to borrow, it is usually 1000% of the profit. It is better to use the power of the yamen here to save money even if it is used up and down. Now I will lend another [-] silver Come on, use the [-] taels together, even if you pay interest every month."

After hearing this, Earl Ying bowed his head and said, "It doesn't matter. If I make it up for you, how can your six fellows thank me?"

Huang Sidao: "I told Li San that I will give you another five taels of silver."

The count said: "Don't talk about five taels of money. If you want my means, five taels of silver can't get you. I only need to say a word, and I will do it for you. Today, I will go to his house to eat wine. I'm not going. Tomorrow he invites us to watch the lanterns at night, and you two will buy four things for dinner tomorrow morning, and then serve a jar of Jinhua wine. Don't shout and sing, he has Li Guier and Wu Yiner at home, and he hasn't gone yet. Call six musicians in your courtyard, and I will take them away. He will invite you two to sit, and I will be beside him. He only needs to say a few words, and he will do it for you. Find out 500 taels of silver , A total of 1000 taels of documents were smashed, and he was recognized for 30 taels of silver in a month. I won’t go there, just treat it as a wife for a month. As the saying goes: There is no fake lacquer and no truth. Put some wood, add more asphalt to the wax, where to check the account? Not fishing, just trying to muddy the water, with his reputation, it is easy to act."

So the plan has been decided.On the next day, Li San and Huang Si really bought wine gifts, and the earl led two young men to carry them to Ximen Qing's house.

Ximen Qing was disposing of the table in the front hall when he saw the earl coming, bowed his head, and said, "I disturbed you here yesterday, I'm going home late."

Ximen Qing said: "I had a drink at Zhou Nanxuan's place yesterday, and there was a change of weather when I got home. I didn't see any new relatives, so I went early. The yamen is on holiday this morning, so I didn't go either."

After he sat down, the earl called Li Jin, "Bring the gift in."

After a while, the two were carried into the instrument door and put down.The Earl said: "Third Brother Li and Fourth Brother Huang told me again and again, it's nothing to do with your great kindness. I bought some gifts and rewarded you for my filial piety."

I saw two young men kowtow forward.Ximen Qing said: "Why are you giving this gift again? I don't feel well, and I even taught him to carry it back."

The count said: "Brother, you won't accept him. Once you carry it out, you will be ugly. He still wants to serve the singer, but I stopped him. I only asked six musicians to serve outside."

Ximen Qing said to the count: "He has called the future, why don't you send him again? Why don't you invite the two of them to sit down?"

The earl called Li Jin to come and said: "When you get home, tell your father: Dad has accepted the gift. There is no one here to invite you. Tell your father and Huang Si father to come and sit here early."

Then Li Jin promised to go on.In a moment, take it in as a gift.Ling Dai'an rewarded him with two coins and kowtowed.Six flutters are serving below.

After a while, Qi Tonger brought tea, Ximenqing ate tea with the earl, and let the earl sit in the west room.Because he asked the count, "Did you not thank Zichun today?"

The earl said: "When I woke up in the morning, Li San came to my place. I saw that Li Li was sent, who has time to meet him?"

Ximen Qing is even a chess boy: "Please thank father quickly!"

After a while, the book boy put the table on the table and set the meal. The two ate together and took the guy away.Ximen Qing gambled with the earl and played Shuanglu.Taking advantage of Xie Xi's future, the count first asked Ximen Qing, "Brother, how much money will you ask Li Zhi and Huang Si tomorrow?"

Ximen Qing said: "Take away the old documents, and make another 500 taels of silver documents."

The count said: "That's all. Brother, you might as well find enough 1000 taels, and you can claim the interest tomorrow. Let me say another word, you don't need the gold, you can still give him 150 taels, and you can't find much more." gone."

After Ximen Qing heard this, he said, "You're right. I'll give him another 350 taels tomorrow, and just change the 1000 taels of silver documents. The saved gold is just at home, and it's just idle."

The two were fighting in Shuanglu, when Dai'an came and said: "Ben Si took a large mother-of-pearl marble screen, two gongs, bronze drums and even clangs, and said they belonged to the Baihuang's relatives, and they wanted to pay 30 taels of silver. Be wrong with him?"

Ximen Qing said: "You teach Ben Si to take it in and let me see."

After a while, Ben Si and two others carried it in and put it on the hall.Ximenqing and the Earl left Shuanglu behind and came out to look. It turned out to be a three-foot-wide and five-foot-high marble screen phoenix painted with mother-of-pearl and gilded on the table.The count watched it for a while, and quietly said to Ximen Qing: "Brother, if you look carefully, it looks like a town house lion squatting. The two gongs and drums are painted with golden makeup and carved with cloud heads. They are very neat."

Standing next to him, he pushed hard and said, "Brother, it's time for him. Don't talk about two bronze drums, only one screen phoenix, and 50 taels of silver have not been found anywhere."

Ximen Qing said: "I don't know if he will redeem tomorrow or not."

The earl said: "Nothing, what is the redemption? You can earn a living by driving downhill, and after three years, you will have equal benefits."

Ximen Qing said: "Forget it, teach your brother-in-law to exchange 30 taels with him in the shop in front of you."

As soon as he was sent away, Ximenqing wiped the screen phoenix clean and placed it on the front of the hall. Looking around, the golden green and the colorful clouds are shining.Because he asked: "Have the wind and percussion musicians eaten?"

Qintong said, "Let's eat downstairs."

Ximen Qing said: "Tell him to play after dinner and I will listen to it."

So a big drum was carried out in the hall, and copper gongs and drums were placed in the lower part of the corridor. When they were played, the sound of the end shook the sky, and the rhyme frightened fish and birds.While playing, I saw the chess boy asking Xie Xi to arrive.Come in and sing with the two, Ximen Qing said: "Xie Zichun, come here and estimate how much this screen is worth?"

Xie Xida watched it for half a day, and he only praised it, saying: "Brother, you bought this screen so well that it cost 100 taels of silver, at least he would not."

The count said: "Look, even the two bronze gongs and drums outside, with the bells and bells, cost a total of 30 taels of silver."

Xie Xida clapped his hands and shouted: "My Nan Wuye, where can I find some profit! Don't talk about the screen, 30 taels of silver can't afford these two gongs and drums. Look at these two shelves. , all the work done, the vermilion lacquer, are all in accordance with the example in the lawsuit, at least there are forty catties of copper, how much is it worth? It's such a cheap price to find you."

After talking about it once, Ximen Qing invited him to sit in the study.After a while, Li Zhi and Huang Si also arrived.Ximen Qing said: "Why do you two bother to give gifts? I don't like you."

Then Li Zhi and Huang Si said in a panic: "The villain is terrified, and the little things are just rewarding you with the father. I dare not not come when the father calls me."

So I moved over and sat horizontally.After a while, the servant Hua Tong'er brought out five cups of tea, and everyone ate them.After a while, Dai'an came up and asked, "Father, where is the table?"

Ximen Qing said, "Just sit here."

So Dai'an and Huatong carried up a table for the Eight Immortals and put it on a brazier.The earl and Xi Da are on top, Ximen Qing is in charge, and Li Zhi and Huang Si sit side by side.After a while, take the spring scorpion to press the wine, big plates, big bowls of soup, rice, snacks, and all kinds of meals.The lamb is full of wine, and the soup is full of peach waves.Musicians are playing outside the window.Ximenqing asked Wu Yin'er to serve wine at the table, and there is no problem with drinking here.

But Li Gui's sister's Bao'er and Wu Yin'er's girl, Wamei, all called sedan chairs to pick them up.When Sister Gui heard Bao'er coming, she hurried to the door, talked quietly with Bao'er for a long time, then went back to the upper room to say goodbye and go home.Yue Niang repeatedly kept him and said: "I go to Wu Dajin's house every now and then, and you even take it with me. You get up from him at a later date, and you don't need a sedan chair. Every time you go with me, you will be sick. Let's go home."

Sister Gui said: "I don't know, I have no one at home, and my sister is not at home. My fifth aunt invited many people to the box meeting. I don't know how to look forward to me. He waited for me all day yesterday. When he was not in a hurry , don’t let the general Bao’er come to pick me up. If it’s a leisurely day, I will stay with my mother for a few days.”

Seeing that he refused, Yueniang taught Yuxiao to put a box of Lantern Festival and a box of white sugar crisps in his original box, handed them to Bao'er, and sent him back with Sister Gui for a tael of silver.Sister Gui bid farewell to Yueniang and the others first, then his girl sent him to the front, asked Huatong to carry the felt bag for him, and then came to the door of the study to teach Dai'an to invite Ximen Qing to speak.This Dai'an slowly lifted the curtain to enter the study, and begged Ximen Qing, "Go to Sister Gui's house, please talk to Dad."

Earl Ying said: "Li Guier, this little whore, she hasn't gone yet."

Ximen Qing said: "He just went home today."

Come out at the same time.Sister Li and Ximen Qing kowtowed four times, and said, "Excuse me, parents."

Ximen Qing said, "Go home tomorrow."

Sister Gui said: "There is no one at home, so my mother sent Bao'er to pick her up with a sedan chair."

He said again: "I have one more thing to say to my father: Don't take the child out of my girl's room. My girl beat him a few times last night. It's still young, and I don't know what to eat. I said a few words to him, changed it from now on, and he said he didn't dare anymore. Don't fight to send him out. During the festival, there is no one in my girl's room. Isn't he in a hurry? Since ancient times, the wooden ladle and fire stick are short and stronger than Hand pricking, father sees my share anyway, let's keep this girl."

Ximen Qing said: "Since you said so, let's keep this slave."

So he told Dai'an: "Go to the back and tell your aunt, don't call the matchmaker."

Dai'an saw Hua Tong'er holding Sister Gui's felt bag, and said, "Take Aunt Gui's felt bag and wait for me to hold it, and teach Hua Tong'er to talk about it later."

The painting boy Ying Nuo went all the way to the back.Sister Gui and Ximen Qing finished talking, and then went to the window and shouted: "Ying Huazi, I won't beg you anymore, go to your mother's house."

The count said: "Bring back the little whore, don't let him go, tell him to sing a song with me and listen."

Sister Gui said, "I'll sing with you when your mother is free."

The earl said: "You go home in broad daylight, and you will be a thief and a little whore. If you cast black, you will pick up several men."

Sister Gui said, "Sweat is disgusting, you bastard!"

He went out with a smile.Dai'an followed and sent him to the sedan chair.

After talking to Sister Gui, Ximenqing went to change clothes.Earl Ying said to Xie Xida: "Li Jia Gui'er, this little whore, is a real robber who has escaped from prison, and she loves her more and more! What a big deal, is he willing to just live in someone else's house? The bustard came to call him , I don’t know who is waiting for him at home.”

Xie Xi Avenue: "You guess well."

Whispered to the Earl's ear, so and so.Before saying a few words, the earl said: "Say it quietly, brother just doesn't know."

After a while, Ximen Qing's footsteps sounded, and the two fell silent.Earl Ying hugged Wu Yin'er in his arms, handed him a sip of wine, and said: "My goddaughter is gentle and soft, a hundred times better than the little whore that Li's dog doesn't want."

Wu Yin'er laughed and said, "Second father is easy to scold. If you say one, there will be one, and if there are a hundred, there will be a hundred. Generally, there are virtuous and stupid in one place, but Ke'er is better than one? My sister Gui is not annoying you, old man!"

Ximen Qing said: "You ask the thief dog, and you only care about six nonsense!"

The count said: "You don't care about him, wait for me to watch over my goddaughter to live. Goddaughter, come here, take the pipa and let me sing first."

This Wu Yin'er was not in a hurry, she lightly stretched her jade fingers, straddled the crocodile silk, and put the pipa on her knees, and sang "Liu Yaojin" in a low voice. set.Here Wu Yin'er handing wine, playing and singing is not a problem.

Let's say that Hua Tong'er went to the back, and Yueniang was sitting in the upper room with Meng Yulou, Li Ping'er, eldest sister, Xue'e and master master, when Hua Tong'er came in.Before Yueniang asked him to call Lao Feng to lead Xia Hua'er out, Huatong said, "Father told the younger one to tell auntie, just don't take him out."

Yueniang said: "Your father taught him to sell him, why didn't you sell him again? Tell the truth, who told your father that Teacher Hugh should lead him out?"

Hua Tong'er said: "just now, the little one was holding Aunt Gui's felt bag. Aunt Gui went to tell my father that if Yang Ji left the general, I would let it go. My father sent Dai'an to come in and tell his mother that if Dai'an didn't come in, I would make my little one come in." When someone came in, he took the felt bag and sent it to Aunt Gui."

When Yueniang heard this, she was a little annoyed in her heart, and scolded Da'an, "You two slaves who are dedicated to deceiving the Lord, and the head of the rage asked him to be a matchmaker, and he said that Dad asked to take it out. It turned out that it was him." It’s a ghost. Now I’m going to send him away again, and I’ll wait for him to come in and talk to him.”

Just as he was talking, Wu Yin'er sang in front of him.Yueniang said to him: "Your wax plum picked you up. Li Jiagui'er has gone to the house, don't you want to go home too?"

Wu Yin'er said: "Since my mother stayed with me, I went home again. It seems that I don't know how to respect you."

Yin asked Wintersweet: "What are you doing here?"

Wintersweet said: "Mom asked me to come and see you."

Wu Yin'er asked: "Is there not much business at home?"

Wintersweet said: "It's nothing."

Wu Yin'er said: "It's all right, why did you come to pick me up? Go to your house. Mother left me, and in the evening, she and all the women went to Grandma's house. I went home when I came back. .”

After finishing speaking, Wintersweet is leaving.Yue Niang said: "Call him back and send him something to eat."

Wu Yin'er said: "Your grandma rewarded you with something to eat. When I was waiting, I wrapped up my clothes and took them home. I told my mother, don't teach the sedan chair to come. I will go home in the evening."

Yin asked, "Why doesn't Wu Hui come?"

Wintersweet said: "He has bad eyesight at home."

Yueniang ordered Yuxiao to lead the wax plum to the back, took down two bowls of meat, a plate of steamed buns, and a cup of wine, and sent him to eat.Take his original box again, put a box of Yuanxiao and a box of fine tea and food, and take it back with him.

It turned out that Wu Yin'er's clothes and bag were in Li Ping'er's room. Li Ping'er had found a set of gold-dyed satin clothes, a pair of gold sweat towels on both sides, and a tael of silver, and put them in his felt bag with him.Then Wu Yin'er said happily, "Mother, I don't want this dress."

He smiled again and said, "Tell my mother that I don't have a white jacket to wear. Mother has taken the satin clothes. No matter what old white silk jacket your mother has, you can wear it with me."

Li Ping'er said: "My white jacket is wide, how do you wear it?"

Call Yingchun: "Take the key, and bring a whole white silk from the big cupboard to Sister Yin."

"Tell your mother, teach the tailor to cut you two good coats."

Yin asked: "What do you want to spend, the elements?"

Wu Yin'er said: "Mother, I'm good at it. The picture is easier to wear than Jia'er."

Smiling, he said to Yingchun: "Start my sister and go upstairs again. Tomorrow I don't have any filial piety. I just sing and listen to my sister."

After a while, Yingchun took a piece of plain white silk from Songjiang Kuoji from upstairs, and handed it to Wu Yin'er with the name "heavy 38 taels".Yin'er quickly kowtowed four times to Li Ping'er, got up and bowed deeply to Yingchun eight times.Li Ping'er said: "Sister Yin, wrap up the satin clothes and make wine clothes sooner or later."

Wu Yin'er said: "Mother rewarded the white silk for making a jacket, so how can I wrap this clothes again?"

So I kowtowed again.

After a while, Lamei ate something and gave it to him to take it home.Yue Niang said: "Sister Yin, I only like you when you wait for me. Li Guier, who dropped out of school, waited for Qiao Zhangzhi. Yesterday and this morning, it was like a tiger who couldn't stay. If you can't keep it, you just have to go home. Ke Ke'er's house So busy? You didn’t even care about singing. When his family came to pick him up, he left without eating. Sister Yin, you should drop him soon.”

Wu Yin'er said: "My dear mother, where is the place to go in a father and mother's house here? There is Xu [Zhu Gong] who is sent elsewhere, dare to use it here? Sister Gui is young, he doesn't know anything, my mother don't want to annoy him .”

Just as I was talking, I saw Wu Dajin's family sent a young servant to come and invite her, and said, "My mother is on top of the third girl. At any rate, I will be with all the mothers, Sister Gui and Sister Yin. Please go there earlier. Please also Snow Maiden is going too."

Yueniang said: "When you get home, tell your mother that we will pack up now. Erniang's leg hurts, so he is at home to take care of the house. Your uncle has someone drinking in front of you today, but there is no one at home, and the sister behind will not go." .I went to Sister Li Gui’s house. Sister Lian, Sister Yin and the six of us went. Don’t bother to clean up your family. Let’s sit down and come in the evening.”

Because I asked Laiding'er, "Who did your family call to sing there?"

Laiding'er said, "It's Sister Yu."

After that, let's go first.Yueniang, together with Yulou, Jinlian, Li Ping'er, eldest sister and Wu Yin'er, told Ximenqing that she told her grandma to stay at home to watch her brother, all dressed up, and got up in six sedan chairs.Send Dingdai'an'er, Qitong'er and Lai'an'er three young men, four soldiers and sedan chairs, to Wu Dajin's house.It is exactly: the scenery of Wanjing is falling in spring, and the lights of Qianmen are dim at night.

(End of this chapter)