Jinpingmei

Chapter 58

The word says: Sorrow spins and releases, but it still seems to weave; tears are wiped secretly, and drip again secretly.Angry at the girl, forcing her to be happy, but only with a thousand folds of hatred.If you want to fight, you have already done it now, and you will forget it when you forget it!Still leaning on the railing, trying to listen to the news again.

It is said that Ximenqing was drinking with his relatives and friends that day, and he was so drunk that he walked into Sun Xue'e's room at the back.Xue'e was looking at the stove, watching to put away the house fire, when she heard Ximen Qing go into the room, she took two steps in a panic.First, Sister Yu sat on his kang and urged him to sleep with Yuxiao and Xiaoyu in Yueniang's room.It turned out that Sun Xue'e also lived in three rooms, one bright and two dark—one bed room and one kang room.Ximen Qing also didn't come into his room for more than a year.Hearing that he came in today, he hurried forward to pick up clothes for Ximen Qing, and settled the chair in the middle.While wiping the mat, tidying up the bed, taking a bath with aromatherapy, came to serve tea and eat with Ximenqing, helped him to bed, took off his boots and belts, and sent him to rest.There was nothing to say all night.

On the twenty-eighth day of the next day, it was Ximen Qingzheng's birthday.Just after burning the paper, I saw Hu Xiu, a young man from Han Daoguo, came to the door and lowered his head.Left and right told about Ximen Qing, so they called Hu Xiu to the hall and kowtowed to see each other.Asking him where the cargo ship was, Hu Xiu handed over the ledger and said: "Uncle Han bought 1 taels of silver in satin and silk goods in Hangzhou, and now it has arrived at Linqing Chaoguan. There is a shortage of tax bills and silver taels, and it has not been loaded into the city."

Ximenqing looked at the book ledger and was overjoyed. He ordered Qitong to eat with Hu Xiu, and told him to meet Qiao's father.So he came in and said to Wu Yueniang: "Mr. Han's cargo ship arrived in Linqing, and Hu Xiu, a young man, sent the book account up. Now it is necessary to clean the house opposite, unload it there, find a buddy to clean it up, and open a shop to sell it."

After hearing this, Yueniang said, "You should look for it, it's not too late."

Ximen Qing said: "Now, when Second Brother Ying comes, I will tell him."

After a while, Earl Ying came.Ximenqing sat with him in the living room, and said to him: "Mr. Han has arrived at the Hangzhou cargo ship, and there is a lack of a buddy to sell."

The earl said: "Brother, congratulations! Today's birthday, the cargo ship arrives, and the profit will be increased tenfold. If you are looking for a seller, it doesn't matter. I have an acquaintance, but I am a friend of father and son. , used to be a salesman in a satin shop. He had been unlucky for years and stayed at home. He is only in his 40s this year. Needless to say, he can see Yinshui, he is good at writing and calculation, and he can do business. , now I live in Shiqiaoer Lane, but it’s my own room.”

Ximen Qing said: "If yes, you can ask him to see me tomorrow."

Just as he was talking, Li Ming, Wu Hui, and Zheng Feng came to kowtow first.After a while, all the jugglers arrived.Send dinner in the wing room.Only Zheng Aiyue'er was the only one who promised to come back with the ticket. His bustard said that he didn't come until he cleaned up, but was stopped by Wang Huang's family and went to sing in the house. The younger ones were only called Qi Xianger, Dong Jiaoer, and Hong Sier, and they came as soon as they were cleaned up."

When Ximen Qing heard that he was not coming, he said, "Nonsense! Why don't you come?"

Then he called Zheng Feng and asked: "Why, your sister, I told him not to come here? Is it because he was stopped by Wang Huang's family?"

Then Zheng Feng knelt down and said: "The little one lives elsewhere, I don't know."

Ximen Qing said: "He said it's fine to sing at the royal family's house? I can't get it!"

So he asked Dai An'er to come forward and tell him: "Take two more platoon troops, take my waiter's note, and go to Wang Huang's house to meet your father, Wang Er, and say that I invite some guests to drink here, Zheng Aiyue My son has promised me for two or three days, and I will let him go anyway. If I refuse, even the bustard will be locked up with me and locked up in the gatehouse. This is so abominable!"

On the one hand, he called Zheng Feng: "You also followed."

Then Zheng Feng didn't dare not go, so he came out, and Yang and Dai An'er said: "Brother An, you go in, I'll wait outside. It must be called from Father Wang Er's house, I'm afraid I haven't gone yet. .Brother Lei An, if you don’t leave, tell him to come here anyway.”

Dai'an said: "If you really went to the Wang's house, I'll ask you for the post; if you hide it at home, you go in and tell his mother, teach him to clean up quickly, and I will defend him with a few words." That's all, Dad. Every time you don't know his character, he will order from Father Xia's house. If you don't come, he will be annoyed."

As Zheng Feng went home to talk first, Dai'an came along with two platoon troops and a Jieji.

Let's say that Ximenqing sent Dai'an away, because he said to the earl, "This little whore is so disgusting! If you sing at someone else's house, I will tell him not to come here."

The count said: "Little peddler, what does he know? He still doesn't know your methods!"

Ximen Qing said: "I saw that he was very clever at the banquet, so I asked him to sing and test him for two days, it's really disgusting!"

The Earl said: "Brother picked these four fans today, they are all outstanding."

Li Ming said: "Second father, you haven't seen Ai Yue'er yet!"

The count said: "Your father and I are having wine at his house. He is still young. I haven't seen him in the past few years. I don't know how he is."

Li Ming said: "This little fanboy, although he has a good figure, he just blindly dresses up and can sing, how can he be half as good as Sister Gui. Where is this, dad? How dare you not come! Just come, Lost to you? I still don’t know the seriousness.”

Just as I was talking, I saw Hu Xiu talking back and forth: "The little one has met Qiao's father, and I will wait for my father to show me."

Ximen Qing taught Chen Jingji: "I will ask for 50 taels of silver in the future. I will ask the book boy to write a book and use the printing color. I will be short of a festival level. I will get up early tomorrow and go down together. I will close the money with you, Dad, and teach him how to pay taxes. When the eyes are green."

After a while, Chen Jingji took a letter of silver and handed it to Hu Xiu. Hu Xiu received the paperwork and tax post, and got up together the next morning, no problem.

Suddenly I heard the sound of the Taoist drinking, and I came to report safely: "Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Xue are here."

Ximen Qing rushed to welcome him to the hall with a crown belt. After seeing the ceremony, please go to the rolling shed, cover the python clothes wide, and set up two high-ranking chairs on it to sit down.Earl Ying is next, and Ximen Qing sits with him at the Guanxi.Xue Neixiang then asked, "Who is this person?"

Ximen Qing said: "Last year the old eunuch came over, it's the second brother Ying, an old student friend."

Xue Neixiang said: "Is it that Ying Xianer who is about to joke?"

Earl Ying leaned forward and said, "My husband still remembers, I'm here."

After a while, I brought tea to eat.I saw Ping An coming to report: "Master Zhou in the mansion sent someone to tell you that there is still a table today, so come later and ask Dad to sit here first, so you don't have to wait."

Ximen Qing read the post and said, "I see."

Xue Neixiang asked, "Master Ximen, who is late today?"

Ximen Qing said: "There is still a seat for Zhou Nanxuan, people say don't wait for him, I'm afraid he will be late."

Xue Neixiang said: "Since we're talking, let's keep his table open."

While talking, Wang Jing came in with two posts: "Two scholars are here."

On Ximenqing's meeting post, one is Ni Peng and the other is Wen Bigu, so I know that Ni Xiucai has recommended a classmate friend to come, so I hurried out to greet her.Seeing that Du came in wearing a scarf, and didn't look at Ni Xiucai, only Wen Bigu, who was not in his forties, was dignified and simple, with beards, modest appearance, and gentle manners.If you don't know how to hide, you should first observe the movement and stillness.There are a few single words that he is good: Although he has uninhibited talents, he is used to traveling in indecent places.When fame and fame are rubbed off, the ambition of a hero has faded; when the family business withers, the spirit of arrogance is lost first.Returned the essays on Taoism to Confucius; left the cause of Jun Zemin and the thought of honoring his body and showing off his relatives in the East Ocean.He mixes vulgarity with light, but his desire for profit is the first; he follows the direction and pursues the circle, and does not take integrity and shame as the most important thing.The crown is high, the belt is broad, but there is no one in the eyes; the theory is broad, the talk is high, but there is nothing in the chest.It has been called for three years, but the quiz is still difficult, so how can you hope that the laurel will climb high; sit widely with a cup in your mouth, escape from the world without boredom, and be the hidden face of the cave.

Ximen Qing asked Ximen to go to the hall to recite the ceremony, and everyone handed over handkerchiefs to celebrate Ximen's birthday.After paying homage, sit down as guest and host.Ximen Qingdao: "I have admired Mr. Wen for a long time, how can I ask for his title?"

Wen Xiucai said: "Students are cheap and the name is new every day, and the name is Kuixuan."

Ximen Qing said: "Old Mr. Kui Xuan."

He asked again, "Guixiang? What scriptures?"

Wen Xiucai said: "Students are not talented, and there are many schools in the school. I have always admired the name of "Book of Changes" for beginners, but I dare not go to worship. Yesterday, because of my classmate Ni Guiyan and the old man Shengde, I dared to come to the hall to pay respects. "

Ximen Qingdao: "Mr. Cheng first gave, and the students worshiped him every day. It's just because the student is a military officer, vulgar and ignorant of arts and sciences, and there is no ghostwriter for the correspondence. The former is very praised because he met Mr. Guiyan at the residence of my colleague. The old man has great talents and great virtues. I was about to ask for advice, but unexpectedly the old man declined, and I am grateful for the generosity."

Wen Xiucai said: "Student bandits have little virtue, and they have wronged their reputation."

After tea, Ximenqing moved to the roll shed, where two old eunuchs Xue and Liu were present.Xue Neixiang said: "Two old gentlemen, please take off your clothes and come in."

Ximen Qing asked for his Tsing Yi to be loosened, and then he came in, and everyone bowed down again and again, and just now one person sat down with his head bowed.

During the conversation, Uncle Wu and Fan Qianhu arrived, and they sat down for the ceremony.After a while, Dai'an and Zheng Fengdu who agreed with him talked back and forth: "The four singers are all called."

Ximen Qing asked, "But where is the royal family?"

Dai'an said: "It's the call from the royal family's house, and he hasn't got up yet. The younger one wants to lock him up with the bustard. He panicked, so he got on the sedan chair, and they all answered."

Ximenqing immediately went out to stand on the platform of the hall.All four singers came in together and kowtowed to Ximen Qing.That Zheng Aiyue was wearing a purple gauze shirt and a white gauze skirt.The waist is graceful, like a willow; the flowers are graceful, like a hibiscus.Exactly: There is nowhere to buy all kinds of romance, and a good night with thousands of gold is hard to disappear.

Ximen Qing then said to Zheng Aiyue'er: "I called you, why don't you come? This is so disgusting! How dare I get you!"

That Zheng Aiyue'er kowtowed her head, without saying a word, she smiled and went back with everyone.At the back, everyone kowtowed with Yueniang.Seeing Sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er standing in front of her, they said their blessings and said, "You two came early."

Sister Li Gui said, "I go home every two days."

Because he said, "Why are you four here?"

Dong Jiaoer said: "We are late because of Sister Yue's burden. Clean up and just wait for him, so we can't get up in vain."

Zheng Aiyue'er covered her face with a fan, just smiled and kept silent.Yueniang asked, "Whose family is this eldest sister?"

Dong Jiaoer said: "Mother doesn't know, he is Zheng Aiyue'er, Zheng Aixiang'er's sister. He is only an adult, and he has not been around for half a year."

Yue Niang said: "You have a good figure."

After finishing speaking, he watched the tea and ate it, and put the table on the table to share the tea with everyone.Pan Jinlian lifted up his skirt, looked at his feet, and said, "The way you look on the inside is just straight and pointed, not like my appearance on the outside. My outside is pointed and the bottom is flat, and your inside is heeled." The son is big."

Yue Niang said to the concubine: "He is so competitive, ask him what's the matter!"

Once he took off the goldfish stick on his head to look at it, because he asked, "Where did you fight like this?"

Zheng Aiyue'er said: "It was made by the silversmith inside me."

After a while, the tea was set, and Yueniang called: "Sister Gui, Sister Yin, you can have tea with the four of them."

After a while, the six singers had tea together.Sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er said to Dong Jiaoer, "Every time you come, take a walk in the garden."

Dong Jiaoer said, "I'll come when I go to the back."

Sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er followed Pan Jinlian and Meng Yulou out of Yimen to the garden.Because someone was in the big roll shed, they never went there.I only looked at the flowers and plants here, and then I went to Li Ping'er's room to see Brother Guan.Guan'er felt a little uncomfortable again, and cried in his sleep, unable to drink milk.Li Ping'er stayed in the house and couldn't come out.Seeing Sister Li Gui, Wu Yin'er, Meng Wanglou, and Pan Jinlian coming in, they quickly gave up their seats.Sister Gui asked, "Is brother sleeping?"

Li Ping'er said: "He cried all day before he fell asleep."

Yulou said: "The aunt said, please invite Mrs. Liu to come and see him. Why don't you ask the boy to invite him?"

Li Ping'er said: "His father is having a good day today, please invite him tomorrow."

In the middle of talking, I saw four singers, Miss Ximen and Xiaoyu coming.The eldest sister said: "So you are here every day, but you taught me to look for you in the garden."

Yulou said: "There are people in the garden, it's not easy for us to go, just take a look and come here."

Sister Li Gui asked Hong Si'er: "What are you doing in the back every four? You only come here in half a day?"

Hong Si'er said: "I always come to have tea in the fourth wife's room at the back."

Pan Jinlian listened, looked at Yulou and Li Ping'er, smiled, and asked Hong Si'er, "Who told you it was Si Niang?"

Dong Jiaoer said: "Every time he asked me to drink tea in the room, he asked: 'I haven't kowtowed to your old man, who is your mother?' He said, 'I am your fourth mother.'" Jin Lian said: "You shameless little slave, it's fine for others to call you, but whoever calls you the fourth mother. Who cares about you, who counts you, and who calls you the fourth mother? The man sleeps in the house After one night, I got some color, so I opened the dyeing room. If it weren't for his eldest concubine in the aunt's room, Sister Gui in his second wife's room, Aunt Yang in your room, Sister Li and Sister Yin are here , I have him, Grandma Pan, in my room, and it's not my turn to go to your room!"

Yulou said: "You haven't seen him yet - he got up this morning and sent his father to the front, calling for Zhang and Li in the yard, so he waited for it to be fancy."

Jin Lian said: "As the saying goes: slaves should not show off, and children should not be coaxed."

Ask Xiaoyu again: "I heard your father tell your grandma that he wants to find a girl for him. He said that your father was in his room yesterday, but he couldn't clean up when he saw him, so he asked him. The little whore took advantage of the situation and said to your father "I have no time to clean up the house all day long, so I have to come here to sleep here at night." Your father said, "It doesn't matter. I will tell your mother tomorrow that I will find a girl to help you." ── Really who has said that?"

Xiaoyu said: "I don't know, how dare Yuxiao hear it?"

Jin Lian said to Sister Gui: "Isn't your father someone in each room, so I don't go behind him when I'm free. Maybe I always talk about him, and I'm waiting for him to talk out of time and get used to hurting prisoners. I'm anxious not to talk to him every time. .”

Just as he was talking, Xiuchun brought tea.When I was eating, I suddenly heard the sound of drums in front of me. Everyone in Jingdujian was here, and they passed the wine to the table. Dai'an came to call the four singers, and went forward.

That day, Qiao Dahu didn't come.First of all, juggling, playing, playing and singing.Let's just stop dancing and make a joke.Cut it up and offer the first dish of soup and rice.I saw that the medical officer Ren arrived, bringing in the crown.Ximenqing greeted him and went to the hall to give a ceremony.With the order of the medical officer, a birthday handkerchief and two-star platinum were taken out of the felt bag to celebrate Ximen's birthday.Said: "Yesterday, Han Mingchuan said that he only found out about the old man's birthday. Sorry for the late arrival of the students!"

Ximen Qing said: "How dare you work hard to drive, and also thank Shengyi. Thank you for the wonderful medicine."

After paying homage to each other, the medical officer had to take the lamp, Ximen Qing resigned: "No need."

While taking off his coat and seeing everyone, he sat in the fourth seat from the left, next to Uncle Wu.Serving soup and rice and saving boxes under his hands, the medical officer thanked him and asked his servants to take it down.The four singers played their musical instruments and sang a set of longevity poems beside them.Ximen Qing ordered the table to serve wine separately.The musicians below submitted the post, and Liu and Xue Ernei selected Han Xiangzi's drama "Ascension to the Immortals" in Chen Banjie.It was only halfway through the singing, and the sound of shouting was approaching.Ping An came in and reported: "Master Zhou of the Garrison Mansion is here."

Ximen Qing hurriedly greeted him.If you haven't met before, please take Kuan Sheng first.Zhou Shoubei said: "I'm here to share a cup with Siquan."

Xue Neixiang said: "Master Zhou, you don't need to hold the lamp, just see Lier."

So the two bowed to each other after paying their respects, and placed the bell and chopsticks on the third seat on the left.Below is soup and rice cut up, followed by two plates of snacks, two plates of cooked meat, and two bottles of wine.Zhou Shoubei thanked him, ordered the left and right to lead him down, and then sat down.While toasting and staggering, singing and dancing, playing bombs, and drinking with flowers and flowers.It's exactly: dance to the first month of the willow building, sing to the wind at the bottom of the peach blossom fan.

After eating until dusk, it was early for the medical officer to go to the next door.When Ximen Qing sent it out, Medical Officer Ren asked, "Madam, are you feeling well?"

Ximen Qing said: "The humble room has taken good medicine, and I feel better. I don't know why these two days, and I feel a little uncomfortable. I hope the old man will come and have a look tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, the medical officer Ren gave his speech and got on the horse and left.After falling behind, Ni Xiucai and Wen Xiucai got up again.Ximenqing couldn't keep the money again and again, so he sent it out of the gate and said, "Rong Ri will worship and ask for advice. The Han family has cleaned up an academy at the opposite door, and lived with the old man. Even the treasure family moved here, so it is convenient. The students give each month Repair it in order to prepare for the need of Shushui."

Wen Xiucai said: "Thank you for your love, I am very grateful."

Ni Xiucai said: "This is the elegant meaning of the old man advocating gentleness."

Send the second scholar to go.

Ximenqing drank with his guests and ate until midnight.The four singers all belonged to Yueniang's room, singing with Yueniang, eldest concubine and Miss Yang.Ximen Qing still left Uncle Wu and Earl Ying in front to sit and drink again.Seeing that the musicians were sent to drink and eat, they went first.At the rest of the table, all the fires were put away, and he ordered to bring up fruit plates from behind Xin, teach Li Ming, Wu Hui, and Zheng Feng to play and sing, and take a big glass of wine to eat with him.Earl Ying said: "Brother has a birthday banquet today, everyone likes it."

Li Ming said: "Today Master Xue and Master Liu also spent a lot of rewards. After seeing Sister Gui and Sister Yin, they came out again and each handed him another package. It's just that Master Xue is younger than Master Liu and is more stubborn."

After a while, Hua Tong'er brought a fruit plate. When Earl Ying saw the buttered snails, he picked one and put it in his mouth, like nectar sprinkled on his heart, it melted in his mouth.Said: "It's delicious."

Ximen Qing said: "My son, you can eat it! Your Liu Niang picked this one herself."

The count smiled and said, "It's also my daughter's filial piety."

Said: "Uncle, please invite me too."

So he picked one and put it in Uncle Wu's mouth.He also called Li Ming, Wu Hui and Zheng Feng to come forward, and each picked one to reward him.

While drinking, the earl said to Dai'an, "Go to the back and ask those four little whores to come out. I'll just let him sing a song and listen to the old man. If it's a little later, we can go. Today we will pass Liquor, he only sang two sets, don't let him do it cheaply."

Na Dai'an didn't move, and said, "The little one called him, and he will sing with his concubine and mother every time he hears it, and he will come."

The count said: "Little thief, when will you come? You're still coaxing me."

Because he called Wang Jing: "Go."

The Wang Jing did not move.The count said: "I'm telling you not to go every day, just wait for me to go."

Just as he was talking, he heard a burst of fragrant wind, and felt laughter, and the four fans came out answering their heads with sweat towels.The earl saw it and said, "My son, who raised you, you are so good! Get on with the leader, you want to go, so you are so comfortable. If you don't sing a song with me, every time you listen to it, you just hope to go? It's so easy! Even the sedan chair The money is four taels of silver, and if you buy red sorghum, you can buy seven or eight buckets of stone, enough to feed your bustard and your family for a month."

Dong Jiaoer said: "Brother, if you have cheap clothes and food, you're just naturalized."

Hong Si'er said: "It's late for us, there are two watches in seven or eight, so let me go every time."

Qi Xiang'er said: "I have to get up early every morning to send the funeral outside the door."

The count asked, "Whose family?"

Qi Xiang'er said: "It's the family under the eaves that opened the door."

The count said: "Could it be Wang Sanguan'er's family again? The incident that he implicated you the day before yesterday, thanks to your father's kindness, told Li Gui'er that even you were spared. This time, Que'er was not in the nest." .”

Qi Xiang'er laughed and scolded: "Blame the old glib, you're sweating so much, you're talking nonsense."

The count said: "Are you making fun of me? I'm half pretty! It's not enough to manipulate you four little whores."

Hong Si'er laughed and said, "Brother, I don't think your outfit is very good, you just want to throw it away."

The count said: "I'm there, come to see how to pay back the money."

Then he said: "The little whore of the Zheng family, who ate the candy and five elders, was speechless, and looked a little lost. How dare you remember that the orphaned old man is at home?"

Dong Jiaoer said: "He just heard you say that he's a bit timid here."

The count said: "Don't be shy about the bed, bring your musical instruments, and everyone will sing a set. Every time you go, I won't keep you."

Ximen Qing said: "Forget it, you two pass the wine, and the two of you sing a set and listen to him."

Qi Xiang'er said: "Wait for me and Sister Yue to sing."

At present, Zheng Yueer played the pipa and Qi Xianger played the zither, sitting on the couch, singing beautifully and charmingly, and sang a set of "Yue Diao Quail Fighting" "Night goes to Minglai" Dong Jiaoer handed Uncle Wu wine, Hong The four sons handed over the earl's wine, exchanged glasses at the banquet, and leaned against the green and nestled in the red.Exactly: Dance back to the bright moon and fall to the Qin Tower, and sing to stop the clouds and confuse the Chu Pavilion.

At the moment, the wine went in for several rounds, two sets of singing were sung, and the four singers were sent away.Ximenqing still left Uncle Wu to sit, and asked Chunhong to come up and sing a set of southern operas, and then ordered the chess boy to prepare a horse and send a lantern to Uncle.The uncle said: "Brother-in-law, you don't need to prepare the horse. I will go with Brother Ying."

Ximen Qing said: "Since that's the case, teach the chess boy to play lanterns and send them home."

Uncle Wu and the earl got up to say goodbye.Ximen Qing sent it to the front gate, because he said to the earl, "You will be more considerate tomorrow, and you have a date with Nagan to come to see me and approve the contract. I will meet Qiao's in-laws, so that I can clean up the house over there and unload the goods."

The count said: "You don't need to tell me, I know."

While making a speech, he walked with Uncle Wu, and the chess boy held a lantern.Uncle Wu asked, "Brother-in-law just said to clean up the house there?"

The count said: "Mr. Han arrived on the cargo ship. He opened a new satin shop and tidied up the house opposite. He asked me to find a buddy for him."

The uncle said: "When will it open? Every relative and friend will congratulate us."

After a while, he went out of the street and arrived at the entrance of Earl's Alley. Uncle Wu asked the chess boy: "Bring a lantern to send your second father home."

The count refused, and said: "Children, you send uncle, I don't need a lantern, just go into the alley."

While making a speech, we parted ways to go home.The chess boy sent his uncle off.

Ximen Qing sent Li Ming to wait for singing money, and went back to Yueniang's room to rest for the night.The next day, sure enough, the earl led Gan's background, came to see him in Tsing Yi, and talked about the business.Ximenqing called general Cui Benhui to Qiao Dahu, who cleaned up the house and started a business.Qiao Dahu said to Cui Ben: "In the future, for all matters big and small, just let your in-laws take care of them, don't worry about them."

Immediately approved the contract with buddy Gan.The earl was appointed as a guarantor, and the profit rate was ten percent: five points for Ximenqing, three points for Qiao Dahu, and three points for the rest of Han Daoguo, Gan Yuan and Cui Ben.On the one hand, the soil bank is repaired and covered, and the cardboard is installed. When the truck arrives, it will be piled up and opened.Later, he cleaned up an academy by himself, and invited Wen Xiucai to be the guest of honor, specializing in books and cards, and answering scholars.There are three or two bunches of repairs every month, and there is no shortage of gifts at four o'clock, and a painting boy is assigned to serve him.There is no need to elaborate on the banquets at Ximenqing's house, where guests are often invited to accompany them to drink.

I don't think it's Ximen Qing's birthday.In the morning of the second day, I invited Medical Officer Ren to see Li Ping'er, and then watched and cleaned up at the opposite door.Miss Yang went home first, but sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er didn't go home yet.Wu Yueniang bought crabs for three renminbi, cooked them for lunch, and invited the elder sister-in-law, sister Li Gui, and Wu Yin'er to eat them around.I saw Mrs. Liu invited by Yueniang to come to see Brother Guan. After having tea, Li Ping'er accompanied him to the front room.Mrs. Liu said: "My brother is shocked, and he is going to stop the breastfeeding."

A few more medicines were left.Yueniang gave him three silver coins and sent them away.Meng Yulou, Pan Jinlian, sister Li Gui, Wu Yin'er, and eldest sister were all under the flower stand, put a small table, spread felt strips, gambled and played with dominoes.Sun Xue'e won seven or eight bells of wine with everyone, so she didn't dare to sit for a long time, so she went.Everyone took Li Ping'er as a substitute.Jin Lian taught Wu Yin'er and Sister Gui to sing again.All the sisters drank until late that day, Yueniang packed a box and sent Sister Li Gui and Wu Yin'er to their home.

Pan Jinlian went back to her room drunk, and was annoyed to see Ximenqing resting in Li Ping'er's room at night, and then invited a medical officer to see him in the morning.Knowing that his child is not good, she didn't want to make a fool of herself when she entered the door—[Zuli] kicked dog shit in the shadows, and asked Chunmei to light up the lamp in the room to see, a pair of bright red satin shoes, the whole heel was stained.Immediately, the willow eyebrows stood erect and the star eyes opened wide. She asked Chunmei to close the corner door with the light on, and beat the dog with a big stick, just regardless of whether it was up or down, until it barked strangely.Li Ping'er sent Yingchun to say: "My mother said that my brother just took Lao Liu's medicine and fell asleep. Tell Wu Niang not to beat the dog here."

Pan Jinlian sat silent for a long time.On the one hand, he beat the dog once, opened the door and let it out, and found out what happened to Qiu Ju.Looking at the shoes, he was annoyed on the left and right, because he called Qiuju to him and said, "It's late, this dog should be sent away, what are you doing in this room? It's your servant's." Wild man? If you don’t send him out, teach him to scat all over the place, and take my new pair of shoes—it’s only been three or four days today—[Azuli] with a piece of shit on the upper. Know me, you It's time to light a lamp and come out, how can you put on deaf makeup and dumb and pretend to be a fool?"

Chunmei said: "I told him in my head, you should feed him something early while your mother is not coming, and lock him in the back yard. He pretended to ignore me, and even stared at me." .”

The woman said: "Come again, you slave who is daring to kill, I know you have become the leader in this house, so it's not accurate to call this."

Because he asked him to come to him: "Look, [Zuli]'s filth on my shoes!"

He coaxed him to look down and pull the shoes, the soles of which were all around his face.Qiu Ju's lips were broken by the beating, she just wiped the blood and hurried away.The woman scolded: "What a thief and slave, you go away!"

Jiao Chunmei: "Come here with me and kneel down, fetch the whip, and tear off his clothes from me. Just teach me to hit thirty whips, but if you twist it, it doesn't count if I beat him indiscriminately."

Chunmei then tore off his clothes, and the woman taught Chunmei to hold his hand, and beat him down with whips like raindrops, and the beating made the girl scream like a pig.Brother Guan over there just closed his eyes and woke up again.Then Xiu Chun was sent to say, "My mother is superior to Wu Niang, please spare Qiu Ju, I'm afraid I will wake up my brother."

Grandma Pan was leaning on the kang in the inner room, when she heard the beating of Qiuju, she jumped up and tried to persuade her.Seeing that Jin Lian refused, and seeing Li Ping'er ask Xiu Chun to say something behind, he went forward and snatched the whip from his daughter, saying: "Sister, please stop beating him twice, and make his sister on the other side say, I'm afraid I'll scare brother .It doesn’t matter if you twist the stick for the donkey, it will hurt the redbud tree.”

Jin Lian was deeply annoyed in her heart, and when she heard his mother say this again, her heart became more and more on fire.After a while, Zi Mo blushed, and only pushed his hand, almost not pushing Grandma Pan.He said: "Strange old man, you go and sit on the side with me! If you don't do your business, what are you here to persuade? What kind of redbud tree, donkey's twisted stick, just take care of the outside and cooperate with the inside."

Grandma Pan said: "The life of a thief is short, how can I cope with it? I came to your house to beg for a cold meal, and I will teach you to throw me?"

Jin Lian said: "You take that old man with you tomorrow, lest he cook me in a long pot!"

Grandma Pan heard her daughter waiting to wipe him, so she went into the room whimpering and crying, and followed the woman to beat Qiuju.After twenty or thirty horse whips were beaten enough, ten more railings were built, and the skin and flesh were torn apart before they were released.Then he pinched his face and cheeks to pieces with pointed nails.Li Ping'er was over there, just holding the child's ears with both hands, tears streaming down his cheeks, daring to speak out in anger.

Ximenqing was in the house opposite the door, had a day's drink with the earl, Cui Ben, and Gan's buddies, and went to the Yulou room to rest.On the next day, Zhou Shoubei's house invited him to have birthday wine, but he was not at home.Li Ping'er saw that Guan Ge'er had taken the medicine of Mrs. Liu, but there was no movement. At night, Li Ping'er was frightened again, and his eyes were just hanging up.Because Aunt Xue and Aunt Wang went to the house that day, they came to Yueniang and said, "I took out a pair of silver lions under the quilt from the room, and I want to teach Aunt Xue to print the "Buddha Heart Dharani Sutra" to catch eight. On the [-]th day of the first month, go to the Yue Temple to give up.”

That Aunt Xue was about to take it away, but Meng Yulou said beside him, "Master, stay here, aunt, and you still ask the boy to call the general to come around and redeem the two cents for him, and then go to the scripture shop with him." Let’s decide the number, how much money will be available for each scripture, and when it will be available. You teach Master Xue to go, and he is alone, how do you get it?”

Yue Niang said: "You also said so."

On the one hand, Lai An'er called Ben Silai, bowed to Yueniang and the others, and exchanged the pair of silver lions on the balance, weighing 41 taels and five dollars.Yueniang ordered, and Master Xue went to the scripture shop to print and make sutras.

Pan Jinlian immediately called Meng Yulou: "Let's take the two masters to see the elder sister, who is making shoes in the house."

The two came forward hand in hand.Ben Si went with Aunt Xue and Aunt Wang.Jinlian and Yulou walked out of the door of the east wing of the hall, and saw that the eldest sister was putting on shoes under the eaves. Jinlian picked them up to look, but they were sand-green Lu silk uppers.Yulou said: "Elder sister, you don't want this red lock thread, but clean blue head thread, why don't you keep doing it! Do you still want big red heels tomorrow?"

The eldest sister said: "I have a pair with big red heels. For this, I want blue heels in my heart, so I locked the big red thread."

Jin Lian looked at it once, and all three of them were sitting on the base of the hall.Yulou asked the eldest sister, "Is your son-in-law in the house?"

The eldest sister said: "I don't know where he had two cups of wine and slept in the house."

Meng Yulou then said to Jinlian: "If I hadn't been talking next to you just now, Sister Li is a licensed product, so she would have handed over the money to my aunt to print the scriptures. The scriptures can't be printed, and the licensed ones with no feet are hiding there, my lord." Home, where are you going to find him? I said earlier that I called General Ben to come and go with him."

Jin Lian said: "My rich sister, if you don't earn money, you are a fool, just like pulling a hair from the body of a cow. If your child is dead, don't talk about giving up scriptures, and you can give up thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Now In this room, only people are allowed to set fire, and I am not allowed to light the lamp every time. ──Listen, elder sister, it is not someone else. The partial dyed white is not colored, but he will be so frivolous and playful. In the early morning, he kicks the man Please see the imperial doctor. He messes with him, but I don't care about it. I often say things like that in front of people: "I'm impatient. If his father wants to, he will come into my room to push the child, and he will sleep with me. Who is impatient! Tell me to go to other people's houses. I always feel good about myself, and talk about us behind my back.' The elder sister listened to his words. Not every time I argue about this matter, why didn't the man yesterday Go into your room, and you ask the girl to come in at the corner door? Push the child, and you take medicine, and make the man sleep with Wu Yin'er all night, and show your cuteness all the time, so that the man likes you, That big sister has nothing to say. Last night, someone entered the house [Zuli] kicked dog shit, beat the girl and chased the dog, and also got angry, so that the girl came over and said that she frightened his child. My mother Old man, I don’t know, the donkey twisted the stick and hurt the redbud tree when he came to persuade him. I was annoyed by his soft and rough voice, so I told me to give him a few words. He made his temper go away today.──Let’s go Teach me, there are not many poor relatives like you in his family, and there are not many without you."

Yulou smiled and said: "You untrained descendant, you are a mother and son, you are waiting for him!"

Jin Lian said: "That's not what I said. ── Annoying intestines, a yellow cat with a black tail and a single tube. It fits on the outside and responds on the inside. It only speaks for others. It eats half of other people's bowls and is ordered by others. It's not good to get a sweet from others. Thousands of dollars It’s okay, Wan also agrees.──Thinking about raising this child head-on, it’s as if the man’s instigation is rooted, and he will be supported to be upright, so that people can’t hate [Azuli] There is still [Azuli] in the mud. The sky has eyes today, and your child is sick."

Just as I was talking, I saw Bensi go to the scripture shop to hand back the silver, and talk to Yueniang back and forth. I saw Yulou, Jinlian and the elder sister all sitting on the foundation of the hall. They just stood outside the door of the instrument and dared not come in.Lai'an walked up and said, "Every time my mother winks, Ben Si is here."

Jin Lian said: "Strange Prisoner Genzi, you told him to go in, didn't you just see him here for the first time?"

Lai An'er said, Bensi lowered his head, saw Yue Niang and Li Ping'er all the way behind, and said: "Silver 41 taels and five dollars, I will deliver it to Zhai Jing'er's family with two masters. It is decided to print the silk shell "" Five hundred volumes of Tuo Luo, five cents for each volume; one thousand volumes of silk shell scriptures, three cents for each volume. The total should be 55 taels of silver. In addition to the collection of 41 taels and five cents, I also gave him 13 taels and five cents. It must be ten Bring the scriptures early on the fourth day."

Li Ping'er quickly took out a silver incense ball from the room, and asked Ben Si to go to the balance to exchange it, 15 taels.Li Ping'er said: "Take it away, except to find him, you can keep the rest, exchange some money, and go to the temple on the fifteenth day to give up scriptures, and just make money with you, and if you save, come and ask me for more money." .”

Ben Si came out with the incense ball, and Li Ping'er said, "Fourth brother, how tired you are."

Bensi bowed and said, "The villain dare not."

Walking to the front, Jinlian and Yulou stopped him and asked him, "Have you delivered the money to the scripture shop?"

Ben Sidao: "It has been handed over to understand. A total of 55 scriptures, a total of 41 taels of silver, in addition to the collection of [-] taels, just now Liu Niang gave this silver incense ball."

Yulou and Jinlian looked at each other but said nothing, so Bensi went home.Yulou said to Jinlian: "Sister Li is wasting money like this. If he is your son and daughter, he will not die even if he is hammered; if he is not your son and daughter, let alone abandoning scriptures and statues, you can't keep him no matter what you do. Believe in my aunt, what can't be done!"

The two talked for a while, and both stood up.Jin Lian said: "Let's go to the front gate every time."

Because I asked my elder sister, "Are you going?"

The elder sister said: "I won't go."

Pan Jinlian took Yulou's hand, and the two came to the gate and stood first.Because he asked Ping'an'er: "Is the house across the door cleaned up?"

Pingan said: "Where is this? Dad looked at it yesterday and cleaned it up. The goods are piled upstairs in the back, and Yin and Yang were taught to break the ground yesterday. There are three wing rooms downstairs, and satin in the earth bank. The door is opened, and there are three rooms in a row. , teach painters to install new paint, and open in Chuyue."

Yulou asked again: "Wen Xiucai, who wrote books, did his family move here?"

Ping An said, "I've been here since yesterday. Father ordered this morning to remove the cot behind him and move two tables and four chairs to sit with him."

Jin Lian said: "You haven't seen what his wife looks like?"

Ping An said: "Hei Ying came in a sedan chair, whoever saw him coming!"

Just as he was talking, he saw an old man far away, and Si Langlang shook his boudoir leaf to startle him.Pan Jinlian said, "The mirror grinder is here."

Jiao Ping'an'er: "Call him, and I'll polish the mirror every time. My mirror has made me dizzy for the past two days. I'm telling you, you son of a bitch, don't call when you come over! How many times have I come out and stood up? Did someone who grinds the mirror come over?"

As Pingan called to stop the old Mo Jing and put down his burden, Jin Lian asked Yulou, "If you want to grind, ask the boy to bring it out, and grind it in one answer."

So I sent Lai An'er: "Go to my room and ask Miss Chunmei for my big face mirror and two small mirrors, and then bring out the big square dressing mirror and teach him how to sharpen it."

Yulou told Lai'an: "Go into my room and teach Lan Xiang to take out my mirror too."

Not long after An'er left, he came out holding a large and small eight-sided mirror in both hands, and a square dressing mirror in his arms.Jin Lian said: "Smelly prisoner, you can't take it. How can you take it out twice? What happened to my mirror when it jingled for a while?"

Yulou said: "I haven't seen your big mirror, where is it?"

Jin Lian said: "It is owned by someone else. I love him and he is bright. I put it in the house and take care of it in the morning and evening."

Yin asked: "My mirror only has three sides?"

Yulou said: "My size is only two sides."

Jin Lian asked, "Whose sides belong to them?"

Lai'an said: "These two sides belong to Sister Chunmei, and they are also called Momo when they are brought out."

Jinlian said: "Little boy, he doesn't use his mirror, but only looks at my mirror all day long, making me feel dizzy."

A total of eight mirrors, large and small, were handed over to the old man who polished the mirrors, and taught him to grind them.At the moment, he tripped on the seat frame and used mercury. During the meal, it was all worn out to dazzle and smear.The woman holds it in her hand, and compared with the beauty, it looks like a pool of autumn water.There are poems as evidence: the lotus calyx and the water chestnut are shining together, and the wind blows and the shadow moves and the blue sinks.A pool of autumn water and hibiscus appear, just like Chang'e in the shadow of the moon.

When the woman saw it, she gave it to Lai'an and took it in.Yulou ordered Ping'an to ask Buddy Fu in the shop for fifty Wen coins and mirrors on the cabinet.The old man took the money with one hand and just stood still.Yulou Jiao Pingan asked the old man, "Why don't you go? Do you think the money is too small?"

The old man unconsciously burst into tears and cried.Ping An said: "My grandma, who is in charge of the house, asked you what troubles you have."

Lao Tzu said: "To tell you the truth, the old man is 61 years old this year. He left a son in front of him. He is 22 years old and has not married a wife. He only wanders around and doesn't do physical work. The old man goes out every day to earn money to support him. He doesn't keep Dutiful, often playing tricks and tricks on the street to make money. Yesterday I got into trouble, and I was tied to the garrison mansion together. I was beaten as a local thief and returned [-] sticks. When I came back, I pawned all my mother's skirts and jackets. My mother was very angry. He was ill, had a cold, and slept on the kang for half a month. The old man said a few words to him, and he walked out and did not go home. He taught the old man to hunt for him every day, but there was no whereabouts. If you want to get angry and don’t look for him, the old man is so big Age, he will only have a son, and no one will send him to be old in the future; if he is at home, seeing that he is not a man, he will be angry again. Like this, it is the karma of the old man. If there is such a grievance, everyone will tell, So I burst into tears."

Yulou called Ping'an'er: "Ask him, how old is your future wife?"

Lao Tzu said: "He is 55 years old this year. He has no male and female flowers. Now he is better because of the cold, but he has no general to raise. He wants a piece of bacon to eat. The old man asked for two or three days on the street, but he couldn't ask for it. Here comes a piece of bacon. How can I sigh the Son of Man."

Yulou said: "It doesn't matter, I have a piece of bacon in a drawer in my room."

Immediately, Lai An'er said, "Go and tell Lan Xiang that there are two more cake ingots. Tell him to bring them to you."

Jin Lian called: "The old man, ask your mother if she eats millet porridge?"

The old man said: "Why don't you eat it! Where is it? You know it is good."

Jinlian also called An'er over, "Tell Chunmei, measure two liters of the new millet that your grandma brought yesterday, and take out two pickled melons, and eat it with his mother."

Not long after Lai'an left, he took out half a leg of bacon, two cake ingots, two liters of millet, and two pickled melons, and shouted, "Old man, come here, and you were lucky! Your mother is not sick and wants to eat, I'm afraid Make the child confinement, want to eat soup with peace of mind."

The old man quickly took it with both hands, put it in the bearer, looked at Yulou and Jinlian and sang, Yang Chang took the bearer and shook the boudoir leaves.Pingan said: "The two ladies shouldn't be with him for so many things, and they were tricked by this old glib. His mother is a matchmaker, and she walked across the street yesterday. When will it be difficult to come at home?"

Jin Lian said: "Thief prisoner, why didn't you say anything earlier?"

Pingan said: "Forget it, it's also his good fortune. Keke and the two mothers came out and stopped him when they saw him, and took care of his things."

It's exactly: Leaning on the lintel when you have nothing to do when you're free, just when you see your boudoir getting old.Not only small things can help things, but also a drop of water is hard to do.

(End of this chapter)