box of hearts

Chapter 212: Ji Xianbin (20)
"Sister, you still don't understand me? I never thought of being sincere. Marriage is just a temporary expedient measure. During the few months in Du's house, it was really difficult to be quiet, and it was also difficult to make noise. Be quiet , it’s so boring that people are moldy, and they can’t drink and have banquets, and they can’t go to the garden to listen to the theater. It's gone with a sound. Let's make a fuss, then a group of old wives and young wives will fight in the nest. Those who can stand in the gate of the mansion are not idle people. , there is another one who is the dowry girl of Du's second grandma, who is also Du Kesong's housekeeper, half maidservant and half concubine, who helps second grandma with housekeeping, and is also very powerful. They have their own trump card. Sister, you won’t believe it when you tell me, the other concubine who lives in the same courtyard as me is named Lin, she looks very ordinary, but she is very pampered. Later, Du Kesong himself told me beside the pillow Yes, when Mrs. Lin was serving him, in order to prevent him from getting up at night and catching cold in winter, she actually made a personal meat chamber pot! Tsk tsk, let alone our Huaihua Hutong, even the third-class kilns can’t pick out such shameless I'm flattering men! So tell me, what's so special about me among this group of people? Our stomachs have long been useless, and we can't provide for others, and we don't have the ability to manage the house. There is actually that bitch who is more flirtatious than you about this matter. I just rely on my freshness, and when I have a newcomer, let alone I have been kicked out of the house, even if I see you The sky is dangling in front of Du Kesong's eyes, and I will be guarded for three days and two days, I can't bear this living crime."

Diexian smiled sideways, with the smoke of the distant Xiu and the water of the Xiangjiang River in his eyes, showing a thoroughly uninhibited and romantic style, "I am born without the roots of a good family, so what's wrong with opening the door to socialize lively? 'Branches welcome the birds from the north and the south, and the leaves send the wind to and fro'[6], so that half a lifetime of youth is not in vain."

Qingtian also smiled, and there was a bit of worry in the smile, "You always play around in the world like this, and when you are young, what will happen to you for the rest of your life?"

"Never mind him!" Die Xian raised her hand and stroked it beside her ear, the red color of Feng Xian's nails had already faded, but there was a kind of dilapidated beauty about to wither. "I just need to start a business in Nanjing first. The place is prosperous and rich, and there are a lot of rich people. After saving a few years of private savings, I will also buy two young ladies. I am doing well, just like my mother before. Luxurious, luxurious outside, and can raise a few handsome little friends to serve. If life is not good, at most it will be like those dilapidated red couples in the past, who are so poor that they carry bamboo baskets to the yard to sell melon seeds It’s not a big deal. Live as you want, as you want.”

Qingtian stared at each other, and sighed quietly: "As long as you are happy."

The bird by the window flew away, and Die Xian also cast a glance there, winking like silk, "Sister, you met the Prince Regent, who is young and handsome, with great power, and treats you with great affection. Things that only happen in the world may not be encountered by women in the millennium. Ordinary fans like us dare not think about it, so you don't even think that we will have your blessing. In the future, if you hear that all of us It's not bad, just rejoice for us in your heart, if you hear that there is something wrong with us, such as what happened to me today, then help us to speak up, and we will be worthy of beating up our little sisters. "

"Don't worry," Qingtian Jiang said with reddish eyelids on his face, "as long as I can help, I will definitely do it. I'm afraid that someday something will happen to me, I am also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, so I can't help you guys." , but will bring you down."

Die Xian raised his voice and smiled, "Sister, don't say that, you are very lucky, and your luck is still to come. Thinking about the beautiful scenery of our Huai Ya Tang back then, now it's all dead and scattered, only you, my sister. After all, it’s the blessings. Sister, you must live well, and you can live well for us all.” She turned her face, stroked the pipa that had just been laid on the kang bed, “Me, sister Don't worry, with this pipa and this voice, I will go to the ends of the earth and I will not starve to death. I will leave in two days, so you don't have to come and give it to me. For one thing, with your current status, no I know you don’t mind if you mess with people like us all the time, but you have to take into account the prince’s face. Second, I hate those life and death partings. If there is a fate, we can always see each other again. If there is no fate, crying for nothing and feeling uncomfortable for a while, It's useless too. Let's say goodbye to this side today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Die Xian's own tears rolled down first, and Qing Tian's eyes were already wet.The two looked at each other silently for a moment, and at the same time stretched out their hands to hold each other.

On the day Diexian left, Qingtian did not come to see her off, but asked Yingzhi to bring her a large makeup box.Inside the box was a complete set of emerald heads, a bank note of 30 taels, and a pair of flower paper, on which there was only the word Xiao Luo: take care.

Holding the box in her hands, Diexian washed her face with tears, and the lead was peeled off layer by layer.She got into the carriage without looking back, and the carriage drove away slowly.Three thousand days and monthly debts, the world of mortals is rolling, and the world is like smoke.

Notes:

[1] (Song) Zhou Qufei's "Lingwaidaida".

[2] (Tang) Li Bai's "Qing Ping Diao": "Famous flowers are all over the country, and the two are happy, and the king often looks at it with a smile. Explaining the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, the Chenxiang Pavilion leans against the railing in the north."

[3] Every three dominoes form a fixed card type, and each card type has a corresponding name.

[4] All published (Tang Dynasty) Wen Tingyun's "Bodhisattva Man".

[5] (Tang) Sima Zha's "Girlfriend Resentment".

[6] Xue Tao, a famous prostitute in the Tang Dynasty, knew the rhythm at the age of eight or nine. One day, his father Yun pointed to Jing Wu and said, "I removed an ancient tung tree in the courtyard, and raised the trunk into the clouds." Tao responded.My father was stunned for a long time.The consequences are music.

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