Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 233 The Scholar Surnamed Wei
I have always heard about Jiuzi Lane, but Li Xin finally saw the true face of Jiuzi Lane.

The wine produced in Hui County, as the saying goes, the aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley. The more fragrant the wine, the more it likes to go deep into the alley. People passing by the alley smell the wine, and they must praise the smell of the wine. They are used to drinking. Gluttonous drinkers look at this kind of wine to buy wine.

For example, Zhao Changsheng, Guan Wen's second cousin, was an apprentice in a winery. His winery is also a hundred-year-old workshop. The wine cellar, wine pool and wine troughs are all available. Even if it is opened in a deep alley, it still has a good reputation. big.

Jiuzi Lane, as the name suggests, is an alley for brewing wine, where some other families live here and there.

Jiuzi Alley doesn't look much different from other alleys. If you want to talk about the difference, it's just a flag hanging at the entrance of Jiuzi Alley, with a striking "wine" on it.Standing at the entrance of Jiuzi Alley, you can smell the aroma of wine inside.

Li Xin didn't like the smell of wine, so Dang even choked on it, sneezed twice, covered his mouth and said, "This wine tastes too strong."

"That's really good wine!"

Guan Wen sighed and took two deep breaths.Seeing Li Xin glaring at him, he quickly restrained his expression, but his nose was still raised, smelling the scent of wine that came with the wind.

Ever since Li Jin's incident happened, Li Xin has been extremely strict with Guan Wen's drinking.Sometimes Guan Wen gets hungry and wants to drink, but he just asks him to sip the wine.In addition, Li Xin specially brewed a jar of medicinal wine and kept it at home. Now Guan Wen only drinks some medicinal wine every few days. It has been a long time since he has smelled such a mellow and highly concentrated wine.

Not long after, Wei Shusheng came out from Jiuzi Alley.

It's not much different from the last time I saw him, and his appearance and temperament have not changed.But today, probably because of the treat, Wei Shusheng dressed a little more calmly.

Seeing Guan Wen and Li Xin, Scholar Wei rushed up to greet them, greeted Guan Wen and Li Xin without changing the scholarly rules, and said, "Brother Guan, Sister Guan, you are here."

"I'm bothering you." Li Xin smiled, and Guan Wen also said with a smile: "Brother Wei is more energetic than last time, is there a happy event at home?"

With a smile on his face, Wei Shusheng led Guan Wen and his party to go in, and returned to Guan Wen and said, "There is a happy event. I will go to the state capital this autumn, and I have been worried about the issue of money. My mentor helped me find a The work of copying books pays a lot of money. I sell calligraphy and paintings on weekdays, and I think the problem of money can be solved when the time comes."

Wei Xingzhi smiled and asked Guan Wen, "Brother Guan is also in a good mood. Is there a happy event at home?"

"It's not that there are too many happy events, but everything at home is running smoothly, and there is nothing bad about it. This is enough to make me happy."

While speaking, he arrived at Wei's residence.

Wei Xingzhi said that the Wei family used to have a good family background. It seems that it is not an exaggeration. As far as this house is concerned, although it is small, it is exquisite, the layout is very reasonable, there is a lot of light, and the windows are bright and clean.After entering the door, there is an empty yard. In the corner of the yard, there are two sheets and mattresses to dry. In the center of the yard, there is a large round table with some dishes already served on it.The house is on the right hand side of the entrance, and there are only three or two rooms.

Li Xin looked around, and suddenly a voice came from the room on the right hand closest to the courtyard wall: "Is the distinguished guest here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Aunt Wei standing at the door, and she smiled when she saw Li Xin: "So it's really a distinguished guest, no wonder my oil star exploded."

Li Xin hurriedly called "Aunt Wei", took the gift from Guan Wen and handed it to her.

Aunt Wei thanked Li Xin with a smile and didn't hold back. She handed it to Wei Xingzhi to keep it, and said to Li Xin, "Just sit down and it will be fine in a while."

"It's okay, I'll help you, ma'am."

Li Xin rolled up his sleeves as he spoke, and said to A-Mei, "A-Mei is also here to help Madam, A-Xiu, take Yang'er with you."

The two sisters responded to each other, and Amei's face was slightly red, and she followed Li Xin into the kitchen of Wei's house.

Compared with the ones in the countryside, they really pay more attention to cleanliness, but it may also be because Aunt Wei and Wei Shusheng themselves pay attention to cleanliness, so the kitchen does not look messy at all.It can be seen that the soup is still simmering in the pot, but the fire on the other side of the stove is getting smaller and smaller.

Li Xin took the first step to light the fire, and said to Aunt Wei with a smile: "Ma'am, let me help you, I'll just be lazy and just light the fire before making the stove."

Aunt Wei naturally responded cheerfully.

This time I saw Aunt Wei not as old-fashioned as the first time, and I don’t know if it’s because there are many happy events in their family or the medicine that Wei Shusheng took is effective, but now Aunt Wei has no signs of deafness at all.However, Li Xin subconsciously amplified her voice a little.

Li Xin asked Auntie Wei to do things for Aunt Wei because she wanted to see how Aunt Wei and Auntie would get along.If A-Mei can win Aunt Wei's favor, the matter will be one-third successful.If the two of them don't get along, it's just the guest doing the host a favor, and she naturally won't mention this matter.

Fortunately, after a while, Amei also understood Aunt Wei's eyes very well. Whenever Aunt Wei saw it, Amei stretched out her hand there.It can be seen that Amei also attaches great importance to getting along with Aunt Wei.

Aunt Wei thanked Li Xin while she was busy: "...I still use the method you told me last time, and it is really much better, and it doesn't itch anymore. Spring is always the most itchy in previous years, It’s almost like nothing this year.”

Li Xin laughed and said, "It's all homemade recipes. The most important thing is that you don't feel itchy now, auntie."

Aunt Wei listened comfortably, praised Li Xin once and praised Li Xin's two sister-in-laws.

Li Xin just echoed, occasionally adding a few sentences such as "My sister has a good temper and never quarrels with others", or "My sister is ingenious, she can do a lot of embroidery and needlework, and she is also willing to do housework. A good hand" and so on.

After talking too much, Mrs. Wei also paid attention, she glanced at Amei and said: "This girl is handsome, are you engaged?"

A-mei hurriedly waved her hand, Li Xin replied with a smile: "No, she is only fifteen, don't worry."

Aunt Wei laughed and said, "You should be in a hurry when you're 15. Book early, so you don't have to find the right one when you get it."

These words speak to Li Xin's heart.

My sister would be eighteen when she married into the Guan family. Why didn't Guan Ming, a father, worry about his daughter's lifelong affairs?Also, Guan Wen, Guan Wu and his elder brothers couldn't tell the seriousness of the matter, and Axiu's good years were wasted in vain.

Li Xin shook off these thoughts, looked at Aunt Wei with a smile and said, "It's not that I haven't met a suitable one. You have to choose a good husband's family for her. She is fair and capable, and I feel reluctant to give it up. "

As he spoke, Li Xin casually asked as if chatting: "Ma'am, Brother Wei is engaged?"

Aunt Wei paused immediately.Anyone who praised the unmarried girl in his family asked if the man's family was engaged... The meaning of this was already very clear.

Auntie Wei looked at Amei who lowered her head, and then at Li Xin who was sitting in front of the stove and lighting a fire, and smiled at her, and finally smiled heartily: "No, but the marriage is a matter of parents' order and a matchmaker. It's what he said, but he can't let his temper come."

Li Xin thought to himself, this is the meaning of Aunt Wei's approval, right?

Turning to look at A-mei, her face was already extremely red.

Li Xin also laughed, talking about other things with Aunt Wei, but now Aunt Wei would ask Amei after three sentences, which seemed to be a bit of censorship.

Aunt Wei is very old, and Wei Xingzhi himself said that he was born when Aunt Wei was in her 40s, and none of the brothers and sisters in front of him could stand up.The Wei family can also be regarded as a scholarly family, Mrs. Wei has a lot of etiquette, which can be seen from the fact that the chopsticks are wrapped in handkerchiefs when serving dishes and dishes.

A girl with Amei's personality should be able to please Aunt Wei.

The host and guest had a hearty meal, and Aunt Wei whispered to Li Xin, "Waiting for news from me in two days."

Li Xin's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded with a smile.

Wei Shusheng drank a little wine today, only Guan Wen, a man, was with him, and the two of them talked together without seeming unfamiliar.

Wei Shusheng grabbed Guan Wen's collar. After drinking, Wei Shusheng still looked a bit bookish and leisurely, which added two points of truth.

It is estimated that Wei Shusheng is too strong to drink. Today, drinking with Guan Wen is a little bit over the top, and now he is already drunk.

Wei Shusheng grabbed Guan Wen's collar with one hand, and kept saying "I'll tell you about Brother Guan", while with the other hand, he gestured in front of Guan Wen's eyes for a long time, but he still didn't say anything. speak out.

Auntie Wei cleaned up the dishes, and A-mei went up to help, and A-Xiu was naturally not idle, and she didn't go to the kitchen, so she helped clean up the dining table, and said with a smile: "It's usually not easy to see Wei Shusheng coming to the hospital to get medicine. Seriously, I didn't expect to be the same as others after drinking."

Aunt Wei smiled and said: "My son is usually very honest and doesn't drink alcohol. Today he is happy and seeing a nobleman again, so he naturally overdrinks."

Wei Da looked at Wei Shusheng, and said to Guan Wen: "Nephew of the Guan family, let him talk, he has a lot of things to say after drinking." Then he smiled and went to the kitchen with the dishes.

Li Xin was wiping the table and was thinking that it was true to say the truth after drinking, and finally said something after hearing Wei Shusheng "I tell you, Brother Guan".

"Why do others sell my calligraphy and paintings for five taels of silver, and I can sell them for three to five hundred at most..." Wei Xingzhi hiccupped and asked Guan Wen, "Brother Guan, tell me, is this Why……"

Li Xin was taken aback, looked at Guan Wen, and asked him in a low voice, "Did you tell him that the painting was sold for five taels of silver?"

Guan Wen nodded silently, feeling a little embarrassed, he supported Wei Shusheng by one side of his body and said, "Brother Wei, wake up..."

"Brother Guan, I, I can't figure it out..." Wei Shusheng blushed, his eyes narrowed slightly: "It's also me, hiccup, the pictures I drew, the words I inscribed, how could others... can take Go sell it at a high price of five taels of silver, I, my painting is better than the one for you, but I only bought it for five or five hundred dollars...why?"

Li Xin analyzed it in his mind, Wei Shusheng did not ask them to return the painting or money, but was just questioning his ability - after all, the same thing, others can sell it for a high price, but he only took a fraction , In contrast, I am naturally disappointed with myself.

However, what would Guan Wen and Li Xin say, that the painting was sold to an acquaintance by Guan Zhi...

Thinking about it makes me feel ashamed.

Guan Wen really couldn't answer, so he just supported him and talked to him vaguely.

Wei Shusheng's body became weak, and Guan Wen supported him to lay down on the table, and said in his mouth: "Although scholars should pay less attention to fame and fortune, don't be a commoner and fight too much with others, but I still don't want to be reconciled." ..." Wei Shusheng knocked himself on the head: "I'm just a big stick, I don't know how to call it a business, and I don't know how to bargain with others... To be in business, you must have the ability. Whoever said that scholars are noble and businessmen are bad money..."

Seeing that he was speaking more and more incoherently, Li Xin pondered for a moment and said: "Ask Mrs. Wei where his room is, and let him go to bed and fall asleep."

Guan Wen nodded naturally, and Li Xin went to the kitchen to ask Mrs. Wei, and Mrs. Wei hurried out and opened the door of Wei Xingzhi's room. Guan Wen carried him in and put him carefully on the bed. Wei Xingzhi was already drowsy. Yes, his mouth was pounding, and occasionally two words popped out of his mouth in raving.

This can be regarded as a nuisance to the Wei family. After looking at the sky, Guan Wen bid farewell to Mrs. Wei.

Aunt Wei said: "Let's rest for one night before leaving."

"Not Madam, there are still things at home." Guan Wen slightly bent down and said to Madam Wei: "Brother Wei will wake up later, please ask Madam Wei to explain it for us, it is always rude of us to leave without saying hello to him gone."

Aunt Wei didn't even say no, and when she said goodbye to Li Xin, she said meaningfully: "My niece and daughter-in-law will wait for me for two days."

Li Xin smiled and nodded.

On the way back, Axiu said inexplicably, "Sister-in-law, what did Auntie Wei tell you, what does it mean to wait for her for two days?"

Li Xin glanced at A-Mei, seeing her lowered her head, smiled and said, "It's nothing, Aunt Wei wants to watch the time to see when the ringworm on her legs and feet will heal."

Axiu still didn't understand, Li Xin didn't explain anymore, just looked at Amei with a smile and said: "Amei performed very well today, she is generous. Girls want to be like this, don't restrain yourself. 15 years old is a good time."

Amei's face became even redder, until she sent Axiu to Anhetang, Axiu was still muttering in her heart - what did the sister-in-law mean by that?Why is my sister blushing all of a sudden?
It was also inconvenient for Li Xin to explain to her, she waited patiently at home for an answer from the Wei family.

If Aunt Wei had discussed with Wei Xingzhi, and Wei Xingzhi also felt that Auntie was good and was willing to marry her, then Wei Xingzhi and Aunt Wei, who wanted to pass on the scholarly family, would definitely send a matchmaker to marry her.All serious marriages have to go through the hands of the matchmaker.

Li Xin also prepared a little bit, thinking about what to eat and drink for the matchmaker when she came, and what to say.

Whenever she talked to A-Mei, A-Mei would be too shy and avoid Li Xin to see her.

After muttering like this for two days, someone really came to the door.

However, it was not the matchmaker that Li Xin was looking forward to, but Ahe.

(End of this chapter)