pastoral wedding

Chapter 129 Qi Qingling

The traffic on the street was so busy, Han Chen watched as he walked, and when he was tired from walking, he wanted to find a place to drink.Suddenly he heard a woman's singing, melodious and melodious, he looked up and saw a beautiful woman leaning against the window looking out, humming the tune he had just heard.

Suddenly, as if she felt something, the woman lowered her head and glanced down. It was this glance that made her see Han Chen standing below and staring at her obsessively.

Han Chen is wearing a moon white brocade gown today, with a budding crabapple embroidered with dark thread on the gown.Her hair was erected high behind her head with a jade crown, and she habitually held a folding fan in her hand according to the fault of a scholar.

Looking at it from a distance, isn't it just a beautiful landscape picture of Mr. Pianpian meeting a beautiful woman by chance.

The woman smiled at him shyly, stopped humming, and called him in a crisp voice, "Guest officer, why don't you come up for a drink?"

It was only then that Han Chen realized that this place was originally a restaurant, and that woman might be the singer who attracts customers in this restaurant, right?It just so happened that he also wanted to find a place to have a drink. It would be better to meet by chance, so why not go in and have a drink?In fact, he wanted to see that woman in his heart.

As soon as Han Chen walked to the door, there was a smiling Xiaoer who came forward to lead the way, "Guest officer, please come in, do you want to go upstairs or downstairs? Although the consumption of the upstairs is a bit higher, there are ours." The singing girl is singing a ditty, wouldn't it be comfortable for you to drink a couple of ounces of wine after listening to it?" As he spoke, he led Han Chen upstairs.

Looking around, he found that the woman was still leaning against the window singing, but her eyes had already glanced towards him. Seeing her staring at him, Han Chen nodded, then sat down in an inconspicuous corner by the window, and nodded. Wine and a few side dishes to go with the wine.

"Debts and debts linger on wine and sickness, who sings the song of lovesickness and heartbreak? Old worries are helpless, and new hatreds are added. Love tears and new scars press old scars, who cares about the concerns? The door is closed at dusk, and the quilt is warmed alone..."

The crisp singing sounded again, and the sound made people cry. Han Chen drank the wine in one gulp. Hearing the singing, he seemed to see the scene of Yi Ren leaning on the door and weeping silently in his mind, and he couldn't bear it in his heart. The woman felt a little desolate.

"Snow is falling heavily, covering the heavy door, and people can't help but lose their souls. Jiang Meiyun is thin and thin, that's Jiangshang Village, Qingjiang. Whoever is left out in the boudoir looks after him, what a haggard person!"

Hearing the man singing a cappella, the woman singing turned around, only to see Han Chen beating the wine glass with his chopsticks.He couldn't help laughing, lifted the hem of his skirt and walked to his desk, and asked with a slight smile, "I don't know if I can sit down?"

Han Chen stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, "Please sit down, girl."

The woman sat down and smiled at him: "Young master should be a scholar, otherwise it is impossible to understand what my concubine sings, and even reciprocate with my concubine."

"It's just a whim, how dare I ask the girl's name? Can I have a drink with you?" Han Chen was in a bad mood, and now he just wanted to find someone to drink with him after listening to the ditty.

"The little girl, Qi Qingling, is the singer of this restaurant, and she is willing to accompany you to get drunk." As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Han Chen called out, and poured her wine again. She wasn't afraid, and drank one cup after another with Han Chen. At the end of the drink, Han Chen got drunk, and she sighed, "It's another one who has something on his mind to get a drink." People who buy drunk!" Said and pushed him helplessly, "Master, you are drunk, drink a cup of tea to sober up, go home."

The person woke up and drank the tea. Han Chen staggered down the stairs. It was already evening, and as soon as he got downstairs, he passed out drunk and passed out.When Qing Ling came out with the qin in his arms, he saw him lying there, and sighed again, thinking that this young master might really not hold a lot of alcohol, and he didn't drink much, so he was so drunk.

He sent Qin back to the restaurant to be watched by the shopkeeper, turned around and went out to help him up, but he didn't know where to send it, so he stood there pondering for a while, and took him back to his residence.

Han Chen didn't come home all night, Su Tang was a little anxious, and the servants who called to follow him didn't know where he was. He wanted to ask his servants to go out and look for him, but he thought it would be inconvenient to live here after all. Yes, let people know that the dignified Mr. Zhou Tong disappeared, and the servants of the family are looking for him everywhere. If people find out about this, it will damage Han Chen's official reputation.After hesitating again and again, Su Tang called the servant, "Just the few of you who often follow the young master to go out and look for the places he often goes to, probably not far away, just go and have a look, Don’t let people know about it with a lot of fanfare.”

The boys took orders to go, Su Tang stayed up all night, only coaxed the child to sleep, and sat beside the child's bed, touching the child's face and hands, thinking about the reason why Han Chen did not return.The eye circles were already dark when I got up early, and the servants came to repay early, but I couldn't find the young master anywhere.

Su Tang was even more anxious, but after thinking about it, he decided to wait a little longer. If he didn't even go to the yamen, it would not be too late to ask someone for help.As a result, the boy who was sent to wait at the yamen in the morning came back and said that he had seen the young master, and had told him that the young mistress had not slept all night, and that the young master promised to come back later.

In this way, Su Tang was relieved. Han Chen came back at noon, and he was very happy to see Su Tang.When Su Tang came out, he stepped forward and put his arms around her waist and entered the room. Su Tang smiled and brought him tea, "Where did you go last night? Even if you are delayed somewhere and can't come back, you won't ask people to come back and tell you."

Han Chen smiled, held her hand and said, "Last night, I drank too much with a friend. I was so drunk that I passed out. I didn't bring anyone with me. I'm sorry to make you worry." He wanted to The matter with Qingling yesterday, but thinking that Su Tang must be paranoid after hearing it, he just laughed it off and didn't mention it again.

He didn't go out all afternoon, but stayed at home with his wife and daughter, listening to her talking about the family's troubles, seeing the happy smile on his wife's face, somehow, he suddenly thought of Qing Ling, that poor woman, who came from a famous family but because of The family changed, and the woman who had to show her face and sing in restaurants to support herself and her mother, the woman who was talented enough to recite poems.Thinking of her, I really feel a little distressed.

The next day he couldn't help but went to that restaurant again, but just as he sat down, he ran into a dude who insisted on holding Qing Ling's hand, but Qing Ling flung him away and jumped on him again, Qing Ling's face paled immediately, Seeing him coming in, he hurriedly shouted for help.Although Han Chen didn't know how to fight, but as a man at this time, he couldn't turn a blind eye, so he stood in front of Qing Ling.

Qi Qingling wiped the wound on his face with the medicine, and couldn't help laughing while wiping, and Han Chen also laughed, "I'm so funny, right?"

Qing Ling nodded and shook her head, "You saved me, thank you."

Han Chen shook his head, "Anyone who sees such a thing will rush to the former hero to save the beauty."

Qing Ling was amused by her, and took a handkerchief to wipe away her tears.Her mother came in with a large basin of clothes, Qing Ling hurriedly stepped forward to take the basin from her, "Mother, didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to wash clothes for others to earn money?" , why are you always disobedient, I can earn money to support my family."

Qi's mother ignored her, patted the clothes on her body, and walked over to Han Chen, "What's wrong with your face? Qingling, did you apply medicine to Young Master Han?" Ling said that he rescued him in the restaurant and brought him back when he was drunk, so Mother Lin knew him.

Han Chen hurriedly stood up, "Qing Ling has already applied the medicine on me, I'm fine, I'm relieved to send Qing Ling back." After walking outside the door, seeing Qing Ling sending him off, he said: "After you Don't go to that restaurant to sell music anymore, there are too many people and messy, and those with evil intentions will inevitably take advantage of you."

"You think I am willing, what can I do if I don't go to a young woman? Do you want me to go to a brothel to sell myself? I can't make my mother so hard..." While talking, I realized that I shouldn't talk like this, and hurriedly Apologize, "I'm sorry, I was really..."

"It's okay." Han Chen sighed, tore off his purse from his waist and stuffed it into her hand, "You take it and use it first, you can't make your mother feel wronged, don't go to the restaurant for now Let me find you another job to do."

Qi Qingling didn't want it, but Han Chen forced it to her, "Just keep it." Then he turned and left.

Seeing the back of him leaving, Qi Qingling stared blankly for a while, unable to tell what it was like in his heart.After entering the house, she gave the purse to her mother. Qi's mother looked at the purse embroidered with crabapple flowers in her hand, and suddenly said: "I'm afraid he already has a wife. You should stay away from him. Although our family has fallen , but you must keep in mind what your father said, and you must not do anything that will ruin the family style."

"Mother, how did you know?" Qi Qingling lowered his head as if he didn't like to hear, "He may not have a wife..."

"Didn't you see this purse? The crabapple embroidered on this purse was obviously embroidered by a woman." Mother Qi sighed, stroking her head, "Son, don't be stupid, if you don't believe me, you must ask clearly next time we meet , if he is really married, the daughters of our Qi family must have integrity, and absolutely cannot be concubines."

"Mother said it nicely, why did the second sister serve as a concubine for that person? That person divorced her and what did she do with him? Don't you think our family is poor and don't want to suffer?" Qi Qingling pouted. .

"Shut up!" Qi's mother was really angry, and scolded with a straight face: "Although you and your second sister are not the same mother, you are also a father anyway. Your second sister is already suffering enough, how can you say that? She, do you think she is willing to do this? It's not that she is pregnant with that person's child, so she has to... Besides, that person is not willing to divorce her, and it is also due to the pressure of the family. Now he no longer marries, She's the only one, so what's the difference between the outer room and the main room? It's totally different from your situation!"

(End of this chapter)