Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 4
Chen Dalang asked for news several times, but Mrs. Xue only replied that it was too early.It was mid-May, and the weather was getting hotter.In front of Sanqiaoer, the mother-in-law occasionally mentioned that the house was narrow and facing west. Xiayue was the most unsuitable, and it was not as cool as the high factory upstairs.Sanqiaoer said: "If your old man leaves home, you can spend the night here." The mother-in-law said, "It's good, I'm afraid the officials will come back." Sanqiaoer said: "He will go back, I don't think so It's three o'clock in the middle of the night." The old woman said: "Ma'am, I don't mind being annoyed. I'm used to knowing each other. I just want to come here tonight and be with my aunt. How about it?" Sanqiaoer said: "There is no need for me Take it. Your old man replied to the family, why don't you just stay here for a summer and go home?" The mother-in-law really told the son and daughter-in-law at home, and only brought a comb box.Sanqiaoer said: "Your old man has many things. Is my oil comb also missing? Where did you bring it?" The woman said: "What I am afraid of all my life is washing my face with the same soup and combing my hair with a tool. I am afraid that I don't have a delicate comb. How dare I use it? The other sisters, I am afraid that I will need it, so I brought my own bento. It’s just that the aunt gave it to the concierge to rest?” Sanqiaoer pointed to a small rattan couch in front of the bed, and said: “ I've arranged your sleeping place in advance, and the two of us will get closer, and we can't sleep at night so we can gossip." After finishing speaking, he took out a green gauze tent, taught the old woman to hang it up by herself, and drank wine together for a while, I just rested.The two servant girls used to lay the bed in front of the bed to accompany them, but because they had a mother-in-law, they sent him to sleep in the next room.

From then on, the mother-in-law went out to do business in the streets during the day, and stayed at Jiang's house at night.There are many kinds of hospitality and excitement who often carry pots and twigs.The bed is laid out in the shape of a T, and although they are separated by a curtain, they seem to be sleeping together.Narrative at night, you ask and I answer, and all the obscene talks of the neighbors are omnipresent.The old lady became drunk and deceitful in fashion, and talked about many things about her family's thieves when she was young, so as to arouse the woman's love.It caused the woman to have a tender face, red and then white, white and then red.The mother-in-law also knows that a woman's heart is alive, but it's not easy to say that.Time passed quickly, and it was the seventh day of the seventh month, which was Sanqiaoer's birthday.The mother-in-law prepared two boxes of gifts early in the morning to make a living with him.Sanqiaoer thanked him and left him to eat noodles. The mother-in-law said, "I'm a little busy today. Come to accompany my aunt in the evening and watch the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl marry."After a few steps down the stairs, I met Chen Dalang.It's not easy to talk on the road, so I went to a secluded alley.Chen Dalang raised his brows and complained to his mother-in-law: "Mother, you are so slow-hearted! Spring has passed and summer has come, and now autumn is over. You say it's too early today, and it's too early tomorrow, but you don't know how I live. After a few days, when his husband comes back, the matter will be paid in vain, but he will not kill me alive! If you go to the underworld, you will have to take your life." The woman said: "Don't be so anxious, the old man is about to invite you. It happened just right. Tonight, it’s up to me to make things happen. So, so, so and so. It’s all done quietly, so as not to burden anyone.” Chen Dalang nodded and said, “Good plan, good plan! After you succeed, you will be rewarded generously." After saying that, he happily left.It's exactly: line up to steal jade and incense, and take the cloud to hold the heart of the rain.

But she said that Mrs. Xue agreed that Chen Dalang would do it tonight.In the afternoon, the drizzle was faint, but at night there was no moon or stars. My mother-in-law lured Chen Dalang to lie in ambush in the dark, but she herself went to knock on the door.Qingyun lit a paper lantern, opened the door and came out.The mother-in-law touched her sleeve on purpose, and said, "I lost a Linqing sweat towel. Sister, please find it for everyone." The clear cloud coaxed the lamp to shine on the street.Here, the mother-in-law caught a chance and beckoned Chen Dalang to sneak in the door, first leading him to lie down in the empty space behind the stairs.The mother-in-law shouted: "I have it, don't look for it." Qingyun said: "It just so happens that the fire is gone, so I'll light another one to take care of you." The mother-in-law said: "You don't need to use fire if you walk the familiar way. "The two closed the door in the dark and walked upstairs.Sanqiaoer asked, "You don't have anything?" The old woman pulled out a small handkerchief from her sleeve and said, "This is my friend. Although it's not worth much, it was given to me by a guest from Beijing, but he didn't know Courtesy is less important than people's meaning." Sanqiaoer teased: "Could it be a token from your old acquaintance." The old woman laughed and said: "It's almost the same." That night, the two joked and drank.The mother-in-law said: "There are so many food and wine, why don't you give some to the men and women in the kitchen? Also teach him to make a fuss, like a festival night." Sanqiaoer really gave four bowls of food and two pots of wine to the maid and took them down. go upstairs.The two women and one man ate once, and each went to rest.

Besides, the mother-in-law asked while drinking: "Why don't the officials go home?" Sanqiaoer said: "It's been a year and a half." The mother-in-law said: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl also meet once a year. It’s been half a year since we arrived. As the saying goes, the first-rank official, the second-rank guest. Where is the place where the guests are not romantic? Only the lady at home is suffering.” Sanqiaoer sighed, bowed her head and remained silent.The old woman said: "It's the old man who talks too much. Tonight is the best time for a cow and girl. You should only drink and have fun, and you shouldn't say hurtful words." After that, he poured wine to persuade the woman.About halfway through, the mother-in-law persuaded the two maids with wine again, saying: "This is the wedding wine for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. I advise you to have a few more glasses, so that you can marry a loving husband in the future and stay close." After eating, everyone was overwhelmed with alcohol and staggered.Sanqiaoer closed the door of the building, and he went to bed first.The two of them are free to eat and drink.

The mother-in-law ate with one end, and kept talking, "How old was the aunt when she got married?" Sanqiaoer said, "17 years old." She broke her body at the age of 13." Sanqiaoer said: "You married so early?" The mother-in-law said: "When it comes to getting married, it's the right time. Let me tell you the truth, because I learned how to use a needle at a neighbor's house. Seduced by his family's petty officials, he was greedy for his handsome appearance for a while, so he agreed to steal from him.

At the beginning, it was really painful, but after two or three times, you will feel happy.Ma'am, are you like this too? " Sanqiaoer just laughed. The woman said again: "It's so good that you don't know the taste of those words. You can't let go of what you have tasted, and your heart is always itchy.It's okay in the day, but sad at night. " Sanqiaoer said: "I think you saw a lot of people when you were in your mother's house. Thanks to you, how can you marry a yellow-flowered daughter?" "The woman said: "My old lady also knows some memories. For fear of making a fool of herself, she taught me a virgin recipe. It hurts, so I cover it. " Sanqiaoer said: "When you were a daughter, you had to sleep alone at night. The mother-in-law said: "I still remember that when my brother went out at my mother's house, I slept with my sister-in-law and took turns learning how to behave like a man on my stomach. " Sanqiaoer said: "What's the benefit of two women doing right? The old lady walked by Sanqiaoer's side, sat down next to her shoulders, and said, "Ma'am, you don't know, as long as everyone knows each other well, it's generally interesting, and it can also spread fire." " Sanqiaoer raised her hand and hit the woman on the shoulder, saying: "I don't believe it, you are lying. " Seeing that his desire has been moved, the old woman deliberately provoked him, and said: "I am 52 years old this year, and I often have crazy attacks at night. " Sanqiaoer said: "You old man can't survive, why don't you still go to beat men?" The mother-in-law said: "Broken flowers and withered willows, who wants me now?"To tell you the truth, I also have a way to make fun of myself and rescue emergencies. "

Sanqiaoer said, "How can you tell a lie?"

After all, I saw a moth spinning on the lamp, and the woman flapped her fan, deliberately extinguished the lamp, and shouted: "Ah! I'm going to light a lamp myself." Then she went to open the door of the building.Chen Dalang has already walked up the stairs by himself, and has been lying beside the door for a long time. ──They are all pre-set traps by the mother-in-law.The mother-in-law said, "I forgot to bring a lamp." Turning around again, she led Chen Dalang to lie down on her couch.The mother-in-law went downstairs once, and came back up and said, "It's late at night, and the fire in the kitchen has been extinguished. What should I do?" Sanqiaoer said, "I'm used to sleeping with a light on. It's dark, so I'm not afraid of people."

The mother-in-law said: "How about sleeping with you in bed?" Sanqiaoer was about to ask him how to save the emergency, and replied, "Very good." The mother-in-law said: "Mother, you go to bed first, and I will go to bed after closing the door." Come." Sanqiaoer took off her clothes first, went to bed, and shouted: "You old man, go to sleep." The old woman replied, "Here I come." But she dragged Chen Dalang up on the couch, naked in Sanqiao Go to bed.Sanqiaoer touched her body and said: "You are so old, you are so smooth!" The man didn't reply, he got under the quilt and held the woman as his mouth.The woman still thought she was a woman, and hugged her hands.The man jumped up suddenly and started to do something.The woman had one too many glasses of wine, and her drunken eyes were hazy;One is a young woman with Huaichun in her boudoir, and the other is a talented man who admires her in the guest house;It is clear that a long drought and sweet rain are better than meeting an old friend in a foreign land.Chen Dalang is a man who has walked through the field of love and moon. He turned upside down and turned the phoenix upside down.After the cloud and rain were over, Sanqiaoer Fang asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Dalang met downstairs, admired each other so much, asked Mrs. Xue to use her tricks, and said in detail: "Now that I have lived my life, I will die in peace." The woman walked to the bed and said, "It's not that I am old and bold. Come to pity my aunt who lives alone in her youth, and secondly, to save Chen Lang's life; you two are also destined to be married in the past life, not to do old things." Sanqiaoer said: "This is the case, what if my husband realizes it?" Grandma Zi said: "You know this and I know it. I only bought two girls, Qingyun and Nuanxue, and they are not allowed to talk too much. Who else will leak it? On the old body, you are allowed to have fun every night, and there are some things. Just don't forget about your old age in the future." Sanqiaoer couldn't care less when she came here, and the two of them went wild again, until the five o'clock drums passed, and the sky was about to dawn, the two of them were reluctant to part.The mother-in-law urged Chen Dalang to get up and sent him out.

Since then, there will be no nights, either the mother-in-law will come together, or the man will come by himself.The two maids were snuggled up to him by the mother-in-law, and frightened him with good and bad words; they also taught the mistress to reward him with some clothes; Hi, I have made my own way.Night came and went, every time they went out and back, they were greeted and sent off by two servant girls, without barriers at all.It's really you who are greedy for my love, like glue, better than a couple.Chen Dalang wanted to get acquainted with this woman, so he made good clothes and jewelry for him from time to time, and paid back half of the money he owed to his mother-in-law, and thanked her with 100 taels of silver.We have been in contact for more than half a year, and this man is worth a thousand gold.Sanqiaoer also has more than 30 taels of silver to give to the woman.The mother-in-law is only looking for these ill-gotten gains, so she is willing to take the lead.None of this is a problem.

The ancients said: There is no banquet in the world that never ends.It's just past the 15th Lantern Festival, and it's Qingming March again.Chen Dalang thought of wasting his business for a long time and wanted to return home.Ye Lai talked to the woman about the knowledge, and the two were deeply kind and righteous, and they did not give up each other.The woman is willing to pack up some things and escape with the man to be a long-term husband and wife.Chen Dalang said: "No way. The whole story of our acquaintance is in Grandma Xue's belly. It is the master Lu Gong, who sees me going into the city every night, doesn't he have some doubts? Besides, there are so many people on the passenger ship, how can I hide that? You can't take it with you. When your husband comes back, how can you give up if you find out the reason? The lady has the right to be patient. At this time next year, I will come here to find a quiet place and whisper to you. At that time, the two will be together. Let's go, without being noticed by ghosts and ghosts, but not stable?" The woman said: "What if you don't come next year?" Chen Dalang made an oath.The woman said: "Since you are sincere, the slave family will never be responsible. If you come to your hometown, if there is someone who is convenient, ask him to send a letter to Mrs. Xue, and teach the slave family to be free." Chen Dalang said: "I use my heart , without payment."

A few days later, Chen Dalang hired a boat, loaded it with food, and came to say goodbye to the woman again.This night is doubly nostalgic.Talk for a while, cry for a while, and sway for a while, and never close your eyes for a whole night.When she got up at five o'clock, the woman went to open the box, took out a treasure called "Pearl Shirt", and handed it to Chen Dalang, saying: "This shirt is an inheritance from the Jiang family. If you wear it in summer, it will be cool to the bone. The way of heaven is getting hotter and hotter, and it is really useful. I will commemorate you, and wearing this shirt will be as close to my body as my slave's." Chen Dalang cried so hard that he became soft.The woman put on the shirt with the man herself, asked the servant girl to open the door, and sent him out in person, cherishing it again and again before saying goodbye.The poem said: In the past, I left my husband with tears, but today I mourn and send off my joy.I hate how watery women are, attracting wild birds to win Wenluan.

The words are divided into two ends.But it is said that Chen Dalang has this pearl shirt, and he wears it close to his body every day, and then takes it off at night, and sleeps with him under the quilt, never leaving.There was a favorable wind along the way, and within two months I traveled to the ground of Fengqiao in Suzhou Prefecture.That Fengqiao is the gathering place of Chai Mi Ya, so it is a must to drop the goods at the owner's house, no problem.Suddenly one day, I went to a banquet with a fellow countryman. At the banquet, I met a guest from Xiangyang, who was very handsome.That person is none other than Jiang Xingge.It turns out that Brother Xing bought some pearls, tortoise shell, sumac, agarwood, etc. in Guangdong, and got up together.The partners discussed with each other, and they all have to go to Suzhou to sell.Brother Xing has heard for a long time that "heaven on the top and Suzhou and Hangzhou on the bottom". It's such a big place, and he intends to go there again and do this business before returning.I went to Suzhou in mid-October last year.Because he is an incognito businessman, everyone is called Luo Xiaoguan, so Chen Dalang is not even more puzzled.The two of them met by chance, they were similar in age and appearance, Tan Tu faced each other and admired each other.During the impromptu meeting, we asked about the place and visited each other, and the two became confidantes, and we met from time to time.

Brother Xing finished discussing the guest account and wanted to get up. He went to Chen Dalang's apartment to say goodbye.At this time in late May, the weather is hot.The two undressed and drank, and Chen Dalang revealed his pearl shirt.Brother Xing was astonished, and he didn't want to recognize him, so he only praised the beauty of the shirt.Assuming that he knew each other, Chen Dalang asked, "There is brother Jiang Xing's house in Dashi Street, Guixian County. Can you recognize brother Luo?" Don't know each other, why did brother Chen ask him?" Chen Dalang said: "I will tell you the truth, my brother has something to do with him." Then he told Sanqiaoer about his friendship.Pulling on the shirt and looking at it, he said with tears in his eyes, "This shirt is a gift from him. Elder brother is leaving here, and my younger brother has a letter. Please send it to the noble residence tomorrow."

Brother Xing agreed: "You deserve it, you deserve it." He pondered in his heart: "There are such strange things! Now that the pearl shirt is the proof, it's not a lie." At the moment, it's like a needle pricking the belly, and he refuses to drink because of reason. Get up quickly and don't go.

Going back to the next place, I thought about it and got annoyed, and when I got annoyed, I thought about it again, wishing I could learn a way to shrink the ground and get home in an instant.Clean up overnight, and get on the boat the next morning.I saw a person on the shore rushing out of breath, but it was Chen Dalang.I handed a large package of letters to Brother Xing, and told me to send them.Brother Xing was so angry that his face turned pale, he couldn't speak, he couldn't speak, he couldn't die, he couldn't live.After Chen Dalang left, when he was reading the book, he wrote on the face: "Please send this book to Mother Xue's house in Dongxiang, Dashi Street." Xingge got angry and tore it open with one hand, but it was a pink crepe sweat towel more than eight feet long. .There is also a long box of paper paste, which contains a suet jade hairpin.The book reads: "Two small things, please pass on to my beloved wife Sanqiaoer to collect them, and talk about them as a memorial. The time to meet will be in the coming spring. Cherish, cherish." Brother Xing was furious and tore up the book It was smashed and left in the river; picked up the jade hairpin and threw it on the board of the boat, folded it into two pieces, and thought of it: "I'm so confused!
Why not leave this as a testimony. " Then he picked up the hairpin and sweat towel, made a pack, and urged the boat to set off.

(End of this chapter)