Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 33: Wine and Joy
The last book was about Master An who came to Chu’s Village to find out about the news of the thirteenth younger sister. He happened to gossip with Chu Yiguan. He heard that Deng Jiugong was back. The dealer rushed to welcome him out.The master thought to himself: "This Deng Jiugong is so difficult to talk about by everyone. I don't know how to make a character? Let me take a look at him first." Then, he still put on the hat and went to the corner gate. Hidden behind the door and peeped out.

It just so happened that Deng Jiuzheng came in through the east screen door, and he was wearing an old felt hat with a narrow brim, with a heightened and enlarged crown of Tibetan chrysanthemums nailed to it, and a short pinch of phoenix tail thread strewn on it. Red tassels; wearing a cotton padded jacket with camel hair and narrow sleeves, tied with a blue crepe bag, with double buttons, hanging in front; There is a long-sleeved mandarin jacket in red wool, with a vertical collar and an open button door; a pair of thin-soled fast boots under the feet.The figure was about six feet tall.A fleshy red face, starry eyes and sword eyebrows, high nose and big ears.There is a silver beard under the chin, which extends over the temples and is about two feet long. It is blown flutteringly by the wind, covering half of the body.Although people in their eighties look like they are only in their sixties.He was rubbing two iron balls with one hand, and strode in from the villa gate.

I just heard him walking and saying: "Children like you don't hear it! I told you that I have something on my mind these days and I feel uncomfortable. When relatives and friends come, no matter who he is, they will return to him." Said that I can't receive, and people who are waiting don't have to let in. Why did you surround the gate with vehicles and animals? What's the reason? Young master, really, you live here is your three-acre land ? My idea of ​​money can’t be done?” Chu Yiguan quickly replied: “Old man, here we go again. How can this be misleading? Your old man is the head of the family. Who would dare not say something? Listen? Just because the person who came here today is not an outsider, but my uncle's face, and relatives are polite, why don't we let him come in for a bowl of tea?" Then Deng Jiugong said: "Oh, uncle's face! Uncle is here, I, Deng Laojiu, are right! There is no such thing as a bad thing, is it because of my uncle that I can’t say a word? It’s not that I’m saying something different, what kind of relatives does uncle have? My friend, you should invite him to Washington, but you want to make fun of me at this moment, what's the point?"

When Hua Zhong heard this, he said: "It's not good, this is coming for me." Yin accompanied him with a smile: "Father, you old man listen to me, if I recognize such an ordinary person for nothing, I will definitely not accept it." Invite him in because he is a master. What is wrong with you, old man!" Hearing this, Deng Jiugong frowned, narrowed his eyes, and said, "What is the master? Who is the master? I, Deng Jiuzhan, is supported by the heaven and the earth. What I receive is the flesh and blood of my parents. What I eat is the water and soil of the emperor. I am the master! Who is the master? How much does the 'master' sell for each?" Chu One official was afraid that Mr. An would be indecent, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "You don't want this sentence, old man." Seeing what he said, Deng Jiugong left Hua Zhong and said to him, "Oh, I was wrong? Show you first If you don't change after the kiss, you bully me for being old and incompetent? If you don't believe it, we men will compete." As he said, he rolled up the sleeves of the big mandarin jacket, raised his fist and waited for his hand.

The old man saw it from the door and said, "It won't work if you do it!" He ran to him quickly, bowed on the floor, and said, "Old man Jiu Gong, please don't do it! Listen to what Wan Sheng has to say." Then Deng Jiu Gong was shaking his fists, when he suddenly saw a man coming out from the west corner door to persuade him, he took a closer look and saw that the man was wearing an old-faced gray three-chrysanthemum silk cotton gown without a skirt, and a sky blue Dutch A rain satin thick cotton mandarin jacket with double ermine sleeves rolled up, and a blue felt hat covering the head. There is no hat that can be seen, and it is worn with or without a top.He raised his fist and looked at it, then asked Chu Yiguan, "Who is this?" Hua Zhong was afraid that he would say something else, so he quickly said, "This is our master." Master An even shouted: "You are a good man Stupid, why are you still talking like this!" Because he said to Deng Jiugong: "Wansheng passed by from now on, and met our surname Hua, so he saw this Mr. Chu, and mentioned it, and knew that Jiugong was here too. Wanshengjiu Hearing the great name, it was like thunder, and they wanted to see him. The two of them resigned repeatedly, but Wan Sheng didn't know how to advance or retreat for a while, so he had to wait and see his face. This matter has nothing to do with the two of them. Now that Jiu Gong is impatient, Wan Sheng Resign immediately, and you must not ruin your kinship with me because of an outsider." After finishing speaking, he bowed again.

When the old man saw Mr. An's situation, he was a little bit willing in his heart, and said, "wait a minute, I also heard that our uncle is an official, so let me hear your name first." At this moment, he only carelessly rubbed the iron ball with one hand, and the fist slowly came down.

When Mr. An asked, he said, "Don't dare, my late-born surname is An, and my name is Xuehai." After saying this, his eyes froze, and he let out a "ha" and said, "Your name is An Xuehai." Hai? Could it be that you were the magistrate of Nanhe County, Mr. An Qingtian, who was unjustly read a copy by Tan Eryin?" Master An said: "The late student was the magistrate of the river worker for a few days, and now he has resigned from office. "

When Deng Jiugong heard this, he clapped his hands and said to the crowd: "I said you children, Zizuizi, a sweat is useless!" Chu Yiguan said, "What's the matter, old man?" Deng Jiugong opened his eyes. With big eyes, he said: "You may not know the foundation of Mr. An. He belongs to the Conglong family under the emperor's feet. When he was in Nanhe, he refused to make a lot of money from the court, and he refused to let the common people receive a share. Tired, he is a good official who is as clear as water and as bright as a mirror. He is like a golden mountain! This is one. Besides, I was born and raised in Huai’an Prefecture. When he came to our house, it was as if the Sun Lord had shone into the house. What's the matter, you didn't even open the hall, and let him go to the back corner? You did this?" Chu Yiguan Hearing this, I said in my heart: "Come on, that's enough for me!" He hurriedly said: "We can't do it, you have to worry about it, old man!" As he said, he secretly winked at the dealers and said, "Come on, let's clean up." Go to the lobby!"

Only then did Deng Jiugong turn to the next step and let Mr. An wait for tea in the lobby.The master took off the hat and hood, handed it to Hua Zhong, and entered the house.Deng Jiugong hurriedly put the pair of iron balls in his arms, and said to Mr. An: "Old parents, the people Deng Zhenbiao kowtow! Forgive me for my weak waist and legs, so I can't give a full salute." After that, he bowed.The master pays his respects.At this time, the master has seen through that Deng Jiugong is a man who values ​​friendship, Shangyi, talkative and unintentional, and is old and aggressive, so he said: "Jiugong, I, An, came to the hall for the first time today, and I saw your heroism, and you are still so energetic at this age. The name is well-founded. I, An, can meet such a person, and I will live my life! I have a bow here." As he said, he bowed down by returning the bow.In a panic, Deng Jiugong hurriedly climbed down to return the salute, saying: "My old parents, don't break my fodder for Deng Zhenbiao!"While grasping the master's arm with the big palm, he put his hand on the diaphragm and helped him up.Seeing him kneel down, it's more convenient than Master An.

The master got up and said to him again: "Let's explain something first. The titles of 'parents' and 'people' were originally clichés in the officialdom. May I ask which local officials are really worthy of the common people? Parents of the people? Besides, I am a man of the end, and I am not a member of the public family. It would be vulgar to have to be called like this. In terms of age, I am more than 87 years older than me. If you don’t give up, How about I recognize you as an elder brother today?" Deng Jiugong was overjoyed when he heard this, but he humbly said, "This is not right! What kind of foundation do you have, old parents! Although I, Deng Laojiu, are so old It's nothing, it's easy to jump up!" The master said: "Stop talking about it! Your husband and I are brothers in the world." As he said, he bowed down again.Deng Jiugong also kowtowed in a hurry, got up and took the master's hand, laughed loudly, and said, "brother, this is really your wrong love. You brother lived to be 90 years old this year, and he will be [-] years old in three years. In the seventeen provinces of the world, I have traveled for a long time and made countless friends. Today, I met a person like you, and my life is not in vain!" As he said, he danced happily , smiling and brow flying.Chu Yiguan waited and watched, and he was also very happy.

Deng Jiugong said to Chu Yiguan: "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful. You can't make mistakes during the festival. My uncle, you also come to see your second uncle." The official came over quickly and saluted again.The master pulled him up.At this moment, Hua Zhong shook his head, and brought a piece of silk to the master to dust off his clothes. The master laughed and said, "It's not easy to work, uncle!" , While smashing the soil, he said: "There is no such thing as a slave here." Master An ordered him: "You call the uncle." Deng Jiugong said: "So the young master is here too. Everyone under your flag is called 'Brother', please! Please!"

Mr. An had known the news over there a long time ago, and when he heard the master's call, he brought Dai Qin and Sui Yuan'er over.Mr. An pointed to Mr. Deng Jiu and said to the young master, "This is Mr. Nine, please greet me." The young master greeted him respectfully.He was so happy that Deng Jiugong held him in both hands and said, "Old nephew, I can't be humble enough for you." He looked at the master and said, "brother, you are so lucky! Look at this, it will be a mess in the future." Sit down!"

For a while, Chu Yiguan brought three more bowls of tea on the lacquered wooden tray.When the old man saw it, he was unwilling again, and said, "Grandpa, look, why did you make this guy pour tea for the second uncle? It's not a courtesy to show us! There is the imperial poem given to me by the guest from Jiujiang the day before yesterday." Cover the bowl, and say that it is a poem written by the current Buddha, and the creeping pot sent by the Second Mansion of the General Yun of Suzhou, and the spring tea before the rain that suits us, you take it out." Chu Yiguan agreed. , just about to leave, the master hurriedly stopped him and said: "Don't bother, I don't drink much tea. I need something at this time, old brother, don't laugh at me as worthless, I'm afraid you may not have it here. .”

Deng Jiugong was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "brother, can it be possible to eat opium with a person like you?" Do you have this thing in your old man's house?"

Seeing the question, Deng Jiugong pressed both hands on the table, leaned forward, and said, "how can you say, brother, are you also good at drinking?" The master said, "it's not good at drinking, but you're worthless. You're greedy for drinking." Deng Jiugong said: "Oh, oh, oh, let me hear, how much can I drink?" The master said: "I used to drink all the time when I was young, and I didn't know what it meant to be drunk; Twenty or thirty catties is enough to drink." Deng Jiugong jumped up happily when he heard this, and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you! It's a pleasure to meet you! Interesting! Interesting! I don't want to meet such a bosom friend today! Brother Yu took a sip of wine, The big guys followed him, and said how this thing is spleen-damp, and what kind of wine can have sex and sex. What about it? I’ve been drinking it for 80 years, and I haven’t seen him messing around. You see that Drunk, has he ever beaten and scolded himself? These are all rumors made by those worthless people who don't know how to drink." Then he said to Chu Yiguan: "In this case, don't make trouble It's tea. Don't you have the four big flower carvings that you got the day before yesterday? Let's open a pot of them today for your second uncle to drink."

Chu Yiguan said: "Pull it down, old man! I will go no matter what your old man asks me to do. I dare not touch your old man's wine alone. How did you shake your flesh when you came back? I don't know how to warm up my hair. I don't understand drinking that stuff, and I can't figure it out. When I find your old girl, you can tell him yourself. Besides, the second uncle is here, so you should ask him to come out and meet." Deng Jiugong Said: "That's true, you go."

It turned out that although the lady of the Chu family was waiting for Master He'an to speak, she was listening behind the window in case his father's temper could not be trusted.Hearing this, he came out and saw it again.Yin said: "The old man doesn't need to worry about these things. I heard that the old brothers are so enthusiastic when they see each other. I am ready. Besides, if you want to drink, you have to talk. This is not the place to talk. As a family, it is natural to invite the second uncle to sit in our house. Besides, it is not early today, and the second uncle is waiting for the far away, should he be allowed to live elsewhere? Naturally, the old man will be left at home for a long time. Stay for two days. If your old man needs something, just go, there will be someone at home to take care of you.”

Deng Jiugong said: "Yes, yes! Thanks to you for supporting me." Yin said: "Hey, brother, it's not good for a person to be two years old. Now I rely on our aunt. You and I Follow him, stay for a few days, let's have two more drinks!"

After hearing this, Mr. An expected that this matter would take a lot of talk, so he had to leave today, and said, "It's very good, just to disturb you." Then he ordered his family to send away the cars and animals, and bring in the luggage. , and went in with Jiu Gong.Arrived at the main room first.It turned out that the main house was lived by Chu Yiguan and his wife. There were also a few hardwood wooden utensils and a few brand-new furnishings in the room, but they were arranged in a nondescript manner. There are also balances, abacus, ledgers, etc. piled up.Deng Jiugong said: "He's making a fuss here, let's sit in my little room."

Then let the master go out of the main room and pass through a screen door on the west courtyard wall.I saw a screen wall with colorful paintings standing at the door, passing the screen wall, a large and wide courtyard, two big locust trees cover half of the courtyard, and there are also piles of unreasonable rocks, tall and short. Several clumps of bamboo are planted in different density and density, and there is an irregular hexagonal pavilion on the southwest corner.The house was small with five rooms, all with large glass windows.As soon as you enter the door, there are three rooms in the main room, and two rooms in the east and west.Deng Jiugong asked master an to sit on the north bed in the middle, and young master an to sit by the south window.

Mrs. Chu poured tea in a hurry, and said to Deng Jiugong: "Call our aunt and grandma out to meet me, so you can help me." Mrs. Chu said: "Second Uncle is not a joke, and neither are we." Yin said: "Second Uncle, you don't know, my father only raised me, and I have no brothers. I wish I had another relative. Besides, my father is at this age, no matter how I serve, there is always something that I can’t serve. So I said, find someone for the old man. The old man didn’t like it after seeing a few times, but when he saw this one later, because he We are from Huai'an, so we stayed. Although he is not good-looking, he is an excellent warm-hearted man. It's my great fortune. When I call him, the second uncle will take a look." Master An said: "It's great, and there must be such a person to serve. I'd like to see our sister-in-law."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chu went to Xijian to find him by herself.Before he came to the front, he only heard the sound of the curtain, and a person came out.Mr. An was sitting on the top of the main room with his head facing west, and he could see it vividly.Look at that man, about 30 years old, wearing a purplish red padded jacket, a peach red shirt, a big red collar, and double water red sleeves. The trousers, facing the pair of Jin Lianer, which is more than four inches, are wearing a pair of small lotus color shoes, the color matches very well.He wears a gold bracelet and jade bracelet, which jingle, and an apricot-yellow embroidered handkerchief with mandarin ducks playing in the water is tied to the bracelet.The temple hairpin on the head is full of pearls, emerald and emerald, and beside the hairpin is a red gold ear digger for monkeys climbing poles.Beautifully dressed and brightly decorated.

(End of this chapter)