Chapter 49: Peony Blossoms
Because the three families partnered to hold a funeral for Widow Wu, the entire Lingshan County was unexpectedly lively. Many people stopped working and came to see the excitement. Even Bai Peony, the proprietress of the embroidery workshop in the east of the city, is willing to give up three days' income to give the embroidery girls a holiday to see the excitement. Some small traders and hawkers also seized the business opportunity and set up stalls near the local protection house, what noodles, artichoke dough, twist, rice skin and other snacks attracted villagers from all over the country, and the wicker lane in the east of the city was crowded like a temple fair. The three families, big and small, all wore linen and filial piety, knelt on the street, and let others insult them. set up a stage to sing operas and hold a banquet, but did not accept gift money. Three days cost more than three hundred taels of silver. Even so, the three of them were still happily alive, after all, the godmother would not come back, which meant that their longevity was still there.
The proprietress of the embroidery workshop in the east of the city is a ruthless character, stunned to watch the drama for three days, this day to the evening, has long been tired of not being a look, then sit on a sedan chair back to the embroidery workshop, also too lazy to freshen up, early in the quilt to sleep, but just fell asleep, but heard someone knock on the door, the sound rhythm is familiar: dang, dangdang, dangdang, dang. He couldn't help but scold suspiciously: "What wild cat, what kind of knock in the middle of the night?"
But the voice still rang in my ears. She thought to herself, except for Lu Zhutou, there is really no one in this Lingshan County who is impatient and dares to tease her like this.
So she got up scolding, pulled out the cat's eyes, looked out, and gasped, why was he, didn't he be arrested. In order to prevent fraud, she coquettishly said: "Dead ghost, people have watched the drama all day, and they are tired, you go back first, and tomorrow the old lady will come to entertain you after she cleans up." ”
But as soon as she was about to turn around, the door creaked open, as if she had met a ghost. Only then did she notice that the man was really Lu Zhutou, except that he was not wearing an official uniform, he had a frosty face, and there were two strong men standing behind him, one covering his left eye, and his right cheekbone was plastered. The other has a pig's face. She had no choice but to smile at the man: "Ouch! Didn't Lu Zhutou go out of the house, why did he come back so soon." ”
That Lu Zhutou still had a frosty face, and sat on the Taishi chair. didn't speak for a long time, Ren Bai Peony was easy to say, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Look at me caught it, and climbed the high branch again?"
The white peony is also a human spirit, and he is busy compensating Lu Zhutou. "Where, people have watched the play for three days, and their backs hurt, with you covering me, who would dare. ”
Only then did Lu Zhutou put down his face and said, "I'm afraid that you will be scared at night, so I will rush back to accompany you early." ”
The white peony was stunned when he heard this, and said, "I invited you so ceremoniously, why do you have to stay for a few more days." ”
That Lu Zhutou laughed: "I don't want to live with them, so I came back, why, Uncle Ben is not welcome." ”
The white peony is also an old fritter on the Fengyue field, and when he heard this, he hurriedly hugged Lu Zhu's head, and said coquettishly: "What kind of person is Lu Ye, just their few deflated people want to keep the master, and they are still a little tender." ”
Lu Zhutou said to the two black-clothed men behind him: "You two are here." The two of them obeyed in unison, and then hugged their arms to their chests, and the black bats on their arms were very eye-catching.
Bai Peony looked at it, his face was already frightened, and he hurriedly pulled Lu Zhutou to the house, and began to undress, but Lu Zhutou waved his hand and said: "Lord is tired today, I will repair you another day, you first take out the 30,000 taels of silver tickets I put here for you that time, and I don't plan to mix in the official mansion, I have to take some silver for the brothers to spend." ”
The white peony lost color when she heard this, and said: "My lord, how can there be so many, a total of 25,000 taels, I'm afraid you remember it wrong." ”
Then Lu Zhutou was very surprised and said: "It's impossible, you must have given it to you, or I want two black bats outside the door to come in and help you find it." ”
The white peony smiled and said: "Where did Lu Zhutou say, I remembered it wrong just now, I took it out, you can know it by a little bit." After that, he took out a small box from the box under the bed, took out a small box from it, took out a package from it, and handed it to Lu Zhutou, who didn't open it, checked it with his hand, and said, the amount is right, so I won't look at it. Then he took the package into his arms and said, "Let's go." He pinched the white peony's blown-up face and said, "I'll clean you up when I'm free." ”
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out, and the two black bat members just glanced at the white peony with their eyes, and they stabbed her in half. How dare she squeak.