The Liu family sat in Lu Jia's room for a meal, was reprimanded, and begged for a boring child, before hiding his face and returning to the room.

It was past noon when I returned to the room, and it was not too early to welcome the summer, so I called Honeysuckle to the kitchen to get food. That honeysuckle was sitting on the steps outside the corridor flipping the flower drum, listening to the sound of summer, but as if he didn't hear it, he sat and refused to move. Ying Xia got angry, stepped forward to twist her ears, and scolded: "Little hoof, I told you not to move." Mrs. came back to eat, what are you doing here dying?! ”

Honeysuckle couldn't bear the pain, and he was very unconvinced, so he replied: "Mrs. went to the old lady's room, and then she came back, and walked for half a day under the poisonous sun, where can I eat." When Sister Changchun was in this house, she must have asked her wife to eat two cups of tea to settle down. When it came to Sister Yingxia, this rule was changed. This Yingxia is very taboo people mentioned Changchun in front of her, and when she heard this, her liver was immediately on fire, and she chiseled two chestnuts on her head, and scolded: "The little hooves that are not high and low, only recognize Changchun in their eyes!" No one knows where the plague has gone, and you are still here to be faithful! What are you doing if I can't get you moving?! Mrs. wants to eat, you just care about playing here, and see how Mrs. sends you down! ”

They were making a fuss here, and when the Liu family heard the movement, they called Yingxia in and asked, "What's the matter, you guys are making such a noise?" Yingxia added oil and sauce to talk about it, and said: "The hooves are full of mouths and only say that they listen to Yingchun's orders, sit and play, and refuse to go!" This Yingchun is also the Liu family's enemy, she is full of discomfort, listening to Yingxia's words, immediately angry, reprimanded: "Let this little hoof kneel in the courtyard with a stone on his head, I don't talk about it, no one is allowed to let her get up!" Yingxia got this sound, hurriedly walked out of the door, twisted Honeysuckle's ears to the corner of the wall, scolded her to kneel, and picked up a stone with her own hands and put it on her head. That honeysuckle was full of grievances, but he didn't dare to speak, and he was reluctantly punished.

The honeysuckle was over, and when he saw that there was no one to call, he had to take Liu's food from the kitchen in person, and when he came back, he bumped into Baolian. She knew that this was the red man beside the old lady, so she hurriedly laughed and said, "It's noon, the poisonous sun is shining, how can Sister Baolian have time to come?" Come in and sit down, you don't have to let the sun burn. This Baolian smiled and said, "The old lady asked me to bring some things to my wife." Before she could say a word, Ying Xia had already seen the package in her arms and hurriedly invited her into the door.

When the two walked to the courtyard, Baolian saw the stone above Honeysuckle's head, knelt down in front of the wall, and couldn't help asking, "What mistake did this Honeysuckle make, and Mrs. punished her like this?" At noon, the sun is scorching, how can it be good to get sick? This Yingxia treacherously made a slippery smile: "I said the same thing, but this little hoof only cares about playing, missed his wife's lunch, and his wife is annoyed to punish her like this." Or I persuaded for a long time, and that's it, otherwise I don't know how to suffer. Pauline sighed: "My wife's temper is becoming more and more violent now. With that, the two stepped up the stairs.

When he entered the house, Liu was sitting on the edge of the kang, and when he saw her come in, he nodded and said, "The old lady asked you to send silver?" Pauline replied: "Exactly, the old lady also said that she asked the lady to find a proper outsider to send it." Don't be seen by irrelevant people, and be born again. The Liu family responded, and there was nothing else to say, so Baolian retreated.

After sending Baolian away, Liu said to Yingxia: "Now that this matter is this, I have to worry about your family again." You know, all the people in our family are in the hands of your grandmother, and none of them are reliable. Yingxia said with a smile on her face: "Mrs. is polite, it is a small duty to do errands according to orders, where do you dare to say that it is annoying." With that, Liu handed her the money and gave her another order.

Yingxia took the money and went to find her brother as usual. However, when she gave the silver to her brother, she withheld ten taels of silver for her own sake, and only forty taels of silver from him. The little monkey was also a little elf, and secretly withheld ten taels of silver behind his sister's back, and only gave the thirty taels of silver to the Zhang family.

At that time, Aunt Zhang was worried about her family's future plans at home, and suddenly got this sum of silver taels, so she was as happy as the heavens, and asked the little guy a few words.

The little guy relayed the words of Yingxia one by one. Aunt Zhang listened to the Lu family's tone of reconciliation, her eyes rolled, and suddenly her eyes were full of tears, her face was full of grief and indignation, and she said hoarsely to the little girl: "Your young master of the Lu family has ruined my daughter's body, so you will use this money to seal our mouths, when we are asking Huazi to send it away?!" My daughter, an innocent girl, let you harm this field that is not up and down, and you want to let go like this, there is no such cheap thing! You go back and sue your old lady and wife, if you don't give us an explanation of this matter, I will definitely sue! Don't say what kind of general your young master is doing now, even if he is the king and worship the prime minister, I will not spare him if I fight for this life! ”

Where had that little guy seen such a scene, he was scolded by Aunt Zhang, startled, and ran away like a gust of wind after dropping the silver.

At this time, Zhang Xueyan came out of the house and said sickly: "Mother, it's better to forget about this matter." The Xia family is really powerful, and the cousin refuses to admit it, so it is really difficult to start. Aunt Zhang smiled at her and said, "Good child, you are so good at giving birth and recuperating, you don't have to worry about this matter." I asked you to enter his Lu family to be a second grandmother. Zhang Xueyan saw that her mother refused to let go, and knew that it would be useless to say anything more, so she sighed and went to the door again.

Aunt Zhang counted the silver, and when she saw that she only got thirty taels, she secretly cursed a few stingy words in her heart, and took the silver back to the house and accepted it without mentioning it.

Besides, Xia Chunchao and his wife didn't know about the Lu Jia clan and the Liu clan, so they circled in the house for a day, and decided to go out to watch the play together the next day, and they didn't say anything for a day.

When I got up the next day, Xia Chunchao got up and dressed up, cleaned up the housework, and gave instructions to several housekeepers before leaving. That Lu Chengyong had already ordered someone to get out of the carriage and waited impatiently at the door. Seeing her come out, they hurriedly greeted her, and the husband and wife boarded the car hand in hand and went out together.

Walking all the way to Wing Chun Garden, the two got off the bus and saw that there was a lot of traffic in front of the opera garden, and there was an endless stream of visitors. Lu Chengyong looked around, and saw that the hall was full of shadows, and the crowd was surging, as if it was crowded with people, so he said: "If I lose my spot, I'm afraid there will be no place." As he spoke, he asked the two men who greeted the visitors at the gate of the garden, "Excuse me, is there any room in it?" We brought our ladies and wanted to find a private room. The guy looked the two up and down, and saw that the couple was wearing gold and silver, with luxurious clothes and ornaments, and they were not small and lovely, so they didn't dare to slack off, so they smiled and replied: "Mrs. Gongzi, I'm sorry, today is the Desheng class from Suzhou singing, and it is the pillar Liu Yuniang on stage, there are many guests, the private room is full, and there are not a few seats left in the hall." What do you two see? ”

When the two of them heard this, the Xia Chun Dynasty was gone, but Lu Chengyong felt very disappointed. He was bent on having a good time with his wife today, so how could he be hindered by such a small matter. At that moment, he asked the guy, "Go in and ask if you can vacate the private room?" I'll pay you double the money for the play. The guy was very embarrassed, and said with an embarrassed face: "Childe, there are a lot of high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing, and we can't afford to offend anyone who they are." As soon as these words came out, the couple both understood their meaning: the capital is no better than other places, and high-ranking officials and lords abound. This place is not only the most popular theater in the capital, but also the people who watch the theater in the private room must be some dignitaries. Such a family no longer has a reason to sell a private room for money.

Seeing this, Xia Chunchao said to Lu Chengyong: "That's it, don't embarrass others." The drama is not unique to this family, and it is common for us to listen to it elsewhere. Lu Chengyong listened to the lady's words, nodded in response, and was about to leave together. The guy saw that this business was about to fly, and hurriedly said: "There is another way, but I don't know what the two of you mean." ”

When the couple heard this, they immediately stopped. The guy said, "There's a private room upstairs, it's not all inclusive, it's half empty." It's just that the private room is a lady Hanlin who brought a maid here. If you don't dislike it, I'll ask you for both of you to see if that lady can let you fight. ”

When Lu Chengyong heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "You go." The fellow got a sound and ran away. Xia Chunchao then said: "You are also doing this too much, since you are a lady, how can you be willing to fight with us?" It's the same if you go elsewhere, so why stay here. Lu Chengyong said with a smile: "This Wing Chun Garden is the first famous opera garden in Beijing, and I will definitely come here to listen to the opera." What's more, this Desheng class has come recently, and the pillar Liu Yuniang is singing Xiaodan, and the voice is like a jade flute, and people who have heard it say that it is rare. If you don't listen now, I'm afraid that in two months, this Desheng class will go elsewhere, and you won't be able to listen to it anymore. ”

While he was talking, the guy had already returned, and said with a smile to the two: "That lady is good at discussing and agreeing to fight." It's just that because they only have female dependents, it is inconvenient for the son to go up, so he only asks the wife to go up, and the son is wronged to sit in this hall. When Xia Chunchao heard this, he didn't want to stay here. But Lu Chengyong said: "That's fine, so as not to embarrass people by being caught in it." I'm sitting in this hall, too. When the play is over, let's go together. Xia Chunchao saw that he insisted on doing this, and couldn't bear to brush off his kindness, so he nodded and agreed.

At that moment, the guy shouted an errand boy inside, and led Xia Chunchao and Zhu'er upstairs, and Lu Chengyong found a place to sit down in the hall and wait for the play to start.

Xia Chun went up to the theater with the master and servant, and walked around the two partition doors with the little servant. Xia Chunchao saw a sign hanging on the door, with the word "lingering incense" written on it. The door was ajar, and the little guy knocked twice on the door, then nodded and bowed, and led Xia Chun into the two generals.

Xia Chunchao entered, only to see that the furnishings in this room are very elegant, although it is only a private room of the theater, the furniture is made of mahogany, and there are celebrity calligraphy and paintings on the walls. One room was divided into two sides, one side was a mahogany inlaid stone table of eight immortals, and a young woman sat next to the east table, and behind her stood a maid in brocade clothes. I saw that this woman was about in her early twenties, with raw cheeks and goose fat, her eyes were full of autumn waves, two green eyebrows were curved, her lips were ruddy, her head was jeweled, she was dressed in brocade clothes, she was graceful and quiet, and her bearing was extraordinary.

The woman also looked at Xia Chunchao, and the two of them looked at each other, each smiling, but not speaking. Xia Chunchao saw that she occupied the table on the east side, so he sat down at the table on the west side. When the guy downstairs came up to sell melon seeds, candies, pastries and other things, she ordered Zhu'er to buy some, bring them in, and set a few plates. The woman over there suddenly smiled and said, "The tea leaves in this theater are not good to eat, and I have a new Jiangnan sparrow tongue here this year, which is not too rough." If this lady doesn't like it, you can take some. ”

Xia Chunchao originally saw that this woman's life was good, he was close, he intended to make friends, and he was thinking about how to talk, but when he saw her speak, he smiled and thanked her, and asked Zhu'er to go over to get tea. The woman then instructed the maid standing behind her to fetch the tea leaves, and Xia Chunchao looked at it coldly, only to see that the utensils made by the family were also extraordinary, and the jar of tea was actually gilded.

At one point, Zhu'er brought tea leaves and looked for water to make tea. Xia Chunchao talked to the woman and exchanged names. The woman said: "The little woman's maiden name is Fu, her husband's surname is Ji, and she has been married to the capital for three or four years. The clumsy husband worked as an errand in the Hanlin Academy, and I often came here to sit and sit when there was nothing to do. Today, by chance, I met my sister, and if my sister is not deficient in the future, she can often go to the door. ”。