Chapter 39: Xiao Xiang'er (Fourth Watch)
After a while, Chen. Jian brought the little girl in, but she lowered her head to her chest and kept her eyes on her feet. Seeing her coming, I asked softly, "I just heard Chen. Jian said you won't go home, why? Is there still someone in the family who is afraid that he will bully you? ”
She obviously didn't adapt to the environment here, I took it for granted, anyway, this is also a brothel, and it is really inconvenient for girls to come here. She shook her head and remained silent.
I asked, "Why is that?" You say, if you can help me, you will definitely help you, to be honest, brother, I really want to do something that can't be difficult for me. "At least I won't be afraid of anyone, even if he's a king, I added in my heart.
As soon as I finished speaking, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I beg Gongzi to take me as a slave, Xiang'er is willing to serve Gongzi for the rest of her life." ”
"What?" I reflexively said as soon as I heard it.
"Ask for the fulfillment of the son, ask for the fulfillment of the son......" she said as she kept kowtowing.
I hurriedly stepped forward to help her up and said, "What are you doing here?" Is my character really so good? You have to take the initiative to vote. ”
Unexpectedly, she replied: "Childe's character is naturally good." ”
I couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "You said you wanted to serve me, so what would you do?" You can't ask me to take care of you when the time comes. The little girl screamed for a long time, couldn't hold back a word, and suddenly cried again when her little face straddled. Dizzy, I hurriedly said: "Don't cry, I'll take you." "Now it's okay, I'll have to take care of a little slug in the future......
In fact, it is not difficult for me to guess that she was willing to be a slave out of a desire to repay her kindness, and I also accepted her because I was afraid that she would be lonely. When the little girl saw that I had agreed, she stopped crying, but she still stood helpless. I said, "Your name is Xiang'er, right?" Come, sit down and eat, and see that you haven't eaten either. ”
"Xiang'er doesn't dare." She whispered back. Dizzy, I can't see that she still understands the difference between up and down, but unfortunately I don't need to. "What dare not? Look at Chen. Jian, didn't he sit down too? I hate it when people stand and watch me eat, and if you don't sit down, I won't take you. "Chen. Jian Ye said on the side: "Xiang'er sit down, Childe is a good person, he won't blame you." ”
Xiang'er finally sat down, but she never dared to raise her head, let alone eat food. I was afraid that she wouldn't be used to eating, so I said to Xiuniang on the side: "You can ask someone to serve some rice, or she will be hungry in the afternoon." Xiuniang was obviously very interested in Xiang'er's story, but it was not easy to ask, a little girl dared to enter a brothel and beg to be taken as a slave, which was new. She ordered a bowl of rice to be served and handed it to Xiang'er herself.
When Xiang'er saw that the rice was served, she didn't dare not eat it, but just lowered her head and kept stuffing it into her mouth. Hey, I had no choice but to pick up vegetables for her myself, and said, "Xiang'er, eat more vegetables, I don't want you to be so yellow and thin all the time, as if my son abused you." I'm going to visit the Sunset Tower in the afternoon, and don't blame me if you don't have the strength to keep up and get lost. ”
When Xiang'er heard that she was afraid that I would leave her, she began to cry again: "Childe, don't leave Xiang'er, Xiang'er will eat." ”
Xiuniang on the side interjected: "Don't be afraid, Xiang'er, your son-in-law teases you, he won't leave you, don't worry." At this time, Xiuniang was completely the image of a good wife and mother, and Xiang'er was coaxed by her before she was deeply involved in the world, and she was simply answering questions, and the two chatted. I thought to myself, is this Splendid Pavilion just holding up like this? Xiu Niang's mouth is really powerful.
At this time, I asked Chen. Jian said something about Xiang'er's father, who was still lying in the alley when he took Xiang'er to find her father's body. Fortunately, they arrived one step earlier, otherwise they would have been dragged away by the city guards. Old. Jian paid a few people to carry the body to a nearby coffin shop, bought the best coffin in the store, and then asked someone to carry it to a cemetery on the outskirts of the city and bury it. Although things were done in a hurry, Xiang'er was not satisfied, and I didn't want to say much.
Old. Jian Ke was unceremonious, and swept the food on the table like a whirlwind. I'm very satisfied with this, although I eat a little extravagantly, but I don't like waste, and it's too late to have him help me eliminate my happiness. Sometimes I wonder if I'm a nouveau riche mentality, but then I think about it, what do you do with all that? If you must first divide the area for yourself, and then demand yourself with the definition of the area, wouldn't it be too tiring to live comfortably, isn't it?
Me and Chen. Jian drank wine and ate food, Xiuniang and Xiang'er chatted and ate, and the eight girls played lovesick tears. This heartwarming picture actually appeared in a brothel, which is really amazing. It's finally time to say goodbye, and it's time to leave after eating, so I got up and said, "Xiuniang, settle the bill, and my son will come back when there is a chance." ”
"That's decided, the son has to come often, and Xiuniang is waiting for you at any time." Xiuniang said.
After a few idle words, I finally paid 10,000 gold coins, although I just said that I would give 100 gold coins to each of those who left early, but it adds up to a few thousand, plus this table of wine and food and the playing of the eight women, the cap is 5 or 6 thousand gold coins, but I like to pay the whole number, so I gave her 10,000 gold coins, and I was so happy that Xiuniang couldn't close her mouth.
After coming out of the Splendid Pavilion, we continued to walk towards the Sunset Tower, fearing that we would run out of time, so we sped up. At this point, I remembered the benefits of a carriage and made up my mind to buy one.
What I didn't know was that in the room on the third floor of the Splendid Pavilion at this time, Xiuniang was desperately recommending me. Xiuniang combed people's hair and said, "Yanhong, what do you think of the Lei Gongzi who came today?" ”
Yanhong said angrily when she heard this: "What else?" A playboy, and a big loser. ”
Xiuniang smiled and said: "You, you must be angry with him, is it because he didn't ask you to sit with you a little unhappy, hehe." ”
Yan Hong said coquettishly at this time: "I don't have it, it's just a little unwilling." You said that he called so many people out and didn't call me, isn't that intentional? ”
"You're so childish, you're almost 18 years old, and you're going to start serving people in two years. I really don't want you to follow my old path, if you meet a favorite mother, I'll marry you. Xiuniang said gloomily.
Yanhong heard her say this, and also asked in a low voice: "Mother, do you think we can really have love?" ”
"Hey, child, I'm sorry for you, it's useless to be a mother."
"Mother, don't say that, my daughter has lived happily in the past eighteen years, isn't there still two years? Maybe I've found my true love. Even if you can't find it, it's nothing, and it's enough to be happy for 20 years. Mother, don't worry. ”
"Yes, yes, my mother is not worried, not worried. Yan'er, you are getting more and more beautiful, and when the time comes, the men in the whole capital will be dizzy, and you will pick whoever you like, hehe. ”
"Mother, don't talk about it."
"Okay, let's not talk about you, let me tell you about that Lei Gongzi."
"He? What is there to say? ”
"Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly. You see, when he first came today, he said that he was in a brothel for the first time,...... Then I asked the little girl, and I found out that he had paid 10,000 gold coins for hers. She didn't say that carefully, I guessed it,...... You said, he first bought a little girl for 10,000 gold coins, and then let her go home, and then looked at his performance downstairs, what kind of person do you think he should be? ”
"This Lei Gongzi is really weird, I really can't say it. He doesn't seem to treat money as money at all, saying that he is a loser, and he is out of good intentions. Let's say that he is a gentleman, and he can watch his sisters undress without changing his face. If he is a big man, it is not like it, he is so kind to his slaves that he even picks vegetables for the little girl. What kind of person is he? She whispered, the blurry face flashing to her mind, she just glanced at him hurriedly upstairs. If you have the chance, you must meet him in person, she thought. She didn't notice that Xiuniang, who was combing her hair, pulled a smile at the corner of her mouth, looking like she had succeeded in her 'treacherous scheme'.
The three of us walked together and immediately attracted the attention of people on the street. Me and Chen. Jian is chatting and watching and walking, while Xiang'er just followed step by step, watching her walk with her head down, as if we had something wrong with her. Especially since we were well-dressed, and Xiang'er was still wearing her light-colored cloth clothes. Soon we felt bad, so I quickly dragged Xiang'er into a clothing store and asked the store to choose a well-fitting outfit for her to change into.
I was surprised that the fragrance that had just been changed out was a little beauty embryo. Dressed in a beige dress, her hair is slightly trimmed, and she has a lilac hairpin, and her current red face is really amazing. This store really has a vision, and can turn a Cinderella into a little princess. I nodded with satisfaction and said, "The proprietress is really amazing, I will come here to buy clothes in the future." ”
We paid and went back to the street again, but unfortunately Xiang'er seemed to wear this dress for the first time, and she walked very awkwardly, and she always followed us and refused to walk side by side with us. I had no choice but to take her hand and walk so that she could adjust to our pace. I could sense her nervousness in her trembling little hands, but she let go as she walked for a long time. From time to time, he would look up at me stealthily, and then quickly lower his head again. I know it's impossible for her to accept me as a 'master' in the short term, but it doesn't matter, I have the time