This Fu Dakang turned out to be the famous "Fulu" jewelry gold store in Cangdu, the rich family's jewelry business is very large, branches are opened all over the country, and there are also business dealings with the surrounding countries of Tiancao. The rich man married a wife and four concubines and gave birth to eight children, but he only had to be a man like Fu Dakang, who was still born in the main room, and he was naturally spoiled lawlessly. But as far as I can observe this night, although this rich young master does not learn and has no skills, likes to eat, drink and have fun, and is happy that others are flattering and patting horses, but he is still quite upright, and not all the gentlemen can take out four thousand taels at once to me, a stranger I met for the first time, it seems that as long as he is happy, he can really do anything.

After getting Fu Dakang's 4,000 taels of silver, I naturally didn't want to leave immediately, so I learned in detail about the rules of the poetry competition in previous years, the content of the questions, the famous poems of the previous champions, etc., until late at night. Fu Dakang and his entourage staggered out of Fengyue Tower, Fu Dakang took my hand affectionately and said: "Brother Ye Xian, Brother Yu is so happy to meet you today, Brother Xian, why don't you go to Brother Yu's house for one night, let's talk with candles and nights, how about going back tomorrow?" ”

Going to live at your house? I'm not that daring. What if you find out I'm a woman? Also, with this huge amount of money, what if you regret it? I hurriedly excused myself and said: "The rich brother is too polite, the younger brother went out without informing his family, if he doesn't return overnight, I'm afraid that the family will be worried, and the younger brother still won't go to the house to disturb." ”

"It's also true, it's not good to worry your family." Fu Dakang didn't insist, and said with a smile, "Where is Brother Ye Xian's home?" Sending you back for my brother? ”

"I don't dare to run around with my rich brother, my younger brother lives far away, and his home is on the outskirts of the city." I suddenly remembered that the city gate was closed at this time, and I was afraid that I would not be able to get out of the city, so it seemed that I had to find an inn to stay overnight.

"It's late at night, Brother Xian goes back alone, I'm afraid it's not safe, not to mention that now the city gate is closed, Brother Xian won't let me send it, but I can't get out of the city!" Fu Dakang said with concern, I suddenly realized that he insisted on sending me, I was afraid that he wanted to find out where I lived, right? After all, this rich Dakang is still the child of a businessman, even if he doesn't know the suffering of the world, he can calculate, and he took four thousand taels of silver out for nothing, and came out to me as a stranger, of course, he was afraid that I would run away.

It's not easy to push, I smiled: "The little brother is afraid that the rich brother is running back and forth, too tired, the rich brother is so worried about the little brother, the little brother is really moved, and it is difficult to refuse." ”

It's not bad to have a rich young master as a bodyguard, I carry such a large sum of silver, and I'm afraid that something will happen on the road. Fu Da Shao really had some connections, and when he arrived at the root of the wall, his entourage reported his name, and the city gate was really opened for him. He sent me back to Lao Futou's house, and after meeting me for two days, we met at the poetry conference before returning by car.

Xiaohong didn't have a chance to speak all night, and when she saw Fu Dakang get in the car and leave, she hugged me tightly, and she was so excited that she shed tears before she spoke: "Girl......"

"Okay, okay, it's not all right......" I patted her on the shoulder, chuckling, "Let's go inside, it's cold outside." ”

"Xiaohong is happy in her heart." She raised her head embarrassedly and wiped her eyes, "I knew that the girl would definitely think of a way, the girl is the most capable person Xiaohong has ever seen......"

Hehe, that's what I'm saying, everyone really loves to hear it. But how did she know that I was stimulated, I worked hard to earn a little money, thinking that I was living much better than ordinary people, but I didn't expect that I felt that the debts were astronomical, and people took them out casually. It seems that I don't know how rich the real rich are. If one day I can take out 4,000 taels to send people like Fu Dakang, how much net worth will I have behind me? After such a calculation and comparison, I was immediately depressed.

Grandpa Fu really sent Xiao Xiangzi to wait for the door, seeing us come back, Grandpa Fu came out of the house with a piece of clothing, I quickly helped him into the house, while complaining: "Grandpa is really, what are you waiting for me to do so late?" ”

"You don't return in the middle of the night, how can I rest assured." Grandpa Fu smiled kindly, my heart is hot, Grandpa Fu is really taking me as his own granddaughter in pain, he owed that debt before, he was going to sell a few ancestral houses to pay off the debt, but I desperately stopped him, those ancestral houses are the source of life for Grandpa Fu, without the ancestral property, he and Xiao Xiangzi have a problem eating, not to mention that even if he sells the ancestral property, he can't solve my debt. I promised him that I would raise the money within the deadline, and he barely mentioned it, but I knew he was still in mind. Tell him the good news of raising money as soon as possible, Grandpa Fu didn't believe it at first, until I handed him the silver ticket, he showed joy on his face, and sighed: "It's like a dream." ”

It's not like a dream, I still can't believe that I can meet such a good thing, looking at the few white and swaying silver tickets that are really pinched in my hand, I can't help but grin, tossing for a night, it is actually sleepless, and the spirit is surprisingly excited, seeing that the sky has been a little white, Suo got up and freshened up, and after cleaning up, he remembered that he should tell An Yuanxi, so that he would run to set up a stall stupidly today.

When I arrived at the small courtyard of Aunt An's house, I pushed the door and went in, Aunt An was feeding the chickens in the yard, and when she saw me coming in, she smiled faintly: "Miss Ye is here." ”

"Auntie, haven't you gotten up yet?" I smiled and took the feed basin in her hand, "I'll do it." ”

She didn't shirk either, let me take the chicken food, and said softly: "Yuanxi went to help someone copy the book, and said that he wouldn't come back for the next two days." ”

"Huh?" An Yuanxi was not at home, I was stunned, "Why don't you copy books at home?" ”

"What kind of lonely book is said over there, I don't worry about letting Yuanxi bring it back, so I can only stay in the house and copy it." Aunt An patted the feed powder on her hands, walked to the big vat in the corner of the courtyard and scooped a spoonful of water, poured it into the basin next to her to wash her hands, and moved gently. I watched her actions, and I had a strange feeling in my heart, this Aunt An's conversation and behavior, every move, didn't look like a vulgar village woman. She should have been extremely beautiful when she was young, otherwise she would not have given birth to such a beautiful son as An Yuanxi, but her beauty has been exhausted by years of hard work, with lush hair and wrinkles.

After washing her hands, she raised her eyes to see me looking at her, and smiled: "Miss Ye, I'll go get breakfast, do you want to eat here?" ”

"Okay, I'll help you." I sprinkled a few handfuls of chicken food and told the chickens to rush for it. Aunt An smiled: "No need, I'll do it alone, you can help me get An Sheng up." As he spoke, he pointed to the wing room on the right.

"That little imp hasn't gotten up yet?" I put down the feed basin and pushed the door in. This should be An Yuanxi's room, because there are two beds in the room, the big bed is against the right wall, the small bed is leaning vertically against the side of the end of the bed, and An Sheng is lying on the small bed. I walked over with a smile and saw An Sheng sleeping on the bed with his eyes closed, his hair messily covering his face, pouting, and a string of shiny saliva in his mouth dripping on the pillow, and the pillow was wet with a small piece.

"Lazy worm, get up!" I pinched his pink face, and An Sheng chirped, still sleeping with his eyes closed, looking very cute. I played, twisted a strand of hair, brushed the end of it on his face, he shrugged his nose, waved his hand impatiently, and still didn't wake up? I continued to tease him amusefully, and he waved his hand a few times, until he finally itched and sneezed, and opened his eyes in a daze.

"Big lazy worm, get up quickly, the sun is all on your ass!" I smiled and lifted his quilt, stunned, and laughed with a "poof", this little ghost actually only wore a belly pocket, with a bare ass. I slapped his ass and said with a smile: "Little ghost, the ass and balls have been looked at, shame on Luo!" ”

He came to his senses, pulled the quilt over his body, and blushed into an apple: "Sister Ye, I hate it......"

"Get up!" I smiled and pinched his face, well, it felt so good to the touch. He moved uneasily in the quilt, and muttered, "Got it, my sister will go out first......"

"Heh, I'm sorry, I can't go out!" I teased him, but he shouted ashamedly and angrily, burying his face in the quilt: "Sister Ye! ”

"Come on, I won't look at you, I'll turn my back, don't suffocate in the bed." I smiled, stood up, looked at An Yuanxi's room, the wall is the wardrobe, there is a desk by the window, and there is a bookshelf next to it, I walked over, took the book and flipped it, and saw An Yuanxi writing dense notes on the book, and looked at it carefully, all of them are some of his experiences in reading books, this nerd is quite serious about reading. I smiled, this ancient book looks really tiring, vertically typeset, without punctuation, and I have to figure out the broken sentences by myself. I flipped through it, lost interest, and put it back on the shelf.

Eyes fell on the desk, saw a half-spread scroll on the table, curiously opened, stunned, is a framed painting, that painting is actually my angry nerd ignore me, to him painted a turtle portrait, big cartoon head, carrying a small turtle shell body, looking dumbfounded, I thought he was so angry that he took away, long ago tore up to vent his hatred, I didn't expect him to keep it, let alone he actually took it to frame, this painting was seen by the master who framed the painting, I don't know what it would look like, It's a shame that he dares to take it out.

In the lower left corner of the painting, there are a few words inscribed, and when I take a closer look, it seems to be a poem, "I am not drunk with the maple and sorrowful, and I have the intention to be idle in the chrysanthemum." My heart trembled, as if I had peeped into someone else's secret, and I quickly rolled up the painting and put it back on the table, a little at a loss. My heart jumped up, this nerd, what is the poem doing on this painting, I looked at the scroll on the table in a daze, nerd......

"Sister Ye?" An Sheng called me from behind, I quickly turned my head and smiled, "What? ”

"What are you doing?" He had already dressed and gotten out of bed, and the bed was packed. I rubbed his hair and disguised, "It's nothing, go and freshen up." ”

He obediently went out, I glanced at the scroll, and quickly followed out, just stepped out of the door, and happened to see An Yuanxi stepping into the courtyard door, An Sheng rushed to him: "Childe, are you back?" Didn't you say that you wouldn't come back for the next two days? What, you've finished copying the book? ”

"Hmm." He answered lightly, raised his eyes to see me, and was stunned, "You're here." ”

"Hmm." I walked over and said, "I've got something to look for you." ”

His expression was very tired, his eyes were visibly bloodshot, and there was a hint of depression in his eyes. It seems that these are my debts, and the nerds are really tired. My heart suddenly softened and softened: "Thank you for your hard work......"

A wry smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "I can't help you with anything......"

"Who said that, you have helped me a lot, I know in my heart......" I don't know how my mouth has become stupid, An Yuanxi, you treat me like this, what should I do? I hung my head in confusion, my eyes fell on the sleeve of his right hand, and I was stunned, the sleeve was torn with a big hole, as if it was burned by fire, and I was surprised: "Your ......"

Before he finished speaking, he immediately said, "Come in and talk about something." Seeing him like this, I knew that he didn't want to be known, so I hurriedly said to An Sheng: "An Sheng, go and freshen up." ”

Branch Ansheng, I followed the house, at this time, he had changed the torn coat, put on another dress, was buttoning the placket of the cloth button, his gesture was very strange, his right hand seemed to be unable to exert force, I walked over in surprise: "What's wrong with your hand?" ”

"Nothing." He said quickly, ducking his right hand behind him. I originally just asked casually, but it was strange to see him look so weird, and it was okay! grabbed his right hand, but heard him gasp, I was even more suspicious, quickly opened his sleeve, was taken aback, but saw that above his right wrist, a large piece of skin was red and swollen, accompanied by a large number of blisters, it seemed to be burned by fire, I gasped: "How did you get hurt?" ”

"Be quiet, don't let my mother know." He hurried to close the door, and I followed him, "How can it hurt like this?" ”

"It's just a small injury, and when I copied the book yesterday, I knocked over the candlestick." He was downcast. I rolled up his sleeves and saw that some of the blisters had burst, and yellow liquid was oozing out and sliding down my arm, and I said urgently, "Have you seen the doctor?" ”

He was stunned and smiled awkwardly: "I forgot ......"

"Forgot?" I was angry and anxious, "Don't you feel pain?" ”

"It's just a small injury, there is white medicine at home, just go up in a while." Seeing that my brow was furrowed, he smiled, "Don't worry. ”

"How can such a big piece be a small injury, and it has to be bandaged after taking white medicine, is there a clean cloth at home? No, I still have to go to the hospital to ask the doctor to take a look, and I will accompany you to ......" I turned around to open the door, but he grabbed me, I turned around and saw him looking at me quietly, his eyes were unusually bright, with a hint of pleasure that could not be concealed, "Are you so worried about me?" ”

I was stunned, my face was red and my ears were hot, and I hurriedly said, "You are my friend, of course I am worried." ”

"Friends?" He let go of my hand and pressed down with joy, as if a slight uneasiness came up faintly. I said humbly: "Where is the white medicine?" I'll help you get on. ”

"No need. I can go on it myself. He said lightly. I turned my head and said, "What are you fighting for?" How do you get on one hand? In case Aunt An knows, see if she doesn't kill you! ”

When he heard this, he said nothing, but took out the medicine from the cupboard and handed it to me. I took the medicine, uncorked the bottle, saw that he was still there, and complained, "What are you doing standing stupidly, sitting on the stool, and stretching out your hand." ”

Pulling his right hand, I carefully shook the white medicine to his wound, his arm trembled slightly, and I raised my eyes to look at him: "Does it hurt?" ”

"It's fine." He frowned. I rolled my eyes, the pain was painful, what to do? Continue to bow my head to give him the medicine, no longer speak, the room is quiet, I heard him breathing a little heavily, as if there is nothing hovering in front of me, my hands are a little trembling somehow, adjust my thoughts, I finished the medicine, looked up and said: "The bandaged cloth should be washed and boiled in boiling water, and dried before it can be used, this medicine is so open is not a way, or go to the hospital?" ”

"Hmm." He was a little absent-minded and responded casually, "Don't you have something to look for me, what's the matter?" ”

Only then did I remember the purpose of coming to him, and said with a smile: "I have raised that money, and I can pay off the debt." As he spoke, he took out the silver ticket from his bosom and handed it to him.

"Where did you get so much silver?" An Yuanxi looked at the silver ticket in his hand in a daze, and frowned.

"Earned." I smiled.

"How did you earn it?" An Yuanxi's brows furrowed even tighter, "Earned so much silver in one night?" ”

"Of course you earn it with your head." I said proudly, seeing that there was no half joy on his face, I put away the madness a little bit, "You're not happy?" Are you worried that the silver was stolen and robbed? ”

"You're not that kind of person." His dark eyes were crystal clear. My heart moved, An Yuanxi, do you know what kind of person I am? Although this silver was not stolen or robbed, in the final analysis, it was obtained by speculation with crooked thoughts, and he couldn't help but bow his head and said, "I'm not going to hide it from you......" and then told him about selling poems to Fu Dakang, but he hid the part where the Qinglou sold songs, and only said that he met Fu Dakang outside the wine shop. An Yuanxi has done so many things for me, as a respect for him, I shouldn't hide it from him, but I was afraid of his attitude towards the woman in the Qinglou, so as not to have more complications, so I didn't say it.

"So, you're going to accompany that rich young master to the poetry competition?" An Yuanxi quietly listened to my explanation and asked.

"If you don't want to go, you can't do anything, you can use people's money to eliminate disasters for others." I turned my eyes to look at him, and saw that his face was a little strange, and after thinking about it in my heart, I understood, and said softly: "Do you blame me for insulting Sven?" In order to get money, you help people do this kind of fraudulent work? "I forgot about his upright temper, which should be disdained by him.

He didn't say anything, his deep eyes looked at me quietly, his handsome face was so close to me that I could feel his fiery breath, my heart jumped, I couldn't help but lower my head, but I heard him say softly: "Why do I blame you?" Do you think that after all these things, I am still the stupid scholar who was ignorant of the world before? I know that you are very smart, you are very strong, and you can always find a way to solve difficulties by yourself, but I also know how difficult it is for you, I am just ashamed that I am so incompetent as a man, and I feel sorry for you ...... ......"

My body trembled slightly, and my heart felt like it was soaked in sweet and sour water, and there was a part that softened inch by inch, corroded inch by inch, and melted into a small gap. An Yuanxi, don't say such things, so that I will like you, or I have already begun to like you, when you are alone for me, when you are walking on the grassland with me on your back, when you are looking for healing herbs for me, when you lend my shoulder to make me cry, when you copy books and sell paintings in order to help me raise money...... or I have already begun to like you, it's just that I am so cowardly, I am afraid of being hurt again, so I dare not have it easily. Because if you don't have it, you won't lose it, and you won't understand the pain of losing.

But, however, why do you say such a thing? My body was soft, my heart was soft, and my emotions were soft, and I only heard him continue: "But ......"

"But what?" I said softly.

"Although it is forced by the situation, in the end this is still to help people cheat, don't do such things in the future......" The nerd is really still a nerd, the atmosphere of the beautiful ni was swept away, I raised my eyes angrily, glared at him and said, "Go to the hospital!" ”

——2006、11、30

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