12. A twist of red

Tan Miaofan returned to the yamen, and happened to meet Yang Da, the head of the work, who got up from a nap, and knew that he ran to Wang Yuanwai's house, so he copied his hand and asked, "What's that...... Afan, how much money did you collect for tea? Yang Da didn't know much words, so he couldn't recognize Tan Miaofan's name, but he felt that there were many strokes and it was difficult to distinguish, so he simply recognized the simplest part and called him Afan.

The white servants are the lowest level of the yamen, and the regular officials give them food to eat, so they naturally have to honor these officials, and when they go out to run errands and collect the fees of the parties, they naturally have to share it with the team leader. Yang Da thought to himself that although this king was outside the door, he would always have to give a few pennies to Huazi. So he said these words to Miao Fan, and the hand that asked for money was also spread.

Miao Fan was stunned, the words "no money" were about to be spoken, and Leng Buding stretched out a palm before meeting, and hooked his fingers, meaning to take it out. When he pondered his fate, whether he was rich or poor, whether he was rich or poor, the donors had to give something to be presentable, and everyone else came to ask for alms, so if you didn't take anything, wouldn't that be a slap in the face? But Wang Yuanwai really didn't get any benefits...... Thinking about it, Miao Fan had an idea.

He dug it out on his waist, and Yang Da saw his movements and thought that he really had a head! When he was complacent, a slender and shriveled nut was placed in his palm. Yang Da thought it was an agate gem when he first looked at Hongtongtong, but when he took it close to his eyes, it turned out to be a dried date! There's a tooth mark on it! At first glance, it looks like someone has bitten you!

"I didn't have anything else, so I gave two dates, and I fed them...... Eat one, and I'll give you the other. ”

Miao Fan spoke as if he was still a little aggrieved, frowning and twisting his good-looking eyebrows, Yang Da was about to go crazy, hearing him say this, a breath of depression blocked in his chest, spit or swallow, it was almost diaphragm.

"You-" Yang Da was entangled to the extreme, and felt that using two dates to send people was indeed something that Wang Yuanwai could do, and this old killing was becoming more and more stingy! But Tan Miaofan in front of him annoyed him even more, others brought a clever apprentice, who would look at his eyes and come to trouble, but what he brought was an elm pimple, and he didn't open his mind!

Yang Da angrily threw the dates on the ground, kicked them with his feet, and shouted to Miao Fan angrily: "Go!" Wash all my clothes! ”

The weather is getting hotter, and if you put your dirty clothes aside, you will have a sour smell of sweat, especially for the unsophisticated officials. Tan Miaofan squatted in the most remote corner of the backyard of the yamen, guarding an old well and washing clothes, washing from noon until dark, and washing for more than three hours, before finally finishing the washing that Yang Da explained. He took the hemp rope, dried his clothes, and poured out the dirty water, and then went to the back kitchen to serve food.

But when he arrived in the back kitchen, the pots and barrels were empty, no one left him food, but there were a large stack of dirty bowls and dishes, which were clearly waiting for him to wash. Miao Fan lowered his head and muffled, rolled up his sleeves and started to wash the dishes again, brushed the pots and pans, he planned to get some food by himself, who knew that the rice bowl was empty, and there was only a thin layer of white ash left in the noodle bowl, which was not enough to rub a ball.

Miao Fan sighed slightly, estimating that he was going to be hungry today. His brain is actually not stupid, but people are occasionally stunned, and they don't think about what to do when they encounter this kind of thing, let alone guess whether someone is deliberately rectifying him, and always has an attitude of being at ease, eating if you eat, and waiting for tomorrow if you don't eat.

He was going to go back to his room to sleep, but when he walked to the door, he heard the noise and shouting inside, and smelled the pungent smell of wine. He couldn't sleep quietly, and he couldn't participate in gambling money, so he turned around and went to the backyard and sat on the ground to meditate.

The freshly washed clothes were still wet, dripping on the floor.

"Ah Piao, Ah Piao!"

Separated by a wall in the backyard, there is a narrow alley alley where no one passes, and at this moment Qianqian is standing at the base of the wall, looking up and whispering the shadow of the wall, lowering her voice and looking cautious.

It was Ah Piao who walked freely on the wall, and I don't know how he moved, so he jumped from the wall to the roof in the blink of an eye, stepping on the tiles without even making a sound, like a feather falling to the ground. Hearing Qianqian call him, he came back as light as a swallow, and landed on the ground with a relaxed jump.

Qianqian hurriedly grabbed his arm and asked urgently, "Is he in there?" ”

"Ouch my aunt! You be smaller! Ah Piao threw away her hand dissatisfied, rubbed her arms with bared teeth, and rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction, "Coaxing and deceiving me to come out, it turned out to be for him, hum." ”

Qianqian smiled and went to help him massage his arm, and apologized good-naturedly: "Brother Piao, I'm sorry, people are also anxious and didn't get the strength for a while, so you don't remember the villain, tell my sister if my little monk is inside?" Isn't it good......"

Ah Piao had goosebumps all over her body, and quickly slapped her hand away: "Hey, hey! Don't talk to me in such a tone, I panicked when I heard it, and I thought you should calculate me next! ”

After so many years, he has figured it out, and when she laughs, someone will be unlucky, and the sweeter the smile, the more bad ideas there are, and many merry ghosts have been deceived by her appearance, so they don't even know how to die.

"Don't detour around the bend for my aunt! Do you even say it! Qianqian slapped it in annoyance, making Ah Piao dizzy, "Where is my little monk?!" ”

Ah Piao covered his head: "Hiss-meditate inside, look like a bodhisattva!" He secretly glared at Qianqian, thinking to himself when the little monk of others would become your family?

Qianqianmei smiled, chased after Ah Piao and asked what the little monk was doing, Ah Piao poured out everything he had observed before, what washed dishes, washed clothes and worked as coolies, and there was no food left in the kitchen, and he was kicked out again when he returned to the house...... Qianqian's face changed when she heard this, her eyes narrowed, and the corners of her mouth hung a cold and sympathetic smile.

"Oh, he's being bullied?"

Ah Piao shuddered when he saw it: "It's not me who corrects him, it's the group of officials!" ”

"Of course I know it's not you, it's you, can you still stand here?" Qianqian snorted, recovered her complexion, and touched the silver from her arms to Ah Piao, "Zhilu said that your hands are itchy, and there is a gambling house two streets away." ”

Ah Piao is addicted to gambling, and Master Lu and Xiaohe both control him and don't give him money, but when he sees others gambling, if he can't participate, his heart is like a cat's paw scratching. If Qianqian wants him to do something, he has to give him gambling money.

Ah Piao held it in both hands and smiled brightly into a flower: "Thank you!" Qianqian, you are the kindest girl I have ever met! ”

"Come less." Qianqianwan smiled, tilted his head and said, "This is borrowed from you, if you win, you will pay me back with interest, if you lose, ......"

She deliberately dragged out a long tail note, and Ah Piao's heart tightened when she clutched the silver: "What? ”

"If you lose, I'll tell Uncle Lu, saying that you stole my silver to gamble, guess he will peel your skin to make a human skin mask? Okay, you can roll. ”

Miao Fan meditated and gradually entered the Zen realm, and the sound of dripping water in his ears was slowly squeezed out of consciousness, but at this moment, other voices suddenly broke in, bang-bang-bang-

With a few strange noises, Miao Fan frowned slightly, and before he could open his eyes, he was hit in the head by a hard small stone, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the Zen realm, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, it hurt a little. He followed the path where the stones flew in, and found that it was people from outside the courtyard who threw them inside.

He walked to the corner door and asked in confusion through the door panel, "Are you looking for someone?" ”

There was suddenly no movement outside, and the stones no longer flew in, and Miao Fan waited for a long time without responding, so he opened the corner door.

There was no one outside, but an oiled paper wrapper was placed on the ground, and the smell of food wafted out.

Miao Fan looked again and again, shouted a few times and no one answered, stared at the paper bag with low eyebrows for a while, and was about to close the door!

Seeing this, Qianqian, who was hiding in the shadows, rushed out of the city in a hurry: "Why don't you take it?!" ”

Aren't you hungry? I don't even take the food when I deliver it to my eyes, I'm really stupid!

Tan Miaofan looked over from a distance and saw Qianqian standing quietly not far away, still wearing plain white filial piety clothes, but Hua Rongyue's face was full of anger.

How did he offend her?

He couldn't figure it out, but she strode over, pointed at his nose and scolded: "I'm afraid I'll poison you or what?" Eat when you're hungry, I don't want your money! She picked up the oiled paper bag and stuffed it into his hand, fiercely, "Eat!" Finish eating it for me, or I want you to look good! ”

Miao Fan lowered his eyes, opened the paper bag, and saw that there was half a roast goose inside, and two soft white-flour buns. Qianqian smiled and urged him: "Eat quickly, eat quickly." ”

"I don't eat it." Who knew that Miao Fan wrapped the paper and handed it back to Qianqian. Qianqian was about to get angry when she was swept away, but she heard him explain: "I don't eat meat...... Anyway, Xie Lu thanks you for your kindness. ”

That's right, monks are vegetarians! How could she not have thought of this stubble!

Qianqian was annoyed, knocked on her head, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Aren't you still vulgar?" Why are you still vegetarian? It's not good to be a vegetarian, you have to eat some meat. ”

Miao Fan was very resolute: "I haven't returned to the world, it's just a temporary plan now, and ...... in the future I'm going back to Kinkaku-ji Temple. ”

Qianqian couldn't resist him, so he had to pick out the white-flour steamed bun and stuff it for him, and put away the roast goose: "Then eat the steamed bun, this is vegetarian, I know you didn't have dinner, don't be polite to me, it's important to fill your stomach." ”

Miao Fan didn't shirk this time, and after thanking him, he took a big bite of it, Qianqian was afraid that he would choke, and went into the yard to scoop a bowl of water for him to drink. The two of them sat by the well, and he ate her and saw it, and they were both satisfied.

She giggled, shook her feet happily, and naturally put her arms on his shoulders, tilted her head and blew at the root of his ear: "Do you think we are destined?" You can find it anywhere. ”

Miao Fan choked on a mouthful of dry buns and coughed. Qianqian hurriedly patted him on the back and said angrily: "What are you afraid of, I'm not a tiger, I can't eat you!" ”

It took Miao Fan a long time to stop coughing, his handsome face turned red, and he raised his eyebrows and looked at Qianqian: "You...... How is it here? ”

"Guess what?" Qianqian saw that his ears were red and cute, and couldn't help but play with his hand, "I'll tell you if I guess right." ”

Miao Fan's ears and cheeks were hot, and he hurriedly lowered his eyes: "I can't guess." ”

I'm shy again, it's so cute! Qianqian likes to "bully" his shy appearance, deliberately leans over and hangs his neck, puts his face under his nose, and half-truths: "Want to know the way?" Then you kiss me. ”

She even pursed her mouth slightly, and looked directly at him with bright and moving eyes.

Miao Fan's throat rolled, he was ashamed, he wanted to pull her off his body, but he was afraid that he would cause her to fall. At this time, someone came to this courtyard and was talking.

"It's so lucky! I've lost all my monthly money, no, I have to go to the streets tomorrow......"

Miao Fan recognized that this was the voice of Yang Da, the leader of the team, and was shocked, and subconsciously took Qianqianlian into his arms and quickly slipped out of the corner gate to hide.