Chapter Ninety-Seven: Deliver it to the door yourself
Jiaofenglou's wine was drunk, Zhu Dinghe and Fan Dahui couldn't hold back and directly "enter the shed!" Li Guolou and the other three students said goodbye at the door of Meifeng Building. He drank and drank so much that he didn't go to Ai Hai's house, but walked in the opposite direction to Hongchang Hutong, remembering in his heart that his home was in Dongdan Pailou, yes, he was going east.
Li Guolou's footsteps were vain in the vast night to the east, the night was already deep, and there was not a single carriage to be seen on the snowy street. In this kind of weather, horse-drawn carriages do not do business, the roads are difficult and easy to overturn, there are no lights in the houses on the side of the road, and most people are immersed in dreams. Li Guolou had forgotten how far Hongchang Hutong was from here, lowered his top hat, wrapped his black scarf around his neck, and walked carefully on the street with his head bowed and his neck bent. The road was slippery, and he was one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow, and several times he fell on the snow.
The strength of the wine resisted the cold current, Li Guolou was not afraid of the cold for a while, and the person began to wake up as he walked, and in vain remembered that he had gone in the wrong direction. With the light of the street lamp at the intersection, Li Guolou took out his pocket watch to look at the time, and saw that it was already ten o'clock at night, and he had walked for an hour, at least for an hour. The road was too slippery for him to walk fast, and even thieves would not come out to steal in such weather, but he had to walk slowly in the snow and ice.
"Drinking is wrong! I have to quit drinking in the future! Li Guolou muttered to himself.
The road was also stopped by several patrolling officials, fortunately Li Guolou's waist card was still there, and at first glance, it was the arrest of the criminal department, and the patrolling officials did not embarrass Li Guolou, but said with concern: "Oh, it turned out to be Li Zhutou, it started to snow again, why didn't you even bring an umbrella?" ”
Li Guolou then remembered that the umbrella was forgotten in Jiaofeng Building, so he could only lie and said: "Oh, I live not far from the front, it's okay." ”
After saying hello, Li Guolou regretted it more and more as he walked, the taste of being a fat man with a swollen face was uncomfortable, and the wind and snow were pervasive, even if there was a house on one side, covering half of the wind and snow, people still walked very hard. What kind of wine! Fortunately, he didn't get drunk, or Jingshi would have more corpses tonight.
Bolan Street is a street that Li Guolou is familiar with, and the yard of the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu is in front, I don't know if the second grandmother has moved back to the mansion? Li Guolou regretted and was annoyed, if the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu didn't live here, he could stay here now. Thirty meters into the corner is the entrance of the Wei Mansion, should I go in and borrow an umbrella? After thinking about it, Li Guolou felt that the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu should go back to live in the old house.
The door of the Wei Mansion was opened by Li Guolou, and Li Guolou said with some shame: "Disturbed Wei Xiaoqi, do you still know me?" ”
Wei Xiaoqi carried the oil lamp and said with a smile: "Little Lizi, what's the matter at such a late hour?" ”
Li Guolou said: "I forgot to bring an umbrella when I went out, and I want to ask you to borrow an umbrella." ”
Wei Xiaoqi said: "Well, there is a smell of wine, Xiao Lizi must have forgotten where the umbrella is." Come in and stay, there are no women here, don't leave with such a heavy snow. Now there are only two people in the yard, Xu Biao and me, it won't be inconvenient. ”
Li Guolou's body has begun to tremble, and he wants to open his mouth to refuse, but he really doesn't want to walk at night anymore, and he thinks that his husband is at peace with what he encounters, he is kind to the Wei family, and it is nothing to live in someone's house, not to mention that they are all men.
Li Guolou said: "Little Qizi, if you cause trouble, I will borrow an umbrella, don't be embarrassed." ”
Wei Xiaoqi pulled Li Guolou's arm and dragged him into the mansion and said, "What's the trouble, there are only three big men here, and no one will gossip." Look at your body is already soaked, and if you don't dry it, you will get sick. ”
The door closed, Li Guolou walked to the kitchen to the west, first to light the stove, now wet and easy to get typhoid fever.
Wei Xiaoqi lit a fire by the stove, and Li Guolou said embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, let you get up from the bed, and make a fire for me." ”
The fire was lit, and the room began to warm up, Wei Xiaoqi looked at the burning fire, and said: "Xiao Lizi, why are you so polite, I didn't save your life, it's inconvenient for you to live in the south room, or the three of us live in one room, don't you mind." ”
Li Guolou began to take off his coat and said, "Don't mind, the three of you live warmly." ”
Wei Xiaoqi said: "Little Lizi, I think you are going to get sick like this." Don't sleep now, bake the fire slowly, and I'll cook a bowl of ginger soup for you. ”
Li Guolou knew that there was a cold on his body, and if he didn't go to the cold, it would be easy to get seriously ill, and he would drink and make mistakes. said: "Little Qizi, then I'm welcome, get me a few more clothes, the clothes on my body are also wet." ”
Wei Xiaoqi left the kitchen, Li Guolou took a top hat and baked a fire by the stove, and his body began to warm up. His eyes were a little confused, he was in a trance, and his body began to swing, hot and cold. Today is overjoyed, for a while the northwest wind blows outside, for a while in the warm room to drink, for a while in the street snowball fights, tossing back and forth all day, although his body is very good, but such a toss is already unbearable, and the night is messy, and it is difficult for the gods to save him. Secretly regretting that sleeping in Jiaofeng Building is nothing, why do you want to die so much to save face and suffer crimes, and now this sudden illness made him collapse all of a sudden.
After drinking the ginger soup, Li Guolou curled up in the quilt and said, "Little Seventh Son, invite me a Langzhong tomorrow, don't let the second grandmother know." Otherwise, I won't recognize you as friends. ”
Xu Biao nestled in the quilt and said, "You are a ······ Sick, sleeping······ Still want to ······· Second grandmother. Looking for a pump! ”
"Xu Biao, you have made great progress in speaking." Li Guolou said the last sentence vaguely, and fell asleep in a groggy state.
Li Guolou was covered with three quilts, still shivering, Wei Xiaoqi touched Li Guolou's forehead and said with a smile: "I have a fever!" Tomorrow morning, when you go back to your house, you will call the second grandmother, I will go to Langzhong, and we will leave the rest of the matter alone. ”
Xu Biao said: "Well, that······ Little Plum ······ What should I do if I want to go? ”
Wei Xiaoqi said: "I can't go, don't think about moving tomorrow, Xiao Lizi is probably out of love and wants to come here to find warmth." ”
Xu Biao glanced at Wei Xiaoqi obscenely, and the two laughed secretly.
In the morning, Lang Zhong came to see Li Guolou, so that Li Guolou woke up, he wanted to be clean, and wanted to get up and freshen up, but Lang Zhong stopped him, saying that he was not lightly ill, so he could only freshen up in bed.
Li Guolou could only brush his teeth and wash his face on the bed, and after freshening up, Li Guolou asked, "Langzhong, it doesn't matter if I'm sick." ”
Lang Zhong said: "It doesn't matter, you are young and strong, and you can get up after a few days of rest." ”
Li Guolou struggled a few times and sighed: "Langzhong, I don't have the strength, what's the matter if I can't get up?" ”
Lang Zhong said: "Didn't I say that you should not get up in bed? How can a high fever be so fast, your fever hasn't subsided. Drink the porridge first, and then the medicine later, so that you have the strength to get up. ”
Li Guolou said: "Oh, that's good, I'll leave after drinking the porridge, and Xiao Qizi will bring me the medicine back to drink." ”
Wei Xiaoqi said: "Oh, I'm going to cook porridge, you sleep for a while." ”
Lang Zhong said: "Young man, your illness is still quite serious, it's best not to blow the wind, and if you want to leave, you must wrap it tightly, and you must not blow the cold wind again, otherwise the gods will not be able to save you." ”
Li Guolou said: "I know my body, and typhoid fever can't break me." ”
Lang Zhong said angrily: "Young man, listen to Lang Zhong's words, don't be reckless, typhoid fever will kill people if you don't get it right." Drink the medicine first, and I'll come back to see you tomorrow. ”
Li Guolou said: "Langzhong, what's your surname?" I'm not here tomorrow. ”
A person at the door said loudly: "Jin Langzhong, don't talk to him, this person is very cheap, you can't give him a good look, you come here tomorrow, he won't go anywhere." ”
Xie Xiuzhu looked at Li Guolou without a good face, she was dressed in plain clothes, she was actually wearing lipstick rouge, moth eyebrows, light eyebrows and red lips, and flushed in her white skin.
As the saying goes, a woman is pretty and filial, Xie Xiuzhu's appearance caught Li Guolou off guard, he only glanced at it, and his heart began to "bang!" "Jumping around. Li Guolou fell on the bed in vain, closed his eyes tightly and couldn't believe the scene in front of him, and warned himself in his heart to calm down! This is a singer-born "Pan Jinlian", a widow, Kefu, ominous, contrived, lying, and even worse, older than him.
A cold little hand had already touched Li Guolou's forehead, and Xie Xiuzhu lowered her voice and said, "Wrongdoer, you think of me." ”
There are only two people in the house, Li Guolou can't escape anymore, he deserves it, he sent it to the door himself. Wearing underwear, he has nowhere to run.
Li Guolou closed his eyes and didn't dare to open them, pretending to be stupid, now he only has to ignore the trick. There was already a wet feeling on his face, which was Xie Xiuzhu's tears. Li Guolou felt that his head was about to crack, his heart hurt, was he willing to let Xie Xiuzhu cry and cry?
Xie Xiuzhu choked up and said, "I know I shouldn't miss you, but why did you come?" You're hurting me. ”
His face was wet, and there was a salty taste in his mouth, Li Guolou couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe it, and his eyes opened.
Xie Xiuzhu burst into tears and smiled, pouting and saying, "Wrongdoer, I thought you were dead." Am I good-looking? ”
Li Guolou looked at Xie Xiuzhu who was sitting on the edge of the bed, held back the evil thoughts in his heart, and replied to the question: "Xie Xiuzhu, why are you coming." ”
Xie Xiuzhu said angrily: "I should ask you here, you are dead." As she spoke, one of her left hands quietly reached into the quilt, touched Li Guolou's left hand, and held it gently.
Li Guolou was startled, and wanted to pull out his left hand, moving slightly, but was held tightly by Xie Xiuzhu. He didn't have the courage to exert his strength, as if he enjoyed the feeling of being pitied in his heart.
Li Guolou defended: "Xie Xiuzhu, I drank too much wine yesterday, went home in the wrong direction, forgot to bring an umbrella, and almost died in a snowstorm, just passing by here, I wanted to borrow an umbrella, Wei Xiaoqi saw that I was very embarrassed, so he asked me to live here, I didn't expect to be unable to stay up as soon as I came in, I told Xiaoqizi not to disturb you, I originally drank porridge, took a dose of medicine, and I left in the morning." ”
Xie Xiuzhu looked at Li Guolou with a smile, lightly angry, and said coquettishly: "Well, you are in good health, you have said so much, can you do it." Shall I pour you a glass of water? ”
Li Guolou nodded involuntarily, his whole body was weak, and he sweated a lot at night, his mouth was dry, and his throat was a little sore. A pair of eyes looked at Xie Xiuzhu's departing figure stupidly, walking so charmingly.