After three or four days, the Gao Mansion was lively again, and the evacuees had already returned one after another. Although the situation outside is still a little chaotic, order has been restored and people's hearts have gradually calmed down. There was only one thing that aroused people's suspicions, and that was that the number of soldiers in the streets had suddenly increased considerably.

Brother Kyaw Min went to school in the afternoon. Classes are already in school, but a few of the teachers are on leave, and the number of students is a third less than usual. They didn't have classes that day, stayed in school for a while, and then went home. They walked through the area of the north gate, and saw many troops entering the city, and every soldier ran angrily, although it was a victorious army, the uniforms were not neat, and they carried heavy burdens, and some soldiers even wore two military hats or carried two guns. And most of the soldiers had tired expressions on their faces.

When they arrived home, a rumor spread a few days later that the new troops were no longer going elsewhere, but were scattered in the houses around the north gate. At first, no one believed this news, but soon another news came, saying that several small mansions in the corner of the street had been patronized by soldiers. At this time, the masters of the Gao family panicked and were planning a way to deal with it. Everyone gathered in the hall.

Gao Zhong came in from the outside and reported with a frightened face that the army was coming to station. So the ladies and ladies ran into the room and hid themselves, as if the army were about to march into the hall. The old lady hadn't returned home yet, so Keming went out to negotiate. His brothers and nephews followed.

Unexpectedly, they saw a sedan chair in the hall. A horse ben was talking to Yuan Cheng and Wende next to him. This Ma Ben is a native of other counties, a man of medium stature, his clothes are not neat, but his attitude is very arrogant. His face flushed, revealing two incomplete rows of dark yellow teeth, and he patted his chest and said something loudly. When he saw Keming approaching, he unceremoniously expressed his intention, saying that he was waiting for the company commander's wife to come to the provincial capital and planned to stay in this mansion for a while. After he finished speaking, he viciously glanced at Keming's face with his erected eyes. He spoke as if he were giving orders.

Ke Ming was so angry that his eyes rolled up. His face turned blue suddenly. He remembered that in all his life, except for two years when he studied in Japan, no one had ever spoken to him so unceremoniously. He had seen forty-two years, he had been a not too small official, he had held various honorary positions, and now he was a well-known barrister in the provincial town, and he was respected both at home and in society, and he was always bowed to him. However, now in front of him, this disheveled horse ben spoke to him without any respect, and even violated his property rights without scrutiny. This insult is too great. He couldn't stand it. He really wanted to raise his hand and shoot Ma Qi in the face, but he accidentally caught a glimpse of the box cannon on the man's waist. He, who was born as a scholar, although he has his pride, but also his prudence, he also knows the ancient precept of "wise and wise to protect one's self". So he immediately retracted his hand, looked at Ma Mu for a long time, and then held back his anger and said to the man, there is no place in this mansion, and it is inconvenient for the company commander's wife to live alone, so please find another better place.

"No place? Is it bad in the living room? Ma Ben pricked up his two pointed eyes like an upside-down "eight", and as he spoke, he slapped his box cannon, and the white foam that erupted from between his dark yellow teeth almost splashed onto Keming's face. "We fought for you outside, and you hid in your house to enjoy your happiness, and now you will not borrow a house for you? We had to stay in the living room! After he finished speaking, he went to lift the sedan curtain and said, "Madam, please come out." It's useless to reason with people like them, let's leave that alone! ”

Out of the palanquin came a woman in her thirties, her face flushed with rouge, wearing a blouse with light piping, a thin waist, and pants with fat trim. She stepped out of the sedan chair, glanced at the men standing in the hall, and then followed Ma Ben to the outer living room with her head held high.

Keming was so angry that he couldn't say a word for a while. He wanted to catch up, but as soon as he raised his foot, he remembered that in front of his nephew and servants, he was a gentleman, and he actually chased after a woman like a prostitute, which was too unorthodox. He stood still, and watched as the woman followed him into his outer drawing-room.

An even greater insult overwhelmed him. That richly furnished living room, where many dignitaries used to spend some of their time on a pastime, where they used to talk about some politically important events. No matter how much he objected, the place where the upper class rested and talked was now turned into a bedroom for low-class prostitutes! He could scarcely believe it was true, but the red pink face was clearly visible in the living room, and he could hear her talking to Ma Ben in a lewd tone. The pink face stung his eyes, the words pierced his ears, and he couldn't bear it. He cannot allow his legal property rights and residence rights to be infringed upon arbitrarily. He should come out and uphold the law. At the same time, he thought that letting this woman live in the living room would not only insult this dignified place, but also spread the poisonous gas of ** in the mansion and ruin the family style of the Gao family. At this time, he seemed to be inspired by the ideas of "defending the way" and "protecting the law", and strode to the door of the living room, opened the curtain and entered. He shouted to the woman that she could not live here, that she had to move out at once, that she was a rightful family, that it had the best reputation in the city, and that it was protected by the law. Encouraged by enthusiasm, he said these words in one breath, and he was not timid. Behind him stood his two brothers, Kean and Keding. They sweated for him next to him. Ke'an was frightened in Xichong County during the Xinhai Revolution, but he still lost the disguise of the county and fled back to the provincial capital, so he was very timid. He pulled Keming's sleeve from behind several times to tell Keming to stop, but seeing that this action was useless, and fearing that something unusual would happen, he fled in panic and gave up his position to the Juemin brothers who were standing behind.

While Keming was speaking, the horse was about to make a move, but was stopped by the woman's speech. The woman didn't breathe, still smiling, her frivolous eyes hovering over Keming's face, as if teasing his thin and upright face, which still had traces of youth. From time to time, she put her finger to her lips and made the appearance of listening to him, or smiled at him. Although these actions had no effect on Keming (as if he didn't see it), the thirty-three-year-old Keding behind him became interested in her. He even paid close attention to her every move, her plump round face, curved eyebrows, charming flowing eyes, and lips that were not big or small, all of which his wife did not have, and what was especially lovely was her slim figure, which was much better than the short and fat body of his wife Shen. She seems to have an irresistible power when she smiles or glances with her eyes. Her eyes suddenly fell on Keding's long, slightly higher white face, and Keding's face blushed unconsciously. She slowly looked away and smiled slightly. At this time, Keming's words were finished. He stood there in exasperation.

"Enough of you?" She asked, teasingly, without moving.

Ke Ming's eyes widened, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

The woman suddenly made up her mind and said to Ma Ben, "Okay, let's go, so as not to annoy people here." We are not welcome here, but there are always people who do. As she spoke, she walked out the door, her steps slow, her body swaying slightly, as if she had deliberately made a touching and loving appearance. Kemin hurriedly gave way to her.

Ma Ben was reluctant to go, and wanted to have a seizure, but his mistress stopped him. He had no choice but to follow her out, and he was very unhappy.

The sedan chair man lifted the sedan chair and left, Ma Ben followed behind the sedan chair, he cast a hateful glance at Ke Ming's side, and at the same time scolded angrily: "One or two people come to live, you are not comfortable." Wait a while, Lao Tzu will call a company of people to you, and see what happens to you! Lao Tzu is not easy to mess with. So he followed the sedan chair out of the second door and disappeared.

Keming heard Ma Ben's scolding, and was very unhappy, and at the same time he couldn't think of a way to deal with a company of soldiers, so he went in sullenly.

Ke'an came out of it, and Keding told him how Keming had mishandled it and offended the company commander's wife. "If that company really is stationed here, it's going to be a terrible mess in the mansion. It is not a matter of having only one woman living here with the same horse, and it is good to use her as a talisman so that the army will not come in and station. Now I've let go of the good opportunity. Keding said, expressing great regret for this incident.

"I think the third brother's words also make sense, no matter what, this wind can't last," Ke'an touched his mustache and said in a deep voice; "But then again, we can't forget the ancient adage of 'wise self-preservation'. It's better to act on the opportunistic. ”

Keding and Ke'an walked inside, still talking about the company commander's wife along the way. Jueying, Juequn, and Jueshi also followed. Juemin and Juehui also slowly walked inside. As soon as they entered, they found some female dependents gathered in the hall centered on Keding. Naturally, Kean was also present. They knew what the men were talking about, so they walked over slowly, and sure enough, they repeated what he had just said in the hall. They didn't find it interesting and were about to walk away, when Juexin came back at this time. So Keding told Juexin about this matter again, and said that Keming's disposal was too hasty. Unexpectedly, Juexin replied, it doesn't matter, he has a way to deal with it. It turned out that he had a middle school classmate who worked as a secretary for the newly entered city commander Zhang Junchang. Today he met the classmate in the commercial field, and the classmate told him about the new army entering the city to garrison the private house, and promised to send a notice when he returned to the headquarters. However, everyone was still not at ease, so they had to write a letter to ask for it immediately. Juexin hurriedly went to the room to write the letter and asked Yuan Cheng to send it. But that doesn't reassure everyone. Everyone was still in their hearts, and Yuan Cheng, who was afraid of delivering the letter, had not come back yet, so a company of soldiers drove in. Moreover, that company of soldiers came for revenge, and it was useless to get Commander Zhang's notice afterwards. The more everyone thought about it, the more frightened they became, and everyone secretly complained that Keming shouldn't have driven the woman away. Yuan Cheng has been gone for a long time and hasn't come back, and the people in the mansion are even more anxious. Sure enough, not long after, a soldier with a gun on his back came to the door of the mansion and unceremoniously pasted a white note on the wooden couplet of "Life Expectancy", with the words "× Division× Brigade × Regiment× Battalion × Company × Platoon Stationed Here." Hearing this news, not to mention that Ke'an, Keding and the others were so frightened that they couldn't do anything, even Keming was a little nervous. Fortunately, the platoon of soldiers had not yet arrived, and Yuan Chengcheng took the notice back, and everyone was relieved. Ke'an and Keding personally went out to tear off the note on the wooden couplet, and posted a notice at the gate, which read: "Military Commander Zhang Ling: This is a civilian house, and it is forbidden to garrison troops." ”

So everyone's mood relaxed, and the day passed peacefully. In the evening they went to bed very early, and they slept very peacefully. Only Keding couldn't sleep alone, he was thinking about the events of the day. Although he slept next to his wife Shen, his eyes shone with those charming eyes. He always waved them away, and they were always before his eyes, and gradually expanded, and the whole moving face was revealed. The sudden appearance of this face in his eyes was indeed a new insight, he had never seen such a beautiful face and such a charming smile before. In fact, because he had never seen it, the face made a deep impression on him, and it became irresistible in his eyes. He suddenly remembered that it was shameful, that he shouldn't think of that kind of woman, but in fact he couldn't think of her. He couldn't control himself anymore.

"Why is this shameful? Doesn't Dad still have Aunt Chen? Do you want me to live with this big-mouthed Humpty Dumpty for the rest of my life? He thought, and turned his face to look at Shen in disgust, who was snoring very slightly. It doesn't matter, Daddy won't scold me," he said to himself, smiling with satisfaction.