Chapter 29: One sings red face and the other sings white face

"Uncle Wu!" Li Zhong shouted: "That stepmother Pan is really too deceitful, Ying'er is so young, and often doesn't give her anything to eat, because she is hungry, she just steals a corner of her own meat to eat, she is punished for kneeling in the cold weather, beaten to the point of flesh, you should call the shots for her!" ”

"Hmph, good fight!" Unexpectedly, Wu Dalang, who had been unwilling to be silent just now, suddenly became angry, and he snorted coldly and shouted, which startled Li Zhongdu:

"Who told her to dare to steal her stepmother's food? Stealing something and actually rushing to the man's pile to spend the night, I see a good fight, don't beat her and don't get angry, ask her to do something on weekdays and be lazy, a thousand grievances, all kinds of tears, not kicking her out of the house is good, she still dares to cry and cry around to complain, her cheap thing, when she was at home, there were few words, but when she went outside, there were more words, look at her home today, I don't break her legs! ”

Li Zhong was stunned, hey, this is another unreasonable master, you talk to him about something, he lost his temper inexplicably, and was about to reason with him again, Wu Zhi stopped Li Zhong:

"Uncle Wu, how much does your cooking cake cost?"

"One penny." Wu Dalang looked up at Wu Zhi, crossed his feet on the maza, turned his face away, and didn't look at Li Zhong.

"I'll buy thirty."

"Okay, official, can you wait a minute......" When Wu Dalang heard this, a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he immediately got up, took a few paper bags, and counted thirty cooking cakes.

The cooking cake is actually a kind of steamed cake, originally called steamed cake, but because it wants to avoid Renzong's secret, Renzong's name is Zhao Zhen, he is a good emperor, and the people love him, so they change the steamed cake to cooking cake.

Speaking of which, the steamed cake made by Wu Dalang is actually a kind of pastry, similar to the kind of "hot bun" sold in the streets and alleys in modern times.

It's not a pancake or scone.

"Uncle Wu, my surname is also Wu, and I am still good friends with you, and I am still good friends with your family Ying'er, so I came to take care of your business......" Wu Zhichong smiled at Wu Dalang easily.

"Oh, yes, yes?" Wu Dalang smiled politely.

"Uncle Wu, goodbye, let's go see Ying'er another day!"

"Good, good ......"

"Uncle Wu, if you don't care about Ying'er's affairs, don't blame me......" Li Zhong interjected.

"Li Zhong, I don't think you should continue to mess around about this matter, you don't need to report to the official, you don't need to run to the township, Ying'er's injuries are in charge, Uncle Wu is in charge, let's go ......"

Wu Zhi turned around, pulled Li Zhong and Gu Sister-in-law and left, leaving Wu Dalang looking at Wu Zhi's background, pondering the words that came out of his mouth.

Li Zhong was a little unhappy: "Hey, Brother Wu, what are you doing?" I haven't finished talking to Uncle Wu yet? ”

Wu Zhidao: "But I've already finished it for you." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Li Zhong, it's not enough to persuade people to just have loyal words and go against their ears, sometimes you have to take a detour to leave a little leeway. Everyone understands people, and it is enough to know each other secretly. "Note I

"You mean?"

"Why are you so blind? Uncle Wu was angry just now! ”

"Why? How did I not find out? ”

"Who was the man in the sedan chair just now?"

"It's a big official of Simon."

"That's right. The Ximen officials deliberately gave Uncle Wu a dismissal, can Uncle Wu feel better? ”

"Dismount? You are mistaken, Simon officials have always been like this, which rich lord has no temper? And this time it was Uncle Wu's cake that was cold first, which made him unhappy, what's the big deal, you see, he only took a bite, but not only paid the cake money, but also paid several more yuan...... Therefore, the Ximen officials are not really angry, and Uncle Wu will not be angry because of this......"

"Li Zhong, if you don't understand, it doesn't mean that you haven't seen it, and if you don't see it, it doesn't mean that things aren't happening." Wu Zhi said.

In fact, as Wu Zhi guessed - why did you say that Ximenqing did a series of behaviors such as buying cakes, throwing cakes and throwing money?

It turned out that he was secretly having an affair with Nawu Dalang's wife, Pan Houma.

Stepmother Pan saw that Ximenqing was rich and romantic, so she wanted to take the initiative to put her body upside down against him. And Ximenqing had nothing to do all day, so he wanted to find some excitement, seeing that this stepmother Pan was young and a little beautiful, and all kinds of welcomes, so the two became entangled.

Passing by here today, Ximen Qing saw that Wu Dalang took the initiative to call him, so he moved his temperament to humiliate this Dalang in order to show his means and pleasure.

That's why there is such an action, and such a sentence of "it's cold", in fact, there are words in the words, which means that your daughter-in-law and you are already cold, and she has already fallen into my warm-up nest.

Li Zhong didn't understand this truth, he wondered: "Brother Wu, Uncle Wu is an honest man, there is no reason to be angry so easily?" ”

"You know, it's just honest people who love to sulk."

"If you say that, then he doesn't make sense. He endured not being angry with Ximenqing, I told him about Ying'er, he was very angry, and he scared me a lot......"

"He's sulking, you just rush up like this, tell him another depressing thing, can he give you a good look?"

"Then we'll just sit on the sidelines and ignore it?" Li Zhong said indignantly.

"That's not what I said. If the things in people's own houses don't violate the law, what can outsiders do with them? However, you can knock on the side, knock on him. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Thanks to how well you worked with me just now......"

"Oh - I see! It turns out that you deliberately pulled me just now, you were playing with me, one singing with a red face, the other with a white face......" Note 1

"Uncle Wu, if you don't care about Ying'er's affairs, don't blame me......" Wu Zhi learned Li Zhong's expression and tone just now, and after repeating what he said, he said with a smile: "Li Zhong, let me ask you, if I didn't pretend to stop you, what are you going to say in the second half of the sentence?" ”

"What's the second half of the sentence, I was dumb when I got there, I wanted to say you're welcome, but when the words came to my mouth, I knew that I couldn't say it......" Li Zhong laughed and said: "Fortunately, you took it for me!" ”

Note 1: Implicitly, in dialect, here means to speak tactfully and beautifully, without tearing face.

Note 2: One sings red face and the other white face, metaphorically playing a friendly or lovable role and the other acting as a harsh or obnoxious character in resolving conflicts. A red face refers to a person who is liked and positive, and says nice things, while a white face refers to a negative character who says bad things and bad things. The people who paint red faces in operas are usually decent people, and those who paint white faces are villains. As for "one sings white-faced, the other sings black-faced" and the like, it is all misused.

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