According to Yan Buwen's previous plan, he planned to take a walk around Ankang Road to see if he was lucky enough to meet her, but he didn't have the excitement before, and in order to save her, he was damp, so he could only go back and change his clothes and go to the newspaper office. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's the beginning of April, the weather is still very cold, and I can't improve my resistance much if I run down so many mornings, maybe I'll catch a cold tomorrow. After walking out a short distance, Yan Buwen found a rickshaw and was ready to endure it and change his clothes when he returned home.

Xiyue Lake is several kilometers away from Yan Buwen's father-in-law's house, and no matter how fast the rickshaw master is, it will take an hour to arrive, Yan Buwen is annoyed, wearing wet clothes like this, he has to get sick when he gets home. At this moment, the rickshaw master looked at Yan Buwen with a smile and asked Yan Buwen what happened in Shanghainese.

After saying hello a little, Yan Buwen smiled awkwardly and pointed to the Xiyue Lake not far away: "There was a person who fell into the lake just now, and in order to save people, he didn't have time to take off his clothes." Then, the rickshaw master smiled and praised: "Sir, what a good person, but I see that it is not a matter for Mr. to go back in wet clothes like this, or go to my house to change his clothes and take a shower, and then go back clean and refreshing, and he will not get sick." ”

Yan Buwen was stunned, but he didn't expect the rickshaw master to take the initiative to invite him to his house to change clothes. Yan Buwen thought to himself that if it was himself, he would definitely not be able to do this, and if he had been in the big city for a long time, he would develop a character, and he would not care about himself and hang high. It's really rare to see someone like this. Yan Buwen couldn't shirk it, so the rickshaw master pulled Yan Buwen to turn left and right, and came to a small house in a small alley in more than ten minutes.

Yan Buwen saw that the room was neat and tidy, and there were even several thread-bound books on the table, and there were a lot of newspapers next to the books, Yan Buwen smiled and said: "The master is also a learned person. ”

The rickshaw master smiled, touched his head, and put the felt hat on the top of his head on the table: "Where is it, how can you have a culture, I was unlucky, I wanted to take the test, but I didn't expect that even Xiucai was not admitted, and the Qing Dynasty fell, and then got up in the Republic of China, I also want to go to college, but I don't want to be too old, when the Republic of China was established, I was in my thirties, and I couldn't pass those young people, and I didn't have much knowledge...... Hey, don't mention it, it's a blessing or a curse, sir, you sit here, I'll put down the hot water for you, and when the time comes, you go back in my clothes, although it's a little broken, but it's better than wet. ”

Yan Buwen thanked him for his kindness, and the rickshaw master smiled and said that this was nothing, although he had not obtained fame, but he was also half a scholar, and Yan Buwen had a natural sense of intimacy with this kind of scholar.

In addition to these thread-bound books on the table, Yan Buwen also saw several stacks of books taller than people in his room, which added up to more books than Yan Buwen had read in junior high school and high school.

The change of a dynasty must have good aspects and bad aspects, just like this rickshaw driver, if the Qing Dynasty does not fall, he may be able to be admitted to a show and glorify his ancestors. After the fall and the establishment of the Republic of China, he couldn't take the Xiucai exam, so he was reduced to a rickshaw driver, doing inferior things, and his status was much lower than that of intellectuals.

Yan Buwen hurriedly put away his thoughts, the rickshaw master helped him so much, and he didn't comment on him very well in his heart. Later, I thought that just like modern college students, I read the books of intellectuals, but I went to rob junior high school students and high school students of the work, and I had long forgotten the books I had read, and it was also in vain for countless gardeners to work hard.

Suddenly, Yan Buwen saw a photo placed in a corner of the rickshaw driver's house, on which a happy family of three, at that time the rickshaw driver was still wearing a robe, braids, holding a child of a few years old in his arms, and a woman wearing a cheongsam stood next to him, which was a more fashionable family photo during the Republic of China.

"Sir, the water has been put away, you go take a shower first, and my clothes will be placed next to it." The rickshaw driver came out of another room and saw Yan Buwen looking at the photo, so he introduced: "This is my wife, and this is my daughter, I am afraid she is sixteen years old now." ”

Yan Buwen only learned after the fall of the Qing Dynasty more than ten years ago, in order to live, so the rickshaw driver and his wife took their daughter to a family to be a servant, and now more than ten years have passed, and they have only reunited more than a dozen times.

When Yan Buwen took a bath and changed into the clothes of the rickshaw master, the rickshaw driver saw Yan Buwen wearing him, and said apologetically: "Sir, please don't dislike my old clothes." ”

Yan Buwen is very grateful, not disgusted, and although the rickshaw driver's clothes are a little old, they are also neat and clean, spotless, and very comfortable to wear, compared to the rickshaw driver's clothes, this body is the best, and this room is the same, clean and tidy, the rickshaw driver still maintains the good habits of the literati.

It was not early, Yan Buwen was also ready to say goodbye, the rickshaw driver insisted on sending Yan Buwen back, and after being sent to the door of the father-in-law's house, the rickshaw driver smiled happily: "I can talk to Mr., please take more care of business in the future." Yan Buwen agreed with a smile and gave the rickshaw driver five yuan, about five dimes from Ankang Road to his father-in-law's house, and the rest was Yan Buwen's gratitude to him.

"Sir, you give too much, five dimes is enough." The rickshaw driver shirked and couldn't ask for it.

"If it weren't for you, I guess I'd have a cold now, and this money is nothing." Yan didn't listen to it or be verbose, and stuffed the money into the hands of the rickshaw driver, "If I have time in the future, I will definitely visit in person." ”

Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, the rickshaw driver told Yan to ignore it and pull the cart away after having time to be a guest.

Yan Buwen turned around and went home, it was almost noon at this time, later than the time when Yan Buwen came back a few days ago, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Xiao Rong lying on the table staring at the door, her eyes were dry, the dishes on the table were ready, but the lord and wife did not come back, even Yan Buwen did not come back, if it was in the past, now Yan Buwen is throwing the novel manuscript written in the newspaper to her, and then watching her read the words on it while laughing.

"Hey, it's bad, in the morning, the manuscript of the novel was read by the manager, no wonder my uncle can't come back now." Xiao Rong was angry, and scolded Cao Yuanan in her heart, but this could not solve the fact that Yan Buwen did not come back, and in the end, no one scolded her, so she could only scold herself, "You said that you can go and go, why do you bring the novel manuscript over, you see that the manager's eyes are about to pop out." ”

Hey, uncle, it's good for you to write novels, why are you writing so well, so that Cao Yuan'an will feel like his life is gone...... Sure enough, it's my uncle's fault.

She pouted, pulled the chopsticks on the table, and finally heard the familiar sound of opening the door, and then jumped up with a smile and excitement, and hurriedly ran to the door, looking at Yan Buwen: "Uncle, you're back." ”

"Uh, why are you wearing this dress, how are the original clothes wet." Xiao Rong saw the wet suit in Yan Buwen's hand, and it was still fine in the morning.

"It's a long story." Yan Buwen asked Xiao Rong to prepare a set of clothes for him, and then changed them, and then asked Xiao Rong to wash the rickshaw driver's clothes, fold them, and bring them with him the next time he visited, and then told Xiao Rong about his experience in the morning, which made the little girl giggle.

"This kind of good thing will happen to you, uncle." Xiao Rong said.

Yan Buwen was surprised: "What's a good thing?" ”

"Heroes save beauty." Xiao Rong naughtily leaned into Yan Buwen's ear and whispered, and then immediately ran away, afraid that Yan Buwen would nod her head.

Yan Buwen shook his head, this is not good after reading too many novels.

Soon after Yan Buwen came back, Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen also came back, Yan Buwen looked at the time at 12 o'clock at noon, the father-in-law and mother-in-law were still very punctual, going out at 7 o'clock in the morning, arriving home at 12 o'clock at noon, arriving home at 6 o'clock in the evening, and going to bed on time at 8 o'clock, the habit was very good.

After eating, Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen sat down for a while, and then Xiao Rong told them about Cao Yuan'an's coming to visit in the evening.

"Yuan An? It's been a long time, how can I remember to come over today. Mr. Chen wondered.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly smiled and said: "You are really a business fool, you have to analyze the cause and effect of everything, he hasn't been here for more than two months since the beginning of the New Year, shouldn't he come?" Mrs. Chen still thinks that Cao Yuan'an is doing things for his family, and it is natural for her to visit.

Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Mr. Chen was surprised in his heart, he was afraid that there was something, could it be something he didn't hear?

"Okay, this is ten yuan, Xiao Rong, you can get more good dishes in the afternoon."

After that, Mr. Chen looked at Yan Bu twice, and went to the bank with Mrs. Chen. Yan Buwen is ready to go to work, why Cao Yuan'an came, Yan Buwen has no way of knowing now, maybe it has something to do with him, or maybe it has nothing to do with it, so he doesn't think about it anymore. Later, after Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen were gone, Xiao Rong came over timidly, and then stared at Yan Buwen.

"Oh, I see." Yan Buwen listened to Xiao Rong stammering, and after saying it, he understood what happened, no wonder Cao Yuan'an is coming tonight, Yan Buwen has read the novel manuscript in the newspaper before, and the quality is called a miserable, it is estimated that he will come to tell his father-in-law about it at night, and when the father-in-law pats his leg, Yan Buwen has to write if he doesn't want to write. It's troublesome, Yan Buwen's frown made Xiao Rong feel uneasy, and it wasn't until Yan Buwen's brows were loosened that Xiao Rong's mood relaxed.

"Yes, I'm sorry, uncle, I didn't want him to see it, but he moved too fast, so he took it directly......"

Yan Buwen asked Xiao Rong not to be too nervous, seeing that Xiao Rong was about to cry, Yan Buwen didn't blame her, if she really made her cry, she would have to coax her at that time, which would be even more troublesome: "It's just a trivial matter, it's not a big problem." ”