Chapter 3: Start Again
"Erlang, this Lan Xinhui is a courtesan in the Autumn Moon Pavilion of Pingkangfang, you didn't know her originally, and her parents were very strict when they were alive, by the way, Erlang, you shouldn't even remember your parents."
Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "That's not going to happen, I remember that my family seemed to be quite rich, and my parents seemed to have passed away for three years, and I don't know how they became like this now." ”
"Hey, it seems that Erlang only remembers good things, but he can't remember any of the outrageous things he has done." Huang San shook his head and sighed, took a bite of the sesame cake and chewed it a few times, and continued: "Of course your family is very rich, my family and my mother are your family's helpers, we have been playing together since we were children, you should remember this." ”
Wang Yuan's face was dazed, and the fragments of memory floating in his mind were floating, but they could not be organized together, and it was difficult to form a coherent and clear memory.
"Well, I'll just say it. Your lord is my big family in Yong'an Fang, and you have a cloakroom shop on the opposite side of the road, who is humble and honest, and your business is very good. Lord Zun was originally a scholar, but unfortunately there was no Chinese imperial examination, and he was very unwilling in his heart, so I hope you can study and become an official Guangzong Yaozu, you began to study in the school when you were six years old. When you were studying, I was a little boy in your house with my parents, and we played together every day, and you were very kind to me, and often brought me pastries. ”
Huang San's eyes revealed a smile, and he looked at Wang Yuan with sincere affection in his eyes. Wang Yuan understood, no wonder there was a kindness in Huang San's words and deeds, it turned out that he and he were playmates when they were children.
"It's a pity, Erlang was very smart, he wrote poetry and writing well, and he can be regarded as a little talent in our Yong'an Fang, and the predecessor Fang Zheng once said that he would recommend you to our Ming Mansion in Chang'an County, and ask the Ming Mansion to come forward to recommend him to participate in the imperial examination. It's a pity, there are unforeseen circumstances, Lord Zun and Zun Tang have been infected with the immortals, and Erlang is left alone in a good family. ”
Wang Yuan sat up straight, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"After the death of his parents, Erlang had no one to supervise, and he slacked off in his studies. That's not all, the gentleman and the ranger boy inside and outside the fang, looking at Erlang's solid family background, deliberately befriended Erlang, and deceived Erlang into going astray, which is the most fatal. At first, they wanted to cheat Erlang out of money to eat, drink and have fun, and then they took Erlang to Pingkangfang to visit restaurants. Erlang is young and ignorant, and he doesn't know their wolf heart and dog lungs, plus the one named Lan Xinhui in the Autumn Moon Pavilion has endless means, and Erlang has fallen into this since then and can't extricate himself. ”
Wang Yuan gently put down the sesame cake in his hand, frowned and looked at Huang Sandao: "You mean, my situation today is actually caused by myself?" ”
Huang San comforted: "Erlang don't blame himself, how can he not do anything wrong when he was young, Erlang can wake up at this moment." ”
Wang Yuan muttered: "It turns out that all the Nuo family's business has been squandered by himself? ”
Huang San grinned, as if he couldn't bear to say more, but when he saw Wang Yuan looking at him with an inquiring gaze, he had to grit his teeth and say more.
"Erlang, I can't blame you for this, I secretly inquired about this matter, this is what those bad teenagers and street idlers set up with Aunt Wan Sanniang of Qiuyue Pavilion, they first wanted you to be infatuated with Nalan Xinhui, let you become a seller to meet her, and let you spend all your money on her. When you are poor, they won't even let you enter the door of the Autumn Moon Pavilion. You were also confused at the time, and many people told you that you didn't listen. Aunt Wen of this shop once stopped you from persuading you, but she was half dead by your sarcastic words. I also persuaded you every day, but you drenched the blood of the dog I scolded, and everyone didn't want to pay attention to you anymore. Your family's big house and cloak shop were sold to others, and in less than three years, all the furniture went into the bottomless pit. ”
Wang Yuan's face was strange, and he suddenly laughed and said: "It turns out that this guy is really a loser, and he is still a loser with a touching IQ; Isn't this bastard messing me up before I arrived? What a bastard. ”
Huang San saw that Wang Yuan's words were a little crazy, and said anxiously: "Erlang, are you okay, I didn't tell you if I knew I wouldn't tell you, it's better if you forgot these things." Erlang, Erlang, don't be sad, as long as you are here, money is something outside your body. ”
Wang Yuan couldn't help but smile and waved his hand: "I'm fine, don't worry about me, now I can figure out what kind of person I am." You told me that you were right, but I didn't know why? Don't worry, it's all in the past. ”
Huang San breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's best if Erlang can think like this, it's all over, let's start from scratch together, Erlang is two years younger than me, it is the time for the young man to work hard, with Erlang's cleverness, he will definitely succeed in the future." ”
Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, took a few mouthfuls of glutinous soup, swallowed a few mouthfuls of sesame cakes, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "San Lang, since people don't want to see me, why are you so good to me?" ”
Huang San glared and said, "Do you still need to ask?" Erlang's family is very good to our Huang family, my mother told me when she was a child, my father and mother fled to the capital, if it weren't for Lord Zun and Aunt Wang to stay in the shop as helpers, I am afraid that I would have starved to death. And Erlang is also very good to me, even when Erlang was confused that Nalan Xinhui didn't listen to my dissuasion, it happened that my mother died of illness, and Erlang heard the news and still sent three times of money to our family to handle the funeral. At that time, my family had no income, and if it weren't for that three times, how would we have survived? Now that Erlang is sinned, let him not wait for the world to see Erlang, I, Huang San, also have to help Erlang, otherwise I, Huang San, am still human? ”
Wang Yuan nodded slightly, although the possessed guy is not very intelligent, but from this point of view, he is still a person with a temperament, and it is not completely without merit.
The two recounted that they ate two bowls of glutinous soup and eight sesame cakes cleanly, Huang San only ate three cakes, and the five sesame cakes all entered Wang Yuan's stomach unconsciously, obviously Huang San tried to let Wang Yuan eat as much as possible.
When paying the bill, Wang Yuan insisted on paying, and Ren Huang San resolutely disagreed with Huang San's payment, because he already knew a little about the situation in Huang San's family. Huang San's burden is extremely heavy, the adults in the family are sick in bed, and there are two twelve or thirteen-year-old sisters, and the family's life depends on Huang San's two monthly examples, and it is extremely reluctant to mix food and clothing, and every penny and mile has to be counted.
Wang Yuan's rush to pay for the meal made Aunt Wen, who had been shop earlier, look at him a little more modestly, and when Wang Yuan left to greet her, although Aunt Wen didn't return the courtesy, she didn't show Wang Yuan her white eyes.
On the way back, Huang San pointed to a three-story small wooden building shop across the cross street to Wang Yuan, the plaque of the wooden building said Zhao Ji, and originally there were two words Wang Ji on it; Wang Yuan knew that it was this guy who possessed himself who sold this property to others, and it was one hundred and twenty yuan at an ultra-low price. Although he knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, Wang Yuan still felt so painful that he couldn't help himself.
After chatting with Huang San about this, Wang Yuan had a deeper understanding of his situation. Although Fang Ding's errand is unsatisfactory, it seems that at present, he still does it first, and then he talks about it, and he always has to come step by step to eat.
Back at home, Wang Yuan soon began to get busy, since he wanted to take root in this era, of course he couldn't let himself be decadent. Wang Yuan of later generations was a person who lived a regular life and was very particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation. Looking at the dilapidated home in front of him and his own appearance, Wang Yuan couldn't bear it at all.
So, Wang Yuan took out all the damp and musty clothes and bedding in the room and exposed them to the warm sun. Carrying a few large buckets of clean water, soaking the dirty laundry in it, washing it and drying it. Then he started to tidy up the yard again, removing weeds and dead trees and branches in the yard. The path leading to the house was leveled.
From the morning to the end of the afternoon, Wang Yuan, who was sweating profusely, was finally able to take a breath, the dilapidated courtyard was completely different from before, although it was still in tatters, but it was much neater and cleaner, and it was basically eye-catching.
Wang Yuan took a cold shower in the west wing, washed his hair, and then changed into ironed clean clothes with the smell of sunshine, sat in a small courtyard and sat in a sheltered place to let the sun dry his hair. Anyway, Fang Ding's errand will start at sunset when the street drum beats, and the time is still very early, Wang Yuan simply closed his eyes and thought about things silently in the sun, so that his body and mind could be relaxed.
Maybe it's because he basically wakes up and sleeps and sleeps and wakes up again these days, even if he gets up early today, his mind is very clear, and he keeps thinking about things over and over again. For a moment, I thought about what the boy I possessed had done, and I fused with the fragments of known memories; After a while, I guessed that the prostitute named Lan Xinhui. How beautiful and seductive the woman is, this brother is fascinated. Thinking about it, I suddenly remembered something, and suddenly sat up from the thick straw mat.
It is now the fourth year of Tianbao, and later generations have seen a lot of movies and TV series about this era, even if they don't have to deliberately remember, they also know that at the beginning of the fourth year of Tianbao, Yang Yuhuan, who was alluring to the city and the country, was taken into the palace by Li Longji from the Taoist temple, and changed from Taoist Aunt Yuzhen to a concubine. And at this moment, living in the palace in Chang'an City, sharing a piece of the sky with yourself, what an incredible thing.
What else Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei also lived in this period, Wang Yuan suddenly realized that he was living in the same time and space as so many well-known ancient celebrities, and he couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited, and his heart was beating wildly.
In the fourth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong Li Longji has been in power for more than 30 years, in terms of age, he should be an old man in his sixties, such an old guy married Yang Yuhuan, and his life as a couple must be very bad.
Wang Yuan squinted his eyes and said with some malice, but at the same time, another thought broke into his mind, making Wang Yuan's brows instantly frown again.
"In this era, there are still An Lushan and Shi Siming...... The Anshi Rebellion was in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, that is, from now on, in less than ten years, the world will be in chaos. Wang Yuan muttered to himself silently, thoughtful.