Just when Zhou Chong was staying at home and thinking about which novel to write, in the study room of the Xie Mansion he had just been to this afternoon, Xie Lingyun was sitting on a wide chair in civilian clothes, holding a soft brocade quilt in her arms, and was looking down seriously at the manuscript of the Journey to the West that Zhou Chong had just sent today, while her personal maid abacus was waiting on the side.

In the study, in addition to Xie Lingyun's master and servant, on the chair opposite them, an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman sat there, her face was full of respect, and she didn't dare to disturb Xie Lingyun at all.

Finally waited until Xie Lingyun put down the manuscript in his hand, then picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip of tea, then raised his head and said to the middle-aged woman sitting in front of him: "Aunt Shui, how did you check the matter I told you today, and what is the reason for Zhou Chong's loan?" ”

Hearing Xie Lingyun's inquiry, the middle-aged woman named Aunt Shui immediately bowed and replied, "Miss Qiyu, after Zhou Zhong borrowed money from Miss today, he took the housekeeper to the other courtyard!" ”

"Besan!" Xie Lingyun frowned slightly when she heard this name, and a disgusted expression flashed on her face, "What is he doing there, as far as I know, Zhou Zhong doesn't seem to be raising women in other courtyards?" ”

"Miss doesn't know, Zhou Zhong did not raise a woman in another hospital, but his housekeeper raised a woman in another hospital, and raised it for nearly ten years, but he has no money to help her redeem herself, and it is a coincidence that when the Zhou family just went bankrupt, the woman named Su Niang happened to be pregnant......"

This woman named Aunt Shui told the reason why Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu went to the other courtyard, and even Song Ergongzi bought Bustard's mother Qiu's mother, she also knew about it, as for Zhou Chong's transaction with Qiu's mother today, and the incident that Song Ergongzi fainted angrily, Aunt Shui also knew in great detail, as if everything was what she saw with her own eyes.

Xie Lingyun was very calm at first, but when she heard that Zhou Chong deliberately told him that his relationship with herself was extremely intimate, no matter how deep her city was in, she couldn't help but blush, and the little maid standing behind her said unjustly for her young lady at this time: "This Zhou Chong is really bold, he dares to make up the name of Miss Slander, I think it is better to let Uncle Hei cut off his tongue, so as not to talk nonsense." ”

"Miss, what Abacus said is right, that Zhou Zhong is too bold, I think it's better to let someone teach him a lesson, so as not to be able to control his dog mouth in the future!" At this time, Aunt Shui also spoke, if it weren't for Xie Lingyun's previous confession that she was only responsible for finding out the news and could not act without permission, she would have taught the other party a hard lesson.

Hearing the words of Suanzhu and Aunt Shui, Xie Lingyun showed an indifferent smile, stretched out his hand and stroked the manuscript of the Journey to the West in front of him and said: "Zhou Zhong is not an ordinary person, no one can touch him without my orders, and it can be seen from the Journey to the West that he wrote that he was originally a lawless and bold fanatic, even against the heavenly court, what else did he dare not do?" ”

When Xie Lingyun said the last few words, I saw her head tilted slightly, and her eyes also showed a little confused, she has always been conceited of her ability to recognize people, no matter what kind of person, as long as she has met once, she can immediately judge the other party's personality and general thoughts, which is also her biggest honor guard in the shopping mall, but since she met Zhou Chong, she has looked away again and again, although she has probably figured out Zhou Chong's character, but she can't guess what this person is thinking?

The next morning, Zhou Zhong got up from the bed, and then washed up in a daze, and ran a few laps around the yard, then he opened the paper on the desk and began to write.

I saw Zhou Zhong sit down behind the desk, and after grinding the ink, he moved his wrist again, then picked up the brush and dipped it in the ink, and then wrote three big characters on the paper with a lewd smile - "Golden Vase Plum"

That's right, Zhou Chong thought about it for a long time yesterday, and finally thought of a novel comparable to Journey to the West, that is, the famous Golden Bottle Plum, although the reputation of this book is not very good, but it is actually the pioneering work of the world's romance novels, and the writing technique of Dream of Red Mansions in the future is largely influenced by the Golden Bottle, and if the obscene description of the Golden Bottle Plum is removed, it is also a great work that can be compared with the Red Mansion.

Of course, Zhou Zhong did not attach much importance to the literary nature of the golden plum, and what he valued most was actually the obscene depiction that was regarded as dross, and the ancient people were not as old-fashioned as later generations imagined, on the contrary, in some ways, the ancient people may be more open than later generations.

For example, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, although Cheng Zhu Lixue was popular, on the contrary, all kinds of pornographic books were also very popular, such as those sanctimonious scholars and doctors, who read Spring and Autumn at the table during the day and watched the Spring Palace by the bedside at night. Tang Bohu, who was frustrated in the imperial examination, relied on painting ** for others to support himself.

It is the social atmosphere that is like this, all kinds of pornographic books were popular in the Ming Dynasty, literate people like to read yellow novels such as lamp grass monks, and illiterate people will also buy a few ** to increase the interest of the boudoir. For example, after Zhou Zhong was reborn, he took out the most widely circulated lamp grass monk from under his bed. Even Zhou Chong, who had an old-fashioned personality, has this kind of novel, which shows the wide circulation of pornographic books in this era.

Zhou Zhong knew all of the above, so he decided to write about the Golden Bottle Plum, anyway, he didn't have to worry about this kind of book being banned, and with the excitement of the Golden Bottle Plum, as long as it came out, it would definitely be sought after by countless people, and even its influence might exceed that of Journey to the West. In addition, Zhou Zhong also wanted to see what kind of expression she would have when she showed Jin Zhumei's manuscript to Xie Lingyun?

Thinking of the calm and strong Miss Xie reading pornographic novels in front of her, a perverted pleasure surged in Zhou Zhongzhong, and this pleasure also made him more motivated to write the book, and he also wrote like a divine help, and soon not only wrote the first chapter of Jin Zhumei, but also wrote half of the second chapter.

But just when Zhou Chong was excited, he suddenly heard a cheerful running sound from the yard, and then the house was suddenly pushed open, and a small figure rushed in, and when he saw Zhou Chong, he pounced on him and said, "Brother, why didn't you go to breakfast again?" ”

"Wangwang~" Before Zhou Zhong could answer, Bai Qiu stood at the door and poked his head in, and then shouted at him twice, but when Zhou Chong's eyes swept over Bai Qiu, he was immediately frightened and hid outside the yard.

"Is it already noon?" Zhou Chongyi hugged Duo'er, put down the pen and looked at the sky outside, but found that he was too engrossed in writing, and now the sun has risen high, and it is not long before noon.

In his previous life, Zhou Chong's work was generally unsightly, and a lot of work was done at night, such as smuggling, watching the scene, etc., which also made him develop the habit of sleeping during the day and being mentally at night, especially he didn't like to get up in the morning the most, so he had told Aunt Wang before that if he didn't eat in the morning, he wouldn't call him.

At this moment, Zhou Chong heard another sound of footsteps in the courtyard outside, and Zhou Chong could now distinguish the footsteps of everyone in the family, so he knew that the bracelet was also coming when he heard it. Originally, he didn't pay much attention to it, but when he saw the manuscript on the table, he was immediately startled, hurriedly put Duo'er down, and then packed up the manuscript and stuffed it into the quilt as quickly as possible.

In the past, every time he finished writing a manuscript, Bang'er was the first reader, but now this Jin Vase Mei, which is not suitable for children, can't be seen by Bang'er, otherwise he, as an elder brother, will have no face to see. Duo'er was a little strange about her brother's behavior, tilting her little head to look at him, and when Zhou Zhong hid the manuscripts, she turned around and whispered to Duo'er: "Duo'er, those manuscripts can't be seen by my sister, don't you tell her, okay?" ”

"For what?" Duo'er asked with her big eyes.

"Because...... Because ......" Zhou Zhong is a little short of words, he really doesn't know what to say, he can't explain to a four-year-old girl what a pornographic novel is, right?

"Because my brother here is going to give a gift to my sister, but I don't want her to know about it for the time being, so Duo'er, can you help my brother keep this secret temporarily?" Zhou Zhong suddenly had a flash of inspiration. This trick to coax the little girl was what he saw on TV in later life.

"Oh, Duo'er understands, my brother wants to surprise my sister." Duo'er nodded obediently, and tried to make an expression on her face that I understood, "Okay, then Duo'er will help my brother keep it secret, but brother, you also have to promise Duo'er, and you will give Duo'er such a surprise gift in the future!" ”

"Good! No problem! Zhou Zhong stretched out his little finger and pulled Ladol's little hand, which was considered a hook.

"Brother, tomorrow is the winter solstice, my mother said that I want to eat dumplings, but there is no flour at home, I want you or Uncle Xu to go outside to buy some back!" Bang'er's slender figure walked into Zhou Chong's room, and the sunlight shone from behind her, coating Bang'er's whole person with a layer of holy light, adding a bit of temperament.

Songjiang Mansion belongs to the Jiangnan boundary, where the winter solstice is to eat glutinous rice balls, but Zhou Chong's father Zhou Hai moved from the north, so the customs still retain the characteristics of the northerners, such as the winter solstice and the Spring Festival are to eat dumplings, but the flour in the south is much more expensive than rice, plus the southerners are not used to eating pasta, so few people will have flour at home.

"Okay, it just so happens that I want to eat dumplings too, I'll go buy some with Steward Xu this afternoon!" Zhou Chong liked to eat dumplings very much in his previous life, and now he hasn't eaten them for so long, and he misses them very much. But then he thought of one more thing, thought about it and said to Bang'er, "Bang'er, last time I promised to help you prepare a chic gift for Xie Lingyun, it just so happened that she did me a favor yesterday, today I went to buy some materials, how about we make the gift together?" ”