Chapter Ninety-Three: The Fate of a Woman
Qiu Ju nodded and said, "Oh, I see, no wonder people say that only people with big bellies can make a lot of money." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" and then asked: "So, can you talk to Chen Lang and see if you can find me something to do in his western restaurant." ”
Ding Qian said puzzledly: "What are you looking for to do, don't I often give you silver, if you are short of money, just open your mouth." ”
Qiu Ju shook Ding Qian's arm and said, "Brother, it's not that I'm short of money, I'm just listening to my mother's chatter all day long at home, and I want to come out and hide." ”
Ding Qian patted Qiu Ju's face lightly and said, "Okay, you don't need to ask Chen Gongzi about this, I can call the shots, and then you will be the foreman in the Western restaurant!" ”
Qiu Ju listened and kissed Ding Qian's face and said, "Brother, you are still good to me." ”
Ding Qian looked up at the window and said, "I've been out all day, and it's time to go back." Let's go. ”
Qiu Ju reluctantly said: "Okay then! ”
The two got dressed and walked out of the inn, Ding Qian said: "Qiu Ju, there are many people, I won't send you, stop the sedan chair and go home by yourself, so as not to worry about your old lady." With a wave of his hand, he disappeared into the crowd.
Qiu Ju looked at Ding Qian's back and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
The short meeting gave her a kind of spiritual comfort, but after all, this is an underground affair.
When I got home, it was already time to hold the lights. Qiu Ju's mother, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw her daughter coming back, and smiled: "Qiu Ju, are you going to find Ding Qian." ”
Recently, because Qiu Ju often gives the old lady silver, the old man does not pick his nose at his daughter, but picks his eyes, with the silver, the living standard has been improved, and the qi has been much smoother, and his attitude towards his daughter has come to a 180-degree turn.
Qiu Ju nodded to her mother and replied.
Qiu Ju knew that if she replied, her mother would nag again. What Ding Qian's heart is there or not in his heart? When will the shopkeeper Ding marry you! So she came to silence is golden.
Qiu Ju's mother saw that her daughter didn't reply, so she didn't ask any further.
Qiu Ju walked into the inner room, took out the nanmu box from her arms, put it on the small kang table and opened it carefully, then gently picked up the jade bracelet and put it on the oil lamp to appreciate it carefully.
Although the light of the oil lamp is not very bright, the jade bracelet still flashes a misty green glow, which is so lovely, in a word, it is refreshing!
Qiu Ju was watching intently, and she didn't know when her mother would come behind her.
Qiu Ju's mother looked at the jade bracelet in her daughter's hand and exclaimed, "Tut-tut, this is a valuable good thing." If my mother can wear it, this life will be worth it. ”
Qiu Ju listened and stuffed the jade bracelet into her mother's hand and said, "Mother, since you like it, then you can take it and wear it." ”
Qiu Ju's mother pushed away her daughter's hand and said, "How can this be done, needless to say, this must be given to you by Ding Qian!" How can I be worthy of an old woman, you should keep it for yourself! ”
Qiu Ju put the jade bracelet into the box and said: "That's good, it's not that your daughter is reluctant, it's that you don't want it, don't say that your daughter is not filial when the time comes." ”
Qiu Ju's mother smiled: "That's okay, but mother, I can remind you, don't let your gambler's father see it, take it out and lose." ”
Qiu Ju nodded and said, "Mother, I know." If you don't say it, I won't say it, where can my father know that there is a jade bracelet hidden at home. ”
Qiu Ju's mother said: "Then you have to be careful, when the old gambler comes home, he always likes to rummage through the cabinets." ”
Qiu Ju sighed and said, "Alas, when would my father be able to quit this bet." ”
Qiu Ju's mother put the food in her hand on the table and said, "I'm afraid he won't be able to quit in this life, come!" Girl eats! ”
Qiu Ju said: "Mother, I won't eat, sleep!" I'll go to Freezer Street tomorrow and have something to do. ”
Qiu Ju's mother said: "Girl, you go to Freezer Street, and when you meet Ding Qian, remind him." ”
Qiu Ju said in surprise: "Mother, remind him of something, did you hear something!" ”
Qiu Ju's mother nodded and said, "My mother heard from some neighbors that she was going to find Ding Qian to settle accounts. ”
Qiu Ju said blankly: "Settle the account, what kind of account?" Could it be that Ding Qian owes them money? ”
Qiu Ju's mother shook her head and said, "No, I have heard that all the houses that have been relocated have been sold by you, and the neighborhood has to calculate this account." ”
Qiu Ju listened and said disapprovingly: "Then what is the account, the house is built by Ding Qian, and you can sell it to whoever you like." ”
Qiu Ju's mother said, "Girl, you can't say that. Since the neighbors have said it, they naturally have their reasons, you still remind Ding Qian, no matter what, we have to be pro-three-way. ”
Qiu Ju snorted and said, "Mother, when did you get married to Ding Qian, and you still got out to kiss each other." ”
Qiu Ju's mother smiled and said with disgust: "Dead girl, why is it my kiss, isn't that Ding Qian your lover, isn't I his old mother-in-law, son-in-law, I don't face anyone, wouldn't that be an elbow turning out!" ”
Qiu Ju stepped forward and hugged her mother and said, "Okay, mother, I'll remind Ding Qian tomorrow." ”
After breakfast the next day, Qiu Ju looked in the mirror and dressed herself, saying that it was a mirror, but in fact, there was only a half-moon-shaped copper plate left, barely able to reflect the figure. This is still the dowry of the old lady when she got married, and I don't know when my father broke it when he quarreled with his mother.
Qiu Ju's age of memory, seeing this mirror is like this, but at that time the mirror was still very bright, and a little wiping would flash a warm pale yellow light, unlike now, which can only reflect a person.
After Qiu Ju had the first income, she was going to throw away this piece of broken copper, but the old lady refused to let her live or die, and said a reason, first, this is the only thought left to her by her parents, and now the two old people are no longer alive. Second, Qiu Ju's father is a gambler, you just buy a new bronze mirror, it won't be long before he loses it, and there are people who change the mirror every day.
Thinking of this, Qiu Ju let out a long sigh, she was mourning her misfortune and hating her father's indisputability.
Looking at herself in the mirror with worried eyebrows, Qiu Ju suddenly found that she was also very beautiful when she was sad, just like Wang Zhaojun who rode a horse westward in the New Year's painting, her brows were gloomy, but she had a different charm, alas! It's a pity, it's a pity that my Qiu Ju was born at the wrong time, our Great Song Emperor is not like those emperors in the past who went to the folk draft, otherwise maybe my Qiu Ju will also be selected into the palace, with his own ability, maybe he can also stand out in the thousands of flowers, and mix a queen concubine, thinking of this, she smiled unconsciously, picked up the rouge powder and pounced on her delicate face, and took a photo in front of the copper sheet of the half moon, and then "snapped" the copper plate on the table, pushed the door open and walked out.
When she came to the yard and saw her mother washing clothes, Qiu Ju stepped forward distressedly and said, "Mother, your water is too cold, you put it there, wait for me to come back and wash it." ”
Qiu Ju's mother said: "Girl, what should you do, how can you always be at home at a young age!" ”
Qiu Ju said softly: "Mother, then I'll go." ”
Qiu Ju's mother shouted behind her daughter: "Don't forget to remind Ding Qian! ”
Qiu Ju answered, and flew out of the courtyard door like a spring swallow.
Qiu Ju's mother looked at her daughter's back and said to herself: "Alas, women, you should live your own life well." Look at how good Qiu Ju is. As he spoke, tears flowed silently, and a drop fell on the washed clothes, making a popping sound, as if lamenting this fate that could not be controlled by himself.
Could it be that in the society of men and women, women are really always on the weak side?
Qiu Ju came to the one- and two-story small building in the easternmost part of Freezer Street, only to see Ding Qian holding a charcoal in his hand, leaning over to draw a sketch on a piece of paper, Chen Lang shaking the iconic folding fan, pointing everywhere upstairs and downstairs.
Ding Qian heard the footsteps, put down the charcoal in his hand, looked up and saw that it was Qiu Ju, and said, "What are you doing here?" ”
Qiu Juyan smiled and said, "Aren't you going to open a Western restaurant here, I'll take a look!" ”
Ding Qian said: "Don't you see that I am drawing the design drawing, there is nothing to see here before it opens." ”
Qiu Ju was a little aggrieved, and said softly: "People are bored at home, come and see if you are still good!" ”
Ding Qian said in a low voice: "I have something to look good at, let others see the bad things." ”
Qiu Ju pouted and said: "What's wrong, my feet grow on me, I can go there if I want to, what's in the way of others, it's their turn to talk nonsense." ”
Ding Qian glared at Qiu Ju fiercely and said, "It's really unreasonable! ”
At this time, Chen Lang walked down from the second floor, and when he saw that it was Qiu Ju, he said, "Oh, it turned out to be Qiu Ju's sister, why did you come here." ”
Qiu Ju blushed slightly and said, "Gongzi Chen, I heard that you are going to open a Western restaurant, so I came here to take a look." ”
Chen Lang pretended to be surprised and said: "Oh, Sister Qiu Ju has good ears, I only confirmed this matter with Shopkeeper Ding yesterday morning, how do you know." He smiled meaningfully.
Qiu Ju hurriedly said: "No, I'll go to Qingshui Street to build a shop to find the shopkeeper Ding, and listen to what the old shopkeeper said." ”
Ding Qian took over the conversation and said, "What, Qiu Ju, you have something to do with me!" ”
Qiu Ju nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”
Chen Lang said: "If you have something to say, just talk about it here, I'll go out and hide." ”
Qiu Ju said: "Chen Gongzi, you don't have to hide, this is not a matter of betraying people." ”
Ding Qian said: "Oh, what the hell is going on with that! ”
Qiu Ju said: "Yesterday, I heard my mother talk about those relocated households on Freezer Street, because you sold the house they should have moved back to, saying that you were coming to you to settle accounts. ”
Before Ding Qian could speak, Chen Lang stomped his feet and said: "What the hell is there to calculate this, the house was built by Ding's shopkeeper with money, and you can do whatever you want, it's just a fire, does it have anything to do with those people!" ”
Ding Qian shook his head and said: "Chen Gongzi can't say this, now we are at a loss, if they really sue the yamen about this matter, I really can't eat and walk around!" ”
Chen Lang said: "I don't understand, how to walk around." ”
Ding Qian sighed and said, "Alas, half of this matter will tell you that you can't understand, so you can only take one step at a time." ”
Chen Lang stepped forward and patted Ding Qian's shoulder and said, "Dude, don't be afraid, even those people who are not afraid to sue, don't forget who my father is." ”
Ding Qian smiled bitterly: "Young Master Chen, sometimes there are some things that are always bad for the government. ”
Qiu Ju said: "Shopkeeper Ding, the news has been delivered, what to do is your own business." I went back. ”
Ding Qian nodded and said, "Okay, Qiu Ju thank you." ”
Qiu Ju didn't say anything more, waved her hand to Chen Lang and said, "You two are busy, I'll go." ”