The two came out together and sat at a table with everyone, introduced Lu Donkey and Ertun to other people, only said that they were friends, broke their hands, and recuperated here, and everyone did not suspect him, eating and drinking together, at this time it was all dark, the twilight drum sounded, and Liu Minyou went to set up the lantern again.

Chen Xin listened to the bell and asked Tan Zongjia: "Tan Zongjia, will we violate the curfew like this?" ”

"It's okay, the curfew is not allowed to walk outside the workshop, and it is also forbidden to walk inside the workshop."

"Oh, I see, then we're going to have a drink today."

Deng Keshan immediately said: "Yes, it's rare for us to come to the neighborhood again in Erdao Street, and they are all dragons and phoenixes among the people, you see, Brother Lu is mighty, Brother Ertun is filial, Brother Liu is calm, not to mention Brother Chen, he is knowledgeable and atmospheric, let's respect them together, come, do it." ”

This Deng Keshan said good things, Lu Donkey is mighty when he is strong, Ertun is not amazing, and he is not educated, so he is filial piety. The attitude was very enthusiastic, and everyone had to go along and do it together.

After drinking two rounds like this, Chen and Liu began to toast next to each other, they drank rice wine, the degree was very low, and someone in the banquet asked about the two of them in Liaodong, Chen Xin took advantage of the wine to tell the story again, the more he told the story, the more skilled he became, even when Liu Min didn't pay attention, he felt that it was true.

After hearing this, everyone sighed again, Deng Keshan heard Chen Xin say that the two killed a Tartar sentry, and raised his glass to the two: "I respect the two elder brothers, and the younger brother respects the hero who killed the Tartar the most, but unfortunately the Tartar can't hit Tianjin, otherwise I have to kill two." ”

Zhou Shifa twisted his head to the side and said: "Although Brother Chen and Brother Liu are scholars, they are tall and strong, just kill the Tartars with your small body, and you can't kill one if you tie one to you, just rely on your virtue, it's not bad to be a second Tartar." ”

Deng Keshan still grinned, "Brother Zhou laughed again, I don't make it again, Huayi Dafang understands, even if you can't kill the Tartars, it's always okay to go to the city wall and throw two stones, when Brother Zhou wants to kill the Tartars, the younger brother will sharpen the knife and lead the horse for you." ”

Zhou Shifa scolded: "You are not afraid of flashing your tongue, Jiannu occupied the capital of the Joseon king last month, I can't say that I really came to Tianjin, I see if you dare to go to the city wall." ”

When Deng Keshan heard that the Tartars might really come, he was so frightened that he opened his mouth to stay there, and after a while, he pulled Zhou Shifa and asked: "Brother Zhou, don't scare me, do you know that I am not scared, and the Shanhaiguan is so easy to fight." ”

Zhou Shifa snorted and ignored him.

Chen Xin is not very clear about the time when Hou Jin captured Korea, but the core of Dongjiang Town is on both sides of the Yalu River, and since the Joseon King Kyoto has been lost, most of the Dongjiang River has also suffered a lot of losses, and it may not be able to effectively contain Jiannu in the short term.

He can't take care of such a big thing now, so he picked up the wine bowl and persuaded Deng Keshan to say: "Jiannu hasn't been making trouble for a day or two, Brother Deng, when did you see that they could enter the customs, not to mention Shanhaiguan, there are still chieftains and Mao Dashuai by his side, he really dares to run so far to Tianjin, these two people should go to Shenyang to fight the autumn wind." So Brother Deng doesn't have to worry. ”

Deng Keshan was relieved when he heard this, and he smiled and made a bowl with Chen Xin.

Tan Zongjia next to him was obviously not interested in the affairs of these distant places, and only cared about the one-third of an acre of land on Erdao Street, and he interrupted the topic of several people: "Deng Er, I heard that you have rented another family there?" ”

"Yes, I was about to talk to Mr. Tan."

"Is it the Shen Lou family in Liye Fang?"

"Exactly, didn't they owe money, sold the old house, and rented a room and a store from me, which was also said by Uncle Wu of Liye Fang."

Liu Min listened to it and knew that the Uncle Wu he was talking about was Wu Yue.

Zhou Laifu interjected: "I heard that it is a small profit, or a steal from the master's house, so you also rent it?" ”

Zhou Shifa got angry again when he heard it: "In the future, if you lose something in the workshop, I will look for you Deng Er." ”

Deng Er shouted: "Everyone, don't come to me, I didn't allow Uncle Wu to come when he came, Uncle Wu didn't say that the family was pitiful, and he was anxious to find a rental place, I was soft-hearted and helped people do good, so I agreed." Besides, Shen Lou's leg is broken, and he can't jump out to steal things. ”

Tan Shunlin thought about it and said: "Your family lives in one household, and as soon as they come to your yard, there are three households." You only have four rooms, how can you live in it? ”

"It's just enough to live, my family lives in one, the Wang family has two, and the Shen Lou family has one, isn't it just right. I also thought that I would fill in the thatched house and build another one, and I could live in another one. ”

Tan Shunlin raised his eyebrows: "You dare, where do you fill in the thatched house, where do you pour all the filth, these two streets are cleaner than other streets." As soon as you fill it in, others will follow suit, what will become on this street, if you dare to repair it, I will dare to bring the neighborhood to demolish it. ”

"Count me Zhou Shifa one, see if he dares."

Others also condemned one after another, and Deng Keshan had to agree to give up this plan when he saw it.

Tan Shunlin let him go, and sighed after a while: "This Wu Yue too, you don't want it from Liye Fang, what are you doing in Jingdongfang, forget it, Deng Er, you usually watch it tightly, but don't bully others, Shen Lou's mother is also difficult enough, small profits belong to small profits, and the friendship between neighbors should not be broken." ”

"Yes, Mr. Tan is right, I don't have any other skills, it's just that I value love ......and righteousness."

"Okay, don't come here with these vain, everyone drinks."

Chen Xin and Liu Min only then knew that the Shen family had also moved in, Tan Shunlin and they said this, and the two couldn't interject for a long time, so they hurriedly raised their glasses and drank with everyone.

Eating and talking like this, drinking until the second watch, the dishes were heated twice, everyone finished drinking, and they were a little drunk when they left, so Deng Keshan still pestered Zhou Shifa all the way, persuading Zhou Shifa to build a fire with him.

When they all dispersed, and the group began to clean up, Liu Min looked for a free space and asked Chen Xindao: "What does it mean that Deng Keshan always wants to set fire and hoard?" Is it a plasterer? ”

Chen Xin smiled: "What kind of plasterer, I asked Zhou Laifu just now, and the fire hoard is what we call the immortal jump." ”

"Ah, no wonder Zhou Shifa said that he was abducted and deceived, so why do they only look down on Shen Lou, and they still don't mind this Deng Keshan?"

"It should be because Shen Lou is the owner of the theft, this is a big taboo, and Deng Keshan is a whole person outside, listen to Zhou Laifu said, Deng Keshan is looking for Zhou Shifa to support him, and the last person to come out of the fire hoard must be powerful, Zhou Shifa has a knife and a uniform, and he is also tall, and he can scare the fat sheep."

Liu Minyou shook his head and said: "I also said that Zhou Shifa is an upright person, it turns out that he scolded Deng Keshan for just distributing the spoils unevenly." ”

As he was talking, a timid voice suddenly came from beside him, "I, we're late, can you decorate your meal." ”

Turning his head to look, it was the lady of the Shen family, standing on the side with her head down, holding a bowl in her hand, the two looked at each other, knowing that she was embarrassed to come to dinner, and only dared to come out when everyone dispersed, so it can be seen that she must have suffered a lot of gossip on weekdays.

Shen Niangzi was even more embarrassed when she saw that the two of them didn't speak, and said in her mouth: "It's really okay if you don't have it, thank you, thank you." ”

Liu Minyou hurriedly said: "Yes, Shen Niangzi wait a minute, you give me the bowl, and I will fill it for you." ”

Shen Niangzi hurriedly handed the bowl to Liu Minyou, Liu Minyou went into the yard and filled a bowl full of meat, thought about it, took another bowl and put it in it, and brought it to Shen Niangzi.

Shen Niangzi looked at a bowl more and thanked: "Thank you two sons." ”

Chen Xin saw her a few times, all of them looked haggard, and the people around him were also very discriminatory in their conversations, after all, he was a little sympathetic in his heart, and asked her: "Is your father-in-law's injury all healed?" ”

Shen Niangzi's voice was a little low: "Gongzi Xie asked, but it was scarred, but he wanted to go to the ground, but he didn't know when it would be." ”

"Oh, what did the doctor say?"

"No, I didn't say much."

Liu Minyou saw that she didn't want to say more, so he had to say: "Then Shen Niangzi is slower on the road, go back early and eat hot, the weather is hot, don't let it go for a long time." ”

"Thank you, two sons, I'll return the bowl tomorrow." After Mrs. Shen finished speaking, she gave a salute and left, looking at her walking and limping a little.

Zhou Laifu hadn't left yet, he looked at it from the side, and said to the two: "This Shen Niangzi's original surname was Li, and she was still a daughter of an official eunuch, she committed an accident in Wanli, and her home was raided, she first sold it to Master Liu's house, and then she was a little older and a little beautiful, I heard that Master Liu was a little bit that meaning, but the wife and concubine were noisy, and they were forced to sell it again, Shen Lou was a maid in Liu's house, and she didn't marry a daughter-in-law, so she picked up a cheap few taels of silver." When I got married, everyone in the neighborhood laughed behind my back, saying that Master Liu had harmed her, and after a long time, I saw this lady's duty and heart, so I didn't say anything about it slowly, and Shen Lou could also treat her at first, but after a few years, there was no movement in my stomach, and I heard that the mother and son of the Shen family began to not treat her, and often beat and scolded. Later, Shen Lou didn't know which tendon was wrong, and went to fan Nabo Opera (note: gambling), how could it be that our small family could play, and if this happened, it would hurt this lady. ”

"That's not the same as Pan Jinlian."

"It's pretty much the same, but this lady is a proper person."

As he was talking, he heard men yelling and women screaming. In the dead of night, the sound spread far away, a few people listened carefully, it seemed to be the voice of Shen Lou and Shen Niangzi, Zhou Laifu is a lively person, and when he heard it, he said: "Look, something happened just now, let's go and see." ”

After saying that, he rushed over there first, and Chen Xin said to Liu Minyou: "This miserable Pan Jinlian, Brother Liu and I will go to Wu Dalang's house to have a look." ”

Liu Min ignored him, and followed Zhou Laifu over, and when he arrived outside Deng Keshan's courtyard, the courtyard door was closed, and the Shen family was really noisy inside, only to hear the Shen Lou roaring inside: "You shameless, shameless, you dare to hide, stand here, come here!" ”

Then there was the sound of a stick hitting her body, Shen Niangzi screamed twice, followed by a low cry, Shen's mother didn't move, and Deng Keshan didn't speak.

"You say, why is there an extra bowl, why does he want to give you an extra bowl."

"Then Liu Gongzi is a kind-hearted person......"

"Fart well-wisher, what did you do with him, I want to give you an extra bowl, you are so cheap that you have to do that shameless thing for a bowl of meat, beat you to death, beat, beat."

He screamed and hit, and there was a stick sound inside, and Shen Niangzi just suppressed a few hums this time, probably gritting her teeth and enduring it.

Chen Xin and Liu Minyou looked at each other, this is one more bowl of meat and gives a right and wrong, and this time the two of them don't talk about persuasion, it's not even easy to argue, Lu Donkey and Zhang Dahui also followed, just heard these words, and was so angry that they wanted to kick the courtyard door, but they were stopped by Liu Minyou.

At this time, many people around opened the door and came out, listened to Shen Lou's words, and discussed in the street, Chen Xin saw that it was not good, and hurriedly poked Zhou Laifu next to him, Zhou Laifu was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and scolded in the courtyard: "Shen Lou, you have less blood and mouth spewing people, your lady has only been here for a while, I saw it on the side, just stood outside the door for a while, what can I do, Liu Gongzi is kind, I know that you are injured, put more meat, you pour a dog to bite Lu Dongbin." ”

Deng Keshan's voice also came from inside, "No, I have read that Liu Gongzi, I am knowledgeable, you Shen Lou likes to beat his wife and just beat you, what is the matter with Liu Gongzi, if you talk nonsense, Lao Tzu will slap you with big ears." ”

The nearby neighbors had just come to Liu Minyou to eat, and they had a good impression of the two of them, and after listening to Zhou Laifu's testimony, they immediately condemned the Shen Building.

Although Shen Lou has been grumpy recently, he didn't dare to commit public anger, and there was no sound at the moment, and it took a long time to hear him scold Shen Niangzi: "Get out of the yard." Then there was a knock on the door, and there was no movement.

Everyone on the street listened, and talked for a while, and kindly came over to persuade Liu Minyou, let him not care about the affairs of the Shen family in the future, and after a while, there was no more excitement, so they went back to the house, Liu Min had a few people who also went back to their own homes, Liu Minyou was in a low mood all the way, Lu Donkey and Ertun and others scolded Shen Lou all the way, but they only scolded him for not knowing what to do, and no one said that he shouldn't beat his wife.

After returning to the house, everyone worked together and cleaned up the yard, everyone was tired enough today, and they went back to the house after cleaning up, and the courtyard was quiet, only some insects chirped. Liu Minyou took a stool and was in a daze at the stone table, and Chen Xin also came over to sit down and said, "Don't think about it, we're not wrong about this." ”

"I don't have anything, I just think it's ......" Liu Minyou thought for a long time, "I think that Shen Niangzi has had a rough life, and today she was beaten for no reason and was driven to the yard, what kind of mood will she feel this night."

Chen Xin smiled and said, "What else can you be in the mood, I think her heart has already died." A few days ago, she went to the shop and wanted to buy some seafood for Shen Lou, but she was ridiculed by the Cai family's father and son. ”

"Hey, why haven't we seen a few happy ...... for so long?"

Chen Xin looked at him like that, and he couldn't make fun of him, so he had to diverge: "We are just office workers, the level is too low, and we can't reach it." ”

"You're an office worker, I'm an unemployed youth, seriously, what are you busy with at work every day?"

Chen Xin laughed: "There are really not many things, it is much easier than the original company, every day is bookkeeping and miscellaneous, and I have already learned that little thing in the account room, by the way, I have been working for a few days, you know what you see in the store." ”

"See what?"

"There are two wings full of raw silk, which I secretly saw when Lao Cai opened the door. The owner and Lao Cai are often absent for half a day and half a day, and they don't know where they went. ”

"Your boss is still in the silk business?"

"It must have been shipped to Japan, didn't Lao Cai say that the owner would go twice a year."

Liu Minyou still doesn't quite understand, "What does that have to do with us?" ”

"Of course it matters, I want to go to Japan with me, inquire clearly, and in the future, we will buy a boat to make money by doing sea trade." In case the Tartars come, we might as well take a boat and run away. ”

"Well, well, tomorrow I will also go to the accounting office to do an errand, save more money, or else I will buy a ship."

"Okay, but who will guard the sea dogs and train them in the future."

"There's nothing to keep, just walk around twice anyway. Let them find something to do in the future. ”

"Two walks? What about their push-ups and sit-ups? ”

"The brothers of the Zhang family all said that they were tired, the second meeting would do five groups, two groups of the conference, and only the sea dog himself had to do ten groups. It's good to be self-conscious. ”

"What? Rely on self-realization?!! ”