The couple did not come for the second half of the day. No one else came to disturb me, except for Sister-in-law Zhou who came to flush me with boiling water, and Lao Wen brought me food.

I had dinner, and Lao Wen slapped me in the face. I said unintentionally: "This is too troublesome for you, but you don't have to ...... in the future"

Lao Wenzhui replied with his hands blinking his old eyes: "Master Li, why do you say that!" You are a good friend of our master, and of course we must serve it well. In case there is something inconsiderate, please scold us unceremoniously. ”

These words made me feel sick. This is the first time I have been called "Master Li". I don't like it to hear. I know he will continue to call like this in the future, and he will keep calling until I leave Yao's house. I can't stand it. I thought about it for a while, so I had to honestly say to him: "You are an old family, you are different from others." (The words worked, and a smile appeared on his face.) "Please don't call me 'Master Li', we all call Mr. 'below', you can call me 'Mr. Li' according to the rules of 'below'." ”

"Yes, in the future, according to the words of Master Li; Oh yes, Mr. Lai. Speaking of old age, we have been 'helping' in Yao's family for more than 30 years. We grew up watching our master. Our lord is good-hearted and kind-hearted, just like the old lady. ”

"What about your wife?" I asked.

"Do you mean the current wife?" He asked. I nodded. Lao Wen continued: "My wife has been out of the house for more than three years, and she has never scolded us for half a sentence. When she didn't go through the door, everyone said that she was a new-school person, and they were afraid that she would have a lot of tricks. When she came, everyone praised her for being good, and her heart was the same as her appearance. She always had a smile on her face all day. She looked up to us very much and said that we were the old members of the Yao family. She still has something to ask us. It is a blessing for us to serve such old men and wives. The smile wrinkled his face even more, but his tiny eyes were filled with tears, as if he were about to cry.

I washed my face, and he went over to the coffee table to serve the basin. I hurriedly asked again, for my curiosity was aroused by his narration, and I wanted to know more from his mouth.

"Where's your first wife?"

Lao Wen put down the basin, glanced at me, stood in front of the coffee table with his hands down, shook his head and replied: "It's not that our subordinates are talking nonsense, the wife in front is too bad than this one, I really can't catch up." The lady left behind a young master, and a young lady, who later died......" He suddenly swallowed the following words, and turned his head to look out the door.

"I've also seen your young master, and his appearance is exactly the same as your master," I continued, and I wanted to use this sentence to elicit his future words.

"But his temper is the same as that of the master." He looked at me, then at the door, and he seemed to want to take it back, but it was too late. He must have known that I was listening clearly.

"It doesn't matter, if you have something to say, I won't tell anyone. You're right. I can see it too. Your young master is not very kind to your wife. ”

"Mr. Li, you don't know that Young Master Hu has a big temper, not to mention his stepmother, even to his own mother. When the former wife died, Young Master Hu was almost eight years old, and he didn't cry a word. His grandmother spoiled him too much, and his master spoiled him too much, and our wife couldn't do anything about him. He walked up to me, lowered his voice and said, "I heard Aunt Zhou say that our wife has cried several times about him, and even the master doesn't know it." He paused for a moment, and continued in a whisper: "My wife will take him with her when she goes back to her mother's house, but he will not go even if he dies." His own grandmother always said that our wife couldn't stay with her ex-mother and son, and in the past two years, the old lady of the Zhao family simply didn't come to our house, so she often sent people to pick up the young master Hu to play. Our wife still goes to Zhao's house during the New Year's holidays. Last year, the Zhao family was afraid of the alarm, so they went to the countryside to live for more than half a year, so they took Young Master Hu to live for three or four months. Young Master Tiger doesn't want to come back. The lord and the wife sent us to pick us up several times before picking them up, and when they came back, they lost their temper, saying that they were killed in the city, and who was responsible! The lord doesn't scold him, and the wife doesn't talk well. In fact, he never flipped through books in the Zhao family, and gambled with his cousin and cousin for money one day......"

"Why don't you lords understand this? At your young master's age, a father should discipline him well," I interjected.

"Alas," Lao Wen sighed anxiously, "The old man spoils him, and everything depends on him, and he has been like this since he was a child." Tell our people to be in a hurry. He suddenly forgot to raise his voice: "It's not young, it's thirteen years old, and I'm still reading the fourth book of high school." After that, he raised his head angrily and said to himself: "We said it, even if others heard it, and we are not afraid, at most we can take leave and go home." ”

"He's thirteen? I thought I was eleven years old at most! ”

"People with a lot of thoughts don't want to grow, what can be done?" There was still anger in Lao Wen's voice.

"Yesterday, the young master of the Yang family was only so old...... "I said.

"Young Master of the Yang Family?" Lao Wen asked in surprise, but he didn't wait for me to explain, and immediately continued, "We know that it is the one who often runs in to fold flowers." His family used to be very large, and I heard that he was richer than our master, but now he is defeated. But I can afford to eat. I heard the doorman Li Laohan'er say that that Young Master Yang is not yet fifteen years old this year, and he has been in middle school for three years, and he has read very well. ”

"Didn't your lord say that he didn't want to study hard?" I asked.

"That's the master's words. We are talking about Li Laohan'er's words, and we don't know whether they are true or false. We said, if we read well, why do we often run into our garden to ask for flowers? We really don't understand that. When asked about Li Laohan'er, he refused to say, and when we asked a few more words, he shed tears. Yesterday, he also interceded with us, saying that as long as the master didn't know and didn't show Zhao Qingyun to see, he would let Young Master Yang fold a few flowers. We're a little embarrassed. In fact, we don't want to be embarrassed by Young Master Yang, the young master is a good person, and the mansion was originally sold by their family, and it is not worth a few dollars to fold two flowers. In fact, my wife also said that what matters if one or two flowers are loved, so I will give him one or two. It's just that Zhao Qingyunding is not happy, the flower craftsman Lao Liu took three months of sick leave, and now Zhao Qingyun cleans the garden, he hates others running into the garden. The old man also instructed not to let Young Master Yang into the mansion, saying that he was afraid of teaching Young Master Tiger badly. Therefore, when Zhao Qingyun met Young Master Yang, he always had to quarrel. One wants to hurry, the other refuses to go, but although Young Master Yang is small, his strength is not small, and his mouth can speak. Sometimes Zhao Qingyun had no choice but to help him, and we had to help. ”

"Your master is afraid that Young Master Tiger will learn badly from Young Master Yang, does your young master like to play with Young Master Yang?" I asked again.

"Hmph, how can our Young Master Tiger be willing to play with Young Master Yang? He was snobbish, he never looked at us squarely, and he never said a word to us. The lord is so careful. ”

"Your wife is an understanding person, she can persuade your master to be so casual about the poor education of Young Master Hu," I said.

Lao Wen shook his head in despair: "It's useless." The master understands everything, but he is a little confused about this matter. If you tell him, he won't listen. He bent down, with a serious expression, and whispered to me: "I heard that Mrs. told the master a few times, the young master Hu refused to study at home, often went to his grandmother's house to gamble, and learned some bad habits, she is not very good at discipline as a stepmother, afraid that the Zhao family will gossip, and ask the master to take care of him." But the old man said that young people are like this, and they will change when they are older. Young Master Tiger is very smart and doesn't need to be disciplined. The wife touched the nail a few times, and she didn't dare to speak more. The Zhao family treats his wife badly, and the old lady and the two uncles and wives are like this, they not only gossip outside, but also often instigate the young master Hu to embarrass his wife. The lord doesn't care at all. Mrs. Zhou told Aunt Zhou that fortunately she didn't add a little master herself, otherwise, it would be even more difficult for her to be a stepmother. ”

"Your wife's situation is too miserable," I said sympathetically, unfairly, "I can't imagine it. ”

"Yes, if Aunt Zhou hadn't told us, where would we know? My wife is smiling all day long, and she always talks and laughs when she sees people. We only ask the old lady's yin spirit to bless her with two little masters, so that she will grow up in the future, do big things, and give her a breath of relief. The sincere blessing of the old man trembled powerlessly in this empty hall. I saw him rubbing his eyes with his hand, and I felt unhappy, so I stood up and walked a few steps in silence.

I felt that Lao Wen's eyes were always rolling over me, so I stood still, looking at his slightly buried head, waiting for him to speak.

"Mr. Lai, please don't tell anyone else," he begged me carefully, and the angry expression on his face completely disappeared. I saw a look that showed that I was powerless to ask for help. A mouth without front teeth resembles a black hole.

"Don't worry, I'll never tell anyone," I said with emotion.

"Thank you for speaking our hearts today. Mr. Li, although we are people who have not read a book for a few years, we also know what is good and bad, and we know right and wrong, and we are also very sad in our hearts. Lao Wen buried his head, held the basin, and walked out with tears in his eyes.

I stood alone at the door of the lower flower hall. I have brought out many of his words, and I have known many things. But was my curiosity satisfied?

No. I just felt the claws of some beast scratching at my chest.