Chapter 139 Peach Blossom Noodles (13)
The Zhang family's compound was as busy as ever, and Master Zhang couldn't trust the tenant farmers and men under him. All the harvest in the fields should be weighed in the village in the countryside, and then the special person will be responsible for escorting it to the city. When he arrived in the city, he did not directly transport it to the Zhang family's rice and grain shop, but first sent it to the Zhang family's house in Los Angeles, entered the Zhang family's own granary, and then shipped it out from home when the grain was almost sold in the shop. This one out and one in, it needs to be weighed again.
Zhang Baifu is very busy, since marrying the side room, the Zhang family's business seems to be more prosperous than before. Coupled with the stomach in the side room, there was joy soon after entering the door, and Zhang Baifu people were in good spirits when they were happy, and they were more energetic when they started to do things. The side room is half lying on the chaise longue chair with a pu fan, this chair is made by Zhang Baifu for the side room by the carpenter master in the city, imitating the style of a big family in a big city. A small table next to the chair is filled with fruits and dried fruits. In the side room, while watching those guys busy, they ate fruit snacks, and they were in the posture of a master and mother overseer.
In the firewood room in the backyard, Ye Shuang'er was sick. She has been caught with a cold since the beginning of winter. At first, the wind chill was not serious, and she only needed bed rest to relieve herself, but her in-laws made it difficult for her to either let her do this or that. If you do it slowly, you will be beaten, and if you do it fast, you will also be beaten, and if you do it well, she will start to think about ghosts again, and she will not do it well, saying that she is not in the Zhang family, and she is starting to become wild. The weather was cold, coupled with overwork, and the side room came to punish him from time to time, Ye Shuang'er had a good life, and he went to half of it.
When the Zhang family was busy, she, the young lady of the Zhang family, could only lie alone in the firewood room in the backyard, quietly waiting for the summons of Lord Yama. Xu is mercy, the side room somehow remembered her again, originally thinking of dragging her to the front yard, so that those guys could have a good time meeting the former young lady of the Zhang family, and let those guys know who is in charge of the current Zhang family and who is the real mistress of the Zhang family.
The mother-in-law who took care of the side room went to the backyard, but when she came back, she told the side room that Ye Shuang'er was no good, and she seemed to be infected with something that couldn't be cured, and she vomited blood one by one. The side room stroked his belly, and then looked at Zhang Baifu, who was still directing the guys to transport rice and grain over there, and secretly said in front of his mother-in-law: "Find two people, throw her out, even if she dies, don't die in the courtyard of our Zhang family." Bad luck aside, what if there is really a dirty disease, what if it hurts the young master and the child in my belly. ”
The mother-in-law understood, and immediately found two trustworthy subordinates to go to the firewood room in the backyard, directly lifted the broken cotton wool quilt, and threw Ye Shuang'er from the back door of Zhang's house to the street.
Xu is life should not be extinguished, she actually ran into Man Jianghong again.
Regarding Ye Shuang'er's affairs, Man Jianghong also knew something, he knew that he was not thoughtful, and he had even affected Ye Shuang'er, and he had also gone to Zhang's house many times to try to explain that there was really nothing between him and Ye Shuang'er. But the more he explained, the more suspicious the Zhang family became about the relationship between Ye Shuang'er and him. Man Jianghong was forced to be helpless, so he didn't dare to go to the door of Zhang's house again.
At this time, when I saw Ye Shuang'er on the street, the guilt in my heart became stronger and stronger. Seeing that there was no one around, he asked the man to carry Ye Shuang'er, who was about to die, into the carriage and brought him back to the theater.
Man Jianghong's theater is very profitable, so he hired the best doctor in Los Angeles for Ye Shuang'er. Ye Shuang'er spent half a year and spent a lot of silver dollars on Man Jianghong before finally redeeming his little life from Lord Yama.
When he was treated, Ye Shuang'er lived next door to Man Jianghong. Man Jianghong said, saying that the reason why Ye Shuang'er became like this was because of him, and if he couldn't cure Ye Shuang'er, he would have a bad conscience for the rest of his life.
At that time, Ye Shuang'er hated Jiang Hong, and if it weren't for his entanglement, she would still be the rightful young lady of the Zhang family. She asked Man Jianghong, if she died, would Man Jianghong apologize for her sins by dying because of her uneasy conscience?
Man Jianghong shook his head and said no, he would only have an uneasy conscience for the rest of his life, but he would not die because of his uneasy conscience, because his life was given by his parents, because he was the head of the theater, he had to be responsible for those people in the theater, and he couldn't say that he was dead.
Later, as the days went by, Ye Shuang'er didn't hate Man Jianghong anymore, and she began to feel that everything was fate.
She entered the Zhang family at the age of seven, and married Zhang Baifu at the age of fourteen, what kind of person she is, the Zhang family is clear, but after the incident, none of them wanted to believe her, let alone listen to Man Jianghong's explanation. Especially Zhang Baifu, the brother who has doted on her since she was a child, the husband who said that he would spoil her, love her, and take care of her for the rest of his life, wronged her without any evidence, and even married other women, and helped other women torture her and toss her together. She suddenly felt that in this world, only feelings are the most unreliable.
After recovering from her illness, she took the initiative to stay in the theater, and she thought about it, she had no other means of making a living except singing. She changed her name to Momoyuki.
Man Jianghong arranged a new room for her, the supplies in the room were all available, the clothes in the wardrobe were all new, and the styles were all popular models of the year. On the table, there are still some bits and pieces of rouge gouache. Next to the rouge gouache is a mahogany box with some jewelry. The jewelry is not too expensive, but the style is what she likes. She knew in her heart that Man Jianghong was attentive to her. It's a pity that she is already a person who has died once, and now she has only returned to the world.
Ye Shuang'er learned drama very quickly, and it only took half a year to be on stage. When she took the stage, she used the flower name of Peach, so no one in Los Angeles knew that she was the young lady Ye Shuang'er from the original Zhangjia rice grain shop. Her appearance is extremely beautiful, her figure is enchanting, and her voice is naturally good.
After a scene, many noble sons asked Man Jianghong about the origin of Taozhi, but Man Jianghong just smiled and said that Taozhi was invited back from outside by spending a lot of money. Because of Ye Shuang'er's singing voice and figure, no one who watched the drama suspected that she was a newcomer who had only studied opera for half a year, and they all believed Man Jianghong's words, thinking that she was a famous actor invited by Man Jianghong from the theater outside.
Ye Shuang'er's death also caused a ripple in the Zhang family. Master Zhang and Mrs. Zhang are heartbroken for the money they spent over the years, and they have worked hard. Zhang Baifu began to recall the good past of the two after Ye Shuang'er died. He even began to reminisce over and over again about catching the two of them in the alley. At that time, Ye Shuang'er was standing against the wall with a bored expression, and Man Jianghong was standing about two meters away from her, talking about what kind of drama and singing and talent in her mouth.
Man Jianghong explained to him, saying that she wanted to find Shuang'er to sing, saying that she was born to be a famous actress. His family is both a farmer and a businessman, and in the eyes of those who are officials, he is also a person who cannot be put on the stage. can no longer be on the stage, and it is also an innocent family. How can a pure white family let their daughter-in-law go to the opera garden to sing for others to have fun.
Zhang Baifu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand why he didn't want to believe Man Jianghong and Ye Shuang'er in the first place. Shuang'er grew up watching by herself, and he knows best what kind of character she is. Could it be that he was doubting himself, he felt that he was inferior to the singing Man Jianghong everywhere, he was worried that Shuang'er would like that singing, so he deliberately misinterpreted them, deliberately ignored Shuang'er, and even connived at his side room to bully her?
Zhang Baifu began to hate himself, he felt that it was his small belly and chicken intestines, and his narrow-mindedness killed his favorite girl. Yes, he likes Ye Shuang'er, since his father and mother led her into the house, and she looked at him with his timid eyes. Marrying the side room, it was just because she was angry, angry that Ye Shuang'er actually had contact with other men behind her back, and angry that Ye Shuang'er couldn't trust him as a husband, if Man Jianghong was just a simple entanglement, she could tell him.
A daughter was born in the side room, but it was still just a side room.
She originally thought that after Ye Shuang'er died, she could be corrected and become the real young lady of the Zhang family's rice grain shop, but she never expected that Zhang Baifu would not even enter her house after knowing that Ye Shuang'er was dead, and she was born another girl, she was directly scolded by the old lady, saying that the reason why her son was alienated from her was because her stomach was not angry.
She wanted to be angry, but she wanted to add another son to the Zhang family, but Zhang Baifu was unwilling to touch her again, and even admitted another side room to enter the door.
When the peach red was all over Los Angeles, there were already three side rooms in the Zhang family's mansion, except for the original one, the remaining two were somewhat similar to Ye Shuang'er. What's even more strange is that Zhang Baifu, who didn't know how to play and didn't like to watch plays, also began to run to the theater.
At this time, the sunset was slanting in the west, and the new play "Peach Blossom Noodles" of the Manjianghong Theater was about to start, and Zhang Baifu was drinking while listening to the messy discussions around him.
"I heard that today's play was written by the peach girl herself, she is really a talented girl, not only sings well, acts well, but also writes this play well."
"You are an expert, you listen to a play, and we laymen watch it lively."
"What's the excitement, to put it bluntly, it's not to see the flower and moon appearance of the peach girl, the exquisite figure." A half-drunk spectator stood up with a wine glass: "I say, everyone, which of you is lucky enough to see the beauty of the peach girl?" Didn't you? I knew you didn't. I, Xu Laosan, saw it. ”
After a slow hiccup, the man continued: "That day, I picked up a sachet in the theater, and there was a copper coin hanging on the sachet. At first glance, it is the owner's favorite thing. I took the sachet and asked, and guess what? The sachet turned out to be the peach girl's, so by giving the sachet, I saw the peach girl's face. Tsk, that's really Xi Shi's reincarnation, and Yang Guifei has to avoid it when she sees it. Beauty, people are really beautiful, even more beautiful than this appearance. ”
The wine cup in Zhang Baifu's hand fell to the ground, because he remembered Ye Shuang'er, and remembered that Ye Shuang'er often had a sachet hanging on his body. The sachet was sewn by her deceased mother, and the copper coin on the sachet was the first New Year's money she received from her parents.