After placing the bamboo basket in the shady corner, Qiu Se said to Granny Cai: "I'll go find Qing Niang first, and the vegetables in the basket will be cleaned up when I come out." ”

Granny Cai saw that the autumn color went to Qing Niang's house, hesitated, or lifted the straw curtain on the bamboo basket to take a look, and found that there were some spinach and eggplants on it, and she didn't give up and reached out and turned it down, kidney beans and winter melon cabbage, the most valuable thing is the basket of eggs, and couldn't help pouting, "Is this autumn lady a rabbit?" Looking at Qing Niang's house, she took her hand out and was unwilling, and quickly took out two eggs from the basket and hid them.

Autumn color entered Qing Niang's house but didn't see her person, only to see a faint figure behind a screen embroidered with flowers.

"Qiu Niang, come in!" Qing Niang's voice came from behind the screen, and she felt a little naïve.

"Qing Niang, you, are you drinking?" Qiu Se looked at Qing Niang leaning on the recliner in surprise, her hair was scattered, her clothes were loose, her neckline was wide open, and her face was red and her eyes were straight, this was obviously the appearance of drinking too much! At this time, she reached out and picked up the flask from the small table next to her, filled it again, and drank it all.

"Hehe, Qiu Niang, are you here?" Qing Niang smiled and stretched out her hand to beckon her, "Come, drink with me for a while!" ”

Autumn color has never known Qing Niang, although she has not been in many contacts, but she has also seen a few debts, every time I see her, she is a well-behaved lady, or the first time I saw her indulge herself like this, I couldn't help but step forward and snatch her wine glass, "Why do you drink in broad daylight?" And drink so much! What a physical injury! ”

Who knew that Qing Niang didn't buy the autumn color account at all, snatched back her wine glass and glared at her: "What? Can't I drink if you can? I'm still drinking it in my own home! ”

Choked in the autumn color, sat down on the stool on the side angrily, and said, "Okay, good, I won't stop you, you can drink as much as you want!" I came here to beg you for something, Shopkeeper Li asked me to make more pickles, but I can't be busy alone, do you think it's okay to let my mother and sister come here to help? If you're bothered, we can do it in the front office! ”

"What's annoying? You don't know that I'm the only one in this teahouse all day. Qing Niang pouted and said, "I originally thought that you could accompany me more when you moved in, but who knew that you would be busier than Ah Shan all day long." Let me tell you, your sister is here, but you are not allowed to make her work, just let her accompany me. ”

"Miss, I want to eat, if I'm not busy, I have to ask for food, how can I drink spicy food without hard work!" Qiu Se was busy defending herself, "Besides, who are you, aren't you still with Granny Cai with you?" ”

"Granny Cai is boring, what she told me all day long was not whose man's man stole someone, or whose family's widow was indecent, and I was tired of hearing the meat talk in her mouth." Qing Niang said and poured a glass of wine for Qiu Se, "Come, drink with me for a while." ”

Qiu Se hurriedly waved her hand, "Don't mind, Qingniang, drink it yourself, I still have a headache now!" ”

Qing Niang was angry, and with a snap, she put the wine glass on the small table, and snorted coldly, "What? If you can drink with others, can't you accompany me? ”

Seeing that she had already said this, Qiu Se was helpless, so she could only pick up her wine glass and laugh with her: "Okay, then I'll sacrifice my life to accompany Qingniang, it's a big deal to get drunk for another night." As he spoke, he took a sip of wine from the edge of his glass.

"It's done, it's done." Qing Niang pointed to the autumn colors and shouted.

Really, a drunkard still calls it that! Just get drunk, it's a big deal not to make today's pickles. Qiu Se gritted his teeth and poured all the wine in the cup into his stomach.

Qing Niang was happy and clapped her hands.

Autumn Colors grinned, "What kind of wine do you say?" How is it more rushing than what I drank yesterday (1)! ”

"Hahaha!" Qing Niang laughed, this smile did not cover her mouth with a silk handkerchief as usual, and she was shy and sultry, but her limbs trembled, and she was charming, and she laughed enough and asked Qiu Se, "Qiu Niang, you are honest, who did you drink with yesterday?" ”

Qiu Se reached out and grabbed a few peanut beans from the dish on the small table and stuffed them into his mouth to suppress the spicy taste, winked at Qing Niang, and bared his teeth, "Guess!" ”

"Hmph, if you don't say it, I know that I'm a man!"

"Huh? How do you know? Autumn asked strangely.

Qing Niang glared at her, "Do you still need to ask?" Women only get drunk when they drink with men! He asked with a warm face, "Qiu Niang, was it the Xiucai who sent you back who accompanied you to drink yesterday?" ”

Autumn Colors bared her teeth again, "Guess! ”

Qing Niang snorted: "I don't guess! Anyway, you have a good grasp of yourself, with your background, you want to marry a big family, unless you are small, if you want to be a flat-headed wife, the best choice, one day the show is really high school, and you will become an official wife, but if he repeatedly misses, then you will be miserable, and you can only be a poor and sour showman. He grinned.

"Cut, look at what you said as if I have to marry that Xiucai." Qiu Se glanced at Qing Niang angrily, and said a little unconvinced: "If I really be a talented lady, how can I help him take the exam and come back!" I've been reading books for so many years that always help! ”

"Huh?" This time it was Qing Niang's turn to be surprised, "You still read?" ”

"Ugh!" Qiu Se burped, slowly drunk, and secretly scolded himself and almost said that he was out of his mouth, "It was taught to me by the eldest lady in the past." ”

"Oh, then you're talking big." Qing Niang said again, "Besides, that Xiucai's family is so poor, where is there time to prepare for the exam, it is estimated that there is no drama to take the exam, Qiu Niang, you better make another plan." ”

Autumn slapped her on the thigh, "you, don't talk nonsense all the time, if you have that kung fu, hurry up and do your own business!" ”

Qing Niang was stunned for a moment, and her originally happy look gradually disappeared, and she poured herself two glasses of wine in a row and laughed again, but there was some bitterness and sadness in this smile, "My business?" No one can do my business! You know? My husband has a new concubine, and he would rather accept a Qinglou woman into the door than let me enter Beijing! ”

"Huh?" Autumn color is stunned, Qingniang has a husband?

"You know what? I was originally a lady of the family, who came to stretch out my hands to eat all day long, and every day I only wrote poems and played the piano, and my family also set a good family for me! Qing Niang seemed to fall into an extremely frightened memory, her whole body trembled slightly, and her arms hugged her legs tightly.

I only heard her continue: "But suddenly one day everything changed, my grandfather never came back, and then a large group of officers and soldiers came to raid the house, my grandmother hanged herself, and my mother also threw herself into the lake, and then I and my aunt and sister were ......" Speaking of this, Qing Niang suddenly choked up, "My aunt and my sisters died crazy, and in the end, I was the only one left, but I might as well die!" Qing Niang buried her head between her legs and cried.

Qiu Shi already roughly knew her origin and identity, but it was hard to say, so she could only comfort her, "Okay, Qingniang, now these things have passed." ”

"How is that possible?" Qing Niang shook her head, hysterical, "Do you know what it's like to be judged as an animal?" Do you know what it's like to be unscrupulously slandered and insulted by those who are the lowest? Do you know the fear I felt when I was alone with a group of rough men? I really wanted to die at the time, but thanks to Teng Lang who arrived to save me. ”

There were tears in the corners of Qing Niang's eyes, but a dreamy and gentle smile appeared on her face, "Teng Lang is a very chivalrous person, my mother said when he first got married, otherwise how would he rush to the barracks to save me?" I know that I don't deserve him in my current status, and I don't care, as long as I can stay by his side, I'll be satisfied. However, he was unwilling to take me back to Beijing, so he only gave me a sum of money and threw me into this place! Whining. Qingniang was very sad and cried louder and louder.

"Lady, what's wrong with you?" Granny Cai suddenly rushed in, nervously asking Qing Niang while staring suspiciously at the autumn color.

Granny Cai, does this think that she is the Qing Niang who made her cry? Qiu Se felt quite bright but couldn't explain it, so she said with a smile: "Qingniang, don't cry anymore, or Granny Cai would think that I was bullying you." ”

Qing Niang suddenly raised her head and glared at Granny Cai with bare eyes, "You get out of here!" And smashed a wine glass with his hand.

"Ahh Wife! Granny Cai was taken aback, but the lady had never even said a word to herself, could it be that the lady said something about Qiu Niangzi when she suddenly became so angry?

"Get out!" Qing Niang shouted sharply.

Granny Cai was taken aback, hurriedly went out of the house and closed the door, hearing that there were still intermittent cries in the house, she couldn't help but feel anxious, and at this moment she heard the front fence being slapped.

"Ah, Master Hu, you are here, you can go and take a look, I don't know what Qiu Niang said to make the lady cry, I will persuade you, the lady also scolded me!" Granny Cai saw that it was Ai Laohu, as if she had met a rescuer.

"What's wrong with Qing Niang?" Ai Laohu didn't wait for Cai Zipo to answer, threw down the fish in his hand, and strode to the backyard.

"There's a good show to watch now." Granny Cai hurriedly closed the fence, picked up the fish on the ground and hurried to the backyard, but she found that Ai Laohu did not enter the house at all but stood behind the door listening to something.

Inside the house, Qiu Se persuaded her mother: "You cry so much and people don't know, aren't you punishing yourself for other people's mistakes?" Come, stop crying, woman, you must be kind to yourself. ”

"You said that she would rather accept a girl in the Qinglou than let me in, do you think I am not as good as the woman in the Qinglou?" Qing Niang sniffed and continued to complain, "What's the point of me living like this?" I swallowed the arsenic box with all my heart, thinking that he would come to give me a ride for the sake of the past, but he only asked someone to say that my life or death had nothing to do with him! How is it irrelevant? Originally, I should have been the wife he was marrying! ”

"Oh, isn't that what men are all about! Since ancient times, infatuated women have a negative heart, you just take him too seriously! ”

(1) Rush: refers to the spicy mouth, with great momentum.