Chapter 20 Abandonment of Literature and Business
Remembering to come out of the teahouse, and even outside the courtyard gate, sure enough, I saw a delicate Ai Hu, the head facing the streets and alleys, and the tail facing the gate, attracting everyone to watch, and the memory saw that the Ai Hu was colorful, and the subtleties were ingenious. Yizhihu was suspicious for a long time, and then got into the sedan chair and went home.
After walking about a shot, I thought about it and thought about it, I felt that it was wrong, lifted the sedan curtain, and asked the sedan chair man to walk slowly, and the sedan chair man in front of him spoke loudly first, and then lowered his voice and said: "Someone in the teahouse just turned around to inquire about the girl's whereabouts, I only had to be careful, but at this time, someone is following us." β
Remembering to respond, and doing that ornamental state, lifted the sedan curtain of the back window, the sedan chair behind the sedan chair to the side made a color, Memory looked to that place, sure enough, I saw a cloth boy secretly followed, saw that Memory was looking back, and then got under a green cloth umbrella, as a state of buying water and drinking.
Yizhi put down the sedan curtain, thought about it, and showed his feet somewhere, so he hurriedly lifted the side curtain again, and said to Rui'er: "I was in the tea shop just now, but someone asked you and me about my whereabouts." β
Rui'er was stunned, she already felt that something was wrong, and she hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Fangcai, just now in the tea workshop, there is a female tea doctor who is about the same age as me, invited me to eat flooded melons, and asked me where I came from, so sweating profusely......"
Yizhi asked tightly, "What did you say?" β
Rui'er didn't dare to speak, her eyes looked at Yizhi timidly, Yizhi had already understood, she didn't feel annoyed, threw down the sedan curtain, sulked for a long time, could only press her anger, and lifted the side curtain and said to Li Ping: "Li Ping, let's make a way to arrest that kid, torture and torture him, who sent him, and what are you doing with us!" β
Li Ping should have fled, and Yizhi said to the sedan chair man: "Go faster, the faster the better." β
The sedan chair went faster and faster, the kid had to follow more and more tightly, seeing that the sedan chair was missing a corner, and was about to chase again, but he unconsciously hit his head on a thick meat wall, and unconsciously had a palm, only to be beaten to the ground and turned in circles, did not know the direction, did not wait to stand firmly, and the back placket was carried up again, and his feet were suspended in the air for a while, bluffing and kicking, and a stack of voices in his mouth spared his life. But when he heard a wicked voice, he shouted, "Say, who sent you, and what are you doing with my girl!" β
But it was said that Wen Yanbo was looking at the ointment given by Yizhi when he suddenly heard a noise outside the room, and was about to ask Wen Hai what was going on, when the door suddenly opened, and the boys wanted to stop but didn't dare to stop it, coaxing and persuading, and poured into the account room around Yizhi.
Yizhi carried his skirt, shouted and walked away, and at the same time broke in, making a lot of noise and noise for a while.
Wen Hai's voice was like a bell, and he shouted: "Nonsense! Suddenly, the whole house was silent.
Wen Yanbo saw that he was reminiscing, and stood up straight.
Wen Hai shouted again: "Get out of here, I don't have to tell my cousin to see jokes, I think our Wen family has no rules and doesn't know how to train people!" The bluffing boys hurriedly retreated outside the house, Wen Hai calmed down his emotions, and said to Yizhi: "I think the cousin has something to say to the second brother, and the younger one will retire first." With that, he withdrew and closed the door.
Yizhi sneered and said: "How dare I laugh at your family, I am like a sieve, and I don't know how to train a girl, a piece of melon will go anywhere, and I will recruit you for as long as you stay." As he spoke, he saw the plaster on the table at a glance, and was about to go up and grab it, Wen Yanbo hurriedly grabbed it in his hand, and Yizhi grabbed it in his hand again, Wen Yanbo hid, and said: "This is just sent out, and it hasn't been heated yet, why do you have to take it back." As he spoke, he took it into his arms.
Yizhi couldn't grab it, and he couldn't go to his arms to pick it up, his face was pink with anger, and he said: "You are not rare, but you still have to doubt me, what is hidden here, and you will give it back to me, and if you don't come back in the future, you will have to send someone to follow you." β
Wen Yanbo said: "It's not uncommon for me to say it when. β
Yizhi said: "The people sent to me have called me arrested, and they still say that they don't suspect me? β
Wen Yanbo saw that she was angry, and found it even more interesting, and said: "What you said is unreasonable, doubt is suspicious, rare is rare, how can it be compared." β
Yi Zhi became more and more angry, so he simply sat down on the high chair, waved his tender face, and said angrily: "If you don't pay me back, I won't leave." β
Wen Yanbo smiled: "That's a good feeling, I just want you to stay." β
I didn't realize that my heart was rolling, my body was hot for a while, my ears were hot, and my face was red. Wen Yanbo saw that she was ashamed, and wanted to tease her more and more, and said: "I want to know if you really care about me, or if you were entrusted by someone and pretended to give in, so you sent someone." β
Yizhi calmed down a little and said: "I kindly sent the medicine, and I said one more word, since you want to know, you can ask, is it in vain that you have a mouth, and what means are you playing, it can be seen that people like you can't have deep friendships, and I can't be suspicious of you, quickly return the plaster to me, you and I are clear, and we don't have to meet in the future." β
Wen Yanbo saw that the more she talked, the more ruthless she became, and hurriedly said: "Three days later, it will be the full moon banquet of my eldest brother's second son, even if I get your wish and return the plaster to you, you and I will never have a relationship in private, and we will still meet at that time, and said that, on the day of Zimei's wedding, you are Sister Du's daughter-in-law, and I am Zimei's lady-in-law, and there is still trouble, how can I get the two clear." β
Seeing that Yizhi was silent, he looked at his face and was not relieved, and said: "It's my fault, and I'm used to being cautious, I'll compensate my sister first." As he spoke, he couldn't wait.
Yi Zhi glanced at him, and he had forgiven a little in his heart, but he couldn't help but deliberately make a little sex.
Seeing this, Wen Yanbo pondered for a long time, and then said: "I got four new horses of shark yarn from Yizhou, and gave two to my mother, one to my sister-in-law, and one to my sister. β
Remember: "Brother Lao is worried about it, and he made a lot of clothes last year, but more than half of them have not been worn, so there is no need to add new ones." β
Wen Yanbo could only say again: "I recently got cloud leaf tea, which is one inch and five minutes long, and the peach blossom mold is pressed, so it's good to give it to my sister to eat." β
The way of remembrance: "If you talk about the things that go in, I also have them at home, but there are fewer of them, and it is enough to satisfy your cravings." β
Wen Yanbo said again: "A few days ago, Fu Fanhou's crab village will open in the near future, and I am discussing with Zimei when I am free, and I invited everyone to eat together." These words were in the heart of Yizhi, and he unconsciously pressed down when he laughed.
Wen Yanbo saw that there was a turnaround, and continued: "The three crispy soups in the Wen family tea shop are well-known far and wide, I saw my sister Tong Zimei say it several times, but she always forgets it, if you don't mind, I took you there, it's the same." β
Remembering it, he said: "Where is it, he is my cousin, and you are a foreign man." β
Wen Yanbo said: "I am open-minded, where to detain these, besides, Fu Liangbi, Han Yuqi, Shi Jie, Ouyang Xu, which one is not a foreign man, I see you getting along with them, I am very calm, never good." β
Remembering the way: "That's even different, we have been in love since childhood, the elders watched us grow up, and no one felt anything, even brothers and sisters." How do you compare with them, and said, I am not as good as Wu Cao, although I am open-minded, lonely men and widows are in the same room, in the end, there will be gossip. β
Wen Yanbo listened, smiled and didn't speak, Yizhi suddenly thought of it, hurriedly stood up, his face turned red, and said, "I should ...... It's time for me to go. Halfway through the walk, he unconsciously turned around and asked: "You, since you guessed that Brother Liangbi entrusted me, then you, if you know, can you, can you reveal one or two." β
Wen Yanbo said: "My mother hates this matter and does not allow me to mess with it, they are in the way of my mother's affection, as long as it is related to this matter, they will bypass me." β
"I think you're so clever that you can always know something, and it's best if you can get the stolen goods at the time of departure." β
Wen Yanbo looked at Yizhi and said, "Although I really want to help you, I really can't help you." The relationship between them is cumbersome, such as the fine sea net, which affects the whole body, and it is not something that can be shaken by his own strength. Even if I reveal the news, I will only find out the lamb that has been prepared for a long time, and at that time, let them find out, you and I may be able to take a detour, but he may not. β
I can't help but panic when I remember it.
Wen Yanbo said: "It's not that I'm cold by nature, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and when he can't compete with them, the only thing he can do is to recuperate." Moreover, with Fu Liangbi's current ability, even if he loses his life, what he can pull down is only an inconsequential side branch, in the end, the people of Li are less of a clean official, and he has a wisp of grievances on the Huangquan Road, and the relatives are painful, and the enemies are happy...... Is it worth it? β
Yizhi smiled bitterly: "If he is present, he will definitely say that it is worth it, and then say a righteous and awe-inspiring truth......" said, and was silent for a long time, smiled and said: "The funny thing is that I think what you say is reasonable, and I can't help but admire him." β
Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "It's okay to admire, it's not just admiration." β
Yizhi's face was hot, and he hurriedly said, "I, I really should go." β
Wen Yanbo said: "Three days later, see you at the Wenfu family banquet. β
Yizhi nodded, and left in a hurry, all the way, and even Yan Mansion, first went to Qingming Courtyard to take a sneak look, but didn't see Ouyang Xu come back, and didn't dare to provoke his father, so he quietly returned to the inner courtyard to see Xing'er, and after some gossip, he mentioned Rui'er and said: "This girl is really stupid, let's only do some sweeping work in the future, you don't have to come to me." β
Xing'er said: "She finally entered the house, it's only been a few days, Jiang's mother just sees her stupid, and she is always bullied by her mother-in-law outside to let her come into the house to bring tea and water, this time the girl pushed her out, she was more angry than when she didn't come in." Yizhi thought about it for a while, and secretly felt that it was inappropriate, but he couldn't bear it.
Xing'er remembered that she didn't speak, so she said again: "The girl shouldn't pity him, but also pity me, this time, I'm not okay, the girl told her to go out, and the lady has to send someone again, if you come to a clever person too much, if you can't leave, my life will be difficult." β
Yizhi smiled: "I pity her with kindness, it turns out that I am thinking about myself." β
Xing'er smiled and said: "The girl is a good person, I used to be stupid, the girl can tolerate it, why can't I get to Rui'er." Yizhi laughed for a while, and wondered: "You don't know, she is clumsy with her hands and feet, and she doesn't care, and she is used to doing things, so she is familiar with the way." It's just that she is too good, and today someone asked her where I came from and where I was going, and she said it all happily. You ...... again There has never been such a mistake, and now it is all big, and it must be guarded against. β
Xing'er's eyes widened in shock: "There is such a thing, it really can't be done, I have to talk about her well!" β
Yizhi smiled and said: "Fortunately, it is from the second brother Wen's family, if it is an outsider, or a villain, how can it be good." β
Xing'er said happily again: "The girl met with Xiaowen Erguan today." β
Yizhi nodded and said, "I went to the Beishanzi Tea House." β
Xing'er was about to get up happily, but she didn't feel that her head was stinging hotly, she belched, frowned and shrunk her mouth in pain, and she pressed her gently, Xing'er hurt for a while, relieved herself, and grinned: "Then, does that girl come back with tea fruit snacks from the tea shop?" β
Yizhi remembered it and said, "Yes, Second Brother Wen asked the back kitchen to take a box of fruits and bring them back for me." With that, he went to call Rui'er, and Rui'er hurriedly came in with the box.
Seeing this, he asked, "You have been standing under the porch with a fruit box?" β
Rui'er nodded hurriedly and said, "The girl didn't say where to put it, and I don't know where to put it." β
Yizhi sighed, took the box, and asked her to step back, and Rui'er ran out in response. Yizhi pulled open the lid of the drawer, and Xing'er said happily: "It's better to be a second official of Xiaowen, but those in the front yard can't be compared." As he spoke, he picked up the bean balls to eat, and said with a smile: "You gluttonous cat, you have only eaten a few plates of his fruits, and your heart is towards him." β
Xing'er chewed the bean ball and said vaguely: "A few brothers in the front yard are good, but it's a pity that they are all focused on the front hall, either reading or writing, and now that they are officials, they are more addicted to official business, and Xiaowen and the two officials are different." β
Yizhi thought for a while, and said: "I don't think so, in the past, my cousin was not also a person who took care of the front and the back, but now that I have Sister Yingqiu, what is it, I want to come, Brother Liangbi, they are not all in the front hall, but they haven't met the person who makes them care, or they have the intention of starting a business first and then starting a family." Xing'er asked, "Girl, if the big official asks you to marry Brother Bi, will you marry or not?" β
Remembering the way: "My father will not embarrass me, but now that he has a candidate, he must have a perfect plan in his heart, and I naturally want him to be the main one." β
Xing'er listened and said, "Then we can only see if Xiaowen Erguan can impress our family's senior officials." β
The two looked at each other and smiled, and talked for a while, Rui'er came in with a soft curtain, saying that there was a little girl under the eaves of the corridor, which was sent by Ouyang Xu to send something, and opened the brocade box to Yizhi, who saw that it was a pair of white jade earrings, looking at the jade, white and warm, it was a top grade, and he didn't think of what his father said to him before going out, and he was inevitably anxious, so he asked Rui'er to put it away, and it was okay to think about it for a while.
The next day is the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the fifth festival, after the memory of the morning food, go to the main courtyard to ask their parents to say goodbye, the three of them happily said a while of gossip, Yan Shu mentioned that Fu Liangbi and Han Yuqi want to come together to spend the fifth day, so let the memory go to the Qingming Courtyard first, and the memory should go to the Qingming Courtyard, when the time comes, I saw Ouyang Xu sitting on the stone bench under the pear blossom tree reading a book, but it is still a homely dress, and there is no difference.
Ouyang Xu saw Yizhi and asked with a smile, "My sister is here." Yizhi smiled and said Wanfu.
Ouyang Xu asked again: "The earrings sent yesterday, my sister likes them." β
Yizhi hesitated for a long time and said: "I was about to tell you about this, you know that I don't love these, what are you doing with such an expensive gift, if you have silver, and you have to save it, it is important to marry a sister-in-law for me to come back." β
Ouyang Xu said with a smile: "I didn't buy it, it was given by a friend of mine." β
Yizhi asked, "What friend, is it a man or a woman?" Ouyang Xu smiled: "Naturally, it's a man." β
Ouyang Xu said: "You don't know it, it's a small broker who does tea and salt, and it was an old acquaintance from my hometown, and I only met it a few days ago." Yizhi asked again: "I don't know what this broker's surname is, but the second brother Wen's family has a tea garden and a tea workshop, and my uncle is the head of the tea shop, so I may recognize it." β
Ouyang Xu said: "The tea in his tea garden is all tribute tea, which is to be entered, it is used in the Beishanzi Tea Workshop, and the worst is also the inferior picking buds, my friend is just a small broker, just to eat, how can he recognize it." β
Yi Zhi hurriedly said: "Then it's just the opportunity to match, and it's good to ask my cousin to help ask Second Brother Wen to carry it." β
Ouyang Xu pondered for a long time and said, "You have to know what he does." β
Yizhi was afraid that he would be too careful, so he hurriedly said: "He is a big man, what are you doing with a big man's earrings." β
Ouyang Xu said with a smile: "He was also going to give it away, but something went wrong, and he wanted to be out of sight and out of mind, so he simply gave it to me, who can I give it, and the only way to give it is for you." β
Remembering the way: "Look at what you say, what's the good of giving it to me, it's better to give it to Wan Niang." Ouyang Xu was stunned and sneered: "Who is she, where can I climb high." β
Yizhi asked tightly, "What do you mean by that?" β
Ouyang Xu said: "What else can it mean, don't mention it." As he spoke, he closed the book and was about to leave, when Yizhi hurriedly got up to stop him and asked, "What can't you say to me, and what are you doing so secretly!" β
Ouyang Xu was sad for a while, his eyes were hot, and he hurriedly swung his face to the right, so that Yizhi would not see it, and calmed down for a long time before he turned his face, his eyes were red, and he said to Yizhi: "Yizhi, her family has begun to look around for her." β
Yizhi unconsciously hit a Jiao Lei, was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "How is it possible, Uncle Fan, twilight years, twilight years only entered the career, what he should know best, how can he ......"
Ouyang Xuqiang said with a smile: "Master Fan understands me, but Mrs. Fan doesn't want her daughter to follow in her footsteps." Yizhi only felt in a dilemma, Ouyang Xu comforted: "You don't have to worry about me, I decided to abandon literature and start business, and I have already found a way to make money, as long as I quickly put down the field and shop the mat, maybe, maybe I can catch up with the ground." β
Remembering the chest was like a turbulent wave, forced down the emotion, and asked: "Let me ask you, you are in the clan for you to study, buy a boat to send you to Beijing, the elders in the clan up and down, how many detours have been taken, how much silver has been folded in vain, before asking for my father, you abandon literature and business, how to explain to your people, and how to explain to your mother?" β
Ouyang Xu suddenly felt sad and ashamed, and it was difficult to answer.
Yizhi asked again: "Let me ask you again, you said that you found a way to make money, but what is the way?" β
Ouyang Xu hung his head and said in a low voice: "My friend, he is familiar with the owners of major tea houses, and they are willing to buy my word ......" Yizhi said: "Are you talking about Qingle Tea Workshop, Eight Immortals Tea Workshop, Zhuzi Tea Workshop, Panjia Tea Workshop, Liansan Tea Workshop, Lian Er Tea Workshop, or Jinbo Bridge and Two Rivers, or Washi?" Ouyang Xu frowned and said, "Why are you ......?"
Yizhi didn't wait for him to finish, and hurriedly said: "Why am I, these are the flower tea shops where courtesans rely on the door, why am I, why am I like a treasure?" Ouyang Xu's lips twitched for a while, and he said, "You, have you investigated?" β
Yizhi lamented: "Third brother, you are confused, if prostitution can be promoted, then why does Liu Yong still take the imperial examination!" β
Ouyang Xu didn't want to remember that he had learned about it, and his face was red for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.
Yizhi said: "Even if you earn a lot of money and can repay the people of the clan and support your mother, what about your own ambition? Can you also leave it behind? She paused for a moment, and then said: "If Wan Niang had to be you, she would naturally try her best to persuade her mother, if you don't consult with us, you will make an assertion and destroy her future for her. β
Ouyang Xu was speechless, he only felt that the words of his memory were reasonable, and he couldn't refute them, but he was like ten thousand arrows in his heart, unspeakable, and he was so sad for a while, he turned his grief and anger into anger, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "The master said me, and you also said me, I don't know, what does it have to do with you, so that you are so worried, you only be your girl master in peace, they are all angry, you play with them, and what do I do as a lewd person, it's also my fault, I live in your house, and I have the fame of your father's protΓ©gΓ©, It can be seen that I am not afraid that I will tire you, and you don't have to be anxious, I will move out tomorrow and burn the books on the street, so far I will break off with you! As he spoke, he tore the book in his hand in half and threw it aside, and the booklet with broken threads fluttered in the wind and fell all over the ground.
When Fu Liangbi and Han Yuqi heard the sound, they walked in quickly, and were listening to what Ouyang Xu said to move out, burn the book, and tear the book in his hand and sprinkle it into the air, Han Yuqi hurriedly asked: "I have never seen you make such a big fire, let alone remember it together, just say a few words, and tear the book, what are you doing under this big festival." β
Remembering it, his eyes were already red, and when he saw Han Yuqi and Fu Liangbi coming, he couldn't say it clearly, wiped his tears and said: "He has been greedy for fun these days, I persuaded him to read more books, who knows where the liver fire came from, saying that I dislike him, clamoring to move out, and tearing books to show me." β
Fu Liangbi listened to it, smiled and comforted Yizhi, and said: "I thought it was a big deal, my sister didn't know, and it wasn't always boring in the room to read books was the right way, and it was necessary to combine work and rest." As he spoke, he put on a straight face and said to Ouyang Xu: "I know what you are thinking, and I won't still be depressed, my sister said a word, it is also for your good, and it is worth making such a big scene, don't you quickly compensate my sister, we are so easy to be empty, you still have to show us that you can't show us." β
Ouyang Xu saw Han and Fu, and felt even more fueled by the fire, and said to Yizhi: "I am self-reliant, and I haven't done anything unseemly, I need you to cover it up for me, I am not worthy of playing with you, the two big officials are so easy to be empty, who am I hindering here, I am still interesting, and I went clean!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left. Han Yuqi and Fu Liangbi couldn't help but look at each other, and they were puzzled for a while, so they asked what they remembered.
Seeing that he was gone, Yizhi decided to be wronged more and more, covered it with an embroidered handkerchief, and cried for a while before telling the two of them about it.
After hearing this, the two of them did not realize that their brows were tightly locked, and they bowed their heads in contemplation and remained silent.
Han Yuqi said to the way of memory: "I don't know who bewitched him, and he didn't even listen to your words." β
Yizhi's mood was not calm, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Don't ask me to find out." I felt that the waste paper on the ground was dazzling, so I asked Rui'er and a few maids to clean it up.
Fu Liangbi smiled and said to Yizhi: "Let's play with the second sister of the Liu family, I am getting more and more irritable." Yizhi remembered the events of the previous day, his face was hot, he lowered his head and muttered, "Xiuying is fine." β
Fu Liangbi pondered for a long time, waited for Rui'er and a few maids to retreat, and asked Han Yuqi again: "Do you have any ideas?" If you think about it, I don't have to think about it. β
Han Yuqi smiled: "I don't think you have to care, the more you manage, the more he will work against you." Bianjing is no better than the south, there are so many people in Luodi, there are so many literati who sell words, Liu Yong's fame is difficult to shake, he tried for a while, and he gave up if he couldn't earn money. β
Fu Liangbi said: "But you can't completely ignore it, if his pen and ink are circulated, it will be inappropriate." β
The way of remembrance: "It's better for me to ask someone to come forward and buy his words and hide them." β
Fu Liangbi smiled: "Do you know who he sold to?" β
The way of remembrance: "Just send someone to investigate." Fu Liangbi nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, let us investigate." β
Yizhi nodded and said, "Two days later, it will be the full moon banquet of the second son of Xiaowen and the eldest official, and I will ask Wan Niang's thoughts." Han Yuqi asked, "Speaking of which, do you have any news about the Ghost Fan Tower?" β
Yi Zhi said suddenly: "Don't mention it, I was almost discovered before the second brother of Tongwen was set." So he hid some of the events of yesterday afternoon, tucked some of them, and picked some of them to talk about.
After hearing this, Fu Liangbi said to Han Yuqi: "It can be seen that he does know some details, but this person is extremely cautious, and I am afraid it will be extremely difficult to break through." Han Yuqi thought for a while, and said to Yizhi: "You don't have to blame yourself, if you can find out, it's excellent, if you can't do it, it's okay." But it is said that the expectation is too earnest, but it is difficult to achieve, just follow the trend. β
The three of them still wanted to discuss, but they saw that Yan Shu came with Su's family, Han and Fu were busy making gifts, everyone was lively and talked for a while, Yan Shu asked Ouyang Xu, Han Yuqi covered up for him, Yan Shu listened, although he didn't believe it, but he could only stop, Yan Shu asked Han Yuqi about the affairs in the palace, and asked Fu Liangbi how he got along with his colleagues after his promotion, the two answered one by one, during which the memory of the gag joked, everyone laughed for a while, and then went to the dining room to eat, and it was lively until late at night.