Mon Province.

He Qingping leaned on the soft bed, watching the spring sunlight shine in through the pane, she felt a trace of tranquility.

I don't know why, these days I always feel dizzy, slightly painful in the lower abdomen, I looked at Lang Zhong, Mr. Xun Zhong took the pulse, said that it was no big deal, and the heart was put back in the stomach. The child in the womb has been in the womb for a few weeks, and thinking of the last miscarriage made He Qingping feel palpitations, so this time she was extra careful.

Today is the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, which is a rare good weather, Meng Xichang made an appointment with her to go to play together.

He Qingping looked at the time, couldn't rest any longer, so she got up and deliberately dressed herself, the rose-red shirt was matched with the blue silk pants below, the shorts were delicately sewn and close-fitting, lining the plump chest.

Thinking of the child in her belly, she smiled with satisfaction at herself in the mirror, and then picked up the rouge powder and lightly applied color to her face, and her face looked more radiant and beautiful.

Just as he was about to get up, the door curtain moved, and Qiushui'er came in with a plate, and the blue and white porcelain bowl on the plate was full of aroma.

"Second wife, it was specially ordered by the lord to make yam black chicken soup to replenish qi and blood."

"Got it, put it there!"

As soon as Qiu Shui'er withdrew, the master came in, and when he saw that He Qingping was still putting on makeup, he stepped forward and said, "Do you know what day it is?" ”

He Qingping thought for a while, and a confused look appeared on her face: "Today?" ”

"Buddha Bathing Festival."

"Buddha bathing festival?"

"Well, the Buddha Bathing Festival! There was a king and princess in ancient India who had been married for many years and had no heirs, one day, the princess was resting in the garden, dreamed of an elephant, and then the princess was pregnant, according to the customs of the time, the woman was going back to her mother's house to give birth to a child, the princess gave birth to a little prince on the way home, this little prince is the Buddha, the child is born to bathe, this day becomes the Buddha bathing festival. ”

Meng Xichang said, picked up the yam black chicken soup on the table, lifted the lid of the bowl with his right hand, blew lightly with his mouth, and handed it to He Qingping.

"Taking advantage of today's good weather, let's go to the temple to worship and ask the gods to bless me and make my Meng family prosperous!"

He Qingping took a few mouthfuls of soup and muttered: "It's hot!" ”

She put down the bowl, fiddled with the jade bracelet in her hand, and stretched her wrist under Meng Xichang's eyelids, tilted her head sideways and said, "Hmm! Is it good-looking? ”

"Beautiful!"

"It's good to look good! It seems that this time, the burden of the Meng family's Ding Xingwang has fallen on me! ”

When Meng Xichang said this, he laughed, stroked He Qingping's lower abdomen, and said, "You're right!" ”

He Qingping's mother died early due to illness, leaving her with only one child, who followed her father in society since she was a child, but she also mixed up some skills, which she would not take into account in ordinary people. Later, when his father was older, it was even more difficult to earn food, but fortunately, He Qingping met Meng Xichang.

Although Meng Xichang is much older than her, Meng Xichang treats her well, coupled with a solid family background, He Qingping is willing to marry into the Meng family as a second room. It was only after becoming the second room that she really felt aggrieved because of her name.

However, the old man said that he values him and her children more, that is, what can the eldest wife Chai Lan do with her martial arts! In the end, the master has the final say.

The lord is good to her, she is like a mirror in her heart, if she can give birth to a son to the lord, the Meng family will be her world in the future, for this, she is convinced.

Meng Xichang picked up the soup bowl on the table, lifted the lid, gently blew it with his mouth a few times, took a sip, and blew it again until it didn't feel hot, and handed it over. He Qingping took the blue and white porcelain bowl and drank the yam black chicken soup in a big gulp, the chicken soup was delicious, and she drank it clean in just a few sips.

When the two of them were talking and laughing and going out, they happened to meet Meng Jiagui and hurriedly came in.

"Dad, I've got something to look for you!"

"What's the matter?" Meng Xichang asked.

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Meng Jiagui looked at He Qingping on the side with a hesitant expression, and said, "Are you going out?" ”

"That's right! Does it matter? It doesn't matter, wait until I get back! Today is an important day, you and I are going to go to the temple to worship, burn a few pillars of incense, ask the Buddha to bless our Meng family Ding prosperous, and also go to the bad luck of bad business. ”

When Meng Jiagui heard this, he stepped aside and replied repeatedly: "It's nothing, it's just that I've had some trouble recently, it's not important, it's not important, I'll count it when my father comes back." ”

With that, he retreated.

In the smoky Buddha hall, where cigarette smoke curls and smoke fills, three Buddha statues are enshrined. There are several treasure cases in the center, and groups of treasure flags and incense burners are placed in groups of regular places. Meng Xichang offered incense, folded his hands, and kowtowed three heads reverently.

After worshipping the Buddha, Meng Xichang took He Qingping to a famous teahouse not far away, Xingchun Teahouse.

This teahouse is very interesting, and there is a subcouplet at the door:

Busy seeking fame, busy seeking profit, busy and busy, resting

For the public suffering, for the agricultural hardship, make fun in the suffering, and make tea

The teahouse is not very big, the façade of the two bays, there are six eight-immortal tables in front of the hall, it is the seat head of the tea guests, the tiger stove is set up against the wall, the windows face the street on three sides, the interior decoration is very new, and the seats are comfortable. Two or three young men carried large teapots and were busy entertaining guests.

The tea room is bright, people come and go, and business is particularly prosperous.

Entering the teahouse, the two found a quiet position, and as soon as they sat down, the teahouse guy gave them a purple clay pot, a teacup, and boiled water.

He Qingping saw that the guests were almost full, so she asked in a low voice: "These people are really free!" If you have time and money, you will come to tea. Do they all drink tea for the sake of drinking tea? ”

"Some people are, most are not!" Meng Xichang gently pushed the purple clay pot in front of him forward, "There are all customers here, some of them are here to drink tea and rest, but many of them come here to discuss business." ”

"Oh!"

"Do you see the people at the table in front of you? They talked about the spice business, transporting spices from Taiyuan, Shanxi, and then subcontracting them out to make the difference. ”

He Qingping picked up the teacup, lifted the lid, and blew it.

"Do you know all those people?".

"I'm also a regular visitor here, and I often gather here to discuss business, and those few are new and I'm not familiar with them."

"Yo! Brother Xichang! I haven't seen you in a long time! This is the second wife, right? ”

It was a man fifty years away, with a round head, a pointed chin, neatly trimmed hair, shiny oil, mirror-like, and a fly that would slide down when it flew up.

"Yes! The sun is good today, let's come out and make incense! Meng Xichang said, turned his head again, and said to He Qingping: "This is Boss Li of the tea house!" ”

"Fortunately! Fortunately! ”

The two said hello, and Boss Li sat down.

"Boss Li, business is booming!"

"Where! Where! The small business is not as good as that of Master Meng, and Master Meng's cloud clothes and satin line are well-known far and near! ”

"It's over! My business is not as good as it used to be! Meng Xichang sighed.

Boss Li beckoned the guy to serve a small plate of peanuts, quietly poked Meng Xichang's arm with his hand, and whispered, "Do you see the people at the diagonal table?" ”

"See! New to the scene? Haven't seen it before! ”

"Zhang Xiangui's person!"

"It's Zhang Xiangui again!"

As soon as this name was mentioned, Meng Xichang was displeased.

He Qingping saw Meng Xichang's frowning brows, so she asked, "Who is this Zhang Xiangui?" Why is the old man so unhappy when he mentions this person? ”

As he spoke, there was a commotion.

Someone at the diagonal table yelled at a guy in the store

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He shouted, "I heard that you have a new girl here who can play the piano and sing, why don't you see it?" ”

The young man hurriedly came up with a smile on his face and responded: "There is no such thing, we don't have any girls here who can play and sing, they are all young men." ”

The man glanced at the man and said to him, "No? Go get your boss here! ”

When Boss Li heard this, he hurriedly got up, walked over, and said with a smile: "This chief, I don't know what you have to say?" ”

The man looked Boss Li up and down, took a sip of the teacup, and said, "I heard that you have a new girl here, why don't you let us meet?" ”

"Are you mistaken? We are here at a tea house, and we are all idlers who come to drink tea. It's not that..."

Boss Li wanted to say that it was not Fengyue Field, but he still swallowed these two words back.

The man seemed to have lost his patience for a long time, and sneered: "What do you think of us? You put it honestly, it's easy to clean you up, you know? ”

"Yes, yes, don't dare! It's really true, I don't believe it, I can see it for myself! ”

"Humph! Let me see for myself, how do I know where she is hiding? ”

"Is there really no such person? Or did you hear it wrong? ”

The one slammed the table, and the teapot lid on the table flew out, and some of the teacups poured, and the tea in the cups spilled on the table, and the people around were so frightened that they looked sideways.

Boss Li was startled and hurriedly said, "Master is angry!" Otherwise, I'll find someone to invite a girl who can play the piano and sing for the master, so that the master won't be disappointed. ”

"Don't be cunning, you know, if you don't hand people over, I'm going to have someone search them!"

"If you want to search, just search, do I have such courage? Dare to lie to the master! Boss Li bowed down and said with a look of grievance.

The man glanced at Boss Li and said angrily, "Okay! I see you're still honest, and I'm sorry to say anything to you, but you didn't make a few of us happy, what should I do? ”

Boss Li hunched his waist and looked at these people timidly, "Otherwise, this table of tea will be regarded as my servant of the old man, and I don't have to pay the bill!" ”

The man snorted coldly, "That's it? Are you calling Hanako? ”

Boss Li was stunned for a moment, then understood, and hurriedly smiled all over his face, while scolding the guy for not being able to entertain, he asked someone to take a large handful of money from the back room and stuff it into the hands of several people on the table, and said in his mouth: "A little meaning, not a respect, I will rely on a lot of care in the future, this time it is really a misunderstanding." ”

took the money two, and the face looked much better.

"Seeing that your attitude is quite honest, I will spare you!" With that, he glanced at the other two people present, and the two people also stood up, and the three of them swaggered out of the tea house.

The people at the café walked a lot.

Boss Li shook his head and sat back at Meng Xichang's table.

"Boss Li, they don't give money for tea, you still have to give them silver taels, your business has become a money-losing business, how to do this business!" He Qingping asked puzzled.

"Who dares! Zhang dignitary! Boss Li sighed.

"Yes! They're used to flying and domineering! ”

Meng Xichang put down the teacup, sighed helplessly, and talked to He Qingping about this Zhang Xiangui.

We mentioned this person earlier, Zhang Xiangui's father is a native of Ye County, Shandong, when he was a teenager, he broke into the eastern part of the country and became a bandit leader, and then defected to a Shandong bully, gradually made a fortune, promoted and made a fortune, and became a local force that even the government should not underestimate.

Zhang Xiangui and his father don't look like each other at all, some people say that this child was stolen, and we don't know about this. But he is bad, and his father is very imaginary, even more than his father, it can't be said that the blue is better than the blue, it can only be said that there is a fault and it is all worse! A gang of thugs under his command surrounded him, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, smashing and looting, and doing many bad things.

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