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Meng Xichang stood in front of the painting, raising his eyes and staring.

A small desolate village, with a few houses, smoke curling, low houses, two or three old willow trees at the head of the village that had lost their leaves, their bare branches shivering in the cold wind. In front of a house, a large stone mill in the open air seemed particularly heavy and lonely, and only the donkey that was grinding around the stone mill brought a trace of vitality, and it seemed that its tired gasps could be heard.

Meng Xichang stared at the painting on the table for a long time, which he saw from others and bought it with a lot of money.

This painting is very old, and some places have been blurred, so it should not be the brush and ink of a famous artist, but Meng Xichang likes it. Looking at this painting, for Meng Xichang, it is also a kind of enjoyment, he likes this small village, it makes him really feel the peace and loneliness of his heart, he feels that he is the donkey who does not know the tiredness of the painting, day after day, year after year, this may be the real life.

Meng Xichang likes to paint, and he has a lot of paintings, but this one and that picture of the seven sons traveling are the most special! You can't make a move!

He Qingping combed her hair on the side, and when she saw Meng Xichang still admiring the painting, she said: "This one is not as good as the picture of the seven sons' outing!" The whole work is old-fashioned! I see you've been looking at the donkey in the painting for a long time! What's there to see! ”

"You don't understand that!"

"How don't I understand!"

Meng Xichang didn't bother to pay attention to her, sat down, picked up the "Appreciation of Calligraphy and Painting" on the table, and slowly flipped through it.

He Qingping stopped what she was doing and turned around.

"Don't just look at paintings, read books, you talk! The second young master wants to marry that young lady from Liufu, that old woman has mentioned it many times, what are your plans? ”

"It's going to rain, my mother wants to marry, if people are willing, then let him marry!"

He Qingping seemed a little displeased, so she didn't make a sound, and scattered her freshly combed hair again. Meng Xichang put down the book, walked over, stretched out his hand to grab her hair, and said, "The hair is messed up!" It's not good-looking! ”

He Qingping shook her hair violently, and the ends of her hair swept to Meng Xichang's fingers.

"Mess it up, mess it up! What if it doesn't look good! You don't have to worry about it! ”

"What a temper!"

Meng Xichang took a breath, rubbed his eyes, still leaned over, took the comb from He Qingping's hand, and combed her hair.

He Qingping twisted her body and quieted down.

Meng Xichang gradually moved his hands to the front, clasped her neck with both hands, and then gently stroked her soft jaw.

He Qingping stretched out his hand to remove his hand, Meng Xichang grabbed her into his arms, and she leaned on his body.

After a long while, Meng Xichang asked, "Don't you believe me?" ”

"No!"

"There's still a long way to go!"

The light on the window turned a dark gray, and the whole room fell into shadow.

Meng Xichang yawned, got up and cleaned up the paintings, and was about to call someone to serve tea, when he heard the door squeak open.

The servant came in and said that an old lady had come to see her.

Meng Xichang was stunned, he didn't know who it was, so he asked He Qingping to meet on his behalf, "If you ask me, just say that the master hasn't gotten up yet!" Then he took the teacup and went back to the back room to drink tea.

After a while, a hunchbacked white-haired old lady came in, and when she saw He Qingping, she sobbed, it turned out that the old lady who came was none other than Meng Xichang's brother Zhou Xuan's mother.

"My son's whereabouts are still unknown, I know that my family Xuan'er and your master are sworn brothers, what can I do as a lonely old woman, and only Master Tuo Meng can find a way to deal with Xuan'er's affairs! You must save my family Xuan'er! ”

He Qingping listened and sympathetically

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sighed and said, "My lord rubbed the hemp all night yesterday, and now I don't know if it's up, okay, don't cry!" I'm going to call someone over and take a look. With that, he beckoned his servants into the back room.

Soon, the next man came back and said: "The master said, the matter of the righteous brother is his business, and he will find a way to tell you to go back first." ”

"Then I really thank my lord, thank you madam! I have to kowtow to my wife! ”

The old lady knelt on the ground, was pulled up by He Qingping, and said: "Master also needs some time to investigate, and then think of a way, you are old, and your legs and feet are not good, when there is news, I will send someone to inform you." ”

Hearing this, the old lady took her leave with great gratitude.

Seeing Zhou Xuanniang away, He Qingping gently closed the door, and when she saw the old man walking out with a beating on his shoulder, she asked inexplicably: "Master, Zhou Xuan has been locked up by Zhang Xiangui's people for so long, why haven't you found someone to rescue him!" ”

Meng Xichang frowned slightly.

"Qingping doesn't know, this person has a grudge against Zhang Xiangui for killing his wife, and he is rough by nature, if I rescue him again, I'm afraid he will..."

"Cause trouble!"

"Well, if I don't save him, it seems that I am not brotherly enough! People are mixed in the rivers and lakes, and they are most afraid of this! ”

"yes!"

Meng Xichang snuggled up in the armchair, and He Qingping gently tapped his shoulders for him.

"This matter has to be discussed in the long run!"

Meng Xichang beckoned to the next person, "Go and find Meng Jiagui!" ”

Soon, the second young master, Meng Jiagui, walked in, looked at Meng Xichang, and then at He Qingping, and stood silently aside.

"See! Zhou Xuan's mother has already come to the door! What to do? Meng Xichang said.

Meng Jiagui has been silent.

He Qingping stopped the beating in her hand and said playfully: "Okay! You say, "I stand down!" With that, he walked out.

The door was not tightly closed, and sunlight was squeezing in through the cracks.

"That's your little mother, what does it matter if she's here!" Meng Xichang shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, but I just don't like her here!"

"You!" Meng Xichang beckoned to Meng Jiagui and motioned for him to sit. "Zhou Xuan I just said was arrested by Zhang Xiangui, what do you think we should do about this?"

Meng Jiagui walked over with his head down, closed the door, turned around, and suddenly said, "I want to marry again!" ”

Meng Xichang looked surprised and said, "Remarry?" I'm afraid not, right? ”

"Why not! Didn't Daddy marry He Qingping again! Why can't I marry again! Meng Jiagui said with a stiff neck.

Meng Xichang was stunned when he said this, "You kid! You don't learn the skills of doing business quickly, but you learn this very quickly! I can be like you! I'm your dad! ”

"Yes, Daddy! You're my dad! That's it! ”

Meng Xichang was speechless and gave him a blank look.

"I don't like the mother-in-law you gave me, and you don't know it! I'll find another one I like! ”

"What's wrong with the second young grandmother? I think it's good! ”

"Okay, you can keep it for yourself!"

"What are you talking about! Isn't that nonsense! How can you talk to your dad like that! There's no king's law yet! The more Meng Xichang spoke, the more angry he became, he stood up, and raised his hand to hit Meng Jiagui, but unexpectedly, Meng Jiagui simply pouted his buttocks.

"If you want to beat you, you will be beaten, if you don't beat me to death, I just want to marry the daughter of Liufu!"

The hand, raised in mid-air, stopped there. Meng Xichang knows that the son is not up to his mother, nor is it up to his father! He has his idea, the twisted melon is not sweet! He sighed and put the hand down.

"Is Ding Shujiao willing? Would the young lady from Liufu be willing to come over and make you a little girl? There are many mothers-in-law, and there are many rights and wrongs! Now home funds

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Nervous, can't you put it off any longer? ”

Meng Jiagui picked up the Yixing purple mud teapot on the table, took two sips of tea on the spout, sat on the chair, held the warm teapot with one hand, pressed the lid with one hand, and stroked it. After a while, Wan Er smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've thought about it!" ”

"What have you kid thought about?"

"yes, I thought about it, I thought about it! If you want to think about it, I have thought about it too! ”

Sitting back in the armchair, Meng Xichang smiled.

"Okay! That's good! I'll just listen to you, what have you thought about! ”

"In a small way, I have an extra woman named Liu Peizhu! In what a way, Dad, you think! Zhou Xuan fell into the hands of Zhang Xiangui, what kind of momentum did Zhang Xiangui have! Can we be a little silk merchant to compete with him? Joke! Zhang Xiangui is a bandit, a robber! He's staring at the rich people! Our family is so conspicuous, can he let it go? So, again and again, again and again, what can we do? People are swordsmen, we are fish! ”

Meng Jiagui put his mouth on the spout and took another sip.

"So, we have to find a backer!"

"You mean Liu Renhong?" Meng Xichang said.

"Liu Renhong's power is not particularly tough, he is just a businessman, but he has a wide path, he knows all the leaders and faces in the upper class, and he can help us at a critical time. What's more important is his eldest son who works in the police station, Liu Yunsheng! The police cow, with a gun in his hand, he can't get whoever he wants! ”

Meng Xichang listened, laughed, patted Meng Jiagui's shoulder with his big hand, and said, "Okay!" My son is my son after all, and I really think about it! A few days ago, I was drinking tea in a tea shop, and the owner of the tea shop also talked to me about Liu Renhong's eldest son Liu Yunsheng, who worked in the police station, and it seemed that only he could dissipate Zhang Xiangui's arrogance. Let's get married to the Meng family and the Liu Mansion, see who dares to bully us! ”

"That's it!" Meng Jiagui put the pot on the table, leaned over, and whispered: "It's just that I don't know if Liu Jiale is happy." Also, proposing relatives and saving people, this code is one yard, how embarrassed to say it together! ”

"It's not simple, I'll go to Liufu to see Liu Renhong to propose marriage, you go to find Zhang Xiangui over there, go talk to him, if you can't report the case to the police station, just say that you were robbed three times, ask Zhang Xiangui to be dealt with strictly, and ask them to help release him."

"It's that simple?" Meng Jiagui's mouth opened wide.

"Isn't that simple! What does Zhang Xiangui want? Money! What does the police department want? Isn't it still money! It's just that this time, Zhang Xiangui's "meat ticket" is in hand, and he wants to blackmail us more, we can play with him if we can, and if we can't play, we won't play with him, we let Liu Yunsheng go to him, and if he dares to tear up the ticket, he will be dealt with strictly! it! Does he dare? He didn't dare! We are also successful businessmen, and it is also a good thing for Liu Renhong to marry our family. So, I guess it's nine times out of ten! ”

"That is, the matter between me and Peizhu, Dad, do you agree?"

Meng Xichang was stunned for a moment, then laughed, hammered Meng Jiagui's shoulder with his fist, and said with a smile: "You kid, you are waiting for me here!" Can you disagree? Your mother's broken mouth, if you don't marry that girl back, can she stop! ”

Meng Jiagui didn't smile, he continued thoughtfully: "It's just that Zhou Xuan and Zhang Xiangui have a hatred for killing their wives, and it is estimated that it will not be so simple to settle with money." ”

Meng Xichang was silent for a while, and said: "It's going to be a festival soon, and after the festival, I will bring two bottles of good soju to Liufu, Liu Renhong and I are also old friends, let's sit down and think about it in the long run." ”

"I think it's safer to do this... It's better to be like this, like this.." Meng Jiagui put down the pot in his hand and walked to Meng Xichang's side, and the two of them summed up in a whisper.

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