、、、、、、、、、、 Pan Rong has grown so big, no one has said it so mercilessly, and it hit him in the most painful place. He stared at him and clenched his fists, and Peony did not flinch and looked directly at him.

After a while, Pan Rong's tight jaw finally relaxed a little, "Ha! He chuckled, "You shrew! It's really wide! I can't blow my own porridge cold, and I still have the leisure to take care of other people's private affairs. Ah Xin likes you, Jiang Dalang values you, do you really treat yourself as a dish? You're nothing in my eyes. ”

Peony said lightly: "You're right, I'm just an ordinary little person, I have no power or power, I can't force others to change their will, and even I often have a lot of unsolvable difficulties and have to ask for help." But I've been trying to hope that one day there will be fewer and fewer things to ask people for. I really treat the people around me who treat me well, I don't always remember their badness, I remember how well they treat me, and I try my best to do what I can for them. By now, I can have a clear conscience, can you? ”

Pan Rong was stunned for a moment, silent, and her clenched fists gradually let go.

Mayar stopped the gong in her hand, saluted the two, and retreated silently.

Pan Rong saw Maya Er retreating, and said, "She told you?" He wanted to ask if Madame Bai asked Peony to look for him, but he thought about it and quickly denied it, how could Madame Bai let people come to find him? She was willing to bow her head and give in, how could they end up like this?

"It's not." Peony saw that his expression relaxed, and his tone softened a little: "The affairs between your husband and wife, outsiders will not know about you no matter what." What kind of person Ah Xin is, you have been with her for many years, and you must know better than me, who has only known each other for a short time. Even though she has become like this, she still refuses to tell me in detail, but I am a person who has lived a hard life, and I really can't bear to see her suffer like that, but I can't get rid of it. She was in Liu at that time, she didn't love Liu Chang at all, and she still felt tormented, and Mrs. Bai must be more painful than her like this.

Pan Rong sensitively grasped the last sentence of Peony, and suddenly raised her voice and said, "Don't compare you with her!" If you make peace with yourself, you can't see others getting better, right? If you dare to make an idea with her, I don't care who you are! I'm not going to make you feel good! ”

"Is she better off than me? I really don't see it. Peony looked at him and said calmly: "You don't have to threaten me, Ah Xin is a person with ideas, she doesn't need me to give her any ideas, she knows what to do." If I have a bad heart, why should I come to you? Since you don't want to reconcile with her, that is to live a good life, in this case, one of the two people always has to bow his head, and you will not want to, and she will not either, so it will gradually drift apart......"

Pan Rong was silent, and Liang Jiufang smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "She is standing tall, I can only see her when I look up." She couldn't see me, and no matter how much I bowed my head, I was even more humbled to the dust. You're right, I don't even deserve one of her toes, a person like her should be a celebrity, a hero, how can I make a person, and it's really a great misfortune to have a person like me who is not unskilled. I know that she was reluctant when she got married, and she was ordered by her parents, and after she got married, she was unwilling and looked down on me as a balm......"

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Peony and smiled lightly: "Since you care so much about the affairs between our husband and wife, and you are willing to take the initiative to persuade me for her, why don't you persuade her for me?" You go and ask her, we have known each other since childhood, and over the years, has she ever had half of me in her eyes? At that time, my brother was still alive, and she was his, so I didn't say it, and I was not qualified to say it. But after getting married, how much does she have in her eyes? His voice was raised sharply: "Am I no better than a dead man?" ”

Peony suddenly felt that Pan Rong was very pitiful. It's not terrible to be looked down upon, as long as you have a strong and confident heart, those are floating clouds, what you are afraid of is that you will look down on yourself first, and you will be empty first, you always have to find confidence from others, what good days will there be?

After Pan Rong roared, her voice lowered again: "Forget it, dead people can't fight, not to mention that everything I have now was stolen." I'm a cowardly mouse, I dare to be a villain, I always feel that God is unfair, why didn't I die? If I had died, no one would have to suffer. ”

Peony couldn't help it, and said in a deep voice: "Have you ever asked Ah Xin what she thinks?" ”

Pan Rong said: "It's good to understand some things yourself, why bother to listen to lies again?" Blame yourself and others. Speaking of this, he was a little stunned, how could he inexplicably say these things to this irrelevant woman? What is she doing? Plainly let her see him a joke. Thinking of this, the corners of his lips provoked a malicious smile: "Just like you and Liu Shu, when your family married you to him in vain, you know what is going on, you will show favor to him, you will put up with him, but you will chase him and ask him if he has you in his heart?" His actions speak for themselves. If you ask again, you will be humiliating yourself. ”

Peony smiled slightly: "You don't have to tell me about the past, I know that you feel uncomfortable, and I wish I could make it uncomfortable with you." But actually, when you tell me this, I really don't feel sad at all, I just feel more and more sorry for you, and you don't even have the courage to ask her, it's really pitiful. You're right, and the other person's behavior says it all. I don't ask Liu Chang because he is really not worth it, I don't have any expectations, as for whether Ah Xin is worth it, what has she done to be sorry for you, you yourself know more than me. I won't ask Ah Xin for you, what you did made her see enough. ”

Pan Rong narrowed her eyes: "Joke, I'm pitiful?" Do you pity me? I don't need you to be pitiful! You have this idleness, it's better to have pity and pity yourself! ”

Peony spread his hands and said, "My parents feel sorry for me, my brother loves me, my friends respect me, and ...... The people I value also value me, and I'm not as pitiful as you, Pan Shi! It's you who are living your life, not me, Ah Xin...... I can't help her any other way, so I'll accompany her more to relieve her boredom. She got up and looked at the sky, "It's not early, I should go, so I won't delay you from watching the song and dance." You continue. ”

Peony had already walked to the door, and Pan Rong suddenly stopped her: "Ah Xin, is she really pregnant?" Isn't she bad? ”

"She is so thin that she is full of bones, and she hides in another courtyard alone, and she can't find anyone to talk to." Peony looked at him seriously: "She kicked everyone out, hid and cried...... And you're living a life here, do you think she's doing well? As for whether you are pregnant or not, shouldn't you, as a husband, know better? You keep saying that she is unreachable and looks down on you, but in fact you trample on her all the time and trample her into the dust. ”

Pan Rong's face changed rapidly, she raised her eyes to look at the glass cup in front of her, and was silent. Will Ah Xin be like this? Isn't she invincible? When he grew up, he only saw her cry once, that is, when Pan Rui died, she had been crying silently, at that time, he wanted to hug her into his arms and comfort her, but he knew that the most unworthy person was him, and it was he who took everything from her. He only dared to peek at her from a distance, peeked at his parents, and was even too ashamed to appear in front of everyone.

He never thought that he would marry her, and after getting married, he never saw her cry. No matter what he had done, she had never seen it, she just sat there, looking at him faintly, without sorrow or joy. He felt that she looked down on him, and naturally he would not be sad or cry if he didn't look down on him. He had longed most to see her cry, but when she finally wept, he felt that it was not the same thing.

Seeing Pan Rong like this, Peony knew that she could do this, so she gestured to Gui and Shu'er and strode out. walked to the staircase, but saw Maya leaning on the handrail, looking at her with silky eyes and smiling, and said in an official dialect with a strange tone: "The slave family thinks that you should pour my wine." ”

Peony was silent: "I only splash the people who should be splashed, what are you doing?" ”

Mayar smiled: "It's true that you shouldn't splash the slave family, it's the man who should splash." She looked solemn and said, "May I ask who you are from the spice shop?" The slave family only heard that there were six Langjun in the He family, but they had never heard of a He Qilang. When I saw it, I realized that it was a beautiful girl. ”

Shu'er felt that her behavior was too frivolous, and she couldn't see her talking to Peony, so she frowned, pulled Peony's sleeve, and signaled to leave quickly. Peony nodded at Mayar and walked down.

Maya took a step forward and smiled: "Liulang is generous, he is behind here, Qilang, do you want the slave family to call him for you?" The slave family also begged for a few rewards to make a garment to wear. ”

Peony frowned and looked at Maya. After she told Mrs. Cen about the matter that day, Erlang and Goro went to quietly check the shop, and the business was not as good as it used to be, but there was indeed no big problem with the money and goods; Rokuro also seemed to sense that something was wrong, so he stopped going out often and was very careful. Erlang and Goro got it once, and let people follow him a few times, but they didn't catch his scene in the end, so they just said it sideways, he was not convinced, and he had a few words with Erlang and Goro.

The Yang family guarded Mrs. Cen and shed tears, to the effect that Erlang and Wulang took advantage of He Zhizhong's absence to deliberately embarrass Liulang and squeeze out Liulang. Erlang and Goro were a little cold, so they thought that the shop was tightly controlled anyway, and the old shopkeeper was staring at it, and the sex no longer cared about Liulang, so they were careful not to mention it. I didn't think about it, but I let her touch it today.

Seeing Peony frowning and looking at herself, Maya couldn't help but smile slightly, hooked her finger and pointed to a very inconspicuous small door under the stairs, and said in a low voice: "Or, Qilang, you go and call Liulang yourself?" ”

No wonder several times someone followed him in and eventually lost it, it turned out that he was hiding there. Peony smiled and hugged her fist at Maya'er: "No need, I have other things." Thank you. ”

"Thank you, you don't have to, if I ask for Qilang one day, Qilang won't have to turn his face and be ruthless." Maya put her hand on Peony's shoulder and smiled affectionately, as if Peony was really a handsome young man.

Peony looked at her with a smile: "It's convenient for me to be with others, but I'm afraid that the help I can help is very limited, and I will disappoint you." ”

Mayar smiled, "I won't embarrass you." It's just a little favor. She watched Peony go downstairs, put away the smile on her face, and watched Peony's back gradually disappear at the door of the wine shop. Suddenly hearing the sound of footsteps behind her, she looked back, but when she saw Pan Rong walking out in a hurry, she didn't leave Pan Rong behind, and waved a handkerchief at Pan Rong: "Erlang, you'd better go back and change your clothes first, wash up and then go." Otherwise, I'm afraid that I will be poured another basin of cold water, this cold weather is not a trick. ”

For her such thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness, Pan Rong was not surprised, "um", walked downstairs quickly, hurriedly asked someone to lead the horse out, and whipped her fiercely when she got on the horse, threw the little girl behind her, and went away.

Peony walked out from under the nearby eaves with Gui and Shu'er, Peony led Shu'er to the direction of He's spice shop, Gui turned around and entered the wine shop again, asked for a pot of wine and a few dishes, and sat down near the stairs to wait and see.

Peony went to the shop, and Rokuro was really not there. She gossiped with the old shopkeeper without a match, and learned that Liulang was in a good mood these days, and he was often full of spring breeze, and recently invited the guys in the shop to eat wine several times in a row.

That's good luck and enough wins. If someone does a trick, it must first let him win enough, so that he can rest assured and bold, and let his hands and feet open more and more, and then give him a blow violently, and he will hit it with a blow, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to turn over. Peony was worried, so she had to ask the old shopkeeper to look at it more. The old shopkeeper smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, it's okay, I'm staring at it all the time." ”

In winter, the weather is dark early, and the market is about to close soon, and you are still delayed, so Peony resigned from the old shopkeeper, got up and led Shu'er out, and went home first, and then talked about it again when you heard and understood.

When the master and servant were about to walk to the gate of the market, they suddenly heard someone shouting in the back: "Is it Sister He in front?" Wearing a new pink brocade jacket, Fan Li'er ran over with a smile on her face.

Peony hurriedly reined in the horse and said with a smile: "You came to help Fifth Brother Zhang settle accounts again?" ”

Fan Li'er smiled: "Yes, but now that the weather is cold, the cockfighters are also leaving early." Dispersed early. ”

"So this is going home? What about Fifth Brother Zhang? Peony looked behind Fan Li'er, but Zhang Wulang was nowhere to be seen.

Fan Li'er said: "Don't look at it, he didn't come." He didn't want me to go home with him, so I went first. She glanced at Peony's horse, blinked, and said, "I haven't ridden a horse, can you take me for a while?" It's getting dark, and I'm afraid I'm going to close the door when I get to the front of the shop. ”

Peony saw that her eyes were rolling and purring, and while secretly thinking that this little girl didn't know what the hell she was doing, she bent down and reached out to her, pulled her on the horse, and said, "Fifth Brother Zhang is really, just let a little girl go alone at this time." I don't know if it's early to get you home. ”

The rice grain turned a deaf ear, and just patted the horse's neck and laughed excitedly: "Ah, it's so funny." On that day, I asked my fifth brother to buy a horse as well, but he refused to buy it. It is enough to raise me for one, but there is no place to raise it, and it costs money. ”

Peony smiled: "When you will be ready, if you love to ride, you will come to my house to lead the horse to ride." ”

Fan Li'er looked back at her and smiled: "Really? ”

Peony nodded, "Of course it's true." You can come at any time. ”

Fan Li'er looked at her seriously: "You are not bad." ”

Peony smiled: "It's good to let you ride a horse?" Then you can buy it. ”

Fan Li'er lowered her eyes and was silent for a moment, then raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Sister He, it is rumored outside that there will be a peony flower party next spring, how sure are you that you will win the championship?" ”

Peony said: "I don't know, what are you asking for?" ”

Fan Li'er squeezed her eyes: "Bet, you can also buy your own win, as long as you listen to me, you will definitely be able to make a good profit." People say that the Luoyang Lu family will definitely win the championship, but I think you should win. ”

This girl is really fast, so quickly she started from cockfighting to other industries? It's really all in one. Peony looked at Fan Li'er's flexible eyes, and seeing her face full of anticipation, she couldn't help but think of teasing her: "Then you should tell me, what should I do?" What's your plan? ”

Fan Li'er looked serious and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Zhang Wulang's voice sound like thunder: "Dead girl!" I'm still strolling around here. Didn't they call you back at noon? ”

Fan Li'er glanced back and saw that Zhang Wulang's round-necked robe was scattered, tilted diagonally on his chest, his face was like the bottom of a pot, his eyes were like copper bells, and he was so scary. Then he shook it, and didn't care that the horse was still walking, grabbed the saddle and slipped down quickly, so bluffing that Peony quickly reined in the horse and freed up a hand to help her: "Slow down." ”

Before Fan Li'er's feet landed, Zhang Wulang grabbed his collar again and grabbed him into the air. She kicked her feet desperately, looked at Peony and shouted: "Sister He, help, he will definitely beat me when I go back today, and he won't give me anything to eat." As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Although Peony didn't believe what the rice grains said, when he saw Zhang Wulang carrying the rice grains, it was really like an eagle grabbing a little chicken, so he persuaded: "If you have something to say, don't scare the child." ”

Zhang Wulang was so angry that he blew his beard: "Can I scare her?" You don't know her, I've never seen this kind of broken child who can do things! If I had been a little looser, she would have pulled out all my beard. What is she looking for you to do? When I look at her, I don't have good intentions! Don't fall for her! This damn girl, these days are getting more and more unpleasant! ”

The rice grains were in a hurry, and she was busy squeezing her eyes desperately at Peony, signaling Peony not to tell Zhang Wulang what she had just said.

She was so funny that Peony and Shu'er couldn't help laughing, and Peony said deliberately: "I didn't say anything, I just talked to me about how to do business and how to make a fortune." ”

Rice Grains rolled her eyes. Too lazy to look at the peony, he tilted his head to the side.

Zhang Wulang said confusedly: "What kind of business?" What to make a fortune? ”

Peony smiled: "I heard that the peony flower club can bet, buy it yourself to win, and you can also make money." ”

Zhang Wulang was stunned, and then slapped Fan Li'er on the head with a "snap", and scolded: "Good is not bad, if you make these crooked ways at a young age, you want to be a female gambling stick!" ”

Fan Li'er said unconvinced: "What's wrong? I'll follow you, I don't steal or rob, people are willing! And white peony: "If you don't want to forget it, why did you betray me?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped again, and Zhang Wulang was angry and laughed: "Can you follow me?" I can't do it. It's not good for you to follow me, how can you marry a good family in the future? Betrayed you? It's for your own good. No one else bothered to care about you! ”

Fan Li'er yelled: "Who wants her to take care of it? ”

Peony looked at the rice grains with a smile: "I'll say what you do, anyway, if you don't steal or rob, it's all voluntary, what's wrong with me?" ”

The rice was blocked by her, and she had nothing to say, so she lowered her head and sulked. Zhang Wulang looked at Peony and smiled: "You don't care about her." Then he strode away with the rice. The two walked far away, and Peony also saw that Fan Li'er grabbed Zhang Wulang from time to time and kicked him, Zhang Wulang was angry and slapped her again, so that after that, Fan Li'er was considered to be safe.

Shu'er smiled: "This rice is really stubborn." When the slave saw Zhang Wulang's appearance before, she really thought that he would beat her, but who knew that she would endure it like this. ”

Peony said: "It's not what he's used to, this kid will only be busy begging for food and clothing, where can he be so bold?" ”

On this day, Gui never returned home, and Rokuro never returned home, so he only sent a small servant home to say that he met a friend in business in the past, and he wanted to talk to others, and he couldn't come back before the door was closed. Peony didn't say anything to Mrs. Cen, and only buried herself in her own business.

At noon on the second day, Guicai returned: "There have been people walking through that door all the time, and the few times I tried to sneak in, I didn't succeed." I heard that they are all rich officials and brothers who go behind their families, and they can't enter without acquaintances, and they don't only fight cocks, but also gamble on others, and the bets are arbitrary, but most of them are very large, and if you lose, you can't easily rely on the account. I only saw Liugong come out this morning, and I didn't see anyone familiar with him. The little one inquired, and heard that he was lucky, and he won nine out of ten bets, and now there are probably nearly tens of thousands of dollars in his hands, and there are a lot of silk cloth gold and silverware. From yesterday afternoon to night alone, I had 10,000 dollars in my hand. ”

"Are you sure it's true? Where did he keep all his money? Peony gasped, Rokuro is not a gambling god, the more he looks at it, the more it looks like a terrible trap. Even though the shop is tightly controlled and the law prohibits gambling, there are people who can't help but calculate. When it's time to break, it's time to stop, and you can't brake at the back, dragging down a large family.

Gui said seriously: "Absolutely true. There will be no mistake, the money is all in it, and you can also make money with money, and you can print it with money. Shicai Xiao went to Zhang Wulang again and asked him to help inquire, which was indeed true. It's just that it's not his territory, so he can't easily get into it. ”

"You come with me." Peony hurriedly got up and led Gui to see Mrs. Cen, who was taken aback.

Peony whispered her thoughts, and Mrs. Cen pondered for a moment and said, "Just according to what you said." Let's get started. ”