Chapter 11: The Barking of Dogs
In Liuxi Alley, Huo Roufeng shook her feet and laughed breathlessly, if it weren't for Cai Qin glaring at her, she would probably be rolling with laughter.
"The second master bought two taels of tea and sent them to the You family? Hahaha! ”
An Haidao: "It's true, Baotian met the third master in Youjia Tea House on the front foot, and the small one let people go to the long house to keep an eye on it, and the second master asked people to buy two taels of tea, but there are really only two taels." ”
"Hahaha, laughing to death, two taels, haha, two taels!" Huo Roufeng smiled and leaned back.
After she had laughed enough, An Hai asked: "Ninth master, the second master is going to enter Beijing in the next two days, do you want to pour some oil on the fire again?" lest he be gone, and no one in the house will be able to call the shots. ”
Huo Roufeng put away her smile and opened her small mouth at Cai Qin, Cai Qin threw a piece of plum meat into her mouth, she was not too sour, chewed and ate, and said to An Hai: "Don't worry, with the young master here, how can I let the second master enter Beijing, this capital, he can't go." ”
An Hai was about to ask a few more questions, but Huo Roufeng had already turned his face sideways and said to Caihe on the side: "I want to eat betel nut." ”
Cai He turned around to get it, but was stopped by Cai Qin, and said, "I can't eat it, and I will eat it red when I turn around." ”
"Ahh Huo Roufeng screamed strangely, and lay on the bed with his back facing the sky, he couldn't live this day of being managed.
At this moment, Qingshu ran in: "Ninth Master, Ninth Master, Steward Shi has found you a little yellow dog, and he is asking his daughter-in-law to send it over at this time." ”
Hearing the three words of the little yellow dog, Huo Roufeng's spirit came, she sat up from the bed with a bone, and didn't use the girl to serve, she put on her shoes and ran outside.
As soon as he ran into the yard, Steward Shi's daughter-in-law had already arrived with a puppy.
Seeing this puppy, Huo Roufeng was like a frosted eggplant seedling, and immediately lost his energy.
"This isn't a grandfather's dog."
"Ye's dog came running over with his tail wagging when he saw him, you look at it, it seems that Ye will eat dog meat, and it scares this bear!"
Seeing the dog and thinking about the dog, Huo Roufeng sat on the steps under the verandah, and remembered the little yellow dog who was very close to her.
There is a new good place outside Hangzhou, Cuiping Tower.
At this time, it is the most beautiful time in the south of the Yangtze River, green willows and green poplars, peach pink and pear white, Cuiping Lou is accompanied by mountains and waters, lakes and mountains, and there is more wild charm than the shore of Xizi Lake.
Zhanhuai sat in the window seat on the third floor, two female dancers held the pipa in their arms, singing softly and tactfully, Zhanhuai tapped the table with his fingers, and from time to time used chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and threw it to the dog under the table.
The dog was listless, and the meat was thrown to its mouth, and it opened its mouth to eat it, and if it was thrown a little farther, it looked at it, but did not bother to stretch its neck to eat.
At this time, a man walked in quickly, respectfully saluted Zhanhuai, glanced at the female trickster on the side, and said to Zhanhuai in a low voice: "Fifth master, the letter from Grandpa Guo has arrived." ”
As he spoke, the man took out a letter from his arms and held it in front of Zhan Huai with both hands.
Zhanhuai frowned, tore off the fire paint, read the letter at a glance, thought about it, and said to the two female actors: "You go back first, sing well, and call you over when you come to Hangzhou next time." ”
The man was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Fifth Master, are we going to leave here?" ”
Zhanhuai put the letter back in the envelope and said, "I want to eat seafood in Ningbo." ”
At this time, Hua Siniang had already rewarded the silver, sent the two female dancers away, trotted in, pointed to the little yellow dog under the table, and asked, "Fifth master, let's go to Ningbo, what should we do with this dog?" ”
The previous man couldn't help but glance at Hua Siniang a few more times, just a dog he picked up, when did Hua Siniang become a mother-in-law.
Zhanhuai then remembered the dog, he looked down and saw the little dog lying on the ground, drooping his eyelids, and he didn't know whether he was asleep or awake.
"By the way, what about that kid from the Huo family?" He asked.
The man hurriedly said: "Mrs. Huo asked Huo Jiu to raise a yard of dogs, but he is also obedient, and he has not gone out in the past few days, and he is playing with dogs at home." ”
Zhanhuai kicked the little yellow dog on the ground with the tip of his shoe, gloating: "Did you hear that?" Huo Jiu has a new dog, and he has forgotten about you a long time ago. ”
Hua Siniang asked: "Fifth master, I have already asked people to prepare, when do you think you will leave?" ”
Zhan Huai said: "You don't need to prepare, my father told me to be cautious, you and Lang Qing follow me, and the others are still in Hangzhou." ”
When the man called Lang Qing heard this, he said: "Fifth master, let's bring a few more people, although Ningbo is the territory of the grandfather of the country, according to the humble knowledge, Dinghaiwei and Ningbo Wei have been ...... in the past two years."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhan Huai: "My father said in the letter that he wanted me to go to Ningbo for him to take a closer look. ”
Lang Qing and Hua Siniang glanced at each other and didn't ask again.
Hua Siniang led the little yellow dog downstairs, the little yellow dog boss was unhappy, and refused to go, Hua Siniang was helpless, so she had to reach out and hug it, but she didn't expect Leng Buding to be bitten by this puppy, Hua Siniang avoided it quickly, but the back of her hand was still scratched by the dog's teeth with a shallow blood mark.
Zhan Huai straightened his eyes and said to the little yellow dog: "The fifth master is really blind, you still bite?" Interesting, really interesting. ”
He turned to Lang Qing and said, "Take it with you, in case those guys from Ningbo Wei dare to deal with me, I'll close the door and let the dogs go, hahaha." ”
Lang Qing and Hua Siniang looked at each other, and then looked at the little yellow dog in unison.
The next day, Huo Roufeng slept until three poles in the morning, and Cai Qin coaxed and persuaded her, so she yawned and sat up.
"Ninth master, An Hai sent someone back, saying that Chang Sheng, who was next to the second master, went to Yaxing early in the morning, and this time he wanted to get all the three shops in the west of the city."
"What? He's going to sell a shop again? Huo Roufeng was completely sleepy.
"Yes, speaking of which, the three shops are not the ancestral property of the long house, An Hai asked clearly, the three shops were left by the previous second wife, and the second master is not distressed." Cai Qin said.
The former second wife in her mouth refers to Huo Zixing's original partner Wu Shi. Although Changfang said to the outside world that Wu's was divorced because he had no children, the Huo family knew that the second Mrs. Wu had fornicated with her cousin, and took advantage of Huo Zixing's absence to elope with her cousin. Therefore, the Wu family took care of the loss and accepted the Huo family's letter of resignation, and the Wu family's dowry was all left to the Huo family.
And these three shops are part of the dowry left by the Wu family in the Huo family, Huo Zixing even has to sell these, obviously in a hurry to make up the money.
Huo Roufeng was in a good mood, and while asking An Hai to urge Yaxing to find a buyer, he was busy letting people spread the matter to the Lu family.
Master Lu was thinking about entering Beijing this time, whether to bring the newly raised room, and his cronies came in and told him: "Master, I heard that the second master of the Huo family sold the dowry of the previous wife and cashed out a large sum of silver. ”