7. Sleepless nights
Oh, oh----, a little bit of fish belly white just appeared outside the window of Li Mansion in Xiangma Town, Huai'an County. In the chicken coop in the orchard in the backyard, the two chickens have spread their golden feathers, shaking their necks with colorful feathers, their eyes are as open as bull's eyes, and they have opened their orange pointed beaks to start their work in the early hours of each morning.
However, no matter how the two cocks shook their necks and blushed and screamed vigorously. They were no longer to be seen today: the former hostess, standing by the front door of the front yard with a dustpan as usual, greeted them warmly from afar: "Oh, we all hear you." You two just stop yelling! As she spoke, the footsteps of the hostess had stopped in front of the chicken coop, and the golden corn kernels fell into the food bowl in front of them and a dozen chicken women.
As the saying goes: people's hearts are separated from their belly, and they know people and faces, but they don't know their hearts. There is still such a "unpredictable heart" between human beings, not to mention that the two chickens are just ordinary poultry. They, like humans, can never become: who, who, whoever has roundworms in their stomachs. Therefore, of course, it is impossible for them to know: what happened to the Li Mansion last night? All they know is that today, the figure of the hostess does not appear, and they are greeted warmly at the front yard and back door.
Today's Li Mansion always shows in their eyes: it seems that "people go to the empty building" and are deserted. However, they will never know: the desertion of the Li Mansion today also makes the maids and the guys feel extremely depressed in their hearts, cruel and ruthless! At this moment, Comrade Yun Fei, the eldest young master of the Li Mansion, was still lying on his back on the bed, his eyes were half-open and half-squinted at the ceiling, and tears flowed down his cheeks. Little by little, it erodes his heart!
Last night, Yue Hongying dragged the children out of the courtyard in a huff. A thought immediately flashed in Li Yunfei's heart: Hey, this is really an indispensable and wonderful opportunity. I should definitely use this time to smash open that "treasure chest", take out more than half of the gold and silver treasures, and use it as my brother's living expenses in the future, so that he can go to my cousin's house in the provincial capital to study the "Four Books and Five Classics" hard, and seriously prepare to go to the capital to take the exam in the future.
So, he went to the utility room to get an axe, entered his room and "ding-dong, ding-dong" a few times to the "treasure chest", and smashed the lock ring on the "treasure chest". He was overjoyed to find a large bag of flour and put "gold and silver treasures" in his pocket.
However, even if Li Yunfei dreamed of "One Thousand and One Nights", he would never have imagined that Li Yunlong, as a younger brother, would actually run to the room with his mother in his arms and do his best to stop his behavior. In the end, he looked helplessly: Li Yunlong hugged his mother and left his room. For the rest of the day, he couldn't sleep anymore.
As soon as he closed his eyes, Li Yunfei's mind appeared: Daddy's deathbed thousand instructions: Fei'er, you couple must let Long'er go to the capital next year. Remember: Long'er has excellent grades and will definitely get ahead in the future. One day, he will gain fame, which is the great luck of our Li Mansion. You husband and wife are worthy of the ancestors and ancestors under the Nine Springs; And, Li Yunlong's open-minded words: Brother, if it is not something that my sister-in-law willingly gave me, I will never accept it. There are also those words that my mother left before leaving the room just now: Yunfei, you go to sleep quickly, you must go to Yue's Mansion early tomorrow morning and bow to your lady to admit your mistake.
Li Yunlong finally said: Let's go to the capital to take the exam, let's leave it to let me try to find a way. Thinking of this, Li Yunfei felt even more annoyed: Hey, his younger brother is still a child, how can he do anything to get expensive tuition and living expenses all of a sudden. Well, he must have said that just to soothe my heart. However, how could I persuade Yue Hongying to willingly return my brother's share of the family property to him?
In this way, Li Yunfei tossed and turned for a long, long time, until a quarter of midlight, he couldn't help but be sleepy and wanton aggression, and gradually put on heavy eyelids, "Hui Zhou Gong interprets dreams". The two chickens worked tirelessly to "do their duty", how could it be possible to wake up their male owners?
And Li Yunlong, who sleeps in the west wing, will certainly not be better than his brother. Last night, I saw the open "treasure chest": silver dollars and ingots with white flowers; glittering gold bars and ingots; colorful paper tickets; a thick stack of stubs from major banks; Several house deeds, account books. He immediately felt a strong desire for possessiveness in his heart, and he really wanted to stretch out his hands and embrace all these wonderful objects into his arms.
However, in Li Yunlong's mind, the scene of the eldest sister-in-law Yue Hongying rushing out of the courtyard with the children in tow soon appeared. How could he not know: the sister-in-law went back to her parents' house to "move the rescuers"? Immediately, he forced himself not to look at it: the "treasure chest". Because, he knows: for the happiness of his eldest brother and the joy of his nephews, he absolutely and absolutely must act sensibly!
Therefore, Li Yunlong grabbed the cloth bag in his eldest brother's hand and erected it towards the center of the "treasure chest". Listening to the sound of the gold and silver treasures in his pocket falling into the "treasure chest", he hugged his eldest brother with a smile, and put his mouth to his ear and said those words, which were actually impossible to achieve: Big brother, I am very, very grateful for everything you have done for me. However, it is not something that my sister-in-law willingly returned to me. I will never accept it!
Li Yunlong knows even more: If he only relies on his current incompetence, it is impossible for him to earn all the expenses needed to go to the capital. However, for the sake of the happiness of his eldest brother and the joy of his nephews, he absolutely and absolutely had to sacrifice his own happiness. He could only say to his eldest brother against his will: Big brother, I must not watch it, because my share of the family property will completely destroy your family. When I go to the capital next year to take the exam, let me try to figure it out by myself.
However, Li Yunlong can't help but consider a problem, an imminent question: Hey, without economic resources, his ideals will be completely ruined. Because, even if you borrow from relatives and friends, I'm afraid it will be a "drop in the bucket". Hey, what else can I do for my own ideals? Oops, what to do? What to do?
Therefore, Li Yunlong racked his brains and pondered. Suddenly, he patted his head and shouted: Hey, my sister-in-law often goes to the town to find a fortune teller to come to the house to tell the fortunes of her husband and sons. Just now, why didn't I think of it: sister-in-law's love? Well, let's follow her point to open the way to the door to the ideal!
Thinking of a solution, Li Yunlong couldn't help laughing. With this smile, he saw that the small alarm clock placed on the long incense chair had already lit the tip of the hour hand at more than two o'clock in the morning. He was stunned: Oh, how did time pass so quickly? Well, let's hurry up and go to bed. Otherwise, tomorrow's plans will be ruined!
As he spoke, Li Yunlong washed hastily, Xi pulled the cotton slippers to the bedside, kicked off the cotton shoes on his feet and fell on his back, and there was an extra word "big" on the bed. Just a bag of cigarettes, there was a slight snoring sound in the west wing.
Therefore, until half past five in the morning, the two brothers, accompanied by the loud voices of the two roosters, were still deeply immersed in sleep. It goes without saying that the first person to get up in the early hours of this morning can only be the old lady of the Li Mansion, Ruan Shi.
Nguyen was born in a civilian family, when he was young, his family was very poor and poor, and he didn't have any extra money at all, so he went to buy a small alarm clock to call "tick, tick" at home. Therefore, she knew when she was a child: the small alarm clock in the countryside is the chickens raised by every family!
From a little girl to a yellow flower girl, and then from a little daughter-in-law to an old lady. Stumbling along the way, as long as Ruan heard the cries of the chickens, his eyes would open in a "swish". Then, get out of bed with your overshoes in a hurry. In her words, it is: it has become a habit for a long time!
Last night, the daughter-in-law led the grandchildren back to her parents' house. The eldest son knocked on the lock rings "Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo", intending to give a part of the gold and silver treasures to his younger brother; However, her youngest son insisted on pouring all the gold and silver treasures back into the "cornucopia". also made it clear that if it wasn't something that his sister-in-law was willing to give him back, he would never accept it! Then, the little son helped her into his bedroom.
Looking at the back of this little son, Ruan's heart was really: it was as sore as a knife and a fire! At this moment, the old man always thinks about the most critical and sensitive question: Hey, when he was young, why didn't he think of advising the old man to preset a bright and dark family property? If I had done that, I wouldn't have felt such soreness now! So, this night, the old man did not fall asleep. Her mind was full of chagrin! Regret!! Desperately helpless!
Today, Nguyen heard the cries of two chickens, dressed them as usual, and after washing, he walked into the kitchen tremblingly. However, I only saw a few maids and guys standing at the dinner table in a daze, whispering: Oh, why can't our master come over? But after eating, he must go to the yamen to be on duty! At this time, it was already past six o'clock, but the masters were still nowhere to be seen. What's going on here?
Nguyen immediately remembered that in the past, when she staggered to the kitchen, her two sons always rushed out to help her in. Then, the warm words flowed into her ears like honey: Mother, you are finally here. Just waiting for you to come and start a meal when you are old!
At this moment, Ruan Shi listened to the discussion of the maids and guys, and his heart churned fiercely: Yunfei, Yunfei, my mother knows that you feel uncomfortable. However, if you are a big man and beat a woman, it is your fault. This morning, you must go to Yue's Mansion to apologize to Yue Hongying! Even if you don't want to go to Yue's Mansion, no matter what, you still have to go to this yamen for a day. What's the point of staying at home?
So, Ruan Shi came to the eldest son's master bedroom on crutches, and saw Yun Fei lying on the south side, his frowning brows still trembling, and his mouth moving and snoring evenly. It seems to be savoring: mellow and fragrant wine and delicacies! However, looking at his frowning brows, everyone knows that there are deep and deep troubles that have been disturbing his dreams!
Ruan's heart was extremely distressed and stroked the eldest son's face, and suddenly, the eldest son turned over, and his annoying whisper got into Ruan's ears: Yunlong, blame the eldest brother for being incompetent. Let you suffer a lot of grievances! ----
Immediately, Nguyen saw that many crystal beads rolled down the eldest son's face. She reached out to wipe the crystal clear beads, blood dripping from her heart. It hurts, it hurts! Suddenly, she thought of the purpose of her coming here again, so she hurriedly called out again: Yunfei, Yunfei, you get up and eat quickly. But don't miss it! ----
However, Ruan found that the eldest son didn't feel it at all, and his mother was calling him. Ruan Shi said helplessly: Hey, it seems that the only way to do this is to let Yunlong go to the yamen and ask for a day off for his eldest brother. Yunfei really needs to take a break!
So, Ruan Shi trembled and came to the West Wing on crutches. Pushing open the door, what jumped into his eyes was another amazing scene: Li Yunlong's limbs were spread apart untied, his whole body showed a "big" character, and he was lying on the bed on his back. The brows were also tightly locked, and the lips were moving vigorously. From time to time, it floated out: Sister-in-law, can she believe all this? ----
Seeing that this little son was so sad, Ruan's heart once again shed thick blood. It hurts, it hurts! Ruan really didn't expect that his two sons would be so embarrassed to sleep! She couldn't help but turn around and hold on to the wall, and began to cry. In this cry, there is her chagrin and remorse. She regretted that she was in front of her lord's sickbed, why did she "trust her eldest daughter-in-law" in vain? What she was annoyed about was: When the old man was seriously ill, she didn't even think of reminding the old man to secretly save a hand for Li Yunlong?
Ruan's cry was soon met by the maids and men in the house, and they all rushed over, and they didn't forget to discuss: Oh, the old lady is crying so miserably. What happened in this house? Some people also whispered: Hey, it must be because last night, the young grandmother insisted on pulling the children back to their parents' house to "move the rescuers"!
As far as Nguyen's eyes flickered, he caught a glimpse of the crowd rushing into the room. Then she remembered that her eldest son was still sleepwalking in bed. So, she wiped the tears from her face, turned to the crowd and ordered: Xiao Cui, Xiao Ma, your eldest young master was tired last night and needs to rest at home. You two go to the yamen and ask for a day off for the eldest young master!"
Xiao Cui and Xiao Ma agreed to run out of the room, and after a while, they turned around again, and said in the ear of the old lady: Madam, the eldest and young grandmother with her in-laws, mother-in-law, and the two wolf-like uncles are already standing outside the courtyard gate.
Ruan Shi whispered: "Oh, they came so quickly." Then, turning to the two guys, he said, "Okay, I know everything." I'll go meet them now, and you can go about your business!" As she spoke, she turned and walked out of the West Wing.
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