As soon as I entered the inner hall, the chime drum sounded, the veil in front of me was slowly opened, and the maid in the colorful skirt walked with a flower basket and sprinkled petals lightly on the stage.

"Dong ......" sounded, and a graceful figure with a veil walked out from behind the barrier, she walked a few steps, turned her body gently, jumped lightly on the spot, and stood in the middle of the platform.

"Peony girl, peony girl......" The audience immediately cheered enthusiastically, and the woman danced with the piano with a slight turn.

Look closely, this woman is tall, round and plump, wearing a very well-fitting dance veil, the exposed forehead is dotted with cinnabar petals, a pair of fox eyes are shy and charming, and there is indeed a moving style between the dances, no wonder everyone is chasing after her.

"Oh, isn't this a little boy, why did you come, my sister misses you!" Sister Lan didn't know when she stood behind her, her face full of smiles.

I pretended to be shy and asked, "Sister, who is this dancing?" ”

Sister Lan smiled and said, "This, it's the new peony girl from my Yin Red Mansion, this figure and dancing posture are first-class and good, just three days after coming, it attracted everyone's daughters." How about the little boy, do you want to send her a few flower baskets, maybe the girl will be happy, and she will come down to drink. ”

Sister Lan's eyes lifted to the side of the platform, where there were more than a dozen flower baskets, on which were written Zhang Gongzi and Li Gongzi, all of which were for her to cheer on.

After a little thought, I also bought two, and Sister Lan immediately smiled, and after a while, the turtle slave added two flower baskets.

Luzhu took out a silver ingot and signaled that she wanted to see the girl last time, and Sister Lan was a little embarrassed and said, "This is not very convenient, the girl is not a guest......"

I took out another fifty silver ticket, she nodded and said, "The girl also said, if the little boy came last time, you might as well see it, and the son is here, please ......."

She went upstairs with her, turned left and right to a slightly elegant room, she knocked on the door and led me into the house and then retreated, and the green bead also wisely exited the door and guarded the door.

"Childe." Ah Duo came over and bowed.

She was holding a beautiful bun, her eyebrows were melted, and she was wearing a pink light shirt, and her complexion was much better than a few days ago, and she was bright.

I nodded, and she immediately made a pot of dragon balls, picked up the tea bowl, covered the cup with a few floating leaves, and asked, "In the past few days, Sister Lan has any trouble for you?" ”

She immediately said, "Listen to the son's instructions and say those words to my mother, at first she didn't pay attention to it, and then she half-believed, so she changed the yard according to the words." The slave family sang for two days with slight results, but it's a pity that ......"

She paused, lowered her head slightly, and said, "It's a pity, on the third day, there was a girl called Peony in the courtyard, and her dancing was excellent, and she was naturally more popular." ”

This is more understandable, hidden behind the curtain only to hear no one, how to compare with the little lady who can be seen at a glance. If it were me, I would naturally be attracted to the latter.

But I also saw it just now, although the girl is dancing attractively, but her eyebrows and eyes are impetuous, she is red first, just let Ah Duo brew well, and when the time comes, the Lantern Festival in August, borrow her shoulders to step on a little higher.

I took out some silver from my arms, "You take this, continue to envelop some sisters in the building, and it's best to find a few who treat each other sincerely."

Also, don't be influenced by other things, and still only sing one song a day. No matter who has what kind of conditions, don't show up, you can do it? ”

"Slaves can do it." Ah Duo nodded, and Coefficients took the silver. After a deep sigh, he said, "Childe, the slave family has a special identity, and my mother asked for her name three times and twice, and the slave family prevaricated. I don't know the son, what is the name of the slave family? ”

I stood up and looked out the window at the wind blowing willows, but in front of me was the appearance of the wreckage of the Xiangfu for ten miles, that day, the blood of the Feng family must have dyed the Xiangfu red, and the emerald green leaves must have turned into pieces of resentful red.

"Momiji."

Ah Duo gave a light salute, "Xie Gongzi gave the name, and in the future, the slave family will be red leaves." ”

After standing for a while, I sat back, drank a cup of tea, and said something to her, and then got up and left.

When I went downstairs, I looked in the direction of the platform, and the peony had already taken off the veil, and this woman was really charming. As if sensing the gaze, she turned her eyes and smiled at me.

When I got out of the Yin Red Mansion, it was still early, so I walked along the flower street and wandered around the market.

Today, Xiqi is hot, there are few people on the street, the hawkers are listless, and even those swords and fire-breathing boulders are lazy to perform, and they are sitting in the shade one by one.

Walking further on, the road seemed to be blocked, and many people gathered in a large circle, pointing and talking something.

I was too small to see from behind, so I squeezed through the crowd and came to the front.

In the center of the crowd, kneeling was a man with a filial piety belt tied to his head. The man's clothes were very tattered, his face was dirty, and there were blood stains on the swollen corners of his mouth.

He didn't say a word, just kept kowtowing to the people who were watching, and there were blood stains faintly sticking to the yellow grass in front of him. If you look closely, you can see that there are still many words written crookedly on the paper.

Roughly speaking, his father died, there were no relatives and friends at home, and the broken grass house was also repaid, and he was willing to be a slave for life, in exchange for his father's coffin money, and from then on he would be loyal to the Lord.

Only then did I realize that there was a broken straw mat under the eaves not far away, and there was an old man rolled inside.

The people of Xiqi are simple, and they say in vain that he will be a slave for life, even begging for money, and everyone will reach out to help, why do they surround these people and ignore them?

"Hey! O iniquity! A middle-aged man next to him sighed, and when he saw me looking at him, he leaned over and said, "Hey, what a sin, raising such a son who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, and he can't die when he gets old!" ”

I was so confused that I couldn't help but ask him why he said that.

The middle-aged man opened the conversation and talked for a long time, and I understood.

The person kneeling in the middle is called Li Jiu, and his father is a basket seller on West Street. Because he is an old man, he has been pampered by Li Jiu since he was a child. Who knows that the coquettish son is like a harmful son, this Li Jiu didn't know when, he actually fell in love with the set of "buy and leave", and followed a group of countless people who did not learn every day.

Two years ago, the old man's wife returned to the west in a hurry, and early the morning before yesterday, Li Jiu actually arrived at his grass house. Li Laohan chased Li Jiuda in a hurry, scraped the bridge pile and fell into the river, and when he was fished up, he was no longer there.

Li Jiu was penniless, so he wrapped his father in a straw mat and knelt in the middle of the road.

At this time, it has passed, calculate the time, this Li Jiu has been kneeling for nearly three days, and there are many green-headed flies around the straw mat over there, if you don't bury it quickly, I'm afraid it won't be good.

He was still snorting his head, the blood on his forehead staining the straw paper red.

Looking at the torn straw mat, I was suddenly moved.

My father can still be buried in the street market, but now that I am in a foreign land, I don't even know where my father's bones are......

My heart was sour, and I took out the silver money and was about to step forward, but the man next to me grabbed me, "Oh, little boy, what are you going to do?" ”

I replied, "Give him some money to buy a coffin." ”

The man hurriedly shook his head and said, "But don't, little boy!" This person is a ruffian, he has been following the hooligans since he was a child, and even his father is angry, if you buy it back, it will be a piece of shit, and you can't get rid of it! ”

This man's voice was very loud, we stood in the front row again, and the words that were said came clearly into Li Jiu's ears, he raised his head to look at us, an indescribable despair appeared in his eyes, and then he continued to kowtow hard.

All of a sudden, blood flowed down his forehead, and the sun shone brightly, a little hideous.

I sighed, and finally stepped forward, crouched down and put the silver in his hand.

He didn't seem to expect someone to give him money, and when he looked at the silver in his hand, a strange look welled up in his eyes, and then he looked up at me, clenched his fists hard, and clenched the silver tightly.

"Take it and buy a coffin, bury my father well, you don't have to follow me as a slave, use the rest of the money to buy clean clothes, and in the future, be a new person."

He looked at me with tears in his eyes.

Half a ring, turned around, and knocked three times upright. Then he picked up the old father on the side and quickly ran to the coffin shop on West Street.

He didn't say anything from beginning to end, and he didn't say half a word of thanks. After he left, everyone broke their words, saying that I should not care about this shameless scoundrel, that he should not be pitied, and that he would not be grateful.

I didn't want to explain, and I didn't think it was wrong, so I called Luzhu and walked down the street, and when I arrived at a restaurant, I was hungry, so I went in and ordered a few dishes.

This restaurant faces the street, so I found a window seat to sit down, and after a while, the dishes were ready.

I've had a big appetite lately, and I've been eating everything deliciously, and I'm very good at eating, and after a while, the cups and plates are empty.

I asked for a pot of bird's tongue, and sat down for a while, and the sunset rose on the horizon, and it was very beautiful.

We've been out for most of the day, and it's time to go back. The green beads were settled, and we went to the door.

At this time, it was evening, the tables in the restaurant were full, and the little second brother was so busy that he wanted to go upstairs with plates and bowls, but he stumbled under his feet, and the soup in his hand flew to me all at once.

"Hey, how do you walk!" Luzhu was immediately anxious, and hurriedly took Luo Juan to wipe my clothes.

"I'm sorry Childe, I'm sorry ......" Xiao Er was frightened, and wanted to come over to wipe his clothes, but he was afraid that the towel would not be clean, so he kept saying apologies.

Fortunately, the hot water was not hot, and he was not injured, so he did not embarrass him, I remember that when I came in, there was a ready-to-wear shop next few houses on the right, so I pulled on the green beads and walked quickly.

The scale of this clothing shop is quite large, and the shopkeeper is also very enthusiastic, and he greeted politely before he entered the door, "Please come inside, what style of clothes you need, there are small shops with any style." If you want something different, we still have Nanjin who just came in, and many high-ranking ladies and sons in Shengjing are ordering clothes with us. ”

"No, just a set of my size."

The shopkeeper understood the oil stains on my clothes, and immediately took out a set of light cyan bamboo leaf tight-sleeved small robes from the back, and put them on to see that the size was just right.

I was going to leave after paying the money, but when I turned around, I saw a green Luo skirt embroidered with magnolia on the side of the door.

Thinking that there will be more than a month, it will be the tenth birthday of this body, and I can't help but feel moved, and said, "Boss, please wrap that Luo skirt for me." ”

"Okay!" The boss answered, and hurried to the side of the door. At this time, a delicate voice suddenly shouted, "Shopkeeper, I want that magnolia Luo skirt." ”