Chapter 6: The Birthday Crisis
Early the next morning, when the rooster had just crowed and the sky was not yet white, the Gongsun family began to get busy, and there was a scene of people. This is the ninetieth birthday of the old lady Gongsun Yu, and all the subordinates get up early to prepare for the things that have been assigned. Some of the guests who have traveled far away will arrive today at the latest, and the guests who have already arrived will be at ease under the careful hospitality of the Gongsun family.
All the heirs have already packed up and waited outside Gongsun Yu's door as a family unit, just waiting for the old lady to wake up and go to celebrate his birthday and send auspicious words one by one. Guests are not involved in this session. When people are old, they sleep lightly, and Gongsun Yu is actually early after waking up, but he feels sorry for the children and grandchildren outside the house, so he washes up with the help of his subordinates, puts on the festive clothes prepared the night before, goes to the ancestral hall of the ancestors to comfort himself, and then sits in the lobby and waits for everyone.
The first to go was Gongsun Guangxiao's family, because they were the head of the family, this kind of happy event naturally came out on top. followed by Gongsun Yu's eldest son and eldest daughter...... After a whole set of processes, the old lady was tired enough, so Gongsun Guangxiao arranged for his subordinates to serve the old lady and then rest, and everyone retired one after another.
When Gongsun Yu appeared again, it was a grand luncheon. The guests gathered in a joyful atmosphere. Gongsun Yu insisted on not being served, and walked into the banquet in a hurry, and everyone stood in several rows to congratulate him.
"Thank you friends for your appreciation, some of you have come thousands of miles to celebrate your birthday with the old man, which is really ashamed of me. Gongsun Yu began to speak with the loudest voice, "The ancestors blessed, the old decay survives in the world, and the number of horseteeth increases." Today, everyone gathered together is also a rare blessing for the Gongsun family. I won't say more, I hope you eat and drink well, eat and drink well. After saying that, Gongsun Yu thanked him, and everyone scattered into the table, and some friends who had already known each other were completely unrestrained, and just sat down and began to shout to drink, comparing who had the best amount of wine.
The young man didn't like this kind of noisy scene, Zhou Xue was full of six minutes, and he felt that the sounds around him were booming, so he dropped the dishes and chopsticks, found Gongsun Shengyan and said loudly: "Brother Shengyan, you haven't eaten enough?"
Gongsun Shengyan glanced at his father Gongsun Maode, Gongsun Maode was not a strict parent, plus the Zhou family's status in the Gongsun family is quite high, it is common for young girls to not be able to sit still, it is better to let his son be a companion, so the nodding right is taken as a default.
"Among these hundreds of people, how many do you say you can know?" Zhou Xue asked Gongsun Shengyan as she jumped out and walked out.
"I know most of the people who are in the silk business, and when you haven't come, I have made my voice hoarse just by saying hello. ”
"I saw four people in the courtyard today carrying a shell that was longer than a person, carved into the shape of a white peacock opening the screen, which was very beautiful. Did you see that?" asked Zhou Xue.
"That's the clams sent by Boss Bao, the king of the South China Sea, what kind of shells, at first glance, I haven't seen the world. Gongsun Shengyan made fun of Zhou Xue.
"Ask for ...... Disgusted!" Zhou Xue stretched out her voice and stuck out her tongue at him, "What kind of dealings does the sailor in the South China Sea have with your Gongsun family?"
"We have things to be shipped to Nanyang to sell, including the silk I am making now, and some of them are directly cooperating with Boss Bao. ”
"It's boring, this boss and that boss. ”
The two walked and chatted, and unconsciously walked to the main door of Gongsun's house, and Gongsun Shengyan saw several family members pushing a fortune teller holding a banner, and it seemed that he was about to beat someone.
"What are you doing? Don't you know what day it is?" Gongsun Shengyan said to stop.
"Young Master Shengyan, it is precisely because I know what day it is that I didn't hit him, and I have endured it until now, if it is put on weekdays, let alone beating, I can pull out the tongue of this old blind man. One of them, who seemed to be in charge, said angrily.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Gongsun Shengyan.
"The little ones don't dare to say. The guy who answered just now bowed his head and replied.
"Say, I don't blame you. Don't look at Gongsun Shengyan being bullied by Zhou Xue and stunned, but he was unambiguous when he encountered something.
"This old blind man said that there was a great evil in this place, and he had to come and talk to the principal, so that he could avoid trouble. Oh, young master, look at my mouth, ......," Jia Ding slapped himself with an exaggerated expression after speaking.
Gongsun Shengyan looked the old blind man up and down again. The rickety body, the stick of the hanging flag is just used as a crutch, the face is crawling with wrinkles and ravines, and the robe is clean and tidy.
"Do you know what kind of place this is?" Gongsun Shengyan was puzzled and asked the old blind man.
"The old way doesn't know, the old way only understands hexagrams, not the world. The old blind man replied with a roll of his eyeballs, which had no black eyeballs.
"Stinky blind man, you are not allowed to talk nonsense here. Today is the ninetieth birthday of my grandfather, you talk nonsense, I, I ......" Zhou Xue was so angry that she stammered.
Gongsun Shengyan shook his head and said to the old blind man: "You better hurry up, our Gongsun family has ancestral training, and we don't deal with Jianghu warlocks, so no matter what you say is true or not, no one will listen." These words are indeed true, and no one knows when this ancestral precept was handed down, but it is indeed true.
"Do you hear that, why don't you go quickly?" the housekeeper saw that the master was present, and was anxious to behave, and when he saw that the old blind man did not move, he went up directly and gave him a kick in the waist, and the old blind man was unsteady on his feet, and staggered forward several steps, and finally fell down.
"Who told you to kick him?" Gongsun Shengyan saw the old blind man falling, and he couldn't bear it, and he was unhappy with his family.
"That's it, who asked you to kick him?" Although Zhou Xue was unforgiving, she also sympathized in her heart.
Gongsun Shengyan turned his head to look at Zhou Xue, and after holding back for a long time, he said: "Who ...... Who told you to learn how to speak from me?"
"Brother Shengyan, Brother Shengyan. Zhou Xue chased after him.
The old blind man got up from the ground tremblingly, squatted down and touched the banner with his hand, and staggered forward like a shrimp. After confirming that he was out of sight, the old blind man turned into an alley, crouched down again, opened his eyelids with his thumb and middle finger, and then took out half a hollow wax pill from each eye. When the man got up, he straightened his waist, walked like flying, and tore the banner in his hand without any distress, and threw a strip of cloth into the corner after walking a distance. After doing this, he took out a porcelain vase from his robe, poured something that looked like water, and wiped it on his face as he walked.
"Why did you come back so soon, what did you say?" asked the tall old man Orange Peel Face, sitting on a mossy stone step.
"Fuck it, I didn't even see the fuck. ”
"No, the letter sent is very clear, let's pretend to be Taoist priests to scare their people. ”
"Scare the birds, they have a young man in charge of things told me that the Gongsun family has ancestral teachings and does not associate with the warlocks of the rivers and lakes, and the tone still sounds like it is true. ”
"What else did the steward say?" asked the tall man again.
"I also said that I couldn't walk in the door, and I was fucking kicked by the doorkeeper, and I hurt Lao Tzu to death. After the orange peel face finished speaking, he turned his hand behind his back and rubbed his waist, rubbed it a few times, stopped and asked the tall man, "How is your fire?"
"The silk of Gongsun's family is really fucking good, just one point, and the fire is going to rush to the sky. The tall man looked at the orange peel face, and suddenly laughed again, "Let you burn incense blindly......
Gongsun's firecracker paper skin was like a red goose feather snow, and it was as thick as a finger on the ground. After a busy and lively day, it was finally evening, resting and resting, and departing. Gongsun Guangxiao finally had time to stop and take a breath, his father's affairs today are the biggest and most important, and anything that is not directly related to his father will be pressed until the guests are gone.
"Red Mom, please find someone to help call Shengyan to me. Gongsun Guangxiao took a sip of the tea that Hong's mother had just made, and then ordered her anxiously. Hong's mother is an old mother in the family for many years, and she can be regarded as half of the family, so Gongsun Guangxiao is also very polite to her.
"Master, you've been tired all day, don't talk about taking a break, your body is the most important. Although Hongma said this, she kept pushing the door and went out.
"Young master......" Gongsun Shengqiu's voice sounded outside the door.
"Come in. Gongsun Shengqiu didn't rest, and was sitting in front of the lamp with clothes.
"Young Master, the second master's subordinates have gone to find Young Master Shengyan. ”
"Got it, it's okay for you, let's rest. Gongsun Shengqiu's eyes slipped with a hint of imperceptible pride, but he didn't look at Yusheng's face, and said while fiddling with the wick with his hand.
After Yusheng left, he sat for half a cup of tea, then pushed the door and walked towards Gongsun Guangxiao's residence without delay.