Chapter 3: The prosperity is gone, green, fat, red and thin

"Well, old men, aunts and grandmothers. Please take a seat now with melon seeds and peanuts and a fan shake. Listen to Xiaosheng, how I tell you about the affairs of Hong Tingke, the minister who was in charge of a high position in the last century! The storyteller spoke emotionally on the stage.

At that time, the Hongfu family was not to be underestimated, and it was inseparable from the hard work of the ancestors.

12 degrees of spring and autumn have passed since the long years, and Zhengkai is almost to the year of the weak crown......

In the quiet of the night, a man in a wide shirt and green clothes walked briskly between the streets and alleys of Shanghai Tongren, looking very panicked and impatient.

Pedestrians and business travelers in the streets and alleys are leisurely and leisurely, telling each other about their daily routines.

So who could this person be?

"Come on, the young master is back." A plainly dressed man replied.

Hongfu is very quiet and quiet on weekdays, and the sudden sound will quietly fall asleep so that the whole family is shaken.

It's busy inside and out......

"The grandson is not filial, which worries the old grandmother."

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants immediately put Zheng Kai's fur coat aside. The old woman immediately replied to the old woman: "Come back, just come back." ”

The unique and elegant courtyard house is the consistent style of this house. The four rings are all rafters, Luo Jiying is miscellaneous, and the locations are scattered in every corner, which makes people imagine that Lord Hong Chengchou was heroic in buying a family business at that time.

In the main hall, a Western wall clock, very modern, a set of sandalwood tables and chairs under the pendulum are placed on both sides, dazzling, dazzling, all of which are the gifts given by God to Hongfudi; A large foreign chandelier hangs in the center of the "living room", which is conspicuous and bright; After that, the household items of the same specifications in the two games were also idle, "coming out to entertain guests". All these show the outstanding style of contemporary Hongfu......

"Grandson, what is this doing? This is absolutely unacceptable. It's already the Republic of China, why do you still bow down. Hurry up, Kai'er. Mrs. Hong helped Zheng Kai up.

"My grandson doesn't want much in his life, he only wants ......" Before the words fell, a figure suddenly broke in, who could this be.

"Brother Zhengkai, you're finally back, Sister Yingyi, I miss you so much." After that, the woman hugged Zheng Kai's arms.

"No, Yingyi. Men and women do not kiss each other. Don't do this! Hong Zhengkai half-pushed and half-pushed, but Miss Yingyi approached step by step, and the two were in a stalemate for several minutes.

"Come on, Yingyi. It's almost past the door, Zheng'er will be your man sooner or later, why chase after him like this. Old Madam Hong casually wrapped her yarn around the yarn and said......

"Look, old grandmother, Brother Zhengkai hasn't come to see me since he came back, leaving me alone for so long. I want to cross the Hongfu Gate and become his wife! But he was angry with me and yelled at me. ”

"Xiaoyi, you know, Zheng'er is such a fetish, she doesn't like to be close to people. You will be his wife in the future, and you must learn to be patient. ”

"Hmph." Miss Lo stepped aside angrily and sat down and sipped her tea.

"Grandmother, my grandson has something important to tell you, please hold back!" Zheng Kai looked at the people around him with a cramped expression.

"'Drop off left and right', how can there be anyone else here. What do you have to say? I guess: you're out there with other women again. Say, speak: I want to hear. ”

"Lao Yingxuan!" Hong Zhengkai said angrily.

People always say: more hard work, more harvest. The words are good, but the facts are always unsatisfactory; Let's ask Yinghuan, who doesn't have their own strengths and forge ahead, but the fate is scornful; People aspire to have a beautiful and legendary love, and this is especially true for many cardamom women.

Lao Yingyi - born in a scholarly family, with a falling goose posture and a graceful figure, but despite this, he always did not get the favor of Zhengkai, but he was tired of it for a long time, so what kind of woman did Zhengkai love?

"Am I wrong? If you come back and don't tell me, you just leave me out of the door on weekdays; The wedding date is approaching, and you still don't get anything from me; Do I have to be like a child daughter-in-law, foster to your home first, and pestering you every day, so that you won't empathize and don't fall in love? ”

Miss Lo took out the letter she had in her arms and sighed......

"What is this?" Hong Zhengkai couldn't help but be stunned.

"This ......" Mrs. Hong looked at it and couldn't cry.

"Brother Zhengkai; People in the world often say: 'Infatuated women are negative men'. It's true, but you're making it too obvious. It breaks my heart and chills the Lao family. ”

"I remember, it was when I was eight years old, Xiaoying, you ......"

"It is said that appearance is the pillar of a woman's favor for her husband, but in my opinion, it is not as heavy as this piece of paper!"

"Don't mention it, Xiaoying. You told me to finish my speech. Hong Zhengkai stared at the old grandmother with a fierce gaze.

"No, I'm going to say. If I don't say anything, my brother Zhengkai will be taken away. There's no going back. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"At that time, we had a deep friendship for many years, and there was an accident, that is, I had not yet reached the weak crown, and we were so young and lovely; Unexpected Incident - You were run over by a vehicle on the arm, and I carried you all the way to the place of healing, where I cared for you for ten whole days before I got better.

"Xiaoying, good boy. Don't cry, come, come to grandmother, we don't care so much. Come. Mrs. Hong took a moment, squinted at Hong Zhengkai, and motioned for him to apologize.

"Grandmother, my grandson has something important to tell you." Before the words fell, Zheng Kai was responded coldly: "Evil seed, I didn't see that people are sad." He also said that 'important things' are important, or the sweetheart in front of him is important. I don't know what is important. ”

"Old lady, young lady, young master, big things are not good. According to external knowledge: Qiaofu's second lady Qiao Xunyu disappeared last night. The outside world is making every effort to hunt down the bandits of the Beacon Volcano, pretending to be a tea merchant and getting Ling Yunzhi, nicknamed 'Cloud Flying', and the arrested person has 1 million 200 silver. The big butler said breathlessly and emotionally.

"What, Ling Yunzhi."

"It's so high-spirited, and it turns out that it's something that no one can do, Ling Yunzhi, I think it's called Zero Tuzhi, and it's about the same."

"Come on, Xiaoying, women don't have to give birth to these big men. Feng Volcano has always been plagued by the imperial court, and sent the minister to Deqin to suppress the bandits, with countless casualties, and even the government is helpless, what is the plan for women and children. ”

Then the reader may ask: what is the boundary of the Beacon Volcano?

Ancient legend: In order to please the woman, the king of Youwang favored the concubine, and specially placed the beacon fire in the beacon tower. And a plan also created the myth of "making tens of millions of princes rush to each other, Hongchen concubines smile, and no one knows that it is a dog Rong coming"; But what is the difference between a beacon volcano and a beacon tower?

It turned out that this gang of robbers who were engaged in killing and robbery also used the most primitive method when they encountered danger: lighting a beacon fire and waiting for other bandits to go up the mountain to rescue; These bandits are in the same spirit, competing with each other, and forming horns against each other; It is not difficult for people to guess: how many handsome young and beautiful people fell into the hands of gangsters at that time, and there was no chance of survival.

Ling Yunzhi, the leader of the Beacon Volcano, relied on his eldest brother to be a warlord in the north, and from time to time he invaded the famous industry, looted and accumulated funds, and made the local people feel miserable and miserable.

It is rumored that the arrogance of the bandits once burned a large area of rice fields in the southern suburbs of present-day Yan'an, which caught people off guard.

At that time, the national bourgeoisie was rising, and the era of great industry was about to sweep the whole of China, and the life of the common people could be said to be hungry.

It happened that the Hongfu was dispatched to save the people from danger, but his No. 6 mine was also in danger, and it was really eventful at that time......

"Grandmother, Zheng'er proposes to dispatch the officers and soldiers of the Yamen to rescue Miss Qiao Er from the Beacon Volcano." Hong Zhengkai swore an oath, and the entire Hong Mansion was filled with a cramped and uneasy atmosphere.

"Hong Zhengkai, it turns out that you are infatuated with Miss Qiao Er. It's no wonder that the ordinary air-conditioning is so bad that you suddenly become stupid. Say: How long have you been with her. ”