Chapter 17 There is a poor voice in the mansion and the noble house

One

When he came to the entrance of the village, the donkey baby led the little donkey and the matchmaker and started walking. The matchmaker saw two old people on the side of the road, so she inquired and said, "Two old men, where is the mansion of the old man of Silk Zhuang Jin?" An old grandmother looked Mrs. Zhang up and down, seeing that her face was bruised and possessed by the mud, and thought: "How can the guests who come to the Jin master's house have such a look, the people who come are either in a car or a sedan chair, everyone is infinitely beautiful, how can there be a person like you?" So shabby, so humble, it seems that it is either to repay the debt or to ask for it. So he said, "Why don't you let someone from the house pick you up, how uncomfortable it is to sit on a donkey by yourself?" ”

"Alas, it's inconvenient to bother, it's so good, it's convenient."

"They are all well-meaning people who think about others. Your approach is excessive, where is your understanding, Master Jin? And you ride a donkey to lose the dignity of the Jin master? ”

"I'm so comfortable, it's easy to come and go, and I don't think about it so much." Mrs. Zhang replied with self-understanding.

The old man thought to himself: "This is the poor man, he can't get rid of the poor man's body and posture, he can't get rid of the poor man's poor bones, the poor and the poor are like this, they can't enjoy it, they won't use it if they have the conditions, and it's no wonder that they look shabby." The old man thought, so he said, "You keep walking, and there is a mansion at the intersection that is the mansion of the old man of Jin." ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Mrs. Zhang said thank you to the two old men, and then walked forward.

The donkey baby heard the old man say that a mansion at the crossroads is the mansion of the old man Jin, he looked at the mansion and walked for a while, so he said: "Grandma, you ride a donkey, otherwise you have to walk for a while, riding a donkey saves you from walking." ”

"If I don't ride, I can walk a few steps and save my legs from numbness."

"You don't ride, how many steps do you feel you are? It's just a few steps away and your little feet have to twist for a while! ”

"I'll twist slowly, move my legs, you go forward."

Seeing that his grandmother insisted on not riding the little donkey, he led the little donkey and walked straight forward. Mrs. Zhang's little feet twisted behind her feet, chasing after the donkey baby, and instantly distanced herself from the donkey baby. Mrs. Zhang saw that the donkey baby was far behind, and shouted: "You wait for me slowly, wait for me!" ”

The donkey baby looked back at the matchmaker who was far behind and said with a smile: "Hurry up, this little donkey is not as good as a human, I said let it wait for you and it listen?" You'd better twist it up and catch it quickly. ”

The matchmaker was displeased, and scolded in her heart: "Wang Ba Lizi, you go, you have to stop and wait for me in the end." Then, he quickened his pace, twisted and twisted, and quickly caught up.

After crossing the intersection, a mansion came into view. The donkey baby led the little donkey and stood outside the door of your mansion waiting for the matchmaker. He saw that the matchmaker had approached him, pointed to the mansion and said in surprise: "Grandma, look, it's here!" ”

Grandma stopped to look up at the mansion and sighed from the bottom of her heart: "My mother, this mansion is really magnificent!" ”

Grandma stopped and looked up, sighing. Not to mention such a tall mansion, it is still such a large area, and you can't see the edge as far as the eye can see. Looking at this mansion that could not be seen, his heart trembled, and he said silently in his heart: "My ancestors, this mansion that cannot be seen is really magnificent, and it is really shocking?" The emperor's second uncle may not live in such a mansion? Where can someone like me get into such a mansion? She looked at it, thought, hesitated inwardly, and was even more frightened by the majesty of the mansion. She stood outside the door, admiring the mansion, and her thoughts were so full that she didn't dare to knock on the door easily. At this time, how she wanted someone to come out of the yard; How much I wanted someone to come and knock on the door at this time, so that I could talk to go in with him, but these backfired. She stood there expecting what she wanted. Then he strengthened his courage and said, "Second baby, tie the donkey to the horse pier." ”

"Grandma, people are tethered to horses, not donkeys."

"Hey, whatever, you're tethered here, or you'll have to lead the little donkey and wait outside the door."

"Better yet, I'll lead the little donkey and wait outside the door." He muttered.

"Do whatever you want." The matchmaker said unceremoniously.

The donkey baby looked at this magnificent mansion, and then looked at the matchmaker and his shabby appearance and said: "Look at this mansion, and then look at the tethered horse pier, how can anyone like us enter the mansion?" ”

The matchmaker looked up at the mansion, looked at herself, and looked at the second baby; Look at the little donkey again and smile. He said self-deprecatingly: "Let's this is Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden." ”

"Do you still compare yourself, and you still compare yourself to Grandma Liu? Grandma Liu can climb relatives with Daguanyuan, what do you climb? Also, although Grandma Liu is poor, Grandma Liu is clean, look at you? His face was torn and his body was covered with dirt and mud, and there was no place on his body that was not wrapped in soil and mud, and he looked like a land god in a land temple. ”

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she looked herself up and down, slapped her body with her hand, patted the soil and mud on her clothes again, and then looked at it, and then pulled her gown and said angrily: "Hey, just like this, the clothes are still so dirty, and I can't wash them when I go home." ”

He watched the matchmaker dress herself, and secretly laughed when she saw the matchmaker's appearance. He secretly laughed and was seen by the matchmaker, who glared at him and said, "You calf, are you still laughing at me?" ”

When the matchmaker said this, he actually laughed loudly. Just laughing, the door opened with a "squeak". The matchmaker was startled, then calmed, and she looked at the person who came out with a smile. The person who came out also looked at the two of them in surprise, thinking, "These two are passing by?" It's really not long-eyed, and he still leads a little donkey, so poor that he can't eat, and he has to make a living by begging, which is ridiculous! Thinking about it, he became angry and said, "What are you doing?" Is it passing by or begging? How are you leading a little donkey here? Come on! Don't have long eyes, don't look at what kind of place this is? ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on her face and said, "Master." ”

The word "master" was immediately stopped by the person who opened the door and said: "Don't shout nonsense, I'm not a master." ”

"You're not a master, you're a ......"

"I'm assisting the board." Then he said, "If you don't go away and ask what are you doing so much, go away, go away!" ”

Mrs. Zhang looked at the person who opened the door with an angry face, and repeatedly blasted herself and the donkey baby, "Hurry up, go quickly!" She hurriedly walked forward and said, "We are coming to the house, please do it and report to the old lady, and say that someone is coming." ”

The person who opened the door thought, "Who is here?" So decadent? The people who came up from the old man's mansion were either four-seated carriages or eight-carried sedan chairs, otherwise they were high-headed horses, how could there be people with such appearances, living like the old land. It is a distant relative who never comes and goes. If that's the case, you can't slack off. So, he immediately changed his face and said kindly, "Come in." After saying that, he tied the little donkey again and led the two into the house.

Two

The director's name is Tanaka Qiang, and after entering the hospital, he said to the matchmaker and the donkey baby: "You wait a while, I will report to my wife." After speaking, he hurriedly reported to his wife and said, "Madam, there is a visitor from the house, the visitor is waiting there in the courtyard, you see ......."

The eldest lady did not rush out to greet her, but looked through the window. I saw that the person who came was obscene and decadent, Mu Ne was sluggish, and a curious look was looking around, and the wife looked at the visitor, thinking about distant relatives and friends, and there was no person with this appearance, could it be that this person had not been in contact for a long time and had been erased in his memory? Impossible? How come I don't have the slightest impression? Could it be that she is a distant relative of other aunts' wives? The distant relatives and friends of other aunts and wives also knew a little bit about this person, and no one had ever mentioned this person. No matter what, no matter which distant visitors from Aunt Fang's wife enter the house, they are all relatives. So he commanded the councillors, "Let her in." When the councillor heard the order, he quickly went out of the house and beckoned to the matchmaker and the donkey baby, saying, "Madame, please come in." ”

At this time, Mrs. Zhang was curiously looking at the facilities of the house, looking at the carved beams and paintings of the house, looking at the flower corridor of the house, and thinking: "What a style, could it be that the palace is like this?" This mansion is not ordinary, I entered the door of the mansion, opened my eyes, and my eyes were full, and I was not wronged to die. Such a mansion is something that you can't dream of, where is this mansion in the world? Isn't this a shrine? Isn't this the abode of the gods? She was contemplating the grandeur of the mansion when she heard the councillor shout, "Madame, please come in." He was so shocked that he hurriedly retracted his thoughts, and said with a smile on his face, "Yes." Then he said to the director, "Thank you, thank you." Then he bowed down and walked into the hall with the councillors.

Mrs. Zhang looked at the gorgeous decoration of the hall, the exquisite carving of jade agate, and then looked at the high-back carving of the ancient wooden seats, all of which made people dizzy. I sighed in my heart: "Is this the world? So magnificent? She looked sideways, her heart churning. His face was full of joy and he didn't know how to say it. When you are having trouble speaking. I heard my wife ask, "Where are you from?" ”

The matchmaker listened to the wife's question and replied in a restrained manner, "I ...... I'm from Takeda Village. ”

"Which aunt and wife are you related to from Takeda Village?"

"Oh, oh......" she didn't say a word for a long time. I thought to myself, "Which aunt am I related to?" I am not related to any of my aunts. Thinking about himself, he blurted out, "I'm not related to any aunt and wife." ”

"Oh, that's strange, you don't have any relationship with your aunt, I don't know you, my ancestors haven't heard of old relatives and friends in Takeda Village, and I haven't heard of other people who know you, how did you come to my mansion?"

"Madam, I have been entrusted to come."

The wife thought, "Entrusted by someone, who are you entrusted with?" What do you entrust you with? So he said what he thought bluntly: "Entrusted by someone? Who are you entrusted with? What are you entrusted with? ”

The matchmaker replied with a smile: "Ah, entrust me, entrust me to come to the house to propose." ”

When the wife heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and felt that it was absurd, and thought: "Propose marriage, how can my son-in-law and young lady let a humble person like you propose marriage?" So he asked, "Which young lady in the house do you propose to you?" ”

Mrs. Zhang said: "Mrs., I am not proposing to my son, I am proposing to Miss." ”

"Oh, to the young lady, which young lady is proposing?" Mrs. pressed impatiently.

"Which young lady, how many young ladies are there in your house?"

"How many young ladies are there that you have a relationship with? Whoever you propose to the young lady you will say. What do you ask so much? Which lady did you say you were proposing to you? ”

Mrs. is pressing step by step, Mrs. Zhang is in trouble, she keeps beating the drum in her heart, which lady doesn't know how to answer? She sat there awkwardly and silently, not answering her wife's questions. Seeing that she was embarrassed, the wife did not give any answer to her question, and said, "Which young lady you don't know, you can't go to the house to mess around with the mandarin duck score, right?" The matchmaker was a little flustered and a little confused when she was asked. Busy "Oh, oh, oh," said: "I didn't come to the house to ask for relatives, I had a goal." ”。

The wife heard that the matchmaker said that there was a goal, so she asked the matchmaker fiercely: "There is a goal, who is this goal?" Which lady is in the house? ”

The matchmaker patted her head and whispered: "Who is she, who is she?" She asked herself. She was chased by her wife and asked so hard that she was already confused, and stammered: "That's it, it's ......" She didn't say who it was for a long time. I was wondering, should I tell the token? She struggled fiercely, and she didn't know whether to say anything about the token. What should I do if my wife wants a token? If you don't say yourself, you can't say the name of the young lady. At this time, several young ladies walked in with a smile, and the matchmaker was dumbfounded.