4 Chapter 4
The gift was delivered, but the Feng family's bustle of beating gongs and drums today was not Qing'e's turn.
She sat behind the counter, and from time to time there were palanquins of Fengfu guests playing this path, and the small garden of Fengfu was singing on stage at this time, with the sound of drums, and the small drama babbling and touching Qing'e's heartstrings.
She was also sent by her relatives to learn drama earlier, and after studying for less than two years, the pillar of singing boudoir was pried by other opera troupes, and the class owner disbanded a group of girls who studied drama in a fit of anger, and no longer raised them to eat idle meals, and whoever wanted it in the courtyard would take it.
Qing'e was taken in by the later master and changed her career to learn juggling, at that time Zhao Qi was already a "big disciple", and the master was called a godfather, in fact, she bought Qing'e to be Zhao Qi's daughter-in-law.
Thinking about the events of the year, she was a little absent-minded, and at noon she heard the singing of "Magu Birthday Greetings" behind the house, and she knew that Feng's Mansion was almost lively, and it was time to open the banquet.
was listening to the ethereal drama, and a person came in the shop.
Qing'e had long found out that this person was wandering on the street, and looked at her from time to time, she didn't take it seriously when she saw it, and when she opened the door to do business, she would always meet this kind of person.
The man was followed by three or two small servants, dressed in splendid robes, who had never been seen before, and should also be a guest of the Feng Mansion who was celebrating his birthday today.
The guests of the Feng Mansion are the nobles of Qing'e, how can they be lazy.
Qing'e picked up the wine spoon and smiled, "Officials buy wine? ”
The man bowed his head, holding a gentleman's style, but his mouth was like taking a mouthful of sesame oil, "I went to my sister-in-law's shop, not to buy wine, what else can I buy?" ”
What to buy? He wants to say buy. Spring, Qing'e will definitely smack him in the face, no, spitting him is a reward.
Qing'e laughed, "What I'm saying is that the wine shop I opened here naturally only sells wine." ”
"Then sister-in-law will tell me what good wine to sell me?"
"I sell chrysanthemums, osmanthus, bamboo leaves, Luofuchun, and red yeast rice also sell well." Qing'e's mouth was sharp, her voice was soft, and she could hear that the person was soft and soft, and she didn't drink and get drunk.
The man propped up his arms on the counter, and his eyes were only the beautiful face of the little woman and the scattered strands of hair under the woman.
"Can you let me taste my sister-in-law's Luofu Chun?"
Qing'e said wait a minute, I can't see the slightest impatience, joke, how could Qing'e feel displeased because of his explicit eyes, coaxing him to spend more money in the shop is the right thing.
The man's eyes followed her closely, and he swayed his waist to see her walk.
How could Qing'e not know, looked back and smiled with him, lifted the curtain and went to the backyard to get the wine, came back with the wine bowl, handed it to the man, and leaned on the countertop with his arm, "Please also ask the official to taste if it suits the taste, if you like it, I will give you half a catty and a mile or two." ”
"Like. I just love Luo Fuchun. He threw his neck up and drank it all, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and turned his head to tell the servant, "Pay." ”
Qing'e smiled and asked, "How many taels do the officials want?" ”
The man was drunk when he didn't drink, let alone the wine, and when it was time to show his wealth, "Come on two catties!" ”
Qing'e was like a wisp of smoke, stepped on to avoid the hand he put up, and took a wine spoon to pour wine to him, "Okay, ten cents, just put it on the table." ”
The man paid the money, and his voice was louder, "Didn't you ask what your sister-in-law is called?" ”
Qing'e turned her face to him, "My name is Qing'e." ”
The man laughed stupidly, "When did my sister-in-law move here?" I haven't seen you here since I came last year. ”
"As for last month, the official is a distinguished guest of the Feng Mansion?"
"Yes, I am a distinguished guest of his Feng family, and the young master of his Feng family will be three points shorter when he sees me."
"Disrespectful and disrespectful, it turns out that officials have a lot of background."
Qing'e poured wine and sealed the mouth of the altar tightly, and handed the small wine jar to the man. He didn't take the hemp rope, but held Qing'e's hand, Qing'e's face didn't change for a while, and he listened to him teasing with a hippie smile.
"What good wine is there in my sister-in-law's backyard? Can you show me a thing or two? ”
Qing'e sneered, "There are two pairs of my husband's stinky shoes in the backyard, and he is about to come back when it looks like the sky, if the officials don't want to be seen by the people of the Feng Mansion with two more shoe prints on their backs, don't say these embarrassing words." ”
The man held Qing'e's hand and didn't let go, and the thousand-year-old fox also saw through Qing'e's trick of luring him to spend money, "I saw that you sang and harmonized with me when you sold wine, why are you embarrassed now?" ”
Qing'e was not in a hurry, "It's time for the Feng Mansion to hold a banquet, and if the officials don't go back, aren't they afraid that they will send someone to find them?" ”
"I'm afraid of them?"
As everyone knows, when the little guy in Feng's mansion who came out to look for someone saw such a scene at the door, he had already trotted back to report the matter, so the words fell, and Feng Juncheng hurriedly broke in with Wang Ban and another brocade master.
Seeing Qing'e's two hands being clenched, Feng Juncheng was shocked, stepped forward and grabbed the man's forearm, "Brother-in-law, I asked around, I didn't see anyone anywhere, you are here?" ”
This person is Aunt Fengfu, Qing'e was stunned, and took advantage of the situation to watch the play.
As soon as Feng Juncheng came, the man let go of Qing'e's hand, but Feng Juncheng didn't intend to let him go, he frowned coldly, and he had the posture of asking this brother-in-law on the spot.
"Juncheng, what are you doing here, still don't let me go?" Huang Ruixiang was also anxious, he just teased a few words, why did the brother-in-law bother to fight for his sister in front of outsiders, which made him put his face where to put it.
Feng Juncheng was born as delicate as a jade carving, and his face was a little stern, "You still have the face to ask me?" Don't worry, I will tell my second sister the truth, and then tell my father and mother, and see how you, the good aunt of the Honglu Siqing family, take care of my sister. ”
"Tell them what!" Huang Ruixiang twisted his arm and broke away from Feng Juncheng's hand, and walked out.
Feng Juncheng said sharply: "You stop!" ”
Qing'e immediately said with a bitter face on the side: "Master Cheng, forget it quickly, there are people coming and going on this street, you are loudly publicizing, how can I open the door to do business?" ”
Feng Juncheng really softened his attitude when he heard it, he knew this brother-in-law, he was bold, and he was scolded several times by his second sister who gritted his teeth and scolded him several times, he must have been interested in Qing'e, said things that should not be said, and did things that should not be done.
Thinking about it, Feng Juncheng stabilized his undulating chest, his clear eyes shook with light, and he said: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, if you have a grievance, I will wait in Feng Mansion, but today's house is not good to delay, and tomorrow I will ask someone to come to the door with gifts to apologize." ”
Qing'e raised her eyes to him, and the little pear vortex on her lips spoke from time to time, "Where did Master Cheng say, I have seen a lot of this kind of thing, but few people stand up for me, I am grateful that you can help me out of the siege today." ”
"Oh..."Feng Juncheng unconsciously lowered his eyes and didn't look at her, "Brother Zhao is often not at home?" How can you make a woman's family cope with this? ”
Qing'e chuckled and didn't care much, "He also has his own livelihood, Cheng Xiaoye doesn't know, we are poor, women also have to do men's work, otherwise there will be nothing without a man?" ”
Speaking of which, Qing'e spread her hands, and her palms really had a thin cocoon that she was used to doing rough work, not as delicate as the back of her hand.
Feng Juncheng missed a beat of his heartbeat so unproductively, and he didn't know what was going on, but he was flustered by a pair of hands that were not perfect.
She said "no man" so easily, does it mean that she and Zhao Qi are not good friends, but just get together to get by? Zhao Qi is a good gambler, and looking at her five-finger slender cocoon, it is really embarrassing.
Qing'e knew that her casual words could provoke this sentimental young master to guess wildly, and she was about to send him away, when she suddenly heard Zhao Qi's joyful movement outside the door.
"Qing'e, look what I brought you back! Feng Mansion holds a banquet, let's also eat fish! ”
I saw Zhao Qi's trouser legs tied to his knees, his feet wet and walked in, and he carried a live fish in his hand, which he touched in the river on the way back.
"Master Cheng? Second Master Heng? Zhao Qi was stunned for the first time, then laughed dryly, threw the fish by the door, and stepped forward to arch his hand, "I don't know if you two are free to come to the door today, and you are disappointed." He looked at Qing'e and humbly asked, "What is it for?" ”
Qing'e said truthfully: "Oh, it's nothing, the uncle of the Feng family is here to buy wine, and Cheng Xiaoye and this Second Master Heng are here to find someone." ”
Feng Juncheng bumped into Zhao Qi coming back, frowned for no reason, and clenched his hands to hide his weakness, he said goodbye to the two with a straight face, and left with Jiang Zhiheng one after the other.
Seeing him leave in a hurry, Qing'e smiled and said to Zhao Qi: "Don't say that this young master Cheng is really a talent, his character, appearance, and background are impeccable, do you say that he will still have troubles with such a person?" ”
Zhao Qi stood at the door, his eyes glued to Feng Juncheng's back, until he turned into the alley, and then he came back in with a fuss, "What the hell is going on?" How could he come out with Second Master Heng to find someone in person? ”
"Looking for his brother-in-law." Qing'e understated and wiped the counter, "His brother-in-law is a pervert, I just cheap him a few words, he wants to slighten me in the name of buying wine, the little master came in time, saving me more words." ”
Zhao Qi smiled, "Yes, hey, that's really a hungry ghost, you can't stop worshipping for a long time." I heard that the Feng family's aunt's surname is Huang, he lives in Yingtianfu, and his family is Honglu Siqing, and he has also read since he was a child, so he has read it to the dog's stomach. ”
Qing'e snorted coldly, not surprised, "Who is Second Master Heng?" ”
"The grandson of the Hou family, the classmate of the young master of the Feng family."
Zhao Qi muttered for a while, glanced at the door, seemed to be a little absent-minded, hooked the gills of the fish and went to the backyard, "Kill the fish, you want me to close the door early today, it's not bad, my brother will stew fish for you to eat." ”
Zhao Qi's craftsmanship is stronger than Qing'e, although he gambles, he is diligent, and he never treats Qing'e badly.
The fish pieces are stewed in a wood-fired fire and an iron pot until they are so soft and fragrant that a large spoonful of them is placed on top of the rice, which is so fragrant that it lifts the roof.
Zhao Qi walked out quickly with a large pot of fish, and inhaled directly, "Taste it quickly, it's no worse than what they eat in Fengfu." ”
Qing'e laughed at him, put the dishes and chopsticks, and slapped the wine in the wine bowl, "The food is good tonight, you and I will drink some." ”
While eating, talking in detail about what happened to Shicai, Zhao Qi scratched his arm and sipped the fish bone, "I know that no man will think that you are not beautiful, and no man will think that he has a few wives. ”
Qing'e was not happy, and took chopsticks to hit the back of Zhao Qi's hand, "Are you too?" ”
Zhao Qi was righteous and awe-inspiring, "I'm not, I'm different." He smiled flatteringly, "We are already closer than our relatives, how can you say so?" ”
Qing'e snorted, poking at the rice grains, and didn't want to get to the bottom of it.
She suddenly had no appetite, put her chopsticks in the rice bowl, pricked up her ears to listen, and only heard the silence of the night curtain and curtain, "Has the Feng family already dispersed?" ”
Zhao Qi bowed his head and put the rice in his mouth, "It's time to disperse." ”
Qing'e said lightly: "It's really pompous, I don't know how many lifetimes of virtue I have to accumulate to be reincarnated into the Feng family, I have made evil in this life, and there will be no drama in the next life, and I have to go around in this ditch mud pit." ”
Zhao Qi quietly squinted at her, and suddenly asked, "Qing'e, don't you think the young master of the Feng family is very good to you?" ”
Qing'e didn't care, "People are well-educated, and they are good for everyone." ”
"He's standing up for you."
"That person is his brother-in-law, of course he is angry for his sister, could it be for me?"
"Good Qing'e." Zhao Qi finally couldn't hold it back, put down his chopsticks and sat down beside Qing'e, "I see that the young master of the Feng family is interested in you, let's not slaughter a knife, and heaven will not tolerate it." ”
Hearing this, Qing'e got up suddenly, and the stool lost its center of gravity, causing Zhao Qi to fall down with his rice bowl in his hand.
She looked coldly at him sitting on the ground and inhaling, in fact, she had already heard the sound of his abacus beads, and she knew that it was not so easy to start over in Jiangning and live a stable life.
Qing'e frowned and said, "I said that I would settle in Jiangning. ”
Zhao Qi got up from the ground, dusted off his buttocks, stepped forward to hold Qing'e and persuaded him: "Let's go to Zhejiang, there are mountains and rivers." When I went to Zhejiang, no one really recognized it, and I started again. ”
Qing'e hugged her arms and didn't make a sound, thinking of the expensive safety buckle.
Zhao Qi shook her and smiled: "I don't know you yet?" I can't give up at both ends, since the little young master has sent it to the door, let's do the big ticket and then stop it, who will think that there is more silver? ”
Both of them ate some wine, Zhao Qi was even more drunk, seeing her silent agreement, happily fragrant and fragrant on her face, and the hot and red palms also went to Qing'e's waist.
Qing'e slapped his hand away and smiled contemptuously, "I'm afraid that I'll run away with the talented young master and want to pee and occupy a place?" You don't want to. Give you a chance to live with me, but if I really run away with him, don't blame me. ”
Zhao Qi also touched her nose and smiled, let her sit back at the table, patted the vacant seat next to her and told her to go back to eat.
He is not afraid, what is he afraid of.
Qing'e is just hard-mouthed, she is a golden body, even if she likes her, she only looks at her skin. It is serious to take the opportunity to make a fortune, if you want to be sincere with the young master, it will only be Qing'e herself who is empty of people and money.