The coquettish laughter faded into a door in the old twilight, and in the room lay some furniture with crooked arms and legs. The basin stand, the table of the eight immortals, and the benches, all of them are all affected by the wind and rain, and the paint is mottled.

Only the tablet on the table was painted with oil, and the one who died by looking at the name was a man. Leaving a surviving person restless, this will be lowering the two broken curtains, and Tong Lianggong is chatting and frolicking on the bed—

"Someone came to me in the next morning and asked what you do on weekdays and what kind of people you make friends with. I don't know why, but I'm a clever man, and I can only talk to you with one mouth. ”

This young widow surnamed Yi, born a little colored, nestled in Lianggong's arms, a pair of eyes affectionately raised from the neck socket, crushed in front of him, a little coquettish.

After running outside for a day, he was so tired and sweaty that he was not in a good mood. He got up under the pretext, hung up the two cloth curtains, and walked to the table of the Eight Immortals to pour tea, "What did you say?" ”

Widow Yi glanced at him from behind, sat down in a proper manner, and cleared her throat with a cover, "I said, 'Lianggong is a person, and the neighbors on the left and right know it. Since his father and mother are gone, he has become the pillar of the family in his teens. In the past two years, he has been begging for a living and doing work, and he can endure hardships and be sincere, and the owner who hired him has never blushed. is filial and filial, for her sick and crooked old aunt, delayed until she was twenty years old and did not get married. ‘”

As she spoke, she rolled her eyes, turned to Lianggong, and joked with a smile, "I have no money, I have no future, and I have an aunt in tow." The older you get, the harder it is to say that you are a daughter-in-law. ”

Liang Gong took a sip of tea and looked at her with his eyebrows raised loosely, "Isn't there someone who is willing to 'solve problems' for me, what am I anxious about?" ”

Widow Yi immediately spat him with half anger and half a smile, "Bah, if it weren't for the way you were born, who would ignore you." ”

While talking, she also poured herself a cup of cold tea, and teased with a hanging voice, "How do you say a sentence?" Oh, the gold and jade are ruined on the outside, and that's what you're talking about. Looks like a noble boy outside, and behind his back he does something that makes people lose their business. If I didn't look down on those ghostly people, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to you. ”

This widow was born well, and her husband died for more than a year, and some people were teasing her outside her house all day long. Because Liang Gong is a neighbor, he has to fight for righteousness twice, and once he comes and goes, the two have some private deeds.

Lianggong was not happy that people said that he was born well, so he impatiently put down the bowl and pushed the window open, so that he could hear his aunt shouting from the wall.

Yibi asked: "Someone came to the door to mess around again?" ”

"That's not true, since you beat that Wang Jingong into a cripple with Yan Leper last time, you have been quiet for more than half a year." Widow Yi sat down on the bench and picked a fan to fan the wind, "Hey, I haven't asked you yet, who is the one who came to inquire about you in the next morning?" ”

Liang Gong sat down on a square stool under the window, deliberately staying away, lest she get wrapped around her like a snake again, "The descendants of the You family." ”

"Which You family?"

He teased the loose hem of his clothes and crossed his legs idly, "Which other You family, the You family on Panyun Street." ”

Hearing this, the widow Yi was dumbfounded, and the pu fan also stopped. When I was going to ask carefully, I heard her three. The four-year-old son had had enough of playing outside, and he ran into the courtyard door with kicks and feet, shouting for water in the courtyard.

Behind the child was a tall and strong man, also in his early twenties, the same age as Lianggong. Describe the figure but the same as Lianggong in the sky and on the ground, with a shaved head, a big waist and a round waist, and a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

The reckless man grinned when he saw Lianggong in the window, "I just went to your house, and your aunt said that you went outside, and I guess you are here." What's the matter, can't you miss it? ”

Widow Yi opened the door and came out, her face was already full of red clouds, she went to the well to fetch water for her son, and took the opportunity to give this reckless man a cruel look, "Okay, you are a strict leper who kills a thousand knives, and the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth!" ”

This Yan leper twisted his head and stared at her waist lightly, his eyes were full of essence, "Yo, Widow Yi is also scared, it's strange!" ”

Widow Yi was about to beat him with a water scoop, when she suddenly saw Lianggong come out, she stopped, pulled her skirt and wiped her son's sweat.

Liang Gong stepped forward, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"What's going on with the You family?"

Liang Gong raised his chin towards the courtyard wall, "Go home and say." ”

When he walked out of the courtyard gate, he suddenly turned around and came in, and out of nowhere, he took out an ingot of broken silver and stuffed it into the hands of Widow Yi. Widow Yi secretly checked it, and there were more than two taels, and asked with her eyes open: "Give it to me, your family can't do it?" ”

Liang Gong smiled on the side, "The family can last a few days, and besides, I just found a good errand." Just take it and buy some meat for the kid to eat. ”

Widow Yi held the silver in her hand, and she really couldn't tell who he was. What kind of man is he? The good people can't be ranked in the pile, and the wicked people can't be numbered-

He is cheesy, and the Cheng family wants to get ahead, and for this to get ahead, he will do everything he can, but he will not seek money and kill him; is also vulgar, carrying water and chopping wood, can eat any bitterness, and can endure any dirt. But between the head and the head, there is an elegant and luxurious atmosphere of cold moon condensation.

Sometimes she looked at him and thought that he should not have been born in this poor and sour alley. This alley is called "Phoenix Lane", but I have never heard of a golden phoenix flying out of it. Seven in this alley. Eight families, one family is poorer than the other.

But he was born here, and the whole young master's body is a slave.

Widow Yi wanted to ask the child to kowtow and thank her, but she changed her mind in the blink of an eye. What are they related to? However, there is no matchmaking and never talks about life, which is untouchable.

Lianggong didn't want her to thank her, there was some tacit understanding between them, not caring about the future, not pursuing the past. But in his heart he thinks that he has a little responsibility for her that has nothing to do with love.

When he turned the door and returned home, he shouted "Auntie" in the courtyard, and his aunt answered the sound in the house. The room was dark, and there was still a wisp of twilight outside, which illuminated the paulownia oil paper on the windows yellow.

Liang Gong went and knocked on the window twice, "You light the wax, you don't have to burn your eyes more and more to save these two dollars." ”

When his aunt was young, she lost her husband and children one after another, and her eyes were a little crying, and her vision was blurry. I prefer to do work, and I am provincial, and I refuse to light the lamp when the sky does not fall.

When the sky fell, I felt that it was not cost-effective to light the lamp and make that little thing, so I put it away and did not do it, and sighed through the window, "I'll wash my feet and sleep, do you want to eat?" ”

Liang Gong replied that he had eaten, and he was afraid that his aunt would hear what he was doing outside, so he beckoned Yan Letou into the east wing.

Closed the door, lit the lamp, and Yan Leper took out a wrapper and opened it on the table as if he were playing tricks, and there were two big silver ingots in it.

"One hundred taels, the great official sent someone to send it, saying that it was a fixed money. Our brothers have always been honest with each other, and I will bring you to see them together. ”

As he spoke, he took out a spindle and put it on the table of the Eight Immortals, "Oh, this is yours." The thing is done, and there are still five hundred taels, and we still have half of them. ”

Liang Gong poured a bowl of tea, weighed the silver, and the candle was half-bright, shining on his slightly gloomy face, "Who is this great official?" I just thought it was a joke, and I was a little unsure, I didn't want him to give the money so happily. ”

Yan leper touched his bald head and smacked his lips, "I don't know what kind of immortal he is, and I haven't even seen his face, it's all Yu San in the gambling house in the middle." I heard him say that this senior official is not from Jiaxing, but he came here a few months ago to play, and he happened to see the eldest lady of the You family. ”

As he spoke, he laughed, "Hey, these rich sons and officials are willing to make money for women." A total of six hundred taels is nothing, the eldest lady of the You family is a beauty in Jiaxing Mansion, and it is worth it! ”

It is not uncommon for many princes and grandsons to spend a lot of money and beauties to laugh. The difficulty is that You Miao is really not a character in Fireworks Willow Lane, she is the daughter of You Mansion, and she is married. It is also for this reason that the great officials found these sideways people to find a solution.

Speaking of this You family, it is a famous gentry in Jiaxing, three generations of ancestors in business, the heyday of the family business, it can be said that the amber cup is overflowing, the splendid tent is full of beds, and how many official gentry and celebrities have been befriended.

"But that was ten or twenty years ago." Yan Le's head was full of cool words that had nothing to do with him, "Now that the court is in a mess, the officials in this place have changed one after another, and the You family has easily maintained this, and within two years, a new person has come." The silver was spent like water, but it was all wasted. It's not as luxurious as in previous years, but it's a shelf outside. ”

Liang Gong turned his back to put the silver in the cabinet, and sighed with a smile that he didn't care about himself, "As the saying goes, there are three thousand nails in a rotten ship, and Master You can find a small maid for the eldest lady, and he can open a monthly salary of five taels of silver, which shows that the family is rich." ”

Yan Leprosy was worried, and he couldn't think of a way to do it, so he still pushed it to Lianggong, "I haven't read a book, and my brain is not as good as you, so I'll leave the matter of the eldest lady of the You family to you." I can always mess up my life when I collect accounts for others, you can't mix, you have to rely on this money to earn fame in the imperial examination, and you have to go through the door to maintain the relationship in the future. ”

Liang Gong pondered for a moment, turned back and sat back on the square bench, and raised the candle idly, "I have heard some wind recently, saying that the mansion of our Jiaxing Mansion is about to arrive. It is difficult to say what will happen when the new government arrives. Besides, I heard that the You family's business has been struggling in the past two years, and there are few people who take advantage of this loophole to rectify the You family. ”

The so-called flowers are not red for a hundred days, and the You family has been prosperous for a hundred years, but now the population is withering, and the house only has two daughters. The second lady left the cabinet last year, and the eldest lady is waiting to be married.

At present, the You family has neither a son nor a helping son-in-law, which is a harbinger of the end of the qi.

Liang Gong smiled and fell on the bunk, "If the big officials can afford to wait, don't wait for two or three years, as long as the You family falls, then Miss You will have to buy and sell as officials, let's buy it and send it to the big officials." If it can be exchanged for my paving money, it will be regarded as a great good deed to his family, and I will remember the good of their family. ”

After listening to these words for a long time, Yan Le's head lowered and spat on the ground, "Damn, you and my brother only earn him six hundred taels of silver, and they are actually fucking the heart of this big scene." That's a lot less expensive! ”

Liang Gong glanced at him with a smile on the pillow, and his toes dangled on the edge of the bed, "I'm afraid the price is more than six hundred, and I can't pull the strings in the third." But you should be content with six hundred taels, you and I are so big, even the whole ingot of fifty taels is the first time. Don't worry about it too much, you just have to stare at the end of the Li Daguan, I will stare at the end of the You family, and there are five taels of income every month. ”

In that slow tone, wrapped in a bitter night breeze, blowing from the past to the present, and coiling forward, swept away several days.

Since the autumn tiger bit back, the day is getting hotter and hotter day by day. On this day, Liang Gong entrusted Yan Letou and Widow Yi to take care of his aunt for him, packed up his two clothes, and went to You Mansion to see a worker.

On the corner door, he was led by the little maid to meet the old housekeeper, and then the old housekeeper led him to the back house to meet the young lady.

The old housekeeper's surname is Qu, an old man left by Old Man You's father, and he is called "Grandpa Qu" in the whole house, with a four-inch silver beard, a tall and thin body, and he is polite and improper. is also thoughtful to newcomers like Lianggong, and he is meticulous in everything.

This one walked all the way along the Fuzhong Garden, pointed to the rockery pavilions and looked back at Lianggong, "The girl doesn't go out much, and she follows her wife to walk around in various homes." On weekdays, I like to go to the garden. It's just a girl to follow, but if there's no girl to follow, you have to follow. Those rocky pavilions should be especially careful, she is not allowed to climb the heights and risk them. ”

Liang Gong nodded and responded, thinking that this Miss You is too precious, what kind of risk can you get involved in walking around your home? He is not lame or blind.

Who knew that Steward Qu took a step behind, walked beside him and sighed in a low voice, "Miss has a root cause of illness, and she is not afraid of anything else, I am most afraid that she will be sick for a while." Although I haven't committed a crime before, I can find you to enter the house in order to be on guard. After a few years she is out of the cabinet, your burden will be lifted. You can't afford to be negligent at the moment. ”

said that Lianggong was confused, and he had never heard of the eldest lady of the You family outside, and he didn't know what the root of the disease was.

Just thinking about it, the two of them had walked to the door of the Moon Cave, and in a blink of an eye, a girl with a concubine skirt appeared out of nowhere. Liang Gong hurriedly lowered his head politely, looked at the edge of her skirt, and heard her cry sweetly, "Grandpa Qu".

Almost shouted, Steward Qu turned his back on his breath, curled up his hands and covered his mouth for a long time and coughed.

Liang Gong listened to the honey in the voice, and then raised his eyes to see that the girl had simply removed the fan under the tip of her nose, revealing a "colorful" face, as if four or five kinds of paint had been splashed on her face.

I don't know where Miao Zhen turned over an ancient book last night, and the book recorded a pair of makeup of the old Tang Yang Guifei. When I got up in the morning, I was eager to try it out and copy it myself. Painted with a white face and red cheeks, long eyebrows and sideburns, and butterfly lips. It's just freehand in people's books, but she paints a real picture on her face.

At the moment, Liang Gong was so frightened that he fell back half a step. Steward Qu calmed his breath and turned his head to introduce him, "This is the eldest girl of our family, I haven't seen it soon." ”

Only then did he come back to his soul and hurriedly bowed down to salute, "The little one has seen the big girl." ”

But the heart said, it can be seen that the rumors are misleading, this kind of goods can be worth hundreds of taels of silver? I don't know if everyone is blind or if he is blind. I really held a grievance for the big officials.