He took a deep breath and walked back to his lodgings through the snow. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info In the next few days, Li Yihang never saw Hong Renhai again, until he went down the mountain, and he didn't see him to see him off, and said in his heart: "Like Dewey, Wu Xinglong and others, I take the word 'love' too much to heart, maybe to become a top master, you need a cold heart." ”

Down the mountain, he has nowhere to go, that doesn't want to go, so he rides a horse and walks aimlessly, Xiaoxing sleeps overnight, and I don't know where he goes, more than a month, he comes to the edge of a big river, only to see the sky and water, the smoke and waves are vast, the water is turbulent, the sound of slapping the shore is like thunder, looking at the pole, almost can't see the other side, and the heart says: "Such a magnificent river should be the Yangtze River." ”

He walked along the riverside for a day and a night, and when he came to a large town, he saw a man with a ferryman, and thought, "I have been walking on the south bank for so long, and there is nothing to do, so I will go to the north bank." He got off the horse, slapped the horse on the buttocks, and said, "Go and graze yourself." "Stepping on a small ferry, with the shout of the old man, the ferry slowly sailed off the shore, swaying to the opposite shore.

Sailing to the center of the river, the wind and waves were strong, Li Yihang was a little worried that the boat would be overturned by the wind and waves, and the old man smiled: "Young man, don't worry, I have experienced many storms and waves that are bigger than this, and I am not safe and sound." Li Yihang was embarrassed and asked: "Old man, what is the place on both sides of the Yangtze River?" The old man said fairly: "Young man, are you walking around, you didn't even know where to get on the boat, the south bank of the river is Wuchang, and the north bank of the river is Hanyang." Li Yihang didn't know what kind of place this Wuchang Hanyang was, but he felt that the name Hanyang was a little familiar, and he seemed to have heard it there.

When you get off the ferry, you can see the houses on the riverbank one after another, and the people on the street come and go, which is very prosperous and lively. He wandered around the city, lingering. On this day, I went out of the city, along a wide road to a large manor, Zhuangzi is surrounded by a stream, the courtyard by the stream is full of magnolia trees, the magnolia flowers bloom in the spring breeze, crystal clear, lightly wrapped, slim and elegant, it is so light and beautiful under the spring sun. Li Yihang smelled the fresh and secluded fragrance of flowers, remembered Qu Yuan's poem "Drinking Mulan in the morning and falling in the dew, and eating chrysanthemums in the evening", deeply intoxicated, and unconsciously read it out loud.

Seeing a large number of people gathered in front of the gate of Zhuangzi, Li Yihang was curious, so he stopped to see what was going on, it turned out that this family lacked labor, and was recruiting servants in front of the door, and many people were competing for the last place around the steward, making a lot of noise, Li Yihang didn't feel funny: "The way of the world has changed, it is really rare to quarrel over being a lowly slave, is it attractive to the conditions offered by this family?" I saw a young man say: "I have been lining up here for three days and three nights in order to enter Zhang's Mansion to do things, so it is your turn to fight?" Another older man said, "You are a servant to eat, and I see that you are bare-necked, like a coolie? The young man said: "Look at your body, the Zhang family recruited you, I'm afraid you will be eaten down in a few days." Everyone in the audience laughed,

The slightly older man said angrily: "How can I eat Master Zhang's house, if you don't look in the mirror, the thief's eyebrows are rat-eyed, if Master Zhang invites you, he will let you steal the Zhang family in a few days, and it will be difficult to prevent thieves day and night." The young man said: "I see that you entered Zhang's Mansion with ulterior motives, and your face is obscene, which makes people annoyed." ”

The more the two fought, the more stiff they became, and they actually started to push and pull up, Li Yihang was happy to have a good show on the side, and the two of them were like ruffians fighting on the street, and after a while, the two of them hugged each other and rolled over, and the manager of the recruitment did not stop them, but only shouted on the side: "Whoever wins will be whom." The two of them fought harder when they heard this, and the onlookers also coaxed hard, and the voices became louder and louder.

At this moment, the door creaked open, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl walked out, only to see that she was wearing a light purple silk dress, a goose egg face, black hair hanging down her shoulders, a treasure shining on the thorn fork, and a gold bracelet on her wrist. When the young lady saw the scene in front of the door, she frowned and said, "Fuxing, why didn't the last person come in so late?" Fuxing smiled: "Sister Xiaomei, these two people fought for the last place, but I really don't know how to choose." ”

Xiaomei saw that the two of them were underground, you pulled my ears, and I bit your arm, it was not a moment and a half to decide the winner, so she was anxious, so she glanced back and forth at the onlookers, pointed at Li Yihang and said: "Don't want them, just this young man." Li Yihang was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "I, I didn't apply for a job?" The steward saw Xiaomei's order, ignored the two of them, and praised: "Sister Xiaomei has a unique vision and extraordinary taste, and I have long fallen in love with this young man." Regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he took Li Yihang's hand and walked to the door. The two of them are fighting hard, and at this time, they don't care if they are out of play, they will win this fight first.

Li Yihang hurriedly said: "Uncle, you are mistaken, I am not here to recruit, I am just watching the excitement." Fuxing said: "Look at what is lively, Sister Xiaomei said that you are you, and I will make plans for a few days." Without saying anything, he dragged him through the door. Walked through the corridor and went around to the backyard, seeing that there were seven or eight people standing in the courtyard, lined up, Fuxing pushed him over, Li Yihang couldn't help but line up on the side, and said in his heart: "Anyway, there is nothing to go, so I will play here for a few days to see what attracts me." ”

A man in his forties said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am the foreman of the backyard kitchen, Fuqiang, the previous batch of people had unclean hands and feet, and fired squid for the master, I hope you cherish the opportunity, self-discipline and self-love, otherwise you will not only be driven out of Zhang's mansion, but also report to the official, don't be greedy for small and cheap because of small losses, you go and change your clothes first, move quickly, the old man and lady are waiting in the main hall." ”

Fu Qiang led everyone to a house and gave each of them a set of servant clothes, Li Yihang put it on, a little wide, Fu Qiang saw that he was thin, so he said: "That guy Fuxing, is there no one or what, he actually invited such a boy who has no half of the flesh, I don't know if he has the strength to work, I have to talk about him well." Li Yihang saw that he looked down on him, and he had no intention of staying here, so he said: "I didn't come to be a slave, I'm leaving, you take me out." Fuqiang saw that the time was not early, and he was afraid that the old lady would be in a hurry, so he said: "Okay, okay, this kind of stinginess, it is not good to say a few words, and you can do less heavy work in the future." ”

Fu Qiang led everyone through the house and through the pavilion to the lobby to meet the master. I saw a middle-aged couple sitting in the middle of the lobby, Fu Qiang stepped forward to report, Master Zhang took a closer look at everyone, and said, "Very good, very good, everyone report their names." Some of the people in front said that they were called Huang Ergou, some said Lu Zhenjin, and some were called Liu Wudan, and so on, and they heard that Mr. and Mrs. Zhang smiled bitterly and shook their heads slightly, and finally after Li Yihang finished reporting his name, Mr. Zhang nodded and said: "After entering my Zhang family, you must use the slave name we gave you, rich and noble, you give each of them a badge." ”

Li Yihang got the sign and looked at it, it said peace, and the others were Hexing, Hecai, Heying, Hefu, He'an, etc. Li Yihang and everyone said goodbye to Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang, and were about to go out, when they suddenly heard a coquettish voice coming in from outside: "Dad, mother, I want to go to Hanyang Mansion to buy some rouge gouache." I saw a fifteen or sixteen girl walk in, wearing a silver mink fur jacket and a light gray satin skirt, slender and graceful, with a gorgeous face, difficult to describe. The girl glanced at them, walked up to her parents, and said something with a coquettish smile, and Mrs. Zhang said, "Are you really going to buy rouge gouache? I see that you are going to Uncle Wang's house under an excuse." The girl said, "Mom, that's what you think." Li Yihang was so fascinated that he didn't know how to get out of the way, and the other new servants also stood on the hall like wood, unwilling to leave, until they were driven out by Fuqiang one by one.

Li Yihang walked out of the lobby in despair, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, at this time, Fuqiang explained to them some rules and taboos, he didn't listen to them at all, all that sounded in his ears was the girl's Yinling-like words, and all his eyes saw was the girl's delicate and vulgar face.