Chapter 43 Seventh time late at night

The group of men and women in the living room all joined the literary field.Following Grandma Zhu's beckoning, they walked upstairs in groups.Hong Wuye was the last one behind. He smiled and nodded to Mrs. Wei and said, "Please take a step." She only saw the smile on his face, and she already guessed four or five percent, and in many places, Just as he was about to speak to the surname Hong, he stood still and did not leave after saying hello. After Hong Wuye and the others had finished walking, he asked with a smile, "Miss Tian, ​​do you have enough capital?" She laughed and said, "Of course, bring a little cash, but compared with your big capitalists, it's too bad." Far away." The man surnamed Hong frantically searched his suit pocket for a while, and took out whole stacks of banknotes in turn.On this day, the maximum value of banknotes in Chongqing is still 1,000 yuan.Instead, he handed over three stacks of new banknotes that had never been folded or used, and said with a smile, "Take it as capital." The face is bound in the middle of the banknote face with kraft paper strips.Needless to say, each stack of 100 sheets is 100,000 yuan.When Hong Wuye brought the banknotes, she hadn't reached out to take them. Seeing that her purse was tucked under her ribs, Hong Wuye put the banknotes on top of her purse.

Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "Thank you for cheering me on. If I win, of course I will pay you back. What if I lose?" Mr. Hong said with a smile, "Don't say such depressing words. Gambling, you don't want to save a loss at all. The thought of money. If he has this thought, he will not dare to let go of the bet, so can he still win money? It is because of this fearless spirit that he fights." He was talking vigorously, and Fourth Grandma Zhu started again Walking over, he smiled at him and said, "What's the matter, people are waiting for you to sit down, what do you want to discuss."

When Mrs. Wei heard about it, she couldn't help but blush slightly.Hong Wuye said with a smile: "Investment is a business, and you have to take a position. Miss Tian, ​​please!" He said, and left in front.In front of Fourth Grandma Zhu, she was embarrassed to send the three stacks of banknotes back, so she opened her purse and silently put them away.She already had 200,000 in her purse, plus these 300,000 new French currency, it was the most abundant capital since Dasaoha.She was so happy that she immediately joined the Soha front upstairs. Today there are nine people on the round table in this small room, but they are four men and five women.Fourth Grandma Zhu still entertained the guests upstairs and downstairs, and did not join in, so among the five female guests at this table, Mrs. Wei was the most wealthy one.She proudly let go of her hands to gamble, according to Suoha's tactics, the person with more money can defeat the person with less money.But there are exceptions, that is, people with a lot of money, if they are not lucky, they will lose more and more gambling.Mrs. Wei's gambling style today falls into this exceptional circle.There were a few chances, the cards were good, and two bets were made fiercely. I didn't want to be strong and even stronger, and I met big cards both times.Because of the 500,000 cash, I lost it all in less than two hours.Fortunately, Hong Wuye was the big winner. Seeing Mrs. Wei taking out banknotes in her purse to buy chips one after another, he gave her the winning chips, one hundred and fifty thousand, to her.When it was time to eat, she lost another hundred thousand.Most of her happiness was broken by this unexpected encounter.

When everyone put down the cards and got up to go downstairs to the dining room, her face was flushed, and her eyelids were swollen a little bit.Holding the empty leather bag under his ribs, he slowly stood up and left the seat.Hong Wuye left behind again, so he smiled and said: "Miss Tian, ​​you're so unlucky today, you can't come back after dinner." She smiled and said: "Today you lost your armor and helmet again, it's really impossible Come again. Grandpa Wu is the big winner, you can continue." While talking, they went down the stairs together. Hong Wuye was in front, so he took a step back because of his answer.When Mrs. Wei came over, and the narrow stairs did not allow them to walk side by side, he reached out and shook her hand.As a sincere greeting, she shook her head and said, "Miss Tian, ​​if you don't gamble, I won't gamble. There is dancing downstairs, and we can join that scene later." Mrs. Wei thought to herself: If you want to gamble, you can only gamble with Those surnamed Hong and those surnamed Fan made more capital.The one surnamed Fan also lost today.Sorry to borrow money from him.The person surnamed Hong also said that he would not gamble anymore, and he could not borrow money from him, and the borrowed amount was nearly 500,000, so how could he ask others again?For the debt of 500,000 yuan, she had no choice but to give in to Hong Wuye. He held hands, so let him hold them.

Hong Wuye only led her to the end of the stairs before letting go.Mrs. Wei looked at him and couldn't help smiling slightly.Of course, this made Hong's heart flutter.They each walked into the dining room downstairs with a little bit of embarrassment. Grandma Zhu's treat tonight was a great occasion.The upper and lower round tables are mixed with men and women, sitting around the table.After Hong Wuye and Mrs. Wei got down to the table, there were only two adjacent seats vacant, so they gave way.The one who sat down refused to move, and the two of them sat there again in embarrassment.

After dinner, drink coffee again.The fourth grandma Zhu stood in the crowd and introduced again: "This is brought by the US military, not a substitute. After drinking coffee, please have fun again. There will be a change of defense in the civil and military field. Now declare." Hong Wuye Holding the coffee dish in his right hand and raising his left hand, he smiled and said, "Miss Tian and I joined the dance hall." Mrs. Wei smiled and shook her head and said, "How can I do that? I just learned it two hours ago, and now I can't walk. Hong Wuye laughed and said, "What's the matter? We are all acquaintances. If you don't dance well, no one will laugh at you. You dance with me, and I will teach you carefully." Mrs. Wei smiled and lowered her voice. It's not good to say something in a low voice, but the voice is very low, only the skin of the lips moved, probably she couldn't even hear it, right?Hong Wuye knew what she was up to.But seeing that she didn't have the courage to speak out, she didn't mind.

At this time, the phonograph film in the living room had been broadcast loudly by the amplifier, and the male and female guests, with full smiles, went to the casino and the dance hall respectively.Mr. Hong took Mrs. Wei's hand and said repeatedly: "Come on." Mrs. Wei was also afraid of being dragged into trouble, so she had to follow him to the ballroom. At this time, some men and women were sitting in the living room, and some men and women were already dancing in the hall under the opposite curtain.All the tables and chairs inside were emptied.The smooth floor was even more slippery after being sprinkled with mica powder.In the four corners of the room, four red light bulbs are lit, and the light is an intoxicating color.The broadcast amplifier hangs from a corner of the beam.Although Mrs. Wei doesn't know much about music movies, the rhythm is very familiar to her ears.At this time, there were four couples of men and women, slipping through the house like wearing flowers.The ladies put one hand on the man's shoulder, and held the man's hand with the other. The waist was hugged loosely by the sleeves of their suits.Seeing that their attitudes are very natural and there is no difficulty, I have three points in my heart to try.She sat on the empty chair next to her and looked at it with a smile.

After a music video was played, the four couples took a rest.The men and women present applauded for a while.When the second music video was played again, several men and women who wanted to dance stood up.Hong Wuye stood in front of Mrs. Wei and half-bowed with a smile.She didn't know that this was the meaning of the invitation, so she sat and laughed.A young lady sitting next to her had just come off the dance floor, so she gave her a look and tugged her sleeves again and again.After all, Mrs. Wei had seen the dance several times, and she suddenly realized that she stood up immediately.He smiled and said, "Fifth Master, I really haven't learned it yet, you teach me a little bit." He laughed and said, "I didn't treat you as a graduated student either." Just as Grandma Zhu also came over, Seeing that there was still a purse under her ribs, he pulled it out from her ribs.She smiled and said, "Miss, you still plan to bring this to the stage." As she said that, she took Mrs. Wei with the other hand and led her into the ballroom.

Hong Wuye naturally followed, and then she danced slowly with Mrs. Wei alone in the other corner of the ballroom.He dragged Mrs. Wei to move, and he continued to teach her the movements one after another.After Mrs. Wei danced to a musical film, she didn't care about embarrassment.Then the second music video was released, and the two of them continued to jump down until they skipped several music videos before they went to the living room outside to rest. At this time, she was a little strange, even Fan Baohua never appeared in the ballroom.Then he smiled at Mr. Hong and said, "Lao Fan is also a dance fan, why don't you join today?" Mr. Hong smiled and said, "It must be a big win. I know his temper. If he loses money, he will be here." As far as the limit, don't move forward. He is justified, so he will always attack forward. You don't care about him, let him treat you tomorrow." It was inconvenient for her to ask more questions, and the music started, and she danced with Hong Wuye again several times.In this way, she became more familiar with the person surnamed Hong, and also became more familiar with the steps, at least she didn't have stage fright.

Fifth Master Hong danced for an hour, and he said with a smile, "Let's go upstairs and have a look." Mrs. Wei thought that she always went with Hong, and she was afraid that Fan would not, so she said, "I won't go." I'm so greedy, I don't dare to gamble anymore." The surname Hong thought she was telling the truth, and went upstairs.Mrs. Wei was sitting in the outer living room, watching people dancing in the ballroom opposite, and taking this opportunity, she could also imitate their steps. There are two female guests and five male guests here, all of whom have just rested.Among them was a young man in his twenties, with a long round face, his hair combed like black satin, his face was freshly shaved, and his face was pure white.He was wearing a light blue suit with a red tie and a white shirt collar, which was very neat.It turned out that when I saw him, I seemed to be very familiar with him. I saw him somewhere.When I came to Zhu's mansion, Grandma Zhu introduced him and called him Mr. Song.This is puzzling.Among the acquaintances, there is no one with the surname Song.In the homes of acquaintances, I have never been to anyone surnamed Song.But this person is very familiar, and I can't remember how I got this impression.I saw him in the dance hall, and the more I saw him, the more I became familiar with him, but it was inconvenient to ask where he met.At this time, too, he rested and did not dance.A male guest sitting next to him smiled at him and said: "Mr. Song, don't you want to have some fun today?" He said: "There are too many people who can sing today, so I don't need me to sing." There are quite a few, but the name ticket is yours."

In these words, Mrs. Wei suddenly realized again.This Mr. Song is called Song Yusheng.He is the only famous Tsing Yi fancier in Chongqing.He is indispensable in every duty scene.I originally thought he was a figure similar to an expert.Looking at his attire and behavior now, he is clearly a young master.Grandma Zhu's house is really all-encompassing, there are everyone.Thinking of this in her heart, she couldn't help but look at Song Yusheng a few more times. Song Yusheng didn't pay attention to it.Because a person who sings or plays tickets is simply easy to attract attention.Now he noticed Mrs. Wei's unstoppable gaze, and he thought, maybe it was a gesture from someone to dance together.Then he walked up to her and stood still, nodding to her.She already understood the rules on the dance floor, and she was invited to dance together.Although I clearly feel that it is not appropriate to hold hands with a stranger.But now that you start dancing, you have to follow the customs of the country.When someone is not disrespectful, there is no possibility of rejecting him, and for such a handsome young man, he does not have the courage to dare to refuse him.Because of this, when my mind was changing thoughts all the time, my body stood up involuntarily, and before I walked to the dance floor, I was holding hands and putting my shoulders on the sofa chair in the living room. They followed the music and stepped into the dance hall with dance steps.After dancing to two music films in succession, I just took a break.In this way, we are very familiar with each other.Song Yusheng took out a flat cloisonné cigarette box from his suit pocket, opened the lid of the box, and bent over to offer a cigarette to Mrs. Wei.She smiled and said, "Mr. Song, your cigarette case is very beautiful." She said with a smile, and calmly took out a cigarette from the box.Song Yusheng said: "This was given to me by a friend in Peking before the war. I love its emerald blue background with a golden dragon printed on it." As he spoke, he put away the cigarette case and took out a lighter from his pocket Come.The appearance of this lighter is also very unique, only the thickness of a finger, very similar to lipstick used by women.There is a red rolled cap on the top of the cylinder, and when it is lifted, the fire is inside.Song Yusheng lightly pressed the small button next to the tube, and the fire came out. Mrs. Wei lit the fire and smoked, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song is very particular about everything. This cigarette case and lighter are both very good." Song Yusheng said with a smile: "I have no other hobbies except singing, just playing with small things I am also a beginner in dancing, including this time, there are three times in total." Mrs. Wei smiled and said: "Then you are much better than me." Song Yusheng said: "But Miss Tian dances twice more, you are better than me." I danced well." Saying that, the two sat down opposite each other on the big three-piece sofa. Mrs. Wei saw that he spoke very politely, and she smiled every time he answered, and felt that if someone like Fan Hong was compared with him, it would be obvious that Wen Ye was different.We talked on and off for a while, but I didn't want to go to the dance floor anymore.Then Grandma Zhu came and asked with a smile, "Why don't you dance?" Mrs. Wei shook her head and said, "It's the first time I'm doing this thing, and my hands and feet are stiff. That's enough." Grandma Zhu said: "Then, Lou There is a vacancy in the scene above, you go and join." Mrs. Wei raised her wrist, looked at her watch, and said with a smile, "It's already twelve o'clock, and I'm going back. If it's later, I won't be able to open the door." What she said was not a lie, she She remembered that when she left home, Mrs. Yang had decided to go back late tonight.Could it be that she really guessed it, even if the maid didn't say anything after she went back, if she said in front of her in the future that the husband went to court and the wife was looking for fun outside, it would cause relatives and friends to gossip.She was right, she stood up, shook hands with Grandma Zhu and said, "Thank you very much. I'm not going upstairs to say goodbye to them either. I have some things to do tomorrow morning." Fourth Grandma Zhu held her hand and shook it a few times.Yin nodded and said: "Okay, I won't keep you. The road in front of me is very calm. It's late at night, and I'm afraid I can't get a sedan chair. I'll ask the male servant to take you back." Mrs. Wei said: "Send me Just go to the street." Grandma Zhu said with a smile: "Then do as you like." Her smile seemed to be tolerant of some problem. Mrs. Wei didn't say anything, just thanked her.Fourth Grandma Zhu was very considerate in entertaining guests. His male worker led Mrs. Wei on the road with a torch, and gave her another flashlight in case the torch went out.When Mrs. Wei was in the Zhu mansion, she only felt that her ears were heard, her eyes were colored, it was very lively, and she forgot everything outside the door.When I walked out of the gate, the mountain road outside the city was mixed with people and woods, and there was no third person moving in front of me.On the wide stone slope road, the footsteps of two people walking sounded in my ears.It was very dark.Although it is deep in spring, the climate in Sichuan is still foggy in the middle of the night.The stars in the sky are all covered by Cebu.At the foot of the mountain, I looked at the electric lights of Chongqing's bustling markets, layer by layer, as if embedded in the dark space.Looking back at Jiangbei County on the other side of the Jialing River, the electric lights are also hanging in the middle of the inseparable half of the sky and the earth.Because the road is longer, the fog is thicker outside the lights.Those light bulbs seem to be bright star points.Walking in this kind of night scene is like walking in the sky, and you can't see anything around you, just stars. Because Mrs. Wei was very warm today, she was only wearing a newly made silk jacket. At this moment, she felt a little chilly all over her body. As her body was cold, she also felt the coolness in her heart.Looking back at Grandma Zhu's mansion, it was already at the foot of the slope.Because the upstairs and downstairs of her house are all lit with electric lights.Even though it was in the mountain valley with slight fog at night, the lights came out from every glass window, and the three-dimensional outline of the western-style building was also revealed.Thinking of the people in that building, dancing, dancing, beating and beating, they would not think of the cool world outside this house.They said it was lively, but it was almost dark.The dark and dark conditions are not as good as the foggy night in Chongqing, but there are also these star-like electric lights, giving people a little light. She thought so, lowered her head and thought deeply.The red light of the torch leading the way in front flashed and flashed, and according to the stone slope in front of the footsteps, there was a broad light of two or three feet.A small tree about a foot high hangs on the rocky cliff, and weeds a few inches long grow in the crevices of the rock.The light of the fire fell on them, showing that they were still alive in the dark.Looking up, the light of the torch was blocked by the big tree on the cliff.When the light of the fire shines on the shaded side of the branches and leaves, it is also red.The sunny side, which had always been exposed to the sun, was now in darkness.When Mrs. Wei was in high school, she often scored above 80 in the Chinese language test.She has a considerable literary influence.In this night scene, I feel emotional when I touch the scene, and feel that the vegetation in the dark will not hurt its thriving instinct if it is illuminated by light.There will always be light.At dawn, it can reveal its clear face.The same is true for people who accidentally fall into the circle of darkness. They should strive for their own survival and must not be conquered by darkness. The more she walked, the more contemplative she became, and the more contemplative she became, the more silent she became.The worker in front who lit the torch had to go farther away, so he raised the torch over his head, and under the light of the torch, he looked towards Mrs. Wei.Yin said: "Miss, can you go slowly, I can afford to wait. Are you going to play around?" Mrs. Wei climbed the slope straightly.I was a little tired, so I stood firm and said: "I have something to do tomorrow morning, so I can't play all night. How many days does this happen in your house?" The male worker said: "Not necessarily. Sometimes three or five Once a day, sometimes once a day, our fourth grandma, she just likes to be noisy (Sichuan language is lively, which is contrary to ordinary people). I think she is also very tired. I said that socializing is more tiring than making a living. Today At night, I don’t know when to sleep well. Rich people just don’t enjoy themselves.” In Mrs. Wei's heart, it was just when she had a little bit of conscience that she realized what the male worker said, which was quite pleasant to her ears.Then he smiled and said, "You have a sense of justice. In your mansion, if you have entertainment every day, you can receive tips every day. Isn't that a good thing?" The male worker didn't answer her.Raising the torch again, she looked towards the slope at the foot of the mountain, and said, "Someone is coming. Maybe it's another visitor from our mansion. Let's wait for him." Mrs. Wei ran a lot of distance in one breath, He was a little out of breath, so he stood still. The person behind did not see Lu Ying, and a bright white light from the flashlight shot up from a long distance.But she let out a voice and said: "Miss Tian, ​​don't hurry, I'll see you off." Mrs. Wei heard the voice, it was Hong.She wanted to agree, but she was too embarrassed to say yes loudly, so she just stood silently.The male worker replied: "Mr. Hong, we'll wait for you here. We can't call the sedan chair late at night, so it's hard for everyone." Hong Wuye quickly caught up with him, panting and laughing: "It's okay, I caught up, and I can flatter you on an errand. Everything is fine in Grandma Zhu's mansion. It's just going uphill and downhill. I can't stand it." The male worker said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's more interesting than dancing." Hong Wu said with a smile: "You know how to be humorous. You go back. I will see Miss Tian off. Go back and do your business. Take this to drink." While speaking, in the light of the torch, I saw him dig into his pocket, and then put his hand into the hand of the male worker.The male worker asked knowingly: "Yes. Would Mr. Hong want to hold a rattan pole (that is, a torch)?" Mr. Hong said: "We have a flashlight, so we don't need it. If you don't want a torch, can you go back?" The male worker has not yet Hearing the word "no success", he thought that Mr. Hong was too wordy, so he left shaking a torch. Hong Wuye walked forward, took Mrs. Wei's arm, and said with a smile, "There are still dozens of slopes. Let me walk up with you." Mrs. Wei is his partner who has danced with him for more than a few hours. At this time, people wanted to hold hands, but I couldn't refuse, and it was so late at night, and there was no third person walking along the long and quiet hillside road except Hong, so I really didn't dare to offend him.That's why she just silently let others hold her arm, and didn't make a sound. The person surnamed Hong couldn't be as stable as her, and said with a smile: "Miss Tian, ​​how are you, are you a little unhappy?" She replied with three words: "No." She was silent again.Hong Wuye smiled and said: "I understand, it must be because I'm not lucky today, and I feel a little frustrated. It doesn't matter, it's all my fault." Mrs. Wei said: "Then how embarrassing, you should always pay back the money that is due to you." Hong Wuye said: "Not only do you not have to pay back the little money I lent you as capital, but the cash you took out of your purse I can also pay you back the money. Just now I went upstairs and won a lot of money. It's either that I want to gamble, or I want to make money with you. Now that I got my money back, why didn't I hand it over to you?" Mrs. Wei said: "You didn't tell me in advance. What if you lose?" Hong Wu said: "I didn't tell you, that's why. If you lose, just count it on me. Why should I tell you? Tell you I lost money on your behalf, and I owe you a debt, even if I don’t want a debt, it will increase your frustration. My surname is Hong, and I always work hard when I serve people.” Mrs. Wei couldn’t help but giggled as she listened. Laughed for a while. As he spoke, he unknowingly walked through the large section of the hillside road and arrived at the flat road.When Mrs. Wei stood watching, the electric lights illuminated that the road was empty, and there was no rickshaw.Then he said: "Thank you, Fifth Master. You don't need to send it any more. I'm going back." Hong Wuye said, "No, I have to give you the money." He lowered his voice and said, "That big coin I have already bought the diamond ring, and I have to give it to you." After hearing the report, Mrs. Wei lost her mind and quietly stood opposite Mr. Hong at the entrance of the alley, under the shadow of the street lights.