Chapter 7 Chapter Six, 1923——Li Changjiang, Feng Dieer and Jin Hong
As the Lunar New Year close approached, it began to rain and sleet.
In this rainy and sleet weather, the streets of Old Hankou appear particularly disorganized, like a land that has been abandoned for a long time, full of chaos.People came and went in a hurry, some wearing bamboo bamboo hats, some wearing brown coir raincoats, some wearing tung oilcloth, and some wearing oiled paper umbrellas.Throughout the market, there is a visible but indescribable sticky desire and irritability.
Feng Dieer held a red bamboo bone oil-paper umbrella, wrapped her head and face with a big scarf, and wore a pair of rubber overshoes, which are rare in Hankou, splashing the rotten snow and hurried towards the school.Today is the day for the establishment of the Hankou Association of Academic Circles. She is the main initiator, and she has to go to the venue first to make some preparations.Although she asked Wu Xiaoyue and Zhong Yuanyuan to help prepare some tea and tea sets, they were still worried.
"What are you doing... woo..." Feng Die'er just opened his mouth to shout, but his mouth was covered by the scarf, and a hand put pressure on the outside of the scarf.Before she had time to react, she was pulled into the cafe.
"You..." As soon as she entered the cafe, the hands that pulled her and covered her mouth were loosened.Feng Die'er recognized that it was Lu Xiaoshan.
"Hush! Two cups of coffee with milk." Lu Xiaoshan was wearing a navy blue robe, which looked thin, and he didn't know if there was anything inside.It is said that the twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar is the coldest season in Hankou.Just wearing a jacket cannot keep out the cold.Lu Xiaoshan pushed up the front brim of his felt hat which was pressed down very low, lifted the hem of his robe, and shook the water on it.Feng Die'er saw that the robe seemed to be lined with a layer of very soft fur.
"What the hell are you going to do, Mr. Lu! I don't have time to drink coffee with you. Even if I have time, I don't accept this kind of invitation!" Seeing Lu Xiaoshan shaking the hem of his leather robe, he looked like he was about to sit down and sip With coffee's posture, Feng Die'er is about to go out.
"Where are you going? To the school? To die? Zhang Lagou has already brought someone inside to wait for you, otherwise, I'm crazy, and I'm going to be here in the rain, waiting to pull you in?"
Coffee is served.The hot milk coffee raises two streams of steam, like two fragrant elves dancing, dancing at different times, inadvertently melting the sweet fragrance of the whole body into the cold moisture.
Immediately, Feng Die'er felt a little warmth in her heart.Once this warmth surged, the air felt cold and damp.She held a cup of coffee subconsciously, as if actively holding a warm hand of friendship.
"Oh, Mr. Lu, thank you so much!" Just now, in order to show the dignity of an educated woman, Feng Die'er spoke official words to show her dignity.Now, she has switched to Hankou.Lu Xiaoshan is a native of Hankou, so of course he understands the significance of this change.
"Oh, I can't, I can't be here, I should go to school. To tell you the truth, Mr. Lu, I can't leave my comrades and students behind at this time. This is a deserter, this is simply a deserter... ..."
Feng Die'er said she was going to leave, but she was circling excitedly on the spot, forgetting to put down the coffee in her hand, like a canary, suddenly trapped in an invisible cage without any preparation In the middle of the day, he was out of shape for a while, and he seemed particularly confused and anxious.
"Oh, it's terrible, why do we use such a big throat to talk here..." As if waking up suddenly, Feng Die'er realized that when she said something like "comrade" just now, the waiter who delivered the coffee was beside her.
"Hey, look at your lady's anxious look, your family avoids delivering coffee, why don't you avoid me, who is not your comrade?" Lu Xiaoshan's kind smile was full of kind ridicule.
"Goodbye, Mr. Lu, thank you, Mr. Lu!" Feng Die'er glanced at Lu Xiaoshan, her heart sank, she picked up her umbrella, and was about to go out.
Feng Die'er has an indescribable beauty and an incomprehensible pungentness.The astonishing beauty and hot-tempered vigor attached to her at the same time often aroused the unreasonable thoughts of some apprentices: This girl is careless, she must be someone who knows what she knows, and won't she just get her hands on her after a few slaps?
But Feng Die'er is just the girl who knows what's in her heart.Under her hot-tempered pungentness, she hides a sensitivity thinner than silk.
Now, she thinks that Lu Xiaoshan has other plans.
"Miss Feng, please stay." Lu Xiaoshan didn't block Feng Die'er's way with his body, but greeted her softly.This shows that Lu Xiaoshan is very good at creating cadence effects.Observing or studying Feng Die'er, Lu Xiaoshan has indeed worked hard.Sure enough, Feng Die'er stopped. "Miss Feng, is your family still going to die? Just a suggestion, will your family's gathering or assembly be held here?"
"What? What! What are you talking about? Why didn't I know that there was a chance of eight meetings!" A burst of panic, and rushed up the head along the heels.Feng Die'er's most timely response was that she could be arrested, but those students and comrades, as well as representatives of other schools, should not cause trouble because of her.First of all, she can't admit to any party or anything like that. This kind of pretext must be blocked.
Feng Die'er is very sensitively aware that Lu Xiaoshan is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and now, he is taking off the sheep's clothing bit by bit to reveal the true nature of a wolf.With this understanding, Feng Die'er immediately calmed down.She didn't say leave again, but moved to another coffee table and sat down: "A cup of coffee, no milk, no sugar!
"She glanced at the two cups of coffee, which were no longer steaming.
"Hey, a cup of coffee!" Feng Die'er was so surprised that just now Lu Xiaoshan yelled, and the coffee was served before the yelling.Why did no one pay attention to me when I called for coffee?Which cafe is this? Opening a cafe with vision, how come you don’t even understand the rules of respecting women first! "What the hell is this cafe, there are no rules at all. It doesn't look like a business at all. Boss, boss!" Feng Die'er thought about it, and shouted out what she was thinking in her heart.
"Come here, miss, what's your order?"
Lu Xiaoshan appeared gracefully again.
Ah, hell, I really saw a ghost in broad daylight today.Just now I went away in a hurry, and didn't notice where this man surnamed Lu had been. You see, he even changed his clothes.This dark gray suit is really well made, and the material looks like British pure wool.With a woman's eyes, Feng Die'er quickly saw that Lu Xiaoshan's clothes were expensive.This Lu Xiaoshan is simply a magician, no, he is a fickle devil!
"I'm calling the owner of the cafe. What does it have to do with you, dear sir?" Feng Die'er used the most standard but also the most indifferent communicative tone.His tone was full of sarcasm and disdain.
"Oh, beautiful lady, I forgot to introduce myself. I, Lu Xiaoshan, am the owner of this small cafe. Thank you for coming, but I want to remind you, beautiful lady, that our shop is closed today. A notice has been posted." Lu Xiaoshan bowed slightly, and dealt with Feng Die'er very gracefully.
"Who are you and what are you going to do?" Feng Die'er was really shocked.This Lu Xiaoshan is too incredible, and the identity of this person is too mysterious.
"Teacher Feng, don't be impatient. Please sit down. In fact, I have already told you what I am going to do and who I am. Forget it, I will not play charades. I follow the relevant instructions of our party , Today the Hankou Academic Association was established, and I borrowed my coffee shop. Mr. Feng, the Academic Association is not a matter of your party. Right now, you should know that the party I belong to cooperates very well with your party. , Your family may not know that many people in your party are important leaders of their own party!"
Seeing Feng Die'er stunned, Lu Xiaoshan was very proud.He finally had the opportunity to perform once in front of the girl he had admired for a long time.
For this reason, he is very grateful to a friend who worked together in the Governor's Mansion, that friend, who introduced him to join the Chinese Kuomintang.
It was also accidental.
That day, he came out from school and stopped by the cafe he opened to see his business.Of course he didn't see that a lot of coffee was sold and a few cups of milk were sold.Even if these tables are full all day long, how much money can you make?What he was looking at was the arms business shadowed by cafes.
To open this cafe, Lu Xiaoshan used a cunning plan.This place is perfect for arms business.There are schools on both sides, isn't it a logical thing to open a cafe next to it!The cafe is a place where trendy scholars and intellectuals who have drank foreign ink chat casually. Who would think that they are buying and selling arms?
The business of buying and selling arms can only be imagined by someone like Lu Xiaoshan who has worked in the Governor's Mansion.From the warlord to the head of the regiment, one level coaxes one level, and one level deducts money and food from one level.That's not to mention, borrowing various names, exchanging old for new, broken, scrapped, etc., reselling guns and ammunition is their main source of money.After all, this is something that can only be done secretly, so as long as they can make a move, their asking price is very cheap.These warlords, commanders, army commanders, and division commanders are stationed in various places. Today they pull you to beat them, and they pull them to beat you tomorrow. It is always lively and lively, and there is a market for arms.Of course, they also wanted to throw guns at each other, but neither side wanted to meet each other, and they didn't want to let the other know the details.Who would be so stupid as to stick his hand into someone's mouth and let someone bite him.In this way, a middleman like Lu Xiaoshan is very much needed.This world is like this, one thing falls one thing, every kind of vegetables grows, there are every kind of bugs.
In this way, I ran into this former colleague of the Governor's Mansion by chance.This colleague came for the gun.The Kuomintang intends to pull a team in Hankou to stage an insurrection to overthrow the current government.If the riot is successful, it will have the effect of blooming in the hinterland, and its impact and shock will be comparable to the Shouyi Revolution in the 1911 Year.This idea is naturally very beautiful.It was rumored that there was a good ammunition dumper in Hankou who was discussing business in a coffee shop.In this way, Lu Xiaoshan met his friend of the Kuomintang member unexpectedly.The rest of the plot is neither legendary nor new.One needs to make up for the pot, and the other needs to make up for the pot. It is the combination of two good things.The Kuomintang found an arms supply base in Hankow, as well as an excellent point of contact.
"Oh, really? I don't even know what your family is talking about? Why do I become more and more confused the more I listen to it!" Feng Die'er looked completely clueless.Obviously, this is playing sloppy.Without her own superiors and comrades, she had to be sloppy.In fact, she already believed it in her heart.She knew that it was impossible to lie in such a "round way".
"Die'er, Mr. Lu is right, yes, everyone is almost here."
"Oh, Jin...Where is your family, where did your family come from?" Feng Die'er suddenly remembered that it would be better not to call Jin Hong's name.She was really surprised and delighted.In such a short period of time, too many new discoveries have been made.
"Xiaoyue and Yuanyuan, are they here?" Feng Die'er asked as she walked towards Jin Hong.
"I was watched by the detective team, so I can't come out."
"Oh, what to do! I'll go and rescue them!" With Jin Hong in front of her, Feng Die'er looked much more irritable.Young people have this problem. With support, they become more courageous and less careful.
"You really think about it! They are using two earthworms to catch you as a fish! If you don't go, they are still ignorant female students. After a while, they will be taken back by their parents for education. Once you go, you Except for sending meat to the cutting board, it just shows that they are revolutionaries just like you! You are such a good fish, and you even send earthworms to fishermen!"
Jin Hong had a serious face and spoke very seriously.
Hey, this black pockmark is still a thief character!Lu Xiaoshan watched coldly, unable to tell what it was like in his heart.
Wu Xiuxiu looked out of the window, and there were no waves on the river outside the pier of Siguandian.She just opened the window and opened her mouth to take a deep breath, but was coughed fiercely by the cold air that pierced her throat.
"Oh, the cool air seems to have rushed directly into the throat without passing through the mouth! It's so cold, so cold!"
Wu Xiuxiu coughed and closed the half-opened window again.She was panting against the window, her face flushed, as if she had just carried hundreds of catties upstairs, and she was so tired.
"How's it going, Mom?"
Perhaps hearing the unusual noise here, Liu Hanbo ran over and asked.
"It's nothing, you go and get busy with your business." Xiuxiu's tone was a little stiff.
Liu Hanbo glanced at his mother's face, blushed, lowered his head, and turned to go to his room.
Wu Xiuxiu had never spoken to her son in such a blunt tone before.
Since he rescued his son from the cellar of Boyixuan, Liu Zongxiang confided in Xiuxiu his long-term plans for his son:
As soon as spring began, Hanbo was sent abroad to study abroad in France.During this period of time, let Hanbo study French at home.
No wonder, he has been asking his son to learn French. In addition to requiring Hanbo to go to a church in the French Concession to learn spelling with the priest every day after school, whenever he has time, he talks to his son in French.
Thinking of her son going abroad, Xiuxiu was both happy and anxious.When he comes back from school, his son will definitely do something.The son is spiritual, much more detached than his father.But it seems that the son will not be an economic talent in the future.The son has no interest in the business that his parents usually talk about together.However, it is also uncertain, how long a person's life will be!
Liu Hanbo took a detour, but after careful study, he is not to blame.This is a cage made by Mu Mianzhi.Hamber said he didn't gamble at all.It was because he only wanted to play chess and refused to go in to gamble that they locked him up.Blackmail is second, the main purpose is to make the Liu family uncomfortable.
"However, it's not accurate. The surname Mu has become popular now. He has woven a black net in Hankou and killed a lot of people. Isn't it fun!"
Thinking of this, Xiuxiu involuntarily looked down at her feet.She hasn't figured out how to deal with Zhang Quansheng who is locked in the basement.Liu Zongxiang still doesn't know about the people in the basement.Can't let him know.He does not advocate the use of violence, especially dislikes this kind of hidden violence.However, Li Dajiao repeatedly instructed that this person must not be released, otherwise, he would be shooting himself in the foot: "Xiuxiu, you have to listen to my advice. Or let me throw him into the river right now. You don’t even need to tie it up, it’s freezing to death. If you want to play tricks, wear a bamboo hat if you have dysentery—you can get it if you’re good at grinding, but you must never let him go.”
Although he is a slow-tempered person who rarely speaks a few words a day, Li Dajiao has rare fortitude and determination when it comes to such a deadly and overturned event.Later, Li Dajiao confessed to her: On the day Han Bai was rescued, the people who came to help were all Hunan friends from Baoqing Wharf.Xiuxiu understands that if Zhang Quansheng is released, a large group of people will be harmed.
That Zhang Quansheng, if he said he deserved to die, he deserved to die.He opened a casino, seduced his children, and secretly did a lot of bad things.If in the past... well, it is always a good thing to kill less.Let him be locked up, just as if I caught a wolf and raised it, so as not to let it go out to harm people.
Xiuxiu thanked Li Dajiao from the bottom of her heart.Thanks to him for rescuing Hanbo.He managed to organize the whole event.I don't know how he has such a deep friendship with a group of friends from Hunan.Especially the guest from Hunan, who is well versed in the way of gambling, is a rare stranger in the world.If he hadn't held Zhang Quansheng back, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
Oh, I remember, Li Dajiao said that Da Huazi had been at the Siguandian Pier for many years. Although he had left the dock long ago and joined the railway, his popularity was very good. They are all his good friends.Oh, this big Huazi, after doing such a great good deed, he didn't say a word.Alas, you big bastard, why don't you find someone to start a family with?He's already in his thirties, but when he sees me, he still blush like when he was a kid!
Xiuxiu looked at herself in the mirror for a while, and her face turned red.Oh, where did I think of it!Da Huazi, why don't I know what you're thinking?There are some things that can never be solved in a lifetime... Standing in front of the window, Wu Xiuxiu was thinking about it, and it was difficult to straighten out her thoughts for a while.
"Mistress Xiuxiu, what are you thinking about?"
"Ouch, ghost girl, you're making me jump!"
Xiuxiu said she was taken aback, which is true.Like a little girl who secretly took a piece of candy from her mother's sugar bowl and was bumped into by someone, her heart was pounding and her cheeks were flushed for a while.
"Which one do you want, you wild girl!"
"Yeah! Your mother is lying, Die'er doesn't want your family to think about it, Die'er has people thinking about it!" In front of Xiuxiu, Feng Die'er revealed her daughter's nature.
It's pitiful to think about it.This girl has no mother since she was a child.Although Mr. Feng loves his daughter, after all, the women's university avoids his father, and some daughters have private affairs, who can tell them!This girl's spunky and carefree appearance may be due to her longing for maternal love, and to coat herself with a layer of self-protection, right?
"Oh, girl, is there anyone who talks like that? Today's girls are really generous!"
"Oh, ma'am, your house looks pretty, really, your house is so beautiful!"
Feng Die'er didn't take up Xiuxiu's words, and suddenly seemed to discover something new, interspersed with Mandarin in Hankou, yelling in amazement.
"It's said that there are three women in one drama. This is wrong. Two women are enough for one drama."
With the creaking sound of the floor, the sound of Liu Zongxiang went upstairs before he went upstairs.
There are not many times when Liu Zongxiang seems to lose his restraint and gentlemanly demeanor.Maybe it's because his son's affairs have been settled and his way out has been settled, so he should be happy.Thinking of this, Xiuxiu felt a sweetness in her heart.My son is around every day, and sometimes I don't feel his presence.The son was gone, and the whole person seemed to be empty from inside to outside.As long as Liu Zongxiang is happy, it's good for his heart.
"How is your family so happy today? Did you pick up a bag of gold, or a bag of foreign money?"
"What do you do with picking up gold and foreign money? I still think these things are missing? I'll pick up people, and bring back a big living person!"
"Your family is—" Which handsome guy is this?Why is there no sound at all when going upstairs... Xiuxiu was still in a daze, but Feng Die'er rushed forward with tears streaming down her face—"Oh, oh! Han River, Han... River! Huh? Daddy? Daddy? "
Realizing that there were other people present, Feng Die'er had just wrapped her arms around Li Hanjiang's neck before suddenly letting go.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, I still remember that there is an old man, it's not simple, it's not simple!" The floor creaked again, and the sound was slow.Feng Zigao came up.Still wearing a gray robe, with a kind smile on his face, covering the dust all the way.
"Mrs. Liu, Xiuxiu! The banquet is called, do you want to have a banquet, Mother Hanbai!"
It was Mrs. Zhang's voice.Only Mrs. Zhang has such a complicated name for Xiuxiu.Mrs. Zhang uses these names interchangeably.When there are outsiders present, she calls "Mrs. Liu", and when only the two of them are together, she directly calls Xiuxiu. When Han Bai is present, she occasionally calls her "Mrs. Liu" according to the custom of her northern hometown. Hanbo Mama".
Xiuxiu just agreed, and glanced at Liu Zongxiang.She didn't call a banquet, and she never asked Mrs. Zhang to do such a thing.She regards Mrs. Zhang as her good friend, and Mrs. Zhang's family as her relatives.Calling banquets is the job of the chef and the job of the servant.Usually, there are not many people eating, and because she knows Liu Zongxiang's taste best, Xiuxiu didn't hire a special chef, and it was fine to have a servant at home to help pick and wipe.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, I forgot, I asked Mrs. Zhang to help me." Liu Zongxiang answered quickly.
"Thank you, Mrs. Zhang, tell them to wait for a while. Your family, hurry up and invite your husband!"
Liu Zongxiang usually doesn't care about these things.How is today?Is the sun coming out from the west?Xiuxiu glanced at Liu Zongxiang again, and subconsciously glanced out of the window.Liu Zongxiang was grinning, listening to what Feng Zigao said. Feng Die'er and Li Hanjiang had already sat on the sofa in the living room at some point.I don't know what funny things Li Hanjiang said, but Feng Die'er laughed wildly, bumping her head on Li Hanjiang's shoulder from time to time.
It is still Jiang Tian Yise.Where the gray-yellow water of the river meets the sky, the yellow gradually fades away, leaving only gray-brown, which blends in with the lead-gray sky. The weather is still cold and solemn.
Xiuxiu walked downstairs as if she suddenly woke up.How will the employer know how to settle down?Since the banquet was called in a restaurant, since it was called by Liu Zongxiang, it must be very high-end.In such a cold day, some dishes are cold as soon as they are opened.Some dishes cannot be covered for a long time. Once covered for a long time, when they are opened and eaten, they will not look good at all.Not counting Mrs. Zhang and his wife, there are now six people, plus the Zhang family, there are eight people, a formal banquet for eight people.She cast another glance at Liu Zongxiang.This glance was full of complaints: You love me and are afraid that I will work hard, but I may not know it in my heart?Depends on what time it is!There are many customers, some of them are rare customers who have returned from afar, and there is too little face on the table.
"Xiuwa, what are you going to do? There are people busy in the kitchen. Today, your family will be a guest at your own home. Wait a minute, your family still has important things to do!"
Liu Zong saw through Xiuxiu's thoughts at a glance and stopped her immediately.
In this season, when restaurants send banquets to guests' homes, they are thoughtful in advance.For some dishes, the guests must reheat them before eating, or the guests have to return to the pot and add ingredients according to their own taste.In this way, some dishes are often only semi-finished products; some dishes are only raw.Of course, if the guests want them to send someone to the home to process, it is also possible.
"What's the big deal? You're quite mysterious about everything today, do you want to learn from Zhuge Liang and plan strategies?"
"Don't take my word for it, the Shanren have their own treasures in their stomachs, and the secret must not be leaked, and they will know when the time comes!"
Liu Zongxiang, who has always disliked Chinese operas, unexpectedly said a Beijing rhyme, and then smiled at Feng Zigao.
"Mr. Feng, congratulations!"
"Han Bo, Han Bo." As soon as she heard that Mr. Zhang was coming, Xiuxiu called her son.
Oh, this Mr. Zhang is still the same, blah, like to say things without a head, listen, I don’t know what to congratulate Mr. Feng for no reason!As soon as Xiuxiu heard Mr. Zhang's voice, she knew that it was time for her to go downstairs.It is said that all the guests who should arrive have arrived, and it is time for the conductor to arrange seats.She called her son and walked downstairs.Bringing the son along to greet the guests is both a courtesy and a show off.
A pair of sunglasses covered the years engraved in the corners of Mr. Zhang's eyes.Still looking pale.Compared with Feng Zigao, Mr. Zhang looks detached but indifferent, and Feng Zigao looks plump and tired.
Mr. Zhang has been playing the huqin at the gate of Xiuxiu's Yijiangchun teahouse for many years to tell fortunes.As a fortune-teller, he never took the initiative to ask for money, and he didn't even have a house in front of him that made people voluntarily release money.What is even more confusing is that whenever someone asks him for a fortune-telling, he will first tell them, I am talking nonsense, not a blind person talking nonsense, but a fortune-teller blind person talking nonsense.If your family wants to listen to this nonsense, you can only think that I have said a few gossips to your family.
The things in the world are so weird. Some things are not bad in quality. Let your mouth be full of pearls and tongues to produce lotus flowers. Praise it to the sky, saying it is the peach feast of the queen mother, the nine-return pill of the Taishang Laojun, But no one cares.In Mr. Zhang's business, he's just playing two tricks, but he always says what he's telling is a lie, and he's completely pushing the business out, but the business just happens to be very good.It's also true that they don't want him to be a fate, but chat with him about gossip.Thousands of years, spanning hundreds of generations, it is just right for Mr. Zhang's appetite. He can quote from many sources, draw on the roots, use the past to satirize the present, and use the ancients to drink wine to pour his own heart.A wild crane like this is really a rare sight in the world where the old man's mouth is drunk.Unknown to Mr. Zhang himself, he has become a major feature of Yijiangchun Tea House.Mr. Zhang does not charge money himself, but Mr. Zhang wants to eat.Since Mr. Zhang contributed to the business of Yijiangchun Tea House, the waiter in the tea house collected money on behalf of Mr. Zhang and handed over the collected money to Mrs. Zhang.Of course, Mrs. Zhang didn't know that the teahouse manager was instructed by Wu Xiuxiu. Mr. Zhang's fortune-telling income might be beyond the reach of all Hankou's colleagues who ate this bowl of rice.
"Can we start the banquet?" Wu Xiuxiu quietly walked to Liu Zongxiang's side and asked quietly.Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang and Han Bai surrounded Feng Die'er and Li Hanjiang, chattering lively.Liu Zongxiang and Feng Zigao stood side by side near the gate, talking without saying a word.This is not where they talk, nor is it when they talk.It looked like they were still waiting for some guests.
"Oh, Xiuwa, I made a joke with you to make you suddenly happy. It's time to tell you. Otherwise, you're really going to get annoyed. That's it, I'll go to the station to pick up Feng Sir, father and son, by the way, Xiao Huazi, oh, I’m used to it, I’ve talked about Han Jiang and Die’er, so let’s just settle it today. Brother Zi Gao didn’t object, Han Jiang also blushed. Han Jiang also followed him My father said it, and I really like it. I think, this is the Republic of China, and there are not many old rules, but, for the sake of excitement, I think, ask Mrs. Zhang to be a matchmaker. Die Er is not worthy of a mother , your family, just return to your mother's family."
"Oh, you, really! This is something that our female generals worry about. What are you doing? Oh, dowry? Dowry, I'm not prepared at all! Yo, look, new house? Mr. Zhuge Liang , where is your new house? Really, really..."
For a moment, Xiuxiu was full of surprises.Thinking that Die Er and Han Jiang finally got married, both of them have no mothers, it's not easy!I, Wu Xiuxiu, have been favored and benefited from these two families.Mr. Feng is still my Enlightenment Mr.!How much Mr. Feng has contributed to Brother Zongxiang's career!As for Li Dajiao's family, when his father and uncle San Gouzi were alive, this family gave him a lot of care.Especially this time, without the Li family father and son, Han Bai would be in danger!
I don't know if it's because of the joy, the emotion, or the sad memories, Wu Xiuxiu was in a hurry and seemed a little incoherent.This is rare for her.This really surprised Liu Zongxiang.
"Don't worry, Xiuwa, really, I just want to give you a sudden surprise. I know that you treat Die Er as your mother and sister. Don't worry. After a while, Master Bigfoot is coming. It will be done It's quite lively. The new house is also arranged. Let the young couple go to Liu Garden for their honeymoon. There, the reeds are well arranged.
Do you need a dowry, you, a family, open the box, open the cabinet, don't you have everything?How did you learn so much?Or, how about this, isn't the new girl going back home?Isn't this Die'er's mother's home!After three dynasties, when Die'er came back, the two of you went to some big shops, didn't you come back with the dowry?It's just about money, why worry about money?What matters is love. "
"Yes, in the world, what is love? I can't explain it, I don't know the way, I die for it, I live for it." Feng Zigao sighed, feeling very emotional.
"Living for love, dying for love, that's a good thing. And, for the word love, life is worse than death, and death is hard to give up. Huh? What am I talking about? Crow's mouth, it's okay, it's okay !" Mr. Zhang didn't know when he came forward, he might have heard Feng Zigao's emotion, and just about to make use of it, he immediately criticized himself.
The meal was eaten slowly.
Wu Xiuxiu felt that there was some kind of dullness hidden under the strong festive atmosphere of the wedding banquet held for a couple of new couples.In fact, she has already experienced the source of this dullness. "Looking at the place where the brothers ascended, there is one less person who planted dogwood all over the place." The reunion banquet of ten people is short of the big flower Li Changjiang.
The most active person at the table was Mr. Zhang.Maybe he couldn't see it, maybe he had other deep meanings, he kept talking about the past, but he didn't talk about the present.This is very unlike his usual character.It is his strong point to use the past to satirize the present and make use of the topic.Sometimes, when I am free, I even make up words, and I borrow any word cards at will, and the strings are pulled so that the rosin powder is flying.
"Xiao Huazi, Xiao Die'er, tonight and what eve, I will never forget this night. Blind Zhang has no eyes, so he can't see the ugliness in the world, which is a great blessing, but he can't see the beauty in the world, which is another pity. Forget it, fortunately, the beauty and ugliness in the world can be seen with the eyes, but they are not the most beautiful and the most ugly. Both the most beautiful and the most ugly are hidden in people's hearts. Oh oh, it's far away again. Forget it, I just want to Said, the two of your family must be a pair of Bi people!
From your point of view, it is also a mixture of prose and white, which is also a problem brought about by the Republic of China.The classical Chinese has not degenerated, and the vernacular has not been refined, so it has become such a half-choshi.Okay, no more nonsense, the blind man has nothing else to send to your family, send a song to your family for a good night! "
Where the sound of the piano sounds, the thoughts are endless, the world is in a trance, and there is a very indistinct sound of bang watch in the distance.Did it come from the deep alleys of a small county in a mountain city surrounded by wild mountains?The deep alley filtered Bangtuo's simple inflection and ambiguity, and the affectionate mountain sent the filtered sound of nature back to the deep alley like a gossamer.Oh, no, it seems to be the first drop of mountain spring at the source of the Han River, in the quiet mountains, have you caught it yet?So helpless, oh, it has already flowed down the river: gurgling, gurgling, gurgling, sometimes even silent, as if diving into the ground for a while, taking a rest on the journey?The moonlight is like water reflecting the moon, and the river washes the moon brighter.But the moonlight like water can't wash away the hazy village trees on both sides of the bank, and can't wipe away the whispers of bamboo bushes.Is it the sound of Ai Nao's oars?This is the sound of friction between the handle and the cooked leather rope that buckles it.This wooden boat with tung oil is fragrant, the boatman has already drank four taels, right?His eyes were blurred, his movements were subconscious, and the sound of the oars melted drunkenly into the moonlight of the river.Oh, the sound of the oars has stopped, is it completely melted by the moonlight of the Han River?Oh, no, maybe the boatman is not strong enough to drink, maybe the boatman is the old moon in the sky, he just swung the rudder in a daze to follow the wine, and bent into this crescent-shaped wild lake.The ripeness of late autumn covers this wild lake.The calamus is like a halberd, and the reed is like an arrow, all of which are attracted but not sent out.Oh, this pair of red candles are very affectionate and tearful, as if they were waiting for this eve for so many years!It's time to unmask your head.Trembling heart, trembling hands stretched out.In the sparkling lake light, a stream of wet flute sounded quietly, intermittently, sobbing and complaining hard to distinguish.A piece of silver-white cloud silk flew over and wiped away the crescent moon's tears.A wild duck was startled, it quacked twice, and the sound of its wings flapping was like a drum beating the sky.The trembling heart just held another trembling heart.Wait, why take off the hijab?Whether it's the childhood sweetheart of "Lang riding a bamboo horse, playing with green plums around the bed", or the first glimpse after "People are looking for her thousands of times", we all need this sense of distance!We have all heard this poor red candle, this sentimental candle that draws people to tears, we have heard your dripping sound, we have all felt it, felt your selfless dedication and hot enthusiasm!Wait, when the candle tears run out, it will be our bright dawn... The song is over, and Wu Xiuxiu's eyelashes are wet.Humber rested his head on his father's shoulder, and both father and son seemed drunk.Feng Die'er was sobbing, and Li Hanjiang gave her an arm. The couple walked up to Mr. Zhang and bowed respectfully to him—"Thank you sir, for this gift from your family, we Although enjoying it for a while, it will benefit you for a lifetime!"
Mrs. Zhang walked to her husband tearfully, took out a white silk handkerchief, and wiped his forehead.On this cold day, there is already a layer of sesame fine sweat.
"Guys, listen to Mr. Zhang's song, I'm such a bad old man, and I'm going to be a teenager, I'll give you a gift!
Xiuxiu, you are my first and last disciple, waiting for you with pen and ink! "
"Sir, invite your calligraphy!" These things are all ready-made at home.
"Okay, this Changfenghu pen with five purples and five goats is exactly what I want!"
Let the ink soak the pen, Feng Zigao patiently rubbed the pen on the edge of the inkstone, and then lifted it up, letting the pen hang downwards.
The pen is swollen, and there is no ink dripping down.Seeing that Mo was eating well, Feng Zhigao took a deep breath calmly, without bending his waist, leaned forward, and the pen followed the dragon snake—the flute swallowed, and the residual lotus was shaken to pieces in the lake moon.Houhuyue, Guizi every year, hurts each year.The colors of sparse bamboo brushing horizontally and obliquely are like whispering in the ear.The words are whispering, the love is like a dream, and the tears are full of blood.
"Okay, okay! What a 'love is like a dream, weeping is blood'! It seems to have Jiaxuan Qi. Okay, 'Osmanthus every year, hurt every year', Liu Yong's flesh, Dongpo's bones, and both有之。'疏竹横斜拂颜色'，信手拈来，知曲中真意者，冯先生也！”
听秀秀吟诵，张先生站起来，激动地朝冯子高揖了一揖。
“子高兄，这首词，实在是三美皆俱，文美，意境美，书法美。但恕我这外行直言，刘某总像从中品出了一些儿……嗨，算了，算了，说岔了瞎说，瞎说！”今天，刘宗祥显得比在场所有人都清醒。“秀哇，汉柏哇，狠狠地放几挂鞭炮吧！”
“刘先生，多谢您家！您家晓得，我说不到多的话。今日的事咧，您家们真的是当自己伢的事在办！我这把老骨头，就是烂到土里，也恨不得要肥您家们的田才好！唉，我说不到多的话。汉柏噢，我看鞭炮就莫放了。真的。您家们要听我一句话。最近铁路上蛮紧张。大花子说，这几天怕要出事。清静些为好，清静些为好哇！”
李大脚往起一站，坐在桌上的那盏煤油灯，忽悠忽悠地晃得厉害，晃得橙红的火苗子上，窜起一缕黑烟。
“你个……老……杂种，少来这样……的……花样！顶好……是……乖……乖地坐着！”
拉眼的嘴巴不关风，寒冬腊月的，牙齿本来就很受罪，一张嘴，冷气更加长驱直入。拉眼的嘴巴真正应了唇亡齿寒的道理。为了弥补嘴唇上的缺陷，拉眼尽量少说或者不说话。即使不得已非说话不可，就随时断句，说说停停。宁可让别人的耳朵多受点罪，也不能让冷风灌到自己肚子里去了。他看透了李大脚的用心，总想把这盏灯弄熄。这个大块头的老头子，只要往起一站，就带起一股风。拉眼把手枪端在腰眼处，枪口始终对着坐在矮板凳上的李大脚。这么冷的天，手上握着支沉甸甸的枪，简直就像捏着一块镔铁。握枪的手靠着腰，手腕子这里稍微要暖和一点。
拉眼对荒货很不满意。经常用眼角的余光朝他的搭档瞟一瞟，一肚子的不舒服：
这家伙自恃处长喜欢他，干事情一点也不上心。你看他唦，这样大的事，这样紧张，他却把手笼在袖子里，跍在墙边上忪瞌睡。要是我再不盯紧点，搞不好真的要出事。莫看这老家伙这大年纪，看他壮得像头牯牛样的，老子空手大白巴掌的，真还对付不了他。
屋里的空气很紧张。李大脚不断地朝拉眼手里的枪瞄，屁股总是不停地动，好像板凳上有钉子。他不太注意跍在墙边的荒货。这个像瘦猴子的小块头，就是刚开始进屋的时候，在屋里转悠了一圈，像是寻找一处可蹲下打瞌睡的地方，然后，就在这靠窗户墙跟前迷糊了这么半天。最有威胁的是这个丑死人的家伙。
“这个杂种，是哪个下的种哦，么样这丑咧！硬是瞟一眼都不舒服呀，冇得法，不看又不行。只要他一分神，老子就……”
盯着拉眼黑洞洞的枪口，李大脚觉得自己在和死神的眼睛对视，在较劲。李大脚觉得自己有资格和死神较量。六十的人了，还有什么想头？如果不是这个丑得让人吐的家伙手里有个铁家伙，我还真不把这两个家伙放在眼里，我早就动手了咯！
盯着拉眼手里黑黢黢的枪口，李大脚不晓得有几后悔：哎呀，我李大脚么样搞的哟，么样成了乌鸦嘴咧？刚才在秀秀那里，不该说那些不吉利话的呀！人口里的涎，是顶毒的呀！这好，我自己倒成了别个的蚯蚓，被别个拿来钓自己的儿子！
外头，通向这里的小巷尽头处，似传来杂沓的脚步声。李大脚朝乌黢巴黑的窗外瞄了一眼。心里又是一阵疼痛。他已经听出来了，这脚步声里，有一双脚是属于他大儿子的。他不再犹豫了。他猛地从板凳上蹿起，大喝一声：
“开头咯——！”
外头的脚步声陡然停息了。但就停了一眨眼的工夫，脚步声又擂鼓样地响起来。
是朝这房子相反方向去的脚步声。拉眼根本还来不及有所反应，那一直跍在墙边忪瞌睡的荒货，倏地跳起，跳起的时候，枪已经在手了。他似乎没有作任何瞄准，手一甩，朝窗户外头砰砰就是两枪。
“好，倒了一个，那个跑了。噫！也受了伤，你摸唦，这地上的血粘叽叽的。快，追呀，跑不远的！”
就在李大脚这猛一蹿动里，煤油灯熄了。听着屋外的喊叫声，李大脚突然像被钉子钉在地上一样，死死盯住黑暗中的荒货：哎呀，真是，咬人的狗不叫哦！这念头还没闪过，他就像一头发怒的狮子，朝挡在面前的拉眼扑了过去。
张腊狗无论如何也没有想到，这里是刘宗祥的“别宫”。要不是因为刘宗祥，张腊狗也不会认出吴秀秀。张腊狗没有惊奇。刘宗祥这样的人，应该配吴秀秀这样的女人。就像他张腊狗，就应该配黄素珍那样的女人一样。只是有一点让他费解，刘宗祥的家，怎么会隐藏革命党？在张腊狗心目中，刘宗祥的可恶和可佩服之处，就在于他和政治总是保持一定的距离。任何时候，刘宗祥总是生意第一，这一点，是汉口各界公认的。
看看迎接他的主人居然是刘宗祥，张腊狗回头朝荒货瞄了瞄。荒货很肯定地点了点头。张腊狗相信了。荒货是不会看错的。那个受了伤的革命党人，绝对是被刘宗祥藏起来了。
“哦嚯，张先生，这样深更半夜的，么样想到光临寒舍咧？看您家的样子，像是在执行公务咧？么样，天也太冷，我们也不来虚套子，有么事，您家就快点说。
“刘宗祥也不说请进，但身体却朝大门旁闪开了。
张腊狗懂，这是说，您家想干么事，一切请便。
“刘老板，您家总是这样痛快！好！这冷的天，您家想下子唦，哪个不想像您家这样，猫在温柔乡里头享清福咧？冇得法，端了政府的碗，总要尽点责咧。是这样，刚才咧，有人看到，一个受通缉的乱党分子，跑到您家屋里来了。您家兴许冇注意，屋又大，房子又空……”
张腊狗一边拉拉杂杂地说，一边不请自进。
“个把妈，他总是会过日子些！不管在哪里过，总是搞得清清爽爽的！哪像我们，就是有蛮好的房子，也弄不出他这种调调来！”
张腊狗像一进大观园的刘姥姥，东张西望，满肚子嘀咕。
“个把妈，真是怪唦，老子活了这多年，就冇看到一个顺眼的女人。就一个黄素珍还算是稍微强一点吧，冇过到两天倒成了个鸦片鬼。这刘宗祥，有这清爽的个小老婆还不说，你看，又不晓得从哪里冒出来这样仙女样的个姑娘伢！这样的姑娘伢，只怕整个汉口也就只有这一个哟！随么好事都被他占全了！”
看到冯蝶儿，张腊狗要好好搜一搜刘宗祥这处“香巢”的心思就淡了。
“活人要像刘宗祥这样活，才算是冇白活一场唦！像老子这样，成天野猴子样地瞎蹦，自以为蛮玩味，这一看，真是连眼睛荤都冇开过！总以为自己餐餐吃肉蛮享福，朝这个把妈的碗里一看哪，才晓得自己是把豆腐干子当腊肉！算了，有个么闹头唦，有这样的姑娘伢在场子上，不可能有么血糊拉呲吓人的事。”
看着张腊狗崴着八字脚，慢慢被黑暗吞噬的背影，刘宗祥和吴秀秀对望一眼，相视苦笑。
张全生觉得今天才算是吃了一餐饱饭。什么时候觉得饭好吃的呢？这种感觉实在是太陌生了。
“先人板板的龟儿哟，老子啷个搞的嘛，啥子时候觉得米饭这样子好吃的嘛！鸡鸭鱼肉，山珍海味，老子也吃了不少，啷个从来也没觉得米饭好吃咧！”
当李汉江扶着李长江来到地窖的时候，张全生正微眯着眼，在啧啧有声地嗍嵌在牙缝里的腊肉丝。这是上好的腊肉。腌得不好的腊肉不可能有这么有韧劲的肉丝。在吃的当口，张全生没有着意搜刮这根腊肉丝。他已经预料到，吃完这餐丰盛的晚餐之后，用舌头尖耐心地抠，让粗糙的舌面反复地刮，把腮帮子吸得扁扁地嗍，这样从容地处理这根腊肉丝，是极好的余兴节目。此刻，张全生对从上面又下来人，没有多大的兴趣。人一吃饱，就有些懒。或许是送茶水下来了呢？Ok?
不对呀，又捉了一个人？这龟儿刘宗祥，斯斯文文的生意人，啷个像是《水浒》里头十字坡酒馆的老板，专一干杀人越货的勾当哦！嗯，不像呀，轻脚轻手的，又是搀，又是扶的，倒像是他们自己的人，被人搞伤了到这里来躲的……刚想到这里，一股凉气从尾椎骨倏地蹿了上来——“完了，老子完了！龟儿子，怪不得今天把老子吃这样子好，原来是断头饭哪！
日他先人！要是关进一个老子的同道，老子还有活路，关进龟日他们的人，老子的死期就到了！ "
不愧是洪门老幺，起眼睛动眉毛看菜下饭看事料事的本事真还不差。一旦料到自己已经没有了生路，张全生整个的精气神，一下子就泄了。
“你是……”一进地窖，李长江才有些清醒，他睁开眼，咬着牙，有些困惑的眼光朝李汉江瞄。
李汉江离家在外时间不短了，今天当新郎，打扮得衣帽光鲜，加之地窖内光线很差，李长江又失血过多，眼神昏蒙，居然一时没认出自己的兄弟来。
“哥，我是小花子，我是汉江呵！”
“秀秀，蝶儿，刘老板，哦，噢，您家们都在呀……我……咿？那是哪个呵？”看来，李长江已完全清醒了。他想说什么，忽然注意到有一个晕晕糊糊的陌生人在旁边。
“有么事，你就快点说！不怕的，那是个要死的人。”看到血糊糊的李长江后，秀秀下了决心。好在在场的人都没有听懂秀秀这话的意思。秀秀的这句话也可以理解为，这个人身体不好，已经活不长了。
“蝶儿呀，靳红老师，还不晓得是死是活……要是活着，就想法子把他救出来……这是个好人，可惜了，一肚子学问的读书人，一心为我们工友奔命……”
“李先生，到底出了么事情哪？”看李汉江和秀秀在忙着为李长江清洗包扎伤口，刘宗祥一时插不上手。
“刘先生，反正您家也不是外人。是这样，前几天，京汉铁路工人总工会，不是在郑州成立么，吴佩孚派兵冲了会场。就是我们湖北督军栾耀祖的上司唦，这湖南湖北，都该姓吴的管咧。唉哟！好好，不要紧。这样一来，总工会就搬到我们汉口的江岸站来了唦。栾耀祖，张腊狗，今日包围了总工会，开了枪，到现在，还不晓有几多人被他们打死了。哦，靳红老师是上头派来的人，名义上是来做总工会律师的，刚才想跟我一起到集家嘴家里躲一躲，被枪打中了……哦，噢，还不晓得爹的生死！”
“么唦？爹他么样了哇？”对今天这大喜大悲的起伏，到目前为止，李汉江还没有转过弯来。他的手一颤，感到哥哥的伤处也一抖。
“唉哟，我的个姆妈咧！”
靳红仿佛听到自己撕心裂肺地大叫了一声。
没有撕心裂肺的叫声，只有撕心裂肺的疼痛。他记得，伤口好像是在左胸上挨着锁骨的地方。右手顺着记忆朝伤口摸，黏黏糊糊的，是血，但不疼，木木的。这撕心裂肺全身的疼痛，是从哪里放射出来的呢？哎哟，我的个姆妈噢！
他强迫自己睁开眼睛。什么也看不见呢，还是什么也没有呢？是了，太黑，太黑了。他动一动嘴唇。嘴唇也发出一阵撕裂的疼痛。他仿佛听到，嘴唇上灰白色皮肤蔌蔌往下掉的声音。舌头艰难地从口腔里爬出来，企图舔一舔干枯的唇。但舌头似乎也同样干枯，舔在嘴唇上，像干燥的丝瓜瓤子在擦拭灶台。身子底下是湿叽叽的稻草。稻草似乎比我这个活人的水分还多些，他想。哦，是了，我是被关在监牢里来了。不然，怎么会睡在湿稻草上咧。狱不通风，连个窗户都冇得，难怪这黑！是了，刚才是在做梦呢，梦到我要回家呢，梦到姆妈在鹦鹉洲头翘首盼望呢，盼望她这个麻脸的儿子回家咧。
靳红终于从干涩的迷糊中挣扎出来。稍微有些清醒了，肉体的和精神的痛苦，就跟着遥远的往事一起翻腾。
“麻子！呃，麻子呃——金麻子呃！”
这个一身黑衣的狱头，把喉咙压低了喊，一边喊，一边心里嘀咕：个把妈，麻子就麻子咧，还金麻子！金麻子就不是麻子？未必金麻子就值钱些？也亏他想得出来，黑黢黢的酱油麻子，偏要叫么金麻子！个把妈，也真怪得很，一个花脸壳麻子，还有这样水嫩的姑娘伢跟他！么得了哦，这世界么得了哦，人都疯了哇！唉，冇得法，这世界上的人都疯了，都疯了哇！
“麻子！咿？喊麻子就不答应，还蛮俏皮？老子还求你？好，好，算你麻子有狠！哦，哪里噢，算你的钱有狠！靳先生，金先生！这该可得了吧？”
黑衣狱头见靳红闭了眼，一副根本不屑理他的样子，晓得是因为称呼上的问题。
黑衣狱头记得，这个麻头怪脑的家伙刚进来的时候，就因为喊了他一声“麻子”，硬是水米不进，绝食抗议两天。他不想再惹这个犟家伙了。完全是因为钱作怪。这个麻子关进来好几天，浑身冇得一文钱，真是穷得叮当响。老子关的要都是这样的犯人，还不连水都冇得喝的？天可怜见，这麻子还有这样清爽这样有钱的个婆娘！黑衣狱头一高兴，又“麻子麻子”地叫，把靳红的忌讳忘记了。
“噢，金先生，靳先生哪，对不住呀您家，我是喜欢不过，喊高了兴。跟您家说唦，您家的堂客来看您家了哇！您家听到冇哦，您家的太太，噢，夫人，来看您家来了哇！”
“狗才！闭上你的茅厕嘴巴！”靳红的眼睛还没有完全睁开，就朝黑衣狱头的方向啐了一口。疼痛需要他转移注意力。他很希望有个人站在跟前，让他发泄一顿。他正准备就汤下面，把狱头狠狠地骂一通。这个家伙也太无聊，我哪里疼他就朝哪里捅。一进来就笑我是麻子，晓得我冇得堂客，现在又跑来拿我寻开心！可是，他张了张嘴，又把溜到嘴边的一串咒骂咽回去了。
他看到了冯蝶儿。
冯蝶儿满脸泪水。满面泪水的冯蝶儿如带雨梨花。
“靳……噢，先……生，先生哪，您家……”冯蝶儿泣不成声。冯蝶儿用泣不成声来掩盖探监的真实目的。
冯蝶儿是以靳红太太的身份进来探监的。这还是钱的功劳。Money can turn ghosts around.和李汉江结婚才几天，要装出是另一个人的太太，实在是很难受的。一想起自己的新婚，冯蝶儿就有一种不足之感。办喜事的当夜，还没有进洞房呢，就出了李长江大哥受伤、靳红老师被捕的灾难。她不能不来看望靳老师。也只有她来看望这个人，才是最合适的。这个被折磨得走了形的人，不仅是她的老师，更是她的上级和同志！从张腊狗脸上的表情看，对，这家伙就是那天晚上追到秀秀娘娘家里去的，从这家伙脸上的表情看，似乎晓得我不是靳老师的太太。他一听我是靳老师的太太，嘴角就撇出嘲讽的笑来。对了，那笑绝对是嘲讽的笑。
“哎呀，莫哭，莫哭，一哭，就变丑了，看，变丑了啵！”
一时似乎找不到恰当的方式表示亲热，他抬起脏兮兮的袖子给太太揩脸。袖子刚伸到太太脸边，才发觉自己的袖子太脏，又把手缩回袖子里去了。最终，似乎还是要表示一点什么，又把手伸出来，把太太的手握着：“你看你，莫哭了唦，莫要让别个看笑话，莫要让世界上的刽子手，狗奴才们看笑话！”
靳红用眼角的余光看到，听到骂刽子手和狗奴才时，黑衣狱头不耐烦，踱到一边去了。
“你看，你看，手都哭得像冰铁了哇！”靳红的手在冯蝶儿的手掌心里用了点力。他似乎不晓得背后有一双眼睛盯着，丈夫的角色演得很到位。
“先生，现如今哪，天太冷，人的鼻子都冻木了，狗子的鼻子却尖得很哪！”冯蝶儿捉住靳红想缩回去的手，也在他的手掌上用了用力。“您家有么事，告诉我就可得了，您家在这里不放心的事，我都跟您家办！”
“噢，是呀是呀，如今的世界，就是怪呀，狗比人狠，狗鼻子是比人的鼻子尖些。”一听冯蝶儿的话风，晓得冯蝶儿和他之间的关系已经暴露，能让冯蝶儿进来，是对方放长线钓大鱼的把戏。靳红收回了打算递给冯蝶儿的纸条。“哎呀，我都被冤枉成这样了，还有么事要你在外头办咧？我们的生意做大了，架子也搭大了，树大招风啊，要吃眼前亏咧。我们的生意，投进去的本钱太大，银根很紧哪！麻烦你跟伙计们说一声，生意不好整柜台，也是很有必要的呀，你说咧，是不是？”
“么样，金先生，舒服了一点冇？只能让您家跟您家的堂客过点干瘾，您家莫怪我，也是冇得法。高头只准让您家的太太进来三分钟，我还是捏着胆子，让您家们在这里亲热了这老半天！”看着狱卒把冯蝶儿引出去了，黑衣狱头才放了心。
这多天，他一直还没有搞清楚他的犯人到底姓什么。钱这个东西真好。虽然是硬邦邦的银洋，摸久了，暖暖的，真舒服。钱是王八蛋，用了再去赚。这是哪个婊子养的说的呀？用了再去赚？钱是好赚的么？你看老子赚一点钱有几难！做老子们这一行的，弄两个钱，一损阴寿咧，二短阳寿。让高头晓得了，搞不好一生的饭，一餐就吃完了。怀着一种复杂的心情，黑衣狱头和靳红搭讪，也是寻找心理平衡的意思。
“哎呀，真是把你这个人冇得办法，一开口就尽是腥的臭的。你读过书冇？冇读过？唉，也难怪，也难怪呀！要是读了书，就晓得道理了唦，就晓得像你这样的人，也是受压迫，受侮辱，受剥削的呀，你们这些人也是蛮遭孽的呀。要是身上不这么疼，我真该给你讲一讲。”
冯蝶儿一走，靳红又有些神思恍惚起来。伤口很疼，浑身酸疼，忽冷忽热。他的意识不是很清楚。可越是恍惚，越是意识不清楚，他的话就越多。恍惚中，他的另一个思维似乎活跃起来。好像正面对一大群听他演说的工友农友，他有了滔滔不绝一倾胸臆的渴望和冲动。
“是呀，对呀，您家真是神仙哪，晓得我是受压迫的呀，稍微有一点不到堂，高头就把我们不得了哇！哎呀，不是人过的日子哟，个把妈，您家是该给我过点门道，点拨点拨才好！”
“嗯，这还差不多。怪不得，苏俄革命，冬宫一占，一下子就成功了咧！民众都是想革命的唦，你说咧？我看你就蛮有革命性。这样，我先介绍你在革命党的外头做一些边缘的事。莫急，革命党不是说进来就让你进来的，又不是菜园门，随便进出。你先在这里搞，做一些有益的事，等我出去，再介绍你加入……”
靳红眼睛半闭着，实际上，他整个人都已处于半昏迷状态。他根本不知道他的谈话对象现在是一种什么样的表情。
“我日你麻子的姆妈！我日你金麻子的祖宗八百代！金麻子呃，你想把老子害死哦？说这样一些造反吓人的话！要是把别个听到了，还当老子真的跟你麻子是同党！你还要不要老子活哦！”
开始，黑衣狱头还没听出名堂来。听着听着，他头上听出汗来了。没等靳红说完，黑衣狱头像突然被蛇咬了一口，眼珠子瞪得要掉出来，极恐怖地跳将起来，好一阵破口大骂。
为筹备这一处模范住宅区的工程，刘宗祥一直忙到腊月二十八。
“唉哟，刘老板，您家的白菜卖完了？”这天回来，秀秀端给他一杯热腾腾的茶，外加一脸的笑。
刘宗祥接过茶杯，朝她脸上瞄了又瞄。秀秀脸上的笑似乎不带嘲讽。
“噢，么样，冇卖白菜？那您家肯定是卖萝卜去了——大过年的，年关来了咧，只有卖白菜萝卜的才这么忙唦！”
“你看你，有么话不能直说，用得着绕这大的弯子？真是，人家在外头忙得翻跟斗，您家还扛着锄头进庙门——挖我的神哪！”
刘宗祥今天心情不错。热乎乎的清茶，清淡淡的家庭气氛，秀秀略带嘲讽的挖苦话，听起来也是关心的成分多。
“你这哪里是在做房地产生意唦，硬像是年头节尾卖葱姜大蒜藕的小贩子，起早贪黑地赶场子咧。一点都不晓得爱惜自己。你不爱惜自己么，也要为你的伢多活……”
大年附近，秀秀觉得自己的话不吉利，就打住了。
也难怪秀秀爱发烦，近来，不吉利的事情太多了。
当官的不准铁路工人成立工会，把设在江岸的工会总部砸了个底朝天，死了不少的人。大花子李长江被打伤了，蝶儿的老师被捉到牢里去了，听说，已经被枪毙了。冯蝶儿早就被视作这个家庭的成员，她的老师，起码，应该是这个家庭的朋友吧。大花子李长江就更不用说了，就是在这十多年的时间里，我秀秀一家人，得惠于李家的，真不少啊。
一来秀秀是心疼刘宗祥，二来，是为最近社会上发生的动荡涉及她这个家而心烦。
“宗祥哥，这家里，别的事情不要你操心，汉柏的事情，你千万莫提起来千斤，放下来四两噢！抚个伢起来，有几难咯，这多年，就只有这根独苗，硬是冇怀第二个哪。”原来商量过，等汉江蝶儿成了家，由小两口送汉柏到上海。从冯先生的口气看，汉江蝶儿像是有秘密的事情到上海长住。
“我晓得，晓得！噢，李先生李长江转到刘园去了没有？我说了啵，要转，还是白天好些。张腊狗这个人我晓得，疑心重，也蛮自信，他绝对不相信你会白天把革命党拉到街上走。”
刘宗祥提议把李长江转移到刘园去养伤。他认