Chapter 9 Section IX

Shou Ming took Wu Shibao to his home, and then he talked about the accidents in Wu Shibao's family while he was in prison. At home, Wu Shibao never cared about other things except for his own recreational homework.Grandma Wu has practiced the skills of visiting friends, gossiping, chewing betel nuts, and fighting hu since she was a child.Since marrying Wu Shibao, who has no job or title, she has brought a lot of grievances, so naturally she won't be the housekeeper for him.Their housework has always been in the hands of Ushibo's nanny. The nanny's surname is Liu, from Sanhe County.In his thirties, he lost his wife and left behind a son. Now he has married and opened a steamed bun shop in Sanhe. He came to pick up his mother early and invited her back to enjoy the evening blessing.At that time, Wu Shibao's father had just suffered from hemiplegia, and there was no one to take care of him, and his mother did not leave.After Wu Shibao's father died, Wu Shibao gave birth to a son.At this time, the Wu family's family could no longer afford to hire a nanny, so Wu Shibao asked the nanny to help for another two years, but the nanny couldn't save face, so she stayed.According to the rules of the Banner family, among the servants, the nanny is the only one who thinks highly of her.If the nanny becomes the head of the family, the nanny will have half the identity of the master.Nanny Liu couldn't understand Grandma Master's arrogance, and she was always afraid that her son would suffer, so she inevitably had some awkwardness with Grandma Wu in terms of expenses.Grandma Wu openly gossips at the nanny, but plays temper with Uncle Wu secretly.Wu Shibao didn't hum, he had an idea in his heart, he must know that if the nanny leaves this little family business, it will be ruined, and he will never say "go" to the nanny.

Once Wu Shibao entered the prison, things became troublesome. Nanny Liu and Xu Huanzhang's father both worked in Wufu, and knew his character. This time when Xu Huanzhang came to Wufu, he pretended not to know Nanny Liu, so Nanny Liu advised Grandma not to listen to him. Horse hanging tongue.Grandma didn't listen, she asked Nanny Liu to urge back the money she put outside to take the sports lawsuit, but Nanny Liu refused.So the grandma teared her face apart and made a fuss, crying and cursing, and told her neighbors that Nanny Liu had blocked the rescue of the uncle from prison in order to wait for the uncle to die in prison so as to hide the Wu family's property.Nanny Liu couldn't bear the anger and couldn't lose this man, so she begged Master Linggu to testify and explain the account clearly and went back to Sanhe County.

Grandma can't cook by herself, let alone bring a child?So he hired He Shi, a papermaker's woman at the entrance of the alley, to be my mother.What Mama He earns is money, and what she wants is rewards, so naturally she follows the wishes of the grandma everywhere.Grandma usually loves Dou Suo Hu, since Uncle's accident, her playing card partners have stopped coming to ask her out, and she is in a daze all day long.This Mama He and Mama Xu, who ran away with Huahui, are godsisters, and they can sing thirty-six flower names: "The first month is coming, and the first month is coming, and the mother of Yinhui is going down to the heavenly palace. Elf..." She hummed while sleeping with the child, and the grandma listened to it for fun, and she also learned to sing a few verses.She asked Mother He what the meaning of this word is.He Ma said: "These are all flower names, and they are used for betting. Yinhui is a Bodhisattva. If you want to dream of Guanyin Dashi, bet on Yinhui. If you bet one tael of silver, you will win thirty taels! Hongchun is a bodhisattva." Sister Kiln, the cabinet is a carpenter..." The grandma heard it interesting, so she asked, "Where can I deposit it?" Mother He said, "You don't need to run errands, there will be a special sealer at the meeting. If you want to bet, she will Come to your house. Which door you bet on, how much money, write it down clearly and wrap it up and give it to her. There will be a meeting tomorrow, and she will send the bottom of the meeting. If you win, she will bring the money. You just A few errand money rewards. If she doesn't win, she will run for nothing." After a few words, the woman of the He family recruited Xu Ma, who was running away, and the grandma tried to bet.If you don't bet on this thing, it's addictive.I had a dream today. I dreamed that someone was carrying the coffin, and I bet on a high price, and I won; when I opened my eyes tomorrow morning, I recalled what dream I had at night, and quickly bet again.What if you lose?If you want to make money again, you have to continue to bet.As time goes by, there will naturally be winners and losers, but there are always more losers and less wins.And it is often that when the bet is large, most of them lose, and when the bet is small, they win.After going back and forth, the grandma sold the money from the jewelry family, the big one was given to Xu Huanzhang, the small one was lost to the flower show, and she got a lot of money, and finally she couldn't pay the monthly money on time, and Mama He quit her job and left.

Nanny Liu stayed at her son's house for a few months, worried about the young master, so in time for the May Festival, she bought some mulberries and cherries, served them with a bunch of tigers, made a pack of rice dumplings, and came to Beijing to visit.His eyes turned red when he saw this.Asked: "I hope you won't be angry with me. Your life should improve. How did you lose to this level in just a few months?" The grandma couldn't say that she would lose money in beating, but only said that she was sick for several days. It's going to cost again, and it's a godsend at both ends.If you have money, you just have to work hard to collect it.Nanny Liu thought to herself that I kept all your wealth in my stomach, so what are you bragging about?He wanted to ignore her, but also felt sorry for the dead master and the living uncle, so he left her a few taels of silver and said: "I don't know that grandma is in trouble, and I didn't bring any delicious food for grandma. These few taels of silver You can eat and buy something yourself. My son’s house is being built now, so I don’t have time to be idle. I’ll come to see you when I’m settled. At that time, if the uncle has not come out and you are not in good health, you will send the young master Leave it to me to take it with you." The grandma hurriedly said: "Wait until you settle down, who knows how late it will be? I can't eat or sleep these days, and I really don't have the energy to take care of the child. Since you have the intention to serve the master, You can take Elder Brother away now. You can send him back after the New Year, when the old man will come back?" Nurse Liu was reluctant to leave the young master to be wronged, so she packed up a few children's clothes and bedding, He took the young master back to Sanhe County on the cart that went to Beijing to deliver local products.She thought that it would snow on her head and send the child back to Beijing to see his mother.

Nanny Liu took the child away, and the life of the eldest grandmother became even more boring, so she had to lock the door behind her back and go to her mother's house to hang out.The elders of her natal family are gone, and the eldest brother is in charge of the house. This ginseng leader not only inherited the position of the previous generation, but also inherited the family tradition of a woman in charge of the house.When Mrs. Shen Ling first passed the door, the sister-in-law frequently applied eye drops for her in front of her mother-in-law.Today, my aunt came back to her mother's house like a scumbag, can she not retaliate with an eye for an eye?You must know that this lady who participated in the leadership was also born under the Five Banners, and she also talked big, made small money, and knocked on the edge of the tank.A complete set of skills in small shoes.Grandma Wu didn't live for long, and the leader of the council secretly handed over forty taels of silver to her sister, persuading her, "Your relatives should stay away from incense, you should go back to the palace to bring good luck."

Only then did Grandma Wu taste what it was like to lose money and favor.He regretted that he sold the property cleanly, and the money was spent too smoothly, and for the first time he was worried about the fact that Uncle Wu would not be able to pay his dues when he came back.She wanted to use the forty taels of silver as capital to earn some interest and restore some vitality.If you really use these dozens of taels of silver as your basis, set up a small stall, and make a small face, it may not mean that you can't eat stick noodles.But Grandma doesn't know how to do business, is afraid of hurting her face, and doesn't have the patience to seek petty profits, so the easy and happy way is to bet.One can't get rich without getting rich, and there are many examples of betting on getting rich.I heard that there was a mother and daughter outside the Dongzhi Gate, who slept in the mass grave for ten days, begging for a dream, came back and sold three mu of land for a bet, and won back ninety mu of land at once, becoming a rich man.The three flowers of the Mongolian old lady in the back street of Lama Temple were so poor that there were only three rooms left. She sold it and went to the platform outside the Anding Gate to pray for dreams.A little daughter-in-law came to her in a dream, and the little daughter-in-law said: "I lost all the betting games and hanged myself. I will tell you the name of the flower, and you go to bet tomorrow. Bet hard and kill the winner of the meeting. Let me vent my anger. Remember, if you win the money, don’t forget to carve a stone tablet for me and build a small temple." The old Na Renhua bet one hundred taels of silver, and got three thousand taels at once, and gave it to me in the courtyard. The hanged ghost built a small ancestral hall.Many people have seen it... This is what Mama He gave her piecemeal in three sentences today and two sentences tomorrow, and it all came to mind at this moment.On the afternoon of "October 1st, dead ghosts want cotton-padded clothes", she stuffed a few bundles, left Chaoyang Gate before closing the city gate, and went to the righteous land in the northwest corner of Balizhuang to seek her dreams.The forty taels of silver was her last capital, and she was afraid that thieves would steal it if she left it at home in the middle of the night. She wrapped it in a fur wrapper around her waist, covered it with a cotton robe, and took it to the cemetery with her.When she locked the door, Zhou Cheng next door was sweeping the gate with a bamboo broom, and said, "Where are you going?" The grandma said, "I made a wish to go out of the city and burn two bundles. There is no one at home, please excuse me." Take care." Zhou Cheng said: "Is it possible to get back sooner or later after leaving the city? I heard that the night outside the city is not very peaceful!" The grandma said: "Don't worry, you! The little bastard who dared to bully the women of the Banner family has not yet been born. Come out!" Every household closed their doors to live, and Zhou Cheng was not a person who liked to gossip.Grandma walked for a day and a night in this alley, and no one else knew about it.At that time, coal was still used to burn kangs.Grandma is not familiar with the technology, so the fire did not kill her.At dawn, the flames jumped up and the top of the kang was roasted red.Then the mats and mattresses were scorched layer by layer.Because it is pressed thickly and stacked to death, it only emits smoke but does not catch fire, so the smell is very strong.At noon, the neighbors turned over the mattresses and uncovered the kang mats, thinking that something was burning in their own house.No one found Mars.This smell is getting bigger and bigger.In the afternoon, people simply opened the door and went to the alley to check the source of the fire, only to find that the roof of Wu's house was emitting smoke.Seeing that the gate was locked, everyone went into a rage: "You have to go and see! It doesn't matter if she burns herself, it doesn't matter how close or distant she is!" The nearest neighbor is Gu Zuoling, and Zuoling gave the order Kicking open the gate of Wu's house, everyone rushed into the courtyard, seeing that the smoke was coming out of the main room, they desperately went to pull the damper of the main room again.The damper was sucked tightly, and it took a lot of effort for everyone to suddenly pull it open.As soon as the door was opened and the wind came in, there was only a sound of "tong", as if a mole had exploded, all the window papers were torn, and flames sprayed out from everywhere with eyes and slits.The braids and eyebrows of the people walking in front were curled with a squeak.It took people an hour to put the fire out, and it finally did not spread to the neighbors on both sides.But Wu's house was completely burned down, and even the roof collapsed.On the one hand, Zuo Ling went to Daxing County to report to the official, and on the other hand, he sent someone to Zhenglan Banner to invite Grandma's family.When the master of Zhenglan Banner's ginseng came and saw her, he was so frightened that his hands and feet trembled, and he asked, "Where's our aunt?" At this time Zhou Chengcai said that he wished to go after seeing her leave the city with a paper bundle the night before.The leader said: "Amitabha, it's good to get out of this disaster. I thought she was burned inside!" , took a few breaths, stammered and said: "This should not be too coincidental! This morning, a female corpse was fished up from the puddle in the northwest corner of Balizhuang. The one who went down danced by himself!" Zhou Cheng asked: "What dress?" The messenger said: "Purple satin cotton robe and black cat nest." Zhou Cheng said: "Master Shenling, don't be dazed, go and identify the corpse! This dress is a bit mysterious!"

On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Nanny Liu brought the young master to Beijing.At this time, Master Canling had already carted away the burnt wood and burnt pots and water tanks, leaving only a piece of black rubble.Zhou Cheng led her to the concierge, gave her a bowl of hot water, and told her what happened.Nanny Liu said: "Such a good family, just blow it up like this, break up, and the family is ruined?" Zhou Cheng said: "When the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the city, the prince's mansion was finished before it was finished. Didn't you see this with your own eyes? Now What about this little elder brother?" Nanny Liu said, "I'll take it with me first, and we'll talk about it when Uncle Wu comes out. He can't be imprisoned forever! I'll excuse you. If Uncle Wu wants to come back, you can tell him the young master Here I am!"

Uncle Gu Jiazuo, because Wu Shibao made a scandal for me when he was a "Boxer", he was not happy at all; the fire almost destroyed his own house, and he hated the Wu family even more, so he reported to Wu Shibao and cut the flag for Wu Shibao membership.Do you think, when Wu Shibao came to his door, would he still have a good face?Thanks to Zhou Cheng's enthusiasm, Shouming ran into him when he went to see the eldest grandma, and he told Shouming the whole story, otherwise, where would Wu Shibao go to ask Zhunxin?