Chapter 8 The eighth round of returning to the table on the spot, everyone covered their noses and scolded everyone

Ah Xi, a local prostitute in the south, even though she wears a small white silk dress that is earth-colored, she and Shao Zhang are dirty together, and don't change it once every ten days and a half, crawling lice along the neckline, but she likes to pretend to be clean when it comes to eating.And because I met Ma Er first, the talk is the most speculative.He first listened to Ma Er's order to wait for the cigarette bill on the counter, which invisibly added a lot of goodwill.When you come back from the meal, please eat if you are full of Huang Qi, please smoke if necessary. In addition to the heavy pumping, I also ordered a tael of hot ointment, so that I can take it home to enjoy.Chi Huang Qi came over to talk, turned Ma Erzhi to the side, and said something casual, feeling very disappointed in his heart.I thought Huang Qi was stingy, but Ma Er's words just happened to be right, and he believed it to be true.From getting up early to taking tobacco medicine and smoking opium, it is mostly beneficial, but I have already overdose and do evil in my heart.When I heard that what I ate was leftovers from a drinker in another house, the more I thought about it, the more my stomach turned, and I wanted to press it with hot tea. I just took a sip, and my stomach couldn't hold it anymore. It was all over the bed, and Ma Er was splashed a lot.

Most of the smoking halls are full of guns, and Ah Xi is full of tea and cigarettes. The heat evaporates, and a lot of smoke oil is sucked down. After a while, it chemically reacts with the fatty soup that I just ate, turning black and yellow. The color of sweat, Ma Er has such a set of portable magic weapons from head to toe, inside and out, all thanks to it showing off in front of people, bluffing with the set frame, and watching it very seriously on weekdays, every time he goes to the smoking hall, he wipes it with a cloth first, and goes up and down. Dust all the way outside, the pavement is obviously clean, maybe sweep it with a kang broom, and only after looking at it again and again will you lie down, lest it will be stained with a little dust.Although the person is vulgar, he is very careful about this attire. It was clean as new and spotless, but he overdid it and did not prevent Ah Xi from throwing up. Seeing that his body was covered with black and yellow spots, his heart ached. I was so anxious that I got up and shook all the way, the clerk grabbed his hand and wiped it, just said "Is this a thing", suddenly remembered that this thing can't happen, so I had to hold back my anger and stop talking.

Shaozhang thought that Ah Xi was tired and sick, and he panicked. He was in a hurry to get his hands and mouthwash, so he ordered his staff to buy Rendan beans, making a mess.Zhao Sida looked down on women like Ah Xi in his heart, but his face was not showing any color. He handed it to his hand with a smile, took the vibrating cloth broom and wiped it and said: "Mrs. Is the food not to your liking?" Without saying a word, when Ah Xi was brought up by him to Hong Bin Lou, he felt disgusted the second time, and let out another wow.This time it was even more violent, and he even vomited out the gallbladder he had eaten overnight.Zhao Sizheng was very close, and when he saw something bad, he used the broom in his hand as a shield first, followed by his body, and retreated in a hurry. Although he dodged the frontal attack, he forgot that the place was too narrow, so he couldn't defend against it At the back there was a cigarette seat that had just stood up, two hits, one fell onto the small square table beside the couch, even the teapot and tea bowls were overturned, the other was even better, knocked down the stool in front of the couch first, put his thigh on the heavy one As soon as he suffered pain, he slammed his body and bumped into someone else's cigarette shop. The smoke lamp and two half bowls of tea were all extinguished, and the whole thing was smashed.At that time, there was a lot of humming and simple voices, coupled with the stinky juice exchange on the floor, the fishy and rotten smell, the buddies who had occupied the official toilet for a long time couldn't stand it anymore, and they all covered their noses one after another, fighting for the way , this excitement is on the rise.

People from Shanghai, Hankou and other places would have scolded this matter a long time ago. After all, Tianjin people have a gentlemanly style. What's the matter".Zhao Si also booed: "You are my body!" But once outside the house, he began to curse.Hearing the sound from the other room, they kept asking what was the matter. For a moment, Bo's friend saw that Jin Wu was not in the room, and he just said something cheap to hurt the customer, in order to avenge his usual debt, so he sneered and said, "What's the matter? What's the matter?" It is the fortune star of the shopkeeper of this house. I have a female God of Wealth. She is the wife of the county magistrate. She followed the master and received filial piety from the people. She ate too much, so she came here to pay for the table. Go ahead, the house is full of gold and silver. It’s all given by this boss. We walk in the way, and the gold and silver are heavy, so we can’t come out and hide for a while. If you can’t eat it, don’t eat it. The duck’s wings are dead and angry. Vomiting, I vomit here on the list, is this a thing? Did a guest teach us?"

Not to mention everyone's ridicule, the most uncomfortable thing is Zhao Si and other guys, not only can't go out to avoid the smoke, but also have to clean up quickly, in case the shopkeeper comes back and has a fit.Shao Zhangming listened to the audience laughing and cursing outside, although he felt that he didn't mean it, but he had no choice but to pretend he didn't hear it.Ah Xi was not really ill at all, he vomited out some of the vaping oil in his stomach and recovered after eating overnight, then fell down on the bunk again and pretended, pointing to Ma Er and said: "It's because he said that what he just ate was leftovers, It makes me sick, and I won't eat Hongbinlou again next time." Shaozhang knew that Huang Qi was an outsider, and the room was full of eyes and ears, so he was afraid that he would come over and hear it, so he squeezed Ah Xi's slender hand that was the same color as Han Yu After a while, he gave another wink and said, "You yourself have a cold and your appetite is poor. How can you tell me? My meal is very comfortable, and there is nothing wrong with it. If you are at the same table as those people, don't you eat the same?" Ah He said in detail: "How would you know that I once saw that when the court was taking out the dishes, I poured the leftovers from other people's bites into the plate, and there were also people with a mouth full of yellow and teeth picking with chopsticks. There are all kinds of dirty people." Speaking of the last sentence, The stomach couldn't help it, and it turned up again.Finally, it was okay this time, I didn't spit it out, I only retched a few mouthfuls, and mixed a little pig liver color into my gray and white face.

Ma Erben endured the stench, took a towel basin and a smoking board, sat on the chair by the door and worked carefully, washing and scraping the marks on the clothes, originally full of grievances, but listened to Ah Xi's words, Only then did I realize that it was the vomiting caused by my own words, and I couldn't help but feel comfortable. I felt that Huang Qi had offended the county magistrate's wife by seeking glory but not humiliation. Wanting to add a few bad words to the situation, he immediately interjected: "The county magistrate, don't say that. We are men, so we can be pure if we don't see it, and we can make do with it. Sister-in-law is a gentle woman with a rich body. Don't look at her weighing two thousand catties, that's just an old saying, if you really want to weigh it, even fifty catties are not enough. You eat good things on weekdays, how can you bear this? I won't say a dozen, back to The third floor of the mansion is also guaranteed to return the seat, which is also cheaper for my boy. I just spent more than 30 yuan to make this new satin jacket and trousers. You can save money at that time, don’t look at Huang Qi’s invitation to eat. It's delicious to eat. His body with one stick of dry wood and four match sticks can't stand it after eating. He doesn't go back to the latrine once in eighty-three days. Just for this urgent matter, Guan Bao also pulled it out with his mouth, rushed into the golden basin to cover the shadow, and spit it into his mother's shit pile. You and I have a good appetite, if you don't believe me, ask my sister-in-law, she has already changed her mind."

Ma Er was only talking and comparing, spit flying, unexpectedly overjoyed, he didn't notice that he was standing on a lower ground, and even though Ah Xi's vomited stinky food was swept away by the staff, the stinky juice and the overturned sputum bucket of tea were still there. Meet up and go up the river. When the other guys heard what he said, they all laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt. They didn't realize it. Zhao Siming didn't say anything. He waited until he was close to Ma Er's feet before shouting: "Ma Erye, stop gossiping and be careful." !" Ma Er was getting carried away with complacency, listened to the first sentence first, and suddenly remembered that Huang Qi was not easy to provoke, it was okay to confess to Ah Xi in a low voice, he shouldn't have shouted so loudly, he regarded Shao Zhang as the god of wealth, and he had already done it , If you know that he is picking him up behind his back, it will be a bitter child if you turn your face, not to mention that the guy is not right with you, so you have to pass the word on when you are young.As soon as the thought moved, he became anxious, and his mind became confused. When he remembered that Zhao Si told him to pay attention, he didn't see the soles of his feet clearly, so he said "what's the matter", and as the soles of his feet became dark, he became anxious again. Lifting his feet, he walked along the path of the stinky water, and kicked on the stinky water soup with a bang, splashing spots on both sides of the trousers and trousers. He panicked and dodged to the side, this time he avoided the right path of the New Yellow River. Open, it happened that there was a tin dustpan on the ground, which was full of newly swept up filth, and made another mess.Zhao Si also said: "Second Master Ma is such a clean person. We even shouted to watch out for our feet and kicked on the dirty floor. Our two sheets were also dirty. The guests hid outside and had to clean up before they entered the house. I can't wait to wipe it once, but I'm so impatient, I stay inside the house and don't go out, why do you look at this foot?" Ma Er looked down, the shoes were completely stained, the trouser legs were not clean, and the new A lot of traces have been added, and I am so anxious that I want to cry.Zhao Si had already said hello, so he couldn't blame others, so he had to endure his heartache and anger, and borrowed a pair of broken shoes from Zhao Si to put them on, and then fetched water to wash them again.

The cigarette seat outside the door was still talking nonsense, and from time to time someone poked his head and asked, "Has Zhao Si finished cleaning? It's getting late, and I have something to do tomorrow. If not, please take off your long clothes and give me the remaining cigarettes. Take it from the other room." Mr. Zhao Si and the cabinet first said perfunctorily: "Everyone listens clearly, please forgive me, just after tidying up, Ma Erye asked to make up another scene, so that's it." Later, I saw what everyone said. Unexpectedly, there happened to be a smoker who followed suit, and Zhao Si said anxiously: "What's the matter, you also follow the chaos? If you get tired on weekdays, you will spend most of the night, and you can't wait to sweep the floor? Move as soon as possible, I will Still not staying, the shopkeeper blamed me for hurting the Lord, I listen, isn’t it just about fifty cents? We are in a hurry. I don’t know how to save face, and I have to speak dumbly in a hurry. Is this a plan?” Everyone really Bitch, when someone spoke, they fell silent, and some pretended to be good people, and complained loudly on purpose: "People are too busy, and this is not the business of the buddies. We are all long-term seats, and we should take care of each other. Are you chasing Luo’s family? Even if you turn around and drag everyone, it’s not enough for a friendly match.” After cleaning up and changing the sheets, everyone went back to the cigarette shop.

Shaozhang couldn't listen anymore, but Ah Xi had just finished vomiting, so he had to take a few more sips, so he had to endure it, apologized to Ma Er, and whispered to Zhao Si, saying that there was something damaged. It's my own compensation, and I was ordered to buy fruit for one yuan. Please apologize to fellow smokers in the same room.Zhao Si saw that Shaozhang was a good seater, generous, saw him outside, and said with a smile: "Isn't that right? You don't mean it. You don't need to treat me. I want it with my word." Shaozhang had already taken out the money, and said: " Then I'll give you this money." Ma Er looked at the red eyes, and believed that Shaozhang was delicious, and his resentment was eliminated by half.Zhao Si really had an explanation, held up a dollar, and shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone, the county magistrate Zhou feels that it is strange that you can't compete with everyone, just took a dollar, let me buy fresh goods, please everyone, it is me It is said that this house is all familiar seats, there is nothing to say. No one can catch up with a headache. If you want to treat guests, let’s pass today and wait for the next mill. Lah, you have to understand what you said, people can spend their money, and whoever wants to eat fresh food, I can still use the money to buy it." Everyone laughed.

Everyone respects Rongli, loves to show off, first sees Shaozhang's grandiose appearance, ordinary people ignore his air, they are all smokers, and they are only close to Ma and Huang, and they can't curry favor with each other, so they are all angry from the bottom of their hearts.Ah Xi vomited messily, which was just what he wanted, so he took the opportunity to laugh and curse, gossip everywhere, even after returning to his seat, he still laughed secretly.And when he heard Zhao Sidai Shaozhang's apology, he immediately felt that the other party, as the county magistrate, would actually condescend to his demeanor and make an apology. This is a decent thing. At that time, the anger disappeared, and he wanted to use this to win him over. Before he finished speaking, he answered first, and said directly: "It's not worth it, you're too polite, we haven't invited the county magistrate yet, so I let you spend the money, is this a problem?" The businessman Yang San was even more flattered and said: "Magistrate Zhou is really a good friend. People who do big things have different ways of doing things. We have nothing to say; at eight o'clock tomorrow night, it will still be Hongbin Building. My invitation, everyone." Mr. Lian and Zhao Si are together." Another cigarette holder next to him interjected: "Today, this stall is for eating at Hongbinlou, why are you returning to Hongbinlou?" Ma Er was brushing his shoes, afraid of blowing the stage, Hastily walked over and said: "Actually, the whole table in the Hongbin Building is really nice. Mr. Yang is going to treat guests, and I will give you a word to ensure that it will be full. If you don't believe me, ask the county magistrate, he likes to eat that wing Yu Heshizi, come on The two big plates were full, so I made a contract with the county magistrate, and I still miss it."

He co-authored Shaozhang for a dollar, and made everyone talk nonsense, Ma Er forgot the preface completely.The gentleman interjected: "Master Ma, don't you say it's zheluo?" Ma Er argued urgently: "I don't see these two things, otherwise, why does it taste so good! Shall we not eat zheluo?" Yang San bowed and thanked Shaozhang because Shaozhang had sat down, and he felt more honored, so he ignored Ma Er and walked over to Shaozhang and said, "Madam is from the south, why don't we go to Tongshang Restaurant to eat Western food?" , as you two do, if you don’t go tomorrow, it’s because you look down on me. If you don’t say anything, I’ll definitely be in business.” Shaozhang knew that the more modest and thankful the more chaotic, the more stubborn the other party was, the more endless it was. It was not a good place, and the pet made a joke again. Anyway, if he doesn't come tomorrow, he said with a smile: "I just got home, and I have to visit friends in China tomorrow. Mr. Yang, please don't reserve a seat. I will come tomorrow. I'm just asking you to disturb me." Yang San said again: "Must be sure to come tomorrow, let's eat together." The rest of the party Yang San gained face, and some complained that Yang San shot first, and he had to invite him the next day no matter what. , There are those who are discussing to intervene, and some are laughing and scolding Zhao Dagui, who can really eat up, and you fight and give way, and the air in the room immediately melts and is full of joy.Ma Er was full of joy, but he was afraid that others would interpret Huang Qi's words, so he told them one by one, and he had to make everyone laugh and curse a few times. Shaozhang saw that the anger of the crowd was so easy to appease, so he arranged for several days of banquets for himself, secretly amused, even though he no longer had to do idle work, it was already eleven o'clock, and Ah Xi was still reluctant to leave.He was trying to persuade him in a low voice, when he suddenly saw the opening of the door curtain, he ran into a well-dressed young man with oily hair and pink face, once he entered the door, he glanced at the smoke shops on both sides, then ran to Shao Zhang's bed, and called "Daddy".Shaozhang saw that it was the third son Xiongtu, so he asked what was the matter.Xiongtu said: "Grandpa came back early, the Sun family also sent someone to tell daddy to come over tonight, the longer daddy doesn't come back, grandpa gets angry, fourth younger sister told me to come secretly, I searched all over the upstairs and downstairs I didn't find it, and then I remembered that I had just passed by here, and I saw many people standing outside, someone cleaned the room, and there was a bad smell, so I thought it would not be here, so I didn't come in, and I thought I would try again, and sure enough, it was in this room. Please go back quickly." Shaozhang became anxious when he heard that his father was angry, and hurriedly urged his friends to settle the accounts.Ah Xi knew it was too late, so he had to rush to take two wild puffs, and took the remaining smoke with him, so he could stand up. Zhao Si came over with a smile and said, "County magistrate, you took eleven yuan in total, and took away two boxes of four yuan and five one taels. The second master Ma gave you another one after dinner, and wrote it down, and the lady borrowed money." , sixty and thirty bills, a total of twenty yuan and seventy cents." Shaozhang still had money left by his side, so he took out thirty yuan bills and asked for them. Zhao Si took the money and said with a smile, "here you are." Write it down, why do you give me the money?" Shaozhang hadn't said the words "no need", Zhao Si had already raised the banknote and shouted: "Mr. change the money, look at these two drawers." After a while, I found nine yuan and twenty cents Five big ones come here.Shaozhang has always been poor and generous, and it was the first time he entered the opium hall. Under the support of everyone, Ah Xi vomited a mess again, so he took two yuan and handed it to Zhao Sidao: "We have been making trouble here for a day, and we just spent another day. I’ve done a lot of things, so I’ll give you these two dollars for your drinks.” Zhao Si took it and said with a smile, “You have already rewarded me with one dollar, so why pay it back?” Shao Zhang laughed and said, “That’s for you alone. Take it." Zhao Si glanced at the cigarette seats on both sides, and said loudly: "Mayor Zhou rewarded you with more than two yuan!" The cabinet clerks all said, "Thank you, magistrate", and the three men in the house rushed to beat the wool. Fan, they all said, "It's still early, the county magistrate and Mrs. Da Da will take a break", "The county magistrate and Mrs. Da Da, please come early tomorrow, I will give you some cigarettes and wait." Yang San and other smokers recognized each other less and less when they saw each other. Zhang is a rich man, and he has made an appointment for the future, so he must show his face.Ma Er was even more courteous, picked up the cloth duster and dusted it on Shao Zhang's body, he did not forget his habit of dusting poor clothes.Shaozhang was confused and didn't bother to answer, but he didn't say "Okay, thank you", and led Xiongtu and Ah Xi to get up together. Everyone was better sent to the stairs before going back.As soon as they turned around, they all admired each other and said: "Look at this smoker, the rewards and pockets are enough to sell the small smoking hall for a day, how much do you get this month? Having such a smoker is enough for the smoking hall." Jin Wudao: "His father-in-law and my mother are really unambiguous with me. Should you say yes? There is no airs at all. It is enough." It was also at that time that prices were cheap, and there were very few dignified gentry footprints in the smoking halls, not even a middle-level businessman. Many people are ashamed to go to the smoking den, except for the lower class, they are the children of the prodigal family and the hukou, not like there are all kinds of people today.Occasionally, a decent one came, and I was surprised to be the only one, and everyone talked about it, amazed.Later, the wisdom of the people evolved, but materialism was the priority, and people lacked shame and hatred. More and more people came from political and business circles, so people among them were proud of the dragons and crouching tigers in the smoke house. In fact, people have a spirit and a career. At least half of the physical strength is spent first, and the real dragon and real tiger will never fight with the smokehouse.Even if it is a dragon and tiger, it is still a dead dragon and sick tiger with no clouds and no water, no claws and no hair.That is to say, as far as the author is concerned, if he has half a dragon scale and a tiger hair, he will not know such details, so he can cheat with this poor pen. Not to mention that everyone was discussing and each had their own plans, Shaozhang and his son had just walked up the stairs with Ah Xi, when they saw Huang Qitong by the corridor beside the building, cursing in a very low-class voice: "Ma Er It was made by a bastard, dare to pick me up behind my back, I want him to eat this grind, I'm not a goddamn Tianjin Wei anymore. I think he's a little lint, and I'll reward him with a cheap meal, Dare to break the ground on the old man's head, and when it's over, I'll be blamed if I don't break his thigh. Look at it. The old guy looks enlightened, but that bitch looks unpopular. She belongs to the fucking telegraph pole competition , thin and dry, with dirt dripping down the cuffs, and a white silk gown the same color as the earth, and pretending to be fucking clean, he will really listen to Ma Er's chugging, and treat the best duck wings as folded Luo, you are so fucking poor, tell me, going to the restaurant to eat flying vegetables, is it okay if you don't have a lot of face?" That person was a poor smoker in the same room, I thought it was Ah Xi who vomited and pretended to go home and rushed to the hut to report to Huang Qi to be courteous, so naturally he complimented Huang Qi casually, Huang Qi said more and more vigorously: "Brother, look good Well, within three days, this kid Ma Er will have to appear in the world. I'm going back to the house at this time. Is that stinky bitch who is a hanged ghost? I don't know anything, so I can't help but say a few words that are not human. She doesn't even think about it , meet by chance, and have such a goddamn virtue, I know who you are, why should I invite you out of the restaurant, and the duck and shark's fin are full of greetings? Don't care if it's Zheluo, it's orange water, did you spend money? Qiye is not usually accepted Gossip, it was inconvenient to argue with women at the time, so I asked Ma Er to serve this piece of meat, how can I eat it? I will go to the old boy's mansion early in the morning, and I will show off first, and then move forward. I'll pretend I don't know about today's stuff, so I'll break it open for him first, and transfer him to another place. We're working slowly and carefully, and we don't want to be shameless with Ma Erxie. Human-shaped airs, can play two shots to clean up the dirty, no matter what the girls look like, whether they are human or ghosts, they always say hello to the shit bowl, and they are full of dozens of food, which is not authentic. You are not Jin Wu, who refuses to credit any more and is not enough. Is it? Seventh Master, I have always been kind, and I went to another room with me, first for 50 cents, and after I finished smoking, I went to that room to see if the father and mother had left, and I went back to the room to get dressed, and then we It's Sanquanyong, 20 people each, supper with stuffed dumplings. You will see in the future, Qiye is a kind man, and he will never trick you. Let's go upstairs along the way. Be careful, don't let that male and female today The two met." Shaozhang was impatient to go home, he didn't want to deal with Huang Qi any more, and he was afraid that Ah Xi wouldn't know the seriousness, and would embarrass each other by speaking up just now.Seeing Huang Qi seeming to be walking to the right of the building, he stopped his steps and wanted to wait for people to pass before going down.When he heard the difference in tone, he listened carefully, he clearly wanted to eat himself as fat meat, hated Huang Qi for picking up his bad things, couldn't help being shocked, fearing that he would run into him, so he had to step sideways and take two steps back.Ah Xi didn't know what was going on, and said, "Isn't that Master Huang Qi who invited us to eat leftovers to harm people?" Come on, didn't listen, just kept talking.The more Shaozhang heard it, the more startled he became, and he was thinking about going back. He was unfamiliar with the way out, and he was in a dilemma. He was about to ask Xiongtu if there was any other way out. He was beating a wolf with a hemp stick, and he was afraid at both ends. Huang Qi was also afraid of meeting Shaozhang, so he changed his direction don't go away. Shaozhang hurriedly went downstairs and went to the street, remembering that tonight's incident started when Ah Xi entered the smokehouse, he had not yet finished his official business, and he got involved with two gangsters, the worst thing was that Ah Xi could talk and his address was already known , even if I don’t go to the smokehouse tomorrow, people will come to pester me, and the financial loss will be small. What if the secret is leaked?The more I thought about it, the more irritable I was, I couldn't help but said to Ah Xi: "Don't go to this opium shop next time." Ah Xi was upset about going home, so he got angry when he heard it, and replied angrily with a straight face: "Why can't I go? The smokehouses here are more sophisticated, and they are no less hooligans than the Swallow's Nest in the south. Didn't you hear them say that the shopkeeper has face, and the smokehouses are all high-class people, so dubious people can't get in? I’m afraid to search this time, I didn’t bring the ivory gun, only their guns are fun. I also heard from the young lady that my father has to go to Sun’s house to teach every day, and you don’t want to ask to go to such a smoking place Well, I haven't asked you yet, did you succeed in using my money for sports errands? Why haven't you returned home in Tianjin for a long time, don't you take my money to live in the hall?" Shaozhang started to talk about it earlier, and secretly talked about Xiongtu: "I am on a sports errand, and I was living outside with you. How can I go home and let my father know? I saw Sun Boyue at night when my father came home. If I don't know I'm in Tianjin, why would you send someone to wait for me?" Xiongtu knew that his father was haunted by ghosts, and he chimed in, "Just now someone from the Sun family said that I told my father the day before yesterday that my business would be successful, so my father will go tonight No, you must go to have lunch tomorrow, and you must have grandpa." Shaozhang said proudly: "You heard that you came early, don't you? Maybe it will succeed. Damn Yan Laoxi is against me at this time. Today Zhen Mufu left Beijing Come and send me a letter. Speaking of Shanxi detectives going to Changfazhan to arrest people, I was very worried. I knew you would come, so I went home and inquired. Up to now, I haven't said much to you. You can't offend these people. If you didn't hear what Huang Qi said downstairs, you didn't understand all of it. You should also know what his intentions are, so how can you still provoke him?" Ah Xi said: "That Huang Qi looks like a ghost. I knew he wasn't a good guy just by looking at him. I still feel disgusted when I think about it. I'll go tomorrow. We ignore him. If there's anything to be careful about, we didn't ask him to invite him? Ma Erye and Yang Sanye are not bad people, I vomited their clothes dirty without even complaining, and you promised to invite us, why don't you go?" Seeing that he couldn't understand, Shaozhang said that she was concerned about money. : "Don't say that they are all from the lower class, and they are not worthy of associating with us. Now that the good things have not yet come, and you are facing a lawsuit, how can you afford this kind of spending with your limited money? Smoke at home is not only economical, but also has no right and wrong. We Always run outside, it would be bad if someone from Shanxi came and caught him. I will find a way to get you that ivory gun." Ah Xi was timid, thinking again, today spent more than 20 yuan, although It's all his own money when Shaozhang makes a move, if he smokes at home, at least the ashes will always fall off, and it will be half cheaper if mixed with ashes in boiled cigarettes, so he will stop arguing, especially narcissistic in his heart. The road is close, the three of them didn't even sit in the car, and they arrived home in a while.When Shaozhang entered the door, he heard that his father was angry on the second floor, so he ordered Ah Xi to go to his wife's room to hear the news, and was about to go upstairs, when Xiong Tu recalled that Ah Xi was not there, he smiled and whispered: "Daddy has money, give ten yuan to my son Money to buy clothes to wear." Shaozhang was in a state of confusion, knowing that he was trying to blackmail him, and said, "I took the worthless things to whore again, and grandpa will break your dog's legs if he knows it." Then he hurriedly touched a banknote Bi and Xiongtu ran up, before they finished walking the stairs, Yifu heard it himself, and shouted angrily: "Shao Zhang!" Tears, rushed into the room, fell on the ground in front of Yifu and knelt down, saying: "Damn the son for being unfilial, I'm tired of worrying about my father!" Then they exchanged tears and hugged their knees and burst into tears.Yifu's family rules were strict, and Sun Boyue's family heard that his son had escaped from Shanxi because of a shortfall in public funds, but the money had never been sent back to his family. Look, the son is not here, and the grandchildren still dare not do what Shaozhang said when he was going, "I have friends who come with me, invite Shaozhang and the local prostitute Axi to eat and have not returned." They only said that their father said that there was an important entertainment. Go, and return after dinner, maybe for the sake of Shanxi.Originally, Yifu was good at managing officials. He was known as a follower and capable official in the south of the Yangtze River. Although his son was unworthy and hated in his heart, the seventy old man had only one old son under his knees. The father and son loved each other deeply, and he always cared about him. I don't know how big the mess is, and I am eager to meet each other so that we can discuss and make suggestions and try to save it.As soon as I heard home, I just settled down and left, and I didn't rush to meet Boyue's house. It was still the absurd scene of drill biting and ignoring the tail. Zhang went to whoring and gambling with his friends again, and was angry, so he sent someone to look for him, but he didn't think of Ah Xi. The fifth daughter of Shaozhang, Shuwei, was young and clever, and she always had a quick plan. Because she hated Ah Xi when she first entered the house, she put on a show of being a late wife, and she had her grandfather in the house. Although she was not suppressed by her and was abused, she sometimes asked her father for advice. Clothes and shoes, pollen, are useless, and they are always destroyed. I know it will be a disaster for the family in the future. I have long wanted to sue her, fearing that my grandfather will be angry, and the second is that my father will be blamed. , my brother, sister and sister-in-law are too poor to say anything, and I heard Huang's talk about Ah Xi sticking to the smokehouse, but I knew that my father would live with her again, and refused to go home, which made my grandfather angry, and the more I thought about it, the more I hated it , while urging the third brother Xiongtu to find it quickly, he ran upstairs to report to Yifu, saying that the person who invited the guests was a friend who came with his father, and his father entrusted him with something. Yes, the granddaughter has told the third brother to look for it.Yifu is an upright person, he already hated Ah Xi, when he heard this, he suddenly remembered that the Shaozhang calendar office was in short supply, and the family had not sent any money, so how could it be a shortfall?There are very good local prostitutes, and it is clear that Ah Xi's reckless use in office, so tired that Shaozhang is like this, and his anger becomes more and more angry.Seeing Shaozhang pushing the door and kneeling down, shaking with anger, he casually picked up the walking stick by his side and yelled "unfilial things". Just as he hit him, he caught a glimpse of Shaozhang crying bitterly and remorsefully, his heart softened, and his hands loosened. The cane fell to the ground, and I couldn't help crying.Shaozhang was even more contrived, crying: "My son deserves to die, and there is no time to regret it. If the father doesn't beat the son, the son will ask himself to be severely punished." Then he picked up the ground walking stick and beat it on his arm, and climbed up again. He got up and was about to hit the wall, but his sons and daughters stopped him.Yifu shouted: "Being unfilial, you do such a disgraceful thing! Go home and don't talk about it, what's the end? Is there any use in crying and making noise? Why don't you roll over and listen to me?" Shaozhang knew that his old father's wishes had been seldom understood, and when he saw the old man crying and his hands trembling, he remembered that he had been a rich young man since he was a teenager. Whoring and gambling are absurd, no one trusts them, all relying on the friendship of old relatives and friends, at the age of fifty, only served as county magistrate for two terms, whoring and gambling on weekdays, never took a single piece of money from home, but tired to seventy years old The old man was troubled and anxious, and his conscience could not help mobilizing. He changed from affectation to real sadness, from howling to sobbing and weeping. While wiping away his tears, he walked up to Yifu's side and stood there, weeping unceasingly.Yifu said: "You have already done what you have done. What's the use of regretting and crying? I don't know the matter yet. What is it for? How much is it? Hurry up and tell me." Wiped the hands of the two old grandfathers who came. Shaozhang didn't dare to tell the truth, so he had to whimper and say what he had thought up in the den.The general idea is: Yan Laoxi strictly enforced the New Deal in Shanxi, and the people were filled with dissatisfaction.Knowing that he is not in the position, and because of the lack of circumstances, he tries his best to save money every month, but he can only perfunctory, unlike Jin Daojian who is in office, and there will be adjustments in the future.I wanted to retire and go home to serve my father, just because of the locust disaster in the county in the first half of the year, and then the severe drought, as my father taught me to love the people. Right, privately embezzled 20,000 yuan of public funds for relief, and wanted to wait for the relief to be received before making up for it. This matter was handled extremely rigorously, and the technique was extremely clever. Lao Xi wanted to buy people's hearts, and he had already sent an order to act first under the local tax payment. , There was no problem at all, but unexpectedly, his enemy Zhao Zilong found out and planned to slander him.At the beginning, he indicated that the finance department was trying to be picky, but later he used excuses to overturn the original case and ordered compensation.A few days ago, I heard that there was a letter of withdrawal from the custody, so I escaped. I planned to go to Beijing to find Boyue for help, but I didn't meet him. The next morning, Shanxi detectives went to Changfazhan to arrest him. When Yifu heard the words, he just listened attentively, thought for a while after listening, and said with a sneer, "Yan Baichuan's new policy originally had something to do with the current situation, but it's just that you shouldn't worry about it. If you have been in office for many years with me, you can listen to it." You should listen to me. Even if I'm warm-hearted, wouldn't it be worse if I went to exchange for a person who only pursues public orders, gets promoted and gets rich, and doesn't care about the people? Now that I know, no matter how wronged or embarrassing, unless I die of illness or suffer If you have made a big public mistake, you should finish it when you go to office, so as to be worthy of the people's favor and anointing you enjoyed before. If you only hear that it is harmful to the people, and you don't do anything about it, you just want to be famous, and you only care about a good name for a while. But I don’t want you to have seen the crux of the matter. If you stay one more day, you can do more for the common people and reduce a little grievances. Otherwise, when the successor sees that you have resigned because of this, the matter will be even more imperative, or even to please Shangfeng, and the situation will intensify. God, the ultimate enemy is the cunning and coercion of the official power. As long as being an official will make the power tricky, proceed step by step, don't act in a hurry, and no matter how painful it is, it will not change drastically. "Order from the top, of course preside over, there is no way to sue, I don't do it, just because I can't do it because of my conscience, it doesn't mean that I can't do it, he can do it, it shows that I am cowardly, the ending is just a thought of heaven and man In other words, because he inherited Yan Xizhi's decree, the disabled people served him, and he became a cadre and an official. It is the endless crimes. If people in the future use the remnants to invite favors and relatives, they will surely use it as a trick. The more prosperous their official career, the more people suffer, and they will create one more corrupt official for the people of the country. Isn't this indirect evil created by me again, the difference between the great sage of Confucianism and the difference between a senior doctor and a lower doctor, there is still a difference between talking and talking, and I will go to the hard top when I don't hear about it. Honestly In fact, being an official is for my own livelihood first, and then for the people. Because my livelihood comes from the blood and sweat of the people, I must be loyal to him and do my best. Wouldn't it be foolish to leave immediately, dereliction of duty and heart, and ruining one's own business? "I used to be in Tiantai, and I have been transferred back to Wucheng's old position, and the new one has arrived. Seeing that Cao Liangsi is here, I can get a lot of benefits if I take over one day earlier. I have already made arrangements for the case of Cai Asi, which is extremely difficult. I still have to take the risk in person for what I do. The thieves are tyrannical, the people are fearful like jackals, no one in this county has reported it, and the boss has no writing, so I don't have to ask, at most I secretly told my successor to be careful. I thought he was pretending to be a rich man He has been cunning for many years, has many disciples, and his successor is a cowardly scholar. If I go on like this, sooner or later I will develop a serious problem. For this reason, I forced my successor Gan to give him a monthly official salary and let him suspend the seal for ten days, while acting according to the original plan. Later, he suspected that I was haunted, and there was a shortcoming that needed to be made up for, and he almost turned against me. Finally, I removed the 20-30-year-old disaster before I could explain it. He still didn't dare to accept it, but I said it was my success for him. At that time, the people in Qingcheng will send you fragrant flowers and gifts, and you will see the lively scene. If you were a little afraid at that time, according to the confession of the robber, he had already conspired with the sea. Kou intends to make a big move, and there will be great chaos in the future, the people will suffer, and the successor will not be able to take office. The crime of my predecessor's failure is also unavoidable. As an official who is close to the people, I really don't know, or the customs have been followed, and the accumulation is hard to return. It is difficult to change it for a while Zhang, that's forgivable. If you don't deal with the people's livelihood suffering from the new students, you will die. "I'm not good at commenting. I just heard that you absconded at a loss. I didn't know how big the mess was. I wanted to ask you and discuss it with you. Who knew that what you said was unbelievable. What a boss, he only cares about his business. There is absolutely no reason to go back on your word, and it is even more absurd to embezzle public funds for emergency relief. Since you took office, I have repeatedly asked you to send me the copy of the Yuanmen and the official diary, but the reply is always faltering. Last year, I asked someone to order it in Shanxi. An official newspaper. I keep in mind that there is no disaster report in your county. I know that you have done something wrong and dare not tell me. If you ask me any more, you will only get angry. Fortunately, I have already expected most of the things.半百，儿孙绕膝的人了，我也不愿使你难堪，你只清夜们心多想一想，明早一个人去见伯岳商量去吧。他为人义气，适才听我一说，极愿帮忙，你不管多难的事，趁这热火头上务要尽情吐露，不可隐饰一句，人家才好想法。此时怕丑遮掩，日后生出枝节，再求人时就厌烦了。这是人情，要人帮忙只是一次痛快，明是八分难，你说成十分，他以九分之力办完，心都舒服。明只五分，藏起半分不说，他以五分之力办成，就显吃力耗费。再过一点，便生厌恶。这先之见最关重要，你们交厚，什话都可以说，老朋友埋怨几句也无妨，务要通盘托出，使他明了。含糊繁琐最为误事。” 少章见老父说时频频叹息，知道假话明被识破，只为老年，父子情深，不肯逼问，故意扯些闲话，又令明早先和怕岳商量，以免同去当着老父不便吐那难言之隐，委曲矜全，用心良苦，益发愧悔交深，诺诺连声，不敢回答。益甫更不再想前事，只说些京津戚友的动静，并诫少章不可在外乱跑，虽是租界，也应留神。少章一一应了。少章始终没敢提起阿细同来之事，益甫故作不知，也没有问，一会夜深，少章请父安歇，服侍睡下，同到楼下一看，卧室已然腾出，阿细躺在床上，独对着一盏半明不灭的烟灯，满脸泪痕，正在发愁，少章看了，又是一分怜惜。回顾众子女道：“我近来年老多病，烟是不能不抽，细姨娘每月服侍我熬夜，也抽几口。你们年纪都不小了，应该知道轻重，不要告诉爷爷去。我明早还有事，叫雄儿一人先等一会，都睡去吧。”众子女向少章道安走出。 少章把烟馆所遇告知雄图，令嘱下人无论何人来找，俱说没有这人，雄图领命辞出。少章又去安慰阿细，阿细道：“你看你家这些少爷小姐多厉害，走时向你请安，对我连句话都没有，暗底下便唠唠叨叨数说起来。”少章累了一天，人已困极，刚敷衍完了老亲，又要敷衍爱宠，更恐说之不已被子女们听去惹出事来，只得再四婉劝，分述利害，好容易将阿细鼻涕眼泪劝好，横在铺上。睡不多时，忽听雄图在门外低唤：“爹爹请起，爷爷问了好几次了。”少章惊醒一看，天已十点，大惊爬起，赶忙开门，一边忙着洗嗽，一边抽烟，偏是阿细昨日劳乏，抽烟太多，夜来虚火上升，只顾说小话，天亮八点才合眼，一睡便和死人一样，再起不来。少章连唤不醒，只得自抽，枪又干空，子女都是外行，胡乱抽了七八回，潦草过瘾；益甫知他已醒，着人唤了两次，不敢再延，上楼问罢早安，便催起身。少章推说解手即去，重回房内抽了两大口，再三叮嘱众子女，务要看自己面子善视阿细，才行上车往孙伯岳家赶去。