Chapter 18 The 18th round of the childhood sweetheart wins, recalls the delicious food and wine in the past, gathers together today

Only then did Yuan Sun know that he had come to take care of him. No wonder he was in the upper hand because he was not in trial. He just didn't know who this Director Fang was, and why did he send a section chief to back him up instead?While bowing and returning the salute, they walked in together and gave way to each other to sit down.The commissioner whispered a few words to the director, and the director turned around and smiled to Section Chief Liu and said: "Just now, the commissioner Zhang has already asked about that little rascal, who is also a child of everyone. He fights with bad guys all day long because of his parents and no education. , was beaten up by Mr. Zhou just now, my brother thinks it is best to finish the case in our district, punish them according to the regulations, and put them in jail for two days, so that he will have a knot, and he will never be allowed to go to the garden to make trouble. Otherwise, it will be fine. The police badge in our district is not for robbers and thieves, so it is inconvenient to carry out punishment. If you send it to the General Administration, you will be sent to the court. If the evidence is not complete, you have to be cunning, and you will be sentenced to a few months in prison at most. Mr. Zhou will have to go to the court several times for him. Be cunning, and it will be more troublesome to sue Mr. Zhou for harm. It is much easier to scare, punish and bomb him from our district."

Section Chief Liu pondered for a while when he heard the words, and replied: "Brother, it's nothing. I'm just angry because Director Fang, who sacrificed his relatives, knew about this. He must deal with these two boys severely. According to his temper, he can't wait for the office to come forward and send him to him." Let me beat you half to death first. It was the brother and the two female relatives who persuaded him to come and see the matter. The soldiers don’t know what the law is. If you reply according to your words, it will be too light, but what you said is really peaceful and reasonable. , When my brother went back, he said that the two hooligans were beaten up by Mr. Zhou first, because the brother came here to say that it was another good beating, and he was given a heavy punishment according to the police badge. It must be very kind. But Mr. Zhou saw It’s better to be the same if you give up your relatives.” Yuan Su naturally didn’t want to be troublesome, so he even said, “Okay”, Section Chief Liu invited Yuan Su to stand up together, thanked the director and said goodbye, and the director sent it out in person.There was a brand-new car parked outside long ago, and the door of the car was opened to wait for him.

Yuan Sun saw that Section Chief Liu had gorgeous clothes, fair skin, dim eyes, seeming to be drunk, full of official style, because the host and guest spoke in a hurry, and there was no time to ask questions, so they both resigned.Seeing that it was already eleven o'clock, Fang wanted to say goodbye, but Section Chief Liu refused to say goodbye. While saying goodbye to the director, he held Yuan Sun's arm and said with a smile: "Director Fang is eager to meet Mr. Zhou. Be sure to work hard." After all, Yuan Sun was young and tender, and in the waiting room, he heard the guard say, "According to the usual practice, the release will not be issued on the 19th night, and someone was injured again. Even if you win the lawsuit, you have to pay bail." If you let your brothers and sisters know, you will blame yourself for being reckless, nosy, ignorant of the general situation, and doing a lot of waste work. Suddenly someone comes to pick you up. First, Zeng Jiebai is responsible for it. The word "Bai" does not seem to be the same, although the heart is strange, it is rare for someone to be kind, so I am embarrassed to firmly refuse, and after a little hesitation, I am forced into the car.

After the car drove, seeing Section Chief Liu take out a cigarette and share it with himself, he lit it and leaned on the car mat to smoke without saying a word.After staying for a while, I couldn't help it, and asked: "I'm in a hurry just now, haven't I consulted the master yet?" Section Chief Liu said with a smile: "Caozi Shuliang." Ask back.After staying for a while, Yuan Su asked again: "What are the two words for the name of the head of the relative Fang?" Jin Shicai called and searched for me everywhere, and said that a relative named Zhou was taken to the district by the police because he couldn't bear the gangster molesting a woman in Chengnan Park because he couldn't bear to molest a woman. I went to the guarantor and ordered the district to deal with those two hooligans. You are his relative, how could you not know him? Did I make a mistake?" While speaking, he picked up the microphone on the side of the seat, as if wanting to stop the car, Cross-examine Yuan Su.Unexpectedly, the car just arrived, the horn sounded, and the lights outside the car flickered. Yuan Sun looked outside the car and saw that the car had stopped outside a rich gate. : "The director is ordering to call the section chief, has anyone answered?" Liu Shuliang said: "Take this person to sit in the outer living room for a while, don't go back, maybe you didn't hear the phone call just now, I'll talk about it when I get back." So Ling Yuansun went down, and followed Ma Bian to the outer living room to wait.

When Yuan Sun saw that his speech had changed, he felt more and more uneasy, but the matter had come to this point, and he couldn't leave if he wanted to, so he had to listen.After Liu Shuliang finished speaking, he ran in three steps and two steps.Yuan Sun followed Ma Bian and walked in to see that the office building was very tall. The so-called outer living room was a row of north rooms inside the hanging flower door on the first floor. Sofas and carpets were well displayed. It's still polite, and I will quit after offering tea and cigarettes.Seeing that it was almost twelve o'clock on the big wall clock on the wall, Yuan Su regretted it, this was all trouble caused by meddling, remembering that there was no Fang Chengde among his relatives and friends and friends in the south, so he clearly mistook him?Although there are many soldiers with bad tempers, but he made a mistake, didn't say a word, and forced to come here rashly, can't he be blamed?

Yuan Sun was leaning on the sofa and looking up at the corner of the room thinking, when he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, turned his head to look around, saw figures passing by outside the window, and faintly heard the voices of two or three women walking around the sidewalk of the hall wall , Wu Yi spoke softly as if listening to a local dialect, the fragrant breath still lingered, his heart moved, and then he heard the leather shoes stepping on the ground, several people hurried out from the inside, and the first one was Liu Shuliang, who hadn't turned outside the front hall , he first said loudly: "No wonder Mr. Zhou can't remember it. It turns out that he is the director's in-law. He has never seen it before. How can he know?" The second daughter, Qi Xiang Yuansun smiled as a salute.The man is that Liu Shuliang, another young woman, a girl.Yuan Sun stood up quickly, and Fang felt that the faces of the two women were familiar, and one of them had braids.The girl with the satin flower had already spoken first, and said, "Brother Zhou Zhou, don't you recognize my sister?" Yuan Sun took a closer look, couldn't help being overjoyed, and said with a smile, "Aren't you sister Yun and sister Qi?" The girl replied Said: "It's rare that the third brother still recognizes my sister. Brother Liu, this is my family. You are welcome. If you have anything to do, please go back to the house first. Let's accompany you to see my sister-in-law." Then Liu Shuliang had an unfinished game elsewhere. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "Finally, I'm not mistaken. I'll invite Mr. Zhou to a gathering another day, and I'll ask my second sister-in-law and Ms. Lin to accompany me to meet the director. I will not accompany you." After saying goodbye, he went out .

The young woman said: "My husband is sending an email asking for a telegram. Let's talk for a while." Yuan Su then asked, "Sister Yun's home is in Hangzhou. When did she arrive at Guifang's mansion? Why didn't there be any news after we left that year?" The young woman said He smiled and said: "It's a long story. Since my uncle passed away that year, my third brother went to express condolences. After the farewell, I returned to Hangzhou. Unexpectedly, my mother passed away soon, and my fourth uncle married me. At that time, he forced me to marry the Fang family. Finally, although he is a soldier, he has a good temperament. Fortunately, he also respected me a lot, so I ran around with him. It was only at the end of last year that I heard that my adoptive father acted as an agent in Liuhe, but there was no response to the letter. I then told my husband to ask someone to inquire, and only then did I know that he had passed away. , the family members have already returned home, and they still don't know the whereabouts of the third brother. This year, because my seventh sister is getting older and I have graduated from Zhijiang Middle School, it is inconvenient to be away alone, so I ordered someone to pick me up for a few days. A few days ago, Mrs. Liu invited me My sister went to Huamei to eat Fancai. I didn't go because I was sick. When I came back, I said that I met my third brother. Because she didn't see it when we broke up, but later she realized that she wanted to turn around and greet her. She was embarrassed by her young face, and Mrs. Liu was there again. Urged her to get in the car, and came back without answering the conversation. When I got home, I remembered that I forgot to ask for my address. How can I find this big place in Beijing? I regretted it for a long time.

"Today is also a coincidence. The second aunt of the Fang family booked a hatchback in Chengnan Park. She invited my sister and a few female guests to listen to the opera. Da Da is a theater fan, but Seventh Sister and the two female guests surnamed He did not listen to the opera. The third wife had listened to Dagushu in Shanghai Dashijie and wanted to go in to listen to it. As soon as they sat down, they met the hooligan. When the time comes, I will come out. In fact, most of these old gentlemen are in the military. They used to go out with horse guards to accompany them. Because I moved to Beijing, I don’t like to be so ostentatious. I love to persuade my sister Taoli that taking them out is useless except to cause trouble, and one or two people standing on the side of the car can cover their eyes and feel depressed. Everyone believes me, and it is not easy to go out. I took it, although there were chauffeurs, they all stood behind the box, and some found other seats to listen to the opera, but didn't follow. I followed Mrs. He, and when I returned to the box, I asked the clerk to look for the bad luck of the rascal. The third wife and Ah My sister was afraid that the public would make a scene and make a joke and make a joke. Seeing that the hooligans didn't follow, they were rushing to Xieying for dinner, and they passed by without telling everyone.

"When we finished our meal, we went back to listen to the night show. He Sanda went home for a while because he smoked opium, but he was a step late. It happened that her car was taken away by his master. She was in my car. The driver followed me to the garden first, Mrs. He San went in together without waiting for the driver to park the car, and because she was thirsty, she wanted to have a cup of Ace Koukou at the Fancai restaurant before going to the theater. In the movie, when the lights went dark, she took the wrong path. When she arrived in the garden, she was looking for her way to the theater when she suddenly heard someone coughing and talking nonsense behind her. When she looked back, it was those two hooligans who were winking at her and pretending to be weird. Well. She originally came from a small family. She can talk and pretend to be generous on weekdays. In fact, she is surprisingly timid. She was so frightened that she walked along the road. She panicked and went the wrong way. The hooligans chased her closely. After crossing the bridge, when she realized it, she turned around and was stopped by hooligans, who were talking nonsense, and the third brother came to fight the injustice, and she found a way out and went back to the room.

"I was afraid of being ashamed, so I refused to say it. My sister saw that her face was not good, so she asked to tell. I didn't know it was you, but I thought it was a hero. In order to avoid being laughed at by outsiders, I only taught the manager to tell the manager of the garden. , first tell the patrol police in this park, saying that the gangsters will be taken to arrest you, and you will be released. Unexpectedly, you have injured someone and returned to the district together. This is also a good thing for my sister. I heard that even the gangsters who beat people have to be sent to the district , Unconvinced in my heart, I forced the servant to go and let the patrolman release me. I was afraid that the servant would be lazy and would not go, so I followed behind. When I came out of the theater, I met my third brother passing by, so I hurriedly called the servant, and immediately went back and told me, I Thinking this is a good opportunity, I ignored the drama and hurried home with my sister. My husband was very angry when he heard what I said, so he wanted to send someone to pick you up at that time, and asked the two hooligans from the district to hang out at home. Fight, I have repeatedly persuaded that we soldiers should respect the laws and regulations of the country. It is not good for hooligans to be dealt with by their own laws and police badges. It happened that Liu Shuliang was the section chief of the Army Department and had many acquaintances in the police department, so he called him to trouble him.

"When I entered the door, because the third brother said that he didn't recognize Director Fang, Shuliang was afraid of making a mistake, so he left you in the living room and came in to inquire. He was driving me to help read the telegram in the study. Before he could say a few words, my younger sister was worse than me. Impatient, I ran out first when I heard the sound of the car, recognized you, and rushed in to say something, the telegram was urgent at that time, and I had to reply immediately, my husband was asking you to go inside, I haven't seen you for many years, I was eager to talk, and I didn't Let me tell you, I have ordered the kitchen to prepare snacks for the night, and tomorrow the two wives of the He family will ask the third brother to thank you, please sit inside." Yuan Sun wanted to say goodbye, but suddenly he heard the sound of leather shoes galloping around the wall of the hall, followed by a horse, opened the bamboo curtain of the hall door, and said, "Director is here." Follow the slippers behind.Just as Yuan Sun stood up, he saw a person walking into the hall. The girl stood up and introduced, "This is brother Zhou Zhou, and this is my brother-in-law." Both parties bowed and returned to their seats politely.Yuan also saw that Fang Chengde was about forty years old, quite tall, fair-skinned, with two short black and thick beards, black and long eyebrows, two eyes, eagle nose, square mouth, and fine white teeth , with high cheekbones, wearing a very gorgeous silk pajamas and slippers, with a hint of evil spirit between his brows, but his demeanor is elegant and dignified, without the rough and rough atmosphere that is usually seen in warriors.After sitting down for a while to chat with the guests, he said to the young woman, "I haven't seen you for many years. It's rare to meet again in a foreign land. He is such a good character. Why don't you come and sit inside?" The young woman smiled and said, "I see you are doing confidential business. , and because the third brother hasn't seen each other for many years, thinking about the situation after the farewell, greedy for chatting, thinking that it would be the same when you come out and then go in with you. I just finished talking and was about to go in, and you came." Fang Chengde said with a smile: "Third brother is not an outsider, it doesn't matter, please come and sit inside." Yuan Su replied: "It's getting late, eldest brother is busy with work, so he must rest soon, let's leave for now, let's build a mansion tomorrow and learn from it." Fang Chengde He laughed and said: "We all sleep late, my wife has no relatives, and every time I talk about it, I feel uncomfortable. It's rare for the third brother to come here and just have a long talk. If it is really late, there is also a guest bed in the dormitory, so we can rest. Wonderful." The young woman also laughed and said, "He doesn't go to bed until three or four o'clock. There is no time to find him in the daytime. The midnight snack is already done. I have a lot to say after eating. It is best for the third brother not to leave tonight. Simply move to my house tomorrow." The girl also helped to persuade her.Yuan Sun saw that Fang Chengde was very kind, so he couldn't refuse firmly, and replied with a smile: "Big Brother, Sister Yun, and Seventh Sister are too kind, so I have to be harassed, but my younger brother is young and lives at my sister's house. I'm afraid I won't feel at ease if I don't go back. Tell my sister to visit again tomorrow." The girl smiled and said, "Third brother can't do it if you don't come, the two elders of the He family will invite third brother to dinner tomorrow night, and some of our close sisters will also invite third brother." Fang Chengde immediately stood up to let the guests go, the girl smiled and said, "Third brother is new here, let me go ahead and lead the way." After saying that, they walked forward first, and the Fang couple accompanied Yuan Su and walked in through the side corridor of the hall.After turning around the hall, there is another courtyard, full of flowers and trees, with bright lights shining everywhere, as bright as day.Walking into the courtyard, the girl suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "The inner living room is too scattered, it's better to go to the study in the garden, it's quieter and easier to chat." Fang Chengde smiled and replied "That's fine", and the two horses behind him rushed to the front immediately.Yuan Sun saw that all the houses were finely crafted, and the Zhulan painted buildings were newly decorated. Looking through the window, the furniture inside and the calligraphy and paintings on the walls are all exquisite and luxurious.The garden is at the end of the corridor on the left, within a moon gate next to the seven-bay hall in the middle. Not far from the entrance is a rockery. Along a stone path on the side of the mountain, the terrain suddenly unfolds, and there are flower and tree pavilions. It is very large, and it looks exquisite and beautiful everywhere.The study room is three big rooms, with tall and green willows on the outside, blooming flowers like brocade, and the furnishings in the room are more elegant than before. On the marble red sandalwood Kang bed, there is a very exquisite smoking set in the center.Chengde said with a smile: "Because I've been busy recently and have a lot of entertainment, I have developed a little hobby. My brother is not an outsider, so please sit down casually." Yuan Su said: "Brother is tired, please sit casually." Chengde said again: " "Jane and slow", he lay down on the couch in the inner room, followed by the pony, waited on him with cigarettes, and offered cigarettes and tea to the other. Yuan Sun and the hostess sat down in the outside room, and talked for a while about the situation after the farewell.The young woman heard that Zhou's mother would come to Beijing within a few days, and asked, "Have you found a house yet?" Yuan Sun replied, "The house has been found, and I live with my cousin Shaozhang." Next, the young woman asked her current position and her monthly salary. Yuan Sun was a young man, so he refused to say that he was the secretary of the lottery office. It's still enough." After a while, the young servant opened up a supper porridge, which was very delicious, and the young woman invited Yuan Su to sit on it. Yuan Sun said, "Where's Brother Fang?" Chengde asked inside, "I still have two Yan, you are welcome, brother, please use it first." Yuan Sun still wanted to wait for a while, and the girl laughed: "You are welcome, third brother, brother-in-law is having a good time, and he has been busy for a while, because third brother is one of his own, You are welcome to come in. If there are others, no matter who they are, they will disappear. My brother-in-law is an upright person. We will meet often in the future. It is best not to be polite. The young woman also said, "Your elder brother Fang has always been out of sight, so it's better if you don't care about him." Yuan Sun had to sit down as he said. There are four hot and four cold snacks, eight dishes of meat and vegetables, another dish of noodle dumplings in soup, one dish of crispy steamed buns spread with raw egg yolk and fried with butter, two other desserts, one dish of mincemeat cake, and one dish of The pot of crispy hemp balls is not big, but it is a gourmet utensil, and everything is exquisite.There are also two kinds of porridge, one is fragrant stalk rice brought from the south, and the other is wheat porridge in Western food.The girl asked what wine to eat, and Yuan Sun smiled and replied, "I don't have much. Anything is fine." "Sister Yun doesn't need to bother you. Ever since you saw your back, you vomited blood once, and haven't touched a drop for more than two years. Recently, I only had a drink or two to entertain friends. It's really a step backward." The young woman said: "Tonight Hastily snacking at night, my husband and wife and sisters only love wine, but they don’t eat much. Besides, it’s getting late, and I don’t want my third brother to eat too much. I just invite you to have a glass of Fengyun wine and Baihua cheese that I learned from my teacher’s house. All right." When she was talking, a beautiful maid from the south stood beside the left wall, pressed the full-length mirror embedded in the wall, and the door seemed to be opened, and a small door appeared on the upper wall, followed by the lower half of the wall. Pulling it out, the maid walked in, heard the slight sound of the wheels after a while, pushed out a small cart, and stopped at the table. The ruler is divided into three layers. Each layer has a porcelain bottom, and the four sides are embedded with hollows. Oil pans, custard bowls, salt bottles, and oil pots are all made of fine porcelain or the finest glass, combining Chinese and Western styles, with various names and colors, all of which are extremely luxurious and beautiful.On the first floor, which is as high as the tabletop, there are two small porcelain wine pots and eight or nine pieces of fine porcelain bottles and bottles on display. There is a copper holder with various foreign wines inserted in the circle, and more than ten small circles with large and small wine glasses hanging upside down. There are triggers on the four white copper pillars, and each layer can be pulled up and down to push out the original grid. , easy to take and carry, never seen before, it turned out that the hostess made the design out of her own ideas, and selected skilled craftsmen to supervise the production.It is this wine cart, together with seventy or eighty pieces of fine porcelain and glass vessels, which cost more than a thousand gold, not including wine, food, oil, sauce and ointment. Yuan Sun said with a smile, "Sister Yun is clever and ingenious. She is really enjoying herself." The young woman said with a smile, "What is it? My sister has more ideas than I do." He took out the cork from the small porcelain wine jar, and took out a mutton fat jade cup with an elegant shape and two ears from the small booth next to the car, poured seven or eight ounces of wine, and passed it over: "Third brother, why don't you try it?" This Qingqiong wine is made by my sister, how does it taste?" Yuan Sun saw that the color of the wine was light blue, and it was filled with green clouds in a white jade cup. Then I feel the freshness and fragrance penetrate the brain, the sweet fragrance rises on the teeth and cheeks, the end is clear but plump, thick but not greasy, mellow and fragrant, timeless and incomparable. She, after drinking, Yu Fang was still full of complacency, thinking endlessly, couldn't help boasting how good it was, and asked what made it.The young woman smiled and said: "We love wine, the amount is not large, and we love sweet wine even more. This wine was invented by my sister, which is different from other flower wine and fruit dew. In Hangzhou, Seventh Sister was only twelve or thirteen years old. Because the master of Dongting Farm sent a lot of red bayberry and porridge, my sister always liked to eat fruits, so she picked two baskets of good ones and kept them. A brother from Guangdong came to visit her. My mother sent a lot of fruits from the south, such as lychee and longan, and my sister was sick and taboo. Sheng's daughter, young but filial, wants to wait for her father to come back from Suzhou to eat. I don't know who listened to it, so I picked some of each, filled it in a porcelain jar, and sealed it with mulberry paper, so that my mother would not be afraid of it. He begged her and hid behind the woodpile in the stove house. The next day when Huang Sheng came back, he fell ill and fell into bed. Aju asked for leave and went home to serve. When we cleaned the firewood and saw the jar, we thought it was home-brewed wine, and moved it to the wine room without telling us. "After another year, Zhijiang Middle School was on winter vacation, and it was snowing one day, and I wanted to eat home-brewed red plum dew. Each of my home-brewed wines weighed only ten or twenty catties, and they were all served in small porcelain jars. There were fourteen jars in total, and More than 20 pots of Shaoxing jars, several jars of winter pickles, and some jars of sugar sauce are put together, and the name and date of the wine are all marked on the outside of the cover. Usually, the male servant cooks to pick it up, and he didn't pay attention. The people have been disbanded, and only one aunt and one cook are used. My sister thinks they are inferior, so I went to get them with Aju, only to find out. Thinking about the past, two years later, there is no reason why it is not bad Aju wanted to take it away, but Amei asked her to open it to have a look. As soon as she took off the cover, she smelled the aroma of wine, and then looked at the altar, where all the fruits in the altar turned into water, and the peel and flesh settled down. There is a layer of white foam on the face, try to flick it with your hands, but the white foam is green and clear, a little bit sticky to your hands, and it smells better when you shake it slightly, Aju touched it with your hands and said it tastes good Even holding the half jar of green plum wine to the front and trying it with silver chopsticks, it is not poisonous, but the bottom layer is as faint as West Lake incense plaster. We all love to smell the fragrance, but dare not eat it. "I'm discussing whether I want it or not. It just so happens that the new cook is from Yuyao. His family has a wine business. He came out to work as a helper after a loss in business. He knows how to brew all kinds of wine. Hearing the news, he came over and tasted it. When asked about the process, he said that there is a kind of monkey wine in his family, also called Baiguo wine, which is similar to this, but the production method is different. That is to put various fruits in a large vat, rotten and moldy, and wait for it Ferment, add a little distiller's mother, filter with asphalt, steam and bury it, and use it during the New Year. Because of the high cost, you can't do more work. It's rare to make it for the last time, so it's not for sale. This wine is really good, and it has been sealed properly. It is divided into seven parts, as long as it is filtered to remove the dregs, steamed and purified, it will become a very delicious wine. If you want to be strong, add distiller's mother, as much as you want, or not. We asked him to try the same method, and the result is wonderful Absolutely, it is fragrant, mellow and mellow. It is extremely sweet. You Miao is refreshing after drinking, and even if you are too drunk, you will only feel sleepy, as if you are sleepy in spring. Wake up feeling refreshed and refreshed. "Thus my sister researched and made several kinds at the same time. Some of them added various flowers and fruits, and the number of samples also increased and decreased. They also tried to reduce the sweetness and make it just close to the mouth. As a result, this one is the most delicious. It is suitable. Aju is now married in Hangzhou, so many flowers and fruits cannot be bought here, so I asked her to make it for her. The drink tonight was brought by my sister from the south. My sister not only knows how to make this wine, but also I made more than 20 kinds of flower sauce and fruit dew, and the smoked flower tea is especially wonderful. When my mother comes to Beijing, I will send some of each of them, and the third brother will know when he tastes it. I picked her up, half for her, and half for her. What about myself." The girl said with a smile: "Sister loves to stand up for me, making me so busy that my host goes to the west, and the west goes to the boss. It's a joke behind the scenes." Yuan Sunfang said: "This wine is really good, and the others must be equally exquisite. Sister Yun is not overrated, so why should you be polite?" While speaking, the girl took another small porcelain bottle and poured Yuan Sun half a cup.Yuan Sun saw that the wine was reddish in white, and it was a light peach color, which was very bright. When he tasted the sweet fragrance, it tasted like lychee, which was not as good as the previous wine. Okay, just sweeter." The young woman said with a smile: "This is made of pure lychees, and the distilled water is used properly, so the taste of the wine is slightly thinner. Your eldest brother Fang likes it the most, but it's actually not very good." The girl persuaded Yuansun to drink it. After finishing the remaining wine, I took another kind and poured it out, saying, "Third brother has a good capacity for alcohol, so let's have a glass of green plum wine." The young woman said, "Third brother just ate sweet wine, please order first." I ate a piece of dried steamed preserved abalone.The green plum wine is dark blue in color and very clear, unlike the first two kinds that are poured into the cup and melted with sweet water, like ointment. Once it is poured out, the whole room is filled with the aroma of the wine. When you taste it, it is extremely mellow, meaningful and intriguing. Yuan Sun She kept praising her, and asked what kind of wine was made. The girl smiled and said: "My parents loved wine as much as they wanted in Japan. At that time, they used green plums to make wine, so the wine was always muddy. Since the invention of steamed fruit wine, the method has been changed. This wine is also prepared in the same way as the previous wine, so it is fresh and beautiful, and the taste is much more mellow than that made with Fen liquor and sorghum. It is given away, so I make a lot of it every year. These are the two jars I brought with me in the past three years. I heard that Auntie has a good quantity. When the third brother leaves, let’s take one jar away." The young woman smiled and said, "Auntie hasn’t arrived yet. ,what are you busy at?" Yuan Sun saw that her sister was fetching another wine to pour, and there were still many samples on the shelf, so she hurriedly said, "That's enough, it's getting late, so let's bother you some other day." The girl said, "I just want my third brother to try again." Just a hundred-flower wine." Yuan Sun had no choice but to agree.The hundred-flower wine was golden in color and had a very strong fragrance, and I couldn't tell what it was. Fang Chengde was praising it. "As he said, he filled his glass with his own sweet wine, said "dry", and drank it all in one gulp.Yuan Sun said: "The elder brother drinks too much, how can the younger brother accompany him?" The little girl interjected and laughed and said, "My brother-in-law only eats three cups, but it tastes good. My sister said that the third brother has a good amount, so why not eat another three cups?" Chengde has a lot of energy, and he was afraid that he would not be able to beat him. When he first arrived at his house, and it was late at night, it was not good to get drunk, so he was relieved after hearing the words.Then after two more glasses, Chengde asked for porridge, and the little girl said, "How many wines do you have yet to taste, third brother?" Yuan Sun thanked him again and again. Chengde then asked about Yuan Sun's education background. Before Yuan Su could answer, the young woman answered first: "My third younger brother didn't graduate from Soochow University in a year, but he has a good family background and excellent writing skills. There are two other things that I am very close to you. Although he came from a scholarly family of more than 300 years, he loved martial arts since he was a child. There is a servant named Xiang Chun in his family who is very good at martial arts. The third younger brother finishes reading every day and learns from him when he is free. He was born in Suzhou when he was only fourteen or five years old. Xuan Miao Guan fights with a dozen hooligans alone, and he knocks down several hooligans. This is not surprising, but what is also admirable is that he is smart and resourceful. I have an idea. I remember that I was studying with him at Teacher Mei’s house. He was only thirteen years old. It was just after the New Year, and he was the youngest among a group of family friends in Suzhou. I made an appointment with several generations of brothers, all of whom were children of Kuoguanchang family, and the third brother was also among them. They made an appointment to ride horses at Qingyangdi, Panmen in the morning, and then went to Jiuhualou, Yanmen for lunch. After dinner, I changed to a cruise ship and went to I watched plum blossoms in the Yuan Tomb area of ​​Guangfu, and stayed overnight in Yuan Tomb Mountain in order to enjoy the moonlit plum blossoms, and went home the next morning to offer Lantern Festival offerings. When I went to Yanmen, I didn’t know what happened to Jiuhualou this year. The market will not open until the 16th. One of them is tired from riding horses, and the other is hungry, so they discussed eating another small restaurant. The third brother heard from the groom that there was a noodle restaurant on the corner of Shiluguaiwan, and Guanzheng in Guanqian Street. Like Xing, the soup dumplings, noodle dumplings and all kinds of fish crossing the bridge soup are all good, so he said to everyone: "If it's not early today, there are excellent boat dishes and snacks on board. Let's eat on board, but just wait a little longer." , Jiuhua Building is already redundant, since it is not open, I am happy to save. This noodle restaurant is newly opened, why not try it? Eat a little bit to satisfy your hunger, and save half of your stomach to eat on the boat. Wouldn't it be much more interesting?" Everyone liked to eat Guan Zhengxing's rotten meat noodles. When they heard that there was a new restaurant here, and it was on the way, they all agreed, so they ordered the two people with them to go to the Shantang painting boat and order the boatman to eat more. Prepare some fruit, wine and vegetables, and then go to that noodle shop for some snacks. "When I arrived, I saw that the noodle shop was called Yuan Xing Guan, and the business was really booming. The two open halls on the fourth floor and the fourth floor were all occupied by diners, and there was a lot of noise. , rushing up and down, all kinds of diners shuttle in and out, the stairs are buzzing, and the drums are beating. The crowd managed to occupy a table of the Eight Immortals, and they shouted several times. The sexually violent guests at the other table were clapping the table, knocking bowls and yelling, and turned to leave. The third brother saw that his expression was out of place, and fearing that he didn't listen, he stopped him and asked, "We haven't finished talking yet, we are about to leave." Sanlong Tangbao, do you understand?' Tang Xin repeatedly replied 'Yes', and the third brother said, "It's okay if you don't remember all of them. You only have a dozen kinds of dim sum. We don't want big meat buns. If you have any ready-made, you can take them first." Come on, let's go after eating, we are both fast.' The waiter agreed to turn around, just shouted two baskets of soup dumplings and two bowls of noodles, and rushed to other tables. Everyone wanted to call him back, and the third brother persuaded: 'They are newly opened , I’m too busy, and I don’t want to be full anyway, just eat a little of these two and go. I can’t imagine that it’s more noisy than Guan Zhengxing, and we won’t come next time if we eat for nothing. So I didn’t shout anymore, let him go.” After waiting for a long time, they didn’t even bring the two things they shouted. They also pretended not to hear. Most of the young masters in this group were young and energetic, and two of them also slammed the table and shouted, and Tang Xin walked away angrily. This kind of low-class people only obey the rogue soldiers, bullying the young brothers, Open your mouth and complain first, "guests shouldn't pat the table and knock on the plate, you will have to pay for it if you break it", etc. Everyone naturally gets angry and asks him why the people behind eat first, and he doesn't go by when he is called. The shop owner rushed in after hearing the sound, not only did not blame the waiter for not serving well, but also said a lot of unreasonable words. He was aggressive and arrogant. When persuading him, the boss Tang Xin was still mocking behind his back. "Some of the people wanted to go back to fight, and some wanted to be arrested and investigated. The third brother was afraid of hindering the agreement of appreciating plums, so he tried to persuade him, and said that Bao had a way to vent his anger. If you are asked to continue the business, we will change our surnames together and settle accounts with you in a day.' After speaking, we walked to the ferry of Shantang together, hungry and full of gas, and boarded the boat together. Finally, after this delay, All the food, drinks and snacks on the boat are prepared in advance, just waiting for people to cook. The boat will be seated soon after the boat sails, and everyone will talk about the past with anger, so they must go to the police station to ask someone to do it again, or ask someone to beat him up. The third brother blocked the way: "Both methods are not good. Both parties in the fight will inevitably be injured, and other incidents will arise. What is reasonable becomes unreasonable, and it makes people angry. The adults in the family know that we are young and cause trouble, and we will be punished. Although there are people in the police department Trust me, one small matter is not worth trusting, and the other is that children from aristocratic families go against the family education by asking the government to entrust them. When we got angry, the people in the noodle restaurant are big bastards. In the other party's thinking, we must think that we are young and sexually violent, and it is inappropriate to say a word Swearing at people and beating them by relying on power, the other party refuses to accept, hit a wall, loses people, there is nothing to do, beat them, bully businessmen, vent their anger on their behalf. These people don’t have close friends with us, but they often come to our father and brother’s house, and they only see each other on weekdays. Nod, and don't like to answer, once you have something to ask, how can you be willing to help on your behalf? Well, send a police officer to send a few words of warning, perfunctory. It's not good to just agree verbally, and say in your heart that we are absurd, knowing that young people are angry I was so angry that I didn't even send the police. No matter how bad it was, I might perfunctory face-to-face, and secretly sued the adults, saying that we would not go to school, and that every day, three friends and five friends would go out to mess around and quarrel with others. Lose your temper and fight, make noise after suffering a loss, entrust favors to the hall, and embarrass the merchants, because the friendship is too deep, now that you know it, you have to say it, the ending is just to vent your anger, and we are still punished by the adults. Wouldn't it be more unfair to scold him?" "The people said: "The third brother came up with the idea to eat snacks. Could it be that he was bullied for nothing?" The third brother said: "How can this happen? He refused to say it first, and then pressed again and again, and the third brother said: "There are eight of us in our group. We originally planned to pay four yuan per person. Today's tour has a half of it left. The rest of the money was originally scheduled for Lantern Festival." Then go to Changshu to visit Yushan Mountain, pay a visit to the tomb of Yanzi, and visit the former site of Liu Rushi Jiangyun Tower. The small steamer only comes and goes, and there are friends waiting for it. Staying at the inn, I have at least six or seven yuan left when I come back, and I can save another meal at Jiuhualou, so I still have ten yuan left. When Changshu returns home, Brother Zhang will give it all to me. I have checked the terrain just now. Tongchun Teahouse on the road, wait until the first day of the fifth birthday of Brother Zhang in the first lunar month, and make four wishes, everyone will go out to the city for a public gathering, and finish eating at Jiuhualou early, so that you can vent your anger, there are still good tricks to watch, not at all Noisy, never thought we did it. Only one or two people know about this matter, if the whole prophet is boring.' Everyone knew that he would do what he said, and he insisted on not saying it so he had to be dragged down. The third brother only told others Zhang Lingcang. After visiting Guangfu Mountain, Yuanmu Mountain, and Yushan Mountain together, everyone wanted to vent their anger and spent it sparingly. When they came back to settle accounts, the remaining twelve yuan was handed over to the third brother. Because Zhang Lingcang also说法子想得极好，准定能够出气，只不能先说，个个高兴，盼能早到日子。 “一晃到了正月甘四，一早去至张家聚集，这日却是星期，这班世兄弟们上辈交情既深，中有好几位都在梅老师家补习中文，另外每星期还设有文会，每聚一起不是互相研究诗文，便是研究别的学堂功课，就玩也是踢球打球，从无轨外行动。又是有钱的居多，每星期聚会，或吃或玩，照例轮流作东，再不公份。遇上生日，便在头一天公请，大人认作有益，不但不禁阻，还常时给钱叫儿子请客，或在家中留下酒菜款待。他们择交又极谨慎，共总不满十人，要入会的，必须家世、人品、学问样样相等，性情还得相投，四者缺一不可。学会是在梅老师家成立的，起初只得五人，直到四年之后，有的出洋，有的随宦转学才行分散，人最多时不过十一人。每家父母俱都知道放心，谁也想不到会出什么乱子。 “大家会齐之后争问三弟事情办好没有，三弟说：'自然办好，仍不宜于先说，我们望着，看那流氓面馆倒霉就是。'说罢，一同骑驴出了阎门，先到九华楼公聚，吃了个酒足饭饱，然后去到石路斜对过马路上的同春茶楼。三弟早命家中下人占好临街座位，到了楼上，凭栏下视，那面馆就在下面，只隔一条马路，看得逼真。遥望对过吃客抢进抢出，人语喧哗，生意旺得出奇。众人都急于看新鲜花样，出城既早，饭吃得又快，到茶楼时天才十一点，众见久无动静，重又追问，张凌沧笑指楼下道：'捣乱的不是也都来了么？'众人定睛往下一看，马路上车马行人往来如旧，看不出一点异样，只石路口内，两边小弄堂里三三两两不断有叫花子来往逗留，也不向铺户人家乞讨，好似附近有人家办红白事，雇来打执事的神气。方自不解，三弟看了看表，悄对众人道：'这家面馆那日嫌我们这些吃客不好，我们不合得罪了他，特意请了三百多好吃客到他店里锦上添花，助助旺气。只等午炮一响，我请的客人一齐进店就闹忙了。'众人方始有点会意，中有两个还在追问，下面叫花子已越来越多，散在附近。在街上看还不怎显，由楼上望下去，远近一目，却是多得出奇。苏州巡警又滑又懒，叫花子们又不惹事，连左近铺户都是人家雇来打执的，谁也不曾理会，众人才明白三弟用意。 “天已正午，远近叫花子似早约定，齐朝面馆门前聚拢。老板气冲冲跑出来，刚要连骂带轰，跟着一声午炮，那四方八面的花子立即潮涌而来。面馆老板先见群丐聚立门外已是不耐，又是走进门来，同了两个铺伙抢将出去，迎头正遇见花子当中最强横力大的几个，开口刚骂得一声，'贼叫花，快点搭我滚出去！'为首两丐早一人一掌将他推开，口中还骂：'猪秽，放狗屁，老爷今朝是你店里吃客，有人用过铜钱，你凶点什么事？'说罢，当先昂然直入，也不问客桌上有人无人，只有座位就坐。铺中吃客俱是附近商民，苏州人胆小怕事，又爱干净，一见群丐蜂拥入门，纷纷叫嚣吵骂，不知出了什事，多疑流氓拆梢来此打架，惟恐误伤，再者这些花子十九污秽，穿着破烂，有的衣不掩胫，甚至连腿股都露出在外；有的头发老长，鼻涕眼泪模糊一片，虱蚤满身，臭气烘烘；更有五官四肢残缺不全，断手短足，眼烂鼻塌，满身癫疥疮疡脓血狼藉，腥秽不可向迤的，处此情形之下，如何能吃得下去？老实一点赶急离座避开，丢下钱与堂倌，掩鼻子挣逃出去。稍滑一点的连账也乘机赖掉，竟自由丐群中闪身挤过，一走了事。 “时当中午，正是满堂吃客，人数又多，楼上下当时一阵大乱，晃眼工夫客人全都走净，换了满满两堂的花子。后赶来的没抢到座位，口中还在乱骂乱喊，说：'我们拿钱吃东西，怎无人照应？阿是看我们不上，惹得爷起火，把你们这店都拆了！'老板吃花子推开，一见后面花子还多，竟是大队前来，情知麻烦，恐吃眼前亏，不敢再动硬的，忙闪向一旁，由临街窗内跳出，鸣警求救去了。下余点心司务和堂棺见这阵势，个个怕打，胆寒欲逃。哪知花子们早有人指教，门侧派有几个力大的把守，只放客人出去，见穿围裙的便即拦阻，并说：'我们实是花钱吃点心，吃完就走，并不是来打架，你们如不识相，却叫你吃生活。'众伙无法，只得忍气提心退了回去。为首的花子又去柜上说：'我们今日有人做好事，得了点彩头，因你们店里点心好，前来照顾，即不生事，也不自吃。如是不卖给我们，你却晦气。'柜上人怎么说好话。许钱，具都无效。 “正争论间，老板已唤来本街丐头，按着行规，向为首诸丐互说了一阵行话退出，把老板唤至一旁，说道：'这事不好办，必是你们得罪人了，他们已和本苏州府总团头打过招呼，惹他不起，二则你开的是店，他们一不偷，二不抢，三不和你们讨要，只照规矩拿你店里所发面筹来作吃客，休说硬轰，你今朝不卖他吃都不行。总算还赏我一点面子，对我说了实话，大约连城里带城外共只六七百人，已然准备好两个打人命的，你如真请来官府硬压，马上就不得了。今天只好对付他们，不闹出别的乱子就是十分便宜。他们每人都有你店里面筹，喊巡警，找救兵、告状全部没用，反而更糟。何况本街巡警他也打过软中带硬的招呼，决惹不起他们。所以你请弗到，忍点心焦，告诉大师务多备东西，做快一点，做好一点，不要计较，豁出一天工夫应酬，把这些瘟神请了出去，那是再好没有。'说时，里面许多叫花子又在拍桌拍凳，跳脚大骂，踏得楼上下楼板乱鼓齐鸣，大有拆塌之势。 “那老板虽是流氓出身，一则小人得志，有了几个钱，未免顾惜身家，二则对方是伙臭烂花子，比他身份还低，不怕拼命和打官司，有备而来，无论讲理讲打都占上风，自己不合贪做生意，连发了五天面筹，本来第三天筹就卖光，鬼使神差，前晚又赶烫了三百根，被人买走。照例这类面筹总有一二成白卖，连日一根都未斗回，心还高兴，也许买筹人出了什事，做梦也没想出有人作对。想了又想，无计可施，好在钱已收到，不是白吃，就被多吃一点也吃亏有限，只得照那丐头所教行事。请想这班花子怎能安分，人数又多，又吵得凶，这个要面，那个要汤包，不是拿面换汤包，便是换包子馄饨，吃完又抵赖没吃，还得重补一份。不是连碗带走，便是把盆碟揣起，走时还手拿讨饭罐要些东西才肯离去。又有好些吃完一溜，出门挨上一会二次再来。再不便是吃完装着好人，把筹交出，下午再来重吃，吃完硬说筹已交过，诈赖百出，防不胜防。老板被他们弄得啼笑皆非，全店中人个个吵得头昏，一点方法没有，好容易陪着小心闹到快要掌灯，老板得邻居高明人指教，推说人多照应不到，进门先收筹，到了里面肉面一大碗，不换不饶，走时每人四个大肉包子作为外敬，同时又托本街丐头朝为首诸花子说好话，许了点花头，这才渐渐人少，平静下去。 “三弟们没等看完便去别处吃完饭，进城回家。过天命人一打听，那面馆直闹得九点敲过，又陪了好些点心，才得了事打烊。全楼上下糟蹋了不亦乐乎。苏州人喜洁怕事，又爱传说，满城内外全知此事。既怕二次闹事，又因叫花子吃过，吃客想起就恶心，谁还再肯照顾？由第二天起鬼都不肯上门。过了几天才偶然有点零星吃客，三四开间大门面，上下三十多人，开张不到一月生意忽然一落千丈，如何支持得住？就此触霉头闷倒。又过不到二十天便关门大吉。 “原来苏州人家乡风极注重红白喜庆，人情来往，哪怕小孩生日也要请客收礼。一般小户人共只住了二三间小房，却发了百八十份请帖，收了人礼，照例得请吃一顿，可是房小客多，连个转身之地俱无，客人来了如何张筵接待？先是在家收礼受贺，在附近面馆里待客，遇上人少之家往往两头忙不过来。如请外人帮忙，既要承情事前，事后还要另表谢意，种种麻烦，又多花好几份费用。南边人算盘多是精的，于是想出变通办法，由面馆备下竹筹，上烫火印和招牌图记，标明价目，多少不等，由办事人家先用钱把筹买去，家中除招待三五至亲好友外，凡是左邻阿姨、右邻娘舅、前楼嫂嫂、后楼三阿姨，或是张家伯伯、李家老外公、阿毛笃娘、阿狗笃姆妈之类不相干的人物，都是经过一番口头闹忙之后，每位发给面筹一根，由他随时去往面馆凭筹取食，主人既省款客之劳，又省好些糜费。过日对方家中有事，也是照样还敬。花钱不多，而互相酬应，邻居见面老是笑眯眯的，此叫彼应，满面春风，一团和气，明明无什么交情，外省人便真戚友也无此亲切。 “苏州人欢喜茶馆小吃，那条街上有面馆小茶馆，本钱俱不甚多，巴不得先拿人家垫本钱，还做生意，原是彼此两便的一事。每一家面馆都筹这类竹筹，以备附近小户人家办喜筹事之用。这家元兴馆生意较大，备筹亦多。元荪生长苏杭，深知这等情形，因那日受了老板恶气，立意报复，又老家人向春是个老江湖，知道乞丐行中规矩，游完虞山回来便把立意告知，向春先着人分四五次去元兴馆，专把三十六文一根的大肉面面筹买了五六百根，向春然后带几块钱去至监门内、瑞光塔和王庆基、玄妙观等处，背人把当地丐头找来，各给两元酒钱，令将面筹分给各属乞丐，教了做法和对答的话，约定时日，齐集阎门石路左近，听午炮为号，同往那馆中拥将进去凭筹吃面。一面又令向春照江湖规矩和苏州府总团头打个招呼，以防群丐走漏风声，事后需索。一切停当，才约了众世弟兄去隔岸观火。这般乞丐能有几个人好？白吃一顿又不是打架犯法，还可起哄取乐，出出平日怨气，何乐不为？可是元苏只顾一时快意，那家面馆极好一所生意就此葬送了。” 少妇说完，又道：“三弟少时已有神童智囊之名，如今南北奔走，在外创业养家，自然比前大不相同。你最爱聪明有胆识骨气的人，三弟不正对你心思么？”还要往下说时，元苏见时已不早，主人酒点早完，听正有劲，恐说个没完，忙起身道：“少时荒唐行为，说已惭愧，天已三点，小弟暂且告别，明日专诚造府再向大哥领教吧。”方承德人极豪爽，见元荪坚辞要走，便唤随从马弁唤车夫开车相送。元荪知少时给赏钱比雇洋车还贵十倍，以后难免常时来往，此端一开，每月要添多少花费？再四婉谢，仍是推辞不掉，只得罢了。一会马弁报告，车已开出，元荪告辞，承德只送到房门口便道：“三弟自己人，恕我不送了。”元荪口虽笑说“大哥何必客气”，心中实在有点不快。少妇姊妹却执意要送出去，元苏还要推谢，少妇笑道：“我不过见月色好，借着送客走几步路疏散疏散。你姊夫都不和你客气，难道我还和你客气么？”随说随往外走，元荪无法拦阻，便同走出。 过了里院，小马弁便抢先跑了出去，一路传呼“周大人走”，沿途都有人应声，元荪听了，方觉承德一个驻京办公处长，并非实任武职，听他谈话还在自鸣风雅，却闹这些势派，岂不俗气？少妇边走边问道：“承德无事时要到过午才起，三弟归晚，明早十一点能来吃午饭最好，否则便是下午五时来，那时他出外会客应酬，平日非到半夜十二时后不会回来，今天在家只是赶巧。我还有好多话没顾得和三弟说呢。我们谈上一会再去何家吃饭好了。”元荪道：“何太太我又不认识，游园打抱不平更算不了一回事，陌陌生生如何好去扰她？请筠姊七妹务必代我推辞了吧。”少妇未及答言，少女已先笑道：“三哥说得倒容易，这两位太太一刚一柔，素来说到便到。再说她们是因姊姊常谈娘家没什亲人，一提起便伤心，难得和三哥遇到，人又这好，所以非请不可。他们老爷都和姊夫交情最深，如非阿姊电话拦阻，今晚便赶来相见了。阿姊请你明天早来，便是为了预先把话说好的原故。”说时已然走进门口，门道内约有一二十个马并排立两旁，门外汽车早已起动相待，另有四个全副武装的马弁左右侍立，见女主人送元称走出，一起立正行礼。