Chapter 23 The 23rd Chapter of Secret Gift and Jin Bishu’s True Devotion

At this time, Zhang's family sent a letter back from the office to add branches and leaves, and the whole family was a sensation.Ruihua came back from Li's house and heard about it. He knew that Yuan Sun went out with his father when he was young. Although there are many friends in the south of the Yangtze River, he has never heard of this relative. Sun kept his mouth shut, and didn't say a word about such a good thing. He also heard that playing cards in the office had two or three thousand wins and losses. How could Yuan Sun have money to lose?The other party is a soldier, so what's the point?Yuan Sun lives in his own home, and if he loses, the other party will come to ask for money.How is it?Hearing this, not only did he not like it, but he was anxious and angry. He scolded Yuan Sun for being absurd and restless. He only earns how much money he earns in a month. How can there be troubles in the future, isn't this damn?Even if it’s okay, the old lady is here, and I’m only doing human favors. It’s almost impossible for me to take my husband’s money to take care of my mother’s house like everyone else.

Wanjin, on the other hand, was happy on behalf of Yuansun. Hearing her yelling and scolding, she knew that she had lost money at Li's house that night, so she got angry. Later, she couldn't hear it, so she persuaded: "Mother, why worry so much, fortunately, third uncle I just stayed for three or two days and then left. How could the family treat him so well if they were not close friends? Even the female relatives played cards together? Besides, the third uncle has lived in my house for a long time, and he has never asked for money. He even refused to ask for it every day. Just Yue lost a lot of money at someone else, and we didn’t recognize it. How could we want it from my family? The third uncle met Fang yesterday, and sent a car back for the first time at night. Seeing it, I didn't bother to say it, how can I say that he is hiding it? I don't think the third uncle is absurd. Grandpa was so generous in making friends in Japan and helping others all the year round. How could he know that the family has not received the benefits of grandpa? Ru Wuji Deep in the source, with the third uncle's disposition, he will never accept favors for no reason. Besides, he will not accept it. You will find out when the third uncle comes back and ask." Ruihua was still angry, and while counting, he ordered his servants: " When the third uncle came back, he would call me up no matter how late he was, so as not to leave tomorrow without waiting for me to get up. He still had to go to Tianjin to pick up the old lady. Ask clearly, but please don't cause me any trouble."

Ruihua played cards late that night, and it was nearly two o'clock when he returned home. The mother and daughter talked again, delayed eating snacks, and more than an hour passed. The car horn blares.Wanjin finished serving her mother and was going out when she heard the voice and said, "The third uncle is back." Rui Hua said, "I know, but does she still prepare a car for him every day? Don't you hear that the car has already left?" ?” Wanjin said, “Yes, that was the sound of the car last night.” Ruihua said, “So what if I don’t want to go to sleep?” On the corridor in the garden, the old man was shouting: "Go slowly, uncle. I'll go to the front and turn on the light. There is no moon under the porch. It's quite dark. Be careful to touch it." Isn’t it?” Ruihua’s face darkened and he said, “Go and call him up, I have something to say.” Wanjin responded, before she could go out, when the light on the porch came on, Old Shang ran in and shouted through the curtain "Uncle, please come in, you are not asleep yet, the lights are still on." Yuan Sun called "Sister" in the outer room, and Wanjin said from inside: "Third Uncle, please come in."

Yuan Sun lifted the curtain and walked in, and saw Ruihua sleeping on the bed with a sullen face, holding back tears in her eyes, knowing that she always had a different mother's mind.Seeing that her situation is not good, I'm afraid it will tire her and her elder brother who is the same mother, and feel unhappy.If you see that your situation is good, although you are a little happy, on the one hand you are a little bit unhappy.On weekdays, they are not as kind as brothers-in-law, aunts, etc. What they hate most is that they are afraid of losing their elder sister status, and have to follow her will in everything.I had a chance encounter in the past few days, because I told you before I got it, I was naturally unhappy, so I opened the door just now, the old man's words must be true, it's best to stop him before the attack, hurriedly asked for annoyance, and said first: "Things in the world are really weird, it's so strange. Unexpected. I wanted to talk to my sister when I came back last night, but I went to bed too late. When I got up this morning, my sister had already arrived at Li’s house. It's annoying, the house will change its mind, it's really hard to do anything, but luckily tonight, I will be forced to go to the table by everyone, and I won a lot of money. First, I will honor my sister forty yuan, and then I will give my niece twenty yuan, aunt Sister-in-law twenty yuan, share the lottery, and let's talk about these two days." When talking, the official aunt also heard the sound and came out of the clothes, and said with a smile: "My uncle has made a fortune, and we all like it." Yuan Sun then handed over the money he had prepared to the table in front of everyone. Aunt Guan and Wan Jin both said, "Grandma will come. When Uncle Third asks for money, what will he do for us? Please understand." Ruihua liked it the most. Her natal family met her, and hurriedly said: "Old Shang said that the Fang family has thousands of dollars, and the uncle must win a lot. You accept it first and listen to what he has to say."

Yuan Sunsui said that he and sister Yunqing were good friends and classmates, and were father and adopted daughter. They reunited in Beijing this time and how they treated each other well. I only said that I won five hundred yuan, and the bottom card was only two or three hundred yuan. Because I won two games in a row, I was very lucky, so I won this amount.He also said that the house was arranged by the Fang family on their behalf, and a room was opened in the Oriental Hotel. When the mother came, she lived in the hotel first, and then moved into the house when everything was settled. He also sent a Ma Bian to Tianjin to say hello, and now you don't have to worry about everything and tell you everything.When Yuan Sun came up, he said some random words at first to arouse Ruihua's curiosity, and then took some money to save her face, and the words were very clever, which really stabilized Ruihua, and all his anger disappeared. I deeply felt that Yuansun's meeting was too strange, and his luck was too good, and the jealousy was still full of anger, and he sent back, but he refused to take the forty yuan, saying that he would leave it for the old lady to buy things.Yuan Su had to take it back.Seeing that it was late at night and he had to get up early tomorrow, he resigned immediately.

Yuan Sun went back to his room and wanted to sleep for a while, but he didn't know that he was too excited, and recalled how the Fang family treated each other. Although Yun Qing was a childhood friend, they had a deep affection for each other. Since the death of Jing's father, he has always been thinking about making progress in things. He originally thought of having no family. Although he couldn't help but feel sad when he first met, but when he thought that Luo Fu had a husband, he couldn't allow other thoughts, and even a little emotion was pulled down.Only the shadows of Luhua and Mrs. Liu are deeply imprinted in my heart.In fact, there is no other thought in my heart, knowing that one is the disparity between rich and poor, Qi Dafei is not a coincidence.The other one is the same as Yunqing, who has a famous flower and is difficult to get close to. Once he falls in love, he will not only behave badly, but wrong himself and others, and may even cause Yunqing sisters to bear a lot of bad names. He is vigilant, as if Lin Bingyuan, for some reason, when facing her at the Fang family's poker table, even though Mingbo flirts with her, Fangze smells a little, is affectionate and caring, and affectionate, she can also force herself to calm her mind and keep her from thinking about it. , This time when she came home, she couldn't let her go, her thoughts fluctuated endlessly as soon as she closed her eyes, and she deliberately thought about something else. Just after a while, the shadows of these two people reappeared in her heart, and she couldn't fall asleep no matter what.After staying up late for days and nights, he got angry again, broke out in cold sweat, got up and got out of bed in a fit of anger.

Yuan Sun lived under the fence and was careful in every way. When he was at home, he went to bed very early, and sometimes he came home late. When he entered the door, he undressed and went to bed, turned off the light and went to bed.It was late at night, and I was afraid of disturbing the people in the upper room, so I didn't turn on the light. I thought of counting the banknotes on my body in front of the window with the moonlight shining in obliquely, and distracted thoughts in my mind.At first, I didn’t count the money when I collected it at the poker table, but after I picked it up, I just put my hands in my arms in the car, and secretly checked it. I got about 2,000 yuan from two games, including the balance of old deposits and lottery prizes. A total of three thousand did not arrive.But after he was more careful, there was an extra five hundred yuan.The strangest thing was a stack of banknotes, only the top three were ten-yuan bills, and the bottom ones were all fifty-yuan bills.When I thought about it carefully, the money collected in the second place was two kinds of Citi banknotes of ten and fifty yuan. I separated the big bills and put them in the inner bag, and counted them secretly. There was no mistake. This stack It should be ten yuan per thirteen bills, how could it change to fifty yuan per ten bills, but there are three ten yuan bills sandwiched outside, wouldn't it be four hundred yuan more?I was very happy at first, and then I thought about it, maybe the person who gave the money was negligent when withdrawing the money because there were three ten-yuan notes stamped on it. Afterwards, I must remember that the scattered tickets were counted by mistake in my car, and the memory of the winning number was correct. This stack of five Let's ask Ming Yunqing for the ten yuan bill when he comes back from Tianjin, and ask her to return it to the original owner.But it is better to make a phone call beforehand, so as to save the owner from being suspicious, wrongly blaming the servant, or suspecting that he thinks it is cheap to accept it silently.

Fang made some calculations, and suddenly remembered that this stack of banknotes was paid by Mrs. Liu.I remember that when paying the money, Mrs. Liu thanked her a few words for her kindness. She first put the money she should lose, which is also ten yuan and fifty yuan, in front of her, and then put the money and chips paid by others as points Tomorrow, put it in front of you, put it together and hand it over.At that time, I felt that she seemed to be a random weight, with ten yuan bills at both ends, and there was a stack of ten yuan bills sandwiched in the middle. I thought it was because of three extra zero bills, and the sizes seemed to be uneven. It is not appropriate to call and ask at this time to give a gift in secret.Thinking of this, Fang Qianying's tenderness reappeared again, and his heart fluttered. He looked up and saw the blue sky and clouds outside the window, and the slanting moon was shining brightly, illuminating most of the courtyard as clear as a picture. The shadow of begonia and oleander in the courtyard was reflected on the window, leaving It is draped horizontally and obliquely, just like a picture, which makes the night scene very quiet.Just about to go to the courtyard to have a look, suddenly a gust of wind blows by, I immediately feel cold on my body, as soon as the Lingfu is emptied, the desire disappears, and then I feel tired, so I go to the toilet on the opposite side to relieve myself. The morning star is shining, and the east has already dawned. After returning to the room, he fell on the bed and fell asleep.

It was ten o'clock when I woke up, and Lao Shang was waiting in the outhouse. On the 12th of the day, Yuan Sun was scheduled to come to Tianjin to pick up his mother on the 14th. Because Shaozhang's house changed, he urgently needed to find a room to arrange. I was afraid that Fang's family would invite him again the next day, so I had to postpone it. It was said that the thirteenth went to Tianjin, but it turned out to be false. Fang Chengde ran the house on behalf of him and sent Ma Bian to accompany him. In the evening, ask the car when it will arrive, and pick it up on time the next day. Although it costs an extra night of travel, it is much more calm.Just as he was about to ask about the year of the horse sent by the Fang family, the old man replied, "I just arrived, my name is Yang Chenggong, and I prepared a car for my uncle. He said that he was ordered by the director and knew that the old lady would arrive in Tianjin tomorrow. There must be something else to do today, I asked the car not to go back, please use it as you like, until the uncle got on the train. The director of the new house sent an adjutant horse, and ran to find the landlord shortly after dawn. I went in to see how it was arranged, and now I have sent a few brothers to find someone to clean the paper and buy furniture." Yuan Sun hurriedly asked, "Where is Adjutant Ma?" Old Shang replied, "No one came, this is all Yang Chenggong said it. The landlord also came to deliver a letter to me just now, and I was so scared. I said repeatedly that my uncle is a man of integrity, and I will never rely on military power to trouble him in the future. , the director is really kind, the rent is paid for the whole year, and a lot of money is given. I wanted to give Adjutant Ma some money, but I was told a few words. I was very happy, and I said it was rare. Thanks to my uncle, I greet you."

At that time, Ruihua called for someone to ask about the past, and said: "Young Zhang is too annoying. You don't have to leave early today anyway. Why don't you ask him for half a year's rent if you have a car?" Yuan Su thought to himself: "Now Although not waiting for use, one is that the future will be long, the job is small and the salary is low, and it is better to have more savings, and the other is that the lack of responsibility and ruthlessness is really exasperating. Besides, I can't listen to what Ruihua says." She had to say: "At this time people have not yet woken up, my sister refused to ask for the red money yesterday, so I still invited my sister's family to Huamei to have a meal, and I will ask him after eating." Ruihua laughed and said: "You just burn the bag if you have a little money, and hire that if you don't hire one. You know how difficult it is to set up a family in Beijing, so you don't have to be frugal! When you associate with such a rich person as the Fang family, don't you want to make a show of it? You are invited by others. There will be many places to spend money in the future. What are you going to eat with the ready-made food at home?" Yuan Su responded quickly: "My sister is right. I feel uneasy because my sister refuses to accept it. Don’t go if you’re kind and concerned.” Aunt Guan laughed beside her and said, “I said the third uncle had a good heart and won the money just once. He wants to get anyone, unlike that uncle who doesn’t need anyone. He didn't even show his face from time to time." Rui Hua said: "The old man's heart is not bad, whether it's true or not, he can only tell if he has this heart. His brother's nature is stronger than his, but it's a pity that he didn't read many books since he was a child; He's not as smart as him, otherwise, he and the third child are in the south with my father, and he's older, so why can't I get in touch with relatives like the Fang family? I asked him the previous time we met, but what kind of friendship is there? Shiyi, people who can take care of him, he mentioned a few families, either poor ghosts or hopeless old people from the Qing Dynasty, and did not mention Fang and Lin. So yesterday I heard the third brother talk about the strange things he encountered recently. As for That uncle is honest and honest, not cold by nature, he just wanted to marry Ah Xi, an old vixen, and caused people to betray their relatives, and it became more and more unreasonable."

Yuan Sun asked that the car was not the one he was riding in last night. He expected that Chengde didn't need it, so he went to make a phone call with Yunqing and asked him to thank him on his behalf. He said that all the rent and furniture must be paid accordingly, and please Congjian.Yunqing smiled and replied: "That's natural. Chengde and I know your situation and personality, so I won't make you sad."After Yuansun made the phone call, he tacitly agreed to the family's expenses. Chengde had a lot of money, and he paid nine months more rent. After all, the cost was nearly a thousand. Although the expenses were large, one friend helped him, so he couldn't say anything else. I am distressed, my daily life and food are not satisfactory, and the house in Nanjing is big and dilapidated. It is impossible to raise him this time when I go north. I just say that things are not bad, but I have not stated any position. My mother has been traveling with my father for a long time. She is very smart. Is there a reason why you can't see the size of things?If you enter the door and see the bright weather and new furnishings, Lao Huai will be much more pleased.A few days ago I wanted to rent Shaozhang's house, because I was too worried, and it was difficult to deal with it in a hurry. Unexpectedly, because he went back and forth, his words were not accurate, and he went to the garden to relieve his boredom. Perhaps from now on, gradually becoming a better man, could it be that his father's yin and yin's silent blessing made him extremely happy?It is worth spending more money, as long as mother likes it, it is worth it, not to mention that the money comes from Fang's family. how. Yuan Sun was thinking about it. After recalling that Lao Shang was still with him, he had already rewarded him with two yuan when he opened the door last night, and this morning he received a favor from the landlord again. Although he was not ordered to take care of the moving, he must be satisfied, and asked with a smile: "Do you have anything to do?" Is it?" Old Shang replied, "Ma Bian and Yang Chenggong are still waiting in the porter's room, and my uncle sees him missing?" Yuan Sun ordered him to come in, and I waited here, and Old Shang went away in response.After a while, Yang Chenggong walked in with Lao Shang, stood at attention to salute Yuansun, and called "Third Lord".Yuan Sun saw that it was the one with the car last night, about forty years old, tall, fully armed, and looked very capable, so he smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I ordered you to help, here is fifty yuan, ten yuan I will buy you a glass of wine for you, forty yuan will be used as a round-trip ticket to Tianjin and sporadic expenses, and if it is not enough, I will take it from me." Yuan Sun originally thought that Fang Chabian's eyes must be big, and he accepted the love of others, because the Lord respects the servant, Don't look shabby, cherish the little money, fortunately, in a rare situation, even taking a second-class car and even rewarding the horse won't cost you more than 30 yuan, which is as good as 40 yuan Ruihua accepted last night.Unexpectedly, Yang Chenggong didn't come to pick him up, Gongli replied: "Report to the third master, the director told his wife last night that the third master just came to Beijing, and he is not very familiar with it. This time to welcome the old lady, everything will be handled by the department The long-lived person will do it on his behalf, and he will open the account with the third master after the matter is over. He has already paid a hundred yuan to Yang Chenggong to take with him, and the private room booked by the office for coming and going. If you don’t need it, how much strength can you have up and down? At most, you will have to spend ten dollars and eight dollars. As for Yang Chenggong’s business trip, he has meal money and travel expenses, and he will never dare to take it unless he is ordered, not to mention the director and his wife. There is a life-saving grace. The third master is a close relative of his wife, but he is only worried that he will not be effective, so how dare he accept the reward? Please take it back." Yuan Sun was inconvenient to insist, so he had to give up, and he ordered the old man to accompany him out, and ordered the entertainer To smoke tea, ask the kitchen to pay for the meal and add vegetables, Yang Chenggong stood at attention and said goodbye. When Yuan Sun went back, he saw Ruihua's figure flashing at the corner of the corridor. He was peeping in the dark, and called "sister" with a smile. With such an air, I’m afraid his family has settled everything. How could your brother not recognize them? It’s strange.” Yuan Sun then said, “Junqing is with me in Suzhou, and my brother is going to Nanjing. My lord, we are young, how can we be together?" Ruihua pondered for a while, then ordered the maid to tell the cook to add food to the porter, horse-bean, and driver, to prepare some, open the public account, and don't ask the uncle for money.The two sisters and brothers went back to the room together.After lunch, Yuan Su finished eating, Rui Hua urged him to get up, in case Shao Zhang went out and did not see him again, and taught him a set of words not to mention anything about the Fang family, Yuan Sun agreed.When they got there, Shao Zhang had already got up, and when they met, he brought up the matter of the house again.Shaozhang pondered for a while, and said: "It's not that I don't want to borrow the house. I was afraid that you wouldn't get along well. I was unlucky that day and lost the money. I spent a lot of money yesterday and only raised fifty yuan. You can take it first." .As soon as your aunt arrives, I will definitely return it to you. If you haven’t found the house, you can stay at your sister’s house for two months, so you don’t have to rush and save a lot of money.” Yan couldn't help getting angry, and said with a sneer, "My sister is married to someone who left home, and my brother-in-law has passed away. My mother is here, and my nephew has a family and can't borrow here, but I'm tired of his family name? Brothers don't care about face, so they have to take care of them." Sister, think about it. You can’t find a house, but there are restaurants.” Shaozhang said, “You say you’re absurd and you don’t admit it, how much money do you have to live in a hotel?” Yuansun said, “What’s the point? Is it okay to sleep on the street?" Shaozhang said angrily, "Okay, okay, it's up to you, you're such a nonsense, don't look for me when you can't do it in the future." When Yuan Sun heard the words, he aroused his former hatred and didn't bother to talk about it. Seeing that fifty yuan was placed in the cigarette tray, he knew it was against him, so he replied with a smile: "If you say there is no way, now it is no way. Why did elder brother help you?" Come? It’s a change of mind to rent a ready-made vacant house with money, let alone other things? Please rest assured, I just ask my mother to return the rent collected after her arrival. The brothers will have more than two months, and they will not be able to support the family in the future, even if I have my mother all over the street. Go ask for it. Except for the sacrifice of the ancestors and gods at this age, they will never come to the door for no reason, let alone get tired. Is this the fifty yuan? I am busy going to Tianjin right now, so I can't stay longer. Mother is in Tianjin , Maybe just play for a day or two, you want to meet, and we will meet at No. 35 on the second floor of the Dongfang Hotel the day after tomorrow." Ah Xi said angrily from the side: "Total, I paid the fifty yuan at Sun's house. Don’t you say that you can’t even spend one yuan in this month? Your big cigarettes are almost finished, and you haven’t bought them yet.” Shaozhang pouted and replied: “Auntie is here, and he’s waiting for the money, so what’s the point Let him take it all." Seeing Ah Xi talking about work, Yuan Sun caught a glimpse of the porcelain vat on the cigarette tray. Because he had just picked up the cigarettes and hadn't put them away, there was still more than half of the vat inside. If it doesn't match, he was busy covering it, and cursed: "This Fourth Miss is really damned, your father was forced to avoid opium by you, and it's not like chasing the soul, so today you want him to avoid it, take this mother-in-law What are you using the plaster cylinder for?" Yuan Su ignored her, and said to Shaozhang, "Brother, please take care to prepare it quickly, see you when you come back from Tianjin." Turning around, he took it.As soon as I arrived in the outer room, I heard Ah Xi whispering: "Killer, if I don't pay you back, what do you think?" Yuan Sun didn't bother to argue, so he hurried out.Meeting Sheng Xiang in the outer courtyard, he quietly asked: "Master, have you got the money? Last night, the Sun family gave the old man three hundred yuan for some unknown reason, and Sun's mansion won more than one hundred playing cards." Only then did Yuan Sun know that Shaozhang was rich. , Don't worry about returning it.The brother was angry and didn't want to listen to the servant's gossip. He replied vaguely and still walked out, listening to Sheng Xiang muttering: "The old man is a good man, let this poor woman make trouble, and the whole family has become enemies." Sitting in the car, Sun thought about it and became more and more angry. He dispelled the evil idea that if he just perfunctory his sister, he would not pursue the rest of the money, and he decided to do it.When I saw Ruihua at home, before he could confide in him, Ruihua was already very angry and said, "Go away, I will go with you tomorrow." The adjutant Ma who was sent brought a guard to arrange the layout on his behalf.When Yuan Sun saw it, from the furnishing utensils down to the knife and anvil, everything from a skip to a broom was complete, but the prices were not listed. At most, you can live in a hotel for two or three days at most, and it’s worth the extra money if you save trouble.” I felt grateful to Chengde and his wife for their love, and thanked Adjutant Ma four times.Because it was too early, I wanted to treat me to a meal, and I would leave in the evening train. Adjutant Ma said there was something to do, and I would disturb him another day, but I couldn't refuse, so I had to say goodbye, and took the express train to Tianjin at 5:40, and stayed at Changfa Inn. Down.