Chapter 32 Section VI

The excitement of Tianhui Town seems to have been taken away by Liu Sanjin.This is because after Laba, the gambling is closed; passing merchants also have to hurry because of the relationship of the twelfth lunar month, and Tianhui Town is just a stop, who wants to linger here?Luo Waizui also suffered from a cold and cough, and thought it was inconvenient to live alone in the backyard of Yunjizhan, so he moved to live in Xingshun. He was going to live upstairs with the dirt tray.Mrs. Cai said, how bad it is to go upstairs and downstairs several times a day all day long!How can a sick person work so hard!Therefore, the interior storage room was freed up, and some infrequently used things and stupid goods were put on the upper floor of the bedroom.A curtain was hung on the small door leading to Touyuanba at the back, so that no aisle wind could blow in.The original bright tiles were cleaned by a plasterer, and Luo Waizui paid for the addition of three new rows of bright tiles, so that the room also had light.Then a bed, a table, and two square stools were installed—these are all things left by old Cai Xingshun, and they were also used by Luo Waizui two years ago. ——Even if it's Luo Waizui's Xingyuan.After two nights, Luo Weizui said that there was still wind blowing into the tent at night.Mrs. Cai also advocated: at night, Luo Waizui went to sleep on the canopy bed in the bedroom, and she and her husband and children moved out to Luo Waizui's bed.

Luo Waizui refused at first, and said: "Is there such a reason to overwhelm the host? I am here to recuperate, and it is enough for you and your wife to take care of you at any time!" But her reason is also sufficient: "Since you are suffering from typhoid fever, how can you Catch a cold again at night? You come here to recuperate, not to add to your illness. If we ignore it and people hear it, why don’t you talk about our faults? We don’t say we are relatives, even neighbors, and we can’t see each other like this. If you are still in Yunji Inn, we can't take care of you, but you can still say that since you are in our house, we only want to make ourselves comfortable, and we don't even give up the room? Besides, there is no hindrance, the same A bed with pillows and covers..."

Cai Xingshun also helped persuade, and advocated: "Whether he agrees or not, we will sleep in his bed at night." He reluctantly agreed, but attached two conditions. Second, Jinwazi is too young to stand the night cold, so let him sleep together on a canopy bed, and Mrs. Cai can come in to feed him at any time.The door is not closed. At the same time, Cai Xingshun was also very happy.Because of his crooked mouth, he was able to smoothly resume the happy habits he had before begging his wife, and he was no longer subject to his wife's harassment.That is, after closing the shop, I would work on myself with a glass of wine, half drunk after eating, and go to bed quietly to have a sound sleep.

Luo Waizui often goes out to do his serious business during the day.As soon as he came back, he put down the opium tray, and Mrs. Cai always naturally wanted to accompany him by the tray.At first, she sat with Jinwazi and laughed, but once, she asked Luo Waizui to teach her how to burn cigarettes, but she moved to Luo Waizui without any scruples, half sitting and half lying down, so that he could stretch his hands over his shoulders. Grab her hand to teach.Just at this time, Zhang Zhankui and Tian's eldest son suddenly opened the curtain and came in.Luo Waizui turned over, and was five or six inches away from Mrs. Cai, but she, nothing happened, was still lying there burning her cigarettes, and raised her head to talk to them.