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Chapter 34 second quarter

stagnant water 李劼人 4882Words 2018-03-19
Gu Tiancheng entered the city on the sixth day of junior high school, and since he had no one to take care of his younger brother, he brought him with him.One is to pay New Year's greetings, and the other is to discuss the succession of the Lord.It is said that Gu Tianxiang's wife, Miss Qian, will definitely give birth within the first month.If it is lucky that it is a boy as Mrs. Ma touched it, there is no problem; otherwise, Yao Bo's idea: the second child is young and strong, so there must be endless births.The first child is a flower, and the second child is definitely a leaf. In short, it is possible to inherit the first boy to him. Although the boy is still far away, the name has already been born, and it is also possible to inherit the name first.But we have to wait for Miss Qian to give birth to find out.

He lived in Uncle Yao's house, and his younger brother was taken care of by himself. He was relieved and had nothing to do, so he ran outside all day long.What are you running?It's nothing more than eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.Because he has been waiting for a long time, he is more active in prostitution.It is true that women are not relaxed, and men are not nauseated.Besides, during the New Year, all troupes have sealed their boxes. Generally, dan roles, young and beautiful, are supplied by officials and gentry.At that time, the officialdom was bringing Beijing atmosphere, starting from the generals who made Taiwan, they all paid attention to playing Xiaodan, and loved them so much that Yang Sulan even put on a crystal top on her own and rode across the market in the procession one day in the spring.But ordinary Hei Xiaodans don't have an easy life, so they have to find scattered buyers among the general rabbits in smokehouses and casinos, and they don't take airs like rabbits.This is a very good opportunity for ordinary households who come to the province from the four townships and want to taste this taste.Gu Tian is not a very layman, at this opportunity, just in need, how can he let it go?

However, although Chengdu is prosperous, although there are many places that sell sex for men and women, and although there are opportunities, there must be a condition before you dare to ask for it.Otherwise, if you go ten times, you will suffer ten different big losses: the money will be strangled, the clothes will be stripped, the beatings will be beaten, and the anger will be fed up. You are not allowed to see a vague outline!And you have suffered a loss, and you have nowhere to complain! What conditions?The best thing is, you can directly play with your friends in the third class and the sixth room in the two county yamen, or the bosses who sit on the card in each street, then you can sometimes get what you want, and you don’t need to spend money. More powerful father-in-law, you must not fight with power, you can only give in, only give in!Secondly, if you can get to know ordinary paoge ruffians and say hello everywhere, then you will behave yourself and pay for prostitution, and you won't be offended.Again, even if you can speak through a middleman, first greet the people you mentioned above, and get the acquiescence of some people, then you can go around with the middleman as much as you want. I got my wish; but the money spent will inevitably be more, and you must not be stingy, so that people will look down on you and say you are a dog!

Master Gu Sangong is a kind of person who needs to be protected by a middleman, so most of the people he makes friends with in the provincial capital are such people, and because he is not a dog, such people are quite friendly with him. On the eleventh day, it was Gu Huitang's 50th birthday.Said that the second child must make a living for him.I had no choice but to decorate with lanterns and festoons, and set up a big feast.Relatives' house, men and women, sat at six tables in total.The eldest said that he was uncomfortable, so he didn't even come with his wife and children, but asked the second elder to go to Pi County for a month after his birth.

The prominent guests on this day are Qian's relatives.A red satin lacquer birthday couplet hanging in the middle of the main room is said to have been written and sent by Qian's family. The golden crown and the pearl are very brilliant. Gu Tiancheng came back at noon that day.A box of Danxiangzhai dim sum, a catty of two-knife leg meat, a plate of birthday peaches, a plate of birthday noodles, a pair of candles, and three sticks of sandalwood.After paying his respects, I originally thought of going to the cigarette tray in the inner room to accompany Qian's in-laws.But he was bitterly invited by the second brother to the wing room to accompany some old relatives.I had no choice but to search my brains and talk to everyone about the weather, the harvest, and the anecdotes about the death of a certain family and the childbirth of a certain family after not seeing each other for many years.Talk about the old news that everyone says hates everyone hears.And in accordance with the etiquette of the township party, you must speak and listen respectfully and respectfully all the way, and fight all the way to join in the fun.

These are not Gu Tiancheng's strengths, they have already made him sad.And the most unfortunate thing is that after the banquet, he was accompanied by a very respected and nosy old in-law; after eating two banquets and sea cucumber dishes, the old in-law must have a drink When punching, the five chiefs and eight horses are not familiar with shouting, and they like to lose; when it comes to the banquet, they are quite drunk.Township rules: Except for funerals, when the guests eat the table, wipe their mouths and leave without lingering. In case of marriage and birthday celebrations, you must come early to sit and talk and laugh, and wait for the table to eat. After eating, you can’t Just leave, you have to sit for a certain time, and after you are exhausted to the point where you can’t support your master, then slowly, one by one, bow your head and thank you; if not, everyone will laugh at you for being impolite, and the master will not be happy , Said that you have an eunuch and look down on people.Therefore, Gu Tiancheng had to re-enter the wing room, chatting and laughing with his old in-laws.I don't know why, but the old in-law became very kind to him.He not only asked about his wife's medical condition, the date and time of her death, and her burial plan, but also how many children she had.When I heard that there was only one daughter, I became more concerned; I also heard that my younger brother Zhao was here, so I must see her.When Gu Tiancheng went in, he asked the old woman to lead Zhaodi out from the back room, kowtowed to the old in-law, took her little hand again, and asked her how old was she?Miss mom?Ask her again if it's fun in the city?Is it fun in the village?And asked where she turned?

Zhaodi said: "Here I am when I come here. Daddy didn't lead me across the street, so grandpa told him to lead me away, but he didn't." The old in-law seemed to be angry, and said, "Your father is really wrong! It's the first time for my son to go to the city during the Chinese New Year, why don't you take him out for a walk?... Tonight, the dragon lanterns were burned on the East Street, Must ask him to show you!" Fu took out an embroidered money purse from the sleeve of his coat, counted twelve red copper coins and goose-eye coins of Tongzhi Yuanbao and Guangxu Yuanbao, and handed it to Zhaodi, saying: "Take a lucky one! Yueyuehong!...Take it and buy cannons!"

This really killed Gu Tiancheng, he had no guts to resist his old in-law, and he couldn't get rid of his younger brother, who couldn't even get in by himself.It hangs by his side.He had no choice but to do it happily, and accompanied his old in-laws to leave, and took Zhaodi's little hand, and walked to the street.He just walked around casually, and after agreeing to recruit his younger brother, he brought her back to Yao Bo's house.Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the entrance of Chunyangguan Street, he ran into a person head-on, and he greeted unexpectedly: "Brother Wang, where are you going?"

The so-called Big Brother Wang turned out to be a swordsman from Chongqing Prefecture.He is not very tall, and his appearance is not very fierce, but many people say that he has great skills and loyalty. He has committed seven knife cases for other people's affairs. He is well-known in the South Road area.He communicated with Guan Laosan in Manchengli, Chengdu, and often went to the province to avoid cases, and lived in Manchengli for several months. Swordsman Wang also has three or four young friends who wear hats and clothes slanted sideways, and they will have one or two sides. He stood still, saw Gu Tiancheng clearly, and said: "It's you?...Turn around the street, where are you?"

"My little girl is so annoying, I want to see the lights on East Street..." "Okay, we are also going to Dongdajie, let's go together!" When Swordsman Wang left, he took a look at Brother Zhao and said, "How old are you, girl?" "It's been a year, twelve years old." "You haven't bound your feet yet! She's a country girl. . . . After seeing the lights, where are you going?" Gu Tiancheng said: "It's better to spend the night with the youngest Shu, okay?" "Alright, although the baby is not very white, she is still charming and very tired!"

They should have taken Xinjie, but because they wanted to see the lanterns, they took a detour to Xiaokejia Lane.As soon as he arrived at Kejia Lane, Zhaodi was reluctant to leave. Swordsman Wang said with a smile: "What a girl who has never opened her eyes before! Go a little further and get to Dongdajie. It will look good!" As soon as you get to the side of the screen wall of the Chengshou Yamen, you will find the Middle East Street.There were so many people, Gu Tiancheng had no choice but to squeeze Zhaodi on his back and squeeze in. Firecrackers are being set off in front of them. The colorful iron powder flowers, carrying gunpowder, rush two or three feet high, and then fall down in all directions; there are some transparent white lights in the middle. What kerosene is mixed with it.This is really better than the fireworks in previous years!There were about a dozen tubes before they stopped, and everyone took dozens of steps to wipe the soles of their shoes. Brother Zhao was so fond of her father's back that he just patted her two little hands and laughed. Wang Swordsman and others came to the East Street, not just to see the fireworks, but also to see the women watching the artillery.So as long as you see a place with a red heart, you have to squeeze there. Gu Tiancheng can't be so free, so he has to follow from a distance. Gradually squeezed through the yamen in Taiwan, and there were fireworks in front of them, and everyone stopped again.Amidst the din of voices, Gu Tiancheng suddenly heard a clear and shrill female voice, shouting with a smile: "Ouch! You're stepping on someone's foot!" A familiar male voice replied: "Yeah Squeezed, you are sticking to my back, why don’t you step on you? Come here, I will protect you with my arms, that’s fine.” Gu Tiancheng didn't want to see women?So he hurried to the crowd to find the one who spoke.Among the fireworks and lights, I saw a woman.He wore a fashionable wide hat that covered his temples. Seen from the side, he had a round nose, a pair of sparkling eyes, and his small mouth was opened for a smile, revealing his white teeth.The face is thick and pink, and it looks very cute.But it was clear at a glance that she wasn't from the city, not to mention anything else, no matter how wild a city woman was, she wouldn't smile like that.Look at the man next to the woman, amazing!It turned out to be Luo Waizui!Not only him, but also Zhang Zhankui Tian's eldest son Du Laosi and his group. Gu Tiancheng's heart jumped up immediately, and his arms moved, thinking: "Who is that woman? It's not Liu Sanjin, it seems that she is not a decent guy! But she is so good-looking! Luo Wai is a dog!" How lucky are you to talk about this group of things!" So the old hatred of Tianhui Town came back to his eyes again, and he thought: "This group of things are just sitting on the mountain tiger, and they may not be very capable when they come to the provincial capital! Let's go with them one by one If they don’t go, they lose face and don’t pay the price, which is a shame!” The fireworks stopped, and the people watching were walking, when suddenly the people in front parted to the two sides to make way for a wide road. After a while of yelling, I saw two tall soldiers wearing green gauze and big headbands, wearing red serge and green velvet cloud-cap wide-brimmed livery, with battle skirts floating on each side of their thighs, and a huge umbrella on their shoulders. Lamp, followed by two lines of the same dressed team, carrying sharp weapons such as knives and forks, came slowly.A military officer escorting the team at the back was wearing a winter hat with a white stone top, a floral dress, and a sharkskin green sheath knife hanging from his waist, astride a white horse; the horse was also beautifully dressed, with a red flower on its forehead The tassel was as big as a bowl, and a groom grabbed a white copper reed and walked ahead; the officer held a command arrow in a yellow silk sheath that blue dragons grabbed the sun in both hands. It turned out to be the military patrol of the governor's yamen. As usual, after the ninth day and before the Lantern Festival, once a night, he brought his own soldiers out to suppress the streets, commonly known as the big order. The crowd was divided, and Swordsman Wang was squeezed to Gu Tiancheng's side again. As soon as he had an idea, he suddenly had an idea, and said to Swordsman Wang in a low voice: "Brother Wang, can your brother see that woman over there?" "Are you talking about the woman in the royal blue dress?" "Yes, what does your brother think of her? Does she look good?" Wang Swordsman stretched his head to look again and said, "Naturally he looks good, I'm afraid he will be in Saitong Street tonight!" "Let's go over and give her a fucking squeeze, shall we?" Swordsman Wang shook his head and said, "No way! I've seen carefully that although that woman is a bit wild, she's still a decent person. Those who walked with her seemed to be friends in the public eye, let alone hurt their loyalty. .” "Your brother's eyesight is really good! Those fruits are from the pier outside the north gate. I don't think that woman is a serious person. She is serious, are you willing to go with such a person?" Swordsman Wang still shook his head. "Your brother is too cowardly! As the saying goes, everyone picks wild flowers, everyone rides a good horse, and when it comes to loyalty, you should let everyone play!" Swordsman Wang still shook his head in disapproval. An innocent young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old, probably a newcomer out of the forest, took it very seriously and said: "Brother Gu's words are right, if it's important to squeeze her, it's just for fun." !" Swordsman Wang said: "It's not easy to be arrogant in the provincial capital, so don't cause trouble!" Another young man said: "I'm afraid of getting into trouble, that's not what you and my brother said. Brother Gu, if you're so brave, let's go!" Gu Tiancheng was very excited, so he didn't think about it anymore, so he put Zhaodi on the side of the street and said, "You just wait here! I'll come right away!..." After the "big order" was passed, the crowd closed again.Swordsman Wang was about to stop him again, but he couldn't see them crowding there. Luo Waizui and his party were walking to the intersection of Qingshiqiao Street, the man led the way, and the woman fell behind.All of a sudden, the woman screamed and said, "You guys are messing around! Why did you touch someone else!...Oh! My grandma..." Luo Waizui hurriedly turned his head, and saw Gu Tiancheng and a young man he didn't know holding Mrs. Cai under his arm and fumbling around. "You, Gu's baby?" "It's me!...Good horse everyone rides!...This is no better than going back to town, how dare you?" Luo Waizui had already stood upright, and he raised his eyes and said, "How dare you?... I dare to beat you!" A slap across the face, hard and loud, half of Gu Tiancheng's face turned red. The two young men rushed over and said, "It's hard to say something, so you just use your hands? I'm still not afraid of trouble!" The sound of quarreling had already blown away the crowded crowd. Probably people in the city are used to an elegant and refined life, and they are willing to appreciate any irritating and rude behavior; at the same time, they are afraid that this behavior will affect themselves and cannot bear it.Therefore, when such an opportunity suddenly arises, they must quickly form a circle, as if watching a trick, and watch from a harmless position. So in the circle, there were only nine people left.On one side are Gu Tiancheng and the others, on the other side are Luo Waizui, Zhang Zhankui, Tian Changzi, Du Laosi, and another sturdy brother, five men.Aunt Cai, whose face was green with shock, was taken outside. Sister-in-law Cai, with disheveled hair on her temples and disheveled clothes, was leaning on Luo's crooked shoulder, her eyes were too wide open, and her legs were barely standing still. Luo Waizui's momentum was stronger, and he cursed more vigorously. Gu Tiancheng never expected this situation to happen, he was already timid, and was looking around, planning to take advantage of the situation to escape, but a young man suddenly bowed down, wrapped around his calf, Huo De pulled out a dagger, silently, buried his head He poked at Tian Changzi's waist eye. This move shocked all the spectators.Swordsman Wang rushed over suddenly, dragged the young man back and said, "No way!" As soon as Tian Changzi dodged, he also drew a short knife from his back crotch.Zhang Zhankui's guy also took it out and said: "Your child still has this!...Come on!..." Wang Swordsman stopped his hand, and just said: "Brothers..." Suddenly there was a shout in the crowd: "Master is here! Get out of the way!" A person with a knife in his hand, who is about to fight for his life, will also be afraid of the master.I am afraid that the master will yell at Qiu Ba to catch him, put him on the ground and spank his buttocks.It is said that even if dozens of bright red holes were poked in Paoge Swordsman's body with white knives in and out with red knives, it was nothing, but if he was beaten by Wang Fa, he would not only humiliate his ancestors, but also die, and he would have no face to become a ghost. "Master is here!" This sound is more effective than any talisman for repelling ghosts.The beauties and heroes in the middle of the crowd, with swords and hairpins, disappeared all at once.The wall of people still turned into a crowd, flowing mightily.
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