Chapter 10 Chapter 10: Why should I be sad to see what happened to Yue Qianqing?

Any wise person, when he is restless, will always show some signs in his actions.At this time, if there is a second person, if you observe with a calm eye, you can see any behavior.Third Aunt Mao had contacted Chunhua too many times today, but she couldn't hide it when she said that she was just here to see her. So Mrs. Song found some work and sat in the main room doing it without even coughing, waiting for Third Aunt Mao to come out and questioning her.After a while, I heard Third Aunt Mao softly say in the room: "That's how to do it, I will definitely help you." Then I heard Chunhua softly reply: "I'm afraid that I will run into someone." , I won’t send you off. Please be careful in everything, and don’t say a word to anyone. Remember.”

After hearing these words, Mrs. Song couldn't help but feel her heart beating wildly, feeling that every word was piercing her heart.Naturally, his face also turned hot red.Before Third Aunt Mao could walk out, she had already stood up and blocked the door.When she came out, he grabbed her skirt with one hand, gave her a wink, and turned his head to one side.Needless to say, Mrs. Song must have asked her to talk all the way. Third Aunt Mao is now the Song Shi she was five minutes ago, and her heart is beating very hard.But she immediately warned herself that this matter should be kept extremely secret, and no traces should be revealed.Therefore, when he quietly followed Mrs. Song, he was already thinking about how to cover up this matter.Mrs. Song pulled her skirt and dragged her to her room, then smiled and nodded to her, "Sister-in-law three, sit down, I have something to say to you."

Third Aunt Mao sat down and laughed: "Master, if you don't tell me, I will understand. Isn't it because I have been to the house a few times today, do you always feel a little strange?" Mrs. Song didn't speak, but let She solved the charade first, and then she paused for a while, so she couldn't speak it out.So he lowered his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "It's not that I'm overhearted. You know, my husband's temper is very weird. If I don't let him understand the matter first, I'm afraid he will be unhappy." Aunt Mao laughed and said: "Actually, it's nothing serious. The eldest girl told me that she will stop studying in the future and stay at home, and it will be very boring. She said that it's us who have to go to the street every day. What's the point?" , and asked me to buy some for her. I’m still not allowed to tell anyone about this, lest my teacher won’t let her see it. I came here several times today just for this matter, do you believe it?”

Song looked at her face, saw that she was still naughty, with a smile on her cheeks, her eyes just rolled, her hands sometimes held the front of the skirt, sometimes touched her hair, she seemed a little indifferent.Then he said, "Sister-in-law three, are you telling the truth?" Aunt Mao laughed and said, "Yo! What kind of words are that? I dare to lie to my teacher, aren't I afraid of being struck by thunder?" Song said with a straight face "Third sister-in-law, you are also from the door. What do you not know? A mother who raises a girl is a priceless treasure if she is locked up, but she is a troublemaker when she is released. I didn't let the children go to school. But your husband-in-law It is said that women in ancient times all studied, and foreign women also studied, so they are all good. I think my son-in-law is not good enough. How can they be good with such a large family property? Being bullied by others. Now that the girl is getting older every year, she has more and more worries every year. I think it is better to do things at home and not go out. As for watching drums, although it is irrelevant. But Does anyone see any benefits from reading drum words? I heard that we

My son-in-law is also suffering from a serious illness, and my heart is full of worries.Alas! I don't know what to do? Raising a daughter is difficult, and raising a daughter is difficult. " Third Aunt Mao heard her say a lot of things, but she couldn't figure it out, thinking that she must not be able to speak directly.Then he smiled and said, "Master, don't worry, I can only relieve your old worries, can I do anything bad? Besides, the eldest girl is full of books, pinches her eyes, and treats me like this." An idiot coaxed her over, can I teach her to do something bad? If you are so worried, from now on, I will not enter the door without your old order. Do you keep watching, okay?" said Then, he smiled at Song Shi.

She had just entered the door of her own house, when she turned her head by chance, she saw a shadow of a person.I thought maybe Mrs. Song was worried and was still investigating secretly, but ignored it.He went into the room, wiped his face twice with a cold towel, turned around and came out, and saw the shadow of the person at the door flashing again. Third Aunt Mao was quick-eyed and could see clearly that it was Li Xiaoqiu.I didn't have time to speak, so I followed his shadow and chased after him. I saw him with his hands behind his back, pacing up and down by the fence.So he took a look at Yao Tingdong's gate first, and then fed him a few times.Xiaoqiu looked back and saw Aunt Mao, and waved at him several times one after another.Xiaoqiu understood and followed her into the room.

Standing in the courtyard, Third Aunt Mao lightly stamped her feet, frowned and said, "My young master, what's the matter with you, just walk around this gate?" Xiaoqiu arched his hands and said with a smile, "everything is too much work. Is there any reply?" Third Aunt Mao said, "why are you in such a hurry? If things go wrong, will you drag us both into the water?" Xiaoqiu shook her hands again and again and said, "Don't dare!" Third Aunt Mao's face showed a ruthless look, and she gritted her teeth slightly.He nodded to Xiaoqiu again, humming in his nose: "The matter is very dangerous. The teacher stopped me at the door and planned to interrogate me. Fortunately, I covered this loophole with smooth words. In the future I can't go often, so as not to be troubled." Xiaoqiu cupped her hands and said: "In the future, I will thank Third Uncle and Aunt Mao." She said seriously: "I don't know about him, but Young Master Li must understand that I am Being close to the eldest girl is all for her to send letters and letters to you, not to plot against you."

When Xiaoqiu was dragged into the room by Aunt Mao, she had nothing to say, but now she said that the matter was about to be revealed, and that she had a great responsibility. If she declined her, it would be difficult to proceed .If you don't refuse him, will you let him suffer forever? Because of taking a breath twice, he just blushed and couldn't tell why. Third Aunt Mao couldn't bear to see his embarrassment.So he chuckled and said, "I think those who are useful are the ones who study, and those who are useless are also the ones who study. How do you say this? Because throughout the ages, the number one scholar has been the inspector of the eight prefectures, and you are the only ones who have a share. But I can’t do a little bit of sesame, and I have to ask the people in our room to help, and this is the person you are studying.”

After hearing this, Xiaoqiu could only smile and didn't say anything.But even though he didn't say anything, he refused to leave and just stood by the edge of the eaves.Third Aunt Mao bit her lip, raised her eyelids and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "You really can't do it! Hey! Here, take it." She fumbled in her pocket for a while as she spoke. , took out a letter, and threw it into Xiaoqiu's arms.Xiao Qiu rushed to hug the letter, without even looking at it, holding the letter.Immediately, he made a few bows to Aunt Mao, and thanked him repeatedly. Third Aunt Mao only looked sideways at him, but didn't say anything else.But looking at his back, he smiled and nodded a few times.That meaning is naturally somewhat permissible, but when Xiao Qiu walked away, she looked back at her house, but sighed deeply again and again.

She didn't enter the room either, nor did she sit on the stool in the main room.He just sat on the threshold of his bedroom, hugged his legs with both hands, leaned his back on the straight beam of the door hinge, and looked up at the sky outside the eaves.She couldn't help singing a local song: "Qingtoulang, a white-faced scholar, (Qingtou is called unmarried) Maomi (mao, there is no Ganyan) and my heart is cold after spending the night." She reversed these two sentences After singing the lyrics more than a dozen times, he finally let out a long sigh. At this time, Third Uncle Mao swayed and stumbled in. When he got to the courtyard, he stared at him first and said, "What's it like? You can't sit there. Sit on the threshold." As he spoke, he lifted a piece of blue cloth The skirt of the gown, to wipe the buttery sweat from his forehead.Third Aunt Mao hugged her knees and sat on the threshold, still squinting at her husband with her eyes, neither getting up nor saying anything, just sitting upright on the threshold.When Third Uncle Mao came home, he sometimes saw his wife acting like this. It was just a woman acting like a baby, so he didn't need to pay much attention to it. Third Aunt Mao twisted her face.He smiled and said, "I just said such a sentence, and it's not worth getting so angry."

When Third Aunt Mao was pinched by him, she became very angry. She swung her arms, twisted her body, and shouted: "Get out of here." Unexpectedly, Third Uncle Mao took two steps back and stared at him she.Third Aunt Mao moved upwards in one breath, and just waved like this.Later, I thought about it, because I was too intense, which would embarrass my husband.But I have already done it, and I must not show weakness in front of my husband, so I turned around, stood up, and walked into the room. If Third Uncle Mao had seen women like this in the past, he would have been angry.But today, the blue bamboo cloth gown worn by Third Aunt Mao was extraordinarily clean and flat, and her hair was also combed slickly.Because the hair is combed, it looks like Third Aunt Mao's oval face is also white and tender.He thought to himself, I, Mao Sanya, have such a good wife, what else can I say.If she wanted to lose her temper, she had to let her do it.Third Aunt Mao didn't think about whether her husband had forgiven her or not, and fell asleep on the bed.Third Uncle Mao walked to the door of the room, stretched out his head to have a look, and saw that she had already fallen asleep, so he didn't dare to disturb her, so he went to the kitchen to cook and eat. That afternoon, Third Aunt Mao felt very sad, feeling that she had too much to do.My own marriage has been so caring for the rest of my life, but I have all this free time to take care of other people's affairs and arrange their affairs. What good is it for me? Besides, it will be difficult to move forward with this matter, even if the housekeeper That child will die of tuberculosis, but according to our father-in-law's temper, maybe his daughter will be sent to watch over the family! Whether a woman is smart or stupid, good-looking or ugly, just rely on life to touch her. If it happens well, it is this life, if it happens badly, it also belongs to this life.If a man doesn't have a good wife, he can beg for sex and go whoring, but if a woman can't marry a good husband, then she is not allowed to lose her appearance. Aunt Mao was provoked by Miss Chunhua, and she suddenly realized.Thinking of this, I was very angry.Because I am angry, I don’t want to eat, just think about it.Third Uncle Mao had finished cooking, but he walked in cautiously and asked, "The meal is ready, why don't you get up and have some food?" Third Aunt Mao was lying on the bed, ignoring him.Later, seeing him standing quietly in the corner of the door, just waiting, not going away, I thought, keep quiet, he will always wait here, so why bother, it is better to send him away.He said, "I'm not feeling well, please go ahead." Hearing what she said later, Third Uncle Mao was a little unnaturally polite, but he didn't expect that she would be angry for so long after he said something to her.I was going to argue with her a few words, but I was afraid that it would make her even more angry, so I didn't say anything else, turned around, and ran out.Although Third Aunt Mao knew that he had been wronged a little, but she thought in her heart, if you want me to be your woman, you should be wronged by me.Otherwise, we will let go. This afternoon, it seemed that Uncle Mao had seen through his woman's thoughts, and he didn't care about anything with Aunt Mao. Come in and sleep.Third Aunt Mao was always stubborn with him.When he walked in with a cigarette pipe in his mouth, she had already sat up, leaning against the bed rail and lost in thought.Third Uncle Mao smiled at her and said, "When it's time to sleep, you don't want to sleep anymore." Third Aunt Mao tilted her head and said, "You have to take care of my sleeping, and I don't want to sleep!" With just this one sentence, like a big eagle chasing a sparrow, she stood up and walked into the main room.In this way, Uncle Mao's embarrassment naturally increased.But if you want to say a few words to her, I'm afraid she can't bear it even more. In the middle of the night, the husband and wife quarreled, which inevitably caused jokes from the neighbors. I have put up with this matter for a long time today, so let's put it up.So he put down his pipe, completely non-resistor, and went to bed first. When Third Aunt Mao came into the main room, she saw a silver plate-like moon hanging in the sky, illuminating the grid of the courtyard, and cast a rectangular piece of moonlight on the floor of the main room, as if a piece of silver had been painted on the ground. Silver paint, under this kind of moonlight, is most likely to produce human emotions.For a person who is full of old grievances like Aunt Mao, it is easier to have a feeling.She was looking at it like this, when the wind hummed, there was a flute sound, which was sent from the courtyard next door. In the courtyard next door, the only one who can play the hole flute is Miss Chunhua. From this, I know that the hole flute must be played by Chunhua.Just hearing the tune played slowly, one can tell that she is very sad.In fact, why is it so, she has such a white-faced scholar, Li Xiaoqiu, who loves me secretly, even me, for your sake, I run countless times a day, and you still don't have a way to get ahead.As for me, it's like a mouse's horn, and I'm happy to run for you.It's a joke when it comes to running for them and being scared.The two of them feel uncomfortable, so what does it have to do with me? What good does it do me if I bring them together? Like these two enemies, they are both talented and beautiful, they are really a couple.If they can be married as husband and wife, it can be said that there is nothing in this life.Even if they can't be a husband and wife, the two of them have made friends after all. In this world, finally there is someone who is close to each other. In any case, it's better than dreaming.If it comes to me, even if it is a dream, who will tell me to dream? I am really bored, I have no idea, just go to pimp for others, and watch the fun by myself, what can I get from it? ? But Young Master Li knows what is good or bad. Every time he comes to my place, he always bows and bows, and he said that he will thank me heavily in the future.Judging by what he meant, it seems that I came to run away with him for money. Isn't that completely wrong? I like money, let's see how it comes from.Last time when I went to sell cloth on the street, at the house of the old lady of the Ma family, I met that young man, didn’t he just plan to buy me with money? As for that person, he is better than this one, it’s heavenly, But our womanhood, talk about three chastity and nine strong, not greedy other people's talents, not greedy other people's money, so we escaped like this.In my conscience, I am very worthy of my husband.It's just that I kept my chastity for him, how could he know? Look at his appearance, it really makes people cry or laugh.Just because of this, do you keep the three chastity and nine fierceness with him? If there is such a talent as the young man, even if I am asked to carry the urinal for him, I am willing in my heart. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but blush, and my heart jumped.She continued to think about it, she heard that when I was young, my father decided to marry me to a scholar, but after my father died, it fell into the hands of this drunk.I heard that marriage matters are all decided by the old man under the moon in the sky.This moon old Bodhisattva, why is he so unjust, instead of matching the good ones with the good ones, why does he choose to match the ugly ones? Yue Lao Bodhisattva, you are so unfair! She thought so in her heart, raised her head and stared blankly at The moon watched, and when she stared blankly, a few floating clouds slowly gathered up, and the floating clouds floated in the air, as if they hadn't moved, only the moon was like a shuttle, burrowing around in the clouds.But it looks like the moon is moving fast, but in fact it is still in the same place, and gradually the clouds are far away from it.Third Aunt Mao thought, there must be gods in the moon, but there are no gods, why it is round when it is missing, and it is missing when it is round, and it can run away.If there are gods, it is in charge of human marriage, so it is not false.But when I came here, I was a little suspicious. I didn't do anything bad, so why was I punished to marry this drunk? As the saying goes: Chang'e loves young people in the moon.I am a god who also loves young people, why punish me to marry a drunkard? She thought to herself, and looked at the moon on her face, as if she was asking the moon secretly.The moon also seemed to be asked by her, and two white clouds flew up to cover her face.Third Aunt Mao looked at the moon for a long time, her body seemed to be a little cold, and then she realized that she had sat here for too long.At this moment, the sound of the flute next door had stopped, followed by Uncle Mao's snoring on the bed.Third Aunt Mao turned her head and looked at the door for a long time, but couldn't help laughing.Because of this sad but funny smile, she was late at two o'clock in the night before going to bed. Because she went to bed late, she naturally got up late the next day.In the dimness, someone laughed and said: "There is no one in the house, how could you open the door. If you stole the bedding on the bed, no one would know?" Aunt Mao was lying on the bed.The body is very tired, and I can't wake up for a long time.Because I have heard it in my ears, my mouth is too lazy to answer it immediately.Then I heard the man say: "What? Is there really no one at home?" When he said this, he heard footsteps, and he slowly approached the window, and he knew that this person was the lovely young man Li Xiaoqiu .When he walked to the window, he must have been looking into the room, and ignored him, to see what he was looking at? Sure enough, he heard some sealing sounds on the window paper.After a while, I heard the footsteps walking away quietly, as if about to go out of the gate.She asked on the bed, "Who came in?" Xiaoqiu replied, "It's me! Isn't Uncle Mao not at home?" Third Aunt Mao called Young Master Li, and she got up and walked out.She held the gray curtain of the red door with one hand, smoothed the hair that covered her face and cheeks with the other hand, put it behind her ears, blindfolded her eyes, looked at Xiaoqiu, and saw that he was wearing Lanning The silk jacket, the black velvet vest, the black satin-like hair, matched with the snow-white face, gentle, really cute.No wonder Miss Chunhua became fascinated after seeing him at such a young age.Thinking of this in her heart, she kept pushing her hair behind her ears with one hand.But he didn't say anything, just smiled at Xiaoqiu. It's not good for Xiaoqiu to stand here, and it's not good to go away, it's a bit embarrassing to stand still.Third Aunt Mao smiled for a while, then narrowed her eyes and said: "You are young, but you are a little dishonest." Xiao Qiu blushed and said, "I...I..." Third Aunt Mao laughed "It doesn't matter. I asked you why you were peeping at me through the window?" Xiaoqiu said, "Because I called a few times, but no one agreed. I don't know if there is anyone in the house? So I listened outside the window." , didn't look at it." Third Aunt Mao also blushed and said with a smile: "Forget about the past, don't you care if you read it or not? But if you come so early, there is always something to do." Xiao Qiu said: "I thought I would come early, as Third Uncle Mao is always at home, and I plan to invite Him." Third Aunt Mao said, "Why are you being polite to him? He doesn't understand the world at all." Xiaoqiu smiled and said: "Uncle Mao is very good and has helped me a lot. Why don't I invite him?" Aunt Mao smiled and said: "I have helped you a lot. What?" Xiaoqiu said it was inconvenient to ask, so she could only smile and said, "Of course I should invite, but I don't know how to ask." Third Aunt Mao didn't talk to him, first looked up at the shadow of the sun, Then he turned his head and listened.Then he asked: "It's getting late, why can't I hear the sound of studying in the school?" Xiaoqiu said: "Sir, I went to the street early in the morning, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until evening. The classmates were very noisy, so I went out for a walk." Aunt Mao pointed a finger at him and said: "Now you have spoken the truth, it is not He came here on purpose, just stepped in." Xiaoqiu smiled and said, "I should have come to see Third Uncle Mao." Third Aunt Mao said, "Why do you need to see him, but you want to find out about me , because I'm a woman, so I can't speak directly. In fact, it doesn't matter, I'm so old." Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "Big is not too big. Young Master Li, how old do you think I am now?" She stopped holding the door curtain and stood leaning against the door frame. with.Xiaoqiu knew that Aunt Mao was well-known in this village and was a mischievous woman. She didn't know why she was acting like this now, but he was begging her, so he couldn't help but perfunctory her, so he said with a smile: " Are you much younger than Third Uncle Mao?" Third Aunt Mao breathed out, "Oh! I am ten years younger than that drunk man, and he is thirty-five this year. I am eight years older than you." So he glanced at him and smiled, and said again: "I'm an old sister-in-law, what's the point of your little brother coming to my place?" Xiaoqiu smiled, but couldn't say anything.Third Aunt Mao said, "Have you eaten breakfast?" Xiao Qiu said, "The classmates have already eaten rice. I didn't want to eat that hard steamed rice when I got up early." Third Aunt Mao said: " Hungry till noon, can you bear it?" Xiaoqiu said: "I'm used to it, it doesn't matter. I still buy some snacks on the street and put them away. You can eat some when you are hungry." Aunt Mao said: "If you want to eat soft things, I have them here. I will make a bowl of taro Would you like to eat the soup? It’s the taro left over from last autumn. When the wind blows, it’s powdery and sweet, and it’s delicious when it’s made into a paste. Would you rather eat salty or sweet? Don’t look at me when I just woke up , I have always been very clean, look at my two hands." As he spoke, he stretched out his two snow-white hands to him.Then he said with a smile: "I'll comb my hair and wash my face first, and when I'm clean, I'll go to eat with you, okay?" What, I just rushed to say a few words that you are welcome, and then left. On the way, he thought, Third Aunt Mao was very enthusiastic about my affairs with Chunghua, and she always thanked her secretly.It's just that looking at her situation today, she is a bit out of order, so don't make a mistake.Now Chunhua is confined at home and can't come out, although it is because the housekeeper's child is sick, she never has a worried look on her face.At least the husband and wife felt that the girl was getting older, so they had to avoid some suspicions.Under such circumstances, he should be more careful in everything he encounters. How could he provoke Third Aunt Mao again? He thought it through himself, went back to his room, lay on the bed, and calmed down quietly.Classmates passed by outside the window, talking and laughing constantly, but ignored them. Gouzi brought a pot of boiling water and came in quietly. Seeing him lying on the bed with a sad look, he understood somewhat in his heart and smiled unconsciously.Xiaoqiu saw his face across a corner of the curtain, because he asked: "What are you laughing at?" I'm gone, and I won't go out to play. Young Master Li, you haven't eaten yet, can I boil two eggs for you?" Xiaoqiu felt even more disgusted with his tasteless attention, so she casually answered no.Gouzi stopped talking, picked up the kettle and went back to the kitchen.He moved a large basket of vegetables, put them on the step stone, knocked down a bench, and sat on the bench to clean the leaves and roots of the vegetables.Singing: "Cai Mingfeng, sitting in the shop, sighing and thinking to myself", just getting a little bit of leisurely fun, when suddenly someone shouted from behind: "Brother Gouzi, didn't you go to the street?" Gouzi When I looked back, it was Aunt Mao standing at the door of the kitchen.She supported the kitchen door with one hand, and held a bowl in the other, which covered a dish. Gouzi smiled and said, "Sister-in-law three, is she going to ask for some soy sauce?" As he spoke, his eyes had been appraising her two or three times.Third Aunt Mao laughed and said, "Could it be that I have convulsions when I come here?" Gouzi laughed and said, "My family doesn't care too much when they talk. I'm a dog with no ivory growing in my mouth. Don't take it for granted." Third Aunt Mao said: "Whoever has time to spare blames you. I have a bowl of taro soup here, please give it to Young Master Li to eat. Please tell Young Master Li, just eat, I made it after washing my hands." Gouzi When he looked at her hands, they were not white and clean, so he took the bowl and said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly make a bowl of taro soup for him to eat?" Third Aunt Mao said: "It's just talking about it in my spare time. Young Master Li gave me clothes to wash in the morning. He said that he always skipped eating in the morning because the food was too hard." The dog looked at it and said "oh" , but I thought to myself: What does it have to do with you if the surname Li doesn’t eat in the morning? Aunt Mao said: “Don’t be in a daze, just send it away, it’s still hot, let people eat it while it’s hot.” He took a pair of chopsticks out of the tube, and sent the bowl of taro soup to Xiaoqiu's room.He shouted: "Master Li, get up and eat, get up and eat, this is the taro soup made by Aunt Mao after washing her hands." Xiaoqiu didn't expect that Third Aunt Mao would really bring taro soup, so she sat up and said, "I really dare not take it! I only used two dongs of money for Third Uncle Mao, they are always so polite." Gouzi said: "I am the same I thought, there must be a reason for her to bring the food. Third Aunt Mao said, because Young Master Li thought the rice was hard and didn’t eat in the morning, so you can eat the taro soup she sent. If you don’t eat, what are they doing? How polite?" Li Xiaoqiu felt that what this kid said was a bit off-putting, and if he said a few more words to him, he was afraid that he would make a publicity, so he had to sit up and eat, and asked Gouzi to thank Third Aunt Mao, but he didn't come out. The third aunt Mao waited by the kitchen door, and when she saw the dog coming out, she asked, "Has Master Li already eaten?" Sister-in-law, tell me, do you still want to ask for an errand for the third brother? Or do you want to borrow money? Or do you have other things? Tell me, and I will do it for you." Aunt Mao said: "You are right. It doesn’t make any sense, I’m just giving someone a bowl of taro soup, can I beg for this or that? I’m just trying to appreciate their kindness.” Gouzi hit a snag, so he was naturally a little unconvinced, but seeing that Aunt Mao was extraordinarily well-groomed today, he couldn't bear to quarrel with her, and said with a smile: "Okay! I was wrong, I was wrong." Third Aunt Mao She stared at him, blushed and went home.But Gouzi was still dissatisfied in his heart, he kept figuring out what to do to you, he didn't eat, so he asked you to bring the soup, and he washed his hands to make it?