Chapter 8 Chapter 6 A beautiful image can't describe the bottom of the jujube flower curtain and the Qing song Where does it start in front of the willow building

Yanxi was sitting in the car, he was sitting on Qingqiu's shoes, he didn't feel confused, just looked at it.Qingqiu lowered his head first, never knowing.When I looked up by chance, I saw Yanxi's eyes and looked at my shoes. I knew that the shoes were not very smart, so I folded my feet and shrank inwards.Only then did Yanxi wake up.As soon as he looked up, the car also stopped, and it was the gate of Yanxi's house in Quanzi Hutong.Yanxi asked them to get off the car and asked them to pass through the house.Once inside, make sure to keep Mrs. Leng for snacks.Said: "This has already been counted at home. It doesn't matter if you go back earlier or later." Mrs. Leng laughed and said: "Mr. Jin has spent a lot of money, and it is so late at night, and there is still noise." Yanxi said: "It doesn't cost much. I always like to read at night. The kitchen always prepares some pasta for me every day. I don't have anything else today. It's probably a little noodle soup. This cook is from Nanjing, but it tastes like Jiangnan. Madam, why don't you try his method?" Song Runqing was willing to eat noodles first, and said: "In this case, let's be honest." Qingqiu was a little unwilling about this, so he gently told Han Mama Said: "Then let's go back first." Yanxi said: "If you want some noodles, you don't have to be polite, and they will be delivered to the cook right away without delay." Mrs. Leng said: "Then you should sit down too. Let Han Ma go back alone first." Seeing what her mother said, Qingqiu had no choice but to stay.After a while, the cook delivered something and set up a table full of meat and vegetable dishes.Yanxi invited the three of Mrs. Leng's family to a banquet and poured wine for them herself.When it was poured in front of Qingqiu, she also stood up, holding the cups to meet each other, her eyes could be shot on her hands, she dared not look directly at it.Yanxi was also respectful and respectful, showing a solemn and courteous look.Everyone only drank a glass of wine, and the cook brought it up.Qingqiu has always had a bad appetite, and it was midnight, so he didn't dare to eat too much.I only picked a few noodles to eat, and took two sips of soup.When Yanxi saw it, she asked, "Miss Leng, why don't you use it? Do you think it's dirty?" Qingqiu smiled and said, "That's serious. The quantity is always small, just ask my mother to know." Then she sat on the side, Taking a leisurely look at the room, the small wooden utensils carved with red sandalwood are very exquisite, not as big and clumsy as ordinary wooden utensils.The chair is covered with a purple satin embroidered cushion, and there are two cloud-shaped red sandalwood frames on both sides.All in all, everything in the house is antique.Even something like an electric light is covered with a palace lantern gauze.There are two tall bronze candlesticks by the door, almost as tall as a person.Red glass is used on the top to make it look like a red candle, but hundreds of light bulbs are installed inside.The tallest one is on the candle head. I don't know what kind of metal is used to make it look like a flame.She said softly to Mrs. Leng: "Mom! Look at this pair of candles is really fun." Mrs. Leng looked at it and was full of praise.Yanxi said: "Since you say this thing is good, I can give it as a gift." Mrs. Leng said with a smile: "The house in our house is not suitable for this thing, and there is no electric light." Yanxi said: "Now there is no electric light at home. It's not very convenient. And the consumption cost of electric lamps is not much different from that of kerosene lamps." Song Runqing said with a smile: "Although the difference is not much, but the initial installation fee is not counted?" Yanxi said: "Song Do you want an electric light, sir? If you do, you can lead the line from me, which is very convenient." Song Runqing saw that he wanted to send the electric light, and it was a matter of taking advantage. Although it was not easy to agree immediately, he refused to refuse, and said: "Let's talk about it in two days." After eating the noodles and sitting down for a while, Mrs. Leng and his party quit Yanxi and went back from his backyard.

Yanxi's joy was really not small.I thought to myself, since I have known each other, I have talked to them, and I have been seated at the same table, and I will do it step by step from now on, and the future will be incredible.Looking back, I thought about her shoes and socks. They were too stupid. I wanted to send some for her. Firstly, it was Mencius who said that she was not satisfied with her, so she couldn’t do it. Second, there was no reason, how to send them?After thinking about it for a while, there was no way.I thought, Jin Rong knows too many things, so don't ask him this time.So he called Zhang Shun in and asked, "Let me ask you, is there a rule for giving away shoes and socks?" Zhang Shun couldn't figure it out, and said, "Yes." Yanxi said, "When do you want to give this kind of thing?" It is appropriate to give it away, what should I use to match it?" Zhang Shun said: "This is done by Beijing gangsters. If you want to thank him, give him one or two pairs of shoes, nothing to match." Yanxi said: "How do you know? What about big feet and small feet?" Zhang Shun said with a smile: "This is something decent people don't do, Qi Ye doesn't understand, in fact, giving shoes is not really giving shoes, it's giving a shoe ticket to someone, and it's up to the person himself. Let's try it." Yanxi said: "Our well-known Ankang shoe store, does he also pay for this ticket?" Zhang Shun said with a smile: "This is a business, why doesn't he come out?" Yanxi heard that, so he asked He took two ten-yuan banknotes and handed them to Zhang Shundao: "Go and buy a note with me. It must be marked as Kun shoes on the note." Zhang Shun said: "This shop is informal, but it is written on the note How much is it? Go back and get the ticket, as long as it is in his shop, within the price on the ticket, you can take anything.” Yanxi said: “You are confused! You don’t understand anything. What should I do? Just do it." Zhang Shun hit a snag, took the money and left.In the morning of the next day, I went to Ankang shoe shop and bought a gift ticket.Yanxi had already made up his mind, so he used a red envelope to cover the gift ticket.Write on the stick with your left hand, to mark the gift to Jin Qiye, and just press it under the ink cartridge on the table.

In the past few days, Song Runqing has come here every day.When he came, he looked at the red paper envelope and asked, "Brother Yanxi, what is the happy event? You can't hide it, I also want to give a gift." Yanxi smiled and said, "Where is it, because I introduced a shoe factory to do it. Two or three big deals, probably worth thousands of dollars. He still wants to attract customers, so he gave me this ticket." When he said that, he took out the ticket, showed it to Song Runqing, and said, "Look, I can't use it." Song Runqing saw that it was marked on it, and the price was 20 yuan on the ticket, and he used Kun shoes.He laughed and said, "It's really useless. Why do you need to mark Kun shoes as a gift from the shoe shop?" Yanxi said, "He thought I was going to take it home. I don't know that some people in my family are having a business dispute with them. Turned over, I want to take a ticket back, and they still blame me for being troublesome, introducing business to the shoe shop." Song Runqing said: "In this way, his favor is for nothing." Yanxi smiled and said: "I can still be a favor, so I'll pass it on to Mr. Song. Mr. Song will not be like me if he takes it home. There will be problems." Although there is no benefit to Song Runqing himself, it fits him very well. With a cheap temper, he smiled and accepted it.He took it back and showed it to Mrs. Leng, and Mrs. Leng just poured it out.This is exactly what Qingqiu meant.Soon my classmate got married and had fashionable clothes. If I want a pair of very fashionable shoes, I have to pay five or six yuan. I dare not ask my mother for money to buy them.Now with this gift ticket, this problem is solved.I thought to myself, what a coincidence, how come this Jin, he will give us this gift ticket?In any case, she never thought that Yanxi sent her off on purpose.Yanxi couldn't help worrying, did she get the shoes?

Four days later, Yanxi took a copy of "Li Yishan Collection" and came here to meet Song Runqing. It happened that he was not at home, so he sat alone in his small guest room.It turns out that although the courtyard of Leng's house is small, there are three jujube trees standing in a T-shape.This jujube blooms early, and a small part has already bloomed in mid-April.The weather was just right that day, under the bright sun, the jujube trees were covered with green shade, a small group of bees with thin legs were buzzing and flying under the shade of the trees, and from time to time there was a burst of fragrance that penetrated into the room.Under the shade of the tree, there are four pots of Chiba pomegranates in a row.Yanxi was looking out of the window, only to hear Mother Han laughing, "Oh! My girl, she is so beautiful!" Yanxi hurriedly looked out of the window, and saw Leng Qingqiu wearing a sky blue brocade vine after the rain. A long robe, with light blue stockings and light blue shoes underneath.Standing outside the bamboo curtain, under the eaves of the porch, the shade of fresh green trees reflected her light green soft material clothes, she was really ecstatic.Yanxi leaned over by the window, staring blankly.Suddenly someone behind him patted and said, "Brother Yanxi, what are you looking at?" Yanxi turned around and saw that it was Song Runqing.Feeling a little guilty, he quickly said: "The three jujube trees in your yard are really nice, fragrant and green. It's a pity that there are no ones in my yard over there. I saw the gods and was thinking about writing a poem. "Speaking, he pointed out two poems from the "Li Yishan Collection" in his hand, and discussed with Song Runqing.At this moment, I heard Qingqiu's laughing voice from the inside out, and walked out.Through the curtain, Yanxi saw her in that dress, and the shadow flashed past her.He sat there lost in thought, Song Runqing gesticulated and talked about poetry, but he just nodded with a smile on his face.Song Runqing talked about the subtlety and mystery of the poem for a long time before stopping.Yanxi stretched her waist and said: "I forgot to talk about it, and someone has made an appointment with me at this time." So she hurried back, threw the poem on the table, and fell down on the reclining chair , Two hands, ten fingers intersected, pressing on the top of the head and heart, calm down and think slowly.I thought that only this kind of delicate clothes were elegant and immortal.Only then did I realize that women who dress up fancy are really vulgar.

While I was thinking here, the phone rang.Jin Rong said: "Miss Ba is here, please talk to Master Qi." Yanxi answered the phone and said, "Brother Qi, you work hard, why haven't you come back for several days?" This lady is Mrs. He, Yanxi's second aunt. Born, this year is only fifteen years old.Because she is beautiful and innocent, the whole family loves her and calls her little sister.Her name, which is also very interesting, is Meili.So because of this name, and because she was dressed as a doll since she was a child, she simply named her a foreign girl.Now she is studying in a church girls' school.Daily pickup and drop off by car.Although the Chinese is not very good, the level of English is acceptable.Especially music and dance, she is the favorite.Whenever there was a funfair at school, she was always in it no matter what.When Yanxi was at home, he often played with her, flying kites, playing tennis, fighting crickets, and doing everything.Meili came back earlier that day and wanted Yanxi to take her to play, so she called him.Yanxi asked: "What do you need me for? Candy? Let me tell you, I bought a box for five yuan at the Paris company yesterday and sent it to my aunt." Mei Li said: "Candy I received it. It's not about that, I want you to come back, let's go play together." Yanxi said: "Where are we going to play?" Meili said: "You come back first, we will discuss later." Yanxi is here, Apart from going to Leng's house, I couldn't sit still at first, and I still hang around outside all day long.Now Mei Li asked him to go back, he thought it would be good to go home and have fun, so he agreed.After hanging up the phone, I got in the car and kept coming home.

When Yanxi got home, she knew that Meili liked to stay in the small room outside the second aunt's house, so she kept coming there.As soon as he entered the yard, he heard two people talking in the second aunt's room, one of them was his father Jin Quan's voice, he quickly shrank his feet and wanted to go back.He only heard his father shout: "Isn't that Yanxi?" Yanxi heard that, so she had to say yes, and walked in calmly.Jin Quan was lying on the sofa chair, biting half of his cigar, and with his shirt sleeves wrapped around, he looked at Yanxi's whole body.Said: "It's just that your mother told me that you and some friends organized a poetry club. Did you lie, or is it true?" Yanxi said: "It's true." Jin Quan said: "Since it's true , why haven’t I seen you compose a poem? Don’t you form a club with a group of boring people? During this process, I never see you, maybe you compose poems in the poetry club every day?” Yanxi His second aunt and wife said: "What you said is unreasonable. You just came back from Xishan the night before yesterday, and there was only yesterday in total. How can it be a journey?" Yanxi was asked by his father, not knowing what to do. How to answer, the second aunt's words helped him out, and he came to his senses.He said: "I don't do poetry every day, but a few people in the same club often talk and play chess in the club." Jin Quan said: "What do I say? Isn't it the nature of the club?" Yanxi said: " Besides, I don't have any other skills." Jin Quan said, "Who are your co-workers?" Yanxi then nominated a few relatives and friends who can write poetry, and made up the rest at random.Jin Quan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If you really make poetry, I naturally have no objection. Just show me the poems in your club."But my father wanted to see it, so he had to bring it.He said: "Next time I make a poem, I'll discuss it with my community members and copy a copy." Jin Quan said: "Why do you have to pass the public? I don't want to destroy your community rules. You just make yours." Bring me your poem." Yanxi couldn't refuse, so she said, "Okay, bring it back tomorrow, please change it." Jin Quan took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile, "Although I have lost it for many years Speaking of poetry, she is much better than your juniors." The second aunt said: "Merry called you just now, have you seen her?" Yanxi said: "I am just now I'm looking for her." With that said, he withdrew for this reason.It turned out that although the Jin family was a civilized family, the old hereditary family rules were unavoidable for generations, so Yanxi was somewhat afraid of his father.Now that my father wants his poems to read, he feels a lump in his heart, and he doesn't know how to get over it.

As I was walking with my head down, I heard only the sound of tinkling pianos. When I looked up, I unconsciously walked outside the main room.There are three buildings in a row in this place, and the upper floor is completely furnished in Western style.Sometimes, guests at a big banquet can dance here, or it can be said to be a small dance hall.Listening to the sound of the piano, Yanxi felt as if she was upstairs or downstairs.The beat was very chaotic, fast for a while, slow for a while.I thought to myself, this bad sound of the piano was not played by others, it must be Meili.Looking for the sound of the piano, she walked upstairs gently, thinking in her heart, she can't be here alone, let's see who it is?When I walked upstairs, there was no one there, and it turned out to be on the platform outside the building again.This place is surrounded by willows and plane trees.At this time, the upper half of the willow tree, dragging long strips, was draped over the platform.I only heard someone say: "Don't stand over there, you'll fall down, and you'll break your leg." Another person said: "Do you think I look like this?" It was Miss Bai Bai Xiuzhu who spoke first.This Miss Bai is the cousin of Wang Yufen, the third young lady of the Jin family. Because of Yufen's introduction, she and Yanxi got to know each other.After meeting, the two slowly fell in love.We used to meet each other within a day's interval, but now we're a little bit distant.At this time, Yanxi looked through the glass and saw that Xiuzhu was wearing a light green suit, her hair was cut and combed in a crescent style, her neck and two pairs of arms were all exposed.With his back to this side, he was sitting under the piano.Meili wore a white dance dress with large sleeves, her hair was unkempt, she held wicker with both hands, and she hung her feet up from time to time, swinging like a swing.Yanxi laughed when she saw it and said, "Don't move, I'll get a quick mirror and take a picture. Is this the god of love? Or the god of art?" Xiuzhu stood up and looked back, patted her chest and said: " Ouch? I was taken aback. When did you come?" Mei Li also ran over, clinging to Yanxi's hand, she said, "Seventh brother, do you think I look alike?" Yanxi smiled and said, "It looks like Like, but do gods wear black leather shoes?" Meili saw that she was still wearing a pair of patent leather shoes, and said with a smile, "I forgot to change them." Yanxi said, "Wearing this kind of dance clothes, you should wear them." If you go barefoot, you must at least wear shoes that match your clothes. Wearing such a beautiful dress with a pair of black shoes is worse than the little feet of an old lady." Meili said: "Wait for me for a while, I'll go change clothes Come on, let's go play with Sister Xiuzhu later." Said, running and jumping away.Seeing that Meili was gone, Xiuzhu asked Yanxi with a smile, "What are you busy with? Why haven't I seen you for two days?" Yanxi said, "Didn't I tell you? I organized a poetry club with my friends." Well." Xiuzhu said with a sneer, "You are not that kind of person who can be gentle and playful, don't lie to me." Yanxi said: "If you don't believe me, I will show you the manuscript we made." Xiuzhu said: "I don't want to look. I don't understand. I know what you are making trouble with." Yanxi saw her two snow-white arms were completely exposed, so she reached out to hold her hand, and was about to lower her head and use her nose. to sniff.Xiuzhu slammed hard and threw her hand away.But he turned his face away, holding on to the wicker with his hands, and turned his back to Yanxi.Yanxi said: "Looking like this, I'm angry again. I'm very surprised. Why do you get angry when you see me? Could it be that I have something irritating about me, so people will get angry when they see me?" Come on! Don't be ignorant, just make people angry." After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.Xiuzhu quickly turned around and said, "Where are you going? Don't you want to talk to us?" Yanxi said, "Look, it's you who's talking the other way around. It's clear that you don't want to talk to me, and you still want to say that I don't talk to you. " Xiuzhu laughed and said: "If I ignore you, who am I looking for when I come to the house?" Yanxi said: "Then how do I know?" Xiuzhu said: "Of course you don't know. If you knew, how can you use it?" I got Mei Li to call and invite you back. You probably don't know I'm here, if you knew I was here, you wouldn't go upstairs." Yanxi said: "We are not enemies, why are we here?" Xiuzhu said "I'm not an enemy. There will be a day when I become an enemy." Yanxi held her hand with a smile, pulled it into her arms, and said, "Is this true? When did it start?" Xiuzhu said: " Don't talk about it, Meili will come here later, and she will make fun of others." As he said, he snatched his hand back.Yanxi said: "I won't quarrel with you, you just play the piano and I'll listen to it." Xiuzhu said: "Okay! I'll play a march for you."

I only heard someone downstairs asking: "Is Xiuzhu upstairs?" Xiuzhu agreed: "It's me, is my cousin downstairs?"Minzhi is a student studying in the United States who has never graduated. Xiuzhu is obsessed with Western civilization and worships Minzhi extremely.Seeing Min going upstairs, he hurried forward and shook hands with her.She asked Yufen with a smile, "Cousin, how do you know I'm here?" Yufen pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Among us, there are only two master piano players. One is Bamei, and we have already met her downstairs. There is one more, that is my cousin. We heard that piece of piano just now, and since we know that the eighth sister is not upstairs, it is naturally you." Xiuzhu raised her fist and tapped Yufen on the back lightly.Said: "You little devil, you hurt me with your words, don't I know? Everything has to be done from the simple to the deep, and no one can be born with it." Then he said to Min Zhi: "Fifth sister, look at this Is that right? I think, since you came back from the United States, the piano must be good, can you play a piece for us?" Yanxi said with a smile: "Your words are illogical. Could it be that someone who came back from a foreign country , should they all know how to play the piano?" Xiuzhu said: "They didn't talk to you, what's the point of asking you to come out?" Min Zhi smiled and said: "I really can't. If Mi Sibai wants to learn the piano, there is one on the way Foreign friends, he is very good at it, I can introduce you to learn from him." Xiuzhu said: "That would be great. It looks like you two are going to go out, where are you going to play?" Minzhi said: " I want to buy some antiques and send some friends back to the United States. Do you want to go too?" Yufen cast a wink at Minzhi and said, "She just came, so where can she go?" Xiuzhu said, "I won't accompany you anymore." , I asked Mei Li to play." Yufen said: "How is it? I knew you couldn't leave." Xiuzhu said: "Go if you want to, why can't you go?" Yufen pulled Min Zhi , Said: "Let's go, let's go, don't disturb me here." After speaking, he pulled Minzhi away in a gust of wind.Xiuzhu said: "Yanxi, you are so impolite, you just laugh at me in front of people." Yanxi said: "What does it matter? We are all one family." Xiuzhu said: "My surname is not Jin, why is it your family?" What about people?" Yanxi laughed and said, "Aren't you going to be named Jin? Today I must..."

Without saying a word, Meili laughed loudly and got out from the glass lattice fan.Xiuzhu said with a smile: "You little thing, you have learned so badly, and you scared me again." Mei Li said: "I didn't say anything, I just smiled, I'm a bad person. Why is this bad person so easy to be?" ?" Then she said to Yanxi, "I'll tell you the truth, it's not I who want you back today, it's sister Xiuzhu..." Xiuzhu took out her handkerchief, stepped forward, covered Meili's mouth, and said with a smile: "You lie, I won't let you tell." Yanxi said: "Stop making trouble, where shall we go to play?" Meili said: "Go to the movies." Yanxi said: "Watching movies during the day, no Meaning." Meili said: "Go to the park." Yanxi said: "I go to the park a lot, it's like home, it's not interesting." Meili said: "This is not good, that is not good, what to play What about it?" Yanxi said: "I have a game, let's drive the car by ourselves and go for a circle outside the city, it's more boring than anything else." Xiuzhu said: "Just drive the car by yourself. Last time, it was you who drove the car. I kept bumping against the policeman, and I broke out in a cold sweat." Yanxi said: "Well, the coachman will take us out of the city. There are few people outside the city, so we can drive by ourselves. Do you think it's okay?" Mei Li said: "That's right, let's go." Yanxi rang the bell, called the servant, and ordered a convertible car. The three of them got in the car and went out of Fuchengmen to Badachu Avenue.After leaving the city, Yanxi asked the coachman to sit in the front seat, but the three of them sat in the front row. Yanxi supported the machine, turned on the engine, and drove straight ahead.Mei Li said: "Brother Seven, there is no one here, let me try to drive." Yanxi said: "If there is no one, can you drive indiscriminately? If you don't pay attention, the car will go into the field. The car is broken It's a trivial matter, if it's not done well, people will be hurt." When they were talking, Xiuzhu let out an ouch, and something happened.