Chapter 9 The seventh chapter is empty and coquettish, looking at the mountains, wandering companions, hidden secrets, cleverly presenting maidservants to young people

At that time, Xiuzhu groaned, and Yanxi frantically closed the door of the machine with all her might.The car creaked and stopped suddenly.Everyone looked back and saw a donkey on the side of the road knocked down to the ground, and another person fell under the donkey. The ground was dripping with blood and was purple.Meili covered her eyes with a handkerchief, not daring to look, and hid in Xiuzhu's arms.Xiuzhu was also facing forward, not daring to look directly at her.The driver of the car, De Hai, yelled, turned over and jumped out of the car, Yanxi also got out of the car slowly, and stood still at a distance.He asked, "How is that man? Is the injury serious?" De Hai looked at it and said, "The donkey broke two legs, so it's useless. The man is not well, and he doesn't seem to be injured." Yanxi Hearing that the person was not injured, he felt relieved, stepped forward, and asked De Hai to help the person up.The man didn't need help, he got up and shook the dirt off his body.Seeing that the donkey was crushed to death, he sat on the ground and started to cry.Yanxi asked: "Are you injured?" The man said: "Your left arm still hurts." Yanxi felt under her body, only two five-yuan bills.Then she asked Xiuzhu, "Do you have any money with you?" Xiuzhu said, "Yes, give him a little more money. He really hit it off." Then, in his money pocket, he grabbed a handful of banknotes and gave them to him. Yanxi.Yanxi held the banknote in her hand, and asked the man, "Is this donkey yours?" Said: "Tell me, how much should this donkey be worth?" The man said: "It's worth fifty yuan." After hearing this, De Hai stepped forward and slapped the man.Said: "You boy, when you saw that you were going to be compensated, you planned to blackmail people." When he said, he took the big lapel of the ragged jacket on his body and pointed it at his face.He said again: "Look! You look like this. You are not a chaser. What do you do? You say that the animals don't belong to you, so you're trying to blackmail people, don't you?" Then he kicked and fell to the ground The donkey said in his mouth: "This kind of thing should have been put into the soup pot long ago. No one wants twenty yuan. How can it be worth fifty yuan? Qiye, let's pay him twenty yuan. Does he like it?" "The man was originally a countryman, seeing De Hai's fierce appearance, he was a little scared at first, so he didn't dare to say anything.Yanxi stopped De Hai and said, "What are you doing beating someone? Who let us touch him?" Then he said to the man, "I can't obey you, and I can't obey him. Now I will give you 30 yuan, and I will pay you one end." Livestock. You are hurting from the fall too. I can’t let you fall in vain. I’ll give you 10 yuan to rest and recuperate. The donkey is already dead, so you don’t need to sell its meat anymore, just bury it.” Countryman Treat a money like a mill.Seeing Yanxi's generosity, he was overjoyed and greeted Yanxilian a few times.Yanxi said to Xiuzhu: "Driving is really not for fun, let's sit in the back." So Dehai was still allowed to drive.De Hai got into the car and scolded the man, "It's cheap, you boy, you finally met the God of Wealth today." Yanxi laughed when he heard the driver swearing at people, which was something he was used to.

The coachman went around in a circle until he reached the foot of the West Mountain Hotel.The servant on the pavilion, with the sharpest eyes, saw the plate number of the car, which belonged to Prime Minister Kim’s family. He was smiling all over his face, and walked down to the pavilion to greet him.When Yanxi came to the front, she stepped aside, bowed slightly, and said, "You are here." Yanxi walked into the pavilion, only to see male and female participants, both Chinese and Western, full of people.Because of the fine weather today, many people travel out of the city.Yanxi let Meili and Xiuzhu go forward, walked through the pavilion, and sat down at a table under the lace.I only heard someone shouting from behind: "Mistokin, Misbai, Miskin." The voices of the warbler came out in a row.When I looked back, it was Miss Wu Er and two Western men sitting there drinking beer and eating ice cream.After she finished speaking, she came over, shook hands with Xiuzhu and Meili, and then shook hands with Yanxi.Miss Wu Er said: "Me and two new friends from England are here to play, and I will come to accompany you in a while." Xiuzhu smiled and said: "You are welcome, we can just go together." Yanxi was on the side, Just smile.The three of them were sitting outside the pavilion, separated from the inside by a reed curtain, so they couldn't see each other.Xiuzhu said: "Misiwu really knows how to pay attention to makeup. When she is with Chinese friends, she wears a suit, and when she is with foreign friends, she also wears Chinese clothes. Don't you look at her golden velvet single cheongsam with black rhinestones rolled on it? How bright and dazzling!" Meili said softly: "Like a fairy, I hate her." Xiuzhu stroked Meili's hair with her hand, and said with a smile: "Little thing, be careful what you say, don't talk nonsense, be careful Some people are not happy." After speaking, he lifted his eyelids and turned his eyes to look at Yanxi.Asked: "Do you think so?" Yanxi frowned and said: "Why bother? She is here. It doesn't make much sense to let others hear." Xiuzhu said: "I'm protecting her, isn't it good? According to me Said, your heart can be taken away, don't you look at it, she loves foreign friends. Foreign friends have plenty of money, which can be used for her. If you want to go to a foreign country in the future, you will also have friends to entertain you. How do you compare? If you can't compare, you are not worthy to be a rival in love with him." Yanxi said: "What you say is hurting her or me?" When she said that, her face was a little red.Xiuzhu always treats Yanxi as a person who has been conquered by herself, so she often gives him a little color.Yanxi was single-minded in love at that time, and she fell under the pomegranate skirt.Whatever Xiuzhu said, he would do as well, and he was determined not to resist.It's not the case now, when he eats, dresses and even sleeps, he always misses Leng Qingqiu.Moreover, Leng Qingqiu just pretended to use words, and he tried his best to go further.This is not the case with Bai Xiuzhu, who is already doing everything.The last move is just to hold the formal wedding ceremony.In the past, Yanxi probably didn't want to get married early, so she could be sweeter.Now he suddenly thought that getting married should not be reckless. Once married, it is like putting on a rein on a horse, and everything must be obeyed by others.If you want to freely gallop in the love field, you should get married as late as possible.Since she doesn't want to get married, she doesn't have to be coerced by Bai Xiuzhu.So Xiuzhu got angry with him that day, but he was not very submissive.At this time, Xiuzhu used such harsh words to ridicule Miss Wu Er again, and couldn't bear it any longer, so she asked her what she was hurting.Who knows that Xiuzhu would not give in even more, and said: "It hurts her, and it hurts you too." When she said that, there was a sneer on her face.Yanxi said: "It's very common for men and women to make friends in public nowadays. Could it be that a man is only allowed to know one woman, and a woman is only allowed to know one man?" Xiuzhu said: "It's a joke, how can I say You are not allowed to make friends with others. You can make friends with whoever you like, what does it matter to me?" Yanxi said: "It's none of your business." Yanxi said this sentence, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally Bai Xiuzhu couldn't bear it, so she snorted, followed by a sneer, moved the wicker chair she was sitting on, and turned her face to the mountain.In the past, Yanxi should be careful when the breakup reached such a point.Not today, Yanxi took a cup of black tea and sipped it slowly.He touched his teeth to the rim of the teacup again, and sneered from time to time.Mei Li, who was next to her, thought they were joking at first, and not only ignored them, she even wanted them to bicker, which seemed very funny to herself.Now seeing that the two of them were getting more and more serious, I was a little anxious, so I asked Yanxi, "Seventh brother, how did you come here? Sister Xiuzhu said a few jokes, and you recognized the truth." Yanxi said: "I I'm not serious. I'll treat anything as fake. But Miss Bai wants to be serious with me, what can I do?" Xiuzhu moved her chair again, turned around suddenly, and said, "Everything is fake? You There is something in this word, you can say it in front of your sister." Yanxi said: "This is a very common word, I said it casually, without any cleverness. If you want to say that there is something in my word, just let it be. I'm not angry with you, let you think about it, who is right? Who is not?" After speaking, he left his seat and slowly walked up the road with his hands behind his back, intending to go up the mountain.Meili said to Xiuzhu: "You two are talking funny, why are you angry?" Xiuzhu said: "He wants to get angry with me, what can I do? Look, who is right? Who is not?" Li thought, today, Xiuzhu really ignored her.But Yanxi is his elder brother, so he can't help his elder brother to say what's wrong with him.He smiled and said: "That's his temper. After a while, if you ask him what he said, I guarantee he will forget it. If you are angry with others, there is nothing to say. You are angry with my seventh brother." , People know, isn’t it a joke? Although there is a saying that beating is pain and scolding is love, but you haven’t come to our Jin’s house yet, and it seems a little too early to enforce authority.” Xiuzhu couldn’t help laughing , Said: "This little thing, a little young, where did you learn these words? Or, find you a little son-in-law, let you beat it because it hurts, and scold it because it is love. Do you think it is good?" "Mei Li said: "What nonsense, what are you talking to me? You two had a quarrel today, without me turning it around, how can you two get along?" Xiuzhu twisted her neck and said: " No, what’s the point!” Mei Li pointed at Xiuzhu’s nose with an index finger, smiled and said: “You need to say less about this.” Xiuzhu said: “Why should you say less? Now talk to him

As soon as I entered the door, I saw many flower sellers, picking out peonies that were about to bloom, and sending them inside.Yanxi said: "The peonies in several flower beds at home are all in bloom, this is not enough, I will buy these again." A servant beside him has already agreed, "Qiye, you don't ask about family affairs very much, I don't know. The Prime Minister has decided to treat guests to peony at home the day after tomorrow, and after the Prime Minister invites guests, it will be a treat for grandpa and young lady. These flowers are all prepared for the treat." Yanxi was very happy when she heard that, so she asked Mei Li: " Why didn't you tell me?" Meili said: "I guess you already know, so I didn't tell you. You don't know about this, so it's strange." Yanxi said: "What are you asking for? People? Naturally, there are both male and female guests." Mei Li said: "I don't know about this, you can ask the eldest brother." Yanxi was so happy that she went straight to Fengju's yard, but he and his wife didn't know each other. at home.As soon as I walked into the gate of the yard, it was quiet inside. An old woman, holding a piece of cloth shoe sole and a long piece of twine, was sitting under the eaves of the porch and taking a nap.Xiao Lian lifted the door curtain, stretched out half of her body from the inside, saw Yanxi, let out a cry, and retracted again.Yanxi asked: "Xiao Lian, is the uncle at home?" Xiao Lian said in the room: "Don't come in, the uncle and the young lady are not at home." .Called Lord Qi, and said, "You haven't come here for a long time." As he spoke, he lifted the curtain for him.Yanxi came in and said, "It smells good! It smells good! Who sprinkled these perfumes in the room?" Xiao Lian came out from the inner room and said, "Do you smell the fragrance?" Yanxi said: "What? Don't you smell it? My nose is not blocked." Xiao Lian said: "Oh no! When the uncle comes back, he must scold you." Yanxi said: "The house is fragrant, what are you scolding for?" Xiao Lian said with a smile: "Tell me It doesn't matter to you, I stole the young lady's perfume and sprinkled some on the handkerchief, I didn't want to be careless, I smashed the bottle and spilled it all over the floor." Yanxi said: "Where is the smashed bottle?" Xiao Lian said "I threw the broken bottle away, and the paper box outside is still with me." Yanxi said, "Bring it here and let me have a look." Xiao Lian didn't know what his intention was, so he really brought it.Yanxi saw that it was golden yellow, with piles of green flowers protruding from it, all along the golden border.Below the flower, there is a line of gold letters of the flower in French.Yanxi said: "I guess, it's this, you are in a big mess. This is bought by a friend of Miss Six in France, and the total cost is 120 francs a bottle. Miss Six has only three bottles in total, and I keep it for myself. One bottle, I gave a bottle to the young lady, and I begged for the other bottle. Now that you have spilled all the contents of this bottle, it would be no wonder if she scolded you when she came back." Xiao Xiao Lian smiled and said: "You are scary, there is not a bottle of perfume worth that money." Yanxi said: "There are still perfumes worth a thousand francs in France. If you don't believe it, forget it. When the young lady comes back, see what she said. What. You sprinkled her other perfume, and you sprinkled it. If you sprinkle it, Beijing may not have it. She doesn't care about money, but she also cares about the loss of a beloved thing. Do you think I am right? Xiao Lian said, "You're right, what should we do?" Yanxi said to the old lady, "Go and see if Miss Six is ​​at home?" The old lady agreed to go.Xiao Lian said: "Why did you ask her to see Miss Six?" Yanxi smiled and said, "Let her go, I have something to tell you." Xiao Lian stomped her feet and said, "Hey! You still have time to tell jokes." Yanxi smiled and said, "You make trouble yourself first, before I tell you, how do you know I'm telling a joke? Let me tell you, my bottle of perfume has not been touched yet. , I will give it to you to cover the lack of that bottle, do you think it is okay?" Xiao Lian said: "Okay! When Seventh Master sends me tomorrow, he will arrive as soon as he is called." Yanxi said: "You have to thank me. "Xiao Lian clapped his hands together, shook Yanxi twice, and said: "Thank you." Yanxi said: "I don't want you to thank me like this, you can give me a handkerchief." Xiao Lian said: "You are still missing That? My handkerchiefs are all old." Yanxi said: "Old ones are fine. You get the handkerchief first, and you can come to my place to get the perfume in a while." Xiao Lian blushed and took it out of her pocket. A white silk handkerchief was given to Yanxi and he said, "Don't tell anyone that I gave it to you." Yanxi said, "Of course, I'm not so stupid." When he said that, through the bamboo curtain, I have seen my mother come back.Yanxi said: "Miss Six isn't in the house, is she? I'll go find her." Then she left.

After a while, Xiao Lian really came to Yanxi to get the bottle of perfume.In addition to the perfume Yanxi gave her, she also gave her a Qinghu crepe handkerchief.Xiao Lian said: "I didn't ask you for this, what did you give it to me? I don't want it." Yanxi said: "Why don't you want it? If you have to tell me a reason, I will let you not want it." Xiao Lian said "If I don't want it, I don't want it. What's the reason?" Yanxi stuffed her hands with a handkerchief, insisting that she take it with her.Xiao Lian squeezed the handkerchief and ran away.When Yanxi was about to call her back again, she suddenly heard someone calling Lao Qi from behind.When Yanxi looked back, it was her sister-in-law Wu Peifang who had come back from the outside.Yanxi said: "I was looking for you, you came back." Peifang said: "I saw a person walking past here just now, is it Xiao Lian?" Yanxi said: "I just came out of the room, I didn't pay attention." Peifang smiled, and didn't continue, she just asked: "Why are you looking for me?" Yanxi said: "I heard that you are going to have a big treat, who are you going to invite, and how do you go about it?" Peifang said: "What does this concern you? You have to ask it." Yanxi smiled and said: "Of course I will join in and entertain guests for you." Peifang said: "We are double invited, and the host should also We must fight in pairs. Can sister Xiuzhu come?" Yanxi said: "What does she have to do with me? You must not invite her. If you invite her, I will not come." Peifang said: "This way, The young couple are quarreling again? The young daughter-in-law who has never been married is sweeter than honey. I haven't seen the two of you, and I'm always at odds." Yanxi said: "It's not at odds, she has nothing to do with me at all." Pei Fang He smiled and said, "It seems like I'm really angry. How did you quarrel? Tell me, and let me comment on it." Yanxi said, "No trouble, no anger, what am I talking about?" " Peifang said: "I can't, if the two of you are not angry, you wouldn't say that." Yanxi said: "You can ask Mei Li and you will know." Peifang laughed: "No! I Guess the two of you are arguing again." When Peifang said this, she saw that the lights in the corridor were already on, and said, "Don't go, let's have dinner together later, I have something to tell you. "It turns out that in their family, those who go to school go to school, those who go to the yamen go to the yamen, their heads are uneven, and their eating time can't be the same.Mrs. Jin simply let it go, and asked the children and daughters-in-law to decide for themselves. If they want to group as many people, they can form a group, and they don't have to go to the dining room. They can eat wherever they want.In this way, if you want to eat something, you can ask the cook to add more vegetables in private, and it will not happen that this person wants to eat spicy food, and some people object, and that person wants to eat sour food, and some people object, always scolding the cook behind his back.So in their family, except for birthdays and New Year's festivals, everyone does not eat together.In the end, there were three groups of three wives, Jin Quan was an accessory of the three wives, one meal per meal, three pairs of daughter-in-laws, three young ladies in one group, and the seventh young master in one group.Sometimes they cheer up, brother and sister, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, also treat each other.Today Peifang asked Yanxi to have dinner, which was just a small treat.Yanxi frowned and said: "According to sister-in-law's order, I have to come, but brother's broken mouth is not enough to suffer when he eats." Pei Fang smiled and said: "I have already guessed that you are in your heart, you You must refuse. Your eldest brother will have a public banquet with their chief deputy tonight, so he won't be eating at home." Yanxi said: "Then I will definitely come, please hurry up and ask the cook to add something delicious." Peifang said: "Of course, you'll be here soon."

When Peifang returned to the room, she only smelled a strong fragrance, sniffed it with her nose for a while, and said: This is made by Xiao Lian again.I go out and steal my perfume.I don't know how much I sprinkled, but the whole room is fragrant. "Xiao Lian came out of the room and agreed: "The perfume is spilled, it's not Young Mistress's, it's my own bottle. Peifang sniffed for a while and said, "Stop talking nonsense."This scent, I can smell it, is not an ordinary scent, don't you want to spill my bottle of French perfume? Xiao Lian said: "No, no, if you don't believe me, young mistress, go and see if the bottle of perfume has been moved?" Seeing what she said, Peifang let it go. She asked the old lady to go into the kitchen and asked the cook to add two new dishes.

After a while Yanxi came.Xiao Lian was sweating, thinking, the young mistress already knew about the perfume he gave me.Yanxi came in, sat in the middle room, and asked through the wall: "Sister-in-law, you have something to say to me, treat me to dinner, do you have any errands for me?" In this way, I can't get my things unless there is an exchange condition?" Yanxi laughed and said, "It's not what I said, it was because you had something to say and invited me to dinner." Peifang said: " There is something to be said, of course, I may not just ask you to be on an errand." While speaking, Peifang changed into a short dress and came out, buttoning the buttons under her ribs, while lowering her head to look at her chest.Yanxi said: "Sister-in-law is also like a small family. She changed her clothes when she came back. In fact, fashionable clothes should not be kept. I saw many people who saw what was fashionable, so they made it and made it. They thought it was something they wanted. I don’t want to wear it, and I always put it on the shelf. I haven’t moved it in the future, and it’s not fashionable, so I have to change it again, stay at home and wear it casually, and make another fashionable one. If it’s fashionable, I’ll do it as usual. I can't wear the remade clothes." Peifang said: "It's not that I'm reluctant to wear clothes, it's inconvenient to wear long clothes. Our long gowns are not like your long gowns, the waist and hem have to be made extremely small. When I walk, I can't take a step. Wearing short clothes will give me much freedom." Yanxi said: "It's true, but long clothes are very suitable in winter. The first is to save your arms from freezing " Peifang laughed and said, "I see that you are working hard on these things. A young person who doesn't do serious things is too worthless." Yanxi laughed and said, "This is the sister-in-law who led others to say Well, now you say that he is not serious." When he said that, the cook had already brought the vegetables and rice, and Xiao Lian opened the carrying box, and put the same ones on the small round table.On the opposite side, there are two cups and chopsticks.Yanxi said: "What do you want a glass for again?" Peifang said: "I still have some champagne here, please have a drink. I can't buy this specially for you. Your brother bought it for the ministry. I brought two glasses with me. Come back with the bottle." At that time, Xiao Lian came out with the wine bottle, poured a glass, put it on the left, and said to Yanxi, "Sit here, Lord Qi." Yanxi bowed and smiled, "Excuse me!" Pei Fang said: "Lao Qi is so polite." Yanxi said: "I am always a guest when I come to you, so of course I should be more polite." Peifang nodded and smiled, and sat and drank wine opposite Yanxi.He said to Xiao Lian: "Go and fold my clothes, I don't need you here." Xiao Lian agreed to go.Peifang asked Yanxi: "Look at this girl, is she still clever?" Yanxi said: "The magistrate Mo Ruojun. You should know your people. Why do you ask me?" Peifang said: "Myself Of course I know, but I also want to ask people, how is it?" Yanxi smiled and said: "It is good for a strong general to have no weak soldiers." Smile.Yanxi said: "Sister-in-law, what's the matter to be happy, from the heart?" Peifang said: "I'm happy with you!" Yanxi said: "What's so funny about me?" Not in front of her, she smiled at Yanxi: "Don't you like Xiao Lian? I told her to serve you more than once. As for her, needless to say, it's what you said just now, and it came out of my heart. Now it's two good things and one good, I'll ask her to serve you, do you think it's okay?" Yanxi said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's a joke like this, it's really become the second master of treasure, unmarried people need a girl to serve you I'm afraid that just this sentence is enough for my father to scold me. Actually, you misunderstood me. I did this not only to Xiao Lian, but also to Yu'er and Qiuxiang. Because they are all poor people, I can't bear to treat them as servants and You're suspicious of me just because of this, aren't you wronged? I didn't want to say this, because you kept picking your eyes, so I had to say it." Peifang said: "You think I invite you to dinner , Did you come to reason with you? You are the one who has a lot of heart. Let me tell you the truth, I don’t want to keep her anymore, because you love her so much, so I let you help her out. If you don’t want her, I will I want to send her away." Yanxi thought, why?Could it be that bottle of perfume just for it?But as soon as she came in and bumped into me, she invited me to dinner, and she didn't know about it.Then he laughed and said: "I see that your master and servant have a very good relationship. If there is anything wrong with her, you can just tell her a few words. She is very naughty. Once you say it, you will never be wrong the second time." .” Peifang was stretching out her chopsticks, picking and eating the dried shrimps in the cold bamboo shoots.So he held his chopsticks upright, pointed at Yanxi and said with a smile: "Listen to you, how do you protect her?" Yanxi smiled and said, "I'm being honest, how can I count as protecting her? I don't want to go Tell me more, let me ask you, why did you have to send her away?" Peifang said: "Fool! Don't you even know the sentence that the girl is not selected?" Yanxi said: "Since you are not selected, Stay, send it to me, will you stay in China? Two years ago, she was a child, and it made sense to ask her to do things for me. Now she is sixteen or seventeen years old." Peifang said: "What does it matter when I'm sixteen or seventeen? Before I came, your elder brother liked to order girls around." Yanxi smiled and said, "That's true. At that time, the eldest brother was a fan of the Red Chamber, and he specialized in learning from Jia Baoyu. Father was there again In Guangdong, he makes trouble at home, and mother doesn't care." Peifang said: "No! I dare not let Xiao Lian stay in my yard because of his temper. I originally wanted to ask her to serve mother , her old man has Xiaolan, or she won’t accept it.” Yanxi first joked about Peifang’s words, but now listening to her accent, she understands 90% of them. It turns out that their master and servant are practicing acting love triangle.She did it deliberately to trap her.In the past, you could feel pity for Xiao Lian whether you intended it or not, but now that you understand the inside story, you should avoid suspicion.At that time, Yanxi was drinking and eating vegetables with her head bowed, but she didn't make a sound.Peifang smiled and said: "Of course I am willing in my heart, but I am too embarrassed to agree. In fact, as long as you promise a word, I will keep it for you. When you get married, I will let her serve you. Don't think that your brother will Blame you, this is mine, I can do whatever I like." Yanxi understood in her heart for a moment, but couldn't express her bitterness in her mouth, so she could only smile.It just so happened that the old lady and Xiao Lian both came, so the two stopped their conversation and only talked about other things.After dinner, Yanxi said she wanted to find someone and slipped out.I thought to myself, I am most afraid of causing trouble with the boss, do I still dare to provoke him?So within two days, he didn't dare to go to Peifang's courtyard, and he didn't dare to ask Xiao Lian to do things.