Chapter 21 The 19th chapter of the first talk about the good times and the off-screen talk

When Yanxi arrived at Luohua Hutong, it was already sunset.Because I was walking in the yard, I walked over to Leng's house.Mrs. Leng and Leng Qingqiu each took a rattan chair next to the goldfish bowl to enjoy the shade. When they saw Yanxi coming, they both stood up.Yanxi said: "It's about this time, why hasn't Mr. Song come back?" Mrs. Leng said: "Thanks to your kindness, I recommended a restaurant for him, and I'm a little busy. Besides, he likes to drink a few cups, so maybe this time will come again." Where did you go to drink?" Mother Han saw Yanxi coming, and she brought him a rattan chair and told him to sit down.Yanxi looked at Qingqiu, and today she wore a loose braid, and she was wearing a white gauze jacket, which reflected the water-red shirt inside.She was holding a white silk fan with a light edge in her hand, and she was shaking it once and for all. Looking at her back, she became more and more beautiful.It happened that Mrs. Leng was busy and left by chance.Yanxi looked at her with a slight smile, and said softly: "Why did you change suddenly at this moment?" Qingqiu bit the edge of the round fan, only glanced at Yanxi, and didn't say anything.Yanxi said: "Are you okay tonight? Go to an open-air movie together, okay?" Qingqiu looked into the room above and saw that her mother hadn't come out yet, and said with a smile: "If you invite my mother, I'll go." Yanxi said "The old man doesn't like to watch movies, so don't invite her." Qingqiu said: "If you don't have one, just say you don't want to invite her. But if you don't invite her, I can't tell her." Yanxi said: "I have an idea. I just said that I have a movie ticket. If I can't go by myself, I will transfer it to you. Then, you can go alone. You go first, and we will meet on the roof of the movie theater later. Do you like it?" Qingqiu said: "I don't do such sneaky things, I hide it from my mother." When Yanxi was about to say something, Mrs. Leng had already come out again.Yanxi said: "Auntie, do you want to watch a movie?" Mrs. Leng said with a smile: "It's nothing more than a show, I don't like to watch movies. Because the shadows flicker and flicker, it dazzles people's eyes. I really don't like it." Yanxi Xidao: "I have a movie ticket here, which is for tonight. If I don't go tonight, it will expire. I can't go by myself, and I put it at home, so it's just thrown away. I want to be a favor, please Auntie is going, but auntie doesn’t like watching movies.” Mrs. Leng said with a smile: “There is no reason to throw it away, please give it to me, I will use it.” So she smiled and said to Qingqiu: “Take it and watch it. Okay?" Qingqiu said: "I'm alone, I won't go." Mrs. Leng said: "Then what's the matter, go alone, there are many." Yanxi said: "You can go, when the game is over, I will call a car Go pick up Miss Leng, okay?" Mrs. Leng said: "No need, just hire a car and come back." As Yanxi said, she walked over to her side, tore off a movie ticket book she had bought, and He took it over, handed it to Qingqiu and said, "It's a pity that I only have one ticket, if I have two, even my aunt can ask for it." Qingqiu held the ticket with a fan and smiled.Yanxi said: "Today's film is very good, you can go, there must be nothing wrong. They started at nine o'clock, and it's only a little over seven o'clock. Go after dinner, that's just right." Mrs. Leng said: "In this case, let's eat quickly and don't delay you." Yanxi said a few more gossips before walking away.

Qingqiu had dinner here, changed his clothes leisurely, and then hired a car to go to the cinema.Yanxi was more impatient than she was. After returning home, she had already taken the car to the cinema first.At this time, the sun was setting and the summer heat was coming to an end, and the various bonsai on the roof garden were newly sprinkled with water, the green leaves were oily, and there was a burst of fragrance. Yanxi sat down on a high platform behind and brewed a pot Tea, drinking tea in the wind, quietly waiting for Qingqiu.After a while, Qingqiu really walked up to the roof.As soon as she got on the escalator, she turned around and Yanxi quickly waved: "Here, here!" Qingqiu walked over, sat down opposite Yanxi, and said with a smile: "There are not many people here, it's early." Yanxi said : "We didn't care about watching movies, we just found this place to talk." While speaking, Yanxi poured a cup of tea, put it in front of Qingqiu, peeled off two small packets of tangerine peel plums in the plate, and brought them over.Qingqiu smiled and said: "Why are you so polite?" Yanxi said: "We are still two families now, for the sake of respecting women's rights, of course I have to be more polite. I won't be polite when I want to bother you about small things." Qingqiu picked up the cup, sipped tea slowly, looked at Yanxi and smiled.Yanxi said: "What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "Yes, yes, but unfortunately you said this too early. Listening to what you said, it seems that you are planning to control me." Yanxi laughed Said: "This is what you said. I mean, no one should care about anyone." Qingqiu smiled and said: "Didn't you say that? Your brothers are a little afraid of sister-in-law." Yanxi smiled and said: "According to you In this way, I should learn from my brother?" Qingqiu said: "I didn't ask you to learn from my brother, you told me this yourself, which means that there is no difference between brothers." Yanxi He smiled and said: "Talking around corners like you, I really say you won't win, I won't talk to you about it. Let me ask you, why do you wear braids today?" Qingqiu said: "Because I washed my hair and braided my hair. Good to dry your hair. You really like to meddle in your own business." Yanxi said: "It seems like you have washed your hair for a few days, why wash it again?" Qingqiu said: "In such a hot day, your head sweats day and night, and you can still wash your hair every other day." For a few days?" Yanxi smiled and said, "Speaking of this matter, I feel very embarrassed for you." Qingqiu said: "Why are you in trouble? I would like to ask for advice." Yanxi smiled and said: "If you For the sake of beauty, your pitch-black hair can better bring out the tenderness and whiteness of your skin, so I suggest you keep it. If you want to wash it every few days and get hot in hot days, I suggest you cut it off. !" Qingqiu said: "Do you also advocate that I cut it off?" Yanxi smiled and said: "I can't say that I absolutely advocate cutting it off. How can there be two sides?" Yanxi said: "I have already said the reason first, how can it be a Bodhisattva?" Qingqiu said: "Do you think haircuts are not good?" Yanxi said: "There are also haircuts. There are good-looking cuts, and there are bad-cut ones." Qingqiu smiled and said: "From your voice, I probably didn't cut it well." Yanxi said: "I didn't say that, I thought if you cut it, It's a pity." Qingqiu said: "What's the pity? It's not like I lost something." Yanxi smiled and said: "Things that are black, long, and thin contain the beauty of nature. After ten or twenty years of work, It was only kept like this. Now that a pair of scissors broke it, why is it not a pity?" Qingqiu said: "According to what you said, it's just good-looking. Good-looking is not for yourself, but for others. Cut your hair , but it is very convenient for myself." Yanxi said: "You really want to cut it, and I agree. But your mother is afraid that you can't agree to this?" Qingqiu said: "Maybe if you tell her, she will agree. I really want to cut it, but she won’t make it if she doesn’t agree.” Yanxi said, “I want to see how your perseverance is doing? Your mother said." Qingqiu said: "Don't worry, my side is not a problem. You still need to go back first and go through your big family." Yanxi said: "My side is not a problem. As long as your mother agrees, I will Then I can explain it to my father." Qingqiu said: "I said that my aspect is not a problem, and you said that your aspect is not a problem. Everyone is not a problem, just hold it like this and let it pass?" Yanxi smiled Said: "How long do you have to graduate?"Qiu said: "There are still two semesters. "Yanxi said: "I mean, let you graduate, and then solve our problems.If it is too early, I will not be able to live in Luohua Hutong, and I will move back home. "Qingqiu smiled and said: "It turns out that you have this plan.But I graduated from high school, and I plan to enter a university, and the days are still far away. Yanxi said, "What do you want to do after graduation?"Like our family, do you still expect you to become a professor after graduation and earn a hundred and ten yuan a month?Of course not.If we talk about learning, my fifth and sixth sisters all came back from studying abroad, and my fourth sister is still in Japan, and I haven't seen them do any big things.Are you still like me, playing at home or outside, with a stomach full of books, what use can they be for? "Qingqiu said: "According to what you said, reading is useless, no matter who it is, it should be played from childhood to old age.But this way of playing, you have to be as rich as your family.If everyone does what you say, then there will be no one to do things in the world, no one to farm for food, no one to weave for clothes, what kind of world will it be? Yanxi said: "You have misunderstood me."I'm not saying that everyone in the world should play, but there is a group of women who only want to manage the housekeeping and manage the trivial matters of oil, salt, firewood and rice. Why spend a lot of money on studying such profound knowledge? "Qingqiu laughed and said: "According to what you said, I don't need to pursue advanced knowledge. In the future, I will also play a role in managing small things such as oil, salt, firewood and rice. "Yanxi said: "My words are wrong, can they work?What I meant was not here, but because I answered the question, I brought up the issue of reading.You keep asking me this sentence, and the more I say it, the more stiff I become. Seeing Yanxi's failure, Qingqiu smiled, and didn't follow up with questions.

At this time, the sky was getting dark gradually, and the bright stars in the sky, one in the east and one in the west, slowly appeared.Moviegoers came in droves, and the guest seats, men and women, were all full.Suddenly a very strong fragrance rushed towards him.Then someone called Yanxi, and when she looked back, it was Miss Wu Er, wearing a backless suit, standing beside the chair.Yanxi stood up quickly, she had already stretched out her hand, Yanxi could only hold her hand and said, "We won't see each other for a long time." Miss Wu Er said, "Are you alone?" Yanxi said, "There is another Friend." Then he introduced to Qingqiu: "There is also this Miss Leng." When Qingqiu heard about it, she stood up and nodded to Miss Wu Er.Yanxi said: "Who did Miss Wu come with?" Miss Wu Er said: "I had an appointment with a friend here, but he didn't come." There was an empty seat beside Yanxi, and Miss Wu Er He sat down unceremoniously next to his body.Although Yanxi was very unwilling in her heart, she couldn't tell her not to sit down, and she felt embarrassed so she walked away with Qingqiu, so she could only sit silently and wait for the movie to start.Miss Wu Er had never heard that Yanxi had a close friend surnamed Leng, so she naturally didn't pay attention to it, but she didn't expect to sit here and obstruct his love conversation.Not long after, the movie has opened.Yanxi and Qingqiu talked about the plot of the movie, and the more they talked, the more intimate they became. In the end, the two really fell in love with each other, and they came together to talk, forgetting that there was Miss Wu Er beside them.At this time, Miss Wu Er suddenly realized when she saw the situation of the two of them.Sit on the side, and don't disturb him, let the two of them talk about love.After a while, the movie was on break, and the surrounding lights were turned on, and then Ms. Wu Er spoke to them.Yin asked Qingqiu: "Which school is Miss Leng studying at now?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "It's ridiculous, she's still in high school." Miss Wu Er said: "Where does your family live now? Go to school to attend classes, no Is it far away?" Qingqiu said: "It's not far away, She Xia lives in Luohua Hutong, only a short distance away." Miss Wu Er thought, the place name of Luohua Hutong seems familiar to her ears, why does she live there?When Yanxi heard Qingqiu mention the place name, she looked at her as if very surprised.Seeing Yanxi like this, Qingqiu's expression changed.It's just that Ms. Wu Er was paying attention to this matter, seeing the two of them raised their eyebrows and talking, it was even more strange.At that time, I kept it in my heart and kept silent, just pretending that I didn't pay attention.Until the end of the movie, Miss Wu Er went downstairs first.Yanxi said to Qingqiu: "The mess at the door is full of cars, and it's not easy to hire a car, so just take my car and go back." As he spoke, he went downstairs all the way, only to see the gorgeous female guests and the gorgeously dressed male guests , Those who get on the car get on the car, those who get on the horse-drawn carriage get on the horse-drawn carriage, similarly, there is also a human-chartered car.He himself was so personable, and it would be a shame to hire a car on the street, so he and Yanxi got into the car without knowing it.The car stopped at the gate of Leng's house first.Han Ma came out to open the door, saw that Qingqiu came in the same car as Yanxi, she led Qingqiu in without making a sound.

At this time, Mrs. Leng was still enjoying the shade in the yard, and when she saw Qingqiu coming in, she asked, "Did you come back by someone else's car?" Qingqiu only agreed with a hum, then went into the room to change clothes.Seeing that she hadn't come out for a long time, Mrs. Leng shouted: "It's such a hot day, what are you doing indoors? Why don't you come out to enjoy the cool air." Qingqiu said: "I'm dizzy from watching the movie, I'm going to sleep." Mrs. Leng said: " There is a bamboo bed outside, even if you want to sleep, you can sleep outside, why sleep inside?" Qingqiu was urged by his mother repeatedly, so he had to come outside.Mrs. Leng first chatted with her, and then asked her what movie is today?Does it look good?Qingqiu said: "The film is not bad, it's a family film, the idea is to make people's families harmonious." Mrs. Leng said: "Needless to mention, this must be a man and a woman, they made trouble for a while, and then got married. "Qingqiu said: "Probably so." Mrs. Leng said: "I just hate that foreign movie, and I hug my head and kiss every now and then." Qingqiu said with a smile: "That's a foreign custom, what's there to blame?" Mrs. Leng said: "That's all, why do you always get married in the end?" Qingqiu said: "You are right to criticize this level. But according to the actors in the movie, if you don't get married, no one will come Look." Mrs. Leng said: "Don't we Chinese also like to watch this kind of marriage?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "There may not be every film about marriage. Even if there is, it's only the last scene. Because of that, why don't we watch it at all?" Mrs. Leng said: "When we were young, we didn't have these novelties. You guys are so lucky, Huahua World, you can play however you want." Qingqiu said with a smile: "Watching a movie, how can you count as being in Huahua World? And it was your old man who asked me to go." Mrs. Leng said: "I didn't say that You shouldn't go, I mean only you can go." Qingqiu said with a smile: "I heard your old man talking, it seems like you are complaining." Mrs. Leng said: "Why are you complaining? As long as you don't get burned, I am willing to let you go out to play often. Speaking of the seventh young master of the Jin family, it is rare that he thinks highly of us. He gives us food and clothes, and finds a job for your uncle. Live comfortably. I think that's what he means..." Mrs. Leng couldn't continue when she said this, and it was inconvenient for Qingqiu to continue.Everyone sat in silence for a while, and Mrs. Leng said: "This is what you often say to me. Nowadays, men and women socialize openly, and men and women make friends equally, so I also look at it from a wider perspective. Men and women make friends, which is nothing But...but..." When it came to the word "no more than two words", there was no more nouns to continue, so he coughed vaguely twice to cover up the words.Qingqiu waved her fan vigorously, without making a sound.Mrs. Leng also slapped the mosquito on her leg with the fan in her hand, making a crackling noise.Everyone was silent for a while, Qingqiu suddenly said to Mrs. Leng: "Mom! It's so hot to wear braids." Mrs. Leng didn't wait for her to finish, and said: "You can still comb your hair tomorrow." Qingqiu laughed: "Comb Braids are hot, won’t it be hot when you comb your hair?” Mrs. Leng said: “Then what can I do? Unless I shave my hair and become a sister-in-law, then it won’t be hot.” ​​Qingqiu said: “There are many people who cut their hair now. Can you cut your hair only when you are an aunt? Mom! I will cut it too, okay?" Mrs. Leng said: "Nonsense! Good hair grows on your head, what hinders you?" Qingqiu said: "Didn't I say that Is it very hot?" Mrs. Leng said: "Women in the past didn't cut their hair, how did they survive the hot weather?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "That's the people in the past, they didn't dare to break their habits, they didn't know how to enjoy this blessing Now that we have this advantage, we can take advantage of it. For example, in the past, it was so inconvenient to travel by dry road without a train, and to travel by water without a ship! Now that there is a train and a ship, is there anyone who doesn’t want to take it?” Mrs. Leng said: "Then it only costs two extra money, and doesn't cut off a piece of body, how can we compare it?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "This is not a comparison, the men in the past all had a braid behind their heads. , No wonder I feel uncomfortable. Now they all have their hair cut, which is convenient and beautiful, is this always a proof?" Mrs. Leng said with a smile: "The more you say it, the more reasonable it is. But I think women don't always look good when they cut their hair. "Qingqiu said: "That's because you are not used to seeing it. If you are used to it, you won't feel shabby anymore." Mrs. Leng said: "If you really want to cut it, I can't help it, but if you are careful, your uncle will scold you." Qingqiu said "The hair on my own head, if I want to cut it, I can cut it, and if I want to keep it, I can keep it. How can uncle control it?" Mrs. Leng said: "As long as you are not afraid of him being wordy, you can go ahead and cut it." Qingqiu said: "Here He drank four taels of wine, and the sky fell down, and he didn't ask any more, afraid he would be wordy?" Mrs. Leng said: "Look at what you said, it's decided, okay, I'll let you cut it yourself, I don't care "Qingqiu said with a smile: "You old man said you don't care, so don't ask me any more." Mrs. Leng said: "Do you really want to cut it?" Qingqiu said: "Of course it is true." Mrs. Leng said: "I I haven't heard you say it before, why did you come back from watching a movie today and suddenly mentioned this matter?" Qingqiu said: "It's not that I saw a lot of people cutting their hair, so I remembered this matter." Mrs. Leng said: "Just now When you go home, is their car waiting for you at the entrance of the movie theater?" Qingqiu and her mother were talking about haircuts, but they suddenly turned to the car.She thought to herself, why did mother pay attention to this matter again and again?She always pretended to be confused about the matter between Yanxi and me, and didn't ask any questions. Now she just pursues the matter. What's the purpose of this?Is her old man going to change his mind?While she was thinking like this, for a moment, she didn't agree to say this.Seeing that she was speaking in silence, Mrs. Leng became more and more suspicious.They didn't say anything that night, and went to bed.

When she woke up the next morning, Mrs. Leng's face showed some displeasure.Her brother, Song Runqing, walked slowly into the upper room with a cigarette in his mouth, and said to Mrs. Leng, "I'm short of two hundred yuan. If I can move it somewhere, that would be great." Mrs. Leng said: "After the second uncle has a museum job, he should have more money in his hands. Why is there still such a famine?" Song Runqing said: "What's the matter? Will you forget this matter? The old lady in the south I just wrote a letter, saying that this autumn, I will spend two to three hundred yuan for my 70th birthday. Now that life is getting closer, I have to think about it first. Yesterday was the birthday of an old lady in the yamen, so everyone joins in. , I have a lot of thoughts about this matter. Not to mention two or three hundred yuan, just a few tens of yuan to perfunctory, I don't think it will work." Mrs. Leng said: "I have always forgotten about this matter. If you really can't get it together, Qingqiu still has a few pieces of jewelry, which can be exchanged, and you can always make up some money." Song Runqing said: "Is she willing to do it? I don't think it's better not to mention this matter. I mean, I want to discuss it with Brother Yanxi, and I will transfer two hundred yuan, and I will pay him back in the winter of the year." Mrs. Leng said: "He has helped us too much, so I am sorry to keep asking for help. Besides. He and us are neither related nor related, so we shouldn't be looking for someone all the time." Song Runqing said: "It's very common for friends to communicate with each other, what should we do?" Mrs. Leng said: "You want to borrow money , you borrow it elsewhere, don’t ask the Jin family to borrow it.” Song Runqing looked at Mrs. Leng’s expression, it seemed that something was wrong, so she didn’t continue.

The day passed, and in the evening Han Ma sent a few empty dishes to Yanxi, who had brought some snacks.It happened that Yanxi was walking in the yard, and when she saw Mama Han, she stopped her and said, "What are you busy with? It doesn't matter if you put some empty dishes at your place for use, why do you have to send them here?" Mama Han said, "It's you. Our wife doesn't mind giving these things away, how dare you take all the dishes?" Yanxi said: "Miss, you haven't seen it all day, did you go out early?" Mother Han looked around, then lowered her voice Said: "Mother and son are disgusting." Yanxi said: "What's the matter? Did you come back because of last night?" Han Ma said: "What was said last night, today is not for that." Because Song Runqing wanted to borrow money, Mrs. Leng refused, and she wanted to exchange for Qingqiu jewelry, so she said it again.Yanxi smiled and said, "Is it just for this matter? It's not difficult. We'll settle it tomorrow." On the next day, Yanxi took out her checkbook and asked Jin Rong to go to the bank to pay three. One hundred yuan, and told three hundred yuan to be cashed in foreign currency.In less than an hour, Jin Rong had brought in three hundred yuan in cash.Yanxi called Han's mother over, handed her the three hundred yuan, and said, "Tell Mrs. Leng that Mr. Song also mentioned that there is a shortage of two or three hundred yuan. Forget about it. This is three hundred yuan in cash, please take it from your wife." Han Ma said: "My wife is just embarrassed to borrow money from you. That's good, you take it out first." Yanxi said "It doesn't matter, you just ask your wife to accept it, when you have spare time, and when you can return it, I don't wait for this item to be used." Han Ma saw so many gifts in vain, how could she not take it? Why?Then he said: "I'll take it and try it out. Our wife doesn't like it, so I'll take it back." Then, she held three big bags of cash in both hands and walked straight into Mrs. Leng's room, smiling at the table. Put it on, and said: "This thing is really heavy." Mrs. Leng said: "What's in it?" Mother Han smiled and said: "It's a foreigner!" Mrs. Leng said: "You think I'm making money these two days What is your idea, are you just saying that it is money that is greedy for me?" Mother Han said, "If you don't believe me, I'll open it for you to see." As she spoke, she quickly opened a paper bag.I didn't hold it tightly, and the paper leaked a big hole, and with a crash, foreign money was scattered all over the table.There were still more than ten yuan, and there was a jingling sound, and rolled to the ground.Mrs. Leng said: "Hey! Really! Where did you get a lot of money?" Mother Han said with a smile: "I can do magic tricks. I heard that my wife wants to use money, so I changed this money." Leng The wife said: "Needless to say, Qingqiu's second uncle must have borrowed it from next door." While picking up money on the ground, Han's mother said: "The money is Young Master Jin's money, but uncle did not go to borrow it." When the money came, Han Ma took the scattered hundred yuan and counted it upside down.Mrs. Leng said with a smile: "It's just that you haven't seen the money. It's a joke. This man's hand is really loose. Before people borrow it from him, he will send it first. Should I take it? Or Why don't you keep it?" Mother Han said, "Why don't you take it? Will money bite people's hands?" Mrs. Leng took two packs of unopened foreign money, weighed them, and counted the opened ones , was silent for a while, and said: "I have accepted the money, you go and tell Young Master Jin, and tell Uncle for now, only two hundred yuan will be sent. In the future, I will raise the money and return it to him." Han Ma Said: "Just tell him not to tell my uncle. Why do you have to talk around?" Mrs. Leng said: "It's not good to hide it from him. He has no money, so he has to borrow it from others."

Mrs. Leng received the three hundred yuan in cash, and naturally felt happier, and the layer of worry in her heart was relieved a lot.Qingqiu said: "Mom! Now that I have money at hand, can I cut my hair?" Mrs. Leng said: "This child speaks very strangely. I have money or not. What does it have to do with your haircut?" Qingqiu laughed. "You old man, don't you always worry about me because you have no money? Because you old man is worried, I'm afraid that if you cut your hair, it will make you angry, so I dare not do it." Mrs. Leng said: "I said a long time ago, I don't care Why do you ask?" Han Ma said: "No! I heard Young Master Jin say that their family all cut their hair." Qingqiu said: "I cut mine, but his family cut their hair or not. What does it have to do with me?" Mother Han said: "That's what I said, there are many ladies who cut their hair now." Mrs. Leng ignored her, and said to Qingqiu: "Cut it, don't cut it like that. That's shabby." Qingqiu said with a smile: "Didn't you say you don't care, old man?" Mrs. Leng said: "I don't care, but it's cut like men's clothes, don't you think it's ugly to wear women's clothes?" Qingqiu He said: "Of course it won't be like that. There is a barber shop opened by foreigners in Dongjiaomin Lane, and he does a good job of cutting there. Many of my classmates got their hair cut there." Speaking of this, I only heard someone laughing outside Said: "Miss is cold, you are so rich, and you have to go to Dongjiaomin Lane to get your hair cut." As he spoke, two women came in.