Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty

Qingqiu opened a curtain and looked out, but there were two of her classmates, one was Hua Zhuping and the other was Liu Yuping, both were haircutters.Qingqiu beckoned through the glass: "Please come in and sit down, please come in and sit down." Hua and Liu walked in, Mrs. Leng said a few words politely, and then walked away.Hua Zhuping said: "Ms. Leng, why are you talking about haircuts? Do you plan to cut your hair?" Qingqiu said: "No! I can't cut it myself, and others can't cut it well, so I have to spend two extra dollars and go to a foreign country. I went to the barber shop." Liu Yuping said: "Then why bother? Look at me like this, it was cut by Mi Sihua and me, do you like it?" Saying that, she turned her head to let Qingqiu see.Qingqiu smiled and said: "This is very good, Mi Sihua will cut it with me." Hua Zhuping said: "Have you got Auntie's consent? This thing has been cut, but there is no way to connect it again." Qingqiu said: "Of course we have discussed it. If we don't discuss it, do you want to make it difficult for you?" Hua Zhuping said: "It still can't be cut. You don't have scissors for pushing hair, and you don't have scissors for cutting long hair. How do you cut it? Just cut it with ordinary scissors, and it will be done, right?" Qingqiu said: "Please wait here, I will ask someone to borrow it, and there is a whole set of haircutting things." So she told Han Ma, let her Go to Yanxi and tell him, and ask Yanxi to send someone to get it at home.

When Yanxi heard that Qingqiu wanted to cut her hair, she hurriedly called back and asked Yufen to borrow it.Yufen didn't know what the intention was, so she sent someone to deliver the things.It was originally stored in a carved lacquer wooden box, Yanxi was impatient and didn't have time to see what was inside, so she sent someone to send the original box to Qingqiu.Han Ma went on to hand it to Qingqiu.Liu Yuping stretched out her hand to pick it up first, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful box, this must belong to someone who loves to decorate." As she said, she opened the box, and there was an envelope on it first.The envelope reads: Lao Qi laughs and shows, Yu Fen keeps quiet.Liu Yuping said: "Miss Leng, are you ranked seventh? Who wrote this to you? Why do you call it that? The person who wrote the letter is named Yufen. She must be a woman. There is probably nothing to dislike. I I want to take it apart and have a look, what does it say?" Qingqiu knew that this letter was written to him by Yanxi's third sister-in-law, and the word Xiaozhan was clearly written on it, so there might be some joke in it.Hastily stretched out his hand to snatch the letter over, and said: "I haven't read it myself, do I know if the words in the letter can be made public?" Hua Zhuping said: "How does this person call you Lao Qi?" Qingqiu said: "This is originally an old classmate of mine. , verbally worshiping sisters, the sixth and the seventh, it's fun. I'm just a person, how can I be ranked seventh?" Qingqiu said, and put the letter on his body.Liu Yuping smiled and said: "In this case, we will call you Lao Qi in the future." Qingqiu said: "Nonsense! It turns out that people call me by this name, but I don't agree. How can I ask you to call me again. Don't make trouble, Cut my hair." When he said that, he moved a square stool, sat down facing the dressing table, stamped his foot on the ground, and said, "Come, come." Hua Zhuping said, "I have something to say first, so I cut it off, but I can’t connect it.” Qingqiu said with a smile: “That’s not possible, you can cut it off, and I want you to connect it for me.” Hua Zhuping looked at the wooden box, and sure enough there were everything for hair cutting, And there are some things that I don't know how to use.Then he asked: "Do you have a white cloth apron?" Qingqiu said: "We're not opening a barber shop, so what should we pay attention to? We can just use one to wrap around the neck, why do we have to have a white cloth apron?" Hua Zhuping He said: "What do you know? If you don't have a skirt, you don't have it in your hand, but you must wear a white cloth to wear it. Because the hair falls on the white cloth, it can be swept clean, and it is easy to hide short hair on the colored cloth. "Qingqiu laughed and said: "I see you can't see it, you have a lot of knowledge about hair cutting." So he opened the closet, found a square of white bamboo cloth and gave it to Hua Zhuping.Hua Zhuping said: "It's not done yet, there is still a silk handkerchief around the neck." Qingqiu laughed and said: "The more you talk, the more you become an expert. This should be advocating for you, let some barber shop , please go to be a super barber." Hua Zhuping said with a smile: "If someone asks, I will go, and it is not a lowly thing to be a laborer." Liu Yuping said: "You two, just talk about it like this .” After hearing this, Qingqiu lost face.Hua Zhuping put a white cloth on her, took off the silk handkerchief from the button, wrapped it around her neck, and untied Qingqiu's hair.He holds a pair of long front scissors in his hand, with the tip of the scissors.Draw a dotted line on the hair, and then open the scissors, and put a strand of black hair like running water into the mouth of the scissors.Facing the mirror, he smiled and said: "I'm going to cut it now! After it's cut, there's no way to connect it." Qingqiu said: "How old are you now? You're so wordy, you look like you're seven or eighty years old." Hua Zhuping said with a smile: "In that case, I'll start cutting it." After finishing the sentence, the scissors creaked a few times, and a lock of hair had been cut off.Then he picked up the hair clippers and trimmed her short hair. In less than half an hour, the hair was cut.Liu Yuping smiled and said: "Miss is cold, she is very beautiful in the first place, this haircut is extra playful." Qingqiu held a small long-handled mirror, shined on the back of her head, then turned her body sideways, facing the big mirror in front of her, looking left and right They all looked at it a few times, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the hair is cut very well. I heard that this hair has various names and colors. What is it called?" Hua Zhuping said: "The name and color are so good, it is called Slender moon style." Qingqiu said with a smile: "Don't be too happy. People who don't cut their hair, he can call it a pile of thatch and a duck's butt." Liu Yuping said: "Miss Leng, you just cut your hair today It's a commemoration, and we should take a photo." Qingqiu said: "What's the big deal, is it worth commemorating?" Hua Zhuping said: "Although there is no need to commemorate, you are indeed prettier after you cut your hair, and finally changed your appearance Why don't you take a picture and see for yourself." Qingqiu couldn't stand the instigation of the two of them, and she went to the photo studio with the two of them to take a picture.After taking the photo, I opened the letter I received first and took a look.The letter said: Why did you borrow the haircut scissors?And wait, is your good girlfriend getting a haircut?Sister Xiuzhu came, she said that it was a complete misunderstanding about you, and she hated Meng Lang very much.Would you like to make up with her?If you are willing, I would like to be a peacemaker and treat the two of you to a small restaurant.Miss Wu Er is coming too, you can ask her to accompany you.I think if you want to hang up the signboard of respecting women's rights, I'm afraid you're too embarrassed not to come, right?By the way, I will give you a small bamboo stick. When you come back, bring back some sour plum soup from Yinbingzhai.Sincerely, brother Yanxi.

jade pen Qingqiu looked at the letter and was very puzzled.I thought to myself that I had never heard Yanxi say that there was such a sister Xiuzhu, but reading the letter, it seemed that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.Moreover, this relationship is very open and not hidden from the family, isn't it very strange?But it mentioned Miss Wu Er again, isn't it the person I met in the movie theater?Holding the letter in his hand, he bit his lower lip and thought deeply.At first, I wanted to throw this letter away, lest Yanxi go home and make up with sister Xiuzhu.Turning around and thinking about it, this is not right.Since his third sister-in-law wrote to him, she must be looking forward to his return.When he asked if he wanted to go back, he said that he hadn't received the letter. Obviously I hid the letter.It seemed that I was not generous to do so, so I pretended not to know, and put the letter inside to see what he did.So I sealed the letter and put it in the box, and said to Han Ma: "When you gave the box to Young Master Jin, you told him that there was a letter in it. I think he didn't know it. Because the letter was sealed." Yes, we still put it in there, we dare not lose it." When Mama Han returned the box to Yanxi, she naturally repeated what she said.Yanxi was also very surprised, thinking, how could a letter be produced?I opened the letter and read it, but luckily I haven't mentioned anything about it.However, she became puzzled again, Qingqiu could not see what was said above, if she saw it, she would not understand the reason for it, and there would be many misunderstandings.And she didn't see it. I want to explain it to her, and she will inevitably have a doubt.If she saw it, I would explain it to her and expose her secrets, which is really difficult.Whether she sees it or not, it's better if I don't go home today, then it has nothing to do with the appointment in the letter, and her doubts will be solved by themselves.Yanxi thought so, so he made a pipe flute this afternoon, and whimpered and played it from time to time, deliberately letting Qingqiu hear it, expressing that he didn't go out.

Unexpectedly, at four o'clock, Meili called and said with a smile, "Brother Seven, come back quickly, something happened to you." Yanxi was shocked when she heard that.Asked: "What happened?" Meili said: "Papa suddenly remembered this. Guess what it is?" Yanxi said: "I can't guess, you tell me, what is it?" What? Tell me." Mei Li said: "I don't know, I just saw that my father was very angry and told me to call you. Tell you to come back quickly." Yanxi said: "You are talking nonsense again! You are wronging me to come back Yes, are you afraid that I don’t know?” Mei Li said: “Aunt Cui is here, please ask her to talk to you, and you ask her, do you think I’m lying?” At this point, the phone stopped for a while, and it was changed A person, indeed Aunt Cui's voice, said, "Come back. An ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents-in-law. If you can hide today, can you hide forever?" Yanxi became more anxious after hearing this, and asked: "What exactly is it? You should know a little bit." Aunt Cui said, "I just came back, so I don't know. You come back, and you will be scolded a few times. Is there anything important going on?" Smiling and hung up the phone.In Yanxi's house, there were three sets of telephones with over ten plugs. He didn't ask who's house the phone came from, but when he called home, he was afraid that his father would find out, which would make the trouble worse.With his hands behind his back, he paced up and down the corridor, turning around a few times.I thought: "What's the matter? If it's about the Leng family, I won't let my father know. Or I paid 500 yuan to my father's account last week, and my father knows, but this is also a trivial matter, no You're so angry." Yanxi wandered alone for a long time, not knowing what to do.Still, what Aunt Cui said was right, an ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents-in-law, and she can't hide for a lifetime.If you don't go back, there will always be a knot in your heart. This time, no matter how big or small it is, a mystery will always be exposed.Thinking this way, thinking about Qingqiu, I threw it away.Immediately got in the car and went home.

When he got home, he didn't go to see his father, sat in his study for a while, called an old lady, and brought Mei Li over.The old lady went away for a while, then came back and said, "Miss Ba is in the wife's room, and the Prime Minister is there too. The Prime Minister heard that Master Qi is back, so he told you to go." This forced Yanxi to go.I had to walk slowly towards my mother.Walking into the room, I saw Jin Quan lying on the couch with a cigar in his mouth, Mei Li was holding a book and sitting on the side, as if he was talking about the book to Jin Quan.As soon as Meili raised her head, she smiled and said, "Brother Seven is back." Jin Quan heard that, sat up, turned his face to Mrs. Jin and said, "I don't know what kind of things Ah Qi is doing outside? I saw him." Mrs. Jin said: "Didn't you tell him to set up some poetry club outside? How can you ask me?" Jin Quan said: "I just asked him to ask about it today because of his poetry club." Yan At this time, Xi was just beating the gongs and drums in his heart, not knowing what punishment his father would have.Not daring to sit down for the time being, he started to clean the pot of cattail grass on the long table with his hands.Mrs. Jin smiled and said: "Three months ago, you said that you wanted to read the poems in their poetry club, did you remember it until today?" What about those gossips? Just now I was sorting out some old documents, and I just saw a book of poems he sent. Except for one or two people who wrote it well, the rest are all nonsense." Yanxi heard his father's words Tone, it turned out that he was talking about that book of poems, which had nothing to do with other issues, so a stone fell in his heart.He laughed and said: "Everyone was learning to compose poems, as long as they look alike in form, how can we talk about good and bad?" It’s so sour, it’s unpleasant to read.” Mrs. Jin said: “How is Ah Qi’s doing?” How did Jin Quan know that Song Runqing shot his masterpiece, and said with a slight smile: “I understand the rules. If you want to look good, then you have to work on it. But I mean, I want him to study and study Chinese. After all, things like poems and chapters are just to describe temperament. Li pretends not to study, so let him study Chinese at home, I don't think he may have picked up a few books in the past half a year." Having said this, his face gradually became serious.Then he said: "In this case, it's better to go to school, after all, it still has a name. I think it's better to go to school in the second half of the year. I don't think there is any need for that poetry club. I really want to hang around with a few people who understand literature and ink." , that’s all right. But there’s no need to rent a house and set up a co-op outside with great fanfare, wasting a lot of money, there are a lot of empty houses in the house, and a few rooms are allocated at random, isn’t it enough?” Yanxi didn’t comment, but only said yes.Jin Quan said: "You have made such a fuss for a while to set up a poetry club. Is this the result of a few months?" Yanxi said: "There are still many manuscripts that have not been brought. If..." Jin Quan frowned and said: "Forget it, you think I like to read this kind of writing, so you don't need to bring it." Yanxi was eager for his father to say this, and immediately wanted to retreat, so he asked Mrs. Jin: "Is the third brother back? I have something to ask him." Mrs. Jin said: "I don't know, I'm afraid you're not at home?" Yanxi said: "I'll go and see." Saying that, she turned around and walked out.

As soon as he got to the screen door, he saw Aunt Cui leaning against the pillars on the corridor and waving to herself.Yanxi walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" Aunt Cui looked at Yanxi's whole body, and said with a smile, "What have you been doing outside? Did your father scold you?" Yanxi Said: "No scolding." Aunt Cui said: "You spent a thousand yuan in your father's account, doesn't he know?" Yanxi laughed and said, "Where is this money? It's only five hundred yuan. This matter Dad doesn't know yet, I plan to try to return the money within a month or two, and I won't find out. How will Aunt Cui know if I have misused the money?" Aunt Cui laughed and said, "I was in the tent the day before yesterday. Payment, I saw your two receipts. Mr. Chai stuffed your two receipts in the safe like a chicken claw, and I was very suspicious. Why did you come to the account at home to collect the money? It must have been discussed with Mr. Chai to transfer the old man's money. As for how much, I don't know. I just guessed what I just said." Yanxi smiled and said: "I beg you to keep this matter a secret. Don't tell me, my credit is bankrupt, and I won't be able to do anything in the future." Aunt Cui said, "You don't have much use, so why are you making a deficit? What are you doing outside? Tell me as soon as possible. I, if there is any problem in the future, I can cover it up for you." Yanxi smiled and said: "Of course there is a small matter. If others want to hide it, I will not hide it from Aunt Cui, Fifth Sister and Sixth Sister. But now It's not time to publish it yet, so there's no need to say it first." Aunt Cui smiled and said, "Hmph! Even if you don't say it, I know something, let me see." Yanxi pretended to be dumbfounded and walked away triumphantly.

Because Yufen wrote a letter asking her to come back, now that she is back, she has to be treated as a favor, so go and see her, on the surface it is regarded as being called back.So he made a detour, turned around the side of the morning glory fence, and looked inside first. What were they doing there?In the middle of the yard, there was a small round marble table, and Yufen and Bai Xiuzhu were each lying on a wicker chair.Xiuzhu said with a smile: "Cousin, you have left a glass of soda for a long time, and all your anger has gone away, so it's not good." Said: "Don't drink soda, just had lunch, why can't you eat cold shredded chicken? That's cooked food." Yufen said: "Although it is cooked, the cook also brought it out with ice cubes." Xiuzhu said: "You always like to eat cold food, why don't you eat it at all? Do you avoid cold food?" Yufen smiled and said, "That's right! I avoid cold food today. You're a girl, why do you pay attention to these things?" Xiuzhu stood Get up, hold the glass in your hand, smile and say to Yufen, "I'm going to splash you." "Your mouth is so powerful, no wonder your third brother is afraid of seeing you like a cat." Yufen laughed and said, "Don't talk nonsense! We are a loving couple, we can't be like others, we haven't After passing through the door, they will stick together like honey for a while, and become enemies again when they get annoyed." Xiuzhu said with a straight face: "Don't say that, it's neither meat nor vegetable. If you want to say that again, I'm really in a hurry." Yufen stood up and said with a smile: "You girl, you are no longer a thing, you want to use me, but you refuse to tell the truth in front of me, you always put on airs, you don't know your cousin , I have some infatuation, trying to facilitate your good deeds. Do you think I said these words on purpose to make fun of you?" Xiuzhu put down the glass, lay down on the rattan chair, turned her face away and said: "Who listens to your crazy words? !" Yufen said: "Am I talking crazy? Well, don't beg me in the future." Speaking of this, she poured half a glass of soda into the glass and poured it on the morning glory stand.The splash was impartial, and it was splashing on Yanxi's face behind the flowers and leaves.Yanxi was taken aback by the cold soda, and let out an ouch.Yufen asked, "Who is hiding there?" Yanxi took out her handkerchief, wiped her face, and came out, smiling, "I didn't mean to secretly listen to you. Because I went outside the fence, Seeing you sitting here chatting, I don't know which guest is here, take a look there first, and you will do this kind of murder." Yufen said: "Qiye, you have wronged people to death, I really don't know You are there. I don’t know how it’s so coincidental, it just splashed on your face.” Yanxi turned her head and saw that Xiuzhu was wearing a short-sleeved pink gauze gown, with two pairs of arms that looked like snow lotus root, all exposed outside , then smiled and said, "Miss Bai, when did you come?" Bai Xiuzhu was a little embarrassed when she thought that what she had said to Yufen just now had been overheard.She had already taken out a small seven-inch silk handkerchief from the pouch on her breast, spread it flat on her face, turned her face to the sky, and pretended to sleep on the wicker chair.His eyes were inside the handkerchief, but they were opened, peeking at Yanxi.Seeing people looking at me intently, I feel more embarrassed.At this time Yanxi asked her, but couldn't bear to ignore it, took off the handkerchief, leaned up together, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was Qiye who came." After speaking, he stood up and was about to leave open.Yufen stretched out her hands, blocked the way, and said with a smile: "Where are you going?" Xiuzhu said: "Wipe your face in the room." Yufen smiled and said: "You are so old, don't play hide-and-seek like a child I want to wipe my face, I asked them to get a basin of water, why go away?" She stopped Bai Xiuzhu and had to sit down.Yufen called Qiuxiang and brought a wicker chair.Let Yanxi sit down in one place.Yufen laughed and said, "I thought you might not come to my letter. Unexpectedly, you really appreciated your face, and you did come." Yanxi laughed and said, "What are you talking about? Am I just so clueless? My sister-in-law called I'm here, and I'm here to show you some face." Yufen glanced at Xiuzhu, and held back when she had something to say.Then he thought about it, and said with a smile: "I didn't say that, because you are very busy, please take time to come back, it's not easy." Yanxi smiled and said: "This is more scolding me, who doesn't know that I am Why is the most idle person so busy?" Yufen laughed and said, "The more idle you are, the busier you are. When you are most idle, you may not even be able to find your shadow!" Xiuzhu I heard that, sitting there pursing his lips and laughing.Yanxi said: "If you describe it like this, I'm a vagrant."

What Yufen wanted to say, Qiuxiang said, "There is a call, please talk to the third young lady." Yufen stood up and smiled at Yanxi: "Please sit down and accompany the guests for me, I will come. "Yufen didn't say hello, but Yanxi didn't pay attention. Once she explained that she was going to accompany her guests here, if she sat still, she felt a little embarrassed.She smiled and said, "Did you just ask me to come back to accompany the guests?" Yufen had already reached the edge of the steps, and she turned around and said with a smile, "No!" After she finished speaking, she went into the room by herself.Seeing that Xiuzhu was silent and she was stepping on the grass on the ground, Yanxi really wanted to ask her a question and talk to her, so as not to feel embarrassed about sitting there.Because a man said to himself: "Erwu said he was here, why didn't he come?" As he spoke, he reached out and took out a small silver box from his body, took out a cigarette, and paused twice on the lid of the box .After a long while, she thought about something, and said with a smile: "Miss Bai, smoke one for fun?" Xiuzhu looked at the colorful flowers of purslane on the ground, but was just in a daze. At this moment, Yanxi asked her to smoke, and then raised her head She puffed her face and said, "Thank you, I don't smoke." Yanxi smiled and said, "Miss Bai, are you still angry with me?" Xiuzhu said, "That's not true." Yanxi smiled and said, "You're just angry." How can you not dare?" Xiuzhu couldn't help laughing and said, "I just heard what kind of anger there is." After this, the two laughed, and the big turmoil that used to be raised and swords was thrown out of the sky again. .Holding on to the soda bottle, Xiuzhu smiled and said, "Do you want some soda?" Yanxi said, "It wasn't you who mentioned this, but I forgot. The third sister-in-law asked me to buy sour plum soup, and I forgot about it." Xiuzhu said "Since you came back because she asked you to come back, why did you forget this special task?" Yanxi looked around the room and saw no one came out, so she asked Xiuzhu. "Didn't you say that she should avoid raw and cold? Why did you ask me to bring sour plum soup back?" Xiuzhu blushed and said, "Who is talking to you about this? Don't say that." Yanxi made a strange look on purpose, Yin asked: "What's the matter, are you not allowed to say this?" Xiuzhu smiled and said: "I don't know, sister Yufen is not allowed to say it!"Yanxi said: "Talk well, what are you doing hiding?" After speaking, she stood up and walked around in front of Xiuzhu, making sure to watch her face.Xiuzhu took out the small silk handkerchief again, covered her face, twisted her body, and said with a smile, "Don't make trouble, sister Yufen is coming out soon." Seeing Xiuzhu like this, Yanxi became more and more tender and couldn't help herself.There was only a slap of the curtain, and Yufen was already standing on the corridor, looking at Xiuzhu and then at Yanxi, pursing her lips and smiling.Then he nodded slightly with the two of them, and then walked slowly to the middle of the yard.Yin said to Xiuzhu: "It's finally okay for the two of you. Don't be annoyed anymore. If you want to be annoyed again, I will embarrass you both. You are such grown-ups. What do you mean by crying and laughing for a while?" What about it?" Yanxi just laughed dumbfounded when she heard about it.Xiuzhu said: "Cousin, your eloquence is really bad, you have to cultivate it, and you will go to the hell of pulling out your tongue carefully." Yufen said: "Listen, this is what Miss Wenming said, even pulling out your tongue Hell is breaking out." Yanxi laughed and said, "There is no other way, so I just say this to scare you, people who can talk, that's not the case." Yufen said with a smile: "Okay, the two of you It turned out that the cooperation went to one place. It turned out that it was so awkward, it was all fake."

Speaking of this, Pei Fang came over and said with a smile: "I heard you laughing and saying that you are making a mess, so happy. It turns out that there are only three people here. , It seems like there are thousands of troops." Yufen smiled and said, "It's good that you are here, we have three shorts and one here, you come to join us, we will play four rounds, okay?" Peifang said: " What kind of cards are you playing?" Yufen said, "I told them to pull out a wire in the house, hang a lamp in the yard, and play in the yard, isn't it good?" Pei said. Fang said: "That's even worse. As soon as there is a light in the yard, all the insects in the flowers and grass will come. They are dirty and itchy when they jump on people, and they can't make a dish." Yufen said "We can just play in the house, it doesn't matter, if we put a big electric fan in the house, it won't be too hot." Peifang laughed and said, "Why are you so happy today?" Yufen said to Xiuzhu and Yanxi Yiwang said: "I succeeded in being a peacemaker for them. How much face do I have! Shouldn't you be happy?" Peifang laughed and said: "You are really willing to worry about meddling your own business, lest people won't Good. I’m afraid I’m carrying us behind my back, so I’ve been fine a long time ago, how many times have I been through it.” Yufen laughed and said, “You are another one who should go to tongue-pulling hell!” Yin asked Xiuzhu, “Listen, what do you say? I have no morals, how can others compare to me?" Xiuzhu said: "You are all the same, this is your family, I dare not compete with you, I will win if you say it." Pei Fang patted Xiuzhu's shoulder and smiled "My seventh younger siblings are much better than my third younger siblings, big and small. If I'm a sister-in-law, can I still care about a few jokes?" Xiuzhu laughed and said, "Old and young mistress, come on, Don't make fun of us anymore. Are you really bullying me for being a child with a different surname?" Pei Fang smiled and said, "It's so pitiful, I won't talk about you. Just wait, I'll take the money, the cards don't have to be big, But I want to pay in cash." After Pei Fang finished speaking, she turned and went back to her room to get the money.Unexpectedly, when she entered the house, a catastrophe happened.