Chapter 97 The Ninety-fifth Chapter Seizing the Needle by Force

When Mrs. Jin and Mei Li came all the way to persuade Qingqiu, there was still a room full of people sitting in Mrs. Jin's room, waiting for news.After a long time, Mrs. Jin hadn't come back yet, so everyone guessed that there were some other problems here, so Minzhi and Runzhi who were in the room were a little worried, so they came first.Because of Meili's arrival, the second aunt was afraid that the children would say something nonsense because they didn't know the benefits, so she followed Minzhi, and immediately Qingqiu's room became lively.Everyone talked for most of the night, but there was still no result.Mrs. Jin saw that Qingqiu's feelings for Meili seemed not bad, so she asked Meili to sleep here with Qingqiu, and then everyone dispersed.Qingqiu didn't feel anything strange, there was someone to talk with, and any issues were discussed for a while, but fortunately, he didn't worry about anything, and he could talk happily, so he forgot to sleep.The two talked until three o'clock, but Meili was tired first and fell asleep slowly. Qingqiu called her a few times, but fell asleep when she didn't hear her answer.

When Qingqiu woke up the next day, it was already ten o'clock, and when he opened his eyes on the pillow, he saw Yanxi opening a box to get money.Seeing it suddenly, I thought it was my eyes that were dazzled, so I closed my eyes for a while, and took a closer look. Didn't he open the lid of the box in a hurry and count the banknotes there?Qingqiu didn't make a sound, let him take it.He closed the box, and then moved the box away; he opened the tin box on the bottom layer first, and then bent over to unlock the lock of a small safety box inside.It turned out that this box was originally an item that Mrs. Jin didn't use, and when Qingqiu asked for it, she packed some jewelry for her.Originally, the money and passbook that Yanxi brought were supposed to be put here, but Yanxi was afraid that Qingqiu could check the amount at any time, so she never agreed.At this time Yanxi opened the safe, Qingqiu still suspected that he suddenly became cautious and wanted to put all his money in it, so he also opened his eyes and watched, still keeping calm.When he opened the safe, he didn't put anything in it, but came out with a jewelry box, took a long blue velvet box, and threw it on his body.Qingqiu was startled and said: "What are you doing?" Yanxi turned her head and saw that Qingqiu was awake, and replied in a heavy voice: "What do you care about me?" Qingqiu sat up and said: "I saw with my own eyes that you took a The small box was carried on the body, it is a pearl brooch, it is not something you use, why did you take it out?" Yanxi said: "If I can't use it, can't I give it to someone?" Qingqiu said with a straight face: "That can't be done. " Yanxi put down the jewelry box, turned around and smiled at Qingqiu: "No? Is it something brought by your Leng's family? Or is it something you bought with the money you earned?" Qingqiu said: "It's not my Leng I brought it from my family, and I didn’t earn money to buy it, but I definitely can’t say that this thing is yours, and I can’t let you take it.” Yanxi said: “It’s something from my Jin family, and my surname is Jin. I can take it. Can you say it’s yours and don’t let me take it?” As he spoke, he covered the iron-colored leather cover, which seemed to have the potential to end the case.Qingqiu had no choice but to lift the quilt, sit on the edge of the bed and step on his shoes.Yanxi looked at her and said: "What, do you dare to snatch something from my hand?" Qingqiu said: "What should I grab? Of course this thing is not mine, nor is it yours. It was given by your mother." Mine. Even if I don’t deserve it, I can’t live up to the kindness of the old man. I should return the original. You can sell it or give it away, but you must invite your mother. Come on, let me explain, even if you move all the jewelry away completely, I won’t make a sound. Otherwise, I’m a girl from a poor family. When I ask about things in the future, I still don’t know where I took them. Don't I want to be wronged?" The two of them quarreled for a while, waking Meili up, and in the trance, she heard that Yanxi wanted to take something and leave.Then she also sat up, she had short hair, she slept like a mess of grass, raised her hands, combed her hair, looked at Yanxi, what was he doing?Seeing the ferocious look on his face and the messy moving of the box, I understood it in my heart.Yin frowned and said, "Seventh brother, what's the matter with you? Can't you think about it at all? No matter what happens, there will always be an end to it. It doesn't mean much if you keep making trouble like this!" He started to support Qingqiu's shoulders, pushed them down and said: "Sister Qingqiu, why do you need to get up? Lie down." Qingqiu said: "He wants to take away what my mother gave me, can I ignore it?" Qingqiu Taking advantage of this opportunity, he told the whole story about Yanxi's coming to fetch things today.Meili said: "Seventh brother, this is your fault. That pearl brooch is for women, why did you take it?" Yanxi said: "Why am I useless? Can't I give it away?" Qingqiu said: "Bamei, listen, I can't touch a piece of the money he got. He wants to give away the little jewelry I get. I want to be poor if I'm poor. Ask Mama Li to invite my mother Come here, take all my jewelry back." Yanxi stopped taking things, put her hands in her trouser pockets, sat down on the sofa chair, crossed her legs, and said with a sneer: "It's really difficult for you to be so poor, isn't it? Don't say anything else, look in the mirror, from head to foot, which things are named Jin, and which things are named Leng, please check yourself. Qingqiu stood up suddenly, pointed at Yanxi and said, "Is this how you measure me? I will return to my original appearance today, and I don't need anything from your Jin family. This is your ring, take it." With her left hand on her right finger, she tried her best to take off the engagement ring, and threw it into Yanxi's arms.Then he bent down and pulled out his shoes, casually grabbed a long coat from the railing of the bed, put it on his body, and walked out.Because Meili slept here in Qingqiu, she didn't wear pajamas, but a short double-breasted gown.Seeing Qingqiu going out, it was too late to Ya Changyi, saw a cloak on the chair, quickly grabbed it, put it on her body, and shouted: "Sister Qingqiu, where are you going?" Li said, and quickly chased outside.

As soon as Qingqiu came out of the yard, Meili jumped forward and pulled her, "Sister Qingqiu, where are you going? Are you really going to cause a big problem?" Qingqiu was running forward when Meili pulled her away. I couldn't support my body, my feet were unstable, my body was weak, and I almost fell down. Fortunately, there was a pillar under the corridor next to me, and I quickly supported it to stand still.Panting when she turned her head, she calmed down and said, "What are you pulling me for? I'm not going out of the gate now, but I'm going to see my mother and explain my words first." Meili said: "You just have something to say to your mother. Said, you can also invite her here, why bother to run away by yourself when you are sick?" Qingqiu said: "Please, it's too late, I should go see her old man by myself." Saying that, she got rid of Mei Li's hand, still running forward.The cloak that Mei Li was wearing fell to the ground before she had time to grab it.He grabbed it with one hand and put it on his body casually, but he had no choice but to follow closely behind.Qingqiu went straight to Mrs. Jin's room without looking back.When Mrs. Jin saw her two aunts and sisters-in-law, with disheveled hair and clothes, running angrily, she was startled, thinking that they were sleeping together and fighting, she hurried forward and asked, "What's the matter? What's the matter?" Qingqiu stood still, but before she could reply, Meili stepped into the door and said, "Mom, please persuade sister Qingqiu! She is going to break up with Brother Seven." After listening to her words, I don't know what's going on?Then he looked at her and said: "Why did you get out of bed and make trouble again?" Qingqiu then told Yanxi's words and deeds again, she only said about 70% or 80%, tears were already rolling down, and when she finished speaking, the tears It was one grain after another, dripping tears on the skirt of the clothes.Yin said: "He has said such things, and he is completely non-cooperative. For the sake of my own personality, I have no choice but to go home, wear my Leng's clothes, and be the daughter of my poor family. Mrs. Jin looked at Qingqiu's situation, and expected that the matter would be broken up to 24 minutes. Instead of speaking to Qingqiu, she turned her head and asked Meili, "Where is Yanxi now? You called him Come." Meili was a little bit aggrieved in her heart, since she called him to ask, that's fine, let's see what else he has to say?So in a hurry, he ran back to Qingqiu's house.Unexpectedly, after Qingqiubai got angry for a while, Yanxi finally took the pearl brooch away.Mei Li ran back even faster, and said out of breath as soon as she entered the room: "Brother Seven has already left." Mrs. Jin was stunned for a while, without saying a word.Qingqiu said: "Please think about it, what has become of him? Is it possible to hope that he will change his mind? Come on, I am determined to let him, I will not talk about divorce, please let me go home for a few days , cleared out my own clothes, and took off the clothes of Jinfu. From now on, he can’t say that I’m cold from head to toe.” Mrs. Jin frowned and said, “Oh! Why can’t you untie it? What? Can you trust him? Even if the two of you don’t cooperate, your things are not entirely made by him and you..." Qingqiu didn't wait for Mrs. Jin to finish speaking, and said with tears: "Now and When he is unreasonable, I just hope that I will not be insulted by him again. I am willing to sacrifice any sacrifice. That child belongs to the Jin family. I dare not take this responsibility and take it with me. I beg for mercy in front of you. Let me go back and hide for a while. Now I think of living in a small house, wearing common clothes, eating simple food, and living in heaven.” Speaking of this, I couldn’t speak anymore, sobbing, I simply sat down, fell on the table and cried aloud stand up.Mrs. Jin shook her head, sighed again, and said, "This kind of trouble is getting worse day by day. This family is going to be ruined soon." Mei Li ran around, but Pei Fang was startled, and she followed to see What's the matter?At this time, he was standing outside the door, seeing that Qingqiu was determined to go home, as Mrs. Jin, she could only forcefully stop her, but she couldn't persuade her with good words, there was no way for her to cry, this matter was very stiff.Seeing that she couldn't ignore it, she walked in and said to Qingqiu: "Hey! You who have not given birth to a full moon, discuss it slowly, why are you so impatient? If you really run home on this day, not only will your aunt not know anything When something important happens, even relatives and friends will be greatly surprised, isn’t it bad for everyone?” Qingqiu said: “Are you still planning to make things better now? I’m afraid it won’t be possible.” Yin briefly explained Yanxi's attitude again, and asked, "Sister-in-law, would elder brother say such things to you? If he did, who would be able to bear it? If I have no personality, I will If I eat the Jin family and wear the Jin family here, I will make him laugh for the rest of my life. If I say that my personality is not bad, I will definitely not stay here for a moment." She stopped crying at this point, and hurriedly After a while, he wiped away his tears and sat with a sullen face.Peifang said: "Even if you want to break up with Yanxi, it's not just a matter of leaving, you have to discuss a solution first, right?" Qingqiu shook her head and said: "There is no discussion, there is no solution, I just want my mother to agree Let me go back and live for a few days." Mrs. Jin said: "Go back and live for a few days, there is nothing wrong with it, and I am not too busy to go back today with a sad face." Qingqiu stopped talking, put one hand on the coffee table and supported his head, quietly Wait for others to persuade.Meili thought that only Daozhi could turn this matter around, and without informing others, she went out of the room and called Daozhi.

Daozhi was also shocked when he got the news.I feel that my mother's family is really unfortunate, one after another, just let this kind of separation happen.Just the clothes I carried with me, and I drove home by car.When I came to the door of Mrs. Jin's room, I saw many people in the room crying around Qingqiu.When Peifang saw it, she greeted her with a smile and said, "Fourth Sister is here, great. Sister Qingqiu believes in you the most, so come and persuade me." Dao Zhidao: "I answered Meili's call, I just know Another setback occurred, what exactly is it?" Mrs. Jin said: "Mei Li is here, let her talk." Dao Zhi sat down next to Qing Qiu, stretched out his hand and shook her hand, Then she raised her head to look at Meili and said, "What's going on?" Meili didn't have time to sit down, she stood in the middle of the room, and recited what happened.Daozhi stood up, patted Qingqiu's shoulder with his hand and said: "This matter is wrong with Lao Qi, you calm down for a while, I will be able to settle it with you satisfactorily. Your biggest purpose is to show that you don't wear the Jin family's clothes. Clothes, you don’t need the money from the Jin family, you can still live without eating the food from the Jin family. There are many ways to prove this, why do you have to go home? Just calm down for a while.” Qingqiu said: “The only thing I can do is go home Go, there is really no other way, just let me go back." Mrs. Jin said: "You have been talking for a day, and you still say the same thing." Daozhi cast a wink at Meili, and said: "You really want to go back, I can't stop you, Eighth Sister and the three of us should find a place to talk in detail." Saying that, he took Qingqiu's hand and helped her up.Meili understood, she held Qingqiu's hand forward and said: "Let's go talk together." Qingqiu couldn't even refuse to talk, so she had to walk out of Mrs. Jin's room with her sisters.The three of them walked to the porch, and Meili said, "Where shall we sit?" Daozhi said with a smile, "Is the child doing well these two days? I want to see the child." Meili said, "These two days The child is growing much better, let's go and see the child." Saying that, he dragged Qingqiu and walked towards her own room.Qingqiu stepped back and said: "I came out of that yard today, and I am determined not to go back." Daozhi took her hand and said: "You just can't think about it like this, you just came out, and you don't want to go back It doesn’t matter if you live in that room, we can go in and see the child, and we can come out again. Can’t we trick you into the room and lock you up like a prison? Let’s go, Let's go sit down together." Hearing what she said, Qingqiu couldn't be stubborn anymore, so he had to hang his head and follow them all the way back.When he got to the house, the furry boy just woke up and was crying, so Daozhi picked him up and sent him to Qingqiu's arms.As soon as Qingqiu saw the child crying, he couldn't help but want to feed the child, so he held the child in his arms, looked down at the child, and just shed tears.Daozhi and Meili sat aside silently to see how she was doing.Everyone was silent for about five minutes without speaking.It was Meili who couldn't bear it anymore, and said first: "Sister Qingqiu, can you let go of this?" Qingqiu didn't make a sound, watching the child's tears intensify, and then choked up in his throat.Daozhi knew that her heart had softened, so he held his temper, and slowly talked about the interests of the divorce for two hours, before he made Qingqiu talk a little bit, because he said: "Fourth sister said a lot of good things. , I can’t absolutely ignore it. Now I can propose a method and try it out for you to see. When this method fails, then you can’t blame me for being unreasonable.” Dao Zhidao: “As long as you If you are willing to tell the conditions, then it will be easy to handle, what do you want?" Qingqiu said: "Isn't there no one living in this row of houses upstairs? I will move upstairs today. I can't go back to find the old ones. Clothes, I can’t be naked. I want to check some clothes and take them upstairs. Please tell the kitchen that I will only give me a bowl of vegetarian dishes and a bowl of soup for each meal in the future. I will not eat more. I don’t have any For other things, feed the child for now. I will not go downstairs until the marriage problem is resolved, and no one can go upstairs except for an old lady who gives things." Daozhi smiled and said: "What is this for? Do you sit in the jail by yourself? No one can go upstairs, can I?" Qingqiu said with a sideways face: "Of course not, there are absolutely no exceptions, can you agree or not?" Daozhi thought for a while , smiled and said: "Okay! I'll promise you. But being in prison is boring, I always need to find some books to read." Qingqiu said: "I do need books. Please read me to make friends and help me Do me a favor, give me one or two hundred books." Daozhi nodded and said, "I'm friends again. Friends are friends, and I don't want to have to fight to get intimate. A room full of books only needs one or two. Is a hundred copies enough?" Qingqiu said: "After reading it, I can ask for more." Daozhi said with a smile: "That's fine, maybe you've completely enlightened like this. You only need books, and you also need Buddha statues, futons, wooden fish, and chimes. , Incense burner and wax table..." Meili pulled Daozhi's clothes and said, "I just have something on my mind, why are you joking with him?" Daozhi said with a smile: "She is a little crazy, I don't know What can I say, I can only joke with her." Qingqiu said: "Fourth sister, if you joke with me, you are not sincerely trying to rescue me, I still want to go home. I am leaving now, no need to inform anyone, say I'll leave as soon as I leave. Anyway, everyone can't watch over me all day." She said this with a serious face, and Daoyi thought, maybe she would really do it, so let her sit upstairs and read a book alone, then It doesn't matter much either.Yin said: "Okay, I promise you." Qingqiu said nothing more, put the child on the bed, opened the closet, picked up some clothes, pulled out a quilt cover on the bed, packed it randomly, and hugged it with one hand. The child, carrying the burden in one hand, nodded to Daozhi and Meili and said, "For your sake, I'm going upstairs now." As he spoke, he walked outside step by step.Dao Zhidao: "Hey! You can let the old woman carry this burden up, it's okay, right?" Qingqiu then put the burden on the floor, carried the child and hurried upstairs.Daozhi and Meili followed behind. Just as he was about to step up the stairs, Qingqiu put his hand across the stairs and said, "Do you abide by the conditions or not? You said that no one would go upstairs, so how can you go upstairs?" Just come?" Daozhi shook his head and said: "It's so determined, it's the first time you go upstairs, we can send you off." Qingqiu said with a straight face: "I didn't go to the temple to become a monk, what would I give you? If we come together If I don't follow the rules, how will I deal with others in the future?" Meili took Daozhi's hand and said, "Fourth sister, let's follow her and don't go up. She is angry, why should we argue with her so much? " Daozhi looked at Qingqiu with a straight face, tight face, lacking a layer of red, standing straight at the entrance of the building, this is naturally unaccommodating.Daozhi stood under the stairs, hesitated for a while, and said with a smile: "If you really do it like this, wouldn't it be a joke?" Mei Li heard about it, but secretly tugged at Daozhi's lapel.Daozhi thought she had some way to turn things around, so he stopped talking and followed all the way to the house, avoiding Qingqiu's eyes.Daozhi asked in a low voice: "Is there anything you can do?" Meili said: "You can let her make trouble. How boring is it to live upstairs alone without moving a step? I don't think she can do it." Stay for a few days, she will come down naturally, why do you stop her to be happy at this time?" Dao Zhi said with a smile: "You have such an idea, I don't know about it, I became a fool." Mei Li thought there was some truth in this statement, but unexpectedly, she hit her sister's nails.Yin said: "Then I won't talk about it, but since you know, why are you still persuading her?" As she said that, her face turned red.Thinking about these few words, Dao Yi really made the little sister feel a little embarrassed.Then he laughed and said, "You're right, but I'm afraid she'll be stunned and won't let me intervene. You know her temper very well, and since that's the case, I'll follow your advice and let her go." So she walked out Come to the house, ask the old lady to deliver things to Qingqiu upstairs, and pay the two old ladies, the seventh young lady will rest upstairs, you take good care of her.If not, tell the wife.After finishing speaking, the two sisters left.

There was also a bed in the upstairs room, and Yanxi had recuperated here not long ago.Before the birth, Qingqiu often read books upstairs, so the equipment upstairs is complete, and there is no need to go downstairs to move it up.It's just that Qingqiu hasn't gone upstairs for a long time, and because she is always preoccupied, she never pays attention to the things upstairs.At this time, a door was opened, and there were dust and dust piled up on the table and chairs, as if covered with a layer of gray cushions. There were still a few spider threads on the wires of the lamp, and people shook the air. Floating in the air.Qingqiu looked around the house, sighed, and opened the front and rear windows together.Li Ma took the bag of clothes she put downstairs and carried it upstairs, and said with a smile: "Miss Qi, why do you bother? There are some things, let's see through it. You are not full moon..." Qingqiu said with a straight face: " You only do what you are supposed to do, don't talk nonsense. The house is full of dust, quickly clean it up for me." After all, Li Ma is an old servant of the Jin family and knows about Yanxi's affairs very well, so she feels sorry for Qingqiu , even though he hit a snag, he was still smiling, and asked Qingqiu to stand on the porch.After dusting the room and sweeping the floor, he hurried downstairs and brought up a set of quilts that Qingqiu brought as a dowry, and spread them on the small iron bed.It turned out that when Qingqiu came, she thought that there were few things, and her husband's family looked down on her, so she simply didn't prepare any dowry, and the Jin family prepared everything completely.One month later, Mrs. Leng remembered that Qingqiu's things at home were for nothing, so she found a box of books and a set of quilts as a souvenir for Qingqiu.Qingqiu was also embarrassed to take it out, only Mama Li knew it, and put it in an empty room next to the servant's room.At this moment, Qingqiu saw her hugging her, and was overjoyed.Li Ma smiled and said: "My matter is probably done according to your strength, right?" Qing Qiu said: "It looks like this, don't be afraid of being shabby, it's still a little bit of her mother's stuff." Li Ma tidied up the bed Well, he said: "Miss Qi, you should really lie down. Your body may not be very good. If there is any problem, it will be a burden. If there is no problem, it will come when you are old , but it’s about to explode!" Qingqiu said: "What you said is too far away, it will be terrible before my eyes." Said, hugged the child and clothes and rolled on the bed.After lying down, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's comfortable." Seeing her like that, Li Ma smiled and said, "Miss Qi, I said you are tired, right? You should lie down for a while." Qingqiu Following her words, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.When he woke up, the room was tidied up.Mama Li didn't go far, she just sat on the corridor.Hearing a noise in the room, he walked in and said to Qingqiu: "The meal is over early. I see you slept soundly, and I don't want to wake you up. If you want to eat, I'll ask you to go." Qingqiu thought After thinking for a while, he said, "I feel very uncomfortable during this journey. No matter what greasy things I see, I will vomit. You tell the kitchen, from now on, I will get two vegetarian dishes for each meal, one plate and one bowl of soup." How did Mama Li know what she meant?Rich people don't want any delicacies, they always like to eat fresh vegetarian dishes, so it's reasonable for her to share.He agreed to pay to the kitchen.This is how I eat from this day on.Late at night, Yanxi went into the room again to get some clothes to change, turned on the light, and was surprised to see that the room was empty.Mama Li followed and asked what do you want?Yanxi waved her hands, looked at the bed and said, "Where is the person?" Mama Li said, "Miss Seventh needs to recuperate, so she went upstairs to stay." Yanxi looked around, and the things in the room did not seem to be moving. What did you say, and asked: "Is this true? Why didn't you take anything away?" Li Ma said with a smile: "You still don't know Qi Shaomai's temper? You can't turn it around if you say it in a daze. She carried up the bundle of luggage brought by the family." When Yanxi heard about it, she wanted to go upstairs to have a look.After thinking about it, she moved upstairs just to intimidate me. If I went, I would have fallen into her tricks, so I just ignored her. See what she does?He sneered and said, "What's the point of moving upstairs? Anyway, I haven't left this yard yet." It was Yanxi who was talking downstairs, and Qingqiu upstairs, who heard it completely.I thought to myself, fortunately, I have given up my mind, and I am not hypocritical, and I want you to make amends.If I hope that my husband will turn things around, wouldn't I be committing suicide?Thinking of this, she took two more steps in her disheartened heart.In the morning of the next day, after the old lady delivered the tea, I locked the door on the stairs.She had already prepared a small dustpan and a long rope.If you want something, use a rope to drop the dustpan down, then ask the old lady to put it in, and pull it upstairs by yourself.As a last resort, don't let the old lady go upstairs.Don't go down by yourself.As a result, many people came to see Qingqiu, but they couldn't go upstairs.Even Mrs. Jin came once, Qingqiu also stood on the corridor to plead guilty, and refused to open the door.Daozhi got the news at home and ran over again, talking to Qingqiu through the building door.Dao Zhidao: "Aren't you imprisoning yourself? What are you doing to others?" Qingqiu said: "I don't want to fight people at all, because I want to go home, and you won't let me go, so I have to hide in the Upstairs. If my goal is not achieved, I will never go downstairs. If you send the book again to make me calm down, you will be of great merit." Over there, I saw Qingqiu wearing an old black silk flag shirt, with a thin and timid body, white and bloodless skin, and long unkempt hair. There was no other person in a long building corridor.She stood leaning forward, and the wind from above made her clothes and hair flutter, which was pitiful.It took less than a year for such a beautiful person to trample on such a field, Yanxi really had to take some responsibility.Thinking of this, she was stunned.The two were separated by the lattice door, and they stared blankly at each other for a while, before they said: "Sister Qingqiu, you really made up your mind, what can I do? But you open the door of the building, let us go in, and sit with you." Sit down, it doesn't interfere with your business." Qingqiu supported the door lattice with both hands, nodded to Daozhi in the lattice gap and said: "Fourth sister, I have confessed to you. I want to restrain myself for my own sake, open the door This is impossible." Daozhi stretched out his hand to touch her finger, and sighed.So he shook hands with her and said, "Okay, you go into the room, and I'll go and order things with you." She looked at it for a while, then turned around and went straight to the upstairs where the books were stored, moved He bought dozens of books and asked his servants to give them to Qingqiu.When Qingqiu got these things, it was like a treasure, and he usually arranged them neatly and completely, let alone thinking about going downstairs.