Chapter 10 Nine

Xiangzi hardly had the strength to step over the threshold.Dazed, her feet were still within the threshold, and by the street light, she had already seen Miss Liu.Her face had probably been powdered again, and it was a little grey-green under the light, like a layer of frost hanging on a black withered leaf.Xiangzi didn't dare to look her in the eye. The expression on Hu Niu's face was very complicated: there was a look of longing to see him in the eyes; the mouth was opened a little, showing a sneer; the nose was wrinkled and folded with disdain and eagerness; , showing seductive and domineering on the face of strange fans.Seeing Xiangzi come out, her lips twitched a few times, and the various expressions on her face couldn't find a suitable destination for a while.She swallowed, and seemed to suppress the complicated look and emotions, took out some of the outfield energy obtained from Fourth Master Liu, half annoyed and half smiled, pretending not to care much, and said haha:

"It's good for you! The meat bun beats the dog, and you never look back!" Her voice was high, just like when she was arguing with the drivers in the depot.After saying these two sentences, the smile on her face disappeared, and suddenly she felt ashamed and humble, and she bit her lip. "Don't yell!" Xiangzi seemed to put all his strength on his lips, and burst out these two words. The sound was small but powerful. "Hmph! I'm afraid!" She smiled maliciously, but she couldn't help lowering her voice a little. "I can't blame you for avoiding me. I dare to say that there is a little mother like a goblin here; I already knew that you are not a joke, don't look at the stupid, black and thick, and the tartar pulls out the cigarette bag. Don't be stupid and pretend to be stupid!" She The voice rose again.

"Don't yell!" Xiangzi was afraid that Gao Ma would be obedient secretly behind the door. "Stop shouting! This way!" he said as he walked down the road. "I'm not afraid of where I go, I just have such a loud voice!" Resisting in her mouth, she followed. Crossing the road, came to the east side road, close to the red wall of the park, Xiangzi - not forgetting the habit in the country - squatted down. "Why are you here?" "Me? Huh, there are so many things to do!" She put her left hand on her waist, and her stomach protruded a little.I looked down at him, thought for a while, and felt sorry for him, "Xiangzi! I have something to do with you, something important!"

The soft "Xiangzi" dispelled his anger quite a bit. He raised his head and looked at her. She still had nothing to love about her, but the "Xiangzi" still rang slightly in his heart, bringing It is gentle and kind, as if it has been heard somewhere before, and it evokes some undeniable, undeniable, unbreakable affection.He still whispered, but softly: "What's the matter?" "Xiangzi!" She leaned closer, "I have it!" "What's there?" He was momentarily blindsided. "This!" She pointed to her belly. "Make up your mind!"

Confused, he let out an "ah" and suddenly understood everything.Ten thousand things that he hadn't thought of all rushed into his mind, so many, so urgent, and so chaotic, his mind suddenly became blank, like a movie suddenly cut off.The street was very quiet, some gray clouds in the sky covered the moon, there was a little wind on the ground from time to time, blowing the dead branches and leaves, and there were a few sharp cat meows in the distance.Xiangzi's heart went from chaos to blankness, and he didn't even hear these voices; he put his hands on his cheeks, and stared blankly at the ground, which seemed to be moving; he couldn't think of anything, and he didn't want to think of anything; It's getting smaller and smaller, but it can't be completely retracted into the ground, and the whole life seems to be based on this discomfort; nothing else!Only then did he feel cold, and even his lips trembled slightly.

"Don't worry about squatting down and talking! Get up!" She seemed to feel the cold and was willing to move a few steps. He stood up stiffly, followed her to the north, but still couldn't find anything to say, his whole body was a little numb, as if he had just woken up from the cold. "You have no idea?" She gave Xiangzi a sideways look, with a look of pity for him in her eyes. He has nothing to say. "It's the twenty-seventh, it's the old man's birthday, you have to come." "Busy, it's the end of the year!" Xiangzi still hadn't forgotten his affairs in his chaotic heart.

"I know whether you are tough or soft, kid, it's nothing if I agree with you!" Her voice rose again, and the calmness of the street made her voice particularly clear, which made Xiangzi especially embarrassed. "What do you think I'm afraid of? What are you going to do? If you don't want to listen to me, I don't have time to play with you! If you talk about it, I will block your house door and curse for three days and three nights!" I can find it wherever you go! I still don't care about it!" "Don't shout, okay?" Xiangzi took a step away from her.

"Don't be afraid of shouting, don't be greedy for cheap! You're so smart, you taught me to be a scapegoat, and you don't want to break away and see who I am!" "Speak slowly, I'll listen!" Xiangzi felt very cold at first, but suddenly became hot after being scolded, and the heat was about to push away his frozen skin, his whole body was itchy, and his scalp was particularly irritated. panic. "It's over! Don't feel uncomfortable!" She opened her mouth, showing two canine teeth. "Don't give up, I really love you, don't you don't know what's good or bad! It's no good for you to make a bull neck with me, let me tell you!"

"No..." Xiangzi wanted to say "you don't need to slap and rub three times", but he didn't think it through thoroughly; he knew a lot of Peking jokes, but he couldn't speak them well; he understood what others said, but he couldn't say it himself. "why no?" "Tell me!" "I have a good idea for you," the tiger girl stopped, and said to him face to face: "You see, if you entrust a matchmaker to tell the story, the old man will definitely not agree. He is the one who hitches the cart, and you are the one who pulls the cart, and he refuses to go down to relatives. I don't care. I like you, so that's fine if you like it. What the hell is it doing! No one can tell me a matchmaker. When I go to propose a marriage, the old man thinks he is planning on his dozens of cars; people who are higher than you can't do it. I have to do it myself , I picked you, and we cut it first and played later; anyway, I already have it, and neither of us can escape! But, we just go straight to the court and say it, it still doesn’t work. Rumor has it that he will marry a young daughter-in-law and force me out. The old man is awesome, even though he is almost seventy years old, he really wants to marry a young wife. Three children come, believe it or not!"

"Walking and talking," Xiangzi saw that the patrol police on guard had already walked this way twice, and felt that it was not good. "Just say it here, who can control it!" She followed Xiangzi's eyes and saw the patrolman: "You didn't pull the cart, why are you afraid of him? He can bite off someone's dick for no reason. That’s evil behavior! Let’s say ours! Look, I think this way: on the day of the twenty-seventh old man’s birthday, you go to kowtow to him three times. After the New Year, you go to pay New Year’s greetings, To please him. I think that once he likes it, I will get some wine or something to let him drink to his heart's content. Seeing that he has drunk to seventy to eighty percent, he will strike the iron hot. You might as well recognize him as your godfather. In the future, I will Slowly teach him that I am inconvenient. He will interrogate me, and I will give him Xu Shu to enter the Cao camp - without saying a word. When he is really anxious, I will say who I am. The newly deceased Joe Er——the second shopkeeper of our east gang room. He has no relatives and no reason, and has been buried in the yard outside Dongzhimen. Where can the old man find the root cause? The old man has no idea, let's take it slowly It's best to give me to you, I was originally a godson, and then a son-in-law, anyway, it's not much different; it's easy to push the boat, so that everyone won't make a fool of yourself. Do you think I think well?"

Xiangzi said nothing. Feeling that she had reached a certain point in her speech, Huniu started to walk north, nodding her head down, as if admiring her own words, and as if giving Xiangzi a chance to think.At this time, the wind blew a part of the gray cloud apart, exposing the moonlight, and the two of them had arrived at the north end of the street. The water of the Yu River has been frozen for a long time, it is quiet, bright gray, flat and solid, supporting the walls of the Forbidden City.There was no sound in the Forbidden City, the exquisite turrets, the golden archways, the gates of Danzhu, and the pavilions on Jingshan Mountain were all very quiet, as if listening to some sounds that were hard to hear again.A small wind blows, like a kind of lament, passing gently between the towers and halls, as if to tell a little historical news.Huniu went west, and Xiangzi followed Jinao Yuming.There were almost no pedestrians on the bridge. The twilight moonlight shone coldly on the two large ice rinks on the left and right sides of the bridge. The pavilions in the distance were dim with some shadows, as if they were frozen on the lake, only the yellow tiles on the top shone. With a little light.The trees moved slightly, and the moonlight seemed even fainter; the white pagoda towered high among the clouds, bringing everything into a desolate and desolate place.At the end of the bridge, the cold air from the ice on both sides made Xiangzi shiver, and he didn't want to go any further.On weekdays, he would pull the car across the bridge and put all his energy on his feet, lest he make a mistake, he would not even bother to look left and right.Now, he is free to take a look, but he feels that this scene is a little scary: those gray ice, swaying tree shadows, and pale towers, all seem to be lonely and want to suddenly scream or walk wildly. stand up!Even the big white stone bridge under the feet is obviously very empty and quiet, especially white and clean, even the lights are a bit bleak.He didn't want to go anymore, didn't want to look at her anymore, and still didn't want to be with her anymore; he really wanted to jump off, head first, break through the ice, sink down, and freeze in the ice like a dead fish. "See you tomorrow!" He suddenly turned and walked back. "Xiangzi! Let's do that, see you on the 27th!" She said to Xiangzi's broad and straight back.After finishing speaking, she took a look at Baita, sighed, and walked west. Xiangzi didn't even look back, as if he was being followed by a ghost, he arrived at Tuancheng after a few strides, and walked in such a hurry that he almost bumped against the city wall.Holding the wall with one hand, he couldn't help crying.After a while, the bridge shouted: "Xiangzi! Xiangzi! Come here! Xiangzi!" Huniu's voice! He moved two steps towards the bridge very slowly, and Huniu leaned back and was walking down with her mouth open a little: "I said Xiangzi, you come here; here you are!" He hadn't moved a few steps, She has already arrived in front of her: "Here, you saved more than 30 yuan; if you have a few cents in change, I will make up for you. Here you are! Not for anything else, just to show my heart, I miss you, love you, and protect you! Don't say anything else, just don't forget to be grateful! Here you go! Take it well, don't rely on me if you lose it!" Xiangzi took the money—a dozen banknotes—and was stunned for a while, unable to find anything to say. "Okay, let's see you on the twenty-seventh! See you soon!" She smiled. "The price is yours, you can figure it out yourself!" She turned and walked back. Holding the banknotes in his hand, he stared blankly at her until the back of the bridge covered her head.Gray clouds covered the moonlight again; the lights became brighter, and the bridge was extraordinarily white, empty, and cold.He turned around, let go, and walked back like crazy; when he reached the street gate, he still had the pale and cold shadow of the bridge in his heart, as if only a blink of an eye had passed. When he got to the house, he first counted the bills; after counting two or three times, the sweat in his palm made the bills sticky, and the total was not good.After counting, put them in a stuffy gourd jar.Sitting on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at this pottery vessel, he planned not to think about it; if there is money, there is a way, he believes that this piggy bank will solve everything for him, so he doesn't need to think about it.Yuhe, Jingshan, White Pagoda, Daqiao, Huniu, stomach... are all dreams; when I wake up from the dream, there are more than 30 yuan in the piggy bank, really! Having seen enough, he hid the piggy bank and planned to sleep well, so that he could sleep through even the greatest difficulties, and we will talk about it tomorrow! Lie down, he can't close his eyes!Those things are like a swarm of bees, you come out, I go in, there is a thorn on the tip of each belly! He didn't want to think about it, but it was because he couldn't think about it. Hu Niu had blocked the way, and he couldn't escape. Better to just stomp away.Xiangzi can't go.Even if he was allowed to guard the White Tower in Beihai, he would be happy; but he couldn't go to the countryside!Go to another city?He couldn't think of a better place than Peking.He can't go, he wants to die here. Since you don't want to leave, you don't have to think about anything else.If Huniu can say it, she can do it; if she doesn't follow her way, she will always follow him to make trouble; as long as he is in Peiping, she will find him!With her, honestly, don't try to play tricks.If you make her anxious, she will bring out Fourth Master Liu. If Fourth Master Liu buys out one or two people—needless to say—you can kill Xiangzi in any secluded place! Thinking over Hu Niu's words from the beginning to the end, he felt like he had fallen into a trap, his hands and feet were all caught in the clips, and he would never be able to run away.He couldn't criticize her ideas one by one, so he couldn't find her flaws. He only felt that she was casting an endless net, and even a small fish couldn't escape!Since he couldn't think about it one by one, he made all of them into a whole, oppressing like a jacked gate, and pressed them all on his head.Under this irresistible oppression, he felt that a coachman's lifelong luck was contained in two words——bad luck!A coachman, being a coachman, should do nothing, not even cling to women;Liu Siye relied on dozens of cars, and Hu Niu would rely on a stinky x to bully him!He doesn't need to think about it; if he wants to accept his fate, well, go kowtow to recognize his godfather, and then wait to marry that smelly monster.If you don't accept your fate, you have to break your fate! Thinking of this, he put Huniu and Huniu's words aside; no, it's not because of her, but because of the fate of the foreign coachman, just like a dog is bound to be beaten, even a child will be beaten for no reason. Hit it with two sticks.Such a life, what do you want it for?Go ahead and go for it! He stopped sleeping, kicked the quilt away, and sat up.He decided to get some wine and get drunk; what is called a matter, which is called a rule, × your grandma! Get drunk and sleep!Twenty-seven?Twenty-eight don't kowtow to see who gets Xiangzi! Putting on a big padded jacket, he picked up the small rice bowl that was used as a tea bowl, and ran out. The wind is getting stronger, the gray clouds in the sky have dispersed, and the moon is very small, emitting a cold light. Xiangzi had just come out of the hot blanket and couldn't stop breathing.There were almost no pedestrians on the street, and there were only one or two foreign cars on the side of the road. The drivers covered their ears with their hands and stomped their feet beside the cars to keep warm.Xiangzi ran to the small shop on the south side in a hurry. In order to keep warm, the door of the shop had already been closed, and a small window opened to collect the money and deliver the goods.Xiangzi asked for four taels of groundnuts for nothing, and the three eldest sons.Holding the wine bowl, he didn't dare to run, but walked like a bearer and returned to the house.Hastily got into the bed, knocked his upper and lower teeth for a while, and didn't want to sit up again.The wine on the table gave off a pungent smell, which he didn't like to smell very much, but he didn't seem to care about those peanuts.This burst of coldness seemed to wake him up with a basin of cold water, he was too lazy to stretch out his hands, and his heart was no longer so hot. After lying down for a long time, he looked at the wine bowl on the table with his eyes on the edge of the quilt.No, he couldn't destroy himself for that entanglement, and he couldn't break his drinking habit from then on.Things are indeed difficult to handle, but there is always a crack for him to slip through.Even if there is absolutely no escape, he should not roll himself into the mud first; he has to keep his eyes open and see clearly how he is pushed down by others. After turning off the lights and covering his head completely under the quilt, he wanted to just fall asleep like this.Still unable to sleep, I opened it and looked at it. The window paper was reflected blue by the moonlight in the courtyard, as if it was about to dawn.The tip of the nose felt the coldness in the room, and there was some wine smell in the cold air.He sat up abruptly, grabbed the wine bowl, and took a big gulp! ① Regardless of Yangzi, that is, no matter who it is. ② If you taste the taste, you are satisfied.