Chapter 32 After a hard stay

It was not until after the third watch that Mao Xiang left Dong Xiaowan's boudoir.At the banquet, he was persuaded continuously by Dong Xiaowan, and he actually drank a lot.However, he could still keep his head clear, he didn't forget that Zhang Mingbi was still waiting for him on the boat, and he didn't forget what he had to do tomorrow morning.Therefore, even though Dong Xiaowan tried to persuade him to stay, he firmly refused.Dong Xiaowan didn't dare to push him too hard, so she got up and sent him downstairs.When Dong Xiaowan miraculously stood up without the support of others, and walked out of the boudoir as usual, Mao Xiang didn't pay much attention to it, but Shou'er, who stood by and watched, stared wide-eyed in surprise.

The brilliant Milky Way has moved to the mid-heaven, and the hazy silver glow has filled the entire courtyard.The moist, slightly cold wind blows from the Qili Mountain Pond.On the thatch of the roof, on the tops of the flowering trees and in the grass, dewdrops are shining.There were no lights in the neighborhood, and there was silence.Occasionally, from the deep alley in the distance, one or two low-pitched barks of dogs can be heard... Dong Xiaowan went downstairs and stood in front of the eaves. When Shou'er caught up and put the cloak on her body, she accompanied Mao Xiang and walked slowly towards the gate.

"My lord is leaving, when will I come back again?" Dong Xiaowan finally broke the silence after walking about ten steps without making a sound. Mao Xiang was a little drunk.He squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Where do we never meet again in life? It's easy to come, as long as I can remember it, I'll... come; if... I can't remember it, it doesn't matter... You ask someone to come—" —Say, remind me...haha, why don't you come?" "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the slave family will ask someone to tell, and the young master will not come!" Dong Xiaowan's voice was full of resentment.

"No...it won't. As long as you ask someone to tell you...or you, come to Rugao and come to me, uh, that's fine too!" "To Rugao? Then—the master and the old lady won't scold you? And the young lady..." "Aha, you don't know about this. My parents dote on me the most, never, ever do what I like. My young mistress is the most virtuous, and she even persuades, persuades me to beg, beg for a child!" "Ah, sir, are you serious?" "Who, who lied to you! Lied to you, I, I am not Maoxiang!" As soon as this was said, someone in the shadows under the gate suddenly clapped their hands and laughed, "Okay, Pijiang has already made an appointment, and Wan Niang hastened to thank you!"

Following the words, the two walked down to the starlight, but it was Zhang Mingbi and Mao Cheng.Mao Xiang stopped when he saw it, pointed at Zhang Mingbi and asked loudly: "Okay, you Zhang Gongliang, where did you hide just now? Now you're getting out again!" "Oh, Pijiang, you still say it. You stay in Wanniang's room and never come out, which makes me wait so hard. I came to inquire again and again, and finally found out that we are going to leave now. It's time for dinner, so I rushed over to pick you up. You didn't thank me, but you just paid it off, and you complained about me, where did you start!" Zhang Mingbi put on an aggrieved look, and then laughed to himself.He turned to Dong Xiaowan and said:

"Wanniang, you seem to be recovering, congratulations! Let's pick up Pijiang. The night is cold and dew heavy, so you don't want to send it away!" He looked at Maoxiang, walked forward again, and asked Dong Xiaowan whispered, "Don't worry, tomorrow, I will let him come again!" Dong Xiaowan originally planned to send Maoxiang all the way to the river.Hearing what Zhang Mingbi said, she stopped insisting.However, she still supported Shou'er's shoulder with one hand, stood in front of the door, and silently watched Zhang Mingbi and Mao Cheng, one on each side, supporting the drunk Mao Xiang, who led the way with a lantern, and moored towards the shore. The boat went.It wasn't until the figures could not be seen clearly, the boat left the river bank, the lights in the cabin trembled, and disappeared into the bewildered depths of night, did I slowly walk back to the yard.

Just as Dong Xiaowan entered the main room, her father, Dong Zijiang, appeared in front of her as if emerging from the ground. "Aunt, are you alright? Daddy is so happy!" Dong Zijiang greeted him with a smile, his skinny face showed an expression of excitement that he hadn't seen for a long time. "Father hasn't slept yet? Yes, my son thinks it's much better now, so I need to worry about my father." Dong Xiaowan smiled wearily, saluted, and walked towards the stairs. "Uh, Dad is only thinking about your body, how can I sleep!" Dong Zijiang said flatteringly, and followed, "Uh, so you said, Mr. Mao left?"

"Hmm!" Dong Xiaowan replied in a calm voice.She supported herself for most of the night, but at this moment, she was really exhausted, if it wasn't for Shou'er's support, she might not be able to climb the stairs.However, her spirit is still very excited.Suddenly, she stopped, turned around and asked: "Father, tell me, how is Maolang?" "Ah, ah, good, good, good! Rugao's leading rich man, rich and powerful, spends money like ashes, never frowning! You didn't see him when he was in Nanjing, a big school Taoyehe House, he rents it all out by himself, holds wine and banquets there every day, and entertains a hundred or so people for every meal! Sigh, speaking of his family’s money, it’s even worse than ours! His thighs are thick—the sea is stretched!"

"Father! I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about people!" "People? Hey, people are good too! Little boy, handsome man, suave, known as 'Donghai Xiuying'. I heard that many daughters are fascinated by him, saying that 'I would rather be a concubine than a rich woman'! Hey, Nan, it's not dad who compliments you, but he is willing to visit in person tonight, which shows that you have a lot of luck!" Hearing what her father said, Dong Xiaowan felt very sweet in her heart.As soon as she turned around, without Shou'er's help, she went upstairs alone.When Dong Zijiang saw him, he hurried a few steps, pushed Shou'er aside, and rushed into the boudoir first, Shou'er was so angry that Shou'er made faces behind his back.

Dong Zijiang stepped into the boudoir and saw Dong Xiaowan sitting in front of the dressing table, staring blankly at the mirror.She put one hand on her cheek and stroked it gently, with a smile on her lips.Dong Zijiang approached on tiptoe, stopped three feet away from his daughter, and called softly: "Ah Nan, Ah Nan!" Seeing that his daughter didn't respond, Dong Zijiang had no choice but to cough dryly and raised his voice, "Ah Nan!" Dong Xiaowan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head suddenly, a look of surprise flashed across her face, and then she immediately burst into a smile.

"Father!" She pretended to be coquettish, and called happily, stood up, pulled Dong Zijiang's sleeve, and pulled him to the side of the chair, "Father, why don't you sit down, sit down!" When Dong Zijiang sat down, After that, she also sat down next to him, and used her fingers to remove a strand of cobweb stuck to his sleeve, and said, "Father, my daughter has been ill for many days, and I have troubled you a lot. She is recovering now, you are happy." ?” Dong Zi will get angry.He frowned, and nodded earnestly: "Well, Nan, you have scared daddy these days! No wonder, it's not too late, as soon as that kid surnamed Mao arrives, you'll be fine ? Humph, it looks like I'm suffering from lovesickness!" Dong Xiaowan blushed, turned her back coquettishly and said: "Father, look at what nonsense you are talking about!" "Oh, nonsense, it's nonsense, don't say it, don't say it!" Dong Zijiang quickly changed his words, and then he came over and asked in a low voice, "Then, don't you lie to father, how much did he give?" "How much for what?" "Hey, don't pretend to be confused, of course it is..." Dong Zijiang circled his thumb and index finger and made a gesture for silver. "No." Dong Xiaowan shook her head. "Aunt, don't lie to Dad. Dad knows that you made a lot of money today, and you worked hard to earn it. If you have too much, Dad doesn't want your money. Even if you buy it for Dad Let's drink a glass of wine!" "Father—really not!" "A joke! There is a saying that 'the door of the kiln is half-opened, don't come in if you have x and no money!' He doesn't bring a hundred and eighty people, dare to enter my Dong's house? Ah Nan, give it to me!" Dong Xiaowan shook his head. "Hey, Aunt, I know you want to save yourself. To be honest, if Dad hadn't been so unlucky recently, and he lost for two days in a row, he wouldn't be rushing to ask you for it. At noon I I went to Bantang Temple and asked for a root stick, and said that I will definitely turn over the book tonight, you can’t just ignore death! Well, ten taels won’t work, so how about five taels? Five taels!” "..." "Damn, such a daughter! How about two or three, right?" "..." "Ah, two two..." "Not even one tael." Dong Xiaowan finally said, with a very calm tone, "Young Master Mao wanted to give me some money to save my life, but my son didn't want him." Dong Zijiang looked at his daughter in confusion, as if he didn't understand what she said.In the end, he blinked his eyes and laughed grinningly: "Anan, don't scare Dad. Dad is very timid, so he can't help being scared, and he will be terrified when he is scared!" "The child is not scaring the father, it's true." Dong Zijiang's face suddenly turned ashen, he squinted his eyes, and turned around in a circle in a daze.When his eyes fell on his daughter again, his face became hardened with disappointment and resentment. "Bastard!" He roared, grabbed a teapot and smashed it to the ground, "You, you are obsessed! You have completely forgotten who you are! You think you are a lady , I’m too busy to panic, looking for a little boy to have an affair? We are doing cash business. One penny, one penny! What kind of spring breeze are you selling! You don’t even need money, and if you don’t want money, go drink the northwest wind!” Dong Zijiang scolded more and more vigorously, and picked up the wine glasses and spoons that had not been cleaned up on the table, and threw them on the ground one by one.Immediately, broken porcelain pieces, residual wine and juice splashed all over the floor.Shou'er was anxious and angry when he saw it outside the door, but he didn't dare to come over, so he could only wink at Dong Xiaowan desperately. Dong Xiaowan stood motionless, pursed her lips tightly, not paying attention to Shou'er's greeting at all.Her face became paler and paler, and she looked at her furious father sadly, with a desperate and determined expression on her face.When Dong Zijiang finished throwing away the two wine glasses and two spoons, and picked up the rice bowl to throw it away, she suddenly said coldly: "You fall, it's okay if you fall all over. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow!" "What? What are you going to do?" Dong Zi stopped his hand in the air and asked with his eyes wide open. "Tomorrow, when Young Master Mao comes, I will go with him and never come back!" "Ah, nonsense, no!" Dong Zijiang yelled, and jumped up to his daughter, waving the bowl in his hand angrily, "I won't let you go, don't let you go! Do you hear me? You were raised by me!" I am your father! You have to support me, serve me, earn me money, earn money! No one can take you away! Don't even think about..." However, no matter how much he yelled, jumped, and begged, Dong Xiaowan never spoke again.