Chapter 66 65

As the lunar year approaches, Chang Shun and Mrs. Cui get married.Weddings are simple.Sun Qi recruited Mrs. Liu Pengjiang as a big matchmaker, in order to teach Mrs. Cui to go to Mrs. Liu's sedan chair.One and a half old wedding sedan chairs, four or five drummers; the wedding sedan chairs detour around the Huguo Temple, and then enter through the main entrance of the small sheep pen.The bridal chamber was Mrs. Ma's house, and she moved to Mrs. Cui's house by herself.According to the rules of the old age, the woman who remarries and remarries should do so in the middle of the night, because it is unseemly for a widow to remarry, and she cannot see the bright sky.When you get married to the house, you must set up a cannon, and a brazier must be placed on the threshold to teach her to step over; if the cannon can scare away the ghost of her ex-husband, the brazier can just replenish it and burn away all the fierceness.

According to Mrs. Ma's wishes, these rules must be followed. On the one hand, it is to avoid evil, and on the other hand, it also shows that remarried widows are worthless-she herself is upright and has never remarried. However, the current night is always in a state of semi-martial law, and it is really difficult to do things at night.As for the artillery, it has been forbidden to fire for a long time-the Japanese are guilty, afraid of hearing the sound that sounds like a machine gun from a distance.Cannons cannot be set off, so the brazier will naturally be avoided.This was Sun Qi's idea: "Mrs. Ma, there is no need to set up a brazier! Why make Mrs. Cui more sad!"

Even like this, Mrs. Cui cried like a tearful person.She thought of Xiao Cui and all her grievances.She had lost her autonomy, and she let someone more powerful than Sun Qi, Chang Shun, and old lady Ma manipulate her casually, carry her around, teach her to change her surname, her husband, and her husband. everything.There was nothing she could do but cry. There was a buzzing sound in Chang Shun'er's head.He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.Wearing a new blue cloth robe and a satin mandarin jacket borrowed from the Qi family, he sat restlessly, stood stiffly, walking back and forth was boring.In his mind, he was calculating one after another: 1,000 sets of military uniforms had been completely handed over, except for the capital and John Ding's 20% discount, only more than 400 yuan was left.This is all his property.He is another person who has a bite to eat.Once married, he is an adult.He has to support his grandmother and wife, there is nothing else to say.How many days can I spend more than four hundred yuan?Although the wedding is very simple, don't the drummer and the sedan chair need money?Did you pick your new shirt for nothing?Neighbors come to congratulate, don't you prepare some water, wine and meals?It all costs money.Once married, what should he do?Can't figure it out.It is true that he has learned to buy rags in order to make those deceitful uniforms.But, is he just going to get those dirty things all the time for a lifetime?For the Qian family, the Qi family, and the Cui family, he had expressed his anger and offered to help.He still remembered Qi Ruixuan's expectations and advice to him, and he once had the determination to carry a gun into battle to kill the Japanese.However, today he got married out of nowhere and tied himself at home forever.He frowned.

But those who congratulated him—the old man Li Si, the fourth mother, Qi Ruifeng, Sun Qi, Mrs. Liu, and one or two families from Number Seven—all congratulated him.He couldn't help but let go of his brow.He was a little shy, but he had to pretend he didn't care.People's auspicious words seem to be sincere, but also seem to be ironic and mocking, which makes him dare not accept them, but it is not easy to accept them.He didn't know what to do, so he could only bite the bullet and deal with it.His face was red and white, and his nasal voice was so unpleasant that he couldn't even listen to it.

Among the congratulatory guests, Qi Ruifeng is the most active and also the most annoying.Changshun will never forget the scene at the Education Bureau.Besides, today he is marrying Mrs. Cui, he never imagined that Ruifeng would have the face to congratulate him.Ruifeng didn't care, he knew that as long as he played the sign of a congratulatory guest, he would not be kicked out, so he wanted to come for a meal and a drink.Moreover, since there is no danger of being expelled, he has to act like a congratulatory guest. He has to joke with everyone, mock the groom to his heart's content, ask the master for cigarettes and tea with a straight face, and prepare for mischievous bridal chambers.Originally, he was still wearing filial piety, and no one in the family allowed him to congratulate him.He promised his mother that he would just give the gift money to Changshun or Madam Ma at the door and then go home quickly. However, he took off his filial piety clothes, sneaked out, and entered Ma's house with a happy face.He considers himself a communicator, and feels that if he doesn't show up, not only will he lose the opportunity to eat and drink, but he will also make the Ma family's happy event less attractive.As soon as he entered the door, he joked with Chang Shun openly, and his mouth was inappropriate, making Chang Shun's face red from time to time.Chang Shun really wanted to turn his back on him and insult him, but he knew he shouldn't quarrel today, so he had to stay away from him.Changshun's retreat just taught Ruifeng to think that he was eloquent, so he rushed forward to tease and joke.The congratulators all knew that Changshun was honest, and they also knew that Ruifeng hated him. Everyone was afraid that he would push Changshun into a hurry and make it look bad.At the same time, everyone refused to advise Ruifeng for the sake of Old Man Qi and Ruixuan.So, everyone avoids him by coincidence, and deliberately doesn't laugh at the jokes he tells.They thought that this would make him retreat in spite of difficulties, but who knew that he felt that their silence and laughter were a little afraid of him, so he talked more.In the end, Fourth Master Li couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled him aside: "Second boy, let me tell you the truth, don't blame me! You have to have a sense of humor when joking. Chang Shun'er has a thin skin, so don't mess with him! "

Ruifeng didn't dare to argue with Fourth Master, but felt very unhappy.But he didn't want to leave and go home right away, he was reluctant to part with the dinner.Before setting the meal, he smoked cigarette after cigarette.He stopped talking nonsense, and when he saw that the cigarettes were almost finished, he put on a straight face and told Changshun: Go buy two more packs of cigarettes!When it was time for the dinner to be set, he took the first seat in a big way. He thought that among the guests, he was the only one who had been the section chief, so he should be the first seat.He showed his ability to drink, raised his neck one at a time, and drank his own cup; when others gave in, he took their cup over: "Okay, I'll drink it for you!" After drinking a few cups, his The mouth can no longer be closed.He began to mock Changshun again, and said that Mrs. Cui was a widow.Not only is he playing lip service like this, he also has to stand up and give a speech.He looked down on those congratulatory guests, so he wanted to vent his boredom and dislike to his heart's content.

Sun Qi was already unhappy.He is a big media, and he should take the first seat.Thanks to Fourth Master Li suppressing him, he held back his anger and did not explode.After he had had a few drinks, he stopped looking at Fourth Master Li and picked up the flagon. "Chief Qi!" He called deliberately: "Let's drink six cups!" Fourth Master Li stretched out his hand to snatch the jug.Sun Qi is no longer obedient. "Fourth Master, don't worry about it! I'll compare my drinking capacity with Chief Qi!" Ruifeng's face lit up.He thought that Sun Qi thought highly of him. "Niu drinking is boring, let's punch! One punch, six! Tell you, I don't teach you to drink six, you have to drink five, believe it or not! Come, stretch out your hand!"

"I don't punch! You are a hero, I am a hero, drink six cups!" Sun Qi said, and had already filled three cups. Ruifeng knew that if he drank six cups in one go, he would definitely get under the table. "Then, if I don't come, it's boring! The wedding, let's drink more lively! If you don't want to punch, let's take care of the scissors?" Sun Qi didn't make a sound, picked up the cup, poured three cups in a row, and then filled it up again: "Drink! After drinking these three, there are three more!" "Then, I won't drink it!" Ruifeng chuckled, feeling that he was very shrewd and interesting.

"Drink, Chief Qi!" The veins on Sun Qi's head were already jumping up, but he said pretending to be calm. "This is wedding wine. Didn't you lose your wife? Drink two more glasses of wedding wine so you can marry another one!" Fourth Master Li quickly stopped Sun Qi: "Sit down! Don't talk nonsense!" Then he said to Ruifeng: "Second, eat vegetables! Don't pay attention to him, he's drunk!" Everyone thought that Ruifeng would definitely step out with his sleeves off, and hoped that he would go out.Although it was a fly in the ointment when he left, everyone would definitely have a few glasses of wine in harmony after he left.

However, he sat still, he had to hate it to the end, he had to finish the wine and food, and he couldn't sacrifice the wine and food because of one or two extremely ugly words. At this difficult time, Gao Yituo walked in.Changshun's lips began to tremble. The big red bag has some skills.After running around for a day or two, those who should give gifts give gifts, those who should express affection, those who should say very polite words, say ten points, and those who should say five points, five points, she gave Xiaohe, Yituo, Zhaodi, All rescued.They didn't suffer any grievances, they just suffered from hunger for a few days.Their mouths are not used to eating corn buns and plain water.At first, they refused to eat.Later, I couldn't stop eating, but I was still not full after eating.During the past few days, Zhaodi has been wearing outfits all the time, and has no other clothes to replace.She hadn't washed her face or feet for several days, and her body was itchy, thinking she had lice.She winks at everyone, hoping to give her some water, but it doesn't work.She was anxious and couldn't help crying.What saddened her the most was that such a beautiful outfit not only failed to show off on the stage, but instead wore it to the prison.She is no longer a modern girl, but Yu Tangchun and Dou E, locked in prison.She hoped that her boyfriends would come to visit her and rescue her.But none of them came.From disappointment to fantasy, she hoped that some swordsman or some saint would carry her away in the middle of the night.She thought of many stories in the movies, and hoped that those stories would become reality, so that she could escape from prison.

Xiaohe was really scared.He has been unable to speak since he was backstage in a play.The people he didn't care about usually, like Mr. Qian and Xiao Cui, suddenly appeared in front of him.Is he going to lose his head too?He began to seriously pray to the Jade Emperor, Lu Zu, Master Guan, and the Queen Mother.He felt that these gods would protect him and not teach him to suffer a single blow.Sitting in his dank cell, he reflected on his past.He couldn't find his fault.He told the Jade Emperor in a low voice: "For those who should give gifts, I will never fall behind; for those who should entertain, I will always use the best cigarettes, wine, tea and rice; I have never treated others! To my wife and aunt, I am a good husband; To my daughter, I am a good father; to my friends, I am the most loyal; finally, to the Japanese, I worship and fawn on them; God, why do you still treat me like this?” He prayed sincerely, feeling very wronged.The more he prayed, the more flustered he became, because he couldn't figure out which god was the most powerful and most responsive.If the prayer is wrong, that's bad! He was afraid of death and punishment.He can only nap at night, but can't sleep peacefully.Wherever there was a sound, he was startled, thinking that someone was going to tie him up and behead him.He couldn't die, he told himself, because he hadn't got an official position under the Japanese, and it would be too wrong to die. The one who suffered the most was Gao Yituo. He was addicted to cigarettes, but he couldn't find cigarettes to eat.Two or three hours after he was arrested, he couldn't hold it any longer, and the snot flowed down his nose for so long that he couldn't even yawn.He couldn't think about anything, but just sat back and waited for death. Da Chi Bao went to pick them up.When Zhaodi saw his mother, he cried out.Guan Xiaohe also shed tears.He deliberately hummed, in order to increase his status: "Boss! This is a narrow escape!" He quickly wrote a story of suffering in his heart, so that he could tell everyone that he had been sent to prison, He is a hero.Gao Yituo was carried out by two people, he was addicted like a ball of mud. When I got home, the first thing I did was to take a bath.After taking a bath, she ate five or six yuan of snacks in one go.After eating, she touched her chest and told Gaudí: "Come on, this time I have been disciplined enough! From now on, I will never sing an opera or skate again! Good guy, if there is another trouble, I will die Not in prison!" She wanted to learn how to knit a woolen hat with Gaudy: "Teach me, sister! From now on I will never be naughty again!" He called "sister" very affectionately, as if really It's kind of like rehabilitating.However, within a quarter of an hour, she couldn't sit still anymore. "Mom! Let's play eight rounds! It's like I haven't played poker in my life!" Xiaohe needs to sleep. "Second Miss, wait for me to sleep, and I will accompany you to play eight laps. We have to celebrate when you escaped from death. Director, let's get a few catties of delicate mutton later, shall we rinse it off?" Da Chibao didn't answer them, and sat on the sofa with great style, smoking a cigarette.After smoking the cigarette, she said: "Hmph! You seem to have been wronged! If it weren't for me, you would have been able to get out, that's no wonder! My legs are running thin because of you, how are you? I can't even say thank you!" "Really!" Xiaohe quickly continued. "If it weren't for the director, we'd have to circle for at least half a month! Don't beat me, as long as I circle for half a month, I'm sure to die! Going to prison is no fun!" "Hmph, you just know!" Da Chibao wants to get compensation from Xiaohe for all the hard work and grievances he has been running around for the past few days to plead good things. "On weekdays, you play tricks on cats and dogs, and favor the little old lady. You don't think of the old lady until you are in prison. What kind of joke are you!" "Yo!" Brother Zhao suddenly remembered, "Where's Tong Fang?" Xiaohe wanted to ask, but she opened her mouth and quickly joined in. "She?" Da Chibao sneered, "I'm sorry, I'm dead!" "What?" Xiaohe was no longer sleepy.He was moved. "Dead?" Brother Zhao was also moved. "She, Wen Ruoxia, Xiaowen, are all killed! Let me tell you, Zhaodi, Xiaohe, Tongfang's death, our life can be more orderly. You have to listen to me, I wholeheartedly Bingzheng, waking up early and going to bed late, and working hard, are all for you. You have me, listen to me, and we will have a good life. If you don’t listen to me, well, do as you like, and you will die in prison one day Don't blame me!" Xiaohe didn't hear this set of words.Sitting on the chair, he held his face and cried softly. Brother Zhao also shed tears. When they cried, the big red bag was even more angry: "Shut up! Let me see who dares to cry that stinky bitch again! Cry? She deserves to die a long time ago! I also tell you that no one is allowed to go outside Say, she's from our family! Luckily, her name isn't mentioned in the papers; let's keep the shit out of our heads! I've reported her abducted gold and silver jewelry, and sneaked out .Did you hear that? Everyone has to say the same thing, don’t you say something, he says something, slap yourself in the mouth!" Xiaohe slowly lowered his hands from his face, swallowed a lot of tears, and said to Da Chibao: "This can't be done!" His voice trembled, but he was very firm. "No? What's wrong?" Da Chibao stood up and asked. "She is from our family anyway. No matter what I say, I have to send her a good message. She has been with me for so many years!" Xiaohe decided to declare war.Tong Fang was his concubine, and he couldn't just abandon her like a dead cat or dog.In this family, there is no one who can replace Tongfang, and he can't rely on her to abduct money and abscond when she dies.Dead can't live again, really; but he must at least buy her a good coffin, and bury her fairly respectably.She is different from Gao Di's younger brother. If one of their sisters died unfortunately, he might not be so sad; they are daughters, even if they don't die, they will get married sooner or later; no.Besides, although he has one gray hair, he is getting old slowly; he may never have the chance to marry another concubine.Then, once Tong Fang dies, he will live a miserable life forever - without a confidant, and he will always be angry with big red bags!No, nothing can be said, he must send her well.He has nothing else to repay her, he only knows that buying a good coffin, reading a scripture or two, and dressing her in some good clothes are the only ways to comfort himself and the dead.If he can't even do this, he will have no face to live on. Da Chibao stood up, his eyes flashed, and his mouth thundered: "What are you going to do? Tell me! Are you trying to make trouble? Okay! Let's make trouble!" Guan Xiaohe decided to fight.He also stood up and shouted loudly: "I tell you, it's not okay to treat Tongfang like this! No way! Beat, scold, desperately, I will accompany you all today! Tell me!" Da Chibao's hands began to tremble.Xiao He is clearly rebellious!She can't bear it!If you let him go this time, he will boldly get another wild bitch to come: "You dare to stare at me, it's okay! I got mixed up and blind, and I rescued you too! Die in prison. How crisp!" "Okay, curse me, curse me!" Xiaohe gritted her teeth. "If you can't curse me, I'll give Tongfang a funeral! No one can stop me!" "I can stop you!" Da Chibao said, patting his chest. "Mom!" Brother Zhao couldn't stand it. "Mom, Tong Fang is dead, why do you still hate her?" "Oh! Are you facing her too? You little goblin who is crawling around! Do you have a place to speak here? You taught others to take it in with your clothes on, and you are still here as a daughter? How respectable! I know , you eat me, drink me, cause trouble, you need me to save you, but you can get mad at me with all your heart! Yes, make me mad, mad at me, you are so rebellious: that shameless old man is easy to marry Auntie, you, miss, so you can go and find a concubine! Hello, I'm nothing!" Da Chibao slapped himself on the mouth. It didn't hurt very much, but it was quite loud. "Okay, don't let me open my mouth. Is it okay if I go out for a stroll?" Brother Zhao forgot to mend his ways and wanted to go out for a day.With that said, she went out. "You come back!" Da Chibao stomped his feet. "Goodbye, Dad!" Zhaodi ran out. Seeing that he didn't stop Zhaodi, Da Chibao became angrier, turned around and said to Xiaohe, "How are you?" "Me? I'm going to find the corpse!" "You deserve it too! Her corpse has already been chewed by wild dogs! Go, go! As long as you dare to go out, I will teach you to enter this door again. I was raised by rabbits!" At this time, Yituo has already inhaled six or seven cigarette bubbles in one breath.He originally wanted to endure a nap, but hearing the noise outside was too fierce, he reluctantly walked out.As soon as he lifted the curtain, he knew that something was wrong, because Xiaohe and his wife faced each other across a table, their eyes were round, looking at each other like two dueling roosters.Yituo stuck his head between them, "Old couple, talk slowly! Sit down! What's going on?" Da Chibao sat down, tears streaming down suddenly.She felt wronged.It was so easy to hope and hope that Tong Fang died, she thought that from now on, she and Xiaohe could live in peace and live a peaceful life.Who knew that Xiaohe would stare at her and dare to betray her openly, she couldn't help but feel sad. Xiaohe is still standing.He decided to fight to the end.There was fire in his eyes, and he was a little scared himself, not knowing where he got so much anger from. Da Chibao explained the matter to Yituo.Yituo helped Xiaohe sit on a chair first, and then said with a smile: "The director's concern is right! This matter must not be made public. We all fell and were interrogated. Fortunately, we have no loopholes. In addition, the director ran around, so I was able to come out safely. Don’t think it’s a trivial matter! If it’s too low, we might have played our heads off! Tong Fang is different from us, why did she die there? ?No one knows! Good guy, if the Japanese must investigate and find out that she is with us, we can bear it? Forget it, Mr. Guan! The dead can’t live again, and we can’t seek death if we are alive ;I always tell the truth!" The Guan family and his wife fell silent.After being silent for a long time, Xiaohe stood up and wanted to go outside. "What are you going for?" Yituo asked. "Go for a walk! I'll be back in a while!" Xiaohe's anger didn't stop him from finding his hat, for fear of blowing his head. Big Chibao sighed deeply.Yi Tuo wanted to chase him out but was stopped by her. "Never mind him, he's not very bold. He's just trying to piss me off on purpose!" Yi Tuo drank a bowl of hot tea, ate a few pieces of snacks, and said what was in his heart: "Boss! Maybe it's my superstition, I think something is wrong!" "Why?" Da Chi Bao was still angry, but It is inconvenient to attack Yituo, so his tone is quite gentle. "Based on our status and reputation, we also spent two days in prison. I don't think it's right! It's not right!" He put his hands on his hands and looked into the distance. "What?" Da Chi Bao asked again. "A companion is like a tiger! If someone loses their face, the hero can't keep his head!" "Hmm! If you think so!" "I see, director, hurry up to get our hotel, and hurry up to get two dollars. With the foundation, we will not be afraid of anything. If people want us, we will continue to be officials; if people don't want us, we will go Concentrate on doing business. Director, do you think so?" The big red bag nodded. "Ms. Cui intends to tease our filth, that won't work, I'll go over right away and show her some color!" "right!" "After finishing this matter, I hurried to prepare the hotel seriously. I hope it will open in the spring. Once opened, the business will never be bad. Smoking, gambling, prostitution, dancing, gathering together, it is still a pioneering work! Pioneering! Business is good, we are making money every day, but we are not afraid of anything!" The big red bag nodded again. "Boss, can you give me some capital first? If it is convenient, you have to buy everything in cash now, otherwise, we can buy everything with just two pieces of money." "How much?" Yituo pretended to think for a while, and then said: "You have to get one hundred and eighty thousand first, right? Don't give me too much, in case something goes wrong, I'm sorry! Parents are relatives, wealth is wealth!" "First Take 80,000 yuan?" Da Chibao trusted Gao Yituo, but he was somewhat cautious.She had to give him money, she wasn't one to pat her ass and smack her fingers.Besides, Yituo is her hero.Taking the business of making prostitutes as an example, he got her more than 80,000 yuan.Don't worry about the heroes, obviously they are not doing big business, making a fortune, reason and style.However, she didn't dare to hand over one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand to him all at once.She has to be careful in her generosity.She gave him a check.Yituo took the check with him and rushed to No. 4. After Sun Qi drank, he realized that it was Yi Tuo who came in, and he immediately lost his temper.He was originally a person with a strong mouth and a weak body, who dared to bicker and dare not fight; today he wants to fight.He brought wine, he was a big matchmaker, and Yituo was a smoker like a skinny chicken, so he didn't think about anything else, but just wanted to hit Yituo with his fist. Fourth Master Li grabbed Sun Qi, "Wait, let's see what he says!" Yi Tuo congratulated Chang Shun and Mrs. Ma, then walked over to Fourth Master Li, and said to the old man in a low voice: "Don't worry! There's nothing wrong! I'm your friend. She, that big lady," he pointed to number three, "is your enemy. I won't eat her anymore, and I won't be able to suffer for her any more. Cursed! Isn’t it?” He took out the little book, “Look in front of everyone!” He tore the little book to pieces in twos and threw it on the ground.After tearing it up, he smiled widely at everyone.Then, he picked up a glass of wine, swung his neck and drank it down: "Changshun, congratulations on growing old! Don't hate me anymore, I'm just running errands for others; I don't even have any bad intentions! Please sit down, everyone ! Let's meet again!" After speaking, he raised his green face, slammed his long sleeves, and walked out in a big way. He ran straight to the front door, cashed the check in Xijiaomin Lane, and then went to the station to buy a second-class Tianjin train ticket. "It's good to play in Tianjin for a few days, and then go to Nanjing to sell herbal medicines! I'm afraid I won't be able to live in Beiping!" He said to himself.