Chapter 19 nineteen

The Tang family was eager to take advantage of Baoqing's illness and take advantage of it.They calculated that they were worthless, and Baoqing and Xiulian had no one to play the strings.If he doesn't change his career, he will have to join the Tang family's team and rely on Xiao Liu.This time the Tang family is really on the safe side.If the Fang family changed their career, that would be the best, the Tang family could dominate the world without rivals; if Baoqing and Xiulian came to join the team, the Tang family could blackmail it and ask for a good price.They were very excited and hurried back to Chongqing, their pockets seemed to be already filled with a lot of money.

The situation in Chongqing is changing.The whole country is persisting in the war of resistance, and the burden of the war is extremely heavy, and the pockets of the ordinary people have been emptied.The speculators hoarded profiteers and made great fortunes for the country.Prices soared and living standards were surprisingly high.The common people hold a lot of money in their hands, but they can't buy many things.A few people live a life of feasting and feasting, drunkenness and dreaming.The people are dissatisfied.So, the official came up with an idea, worked hard on temperance entertainment, and set a regulation.Only five cinemas, four theaters and one bookstore are allowed to open in Chongqing.

Baoqing was well-known, and he sang the drums of the Anti-Japanese War, so the bookstore was finally preserved.At this time, he was still mourning for his eldest brother in Nanquan Hot Spring. The Tang family suffered a lot.The only copy of the bookstore is about to be acquired, and it is yellow again.They thought that Baoqing had gone some crooked way and closed their bookstore.The couple of the Tang family hurried back to Nanquan Hot Spring to settle accounts with the sick Baoqing. When they crashed in, Baoqing was lying on the bed.He listened with a sad, forced smile on his face.He didn't want to hear them at all.He still had a fever, so he couldn't muster up the energy to take care of them.With his eyes half-closed, he propped himself up against the pillow and watched the two unwelcome guests.Fourth Master Tang gesticulated, blowing his beard and staring.Bao Qing looked at them, shaking his pale face miserably. "Oh," he argued feebly, "I'm a sick man. I haven't gotten up since my brother passed away. Can I go against you? Put yourself in my place and think for me. My brother passed away, and my daughter left the man again. There are so many things to worry about, I don't want to be an artist at all, why do I have to make trouble with you?"

Fourth master stared at his wife.On the face of the bloated Fourth Grandma, a vicious expression and a hypocritical smile intertwined.She glanced at her husband and nodded slightly.This is a signal to change tactics. Fourth Master Tang immediately changed his expression, and asked sweetly, "Old friend, if you don't come out to perform, what will others do? Xiao Liu is still looking forward to playing the strings for you two. This is what he thinks about all day long. You have to think for him and my daughter, you can't watch them starve." "And the two of us," Fourth Grandma called out again, "You have to live on. The money is gone, and the price is so high. You can't leave us alone." Baoqing shook his head. "Okay," he promised, "I'll go find you when I'm well."

They walked out dejectedly.As soon as they went out, Baoqing burst into tears. "You are right, brother," he said to himself, "entertainers are worthless and worthless." In the midst of humiliation, he saw Dafeng dangling there with a sad face, struggling to do the housework.Why not make up your mind to change careers and find another decent job?Thinking about my daughter, just because her father is an entertainer, she fell into the trap of others, and was dumped like a junk thing.This is not how people live, the world is really unfair.And this is the reality, and it is the society's reward for him.He sighed.He has never done anything wrong, he has always been cautious and conscientious, and he has always wanted to set up a school and train a group of authentic drum artists.It's all over now.All the money I saved was used for funeral affairs for the wimpy.When the girl gets married, his illness will cost a lot.All the money was spent, and even the savings were emptied.The cost of living is so high that if you don't work you will starve.

Thinking of this, he struggled to get up, feeling that he was much better.Now that we have met, we can no longer stay like this.He can stand, walk, and think.No time to be sick anymore.A week later, he went to Chongqing and found that everything had gone up.Salaries have not moved, and prices have doubled several times.No one can live on salary alone.Everyone wants to make extra money, there is no such thing as free money.With Baoqing's sharp tongue and smiling face, nothing will come of him in exchange.You can't do things without spending a lot of money. Common people know that money is worthless, so they spend it as soon as they get it.No one wants to save it.

Baoqing has also changed.He sang books wholeheartedly and took care of the bookstore, but he couldn't laugh anymore.As long as I have time, I will think of my brother's death.He always felt that he had brought disaster on his brother.The wimp refused to perform, he forced him to do it.And that poor abandoned girl.She frowns all day long and is really sad, so she goes to find her mother, but her mother is drunk all day long, and it is rare for a moment to be sober. Baoqing thinks he should help Dafeng.He tried to coax her and be considerate to her.She has suffered misfortune, she is worse than a widow, what should she do in the future?Thinking of this, his heart was on fire, and he sat blankly, sweating from anxiety.How can you remarry if you suffer misfortune as soon as you get married?With these questions lingering in his mind, there was nothing he could do, so he had to buy something to comfort her—candy, gadgets, whatever he used to buy for Xiulian, he would definitely buy one for Dafeng now.

The Tang family never showed up.Qin Zhu came to work every day, and left after singing, never mentioning her parents.Xiao Liu came to play the strings as usual, without saying a word, and went back after playing.Baoqing was very disturbed.The Tang family must have come up with some bad idea again, he was exhausted and didn't bother to figure out what they were going to do.Let them go, he thought wearily, there is no time to be safe!He dawdles day by day, and sometimes uses a common saying to relieve his heart: "Take off your shoes and socks today, and you don't know if you will wear them tomorrow."

One afternoon, Xiao Liu invited Baoqing to a teahouse, and Baoqing went.What's wrong with Xiao Liu today?Usually his face was pale and sickly, but now he was flushed with excitement.He has been drinking a lot lately.Well, it's better than smoking. Baoqing waited for Xiao Liu to speak.Xiao Liu stared blankly at the big red note on the wall "Don't talk about state affairs".He sipped his tea and said nothing.Baoqing became impatient.Xiao Liu's face became redder and redder. "Little brother," Bao Qing said first, "What's the matter?" There was despair in Xiao Liu's eyes.The thin face was even redder, and the corners of the sensitive mouth were drooping, looking extremely painful.

"I can't take it any longer," he said sadly, finally making up his mind, "I can't take it." Bao Qing didn't understand, "What are you talking about, brother? I don't understand." Xiao Liu's eyes were red and his voice trembled. "Although I am an artist, I have to have a bit of personality. I can't get along with Qin Zhu, she sleeps with any kind of man. I thought it didn't matter much, but I was wrong. I thought we could Live a good life. Married, I play, she sings, it's sure to be beautiful. I thought she'd stop messing around when she got married. Do you know what her parents think? They Let her stay with me and other men. I can't stand it. When I mention marriage, they laugh and ask me if I can support her. In order to please her, I give more than half of my share. If I gave it to them, why can’t I support her? I want Qin Zhu to treat me with all my heart, but she just looked at me and said, "What kind of jealousy are you, men are all the same." What should I do?" Xiao Liu lowered her head Nod, and whispered: "At first I thought her parents forced her to do this, but it's not entirely true. I think she likes to do this. She is a born bitch."

"It's bad when a woman starts," Bao Qing couldn't think of a better way to say it, so he had to say it. Xiao Liu coughed.Finally made up his mind, and said seriously, "Last time, they used her to seduce me and not let me play the strings for you. They insisted on me agreeing, so I did it. You treated me so well, I'm sorry This time they have no good intentions. They want to leave you behind and go to Kunming. I heard that the business there is good. There are many people in the city, and there is no theater. They want me to go with them. No, I won’t go. !" "If you don't go, you won't be able to sing Qinzhu," Baoqing said.He didn't speak his mind. "They've got to find a way to let you go." "Brother, that's why I came to you for advice. Please give me a hand. The thing is, Qinzhu and I are not officially married, so we can completely sever ties with her." His long The thin fingers clenched tighter and tighter. "When I blow up with her, the Tang family will have nothing to do with me. They can no longer manipulate me. So, brother, I came up with this idea." Xiao Liu hesitated for a while, his face became pale. flushed. "Come on, what's your idea?" "Don't be mad at me." "How should I put it, I don't know what your plan is." "Brother," Xiao Liu kept his eyes on the teacup, "If I can find someone else to marry, I won't have to live with the Tang family anymore, and they will have nothing to do with me." "That's right, that's a good idea." "Thank you very much, if I-" "How about it?" "I can't say it." "Let's talk, we are brothers and old friends." "Well, I...I want to marry your eldest daughter." Baoqing was stunned.It was like pouring a basin of cold water from head to toe. "But we are brothers, Xiao Liu, how can this work?" "I am ten years younger than you," Xiao Liu retorted. "Besides, I respect you so much. I have thought about all these things. Your eldest daughter is very good-looking and honest. I will never bully her. I I like her. To be honest, I wanted to marry her a long time ago, but I didn't have the guts to tell you. I already felt that you wouldn't like her marrying an artist, let alone someone with a side role. I'm still willing to marry her now. She has encountered misfortune, and I must treat her well. I plan to quit smoking and be a decent person. Brother, no matter how you say it, we are colleagues. This is better... I mean, she married me, than It is better to marry a stranger." Baoqing was unable to answer for a while.vicious circle.The entertainer begged for an entertainer's daughter, and gave birth to a bunch of unlucky ones.This kid has been fooling around with Qinzhu for so long, Qinzhu wanted him and lied to him, now he wants to marry Dafeng again.Can you ask Dafeng to marry him?He shook his head, remembering what Wimpy Waste said: "One life is an art, three lives is suffering." He unconsciously said this out loud, and Xiao Liu looked at him stupidly.In front of Baoqing, he looked like a little white dog, waiting for his master to give him a bite. "I have to discuss it with my family," Baoqing said. Xiao Liu smiled, "It's best to hurry up, the Tang family wants me to go with them this week." Baoqing cursed inwardly, this little bastard wants to blackmail me.If there are any bad tricks, take them out.He was trying to find something to explain away, but Xiao Liu said boldly again, "If you don't agree, I will go to Kunming with them." Baoqing was so angry that he wanted to yell loudly.No friendship at all, no loyalty.The relationship between people is like playing chess, you count me, I count you.How can he feel sorry for Xiao Liu?What kind of world is this?Is there anyone who is innocent and honest? He put on a nonchalant look on his face.Why let Xiao Liu see that he is annoyed?If the luthier went with the Tang family, he would have nothing to do.That night, he discussed the matter with his wife.Marry Dafeng to Xiao Liu, okay?Of course, in her opinion, there was nothing wrong with it.Even if something goes wrong in the future, she can't be blamed.She has nothing to say.She took a few sips of wine under the pretext of discussing serious matters. Baoqing went to discuss with Dafeng again.She listened coldly, not at all moved.There is no red cloud on the face, and the eyes are dull and dull.Baoqing felt that her only interest was to find another man. "But he didn't divorce me," she said. "There's no need to leave, he's already married. If he dares to come back, I'll sue him for bigamy." Baoqing said bitterly. "Okay, Dad, you can do whatever you think is good. I'll listen to you." Bao Qing felt sick.My daughter is really obedient.Just because of her father's words, she carried one person's doll in her belly, so she went to share the bed with another person.He is ashamed.He loves Big Brother for a reason.Only the eldest brother has ideals in the whole family.The rest are governed by money.Dafeng has no objection to marrying Xiao Liu because it can help her parents earn money for food.He laughed. Dafeng asked: "Why are you laughing at me?" "I'm not kidding you," he replied half-jokingly, "you are a good boy and know how to love Dad. You are really sensible." That's it for the marriage. Xiulian was disgusted.Ever since Dafeng came home, she always wanted to comfort Dafeng and be her good friend.Now she cringes and sulks.If my elder sister didn't love Xiao Liu but could marry him, then wouldn't her relationship with him be similar to that of Qinzhu, like a secret door.How did dad do such a thing?His status in her mind has declined.Although it cannot be said that he sold his daughter, after all, he traded her for someone who played strings.For his own benefit, he used Dafeng.How is that any different than selling her? "Sister," she asked Dafeng, "are you really stable, just let dad dictate your life like that?" "What if I don't?" Xiulian shook her head disapprovingly, her eyes flickered because of anger. "If you give me to a man casually, you might as well steal him. You are like a wooden man, let people play with you at will." "Don't say that," Dafeng also got angry, "Stealing people, I don't do such shameful things. You think I'm weak and useless. In fact, that's not the case at all. I have my own ideas. No, why did I agree to marry him. I want my father to love me, if my father doesn't love me, I'm done. Marrying Xiao Liu will cover up my ugliness." Now Xiulian has nothing to say.She was surprised that there would be such a big difference in people's opinions, and how different my sister was from Meng Liang.After a while, she said to her sister: "Sister, if Xiao Liu dares to hit you, just tell me, and I will help him!" The Tang family was furious.Qin Zhu was so angry that her face turned blue, she actually liked Xiao Liu from the bottom of her heart.It's not bad to play with other men for money, but after returning home, you need a partner who gets along day and night.At least he was clean and kind.There are all kinds of other men, fat and fierce, dirty and ugly.She would accompany them for an hour as long as she was willing to take the money.She always felt that she and Xiao Liu would have a good life sooner or later.She treats him like a loving mother, likes to coax him to play, takes care of him in some small things, and makes him comfortable.It's a joy to have him by my side.Of course they quarreled, but in the end it was always Qin Zhu who came to put him to bed and said, "Come on, baby, don't be angry, Mom will play with you for a while." Now the dream can't come true.Qin Zhu decides to do something big.She planned to fight Dafeng to the end, so she was willing to go all out. The Fang family was having lunch when Qin Zhu slammed into the door.Her hair was loose behind her back, her face was drooping and livid.When she stepped through the door and saw Baoqing, she forgot what she wanted to do with Dafeng.She shook her fist at him and screamed, "Fang Baoqing, come out, I want to settle accounts with you, it's you!" Baoqing only cared about eating his food.Dafeng guessed what Qinzhu was going to do, so she didn't look at her at all.While eating, Baoqing thought, it's not worth arguing with Qin Zhu.She is a girl and a shrew.Let women deal with women.He glanced at his wife.Second Mistress was obviously also angry, she slowly stood up from the table, waddled and walked towards Qin Zhu.She swung her fat arms very vigorously, as if she was going to clean up the piano beads.Her eyes were wide and shining, and there was a malicious smile on her face. "Qin Zhu, what are you doing?" She asked, and stopped a few steps away from the disheveled girl who was confused.Qin Zhu saw the signs, stepped back a few steps, and covered her chest with one hand.Before she had time to speak, Second Mistress spoke up.Qin Zhu thought she was going to curse people with bad words, and was about to retort, only to see that Second Grandma neither lost her temper, nor forced her. "You know, Qin Zhu," Second Grandma said kindly, but also very firmly. "If you want to hang out with us any more, you gotta be careful. Why are you so crazy, can't you just talk about it? We don't force you to join us. You can do it without you, but if you want to come , that's fine too. How do you plan?" Qin Zhu wanted to have a fight with Fang's family, but she didn't expect Second Mistress to tell her about art.Except that she couldn't go home with Xiao Liu, everything else was as usual.There's nothing wrong with Second Mistress's words, but Qin Zhu still has to save face.So he scolded.She scolded Baoqing, Dafeng, and Xiaoliu one by one with swear words.Second Mistress's retaliation was also very important, which made Qin Zhu feel that she had to scold her again from the beginning to be able to defeat her.After scolding, she turned around and left. Before she left, she told Second Grandma that she would come to work as usual, and the show ended. What Xiao Liu loves to do has nothing to do with her. Xiulian felt very uncomfortable.She had never heard Xiang Qinzhu and her mother scold so many harsh words.How is this going?She has always believed that love is pure and romantic.But Qinzhu and Mom talked so dirty, Dad didn't say a word.As if he was used to it and saw it that way. She looked at her father and then at her sister, they were so pitiful.They hope that this marriage will benefit the other family's business and at the same time find a husband for Dafeng.For this, they can go all out.This is the way of the world.My sister is not a performer, she keeps her job, and when she gets married, her situation will be better.Xiulian felt that Dafeng looked like a poor puppy with a chain around his neck.Kick it, spit it.But people think she is a decent person after all, because she was married by the order of her parents.She frowned childishly.What about her fate?I shudder just thinking about it.She ran into her room and wept bitterly. Second Mistress poured herself a big glass.She was victorious, blushing with pride.She always wanted to teach that little bitch Qinzhu a lesson.This time it was a sigh of relief, and she used all the swear words she could say.Sitting in a chair, she meditated on some interesting words and muttered to review them again.He finally scolded that little bitch enough, if the old Tang family dares to come to the door, he will still give her a meal!