Chapter 10 10

Keding knew that his wife had quietly gone to his sister-in-law's room, and he calmed down a little.He saw Xi'er still standing in the corner of the room, holding her face in her hands and crying softly towards the wall, her shoulders shrugged.This appearance aroused his pity.The furnishings in the room were messy, fragments of porcelain were scattered all over the floor, and two stools fell on the ground.He didn't care about these things, but walked up to Xi'er, called "Xi'er", and stretched out his hand to grab her arm.Xi'er was unable to find a way out in fear and shame, and she never thought that Keding would come to get close to her.Keding's move gave her an idea. Taking advantage of the situation, she leaned into his arms, pressed her face against his chest, and begged, "Master, save me! My wife is very fierce!" Keding put his arms around him. She, while pulling away her hand.The eyes were swollen like walnuts on the white round face.Keding bent down and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said softly, "Don't be afraid. I'm here. No matter how fierce your wife is, she won't dare to touch a single hair of yours. I'll simply take you into the house, see." How dare she say anything!" Xi'er received Keding's caress and heard such words again, this was completely unexpected to her.She didn't know what to do.She suddenly became shy again, put her face on Keding's chest, and said one after another: "Master, please let me decide." Keding's anger had completely disappeared.He stopped talking, and was stretching his right hand to Xi'er's protruding chest, when suddenly there was a cough in front of the door.Keding was taken aback, quickly withdrew his hand and turned around to look.He saw Ke'an standing at the door of the room, looking at him and Xi'er with a half-smile.Xi'er also saw Ke'an.She blushed with shame, and ran to hide in the back room.Seeing that it was Ke'an, Ke Ding was relieved, so he called "Fourth Brother" and walked towards Ke'an stepping on the porcelain fragments on the ground.

On the way, he helped up the lying stool and straightened it. Ke'an also took two steps and arrived in front of Keding.He turned around to look behind and looked out of the window, knowing that there was no one else nearby, he complained to Keding in a low voice: "Why are you so careless! It's really shameful to make trouble at home, and you can't blame the fifth brother and sister. If it happens again She's going to make a fuss again." Keding replied calmly as if nothing had happened: "It doesn't matter if she meets! At least she invites the third brother, and I'm not afraid." "I said you are wrong. This is really lacking Snake Tunxiang! You have a Monday outside, and you are also very beautiful. You chose it yourself. I didn’t expect you to be so greedy. Xi’er, who is used to being a girl, is thick and clumsy. What’s the point? You do The master should also take care of face," Ke An continued to reprimand, but his tone was very gentle.

Keding knew that Ke'an didn't come to blame him, and that Ke'an himself had something in his hands. He was not afraid of Ke'an, but sneered triumphantly: "What's the point? You still have to ask me? You just forgot What happened between you and Mrs. Liu? How were you at that time?" Ke An blushed and was speechless.He used to have a relationship with a young maid surnamed Liu. Whenever his wife took the child back to her mother's house, he would call Mrs. Liu into the room to accompany him, and even asked her to dress up in makeup.Later, this matter was known by Mrs. Wang, and she went to sue the old man.Ke'an was scolded, and Mrs. Liu was fired by the Wang family.This happened six or seven years ago, and Ke'an had completely forgotten about it. Now that Keding mentioned it, he felt ashamed when he thought about it.But it was inconvenient for him to blame Keding or quarrel with Keding.He used excuses to retaliate and sarcastically said to his brother: "You are too impatient. You just had a quarrel with your younger siblings. The house is in a mess. You are not afraid of being seen by others, so you make out with Xi'er, it's not good looking." Keding He smiled and didn't answer.Ke An said again: "Actually, you are also a bit reckless. At first, admit your mistake to your younger siblings, make an apology, and promise to fire Xi'er, and forget it. Wouldn't this save trouble? I really don't see what is good about Xi'er? "Excuse Xi'er? You're really dreaming! I didn't care at all, but today she made such a fuss, I must accept Xi'er as my concubine," Keding said triumphantly with his head held high, and then shouted into the back room He called out: "Xi'er, Xi'er!" Ke'an looked at Keding in amazement, not knowing what trick he was going to do.Xi'er excitedly ran out from the back room, saw that Ke'an was still in the room, and stopped far away from Keding.

"Come here," Keding said gently.Xi'er took two or three steps towards Keding, and stood in front of him with her head bowed.Keding looked at her with satisfaction, and said, "Xi'er, are you willing to follow me? Tell me in front of the fourth master!" Xi'er raised her head, looked at Keding with shame and joy, her face flushed. It turns red, and after saying the word "I", I can't continue.Keding smiled and urged: "Say it! Say it!" "Fifth brother! You are too nonsense! What kind of manner is this?" Keming's stern voice suddenly sounded in the room.Xi'er was ashamed and frightened, and immediately slipped into the back room.An embarrassed look appeared on Ke'an's face.Keming stood at the door of the room, holding a hookah in his hand, with an angry look on his face.He coughed twice, panting to reprimand Keding and said: "Father has passed away less than a year ago, you are wearing a heavy filial piety, and you do such obscene things! The more you make trouble, the more you don't look good, the more you make trouble, the more you can't talk." Let the matter spread outside and see if you still want to be a human being!" Keding lowered his head for Keming to reprimand sharply, but he didn't make a sound.Ke'an gradually pretended to be calm and calm, and turned around to look around.Chunlan hid outside the door and watched secretly for a while, stuck out her tongue, made a strange face, and walked away.

"What do you think you are worthy of dad? Dad raised you so much. You didn't do anything to make him happy when he was alive. His coffin has just been buried now. You just forget about it and mess around outside every day. You haven’t messed around enough, you still want to make trouble at home and in front of my eyes. You don’t even have any sense of shame! You’re still a scholar!” Keming became more and more angry as he spoke, his eyes kept rolling and he was out of breath Terrible, his face turned livid.He couldn't hold it any longer, sat down on a chair beside the square table, coughed several times, and spit thick phlegm on the floor.

Keding lowered his head to let Keming scold him, but he didn't answer at all.Only when Keming was panting, did he raise his head and look at Keming secretly. "You're silent now? It's worthless! Well, this is the first time, and I won't make it difficult for you. You go and give the fifth sibling a present, and just cancel Xi'er. Do you hear me?" Keming saw Keding bowed his head and said nothing, thinking that Keding had repented, and also thought that Keding was afraid of him, so he ordered sternly.He believed that Keding would obey his orders. Keding suddenly raised his head and gave a sneer, flattened his mouth, and said, "Third Brother, if Dad is here, I will give you a little bit. After Dad is dead, it is different. Everyone eats their own food, so you don't have to scour for it." God is in charge of me. The five siblings can't have a son, so I should ask for one. I want Xi'er to take over the house. In the future, she will give birth to a son and continue my cigarettes. This is also worthy of my ancestors. Dad also asks for it Too much, can't I?

Is your third brother going to cut off my cigarettes? "He simply raised his hands and looked at Keming as a challenge. "You...you...you..." Hearing these words, Keming suddenly changed his expression, put the hookah on the table, slapped his right hand on the table suddenly, then stood up, walked over and pointed at the water pipe with the second finger of his right hand. Keding's nose said three "you".Seeing Keming's ferocious approach, Keding thought that Keming was going to hit someone, so he took two steps back timidly.But Keming withdrew his hand back.He stared at Keding with wide eyes, panted for a while, and coughed twice.Ke'an took this opportunity to approach Keming and persuaded him flatteringly, "Third brother, you are not in good health, so why bother to be angry about such a trivial matter. You should go back to your room and rest." Keming slowly stopped breathing.He turned his head and glanced at Ke'an, without saying a word, suddenly heaved a long sigh, picked up the hookah, and walked out silently.Ke'an and Keding watched his back.

"Fifth brother, you are too unreasonable, wouldn't it be better to say a few words less? If you are so angry with third brother, you will drive third brother to death," Ke'an complained in a low voice. "It's not my fault. Who asked him to meddle in his own business? I'm not afraid of anyone after my father dies, but I'm still afraid of him? It's good to let him go back with a touch of his nose. I just hate his moralistic spirit!" Keding replied proudly road. "Taoist spirit? I don't believe it. People are all the same. Let's take the third brother as an example. You can try shutting him up with Cuihuan in the room. If he doesn't do that, I won't be named Gao! Just Maybe he has already planned it," Ke An said unconvinced.When he mentioned Cuihuan, a slender figure swayed in front of his eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he smiled, but immediately withdrew the smile and put on a serious face.

"Why do you eat this kind of dry vinegar? Don't you have one in your house?" Keding said mockingly. "You mean—Qian'er?" Ke'an said in a low voice. "Although she's not as good-looking as Cuihuan, but—your fourth sister-in-law is very guarded and never lets her come to me. It's as if I can eat people." His unsatisfied desire was revealed in his voice. "Then what about Nanny Yang?" Keding asked again with a smile. "Nurse Yang, that's just a joke. She's a married woman..." Ke An replied with a mysterious smile.

Keding couldn't help but chuckle.He said: "Just now my five siblings called me a pervert. In fact, you may not be much worse than me." "Why do you say that? This is the true nature of us scholars. Without red sleeves to add fragrance, what's the fun in reading?  … "Ke'an said solemnly. "Forget it, don't talk about those famous men and women of yours," Keding laughed, interrupting Ke'an's conversation.Then he whispered two more words in Ke'an's ear, and then the two looked at each other and laughed. Laughter sent out the window.Juemin and Jianyun were walking and talking on the stone aisle protruding from the courtyard.They heard the laughter and turned to look at the window.

There seemed to be no movement in the room.They could see nothing but the lights. "Just like a child," Jian Yun said in a low voice. "Shameless!" Juemin shook his head and cursed. Jian Yun looked around timidly, and hurriedly stopped Juemin and said: "Speak softly. If others hear it, you will cause trouble." Juemin ignored him, but sighed, and said to himself: "Third brother, go backwards. Well done. He walked far away and couldn't see or hear anything. Now I can't bear it anymore." "What's your relationship with Miss Qin?" Jian Yun asked with concern.He could not suppress his emotion, he could not keep his voice from shaking. "There is no problem," Juemin replied bluntly. "The problem is the ceremony. Both Qin and I are opposed to the old-fashioned engagement and marriage ceremony. However, this kind of proposition is difficult for our family. I want to wait until Qin is full of filial piety. Only this matter keeps me at home. Otherwise, I would run away with my third brother, but... Although our own affairs are fine, I feel very sad to see others suffer. For example, about the second sister, you think, a girl like her married Go to the home of a bastard like Chen Ke's family, how will you live in the future? You have seen the tricks of the fifth father." He pointed to the window, "The son of Chen Ke's family will not be better than him." "Second Miss herself is unwilling Yes," Jian Yun followed Juemin's finger to the window, and suddenly his heart ached. He didn't want Juemin to know his feelings, but he couldn't swallow all his grief and anger in his stomach, so he couldn't help it. But how casually said the above sentence.His eyes were slightly wet in the darkness. "What does it matter if you don't want to? They never treat women as human beings!" Juemin said angrily. Jian Yun pondered for a while, and he saw a glimmer of hope flying in front of his eyes.He finally plucked up the courage to say to Juemin: "Can't you help Miss Er?" His voice trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to look at Juemin. "Help?" Juemin repeated it as if he didn't understand the meaning of these two words. "I can't help it. My heart is more than my strength, but you are different from me. You have a way," Jian Yun continued emotionally. It seemed that there was a force that inspired him and made him forget himself. Juemin never saw it. He was so excited. "If you don't help, then who else will help. Even I, an outsider, can't bear to see her marry into the Chen family, let alone you are her brother." These words brought distress to Juemin, and Juemin suffered Think hard, can't think of a way.He suddenly turned his head to look at Jian Yun, and asked annoyedly: "Then how do you think I should help?" Jian Yun was embarrassed by Juemin's question.He hadn't thought of this question before.When this question came up suddenly, he felt helpless.He could only shake his head in frustration and said, "I don't know." Then he added: "I think you should have a way." This answer was vain, but it became a stimulus and an encouragement to Juemin.Juemin thought that since Jianyun believed in him so much, he should appear to be a completely different person from Jianyun.He should have a way!He is thinking. There were footsteps and conversations in the hall.Some people came out of Zhou's room.Mrs. Wang walked and talked with Mrs. Shen, and Qian'er and Chunlan followed behind them.The group of them stepped out of the threshold of the main room and walked to Mrs. Shen's room.Shuhua came out from the main entrance of the main room alone, went down the stone steps, walked up to Juemin and Jianyun, and said with a smile in a low voice, "Aunt Wu has gone back." Yun asked, "Then what will Xi'er do? Fifth father and fifth aunt won't quarrel anymore?" "Fifth aunt is really useless. She is too soft. As long as fifth father is kind to her, she will be a big deal." The anger is gone. It's like this every time, no wonder the fifth father wants to bully her," Shuhua replied with injustice. "This time things are different, I'm afraid it won't be easy to settle," Juemin said suddenly and unintentionally. "That's not necessarily true," said Shuhua, shaking her head confidently. "The fourth aunt has persuaded her just now. She seems to have nothing to do. As long as the fifth father does not make trouble, there will be no trouble. Don't you know the temper of the fifth aunt? She abused the fourth sister, turned the truth, It's disgusting. But seeing Fifth Dad often bullying her, I feel sorry for her, and ask someone to worry about her!" When she said this, she suddenly stopped and turned her eyes to Keding's door.The Ke'an couple were coming out of there, chatting in low voices with laughter along the way.Qian'er followed behind them.Ke's firm and loud voice called out twice in the room: "Xi'er." Shen said something in a low voice.Later, Xi'er must have appeared in the room, and Keding said again (in a slightly lower voice): "Xi'er, you come to present your wife as a present!" Everyone in the courtyard listened attentively, and heard Xi'er call "" Mrs." voice. "I don't dare to take it!" Shen seemed to say this in anger, but there was no anger in her voice. Then Keding said a few words softly, his voice was so low that people outside couldn't hear him clearly.Later, he raised his voice to urge Xi'er: "Why don't you give your wife a present soon? You kowtow to your wife." This time, Shen was completely silent.Xi'er actually knelt down and kowtowed. Then Keding spoke again.Shen Shi was silent at first, but then suddenly said: "I'm afraid the third brother won't agree." "Third brother?" Keding said loudly contemptuously, "I'm not afraid of him. He just touched the ashes on the nose and rushed away. He is ashamed to talk again! I have never seen the reason why a brother-in-law is jealous on behalf of his sister-in-law. But the fourth brother understands the reason." "Listen, listen," Shuhua touched Juemin's arm and said. "Listen to what?" A voice unexpectedly sounded behind her.Shuhua was taken aback and turned her head quickly, only to see Juexin's melancholy eyes. "Fifth dad and fifth aunt don't quarrel anymore," Shuhua replied briefly, and she continued to catch the words that escaped from that room, but she had lost some, and she only heard: "...as long as you have a good time every night. I'm at home, so I don't..." Shen suddenly lowered her voice and said two or three words, and then raised her voice: "That's fine, after all, Xi'er belongs to me, and I also..." "Fifth Aunt It's just a dream to use Xi'er to hold Father Five," Juemin suddenly said in disgust. "It's really possible. I think the third dad will be mad at them!" Juexin said to himself angrily. Juemin gave Juexin a cold look, and Juexin's words did not arouse his sympathy, but instead brought him a happy feeling.He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Mrs. Shen's voice calling "Chunlan" in the room.Chunlan came out of Juemin's room and ran into Shen's room in a panic.Then Shuying's crisp voice suddenly rang at the door of Juemin's room.Qin, Shuying, and Shuzhen walked out of the left wing room, and Shuying happily called "Second Brother". Jian Yun didn't see Shuying's face clearly, but when he heard her happy voice, his heart suddenly trembled in pain.He thought of what he had said to Juemin earlier, he said quietly "I'm leaving", nodded hurriedly, walked towards the dark turning door, and disappeared. No one kept him, no one paid attention to him.Sister Qin and Shuying walked down the patio. Seeing Shuzhen shyly nestled beside Qin, Shuhua felt sorry for her, so she comforted her and said, "Fourth sister, it doesn't matter, fifth father and fifth aunt have reconciled." Shuzhen didn't answer, but lowered her head, Qin knew Shuzhen felt sad, and she didn't want people to mention her parents, so she suggested: "Let's go and sit in the third cousin's house." Shuzhen couldn't wait for Qin to say this.Shuying naturally agreed.Shuhua didn't want to go back to the room immediately, but after being urged by Qin repeatedly, she had no choice but to restrain her curiosity and accompany them into the upper left room.Juexin and Juemin were left in the empty courtyard.