Chapter 8 chapter eight

It's autumn, it's dusk, the autumn wind is already quite chilly, and there are few pedestrians on the street.The Xia Family Courtyard in Yuanbao Town casts a dim light.Xia Yuanzhang is changing clothes, which are autumn clothes for guests.Yushu leads Chuanjie into the house.Chuanjie asked: "Shopkeeper, are you calling me?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Hurry up, go and change your clothes for going out." Chuanjie said: "It's getting dark, what are you doing changing?" Have a banquet to see the world." Chuanjie said: "I don't dare to be the shopkeeper, I dare not go to the wine table of the hosts." Xia Yuanzhang reprimanded: "What are you talking about? If you tell you to go, go! Hey, who said Called you to the wine table? It means to let you meet Da Ximian." Chuanjie said: "Oh, that's okay, I really haven't seen Da Ximian." Yu Shu pestered his father and said, "Dad, I I want to go too!" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Isn't it a joke for a girl to go to a banquet?" Yushu said: "Chuanjie is still a guy, if he can go, I can go!" Xia Yuanzhang said helplessly: "Okay, I will take you too. If the grasshopper falls into the pot, you will have a leg.” Yushu said mischievously, “It depends on whether the grasshopper is fat or not. Tonight’s grasshopper must be fat!”

In the living room of Mu's house, delicacies from mountains and seas were on the table of the Eight Immortals, and several merchants had already taken their seats, greeting each other.Xia Yuanzhang brought Chuanjie and Yushu into the living room.Duke Mu cupped his hands to greet him and said, "Brother Yuanzhang, why is it so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time." Xia Yuanzhang also cupped his hands and said, "Mu Gong, I'm ashamed, my little girl is pestering me to come, so I won't listen to you, she's late. Please bear with me." Mu Gong said: "Brother Yuanzhang is seeing outsiders now, and Ling'ai is not an outsider, so what's the point of bringing it? This is not inside the pass, there are not so many etiquettes, and bringing your daughter's love is obviously affectionate. Oh, alas. , The buddy is here too? Is this Chuanjie?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Who is he? Take him out to see and see." Mu Gong said: "Sure enough, he is extraordinary! You are blessed to have a good apprentice. Come, come, come, Take your seat."

Chuanjie gave the gift with both hands, and said: "Mu Dong's family, this is a little gift from our master. It is not a respect, but I hope you will accept it." You have trained well. You can take your seat too." Chuanjie said: "We as the waiters at the table of the master must not dare to make mistakes. I stand and serve the master, and you sit down." Xia Yuanzhang and Yushu took their seats, and Chuanjie stand behind.A few merchants whispered in whispers, praising Chuanjie for his understanding of the rules, and for being a bad businessman.Yushu secretly makes faces at Chuanjie.Chuanjie smiled lightly.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.Mu Gong said: "Back then, Cao Mengde was cooking wine and discussing heroes. Today, autumn chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the courtyard. Our Yuanbao town is full of talents and merchants. Why not come to appreciate the chrysanthemums and discuss business?" Everyone clapped their hands and agreed.Mu Gong said: "I would like to ask everyone, our family worships the God of Wealth, it is nothing more than Mr. Guan Zhao Gongming, but who should be the best among the elderly in our business world? Can you explain clearly?" A guest said: "In my opinion, Tao Zhugong can be counted as one."

Another said, "I think Lu Buwei is one too." Then one person said: "Deng Tong of the Western Han Dynasty also counts?" Mu Gong said: "Well, these three people can be counted, are there any more?" Xia Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said: "You are all talking about merchants in the Spring and Autumn and Qin and Han Dynasties. Have you heard of Hu Xueyan in this dynasty? People from Zhejiang, if you want to talk about real merchants It must be him." Mu Gong said: "Oh, I have heard of this man, he is very good, he is called a red-top merchant, his business is so big that it is almost all over the country, he is so rich that even the imperial court borrows money from him!" Can't help exclaiming and agreeing, and after a heated discussion for a while, Xia Yuanzhang said again: "Just now the topic given by Mr. Mu is Appreciating Chrysanthemums and Discussing Business. I think we've strayed from the topic. It's better to talk about the way of doing business. Ladies and gentlemen, who can talk about the first topic of doing business?" What is the most important thing?"

A customer said: "Then there is no need to ask? It's just to make money." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Otherwise, in my opinion, it should be honesty, but it is not unprincipled honesty, it is skillful use of honesty, that is to say, at the right time, in the right way, to tell the truth to the right people. Business people One cannot avoid being tactful, but if one is blindly tactful and has nothing to do with the truth, it is tantamount to giving up on the market. Why? Who wants to deal with a person who is always hypocritical and never tells the truth? But blindly being honest is not advisable. For example, Mr. Mu just invited my buddy to sit down. Is it out of sincerity or out of politeness? If you are sincere, you should say: You are a buddy, so you are not qualified to sit down. Wouldn’t this hurt the child’s self-esteem? What Mr. Mu said was very decent. One compliment is the truth, and the last one, please sit down, is polite."

Everyone praised: "Shopkeeper Xia's words are good!" At this time, Yushu was eating the banquet while looking at Chuanjie. After appreciating chrysanthemums and discussing business, pushing cups and changing cups, everyone returned home exhausted.After returning home, Chuanjie waited on Xia Yuanzhang to change his clothes.Xia Yuanzhang said: "Chuanjie, let me test you. Which seat is the upper seat at this banquet today?" : "What's so important about sitting at the table?" Chuanjie said: "According to the rules of our hometown, the food must be served to the table first, and if there are fish heads, you must face the person at the table." He said with a smile.Xia Yuanzhang asked, "Huh? What are you laughing at?" Chuanjie said, "It would be rude to leave one place in our hometown today." Xia Yuanzhang asked, "Oh? Which one would be rude?"

Chuanjie said: "If in our hometown, the wood grain of the table should be facing the table, but today it is facing the shopkeeper Mu. This is called disobedience, not impoliteness?" The person who came here is right, and our family will establish this rule in the future." Chuanjie said: "Master, in our hometown, even in the countryside, there are more rules than here. Gao’s women are also not allowed to sit at the table, and when my guests come, they are always accompanied by my elder brother, and my mother never sits at the table.” Xia Yuanzhang was a little embarrassed, and said, “Oh, so it’s a bit awkward for me to bring the jade book today. Something wrong? Sigh, after all, it’s outside the customs, so there’s a lot less attention.” Chuanjie said, “Boss, today I saw Mu Dong’s family picking up and eating the rice grains on the dinner table, and I thought it was something.”

Xia Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Do you think you are stingy? You are wrong. Diligence and thrift are virtues. Wealth never forgets poverty. We should always remember these words forever. Haven't you heard of them? The former Emperor Chongzhen The concubine is still wearing patched clothes, no one jokes. You didn’t eat tonight, and you watched with a cold eye. You can see some things more clearly. These are some insights, which are hard to buy even if you spend money.” Chuanjie said: “The shopkeeper’s , What taught me the most is what you said today, which is enough for me for a lifetime." Xia Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Is it the truth?" Chuanjie hurriedly said, "Boss, I dare not be tactful with you." "Xia Yuanzhang said: "Okay, let's go to the kitchen and have some food."

The simple rural stage, but the atmosphere is in full swing, amidst the sound of gongs, drums and suona, Xianer's big plays are on stage.Under the stage, seven or eight squires were sitting around two square tables, on which were tea with melon seeds.There were crowds of spectators all around, all watching with relish, applauding and clapping their hands from time to time.Dozens of theater fans cheered and shouted: "Little Qiuyan, Xiao Qiuyan!" Hearing the applause, Xian'er and the big machine devoted themselves to the performance... Wang Laoyong watched happily from the side of the stage.

Xian'er was talented and willing to work hard, and quickly became a pillar. This was expected by Ban Wang, but he was a little surprised that he could make the audience so mesmerized.The only regret is that people's popularity can't match the cold weather. Seeing that the weather is getting colder every day, the posts of those country gentry and nobles who come to invite operas are gradually cut off, and the theater troupe is gradually idled.Wang Laoyong led the theater troupe to act and walk, and came to a Taoist temple to rest for many days, but he didn't receive a invitation to play, so he couldn't help but feel sad.He closed the door, knelt on the old mat in front of the statue, put his hands together, and muttered to himself: "All the gods and saints, the weather is getting colder and fewer people are invited to play. If you catch up with this turbulent In a calamity year, even a rich family doesn’t have the heart to go to the theater. We are a family of seven or eight, and life is hard. Please bless us, gods and saints..." Wang Laoyong was muttering to himself, and his apprentice Xiao Mimi ran over excitedly, came to the front of the main hall, panted and said, "Master, the show inviter is here." Hearing this, Wang Laoyong was startled, and then faced The statue bowed solemnly. Outside the gate of the Taoist temple, a covered carriage stopped at the gate of the temple.Wang Laoyong led the crowd out to greet him, but he was an old acquaintance, Chen Wuye, a local rich man who had taken care of the troupe business before. Wang Laoyong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Oh, Chen Wuye, what wind brought you here?" ?" Chen Wuye didn't answer, and stared straight at Xian'er standing behind Wang Laoyong, as if he had lost his soul.Wang Laoyong shouted: "Fifth Master!" Chen Wuye came back to his senses and said, "Oh, Mr. Wang! I'm here to invite a show. Hey, look at this little Qiuyan, The eighteenth female college has changed, and it has changed again after a few days, and it has become really handsome." Said, a group of people entered the Taoist temple. Little Misty put a chair on the ground.Wang Laoyong said humbly to Chen Wuye: "Fifth Lord, sit here for a while, the room is too messy." Chen Wuye said haha: "Isn't it? Okay, today is a good day, right here Speak." After taking two sips of the hookah, Chen Wuye said proudly, "Team Leader Wang, it was quite lively a while ago, isn't there less people asking for performances this time around? I won't argue with them, what are you arguing about? When you have free time , Is there time for opera singing? I will marry my third concubine on the sixth day of next month, and I am going to sing a three-day opera, no, I will invite your opera troupe." He patted Wang Laoyong on the shoulder and said, "I will send you money. gone." Wang Laoyong said with a smile: "Oh, Lord Wu is going to take a concubine again? This is a great joy. I really have to sing a big show for a few days." Mr. Chen Wuye said: "Hey, what are you overjoyed about! This little Saner looks very familiar, with thin skin and tender flesh, and a pair of small feet, but he is gone when compared to Xiao Qiuyan. Mr. Wang, you are blessed. Such a beauty must have kidney deficiency, take it easy." She said with a smirk.Wang Laoyong said: "Fifth Master can really tell jokes." Chen Wuye turned his face away and said to Xian'er: "Little Qiuyan, come here and ask Fifth Master to measure it carefully." Xian'er just didn't move. Wang Laoyong said: "Xian'er, come here, the fifth master likes you, ask the fifth master to see, the fifth master has no daughter, so he takes you as a daughter." Xian'er reluctantly walked over.Chen Wuye groped for Xian'er, and said, "Oh, Xian Lingling is a big girl, a flower, it's really painful." He touched Xian'er's buttocks, "It's already autumn, and it's already autumn. Wearing so thin, don't you panic about the cold? There are plenty of leather jackets at Fifth Master's place, and I'll send you some later. Tsk tsk, my daughter froze to death." Xian'er hurriedly dodged.Wang Laoyong pretended to be angry and said: "There is no rule in cackling, please thank the fifth master! As for being cold like a bear? Go down, don't embarrass me here!" Xian'er said "hey" , get out.Wang Laoyong said: "This child has no rules, please don't laugh at Fifth Master." Chen Wuye said: "I don't see smiles, I don't see smiles, I don't like it enough. I just like this woman, with lively eyebrows and big eyes, with bones and flesh. It's better to be fatter, holding a handful of fleshy , feel at ease." Wang Laoyong said: "Then the play is finalized?" Chen Wuye said: "It is finalized, it is finalized. Alright, goodbye, see you on the sixth day." Chen Wuye stepped out of the house, and the big machine scolded behind him: "Bah, what is it!" In a blink of an eye, the day of asking for a play was approaching, and Wang Laoyong took Xian'er and Big Jiji to Chen Wuye's house to discuss how to sing the play.Chen Wuye said: "I want this "The Great West Chamber". There is a saying." Wang Laoyong said: "If you have any requirements, please tell Wuye." Chen Wuye said: "That day was a day of great joy for me. I want to be popular in the bridal chamber, and I want to be popular on the stage." Wang Laoyong frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?" Chen Wuye smiled obscenely, and pulled out a piece of red silk from his bosom: "Tuck this into Xiao Qiuyan's crotch, and pull it out of the crotch when Zhang Sheng and Yingying meet privately. "Wang Laoyong looked distressed, and said: "Fifth Master, I'm afraid this won't work, Xiao Qiuyan is still a girl of Huang Hua'er, she has never seen this before, so where will I put the child's face in the future!" Chen Wuye lowered his face and said, "What's wrong? What big girl and little daughter-in-law, doesn't it happen sooner or later? This is what I'm asking for in today's play, and I don't want to sing without it. Xian'er said seriously, "Fifth Master, what you do is ruining people." Chen Wuye said: "You understand what I said, I ruined you? Tell me, how do you ruin it? You know how to ruin it? Don't you just Are you singing?" The big machine said: "Master Wu, my junior sister is still a girl, how can I tell her how to behave in the future?" Chen Wuye roared: "Listen, I pay for the play, and I will tell you how to sing." How to sing, if you don't sing, leave, and I will pay for my loss, and I will pay you a thousand dollars!" Everyone fell silent. Chen Wuye said: "Why don't you talk anymore? Let me tell you, not only do I want this Caier, but I also want to perform "Eighteen Guesses" for me today. I will guess on stage, and I will come back to be honest and exciting." Mr. Wang Yong begged and said: "Fifth Master, "Eighteen Guesses" is up to you, and "The Great West Chamber" is sung according to the old score. Give me face." Chen Wuye looked like a rascal, and said sharply: "No, definitely not. I am married to the third concubine, and I am happy, so what if I don't help me? How can I be good at night? Don't let you sing for nothing, guess one, A piece of ocean, do the math, is it worth it?" On the way back, Wang Laoyong advised Xian'er: "Xian'er, Master knows that you are in trouble, but everyone has to live. I told you a long time ago that we are low-class people who eat and drink, and people don't treat us as human beings. We are someone else’s plaything, but you just don’t listen. Do you regret it now? If I had known today, why bother? If we didn’t sing, where would we get a thousand dollars in cash?” Xian’er hesitated for a long time, gritting her teeth Said: "Master, I agree, the worst is death, I will sing!" There are lanterns and festoons in the Chen family courtyard.Under the stage, Chen Wuye sat at a square table with his eldest wife and third concubine, eating melon seeds, drinking tea and listening to the opera, with a little servant named Xiao Shuanzi waiting on his left and right.The guests sat around the three tables one by one, and the nurses of the Chen family stood in various places in the courtyard.On the stage, the big machine is singing Errenzhuan "Eighteen Guesses": In the wing room, Xian'er was busy putting on makeup for everyone.Wang Laoyong followed behind Xian'er with a face full of guilt, and said: "Xian'er, it's hard for you, and the master can't help it. It's hard to get a play, and the rewards are so much... Alas, I am incompetent, and I am so incompetent. Huge grievance, I feel bad!" Xian'er turned her head and said coldly: "Master, don't talk about it, I admit it, for the sake of the troupe, I will give up anything." Under the stage in the courtyard, Master Chen Wu was so excited that his face was distorted, and he shouted wildly: "Okay, guess it, it's six oceans." Other people watching the theater also made noise.On the stage in the courtyard, the big machine continued to sing: After the big machine finished drawing "Eighteen Guesses", the tune of "The Great Western Chamber" suddenly rose, and Xianer and Dawahua danced with handkerchiefs to the rhythm of the instrumental music and came on stage.The two appeared one by one, and the audience immediately burst into applause and cheers.Chen Wuye said: "This girl can fascinate people without makeup, but with makeup on, it's so fucking irresistible, she's a living vixen." The third aunt said: "You, you are evil." Chen Wuye said: "Is this still evil? Look at me tonight." The third aunt said: "Virtue!" Chen Wuye stood up and said to the visitor: "Everyone, after a while, it will be a good show. Keeping it will open your eyes." The visitor said, "Wu Ye, what is the color? Let's talk about it." Chen Wuye said: "If you don't expose the pot until the time comes, you can take care of it!" When the play sang, when Zhang Sheng and Yingying met, Wang Laoyong, Da Jiji and other troupe all stared nervously at Xian'er.Under the stage, Chen Wuye stood up again and said: "Everyone, keep your eyes open, it's time to see the red-hot moment—'Xiao Qiuyan' blah!" On the stage, Xian'er heard Chen Wuye's roar, and obediently pulled out a piece of silk from the back of her waist, but it was a large piece of white silk!It is really conspicuous on the red stage.The audience in the audience was stunned with a wow, and the musicians on the stage were also at a loss, stopped the belongings in their hands, and the music stopped suddenly! Wang Laoyong and the big machine turned pale with shock.Under the stage, Mr. Chen Wu was furious and said: "Xiao Qiuyan, you were not beaten by someone. You ruined my good deed. I will never end with you! Tonight will be endless!" He overturned the table.On the stage, Xian'er looked at Chen Wuye sternly, which made Chen Wuye even more annoyed. He pointed at Xian'er and said furiously, "You're just an idiot, dare to compete with me! Catch her!" The Chen family nursing home ran onto the stage from all directions, and the stage was in chaos in an instant!On the side of the stage, Wang Laoyong said desperately: "It's ruined, the jobs of the troupe are ruined, it's completely ruined!" Xian'er was imprisoned in the Chen family's wing, Wang Laoyong bit the bullet and asked Chen Wuye to intercede, Chen Wuye said to Wang Laoyong who was standing with his hands down: "It's useless to say that you can break the sky, I'm being polite. Damn, if you bother me again, not only will you pay me money, but you will also be sent to the government to sit in jail!" Wang Laoyong said: "Fifth Master, if you insist on doing this, you will kill people. I know, I'm strong." Chen Wuye said, "Well, you have to ride a strong horse when you ride a horse, and you have to play a strong woman when you play with a woman. That's exciting." Wang Laoyong still wanted to argue, but Chen Wuye suddenly sneered and said: "Then I'm sorry for you, Team Leader Wang, let you taste the power first!" With a wave of his hand, Chen Wuye rushed into several nursing homes, bound Wang Laoyong out of the house without any explanation.The wooden frame has already been prepared outside the house.The crowd escorted Wang Laoyong and hung him on a wooden frame, his body in the shape of the character "big".A servant with a full face was waiting by the side with a long whip in his hand.Chen Wuye sat down in front of the wooden frame, took a sip of tea, and ordered: "Call everyone from the troupe, and Miss Xian'er. They usually sing operas for others to watch, and let them watch the opera today." Let's go." Several servants brought Xian'er to the courtyard, and Big Machine and others also led in.Chen Wuye didn't raise his head, but raised his finger, and the big man with the whip swung his whip at Wang Laoyong.At first, Wang Laoyong was still stiff, but after a while, his yelling resounded in the courtyard, the jacket on his body was already torn into pieces, and bloodstains were clearly visible.Xian'er looked at Wang Laoyong with grief and indignation.The big machine cried and persuaded Xian'er, saying: "Xian'er, you should do it! If this continues, the master's life will be gone, and the theater troupe will still have to live! It's useless to say anything else now." Weeping silently, speechless for a while.The big machine sighed and said, "God, can you really not keep your eyes open?" Da Wahua walked up to Xian'er and said, "Xian'er, when things get serious, you just have the heart to watch everyone enter the classroom? Please, I will kneel down for you." Wang Laoyong, who was hanging on the shelf, suddenly raised his head and said sternly: "What are you doing? You are forcing Xian'er to death! As seniors, how could you do this? The big machine, with the juniors and Xian'er, let's go! I'm going to die! Even if I die, I can't let Chen get what he wants! Go! Go! Go now—" With tears in their eyes, Big Machine and others crawled up to Wang Laoyong and cried, "Master—" Xian'er, who was always crying and speechless, approached Wang Laoyong, choked up and said, "Master, we all have to live well!" She went straight to Chen Wuye and said in a low voice: "Put my master down." Chen Wuye made a release gesture to the nursing home next to him, stared at Xian'er and asked, "Miss Xian'er, you have to show something." " Xian'er stopped talking, bowed his head and entered Chen Wuye's room.Wang Laoyong, who was hanging on the shelf, cried with tears in his eyes: "Xian'er, you can't go!" Xian'er turned away, as if she didn't hear... People from the troupe including Big Machine, Big Wax Flower, and Little Mimi knelt on the ground and looked at Xian'er's back.The big machine burst into tears, and suddenly, like crazy, it kowtowed fiercely and wailed loudly!Wang Laoyong, who had been put down, burst into tears... All the members of the Wang family troupe knelt in front of the tablet of the patriarch, and Wang Laoyong murmured a prayer: "The patriarch blesses and blesses Xian'er to come back safely! We are sorry for Xian'er, but there is really no other way. In the hands of others, we are a piece of meat on the cutting board!" Suddenly the door was pushed open, and a nursing home of the Chen family walked in and said, "The man has been sent back to you, but Mr. Chen Wu said that this matter is fine, you go! Bring it in!" The four nurses carried Xian'er who was lying on the door into the house. Xian'er's hair was disheveled, her clothes were disheveled, and her eyes were closed.Everyone stared blankly, Wang Laoyong leaned down and called softly: "Xian'er..." Xian'er slowly opened his eyes, looked at Master weakly and said, "Master, let's go." The cold wind howls, and the vegetation withers.Amidst the shrill suona sound, the carriage of the Wang family troupe got on the road again.Xian'er lay on the car and said to Da Wahua, "Brother, call the master, let me ask you a question." Da Wahua ran to Wang Laoyong and said, "Master, Xian'er wants to talk to you." Wang Laoyong hurried to the side of the carriage and said, "Xian'er, what do you want to say to the master?" Xian'er said weakly, "Master, shall we go north?" Wang Laoyong said, "Yes, go further. You’ll be in Heilongjiang.” Xian’er sighed, “Why is Guandong so big?” Wang Laoyong said, “Let’s stop and go and sing as we walk, the road feels far away.” There were tears on Xian'er's cheeks again: "Master, I can't stay with the troupe, staying here will always cause trouble for you, leave me behind, I won't go." Wang Laoyong wiped his tears and said: "Xian'er Son, you saved everyone’s life, so let’s go where you want to find your man, even if we carry you to Yuanbao Town!” Xian’er said: “Master, you can’t, you can’t do it for me. Cut off everyone's livelihood, who in our team has no family concerns? Everyone's rice bowl is here!" Wang Laoyong said: "Xian'er, don't talk about it, you can have a bowl of rice anywhere, we must take you Send it to Yuanbao Town!" Xian'er said: "Master, if I don't leave, I will die on the road, and I won't look for him anymore, I will have no face to see him." Wang Laoyong said: "You want to go back to your hometown? "Xian'er said: "I won't go back either." Wang Laoyong: "Then where are you going?" Xian'er said: "First find a place to live and think about it." Wang Laoyong pondered for a while, then said: "Xian'er, how about this, I have an acquaintance in a nearby village, I will leave some money for you, and you go to his place to recuperate first. When you recover quickly, you can go straight to Chimney Hill , there is a lumber camp there, I asked my friend Old One Arm, he is my life and death friend, he will definitely take you in.” Xian’er said: “Thank you, Master.” Wang Laoyong said emotionally: “Xian’er, we No matter what difficulties you encounter, you must live well!" Xianer smiled slightly and said, "Master, Xianer remembers." With tears in his eyes, Wang Laoyong said with a smile: "Xian'er, we are master and apprentice, we love each other like a father and daughter, and we are about to break up now, don't blame me as a master who has no ability--" Seeing that the master is very sad, Xian'er interrupts the master on purpose He said: "Master, from the time I met you to now, Xian'er has never heard your opera." Wang Laoyong understood what Xian'er meant, and said quickly: "My child, today, Master sings "Song of Songs" for you. "Shadow Formation". Everyone smack the guy up!" Wang Jiaban sang while walking, twisting and shouting in the autumn wind, and the desolate tone echoed in the vast and vast world: The autumn wind is bleak, the trees are sluggish, and the golden husbands are still panning for gold in the Hetao, shivering with cold.Jin walked up with his stick in his head, and shouted, "Guys, Mr. Cui from Xigou is going to play tricks on us. We spent a lot of money to occupy these pits, and many lives were lost. We can't Give it away, or it will be a waste of work for a year! I have prepared everything, and they will come and cut him one by one, whoever backs off is a coward!" Xiao Jinli shouted: "They are coming!" Sure enough, a group of men in the distance waved While running with a wooden stick, he shouted: "Take back our pit, fight them!" Holding a short stick in his head, Jin shouted: "Guys, hit me, the golden pit is our life!" The gold men rushed to face the intruder.Niu Dejin jumped up, but Zhu Kaishan didn't hold him back.The two gangs of gold men started a big fight to win the gold field, and the fight was bloody and bloody. At this time, Jin Baotou slipped quietly behind the big rock and hid, Zhu Kaishan followed closely behind, dragging the little gold grain. Jin shook his head and said in surprise: "You..." Zhu Kaishan sneered and asked, "What about you?" Jin turned his head and said, "I..." Zhu Kaishan said, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you." He glanced at Zhu Kaishan.Zhu Kaishan chuckled. The cavalry of officers and soldiers came and suppressed the funny people on both sides. There was a scuffle in the Hetao, and rows of Shandong gold diggers fell down...Zhu Kaishan watched silently. On the river loop after the fight, there was a strong smell of blood, and the groans of the injured rang out together, making people tremble in their hearts.Zhu Kaishan helped Niu Dejin who was dying, and Niu Dejin said intermittently: "Old Zhu, I can't do it anymore, I regret coming here, my gold bumps are buried under that walnut tree in the forest, if I can bring them Go out, exchange some money and give it to my wife, they are waiting for the money to survive..." before finishing speaking, he died. It's really howling the autumn wind, and the mountains and rivers are sad.The gold husbands buried the brothers who died in the big fighting, and there were more than a dozen more Shandong graves on the hillside.Zhu Kaishan said to the crowd in grief and indignation: "Brothers, I think we should all use our brains to think about how to get out alive. Otherwise, we may have to be buried here someday. For our parents, Wife and children, we can't just leave here in a daze. But, then again, it's not good to go out right now. During this time, everyone has to use their brains and think of a way. Of course, more importantly, They can all live in peace and security, find the best opportunity and break out!" The gold husbands listened with different expressions. The mountain place Mr. Wang mentioned is in the depths of a mountain forest.A heavy snow has just fallen, and the mountains and plains are all white, adding a sense of silence to the mountain field. The old one-armed wood gang leader was drinking with a woman.This woman is tall and big, and she speaks in a rough voice, which is a bit of a man's crispness.Because she still wears a red turban on her head, all the young and old in Shanchang call her a red turban.The old one-armed man took a sip of the burning knife and said, "It's snowing a lot, and it's really hard to keep out the cold without this thing." The red scarf grinned.The old one-arm was taken aback, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" The red scarf said, "I have another way to keep out the cold." The old one-arm understood, and said with a smile, "How busy are you with so many people in the mountain field? You are a bear." The red turban smiled and said: "If you want to open a restaurant, you are not afraid of big belly." The door opened, and with a plop, a snowman fell in.The old one-armed man didn't look back and said, "Here comes another man who shoots the mountain gate!" The red scarf quickly jumped off the big kang and went up to check, exclaiming, "Come on, it's a woman! As soon as the mountain market opened, it came to do the skin business again." Yes." The old one-armed man said indifferently: "Dead or alive? If she is dead, throw her down the mountain to feed the wolves. If she is still alive, give her hot soup and hot rice and send her down the mountain. Yesterday I made a Dream, I dreamed that the old man said that the mountain farm can’t save face recently.” The red scarf ran outside the door and grabbed a handful of snow, rubbed the woman awake with the snow, stretched out her hands again, and slapped her all over red. , Let her blood flow.The red turban said: "Hey, what a pretty face!" This snowman is exactly the old one-armed Xian'er who has been rushing around to join him.Xian'er looked around the room and said weakly, "Where have I been?" The red turban said rudely: "You don't have to ask, you're just a rascal, what are you doing here?" Xian'er said weakly, "Sister, I'm from Shandong, and I came here after breaking through the customs." The red turban said: "Breaking outside the customs? What are you doing here?" Xian'er said, "Oh, I got separated from my son-in-law who has never been married, and I have nowhere to go. Eldest sister, please, give me a stutter, and I will tell you in detail." Hong The scarf broke off a piece of pancake, poured a bowl of water, and said, "Here! Talk to me while eating." Xian'er gnawed on the pancake and said, "Sister, I ran out from my hometown with my son-in-law who has never been through the door. He came from outside, who knew that something happened to him on the way, he was about to die, in order to save his life, I had no choice but to sell myself..." Xian'er finished talking about the hard journey with snot and tears, but the red scarf sneered: "Pull it down, I don't believe that there are still such infatuated women as you in the world?" Xian'er said: "Elder sister, believe it or not!" , I’m telling the truth.” The red turban said: “Anyway, tell the truth, and I’ll send you down the mountain when you’re full. Let’s go.” Then he went out, put on the snow sledge, went back to the house and said, “Go Ah, stop moaning!" Dragging Xian'er onto the snow sledge. Xian'er grabbed the snow sledge and refused to leave, begging: "Sister, I really have nowhere to go, please, please leave me, I can do whatever you want!" Out. Xian'er hugged the old one-armed arm and said, "Grandpa, you just have pity on me and leave me alone." She suddenly found that the old sheepskin jacket had only an empty sleeve, and said in surprise and joy, "Grandpa, you are the old man. One-armed?" The old one-armed said angrily, "You call me this old one-armed man!" Xian'er said, "Grandpa, do you know Wang Laoyong?" The old one-armed said, "You mean Wang Laoyong from the Wang family troupe. Why don’t you recognize him? He’s my brother-in-law, we’re life-and-death friends.” Xian’er said pleasantly, “Grandpa, I’m his apprentice, Xiao Qiuyan!” The old one-armed man said in shock, “Ah? It's Xiao Qiuyan? I've heard of it, why did you come here? Talk in the room." Xian'er had already burst into tears.The old man looked up to the sky with one arm and sighed: "Oh, I didn't expect such a catastrophe for Wang Laoyong. Did he ask you to join me?" Xian'er said: "Master saw that I really had nowhere to go, so he sent me to join you Yes. This is great, I have found a home, Grandpa, you can leave me." The old one-armed man remained silent. Xian'er said, "Grandpa, did you agree?" The old one-armed man pointed to the red scarf, and said, "Xiao Hong, there is still half a wild roe deer buried in the snow nest at the door, give it to Xian'er, you should send her down the mountain." Xian'er was shocked and said: "Grandpa, you Don’t take me in?” The old one-armed man said: “Son, it’s not that I don’t take you in, this old forest is either a place for women, or a man who stays here for a year will have to peel off his skin, this is not a place for you to serve , you should find another way of life." Xian'er said: "Grandpa, I am desperate and have nowhere to go, so you can leave me." The old one-armed said mercilessly: "Don't say anything extra, give it to me quickly." Leave!" But the red scarf got angry and said: "You old one-armed, old rogue stick, why don't you show any friendship at all? People have come all the way to defect to you, and you are the one who took your brother's apprentice, why can't you give her your brother's apprentice?" A bowl of rice?" The old one-armed man slapped the table and shouted, "You know what! Is she the same as you? She is the daughter of a good family! Where are we here? Who are they? If she learns here Broken, am I worthy of my brother? Huh?" The red scarf said: "How do you know that she can learn to be bad? I am lonely on the mountain alone, and a younger sister just happened to come, so you keep her as my companion. I sell my kang, and she can sing. If you support yourself, won’t our mountain place be lively? Today, I will skip the pot and go to the kang. If you stay, you have to stay, or if you don’t stay, you have to stay! Xian’er, come with me, and see what he can do to you So!" After saying that, he led Xian'er to the back room.The old one-armed man looked at the backs of the two and said to himself: "Stay, it's troublesome to stay, and the day of suffering is coming! You can't get white cloth out of the dye vat!" Xian'er said gratefully: "Sister Hong, thank you." The red scarf said: "Thank you for what? You are a waste of time. Xian'er, you stayed but you stayed, really want to rely on singing for a living?" Xian'er said: "Yeah "The red scarf said: "Are you going to stay for a long time or stay for two days before leaving?" Xian'er said: "I have no idea." The red scarf said: "Are you planning to find your man?" Xian'er shook her head.The red scarf said, "Afraid he won't want you?" Xian'er nodded.The red scarf said angrily: "All the stinky men in the world have the same virtue. They play with women everywhere. Touching their own women is like digging their ancestral graves."Xian'er said, "Sister Hong, what's the matter with you?" The red scarf said angrily: "Remembering what the old man said just now, I feel angry. I am not the daughter of a good family? I think back then I was also a girl with a yellow flower, promised to be a daughter-in-law to a rich family in the neighboring village, and before I got married A few nights ago, I went to the theater, and I asked some bloody ghost to touch my butt, and I yelled 'ah', and my son-in-law didn't want me anymore. Am I wronged or not!" Xian'er said: "What happened later?" The red scarf said: "Afterwards it stinks at home, and the blind and the lame even want me." Xian'er said: "You will never get married again?" The red scarf said bitterly "No. I'm not married, and I'm not idle. Since then, I've been stealing men everywhere, stealing a family, and destroying the whole family. Later, they caught me, tied me up and threw me into the river. It was my fate." Damn it, the old one-armed man saved me, and I followed him into the mountains after that." Xian'er said, "Sister Hong, I didn't expect your life to be so miserable." 红头巾说：“鲜儿，要我说，你死活不能找你男人了，你不是黄花闺女了，他指定不会要你了，就是要了你，你在他面前一辈子也别想抬头了。一个女人，怎么活不是一辈子？我现在活得就挺痛快。你还唱什么戏？像我一样，卖，谁给钱就卖给谁，痛痛快快有什么不好？你说呢？” 鲜儿说：“红姐，我不卖，我只卖艺不卖身，只要在山场子有口饭吃，我可以给木把子唱戏，做饭，缝洗衣裳。”红头巾说：“傻不傻死了你！你年轻，长得又俊，出手就是好价，趁年轻攒两个钱，攒够了下山，有钱怎么不能找个对心思的主儿？”鲜儿摇头说：“红姐，我不能那么做，就是杀了我也做不出来！”红头巾说：“哼，还是没逼到时候，逼到时候了，扔块饼子你都能干。” 正说着，门外传来木帮伙计的喊声：“红头巾，开门，哥儿几个来了，给你焐被窝呢。”红头巾说：“我的主顾来了，你先躲避一下。”鲜儿慌忙躲到外屋的暗处。红头巾欢快地喊：“来了，排好队没有？别像上回似的打起来！”开门把几个爷们引到里屋说，“进去吧，大炕热乎乎的，把腚烫秃噜皮不包赔。”不一会儿里屋传来了打情骂俏的浪声。 鲜儿吓得开门跑出屋子。老独臂正在屋里烤着火，喝着小酒。鲜儿小心地跑进屋，倚着门，抚着胸口，惊魂未定。老独臂踢过一个木墩子，没吱声，鲜儿坐下。两个人烤着火，一句话也没有。