Chapter 2 two

Laughing: "Then what should I do?" Nixi put her hands behind her back, lowered her head, and gently kicked his foot into his bathtub, saying: "She persuaded me to get married." Yahya said: "Marry? Marry with whom? What about it?" Nixi was so angry that her teeth were itching, she staggered him with a palm, nearly slipped and fell into the water, and cursed: "You're slandering me again!" Yahya laughed and said: "Did Mrs. Melanie act as a matchmaker for you?" Nixi turned away and took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe her eyes. Yahya sat on the edge of the bathtub, washing his feet slowly, the steam was steaming, like the white smoke of sandalwood in front of the shrine, he was a dark golden smiling Buddha.He laughed:

"It's weird, what she said has filled your ears and heart. You joined the church, and you will persuade me to join the church tomorrow. Maybe you will go to the church to make up for the wedding!" Ni Xi gushed He turned around, put one hand on his hips, and pointed at him with the other: "I know what you mean. I am not worthy to be your woman, and you will marry another woman in the future. I said it was in the head, but I forgive you for not listening: the rotation is not round, the cut is round, you are married to a bright matchmaker, a couple with flowers and candles, it may not necessarily be better than me. Yahya said: "The water is cold, you can add some more to me." Nixi suddenly picked up the kettle and poured the boiling water on his legs, shouting sharply: "You will be scalded to death!"Burn you to death! "

Yahya was taken aback, and jumped up, although her skin was not crumpled, her skin was red, and she felt a little pain.Before he could take a closer look, the water dripped out of the basin and kicked Nixi a few times. Nixi sat on the ground and cried, Yahya flew away in a circle, kicked her to the ground again, and shouted: "You dare to cry!" Nixi supported herself and sat up and said: "Why am I crying? I Save the tears for washing your heels, and I don't have to cry for you!" She said, still choked up. Yahya's anger gradually calmed down, she took a towel and wiped her body dry, put on her clothes, sat down on the chair, brought Mrs. Tang over to warm her, and said, "Cry again, I don't like it anymore." Moved the chair in front of Nixi, clasped Nixi's shoulders between her knees, put the soup pot behind her neck, and said with a smile, "You'll be scalded to death! You'll be scalded to death!" Nixi just moved around, ignoring him.

Yahya smiled and said: "No wonder my sister is anxious to get married, she is old and has an illegitimate child." Ni Xi sighed for a long time and said, "Don't mention the child! Holding it in my hand, I just It's sour, I don't know if he will still be my child tomorrow. You have a wife tomorrow, and you have put me in a superfluous name. I don't know whether to keep me or not. If you keep me, you have to Drive me into the backyard to light a fire and chop wood. My child will not recognize me as a mother when he grows up?" Yahya inserted her hand into her collar, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you today, full of complaints?" Nixi threw his hand, and a carp stood up straight, and said angrily: " Knowing that people feel uncomfortable, what do you want to do to me?" Yahya looked at her and smiled, "It's also my own fault, I have spoiled you, and I get angry every now and then." Nixi jumped to her feet and said "When did you get used to me? You made more clothes for me, made more jewelry, bought snacks for me with a lot of money?" Yahya said with a downcast face, "I didn't You play jewellery, where am I going to lose you?

Less your food or less your clothes. Nixi sneered and said, "I'll just tell you: a thief, a slave, a young woman, it's just the season, eat less and wear nothing, three points are like people, seven points are like ghosts, and you won't be able to eat for three days at this time." , she got so used to it that she forgot what she was supposed to do, she didn't go up or down! ——You will never forget my origin, and you will never forget that you bought me! " Yahya sucked her lower lip, and said calmly: "Since you are afraid of mentioning this, why do you say to everyone: 'He bought me for 120 yuan'—in case they don't know?" Ni Xi paused, then Fang said: "This is because you forced me. Who told you not to save me face in front of others, and scolded me here and there. The little sisters were all angry on my behalf, blaming me for being so useless. Everyone has a face, a tree has bark, you didn't buy me, so I let you bully me?" As he spoke, he wanted to cry again.Yahya said: "It's fine to tell you about being a sister. When you shouldn't hook up with a man, you should also say: 'He bought me for one hundred and twenty yuan. You treat me as a lover. Darling?'"

Ni Xidou's face was flushed red, and she said: "The thief beheaded, when did you see me hooking up with a man?" Yahya didn't answer.Nixi squatted down, rubbed the towel with the water in the tub, and muttered, "Which thief is chewing his tongue and spitting blood in front of you? I'll give him my life!" Looking at her, she said, "Guess who?" Nixi said, "You're cheating me, aren't you? Tell me not to tell myself. You beat me to death, and I won't even name you. !" Yahya yawned: "I'm tired today, I won't hit you, just yawn. Go and serve the food."

Nixi wrung out the towels and hung them on the rope outside the window. She also carried the tub out and put it in the corner of the stairs. She called out to the apprentices in the shop to come up and clean it up, and she went to wipe the dirt on the floor of the room herself. Shui Dian, while busy, yelled: "Putting people around, there is still time to hook up with men! I haven't seen this stupid king, I heard that the wind is rain..." The apprentice sent the child up.The one-year-old yellow-and-black child fell asleep in a pink velvet swaddle.Nixi asked: "It's so cold, where did you take him?" The apprentice said: "My brother is in the kitchen watching them stew pig's feet!" Nixi sniffed the air and said: "No one Pregnant, what sour pig's feet to eat?" Put the child on the bed and cook by himself.

The towels, shirts and trousers hanging outside the window had already been covered with a layer of frost in an hour or two, and they were frozen stiff. In the twilight, only pale shadows could be seen on one side.This is a bit of snow in the south. It is a clear blue night, but there is no sympathy or understanding between the two people here. Although they are both young and beautiful, they are also greedy for each other's beauty and youth, and have given birth to children together. Mrs. Melanie passed by Yahya's silk shop and walked in to visit.Nixi was carrying the child in a bag on her back, and was working in the kitchen.In the cold weather and the twelfth lunar month, a pair of red hands were immersed in cold water to wash the copper hanger, and the surroundings of the copper nails were covered with snow-white lard.The two had a heart-to-heart talk.Because her hands were dirty, Nixi lowered her head, raised her shoulders, shed tears on her clothes indiscriminately, and whimpered, "What hope do I have?

Now that he has no one else, even if he refuses to want me, when he has someone, will there still be room for me in his house?The drums didn't beat and the words didn't make sense, and only then did I know his heart. Melanie persuaded: "We have to think broadly about everything."How have you been here all these years?There is no rush at this moment.Now you are guarding your son and setting up the family, what are you afraid of? Nixi said: "Master Mei, you don't know that a strong man will not make a fortune in his life, so he must guard a ready-made wife and make do with it."However, he has been doing business smoothly in the past two years, either because of my helper luck or because my child has hard feet-but how can he admit his account?

You can see that he is vigorous and vigorous outside, and he is a man, so I am not allowed to show up, lest people know that he has a woman.What kind of heart do you think he is at ease?If it is said that I was born with this material and I am not worthy of seeing people, what kind of background is he?Bringing up his basic foundation, it's all just laughing out loud! "Melanie hurriedly said: "My good grandma, what shame do you have?I have seen countless ladies and ladies on the scene. In terms of appearance and speech, which one is half as good as yours?I think it's because you are so popular that if you stick to it, you will stick to it. He is afraid that you will be torn off by someone. " Nixi couldn't help but chuckle.

At the beginning, Yahya bought Nixi because the family needed such a woman, so she simply bought one, saving money and trouble, and did not consider her identity.Later, when she saw that she was an outstanding talent, she also wanted to treat her as a regular wife, and because of her bad temper, she was afraid that she would get drunker and drunker. Since she was his wife, she dared not reveal this meaning.Over time, after seeing through Nixi's character, this feeling became even more lightened. Nixi suffered too much torture when she was a child. In the first few years, she still felt haggard and thin. Gradually, she grew up and became more beautiful. The color of her face was red and yellow, like gems mixed in. Powder-like, extraordinarily fresh.Stopping at the door of the store in my free time will attract everyone inside and outside.Only Yahya never looked at her with admiration.She was angry with Yahya, and the only way to maintain her self-esteem was to flirt anytime and anywhere—she was a strong person in the pornographic circle, but once she got out of that range, she was the mud under people's feet. How Yahya allowed her to make troubles of her own accord, and it was inconvenient to beat her openly for those things, for fear that her mouth would be yelled like Huaihong, and everyone would know;Yahya was a little confused with a young widow surnamed Yu outside, and when Nixi found out, she didn't dare to point him out, because Yahya had already said before: "You take care of the housekeeper, take care of the children, just You are not allowed to control me!" Nixi had no choice but to get angry with him by using other topics, the two had a small quarrel every three days, and a big quarrel every five days, but they couldn't find peace. When Nixi was twenty-four years old, she had another daughter, who was baptized in a Catholic monastery and named Serita, and even the older boy was also baptized. At this time, Yahya's business was booming, and he was in charge of all aspects, and the silk and satin house was just a cover.Of course Mrs. Melanie came more frequently, and Changchuan Liushui was not the only one who came to visit her.When Nixi was pregnant, the family hired a maid to help, and she hired her for a long time after giving birth.Nixi felt that the upper and upper floors of the shop were too narrow, so she wanted to find another house, but Yaheya refused, so she just evicted the third tenant, vacated a room, and called craftsmen to paint the doors, windows, and walls, and the whole house had a new look.During the two days when the house was being cleaned, Yahya avoided staying at a friend's house, and Ni Xidai was going to live at the little sister's house, but he was worried.In a fit of anger, Nixi took her two children to the monastery to find Mrs. Melanie, and stayed overnight in the nursery hall hosted by the nuns. Although it was colder, it was a neat bungalow, with the sea breeze blowing, and it was a hundred times cooler than the silk shops in the downtown area. .Melanie didn't speak loudly, and said: "When I tell the dean, I will take two junior sisters up to the mountain to escape the summer heat." Nixi said, "Have you built a villa in the mountain? It's so rich!" Melanie laughed and said: "Where is it? It's the house that Mr. Mill gave me." Nixi said dumbfounded: "The house was given as a gift too?" Melanie laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you? What a big joke, and so did I." Playing with him, he said: "Mr. Mill, you have so many houses, give me one!" Who knows that I made a lie with a soft word, and he actually donated the newly built house next door to his house. I, said: 'Don't dislike it, let's be neighbors!'" Nixi tutted: "You don't have to tell me to listen to it. Next time we will make a relationship, so that we, who have small hands, will be even more difficult to get out. "Then he urged Melanie to go for a walk in the new house, and said: "Be sure to take me for a walk." Melanie was about to show off, so she went to the old nun to ask for instructions. Early the next morning, a group of seven Eight people, including Nixi's two children, were led by the maid, and went up the mountain to play in a bamboo sedan chair. The sedan chair passed a newly built section of flat avenue. Along the way, there were dense phoenix tails and fine fragrance, but there were few people. There was a small brown-black wooden house in the forest, which was the branch of the police station. A bamboo pole hung from a tree in the window. , hanging the red headscarves of the Indian police officers.The abyss green trees full of pits and valleys, one deep and one shallow, under the sun, there is no sound, and occasionally there is a pricking sound, because the firewood collectors have passed through.Looking down from the woodcutter's head, there is the small gray city of Hong Kong, the sea and the sky, the green mountains and green waters.But Nixi put a plain silk handkerchief over her face, covering her eyes, and said, "My face is as black as charcoal. When I go back, people won't recognize me." Then the tree branch messed up her hair, and angered the bearer Without looking around, she plucked off the flowers tucked into her temples and said: "It's so hot in the sun, after so long, it's as dry as jasmine in tea." Melanie said: "Are you anxious?" What? When you get there, you can have a basket.” Another aunt interjected, “I’m afraid it’s Japanese jasmine over there? It’s yellow, but it doesn’t have the fragrance.” Another aunt said, “We don’t have any, Mr. Mill’s. Yes, it's the same." Melanie said: "Most likely no one is at their house, and they said they went to Mogan Mountain to escape the summer heat." Nixi straightened her legs, tilted her head to look at her own feet, and said: "A pair of new shoes, just put on the feet, they are trampled dirty, those children in the nursery hall are like wild horses, you don't care about them!" He said again: "Next time you make shoes, the gold braids will not be inlaid on the top of the shoes. , It's weird!" The house of Mr. Mill was owned by Melanie, and it became a temple property. Therefore, two aunts in the monastery were assigned to watch it here. When they heard Melanie and the others coming, they greeted them and said with a smile: " Let the sedan chair go back, I will stay here for one night today, there is nothing to eat, but the eggs and cheese are ready-made." Melanie said: "We also brought ham and bacon, although it is enough to eat, we still go back Well, there will be a priest coming to worship tomorrow morning, and I will be on duty at the altar, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time." The aunts said: "Going down the mountain at night may be inconvenient." Nixi said, "There are patrolmen on the road, so what are you afraid of?" The aunts laughed and said, "Grandma, you don't know that in order to guard against robbers, some Indian patrols were stationed, and now we have to guard against Indian patrols again!" The crowd helped one of the oldest British nuns, Tieresh, into it.Tielisi was small and fat, with a dry red face and a pair of solid blue eyes under her white hair.If dolls also have an old day, they will look like that when they are old.The dog raised in the villa jumped on the person, but Tires, who was English, shouted in French: "Go away! Go away!" The dog ignored it, and Tires began to curse in French.A young aunt laughed and said, "You always speak French to it!" Tieres looked straight at her and said, "It doesn't understand human nature, how can it understand English?" Xiao Ni and the gardener smiled After Melanie glanced at her, she didn't dare to make a sound. Tie Lisi is no longer useful. When Melanie was in her prime of life, she was fat and big, with saber eyebrows and smiling eyes, and she was exquisite in all aspects. She led Nixi to see the house. It was really exquisite, with a square brick floor and green powder walls. , Jinhua snow magnetic cover foreign lamps, bamboo screen bamboo~*, there are also two antique plaques with split bamboo couplets; although the furniture is miscellaneous, it is also complete.Ni Xi was full of praise. As soon as Tie Liesi arrived, he urged dinner to be served, and a few Chinese aunts went to the stove, while the foreign aunts sat in the hall and waited.After eating, Tires went to take a nap, Melanie took out a deck of cards, and everyone played cards for fun, but Nixi clamored to go to the garden to have a look.Melanie smiled and said, "I didn't see you either—I'm afraid of getting sunburned on the road, but I'm not afraid of it anymore." Nixi stood at the glass door leading to the garden, took out a mirror with copper feet, leaned against the door frame, brushed her hair, and took out the mirror. Picking eyebrows, picking teeth, taking left and right photos, the white gleaming sunlight reflected on the zipper only flickers on the glass windows of the neighbor's house. Turning bored, I brought the child over and talked to him with my mouth in my mouth, grimaced, whistled, scared the child to tears, and said: "Don't cry, don't cry, just listen to the play!" Man Sheng sang Cantonese opera.The aunts laughed and said: "Grandma Lun's family is really rare. She plays, plays, plays and sings. She is good at everything." Is it right? Listening to this, it sounds like an expert." Nixi continued to sing with a smile, but didn't answer.After singing a verse, put the cool mirror on the child's mouth, bent down and called: "Bobobobobobo," taught the child to spit on the mirror, and said, "Is it cold? It's so cold, so cold." It's cold, it's freezing my good baby!" As she spoke, her whole body shivered for a while.The child laughed, and she laughed too, leaving the child behind and mingling with the crowd to play cards. After playing until the sun was setting, Tie Liesi got up and urged to eat some snacks. After eating for a whole hour, they saw that it was getting dark, and everyone just went to the garden for a change of air.All the nuns were dressed in black and in black skirts, with white-winged flying kite hats on their heads. They looked like huge white pansies in the dusk, with faces showing in the center of the flowers.Only Nixi combed her fashionable fur head and curled up her hair in the center of her head with a comb, with her crescent-shaped bangs hanging below and her long temples; she was wearing a pink Hangfang shirt and trousers, Rolling golden braids; although the feet have never been bound, they seem to be unsteady, only leaning on the person.Hooking shoulders and carrying a tree of egg yolk flowers - the egg yolk flower has white petals and yellow heart, which is exactly like a chicken with its shell removed, so it got its name - Nixi saw one by one, gathered a bunch, and handed it to the tree. Throw it in the grass nest.Seeing the papaya tree, I want to eat papaya again.Melanie protected the gall-like fruit with both hands, and said with a smile: "It's still early, when it's ripe, I will definitely treat you to eat." Nixi tore off a leaf and scratched it on her chin, squinting and smiling: "What's so rare about the things that are sold all over the street all year round? I see it, whether it's ripe or not, and it won't grow any bigger." While talking, a person poked his head on the wall, it was the gardener next door, and he greeted the gardener here: "Brother Ajin, please pick me up, our Mr. Mill gave Mrs. Melanie a gift. A can of chicken soup." Melanie hurriedly said: "I'm killing me, and Mr. Laumil is bothering you. If I knew your master was at home, I would have come to visit." The wall was built along the mound. Green and covered with climbing vines.The gardener over there stood on a high place and gave a foreign porcelain pot.A Jin carried the ladder up to pick it up. There was a short yellow powder railing on the top of the wall. Mr. Mill leaned on the railing and was directing the boys to carry the flower pots.Melanie didn't see him at first, but when she saw him clearly, she hurriedly greeted him.Mr. Mill turned around and nodded to this side, saying: "How are you, Mrs. Melanie?" A little yellow bird spread its wings to hold its nose, and the nose separated the eyes like a mountain, lest the left and right eyes are used to staring at others, and it would be hurtful to roll their eyes at each other.The top of his head is already bald, but if you want to know that he is bald, you have to go around behind him to find out, because his chin is raised too high. At that moment, Melanie laughed and said, "Mrs. Mill and the two young ladies have gone to escape the summer?" Mr. Mill responded.Melanie smiled and said: "Mr. Mier, it's really thanks to you that you are alone at home and don't go out for a stroll." Mr. Mier said: "There is no holiday in the yamen." Melanie said: "There is no holiday in the yamen, Madam I'm on vacation!" Mr. Mier smiled slightly and said, "Master Mei, so you are so bad!" Nixi couldn't help but boldly interjected: "Do you think all nuns are good? Go do it!" Try it as a nun, and you’ll know.” Although the grammar of her two English sentences is a little different and mixed with Cantonese, Mr. Mi Er understood, and said: “I’m not a woman, how can I be a nun? What about it?" Nixi laughed and said, "It's the same for being a monk for a year. If you become a priest, you'll have to go to the monastery frequently." Mr. Mill laughed loudly, and his yellow beard with his nose upright shrugged upwards. Shrugging, almost pushed his nose to the back of his head.From then on, she forgot to roll her eyes, and said to Melanie with a pleasant face: "This one speaks English really well." Melanie said: "Her family is now running one of the best silk shops in Hong Kong, specializing in the sales of high-class people. Business, why don’t you speak good English?” Mr. Mill said: “Oh, it’s weird!” Melanie then introduced: “Mr. Mill, Mrs. Lumkin.” Mr. Mill bent slightly with his hands behind his back bent over.At this time, Nixi turned around again, didn't pay much attention to it, just picked off a lemon leaf, kneaded the juice, put it in the palm of her hand, and sniffed it deeply. I only heard Mr. Namier say to Melanie: "I want to ask you something." Melanie asked what was the matter.Mr. Mill said: "My wife is not at home, the cook has no head, and the cooking is not as good as every day. Can you come and give him advice, okay?" Melanie wanted to show off, and said: "What's wrong? Mr. Ear, haven’t you eaten the Portuguese chowder I made? I’ll teach you to change it.” Mr. Mill said: “Excellent. It’s getting late, please come here. Have dinner with me. No Treat yourself, please." He added: "Mrs. Lumkin, please come here too. Have you ever eaten the Portuguese chowder made by Mrs. Melanie? You must try it." Said Then, a servant came to answer, Mr. Mill nodded to this side, turned his back, and walked away while speaking. Melanie is clearly discerning in her chest.If the ordinary master and wife have some personal affairs, she doesn't mind much if she is asked to share some of the relationship.If Nixi and Yahya can grow old forever, Melanie will hold her in her hand, and she will ask for help in the future. I am not afraid that she will not respond to her requests, and she will give ten for ten.But depending on the situation, Yahya and Nixi will never last long.Once separated, Yahya will inevitably feel a little bit reluctant to part with each other. At that time, she would go to the bottom of the matter and bring out the past to her heart's content, not to mention Nixi's fault, but to blame the matchmaker, which is also human nature.Melanie was absolutely unwilling to offend Jahya, so she hesitated a lot.When looking at Nixi, she just smiled.He tugged at the skirt of his clothes, turned around to look at the heels of his shoes, as if he was about to decide to keep the promise.Melanie had no choice but to cough and said, "Are you happy to go for a walk too?" Nixi smiled and said: "I know that you can still cook good dishes! I ate it today, and I'm still full of people's glory!"