Chapter 5 Fives

The clock stopped, and I didn't know what time it was. Nixi lost her way in the wilderness of time.It was not yet dawn, and a rooster crowed was heard in the distance.After resting for a long time, there was a cluck, but it was still night in the city, and it was still night at sea.The dying person on the bed has become a god before he dies, he understands everything and forgives everything. Nixi lay on top of him and wept till dawn. The next day, probably because Yaofang vomited out what was on her mind, she felt better.Nixi didn't close her eyes all night, she still kept her spirits up and continued to stew medicine.

Seeing that Cui Yuming was nowhere to be found, the shopkeeper told him that the boss had sent him to the branch in Causeway Bay to do something. Nixi guessed that he was going to take over the accounts for audit, but she was just unsure, and wished to bring him up to him and ask him for clarification.After lunch, Yaofang's nephew brought a silver official to visit her, and persuaded Nixi to see two longevity trees, and she was very happy.Two more family members came here one after another. When Nixi saw his family members, she was a little bit worried. She took the time to pack a few valuable jewelry into a small package, and went out for an excuse. She only said that she went to the Monastery in Causeway Bay to find foreigners. The doctor came to give Yaofang an injection, and went straight to the house of her little sister who sang Cantonese opera, and sent her things there.He couldn't let go of Yuming, so he rushed to the branch to look for him.

The rickshaw was dragged to the King's Road, it really is a secluded place, a newly opened road, a strip of three-story houses along the street, lonely town houses, there are mounds behind, and mounds across the street, occasional growth on the dry yellow mounds A skinny green prickly cactus.The dry yellow sun shone on the mound, and the shadows of the cactus gradually became crooked. Nixi sat in the rickshaw looking for the signboard of Tongchuntang, found the last house, identified the name, jumped out of the car to pay, in this desolate area, it is rare to see such an enchanting woman, quite a few people came out watch.Cui Yuming came out in a panic, dragged her to the back of the house, into the chaotic mountains, and complained: "My mother, why did you rush here so recklessly? Everyone in the Dou family is gearing up to fight against you. You must It's not that they don't know, why bother to put something in their hands?" Ni Xi rolled his eyes at him and said:

"Missing you! Missing you, is it wrong to remember you?" The two leaned against the wall, sticking together, inseparable.Nixi whispered: "The old man told me everything. I still don't understand what's going on." Yuming said: "I don't understand either." Nixi said: "Did you really write the evidence?" Yu Ming nodded.Nixi said, "Is the key account book handed over to you?" Yu Ming nodded.Nixi asked: "What did he say to you?" Yuming said: "He didn't say anything, he just said that he saw me as an adult, treated me as his own nephew, and told me to do business well in the future." Nixi nodded Said: "Stop talking, it made me feel sore. I'm sorry for him." Can't help but shed tears.

Yuming said: "Why did you sneak out today?" Nixi said: "I just said that I will go to the monastery to invite the doctor. I see his air, he may not die for a while, there will always be a few days' delay .I am anxious to meet you and have a word with you." The two got tired of it for a while, Nixi felt like a fire in her heart, pulled him and said, "I went to the store to have a look, but I don't know where this place is. It’s not enough to live in—it’s too dilapidated.” Yuming said: “You can’t show your face today, the people in the store are all old people, the guys are okay, there is a accountant, he and Dou Our nephews have contacts, so it's inconvenient for him to see you. Fortunately, we don't care about this moment." Nixi said, "I think you sent him away as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble." Yuming said: "Why don't I If you don’t think so, you won’t be able to save your face for a while.” Nixi said, “Give him two more months’ money, and it’s settled?” Yuming said, “These two days have been messed up, and I can’t afford the money. Nixi said: "This is easy. Tomorrow I will exchange a golden hairpin for you. I think it is a little clumsy in style. I will change it and make it again in the future."

Immediately, she hurriedly left Yuming and rushed to the affiliated hospital of the monastery. It happened that the doctor she knew well was on a visit. The golden hairpin was brought.Unexpectedly, that little sister of hers took a bite out of it, and said with certainty that nothing had ever been sent to her.It's exactly: don't believe in the straight and the straight, and guard against benevolence.Ni Xiwai wanted to fight her desperately, but didn't dare to yell out, trembling with anger, she walked out the door, unable to make up her mind for a while, feeling full of grievances, absolutely unable to go home and serve the person who is still alive, there is only one urgent What she thought: She wanted to tell Yu Ming the whole story, even if she couldn't ask him for advice, it would be better if he was angry with her.

On a second thought, he immediately called a Dongyang car and dragged it to Tongchun Hall on Emperor's Road.At this time, it was getting late, and the mounds and city houses had turned into black shadows. The sky behind the mounds was a soft blue color, with many irritating little gold stars.All the shops in this row had door panels, but Tong Chuntang dug a small square hole in the door panel, and pasted a piece of red paper on the hole, which read "Midnight recipe, please go through the back door." Behind the paper was a bowl of lamps. , the red light, but red has a meaning. Nixi wanted to go around to the back, and listened to the wind blowing in the wasteland and the dogs barking, she felt terrified, because she raised her hand and patted the door panel, and after two pats, someone asked who to look for, Nixi said:

"Look for someone surnamed Cui." After a while, Yuming's voice asked who it was, and Nixi said, "It's me." Yu Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "Here we are." He walked from the back door to the front, stomped his feet and said: "Why don't you go back?" Nixi said, "I have something important to tell you." Yuming coughed and said, "You——what are you planning? You insist on staying here overnight! I don't want to fight for this day. Nixi hugged him around his neck, and in the shadow of the red light, she looked straight into his eyes and said, "I insist on spending the night here."

Yuming had no choice but to say, "I'll go see if the accountant has left, just wait a moment." He entered through the back door, delayed for a while, opened a wooden door, let Nixi in, and said that People are gone.He looked different, and Nixi felt suspicious, and decided not to tell him about the lost jewelry, and made a mistake, as long as he came here to talk to him sincerely.After staying for one night, things between men and women can't be faked sometimes, and Nixi's suspicions became more and more serious. Yuming said on the pillow: "I stopped you again and again, don't blame me, I'm doing it for your own good! Once the old man dies, the Dou family will inevitably have a fight with you. You let them catch the wrong place, and you will inevitably die. Don’t be afraid of him, you still have things left at home, and you can’t get them out no matter what.” Nixi smiled and said, “I store all the important things at my sister’s house.” Yuming said, “Actually, why bother It’s the same when you bring it here.” Nixi poked him with her finger and said, “If you say you’re careful, you’re an idiot. I’m not afraid of them coming here to mess around!” Yu Ming Taking advantage of the situation, she squeezed her hand, a handkerchief was tied around her wrist, and a bunch of keys were tied to the handkerchief.Yuming groped and said, "It's hard, there are marks on my hand." Nixi turned over, put her hand under the pillow, and said, "It's so annoying!

I'm going to sleep. " Waking up early the next day, Yuming went downstairs to urge them to prepare porridge. Nixi opened the door and called out loudly: "It's all for the rice, tell them to fetch face water." Yuming asked on the stove: "Huh? What about the pot of boiling water just now?" A question came out, as if regretting a slip of the tongue, the apprentice didn't answer, and he didn't ask, Nixi listened to it.After a while, Yuming brought a pot of water, and Nixi bent over to wash her face. The door was closed, and there was a gap under the door. At first glance, a white light leaked out from the gap. It grew slowly, then shortened, and disappeared. Gently pushed open the door next door, then gently closed it again.Without thinking, she rushed out with water all over her face, Yuming couldn't stop her, she had already bumped into the next room, and there was a young woman dressed in the country in the room, although she was yellow and black, she had a beautiful face. Somewhat handsome, with a pair of tangled feet, gargling by itself.Nixi scolded, "Who is this?" Yuming couldn't answer, but the woman was deeply blessed, called her sister, and said, "I was married by his mother, and I have been married for two years. Nixi asked Yuming, "Where does your mother have the money to marry you?" Yuming said, "It was the boss who gave me two hundred yuan for help."

Nixi was paralyzed all over, and Yu Ming said, "It's all my fault, just because I know your temper, and I'm afraid you'll get angry if you hear it, and hurt your body. If you don't want her, I'll send her to serve in the countryside tomorrow." My mother is going. Don't be angry." Because the woman was told to greet her sister quickly.The woman seemed to kowtow when she inserted a candle.Nixi ignored it, and slapped Cui Yuming. She had a large key heavily tied to her wrist.Nixi scolded: "I'm big with you, I feel wronged, I'm small with you?" Not to mention, a gust of wind walked out, and he hired a car to go home. Drowsy when he arrived at De's home, he saw a group of unfamiliar people appearing in the store out of thin air, shouting at the staff, making everyone panicked.There was also a group of women with big feet in black, shuttled back and forth, none of them paid any attention to her.Nixi said: "But it's a mischief again! Could it be that I have become a ghost, and no one can see me?" She grabbed a clerk and asked sharply, "Where do these savages come from?" The clerk said: "The boss is not good, the family Grandma, aunt, grandpa, grandpa, grandma, grandma, they all came to the city to prepare for the funeral." Nixi went upstairs, and saw a few big-footed women rummaging through boxes and cages in her room, packing a Western-woven flower table blanket into a big burden, a mica clock, a clothes quilt pillow, a silver wax table, and a sewing box. , stuffed in the same way.There is also a small mahogany worship box filled with flowers and pictures of Baizi with Luodian, which cannot be unlocked. A woman squats on the ground, holding it with both hands, and smashes it fiercely on the edge of the bed.Nixi was so distressed that she rushed forward and started fighting. The two wrestled and hugged each other, and hit the treasure cabinet. The glass was broken, and Nixi bled all over her face. Beloved! He hasn't died yet, you have the ability to rape me in front of him!" Dragging and dragging the woman to Yao Fang's bed, Yao Fang's nephew stood on the bed, Nixi pointed at him and cried: "You are also a good conscience! You don't speak for me! "The nephew was like an arrow piercing the mouth of a goose, hooking the gills of a fish, and was silent. Nixi picked up a vase and was about to beat him up. When she saw Yaofang, she suddenly became concerned and looked at him to see the gods.Yaofang's eyes were wide open, her waxy yellow flat face was exposed outside the quilt, covered with a quilt covered with bright red locks and green makeup, and a sky blue brocade quilt wrapped around her feet, all of which were brilliant in the image color.This person was at her mercy when he was alive, but now that he is about to die, he is no longer under her control.The early morning sun shone faintly on his face, and he was about to die.She wanted revenge, she wanted revenge, but it was too late.He went away little by little. Nixi pointed the vase at him and smashed it at him, with too much force, it turned sideways, the vase rolled to the ground, Dou Yaofang put her eyes backwards, and swallowed her breath.Nixi lay in front of his bed, crying loudly, clenched her fists and beat the bed vigorously, the key on her wrist hit into the flesh, blood came out, the bed sheet was red, and she continued to beat. All the women exclaimed in surprise: "Awesome! You killed someone! This thing killed her and smashed the boss! Don't catch her! Don't call the police! Bind her up, tie her up and call the police!" Jiang Nixi Pulling up from the edge of the bed, her arms were twisted behind her back and bound tightly, the hemp rope biting the wound on her wrist.She looked down at her protruding breasts and felt her whole femininity humiliated, the old cheated on her, the young cheated on her, she had no money and no love, and out of the aching void she let out her big throat, He shouted loudly: "Qingping the world, where did the strongman come from, who took my things for nothing, beat me, and tied me up? You beat me, tied me up?" Under the silk tent, she and Dou Yaofang washed and scrubbed the whole body, put on the shroud, and ignored Nixi.Here the men lifted a plank, set it on a stool, and laid the corpse down. The woman covered the face of the dead with a red cloth, and then raised her voice in mourning. How could Nixi want to let others, she cried louder than anyone else, and pushed them down one by one, crying: "Dear family, your bones are not cold, look at what kind of crime your confidant suffers! You Wait, you wait, I'll catch up soon, I don't want this life anymore, I cut my body to pieces, and even pulled the emperor off the horse - just look at it! This is a foreign land, no better than their countryside , do what they do! When I arrived at the police station, I understand foreign languages, and I recognize foreigners. I’m the only one who speaks, and they don’t have the right to speak! I’m old Hong Kong! See how they can get out of Hong Kong! God, I Husband was fine yesterday, you ask the girls, you ask the doctor, he was clear yesterday, he was still talking, and he ate porridge, I turned my back and asked you to give him medicine Dead! I know where you came from, a group of savages like wolves! They manipulated my husband, beat me, tied me up, and sent me to the police station! If you don’t go to the police station, I will Where is the police station!" The nephew came over and said, "What are you making trouble about?" Among the women, it was impossible to guess who Yao Fang's wife was, and they usually had smoky ocher faces and pale green clothes. Jade earrings, one inside said: "If you make trouble again, give her two mouths!" Nixi shouted: "You hit! You hit! If you have the ability to kill me, if you save my life, it will be a disaster in the end! You see, I won’t tell you to go! I’ll tell you to walk around without food!” The women encouraged each other, “Whatever you do, you’re afraid of her? Zuo is just a remarried wife, and even a private concubine can’t be seen as an official!” Ni Xi said: "I just took advantage of the second marriage, Qiu Huxi, I have given birth to two children for the surnamed Dou, unless you kill the children one by one, there are children to prove it!" She called the children over , a few older children huddled together outside the door and glanced at her, but they didn't dare to get close.The women chased the children away and said: "What kind of bastard, do you know who gave birth?" Nixi said: "Only dead ghosts can say this, you must not! The dead ghost confessed, you have the ability to replace him Damn! You haven’t ruined me enough, you still want to spoil your family with fart and shame! You see, I let you go out of Hong Kong! Then I walked out of Hong Kong, and I will drag you to the court when I follow you to Panyu!” the nephew pretended The good man quietly persuaded: "The local officials in Panyu are all close friends of our family. If you sue us, you are asking for trouble." Nixi sneered: "Which fish doesn't eat fishy fish? The officials know that your family is rich, and they wish for you to have an accident. It is useless to ask for better things! You have a time to show filial piety to him, and now you can show some conscience to me, it will be a lot!" The women of Dou's family were busy taking white cloth to make filial piety belts, but they just didn't hear.It was the same nephew who secretly thought that Ni Xi's words were justified, discussed with everyone in private for a while, and said to his aunt: "This woman can say and do it, but I have to guard against her move. As far as I can tell, no one will let her go without giving her some money. His aunt insisted on refusing. The nephew came again and said to Nixi, "Your trouble is for nothing."There is no money.This family has been occupied by you for all these years, and you have enough money, so it is already an easy plan to not ask you to come back. "He came to talk, and several men from Dou's family stood together, arms crossed, all squinting at her. Seeing Nixi, her heart couldn't help but move. In this broken and painful morning, everything is unfamiliar. Strange, only the man's eyes are familiar with this look, and she grasped it in a hurry, and stubbornly grasped it. She lowered her eyes, looked at her protruding chest, and whispered: "Do you want money?" of. The nephew said, "Then what are you making trouble about?" " Nixi said: "I want to keep the festival for the dead ghost, I'm afraid people won't tolerate me." The nephew was greatly surprised and said: "Could it be possible that you want to go to the countryside with us?" Nixi said: "I just want to help the coffin to go to the countryside, I worked hard Serving your aunt for a while, what kind of law did you commit, and you want to drive me out?" When she got a foothold in the countryside, she subdued the men first, and then dealt with the women.She can imagine herself, full of filial piety, but her red face can't wear filial piety... The nephew pondered for a while, discussing with everyone, but her aunt just didn't open her mouth.After the setting of the funeral bed was completed, the worship mat was put down, and everyone stepped forward to kowtow one by one.The silver official kowtowed, and his nephew did good and bad things, so he brought Nixi's two children to kowtow, and asked the old lady to untie Nixi, and let her kowtow too.Nixi immediately rushed forward, half of her waist was held tightly by the crowd, she just struggled forward.She really threw herself on the coffin, whether she was going to hug the corpse and cry loudly, or tear Dou Yaofang into pieces, she didn't quite understand.Being held back, she just yelled in a hoarse voice: "My people, my people, your spirit is not far away..." After crying for a long time, he also loosened his hair and covered his face.The nephew persuaded her and said, "Calm down and think about it. If you want to go to the countryside with you, how will you settle down with your two children who are so oily? Our Dou family has a lot of rules, but it is inconvenient to take them in." Nixi said angrily: "No nonsense! When I go to court, there will be ten more oil bottles, and you will take them in too!" The nephew hurriedly said: "Don't worry. I'm afraid you won't be used to life in the countryside. "Nixi said: "I came from the countryside, but I'm still going back to the countryside, what's wrong with me?" After only two words, she was suddenly taken aback.Those who came out of the country returned to the country! ... In that ruthless place, every village has the same surname; she does not belong to any family, which surname; she is alone, in that ruthless place; wild sparks bloom high on the trees, and the poisonous sun shines down , there seems to be a drumbeat in the light waves, pounding the pedestrians in the sun, with sweaty black clothes stuck to their bodies; after walking for several miles, there is no one who can talk, and their mouths stink; desolate the years... Do you have to go back?Nixi felt a great compassion for herself. The nephew was called by his aunt and told him to buy paper money.Nixi looked at her wrist, the blood hadn't dried yet, and the burrs of the hemp rope had pierced into the flesh again.She messed up her hair in a bun, went upstairs to find a bottle of Dou'an's potion in the small rattan basket on the top of the bed, and applied it.In the whole room, only the small rattan basket on the top of the bed has not been turned over. The children lay on the ground fighting for a Qingluohan scarf, and as soon as they let go, one of the youngest fell, hurting the back of his head, and burst into tears.Nixi hugged him and walked to the back balcony.So much has happened this morning.Looking down from the balcony, you can see the back door of the medicinal material store, with spiral stone steps leading down, and the family members of Dou's family stand unevenly at different heights, surrounded by a circle, burning paper money on the road.The red fire of tinfoil was burning quietly in the early noon sun, and the people of the Dou family looked down quietly. Just now they were a gang of robbing bandits, but now they are the primitive clan. Nixi suddenly felt a desolate "outsider" "a feeling of.She rolled around in the crowd, but she didn't gain any popularity. She looked up at the child sitting on her shoulder. The child did not understand her heart, and she had no heart at all.The child is wearing an orange-and-yellow patterned cloth jacket, tiger-head shoes, and a tiger-head hat. He stretches out his hands and feet. He has a pale face, a small thin mouth, and a pair of big protruding eyes that emit glass-like light. He looks like a strange fish in the deep sea, sitting heavily. On her shoulder is a piece of unreasonable flesh, little flesh...following the child, she herself is pure flesh, female flesh, not very popular. She walked out of Tongchun Hall with four children, carrying one on her back, holding one in her arms, holding two in each hand, and said wearily to his family: "I'm leaving. If I'm going to the countryside with you, just pretend that I didn't say anything. Don't Let me run away, so I walked away naked. Now that things have happened, I am trying to be refreshing." She pawned a bracelet, rented a small room, and lived with the children for the time being. She is thirty-one years old, and she looks a little old, but because of her rough appearance, it adds to the excitement.Some flesh was added to his body and face, and Liu Shuo's spirit tried his best to get rid of the excess flesh, so his eyes were extraordinarily lively and his lips were extraordinarily red.The family is crying and the children are crying, and the mess is in a mess. They are still dressed in bright clothes, and they visit the door every day.One of the sisters who had been married before was a helper in an English family and lived on the top of the mountain. Nixi picked a sunny day to go up the mountain to see her. Sisiwenwen is sitting in the kitchen of a foreigner's house drinking tea and talking.Her god-sister was determined not to marry, with a big braid hanging down the back of her head, and a velvet rope tied in her hand.The two narrated the situation after the farewell in detail. When it came to the excitement, the master came back and rang the bell in the upper room, but he didn't hear it.After a while, Mr. Thomson opened the door and came in to call his mother, who just jumped up and refused to agree.This engineer, Thomson, was only about thirty years old, tall and handsome, like a classical stone statue, but his skin was red, and he was a stone statue eating beef. He glanced at Xi, and said to his mother: "Prepare a meal for two in the evening, one soup and two dishes, no beets." After finishing speaking, he took another look at Nixi before going out.Grandma then told Nixi that he must have a girlfriend who will spend the night here later, and she is the Portuguese who often comes here.Nixi was surprised and asked, "How do you know which one it is?" Grandma smiled and explained to her that her master has always had this rule. When a girlfriend comes to the house for the first time, the hospitality is one soup, three dishes, and one beet .For the second and third visits, the number will decrease according to the law.This one must come frequently today.So you can't enjoy the right of the first night.Nixi tutted and said: "Young, I can't see that he is so mean!" Grandmother said: "He's not mean, he just has this temper, he likes everything to be neat and tidy." Nixi said, "Do you have a wife?" Grandma said, "Not yet. .I don’t think he can make a match for someone who is less talented. How good is it to be free? Even I can’t get used to having a wife—foreign women are so lumpy, I can’t serve them.” Just as he was talking, Thomson came in again, holding a glass of whiskey, and opened the refrigerator to get ice cubes himself.Grandma hurriedly stepped forward to serve him, and he said, "Sit down, sit down, you have guests here, go talk with them." Grandma smiled and said, "It's indeed a rare visitor. You haven't seen me yet Sister." Thomson hecked his waist and said, "What's your surname?" Grandma replied, "This is Mrs. Dou, her boss is rich and recently passed away, and all her belongings have been taken over by others. My girl is up and down." Thomson sighed repeatedly, Nixi put her hands together and laughed softly and said to her mother, "Can you say a few words less? I am anxiously waiting to meet my girlfriend, I have time to chat with you! "Grandma said again: