Chapter 74 second act

[Under the Act] Characters introduced in the second act (according to the order of appearance) Laosun electric lamp craftsman Song Xiong's electric material store manager (twenty-seven or eight-year-old) Mei Zhen, Mrs. Li, Li Qiong's wife's wife, Li Wenqi, Huang Zhongwei, was promoted to Tang Yuanlan, the third lady, Li Wenxia, ​​and Li Wenjuan's location. The study time shared by the third and fourth misses passed two days later, and two mornings passed in the same study.All the furniture has been moved, the order is obviously chaotic, the so-called futuristic smoking room is still being created, the world is chaotic, and the mystery is still uncertain.There were various things on the ground, and small wooden ladder frames against the walls.The small round table was pushed to one side of the stage, slightly to the left, and there were several pairs of copper candlesticks and some unplugged red wax on it.A large paper screen is painted with some new-school paintings with bright colors and unclear themes; various backrests are piled up on the sofa, and another painting is placed in front of it, which is also a weird and eye-catching work.

As the curtain opened, the electric lamp makers descended from ladders, wires in hand, and pockets for mechanical instruments.Song Xiong stood with his hands behind his back looking at the electric light. Song Xiong was promoted from a mechanic to a young shopkeeper. He had studied a little and suffered a lot. Because of the opportunity and his ability to take advantage of the opportunity, he successfully supported a small shop specializing in electrical parts. .He has a generous physique and neat eyebrows, although he is obviously more vulgar in his attire. Her hair was combed oily, her shorts were made of black silk, and a small pocket was dug out on the chest of her jacket, and a gold watch chain was pulled from the top of the pocket to the buckle on her chest.On the chair were an old black wool coat, a flowered scarf, and a pair of leather gloves.

Song: In the dining room, we need to install some lights and add two latches.Not enough wires? Craftsman: (Looking at the wire) Not much left!I'll go back to the cabinet to get it again! Song: No, no, I'll call the cabinet and ask my apprentice to bring it.You go to the dining room first to install those light holes. Craftsman: Please tell Lao Zhang to send me another small screwdriver. (Shaking the screwdriver) This one is really useless. (Going and turning back) I said shopkeeper, we still have two "work" today I promised to go, it's quite troublesome here, what if I can't finish it in the morning? (wrap remaining wires)

Song: (waving) Hurry up, it must be finished before lunch.I promised the second wife here that I would not delay their dinner.I can't control whether there is life elsewhere! Craftsman: Shopkeeper, you are so determined, this job is done by yourself this morning! Song: Old Sun, I can be relentless in other places, but I can't be relentless about the Li family's matter!it is good!Since I was fourteen years old, I have been working with the second master of the Li family in the electric lamp factory. There is no second master, good!Maybe I'm still grinding in that unlucky place!The second master is an engineer, he sent me to study in his small laboratory, well, the second master has a temper like the third lady here, he is really a good person, my wife mentioned it to me today, we just joked, I said, if the third lady puts on the second master's clothes and doesn't look carefully, no one will think it is the second master.

Craftsman: The tall lady?Well, that lady has a temper. I have encountered a lot of nails just this morning. Song: (laughs) Guan Mo is the young lady you are talking about!Well, she has a temper! (In a low voice) She was not born to this second wife. (looks back anxiously) Come on, fuck you, work quickly, I promise to finish it before lunch, do your best, and I'll call you. [Exit the craftsman.Song picked up his coat and scarf to leave, but suddenly saw the earphones, put down his clothes and went to the desk, picked up the earphones, plugged in the plug and tried the phone. 〕Song: (Turning back frequently to see if anyone is there) Hey, East Bureau 5027, hey, are you Lao Zhang?

I'm the shopkeeper, and I'm in Li's house. Hey, let me tell you, Lao Sun told you to ask the little apprentice to bring some wires by bicycle, and bring a good screwdriver, yes!He said he couldn't use that... who knew? ... Old Sun has such a temper!I said, you can give me one, what?Which one is calling again?You just say that there is no one on the cabinet today, so you can't make time, so what can you do!Well, goodbye. (looking at the door) [Mei Zhen enters with a copper wax table, puts it on the small round table, looks at Song, Song quickly pulls out the earphones and approaches Mei. 〕Song: (Laughter) Sister Mei, are you busy these two days? (watches Mei not move)

Mei: It's quite lively, (takes a rag from the ground and wipes the candlesticks, and breathes frequently) What's the matter, Xiao Song, don't be in a hurry, let's put it all down, and dinner is about to start, what should we do in the dining room?Maybe I will be told! (Look at Song) Song: (urgently) I can't tell you, I've already urged the old grandson to do it, but the old grandson thought he couldn't use the screwdriver, so I called again and went to the cabinet to ask for the wire. Asking someone to deliver it by bike, isn't this all done in a hurry? Mei: As long as things can be finished in the dining room before lunch, I don't care.Why don't you hurry up and watch your old grandson?Don't make others obedient just because he can't use the screwdriver.You can promise your wife that you will finish the work before lunch!

Song: Sister Mei, you...you...do you remember what I said last time? May: (surprised) What?Oh, that, come on, Xiao Song, people are so busy here, you still talk about this! Song: You... You promised me to wait until the end of the year? ... Mei: The year is not over yet!Let me tell you, Xiao Song, I am useless and full of temper, so it is best that you don't come to me again, and don't let me delay your affairs... Song: I, I'll just wait for your reply... As soon as you agree, I'll talk to Mrs. Li. May: I didn't call you back. Song: Mei... Sister Mei, don't act like this. It's not easy for me to make such a small electronic material after two years of hard work. You have to know that I am looking forward to the day you will live with me. I can't wrong you.

Mei: Come on, stop talking. Song: I knew at the time that you were as particular as a young lady here, and you had read more books than me. Maybe you looked down on me, but now, I am also a shopkeeper. I don’t care if he is big or small. The shop is my own. It’s done, seven or eight guys, (showing pride) No matter what, you don’t need to make rough things, I can let you enjoy some blessings and live a good life, unless you are willing to help the cabinet Manage the account books and open the list. May: (compassionately) It's not that I don't know you're capable.It's really not easy for you to build such a shop in three years! ...

Song: (complimentally, coyly) Now that you know that you are coming, I must not tell you anything... I cannot lose face. Mei: (urgently) Xiao Song, don't say that, getting married is not something to be respectable, you're so mean-spirited!I told you that you have to be willing to do anything, and you should stop mentioning these things to me. I am not suitable for you, and I will delay your affairs later. Song: I...I...I really want you to promise me. Mei: (with a wry smile) I know you are sincere, but your sincerity alone is not enough. Let me tell you, I can't promise it! Song: You, don't think I'm poor!I know my power supply is not up to what you're looking at.

Mei: (angry) Let me tell you not to be so poor!Who is so snobbish?I kindly tell you that this kind of thing has to be done willingly.I'm not interested, how can I promise you? Song: You... you, you don't want to, do you? (Holding his head down, he worriedly popped out this question, afraid that Mei Zhen would answer him) Mei: (compassionately)... No... It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't mean it, I don't mean it at all!I just have this temper, I, I’m not a good person, so it’s best if you don’t look for me, at least don’t mention this today, we are all busy here, it’s not good to delay the affairs of the ladies later. Song: (bows his head and puts on the scarf, then sighs and wraps it around his neck, puts on an old green wool coat and goes out by the side door) Well, I won't bother you anymore today, but you still have to give me an answer after the new year is over. [Song Xia. 〕Mei: (Seeing Song walk out, talking to himself) This guy!This kind of stubbornness is really terrible, it is really unfair to use it on me, (he continued to rub the copper utensil) Seeing that he hates it is a bit pitiful! (Sighs) It's wrong to use your heart on me!I was destined to endure hardship, hang myself, and jump into the river!How to be the shopkeeper's lady of the electrical material store, (smiling silly) the shopkeeper's lady of the electrical material store! (Suddenly falls on the table and cries) When the door opened, the eldest lady walked in coughing.She was a short, thin woman in her fifties, with small eyes looking around, her appearance was neither dignified, and she always spoke in a whispered tone. Mei: (looks up in surprise, then stands up hastily) It's you, the eldest lady, come to see the fun? The house is not finished yet. Da Tai: (looks at the screen) What is this - is this weird? Mei: It is the screen. Da Tai: Why does the screen look so weird? May: (laughs) I don't know either. Wife: I think the second wife is really used to children, one and two are so crazy when they grow up!The second master is no longer alive, who can say anything about them!How many guests are invited tonight, exactly? Mei: I don't know either, anyway, they are classmates of the girls. Mrs.: (curiously) dancing in the living room? Mei: (Amused and impatient) That's right! Mrs.: Where do you eat? Mei: ... (laughing) It's in the big dining room! Mrs.: Can those people sit down? Mei: Divide it into three meals, some of them who don’t want to sit down will eat standing up... Mrs.: What is new, I really don’t understand these things, (talking about this and that) The girl’s family is crazy and makes many friends. After a while, the students have a meeting and a petition. Go out and let the police beat you half-dead La!After a while, I invite friends and dance again. How ugly are couples of men and women dancing with their arms around each other like this?No wonder the old man is angry and often says that the second wife doesn't take good care of the children!Mei Zhen, let me tell you, we remember that we are a girl, don't follow their example!Hurry up tomorrow so that I can find my in-laws. Mei: (teases the eldest lady funny and angrily) Don't worry, I won't marry, I'll just be an old girl in this family for the rest of my life! Madam: (Come closer, furtively) Don't worry, come to my courtyard later, and I'll give you a solution. (Comparing hands) That day, Mrs. Chen, she came to ask me about you.I don't know about the other family, but the Chen family can't hide their money from me! ... Not to mention the wealth of Mrs. Chen, whose maiden name is Ding! Mei: (face turns a little blue with anger) Tell me what the Chen family and the Ding family do with their money? Mrs.: Think for yourself.Silly boy, Mrs. Chen might have taken a fancy to you! Mei: (Extremely angry and trying to endure) Mrs. Chen, she—why did she fall in love with me? ! Da Tai: (Closer closer, acting mysteriously) Let me tell you... Mei: (withdrawing and unwilling to listen) Madam, don't—don't tell me anything... Mrs.: (closer) Listen, Mrs. Chen told me that her brother, the third master of the Ding family, often mentions hello, and the third grandma has no boys, so the third master is very anxious... Mei: (turning back and running towards the door) Madam, don't say these words, I can't listen... [Zhong Wei and Wen Qi come in with a smile, and bump into Mei Zhen. 〕Qi: (Strangely) What's wrong with Mei Zhen, what's the matter, she's so busy? May: I—I went to the dining room to get something... [Mei hurried off. 〕Qi: (still inexplicably) Auntie, what do you do here? Da Tai: (difficult) Nothing... just look for Mei Zhen... just come here to have a look. Qi: (pointing to Zhongwei) this is Mr. Huang, (pointing to the eldest wife) Zhongwei, this is my aunt. Huang: (greetings) We met at dinner that day. Mrs.: I don’t know much about it. Now the ladies have so many friends, they come and go... Qi: (grimacing to Huang, then to the eldest lady) No wonder you don't recognize her! (pretending to be serious) My friends, especially boyfriends, are enough for twenty or thirty!They come and go—one today, the other tomorrow! ... Huang: (also making a grimace, pointing at Qi with his fingers behind his back) But your aunt must recognize me, because every time your friends line up, I am the leader, I am like the captain of the team! Mrs.: (inexplicably) How to queue up?I don't remember who lined up to come! Huang: (holding back a laugh) Haven't you seen it? Qi: Next time I will ask them to pass by your window... so that the uncle can also see the excitement. Mrs.: (shakes hand quickly) Don't.Fourth brother, don't you know your uncle's temper? [Huang and Qi couldn't help laughing at each other. 〕Madam: What are you laughing at? Qi: Nothing. Da Tai: (sighs) I’m leaving, you have all kinds of strange things here, I can’t see anything interesting!I don’t know who took down the pair of Hunan embroidery landscape mirror frames in the living room this morning. Your mother said that I would put them away... I, I will put them away, and I will marry my eldest sister tomorrow. That was originally your grandma. s things! Huang: (holding back a laugh again) The two sides of the landscape are the same, and one hangs on one side. What a wonderful thing! Qi: By the way, you are keeping it as a dowry for your eldest sister. It was originally my grandma's property!It's the moon and water, it's so beautiful, it's a pity that we ruined it later! [Rong Sheng enters. 〕Is Mrs. Rong in this room? Mrs.: In this room.What's up? Rong: Mrs. Chen is coming across the door. She is sitting in your room. Please come over. Madam: (panic) Oh, I’m coming, I’m coming... [The eldest lady exits, Huang Tongqi laughs loudly. 〕Rong: (half talking to himself) I said that the eldest wife Xu is in this room. When I ask Mei Zhen, she always refuses to agree, and she just says she doesn't know, which makes me so hard-working! ... [Exit Rongsheng. 〕Qi: The door is opposite Mrs. Chen, what is she doing here?That guy must have some crazy idea! Huang: Maybe I came to see your excitement out of curiosity.Who asked you to dance, this is too new, you can't blame people for not being curious, wanting to see what kind of weird methods we all have! Qi: (suspiciously) Maybe... Maybe it's because of Mei Zhen, have you heard from Auntie that she's coming? Hey! ...Come on, let's not talk, let's hang the picture first.I must tell my mother later! Huang: That's right, let's hang up. (Picks up the painting on the ground, and moves the ladder to spread the legs of the ladder frame) Wen Qi, I'm going up, you help me a little, this ladder doesn't seem very strong. (slowly up the ladder) Qi: (Holding the ladder, looking up) Have you brought any nails? Huang: Yes, (comparing the painting to the wall) Do you think it is okay to hang it here? Qi: Wait a minute, I'll go over there and have a look. (walks to one side) All right, no, no... a little lower... okay, that's it. (Runs to the bottom of the ladder again) Huang: (just hitting the nail with a hammer) I'm nailing it! Qi: You wait! (Runs to the side again) No, no, higher! Huang: It's low for a while, high for a while, you can make up your mind! Qi: You are capable of anything, but your impatience really makes people afraid of you! Huang: (nail painting, laughing) Are you afraid of me? Qi: (urgently) I'm not afraid of you! Huang: (turning back from the ladder after nailing the painting) Why? Qi: Because I think I know you. Huang: (turns happily and sits on the ladder) Really? Qi: (laughing with her face up) Well, do you still think that you are such a difficult person? [Zhongwei stares at Qi blankly, does not speak, only whistles. 〕Qi: (lightly shaking the ladder body) What are you doing? Huang: Don't shake it, don't shake it, wait until I tell you. Qi: Say it quickly, or come down quickly! Huang: Since the so-called New School painting, or Cubist painting, what is their most important contribution? Qi: I don't know! (grunting) I don't study history, and I don't know how to draw! Huang: Come on, let me tell you, the most important contribution of three-dimensional painting is probably the discovery of new angles!The perspective of this new angle really expands our original square world—or the universe—to several times larger. Qi: What are you talking about? Huang: (laughs) I'm talking about the perspective of angles.It generalizes our everyday world several times!You know, modern painting—and even modern photography—start from this new angle!A thing can not only be viewed from one side, but also viewed from above, below, obliquely, lying down or upside down! Qi: What on earth are you going to say? Huang: I'll just say this!Perspective from new angles.Because of this new perspective, our world, and even the universe, suddenly expanded, becoming many worlds, many universes. Qi: Many universes seems a bit unreasonable! Huang: Now there is another universe outside my universe, another world outside my world, and you besides the you I know! Qi: (suddenly realizes that Huang is talking about her) Come on, stop talking nonsense! Huang: What I mean is: besides the you I know, I know another you——Li Wenqi who I saw from the ladder and looked up from the ladder! Qi: (Excuse me) Don't talk nonsense like crazy! Huang: (Wang Qi) Why don't you believe me when I speak seriously! Qi: What if I believe it? (Playfully) You know that outside of this universe, there is no way to afford another one, what Li Wenqi sees from the ladder, what Li Wenqi sees from the ladder, and Huang Zhongwei who sits on the top of the ladder and talks crazy ! (laughs up) Huang: Look, look, I really hope you can see yourself from here, (excited) Someday I will draw a portrait of you like this! Qi: Have you finished the painting? What's the fuss?come down. Huang: That's easy to say.My eyes are high and my hands are low, so I don't have the ability to draw such a picture of you! If I had this ability, I would no longer be such a dreamy little lunatic! Qi: Are you supposed to be a big madman? Huang: Really?For the universe, for my own many worlds, I am a big madman who can really take a little responsibility! Qi: Come down quickly, Crazy Huang, otherwise, I won’t help you hold the ladder! Huang: (Turns around to get ready, but speaks softly) Wen Qi, if I insist on the symbolic meaning of your words, what would you say? (Go down to the ground and look at Qi) Qi: What symbolic meaning? Huang: (Takes Wen Qi's hands and looks at her oppositely) No matter if I am a madman or a small madman, imagining what kind of world I create on the top of the ladder, you will hold the ladder for me, and don't let me fall, okay? Qi: (good-natured and ironic at the same time) When did you become a poet? Huang: (putting his hands down and sitting down on the bottom rung of the ladder) Don't make fun of me, okay? ... You are a smart man, the cruelest thing in the world is a smart man laughing at a stupid man! (Looks up and smiles wryly at Wen Qi) Sometimes, you make me really feel like I'm worthless! (Takes out a cigarette from his pocket and sighs) Qi: (moved, approaching Huang reluctantly, half-kneeling on the side of the ladder and asking Huang Rousheng) Zhongwei, you, do you think I am a mean person? Huang: (scratches his head in confusion) You?You, a mean person?Wen Qi, why do you ask this?Don't embarrass me like this, miss!You know I can't... can't talk... literally can't talk! Qi: (stands up) If you can’t speak, stop it, okay? Huang: (Stands up and grabs Wen Qi's shoulder and shakes it) You man!It really pissed me off!You, you... you don't know what I'm going to tell you? Qi: (playing Huang and a little scared) I, I don't know! (Get rid of Huang grabbing her hand) Huang: (Chasing Qi) You... you take your ear here, I must tell you—today! Qi: (playfully tilting her ear closer) Oh... I'm a little deaf! Huang: (grabs Qi's face and whispers into her ear) I love you, do you know, Wen Qi?you know i can't talk... Qi: (pulls her mouth and blushes, unable to speak for a long time) Then——how about it? (hides face with hands and smiles, wants to run) Huang: (to catch Qi and put down her hands) How?Look at me...Qi look at me, I ask you,... Don't be so awkward! (Embracing Wen Qi from behind) Let me ask your fourth child, you... how about you? Qi: (putting down her hands and turning her face to look at Huang, shaking her hair and smiling) I——I'm just a little confused! Huang: (happily) Fourth!You really... really... oh, (hides Qi's face in front of his chest and kisses Wen Qi's hair sentimentally) You, how can you make me more than a little confused?Little four! Qi: (Louching in front of Huang's chest and laughing foolishly) Zhongwei, I feel like crying a little bit. (sobbing and laughing) [Tang Yuanlan suddenly breaks into the room where the door opens. ] Tang: What happened here today? ! (Suddenly sees Huang and Qi, startled) Sorry, I was so happy that I forgot to open the door! [Zhong Wei and Wen Qi turn to look at Tang at the same time, and smile at each other embarrassingly. 〕Qi: (Shaking her hair playfully and stubbornly) What does it matter whether you open the door or not?So what is the foreign school doing? Tang: (Teasing Wen Qi) I don't know who was so foreign just now?Fortunately, it's me, not your uncle! Qi: (smiling) Brother Yuan, you are getting worse and worse! (looks yellow and smiles) Tang: Really? (Suddenly serious) The worst is yet to come, just wait and see!Wen Qi, when will your second brother arrive? Huang: (Looking at the watch) A quarter past eleven. Tang: Why was the train delayed again? Qi: I wonder too. In the past, he was always anxious to come home when he was on vacation. Why has he changed in the past six months? Tang: (Looking at the painting on the wall and the screen) Zhongwei, when did you paint these? Huang: Painted?It's a scribble, I didn't sleep until midnight yesterday! Tang: That's sweet hard work, the more you do it, the less tired you are, isn't it? [Mei Zhenjin is still active as usual. 〕Mei: (Looking at the painting, looking at Huang Tongqi) This is the only painting you have hung up? Qi: Really?How many more are there? Huang: It would be great to hang one! Tang: You don't know, Mei Zhen, you don't know how hard it is to hang a painting! (Wang Qi) Mei: (looks at everyone) Mr. Tang, you came so early!Didn't you say come early to help? Tang: Who can be as diligent as Mr. Huang, who wakes up in the middle of the night to do hard work! Huang: Old Tang, take care of me from today! Mei: (Hope they don't understand) Come on, stop arguing, Mr. Tang, now it's your turn to do some work, (holding a bunch of little white films in your hand) Look, these films were originally for you Write it down. (put it on a small table) Tang: (Looking at the small table) Isn't this all written? Mei: Really? (Naughty) If we have to wait for someone, when will these things be over?Miss Si, do you see how nice this room is? [Third Miss Wen Xia runs in.Wen Xia wears a blue cloth jacket, plain and clean like her mother, but stronger and taller than her mother.Although she is a woman and masculine, her innocence and childishness are no less than Wen Qi.Beauty-loving heart, stubborn ambition, and lofty ideals all seem to overflow from the brow.She thinks she loves human beings and is willing to serve the victims for human beings. In fact, she is a good child full of enthusiasm and ideals.She stretched the front antenna very far and far, but in fact she is still a child in school and family. 〕Xia (excitedly) Who put the flowers in the dining room?Simply wonderful! [Everyone looks at each other.Mei Zhen turned to tidy up the house in embarrassment. 〕Qi: It must be Mei Zhen! (mouths to Menu) Xia: I thought it might be my mother—who would have thought of putting plum blossoms in that bottle! Qi: What about the black gallbladder bottle?Not what Mei Zhen did. (to Mei) Mei Zhen, listen to our enthusiastic third lady!how?Is Mei Zhen "burning the plate"? Huang: Mei Zhen looks like a director today! Xia: Hey, Mei Zhen, your organizational skills are very good. Tomorrow you can help out in our theater troupe! Mei: Come on, come on, you are all joking!What kind of director is it, and the ability to organize it. After organizing for a long time and directing for a long time, I still can't get a star to do something serious in the morning! Huang: Well, if I painted all night, it doesn’t count?Did you hang a famous painting this morning? Mei: By the way, these two celebrities (referring to Huang Tongqi) almost didn't take up the entire scene in the time it takes to hang a painting! (Pointing to Tang again) That one over there, okay, I didn’t arrive until the end of the play! [Everyone laughs loudly. 〕Tang: Your swearing is really a bit like the tone of a great director. You should really go to Shanghai Film Company... Mei: Director Si Miss's love novel, San Miss's masterpiece promoting humanity... Xia: Mei Zhen, no matter how naughty you are, I won’t help you at night. I won’t talk to you about any social and economic issues you ask, lest you ridicule me and promote humanity! [Song Xiong enters, carrying many small colorful lanterns in his hand. 〕Song: Miss Si, a row of lights in the dining room has been installed, come and take a look! Qi: Are you okay?So soon, let me see... [Exit Qi. 〕Huang: I will also go to see... [Exit Huang Suiqi. 〕Xia: Song Xiong!You are here, how is your shop? Song: Miss San, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard you are always busy!Didn't you promise to visit my shop?You still have to look at what the apprentices eat, where they sleep, and how well I treat them. Why don't you come here all the time? Xia: (laughs) I will come in two days. If you mistreat the apprentice, I will not agree to you! Song: Alright, Miss San, there are tens of thousands of big capitalists in this city, don't single out me, a poor shopkeeper, as an example!Let me tell you, I treat people really well. Just now the guy sent the wire, why don't you go out and take a look?Eat fat and fat. Tang: (Interrupting with a smile) It’s no good for the little electric lamp maker to eat fat and fat!Be careful to fall off the ladder! Song: (Laughing with a good temper, looking at Mei, he immediately lowered his smile, very solemnly) When will the third lady come to play in my business?Buy a table lamp? Xia: OK, I will come with Mei Zhen in two days. Song: (happy to Mei) Sister Mei, by the way, you also come to visit. (turns sharply and looks at the ladder) If this ladder is no longer needed, I will take it down. May: (mildly) Well, sorry for your trouble. (Turns away quickly to clean up the house) [Song takes the ladder and goes down. 〕Tang: I will also go to see the plum blossoms in the dining room! Mei: Come on, Mr. Tang, aren't you here to help?Dare to come to see the fun! Tang: (smiling, happily) Do you have something to do for me? ! Mei: Well, the affairs of this room are not enough for you to do? Xayah: It's time for me to help. Mei: Miss San, I will hand over this pile of films to you, and you will distribute them. Divide them into three groups for dinner, and see who should be with whom.Just one piece. (with whispers from Xia Er) Xia: What a bad girl! (laughs, walks happily towards the door) [Exit Wen Xia.Mei Zhen cleaned up the house by herself without saying a word.Tang Yuanlan looked at the plum blossoms and leaned on the bookshelf without saying a word. 〕Mei: What's the matter, Mr. Tang? Tang: Nothing, I was thinking. Mei: When is it? I'm still thinking about it! Don: I'm thinking what should I do! Mei: What should I do? Don: Everything! ...like...you... Mei: (stops in surprise) Me? Don: You!You Meizhen, you are not an ordinary girl, you should think about it yourself. May: I, I think about it myself? ...Of course, but why are you in such a hurry, Mr. Tang? Tang: (wry smile) I'm not in a hurry, who is in a hurry? May: That's strange! Don: Strange, isn't it?Things are so strange in the world! Mei: Mr. Tang, I really don't understand what you call it! Tang: Don't be angry, Mei Zhen, let me tell you, I have to tell you sooner or later, you have to know that I am very confused, very confused! Mei: Wait a minute, Mr. Tang, don't say these things to me!Is there anything you won't tell Missy? Tang: Mei Zhen!What does Missy have to do with me?Get rid of that hilarious misunderstanding engagement!You really don't know, I didn't come here to find the eldest lady, I came here to explain the misunderstanding of the engagement, and at the same time, I also came to ask her second brother to help me and think of a way to get out of here for you. Mei: Ask the second master to help you and find a way to get out of here for me?I don't understand your words more and more! Don: I know what I said was abrupt, what I did was muddled, I should have said it, I should have told you... (pause) May: I don't understand what you should have told me earlier? Tang: I should have told you earlier that I not only love you, I really admire you, respect you, and care about you.At that time, I often came here to play with their sisters. In fact, I was curious about you...to come and see you, to get to know you!Until now, I am still curious about you, and I want to see you and get to know you as much as I can—the usual way of saying it is to love you and to be attracted to you. May: To see me?Curious about me? (eyes wide open, backs away) To me... Don: You!come to see you!I'm curious about you, so I come here often in a daze!Who knew it would make a big misunderstanding!Everyone always thought that I came to find Wenjuan, and that whenever I went abroad, my nasty Aunt Liu would meddle in other people's business and decide that I should get engaged to Wenjuan!This is a serious joke!Made me so embarrassed!This time, things are not easy to handle when I come back this time, because the wife here is the stepmother of the young lady, but my own aunt. I don't want to make things difficult for her. To put it bluntly, it doesn’t matter if you ask me to go to hell and cross the mountain of swords to be scolded, what matters is you... Mei: (stamping her feet anxiously, hugging her forehead with both hands, and turning back and forth) Stop talking, stop talking, I'm completely confused! ...What's the matter with your name? (sitting on a low stool, at a loss) Tang: (calmly) Are you right?what happened? ! (Sighs) This time I came back and found out that the eldest lady was against you like that. I was really confused, and I'm sorry for you. (Approaching Mei Zhen) Mei Zhen, now that I have told the whole truth, you can forgive me and sympathize with me!You... (softly) so smart, you...you won't... Mei: (interrupting Tang urgently) I, I sympathize with you, but you must forgive me! Tang: Why? Mei: Because I—I'm just a worthless girl, not worthy of you, your... Love...your curiosity! Don: Don't talk like that, you make me feel ashamed!Now I just wait for the second young master to come back and clarify the misunderstanding of the engagement.You promise me, let me help you get out of here first, if you don't believe me, you can make me a friend... We are waiting for the second young master... Mei: (crying and covering her face with a handkerchief) Don't, don't talk, Mr. Tang!Don't mention me to the second master!Well, no one can help me with my business!Don't tell the second young master. Tang: Why?Why don't you mention you to the second young master? (Think suspiciously, then ask softly) Don't you know that he is a careful person who can understand people's feelings?Will he be able to solve their family affairs? Mei: (wipes tears and shakes her head frequently) I don't know, don't ask me!Just don't mention me to the second young master!You want to divorce the eldest lady, so go and do it yourself! (Stands up to leave) I sympathize with you about that, ask Miss Si if you don't believe me. (crying and wiping away tears again) Tang: Mei Zhen, don't go!where are you goingI can't make it difficult for you!My words came abruptly, I know!But now that I have told the truth, you, you must at least tell the truth to me! (Stubbornly) Can I ask you why you told me not to mention you to the second young master?Why? Mei: (shaking her head in embarrassment) No reason!not for... Tang: Mei Zhen, I beg you to tell me the truth. (seriously) You have to know, I am not a romantic and frivolous young man, I am not very young, today I tell you, I love you, I just love you, whether you love me or not!Now I just ask you to tell me the truth. (He lowers his head, gradually realizing that he still has unexpected pains) You don’t have to be afraid, just tell me, at least I’m still your friend, someone who hopes for your happiness. Mei: (still biting the edge of the handkerchief in a daze with her head down, she pursed her lips and turned her tearful eyes to Tang) I am grateful to you, really me, I am grateful to you... Tang: (considerate tone) Why don't you want me to mention you to Wen Jing? May: Because he—he—(whimpers) I've been here since I was a kid, and I... i love...i can't tell you... Tang: (quietly patting Mei's shoulder comfortingly) Does he know? Mei: I just don't know if he knows or not! (crying again) He always seems to avoid me... I don't understand the reason for avoiding me... It seems that it's because I like me, and it seems that I'm afraid of me—I—I'm really suffering...(covering face and crying again) Tang: Mei Zhen!Don't cry first, who will come in later... (looks around and pulls Mei Zhen aside) Good boy, don't cry, the love affair is too miserable, isn't it? (Sigh) It doesn't matter, the two of us are traveling together today. (He lowers his head, takes out his handkerchief and blows his nose, then takes out a cigarette and lights it, and whispers in his mouth) I heard someone passing by outside the window, I have to wipe my eyes! [Many people pass by outside the window, Zhong Wei, Wen Qi and Wen Xia's voices are there. 〕Rong outside the window: Second Young Master's train arrives at a quarter past eleven. Huang outside the window: How many foreign cars to hire?Who will pick up the second brother at the station? Xia outside the window: And I... Qi outside the window: I will pick up my second brother too! Huang outside the window: Come on, it's almost half past ten! [Tang is smoking a cigarette quietly, Mei Zhen lowers her head to put flowers in a vase, and arranges the bookshelves. 〕Out of the window: Second Young Master, the train arrives at a quarter past eleven, doesn't it?There are still three quarters of an hour, why don't you hurry up? Mei lay down on the table and cried again, Tang patted Mei's shoulder lightly, the door suddenly opened slightly, and the eldest lady Wenjuan came in, looking at them from behind.There was still noise outside the window. Outside the window: Pick up the second brother... Hurry up...