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Chapter 39 Lao Zhang's Philosophy(39)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 1846Words 2018-03-20
Aunt Zhao's tears flowed from one place to another. From midnight to now, more than a dozen small handkerchiefs have been wet.Instruct Li Jing how to serve her husband, how to obey her husband's words, how to manage housework, ... along with her "Mother Encyclopedia" taught Li Jing from beginning to end, Li Jing didn't say a word, just opened her eyes hard. The eyes seem to be looking at something but can't see clearly. Aunt Zhao gave Li Jing new clothes to wear one by one. Li Jing's siblings seemed to be dying, and Aunt Zhao moved them around.After putting on the clothes, I combed my hair and powdered it again.

(This is the third time, and Aunt Zhao is afraid that the combed hair will not be fashionable.) "Good boy! Ah! Baby! Just listen to others! Don't be petty!" Aunt Zhao said while combing her niece's hair. "This is a serious matter, can an aunt intentionally harm you! It is your good fortune to have food and clothing. He is older, and the old understandably loves the girl! Marry a young boy who beats and scolds all day long. Aunt can't watch you suffer like that!" The more Aunt Zhao spoke, the more she felt sorry for her niece, her nose started to flow like a floodgate, thinking of her deceased brother and sister-in-law, she felt so pitiful for her niece that she couldn't speak anymore because of crying.

The carriage arrived, and the street was full of people.The aunt helped the niece into the carriage.His face was snow-white, and he was crying like a tearful person.The women standing on both sides, who were moved by Aunt Zhao, all wiped their tears with their hands. "Such an aunt is rare in the world!" An old woman nodded and said. "A female student actually listens to her aunt's advice to marry, she is a painful child!" said a woman with a bald head and a ponytail hairnet. "Look at him! Sitting in a big carriage! Learn from him!" A little daughter-in-law said eagerly to an eight or nine-year-old girl.

"Hmph! A big carriage? A red sedan chair is more respectable than this one!" A toothless old lady curled her lips like a donkey. Li Jing got into the car, or put into the cage.The little daughter-in-law who was welcoming the bride, who was less than fifteen years old and became a concubine, smiled and asked in a low voice: "Twenty years old?" Li Jing didn't answer.The little daughter-in-law asked again: "Are you singing opera, or doing secret things?" Li Jing didn't answer. The carriage was covered with red silk, so you couldn't see the outside, but you could hear all the sounds on the street.People passing by on the street said one sentence to the left and one sentence to the right: "Look! Marriage in a civilized manner!" A group of children behind the car were imitating the military band used for civilized marriages, humming and chirping to play the trumpet.

Li Jing's depression and anger for several days were shaken by the car. She panicked and sweated profusely from her temples.Luckily, there is only a small, extremely thick glass block on the back of the car.The little daughter-in-law also panicked, and she asked, "What's the matter? What's the matter?" Li Jing closed her eyes, still understanding in her heart, but she didn't answer.The little daughter-in-law put her arms around Li Jing's waist to prevent her from falling down again.In this way, I arrived at Qinghe Hall in a trance.People put the red felt on the ground, and two women helped Li Jing down from the car.The little daughter-in-law in the car said in a low voice and solemnly: "Hold me! She's passed out!" The spectators rushed to see the bride like a hot sheep, and they couldn't see the small stature, and asked the one in front: "Long?" How are you?" The previous answer: "Don't worry about it! He's better than you!"

Li Jing listened to the two women help her in, and let them put her on a chair. She was like a prisoner on the verge of execution, struggling for the last moment of her life.Sun Ba panicked, and urged Lao Zhang to get sugar water and Wan Ying Tablets, but Lao Zhang just smiled. "Don't panic, this is a common problem among women." Lao Zhang said to Sun Ba with a smile, and then said to Li Jing: "I said, don't pretend to be a joke! Lao Zhang spends money to marry a living man, don't be a dead ghost!" He laughed haha ​​for a while, like the cry of an owl in the middle of the night.He also said to the crowd: "Everyone! Come and admire, let's compare whose birds are more beautiful!"

As Lao Zhang said this, Sun Ba took a pot of hot water and looked around for tea bowls to make sugar water for Li Jing.He went up the first stone steps of the hall, and felt that someone pushed his back, and the kettle in his hand spilled a lot of hot water.He turned his head and saw that the person standing behind was looking around, as if looking for someone.Sun Badeng recognized the man immediately, and shouted out: "Everyone! Stop him!" Everyone was looking at Li Jing in the hall, and when they heard Sun Ba's shout, they all turned around quickly: that man is holding a knife!The men held their breath, and the women ran towards the suite in the hall with their little feet up.Originally, Chinese men and women love peace and do not like war.

Old Zhang had a quick eye and recognized Wang De early on, and Wang De also saw Lao Zhang.The eyes of the two met. Lao Zhang picked up a chair and threw it out. Wang De flashed past the flying chair, holding the handle of the bayonet in both hands and rushed over Lao Zhang. Stepping on the little pointed hooves of the women.A burst of bitter screams from the women reminded Old Zhang that Suoxing stepped back, holding a woman as his human shield in one hand. Sun Bacheng focused Wang De's eyes on the room, and pressed Wang De's wrist fiercely from above, and Wang De grabbed his hand like a mad tiger.Seeing that Sun Ba had already grasped Wang De's handle, the crowd immediately became braver and pulled Wang down. "Boy! Are you scaring people with a knife!" Lao Zhang picked up Wang De's knife and pointed at Wang De.

"Everyone! Let me go!" Wang De's eyes widened and he fought hard. As a result, everyone tightened his grip on him. "Don't let go, I'm afraid of bleeding!" Sun Ba shouted to the crowd. "Everyone! Lao Zhang let the king of Hades account and forced the creditor to use his daughter to repay the debt. Does he count as a human being!" Wang De shouted. "Let the debt of Hades? Don't borrow it from me! Marry a concubine? Our old Zhang has this blessing!" Lao Zhang lifted Li Jing's face and kissed him for everyone to see.Li Jing passed out. "That's right! Why can't you be so jealous as a child!" Both men and women laughed.

Sun Ba planned to hand over Wang De to the police, but Lao Zhang disagreed. He planned to lock Wang De up and send him to the Yamen of the Infantry Commander at night, so that he could be dealt with happily, because Lao Zhang had acquaintances in the Yamen of the Infantry Commander.Sun Ba and Lao Zhang were discussing this matter when the waiter came in and said: "Baye Sun's wedding car is back!"
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