Chapter 5 Wang Xie Zidi

Qi Ye waited for the letter to come, he was anxious, and lost his temper in the hotel.Cigarette butts were thrown everywhere on the floor of the room, as if to express their irresponsibility. Counting the days, it is already nineteen, and the last express letter has been sent for seven days, and the telegram has been sent for two days, and there is still no reply to the letter.Qi Ye thought that the women and girls in the family were ignorant, so they could still talk, but men shouldn't be like this.To do things you have to spend money, and to be stingy with the money you should spend is a lack of common sense and selfishness.

"Everything needs money! Everything needs money! This ghostly place is no better than my hometown. If you live here, you need to eat. If you catch a fat chicken and kill it, you will have soup to drink. When you are bored, take a walk on the street, and then go to the Longevity Palace Public Welfare Association Playing a game of chess with an old Taoist priest, one day is over. This is the big wharf in Tianjin. You have to spend money to walk around, and you have to spend money to sit down. You just lie on the bed without eating or drinking all day, and someone still reaches out to You want money!"

Qi Ye wrote these words in a letter and sent it to his family in Hubei, and also to his two cousins ​​in Hangzhou, but nothing came of it, so he had to use it to show his followers to Mao Da. At that time, Mao Da was wiping the cigarette holder beside Qi Ye, and casually said, "That's not it! Fortunately, thanks to Lord Qi, he held his hands tightly, spending one by one, and never failed.If another second master came, I'm afraid it would have been bad. " Qiye complained that after gaining sympathy from Mao University, he said, "I know I have plans for everything, and you will blame me if you don't say it: (Like Mao in a loud voice) 'Come on, don't mention my Qiye, one nail and one eye, One money, one life. To save face, treat guests with five-five-five cigarettes, big forts, not rich, once the customers leave, Lao Mao, Hardman! What a miser!' What should I do if I am not stingy. The money will be gone when I get it. It’s nothing to do with money. Grandpa and Third Master seem to think that I’m fooling around, and everyone pays me for fooling around, as if I’m not reconciled. It’s really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, and I don’t know good people.”

"They don't know the pain of Seventh Master's serious work and willingness to work hard. But I made a call yesterday, and I figured out if the letter will come from Hangzhou today, the letter from home will come." "Will it come? They won't come! They don't know anything except hold their wallets tight. If it weren't for the inheritance of the ancestors, the descendants couldn't bear to give it away without knowing it. I wouldn't feel comfortable being an old man at home, but would I still be willing to come to this ghost place to live in poverty? "

Mao Da said, "They don't understand Qiye, but they don't know that without Qiye running around, who can do it? It's Qiye who has good intentions, and no one else can do it!" Qi Ye smiled wryly, pinching the bones of his fingers, and said, "I begged for this myself, no one can blame me. I'm not good at it, just let it go, and that's all. How many of the thousands of family properties of the ancestors are not so finished?" ? The young masters in my family have no education, don’t know the basics, and love money like their lives, so it’s a waste of words.”

"I don't admire that kind of person, look at the miser." Qi Ye enjoyed all kinds of flattery from Mao Da in his ears, and his heart seemed to relax a little.The words turned around, "Old Mao, I see your air, you must have something to do with the old bitch of the Ermeili historian, don't you think so?" Mao Da was cunning and modest shaking his hands, as if he was afraid that others would hear him, "Qi Ye, don't talk nonsense, I don't dare break ground when I am too old! I am an honest man!" "Are you an honest man? I don't care about you, you are really dishonest! I talk nonsense, as if I have wronged you as a thief. If you dare to swear that you will never touch that old bitch, I will admit defeat!"

Mao Da didn't argue any more, and acted flatteringly, just grinning. Qi Ye said again, "The old bitch likes you, I can see it at a glance, what in the world can't be hidden from my eyes!" "That's true, what in the world can we hide from Master Qi?" "At home, they thought I was immature, acting recklessly and recklessly." "What do they know? They never go out and never see the world. How can they be smarter and more intelligent than Qi Ye." Mao Da knew that Qiye was a hero without money and courage, and it was inconvenient to do things.This time I came to Tianjin to do real estate negotiations, and as soon as things started to unfold, lawyers, city government counselors, section chiefs of the social bureau, a certain teacher, and a certain deputy chief, when they went to socialize on the scene, money was everywhere.

Although the family sent 800, a thousand came from Hangzhou, and the money was received, and it was spent in a hurry, and when nothing happened, I went to sit at "Shi Xiangyun" in Ermeili, and took the little whore upstairs and downstairs in the Zhongyuan company For a walk, a bottle of French perfume is thirty-six yuan, a Moroccan leather wallet is twenty-eight yuan, a half dozen of real coco stockings is thirty yuan, a new dress material is seventy-five yuan, two thousand yuan is on hand, How long will it take?When the money is gone, people are naturally a little tempered.If you don't say a few good words to send him to the sky, let him hover on the ground looking for trouble, of course you will only suffer if you get close.

Qi Ye is also a strange person, he doesn't ignore the small things in the big things.Being a man on the scene, he is never disqualified when spending money, but in normal seasons, he patiently calculates pocket accounts with Mao Da, sends letters, buys cigarettes, and buys fruits.In his opinion, this is a philosophy, a philosophy of controlling servants.He thought that Confucius said that a villain and a woman are hard to raise, and a little bit of indulgence will be bad.So we have to be cautious. If you can use kindness and power together, the servant will be virtuous and afraid of punishment, and dare not bully the master.Mao Da has figured out Qiye's temper. On the surface, he is obedient in everything, and he is especially frank about money matters.Buying things must be a little cheaper than Qiye, and when you settle accounts, you often have extra money, even if the amount is small, return it to Qiye.Qi Ye thinks this is the result of his being strict and kind to his servants, so he feels even more proud.I often say to people, "You spend eighteen yuan to hire an errand, but you can't use it; I spend five yuan, and I am well trained, and it is worth fifteen yuan!" As for the 10% that Mao University received from Shi Xiangyun as usual Rebates, how much rebates he got from other expenses, of course Qi Ye would not know.

Qi Ye is really as he said, if he can't bear to lose a little of his ancestors' property, he would be very happy to live in his hometown, and he wouldn't come to Tianjin Hotel to suffer. Qiye's family lives in Xzhou City, and he is a well-known child of the old family.I belong to the second family.I originally embraced the old second room from the new second room, and the purpose of the transfer was naturally to prepare for receiving a legacy.He was seventeen years old when he passed the room and was not yet married.Under his name, he can collect 5,000 shi to 6,000 shi for rent every year. According to ordinary circumstances, this income is not a small amount.In addition to spending various donations from the local area and all kinds of things from the renter, even if the mother and son treat guests to restaurants all day long and hire a troupe to sing operas every month, it will not be a problem to live.

However, there are many adults in the clan, and the children are different from each other.The poor uncles want to share a little bit of profit, and the loan of three stones and five stones is still expected to be embellished, but it is impossible to ask for a hundred and eighty stones.So he planned to invite small local officials and gangsters to educate this virtuous little Ruan, starting with women's sex and gambling.As a result, Seventh Master naturally got some interesting experience with women like many old family children, and he was sick all over, but owed a large amount of debt in gambling.At first they hid the two things from their parents, but in the end they were finally exposed. Since the head of the family is a womanizer, he wants to save face in every way, so he was so angry that he called Master Qi and cried and scolded him in front of his parents. Or Dian Tian repays the debt.On the one hand, he found an older and sensible daughter-in-law among the old cousins, and took the daughter-in-law over, thinking that in this way, the man could be detained.The children were unworthy, their future was hopeless, and they were getting old. The old master died of half-sickness and half-sickness after two years.Qi Ye had a little awareness, which was stimulated from both family and society.Confession on the one hand.On the one hand, it is to save face, so it also spends a lot of money on the deceased.The monks and Taoists were invited to do the water and land dojo for seventy-seven forty-nine days, and the plain wine and plain noodles swelled up these idlers and cripples.Countless paper people, paper houses, paper chariots and horses will be tied up, and then they will be burned on fire.I heard that the poor uncles made a "white fortune" by participating in this funeral.The wish is over, and at the same time, almost half of the family business is consumed.But it is not without benefits, from now on, Qi Ye will not be fooled by others in sex gambling.He wants to learn well, and he already knows that "prodigal son" is not a useful title.After five years of marriage, the woman gave birth to him three children. Although she couldn't control him, she could hold him back.The father-in-law is always a local lawyer and is very famous, so Da Ruan didn't dare to come again.He worked as a young master in the city of Xzhou, and lived on rented grain.Occasionally go to the countryside to have a look, stay for ten days and a half months, find a big-footed country woman to play with, and do everything carefully so as not to cause trouble.Among the relatives, he is still a child who guards the door. From this kind of environment, Qi Ye naturally developed a temperament, a temper, the temperament and temper of the eldest and young masters that can be seen everywhere in China.I like to eat well and dress well. Cameras, fountain pens, blankets on the bed, and shoes on the feet are all bought at the most expensive prices in foreign companies.He subscribed to a Shanghai newspaper at home, and what aroused his interest most were the moving advertisements in the newspaper.I carry a cane and a reed watch with me, which I bought from a Harrow company in Shanghai after reading an advertisement.A person can be regarded as having changed his ways and returned to the righteous, and has become close to a gentleman.Although he doesn't know how to write poetry, he often participates in the poetry clubs of the local elders. His main duty is to entertain guests and invite the poets to his home for a drink. Sometimes the elder uncles and local gentry take some calligraphy and paintings from his house, but they don't care, so Popularity is good.I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but when it comes to meditating and practicing qi, and watching fortune-telling classes, I feel that there is something mysterious and inconceivable.He doesn't believe in Christianity, but he can talk to foreigners in the local Gospel Church because the foreigners sold him a real Mimi gramophone and gave him two bottles of foreign wine shipped from abroad.I don't read any books, and I can't say new knowledge, but when I chat with the locals, I seem to be a new school, a smart intellectual. He is very much in favor of Western material civilization, and plans to have his eldest son study medicine in the future.But just like many old-fashioned people, he feels that it is inappropriate for young people to learn from foreign countries, talk about free love, social revolution, and not pay attention to old Chinese morals.I also have ideals in life, the highest ideal is to increase the price of food, and the fire in the Guangming Photo Studio in the county.If the former is close to material, the latter can be said to be purely spiritual.The fire in the photo studio is of no benefit to him, but because the boss of the photo studio laughed at him for eating women's footwashing water, it will damage his reputation.It turned out that Qi Ye understood the old morality and cherished his reputation.If there are no other changes, Qi Ye will have two things waiting for him to do according to his status, the first is to take a concubine, and the second is to smoke opium. But the times change everything, and it also affects this person's life.When the National Revolutionary Army entered Wuhan, all the big families in Xzhou moved to Hangzhou and Suzhou to take refuge, and Qiye made a Hangzhou apartment.Although my family lives in Hangzhou, I personally have many reasons to travel to Shanghai frequently.There are many new gadgets in Shanghai, deceiving, gambling, and related to men and women, so I have experienced it more or less.A little more hobbies cost a little more.Fortunately, my vision has widened, I am old, and I am in the military period, and I am particularly worried about the little land in my hometown, so I am not very obsessed. After the revolutionary army established its capital in Nanjing, a new opportunity came again. The second master of the third house, who served as brigade commander in Shandong and also served as the commander of Qingxiang, asked Qi Ye if he would like to be an official.Of course he was willing, so he passed Shandong.In that army, he served as the staff officer of the lieutenant colonel, which is worthy of the name.The second master likes to ride a horse, and he rides with him.The second master likes to listen to operas, and he listens to them with him.The second master likes to spend money, spending money on all fashionable items, he spends money with him.The second master was so excited that he took out nearly 20,000 yuan to accept a drum girl, and at the same time gave away the vacancy of a brigade commander.Qiye only seems to be more cautious about this matter, and there is not much loss.The second master was passionate and ruined a promising future.However, Qi Ye thought that women are easy-going, and it's okay to play tricks every now and then, but not when they're serious.Naturally, this kind of view doesn't quite agree with Erye.As soon as the second master was dismissed and went to the field, and when he took the love worth 20,000 yuan to Nanjing, the seventh master still returned to Hangzhou, and then returned to Xzhou from Hangzhou. After returning to his hometown, he had two additional qualifications. One was that he had lived in Shanghai, and the other was that he had served as an officer.With these two qualifications, plus his original qualifications as the young master, he became a local celebrity.He feels that his knowledge is richer than that of the elders, and his insights are better than ordinary people.Suddenly he became enthusiastic about doing business, and thought that in order to make China prosperous and strong, he must revitalize the industry.The result of the enthusiasm was to open a foreign goods store in the local area, imitating the method of the Shanghai department store, with all the things that represent the needs of civilized people.Milk replacer, children's car (also marked as British), genuine Parker pens, big copper bed, expensive candies... Gas lamps are also lit at the opening, and the county magistrate will give a speech!Neither pay attention to the sale of goods, nor pay attention to the flow of capital.A year later, the manager ran away with 2,000 cash in the name of selling goods.After cleaning up the accounts, I realized that the loss of the principal was nearly 10,000 yuan, and the only way was to pawn the land and pay off the debt. This method of using money is like taking fish from a tank, using it for entertaining guests, worshiping the gods, and giving gifts.Starting a business has failed, and we still have to think about it.The Nanjing ancestral hall has some incidental properties, which should be divided into the old second house and the third master of the new big house, and the three shares are equally divided.The real estate was valued at 20,000 yuan according to the situation at the time. Qi Ye went to Hangzhou to discuss the solution with his two brothers: "I think the world is changing all the time, people's hearts are getting worse and worse, and the world is changing. Not long ago, in Nanjing, they built roads and cattle roads, demolished many houses, and allocated many lands to the public. We may check our little land. , will make people fancy, if you don’t think about it, it won’t work!” The uncle said: "Lao Qi, this is a joke! We have evidence, no one will take our place away!" Qi Ye pretended to be shrewd and said coldly, "Don't grab it, because Nanjing has a lot of empty space. It's just that if they are fancy, dig the ancestral hall as a pond, and there will be one. At that time, the ancestral memorial tablet There is nowhere to put it, there is nothing to do!" The third master was smart, and knew that the seventh master had something to say, so he asked the seventh master, "Lao Qi, what do you want to do?" Qi Ye said, "I have nothing to do, it's just thinking that way. I'm young and can't speak. I imagined it for the ancestral hall. For example, if we sell this land, it won't happen in other places." Where the problem is, buy a piece of land, or save the money to earn interest, and save it as a scholarship for the three-family brother, what do you think?" The uncle was honest, so he said, "This can't be done. Everything should be considered in the long run." The third master knew the purpose of the seventh master's visit, so he suggested, "Since the real estate is shared by the three houses, the old seven has his reasons. Personnel are always changing, and the ancestral hall was set aside from the property of the former upright government. In today's world, nothing is recognized. Who dares to say that this land will not be confiscated as government property. But selling the ancestral hall is a joke when people hear it. People who don’t know it say that the descendants of the Wang family are unworthy, and they sell the ancestral hall when they are poor. And it’s not easy to sell it at once. It’s not as good as me and Uncle collects 7,000 yuan to give to Qiye, and Qiye's rights and obligations are considered complete. As for how Qiye will deal with the money, we don't ask. I don't know if uncle agrees or not." The uncle disagreed at first, but he had no choice but to agree. Seventh Master signed the document, and after getting the money, he went through Shanghai for a while, and then went back to Nanjing to live for a while. When he was in Nanjing, he wrote to Third Master, saying that he was planning to invest 5,000 yuan in a It is very reliable and there is hope that the career will go up, and it will be used as a fund for the education of children in the future.In fact, when Qi Ye returned to X state, he still had 3,000 yuan left, and the remaining 4,000 yuan was nowhere to be found. In order to tighten the policy, Qi Ye came to his senses again, and moved from the city of Xzhou to live on a farm in the countryside, preparing to live in seclusion.I wrote letters and remitted money to Qingdao to buy apple trees, Hangzhou to buy peach trees, Suzhou to buy big-leaf mulberry trees, and asked someone to bring many grass seeds, flower seeds, vegetable seeds, and bought foreign chickens and rabbits.In addition, he tried every means to lead the pale yellow Swiss ewe that the pastor of the gospel church in the city eats oranges to the country.In short, all the animals and plants that Qi Ye thought were important and available, he tried his best to find them.Qi Ye thought that it was not easy to run a business, but it was not difficult to promote agriculture. Two years later, it really has achieved results.Others failed, and the big cabbages and agars planted had a harvest.But country people don't eat agar as usual, and they send people to pick them into the city, and they have to walk fifty miles back and forth, and they can't sell them to others. Except for sending relatives, only foreigners from the Gospel Church are the only customers.But Qi Ye was embarrassed to ask for money from foreigners.Qi Ye succeeded in growing vegetables, so he became an honorary consultant to the county farmers' association. He was regarded as an expert by the local people, and he thought he was an expert. Now coming to Tianjin is to solve the industry of ancestral halls.However, the situation in Tianjin is more complicated than that in Nanjing, and it is not easy to solve it.Because most of the land owned by the temple was auctioned off as official land by the warlord circle ten years ago, the remaining land is not much, and there are still problems.The seventh master wanted to follow the Nanjing method, but the third master refused to accept it.Qi Ye was very quiet and thought about moving, thinking that he had a connection in Tianjin and was sure of his activities, so he volunteered to come to Tianjin to handle this matter. Human relations are very important in Chinese affairs, so we can naturally work hard on human relations in this matter.Erye has many acquaintances in the army, and there are letters of introduction in all aspects.The door has been opened up, and the lawyer has been found. The important thing is how to spend the money, and it will have the effect of human affection in spending the money.Qiye just sat in Tianjin and wasted money. As for the use of money, it was agreed in advance that each of the three houses would take out 1,000 yuan, and if there was not enough money, they would borrow or borrow it, and then share it equally.After the settlement, the three shares will be divided equally, and another 10% will be proposed as Qi Ye's remuneration.The third master is kind and kind, so he first pays the seventh master one thousand yuan.Uncle is old and mature, he doubts Qi Ye's ability, he is a bit like sitting on the sidelines, even though he promised to send money, he always refuses to send it. Qiye has been in Tianjin for almost two months, and he spent over two thousand, and the matter has no clue, and there is no hope of solving it.I can't do it if I want to use the real estate mortgage.Writing a letter back home to ask for money was either a ghost of the renter, or the letter was seized by the father-in-law and ignored. Qi Ye found a capable and reliable lawyer in Tianjin as a consultant.This lawyer, a fat little man with his stomach full of meat and the tip of his nose red with wine.Always carrying that dirty leather bag, always seeming to be in a hurry, always saying that a good friend has had a stroke, and since I socialize so much, one day I will suddenly fall down like that and never get up again.Speaking of this is almost always when he is lying on the sofa in Qiye's room. The lawyer is a knockout person, looking at Qi Ye with a pair of small eyes, and from Qi Ye's expression, it can be seen that the money has not yet come.And knowing that the money won't come, Qi Ye is anxious not because of the determination of the real estate rights, but because he can't keep what he promised Ermeili Shi Xiangyun.This good friend always pretends to be extremely concerned and extremely difficult. "Qi Ye, I have met Deputy Chief Yang and Counselor Xun again, and they all said that there is a solution. What's more, the second master is still a classmate in Baoding!  Jia Shu apologized, Huan Chuo, Jun* Seventh Master knocked on the table like a child and said, "You can't imagine what kind of brains we Wang family have. We want to catch big fish, but we are reluctant to part with small fish. I put They can't do anything about it. I want to give it up, just ignore it and go back to my hometown to visit my farm!" The lawyer thought Qiye was telling the truth, so he hurriedly said: "Qiye, how can you give up on this? You have to seize your rights! What's more, the matter has been eighty points, there are evidences, and there are witnesses. It's a pity that it falls short. I saw the director yesterday, and I urged him: "The director , you need to help!Qi Ye is an impatient person, he was in a hurry in the hotel. The director said: "Of course I can help! Qi Ye is so forthright. If I don't make friends with my surname Jia, who else can I make friends with? I'm thinking!" Don't worry?Qi Ye is too impatient, you try to invite Qi Ye to play and relax, Tianjin is bored, you can go to Peiping, how many good restaurants there are in Beiping!Bianyifang Roast Duck is as fat as a dude. '" The lawyer, with salt and jealousy, passed on the words of some important figures to Lord Qi, who was relieved to hear that, so he said to the lawyer with emotion: "It's easy for friends to understand me, only family members. It's hard to talk to them. " "That's because they are not personally on the scene, and they don't know the joys and sorrows." "Do you think we've really got something to do with that?" "Of course." At this point, the lawyer made a circle with his hand, symbolizing a coin, "this is it! I think it's still this! The world is full of wind and snow, how many people can we know?" Although they speak well, they are no better friends than you and me. It’s not going to be successful without this, and it’s inconvenient for us to ask people to fulfill their obligations in vain, Qi Ye, don’t you think so?” Qi Ye said, "Of course, my surname is Wang, and I am not a person who only knows himself. If things are done well, everyone has a little benefit. It's just that there is nothing to do at this time. I can't get angry. I really want to..." The lawyer saw Qi Grandpa wanted to say "go back" again, so the question was shifted to "can't go back".The lawyer pretended to be very serious and lowered his voice and said, "Qi Ye, let me tell you, this kid Xiangyun really hurt Xiang Sibo, what drug did you feed her, she is very interesting to you!" Qi Ye acted as if he couldn't believe it, "What reason do I have for making her fall in lovesickness? How many men have I met in a hall, would I fall in lovesickness? I don't believe it." The lawyer said, "Qiye, don't say that. Believe it or not. You know physiognomy, and you can see how Xiangyun's facial features look like a man of the world. If she goes to Peking University to study, she won't be a female student at all. ?" Qi Ye was emotionally moved and sighed.After a while, he said to himself, "Everything is fate." The lawyer said, "Everything is fate. It is a turning point for this child to meet you, a heroic and noble son. She is so smart, she has only been studying for three months, and she knows how to read "Suiyuan Poems". She is not a talented girl! If you have the heart to support her, I bet one finger that she will become a contemporary female poet!" "But I'm a student farmer." The lawyer yelled deliberately: "I know you are our top agricultural expert in China! There are also peasant poets in the school of agriculture! "And said softly," Seventh Master, to tell the truth, I envy you! jealous of you! " Qi Ye smiled at his envious good friend and stopped talking.The lawyer knew that Master Qi would not say he was leaving, so he changed the subject and came to discuss with Master Qi to see how he could collect the money.And it was designed for Qi Ye, and the letter he wrote was more formal.It seems that there is a solution as soon as the money comes, and it must come early. If it is later, you may lose the opportunity and regret it.He also said that because of necessity, he had borrowed 2,000 yuan from someone, and he would have to pay it back on time. Hangzhou had to send another 2,000 yuan anyway.What's more, the lawyer seemed to understand Mrs. Qi's psychology better than Mr. Qi. He asked Mr. Qi to write a letter and at the same time buy 30 yuan of clothing and send it to Mrs. Qi, thinking that it would be more useful than writing a letter. In the end, he said to Qi Ye, "This is how people are. The heart is made of flesh. If it is warmed up, the blood will flow faster, and if it is cooled down, the blood will flow slower. Eyes see gifts shining, ears rejoice in listening to beautiful lies , There are many ways to gain a person's trust!" After the lawyer left, Qi Ye didn't want to think about why the lawyer was so close to him, but decided that the lawyer was his only good friend.And thought that Shi Xiangyun was a passionate woman who was suffering from lovesickness for him, and he was waiting for him to rescue her.If he is willing to do this, he will surely leave a good story in history.As long as you have money, it is too easy to be a good person. Qi Ye waited for the letter, and the Hangzhou registered letter unexpectedly arrived.My heart blossomed, thinking that the money must also come.When I cut it open, it turned out that the uncle used his status as a big brother to say that he should be cautious outside and never approach unreliable friends. At the end, he said that he heard that the situation in Tianjin real estate was too complicated, and he was afraid that what he gained would outweigh what he lost. Individuals are willing to give up their rights in the future, and do not assume the obligations at this time. Everything will be handled by Qiye, and there is no need to ask. Logically speaking, the uncle's resignation of rights is of great benefit to Qi Ye, and Qi Ye should be happy.But it ruined another dream of his. He was counting on the money from the uncle to send 600 to Shi Xiangyun to make up the shortfall, and the remaining 400 to rent a small house for furniture and live with Shi Xiangyun. To help solve it, I live in Tianjin, while educating Shi Xiangyun, while waiting for the solution.There is no way, he brought the newcomers home to grow vegetables! Qi Ye twisted the empty letter into a roll, slapped the palms of his hands, and said to himself, "Your uncle is really an old man, it's difficult for people to come to this place! Without money, what can you do? If you give up, you have to make it clear a long time ago!Sending people up Lubricant Mountain, pulling out the ladder halfway, regardless of good or bad, isn't it a crime? " Mao Da knew what Qiye was thinking, so he said, "Qiye, Yang Banxian is a good fortune teller. He said that if you have faith, you will have faith. He said that if you have money, I guess the money will come to the family soon. You don't have to worry!" Qi Ye said, "I'm not in a hurry, there are others!" Mao Da understood who the "others" Qiye meant, and felt amused in his heart, so he led the words back to the source, "Qiye, your forehead shines, you must be lucky." "Lucky? The overlord of Chu is trapped in the Wujiang River, the hero is useless, what luck is there! If the money is not coming, we have to kidnap the ticket, otherwise we will hang ourselves!" "If you don't come today, you will come tomorrow. Seventh Master, you are so anxious. Why don't you go to the paradise to relax? You don't even watch a play? Today there is Cheng Yanqiu's play in China, and they all say it is a good show." "I can't sing in this play myself, so I still want to watch it?" "What did the uncle say in the letter?" "..." Qi Ye remained silent, took out a small money clip from his shirt pocket, and counted his savings. After counting, he suddenly showed an optimistic look, and took out a ten-yuan note to Mao Da, asking Mao Da to book a second-class box at the Chinese Theatre. It's decided to send it to Ermili.He also ordered Mao Da, "Old Mao, the old bitch asked you about the lawsuit here, don't talk nonsense, don't get carried away just because the old bitch gave you a little favor!" Mao Dazuo said very seriously, "Qi Ye, don't worry! Lao Mao is not a bastard, he eats Qi Ye's food, but instead helps outsiders, he is not as good as a dog." "Okay, you go, come back when you're done. Don't talk nonsense." After Mao University left, Qi Ye went to the washstand and looked at himself in the mirror, because what his lawyer friend said was still itching in his heart.I really wanted to go back again, in order to go home in person, so that I could get two thousand yuan to save a confidant.I wanted to keep this one again, but it was hard to get rid of the other one at home, so I had to leave it alone.So I took out the safety razor and shaved my beard. It seemed that as soon as the things around my mouth were shaved off, all difficulties were relieved at the same time. When Mao came back, he realized that the theater tickets were not available, and it happened that Mrs. Shi Xiangyun was also buying theater tickets.Mao Da told her, and she said, Qiye doesn't need a treat, just come over for dinner in the evening, the stew has white fish.Mao Da passed the message to Qiye.Qi Ye smiled slightly after hearing this, and Gu Bi said, "Okay, I'll go to Ermeili to have a meal of white fish. I will definitely go." That night the old bitch wanted to keep him to stay there, but Qiye might have a telegram, so he couldn't stay and still had to go back to the hotel.In fact, it was an expense of 30 yuan, which didn't seem to suit his current financial situation, so even if he wanted to live there, he had to plan. Because Qiye wanted to go back, Shi Xiangyun pretended to be angry and lay on the bed without getting up, covered his face with his hands, and called her mother, "Mother, mother, let him go, you can stay alone, but you can't keep your heart, and you have wronged him. Here, why bother?" Qi Ye pretended not to hear this sentence, and still put on his hat.The old bitch said, "Master Qi, you really..." Then the one lying on the bed said, "Mother, mother, forget it." After speaking, she turned and fell asleep in the bed.Qi Ye felt very sorry, and walked over to the bed while buttoning his mandarin coat, "You are a smart person, why don't you understand me. I can't do things, and I feel uneasy. After ten and a half months, won't we be fine?" The prostitute pretended to be sad but said in a low voice, "Who knows what's wrong with people, I only hate myself!" Qi Ye was soft in his heart, leaned over her ear and said, "I understand you! Just wait and see!" The prostitute said, "I don't blame anyone, but my life." Then she began to sob. The old bitch is mature, sees things clearly, knows that people have their own difficulties, those who want to leave may not be willing to leave, and those who say to stay may not really hope to stay, so I still played a drum to help Qiye and said a few words, pretending False and true, he scolded the little whore a few words, sent Qi Ye out of the gate, and asked him to go back to the hotel. Coincidentally, in the middle of the night, a telegram really came, from Xzhou's house, the content was very simple, except for the name, there were only two sentences, "The money has been remitted, please take care." After reading the telegram, Qi Ye couldn't help feeling a little ashamed Growing up on the ground, and getting bigger and bigger, I feel that what I did outside this time is really not worthy of the person at home.But this is only for a while, because since the money has been remitted, it is naturally still spent and cannot be used.What should be considered is how to allocate the money, use it for the lawyer as sports expenses, or fill in the gap for Shi Xiangyun, so that this girl with a good conscience and a bad fate can escape from the fire pit?Reason and desire are at war, want to sleep but can't sleep, regret should not go back to the hotel.Because such empty telegrams made him troublesome, he might as well stay in Ermili and get a good night's sleep.But Qi Ye didn't think, without this telegram, how could he sleep peacefully in Ermeili. It was not until it was almost dawn that he barely squinted, dreaming in a daze.Dreaming of attending a civilized wedding ceremony for one person at the West Lake Hotel in Hangzhou. Six fat men in red clothes were standing in the courtyard and blowing trumpets. One of them looked very much like a lawyer, and he looked like a lawyer.I am both a guest and a host, standing alone in the middle of the auditorium. At home, the two brothers Xiao Mao stood on the side of the stairs to watch the excitement, eating big wedding cakes, and asked them, "Xiao Mao, where is your mother?" The two brothers kept silent and just ate the wedding cakes.The bridal sedan chair came, and the big copper gongs were ringing. Only when I woke up did I realize that it was eleven o'clock, and the clock on the wall was ringing. When meeting the lawyer at noon, Qi Ye couldn't help but giggled and laughed, and appointed the lawyer and said, "Trumpet blower, trumpet blower!" The lawyer had a guilty conscience, thinking that Master Qi laughed at him as "bragging", his face was flushed red, and he shouted anxiously, "Master Qi, Master Qi, what's wrong with you! A friend is a friend..." Master Qi was still naughty and stubborn said, "You're a trumpeter!" The family remitted 1,400 yuan and sent it three times. Qi Ye had an idea. Although he couldn't hide the money from others, he let people know that it was only 1,000 yuan. Even Mao Da, who was close to him, thought it was only Come a thousand.After the money came, the lawyer treated him a little better. Shi Xiangyun from Ermeili sent some fruits, and instead of asking him to go there, he sent a message to Mao Da that Qi Ye was busy with business, and it would not be too late to play after finishing the serious business. .In fact, it was because of the old leather goods sellers from Zhangjiakou who were busy setting up tables and playing cards, so it was more convenient for Qi Ye not to come.However, the old bitch got the news from Mao Da, knowing that the lawyer was always around Qi Ye, and also thought that the client who sold fur goods was an old Jiang Hu, who was not as easy to serve as Qi Ye, so the two compared Qi Ye's reliability.So I had some scheming in my mind, so I came to visit Qi Ye with an excuse. As soon as he saw Qi Ye, he said, "Qi Ye, your seal is shining, there must be something to celebrate." Qi Ye knew that the old bitch was not a good person and had intentions in what he said, but he didn't hate this kind of flattery.And she thinks that regardless of whether the person is good or bad, Xiangyun was raised by her, and everything will be in her hands in the future, and she might even recognize relatives!Therefore, he came to meet the old bitch very kindly.The old bitch asked Qi Ye if he had made up his mind, and he faltered and dragged it to other matters. The old bitch didn't seem to be Qiye in front of her, but a relative, "That child Xiangyun is crazy, she is too honest, I am worried that she will be bullied." Qi Ye said, "One person has one's own destiny, so worrying about it is useless." "So everything starts at the beginning, make it clear beforehand, don't trust people too easily." Qi Ye said with a smile, "She doesn't know how to judge people, you will help her choose people!" The old bitch also smiled, "That's not true. Is it because she has a reliance that I have a reliance? I am old, I have seen enough of the world, and I only wish her well when I pray to the Bodhisattva. In the future, I will have a bowl of rice to eat alive, and someone will burn half a catty of paper after death. " "Mother, why are you old? People are old at heart. I think you are really not old! You still look good when you dress up, some people are fascinated!" "Qi Ye, you are really scolding me. What did I offend you?" "I'm not scolding you, I'm telling the truth." Thinking of Mao Da, Qi Ye went to the calling bell and rang it, ready to call Mao Da.But the servant was eavesdropping on the conversation between the two in the small room next door, knowing that Master Qi was joking, so he didn't show up.When Qi Ye saw that no one came, he said, "Run away as soon as you eat, and eat things that are worthless." The old bitch said, "Qiye, I don't drink tea, I want to go. I tell you the truth, Qiye, you have to do things as soon as possible." .' I can't hold it steady in my heart, and I can't live up to everyone's heart!" Qiye said, "I don't understand what you mean, and I don't want to understand. I'm here to do something. After I finish the job, I feel relieved, and I will naturally..." The old bitch said, "Qiye's work is Seriously..." Just as he was saying this, he still wanted to scare Qi Ye with bitter tricks, but the lawyer who escorted him came.Colleagues are enemies.These two people are very familiar with people and the world, they are exactly the same, and they can kill a tie. When the lawyer saw the old bitch in Qi Ye's room, he knew what the two were talking about. The lawyer narrowed his eyes at Master Qi, smiled and said, "I'm a trumpet player, I'll soon need me to play the trumpet!" After saying that, he turned back and smiled at the old bitch, "Master Qi had a dream a few days ago, and I saw you in my dream. I am the trumpeter, to attend his wedding!" The old bitch knew that the lawyer was helping, so she pretended to be ignorant and said, "I don't know who has such good luck to be favored by Qi Ye and be praised by Qi Ye." 律师说，“我知道七爷心事。有一个人想念他睡不着觉，他不忍辜负人，正想办法。” 老婊子又装胡涂，问这人是谁。律师看看七爷，不即说下去，七爷就抢口说：“唉唉，先生，够了，你们作律师的，就好象天生派定是胡说八道的！” 老婊子故意装懵懂，懵懂中有了觉悟，拍手呵呵笑说，“作律师的当真是作孽，因为证婚要他，离婚也要他。” 七爷虽明白两人都是在做戏，但却相信所提到的另外一个人，把这件事看得极认真。 老婊子虚情假意和律师谈了几件当地新闻，心想再不走开，律师会故意说已约好什么人，邀七爷出门，所以就借故说还得上公司买布，回家去了。人走去后，律师拍着前额向七爷笑嘻嘻的说，“老家伙一定是为一个人来作红娘，传书递简，如不是这件事，我输这颗脑袋。” 七爷笑着，不作声，到后又忽然说，“你割下这个'三斤半'吧。可是我们正经事总还得办，莫急忙输你这颗脑袋也好。” 律师装作相信不过神气，“我输不了脑袋，要吃喜酒！七爷，你不要瞒我，许多事你都还瞒着我！湘云一定做得有诗送你，你不肯把我看，以为我是粗人俗人，不懂风雅。” “得了罢，我瞒你什么？家中寄了一千块钱来，我正不知道用在那一方面去。” “七爷，你让我作张子房吗？” “什么张子房李子房！说真话，帮我作参谋，想想看。” 事情倒当真值得律师想想，因为钱在七爷手上，要从七爷手上取出来，也不是很容易的事。并且只有一千块钱，是应当让妇人捉着他好，还是让地产希望迷住他好？律师拿不定主意。想了一阵无结果，因此转问七爷，意思如何，且自以为不配作张子房，不能扶助刘邦。 七爷也想了一下，想起二爷的教训，意思倒拿定了，告给律师，说是先办正经事，别的且放下莫提。这种表示律师求之不得。不过又不愿意老婊子疑心他从中捣鬼，所以倒拘拘泥泥，模棱两可，反着实为史湘云说了些好话，把她比作一个才女，一个尤物，一个花魁。说到末了是从七爷手中拿去了两百元，请七爷到三十一号路去吃馆子，说是住天津十多年，最新才发现这个合乎理想的经济小馆子。所谓经济的意义，就是末了不必付小费。七爷欢喜这种办法，以为简便得多，事实上也经济得多。却没有计算到菜价中早已加了两成小费，一成归饭馆，一成归介绍人。 茅大得过律师的好处，把一张《风月画报》递到七爷眼睛边，“七爷，你瞧这个不知是谁把湘云相片上了报，说她是诗人，还说了许多趣话！” 七爷就断定是律师作的，但看那文章，说和湘云相好的，是个“翩翩浊世之佳公子”，又说是个“大实业家，大理想家”，心里也很受用。一见律师就笑着说，“少作点孽，你那文章我领教了！” 律师对这件事装作莫名其妙，“怎么怎么，七爷，我作了什么孽？犯法也得有个罪名。” 七爷把那画报抛到律师头上去，“这不是你还有谁？” 律师忍不住笑了，“我是君子成人之美，七爷莫多心。我还想把湘云和你我三人，比作风尘三侠！湘云和七爷还有边，就只我这虬髯客不大好作。”他摸摸自己光板板的肥下巴，“首先还得到劝业场去找一个髯口挂上，才有边。” 用钱问题一时还是不能解决。七爷虽说很想作件侠义事，但是事实倒也不能不考虑考虑。就因为地产交涉解决迟早不一定，钱的来源却有个限度。杭州方面无多希望了，家里既筹了一千四百，一时也不会再有款来。若一手给老婊子八百，再加上上上下下的开销，恐得过千，此后难以为继。 茅大虽得到老婊子允许的好处，事成了酬半成，拿四十喝酒，但看看七爷情形，知道这一来此后不是事，所以也不敢再加油。律师表面上虽撺掇其成，但也担心到当真事成了，此后不好办，所以常常来报告消息，总以为调查员已出发，文件有人见过了，过不久就会从某参事方面得到办法。 忠厚的三爷接到七爷的告急信，虽不相信七爷信上办交涉前途乐观的话，却清楚七爷办事要钱，无钱办不了事，钱少了事办得也不容易顺手，因此又汇了六百来。这笔款项来得近于意外，救了七爷也害了七爷。钱到手后，七爷再不能踌躇了，于是下了决心，亲手点交八百块钱给老婊子，老婊子写了红字，画了押，律师还在证人名下也画了一个押。另外还花了两百块钱，买了一套卧房用具，在法租界三十二号路租了个二楼，放下用具，就把史湘云接过来同住了。 事办成后，大家各有所得，自然都十分快乐。尤其是七爷，竟象完成了一种高尚理想，实现佳话所必需的一节穿插。 初初几天生活过得很兴奋，很感动。 这件事当然不给家中知道，也不让杭州方面知道。 一个月后家中来信告七爷，县里新换了县长，知道七爷是“专家”，想请七爷作农会会长，若七爷愿意负责，会里可设法增加经费，城乡还可划出三个区域来供七爷作“实验区”，以便改良农产。七爷回信表示农会当然愿意负责，因为一面是为桑梓服务，一面且与素志相合。不过单靠县里那点经费，恐办不了什么事。一年经费买两只荷兰种猪也不够，哪能说到改良？他意思现在既在这里办地产交涉，一面就想在北方研究天津著名的白梨，丰台的苹果，北平的玫瑰香葡萄等等果品和浆果的种植法，且参观北方各农场，等待地产交涉办好了，再回家就职，还愿意捐款五千元，作本地农会改进各种农产物的经费，要七太太把这点意见先告给县里人知道。 七爷当真就在天津一面办事一面打量将来回本县服务的种种。租界上修马路草地用的剪草机，他以为极有用处，大小式样有多少种，每具值得多少钱，都被他探听出来了。他把这类事情全记载到一个小手册上去，那手册上此外又还记得有关水利的打井法，开渠法，制造简单引水灌溉风车的图说。又有从报纸常识栏里抄下的种除虫菊法和除虫药水配合方式。另外还有一个苏俄集体农场的生产分配表格，七爷认为这是新政策，说不定中国有一天也要用它。至于其中收藏白梨苹果的方法，还是从顶有实际经验顶可靠的水果行商人处请人教得来的。这本手册的宝重，也就可想而知了。 史湘云说是想读书，接过来同居后，七爷特意买一部《随园诗话》，还买了些别的书，放在梳妆台上给她看。并且买了一本和一套文房四宝，让她写字。女人初来时闲着无事可作，也勉强翻翻书，问问七爷生字，且拿笔写了几天字帖。到后来似乎七爷对于诗词并无多大兴趣，所以就不怎么认真弄下去。倒是常常陪七爷上天祥市场听落子，七爷不明白处，她能指点。先是有时七爷有应酬，她就在家里等着，回来很晚还见她在沙发上等，不敢先睡。七爷以为自己办事有应酬，不能陪她，闷出毛病来不是事，要她自己去看戏。得到这种许可后，她就打扮得香喷喷的，一个人出去看戏，照例回来得很迟。七爷自然不疑心到别的事上去。茅大懂的事多一点，但他也有他的问题，不大肯在这件事情上说话。因为老婊子悄悄的给了他一分礼物，欲拒绝无从拒绝，他每天得上医院。自己的事已够麻烦了。 两个月以后，七爷对于这个多情的风尘知己认识得多一点，明白“风尘三侠”还只是那么一回事，好象有点厌倦，也不怎么希望她，作女诗人了。可是天津事情一时办不完，想回去不能回去。那个律师倒始终能得七爷的信托，不特帮他努力办地产交涉，并且还带他往××学校农场和一个私人养狐场去参观。当七爷发现了身上有点不大妥当，需要上医生处去看看时，律师又为介绍一个可靠的私人开业医生。直到这律师为别一案件被捕以前，七爷总还以为地产事极有希望，一解决就可向银行办理押款，到安利洋行去买剪草机，播种机和新式耕田农具回本地服务。 七爷就是七爷，有他的性格。在他生活上，苦恼、失望、悲观这类字眼，常常用得着，起一点儿作用。但另外更多日子，过得却满高兴自足。城里土财主大都是守财奴，理想都寄托在佃户身上，有了钱不会花，只好让土匪军阀趁机压榨。 七爷从这些财主眼中看来，是个败家子；在茅大眼中，一个不折不扣的“报应现世宝”。七爷自己呢，还以为自己是个“专家”，并且极懂人情世故，有头脑，阅历多，从来没有上过什么当。 一九三七年重写于北京