When Fang Hung-chien returned the letter to Miss Tang, he did not feel dull.After a while, he woke up as if from a faint, and began to feel pain in his heart, like a tingling pain when the limbs were numb due to curling up, and the blood circulates when they are straightened.I didn't have time to discern the taste of the whole piece of pain that I had swallowed yesterday, but now, like a cow chewing its cud, it is sporadically chewing out a deep and bottomless aftertaste.The sofa and desk in the bedroom, the trees and grass outside the bedroom window, and the people I meet every day are all the same as before.The strange thing is that at the same time, he feels that the world is bleak, at least his own world has changed.His personal world is suddenly separated from the world of public life, like a lonely ghost isolated from the living people, watching the pleasures of the mortal world, but unable to penetrate himself, and gazing at the sun of the mortal world, he cannot bask in it himself.In other people's world, he can't get in, but in his world, anyone can come in, the first one who can't be stopped is Mrs. Zhou.No one who is an elder is willing for a junior to keep a secret from himself; coaxing out and forcing out this secret is the duty of the elders.After the Tang family's coachman left, Fang Hung-chien went upstairs to wash his face. Mrs. Zhou met him halfway up the stairs, and wanted to ask him what the maid had told him last night, but she couldn't help it. This proved that she was not only responsible, but also self-cultivated.She went to the dining room first and waited for him to come down.Xiaocheng eats very fast on weekdays, but today he also procrastinates slowly, listening to his mother ask Hung-chien what to say.It wasn't until Xiaocheng couldn't wait and went to school, and she hadn't seen Hung-chien come to eat breakfast, that she asked the servant to urge her, and then she knew that he had already sneaked out.Mrs. Zhou lost her temper even more because of wasting self-denial. She scolded Hung-chien for being an asshole, saying, "Even if you live in a hotel, you have to pay for the waiter when you go out. Now he eats my Zhou's food, lives in Zhou's house, and earns a lot of money." My Zhou family’s money was hidden from me and went out to mess around. I went out early in the morning and didn’t come to greet him. I have no respect for my elders. What a rule! He is still the son of a scholar! A gift.’ Hasn’t he read it? He’s bewildered by women and has no conscience at all. He doesn’t want to think about how Miss Su and Miss Tang would take a fancy to him without relying on the cultivation of our Zhou family!” Mrs. Zhou didn’t know that Gradually getting to know Ms. Tang, because of the ready-made noun of "sesame crisp candy", she said "crispy" and said "sugar" along the way;
Fang Hongjian went out without eating breakfast, in order to avoid Mrs. Zhou.At this time, he was afraid of being interrogated, and even more afraid of being merciful or taught.The new wound on his heart hurts when it is exposed.When someone loses their love, they will immediately display their sadness like a beggar's rotten leg, bloody and public, to attract people's sympathy, or it will be like a soldier's golden sores and old spots, which will make people admirable.Hung-chien only hoped to hide in the darkness of his mind, as if his sick eyes were protected from light, and his broken flesh was afraid of the wind.So he originally wanted to act as if nothing had happened, so that no one would see through his secret, and if he could hide it from Mrs. Zhou, then no one would meddle in other people's affairs.However, it is difficult to keep the pain in your heart from showing on your face.Women have the aid of cosmetics. Apply thicker rouge and thicker powder, and the red and white will cover up the sadness in the heart.I am a man, and I am not disheveled on weekdays. Apart from combing my hair and shaving my face as usual, I can't use extraordinary makeup to show that I am as usual.If you can't deal with Mrs. Zhou in a hurry, it's better to slip away.When Hung-chien arrived at the bank, he worked mechanically, his mind too weak to think.The telegram from Sanlv University automatically popped up in his memory, he sighed, and answered the telegram without any willpower.He just assigned the courier to send a telegram, and the manager's office sent someone to invite him.When Manager Zhou saw him, he frowned and said, "What's the matter with you? My wife is losing her temper. When I went out, Wang Ma was calling for a doctor."
Hung-chien hurriedly argued that he hadn't met her since early in the morning.
Manager Zhou said with a mournful face: "I don't know what's going on with you either. But your mother-in-law has been in poor health since Shuying passed away. The doctor measured her blood pressure and told her not to move. It's dangerous, so I always Let her three points, you—don't force her to top her." After speaking, he let out a sigh of relief.When Manager Zhou met this famous uncle, the son of a squire, and a foreign student, he was a little apprehensive. Today's conversation is obligatory, but he doesn't like it.Ever since he and Mrs. Zhou were married, he has always let her.When his daughter died that year, he wanted to marry a concubine to comfort him in the grief of losing his middle-aged daughter. He told Mrs. Zhou that he was sick and begged to die, and he yelled, "Death is clean, so that others can fill in the gaps." No need anymore, I'm even less arrogant towards her.What he said "let her three points" is not the "three points" of "three points of water and seven points of dust", but the "three points" of "there are only three points of moonlight in the world".
Hung-chien reluctantly said, "I'll just keep it in mind. I don't know if she's all right now? Shall I call and ask?"
"Don't fight! She is angry with you, don't go to make fun of yourself. Before I left, I asked my family to wait for the doctor to come and call me to report. Your mother-in-law is getting old! More than 20 years ago , before we came to Shanghai, at that time she suffered from liver and stomach qi disease. When it happened, she didn’t ask the doctor to give an injection, and she didn’t take painkillers, and she didn’t even want to take it! Someone advised her to take a couple of mouthfuls of opium, but your mother-in-law refused, afraid Addictive. The only way to do it is to use our country method, lying on the bed, asking someone to take the latch, and beat her all over. The one who beats her is always me, because this thing needs to be done by relatives, and others don’t know what to do, and the hands are too heavy. I did. But now she can't take it anymore. This method is really effective, maybe you people in the city don't believe it."
Hung-chien was wondering if the unmarried son-in-law was considered a "relative" and hurriedly said, "Believe it! Believe it! This is also a way to trick her nerves and distract her from the pain. It makes sense."
Manager Zhou admitted that he was right.Hung-chien returned to his desk, full of displeasure, thinking that Mrs. Zhou's attitude was getting worse day by day, that the Zhou family could not live any longer, and that he had to leave Shanghai as soon as possible.Manager Zhou went home after lunch and talked to Hung-chien again. The first thing he said was whether he had answered the telegram from Sanlv University.Hung-chien suddenly came to his senses, and a burst of anger woke up his mind from dullness. When he answered, he straightened his body so that there was no more height to add.Manager Zhou avoided Hung-chien's face, only saw the white shirt on Hung-chien's chest in front of the desk slowly expanding, and the tie and belt were rising off the desk, so he said, "It's best if you call back to apply. It's not a long-term solution for us to hang around in the bank." He also asked him to "don't misunderstand".Hung-chien sneered harshly, and asked if he would be considered suspended from today.Manager Zhou put on a weak dignity and said, "Hung-chien, I tell you don't get me wrong! You will be traveling soon, and of course you have to be busy with your own affairs, so you don't have time to take care of the trip—fortunately, there is nothing to do in the trip. Set you free, and you don't have to come every day. As for your salary, you'll get it—"
"Thank you, I can't get the money."
"Listen to me, I will teach the accounting department and give you four months' salary together, and you don't have to ask your old man for your travel expenses—"
"I don't want money. I have money." When Hung-chien spoke, it was as if he had all the four national banks in his pocket. Before Manager Zhou could finish speaking, he strode out of the manager's office.It's a pity that the manager's room is too small to walk two steps, and his haughty back is no longer for Manager Zhou to look up to.Moreover, in the midst of his anger, he didn't take good care of himself mentally, and the leather shoes stepped on the foot of the footman outside the door. Hung-chien had no choice but to apologize, but the footman lifted his leg and smiled wryly, saying forcefully, "It doesn't matter."
Manager Zhou shook his head, thinking that women don't understand worldly affairs, they only know that they lose their temper at home and make their husbands embarrassing outside.I blew up a conversation draft. I wanted to talk about Hung-chien’s father from Hung-chien’s travel expenses. Following Hung-chien’s father, I changed my tone and said: “After you returned to China, you didn’t make out with your old lady much. Now that you are going on a long trip again, it seems that you should go back to your residence for a month or two to take care of your elders. My wife and I like you to live in the dormitory for a long time, and Xiaocheng is also reluctant to let you go; but I detain you, You are not allowed to go home and be a filial son, your in-laws and mother-in-law are going to come to 'visit your relatives and scold them'—" At this point, you should laugh out loud, pat Hung-chien's hands, arms, shoulders, or back, and look at his body. What was the most convenient part to shoot at that time-"Anyway, you often come to my house to play, isn't it the same? If you don't come all the time, I won't agree." In particular, the reception was flawless, and to the best of what Director Wang of the Documentary Department called "pushing the boat along with the flow", I'm afraid the letter manuscript written by Director Wang is no more than that.It's just a pity that this good conversation is all awkward when it comes out, I panicked first, and my attitude was awkward, that bastard Hung-chien had a face that was slapped in the face, give him face and step down, he is willing to scratch his face and contradict I really don't know how to flatter me, so don't blame my wife for hating him.The most difficult words are still stuffed in my heart, like sticky phlegm that cannot be coughed up in my throat, making it extremely itchy.Manager Zhou gave a meaningless cough symbolically and cleared his throat.Hung-chien was a boy who had been raised by himself for nothing, so it seemed that he was not very promising.Just now I heard from my wife that someone recently asked someone to judge his fate, and his fate is very hard. The marriage will not end, and Shuying killed him without getting through the door!Now it's in the midst of the flower luck, and it's hard to guarantee that there will be no trouble. It's better to let him go home and put Squire Fang under strict control, and he will let go of his relationship as an elder.But today, he suddenly kicked him away, and I didn't feel very embarrassed in the end-oh, my wife can't bear it because of her ill temper!Manager Zhou sighed, put the matter aside, picked up the business letters on the table, and struck the bell.
Fang Hongjian didn't want his colleagues to see the shame and anger on his face, so he ran out of the bank in one breath.Cursing Mrs. Zhou in her heart, she must have instigated today's incident. Manager Zhou's husband who completely listens to women is despicable enough!The funny thing is, I still don't understand why Mrs. Zhou suddenly made trouble in the small teacup, thinking to herself that she didn't offend her!However, there is no need to pursue the reason. They want him to leave, and he will leave. He will never linger, and he will not bother to argue with them.Originally, I wanted to buy some of her favorite food to go back to honor her at night and make her like it!When she found out that Miss Su was in contact with her, she changed her attitude and often said nasty words.Xiaocheng didn't like him at first, as if he should be his gunner if he took tutoring for him, and he had to take home all the homework for him to do for him. If he didn't agree, he hated him.Besides, that little devil was meddling in his own business, thanks to his careful precautions, the correspondence did not fall into his hands.Yes!Yes!It must have been the coachman of the Tang family who came to get the letter this morning. She had some suspicions, but she couldn't afford to lose her temper like that?It's so inexplicable!it is good!it is good!If you have bad luck, you will be completely bad, and you will be happy if you are bad.Yesterday I was dumped by my lover, today I was kicked out by my husband, lost love and then lost my job, lost love and lost my job, I fell on my back and even broke my nose! "Come together if you are not interested", just come, simply let the bad luck make it take care of every detail.The Zhou family couldn't stay for a day, so they had to go back to their parents' house for a few days, like a dog that had been beaten outside and ran home with its tail between its legs.But if he admits to his family that he was kicked back, how can he face it?In the past two days, I have been so angry and stupid. The back of my head is like a cotton-wrapped drumstick beating Bumeng's drum. It is vaguely heavy and throbbing. I can't think of a perfect way to cover up my shame so that my family members will not be suspicious. Why did I suddenly have to go home and live an uncomfortable life.My family didn't know about the telegram from Sanlv University, and it reported to my parents, which would surely make them happy. They might be more lenient and would not pursue detailed interrogation.I didn't bother to think about it any more, relying on this good news, I bit the bullet and went home to talk to the camera.I made it clear to my family, I don’t want to go back to Zhou’s house until late to sleep, so as not to see Manager Zhou and his wife, pack up the three pieces of luggage, slip away tomorrow morning, and leave a letter to say goodbye, anyway, I have no face to see Manager Zhou Mrs. Zhou, Manager Zhou, Mrs. Zhou also has no face to see herself, which saves a lot of trouble.I won't live longer when I move back home. I just wait for Sanlu University's travel expenses to be remitted, and I will find a few friends to go on the road.Don't have to go to the bank before hitting the road, enjoy a few days of leisure and enjoy the blessing of leisure.For some reason, the blessing of leisure would take Miss Tang and hurriedly slid the thoughts across like skating, and there was a flash of pain in my heart that fortunately didn't attack.
When Hung-chien arrived home at four o'clock, the old lady yelled as soon as she opened the door, "Young master is here, ma'am, the young master is here, please don't invite me." When Hung-chien entered the door, he saw his mother sitting by the side of the old round dining table, holding Ah Ji, feed him milk powder, while Ah Chou is making noise.The old lady closed the door and rushed back to tease Ah Chou, telling him to "don't make noise, just call 'Uncle' obediently, and Uncle will give you candy".Ah Chou stopped talking and looked at Hung-chien with bare eyes, seeing that there was no sugar for him, so he jumped at Old Madam Fang again.
This Ah Chou is the son of the second eldest, Pengtu, who is four years old, and when he came to the ground, he looked ridiculously ugly as usual.Pengtu hadn't gotten used to being a father yet, so he didn't feel the pride of the creator and the partiality of the owner for the lump of red meat with five sense organs, so he hurriedly went to Lao Tzu's study to report: "A monster was born. "Old Mr. Fang Dunzhai is eager to embrace his grandson. He has just occupied a hexagram of the Zhouyi God, and he can find the hexagram of "Xiaogan Shangsun". Out of no fault."He was puzzled by the hexagrams he read, wondering if his daughter-in-law was going to have a dystocia or miscarriage, and was waiting to make another divination when he heard his son say something out of the blue, and jumped up in fright: "Don't talk nonsense! Has the child gone to the ground yet? Seeing that Lao Tzu's expression was serious, Pengtu hurriedly said, "It's a boy, both mother and son are fine." Fang Dunweng resisted his liking, and taught his son, "I'm already a father, and my speech is still so indecent. Let's see how you teach your son in the future!" Pengtu explained: "That child is really ugly—please give him a name." "Okay, if you say he is ugly, just call him 'Ugly'. Fang Dunweng remembered that "Xunzi Feixiang Pian" said that the appearance of the great sages and sages in ancient times were all ugly, so he simply named it "Feixiang" after his grandson.Mrs. Fang didn't know what is wrong with appearance, she just thought the name "Chouer" was not good, and said: "The child looks very good--all newborn children are like that, who said he is ugly? You still Just change your name." He took out all the old stuff from the bottom of Fang Dunweng's book bag: "You all don't understand this truth, if Hung Chien is at home, he will understand." Yibi said, and went to the study He picked out two or three books from the shelf and showed them to his son, because Mrs. Fang was not very literate.Fang Pengtu saw in the book that said: "Children should be easy to grow up, and they are often nicknamed by humble names, such as dogs, sheep, dogs, and horses." Son, Murong Nong's small characters are evil slaves, Yuancha's small characters are Yashas, and there are spotted beasts, bald heads, turtles, badgers, etc., only then did I know that my son's name "Chouer" is still respectable.Fang Dunweng went to the teahouse to talk about this matter with everyone that day, those tea friends who flattered him not only congratulated him, but also complimented him for choosing a unique and harmonious name, not only elegant, but also sonorous.Only when Mrs. Fang was teasing her grandson, she often rubbed her face and protested on his behalf: "How beautiful we are! We are beautiful little darlings, why do you wrong us to be ugly? Grandpa is unreasonable, go and pull off his beard. Fang Hongjian also wrote back from a foreign country, expressing his opinion on the scientific name of his nephew, saying that the two pioneers in "Feng Shen Bang", the elder brother is called Fang Bi, and the younger brother is called Fang Xiang. The ghost brother raised the bar and changed it as soon as possible.Fang Dunweng ignored it.Last year, the war broke out for a few days, and the wife of the third son, Fengyi, also raised her firstborn son. Fang Dunweng was deeply moved by the "war is fierce and dangerous", so he called him "Aji" because of the situation, according to "Mozi Fei "Gong Pian" gave him the scientific name "Fei Gong".Dun Weng became addicted to inscribing names. I had thought about a dozen or so top-ranked names. I just waited for the daughters-in-law to raise children to lead them. "Non-smoke", using the legend of the Tang Dynasty.
During this escape, the two little things, ugly and fierce, were really tiring.Hung-chien, an unkind widower, listened to his parents talk about the bitterness of fleeing, and he deeply blamed the two sisters-in-law for not being able to take care of the children, and made the two elders suffer.At this time, A-Chou and A-Ji are pestering the grandmother, and their mother can't even see her, so he can't see it.Mrs. Fang had been a filial daughter-in-law for too long, and suddenly it was her turn to be a mother-in-law, she couldn't do it, she couldn't do it.In Western families, the struggle between mother-in-law and son-in-law is an ancient tradition that has been preserved to this day. The hostility between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in our Chinese families has a long history as well.Only when the daughter-in-law is pregnant, the mother-in-law has to rely on her to be promoted to grandmother, so she began to accommodate her.When the daughter-in-law raised a real boy, the mother-in-law gave in even more.The old lady Fang is cowardly by nature, and the two young wives are really powerful. When Ah Chou was born, the Fang family hadn't heard a child cry for more than 20 years. Character has clearly deteriorated.Fengyi's wife was struggling with her stomach, and her first child was also a boy. Since then, the secret rivalry between the sisters-in-law has intensified.The old couple treated each other fairly, and the two sons and daughter-in-law each complained about their favoritism behind their backs.When Hung-chien returned to China for the first time, his family had a big house, and A-chou had a nanny to take care of him, so he wasn't too annoying.After escaping from disaster, Ah Chou's nanny can of course be omitted; the third grandma has never used a nanny because A Ji was born during the war.According to the unwritten law of the old family, the grandchildren's wet nurse should be hired by the grandparents.Fang Dunweng fled to Shanghai, and his situation is not the same as before. He cherishes tips and refuses to use a wet nurse for his second grandson.But when he talked to the third grandma, he didn't mention the economy a word. He only said that Shanghai is not like his hometown. Being a nanny, this kind of woman is poisonous, and she can't feed children, and the atmosphere in Shanghai is too obscene, and the nanny will always ask for leave to go out for the night, and the milk will change, and it is definitely not suitable for children to eat.Seeing that her parents-in-law wanted her to take the child by herself, the third grandma was so bloated that her stomach was getting bigger, she had no appetite to eat, and her limbs were weak.The doctor just confirmed that she was not sick a week ago and that she was nearly four months pregnant.The second grandmother shivered with a six-month pregnant belly, and sneered privately to her husband: "I guessed that, she knew all the tricks in her own stomach. I had to coax your confused mother, what bloat, Angry, huh, you can hide it from me!" A woman who is a daughter-in-law in a big family usually has a small stomach when eating, but a big stomach when she is angry; The belly can shrink.The bodies of these two grandmas are now like two big spiders who have eaten enough flies, and they have reached a state where the capacity of the house is obviously reduced. Mrs. Fang is so busy that she can't handle it.
Because of the illness of his third daughter-in-law, Fang Dunweng became interested in researching family medicine.In Shanghai, he was left in the cold, unlike when he was living in the countryside.A quack doctor from the same township is his neighbor. He admires his fame and has the time to kill people. He occasionally comes to chat with him.This quack doctor really "practiced medicine for three generations and knew everything about one side" in his hometown. Finally, that side had strong resistance, and he didn't kill his grandfather and father, leaving the four sides to three sides.Fang Dunweng, like all the older scholars, is confident that "if he is not a good look, he is a good doctor" and understands medicine.The quack doctor thought he had a good reputation and hoped that he would introduce business, so he would inevitably be confused several times.This misty soup is like wine, the amount of the drink varies from person to person; Dun Weng's soup has never been large, and he forgets it as if he was drunk.It happened that the third daughter-in-law could provide him as a test product, so he prescribed many prescriptions.The third grandmother felt that the medicines given by her father-in-law and the neighbor's doctor were ineffective, and she quarreled with her husband, so she wanted to consult a western doctor.When Dun Weng found out about this, he was unhappy at first. Hearing that Western medicine had concluded that his daughter-in-law was not ill, he was about to get angry.But the Western doctor said that she was pregnant, which was good news. I didn't want to be angry, so I had to endure it and find other ways to restore my medical dignity and wash away the shame of Chinese medicine.Mrs. Fang took Hung Chien into his bedroom. On his desk was the tenth edition of "Zengguang Corrected Prescription New Edition" spread out by the Commercial Press.When Dun Weng saw his son, he said, "You are here, and I was about to call you to talk to you. You haven't come for a month, and the family should come and go often. My father indulged you too much, you I don't know the rules and etiquette at all—" Flipping through the "New Edition of Proving Prescriptions", the old lady on the other side said: "Mom, since the third daughter-in-law is happy, I think she can use this recipe. Twice a day, one piece of tofu skin each time, don't cut it Swallow it in soup with soy sauce and sesame oil. The taste is not bitter. It can be served with rice, preferably without it, and the second daughter-in-law might as well follow suit. This recipe makes sense: tofu skin is slippery, and sesame oil is also slippery. The baby's afterbirth is slippery, it is easy to fall to the ground, and it will not cause dystocia in the future. You can show them this prescription. Don't go, listen to me talking to Hung-chien--Hung-chien, you are almost thirty years old, you should behave yourself, It is reasonable to use our old antiques to talk about it. But—mother, we don’t discipline our son anymore, someone will discipline him for us, we can’t lose face, can’t we—your mother-in-law called in the morning and said that you It's absurd outside, messing around with women, don't argue, I'm not a fool, I don't fully believe her—" Dun Weng stretched out his left hand to his son, palm down, as a signal to suppress his defense—"But you must have The place of indiscriminate behavior falls into her eyes. At your age, you will naturally get married and get married; it is my fault that I tolerated you for a while, and I will make decisions for you in the future. I want you to move back to Stay at home, so that you don’t get bored by others, and at the same time, I can discipline you. You should also live the hard life at home; young people are greedy for comfort, their bones are loose, and they will have no future for the rest of their lives.”
Fang Hongjian felt ashamed and angry, and dozens of words came to his lips at the same time, only to struggle out: "I want to move back tomorrow, my mother-in-law is crazy, she likes nothing to do, what a jerk—"
Dunweng said stunned: "Your attitude is not right, I think you are becoming more and more brutal and rude. Even if she exaggerates, it is the kindness of her elders, you young people—" Fang Dunweng left Leave a blank to indicate that there are no words in the world to describe those hateful and rude young people.
Seeing that Hung-chien's expression was sour, old lady Fang asked her son cowardly and cunningly, "How is that Miss Su? As long as you really like her, Dad and I will always do what you want. As long as you like it."
Fang Hongjian couldn't help blushing and said, "I haven't seen her for a long time."
This blushing could not escape the observation of the old couple, they exchanged winks, and Dun Weng smiled thoroughly understandingly: "Is it because of a quarrel? This is also a common thing between young men and women. Once they quarrel, they feel better. I'm already remorseful, and I don't care about anyone when I'm still angry. Am I right? At this time, there needs to be a third party to come out and make amends. You don't want to be wronged and admit your mistakes. Only my old man will come forward to be a peacemaker and give her A subtle letter, she will buy my face." The naughty expression in Dun Weng's smile and tone was so heavy that it could crush the floor.
Hung-chien would rather his father be angry than his humor, so he panicked and said nonsense, "She's already engaged to someone."
The meaning in the eyes of the old couple deepened.Dun Weng solemnly changed his face and said: "Then, you are—the so-called 'broken love'. Well, there is no need to spoil yourself! The days are long." Not only did Dun Weng forgive, but he also felt pity for this son who was bullied by women. .
Hung-chien was even more embarrassed.Yes, I was "broken in love" - these two words were very awkward in my father's mouth - but it was not for Su Wenwan.The sympathy of the parents is misplaced, as if there is a wound on the body, and the sympathizer tends to apply the dressing to the intact flesh.Do you want to tell them about Miss Tang?They would never understand that maybe their father would directly propose to Miss Tang for him with a flick of a pen, and he would make such a joke.Hung-chien faltered and concealed a few words, and showed the telegram to Weng Tuan.As expected, the matter of Mrs. Zhou was put aside.Dun Weng said that this is what foreign students do, and it is much better than working as a small bank clerk for a living; the place in Heisei is indeed remote, but "our Fang family should have someone in the free zone, and I and the rear can communicate with each other. You can go in and talk to relevant parties about all the actions since the fall of the place.” After a while, the man said again: “You should send me one-third of your monthly salary in the future, not because I want your money. It's to train you to be responsible to your parents, and your two brothers share the family's expenses." At the dinner table, the Dunweng couple obviously favored their son, blaming the Zhou family for being petty and intolerant, and they wanted to send Hung-chien away with an excuse: " A businessman is always a businessman, and they see that our Fang family has lost power. We don’t want to be in-laws with such stingy and snobbish upstarts.” The two elders decided that Hung-chien would go back to Zhou’s house to pack his luggage tonight, and that Mrs. Fang would visit Zhou tomorrow. My wife's illness, thank you for bothering me, so I can take my luggage away.
After dinner, Hung-chien went to Zhou's house if he didn't want to, and went to watch a movie by himself.After the movie ended, it was delayed for a while. It was expected that Manager Zhou and his wife had fallen asleep, so they went back slowly.As soon as I entered the bedroom, I saw a valid English grammar textbook on the table, with a note in it: "Brother Hung-chien: I can't wait for you, I'm going to bed. Grammar exercises No. 34 to 38, please Do it quickly. There is also an essay on Chinese free essays. Just do 200 words, and it is better if you are willing to do 300 words. It is so-so, and the article should not be too good. I have to hand in the paper tomorrow. Thank You Very Much.” There is a big plate next to the book The loquat and skin core are supposed to be eaten by Xiao Cheng when he is waiting for himself.Hung-chien snorted, packed the suitcases, fell asleep, and left Zhou's house early in the morning.In fact, Mrs. Zhou regretted it that afternoon, feeling the emptiness of victory, and was willing to take everything back as long as Hung-chien humiliated and apologized.Tomorrow morning when she found out that Hung-chien had left without saying goodbye, and her son was jumping and cursing about skipping school for a day, she was too angry to chatter.At lunch time, the Dianjin Bank sent Hung-chien's four-month salary to Fang's family; Fang Dunweng accepted it on behalf of his son.
Fang Hung-chien lived at home and was very bored.He wrote letters and copied prescriptions on behalf of his father every day, and whenever he was free, he went for a walk on the street.Every time I go out, I always secretly hope that on the road, in the car, or at the entrance of the movie theater, I will accidentally run into Miss Tang.How did you meet?Sometimes the ideal self is cold and proud, turning a blind eye to her, which makes her unbearable.Sometimes the ideal self is calm with a smile, provocative and polite, and greets her politely, but she is at a loss for what to do with embarrassment.Sometimes when his imagination got stronger, he walked hand in hand with a woman who was more beautiful than Miss Tang, and suddenly met Miss Tang who had no boyfriend. She made it up.The ideal Ms. Tang sometimes scolded herself as "cruel", and sometimes suppressed her emotions, keeping her face away and not letting herself see the tears on her eyelashes.
After staying at home for nearly ten days, the Dragon Boat Festival was over, and there was no news from Sanlv University, Hung-chien became anxious.One early morning, a special messenger sent a letter, written by Zhao Xinmei, saying that we hadn't seen each other at the Dianjin Bank yesterday, and that after four o'clock this afternoon, if you have time, please come and have a talk, and report something important.He also said: "Everything in the past was caused by misunderstanding, please don't mind." The strangest thing is that he called himself: "Brother Hung-chien sympathizes." After Hung-chien saw it, he was full of doubts.Now that Zhao Xinmei married Ms. Dingsu, why did he still come to find him? He would never invite him to be the best man for their wedding.After a while, the newspaper came, and the third grandmother rushed to read it, and suddenly asked, "Is the name of eldest brother's girlfriend Su Wenwan?"The third grandma pointed out to him an announcement in the newspaper, signed by Su Hongye and Cao Yuanzhen, who wanted to know that the daughter surnamed Su and the brother surnamed Cao were engaged today.Hung-chien was so surprised that he couldn't help exclaiming "Huh!"Presumably this was the "important matter" mentioned in Zhao Hsin-mei's letter.Miss Su will marry Cao Yuen Long, there is no way for a woman to be stupid!Poor Zhao Xinmei.He didn't know that after Miss Su agreed to Cao Yuanlang, she also said: "Zhao Xinmei is so pitiful, he has the heart to blame me." Poet Cao was overjoyed, forgetting his delicate understanding of women's psychology, and rashly said: "That's not necessary." Worry, he will find someone else. I hope that he will be as happy as me, and that he will soon succeed in falling in love." Miss Su remained silent before Cao Yuanlang realized that he had made a mistake.I have been working on new poems, but I didn't pay attention to Yuan Weizhi's two sentences: "Once the sea was too difficult for water, except Wushan is not a cloud", I regret it too late.Of course, Ms. Su thinks that the person who likes her, how can she easily appreciate the woman next to her?She didn't want to marry Zhao Xinmei, but subconsciously, she might want Zhao Xinmei to never marry again and wait patiently for Cao Yuanlang's death as a replacement.Cao Yuanlang hurried home and wrote a love poem and sent it to him, firstly to express happiness, and secondly to make up for past mistakes.The general idea of this poem expresses the ideal of getting rid of private property, saying that he shares everything, body and mind, with Miss Su.He was passionate, and he ran a few more times under the scorching sun in early summer. He had two small boils on his head and a layer of red bumps on his face, which of course he shared with Miss Su.
Fang Hongjian found Zhao Xinmei's western-style apartment at exactly five o'clock, and before entering the door, he heard several houses in the apartment turning on the radio, broadcasting the popular "Spring Love Song", and the air was torn apart by the shrill voice of the domestic female star who fascinated everyone. messed up -
The logical inference is of course: before summer comes, her body will bear fruit.The female star's sweet voice was sharp and turbid, more than half like snorting from the nose, greasy and sticky, soft and weak, and had the same quality as the main product of the nose, snot.However, at least it should be as long as a nose, so that it can tolerate the winding and continuous voice.Walking outside Zhao's house on the second floor, this song is also playing inside.As he rang the bell, he thought damn it!Damn it!Listening to this kind of song is like watching pornographic books and paintings. It is a sign of mental retardation and insanity. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xinmei will degenerate to this point if he loses his love!When someone opens the door to pick up a business card and enters, the radio stops.When the servant comes out, please enter the small guest room, which is exquisitely furnished, with several large picture frames hanging on the wall.There is a large photo of Zhao Xinmei's deceased father, a large photo of Zhao Xinmei's master's uniform holding a diploma, and a photo signed by Zhao Xinmei's American teacher.Zhao Xinmei was sitting on the floor in the first row in the group photo of the summer camp for students studying in the United States. To make it easier for viewers to identify him, he made a "+" sign with red ink on top of his head, and he was drawing it on the chest and abdomen of the person standing behind him. There is a great idea of using the Japanese method of "seppuku" for him.The most eye-catching thing is a long and colorful photo, in which Ms. Su is driving a group of white sheep with a stick, with a cloth on her head, and what seems to be a shepherd's dress on her body, full of classical, romantic, idyllic, and pastoral styles. mood.It's a pity that this shepherdess doesn't seem to be focusing on tending the sheep. She faces out of the frame and smiles at the viewer.According to the two lines of writing on the side of the photo, it was taken by Ms. Su when she was vacationing in the French countryside, and it was enlarged and presented to Hsin-mei after returning to China.Hung-chien felt a brisk burst of jealousy, thinking that Miss Su had never shown himself such a good photo.In addition to these photographs of relatives, teachers, friends, and wives, there is a couple and a painting, all of which are signed by Xinmei.Yes, it is the style of "Jiucheng Palace" written by Dong Xiechuan: "Que still has a mandarin duck club; there are no geese and duck neighbors. Xinmei's second brother, who does not marry at thirty, is similar to the so-called "one who has the way" in Li Dongchuan's poems. Playing about scabies wall." That painting was written by Mrs. Dong Xiechuan, titled "Jie Lu Renjing Tu".Hung-chien was waiting to take a closer look, when Hsin-mei came out, the clothes he had put on in a hurry had not been buttoned up, the weather was hot, and he might feel a little ashamed, his face flushed like a tomato.Hung-chien hurriedly said, "I want to take off my clothes, and I ask for your master's permission." Xin-mei said, "Okay, okay." The maid hung up the clothes for both of them, brought tea and cigarettes, and Xin-mei distributed them to her. Go get a cold drink.Hung-chien praised his exquisite house and asked him how many people were there.Hsin-mei said that it was only him and his old lady, and the other three servants, his brother, sister-in-law and sister-in-law all lived in Tianjin.He glanced at Hung-chien, and said with concern, "Brother Hung-chien, you've gotten much thinner."
Hung-chien smiled wryly and said, "It's because you got me drunk that day and made me sick."
Xin Mei panicked and said, "Please don't mention that much! We won't get to know each other if we don't know each other, and we will get along for a long time in the future, so we need to make good friends. Let me ask you: When did you know Miss Su fell in love with Cao Yuen Long?" "
"I didn't know until I saw the engagement notice in the newspaper this morning."
"Hey!"—Satisfied in her voice—"I knew about it early in the morning the day before yesterday. She told me herself and persuaded me with many kind words. But I still don't know what kind of person that Cao is. .”
"I've seen this man before, but I didn't expect that Miss Su would take a fancy to him. I thought she would marry you."
“可不是么！我以为她一定嫁给你。谁知道还有个姓曹的！这妞儿的本领真大，咱们俩都给她玩弄得七颠八倒。客观地讲起来，可不得不佩服她。好了，好了，咱们俩现在是同病相怜，将来是同事——”
“什么？你也到三闾大学去？”
于是，辛楣坦白地把这事的前因后果讲出来。三闾大学是今年刚着手组织的大学，高松年是他的先生。本来高松年请他去当政治系主任，他不愿意撇下苏小姐，忽然记起她说过鸿渐急欲在国立大学里谋个事，便偷偷拍电报介绍鸿渐给高松年，好教苏小姐跟鸿渐疏远。可是高松年不放松他，函电络绎地请他去，他大前天从苏小姐处奉到遣散命令，一出来就回电答应了。高松年上次来信，托他请鸿渐开履历寄去，又说上海有一批应聘的同人，将来由他约齐同行，旅费和路程单都先寄给他。
鸿渐恍然大悟道：“我该好好地谢你，为我找到饭碗。”
辛楣道：“哪里的话！应当同舟共济。”
鸿渐道：“我忘掉问你，你信上叫我'同情兄'，那是什么意思？”
辛楣笑道：“这是董斜川想出来的，他说，同跟一个先生念书的叫'同师兄弟'，同在一个学校的叫'同学'，同有一个情人的该叫'同情'。”
鸿渐忍不住笑道：“这名字好妙。可惜你的'同情者'是曹元朗，不是我。”
辛楣道：“你这人太不坦白！咱们现在是同病相怜，我失恋，你也失恋，当着我，你不用装假挣面子。难道你就不爱苏小姐？”
“我不爱她。我跟你同病，不是'同情'。”
“那么，谁甩了你？你可以告诉我么？”
掩抑着的秘密再也压不住了：“唐小姐。”鸿渐垂首低声说。
“唐晓芙！好眼力，好眼力！我真是糊涂到底了。”本来辛楣仿佛跟鸿渐同遭丧事，竭力和他竞赛着阴郁沉肃的表情，不敢让他独得伤心之名。这时候他知道鸿渐跟自己河水不犯井水，态度轻松了许多，嗓子已恢复平日的响朗。他留住鸿渐，打电话叫董斜川来，三人同上馆子吃晚饭。辛楣的失恋，斜川全知道的。饭后谈起苏小姐和曹元朗订婚的事，辛楣宽宏大度地说：“这样最好。他们志同道合，都是研究诗的。”鸿渐、斜川一致反对，说同行最不宜结婚，因为彼此是行家，谁也哄不倒谁，丈夫不会莫测高深地崇拜太太，太太也不会盲目地崇拜丈夫，婚姻的基础就不牢固。辛楣笑道：“这些话跟我说没有用。我只希望他们俩快乐。”大家都说辛楣心平气和得要成“圣人”了。圣人笑而不答，好一会，取出烟斗，眼睛顽皮地闪光道：“曹元朗的东西，至少有苏小姐读；苏小姐的东西，至少有曹元朗读。彼此都不会没有读者，还不好么？”大家笑说辛楣还不是圣人，还可以做朋友。
以后鸿渐就不寂寞了，三人常常来往。三星期后，辛楣请新同事上茶室早餐，大家好认识。鸿渐之外，还有三位。中国文学系主任李梅亭是高松年的老同事，四十来岁年纪，戴副墨晶眼镜，神情傲兀，不大理会人，并且对天气也鄙夷不理，因为这是夏历六月中旬，他穿的还是黑呢西装外套。辛楣请他脱衣服，他死不肯；辛楣倒替他出汗，自己的白衬衫像在害黄热病。一位顾尔谦，是高松年的远亲，好像没梦想到会被聘为历史系副教授的，快乐像沸水似的洋溢满桌，对赵李两位尤为殷勤。他虽是近五十岁的干瘪男人，绰有天真妩媚小姑娘的风致，他的笑容比他的脸要年轻足足三十年，口内两只金门牙使他的笑容尤其辉煌耀目。一位孙柔嘉女士，是辛楣报馆同事前辈的女儿，刚大学毕业，青年有志，不愿留在上海，她父亲恳求辛楣为她谋得外国语文系助教之职。孙小姐长圆脸，旧象牙色的颧颊上微有雀斑，两眼分得太开，使她常带着惊异的表情；打扮甚为素净，怕生得一句话也不敢讲，脸上滚滚不断的红晕。她初来时叫辛楣“赵叔叔”，辛楣忙教她别这样称呼，鸿渐暗笑。
辛楣送老太太到天津去后回来，已是阳历九月初，该动身了，三闾大学定十月初开学的。辛楣又想招大家吃饭商定行期。辛楣爱上馆子吃饭，动不动借小事请客，朋友有事要求他，也得在饭桌上跟他商量，仿佛他在外国学政治和外交，只记着两句，拿破仑对外交官的训令：“请客菜要好”，和斯多威尔侯爵（Lord Stowell）的办事原则：“请吃饭能使事务滑溜顺利”。可是这一次鸿渐抗议说，这是大家的事，不该老让辛楣一个人破钞，结果改为聚餐。吃饭时议定九月二十日坐意大利公司的船到宁波。辛楣说船票五张由他去买，都买大菜间，将来再算账。李顾两位没说什么。吃完饭，侍者送上账单，顾先生抢着归他一个人付账，还说他久蓄此心，要请诸同人一聚，今天最巧没有了。大家都说岂有此理，顾先生眼瞥账单，也就不再坚持，只说：“这小数目，何必分摊？其实让我作东得了。”辛楣一总付了钱，等柜台上找。顾先生到厕所去，李先生也跟去了。出馆子门分手的时候，李先生问辛楣是否轮船公司有熟人，买票方便。辛楣道，托中国旅行社去办就行。李先生道：“我有个朋友在轮船公司做事，要不要我直接托他买？我们已经种种费先生的心，这事兄弟可以效劳。”辛楣道：“那最好没有。五张大菜间，拜托拜托！”
当天下午，鸿渐拉了辛楣、斜川坐咖啡馆，谈起这次同行的三个人，便说：“我看李梅亭这讨厌家伙，肚子里没有什么货，怎么可以当中国文学系主任，你应当介绍斜川去。”
辛楣吐舌道：“斜川？他肯去么？你不信，问他自己。只有我们一对失恋的废物肯到那地方去，斜川家里有年轻美貌的太太。”
斜川笑道：“别胡闹，我对教书没有兴趣。'若有水田三百亩，来年不作猢狲王'；你们为什么不陪我到香港去找机会？”
鸿渐道：“对呀，我呢，回国以后等于失业，教书也无所谓。辛楣出路很多，进可以做官，退可以办报，也去坐冷板凳，我替他惋惜。”
辛楣道：“办报是开发民智，教书也是开发民智，两者都是'精神动员'，无分彼此。论影响的范围，是办报来得广；不过，论影响的程度，是教育来得深。我这次去也是添一个人生经验。”
斜川笑道：“这些大帽子活该留在你的社论里去哄你的读者的。”
辛楣发急道：“我并非大话欺人，我真的相信。”
鸿渐道：“说大话哄人惯了，连自己也哄相信——这是极普通的心理现象。”
辛楣道：“你不懂这道理。教书也可以干政治，你看现在许多中国大政客，都是教授出身，在欧洲大陆上也一样，譬如捷克的第一任总统跟法国现在的总理。干政治的人先去教书，一可以把握青年心理；二可以训练自己的干部人才，这跟报纸的制造舆论是一贯的。”
鸿渐道：“这不是大教授干政治，这是小政客办教育。从前愚民政策是不许人民受教育，现代愚民政策是只许人民受某一种教育。不受教育的人，因为不识字，上人的当，受教育的人，因为识了字，上印刷品的当，像你们的报纸宣传品、训练干部讲义之类。”
辛楣冷笑道：“大家听听，方鸿渐方先生的议论多透辟呀！他年龄刚二十八岁，新有过一次不幸的恋爱经验，可是他看破了教育，看破了政治，看破了一切，哼！我也看破了你！为了一个黄毛丫头，就那么愤世嫉俗，真是小题大做！”
鸿渐把杯子一顿道：“你说谁？”
辛楣道：“我说唐晓芙，你的意中人，她不是黄毛丫头么？”
鸿渐气得脸都发白，说苏文纨是半老徐娘。
辛楣道：“她半老不半老，和我不相干，我总不像你那样袒护着唐晓芙，她知道你这样余情未断，还会覆水重收呢——斜川，对不对？——真没有志气！要不要我替你通个消息？”
鸿渐说不出话，站起来了，斜川拉他坐下去，说：“别吵！别吵！人家都在看咱们了。我替你们难为情，反正你们是彼此彼此。鸿渐近来呢，是好像有点反常，男子汉，大丈夫，为一个女孩子——”
鸿渐愤然走出咖啡馆，不去听他。回到家里，刚气鼓鼓地坐着，电话来了，是斜川的声音：“何必生那么大的气？”鸿渐正待回答，那一头换辛楣在说话：“哙，老方呀，我道歉可以，可是你不要假生气溜呀！今天你作主人，没付账就跑，我们做客人的身上没带钱，扣在咖啡馆里等你来救命呢！SOS快来！晚上水酒一杯谢罪。”鸿渐忍不住笑道：“我就来了。”
十九日下午辛楣把李梅亭代买的船票交给鸿渐，说船公司改期到二十二日下午六点半开船，大家六点正上船。在西洋古代，每逢有人失踪，大家说：“这人不是死了，就是教书去了。”方鸿渐虽然不至于怕教书像怕死，可是觉得这次教书是坏运气的一部分，连日无精打采，对于远行有说不出的畏缩，能延宕一天是一天。但船公司真的宽限两天，他又恨这事拖着不痛快，倒不如早走干脆。他带三件行李：一个大箱子，一个铺盖袋，一个手提箱。方老太太替他置备衣服被褥，说：“到你娶了媳妇，这些事就不用我来管了。”方遯翁道：“恐怕还得要你操心，现在那些女学生只会享现成，什么都不懂的。”方老太太以为初秋天气，变化不测，防儿子路上受寒，要他多带一个小铺盖卷，把晚上用得着的薄棉被和衣服捆在里面，免得天天打开大铺盖。鸿渐怕行李多了累赘，说高松年信上讲快则一星期，迟则十天，准能到达，天气还不会冷，手提箱里搁条薄羊毛毯就够了。方遯翁有许多临别赠言分付儿子记着，成双作对地很好听，什么“咬紧牙关，站定脚跟”，“可长日思家，而不可一刻恋家”，等等。鸿渐知道这些话虽然对自己说，而主要是记载在日记和回忆录里给天下后世看方遯翁怎样教子以义方的。因为遯翁近来闲着无事，忽然发现了自己，像小孩子对镜里的容貌，摇头侧目地看得津津有味。这种精神上的顾影自怜使他写自传、写日记，好比女人穿中西各色春夏秋冬的服装，做出支颐扭颈、行立坐卧种种姿态，照成一张张送人留念的照相。这些记载从各个方面，各种事实来证明方遯翁的高人一等。他现在一言一动，同时就想日记里、言行录里如何记法。记载并不完全凿空，譬如水泡碰破了总剩下一小滴水。研究语言心理学的人一望而知是“语文狂”；有领袖欲的人，不论是文武官商，全流露这种病态。朋友来了，遯翁常把日记给他们看；邻居那位庸医便知道端午节前方家大儿子滥交女友，给遯翁训斥了一顿，结果儿子“为之悚然感悟，愧悔无已”。又如前天的日记写他叫鸿渐到周家去辞行，鸿渐不肯，骂周太太鄙吝势利，他怎样教训儿子“君子躬自厚而薄责于人，亲无失亲，故无失故”，结果儿子怎样帖然“无词”。其实鸿渐并没骂周太太。是遯翁自己对她不满意，所以用这种皮里阳秋的笔法来褒贬。鸿渐起初确不肯去辞行，最后还是去了，一个人没见到，如蒙大赦。过一天，周家送四色路菜来。鸿渐这不讲理的人，知道了非常生气，不许母亲受。方老太太叫儿子自己下去对送礼的人说，他又不肯见周家的车夫。结果周家的车夫推来推去，扔下东西溜了。鸿渐牛性，不吃周家送来的东西。方遯翁日记上添了一条，笑儿子要做“不食周粟”的伯夷叔齐。
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