Chapter 33 The Thirty-Second Chapter of Du Shaoqing's Ordinary Feats and Lou Huanwen's Last Words

It is said that everyone had finished eating and drinking, and the Fourth Master Wei didn't get up until the morning of the next day. He bid farewell to Du Shaoqing and said, "I plan to visit your uncle Ling and brother Ling's house. I disturbed the elder brother's banquet yesterday. , I’m so excited! Others didn’t expect it to be as interesting. I’m leaving, and I can’t even pay my respects to this dear friend, so let me pay my respects to him.” Du Shaoqing stayed for another day.The next day, I hired a bearer, took a jade cup and two pieces of clothes from Mr. Ganzhou, and delivered them to Mrs. Wei's room in person, saying: "The only brother who worshiped the alliance before the king is the old man. Come and walk around. My nephew also often visits the old man in the town. This jade cup is given to the old man to have a drink. These are two pieces of clothes from the late king, and I give the old man to wear it, as if seeing the late king." Wei Si Grandfather was delighted.Accompanied by Bao Tingxi, he had another jug ​​of wine and a meal.Du Shaoqing took Bao Tingxi and accompanied him to the outside of the city, and bowed in front of the sedan chair.Fourth Master Wei has gone.When the two came back, Du Shaoqing went to Mrs. Lou's room to greet him. Mrs. Lou said that he was in better health and would send his grandson back, leaving only his son here to serve.

Du Shaoqing agreed, thinking that there was no money to use, so he called Wang Huzi to discuss and said, "You can sell that piece of land in my dike to that person for me." He asked for 1,500 taels of silver, but he only offered 1,300 taels of silver, so he didn't dare to take care of the younger ones." Du Shaoqing said: "It's just 1,300 taels of silver." Wang Huzi said: "The younger ones have to report clearly. The young master dares to go. The sale is cheap, and the young master scolds you." Du Shaoqing said: "The one scolding you? You sell it quickly; I'll wait for the money." Wang Huzi said: "The young one has another sentence. I have to tell the young master: after selling the silver, the young master has to do two serious things. If thousands of hundreds of dollars are used by others for nothing, it would be a pity to sell this property." Du Shaoqing said: "You saw that I gave the silver to that person for nothing. What? You just want to make money, talking so many nonsense! Hurry up and go for me!" Wang Huzi said: "Just report your mistakes." When he came out, he quietly said to Bao Tingxi: "Okay, there is hope for your business. Now I'll go to the dike to sell the fields, and when I come back, I'll make up my mind for you." Wang Huzi went there for a few days, sold a thousand taels of silver, brought them home in a small bag, and told the young master, "He This silver is ninety-five to ninety-seven, and it is Shiping, which is one cent and three and a half cents less than Qianping. He also deducted twenty-three taels of silver from his side, and the calligraphy went for two or three. Twelve: This is what our family is going to. Now this money is here, take the balance and ask the young master to exchange it face to face." Du Shaoqing said: "You are so impatient to calculate these lumpy accounts! What do you exchange after you bring it? Take it in. That's it!" Wang Huzi said: "The young ones should also be reported."

Du Shaoqing took the money, then called Mrs. Lou's grandson to the study, and said, "Are you going back tomorrow?" He agreed, "Yes. Father told me to go back." Du Shaoqing said, "I have a hundred taels here." I’ll give you the money, don’t tell your father about it. You are a widow mother, you take the money and go home to start a small business to support yourself. If your father gets better, and your second uncle goes home, I’ll send him too One hundred taels of silver." Mrs. Lou's grandson happily went on, hid the silver by his side, and thanked the young master.The next day, when he resigned and went home, Mrs. Lou asked him to pay him only three coins and sent him away.

When Du Shaoqing sent him back, a villager stood in the open hall, and when he saw him come in, he knelt down and kowtowed to the young master.Du Shaoqing said: "You are the Huang Da who looks at the ancestral hall in our ancestral hall? What are you doing here?" Down. Damn the little one, I moved a few dead trees from the graveyard back to fill the beams and pillars. I didn’t want to be known by the masters of my family, so they said that the little one stole the tree and beat the little one to death. A butler came to the young man's house to move trees, and even the houses that could not fall down were knocked down. The young man has nowhere to hide, and now he is begging the young master to speak to his master, so that he can get some money to tidy up the house and reward him. Small ones." Du Shaoqing said: "My family! Tell that one? Since your house was bought by my grand master, I should naturally repair it. Now that the Yizong has collapsed, how much money do you need to rebuild it?" Huang Dao said: " It takes a hundred taels of silver to build a beard; now I have to repair it, and I need four or fifty taels of silver to live in it." Du Shaoqing said: "Forget it, I don't have any silver, so I will take fifty taels of silver with you. Come back after you use it up. Tell me." He took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to Huang Da, who then went on.

He walked in with two posts on the door, and said: "Master Zang will invite the young master to have a drink tomorrow. This post says that Master Bao is also invited to sit down." Du Shaoqing said: "You said to worship the third master, I Tomorrow will definitely come." The next day, I went to Zang's house with Bao Tingxi.Zang Liaozhai set up a table full of dishes, respectfully, sat down and invited wine.There was some gossip during the meeting.At the end of the banquet, Sanye Zang poured a glass of wine, held it high, walked over to the banquet, made a bow, handed the wine to Du Shaoqing, then knelt down and said, "brother, I have a word Please." Du Shaoqing was taken aback, threw the wine on the table in a hurry, knelt down and pulled him, and said, "Third brother, are you crazy? What do you mean?" Zang Liazhai said, "You eat my glass Jiu, I got up after you agreed to my words." Du Shaoqing said, "I don't know what you're talking about, so get up and say it." Bao Tingxi also came to help him get up.Zang Liazhai said: "You agreed?" Du Shaoqing said: "Why should I not agree?" Zang Liazhai said: "You have eaten this glass of wine." Du Shaoqing said, "I have eaten this glass of wine." Zang Liazhai Liao Zhai said, "I'm waiting for you to do it." Stand up and sit down.Du Shaoqing said: "What do you have to say?" Zang Liazhai said: "Now the master is taking the exam in Luzhou, and the next shed is us. The day before yesterday, I bought a scholar for someone else. Someone from the master is here to take care of this matter. I Three hundred taels of silver had been exchanged with him, and later he said: "The top is so strict that scholars dare not sell it, but let the ones who have passed the examination be given a name to make up for it." I opened my name Go, this year I will make up for it. But the guy who bought the scholar wants to refund the three hundred taels of silver. If I don’t pay him back, this matter will be ruined! Wealth and life are related, so I discussed with my brother, You borrowed 300 from the land price of the day before yesterday and sent this to me, and I will pay you back slowly in the future. You have just agreed." Du Shaoqing said: "Bah! I thought you said something, so it turned out to be this matter! Don't make a fuss, kowtow, what's the big deal? I'll send you the money tomorrow." Bao Tingxi clapped his hands and said, "It's refreshing! It's refreshing! Bring a big glass and have a few more!" Now take a big glass to drink .

Du Shaoqing was drunk, and asked: "Brother Zang, let me ask you, what do you want this grannie to do?" The palace. It’s just that I didn’t win. I’ve paid tribute for more than ten years. The imperial court has tried it. It’s to be a county magistrate, push the palace, wear snail-soled boots, sit in the hall, cast lottery, and beat people. An old official like you comes to play the autumn wind and put you Locked in a room, I will give you tofu for a month, and you will be steamed to death!" Du Shaoqing said with a smile: "You gangster, you are so vile and shameless!" Bao Tingxi laughed again: "Joke! Joke! Both masters It should be punished with a cup." That night the banquet broke up.

The next morning, I asked Wang Huzi to deliver the box of silver.Wang Huzi asked for another six taels of silver as a reward, and came back to eat noodles at the fresh fish noodle shop. When he met Zhang Junmin eating there, he called out, "Old officer Huzi, come here and sit here, please." Wang Huzi came and sat down. Take it and eat it.Zhang Junmin said: "I have something to ask you." Wang Huzi said: "What's the matter? You have cured Father Lou, do you want to thank him?" Zhang Junmin said: "It's irrelevant. Father Lou's illness is not cured. It's over." Wang Huzi said: "How long is it?" Zhang Junmin said: "It's only about a hundred days. You don't need to talk about him, I have something to ask you." Wang Huzi said: "You just say it." Zhang Junmin said: "Now the master is coming, and my son is going to take the exam. People in the school say that I am fake. I ask your young master to explain to the gentlemen in the school." Wang Huzi shook his hand and said, "There is no such thing as this. Moderate use. My young master has never said a word for Mr. Xueli, and he is not happy when people say that he will take the exam. If you ask him, he will persuade you not to take the exam." Zhang Junmin said: "What is this?" Wang Huzi Said: "Now there is a way. Wait for me to tell the young master for you, saying that your family is indeed not allowed to take the test, but the test shed in Fengyang Mansion was built with the money of my family's old master, and the young master will send someone there. Exam, who dares to refuse? If you excite him like this, he will work hard for you, and he will even give you money." Zhang Junmin said: "Old bearded officer, this matter is up to you. If it is done, it must be said. Size'." Wang Huzi said: "I want you to thank me for that! Your son is my nephew. He will enter school in the future, wearing a brand-new square scarf and blue shirt, and kowtow for my old uncle a few more times. Already." After finishing speaking, Zhang Junmin paid back the money and came out together.

Wang Huzi went home and asked the boys, "Where is the young master?" The master accepts it, and I am really grateful to the young master, saying that he has done another good and bad for him, and has fulfilled his fame. In fact, no one else would do such a thing." Du Shaoqing said: "What is this important thing, just run around and get used to it Huzi said: "The young one still has something to say to the young master. Like Zang Sanye's house, the young master repaired it for him, and the house of Gongzhongqing's ancestral hall was built by the young master. Seeing that the college will come to take the exam in a few days, the young master is also looking for the young master. Repair the test shed. My grandpa built the test shed with thousands of silver, which is for the benefit of everyone. The young master will send one person to take the test. Who dares not to obey?" Du Shaoqing said: "Tongsheng will go to the test, what do you want me to do?" " Wang Huzi said: "If the younger one has a son, the young master will send him to take the exam, no one will dare to say it?" Du Shaoqing said: "That's no need to say. The scholar in this school may not be like a slave!" Wang Huzi said: "Second Master Zhang at the back gate, his son is studying, why don't you ask him to take the test?" Du Shaoqing said: "Does he want to take the test?" Tell him to ask him to take the test. If there is a janitor who is too talkative, you can tell that janitor that I asked him to take the test." Wang Huzi said: "Yes." I promised to go.

In the past few days, Mrs. Lou's illness has gradually become serious, and Du Shaoqing has changed doctors to see him again, feeling worried at home.Suddenly one day, Master Zang came and stood up and said, "Do you know there is news? The prince in the county is broken, and his seal was removed last night. The new official is escorting him out of the yamen. Everyone in the county says he is a The bastard official refuses to lend him a house to live in, and he is dying there." Du Shaoqing said, "What's the matter now?" Zang Liazhai said, "He was still in the yamen last night, and if he doesn't come out tomorrow, he will be fined Face. Who borrowed a house to live with him? We had to move in the orphanage!" Du Shaoqing said: "Is this true?" Asked the servant to call Wang Huzi, and said to Wang Huzi, "Go to the county and tell the workshop, call He went in and reported to Mr. Wang, saying that Mr. Wang has no place to live, please come and live in my garden. He wants a house very urgently, so you go!" Wang Huzi hurried away.Zang Liazhai said: "You used to know him but you refused to meet him. Why do you borrow a house to live with him today? Besides, he is a burden. If the people want to make trouble with him in the future, don't tear down your garden!" Du Shaoqing said: "The great merit of the first king lies in the village, and everyone knows it. Even if there are robbers hiding in my house, no one will come to demolish my house. This, brother, don't worry. As for this prince, since he knows that he admires me, it is a bit of luck. I If you went to worship him the day before yesterday, you would be flattering the magistrate of the county. Now that his official is ruined and he has no house to live in, I should take care of him. When he hears this, he will definitely come. You stay here and wait for him to come with him. talk."

Then, the person at the door came in and said, "Second Master Zhang is here." Zhang Junmin came in, knelt down and kowtowed.Du Shaoqing said, "what's the matter with you?" Zhang Junmin said, "it's the thing for children to take the exam, thanks to the grace of the young master." Du Shaoqing said, "I've already said it." Zhang Junmin said, "Mr. I ordered, but I didn't say anything, as long as I donate one hundred and twenty taels of silver to study the palace, where can I donate? Therefore, I came to ask the young master to discuss." Du Shaoqing said: "It only needs one hundred and twenty taels, and you can ask for more " Zhang Junmin said: "No more." Du Shaoqing said: "It's easy, I'll pay for you. Just write a letter of willingness to donate to the trainee officer for naturalization. Brother Zang, send him to the school for him Come and get the silver from me." Zang Sanye said: "I have something to do today, so I'll go with you tomorrow." Zhang Junmin thanked him and went.

He was running to meet Wang Huzi and said, "Master Wang is here to worship, and he has already got off the sedan chair at the door." Du Shaoqing and Zang Liazhai greeted him out.The magistrate of Wang came in casually wearing a gauze hat, bowed and bowed again, and said: "Mr. Jiuyang, I can't face you. Today, my brother is in trouble, and Mr. Meng generously borrowed it with honor and fast, which made me feel ashamed. So I thank you first, and then go into details." Please ask me carefully. Brother Zang Nian is also here." Du Shaoqing said: "Old father, I don't care about small matters. Huangzhai was originally free, so please move here." Zang Liazhai said: "The disciples are about to go together My friend came to Teacher Hou, and I don’t want to repay the teacher’s work first." Wang Zhixian said: "Don’t dare, don’t dare." Da Gong got on the sedan chair and left. Du Shaoqing kept Zang Liazhai, took out one hundred and twenty taels of silver and handed it over to him, asking him to do the work of the Zhang family tomorrow.Zang Liazhai went with the money.The next day, Wang Zhixian moved in.The next day, Zhang Junmin prepared a feast of wine and sent it to Du's mansion, and asked Sanye Zang and Master Bao to accompany him.Wang Huzi privately said to Bao Tingxi: "Your words should also be activated. I'm counting here, and the meaning of the words is over. If someone comes to ask for more, you will lose your money. You can speak tonight. " When all the guests have arrived, put the table in the study next to the hall, and four people sit on the table.Zhang Junmin first thanked Du Shaoqing with a bosom of wine, then poured the wine and bowed to Zang Sanye, and sat down at the table.Talk about these many accidents during the meeting.Bao Tingxi said: "My servant has been here for more than half a year. I saw the young master using silver like water, and even the tailor took it away. Only the disciple who has been raised in the house for seven or eight months eats wine and meat for a lot of money. I don't see each other either. I don't think such a slanderous film can be done. It's better to wipe away the tears and cry elsewhere. The door will leave tomorrow." Du Shaoqing said: "Master Bao, you never told me that I know what's on your mind. You have something to say, don’t you?” Bao Tingxi hurriedly poured a glass of wine and handed it over, and said, “Both the father and the son are teaching theatrical troupe to live, unfortunately, the father died. The family lost their capital, so I can’t argue for my father; I can't support my mother, and I can't support my mother. The people under the door are damned, unless the young master rewards me with capital, I can go home to support my mother." Du Shaoqing said: "You are a person in the pear garden, but you want to miss your father and honor your mother. Why don't I help you?" Bao Tingxi stood up and said, "Young master's Sidian is rare." Du Shaoqing said, "Sit down, how much money do you want?" Bao Tingxi looked at Wang Huzi standing at the bottom. Looking at Wang Huzi.Wang Huzi came up and said, "Master Bao, you need to spend a lot of money. Even calling the team and buying clothes, I'm afraid it won't cost five or six hundred taels? Young master doesn't have it here, so I have to get you a few dozen taels of silver and cross the river." Dance a few monkeys, and you can dance again." Du Shaoqing said: "A few dozen taels of silver are useless. I actually gave you a hundred taels of silver, and you take it to teach the team. When you run out, come talk to me again." Bao Tingxi knelt down Thanks.Du Shaoqing stopped and said, "Otherwise, I'll give you more money, because Mr. Lou is seriously ill, and I need to take care of his situation - so I can send you back." Both Zang and Zhang praised Du Shaoqing that night. generous.Eat it and leave. Since then, Grandpa Lou's illness has become worse and worse day by day.That day, when Du Shaoqing was sitting in front of him, Mr. Lou said, "My lord, I used to stand next to each other and only hoped that my illness would be cured. Now, looking at the situation, my illness is not cured. You have to send me home!" Du Shaoqing said: "I haven't fully appreciated my old man's love for a day, so how can I go home?" Mrs. Lou said, "You are stuck again! I am a person with children and grandchildren. I have been away from home all my life, so I will naturally die at home today. Could it be that you Don't keep me?" Du Shaoqing said with tears, "I won't keep the old man's life vessel. I don't need it now, so it's not easy to take it with me. I will take dozens of taels of silver to make the life vessel Clothes and quilts are ready to be made, take them with the old man." Mrs. Lou said: "I will take the coffin clothes from you. Don't give money to my son and grandson again. I will go back within three days, and I can't sit still. I got up, so I had to use the bed to carry it. Tomorrow morning, you will go to Ling Xianzun to say goodbye to the Lord God, saying that Mr. Lou has left. I have been in your house for thirty years, and I am a close friend of your Ling Xianzun. Ling Xianzun After Zun left, the great minister served me like this. What else can I say? Your conduct and writing are the number one person today. The youngest son you gave birth to is especially different. In the future, teach him to be a serious person. But you If you don’t know how to be in charge of the family, and don’t know how to make friends, the family business will definitely be lost! I like it in my heart when you do such a generous and righteous thing, but I have to see what kind of person is talking. You were deceived, and no one will repay you. Although you don’t expect to repay your kindness, you should not be so ignorant. You and this Zang Sanye and Zhang Junmin are both heartless people. A Bao Tingxi, he is an actor, who is a good person, you have to take care of him? If the housekeeper, Wang Huzi, is even worse! Money is also a trivial matter. After I die, your father and son will learn from your ancestors in everything. Well, it doesn’t matter if you have nothing to eat. The best friend in your life is your family, Shenqing. Although Shenqing is talented, he is not a kind person. You only learn from your ancestors, and you will never suffer in the future. In your eyes Without an official, and without a family, this place is difficult to live in. Nanjing is a big country. If you are talented, go there, or meet a bosom friend and make some business. The rest of the furniture is unreliable. Yes! Grand Master, listen to my words, I will die in peace!" Du Shaoqing said with tears: "I know all the good things about the old man." He hurried out and ordered two teams of footmen to be hired to carry Mr. Lou across Nanjing to Taohong Town , and took out a hundred and ten taels of silver to pay Mrs. Lou's son to go back to do the funeral.On the third day, Mr. Lou was sent to get up.Because of this, there are different teachings: