Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Le Shoutang is ashamed of losing the phoenix hairpin to raise the cloud house and likes to talk about lovesick birds

When the maid came, Zhang San changed his mind again and hid himself behind the false stone, thinking: Why don't I find an old manservant and change his clothes to meet that woman.It turned out that he wanted to hand over the golden hairpin to Sai Jinhua, so that Cheng Yanhua would not be sullen and hurt the harmony between the brothers.After the maid left, he groped towards the back room, and suddenly heard laughter and the sound of water coming from an anteroom, and when he looked around, it turned out to be a bathroom, where several male servants were taking a bath.A male servant said: "I stole a piece of Donglu soap, you know, even Lafayette used this to bathe." Another male servant said: "Use it for me too, see if it feels comfortable?" The soap was withdrawn: "You just make do with dry rubbing, I will use this soap for a while!" The manservant rushed to grab it just now, and shouted: "If you don't give it to me, see if I don't report to the lord, take your leg interrupt!"

Zhang San saw clothes and other items on the wooden bench at the door of the room, stretched out his hand to open the door, revealing a gap, reached out and grabbed one, and went to the hidden place to put it on.Zhang San swaggered towards the garden in his servant's clothes.It happened that an old woman came up ahead, Zhang San hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where is that woman?" Seeing him, the mother-in-law was shocked and said: "How dare you break into the garden, men are not allowed here." Zhang San said with a smile: "My lord is in a hurry to find that woman."

The mother-in-law said, "Which woman?" Zhang San didn't know Sai Jinhua's name, so he gestured wildly with his hands anxiously: "It's that flower-like, full moon-like, tender lotus root-like, watery, delicate woman." The mother-in-law was even more confused: "Which woman is it?" Zhang San said anxiously: "Anyway, she's not as old as you, and not as thick as me. Her waist is like a water snake, and her hands are like tender bamboo shoots. She is the woman Wang Ye likes recently." "Oh, you're talking about the Second Lord Sai in Tianjin! Bah, she wants to be a bitch and set up a memorial archway. She's raising men in the 'Yangyun Jingshe'!" After finishing speaking, she rushed away angrily.

Zhang San came to "Yangyun Jingshe", pushed open the curtain and went in, but saw a thirty-five or six-year-old beauty with a breast-like forehead shining brightly, a pair of active eyes embedded in an oval face, and a pair of lively eyes. In a silver-gray pleated skirt, she dragged a pair of brocade clogs with a red background inlaid with colorful phoenixes; she was squatting on melon seeds, leaning on a mahogany chair.Zhang San thought: She must be Sai Jinhua, Zhang San stepped forward and said: "My lord is talking to a martial artist named Cheng Yanhua, and that Cheng Yanhua brought a rare treasure..." That woman is Sai Jin Flower, Sai Jinhua spat out a mouthful of melon seeds, and shouted: "Get up quickly, it's so old, you can still do this gift, just bow."

Zhang San stretched his hand into his bosom to touch the Phoenix Nobile, alas, I don't know where the Nobile is flying.He suddenly remembered: This gold hairpin must have been stolen by Li San, the 'Swallow', this kid is very quick. Sai Jinhua asked, "What treasure?" Zhang Sandao: "Well, it's a phoenix gold hairpin." Sai Jinhua pursed her lips: "Hmph, I thought it was some kind of treasure. I have a lot of it there. The sisters earned it with their bodies." Zhang Sandao: "Grandma, do you know that the Boxer Regiment is going on outside?"

Sai Jinhua said: "Don't call me grandma, just call me wife. I don't know about the Boxers. The riots in Tianjin were terrible. There was a man named Zhang Decheng who organized the No. 1 regiment in the world. It was amazing! There is a red light, and all of them are women, and when the red light shines, swords and guns are raised, everyone is in red clothes and red trousers, and there are people in my fireworks building participating!" Zhang Sandao: "I wonder what my wife thinks of foreigners?" Sai Jinhua tilted her head and thought for a while: "Foreigners, there are bad ones and good ones. I have been to Europe for a few years, and I know many foreigners. Foreigners have too much appetite. They run businesses, set up factories, and build railways. To open a bank, they all want to make a lot of money, and they came to China all the way. Many foreigners look down on the Chinese, think we are poor, and bully us, but some foreigners sympathize with us. When I was in Europe, Some foreigners said to me, you China is too ignorant, you should learn from Europe, reform and reform, look at Japan, there is Ito Hirobumi, learn from Europe, determined to reform, become a powerful country, and stole many advanced things from Europe go."

Zhang Sandao: "But the Empress Dowager did not agree with the reform, and imprisoned the reformed Emperor Guangxu in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai." Sai Jinhua raised her legs profligately: "In my opinion, the queen mother is not civilized enough. She looks old, so she will be a widow at such a young age. She stays in the Summer Palace all day, surrounded by eunuchs whom Ah Geng flatters: she eats What she wears is chestnut-faced buns, and she wears silk and satin. She has never been abroad, and she has never seen the world, so she will not agree to the reform." Zhang San took the opportunity to say, "Now the foreigners are forcing the Chinese people to rebel, and the Boxers broke out in Hebei and Shandong. I wonder what my wife thinks about this?"

Sai Jinhua said angrily: "I don't advocate using knives and guns. The Boxers are a group of mobs, and they can't make a big climate! Foreigners have good and evil, and those who are good can be friends, and those who are evil should be persuaded to change their evil. just." Speaking of Sai Jinhua's words, Zhang San understood seven or eight points in his heart. Originally, he wanted Sai Jinhua to persuade Yixin to let the Boxers enter Beijing, kill foreigners, and destroy the church, but now he listened to Sai Jinhua. With this tone, I dismissed this idea.Zhang Sanmeng raised his head, and saw a pot of coral on a mahogany bench in the corner of the room, and a birdcage hung on the coral. The bird in the cage had a blue head and yellow breast, blue wings and yellow back, and the yellow faded red, like the flesh of a pumpkin. .Zhang San likes raising birds, and when he saw this lively bird, he was stunned.

Seeing him staring blankly at the bird, Sai Jinhua asked, "It seems that you are also a bird lover. Can you tell me the name of this bird?" Zhang San said without hesitation: "This is a pumpkin swallow. In the pear orchard, it is called Dianwei's face. Although the feathers are bred, the value is not high, but they are very rare." "Then what bird is the most valuable?" Zhang Sandao: "The bird that hits the bomb and the bird that holds the flag is a small skill, but it is also a joy in life to swim in the eyes. The bird that plays the bomb includes parrots, old Xier, chaffinches, parrots with gray backs and black heads. , sallow beak, also known as wax beak. After feeding, take off its neck lock, hold it in your hand, and throw a bird bomb made of teeth with one hand, and the parrot will rush upward with its wings, and its mouth will catch the bomb with its mouth. Come back, spit out the original bullet, feed it a hemp seed or two, throw it again and catch it again, and then use a blower to blow the bomb high into the sky, and the parrot will catch it with flying clouds. Brownish-yellow, with a wide and firm mouth, capable of pinching people's fingers for bleeding, and can connect two bullets. Yanyu's black stripes are mottled on the back, and the breast is golden yellow. The female is light, and the male is bright and gratifying. It can only catch one bullet. Holding the flag The birds are divided into 'Jiaozui', 'Zhu Dian'er', and 'Huangman'er'. Red Jiaozui is the most dexterous, and can pick up walnuts, boxes, and treasures out of boxes. Red Jiaozui first picks up the drooping ears of boxes , the ear falls to the bottom, that is, one layer appears, and after one layer is picked up, another layer appears, and there are three layers. The first layer hangs more dark eight treasures, namely clouds, Luo, umbrellas, lids, flowers, pots, fish, Intestines; on the second floor, there are many "grape racks" with twelve corners, and a branch of grape hangs from each corner; the twelve branches are as many as possible, and the third floor is the "Thirteen Taibao".

Sai Jinhua asked, "What is the Thirteenth Taibao?" "It is to hang paper figurines of thirteen famous generals in ancient times, including Lian Po, Meng Tian, ​​Han Xin, Fan Kuai, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zu Xun, Yue Fei, Sun Wu, and Luo Cheng. Opening the box to get the treasure is to put a small wooden box a hundred steps away. , the lid of the box is locked, and the "red cross mouth" is released. It can go straight to the wooden box, remove the lock with its mouth and open the box cover. There are often 18 kinds of wooden or or made weapons in the box, and the "red cross mouth" goes back and forth. Nineteen times it can be finished, and the lid must be closed and locked after it is finished. 'Zhu Dian' has a body like a yellow bird, a white body with a black seal, and a bright red round light on the head. The male is red and the female is white, both of which are petite. Cute, but not as strong as 'Jiaozui', it can only pick up walnuts, and can only pick up boxes. 'Huang Mang'er' can only pick up walnuts."

Zhang San saw that Sai Jinhua was listening intently, and continued: "Beijingers have a long history of raising birds, and they are often seen in palaces, palaces, official residences, and rich and wealthy homes, so they are called 'mansion birds'. Now ordinary people raise them in their homes. The wind of birds is also flourishing. Birds are divided into large, medium and small in terms of shape, and they all win with gorgeous feathers. Except for jade birds, most of them are not good at singing. More than a dozen "duluer" were called out in a subtle way. The jade bird is a medium-sized bird, and it is juxtaposed with the munia, lovesickness bird, hibiscus bird, four-happiness bird, budgerigar, etc. The large birds are colorful parrots, golden-backed scarlets, peach blossoms Parrots, green parrots, upside-down parrots, sunflower birds, etc. Small birds are agarwood birds, pearl birds, etc. Large parrots are kept in a copper frame, surrounded by open space, with copper chains tied to the bird's legs, and the chains are locked in the frame, so that it cannot fly. The colorful parrot has five colors of red, yellow, green, blue and white. It is huge in size and has a long tail. Blue and green, folks can still see them. Peach blossom parrots are both white and concubine. Although they are not gorgeous, they are really elegant. Green parrots have green feathers and red beaks. Upside-down parrots often rest upside down. Sunflower birds are white parrots, all of which are snow-white. , as delicate as Bai Lian, so it is called "Snow Flower Lady". She has a yellow crown on her head, a few inches long, and can be opened and closed. Gongyu, Efang Palace, for those who accompany beautiful women to comfort the lonely, there are often white parrots..." Sai Jinhua was thoughtful, and sighed: "I think it would be nice if I, Sai Jinhua, had a white parrot as a companion." Zhang Sandao: "The recruit leader Yuan Shikai likes to raise birds. There are many birds in the house. You can ask Lord Qing to ask him for one. Among the medium-sized birds, there is a kind of lovesickness bird that is the cutest. The lovesickness bird is called 'Acacia', and it should be male and female. Preservation. People in the north like to keep a single male, and they are tempted to make them sing. Although the song is loud, it is as bright as a thrush. Southerners like to raise male and female lovesick birds, and keep the female and the male. Posted in 'Silence is better than sound at this time'..." Speaking of this time, Zhang San saw Sai Jinhua's eyes turned red, and a few beads of tears flowed down. Zhang San felt more interesting, and continued: "Acacia birds are mostly produced in Sichuan, and they are transported to the north in spring. In Niaoshi, the male and female feathers are similar, the whole body is green, and the wings have red and yellow small feathers, which are lined up against each other, just like the northern Taiping bird. A little decoration will make it more beautiful. The beak is thin and bright red, also known as "red mouth". . . . ” While talking, seeing Ma Gui rushing in, Zhang San saw it and thought: Oh no, this Ma Gui recognizes me.