Chapter 36 Section thirty-six

This day, Yu Chengge arrived first.There is no interest in visiting Yan on New Year's Eve, and I came here specially to avoid debts, but since I am here, I have to be gentle.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Lishan bumped into him, and Sai Jinhua's fake mother Cao Auntie hurriedly stopped him outside. Seeing this scene, Li Shan felt very uncomfortable, and asked angrily: "Who is inside?" "It's not your old friend, Master Yudu!" Aunt Cao said in a low voice, "My lord, because we are your old good friend, so our girl..." Before he could finish his sentence, Li Shan uttered the banner man's "Hu Jin", slapped the table and cursed: "What a bastard's dog friend! Da Qing openly cut off his friend's boot waist during the day! Is there any reason for that? "

Mrs. Cao didn't expect him to lose such a big temper, so she hurriedly said with a smile: "Because you are always a regular customer, no more than Mr. Yudu doesn't come often, so please keep away from him for a while, it's still early, please come back later If you say that Mr. Yu wants to cut his boots and waists, you always think, will our girl be willing?" The excited Lishan, with a heavy heart, could not hold back his anger after hearing the first half of the sentence, and would not listen to the second half at all, so he jumped up at that time, slamming his fingers and cursing: "Damn heartless bitch! Watch me take the film and ask the square officials to throw you guys out, and you are not allowed to live in Beijing! What a heartless bastard!"

This time, not only Aunt Cao, but also Baldy Liu were frightened, but they didn't dare to go forward to persuade them, and only heard Li Shan knocking on the stage and throwing a tantrum.Finally, the curtain of the inner room was lifted, and Sai Jinhua appeared neatly dressed. "It's Chinese New Year, why are you so angry?" She pressed Li Shan's sleeves, "Sickness from anger is not a cause for anxiety!" "Hmph!" Li Shan sneered and turned his face away. "If I knew you were so angry, I would have ignored him a long time ago! Think about it, how is he as good as you, and what is more attractive to others? Why should I talk to him? It's nothing more than, first, you friends; second, the situation is different today.”

Saying this, Sai Jinhua watched Li Shan's face, and saw that his eyes moved and his face turned back slightly after saying this, with the air of "I want to hear the difference", so she knew what she said was right. You might as well pretend to be a good person. "It's pathetic!" she said in a sympathetic tone. "It seems that he is hiding from debts. He probably has nowhere to go when he hides from debts. I have to chat with him, talk about the scenery of the West, Relieve him from boredom. There is a time when people are frozen and unable to move, if you make a step, I will naturally find a way to make him walk, won't this button be untied?"

Li Shan thought about it, he was a little reckless.Although it is inconvenient to admit mistakes in the mouth, his expression has been greatly relaxed, and he was thinking about "finding a way" to say a few words about himself, when he heard a loud "choking langlang" in the room, he couldn't help being stunned! Sai Jinhua saw that the wave was not calm, and the wave was rising again, so she hurried to appease the inside again.Lifting the curtain, a tea bowl was smashed in front of the kang, and on the kang, Master Yudu was lying upright, his face, which was blue from smoking opium, became more and more terrifying.At this time Aunt Cao and Baldy Liu also rushed in. Seeing this scene, they looked at each other in blank dismay, and bent down at the same time to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.

Yu Chengge seemed to have fired a soaring cannon with a single bang, the momentum was astonishing but unsustainable.He can't lose his temper, and he can't comment on reasoning, so pretending to be dead like this is nothing more than a laughing stock, it's useless.Thinking of this, he felt that he couldn't stay for a moment, so he got up, grabbed the hat and put it on his head, and rushed out in a sloppy manner. Unexpectedly, when he opened the curtain, he bumped into someone.It turned out that Lishan suspected that Yu Chengge threw the tea bowl to lose his temper with him, and was walking to the door, putting his ear on the board to listen, in case Yu Chengge would rush out, it was really a narrow road for enemies.

At that time, Li Shan was still alert, "I know your brother is here!" He said, "I came here specially to serve you." Yu Chengge glanced at him, without saying a word, went straight out, and when he got to the front of the locker room, he remembered that he should show his power in order to save face, so he walked all the way, cursing all the way: "What a bold thing! You dare to be prostitutes, I probably don't want to celebrate the New Year!" The shopkeeper was taken aback.Master Yu Du's suffering, although he has never experienced it, he has heard of it. Passing by the Nancheng Bingma Division, he said in an official tone to the so-called "Fang Guan" Bingma Division chief and deputy commander: "Why don't you care about the prostitutes in Hongxing shop?" Immediately there was great trouble.

It's so good that Master Yu Du lost his temper and left, but Master Li is still there.The shopkeeper rushed to the back, and as soon as he entered Sai Jinhua's room, he knelt down to Lishan, and said, "I beg you, Lord Li, to keep you safe, and I will give you a bowl of rice!" "what happened?" "Master Yudu sent a message before getting into the car, and he wanted to call the local officials to seal the store, and he also had to deal with crimes." "Crime!" Li Shan asked, "What crime?" The shopkeeper glanced at Sai Jinhua, and replied hesitantly, "Anyway, it's not a nice crime."

Li Shan understood this, and was quite anxious.The Hongxing store was in trouble with Sai Jinhua, so he couldn't get away, and the New Year's Eve sacrifice to the ancestors would be delayed! He was anxious in his heart, but he didn't care about his words, "You have me, don't worry!" Li Shan thought about it, thinking of a person, and immediately let go of his sorrow, "Take my car and bring Yu Zhuanger here." The shopkeeper was ordered by Wei Jin to cross the gate in person and take a Lishan car to pick up Yu Zhuang'er.On the way home, Jiang Li and Yu were jealous of each other, which brought disaster to Chi Yu, and I briefly talked about it.Seeing that she was the one who caused the trouble, Yu Zhuang'er was even more afraid of getting involved, so she didn't dare to be careless. She calculated silently along the way and came up with an idea, so when she arrived at Hongxing store to meet Li Shan, her expression was quite calm.

"I already know about this!" He said, "It doesn't matter! It's bad luck for a few hundred silver." "That's right!" Sai Jinhua interjected, "Old Yu is having a tough time this year, and if someone gives him a few hundred silver, he will even kowtow." "Don't take it so easy. This class of masters is really a stone in a hut, smelly and hard!" Li Shan ordered: "Bring a red envelope!" After getting the pen and inkstone red envelope, Li Shan wrote the word "Jie Jing" in his own hand, and then took another 400 taels of silver note, stuffed it into the envelope, and handed it to Yu Zhuang'er.

"Old Yu lives in the Housun Park Anhui Guild Hall. It's very close. I come whenever I go." Turn from Yangmeizhu Xiejie to Cherry Xiejie. When you get to the end, turn to the west and you will find Housun Park.Yu Zhuang'er is used to the Anhui Guild Hall where Yu Chengge lives. When he gets off the car, he walks to the end. There are a lot of people standing in the yard, all dressed as businessmen, with a cloth bag under their left arm and a beating bag with their right hand. A lantern with no candles, it is the appearance of preparing to pay debts all night on New Year's Eve. Looking in, the footman and the coachman on the veranda were in a daze, and when they saw Yu Zhuang'er, they came up to meet them.The servant pouted and winked, meaning that Yu Chengge is in the room, please keep quiet! Yu Zhuang'er nodded, and asked softly, "How much is the total amount?" "There are always seven or eight hundred. At least half of them are needed to get rid of these debt collectors." "It doesn't matter! You tell them there will be when they come back. Go to another house first and then come back. If you refuse to leave, you have to sit and wait. Go outside and wait. It's not good to be crowded in the yard like this!" The servant knew that the savior was coming, so he readily agreed and went to make arrangements.Yu Zhuang'er went up the steps and opened the door, turned from the main room to the west bedroom, and looked in, but saw Yu Chengge was leaning over his desk and brushing his pen, concentrating on what he was writing. Yu Zhuang'er quietly hid behind his back, looked at it, and saw that the white booklet read: "Yu Chengge, the inspector and censor of Shandong Province, knelt down and played, because the minister's character is despicable and his behavior is improper. Pray to the Holy Spirit to learn from the matter, secretly investigate the Zuo Shilang of the household department, Li Shan, the minister in charge of internal affairs..." Seeing this, he stretched out his hand and snatched Bai Zhezi into his hand.Yu Chengge was taken aback, and when he looked back hastily, he saw Yu Zhuang'er looking at him with a half-smile and said, "What is this for? We are good friends, are you really interested in visiting him?" Yu Chengge collected himself and realized what was going on.With a sneer, he said, "Hmph! You don't need to be a lobbyist for others. Other things can be up to you, but this one is definitely not up to you! Hao Lishan, bastard, I've decided on him!" As he said, he stamped his feet, "As soon as the broken five is over, I will hand over the booklet!" Yu Zhuang'er laughed again, "You're really angry!" He said, "Probably not in a good mood." "Yes! I'm in a bad mood. How can I be in a good mood when a large group of creditors come to the door?" "So that's why!" Yu Zhuang'er walked over and opened the white cloth curtains, "Look at it all the time." Yu Chengge looked out from the pane of glass in the middle of the paper-pasted window, and saw that the yard was empty and there was nothing there, so he couldn't help being stunned. "Then, what about those who want to pay?" "The ones who want to pay are afraid that your master Yudu will lose his temper, so they all ran away in fright!" Yu Zhuang'er said expressionlessly. This is the so-called "shame", but Yu Chengge was not angry but happy, he twisted Yu Zhuang'er's face, and then walked out. "Where are you going?" Yu Zhuang'er grabbed him. "I'm going to ask, what's going on?" "Don't ask! I'll tell you. Sit down for me first." He pushed Yu Chengge to sit in his original position, and dragged a stool to sit opposite him. He didn't speak, but just stared at him blankly. "What are you looking at?" Yu Chengge asked while touching his face. "Master Yudu, master Yudu, no wonder everyone is afraid of you, and everything is just talking about disgusting and unreasonable. He has good intentions. He is afraid that you will not be able to pass the Chinese New Year. Knowing that you are in Hongxing Store, he came here to send the festival in person. Respect. Who knew that your dog biting Lu Dongbin didn't know a good heart!" The word "Jie Jing" caught his ears, and Yu Chengge's eyes lit up.However, those words were spoken before the teacup was thrown, but now I don’t know what to do?And wait a minute. Of course they were waiting for Jie Jing, and Yu Zhuang'er was eager to go back and get his life back so that he could go home for the New Year. He didn't want to vomit him, so he took out the red envelope, handed it over, and said, "Fourth Master Li is finally good enough to be friends. It was brought here for me. But, Master Yudu, I am a little worried now, so please don’t hurt me!" "Harming you?" Yu Chengge was at a loss, "How do you mean harming you?" "I sent you the four hundred taels of festival respect, and you received it yourself. No one else saw it. You received it. After breaking five, you handed the booklet to others. Fourth Master Li will not suspect you. Master Yudu disregards friends." Friendship, just as if I swallowed the tribute I sent you. Then, wouldn’t it hurt me?” "Joke!" Yu Chengge put his hands in his sleeves, and said leisurely, "My friendship with him, even if he is sorry for me, I have the nerve to move his hand?" When he said this, he suddenly remembered, and quickly reached out When he came out, he snatched the folded manuscript of Shan Lishan that had been in Yu Zhuanger's hand, and said with a smile: "I am also sitting in a sad city, bored, and write casually to relieve boredom, don't tell him!" "What did I tell him?" Yu Zhuang'er handed the red envelope to him at this moment, stood up and said, "You send the bills away! They will come back later, I'm going home." "Slow down!" Yu Chengge hesitated for a moment and said, "Lisi is finally good enough to be friends, I should show it a little too! Think about it for me." "That's easy to handle. Once it's past five, you can treat him to a drink at my place." "Yes, yes! That's definitely the way to do it. Make an appointment with him for me first, and talk to you at your place on the evening of the seventh day." The next day is Gengzi New Year's Day in the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu.Yu Chengge specially went to Lishan Mansion to pay New Year's greetings.The master had an errand in the palace and never came home.Yu Chengge left a note asking Lishan to have a drink at Yu Zhuanger's place on the seventh day of the first lunar month. On that day, the host had arrived at Yu Zhuanger's house in Han's Tan before lunch, but Li Shan had arrived earlier than him, and was doing the Zhuang Pushing Pai Gow in the main room.Seeing Yu Chengge, he put down the rolled up snow white silk sleeves, arched his hands and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! " "Congratulations! Congratulations!" Yu Chengge said, "I went to my house to celebrate the New Year that day." "I know, sorry." "Let's talk later!" Standing in the upper left corner, Yu Zhuang'er, who was "making a match" for the dealer, pushed a child who pushed down the door, "Get up! Let Master Yu sit." Yu Chengge also liked this way, sat down happily, looked at the table and said, "What's the matter? Are you still using chips?" "The chips were distributed by Fourth Master Li. They are free, ten taels of silver per person. If you win, you will redeem them. If you lose, you blame yourself for your bad luck. It's a child's plaything!" "what about me?" "If you are small..." Li Shan originally wanted to joke, "If you are a little rabbit, I will also give you ten taels." When I got to the point of my mouth, I remembered the first time we met in the New Year, and it was very inappropriate to make such a joke, so I changed my words Said: "If you are a child, of course I will give you ten taels. But, Lao Yu, are you embarrassed? " "As long as you win, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Come on, come on, I don't want your ten taels of silver, but I don't want to gamble with chips? 'Spring doesn't ask for directions', that's all I bet on!" As he spoke, he took out a handful of bills from his body and waved them in front of him. "Old Yu! I advise you to come to the door and come to work!" "Not necessarily! How is it called 'live pumping'?" "If you don't believe me, I'll make another bet with you." "Okay! You move the door up, and I'll move the door down." "Okay! Alright!" Yu Zhuang'er hastily stopped, "Just pour it back and forth like this. Otherwise, it won't be clear." Yu Zhuanger conceived it for Li Shan, because he knew that Yu Chengge had exhausted all of his possessions and they were all on the table. If he gambled extra, he would just laugh and say "we'll count later." But if he won, Li Shan would Wouldn't it be unfair to have to pay? Lishan is a famous gambler, of course he knows his intentions.It's just that he has other plans, so it's inconvenient to tell them.Immediately throw out the dice, one is four and one is five, it is "nine hands", fearing that Yu Zhuang'er's hand will turn over his cards soon, he quickly grabs the first set in his hand. Turn over the cards, it's nine o'clock for the door, and eight o'clock for the door.At the next door, Yu Chengge drew the card, held it down and touched it, two points and one land, he was overjoyed, touched again, discouraged, opened it and saw that it was Zhang Hongjiu, only one point. "Look," Yu Chengge said coldly and stubbornly, "Put it on the air of 'lower job', but said 'upper job'! The banker is about to pay." Li Shan smiled and didn't answer, just like Yu Chengge, he was groping for ideas, a winning card, a "bench", it was eight points, he lost the door, and the door was lost.This time, Yu Chengge lost the bet in front of him, and also had to pay double. This card has a lot of discrepancies, so they are all curiously looking forward to the dealer's unveiling.Especially Yu Chengge, deeply regretted his recklessness, nine out of ten of the hundreds of coins in front of him will not be able to keep, I am afraid that the dealer's idea is not big or small, if he eats it and pays it back, how can he get it?Thinking of this, full of irritability, he pushed back the leather hat on his head, and his forehead was steaming. But Li Shan didn't turn over the cards, he just said: "For the match, count Master Yu's bets!" So Yu Zhuang'er sorted out the messy pile of silver bills, counted them, and the total was ninety-eight taels of silver.Li Shan smiled, and pushed out his two tickets, mixed them up, opened the book guard in front of him, randomly drew a stack of bank notes, and threw them at Yu Zhuang'er. Needless to say, this is a unified compensation.Yu Zhuang'er placed a one hundred tael silver ticket at the lower door, retrieved the two taels, and explained at the same time: "We all pay and we pay, and we don't bet on winning or losing when we move bets." "Not bad, not bad!" Yu Chengge said overjoyed, "Unexpectedly, the dealer got a pair of other ten." Yu Zhuang'er had already figured it out, Li Shan did it on purpose, and was afraid that Yu Chengge wouldn't know, so he pointed out to him, "I think it's a human card and a nail, and the human nail is losing to your old Di Jiuyi. Four Lord, am I right?" "almost!" This question and answer, of course Yu Chengge understood, the nail is right at the door, and the long three becomes the nail long nine, where is the second nail?But it's inconvenient to say it clearly, and it's no fun to gamble any longer! "Everyone pays dividends!" He took a ten tael silver note, handed it to Yu Zhuang'er, and then said to Li Shan, "Let's have lunch first!" "I'm not hungry. But I can drink with you, and I have something to say to you." Hearing what they said, Yu Zhuang'er ordered the gambling table to be cleared and set up meals in the main room. At the same time, he invited the host and guest to sit in his "study". "Yufu," Yu Chengge asked, "do you have something to tell me?" "not busy!" Yu Chengge had heard that Li Shan wanted something from him, and in order to show that he knew how to be friendly, he said in an urgent manner: "No! If there is anything you want me to do, please tell me first. After finishing the business , to enjoy the drink.” Feeling Yu Chengge's sincerity, Li Shan dragged a domino stool to sit next to him and said: "It's a joke to mention it! For the green cloud at the bottom of the pocket, Lan Gong competed with me! He is the elder brother's uncle, consciously My status is not what it used to be. As for me, I really don’t want to cause trouble. However, I have to be on my guard. Shouping, at that juncture, you have to help me.” "That's needless to say!" Yu Chengge replied, "You tell me! How can I work hard for you?" "Heavy words, serious words, thank you very much!" Li Shan said, holding his arm, "You listen to me. When the time comes, I would like to invite you to join him and kill his scenery." "That's easy! Please," Yu Chengge said, "Let's talk after drinking." Yu Chengge took it easy to criticize relatives and nobles, so of course it was inconvenient for Li Shan to talk about it further.And at this time, it is not appropriate to discuss this matter in depth, and only talk about the sensuality while drinking. Talking about the daily play in the palace, Yu Chengge suddenly asked in a low voice: "Yufu, have you seen the emperor since the beginning of the new year?" "Why didn't you see me? I saw you again today. Shouping," Li Shan asked back: "How did you come up with such a sentence to ask. There must be a reason?" "I just heard a piece of news, an anecdote that has never happened in hundreds of years." Upon hearing this, Yu Zhuang'er naturally paid attention, and even the servant girls who were waiting on the side came closer to listen.However, Yu Chengge only rolled his eyes and didn't speak. "What's going on?" Lishan asked. "This anecdote, don't talk nonsense." So Yu Zhuang'er got up immediately, yelling loudly: "Go, go! Get out. Stay away." "It doesn't matter!" Yu Chengge grabbed him. After Yu Zhuanger sat down and the idlers walked away, Yu Chengge talked about the anecdote from Hubei.