Chapter 10 Red Top Merchant (7-1)

Getting up early in the morning, Fatty Zhang still maintains the habit of many years, carrying the birdcage to the tea shop; sometimes passing by Boss Wei, because of his colleagues, he would also say hello.Boss Wei is diligent and frugal, and never goes to tea shops; but Fatty Zhang must invite him to tea this day, because it is inconvenient to talk about it in front of Ah Qiao about being a matchmaker. Stepping into the store, he straightaway explained the purpose of his visit. Boss Wei felt quite sudden; therefore, he expressed his gratitude.At this moment, Ah Qiao came to deliver breakfast for her father, a bowl of tofu paste, a ball of steamed rice, and seeing Boss Zhang greeted sweetly: "Good morning, Uncle Zhang! Have you had any dim sum?"

Fatty Zhang immediately replied, looking at her from head to toe, it was a bit like a blind date; seeing her made Ah Qiao a little embarrassed.But the guest didn't answer, so it was inconvenient to turn away; he could only turn his head away to avoid Fatty Zhang's staring eyes. "Aqiao!" Fatty Zhang asked, "How old are you?" "Seventeen." "Of course my birthday is the seventh day of July. What's the time?" Ah Qiao was shocked!When I came to the door early in the morning, I came to ask about the horoscope of time, what are you doing if you are not a matchmaker for yourself?Thinking about it like this, I immediately thought of Ah Xiang; and immediately panicked! "What kind of matchmaker do you want you to be?" She murmured to herself; she ran to the back in a hurry, looked for her mother and asked, "Why did Fatty Zhang come here so early in the morning?" "Which Fatty Zhang?"

"Which one else? Isn't it Fatty Zhang, who is a colleague and enemy!" "He's here? I don't know!" "Mother!" Ah Qiao said as she tugged at her clothes, "Fatty Zhang doesn't know what's on his mind. He asked about his birthday and the time. I——" she paused and said, "I'm not married! No need Who is going to talk about it?" This said, the mother is refreshed; I don't know what kind of person Fatty Zhang is as a matchmaker for his daughter?At that time, he said: "Don't make a mess! Wait for me to ask."

Seeing her mother's expression of interest, A-Qiao was very disappointed and anxious.She was thinking in her heart that this body already belonged to her, and her mother knew about it, and her usual speech and attitude towards Ah Xiang, she vaguely regarded him as a "son-in-law"; then not only did she know who she belonged to, but also this person was her own. Favorite.That being the case, why bother to "ask" again?Isn't it an old fool who doesn't understand the truth? The bitter thing is that I can't say the words in my heart; I can't remind her with any hints.In desperation, she could only act like a baby; she grabbed her mother's clothes and did not let go. "Don't ask! Dogs can't spit out ivory, so there is nothing to ask." "It's okay to ask. What are you doing like this?"

The mother and daughter argued, stalemate, and followed suit; however, Boss Wei accepted Fatty Zhang's invitation because of his sympathy, and raised his voice outside, "Ah Qiao Niang! You come out to look at the store; Boss Zhang has gone to tea." This time Aqiao was even more anxious.The original intention was to ask my mother to call my father in, and take care of me: If Fatty Zhang comes to be a matchmaker, don't bother him.If you don't want to say something urgent, you have wasted effort in vain.Going to have tea together now is of course a matchmaker; although the marriage is the order of the parents, and the father can be the master of seven points, if you foolishly listen to Zhang Fatty's rhetoric in the tea shop, it will be an unacceptable hatred for the rest of your life.The thought was as fast as lightning, and when it came to this point, Ah Qiao blurted out: "Father, please come in, Mother has something important to say."

After Boss Wei heard this, he came back in; his wife asked him, "Is Fatty Zhang here to be a matchmaker for Ah Qiao?" Before Boss Wei could answer, Ah Qiao said, "Who wants him to be a matchmaker? I'm not going to marry." "Huh!" Boss Wei looked at his wife and then at his daughter, really confused, "Why did you think of this?" Aqiao has good ears and quick thoughts, and immediately asked eagerly: "Then, what is he doing here?" "He said he wanted to talk to me about a deal." "Business?" His wife asked, "Is it hard to talk in the shop?"

"That's what I said too. He said he must drink tea when he wakes up in the morning, otherwise he will lose energy. It doesn't matter if I accompany him to eat once." "Okay, okay!" Aqiao pushed her father, "Please, old man! But, I have to talk about ideas, not anything else." After going there for two hours and still not coming back; Ah Qiao murmured in her heart, and asked her little apprentice to visit the tea shop that Fatty Zhang always visited every day.After turning around for a while, Fatty Zhang and Boss Wei were not there. This looks suspicious.At noon, Boss Wei was still nowhere to be seen. The mother and daughter waited for a long time and could not come back, so they had to have lunch first.As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, Boss Wei came back, his face flushed and smiling.

Aqiao was both relieved and complained: "Where did you go?" She complained: "I didn't come back for dinner!" "Fatty Zhang invited me to drink; I enjoyed the drink." "Why are you happy? The business negotiation was successful?" Aqiao asked: "What kind of business?" Fatty is here to be a matchmaker for our daughter." Hearing this, Ah Qiao's hands and feet became cold; she threw herself on her mother's shoulders, trembling all over. Boss Wei and his wife were both shocked and unimpressed!Ask her what's going on?But she seemed unwilling to speak clearly; she just sat down reluctantly and stared blankly at her father.After all, Mo Ruomu, who knows her daughter, guessed what she was thinking; she hurriedly said to her husband: "Fatty Zhang is a matchmaker, so don't make random promises to him."

"Why didn't you agree?" "You promised me! What kind of family is it; what does the bridegroom look like?" "What does the bridegroom look like, why should I say? You see it every day." When mentioning the people he sees every day, the first thing that comes to mind is Runsheng, a boy from the Jianbi fruit shop. With two flat-headed and thin-backed fruit knives in hand, they spun like flying. In a blink of an eye, the pears were cut clean, and the pear skin was formed into a long strip.Chen Qiao loves to watch his kung fu the most; he also loves to see A Qiao's smiling and gazing expression.Once I saw that I lost my hand, and I cut off a small finger; it was a joke on the street.Suspecting this talk, Aqiao has always avoided him since then; but they are so close to each other that they can't help seeing each other every day, and Runsheng is highly regarded by his boss, so of course he might come to propose marriage.The second thing that comes to mind is Xiao Kai from the scented wax shop across the street, he was born as a good-looking talent, and he is well-matched, but unfortunately he can't take off his hat all the year round; because he is dysentery.Ah Qiao gets tired of thinking about it, so she quickly put it aside and think about it again.

At this thought, I thought of Ah Xiang; suddenly my face turned red and my heart beat.It's hard to ask, but fortunately there is her mother, "Which one is it?" She asked her husband. "Which one else, of course it's Ah Xiang!" As soon as the word "Xiang" was uttered, Ah Qiao got up abruptly and hid in; her steps were extremely light.Boss Wei was stunned for a while, then laughed. "What are you laughing at? Tell me quickly! Why did Ah Xiang ask Fatty Zhang to be a matchmaker? What did he say? How do you answer him? Tell us from the beginning."

This lecture, including Ah Qiao who "listened to the wall", was full of satisfaction; she was so happy that she had a saying in her heart: "Ah Xiang is destined to have a noble man; he met a boss like Hu Daotai!" However, Hu Daotai is not in charge of Ah Xiang's affairs at this time; he is worrying about another Ah Qiao. Sister Aqiao stayed out all night last night; she didn't come home until nine o'clock this morning.When asked about her whereabouts, she said that she was depressed and had spent the night talking with a little sister at her home yesterday. Her "little sisters" are also in their thirties, either they are conscientious;If she is a good "family member", she will not be allowed to spend the night alone; someone must have sent her back the night before.From this point of view, the whereabouts are very doubtful. So Hu Xueyan quietly sent Ah Xiang to inquire.Although Sister Aqiao didn't take the sedan chair at home when she went out yesterday, she was expected to not be able to walk either; so Axiang was ordered to ask the bearers waiting to be hired at the entrance of the alley.Sure enough, I did; Sister Aqiao went to Zhaorong Lane in the north of Baoshan Street yesterday, and the bearer still remembered that she got off the sedan chair in front of a Shikumen, the penultimate house. The so-called "There are Li Zhaorong and Zhaofu, and they are close to Gongxing, and they are all Pingkang Road." Zhaorongli, Zhaofuli, and Gongxingli in that area are famous places for luxury and gold; What is the meaning of Pingkang?Really suspicious. To solve this mystery, there is no one other than Grandma Qigu.Hu Xueyan did some calculations, and this day was exactly the fourth day she agreed to visit when she arranged the new house on her behalf; so she didn't arrive at the Gu's house in a sedan chair, and went straight to Huajinli. Sure enough, the house has been completely repainted; Grandma Qigu is directing her servants to install the brand new mahogany furniture.The weather at the end of March was bright and sunny, and it was quite hot. Grandma Qigu's face looked like she had been drunk, with sweat on her forehead and fluffy hair, which showed that she was tired. Hu Xueyan was overwhelmed, bowed his head in his pocket, and thanked him deeply; Qigu's grandma answered beautifully: "Young uncle, you don't need to thank me, old lady, auntie is coming; we are juniors, we should show some filial piety." As she said that, she led Hu Xueyan to see one room after another; not only the upper room was well-arranged, but even the lower room was not negligent, with everything that one expects to find.If you worry so much, the master can't say anything except praise. Going around in a circle, I went back to the living room to drink tea and rest. At this time, Hu Xueyan began to speak, telling about Aqiao's whereabouts all night; asking Grandma Qigu for advice. What happened suddenly, where did she have an idea?After thinking about what Hu Xueyan said, he felt that there are a few things that need to be clarified first. "Grandpa," she asked, "How did Sister Aqiao treat you when she came back? Did you complain?" "No, it looks very cold." "Is there anything to pack up your soft clothes, as if you are going to move out?" "No." Hu Xueyan replied, "Sitting there peeling off my nails and thinking about my thoughts, as if I didn't even see me there." Just asking these two sentences is enough.Grandma Qigu nodded her head slowly, and said to herself, "That's right! She must have such an idea!" Since the question and answer just now confirmed the memory, Hu Xueyan already understood; I would rather guess wrong, "Seventh Sister," he asked in pain, "Could it be that she has discussed it with her little sister, and she wants to show her face and go to 'make the room' by herself?" "Bitch!" blurted out a curse. "Uncle! Here, I want to dissatisfy for Sister Aqiao." Grandma Qigu's true nature was revealed, and she said righteously: "A person always has to find a home. She would rather be humble and obedient, just to feel I am not from a good family, and I have always been used to being free. I can't bear the constraints of a big house, and I want to live outside; it's not too much to say. Since this is impossible, I have to find another way out; I can go wherever I come from. Isn't it a matter of course? Even if you are a good person, you can't call a media agent to say: "I'm getting married, you can find a husband for me!" If you are close and agreeable, you can set your own life, and that is the right thing to do." Hearing her quarrel, Hu Xueyan calmed down and said with a smile: "Actually, if she wants to do this, she should discuss it with Seventh Sister first." "I didn't discuss it with me! I don't object to her doing this in my heart; I don't agree with her in my mouth. Sister Aqiao is a smart person, how can she show her mouth? I am worried about one thing now; I am afraid that she will hate you in her heart , I will deliberately collapse your platform in the future." "How to collapse?" Hu Xueyan smiled wryly, "As long as she falls into the water again, my platform will let her collapse." "That's not a broken foot. Tomorrow she will hang a sign of 'Hangzhou Huyu', that will look good!" One sentence made Hu Xueyan stunned.He also heard people say that in the past two years, the "Flower Market" has been extremely prosperous, and there has been a kind of trick in the hall that is dedicated to killing people who are taken advantage of. Find someone who is new to the flowers, dazzled by pearls and emeralds; Zhixiang; the rich man whose ears are addicted to the groaning strings, before the banquet, under the quilt, has done enough tenderness and infatuation; when the two are in love, when it comes to marriage, they always say that they are alone and tired , just because of how many debts "Borrowing Waves" has, as long as she pays off the debts for her, she is a member of his family, and there is no other requirement. So he took advantage of her to pay off her debts and "offloaded the brand", and since then she has been in good health.Once she became a woman of a good family, she gradually became uneasy in the room; she had all kinds of needs, and her greed was hard to fill. If she was not satisfied, she would change her face, and there would be a small quarrel every three days, and a big quarrel every five days. disturbed.Only then did the injustice realize that he had been cheated; but it was too late to regret it!You have to spend another sum of money to ask her to walk. This pattern is called "氵浪浴".If you have cleared your debts and go to the court to ask for it, the two have nothing to do with each other, and you still have a conscience; some demon foxes who have been ruthless for many years, come back after marrying, but they can't let go of being taken advantage of, and accept Zhang Shuwei under his surname; Dang Yan told about her time after marriage?Or the family's insidiousness and ugliness must cost money to keep things safe. However, Sister Aqiao will not be so heartless.Hu Xueyan asked: "What good does it do for her to do this? She is a very clear-cut person; why would she do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit herself?" "My uncle's words are very true; Sister Aqiao should not be this kind of person. The matter has come to this stage, but it is easy to handle. Uncle, you leave it to me, and I will take care of you." Grandma Qigu then said "Uncle, don't go back these two days! Live with me, or live in the bank; whatever you like, just don't meet Aqiao." Hu Xueyan really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in her gourd?It is useless to know and ask; for the current plan, I have to leave it alone and let her take care of it. So he said, "I'll live in the bank. I've invited Fatty Zhang to be my clerk; use these two days to accompany him in the store to discuss future business." "Fatty Zhang is a reliable person. That's it! You go to your business; I will come to Fukang to discuss things." That afternoon, Grandma Qigu went to see someone; it was Yiqing's second child who was an old acquaintance of You Wu.Back then, when the Songjiang Cao Gang was in trouble, the brothers had a hard time making a living; as You Wu, the leader of the gang, how could he be a treasure in the golden house?Therefore, even though Yiqing's second child talked repeatedly, You Wu was still unwilling to "take the blame" for her; Yiqing's second child was furious, chose someone instead, and married a child of a dilapidated family, weak and sick, and it was a pity that she was less than two years old.There is no need for Yiqing's second child to keep the festival for him; in fact, he is not tolerated by the old woman, so he has a new flag.At first, he became a "sir"; later he became a "family", and he has been in touch with You Wuou, which continues to this day. Sister Aqiao was originally the person in Yiqing's second child's room; Grandma Qigu went to see Yiqing's second child, one of which was to inquire about Aqiao's plan to come back, what happened?What's more, he wanted to use the old relationship between her and Sister Aqiao to mediate.However, I am a woman from a good family, for the sake of Gu Yingchun's reputation, it is inconvenient to step into a prostitute's house; I specially go to a restaurant where I am acquainted, and ask the servants to invite Yiqing's second child to meet. The two haven't seen each other for more than half a year.Because the relationship between each other has always been very good, so they hold hands attentively and talk endlessly about the warmth and warmth.Yiqing's second child questioned Qigu's grandma's family, and besides You Wu, she also asked about Hu Xueyan; this just gave her a chance to tell her. "I want to discuss with you about our little uncle today." Grandma Qigu said, "Sister Aqiao and Master Hu are breaking up." "Why?" Yiqing's second child asked in amazement: "Why can't we get along?"The tone kept emphasizing that the divorce is a foregone conclusion, and the marriage is irretrievable. Yiqing's second son listened attentively, and became confused, "Sister Aqiao and I always meet once a month or two; why doesn't she come to talk to me about such an important matter?" She asked: "She and Mr. Hu What should we do after we break up? Suzhou can’t go back; and she can’t get used to living in the countryside.” "Yes!" Grandma Qigu interjected, "No matter what she is, our bond is always there; even Mr. Hu cares about her very much. A woman who lives alone must have a proper place to settle down." That's good. She seems to have made up her own mind; however, I don't think this idea is very clever. Second sister, do you know if she has any good sisters in Zhaofu?" The second child of Yiqing thought for a while and replied: "Yes. Before she came to me, she wanted to help the sixth child; she got along very well with Ah Jin who was in the same room. I also know Ah Jin, and now I just live in Zhaofu, and I have a pretty face." "This Ah Jin, what are you doing now?" "It's also a room now." "I'm afraid it's a good guess." Grandma Qigu recounted in detail Aqiao's private visit to Zhaofuli, and deduced that she was discussing with Ajin and wanted to go this way. "Strange! Why didn't she come to discuss with me?" "Second Sister, you are right. However, I would like to ask you, if Sister Aqiao wants to go this way, do you agree or not?" "Why would I agree? It's better not to eat this bowl of rice!" "That's right. She knows you won't be enthusiastic, why should she come to discuss with you?" 'This bowl of life-killing rice?" Grandma Qigu thinks that this is exactly what needs to be discussed.There are no more than three kinds of motives for Sister Aqiao's plan to fall into the dust again: the first is to make a living; the second is to take revenge on Hu Xueyan; The home of the whole life. "I'm thinking," Grandma Qigu said after analyzing her own opinion: "First, she doesn't have to worry about a hard life. She told me that she has a private house of twenty or thirty thousand silver; Mr. Hu will always give her a sum of money. As for revenge, after all, there is no deep hatred. If you want to be ugly, you must first ruin your reputation; she is not that kind of foolish person. After much deliberation, the only way One reason: I want to pick a good guest to marry!" "In order to get married, go into the water first? I've never heard of such a thing." Yiqing's second child shook her head greatly, "Unless, like Ah Jin, you pick a little boy to keep in a small house; to pick a good guest is to pick a guest." not reach." This can be heard from two aspects. On the one hand, it can be heard that Yiqing's second child always does not believe that Sister Aqiao will make such a bad move;And no matter from which side you listen, it can make Grandma Qigu feel relieved. "Second Sister, I also don't believe that Seventh Sister Qiao will go on this path. However, to open the skylight and tell the truth, on the one hand, I am helping my uncle; on the other hand, it is also for the good of Sister Aqiao. , In this matter, you have to look at my fifth brother and help me!" Yiqing's second child smiled embarrassingly, "Grandma Qigu, you should be punished for saying this! Is there anyone who refuses to listen to your orders?" She questioned, "Why did you move to Fifth Young Master? " "It's my words that are wrong, don't get angry. Let's talk about seriousness; I had an idea—" Grandma Qigu was planning a plan to transfer flowers to others, so she specially entrusted Mr. Qin in the cell to write to Langzhong Zhang in Ningbo, hoping to match him and Sister Aqiao to make a marriage.It was a very long story; Yiqing's second child listened to it from the beginning, and learned how Zhang Langzhong met Aqiao sister, and how he had fallen in love, flowed ruthlessly, and returned in a state of disappointment, and felt deeply sympathetic to him. "Grandma Qigu, I agree with your idea. However, it's hard to say whether it will be successful. The relationship between a man and a woman depends entirely on fate; it seems that sister Aqiao has no destiny with him." "No! At the beginning, it was because my young uncle was in the middle, and all my heart was on him. No matter how good Zhang Langzhong was, he would not like it; on the other hand, seeing that sister Aqiao was in charge, she retreated in spite of the difficulties. In fact, in my opinion, since Sister Aqiao doesn't want to be someone else's concubine, it would be best to marry Langzhong Zhang. First, Langzhong Zhang's wife has passed away recently. In terms of his infatuation with Sister Aqiao, it's better to marry her. I am willing to go back to fill the house; second, Mr. Zhang is not very old." Grandma Qigu asked, "How old is Miss Aqiao?" "She is a sheep. This year—" Yiqing's second child counted with her fingers, and exclaimed in surprise: "This year is forty!" "She was born young, so you can't tell when she's forty. But she's always forty!" Grandma Qigu paused and said apologetically, "Second Sister, let me tell you, don't be angry, a forty-year-old is another Such a background; I'm afraid it's not easy to be the wife of someone else!" "It's not easy? It's hard to find it with a lantern." Yiqing's second child asked solemnly: "Grandma Qigu, how sure are you about Mr. Zhang?" "There is always six or seven points." "Sixty to seven points are pretty sure. I'm going to see sister Aqiao today and ask her what she means? If there is no such plan, it is naturally the best; if there is, I must stop her. In short, no matter what Whatever she plans, I must be a matchmaker." "You are the matchmaker of the woman's family, and I am the matchmaker of the man's family. It is a good thing that we must succeed with it." "Of course it's a good thing. However, it seems that Doctor Zhang has been wronged." Mention this layer.Grandma Qigu remembered the past when she was arranged by Hu Xueyan to worship Wang Youling's old lady as a foster daughter before she married Gu Yingchun, and she suddenly had inspiration again. "Second Sister, since you said so, let's discuss how to raise Sister Aqiao's identity?" Grandma Qigu's arrangement was to ask Mrs. Hu to adopt Sister Aqiao as a foster daughter; so Hu Xueyan sang "Marrying a Sister" as "Uncle".This is what the ancients used to do, but at this time and this place, it seems very reasonable and thoughtful, Yiqing's second child naturally agrees, and is also happy for Sister Aqiao, thinking that by doing this, she has "achieved a positive result". Qigu's grandma was also very proud of her plan; when she was in a hurry, she was going to invite Yiqing's second child to see sister Aqiao together, to explain everything to her face to face.On the contrary, Yiqing's second child is more prudent, thinking that she should meet with Ah Jin first, find out clearly and invite her to talk with her, it will be easier for sister Aqiao to be persuaded. "That's good!" Grandma Qigu asked, "Let's go and see Ah Jin." "This——" Yiqing's second child knew that Ah Jin was taboo against strangers because of his handsome face; Dropped a gun flower: "Grandma Qigu, it's inconvenient to go to her because of your identity. I'll ask someone to call her." So she called the young lady she had brought, and rushed to Zhaofuli to invite Ah Jin; she especially told him to take a "pheasant carriage", and urged Ah Jin to come with him.While waiting here, it is necessary to talk about homework again.In the words of Yiqing's second child, there was a sense of being tired of the world; but she never said that she would choose someone to be a good person. Grandma Qigu was quick in thinking and quick in speaking. "Second Sister, don't be single-minded and don't turn around, that's too stupid! You keep guarding my fifth brother, and you won't succeed until your hair turns gray. The reason for this, fifth brother must have told you. He took a Help, you have to be convincing when you do things; the brother is so poor that he has no food to eat, and he has to set up another house. How do you think this is justified? Second sister, you should give up your heart!" Yiqing's second child has no words to answer.Silently, I can only wipe my tears behind my back.Grandma Qigu also felt sour and uncomfortable; she was a little regretful, she shouldn't have spoken so bluntly. "To be honest," she said out of words to cover up the unnaturalness that both of them felt, "Mr. Zhang is a good man, and his family is decent; why didn't I think that I should be the matchmaker for you long ago." "Thank you, Grandma Qigu! Life is not good, and I have eaten this bowl of life-killing rice; I can't even want to be a child, so what are you talking about?" There was still resentment in the words.It made Grandma Qigu, who was always good at eloquence, unable to speak. Fortunately, Zhaofuli is not far from here; a carriage quickly went back and forth, and Ah Jin was brought.She had already heard from the little elder sister on the way, so when she saw Grandma Qigu, she didn't need to be introduced by Yiqing's second child, and asked very politely: "Is it Grandma Qigu from the You family? She is so decent!" "Don't dare to be it! This," Grandma Qigu asked Yiqing's second child, "I think it's Sister Ajin?" "Yes!" Yiqing's second child was the host, first ordered food and drink for Ajin; then said straight to the point: "Grandma Qigu specially invited you here to care about Sister Aqiao, and wanted to ask you; these two days, Aqiao Did sister come to your place?" "She often comes to my place." "Sister Ah Jin," Grandma Qigu said, "We are the first meeting, the second elder sister knows me, and she is straightforward. If I can't speak, please don't get angry." This is because when Ah Jin and Yiqing's second child talked about Sister Aqiao, they immediately confronted each other; Grandma Qigu was afraid that the matter would be stalemate, which would not help the matter, but would hurt the friendship, so she greeted her first. . Ah Jin is also a person who has been through the world for a long time and is well-versed in the world. He knows that the answer "she often comes to me" has a blunt tone and implies hostility, which is a slip of the tongue; so he apologizes: "Grandma Qigu, you are serious! My mouth is stupid; the second elder sister is a good sister, so you don't have to be polite. You must not give my heart too much!" Since both of them are humble, there is no need to explain more, but it seems that there is a real disagreement.However, there are some things that Qigu's grandmother is inconvenient to ask because of their first friendship; it is more appropriate for Yiqing's second child to speak.So he responded with a smile and threw a wink to the side. Yiqing's second child nodded, and then explained the reason to Ajin in a calm tone: "Sister Aqiao had a disagreement with Mr. Hu. 'It's hard to judge housework for an upright official', so there's no need to talk about it; All in all, I'm afraid we're going to break up. The relationship between Grandma Qigu and Sister Aqiao has always been good; it was Grandma Qigu who made their marriage in the first place. Anyway, she has to care about Sister Aqiao's affairs I just asked me to ask; I really don’t know. I haven’t seen Aqiao for a long time. I heard that I have been to your place these two days. I must have talked with you. What is her plan?” "Oh," Ah Jin answered immediately after listening, but turned to Qi Gu's grandma, "How is the relationship between Sister Ah Qiao and Master Hu?" "Not bad!" "That's strange!" A Jin was confused. "Every time she comes, she always blames her life. I asked her: How is Master Hu treating you? She always shook her head and refused to say. It seems——." Although she didn't say the following sentence, she could guess it.This time, it was Grandma Qigu's turn to be confused; "Why did Sister Aqiao make such an expression?" She asked, "It's a recent thing that they want to break up; it's just because Master Hu's family is coming to Shanghai , the eldest wife does not allow the master to set up another house outside, and Ah Qiao refuses to enter her house, so that a stalemate has arisen. Speaking of the past, I can't see any disagreement between them!" Ah Jin nodded, "I don't want to talk about it." Her face was gloomy, "Maybe I'm to blame. I have a cousin, who is now the head teacher of Baiyi Nunnery in Fahua Town; , I always come to see me, and sometimes I meet Aqiao sister, and the two of them talk very enthusiastically. Our teacher's wife is nothing more than "the past life should not cultivate the suffering of the present life", and persuades her to practice the next life. This is nothing more than It's a commonplace of monks; I don't know that Sister Aqiao is a little fascinated." After saying this in one breath, Grandma Qigu realized that her guess was completely wrong!According to this passage, sister Aqiao's visit to Ajin may have something to do with that teacher; it's not because she wants to make a room.So I hurriedly asked: "How did you become obsessed?" I was forced to tell the truth: I want to go to Baiyi Nunnery to become a monk!" Grandma Qigu turned pale with shock: "A nun?" "Who knows?" Ah Jin replied melancholy: "I persuaded her all night, but she never said a single word; whether she has changed her mind or not, I can't guess either." "I guess not." Yi Qing The second child had a calm expression, "Sister Aqiao has never lived a hard life in the past many years. She can't survive the hardships in the nunnery. In my opinion——" She refused Go on; go on and you'll be mean. According to Qigu's grandma, sister Aqiao may not go on this road.In addition to comforting herself, she has other things on her mind; she does not want to fall into the world again, which can be a relief, but this kind of resolute appearance is actually a sign that she is holding on to Hu Xueyan.Looks like there's more trouble than that. "What should I do now?" Grandma Qigu sighed, "I don't know what to do anymore." Yiqing's second child has been with her for many years, and she has never seen her look so helpless.Half for her, half for Sister Aqiao, she felt it was her duty to do her part at this time. "Sister Aqiao won't become a nun if she loses her hair. It's nothing but discouragement! We all want to find a way for her!" Yiqing's second child said to Ajin: "She is forty years old this year. With age, what else is there to mess with? Grandma Qigu is going to be a matchmaker for her—" After listening to her talk about Zhang Langzhong, Ah Jin was also quite excited: "With such a result, why are you still a nun!" She said, "It's rare that Grandma Qigu is enthusiastic; we and Sister Aqiao are little sisters, so we should work harder. The success of this matchmaker is really a good thing for your hard work. I think it's useless for us to talk here, why don't we go to see her now, I don't believe that three mouths can only be one. Because Yiqing's second child and Ah Jin were very active, Grandma Qigu's confidence also recovered, she thought for a while and asked, "Sister Ah Jin, Second Sister, are you determined to help Sister Aqiao?" "Naturally." Yiqing's second child said, "As long as I can help." "Okay! Then listen to me, both of you. Everything can be done slowly; and it is said that as long as you work hard and grind the iron pestle into a needle, from today on. Simply tell Master Hu not to meet Aqiao again; let's get rid of it first." Her mind was diverted to make her forget that there was a person surnamed Hu. Of course, this is not a matter of three days or two days, so I will ask two people first; if I really want to help her, I must work hard. From now on, the three of us will live with her, watch plays, listen to books, eat big dishes, drive in carriages, watch foreign circuses, and go with her wherever there is fun; if we refuse to go, we say we want to play. People always value She decided to be ashamed to refuse if she was sympathetic, and she was also ashamed to spoil everyone's happiness by crying. We lived with her in different shifts at night, watching her on the one hand and chatting with her to relieve boredom. After about 20 days, her state of mind will be different; at that time, if you mention Langzhong Zhang to her, things will be easy to succeed! As for the expenses spent playing outside these days, let me put it bluntly, I can still afford it , all belong to me!" "Second Sister!" Ah Jin took a deep breath, "Qi Gu has a blood like a grandma; at the end of the day, we have to follow her. However, it's not good for Grandma Qi Gu to spend alone." "Of course." Yiqing's second child said to Qigu's grandmother: "Everything is up to you, only this one, please don't fight, everyone takes turns to play host; today is me. Let's go, invite her to come out to watch 'Yang Houzi' .” So Yiqing's second child settled the bill, and the waiter brought the bill, on which she drew a monogram that only she could recognize.This was originally a Western rule, called "signature", which means acknowledging the existence of the account; originally, the name was to be written, but if you can't read, you can just scribble at will, as long as you follow the rules. The three of them, together with their little eldest sister, squeezed into two "pheasant carriages" and put them directly at Sister Aqiao's apartment. When they got out of the carriage and took a look, they felt something strange, the door was half opened, but no one answered the door. Grandma Qigu then raised her voice and shouted: "Ah Xiang, Ah Fu!" Ah Xiang and Ah Fu were missing, a person hurried down the stairs, dangling his long braids, his face full of panic; it was A Qiao's girl, Su Xiang. The three of them looked at each other, guessing what was going on?Grandma Qigu was very calm when she encountered this situation, and reassured her: "Suxiang, don't worry! Speak slowly if you have something to say." "Grandma is gone!" Suxiang said in a crying voice, "Where did she go?" Tell her to speak slowly, but she still speaks without thinking, Grandma Qigu had no choice but to ask: "How do you know that your grandma is gone? When did she leave the house?" I went to Xiangfen to buy silk thread; I sent Axiang to call Mi Mingchai. When I came back with Axiang, she didn't know when she left the house; she didn't even know the door, so look at the back door; it was half open there. I didn’t come back until three o’clock in the second half of the day; I went into the room to see, a small jewelry box was gone, and the change of clothes was also missing. This—this—!” Su Xiang was anxious, not knowing how to express her thoughts. Needless to say, it is natural to go to the teacher's wife.Grandma Qigu gasped and stared blankly at her companion; Yiqing's second child asked, "Suxiang, does your master know?" "I don't know." Suxiang replied: "Ah Xiang and the sedan chair troupe went to find the master." "Your master is in the bank." Grandma Qigu said, "Look, who else is there in the sedan chair troupe? Hurry up and inform; Please come here, master, I have something urgent to say."