Chapter 28 Bleak foreign field (1-1)

Because of this, although Mrs. Snail's mood was the same as that of Hu Xueyan, different from previous years, she still put on a strong spirit, put on a smiling face, and lived a lively year.Then he was very busy for Mrs. Hu's birthday. Her birthday was on the eighth day of March, and the invitation card "Haozhi Peach Cup, welcome to you" was sent out years ago.In mid-February, gift-giving messengers from central Beijing and other provinces came to Hangzhou one after another, and the Hu Mansion sent a special person to receive them; the gifts were all light and important, because Hu Xueyan has the title of "God of Wealth", and he can't give any gifts to anyone. Precious things are equal to "useless", and only the official title of the couplet's longevity preface can make the longevity hall colorful.

There are seven birthday halls, the most important one is not in Yuanbao Street, but Yunlin Temple in Lingyin.When laying this birthday hall, Hu Xueyan took the treats and presided over it in person. A plaque with a gold book on a red ground hung high above the center, "Shu De Chang Wen", and an imperial seal was inscribed on it: "The Treasure of Empress Dowager Cixi". : "Zhu Shi, the mother of Hu Guangyong, the mother of Hu Guangyong, who is the first-rank seal code, the chief envoy, and the east and west alternates."Under the plaque, who should hang the scroll, but it took a lot of consideration.

It turns out that in Beijing, apart from princes and relatives, who do not socialize with high-ranking officials and ordinary people, from the great scholar to the minister of military affairs, the six departments and nine ministers all gave birthday gifts. Li Hongzhang, like Zuo Zongtang, also had a couplet and a scroll. In terms of official position, Li Hongzhang, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, who has been the chief assistant for a long time, and the head of a hundred bureaucrats, should be in the middle.But Hu Xueyan insisted on respecting Zuo Zongtang, so a clean-up man named Zhang Aihui from his lover Yide offered to persuade him.

"Mr. Da, the imperial court is the most important. Li Hefu is the first assistant; Zuo Xiangyin is a scholar of the Dongge University. The qualifications for joining the cabinet are very low, so I have to be wronged. Such a big scene, the order is wrong. I will be criticized. ;If there is any good talker to nitpick, saying that Mr. Da messed up his personal affairs and caused some unpleasant things, it would be too meaningless." "Your words are good. But 'the bridal sedan chair carries people, Xiangyin thinks highly of me so much, and in this kind of situation, I don’t give him the first prize, but demote him to the second place, and I feel that I can’t justify it in my conscience.”

"That's not what you said. Mr. Da, if you follow the rules, Xiangyin will definitely forgive you." "Even if he forgives, I can't forgive myself. Mr. Zhang, you should come up with a reason. How can you take Xiangyin as the center?" "There is no reason." Zhang Aihui said again: "Mr. Da, you can't offend Li Hefei for no reason." Hu Xueyan remained silent, and the situation seemed to be going to a deadlock; Mr. Wu who often came and walked around suddenly said: "There is a way, just change the next payment." "How to change the law?" Hu Xueyan asked happily.

"Just add the title." It turned out that Zuo Zongtang sent the birthday scroll, the first one was "Aunt Hu's Liuzhi Jin Jiu Rongqing", and the second one was "Baldhead" "Zuo Zongtang's Blessing". ;Mr. Wu advocated adding Zuo Zongtang's title to become "Ke Jinghou Zuo Zongtang's congratulations"; this way, he can be ranked above Li, because Li Hongzhang's next paragraph adds the full title of "Scholar of Wuyingdian" Beiyang Minister Zhili Governor Department Tang Su Yibo", the earl was second to the marquis, but he had to be second to Zuo Zongtang.

Mr. Nawu is a temple wisher, just because he is Mrs. Luoshi's "mother's family"; Hu Xueyan loves Wu and Wu, and puts him on the list of Qing guests.He has never been highly regarded, but at this time he made such a brilliant move, and everyone couldn't help but look at him with admiration. "However, Mr. Da, I still want to be presumptuous and come up with an idea. If Zuo Xiangyin is in the middle, Li Hefei's couplet curtain has to be hung on the east panel wall. It is more appropriate to hang the couplets of Zuo and Li separately on the upper and lower heads?"

Hu Xueyan saw that Mr. Wu was good at keeping the general idea, so he asked him to take charge of Lingyin, the most important birthday hall, and to take care of one of his nephews, Zhang Anming. He often consulted Mr. Wu when he had problems; Zhang Anming was naturally ordered to be cautious, so he invited Mr. Wu to have a drink that day, and sincerely asked for advice, "There is something, I wonder if Mr. Wu has any good ideas?" He said, "Although there are seven birthday halls, there are too many congratulators with different identities. Crowded together, it is a mess, and it must be improved. "

"There are seven birthday halls. Do birthdays also last for seven days?" "That's right. Mr. Da said that the rule in the palace is 'three first and four last', and it takes seven days." Zhang Anming replied softly: "However, it is inconvenient to say this to the outside world; it is only said that the old lady's birthday must be 'beating seven', so I started He is also seven days." "Da Qi" is to set up an altar of water and land, which is the most solemn ceremony in Buddhism.The rituals of fasting can be divided into simple and complicated ones. The seventy-seven and forty-nine days of repentance are called "beating water and land"; in order to wish and prolong life, it usually only takes seven days, which is called "beating seven".

"There are seven birthday halls, and the congratulations are divided into seven days. They can be divided into different categories, and the congratulatory guests are staggered. The reception is easy, and the banquet will not be ruined." "That's a good idea. Let's divide it up." So after careful discussion, it was decided that on the first day of officialdom, civil and military officials of the third rank and above, and civil and military officials of the fifth rank and below, occupied four birthday halls, and the current envoys There are one miscellaneous official of the committee and one civil and military alternate; one is reserved for officials who arrive temporarily from other places to celebrate their birthdays.

The next day, the mall, silk, tea, salt, code, money, medicine, and silk are invited to separate seven places.The third day is the secretary of each yamen, as well as the book office of the six divisions of officials, households, ceremonies, soldiers and criminals; the fourth day is the day of monks; "Tang Ke", one day "Tang Ke".The seventh day is the birthday day, so it is naturally lively and lively among our own people. After such an arrangement, I went to ask Hu Xueyan for instructions; he was not very satisfied, "My own people are lively and lively, and there is no need for seven birthday halls, and only my own people can't be lively." He said, "I think we have to think about it. And I have a lot of foreign friends, and when they are here, where do I go to celebrate my birthday?" "That's good, let's save one day for foreigners." Mr. Wu said: "From one to three or four months, there are many people who come to visit the West Lake. Mr. Da simply invites a guest. On this day, foreigners, whether they know it or not, Anyone who comes to pay their respects will be treated to birthday wine." "Foreigners can't hold chopsticks." Hu Xueyan said, "If you want to treat you, you must treat yourself to big dishes." "I'll ask Mr. Gu to discuss it." Gu Yingchun was invited to plan.Due to the differences in language and eating habits of foreigners, fortunately, there are seven birthday halls, and each of the seven countries of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, Russia, and Belgium occupies one place. "Ying Chun," Hu Xueyan said, "These seven receptions are all up to you. The food manager is up to you to go to Shanghai to invite them." "Okay." Gu Yingchun said: "To fix the date, when I go to Shanghai, I will ask my friends from Linxi Daily to publish a news article, and then foreigners will come." "Excellent!" Zhang Anming laughed: "Grandma Birthday, foreigners pay homage to birthday: I am afraid that the old lady from ancient times, only grandma has this blessing." Sure enough, Mrs. Hu was very happy to hear that.The close relatives and friends of the Hu family even took this incident as news to spread the word, and they were all eagerly waiting to see the foreigners praying for their birthdays. The spring in Hangzhou this year was extraordinarily lively, the weather was warm, and naturally more pilgrim boats arrived, and that was the second thing; the main thing was that Mrs. Hu celebrated her birthday, and the rumors about how luxurious and lavish she was, attracted many people to watch the fun.What's more, just counting the number of people who came to pay their birthday wishes from other places, at least several thousand people have increased. On the first day of the celebration, there were lights and festoons in four places in the city and three places outside the city, and around the birthday hall where the name of "Qingyin hall" was carefully played, there were noisy cars and horses, plus idlers watching the bustle and cooked food vendors. The peddlers are so crowded that it is impossible to move an inch.Only Lingyin is an exception, because the three major constitutions are coming to pay homage to their birthdays. In addition to the guards from Renqian and Qianxian counties, "Fubiao" also sent out soldiers wearing new jackets. Starting from Jiulisong, they sent out sentries along the road to suppress them, leaving a lot of people behind. The wide road leads directly to the gate of Lingyin Mountain. From the mountain gate to the birthday hall, birthday scrolls were hung all over the road; besides Hu Xueyan and his nephew, who were waiting there to thank them, four other gentlemen were invited as "knowledge guests" in the birthday hall.One is Chen Yigong, a cabinet bachelor who asked for leave to return home to support relatives, and he specially accompanied Liu Bingzhang, the governor of Zhejiang; A tailor was ordered to make a tailor-made gift. Near noon, Liu Bingzhang blew a gong and shouted that when he arrived at Lingyin, the two divisions of Fan and Standard had already arrived and greeted him in front of the birthday hall; I am very grateful. Please, please!" Su Ke went to the hall, and after the ceremony, Liu Bingzhang looked up at the birthday order he gave, which was hung at the front of the west wall, facing a pair of birthday couplets given by the university scholar Bao Junjin; This is a very respectful expression, and he nodded slightly to express his satisfaction. At this time, Hu Xueyan, who was leading his nephew and nephew to answer the salute, stood up from the red felt strip and thanked him with a smile: "Thank you, old grandpa, I dare not take it." The name "Old Grandfather" was also thought up by Mr. Wu.Because Hu Xueyan is a Taoist with the title of chief minister, and his mother has a seal of integrity, she feels that her status is not inferior to that of a governor, so she is unwilling to be called "Master"; "Zhong Weng" is too aggressive.Talking about this small problem with Mr. Wu, he suggested simply using the title "old parents"; In this way, as a member of the tribe, on the one hand, he respects the governor, on the other hand, he is neither arrogant nor humble, but retains his status. Liu Bingzhang naturally called him "Snow Old Man", and said something to compliment Mrs. Hu's good fortune. Chen Yigong invited him to the guest room on the east side of the birthday hall to have tea. Sixteen brand-new golden fruit plates on tall legs reflected Liu Bingzhang's face. All yellow. Sit down for a while, please go to the table.The birthday banquet was held in Qingyi Pavilion, west of the abbot. This open pavilion is three to six feet high, with a total of six rooms. To the south, a very elaborate stage was set up, about two feet in front of the stage, with three seats arranged side by side, with the governor in the middle. The front of the large square table is tied with flat gold embroidered table surrounds, and distinguished guests sit facing the stage, accompanied by Chen Yigong and Hu Xueyan; there are four other seats at the back, which are reserved for those who have errands.There are only seven tables in the huge hall, and there are no more than thirty people accompanying guests, but the attendants holding bags are all standing behind. After the seat was settled, the singing of "Hongluan Jubilee" on the stage stopped temporarily, and a small gong was played with a red robe, black gauze, jade belt around the waist, and a masked "official official", three times with one step. Step to the front of the stage and "jump to join the official".This is a tribute to wishing the honored guest "a high promotion every day" and "one product in the dynasty". As usual, the person with the highest official position present must give the reward; but as long as Liu Bingzhang tells him, the host has prepared a large amount of freshly made money and put it in the In the bamboo basket, when they heard the word "reward", four healthy servants, carrying the bamboo baskets, stepped forward quickly, lifted them up together and splashed them on the stage, only to hear the sound of "clap la la" full of money on the stage, the momentum was astonishing . Then he was the head of the troupe, wearing a red tasseled hat, went to the banquet, knelt on the ground, held up the opera excerpts and said, "Please order some plays, my lord." "Ordering plays" is quite learned.Because the name of the play is auspicious and the reality of the play is ominous, there are many plays that do not match the name and reality, and it will make a joke if you don’t order it; or the plot in the play just violates the taboo of the host or some distinguished guest. It is also heard from time to time that Yi blatantly exposes people's privacy, and thus becomes an indissoluble enemy.Liu Bingzhang was an outsider in this matter, so he decided to hide his clumsiness; fortunately, he was an expert, so he immediately ordered: "Master De, please order." Opera; after a few words of politeness at the moment, I did my part to set up four good shows that are not taboo and lively. The first one is "Zhan Wancheng", played by Zhu Yunqiu of Zou, nicknamed "Wool Pen", is Dexin Hua Dan, who is so admired, plays the part of "Thinking of Spring", which is really like using a "wool pen" to write about Zhao Mengzheng. Ha" quietly walked to his side, handed over a letter and said: "Master Chen sent someone to deliver it." Master Chen is Dexin's confidant, and it is of course extremely important to send someone to deliver the letter at this time; therefore, when the banquet was opened to read, he was surprised, and he waved away "Geshha", his eyes wide open. Instead of focusing on the "wool pen", he looked towards Liu Bingzhang from time to time. He was paying attention to Hu Xueyan's movement, saw that he left the table temporarily, then walked over, handed the letter over, and said softly, "I just got news from Shanghai." After reading the letter, Liu Bingzhang just blinked his eyes in thought. After a while, he handed the original letter to Chen Yigong: "Brother Nian, look, the news is unfortunate; it seems that it is not appropriate to publicize it on this day." "Yes!" Chen Yigong read the letter and said, "This will inevitably lead to some small changes in the political situation." "Yes." Liu Bingzhang turned to Dexin and said, "Brother, please hold on to the situation here, I have to go to the city quickly." Dexin also wanted to go back to the Yamen, but upon hearing Liu Bingzhang's explanation, she could only agree: "Yes." So Liu Bingzhang turned around and waved, called his attendant and said: "Pick up the sedan chair." Then he bowed his hands respectfully to Chen Yi, and when he was about to ask him to say goodbye to his master, Hu Xueyan came back. "What?" He asked, "Is the old grandpa going to change?" "No!" Liu Bingzhang said apologetically, "Xue Weng, I don't have the good fortune to enjoy such a good show and banquet; it's really urgent and I have to go back to the city to take care of it." "Uh, uh." Hu Xueyan was inconvenient to ask more questions ; only followed Liu Bingzhang, and after being sent to the sedan chair, he asked Dexin: "Why is Liu Zhongcheng in such a hurry? What is the urgent matter?" "It's not convenient to talk about it here." Brother, there is some news that cannot be announced today, but the news is not bad." Hu Xueyan nodded without saying a word, returned to the banquet, and waited until the end of the song: only then did he invite Dexin to a Zen room where he was staying, and ask him what happened. "Why is it inconvenient to publicize it today?" Dexin said, "Mrs. Li passed away in Wuchang." The deceased was the mother of the brothers Li Hanzhang and Li Hongzhang.Mrs. Hu celebrated her birthday, so it was naturally inconvenient to announce such an inauspicious news.But this time, the Li brothers Ding You guarded the system, and Zuo Zongtang temporarily went to a political opponent. Of course, it was beneficial to Hu Xueyan, and it could be said to be a happy event, but he could only be happy in his heart. "Suddenly there are two governor-generals who are vacant, and the chief officials in the frontier are about to take over. I don't know which one will be connected to Zhili and which one will be connected to Huguang?" This question just speaks of Zhong Dexin's thoughts.When the governor is vacant, the governor is usually promoted; if the governor is vacant, the feudal officials can compete. Liu Bingzhang and Dexin have their own plans, so they are eager to rush to the city to inquire about news.However, Dexin had both the governor's order and the friendship of the Hu family, so it was inconvenient to say goodbye, so she thought why not just talk to Hu Xueyan about her concerns. "Huguang, I think Tu Langxuan will pick it up nine out of ten, and I don't know about Zhili." Tu Langxuan is Tu Zongying, the governor of Hunan. , is a matter of course. "Then what about the governor of Hunan?" Hu Xueyan smiled and dropped a sentence: "Your Excellency, are you interested?" "I'm afraid someone else will get there first." "That might be." Hu Xueyan thought for a while and said, "You have to make up your mind before you can figure out a solution. If Big Brother doesn't have this intention at all, then you don't have to waste your time thinking about it." "Water flows to low places, and people climb to high places, how can it be unintentional. But it's beyond the reach of the whip, and it's useless." "It's up to people to make plans, but it's up to God to make things happen." Hu Xueyan said, "Wait for me to send a telegram to Wang Weixian, asking him to find Second Master Sen to explore the 'handicap'." It was inconvenient for others to do this matter, and Hu Xueyan couldn't hold a pen, so he dictated it and asked Dexin to write it. Send many gifts. Dexin wrote carefully, finished writing in cryptic language, read it once and said, "Baozhongtang and his brothers are at odds, and Mr. Sen may not be able to speak. May I ask shopkeeper Wang to check his tone again?" "Good! I agree." So Dexin corrected the telegram script; Hu Xueyan called in his personal attendant A Xilai, who specially kept a western leather bag for the master to take with him when he left home. There was a honey code telegram book in it. , After deciphering the honey code, the sun has already set on the mountain. "I didn't intend to go to the city, but now I have to go back to Zhizhi." Hu Xueyan said: "The telegram will be sent to Shanghai. I will send an appropriate person and tell him to wait in Shanghai for a reply; if it is 20,000 to 30,000 Silver, I will pay for you first. If there is too much money, it will not be worth it." "Yes, yes. Please do everything, thank you very much." So Hu Xueyan and Dexin went to the city together, and they were of the same rank, but Hu Xueyan once wore a yellow mandarin jacket, so Yicong was more famous than Dexin, the current feudal official; but his "high-footed card" was only for display , Traveling is just a sedan chair with a horse in the front, four horses in the back, and eight sedan chairs. There are three shifts in total, and Hu Xueyan's shift takes turns. He is also a "master" at home; Shout: "Master is back, hurry up and fetch water and wash your feet." Although it is a good job to lift Hu Xueyan's strength, it is difficult to do, because it must be fast and steady, so fast that it can follow the top horse; The tea on the palm will not be spilled.Therefore, even though the two started at the same time, Hu Xueyan's sedan chair took the lead at the start and quickly left Dexin far behind. When we returned to Yuanbao Street, we could see festoons and festoons from afar, and the lights were brilliant; but the birthday hall was quite quiet, because since the birthday celebration date had been scheduled, except for a very few close relatives, no one would rush to the hall.Hu Xueyan got out of the sedan chair, exchanged pleasantries in the birthday hall, and then started to deal with Dexin's search for an official. While calling the powerful family members to explain, Mrs. Fengjian Luosi came quietly holding a little girl's shoulder; seeing Hu Xueyan coming, she sat down on a velvet chair from a distance. "You leave early tomorrow morning, wait for the news in Shanghai, and come back as soon as the call from Beijing arrives, the sooner the better." When the family agreed to leave, Mrs. Snail got up and approached, and asked, "You are not in Lingyin to accompany the old lady, why did you come back to the city?" In the absence of a governor, De Xiaofeng wanted to get one, so I had no choice but to go to the city to take care of him." At this point, Hu Xueyan noticed that Mrs. Luosi looked strange, and asked, "Why, have you cried?" "Don't talk nonsense! It's a good day for the old lady, why am I crying?" Mrs. Snail asked immediately, "Are there many guests?" "All those who should come have come." Hu Xueyan said: "There are not many officials above the third rank, and they will be busier every day from tomorrow. I am most worried about the day after tomorrow. Everyone says they are going to watch the excitement. I don't know. Is there going to be some joke coming out?" It turned out that the birthday celebration date had been rescheduled, and it was the turn of foreign guests on the third day. The sound of the four words "foreigners' birthday greetings" makes people curious. They all say that they don't know what foreigners' birthday greetings look like, whether they kowtow or bow?Do you use chopsticks when eating birthday noodles? If you don’t, what do you use?The fork can't be forked, I'm afraid I have to grab it with my hands.Discussions such as waiting to see a joke inevitably made Hu Xue uneasy, afraid of losing face by making a joke. "Oh," Mrs. Snail was reminded, "There is a gift here, you should take a look." Saying this, Li shouted out of the window: "Come here!" It was Mrs. Luoshi's confidant, Ruixiang, who came in: she had heard Mrs. Luoshi's words, so she entered the door and said, "The gift from the foreigner has been sent to the master's study." Hu Xueyan thought to himself, how many birthday gifts have been received in the past few months?Only this gift was sent to his study, so we knew there must be a source, so he immediately asked, "Who gave it to you?" "I know too." Mrs. Snail said, "It was sent by the Gongchen Bridge Customs. I want you to take a look. There is a copy of the full post. You can see it at a glance." "Okay! I'll go to the study to take a look." .” "Yes! It's time for a banquet outside, and I'm going to take a face-to-face interview. How about you? Where are you going to eat?" "Too tired, can't eat anything, let's have some porridge." "The old lady's birthday noodles must be eaten." Mrs. Luosi turned her face and ordered: "Ruixiang, tell the small kitchen to serve a bowl of silver noodles with chicken soup. The chicken soup is too thick, and the oil slick should be skimmed off." So the three masters and servants separated, Hu Xueyan walked alone through the long, bright and easy-to-walk corridor that was usually lit along the road, and came to his study, Jingshen Pavilion. This Jingshen Pavilion is a victory in the garden. It faces Pingchi in the front and leans against the rockery in the back. When you go up the stairs, the handrail is made of iron rods as the core, and the outer jacket is burnt in Jingdezhen. It is a porcelain tube shaped like bamboo knots with vermilion and green. There is a huge mirror brick in the pavilion, which draws the flat pool outside the pavilion, the mandarin ducks in the pool, the red bridge on the pool, and the heavy poplars beside the pool into the mirror. Made, but exquisite. Hu Xueyan entered the pavilion and stood in front of the mirror brick for a while, looking at the pavilions in the distance and the corridors nearby, all hung with birthday lights, and when the shadows entered the pool, they were reborn in the mirror, the mirror within the mirror, and the shadow. There are shadows in the middle, doubts and illusions, all unclear.Just when he was looking at it, he heard a delicate voice: "Master, the door is open." When Hu Xueyan looked up, he seemed to have seen the little girl before, so he asked, "What's your name?" "My name is Xiaomei." "Oh, are you new?" "No! I've been here for a long time. " "Here so long ago? Why don't I see you often?" Hu Xueyan said as he stepped into the study and saw a lot of gifts; he didn't care about talking to Xiaomei, so he looked for the full post first. The signature of the whole post is "Jiaoyudi He Lubin".It turned out to be the British Hurd of the Chief Revenue Department.This person has been in China for more than 20 years, speaks an excellent Beijing accent, and also knows Chinese; he admires Chinese culture, and is also a respected guest official who moved to the court, so he used the pronunciation of his English name to make up his own. The Chinese name is "He Lu Bin". In addition to the full post, there is a gift list.There were four birthday presents, Quanxi Fine Porcelain Tea Set, a large silver bowl containing candy, a whole bolt of woolen cloth, and another sable sleeve for the elderly. "come!" In his mind, the two sisters, Qiaozhu and Qiaozhen, who are in charge of Jingshen Pavilion, are the two big girls who are in charge of him; but it is Xiaomei who comes. "Two coincidences and one coincidence." Xiaomei replied, "They all went to Lingyin with the old lady." " Hu Xueyan saw that she was smart and expected to be able to do things, so he said: "You are the same. You go find two people, move these four things outside, and ask them to send them to Lingyin to show the old lady immediately, and say yes." ..." It would be too wordy to say that He Lubin is He De, and that this "foreign lord" is also wearing a red cap. I was afraid that the person who sent the message would not be able to explain clearly, so I stopped. "What does the master want!" "I want to write." When Xiaomei heard about it, she immediately walked to the desk, lifted the lid of the inkstone, poured a small ladle of water, and grinded the ink carefully.Hu Xueyan sat down, picked up a pen and dipped in ink, and painstakingly wrote six words on the whole post: "that is, Chief Taxation Secretary Hurd". Because the ink was still wet, Xiaomei picked up the sticky ink, pouted her mouth and blew on the words. When she was blowing vigorously, Ruixiang came. Seeing this scene, she was taken aback for a while, and then scolded Xiaomei: "Get out! You also got this place?" It turns out that the Hu family has also learned a set of rules from a wealthy family, and the servants are divided into different classes. A little girl like Xiaomei who "does rough living" cannot walk in front of her master, otherwise she will be overstepping. This Ruixiang usually considers herself to be the confidant of Mrs. Luosi, she has no eyes, and she is not very popular, so Xiaomei doesn't obey her; Here comes, could it be that I won’t serve you? It’s not that I’m flattering you, so why are you yelling at me?” She said: “Everyone is a humble person, show off your prestige as a daughter, who will you show it to?”” Ah!" Ruixiang's face turned pale with anger, "What are you chewing on?" As she said, she ran up and was about to hit her. " Xiaomei didn't show any weakness, and said quickly and anxiously: "It's a good day for the old lady, you dare to hit someone?" Ruixiang was frightened, she finally let go of one hand, and scolded through gritted teeth: "Don't look at the good life of the old lady, and watch me not tear up your little x! Wait there and watch me not deal with you .” Now Xiaomei was scared, she knew Ruixiang's majesty, and in a hurry, she ran to Hu Xueyan on her knees, "Master, look." She said, "Master, please make the decision." "Okay, okay!" Hu Xueyan persuaded: "I told her to grind the ink. You don't need to tell your wife if you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face." The master came forward to intercede, Ruixiang finally regained face, let out a sigh of relief, and immediately shouted:: You are still kneeling here to ask for a reward, don't you, I will reward you with a meal of "stir-fried bacon with bamboo shoots"!"roll!Seeing Xiaomei brimming with tears, Ruixiang warned again: "Today is a good day for the old lady, don't you dare to cry!" Xiaomei really didn't dare to cry, she backed out with two tears in her eyes.Hu Xueyan couldn't bear it, but it was inconvenient to comfort Xiaomei in front of Ruixiangzhi.However, there is a ready-made plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, which is to arrange for that birthday gift to be sent to Lingyin.When Ruixiang went down to the pavilion to call someone, Hu Xueyan went to the corridor and said softly: "Xiaomei, don't be afraid, don't be sad, tomorrow I will tell my wife: promote you." Madam, "I don't want it." Xiaomei replied, "How can I live a good life under Ruixiang's hands?" When Hu Xueyan was about to ask again, she didn't want Ruixiang to come so fast. It turned out that when she got out of the pavilion, she saw one of the four housekeepers of the Hu family, Ertai Yang, who was in charge of inspecting the garden. She personally lit a palace lantern and led Gu Yingchun to see her. Owner.So Ruixiang changed errands with her, and they each turned their heads, one went to find someone to take care of He De's ceremony, and the other led Gu Yingchun into the cabinet. "Why are you back?" Hu Xueyan asked. Gu Yingchun was originally scheduled to stay in Lingyin to receive the British who came to pay their respects to the birthday the next day; just to get the news that Hurd had suddenly arrived in Hangzhou, he rushed here to find out what happened. "It's just that I just saw the greeting card, so I know it's Hurd." Hu Xueyan pointed to the four gifts and said, "It's about to be sent to Lingyin, please go and have a look at the old lady." So Gu Yingchun enjoyed the gifts, He nodded and said, "According to foreigners, this gift is very heavy." This is naturally the reason why people value it. Hu Xueyan couldn't help but feel complacent. He thought for a while and said, "I don't know where he lives? It's too late today, and I will go to visit with you early tomorrow morning. This is what we as hosts should do." Makes sense." "He lives at Ume Tengsara's place." Mei Teng is a British priest and also a doctor. He went to Hangzhou to preach and opened a hospital in Dafangbo in Midtown. There is a bridge in the place of Dafangbo, which was called Guangji Bridge in Song Dynasty, so the title of this hospital uses a pun. Guangji" word.