Honglouchun

"Who are you looking for?"

A bold urchin stood up and asked loudly.

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "I'm looking for Liu Shi."

The naughty boy shook his head and said, "We don't have anyone named Liu Shi here, you went wrong."

As soon as the words fell, another urchin shouted: "Amao, you are so stupid, Liu Shi is Liu Laoshi!"

The naughty boy refused to accept: "Liu Laoshi is Liu Laoshi, he is an honest person, Liu Shi is Liu Shi, not necessarily an honest person, how could he be alone?"

An old woman stopped two urchins: "Go, go, go play on one side, there is no egg yolk, and you will chew maggots." After cursing, she squinted at Jia Qiang and shouted to the innermost room With a voice: "Liu Da Niu, someone is looking for your father!"

Not long after, a pale but tall, handsome young woman came out, and she saw Jia Qiang the first time she went out.

At first, her gaze was a little confused, and then her apricot pupils suddenly widened, and she exclaimed in surprise: "Qiang'er!"

Jia Qiang nodded, then bowed and bowed slightly, saying, "Cousin please greet me."

This picture made the old woman, young woman and a few urchins startled for a while, and then they stopped laughing and continued to watch in silence.

Even the common people at the feet of the emperor are in awe of the etiquette of scholars.

But Liu Daniu stepped forward, grabbed Jia Qiang's arm excitedly, and said, "Qiang'er, why are you here?" Then she changed her face, gritted her teeth and said, "Do you still recognize the door of the house? "

Jia Qiang just smiled and said nothing, but Liu Da Niu was still excited: "Daddy always misses you, but you live in the Gaomen mansion, and you don't recognize poor relatives like us. He came to the door several times, and you just let him go." The boy came out with a few taels of silver. Dad was so angry that he didn't want your money, so he just left. Last year, when I got married, I sent someone to tell you without telling my father, but I didn't expect you to send only ten taels When the money came out, no one was seen. Why do you recognize the door today?"

Although he was offended, tears welled up in his eyes.

Jia Qiang said softly, "Come and see uncle, aunt and cousin."

Liu Daniu glared at him, and seeing that everyone around was watching the fun, she pulled Jia Qiang and said, "Sit at home first, and your nephew, Xiao Shishi, is still sitting inside, and now it's likely to climb out of the basket again and mess around on the ground." drilling."

Jia Qiang followed Liu Daniu into the dark room, and he secretly looked at this cousin, and there was a big change from the appearance in his memory when he was a child.

It seems that the genes of the mother's family are indeed good. He was born handsome and good-looking, and this cousin is also quite good, but her complexion is very bad. Moreover, she is only three or four years older than him, and she will be less than twenty years old. , but it looks old.

If nothing happened, she would probably be like the vast majority of women in this world. She would suffer to become an old woman at the age of 30, and she would have to rely on fate to live to the age of 40, and then die early...

In the dim main room, Liu Da Niu first picked up a little boy who was just over one year old who had just climbed out of the basket, beat him lightly on the buttocks, put it back into the basket, and covered it with a "slap". Gail...

Then he asked Jia Qiang to sit down, and she was going to prepare tea.

Jia Qiang persuaded her, saying: "Cousin, don't worry, I'm not thirsty. In my own family, I don't need outsiders."

Liu Daniu was persuaded by the words "my own family" and stared at Jia Qiang, only to find something different. Although the family was poor, but after all, she was born in the root of the imperial city, so she still had some knowledge, so she hesitated. Asked: "Qiang'er, are you not in the Duke's mansion now?"

Jia Qiang smiled and nodded, Liu Da Niu didn't want any reason, and asked in a low voice: "But what difficulties did you encounter? Could it be that you are short of money?"

Jia Qiang's heart moved, she nodded slightly and said, "Yes."

Upon hearing this, Liu Daniu stood up, but shook her body lightly, as if a little dizzy, but before Jia Qiang could say anything, she went to a bedside with a dark curtain inside, groped a little, Standing up and turning around, although his face was ugly, he still gritted his teeth and handed Jia Qiang his hand, saying: "You take it and use it, and we will save it later, and you can come and see it in a few days."

Jia Qiang stretched out her hand and took five or six grains of broken silver that were not much bigger than soybeans from Liu Da Niu's hand, and the total amount was probably less than two taels...

Liu Daniu also seemed to feel that it was too little, she blushed and said, "Qiang'er, the money you gave was not used. But my father was ill a few years ago, and the family really didn't have any savings, so I... and then I A small stone was born, and the root of the disease fell, and I have been taking medicine, and I spent a lot of money, you see..."

Jia Qiang put the silver on the table beside her, looked at Liu Daniu and smiled and said, "Cousin, the ten taels of silver was my share of money. At that time, there was only so much money on hand, otherwise I could give more. I didn't borrow it out. , now you come to ask for a debt, what are you doing like this?"

Then, he took out his purse from his sleeve pocket, took out an ingot of about five taels of silver, and put it on the table, saying: "Although I am short of silver, it is not enough. Cousin, you are in poor health, if you don't Buying some good medicine will keep you healthy, and it will only get worse in the future."

Liu Daniu waved her hands repeatedly, and was about to say something to refuse, when she suddenly heard a piercing old woman's voice from the courtyard: "Honestly, his Aunt Chun and Tieniu, you have guests at your house, and you are a handsome gentleman. The big girl just dragged him into the house, and I don't know what my son is doing now!"

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Chapter 6 Old things

"Fart your mother! Old godmother, what are you chewing with your mouth full of maggots?"

Aunt Chun, who was wearing a khaki cloth jacket with a kerchief on her head, was much stronger than her daughter Liu Daniu, and swore angrily while waving her powerful fists.

Behind her were two men, one was handsome and tall, his complexion was dark and rough due to years of hard work, and there were mountain lines on his forehead, but it could still be seen from his eyebrows that he must have looked good when he was young.

And the other young one is like a black bear spirit, so black and strong that it doesn't look like a human being.

A soil-gray gown was worn on the body as if it was stretched. It was repeatedly wet and dried with sweat, and a map of salt flowers appeared.

His shiny black face looked like a bull's head, and his big copper bell eyes seemed to stare at people, giving him a bit of a fierce look.

But it's strange that the people in the courtyard were not afraid of such fierceness, and the two urchins ran over with a smile and climbed up the thick thigh of the iron bull.

Being scolded by an old woman is not annoyed, people in the market often greet each other with cursing their short life...

But before she could speak again, the door of Liu Laoshi's house opened, and Jia Qiang and Liu Daniu appeared at the door, shoulder to shoulder, because the door was narrow, so the distance was very close...

It was Tie Niu who changed his face first, his already big eyeballs became more and more staring like cow eggs, but his expression was not angry, but sad and wronged...

After Liu Laoshi and Aunt Chun looked carefully at Jia Qiang, Liu Laoshi was overjoyed at first, and then his face became serious, and he remained silent.

Aunt Chun didn't recognize Jia Qiang, she walked up to Tie Niu with an ugly face and stood still, then frowned and scolded: "Where did you come out with a little white face, dare to lie to my house? Tie Niu, go get him Pick up the ball and beat it, put the toilet on the head and throw it out, what a fucking puppy!"

When Tieniu heard this, he was almost moved to tears.

Although he was always scolded by the old mother-in-law for being a waste of money, eating more than pigs and being more trash than anyone else, unexpectedly, the mother-in-law still favored him at critical times.

But Tieniu still didn't dare to move, because he found his wife was staring at him, and felt more and more wronged...

Jia Qiang didn't make the scene any more awkward. From the memories of his previous life, he knew that his aunt Chun had never met him a few times, and the only few times were when he was a child.

Uncle has met him many times, but the "he" in the past wanted to have some noble relatives like the Duke's mansion, and he didn't want a poor coolie uncle who always whispered nonsense in his ears The sobering words...

Of course, when you think about it now, those insinuations are quite profound...

Jia Qiang stepped forward to greet her and said, "Nephew, please greet my uncle and aunt." Then she bowed to Tieniu and said, "I've seen my brother-in-law."

When Liu Shi heard the salute, his face was moved a few times, but he finally calmed down.

Tieniu had never seen such a battle before, he was overjoyed when he first learned that this little boy was not an adulterer, and then seeing his demeanor, he could only rub his hands together, laughing foolishly.

It was Aunt Chun, who exclaimed loudly "Yo", looked carefully at Jia Qiang, but after a while, she sneered and said, "Isn't this a good nephew of our family? This time, I won't give you any more rewards." send money?"

"okay!"

Liu Shi usually doesn't talk much, and Aunt Chun is in charge of everything, but now he said unexpectedly, "If you want to talk in the room."

After all, he headed dully and went to the back room first.