Butterfly [The Great Austrian Woman Version]

"Youma, send Mei back to his parents' house." Lai Fang stared straight at A Yuan, who felt his heart hurt. She wished Miss and Master Mei well, but she didn't expect them to be so good.Seeing her pained expression, Lai Fang knew that she was thinking wrong, so he explained helplessly.

"There are horses. Is there a bank in Edo where you can save money?"

Arima was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses and thought, what is a bank?But she understood the second half of the master's sentence, "Return to the master, no." Just kidding, there is no shortage of money in the entire Edo, from generals to pawns. How can anyone have spare money to save?Even if there is some spare money, it is hidden at home or used to make money.

Lai Fang nodded reassuringly. She didn't find any similar places all the way, so she made this arrangement after seeing the real situation of the longhouse.

"Ah Yuan, look, if Mei doesn't take this money away, where should I hide it?"

Ah Yuan was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, looked at the bare room unwillingly, finally lowered his head in giving up, took out all the money on his body, and put it in the small box.The first time she stopped, Lai Fang just looked at her and said nothing.Ah Yuan was so angry that he took out another place, but Lai Fang still remained silent. After four times of this, Ah Yuan finally jumped up and said, "I really don't have any, what else do I need to take out?! These are roads and "everyone" The rent agreed upon, these are key money, this is our monthly rent." A Yuan laid out the rest of the money and explained one by one.

Seeing that she was in a hurry, Lai Fang made a rare joke, "Actually, I was in a daze at first. I didn't expect you to hide something and hand it over by yourself." After hearing what she said, Ah Yuan was so angry that she vomited blood.

"In this bustling city, it's not a good thing to have what others have. Sometimes, money is not a blessing, but a curse." Laifang people said cautiously and old-fashionedly, taking it as a living experience.In fact, she was too careful. Firstly, the law and order in Edo was very good, and secondly, in a city dominated by samurai, no one would easily offend the samurai.

Mei saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and then looked at the small box full of money, and asked, "Why don't I leave it to my father to keep it, and we can get it back when we are in an emergency or when we leave."

Lai Fang shook his head, "When something is really urgent, your parents or the feudal lord will not stand idly by, and if it's too late to leave, just let your family borrow some money. We will stay in Edo for half a year. Now, let's talk about this for the sake of It's too early." She also cut off her back first, so as not to get lazy, and rely on her savings to eat and drink.When everyone saw that she had made up her mind, it was hard to say anything, and they went their separate ways.Arima drove Yu Xuma back to his parents' house; A Yuan went to the front to find "everyone" to sign the paperwork to pay the rent, and purchase along the way; Lai Fang stayed behind.

Seeing that they were all gone, Lai Fang sighed, rolled up his sleeves, tied them with ropes, and started to work.She opened the door and prepared to fetch water with the wooden basin they had brought. Axiu, who was diagonally opposite the door, also came out of the room, carrying an empty bucket.Seeing Lai Fang's attire and the wooden basin in his hand, he was obviously taken aback, and hurriedly bowed.Lai Fang just nodded his head, thinking that he would bow when he met like this, when would be the first time.She walked to the well, shook the pulley easily, and within a few strokes, she shook the wooden bucket full of water up.She poured water into the wooden basin, looked at Axiu who was standing stiffly by her door, thought for a while, threw the bucket down, and brought up another bucket of water.

"Didn't you want to fetch water?" She raised the full bucket in her hand and asked.Axiu was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to realize that Lai Fang had shaken a bucket for him, and hurried forward, Lai Fang poured water into his bucket.

"Oh, what a coincidence." There was a piercing sneer, and Lai Fang turned around to see that Ah Sheng had changed into the gray clothes he usually wore at home, and was leaning lazily on the door frame, holding Holding a paper bag, knocking on the chestnuts, talking, and spitting the chestnut skin far away.Ah Xiu lowered his head, his face was pale, Lai Fang ignored Ah Sheng, but did not comfort Ah Xiu, he put the empty bucket by the well, picked up his basin and went back to the house.Seeing that Lai Fang refused to accept the offer, Ah Sheng felt that she had been betrayed by him and came here in a panic.Both men and women are lustful. As soon as the side room of her house left, she went to flirt with Axiu. This Axiu usually looks honest, but in fact he is also a scheming person, and he is quick to act.

Ah Sheng was proud of seeing through the struggle between the two of them. He chewed the chestnuts in his mouth, and felt that the chestnuts were extra sweet today.He saw that all the houses were closed, and after eating for a while, he was not interested, so he went back to the house, leaving chestnut skins all over the floor.Ah Sheng went back to the house, and there was a brazier burning in the house. The room was small, so it looked good at this moment, and it would be warm after a while.He looked at the full water in the water tank again, it was all brought by his family before he left, with a look of embarrassment on his face, he flicked the wooden clogs casually, and got on the tatami mat barefoot.Bored, he lay on his back with his legs crossed on the tatami, thinking about today's date, and took out the "Beautiful Fairy Fragrance" that the man gave him, looked at it, and smelled it.If it weren't for the generosity of this businessman, he wouldn't be too lazy to entertain her. In terms of appearance and character, he is far worse than his own family.

He hummed a little tune, evened some fine powder from the porcelain jar with his fingers, and applied it on his face, it was really worth every penny, smooth and thin, it would be too difficult to let that person hold his little hand today Not bad.He was not happy for a long time, seeing that he couldn't really see himself in the dim copper mirror, so he closed the mirror angrily.Suddenly, as if thinking of something, Ah Sheng took the porcelain bottle, rolled his eyes, and placed it in the most conspicuous position on the dressing table.Let's see if you can hold back your anger this time, hum.He secretly cursed in his heart.

Axiu was squatting in the small space of one and a half stacks in his house, cooking for his two younger sisters who were coming home soon.They were young and still growing, so he gave them extra meals every day at this time, so he couldn't do anything good, just add some hot water to the leftovers in the morning.Even so, the two sisters were extremely happy.He guarded the stove where the water was boiling, and used the little fire to warm his body. There must be a hot brazier burning at Ah Sheng's house next door. He pursed his lips and lowered his head.All the charcoal in the house is used for cooking, and the brazier, which burns for a while and then disappears, is too extravagant for their family.

The woman in Ah Sheng's family loves him dearly. When she wakes up early, she cooks and fetches water to clean up the house, and Ah Sheng sleeps with his head down.When her woman went to serve the public, he ate the hot meal cooked by the woman and went on dates with other women.Sometimes, when the little devil in Axiu's heart can't be suppressed, he always wants to tell the woman next door that you were cheated by your man and that he doesn't cherish you at all for being so good to him.

Suddenly, he thought of the new neighbor who moved in today. Such a noble person also sent a man home to visit relatives, but she left to fetch water and clean up.Doesn't it mean that as long as he also finds someone to marry, life will be easier?He patted his cheeks with both hands and shook his head, not allowing himself to be weak.If he gave up, his previous persistence would be ridiculous.He doesn't want to be like Ah Sheng next door, flirting with women all day long for food, drink and fun, he wants to keep himself clean.However, Lai Fang's face flashed in his mind again, if it's a concubine for such a person, it's actually not bad.He thought to himself, he didn't pay attention when the water boiled, and the dense water vapor evaporated the whole room.

Lai Fang didn't know what the two men in the yard were thinking, she didn't care.Seriously wiping the floor and cleaning can make a person very relaxed, looking at the place that has been cleaned through my own efforts, I feel very satisfied.There were only four and a half stacks of tatami mats on the ground, and it was very easy to wipe. She even wiped the inside of Ayuan's house. Because it was easy to lift the water, she carried the water and poured water on the stack and a half of the open space until she couldn't fly. As far as dust.

After finishing all this, Ah Yuan also came back, holding and carrying things with both hands. She carried a stack of tatami mats tied with straw ropes on her back, and two iron pans with pointed things piled up in her hands. There are shelves and barrels, and no one can see her at all.Lai Fang reckoned that the two pots were the heaviest.She went over to take it, and Ah Yuan wiped his face, "It's so cold that you can break out of sweat. If I had known, I would have asked Arima to give me a ride."

"Oh, miss, you wiped the floor of our house? How can this work!" She went to Lai Fang's house to put down the things she bought for them, and then returned to her own house. When she entered, she saw a clean room , my heart skipped a beat.While talking, she put down her things, didn't care to clean up, and hurriedly dragged Lai Fang to her room.Ask Lai Fang to sit and let her do everything, while whispering, "Miss, when there are only the two of us in the Tianshou Pavilion, there is no other way. If you do this, you have a share!"

A Yuan swiftly removed the charcoal wrapped in straw woven bags, lit the stove, and boiled a pot of hot water.One is to heat the pot through the stove, the other is to remove the cold air in the room, and the third is to use hot water for her to work.While doing this, she thought about the price of the charcoal, and muttered, "Miss, you should save more money, you don't know how expensive Edo Castle is! I bought this charcoal like I did, no. They are all bought by one liter or two liters, and I buy them every day. I didn’t ask clearly today, so I made a joke. They insisted on sending me back, but I didn’t dare, for fear of being targeted as a fat sheep.”

Lai Fang looked at the charcoal bag on the ground, it was not big, at most two catties, is this a big household?She is not ignorant. On this day, if she wants to cook and light a brazier, she must use charcoal. One liter or two liters, just burn it and it will be gone.Ah Yuan scooped up some hot water and poured it into a wooden bucket, then poured some cold water from the bucket, and when it was ready, she nodded in satisfaction, wiped the tatami mat inside and out, and spread it on the open space.Then put the wooden shelf on the tatami next to the stove, and put the bottles and cans on it. The quilts I brought were piled up in the corner at night, and the extra clothes, books and other small items were put into the box in the corner, which was roughly neat.Lai Fang had always known that Ah Yuan was quick-witted, and this time he sighed again.

Ah Yuan put the short table against the wall and the quilt box, trying to save space in the middle, and placed the running lights.By the way, he pointed to the kerosene and candles on the shelf next to the stove, "Miss, this is kerosene. The smell of rapeseed and sardines is so bad that I almost smoked to death. The person who invented this kerosene should be dragged out to parade the streets." You can also save some candles, two hundred cents each! Thinking about it now, our life in the feudal lord's mansion is still very good, and it is really not easy for the feudal lord to support such a big stall."

Lai Fang was amused by her rare appearance of worrying about the country and the people, "Emotions should have let you out!"

"Well, miss, you have to think about ways to make money! You have to think about it when you go back later."

"Yes! I have to think for the general, how to maintain such a big world." Lai Fang joked with a smile, and A Yuan did all the work quickly, so she just stared blankly, not being able to tease and tease A Yuan. ?

Ah Yuan nodded seriously, and said, "Well, at first I thought the tax was too heavy and the daimyos were asked to donate too much, but looking at it now, it's really not easy."

Lai Fang stopped smiling. What she thought of was the guard of honor winding through the mountains, and the three peasants who were crucified.Seeing that she was silent, Ah Yuan knew that the young lady was wandering again, so she straightened out her things at last and nodded in satisfaction.Gently exited the room, and closed the door smoothly.Ah Yuan packed her and Arima's things, chatted for a while with the opposite door Ah Xiu and his two younger sisters, and then stumbled with Ah Sheng who ordered Ah Xiu to do the work for a while, Lai Fang also kept going. The cat didn't move at all in the house.

The sun was sinking slowly, and people entered the courtyard again, Ah Yuan hurried out, and what she saw shocked her.

Yu Xumo didn't wear a veiled cap, his eyes were red and swollen, and all his fine clothes had long since disappeared, leaving only his dull gray clothes like rat skin, with a horse behind him, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"Master Mei! What's the matter with you? Miss, come quickly!" Ah Yuan greeted loudly, not caring about the small yard and making people suspicious.