The Founding of the Red Chamber

Situ Sijue thought that scholars have a lot of eyes.

For example, Xiao Niuzi is like this.

Coming out of Zhang Biao's house, Xiao Niuzi had a stinky face and didn't say a word for a long time.Situ Si carried half a bag of dates, and chewed them all the way. The bumbling little boy was annoyed, with a stinky face and white eyes, Situ Si also had a strange expression in his mouth, "You haven't eaten dates in eight lifetimes, have you?"

Situ Si hurriedly grabbed a handful of dates and stuffed them into Xiao Niuzi's hand, "If you want to eat it, just say it, just now sister-in-law Zhang gave it to you, you don't want it, are you hungry now?"

The little cow threw the jujubes to the ground angrily, and stomped heavily, smashing the jujubes to pieces.Situ Si gave him a slap, "If you don't eat it, return it to me. What are you stepping on?"

"Heartless stuff! You can still eat when others treat you as a slave!" The little cow rushed over, took out half of Situ Si's bag of dates and threw them on the ground, angrily dragging Situ Si to a dried fruit shop , snapped out half a coin, and bought two catties of the highest quality dates for Situ Si.The store wrapped it in hemp paper, and Xiao Niuzi put it in Situ Si's arms directly, and raised his chin, "Don't you like to eat dates? Take it and eat it. Tell me what you want to eat in the future, and I will buy it for you."

Now that Xiao Niuzi compensated him for his dates again, Situ Si didn't bother with him anymore, and smiled, "Little Niuzi, why are you so generous? Well, I still like to eat flower cakes from the West Street Flower Cake Shop."

"I really don't know how to be polite!" Xiao Niuzi squinted at him, and said, "You look ugly, do you still like to eat flower cakes?"

Situ stared angrily, pointed at his face with his thumbs up, and asked, "Why do you have such eyes? Young master is still ugly? Have you ever seen a handsome one? Aren't you looking so dark? Yes, your face looks like it hasn't been washed for several years. Can't you wash your muddy face along with your feet every day?"

Xiao Niuzi said, "If you continue to mutter, I won't buy flower cakes for you to eat."

Situ Si immediately shut up and smiled, "Then you can't call me ugly, my brother said that I have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and I will be handsome in the future."

Xiao Niuzi rolled his eyes at him, and they went hand in hand to buy flower cakes on West Street.

Situ Si also asked, "Little Niuzi, sister-in-law Zhang kindly gave us dates, why are you angry?"

Xiao Niuzi snorted, "I said you were stupid, but you still don't admit it. Who are we? We are brother Biao's brothers, not slaves of Biao brother. Since we are brothers, she should treat us like her uncles. We are kind. Send her some fruits, she would be fine, instead of thanking us for your hard work, she rewards us with some dates. Is there any reason to reward my brother-in-law? Is it a reward for slaves?"

"Let's not talk about her broken dates, even the elixir she gave to our Taishang Laojun, I don't care about her."

Situ said, "I heard that if you eat the elixir, you will become a fairy. If she wants to give me the elixir, I will take it."

Xiao Niuzi gave Situ an angry smile, "I'll just make an analogy, you will grow up in the future, don't let people neglect you and you won't know."

Situ Si sighed, "When my brother and I were at home, there was always not enough food in Kaichun, and we couldn't eat enough every day. If someone gave me a piece of cake at that time, it didn't matter whether he thought of us or not."

"When I first came here, I wasn't beaten by you every day to beg for food." The little Niuzi said, "Now that we have money, why do we have to be so angry. You are the younger brother of the third brother, you If you are angry, it is the third brother who is angry."

Situ Si was finally persuaded, "That's right."

"Little Si, we can't always be in such rags from now on." Xiao Niuzi pointed to Situ Si and the commoner clothes on his body, and said, "Nowadays people are snobbish, and they only take people by clothes. Last time, Third Brother gave it to me. For a few taels of silver, I will make you two new clothes first, and then I will buy flower cakes."

Situ was surprised four times, and said, "Little Niuzi, why are you so nice to me all of a sudden?"

"What's the matter, I treat you as a brother, so I will treat you well." Xiao Niuzi smiled, "I didn't have enough money to buy books last time, didn't you give me the money?"

Situ Si grinned, "Do you still remember?"

"What nonsense, my little Niuzi is not an ungrateful person."

"Before you were sick, I was the one who served you."

"Ah."

"Also, several times you were too lazy to pour the footwashing water, and I did it for you."

"Ah."

"I gave you a few extra ribs for yesterday's pork rib noodles."

The little cow said angrily, "Are you finished yet?"

"Just now you said you would never be ungrateful, but just as soon as I mentioned it, you got angry." Situ raised his eyebrows, "You forget your kindness quickly enough."

The little cow was angry, "Pour me a few times to wash my feet, and give me a few more ribs. I still remember it so clearly! You don't make the bed every day, so why don't I make it for you every day! I also clean the house. It’s a doghouse! Yesterday I ate too much pork ribs, and this morning’s preserved egg porridge, you scooped all the preserved eggs from my bowl into yours! How dare you mention it to me!”

"Okay, okay, just don't mention it. It's really narrow-minded."

Xiao Niuzi dragged Situ Si to a ready-made clothing store, and a shop assistant came out to ask for help, and said with a smile, "Are the two young masters here to see the materials or the clothes?"

The little cow said, "Let's see if your craftsmanship is good first? Show us the best materials."

The buddy looked at them again, and was still a little muttering in his heart, these two brats dressed like this, really don't look like buying clothes, and they need good materials?Seeing this, Xiao Niuzi slapped two silver ingots and put them on the counter. The clerk's eyes lit up immediately, and he took out the good clothes.

The little cow put away the money again, and put on an air of arrogance, "Don't be too snobby, why, look at me, I don't have any money!"

"Don't you dare?" The clerk smiled apologetically, "You two young brothers look very rich at first glance. Take a look, my lord, this is the best material in our shop. The brocade from Suzhou, this one, you have to buy it." Five taels of silver."

"It's my brother's. What do you want to do with some women's fancy satin!" Xiao Niuzi nodded at the satin with his chin, "Besides, it's not a new material this year, it's Su satin from three years ago."

The clerk immediately knew that he had met an expert, and hurriedly changed to the plain and elegant material worn by men.

Xiao Niuzi selected the material first, and asked Situ Si, "Xiao Si, what do you think of this material?"

Situ Si didn't quite understand, touched it and said, "Slippery."

"Then this material, what color do you think is good."

Situ Si pointed to the sky-blue one, and Xiao Niuzi said, "Generally, servants in households usually use blue. This color is not good. How about lake blue?"

Situ Si has never been picky, "Well, it's okay."

The little Niuzi said, "This lake blue one is fine with black borders. It is stable. Then make a snow-green one with bright red borders. It is rich and noble. Let's make it together with four fine cotton undershirts at your place." .”

The guy flattered Xiao Niuzi, "Master has really good eyesight."

"Cut the clothes according to my brother's size, and you will give me a fair price. In the future, my brothers' clothes will also be made by you."

"Definitely." The clerk took the fixed money according to the rules, then asked the address of the house, and said with a smile, "It's the first time for my young master to make clothes in my shop, and I asked the best tailor to sew them. Waiting for the needlework skills. I dare not ask the young master to wait for a long time, and I will send it to the young master in three days."

Xiao Niuzi nodded, snorted, saw Situ Si measure the size of the clothes, and told Situ Si to leave.

Situ Si asked, "Xiao Niuzi, don't you make new clothes?"

"You don't even know two big characters. You are very rough, so you need good clothes and clothes to decorate your appearance." The little cow curled his lips, "Who am I? Haven't you heard of a word called 'Poetry in the abdomen? Bookishness comes from China’. That is to say, if a person has knowledge, he can have a good demeanor without wearing any good clothes. I don’t need to wear this clothes to be better than you.”

Situ Si "cut" and said, "You look so smeared, and you still despise others every day!" He felt that the little cow had cut several new clothes for himself, but he didn't want to cut one, Situ Si said, " Little Niuzi, although you are ugly, you should cut two new clothes, otherwise, if I wear new clothes, it will make you look even uglier."

Xiao Niuzi punched Situ Da in the head and asked, "Do you want to eat flower cake?"

Situ shouted, "Of course I want to eat! It's already noon, let's just have lunch outside."

"also."

Situ Situ is still young at four years old, and he has the same smug temper that young people love to show off.Situ Si changed into the new clothes immediately when he was able to wait, and showed it to Xiao Niuzi first, asking endlessly, "How is it? Isn't it pretty?"

The little cow snorted and curled his lips, "The clothes are beautiful, but the people who wear them are not good."

Situ Si was about to retort, but the little cow waved, "Come here! Such a good dress, you still have a chicken coop head."

"I went to bed after washing my hair yesterday, who would have known that it would be a bed of grass this morning."

Xiao Niuzi held the comb, "Come on, let me comb it for you."

Situ Si sat down with a grin, and Xiao Niuzi kicked him, "Go get a basin of water in first, just your chicken coop head, you can't comb it well without dipping in the water."

Situ Si sat on the chair, didn't want to move, turned his head and smiled apologetically, "Little Niuzi, please wait on me for a while."

Xiao Niuzi sneered, "I'm afraid you will die of beauty."

Situ groaned and went to fetch water.

The little Niuzi has a pair of skillful hands. Situ Sin's chicken coop head was soaked in water with a small comb for him to comb it smoothly, and then he tied a bun that men usually combed. The belt was fastened, revealing Situ Si's handsome appearance with thick eyebrows and big eyes.Xiao Niuzi showed him a picture with the bronze mirror, "Although the bronze mirror can't see clearly, there is a blurred outline, how do you feel?"

Situ Si grinned stupidly for a while, and said, "Little Niuzi, you really know how to comb my hair? Will you comb my hair every day from now on?"

"I'm afraid you will die of beauty." Xiao Niuzi patted him on the back, "Go out and show third brother and the others."

"Hey!" Situ Si hurriedly ran out of the house to find his brother.

Xiao Niuzi shook his head and smiled, what a fool.

This was the first time in Situ San's life that his brother had changed. Jia Yuan joked, "Hey, Xiaosi, you are going to find a wife! Where did you get the new clothes? They are so handsome."

Situ Si rejoiced, "Xiao Niuzi went to the tailor shop and cut two pieces for me. They are all made of high-quality materials. Feel them, they are slippery."

Jia Yuan really touched it, and said, "Yes, it's so soft."

Situ raised his chin, "That is, it looks good and is comfortable to wear."

Jia Yuan smiled and said, "Little Si, if you want to say that this kind of good clothes are suitable for you." Situ Si boasted so much that he couldn't find Bei.

Situ Si's mood was floating in the clouds all day long, and Situ San asked him privately, "Why did you suddenly think of cutting new clothes for you, little Niuzi?" People, thinking about the origin of Xiao Niuzi, anyway, since Xiao Niuzi came, he observed it privately for a period of time, and he didn't have any evil intentions.Thinking of Xiao Niuzi who can read and misses reading, why not help this child?So Situ San gave Xiao Niuzi ten taels of silver in private and told him to buy books to read.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Niuzi used the money to cut new clothes for Situ Si.

Situ Si is an honest person, and said, "Didn't we go to Brother Biao's house to deliver fruit to my sister-in-law a few days ago? Treat us like slaves. He also said that people are snobbish now, only recognize clothes but not people, so he asked me to cut new clothes. I said I would also cut him twice, but he didn’t want to come.”

When Situ San heard that Situ Si said that Zhang Biao's newly married wife sent his younger brother away with dates, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything immediately.After all these years of experience, Situ San was quite a bit of a city man, so he patted his younger brother on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Don't tell others about Sister-in-law Biao. The clothes are well tailored, and we don't need money now. It would be better to cut a few more."

Situ Si happily agreed, and said, "Brother, since Xiao Niuzi doesn't like new clothes, he likes to read books, why don't you give me some money and I'll buy him some books, he will be happy."

Situ San smiled, "It's great if you can think like this. The little Niuzi follows you and knows how to protect you, so you should treat him like a brother." He took out a brocade bag of silver and said, "Take it and spend it Use, manly man, you can’t be stingy with your hands, but you can’t spend your money, you know?”

"Yeah." Situ Si took his brother's money, anyway, in Situ Si's heart, his brother's money is his.

Then, on the second day, Situ San saw that his younger brother had a jade hairpin on his head, a jade pendant on his waist, and brocade boots on his feet. From head to toe, he looked like a young master from a rich family.

Even Zhang Biao praised, "Little Si looks a bit handsome when dressed up like this."

Situ patted his head, hehe smirked, "Little Niuzi picked it for my younger brother."

Situ Sandao said, "Little Si is not stupid, he doesn't know how to be tidy, and I don't bother to clean up for him. The little cow is not bad. Big brother, I thought, we were looked down upon earlier, isn't it because we have no money? Well, life is easier for the brothers now, if you don’t think about it, not only Xiao Si, but also Ah Yuan and Ah play them, and they will all wear silk clothes in the future. Brothers have face, isn’t it our face?”

Zhang Biao laughed loudly, "That's the reason!"

But Zhang Biao's newly married wife, Mrs. Peng, said one day, "I used to see that your subordinates still wore cotton clothes, but now they are wealthy and well-dressed. It seems that your business is getting better and better, and your subordinates are getting richer as well." Wealthy. It’s just that the money you give me every month is still the same. Could it be that you have hidden your private house?”

Zhang Biao said, "What are you talking about? Isn't it good for my brother to dress brightly?"

"Okay, what's wrong?" Peng's long eyebrows were raised slightly, and there was a hint of coquettishness from the end of his eyes, but there was a sneer on the corner of his lips, "I'm only worried that you are so honest, and you treat those things to you every day. Brother, I don’t know who this Yin Zi’s name is in the end!”

Zhang Biao was angry, "You bastard, are you trying to provoke discord between our brothers!"