The Republic of China. A Dream of Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies

Puying was dumbfounded by these words. Ama actually wanted to let outsiders come to his house for free, and the other party was ridiculed by the public as a "playboy, a prodigal son". He couldn't accept this kind of self-inflicted evil. Guys, they should be left to fend for themselves.

Yanlin bowed his head and said nothing, and it took him a long time to reply with a smirk: "I accept your wish, but we really have no reason to live in your house, and this will also cause inconvenience to your family." No need to pay rent, eat There is no need to pay, so relying on him to pull the rickshaw should be enough for the children to study and enough for the mother to buy medicine, but he can't take advantage of this advantage.

"It's all over the field, do you have anything else to worry about? In the future, you want your sons to pull carts like you?" Zai Kun is very annoyed that he is still acting like a prince.

Yanlin quickly shook his head: "No, no, I'm afraid to trouble you. Although life is hard now, at least I can still eat."

"I've come to this point, come and see your decision, think carefully about it." Lord Baylor can't force others, but all the help is for his uncle Songjie who is under Jiuquan.

The Iron Hat King nodded, and said gently: "Thank you for still thinking about my unsatisfactory brother. If you can use me in the future, feel free to speak up. I have strength." Thanks to my martial arts training since childhood, He has the ability to be a rickshaw driver without smoking, and it is difficult for ordinary people to persist for a long time.

Back home, the eldest Puying started to complain about his father's decision: "How can you just invite outsiders to come to your house for free? If nothing else, can my sister be able to tolerate them?"

For several years abroad, the only people living in the Baylor Mansion were Da Ge Ge Qing Zhu and a few servants. The old girl Qing Zhu Fang, who was 25 years old, refused many marriages and the pursuit of men of the right age, and devoted herself to the tailor shop. In her business, she doesn't care much about others, she's used to being alone!Qingzhu has a good appearance, a generous demeanor, and a capable, unrelenting mouth. Therefore, she resolutely refused the request of the "future husband's family" not to run a tailor shop after marriage, so she has been single for many years.

Zai Kun, who was sitting in the living room listening to the phonograph, said unhurriedly, "Don't talk about your sister, is it because you don't want them to come?"

"Yes, I don't like Yanlin. His original palace is much bigger than ours. There are many valuable antiques, and he lost them all in seven years. It's not like he doesn't have other relatives. Why did you take the blame? Bring him home?" Pu Huang felt that his father was too merciful, if it wasn't for this kind of personality, how could Erniang have followed others back then?

"It's not that you don't know how many of us, old and young, are really self-reliant. You and Uncle Zaiyu are both counted. Most of the others rely on the blessing of their ancestors to live, digging up houses, land, and even ancestral graves. , sold all the things in it, and there are not a few of them. Most of Yanlin’s relatives are like this recently. They are too busy to take care of themselves, and they still have spare energy to help him?” Zai Kun yawned after finishing speaking, and was going to wash and sleep. I also want to visit Viscount Kelso (ex-wife, a male-looking androgynous person), and I have to tidy up. They haven't seen each other for two years.

"Anyway, I don't welcome them, and you don't think I can give them a good face!" Pu Ying left the living room with her hands and strode across the garden, just in time to see the elder sister coming back from the tailor shop, and the two met face to face , but no one paid attention to each other, because they were not born to the same mother. The eldest sister Qingzhu's mother (Zi Fujin) passed away early, so the eldest sister put this account on Erniang's head, which is really unfair.

When Qing Zhu came back, he went to the living room to meet Ama first. After saluting with full etiquette, she happily said, "What do you want to eat? I'll let the kitchen prepare it tomorrow?"

"There's no need to make any special preparations. I'm not too picky about food. Except for breakfast, I don't eat lunch and dinner at home these days. There are treats and I'm too busy." As soon as he came back, his friends (there are many so-called friends) asked He sent an invitation, but refused out of shame, so these days were spent at the banquet.

"Is Ama really not planning to go back to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" She sat next to her father and asked.

He closed his eyes and listened to the Beijing opera on the phonograph, and replied: "Let's discuss this matter again. The current situation is not stable, and it is very hard to deal with it. I don't want to talk too much with you. Maybe I have to talk to Yinger's." It's possible that Erniang will start a business together, after all, at this age, I don't want to be alone all the time."

When Qingzhu heard her father mentioning the British "hermaphrodite" who hooked up with men again, she became very angry. She suppressed her anger and said, "You can do business by yourself, why do you have to be with others?"

"Although the viscount and I have been separated for seven years, I have always regarded him as a family member. We take care of each other in life. You will not understand if you are single at your age. I am going to bed." After finishing speaking, he got up and closed the door. I picked up the phonograph and walked back to the bedroom. This time I have to settle the marriage of my daughter. I can’t let a flowery girl be lonely all her life because of personality problems. Single women are often stubborn, extreme, and self-centered. It's not good (mostly self-paralyzed), it's desolate to have no one to take care of when you are old, and he can't let his daughter fall into that kind of situation.

Qingzhu shrugged helplessly, and went back to her room to rest. Apart from the business of the tailor shop, she was also responsible for collecting rent from the Xiangshan Zhuangzi every month. Everything went smoothly after the help of a bastard in the Qianmen area, even though Wu Tianci asked for less money than she imagined, so she would always find this person to solve any troublesome things After a few years, the two almost became friends.But every Saturday afternoon, this person would come over to ask for wine. There is a small kitchen behind her shop, and she cooks her own lunch every day. Wu Tianci would even praise the delicious food when she ate it. Actually, she knows it well, after all, she is a Gege who has eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, and her cooking skills are not even comparable to the stalls on the street.

In the early morning of the next day, Yanlin got up early as usual, wiped the car clean and prepared to go out with a pot of water. He opened the door to talk to Erniang and his wife and planned to leave.

"Emiang, I'm leaving." He said, but the mother who was lying on the kang did not get up.

Old Fujin asked feebly: "Did Zai Kun come over last night?"

"Well, seeing that you're asleep, we went out to have tea." He took the pancake (with pickles in the middle) handed over by his thin wife and took two bites. This is usually his breakfast.

His wife, Qiaoping, hurriedly asked, "Did my cousin ask you for something?"

"Originally, I wanted to come back tonight to discuss with you again, but since you asked, I'll tell you... Brother Kun said, let us move in and live with him, and we will take care of food and lodging. A total of three months will be freed up for our family." It’s just that I think it’s too troublesome.” Either he can’t save face, or he feels that he won’t be rewarded for nothing. When he was rich, he ate and drank with his friends. Most of the bills were paid by him. With the compensation promised by Yuan Shikai, he could barely live a life with dignity. In the end, Yuan Shikai was condemned by heaven to become emperor and died. After the people rejoiced, they faced an increasingly difficult life. Hupenggougou eating, drinking, whoring and gambling), was cut off by the clan's family's salary, leaving only the title of iron hat king, and the huge family property was squandered in seven years.

As soon as Lao Fujin heard the words, he immediately propped himself up and sat up: "What did you say?"

"I didn't agree." After eating the pancakes, he took a towel from the basin rack and wiped his hands before going out.

Qiaoping got anxious first: "Why don't you agree? It's winter, and there's no heat in the house, and Erniang is too cold to get out of bed. At least there is a warm room with my cousin to sleep in." Ah." She felt sorry for her mother-in-law, and wanted to make her two sons live more comfortably, seeing that the children had reached school age, but they had no money to buy textbooks, pens and paper, so she could only teach them by themselves. Although I have studied with my husband for five years, what I have learned is very limited. Where is there a regular school that can teach well?

Yanlin was stunned, and stepped out of the door with one foot, and his mother stopped him.

"I don't really care, and I haven't had a job for a few years, but you have to think about two small things. You can pull a cart at most 2 or 3 yuan a month, and you can't save a few bucks. Now You can't lose face, you have to live first, not to mention... Zai Kun, he is not an outsider. Back then, your ama took special care of him and helped him through difficulties more than once, so when he heard that we were in trouble, he would do his best. To help, this is the blessing that your Ama left for you, you should accept it." Fujin was also born in Mongolian Eight Banners nobles, as a side Fujin served the previous princes for many years, and suffered with his son in the past few years She was sick all over, but she still didn't give up. She knew that her son's nature was not bad, it was just because he was too innocent, and because of this era, she understood that the whole family's excessive care for Yanlin back then was actually not Good thing, keeping her son completely isolated from the world, not knowing the dangers of the human heart, and losing his family property is an expensive tuition fee, but at least his son is living well and in good health, and she doesn't complain too much every time she thinks about it , but she didn't want her grandchildren to live this hopeless life.

Yanlin froze on the spot, not knowing what to say, he was an unfilial son, not a good father, nor a good husband, even pulling rickshaws as a coolie was laughed at and pointed at, several newspapers said he was " Self-sufficiency", but actually there is a sense of ridicule, why don't they interview Kun Belle?Because you can’t give the Manchu a face, the worse you say the Manchu, the poor and the poor can have a balance in their hearts. As the saying goes, there is more than the top and the deficiency is more than the bottom, especially the farts. They need this kind of thing as spiritual food.

"You don't have to think about us, you have to think about the children, Binzhuo, Binqing has to go to serious school to have a better future, otherwise they have to pull carts and work hard." Qiaoping took his arm Begging, she will accept her fate in this life, but her two sons have to have a bright future, so that her life is meaningful, otherwise it is better to let her die now.

Yanlin gently pushed his wife away, and walked out the door with heavy steps. When he was pulling the car and walking on the cold street, people would laugh at him from time to time and whisper something to each other. Although everything was normal, but Today it made him feel extremely uncomfortable. A few years ago, he really thought about dying. If he died, leaving his wife, children and old mother with no one to support him, he would be an even more bastard!