Dongyin

?As the saying goes, everyone has his own destiny, and wealth depends on the sky.

In the area of ​​the Weihe River, the people are in dire straits, and food and beverages are hard to guarantee. The Qi State is a thriving and prosperous scene. Teahouses and wine clubs, enjoying flowers and poetry, is a leisurely and elegant time.

In the afternoon of this day, Ying'er squatted bored by the stone table, staring blankly at Chu Xiying who was sitting under the heather tree. She suddenly felt that the past few days when Chu Xiying ignored her was so empty and lonely. .

When lunch was ready, she hurried over and called softly, "Miss, it's time to eat."

Chu Xiying heard the words, looked up at her and smiled, "Ying'er, come and see."

Ying'er was very excited, and finally finished the painting! She leaned forward to take a look, coincidentally, this painting is not from her own courtyard, so she took a closer look and said in surprise, "Miss, this painting is amazing. Look at this The legs and paws of the old hen..." Just as he was amazed, he saw the two people standing side by side in the painting, pointed at Xi and said, "This is Miss, um... this, it's not me!" Ying'er lowered her face, why not her

Seeing this, Chu Xiying seemed to remember it, and said, "Ying'er, this..."

"Miss, I don't understand anyway." Ying'er chuckled and thought to himself: The scene in the painting should be the scene on the day Duan Hong came. She asked with her chin in her hand, "Do you want to sell this painting?" That The owner of the umbrella store has been urging for several days.

It turns out that the folk customs in Qi State are becoming more and more civilized, and there are countless young women on the street. The summer sun is scorching, and the owner of a paper umbrella shop falls in love with Chu Xiying's paintings. He is a businessman by nature, so he makes a living from it.

Chu Xiying looked at the painting, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "...Let's find a frame to frame it, how about it?"

"Miss said so what, Ying'er went to bring the meal." Ying'er was worried, how could it survive like this. She was in a mess, and thinking of the umbrella shop owner, she couldn't help but worry, "Oh, if the painting is taken out Put an umbrella, even if you don't know the goods, it's worth ten taels of silver!"

"What kind of umbrella is worth ten taels of silver?" A deep and deep voice came to her ears, Shadow was terrified, her hand shook, and the hot egg drop soup fell to the ground. She looked up and saw a look The handsome and handsome young man in brocade robe stood beside her, with a hint of anger in his brows.

Ying'er thought she was unlucky, stomped her feet and ran to the kitchen to start the fire again. She hated this man to death.

Duan Yu smiled coldly, lifted his robe and sat down on the stone bench, and said, "I heard that Ms. Chu has been a little tight lately, and she makes a living selling umbrellas. Ben Houte came to visit. If it's inconvenient, I hope Haihan "

"Master Hou, you're being polite." Chu Xiying smiled slightly, and stopped talking.

Duan Yu looked at her out of the corner of his eye, seeing her unhurried appearance was really annoying, and said sarcastically, "Miss Chu sold her skills, making the price of a paper umbrella a hundred times higher."

Duan Yu was just looking for trouble, Ying'er couldn't help shouting inside, "So what if the price is a hundred times higher, people who buy umbrellas must be elegant people, how can they care about money."

Duan Yu smiled contemptuously, and said, "Elegant people, the kind of women who show their heads and shame public morals can also be called elegant! Ben Hou wants to see, what kind of paintings are these!" After finishing speaking, he got up and walked to the stone Over the desk, I leaned over and took a look.

Chu Xiying felt uneasy, for fear that he would accidentally damage the painting.

Duan Yu's face became more gloomy, he stared at the two people in the painting, said for a while, "500 taels of silver, Ben Hou bought it."

"Forgive me, Lord Hou." Chu Xiying said quietly, "This painting of a little girl is not for sale." After finishing speaking, he wanted to roll up the painting.

"5000 taels." Duan Yu gritted his teeth, pressed one hand on the painting, and said provocatively, "You do this kind of lowly business just to make money, and I will let you get away with it once and for all, can't you?"

Chu Xiying only felt that Duan Yu's words were extremely ridiculous. She neither stole nor lied to earn her own living, and in his eyes she turned into a lowly person. Because he said, "In the eyes of Lord Hou, how can I be regarded as not lowly?"

"The husband sings and the wife follows, and the husband teaches the children!" Duan Yu said this, but he was not sure. He collided with something in Chu Xiying's bones, but he was attracted again. Chen Fenxiang should agree with him in everything, but he hated it .

The words were not speculative, just half a sentence. Chu Xiying took the painting back to the house, and said indifferently, "The little girl was originally from a lowly background, so don't come to such a lowly place again."

"You..." Duan Yu was so angry that he couldn't get rid of it. He felt that all his energy was spent on cotton. He gave her a thousand gold, and she distributed it to the poor, but now he is doing this kind of despicable thing for money. line of business.

Chu Xi lingered into the room for a while before going out again. Duan Yu still stayed at the place just now, maintaining the same posture just now. At that time, Ying'er prepared another dish. Duan Hong's younger brother, Chu Xiying invited him to have a meal with him.

Duan Yu came down along the steps, determined not to say anything else. But just sitting at the table, he couldn't help but stand up and look at the plate of green vegetables, "What is this, you can eat this for Ben Hou!" Duan Yu felt that this girl Definitely taking revenge on him!

This is indeed the case. Ying'er fried a large pot of vegetables on purpose, and didn't put any oil in it. "Hou Ye is a man of gold and gold, so of course he can't bear to be poor. But if he comes, he will be safe. I think King Qi was in trouble and ate with us. Three years of green vegetables didn't say anything."

Duan Yu was still annoyed at first, but when he heard this, a sense of arrogance surged into his heart, Duan Hong couldn't eat so much! He picked up the bowls and chopsticks, breathed down, and before he knew it, he was about to bottom out.

But he really couldn't eat any more, so he said helplessly, "Miss Chu is really very poor, she might as well go to the palace to be a painter to make a living."

Ying'er smiled secretly, brought out a plate of shredded pork from the room and put it on the stone table.

Duan Yu was frightened and furious, but Ying'er said innocently, "Master Hou, calm down. The servant was careless for a while, and even forgot, it really deserves to die." After finishing speaking, she secretly smiled at Chu Xiying.

Chu Xiying couldn't help laughing, and said, "Bring some food to Lord Hou."

Duan Yurao was so angry that he smiled when he met a beautiful woman, and he didn't consciously disappear.

But Duan Hong passed by Haozhou that day, thinking that he would not take advantage of the long delay, so he knelt down and led a cavalry to visit Chu Xiying.

She was thinking about whether to tell her parents about it or not, when suddenly a few servants rushed up and startled the horse. Duan Hong came back to his senses, stopped the horse hastily, and shouted, "Who are you, dare to stop me!"

The leading servant was Duan Yu's personal eunuch, seeing that it was Duan Hong, he was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Duan Hong knew him, but Duan Yu dared to pretend to be a superintendent, and came here under the guise of an inspector! But she was too lazy to care about it, and got off her horse and walked to the gate of the courtyard. She pushed open the firewood door and was about to go in. Chu Xiying smiled at Duan Yuwan'er, and Ying'er also smiled and went to serve the bowl. As soon as she turned around, the eyes of the two met.

Ying'er was surprised, she stared blankly at Duan Hong.

Seeing that she was abnormal, Chu Xiying followed her gaze and stood up slowly, then stopped.

Duan Hong was unhappy, so he came in from the outside with a sullen face and sat on a stone bench.

Duan Yu still didn't realize it, but the atmosphere was very strange. He raised his head and was surprised to see Duan Hong sitting on the other stool. He stood up in shock, "I've seen fourth brother..." How did Duan Hong come back so soon? , why did she come to see Chu Xiying all the time?

Duan Hong didn't say anything, just looked at the table quietly. Like a passerby who has been on the road for a long time, he just stops to rest.

The atmosphere was extremely oppressive and weird. Duan Yu bowed his body and waited for a long time, but Duan Hong didn't say a word, so he had to leave.

Duan Hong still didn't speak, Duan Yu bowed and retreated.

Chu Xiying felt uneasy, and looked at her quietly. She felt that Duan Hong was breathing extremely deeply, his whole body was indescribably exhausted, and his white robe was covered with mud.

She walked out of the courtyard lightly, and saw a horse standing slantingly by the courtyard, and a dozen guards leaning or sitting scattered in front of the door, each of them looked tired, as if they could fall asleep with their eyes open.

Seeing her coming out, a guard stood up and said, "Miss Cousin, my brothers have been driving for six days, can you give me some hot water?"

Chu Xiying took a deep breath and hurriedly said, "Brothers, wait a moment." After saying that, she closed the courtyard door and looked back, only to see Duan Hong still sitting there like a sculpture. She paused, and went to the kitchen to order Shadow boils hot water.

"Miss, I'm here, you go out."

Chu Xiying responded softly, but didn't move much.

Ying'er looked around in amazement, and saw Chu Xiying holding on to the door, looking at Duan Hong quietly. Ying'er let out a long sigh and ignored it. Duan Yu had just finished his convulsions, and Duan Hong smoked again. She quickly boiled the water, Beat a dozen eggs, put them into a bowl one by one, and take them out the door.

Chu Xiying personally brought a bowl over and placed it in front of Duan Hong.

Duan Hong ignored it, or her soul had already flown away. Chu Xiying sat down beside her and stared at her. After a long time, the white water was going to be cold.

Chu Xiying felt distressed like a needle prick, she gently held Duan Hong's hand, "Hong'er..."

"He doesn't understand," Duan Hong said slowly, turned his head to meet her eyes, and said, "You don't understand either?" After saying that, he shook off Chu Xiying's hand, got up and left.