Ordinarily, Dong Mo was about to leave for Hebei, and Kouhen and Qiusheng also had to pack their luggage and return to Beijing. This trip back, they had to bring some gifts to their relatives and friends.Kou Hen was busy with this, and sent people out to make purchases every day.

Meng Tiao had previously said that she would do these ceremonies for her, but now, she doesn't bother to bother, anyway, people don't necessarily want her to bother, and she is also busy with her own affairs.

Everyone was busy at an unhurried pace, only Qiu Sheng felt a little disappointed, as if he was a little reluctant to part with Mei Qing, buried the tip of his nose in her fluffy black bun and sniffed, feeling a little disappointed, "I'm leaving, There are about seven or eight days left.”

Mei Qing didn't expect it to be so fast, she pushed the quilt and rolled over, her eyes widened, "My sister and the others will leave in half a month, why do you go first?"

"Originally we were going to set off together, but my uncle has official business, and we have to divert from Quang Binh Mansion to Baoding, so we are not on the way."

Mei Qing was thinking about things in a daze, Qiu Sheng thought she was in the same state of mind as him, and probably also hated him.Then she got up with a smile, and raised her hand to rub her cheeks, "It's not like we won't be able to see each other again. When Miss Meng gets married to her brother-in-law, you must go to Beijing, and we can continue this relationship."

In the evening, the red sun shines through the windows covered with tung oil paper, and I hear the crowing of jackdaws, and the sound of the wind is soft, like the theater stage is ending, everyone is busy packing things, in the dying sun, there is a rustling sound So lonely.

Even Meng Tiao and Dong Mo may not have a happy relationship forever, let alone them?Furthermore, if this can be called a fate, it is probably a bad fate.

Mei Qing smiled, picked up the dress and put it on, the back of the weak willow and thin branches gradually moved towards the window, "I will definitely go."

The courtyard of the inn is full of hurried shadows, all of whom are travelers with their own destinations.It's time for her to go, she took a diamond mirror and sat on the couch to straighten her hair, she accidentally opened her skirt, and saw a bright red mark on her collarbone, which seemed to have branded her, marking who she belonged to who.

Who could it be?She has as many high-sounding identities as ordinary people, who's wife, daughter, and sister.But that was all unreliable, she didn't live in their hearts, those identities were nothing but shackles of nothingness, she didn't even feel tied down by anything.

She was too free, and the limitless freedom turned into boundless loneliness.

She raised her hand to touch the mark on her collarbone, with a bit of tenderness and respect.The more I touch it, the more desolate my heart becomes.

Qiu Sheng put on his robe and came over, tilted her hand, and his joking face was reflected in the mirror, "If Master Liu sees it and asks you, you can say I did it."

Mei Qing raised her eyes, "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm afraid." He joked: "But it's a good thing to break the boat."

There was some seriousness in the joke, even he didn't know it.Mei Qing didn't care about it, and then straightened the mirror with clouds floating around her temples.The setting sun squeezed in from their clustered shoulders and projected on the mirror, making the outlines of the two faces a bit golden and blurred.

When returning home, the sky was about to fall, Mei Qing went all the way to the old lady's room and closed the door.After asking Liu Chaoru, and knowing that she was reading in the main room, she sat down on the couch in peace, and told the old lady that Qiusheng would return to Beijing in seven or eight days.

When the old lady heard this, she frowned, and a stern light burst out of her lazy eyes, "Well, then there is no delay. Tomorrow, tomorrow you invite him to the Shengman Inn, and I will go there at noon to fetch him." .”

Mei Qing was slightly worried, and there was a hint of secret affection in that worry, "I'm afraid I can't scare him, mother guess what he said today? He said that if Shuwang found out, he would just make a fuss and say Maybe you can still take me back to Beijing. Listen to what he said, if he replied like this tomorrow, wouldn't he be like Mrs. Lian again?"

The old lady stared at her for a moment, then smiled suddenly, her enchanting brows and eyes were full of sarcasm, "Are you willing to believe what he said? Don't you take some drug? You can hear such words Still less? It’s about time, just like your sister, she’s also confused.”

The words were poured down like a basin of cold water, Mei Qing shuddered, and came to her senses, "Mother is right." She paused, in complete despair, still vaguely unwilling to give up, "I'm afraid that the eight thousand silver will kill you." If you can’t get it out, if you want to fight with us to the death, you’re really not afraid of making trouble.”

"I think he must have the money. Don't worry, if he doesn't, there will always be four to five thousand."

The old lady knocked the cigarette on the side of the couch, "Du, dun, dun." It completely shattered Mei Qing's inexplicable fantasy.

Mei Qing nodded with a smile, the sky suddenly fell, and merged into the dark tranquility in her eyes.

This night was really abnormal, Mei Qing only slept for two nights, woke up in the fourth night, tossed and turned on the pillow, unable to fall asleep again.Liu Chaoru slept right next to her, her breathing was slightly heavy, and her rhyme was gentle.Mei Qing turned over and looked at him, a piece of moonlight entered, with a bit of charming blue, framed by the arc of his ups and downs.

They slept on two quilts, Mei Qing slept outside, and he slept inside, the boundaries between Chuhe and Han were very clearly divided.He is a very well-behaved person even when he sleeps. Whatever position he sleeps in, he will still be in the same position when he wakes up early.Maybe it was because Mei Qing was sleeping next to him, he would lie flat when he fell asleep, and he rarely turned over, as if he was afraid of accidentally bumping into her.

Mei Qing was so bored that she couldn't fall asleep, so she wanted to make things difficult for him, so she crawled into his bed to cling to him.When the bed frame rang, Liu Chaoru woke up in a daze, and stepped inside, "What?"

His voice was muffled, and his eyes were not opened, which made his actions seem instinctive.Instinctively avoid her.Mei Qing felt very unhappy, she snuggled towards him like a mischievous one, and put her legs on him, "I had a nightmare, and I was frightened."

"Huh?" Liu Chaorufu leaned in, leaning against the wall, "Do you want to light a lamp?"

Taking advantage of his confusion, Mei Qing whispered the difficult words in the past, "Hold me, and I won't be afraid anymore." In that gentle tone, there was almost a hint of pleading, but it only required one person to be willing. Hug her, hug her, maybe she will melt too.

Liu Chaoru woke up completely, raised her head slightly, and saw that she was completely close to her body, with her head pressed against his neck, exhaling light and hot breath, which made goose bumps all over his body.Unnaturally, he raised his arm and hugged her to pat her.

That hand landed on Mei Qing's shoulder, every time she touched it became stiff.She clearly felt the reluctance, she touched him suddenly under the quilt, and also clearly felt his instinctive desire, but he restrained himself and avoided it.

Mei Qing couldn't help sarcasm, "Are you a man? It's all like this..."

In the past few years of husband and wife, of course she knew that he was a man, but she didn't regard her as a woman.A man is sometimes too upright and a gentleman, which hurts a woman's self-esteem.Whether he didn't know, or didn't care, couldn't care.Anyway, he retracted his hand logically, turned inside out, and said lightly: "If you think I'm not, I have nothing to say."

Mei Qing's heart ached uncontrollably, she crawled back into her quilt with great movements, and turned to the outside.I was so angry that I still couldn't sleep.She kept her eyes open, and the moonlight shone into the bottom of her heart through her eyes. There seemed to be an echo in her heart, which was a woman's hysterical yelling.

On the smooth brocade quilt, the dim hibiscus flowers cast a cold light.

When the sky brightened, Mei Qing couldn't wait for a moment, and immediately got up, dressed and washed.Liu Chaoru was earlier than her, and had already gone out to the yamen.She painted her eyebrows and made up alone in the room, and she was more elaborate than usual.

When negotiating the price today, she had to put in extra effort to pretend to be Dai.If people want to pay, they have to make people see that she is worth seven to eight thousand silver, or at least four to five thousand.

At this time, the old lady came into the room, looked her up and down, and praised her, "Okay, I have to call the surname Kuang to see, even if you knock him seven to eight thousand, he won't lose! Go and hold him first, Mom will be there later."

Mei Qing tidied up and took a picture in front of the mirror, and there was a bride in the mirror, radiant and glamorous all over her body.But there was no joy in the eyes of the bride, but a sad smile split outward.

She walked forward, and the old lady went back to her room to dress up.If you want to hold back the scene, you have to hold the arrogance.If the eyebrows are drawn higher, it will be more harsh; if the rouge is lightly rubbed, it will be more sharp;

For the clothes, he chose an indigo bija, with a plain white long skirt inside, and a half liver-colored soft satin skirt underneath, sitting on the couch, surrounded by pearls and emerald greens, covering his body with the messy world of mortals Come, it is a graceful glaze vase calcined in the great sorrow and suffering, the eyes and lips are smooth, and there is a gleam of cold charm.

But she is not used to decorate the world with flowers, she wants to smash herself, and the sharp fragments will cut the world eight thousand miles in front of her.

But unfortunately, someone got there first.

In the afternoon, the girl in front of Mei Qing came to report, saying that the two of them had just entered Hong Kong, and it was the right time to rush over there.The old lady immediately led the people to Dengyu, and rushed to the Shengman Inn with arrogance.I don't want to bump into some women and girls at the door of the room, they look familiar, and I can't remember where I have seen them.

One of the young daughters-in-law came up to her face, with an inscrutable smile, "Hey, the old lady is here too? It just so happens that our wife is also inside. If you have anything to say, it's best to say it face to face, so that we don't have to go back to Beijing." Well, it’s not clear here.”

It turned out that it was Dong Kouhen who was serving in front of him, Gudao looked at Mian Shan.The old lady secretly suspected that Kouhen might also come here to catch rape?I'm not afraid of her for catching rape, but I'm afraid that she will be like Mrs. Lian and try to lower the price to death.She hung her eyes on the closed door, not knowing what was going on inside.

The daughter-in-law asked her again, "Go in quickly, your lady is still waiting for you to make decisions for her."

As he entered the room, facing Zhang Yuan'an, Mei Qing was sitting on the bed, with her face down, and she was putting on her clothes in the screen on the right.Qiu Sheng was putting on his boots, bowing his waist, and his attitude was calm.Kou Hen was sitting on the opposite couch, and through the hollowed-out carvings on the screen, she could be seen eating tea slowly.

Qiu Sheng raised his eyes and saw the old lady outside the screen, he was quite surprised, and quickly turned his eyes to Kou Hen.Kou Hen put down the teacup and smiled, "Why, you are afraid of seeing other people's elders after you have done such a mediocre thing?" As he said that, he grabbed his skirt and got up, and greeted him under the screen, "Old lady, please come in and sit down and talk. "

Seeing the battle, the old lady was really confused, so she had to sit still and sit down.

Kou Hen called the girl to come in for more tea.As soon as the door creaked open, Mei Qing trembled violently.This kind of scene was something she never expected. She was caught naked on the bed, and those clothes still looked like they hadn't been put on. She felt that she was still naked, and she didn't dare to lift her face.

Kou Hen glanced over her, and his eyes lightly fell on Qiu Sheng's face, "The old lady came this time, probably the same as me, for the same thing? I was doing some things in the garden, and I heard the people below come to report Me, I think, our master has always been out stealing a lot, stealing some dirty women, I don't bother to care about it, let him deal with it himself. But the people below said that this time is different, stealing It's the old lady's daughter, the old lady's house is no better than others, I should come and see for myself."

Those eyes ticked sideways, and the old lady gave a far-fetched smile, "Yes, I also came here for this matter. The people below told me that they saw Mei Qing going in and out of the inn. I think it will be fine." What does the inn do? So come and have a look."

Speaking of this verse, she thought to herself, she can't let Kouhen lead her by the nose, making it sound like a man and a woman are going private, and both sides are at fault.So he straightened up and brought up his previous posture, "It turns out that my daughter was taken over here by my uncle. Mrs. Kuang, as the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests. Tell me well, what is wrong with my Mengjialiu family?" I can't stand you, you made such a bullying business!"

Qiu Sheng thought he was wrong, and rushed over from the bed to make a bow, "It's the younger generation's fault, if the old lady is angry, just take it out on me, don't blame the young lady. I will obey what the old lady wants."

In his opinion, it was just beating him and scolding him, or else, he valued the foundation of his family and forced him to marry Mei Qing.That's fine, when Kou Hen is here, it's time to start a fight, Kou Hen is a respectable person, so I'm not afraid that she won't give in.

The old lady didn't plan so far. When she was about to talk about money, Mei Qing rushed over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed. , you can’t just blame him, you have to punish, and even your daughter!”

This upset the old lady's position, and she was confused again.She looked at Mei Qing for a long time, from her tears to her heart, she understood somewhat, Mei Qing didn't want to tear her face in front of these people.She also has a little sense of shame and wants to be decent.

Forget it, still follow the old method, the old lady waved the silk annoyedly, "You go out first, I will settle the score with you later."

Mei Qing seemed to be pardoned, grabbed her skirt and got up, walked in front of Qiu Sheng, he secretly gave her a comforting look, meaning to reassure her.

I didn't want to, but was stopped by Kouhen, "Miss Mei, don't rush out, you are from the same family, you go out, how can you say this?" Turning to look at the old lady, she smiled encouragingly, " The old lady just opens her mouth, and if she wants to beat or scold, or ask for something else, I don't say anything else. Whoever calls us the man, we are always in the wrong."

This attitude was much easier than the old lady had expected, so she couldn't take care of Mei Qing, she nodded with a smile, "It's rare for Miss Er to be such a sensible and reasonable person. Since you said so, then I have nothing to push. From my point of view, if you pay [-] silver, even if this matter is stopped here, if you leave this door, just pretend that nothing happened, and let's not mention it again in the future."

Qiu Sheng was startled again, and stood there for a long time in a daze, before slowly realizing that he was caught in a trick of "immortal dance".

He moved his unexpected eyes to Mei Qing, no wonder she had an ambiguous attitude when she first saw him, no wonder it was so easy to abandon a woman's reserve and achieve good things with him.

He originally thought that she and Liu Chaoru were at odds, that she had the same depression and loneliness as him in this well-ordered world, so he felt a little sympathy for each other.

It turned out that everything was just his wishful thinking.

Mei Qing lowered her head, crushed by his eyes from doubt to sudden realization.Occasionally, her eyes flicked up and met the belated disdain in his eyes, it was like a needle piercing into her heart.She hurriedly touched her two cuffs, did she still wear her clothes?

The clothes are indeed worn, but the dirty and ugly soul is naked.

At this time, instead of showing any anger at being coerced, Kouhen smiled knowingly, "Yes, I should give the money, it's only 8000 taels..."

She nodded in self-concern, and pulled the dazed Qiu Sheng to her side, her eyes fixed on Mei Qing, with a condescending scrutiny, as if she was weighing whether Mei Qing was worth the price.

After she was behind, she nodded twice more vigorously, and paused fiercely to finish, "Eight thousand is eight thousand. Firstly, she is a young lady raised by an old lady. She doesn't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. The old lady's education costs nothing. It's a lot of money. Second, although the young lady has been married before, she is young and good-looking, so it's worth it, it's worth it."

Saying this, she raised her eyes sideways and smiled at Qiusheng, "What do you think? You are a person who enjoys it. Is it worth 8000 taels? You can also say something. It's not easy to make people think that I do everything. It's all about you."

Then there was a silence.In the silence, Qiu Sheng looked at Mei Qing who was under the wall again.She shrugged her shoulders there, was she guilty, or ashamed?He didn't know, all he knew was that he was setting up a trick to deceive people.

In fact, there are many people in the capital who use this kind of trick, and it may not be very clever. It's just that because of their status as a good family member, their net worth is doubled, and they are more ruthless than prostitutes.

He didn't expect that one day he would play tricks on him, so let's spend money to buy a lesson, and learn a lot of wisdom.When he thought about it, he laughed wearily, "It's worth it."

That laughter was light and floating, piercing into Mei Qing's ears with infinite melancholy, as if splitting her flesh and body in two, exposing the past and the past to the broad daylight, showing them to passers-by, and being loved by them. Pointing.

She was so desperate that she could only lean against the wall, wishing she could find a gap in the wall where she could hide.

Kou Hen laughed lightly, "It's worth it if you think it's worth it. Old lady, we've agreed on the price, but don't blame me for being careless. I think we got to know each other for a while, I'm afraid it will be unclear in the future , I should also invite Baoshan to be a witness. Hmm... let me think about who is appropriate to invite."

She stood up, paced around the room dignifiedly, walked up to Mei Qing, and approached her cold eyes, "I think we should invite Sanmo and Miss Meng, the two of them are the most appropriate witnesses."

The old lady immediately understood her calculations. The reason for this scene today was not at all to suppress any price, but to slap Meng Yuan hard on the face and wake her up from all unrealistic delusions.

This is called breaking money and eliminating disasters.

Fortunately, Kou Hen is a person who is willing to spend money.Thinking of this, the old lady smiled helplessly, "I don't care what the second lady wants."

Kou Hen immediately turned around to look at her, and couldn't help but look her all over.She smoked a cigarette on the couch, shrouded in mist, was a bodhisattva carved in stone, with those eyes that seemed to be sentient being cut, and the waves in the eyes were instantly calmed.

Kou Hen felt that she and the old lady seemed to be standing at the two ends of the world, and at this moment they met face to face, and couldn't help feeling a little heroic and admirable.

She smiled and called a girl to come in, and sent someone back to Qingyu Garden to invite Dong Mo and Meng Yuan.

On the other side, Meng Yao woke up from his afternoon nap, and stood up half-awake.The sun slanted into the tent, like a magic mirror falling on her body, she felt a slight scalding pain, she shrank her legs to avoid it.

I saw Dong Mo reading a book tilted on the couch, because the curtain was hung, I could only see his vague outline, his chest rising and falling steadily.Mengyu suddenly remembered the story of the white snake. The white snake, despite repeated warnings from the monk, only lingered around the scholar reluctantly, and finally caused disaster.

Shouldn't she be leaving at this moment, should she be by Dong Mo's side in a desperate manner?I don't know when the knife will fall down, but it's good if it really falls down. Once you close your eyes, you don't need to tangle up and swing from side to side.She blinked in a daze, and her eyes were wet with tears.

Dong Mo heard that she woke up, put aside the book and came to hang the tent, saw her lying on the pillow like a child, with half of her face pressed against the pillow, her buttocks sticking out, her watery eyes staring blankly. Leaning on the pillow, the cat flapped its tail and hit her on the face, but she didn't blink, full of childishness.

This side of her must have never been seen by anyone.This made him secretly happy, no matter how many bad things she did to others, she always gave him a good heart.

In fact, how bad can she be, but she hurts one thousand enemies and eight hundred.He drove the cat away, picked her up, and brushed her sleepy hair, "Are you awake? The shopkeeper of the pawn shop sent three thousand silver, saying that he would let him stay for a few days with the rest. Do you want to go?" Little bit?"

Sleepy from the dream, she hung her head on his shoulder, "Didn't you say you were going to say goodbye to some adult? Why are you still here?"

"Seeing that you didn't sleep well, I'll watch over you for a while. It doesn't matter, I'll go again later, if people want to reserve a table, I'll go later, and there will be less entertainment."

Meng Tiao closed his eyes in the socket of his neck again, "I still have some land in Jinan, but I haven't found a buyer yet. You have a lot of connections in the officialdom, inquire for me, and whoever wants to buy it, sell it to him. It's just One point, don’t lower my price just because I’m in a hurry to sell.”

Dong Mo laughed and said, "If no one buys it, just keep it. Why do you have to sell it?"

"We will be in the capital in the future, and the rent collection here will be tossing back and forth. Besides, it is far away. Who knows if the people on the farm will make false reports? I don't bother to check. It's sold here, go to the capital to buy the same one."

He heard it in his ears, as if he had a long-term plan with him, his heart melted, and he smiled crookedly, "Have you already planned it?"

Meng Yu was silent for a while, before he could speak, he heard Xie Chun leading Kou Hen's girl in to reply, saying that he was asking the third master and Miss Meng to go to the Shengman Inn together.

Dong Mo walked back to the bed, frowning slightly, "Second Sister, please come over if you have something to do, what are you doing in the inn?"

As soon as Meng Tiao heard "Sheng Man Inn", she knew it was not good. Kou Hen was so motivating, it must be that Mei Qing was caught by Kou Hen there, and the old lady was probably there too. Show off your might.

She rushed over to urge Dong Mo, "Don't you have something else to do? You go to yours first, and it's the same with the second girl." She turned her head and said to the girl, "It's the same if I go alone. Grandpa has something to do."

The girl looked a bit distressed, but remembered that Kouhen had told her that Dong Mo could not come, but Miss Meng must be invited.The girl glanced at Dong Mo, nodded with a smile, "Alright, the girl changed her clothes, I will lead the girl there."

Dong Mo guessed secretly, knowing that his second sister must have started some tricks to make things difficult for others, and refused to let go of her dream, so she got up and straightened her clothes, "You lead the way, I will go."

Unexpectedly, Meng Yuan grabbed his wrist from behind, a little anxious, "I don't want you to go, you go to your business."

He went, and seeing those scenes, he might think of her bad past.After all, "hearing" and "seeing" are completely different, and if he actually sees them, their shamelessness may shock him.In front of him, she didn't have any ceremonies, her family background was clean, and she was not good in everything. If he thought she was good, it was just decorated by him with his own love.

Can't let him go, she doesn't have much self-esteem enough to be broken in front of him.

The author says:

If it can't be finished tomorrow, it will be the day after tomorrow.

There will be extra episodes.Spoiler is in charge of sweetness~

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