Xia Qi is an authentic Jinling people, originally an ordinary scribe in the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and was accidentally sent to Xufu by his boss on business, Xu Qingtang saw that his articles were very insightful and could speak, so he left him as a master.

For Xia Jue, there is no future in the yamen when he is over forty, the salary of the Guogong Mansion is high, the salary is good, the status is also high, if nothing else, several generations will be guaranteed, the most important thing is that the children and grandchildren will study for free, and I agreed.

Children and grandchildren who have the ability in the future can become officials in the imperial examination or go out to break through, and if they don't have the ability, they will find an errand in the house that will not starve to death, which is similar to the iron rice bowl of state-owned enterprises in later generations.

When Xia Jue returned home, his wife Wang and eldest daughter-in-law were setting up dinner, and the family was small and not particular, and his wife and daughter-in-law were on the table.

While eating, Xia Jue held chopsticks and suddenly said, "Okay! Good! ”

The wife thought that her husband praised her for the deliciousness of the food, so she smiled. After a while, Xia Jue said again: "Okay! Good! ”

Wang Shi said suspiciously: "What's good?" What's going on? Such a compliment? ”

Xia Qi said happily: "Wait for me to tell you." After the youngest son Xia Yunxuan finished eating the Wen book, he said: "Brother Shi has a good daughter, I want to say goodbye to Yunxuan." ”

Wang asked, "Have you seen anyone?" ”

The eldest son Xia Yunduan and his wife Li were very curious, Xia Qi said: "I have something to do today to find my brother, he is not at home, that girl is learning to weave in the front yard, it is really rare." The appearance is also good, and it is calm and calm, and there is no small family spirit. ”

Wang's hometown of Shandong, moved to Jinling as a teenager, and the local accent did not change: "I also want to tell you that the Wu family at the east end of the street has a good daughter, and his uncle said to me that there was a temple fair outside the city to watch a play, and a large number of women, the daughter of the Wu family was outstanding." is eleven or twelve years old, and his uncle wants to mention this family business to Yun Xuan.

There are also the women of the Xue family at the back door of our house, the sister-in-law of Zhulan in the inner house, who are first-class in the needlework, and they are in charge of making shoes and feet, pillow faces, mirror covers and bags for the inner house. One day, I went over to visit the door, and the daughter-in-law of the Xue family sewed boots for Xu Erye and Xu Sanye, and I asked her to take a look at the patterns, and there was a pair of flowers and plants that were excellent. I asked, who drew it? She said that she was the daughter of the Wu family on East Street, and the patterns were drawn and tied by herself. The inner house sisters like to buy and wear. The daughter-in-law of the Xue family also said that the girl's needlework was excellent, no worse than the craftsmanship of the sick seedling Bixiao. The Wu family has some money, so it is better to get married, and there will be some good dowry in the future. ”

Xia Qi saw that his wife's words were unreasonable, and said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense, is the temple fair a place for girls to watch plays?" ”

Wang smiled: "What years are you still so old-fashioned? Besides, she's a child, so what's the matter? If you are eighteen years old, you will naturally not go. ”

Xia Jue shook his head and said, "The shoes of the woman's family are still made by others." Why? ”

"Don't say that the Xu family, now the big eunuch in the countryside, the big rich man, who doesn't specialize in needles. How many women do laundry? Wang said: "The girls in the inner house are busy, taking care of their own affairs, reading and learning arithmetic in their spare time, and learning business with their grandmothers." In the future, it will be good to take care of your own small home, and what is the interest of sewing and mending at home all day long? ”

"I don't like it." Xia Jue said disdainfully: "Such an act makes people float. How can wealth last long? ”

Wang asked rhetorically: "Then can our family's wealth last long?" ”

Xia Jue sighed and said, "I am worried about the future of the children. ”

Wang said: "Marriage or not, you are in charge, I just casually mention the good daughter of the Wu family, who forced you to not do it?" ”

"The daughter of the Wu family, you are not familiar with it after all." Xia Qi groaned: "The girl of the Shi family, I have seen it with my own eyes, the two families are right, and the Wu family is just a businessman. Forget it, I don't know if my brother is willing to do it. ”

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Xia Qi now wore a new dress, took a folding fan, and waited for Xu Xuan to come out to meet, and then went out of the copywriting room together.

bypassed the outer study and came to the opposite account room, just as the bookkeeper Bi Liangpu walked out, and asked with a smile: "Is the third master going out with Xia Weng?" ”

Xia Jue was just about to speak, when suddenly a gong and drum sounded, Xia Jue was startled, and said in surprise: "Are you singing in the house today?" ”

Xu Xuan pouted and said, "Yes, Xu Yu Zhang Luo's team." ”

"Yisu Garden sings, how can you hear it here?" Xia Qi asked.

Bi Liangpu said: "It is the Chunsheng Pavilion with a stage, separated from the outer study by a wall. Sing a sentence over there, laugh and we can hear it in the accounting room. The sound of gongs and drums had been heard before, and the beating people were itching, so I couldn't sit still, but unfortunately I couldn't go in to listen to the play, and I was going to go outside to listen to it. ”

Xia Jue asked, "You can't go far, where can you look?" Is there a singing opera nearby? ”

"Don't you know?" Bi Liangpu pointed outside, "A few days ago, a small lion alley opened a drama garden, the team is new, I have already seen it once, and it really sang well." ”

Xu Xuan suddenly said happily: "Then let's listen to the play." ”

Xia Jue said: "The third master is here again, he doesn't watch the singing at home, and he has the same knowledge as us, look outside?" ”

"Who likes to be annoying?" Xu Xuan said angrily: "They don't come to invite me, even if they call me over, they are just having fun, no one has anything to say to me, what's the taste of me sitting alone?" It's not as fun as the outside. ”

"Haha!" Bi Liangpu smiled: "Okay, let's have a good time today." ”

Saying that, he asked Xu Xuan to go first, and the two of them followed, and seven or eight people including Hu Sheng and Shao Er were shouted on the road, and they followed out the door.

For fear of being known by Xu Qingtang, he walked straight to Little Lion Lane not far from the side door, but unfortunately the troupe stopped singing for a day today, and the team during the day was invited to the singing hall.

Xu Xuan was not happy, and clamored for the theater to sing. The boss saw that these people were not small, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he invited three people to go in and asked someone to wake up the team at night.

Hu Sheng and others all followed, Xu Xuan came for the first time, and saw that the opera garden was a five-bay hall, the stage was empty, the Liaodong glass tower lamps hung under the stage, the tables and chairs were all Dali mahogany, and there were some private rooms on both sides, the decoration was very elegant, and the cost of work was obviously not small.

Of course, this is nothing in the eyes of the Xu family, and they sit down at will, and the owner of the theater orders to send tea.

While chatting, the steward of the troupe came, and first looked the three of them up and down. He laughed and said, "Gentlemen! I'm sorry for it today. Our team was passed on by the Sheng Mansion, Ming'er is only afraid that he will still sing, and the Yang Mansion has also made an appointment, if you like to listen, please come over another day. ”

The disappointed Xu Xuan was very annoyed and shouted, "I'm here to listen to the play, why are you pushing me away?" Shao Er, you sue him, the young master is going to listen to the play today, you will give him how much money you want, dare not give me Zhang Luo. You sealed his theater for me. ”

Shao Eryi pulled the steward over and said, "Why are you unreasonable? Our lord came here, won't he give you money? Hurry up and start, or beg for a fight? ”

The steward said angrily: "You are unreasonable, we are not scarce of a few taels of silver, hurry out." ”

As soon as he said this, Shao Er slapped his mouth. Syllable! The steward who couldn't catch off guard immediately covered his face, he was born in martial arts, and he was really angry at this moment. pounced on it and fought with Shao Er.

Shao Er's skills were not as good as him, and he was kicked a few times and suffered a loss. Seeing this, Hu Sheng and the other little guys made a move, and the people in the theater also rushed out to fight when they saw this. About twenty or thirty people.

Even if the Xu family is good at fighting, seven or eight against twenty or thirty people have no problem, and they are beaten and screamed, but fortunately, they are not beaten one-sidedly. Relying on his proficiency in battle formation, he killed two or three in a row, but he angered the other party more and more. The hand is getting heavier and heavier.

Bi Liangpu still wanted to rush in to persuade him, but fortunately, Hu Sheng quickly pulled him in, and the Xu family formed a small circle to resist desperately, otherwise they would suffer a big loss.

Xia Jue felt that it was no longer possible, so he hurriedly took Xu Xuan's hand and said, "Let's go quickly." ”

There were so many people on the other side, and Xu Xuan, who was less than ten years old, was also timid, and hurriedly ran out with Xia Jue, but fortunately no one opened the door. The two hurriedly ran to the Terracotta Division, Xu Wen immediately led a hundred soldiers to kill them, and saw that the opera garden was full of idlers watching the excitement.

"Get me in." Xu Wen said angrily.

The soldiers of the Imperial City Root almost did not carry weapons, and the soldiers raised their whistle sticks, poles, leather whips, etc., and greeted them with their heads and faces, which frightened the people who watched the excitement with their heads covered their heads and ran around.

Rushing into the opera garden, the two gangs were still fighting, Xu Wen was experienced, and said: "Those who don't wear riding boots are all held, regardless of men and women, they are all caught by Lao Tzu." ”

The soldiers knew that this was for the Xu family, and they were full of morale, so they agreed in an instant, and more than 100 people rushed to kill, and when they saw people, they were beaten to death, and those who wore riding boots were let go.

After a while, the entire theater was arrested with irrelevant outsiders, and forty or fifty people were taken by Xu Wen to the Terracotta Division, regardless of whether they were good or bad, each of them hit 200 boards, and then all of them were tied together and pulled out to show the public.

Here Xia Qi was busy looking at his own people, and the two who were most seriously injured were Hu Sheng and Shao Er, who couldn't get up when they were lying on the ground, with blood on their faces. Bi Liangpu was a scholar who was useless, he was beaten half to death early, lying straight on the ground, humming something in his mouth, and the rest of the people were all injured, with blue noses and swollen faces.

But they did show their majesty, seven or eight people were able to hold out for most of the hour, and did not use knives and other murder weapons, wolf bèi returned to wolf bèi, but laughed triumphantly.

Xia Jue said speechlessly: "What is there to be proud of?" If I don't come to save you with the third master, I don't know what will happen. ”

This matter can be kept quiet, Xia Qi asked the people left by Xu Wen to go to the house to call people and carry the seriously injured back on a stretcher.

Who knew that as soon as they arrived at the gate of the mansion, it happened that Xu Hao's father and son came back, and the door was crowded with people. Xia Jue hurriedly ordered to go to the side door and rested in the stable yard for a while, and then secretly carried Bi Liangpu to the account room.

Bi Liangpu's clothes were torn apart, and his two swollen and red eyes looked at Xu Xuan and snorted as if they couldn't open them. Xia Jue really didn't want to go, and asked with a frown: "Do you think something is broken?" ”

"Woo, woo." Bi Liang snorted and couldn't speak.

Xia Qi panicked, and hurriedly walked out and said to Xu Xuan: "He is injured like this, he has to invite a man to come, and there are few people in the account room for another moment, what should I do?" (To be continued......)