Without waiting for Zheng Tang to ask Xu Hu to invite, Xu Hao went out early, it turned out that Xue Wen had made an appointment, and a cousin came to his hometown, saying that he wanted to have a drink together.

Xu Hao agreed to nothing to do, this cousin's name is Xue Jixian, he is a scholar, his family background is average, and it is said that he is now working in the local yamen.

When he arrived at the hotel, the Xue family nodded and welcomed him in, and Xue Wen on the second floor came out with Xue Ji first, greeting him with a smile.

"It's a step late, no wonder." Xu Hao arched his hand with a smile, and after sitting down, he saw a handsome attendant behind Xue Jixian, and frowned slightly.

Although he has not been infected by the current atmosphere, he has long developed a pair of fiery eyes, and he can know what is going on with this follower at a glance.

Sure enough, he didn't look away, this follower, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, was a native of Huizhou, and used to be an apprentice of an opera troupe, named Ba Ying.

Xue Jixian saw that his eyebrows were delicate, and he bought it for two hundred taels of silver, changed his name to become a British official, and he was dressed up quite femininely, and he looked very good.

During the day, the two are commensurate with master and servant, and at night it is naturally the way of wives and concubines.

Xu Hao felt very painful, because Xue Wen, who was obsessed with male style, actually called Lin Feng, a very famous minister in Jinling, and he seemed to covet the British official very much, and looked at others from time to time.

Xu Hao shook his head, he didn't see it, Xue Jixian was a dignified person, he didn't have the lofty spirit of a scholar, and he was obviously trained by the yamen to be sophisticated.

The four of them ate a few glasses of wine, and the atmosphere was not bad, that Lin Feng was the most skillful, and when he saw the British official standing behind angrily, he also knew what was going on, and hurriedly greeted: "Brother, your surname?" ”

"The surname is Ba." The British official said stiffly.

"Yo, it turned out to be Second Master Ba." Lin Feng smiled and complimented, because there were other guests in this restaurant, he said sorry and walked out.

Xue Jixian reluctantly watched him go out, and then withdrew his gaze. I don't care about the vinegar of 'Second Master Ba'. He said in his heart that he met Xiao Dan in Beijing today, and he felt that it was several times better than that of other provinces. The first is good looks, the second is good clothes, and the third is good socializing and can speak, so he said to Xue Wen: "Xiao Dan outside also has a good appearance, but he is a little rustic in dressing, especially boots, so don't buy new ones." For example, in summer, a few months are a long gown. Wearing a cool hat, almost all of them come to the yamen with three or four peers, and they don't want to come alone, just one or two, two or two. ”

Xu Hao didn't understand too much, could it be that the prime minister still went to the yamen to answer the recruitment? Which official is so bold?

Xue Wen smiled: "So cheap? Didn't you hide it from your host? ”

Xue Jixian said: "My brother made fun of it, how can the wall of the owner be overcome? It's just that it's too late, and we are always woken up by the second and third watches. ”

"Call the door on the third watch?" Xue Wen deliberately teased him, "It's inconvenient in the end." Why don't you open a back door and let him in? ”

Xue Jixian said seriously: "Brother is really an interesting person, how can he make fun of it!" In our business, the first thing to pay attention to is conduct, and the back door must be tightly blocked. Not a single fart can be released, so the owner can rest assured. ”

Don't talk about Xu Hao this time, even Xue Wen couldn't understand it, so he hurriedly asked him why? But he is a perennial Beijing official. People in a place make a mess of each other's questions and answers.

At this time, Lin Feng came back. Xue Jixian turned to him and asked, "How much money can you earn in a year as a minister?" ”

Lin Feng said: "If there is more money and less money, it is all the master's, we just take a few clothes from the old man to wear, and wait until we leave the teacher, and then we will count our own." ”

Xue Jixian asked again: "How much money can the master earn in that year?" ”

"It could be." Lin Feng thought for a while, "Roughly calculated in a year, there are 1,800 taels, but we have a lot of entertainment in this industry, we have to be decent, and the expenses are also large." ”

Xue Jixian stuck out his tongue and said, "There are so many? Ten times more than the restraints we have to do criminal cases! Alas, I really regret it now, I should have studied drama before, and I was much happier than being a staff master. We accept apprentices because we lose money and food, we can't learn, and we can't push him out for ten or eight years, even if we are recommended out, we will come back in a few months, and we have to spend money to support him. ”

Xu Haoxin said that there are factions among the master's staff, often passed down from father to son, and they can't find a way to apprentice when they want to apprentice, and they lose money by accepting apprentices, but if one has a profit, it will be inexhaustible. It's not the case with the play, when the apprentice is Master Ren's fish meat, when he is a little more popular, he immediately turns his face and denies his six relatives, as the saying goes, the drama is ruthless and the bitch is unrighteous, it is definitely not an empty talk.

Xue Jixian still said to himself: "We want our apprentices to honor our master and meet a few smart people in our lifetime?" It's really not as good as you being a father-in-law. ”

Xue Wen said with a smile: "The phoenix is flying, and the forest is in the middle of it, and I am happy." ”

Lin Feng also smiled and said: "Xue Ye is familiar with the text again, there is a shortage of readers like you in our team, the one who sells plasters at the door is like you, why bother to be so full of words, I know that you have studied well." ”

Xu Hao laughed, making Xue Wen smile helplessly, and pointed at him and nodded.

Xue Jixian said: "This is my cousin's scholarly nature, and we are masters, and we unconsciously talked about the case. ”

Lin Feng was sarcastic by him unintentionally, and he also knew that it was unintentional, so he didn't care, but he didn't open his mouth either.

Xue Jixian suddenly faced Xu Hao and asked, "Can Ling Zun go out of Beijing this year?" ”

Xu Hao was confused, and had to be serious, and said in a crepe manner: "My father has not left Beijing yet, and he has not been able to wait for the coming year, and there is a long way to go, and it is not known." ”

It turned out that Xue Wen didn't explain his identity to his cousin, but only vaguely said that the son of his boss was Xue Jixian who asked this question.

Xue Jixian asked: "Can it be the political envoy?" ”

Xu Hao said: "No, the old man is a full-time prefect. ”

Xue Jixian said: "The prefect is also amazing, I heard that there are many shortages in the ministry, if Lord Lingzun is appointed next year, the younger brother will definitely ask for cultivation." ”

"Nature, nature." Xu Haoxin said that you just wait slowly, you will not be able to be a prefect in this life.

"Come, drink." Xue Wen diverted the conversation and asked with a smile: "Cousin, you have a five-foot child, beautiful eyes, if there is no one at night, is the son also tempted?" ”

Xu Hao almost laughed. Secretly said Lao Xue, Lao Xue, in front of a good person, with such elegant but obscene words, your knowledge is really applied to what you have learned.

Sure enough, Lin Feng didn't understand, and listened with a smile, why don't you say that this person has to study, just like Xu Hao's brother-in-law in the later generations is not good at English, and his sister is going to a nightclub at night, so he said to Xu Hao in English and asked him to help cover up.

And Xue Jixian understood. Just as he talked about his pride, he said with a smile: "Thanks to this little boy, donkey, and concubine, he has done it all." ”

Xu Hao couldn't help but ask, "Amazing! What is a donkey concubine? I would like to hear about it. ”

Xue Jixian said proudly: "I only use him as a follower now, for example, you live in Xicheng, I live in Nancheng, if there is something to discuss, I have to ride a donkey over." With him. You can write a letter and ask him to send it over, so that you are not a donkey? People like us who work for the owner. I often walk around, and I sleep alone at night, which is really cold. With him, you can also be a companion to talk and laugh. Hey. When you are in a hurry, you can still relieve your fatigue, isn't it a concubine? Eight hundred dollars a month. Buying a few old clothes for him, it costs less than twenty taels a year, compared to your name Xianggong, it can be worth two or three times, am I doing a good job? ”

"Well played." Xu Hao had to admire it.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man walked in outside the door, it was Xue Wen's master, Xue's sister-in-law's third uncle, who was poor and a pedantic scholar, just gave him a bite to eat.

As soon as the person rushed in, the third uncle immediately asked, "I am willing to learn about this matter." Suizhi Si comes, on the back, will enter, then the mouth is stuffed, such as what can be. And the people of the country all say: If the road is great. If you can't believe it, you can teach me, please try it. ”

Burst! Xu Hao squirted out a sip of wine, pointed at him for a long time, and sighed at Xue Wen: "I, I can be regarded as serving your family." ”

"Hehe, your family is like that, let's not talk about the second brother." Xue Wen smiled indifferently.

Xu Hao was speechless for a moment, isn't it, there were six brothers last night, but five were not at home, so angry that several younger siblings ran to the old lady to complain, and the world was declining.

Lin Feng still didn't understand, got up and sent over a glass of wine, counted the pimples on the third uncle's face, it was estimated that he hadn't married for half his life, and he was out of balance, and asked, "Do you also say that people can understand words?" Again, your face is too ugly, I have a recipe, you use ten catties of fragrant lees, three gold in lard, one catty of soap, four taels of honey locusts, and four taels of silver nitrate, and put them in a steamer to steam, and you put your face on it, let the bad air get into your dough, and you can drive away all your bad gas. ”

The third uncle was stunned for a moment and said, "Let go of your fart, you must be in trouble." Come, I want to smell the bad smell on your face, and there is no bad smell on your face. ”

As he spoke, he put his old face on Lin Feng's face and rubbed it twice, Lin Feng's heart was numb, and his face seemed to itch, and he shouted, "Oh, be careful that your bad anger is too bad." ”

The third uncle smiled shyly: "Why didn't you pass in the past, but today?" If you don't do it, you can't hurt it. He simply stretched out his hand and hugged Lin Feng in his arms, "There are rabbits who love love, and they really win my heart." ”

Burst! Xu Hao squirted out another sip of wine, but he didn't expect Lin Feng to laugh and say, "People hate your face, but I love him." ”

Burst!

Lin Feng stretched out his hand and pinched the third uncle's face a few times, broke free and said with a smile: "It's also a musket, remember to give money." "Turn around and run.

Burst!

The third uncle chased after him, Lin Feng ran in again, and the third uncle behind him looked up at his mottled face, "When you reach my hand, I will never let you go." ”

Xu Hao couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly got up and walked to the balcony to hide, otherwise it would not be squirting wine but blood.

I don't blame so many good friends in later generations, I really don't understand what is good about picking up soap? Xu Hao thought it was incredible.

The men in the room were still shameless, and the third uncle humbly asked Xue Jixian, "If I want to ask you, I only know that I can be hungry." As for the taste of steamed porpoise, I have never tasted it, I don't know the wonder, what are the benefits, and how about getting along with women? ”

Xue Wen said with a smile: "In my opinion, there are benefits to each other, but everyone often says that men are better than women. ”

The third uncle turned to ask, "You can talk about the wonders of it, so that I can also understand it suddenly." ”

At this time, Xue Jixian said with a smile: "This kind of thing can only be understood, it is difficult to say, it is too vulgar and obscene to say." In this way, I use the analogy of taking a car or a boat, such as our profession, it seems that the car is light, but you can't always go anywhere with your family, right? Having him is like having family. As for the taste of it. Everyone's feelings are different, and it's hard to describe them all.

Well, a colleague of mine once made a pair, 'thin, wide, fat, tight, numb, and dung, white, wet, yellow, dry, black, and oily'. Therefore, the best thing is oil, followed by water, as for the inside to clean up, let go of the breath, so that people's bones are numb, and the soul is lost. The wonder of the boat. It's all sieving the dust, and the one that doesn't sift the dustpan is no different from the wrestle. If the car is pedaled, it is better than a boat to sieve a dust, and its beauty lies in being compact and obedient. ”

Xu Hao on the balcony was stunned, and saw Lin Feng blushing and said, "You are really an expert." Dare I ask you what kind of car is that car? Forget it, you will be fined three glasses of wine, and you are not allowed to say anything. It's so unbearable. ”

Xue Wen went crazy and laughed: "Hurry, hurry! It's unheard of, and I ride this boat every day. The car has few opportunities, and every time I can't get into the car, when I get to the door, non-human can get through. I am afraid that if I take a dung truck, I will cover my nose and run away! ”

Xue Jixian said with a smile: "There is a way, even the dung truck can also sit." Use a large fungus. The blisters are soft, and they are used to make your hat, and they can be regarded as mats in the car, no matter what kind of dung truck he is, you can sit on it. ”

At this moment, Xu Hao's whole person is stupid, fungus fungus, could it be that the sleeve was also invented by our ancestors with fungus?

Xue Wen stroked his palms vigorously and laughed, "I have understood, listening to your words today, I suddenly opened up." ”

Xu Hao sighed speechlessly, what kind of people are these!

At the same time, a group of concubines of the Xu family chatted together, and Wang Xuanqing said: "There has been a lot of news recently, have you heard it?" ”

Everyone else shook their heads, and Wang Xuanqing continued: "I heard Xuanhong say yesterday that the eldest brother was drunk, rolled down in someone's room, sprinkled a bubble of drowning in his shoes, and lost his ugly, and later was deceived by the second concubine of the Zhang family into the garden at night, splashed dung, and lost face. was so angry that he was bent on revenge, and it also made the second child of the Zhang family make a big joke. ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao asked, "What joke?" And he, the dog can't change eating. ”

Wang Xuanqing said: "Someone saw the second child of the Zhang family in a clay kiln, looking for a good family by himself, and was beaten into it by some clay sticks and stripped him clean. At that time, there was a broken straw mat, and I couldn't come out, so I provoked the lively people, and I crushed down the earthen wall, and then I didn't know how to go back. ”

Yuan said: "Is there such a thing? The eldest brother has good means, so he spoils him so badly. ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao said: "He is very honest in front of me, and there are no women in the family, why is this?" ”

Wang Xuanqing said with a smile: "Honest people will do these things, and those who are not honest have a heart, but they don't do it." ”

Mu Ningxue saw that it was not too early, and said, "It's time to go to the old lady's house, let's talk later." ”

At that moment, they went to Qianshoutang together, accompanied the old lady to have lunch, chatted again, and went back separately. Mu Ningxue sent Xiao Shi to Jieshoutang, and Xiao Yushi and others came over to say goodbye.

Xiao asked Xu Xiangyue: "Is your wife well?" ”

"It's much better, but I don't like to move, and I don't want to go anywhere." Xu Xiangyue replied, "I'm afraid that I'll be bored and panicked, and said that the old lady here loves me again, so I can stay a few more days, and I don't have to go to ask for peace in the morning and evening." ”

As he was talking, Zhu Qiaoqiao came in to greet Xiao Shi, and Xiao Shi asked with a smile: "You came so early!" ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao said: "Come and see the baby." ”

Mu Ningxue smiled: "It's going to snow when it's cloudy, what's there to see?" Is it snowing outside? ”

The little girl outside the door immediately said, "There was a little snowflake." ”

"Before it gets up, let's go to the Red Pavilion to see the plum blossoms." Xiao Yu Shi Ti yì.

Zhu Qiaoqiao said, "Go ahead, I want to accompany my wife." ”

Xiao Yushi said: "You have to go, Cuiliu still wants to listen to your poems about plums in the snow." ”

"Oops." Zhu Qiaoqiao shouted: "I know what Xue Yamei, she was just bragging that day, and she took it seriously." ”

Everyone laughed, and at this time, the old woman who played the second door came in with a delicate watermelon lantern, and there was a gift note in her hand, and said: "The second aunt and grandmother in the hall greet the wife and ask the grandmothers how they are." At the moment at the ancestor's place, teach me to give this to my wife first, and grandmothers will come over in a while. ”

Xiao Yushi took the gift card and handed it to Mu Ningxue, Xiao said: "Reward my mother with a penny, go back and invite my aunt and grandmother to come over." ”

Ripples and other girls watched around the watermelon lantern, and suddenly found that there was a piece of paper inside, and when she took it out, it turned out to be an ice pattern note, on which was written a poem "Queqiao Immortal. Yong Melon Lantern": And the knife is finely carved, thousands of flowers and leaves, and it takes a lot of good work. The soft branches are entangled, but they are clearly interspersed with comic words.

Skillfully made in front of the window, lightly hung in front of the eaves, and played in the boudoir. The night is dark, and there are a few candles and tears left in the morning.

Everyone said yes, Xiao said: "It's good, it's good, it's just that the platform has been defeated, which girl did it?" ”

Ripple said: "This is exactly where she saw, she should have written it, and she really wanted to see the author." ”

Xiao Shi smiled: "The New Year is coming in a few days, and you have to start making lantern riddles, and let us follow Lele." ”

As he was talking, he saw Xu Hao and his sons come in together to say goodbye. Ripple took the word and smiled at Xu Hao: "Please ask for advice." ”

Xu Hao took a look and said, "In the end, you girl is interested, we have thrown these things down in the past few years." ”

When he turned around, he saw that the melon lantern carving was very good, and said with a smile: "Let's play with this this year." ”

Mu Ningxue said, "The teaching is done outside, the children are thinking, let's see." ”

Xu Hao said: "That's not interesting, let's make fun of ourselves." ”

Jiaxing said: "Uncle, it's interesting to look at his hands." ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the hand?" ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "I did this last night. took the knife, cut the finger of the left hand, and washed a little blood. I'm still wrapped up today. ”

Xiao Shi pulled over to take a look and complained: "Such a big person is still naughty." (To be continued......)