On this day, Gong Zhuang's family set off firecrackers and welcomed Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban who accompanied him into the house for tea. They were very polite. When Yin Manyuan saw that it was not Gong Juzi who had sifted tea for him last time, but Gong Juge's wife who was diligently doing the work for him, he asked suspiciously, is your wife at home? Gong Zhuangjuan said that he would arrange for Magistrate Yin to meet her alone in the boudoir later.
Yin Manyuan handed over his hand and said that his son-in-law Yin Manyuan was not talented and came to his father-in-law's house and obeyed everything. Shi Daban, who was sitting next to him, said nothing and just nodded.
At this time, Gong Chuanghuan, accompanied by his son-in-law-to-be Yin Manyuan, and Shi Daban were chatting interestingly. Suddenly Guan Kong ordered his wife, Qi Xin, to do as agreed in advance. These words sounded clueless to outsiders, but only Qi Xin knew what she was saying, and she did it step by step.
I saw her walking through the nave, turning to the kitchen, starting to cook, and worked hard for a while, making it delicious. A bowl of shredded pork noodles was cooked, and she put it in a blue-edged sea bowl, and then leaned against the wall from the chopping board. Take a small bag, open the opening, and pour the powder inside onto the shredded pork noodles. She stirred it with chopsticks and mixed it evenly.
She used a wet dishcloth to hold the sea bowl, because it was still hot and needed to be insulated. Qi Xin also took a pair of chopsticks and walked out of the kitchen door with a bowl full of shredded pork noodles. She went straight up the escalator and came to the locked embroidery room. She heard Gong Juzi still calling in his sleep, "Hong Lang, where are you?" Qi Xin thought to herself, her daughter is stupid, Hong Qingshan is a commoner, what good is it for you to marry him? Yin Manyuan is a county magistrate. If you marry him, won't you have a good life?
But Qi Xin understood that persuasion didn't work. It was like her daughter had drunk Hong Qingshan's ecstasy soup. She only had him in her heart and no one else.
Qi Xin took out the key to unlock the door and opened the boudoir door. When her daughter, who was already fully dressed, saw the breakfast brought, she said to her, "Mom, I don't want to eat. I have no appetite and can't eat." You guys forced me to agree to the marriage in Yinzhi County, but if I couldn't do it, didn't you open the door? I'll leave immediately to find Hong Lang.
Qi Xin put a bowl of shredded pork noodles on the table and said anxiously, Juzi, sit down and listen to mother talk to you. You want to go out now but you can't. Why wouldn't you be surprised if your father didn't stop you in the middle room? Of course, your father and I will not stop you, and there is no need to stop you. do you know? This morning, Magistrate Yin came. We made it clear to him what you meant. We said that you had already made an engagement before and it was difficult to handle. We asked Magistrate Yin to forgive you. Your father returned the bag of silver that Yin Zhixian entrusted to the matchmaker last time, and comforted him by saying, Yin Zhixian, you are an official and a county magistrate, and you are considered a real man. Why should a real man worry about not having a wife? My daughter is not lucky enough to live with the magistrate. I feel really embarrassed and ashamed.
Gong Juzi listened to his mother's words and said excitedly, "I want to go downstairs to thank my father." Qi Xin said, wait a minute, Magistrate Yin may have just gone out, and your father may be seeing him off. You haven't had breakfast. Quickly eat the bowl of shredded pork noodles that your mother gave you. If you continue to eat, Magistrate Yin may have left. It's not too late for you to go downstairs and say thank you to your father. The gloom on Gong Juzi's face was swept away, replaced by a smile like a red cloud that bloomed happily. She picked up a large bowl of shredded pork noodles, picked it up several times with chopsticks, and ate it with relish. While eating, I asked, Mom, during the last cup of tea, firecrackers seemed to have been set off in front of our house. I heard it in the boudoir. What was going on?
Qi Xin was anxiously asked and didn't know how to answer properly. She rolled her eyes, hesitated, and finally found a reason, "Juzi, you don't know, Yin Manyuan is the county magistrate after all. When the patriarch of Gongjiafan Village heard that the magistrate Yin was coming, he bought a bunch of firecrackers and set them off in front of our house. To welcome Yin Zhixian to visit! This is a courtesy matter, and it's not your turn to take care of it yet.
Gong Juzi said "Oh" and she could barely see the bottom of the bowl of shredded pork noodles. However, her eyelids started to fight and she said, "Mom, that's weird. Why did I fall asleep?" Qi Xin took the Kong Hai Bowl in her hand and answered with a smile, "Are you the Hong Lang who didn't sleep last night and tossed and turned in bed all night long missing you?" Gong Juzi no longer had the energy to speak, and his body was swaying. Qi Xin helped her lie on the bed and said you can sleep if you want! At this moment, Gong Juzi answered her not with words but with slight snoring.
Qi Xin returned to the central hall happily and whispered to Gong Zhuangguo for a while. Gong Zhuge Liang stood up with a smile and said to Yin Manyuan, "President Yin, please sit down for a moment." Immediately, he asked Shi Daban to follow him to the wing over there to explain something. Yin Zhixian sat there for a while, feeling uncomfortable, and when he was about to get up, Shi Daban came, holding a pair of Zexin floral towels in his hand and whispered to him, Yin Zhixian, today Gong Zhuangjue and his wife asked you to consummate their marriage with her daughter. . You go to his bath to wash yourself first. Yin Zhixian was very excited and thought to himself: I haven't been involved in that matter for a while, and this is exactly what I need! But how could he tell it? Just say to Shi Daban, what do I mean?
What kind of?
It's considered an intrusion.
After hearing the discussion between Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban, Qi Xin urged her affectionately, "Son-in-law, I will wait for you under the escalator. After you take a bath, I will take you upstairs to my daughter's boudoir." Yin Zhixian said hello, and grabbed a pair of floral towels handed to him by Shi Daban, just like grabbing a pair of mandarin ducks that symbolized his frequent happy marriages, as if he was afraid of flying away, he grabbed them so hard live. At this moment, Gong Zhuangjuan was leading him excitedly to the bath in the west of the central hall.
The next day, Gong Juzi woke up and felt a dull pain in his body, clearly having been raped. At first glance, there were blood stains on the sheets. She got dressed in a panic and without combing her hair, she came out of the boudoir and rushed downstairs to question her mother, what was going on? Did someone of the opposite sex come to my boudoir and be fascinated by me?
Qi Xin knew what she was saying, so she made it clear, Juzi, Magistrate Yin took your body yesterday while you were sleeping, and he will bring a wedding team to marry you on another day and carry you away in a big sedan chair. Just marry Yin Zhixian with peace of mind! From now on, you can live a life of glory and wealth, and both your father and I will benefit from it. Gong Juzi said, Mom, you deceived me. What did you put in the shredded pork noodles yesterday? After eating, I fell asleep and didn't know anything else. You have gone against my will. I tell you, I, Gong Juzi, will not follow Yin Zhixian until I die. I want my Hong Lang. No! I feel sorry for Hong Lang. My body has been stained and I am no longer worthy of marrying Hong Lang.
When Qi Xin saw her eyes turning red and crying loudly when she said this, she scolded her, "Daughter, why are you so stupid?" If you marry Yin Zhixian, you will jump into the rice basket; if you marry Hong Qingshan, you will jump into the chaff basket. You will have to worry about eating and drinking in the future, so you can't do it! I also tell you, knowing that you are not willing, and seeing that you are missing a muscle in your brain, I put Ecstasy in the shredded pork noodles you ate for three hours yesterday, and deliberately asked Yin Zhixian to consummate your marriage. , Let the raw rice cook the cooked rice. This is also your father’s wish. If you don’t rely on the Master’s, who should you rely on? The Master is all doing this for your own good!
Mom, you and Dad have gone too far. The Hong family has an engagement with our family. Are you going to break off the engagement hastily, regardless of friendship, just to cling to the powerful magistrate? Besides, Hong Lang saved my life, how could I let him down? Gong Juzi said while crying, then he covered his head with his hands and rushed out the door, threatening that I would not live.
Gong Zhuangjuan was feeding the bred sow in the pig house at the back. Qi Xin and her daughter were bickering over there, but he couldn't hear her after being separated by several rooms. A moment later, he came out of the pig house with a food bucket and just passed through the central hall. He heard a noise outside the house. He didn't understand what happened and couldn't see his wife Qi Xin in the house.
He walked out and came to the venue, and saw an unexpected scene that made him very worried - on the bank of the pond, Hong Qingshan was holding Gong Juzi, both of them dripping wet. Qi Xin kept shouting in front of many villagers watching, Juzi, you stupid girl did something stupid! Gong Zhuangjue understood a little after hearing this. He quickly ran over and asked deliberately, what was going on? Of course Gong Juzi didn't say anything and snuggled tightly into Hong Qingshan's arms.
Hong Qingshan looked at Gong Juquan and said, "Master, Gong Juzi did something stupid. I don't know why he jumped into the water to die. I don't know what he can't think of." I happened to come to visit her today. Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked to the bank of the head pond in your Gongjiafan Village, I saw the familiar Gong Juzi on the other side being chased by my godmother. I didn’t know what happened, and I didn’t have time to recover. Hearing a "boom" sound, Gong Juzi dived. I couldn't help but tell her, and immediately jumped into the pond from here and swam over to rescue her.
