marry a weak waist

Chapter 56

Shoumei thanked her, and Hualiu was energetic. Mengyu held a full moon wine for the young master. Because Mengyu was not at home, it was inconvenient to greet male guests, so he only invited a few wives and grandmas who used to come and go to sit at the table and listen to the play.

That day was a banquet held in a pavilion in the East Garden, surrounded by beautiful spring scenery, facing the yellow-orange sun, it was naturally full of light from the hairpins and overflowing with emerald greens.Even Mengyu ordered Yinlian to come out with the baby in her arms, with hairpins and Dai Cui, dressed like a noble lady.

Mei Qing was envious in her heart, her eyes were hot, but she was poor recently, so in order to cut some fashionable clothes to wear, she had to buy two pieces of jewelry.She also gave the child a gift of full moon wine. Not to be outdone, she melted an eight-two-fold gold flower crown and put a longevity lock on the little prince.

Regardless of other things, it is only said that the family members of the yamen living in the alley come to the door, and she treats guests with plates, and everything is more beautiful than other houses.Therefore, there is a lot of expenses.

In March, I opened the dowry and took a look. There were still a few good looks left, which were all her favorites to wear on weekdays, and she was absolutely reluctant to repurchase.Just in time for Mrs. Zhong's wife to celebrate her birthday, she wanted to give a gift, and she still lacked 50 taels of envoys.

At this moment, he remembered that he wanted to ask someone for a loan, and went to Meng's house, but he heard that Meng Yu had gone out for Caiyi's wedding.As a last resort, I went to the Yinlian room.

Yinlian was playing with the young master, seeing her coming, she hurriedly handed the child over to the nurse and asked her to sit on the couch.Mei Qing drank half a cup of tea, but she couldn't open her mouth either side or side.

Seeing her distressed face, Yin Lian asked, "Miss, is there something embarrassing for you? My wife is not at home today, or you can tell me that I will definitely not delay when I can help."

There was a bit of pearl on the sideburns, which dazzled Mei Qing's eyes, and saw that she was wearing a moonposuluo gown and a skirt made of bright red makeup and flower silk.Mei Qing was very upset in her heart, and thought that these people shouldn't be underestimated, so she smiled lightly, "What can I do? My sister is not at home, so I will come to your room to sit and sit. Zhong The wife of the family has her birthday in a few days, and she is setting up the banquet, please let me go to see the details, I should go to her house now."

I couldn't talk about this matter again, and when I came back the next day, Meng Tiao was at home, but I didn't know why, so I entered the cave door of Yuanpu Residence, and I heard her complaining from the corridor, "What a great master, I'll go to the door Just see him, he knows I'm going, but he still goes to the yamen! Huh, I'll go again tomorrow, I just want to see what kind of romantic man he is, if he doesn't deserve it, Caiyi, let's pick another one! "

It turned out that it was to visit Caiyi's appointed master secretary. The two parties negotiated to go yesterday, but Meng Yuan went yesterday, and the master secretary was called to the yamen.Meng Tiao sat in his house for half a day, being entertained by his parents, but found out the details of his house, only the master did not see his face.

It was a waste of time for her to run, so she was naturally angry.Mei Qing listened outside the door for a while, thinking of Caiyi's marriage, she smiled lingeringly and went in, "Sister, just call him home to ask questions, and why do you go to his house yourself? It's a waste of energy." of."

Seeing her come in, Mengyu suppressed her anger for a while, her expression still not good, she sat down on the couch with her skirt brushed, "What wind brought you back?"

Mei Qing was also not polite to her, she opened her mouth and said: "I am short of 100 taels of silver, so I asked my sister to borrow it for a while, and I will send it to my sister when my hands are loose."

Qian Mengtiao did have it, but judging by her attitude, she didn't come here to borrow money, but rather came to collect debts.Meng Tiao wanted to give it to her, but he also knew her personality well, and she didn't know how to be grateful when she took advantage of others, but she wanted to regard him as a fool who offered to her in vain.

She was determined not to be this wronged bucket, and she had to lend her.So while asking Caiyi to pack the money, he warned her on the couch, "I can lend you the money, but this time I don't need you to pay it back, it's considered a relationship between us sisters. But don't let me be with those men." Damn, I'm not them, holding money for your expenses, turning your back and being cursed by you. I'm unlucky, but I can't stand you cursing me behind my back. You have to plan for yourself, live your life, it's nothing more than Eat and dress, do you have to wear silk and satin to survive?"

Hearing this, Mei Qing lowered her mouth and lowered her eyes, "I really don't feel pain in my back when I stand and talk, I dare say that you often wear silk and satin and eat delicacies from mountains and seas, but I persuade others to be willing to suffer. "

"Are you suffering? Look around the streets, how many people are struggling to live, can't afford fish and meat, can't wear neat clothes..."

"Come on, tell yourself what you said to teach others. It's not my temper, Mengmei Qing, to be more than inferior."

Mei Qing interrupted her mercilessly with a wave of her hand, and when she saw Caiyi carrying the bag of silver, she hurried up to pick it up and handed it to the girl to hold her. She turned around coquettishly, her eyes slanted behind her, "Thank you, If you don’t ask me to return it, I won’t write a note, and I won’t ask you to borrow it again in the future.”

It's not necessarily because she has a lot of backbone that she is so happy and neat, it's just that Meng Yao's words just now have enlightened her.That's right, back in the day, some people gave her money to spend, and she still had to put on airs, how could she be ridiculed by today's ridicule?

The street was noisy and noisy, Mei Qing lifted the curtain to take a look, it was indeed the season of spring, and people were willing to go out for a walk.Walking in front of the sedan chair was a middle-aged woman who had become blessed, wearing a loose cardigan made of maroon cotton, she was already better than many people on the street.

But cotton is the easiest to wrinkle, and there are several creases on her waist and hips, as if an old face is uneven.What was even more frightening was her waist, which was unevenly fat, with two piles of flesh protruding from the side of her waist, and on her arms and neck, there were piles here and there, and the flesh was spread extremely unevenly.The scribbled people and the world are like a ball of ink accidentally dropped when painting, no matter how they are drawn, there will always be traces of roughness.Only by putting pen to paper on the details and depicting bit by bit can it be exquisite.

But which color does not cost money?

Mei Qing's sigh made her suddenly remember Zhang Milai, and thus also remembered his wandering eyes on the day she got married.At this moment, she felt inexplicably fascinated, and she could no longer think of the filthy places she had tried every means to escape.

Probably due to the passage of time, the pain has become blurred and unreal, it only exists in the impression, and I can no longer feel the pain of the skin at that time.

But it is said that Mei Qing went on the front foot, and Meng Yu turned back to Licheng on the back foot. First, he put all the tax money collected by Yanzhou into the treasury of the chief secretary, and then went to Dong Mo's inner hall to report on his work.

Along the way, I saw many unfamiliar faces walking in the Yamen.Meng Yu wanted to go home after completing her work report, and asked Jia Shenzheng before leaving.

Jia Shenzheng waved his hands and smiled, "They are all the masters of the yamen, and they were transferred by Mr. Dong, saying that they wanted to calculate the previous accounts of each yamen. Here, the big ones are taxation, the small ones are the salaries of various officials, and even Buying a pen will also require a retrial. You don’t know it yet, but a lot of people have been found out. Mr. Dong is the governor this time, and he is even more powerful than when he took part in politics.”

Meng Yu's heart tightened, but she just smiled, "Naturally, governor, I have to explain to the emperor."

That's what he said, but when he was sitting in the carriage, the calm expression just now couldn't help becoming alert and heavy.No matter how good-looking the accounts are, if the money does not match, there are traces to follow. If Dong Mo matches the accounts here with those of the account department, he will be able to find out the deficit.The key is whether the Ministry of Finance will help him with this.

Meng Yu pressed his fist to the root, nibbling lightly while thinking, and when he came home, he met someone who was even more anxious than him.

The old butler had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw the carriage approaching the door, he hurriedly got off the stone pedal to help Meng Yu get off the carriage. Ask him to sit in the outer study, and he has been sitting for an hour."

Meng Yu guessed what Luo was doing, paused, and stepped in.He didn't change his clothes when he entered the mansion, but first went to the study outside the West Garden.Still in the corridor, I saw Luo Tian asking the servants at the door, "When will your master arrive home? The fire is imminent, and he still cares about the money in Yanzhou, so he can get it by escorting him to the yamen!"

Luo Tian was so anxious that his forehead jumped up, his eyebrows jumped wildly, and he turned around. Seeing Meng Yu coming from the corridor, he hurriedly raised his clothes to greet him, "Oh, my Meng Canzheng, you are finally back!"

Meng Yu bowed unhurriedly, "Master Luo. I was thinking about going out for two months, and when I came back, I would like to invite Lord Luo to drink. Unexpectedly, before I posted the post, Lord Luo came first. "

"What kind of wine can I still eat!" Luo Tian's mustache grew anxious, and the tails of the beard on both sides also jumped.I was so anxious, I didn't even distinguish between host and guest, I grabbed Meng Yu's wrist and dragged him into the room, "You just came back from Licheng, don't you know?"

Meng Yu waved her hand, ordered the servant to watch tea, and slowly invited Luo Tian to sit under the window, "What did Master Luo say?"

"Dong Mo's account checking! No wonder, you go to Yanzhou, where did you know about Licheng? Let me tell you, Dong Mo recruited people from various yamen who can settle accounts, and worked in the chief secretary for the first five years. accounts, including those of our Salt Transportation Division.”

Hearing this, Meng Yu nodded slightly, "I just heard about it at the Chief Secretary. He has to go to the Ministry of Accounts to correct these accounts, and the Ministry of Accounts can help him, right?"

Luo Tian raised a finger and pointed it wobbly, "Look, you don't know. The new Lou Shangshu has turned around. Although Lord Chu has lost the emperor's favor, he is still in the There is still a position in the cabinet, so I inquired carefully and heard from my friends in Beijing that Lou Shangshu wanted to be included in the cabinet, probably to push Lord Chu out and join hands with the Dong family! They are going to kill them all. Forget it, Mr. Chu, we can't take care of it right now, and we are more important. Zhang Mi will take care of the previous things, but there is no one to take care of the salt that came out twice last year."

Saying so, Luo Tian gave him a slight sidelong glance, his eyes were shrewd, revealing a hint of mockery.That meant that it was impossible for him to be pushed out for a fool like Zhang Mi.

Meng Yu understood, leaning on the table and laughing, "Master Luo is thinking too far, and he hasn't reached that point yet." He put a fist to his mouth, loosened and curled up, loosened and curled up, "here If the account is handed over, as long as the Ministry of Accounts checks and finds no mistakes, we will be spared."

"The difficulty lies in this part. Then why should Mr. Lou help us? Now he can't wait to find out what is wrong, so that Mr. Chu can be squeezed out of the cabinet."

Meng Yu pondered for a while, then gradually laughed, "There is no unparalleled road, I don't believe there are people in this world who don't like silver."

Luo Tian set his gaze on his face, but saw that half of his elegant face was shrouded in the sunshine behind him, and the light green beard and hair under his temples were like weeds regrowing.

This room sent Luo Tian out, Meng Yu stepped back down the steps, and glanced at the cave gate in the East Garden, "I'm not at home these days, is the house safe?"

The housekeeper followed, and the two turned to the west garden, "There is nothing in the house, everything is safe. The young master's full moon wine was not at home because the master was not at home, so he didn't dare to make a big deal. The wife only set up a table and had a show." I invite some wives and grandma who come and go on weekdays to sit at home, and tell the master to wait for the master to come back, and treat the guests at a big banquet. There is only one thing, the night when the aunt gave birth, the wife went to the Qingyu Garden to invite the doctor."

Meng Yu glanced down, "How do you go to Qingyu Garden to ask for a doctor?"

"It's also strange. That night, there was a servant woman in Mr. Dong's house who gave birth. I heard that she was someone who was in front of Mr. Dong, so she paid more attention to it and called all the famous gynecologists in the city. We can't find a doctor here, ma'am Think about it, and go over there to invite."

"She went there herself?"

"I went in person." The butler hurriedly cupped his hands, "The younger one once said that it would be fine to send a few decent stewards, but the wife said that Mr. Dong is a high-ranking man, so he sent his subordinates. He was afraid of offending him, so he set up the car himself. go horse."

Meng Yu was silent, and hooked the corners of her mouth in a gentle way, "She is very thoughtful."

From time to time, I walked into the Yinlian room, and heard that it was very lively inside. Three maids, Castanopsis, surrounded the couch, surrounded by a young nurse, shaking a rattle in her hand to amuse the child.The child was wrapped tightly in a bright red soft silk swaddle, and Meng Yu laughed sincerely just looking at the brocade bat pattern embroidered on the swaddle.

He went to pick up the swaddling baby, and everyone moved away and called "Master".Meng Yu nodded slightly, seeing that the child had opened his face at this time, with a pair of bright pupils and pink cheeks, soft and tender like a birthday bag just out of the pan.

Yin Lian was leaning on the baby's soft shoes on the bed. Hearing the movement, she threw away her needle and thread and ran out. She opened the curtain and saw that Meng Yu was really there. She was still wearing red mending clothes. haggard.

After two months' absence, Yinlian suddenly felt ashamed, she was just a young daughter-in-law when he left, and she was a mother when he came back, how could she not be ashamed?So he stood under the screen, holding the curtain with one hand, a little shy and afraid to go forward, "When did you come back, why didn't you hear the servant say?"

Meng Yu straightened up and went down to the curtain, pulled her into the bedroom together, took off the black gauze and undressed inside the screen, put her head on top of the screen, and looked at her up and down with a pair of peach eyes, "The servant said, You probably fell asleep and didn't hear it. How has it been? Is the confinement going well?"

Yinlian was still in a dream, she came back to her senses when she saw him coming out, her face blushed, and she went to help him tie the belt of the round collar robe, "The day of delivery was excruciatingly painful. I thought I was going to die, but then I thought, I’m going to die, but you can’t come back from the outside, and you can’t see you when you die. It’s a lifelong regret. I made a joke to the old mothers, saying that it’s hard to give birth to a child. That's right. The next day I was very embarrassed to think about it myself."

Speaking of this festival, she tied her belt and lowered her red face.Seeing this long-lost foolishness, Meng Yu's heart softened a little, and she took her to the couch to wait for tea, "I'm tired, is the child making trouble?"

He propped up one knee and stepped on the couch, Yinlian slumped down, folded her hands on his knees and lay down, "I'm not tired at all. Since the baby was born, two nannies and sons have been taking care of me. Just hug him and coax him to play. The wife sent two maids and two mothers to this room to take care of him, saying that she was afraid that there were only two maids in the front room, and they would not be able to take care of him. What kind of bird's nest donkey-hide gelatin in the library was taken care of? Take it out and ask the kitchen to stew it for me to eat. Even when the baby was full moon, the wife watched and arranged the banquet."

Meng Yu listened quietly, her eyes gradually faded, and her smile seemed a little lonely, "It's rare that she is so virtuous."

"My wife even gave the baby a baby name, Futuan."

"Futuan?" Meng Yu sneered, and withdrew the hand that was stroking Yinlian and put it on her forehead.The laughter slowly fell, and the curvature of the corner of the mouth became a little stiff.

Yinlian sat up, took a look at him, and shoved him, "Go and see your wife, dinner will be served soon, so let's have dinner with my wife over there."

Meng Yu, on the other hand, seemed too lazy to move, and fiddled with her penis, "I'll talk to Fu Tuan after he's finished feeding. He hasn't seen his father since he was born, so I won't show him more , I’m afraid he still doesn’t remember who I am.”

"It's not in a hurry at this moment. There will be more children in the future."

The implication is that he and Meng are getting closer and closer day by day.Yinlian may not have this intention, but he can't help but think so leisurely in his heart.After going out for two months and then coming back again, it seemed that I was farther away from Mengyao.You Qi just saw that child, his own child, but it has nothing to do with Meng Yuan at all.

He fiddled with the abacus in his heart to check carefully, what else does he have that is closely related to Meng Tiao?Apart from that unreliable marriage letter, what else can tie them together as before?He couldn't figure it out.

Yinlian only cared about destroying him, so he had no choice but to get up, went to the full-length mirror, straightened his clothes, and went to the East Garden.

Yuanpu residence is very quiet, only two women are sitting and talking on the porch, seeing him coming, one of them rushed to report: "Madam has gone out, go to see the master-in-law who is assigned to Caiyi. In the next afternoon I went, saying that if their family stays with guests, they will come back after dinner at their house. Should the master prepare meals for himself in this room or go to the aunt's house to eat?"

"Eat at my aunt's house."

Meng Yu said so, but she didn't leave or go into the house.At this time, the setting sun was about to die, and the lights were not lit in the house, and it was full of dead silence.He was on the opposite porch, under the crabapple tree, looking into the house from a distance with Taihu Lake rocks.

In fact, I want to go in, light a lamp, read a book and wait for Meng Yuan to come home.However, my heart is full of fear, I'm afraid that the house will be closed in a raging silence.He could somewhat feel the fear of Meng Yuan when he was imprisoned, it was a kind of horror that could be seen but not touched, it was the despair that roared hoarsely to the world, and the world had no response.

He crossed his arms, lowered his head, and fiddled with the fallen petals on the ground with his toes.On top of his head, there are many crabapple trees, and above the crabapple is endless twilight.

When Meng Tiao got up in the morning, he heard the housekeeper report that Meng Yu would enter the city at about noon, go to the Yamen, and return home in the afternoon.She didn't hide out deliberately, it was a coincidence that Pang Yunpeng came to Licheng.

A woman and a man, without love, without interest, without the restraint of blood, cannot last forever after all.Meng Tiao pulled a sprig of yellow fragrant wood, and suddenly felt a sense of loss in her heart.

Pang Yunfan walked in from under the moon gate, stood there and called her: "Meng'er, I bought dinner, let's go in and eat."

Behind him was a servant, and each of them was carrying a four-layer red painted food box with a wooden signboard of the restaurant hanging on the food box.Caiyi ushered in a helper, the three set up a meal, Caiyi and the servant went to the outer courtyard to eat, Pang Yunfan stood at the door again and called: "Meng'er, what are you doing standing there? Come here, it's still hot."

Meng Tiao dropped the flower branch and went in, Pang Yunfan held her arm, and they both landed on the case.Meng Yu glanced at the table full of dishes, there must be seven or eight dishes, and was startled, "Why do you buy so much? How can the two of us eat?"

"I can't guess what you like to eat. I'll order all the delicious dishes from their family. You sit down, and I also made a pot of lotus wine. It's light and sweet, and it's your women's favorite."

Talking about sifting wine for Meng Yuan, the water reflected in his eyes, and it became the lovesickness overflowing everywhere, "It's so easy to come here while I'm depositing the tax money for the Chief Secretary, otherwise I won't be able to get rid of it for the past two months." Come on."

"Are you busy at home or the yamen?"

"We're all busy." Pang Yunfan put down the jug and sat beside her, a little hard to say, after thinking about it, he finally said: "Let me tell you the truth, my wife is pregnant, I don't want to hide it from you, are you not angry? "

Meng Tiao wanted to show an angry attitude, and turned his eyes slightly, "I said, I don't see you coming often these days, maybe there is a big happy event, so I will be left behind."

Pang Yunfan hurriedly discerned, "This is a word that kicks my heart! I don't write often, it's not for this, it's for tax collection. I also want to deposit money and meet each other soon, so I don't write."

"Didn't leave me behind, what about the things I entrusted to you?"

Just as Pang Yunfan lifted the chopsticks, he quickly put them down again, and took out a few copies of the contract from his pocket, and put them on the table to show her, "I'm afraid I didn't speak carefully, so if you don't worry, I copied all the contracts. Bring it here. How much money, when to pay the fixed money, when to settle, how much money, how much salt are all written clearly. Here, look, I even copied the name of the merchant. You want to share with Meng Yu Tell him everything about the family property, so you won't be afraid of his denial."

"Copied?" Meng Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows, "The copied ones don't count."

"It's not about going to court, how can you not count it? It's just to let him know that you know the money in your heart, and he can't hide it. As for how much you want, that's up to you, just open your mouth to him carry."

"What about the original deed? Why don't you give it to me, it's so troublesome to copy it back and forth."

Pang Yunfan looked at her and smiled, "It's not that I can't trust you, it's actually related to my life, how can I take it with me and go in and out at will? If I lose it on the road, who will pick it up? Lost his head too? You just divided his money, and it’s the same with what you copied.”

Meng Tiao had no choice but to agree with a smile, and Wu Ran glanced at the past, "It's not bad, it's better to be cautious, whoever tells you to do things that are lawless. Forget it, I can deal with this. Thank you, wait for me After sharing the money, I will follow you from now on, and the money will be your money.”

As they said, they folded into their arms, and the two were just about to touch each other, when a sound of chaotic footsteps came from far to near.Meng Tiao was startled, and hurriedly hid in the bedroom, while Pang Yunfan got up and went to the door to check.

It took a while for the lightning to strike and flash, but I saw a lot of guards with horizontal swords rushing in from under the moon gate.Seeing this battle suddenly, Pang Yunfan thought that Meng Yu had come to catch a traitor. He looked around, but there were few flowers and low grass, and there was nowhere to hide, so he had to look at the moon gate again.It was not Meng Yu who brought in the clinker, but the new governor Dong Mo.

Pang Yunfan's mind was in a mess for a moment, and he wondered what he was doing here?In a daze, Dong Mo was already standing in front of him, not wearing a make-up suit, but only a sky blue round-neck gown with fish scale patterns.Pang Yunfan bowed with his head covered, his face full of fear, "Master Dong, who is this?"

Dong Mo just smiled coldly, and said in a calm tone, "According to Mr. Meng, you have an affair with his wife. He is concerned that you are the magistrate of Tai'an Prefecture. He is afraid that he will come in person and no one will testify. What will he say in the future?" I don’t know, so I have to ask me to be the master for him, to be fair. Mr. Pang Da, I’m afraid you won’t be able to return to Tai’an Prefecture for the time being, and you will have to stay in Licheng for a few more days.”

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves backwards, "Come on, invite Da Da to live in the county government."

That Pang Yunfan's heart fell straight to the underworld, and his body drooped, and he asked two guards to carry him away.Looking back, Dong Mo walked up the stone pedal with ease.

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