Covet

When winter comes, the roads may be closed due to heavy snow in the mountains. During the year, the students of Hong’an College don’t have to go to the school. .

The Xie family naturally returned to Xie's mansion, but Xie Qiao and Meng Tong did not. They have already used their savings to build a yard. The yard is not big, but it is more than enough to accommodate the two of them.

They got married at the beginning of August this year, and the simple wedding was indeed the happiest moment in their lives. Meng Tan heard that they were married, so he returned Meng Tong's contract of sale to him early on. Meng Tong was very moved, and he did ten things. I have been a servant for several years, never thinking that there will be a day when I will be free.

Now three months have passed since the wedding, Meng Tong and Xie Qiao have adapted to the new life, they are still inseparable, but they have more confidence in their hearts, because they don't have to go to the academy, Meng Tan simply gave them a vacation.

"There are actually ten days, Xie Qiao. I haven't missed the ten-day vacation." Meng Tong said excitedly. His longest vacation was only the five days before the previous year. Even so, he is good. Some servants have no time to rest throughout the year. The Meng family is considerate of their servants. They don't want some princes and nobles to treat servants as human beings.

"Think about it, what are you going to do in these ten days?" Xie Qiao asked.

This question stumped Meng Tong, he had never taken such a long vacation before, what was he going to do?

Xie Qiao looked at Meng Tong's dumbfounded look, hugged and kissed him affectionately, Meng Tong wore a lot of clothes, and it was snowing again today, so he obediently let Xie Qiao kiss him.

Xie Qiao let go of his lips after kissing him enough, still hugged him and said: "You can't think of it, let me think about it."

Meng Tong nodded, and the two came to their new home holding hands. There was a persimmon tree in the yard, but the whole tree was bare because of winter, but Meng Tong remembered that when they first bought the yard, all the leaves on the tree fell off. , there is only a tree of red persimmons left, which is very beautiful.

Meng Tong looked at the tree and felt that his future life would be as prosperous as this tree, so they looked at so many houses and finally settled on this one.

There are five houses in the yard. The largest house has two side rooms, a kitchen, and a storage room. The storage room is relatively small. There is an open space behind it, which can be used to raise a few chickens and ducks. , or open a vegetable garden, and plant some vegetables that are eaten on weekdays in spring.

Xie Qiao listened to Meng Tong planning their small yard, the snow was falling quietly, and the house was as warm as spring.

"Then what are we going to do these ten days? It's snowing all the time, and we can't go out to play. It's okay to go to the market." Stores open all night.

Because only at this time, people are willing to spend more money. A family has worked hard for a year just to enjoy the [-]th day of the Chinese New Year. It sounds unreasonable, but for most ordinary people, The family reunion on the [-]th was full of happiness and happiness, which was enough for them to look back on the year and look forward to the next success with hope.

Meng Tong thought about it, but Xie Qiao didn't respond, so he couldn't help worrying: "You don't want to hang out with me in bed for ten days, do you?"

Xie Qiao grabbed his hand and said with a smile: "Even if you want to hang out with me for ten days, I will not agree, otherwise after ten days, we can go directly to the palace."

Meng Tong didn't react for a while, and when his head turned around, he shook off Xie Qiao's hand: "You are the one who wants to be a eunuch."

After speaking, he looked at the snow outside the window, Xie Qiao circled him.

"Do you want to try being the master for a while?" Xie Qiao suggested.

Meng Tong was a little curious about what it meant to be a master once, and how a servant could become a master.

Xie Qiao saw that he didn't understand, so he leaned into his ear and said, "You are the master, and I will be your little servant, and I will take you to places that only the master would go to."

Meng Tong became interested, so he immediately agreed, and pushed Xie Qiao away after speaking.

"There is no servant who hugs his master, you are guilty of the crime, and you will be fined." Meng Tong pretended to be serious and said to Xie Qiao.

Xie Qiao immediately catered to him, making a submissive look.

"Master Meng, don't send me monthly money, I still have to support my wife."

Meng Tong blushed, put one hand behind his back and said, "If you don't want to be fined, take me to a place where you can have fun."

He imitated the playboy's every move vividly and interestingly, Xie Qiao pursed his lips and smiled, stretched out an arm and pointed to the door and said: "Yes, please!"

The first place he brought Meng Tong to was the gambling house. There were some common people on the first floor, and it was very noisy. Some people even put on their own wives as mortgages. , It really made Meng Tong feel terrible, how could there be such a place in this world.

"Don't be afraid, we're not here." As soon as Xie Qiao finished speaking, an old man with a beard in charge came over to salute Xie Qiao and led them upstairs.

The upstairs is very quiet, compared with the one below, it is like heaven and earth, and the environment is more elegant. You can even see many noble children here.

"What's going on here?" Meng Tong tugged on La Xieqiao's sleeve and whispered.

Xie Qiao shook his hand reassuringly and said, "Master, there are some interesting things."

Meng Tong remembered that he was the master now, so there was no need to worry. They were invited to a room. There was a big table in the middle of the room. Followed by one or two servants.

"Everyone is here, the game will start immediately." The old man said, and then he lifted the black cloth, and opened a long corridor in the room, and the other end was connected to another room.There were many cages on the table, and the cages turned out to be pigs.

These are piglets, they look very cute, Meng Tong is a little ready to move, Xie Qiao sees his bright eyes, and smiles.

When the old man explained the rules of the game, Meng Tong only listened, and the one who ran the slowest won, which was really strange.

Generally, isn't it the fastest run?Why did you come here the other way around, but seeing the calm faces of other people, I think they are old customers here.

"Gentlemen, please choose your treasure."

Meng Tong stepped forward. These pigs were all the same size and breed. They looked like they were carved out of the same mold. In addition, the cages were small, so they didn't move much.

He picked one at random, and the game started, and Xie Qiao released the piglet as a servant.

"Slow down, slow down" sounded in the house.

It was so much fun that Meng Tong couldn't help but named the little pig Big Face.

"Big face, don't chase, slow down..." Meng Tong shouted excitedly.

Big Face ran slowly, turned around and glanced at Meng Tong with a groan, as if he was very dissatisfied with his name, but because of this, Big Face succeeded in lagging behind other little pigs, and Meng Tong won the first sentence.

Meng Tong jumped up laughing, Xie Qiao looked at him tolerantly, the others looked at him, no, we can name him too.

So strange names such as Cuihua, Da Niu, Little Man, Little Lady and so on came out.

Meng Tong shook his head. These people didn't look like they had no education, so why did they have such vulgar names.

Afterwards, Meng Tong wins and loses, and finally makes a small profit.

At the end, Xie Qiao asked him if he wanted to buy Big Face, and Meng Tong gave him a contemptuous look and said, "You've never raised a pig before, do you know what it looks like? Our small yard can't accommodate Big Face. "

Playing is one thing, raising pigs is another.

There are other things to do in the gambling shop. Meng Tong picked a few fun ones and had a great time playing them. Xie Qiao was also happy to see them. This gambling shop is upstairs. Also within the scope of his management, except for the first floor today, he only left some innocuous fun on the second floor.

In the afternoon, Meng Tong finally got tired of playing, and took the dozens of taels of silver he earned, which was more than his annual wages, except of course the young master rewarded him.

He said triumphantly to Xie Qiao: "Let's go, my master is happy today, let's go to Zuixianlou to eat him upside down."

Xie Qiao took the money, and the two came to Zuixianlou. Even though Meng Tong said that he wanted to eat everything, he still only ordered enough food for the two of them to be full.

The chef of Zuixianlou is one of the best in Beijing, especially the roast duck, which is really delicious, and the taste will be unforgettable for a few days.

"I'll roll it for you." Xie Qiao said, cleaned his hands, picked up the pancake, spread duck sauce on it, put green onion and cucumber strips on it, and finally the duck meat was crispy on the outside and yellow on the inside.

As soon as he saw this set of actions, Meng Tong began to swallow his saliva, and when Xie Qiao stuffed it into his mouth, Meng Tong was about to cry, this was the best in the world, it was so delicious that he wanted to cry.

He immediately started to fight by himself, eating one after another, Xie Qiao immediately stopped him.

"Wait, there are other dishes, don't worry." After speaking, Meng Tan nodded.

"Usually the ducks in Zuixianlou are ordered many days in advance, when did you order?" Meng Tong asked.

Xie Qiao said quite calmly: "Whenever the master wants to eat, there are ducks."

He can't say that Zuixian Tower is also the property of the upstairs.

Meng Tong patted him on the shoulder: "Boy, you are very promising."

The two talked for a while, and the mutton leg soup was brought up. Xie Qiao filled a bowl full for Meng Tong. The mutton tasted like that, but not too strong. Needless to say, the mutton soup , take a sip, and the whole person is warmed up.

"It's so cool!" Meng Tong exclaimed.

Afterwards, they ate several famous dishes of Zuixianlou. After eating, Mengtong finally put down his chopsticks, and he burped heavily against the back of the chair.

The two walked back and saw the snow along the way, and because they drank mutton soup, they were not too cold.

This day was too fulfilling, he had never played, ate, and drank so wantonly. After entering the house, Xie Qiao waited on him to wash, doing what a competent servant could do.

Meng Tong looked down at Xie Qiao who was wiping his feet, and cupped Xie Qiao's face with both hands.

"Xie Qiao, I'm really happy today." He said sincerely.

With a smile in Xie Qiao's eyes, he kissed Meng Tong's hand, then got up and suddenly pressed Meng Tong on the bed and said, "This servant is so competent, why should the master reward some servants?"

Meng Tong blushed, took Xie Qiao's hand and put it on his underwear belt and said, "There is no reward, because tonight, you want to be a good young master from now on."

With desire in Xie Qiao's eyes, he slipped on his slippers and put down the curtain.

"Of course, my lord."