marry a weak waist
Chapter 43
The cloud of sorrow dissipated, the heat came back, the golden crows were like fire, the cicadas were hoarse, and autumn just turned around in front of the door and went away again.
However, as August is approaching, all schools are busy for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Meng Yu has always had a lot of socializing, either setting up dinners in Luoying Lane or drinking at the banquets of some grown-ups, and often comes back drunk from eating, and sleeps in the Yinlian Room when she comes back.
Ever since he played hard with Mengyao that morning, he felt a little annoyed in his heart, and there was always a gloomy look on his brows.
After watching on the sidelines for a few days, Yinlian couldn't help but persuade him, "No matter what you and your wife are having trouble with, it doesn't look good if you don't talk for a few days, and you won't be happy yourself. Why don't you go and apologize to your wife, she is soft-hearted Wouldn't it be nice to live in peace after passing you by?"
Yinlian is also busy with learning how to socialize recently, although she doesn't go to the banquet to see guests, she often stumbles in the old lady's room just learning to drink and talk, and she can't eat raw food, she seems to have lost weight again.
Watching her tune the pipa strings on the couch, Meng Yu always thought of the time when she first met Meng Yu, the pitiful appearance of Meng Yu at that time was exactly the same as the faint sadness in Yinlian's smile now.
He waved to Yinlian on the couch, and Yinlian went over with her pipa in her arms, and sat beside him, "I didn't want to talk about it, but I think, although you said last time that you and your wife are a superficial couple, is this really true?" I can see that you regard her as your serious first wife in your heart, but you just don't want to speak. I can't tell between us, let alone between you, I only know that if you have her in your heart, you will You have to tell her, otherwise if the two of you stay together lightly, even if you stay together for the rest of your life, your life will be in vain."
In the past few days, when he talked about Mengyuan, he seemed unwilling to discuss it in depth, and was always silent.In fact, what he said that day is still in my ears. In the past, he and Meng Yuan were superficially married.
He had a sad plan in his heart and didn't tell anyone about it.
Still embracing Yinlian loosely on the face, plucking a pipa string, "Thank you for thinking about these things for me, I have my own plan. But you, what are you doing with the chords?"
Yinlian didn't ask any further questions, and looked at the pipa with her face down, "Madam said a few days ago, didn't you invite Luo Tongzhi from the Salt Transportation Department? He said he likes to listen to the pipa, and asked me to play it for him at the banquet."
The invitation post was still posted by Meng Yu. He just remembered it and nodded, "The one named Luo likes pipa."
He also likes beauties, especially those who are weak and delicate like Yinlian.Meng Yu looked at Yinlian's face and forced a smile, "Are you good at socializing?"
Yinlian looked at him with a smile, with the determination of a moth to a flame, "The old lady said that I am better than Miss Mei back then, and I can learn it as soon as I learn it. But I still have no idea in my heart. Your official affairs."
"It can't be broken, and the person surnamed Luo is not a very important person."
Meng Yushi didn't like to socialize with Luo, so there was nothing he could do. In order to deal with Dong Mo's side, he wrote to Chu Pei to find out what he said. Zhang Mi should be pushed out to take the blame.If something happened to Zhang Mi, the Salt Transport Envoy would be the top man surnamed Luo, and he would deal with him from now on.
Zhang Mi was still kept in the dark and didn't know anything. At first, he was anxious about Liu Chaoru's going to Nanjing. When he turned around and saw that Meng Yu was calm, he followed suit. How did he know that Meng Yu was behind him? Hit his mind.
Even Meng Yu didn't know about this matter. First, she hadn't spoken to Meng Yu for several days; Just don't talk to her much.
Mengtiao only knew that Meng Yu had ordered Luo Tongzhi to be treated well, but he only guessed that Meng Yu might have some close relationship with this Luo in official business.Anyway, she didn't want her to socialize, and she didn't bother to ask.
It's just that since Yinlian was going to socialize, she had to ask Yinlian if she could take on the meeting.So I walked into the old lady's room and saw that the old lady had just finished dinner and was smoking a cigarette pipe with her legs crossed on the couch.
Mengyu sat down and asked: "Mother, what do you think of Yinlian these days, is it good or not?"
The old lady hadn't seen her for a few days, and she kept talking: "I was just going to find a time to talk to you, Yinlian, she is a clever person, and she can learn everything quickly. You see, she just entered I didn’t know anything when I was in Fufu, so I asked a master to teach her the pipa. It’s only been a few months, and she’s already better than those singers! I think she’s smarter than Mei Qing. When I say this, Mei Qing still can’t hear it. Not happy."
Mentioning Mei Qing, Meng Yuan became suspicious again, "Recently I see Mei Qing often going out in a sedan chair, why is she so busy?"
"I don't know, with Mei Qing's temperament, what will you tell me?" The old lady smiled and knocked on the cigarette ash, and her eyes fell on her, "I see that you are often away from home recently, and you are still busy with that Dong's participation in politics?"
Meng Tiao nodded, just smiled and kept silent.The old lady took a closer look at her, noticed some unusual colors, and suddenly raised her spirits, "I seem to hear that you have something wrong with Brother Yu recently? Yinlian said that Brother Yu slept on her bed for several days. What are you doing in the house?"
Asked so that Mengyu remained silent, with a smile on his lips, and raised his eyes leisurely, with a bit of bewildered comfort, "I just need to settle the accounts with him, what's the trouble? No trouble. I heard that the other side of Nanjing He detained a businessman surnamed Xie and had some dealings with them in the salt business, and he was worried about this matter."
The old lady looked around, although she didn't look into it deeply, she could see a more indifferent attitude on her face than before.
The old lady took a few puffs of cigarettes in silence, and sighed behind the smoke screen, "There is a lot of entanglement between this husband and wife. Do you think that the two of them will live in peace without paying attention to the other? As long as there is a little trouble outside, you will also want to talk about it." We are implicated. After all, we are a family, no matter how good the surname is Dong, you have to distinguish between public and private, so as not to delay the big event."
Hearing this, Meng Yuan glanced at her, "What did Brother Yu say to Mother?"
"Brother Yu has always been bored, what would you say to me?" The old lady smiled, her fox-like eyes pondering on Mengyu's face, "But I'm not blind, and you were born by me, so I can do whatever you want." Guess a little. What are you guys up to lately? Isn’t it because of that Dong? Why did you flirt with that Dong in the first place, don’t forget. I think Brother Yu is right, other men are messing around It doesn't matter if you mess around, but this Dong is a deadly person, so don't get confused."
After this beating, Meng Tiao returned to the room and felt confused again, unable to make up his mind.
In a daze, the next day I heard that Dong Mo was visiting home.Meng Tiao thought he had heard it wrong, and only after asking the manager at the bottom did he find out that it was Liu Chaoru who wrote a letter to Dong Mo from Nanjing, and sent a letter from his family along with it, asking him to forward it to Mei Qing.
It's a hot day today, and Dong Mo can send a servant to deliver the letter, but he thinks about it secretly, Meng Tiao is in this mansion, so I don't know if he can bump into her?
Sitting in the living room in this room, looking out of the window, it is not a dream to see girls in red shirts and green sleeves running through the thick shadows.How could Meng Tiao ask him to meet here? It's too late to hide, the more so, the more interesting it is to play hide-and-seek.
With a sleepy smile on his face, he sipped his tea with a polite and unrestrained manner.People with good backgrounds seem to be born with just the right amount of self-satisfaction, unpretentious, and open-minded.
Meng Yu watched carefully from above, and suddenly felt jealousy and hatred in his heart.He teased with a half-smile, "It's almost the festive season, and there is a lot of traffic at home, and it's a bit messy, it's a joke for Brother Dong."
Dong Mo glanced at him, shook his head with a smile, "Meng's mansion is self-effacing, and Zun's mansion has always been full of wonders and interesting things."
Speaking of "wonderfulness", he put down the teacup and handed over Liu Chaoru's family letter, "Please pass it on to Mrs. Liu."
Meng Yu took a look at it and put it on the case, "Brother Jin is also a little interesting. I sent a letter from my family and didn't send it home. Instead, I asked Brother Dong to forward it. I know that Brother Dong is busy..."
"He sent me official documents, and he sent them along the way."
Meng Yu smiled suspiciously, "I thought he was going to Nanjing to visit his mother, and he was still on business? I didn't hear that the county government had any business dealings with Nanjing recently."
Unexpectedly, Dong Mo didn't hide it at all, but seemed to be deterrent, "I entrusted him with an official business. The Nanjing side detained a salt merchant from Jinan, and the salt sold was lower than the market price. The Nanjing side suspected He is a little unclean in Yanyin. He produces salt in Jinan, so I asked Shuwang to go there personally to ask whether it has anything to do with Jinan."
"Then, is it related?" Meng Yu ordered the servant to bring new tea, and said with a smile, "I have some contacts with Mr. Zhang Mizhang of the Salt Transportation Department, hiss...he has been doing it for more than ten years. The salt transport envoy has always been cautious and self-respecting as an official, how could he get involved in such a case?"
These words seemed to be distinguished by Zhang Mi, but they pushed him to the front secretly.Dong Mo looked at him, smiled and raised his eyebrows, "The other side of Nanjing hasn't asked clearly yet, why does Meng Futai think it has something to do with Mr. Zhang?"
Meng Yulang laughed loudly, "Oh, the sudden mention of salt deficiency, I naturally thought of Mr. Zhang. Brother Dong has tea."
Dong Mo picked up the teacup from the boy's hand, and scraped the tea froth, "If Meng Futai's words are heard by people with a lot of heart, I'm afraid there will be a rift after years of friendship."
Meng Yu slumped secretly, so she had to smile and pass by, handing the letter on the case to the young man and asking him to hand it over to his wife.
Meng Yao received the letter and was going to pass it on to Mei Qing, so he had to take a detour to the front yard to the East Garden.Along the way, seeing the six roads and listening to all directions, I secretly hoped that I would always see Dong Mo coming out on which road.
It's also very strange, the two people who are clearly seen often, but this time they both have some different moods, like playing a game, hiding some hope and panic.
Meng Tiao purposefully stayed on the road, and could faintly hear Meng Yu and Dong Mo's laughing voices.She hurriedly found a rockery to hide, and hid in the cave eagerly looking around.
After a while, Meng Yu led Dong Mo from a small path to an open place, passing by a small pond, and saw green leaves floating in the water, and pink lotus standing in a pavilion. A rockery was built on the opposite table, and a cave was dug underneath. Baolan's skirt fluttered around, attracting Dong Mo's attention.
Meng Yu happened to see it too, her heart was like smoke, and she had to smile, "The girl at home has no rules, let Brother Dong laugh at her."
Dong Mo knew in his heart that the owner of the corner of the skirt was Meng Tiao, so he cut his arms and looked at it for a while.The skirt seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly pulled it into the cave.He further smiled, "Thousands of green willows, a little feihong."
Meng Yu was half sad, half melancholy, and stretched her sleeves forward, "Brother Dong, please."
After the two left lightly, Meng Tiao came out of the cave and stopped to look at it for a while, until the clear wind in the garden swept away the two days of depression, then he turned his back to Mei Qing's room with a smile on his face.
Mei Qing received the letter with a calm expression on her face, she was not in a hurry to open it, she casually put it aside, and asked the girl to serve a pot of iced tea.
Meng Tiao was in a good mood, so he had time to persuade her: "When you wanted to marry, you should be good. There is a flaw in everything, and everything is according to your wishes. How can there be such a good thing?"
"Where am I not doing well?" Mei Qing listened to this sentence, and felt that she had exposed her dignity, and she felt unhappy, and sneered, "Sister has such leisure, it's important to worry about her own affairs. I Those who are in harmony with Shuwang don’t need anyone to persuade them. But some people eat what’s in the bowl and look at what’s in the pot, but let’s say goodbye, and it’s good to beat the eggs at both ends.”
Mengyu secretly regretted her talkativeness, and even didn't bother to ask about her buying and selling outside, so she left in a rage.
Mei Qing was also angry, thinking that the tea was too cold, she scolded the girl a few times, and then remembered to open Liu Chaoru's letter to read.There wasn't a single extra sentence in the letter, but it was a report of safety, and the words were polite and alienated.
She rolled her eyelids violently, causing the girl to light a candle, put it on the flame and burn it completely.
When everything turns to ashes, money matters turn around.It so happened that a woman came in and offered a bundle with a smile on her face, "This is the one from outside that I asked to bring in for my wife, and it is said to be the 150 taels of interest from last month."
Mei Qing stood up, opened the burden, and then smiled, "It's really what Mrs. Ma said, this business is more profitable than other businesses."
"Zhang Laitou asked if the money from the wife is still there? If he doesn't let him go, he will ask someone to return it."
"Let it go, why don't you let it go?" As she said that, Mei Qing asked the girl to bring out another 500 taels to her mother-in-law, "Even this place is also released for me, you tell him, and he will let it go for me, the benefits are indispensable to him .”
After the woman left, Mei Qing leaned on the couch, holding several ingots on the kang table in her hands in turn, a cluster of dense shadows projected from Meiye's face, shaking unpredictable light and shadow.
Because of the changeability of current events, people's hearts are also changeable.Meng Tiao was depressed and worried two days ago, but after seeing Dong Mo at home, his mood seemed to be lifted from the clouds, and a few rays of light came out.
Up to now, she just let everything go with the flow with a kind of doomsday joy and a muddle-headed attitude.Otherwise, what can she do? She has no determination to harm Dong Mo, nor can she get rid of the delicate shackles on her shoulders.
Her face was propped up in the late evening when the fragrance of the sinking water faded away, and her thoughts were hidden in her happiness.
The garden tree was singing orioles, and the sun was setting far away. Dong Mo looked at the letter from Liu Chaoru again in the small study.The letter said how to intimidate and torture the businessman surnamed Xie, and finally came up with some words, explaining his hands and feet in Yanyin in the past few years, and Zhang Mi and Meng Yu also confessed.
According to Dong Mo's plan, the imperial court was forced to order a strict investigation on this pass.As long as the imperial court makes a decree, this side will join forces with Shao Yu to investigate and deal with the case of smuggling salt. By then, Meng Yu and others will be exonerated from capital crimes and living crimes will also be inevitable.
So he wrote a reply letter to Liu Chaoru immediately, and took advantage of the situation to write a memorial to Shen Mengyu and others who were short of salt tax, and called the man Xiechun to send it to the two capitals.
Meng Tiao heard it from the couch at the other end, and her heartstrings couldn't help being tense. When the man Xie Chun left, Dong Mo came to the small hall, and she tentatively asked: "Is it because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, so I want to send a letter to my family?"
There was some subtle mystery in Dong Mo's smile, he fell on the couch without saying a word, and flicked the hem of his clothes.Mengyu thought that he was deliberately guarding her against her, and deliberately made her aware of this precaution, so she stopped asking and turned her eyes away.
"Why don't you ask again?" Dong Mo followed her gaze instead.
Meng Tiao was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly, "If you don't tell me, I won't ask. It's something I shouldn't have known."
Just this sentence convinced Dong Mo that she was sincere.He suddenly came to his senses, sat down next to her with ease, and hugged her in his arms, "That's right, you shouldn't have to worry about many things in the first place. You just need to eat, wear and play carefree, God When it collapses, there will naturally be someone to support it.”
Mengyu raised his face, with a trace of sorrow in his eyes, "You want me to be an idler, but I was not born rich and powerful, so I can't do everything. I have something to take care of."
Dong Mo brushed away a strand of her broken hair, and smiled, "Some burdens are placed on your shoulders by others. After a long time, even you yourself feel that you should bear them. But think about it carefully, you I'm afraid you value yourself too much, and you may not be able to afford it."
Meng Yuan became unhappy when he said that, pouted his face and said: "You look down on me."
"I don't." He pinched her chin, turned her face back, with a serious expression, "This is not called looking down on you. Everyone has their own responsibilities, and the official eats the king's salary to worry about the king's worries, how about you?" , Whose salary will you take and whose worries will you bear?"
Mengyu hugged his knees, with a look of loneliness on his face, "You're saying the opposite. Those who become officials want to be officials first, and then they eat the king's salary when they become officials. In fact, it's for themselves. Everything is for the benefit. Only when we strive for the first place, will we have the responsibility.”
Dong Mo sent his hands away, nodded with a smile, "You're right, but people are the easiest to get lost, and what you fight for may not be what you want. Have you really thought about what you really want?"
There was a gleam in her eyes.I really haven't thought about it, because I never dare to expect extravagantly, and even deliberately avoid it.For those who are born poor, love is an illusory fantasy, easy to provoke ridicule, and also extremely unstable and unreliable.That's why he used a sneering indifference to maintain his self-esteem and kill his desire.
However, contradictions are what people naturally need warmth and love. They are inexhaustible wildfires, and they often pop up, causing her to often suffer.
She stared blankly at Dong Mo, feeling her surging desire.Those longings were easily satisfied by giving him a kiss suddenly.
He kissed her, got up from his seat, and poured tea on the table.He just walked away, Meng Yuan greedily felt that his kiss was too light, so he grabbed his skirt and chased after him, "I want tea too."
Dong Mo took a look at her, turned over a cup and poured a glass with her.She ate until her mouth became moist, and deliberately pursed her lips under his eyelids.He pursed his lips until his lips turned red, so Dong Mo put down the teacup and hugged her to kiss her.
With her eyes closed, Meng Tiao was slightly lifted up by him, so she had to rest on her toes, all three souls and six souls were a little bit fuzzy and couldn't find their way, humming softly.
"Hum what?"
As soon as she opened her eyes, Dong Mo smiled close at hand, with a nasty look on her face, one hand pulled her clothes behind her back, and rolled them into her back, "Hum again."
Meng Yu had forgotten how to hum, her arms hung on his shoulders, her face blushing helplessly.He didn't want his hand to swim forward slowly, and pinched her unexpectedly.As soon as she hummed, the teacup in her hand fell down, splashing tea soup all over his body.
She immediately raised her head and laughed, "Look, you're so self-inflicted!"
Dong Mo had no choice but to let go of her, flicked the water in his chest, and turned his back to change clothes in the bedroom.In fact, he was not that anxious, just a little bit of uncontrollable fun.
He had long-term plans for her, and through the door curtain, his plans floated out like a dream, "I'll tell you something interesting. A few days ago, I saw a bird at Mengfutai's house, with long hair and It's full of beautiful feathers. It's just a dumb bird, it doesn't know how to fly out when the cage is opened."
Mengyu couldn't hear it clearly, so he chased under the curtain, picked a crack secretly, and watched him loosen his clothes in front of the screen, "What did you say?"
He said it again, and Mengtiao realized that the words were mocking her, and looked at his flaccid back muscles from afar, "There may not be such a stupid bird!"
Dong Mo turned his back and smiled, "At first I thought so too, but later I learned that there is a bird in this world that cannot fly after birth. No one taught it to fly, it doesn't know what the wings are for, it doesn't I have seen empty valleys and secluded forests, and thought that the so-called mountains and forests were the cage."
Speaking of this verse, he put on his white coat and turned around.Meng Tiao was startled, and hurriedly dropped the curtain, thinking that it was a scar on his chest.The scar was the size of a knife, ferocious and powerful.
She was flustered, but he sighed generously from behind the curtain, "Other birds are flying around looking for food, he watched them eat and drink in the cage, and laughed at them for going through the wind and rain and getting muddy all over their bodies. It thinks it is very smart, but in fact it has never experienced the weight of the raindrops on its wings, so naturally it cannot appreciate the lightness after the rainstorm. If you ask it why it doesn’t fly, it will say that it is afraid of falling.”
After saying that, the curtain was lifted, and he stood in front of her with his robe loose, and smiled maliciously, "Tie the belt for me."
Mengtiao seemed to be caught as a thief and had to be slaughtered by him.She lowered her face inch by inch, raised her hands and grabbed his two clothes straps, and gave him a quick look, "It's human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death."
"People are always bound to die." Dong Mo sighed, looking down at her hand, the hand was trembling, and it couldn't be tied well.He laughed again, "What are you afraid of?"
The breath of hot flashes was very close, blowing on Mengyu's forehead, even her whole face was hot.As soon as she got angry, she threw away her hand, "I won't tie it anymore, you can tie it yourself!"
She went straight back to the couch, leaned against the wall angrily, put her chin on her knees, and didn't look at him.
Dong Mo tied up his clothes and brought them over, tilted his face and looked at her for a while, then hugged her again, "You said that bird, if it is willing to try to fly, who said it is destined to fall to death? There's a hand following it."
Meng Yuan raised his face, trying to believe, but at the same time always worrying too much.Although everyone understands these principles, not everyone can live a happy life.
But at this moment, she finally understands a little bit, her bottomless desire of dissatisfaction only needs a little love to make up for it, maybe a lot of love.
She was still blushing, but she dared to stretch her waist to hug him, and wipe a little tear on his shoulder.
Dong Mo was almost thrown down by her, propped up the couch with one hand, and wrapped her waist with the other, holding her tightly.He said: "Don't worry, think slowly, I'll wait for you."
The author says:
However, as August is approaching, all schools are busy for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Meng Yu has always had a lot of socializing, either setting up dinners in Luoying Lane or drinking at the banquets of some grown-ups, and often comes back drunk from eating, and sleeps in the Yinlian Room when she comes back.
Ever since he played hard with Mengyao that morning, he felt a little annoyed in his heart, and there was always a gloomy look on his brows.
After watching on the sidelines for a few days, Yinlian couldn't help but persuade him, "No matter what you and your wife are having trouble with, it doesn't look good if you don't talk for a few days, and you won't be happy yourself. Why don't you go and apologize to your wife, she is soft-hearted Wouldn't it be nice to live in peace after passing you by?"
Yinlian is also busy with learning how to socialize recently, although she doesn't go to the banquet to see guests, she often stumbles in the old lady's room just learning to drink and talk, and she can't eat raw food, she seems to have lost weight again.
Watching her tune the pipa strings on the couch, Meng Yu always thought of the time when she first met Meng Yu, the pitiful appearance of Meng Yu at that time was exactly the same as the faint sadness in Yinlian's smile now.
He waved to Yinlian on the couch, and Yinlian went over with her pipa in her arms, and sat beside him, "I didn't want to talk about it, but I think, although you said last time that you and your wife are a superficial couple, is this really true?" I can see that you regard her as your serious first wife in your heart, but you just don't want to speak. I can't tell between us, let alone between you, I only know that if you have her in your heart, you will You have to tell her, otherwise if the two of you stay together lightly, even if you stay together for the rest of your life, your life will be in vain."
In the past few days, when he talked about Mengyuan, he seemed unwilling to discuss it in depth, and was always silent.In fact, what he said that day is still in my ears. In the past, he and Meng Yuan were superficially married.
He had a sad plan in his heart and didn't tell anyone about it.
Still embracing Yinlian loosely on the face, plucking a pipa string, "Thank you for thinking about these things for me, I have my own plan. But you, what are you doing with the chords?"
Yinlian didn't ask any further questions, and looked at the pipa with her face down, "Madam said a few days ago, didn't you invite Luo Tongzhi from the Salt Transportation Department? He said he likes to listen to the pipa, and asked me to play it for him at the banquet."
The invitation post was still posted by Meng Yu. He just remembered it and nodded, "The one named Luo likes pipa."
He also likes beauties, especially those who are weak and delicate like Yinlian.Meng Yu looked at Yinlian's face and forced a smile, "Are you good at socializing?"
Yinlian looked at him with a smile, with the determination of a moth to a flame, "The old lady said that I am better than Miss Mei back then, and I can learn it as soon as I learn it. But I still have no idea in my heart. Your official affairs."
"It can't be broken, and the person surnamed Luo is not a very important person."
Meng Yushi didn't like to socialize with Luo, so there was nothing he could do. In order to deal with Dong Mo's side, he wrote to Chu Pei to find out what he said. Zhang Mi should be pushed out to take the blame.If something happened to Zhang Mi, the Salt Transport Envoy would be the top man surnamed Luo, and he would deal with him from now on.
Zhang Mi was still kept in the dark and didn't know anything. At first, he was anxious about Liu Chaoru's going to Nanjing. When he turned around and saw that Meng Yu was calm, he followed suit. How did he know that Meng Yu was behind him? Hit his mind.
Even Meng Yu didn't know about this matter. First, she hadn't spoken to Meng Yu for several days; Just don't talk to her much.
Mengtiao only knew that Meng Yu had ordered Luo Tongzhi to be treated well, but he only guessed that Meng Yu might have some close relationship with this Luo in official business.Anyway, she didn't want her to socialize, and she didn't bother to ask.
It's just that since Yinlian was going to socialize, she had to ask Yinlian if she could take on the meeting.So I walked into the old lady's room and saw that the old lady had just finished dinner and was smoking a cigarette pipe with her legs crossed on the couch.
Mengyu sat down and asked: "Mother, what do you think of Yinlian these days, is it good or not?"
The old lady hadn't seen her for a few days, and she kept talking: "I was just going to find a time to talk to you, Yinlian, she is a clever person, and she can learn everything quickly. You see, she just entered I didn’t know anything when I was in Fufu, so I asked a master to teach her the pipa. It’s only been a few months, and she’s already better than those singers! I think she’s smarter than Mei Qing. When I say this, Mei Qing still can’t hear it. Not happy."
Mentioning Mei Qing, Meng Yuan became suspicious again, "Recently I see Mei Qing often going out in a sedan chair, why is she so busy?"
"I don't know, with Mei Qing's temperament, what will you tell me?" The old lady smiled and knocked on the cigarette ash, and her eyes fell on her, "I see that you are often away from home recently, and you are still busy with that Dong's participation in politics?"
Meng Tiao nodded, just smiled and kept silent.The old lady took a closer look at her, noticed some unusual colors, and suddenly raised her spirits, "I seem to hear that you have something wrong with Brother Yu recently? Yinlian said that Brother Yu slept on her bed for several days. What are you doing in the house?"
Asked so that Mengyu remained silent, with a smile on his lips, and raised his eyes leisurely, with a bit of bewildered comfort, "I just need to settle the accounts with him, what's the trouble? No trouble. I heard that the other side of Nanjing He detained a businessman surnamed Xie and had some dealings with them in the salt business, and he was worried about this matter."
The old lady looked around, although she didn't look into it deeply, she could see a more indifferent attitude on her face than before.
The old lady took a few puffs of cigarettes in silence, and sighed behind the smoke screen, "There is a lot of entanglement between this husband and wife. Do you think that the two of them will live in peace without paying attention to the other? As long as there is a little trouble outside, you will also want to talk about it." We are implicated. After all, we are a family, no matter how good the surname is Dong, you have to distinguish between public and private, so as not to delay the big event."
Hearing this, Meng Yuan glanced at her, "What did Brother Yu say to Mother?"
"Brother Yu has always been bored, what would you say to me?" The old lady smiled, her fox-like eyes pondering on Mengyu's face, "But I'm not blind, and you were born by me, so I can do whatever you want." Guess a little. What are you guys up to lately? Isn’t it because of that Dong? Why did you flirt with that Dong in the first place, don’t forget. I think Brother Yu is right, other men are messing around It doesn't matter if you mess around, but this Dong is a deadly person, so don't get confused."
After this beating, Meng Tiao returned to the room and felt confused again, unable to make up his mind.
In a daze, the next day I heard that Dong Mo was visiting home.Meng Tiao thought he had heard it wrong, and only after asking the manager at the bottom did he find out that it was Liu Chaoru who wrote a letter to Dong Mo from Nanjing, and sent a letter from his family along with it, asking him to forward it to Mei Qing.
It's a hot day today, and Dong Mo can send a servant to deliver the letter, but he thinks about it secretly, Meng Tiao is in this mansion, so I don't know if he can bump into her?
Sitting in the living room in this room, looking out of the window, it is not a dream to see girls in red shirts and green sleeves running through the thick shadows.How could Meng Tiao ask him to meet here? It's too late to hide, the more so, the more interesting it is to play hide-and-seek.
With a sleepy smile on his face, he sipped his tea with a polite and unrestrained manner.People with good backgrounds seem to be born with just the right amount of self-satisfaction, unpretentious, and open-minded.
Meng Yu watched carefully from above, and suddenly felt jealousy and hatred in his heart.He teased with a half-smile, "It's almost the festive season, and there is a lot of traffic at home, and it's a bit messy, it's a joke for Brother Dong."
Dong Mo glanced at him, shook his head with a smile, "Meng's mansion is self-effacing, and Zun's mansion has always been full of wonders and interesting things."
Speaking of "wonderfulness", he put down the teacup and handed over Liu Chaoru's family letter, "Please pass it on to Mrs. Liu."
Meng Yu took a look at it and put it on the case, "Brother Jin is also a little interesting. I sent a letter from my family and didn't send it home. Instead, I asked Brother Dong to forward it. I know that Brother Dong is busy..."
"He sent me official documents, and he sent them along the way."
Meng Yu smiled suspiciously, "I thought he was going to Nanjing to visit his mother, and he was still on business? I didn't hear that the county government had any business dealings with Nanjing recently."
Unexpectedly, Dong Mo didn't hide it at all, but seemed to be deterrent, "I entrusted him with an official business. The Nanjing side detained a salt merchant from Jinan, and the salt sold was lower than the market price. The Nanjing side suspected He is a little unclean in Yanyin. He produces salt in Jinan, so I asked Shuwang to go there personally to ask whether it has anything to do with Jinan."
"Then, is it related?" Meng Yu ordered the servant to bring new tea, and said with a smile, "I have some contacts with Mr. Zhang Mizhang of the Salt Transportation Department, hiss...he has been doing it for more than ten years. The salt transport envoy has always been cautious and self-respecting as an official, how could he get involved in such a case?"
These words seemed to be distinguished by Zhang Mi, but they pushed him to the front secretly.Dong Mo looked at him, smiled and raised his eyebrows, "The other side of Nanjing hasn't asked clearly yet, why does Meng Futai think it has something to do with Mr. Zhang?"
Meng Yulang laughed loudly, "Oh, the sudden mention of salt deficiency, I naturally thought of Mr. Zhang. Brother Dong has tea."
Dong Mo picked up the teacup from the boy's hand, and scraped the tea froth, "If Meng Futai's words are heard by people with a lot of heart, I'm afraid there will be a rift after years of friendship."
Meng Yu slumped secretly, so she had to smile and pass by, handing the letter on the case to the young man and asking him to hand it over to his wife.
Meng Yao received the letter and was going to pass it on to Mei Qing, so he had to take a detour to the front yard to the East Garden.Along the way, seeing the six roads and listening to all directions, I secretly hoped that I would always see Dong Mo coming out on which road.
It's also very strange, the two people who are clearly seen often, but this time they both have some different moods, like playing a game, hiding some hope and panic.
Meng Tiao purposefully stayed on the road, and could faintly hear Meng Yu and Dong Mo's laughing voices.She hurriedly found a rockery to hide, and hid in the cave eagerly looking around.
After a while, Meng Yu led Dong Mo from a small path to an open place, passing by a small pond, and saw green leaves floating in the water, and pink lotus standing in a pavilion. A rockery was built on the opposite table, and a cave was dug underneath. Baolan's skirt fluttered around, attracting Dong Mo's attention.
Meng Yu happened to see it too, her heart was like smoke, and she had to smile, "The girl at home has no rules, let Brother Dong laugh at her."
Dong Mo knew in his heart that the owner of the corner of the skirt was Meng Tiao, so he cut his arms and looked at it for a while.The skirt seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly pulled it into the cave.He further smiled, "Thousands of green willows, a little feihong."
Meng Yu was half sad, half melancholy, and stretched her sleeves forward, "Brother Dong, please."
After the two left lightly, Meng Tiao came out of the cave and stopped to look at it for a while, until the clear wind in the garden swept away the two days of depression, then he turned his back to Mei Qing's room with a smile on his face.
Mei Qing received the letter with a calm expression on her face, she was not in a hurry to open it, she casually put it aside, and asked the girl to serve a pot of iced tea.
Meng Tiao was in a good mood, so he had time to persuade her: "When you wanted to marry, you should be good. There is a flaw in everything, and everything is according to your wishes. How can there be such a good thing?"
"Where am I not doing well?" Mei Qing listened to this sentence, and felt that she had exposed her dignity, and she felt unhappy, and sneered, "Sister has such leisure, it's important to worry about her own affairs. I Those who are in harmony with Shuwang don’t need anyone to persuade them. But some people eat what’s in the bowl and look at what’s in the pot, but let’s say goodbye, and it’s good to beat the eggs at both ends.”
Mengyu secretly regretted her talkativeness, and even didn't bother to ask about her buying and selling outside, so she left in a rage.
Mei Qing was also angry, thinking that the tea was too cold, she scolded the girl a few times, and then remembered to open Liu Chaoru's letter to read.There wasn't a single extra sentence in the letter, but it was a report of safety, and the words were polite and alienated.
She rolled her eyelids violently, causing the girl to light a candle, put it on the flame and burn it completely.
When everything turns to ashes, money matters turn around.It so happened that a woman came in and offered a bundle with a smile on her face, "This is the one from outside that I asked to bring in for my wife, and it is said to be the 150 taels of interest from last month."
Mei Qing stood up, opened the burden, and then smiled, "It's really what Mrs. Ma said, this business is more profitable than other businesses."
"Zhang Laitou asked if the money from the wife is still there? If he doesn't let him go, he will ask someone to return it."
"Let it go, why don't you let it go?" As she said that, Mei Qing asked the girl to bring out another 500 taels to her mother-in-law, "Even this place is also released for me, you tell him, and he will let it go for me, the benefits are indispensable to him .”
After the woman left, Mei Qing leaned on the couch, holding several ingots on the kang table in her hands in turn, a cluster of dense shadows projected from Meiye's face, shaking unpredictable light and shadow.
Because of the changeability of current events, people's hearts are also changeable.Meng Tiao was depressed and worried two days ago, but after seeing Dong Mo at home, his mood seemed to be lifted from the clouds, and a few rays of light came out.
Up to now, she just let everything go with the flow with a kind of doomsday joy and a muddle-headed attitude.Otherwise, what can she do? She has no determination to harm Dong Mo, nor can she get rid of the delicate shackles on her shoulders.
Her face was propped up in the late evening when the fragrance of the sinking water faded away, and her thoughts were hidden in her happiness.
The garden tree was singing orioles, and the sun was setting far away. Dong Mo looked at the letter from Liu Chaoru again in the small study.The letter said how to intimidate and torture the businessman surnamed Xie, and finally came up with some words, explaining his hands and feet in Yanyin in the past few years, and Zhang Mi and Meng Yu also confessed.
According to Dong Mo's plan, the imperial court was forced to order a strict investigation on this pass.As long as the imperial court makes a decree, this side will join forces with Shao Yu to investigate and deal with the case of smuggling salt. By then, Meng Yu and others will be exonerated from capital crimes and living crimes will also be inevitable.
So he wrote a reply letter to Liu Chaoru immediately, and took advantage of the situation to write a memorial to Shen Mengyu and others who were short of salt tax, and called the man Xiechun to send it to the two capitals.
Meng Tiao heard it from the couch at the other end, and her heartstrings couldn't help being tense. When the man Xie Chun left, Dong Mo came to the small hall, and she tentatively asked: "Is it because the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, so I want to send a letter to my family?"
There was some subtle mystery in Dong Mo's smile, he fell on the couch without saying a word, and flicked the hem of his clothes.Mengyu thought that he was deliberately guarding her against her, and deliberately made her aware of this precaution, so she stopped asking and turned her eyes away.
"Why don't you ask again?" Dong Mo followed her gaze instead.
Meng Tiao was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly, "If you don't tell me, I won't ask. It's something I shouldn't have known."
Just this sentence convinced Dong Mo that she was sincere.He suddenly came to his senses, sat down next to her with ease, and hugged her in his arms, "That's right, you shouldn't have to worry about many things in the first place. You just need to eat, wear and play carefree, God When it collapses, there will naturally be someone to support it.”
Mengyu raised his face, with a trace of sorrow in his eyes, "You want me to be an idler, but I was not born rich and powerful, so I can't do everything. I have something to take care of."
Dong Mo brushed away a strand of her broken hair, and smiled, "Some burdens are placed on your shoulders by others. After a long time, even you yourself feel that you should bear them. But think about it carefully, you I'm afraid you value yourself too much, and you may not be able to afford it."
Meng Yuan became unhappy when he said that, pouted his face and said: "You look down on me."
"I don't." He pinched her chin, turned her face back, with a serious expression, "This is not called looking down on you. Everyone has their own responsibilities, and the official eats the king's salary to worry about the king's worries, how about you?" , Whose salary will you take and whose worries will you bear?"
Mengyu hugged his knees, with a look of loneliness on his face, "You're saying the opposite. Those who become officials want to be officials first, and then they eat the king's salary when they become officials. In fact, it's for themselves. Everything is for the benefit. Only when we strive for the first place, will we have the responsibility.”
Dong Mo sent his hands away, nodded with a smile, "You're right, but people are the easiest to get lost, and what you fight for may not be what you want. Have you really thought about what you really want?"
There was a gleam in her eyes.I really haven't thought about it, because I never dare to expect extravagantly, and even deliberately avoid it.For those who are born poor, love is an illusory fantasy, easy to provoke ridicule, and also extremely unstable and unreliable.That's why he used a sneering indifference to maintain his self-esteem and kill his desire.
However, contradictions are what people naturally need warmth and love. They are inexhaustible wildfires, and they often pop up, causing her to often suffer.
She stared blankly at Dong Mo, feeling her surging desire.Those longings were easily satisfied by giving him a kiss suddenly.
He kissed her, got up from his seat, and poured tea on the table.He just walked away, Meng Yuan greedily felt that his kiss was too light, so he grabbed his skirt and chased after him, "I want tea too."
Dong Mo took a look at her, turned over a cup and poured a glass with her.She ate until her mouth became moist, and deliberately pursed her lips under his eyelids.He pursed his lips until his lips turned red, so Dong Mo put down the teacup and hugged her to kiss her.
With her eyes closed, Meng Tiao was slightly lifted up by him, so she had to rest on her toes, all three souls and six souls were a little bit fuzzy and couldn't find their way, humming softly.
"Hum what?"
As soon as she opened her eyes, Dong Mo smiled close at hand, with a nasty look on her face, one hand pulled her clothes behind her back, and rolled them into her back, "Hum again."
Meng Yu had forgotten how to hum, her arms hung on his shoulders, her face blushing helplessly.He didn't want his hand to swim forward slowly, and pinched her unexpectedly.As soon as she hummed, the teacup in her hand fell down, splashing tea soup all over his body.
She immediately raised her head and laughed, "Look, you're so self-inflicted!"
Dong Mo had no choice but to let go of her, flicked the water in his chest, and turned his back to change clothes in the bedroom.In fact, he was not that anxious, just a little bit of uncontrollable fun.
He had long-term plans for her, and through the door curtain, his plans floated out like a dream, "I'll tell you something interesting. A few days ago, I saw a bird at Mengfutai's house, with long hair and It's full of beautiful feathers. It's just a dumb bird, it doesn't know how to fly out when the cage is opened."
Mengyu couldn't hear it clearly, so he chased under the curtain, picked a crack secretly, and watched him loosen his clothes in front of the screen, "What did you say?"
He said it again, and Mengtiao realized that the words were mocking her, and looked at his flaccid back muscles from afar, "There may not be such a stupid bird!"
Dong Mo turned his back and smiled, "At first I thought so too, but later I learned that there is a bird in this world that cannot fly after birth. No one taught it to fly, it doesn't know what the wings are for, it doesn't I have seen empty valleys and secluded forests, and thought that the so-called mountains and forests were the cage."
Speaking of this verse, he put on his white coat and turned around.Meng Tiao was startled, and hurriedly dropped the curtain, thinking that it was a scar on his chest.The scar was the size of a knife, ferocious and powerful.
She was flustered, but he sighed generously from behind the curtain, "Other birds are flying around looking for food, he watched them eat and drink in the cage, and laughed at them for going through the wind and rain and getting muddy all over their bodies. It thinks it is very smart, but in fact it has never experienced the weight of the raindrops on its wings, so naturally it cannot appreciate the lightness after the rainstorm. If you ask it why it doesn’t fly, it will say that it is afraid of falling.”
After saying that, the curtain was lifted, and he stood in front of her with his robe loose, and smiled maliciously, "Tie the belt for me."
Mengtiao seemed to be caught as a thief and had to be slaughtered by him.She lowered her face inch by inch, raised her hands and grabbed his two clothes straps, and gave him a quick look, "It's human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death."
"People are always bound to die." Dong Mo sighed, looking down at her hand, the hand was trembling, and it couldn't be tied well.He laughed again, "What are you afraid of?"
The breath of hot flashes was very close, blowing on Mengyu's forehead, even her whole face was hot.As soon as she got angry, she threw away her hand, "I won't tie it anymore, you can tie it yourself!"
She went straight back to the couch, leaned against the wall angrily, put her chin on her knees, and didn't look at him.
Dong Mo tied up his clothes and brought them over, tilted his face and looked at her for a while, then hugged her again, "You said that bird, if it is willing to try to fly, who said it is destined to fall to death? There's a hand following it."
Meng Yuan raised his face, trying to believe, but at the same time always worrying too much.Although everyone understands these principles, not everyone can live a happy life.
But at this moment, she finally understands a little bit, her bottomless desire of dissatisfaction only needs a little love to make up for it, maybe a lot of love.
She was still blushing, but she dared to stretch her waist to hug him, and wipe a little tear on his shoulder.
Dong Mo was almost thrown down by her, propped up the couch with one hand, and wrapped her waist with the other, holding her tightly.He said: "Don't worry, think slowly, I'll wait for you."
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