marry a weak waist

Ordinarily, the old lady didn't want to worry about the housework in Meng's house, and she just shirked it, which made Mengyu feel a little unhappy, and because of the difficult relationship between mother and daughter, she put on a sullen face in the room for two days in a row, and felt sick again. When I was out of breath, my throat felt dry and itchy, and I coughed twice from time to time.

One day Meng Yu came home and walked outside the cave gate of Yuanpuju, when he bumped into Meng Tiao who was swearing in the courtyard, "I want you to meddle in such trivial matters? This grass grows well here, and what do you want to pull it up for? I think you are because I am not sick enough, and deliberately want to bring some disaster on me!"

The housekeeper who was being scolded hung his back under the begonia Chuisi, not daring to show his air, and only waited for Meng Yuan to scold him enough to tell him to get out.He Fang hurriedly put his clothes on and put them out, and Meng Yu stopped him under a few camphor trees at the entrance of the cave and asked, "Why is your wife so angry?"

The person in charge wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "Since I saw that the begonia tree is not growing well, I'm afraid it won't be good when it blooms. I found a gardener to see why, and the gardener said There are too many weeds under the tree roots, and the crabapple tree has to be pulled up to bloom well. This pulling out ignited my wife's fire again."

The silk crabapple blooms under the porch, surrounded by a few small Taihu Lake stones, under the roots of the trees, the crevices between the stones are full of grass, which is two feet high.In the well built at the corner of the corridor, there was also a crabapple planted against the wall, and it was also covered with wild grass. When Mengyu moved to this yard, he didn't call it "pull".

Meng Yu waved her sleeves with a calm face, her brows were furrowed, and she waved her sleeves impatiently, "Go ahead, ask your wife about everything in the future, don't make up your own mind."

You can't even ask, if you ask her, she will scold again: "You have to ask me about such trivial things, what do you feed for?"

Either way, it's wrong, the people below are miserable, and they only complain in private.Meng Yu had also heard some rumors recently, and when he had time, he called a few managers over to give some words of forgiveness, and some words of threats, but it didn't help, and he turned his back and continued to talk about dreams.

He knew in his heart that the crux of the problem still lay in Meng Yuan's family.Entering the room from this room, I thought about trying to persuade Meng Yuan, and saw Meng Yuan lying on the window sill, with his face crooked in his arms, staring blankly at the outside of the court, his eyes were empty, and his white skin seemed to be It's empty, the whole person is an empty shell, if she hadn't coughed twice, he would have thought she was a lifelike stone statue.

He sat over, sat next to her and faced her, leaning his back on the edge of the sloppy Kang table, and looked at her with crooked eyes, "What's wrong with you? Can you tell me the reason, and everyone will follow suit, and it will be fine." Lest you get bored here."

Meng Tiao gradually came back to his senses, and the usual annoyance gradually came to his eyes, viciously, as if he had made a big enmity with the world, "Have you heard what the people below are talking about me? They think I'm deaf? It's a saying, Steward Three I don’t even bother to worry about it. I’ve been in poor health for three or two days. If I have this free time, why don’t I sit and take care of my illness? Your Meng family is dead, so you call me a young daughter-in-law Is it possible that I am also to blame for carrying such a big burden?"

Meng Yu had lost her parents since she was a child, and when she told her this, she felt a pang of anger in her heart, she sneered and went down to the bed, went to the screen to change her clothes, "My Meng family is not dead. Meaning, I should die too to follow your heart."

Meng Yu leaned back on the window sill, and the wind outside the window blew her delicate voice all over the room, "I have never opened my mouth, I have the final say on everything? If you die someday, don't say I cursed you, I can't bear it."

Meng Yu was furious for a moment, and bit the corner of her cheek twice, but finally couldn't hold back, she pulled the cloak on the screen and came out, "You are so yin and yang, didn't you just imprison you for two months last year? Is it not enough for me? Tolerate you? Even if you are angry in your heart, you should let it go!"

Meng Yuan glanced at him, then turned back to the window.Haitang's shadow was cast on her face, and the fine spots of light were moving in her eyes, rising and falling, sunny and cloudy, rippling slowly.Maybe she did make a big fuss, and there was no big loss in life, and she still lived as usual, even more prosperous than before.

She was quiet for a while, with her back to the light.Because of the backlight, the black silk clothes looked even darker, twisted crookedly like a ray of soul.A hole in the image brought Meng Yu back to the days when day and night were indistinguishable.At that time, she often sat under the window like this, with the moonlight covering her body, draining the blood from her face bit by bit.

Maybe it was Meng Yu who was clearer, what she lost was exactly what he didn't want to lose.But he never regretted it, but he was a little afraid to face it, and felt even more bored in his heart.Meng Tiao's temper has always been unstable, which made everyone restless, and he couldn't help it, so he put on his clothes and avoided going to the Yinlian room.

Caiyi immediately opened the curtain and came in, brought lunch, seeing that Mengyu was not there, she ate with Mengyu while chatting: "Why doesn't the old lady agree?"

Holding the bowl, Meng Tiao raised her lips obliquely, and murmured, "Why? I'm afraid of trouble! I told her the day before yesterday that she was just evading. It's not that I'm unfilial as a daughter, and now I don't want her to socialize here anymore. She's an old man. Just eating and drinking blindly, spending a lot of money, and not knowing how to check, if I don't share some housework for me, I can't afford to support this big Buddha. She is not just my daughter..."

Caiyi thought about it, and came up with an idea, "If the old lady really doesn't want to, you can leave it to my aunt to take care of it. Anyway, you let go, so you can rest for a while."

I thought that Mengyu couldn't agree, but I didn't want her to think a little bit, so I agreed.The next day, Mengyu threw away his hand and gave Yinlian the account of Yiying's family expenses, and ordered his servants to answer only to Yinlian.Yinlian was panicked, and humbly declined, but she couldn't, so she accepted.

Mengyu unloaded the burden, and Meng Yu didn't come, so he had to be idle for two days, sleeping in the room until night, and felt his bones were sore from lying down, so he sat up and stared blankly at the room for a long time.

Two candles were lit in the room, billowing green smoke and smelling a little ashes.She never smoked incense in her room, and the smell was particularly strong, and it was extremely boring in the dim yellow room.

She sat up and asked outside, "What time is it?"

"It's almost the second watch." Caiyi replied and came in, the candle turned her head to the side, and it was burning straight again.

Occasionally there were two chants outside the house, and there was a faint sound of Sheng music. Meng Yuan went to the couch to light a cigarette, because he asked Cai Yi: "Who invited to sing?"

"The big man came to live in the house in the afternoon, and the master set up a banquet outside to talk to him, and invited two singers to the banquet."

Meng Tiao didn't say anything at the moment, touched a thin silver hairpin on the kang table, tied it with a cigarette pot, and leaned on the pillow to listen.I can't hear a word, the girl's soft singing voice, heard under the moon, but it is a bit vague and heartbreaking, and the pain of tearing is also vague, followed by a gust of wind, I don't know where it will blow.

The next day, Meng Yao felt more energetic, bored in the house, and went for a stroll in the garden.I don't know whether it was intentional or not, when I was strolling outside, I happened to see Pang Yunfan sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Meng Yu had just finished reporting duties in various states and counties, and was also busy entrusting official duties in the government office, so when the chief secretary took office, most of them were not at home.Pang Yunfan took advantage of this loophole, because he finished his work, he didn't go to the government office, and he didn't go out for a walk. He wandered in the garden for two days in a row, hoping to take this opportunity to dream.

But the female relatives are all in the garden, and the garden is too big, with many mountains and rivers, and the road is winding, and he has never met Meng Tiao.He didn't want to see Mengyu walking on the bank today, his eyes lit up, he hurriedly closed his book and walked across the bridge, almost tripping on the hem of his straight clothes.Fortunately, she walked ahead and didn't see his distress.

He joyfully chased after him and called Mengtiao: "Madam has always been healthy?"

Meng Yu looked back and stared blankly at him for a while, then twirled his fan and laughed, "Who am I, it turned out to be you."

"My wife still remembers me?" Pang Yunfan was overjoyed, and he caught up two steps with a smile on his face.

The two people stood between the rockery, and the jagged stones were like a screen, separating them as if there was nothing.Pang Yunfan was fooled by the couple that year. Instead of being cautious, he felt that Meng Yu was not the kind of person who sticks to the old rules, so he acted boldly and bowed his hands to Meng Yuan, "I haven't seen you for two years, and my wife is still the same as before. Look, it hasn't changed at all."

"Two years?" Meng Yao covered the fan, his eyes floated on the fan and turned his head twice, as if a little lost, "It's so fast. I remember we met in that pavilion, right? Come to my house Eating wine, and staying at my house that time."

When Pang Yunfan heard that she still remembered clearly, he was ecstatic, and went further, his eyes were full of joy, "Isn't it. It's been two years, and this time I'm bothering my wife again."

"When are you going back to Tai'an Prefecture?"

"Oh, when Lord Meng arrives, we will congratulate him before going back." After speaking, he sighed with regret, "It's only been two days."

Meng Tiao nodded, turned on the fan, turned around and walked down the rockery.Pang Yunfan became anxious, and he just wanted to talk to her, but he couldn't think of anything to say, so he asked, "This is the meeting, Madam, have you had lunch yet?"

"I'm not hungry, it doesn't matter if I eat or not."

Seeing that she seemed a little worried, Pang Yunfan hurriedly persuaded, "It's a big deal, we have to eat."

These words were like lightning bolts piercing into Mengdiao's dark heart, where had she heard them before, as if they had been heard in her ears after many years.What is the big thing about eating?In retrospect, Dong Mo didn't like to talk nonsense the least, so he gave her a basket of nonsense, and his ears had to be callused.As soon as he went to Qingyu Garden, he asked if he had eaten. From his casual and distant attitude to his gentle approach and arms around her waist, eating has always been such an important thing.

She stood still, and couldn't help turning back a smiling face, "Why do you look like a fool when you are an official?"

Pang Yunfan laughed at her so much that he had nowhere to put his hands and feet. He raised his hand and wiped the tip of his nose, and smiled on the stone steps, "I, besides these silly words, I can't think of anything else for a while, and my wife will laugh at me."

Meng Yuan cut her eyelids lightly, then turned back, and Pingting walked forward gracefully, "It's boring to eat alone, and I can't even whet my appetite..."

A few willow trees on the bank have dense branches and tender leaves, reflecting her green skirt, bustling with light.

The lunch was put together in a small flower hall in the East Garden, Meng Yuan didn't hide from the public, and asked for a jug of peach blossom wine from the kitchen, waiters in colorful clothes poured the wine on the left and right.

Meng Tiao ate a few mouthfuls, then suddenly covered his face and laughed, "Aren't you afraid? You suffered a lot that year, and now you forget it?"

That year's job was already done, and since then, Pang Yunfan has never forgotten his dream.Now that he is on the same boat with Meng Yu, it doesn't mean that he is a fool. Meng Yu's business with those big merchants in Tai'an Prefecture still relies on him to mediate, so he can't do anything to Meng Yu.

He took the white jade porcelain pot from Caiyi's hand, sifted the cup of wine back and put it in front of her, "Don't be afraid, I live in my wife's house, and I am treated with courtesy by my wife. What is there to be afraid of?"

"Aren't you afraid of my master?"

Pang Yunfan shook his head with a smile, "I just sit down and have a meal with my wife. Mr. Meng was never such a petty person before, and I don't think he will be now."

Meng Yu saw that he was a little calm, and smiled, "That's right, you are our family's benefactor. You have helped our master a lot in business, even those big salt merchants in Tai'an Prefecture were brought here for him. If it weren't for you, my master's business might not be able to do such a big business. When you come back to my house, you probably have business to discuss with our master? Tell me how big a deal is, and it will make me happy. "

Because Meng Yu didn't want to tell her about many things, she had no choice but to inquire here.This Pang Yunfan didn't shy away from it, and said in a fit of anger, "I came to Licheng this time, one is to report on my work, and the other is to deal with the [-] stone salt that was delayed last time. Several salt merchants are urging me to bring a deed. When the book comes, Master Meng has signed it, and I will take it back here."

Dreaming of it, it seemed that there was such a thing. It was originally scheduled to sign the contract at the end of the year. At that time, because of the tight rumors from Dong Mo, it was postponed until now.Mengyu nodded, and muttered, "It's really a big deal." She raised her eyes, and Baodi smiled, "Where's the deed? Show me."

"Why are you looking at this, madam? It's nothing to look at. The money comes and goes, and the smell of copper is full of paper, carefully fumigates the madam."

I don't know whether he was deliberately guarding against it or telling the truth, Meng Tiao couldn't say anything more, he lowered his head and said nothing, with a smile on his face, he picked a small rub of rice into his mouth.

Pang Yunfan just watched from the opposite side, as if a moth flew into his heart, he flapped his wings gently left and right, fanning out a little wind, which made people itchy.He just couldn't think of what he said on the rockery, but now he remembered it all, and opened his mouth slightly, "Madam, I..."

Never thought that with such hesitation, a girl ran in and whispered something into Meng Yu's ear.Meng Tiao's face changed slightly, and he got up to say goodbye.

It turned out that someone did not know who reported to Meng Yu that Meng Tiao accompanied Pang Yunfan to eat in the small hall.Meng Yu hurried home and sent a girl to call Meng Tiao back to the house.

As soon as Meng Tiao entered the door, he saw that he hadn't changed his mended clothes, he just took off the black gauze, sitting on the couch with a serious face, his eyes drooping on the ground.Hearing the sound of light footsteps, he lifted it up abruptly, walked in front of Meng Yuan, gave her several unbelievable glances, and said with a sneer, "I heard that you are very attentive. I invite guests outside, but you greet her instead." .”

"I said, what brought you back in such a hurry." Meng Yu smiled lightly, passed him all the way, went to sit on the couch, and asked the girl for tea.

The girl went down, brought tea after a while, and when she was about to enter, Meng Yu's scarlet eyes crossed her eyes, and she immediately backed out tremblingly, even pulling the two doors to close.

The glare of the sun was also suddenly shut out, and the light from the window became particularly eye-catching. Meng Yu felt that it was not easy to sit on the couch, so he got up and picked up the curtain and went into the bedroom.

Meng Yu chased after him, wanting to say something, but Meng Tiao smiled slightly on the couch and said, "What's the matter? It's not like I haven't greeted you before. This Pang Yunfan and I are old acquaintances, he has come a long way My master came up from Tai'an Prefecture and lived at home, shouldn't I have a few words with my master?"

Meng Yu's anger went up, and she walked quickly to the couch, "There is a male guest living outside, and the mistress came to join him?"

Meng Tiao cast a sideways glance, "I just can't sit still, I'm wandering in the garden, I don't want to meet him."

Meng Yu couldn't help but gritted her teeth and shouted: "You can't be idle, didn't you worry about housework two days ago and pushed it out, now you can't be idle again!"

With this yell, Meng Tiao also raised his voice, "Could it be that I can't move?! If you think I move too much, then lock me up. It's not that I haven't been locked up before. Why are you pretending to be a good person!"

Sure enough, he knew that she was doing it on purpose. It was not going well here and there, but in the final analysis, it was for Dong Mo's sake, to make everyone feel at ease.

His face was flushed with anger, his sleeves were clenched into fists, he kept nodding, and paced around the room.I was so angry that I couldn't hold back my words, "I don't ask you to socialize, but you like to pay attention to these people! What do you say you are? Are you born to be a cheap?!"

After speaking, he was lying in front of the bed with his back on his back. The last two words were like an earthquake, and the mountains shook when they fell, in his own heart.He thought everything would be fine once Dong Mo's matter was settled, but he didn't expect that everything would develop for the worse.

He stood there with his back for a long time, not daring to turn around again, the silence behind him was strange, the gentle sunlight filtered by the window screen made his spine tingle, but he still didn't dare to turn around, resisting the pain, hoping that Mengdao would be able to rush Come up and beat him.

But Meng Tiao just snorted nonchalantly, "You just know?"

Meng Yu turned her head in horror, she didn't know when she lit her cigarette, and exhaled a layer of smoke to cover her inside.The smoke seemed to come from the underworld, revealing her extremely slack and relaxed smile.

A surge of rage suddenly surged in his heart, broke through the heavy smoke, and slapped her across the face.

Sometimes, this face appeared in Dong Mo's dream, with the same facial features, but it seemed to be a different person, full of a kind of immature and natural charm, with his chin lowered and his mouth pouted, and a few words wrapped around his cheeks , If you want to tell me or not, just wait for him to guess.

If he guessed right, she raised her face calmly, but if she guessed wrong, she glanced at another piece of land and turned up.But in this dream, she was different from the past, her chin trembling slightly, her eyes full of tears were tilted, and she smiled at him for a long time with the corners of her lips bent.

Even when he woke up in the morning, Dong Mo couldn't guess what she wanted to say.While he was curious, he thought, since Meng Yu was promoted, she will enjoy more honor than before, right?Thinking about it, he laughed at himself and threw it away.He still has a lot of work to do.

This has always been a hidden trend for the war in the north, and the war faction and the peace faction in the imperial court are arguing endlessly.Dong Taifu is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he focuses on the battle.But once a fight started, there would be millions of military supplies. Chu Pei held the household department, a little tight, and blindly advocated peace.

Dong Mo pondered for a few days, then went to the old lady's room to discuss, "Grandson has to think about it for a few days, and he can't wait for the results in Jinan. Now is a good time. Chu Pei's insistence on making peace has caused dissatisfaction among many courtiers. It is better to launch impeachment while this is happening."

The old man staggered along the huge book case, scratched and knocked on the case with one finger, "At this time, even if I want to hit it, I will still be short of some money. I have calculated it, and if I really hit it, there is still a shortfall of about two million taels." Silver. This is what the emperor is worried about."

"This battle won't end for a while. I'm afraid it will take a year. The grandson thought, focus on the front first, and the money in the back can be used to increase taxes in wealthy provinces. Although the people complain, they can The tax increase this year will be offset against next year's tax."

"What about next year? You're tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall. After all, there is a hole that cannot be filled."

Dong Mo cupped his hands and said: "It's important to fill in the hole in front of you first, as long as you fill in the hole in front of you, the emperor will be able to make up his mind to fight this battle, and the main battlers will gain power and arrogance, and naturally they will suppress Chu Pei."

The old man thought for a while, then nodded and smiled, "In the final analysis, Chu Pei is still incompetent. He is really useless in the great cause of these countries. I reckon that as long as the emperor has the will to go to war, he will have to consider the candidate for the Minister of the Household Department. You demolisher I will go to the emperor to bring up the idea of ​​repairing the east wall against the west wall, and there is no other way right now, this battle must be fought."

Now that the old man looked at Dong Mo again, he felt that he was a useful person again, and his eyes were much gentler than before.

But the old lady hated him more than ever.Her own son and grandson are just relying on their family background to mix in the officialdom, and they have not made great achievements in the country's major affairs, but they have gained power and wealth, but they have made no achievements in history.But the grandson born to a concubine's son can speak in these matters.

Another thing is that the young fifth master in the family wants to discuss marriage, and he has spotted the granddaughter of the old lady's younger sister's family, who is also the Duke's family.

But that Miss Yuyan met Dong Mo two years ago because she came to eat at home, and she had already secretly agreed with her. Some time ago, her grandmother tried to test the marriage, so she took advantage of the situation and confessed that it would be good to marry the Dong family. It's Dong Mo who just wants to marry.

Hearing the anger, the old lady turned around and called Dong Mo, and when she talked about it, she sarcastically said, "I don't know about you either. You look so unkind, but in private you are more serious than your brothers." Merry. I heard that the woman you live in Jinan is someone else's daughter-in-law? I can't say, I just want to advise you. The world is full of young ladies who have not left the court, and they hang out with girls who have other families. Decent."

Dong Mo couldn't even remember what Miss Yuyan looked like, so he could only agree indifferently, "Grandmother taught me a lesson."

The old lady was slightly taken aback, and squinted at him on the couch, "What do you mean, do you have any other thoughts about Yuyan?"

"Don't dare to peek."

Only then did the old lady feel relieved, and she was afraid that people would say that she was biased, so she smiled and said, "When your fifth younger brother's marriage is settled, I should worry about you. It's just that the news about you in Jinan is spreading all over the place. People, I have some concerns, I don't want to invite some ridicule. You feel wronged, no matter what rank or official position, as long as you are innocent, what do you think?"

The thought Dong Mo thought he had shelved came to his mind again.On the surface, he still had the usual indifferent attitude, "It's up to grandma to decide."

When I went back to my room, had dinner, and finished taking the medicine, the sky went down, but the thought still didn't sink.But he never dared to mention it to others, and he would laugh at himself when he mentioned it.

Xie Chun came to hold the lamp, and he bent over his desk to revise the book. The letter was written to Liu Chaoru, asking him about the progress of the Jinan salt case.Halfway through writing, the room gradually became dreary, the window was so dark that no moonlight could penetrate, the wind seeped in through the cracks in the window, and the clear lamp on the desk was blown to this side, and as soon as the silk cover was put on, it began to rain.

Although it doesn't snow anymore, the wind is still chilling in March, and the spring is always long overdue.The raindrops slammed on the door and window, "boom, boom, boom" like countless hands knocking on the door hastily.He touched a book with his elbow, bent down to pick it up, and saw a piece of paper fall out from the side.

He picked it up and looked under the candle.It turned out that it was Meng Tiao's letter written in Qingyu Garden. At that time, she was afraid that he would recognize the handwriting, so she deliberately wrote the handwriting crookedly, like a person who doesn't write often, immature and cute.

At this moment, the words were crooked in the dim candlelight, and they became limping again, making it difficult to walk.He saw the last few lines:

Zhang Ping, if you also dream, then the rain you hear in your dream must be my footsteps.I am lying in the night, just outside your window, please open the window and let me come in.

Dong Mo put the paper on the candle, and when it was about to burn, for some reason, he withdrew his hand as if he had been burned.Instead, he went to open the doors and windows.

Raindrops slanted in chaotically, and the room was half wet in an instant, and the candles were blown out by the strong wind.Those raindrops fell on his feet, splashing half of his clothes, and the water splashed with a moon-like brilliance, as if a woman was lying on his knees, wetting his big legs.

The author says:

Dong Zhangping is about to return to Jinan to carry out his hard-spoken "revenge action".

I won't make any further announcements, lest you have a hard time.