marry a weak waist

The pine window and the bamboo house cut across the shadow of the sun, and the sound of cicadas has been faintly heard.Dong Mo just finished washing lightly, sitting on the edge of the bed and putting on a pair of black satin boots.

The cat jumped up and down beside him, he was afraid of waking Meng Yu up, so he pinched the cat on the ground and said, "Go outside and play, don't wake up your sister."

The cat "meowed" aggrievedly, got under the curtain with its tail upright, and disappeared in a flash.

Unexpectedly, another one came up behind him, "Are you leaving?"

Looking back, Meng Yuan was lying on his back in a daze, with a pretty face crowded full of childishness, almond eyes hazy, seemed to have not yet opened, his lips were lightly dyed cherry color, and his face was full of sleep.

Dong Mo couldn't help smiling when he looked at it, and patted her in his arms with his backhand, "Go ahead and sleep with you."

Meng Yu was sleeping on his lap, clutching the cuffs of his mended clothes, "Today my mother and Mei Qing are coming home, and Shuwang is also coming. Don't forget to come back early, and you have to pay a formal visit anyway."

"I know. I have something to do in the yamen. I'll be back when I'm busy." Dong Mo hugged her on the pillow, leaned over and kissed her, "Go to sleep."

Unable to sleep after all, Mengyu was thinking about the banquet of her mother and Mei Qing's family, and opened her eyes in a daze, but Dong Mo was no longer there.I found out after calling Caiyiwen, and slept for another half an hour, and the sky was bright.

She hurriedly got up to wash and put on her clothes, combed her hair in a loose bun with rose oil, brushed her brows lightly, lightened her rouge, dyed her nails with Koudan, and put on a light yellow double-breasted jacket with a pair of warblers. colored skirt.

Just as Dai was parked in this compartment, a little girl came in with a big red carp kite in her arms, "I made it for the girl to play with yesterday, and I put it in the study. When I left, I asked me to bring it to the girl, and told the girl to fly it in the garden when she was bored." Kite."

Meng Yu hurriedly picked it up to have a look, the kite flashed against the light, the red color seemed to be mixed with gold, and the colored glaze shone brightly.She handed it to Caiyi with a smile on her face, "I'll let it go in a few days. Mother and Mei Qing are here today, so I don't have time to spare. Where's Xiechun? I'm just going to discuss with her about setting up a banquet."

As soon as the voice fell, Xiechun opened the curtain and came in, "The girl's mother and sister are naturally distinguished guests, so I dare not neglect it. I have already taken a good look at the place. The table is placed in the pavilion by the big pond, and a screen is set up outside the pavilion. The opera is not too hot, and the scenery is good. After dinner, listen to the opera, and then go back to the house to have tea. How about the girl?"

The four-corner pavilion was built on the edge of the big lotus pond. There are few people sitting on it on weekdays, and the seats are not crowded. One side faces the pond, which is full of lotus.On the other side is a rockery, and a few green willows are planted under the rockery.The old lady and Mei Qing looked around, and felt that the Meng Mansion was similarly good.

Half a foot down the pavilion was singing a Kunqu tune, and one seat was listening well, when Mei Qing's voice was suddenly heard, "What's the use of planting those broken vegetable leaves? It's raining and the yard is muddy! I think you are afraid of spending money." Bar!"

Meng Yu waved his fan and looked over, seeing Mei Qing blushing and panting, but Liu Chaoru's expression was indifferent and she didn't say a word.Presumably the two quarreled again.Knowing that Liu Chaoru didn't like to listen to operas, Mengyu knew that he just sat here with him, so he asked the girl to lead him to the study, "Zhang Ping is back, you are really boring here, why don't you go to the study and wait for him, and you can read the books. Book."

Liu Chaoru was naturally happy to go, got up to pay respects, and went with the girl.Meng Yu rolled his eyes at Mei Qing, "You have to find a place for the noise, why make everyone look embarrassed. Why this time?"

It turned out that when Mei Qing saw this lotus pond, she also wanted to pull up the vegetable field at home and dig a lotus pond.However, Liu Chaoru said that the yard at home is small, and if some flowers and plants are planted there, mosquitoes will surely be attracted.When the two couldn't agree, Mei Qing became angry.

The old lady also laughed after hearing this, "Shuwang is right. It's not cheap to put some flowers and plants in a small yard. If you want to get these, you can get them when you change to a big house in the future. Besides, the place doesn't have to be I lived in it till my death, and it was the real estate of an official, so after doing all this, could it be possible to pull out all the flowers and plants when we move?"

Judging by the tone, it seems that there is a plan to move recently.Meng Tiao asked the old lady instead: "Mother, where do you want to move?"

The old lady glanced at her and smoked her cigarette, "Oh, that's what I said. Mei Qing was always uncomfortable living in that small courtyard, and she kept clamoring for a big house. I said I really wanted to buy a house and move, anyway. I live with them, and I have to pay some money, and let them pay for the rest."

"How big a house do you want to buy?"

Mei Qing flapped her fan and took a look, "Those who want to buy a place to buy, of course they can't compare with yours."

Meng Tiao knew that she had made a mistake again, so she rolled her eyes, "It's not our property, it's also the property of the Chief Secretary. If you don't like to talk about it, don't tell me, I'm too lazy to ask."

Speaking of this festival, I heard Xie Chun say that Dong Moye had returned home, and came to see him after changing his clothes.After a while, I saw Dong Mo coming along the bank, wearing a small crown and a black two-layer gauze round collar robe, walking into the pavilion.

Earlier, Dong Mo visited the old lady at Liu Chaoru's house, but he didn't pay attention to it.Taking a closer look at this moment, I can see that the woman's facial features are six to seven points like Meng Yuan's, but her demeanor is more coquettish and aggressive.It reminded him of the old things Meng Tiao said, and he felt a little dissatisfied with the old lady, so although he prayed for a week, his tone was not very warm, "You are welcome, old lady, please use the table as you like."

As soon as this remark came out, it seemed to be out of sight.The old lady took a look at him, seeing that kind of natural noble and awe-inspiring, she couldn't make out.However, he still had to put on the airs of an elder and nodded slightly.

Dong Mo turned to salute Mei Qing, his attitude was a bit colder than that of the old lady, "My sister is here for the first time, please feel free."

He couldn't forget that Mei Qing made up a whole bunch of stories to lie to him that year, and Mei Qing always remembered to tell what the old lady said.The old lady said that these rich and noble people naturally look down on ordinary people, and Meng Tiao will follow him without a name, and he will throw it away any day.

Mei Qing was still jealous of Meng Yuan just now, now that she thought of these words, she felt a lot more at ease, and sat on the sidelines watching Dong Mo and Meng Yuan with cold eyes.

Dong Mo saluted, but it was inconvenient to leave immediately.He picked a round stool next to Mengyuan and sat down.If there were other guests, he would turn his back and leave, without caring about how people would think of him or complain about him.

They are one of the few relatives of Mengyuan. Although it may sound unsatisfactory, blood is thicker than water.He remained silent, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peeled them in his hands, but he didn't eat them, and put the melon seeds in the flattened veil.

Mengyu quietly asked him a few words, but he couldn't hear clearly because of the opera outside the pavilion, so he lowered his head and listened to his ears, his cold white face gradually smiled, and replied to Mengyu: "If you like it, you can do it." It doesn’t have to be of any practical use when you buy it, it’s also considered the benefit of the thing if it pleases people.”

Mei Qing heard one ear and couldn't help but look at him.When that face smiled, it was another person again. There was a glint of light in the dark pupils, the sharp brush strokes and thick eyebrows relaxed a little, and there was a little gentleness in the sharpness, like a pile of piles suddenly wiped out in the heavy snow. The fire, burning warmly, turned the snow into a warm yellow.

Mei Qing saw it in her eyes and felt that these two unknown people were more like a young couple than she and Liu Chaoru.

Dong Mo sat for a while, and when it was almost done, Meng Yao leaned into his ear to whisper, "Go, Shuwang is waiting for you in the study, I asked someone to set up a table there for you two to eat. You don't need to stay here."

Dong Mo thanked her with a smile, and brought the handkerchief piled with melon seeds to her, got up, bowed to the old lady and Mei Qing, and left.

As soon as he left, the table relaxed again.There are a few shadows on the screen outside, Xiaosheng and Huadan are playing a scene of marriage and marriage, but the marriage is blocked, and the lovers weep and complain to each other.

Mei Qing suddenly raised one corner of her mouth, and cast a squinting glance at Meng Yu, "Sister, how is Master Dong's marriage in Beijing going, have you decided on a date?"

"I don't know." Meng Yu glanced back at her, picked up the melon seeds and chewed slowly, "You are so easy to inquire, you should ask him for me."

"If it's about other people's affairs, I haven't had the time to inquire about them. If you weren't my sister, I would care a lot about it! I'm doing it for you. After finishing the business here, he will naturally go back to Beijing, but you can't take it. What name does it follow? Is it his girl? A concubine? Or something, there must be an explanation."

The sunlight was folded in Mengyuan's eyes and shattered, like a pool full of sparkling golden light.She got up and moved to King Wu behind him to sit up, leaning on a pillar, swinging her legs leisurely and shaking her fan, "You don't need to offend this kindness, I will live my own life."

The old lady was eating melon seeds at the banquet, she gave the two of them a smiley look, spit out the melon seed shells twice, and persuaded Mei Qing with a smile, "If she doesn't want you to meddle with you, don't worry about it. I said twice before that she is not happy either." , why are you here to complain about this again?"

Mei Qing believed that Meng Yuan had nothing to do, so she blindly avoided it, and wanted to be decent outside, so she would only be brave.She smiled, stopped talking, picked the melon seeds on the plate and ate them.

After singing, they went back to their room for tea.There was only Caiyi in the room, a girl brought by Meng Tiao, the other girls were originally from the garden, three or two were brought by him from Beijing, and the rest were allocated by the yamen to serve them.But no matter who it is, waiting for Meng Tiao is like a serious wife who obeys orders.

Mei Qing was not in a good mood, so she stood up and looked around the room, and saw that there were many vases with flowers, and asked why, "Sis, when will you become more elegant, and put these flowers in the room, why not?" If you don’t eat enough, you won’t be able to wear it, and it takes up space instead.”

Meng Tiao is on the couch, she can't stop being happy when she talks about it.That kind of happiness is very simple, like a little girl talking about a newly cut skirt, "He made people fold it around to make me happy. Although I don't like it, I get used to it, and I feel happy. I don't like incense, When these flowers are placed, there is a natural fragrance, which is better than incense."

There was an unusual box on the corner table of the couch, a tiger's head was carved on the cover, like the tiger's head shoes worn by children, round and very cute.Mei Qing asked what it was again, and Meng Tiao dumped the contents on the couch, and said with a smile: "He came across these exquisite little things on the street, so he bought them for me."

They are all worthless gadgets, all the same but very chic and exquisite.There are colored clay figurines, twelve zodiac signs carved in wood, small ceramic rabbits...the box is full of immature childishness.As soon as she was happy, she lost herself, forgetting that in front of her were two women who had nothing to do with childishness.

The old lady understood Dong Mo's meaning in her heart, and she was a little upset. She picked up a peony flower carved from sandalwood and rummaged in her hand, "Oh, I mean, it's strange because of his lukewarm attitude just now. I hate that you were treated badly by me when you were young. Don’t I love the daughter I gave birth to? I wish I could give you all the delicious and fun things in the world, but I have no ability. "

Meng Tiao repented at this moment, and hurriedly put away the box to ease her mother's heart, "That's not true, mother, don't worry, he is just that kind of person, he doesn't like talking very much, and he doesn't know how to coax others."

The old lady smiled and said nothing.After sitting for a while, he clamored to go back and sent someone to look for Liu Chaoru.Liu Chaoru told them to go back first, he still had something to discuss with Dong Mo.The old lady had no choice but to take Mei Qing back in the carriage first.

It was mid-afternoon, the sun was making people sleepy and unhappy, the buzzing voices of people on the street were like a cloud of flies and mosquitoes, and occasionally two sharp sentences came out, that someone was beating and scolding the child.When the child cried, he could tear a man's guts out with such a shrill voice.

In the car, the two were silent at first.There is the same frustration and boredom in the silence.Meng Tiao's life was very different, and everyone could see that although Dong Mo didn't give her any status for the time being, he gave her everything he could, and most importantly, he gave her a woman's and child's pampering.

The old lady opened the curtain to look at the street, full of people, but her heart was empty and melancholy, "Meng'er is really living a life..."

The ending sound dragged on slowly, like a long sigh, and also like pulling Mei Qing's heart out, and the abdominal cavity suddenly became empty.The old lady went on to say: "Look at her life, how can she still care about me? I have raised her for nothing."

Mei Qing glanced at her, slightly disdainful, "Mother used to keep whispering in my ears, saying that what she picked up was no better than her own. She is her own, isn't it also unreliable?"

"That's not what I said. You two are the same in my heart. Meng'er is not such a heartless child. It's just a daughter. Once she becomes a family member, she forgets her roots. You just saw that Dong Mo, like Iridium, is someone who can take care of his mother-in-law? This person treats others with a hard heart, and never cares about favors. Well, I don’t really expect my children to live. As long as your sister is good, I can rest assured gone."

Saying "Don't worry", but there is infinite sadness on his face, which also shows that Mei Qing is full of depression.She couldn't help comforting herself, "What are you living for? It's only been a few days. When Dong Mo gets married in the future, can my sister be so comfortable and happy? It's not that I cursed her. Here is here. There are no elders and family members. What do the two of them think? It's just as it is. When we arrive in Beijing, we can't help it, how can those dignitaries in Beijing look down on people like us?"

With that said, even the old lady dropped the curtain and nodded in agreement.Both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and they could bring some self-satisfied smiles on their faces.It seems that the dream is not good, but it is a great comfort to them.

After the old lady complained all the time, she felt that money was more important in front of her eyes, and she remembered what she had told Mei Qing to communicate with the judge, "It will be like returning shoes at Lian's house in a few days, you should stay awake, and don't let Mrs. Lian notice it." That wife is a nightshade, the best at punishing people, her natal family is rich, and she was the county magistrate in the early years, and it was her family who donated money. Now it is the support of her natal family that is able to pass the sentence. "

Mei Qing laughed and muttered, "It's strange that Mrs. Lian has big arms..."

The two of them were happy for a moment, their laughter spilled out of the curtain, buried in the chaotic market, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

After they left, the study hadn't left yet, Meng Tiao felt a little lonely all of a sudden, so he lay down on the bed.Outside the window, the dusk was about to end again, and the days were so comfortable that they passed by quickly, slippery and non-stop.Down below seemed to be a bottomless abyss, pitch black and bottomless.

Meng Tiao thought of Mei Qing's sour words, which actually made sense.Otherwise, she would not deliberately avoid mentioning it. When she thought of mentioning it, it would be as if she had brought the sorrow that had not yet been met before her eyes, and she was a bit suspicious of asking for trouble.

Since she was a monk hitting the clock for a day, she messed around, maybe she spent her whole life in a mess?Many women's lives are not long, and there are many people who die in their 30s and [-]s due to this disease and that disease.Maybe tomorrow she will contract a serious disease and die.

It is worth dying when you are the happiest.

Thinking of this, she wrapped the cat that had jumped onto the bed in her arms, with a sad contentment on her face.Just when Dong Mo came in and saw her, he lit the candles on both sides, hugged her and asked, "Have you quarreled with your mother? Why are you unhappy?"

"I have to bicker in one place, I'm used to it, it's nothing unusual. Shuwang also went home?"

"Just sent him out." Dong Mo let go of her, leaned on the pillow and shook his head, "I said I wanted a servant to take him off in a car, but he didn't want it, so he walked back by himself." Then he hugged Meng Yuan between his legs, and put She stroked her messy temple hair, "Who made you unhappy? Tell me, and I will vent my anger on you."

Meng Tiao hugged the cat and straightened her skirt, sat on her heels, and teased him, "I'm a girl, I'm not happy, do you want to vent your anger on me?"

"I can't do anything about it. Is it rare for you to ask me to punish her old man?"

"Then you said something like that again." Meng Yu curled her lips, and then looked at him crookedly, "My mother said, you don't respect her, you don't see her warmly at the banquet, and you don't flatter her. Her old man has a grudge against you, so just spit it out." It's coming to me."

Dong Mo raised his eyebrows, "Where did I disrespect her? It's true that I didn't flatter her. I have never flattered people. I thought she was your mother, so I forced myself to flatter her, but then I remembered what she did to you. Those things are even more unflattering.”

The two dark lights gradually turned on, and the sky outside the window gradually darkened.On a clear night, a half moon floats up, a neatly cut half circle, illuminating the surrounding loose clouds into a ball of cotton.Meng Yu glanced at it, threw the cat on the ground, went to the couch to pack a cigarette bag, and teased lightly with her back turned: "Just treat her like this, and be careful that she won't agree to us in the future."

Hearing this, Dong Mo suddenly regained his spirits, let go of the drink, and felt a little joy in his heart.But she also followed her tone, a little casually, "What else do we have to do?"

In fact, this should have been said a long time ago, but Dong Mo never mentioned it, and he never even denied the fabricated marriage.But it was because Meng Tiao never came to ask him.He hoped she would ask, because the dream was too vague in his heart, like a gust of wind and rain, coming and going, unable to take root.If she asked, it meant she had unshakable confidence in herself and his love.

But I don't know what her intentions are, she never said this, maybe she still doesn't trust him.

Sure enough, there was silence on the bed, and the smoke enveloped the dream, making it hard to see clearly.Dong Mo got off the bed and encouraged her, "What's the matter? Is there anything wrong with us now?"

But he guessed wrong, it wasn't that Meng Yuan didn't trust him, but she didn't trust herself.She couldn't help doubting the possibility of eternal happiness, always afraid that today's precious happiness would not be able to withstand the blow of a wave.Her past experiences all proved this point. Although most of those experiences were told to her by the old lady, they always cast shadows over time.

She stopped talking, and tilted her mouth, "Of course we can go anywhere now, but I can't wait for the day when you make my girl anxious, and she wants to take me back? She is an old man, and no one can stop her." live."

Seeing that she was not moving forward, Dong Mo had no choice but to entice her, "Your words are also reasonable, after all, you are not my wife and concubine, and we have no matchmaker agreement when we are together. There is nothing I can do to take you away from me."

Meng Tiao just smiled and nodded, just joking, "So you don't offend her."

The cat jumped onto the kang table, and she pulled out her hand to scratch its neck, tilting her face as if she was talking to the cat.The moonlight shone on half of her face, which was covered with rouge, and was as white as snow.

Dong Mo also stretched out his hand to scratch the cat, scratching and shaking her hand, "Why don't you ask about the marriage I made in Beijing?"

Meng Yu glanced at him a little bit, pouted her mouth and said indifferently, "If you have anything to ask, just make an engagement as long as you're engaged. Am I going to run to your house and cry and make a fuss?"

"I'm married, what should you do? Have you never thought about it?"

"I can't think so far." Meng Tiao took a sip of the cigarette stick, tilted his head on the window sill and looked at him with a smile, "I only think about what's in front of me, and live every day."

Dong Mo was a little disappointed, smiled and sighed in compromise, "I don't know if you love me or not enough, and you don't even have a long-term plan. If you don't plan, I will plan. Whoever calls me a man will naturally have to bear it." more than you."

Meng Tiao's eyes gradually brightened, and she bit her lower lip, "What are you going to do?"

"Write a letter to go home, and return that relative first."

"Won't your family scold you? If they don't agree, it will be difficult for you."

Dong Mo stretched out his arm, and scratched under her chin twice, "If it's difficult, you have to do it, otherwise where will you be placed?"

Meng Tiao couldn't help laughing, the cigarette was extinguished on the side of the couch, and he rushed to his arms happily, his hair rubbing against his chest became more and more messy, "I knew it, you wouldn't leave me alone Yes, you want me to worry about it? I don’t want to worry about it, I just listen to you, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west!”

"I hope you will remember what you said, and don't be stubborn with me." Dong Mo raised his face, letting his chest rub against her.As she rubbed, she moaned and moaned like a cat.

Dong Mo turned the cat's head on the kang table over, pointed it in his arms, and showed it, "Shadow, look at your sister, she is more coquettish than you. You should learn too, so you can find a male cat to be your husband later."

Meng Tiao suddenly raised his head to look at him, and burst out laughing, "You don't know, it's a tomcat! You still call us 'sisters and sisters' all the time!"

"Huh? Male cat? How can you tell?"

Mengyu turned the cat around, and pointed at its butt timidly, "Look, what is that. Fortunately, you are still a man."

The cat took two steps forward triumphantly, and two fluffy balls were crowded under the tail.

Last night, the cat slept at the end of the bed and licked Mengjiu's feet, licking until Mengjiu giggled and panted, his face flushed, and he shrank his feet to hide.Thinking back at this moment, Dong Mo always felt that the scene was a bit ugly, and suddenly felt that the cat was an eyesore, so he drove it to the bed.