Picking up a greedy snake [Liao Zhai]

Gu Huai recalled that there was an article "Liancheng" in Liaozhai, in which there seemed to be a cannon fodder male lead named Wang Huacheng, and when he looked at Wang Huacheng's appearance as if he had seen a ghost, he immediately understood it.

He picked up a square towel and wiped his hands, and said: "If you choose a son-in-law, you choose a son-in-law. It has nothing to do with us. Don't join in the fun."

Wang Huacheng glared at him, snorted coldly, lifted the hem of his robe, stepped over the threshold, and walked out in stride.

"Hey, wait a few brothers!"

The rest of the people yelled to catch up with Wang Huacheng. They turned around and saw that Gu Huai was still sitting there, showing no intention of leaving, so they turned back, and the two of them picked up Gu Huai and dragged him out.

"Hey, you guys let me go, I won't go, I haven't finished my work yet!" Gu Huai struggled twice but couldn't get away, so he could only helplessly be dragged away by them.

He was dressed in shabby short brown, with a black dirt line painted on his face, and was surrounded by a group of young men in bright clothes.

Several people came to the bustling market and squeezed into the crowd.

Gu Huai was pushed back and forth by a group of people swaying from side to side, making it difficult for him to breathe.He was not used to such a lively scene, and this made him even more upset.He pushed away the body that was pressing on him, and was pushed and pushed to the front of the line, bumping into a broad back.

The man turned his head to look at Gu Huai who had a displeased face, grabbed his arm and pulled him to his side.

Gu Huai's heart and lungs felt relieved instantly, he turned his head gratefully to look at the person who saved him, and found that it was Wang Huacheng.

"What about Zhu Erdan and the others?" Wang Huacheng asked.

"I don't know where I went, I was pushed away by the crowd."

Wang Huacheng stopped talking, and looked up in one direction with complicated eyes.

Gu Huai followed his gaze and saw a small building covered with red hydrangeas, and a woman was sitting on it.The woman was wearing a crimson and white plum-sleeved gauze dress, and the lower half of her face was covered with a red gauze scarf.The exposed eyebrows and eyes are elegant and beautiful, as lacquer as ink.The black and white eyes are hazy, soft and affectionate.

Sitting next to the woman was a thin and tall old man.The old man has gray hair and beard, but his back is straight and his expression is solemn.

That woman must be the protagonist of the story, Liancheng, and the old man should be Liancheng's father, Shi Xiaolian.

Gu Huai knew that Wang Huacheng was destined to be cannon fodder in this story, so he poked him and said, "Let's go, there are so many girls in the world, there is nothing to see here."

Wang Huacheng clenched his fists silently, whether it was nervousness or excitement, his voice was trembling: "No, I...I want to marry Liancheng."

Gu Huai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Wang Huacheng to be interested in Liancheng at this time.He hesitated for a while, patted Wang Huacheng on the shoulder, and advised, "Brother Huacheng, I don't know if I should say something."

"It's inappropriate to say it, don't say it." Wang Huacheng was so nervous that his palms were sweating, obviously he didn't have time to talk to him.

Gu Huai choked for a moment, so he had no choice but to shut up and stop talking.

At this time, several servants in black clothes and red belts carried a huge embroidery, and slowly lifted the white cloth covering it.

The noisy crowd fell silent in an instant, and everyone opened their mouths wide open looking at the embroidery.

The embroidery picture was about one foot long and five feet wide. It was embroidered with green lotus mandarin ducks, cranes and pine cypresses. The silk threads were neat and the colors were rich and colorful. Even a layman like Gu Huai couldn't help but admire in his heart.

There was a crisp sound of "dong", and a servant with a happy face knocked on the gong, and shouted in a moderate voice: "Today is the day when our lady chooses a husband and invites relatives, so I will take this picture of our lady The title of the 'Tired Embroidery Picture' that I embroidered by myself, please write a poem, and those who are talented and learned will become Master Shi's son-in-law!"

There was cheers from the crowd, but no one came forward to write poems.After all, in this market, most people can't read a few words, and they come here purely to watch and join in the fun.

Seeing that the scene was about to be cold, a fair and elegant Confucian scholar stepped out from the crowd. His figure was slightly thin, and his light gray clothes were a little crumpled by the crowd.

He cupped his hands towards the upstairs, and said loudly: "Miss Shi is graceful and graceful, and this picture is really exquisitely embroidered. I have a poem I want to present next."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the desk beside him, rolled up his sleeves and swiped a brush, and wrote a few lines eloquently: "The careless girl with a high bun and green maiden embroidered green lotuses at the orchid window. Stop sewing and frowning moths."

The font is elegant and vigorous, the pen is a dragon and a snake, and the iron draws a silver hook.

A servant picked up a poem written by a Confucian scholar and sent it to Liancheng.Liancheng looked at this person's poems, a slight blush appeared on his fair face.She turned her dark eyes to look at the Confucian scholar downstairs, she just met his eyes, and lowered her head in shame and joy.

But Shi Xiaolian, who was sitting on the side, didn't see any joy on his face at this time.He looked at his daughter's Huaichun expression, turned his face aside, and snorted coldly through his nose.

Gu Huai looked at Wang Huacheng beside him.Wang Huacheng was already sweating profusely, clenched his fists, biting his back molars angrily, his mandible moved.

Gu Huai bumped him with his elbow and said, "Hey, calm down."

Wang Huacheng patted Gu Huai's arm away, and strode forward.He first turned around and raised his eyebrows provocatively at the scholar, then he cupped his fists upstairs and said, "I also have a poem I want to dedicate to Miss Liancheng."

When Shi Juren saw Wang Huacheng, his eyes lit up obviously, and his poker face, which was always stern, also stretched out, becoming kind and friendly.He stood up from his chair, waved his hand and said, "Oh? Read it quickly and listen."

Wang Huacheng put his hands behind his back pretending to be calm, took a deep breath, lifted his feet and took a step, while slowly reciting: "One piece of red comes one piece of green, frogs and toads play in the pond fish, croaking croaking is really noisy, catching frogs Yeah, roast carp."

There was a burst of laughter behind him, Shi Juren slumped down on the chair, the corners of his mouth twitched, his face turned blue and pale.

Wang Huacheng turned his head and shouted angrily, "What are you laughing at!"

Gu Huai coughed twice, his face turned sour from embarrassment for Wang Huacheng, he wished he could press Wang Huacheng into the crack of the ground.

A servant bent down from upstairs and ran to the scholar, and said respectfully: "Our lady sent a little one to ask you about your honor and name."

The scholar nodded and said, "Miangui's surname is Qiao, and his single name is Yu."

Wang Huacheng strode over suddenly, pushed the servant away, raised his chin and said to Qiao Sheng, "Poor scholar, what are you?"

Qiao Sheng blushed immediately, trembling all over, he said: "I am from a poor family, but I have great ambitions, and I am unyielding in poverty, how can my son hurt others like this?"

"Hurt people?" Wang Huacheng smiled mockingly, his handsome face was full of arrogance and disdain, "I don't think you can be considered a human being, but a dog."

"You..." Qiao Sheng's face turned from red to purple, his eyes stared at Wang Huacheng as if they were about to breathe fire, he clenched his fists and then loosened them.

"What, you still want to hit someone? It's up to you?" Wang Huacheng stepped forward, picked up Qiao Sheng's front, and lifted his feet off the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Huai hurried forward to hold Wang Huacheng, and said, "Don't be so unreasonable, Miss Shi is still watching from above, what do you look like?"

Wang Huacheng threw Qiao Sheng to the ground, snorted coldly, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Gu Huai helped Qiao Sheng who was lying on the ground coughing.Qiao Sheng patted the dust on his robe, pointed in the direction of Wang Huacheng's departure, and said angrily and aggrievedly, "How can there be such a person?"

Gu Huai bowed his hands to Qiao Sheng and apologized: "My friend is arrogant and irritable by nature, he offended him so much, please don't take it to heart."

Qiao Sheng sighed, and said, "This person is too much, brother, I think you are also a reasonable person, how can you have such a friend?"

Gu Huai smiled lightly and did not answer.

At this time, another servant came down from the upstairs, walked up to Qiao Sheng, and said, "Master Qiao, our master is here to invite you."

The haze on Qiao Sheng's face was swept away, showing an excited expression, and followed the servant upstairs.

Gu Huai couldn't hear what Qiao Sheng and Master Shi were talking about, he could only see Master Shi saying something with a straight face, after which Qiao Sheng's excited expression froze.

A servant stuffed a package of heavy-looking things into Qiao Sheng's arms. Qiao Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then angrily threw the package on the ground. Ingots.

Qiao Sheng rushed down the stairs angrily, and when he passed by Gu Huai, he bumped Gu Huai hard on the shoulder.His eyes were red, he was about to cry, and he murmured: "Everyone looks down on me, everyone looks down on me..."

Gu Huai turned around and shouted, "Young Master Qiao."

Qiao Sheng wiped his face with his sleeve, ignored him, and left without looking back.

Gu Huai sighed, knowing in his heart that Master Shi thought Qiao Sheng was poor and let him go, which hurt Qiao Sheng's lofty and fragile literati heart.

He looked around, but still couldn't find Zhu Erdan and the others, so he ignored these chores and returned to his work place.

As a result, as soon as he reached the door of the house, he heard a sound of "ping-pong, ping-pong" from the house, mixed with the cry of a man.

Gu Huai pushed the door, but found that the door was plugged in from the inside and couldn't be pushed open no matter what.He hurried to the window, poked a hole in the paper window with his fingers and looked into the house.

I saw Wang Huacheng running wildly in circles in the house, followed by a green strip, and a pile of broken porcelain scattered on the ground.Er Qing followed behind him with his bloody mouth open, and let out a ferocious growl of "hiss hiss".

They chased each other inside the house one by one, and all the porcelain bowls and basins that had been placed on the shelves were knocked to the ground.

Gu Huai was so angry that his eyes turned black, looking at the broken porcelain on the ground, his heart ached to the point of bleeding.

He roared into the room: "Stop, all of you!"

The room fell silent in an instant, one snake and one person turned their heads to look out the window at the same time, and saw Gu Huai's eyes that were about to spit fire.Erqing squirmed guiltily and hid in a dark corner.

Gu Huai kicked the door hard, made a loud "bang", and shouted, "Open the door for me!"

The author has something to say:

The protagonist is so hostile today, QAQ.

Qiao Sheng's poems come from the original text of Liaozhai.