In fact, Second Grandma Cheng also knew Shang Xirui a little bit. During the gossip between husband and wife, Second Mistress told Cheng Fengtai about this understanding two or three times. Every time there is a slight difference from the original version, but the same is the case.
Rumor has it that when Shang Xirui was still in Pingyang, he fell in love with a senior sister named Jiang Mengping in the troupe. Jiang Mengping was also a well-known local actor back then, specializing in Tsing Yi, she and Shang Xirui took the troupe of Shuiyunlou, occupying the Liyuan market in Pingyang. Later, Jiang Mengping found someone else behind Shang Xirui's back, that person was Chang Zhixin, the third son of the Chang family in Pingyang, who was also the first cousin of the second grandmother's mother.
The Chang family is a big family with big rules, and the brothers secretly used means to fight for the family property, causing bloodshed. Although Chang Zhixin is not the son of the head wife, he can still get a lot of money. As soon as the old man on the hospital bed closes his eyes, he can take Jin Jin and Jiang Mengping away. Unexpectedly, just as Mr. Chang was about to be buried, their affair was caught by a malicious person in the theater troupe, and it spread to Shang Xirui's ears in a blink of an eye.
When Shang Xirui found out, he was furious immediately, blocking Chang Zhixin at the entrance of the theater and yelling, everyone knew about the quarrel. Now, the brothers of the Chang family found an excuse and encouraged the elders and aunts of the clan to talk nonsense in the old man's ear all day long. He also went to the newspaper office to publish a newspaper, saying that the third young master Chang fell in love with an actress and was willing to play the piano and make music for it, and there were some gaudy content, which made the old man pissed off. Once the old man died, they expelled Chang Zhixin from the house on the grounds of ruining the family style, and did not give him any other money. In fact, at that time, Chang Zhixin could completely abandon Jiang Mengping and deny it, but he admitted it without hesitation, and left Chang's house with only some decent clothes. On the other side, Shang Xirui saw that Jiang Mengping was determined to be with Chang Zhixin, annoyed, he tried every means to push her out of Shuiyun Tower, so that she had no place in Pingyang. Not long after, Chang Zhixin married Jiang Mengping and left Pingyang. Shang Xirui got angry and followed the local warlord Zhang Dashuai, who in Pingyang is equivalent to the status of Mrs. Yazhai, the imperial concubine. Less than a year later, Marshal Zhang fought with Cheng Meixin's husband, Commander Cao, and was defeated and died. Shang Xirui was put into the bed by Commander Cao, connected to Shuiyun Tower, and brought his family from Pingyang to Peiping.
This version is much more concise and perfect, and the second grandmother is a kind person, and she doesn't add personal feelings when telling the story. No matter how true or false the facts are, the wording is more objective. After the story was told, he commented: "Everyone wishes to marry a man and a woman. He is a younger brother. If Xiao thinks that his senior sister is on the head, he should beat him. He still has the face to stop him. This is such a mess..."
When Cheng Fengtai was still studying in Shanghai, he read too many stories of elopement and escape, and there were many romantic fantasies in his bones. So he praised Chang Jiang Zhilian repeatedly. In this story, Shang Xirui is the villain who beats the mandarin ducks to create dramatic conflicts. But because of the needs of the plot, and because of the happy ending of Chang and Jiang, the villain is not so hateful.
Cheng Fengtai said: "Chang Zhixin is able to bend and stretch, unswervingly determined, and has a lot of backbone. If there is a chance, we must meet him.... That Jiang Mengping is a beauty, right?"
Second Mistress looked at him resentfully: "Isn't it? It's beautiful. It's so beautiful. It's a pity, it's a master."
Cheng Fengtai fell down and rested his hands on the pillow, smacking his lips deliberately: "En. It's a pity, it's a pity." The cigarette pot of the second grandmother next to him was about to be smashed up, Cheng Fengtai had been prepared for a long time, he laughed and grabbed the cigarette stick, and put his daughter-in-law The son pressed his back on the kang. Cheng Fengtai's body also smelled of smoke, and that smell was mixed with the French perfume, turning into a cold and complex fragrance. Second Mistress was hugged by his lean arms, and when she smelled this smell again, her whole body became soft.
Cheng Fengtai stroked her cheek with his lips, and said with a smile: "It's a pity, the second master also has a master, and a second mistress." As he spoke, he gestured to look at the second mistress: "I don't believe that Jiang Mengping is more beautiful than my daughter-in-law." If you want to overwhelm the country and the city, my daughter-in-law is full of white meat. You have to hide it well, there are many bad people outside."
Second Mistress also looked closely at Cheng Fengtai. A thin and long face with handsome eyebrows, milky white complexion, eyelashes that are too long and too thick, looks a little powdery. When those eyes look at people and smile slightly, they are ruffian and cunning, they are downright bad, any woman will blush and heartbeat when seeing them. After so many years of being a husband and wife, Second Mistress still couldn't stand it, she felt hot after being watched by him for half a moment.
This is her little man, handsome and romantic, new-style modern, used to sweet talk, he is a standard playboy. Fortunately, people are not bad, they can make money, socialize, take good care of their families, and are a good husband. But the second mistress always felt that it was not enough, because she couldn't catch him—Cheng Fengtai's temperament, he was always in the wind and rain, and he was as he pleases. Follow his will, when he has a good temper, he is willing to pick up the child's urine with his hands. Once he has a bad temper, his mother and father would dare to kill him, but he would not—but that's probably why his charm lies.
Grandma Cheng also remembered what happened back then. She knew since she was a child that she was betrothed to the young master of the Cheng family in Shanghai, but when Master Cheng was seventeen and she was twenty-two, and she was full of longing to get married, Master Cheng refused to marry her. The Cheng family divorced the marriage! The modern ideas on the other side of the sea have not been introduced to the north, so for Miss Fan, this is simply a terrible thing. No matter what the outside world has become, she is still a woman from the previous dynasty, she will not marry a second husband, and will not follow a second master. The family wanted to re-employ her, but she swore that she would never remarry, and became an old maid wholeheartedly.
After a year of this, one day a letter came from Cheng's family, the letter was earnest, asking her to come over. But at that time, Miss Fan was disheartened, and she no longer wanted to be with Master Cheng. She went to Shanghai just to see what the injustice she was destined to look like.
On that snowy day, she came to Cheng Zhai surrounded by servants. Cheng's house is a western-style garden house with a fountain at the door, and the servants are dressed like foreigners. It was indeed another world, a world she didn't fit into. Miss Fan was standing in the garden looking at a statue of a naked little boy, when the door of the bungalow opened suddenly, and a handsome fair boy ran out. The boy was wearing a thin sweater and ran up to her barefoot, his eyes full of eager desire and anticipation.
Cheng Fengtai stared at her in the snow for a long time, the snowflakes accumulated on his eyelashes, like teardrops that were too late to wipe off after crying, the snow-white skin and white eyelashes also looked like a sculpture.
He suddenly showed a hasty smile that was fleeting, and called her: Lady...
Just because of this lady, Miss Fan cast aside all grievances and became the second grandmother of Cheng, bringing Cheng Fengtai half of Fanjiabao, giving birth to children for Cheng Fengtai, and managing the family business for Cheng Fengtai.
Cheng Fengtai is Cheng's second grandmother's debt, and it takes her whole life to pay it off.
While unbuttoning his shirt, Cheng Fengtai fiddled with the Second Mistress: "My good sister, let's make a little girl who is as beautiful as a country?"
Second Mistress blushed drunk and cursed softly: "Dog thing."