Winter Begonia

Chapter 69

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I didn't feel anything when I was having fun at Tongyuefang, but once the excitement was over, my body showed color. Others enjoy shopping in kilns. Shang Xirui went shopping in the brothel, his butt hurt for two days, Xiao Lai even made him old hen pimple soup for two days, and the show stopped. Cheng Fengtai still came to the Shang's house every day for a visit after that, Shang Xirui ate the squishy pimple soup, saw him striding forward with bright eyes and clear eyes, he felt very awkward, thinking why I had to stop the show to feed his ass, he was anyway There is nothing serious all day long, so I rest when I rest. His eyes rolled around on Cheng Fengtai's back, ate a piece of gnocchi, and raised his eyes to look around his buttocks, thinking of Cheng Fengtai's description after he took off all his clothes, he felt a little burning in his heart. Shang Xirui has been cultivated to have a joyful personality since he was in business, as long as he has fun on the bed, he has no persistence. But he is also a man after all, and as a man, it is inevitable to have the upper hand, especially when facing the one he loves.

Shang Xirui rehearsed this in his mind, the more he thought about it, the more feasible, the more interesting he thought about it, he couldn't help nodding secretly. Thinking of how intoxicated Cheng Fengtai would be under him, he himself first laughed happily.

Cheng Fengtai didn't know his crisis at all, bent down and touched his head: "So happy? Are you still looking at me and smiling while eating?"

Shang Xirui raised his head and gave him a silly smile, he couldn't see his eyes.

After dinner, Cheng Feng rested in the back room freely. Shang Xirui didn't go to the theater for two days, and he was not idle during the two days, calling the little opera singers home to learn opera. Because Shang Xirui, the voice of "The Merchant Girl", was thinking about it, so I first picked other books for them to practice. Due to the different personalities of each character, Zhou Xiangyun got Li Xiangjun, Yang Baoli got Huo Xiaoyu, and the rest got them respectively. Yutang Chun Du Shiniang Liu Rushi. The little dans lined up with their sleeves flung, and looked at him one by one. Zhou Xiangyun is following the path of Zhengdan, her actions are orderly, elegant and dignified, and her figure is impeccable. Shang Xirui straightened his voice and let him pass. After Yutangchun, Shang Xirui played Yutangchun, playing Su San himself; the little actor played Yutangchun, playing Shang Xirui. There are many actors in the market who imitate Shang Xirui's life, and the little opera actor has stayed in Shuiyun Tower for five years, and he is more authentic than anyone else in the school of business, from singing to figure, even Shang Xirui added himself later A cloud hand and a look in the eyes are also well learned. Shang Xirui stared at him, because it was like looking in a mirror, he really couldn't find his own fault, he just choked out a sentence: "Tentative or not! His voice is far worse!" Behind Liu Rushi, He acted like Lin Daiyu, and was severely reprimanded by Shang Xirui.

It was Yang Baoli's turn for Huo Xiaoyu, who sang the Nan Bangzi section of the play, he turned his orchid fingers and just sang a line, Shang Xirui frowned, and sang "How can my daughter come to the hall without dressing up", Shang Xirui Rui couldn't bear it and was about to do it! Yang Baoli had been beaten too much, so he had a premonition of the fierce wind coming from his fists and kicks, so he skipped to the side: "Leader, please speak carefully! Tell me where I'm wrong!"

Shang Xirui stared at him silently for a while, so angry that he couldn't get good words out of his chest, he picked up a three-foot-long piece of moso bamboo leaning against the wall, and beat him up! While beating, he resented: "You don't learn from you! Let you go to the kiln to see girls! You still don't learn how to do well after watching!" He seriously wanted to beat, but Yang Baoli didn't dare to hide, and his buttocks were brittle several times The little actors next to him shrank their shoulders because of the pain, but no one could guess why the beating came from. Shang Xirui is recognized as a person who is not good at talking, and occasionally he can make a witty sentence or two into an allusion, it would take a lot of effort for him to explain a point of view, the whole story, and the whole story clearly in a long speech! It stands to reason that Shang Xirui is the one who doesn't use his status to oppress others, the one who doesn't bully others. Just because he couldn't speak, he could only turn his anger into violence. He was so angry that the veins on his forehead were exposed, his tongue seemed to be clamped with a splint, and he gasped when he opened his mouth. Only fight! Attempt to beat Yang Baoli into an epiphany! The children next door were lying on the wall to watch them sing, but when they saw Shang Xirui fucking and beating someone, they were so scared that they jumped over the wall and ran away.

The beating apprentice outside screamed and screamed, and Cheng Fengtai inside also made a fuss. Cheng Fengtai didn't get enough sleep, he stood on the doorstep with a bit of waking up, still wearing the same double-breasted hang silk pajamas as Shang Xirui: "Hey, hey, what are you doing! I'm going to hell gone?"

Shang Xirui glanced at Cheng Fengtai, then pointed at Yang Baoli with a piece of moso bamboo, tremblingly said: "I'm so mad!" Then he pushed him to beat him. Cheng Fengtai saw that he was using the moso bamboo slices as a merchant's stick, this would be a bad guy, he stepped down the steps and hugged Shang Xirui, Shang Xirui stopped quickly, afraid of teasing Cheng Fengtai.

"What's wrong? You didn't do anything to the children." Cheng Fengtai looked at Yang Baoli: "Did you make your class leader angry?"

Shang Xirui was so angry that even Xiao Lai couldn't figure it out, Yang Baoli just shook his head and rapped about Huo Xiaoyu, the class leader went crazy. When Shang Xirui heard it, he was about to go crazy again, roaring angrily: "How dare you mention Huo Xiaoyu!" He lifted the board and tried to hit him again, but Cheng Fengtai grabbed him by the waist and whispered: "If you do this again, you This ass can't get any better!"

Shang Xirui stood there angrily, Cheng Fengtai found a chair and sat down, held Shang Xirui's teapot in his hand and sipped vigorously to his mouth, then Bao Gong rushed at Shang Xirui like a trial He raised his chin: "Boss Shang, what's going on, please speak carefully and don't be a donkey."

Shang Xirui pointed at Yang Baoli, blushing and thick neck, like a child suing an adult: "He sings like a whore!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Isn't Huo Xiaoyu a prostitute? Just be like a prostitute!"

Shang Xirui shouted: "He's dirty!"

Yang Baoli rubbed his buttocks and looked at him aggrievedly, thinking that he was just acting like the girls in Tongyuefang, how could he be obscene.

Cheng Fengtai nodded: "Oh, like a nasty prostitute. Huo Xiaoyu... Huo Xiaoyu is a noble lady, so she should be more noble, right?"

Shang Xirui scratched his head and said: "It's not a mistake of being vulgar and noble. It has to be like a woman, it can't be a woman! He's a woman, so it won't work!"

Everyone present felt that Shang Xirui might as well not have said it, this made them even more confused, they all kept an eye on Xiao Lai. Xiao Lai shook his head, shook the wet clothes in his hand, and hung them on the hanging rope to dry. Everyone looked at Cheng Fengtai in unison again, Cheng Fengtai lived up to everyone's expectations, bit the bullet and pondered over his teachings, and said: "Hey, that's not right, Boss Shang! In the past, we two watched Boss Cai's play, how did you tell me, Danjiao? Is it enough for my son to be a woman when he is on stage? Xiao Yangzi acted femininely, that's great!"

Yang Baoli nodded vigorously in agreement.

Shang Xirui felt that these people in front of him were too stupid, squatting there one by one, teaching him to play the piano to the cow. When he was studying opera, his master said to him: "You must look like a woman, but don't really be a woman", and he understood it in an instant. Later, I met Du Qi, and Du Qi wrote an article in the newspaper criticizing a certain well-known Gandan for "having no yang energy". Why do these stupid people still need to talk bluntly, what else can they say!

Seeing Cheng Fengtai's face, Shang Xirui finally held back his temper, and said word by word: "One look at it and you can tell that it's not a woman on stage, but a man playing a woman, then it's insincere and lacks skill! Besides, can Beijing opera and Kunqu opera be the same? Beijing opera belongs to yang, while Kunqu opera belongs to yin! In Kunqu opera, there is no such thing as Qiandan, so you still have to watch Kundan!”

Everyone nodded together.

Shang Xirui spoke earnestly, put his hands behind his back, and said: "But if you behave like a woman with every joint and every hair, you'll flirt on stage, twist your waist and hips, catch your teeth and squint your eyes , that's dirty, that's a fan! Pack up and go to the kiln as soon as possible, don't stay with me in Shuiyunlou!" He fixed Yang Baoli with a glance: "Did you catch the eye just now? ? You should be killed!"

Yang Baoli shrank his neck and moved to Cheng Fengtai's side.

Shang Xirui summed it up for them: "I let you go to the brothel to see the world, so that you can see and learn from the good. Our Peking opera plays beauties, not women!"

Cheng Fengtai felt that what he said was so good that it was a bit deafening, even people who don't sing in operas could hear him well, so he slapped him and said hello: "It's all about playing a beautiful woman." It’s not about acting as a woman, that’s great! I understand what Boss Shang means, you can’t blindly imitate everything on stage, just the behavior of a woman is not enough. You must know how to grasp the characteristics of various women, and then Refining and beautifying. The shape is the shape of a woman, and the spirit is masculine."

Shang Xirui couldn't help boasting, especially Cheng Fengtai, he immediately became arrogant, thinking that this is indeed a confidant, if he has something to say, Cheng Fengtai's ears will definitely bring back the part of his heart that he hasn't confessed yet: "Second Master is really smart, he really understands opera, and he explained it right. That's what it means."

Cheng Fengtai cupped his hands to him: "Boss Shang, you're being polite. I don't understand the play, I only understand Boss Shang's acting."

The three girls asked: "Leader, what should we do, we are all women!"

Shang Xirui raised his face: "Kun Dan talk about it!" He didn't have the nerve to say that Peking Opera Dan roles still have to watch Qian Dan, you guys just play the role of supporting the opera, sooner or later you will be recruited to sing Kunqu Opera.

Yang Baoli asked: "I kind of understand what the head teacher said, but...how do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a woman? Where do I have your understanding?"

Shang Xirui thought about it seriously for a while, and said: "If you can't understand, you can only rely on beatings. If there is something wrong, you can correct it over time."

Yang Baoli saw that he wasn't joking, and the cold sweat oozed down his back. Glancing at Zhou Xiangyun, Zhou Xiangyun also understood the truth of beauties and women without a teacher, and grasped it very well, looked at Shang Xirui with a slight smile, not flustered at all.

The actors reopened their positions to give Shang Xirui their homework. Shang Xirui sat down beside Cheng Fengtai, grabbed the teapot and swallowed it down. Cheng Fengtai leaned into his ear, and asked uncertainly: "Boss Shang, did you figure out what you just said about acting as a beauty or not a woman, or was it taught by your master?"

Shang Xirui glanced at him and said proudly: "Of course I figured it out myself!"

Cheng Fengtai thought that this would be a bad thing. Shang Xirui's weird theories and ingenious innovations, he himself is a master of art and bold, with a solid foundation, he will not be confused by strange ideas, he has reached the state of "doing what you want without breaking the rules". But for the little actors whose foundations are still weak, isn't that going astray? And he became an accomplice who misunderstood his son!

Shang Xirui felt that Cheng Fengtai looked at him a little strangely, he couldn't believe it, so he said unconvinced: "I think so, Du Qi thinks so, and my master thinks so too. The reason is the same, everyone can explain it well different."

Cheng Fengtai was relieved now.

Cheng Fengtai played with Shang Xirui until the afternoon, and Fan Lian made a call to the Shang's house to find his brother-in-law. Fan Lian regarded the commercial house as a small mansion, and if Cheng Fengtai wasn't staying at home, he would probably be bored in the commercial house. There was something wrong with Fan Lian's voice on the phone, his mood seemed abnormally low, and there was a hint of grief and anger: "Send Boss Shang away, and I have something to tell you."

When Cheng Fengtai turned his head, Shang Xirui stared at Cheng Fengtai listening to the wall with his eyes wide open. Cheng Fengtai sighed secretly, pointed out the window and said to Shang Xirui: "Ouch! Boss Shang, look quickly! Little Yang Zi lay on the ground after lying on the fish! Lazy again!" Shang Xirui stretched his neck and said nothing Just kill it. Cheng Fengtai sat down with the microphone just now: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

Fan Lian cleared his throat and snorted a long breath: "I'm fine. At 4:30, you will pick up Chang Zhixin from the train station for me."

Cheng Fengtai smiled and said: "Aren't you two very close? Is there anything that can delay you to welcome him?"

Fan Lian cleared his throat again: "Are you going?"

Cheng Fengtai looked at his watch: "I'll go right away, just in time to pick him up to my house, and reunite with Sister-in-law Ping."

Fan Lian hummed nonchalantly over there, Cheng Fengtai really felt a little abnormal: "What's wrong with you? Who did you quarrel with?"

Fan Lian said: "No. Don't miss the time to pick up the station." After speaking, he hung up the phone. Cheng Fengtai cursed into the microphone, bid farewell to Shang Xirui to pick up Chang Zhixin. Of course, I didn't dare to tell the truth, I only said that I was going to talk about business. If he told the truth, Shang Xirui could blow the tires of his car.

Received Chang Zhixin on time at 6:30. Chang Zhixin walked over from the platform unhurriedly carrying a suitcase. He was dark and thin, with a disheveled face, but his eyes were brighter than before. He thought that he had done a good job in errands outside and had fulfilled his ambition. With a smile on his face, he shook hands with Cheng Fengtai: "It's been half a year since I left, are my cousin and children okay?"

Cheng Fengtai smiled and said: "It's all good!" After a pause, he felt that Chang Zhixin might be embarrassed to ask his wife, then smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Ping is also very good, you have a good time at my house, you will see her later , so fat that you don’t even recognize it.”

Chang Zhixin also laughed.

Sitting in the car, Chang Zhixin also asked about Fan Lian, saying that Fan Lian had a strange tone, and asked what was wrong. Cheng Fengtai was fine seeing him the day before yesterday, and he couldn't figure out why, he just said: "Their family has a lot of complicated affairs, maybe the old ladies don't give him a better life." The two decided to choose a day to ask him out for dinner ,check it out. When the car drove into the urban area, Chang Zhixin suddenly said, "Let's go to the bathhouse first, shall we?"

Cheng Fengtai looked over suspiciously. Chang Zhixin said with a wry smile: "Your sister-in-law should feel distressed when she sees me like this."

So Cheng Fengtai stripped off and accompanied Chang Zhixin to the pool for a bath. It's already summer outside, and it's even hotter inside the bathhouse, but the heat is different from the climate's heat, and it doesn't make people feel uncomfortable in the chest at all. Chang Zhixin took off his clothes, wrapped a white bath towel around his crotch and walked in front of him, startled Cheng Fengtai a lot: "Oh! Brother-in-law, you..." I saw two large patches of bruises on the back of Chang Zhixin's chest, on his arms There was also a centipede-like large knife wound, presumably not long after the stitches were removed. There were two rows of centipede legs on the left and right sides of the scar, which made people's scalp numb.

Chang Zhixin patted his arm: "This is the price of upholding justice!" He didn't elaborate on the rest. Cheng Fengtai nodded knowingly. Nowadays, the world is becoming more and more lawless, so he put on Chang Zhixin's back and said, "Come on, Guardian of Justice, let me rub your back and show my respect!" Zhixin laughed. Cheng Fengtai said again: "Sister-in-law Ping has to see this injury, that's a real pain." Chang Zhixin immediately sighed and couldn't laugh anymore.

After the two of uncle Lang took a bath, Chang Zhixin rubbed off a layer of skin, shaved his hair, shaved his beard, and took care of his stern and rational masculinity. As soon as he got in the car, Chang Zhixin remembered that he had lived a life of ups and downs in the past six months, and he couldn't take care of bringing a gift to Jiang Mengping, so he let the car drive to the silver building, ready to choose a piece of jewelry for Jiang Mengping. Accompanying women to buy jewelry, Cheng Fengtai is an expert; accompanying men to buy jewelry, Cheng Fengtai is also an expert. Fan Lian, a coward, was guided by him in the beginning of picking up girls. Accompanying Chang Zhixin, Cheng Fengtai looked down at the bracelet and ring, not at all embarrassed. As for this matter, Chang Zhixin fully embodies the arrogance of a scholar, and has the same temper as Fan Lian, neither of which is good enough, and has regrets for both. In the end Cheng Fengtai made up his mind and chose a silver bracelet with cat's eyes to finish the calculation.

The family had already received the letter. Two days ago, the second grandma sent someone to Chang's house to clean up for Jiang Mengping, and now she is preparing a dinner for Chang Zhixin. When the couple met, due to the presence of outsiders, they didn't greet each other eagerly. They smiled and nodded to each other and said hello. The family was having a lively meal, Chang Zhixin suddenly looked back at Jiang Mengping, and sighed: "It's white and fat."

Jiang Mengping bowed her head in embarrassment and smiled. Cheng Fengtai and Second Mistress looked at each other quietly, with a bit of teasing in their eyes. They didn't quite hear the sadness in Chang Zhixin's tone. Jiang Mengping had been married to him for so many years, but she didn't gain weight. She gained weight after living in Cheng's house for half a year with good food and drink. To put it bluntly, he is still incompetent, and he can't even afford to hire a decent live-in servant. Jiang Mengping is required to help buy vegetables and iron clothes, which is not enough to support Jiang Mengping.

After dinner, Cheng Fengtai suggested to visit the garden. Second Mistress frowned and blamed him for being ignorant, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, so she should send the couple home early to be alone. But having said that, Chang Zhixin Jiang Mengping originally planned to go home immediately, but at this time he was ashamed to speak.

Jiang Mengping smiled and said, "I'm really not in a hurry to go home. Turn on the lights, let's see the night scene! Zhixin hasn't seen it yet!"

Recently, their family arranged a few lanterns in the garden. Once they are turned on, they can illuminate all the trees, ponds, Taihu Lake and rocks, just like celebrating the Lantern Festival, and they are not completely bright from the beginning to the end, but the trees and trees. Bright. In particular, a secluded lamp shines into the pool from top to bottom from the rockery, waking up the red carps that are full of the pool. They float on the oily green transparent water in the dark night, which is very artistic, like a brush on the green silk and satin. A few strokes of cinnabar red. If you throw some food at this time, the carp's tail will splash out, which is another vivid touch in the silence.

Cheng Fengtai walked in front with his second mistress and two older boys, and introduced: "I snatched the French guy who designed the lighting from Prince An's Mansion. I said that the light bulb must be turned on before summer. In this way, when the lights are turned on, you won’t be afraid to relax in the shade at night, and the children dare to come to play. Otherwise, when the cold wind blows and the moon shines, this garden is really a bit gloomy. Don’t say that their wives are scared, I am too I don't like to come. What a waste!"

Jiang Mengping pursed her lips and smiled at Chang Zhixin: "That's what my brother-in-law said, but it's all because of my cousin. After giving birth to the third young master, my cousin suffered from insomnia and chest tightness. She had to come out to breathe for half of her sleep at night. This was made for her." scene."

Second Mistress was both shy and proud, and walked forward with the Eldest Young Master. Chang Zhixin nodded, he himself loves his wife, so he also thinks highly of someone who loves his wife, and praised: "Good brother-in-law!" Turning to look at Jiang Mengping, he saw that Jiang Mengping's face was extraordinarily charming in the dim light, With demure eyes, he sighed in his heart, thinking that you should also enjoy this luxury, but I have wronged you.

A group of people crossed the small bridge, Jiang Mengping suddenly took Chang Zhixin's sleeve, pointed to a lonely tree with a yellow light, and said: "I lived here for two months before I knew it was a pipa. Tree."

Chang Zhixin stood on the sidelines and watched, and read slowly: "Now the pavilion is like a cover!"

This was probably a private conversation between them, and the two looked at each other and couldn't help smiling affectionately. Cheng Fengtai felt that standing next to the two of them would be damn redundant, so he hurried forward to catch up with Second Mistress. After walking quietly for a while, looking back, the couple was still whispering to the loquat tree.

Second Mistress laughed and said, "The two of them are really in love."

Cheng Fengtai said: "Chang Zhixin married Jiang Mengping after his wife divorced. I thought you would not approve of their relationship."

The second mistress never considered that Chang Jiang's combination was against her long-standing ideas. After thinking about it for a while, she said: "I just heard about it in the past, and I definitely wouldn't agree. But when people see them, Seeing that they are so friendly and nice, I have to agree again."

Cheng Fengtai had to make jokes and sarcasm to everyone in the conversation, but he didn't dare to speak to the Second Mistress, and sincerely praised: "My wife is indeed a loving one."

After waiting for quite a while, Chang Zhixin Jiang Mengping finally finished talking about the loquat tree, and bid farewell to Cheng Fengtai's family. Cheng Fengtai sent a car to take them back, and by the way, made an appointment with Chang Zhixin when they went to a restaurant for dinner, and said that they must work together inside and outside to get Fan Lian drunk. Unexpectedly, without waiting for them to do anything, within two days, Fan Lian automatically got drunk and passed out in front of Cheng's house.