Cheng Fengtai went home at noon that day, because he felt guilty about not coming home all night and changing his outfit, thinking that it would be better to avoid the Second Mistress, so he secretly found homely clothes, and secretly hid in the wing room to change. At that time, it happened to be the time when the second grandmother took the children to sleep. But for a family like the Cheng family, it's hard to hide things from others. Cheng Fengtai had just taken off his clothes on his front feet, when a servant girl, Osmanthus fragrans came in to wash his face with water on his back feet, and he saw bruises all over his body at a glance, but he still tried to cover them up, and impatiently pushed the osmanthus flowers away. Osmanthus fragrans is extremely charming, without raising her eyebrows or eyes, she put down the washbasin and left, and then she reported to Second Mistress in detail after she woke up, saying that she saw very clear tooth marks and blue marks, and the clothes on her body That's not right, don't be "stunned" by someone.
Second Mistress heard that she was horrified, she was distressed and angry, she didn't comb her hair, she stood up abruptly to see what happened, after thinking about it, she should sit down and question the servant girl first. Cheng Fengtai has never been a person who knows how to fight, when she first met him, Cheng Fengtai couldn't even swear. Later, I went for a walk outside the customs, and then I learned how to scold people, but he is such a delicate and tender son! fight! In the few years since I came to Peiping, I got into fights twice! Who can fight with his mouth? Don't be Shang Xirui!
Second Mistress was very suspicious when she contacted the hall, so she called first to find out Fan Lian's voice. She is a very scheming woman. As soon as the phone was connected, she immediately cursed: "Yesterday you went out with your brother-in-law, and I entrusted you with him! Are you dead? Let that bastard bully him?"
Such a statement, although not referring to it, seems to already know who the perpetrator is. Fan Lian was stunned for a moment, wondering if Shang Xirui broke Cheng Fengtai after leaving the meeting yesterday? He hurriedly asked Cheng Fengtai what was the matter, and asked Cheng Fengtai to answer the phone. Second Mistress wiped the tip of her nose with a handkerchief in a beautiful voice, and sniffed. It sounded like she was crying: "You don't need to coax me with your brother-in-law. Who were there at the meeting yesterday? I know it in my heart! You are my own younger brother, why do you always help outsiders lie to your sister when things come to an end? What kind of benefits did you get from others?"
Fan Lian said in a panic at the other end: "Sister, don't be angry, am I afraid that you will worry? Who knows that brother-in-law is really hurt."
Second Mistress snapped: "Why don't you know! Aren't you there? Didn't you see it?"
Fan Lian said: "At that time there were so many people and chaos, my brother-in-law rushed forward and took Boss Shang away! At that time, I saw that Boss Shang was being suppressed by him, so I didn't..."
Second Mistress didn't wait for him to finish, she was so angry that she slammed the phone and went to find Cheng Fengtai.
Cheng Fengtai and Chacha'er were eating fruit in the main room, Cheng Fengtai made gestures to Chacha'er's stature, and calculated how much she had grown, when he saw Second Mistress, he smiled and said, "Second Mistress woke up." She sighed: "Our Chacha'er is really a big girl, we really can't get tired of my brother in the future!"
Chacha'er bit a red fruit, curled the corners of his mouth at his elder brother and sister-in-law, turned his head and tossed his braids and walked away. He didn't mean to be tired of his elder brother at all, his elder brother was purely affectionate. Second Mistress sat down with a smile, said a few homely words to Cheng Fengtai in a nonchalant manner, and then said: "How was the church meeting yesterday? Did you manage it smoothly?"
Cheng Fengtai patted his thigh, exulted with Second Mistress, talked about how big the scene was and how excited Director Sun was, but never mentioned Shang Xirui Shuiyun Tower, and automatically explained: "It's already three o'clock after the singing, I'm afraid When I came back and quarreled with you to sleep, I just made do with Fan Lian's place for the night." Seeing his bragging, the second grandma gritted her teeth with hatred, she nodded and smiled with great restraint on the surface: "Okay, Lao Ge's matter I'll keep the gown for you when I turn back, it might be useful for the church meeting in the future."
Without even thinking about it, Cheng Fengtai said something in his heart: "I won't do this hard work for the second time! The last time is enough to be fooled! I can't get along with opera singers! They are not human!" While lying, he said: "Clothes I'm completely out of Fan Lian's place, covered in sweat! No more!"
Second Mistress gave him a sideways look, and didn't expose him, thinking that if he had the ability, he would cover up his body tightly, so that he wouldn't show a little bit of it morning and night! It's not good to make people ask, and it's not good if you don't ask, everyone can't get off the stage! She was sullen in her heart, and Cheng Meixin came. The Cao family's education level is not very high, so they specially invited a famous person who is good at calligraphy to write the wedding invitation. Cheng Meixin was holding a box of posts, and when she saw Cheng Fengtai, she smiled and said: "Yo! Second brother! You walked away yesterday very happily, I'm so busy that I have to support you, you don't know how to do it for me I'm exhausted!"
Cheng Fengtai was afraid that she would say something that shouldn't be said, so he talked a little extra, asking here and there about the wedding. Cheng Meixin complained: "Don't mention it! The commander doesn't need to say it. Our eldest son claims to be rushing back to have a wedding, and he keeps saying he loves his sister. As a result, as soon as he arrives in Beiping, he runs around and hangs out with a few officials. After all, I don't know what I'm busy with all day long, and I can't count on him at all! It's all my business!" She drank a big mouthful of tea, got up and found two gold and red wedding invitations, and said, "Brother Fan Lian's I won't send invitations, I really can't get away. My family is not particular, if we meet another day, you can give it to him for me!"
Second Mistress also got up and said with a smile: "Sister, come with me, I have a whole piece of three-color gold material here, you can see that Miss San doesn't need it for wedding dresses." This put Cheng Meixin's entourage and Cheng Fengtai on hold , took Cheng Meixin to the backyard wing room alone, and as soon as she entered the room, she closed the door and asked Cheng Meixin solemnly: "Sister, what happened at the church meeting yesterday? Did the second master teach Shang Xirui to beat him?" ?”
Cheng Meixin was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Second brother was injured? How badly?"
The second grandmother said angrily: "Osmanthus saw it, it can't be wrong! She said that her whole body was covered with green! He was covering me and pretending to be stupid! I don't want to fight with him face to face, anyway, he didn't say a word Truth!"
Cheng Meixin took her hand and patted it, and said sincerely: "You don't ask about this, I plan to tell you." Then the two sat down on each other's knees, and Cheng Meixin told her that Shang Xirui beat Chang Zhi in public New, the same brutal scene where Mr. Cao tried to persuade him to fight and was attacked by Shang Xirui. That tone of voice was like seeing a ghost, which made Second Mistress feel creepy. In fact, Cheng Meixin was sitting in the front row and couldn't see what was going on behind her. Why did Shang Xirui fight Chang Zhixin? Who would win between Cao Guixiu and Shang Xirui? She just took it for granted, she just wanted to discredit Shang Xirui: "Then the second younger brother dragged him away, and he was still showing his teeth and claws! If the second younger brother was injured, I think it was at that time that he fell down."
In Second Mistress's opinion, Shang Xirui was purely a concubine concubine who was kept outside, good at all kinds of techniques to seduce men, and wins with vicious charm. However, he dared to show his temper and start a fight with the patron's family. It was unimaginable. He said in horror: "How dare he hit the second master?"
Cheng Meixin smiled happily: "Hey! He even dares to fight with our eldest son! Our eldest son is really skilled!" She suddenly changed her face, and said with a gloomy face: "He is just crazy You don’t know, when he first came to the Commander’s side, he was topsy-turvy, stupid, and sometimes he didn’t recognize people when he woke up from sleep, and he just said weird things, it’s really scary! I’m afraid he’s going to get sick He is not willing to ask a doctor to see a doctor and take medicine for hurting the child! I am not mocking him! He! He is just driven crazy by Mengping girl! He will have a seizure from time to time!"
Second Mistress couldn't figure it out even more: "Second Master can take a fancy to him, isn't he bewitched?"
Compared with Second Mistress who always regarded her husband as a heartless womanizer, a man driven by carnal desire without thinking, Cheng Meixin had a deeper understanding of her younger brother. She knew very well that Cheng Fengtai's relationship with Shang Xirui was not as simple as a financial transaction, so after hesitating, she finally told Second Grandma what happened in Cao's mansion that day: "... Later I listened outside the door, Er Ah My brother and the commander had a showdown... that Shang Xirui belonged to him and no one else would be allowed to touch him. The commander was so angry that he pointed a gun at him, but he was still stubborn and didn't change his words, as if he had sincerity."
Second Grandma was stunned. Cheng Meixin leaned over and whispered to her: "That's why last time I was busy advising you to be careful and control your second elder brother's hands and feet. Now you want to tell Zhao Yuanzhen to him, how could he want it? If you were close to Zhao Yuanzhen in the past, Up to now, the old is not as good as the new. Of course, if brother is playing with him, I will not be in a hurry from the beginning. I am afraid that brother will take it seriously and get into trouble if he touches such a thing! You forget How did Marshal Zhang die?"
After she said this, Second Mistress's mind was completely confused. If it was because of jealousy that Cheng Fengtai had a story when he was young, now, at least when it comes to Shang Xirui's matter, it's mostly worry and fear - Cheng Fengtai is on the wrong track! Fall into the trap of the villain! If Zhao Yuanzhen's tether to her husband doesn't work, she will be completely helpless. Locking Cheng Fengtai at home is not a long-term solution; forcing him to break up with Shang Xirui, with Cheng Fengtai's cunning, he must have promised well, and he can do what he wants when he leaves the house. Anyway, she just can't control him, there is absolutely nothing she can do about him! The second mistress was confused and said angrily: "He has sincerity towards the evildoer, what can I do? When did I really control him? It all depends on his conscience!"
Cheng Meixin immediately interjected: "Second brother has a good conscience!" But just looking at the man's conscience, it seems that it is not very reliable. Cheng Meixin couldn't think of a good idea to kill the weeds once and for all, so she could only repeatedly tell them one of the most important strategies for them as wives: "Have you checked the family books clearly?"
Second Grandma nodded.
Cheng Meixin said: "I told you earlier, you must keep an eye on the second brother's finances. Whenever you spend a large amount of money, you have to be careful, and call the clerk to ask him carefully before paying him. Second brother Silly, Shang Xirui is not stupid! What did Shang Xirui think of him? Is he just thinking of him as a bad boy? It's not for money! Keep the money under control, you see, within three to five months, you won't force them to separate, Shang Xirui is going to propose a breakup! How many people are waiting to spend a lot of money to play the role! Can Shang Xirui leave them alone and play with brother alone? Brother won't even let the commander Let others share a bite? You see, it will be gone by then!"
Second Mistress had no choice but to do so. That afternoon, I called Chacha'er to help her count the ledger and check stubs, but found nothing suspicious. Thinking about the quick money in Cheng Fengtai's hand, it must not be enough to support such a big role as Shang Xirui, he felt a little more at ease. Holding Cheng Fengtai's money is equivalent to holding onto his person.
Cheng Fengtai and Shang Xirui are on good terms, and anyone who sees them will say that they have too much money to spend, and bought a romantic affair with a reputation that is as high as the sky. Only they themselves know that they are not like that, apart from themselves, only Xiao Lai also knows. Xiao Lai is in charge of all Shang Xirui's deposits, headgear and other assets, Xiao Lai remembers who added something to him better than Shang Xirui. Shang Xirui only wants Cheng Fengtai's sincerity and doesn't care about anything else, she feels at a disadvantage for Shang Xirui! This Second Master Cheng would give two pieces of head jewelry, but he never spent a lot of money on Shang Xirui. Of all Shang Xirui's guests, he takes the most advantage and is the most shameless!
The next day Cheng Fengtai entered the store, as comfortable as returning to his own home. He had already prepared a set of daily necessities such as slippers and towels at Shang Xirui's place, changed his shoes and clothes after entering the door and wiped his face, then he didn't need to be invited, he took the chopsticks and ate the meal himself. That way of acting, like a couple with Shang Xirui! Teach Xiaolai 800 people can't stand it! Shang Xirui didn't feel that he was being taken advantage of, he just felt that Cheng Fengtai kissed him very warmly.
While eating, Cheng Fengtai asked him: "Jiaoer, what are we going to do today? I can prepare a car for you and pack your clothes!"
Shang Xirui smiled and nodded: "You asked very well, very self-conscious, a bit like Bao."
Cheng Fengtai put down his chopsticks and bowed to him: "Thank you Boss Shang for your compliment." Then he continued to eat with his chopsticks.
Shang Xirui said: "I'm going to rehearse a show for a while, I won't have any guests, and the show has been cut in half. You follow me and stand by anytime!" As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Fengtai took a deep breath in pain, and shook his hand holding the chopsticks With a flick of his arm, he said in a low voice: "Well, you are too ruthless, I am in pain to this day!"
Shang Xirui picked Cheng Fengtai's shirt away with chopsticks, looked inside at his flesh, and said without feeling sorry for him: "You are too tender, back then I..."
Cheng Fengtai said: "Okay, okay, when your father beat you with such a thick stick, you were still alive and kicking, weren't you? How can I compare with you? How useless I am!"
Shang Xirui nodded: "It's good that you know." Then he said word by word, slowly and seriously: "In the future, if you dare to lie to me with your guts, or do things for other opera singers, I will I have to beat you to death, will you accept it?"
Cheng Fengtai put a piece of braised pork into his mouth, and glanced at him with his eyelids, feeling guilty in his heart: "Take it! Special service!"
Xiao Lai was listening, and couldn't help but feel very happy. She is aware of Shang Xirui's indiscriminate strength, she wanted to take off Cheng Fengtai's clothes to see how he was beaten, so happy. But when she cleaned up the dishes and made a pot of tea and brought it in, the situation was completely reversed again! Cheng Fengtai is sitting on the chair of a master, Shang Xirui is standing behind him, rubbing his shoulders with both hands! Cheng Fengtai had a face full of enjoyment, and he was still complaining: "Okay, that's it, just be gentle! Ouch! Little thing, you beat me to death... what's the fun in killing me? You have to be a widow!" while patting him The back of the hand: "Easy! Squeeze me to death!"
Shang Xirui kept his mouth shut and yelled at him: "You widow! You're dreaming!" But he didn't relax his hands at all, he squeezed here and there for Cheng Fengtai. He is a rough boy who doesn't know how to hurt others, and is also extremely impatient. It's rare for Cheng Fengtai to give Cheng Fengtai a pinch twice. If the service lasts for more than three minutes, he won't be able to stay. It just so happens that Li Qiaosong, Zhou Xiangyun and several senior brothers and sisters also came. Without saying anything, he left Cheng Fengtai and ran to the yard in a hurry. But Cheng Fengtai was also satisfied, he stood up, stomped his feet and twisted his arms and moved around, it was as beautiful as eating a elixir. Xiao Lai was also suffocated, staring at Cheng Fengtai, feeling that Shang Xirui had been ordered around again and was at a disadvantage again.
The new book "Zhao Feiyan" written by Du Qizhi has been completed and only needs to be rehearsed. Except for the last stage walk, their rehearsal venue has always been in the Shang Zhai, just because of Shang Xirui's laziness. Shang Xirui and his seniors babbled and rehearsed the scene first, then suddenly got into a challenge with a part of singing, staring at Li Qiaosong tirelessly trying out other patterns over and over again. Li Qiaosong was always cooperative, Shang Xirui ordered one and he pulled one, and he had to pull it repeatedly, making Shang Xirui try again and again. After a while, the brothers and sisters all noticed that Shang Xirui was ill, they all found a place to sit down and drink tea, and ignored them, only Zhou Xiangyun stood by very humbly. Shang Xirui was in a hurry with Li Qiaosong, this was wrong, that was wrong, Li Qiaosong always had a gloomy expressionless face, no one could tell if he was angry or not.
Cheng Fengtai looked at his watch, and said to Yuan Lan: "Good guy, it's been almost two hours, your class leader is really hypocritical."
Yuan Lan whispered: "Today is a mess, what's the matter? We can't leave yet, and he will lose his temper when we leave! The whole group will accompany him to get angry!"
Cheng Fengtai gave Shang Xirui a chin: "He's always like this? It's so hateful!"
Yuan Lan curled her lips and smiled: "That's right!"
Cheng Fengtai rolled his eyes at her, lowered his voice and said: "Does elder sister hate him?"
Yuan Lan didn't dare to say hate, she said with a smile: "I dare not hate God of Wealth! Do you still eat or not?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qiaosong gently tapped the bow to the ground, looked at Shang Xirui, and said calmly: "Master, don't be too busy, what you tried just now didn't work, it's better to use the format given by the seventh young master." .”
Shang Xirui said "Ah?" high.
Li Qiaosong continued: "If you want to change the format, you have to change the lyrics. No matter how you change it, it's not suitable. If you change it, it will be a mess. Can you still believe the words of the seventh young master?"
The senior brothers and sisters, together with Cheng Fengtai, were taken aback, their faces were a little horrified and a little interested, as if they were happy to see Shang Xirui being groped by a tiger's beard. In fact, it would have been Du Qi's presence, so he would have scolded him and stopped him from messing around. But these opera singers just keep singing, good or bad, Shang Xirui can do whatever he wants, even if they want to change their profession to sing Henan Bangzi tomorrow, as long as they can make a lot of money, they will sing along without a second thought. He also eats Shang Xirui's meal and still dares to challenge him, this Li Qiaosong is unique!
Cheng Fengtai also tilted his head and looked at them with great interest, thinking in his heart that if he rejected his idea in public like this, the little actor would definitely blow his hair!
Unexpectedly, after being stunned for a while, Shang Xirui asked Zhou Xiangyun to sing Du Qi's pattern again, and then sing the pattern he was thinking about carefully. After hearing the comparison, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, then whispered: "Okay, you're right."
Cheng Fengtai secretly wondered in his heart.
Li Qiaosong still put down his huqin to drink tea with no expression on his face, not feeling proud after being accepted. Shang Xirui also ran to Cheng Fengtai's side, holding the teapot and drinking it.
Cheng Fengtai looked at him sideways: "Boss Shang, Xiao Songzi is against you, why don't you kill him."
Shang Xirui wiped his mouth: "Why did I kill him, he was right!" After a pause, he explained his intentions: "I just want to kill you!"
Cheng Fengtai was amused, and slapped him with the white fan they practiced, Shang Xirui pointed at his chest, gritted his teeth and said: "You watch me sing carefully, don't chat with others! Wait until I'm done rehearsing This part, I'm going to test you!" With him on and off the stage, he always had a heart bound to Cheng Fengtai.
Later they rehearsed until nightfall, Cheng Fengtai didn't dare to talk to the actress, after the crowd dispersed, he put his arms around Shang Xirui and kissed in the courtyard. Cheng Fengtai lightly tapped Shang Xirui's lips and the tip of his nose with his lips, the kiss was bit by bit, whispering. Cheng Fengtai really loves to see him singing, when he flicks his sleeves, he flies out of the air. How could there be such a good-looking one? Cheng Fengtai couldn't wait to tell him how good-looking he was. But Shang Xirui didn't understand romance at all, he laughed twice and said: "Second Master, I'll test you..."
Cheng Fengtai immediately let go of the actor, took two steps back, and ran away after finding fault.
A few days later, another group of actors changed into the small courtyard. The intensity of the rehearsal has also increased, Shang Xirui has no time to spend with Cheng Fengtai, not even time to say a few words in private, just see him spinning around like a spinning top, scolding Huqin for beating an actor, Shang Xirui gets involved On stage, with 120,000 points of concentration. Sometimes the tone was really unpleasant, Cheng Fengtai saw a vein popping out of Li Qiaosong's forehead, but his expression remained unchanged, thinking in his heart that this could be considered a character. Zhou Xiangyun also worked hard. Only Yang Baoli couldn't bear it after being rubbed by Shang Xirui for a few days, he was so tired that he sat down on the ground and cried bitterly. Shang Xirui told him not to be sorry, and then told him not to be sorry, he immediately kicked him, scolding: "This crime is unbearable, you still want to be a horn?" Cheng Jiaoer is in their line of business The most effective spell, the ultimate wish, Yang Baoli lay down and took a few breaths, his eyes widened and he straightened up.
Cheng Fengtai watched from the sidelines, tired of watching them, thinking it's no wonder Du Qi wanted to dodge, he practiced such a movement hundreds of times, and sang a line before it was on stage, his throat was hoarse, it was too boring, not just practice People suffer, and so do those who watch it. Under repeated forceful repetitions, all sense of beauty disappears. Shang Xirui is such a greedy, impetuous young man, usually not interested in anything, impatient with anything, but he has more patience in acting than anyone else, and he has the tendency to enjoy it and take it for fun. What a mortal sees as suffering is to him a game, is there anything he can't get tired of playing
Most of the Shang Xirui that Cheng Fengtai saw was his appearance after he became famous, and it was the first time he stayed with him for a few days in a down-to-earth manner. Cheng Fengtai knew more about the mess in the backyard of Emperor Han Cheng than Emperor Han Cheng himself, when Li Qiaosong's huqin sounded He was about to vomit, and he had already developed into the early stage of neurasthenia, and discussed with Shang Xirui: "Boss Shang, look, I can't help you, and I can't play with you, and I'm only in your way for sitting there." Yes." Needless to say, Shang Xirui knew what to say next, so he shook his head and refused to approve: "No. You are not allowed to go." As he spoke, he pulled out a thread of nothingness from the corner of his eye with his finger The thread was slowly pulled apart, and fell onto Cheng Fengtai's chest, he tapped hard, and said: "If I want to see you from the corner of my eye, you have to stay in my eyes, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."
Cheng Fengtai choked for breath, felt that Shang Xirui seemed to have said a word of love, which made his mind freeze and intriguing. But in retrospect, there was no love in this sentence, Shang Xirui said something unreasonable with a reasonable attitude, it's not really a love story. A few opera singers looked at the two of them covering their mouths and laughing, and felt ashamed for them. Whether there is affection in a sentence or not depends on who said it to whom. Their class leader's words to Cheng Erye are full of affection, and cursing is not called cursing, but coquettish.
After this fight, Cheng Fengtai gave up his life to accompany the opera singer, and never left early, and practiced the ability to read newspapers in the gong and drum arena. When Shang Xirui was practicing, Cheng Fengtai watched him; when Shang Xirui stopped practicing, Cheng Fengtai just read the newspaper. Many more days passed like this, at noon that day, Du Qi brought his workers to bring a leather drum the size of a table top, with a big red begonia painted in the center of the drum, which is the same as the old curtain used by Shang Xirui when he sang patterns.
Du Qi leaned into Shang Xirui's ear, smiling brightly as he spoke, and Shang Xirui also looked at that face and couldn't stop smiling. Before the drum came into use, they seemed to have seen the scene of great success, and the more they thought about it, the more beautiful it became. Du Qi took out a pair of special dancing shoes. At first glance, they looked like ballet shoes, but they were not. They were much stronger than ballet shoes, and the soles were still hard. Sponge and leather, try again."
Shang Xirui sat on the chair and kicked off the cloth shoes, Du Qi immediately knelt down on one leg like serving a Buddha, put his foot on his knee and tied his dancing shoes. Only at this time is Du Qi the most temperless and the lowest posture, and he can find fault with him, and he is also a play idiot. Shang Xirui said to the actors: "Just keep the little pine nuts, you all go back, learn the opera words by heart, and beat to death if you make a mistake!" The actors followed orders and left. Shang Xirui put on his shoes and took two steps on the ground, feeling very heeled and soft, just about to step on the drum surface to make gestures, Du Qi coughed and glanced at Shang Xirui at Cheng Fengtai. Shang Xirui turned around as if suddenly enlightened and said: "Oh, Second Master, you should go back too!"
Cheng Fengtai was about to watch something new, he couldn't help being taken aback: "What's wrong?"
Shang Xirui said: "Whether this is going to be seen or not, it has to be kept secret."
Cheng Fengtai asked in surprise: "You have to keep it secret from me?"
Du Qi rolled his eyes with hatred, while Shang Xirui completely threw away his vow of "you must be in my eyes", when there was a big drama, Cheng Fengtai couldn't hold Cheng Fengtai in his eyes for the time being, and turned his face like a heartbreaker, Especially sad: "Secret it! Are you a human? If you are a human, you have to keep it a secret! Let's go! Go home and eat early!"
Cheng Fengtai is not a beggar, he backed out of the door dejectedly and hurt, turned his head to take a look at Shang Xirui, Xiao Lai walked over blindfolded, quickly closed the door and barred it, leaving no room. Cheng Fengtai heard a string of drums in the courtyard, sighed and left.