Because Shi Li hadn't been seen for several days, Jia Cong came back from Prince Yan's Mansion too early, so he went to Xiaohuazhi Lane to have a look at him. When he arrived at the place, he saw that the door was ajar. He pushed the door open and went in, shouting: "The King of Heaven covers the ground."
Tiger—" He took a quick glance into the courtyard, trying not to drop his eyes.
I saw Shi Li and Liu Xiaoqi lying side by side on a wicker lounge chair under the willow shade. Their feet were bare and without socks, each resting on an embroidered post. There were five or six pairs of slippers scattered on the ground.
Holding a pillow - to pad his arms so that he can hold books. There is a table placed between two rattan lounge chairs. On the table, there are tea, snacks, iced mung bean soup, and a lot of books. Jia Cong can guess it with his eyes closed.
It must not be a serious book. Neither of them even raised their heads, and Shi Li never confronted him.
Jia Congnai walked over and took a look. The books were all covered with green forest commentaries, including "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "The Case of Di Gong", "The Story of Yinniang", etc. Most of them were copied by Jia Cong for later generations.
Martial arts novels. Martial arts novels are fairy tales for adults, which are particularly attractive to male teenagers. Liu Xiaoqi happened to be at this age. Jia Cong didn't say a word. He ran inside and moved another note and put it next to Shi Li.
He shared some food, drinks and comments from the table between the two of them, moved them over, moved another set of rattan lounge chairs and embroidered ottomans and lay down on them, picked up a book and read it.
The three of them read the commentary separately. When they were tired, they put the book on their faces and dozed off. They never stood up except to pee until it got dark. Jia Cong touched his belly: "Hey, Ah Hei, it's time to eat.
"
"How can you still be hungry with so many snacks?" Shi Li said, "You go eat outside by yourself, we are going to eat in the brothel."
"Damn it! You don't call me when you go to the brothel! It's so unloyal, brother!" Jia Cong stood up in a hurry.
Shi Li stretched out on the wicker lounge chair: "Not to mention that your family has your own flower house, why bother sending money to your colleagues? Can you be the same as the two of us? We are single, but you have a sweetheart.
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Jia Cong touched his nose and said, "I'm not staying the night, why don't I go to visit a brothel? Don't you two still want to tell the truth? Hey, Xiaoqi, you won't tell my future wife, will you?"
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said, "It's hard to say."
"Can you be a little loyal?" Jia Cong gave him a sideways look, "Ah Hei is the one who talks about morality the most, right?"
Shi Li also said, "It's hard to say."
Jia Cong hummed: "These comments are all mine."
Shi Li and Liu Xiaoqi looked at each other and said, "That's all. For the sake of comment, I'll hide it for you for now. Let's talk about it first. If Miss Chen uses coercion or inducement, I'll take care of it. If she invites you a few times, I'll take it.
If a beautiful lady tries to trick someone, I will definitely confess."
Jia Cong laughed and scolded: "That's a promising idea!"
Shi Li stood up like a carp and said, "Let's go!"
The three of them then went to the dark kiln in the west of the city that had only been open for less than a month. Uncle Xiong still didn't come, and even the fans were surprised and said, "I usually only come here every three to five days."
Jia Congnai asked: "Do you know his name? What does he do?" Even the fans said they didn't know.
Shi Li said from the side: "Is it your turn to ask these questions?"
Jia Cong said, "If you're not here, just let's have some wine." Then he shouted to the old bustard to serve wine and food.
Jia Cong and Shi Li have similar temperaments. They are both a bit lazy and don't take the rules seriously. In terms of appearance, Shi Li is strong enough to go out to Jia Cong's three streets. He is very understanding of the style, caring for people, and generous in giving rewards;
There are many interesting things in Cong's belly, but he has a mean temper, which can expose other people's little thoughts. Therefore, all the fans are more generous, and Jia Cong doesn't care.
The three of them drank Huizi wine. Shi Li and Fen Tou laughed and pointed at Jia Cong and Liu Xiaoqi and said, "Who persuaded the two of them to drink a large cup of wine? Lord Hei will reward them with ten taels of silver. How about that?"
Jia Cong said: "No. I just had too much tea. Xiaoqi, do you want to help them?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I also drank a lot of tea."
Shi Li said disdainfully: "Why are you two visiting the brothel if you don't want to play?"
Jia Congnai looked at Liu Xiaoqi: "My house is originally from Huahualou. When I come in, I never pay attention to the furnishings in their house. Does their pink hair look good? Is their clothes suitable? How is it compared to our Yihongyuan? Are there any advantages over us?"
You can learn it, but you can't bring up the spirit of looking for flowers and asking for willows. Don't you understand the style even though you are a young and romantic person?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I've watched everything since I was a kid, but I can't even lift my spirits."
Shi Li pointed at the two of them and said: "You two are boring! You have eaten everything since you were a child, and when you encounter delicious food, it is not as good as the delicious food. Now that you are here, it is serious to have fun. Other girls do the same thing.
On errands, do you really think people are happy to see your two poker faces?" He also ordered the fans to take out the dice and throw them, "The ones who are right will eat wine and not sing songs. Brother Cong is not allowed to sing!"
Jia Cong didn't expect to sing at all, but he became more energetic when he mentioned it. He patted the desk and started singing: "The river flows eastward~~ The stars in the sky join the Big Dipper~~ Hey hey, the friendship between life and death is a bowl of wine~
~"
Liu Xiaoqi thought it sounded pretty good and listened carefully. Shi Li kept shouting: "Quickly shut his mouth——"
He refused to let him sing, but Jia Cong insisted on singing, and the two of them had been arguing for a long time. Fan Tou had already brought the dice, and everyone was playing dice and drinking wine for fun. When Jia Cong got the idea right, he ordered him to tell a joke, and they played noisily all night.
The three of them were all drunk and spent the night here.
The next day, the three of them slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up. After washing and eating some porridge, they were about to leave. Someone from outside ran in and cried: "Manman asked her clan to take over the sinking pond!"
Shi Li hurriedly asked: "Manman, is that the singer in front of you?"
"No!" said the old madam, "Her husband disappeared years ago, and she has no livelihood on her own. She has no choice but to come to our place."
Jia Cong frowned and said: "If it didn't happen a year ago, the hot filial piety is not yet full. If you want to do business, you have to get through this year. Even if you have no relationship with her man, you still have to be able to look good."
The old madam sighed: "If she still has a bushel of rice at home, how can she do this? Her husband has been ill for four or five years, and all the money has been spent long ago. The money for medical treatment in the next two years was originally earned by her skin and flesh business.
She also has a son to support."
Jia Cong said: "If that's the case, doesn't her man's clan support anyone?"
The old bustard said: "Sir, I don't run a charity, so why should I help her?"
Jia Cong twitched his lips: "I can't blame her so much... Ah Hei, are you meddling in this business?"
Shi Li said: "I have listened to her music, so naturally I have to take care of it." Then he asked, "Where is Manman?"
The woman who reported the news said: "I was locked up in the ancestral hall all night last night, and I will sink into the pond at noon today."
Shi Li stretched his body and said, "It's almost noon. Let's go and join in the fun." He ordered the messenger to lead the way. Jia Cong and Liu Xiaoqi naturally followed.
When I got to the place and took a look, I realized that no one was right about this matter. The father of the woman named Manman was a shift worker and lived a life of drinking and gambling; but her husband's family came from a village on the outskirts of Beijing, and they had a house and farmland.
She was considered wealthy. Because her father owed gambling debts, he wanted to betroth his daughter to someone else in exchange for money. Her man wanted to marry a beautiful wife from the city and offered the largest bride price, so her father agreed. This Manman has a pretty face.
, she originally wanted to join a wealthy family and become a child, but she didn't want to marry a country boy! She was extremely unhappy and didn't like her husband very much. The idle men in the village often flirted with her, but she generally didn't like her, but she didn't like her husband.
She had an affair with someone while she was in town shopping; her husband didn't know about it at all and thought she was just cold-tempered.
However, her husband had contracted tuberculosis a few years ago. In order to treat the disease, the family's financial resources were depleted. Although Manman didn't like men very much, her son did. In order to raise her son, she had been sneaking into the city to look for hidden brothels since the year before last.
She secretly did some flesh-and-blood business. Her man secretly guessed that it was because he wanted to see a doctor for her, and she had to swallow so many tears. Their village had known about this for a long time, and it was her man who cried and begged the clan to stop him.
She was beaten to death. Years ago, her man was gone. When he left, he held her hand and said, "I can't help you."
Others thought that she would settle down if her man was gone and she no longer had to buy medicine to treat her illness. Unexpectedly, someone in the village went to the city to visit a brothel a few days ago and saw her. He returned to the village and asked for money from her. If he didn't give it, he went to the clan leader.
Report her there. Manman thought to herself, it’s not like no one knew what she was doing, so who was in charge of whom? She ignored that person. The man then reported her seriously. When the clan leader learned of this, he was furious and ordered someone to kill her.
I tied them up and left them in the ancestral hall all night, preparing to sink them into the pond today.
After hearing what the village elder said, Shi Li rubbed the back of his head: "So, we can't be considered chivalrous and righteous today."
"It really doesn't count," Jia Cong said.
Shi Li asked: "Are you going to talk nonsense?"
"Of course!" Jia Cong said, "How else would people know that the pink head is also covered by someone?" He turned to look at Liu Xiaoqi's face, which had nothing to do with it, and asked, "Xiaoqi thinks he can help a woman.
Isn’t it appropriate?”
Liu Xiaoqi said: "If you don't do my business, I'm just here to watch the fun. If you want to say it's unreasonable, where can it be more unreasonable than in the palace?"
"No!" Jia Cong clapped his hands.
The three of them then walked to the ancestral hall. They saw the clan leader pointing at the woman and listing all her faults with harsh words. The clan members were all scolding her, and some even came forward to hit or kick her. Jia Cong asked: "
Is that this?" Shi Li took a look and said, "It's her."
Manman was kneeling and waiting motionless to die. Hearing this, she turned around and shouted: "Uncle Hei!"
Shi Li smiled and said, "Some people said that you were in trouble, and I came to save you." He was good-looking, and he was wearing a Luo shirt, and he stood squarely in the hall. Manman suddenly seemed to be alive, and burst into tears.
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There was a roar all around! The old clan leader shouted: "Who broke into our clan's ancestral hall without permission!"
Shi Li glanced at Jia Cong: "It's up to you to talk nonsense."
Jia Cong bowed solemnly and said: "Hello everyone, we are nosy. Because our eldest brother heard this girl singing a few days ago and couldn't bear her premature death in youth, so he came to save her.
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The patriarch scolded: "I came to save this ** woman, is she an adulterer?"
"That's not true," Jia Cong said, "just an ordinary guest official." Who has seen such a shameless person? The clan leader was speechless for a moment. Jia Cong took the opportunity to say, "In this matter, it is not just Miss Manman who is at fault.
Many people are wrong. You see, when her husband married her, he only cared about her appearance and not her temperament. How could he marry a wife like this? If he had found out earlier that this girl was unsatisfied at home, there would be no need to marry her. As the saying goes, she is too strong.
The melon is not sweet. Miss Manman can have an affair with a rich family, even if she still does her current job, wouldn't it be good for both?"
Everyone was in an uproar. The patriarch cursed: "Shameless!"
Jia Cong said: "First feed and clothe, then shame. What's the point of talking about shame if you don't even have food and clothing? Since you know that their family is in a difficult situation, your family should help their mother and son to make ends meet; watching the orphans and widowed mothers have no rice to cook, just stand on the dry shore.
Son, no matter what means people use to make a living, you have no right to tell them what to do."
An old woman came out from below and said, "Isn't Erzhu's wife raising the child by herself? She has never done anything like washing clothes, picking rice ears, pouring night fragrance! Didn't she also drag the child to such a big size?"
Jia Cong said: "There are a hundred thousand roads in the world, and it is up to whoever chooses which one to take. Old people can only support themselves with a hundred thousand dollars. Even gods can only take care of themselves."
The old woman tapped the green bricks on the ground with her cane and said, "There is justice in the world after all!"
Jia Cong sneered: "You are so old and you are still joking? What is justice? Can you eat it? This girl Manman didn't want to marry her current man, but she was sold by her father. Is it fair?
?”
The old woman said: "If she hadn't married, I'm afraid she would have sold her into a brothel!" Jia Cong laughed when he heard this and just looked at the old woman without saying a word. The old woman suddenly remembered: She is not a fan now.
Huh? I was suddenly speechless.
Jia Cong said: "As long as she is willing, there is nothing wrong with being a fantou. Looking back, if there are not so many men visiting the brothels, where will the fantou business be? Carrots and greens, everyone has their own business. The best is honey.
Sugar, arsenic and frost. Old people, why bother to care about how other people live their lives."
The patriarch said: "It's just that since she married into our village, she is the daughter-in-law of our village. How can we allow her to go outside and lose her reputation?"
Jia Cong clapped his hands and said: "Why did you come back again? You didn't help her either. Could it be that she is waiting to starve to death?"
Shi Li said: "That's all, Li'er has made it clear. Let's go." He took two steps forward and slashed the rope around Manman's body with his dagger.
Is this okay? The patriarch gave an order, and a dozen strong men came up from below. Jia Cong shrank behind Liu Xiaoqi: "I am a scholar, you come up!" Liu Xiaoqi glanced at him, stepped forward and relaxed a few times.
They all fell down. The patriarch yelled again: "You can't leave, motherfucker!" Many more people came up. It was useless as many as they came. They were just ordinary villagers, and they were all in vain in front of Liu Xiaoqi. They could only watch helplessly.
Then they took Manman all the way out of the ancestral hall and went straight to their home - their son was still at home.
Shi Li was a romantic figure and went in with her to pack her things. Jia Cong and Liu Xiaoqi were waiting outside. Jia Cong said: "Others can ignore this matter, but I definitely can't. There are many fans in our Yihong Courtyard who are not happy."
There are many girls from good families like her who hang out in the building just to make ends meet or even get some money for cosmetics. Their tribesmen also know about it, and there is nothing they can do about it. If this vine sinks into the pond, those
The woman’s tribe also started a riot, which seriously damaged our business.”
Liu Xiaoqi hummed: "The co-authorship is for your family's business." Jia Cong chuckled.
But he saw the old woman walking over slowly, and Jia Cong bowed to her. The old woman looked at Jia Cong and said, "My old lady is old. Even though she is an old country woman, she has seen some characters. You...
The young master doesn’t look like a bad person, he just helps that woman for some unknown reason.”
Jia Cong thought for a moment and said: "Everyone takes the path he chooses and has his own karma. Whether he has no regrets or regrets will break his heart in the future has nothing to do with others. This Manman may get something bad in Hualou.
He fell ill and died miserably a few months later; he might have moved into a wealthy family based on his looks, gained the favor of his master based on his skills, or even made money and become his wife; or he might have made a few years of money and bought a shop in Beijing.
In the small days, everything in the world is like this, who cares? Old man, the crime of forcing good girls to become prostitutes will be punished by heaven and earth. However, I am also opposed to forcing good girls to become prostitutes. "
The old woman looked at him: "What a strange idea."
Jia Cong smiled softly: "Have you ever heard of such a saying? 'I object to every word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to speak.' I hope that one day, everyone will be able to freely choose the way they want to go.
The road is no longer limited by family or parents."
Liu Xiaoqi raised her eyes and stared at him for a long time. Jia Cong was startled, then suddenly let out an "ouch", spread his hands and said, "I really didn't tell you this." Liu Xiaoqi said nothing. Jia Cong curled his lips and said, "I don't believe it.