Little Fujin

The boys exit the house, leaving the woman behind.The operator glanced at Lin Ruan and said, "Her name is Yuxiang."

Lin Ruan nodded slightly as a salute.

Yuxiang returned the gift politely. Although she was in the Rouge Hutong, she was not dusty, but had a calm demeanor instead.

Yuxiang is the owner of this Suyu Pavilion. She has seven or eight boys and a dozen or so girls under her hands. The boys are raised as female roles, and the girls are used as maidservants. There is only one famous under him. Here Rouge Hutong is not very good.

But she doesn't dig too much into it, and with some of her own regular customers and new customers from time to time, she can get by.

As Yuxiang spoke, she went to the back of the screen and changed into a light blue long gown, tied up her hair with a hairpin, and said, "You two don't seem to be here for fun, you're just curious."

Lin Ruan was a little embarrassed, wondering if he had delayed Yuxiang's time.The operator peeled the peanuts and ate them on his own, and said, "My friend is a writer, here to collect materials, you can pick up some things from your past and listen to them."

Lin Ruan hurriedly said, "It's fine if it's inconvenient."

Yuxiang could see their sympathy for each other, and said with a smile: "It's nothing inconvenient, it's all in the past."

Yuxiang poured a bowl of tea, "It is said that this is a place for romance and love, but in fact, everyone is acting on the occasion, and they may not have much sincerity. Let me say, I can't tell, but there is an old thing , I can talk casually, you can listen casually.”

Lin Ruan looked at Yuxiang, and Yuxiang recalled: "It was the first time I came out to meet people when I was 14 years old. My first guest was a young teacher who was dragged here by two of his friends. His two friends are familiar with each other, but he is the first time here. It is the first time for him to come here, and it is also the first time for me to see a visitor, so the two of us chatted."

Yuxiang said with a smile on her face, "I'm afraid he regarded me as the scholars he used to hang out with, and I couldn't understand some of the words he said. But I can feel that he respects me very much. When he left that day, he put down five oceans, which was a lot at the time."

"Later, he came here a few times and learned that I didn't read much, so he told me to teach me to read and write." Yuxiang said: "It was early spring, every afternoon at four o'clock when he came out of school, he came here to teach me to read. We left when it was dark."

"What happened next?" Lin Ruan asked.

Yuxiang lowered her head and drank her tea, "After coming for a while, he got married. After getting married, he never came again."

Lin Ruan was taken aback, feeling that the story ended before it even started, and she was a little confused.

Seeing him like this, Yuxiang smiled, and said: "It is very taboo to talk about love in Fengyue, because most of them have no good end. The reason why I remember him is to thank him for his heart. He is a teacher, every day Running this way, I don’t know how many people laughed at him face to face and behind his back, but he still came. He followed me and said, clean up yourself, don’t care about gossip.”

Yuxiang said softly, "Think about it, what we are most afraid of in this line of work is gossip. It looks so good, but I hate it behind my back. If it weren't for what he said to me, I think there will always be a knot in my heart." , life will be much sadder.”

Lin Ruan looked at Yuxiang and asked, "Do you like him?"

Yuxiang smiled a little embarrassedly, "At that time, I was young, so I must have liked it. After all these years, I think that's the way it is."

Lin Ruan asked again: "When you like him, how does it feel?"

Yuxiang couldn't tell, she covered her mouth and smiled, "I don't know, but when I think about it now, I feel like I'm young again."

The operator glanced at Lin Ruan, who looked thoughtful.Before he could speak, a loud voice suddenly came from outside.

Yuxiang went out to mediate, while Suanzi and Lin Ruan sat in the room, looking out the window.

I saw a few people coming out of a room in the west wing, chattering.Among them was a young and handsome man, disheveled, as if he had just put on a coat and was hurriedly pulled out.

The man who pulled him was a man in military uniform. Although he was pulling him, he still consciously protected him.Behind the two was a young man with greasy hair and pink face, wearing an old gown with a double-breasted tufted pattern, and his head was shaved.

The man in the military uniform pulled the man in the long shirt outside, then turned his head and punched the bald head, causing his nose to bleed.

The man in the long gown was startled, hesitating whether to persuade him or not.Lin Ruan saw that he was barefoot without shoes, with bruises around his ankles, as well as his hands.There are also many marks on the arms exposed during the pulling.

Yuxiang went out and asked someone to pull them away. The man in the long gown led the man in the military uniform into a room, and the bald man was left in the yard cursing and speaking in a terrible way.

After a while, Yuxiang came back and explained to them that the person in the long gown was from Suyu Pavilion, and his name was Wuyue.The bald head was his guest, the bald head was a young man from the Qing Dynasty, he had some weird rules, he was easy to torture people on the bed, and he often hurt people all over his body.

The one in military uniform is also a guest of May, and I ordered it twice after May.This time, I ran into him here for some reason. The soldier must not be happy when he saw the wound on Wuyue's body, so he went up and beat him up.

While talking, Yuxiang took the wound medicine from the cabinet, and the operator was peeling melon seeds beside him, and said leisurely: "These old and young people from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, full of feudal poison in their heads, are really not a thing."

As he said that, the operator gave Lin Ruan a pointed look.

Lin Ruan was not happy, "Mr. is different from them!"

"I didn't mention him, why are you guilty?" Operator looked at Lin Ruan casually.

Lin Ruan couldn't hear someone saying bad things about Zhan Xi, he stared like a fortune teller, got up and was about to leave.

As soon as he walked to the courtyard, the bald head came to grab Lin Ruan's hand, "When will there be new products, why don't you come and accompany me soon."

Lin Ruan quickly took two steps back to avoid him touching, three or four people went up to hold down the bald head, the bald head was sweating profusely and looked crazy, which startled Lin Ruan.

"This is him?" Lin Ruan asked Yuxiang.

Yuxiang waved her hand and asked someone to send him out, saying, "I've smoked opium."

Lin Ruan paused, with disgust in his eyes.

While talking, someone called Lin Ruan, "Master Lin?"

Lin Ruan turned her head and saw the man in military uniform. Standing beside him was that gentle and handsome young man. He had already put on his clothes, but his face was still pale.

Lin Ruan remembered that this man in military uniform seemed to be Gu Ji's adjutant, surnamed Zhuang.

"Adjutant Zhuang?"

Adjutant Zhuang nodded, "It's me."

Lin Ruan smiled at him awkwardly, not knowing how to explain why he appeared here.

Adjutant Zhuang seemed more at ease than Lin Ruan, he nodded to Lin Ruan, "I'm laughing."

After finishing speaking, he walked over Lin Ruan to Yuxiang, and said, "I want to redeem Wu Yue."

Wu Yue was stunned, and hurried to pull Adjutant Zhuang's sleeve, Yuxiang looked at Wu Yue, then at Adjutant Zhuang, and said: "Although Wu Yue is not the most popular, it is better because he is young and has a good temper. I’m willing to talk to you, I won’t say anything, 2000 Yuan Dayang is May’s worth.”

After hearing this, Adjutant Zhuang pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, give me a few days to raise money."

Yuxiang nodded, and Wuyue looked anxious and unhappy from the beginning to the end.

2000 Yuan Dayang is definitely not a small amount for Adjutant Zhuang, not to mention bankrupt.

Shuanzi came out of the house at some point, leaning against the door, as if watching a play.He always has a sense of dissociation, dissociated from the world.The first time Lin Ruan saw Shuanzi at the cake shop, she felt this way.Later, this feeling disappeared, and Lin Ruan thought it was his own illusion.But right now, in Shuanzi's amorous peach blossom eyes, there is nothing but indifference.

"It's so lively." A familiar voice came from the door, and Lin Ruan looked over to see Gu Ji in military uniform, with a military cap in his hand, walking around the screen wall and looking at the people in the courtyard.Behind him, Zhan Xi walked out unhurriedly, his eyes stopped on Lin Ruan for a moment.

Lin Ruan glanced at him, then quickly moved away, feeling like she wanted to look but didn't dare.The operator was still leaning against the door, and the emotions in his eyes gradually became complicated.

Adjutant Zhuang walked up to Gu Ji and gave a military salute, Gu Ji was about to smile, "You still know that you are a soldier, and you are not afraid of being laughed at when you fight with people in Yanzhi Hutong."

"The subordinates know their mistakes and are willing to accept the punishment!"

Adjutant Zhuang said so, but kept Wu Yue firmly behind his back.

Gu Ji raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

I don't know what Adjutant Zhuang said to Yuxiang, but in the end Adjutant Zhuang took Wuyue away.Don't hesitate to go out after finishing the matter.Zhan Xi also walked out, as if he was pulled by scruples, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

Lin Ruan followed them out of the courtyard gate, Zhan Xi and Gu Ji got into the car, but the operator suddenly stopped Lin Ruan.

Lin Ruan looked back at him, the operator was leaning against the wall, the expression in his eyes became much lighter, and he said: "If you are wondering whether you like someone, then you probably like him."

Lin Ruan didn't answer, but said: "Aren't you a monk, you also understand these things?"

"I don't understand, but I'm not stupid."

Lin Ruan frowned again, "I'm not stupid either."

The operator sneered and asked, "I did a fortune teller for you back then, do you remember?"

Lin Ruan shook her head, "I don't remember."

Suanzi shrugged, and said lightly, "That's fine."

Lin Ruan was a little puzzled, but the operator didn't say anything.Lin Ruan had no choice but to wave to him and ran to the car.

Gu Ji was in Adjutant Zhuang's car, while Zhan Xi's car was driven by Shining.Lin Ruan opened the car door and sat on it, glanced at Zhanxi quietly, and then quickly moved away.

As the sky darkened, the car drove into Lan Mansion.The street lamps in the garden had been turned on, giving off a bright, warm yellow light.

Zhan Xi and Lin Ruan got out of the car, and it was good for Shining to drive the car.Zhan Xi didn't speak, walked up the steps to enter the door, Lin Ruan called him from behind, "Sir."

Zhan Xi turned to look at him.

Under the light, Lin Ruan's eyes showed a different kind of clarity.

"Sir," he said, "I may, like you."