The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Qi knows that she looks good, she never wears makeup, and only wears dark-colored clothes, and sometimes she puts a thin layer of soot on her face when she goes out.Both she and Pan Xigui are honest, Liu Mingyi is likable, and the neighbors are willing to help them, so the past two years have been smooth.Unexpectedly, two local ruffians came to the house for no reason to make trouble this day, and she was so scared that she closed the door tightly and dared not go out.

It's fine that she's an adult, how old is Liu Mingyi?He has a lively temper and can't be kept at home at all.When Mrs. Qi didn't pay attention, she slipped away and went outside to play with some boys from the next door.There is a huge old locust tree at the entrance of the alley. The children are like climbing trees, and whoever climbs the highest is the Monkey King.The two younger ones raised their necks to cheer, and the older one swished up the tree.A man he didn't know came over and stood there looking up.The little girl in the red dress on the tree was fast and smart, and climbed to the top like a little monkey blinking.

An older child shouted: "Be careful! Fall carefully!"

The child at the top said crisply: "I won't fall! I'm Monkey King!" Nai giggled and stepped on his calf somehow, but stood up on the top of the tree, waving his little arms steadily, "I am Sun-wu-kong-"

Several children shouted: "Come down quickly~~" There was a little boy under the tree who turned his head to look at the man.The man stood with his hands behind his back, showing no intention of protecting the little red monkey on the top of the tree.

A child on the tree shouted, "Compare the tree from now on! Whoever is the slowest is Zhu Bajie!"

As soon as the words fell, the children all crawled down.The one on the top was still the fastest to come down, like a small red cloud that floated to about six feet above the ground in the blink of an eye, and seeing someone under her with very fast hands and feet, she jumped straight down!Not only was he not injured, but he stood firmly.She clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I'm the fastest again!" The children came down one after another, and they all convinced her, calling her "big king".The little girl was triumphant, with her chest up and her hands behind her back.

Suddenly saw the man without paying attention, stopped laughing instantly, opened a pair of big black eyes and looked up at him for a long time: "Uncle, I have seen you."

The man asked, "Where did you see it?"

The little girl shook her head: "I can't remember."

The man smiled and patted her head: "It's okay, just remember to meet." Nai asked her, "Are you happy?"

The little girl laughed immediately: "It's so happy!"

"You... Father... How is he treating you well?"

The little girl nodded vigorously: "Father loves me the most!"

The man was silent for a moment and asked again: "Is there anyone who treats your family badly on weekdays?"

The little girl immediately pouted: "There are two villains who often come to ask for money! Mom won't let me go out to play..."

The man asked: "Why did the villain seek your family for money? When did it start?"

The little girl said: "It just started a few days ago. I eavesdropped on my mother and father's conversation last night, because a wealthy customer, Xunniang, ordered a belt that could make a lot of money, and let the bad guys know about it, so they came to ask for it." Money. The belt hasn’t been embroidered yet, so of course they didn’t give me money..."

The man thought for a moment and asked, "They didn't come to ask for money before?"

The little girl sighed like a grown-up: "Our family had no money in the past~~"

The man nodded: "That's right. When do those two scoundrels usually come to ask for money?"

The little girl pouted again: "It's time to eat! It's disgusting."

"Lunch or dinner?"

The little girl stomped her feet: "They all come!"

The man looked up at the sun, then touched her little head: "They won't come at noon today."

The little girl looked up at the man's face and said loudly, "Okay!" The man walked away with his hands behind his back.The little girl walked back to the little friend with her hands behind her back.

At noon that day, no local ruffian came to Qi's house to make trouble.

Two days later, when the little girl was playing, she saw a man approaching from a distance, and ran over with a "Zi Liu" sound: "Uncle——" The man stood still and waited for her.The little girl ran up to him and frowned and said, "The villain from last time is not coming, but a new villain came yesterday!"

The man said: "I'm not afraid. Do you still come during dinner?"

The little girl shook her head: "This time, come when you don't eat."

"Well. They won't come tomorrow either."

The little girl showed a sweet smile with eight small teeth: "Okay~~"

The rascal is really not coming again.

Two days later, the little girl was swinging flowers with a stick in one hand, the man came again and nodded to her.The little girl immediately put away the stick, held it in her hand, and ran to the man: "Uncle~~ Another two came here yesterday! They are sitting in front of our house right now! I climb the windows when I come out to play."

The man knelt down and touched the back of her neck: "They will leave immediately."

The little girl smiled sweetly: "Uncle is the best!" Then she went back to play.

The man turned around and walked down the alley, and saw two men sitting in front of Qi's house from a distance.Just as he was about to raise his hand, a figure flickered, and a hand grabbed his wrist. "Liu Si, stay here." The man was naturally Liu Si, and it was Chen Ruijin who stopped him.She sighed softly, "I knew it was you. It's also because Jia Cong didn't think well. You are a big inner guard, and you know that there are few things going on outside."

Liu Si asked, "What does Miss Chen mean?"

Chen Ruijin said: "Even if you are a hooligan in the market, if you die, you will alarm the government. You have killed three people, and they are all 'violent deaths'. If you kill these two, even if Mr. Zhao Cheng is a fool, he should know that he has nothing to do with this household. They have something to do with each other. It must not be a good thing for their family to get into trouble with the government."

Liu Si was silent.After a while Fang said: "Do you have any ideas?"

Chen Ruijin said: "It's good for these two to scare them away. It's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. If you want to cure the root cause, the Rongguo Mansion must come forward to find an excuse to take them to live in another place and send them to a small courtyard. You can pay for it. I'm afraid of Mrs. Pan I refuse to accept this favor." Liu Si said nothing.Chen Ruijin waited for a long time, and then said, "Maybe we can help someone who is capable to take care of this mess in the west of the city. There are natural rules in the market, and if one tyrant leaves, the other will come out ahead. However, the third treasurer of Qin left the business." Still, those businesses belong to the King of Yan. Li Shengxian sees that he is not up to the task; but if others have the intention of overstepping him, the government will step in to sideline the situation. The market is no different from the officialdom, and the incompetent will lead to chaos."

Liu Sidao: "Does King Yan care?"

Chen Ruijin said: "If you say it sounds good, you are a marketer, but if you say it sounds bad, you are a thief. How idle is King Yan? Do you care?"

Liu Sidao: "Third Aunt Qin belongs to him."

Chen Ruijin said: "Third Aunt Qin was originally a spy of the imperial court, and it is convenient for her to become a tyrant in the west of the city; her business with King Yan is a surprise, and it is not an errand." Liu Si remained silent.Chen Ruijin looked at him again and said, "Liu Mingyi, that little girl is really cute. Right now, these few idlers only ask for a few dollars. There are everyone in the market." Hearing this, Liu Si's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly raised his hand. He stared at her; Chen Ruijin had turned around and drifted away.

Liu Sili stood there in a daze for half a cup of tea before walking towards the two idlers, involuntarily carrying one in each hand, walking out to the other side of the alley where Liu Mingyi was playing, and beat them up at the entrance of the alley—of course Didn't make any real effort.The two didn't know why, so they yelled at first, and then cried and begged for mercy when the pain became more severe after being punched a few more times.Liu Si sneered and said: "You are young and have hands and feet. It's not easy to find things to do. You only want to do these dirty things all day long." The two idlers swore to be good people from now on.Liu Sidao, "Let the Sajia see you acting recklessly again, and I will break your dog legs!" He flung his sleeves and left.The two idlers lay at the entrance of the alley "Oh" for a long time, and then walked away with their arms.

It was useless for Liu Si to scare the two of them away to the Qi family.All the ruffians in the west of the city got the news that Qi's flowers are very good. A young lady from a rich man's family from the south fell in love with her craftsmanship and offered a lot of money to buy her work.No one knows how much "heavy money" is, anyway, her man is just an ordinary carriage driver, easy to bully.Although there were three people who died suddenly and two people who were beaten in front, those people didn't think about whether they were protected by someone in their family, but they all thought, "What a piece of fat, they didn't eat it, maybe they were born with it." You should give it to me." Two days later, Liu Mingyi twisted his neck and never saw that uncle again.

That night, Liu Xiaoqi jumped over the courtyard wall of Lixiangyuan, and just as he landed, he heard a "swish", and a teacup flew straight towards his stomach.Nai lightly stretched out his hand to hold it, and looked up: Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin were not in the courtyard, a young man in a green coat and a small cap sat beside the begonia carved lacquer table where tea and snacks were placed, and threw another teacup over with a puffy face. .This time the aim was a bit off, and it flew over about four inches from Liu Xiaoqi's shoulder.Liu Xiaoqi stretched out his arm, and grabbed it in the palm of his hand again.The boy saw it and threw the third one, Liu Xiaoqi held the first two tea cups in his right hand and took them with his left.

Turning his head to look over again, the boy suddenly took out a small western gun from his arms and pointed it at himself!He also sneered and said, "But let's see if you still have bullets in your hand!"

Liu Xiaoqi said honestly, "Even with empty hands, I can't catch the bullet."

The boy stood up sullenly, looked at him a few times, and snorted, "Kong has all the skills to not deal in business ideas, but to be a thief!"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "I'm not a thief."

"Oh?" The boy tilted his head and asked, "What's your surname? What's your name? Where do you come from? Where are you going? Let me explain soon."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Your family's third master Cong naturally knows, I have something to find him."

The servant looked at him a few more times, and shouted: "Liar~~Come on~~There is a thief who says he knows you~~"

Hearing the sound of footsteps, someone shouted: "No big or small! You are rebellious!" Jia Cong came out of the house with his sandals on. Seeing the two people in the courtyard, he was taken aback, "What are you two doing?" ?”

The servant pointed a gun at Liu Xiaoqi: "He said he knew you!"

Jia Cong frowned and said, "Put down the gun! What are you looking like?"

Liu Xiaoqi said leisurely: "Brother Cong, the way your family treats guests is not very polite."

The boy looked at him and looked at Jia Cong, and he understood a little bit in his heart. He lowered his gun and argued, "You didn't even knock on the door, and you flew in from outside the wall. Could it be a gift from a visitor?" ?”

Liu Xiaoqi said: "I'm not used to knocking on doors." Then he went to Diaoqijizi.

The boy said: "Who knows if you are used to knocking on the door? Don't ordinary people think you are a thief when they see you like this?"

Liu Xiaoqi neatly put back the three teacups and said: "San Ge Cong, this Lixiangyuan is not an ordinary place, there are always unusual people."

The boy wanted to retaliate, but Jia Cong said first, "That's all! It's just a little misunderstanding, and I've been talking about it for a long time." The boy just pouted and fell silent. "Is there something wrong with Xiao Qi?"

Liu Xiaoqi said: "What message did you ask me to convey to the fourth brother that day? He asked my grandfather to lock him up."

Jia Cong frowned: "It's locked up? What's the reason?"

"I don't know." Liu Xiaoqi said, "It's not like you don't know about our family. There's never any gossip to inquire about. I think it has something to do with what you said last time."

Jia Cong called a boy: "Go to Bao Erye's yard and call Miss Chen back. I just said that I have something important to discuss." The boy agreed and ran away.

In the past few days, Chen Ruijin tried to get the girls from Liu's family out of various health care halls with various names during the day, and was busy discussing with Shi Xiangyun about setting up a girls' school at night, so he is not here at the moment.When she came back, she saw the two of them and asked, "What is Xiao Qi doing here?"

Neither Jia Cong nor Liu Xiaoqi had time to speak in the future, and the young man said quietly, "Aunt Chen~~ Do you know what month it is?"

Chen Ruijin took a look: "Cheng'er? What are you doing here so late? Wearing such clothes... Maybe there is a mistake on the road. If your grandfather finds out, won't you be scared to death?"

The boy lazily said: "Don't worry! It's fine if he didn't find out. If he finds out about my servant girl, he will tell the truth." This boy is Su Cheng. The mother-in-law sneaked out.Now, holding his chin in both hands, he said resentfully, "Did Aunt Chen forget me? It's already August, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cheng'er is going to leave the house..."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "Just don't worry, your affairs have been settled long ago."

Jia Cong said, "I forgot about it. Are you done?"

"It's done." Chen Ruijin said, "This little girl is impatient. In three or four days, the Song family will be forced to withdraw the engagement."

"Huh? Why? The child must have made the belly of another girl bigger."

Chen Ruijin gave him a sideways glance: "Am I so deceitful in what I do?"

Jia Cong said righteously: "No! Of course not!"

Su Cheng jumped off the chair and ran to Chen Ruijin's side and pulled her skirt: "Really? Are you done?"

Chen Ruijin nodded and said: "I have tried to see if the second master of the Song family is willing to move out of their house to live on his own, it is obviously not possible." She first bribed a gentleman from Yuntai Academy, pretending to meet second master Song in a teahouse, and praised him very much. His talent and learning are said to be able to persuade the dean, Mr. Xu, to be specially appointed as a gentleman of the academy regardless of his age.Song Erye only said that everything in the house was cheap, and refused to go.Later, he sent someone to pretend to be a staff member of the prefect of Tianjin, and pretended to meet him by chance, praised his talent, and wanted to recommend it to his own adults.He is still reluctant to leave Beijing.Chen Ruijin knew that this son loved his family, and he was not willing to stand on his own right now. "Since that's the case, we have to let go of this marriage. It won't be his fault anyway."

Jia Cong didn't ask any questions, but rubbed his nose and said, "Well, you are the most appropriate to do things. Cheng'er is not young, so I have to find another one quickly."

Su Cheng was so happy that he ran around the yard twice, picked up a bowl of lotus next to the steps, and rubbed his small face against the bud: "You guys are there anyway!"