box of hearts

Chapter 41: Welcome the Cyclamen (6)
The fifth young master is a reckless person, and he has drunk again, so how can he behave well?After taking a big sip full of wine, she turned her face away and poured it mouth to mouth for her. Zhaohua was powerless to evade, and was forced to swallow it with the smell of wine in that mouthful.A group of ladies and gentlemen all laughed so hard that they leaned on the shoulders of the guests, and they all paid respects to the "little leader" in real or false ways, clamoring for her to "pass the customs".

Beautiful night, drunk red and green.

There was a scene of a bag of cigarettes in the commotion, Qingtian leaned towards Liu Yanei and whispered: "You sit, I'll come when I go." Then he resigned, "I'm sorry everyone, I'm sorry."

All the young people laughed, "It's easy to talk, I know that Sister Qing still has guests, so it's up to you to entertain me."

Zhaohua on the other end was so focused on hiding from the wine that she also stood up hastily, "Sister, I'll be with you."

Fifth Younger was very drunk, blushed and stared at him thickly, "Hey, I said, why are you leaving again? What a heartless little bitch! Just thinking about that southerner because he is richer?"

Zhaohua was so scolded that her heart tensed. Fortunately, the second sister Duan, who is in charge of the class, had already taught her that if a guest is jealous, she should scold Li at Zhang and Zhang at Li.Zhao Hua was a master of learning skills, and immediately showed a pitiful expression on her face, and said in a low voice aggrieved: "Master Dai, I don't want to accompany that southerner, but I can't help it. I was scolded by my mother yesterday, saying I only pretended to be you, the fifth youngest, and offended all the other guests, and told me not to be partial today. If you don't believe me, just ask my sister."

"Isn't it?" Qingtian secretly praised Zhaohua's opportunity, and then asked her a question, "Either Mr. Dai went to discuss with his mother to arrange Zhaohua, and she would follow you every day and never go anywhere."

This remark made the fifth young master happy, and he took Zhaohua's hand affectionately, "It turned out that I blamed you wrongly, so you don't have to do anything, I will go talk to your mother in a while." Said, I won’t ask you to deal with that surnamed Kang again. Well, you know me too, but if you drink too much, don’t keep it in your mind..."

The companions on the side were quite impatient, "Go ahead and let the flowers go, what are you messing around with?"

So the two girls added "I'm sorry" a few times, and they walked out together arm in arm.One goes to the front lobby, and the other goes to the opposite Xihua Hall.Both places were card games, each of them watched their guests touch hands, sat for a quarter of an hour, and then returned to the wine room of the five young masters in the east hall, accompanied by a few glasses of wine, and then apologized a few more times. Going to the game of cards, there are like a pair of shuttles that come and go, and go back and forth.However, since ancient times, people who have been covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers. No matter how beautiful the brocade weaves is, it has nothing to do with the dull and tired shuttle in the hands of poor women.

After knocking on the second watch, the east and west halls were still playing around. Although the high-rollers in the lobby were also full of fighting spirit, the poker players either left the field or went to other places for entertainment. They couldn't even get a table of cards, so they had to end hastily.Qing Tianguang gave a gift in the mouth, and then returned to the east hall to sit.Liu Yanei was very relieved when he heard that the man had left, "Hmph, I just can't let him go! If that's the case, you should go back to your room and rest, you don't have to stay with me here. I see that your complexion is very bad, busy If you get sick, it will make me feel sorry. What kind of friendship do I have with you? I definitely don’t blame you for being cold. Besides, I’m not in charge of the house today, but it’s just for the fifth younger brother’s edge[6].”

Qingtian thanked him and was about to leave when the five young men on the seat jumped up suddenly, and roared with fists together: "Seeing that Sister Qing has come back twice, there is no sign of Zhaohua, what the hell is that?" How dare the person surnamed Kang just stick to taking pictures of flowers like this, and let the uncle and I wait like a girl, what is it? Don't persuade me, I have been patient for a long time today, so I won't give that person surnamed Kang any more. My son, I really thought that I was a bully! Brothers, don’t pull me, don’t pull me, if you are a brother, just accompany me to vent this bad breath! Where are the guards? Call them all!"

Seeing that the fifth young master was going to make trouble, Qing Tian hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but was grabbed by Liu Yanei, "This bastard is drinking, don't worry about it, just follow along and watch the excitement."

All the evil youngsters are full of wine and food, and there is nowhere to digest their worries. They followed the five young men and swayed straight to the west hall.A group of servants followed closely behind, half scared and half excited.The golden candles in the west hall were shining brightly, but only Kang Guangdao's table was left among the original four tables, surrounded by seven or eight waitresses, and two or three other guests were looking there with their hands behind their backs, Second Sister Duan was covered in gold and green Standing on the lower head in person, smiling and nodding frequently, "Yes, yes, thanks to your care."

Kang Guangdao has an elegant and long face, which looks even more handsome under the light, smiling and showing his white teeth, "Besides, it doesn't need to be counted as winning, how much I won today-no, there are always some odds today." How much, I will reward Zhaohua, for her hard work this day..."

Playing cards in brothels has always been drawn from winnings, but this move is tantamount to giving away all the turnover.Kang Guangdao and his party played cards with great success and loss, with a hand of cards worth tens of taels of silver.But he just used both hands to push the beard on all sides to the table easily, as if sweeping up leftovers to feed the dog.In the same playful gesture as petting a kitten or puppy, he turned around and stroked Zhaohua who was sitting beside him, brushing her temples a few times.Zhaohua smiled, docile and silent.

Second Sister Duan on the side thanked her so much that she was so happy that she ignored the approaching angry face.

Although the Fifth Younger who rushed in was half-drunk, he had already heard Kang Guangdao's ostentatious words clearly, and when he saw Zhaohua being touched by his face and pinched his hands, a little fever rushed into his eyes, and his eyes were full of anger. Red tendons came, "What are you waiting for, do you want the uncle to do it yourself? Don't let me do it!"

The fifth young master was also considered a third-rank official, and he always brought a dozen or so yamen servants with him when he went out. None of them was a vegetarian, and he dragged Kang Guangdao off the card table as soon as he went out. It was already a good meal of punching and kicking.The fifth young man held his stomach high, pointing and cursing indiscriminately with one hand: "Fucking outlanders, country bumpkins, who don't even piss and take pictures, why do you want to make things difficult for me? Do you think you can do anything if you have a little money? Believe it or not, my uncle beat you to death today, and no one dares to fart!"

All the guests and prostitutes in the room jumped away, yelling, only the second sister Duan stepped forward in panic, "Oh, Mr. Dai, fifth young master, what are you doing? You and Mr. Kang are also friends." , look up and see down—”

"Old godmother!" The Fifth Young Master pointed at her nose, "You don't talk too much, if you break something, I will compensate you as it is, and I just want to teach this ignorant southern guy a lesson, so that he knows what is wrong." Beijing! Zhaohua, come here for me!" After copying it with his hand, he picked up Zhaohua who was standing stupidly on the ground like a chick, pointed her at her and shouted to the second sister Duan: "Zhaohua! Ah! You How much money does the mother want her to open buds, thousands or tens of thousands, just ask the price, the uncle will not be named Dai after a couple of days with you! But if you dare to treat me as a plague and ask others to light her big candles, you Believe it or not, I ordered someone to burn your kiln down?"

Seeing Kang Guangdao curled up in a pile of soap boots with his head in his arms, his cries of pain getting weaker and weaker, Second Sister Duan was so anxious that she shook her yellow golden melon seeds and clapped her hands straight, "Oh, young master! What are you talking about? It’s not the big candle you lit for Zhaohua, who else? Just next month, choose an auspicious day next month, and you and Zhaohua will happily enter the bridal chamber, okay?”

With this word, satisfaction flooded onto the face of the Fifth Young Master, but the photo flower under his arm suddenly lost its color, leaving a thin, pale skin.

Under the cover of the railing at the back, Liu Yanei picked his teeth and picked his ears, all smiling and watching from the sidelines.One of them yawned and slapped his mouth, and yelled twice: "Fifth brother, fifth brother! It's almost done, I really beat you to death, your old man will have to lock you up for another month, who can we guys find for fun?" go?"

Liu Yanei echoed, "The fourth one is right, the mother who is in charge also promised you to be the bridegroom next month, it would be unlucky for you to kill another person here."

The people in the room kept talking and persuading, and there were several yamen servants. Although they still punched and kicked, they were no longer as loud as before. They just waited for the fifth young master to speak, and then they would keep people under his command.

The brightly dressed onlookers were still shoving and discussing. Outside the crowd, Qingtian saw that the situation had calmed down, and didn't even bother to finish watching the excitement, so he retreated silently.A thin and soft skirt is the fragile wings of a tired butterfly.

4.
She went back to the room, warmed a plate of milk for the cat, and asked Mu Yun to burn two handfuls of benzoin, then locked the door, leaned on the bed, did not even take off her make-up, only her face was covered with white powder and Rouge.At one time, no matter how late the party was or how drunk she was, as long as she slept alone, she would wash her face and body clean, apply cream and dew before falling asleep, just like maintaining a piece of fine porcelain Take care of yourself.But right now she is just a broken jar, she can be thrown around casually, every moment, Qingtian can feel countless small cracks crawling up her eyebrows, eyes, mouth corners, her whole face, her whole body—she has It's been a long time since I dared to take a good look in the mirror.

And now, she can't sleep at all, and can only open her eyes, close her eyes, half-close, half-close, and half-close night after night... listening to the louder and clearer ringing from the drawer Qingtian is sure that it is not the meditation in her head, this voice is calling her endlessly, one sentence after another, like snakes turning into black tides rushing towards her, crawling all over her body, itching unbearably .

(End of this chapter)