Chapter 18 Luzhou (3)
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Boss Xu said a lot. He treated Yang Yi as himself and started talking about his own affairs. It turned out that the Xu family's Yuelai Inn was originally an old shop in Luzhou. In the early years, the boss's grandfather was also a single-gang businessman, and he was also a Hui merchant. Boss Xu's grandfather had been out with the villagers since he was a child. Finally, he was able to do business. After more than ten years, he saved some money. Later, he returned to Luzhou, bought a piece of land, and built this inn. His business was pretty good in his early years, and there were many merchants coming and going in Luzhou. When it was passed on to Boss Xu, the business was getting worse and worse. In recent years, the Qing Dynasty had never stopped. There were troubles here today, and there were rebelling there tomorrow, and fewer and fewer people were doing business. The inn was getting worse and worse.
In the words of Boss Xu, he is a person with a poor fortune and a miserable life. The third generation of the Xu family passed on to him was in danger of being out of reach. Boss Xu's wife is a small family and a virtuous person. However, since she entered the Xu family's door, she gave birth to five children in a row, but she was not in charge of all of them. When she was born in the fifth year, the inn was not good, and she was not well prepared during the confinement period, and she became weak. In addition, she could not give birth to a son. Boss Xu couldn't help but nag for the sake of not having a son. She was naturally depressed and was sick all day long. She always kept medicine and went there at the end of the year before. In the past, the Xu family could still fool rice all year round, but in recent years, she couldn't even eat rice. She had sweet potatoes and stick noodles all day long, and even the wine that Boss Xu liked was rare to drink the most sweet potato wine.
The five girls in the Xu family were called Da Ya and Er Ya. After a while, Yang Yi asked him why he didn't give his daughter a good name. Boss Xu said that he didn't recognize many of his names. Every family belongs to every family, and sooner or later, he will get married. What are the names? In Luzhou City, except for the daughters of wealthy families or prominent families, they will give a big name. Most people's daughters are called nicknames. Yang Yi asked why the eldest girl was not here? Boss Xu said that the eldest girl's life was miserable. When he was mother-in-law, his family couldn't stand it anymore, and the business in the store was also
It was bad, and it was not enough to charge a few dollars to pay taxes, and even the sweet potato could not be eaten. The girl felt sorry for her sisters, so she went to the Li family, a wealthy family in the city, to be a servant. She was poor. She was only sixteen years old at that time, and she was not as good as Zhang Hao, so she had to serve others. Even this year it was fifteen before she could come back. When she came back last year, she said that the wife of the Li family liked her very much and planned to help her find a good family. As she said that Boss Xu wiped her tears. The second girl next to her saw it, and even scolded him a few words, saying that he shouldn't have said this in front of Yang Yi and the others.
After the meal, it was completely dark. Several young men began to yell to go out to watch the lights. Boss Xu didn't need to persuade him when he drank. He kept drinking without spending money and had already crawled on the table. Yang Yi asked the Wang brothers to help him to the inner room and settle him in Boss Xu. Yang Yi looked at the lively scene outside the door and couldn't help but get excited.
"Let's go, let's look at the lights." The young men immediately cheered, and even the Wang brothers were a little ready to move. Erya seemed to feel sorry for the younger sisters, so she nodded and agreed.
A group of people, big and small, came to the streets, and the festive celebration came to us. Although people are having a difficult time today, the Chinese people's attention to the Spring Festival still makes the nights in Luzhou boil. Along the way, Erya said that a new magistrate came to Luzhou last year, and he was a good official. After coming, he punished several street bullies and brought everyone to build the city walls. Before the New Year, he also sent some rice and grain to those beggars on the street. In the past six months, he has done a lot of good things for the people. This lantern festival was advocated by the prefect.
The Lantern Festival attracted countless people to the streets. The narrow streets were particularly crowded under the surging crowds. Although it was early spring, there was no chill in the crowd on this chilly night.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Yi thought of Xin Qiji's "The Blue Jade Case". The east wind bloomed thousands of flowers and trees at night, and the stars blew down, and the stars were like rain. The fragrance of BMW carvings was everywhere. The sound of the phoenix flute moved, the light of the jade pot turned, and the fish and dragon danced overnight. The moths and the snow willows were golden, and the smiles were filled with fragrance. He was looking for him thousands of times.
When I looked back, the man was in the dim light.
In this situation, Yang Yi couldn't help but think a lot. What did he really want to find when he came to this world? Is there a woman in this world who makes him find thousands of miles away?
As we walked over, the street was full of lights and colorful people were dazzled. All kinds of small businesses were working hard to organize business. A few young people often stopped in front of some snacks and refused to leave. Every time, Yang Yi would take out the money until they could satisfy their favorite snacks and walk while eating. At this time, Erya looked at her sister's satisfied expression and would also give Yang Yi a gentle look.
"Eya, is it you?" Someone in the noisy crowd seemed to be calling Erya. Perhaps because there were many people in Luzhou City called Erya, Yang Yi didn't care. He continued to appreciate the various lanterns and unique shapes on the street. He didn't look back until he couldn't see Erya and her sisters on the left and right, and then he saw Erya and a woman hugging each other and crying quietly.
"Hey, why are you crying on this street?" Yang Yi hurried forward to tease them, but found that the woman looked at Yang Yi nervously.
"Sister, don't be afraid, he is a customer in our store and a good person." Erya quickly comforted the woman. It turned out that this was Erya's elder sister. I really didn't expect that the sisters met on this street.
At this time, there seemed to be a little commotion in the crowd. When the elder sister saw it, she quickly said, "Go away, the people from the Li family are chasing you." She said that without hesitating Yang Yi and the others, she pulled up the sisters and ran away.
Yang Yi also felt something wrong with his elder sister, so he hurriedly chased after her and grabbed the sisters.
"If you want to run, don't go home. If you have any problems, let's find a place to discuss. Erya, you are confused. If someone wants to arrest you, won't you send someone to your house to wait for you?"
As he said that, Yang Yi told the Wang brothers: "Make trouble for them." The Wang brothers gave him a knowing look and faced the commotion crowd. Yang Yi held Eryatou's hand, regardless of her elder sister's surprised look, and took the daughters of the Xu family to disappear in this night with the crowds of lanterns in Luzhou.
Chapter completed!