Winter Begonia

One night at the end of February, Cheng Fengtai was late for the poker game.Entering the room, I saw that all four tables were filled, Shang Xirui was wearing a purple brocade leather jacket, with a circle of thin fox fur fluff turned out on the cuffs and neckline, rich and graceful, it set off a pointed chin, and a fair face, Like the young master of a landlord's family.He rarely played cards with others.

Cheng Fengtai said in surprise: "Huh? Boss Shang! Are you playing cards?"

Shang Xirui laughed when he saw him, and beckoned to him immediately: "Second Master, come, touch one for me." As soon as he said this, everyone in the room looked at Cheng Fengtai, because Cheng Fengtai always used this trick to point out The beauties are flirtatious, but today they are ordered by the beauties, which is really interesting.

Cheng Fengtai also found it interesting, took off his gloves, rubbed his palms and approached, put his arm on the back of Shang Xirui's chair, leaned over and touched a card.Shang Xirui smelled the cold cigarette smell on his body, like a throat-clearing herbal medicine, it smelled good.

The next one pushes the card: "Nonsense!"

Cheng Fengtai said: "Oh, I'm guilty of Cheng not being able to bring good luck to Boss Shang." Then he took another gemstone ring and put it on Shang Xirui's hand: "This, let's make amends."

Shang Xirui never turned down the benefits others gave him, touched the golden bumps on his hands that were still warm, and said with a smile: "I got three rings from the second master within a few times of meeting."

Cheng Fengtai said: "That's right, how many times do you think you should marry me?"

Everyone burst into laughter, as expected, Second Master Cheng had a sharp mouth, so there was nothing he couldn't take advantage of.Shang Xirui's ears burned from their laughter, and he pushed Cheng Fengtai away with a shy face.

Cheng Fengtai straightened up, and said loudly: "On the third day of next month, come to my house to have my son's full moon wine. You are all busy people, so I will let you know in advance, and other entertainments have been postponed, so you must come!"

"Another young master? Is this the third one?"

Cheng Fengtai sighed: "I really hope she's a girl. Who knows she's a kid again, it's troublesome."

Someone laughed and scolded: "Stop being disgusting, I have four daughters, and I can't even hope for a son."

Cheng Fengtai's eyes lit up: "Then I will trade with you?"

The man sneered and ignored him.Cheng Fengtai said: "Really! If I don't have a daughter at the age of 40, I'll go outside and raise one. I'll make an appointment here for any of you who don't want it, and give it to me in two years."

Everyone ignored his crazy words, but Shang Xirui said: "Well. I like girls too. Caring. Filial."

Cheng Fengtai finally found a bosom friend, sat on a chair by the side, talked with Shang Xirui about a Daughter Sutra, and then said: "Boss Shang, I will only invite you to Shuiyun Tower in the third year of junior high school, so I won't post. That day I At home, there are only Danjiao and Tsingyi plays—recruit a girl, can you sing it? If Minger is really recruited, it will be credited to Boss Shang.”

Others laughed and said, "Your family gave birth to a daughter, which is credited to Boss Shang. Then you have to ask the second grandma, whose seed is it?"

Cheng Fengtai gritted his teeth and smiled and punched the person: "Damn it, your skin is itchy again." Then he begged Shang Xirui: "You can sing whatever you want that day, even a new play, I guarantee that no one will dare to hit you boiling water."

Shang Xirui wanted to say that it doesn't matter if you splash it with boiling water or not, I'm used to being splashed anyway.But your sister Cheng Meixin should be there that day too, right?Seeing me, I'm going to throw my face and add embarrassment again.But since Cheng Fengtai didn't take it seriously, Shang Xirui didn't care much, agreed on the spot, and discussed with Cheng Fengtai the title of the performance.

Cheng Fengtai has always been a bit of a whimsical thinker.Anyway, someone spoils his whimsy, and he also has the financial ability to indulge in whimsy.On the day of the third day of junior high school, Cheng Fu really only acted in dan roles.Shang Xirui's customers bullied the store, he stopped the play all day to give Cheng Fengtai a concert.This day he was going to sing a small series, so he brought some of the best actors from Shuiyun Tower and his royal luthier Li Bo.Cheng Fengtai set aside a special room for them to use, and bought a few dressing tables with light bulbs installed in the room, but he still felt neglected like this, so he ran to greet him before the show started: "Boss Shang ——Brother Rui, is it okay? The snacks are in the food box, you can eat. The servant is in the corridor, and will come when you call. "

Shang Xirui was putting on makeup, he took a pinch of lead powder and applied it to his hands, his hands were as transparent as frost Saixue.Other Peking opera performers tend to ignore the makeup on their hands, so there is a peach blossom face in white and red on the stage, and when they show up holding a fan, their hands are thick, yellow and dark, which is very uncoordinated.His whitewashing of this detail was learned from actresses in Shaoxing opera when he went to Shanghai.

Shang Xirui slowly put on two dazzling gemstone rings, looked at Cheng Fengtai in the mirror, and said with a smile: "Very good. The second master took care."

Cheng Fengtai looked at these hands in the mirror, they were more exquisite and white than those of the ladies, he really wanted to rub them in his palms, and then brought them to his mouth to take a bite.He has always been a man of action, he would not be addicted to killing just thinking about it, he lifted the curtain and entered the room by gossiping, took Shang Xirui's hand, turned it up and down and rubbed it, looked and touched: "Hey! Boss Shang, is this just right? The ring I gave you."

Shang Xirui didn't know his intentions, let him rub his hands, almost wiped off the gouache: "Yes. Second master's own things, did you forget them in a blink of an eye?"

Cheng Fengtai nodded in praise and said: "En...it's really bright. It looks like a bag of water. Why didn't I notice it before..."

I don't know if he praised the ring or something else.

Cheng Fengtai was flirting with an actor in the backyard, the garden was already full of guests, brother-in-law Commander Cao and sister Cheng Meixin also arrived.The husband and wife brought a bodyguard squad to guard them, and stood a circle of soldiers armed with live ammunition standing upright along the wall, and there were two guards at each door. Commander Cao drew out his gun and burst out.

Commander Cao was a tall, burly, high-nosed, eagle-eyed northern man with a shaggy beard and a prickly head. He sat in the center in a military uniform, drinking tea and eating hazelnuts with his legs crossed.He is a different kind of handsome than Cheng Fengtai, rough and even rough, a kind of primitive masculinity.But no matter how handsome he is, no one dares to look at him except his subordinates and Cheng Meixin.

Cheng Meixin was idly helping Commander Cao peel the hazelnuts, and the servants were full of wealth and splendor, and all the excitement made her overjoyed.She just likes to let people see how grand her natal family is. As for whether the new nephew is round or flat, that doesn't matter.When visiting Second Mistress just now, she kept saying that the new child looked like Cheng Fengtai when she was a child, but in fact Cheng Meixin didn't remember what Cheng Fengtai looked like when she was a child, and Cheng Meixin didn't care about any of the following three half-brothers and sisters.

Commander Cao chewed the hazelnuts until they were crunchy: "I said——Where's Xiao Feng'er? Why haven't you come over yet?"

Commander Cao called Cheng Fengtai Xiaofeng'er, as if he was calling a girl's house, somehow he came up with it, and everyone who heard it laughed.

Cheng Meixin said: "The one who was there just now... Hey, here we come."

Cheng Fengtai finished making love to the beauty, sat down next to Commander Cao with a happy face, grabbed the hazelnuts and ate them.Cheng Meixin worked hard for a long time to peel off the shells, but it all fell into his mouth, so she couldn't help but give her younger brother a blank look.Commander Cao was overjoyed when he saw Cheng Fengtai, he put one hand on Cheng Fengtai's thigh and patted and beat him.Perhaps because of the age difference between the two, Commander Cao often felt a kind of pampering and pampering towards Cheng Fengtai's frankness and detachment.

Commander Cao said: "Little Feng'er, bring your son out and let me have a look."

Cheng Fengtai said: "What's so interesting about that thing, it looks like a monkey with its hair plucked. There will be a big show later! Also, brother-in-law, don't call me Xiaofeng'er, where does this lady's name come from? I'm not ashamed to be overheard..."

Commander Cao patted him vigorously: "Damn it! What's wrong with calling you Xiaofeng'er! Who's playing today?"

Cheng Fengtai smiled ambiguously, lowered his voice and said: "No one else has anything to say, just a No. 1 Dan in Peking, which is a bit interesting."

Commander Cao knew who it was as soon as he heard it, looked at him, and smiled ambiguously: "Oh. That's really interesting."

When Cheng Meixin heard this, resentment shot out from her eyes, she secretly scolded Cheng Fengtai: "Bitch of a bitch, you pimped your brother-in-law in front of me."Bai taught him those words, don't take me seriously, little bastard...

Cheng Fengtai chatted with Commander Cao for a while, and someone reported something, Cheng Fengtai hurriedly stood up and brushed off the hazelnut clothes on his clothes, and said: "Brother-in-law, just sit down for a while, and I'll come when I go."

According to Commander Cao's style, he always came at the finale of the banquet after it had begun.Today, because it was Cheng Fengtai, he came very early, and he got a little impatient after sitting for more than a quarter of an hour, frowned and said: "Little brother-in-law, why are you so big. Do you want me to sit here?"

Cheng Fengtai smiled and said: "Brother-in-law calm down, don't embarrass me. You love my brother-in-law, so I have to love my brother-in-law too, why don't you go to greet him. Come back and drink with you! I'll punish myself with three drinks." After finishing speaking, he ran away Later, Commander Cao chased him with a smile and scolded him.

Cheng Fengtai's brother-in-law, Fan Lian, just came back from Jinan to take care of several properties. After getting off the train, he took a shower and changed his clothes before coming to the banquet.When Cheng Fengtai saw the young couple standing behind him, he guessed who they were, and it really was good, Fan Lian happily introduced: "Brother-in-law, this is my cousin Chang Zhixin and my cousin Jiang Mengping."

Chang Zhixin was in his early thirties, wearing a black suit, glasses with tortoiseshell rims, sculpted eyebrows and bright eyes, and a straight nose. He looked like a man with a temper and sharp edges.Jiang Mengping next to her was wearing a pink woolen coat, the buttons of which had not been turned up, revealing a brand new silk cheongsam underneath.The ends of her hair are curled, and there are two rhinestone hair pins sandwiched between her temples, and she is thinly applied with powder.

When Cheng Fengtai saw Chang Zhixin, he praised Chang Zhixin, and shook hands with him warmly.He thought to himself that the children raised by the little wife are all beautiful. As far as they are concerned, he and Chacha'er are better-looking than the eldest sister Cheng Meixin.Fan Lian and Fan Jinling are also better looking than Second Mistress.And this Chang Zhixin, a standard handsome man.On the contrary, Jiang Mengping is not as beautiful as expected, in fact, she is already very beautiful, but Cheng Fengtai thinks of her as beautiful and unparalleled in her heart, so she feels a bit lacking.

Fan Lian said: "I met my cousin in Jinan, and my cousin happened to come to Beiping on business, so we came here together."

Cheng Fengtai still held Chang Zhixin's hand and shook it up and down.Chang Zhixin smiled and said: "Mr. Cheng, I have admired your name for a long time!" Cheng Fengtai also admired him for a long time.This was not a polite remark, Fan Lian passed on a lot of gossip and anecdotes about each other between them, which led to their long-standing friendship.

Cheng Fengtai invited them to the house, and said with a smile: "They are all a family, what are you calling Mr. I am your cousin-in-law, and you are my brother-in-law."

Chang Zhixin said: "Okay. Brother-in-law. How is my cousin? I'm ashamed to say that my aunt is married far away. I've never met this serious cousin before." He smiled and patted Fan Lian on the shoulder: "On the contrary This cousin Yeluzi is very familiar."

Jiang Mengping smiled and said, "Then, should we visit our cousin first?"

Just this short sentence, like a small white hand gently scratching Cheng Fengtai's internal organs.How can there be such a beautiful voice in the world, the trickling spring water is thin and clear, it is really better to speak than to sing.Cheng Fengtai looked back at Jiang Mengping, Jiang Mengping nodded and smiled generously at him, this smile gave out a warmth and fragrance, like a pink hibiscus flower blooming in the snow, with an indescribable gentleness, Bright and moving.

Cheng Fengtai sighed secretly: because of her back then, Pingyang closed the city without peace, but today I believe it.

Chang's couple visited the second grandma, and Chang Zhixin was inconvenient to enter the bedroom, so he just stood at the door and said hello, nodded and walked away.Sitting on the edge of the bed, Jiang Mengping looked at the children and asked the adults, with a very affectionate attitude.Someone as glamorous and arrogant as Second Mistress couldn't help feeling fond of her, and Fan Jinling especially liked her, hugging her arms and shouting after her sister-in-law and sister-in-law.Jiang Mengping chatted with their sisters very gently, and gradually fell in love with each other, and they were inseparable.

Second Mistress put her arms around the child, thinking: For such a woman, it was worth it for her cousin to give up his wealth for her.Shang Xirui is an actor, how can he afford her.

The men outside also chatted happily.

Cheng Fengtai said: "Uncle, Fan Er must have said bad things about me, didn't he?"

"It's true. But when I saw him today, I knew he was jealous."

"Haha, brother-in-law, is he a guest or a permanent resident this time?"

"It depends on when Chairman Jiang will transfer me to another job! Before that, I don't know how long I have been bothering you in Guibao."

Fan Lian laughed and said, "Chairman Jiang still cares about your business?" Turning to Cheng Fengtai, he said, "My cousin is working in the court, how can the work of the court be transferred here and there."

Cheng Fengtai once heard Fan Lian talk about Chang Zhixin's life, and he was surprised: "Brother, did you study law in a language university?"

Chang Zhixin also heard Fan Lian talk about Cheng Fengtai's life, pushed his glasses, and said: "It's all because of the literature my brother-in-law studied in the law school, which took up my quota, so I can only go to the liberal arts school to study law. "

After speaking, all three of them laughed.Chang Zhixin is not as serious as he looks, he is a good joker.