Chapter 57: The Little Eunuch Wrongly Returns to His Hometown
When he was ten years old, the little eunuch left his hometown and embarked on a bumpy and difficult road to become an eunuch. His relatives, friends, and neighbors would never have thought that there was still a man's beauty left in him. God is pitiful, earth is pitiful, little eunuch
The eunuch actually returned to his hometown where he had been away for many years. He could not remember the village clearly, but he still vaguely had some influence on their house.
He wasn't planning to go home. To be honest, he didn't have much affection for the people in his hometown. He was sent to the royal family to be a eunuch at first, not because of the virtues of these well-meaning people. In this case, being a eunuch is so good.
, why didn’t they also send their sons to be cut by lot? No matter how many sons a family has, why him? He was lucky enough to retain the characteristics of a man, and it was definitely not because his hometown produced an expert, so he figured out that
There must be adventures in life, otherwise such good things would never be his turn.
Once, the little eunuch happened to meet a middle-aged beggar who was half crazy and half stupid in a small ruined temple during his trip to take shelter from the rain. The little eunuch saw how pitiful he was, so he casually took out a piece of silver and threw it into his hand.
The man knelt down on the ground and called him "Master". He deliberately teased the beggar and said: "Friend, if I give you a lot of silver, will you cut off your stuff and give it to me? With all this money,
You don’t have to go around begging for food anymore.” The beggar shook his head and said, “No, no, I won’t do it even if you give me ten piles of silver. If people don’t have those things, what’s the point of living?” It can be seen that a fool is a fool.
Even beggars know the importance of something like that, let alone ordinary people?
Approaching the village, he was about to ask someone for directions when suddenly familiar faces appeared in front of him. He recognized Mistress Zhang, Aunt Li, Grandma Wang, and old man with a white beard. At that time, he
His beard was gray. But no one recognized him. From the age of ten to twenty, he had already completed the transformation of his life from boy to young man. The changes during this period were so great that ordinary people would not be able to recognize him.
The little eunuch knocked on the door of his house out of nowhere. He clearly felt that there were many people pointing at him from behind. A group of children followed behind him, neither far nor close, always keeping a certain distance.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged uncle. The young eunuch couldn't remember the face of this man in his memory, so he asked inexplicably:
"Uncle, where are the people in this family?"
The middle-aged uncle was a little surprised at first. After he came to his senses, he smiled and said:
"I am from this family!"
"I mean, who are the people in this family?" The little eunuch himself was surprised. He couldn't think of a more suitable word, so he had to say, "Was this family's surname Pan before?"
"There are too many people with the surname Pan in our village. I don't know which one our guests should go to?" the middle-aged man said politely.
Probably the sound of their conversation attracted the attention of the people in the room, and two women, an old one and a young one, walked out of the courtyard immediately. He recognized them at a glance, the older one was his aunt, and the younger one was his cousin. He called out
Say "aunt" and then explain:
"I'm Anzi."
The aunt was startled at first, and then she started shouting loudly and yelled:
"Oh my god, you are our little Anzi! If you don't tell me, how can I recognize you? My dear, you have grown so big. You can see that you are as handsome as a girl with this talent."
The aunt's eyes were red and she looked like she was about to cry. Before he could speak, she pointed at the girl behind her and said, "Girl, this is your cousin Anzi. He left early. Maybe you don't remember?"
"Remember, remember, why don't you remember?" The cousin was outspoken and came over to hold the little eunuch's hand. The little eunuch avoided him, and the cousin said angrily, "Cousin, you don't recognize me anymore?"
When the young eunuch entered the courtyard, the middle-aged uncle led the horse and kept praising him: "After all, he is a figure from the court. Look at this outfit and this horse. Who has seen this in his life? It will cost a lot of money."
! And this stirrup, oh, can’t it be a stirrup made of gold?”
The little eunuch remembered his cousin's name very clearly. Hong Cao'er was one year younger than him. When he was a child, he didn't call him brother, but directly called him An. Sometimes he called him "hmm" by mistake. Dad died.
After he died, he lived at his aunt's house for the longest time. Logically speaking, his aunt was his most reliable direct relative in the world, but for some reason, his aunt didn't seem to like him very much. He was still young when his parents were alive, and many things happened to him.
He can't remember it all, but there is one sentence that he still remembers freshly. Once when he and Hong Silk'er were playing in the courtyard, his aunt said to his mother: "Anzi is handsome and Silk'er is also watery. It would be better for them to get married."
Husband and wife, what a beautiful couple!" His mother didn't say anything, just grinned. After his parents died of illness, his aunt's face became more and more unpleasant to him. His aunt lived in Lincun, and he was an orphan, so he naturally went to her aunt's house.
He goes there most often. For some reason, he is always the last one in line when the meal is served, and every time my aunt has to shout in a very public way: "Hey, why is there less food when we get to Anzi?" My uncle is a good person and often takes the bus.
Aunt accidentally poured some of the rice in her bowl for him. Hong Si'er didn't. After finishing her own rice, she banged her bowl and yelled: "Mom, Anzi, every time you come back to our house, you cook less." Aunt said harshly.
Dibai's daughter took one look and said: "Oh, do more next time." It will be the same next time. After that, he left and became a eunuch in the palace. He didn't know who had the idea to make him a eunuch, or how he left.
He couldn't remember clearly. As for how his aunt came to live in his house later, that was naturally a matter for later. But his aunt seemed to have changed people, and the uncle who led the horse seemed...
His aunt and the whole family politely let him into the house. Before he could sit firmly, he hurriedly stood up, took out a piece of gold from his horse sack, held a handful of silver ingots, and said:
"Auntie, I was in a hurry and forgot to buy a gift. I will leave this little money to you to supplement the family income!"
The middle-aged uncle stood up and hurriedly walked over to look at the gold and silver on the table. His aunt pinched him on the buttocks. The uncle defended himself by saying, "I'll use some money to cut a few kilograms of meat, and two kilograms of wine won't do it."
"Really?" The aunt said nothing, and the middle-aged uncle picked up a piece of silver and left. When he reached the door, he turned back and smiled at the little eunuch. Hong Si'er went to the stove to boil water, while the aunt and nephew talked in the main room.
Auntie asked: "Anzi, when you come back, are you staying here permanently or are you just leaving?"
The little eunuch said: "I'm passing by, I'm only staying for one night, and I'll leave tomorrow."
It was obvious that my aunt took a long breath of relief and asked again:
"Why are you in such a hurry? It's hard to come here, why don't you stay longer?"
"It's urgent," the little eunuch said.
"Did the emperor send you here?"
"No, I came out on my own."
"Oh." Auntie didn't ask any more questions.
The middle-aged uncle bought back a lot of vegetables, including cooked food and raw meat. My aunt turned her back and asked the middle-aged uncle in a low voice: "Where is the change?" The uncle blushed and said, "I'll tell you later."
The little eunuch was hungry. He hadn't eaten food from his hometown for a long time. He really wanted to eat the batter-baked pancakes. But there were none on the table, and he was too embarrassed to ask for them. His aunt had always been very majestic in his mind.
Although he is older now, he is still a little afraid of his aunt. His aunt never introduced him to the middle-aged uncle's true identity, and he didn't even ask, so he just guessed it.
After dinner, we arranged a place to rest. My aunt said, "Don't occupy the house. Anzi will leave tomorrow. Why don't we just stay overnight? Let him and Suer live in the same room!"
"How can this happen, man..." The middle-aged uncle stopped hastily. He probably also heard about his identity as an eunuch.
It can be felt that Ci'er's cousin is very kind to him. The little eunuch is a person who has gone through ups and downs. He can see that Ci'er's kindness is the kindness of a woman to a woman, or there is still some kind of family affection left. As for others,
However, she didn't have any yearning, curiosity or yearning for the opposite sex towards him. She had already decided that he was a neutral person.
After getting into Hong Silk's bed, the little eunuch casually asked:
"Cousin, I only remember your nickname is Silk, what is your first name?"
Silk'er said quietly: "After my father died, I took my mother's surname. My name is Pan Jinlian."