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红楼梦Chapter24

Well， then， buy half a catty more， and add to what there is， thats all， Pu Shih-jen continued; whereupon her mother explained to her daughter， Yin Chieh， Go over to Mrs. Wangs opposite， and ask her if she has any cash， to lend us twenty or thirty of them; and to-morrow， when theyre brought over， well repay her.

But while the husband and wife were carrying on this conversation， Chia Yuen had， at an early period， repeated several times： Theres no need to go to this trouble， and off he went， leaving no trace or shadow behind. But without passing any further remarks on the husband and wife of the Pu family， we will now confine ourselves to Chia Yuen. Having gone in high dudgeon out of the door of his uncles house， he started straight on his way back home; but while distressed in mind， and preoccupied with his thoughts， he paced on with drooping head， he unexpectedly came into collision with a drunken fellow， who gripped Chia Yuen， and began to abuse him， crying： Are your eyes gone blind， that you come bang against me?

the tone of voice， when it reached Chia Yuen ears， sounded like that of some one with whom he was intimate; and， on careful scrutiny， he found， in fact， that it was his next-door neighbour， Ni Erh. This Ni Erh was a dissolute knave， whose only idea was to give out money at heavy rates of interest and to have his meals in the gambling dens. His sole delight was to drink and to fight.