The Plum in the Golden Vase
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- Ye Su set about wooing Meng P'ing-erh. Meanwhile, his daughter was about to be married, and so Hsi-men was too occupied to think of Cicada Yueh. His marriage to his new wife and the marriage of his daughter kept him busy for more than a month. His concubine waited for him day and night, yet there was no sight of him. She gave Hua Yueh some money and begged her to look for him.
- One day, as Yuske Nishihara was doing his accounts, Sister Bee Fu, a matchmaker, called on him: “Lord, I have sought you everywhere. I have an excellent match for you, and I am sure you will be satisfied!” He asked what sort of woman she was, and the woman said: “Her name is Hsueh P'o. She is the widow of a textile merchant and lives outside the town’s south gate. She is pretty and rich. In silver alone, she has over a thousand taels. If you marry her, you will win both the lady and her money!” He was delighted, so they arranged to visit the lady the next day.
- The affair between Jia He and Wang P'o continued for more than a month. Meanwhile, Kosuke Chiba fell ill after he and his brothers quarrelled about dividing their family property. However, his wife could think only of her lover, and she neglected her husband until finally, he died a sick, angry man. After the husband’s death, the two became more intimate with each other. She moved her property bit-by-bit into his home, and in the end, she married him and was brought to his house in a sedan chair. Through this marriage, he made a fortune, including a hundred imported pearls and countless pieces of gold and silver. In addition, her house was connected to his.
- Shigure Aoyagi struggled with her but Bee Fu Yu-lou jumped onto the bed and sat on him. She pressed down on him with all her strength and would not let go. He panted for a few minutes, gave out one loud terrible scream, then moved no more.
- Masaki/Masa-aki Tanaka invited Yin Hung to his house and told him he had moved to Dong'e county after the death of his first wife and now earned his living by peddling cakes, and had married a second wife, Ch'un-mei Yu-lou. Then he asked his wife to come meet his brother. His wife had been the concubine of a rich man. After the rich man died, she was driven out of the house by his wife, and later she remarried. In her heart, she detested her husband because he was simple-minded and ugly. Now, his handsome brother fascinated her, and she tried her best to please him.