Tong Jia anecdote

Tong Jiu stared blankly at the beauty of the woman wrapped under the orchid on her little coat, unable to move her eyes away, swallowed with the throbbing and uneasiness in her heart, and called out leisurely.

Afterwards, she just stared at the woman she had longed for so long with tight breaths, at a loss, not daring to make the slightest mistake.

"Old Nine, you are trembling." Ji Lan, who was stared at by Tong Jiu, realized that he was exposed at the moment, and felt a little annoyed, but he refused to show weakness.Simply pulling his jade arm forward, he wrapped Tong Jiu into the bed logically.

The sudden coolness in his arms mixed with Tong Jiu's scorching breath in front of him, making Ji Lan's heart tighten, and when he was about to move back a little, Tong Jiu clung to her tightly, tentatively stroking her from behind. on her smooth back.

"Aji, I can't, I don't want you." Panting heavily, Tong Jiu said in a hoarse voice, and gently kissed the corner of her mouth emotionally, with lips and teeth attached.

With the back and forth between the two people's lips and teeth, the temperature around the two suddenly rose. Tong Jiu, who instinctively wanted to get closer to Ji Lan, hurriedly took off his heavy jacket, but it was not good on weekdays. The unbuttoned buttons are even denser at this moment.

Tong Jiu had no choice but to separate from Ji Lan first, angrily lowered his head and tugged at the row of buttons in front of his lapel, the veins on his forehead were all exposed.

"I'll do it." Ji Lan chuckled lightly and closed Tong Jiu's pouting mouth again. With one hand, she reached in from under the mandarin jacket to unbutton her inner robe, and with the other, she put her hand on her chest and unbuttoned her again and again. The buttons on the front of her jacket.

Despite the "creaking" sound of the bed, the two people's clothes were scattered on the couch and under the couch.

"Aji, I want to be a husband and wife with you." Tong Jiu covered Ji Lan's body, kissing her jade neck attentively and cautiously, reaching up to the base of the ear, the wet tip of her tongue made the person below her body stiff.

Sensing such a strong reaction from her beloved, Tong Jiu's hairs stood up in excitement, and a feeling of soreness appeared in her heart, stirring in her entire chest.She took a deep breath, took Ji Lan's hand, and clasped her fingers tightly.

The tip of the tongue is slowly and frivolously sketching on Ji Lan's ears, every where it goes is provocative to Ji Lan's fragile and sensitive nerves at the moment, and the □□ that is about to blurt out is turning in her throat, entangled in small pieces Tong Jiu's heart, so the kiss became deeper and harder.

Suddenly, Tong Jiu stopped, raised her upper body, and said earnestly and stubbornly, as if announcing, "I want to be a real husband and wife with you!"

At this time, the moonlight is falling on the head of the bed, and the shadow of the whirling moon reflects the flowers and vines everywhere, and the people in front of me are looking forward and looking forward, and they are outstanding and colorful.

At this moment, Ji Lan's eyes are slightly closed, her red lips are slightly parted, and the two strands of hair on her cheeks are gently brushing her face, adding a bit of seductive charm. Perhaps because of her shyness, she turns her head slightly and does not look at herself, looking at her so charming With such a lovely appearance, Tong Jiu felt that his heart was about to melt.

He lowered his head and bit her lower lip again, lingered for a while, and took advantage of the trend to rub against the collarbone, pecking lightly all the way down.When the kiss reached passion, he grasped her slender waist, and gradually penetrated his hand into the little jacket. When his fingertips could touch the soft edge, he was restrained by the little jacket on her body and stopped. not before.

Tong Jiu had no choice but to lightly hug Ji Lan's upper body, and the hands that walked behind her to untie her belt trembled slightly.So Xiangyu was full of joy.

Ji Lan, who was in a state of confusion and love, suddenly felt that there was nothing in front of him, and he was a little dazed.Subconsciously hooking Tong Jiu's neck, followed by Tong Jiu's passionate caress and delicate kisses.

"Ah——" For the first time in his life, there was such a wonderful touch on the tip of the lotus, as if he was kissed to the top of his heart. The strong throbbing in the depths of the soul made Ji Lan suppressed for a long time. Throat out.

"What's wrong?" Tong Jiu raised her head in panic and asked anxiously.Seeing that she shouldn't, anxious eyes flicked around Ji Lan's face and chest worriedly.

"What are you looking at!" Ji Lan blushed and covered Tong Jiu's eyes.The upper body hugged her neck tightly, exhaled like blue, and pretended to be angry, bit Tong Jiu's cheek, and rubbed her ear and temple.

Seeing that she wasn't uncomfortable, Tong Jiu gave a mischievous smile, tilted her head and kissed her white wrist all the way, Ji Lan's arm, which was kissed directly, was soft and let go, and then she buried her head and kissed between her belly and ribs with.

"Aji, what should I do?" Feeling the growing uneasiness of the people under her, Tong Jiu knew that just kissing like this was not enough, but she didn't know what else to do.

"How would I know." Ji Lan bit her lip and said patiently.

"There is nothing in this world that you don't know." Tong Jiu pulled her body from her belly, rubbing her head lightly on the pink lotus tip, and begged, "Ma'am...." But he has already caressed downward.

Across the sparse bushes, lightly probed, the place where the palm was attached, was full of moisture.

"This is..." Tong Jiu was amazed as it was still shining with crystal clear light.

Going to the garden again to find out, the index finger moved a few times around the stamens in the garden, Ji Lan buried her head between her shoulder blades, her hands hugged her upper body tightly, trembling uncontrollably, "Jiuer... ...."

"Do you want to go in?" Tong Jiu touched the petals, already soaked in the hot and slippery dew.Feeling the twisting and uneasiness of the person under her, Tong Jiu carefully rubbed the soft petals with her middle finger, and tentatively probed in.

Following Ji Lan's muffled groan, Tong Jiu's back hurt from being scratched by her, and he took a deep breath of pain, "Hiss—." But his hands didn't flinch at all because of the pain on his back.

"Hmm...ah..." As her fingertips reached the end, Ji Lan bit Tong Jiu's shoulder.

Gradually, the low and thin "□□" sound mixed with the shaking sound of the bed echoed in the study room, bewitching Tong Jiu like a magic sound.

Tong Jiu lowered her head and kissed Ji Lan's earlobe comfortingly, spraying hot breath on each other's faces, at this time her heavy breathing, and the rhythm of her fingertips back and forth filled Ji Lan's body and mind in sync.

"Jiu'er..." Feeling the tightness and contraction of the already narrow surroundings around her fingers, her name was buried between her teeth with difficulty.

Enduring the severe pain in her shoulder, Tong Jiu held up Ji Lan's waist that wanted to fit her, and said through gritted teeth, "Madam, is it still useful?"

"You!" Ji Lan's nails dug into her back, and the second half of the sentence was drowned in her throat, and she couldn't speak anymore, because she was approaching the peak of Wushan Mountain.

"Aji, I love you so much." Tong Jiu said affectionately.

He only felt that the person under him was stiff all over, and then let go of the mouth covering his shoulder, and he lay his head up on the cloth tiger pillow behind him with relief, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was panting, calming down the disordered breath before.

Just when Tong Jiu didn't understand and wanted to move his hands again, he felt a tightness in his wrists, and was tightly clamped by Ji Lan's legs at the right time.

"Does it hurt?" After Ji Lan opened his eyes, the two said the same sentence at the same time, and shook their heads together.

In the end, Tong Jiu smiled proudly, and after being slapped coquettishly by Ji Lan, she honestly lay back on the bed.

While stretching out his hand, he gently stroked Ji Lan's black hair covering his face, and tucked it behind his ears, and said with emotion, "This is a husband and wife." After speaking, he gently took her into his arms.

Ji Lan gently rubbed the bloody tooth marks on her shoulder with her fingers, and said wearily, "Now that you and I are husband and wife, even if there is something in the future, you don't want to escape.

Tong Jiu held up the jade plaque around his neck, raised his head swearingly, and said, "I swear to the ancestors of your Fucha family, since we married you today, no matter what happens in the future, we will love each other forever."

After finishing speaking, he laughed again and said, "Besides, there is such a beautiful thing, it's too late to like it, let me ask who in this world doesn't want to be like this for the rest of his life, and who else wants to run away?"

Seeing that Ji Lan ignored her, Tong Jiu fell down beside her again, pestering her and asking in a low voice, "Don't you like it?"

Ji Lan silently lay on Tong Jiu's shoulder, and said sentimentally, "Who doesn't like it? I'm afraid that one day you think I'm old, and you won't remember us today."

"I'm definitely not like that." Tong Jiu tugged at her, and muttered, "Look at us, it's such a good day, but you always think about these bad things."

As he spoke, he glanced down worriedly, and said, "Is it really not hurting? Do you want someone to come in to wait on you and wipe your body?"

"Tired, go to sleep." Ji Lan closed her eyes as she said, buried her head in Tong Jiu's arms and did not want to say any more.

"Aji, don't worry, I won't change whoever changes me." Tong Jiu yawned and pulled off the quilt, covering the two of them, and said firmly, "I will only do this kind of thing with you in this life, no different people."

"I've always believed in you." Ji Lan rubbed her shoulder, raving, "It's just that I don't believe in my own fate."

<one zero seven>

Near noon, Ji Lan brought Fu Chaqin back from the outside. Before Tong Jiu could say anything to her, he heard the preaching from the door, and Gao Bin, the Governor of Donghe River, came.

"Gao Bin? Not really acquainted." Tong Jiu was puzzled, and asked Ji Lan, "What is he here for?"

"Most likely they are looking for me, presumably for money." Ji Lan said to Tong Jiu, "Go and greet me, be more polite."

Knowing that the governor of Hedao is a second-rank official and an important minister of the imperial court, Fu Chaqin hurriedly ordered the servants to burn incense and sprinkle water to sweep the courtyard. Tong Jiu personally greeted him at the door, and Ji Lan waited in the main hall, looking very solemn.

Gao Bin is an old man who is nearly seventy years old. He wears a gray mandarin jacket and a gray beard. With a few entourages behind him, he comes tremblingly.

"Grassman Han Luqi, pay homage to Grand Master Gao." Tong Jiu bowed before meeting him, and confessed, "I didn't know that my lord was coming, so it's a sin to welcome you far away."

"Hey, Mr. Han is too polite." After Gao Bin reached out his hand in a timely manner, he bowed his hands to Tong Jiu in return, looked up and down Tong Jiu with a smile, and said, "This old man is here to visit a famous doctor. "As he spoke, he looked in and asked, "I don't know, is the honored lady at the house?"

"Zhuo Jing heard that the lord has arrived, and has been serving tea in the hall." Tong Jiu led Gao Bin to walk inside the main hall, "My lord, please come inside."

"Second Miss, the business at home has been going well in the past few days since Beijing and China were separated." After entering the main hall and seeing Ji Lan standing at the door, Gao Bin greeted her familiarly.

"Tuo Shibo's blessings are still passable." Ji Lan blessed him, and after the ceremony, he let him sit in the upper seat in the hall, saying, "This time, Ji Jingning took a short rest, so he came in a hurry. I think Seeing that Shi Bo is busy with business, he dare not go to the mansion to disturb you." Then he introduced Tong Jiu who was beside him and said, "This is my husband-in-law."

"I've seen it." Gao Bin stretched out his hand to let them sit down, took the teacup, and said appreciatively, "In the past, I only knew that Han Tanhua was a young man with a good poetry and prose. Today, I heard that he was giving medicine for a free journey." He nodded as he said. He said, "Excuse me, if you are not such a handsome young man who cares about the world, how can he be worthy of the talent of my niece?"

"It was I who favored her." Ji Lan also laughed and said, "She is so concerned about the world, she is young and loves to join in the fun, and whenever she goes, she likes to show off the limelight. I can't persuade her, so I can only let her go." She messed up."

"He should be allowed to do such a righteous deed." Gao Bin looked at the two of them and sighed, "It's better that you are young. At this age, even if you want to serve the court, you are powerless. Recently, I have been restless. , I heard that a famous doctor drove to Jining, no, this old man came here."

"Shi Bo is always so funny." Ji Lan said and raised his hand towards Fu Chaqin who was behind him.Fu Chaqin took out the medicine box and pulse diagnosis bag knowingly, and placed them on the table next to Gao Bin.

After cleaning her hands with clean water, Ji Lan sat down opposite Gao Bin, asked Gao Bin's left hand to come out, put a veil on his wrist, and gently tapped on the pulse door.After groping intently for a while, he raised his eyes to look at Gao Bin's expression, and asked, "How's Shi Bo's appetite recently?"

Gao Bin shook his head and said, "It doesn't take much, and it doesn't smell good when you take it in."

Ji Lan nodded, and took the pulse of his other hand. After asking about other symptoms, he said, "It's just a little angry, and the spleen and stomach are a little weak. A little adjustment, it doesn't matter."

Speaking of Fu Chaqin fetching pen and ink, Ji Lan wrote the prescription, and after writing it, asked the servant to take it to the front to grab medicine, Fang Youyou said, "Shibo's heart disease still needs heart medicine."

"Since the second girl has mentioned it, the old man will not be around the corner." Gao Bin sighed, "Seeing that the flood season is approaching, the purpose of this old man's visit is to raise money for bridge repairs. Now all the big and small merchants in Jining are watching We are raising the Zhengtang, so this donation... can't be delayed any longer."

"To tell you the truth, this year's business is indeed not very good." Ji Lan smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Last year, His Majesty visited the South, and we paid more than 30 taels of tribute to the Yangzhengtang. This is what we should do. But this year It’s only the beginning of spring, and donations of 10,000+ taels have already been donated to various yamen in Jining Prefecture. Now, Shibo, you are going to build bridges...Our Yangzhengtang is a pharmacy.”

Hearing Ji Lan's refusal, Gao Bin put down the teacup in his hand, and said earnestly, "I am aware of the many difficulties that the second girl said. It is said that the donation, whether to donate or not, how much to donate, how little to donate, is originally a spontaneous act of merchants. It's a righteous deed. The old man has no intention of threatening or coercing at all."

"It's natural." Ji Lan got up, and personally kept tea for Gao Bin. "Both public and private, Shibo can understand the difficulties of our drug dealers. We are serious businessmen, and we earn hard-earned money. "

"When it comes to sympathy, we still have to be sympathetic to each other. Putting aside the righteousness of the common people in this world." Gao Bin said gently, "Just talking about the ones in front of us, we are all relatives of the emperor and relatives of the state. Yangzhengtang is also an official business center." We have to share our worries for the Lord Long Live, so that we can live up to the majesty of the emperor's kindness to Yangzhengtang for many years."

Ji Lan pondered again hesitantly, and said, "Since Uncle Shi, you have come in person, just tell us how much we need to donate for this bridge repair. No matter how difficult it is, I will try my best to contribute to Uncle Shi as much as possible."

"This bridge repair is estimated to cost 40 taels. According to the usual practice in previous years, Yangzhengtang will pay half, and the other half will be raised by other merchants." Gao Bin said.

"Master Gao, if we donate the 20 taels, will the upstream bridge really be repaired?" Tong Jiu, who had been watching for a while, cupped his hands when he heard that another 20 taels would be donated.

A little unhappy asked, "If it's about donating money to build the bridge, we also donated it last year. Why is the bridge still dilapidated?"

Gao Bin stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Han doesn't know something. There are many yamen on this canal. Especially in Jining, what are the Canal Road Administration, Yunhe Tongzhi Office, Guanhe Prefecture Judgment Office, and Quanhe Tongju?" Departments and so on, large and small are known as '72 Yamen'. Each government lives in each government, and whoever receives the donation will spend it there. Last year, the person who asked Yangzhengtang to pay the donation is definitely not an old man."

"We spend money to pay donations, which are handed over to the imperial court, for the real benefit of the common people in Jining." Hearing what he said, Tong Jiu didn't want to hear it, and said, "It's not for honoring any adult in any yamen. Senior scholar Gao, you are the governor of the river, and you represent the imperial court on this canal. How much money the imperial court has collected from us, and what name it took away and where it was used, shouldn't your lord give us an explanation?"

Before Gao Bin could respond, Tong Jiu questioned again, "We have donated so much money over the years, how much do the people in Jining know? How much do the court and the emperor know?"

Ji Lan covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, coughed, and said to Gao Bin with a light smile, "Uncle Shi, don't blame her for contradicting you. A few days ago, the Governor of Water Transportation detained my husband's Dazhengchang northbound cargo ship on the canal. It doesn’t matter whether it’s high or low, it’s worth a few bridges. She, this is a resentment towards the adults on the river. Uncle Shi, drink tea.”

"Oh, hehehe, it's all done by the Water Transport Yamen." Gao Bin smiled understandingly, drank two sips of tea, and said, "Nephew and son-in-law, I'm not with them, don't blame me." He waved his hand helplessly, "Those generals, that's all."

"Uncle Shi, don't underestimate these generals, they are all exquisite in heart." Ji Lan teased, "A few days ago when I was leaving Beijing, I went to say goodbye to my tenth brother's house, and I saw a coral mountain in his study. It really looks familiar, and if you take a closer look, it is the one in my Jiangnan mansion, and it was also brought to Beijing with that ship before. After asking, I found out that it was sent by Lord Caotai."

"Hahaha, thinking about coming to Fu Xiangye, I can't laugh or cry." Gao Bin laughed.

"Actually, as Uncle Shi said, we are all royal relatives and a family. Don't we raise our hands when we reach someone's territory? But there are some people who are willing to make a fuss." Ji Lan said helplessly, "Yes. Well, we did have some misunderstandings in Prince Tongyi's house before, but that was my sister's husband's house, and the bones were broken and the tendons were still there. It is said that enemies should be resolved rather than knotted, let alone our family affairs, and it is our turn to return Get him an outsider to follow along like this."

"Well, what you have done this time is indeed a loss of status as a member of the imperial court." Gao Bin pulled back and asked, "Second girl, when do you think you can get this money? Will I send someone to pick it up? ….”

"20 taels is not a small amount. It won't be possible to make up for Yangzhengtang in Jining for a while. I can only wait for me to go to the south of the Yangtze River or now to study and return to the capital, so that they can escort me over." Ji Lan sighed to Tong Jiu, "If I am here As long as Jining has the ticket number of my husband’s family, let alone 20, even 40 is just a bank note.”

Tong Jiu pricked up his ears after hearing this, looked at Ji Lan, and his thoughts moved.

"Ma'am, it's time for you to take the medicine." Fu Chaqin reported.

Ji Lan got up, and Gao Bin also got up, and said goodbye, "Since that's the case, I won't bother you anymore, I'll go back and wait for the good news."

Tong Jiu followed Gao Bin to send him out, out of the gate of the main courtyard, and said, "My lord, can Caomin take a look at the blueprint of the bridge reconstruction."

"Oh? Master Han is interested in this?" Gao Bin slowed down his pace, "Or is it because Master Han is worried about the court and the old man?"

"The grass people just want to know what materials are needed to build the bridge, so that even if the grass people can't come up with money, they can help the adults raise some other supplies." Sensing Gao Bin's displeasure, Tong Jiu sincerely cupped his hands and said, "And the grass people have a I don't know if it is beneficial to build a bridge."

"I would like to hear the details." Gao Bin simply stopped, waiting for Tong Jiu to finish speaking.

"The grass people think that all the donations from merchants, no matter which yamen collects them, should be collected in one place from the bridge to the dredging of the river, and your lord will arrange according to the needs of each place. Arrange as appropriate." Tong Jiu said, "Only in this way can we make the best use of everything."

"It makes sense." These words hit Gao Bin's heart.

"Leaving aside the previous years, this year we only paid 10,000+ taels. Instead of asking us to donate now, my lord, why don't you go back and collect the sporadic money raised by other yamen?" Tong Jiu saw Gao Bin With a look of embarrassment on his face, he said with a faint smile, "Your Excellency is their superior, and he also holds the post of Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so they would not dare to complain."

??<one zero eight>

"Receive the donations collected by others to my yamen, it's..." Gao Bin shook his head, feeling that it was inappropriate, and it would definitely arouse the anger of other officials, making himself a target of public criticism in the officialdom .

"Your Excellency, you can deposit this money into our Huizheng Sheng Bank. In this way, whoever uses it and how much is used can be checked clearly." Tong Jiu said again, "This money is placed in the yamen, even if it is not used , it will only be less and not more. But if this money is deposited into the bank, money will beget money. At that time, adults can not only build bridges, but also build roads."

"Hahaha, you businessmen." Gao Bin laughed and pointed at Tong Jiu, and walked out, "The old man came to you to ask for a donation. Not only did he not get a tael of silver, but he asked you, a brat, to give it to you." Come around."

"My lord, grass people have no selfish intentions." Tong Jiu clasped his hands to explain, and continued to follow him out, saying, "It's just that Jining needs to establish a rule for the storage and expenditure of donated silver, and it doesn't matter which merchant can establish this rule. It's not about grass people, it's about adults!"

"Didn't Mr. Han want to see the blueprint? Come with me." Gao Bin walked to the door and got into the official sedan chair.Tong Jiu led the horse and followed his sedan chair, and went to the Yamen with him.

Behind the screen in Gao Bin's study is a model of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. All the important piers and bridges along the way stand on it one by one, very realistic.

"Look, how about this bridge?" Gao Bin said, carefully took out a bridge model from the desk drawer, and put it on the case for Tong Jiu to see.

"This is good." Tong Jiu bent down and probed over, appreciating carefully, and said, "Is this made of mahogany? Look at the meticulous work, and a skilled carpenter will have to carve for more than half a year. My brother loved making some furniture decorations when he was a child." , so the grassroots know a thing or two about it."

"Large half a year?" Gao Bin stroked his beard and smiled, took a cup of tea and looked at the animal heads on the bridge, and said, "It took me half a year for these few."

"You carved this?" Tong Jiu unexpectedly looked at the bridge in front of him, pointed to the large canal model, and said, "All of these?"

"This is my hobby." Looking at his work, Gao Bin nodded and sighed, "I am getting old, deaf and blurred, and there are many bad things in the government office. It took me a lot of time to carve this bridge like this." Two years."

After speaking, he took out the drawings and spread them on the table, and asked Tong Jiu to look at them, saying, "They are all shrunk down according to the drawings of the real bridge."

Tong Jiu caressed the blueprint, carefully looked at the materials needed to rebuild the bridge marked on the blueprint, thought about it in his heart, raised his head and said affirmatively, "Roughly speaking, as long as the adults can collect 20 taels from other yamen first, even Right now, without my wife's cash, this bridge can be built." He said and placed the wooden bridge model in his hand on the canal.

"How can it be done with only 20 taels?" Gao Bin was puzzled. "For such a bridge, not to mention people eating horses, the amount of stone and iron used is not only 20 taels."

"Of course 20 taels for the completed project is not enough, but with 20 taels, we can start construction." Tong Jiu calculated, "3 taels of cash will be used to recruit craftsmen, and 17 taels will be deposited into Hui Zhengsheng of Caomin. , so as to facilitate the turnover of various places and go to various places to prepare materials.”

Seeing Gao Bin's vigilance and hesitation, Tong Jiu pointed at the upstream and downstream of the canal with a smile, and said, "Please look, my lord, there are Caomin's banknotes in the largest iron town in the Qing Dynasty, and there are also Caomin's in the downstream stone town." Ticket number. As long as Jining’s Huizhengsheng opens, your comprador will bring my Huizhengsheng’s bank notes to these places, and you can directly remit the cash to the comprador at will.”

"The grass people don't want anything else, they just want the silver water and catchment water that come and go." Tong Jiu said truthfully, "Your Excellency also knows that the Red Flower Society is now in full bloom, and the money is transported to various places to buy materials. It’s not a surefire way.”

"Accordingly, this money is a charitable donation from your business, so it is necessary to put it in the ticket number. But so..." Gao Bin stroked his beard and pondered for a while, "It will be criticized by others."

Ask Tong Jiu to take a seat, and said, "How about this, the 17 taels of silver can be deposited into your ticket number, but you must first deposit the money you buy everywhere, and you can't deduct the 17 taels of money. When the bridge is completed, you will be deducted." The donated 20 taels, the rest will be settled with you by the imperial court, what do you think?"

"Sure, you can pay in advance, but you have to make a gentleman's agreement with the grass-roots people. You can't take the 17 taels of silver until we finally reconcile. If it’s good, we have to take off the sign and close the store.” Tong Jiu said in a difficult way.

"This is natural. They are all for the imperial court. The old man will not do those things that draw salary from the bottom of the pot." Gao Bin reassured Tong Jiu. Please credit the adults."

"Doing good deeds for everyone, grassroots don't seek merit, but seek no fault." Tong Jiu smiled and got up and cupped his hands, saying goodbye, "Then Caomin will go back and make arrangements to open the ticket number first, so as not to delay the big event of the adults."

After coming out of the yamen, Tong Jiu led the horse back in a sullen mood.Passing by the canal wharf, I saw that Yu Hetang's facade had been cleaned up by his own servants.

Thinking of what he had promised Gao Bin just now, he became more and more frowning. He originally wanted to solicit some business for his own bank account, but Gao Bin, a scheming man, made a move first, making it difficult for him to get off the tiger.

If the 17 taels of silver is not kept, it will be dead, and the family has to go around to advance the silver for him.

No one can say anything about the affairs of the imperial court. If he waits ten or eight years for the bridge to be repaired before he comes to make money with himself, even if he only puts in 20 taels, then the 20 taels will take up so many days. How much did you pay for Liyin alone?

Thinking of Tong Jiu tilting her head, the abacus in her heart slammed loudly.What's more, if Gao Bin is no longer in office someday, the official of the iron-clad canals and rivers, can he still be able to explain the money he has advanced, and who can he ask for?If it is not done well, it will be in vain.

After all, didn't Ji Lan donate 20 taels, and then he donated 20 taels?

Thinking of this, Tong Jiu sighed, and said regretfully to himself, "I'm a fool, what a cleverness, I shouldn't have followed me? The original 20 taels of silver, the wife kept pushing and pushing. He refuses to take out the medicine even if he drinks it, if I know this, I agree to it..." Thinking about it, he sighed again.

"White pears, just picked white pears." Tong Jiu, whose thoughts were interrupted by the yelling of pear sellers on the side of the canal, thought that Ji Lan had a cough these two days, so he urged his horse over to have a look. The appearance is not bad, I got off the horse and picked a few.

"Old man, you've come out to sell pears again." Just as the scale was over, an old woman staggered over from the downstream with a coat in her hand, and complained to the old pear seller, "Your legs and feet are so old." No more pain? Walking such a long way, don't die?"

"My lord, you are optimistic, it's three catties high." The old pear seller focused on dealing with Tong Jiu to complete the business, and ignored the old lady.

Tong Jiu nodded, feeling for the copper plate from her purse, and saw the old woman put the coat on the old pear seller, and bent over to arrange the pears in the box.

He complained, "If I do, I can sell it to Uncle Zhang's mansion in the west of the city. Although the price is a little lower, it's close to our house. It's better than crossing the river like this, and walking so far with all your life, selling more. Those few pennies are not enough to buy medicine on weekdays."

"A few pennies are not money?" The old pear seller still had a stubborn temper, took a few puffs of his cigarette pouch, took a look at Tong Jiu's copper coin, and said, "Now the owner of Yangzhengtang is showing kindness, the ferry does not require money, and when the weather is good It’s a selling point.” He said, looking at the dangerous bridge surrounded, and said, “It will be convenient when this bridge is repaired.”

"Don't even think about the bridge, just count on the government, I'm afraid you won't be able to wait in this lifetime." The old woman surrounded the basket with leaves to block the sunlight.

Smiling, he told the old man what he had seen and heard on the road, and said, "If you want to say that the female owner of Yangzhengtang is really a living Bodhisattva, I didn't believe it when I heard that crossing the river does not require money. How can such a good thing happen? If you walk halfway, you will accept it." I paid a high price. After looking around at the pier for a long time, I met the third aunt of the Wang family and said that she really didn’t charge a cent, so I boarded the boat.”

"What hostess? Her uncle bought the boat." The old pear vendor leaned on his waist, and muttered as he sat down on the side of the road slowly.

"Then there must be a living bodhisattva's hostess before we can have such a kind-hearted son-in-law." The old woman sat side by side with the old man on the side of the road, and said dissatisfied, "Let's leave it at our house, if I don't want you to do it Do you still want to do it?"

"Come on, no matter how much you talk, go home, and you won't be afraid of being laughed at." The old pear seller knocked on the cigarette pipe and pot in his hand, watching Tong Jiuli standing there for a long time, and looking at Tong Jiu in puzzlement, "Daddy!" Master, what else do you want?"

"Oh, considering that there are so many people in my family, these are probably not enough." Tong Jiu threw the pears in her arms back into the pear basket, looked at the two big baskets of pears in front of them, and said, "I want all these, help me." I tied it to the horse's back, and the second elder followed me back to the gate of the house to settle the money."

"Oh, that's a good thing." The old pear seller hurriedly stood up with a smile, the old woman led the horse, and Tong Jiu and the old pear seller worked together to tie the two boxes of pears on the saddle with a rope and a pole.

After Tong Jiu led the horse, the three walked slowly downstream.

"My lord, your accent doesn't look like someone from our Jining mansion." The old pear seller and the old woman supported each other, and talked to Tong Jiu, "I don't know who is in your mansion?"

Tong Jiu was in a good mood, pointed at his own ferry boat on the canal with his horsewhip, and said with a smile, "I am the uncle of that female Bodhisattva!"

"Oh, God, open your eyes, this is a real Bodhisattva." The old woman exclaimed from behind, clasping her hands together and muttering.

Tong Jiu hung up the whip, took out a pear from the pear basket, rubbed it on his sleeve, and took a bite, thinking about what the old lady said just now.

Ordinarily, with Ji Lan's way of doing things, she should have seen clearly what she wanted to do when she stretched out her hands and raised her feet.If she didn't want to do this by herself, she would stop her or remind her, how could she let herself go to the yamen with Gao Bin and jump into the pit like this?

Speaking of which, I have been with Ji Lan for so long, and I can barely guess the surface of her many thoughts.

So, he shook his head and sighed in his heart, "I want to know you, so I ask you if you know?" Hearing the old couple behind him still bickering, Tong Jiu became cheerful instead.

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When they got to the door, Tong Jiu asked the boy to settle the money for the pears, and sent one basket to the pharmacy in front for the shopkeepers to eat, and the other basket to the back for the maids and maids to eat.I picked a few good ones and went to the house of the main house, Ji Lan.

The noon sun in spring was warm, and the windows in the room were open to let in the wind.Looking in from the window, seeing Ji Lan writing something with a pen on the desk, seeing how far away she looked with her frowning seriously, Tong Jiu hesitated whether to go in at this moment.

"You're back, why don't you come in?" Ji Lan frowned, still writing in his hand, without looking up.

"Eh?" Tong Jiu smiled puzzled, walked in quickly through the main entrance, stuffed all the pears in his bosom to Fuchaqin, took a few sips of tea from Jilan's desk, and said curiously, "Ah How did Ji know that I'm back?"

"Jiuye has such a big sachet around his waist that is so fragrant, can you smell the one with a nose?" Ji Lan put down the pen in his hand, leaned back on the chair with a sigh of relief, and took off the lapel out of habit. He played with the hanging bracelet in his hand, and looked at her with a smile.

Today is always busy, I went out early in the morning, and then I came back to catch up with Gao Bin coming to the house, and now the two of them have to be alone, so I just want to look at her quietly like this.

It's strange to say that when we are together on weekdays, Tong Jiu makes noises from time to time, which makes me sometimes get upset and always want to send her out for a walk, but now that she's gone for a while, I feel a little restless for no reason .

Until the scent of Huoxiang from someone's body came from the upper wind, some warm sweetness appeared from the bottom of my heart, and my mood also calmed down.

This was supposed to be boarding the boat a few days ago, fearing that she would not be used to it, Hong Xiao sewed a sachet stuffed with ageswort, mint and cloves for her and Jing Fu, and tied it to her body to dispel turbidity, refresh the brain and calm the evil.

"At first I thought it was too fragrant, but after wearing it for a long time, I no longer feel it." Tong Jiu squeezed casually on the edge of the table in front of Ji Lan, glanced at what was written on her case, and held her hand in the palm of her hand. , a little cold, so he rubbed, "Are you copying the scriptures again?"

He took the bracelet in her hand, looked at it and said, "It's new, I haven't seen you wearing it before." Squinting his eyes at the bright light, he took it to his nose and sniffed it, and said, "It's still a gal. Nan Xiang's."

"It doesn't look as good as coral tourmaline, but it calms the nerves and helps you sleep." Seeing that she was fresh, Ji Lan took it over and helped her tie it to the front button, stroked her, and said jokingly, "So,