The New Year's Eve banquet in the palace is grand and luxurious, but the people in Nanjing are no less generous. However, the villages in the countryside seem a little deserted - there is no money to spend on the New Year's Eve, and I don't know how to spend it. It’s such a young year, it’s hard to think about it…
The desolation of the countryside is in sharp contrast with the bustle of the capital. This is really true: the moon crescents over Kyushu, making some families happy and others sad!
In this young year, Yang Fang is not having a good time because he has no money - he was fined half a year's salary by his superiors due to poor handling of the case. He was already struggling, and now it is even worse.
Yang lets him worry!
So when Zhang Ben and the others asked him to go shopping to buy new year goods, he refused.
"Everyone is going, but if you don't go, wouldn't it be disrespectful?" Zhang Bian and Lin You stood at the head of the bed, looking at Yang Fang, who was still lying on the bed.
Yang Fang put his hand on his forehead and pretended to be uncomfortable: "Ah - I have a headache. I drank too much last night."
"If you don't get up, you won't just have a headache in a while." Zhang Bi said with a smirk on his face.
"Brother, even if you cripple me today, I won't go." Yang Fang said firmly.
"How dare I hit you?" Zhang Bi said, letting out the door, "Miss Ren, please."
Ren Ran walked in with a stern face, sniffing the air in the room that was mixed with the smell of smelly socks and sour wine. Looking at Yang Fang curled up on the bed, her brows knitted into a knot: "What's going on with you today? Isn't this what everyone wants?" Are you seeing a joke? If you don’t get up, the family will take care of you!"
They all have their own special skills! Zhang Ben, Lin Linyou and others stuck out their tongues and looked at each other. They couldn't help but take two steps back and hid outside the room to avoid being splashed with blood later.
Yang Fang originally wanted to pretend to be asleep when he heard Ren Ran coming in, but when he heard this, he jumped up like a carp, pulled off his clothes and hurriedly put on his clothes, while defending incoherently: "I drank too much last night... ...Why are you like this? How can you embarrass me in front of my friends?"
"Am I embarrassing you or are you embarrassing me?" Ren Ran said a word, turned around and left.
Zhang Bi, Lin Lin and you both lowered their heads and moved out of the way to let her go.
"What? Am I scary?" Ren Ran suddenly stopped and turned around to ask the two of them.
"No, no." Zhang Bi grinned, "Hehe, today is a young year, so the young couple should talk to each other and stop bickering!"
Lin Linyou also said: "Yes, yes! This couple had a quarrel, and they had a quarrel at the bedside about the bed and..."
"Who told you that we are husband and wife?" Ren Ran looked at Lin Linyou.
"Well... that was because there was a quarrel at the bedside. The bed and... were all sleeping together..." Lin Linyou avoided looking at her, really not daring to look at her.
But the little sister and the others seem to like her very much.
"Sister Ren!"
Especially the younger sister Lin Long, who calls out "Sister Ren" every time, which is very affectionate!
Ren Ran walked towards Lin Long and the others who had been waiting for a long time: "We can't wait for them anymore, let's go first!"
"No!" Lin Linyou was worried about the safety of his little sister and the others.
"Why not?" Ren Ran and Lin Long turned back to stare at him.
Still more gentle! He always has such a tender and lovely look.
"Uh... I'm afraid you don't have enough money!" Lin Linyou thought to himself that Ren Ran was a head catcher after all, and Yue Rong could also learn the Three-Legged Cat Kung Fu. What's more, it was broad daylight and it was in the capital, so the killer didn't do that either. Be bold!
So he took out a wad of banknotes from his arms and stepped forward to give some to his little sister: "Sister, look at what you like on the street and buy it for yourself. Don't be reluctant to spend money."
He handed Yue Rong some more, but Yue Rong refused.
"Do you have any money on you?"
Yue Rong opened his innocent eyes and shook his head.
"Then why are you being polite to me? Just take it if I tell you to."
"I don't have any money to pay you back..."
"Oh, you don't have to pay back the meat..." Lin Linyou suddenly realized that his little sister was still in front of him, so he swallowed the word "repay" hard.
"What's meat?" Lin Long tilted his head and looked at his elder brother and asked.
"Buy more meat..." Lin Linyou touched the tip of his nose and whispered.
"Mr. Lin Qi is very wealthy, just accept it if I give it to you!" Ren Ran said.
Yue Rong had no choice but to take it, thinking that he came here with the purpose of using this Jin Yiwei, so he would just use it to the end without being polite to him!
The biggest commanders of Jinyiwei are not good people. If the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked, can there be any good people in Jinyiwei?
Although Lin Zongqi always smiles at him, he has evil intentions.
In short, Yue Rong warned himself not to let his guard down.
Ren Ran and the other three had just crossed the threshold and found that Yu Miaolan had not followed. Looking back, Yu Miaolan was leaning on the door of the room and said timidly: "Slave... I won't go. You go ahead! Have fun." .”
In the past when she went shopping, Yu Miaolan would always go with the sisters from Jiaofangsi. Everyone wore the same low-grade clothes, so she wouldn't think anything of it. But now she was asked to go shopping with several ladies of the wealthy family, which seemed out of place, and she still couldn't accept it.
Ren Ran and Lin Linyou both understood this meaning.
Ren Ran didn't force it.
Lin Linyou thought to himself, he is just afraid that you will recruit the killer to his little sister and the others!
So he said: "Okay! Mr. Ren, you guys go first. My eldest brother and I will tidy up the room. After we have tidied up, we will come to the street to find you... Little sister, please don't run around, you know? Follow Sister Ren and the others." "
"I know, brother! I'm not a child!" Lin Long still thought he was nagging.
"Yes, yes, you are no longer a child. I will make the decision to marry you tomorrow!"
"Crooked-" Lin Long stuck out her tongue at him and made a playful face.
Zhang Ben looked at Lin Linyou with a smile: "Then, don't I have to prepare a betrothal gift?"
"Where!" Lin Linyou stretched out his fist toward him, and then, a middle finger grew out of his fist...
Yang Fang was secretly happy when he heard this in the room. When there was no movement outside, he poked his head out and said, "Big brother and second brother, are they leaving?"
Lin Linyou replied: "Let's go, are you willing to stick your head out?"
Zhang Bi said: "It's better to shrink back into the shell."
Yang Fang scratched his head: "What shell? I don't understand what the elder brother is talking about anymore."
Zhang Bi: "Turtle shell, what kind of shell?"
"Oh - I understand." Yang Fang looked like he suddenly understood, and nodded Zhang and Lin: "Do you think I'm afraid of Ran'er? Ran'er is usually very kind and gentle in front of me, but I'm afraid of going shopping. !”
"What's so scary about going shopping?" Zhang Bi said, "Are you afraid of having your hair cut off?"
Cutting hair refers to a thief taking advantage of the crowded streets to cut off people's shirt sleeves and steal property.
Yang Fang said: "That's good! Then you have to have money in your pocket for others to dig out!"
"You said last night that you were fined half a year's salary?" Lin Linyou asked.
Yang Fang hesitated, feeling guilty for taking action without telling anyone.
"Because of arresting traitors?"
Yang Fang nodded silently.
"Then as a Shangguan, I also have my share of the fined silver!" Lin Lin said, and was about to take out a few banknotes from his arms and give them to Yang Fang, but Zhang Bi winked hard. , he didn't know what it meant, but he didn't take out the treasure money after all.
Zhang Bi said: "Then as your superior, don't I have more responsibility?" He stepped forward and said to Yang Fang earnestly: "Third brother! This money is not enough to punish you unjustly. I think, You will gain wisdom after suffering a hardship, and your memory will also grow. Brother, here are ten taels of silver. You can use it first, and don't worry about paying it back."
"Brother, how can I take your money... I did something wrong in this matter. I shouldn't have hidden it from you and my second brother."
"Okay, it's good to know." Zhang Bi put the money into his hand without any explanation, and entered the room with his hands behind his back.
Lin Linyou said to Yang Fang: "Just take it! If you know your mistakes and can correct them, you are still a good boy... Well, you go and sweep the dust in your own room. I will discuss with the elder brother and give it to some girls." Make room and come out." After saying that, he patted Yang Fang on the shoulder and entered Zhang Bi's room.
Zhang Ben is waiting for Lin Linyou!
"You have something to say to me alone?" Lin Linyou gently closed the door.
"Are you very rich?" Zhang Bi asked, "Are you always willing to take out money?"
"I...you give me the same thing!"
"I'm asking you, are you rich?"
"This is mainly because the original owner is rich." Lin Linyou smiled.
"Little sister, tell me, your original owner's family is very poor!" Zhang Bi said, "Have you never thought about where the money from the original owner's bank came from?"
"I guess you've thought about it a little bit! Hey, you bastard who doesn't want to spend money, why do you think so much?"
"I'm afraid the source is unknown and it's ill-gotten wealth!" Zhang Ben said, "The wealth should not be exposed, let alone ill-gotten wealth. Don't take it out easily in the future."
Lin Linyou nodded, yes! There are tens of thousands of taels of silver deposited in banks in Beijing alone. I'm afraid it's really ill-gotten gains.
"Okay, let's get to work! Clean up the room next door for my little sister and the others." Zhang Bi stood up and said.
"Let my sister live next door to you?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Zhang Bi looked at Lin Linyou provocatively, "Are you afraid that I will poke through their window paper?"
"No, no," Lin Lin said, "I'm afraid you'd cut through the wall and steal the light..."
Lin Linyou originally wanted his little sister and the others to live on the second floor of the main house, but he couldn't resist Zhang Bi. After all, he was paying for the rent of these empty rooms! I thought it would be safer to live next door to him, as the second floor of the main house was a little further away.
Just do what you say, the three men have a clear division of labor, sweep and clean the dust, and work in full swing.
Zhang Ben and Lin Linyou were taking out the beds, screens, curtains, cabinets, etc. from the vacant bedroom to wash and dry them...
Yu Miaolan walked over gracefully: "Mr. Lin Qi, is there anything I can do?"
Lin Linyou couldn't think of anything he could do to help her. She had delicate skin and tender flesh, and was good at teaching jobs, but what she was doing now was all menial and backbreaking work...
Zhang Bi wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Can Miss Yu make pastry?"
"Bunzi, spring pancakes, water and snacks, all available."
Water dim sum is dumplings, also known as jiaozi or jiaoer in Ming Dynasty.
"You are virtuous and virtuous." Zhang Ben said with a smile, "There are a few bags of wheat noodles in the kitchen. How about eating dumplings for lunch?"
Lin Linyou: "Wow! Nothing tastes better than dumplings..."
Hearing the sound, Yang Fang poked his head out of his room again: "Are you going to get some dimes for lunch?"
"Yes, yes!" Zhang Bi said, "Let's eat dumplings together today!"
"Then let's go make dumplings." Yu Miaolan was happy that she could contribute a little, so that she would feel that she was one of them, rather than a redundant person.
"I'll help you carry down the flour bag." Zhang Bi dropped the washstand in his hand and ran towards the kitchen.
"Hey! What should we do with these?" Lin Linyou looked at the pile of dusty furniture at his feet and spread his hands helplessly.
Zhang Bi turned back: "What are you going to do? These three are all your women!"
Yu Miaolan is still here! After hearing this, my face turned slightly red, but I was also moved in my heart: It seems that Mr. Lin intends to keep me here for a few days...
