The pocket watch dangled in front of our eyes, and gradually my consciousness began to blur.
"From now on, you have a new identity. You are not Deng Wanwan, you are the number one in Yihongyuan; you are not Zhang Ruoxu, you are the rich young master of a wealthy family. Now, there is a road in front of you, a very deep road , the winding path leads to a quiet place, just walk along this path, walk in, keep walking in, you will start a new life, a new and desirable life..."
Deng Wanwan and I were getting more and more sleepy, and our eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. Then he snapped his fingers, and Deng Wanwan and I both lowered our heads...
I opened my eyes, and the dazzling sunlight came in from the window. I blocked my eyes with the back of my hand.
A maid dressed in the Qing Dynasty stood beside my bed and urged: "Master, get up quickly. Madam has been waiting for you for a long time?"
I yawned lazily and said, "Oh, I'm up."
After washing up, I went to my parents' room to say hello. My old father went to the shop early in the morning. He worked very hard for the family business. My old man started from scratch, and he managed to build such a huge family business all by himself, which is really admirable.
But I was very unsatisfied. After studying for so many years, I was only a scholar. The more I read, the less confident I was. I felt that I was not the material for reading. My old father was also very angry with me. He finally agreed to let me learn business from him.
After breakfast, we accompanied our mother to the street. Two maids followed us to the silk and satin shop, and began to carefully select the silk and satin that we wanted. They said they came here to choose good materials for me to find a wife.
But I didn't care at all, taking advantage of their choice, I secretly stayed out and headed straight to the east of the city.
Across the Liuhe River is the most famous Fireworks Willow Alley in our area. The most famous one in this alley is Yihongyuan. However, I did not come to this romantic place to drink wine. After all, I am a serious man.
The reason why I came to Yihongyuan is because of the top name "Jingxiang" here. Miss Jingxiang and I cherish each other. We are each other's close friends and also each other's crush. Although she is in a land of fireworks, she insists on performing her art and not selling herself.
Last month I failed in the merit examination, so I was depressed so I came here with three or two book friends to drink and soothe their sorrows.
Because my upbringing was very strict, I had never been to a place like this with fireworks and romance. I came here just to listen to Yihongyuan’s top performer playing the guzheng. It is said that her guzheng is one of the best, and many people come here to admire it. The first time I saw Shizuka, I was attracted to her. Her thin and long eyebrows, bright eyes, and graceful figure were full of nobility and elegance. I have been fascinated by her since then.
From then on, whenever I had time, I would come here to cheer her up. Sometimes I would ask her to play a song for me, and sometimes I would ask her to dance for me. Over time, we became friends, and Shizuka was also interested in me, so we started dating. Privately decided for life.
In order to redeem her, I begged my parents more than once, but they were rejected. My father was very stubborn and would not allow me to redeem her unless a brothel girl would disgrace my family.
In order to completely stop me from thinking about things, my father simply cut off my financial resources and controlled me tightly. Except for helping with business at home, my father did not let me go out at all.
It was my mother who felt sorry for me. She felt sorry for me when she saw how distracted I was every day. She did my father's work little by little, but finally my father's ears were softened. He promised me that he would mainly take over the business and become a sole businessman, so he would leave me alone. If he is willing to redeem his life for Shizuka, he will not care about marrying her again.
From then on, I was like a different person, studying business day and night. Being diligent and eager to learn, I soon surpassed my father in business. My father saw that I had become a good person, so he handed over the family business to me. I have it in my hands, and the business is not only booming, but also getting bigger and bigger. Our family's industry is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball.
It's a pity that Jingxiang is the number one in Yihongyuan, and the ransom fee is one thousand taels, which is not a small sum. The reason why I work so hard to make money is so that one day I can redeem her and marry her again.
But God is not kind to me. I just came back from doing business in the north and earned 300 taels. In addition to the 680 taels in the accounting room, there is still 20 taels left. It’s only 20 taels. I know it will be very difficult to go out to buy. I could earn it soon, but I really couldn't wait any longer, so I hurriedly went to my book friend's house to borrow twenty taels, which was just enough money to redeem Shizuka.
Not wanting to delay for a moment, I took the new servant I had come back with this time and hurriedly entered the gate of Yihongyuan. The old madam smiled broadly when she saw me, "Hey, you haven't been here for a long time. I'm afraid you're going to kill me soon." Have you forgotten?"
I said, "I'm busy with business at home and can't get away. By the way, where is Shizuka?"
The old madam hesitated and said: "Why don't you order Shizuka? We have two new girls, both of whom are first-class beauties. Do you want some?"
I wasn't happy anymore, so I directly stated my purpose of coming, "To tell you the truth, I came here to redeem Jingxiang's life. The money here is one thousand taels, no more, no less, just a little bit."
I winked at the servant, and he spread the package on the table. There were a thousand taels of silver in vain. When the old madam saw the money, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Where's Shizuka?" I asked.
The old madam was mute, and it took her a long time to speak: "Our rogue Niu Er from Jiangcheng came today and is in the room..."
She couldn't continue talking, so I became anxious and immediately went upstairs. When I opened the door, I saw that Niu Er was beating Shizuka with a whip. She had been beaten to pieces.
I was so angry that I roared and said, "Biaozi, beat him up."
Niu Er was beaten from upstairs to downstairs by my servant. He was beaten so hard that his head was bleeding. He begged for mercy again and again, "Sir, I didn't know that Miss Jingxiang was yours. I beg you to be merciful and spare me." .”
I stopped Biaozi who was quarreling with him, gave Niu Er a hard look, and said, "Get out of Jiangcheng and never let me see you again. Otherwise, I will beat you every time I see you."
Niu Er didn't dare to stay, so he rolled and crawled away.
I slapped the table hard and said, "Old Madam, one thousand taels is yours, I'll take Shizuka away." 33
After all, Shizuka is a flower in the greenhouse, with a fragile body. It took her more than two months to recover. Seeing that her body was as good as before, I was so happy that I didn't want to wait any longer. I reported it directly to my parents and got her married.
On the night of the wedding night, I lifted her red hijab, kissed her affectionately, and said, "We are finally lovers."
Then, I undressed her. Her bright red embroidered dress was quickly taken off, leaving only a red bellyband, and her skin was as white as winter snow.
"You're so white!" I said, then pulled down the bed curtain and prepared for the next step.
…
The exciting moment was about to come. The jingling of bells brought Deng Wanwan and I out of hypnosis and back to reality. Xiaofeng also joked to me: "What beautiful thing did you dream of? The tears are flowing out."
Only then did I notice that my saliva had soaked my clothes, and it was so wet that it was extremely embarrassing.
Deng Wanwan was still not finished, so she asked, "Is it over so soon?"
"It's over. You two have such rich expressions. Beauty, you play and sing and grin. Xiaoxu, you keep saying that I want to work hard to do something like that. It's really unfair of you not to become an actor. .”
I kept talking to Xiaofeng, and directly brought up the topic I was concerned about, "Don't talk nonsense, how is the interpretation of my dream?"
"Here, see for yourself. When you were hypnotized, I asked your subconscious about the answer you wrote on your right hand." Xiaofeng handed me the answer I just wrote myself.
I took it in my hand and looked at it carefully and said, "Go to town? Will I go there in the future? Do what I should do?" I couldn't understand the incomprehensible words I wrote.
Some people died, but not completely...
