Stage [Republic of China]

It's the same, laughing hehe, with a deep voice.

Although speaking with a Nanyang accent, Xu Jishan's natural voice is very contagious, as if it is buzzing and echoing in the cochlea of ​​a person.With his smile, Shui Jiu's body became hotter and hotter, and the two long legs under the cheongsam were slightly separated, almost unable to walk.

"You..." Shui Jiu blurted out subconsciously, and then changed her words immediately. "Come here a little bit."

As Shui Jiu spoke, she gave Xu Jishan a wink. "Head over some."

"Hey!" Xu Jishan never expected such a blessing tonight.It was like a pie falling from the sky, knocking him dizzy.

Xu Jishan really moved her head closer as she said, still teasing, "Boss Shui is really, really, too enthusiastic tonight..."

With a bang, before Xu Jishan finished speaking, Shui Jiu slammed the knife on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious.

BANG——

BANG——

Those who played outside began to knock on the second update again.

Shui Jiu didn't have time to get entangled with Xu Jishan, and leaned over to see that this guy was really lying on his stomach in a daze.It's hard for him too!His buttocks were still sitting on the stone bench, his head was lying on the stone table, and he was snoring continuously, but he had already fallen into a deep sleep.

Shui Jiu stood up, straightened the folds of the cheongsam, put on a black silk shirt, and raised her hand to her bosom.The box gun is still there.After making up his mind, he opened the small door in the backyard of Longyu Rice Store without looking back, and sneaked back to the water store overnight.

When he got back into the shop it was pitch black.He didn't dare to light a lamp, for fear of disturbing the neighbors, so he went upstairs in the dark.When he reached the stairs, he pressed his cold white fingers on the escalator. A few seconds later, he suddenly raised his lips and smiled quietly.

No one could see him in the dark night, but Shui Jiu still smiled very covertly, like the hidden joy in his heart.

Bai Suzhen looked for Xu Xian with an umbrella on the broken bridge.

In the Peony Pavilion, Du Liniang dreamed of the scholar who folded willows and came lightly.

In spring, a butterfly flaps its wings and quietly covers a flower.

35, 35

◎"There is indeed a marriage contract"◎

Early the next morning, Shui Jiu opened the door, looked up at the sky.Clouds piled up in the sky, and the vast houses and buildings built by foreigners in the distance looked like the shadows of the mountains, gray.

It was a cloudy day when it was about to rain, but it didn't fall.

Shui Jiu lowered her eyelids, and as usual, stringed up the signs of fetching water with hemp rope and hung them at the door of the shop.The brand is made of bamboo slices, and when you touch it with your hand, it rattles and rattles.This is because the person who fetched the water yesterday returned the brand. Right now, while passing water to the new person who took the brand, he also has to remember how many brands he sold.When the door panels were sealed at night, he had to hang up the sold signs again, and the owner of the water store had to count the signs to check his accounts.

The boss of the water company is very labor-saving. One job for him is equivalent to seven or eight employees.

In the past few days, there have been rumors that General You Banner's soldiers will be stationed here sooner or later.The panic in the city is getting worse, not only rice and oil are being stockpiled, but now even water is being stockpiled in large tanks.

Shui Jiu was busy all day, but she didn't think much of Xu Jishan.

over there.

Xu Jishan snored until the afternoon.Finally he let out an ouch and opened his eyes with a headache.

The first thing you can see is the high ceiling, and others sleep on tatami.

Xu Jishan sat cross-legged and thought for a while, and finally realized that she was not in Jibei City, nor in the Mingzhu Building in her hometown of Nanyang.

"Hey, where is this?" Xu Jishan murmured unconsciously.

It was quiet in the house, and there was no one around.Xu Jishan felt thirsty, got up and walked to the sliding door with two long legs, snorted and opened the door.

This is not Longyu Rice Store, but a Japanese-style courtyard he bought in Jingxi Mansion.He has a lot of money and multiple residences, just for convenience.

He came out of Jibei City originally to escort tung oil, but he lost Shui Jiu on the way.Later, he searched for Shui Jiu along the way, so he didn't go to the caravan, but ran to the nearest road and crossed the river to Jingxi Mansion.

But I didn't expect that after crossing the river, I couldn't go away again.

There is new news every day, in the newspapers, on the radio, in the streets, and in private, talking about the current troubled times.The soldiers of the □□□ court are going to fight over here, and tomorrow someone from the Qing Gang will be hacked to death on the street. Who owns this piece of land?Whoever said it doesn't count.

On the contrary, more and more Orientals are stationed in Jingxi Mansion.Faintly, in the middle of the night, you can occasionally hear the sound of a plane flying over the sky.

The Xu family's ancestral home was in the Qiantang River area, but that must be traced back to more than 200 years ago.He came to this country to do business, but it was just a whim.At that time, he was twenty years old, full of vigor, and he was angry with his family, saying that he must make a name for himself here.But if there was a real fight or serious chaos here, he would still have to go back to Nanyang.

Answer, wearing wooden clogs walked along the cobblestone road to the front of the hall.There are two pines and cypresses planted in the yard, the branches are strong, and they were also bought according to the preferences of the Orientals.

Just half a month after Xu Jishan settled in Jingxi Mansion, the tung oil was ready.After he got the twenty carts of tung oil, the Dongyang people were like flies seeing blood, buzzing around him all day long.

Xu Jishan was drunk all night, had a severe headache, and had no appetite, so she simply ate a few pieces of plum cake, and with a pot of clear Phoenix Dancong, she finally remembered vaguely what happened last night.He vaguely remembered that yesterday afternoon he reconciled the accounts at Longyu rice shop, and then accompanied the Dongyang people to the tavern.Then, he was dragged to the scene of the Green Gang. There were people from the Chamber of Commerce and several small leaders of the Green Gang, and he was forcefully fed by the other party.After two rounds of wine, he drank an unknown amount of wine, as well as the most powerful burning knife in Jingxi.

So, how did he return to Longyu Mihang?

He was vaguely impressed.

The weirdest thing was that in that vague memory, he remembered... Last night he actually met the person he was thinking about.

But it doesn't make sense!

Xu Jishan was holding the teacup, her thick eyebrows were furrowed, and her gold-rimmed glasses were thrown somewhere.Right now, he is pinching the bridge of his nose, deeply confused - where and why last night, he thinks that he actually saw Shui Jiu?

Xu Jishan thought about it, but couldn't sit still, so she packed up and got in the car to Longyu Rice Shop to find out.

Arriving at the Dragon Corn Shop, shopkeeper Lu looked up and saw him, and couldn't help but be taken aback. "Boss, are you sober?"

"Yes." Xu Jishan replied vaguely.

"The Orientals are here to urge the tung oil again!"

The twenty cars of tung oil Xu Jishan had been hoarding at home, no matter who came, he didn't want to sell.In the Taiping period, tung oil is just for coloring the furniture, and it is not of much use.But now that there is a war, the guns and ammunition of each family, even the barrels of the cannons, have to be wiped with tung oil, so they are in short supply.Especially those orientals were always urging him, and the price had been raised by more than ten times, Xu Jishan still didn't want to make a move.

He wanted to wait for the news from Jibei City.

Although it was Li Daotai who died, the right cavalry general came over in a mighty way, and the emperor also fled to northern Hebei, fearing that the imperial court would still rule over there.If he gave the twenty carts of tung oil to the Dongyang people, and the court asked him to settle accounts, it would not be worth it.

After all, most of his business falls in Jibei City.

Xu Jishan never told anyone about these calculations in detail.So shopkeeper Lu asked him, and he just hummed.Shopkeeper Lu became a little anxious, and urged: "The reminders every day have come to the rice store. Boss, what do you think about this?"

Xu Jishan turned her head, looked at Shopkeeper Lu nonchalantly, and asked a question abruptly. "Who sent me back last night?"

"...Huh?" Shopkeeper Lu was stunned again.After a while, he scratched his head and said cautiously: "Last night? I don't know. The clerk Dongzi came to open the door this morning and saw that you were still asleep in the store, so he called someone to come over and take you back. "

Xu Jishan thought to himself, the place where he fell asleep at Longyu Mihang seemed to be icy cold last night.In the middle of the night, he remembered that he was still coughing for a while because of the cold. "Where did I fall asleep last night?"

Shopkeeper Lu suddenly became embarrassed. "Well... when Dongzi found you, he said that you were sleeping on your stomach on the stone table in the backyard."

"Oh?" Xu Jishan became a little interested, and lowered her wide-brimmed black-brimmed hat to her head in order to verify that she had not had a spring dream last night. "I'll go to the backyard first."

He is the boss, so naturally no one dares to stop him.Shopkeeper Lu had a bitter expression on his face, watching him leisurely throw away his business account, and went straight to the backyard.

Ten minutes later, Xu Jishan stared at the stone table and bench in the backyard in a daze.

If he really saw Shui Jiu here last night, why didn't he leave any trace?

Xu Jishan thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, and habitually raised her hand to support her gold-rimmed glasses.This pair of glasses was found by the maid Wu Ma, who said they left it in the shop.Xu Jishan inserted his right hand obliquely... into the pocket of his suit trousers, and suddenly remembered that when he went to the banquet last night, he was wearing a black silk outer shirt and long robe.

"Where's the suit I wore last night?" Xu Jishan hurried back to the shop and asked shopkeeper Lu behind the counter.

Shopkeeper Lu looked bewildered. "Ah, Master, didn't you always leave it to Mama Wu in the house to wash it?"

Xu Jishan laughed.How could he remember this?Is it possible...

Xu Jishan was taken aback suddenly, and froze.

If what happened last night is indeed true, then his black silk shirt should still be on Shui Jiu at this moment, or at least Shui Jiu has put it back on.yes