Findings at sea

Ji Xingtang sat by the bed and trimmed Xu Baoshan's beard. He lived like a slob for a month.Ji Xingtang wanted to shave these two beards first, and then shave his sword beard, so that his hair would be clean and tidy.

"Xingtang, I don't need to lock the door for me when I come back tonight when I go out to do some errands." Xu Baoshan said to him with tight lips, "You can just stay at home and look after the baby. I'll find a nanny tomorrow."

Ji Xingtang said, "What are you doing when you're recovering from a serious injury? I don't want to see Baozi, he's just crying at me and kicking me."

Xu Baoshan laughed, "I said he is a bastard, even his own mother would be killed, and he would make trouble for me with things that are bigger than beans, ah...be careful to stab me." A stubble got stuck in the gap of the knife and was about to be broken, yelling at him in pain. "I'm going out to find someone surnamed Ma."

Ma, the chairman of the gauze trade association who hides Japanese goods.

Ji Xingtang wiped his beard stubble with a hot towel, wrung out the towel and put it on his face, "Feng Youqiao has already taken revenge on his sister-in-law, he has the Japanese behind him, so don't take any more risks. "

"Woo——" Xu Baoshan took a long breath, regaining his former charm, twisting his mustache and smiling romantically, "The blue sky and white sun are flying, and the flag is hanging like a plaster. Don't worry, it's broad daylight Don't let people kill people and don't let them do business? I call this bastard no business."

Ji Xingtang held him back, "Don't go, I don't feel at ease when you go out now. If you want to do business, do business with me first. I will fund and provide the clothes for that celebrity election, and I want to spin a few bolts of cloth, foreign cloth in your factory. spinning?"

Xu Baoshan grinned suddenly, and pressed the back of his hand to his forehead, "Xingtang, your brain is not burned out. You didn't read the newspaper saying that Ma Zhanshan was beaten by the devils to the northwest. He became a rebel. Why are you raising money for him?"

"Resigned?" Ji Xingtang didn't know yet, and was at a loss for a moment, "Why did you resign?"

Xu Baoshan said, "How long do you expect them to last without ammunition and food after the main force has been completely withdrawn? Don't worry about such things."

Ji Xingtang was stunned, then raised his eyes and said firmly, "Ji, whoever is willing to lead troops to fight will donate the ammunition and food."

"That's all right, those with bare feet who are not afraid of wearing shoes, I will listen to you." After speaking, both of them laughed, and Xu Baoshan tied his tie and put on his coat and said with a smile, "Xingtang, don't leave, let's The two can live together. If you want to be happy, go outside to find it, and you don't like women who just let the cub take care of you and die."

Even more contemptuous than a private life, he smiled and said, "You son, you should give Baozi a decent name."

Xu Baoshan rolled his eyes and said casually, "That's not easy? In a troubled world, you should be clear, and in a Mo world, you should be white. Do you think he is called Zhuoqing or Mobai? He is called Mobai, Xu Mobai. That's enough, I'm going out."

Xu Baoshan stepped out of the door, and Ji Xingtang followed behind. It was really worrying to have to go out in the middle of the night.Xu Baoshan said that he was bored at home and wanted to go out to have fun, but Ji Xingtang didn't answer, and followed him to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, a place where singing and singing every night, a street full of dim red lanterns, a street of flower petals, and walking The heels are stained with fragrance.

At first Ji Xingtang just waited in the hall, he was afraid that Xu Baoshan's impulsiveness would cause some trouble again.But this old bustard was planning to get money from him, and changed waves of girls to tease him. Ji Xingtang really didn't have this intention, so he hired a wing room with a girl. Brother Baoshan came out to play and he avoided him. Go into the room and wait for him.

That girl was neither a top card nor Qing Guan, she just happened to be picked by Ji Xingtang.Whenever he came, the girl would burn incense and lie half-covered on the bed, propping her head up and looking at the man drinking tea at the table without doing anything.She complained that this man was strange, so she would do nothing but come to the room to drink tea, and let her play a song if she was interested.

The girl got off the bed barefoot, the bells on her ankles jingled, she brushed her hair and gathered the red gauze to cover her bellyband, sat at the table with warm wine and poured him a glass, Ji Xingtang took it with a smile, I just heard her say: The second master spends a lot of money but does nothing, and if he doesn't rest here, I won't be able to serve him.Ji Xingtang asked, "Can you sing?"

The girl nodded, swept a waterfall of black silk into the wine glass, found the zither in the cabinet, and sat cross-legged in the red tent, wearing a tortoise shell armor and said, "The ones who come out of the Qinhuai River are singing operas in the troupe. Those who are famous are actresses, and those who can’t sing are prostitutes, they are famous.” She tuned the strings and asked, “What excerpts do Second Master want to hear?”

Ji Xingtang didn't know what kind of tricks Ruoyu sang in so many plays, so she said casually, "Hancao Tang, Jade Hairpin."

Replied softly, "Quite frivolous, and also frivolous and romantic."

When the strings sounded, Ji Xingtang thought of Ruoyu, wondering where he was and how he was free.Ji Xingtang glanced at the girl, and suddenly saw a stab mark on her collarbone on her chest.The girl looked up at the song and pulled the veil, "Tattoos don't show up on weekdays, but they show up when you drink."

"Oh?" Ji Xingtang became interested, "Doesn't it show up on weekdays?"

"It was soaked in cinnabar with pigeon blood, for fun." She got out of bed and sprinkled the wine on her collarbone and patted it. A red lotus bloomed on her chest, and the vines spread to her neck, presumably her waist or back. The back is also full of sparks, how exciting is it that the snow-white body has bred enchanting flowers because of emotion.It turned out that he had applied all he learned in the Huanguan to himself, and he was still talking about being cheap or not.

"Second master." The girl looked at him in a daze and called him.

Ji Xingtang responded lightly, "You rest, I'll go out first."

When Ji Xingtang got out of the wing room, he saw a riot in the lobby. Men and women gathered around to watch the commotion. No police came to intervene. It seemed that it was a matter of the brothel.The old bustard wearing a cheongsam and heavy make-up held a cigarette between his fingers and held a handkerchief under his arm with his other hand. A lock of curly hair hung on his forehead. He walked over while smoking, and pushed aside the crowd of onlookers. The man spat on the young master in brocade clothes and jade belt, rolled his eyes and lost his color, "Master Sun, the young master is my frequent visitor, what do you mean by beating people first when you pick things up, or do you want to hit my old lady on purpose?" plate?"

Then he looked at the beaten young master, clutching his stomach and one knee, slumped on the ground, with colorful paints on the front of his robe, the old bustard helped him up, it was Lu Jinlang.

"Fucking brat dares to mess with my concubine!" the man cursed viciously.

Lu Jinlang raised his sleeve and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then raised his eyes to see Ji Xingtang in his sullen eyes. He wanted to argue with him, but now he felt bad, so he quickly squatted down and stuffed the brushes and scrolls into the basket. He smiled at the woman again, "Sister Yu, it's all right, Young Master Sun didn't mean it either, I'll go first, first go." He nodded and bowed and smiled at the young master to accompany him.

Sister Nayu held him back, and stuffed a half-lit cigarette into his mouth, "Sister is in charge of you, how can I get kicked in vain."

Lu Jinlang smiled awkwardly and showed embarrassment, he couldn't escape, it would be bad if Ji Xingtang went to complain to his father.The people next to him also laughed that he still had to rely on women to back him up.

Taking advantage of Sister Yu's scolding with the Eldest Young Master, Lu Jinlang wanted to escape with the basket in his arms.It bumped into Ji Xingtang at this moment, and the things in the basket scattered all over the floor as she sat on the ground.Ji Xingtang leaned over to help him pick it up, but Lu Jinlang hurriedly slapped his hand away, "You don't need to help."

Ji Xingtang helped him up, he stood and patted the mud on his buttocks, Ji Xingtang had already picked up the unfolded scroll, and when he looked at it again, his face turned red and he threw it on his stomach, "It's all, all these things. "

Knowing that it was too late, Lu Jinlang was distressed as if he had stripped his clothes and let someone take advantage of him and was caught by someone, he said in a broken voice, "Didn't you see it? "

"Does your father know that you are here to paint these things for people?" Ji Xingtang helped him roll up and tie up those lewd scrolls, and he really couldn't see them.

Lu Jinlang said in a low voice, "If the old man knows that I can still be alive and kicking here? Don't go out and talk, my life is in your hands."

Ji Xingtang looked at him with helplessness in his eyes, "You are so young that you are full of these things, fortunately you are still a scholar."

Just as Ji Xingtang finished rolling up a painting, he frowned and opened it again. Lu Jinlang just took a closer look at his cheekbones when he received a solid punch. Gritting his teeth, he asked him, "Zixuan followed you out early and returned late to do these things?"

He compiled the scroll with one hand, and Lu Jinlang hurriedly snatched it, "I can't do it, I can't do it."

That painting is a good painting, and the people in the painting are good people.Ruoyu is naked and kneels on the ground with her round buttocks sitting on two jade legs, propping her body up with her hands on the ground, her whole body looks faintly glowing like a natural jade in the rough, and when she turns around, she is even more ashamed .Lu Jinlang was so distressed that he stroked the folds over and over again.Ji Xingtang grabbed him by the collar and threw him onto the sofa, staring at him questioningly, "Please explain clearly to me, what did you do with Zixuan?"

It was rare for Lu Jinlang to see Ji Xingtang look so angry, so he tentatively shook his hand, and he held it tighter. Lu Jinlang sighed lazily, "Didn't you see it? I'm here to paint erotic palaces for people, actually I was not only here, but also went to other halls. Just now, I was beaten up when I painted a portrait of the young master’s concubine without taking off his clothes. I used to do this in my hometown, and my father caught me and almost disabled my limbs. I don’t dare to do it again. Zixuan, I’ve never seen a person who looks like a fairy, I want to strip him naked and paint him but he won’t obey.” He boldly looked at Ji Xingtang’s expression when he said this, I really wanted to peel myself alive, so I quickly lowered my head and said, "I used to go to him, and he ignored me. Suddenly one day he came to me to borrow money, and I said you were naked and let me see it." Just look at me and agree, I was just joking, who would have thought that when I turned around, he would be naked."

Ji Xingtang made a gesture to beat him up, and shouted again with scarlet eyes, "What did you do to him?"

Lu Jinlang hurriedly covered his head, "No, what can I do as a man like Zixuan, I just glanced at it a few times. You can make fun of me for being dirty and not hit me, that painting is my obscenity." Looking at Ji Xingtang's expression After a while, Lu Jinlang said again, "Zixuan seems to be short of money. My father's pocket money every day is not enough to fill the gaps between my teeth, so I can only go back to my old job. That old man is not usually generous. A hundred silver dollars is not a problem."

It turned out that he had planned to leave a long time ago, but Ji Xingtang let him go with a sigh of relief, with a rare tough tone, "I still have a few portraits of Zixuan, I want them all."

Lu Jinlang wiped the corner of his mouth, "Counting the one hundred copies just now, I wouldn't sell any of them, no matter how much I pay."

Ji Xingtang glared at him so that he trembled in fright, and said, "You can do whatever you want, but you have to keep it a secret for me."

Ji Xingtang nodded, "Okay, I don't care if you draw others and I won't allow you to draw Zixuan in the future, otherwise, you can figure out how black I am, and if I find out, I'll find someone to chop off your hand."

Lu Jinlang stared intimidated by him and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, my good brother will listen to you, and you can pick it up here tomorrow."

Just as Lu Jinlang was about to leave, Ji Xingtang stopped him again, "Wait a minute." Lu Jinlang shuddered and asked him what was wrong, and Ji Xingtang said, "Don't come here again if you want money, it's really indecent. Why don't you come and help me in a few days , draw some portraits of famous ladies and ladies to promote donations, you set the price. Oh, by the way, you can ask your sister if she would like to come."

Lu Jinlang leaned over again, "Oh my god, my sister's stupid girl is so sick, my father contacted a Soviet doctor, and he sent her abroad for treatment in half a month, otherwise you will see I might run out."

There are joys and sorrows in this world, and life and death are determined by fate. Ji Xingtang couldn't help sighing when he heard Lu Jinlang say this, "Why is the disease so serious that you want to go abroad?"

Lu Jinlang said, "The Soviet doctor said that he needed dialysis, it was chronic renal failure, and he might have to cut out his stomach and replace his kidney. My father, who is so pedantic, had no choice but to send my sister away. Now he insists on everything. Look at my sister, if you let her come, she will come too."

Ji Xingtang said, "Since this is the case, I will go to see her another day, and let her pay attention to her health and not trouble her."

The next day, Lu Jinlang sent Ji Xingtang a hundred portraits out of nowhere. Ji Xingtang and Bai Xiaohong also knew a lot about them. It could be seen that they were the best rice paper and the best dyes. Lu Jinlang was also half an expert, so he thought about everything Lifelike, crying, laughing, angry, and lifelike, it is the Yan Ruyu in the book, and they are all naked, as if nothing in this world can't be bound.