The old man raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Shinan, shook his head and said: "This kind of thing, if you believe it, you will have it, if you don't believe it, you will not have it, everyone will have that day, and then you will naturally know whether it is true or false." ”

Du Heng had long been fascinated by what the old man said, and to her ears, it was a completely novel world, and she couldn't help but look at Zhao Shinan pleadingly: "Listen to it for a while, just for a while." Completely forgot about her theory of "good women don't bend their waists".

Zhao Shinan was swayed by Du Hengyang's begging, where could he still insist on walking, so he had to accompany her to continue listening. A boy who looked like a foreign student next to him interjected: "Oriental people also say this, but they call the Lechuan River Santu River, if a woman arrives at the Santu River, she needs a man to pull her on the ferry boat to cross the Santu River, otherwise she will fall into the river, and she will not be reincarnated and become a water ghost." It's pathetic. Du Heng was trembling when he heard it.

A woman with permed hair next to him asked him, "What man?

The boy replied with some embarrassment, "It's the first man ---- like that." ”

The woman's face suddenly turned crimson, and she silently dodged out of the crowd. Du Heng was still talking to himself in a daze: "What kind of man is that?" caused several people next to him to cover their mouths and laugh.

Zhao Shinan's face sank, and this time he dragged Du Heng hard to pull the crowd away, frowning and said, "The market is talking nonsense, and I am confused when I hear it." ”

Du Heng looked at Zhao Shinan puzzled: "Then do you understand? The first one like that--- oops!" Du Heng reacted suddenly, his face flushed, and he broke away from Zhao Shinan's hand vigorously, and his face was dripping blood.

Zhao Shinan squinted at her and said, "Do you still want to listen?"

"Whoever wants to listen to those, dirty ears. Du Heng strode forward in annoyance, suddenly saw a row of boats by the river in front of him, turned his head and said excitedly to Zhao Shinan: "Let's go take a boat?"

"Good. Zhao Shinan said with a smile.

A small painting boat with exquisite carvings crossed the shore, Du Heng walked up happily, and Zhao Shinan followed closely behind. The boat rocked and rowed out. It is already on the tip of the moon, and the two sides of Qinhuai are full of sheng songs, and the building is full of red sleeves.

The boat swam leisurely for a long time, and in the cold water and moon of the smoke cage, Du Heng held the fence on the boat with his hand, and he had already been fooled. When she was studying, she also heard that in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there were Dong Xiaowan, Qin Huai Bayan of Kou Baimen and others, but now I don't know if there are any?

Just thinking about it, the courtesans on the Qinhuai River took the "seven boards" and sat in front of the cabin, and the oil gas lamps were lit in front of the cabin, which were bright and dazzling, so that the courtesans could see their postures clearly. One of the singing boats rowed to their boat, took out the song fold and asked, "Do you want a show?"

Du Heng looked at Zhao Shinan and asked, "Order?" How did she know that the meaning of ordering a play was not just to listen to the music, but to take the courtesan to spend the night after listening to the music.

Zhao Shinan raised his hand in a deep voice: "Don't." The boat rowed away again.

Du Heng saw Zhao Shinan's embarrassed expression, and guessed a few points, so he couldn't help but smile. Looking at the courtesans who had gone away, a strange thought suddenly came to my mind: When these women go to the underworld, will the men who asked for them for the first time wait to lead them across the river? If there are several women among the men, which one will he lead? Won't the rest fall into the river and become lonely ghosts?

Thinking of this, Du Heng shuddered for a moment, and looked at Zhao Shinan with a somewhat strange expression. Zhao Shinan couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Du Heng wanted to say it but was embarrassed, his face turned red for a long time, and he burst out: "You, you -----"

"What's wrong with me?" Zhao Shinan looked at her and felt even more strange.

"If you get there first, can you wait for me and take me across the Lechuan River? Du Heng held his breath and said quickly, after finishing speaking, she blushed so much that she blushed to her neck, she was really afraid, otherwise she would not have asked Zhao Shinan like this.

Zhao Shinan was stunned for a moment, and after a moment he reacted to what Du Heng was talking about, and suddenly a wave of heat rushed from the soles of his feet, rushing to his chest, his heart was almost jumping out, there was never a moment, he was so hot-blooded and impulsive, he was completely sure that this little woman's first time was his, and he was suddenly excited and couldn't help himself. He, who was originally sitting opposite Du Heng, stood up and walked to Du Heng's side, grabbed Du Heng's hand tightly, looked at her and said firmly: "If there is really a Lechuan River, I will definitely wait for you, no matter how long, take you across the river." ”

"Then, what about others?" Du Heng asked worriedly, Zhao Shinan asked for the first woman, she would not be the only one.

"I'll just wait for you. Zhao Shinan did not hesitate, said in a deep voice, and looked at Du Heng's eyes gradually blazing.

Du Heng heard his heart pounding so fast, and suddenly the boat was upset, Du Heng didn't hold it and fell into Zhao Shinan's arms all of a sudden, and his thick chest was full of arms. Du Heng broke out with a spirit.

It happened that the boat quickly docked, Zhao Shinan got off the boat first, turned around and stretched out his hand to Du Heng: "Come." Du Heng hesitated and put his hand on it, muttering as he got off the boat: "What a broken boat." So shaky. ”

Zhao Shinan's lips raised: "I think it's good, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can sit again." Seeing Du Heng's blushing, he couldn't help teasing her again, "If I meet you in the next life, I will take you to sit again." "Zhao Shinan didn't believe in these ghosts and gods, but he was surrounded by Du Heng all night, and now he hopes to have an afterlife.

Du Heng almost fell there without a soft foot, thinking forget it, this life is helpless enough, and the next life. He barely squeezed out a smile: "I'll talk about it when I meet it in the next life." ”

Back at the Yangzhou Hall, the room was very large and inside and out, Du Heng took out his clothes from the baggage he brought and hurriedly walked outside: "I'll sleep outside today." ”

Zhao Shinan stood at the door and stretched out his hand to hold on to the door frame to block her way, and his voice was a little emotional: "Heng'er, do you have to wait?"

Although Zhao Shinan is not so terrifying in her eyes now, and even when she sees him, her heart will be much more steady, but she is still not ready to accept him, but it is a matter of time before ---- entanglement, suddenly her stomach tightened, Du Heng looked at Zhao Shinan with some apologies: "It's inconvenient." ”

What a coincidence, Zhao Shinan raised his lips, let go of his hand, and strode into the back room. He didn't know how much patience he had left. Du Heng breathed a sigh of relief and ran outside with his clothes.

Early the next morning, Zhao Shinan went to Mr. Cheng in Nanjing to discuss business. This time he's going to talk about a huge deal. The wedding of a very large person is expected to be completed at the end of the year, and the bride is known for her picky love of cheongsam. Mr. Cheng was one of the compradors in charge of the Chinese clothing fabrics for the wedding. The brocade from all over Zhejiang and the brocade from all over Jiangsu must be sampled. Zhao Shinan came for this matter this time. If the Zhao family's brocade is selected, then Zhao Shinan's business will not only be in Yangzhou, but will be sold all over the country.

Zhao Shinan and Mr. Cheng set up a line through a fellow villager, and when they met for the first time, Zhao Shinan's bearing and courage were deeply appreciated by Mr. Cheng, and he told him when he parted: "In three months, you will come to Shanghai to find me." As he spoke, he took out a pass card and handed it to Zhao Shinan, "When the time comes, you can take this directly to my official residence." Cut-off in mid-October. ”

Zhao Shinan's matter was successfully completed, and the spring breeze was proud, and he returned to the Yangzhou Hall, but Du Heng was gone. I searched inside and out, but I still didn't find it, the driver was standing at the door, Zhao Shinan couldn't help but be angry: "Where is the young grandmother?"

The driver was stunned for a moment: "The young grandmother said that she would go around the hall, let me not follow." I'm guarding the door. ”

Zhao Shinan turned around again and found that the lock on the side door where the subordinates entered and exited was broken, this Du Heng must have been unable to hold back and ran out again. Zhao Shinan looked at the road in front of the door and said to the driver, "You look for this side." As he spoke, he walked in the opposite direction. He went in the opposite direction to the Qinhuai River last night, and he estimated that according to Du Heng's curious nature, he would go to places he hadn't been to before, but Du Heng was also measured, and he wouldn't go far.

Zhao Shinan didn't guess wrong, walked only a few hundred steps, and saw a circle of people at the door of a silk village, he stepped forward quickly, and sure enough, Du Heng, who was dressed in water blue, was standing in the middle and said: "Your brocade is not from the East, it is clearly from Yangzhou, the color is like water, and the weaving is dense, and the color of the Oriental brocade is not so bright and dense." ”

There was a gorgeously dressed lady standing next to her, who was touching the horse that Du Heng said was not Oriental silk, and she took her hand down after listening to what Du Heng said.

A few of the guys who were looking at the shop were not happy: "What are you messing around with this little girl? What Oriental brocade have you seen? We are the proper Oriental satin." ”

Du Heng snorted coldly: "I grew up rolling in silk and satin, and my family is the one who runs a silk and satin shop, how can I not tell the difference." How can you deceive people?"

When the lady heard Du Heng say this, she didn't buy it, shook her head and said, "I'll take a look elsewhere." ”

A young man hurriedly came out and said to the lady with a smile: "Don't listen to that girl's nonsense, our store is full of Oriental goods, produced by authentic Mitsui Company, and transported all the way by water." The other guy blackened his face at Du Heng: "Are you here to smash the business? If you don't leave, I'm not polite to you." ”

The lady hurriedly stopped the guy: "Don't, after all, it's a little girl, and I forced it to let the family see if it was good, and they said it." ”

The guy saw that someone was even more arrogant, and his finger almost poked Du Heng's face: "Tell you, this is Oriental goods, if you don't know it, I'll let you open your eyes." ”

Zhao Shinan pushed away the crowd of people around him with all his might, and said coldly: "You let me open my eyes first!"

The guy saw another one, a azure brocade robe, tall and handsome, with a look of arrogance, looking at it as either rich or expensive, and the arrogance of the talent was a little less. But he still didn't change his words: "This master, what did the little one say wrong? This is Oriental satin." ”