Jiangxi is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with many rivers, abundant sunshine, abundant rain, four distinct seasons, and very few natural disasters.

The Zhangjiang River, which originates at the southeast foot of Luoxiao Mountain, and the Gongjiang River, which originates from the western slope of Wuyi Mountain, zigzags and loops, goes in the opposite direction, and finally converges in one place. There is a city built there, the city is named, from the trend of the two rivers merging, it is not only a pictogram, but also a meaning - Ganzhou!

Ganzhou occupies two rivers and shapes, brings together half of the province's Wuhua Tianbao, the market is prosperous, the economy is active, among them, the water wharf outside the Jinmen in the east of the city and the Xijin gate in the west of the city is the most lively and busy.

After more than two days of trekking, Xie Yucheng's horse team finally came to the ferry opposite Xijin Gate.

A group of guests had just disembarked from the ferry, some on foot, some on carts, some on loads, some on horses and mules, all rushing ashore like a tidal wave. Xie Yucheng and the others hurriedly pulled the horses and mules aside to avoid the surging crowd.

The river under the shore is wide, and a small steamer barge, which is suddenly smoking, has just retreated from the shore, turned around, and sailed diagonally to Ganzhou City on the opposite bank.

As far as the eye can see, under the sunny cloudy sky, the city wall of Ganzhou City extends along the riverside, like a sawtooth, like a belt.

On the other side of the river, the Xijin gate is full of people, shoulder to shoulder.

This year is the 24th year of the Republic of China, and the situation near Ganzhou is quite calm. The tenacious force that swept Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other provinces at the beginning left in October last year and embarked on a long and arduous journey.

The wheels of history are rolling through the scorching time and space.

Today, in the two directions of Northeast China and Shanghai, another sinister enemy with ill intentions and scheming is eyeing the ancient land of China.

The river is surging, and the green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows eastward.

Although Xie Yucheng had never been there, he knew that the Yu Gutai that had been sung by the first generation of words was in the northwest corner of the city on the opposite bank. He also knew that in this ancient land, there was never a shortage of blue blood pill hearts. It's just that how much of the pride of swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger has finally turned into an endless aria in the annals of history, and into a magnificent poem that inspires future generations to succeed one after another.

Suddenly, the horn sounded next to him, Xie Yucheng turned his head to look, but saw a black car driving through the gap in the river embankment, entering the stone road leading to the ferry, and the crowd that had just sprung up, the driver was impatiently honking the horn.

The crowd stagnated for a moment, and immediately the waves cracked and avoided the sides, giving way to the middle of the road, and the car was able to move slowly again, when suddenly there was a scream in the wave, and a wooden wheelbarrow could not dodge and was knocked to the ground. Salt poured out white flowers all over the ground.

The old man with the cart with white hair was panicked at this moment, looking at the gesture, it seemed that he wanted to straighten his wheelbarrow immediately, but he was afraid that the dignitaries and nobles in the car would blame, and wanted to come forward to apologize, but he felt that his identity was not enough, so he stood in place like a chicken for a while, at a loss.

In the sound of the horn, I saw the door of the car rattle twice, and two young men in Mao suits got out of the car, but did not speak, but quickly stepped forward, pushed the wheelbarrow crookedly to the side of the road, dragged the old man away, and cleared the road. The sedan drove again, its body jolted, and two snow-white salt stains were rolled out on the ground, and it drove to the ferry below.

As the car drove by, two young men in tunics let go of the old man and trotted behind.

Qiao Feiyan and Xie Yucheng glanced at each other, Xie Yucheng nodded, and she and Lu Qing stepped forward, helped the old man straighten the car, lifted the cracked salt bag, and helped him scrape the salt without ruts on the ground with her hands, and held them into the bags one by one.

The movements of the sister and brother were very neat, and after a while, there were only a few white salt grains left on the ground, which seeped into the cracks in the stones, and could not be scraped cleanly, so the old man waved his hand to show that it was okay, and the sisters and brothers helped the old man push the cart onto the flat bank.

The black car swayed, drove to the ferry port under the port, and stopped. At this time, two young men in tunics happened to run to the car door and stretched out their hands to open the doors on both sides. Immediately after, a pair of fashionably dressed men and women emerged from the car.

The man wears a black top hat and carries a black cane. The woman was dressed in a white gauze skirt, with a white cool hat with lace on her black hair like a cloud, and two slender hands wearing white hollow silk gloves.

The man walked towards the river with his cane, and the river wind blew the corners of his clothes, but it could not stop him.

"Oh, Meng Xueli, wait......" Seeing this, the woman screamed, stepped on her high heels, and stumbled after her, fiddling with a small white umbrella in her hand as she went, but it seemed that something was wrong, and she could not open it, so anxious that she trembled. was busy, and suddenly there was a click, and the lace umbrella was stretched open by her.

By this time the man was standing on the edge of the ferry, and the river was making waves at his feet. The woman came to him with an umbrella and walked to him in small steps, and handed the umbrella to his head: "Beware of heat stroke!" She ......looked at the sky and said, "Oh, the sun is so big in China!" ”

The man didn't answer, just looked at the other side for a long time, suddenly raised his staff and pointed somewhere, and didn't look back: "Zhaodi, do you remember, behind the jujube tree that stretches out on the city wall, is the home of the earth dog." I heard his father say that he wanted to move to the pontoon bridge in the east of the city, but after all these years, I don't know if they moved away? ”

The woman approached the man and looked in the direction he was pointing, but she didn't seem to have good eyesight and didn't see the date tree. "Oh, you mean...... Where? She asked cautiously, but before the man could answer, a sudden gust of river wind blew and overturned the white umbrella in her hand, and the woman was in a hurry to restore the umbrella to its original state, and sighed: "Oh, the wind in the country is so strong!" ”

At this time, the crowd of people coming up from the ferry had already passed, and a few ferrymen were sparsely populated on the shore. Xie Yucheng led the mule and led the horse team to the ferry below.

There was a bare-chested ruffian in a felt hat at the ferry who maintained order, and when he saw the horse team carrying things, he came over and told Xie Yucheng that the transition fee was five cents per person, and the horses and mules added two dimes of silver.

Xie Yuzhen touched his pocket and found that there was only the ocean, and there was no loose money. At this time, Lu Qing, who was disguised as a partner, stepped forward to hand over the money and took a few bamboo sticks from the ruffian, which was regarded as a voucher.

After a short time, the small steamer barge was full of people and came from Xijin Gate. When the boat docked and the ferrymen were gone, the shirtless ruffian ran forward and backward happily with his old felt hat in his hand, commanded the black car, staggered aboard the boat, and then shouted loudly for Xie Yucheng's horse team to go up, and then it was the turn of the empty-handed ferrymen who carried the burden of other carts.

The river bank was far away, and the small steamer roared back to the river, then turned around and sailed diagonally towards the Xijin Gate on the opposite bank.

Xie Yuzhen had already sent Lu Qing to inquire, and the inspection of entering the city at the Xijin Gate was relatively relaxed. After coming ashore, Lu Qing, who was walking in front, handed the sentry captain a piece of ocean, and the horse team was able to enter the city without inspection.

After entering the city, the horse team came to the street where the Ganzhou Administration was located and stopped in front of the stone steps at the entrance of Hengtong Bank.

On the stone steps, two large stone lions squatted at the door, majestic.

Lu Ting gently tugged at Xie Yucheng's sleeve: "Brother Xie, how can this bank's door god be a pair of lions?" Could it be that they are more powerful than Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Gong? ”

"Whether it's great or not, I don't know. But I know who's cheaper! That Qin Qiongwei Chi Gong, he needs god-level treatment to be invited. And the lion doesn't even have to pay for it, it's the same gatekeeper, who are you willing to invite in exchange for you? Xie Yuzhen smiled, looked at the four big characters of "Hengtong Bank" above the bank gate, and saw the three small characters on the right side of the payment, and suddenly remembered that this is the old man, who is not only highly respected in the cultural and educational circles, but also has a lot of weight in today's political arena. If you think about it carefully, the characters of the Republic of China, like the stars, are also an unprecedented outlier.

Xie Yucheng instructed everyone to wait for a while, and then walked up the stairs and entered the bank lobby.

The lobby manager had already come forward, and when he heard that there was a deposit of thousands of yuan, he immediately opened a green channel for Xie Yucheng - let the horse team enter the side courtyard through the side door, avoiding the embarrassment of standing on the street.

Qiao Feiyan led people to carry a few boxes of silver dollars into the VIP room, and the lobby manager took people to count them personally.

An hour later, Xie Yucheng carried a deposit slip of "Hengtong Bank" nationwide deposit and exchange, led the horse team, and left from the side yard.

found an inn in the west of the city that could accommodate the horses and mules, registered, instructed the shopkeeper to take care of the horses and mules, and then took Zhu Deshui to Jiren Hospital for a physical examination.

The doctor took a cursory look and said that he would be hospitalized, and then prescribed a list of examinations: tracheitis, stomach ulcer, degree of spinal strain, sciatic nerve reaction...... Payment, testing, inspection...... The hospitals of this era were relatively deserted, and there were no queues everywhere like in later generations, but it was already in the afternoon after a whole set of procedures were completed. However, at this time, many laboratory tests are very long, and some test results can be released on the same day, while some test results can take several days to come out.

Xie Yucheng was ready to go through the hospitalization procedures, but Zhu Deshui thought that the hospital was unlucky, and refused to be hospitalized for anything, saying that his body knew that he could not live well in the hospital. Xie Yucheng had no choice but to go to a nearby foreign store to buy a wheelchair, push him with Qiao Feiyan, get out of the hospital, see that it was still early, and then take everyone to the market.

The market is full of traffic and pedestrians.

The air is filled with an enticing aroma, and there are many food stalls on both sides of the street, and it is also common to have grilled skewers and roast meat that have been everywhere in later generations.

Because Xie Yucheng said: Bao Yuan's expenses today, the speed of a group of people shopping has become particularly slow. As she walked, Lu Ting suddenly pointed to a tofu brain stall and shouted that she wanted to eat tofu brain. Xie Yucheng said: "Eat! The group stopped, sat down in the stall, and each asked for a bowl of tofu brain, wiped their mouths clean after eating, and continued to walk forward. didn't walk a few steps, and saw the kebab stall again, and before the little girl could speak, Xie Yucheng instructed the boss to bring a few large skewers for everyone...... The group ate and drank spicy food, and before half of the street was walked, everyone's enthusiasm for food plummeted. Except for Lu Ting's little girl, who saw a new thing and would shout a few words to ask to taste it, the group was basically immune.

Seeing a glutinous stall, the little girl stopped again, Xie Yucheng smiled slightly when she saw this, handed over the wheelchair to Qiao Feiyan on the side, walked to the stall, and raised her hand to the stall owner, but before she could speak, Lu Ting hurriedly grabbed him: "Forget it, forget it, I can't eat it......" While pulling him away, he probed and said apologetically to the stall owner: "We will come again tomorrow, and we will come again tomorrow!" ”

Turning the corner of the street, she arrived in front of a large tailor shop, but Qiao Feiyan stopped and looked at Xie Yucheng meaningfully.

Xie Yucheng laughed, took the little girl's hand, went up the steps, and stepped into the door.

The shopkeeper was a woman, who was waiting for a woman who looked like an official's wife, trying on clothes in front of the mirror.

There are rows of silk satin cotton cloth on the counter, and there is a row of clothes hanging behind the counter, mostly Mao suits, foreign student clothes, gauze skirts, as well as suits, cheongsams and right shirts that are popular at this time. ”

Qiao Feiyan saw his gaze looking at himself from top to bottom, his face couldn't help but redden, and he just wanted to reach out and twist him, but he turned around, his finger swiped towards the row of clothes, and finally pointed at a piece of clothing: "I guess you can take a fancy to that one!" ”

Qiao Feiyan looked down and couldn't help but be surprised, very surprised. I saw that it was a right shirt, the material was very falling, and the material was very precious, she had seen a young grandmother from a large family wear a similar one, and the young grandmother was similar to herself, but she was a small foot, and she looked good when she walked. Since then, she's always wanted a similar shirt, but she's never told anyone about it. She didn't expect Xie Yucheng to point out her favorite clothes at once.

She suddenly remembered what the aunts in the village said that they had a soul, and it was said that two destined people could communicate with each other.

The aunts said that marriage is destined by God, and the husband and wife who are truly made in heaven will have a heart in many cases, and many things do not need words, as long as they look at each other, they can understand the convenience.

There is an aunt from a small family who is born in jasper, knows a few words, and tells a story of 'a thousand miles of marriage'. In the story, a scholar meets an old man in an inn, sitting in the moonlight with a cloth bag, looking through a book. The scholar asked him what he was looking for. The old man replied that it was the marriage of the people of the world. The scholar asked again what was in the bag? The old man said that the bag is full of red ropes, which are used to tie the feet of the husband and wife, as long as the feet are tied, even if it is the enemy's house, the rich and the poor are different, the ends of the earth, and a foreign country, it will be set for life.

The scholar was very surprised and hurriedly inquired about his marriage. The old man under the moon flipped through the book and said to him with a smile: Your fiancée is the three-year-old daughter of the old woman who sells vegetables in the north of the store. When the scholar heard this, he was furious and returned to the store. But he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, so he took a knife and sneaked into the house of the old woman who sold vegetables, trying to kill her three-year-old daughter, but in the panic only a little skin was pierced, and the old woman cried out and scared him away. Ten years later, the scholar married the daughter of an official because of his military merits, and on the wedding night, he found that his wife had a scar on her face, so he asked the reason.

The wife replied that she had been stabbed by thieves when she was a child.

Only then did the scholar know that this girl was the three-year-old girl mentioned by the old man under the moon in the past, and the scholar could only accept it when he saw that the will of heaven could not be violated.

After listening to this story, in Qiao Feiyan's imagination, the old boy was a kind old man with a face and crane hair, holding a red silk rope in one hand, a cane in the other, and a marriage book with him.

Xie Yucheng glanced at her, then turned to the guy standing behind the counter, the guy was a smart young man, and when he saw this, he smiled and said, "This gentleman, if this young lady likes it, you can take it down and give it a try!" ”

"Okay, then please take it off!"

This is a green silk shirt with dark patterns of twigs, the fabric is slightly cool to the touch, delicate and tender, it is conceivable that in this midsummer season, after wearing it, it will be very cool and comfortable. Xie Yucheng compared the clothes to Qiao Feiyan's body, and said with a smile:

"I don't know if it fits or not, but the color material is quite suitable for you. Do you like it? ”

Between the movements, it was inevitable to touch her, she couldn't help but tremble, Xia Fei's cheeks, like a wounded deer in her heart, poof, poof, about to jump out of the cavity.

I only heard Xie Yucheng talk to the guy for a while, as for what she said, she didn't hear a word, just when she was flustered and short of breath, Xie Yucheng dragged her over, and came to a screen surrounded by a lattice, stuffed her clothes into her hands, and pushed her in: "Try it, see if it fits!" ”

After listening to this story, in Qiao Feiyan's imagination, the old boy was a kind old man with a face and crane hair, holding a red silk rope in one hand, a cane in the other, and a marriage book with him.

Xie Yucheng glanced at her, then turned to the guy standing behind the counter, the guy was a smart young man, and when he saw this, he smiled and said, "This gentleman, if this young lady likes it, you can take it down and give it a try!" ”

"Okay, then please take it off!"

This is a green silk shirt with dark patterns of twigs, the fabric is slightly cool to the touch, delicate and tender, it is conceivable that in this midsummer season, after wearing it, it will be very cool and comfortable. Xie Yucheng compared the clothes to Qiao Feiyan's body, and said with a smile:

"I don't know if it fits or not, but the color material is quite suitable for you. Do you like it? ”

Between the movements, it was inevitable to touch her, she couldn't help but tremble, Xia Fei's cheeks, like a wounded deer in her heart, poof, poof, about to jump out of the cavity.

I only heard Xie Yucheng talk to the guy for a while, as for what she said, she didn't hear a word clearly, and when she was flustered and short of breath, Xie Yucheng dragged her over, and came to a screen surrounded by a lattice, stuffed her clothes into her hands, and pushed her in:

"Try it and see if it fits!"

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