On the twenty-eighth day of July, it was a good day to get married, take a pick, open the market, travel, and go to work, and the gentry such as Dean Gu and Wang Qianli, Yu Qinghuai and other gentry rushed to the small courtyard with the Wanmin umbrella that had been prepared in advance to see off Han Xiufeng.

Cuihua came to cook with a lantern before dawn, crying while cooking, and when a table of wine and food was ready, she was already crying unhumanly. Liang Jiuda stayed outside the courtyard in the middle of the night, and when he saw that Su Jueming, Liang Jiu, Lu Daming and Chen Hu had arrived, he hurriedly went to call the brothers in the camp to come and help carry the luggage to Zhongbakou.

Han Xiufeng thought about going home every day, but in the face of this situation, he suddenly felt a little reluctant in his heart. I could only endure the reluctance to drink a few glasses of wine, bowed down and gave Dean Gu and other gentry a deep look, and then boarded the boat at the mouth of the dam when everyone went down.

Although it is said that the matter of going to Shanghai to get guns is not hidden, I know that the fewer people there are, the better. If people asked, Dean Gu and other gentry would say that he went to Anfeng Field to recuperate. If a Shangguan insisted on seeing him, Han Chen would say that the waterway was obstructed, the salt could not be transported, and the grain could not be transported.

Because of this, Han Xiufeng didn't want to alarm the two assistant committee members stationed in Hai'an, so he confirmed that all the people were all in place and none of the luggage was left behind, so he let the boatman untie the cable and set off.

Sending the gentleman a thousand miles must be said goodbye in the end, Dean Gu and other gentry sent the three boats to the mouth of the Tongyang River and went home, no one had the idea that Cuihua would run along the river bank and chase nearly two miles in one breath. She burst into tears but did not dare to shout, and sat down with a slump of arms until there was no way ahead, watching the boat fade from sight.

Yu Sangu went out for the first time, she was excited and excited, and said while sorting out her luggage: "Yu'er, the fourth master patronized and drank in the morning, and he didn't move a few chopsticks. I have tea here, do you want to send some over and let the fourth master eat a few pieces to cushion his stomach. ”

"The fourth master is on the boat in front, how to send it?" Ren Yu'er asked rhetorically, thought about it and reminded: "Third aunt, the fourth master has Master Pan and Su Jueming by his side, he doesn't need you to take care of it, you just take care of yourself." ”

"What's wrong with me?" Yu Sangu put down her luggage and asked.

"You're pregnant, you're pregnant with my dad's child, and now you're going out so far, you must take care of yourself, you can't talk like you did at home."

"How do you know?"

"My dad told me before he left, let me take care of you."

"Why did your dad tell you everything." Yu Sangu complained on her lips, but she was beautiful in her heart, secretly thinking that being pregnant with the child of the Ren family was different, otherwise an eldest lady like Ren Yuer could become so sensible.

Ren Yu'er didn't know what she was thinking, put her luggage aside and looked at her with a smile and said, "Third aunt, my dad has two thoughts in his life, one is to become an official, and the other is to give birth to a son to inherit the lineage." Now that the official is about to do it, he lacks a son. No one else can help with this, it's all up to you. ”

Don't look at Yu Sangu's usual big grin, but she felt very embarrassed to talk about having a child with her stepdaughter, who was only one year younger than herself, and hurriedly said: "What do you say, get out of the way, let me look outside." ”

"What's there to see on the river, besides, it's windy on the river, don't catch a cold."

"It's such a hot day, I'm not as squeamish as you."

……

Just when the two of them had a rare family routine, Han Xiufeng was talking to Pan Er, Datou, Su Jueming, Liang Liu, Lu Daming, Chen Hu and others.

"If Jiang Yougui hadn't provoked Jinghua and Enahai, their going to Taizhou to seek revenge would not have been revealed, and the result not only hurt Xu Lequn, but also hurt himself, so he can't get carried away, especially when he goes out, he must be a man with his tail between his legs."

"Fourth master, you put a hundred hearts, we are not Jiang Yougui, we don't dare to cause trouble for you." Chen Hu hurriedly said.

"It's good to know." Han Xiufeng took the teacup from Pan's second-hand, and continued: "It's not a trivial matter to handle guns, we have to be cautious and cautious, and then hand over all the waist cards to Changsheng Newspaper Management, hide all the official uniforms and hats and gowns for me, and put away all the weapons for me." In short, from now on, I, Han Xiufeng, will no longer be an official, and you will no longer be on an errand. ”

"Fourth master, what if I encounter a checkpoint and am interrogated by those errand boys?" Lu Daming asked subconsciously.

"Jueming, what are you still doing in a daze?" Han Xiufeng looked back and smiled.

Su Jueming, who was dressed like a housekeeper, reacted, hurriedly took out a stack of household registration cards from the package in hand, and said with a smile while handing them out: "Several, this is the new household registration card that the fourth master asked Han Yunju to prepare for the big guy, and the name is still the original name, but the place of origin has been changed to the stove household of Anfeng Field." Regardless of whether he is interrogated by an official or a sharp store, as long as someone asks, he will say that the fourth master is a scholar who fled from Yangzhou to Shanghai, Miss Ren is the sister of the fourth master, the third aunt is the sister-in-law of the fourth master, and the eldest head and I are the family members of the fourth master. ”

"What about them?" Big Head asked curiously.

"yes, what about us?" Lu Daming couldn't help but smile and asked.

"Didn't you just say that you are the stove household of Anfeng Field, and Master Pan is a merchant of Anfeng Field, specializing in rice trading, so you can't call Master Pan in the future, you have to call Pan Shopkeeper. You are all guys invited by the shopkeeper Pan, and we didn't know each other, but we met on the road, and I heard that we were going to Shanghai too, so we went together. ”

"Split into two groups?"

"Well," Han Xiufeng smiled slightly, then raised his head and said: "Changsheng, everything must be long-term, after all, we have to separate after all, when you go back to Jiangbei, I and Datou will go north to the capital or south to Liangguang, it is difficult for people to explain." ”

Pan Er hurriedly said, "Fourth brother, I will listen to you." ”

"Okay, you'll get on the boat in a minute. From today onwards, whether it is to set up checkpoints along the road or to live in a sharp store, all the expenses should be separated. My brother still has to settle the account, not to mention that we are two people who are not related to each other, this account must be calculated clearly, otherwise people will be suspicious. ”

"Not only do you have to count it separately, but you also have to think about it." Pan Er couldn't help but say.

"Yes, you should be careful."

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The road from Hai'an to Tongzhou is easy to walk, and there are few checkpoints on the road, but when you arrive in Tongzhou, you have to cross the dam and change ships.

Last night on the boat, but today I want to stay in the inn, Yu Sangu is puzzled, and she doesn't dare to ask questions on the way from the dock to the inn, until she puts down her luggage, she closes the door and asks: "Yu'er, why do you want to change boats, isn't it quite good to take the original boat?" ”

Ren Yu'er came to Tongzhou for the first time, pushed the window open a crack, and explained while peeking outside: "We came here to take the boat that Dean Gu was looking for, and they all said that the Yangtze River has no wind and three feet of waves, and the three boats when they came were fine to walk around the inland river, but it was not possible to go to the river, so we had to change to a river boat." Besides, the boatmen had never traveled far like us, and they were not familiar with the water conditions of the Yangtze River, nor did they know Shanghai, so they had to send us here. ”

"But our stuff is still on board!"

"You don't have to worry about that, we didn't find the boat, they won't leave."

Yu Sangu had never stayed in an inn, and when she touched the carvings on the big bed, she couldn't help asking, "How much does it cost to stay here for a night?" ”

"You have to ask Su Jueming," Ren Yu'er is also a rich man now, and she doesn't care much about the expenses along the way, thinking that Master Han must send a letter to Lord Guo when she has arrived in Tongzhou, so she immediately told Yu Sangu to open the door and go to the upper room opposite.

As she expected, as soon as she entered the door, Han Xiufeng, who was washing her face, smiled and said, "Yu'er, help me write a letter to Lord Guo and tell Lord Guo that we have arrived in Tongzhou." ”

"That's what I'm here for." Ren Yu'er smiled, walked over to open the examination basket, and took out pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Han Xiufeng put down his handkerchief, pushed open the window and looked at the city gate in the distance, and sighed: "Nantong Prefecture and North Tongzhou, North and South Tongzhou and North and South!" I've been to Beitongzhou, but I really didn't think I would be able to come to Nantong at that time. ”

Ren Yu'er grinded the ink and smiled: "I didn't expect to come to Nantong Prefecture, but I've heard of it." ”

"What do you mean by the next link?" Han Xiufeng asked with interest.

"East Pawnshop, West Pawnshop, East and West Pawnshop, East and West Pawnshop."

"Come to think of it, that's it, it just doesn't sound like it's atmospheric."

"This is nature," Ren Yu'er sharpened the ink, picked up the pen and said: "Fourth brother, this pair is actually not difficult, it is easy to be neat, but it is difficult to keep up with the atmosphere of Shanglian." ”

"Then you can listen to one." Han Xiufeng sat down and said with a smile.

Ren Yu'er wanted to ask other things I don't understand, you can stump me with this kind of thing, and couldn't help laughing: "Fourth brother, the pair can be set, the upper link is against the north and the south, and the lower link just now is against the east and west, just use the 'thing' set directly." I can give you as much as you want. ”

"Really?" Han Xiufeng will be skeptical.

"What are you lying about," Thinking of the errand that Master Han was going to do in Shanghai this time, Ren Yuer blurted out: "East comprador West comprador buys things, stuff comprador buys things." Fourth brother, what do you think, neat, isn't it appropriate? ”

Han Xiufeng was happy: "It's really, another one!" ”

"The east ferry port the west ferry, the east and west ferry port the east and west; East School, West School, East and West School, East and West School; Isn't your hometown called Walking Horses, you can also use this as a counterpoint, going east and west, and things going east and west! At this point, Ren Yuer couldn't help but smile: "It's really as much as you want." ”

"What about another one, and stop using things against things?"

"It's easy to change one, you can use the size, or the ancient and the modern, the big casino and the small casino, the big and the small casino bet the size; Ancient scholars and modern scholars, ancient and modern scholars learn from ancient and modern scholars; It can also be good and bad or left and right, good judges and bad judges, good and bad judges judge good and bad; Left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards...... It's a play on words, it's easy. ”

Sure enough, it was a talented girl, Han Xiufeng admired and envied it, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that my baby is not around, if I am around, I will hire you as Xixi, please be my baby's husband!"

Looking at Han Xiufeng's regretful look, Ren Yu'er laughed, thinking that I thought that you were a pity that I was not a man, even if I was full of economy, I couldn't get famous, but it wasn't at all.

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