Volume 1 Chapter 34 Listen to the Wind
Slender fingers scratched the edge of the bowl, and Cai Wenxi spoke indifferently.
"If I say, I have a way, I can help you."
The man paused, slowly raised his head, and met Cai Wenxi's serious eyes in disbelief.
"Miss help me? Why did the young lady help me? ”
"Because I'm the same, if I have unspeakable difficulties, help you, and then ask you to help me."
The bright moon overhead was covered by a cloud, only a few faint candles flickered in the wine alley, Cai Wenxi's face was mostly in the dark, her eyebrows were lowered against the red light, a cold wind blew, the light flickered and dimmed, and in an instant, the man seemed to see that this young lady in his mouth was the same as himself, depressed and helpless.
The cold wind blew away the wine, the clouds moved away from Mingyue, and the gentle silver light sprinkled down again, gilding everyone in the wine alley, Cai Wenxi raised her glass and drank the wine in the bowl, that face was very happy, making the man suspect that Fang was dazzling.
"Miss won't help in vain, right, what do I need to give?"
"Just help me do things, I will give you the money for the treatment of my old mother, I will give you the bride price money for marrying a wife, and then convert this money into your monthly silver, and deduct some every month, you may go into the house to do things, or you may go to other towns to help me take care of the commercial property, but it will not be long, you say that you are a craftsman, if you do a good job for me, I can also fund you to open your own shop, do your own craft, just give me some silver taels every month."
I'm not a moneylender, I'm not persecuting people for no reason, I said, I'll help you, and then you come to help me, we just made a deal. ”
Cai Wenxi looked directly into the man's eyes, took out a piece of bamboo from his arms, on which was a Xi character, pushed it to the man's hand, and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat.
"It's not a deed of sale that you signed, you can go back and think about it, if you decide to trade with me, you will bring the bamboo piece to the back door of Jianfeng Mansion, and show the bamboo piece to someone to pick you up."
The man listened to Cai Wenxi's words, and then looked at the word Xi on the bamboo piece, the wine woke up completely, and his eyes widened in disbelief and asked Cai Wenxi in disbelief Is Cai Wenxi, the concubine of Jianfeng Mansion, Miss Cai Wenxi, seeing that Cai Wenxi was pouring wine and drinking again, he nodded at him, and his hands trembled a little.
Cai Wenxi's voice drifted with the wind, and the wind was no longer so cold, but soft and faint.
"There are thousands of rumors in Huicheng, and there are a few that are true, and hearing is false, seeing is believing, and we all have our own considerations."
The man pinched the jade pendant in one hand and the bamboo piece in the other, without looking up.
"I'm not afraid of Miss because of the rumors, I don't believe the rumors, I'm just a little panicked, why me? I was drunk in such a humble wine alley. ”
Cai Wenxi didn't look up, still staring at the wine in the bowl, watching the breeze ripple on the water surface.
"Because there's still light in your eyes."
When the words fell, the alley was surprisingly quiet, and the people who were talking to themselves happened to stop.
The man raised his head, looked at a few strands of broken hair fluttering in the wind in front of Cai Wenxi's forehead, said go back and think about it, got up and saluted Cai Wenxi, poured out the broken silver from the money bag to hand it over to the restaurant, and was stopped by Cai Wenxi when she saw it, saying that she invited today's wine, and she should make a friend, so she didn't let him take the money.
Looking at the back of the man leaving, Cai Wenxi poured wine again, drank half a jar so quickly, Cai Wenxi still didn't have a trace of drunkenness, and muttered in a low voice, low-priced wine just can't work, drunk is not intoxicating.
Shadow Gray stood aside and finally asked.
"Miss, will you just let this person go? What if this person doesn't come to Jianfeng Mansion to trade? ”
Cai Wenxi put her hands on her knees, pursed the wine on her lips, and looked up at the moon.
"He'll come.
I said that I saw the light in his eyes, but in fact, I saw that it was his concern, his entanglement, he was not a drunkard man, nor was he just a sporadic troubled people, he was between the two, stopped, wandered, what we need is this kind of person, draw a way, push him, induce him to press a contract, and force him to contribute absolute loyalty.
I'm not a bad person, but I'm not a good person either.
If he really does a good job, I will also honor what I said, draw another way, and make another deal. ”
"However, if this person is of bad character and cannot do things wholeheartedly in the future, or even bad things, how can it be good?"
Cai Wenxi withdrew her gaze and turned to face the serious face of Shangying Gray.
"That's why I talked to this person, wine is character, as the old saying goes, I talked to a lot of drinkers today, but there was only one bamboo slice, you still can't understand.
It doesn't matter what they know or how they do things, they can't be learned if they are not stupid, plus they are in an urgent situation, and they will learn very well, so as long as the character is passable. ”
Shadow Gray lowered his head, looked like he was being taught, and replied that his subordinates understood, Cai Wenxi turned around, and continued to drink with a light smile on his face.
"Mo Ying couldn't understand it before, after understanding it, he reacted the same as you, what else can you ask Mo Ying for, he is now familiar with it, correspondingly, big and small things are also pressed on him alone, I brought you here today to let you also get in touch with these, and help Mo Ying share some of it after becoming familiar.
Moreover, there is a big thing to do next, and our manpower is going to expand. ”
Shadow Gray replied to his subordinates again, and was a little more determined and enthusiastic than just now.
A black shadow shuttled through the wine alleys, and the blink of an eye was gone, so that the drinkers rubbed their eyes, thinking that they were dazzled, and the black shadow climbed another wall to rest for a while, but after a few seconds, there was no trace, and he entered a wine alley again, as if he had found the target, slowed down, and came to the light, and finally was able to see this face clearly, it was Zhao Hexuan with a black face.
Cai Wenxi raised her eyes, her clear eyes reflected Zhao Hexuan's shadow, but they were only on the surface, like glass beads, there was nothing inside, and nothing could be left.
Zhao Hexuan, who was angry, was about to raise his hand to pull Cai Wenxi away, but he was caught off guard by such a look, his body was stunned, most of the anger in his heart dissipated, he coughed lightly and looked around, lifted his robe and sat opposite Cai Wenxi, not wanting to make a fuss, looking at the mildew and dirt on the table, the disgust in his eyes couldn't stop, and his upright body was more stiff.
"Why? Coming to such a remote and humble place to drink, I don't go home at night, and I didn't talk to me in the past, but today I want to get to the bottom of it, and don't want to fool the past. ”
Cai Wenxi picked up a peanut with chopsticks, chewed it slowly, closed her eyes, and listened to the wind and beat the wine flag.
The surroundings were noisy, the drunks were drunk, and the three or five groups gathered together in one place to pour bitter water, and the couple who lived next to the alley fought again, and then the newborn baby next door was frightened and cried, and the alley just passed a dozen more people, knocking on the gong, chanting that the sky is dry and dry, and be careful of the fire candle.