Bai Hong smiled and said, "That's a good idea. It's just that you don't have a good reputation. ”

Leng Yi said: "Although I am a vulgar person, I don't care much about those false names. ”

"You don't feel distressed when you give so much money to people?"

"Of course it's not for free, I have my plan, I'm selling on credit, not for free."

"On credit?"

"Exactly, that is, let the people affected by the disaster use the land as collateral, buy food on credit, and wait until the disaster has passed, restore production and have income, and then pay me back. Also, I charge a cent of interest. ”

"Hehe, that's a good idea, but I just don't know how long it will take to get it back."

"Two years at the earliest, three or five years at most, anyway, the money is also put away, it is better to use it to make money. Don't rush the grain to the city, prepare to store it in a high place near the city of Bazhou, so as not to be flooded. Once people are hit by a disaster, they can quickly invest in disaster relief. ”

Bai Hong said: "Okay, I will do what you want." In terms of how to provide disaster relief in grain, I will let this big household come to you to negotiate and provide disaster relief according to your wishes. ”

Leng Yi got up and arched his hand: "Then I'll go back." You look very tired, pay attention to rest more. ”

Bai Hong nodded, but didn't look at him.

―――――――――――――――――――――― Huang Qiang is a jeweler in Bazhou City, and his business is doing well in the local area.

This morning, he was drowsy and hazy, and was woken up by his wife's nagging, and when he opened his eyes, he saw his wife Xie sitting in front of the window to make up, and the personal maid took a comb from Yun's hand, lowered her head openly, and listened to Xie's nagging: "Today I said that I would go to the City God Temple to offer incense, but all my hairpins are dirty, so how can I see people?" - Why am I so miserable, my husband sells jewelry, but I don't even have a hosta, how can people laugh at me when I talk about it! ……”

Huang Qiang doesn't know how many times he has heard this kind of nagging, he has not been in the jewelry business for a long time, and he has not opened a shop yet, mainly buying from others and then selling it. This business is not easy to do, and so far, there is not much money, so I am reluctant to give my wife a good hosta.

He was in a good mood this day, because the night before, he received a few pieces of gold, silver and jade, the price was relatively low, thinking that this time he would definitely make a lot of money, and when he was happy, he got up, walked to a brocade box that he brought back yesterday, opened it, took out a hosta, walked back, and gently placed it in front of his wife Xie.

Xie's eyes lit up immediately, as if they were illuminated by something. The hosta in front of you, the jade is warm and moist, and the auspicious cloud pattern carved on the hairpin is exquisite, and it is not the hand of the ordinary craftsman at a glance. In particular, at the end of the hairpin, there is a green emerald gemstone bordered by gold, which is round and jade.

Xie Shi has grown so big, and she has never seen such a beautiful and gorgeous hairpin, and she even breathes rapidly. picked it up, looked at it over and over, and said to her husband Huang Qiang in a trembling voice: "Husband, this ......, is this for me?" ”

"Yes! I've sent you, lest you nag all day long and say that I'm not good to you. How's that going? Am I okay with you? ”

Xie Shi's heart was overjoyed, jumped up, threw herself into the arms of her husband Huang Qiang, gave him a kiss, and said, "Great! The husband is really good to the concubine! ――Where did you get this? ”

"I bought it at a low price from a friend last night. The price of buying it is not expensive, and I will give it to you! ”

"Thank you, husband!" Xie put his arms around him and kissed him a few more times.

Huang Qiang smiled: "Okay, don't make trouble, you go to the study to make up, and when you're done, you go to the City God Temple to make incense, so that others don't come to disturb me, I'm so sleepy, I slept too late last night, and I want to sleep for a while." ”

"Good! The concubine won't bother you anymore. Sleep well, we'll just go by ourselves! Helping Huang Qiang back to the bed and lying down, put down the curtain for him, then returned to the dresser, picked up the hosta and looked at it again and again for a while, his heart was overjoyed, he couldn't help humming a few words, and immediately remembered that his husband said that he wanted to sleep, so he quickly reached out to cover his red lips, and smiled at the personal maid next to him. He handed her the hairpin.

Congyun took the hairpin and carefully inserted it horizontally on the half of her hair that had not yet been combed.

Xie picked up the rhombic bronze mirror on the dresser, looked left and right at himself in the bronze mirror, although his hair was still scattered, but under the background of the exquisite hosta, his appearance was already extraordinarily beautiful. His eyes were reluctant to fall off the bronze mirror, and he whispered to the maid Congyun: "Is it good-looking?" ”

"It's so pretty! More beautiful than flowers! ”

Xie Shi was even more happy, she stood up and whispered, "Let's move the things to the study!" ”

The two went back and forth several times, and finally moved all the dressing things to the study on the other side.

Xie Shi looked at the mirror for a while, then put down the bronze mirror and said to Congyun: "Hurry up, help me make up, I want to see what this hairpin looks like after the makeup is done!" ”

"Okay." Congyun carefully removed the exquisite hairpin and placed it on the table. Xie walked to the study and lay down. Congyun took a box and opened it, and inside was a fragrant wet ointment, a beauty thing that can be applied to the face to delay the aging of the complexion.

After wiping Xie Shi's face from Yun Tu, he took a handkerchief, soaked it in hot water, wrung it half-dry, spread it out, and spread it on Xie's face covered with ointment. Then, he took a copper basin and went out to fetch new warm water, ready to rinse the ointment on his face later.

After a while, Congyun helped Xie Shi wash off the ointment on her face, and then began to groom her. Coiled his hair, plugged in the hairpin, took the bronze mirror, and showed it to Xie.

Xie looked left and right, overjoyed, walked out, came to the porch, and saw the cook walking in front with a pot of fat and lean pork, so he beckoned: "Stop!" ”

The cook hurriedly stopped, nodded and smiled: "Madam! ”

Xie walked over and stood in front of the cook: "Why are you going?" ”

"Madame Bao, I'm going to fill sausages."

Xie Shi twisted his waist and said, "Look, how is Mrs. Ben today?" ”

The cook didn't know what she was referring to, and looked at her with his mouth open.

The maid next to her said angrily: "This eye is blind? Didn't you see that Madame got a new hairpin today? ”

The cook squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and said happily: "It's good-looking, it's really good-looking!" This hairpin with Mrs. is simply fairy-like! ”

Xie Shi said triumphantly: "This is what the master gave me, hehe." Let's go! ”

When the cook left, Xie went to the gardener who planted flowers in the back garden and asked him how he was. The gardener, however, was sharp-eyed, and immediately recognized that the hairpin was a good thing, and praised it repeatedly.

Xie Shi turned to the door again, and the old porter leader hurriedly greeted him. Xie asked him how he was. The old dragon head saw that she kept stroking the hosta on her head, so he took a closer look, and sure enough, it was the best hosta, and he was busy praising it and saying that it looked good.

Xie's family was not very wealthy, so there was no carriage or donkey cart in the family, so Xie told the porter to find a carriage and they would go to incense. The old porter hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly went out to find the carriage.

The maid Congyun said in a low voice: "This old dragon head likes to drink and gamble, Madame still quit him, find another one, otherwise, there will always be an accident." ”

Xie Shi smiled and said, "Man, who doesn't like to drink and gamble for money?" He has a good eye, and he can see that my hairpin looks good with me. It shows that his brain is still good. ”

Congyun said, "That's right." After thinking about it, he said: "Madame, this hairpin is the best at a glance, let's go to the incense, the City God Temple is crowded, if the thief sees it and steals it, what can I do?" ”

Xie Shi's heart sank, and said, "You're right, this has to be guarded against." Otherwise, don't take this precious hosta to that kind of place, still change the original one, and wear this one again when you come back. ”

"That's a good idea! The slave and maid helped the lady take it down and put it back. Take that one back and put it on. ”

Xie nodded.

Standing behind Xie Shi, Congyun carefully removed the hosta from her bun, and walked quickly across the patio and into the study. Then he came out again and closed the door of the study. took the ordinary copper hairpin from Xie Shi before, and came back and inserted it for her.

At this time, it began to rain, and it was very heavy. It's like a splash.

When the porter returned, he reported that the carriage had been hired and was waiting at the door. And he brought two oil-paper umbrellas from the house and gave them to their master and servant.

Xie Shi and the maid held an umbrella and told everyone not to go to the bedroom to disturb the master, let the master sleep for a while, and after the explanation, they went out of the courtyard, got into the carriage, and went straight to the City God Temple. The only city god temple in Bazhou used to be full of incense, and the flow of people was non-stop. However, when they arrived, it was raining heavily. The two got out of the car, held umbrellas, braved the heavy rain, stepped on the stagnant water on the ground, and entered the City God Temple. By this time, both of them were already soaking wet.

Xie cursed God in a low voice, shaking the muddy water on the hem of his skirt, and looked around the hall, there were many people inside, one by one anxiously looking at the pouring rain outside. Obviously, these are the people who came without umbrellas.

Xie Shi shook the rain on the oil-paper umbrella in his hand a little proudly, and with Congyun, squeezed through the crowd at the door to hide from the rain, came to the statue of the god of the ceremony, paid for incense, lit incense, and knelt down and kowtowed. When he prayed with his hands together, he got up, still crowded through the crowd, holding an umbrella, got into the carriage waiting at the door, and returned to the house.

Returning to the bedroom in the rain, thinking that they had been out for a long time, the husband should have gotten up, why was there still no movement? Xie pushed the door in, and smelled a strong smell of blood! On the ground, there is a large pool of blood!

Xie Shi's face suddenly changed greatly, walked over quickly, lifted the curtain on the bed, and saw her husband Huang Qiang, lying on his back on the bed, blood dripping down his right eye, flowing down his cheek, wetting the entire head of the bed, and then flowing under the bed.

(To be continued)