The group arrived at a Huaiyang restaurant, the taste was similar to Jiangnan, they asked for some wine, and said while drinking, Zhou Laifu had already looked at two places in the afternoon, he reported the location to Chen Xin, Chen Xin asked a few words casually, and let Zhou Laifu make his own idea.

Zhou Laifu thought for a while and Liu Min said: "The owner, I think the shop outside the copper alley is better, not far from the banknote pass, the flow of people and the location are good, in line with the conditions set by the two owners, and Yangzhou copper has a long reputation, it is more convenient to buy copper there......

Liu Minyou nodded before he finished speaking: "Laifu, you think it's good, choose it, Wendeng is far from Linqing, Tianjin, Yangzhou, it is inconvenient, we have discussed, in the future, you will be stationed in Linqing, travel around the canal, there are many things for you to make your own decisions, unless it is a heavy matter, you can set it first, and then report to Wendeng once every two months." ”

Zhou Laifu opened his mouth, he originally thought that the two of them were just arranging for him to manage a shop, but he didn't expect the two of them to give him such a heavy responsibility, and said a little panicked: "The owner, I'm ......."

Liu Minyou patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You have always done a good job in Tianjin, General Chen and I value you very much, and we can trust you, you have to take care of the canal business in the future, and I will send someone to you after I go back, you can rest assured, your family will also take care of you." ”

Liu Minyou asked Chen Xin, "General Chen, isn't it?" ”

Chen Xin stared at the table without speaking, and everyone at the table stared at him strangely, this energetic person rarely had such a time, Liu Minyou hurriedly stepped on it. Chen Xinyo raised his head and found that they were all looking at him, so he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." ”

Zhou Laifu stood up with some excitement, picked up the wine and said to the two: "Laifu was just a tailor in a clothing shop a few years ago, and I am grateful to the two adults for looking down on it and entrusting it with a heavy responsibility. Laifu must do his best to live up to the trust. ”

Chen Xin laughed and stood up with a drink. "When Laifu met the two of us, we were still in the cold, and Laifu had been in an orderly clothing store for several years. Being reused is the way it should be. ”

Several people drank together, Song Wenxian and others all served wine to congratulate Zhou Laifu, Zhou Laifu had to be promoted, and his income would definitely increase a lot.

Song Wenxian said to Zhou Laifu: "As a brother, the others don't envy Laifu, but they envy Laifu living in the canal." Being able to travel to and from all over the south of the Yangtze River from time to time is not shallow. ”

Zhou Laifu was already a little drunk, and said with a happy smile: "Then it has to be led by Mr. Song to be interesting, if it wasn't for Mr. Song to lead yesterday, how can I know which ones are good and which are not." ”

Liu Min heard it. Emotional Zhou Laifu also followed Song Wenxian to the Qinglou, it seems that this Song Wenxian has become the mentor of the Qinglou for these people. Liu Minyou originally looked at Song Wenxian very unpleasantly, but after experiencing the massacre in the north, his evaluation criteria for people have changed a lot, compared to those Jiannu who take slaughter as fun, many so-called bad people in life can be regarded as good people. And Song Wenxian also fought with him on the painting boat against the killer. So Liu Minyou has a good relationship with Song Wenxian now. I just smiled when I heard it.

Song Wenxian was really the same as before, and he said to Zhou Laifu: "This time I came in a hurry, I didn't even have time to choose a thin horse, and when Laifu and Brother Ding are busy with this period, you must help find a good one for your brother, and it should be time to find a concubine." ”

Liu Minyou laughed, this time Song Wenxian, like him, was also promoted to the vacant title of Wei Sign, he really followed the two pleasures of promotion, and changed his name to marry a smaller.

Ding Ding laughed when he heard this: "Brother Song, this is what it should be, as the saying goes, 'if you want to marry a child, Yangzhou is looking for it', Yangzhou thin horses are not in vain, Yangzhou specializes in raising horses, and there are many families in Yangzhou who specialize in raising horses. Yangzhou thin horses are not only appearance and talent, but also teach them the way to be concubines, how to get along with the eldest woman, in-laws, poetry, songs, dances, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there will be some, if the rich businessman comes, there are also thin horses who can settle accounts. Although there are many beautiful women in the world, there is no place to compare with these women who have learned to be concubines since childhood, and even Beizhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Sichuan have high-rollers who have made a special trip here just to buy a desirable concubine. ”

Song Wenxian clapped his hands and laughed: "Wonderful, if you are not in a hurry to leave, you must choose one and see with your own eyes how it goes." ”

There was a burst of laughter at the next table, and there were also four people sitting there drinking, and a person who looked like a purple-clothed boy said to Song Wenxian: "This brother, if you don't look at the thin horse, if you don't go to Yangzhou, it's a pity." ”

Liu Min heard the voice, that is, the few people who said that crooked prostitutes were not as good as famous prostitutes on the street last night, and they still couldn't help but take a few more looks, they were all handsome sons, and it was estimated that they were idle and had nothing to do.

Song Wenxian laughed and went over to toast, and asked the boy about the scene of choosing a thin horse, the purple-clothed boy was drunk, and said to the other red-clothed boy: "Brother Chen, how about the two of us play a show for this brother?" ”

The man in red applauded loudly, and the two pushed the table next to them away, took a chair and let Song Wenxian sit next to him, and put on a posture, Chen Xin and other diners found it interesting and looked at the two seriously.

The boy in red coughed and said in a shrill voice: "Mom, which pretty boy is here today?" ”

The purple-clothed boy flattened his mouth, pretended to be an old woman, and said softly: "That son is dignified, full of poetry and books, and the family is even strange, and the most happy thing is that the eldest woman is dead!" ”

The diners in the shop laughed, and the man in purple continued: "Daughter, let's go out and have a look." ”

The man in red pretended to be shy and nodded, and the two of them slowly walked up to Song Wenxian as small-footed women, Song Wenxian held back a smile and waited for them to speak.

The purple-clothed boy said: "The girl is a guest." ”

The boy in red made a blessing, and the boy in purple then said, "Girl, go up...... The girl looked at each other. ”

The man in red turned around exaggeratedly and threw flattering eyes at everyone, even Liu Minyou laughed, and all the diners applauded.

The girl borrowed her hand to look at it.

The man in red scooped up his big sleeves and handed them to Song Wenxian. There are also hand hairs on it. Song Wenxian laughed and said, "Wonderful! ”

"How old is the girl?"

"Tiny is fifty years old."

Song Wenxian covered his stomach and stroked his palms and laughed.

The girl turned...... Girl, please come back. ”

Then the two of them bowed their hands to the diners around them, Chen Xin and others applauded one after another, this is their habit of Wendeng Camp, and others found it interesting and learned to do it.

Chen Xin and the others all brought wine over and toasted for a round, and the four sons and brothers were very good at drinking, and the wine was dry as soon as it arrived. Then they saluted back and forth, the purple-clothed boy came first, and when he came up, he saluted Chen Xin, who was the first. Then he said to others: "If you are destined to be a drinking friend, is it interesting for you brothers to watch it?" ”

Song Wenxian shook his head and sighed: "Interesting, I will definitely come next time." ”

"Brother Tai can next time after the beginning of spring. Yangzhou Qingming is famous all over the world, at that time, the men and women in the city are finished, the family shows the tomb, the good deeds, the famous prostitutes in the song are all salty set, the light car and the horse, the drum and the boat, the horse and the eagle, the high Fu Pinggang, the cockfighting and the bow, the forest Qingyue. Splitting Ruan Danzheng, prodigal sumo wrestling, childish paper kite, old monk cause and effect. ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "Just listen to what the son said, you can imagine its grand occasion." ”

This boy laughed. Bow your hand to everyone, and go to other tables to toast, there are these few people in the restaurant, it is very lively, and the wine in the store has been sold out a lot, and I have eaten for a while. Chen Xin said to Song Wenxian: "I will settle the wine money of the four sons later." ”

As soon as the words fell, the voice of the purple-clothed boy was already outside the shop, "Brothers, drink slowly, the wine money is settled together, and you will meet friends with wine, and you will be happy." ”

The other person urged him: "Zongzi, hurry up." Then a few people chanted and slowly walked away.

Liu Minyou whispered to Chen Xin: "Can Qingming be so lively?" It sounds like it's funny why we didn't have any of this at that time. ”

"Who knows, we're only going to have Christmas so much fun...... On the second day, Zhou Laifu set up shops and houses, Liu Minyou went to Ding Ding's house to visit again, in fact, it was also to investigate his background, his family has a wife and a concubine, two children, it is considered a medium family, Liu Minyou is more at ease with such a family, and the account room and explain in detail, everyone helped to clean up the residence and shop, and bought some utensils, but it was busy for another day, the Yangzhou section of the canal is from north to south, there is no slender man at night, Chen Xin had to wait for another day, to set off early tomorrow morning.

Early in the morning, they boarded the boat early, and after Liu Minyou put away his baggage, he went to Chen Xin's room, and saw Chen Xin looking out of the window again, and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of his eyes and said, "Why are you stunned, you have been absent-minded for the past two days." ”

Chen Xin turned his head and smiled, but did not speak, Liu Minyou asked, "What the hell is the matter, I rarely see you like this." ”

On the edge of the canal outside, the pedestrians who got up early slowly hid, Yangzhou was slowly waking up, Chen Xin looked at it for a while, took out a book from the baggage, turned a page, and handed it to Liu Minyou.

Liu Min stared at him strangely a few times before he took the book and looked at it, the left word on the page of the book, on it was "Thirty-fifth elephant original three or four elephant Xun Xia Xun Shang Xun."

Prophecy

The head has hair, the clothes are afraid of white, and in peacetime, the king is king

Ode said

Taiping saw blood fly again

Five-color medallions into wrapping tunics

The flood was monstrous, and the seedlings were not showing

The Central Plains has seen dreams beyond dreams"

Liu Minyou touched his nose and said, "What does this thing mean?" ”

Chen Xin looked out the window and scolded: "You are still a graduate student, what is Taiping, there are a few words in the last two eulogies, pull them out." ”

Liu Minyou thought for a while, patted his leg and said: "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan, what's ...... this?"

He suddenly stopped, looked at Chen Xindao, and said, "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is this the matter of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Chen Xin nodded and said: "But now it's still in the Ming Dynasty, except for the two of me, no one knows what it is, but this book was written in the Tang Dynasty, you can take a look at the thirty-three elephants." ”

Liu Minyou was stunned for a while, and turned to the thirty-three elephants, which read, "The prophecy says: The Yellow River is clear, the qi is smooth, the host and the guest are not separated, and the earth branch has no children." Song said: The sky is long and the white waterfall is coming, Hu is popular, the fence is removed, and the child is half sad. ”

On the side of the illustration is a picture of a group of people sitting on a boat with eight flags on it.

Liu Minyou muttered: "The Yellow River is clear, and the qi is smooth, and it is clear, and it is smooth...... This is the entry of the Eight Banners, that is, this is the Mandate of Heaven!? Let's ...... then."

Chen Xin still looked out the window and didn't speak, Liu Minyou turned over the cover suddenly, and there were three big characters written on it, "push back picture". rv