A small man jumped off the horse, found the most expensive dressed person among the crowd, bowed two steps forward, and said with a smile: "This is Miss Jiang Si, right?" ”

Jiang Ji pulled Jiang Lingran behind him, glanced at him vigilantly, and frowned: "Do you have something to do with my sister?" ”

Xiao Wu smiled and took out two silver tickets from his arms, handed them to Jiang Ji, and said, "This is the deposit that Miss Jiang Si set for the house in Yang'er Hutong." ”

Jiang Ji said inexplicably: "What does this mean?" ”

The little servant said: "That, my shopkeeper has just sold the house to someone else, and this deposit will be returned to you." ”

"The house we set was sold to someone else?!" Jiang Ji smiled angrily: "Is this the way to buy and sell now?" ”

Pointing to the cage on the flatbed carriage: "We are scheduled to move in today, but now you have returned the deposit, and said that the house was sold to someone else, what do you want us to do!" ”

The little guy secretly complained, how could such a fatal errand always be sent to his head.

Looking at Jiang Ji with an angry face and several black-faced burly men who heard the conversation and moved towards him, the little guy was so frightened that he took two steps back: "The little one is only responsible for passing the word, and the rest doesn't know anything, Gongzi forgives the sin." With that, he mounted his horse and ran.

A group of twenty or thirty people were blowing the cold wind, looking at the four flatbed carriages full of horses in a daze, and then looked at Jiang Lingran and Jiang Ji.

Jiang Lingran digested this sudden situation in a daze, and said, "Do you want to unload the things that you need to use every day first?" I want to stay for two more days. ”

Jiang Ji looked at the little guy who ran away, then looked at the silver ticket in his hand, and gritted his teeth angrily: "No, I'm going to find this shopkeeper theory!" How can you play people like this! ”

Jiang Lingran couldn't stop it, so he hurriedly asked Uncle Wen and Dahu to go with him.

The three of them rode their horses and galloped to the real estate shop.

The shopkeeper sat in front of the hall drinking tea, and when he saw them, he immediately got up to greet them, bowed down, and confessed: "I'm really sorry for the tightness." ”

Jiang Ji saw that he had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, and his anger on his body decreased slightly, but he was still displeased.

Holding the two returned silver tickets between the middle finger of the index finger, he shook and asked, "What does the shopkeeper mean by this?" ”

The shopkeeper lowered the corners of his mouth sadly, pitifully tugged at his sleeve and dipped the tears in the corners of his eyes, and choked up: "The son is angry, let it be detailed." ”

"I'm very curious about the way the shopkeeper operates!" Jiang Ji shook the horsewhip in his hand and sneered: "I just happened to be free today, let's talk about it!" ”

The shopkeeper looked at the whip in his hand, and then thought about the rumor that Meng Zhipei was almost killed, and his heart was terrified.

"It's hard to die." Before he finished a sentence, he said "Ahhhh

Jiang Ji: ""

Uncle Wen and Dahu looked at each other, afraid that they couldn't understand where the life of this shopkeeper who wore gold and silver, and was rich and oily?

Dinner was cold and hot, Jiang Lingran looked at the dark sky outside, glanced at the corners of the leak, frowned, and said, "The city gates are closed, they won't go back tonight." ”

Xiang Zhu smiled when he heard this: "How is it possible? The girl is on the Zhuangzi, and the son will definitely come back. ”

That's true. Jiang Lingran smiled and said, "Let's heat the meal again." Then tell Aunt Pear that the soup is simmered over low heat first. ”

As soon as the two left, Jiang Lingran was left alone in the room.

Her books, manuscripts, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, chessboard, musical instruments, and needlework and dustpan were all stored in the cage and not taken out.

The lights around him were bright, but Jiang Lingran felt empty, and there was no fresh air.

Boredom sat on the edge of the kang swinging his feet in a daze.

There was a sudden crisp "bang" on the window lattice.

She snapped back to her senses, jumped off the kang, and turned to stare at the window with burning eyes.

There was no figure, and there was no sound.

Yes.

He said that when the title deed is in hand, he will not come again.

She stood stagnant for a moment, not sure whether she wanted to be safe or something else, and walked to the bottom of the porch.

There was a sparrow standing on the lattice.

Perhaps it was under this eaves that he took shelter from the wind and cold.

Jiang Lingran's arrival disturbed it, and it fluttered its wings and flew into the night.

She walked a few steps, reached the window, flexed her fingers, and gently knocked on the window lattice, and suddenly made a crisp sound of "dong dong".

She smiled unconsciously.

"What are you doing standing here? Isn't it cold? ”

Jiang Lingran turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Jiang Ji unwrapping the cloak as he walked, and when he came to her, he draped the cloak over her shoulders.

Jiang Lingran put away the emotions in his heart and said with some coquettishness: "Why did you come back?" I'm hungry. ”

Jiang Ji smiled: "Remember, I will come back early next time." ”

At the dinner table, Jiang Ji took out a title deed from his arms and gave it to Jiang Lingran.

Jiang Lingran glanced at it and exclaimed, "My brother bought the Sijin house on Erhe Street for three thousand taels!?" ”

Seeing Jiang Ji nodding, Jiang Lingran still couldn't believe it, confirming the authenticity of the title deed.

Jiang Ji laughed: "Don't look at it, it's true." The yamen has been prepared. As he spoke, he shoved the chopsticks into her hand: "Hurry up and eat." ”

Jiang Lingran said: "The people living on that street are all nobles from the powerful family, and the house has always been in demand, how did my brother buy it?" ”

Jiang Ji said: "I went to find the shopkeeper, who knew that he cried to me, saying how bad his life was." ”

"It's the first time I've seen a man crying so miserably, and I can't bear to ask him anything anymore, so I'm about to leave with Uncle Wen, but who knows that he stopped me, saying that there is a house on Erhe Street, and asked me if I wanted it."

"As soon as I heard it was Erhe Street, of course I wanted it."

"Xu felt sorry, so he put the price at three thousand taels."

Jiang Lingran said: "What about the house in Yang'er Hutong?" Sold to whom? ”

Jiang Ji said with a smile: "The shopkeeper said that a nouveau riche with a lot of stupid money came from the south, so he took a fancy to the house and bought it at three times the price." ”

There are really a lot of rich people from the south, and Jiang Lingzhi slandered his belly.

When he saw the title deed, he rejoiced again, and said: "Anyway, thank you to that nouveau riche who is stupid and has a lot of money, otherwise we wouldn't be able to buy such a good house." ”

Jiang Ji smiled and nodded.

Early the next morning, the group went to Beijing.

The mighty nature couldn't hide it, and the carriage faintly heard the discussion on the side of the road: "This is not the brother and sister of the second room of the Jiang family, how can you go to Erhe Street?" ”

"Is it a separate family?"

"Whoever you change will be divided! That family is so annoying. ”

Jiang Ji and Jiang Lingran's eyes met, and they both smiled.

Jiang Ji rubbed her head and said with a smile: "Don't think about it, it's okay." ”

Jiang Lingran nodded: "My brother is here, I don't worry about anything." ”

Jiang Ji smiled and nodded, but his heart was sour and sad.

Although the emperor allowed him to stay in the capital for a longer time, he was going to leave after all.

Leaving her alone, how could he rest assured?

The carriage stopped steadily, and Uncle Wen said outside the carriage: "Childe, girl, we have arrived." ”