Liu Zhi had cried before, and he was sweating again, his body was a little messy, and his hair was unkempt, Li Chun simply brought hot water, rolled up his sleeves and personally groomed her.

The copper basin where she washes her face is engraved with a fat carp, and the pine basin where she washes her feet is painted with vermilion lacquer like a mirror, and the things she uses in her memory are all top and beautiful, just like she is the best and most beautiful little girl in her eyes.

Now she looks like an ordinary person's utensils, but her beauty is still undiminished. Li Chun half-knelt in front of the bed, her big rough hands supported her feet and wiped them with a cloth towel, these feet were petite and white, like a bent shelled winter bamboo shoots, just in the palm of his hand. Li Chun, a rough man, saw that his eyes were straight, and he couldn't breathe enough, so he really wanted to take a bite.

He endured the hot blood in his cavity, washed Liu Zhi's feet, dried and put on his socks, stuffed them into the quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt, and told her to rest early. From beginning to end, he was serious, but the willow branches were already flushed and speechless.

"Xiaozhi, when we become a family, I will serve you like this every day." His voice was a little hoarse, and he stared at her with burning eyes as if he was about to swallow her in one gulp.

Willow Branch was so ashamed that she had no choice but to hold the quilt above her head and hear his laughter.

Thinking about the happy scene after getting married, Li Chun walked out of Willow Branch's room, and his mood was immediately not good. The Liu family is now narrowly divided by an abrupt wall, the yard is full of fallen leaves, and withered grass grows, obviously the owner has no energy to clean it; The roof tiles and walls had not been painted for a long time, and in the twilight they looked even more decayed, and it was no longer the bright and neat home he remembered, and he was deeply envious.

Li's mother was eating in the kitchen, and the leftovers were soaked in the leftovers, that is, they were dealing with it indiscriminately. She saw Li Chun come in and quickly stood up, Li Chun motioned for her to sit down, picked up a bowl and poured a bowl of hot water to drink, and then gave Li's mother a small cloth bag: "Li's mother, I'll leave later." Thinking about it, it seems that there is no reliable person around Xiaozhi, so I have to ask you to take good care of Xiaozhi, how thin she has become. If there is anything urgent, you ask someone to go to the treasure house on Jinxian Street in the state capital to spread a message, and I will come back immediately. ”

Mother Li was startled by the gold in the cloth bag, this, this is all gold? But Li Chun's words made her nervous. Ah, where is he going? Won't you dislike the Liu family now, this can't be done, he just finished drilling the big girl's boudoir, and he wants to pat his ass and leave?

But Li Chun is no longer the orphan on the broken ship he used to be. Although he was still dressed very ordinary, Mama Li already felt the difference between him and his words and actions, not to mention that he was making himself a bag of gold! It is normal for such a rich and good-looking young man to have other women, not to mention that Liu Wang is so incompatible with him, I just hope that he has a little conscience in the affection that the eldest girl treated him when she was a child.

Li's mother asked a little worriedly: "Li Chun, you won't do things without conscience, right?" The big girl has only had you in her heart for so many years, you can't lie to her. ”

Li Chun was filled with resentment by Li's mother's unbridled imagination, and his anger dissipated a little. He smiled: "Hey, Mama Li, you think too much." Where do I dare to dislike the twig, as long as the twig doesn't dislike me. I'm really in trouble, I'll come back to pick her up when I'm done, and I'm embarrassed to stay here. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed: "Isn't it too pitiful for her father and mother to force her, if I also force her to have a little branch?" "It's really according to his temper to take the twigs away, these people care about them to death.

Li Chun and Li's mother confessed a few words, and when they were leaving, they suddenly remembered something, so they asked, "Is Feng Jiaojiao okay?" "Jiaojiao, she moved to the state capital in May, so the eldest girl doesn't even have a name for herself."

Li Chun walked to the riverside while thinking about his thoughts, the Qingshui River was also narrower than he remembered, he was used to seeing the sea, but he felt that everything in Huashi County was too gentle and calm, and the boats on the inland river were as delicate as toys. Li Chun looked at the wharf and the autumn river, but what he thought about was the bright spring day, the young man came by boat, and the little girl with a pair of beards hanging down on the river embankment was white and tender, carrying a small bamboo basket, and beckoned to him with a smile.

"Li, Li Chun?"

Li Chun turned around and saw a dirty man, raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Uncle." ”

Seeing that it was really him, Li Da couldn't help but take a few steps closer with a broken lamp, and saw that he had all his hands and feet, and he was already tall and big, which showed that he had raised himself safely over the years. He was wearing a very ordinary short coat, just like an ordinary guy working somewhere, and he didn't have a blanket, so he couldn't tell whether he had money or not.

"Then Master Bai said that you have made a fortune----," Li Da asked tentatively.

Bai Lin? What is he doing here, is it for Feng Jiaojiao? Li Chun was absent-minded, and when he wanted to leave, Li Da hurriedly stopped in front of him: "I, I raised you, you can't leave me alone; I also count you Laozi, this kindness is greater than the sky! ”

Suddenly, a fierce shout and curse came out, "X, your little rabbit cub, an unethical wild seed, you need to repay my debt to support you, or I will sue the official and tell the official to flail you, a slave—"

In the night, the Qingshui River was still flowing, and Li Chun sat on the bow of the boat with an indifferent expression. His eyes swept over the merchant ships docked nearby, and as a teenager he longed to take these ships and fly away, in search of distant treasures to marry the little girl he loved.

She has had such a hard time in the past four years, and the thought of the wound on her cheek makes him feel murderous. The night breeze blows, like her tenderness soothes the beast in his heart, a vulgar person like himself can get her such a wait, what is the bitterness and tiredness. "Xiaozhi, I won't let you be bullied again." He muttered, burying his face in the palm of his hand.

The former is the most important street in the state capital, with a variety of shops on both sides, and the latter two are all decent homes. The difference is that Yinping Street is mostly inhabited by merchants, the road surface is wide, and the houses are renovated brand new and dazzling, while Chuizhu Lane is mostly inhabited by official eunuchs, and the residences are deep and secluded. So the former laughed at the latter for its ruin, and the latter despised the former for its outbreak; Privately, but you also envy my big tree painting ancient, I sigh for your gold and silver affordability.

Zhang Tong's second lady Siyun married the eldest son of Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and will enter Beijing to complete the marriage after the New Year, and the people of Zhang's mansion are buying all day long. "Madam, Tongfa Trading Bank replied that it still hasn't." A white woman in a sauce-colored gown bowed down.

On the first rose chair, a graceful woman wearing a gold marigold pattern jacket with autumn fragrance was reading the account book, and when she heard this, she raised her head and frowned: "Is this evil?" ”

"Yes, the pearls of the entire Songning Mansion are lacking, the spices are not even, the frankincense agarwood has been missing for a few months, and I heard that even the pharmacy is in a hurry." Zhang's comfort to his wife, "But Shopkeeper Feng said that it was fast, as long as the goods entered the dock, they would be sent to our family first." ”

Mrs. Zhang had obviously lost interest in this kind of assurance, and a fair-skinned and slender girl with a bright face on the side hurriedly motioned to the maid who stood to bring the tea, and persuaded her: "Mother, the merchants are mostly this kind of strange goods to live in, just to raise profits, we are in a hurry and fall into his arms." Mother, relax, if you ignore him, he will stick it up by himself. ”

This girl is Zhang Siyun, and a pair of deep dimples on her cheeks dilute the gorgeous feeling like a peony, adding three points to the innocence and coquettishness of the girl. Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang took her in her arms, rubbed her head and sighed: "The third family is staring at me, and I have already gone to the old lady to complain, saying that I shouldn't have changed the shop, so there is no spice in the house now; The implication is that I have taken the benefits of the new shop."

The two of them said intimate words, and the maids and women with eyes all retired early.

"Our spice treasures have been purchased from the Treasure Pavilion, and the shopkeeper Feng of this Tongfa firm is very discerning and takes the initiative to come to the door to make Yicheng profit. This profit has not entered my money bag, and it is not subsidized into the public middle school, the gentlemen have to go out to socialize, the ladies have to make new clothes and new jewelry, and they only know how to reach out and open their mouths, and the silver falls from the sky? ”

Mrs. Zhang complained: "Who knew that the Feng family was so unreliable. Alas, in the end, it is a new shop, there is no foundation, and the goods are unstable"