In the afternoon, he instructed Qiao Niang and Zhao to kill the ducks, pickle them, and prepare to open the door tomorrow to make money.

Qi Ning, who was so angry that her chest was tight, took Han Dong out for a walk, she was chatting with Han Dong without a word on the way to the root of the north city wall, when suddenly someone jumped down from the wall and landed in front of her, scaring Han Dong into a tremble, hiding behind her and pulling her clothes tightly.

"I'm just going to it, it's a big family, and I don't even have a valuable thing." The man, dressed in a crumpled silk cotton robe, hung one arm from his neck with a strip of cloth, picked up a package on the ground with the other, and turned to reveal a face that was blue and purple.

"It's really a narrow road. Wang, dog, whose house did you go to steal chickens and touch dogs? This arm is broken, and he still insists on working. Qi Ning looked at him mockingly.

Wang Gouzi's face was a little unbearable, and he snorted lightly in his nose: "Don't be nosy." "I ran away with the package.

Han Dong, who was behind Qi Ning's pull, said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of Wang Gouzi, I don't know who I stole again." After speaking, I felt tired, so I walked back with Handong.

On the way, I bought some snacks for Tie Niu and Handong, and carried them back to West Street. Wu's and tofu houses, wineries and other neighbors are also tidying up and sweeping shops, preparing for the 16th business. Seeing Qi Ning from a distance, Wu threw down the broom in his hand and walked over quickly with a gossip on his face and eager to be released: "Miss Qi, do you know?" Wang Zhutou quit his errand and left. ”

"Where?"

"I don't know where to go, just handed me the key and asked me to take care of the yard, I asked, and he said he wouldn't be back in the short term."

"I'm done with my good errands, where did I go?" Qi Ning was confused, and always felt that Wang Qingyuan had a secret.

"Who knows, they threw the key to me and rode away." Wu is also curious and unsatisfied.

"Maybe there's something, his yard is here, and you're afraid that you won't be able to pay for the house." Qi Ning teased Wu.

"Hey, have you heard? During the Chinese New Year, Wang Gouzi was beaten. ”

"Oh, who hit it?"

"I don't know, I heard that someone covered his head and beat him, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and his arm was broken. Mrs. Wang stood on the street and cursed the street for several days. ”

"Which hero is this, if I knew about it, I would definitely invite him to eat roast duck for free. I really wish he had the time to sew up the mouth of Mrs. Wang. Qi Ning guessed that it was probably Wang Gouzi who offended people, or someone couldn't stand it and cleaned him up.

Xiao Wu saw the two talking, and also came over: "Miss Qi, I was about to thank you, you gave me the idea to let me go to the main street to sell stinky tofu these days for the New Year, these days I have earned enough for my son to say that my daughter-in-law's dowry money." ”

"Auntie is polite, it's not for me to help you sell it, I'll touch my upper lip with my lower lip, it won't cost a few sips of water, and then my aunt will leave me some more bean juice." The three of them laughed and went back to work.

At night, Qi Ning lay on the bed against the tent on top of the bed, and couldn't figure out where Wang Zhutou would go? I haven't seen it since he gave him a bracelet that night a year ago, and now he doesn't say hello when he leaves, hey, Qi Ning is lost in his heart.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Carpenter Lu's son married the daughter of his mother's cousin's family. Qi Ning asked how much Wu's gift money was, and also packed 300 Wen in red lotus for Tie Niu to send, and asked him to tell Carpenter Lu that he would not go over to drink the wedding wine if he wanted to see the shop.

In the evening, Master Zhou brought two servants to dinner, and Qi Ning waited for them to finish eating before he stepped forward to ask: "Master Zhou, I heard that Wang Zhutou quit his errand and left?" ”

"Hey, he has a heavy heart, he doesn't say a word for a day, who knows what he plans to do, and the county magistrate also kept him, but he didn't keep it. He only said that he was going to join the army, and he didn't say where he was going, so he left. Master Zhou shook his head and said regretfully.

"Yes, Brother Wang won't say goodbye to the big guy when he leaves, and when we know, he will leave a long time ago."

Qi Ning wondered even more in her heart, joining the army, isn't it, now that the times are peaceful and prosperous, the army is stationed at the border, there is no battle, and there is no chance to make meritorious contributions to earn a future?

On this day, Qi Ning saw from the window that the lock on the door of Wang Qingyuan's house was missing, so he hurriedly instructed Tie Niu to watch the door, and ran over by himself. Pushing open the hidden wooden door and entering, Wu was bending down to fetch water.

"Aunt Wu, I thought Wang Zhutou was back."

"No, I'll come and sweep the yard for him." Wu poured the water into the basin and sprinkled it on the ground with his hands.

"Oh, then you're busy, I'll go back." Qi Ning left disappointed.

At the end of the first month, a rain fell for three days without hurry, and the air was so humid that the water could be wrung out, and Qi Ning fell ill and burned for three days in a row. On the third night, after the fever subsided, he sat up and drank a bowl of porridge, Han Dong handed over the silver collected for the day to Qi Ning, waited for her to drink the medicine, and then went back to rest.

Qi Ning slept for a day, this would be refreshed, half lying on the bed, holding the account book and watching absentmindedly. Suddenly, I heard a few sounds from the window, and a figure flashed in quickly, covering Qi Ning's mouth, Qi Ning opened his eyes wide, looking at Wang Qingyuan, who was a little haggard with a scruffy beard, and didn't know why the tears of grievance came out of his eyes and flowed to his hands.

Wang Qingyuan blew out the candle and hugged Qi Ning tightly in his arms: "I shouldn't have come, but I can't help it, my mind is full of you." ”

Qi Ning pushed him away and wanted to get up, but he was unexpectedly pushed down by Wang Qingyuan, took advantage of the situation, held her face with a trembling hand, and vigorously and jerkily* Qi Ning's forehead and nose, regardless of Qi Ning's struggle, a deep and long kiss dispersed all Qi Ning's grievances.

"You white-eyed wolf, you don't know how to say anything when you leave, you have eaten so many good things from me for nothing." Qi Ning angrily pounded Wang Qingyuan's shoulder.

"It was my mistake, I thought I could let go, but I didn't expect that I would feel distressed about you." Wang Qingyuan said vaguely and continued a new kiss.

"Let go of me." Qi Ning twisted his head and tried to sit up strugglingly.

"Don't move, don't say anything, let me hug you." Wang Qingyuan pressed Qi Ning's head on his chest and pulled the quilt, and the two of them just lay with their eyes open. After a while, Qi Ning was really out of breath: "Suffocate me." Wang Qingyuan let go of the hand behind her head.

"Did you miss me?" He bowed his head and kissed the top of the hair of the person in his arms.

"I don't want to, Aunt Wu is helping me see my relatives." Qi Ning said deliberately.

"No, you wait for me obediently, I will come back and marry you."

"You're in the army?"

"Don't ask, don't ask anything, trust me, I'll definitely come back and marry you." After finishing speaking, he turned over and pressed Qi Ning to kiss and rub again, and Qi Ning, who was straight, snorted out for a while. Wang Qingyuan smiled unkindly.

"What are you laughing at,,,." Qi Ning pushed Wang Qingyuan's chest in shame.

"The first time I saw you, I knew you were mine. Wait for me obediently, if I can't come back in two years, you will remarry. ”

"Isn't what you're doing dangerous?"

"Don't ask, I can't say it now, it will cause you trouble."

"Then if you still come to me, you won't be afraid of causing me trouble." Qi Ning was in a hurry, this stuffy gourd couldn't kick a fart with three kicks, and now he didn't tell himself anything, so he let himself wait. This feeling of being kept in the dark is very unpleasant.

"I'm for your good, it's time for you to know, I'll tell you, what I'm here today, must be kept secret. No one is allowed to say anything. You take care of my yard, and you can sell it if you want to, or rent it out. I still have some silver, and I'll give it all to you as a dowry, okay? Wang Qingyuan hugged Qi Ning with both hands, as if he would disappear as soon as he let go.

"Who scarces your silver, since you don't want to say it, I won't ask, but you must pay attention to safety, and come back to see me when you are free."

The two of them tossed for half a night, and Qi Ning fell asleep tiredly.

When he heard the sound of the door at dawn, Han Dong's familiar footsteps approached, carefully opened the curtain, and saw Qi Ning waking up: "The girl is awake, I feel better today." ”

Qi Ning looked around the room, could it be that last night was a dream? I slept soundly this night, I didn't have a dream all night, and when I opened my eyes and woke up, I found that the sky was bright, and the man around me had long been gone, if it weren't for the kiss marks on her body to remind her, last night's encounter was like a chunmeng!

When Qi Ning got up and finished washing, he saw an unfamiliar wooden box on the corner of the dresser, opened it and looked at it, Wang Qingyuan left her a letter, as well as the deed of his yard and ten silver tickets of five hundred taels, and a bracelet of Hetian jade.

Qi Ning looked at the letter, there were few numbers, but he told Qi Ning not to say anything about his return, and not to mention the relationship between the two, the house was left to her, let her tell the public that she bought it, and let Qi Ning buy whatever she wanted, even if she spent it, it was best to go outside the city to buy a Zhuangzi and give them more silver for their future small days. Be sure to wait for yourself.

Qi Ning looked at so much money, and secretly thought in his heart that he was not an ordinary person at the beginning, it was estimated that he was really a down-and-out young master from a big family, he left mysteriously, and came back mysteriously, it was estimated that he was targeted by the enemy or someone.

Qi Ning thought about all kinds of possibilities, the more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, he simply didn't want to think about it, no matter if he was a down-and-out son or someone, he would be his own person in the future, and he must work hard to earn money for their future small days. As long as you have enough money, even if the two of you run for your life together at that time, you won't go hungry. The heart is like being soaked in a honey pot, sticky, sweet.