In fact, there are six people, four men and two women, in this large boat, which is so beautifully made that the daily rent can be said to be as high as one finger. Of course, the various servants and servants in the front and rear cabins are not included.
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Among these six people, Miss Wang Yu was the most beautiful one, so she was naturally the focus of the crowd. Her stunned look immediately attracted the attention of others.
Following Mrs. Wang's gaze, she saw a young man wearing a green robe that was not old and new sitting on a small grasshopper boat below. He looked like a scholar, and his appearance was quite good. At this moment, he
I am also looking at this place frequently.
"Who is this person? Does Miss Wang know him?" Someone asked immediately. Wang Yu replied with a complicated mood: "He is an old friend."
The person asked again: "Do you want to invite me to come up and talk?" Wang Yu nodded gently.
So the boat stopped next to the little grasshopper. Several servants worked together to move out the pedals and shouted to Fang Yingwu: "My master asked you to come up and talk!"
Fang Yingwu sat still, facing Miss Wang across the water and shouted loudly: "Miss Wang, please come down."
Seeing Fang Yingwu's indifferent expression, Wang Yu suddenly shrank in her heart. She somehow subconsciously stood up and was about to leave the cabin and disembark, but was grabbed by the female companion next to her, "Sister Yu, are you confused?"
Fang Yingwu laughed dumbly. From this small gesture, it could be seen that Mrs. Wang was not as heartless as her father.
However, everyone in the boat was filled with righteous indignation, and the poverty below was simply too rampant! Someone poked his head out, and the other person yelled in response: "You are such a profligate person and you don't know what's going on. If I let you come up here, you will be lucky! Woman!"
You are delicate and weak, how can you move easily?"
Fang Yingwu snorted softly. If Mrs. Wang hadn't wanted to say a few words to Mrs. Wang on the boat, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to swim on the same boat with this group of people who didn't seem to have much education.
The pedals were put up, and Fang Yingwu boarded the boat opposite. The middle cabin was quite spacious, and it was more than enough to seat ten people. But now that there are only six people, the space is much larger, and there is no need to crowd people to sit.
But Fang Yingwu was unceremonious and sat next to Mrs. Wang as if no one else was around, which made the other men angry. But Mrs. Wang didn't hide away, and allowed this poor man to squeeze her and sit next to her.
The two of them have been familiar with each other since childhood. Mrs. Wang doesn't have any special feeling when the other person is next to her, but it would be different if it were another man.
Fang Yingwu was too lazy to pay attention to other people, and did not show any courtesy. He only turned his head and spoke to Miss Wang: "I went to your house last night, did you know?"
"The slave family has heard about it."
Fang Yingwu asked: "Then why didn't you come out? I wanted to ask you how you are doing."
Wang Yu said helplessly: "Father doesn't allow it."
Fang Yingwu sneered a few times, looked around and said, "Then you go out with these people today, does your Majesty allow it?"
Mrs. Wang lowered her head for a moment, then answered truthfully: "This father knew about it and did not stop him."
Fang Yingwu felt very meaningful when he heard this. In today's social environment, what does it mean for an unmarried woman to travel with other men of the same age?
Although the Wang family is not a high-ranking family, Mrs. Wang grew up in a mountain village and was used to running around outside. Now she is the only daughter of a businessman who may need to be exposed. But after all, she still lives in this world and is still influenced by the world's people.
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu raised his hand and pointed at a few men around him casually, "Are these the candidates your father has for his bed?"
"What does the east bed mean?" Mrs. Wang was confused. Fang Yingwu explained: "It means riding a dragon to become a son-in-law!"
"Brother Qiu, don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Wang's face turned slightly red. She felt very embarrassed. Her mind was in a mess for a while. She didn't know what to say to Fang Yingwu.
Fang Yingwu didn't seem to notice Mrs. Wang's embarrassment and said with a smile: "It seems that Sister Yu is very popular. When we were in Huaxi, you and I had a three-year appointment. Now we still have one year, but we met in advance.
Do you think this agreement still counts or not?"
Others saw Fang Yingwu and Mrs. Wang talking endlessly, and were about to interrupt, but suddenly heard the ambiguous "three-year agreement", so they closed their mouths again, raised their ears and listened carefully.
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Mrs. Wang replied sadly: "I really don't know what to do. My father said I'm already eighteen."
Fang Yingwu kept smiling all the time. It could be seen that Mrs. Wang had not completely forgotten him, but she still answered like this, which showed that her state of mind was still shaken, no matter what the reason.
It is not surprising that after being separated from a girl who has not yet matured mentally for two years, there will always be some alienation in her heart. The human heart is never fixed, not to mention that the age of sixteen to eighteen is the fastest period of psychological and physical growth.
one of the stages.
Under the strong pressure from my father, it is actually commendable that I can stick to the agreement until now and only waver a little.
At this moment, Mrs. Wang felt a little ashamed when facing Fang Yingwu. She interrupted the conversation and said: "These are all friends who have contact with our Wang family on weekdays. They are all local outstanding figures. I will introduce them to you."
, it’s also good for you.”
Fang Yingwu doesn't care what their status is. With Wang's level and Wang De's vision, what kind of big shots can he make friends with?
So Fang Yingwu just thought to himself and sighed: "Sister Yu, do you know what your father or you missed?"
Wang Yu couldn't understand what Fang Yingwu said, but he didn't stop. He pointed at the young man in Chinese clothes on Fang Yingwu's right and introduced: "This is the son of Zheng Inspection of the Beixinguan Inspection Department. If you meet him locally,
If you have any inconvenience, please ask him for help."
It seems that he was the one who just came out to curse? Fang Yingwu curled his lips. Under normal circumstances, the first person to be introduced must be the one with the most noble status.
Hangzhou Beixinguan is one of the eight major banknote (tax) customs in the world. It is located outside the Wulin Gate of Hangzhou City. Although the Beixinguan Inspection Department is not the person in charge of the banknote customs, it can be regarded as a very powerful local snake in the Wulinmen Canal Business District, with real power.
Not small. No wonder Wang Dahu has an idea. He is indeed a very affordable son-in-law candidate.
But this kind of status is still too low in Fang Yingwu's eyes. The most valuable thing is only this grade. Others can imagine. Mrs. Wang really has long hair and short knowledge. She is similar to his father, but women have a lot of knowledge.
Being short-sighted can be forgiven.
Fang Yingwu waved his hand to Miss Wang impatiently and shouted softly: "No need to introduce you! It's just a waste of time."
Mrs. Wang finally discovered that the Brother Qiu in front of her was very different from the Brother Qiu in her memory. His appearance was still the same, with just a little more weathered appearance, but his inner temperament was completely different from before.
Others might not be able to tell the difference, but Miss Wang can feel it, but she can't describe it in words.
Fang Yingwu's arrogance finally made others angry again. The inspector's son suddenly slapped the case and shouted: "You are a poor man, you are so ignorant, haven't you learned a lesson?"
The other three men started yelling curses together, and the slave outside the cabin was eager to make a move. He only waited for his young master to speak before he could take action.
Fang Yingwu frowned and said coldly: "Your surname is Zheng? If you want your father to continue to take charge of inspections, just be quiet!"
These words were too loud and caused an uproar. Mrs. Wang was very surprised. Fang Yingwu didn't like to brag in the past, so how could he learn to show off like this when they meet again?
She has also witnessed the majesty of Mr. Zheng, the inspection director. He can make decisions on big and small matters in the three-thirds of an acre of land from Beiguan to the canal. He is like an overlord. Who among the thousands of merchants does not respect three-thirds? It is the county.
There are also Mr. Zheng's backers inside and outside the house, so he can still speak.
Other onlookers were watching the fun, but Master Zheng, as the person involved, was shocked and confused, and could not understand the depth of the poor scholar in front of him for a while.
But if it was a bluff and he was frightened, it would be a big joke. After thinking about it, Mr. Zheng chuckled and said: "When we get to the shore, I will invite my friend Fang to have a few glasses of wine, and I hope he will be rewarded."
He didn't want to appear too rude in front of his sweetheart, Miss Wang, so he decided to wait until he got to the shore to find out the details before deciding. Seeing that Fang Yingwu was shabbily dressed and didn't even have an entourage, he probably wouldn't be an important character.
Fang Yingwu didn't care about Master Zheng's little plan. He suddenly thought of something, "Sister Yu, please continue to introduce me. Who are these people?"
Mrs. Wang didn't understand why Fang Yingwu suddenly became interested in these identities again, but it would be a good thing if she could use this to get rid of the bad atmosphere just now.
In her heart, she still didn't want to see Fang Yingwu suffer a loss, so she quickly introduced them one by one: "This is the Jiang family of Beiguan Silk Shop"
Gradually it was getting closer to evening, and the cruise boats on the West Lake were approaching the pier one after another, and tourists went ashore to go to the city. For a while, the pier was crowded and in a mess.
The painting boat that Fang Yingwu was on finally aimed at an opening and was about to sail in, but unexpectedly another painting boat forced its way into the channel. The slaves on the two painting boats got angry and yelled and cursed at each other.
After stumbling ashore, Master Zheng, who was in charge today, felt very humiliated. He also saw that the number of servants there was slightly smaller, and it didn't look like a wealthy family. He rushed up, grabbed one person and cursed: "Thief"
Shacai, don’t you have eyes on the boat?”
Someone immediately shouted, "The Chief Envoy's office is here, who dares to be rude!"
Young Master Zheng was immediately dumbfounded. The Chief Envoy Si Yanei should be the son of Mr. Ning Liangning, the Left Chief Envoy of this province.
This dynasty dismissed the governor of Zhejiang three years ago, so the left chief envoy can be called the highest local official. Moreover, Mr. Ning has been the chief envoy in Zhejiang for fifteen years, and his actual authority is not much less than that of the governor.
He, a son from the inspection company, is not even as good as an ant compared to Mr. Ning. Today is really a bad day. How come he has offended the biggest son in the province?
A scholar in his thirties, dressed in fine clothes, walked up to Master Zheng and said displeasedly: "I am Master Ning, why don't I have eyes?"
To Master Zheng and others, Mr. Ning was like a figure in the sky, and the rest of them were confused and didn't know how to respond.
At this time, Fang Yingwu was standing behind, and he took the initiative to move forward, wanting to stand out from the crowd and say a few words. Miss Sun pulled Fang Yingwu tightly, and whispered with concern: "
Be careful not to step forward, lest you get caught."
Fang Yingwu patted Mrs. Sun's hand and said comfortingly: "But don't worry." Then he walked out of the crowd, clasped his fists in front of Ning Shigu as a courtesy and said: "Fang Yingwu, Chun'an Health Officer, has met Ning.
senior."
Seeing that he was a scholar, Ning Shigu also returned the gift lightly. Fang Yingwu continued: "I would like to say hello to Mr. Fang Bo on behalf of Master Shang Su'an."
Upon hearing the words "Shang Su'an Gong", Ning Shigu's eyes tightened, his expression became serious, and he saluted Fang Yingwu again: "It turns out to be Brother Fang Xian."
The people who were painting the boat with Fang Yingwu were all confused. Although they understood that this was a scholar's trick, they still couldn't understand what these two people were saying. It only seemed that the two people played a few charades, and then they began to call each other brothers, as if they were completely
It's something from another world.
Mrs. Wang even covered her mouth and couldn't believe it. In her mind, she should have more of a poor student, but now she suddenly became very unfamiliar.
When he heard the name of Shang Ren, Ning Shigu did not dare to be disrespectful. Because Shang Ren was the number one scholar in the orthodox ten years, and Ning Liang was the Jinshi in the orthodox ten years. The two had a very close relationship with each other in the same year. Moreover, Ning Liang had a great reputation in officialdom.
The chief envoy was also the chief envoy of Zhejiang, and was arranged by Shang Ren when he was in court, so Fang Yingwu had nothing to fear.
Then Ning Shigu pointed at Master Zheng and others and asked: "These people and you"
"They have nothing to do with me. You can do whatever you want with them. It doesn't matter if they break their legs or feet. Just don't touch them." Fang Yingwu suddenly pointed at Wang Yu and said, "By the way, let the little lady go too. Don't touch her."
Ning Shigu burst into laughter, this Fang Yingwu was quite an interesting person. His words clearly meant, "If you want to see my face, deal with them severely."
Liang Xiao is not a gentleman. Just now on the grasshopper and the boat, Fang Yingwu was scolded several times. It would be too cowardly for him to do it calmly.
Of course, Fang Yingwu indirectly made Wang De and Wang De worried. He was not very good at treating Wang De out of kindness, but it was also a big deal to get rid of the "young talents" that Wang De had chosen one by one.
Interesting thing.
Fang Yingwu said to himself: "I originally wanted to write down their names and make plans later. I didn't expect to meet the Bu Zheng Yanei here. What a coincidence."
Madam Wang, who had been pulled to her side, suddenly understood. No wonder Fang Yingwu was dismissive at first, but then he changed his mind and remembered the names and origins of these people one by one. It turned out that this was what he had in mind.
She thought of Fang Yingwu's words again - Do you know what you have missed? At this time, she also had a faint awakening.
Nowadays, Brother Qiu is no longer the poor country man who bowed down for a few taels of silver. He looks like a big shot and has reached an unimaginable status. Even the princes of the Chief Envoy's family want to call him brothers. Then she
Are you still worthy of Brother Qiu now?
If two years ago, my father was not so snobbish, or if my father was not so shallow last night, or if I had a more resolute attitude, then I would still be expected to become a bad wife despite my old feelings.
But what about now? Mrs. Wang covered her heart and felt very painful. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!) (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! !)