If Tang Ji and the others hadn't rushed back to Linxi Lane in time, Jiu'er would have called the neighbors to look for them. Fortunately, the little girl didn't make trouble unreasonably. After hearing the explanation, she was comforted by a barbecue.
Because there was no curfew, Li Yu stayed until very late before leaving.
After helping Jiu'er clean up the mess after dinner, Tang Ji staggered back to the room, fell down on the bed, looked up at the beams of the room that were illuminated red by the candlelight, and the thoughts in his mind flew to nowhere.
It had been a month since he was reborn. He had a general understanding of the world, and he had transformed from a penniless rookie to a senior executive of the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce. Although he was beautiful on the surface, he still lurked loneliness and fear in his heart.
Loneliness is because as a time traveler, he has many places where he cannot integrate into the present.
Fear is due to the fact that mysteries about myself have not yet been solved, such as who is the original owner of this body? Who is secretly trying to kill him?
However, Tang Ji has no time to think so much now. The conflict with the Lin family has not yet been resolved, and the promise he made to Jiang Ran has not been fulfilled. These are all reminders that he cannot stop.
Tang Ji hit his head twice, turned over and prepared to lie down for a while, but something hit his chest. He stretched out his hand and touched it and found that it was two ingots of silver. Then he remembered that the design fee for the clothes had not been paid to Jiang Ran, so he held on
He got up from the bed and walked outside the house.
"Dong dong dong~" Tang Ji stood outside the master bedroom and knocked on the door.
A voice soon came from inside the house, "Come in."
Tang Ji opened the door and walked in. He found Jiang Ran sitting at the round table, writing something with a brush in his hand. He quietly walked over and took a look. He was a little surprised and read the content on the paper softly: "Qin Xu"
We are in love with each other, sighing for the spring in the peach garden, thinking about the peach blossoms and drinking wine, don't let them be stained by the world of mortals."
Hearing this, Jiang Ran lowered his head shyly and said softly: "This is a letter that made Mr. Tang laugh."
"No, no!" Tang Ji quickly raised his hand and waved it twice.
Jiang Ran put the poem he had written aside, picked up another piece of rice paper on the corner of the table, looked at the content, and sighed: "How did you write the tragic but noble woman depicted in the poem "Beauty"?
'Guanzhong was in chaos' refers to Chang'an, right? Has Mr. Tang ever been to Jiang State?"
Seeing her looking at him sincerely, Tang Ji coughed twice. If he wanted to know how it was written, he would have to ask Du Fu. As for Chang'an, he had indeed visited Chang'an in his previous life.
After thinking for a while, he shook his head and replied: "I can't remember, maybe I met him before he lost his memory."
No excuses, just come and make do with amnesia!
Jiang Ran blinked her beautiful eyes and said doubtfully: "But Mr. Tang said last time that he came up with this poem after meeting me in a dream!"
Seeing that he didn't answer, Jiang Ran put the rice paper on the table and said softly: "Don't think that my life is unhappy just because my family is poor. On the contrary, compared to being a prisoned canary in Yuexian Tower,
, I prefer today’s life.”
In an instant, the gloom in Tang Ji's heart seemed to be dispelled by a ray of light. Even this silly girl could face life optimistically. Why did he worry about this and complain about that? He smiled and said: "You are right, in life, you should enjoy yourself in time."
."
"Yes!" Jiang Ran nodded, then remembered something, raised his eyes and asked, "Mr. Tang, what do you want from me?"
"Oh yes, this is your reward for helping me design clothes." Tang Ji took out the silver from his pocket and put it on the table.
Jiang Ran covered her red lips with her hands in shock, and asked with confusion: "Is this... so much?"
"If it weren't for the hundreds of design drafts you provided, how could the tailors have made the clothes so quickly, and the colorful cloud skirt that is being watched all day long? You deserve reward for your hard work and merit." Tang Ji
Explained with a smile.
Jiang Ran glanced at the silver ingot, picked it up and handed it back to him. Seeing that Tang Ji was about to refuse, he said sincerely: "Since you came, life between me and Jiu'er has gotten much better. You should keep the silver."
"What? You want to drive me away?" Tang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a joking tone.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ran stood up suddenly, shook his head, and explained: "No, I... I just..."
Seeing that she had been hesitating for a long time without explaining the reason, Tang Ji didn't want to continue to embarrass her, so he took the silver coin back, couldn't help but reached out and touched her head, and smiled faintly: "Good night.
"
Then, he turned around and walked out of the house. He happened to meet Jiu'er who had just returned from taking a shower. He pinched her face and said, "Get some rest early."
Jiu'er slapped his hand away and walked into the room with a pouted mouth: "Miss, this guy is getting bolder and bolder, and he still has the nerve to accuse me of tampering with him. Are you right, Miss, Miss!"
Jiang Ran was called back to reality by her shout. She raised her hand and stroked the hair that was messed up by Tang Ji. Then she glanced at the room opposite and replied absently: "Yeah."
Then, she retracted her thoughts, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, picked up a change of clothes and walked out of the room.
Jiu'er looked at her back and murmured: "Miss, it's so strange today."
...
The next day, what happened at Lin Yue's poetry meeting last night spread throughout the city. While people were scolding Liu Long for deceiving the world and stealing his reputation, and Li Runsheng for helping him, they also revealed the identity of Tang Ji, who wrote two masterpieces of beauty poems.
With this, the reputation of the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce has increased, causing heated discussions among the people in the city.
Many oirans and ladies from wealthy families shed tears after reading "Beautiful Lady" and expressed their desire to meet this great talent of the Tang Dynasty. Instead of discussing poetry, some people were more willing to offer themselves pillow seats.
Some people are happy and others are sad. The Lin family invested a lot of energy in this poetry meeting, but in the end it helped Jianghai Chamber of Commerce.
Lin Kunping sent someone to beat Li Runsheng last night, but the anger in his heart did not diminish at all. He stood up from the main seat in the main hall, slammed the table, and said angrily: "This Tang Ji has repeatedly ruined my good deeds.
Could it be that he is really sent by God to fight against my Lin family?"
Butler Luo had previous experience and felt that it was better not to speak carelessly at this time, lest the family owner would take out his anger on him.
But the next second, Lin Kunping squinted at him and said angrily: "Are you deaf or dumb? I'm asking you a question!"
"Yes, Master, I think the top priority is to deal with the Jianghai Garment Shop first. As for the boy named Tang, if he dares to jump out and jump around again, we will just stop doing it..." Butler Luo revealed the murderer,
He raised his hand and made a "wiping neck" motion.
Hearing this, Lin Kunping sat down again, picked up his tea cup and started thinking.
Nowadays, ready-made clothes have become a craze in the city. People are too lazy to buy cloth for tailoring. Many cloth shops have been affected, and they have followed suit and started selling ready-made clothes.
However, due to immature technology, the clothes they made were not as good as those of Jianghai Garment Shop, and their business was extremely bleak.
If this continues, Jianghai Chamber of Commerce will monopolize the garment industry!
Thinking of this, he made a decision in his heart, put the tea cup on the table, and ordered: "Go and invite the heads of Su, Wang, and Qian's cloth shops to me!"
"Yes!" Butler Luo responded and hurriedly retreated.