Su Xiaopei and Ran Feize went back to discuss.
The two were speechless all the way, Ran Feize didn't speak, and Su Xiaopei didn't know what to say.
This is actually a good thing no matter how you think about it, but she calms down quickly, and there is a big problem here.
Qin Zhaotou said, give her a house, send someone to take care of her daily life, and give her monthly money. But what about the strong man? He did not mention Ramfize.
This is the problem, she is with the strong man.
Su Xiaopei glanced at Ran Feize secretly, he had no expression. Su Xiaopei couldn't guess what he was thinking.
Back at the inn, Su Xiaopei silently followed Ran Feize into the room. He sat down, but still didn't speak. Su Xiaopei couldn't help it: "strong man, what do you think of this?"
"What does the girl think?"
Su Xiaopei pursed his lips, if he judged objectively and rationally, this is of course a good thing.
"It's really good to have a stable place to live, to have monthly money, and to be able to use the power of the government to find people." Su Xiaopei bit her lip. Qin Zhaotou left her without Ran Feize. The more she thought about it, the more awkward she felt. .
"What the girl said is that, according to the girl's situation, this is indeed the best arrangement at the moment." It's better than following him around without a fixed place.
Su Xiaopei looked up at him, he also looked back and smiled at her.
"Strong man." Su Xiaopei's brain became hot, and he said impulsively, "Qin Zhaotou said that there are two rooms, we can live in one room, and the silver in May or two is actually enough for the two of us..." What is she talking about? ? Su Xiaopei kept his mouth shut as he spoke, the strong man has his plans, he lives in the world, and he wants to find apprentices.
Su Xiaopei closed her mouth. Although she didn't know anything about the rivers and lakes, she looked at Bai Yulang's attitude towards Ran Feize's worship and Qin Chatou's courtesy towards him, he would definitely not be trapped in the yamen. It's not that Qin Zhaotou doesn't want to keep him, but he must be clear that he can't keep him. Su Xiaopei sighed secretly and lowered his head.
Su Xiaopei didn't see what she said, which made Ran Feize's mouth bend. Qin Chutou couldn't let her leave him under such good conditions, which really made him happy. Her dependence on him, her willingness to be with him, also made him happy. He blinked and said, "The girl is willing to share me a room, I thank you in advance."
He saw Su Xiaopei looking up at him with surprise in his eyes. This made him bend the corners of his mouth again: "I still want to live in this Ning'an City for a longer time. If Master Qin doesn't help me pay for this inn, I will go to the girl."
"The strong man still wants to go?" To say that she was not disappointed would be a lie.
"Of course I have to leave." Ran Feize smiled at her, "But since the girl was brought by me, how could I just leave the girl like this?"
Su Xiaopei blinked and was about to leave again, saying that he would not leave her alone...
"I must be able to settle the girl well before I can rest assured."
He smiled, that smile was really handsome, Su Xiaopei looked at it, but felt that the end of his nose was a little blocked.
I see. Is that what the old man said? The person she met would take her to Cheng Jiangyi. Ran Feize did not lead her to find someone directly, but led her to find the best and most powerful force to find someone. What could be more convenient than staying in the police system to find someone
But, is it going to leave like this
Su Xiaopei blinked, very sad, the loss of losing money is far less than the hesitation of being separated from Ran Feize.
Her expression fell in Ran Feize's eyes, he almost couldn't help but want to stroke her head, moved his hand, controlled it, and called, "Girl."
Su Xiaopei looked up at him.
He continued to smile: "Don't panic, girl. Ning'an City is a good place, and the girl will definitely like it."
What else can Su Xiaopei say? She could only smile back and nodded.
So it's settled.
Ran Feize always kept his word, and he started to settle Su Xiaopei.
First, he took Su Xiaopei to see the house. The two small rooms are indeed not big enough to have a yard, but there is a porch in front of the two houses side by side, which is barely enough for drying and activities. In the innermost there is a small kitchen with a pitifully small stove and space for two people to turn around. Ran Feize looked at it, turned to look at Su Xiaopei, Su Xiaopei knew what he meant, and shook his head a little embarrassedly and replied, "I won't."
She is not very good at cooking in modern times, not to mention the difficult task of chopping wood to make a fire in this world.
Ran Feize nodded and said to her, "It's always necessary to make some hot tea and prepare some hot water to cleanse the body." He knew that she likes cleanliness, and he just tosses and washes himself every night.
"Oh." Su Xiaopei nodded and gritted his teeth, "I can learn."
That expression made Ran Feize laugh.
After that, Ran Feize met the old woman who was going to take care of Su Xiaopei. Said to be a mother-in-law, but looking at the age of only in his forties, his surname was Liu. Su Xiaopei followed Ran Feize to call her Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu lives next door, and the man in the family is also on duty in the yamen. He is a janitor and watchman. The couple has a son and a daughter. The daughter is married, and they live with their son. Aunt Liu usually does housework and takes care of her grandson at home. She does some chores in her spare time, and often helps the yamen cook some meals and do laundry. She took over the job of taking care of Su Xiaopei, but she was very happy. Seeing Su Xiaopei, she was affectionate and flattered, and asked Su Xiaopei what she needed her to do on weekdays.
Su Xiaopei thought about it for a long time. She didn't want to fake someone else's hand when washing clothes. Although she didn't wash her clothes very cleanly, she was relieved. Especially when Aunt Liu said just now that she helped the yamen messenger to wash, she was very afraid that her clothes would be mixed with those of the men. And I don't know if these ancients had a hygiene concept of washing clothes and socks separately.
"Please make a meal for Aunt Liu." After thinking about it for a long time, I came up with this.
So simple? Aunt Liu smiled happily and agreed.
"What else?" Ran Feize glared at her.
Su Xiaopei was a little dazed, she could do the laundry by herself, the most difficult thing was to eat. Seeing her like this, Ran Feize knew that she had no idea, so he helped and asked where the well was and where the latrine was, and Aunt Liu led them there. Going around, going out of the alley and turning to a back street, a few daughters-in-law are washing clothes by the well, and then go around to the other side is the latrine.
Su Xiaopei's face was downcast, which was really inconvenient.
A few people went back to the house, and Ran Feize began to say that he would put a water tank at the bottom of the porch, at the entrance of the kitchen, and let Aunt Liu help fill the tank with water every day. In addition, every morning, Su Xiaopei would put out the night bucket, so that Aunt Liu would also take care of it when she was handling her own house, wash it and send it back. And the stove in the kitchen is too small and useless. He will destroy it and set up a charcoal stove to boil water. Aunt Liu prepares three meals a day and brings them here, so there is no fire here.
He talked a lot, buying charcoal and clothes, how to arrange meals, etc., all trivial needs of life, Aunt Liu listened and nodded in agreement. Su Xiaopei sighed in his heart, feeling more and more that he was a waste of life. In the past, although living in a wine shop was simple, the living conditions were convenient. Later, in the inn, she didn't have to do anything by herself. The result was that she had been here for so long, not to mention life skills, and even the concept of life was relatively lacking.
Su Xiaopei cheered herself up secretly, it doesn't matter, she can learn, she is twenty-seven and not seven years old, so she will definitely be able to take care of herself.
The next day, Ran Feize told Qin Zhaotou about the situation, and Qin Zhaotou nodded in agreement. He went to the messenger in the yamen to get some materials and miscellaneous fees, and then he took Bai Yulang and others to help him to bring Su Xiaopei together. Small house remodeled. Several men knocked on the stove and rebuilt the charcoal stove. Burning charcoal is easier than burning wood, which is convenient for Su Xiaopei.
The walls were raised a little higher, new beds were built, tables, chairs, cabinets, a large water tank, and racks for buckets, bowls, and ladle were all available. Su Xiaopei ran before and after, cleaning and sending water and sweat towels. Seeing that the place where he settled down became tidy little by little, his heart was filled with emotion.
Three days later, Su Xiaopei retired from the inn and moved into a new home. She invited Ran Feize to live with her, but he refused.
"I know the girl's good intentions, but if the girl wants to live here for a long time, it's not good to provoke gossip. If I leave, those gossip will bring trouble to the girl. A single woman, you must be careful."
Su Xiaopei understood, nodded, and checked in with her small baggage.
Her bedroom is in the inner room. The room is small, with only one bed and one table. The outer room is a place to eat and write. There is a bookcase for her to put her diary book, and the four treasures of the study are prepared. The small kitchen was converted into a washroom, and the toilet was also placed there. Su Xiaopei sat alone by the bed that night, feeling panic in her heart. Suddenly, she seemed to have the panic of wandering alone, she was going to be alone, and she was about to have no support.
She asked Ran Feize who paid his rent, and Ran Feize said, "Of course the yamen pays. Lord Qin is afraid that I will abduct you and please me."
In fact, Ran Feize hadn't decided whether to leave her alone or not. Ordinarily, the current arrangement would be more reassuring than sending her to a nunnery, but he just couldn't let it go. Not only can he not let go, but he actually feels reluctant. Well, I don't know if it should be said to be reluctant, anyway, Ran Feize is a little confused about his own mind. He thought that his heart was getting softer and softer. If he had settled her in the past, he should have left. But he really doesn't want to leave now, really doesn't want to leave her alone.
Su Xiaopei's mood was also very complicated. If Ran Feize kidnapped her, maybe she would really go with him.
But he didn't, he didn't even tease her anymore. Su Xiaopei lay on the bed and closed her eyes, she and he both understood that staying in Ning'an City was the best arrangement for her.
The best, but not the happiest.
Suddenly, it felt like there was something between him and her.
Su Xiaopei sighed.
It was late at night and Su Xiaopei slept unsteadily. The bed was new and the quilts were all new, but she just didn't feel very comfortable. Listening to her own heartbeat, she felt, for the first time, alone in the world—uneasy and alone.
Su Xiaopei moved into a new home and started working in the yamen. Ran Feize accompanied her and got acquainted with people from various departments of the yamen. Bai Yulang often came to join in the fun, but was caught by Ran Feize and explained: After he leaves, he must take good care of Su Xiaopei.
Bai Yulang was nagging and patted his chest: "Uncle Ran, don't worry, I will treat my eldest sister as my own sister."
Su Xiaopei disagreed, this younger brother was just as reliable as that 2238 Yue Lao, so she should rely on herself. Well, there are also strong men.
The strong man is indeed reliable.
Su Xiaopei's office is in the same room with her masters, and she doesn't understand official letters very well. In classical Chinese, she can only understand seven or eight points, some meanings depend on guessing, but such serious business, of course, cannot rely on guessing. Ran Feize and several masters drank and developed relations. After three or two times, they communicated properly. In the future, the letters of the case were told by the masters and Xiaopei, mainly details, and explained clearly. In terms of writing documents, they have to worry more about it. Su Xiaopei's ugly words are really shameful.
Su Xiaopei went to work for a while, discussed old cases with his masters, and went through the cases of Ma Zhengyuan and Sima Wanqing again. After everyone got acquainted with each other, communication gradually became smoother.
The master also helped Su Xiaopei to write an official letter to find the person, and drew a portrait of a short-haired man according to Su Xiaopei's dictation. Su Xiaopei looked at it and thought that it was only six or seven points, but the words described the details. If anyone really saw Cheng Jiangyi , should immediately know it was him. After all, such a strange person, with obvious characteristics, must be as attractive as her.
Qin Dezheng kept his promise and sent people to copy many copies of the letter and sent it to various places.
On the other hand, Luo Kui and Ma Zhengyuan were both sentenced to be executed in the autumn, and the date of their execution was fixed on one day. Sentencing official letter has been handed over to the superior, waiting for approval.
Su Xiaopei tried hard to adapt to the life of working in the public gate to earn money and other news. Ran Feize never said when to leave. At first, he accompanied her to work every day, but then he stopped accompanying her, and only came to visit her every day. The sun never set, but he came less and less every day. And her residence, he never went. Su Xiaopei knew his good intentions, he wanted her to get used to being alone, and he wanted to avoid suspicion so that she would not fall into the limelight.
The more considerate he is like this, the more she knows that he is a good person, how can she live up to his wishes? So she concealed her uneasiness and went to work every day full of energy. In fact, nothing happened to keep her busy, but she was able to be busy. She flipped through a large number of old case files, asked if she couldn't understand it, and then reorganized and recorded it herself. She explored the state of criminal psychology from these old cases. These are different from modern times. Now that she has received a salary, she should prepare carefully and deal with it at any time.
Bai Yulang's irritable boy slipped his tongue one day, saying that Uncle Ran asked him how his eldest sister was doing, and he said that he watched every day, and the eldest sister was doing quite well.
Su Xiaopei smiled and knew that this arrogant boy could come in handy.
It's just that Ran Feizeruo feels at ease with her, is the day of separation closer
Soon half a month passed, and when it was time for the monthly payment, the accountant gave Su Xiaopei 5 taels of silver, saying that the adults had instructed him that this month was not full-term, but he was paid in full-term silver. Su Xiaopei was rude and thanked her. The central accountant exchanged a tael of silver for her with broken silver and copper coins. This is what Ran Feize taught her. The people in the bank are the most cunning and look at people's faces. If they meet someone with a bad heart, Su Xiaopei will not understand anything and will cheat her when changing money, so he asked her to go to the Yamen accountant to exchange money. Now, she complied.
Received the silver. Su Xiaopei went home and put four taels of silver in the corner of the small table in the bedroom, where there was a hidden compartment that Ran Feize helped her to put money and silver for her. Then she took the broken silver and copper plates and went to the inn, bought a roast chicken and a pot of wine, and invited Ran Feize to have a meal.
"Have you paid the monthly money?" Ran Feize opened the door and smiled when she saw the thing in her hand.
Su Xiaopei also smiled: "A roast chicken, I'll invite Aze to eat it."
Ran Feize laughed, not being polite to her at all, and asked Xiaoer to bring some snacks to the house.
The two were sitting around the table, Ran Feize put two wine glasses, and each poured a glass of wine. He drank it all in one go, and Su Xiaopei said she couldn't drink it at this time, so he took a sip carefully. The liquor choked her throat, making her throat hot, she coughed for a long time, and she was no longer a hero.
Ran Feize held his chin and watched her smile, Su Xiaopei finished coughing and felt very embarrassed.
"How's the girl doing?" he asked suddenly.
Su Xiaopei replied, "Not bad."
Ran Feize smiled again, and Su Xiaopei felt that the meaning behind his smile was to say, you are doing well, and I will leave with confidence.
This thought made Su Xiaopei feel a little down, but Ran Feize didn't say anything about leaving, but told her an interesting story about his adventure for a jar of wine. Su Xiaopei was amused by that.
The two were drinking and eating. Su Xiaopei sipped two more sips of spicy wine without realizing it. She couldn't help but tell Ran Feize a few things that happened to her in the yamen. She didn't know how to deal with the compliments, so she answered "where and where", but in case someone praised her every time, she would only answer "where and where", and every time others praised her, she would only answer "where and where" , isn't that kind of boring
After she finished speaking, she tilted her head, why did she feel that her stinky tone seemed familiar
Ran Feize laughed.
"It's good to answer wherever. If the girl goes missing in the future, when the masters write the official letter of tracing, they can write where the girl likes to answer."
Su Xiaopei pouted and glared at him, thinking it was funny, and then she asked earnestly, "Should I pick some of my masters to praise and flatter him? What can I praise him for?"
Ran Feize replied seriously: "After he praises you, you can praise him for what he said, or praise him for his insight."
Su Xiaopei wanted to laugh and show him his face, strong man, you haven't made trouble for a long time, can't you hold back
"Does the girl want to compliment me?" Ran Feize raised his eyebrows with a look of anticipation.
Ahem, Su Xiaopei cleared his throat, and said with a serious face: "In order to prevent the strong man from saying 'very true', I won't boast."
The two looked at each other and smiled. After laughing, Su Xiaopei felt more sad in his heart.
They talked a lot of nonsense, in fact, how can it be so funny
Su Xiaopei really wanted to ask: "Strong man, can you do it if you don't walk?"
But just as Ran Feize knew what was best for her, she also knew that it was difficult for a strong man. She could only smile at him, and he finally stroked her head.
Su Xiaopei didn't know when Ran Feize was going to leave, she didn't dare to ask, and he didn't say. Su Xiaopei didn't know that one day and night, someone knocked on Ran Feize's house door, reported a troublesome matter to him, and urged him to go to Wuzhen quickly.
The next day, Su Xiaopei was turning over the case file in the yamen, frowning and struggling to read, writing down a few questions he wanted to ask, when he suddenly saw Bai Yulang running: "Eldest sister, there is a case, the lord will call you over."
Su Xiaopei was stunned, and quickly got up and followed Bai Yulang.
The case is a small one. In a family surnamed Zeng, the daughter-in-law stole her mother-in-law's jade pendant, and the mother-in-law was not happy with her. Now she seized the handle and asked her son to abandon her, but the daughter-in-law refused to admit that she took it, and insisted that the jade pendant was Put it in my mother-in-law's jewelry box. The son wanted to settle down, but the mother didn't want to let it go. The daughter-in-law didn't want to divorce, so she sued the daughter-in-law.
This kind of housework is the most unwilling thing for an official, and the whole family speaks for itself. Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law searched the house and couldn't find the pendant. What if someone stole it? No outsiders came all day, only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were at home.
Su Xiaopei came over to listen and asked, "The lord wants me to identify the truth of what they said?"
"You are also a woman, and you should persuade those two women not to make a fuss." The governor's meaning was that he wanted to reconcile the matter. Among the masters, only Su Xiaopei is a woman, and she is easy to talk to with women. The mother-in-law sued her daughter-in-law for stealing, but no evidence was found. How to prove it? The daughter-in-law said she didn't steal it, but the thing is indeed gone, how can you prove it
Su Xiaopei nodded, looked around subconsciously, and remembered that Ran Feize was not standing beside him. She pursed her lips, nodded again, and asked the governor to arrange a room so that she could talk to her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law alone.