A few moments later, when Long Boyuan and Ding Wanjun were sitting opposite each other in Yihe Garden and chatting, a painting boat was roaming along the blue waves on the West Lake, walking slowly.
This is a comfortable boat specially built for swimming in the lake. The boat is one-storey and delicate, but not ostentatious. The roof is open, wide and thick. There are about two or three layers of interlayers, which are slightly insulated. Although the weather was hot at this time, after the afternoon, the wind on the lake was strong, the boat was lightly veiled, and the four sides were ventilated, so the cabin felt just cool.
Afternoon, painting boat, West Lake. If the time is based on the Western system, it is only around two o'clock in the afternoon. Even if the spacious cabin is not hot, the spacious lake surface where you can only see one or two shadows of the ship occasionally is enough to bring a sleepy atmosphere. If other ships pass by, you should be able to find that in the cabin at this time, the owner of the painting boat has also fallen asleep on the cool bamboo bed, the tables and chairs in the cabin are low, and a pair of black and white chess pieces Quietly placed next to the cabin entrance, showing the fact that some people were playing chess here not long ago. The two girls who were dressed as maids next to them were probably playing chess. At this time, the two had already fallen asleep leaning against the wall of the ship. A girl wrapped her arms around another girl's waist and put her head on her shoulders. The girl who was hugged held a fan in her hand, which she occasionally fanned.
In front of the window on the other side of the cabin, there is also a young girl sitting on a low stool, lying on the small table in front of her, sorting out the things at hand with blurred eyes. She was probably the only one who was awake in the cabin, holding a brush in her hand, she was handling things in a book that looked like an account book in front of her, and occasionally sketched something, probably not very important, after sketching for a while, she also yawned on the table He squinted for a while, then regained his strength, raised his head in a daze, rested his chin with one hand, and continued to flip with the other.
On a hot summer day, this leisurely scene of tulle fluttering between the painting boats is enough to be drawn into the painting. Naturally, there are also boatmen and others on the boat, but they basically don't come here to disturb the master's sleep. After a while, the maid who was sorting the account books by the window finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep.
I don't know when, vaguely, a figure came over, tied up the tulle flying around the window, and then took a thin blanket to cover the three maids. After all, the lake is windy, and since I fell asleep, I have to take precautions.
The maid who was sorting out the account book opened her eyes slightly, and in her blurred eyes, she got a tall figure swaying around the bow of the boat, doing something called a warm-up exercise. With a sound, the figure plunged into the lake.
Maybe it's time to get up. The maid thought to herself, but soon, on the side of the field of vision, there was another white figure walking past. It was the figure of the hostess. She went to the bow of the boat, squatted there and sorted out the robe that the host had taken off. Sitting down on the side of the boat, leaning against the railing on the side of the boat, although he was awake, his emotions still seemed a little sullen.
The wind blew, and the white skirt fluttered gently, along with a few strands of hair that had been untethered due to the nap.
A faint voice came from the front. The hostess held the railing in both hands and shook her head. Even if it was just a back view, you could see that the hostess was in a lazy and happy mood, probably because the uncle let her go into the water to play again.
The relationship between the hostess and the uncle is very enviable. Even as a maid, she has seen a lot of big family affairs, but she has never seen a couple with this kind of relationship anywhere else. It is not only Harmony and respect can be described as a guest, and on the premise that the uncle is the husband-in-law, it is even strange enough. Every time I think about it like this, the maid named Xing'er can't help but think about what her husband-in-law might look like in the future. , maybe it doesn't matter, anyway, I will be in the Su family for the rest of my life, and the young lady and uncle are also pretty good to me.
Compared with the situation of other large families, their own situation is relatively special. She is the eldest servant girl under the young lady. Usually, she will also be a servant girl in the whole room, but the uncle is in the family, so the possibility that she will be assigned to the uncle is not high. Generally, there are no three maids by the side of the young lady. My own lady asked for two more because she showed up outside and took care of business affairs. The young lady has a good relationship with her uncle. Now Xiaochan and her uncle are probably settled, but she and Juan'er don't know what will happen next.
It used to be quite clear.
Like them, the young lady also has a position in the family. In the future, she will be betrothed to a capable servant or shopkeeper in the family, and she will continue to be a maid in the Su family. At that time, their husbands will also be favored in the Su family. They also have status and will not be bullied. Compared with other maids, they are the easiest group to live happily.
Everyone's life trajectories are similar, so there is no need to think too much, but in the past two years, after seeing some better and better things, my heart is a little empty. The subsequent landing seems to suddenly become a no-brainer.
The young lady got married very late, but she and Juaner are already old now. I don't know when the young lady will call me over to talk about these things. She doesn't know if Juaner has thought about it, but She has been thinking about these things occasionally.
Now that the young lady is up, she can't go back to sleep, but with the atmosphere in front of her, it's not good for her to just get up like this, so she lay here and squinted her eyes. After a long time, it was about the time of Shen, and the sky became clear in the afternoon. Uncle came up from the lake and went to change clothes in the cabin on the side. Chan'er and Juan'er, who were sleeping together, were also awake. Come on, the maids went to the rear to prepare the Tremella and lotus seed soup, and then took the box with ice cubes and knocked the ice particles from it. The cabin became lively just now.
For more than a month, the family often wandered around the West Lake for an afternoon.
At this time, transportation and information were not developed, and the regionality and exclusivity of a local business community were much stronger than in later generations. Ning Yi accompanied his wife to visit various businesses, usually in the morning. Starting from Long Boyuan, the head of the trip, there are basically daily arrangements. Of course, after the visit, you will be relatively free. If there is nothing necessary, you will usually find a place to visit to cool off the heat.
They are all a family, so they don't need to be entertained, so naturally they can be more casual. After trying several places, Su Tan'er spent money to buy a painting boat. Occasionally, she came from someone else's house and went directly to the boat. , eat lunch on the boat, then take a nap, and then spend the afternoon by themselves, chatting and playing chess, and discussing decisions in the market. Now Ning Yi and Su Tan'er have similar information, and there are quite a lot of topics. He has always been silent in other people's homes, but when there are only two people, he will talk about his views after today's visit and how the other party's attitude is. , what kind of gifts to give, what to do in the future, etc. As a result, it has also contributed to several small cooperative businesses.
It’s just that they first arrived in Hangzhou, and it is difficult to do big business temporarily. In such an exclusive market, Ning Yi and Su Tan’er’s ideas are just a few months’ time to let everyone understand “I am here. ”, “There is one more merchant in the market, but we are not different from other merchants.” When everyone gets used to it, it is time to really promote Jiangning fabrics.
Relatively speaking, the money spent on buying a painting boat, a residence, and other tours was already more than the initial business investment. However, it was only a small amount of money in the initial stage, so Su Tan'er didn't mind.
She and Ning Yi, her husband-in-law, had fun and leisurely time, and they were quite in harmony with each other in various matters, which made everyone who saw them could not help but envy them. Now Wen Ding Wenfang, who had temporarily accepted her temper to help out under the pressure of her sister, would occasionally come to the boat for an afternoon, and Ning Yi asked them to get off the boat for a swim.
Speaking of swimming, Su Tan'er herself is actually somewhat opposed. The times are like this. People who have a family, a business and an identity, do this kind of thing in public. After all, people don't feel very good. Su Wending and Su Wenfang also thought the same way, but Ning Yi heard that they could swim, so he kicked both of them down one by one. Water, as long as there are no cruise ships around, she has no choice but to let Ning Yi's hobby to swim.
Naturally, it wasn't voluntary, and of course, it wasn't like the two younger brothers were kicked off by Ning Yi. At that time, Ning Yi had exercised several times, and the water in his memory gradually recovered. He told Su Tan'er several times to try to go into the water. come to gamble. At that time, Ning Yi had only been in the water for a while, thinking about it in his heart, he suddenly made an appearance of sinking, fluttered a few times, and said it was a cramp. The boatman and the man above the boat were not in sight. Only Su Tan'er was there at the time. She was stunned for a moment, and then she jumped down in her dress.
She only swam when she was a child, and said she could swim. In fact, her water capacity was limited. When she was in a hurry, she almost drowned herself and choked several saliva. After she was caught by Ning Yi, she realized that she had been deceived. She looked at Ning Yi's icy face, as if she had a stern face that was rarely seen in front of her subordinates. Ning Yi held her face and kissed her mouth, and she struggled desperately.
Su Tan'er was originally a woman with strong personality and assertiveness. She was gentle in front of Ning Yi because of her upbringing. At this time, her mood was fluctuating, and ordinary comfort could not fool her. Later, she wanted to get on the boat, but she was still dragged by Ning Yi. Swim a few laps in the water, struggled a few times at first, and then resigned. When she got on the boat, she kept her face straight and kept quiet, scaring Chan'erjuaner and the others. It was like this until the evening, when she finished washing up, she dealt with the account books at the table with a straight face. In the past, he opened a copy over there, and took one away here, until Su Tan'er glanced coldly at him about to have a seizure, and he said, "Sleep."
"Don't sleep..." Su Tan'er straightened her neck and spoke word by word. Before she could finish her words, she was thrown onto the bed by Ning Yi, and then the two started fighting.
The three maids were terrified when they heard it outside, and Chan'er was so anxious that her hands were already clenched into fists, but fortunately Su Tan'er didn't yell to let others in. After a while, the room became quiet, and the three of them didn't know what happened. On the bed in the room, Su Tan'er was pressed by Ning Yi's left hand on both wrists and under her body, but she bit on Ning Yi's right arm. His eyes stared straight at Ning Yi from below.
Ning Yi let her bite, passed a moment, and said, "Tigress."
Su Tan'er shattered her silver teeth with hatred, and once again exerted force in her mouth, blood oozing out again. Ning Yi didn't even move his eyebrows, the two stared at each other for a while, Ning Yi smiled and bowed his head: "I know a tiger tamer, and his hands are full of marks of being bitten and caught. It can be seen that doing this is always going to be bitten." Said and kissed Su Tan'er on the eye, Su Tan'er originally stared, and he leaned down, so he had to close it, feeling humiliated, and originally wanted to bite hard , but he had already tasted the fishy sweetness between his lips, he felt relieved, gritted his teeth and said, "Let go, you go out!"
"Don't let it go."
"You...you..."
"Immigrated?"
"..." Su Tan'er originally hated not knowing what to scold, but her face suddenly turned pale at this time, she looked at Ning Yi's face, her eyes were full of emotions, and she didn't know what to say: "I, I don't know what to say. …”
The three maidservants who were listening to the window outside vaguely heard the word "entrance", and their faces turned pale. Su Tan'er and Ning Yi had been married for two years. This was the first time they had quarreled, but the three maidservants understood that it was okay to quarrel with anything. , but if you quarrel over this word, the consequences will be unbearable.
Su Tan'er didn't know if her emotions had moved to this. She looked at Ning Yi's smiling face, and her heart cooled down. But even though she had gone through so many shopping malls, she couldn't tell what Ning Yi's emotions were at this moment. Ning Yi smiled, but still didn't let her go: "It's useless, I still won't let go." He propped his bleeding right hand beside Su Tan'er.
"I... you..." Su Tan'er pursed her lips, "I... I didn't say that... "
"It's useless to say, you are married to me anyway... It doesn't make any sense to me to be in the family. Your family may think so, and people outside may also think so, but in fact not, no matter how I marry When it comes to yours, it's the same thing in the end. If I really want to do something, few people can stop it, those in Jiangning can't stop it, those in Hangzhou can't stop it, and those people in Wujia can't stop it , father-in-law, grandfather, they can't stop it... I don't do some things, just because I really don't want to do it."
Ning Yi whispered in her ear, without being too emphatic: "I'm very moved when you jumped down today... You are my wife, not because I entered your Su family."
Su Tan'er's face changed rapidly, and she said in embarrassment: "What, what did you say..."
"It's nothing, I just wanted to tell you that I was very moved today, because you jumped down without even thinking about it. When I was moved, you had to lose your temper, which is very inappropriate. It was obvious that you swam very happily afterwards. But he has to keep his face straight..."
"I, I didn't... you let me go..."
"Oh, and I'm telling you, a manly man, if you don't let it go, you won't let it go..."
While speaking, Su Tan'er was still struggling, and suddenly felt the movement under her body, her eyes were round, and her face suddenly turned red.
"You you you... you can't... like this... "
"But I think it's very exciting..."
"Your hands are still bleeding..." she almost cried.
After a long time this night, Su Tan'er was able to bandage the wound on Ning Yi's arm. When the two of them lay on the bed and were about to fall asleep, Su Tan'er recalled, and then she remembered that she was being swayed by the other party, and she deviated from the theme.
"Ning Liheng, I haven't said it yet, I'm very angry today..."
"But it all showed."
"You didn't apologize..."
"..." Ning Yi was silent for a while, then stretched out his arms to embrace his wife, and sighed, "What... a man and a man, he won't apologize if he's wrong."
"...you are rascal."
"Actually, next time you can ask me why I want to join the family."
Su Tan'er tightened her body: "Why?"
"Forgot, you forgot that I lost my memory?"
"..." The woman was silent, "let me go."
"Um?"
"I'm going to sleep with my back to you..."
So she slept in Ning Yi's arms with her back to him for one night. When Ning Yi asked her how she felt when she jumped off the next day, she refused to say anything. In fact, she couldn't remember the time. When she was in the mood, Xu was not in the mood, so she jumped down like that, but it was impossible for her to tell Ning Yi about these things.
In fact, for the past two months, since knowing that Qin Siyuan had invited Ning Yi when he went to Beijing, Su Tan'er always felt conflicted and complicated in her heart. For more than a month, Ning Yi has accompanied her family to visit again. After the other party knew that Ning Yi was the husband-in-law of the marriage, it was inevitable to have all kinds of eyes. All sorts of thoughts inevitably came up, especially in June when the news that Qin Siyuan had been placed on the Right Prime Minister came, and she had become more and more sensitive about the word "enrollment" in her heart.
It was after this quarrel that certain emotions in her heart calmed down a little. It's just that Ning Yi wanted to get off the boat for a swim, and sometimes let her go. Anyway, there was no one around. Ning Yi didn't mind his family doing some exercise, but Su Tan'er was already beaten to death and wouldn't go into the water. People are a little worried when they go into the water. Once Ning Yi goes down, she will sit on the side of the boat and watch. Sometimes Ning Yi comes over and talks to her in the water on the side of the boat, so she takes off her shoes and socks and immerses her feet in the water. . In fact, many women in this era are more proud of their feet than their bodies. If she sees a boat approaching from a distance, she immediately puts her feet up, wraps them in the skirt, and quietly puts on shoes and socks.
Although it has been more than a month since they came to Hangzhou at this time, apart from the routine visits every day, the husband and wife are actually only living in their own world. They only have occasional contacts with Lou Shuwan, and Lou Shuwan's two older brothers, Lou Shuheng, Lou Shuwang had met a few times. Occasionally, when he came home at dusk, Ning Yi would look at the gang of strong men in Liu's martial arts hall at the intersection, boxing hahaha, when the sun was setting. Sprinkling from the tree gap, Xiaochan or other family members followed him, and the days were leisurely and interesting.
It was only after the middle of June that a stranger came to visit the mansion, but this person was related to Qian Xiwen, whose name was Shi Changqi, because he heard Ning Yi's name, he came to visit, but only until he knew about Ning Yi. After becoming a son-in-law, it seems that it has changed from being stunned to being appealed by the government...