Fei Jingting drove Guan Xiyi to Buzhuang on his bicycle. It was okay at first, with Guan Xiyi sitting generously in the back seat, talking and laughing along the way. After leaving the concession area, the road became uneven, and Guan Xiyi's
Her hands unconsciously wrapped around Fei Jingting's waist, and the girl suddenly stopped talking.
When we got to the place, we got out of the car. Although we couldn't see her face, her words were coy and she was obviously shy.
Fei Jingting rode back on his bicycle. When he entered the courtyard, the courtyard had become quiet. He didn't know how the matter was resolved in the end.
He pushed the car to the corner, and not long after entering the room, Ni Qiufeng walked in quietly.
"Brother Fei..." Ni Qiufeng's eyes were red, showing that she had just cried.
"Oh, something happened?"
"Can, can you... lend me two dollars?"
You don't need to ask to know that the sausage was indeed stolen by Bendou.
Li Zhizhang was originally a gangster. In his early years, he did a lot of bullying and bullying of good people. Now that he has an extra layer of tiger skin, he is naturally very good at doing this kind of thing.
He called out Bendou, and with just a few words, Bendou was so frightened that he poured beans out of his bamboo tube and said everything.
Now that someone has asked about it, let's pay for it.
Li Zhizhang is not the one who suffers the consequences. He has always bullied others. When did it become others' turn to bully him?
Dayang is still very valuable these days. A live chicken costs 2 cents, an old hen costs 3 cents, and a cooked roast chicken costs only 4 cents. The several kilograms of sausages are just a little over a piece. But Li Zhizhang opened his mouth and asked for 5 cents.
Ocean.
It was the neighbors in the courtyard who persuaded Li Zhizhang's daughter-in-law, Zhaodi, to lower the price, and it was only two yuan worth of money.
But even if it was two ocean dollars, Ni Qiufeng couldn't take it out.
At this time, prices in Tianjin are no different than other places. Prices are higher and house prices are also ridiculously expensive. The main reason is that after the Qing Dynasty disappeared, the old and young were afraid of being liquidated, so they rushed to the Tianjin Concession.
People in Jinmen are naturally rich, so the housing prices are getting higher and higher.
Another reason is that Tianjin is now an important industrial and commercial town. There are canals, seaports, and industries, and there are many financial routes. Some people have counted that at the peak, there were more than 300 bank bills in Tianjin.
How can things in such a financial center not be expensive?
Prices are high and house prices are high, so naturally the wages will be higher.
Ni Qiufeng usually sells some rouge and gouache, and washes and rinses with her mother-in-law. In a month, she can always earn seven or eight yuan. After deducting three yuan for rent, the remaining money is barely enough to live on for three people. It is basically
I can't save any savings.
She suddenly had to take out two dollars, where could she get it?
Ni Qiufeng was so angry that she lost face and lost money. Ni Qiufeng, whose life was not easy, almost collapsed. She had a cold face and didn't care. However, her mother-in-law first went over the old debt, then knelt down and begged, begging her to borrow money to compensate.
To Li Zhizhang.
The poor have a ploy, but the rich have a conscience. People who live in the courtyard are all poor, and they usually calculate their expenses. Knowing that Ni Qiufeng will not be able to pay it back for a while, who will lend her the money?
After asking around to no avail, he happened to be met by Li Zhizhang and was teased by him a few words. When he returned to the room, Ni Qiufeng was so angry that he cried.
When Fei Jingting came back, Ni Qiufeng wiped her tears and went to Fei Jingting's room with her mother-in-law's urging.
Fei Jingting pondered and said nothing.
"Beng Dou is greedy and stole Li Zhizhang's sausage. I have to pay two yuan. You lend it to me and I...I will pay it back to you as soon as possible." Ni Qiufeng lowered her head and twisted her clothes with her hands. She was extremely humble.
If possible, she never wanted Fei Jingting to see such an embarrassing side of herself.
Fei Jingting still didn't say anything. Two oceans was nothing to Fei Jingting. If he helped with the problem this time, he still had to ask for help. If Bendou caused trouble again in the future, would he still need his help?
"I really have no choice...I asked several neighbors, and life is very tight." Ni Qiufeng sniffed, looked up at Fei Jingting: "I don't know when I can pay back...otherwise
I will compensate you for myself."
After saying that, Ni Qiufeng untied her clothes and approached Fei Jingting step by step.
Hey? What is this for? Is there such a test for cadres? Which cadre can withstand such a test?
Fei Jingting was not a sage, so how could he be indifferent? Fortunately, there was still a trace of clarity in his mind, and he knew that before he could break through, it would be best to remain a monk.
He immediately stepped back and said, "Hey? What are you doing? I didn't say I wouldn't lend it to you."
Ni Qiufeng didn't care, and continued to approach, saying: "You also know what I'm thinking, it's okay. I've been married before, and I don't expect any status. I just hope that you can remember me in the future."
"Stop!" Fei Jingting shouted, removed two pieces of ocean from the space, took Ni Qiufeng's hand, and gave the ocean to her.
Raising his hands to wrap around the skirt of his clothes, he sighed: "Hurry up and put it on... Hey, there's no way you can do this if you continue like this."
Ni Qiufeng threw herself into Fei Jingting's arms, sobbing loudly.
"Brother Fei... I'm in so much trouble. I feel like dying. Woo hoo..."
Fei Jingting was in a stalemate for a while, stretched out his hand and patted her back gently, and said comfortingly: "There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. You can take the money, I am not in a hurry to use it."
After a pause, he added: "Your mother-in-law is not a kind-hearted person. No matter how innocent a child is, it will be ruined in her hands. You'd better think of a way."
The head pressed against his chest shook twice. Ni Qiufeng stopped talking and just buried his head in tears.
After a long time, Ni Qiufeng straightened up, still hanging his head, wiping his tears and said: "I'm going back... You should rest early."
"good."
Ni Qiufeng turned around and left the room. The tears on her face were not yet dry, but she suddenly smiled and then became gloomy again.
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"Sign in."
"Ding! Sign in and reward the host with an antique carved pen!"
"Ding! The host has collected the Art of False Formation and will be rewarded with a barrel (50 kilograms) of Tada Original Powder."
Eh? Another critical hit? So if you collect the skills, will the spells also give you rewards?
The problem is that he can’t use the thing given to him. Even if he can use it thirty years later, five milligrams a day and fifty kilograms will be enough for him to use it more than 2,700 years later...
Fei Jingting thought that if he didn't need it, he might as well sell it to make money. Maybe he could get rich entirely from this thing.
After washing up and going out, Li Zhizhang was wandering around the yard. He caught a glimpse of Fei Jingting and immediately came up to him and said, "Brother Fei, when will you get your license?"
Oh, by the way, bicycles also need a license plate.
If you buy a bicycle these days, you can't just ride it casually. You have to get a license plate - that is, a steel stamp on the wheel cover. Otherwise, if you are caught by the patrolman once, you will be fined 50 cents.
Does it sound familiar to you? It seems like this was the way it was done in China from the 1950s to the 1980s. Yes, this licensing system is in the same vein and has been inherited from these years.
"Let's do it today, Inspector Li. I'm sorry to bother you with this matter. I'll give it to you now."
"Three yuan, you can just give it to me later."
Fei Jingting took out three oceans and handed them to Li Zhizhang, who then happily pushed Fei Jingting's bicycle away.
The license fee of three yuan is equivalent to stamp duty.
Fei Jingting didn't have his bicycle, so he just stopped a rickshaw and went straight to Tianfei Palace.
After arriving at the quiet room at the back, Huang Mingrui opened the door and walked out.
After not seeing each other for two days, Huang Mingrui had a fat face with prominent cheekbones, sunken eye sockets, red bloodshot eyes, and an unkempt beard. He looked completely different from before.
"Brother Mingrui, why are you like this?"
Huang Mingrui gritted his teeth and said, "You still have the nerve to ask? If it weren't for you, would I be like this?"
Fei Jingting smiled and said: "If you blame me, I shouldn't have shown you the master's secret biography." He gestured and stretched out his hand: "Brother Mingrui, please return the manuscript to me. I can't continue to harm you."
Huang Mingrui was so angry that he trembled and handed back the manuscript? What was the difference between that and killing him?
"You...you are simply not a son of a man!"
Fei Jingting pretended to be puzzled and said: "How can I say this? It's not my fault if I show it to you, and it's not my fault if I don't give it to you. How come it's all mine inside and out?"
"I'm too lazy to tell you! Let's go and don't delay my meeting with friends."
"Membership?"
Huang Mingrui calmed down and said: "Chen Yuanxiang and his wife came to Tianjin from Shanghai. I have to join the friendship of the landlords. Oh, I heard that there is also an expert here."
"Chen Yuanxiang?" Fei Jingting had never heard of this name.
"You are ignorant and ignorant. You don't even know Chen Yuanxiang? He is the greatest immortal scholar in the world!"
Fei Jingting smiled and said, "Then I'll just go and join in the fun."
"As you wish."
On the way, Huang Mingrui gave a brief introduction. This Chen Yuanxiang is from Huaiqing. He was a scholar when he was young. Later, he got tuberculosis and became obsessed with immortality. Before he was thirty years old, he left home to seek teachers everywhere in order to pursue immortality. He met several
True Master, I learned some secrets of alchemy. After that I stayed in Shanghai, during which time I read through the Taoist Canon, and went out several times to visit famous teachers. Now I have achieved some success in practicing Taoism.
Hearing about the small success, Fei Jingting became more and more interested. It had been more than two months since he had been here for no reason, and he had never met a practitioner who had actually entered the practice.
When the two arrived at the place, Fei Jingting took a look and saw that it was a courtyard with two entrances. Huang Mingrui said that the owner of the house was a good friend of Chen Yuanxiang.
After calling the door open, the servant led the two of them into the backyard. From a distance, they saw several people surrounding the main room.
One of them stood upright with his eyes closed, while the other wore a long gown and moved his hands slowly. As soon as he got closer, Fei Jingting felt the true energy.
He immediately set his sights on the middle-aged man practicing Qigong.