Located at the beginning of the Canal in the south and adjacent to Qiantang Haikou in the east, Hangzhou has been the most typical portrayal of the "Jiangnan Water Town" in the literati's mouth since ancient times. There are crisscrossing waterways inside and outside the city. These crisscrossing waterways not only bring beautiful scenery, but also bring
In terms of commercial development, it is not necessarily inferior to Jiangning and Bianjing. However, at this time, Hangzhou's economy has not yet reached its most developed moment.
In the original history, before the Southern Song Dynasty moved the capital, Hangzhou was not really a commercial center that reached its peak, although Hangzhou's commerce was already quite developed at this time. Its peak was still after the Southern Song Dynasty moved the capital and was changed to Lin'an.
, the commercial development here surged several times, supporting half of the prosperity of the entire Southern Song Dynasty.
The same is true at this time. Today, the most prosperous commercial district in Hangzhou is still from Guanxiangkou to Yangbatou. As for Taiping Alley where Ning Yi and Su Tan'er are now, although there are also bustling markets, they are not the same as those over there.
It's still incomparable. The alley is suitable for living, and there are a few dense and towering camphor trees. There is a small Liu's martial arts gym at the entrance of the alley. The business seems to be good. They laugh and laugh all day long. Occasionally, it is quite energetic.
I came to Hangzhou for a few days. After all, the main thing was to drive around. Sometimes I got out of the car and walked. At this time, there was no detailed tourist map. Walking around from place to place was like treasure hunting in a secret place.
.Having been to the West Lake, Xizhao Mountain and Leifeng Pagoda cannot be missed. The children are most curious about whether there is really a White Lady under the tower. As for the ten sceneries of the West Lake in later generations, they have to look for them everywhere.
Casual sightseeing may sound romantic, but actually it is quite boring if you actually do it. People in later generations who are accustomed to the cold and cold cities may be curious about some authentic ancestral temples, but in fact, the real ancient streets and alleys
It is far less romantic and pleasant than the tourist attractions of later generations. There are stone-paved dirt roads and narrow alleys with low eaves. On some roads, sewage flows freely, chickens crow and dogs bark, and children begging lie on the roadside. After looking at it for a long time, you will know what is going on.
It's not scenery, it's life.
There is no layout, decoration, and management of later generations of scenic spots. If you want to see the scenery, you have to rely more on your own sentiment and divergent thinking that can be extended at will. The big trees with canopies and pavilions in an alley may not really be very beautiful. If you have
mood, the millions of golden lights passing through the gaps between the trees become a pleasant scenery. But if you see it too much, the same scenery will become ordinary, so if you really want to find some excitement, instead
The bustling and tacky commercial district is more satisfying. Therefore, after visiting some classics, the places Ning Yi, Su Tan'er and others choose to visit are probably commercial districts such as Guanxiangkou and Yangbatou.
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To be fair, even though she envied the literati's sentiments and loved poetry and songs, Su Tan'er was actually not a very sentimental person in essence. She accompanied Ning Yi to wander around the markets, and when she got tired, she went to a teahouse to rest and listen to a book.
Wen Xiaoqu, more in mind, is probably still planning where to locate the warehouse, the workshop, and how to open the store in the future.
Ning Yi is actually not very keen on wandering around and admiring things. For him, he has seen many landscapes that have been modified in various ways in later generations. The original scenery of this era may have been novel at first.
He feels peaceful and is used to it, which is about the same. Essentially, he is not a person who likes scenery. He appreciates the interaction between people more, watching the bustling streets, people bargaining, chatting and laughing in teahouses, and his wife.
Pointing and pointing with the maid always makes him feel happy. Compared with the fun of mountains and rivers, he prefers this artificial kind.
After he settled on a place in Taiping Lane and visited the small martial arts studio several times, he came up with the idea of doing some exercise during this period of time.
Of course, Su Tan'er would never think that her husband-in-law should learn from such a small martial arts school. Chan'er Juan'er and other girls also thought the same way. That night while eating, they casually said, that night,
The three maids looked resentful and hesitant. Their status made it impossible for them to have any say in the matters decided by their master. However, it was also because Ning Yi was always easy-going and everyone was as close as a family that they were made to think about Ning Yi.
, worried that he would really do such a "deviant" thing.
After all, the gap between literati and warriors was too big at this time. In a sense, Ning Yi had already gained a great reputation in poetry and prose. Even though he usually didn't care about it, when he decided to go
When you are a young apprentice in a small martial arts school, others can easily sense the inconsistency.
Even if he didn't care, how could Chan'er and the others bear the thought of their uncle coming to such a small martial arts studio to shout at others - although it might not be the case after spending money, even if he is the leader of the Jiangning Hundred Swords Alliance, Cheng Cheng, etc.
When you meet your uncle at this time, even though he can be called an elder, you still have to treat him politely and politely. In short, you should not touch the small martial arts studios on the streets.
They were thinking like this. One night when they were carrying water and lighting candles, their eyes seemed to be talking, but it was hard to say a word. After hearing this, Su Tan'er did not express her position, and she felt silent and gentle. At this time, the family
He had only lived in this courtyard for a few days, and many things were being purchased and decorated. When it was time to go to sleep, Su Tan'er went to the next room to take a bath, and Chan'er brought a basin for washing feet and squatted beside the bed.
He took off Ning Yi's shoes and socks, reached out and dipped his feet into the warm water.
Ning Yi used to do this kind of thing by himself, taking off his shoes and socks without Xiaochan's help. We have been together for a long time, and we are basically used to it. But today Xiaochan seemed to do it smoothly, and Ning Yi smiled and said: "Okay
I'll do it myself." Xiaochan just looked up at him, lowered her head, and said softly: "Chan'er has nothing else to do..." She was petite and squatted there to concentrate on her work and stopped talking.
She looked like a little daughter-in-law who couldn't help but laugh and cry after being bullied.
Ning Yi was only slightly interested in the matter of the martial arts school. He said casually that no matter what Xiaochan and others thought, whether he agreed or not, he liked it. He was waiting for the little maid to speak to convince him. Who knew that this girl would also
It's just like how I cried when I first met and said: "Although Xiaochan is a little maid who doesn't understand anything, she won't gossip about such things...". At this time, I lowered my head and just didn't want to.
say.
After a while, Su Tan'er also came back. After taking a bath, she wore a moon-white singlet. Her hair was still a little wet, and it looked like black satin. She walked to the bed and changed the position of the lamp.
After brightening up a bit, she opened the window. Xiaochan picked up the basin and got up, lowered her head and went out.
Ning Yi lay down on the bed in amusement. Su Tan'er sat by the window and let the cool summer breeze help dry her hair. She seemed to have something on her mind. Occasionally she lowered her head to think, but her eyes were looking at Ning Yi's.
After a while, he was laughing quietly.
After a long time like this, she got up and closed the window. She used a cattail leaf fan to drive away the mosquitoes in the tent, and then turned off the lamp. The night began to become quieter, and when the knocker sounded on the street, the room
Then the lights were turned on again, and someone got up to clean up some traces of exercise. When the lights went out again, the two of them cuddled up on the bed, wrapped in thin sheets, already a little tired.
Su Tan'er rested her forehead on the neck of the man next to her. She didn't want to speak or move too much. She had a few topics to talk about and a few actions to do, because their bodies were close to each other at this time.
It had to be a little tight. She had no clothes on. The man hugging her could clearly feel her body. Her chest was pressed very tightly. She could clearly feel her chest skin. The man next to her... should also be able to...
I could clearly feel the bulge on her chest...and other places, everywhere in front of her...
This is nothing new. The skin-to-skin contact between the two people is no longer a day or two. She thought, maybe this is nothing new for every couple who has been in the same room, but when the night is so quiet,
, when she feels these, she will still have particularly strange emotions. She thinks in her heart, if her husband is also feeling these at this time, feeling that she is not wearing clothes, feeling the private parts of her body, if she shows it, she will
I had no choice but to back away, because that might look very lewd. He didn't say anything, she didn't say anything, they just leaned on each other like this.
She didn't know if her thoughts were strange. Compared with the things she had just done, this moment made her feel more curious and satisfied, feeling the other person's with her own body. This man named Ning Yi was
Hers, she also belongs to the person who has her husband's identity, but after all, they are not the same person. She doesn't know what will happen if she expresses these feelings. It seems that both of them may be shy, but maybe not, her husband has always been weird.
But even if he didn't know what to say, she couldn't say it either.
She didn't wear any clothes today because she couldn't find them. In the past, she would usually put on a bellyband or underwear after those things, but just now, when he got up, he threw a messed blanket out of the tent. She
Her bellyband and clothes were all wrapped in it. She stretched out her hand a few times and couldn't touch it, but Ning Yi had already turned on the lamp, hugged her with one hand as usual, and then wrapped the two of them in a blanket.
After that, Ning Yi didn't show any different actions. He hugged her as a matter of course, and she started to think about it alone.
She likes this feeling very much and doesn't want to move around. If Ning Yi suddenly feels strange and reaches out to touch her around, or asks: "Where are your clothes?" she will naturally reply: "You threw them away."
"Then she climbed out of bed to look for him or asked him to get out of bed to look for her. So she stayed quiet and didn't speak.
There were some other things to say, but at this time, the mood was just laziness and quiet. Things about the martial arts school were of course one of them. I should have talked about it in the evening, but I never opened my mouth. On the one hand, I felt that I should talk privately in bed.
Maybe it's better, on the other hand... At night, she kept thinking about taking a shower and going back to her room to turn off the lights... Of course, she would never tell anyone this kind of emotion, and she would never show it on the surface.
Come out a little bit.
She has seen many plays and heard many stories. She doesn't know if she is a shameless slut. It's hard to ask, hard to tell, and impossible to show it. But in the past six months, she really likes to lie in bed together at night.
At night, she was filled with anticipation. Such emotions would not interfere with her doing other things. She dealt with things in the linen, chatted with the maids, arranged the next day's itinerary, and talked with relatives at home.
Generous, decent and orderly.
It was just as if there was a little devil outside her body who was counting the time. Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, it was almost time to go to bed. Then when it came, the little devil who looked the same as her was like
She breathed a long sigh of relief, and then she slowly washed her face, or took a bath, washed her hair, and then slowly dried her hair...and so on.
Then when they cuddled together, she just felt full of satisfaction, but also felt that it was hard to talk about unhappy things. However, when Ning Yi's body suddenly moved, her heart suddenly tightened.
Ah, you were found to be too tight even without any clothes on. Find a topic quickly...
However, Ning Yi just put his other hand on her waist.
But the sentence still blurted out: "Are you bored, Mr. Xian..."
After she finished speaking, her face turned red in the dark. She was not noticed, but the hand stopped on the waist behind her back. Because of her words, his fingers seemed to touch her spine seductively a few times, which made her feel a little itchy.
, this place is really embarrassing.
But he didn't pay attention, it was obviously an unintentional move.
So she couldn't move...
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"Are you bored, sir?"
"Um?"
"Things about practicing martial arts."
There were soft whispers in the dark room, followed by a moment of silence.
"Let's talk about it on a whim..."
"but……"
"Both Chan'er and Xing'er looked at me like that. Juan'er has a quiet temper and was looking at me from behind. They looked at me like a lost boy who was about to embark on a road of no return. Who can bear it..."
"If my husband is true..."
"It's just a whim. I haven't decided yet. The martial arts school is small. I will deal with it later. I have a sense of discretion."
The hand moved downward unintentionally and stopped on the tailbone, itching... She felt her body numb... and could not go any further...
"Hmm." Only a single sound came out of his mouth.
"Besides, I agreed, and I have a lot of things to do with you in the past two months..."
"oh."
At the beginning of their journey, the two of them had made some plans. They were both people from the shopping mall and knew the purpose of coming to Hangzhou. Apart from traveling, there were still many things that could not be avoided. The ones that required Ning Yi's participation were mainly
Visiting various unfamiliar merchants, such as local cloth merchants, silk merchants, cotton merchants, dye merchants, etc. in Hangzhou will create a huge network of relationships.
In the past, when she was in Jiangning, Su Tan'er would occasionally visit mainly local merchants with whom she had many relationships in the past. With Su Boyong in charge, Su Tan'er also had enough foundation to visit in the name of her nephew, so she would not be bullied. However,
If various people visit before and after the New Year, it would be best for Ning Yi to accompany him after all. When they arrive in Hangzhou, they are all strangers, and it is even more like this. It is not only companionship and protection, but also a kind of trust.
"But those things..." Of course, as a man, accompanying his wife to visit strange merchants in his identity is not necessarily a very glorious thing in a sense. But Su Tan'er's thoughts may not be on this at this time.
Above, my body felt numb and numb, and as soon as my thoughts passed by, I forgot what I was going to say.
"Um?"
"But...but those things...are actually quite boring..."
"Don't you want me to accompany you?"
"No! No..."
Her body moved, and her lower body was reflexively pressed closer. As a result, she got rid of some awkward feelings. The hand patted her butt lightly, then returned to her waist, but it was still itchy...
...but still. She could hold it in.
"Actually, I find it very interesting to walk around and meet all kinds of people."
"Um."
"If someone bullies you, I don't have much to do anyway, so I can help you figure it out."
"OK."
After saying this, she felt that she was too excited, and she shrank her head between her husband's neck. She felt very happy knowing that her husband-in-law was very powerful and could be her backing, but on the other hand, she felt that it was not good for her husband-in-law to get involved in the intrigues in the shopping mall.
, he should do bigger things. Thinking of bigger things, she also remembered that Mr. Qin seemed to have asked her husband to become an official in Beijing, but he refused. She felt that part of her own reasons were involved, and she felt a little guilty.
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There is guilt and selfishness. She is just a businessman. She likes her husband and thinks he is good in everything. Sometimes she feels that her husband should not be the wife of a married woman. If she were a bystander, she might also feel that Su Tan'er is
He Dehe, a woman, let Ning Yi marry him. But she was not a bystander, and she was also confused, but she had to ignore it. It was best not to mention it to anyone. It was best... He could show off his talents and what ideals and ambitions he had.
She can always marry into the Su family, and she can always be by her side, and she can also let him have an identity that he can't feel, and everyone can love each other like an ordinary couple...
She also knew that it was impossible to have everything perfect. She had no choice but to think about it, so she could only be cowardly in this regard and not think about it at all.
"The store... has actually been selected, and the location of the warehouse has also been selected. I just need to wait for the next two days to finalize the contract, and Mr. Chen and the others have also arranged things..." Slowly, she organized her mind
In the midst of random thoughts, he said softly, "The day after tomorrow... no, starting from the day after tomorrow, let's go to each house to visit the people we want to visit..."
"Well, the day after tomorrow... that's fine..." Ning Yi nodded, and then remembered something, "Then I'll deliver a letter tomorrow."
"Ah? Delivering a message?"
"When I left Jiangning, Mr. Qin knew that I was coming to Hangzhou and asked me to visit a friend named Qian and send him a letter. When I arrived a few days ago, I asked casually and someone said that the old man was out.
I haven't gone to his house since the lecture. I should be back in the next two days. I'll go and have a look tomorrow. Regardless of whether he's there or not, I'll just give the letter to his family." He thought about it and said, "I'll find him as soon as I get here.
I think it’s a good omen for someone named Qian.”
"Are you...another powerful scholar?"
"Probably." Ning Yi smiled, "But I can't talk to all the old people. I just send a letter and nothing else. Then the next two months will be yours..."
Su Tan'er was silent for a moment, then bumped her head against him: "I'm accompanying you."
"Oh." Ning Yi nodded and chuckled, "I'm accompanying you."