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Chapter 53 What about my big fortune?

Ouyang Rong came to the quaint merit tower in the cloud again.

Before the water control is successful, he actually doesn't want to set foot there.

And at the beginning, Ouyang Rong didn't plan to redeem this new blessing. He doesn't need anything at the moment, and the progress of flood control is smooth. Right now, he just wants to save up to [-] merit points, and go to the Pure Land Palace to exchange that share and maybe send him home. Great blessings, there is no need to waste merit points to exchange for other things.

However, the new blessing that was inexplicably triggered on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival was always accompanied by the slight buzzing of the blessing bell to remind him.

It was like a phone buzzing on the table with the volume turned off - and it was from my girlfriend.

Ouyang Rong deliberately delayed it for two days and ignored it, but it was still buzzing, and the purple Fu Bao clock in his mind persistently reminded him: Dead ghost, it's time to answer the "girlfriend's call".

Pick up your sister.

It's up to me, right?

Ouyang Rong was helpless.

Or they are afraid that the new Fubao will block the redemption of the old Fubao, or they want to verify the power of the Fubao clock.

It just so happens that the overall situation outside has been settled for the time being, and tonight, he took the time to enter the merit tower in the sea of ​​consciousness.

It's the same old place again, with endless white mist, the titled little wooden fish, oh, and the three jumping egg-like blessing clocks above.

Ouyang Rong first glanced at the line of blue-gold official script above the little wooden fish:

【Merits: Nine Thousand 360 One】

"almost."

His face softened a little, and he looked up at the ancient clock, who was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to arouse the interest of the owner, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch.

You were not like this before, you were so cold before, you were motionless, you tried your best to bump once, and you didn't make a sound, why are you trembling like this now?Want the master to satisfy you?
Ouyang Rong looked at the dark purple qi slowly overflowing from Zhong's body with weird eyes, and stretched out his hand to grab it. The purple qi was formless and formless, but immediately, a message of divine sense came from nowhere in his heart. .

Uh, as long as one thousand merit points can satisfy you?

"So it's so easy to satisfy you now..."

Ouyang Rong sighed, "I still like the way you ignored me before. Then... recover."

As if feeling the instruction, the line of green-gold official characters below was brilliant, and the originally displayed merit value quickly dropped from "nine thousand, 360 one" to "eight thousand, 360 one". Fly out a cluster of light clusters of the same color, transform into a vivid "one-tailed carp", and shoot at the blessing clock!
This time, the "one-tailed carp" was not bounced back, but exploded into a ball of gorgeous fireworks. At the same time, the blessing clock stopped all vibrations...it rang.

clang~
This is the first time the blessing bell has rung.

It is also the first blessing that has been redeemed.

The bell beside my ear was not loud, but it was dull and melodious, as if penetrating time, penetrating space, spreading into the boundless void,
Ouyang Rong stood in the white space inside the tower, and waited expectantly for a while, until the ringing bells went away, and then looked around in a daze.

The merit tower regained its silence.

The small wooden fish, the green-gold official script, and the blessing clock... all returned to their original state, and it was the ancient tranquility.

After waiting for a while, it was still quiet.

"Is it exchanged in reality?"

Ouyang Rong thought for a while, then turned and left the merit tower, returning to reality.

Meilu Garden, the back room of the study, on the dark bed, the young county magistrate propped his hands behind his back, hugged the quilt and stood up, looking around curiously.

The house is quiet, except for the chirping of insects in the yard, which penetrates through the slitted casement, making it even more silent.

"Well, why does it feel like nothing has changed."

Ouyang Rong frowned in doubt, lifted the quilt and got out of bed to wander:

Sometimes he opened the windows, sometimes he pushed the courtyard door, and even in the middle of the night, he ran to the gate of the mansion in his clothes to look around, which aroused the curiosity of Mrs. Zhen and others at night, and asked Tan Lang if he had dated any girl to climb over the wall in the middle of the night for private use. meeting.

"..."

Ouyang Rong prevaricated for a while, and returned to his room full of doubts before dawn.

What about my blessings, what about my big one?Where did you go?

But when this difficult night is over, the morning is over, the morning is over, the afternoon is over... the whole day is over, Ouyang Rong finally no longer has doubts.

Be confident, remove the "feeling" and nothing will change!

On the second day, at eight o'clock in the morning, the young county magistrate stepped into the gate of the county government with a blank expression on his face.
"Brother...why do you have such deep dark circles?" asked the little junior sister who was waiting.

"No, it's fine." He shook his head, "I'm fine."

It's just that I was cheated of a thousand merits by Zha Zhong...

Wait, is it going to cheat another [-] someday! ?

Ouyang Rong suddenly became dull.

……

"Tan Lang, has the price of rice dropped a lot? Isn't it still [-] yuan a bucket before the Dragon Boat Festival?"

"It seems... right."

The person who was dragged here for shopping lacked interest today, but the beautiful woman walking next to him didn't seem to notice, and continued to laugh:
"Tsk tsk, these twelve cents a bucket are really cheap. Fortunately, I didn't buy them before the Dragon Boat Festival."

Following step by step, the maidservant of Silla who was behind the beautiful woman and the handsome gentleman said happily:

"Miss, the current price of rice is one price a day!"

"Oh?"

"I heard that every morning when the market opens in the East Market, there are people selling grain at a low price. A bucket of rice only costs five yuan."

"There is such a good thing, could it be that Chen Liang is sold at a low price?"

"No, it's the best white rice."

Banxi shook his head, and said again: "However, I heard that this 'five-cent rice' is only sold for one hour every morning, and each household is only allowed to buy half a stone a day. Now many people go to squat rice every day."

"It's more like doing charity, but the means are really powerful."

Mrs. Zhen nodded, and chuckled knowingly: "No wonder the price of rice in these grain shops has dropped, one price per day."

"Miss, should we let the servants squat tomorrow too?"

Zhen didn't even bother to turn her head:
"What kind of family are we? It's not decent to queue up to grab rice? Besides, Tan Lang is the magistrate of a county. How can he compete with the people for profit? Give it to the people in need."

Banxi was stunned for a moment: "Oh, it's still the eldest lady who is considerate and generous in managing the house!"

Under the black gauze veil that covered her face, Mrs. Zhen shook her head lightly. In addition to the evaluation of the Silla maidservant behind her in her heart, besides "Mu Qiang is timid, quick-witted and unrestrained", there is another "seeing small gains but forgetting righteousness" .

But if you think about it carefully, a foreign slave girl who came from Dongyi to admire Wang Hua, has never read a book, and it is normal for her to have long hair and short knowledge, so is it possible to expect her to be knowledgeable?It's not the Goguryeo subjugated princess in the romance novel...

So as long as you are well-behaved and good-looking, with a graceful figure, you are done, because the most important thing is to please the hero.

This is also the lowest standard in Zhen's heart, as long as Tan Lang likes it.

It's a pity that my baby Tan Lang's hobbies seem to be a bit remote. In addition, he is indifferent to the maids at home, polite and polite... Isn't this just that he doesn't like it?If you like it, where do you need to be polite?Just be 'deceptive' and it's over.

Mrs. Zhen became more and more determined about the necessity of today's trip to the West Market.

She said casually: "One price per day, so don't buy too much. Today, I will bring five buckets of rice back to Meilu Garden, and then buy again after eating."

Banxi didn't know that he had deducted another big point, but was happy because he was able to go shopping with the man whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Okay, my lord, my lady, wait a moment."

Banxi hurriedly nodded, and led the rice shop guy in to order rice.

Zhen Shi, Ouyang Rong, and Liu Ashan were left waiting at the door.

This rice shop is located not far from the archway in the West Market. The street next to it is full of traffic in the morning and is very lively, still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival this time is not just held for one day, but lasts for half a month. Lang came shopping.

Originally, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Mrs. Zhen wanted to ask Ouyang Rong to go shopping together, but later she also asked Xie Lingjiang to call him over.

However, the young county magistrate who loves the people like a child also works overtime during the holidays, and is busy organizing the Dragon Boat Festival, so the junior sister refused in the past.

In the next few days, Ouyang Rong was busy greeting Wang Caozhi and other out-of-town grain merchants... After a while of tossing and turning, it was only today that he was free and was caught by his aunt.

Right now, when walking all the way from Dongshi to Xishi, it is almost always Mrs. Zhen and Banxi who are talking.

Liu Ashan is an old dull man, it's normal not to speak, but Ouyang Rong seems to be in a bad mood, his face is a little... lifeless.

Zhen Shi, Banxi and other maids actually watched his face carefully all the way.

Ouyang Rong may not know that, as the only man and the pillar of the family, any change in his expression of joy or anger can affect the atmosphere of the family.

Outside the rice shop, Zhen's fingers lifted some of the black veil, revealing a pair of bright red phoenix eyes, which stared at him without blinking.

The veil she wears is made of soap gauze, with a wide eaves around it, and under the eaves is a hanging thin silk that grows to the neck to hide her face. It is also called "shallow dew". It is very popular among women and girls in the boudoir, and they are often worn when going out on the street.

Right now, Mrs. Zhen is wearing this kind of light black gauze material, which is quite good-looking. It is in line with the status of a widow, and she has the temperament of a widow. Especially when standing with Ouyang Rong, who is dressed in a slender white dress and is gentle and elegant, she is very popular on the street. Pedestrians are watching.

The woman asked softly, "Tan Lang is tired from shopping?"

Ouyang Rong nodded truthfully: "There is a little bit, but it doesn't matter. Auntie, you can enjoy yourself, nephew is free, just come out for a walk and relax."

Zhen sighed, her face was very distressed, she lifted the black veil, put two fingers on the gardenia-scented red handkerchief, and touched Ouyang Rong's dark eye bags, the latter leaned back helplessly to hide.

"The county government office is busy, so you should let the servants do it more. Aren't they doing work with their salaries? Tan Lang is devoted to his salary, but he doesn't have to do everything. You are a laborer, let them do the hard work... "

The aunt was nagging, Ouyang Rong nodded obediently, and responded with his mouth, but in fact, the aunt gave a lot of advice, and she didn't mention the real point at all, just like the wind in her ears.

Because she didn't know the specific facts, the suggestions given were either because of this or that, and he couldn't take them.And it would be impractical and impatient for Ouyang Rong to explain his thoughts carefully to Zhen Shi.

what to do?For this kind of family concern, Ouyang Rong only comprehended a mantra for the time being: Be calm and don't argue.

"Humph, I'm always diligent and honest every time, but when I look back, it hasn't changed at all. Did you treat your aunt like a little girl?"

Zhen Shi gritted her teeth angrily, and poked Ouyang Rong's shoulder with her index finger.

The latter smiled without saying a word.

At this time, Banxi went out with the guy who carried the rice.

"How much?" Zhen asked casually.

"Thanks for your patronage, sixty dollars."

The rice store clerk put down the rice sack, reported the count with a smile on his face, then went to get out his purse, Ouyang Rong reached into his bosom, took out some extra money, and quickly handed it over.

He turned his head and smiled at the curious Zhen Shi:
"The ten pennies given by my aunt last time, excluding the banquet at Yuanming Tower and the ransom money for Ah Shan, there is exactly sixty pennies left... It just happened to be clean and comfortable to use."

Zhen couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that Tanlang manages the house like this. Okay, here's the rice money, Tanlang, and the money later, Auntie will come."

Ouyang Rong, who was about to bend over to carry the rice, was taken aback, "What money are you waiting for?"

Zhen Shi didn't answer, she turned her head to the tall, thin man wearing a scarf on his forehead, and raised his chin as a gesture.

Liu Ashan immediately stepped forward and picked up the bulging rice bag containing five buckets of rice.

"Auntie, Ah Shan is not a servant of our family, he is free."

Ouyang Rong frowned and stopped, Zhen Shi nodded with a smile.

Ouyang Rong reached out to pick up the rice, but Liu Ashan was stubborn.

Mrs. Zhen suddenly asked, "Why didn't Tanlang sleep the night before, and went out to toss?"

Ouyang Rong wanted to speak, but this was not a quiz she gave, but a fill-in-the-blank question.

Zhen nodded with a determined face, asking and answering herself:
"It should be a long night, and the empty room is lonely. Let's go, I have to pick a bed-warming maid to go back today, Tan Lang said yes."

"..." Ouyang Rong.

Auntie's map of Yan Kingdom is getting shorter and shorter.

　(Dazhang, it’s a bit late... Now there are two chapters every day. In addition, don’t wait for the next chapter, good brothers, go to bed early, and watch it tomorrow... I can’t get over Xiaorong’s whining)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)