Republic of China small businessman

"...Jing! Thank you Jing! Wake up!"

Xie Jing blinked, and it took a long time to recover.

He was lying on the ground, feeling clammy and cold all over. He tried his best to move only the tip of his finger. His nail was cracked, and it hurt from being immersed in a puddle of shallow water.

The person who called him was not very old, probably in his early ten years old, wearing a shabby black jacket, his head was shaved and only a layer of green stubble grew, his face was turning blue from fright at this moment, he shook a few times Seeing that he opened his eyes, the half-grown man stepped back a little, wanting to leave in a panic.

Xie Jing coughed, and there was a rusty taste in her throat.

The kid ran a couple of steps, and for some reason, turned back and stuffed a few copper coins into his hand, and ran away without saying a word.

Xie Jing held the warm copper coin in her hand and closed her eyes.

His mind was full of chaos, and many pictures flashed intermittently. For a while, he was wiping the spirit card, and for a while, he heard someone calling him to tell him something, and he dreamed for years.

He seemed to have had a long dream, and when he woke up, he returned to his youth.

Xie Jing bit her lip, feeling the pain, but her eyes became clearer, she looked around and looked down at the collar that had been hardened by the half-melted snow, the faint pain on the back of her neck reminded him of what happened just now. What, if he remembers correctly, this was the most difficult winter when he was 13 years old.

That is, in the winter of this year, Grandma Kou, who took care of him since he was a child, did not make it through, and passed away with a serious illness.

And the reason why he fell here was because Grandma Kou had a high fever since last night. He gritted his teeth and took the last valuable item in the house and ran to the pawn shop. ——He was stared at when he came out of the pawn shop, and when he ran to the side street, a sap in the back made him fall in the dark.

The kid who called him to wake up with a panicked face just now is called Xiao Lizi, an apprentice from a nearby theater troupe, who often comes out of dog holes to play with him, the two of them are acquainted, but Xiao Lizi is naturally timid, this time he can sneak out with him When they went out to the pawn shop together, their legs and feet were already shaking. When Xie Jing was knocked unconscious to the ground, he was even more frightened. He woke up the person, stuffed a few copper coins that he had accumulated, and ran away like a rabbit.

Xie Jing propped himself up and got up. He remembered that he didn't wake up until midnight last time. When he got back, Grandma Kou was already dying.

This time it was half a day earlier, and he still had a few copper coins on him.

Xie Jing didn't go back to the old house, he went to Kou's house in the town with the few copper coins he had on his body.

Grandma Kou has relatives in Qinghe County, but she doesn't move around very often. She has no one else and is poor.

One old and one young, the family can't open the pot, and now it's chaotic, no one dares to come closer to talk, it's time for a kid like Xie Jing to eat, no one has extra rice to feed a mouth, and slowly Alienated.

Xie Jing went this time to bet on one thing.

He knocked on the door of Kou's house. In the evening, even the humble brick and earth house was full of smoke and fire. A dim oil lamp illuminated the small dining table. Bowl, a bowl of steamed salted fish, a small pot of stewed cabbage with oil residue, the aroma went straight to the nose.

Kou Laosan stood at the door and greeted him, just as if he came to borrow money and was making trouble to let him in, "It stands to reason that I should go and have a look, but this tuberculosis is not something that will be cured in a short time, alas, Every family has three disasters and two disasters..."

Xie Jing said to him, "Third Uncle, I'm not here to borrow money from you. I heard Brother Pei is going to work with you on an errand."

Kou Lao San was a little complacent, and couldn't hide a smile on his face and said: "No, I took him to the master's house to deliver goods a few days ago, and I don't know what kind of luck I had, so I asked him to go there as an errand .”

"do not go."

Kou Laosan raised his eyebrows, "What?"

Xie Jing said: "I advise you not to let Brother Pei go. He broke the young master's things over there. The people in the mansion came to him to vent their anger. Did you sign a death contract?" Xie Jing was not sure, he I only know that Kou Laosan's son went crazy within a few months and died inside. Kou Laosan cried and complained to everyone, saying that the young master of the mansion killed his son, and handed over a few pleadings. , but the other party's family has a big business, so they took a deed with fingerprints on it, and nothing happened.

Kou Lao San was a little suspicious, but he turned around and went back to ask his son in a low voice. Kou Peifeng was eating inside, with steamed buns in his mouth, and he could not speak clearly. He slapped him on the back of the head a few times with his hands, and his eyes widened before he asked a few words from his son's mouth. He could barely hear the words "half a month ago" and "box".

Xie Jing stood at the door, waiting motionless.

When Kou Laosan came back again, there was already a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He opened the door to let Xie Jing in, and asked him in a low voice: "Xie Jing, how do you know this? You know the master's family. Man, what else did that man tell you?"

Xie Jing: "Let Brother Pei go to the street, the old shop is the most picky. When the time comes, find something wrong and throw him out, or send him to the stable to do hard work." Kou Peifeng hanged himself in the stable in his previous life Yes, it is said that he is very crazy, jumping out one or two words like that, and he will die in a muddleheaded way.

Kou Laosan was already in a cold sweat, the heat from eating the pot was gone, and his back felt cold.

He did give some silver dollars to the old shop, and wanted his son to learn the skills after doing the tricks, and he promised all over the place. The meaning revealed in the words today was that he was looking for the tricks, saying that he was in charge of the medicinal materials of the old shop, It's fat difference.As for what the stables are like, Mr. Kou knows all too well. Nowadays, the magistrates are changing one after another, and the county magistrates are not as good as they are now. No matter if you freeze to death or be beaten to death, you can smear it over. Besides, his son half a month ago...

Kou Laosan's heart tightened, he was thinking, and heard the boy in front of him say calmly: "Third Uncle, you send me into the master's house, I will name Brother Pei."

Kou Laosan was stunned.

"You take two silver dollars and ask my grandma a doctor," Xie Jing said slowly but clearly, "I'm for Brother Pei."