Republic of China small businessman

Although Xie Siquan was reluctant to give up, he didn't want to make it difficult for his nephew in front of outsiders, so he nodded and went back by himself.

Xie Jing stayed in the east courtyard and had dinner with Master Jiu.

For dinner, besides the usual dishes, there was also a small bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls. Xie Jing hadn't eaten it for a few days. Seeing that the small bowl was about to be served first, Master Jiu stopped him and said, "I'll keep it for you, eat first, and then eat later." eat it."

There were only the two of them at the dinner table, and since Bai Mingyu was not here today, Xie Jing also let go a little bit, serving food for Master Jiu, and eating very deliciously with the bowl in hand.

Master Jiu looked at him for a moment and couldn't help laughing.

Xie Jing moved a little slower, and asked: "Master, my uncle came today, didn't he say anything? He is very nice, but he is used to being undisciplined. If there is something wrong with me..."

Master Jiu shook his head, smiled and took some food for him: "It's nothing, he is nice, and I chatted well with him."

Xie Jing relaxed a little, and asked again: "What is he doing here today?"

Master Jiu: "Come and thank me."

"what?"

"Thank you for raising you so well."

Knowing Xie Jing's appetite, Master Jiu saw that he had eaten a lot of food, so he scooped out one of the small glutinous rice balls in the bowl and ate it himself. It was a little sweet, but the taste was acceptable. No wonder Xie Jing loves it.

Xie Jing finally ate four glutinous rice balls, but she was still a little full.

I kept hiccupping when copying and writing in the study at night.

Master Jiu didn't teach him how to write anymore, so he just hugged him and sat on the teacher's chair together, stretched out his hand to rub his stomach lightly, and laughed again after thinking of something.

Xie Jing was a little embarrassed and wanted to get up.

Master Jiu coaxed: "I'm not laughing at you, I just think of your uncle, he is very different from you."

Xie Jing said: "When we went out, people said we looked alike."

"Well, there are some similarities in appearance, but they have different temperaments." Master Jiu held him in his arms, weighed him carefully, and still felt that the child in his arms was sweeter, softer and most suitable for him. "Are you going back to live tonight?"

Xie Jing said: "Uncle is rarely here, I want to spend more time with him."

Master Jiu snorted, and said after a while: "He came here today and mentioned something. He said that Xi Chuan..."

Xie Jing waited for a while and didn't hear anything, so she asked curiously, "How is Xichuan?"

Master Jiu laughed and said: "Nothing, just talking about some interesting things about Xichuan. The scenery in Shu is beautiful. When we are free later, let's go out with Mr. Huang. Mr. loves mountains and rivers. You have only seen his words but not yet." Can you compare him to Danqing? Splashed ink landscape is a masterpiece."

Xie Jing nodded: "Well, we will go together in the future, sir must like it."

Master Jiu held his hand, feeling much better, and asked again: "I'll go to the pier in the afternoon, have you received it?"

As soon as he said this, Xie Jing became happy and his eyes lit up: "Got it! Master, why did you think of bringing Bai Shisi here?"

Jiu Ye loved his straightforward personality, raised his hand and scratched his chin, half-truthfully said: "I'm afraid you won't come back, besides me, there must be something else for you to think about."

Xie Jing said: "I come every day, and I also miss the East Courtyard."

"anything else?"

Xie Jing kissed him, looked at each other and smiled: "I still miss you, every day I open my eyes, I think about him."

Xie Jing stayed to talk and didn't go back until midnight. Master Jiu was afraid that he would be unsafe on the road, so he ordered Bai Mingyu to send him off.

Bai Er waited outside the door, not daring to say a word.

In the room, Master Jiu put on a coat for Xie Jing himself, fearing that the night would be heavy, so he carefully buttoned the buttons one by one.His palm was wide and dry, his fingers were long and thin, and his knuckles were well defined. He moved quickly and steadily. Finally, he reached out and stroked Xie Jing's shoulder, with a bit of reluctance in his tone that he didn't realize: "Okay, let's go."

Xie Jing couldn't move, and said to him: "Master, I'll be back tomorrow..."

Master Jiu interrupted him and said, "You don't need to come back tomorrow, your uncle rarely comes, so let's accompany him around. If you have anything to eat, please charge it to my account, and I will send a car to pick you up at night. Let's go to dinner together."

Xie Jing agreed, walked two steps and put her hands on the doorknob, then turned around and walked back two steps, stepped on her feet and kissed him quickly before going out.

The corners of Master Jiu's lips still had the touch of rubbing them just now, and Xie Jing's lips were soft and hot.

But it's not very accurate, just rub it and go away, like an enthusiastic puppy.

Master Jiu touched the corner of his lips with his finger, shook his head and smiled.

Bai Mingyu was caught as a coolie driver in the middle of the night, and he drove Xie Jing home himself. He didn't dare to say anything to Master Jiu, so he kept looking at Xie Jing from the rearview mirror.

Xie Jing was looked at inexplicably, and asked, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

Bai Mingyu said quietly: "You still have marks on your neck...Be careful, don't let others see it."

Xie Jing's ears were red, she pulled up her collar, hid it and asked vaguely, "A lot?"

Bai Mingyu glanced at him again from the rearview mirror, and said with a bit of sourness, "How do I know how many there are? Anyway, the only ones I can see are one, two, three...that's all."

Xie Jing sat in the back row and kicked the front seat: "You should concentrate on driving and don't turn your head while watching the road."

Bai Mingyu was also furious, holding the steering wheel and arguing with him: "You are going to get angry and go to Master Jiu, what are you doing to me, it's not a sign of me sucking... Ouch! You still kick! This is my car given by my aunt , can you cherish it? Xiao Xie, if you do this again, I won’t do it. At worst, we will stop by the side of the road, and none of us will go home to sleep at night!”

Bai Mingyu stepped on the accelerator while speaking harshly, but he didn't dare to stop.

After sending Xie Jing home, Bai Er also got out of the car, Xie Jing drove him away, and Bai Mingyu was also wronged: "I want to go, but the master said let me deliver it to the house, that's all right, you can go in quickly , I see that you will be relieved when you get home, and you will be able to do business when you go back."

Just as he was talking, the door was opened, and Xie Siquan brought a lamp to light the way in front of the door.

Bai Mingyu was a little afraid of this uncle, and immediately greeted him in a low voice when he saw him, and ran away in a hurry.

Xie Siquan glanced at the leaving figure, then turned his gaze to Xie Jing again, turned his eyes, and said subtly: "The second young master of the Bai family sent you back?"

Xie Jing turned up his collar and said "hmm", and avoided him with some guilt, and said, "Uncle, I'm going upstairs to sleep."

Xie Siquan gave him a lamp to illuminate the stairs, and asked: "Do you have to get up early tomorrow?"

"If you don't get up early, the Lord gave me two days off and asked me to accompany you."

Patriarch Xie, who always went to bed late and woke up late, was very satisfied, and followed him upstairs.

Grandma Kou was not there, Xie Siquan lived next door, and lived under the same roof with his little nephew through a thin wooden wall. At night, he heard a slight sound of rain, and the water dripping under the eaves made a little noise.

Xie Siquan heard the sound of getting up next door, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Immediately after the sound of Xixi Suso sounded, Xie Jing walked over lightly and covered him with a thin blanket.

Xie Siquan breathed as usual, until the other party walked back to the next room with light steps, and heard the creaking sound of the small wooden bed, and heard his nephew turning over to sleep, he slowly opened his eyes.

He pinched the corner of the thin blanket with his fingers and stroked it a few times, with an uncontrollable smile on his lips.

His Jing'er is really good.

Xie Siquan got up the next day and heard the noise downstairs, yawned and went downstairs to see that Xie Jing was ready for breakfast, it seemed that he did it by himself.

Xie Jing cooked the noodles briefly, and the taste was very good. Xie Siquan ate two bowls in a row.

After dinner, he took Xie Jing to Fuquanzhuang.

Fuquanzhuang is a salt shop in Shanghai, and it is also a business name established by Xichuan Xie's family here, mainly dealing in snowflake salt.

Xie Siquan took him to look around, called a group of shopkeepers to greet them to recognize Xie Jing, and only introduced: "This is Xie Jing, and he will be the young master of Xichuan Xie's family in the future. If I am not here, what orders does he have?" , you just obey your orders."

The shopkeepers agreed and called out to the little master.

Xie Jing was a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say a word in front of outsiders, and when he and his uncle were alone, he frowned and said: "Uncle, as I said, Xichuan is the foundation you laid down. I don't want it. I can do it myself in the future." Earn it."

Xie Siquan coaxed him: "If you don't want it, who will you give it to?"

"Uncle will get married in the future..."

Xie Siquan laughed without waiting for him to finish, stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, uncle is reluctant to get married. If I get married, Xi Chuan doesn't know how many people will faint from crying. Hey, don't be too angry." I care about this, but I just want to get to know you first, there is only one shop here, and there are few people, and when you return to Xichuan with me, there will be more talents there!"

Xie Jing said simply and neatly: "I won't go."

Xie Siquan: "Jing'er, don't be childish."

Xie Jing said: "Uncle is the one, I have done a good job here, even if uncle didn't come to recognize me before, I am doing well."

Xie Siquan was poked in the heart, and he was at a loss for what to do. This was what he was most afraid of and most ashamed of.

Xie Jing has a stubborn temper, and once determined, she will not change it easily.

Patriarch Xie was both torn and relieved in his heart, wondering whether he could bring his nephew back to Xichuan for a while, and at the same time felt that Xie Jing's temper was really fucking like him - so stubborn.

Xie Siquan gave in first, and coaxed his nephew a few words, not wanting to quarrel with Xie Jing because of this matter, so he just changed the subject and talked to him about dinner at night, "Jing'er, there is another person coming tonight, why don't you come?" Have you heard of He Dongting?"

Xie Jing shook her head.

Xie Siquan laughed and said: "It's normal if you don't recognize him when you first come to Shanghai Stock Exchange. This He Dongting is the chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Chamber of Commerce. He has a lot of business and some property under his hands. He will also come over tonight, oh, your Eastern Courtyard Didn’t that Mr. Bai want to take over two factories these days? Those two textile factories belong to He Dongting. In the evening, I will say a few good words for Mr. Bai. he."

Some scattered fragments flashed through Xie Jing's mind, he was in a daze, and asked, "Huaxing Textile Bureau?"

Xie Siquan smiled and said: "That's right, this is one of them, why, have you visited it?"

Xie Jing nodded and said yes.

He doesn't remember much about the Shanghai stock market. He only remembers that Master Jiu did confront Boss He a few times when he first came here.But at that time, Master Jiu was already in poor health and often coughed up blood. He stayed by Master Jiu's side and dared not go anywhere. All business matters were left to Bai Mingyu to take care of, and Master Jiu only gave pointers behind the scenes. The ground war lost support, and in the end he missed a move. He remembered that He Dongting was a big businessman, and Master Jiu praised him a lot.

Xie Siquan carefully asked: "Have you ever seen He Dongting?"

Xie Jing said: "No, but Master Jiu met at the auction before and mentioned Mr. He, saying that he is upright and worthy of respect."

Xie Siquan clicked his tongue, and his teeth became a little sore: "That's it, hypocrisy."

Xie Jing thought for a while and said, "He has also done many good things."

Xie Siquan was dissatisfied with his nephew's good words for that man, frowned and said, "Did you see what was written in the newspaper? Half of them are bragging, and they can't be true."

Xie Jing's memory flashed a teaching building and a porridge shed with the donor's name engraved on it. Although he couldn't remember clearly, he was sure that this Mr. He had indeed done good deeds.

Patriarch Xie didn't want to mention He Dongting too much, so he only took Xie Jing to see his own shop, and then went to the big world for a walk, if it wasn't for the fact that "Xianlusi" didn't open the door during the day, he would also take his little nephew to open his eyes.Xie Jing was a little helpless, dragged him and said: "Uncle, what's so interesting about the feasting and feasting?"

Xie Siquan looked surprised: "Isn't it good-looking enough?" He looked at Xie Jing for a moment, and then asked, "When you were in Beidi, what did you do?"

Xie Jing thought about it seriously, and said: "It's cold in the north, and the winter gets longer as you go north. In summer, I ride horses and hunt rabbits. In winter, I dig ice for fishing and make ice lanterns. There are persimmon trees in the yard, and it snows. You can eat frozen persimmons."

Xie Siquan's heart softened when he heard that, he pinched his face and chuckled, his Jing'er was still a child.

Xie Siquan didn't know what else to do in this colorful world of Shanghai stock market for a while, so he finally listened to Xie Jing's advice and went to buy a new pair of saddles.

Xie Jing said excitedly: "Uncle, Master Jiu brought Bai Shisi to me, oh, Bai Sisi is my mount in Beidi, it is very obedient, if the night party ends early, I will take you to see it Look at it, you must have never seen such a beautiful horse." He talked a lot more about Bai Shishi, Xie Siquan wanted to interrupt, but just said a few words about Xichuan's horse racing, Xie Jing said without much interest, " Oh, it’s too short, I’m not used to riding it.”

Xie Siquan: "..."

Their Xichuan horses are indeed not as tall as Beidi, but they have enough foot strength and endurance!

In the evening, the restaurant.

Xie Siquan held a banquet for the guests and booked the entire venue. The partition doors and wooden walls of the private room on the second floor were all removed.

There is only a banquet table in the middle, a low table, no chairs left, and everyone sits on the ground like a warming table.

Xie Siquan took the main seat, put on his clothes and sat there pinching a small wine glass, tasting wine, with a clear smile on his brows and eyes, with a bit of complacency.Xie Jing was dragged by him to sit on the side, and Bai Jiuye was diagonally opposite. Xie Jing sat on his knees first, but then his feet felt a little numb, and he almost fell over when he was pressed by his uncle, when Xie Siquan laughed and said: "So Whatever you do, you are from your own family, I have known that He Dongting for a long time, you should only see your elders, it's okay to relax."

Xie Jing slowly changed her posture, following Xie Siquan's example, she stretched her legs a little.

A tablecloth hangs down on the low table, blocking most of the line of sight.

Jiuye sat beside him, holding the wine glass with one hand and talking to Xie Siquan, while the other hand was wrapped in his sleeve and stretched out under the tablecloth.

Xie Jing's body trembled slightly, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Master Jiu pinched his calf, and the feeling of being bitten by ants crawled up. Xie Jing held the cup for a few times and bit his lower lip.

Xie Siquan didn't realize it, and was still talking to Bai Jiu, with the impatience of waiting for someone in his words: "The one surnamed He is really slow."

Bai Jiu said lightly, "Maybe I'm busy."

Patriarch Xie snorted: "He's the only one busy? You can't do anything when everyone else is full!"

Someone came up the stairs, hurried over, bowed and saluted and said: "Thank you, my master is busy with some business at the chamber of commerce, and is on his way here, so I specially asked the younger one to come and let me know, I will definitely arrive, please Thank you, wait a minute..."

Xie Siquan put down his wine glass with a "snap" and his expression was extremely bad: "How did he agree yesterday? He only cared about business in his heart. After all these years, it really hasn't changed!"

The person who came to send the message was terrified, and carefully apologized to him, but was scolded by Xie Siquan, but he didn't dare to stay, and quickly left.Xie Siquan poured a few glasses of cold wine, looked up and swallowed, looking in a bad mood.

Xie Jing said "ah".

He just came back to his senses, turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Jing'er?"

Xie Jing shook her head with red ears, barely propped herself up on the table and said, "My feet are so numb, I, I'll get up and go outside for a while."

Xie Siquan calmed down and said: "Go, I will let Hu Da accompany you around outside."

Xie Jing agreed, got up and left.

There were only two people sitting at the table.

Xie Siquan didn't speak, and Master Jiu also sat aside and tasted the wine quietly without opening his mouth.

Xie Siquan turned the cup in his hand and cursed.

Master Jiu said: "Patriarch Xie, please be safe and don't be impatient. Maybe it was delayed on the way. Since I have sent someone to say it, I will definitely come."

Xie Jing is not here, Xie Siquan is not pretending anymore, he has always been reckless, and at this moment he also made no secret of his resentment towards He Dongting: "If it's other things, it's fine, but this matter is about Jing'er, about sister, how dare he be late... ...If he hadn't been bent on buying a boat back then, how could sister have gone so far with him, and what an accident happened!"

Jiu Ye said: "Since it was an accident, no one expected it."

Xie Siquan squinted at him, and said: "Mr. Bai is fair, I thought you and He Dongting were competing for the factory and land, and there were many overlaps in business, so they didn't quite get along!"

Master Jiu slowly swallowed the wine in his mouth, pondered for a moment and said, "It's because of this that he pays so much attention to the He family. Boss He is indeed outstanding in governance."

After waiting for a short time, He Dongting arrived in a hurry.

Bai Jiu got up to greet him, but Xie Siquan just sat there with a wine glass in his mouth, too lazy to get up to deal with it.

He Dongting didn't take it seriously either. He had just finished the meeting, his hair was brushed back to reveal his forehead, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses were on the bridge of his nose, he was wearing a suit and unbuttoned his coat and sat down casually. He poured a glass of wine and looked at the opposite side with a slight frown The two of them looked at Xie Siquan and said, "I thought today was a family feast."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

If uncle and father-in-law are at odds—

Uncle Xie said "The He family is too stupid, blah blah".

Jiuye: That’s right.

Master Jiu: Yes, I just found out.

Uncle Xie spoke ill of He's father by name.

Master Jiu: Oh, I'm not sure about that.

Uncle Xie:? ?