Republic of China small businessman

After He Shuwei came back, he changed his clothes and went to the front hall after making sure that there was no smell of a smoking hall.

The subordinate said to him: "Young master, sir came back early today and looked for you all afternoon."

He Shuwei's heart skipped a beat, he pretended nothing happened, and asked, "Looking for me? What happened?"

The subordinate shook his head and said, "I don't know, I have urged you several times before. Just now when Lawyer Bei came, Mr. went to talk with him in the study. I think he will call you later."

He Shuwei wanted to go upstairs, but a servant stood at the top of the stairs and stopped him: "Young Master, please wait. Sir, I have told you that there are visitors today, so no one can go to the study."

He Shuwei paused, looked up at the spiral staircase for a moment, then turned around and sat down on the sofa in the living room. He was always a little uneasy, as if he was carrying a rabbit, jumping wildly.

He Shuwei sat in the living room and frowned, thinking carefully about where there were mistakes and where they could make up for them.

After waiting for more than an hour, He Dongting still hadn't come down from the stairs. The servant at home brought the food and put it in the dining room and asked if he wanted to eat.He Shuwei had bloodletting today and was a little dizzy. Afraid that he would lose his energy when talking with He Dongting later, he got up and ate some, and asked casually, "Has father eaten?"

The servant said: "Sir, I ate a bowl of porridge tonight."

"so little?"

"That's right, sir, he said that he went to eat mutton pot at noon, and he accidentally ate too much."

He Shuwei said: "Impossible, you must have misheard, father never eats mutton..."

The servant smiled and said: "I was shocked when I heard it at first. After all these years, since I entered the mansion, this is the first time I heard that the master eats mutton pot. In previous years, even if the side stove was turned on in winter, he would not eat it. Mr. came back At that time, there was a drop or two of red oil on the coat, and I sent it to the laundry room, so it can't be wrong."

He Shuwei paused with his chopsticks for a moment, and then asked, "Who did father eat with at noon?"

The servant shook his head: "I'm not too sure about this, but seeing that my husband was in a good mood when he came back, maybe I found a good restaurant with my friends."

Naturally, He Shuwei didn't believe it. He Dongting has been liking light food for so many years and avoiding meat from beef and sheep. This habit can't be changed overnight.

Thinking of these sudden changes, He Shuwei couldn't help being upset. He thought of the man named Xie Jing whom he met on the day of the auction. He heard that Xie Siquan had left someone for him to send, and he also gave him a lot of money to squander at will. ... He Shuwei closed his eyes, suppressed the jealousy and dissatisfaction welling up in his heart, took a few mouthfuls of food, and then put down his chopsticks.

The living room phone rang, and it was a call from a classmate of He Shuwei.

The other party was full of displeasure, and as soon as He Shuwei picked it up, he began to complain: "Shuwei, I called you several times this afternoon, but why can't I find you?"

"Sorry, something is busy."

"Yes, you are a busy person. I went with Shen Qi and the others to help you see the place where the porridge is served. You said it was a coincidence that Xie Jing happened to be in that soup pot shop..."

He Shuwei's heart skipped a beat, and he pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Xie Jing? Oh, it's the family from Beidi, I heard it's a guard?"

"Isn't it? It's just him!" The phone said: "We originally wanted to stop him to teach you a few words to help you out, but this guy is fine, he just looked silent, but who knew he came out to eat with your father Mutton pot."

He Shuwei's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Did he eat with my father? Did you see clearly?"

On the phone, he sighed and begged for mercy: "Yes, I can see clearly. We were seen when we were blocking people. Mr. He got angry and said that some of us bullied honest people. I am afraid that Shen Qi and the others will be punished." Expelled from school... Shuwei, Mr. He loves you the most on weekdays, please beg for mercy!

He Shuwei: "Have you done it?"

The voice on the other side of the phone was filled with grievances: "Where is that Xie Jing who is the guard, he shot very powerfully, Shen Qi even had an arm removed by him, and we sent him to the hospital to heal him." He asked again, " Didn't you say that he was begging your uncle to plot against you? I also looked like him. He is really too beautiful, prettier than the girls in our school. I think you should be more careful, remind your father, then Xie Jing probably I just like older rich people!"

There was another pleading word over there, and He Shuwei answered all of them, and hung up the phone.

He clenched the buttoned microphone tightly, his knuckles turned white, and when he closed his eyes for a while and opened them again, they were still bloodshot.

He couldn't help but jealousy gnawed at his heart bit by bit.

The sound of someone talking on the stairs, He Dongting and Lawyer Bei walked down while talking, He Shuwei came back to his senses, quickly put down the phone and rushed over to say hello.

He Dongting glanced at him, and was still talking to Lawyer Bei: "Then it's settled, if there are other specific details, we'll discuss it later."

Lawyer Bei nodded and said, "Okay, it's just too complicated. There are a lot of things that need to be sorted out in the real estate alone. It may take a month or two to get it done."

"It's work."

"What about Mr. He is my job."

He Shuwei didn't know what they said upstairs, but he knew that Lawyer Bei was a well-known barrister and also the person He Dongting trusted the most. He had a vague guess in his heart just from hearing the word "real estate".But he didn't dare to ask directly, so he stood aside with a forced smile and said, "Father, is there anything I can do to help?"

Lawyer Bei smiled and said, "Young Master He may not be able to handle these lawsuits with the literature he studied, so don't worry about it."

He Shuwei hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard, and stood aside awkwardly for a while, unable to ask any more questions.

After He Dongting sent off Lawyer Bei, he returned home and talked with He Shuwei.

When He Shuwei was sitting on the sofa, he felt uneasy and didn't dare to meet his eyes.

He Dongting said: "It's your birthday this year, I plan to keep everything simple, I won't inform outsiders, and just have a simple meal at home."

He Shuwei hurriedly said: "It should be, it should be, father is usually busy with work, making money is not easy, and I don't feel at ease spending it."

"Also about the porridge..."

He Shuwei was the first to say: "Why don't you cancel the porridge business? Did father meet some classmates in my school today? In fact, I only got to know them this semester. If they annoy father, you can Let go and do it, don't worry about me." At the end, he showed a bit of disgust, "They always do this, regardless of whether I like it or not, they always arrange things without authorization."

When He Dongting reached the words on his lips, he swallowed them again.For the first time, he looked at the boy in front of him with probing eyes. He had been raising him for so many years, and he usually heard all praises, but after he really came into contact with Xie Jing, a peer of his age, he suddenly felt that there were many things that were not right. right.In particular, comparing the two people's behavior and handling of things together, the pros and cons can be seen at a glance.

Xie Jing asked him to do more good deeds, but Shu Wei was trying to please him with his own thoughts.

The feeling of something wrong in his heart became more and more obvious, the more he looked at the person in front of him, the more he was different from Yuan Yuan.

If it is Yuan Yuan——

It is impossible for her to be bullied outside. According to her words, they Xichuan people don't have overnight feuds, and they will beat each other on the spot so that they can't get up, and they dare not provoke them again.Just like today's Xie Jing, he is not as aggressive as Yuan Yuan, and he doesn't say harsh words before the fight, and he takes off the man's arm without saying a word.

The fog that had been in front of his eyes parted away, and when he looked at He Shuwei, there was a bit of inquiry in his eyes.

He Dongting was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "When you came, you were three years old, right?"

He Shuwei nodded and said, "Yes, why did father suddenly think of this?"

"It's nothing, I've just been thinking about it for the past two days. The nanny who sent you here has been back to her hometown in the countryside for many years. I don't know how she is doing." He Dongting lightly tapped the side of his face a few times, squinting his eyes and thinking, "I remember When you were young, you hired a tutor, who seemed to be surnamed Wu, and that female teacher taught you to read and write..."

He Shuwei suddenly shed tears on the opposite side and choked up.

He Dongting was stunned: "What's wrong?"

"Teacher Wu died of illness a few years ago."

He Dongting frowned, he had never heard anyone mention it.

He Shuwei's eyes were flushed, and the hand he was holding was trembling slightly. He choked up and said, "Father, I went to deliver the memorial ceremony to Teacher Wu, and when I came back, I had nightmares for several days. I was very scared."

He Dongting said: "Why didn't you tell me? You can ask the butler to go for you next time."

He Shuwei shook his head, trembling blindly, unable to say anything with a pale face.

He Dongting said: "Xu is getting old, and I always miss the old days. I plan to invite back the wet nurse who saved you back then. In addition, although your tutor passed away, the family should still be there. I will send someone to look for it. , to see if there is something that can help, it’s okay but it’s just a matter of mind.”

He Shuwei seemed relieved, and agreed repeatedly.

The servant brought over a plate full of fried glutinous rice cakes. The glutinous rice cakes were still steaming, sprinkled with sweet-scented osmanthus and honey, and slightly fried until golden on both sides and soft in the middle.

He Shuwei showed joy, and pushed the cake towards his father: "Would you like some, I heard they said that you didn't eat much when you came back at night."

He Dongting shook his head.

He Shuwei picked up a piece with his hand, and said with a smile: "Then I will eat it by myself. I always feel that something is missing when I eat at night. I have never had any appetite. I don't lack anything else, so I will be greedy for this glutinous rice cake." He said three times I finished one piece in two bites, and quickly took another piece to eat.

He Dongting brought a cup of tea and looked at him quietly.

He Shuwei ate most of the plate in a row and still wanted to eat, He Dongting calmly said: "It's ok, be careful about food accumulation." He Shuwei didn't take it seriously: "What did my father say? Although I have been in poor health since I was a child, I am not afraid of eating glutinous rice cakes." Yes, I can usually finish a whole plate."

He Dongting put down his teacup, got up and said: "Then you eat slowly, I'll go upstairs to handle some business."

He Shuwei sat there and listened to him go upstairs, heard the footsteps gradually disappear, and just swallowed the last piece of glutinous rice cake in his mouth.

He sat in the living room for a while, then went to the bathroom.

Spit out everything you just ate.

He Shuwei seemed to have survived a catastrophe, his back and clothes were all soaked, he washed his face with cold water, his hair was wet and pasted on his forehead, he was in a state of embarrassment, his face was unseemly pale, and his body was too weak to digest glutinous rice at all. , only a pair of eyes stared straight at himself in the mirror, it was pitch black without a trace of light.

The fourth day of May.

Hu Da and others went to the east courtyard early in the morning, waiting for Xie Jing to go out.

They had made an appointment with Xie Jing before, and today they are going to ride horses at the outskirts of the racecourse.

Hu Da kept in mind Xie Siquan's instructions before he left, for fear that Xie Jing would be bored, he had been looking for a more spacious horse farm where he could run away, and the Bai family sent the horse, so they were responsible for letting the little master ride the horse happily for a few laps.

Xie Jing has been in the Shanghai stock market for a while, and has not gone out for a long time. She is very excited about riding a horse.

Master Jiu knew that he could not be kept in captivity, and wanted to let him out to get some air, so he just told him: "Go to the guards and find some people to take them with you. Also, don't be playful. Remember to come back in the evening. I will let the small kitchen I cooked your favorite side dishes, and it is said that I learned how to steam rice cakes from a local chef, and I will try it when you come back, and see if it suits your taste."

Xie Jing's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.

Master Jiu chuckled, straightened his clothes, and patted him lightly: "Okay, let's go out and play."

Xie Jing went downstairs quickly. Hu Da and the others were waiting downstairs. They got up one after another when they saw him. They were wearing Xi Chuan's crow-blue robes, and some of them had braids and some coral beads. Things are tied together.When they saw that Xie Jing wanted to call someone, they were stopped by Xie Jing as soon as they opened their mouths: "I said last time, just call my name."

Hu Da laughed and said, "How can we do that, we can't break the rules."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

It is rumored that Xiao Xie likes older rich people——

Jiuye: That’s right, it’s me.