Republic of China small businessman

The owner of the small restaurant brought up the dishes and wine, and said with a smile: "Master Xie, eat the wine first, the fish has already been delivered, and I will serve it to you later, or should I follow the previous taste?"

Xie Siquan said: "Make it spicy, don't make it too heavy. My nephew just came here and I'm afraid he won't be used to it." When he said this, he was full of showing off, as if he had a nephew.

The boss agreed in one voice and went to prepare.

The people brought by Xu Jun were also more obedient than Hu Da. After greeting the Patriarch in a polite manner, they found a place to sit down and take a nap.

Xu Jun sat at Xie Siquan's table, pouring wine and serving dishes, doing things very properly and thoughtfully.

People in Sichuan love spicy food, and the hotter the weather, the more they like to eat dishes with stronger flavors, which are good for dinner.It was the same with the food I ate this time. They were served with bright red dishes, even vegetarian dishes. Xie Jing was a little afraid to put down his chopsticks at first, but after tasting a spoonful of mapo tofu, his eyes lit up.

Seeing that he likes it, Xie Siquan smiled and said, "It's okay to eat? I added chicken soup and boiled it, and I asked them to make two special flavors, one with wild vegetables, and the other with chili noodles. You can try it. "

Xie Jing eats it well. I don’t know how to make the tofu. It’s so tender that it melts in the mouth. The chicken soup and chili are mixed together and the taste is rich and spicy, which makes people appetite. Xie Jing scooped a few tablespoons Tofu bibimbap, I can't stop eating.

Xu Jun didn't expect Xie Jing to be so easy to raise. A plate of tofu and bibimbap can satisfy his heart's content, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

The child is good, but the parents are a bit out of shape.

Xie Siquan stopped Xie Jing a few times and refused to let Xie Jing eat: "Jing'er eat slowly, just try it, there will be more delicious ones later."

Xie Jing: "I'll be fine if I eat this."

Xie Siquan: "What's delicious about a plate of tofu? Put it down. Uncle has ordered a table of delicious dishes. You can try everything in a while. Let's eat whatever you like."

……

Xu Jun closed his eyes, he knew this would happen.

Xie Siquan himself is used to self-willedness, and he also behaves like this when teaching children. A good child can become picky eaters and refuse to eat within half a month.

Before Xu Jun opened his mouth, he heard Xie Jing who was sitting opposite said softly: "Uncle, return some dishes, it's not good to waste."

Xie Siquan wanted to persuade him again, but Xie Jing shook his head and said, "Grandma and I are used to it, if you do this, I won't dare to go out to eat with you in the future."

These words are more effective than anything else, Xie Siquan immediately nodded in agreement, he called the boss over, but the dishes were not returned, so he only ordered them to be brought to other Xie family members in the store, "Create a small dish of each dish and put it here Table, only a small dish is enough, don’t waste it.”

The boss agreed, and quickly brought over a wooden tray, on which seven or eight small plates were neatly stacked, including meat and vegetarian dishes.

Grandma Kou took a sip of Sweet Shaobai and praised it well.

Xie Jing was curious: "This shop looks simple, but the food is exquisite."

Xie Siquan looked at him with his chin in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is so exquisite, Sichuan cuisine has always been like this, after returning home, let the cook at home make some exquisite ones for you to taste. Does Jing'er like to eat glutinous rice balls? Uncle asks someone to make them." There are a lot of small glutinous rice balls for you to eat, have you ever eaten fried glutinous rice balls?"

Xie Jing shook her head.

"Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, I'll ask the cook to make it when I get back, and wrap it in oiled paper for you to eat as a snack."

Xie Jing listened to him while eating, and it was the first time she knew that there were so many fresh ways to eat it.

He used to be by Jiuye's side, and although he never lost his mouth, Jiuye likes lighter dishes, and he doesn't have any special preferences for food. Occasionally eating some steamed rice cakes with sweet-scented osmanthus honey and sweet glutinous rice balls is enough.Jiuye's ingredients are all good, but they are too healthy. The wild ginseng and velvet antlers have never been broken, and the taste has never been so much sweet, sour, bitter, spicy.

Xie Jing accidentally bit a prickly ash, her tongue was half numb, she ate a mouthful of rice without changing her expression, and pressed it down, thinking that it was fortunate that Master Jiu didn't eat this meal, and he didn't like green prickly ash the most.

When Xie Jing was half full, the fish was served.

The freshly cooked overwater fish, the fish is soaked in the soup, and the food is fresh and tender.

Xie Siquan coaxed his nephew to eat fish, personally picked out the fishbone for him, and even clipped the fish head, and taught him to find the bone sword hidden in the center of the fish head.

There is a thorn in the center of Yayu's skull that looks like a sword. After it is completely peeled off, but the knuckles are only short, Xie Siquan rinses it with tea and puts it in Xie Jing's hand, teasing him: "Jing'er will go back at night and put it under the pillow. , stay safe."

Xie Jing hesitated, and looked up at Xu Jun who was opposite.

Xu Jun said coldly, "It's fake."

Xie Siquan changed his words again: "That's for attracting peach blossoms, anyway, it's for auspiciousness."

Xie Jing even refused to accept it: "I don't need to recruit peach blossoms, uncle can use it." Grandma Kou couldn't help laughing while sitting there, and said to Xie Jing: "Your uncle is teasing you, it's just a little thing, looking for a sword to amuse you son."

Xie Siquan was also giggling, he was holding the small bone sword in his hand, the one he ate today had a complete hilt, and it looked like a majestic little sword, much better than any he had found before. Be pretty.

After eating at noon and taking a short rest, Xu Jun asked someone to bring the carriage over. It was still more than a day's journey back to Xichuan Shangcheng from here, and he needed to stay in a hotel at night.

Xie Jing brought a big item this time. He waited at the entrance of the small restaurant for a while, and saw Hu Da sending a white horse over. It was Bai Shishi.

Xie Jing got on the horse and rode forward with the carriage.

Xu Jun followed him on horseback and chatted with him for a few words. Both of them were polite, but they had a good impression of each other.

Xu Jun asked: "I heard that there is a man named Li Yuan beside grandma, why didn't I see him this time?"

Xie Jing said: "Oh, there are some business matters, I will let him go to Rongcheng first, and he will come after a while."

Xu Jun: "The Xie family also has a few semicolons in Rongcheng, and they can use their energy. If you need help with anything, just ask."

Xie Jing nodded and said yes.

Xichuan still followed the old rule, with a station for 120 miles and a house for [-] miles. When it was just dark, he arrived at the hotel where he was resting.

Probably because of the hot summer, there were not many merchants coming and going, and only a few carriages were parked in the huge courtyard, which seemed a little deserted.

After entering the hotel, except for a steward and two assistants, there was hardly anyone else to be seen.

Dinner was simple. I asked for stewed fish, which was served in a copper basin as big as a washbasin. Vermicelli, bean sprouts, green vegetables, tofu, etc. were cooked in it. The red soup was rippling and fragrant.

Xie Siquan had a tricky mouth, so he ate a few mouthfuls and stopped eating. He only ate a small bowl of fried rice with sprouts.

Xu Jun glanced at him, and asked for a jug of iced sour plum soup, but Xie Siquan only drank half a cup, and put it down without interest.

On the contrary, Xie Jing ate well and was very easy to raise.

Grandma Kou was exhausted after a long day's journey. After eating a few quick bites of dinner, she went back to her room and went to bed. She was older and lived in a single room downstairs, while the rest went upstairs to find a room to live in.

Xie Jing lived in one room by herself, and Xie Siquan and Xu Jun lived in one room.

The weather was sweltering, Xu Jun returned to the room after washing, and saw Xie Siquan wearing a light coat, sitting on the edge of the bamboo bed, playing with the fish bone sword in his hand, having a great time.

Xu Jun poured a cup of herbal tea and asked him, "How old are you, why do you still play such tricks to tease children?"

"I saved up many fishbone swords when I was young. For a while, I loved this one the most. I dragged my elder sister to eat fish together for more than a year. My elder sister was injured and refused to touch Yayu again." Xie Siquan turned his fingers around a few times With a pointed fishbone sword, he said with a smile: "I used to think that when sister has a child in the future, I will take him to play like this."

Xu Jun calmed down a little, and said to him: "Xiao Xie is past the age of playing, if you treat him sincerely, please ask the teacher to teach him well." He mentioned the names of several teachers, all of whom are famous in the city, " I have sent people to the school to say hello to these teachers, they can go to school directly, if it is inconvenient, you can also invite teachers to teach at home, just pay more money."

Xie Siquan looked up at him and smiled: "Why are you so concerned about my family?"

Xu Jun: "I have been preparing for your letter since I received it, and I have calculated the time..."

"I'm asking why you care so much." Xie Siquan half-lyed on the bamboo couch and raised his foot to touch him, brushing his toes lightly, and raised his eyes to look at him.

Xu Jun rolled his Adam's apple, looked down, and said after a while: "Because you don't make people worry, and if you don't look at it for a while, you will cause trouble."

"Tsk, nonsense."

"Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, who drank too much and played dice with others in the lower city, and even lost a dozen people so that they took off their pants?"

"It's none of my business for them to be useless themselves!"

Xu Jun squeezed that foot, pressed it down on the bamboo bed, leaned close to suppress his anger, and said, "You are good at it, you are capable! If I take someone late, what else do you want to do?"

"It's just a drinking order. They make trouble first and teach them a lesson." Xie Siquan teased him: "It is said that people in Qin like spicy food, and people in Jin like sour. Your sour taste is too strong."

Xu Jun said coldly, "What about you?"

Xie Siquan chuckled and said, "My mouth is numb, you taste it?"

He hooked Xu Jun to kiss him. Xu Jun was young and energetic and hadn't touched anyone for a long time. He almost fell into it for a while. After he managed to regain his senses, he felt that his lips were really numb. Xie Siquan snorted and touched his leg His side urged him to hurry up.

Xu Jun bit his lip, it was like this last time.

Xie Siquan wrote a letter urging him to go up the river. After handing over the goods on the road, he didn't even have time to check the details of the list, so he dragged him to the bed in a hurry, and returned to Shanghai after eating and drinking.Patriarch Xie went there for two months and did not come back. Xu Jun was so overwhelmed by the big and small matters in the upper city of Xichuan that he was almost out of breath. He had planned a lot to talk to him, and he also wanted to talk about the arrangements for the big and small matters of the Xichuan Salt Plant. It was so tightly tied to reason, let alone talking about work, it took all his concentration just to stay still.

Xu Jun tried his best to restrain himself: "There are so many things going on in Xichuan, you go to the Shanghai stock market and stay there for two months. I met you this time because I want to talk about business..."

Xie Siquan narrowed his eyes at him, and stretched out his hand: "Are you so stubborn to talk to me?"

Xu Jun: "!!"

……

Xu Jun was still young after all, he couldn't restrain himself, and was dragged into bed again, without time to talk about any serious matters.

next door.

Xie Jing didn't sleep well after changing the environment. She didn't feel sleepy until late at night, but she was soon awakened by the knocking of furniture next door. It was a very slight sound, but it was enough to attract Xie Jing's attention.He took the dagger from under the pillow, listened carefully for a while, then suddenly got up and opened the door, knocked on the door next door, and asked, "Uncle, are you in there?"

The room was quiet for a moment, and Xie Siquan said: "Yes, what's the matter?"

Xie Jing said: "I heard a sound."

After a moment of silence in the room, Xie Siquan said again: "...it's nothing, I'm going to search for things, you can go back to sleep."

Xie Jing agreed, but still worried, took a dagger and went downstairs to inspect.

in the room.

Xie Siquan's forehead was wet with sweat, and he urged hoarsely, "You go out first."

Xu Jun gritted his teeth: "Xie Siquan, are you speaking human language!"

"I told you to go out, do you hear me!" Xie Siquan was also trying to endure, kicking his waist impatiently, "Get out, Jing'er will be back later, I have to go and see."

Xu Jun took a deep breath.

Xie Jing patrolled around and returned to the upstairs room. From afar, he saw a person standing in the corridor, and when he got closer, he saw that it was Xu Jun.

Xu Jun was dressed neatly, just like the daytime, but his face was dark at the moment, it looked like someone owed him [-] oceans.

Xu Jun called him to stop, and said in a tense voice, "Xiao Xie, there is no need to be vigilant here."

Xie Jing was puzzled: "Why?"

Xu Jun said: "Did you know that there is another name called Zhuandou Township here? It means that when entering Xichuan by water, you must spend the night here, so it is called 'Zhuandou'. The Xie Family Salt Gang has been transporting goods through this place for more than a hundred years. In the past, your ancestors of the Xie family simply bought this place and used it exclusively for tethering horses, until today it has gradually expanded to such a large scale." He paused, and then said: "In other words, this place has a radius of more than ten li, including this hotel. It's all owned by the Xie family, you just need to live in peace and no one will disturb you."

Xie Jing was stunned for a moment, he only knew that Xichuan Xie's family was rich, but he never thought that they would be so rich that they bought land along the way for carriages and horses to rest.

After Xu Jun explained to him, he went downstairs to sleep, holding a long robe in his arms, and didn't plan to come up again.

Xie Jing went back to the room and lay down for a while before slowly falling asleep.

The surrounding area was much quieter this time, only the occasional chirping of insects, and there was no dream all night.

On the second day, Xie Siquan got up early and hurried on the road. Seeing that he hadn't slept well, he hid in the carriage and slept all the way.

Stretching, he beckoned Xie Jing to come over, and said to him: "Jing'er, is your horse listening?" Seeing Xie Jing nodding, he got out of the car and got on the horse neatly, and took a ride with Xie Jing. The white horse neighed softly, only shook its head, and hunched over them firmly.Xie Siquan sat at the back and embraced Xie Jing, took the reins in his hand, gave a soft drink, rode at a gallop, and quickly left the convoy. Xu Jun yelled twice from behind, but he ignored him and only whispered in Xie Jing's ear. He smiled and said, "Uncle will take you to see something!"

The white horse ran all the way, passing through the streets, and soon ran to a more remote place - but it can't be said that it was far away, there were fewer people, but the salt field was magnificent, and dozens of towering cranes stood there, piercing blue sky.The frame of the crane is nearly [-] meters high, all of which are built with cedar poles and giant bamboos. One frame is a well, which looks like a "sea eye" from a distance. It came out that a strong and strong man was digging up the half-dried salt water and spreading it out to dry, a scene of full steam.

Xie Siquan led Xie Jing on horseback and was still running. The further inward, the more giant bamboo cranes, and even the sound of workers extracting brine could be heard.

Xie Jing asked: "Uncle, what do you want to show me—"

"Look at the well!"

There was a lot of wind, Xie Siquan laughed recklessly, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the crane at the saltworks along the road: "Didn't you ask me why I named you 'Jing'er' before? These are the birthday gifts from your uncle. Yanjing, since the day you were born, it belongs to your name!"

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

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Xie Jing: Uncle, are you up yet?

Xie Siquan: Baby, I’m getting up^口^

Xu Jun: ...he didn't! !

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About identity——

Xu Jun: Thank you for the invitation, it’s just a Shanxi merchant.