Republic of China small businessman

The vegetarian food here is good, Xie Siquan saw that Xie Jing liked to eat, so he deliberately stayed for two more days, and was not in a hurry to go back.

Bai Mingyu couldn't stay idle, so he took Xie Jing to ride a horse, Xie Jing said: "This place is different from the Northland, the terrain is steep, and you can't ride a horse on the mountain."

Bai Mingyu said: "Then it's okay to go to the mountain for a walk. I saw a lot of flowers blooming. Let's pick some and put them in a bottle."

Xie Jing stood there motionless, looking up at him.

Bai Mingyu pushed his arm, leaned closer and said with a shy face, "Pick some up, I'll give it to my aunt, and you can give some to Master Jiu, that would be great."

Anyway, he coaxed Xie Jing to go with him.

Hu Da and the others followed closely behind. Since the accident in Buffalo Town, Xie Siquan asked them to take care of them even more closely.

After a while, when he saw Bai Mingyu running towards them, Hu Da's heart skipped a beat, thinking he was about to be chased away, but the second young master of the Bai family enthusiastically dragged them over, asking them to identify a clump of wild flowers on the side of the road, Helped to pick a lot of flowers, picked a big bunch and wrapped them in clothes, almost carrying them on my shoulders.

Xie Jing only picked a few and held them in his hand. He walked slowly behind Bai Mingyu. There was a clump of honeysuckle on the side of the road. He recognized it, and it was common to see it when boiling Chinese medicine before, but he didn't pick it this time.

Master Jiu is in good health now, and he is no longer needed.

Bai Mingyu wasn't stupid enough to really carry so many back home. After careful selection in Houshan, he gathered a bunch of the best ones, carefully wrapped them up and prepared to take them back.After he finished packing, he saw Xie Jing standing on a steep slope looking at something. He yelled and got no response, so he looked over curiously: "Xiao Xie, what are you looking at here?"

Xie Jing picked up a twig to make a stick, picked up a dead grass and vine, looked at it carefully for a moment on the stone wall, and frowned, "Don't you think this looks like something?"

Bai Mingyu didn't notice that there were many rocks and vines in the land of Shu, and there were vegetation everywhere, so he couldn't identify them.

Xie Jing called Hu Da over, and asked a few of them to help clean up the stone wall. What was revealed was a carved half of a stone dragon, with tall scales and armor, a winding body, and sharp claws carved on the stone. The dragon's tail was exposed outside, but the other half was cut off at the middle due to the collapse of the stone wall.

Xie Jing searched around for a while, and finally found the other half in a ravine. At the position of the dragon's head, there used to be a mountain spring and a pool of water. It must have been a long time ago. After a landslide, the small pool dried up and solidified, and was half buried.

But if you look carefully, it is not difficult to find that the dragon's head is facing the small water pool, like drawing water, just like the stone dragon in Buffalo Town.

Huda had experienced the experience of the underground palace, and when he saw this, his scalp became numb, and his hand unconsciously grasped the gun.

Xie Jing didn't move here, went back to find Xie Siquan, Xie Siquan has been in Xichuan City all year round, and used to come here with his family, but he had never heard of this incident, so he came quickly to have a look.

Xie Siquan said: "It's a strange thing, I haven't seen it before. I just asked the host. He said that two years ago, there was still water and fish in the pool. I don't see this half of the stone dragon."

Xie Jing asked: "Uncle, the stone dragon my mother left me is just like it."

Xie Siquan frowned: "When you say that, I remember that when I came to offer incense with my sister, there was indeed no water in the pool for a year." He was young at that time and wanted to catch fish, so he was taught a lesson by his sister. Dun, at that time I thought that Xie Yuan was worried that he would break the precept by catching fish in the temple, but now it seems that it is not entirely because of this.

Xie Siquan couldn't make up his mind, so he consulted with Lord Jiu, and the two agreed, so they kept quiet and found a reason to take Mr. Huang Mingyou over.

Before Huang Mingyou came, he was quite anxious. After all, there were still some books in the underground palace that had not been sorted out. After hearing what Master Jiu said, he hurried to the back mountain to have a look at Shilong.

Xie Siquan found a stonemason, and tried to dig under the small pool on the grounds of repairing the stone wall of the temple. At first, he dug up some scattered copper coins and gold particles, and then a dozen small golden Buddhas, but after that, he could not dig. Moved.

There was a landslide in this place more than ten years ago, and the underground boulders were hard. Unless the mountain wall was forcibly broken with explosives, there was no other way to enter.

Huang Mingyou didn't let him do anything again, he went down and squatted down to watch carefully for a while.

Xie Jing stepped down on the stones, stood beside Mr. Huang, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what can you see?"

Huang Mingyou said: "There should have been a dark river here a hundred years ago, but the stars have changed and the mountains and rivers have changed. It's hard to tell what it was like back then." He looked at Xie Jing and asked, "Xiao Xie, do you want to dig them up?" come out?"

Xie Jing shook his head: "There was too much movement in the opening of the mountain. After Xichuan suppressed the bandits, there was a period of peace, and there should be no more chaos."

Huang Mingyou asked again: "Then what does Patriarch Xie mean?"

Xie Jing: "Uncle said, I have full control over this matter."

Mr. Huang looked at the stone wall, and his tone suddenly became more relaxed: "That's fine, these things may have been moved and hidden in the mountains, or they were washed by the water somehow. It's hard to say how many there are, but they are Well buried."

Mr. Huang felt a little regretful that he could not see them born.

But fortunately, except for those in Buffalo Town, the treasures in the belly of Xichuan Mountain only showed a little corner, and then disappeared in the long river again.

Hearing Xie Jing's right words, Huang Mingyou got up and put his hands in his hands and said with a smile: "It's good, now is not the time for it to appear, it's too messy, when there will be no more wars in the future, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe, and future generations will definitely see it." He supported Xie Jing's hand, struggling to climb up, "I really hope someone can record it in detail at that time, I can't see it!"

Xie Jing accompanied him up, climbed high and looked far away, surrounded by mountains and mountains, standing quietly guarding here for thousands of years.

Behind him, the sound of long bells ringing from the Arhat Temple could be heard.

Xie Jing had a very subtle feeling, although he had never seen A Niang, but at this moment he could suddenly imagine how A Niang found the stone dragon on the mountain wall.

She also didn't open this treasure, she chose to let it stay here quietly, Xichuan can't be messed up, and the Xie family in the upper city has enough arrogance to return to the top of the salt merchants without using this wealth.She seems to have just regarded this as a fun charade, and carved stone dragons and stone tigers casually, with rough looks, as a joke, and left it to her unborn son to solve the riddle.

She knew that Xie Jing would return to Xichuan sooner or later, and she also knew that her younger brother would bring her son to the place where they used to play when they were young.

She never suspected it.

Just like Xie Siquan would take Xie Jing to look for the Fishbone Sword, Xie Yuan also made a little joke with his younger brother. If she was here many years later, it would be different.

Xie Siquan came from not far away, he still held a cloak in his hand, and put it on Xie Jing's shoulders, he couldn't help but mutter: "Why do you dare to blow here when you are just sick? I said before that the medicine is bitter, When it’s done cooking, secretly pour out half a bowl, don’t pretend I don’t know…”

Xie Jing looked at him, as if trying to recognize another relative from his eyebrows.

Xie Siquan was puzzled: "What's wrong? Is my face dirty?"

Xie Jing smiled and said, "Uncle, you've been nagging more and more recently."

Xie Siquan raised his eyebrows, and tightened his hands to tie his cloak, angrily said: "Who said, I don't treat others like this, so I only care about you!"

Xie Jing nodded, and said seriously: "Me too, I will always take care of my uncle, and take care of you and the second master in the future."

Xie Siquan couldn't speak for a while, his heart was sore and soft, he was obviously very happy, but for some reason his eyes suddenly turned red.He blinked, pressed down, raised his hand and rubbed Xie Jing's head vigorously, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, my uncle is amazing, I don't need you to support me, my uncle is protecting you, you just spend money happily and enjoy yourself."

Xie Jing put her head on Xie Siquan's shoulder and rubbed against him.

Xie Siquan was so coaxed into dizziness by him that he wished to send money immediately, but after the joy was over, he couldn't help feeling a little sour in his heart.

Patriarch Xie thought to himself, it's no wonder that the Bai family in Beidi couldn't hold it back. Who can hold back his nephew?

the other side.

Master Jiu was talking to Cao Yunzhao.

Mr. Huang came here this time, and it was sent by Cao Yunzhao. Mr. Cao suffered a catastrophe this time, and he was grateful to Bai Jiu for saving his life from the bottom of his heart. This time, he gave a lot of gifts, such as ginseng and bird's nest. come over.

Master Jiu said: "I accept it kindly, I have these too."

Cao Yunzhao said: "They are all good things, should you keep them for usual food?"

Master Jiu: "I'm not a woman, so I don't need to eat these every day."

Cao Yunzhao: "Then give it to Xiao Xie, beauty and beauty, I'm not talking about you, you are willing to hurt Xiao Xie's face..." Before he finished speaking, he saw that Bai Jiu was a little displeased, Shengsheng changed the second half of the sentence, "I mean, he was injured before, so he should make up for it, and these are all sent from my family, I don't eat them, I want to sell them in a while, but I can't sell them."

Master Jiu was puzzled: "What did you do, why are you short of money again?"

It would take a long time to talk about this, and Cao Yunzhao was not in a hurry to leave, he simply stood here and chatted with his old classmates, and also expressed his recent depression.After all, the road is still difficult and difficult, Cao Yunzhao took pleasure in the bitterness, and sighed: "It's not about money, I'm short of connections, Bai Jiu, help me buy some machines, I plan to start a newspaper office first , Let everyone get in touch with the information of the outside world. Since I return to China, I will always do some practical things, and some contributions are worth it, even if one more person hears it."

The machines used by the newspaper office he mentioned were not very easy to buy. Master Jiu didn't agree, but only said to help look for them.

Cao Yunzhao asked curiously, "Is there anything you can't do?"

Master Jiu said indifferently: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite."

The two stood outside, taking a slow walk to enjoy the scenery, and at the same time talking about current affairs. The flames of war were spreading outside. The Shu land was in the rear and had not been affected yet. The atmosphere was not as tense as outside, but prices also started to become unstable.

After talking about this, we talked about Liu Ruyi again.

Cao Yunzhao said: "When she came out of the underground palace that day, she kept avoiding her. I heard people said that she had a scar on her face, but I don't know if the injury was serious. Several orphanages were built in Meishan, and some children She is too young and there are few childcare teachers. I asked someone to introduce her to a job as a childcare teacher. She agreed and got up to go there. I heard that the job is not bad. I have a lot of things recently, so I didn’t ask any more questions. .”

In troubled times, it is good to have such a job that can provide food, clothing and safety.

Speaking of the orphanage and the school, Cao Yunzhao said again: "I heard that your Jiangkou Gold Rush Company has distributed a lot of money. Congratulations, congratulations."

Jiuye squinted at him.

Cao Yunzhao immediately said: "I'm asking you for help this time, I really don't want money, I want some machines."

Master Jiu said softly, "You have to be ashamed."

Cao Yunzhao was familiar with him, and his answer was the same as last time: "No, I want to print newspapers and books. Last time, I didn't get the machines you promised. Doesn't it mean that Boss He has access to a batch of printing machines? Has it been shipped from abroad to the Shanghai stock market? A group of students over there are waiting to be fed, and they are all waiting for the book to be printed to start school. If you go and talk to Boss He, the new son-in-law will usually not be rejected."

Master Jiu didn't even think about it, he shook his head and said, "No."

Cao Yunzhao looked at him suspiciously, thoughtfully: "Did you quarrel with your Master Taishan?"

Master Jiu: "No."

Cao Yunzhao was even more surprised: "Then why can't this little thing be done?"

Master Jiu: "..."

Even though he was a classmate who had been familiar with each other since he was in school, Master Jiu still got to know Cao Yunzhao again. He had never seen such a brazen guy, and his thick skin was getting thicker year by year.

There were footsteps not far away, and someone ran over.

Master Jiu looked up.

Cao Yunzhao didn't realize it, but was still begging him: "Hey Baijiu, when I beg you, feel free to come to me next time if you have anything to do, I won't say anything, you will definitely be on the saddle, and you will just mention it to your family Taishan."

Xie Jing ran over, a little hesitant, afraid of hindering their business discussion, but Master Jiu beckoned him over.

Xie Jing walked over with one hand behind her back.

Master Jiu asked, "What is it?"

Xie Jing looked at Cao Yunzhao, didn't say a word, put the things in his hands into Master Jiu's hands, and said vaguely: "Uncle said that he will eat vegetarian stew tonight, so let's go back early, and I'll call Miss Hong."

Master Jiu put away his things, gathered them in his sleeves, looked at him and asked, "Is this from today?"

Xie Jing nodded, and explained in a low voice: "I've been busy today, and I haven't seen any good ones in Houshan, so I'll look for them tomorrow."

Master Jiu chuckled, nodded and said yes.

Waiting for Xie Jing to leave, Cao Yunzhao didn't understand what kind of riddle they were playing, and asked curiously: "What good thing did Xiao Xie give you just now, what did you hide in your sleeve?"

"It's nothing."

Jiu Ye folded his hands in his sleeves, protecting the twig of pistil peach blossom, in the palm of his hand.

It's just a sprig of spring.

A sincere heart.