Republic of China small businessman

Huang Mingyou raised his head, chewed two mouthfuls of noodles and swallowed hastily: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Bai Mingyu quietly reached out and grabbed the corner of Xie Jing's clothes, begging for mercy.

Xie Jing sat down and said nothing.

After eating the noodles, Mr. Huang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and went over to inspect it. He reprimanded him, "Study requires meditation, especially in the examination room, you have to keep quiet all the time, you know? You two don't make small moves."

Bai Mingyu muttered softly: "Then you went to the theater last night and ate mutton pot..."

Mr. Huang said: "What are you talking about, speak louder!"

Bai Mingyu groaned twice, did not dare to speak, and buried himself in writing the question.

Huang Mingyou stood behind them, staring at the two students alone without any pressure, but Bai Ershao sitting in front of him seemed to have little ants all over his body, moving it from time to time, the invigilator snorted behind him, Bai Mingyu Be honest and answer questions slowly.

Xie Jing finished writing quickly, took the test paper and handed it over to Mr. Huang respectfully and placed it on the corner of Mr. Huang's desk: "Sir, I have finished the answer." After putting it down, he asked in a low voice, "Can I leave a little earlier, Master Jiu is at noon After returning from Heihe, I want to go back and tidy up the study and smoke incense."

When Huang Mingyou was standing behind them to invigilate the exam, he had basically read everything written by the two of them. Among them, Xie Jing's writing was particularly good, and he had completed all the homework he gave, which was much better than the monkey next to him. Smiling and waving his hands, he said, "Go, slow down on the way, remember to come on time for the afternoon class."

Xie Jing responded, handed in the papers ahead of time and left.

Xie Jing closed the office door for Mr. Huang, and before he let go of the doorknob, he heard Mr. Bai Er's voice reprimanding him, and the corners of his mouth raised a little.

Bai Mingyu probably won't be able to be the majestic shopkeeper Bai before.

But compared to Shopkeeper Bai who had a gloomy face and didn't like to joke back then, he prefers this one now.

Although the two young men were a little silly, they had a solid heart.

is a good man.

Xie Jing returned to the East courtyard, after cleaning and tidying up, half a stick of incense was burned, and Master Jiu came back.

The machines in the Heihe Distillery have basically been installed, and production will start in the next two months. Not only the Bai family is watching, but many wealthy gentry around here are also watching.Nowadays, everyone has heard a word or two about machines. Few people have stayed abroad, and even fewer people have actually seen machines. It is not only Heihe that has put into production the entire line of mechanization, but there is no second one in the three northern provinces.

Master Jiu was in a good mood today. After he came in, he changed into the clothes he normally wore at home. Xie Jing asked, "Master, aren't you going out today?"

"Well, there are no visitors, so I have half a day's leisure." Jiu Ye stretched out his hand to let him tidy up the corner of his clothes, and asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "How are you today, is the ethnology interesting?"

Xie Jing said honestly: "The school of ethnology is bigger than the school I studied in before. Mr. Huang spoke very well. He asked me to attend the lecture again in the afternoon."

Master Jiu agreed: "Mr. Huang's class should be listened to."

Someone brought in fresh melons and fruits. There were a few raspberries that were bright red in color. Master Jiu wiped his hands with a handkerchief and ate one, and then fed it to Xie Jing: "It's still sweet, you can eat it."

The people on the side handed the small basket of raspberries to Xie Jing. They were used to it. Feeding Xiao Xie was almost like feeding baby birds. Xiao Xie also fed one to try.

Xie Jing followed Master Jiu with the basket of raspberries in her arms, talking to him in a low voice.

"The winery is busy, and I will probably stay here for a while." Jiuye sat in the main seat, looked at him and said, "If you like, you can stay at the ethnology and study with them in the future."

Xie Jing shook her head: "I'm different from them."

Master Jiu nodded: "I have wronged you."

The person delivering melons and fruits hadn't gone far, and was putting a watermelon with peeled skin on the table. Hearing Xiao Xie talking to Master Jiu like this, he was so frightened that he almost dropped the watermelon on the ground.He secretly glanced at Xiao Xie, then at Master Jiu.

Xie Jing stood there without squinting, her expression was the same as usual, always serious.

Jiu Ye lowered his head and was flipping through a blueprint, as if he was chatting about homework, he opened his mouth casually: "The daytime classes over there are nothing, why don't you go to Heihe with me? If there is anything I don't understand, I will take time to teach at the winery." You are, just come back to read Mr. Huang's little class at night."

"Hey."

The conversation between the two of them was simple. After finishing speaking, Master Jiu called Xie Jing to look at the picture, but the person who delivered melons and fruits couldn't understand what they talked about.

The man carefully closed the door and went out, and the strangeness in his heart faded a lot.

I've seen a lot, and I'm slowly getting used to it.

If there is any difference between Xie Jing and them, it is that he usually does not feel that he is weak, and their ninth master also believes it.

For example, when someone encountered something and others were still racking their brains on how to respond to Master Jiu, Xie Jing had already spoken naturally, and what he said was still what Master Jiu loved to hear.

It was as if the two of them were speaking in code, saying something that only each other could understand.

The next day.

Xie Jing followed Master Jiu to Heihe, and two Germans came to the winery, and they were very busy for several days to adjust the machines of the winery.

Master Jiu wanted to support capable people around him. He brought a lot of people from the provincial capital this time, and also picked some smart ones from Qinghe Baijia. He originally thought that he would find one or two outstanding talents from here, but he No matter what, Xie Jing was the first to jump out.

Xie Jing is like a blank sheet of paper, but also like a sponge, wherever he is thrown, he will try his best to absorb the nutrients around him and grow faster than anyone else.

Master Jiu couldn't do it alone, so he took Xie Jing with him at first, but gradually, he was able to tell him to do something independently.

Xie Jing is serious and down-to-earth, the agility of a young man blends with a calmness that does not belong to this age, coupled with the unspeakable tacit understanding between him and Master Jiu, often makes Master Jiu look at him a little bit Eye.

The young man in front of him bent down to learn how to adjust the distillation machine, his black hair hung down to slightly cover his eyes, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and when he lowered his head to discuss with the German engineer, he could speak a few words in foreign language now and then. Words are all machine-specific vocabulary.

Xie Jing studied very well, even better than he thought.

A few days later, Xie Jing got a day off and went back to Qinghe County to visit relatives.

There are rotations in the winery, and Zhang Huwei and people from the provincial government are beside Master Jiu. This time, there are no problems with safety or production in the workshop. Xie Jing is very relieved when he comes back.

He rode back with the rest of the rest of the people on vacation. These people came from the provincial capital and had no family members here. They stopped at the East Courtyard. Xie Jing didn't stop and rode back home directly.

It's just that the door of the house is locked, and the east wing is empty.

Xie Jing tied up the horse, fed it some fodder, and was grabbing a handful of beans to add to the manger when he heard a "squeak" at the gate of the small courtyard, and saw Grandma Kou when he looked up.Grandma Kou was also very pleasantly surprised when she saw him. She walked over in three steps and said in a hurry: "Jing'er, you are back. I went to look for you at noon yesterday, and I went there this morning too. If you don't come back again, I will ask someone to find him in Heihe..."

"Grandma, speak slowly, what's the matter?"

"Li Yuan is lost!"

Xie Jing pinched Douzi's hand for a moment, frowned and said, "Lost it? When did it happen, did you ask the nursing home of the East Hospital for help?"

"Please, it's not the two little brothers who came to our house for dinner before. I recognize them and helped me find them yesterday, but I haven't found them in Manqinghe County until now. It's like they disappeared in Pingdi." Grandma was very anxious, "He didn't take any money, whether it was the silver dollars in the box or the copper coins in the small money box outside, there was not a single one missing, but I was so anxious. If he took some money and ran away, he would just run away. How can he take one?" People are gone?"

Xie Jing thought for a moment, and said, "I know where he is, grandma, you go home first, I'll look for it."

Xie Jing untied the horse's reins, got up and got on the horse, sat on the horse's back and told the old man: "You are at home these two days, don't go anywhere, Mr. Huang lives in this yard, and the guards of Master Jiu will take care of him both openly and secretly. Some, I'll send some food over, you wait for me at home."

Grandma Kou's heart skipped a beat, she took two steps after her and asked, "Jing'er, where are you looking for it?"

Xie Jing said: "I'll go to the East Courtyard first, don't worry, I know it well."

Xie Jing went to the east courtyard and found Zhang Huwei's group of guards.

When encountering bandits in Heihe before, Xie Jing went through life and death with those people, and even had a life-threatening friendship with Zhang Huwei, and the relationship has always been good on weekdays.In addition, although Xie Jing is a popular person in front of Master Jiu, he has no airs of arrogance at all, and is considerate and considerate in receiving people and things. He only said that he needs someone to accompany him for a trip, and many guards on duty stepped forward to ask for help. go with him.

Xie Jing picked two or three people, changed their clothes, and rode with them to the eastern suburbs.

The eastern suburbs are poor, but not empty.

On the contrary, because it lives by the river, there are many unloading workers on the wharf. There is business here, and there are many people gathered here, from all walks of life. It looks dirty and noisy.

Xie Jing has lived here for many years, so she naturally knows the environment here, and coming here on horseback is just a gesture.

He took people to the troupe.

Mr. Cheng was wearing a half-worn silk jacket. The weather was just hot, and he unbuttoned two buttons. He was dangling on the Taishi chair with one foot, while the other foot flattened the upper of a black cloth shoe, exposing half of his foot.While urging the half-grown children around to practice kung fu, he turned two walnuts in his hand, and there was a bamboo whip on the Eight Immortals Table, which had been used and was shiny.

When Xie Jing came to the door, Master Cheng sat up slightly. He was very hunchbacked, and he didn't sit up straight, so he just smiled and said: "Oh, Xiao Xie has developed a lot, and he is returning home. Come, sit down and chat , I've been thinking about you all the time, is your grandma getting better? Now you don't have any more coughing, right?"

Xie Jing said: "Don't bother you, this time, I want to redeem someone with you."

"Who?"

"Little plum, Li Yuan."

Master Cheng took a puff of cigarette, swallowed a puff of smoke slowly, still smiling on his face: "He is from our troupe. In the early years, his father and mother sold him a paper deed. I didn't expect that little heartless person to run away in private, and I've been looking for it for a long time..." He watched Xie Jing's expression carefully, and seeing that his expression didn't change, he didn't argue too much, he knew it already. "Since you are here, I also know that people don't speak dark words. He is indeed with me. It's just that the theater troupe has raised him for so many years, and it's hard for him to come out of the department. You want to buy a big living person. It's not the half-hearted person you were at the beginning. The price of a bag of grain."

Xie Jing nodded: "There are rules in one place, you can do it."

Leader Cheng raised his eyelids, and said, "30 yuan is the ocean!"

Xie Jing counted them out of the white cloth bag he was carrying and placed them on the Eight Immortals table in front of him.

Banzhu Cheng twirled the walnut half a circle in his hand, and when he put it down, he said again: "Now the price has risen, 300 yuan."

Xie Jing paused, and went to get the banknotes in his arms again, but before he took them out to see the denomination of the banknotes, the leader Cheng on the opposite side yelled again: "Now it has risen again, three thousand is now the ocean."

Xie Jing looked at him.

Boss Cheng also looked up at him, with a half-smile on his face, he didn't want to do this business at all.