Republic of China small businessman

After lunch at Grandma Kou's place, Mr. Huang wrapped the little stone tiger with a handkerchief, and took it back with the Buddha statue for careful study.Before leaving, Mr. Huang also called his fellow goldsmiths, and assured Grandma Kou: "When I finish my research, I will definitely return it to Zhao. I guarantee that it will look exactly like the one you worshiped before."

The goldsmith was terrified, with a heavy burden on his shoulders, and with a sad face, he didn't really want to go with Mr. Huang, so he was dragged out of the house.

After eating here, Master Jiu went back, and Xie Jing left with him.

On the way, Master Jiu asked him: "What do you remember about your family?"

He said it tactfully, but Xie Jing could hear it, and smiled and said: "Don't worry about me, Lord. I have been with my grandma since I was a child. I have never seen my parents since I can remember. Grandma rarely mentions them. Occasionally, she talks about my mother. My mother is a kind person, with a good personality and a smart person, and I almost followed her by reciting the book." He paused, and then said in a low voice, "Grandma told me from the beginning, she said that I was born in this world. I have no relatives, but in my heart, grandma is my relatives."

Seeing that he was down, Master Jiu shook the folding fan in his hand and tapped him lightly on the head.

Xie Jing was stunned for a moment, then Master Jiu held his hand, and the folding fan fell into his palm.

"There will be me in the future."

When the Baifu arrived, the carriage stopped.

Master Jiu took a step ahead and got out of the carriage.

Xie Jing looked down at the folding fan, it was Jiuye's new favorite, it was a famous folding fan just received some time ago, the fan pendant was an olive core the size of a thumb, and there were sixteen children playing pictures carved on it, only this one is hard to find.

He didn't look at the nuclear carving, but still held it to feel the temperature of the previous owner, and then looked up at the still shaking car curtain. His heart was burning, and the heat continued to spread upwards, and his eyes were slightly hot.

Huang Mingyou took the little stone tiger back and studied it while flipping through ancient books, but there will be no progress for a while.

On the other hand, the Heihe winery is going well.

From the beginning of summer to the present, after the merger of the new and old factories, the original workers have gradually learned to use the machines, and they have turned on the horsepower to produce more than [-] barrels of liquor in a day and night at its peak.

The winery uses large wooden barrels, and a barrel of liquor weighs [-] catties, which is more than [-] catties.

If it is produced in this way for three months, it will be more wine than all the companies in Heihe combined for a whole year, and everyone is extremely excited.

The Heihe River is a convenient waterway. There is a small island on the left bank of the upstream, which can be used as a natural dock for boats. This not only facilitates the entry and exit of raw materials for the winery, but also provides a convenient way to sell products to Russia—so much wine, Only the Russians can eat the whole thing, and they enjoy all kinds of wine, especially strong wine.

It is not difficult to produce wine, but it is difficult to sell it.

The Bai family was familiar with the officials of the Border Port Authority, and after several discussions, they agreed to set off together to visit the small Russian trading city on the other side.

This trip was different from usual, the accompanying was simple, Bai Rongjiu brought people to choose carefully, except Zhang Huwei and other three guards, the rest brought a translator who was proficient in Chinese and Russian languages, and a manager who had run the winery for many years.The Russians’ trade with other countries is not the same. They only recognize people in their transactions, not the factory. The three wineries of the Bai family in Heihe merged, and the names of the provinces were all used. It is also much more convenient to deal with the stewards in the past.In particular, this steward is very proficient in trading and everything, and can speak a few words in Russian, and can also act as an interpreter when he is busy.

Xie Jing helped pack the luggage, feeling a little bit reluctant.

Master Jiu saw a little bit, before he left, he found an errand for Xie Jing.

Those who were brought were a group of children, about a dozen of them, the oldest was estimated to be nine years old, and the youngest was about six or seven years old. They wore patched clothes and shaved their heads uniformly. They were pushed in front of Xie Jing like a little monk.

Jiu Ye said: "These are a few children who were rescued when the case of the ruined temple was closed. I went out for about a month or so this time. I entrusted them to you as I thought you were safe."

Xie Jing asked: "Do you want to keep them?"

Master Jiu glanced at him, and instead of answering, asked, "You saved the man, it's up to you to keep it."

Bai Jiuye led the team on a long journey, and everything in Qinghe Bai's family remained as usual.

Except Xie Jing.

Xie Jing looked at the group of bald "little monks" in front of him, but none of them had any impression. It was a guard named Wang Su from the East Court who came over to clear his mind.

"Xiao Xie, have you forgotten? That day you asked me to stay and watch at the door of the theater troupe. You said that Cheng Ban was going to run away, so I kept watching. I saw a group of them getting into the carriage and chasing after them from a distance, and finally opened the curtain I just saw this group of kids—he was the only one, with two bamboo poles stuck in the back of his neck, and he was trotting all the way while holding on to a black robe, and he ran so fast, I thought he was the leader of the class, the guy chased me all the way!" Wang Su pointed to one of the older children, who was startled and hid in the crowd without daring to look at Wang Su.

Xie Jing just remembered: "It turned out to be them."

Wang Su said: "Earlier, the government sent a bag of silver dollars, and Master Jiu gave them a few silver dollars each to share. Not long after this group of children left the house, some of them were robbed of their money. Some of them They were clever enough to take them to the mansion, and after getting close to the gate, no one dared to come again, they just kowtowed at the gate and refused to leave even if they said nothing, so let them hide for two days and give them something to eat."

Xie Jing: "Master Jiu let me go?"

Wang Su: "Where is it, Lord Jiu is so busy, how can he care about these things, the second young master in the mansion escaped... Well, he came back from the ethnology study two hours early for lunch, just happened to see it, and took it in. "

Xie Jing: "..."

Two hours in advance, that's not called skipping class.

Where can I come back to eat as soon as I go out in the morning?

Xie Jing rubbed the center of her brows, and asked again: "Where do they live now?"

Wang Su said: "I live in the handyman's room, I found a Datong shop, and now I am deducting the second young master's monthly silver for meals."

Xie Jing was curious: "The second young master is so kind?"

Wang Su hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said: "It doesn't count, this group of children kowtows to the second young master as soon as they come in, and all the silver dollars in their hands are given to the second young master. Speaking of which, the second young master has earned more than a dozen yuan .”

Xie Jing: "..."

Bai Er is not guilty of his heart, he earns all the money.

Xie Jing looked at the group of children and said, "Who is your big brother, stand up first, and the ones behind will be sorted according to height."

A group of children whispered, but none of them stood up.

Xie Jing said again: "If the big brother is not here, just choose one, line up the team, and be fast!"

Probably because Xie Jing had no expression on his face, this group of little radish heads were very obedient, and quickly pushed one out to lead, and the rest stood in a row next to each other.

Xie Jing glanced at it, and the first one happened to be the smarter one Wang Su called before, "What's your name?"

"Sugar Cake."

"...The second young master's name?"

"Ah."

When Xie Jing asked, they were all dim sum names, such as white sugar cake, radish cake, crabapple cake, and red bean cake.

Xie Jing had a headache, and said to them: "This name is too difficult to remember, I will only call you by the first word."

A group of children nodded their heads one after another, only Bai Tang Cake was called "Xiao Tang" because it hit the mansion's surname.

Xie Jing walked back and forth in front of them twice, a group of children looked up at him, their eyes moved back and forth with him, two of them were younger, they shook slowly, and their two bald heads collided with each other with a "boom" Suddenly, both of them wrinkled their faces in pain, holding back two packs of tears that rolled around in their eyes, not daring to fall.

Xie Jing stood still, and her eyes fell on them: "This morning we have a class together, and this afternoon we have an exam, no matter what you have learned today or what you have learned in the past, show me everything. If you want to stay, it depends on your own ability. "

In the morning, Xie Jing first taught them ten characters and the simplest arithmetic. After lunch, they were not allowed to rest, so Wang Su helped them practice exercises. After a set of long punches, they all kept up.

Wang Su taught it twice, and he basically knew it, except for a few young children who couldn't remember the order of punching.

Xie Jing gave them an hour to rest, and then the exam.

It is good to remember half of ten characters.

Arithmetic, only two or three people are correct.

When the long boxing test started, Wang Su stood at the front and was about to start, when he saw the leader, Xiaotang, stand up and tremblingly walked to the middle of the front of the team, and then squatted down. Get ready.

Wang Su said: "Start, the first move!"

Xiaotang stood at the front and shouted, and the children behind him followed him and started to do it.

From the first form to the end of the whole set of long punches, Xiaotang made no mistakes.

If he does the right thing, the kids behind him won't go wrong.

Probably because he was afraid of offending the discipline in front of him, Xiaotang took the lead and turned a few somersaults. The children behind him knew nothing but these things, and they turned over after that, and those who were lying on the front and back, did not hesitate time.They learned a lot of movements when they were in the theater troupe. Everyone has been beaten countless times and they are at a weak age. These movements are the most flexible.

They no longer knelt outside the gate of the White Mansion and begged bitterly like that day. Xie Jing pointed out a way out, and they gritted their teeth and fought hard.

Xie Jing looked at those little bald heads, but somehow liked them.

Wang Su, a burly man, was more easily moved than Xie Jing. He lowered his voice and pleaded: "Xiao Xie, why don't we let them pass?"

Xie Jing nodded slightly, and yelled at the group of children to stop. A group of children had beads of sweat on their foreheads, and looked over eagerly. The fluttering dust on the ground mixed into two mud marks.

Xie Jing knew it well, and said to them: "From tomorrow onwards, you will come to the east courtyard to find me every morning, and I will guide you to learn skills. As for eating, you will still find it in the second young master's courtyard."

Xiao Tang plucked up his courage and asked, "I, can we stay?"

Xie Jing shook her head: "It's not decided yet, I will take the test again in a month and I will have to pass."

A group of children breathed a sigh of relief, for one month, at least they have a place to live and enough food for this month.

There is an idle theater garden behind the Bai Mansion, built in a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and before that, they used to listen to the theater at home, because the master of the Bai family and the eldest young master didn't like to listen to operas very much, and they only called the theater at home on happy birthdays. It will be empty soon.Now most of them have reserved boxes in theaters outside all the year round, and no one goes to this place at home. Even the second young master knows to run to the box in the theater if he plays truant from school, and would not come to this desolate place.

Xie Jing brought Li Yuan over to teach the children to rehearse the monkey show in the theater.

Although a group of children didn't know why they started rehearsing the play again, they were very obedient, and they turned somersaults seriously when they were given food.

Xie Jing stood aside and watched them, and Li Yuan sat on a rock and watched them too.

Xie Jing asked him: "Do you know anyone in there?"

Li Yuandao: "I can recognize two of them, but they are not well-known. They are not in the same troupe as mine. They should be bought by the troupe owner from other troupes. It seems that the basic skills are solid." He ordered a few of them, Point it to Xie Jing, "These are better."

Xie Jing nodded: "It's not bad."

After he finished speaking, he was a little hesitant, "Why don't you find a master to teach me? Before I sang Danjiao, the water sleeves and the like were okay, but the monkey show was not good."

"I've found it."

"Who?"

"Shang Yulou, Yucheng Club, Boss Shang."

Li Yuan was quite surprised, and he clenched his crutch tightly: "That Shang Yulou in the provincial government, Mr. Shang? How do you know him? No, how can you invite that true god?" Everyone who studied opera in the Northland did not know him. This one, Shang Yulou is good at acting, and is recognized as one of the best famous actors.

Xie Jing smiled and said: "I don't know him, but he will come to the White Mansion next month to celebrate the birthday of Old Master Bai."

Li Yuan came to a sudden: "I understand. You want to rehearse a play, and then use it to congratulate Mr. Bai on the day of the hall, to win a lottery... It's not right, so what's the relationship with the monks?"

Xie Jing said: "There are no martial arts students in Yucheng Society. Shang Yulou sings old students and good faces. Wu students are all borrowed from local martial arts. There are a group of monkeys ready-made here. He will not use them."

Li Yuan was a little hesitant: "Then what if Boss Shang rented Wu Sheng from the provincial government?"

Xie Jing resolutely vetoed: "No."

The man in Shang Yulou has an iron rooster, even if a copper coin falls on the ground, he has to dig through the cracks in the bricks to find it. He has traveled all the way from the provincial capital for several days, and he refuses to ask him to subsidize the money for Wu Xing.Back then when he went to Wusheng, the place where he went the most was Shangyulou, who wanted to count the time with his pocket watch, but Shangyulou also took care of Wusheng, knowing that Wusheng had to work hard to perform, and would add some meat to every meal.As for Boss Shang himself, he ate a big pot of rice with him, and there was a spoonful of broth in the rice.

Shang Yulou doesn't smoke, drink, prostitute or gamble, for fear of spoiling his throat a bit, this Boss Shang only has a bowl of porridge before the opening to moisten his throat more than others every day.

Xie Jing has never seen someone who is so good at singing and can sing about herself so poor.

Although Li Yuan still had doubts, but Xie Jing said so, he didn't ask any more questions, and just sat aside to guide those little bald heads.When the time comes to put on makeup and a monkey hat, you won't be able to see that it's a little bald head. Now that they are rolling all over the floor, they are still a bit lively and cute.

After a while, Xie Jing suddenly asked: "Now let you watch the show, okay?"

Li Yuan reacted for a moment, looked at Xie Jing and guessed what he meant, and replied: "It's okay, in fact, singing is not all hard, when I saw them, I remembered when I was a child, when I used to sneak out to find you to pick elm money. "

Xie Jing is not good at comforting people, so she patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have a big life, and you will have a long good life in the future."

Li Yuan only hated that half of the brick was not smashed down two years earlier. Hearing Xie Jing's comforting words, he carefully hid the sharp claws in his heart, nodded timidly and said: "Yes, the good days will be long in the future. It’s all in the past, now and the future is what matters.”

Xie Jing was very satisfied with him cheering up so quickly. Li Yuan was much stronger than he thought, and only by stepping out can he enjoy the present moment and not wrong himself.

Li Yuan watched Xie Jing's reaction carefully, and followed him with his eyes. Xie Jing smiled, and he smiled with a row of neat teeth.

Li Yuan thinks this is really good.

It was like standing in the front row—no, just squatting in a corner of the stage, rubbing the thin railings, and looking up, I could see a silver armored figure standing in the middle, feeling an indescribable satisfaction in my heart.

The most beautiful thing he has ever seen is Zhao Zilong, with a bright silver spear, a phoenix wing helmet, and a white robe armor, a young hero, invincible.

Xie Jing is the "Zhao Zilong" in his heart.

Xie Jing didn't want to show that she knew how to play, so she asked Li Yuan to give instructions here, and then went back to deliver food to Huang Mingyou.

Since Master Jiu and his party left Qinghe County, Mr. Huang stayed at home even more, and didn't even come to the East Courtyard.When he came from the provincial capital, he brought three carriages, all of which were loaded with books, and now there was only a bed and a desk in the place where he stayed, and all the other places were filled with bookshelves.Before, people could drink tea and play chess on the desk, but now both the desk and the floor covered with blankets are full of books.

Mr. Huang was sitting in this pile of books, holding the stone tiger in one hand, flipping through the books in the other hand, putting down one and immediately picking up the other. When he saw Xie Jing coming over, he said immediately: "Xiao Xie just came, hurry up!" , Pass me the "Houjianlu" at the door!"

Xie Jing took the book for him, but couldn't find a place to put the food box, so he could only put the box on the bed temporarily: "Sir, let's eat first?"

Huang Mingyou held the book and stared at ten lines at a glance, completely immersed in it, didn't hear what Xie Jing said at all, and only replied: "Ah, good."

Xie Jing waited for a while, then yelled again softly, this time Huang Mingyou could not hear other voices.

Xie Jing lowered his head and glanced, half of the scattered books were spread out. The one closest to him was "The Chronicle of Luqiao". It seemed that he had just opened a few pages, and Mr. Huang clipped the pages with a brush. Quan Dang made a mark, probably inspired, and went to read other books.

Xie Jing didn't want to disturb him, so he put down the food, went out and asked the waiter, and told him: "Take care of your husband's meal, if he doesn't want to eat now, don't disturb him, and go to the east chamber to find Kou when the food is cold. Grandma wants one, and there is meat porridge boiled on the stove over there, whenever your husband is hungry, you can bring it to him.”

The servant agreed, and then said: "Before leaving, Master Jiu specially sent someone to order that he has left some money so that he will not disturb grandma's rest at night. He also asked us to buy some food, so we won't be hungry, sir."

Huang Mingyou searched for nearly a month. He stayed at home and rummaged through ancient books, but he still couldn't find any clues about Shihu.

That's one line away.

Mr. Huang walked out of the yard disappointedly, took a shower and changed his clothes, and planned to go to a nearby bookstore.

After a month of sleepless nights and food, Mr. Huang's clothes were all too big. When he was walking on the road, he habitually rubbed his stomach. The feeling was not as good as before. His food tastes better than before.

Qinghe County is small, and there is nothing to shop in the only few bookstores. Huang Mingyou has either read those books, or just didn't like them, so he walked around and walked out.He planned to go to the East Courtyard to have a look. Although Master Jiu was not at home, there were a lot of books in the East Courtyard, and Master Jiu was good at collecting them. Maybe he could see some clues and help Shi Hu.

As soon as Huang Mingyou walked to the east courtyard, he saw Xie Jing walking out carrying a wooden box, and asked curiously, "Xiao Xie, where are you going?"

Xie Jing put down the wooden box and said hello to him: "Sir, is he out? I'll go to the stage behind. Master Bai's two-day birthday is going to be held at home, and I'll help."

Huang Mingyou saw that there was thin sweat on his forehead, and quickly stretched out his hand: "I will help you lift it together, and you alone... uh!" Mr. Huang blushed and only raised one corner tremblingly, trying twice He put it down again, and said resentfully, "Forget it, you can carry it yourself."

Xie Jing picked it up neatly, and was still asking him: "Sir, do you want to go see it too? Today, there is a monkey show on the stage, and it's very lively."

Huang Mingyou had nothing to do with him, so he agreed to come down and went with him.

When passing by the garden, the inside is colorful, and the rows of weeping willow leaves are shiny and green, and the leaves have been fully unfolded.Mr. Huang's eyes fell on it, and he couldn't help feeling: "There are so many flowers blooming."

Xie Jing laughed and said, "Yes, sir, he has been immersed in his studies for 27 days."

Mr. Huang didn't step out of the room after Master Jiu left.

He also hadn't seen Lord Jiu for 27 days.

In the backyard, on the stage.

There is already a group of little monkeys making a big noise in the Heavenly Palace.

The lower part was basically arranged properly, Xie Jing put down the box, took the props inside and handed them to the group of children, and brought Mr. Huang a chair over, and found the best shaded place for him to sit comfortably and watch .

Huang Mingyou usually likes to watch plays, so after watching for a while, he asked, "Is this the play "White Ape Saves Mother"?"

The sound of gongs and drums was too loud, Xie Jing leaned over and said, "Yes, but I changed some places, chose the most lively section in it, and renamed it "White Ape Offers Birthday"."

Huang Mingyou nodded with a smile and said, "It's a good change, Ying Jinger!" He put his hands on his mouth and asked Xie Jing loudly: "But this monkey show is too lively, does the Bai family master like it—"

Xie Jing: "It's okay, I asked, Master Bai and the second young master have the same birthday—" The master doesn't like to watch, but the second young master and those half-grown children will definitely join in.Before Xie Jing finished speaking, he heard someone calling his name behind him. His ears were sharp, and he turned his head when he heard the sound. Bai Mingyu was standing behind him in a brand new robe.

The second young master probably just ran over, his breath was not stable, his face was a little red, he stood there for a long time and said: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

"I still have some things to do here..."

"Hurry up, don't make the young master angry!"

Xie Jing walked over, and saw the second young master looking up at the treetops, without saying anything, he wanted to leave, but this one refused.

Xie Jing asked, "What on earth is Second Young Master looking for from me?"

Bai Mingyu didn't look at him, he was a little proud and asked with a sullen face on purpose: "I heard that you specially arranged a monkey show for me to celebrate my birthday, didn't you?"

Xie Jing: "...Yes."

Bai Mingyu glanced at him, then looked at the bustling appearance on the stage, the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be suppressed at all, he coughed hard, raised his eyebrows and said: "Rearrange well, the young master will invite a lot of People come to see, don't embarrass the young master."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Bai Mingyu (beautiful): I knew it, you really are the best with me!

Xie Jing: The second young master was joking.