Republic of China small businessman

Fang Jiwu stayed at home overnight, and returned to the ethnology school early the next morning. Before leaving, he carried a bag of grain, mostly sorghum rice, mixed with other grain.

Fang Jiwu's mother was a little ashamed when preparing it for him. She gritted her teeth and wanted to scoop in another ladle of fine grains.

"Jiwu, if you don't bring some dry food, these are not enough."

"Mother, I can eat enough for lunch, and this half bag of food is only for morning and night, enough for me for half a month."

"Hey."

Although Fang Jiwu's mother agreed verbally, she still put seven or eight steamed buns of steamed noodles in a small bag and asked her son to take them to school to eat. She felt distressed when she saw that her eldest son was only tall but not fat.

Fang Jiwu took him to ethnology.

Ethnology has a small holiday for two days every month, and he is the last to leave and the first to come.

After memorizing the book for half a day, when he was eating steamed buns from his small pocket, he found a piece of peach shortbread, opened it, and it turned out that his mother secretly put a few pieces in, for fear that he would not let him see, so he didn't make a sound.

Not long after, Wang Jingqiu also came to the ethnology study. He changed into a new suit, cut his hair, looked refreshed, went straight to Fang Jiwu and sat down.Wang Jingqiu has an arrogance and aloofness unique to a scholar. In the school, except for the teacher and Mr. Huang Mingyou, he doesn't think much of others, and he doesn't make friends with others. He just keeps his head down and immerses himself in book knowledge.

The only person he could speak a few words was Fang Jiwu.

The two have been sitting at the same table for three years.

Wang Jingqiu sat down and chatted with him, and asked, "What did you eat?"

Fang Jiwu generously showed him the small pocket, took the shortbread and handed it over: "My mother brought it, try it?"

The peach shortbread was carried all the way, and it was already broken into several pieces. Wang Jingqiu ate two pieces without hesitation. After eating, he took out his own food box and took the roast duck, roast meat and Fang Jiwu to eat separately. : "You eat mine too."

Fang Jiwu took a piece of roast duck, but Wang Jingqiu gave him the biggest duck leg, so he buried his head in eating.

Fang Jiwu said helplessly: "Your home is not far from the ethnology, so you don't have to come early every time."

"I'm here to study." Wang Jingqiu said vaguely. "I didn't pass the exam this time. Although my father didn't say anything, I know he was disappointed. I have to catch up."

Fang Jiwu laughed, said nothing more, and finished eating the duck leg seriously.

Every time Wang Jingqiu ate part of the food he brought, it seemed that he didn't have to think about any reason and could share his meal with his tablemate.From the first day they met, Wang Jingqiu has always been like this, especially not good at dealing with people, even being a good person is tough, and he only shows all his patience and concentration on studying.

After reading for a while, unexpectedly saw Bai Mingyu bring someone over to read for the first time.

Naturally, Bai Mingyu didn't study, but he was in charge of supervision, and the ones he supervised were those few Bai family children whose grades had improved by leaps and bounds during this period.

The two sides drew a boundary, looked at each other, and went to learn by themselves.

Wang Jingqiu made rapid progress and gradually caught up with his English scores.

After Fang Jiwu Ze finished school, he packed his schoolbag and went to the eastern suburbs to help Dr. Lin. Because of running errands, he accidentally went to Xie Jing's house.

Xie Jing had just returned home, and before he got off his horse, a young man on crutches was reaching out to pick up his burden, and on the other side were the twin sisters of the Lin family, one stretched out his hand to support the man on crutches, and the other supported him. Looking at Grandma Kou, her small mouth was as sweet as honey, which made the old lady laugh.

Fang Jiwu walked in with the medicine box and said with a smile: "Xie Jing, so your family lives here, but it is very close to the ethnology. Why do you only go there for half a day every day?"

Xie Jing got off the horse and said, "I'm just an errand runner. I usually have a lot of things to do. It's good to have a half-day class. Are you here?"

"Doctor Lin asked me to change the medicine of a man named Li Yuan."

Li Yuan was almost healed. Fang Jiwu carefully followed Dr. Lin's instructions and carefully replaced him with a new gauze. "The wound is healed, but don't see the water. If you can, you can still lie still, and it will heal faster."

Xie Jing stood aside and asked, "Do you know medicine?"

Fang Jiwu said with some embarrassment: "I just learned from Dr. Lin, and I only know a little bit."

Xie Jing asked again: "Do you want to study medicine in the future?"

This time Fang Jiwu nodded, with a bit of seriousness on his face.

Xie Jing asked him for another piece of sulfonamide, crushed it into powder, Fang Jiwu said: "Is anyone injured and infected? I can help to see."

Xie Jing said: "Fourteen is injured, and was scratched by the saddle."

Fang Jiwu followed him out, only to find out that he was talking about the horse in the yard, who helped treat the wound dumbfoundingly.The white horse was tall and docile, with small prints on its waist and buttocks, signed "White Fourteen", and the place where the saddle scratched its back was a little red and swollen. When cleaning and applying medicine, the muscles on its back trembled slightly, but its four hooves were still firmly in place. , didn't move at all.

Fang Jiwu glanced at it, "Is this a mare?"

"Yes."

"It's the first time I've seen someone so tame, so obedient."

Xie Jing raised his hand to touch the white horse's broad nose, and said with a smile: "Mass is human nature, Shisi is different from other horses, it saved my life." At the beginning, he and Master Jiu were able to return to Qinghe alive. If there is no such a horse, even if they spend the night in the snow nest, they will not be able to sustain themselves to find the village.After returning, Lord Jiu gave Shisi to him, and Xie Jing took care of him personally, and Shisi was also very close to him, but the white horse was too docile, if Xie Jing hadn't noticed a slight abnormality and checked the saddle, perhaps it would have been patient and never Did not alarm the owner in the slightest.

After Fang Jiwu treated the wound, he didn't fix it with a bandage because of the hot weather. He only left an extra piece of sulfonamide for Xie Jing, "Don't put on the saddle for the next two days. I'll come over tomorrow and help with the medicine. If the family is busy, I can't come." In the evening, just crush and smear the wound like today, it’s not a big problem, it will be fine in a few days.”

Xie Jing thanked him, took the medicine, and took a piece of sorghum caramel from his pocket to feed the white horse.

The white horse rubbed against Xie Jing's palm, very tame and attached to him.

Fang Jiwu didn't stay long, and soon went to see Dr. Lin again.

Xie Jing also came to the house to get two pieces of clothes for a change of clothes. In a few days, Lord Jiu will go out, and he will also go with him. Today can be regarded as half a day off for bathing.

When he came out of the shower and changed clothes, Grandma Kou had already prepared a table of meals.

Xie Jing looked around and asked, "Just the three of us?"

Grandma Kou smiled and said, "Yes, Zhifei and Zhiyi have gone home. The two children came here to help me steam buns all afternoon. I brought them a small basket. It's pitiful. They are the only ones at home. I don't know when Dr. Lin will come back from the eastern suburbs at night."

Li Yuan set up the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "It will be good for Dr. Lin to go to the provincial government after a while, and they can go to study."

"Doctor Lin is leaving?" Xie Jing sat down and took a bun to eat, "Is he going to the provincial government too?"

"Yes, I heard Zhifei said that at the end of this month, the provincial government will open a medical school and invite Dr. Lin to be a teacher."

Li Yuan looks quiet and elegant while eating, but his speed is not slow at all, but his appearance is still thin and windy. He told Xie Jing about Dr. Lin while eating. After telling Xie Jing everything, he swallowed it by the way. It's time for the third bun.Grandma Kou steamed the steamed buns to be as big as Zhang Huwei's fists, and each one was very solid. After Li Yuan ate this, he picked up another one. Xie Jing couldn't help but look up at him. Li Yuan misunderstood, and immediately rushed to say: "I I don’t go to school, I don’t like to study, and I get a headache when I hear other things, and I can do arithmetic, thank you for letting me stay as the accountant, I will take care of the account books for grandma.”

Xie Jing said: "Medical schools have to take exams, so they won't accept people easily."

Grandma Kou said: "That's right, Dr. Lin said the same thing when he came over two days ago. He also said that he would recommend another school and praised Li Yuan for his good arithmetic, but Li Yuan refused to go."

Xie Jing looked at Li Yuan and said, "You don't have to pay attention to what I told you before. If there is something suitable, it is also good to study, and there will be more ways out."

Li Yuan smiled shyly: "I just want to be at home, I feel most comfortable at home."

Xie Jing didn't make it difficult for him, nodded and said, "As you wish."

He himself didn't have any lofty ambitions, he had so many paths open, he only wanted to choose the one next to Master Jiu, he was willing to be a small steward, and he had no reason to force others to make the so-called correct choice.

Whether it is correct or not is entirely up to one's own preference.

If possible, he would like to be steward by Jiuye's side for the rest of his life.

After Xie Jing was on vacation, she led the horse to the East Courtyard.

He handed Bai Shisi to the people in the stables to take care of him, and he picked up some fresh fruits bought from the street and went to the small kitchen first. The chef in the small kitchen often listened to recipes from Xie Jing—some dishes I don't know, but Huang Mingyou was greedy for eating at Grandma Kou's, and he didn't want to bother the old lady all the time, so he came to toss the chef in the small kitchen, and the chef could only go to Xie Jing for the recipe. He was very familiar with Xie Jing, and when he saw him bring fruit, he quickly took it and helped wash it, and put it on a plate.

The chef was still boasting: "What a coincidence, Lord Jiu said he wanted to eat crabapple cakes during the day today. I thought the crabapple cakes were not available on the street yet, so you just brought such a basket."

Among the fresh fruits, apart from peaches, Xie Jing's favorite food is crabapple, especially when the sweet and sour flavors first came into the market, he could hold a basket and eat until his teeth fell down.

Beidi has crisp peaches, and soft and rotten peaches are rare, so Xie Jing has been eyeing crabapple fruit for a long time.

He saved half of it for the small kitchen to make crabapple cakes, and took the rest of the cleaned dish to the study to send to Master Jiu.

in the study.

Master Jiu was talking to Bai Mingzhe, Master Jiu looked the same as before, but Bai Mingzhe was already in a hurry and spoke quickly.

"... There are more than one. I heard people report that several old breweries in Heihe have been visited by Japanese businessmen. Some of them came to visit with gifts during the day, and some visited at night. I don’t know what happened, but the contract must have been signed—the shopkeeper Sun of Changshan Distillery has already partnered with the Japanese to make wine, and now they have added three sets of machinery and equipment to their factory, and many people are waiting to find out The drinking situation, I'm afraid I have moved my mind."

Master Jiu frowned slightly, "Just started the machine in Changshan winery?"

"Yes, I heard that there are only three sets of optical distillation equipment."

Master Jiu thought for a while, but still felt wrong: "It doesn't make sense, there are only three sets of equipment, what are they trying to do?"

Bai Mingzhe guessed: "Maybe he wants to sell machines? I heard that the Japanese businessman has a freighter and a channel to buy wine making machines."

Master Jiu shook his head: "Impossible, they can't get the machines in my hand."