Republic of China small businessman

Xie Jing's condition recurred, and the fever began to subside slowly after three days, but the area where the chickenpox developed was very itchy. He resisted scratching it during the day, but accidentally scratched it a little while sleeping at night, and the earlobe was smeared thickly A layer of ointment, wrapped in gauze.

In the past few days, Lord Jiu gave him injections and medicines. Seeing Xie Jing restrained, he also took over the job of wiping his body: "Since you are afraid of being seen by others, why don't you let me do it all."

Xie Jing still wanted to hide, but she was reluctant to retreat to the bedside.

Master Jiu raised his hand to protect his head, the next moment Xie Jing realized that he had bumped against the head of the bed, but he didn't feel the pain through the palm of his hand, and was stunned there.

Master Jiu laughed: "Did you stun? Don't move, I'll wipe your back, and you can do the rest by yourself. Check your movements carefully, and be careful not to scratch and leave scars."

"Hey."

Xie Jing was taken care of for a few days, and his condition was getting better day by day. When the doctor arrived, he was almost healed.

The doctor looked at it carefully, and said nothing serious, took some ointment and told Xie Jing: "The chickenpox on your body is gone, but you'd better be careful about the broken ear, if it gets inflamed, it will hurt very much. "After speaking, I changed Xie Jing's medicine and taught how to use it again. I left a box of scar remover for him to apply by himself, and said with a smile: "The person who went to look for me in your house didn't make it clear. The baby is sick, I brought them for young children, I didn’t expect you to be so old, but all of them are prescriptions for clearing away heat and annealing, and the ointments are also used to remove scars, which are not as effective as adults. Just apply some, if one box is not enough, let me ask for it.”

Zhang Huwei poked his head outside the tent and heard something muttered.

He was the fastest on horseback, and he was the one who picked up the doctor, but Zhang Huwei didn't feel that he had passed the wrong message. In his heart, Xie Jing was just a child.

Master Jiu was listening, and when the doctor finished speaking, he asked a few more questions, then frowned and said, "He had a fever for three days before, and his body was always hot, it seems to be worse than others."

The doctor said: "It's normal. The young master in the family develops acne late, and it's not uncommon for him to have a fever for a long time. As long as he doesn't see the wind for a few days, he can eat and drink for a while." Seeing that Master Jiu was worried, he again Stepped forward and squeezed Xie Jing's arm, "Do you feel sore? Here, does it hurt?"

Xie Jing all shook their heads.

The doctor nodded and said to Lord Jiu: "Don't worry, he's in good health."

In the evening, the doctor gave Xie Jing an injection, and there were needle holes in the places that were easy to inject, so he gave an injection to the area near the waist.

Xie Jing was not afraid of anything else, but he was a little afraid of getting the injection, and he gritted his teeth and endured it for a while. When the doctor pulled out the needle, his back was sweating.

The doctor was a little surprised: "Why are you so afraid of injections? Did it hurt just now?"

Xie Jing shook her head.

The doctor said: "Be sure to tell the truth. Some people are allergic to medicines. If you have any discomfort, you must tell them so that I can prescribe other medicines for you."

Xie Jing was a little hesitant, but said honestly: "I'm not allergic, I'm just afraid of needles."

The doctor reassured him and said, "It's okay. Many people are afraid. A doctor we know is even afraid. He will faint when he sees a needle, but he is not afraid of using a scalpel. He is afraid of these sharp and thin things." He said Wan asked again with great interest, "Do you want me to leave you a syringe? Make a lot of it and see if it can improve."

Xie Jing shook his head again and again, he didn't want to see it at all.

Master Jiu opened the tent and walked in, just in time to bump into the doctor, he sent someone to send him off, and stayed behind to guard Xie Jing.

Xie Jing was lying on the bed, before she recovered, she looked up at him and called out to him.

Jiu Ye sat aside and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It still hurts?"

Xie Jing shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Master Jiu was worried, so he slightly lifted the hem of his clothes and took a look. He could see a small patch of cyan spreading up without taking off his underwear. Xie Jing's skin was fair, and he looked very serious with a little bruise after the injection.

Master Jiu frowned and covered him up.

The next day he got an injection, he was replaced by Master Jiu, his hands were steady and quick, and he was not as green as before.

Xie Jing was a little embarrassed to bother him, and wanted to find a doctor. Master Jiu just assumed that he didn't want to get an injection, put away the syringe and put it aside, flicked his forehead, and said softly: "I'm too delicate, just bear it for a few days. I asked The doctor said that there would be three more injections, and after that, I would take the medicine, so there was no need for any more injections.”

Master Jiu opened the tent and sent the medicine box out for disinfection. Xie Jing rubbed his forehead and felt that there was a cool touch and a little smell of disinfectant alcohol on it.

Half a month later, Xie Jing recovered physically.

There are no scars on his face or body, except for a small hole in the earlobe, the size of a grain of rice, which is not real if you don't look carefully.

Master Jiu stared at him for a long time, raised his hand to call him over, and even touched his earlobe, Xie Jing's face flushed, and he didn't know where to look when his ears were pinched.

Master Jiu looked at it carefully, and teased him, "Leave a mark, and if you lose it later, it's easy to find."

Xie Jing thought, he can't lose it.

He didn't go anywhere except by Jiu Ye's side.

Master Jiu took care of Xie Jing for half a month, and he also noticed a little difference. If Xie Jing was obedient before, now he likes to be by his side very much.

Sometimes Master Jiu looked up at the child while reading a book, and the other party would always notice it immediately. The first time his eyes met, Manager Xiao Xie would stop no matter what work he was doing; the second time his eyes met, Master Jiu didn't need to shout Xie Jing strode over and asked him if he had any orders.

Master Jiu pondered for a moment, he didn't have anything to do, but everyone came over, so he had to arrange a little coaxing.

Xie Jing is very happy to do whatever she does, even if it's just such trivial things as pouring tea or peeling lotus seeds, she has never been impatient at all.

It was the same when Xie Jing was not in good health. Master Jiu went to see him, and the young man lying on the hospital bed didn't feel that he needed extra care at all. No matter how painful the injection was, he couldn't hear him shout.Many times it was Master Jiu who felt sorry for himself, and brought him some pastries, but the silly boy didn't even look at the pastries, but just looked up at him, happily wanting to sit up and talk to him.

For some reason, Jiu Ye suddenly remembered a little hound he had raised when he was a child. His fur was black and shiny, and his eyes were so clear that he could reflect people. Once when he was injured while hunting prey in the woods, he and his grandfather took the pup back home. At home, make an exception and let it sleep in a wicker basket next to the sofa.As long as he looked down, the little guy's tail would wag very fast, he forgot about the injuries on his body, and only cared about being happy.

Master Jiu asked someone to cook a bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls, and when he served it to Xie Jing, he saw the child take it with both hands and eat it deliciously.

Master Jiu doesn't like to eat too sweet things, but he likes to watch Xie Jing eat them.

After watching him eat for a while, I feel that I have a good appetite.

Because of the timely response to the epidemic in Heihe, and the fact that there was a major epidemic a few years ago, the Northland already had countermeasures, such as timely disinfection and large-scale rat hunting, so it was quickly suppressed and did not spread on a large scale.

But even so, many people died.

The cause of the disease was traced all the way, and the leather of the marmot was found.

Those were a few pieces of material brought from Hailar. Hailar is sparsely populated. Originally, only some local hunters went to the grasslands to catch marmots, but this time there were some new arrivals from the east.Those newcomers don't know the habits of marmots, and they don't know that if they are sick, they will move slowly. After seeing them, they will catch all of them, skin them and sell them.

The Baijia shop has experience, and heard that such a thing happened when receiving leather materials, and the shopkeeper checked carefully, and did not receive any diseased leather materials, so there is a shortage of leather materials this year.

Other small shops are not so particular about it, and regardless of the color of the coat, the pictures are much cheaper.

Among them, a Japanese businessman gave Fang Ji'an.Fang Ji’an was dissatisfied with his son Fang Jiwu’s beating earlier because he was beaten in ethnology. In addition, the marmot skin sent by the Bai family to make amends was old leather, and he once resented the other party. The material was exactly what he wanted, but he never expected that a few marmot skins would cost him his life.

The two boys who died together in the Fang family also shared a marmot skin scarf with each other because Fang Ji'an was extra spoiled. Although it was still early, the two children also took care of them twice at home, so they got sick. Failed to save.After that, Fang Ji'an smoked the drug and pawned the leather, which led to the death of the shopkeeper and two shop assistants, and the epidemic spread in the Heihe area, killing many people in vain.

The rest of the female family members of the Fang family were very lucky, and they all survived, especially Mrs. Fang, even though she was pregnant, she had been doing chores at home, carrying water and chopping firewood, so her body was strong and she was not infected.

The Patrol Bureau found the source, and after inquiring about several Japanese businessmen who also died suddenly, and the death conditions were the same, it was basically confirmed.

Then several bans were issued in succession, the marmot skins were destroyed, and the pills were disinfected and distributed, finally bringing the epidemic under control.

It took two months to deal with the epidemic, and the cloud hanging over people's heads slowly dissipated.

But after that, there was a new wave of bleakness.

Many merchants in Heihe suffered heavy losses.

Those Japanese businessmen quickly left behind their dead and wounded companions after contracting the disease, and left the Northland, and the machines they sold also had problems one after another, but the Japanese businessmen had already left, and the communication methods left behind were all fake and undocumented can be checked.

Merchants who have not purchased the machine are still rejoicing, those who have paid a deposit and have already purchased the machine are beating their chests, but there is no way.

In a time-honored wine shop in Heihe, even a shopkeeper in his prime of life hanged himself. If the buddy hadn't passed by and was rescued in time, another person might have died.

The Baijia shop sent invitations, inviting all the shopkeepers of the major wineries in the Northland to gather together.

More than [-] invitations were sent out, and there were only a few people who came. Some elders in the family were ill and could not come, so they asked their nephews to go for them, and they all responded.

There are many wineries in the Northland area. If there were rivals who could compete with the Baijia Winery before, everyone is in a hurry—they are not in a hurry. The internal consumption of wine in the three provinces of the Northland is limited, and the sales volume is the highest. The key is to transport it to the outside world, especially Russia, where the main source of tourists is, but the throat leading to that side is Heihe, and when something happens to Heihe, everyone is worried and anxious.

Bai Mingzhe, as the big shopkeeper of Heihe Baijia Company, came out first to greet everyone and seated them.

When they saw Bai Mingzhe, some people's faces were dull, and they drank tea without saying a word.

There are also some straight-tempered ones, who directly laughed twice, squinted at the other party and choked, "Why, are you embarrassed to see the shopkeeper Bai now? What did you do earlier, before they persuaded you not to buy machines, okay, one It's like digging your own ancestral grave, you can't wait to jump up and scold others, don't you regret it now?"

"Brother, why bother? Everyone is going through hardships together. Alas, I don't know people well."

"The shopkeeper doesn't know people well. I can see that he got into the eyes of money. What did you say when you took the Japanese to my place before? You also persuaded me to hand over my own formula. Pooh!"

……

Some people were full of anger, and they were already impoverished after the epidemic, and they were full of resentment. If they were not concerned about the face of the Bai family, they would have already grabbed their sleeves and started fighting.

Suddenly there was a slight tremor of the ground, some timidly pressed the table, and said in surprise: "The tea is shaking, could it be an earthquake?"

Others also hurriedly stood up, Bai Mingzhe yelled a few times, and when he couldn't help it, he simply smiled and said: "Everyone, everyone! My ninth master has a quick temper, and I'm afraid everyone won't have the time to listen to my nagging at this moment." , everything has been prepared in the backyard, please go with me!"

He took the lead and got up, and the people behind looked at each other and followed.

They couldn't support the wine shop at this moment, their business was gone, and they had nothing but a little bit of face left.

backyard.

Eight horses were in front, and behind them dragged a thing tightly wrapped in tarpaulin. The wheels of the carriage could not be held down, and the wooden wheels were used. When they were unloaded and placed in the yard, there was a loud noise.It wasn't the guys from the Bai family who moved the goods, but a group of soldiers in military uniforms. The ninth master of the Bai family followed behind. Accompanying him was a soldier whose military rank was unclear due to the backlight. But the straight woolen military uniform should not be underestimated.

The Bai family, the provincial capital, has hands and eyes in the sky. Apart from other things, their biggest reliance in the Northland is the Governor-General Bai Xiliang who is in charge of the military and political power of the three provinces.

Bai Xiliang is one of the few honest and honest people, with an upright temperament, standing upright without any support, and never making friends with any factions.

Discussing in low voices with the merchants who came to the backyard, some well-informed whispers were sent to acquaintances, but some merchants still had worries in their eyes. Looking at the soldiers with live ammunition, they couldn't help but retreat a few steps timidly .

"Well, why does the Bai family have officers and soldiers? It wasn't mentioned in the previous invitation!

"I'm afraid it's not that the Bai family wants to bully others..."

"Be careful, be careful! Governor Bai is not such a person. He uses thunderous tactics, but he never does it internally, but externally."

"My family did have some deals with the Japanese, but the machines I bought were all fake, and it's not just the Bai family who can buy machines, right?"

"If the Bai family uses force, is it going to block the way out for all of us?!"

……

Some people had done something bad before and wanted to pull everyone into the water, but at this moment, no one was going to argue. Everyone was focusing on the group of soldiers and the Bai family, waiting for them to speak.

After waiting for the last load of things to be unloaded, Bai Jiuye took a step forward, and everyone fell silent.

Master Jiu looked at them and said, "Everyone, Mr. Bai is not good at words. I invite you here today. I have a business to discuss with you." He pulled down the rope tied with tarpaulin, and the cloth slipped down with a "squeak" , revealing a large machine with a cold light inside, as if with his approval, the rest of the soldiers also disassembled the goods one by one, revealing all kinds of machines, all brand new.

Someone recognized it and let out a low voice: "This, this is the machine used by the Baijia Distillery. How can there be so many?!" He had seen the machines of the Japanese businessman before, but they were only a few in size, and they were smaller than These should be small, and the other party's asking price is not high, and it is also because of this.But now the batch of Baijia's winery in the backyard is exactly the same as the Baijia distillery, far exceeding the number of those on the Japanese merchant ship!