Republic of China small businessman

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Kou Laosan came to the house to find Xie Jing, and took him to the master's house.

Xie Jing was wearing a thick jacket, which had been specially washed and washed. He followed Kou Laosan and his son silently with a small fair face. Not too much trouble.

As Kou Laosan walked, he told them: "I was able to send you in together this time because I entrusted a lot of acquaintances and spent money. You must be careful when you go in, especially these few days. When the distinguished guests come, you stay in the apprentice room, but don't come out and run around, do you hear me?"

Kou Peifeng cringed, listening to his father's instructions along the way, he couldn't help nodding, like a chicken pecking at rice, he had a natural awe of the master's family, "Father, how far is the provincial capital from our Qinghe County, who is here? "

"This is not something you should worry about, take care of yourself, listen less, ask less!"

Xie Jing retracted her ears and said nothing.

Kou Laosan looked gloomy, and led them all the way to the master's house.

Mr. Kou believed what Xie Jing said that day, but not completely.

It's not easy to have a decent job these days. He was reluctant to give up his son's vacancy, but he was worried about the only seedling in his family. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and spent some money to buy off Steward Zhou Xie Jing was also sent in, but Xie Jing was asked to use his son Kou Peifeng's name when entering the White House, and the two exchanged.

Kou Peifeng was born in a small family and had never entered the gate of the richest family in Qinghe County. He was shocked when he entered for the first time.The doors and windows are carved with painted beams and painted buildings. The windows are uniformly decorated with glazed sheets. When entering the second door, he was almost dazzled by the rows of Russian-style glass ornaments on the antique shelf when he was waiting in the small hall. He had never seen so many colored glazes. Bottles, pink, purple, mixed colors and gold, just glanced at them and quickly lowered their heads.

Kou Peifeng was dazzled, and Kou Lao San was not much better, trembling, for fear of breaking the precious objects placed in the room with a single movement.

Xie Jing followed behind them without any reaction.

Bai Jiuye used to dote on him, and whenever there was something good that he thought was good after playing with it, he would stuff it into his hand.He has been trained by Master Jiu, and his eyes have been cultivated, so he can tell the good or the bad at a glance.In the last few years of the previous life, with this ability, he earned some money to live on. The life was difficult, but he could survive.

Not long after, a few more people came to the small hall, and then Butler Zhou came in to give a lecture.

Xie Jing stood there with her head half down, keeping a low profile.

Steward Zhou took people's money and gave them some care. When he ordered these people to work, he didn't let Xie Jing and the others go to the shop to suffer for the first three years. He also heard that Xie Jing and the others knew a few big characters , and stuffed it into the apprentice room in the mansion-there is Mr. Follower over there. The new guest dolls generally do not have such treatment, and they always have to work hard for several years to become apprentices or run on the street.

A group of people lined up again, and someone took them to get their clothes, and then sent them to a large bathroom. The chimney of the boiler on the side was thick and billowing with hot white smoke.

"Everyone go in and wash well, and those with lice will be bald!"

Xie Jing moved nimbly, carried the clothes and went inside to find a hidden corner, washed her body and changed into new clothes.

Someone was staring at the door of the bathroom to check one by one. When Xie Jing came out, someone had already been dragged to have their hair shaved.Xie Jing was taken care of by Grandma Kou on weekdays. Although she was thinner, her nails were cut and her hair was even more smooth. When she was standing in line waiting for the people in front of her to check, her hair was half-dried by the fire. When a person reached out to touch it, he slid through the hair, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the short black satin-like hair of a child in front of him.

The inspector was a little surprised, and couldn't help but take a second look, only looking at the hair and delicate face, he looked like a down-and-out young master from somewhere.

After the man had seen it, he let Xie Jing pass without shaving his hair.

When they got to the front hall, there were only two or three people who still had hair, and the rest had their scalps plucked into green stubble, standing in the yard shivering in the cold wind.

Steward Zhou came to shake his prestige again, but this time he couldn't say a word. A short boy flashed in from the blue brick archway, holding a whip in his hand and threw a clump of dead grass on the road. After a few words of persuasion in a low voice, the man turned around and kicked him, staring at him and said: "Don't talk about this with me, young master, I am not afraid of anything, if you see the sky, go and kowtow to him, he is fine, just sit on the door curtain There's an 'hmm' sound from the back of the room, and I don't even see you!" The boy begged a few words, and the man became even more angry, "Get out of here, young master won't be going today!"

"Good young master, that is grandpa!"

"I won't serve my ancestors anymore, whoever wants to go will go!"

"Well, if this master asks us, what should we say..."

"To tell you the truth, if it's a big deal, you'll get beaten up. It's not like you haven't been beaten before, huh!"

……

The bustling scene over there attracted everyone to look at it. Butler Zhou coughed twice before lowering his head again.

Xie Jing raised his eyes to see that the person was familiar, but he remembered in a blink of an eye that this is the youngest son of the big shopkeeper in Qinghe County, named Bai Mingyu, and also the favorite junior of Master Jiu.Bai Mingyu has a big temper, but he can also endure hardships. He doesn't have a heart after all, but his temper is like a firecracker, and he can't do it at all. Afterwards, he has been with Jiu Ye for many years, and he is extremely protective of him. No word.

Xie Jing was about the same age as him, and he had the most contact with him back then, but Bai Mingyu still picked his nose and eyes at him over the years, only hindered by Bai Jiuye's coercion, he silently swallowed this sulking breath—this young master took Seeing Bai Jiuye as a god, he wished that he could burn incense three times a day, but he really couldn't accept that Jiuye went down to earth to find such a layman.

Xie Jing only met Bai Mingyu who became an adult a few years later. At that time, the shopkeeper Bai was tall and powerful, but now the young master Bai, who was thirteen or fourteen years old, had shrunk a lot. After Xie Jing looked him up and down, he felt that the other party Small in stature, only reaching the height of his own forehead.

It turned out that Bai Mingyu was bragging, he didn't grow tall since he was a child.

Bai Mingyu is used to being domineering at home, and his father and elder brothers let him in. Now he just feels wronged by kowtowing to others a few times a day-he kowtows so loudly that his forehead is covered!

The boy next to him kept persuading him, which made Bai Mingyu impatient. He couldn't kick people because of his short legs, so he simply grabbed the boy's clothes and dragged him to Steward Zhou. He said angrily, "I don't want this person to follow you! I'll change it, and I'll change it today!"

Butler Zhou was most afraid of this little overlord, and he didn't dare to offend the master. He rubbed his hands together and smiled, "Master, this is not good. The master chose you to accompany me to read, and I didn't make any mistakes..."

Bai Mingyu didn't bother to care about him, so he left the boy and picked it up among the newcomers in the courtyard. After looking at it several times in a row, he was stubble-headed, as ugly as a bald head, and he finally saw a hairy guy. Someone squatted down on the side, and there were rustling sounds in his arms. The more he looked forward, the more that person covered himself to hide.

Bai Mingyu asked: "What is it, take it out and let me have a look?"

The black-haired boy squatting there let out a "huh" and only moved, but didn't get up.

Bai Mingyu was the most curious, and approached him in two or three steps to pull him, "What the hell is it?"

The person was pulled up, and the oiled paper bag in his arms was also revealed. It was a bag of white sugar rice cakes, dotted with plum blossoms, and it looked good.

Bai Mingyu curled his lips: "I think it's nothing but white sugar cake."

Xie Jing said: "It's not white sugar cake. Glutinous rice and sweet-scented osmanthus juice are added. It has been melted in snow water and boiled for a long time. It is better than white sugar cake." Bai Mingyu likes to eat sweets, so he will definitely ask if he hears it.

Bai Mingyu was really interested and said, "You know how to do it?"

Xie Jing nodded: "Yes."

Bai Mingyu pointed at the person happily, turned his head and said to Steward Zhou: "That's good, I want this person!"

Steward Zhou was stunned for a moment, but before he recovered, the bully left his servant and dragged Xie Jing away.

The corners of Xie Jing's mouth raised a little, but he recovered quickly. He wanted to find Lord Jiu quickly, and he was right to follow Bai Mingyu.

The author has something to say:

About when to find Bai Jiuye——

Xie Jing (clenching fists): Follow Bai Mingyu, and you will be able to advance a year and a half!

Bai Xiaobawang: It's trivial, it's a matter of kowtowing!