Republic of China small businessman

Time flies.

Another year flies by.

Bai Jiuye came from the provincial government and has personally supervised the operation of the Heihe Distillery for more than two years.

After experiencing so much in the first year and catching up with the epidemic, it really made people sweat, but fortunately it was just a false alarm, and the danger was turned into good luck.

In the second year, since the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce of the three northern provinces, things went much smoother. Master Jiu pushed Bai Mingzhe to deal with many matters outside, and he sat in Qinghe by himself, staying at home, but he has slowly settled the next move. Sit tight.

There are a lot of things going on in the twelfth lunar month, and the Qinghe White Mansion also becomes lively when the New Year comes, and people come to visit one after another.

Bai Mingzhe was busy at the Heihe firm, and Master Bai and his second son Bai Mingyu received Zhou Xuan at home. It was just the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and the threshold was almost broken.

Many of them were merchants from other places, rushing to the Heihe border store to deliver the last batch of goods, and then stopped by Bai's house to visit.

These merchants have all joined the chambers of commerce of the three northern provinces, and most of them have received the kindness of Bai Jiuye's order of [-] shochu.

Master Bai took Bai Mingyu to receive him for several days, and Bai Mingyu couldn't hold it any longer, but it was different now, he had no choice but to sneak away, and the four or five servants around him wouldn't let him go.The master and the eldest young master have both spoken. The second young master has passed the fifteenth year. He should be sensible. He could be naughty before, but now he doesn’t listen to his greetings. , no one wants to run away.

Although the people in the second young master's yard were caught and punished by the master and the eldest young master from time to time, if the second young master improved his studies, the rewards in the yard would be generous.Especially when celebrating a birthday, because the second young master and the master have the same birthday, it is considered a small birthday, and the silver dollars rewarded that day are three to five yuan, which can cover a month's salary. Squeeze into the second young master's yard.

This day, Bai Mingyu wanted to sneak away again when he found some free time. Just as he took a step or two back, he heard the young man standing at the small door in the next hall shout: "Second young master, drink, drink tea!"

The sound was so loud that Master Bai turned his eyes around, "Second brother, where are you going?"

Bai Mingyu glared at the boy, turned around slowly, yawned on purpose, and said, "Father, I'm a little sleepy, I want to wash my face and have some tea."

Master Bai said: "You don't need to go out, just stand in front of me, I have tea here."

Bai Mingyu walked over step by step, and glanced out the window, it was still early.It just fell a lot of snow yesterday, the outside is covered in silver, and you can still hear the rustling of snow sweeping in the yard. Just thinking about it, you can see how thick a sheet of snow can be piled up by a bamboo broom. It's called joy.But he can only think about it, his father has not let go during this time, and the end of the year is approaching, it is even more impossible to let him go out to play.

Master Bai gave him a cup of tea, asked him to drink it, ordered breakfast, and told him while eating, "You are growing up now, and there are some things I have to teach you. When your elder brother went to Heihe, he was no more As old as you, he started as an apprentice, yesterday he asked someone to write a letter, I thought about it..."

Bai Mingyu raised his head, his eyes sparkled.

Master Bai turned back and forth, and sighed: "I still can't bear it. Our family had no choice back then. I couldn't get away in Qinghe, so I had to let your elder brother go, but now your elder brother is capable, and I can't help it. Even after he discussed it, he was reluctant to let you go through this hardship, you, just be honest with me, first learn how to treat people and things, learn [-]% of this speaking ability, and I will feel relieved when I go out later. "

Bai Mingyu swallowed the fried dough sticks in his mouth, and muttered something. His voice was soft, but Master Bai could still hear it clearly. He hit the brat on the head with his chopsticks, and said angrily, "The wings haven't grown yet!" , I just want to fly! Why are you dissatisfied with the world and running away from the provincial government?"

Bai Mingyu was dissatisfied: "It's just selling wine. Brother can sell it to Irkutsk, why can't I sell it further away?"

Master Bai was a little surprised, but soon laughed, nodded and said: "Okay, you boy is not bad at this point, eat quickly, after eating, I will take you to meet some merchants, we should go for a walk today, if you behave Yes, Daddy will give you a horse."

As soon as Bai Mingyu mentioned this, he got excited, ate the last bit of pancake in his hand, broke up the fritters and soaked them in the noodle soup, took a few bites from the bowl and ate them clean.

Master Bai is patiently teaching his children, while Master Jiu is also raising children.

East Court.

The master bedroom is a suite, with a flower hall and a chess player Luohantai connected to the outside. The chessboard on the top has not been removed, and there is still half a game of broken chess, and there is a peeled orange on a small plate beside it.

The earth dragon was burned in the bedroom, and the warmth was like spring.Although it was warm enough, there was still a thick layer of woolen blankets, and two pairs of shoes were placed beside the pedals, all in good order.

The night watchman is sleeping at the end of the bed at the moment, with black hair soft and well-behaved, hanging down and thick eyelashes falling together, occasionally moving slightly with breathing, he is also very well-behaved, curled up in a corner of the big bed, covered A little thin quilt, hugging a pillow and buried half of her face in it, only the bridge of the nose and sharp-edged lips were exposed, revealing a healthy rosiness.

It was night in winter, and Xie Jing was still deeply asleep after playing Go with him for half the night last night.

Master Jiu was sleeping lightly, when he suddenly heard a muffled snort from the end of the bed, sat up slightly, and saw Xie Jing's calf shaking slightly.He stretched out his hand to give it a go, and as soon as he pinched his calf, Xie Jing groaned in pain, Xie Jing couldn't stand it after two strokes, reached out and held it down, "Master, don't do it, it hurts, let me take it easy."

Master Jiu stopped for a while, but did not move away, and kneaded slowly for him.

Xie Jing's eyes were moist, she blinked, and finally let out a breath.

"Cramp again?"

"Ah."

"Let the small kitchen cook some bone soup for you later. If the pain is still severe, let the doctor come and take a look."

Xie Jing rubbed himself twice, shook his head and said: "You don't need to see a doctor, just eat two more bowls of rice." He used to be like this when he was in the opera troupe. It was not good to eat, it hurts much more than this, but It is also in the past two years that he has grown up, and Renren passed.

Master Jiu knocked him on the head and smiled angrily: "Why, are you hungry here? Get up and take you to eat."

Xie Jing is growing up, hungry when he opened his eyes, ready to get out of bed when he heard it, Master Jiu stopped him and stretched out his hand to put down his trouser legs, and warned: "Be careful, it's still cold outside, and you'll cry again at night if you catch the cold."

"I didn't cry..."

Master Jiu looked up at him, stretched out his fingers to touch the wetness at the end of his eyes, and deliberately teased him: "I didn't cry, so what is this?"

Xie Jing was a little embarrassed, hurriedly put on her shoes, put on her coat and went out.

Master Jiu was afraid of the cold and woke up a little late in the morning. When he got out of bed, Xie Jing had already washed and changed into his daily clothes, and was waiting for him with a hot handkerchief.

Xie Jing wiped his face and asked, "Master, what are you wearing today?"

"Thicker."

"Grandpa is going out?"

"It's not far away. It's just in the front hall. There are distinguished guests visiting today."

Xie Jing agreed, went to prepare the clothes, waited for Lord Jiu to get dressed and had breakfast together, and went to the front hall.

After waiting in the front hall for a short time, Huang Mingyou came. As soon as he came, he was going to drag Xie Jing and the others back to the bedroom, "Let's go, I thought about the game of chess yesterday for half the night, and finally thought of a way to deal with it! Xiaoxie, what do you do?" A witness, look at me today I must win back a city!"

Xie Jing's head grew big when he heard it, and he grabbed Mr. Huang with his backhand. He is now fifteen and has grown a lot taller. He is about the same size as Mr. Huang and can grab him: "Sir, I have to wait for a guest today, how about, How about—" He couldn't say the words "I'll play chess with you" on his side, and after talking for a long time, he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in the backyard, and immediately said, "Why don't I go to the theater with you."

Huang Mingyou doesn't have many hobbies on weekdays. Apart from reading and playing chess, he also likes watching operas. Hearing what he said, he asked interestedly: "Oh? Has the mansion hired a theater troupe again? Where is it?"

Master Jiu nodded to him without any trace.

Xie Jing took Mr. Huang's hand, took them out little by little, and said as he walked, "The theater troupe from outside just arrived this morning. Last time I invited Mr. Shang Yulou Shang to the master Bai's birthday party, this time It’s a different one, I heard it’s a well-known actor in Peking, go and see, I can’t tell, it seems to be called Chai Xue or something—”

"Chai Xuehe!" Huang Mingyou put the chess game behind his head in a blink of an eye, and happily walked to the theater behind holding Xie Jing's hand, "Hurry up, I heard it early in the morning, and I haven't been able to do it in the Northland for the past two years." Go see it with your own eyes, I heard that "Borrowing the East Wind" he sang is very good!"

Mr. Huang is good at everything, but his chess skills are not good, and he refuses to admit defeat easily.

As long as he doesn't talk about chess right now, Xie Jing is willing to accompany him to listen to the play for a day and a night.

The Baijia Opera Garden has been renovated again in the past two years, and it is much more magnificent than before. The stage is a little higher, and the stone railings are carved with landscapes, flowers and birds, which is very rich.

When Huang Mingyou arrived with Xie Jing, Chai Xuehe on the stage was singing loudly. He was wearing a coat and no makeup. He looked like a 27-year-old very kind man with a dignified appearance and quite a heroic bearing.He didn't stop when he saw someone coming, and after singing a few lines, he was applauded by Mr. Huang: "Good!"

Chai Xuehe bowed slightly to this side, very kindly.

Huang Mingyou was full of interest, he stepped forward a few steps, Xie Jing followed and helped to introduce: "This is Huang Mingyou, Mr. Huang."

Chai Xuehe had obviously heard of Mr. Huang's name, and hurriedly bowed again: "I have admired you for a long time! This time I was able to come to Beidi, and I have always wanted to see my husband. Last time, thanks to Boss Shang, I got a pair of calligraphy and calligraphy from my husband. I am really happy. I should thank you personally.”

Huang Mingyou wrote good calligraphy and was a very famous literati, calligraphy is hard to come by.He didn't care about the identity of the other party when he gave calligraphy and painting. If he felt like a match, he would give it away. If he didn't like it, he wouldn't bother to talk to him even if he was sitting in a high position.

Huang Mingyou had only heard of Chai Xuehe before. This was the first time we met, and he felt that he hit it off: "Boss Chai, you are welcome. I have been hearing about you from Shang Yulou before, and I heard that your 'Zhuge Liang' is very good!"

Chai Xuehe smiled and said: "Where, it's two points worse than Boss Shang. If Mr. Huang doesn't dislike it, I will sing a song for you later?"

"Oh, that would be wonderful!"

Huang Mingyou walked over with him, discussing opera tunes while walking.

Chai Xuehe is respectful and always speaks in a friendly manner. He also taught Huang Mingyou a few postures and appearances. Huang Mingyou was happy to learn, and praised him with a thumbs up: "You are much more generous than Shang Yulou. Last time he Come here, I sang a section that was quite satisfactory, but the hand of "Lianzhu Cannon" was really good, the fire never fell off, it lit up dozens of times, and everyone in Qinghe was stunned! How can I ask him I didn’t say anything, but I was really anxious.”

Chai Xuehe just smiled, nodded and said yes.

Huang Mingyou stroked the slender beard on his lips, and said happily: "Later, I asked Xiao Xie to take a peek. It turned out to be a face powder, and he prepared it carefully. No wonder he has the status he has today. Listen to him play a scene." Not bad."

Chai Xuehe was a little surprised when he saw what he said, and looked back at the young man standing behind him, but was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "You are Xie Jing?"

Xie Jing nodded.

Chai Xuehe repeatedly said: "No wonder, no wonder!"

Xie Jing was puzzled, looked at him and didn't speak.

However, Chai Xuehe stared at the person, from his brows and eyes to his figure, and then fell back to the pair of surprisingly black eyes, admiring: "No wonder Yulou always praises him for a long time when I go back every year. I used to think of him as bragging. So there really is such a handsome person.”

Xie Jing didn't like to hear others praise him for being handsome, but when he heard it suddenly, it sounded like he was talking about a girl.

However, Chai Xuehe couldn't help walking over, while looking at him, he stretched out his hands and gestured, and asked someone to bring over a headscarf and a white shirt with silver gauze. After dressing Xie Jing up, his eyes lit up: "It's suitable, It fits so well!"

Xie Jing was not wary of his coming. Shang Yulou has visited several times in the past two years, but they are all mainly lobbying, and he has never really tried it.

Huang Mingyou pressed Xie Jing's hand that was about to take off the regiment leader, and nodded in praise: "Xiao Xie is in no hurry, let me have a look, it's really interesting."

Xie Jing glanced at Mr. Huang, and suddenly stopped moving.

He would rather sing an opera than go back and play that chess game with Mr. Huang.

Chai Xuehe asked: "Will Xiao Xie do somersaults?"

Xie Jing originally wanted to say "no", but in a blink of an eye, seeing that Mr. Huang was already showing some satisfaction and was about to move away, he immediately said, "Yes!" and turned them over as he spoke, probably because of the thin cotton robe on his body, Wearing a belt again, the young man's body was long and slender, and there was a ball of snow-white silver gauze around his neck, which was particularly attractive when turned up. After turning over three times in a row, the toes landed on the ground, silently, extremely beautiful.

Chai Xuehe was so full of praise that even Huang Mingyou was attracted to him: "Hey, Xiao Xie, how can you do this? It's really good!"

Xie Jing actually knows a lot.

When he first arrived at the provincial capital in his last life, other than the name Xie Wanzhou, everyone called Xiaoyueshan.

Because of his appearance and appearance like Master Yang Yueshan, he earned such a title.

Counting it, he has also started to emerge in the past few years, he is a decade younger than Chai Xuehe, but he is considered to be the same group of people.At that time, Shang Yulou had already become famous, but he was very good at doing public relations, and he was always talking about "appreciating the moon", "appreciating the snow" and "appreciating the plum blossom". To put it more, it is Shang Yulou, "Yue" refers to Xie Jing, Xiaoyue Mountain, and "Snow" refers to Chai Xuehe.

Boss Shang didn't spend a penny, and he even gained the fame of several popular people, so he was very happy.

Chai Xuehe couldn't help being overjoyed at this time, firstly he liked Xie Jing's outstanding appearance, secondly because he liked his skills, and after a few words, he started lobbying like Shang Yulou, but his words were much more level.

Boss Chai looked up at Xie Jing, and said sincerely: "Xiao Xie, there will be a disaster relief performance in the provincial government after the next year. I will wait for the charity performance to raise funds. If you are free, I will send someone to pick you up. You don't need to sing, how about acting as a martial artist?" ? Or you just make a show? It’s not difficult, I can teach you personally, I just look at the prodigal Yan Qing, how about you singing "Order of the Three Thieves" with me?"

Xie Jing: "..."

Huang Mingyou asked suspiciously: "Didn't Yan Qing have many libretto in "The Order of the Three Thieves"?"

Xie Jing also looked at Chai Xuehe.

Boss Chai's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a kind smile, "Not much, not much, just a few words."

Xie Jing thought to himself, it's not just a matter of a few words, this man looks like a good old man, and he even deceives him even if he can't abduct him.

Xie Jing shook her head: "No, I'm nervous on stage, and I usually do somersaults."

Master Jiu was waiting for the distinguished guests in the east yard, and if he couldn't come for a while, he would have to play chess with Mr. Huang for a day, so it would be easier to do somersaults on the stage.

Chai Xuehe sighed for a pity, but did not delay in praising Xie Jing: "Xiao Xie is just the right age. As soon as I see him, I can't help but think of the words written in the book. His lips are like vermilion, his eyes are like lacquer, and his face is like a pile Joan, there are people who are heroic and ambitious...Look, isn't this just a little Yanqing?"

Huang Mingyou also smiled and nodded, and said: "The appearance is handsome, the figure is elegant, the arms are not that wide, but the waist is thin enough, it really looks like it!"

Xie Jing was blown away for a long time and was not moved at all.

He can play and sing a lot, but he doesn't want to be No.1 in Fengyue Cong - if he remembers correctly, that's what the prodigal son Yanqing wrote in his commentary. With this skill, he might as well read a few books , Do something for my grandfather.

Xie Jing accompanied Mr. Huang on the stage to observe for a while, and saw Chai Xuehe start singing for Mr. Huang, so he took time to find an opportunity to escape.

He went around the platform, turned over from the side railing, and before running a few steps, turned around the bushes and crashed into the arms of the person.

Master Jiu held him down and rubbed his head: "In such a hurry, where do you want to go to hide?"

Xie Jing rubbed the tip of her nose and raised her head. Before she could answer, she saw another person next to Master Jiu, who was wearing a suit and a thick woolen coat. He suddenly came over and said with a smile, "He didn't shirk, I saw it clearly just now." , those somersaults were really beautiful, hey, what's your name?"

Xie Jing looked at the other party in a daze for a moment.

The distinguished guest that Master Jiu had been waiting for for a long time turned out to be Cao Yunzhao, Young Master Cao.

Cao Yunzhao is a drama idiot, he would pretend to sing a song on weekdays when he is in the mood, he has a prominent family background, and all the actors he invites to play are famous actors, he is the ultimate fancier.Seeing that Xie Jing just stared at him blankly without answering, he found it interesting, and just as he reached out to touch him, Bai Jiuye hugged him behind him, and said anxiously, "Bai Jiu, what are you doing?"

Master Jiu looked at him indifferently: "I haven't asked you what you want to do."

Cao Yunzhao said: "I just want to have a few words with him, why can't I talk to him?"

Master Jiu didn't let him go, and said as he walked, "It's just a child raised by the family. He has never seen outsiders, and he is a little shy. If you want to know anything, just ask me."

Cao Yunzhao wanted to go back to find Xie Jing, but Bai Jiuye changed the subject and suddenly asked about his father and brother.

Cao Yunzhao sighed: "What else can I do? My father is in good health, but my elder brother is afraid that I will go to Peiping. Just be on guard. I don't want to compete with them. I play Tai Chi with a group of old men every day, and I don't have a word of truth in my mouth." , I obviously scolded my ancestors behind their backs, and even laughed when I met them--I can't bear this kind of life, why don't I stay in the Northland and listen to operas and rehearse operas when I'm free? It’s a disaster relief charity performance, and the tickets are all sold out.” He recalled as he spoke, his eyes glowed and he said, “Bai Jiu, lend me the kid behind you, I…”

Master Jiu interrupted him and said, "This is very good, count me in, and donate a batch of food to you."

Cao Yunzhao: "Ah, thank you so much! And this one beside you..."

Master Jiu shook his head: "People don't borrow."

The author has something to say: Two updates in one, the update is late~ Sorry! =3=

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small theater:

Young Master Cao: Bai Jiu, what's the matter with you!I used to take you to meet idols, and even paid for them to have dinner with you, why are you not allowed to watch them now? !

Jiuye: Yes.

Young Master Cao:? ? ?

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Boss Shang, who doesn't spend a penny on marketing, is very happy.

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Boss Chai thinks Xiao Xie is really nice.

Boss Chai decided to grab people too.

Shang Yulou:? ? ?

Shang Yulou (rolling up his sleeves): Lao Chai, you don't talk about martial arts, do you?