Republic of China small businessman

Xie Jing stood neatly behind Master Jiu and didn't say much.

Bai Hongqi, who came in just now, took up the quarrel and wanted to have a drink for Bai Rongjiu with a smile on his face, "Our Jiu Shuping always praised Mr. Cao, saying that you have many interesting friends and good wine here. It's a coincidence that I'm here, why don't you let me try this red wine too?"

Cao Yunzhao was just playing around with Bai Jiu, so he turned around and gave the glass of red wine to Bai Hongqi, and they had a drink together.

Bai Hong picked up a glass of red wine and drank nothing left, her expression remained unchanged, she was still smiling.

Someone beside him praised: "You are indeed a member of the Bai family, and you really have a lot of alcohol."

Bai Hongqi thanked him politely and stood at the front to escort her.

Bai Jiuye said: "Since you're here, let's sit down and chat."

Bai Hongqi was obedient and sat down beside Uncle Jiu. She was of a different status, no one dared to tease her during the dinner, and her speech was much more polite than before.

The banquet of the Cao family gathered all the powers of the provincial government. Cao Yunzhao likes to make friends, and there are people from anywhere, but the people who can sit here are all famous people.

The Cao family is in charge and occupies a place in Beiping. Not to mention Cao's father, but Cao Yunzhao's eldest brother is also a figure who stomps the whole city of Beiping; The governor of the three provinces is so simple, and has a deeper foundation than the Cao family.

These two are people who rarely see each other on weekdays. At Cao Yunzhao's dinner, the casual conversations of these people are information that is hard to find outside.

Bai Jiuye deliberately brought Bai Hongqi into the game, Cao Yunzhao was naturally happy to give it a hand, and after dinner he invited someone to play Pai Gow together.

The servant brought up a pair of ivory dominoes. Few people entered the game, and there were many onlookers around.

There were two people sitting next to Cao Yunzhao, a girl in red wanted to get closer, but before she leaned over to sit down, Cao Yunzhao sneezed from the perfume on her body, and waved: "No need, someone else will read the cards for me." "He looked up and saw that Xie Jing was just about to shout, when Bai Jiu reached out and dragged the person behind him.

Bai Jiuye was wearing a shirt and trousers today. He was dressed casually. He raised his hand and loosened his collar button and said something softly to Xie Jing who was behind him. Xie Jing obediently leaned forward and pointed cards face.

Cao Yunzhao was extremely envious: "Bai Jiu, do you still use others to watch from behind?"

Master Jiu said softly: "The wine you brought is not bad. I drank two more glasses, so I can't see clearly."

Cao Yunzhao could only give up resentfully. He looked around, afraid that Bai Hongqi would be left out in the cold, and called her, "Hong'er, come over and watch for me. If you win, you will share the money." He and Bai Jiu's peers, although only She is a few years older than Bai Hongqi, but he still regards her as his niece.

Bai Hong laughed and said, "Young Master Cao, let's see for himself, and I will also watch for Uncle Jiu."

A man and a woman sat next to Master Jiu. The boy bent over behind the sofa and pointed at the cards in a low voice, while the girl fanned him with an incense fan from time to time. Bai Hong didn't talk much, but listened most of the time. .

Master Jiu was lucky and won two games in a row.

Master Jiu is sitting in the manor, but Cao Yunzhao has already lost his mind, his shirt sleeves are rolled up to his elbows, and he refuses to be persuaded to change his position.

Master Jiu took the card with his finger and tapped it twice on the table. Seeing that he understood, Bai Hongqi raised his head and smiled at Cao Yunzhao: "Young Master Cao, it's not interesting to play like this, why don't you place a bet?"

Cao Yunzhao said, "Oh? What do you want to bet on?"

Bai Hong got up and said: "I saw Mr. Cao's car outside, it's very stylish, I haven't seen such a style of car, this round I will watch the cards for Uncle Jiu, if you win, why don't you let me drive it for a few days?"

Cao Yunzhao laughed loudly and said, "What am I supposed to do, if you win, I will give you the car."

Bai Hongqi happily sat there looking at the cards, she played each card very seriously, but her luck seemed not as good as that of Xie Jing in front, Cao Yunzhao took a few cards, and was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear.

But Bai Hong was lucky with the cards, and finally drew herself and won another hand.

Cao Yunzhao asked someone to bring the car keys, but Master Jiu stopped him and said, "Children are ignorant and playing around, don't take it seriously."

The person playing cards next to him asked: "Miss Bai is interested in cars? I have some contacts with people from the Shanghai car dealer. If Miss Bai is interested, I can help you buy a new car."

Bai Hongqi shuffled the cards and asked, "What kind of cars are there?"

The other party said: "Most of them are American cars, such as Chevrolet, Dolce, Ford, etc. In addition, Osby, Di Shaotuo, and Essex are also selling well. The Shanghai stock market has a large scale of cars, and there are always dozens of brands. car."

Bai Hong laughed and said, "No wonder people call it 'Wan Guo Che'. It sounds lively enough, but I don't want such an expensive one, but is there anything else?"

"That's true. A cousin of mine is in this business. He knows a lot of people in Peiping, and he also knows some consulate staff. When those foreigners return home, they can't take the car with them, so they entrust him to resell it. The price should be lower. many."

Bai Hongqi was very interested and asked a lot about cars.

Cars in this season are really expensive things. A brand new foreign car can sell for [-] silver dollars. The other party also knows the elegant meaning by hearing the string song. He heard that the amount required by Bai Hongqi is not a small amount. After pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said: "If it's for personal use, it's better to use a new car. If it's for commercial use, I can recommend it to Ms. Bai. Beiping Meifeng Automobile Co., Ltd. has my shares, and the price is negotiable."

Cao Yunzhao was puzzled: "You little girl, why do you buy so many cars?"

Bai Hong laughed and said, "Naturally, it's business. Uncle Jiu took me to the governor's mansion a few days ago. I heard that the provincial government will build 48 new roads. The original ones will be widened, and the ones that haven't been rebuilt. These cars are the fun."

Cao Yunzhao thought about it for a while, and said, "You want to open a car rental business? Is it the same as renting a horse-drawn carriage before? But you have to think about it, this car is different from a horse-drawn carriage, and the cost of repairing it is not small." I don't think so much, but if it comes from Cao Yunzhao, it is definitely not a small amount. His car engine had some problems a few days ago, and it would cost a gold bar to repair it.

Master Jiu didn't think about it, he glanced at her and said, "This matter is unprecedented, it's worth a try, if it opens, I'll buy [-]% of the shares."

Bai Hongqi showed a shy smile, with bright eyes, like a child praised by his parents.

With Bai Jiuye's words, the minds of the people around became active, and they took the opportunity of playing cards to talk about it.

"Taxi" has never been seen in the whole country, and there are many people who are curious about cars. If they really drive it, among other things, it will definitely be the first of its kind and a unique business.

The person from the car dealership in the Shanghai stock market was also a little more enthusiastic. He wanted to take some money to buy shares in his words. The city is more convenient."

The other party nodded and said yes. After a few laps, the negotiated price has dropped a lot. A second-hand Ford car is only 5000 yuan, and a car in poor condition is only 2000 yuan. This price made Bai Hongqi feel a little pleasantly surprised. Still calm, only raised his little finger slightly when shuffling the cards, he could see that he was in a good mood.

Bai Jiuye was here to support her. Seeing that the conversation was almost over, he pushed the cards to Bai Hongqi and asked her to play for him: "You play for a while, if you win, buy some rouge, and if you lose, put it on my account." that is."

Bai Hongqi agreed, she had already negotiated the business of the car dealership, she was full of energy, her luck improved a lot, and she played a set of cards very well.

Bai Jiuye went upstairs to find a quiet place to sober up.

The mountain is quiet, night is approaching, the light is much softer when the afterglow is about to set, and the sun is not as dazzling as in the daytime, only blowing warmly in the mountain wind.

The balcony on the third floor was spacious, Master Jiu sat in a hidden corner and talked to Xie Jing.

He drank some wine at noon, still feeling drunk, he put his hand on his cheek and asked lazily, "Did you find Hong'er?"

Xie Jing squatted down and looked up at him, and responded.

"Why?"

"I'm afraid I'm drinking too much."

"Are you not afraid that she drank too much?"

Xie Jing was stunned for a moment, he knew Bai Hongqi's drinking capacity, this girl didn't look obvious, but she was the only one who could drink evenly with Master Jiu, if she really wanted to exchange it, it would be ten Bai Mingyu, who said it was wine It's not too much to soak in the tank.But Xie Jing couldn't speak directly, he opened his mouth, then closed it again, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

Master Jiu kept looking at him, and suddenly raised his hand to touch Xie Jing's cheek, his fingers slid along, and finally landed on his chin, scratched, as if teasing a puppy, and laughed in a low voice.

"are you……"

Xie Jing waited for him to finish speaking.

But Master Jiu just looked at him and didn't say a word. There was a smile in his black eyes, which were exactly the same as Xie Jing's. : "I'm fine, even if it's a mix of wine, it's okay, I know what I'm doing, so don't worry too much in the future."

Xie Jing called out "Master" in a soft and soft voice.

Master Jiu's heartstrings twitched slightly, and he looked at him with his eyes half down. Originally, his fingers were on his chin, but Xie Jing raised his head slightly to look over. His fingertips touched the boy's throat, and he could feel the slightly protruding Adam's apple rolling.

There were footsteps coming not far away, Xie Jing didn't move, but Master Jiu withdrew his hand, looked up and said, "Why are you here?"

Cao Yunzhao's shirt was undone with two buttons, his hair was pulled back, and he enjoyed the cool mountain breeze comfortably: "You can come to enjoy the cool, so I can't come here?"

Master Jiu instructed Xie Jing in a low voice: "You go and find Zhang Huwei later, I asked him to find you a master who can learn skills, go."

Xie Jing agreed and went.

Cao Yunzhao didn't stop him this time, he just put his hands in his pockets and glanced at Xie Jing's back, then went to sit down next to his friend, and said slowly, "Are you serious just now?"

Master Jiu took a sip of tea and said in a low voice, "You said you can rent a car?"

"...Bai Jiu, don't fool me with these words, you know what I'm asking." Cao Yunzhao frowned slightly, "Since when did you like men? No, I ask you, and you will like them too." Did it belong to someone?"

Master Jiu laughed, "Your words are so boring, I must have jumped out of a rock."

Cao Yunzhao frowned even more than before, looking like he was stuck in an unsolvable puzzle: "I really can't imagine that you also have emotions and desires." He thought for a while, and suddenly panicked: "You put Xiao Xie in Around you, shouldn't the 'seven emotions and six desires' have been touched?"

Master Jiu turned cold: "Stop talking nonsense."

Cao Yunzhao became even more curious: "Then why do you watch over such a pretty little guy every day?"

Master Jiu was a little displeased and said, "Did you commit an old problem again? If so, I will call Beiping for you."

Cao Yunzhao waved his hands again and again, and said annoyedly, "Why are you still complaining? I just took a second look. This is called appreciating beauty. Artists, do you understand?"

"I don't understand, I just feel that there are more people in your small mansion."

"Each has its own merits!" Cao Yunzhao thought about it very much, tapped lightly on the armrest of the wicker chair twice, squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Have you heard the story of Zhi Daolin, an eminent monk in the Southern Dynasty?"

Master Jiu looked ahead and snorted softly.

Cao Yunzhao didn't mind at all, and said with a smile, "Zhi Daolin kept a few horses all year round. He didn't ride them or let them go. Someone persuaded him, saying that you are a monk, and it's not elegant to keep these playthings. Guess Zhi How did Dorian answer? He said, 'The poor monk values ​​the spirit'—" He reached out and touched his chest, and smiled, "Believe it or not, I have never lifted a finger from those people in the small mansion. Just appreciating them is like raising horses in a branch forest, you don’t need to ride them, and you don’t need to travel thousands of miles, as long as you see the sharpness of life itself, it will make you happy.”

"Me too."

Cao Yunzhao paused for a moment, then suddenly kicked him lightly, and scolded with a smile: "I told you heartfelt words, but you practice Taijiquan, don't fool me with these scenes. You and Hong'er have been playing cards since you pushed the cards just now. Join hands to dig a hole for me, do you really think I didn't see it? You are dishonest, and you don't have a half-truth."