Republic of China small businessman

Bai Mingyu took him to the big kitchen, seven or eight cooks did not dare to persuade the young master and let him mess around.

In fact, Bai Mingyu didn't want to eat any rice cakes, he just wanted to find a place to hide, he didn't want his father to find him, and he didn't want to kowtow to the "grandpa" who came a few days ago.

Xie Jing cooked. In the past, Master Jiu was hungry at night, so he would go to the small kitchen to cook something to eat. He is not a good cook, but steamed cakes are enough to fool Bai Mingyu.

He deliberately made it look more complicated, Bai Mingyu sat on a small bench beside him, dangling a piece of grass in his mouth, and didn't rush.

Bai Mingyu is not in a hurry, but everyone else in the mansion is in a hurry.

Not long after, a servant came to the kitchen.

Before Bai Mingyu left, the boss was not happy, "Didn't you just kowtow every day? What else are you doing!"

"Master wants you to go there together, I've been waiting, isn't this the young master back, let's go say hello together..." After saying a lot of words, he coaxed and threatened the young master away.

Bai Mingyu walked two steps, then turned around, pointed at Xie Jing and said, "Hey, what's your name?"

Xie Jing said: "Kou Peifeng."

Bai Mingyu told him: "Do it well, after a while it will be steamed and sent to the young master's room."

Xie Jing nodded in agreement.

The people in the big kitchen would be confused for a while about Xie Jing's origin, and Xie Jing didn't talk to them, just watching the fire and focusing on steaming rice cakes.No one came to him for dinner at noon, and there was no shortage of food in the big kitchen. The cook gave him some food, and the food was good. Xie Jing let go of his stomach and ate a full meal.

When the rice cakes were about to come out of the pot, Xie Jing asked the people in the big kitchen for some honey to drizzle on.

The flowering period in the north is short, and honey is expensive. Most people use large pieces of rock sugar to smash and make snacks for children. Thanks to being in Baifu, there is still a large jar of honey.

Xie Jing brought rice cakes to Bai Mingyu, but after an hour or two, the little overlord of the Bai family lay down on the bed.

Bai Mingyu was severely beaten up by his father, his butt blossomed.

Now he was lying on the carved mahogany bed crying and crying, tears and snot coming down his nose, he didn't let the doctor move, the elder brother Bai Mingzhe beside him was so anxious that he stretched out his hand to help tear off his broken pants, at least he took medicine .

"Brother, I'm not staying at this house anymore, you take me away!" Bai Mingyu begged.

Bai Mingzhe laughed angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? You didn't study hard yourself. It's fine if you can't answer any of the questions in the test. You still make up nonsense in public."

"Father just wanted to save face, but he missed a few questions, so he beat me like this. It was all for the sake of showing off in front of outsiders. I haven't had a good day since that person came..."

"Shut up!" Bai Mingzhe bluffed him, "You can also talk about that master."

Bai Mingyu snorted, but didn't dare to say anything more.

Bai Mingzhe looked at his pale and wrinkled face, and felt a little soft-hearted: "You study hard, father is also angry with you for playing truant today, be more obedient in the future, by the way, big brother brought back a lot of new gadgets this time , don’t you like the Mausers used by foreigners, my brother also brought you one..."

"Really?"

"Of course, there are still two boxes of bullets. When you are ready, someone will accompany you to go hunting in the mountains."

Bai Mingzhe coaxed his younger brother well, then called all the people in the yard over and beat him a few words, telling them to take good care of the young master, and left in a hurry.

The whole yard was quiet, no one dared to go to Xiaobawang at this time.Bai Mingyu usually has a bad temper, but now his ass was spanked ten times, and the ointment was so painful and stinging. The most favored maid in the past went to bring a bowl of tea, but he smashed the tea bowl and scolded him several times.

Xie Jing entered the small hall, didn't go in again, and sat at the door waiting with a basket of steamed rice cakes.

It wasn't until the evening that Bai Mingyu had no strength to beat and scold people, so he sent the things in.

Bai Mingyu rolled his eyelids lying on the bed, and said weakly, "What is it?"

"Rice cake."

"Why did you send it to the young master just now..."

"Let it cool and taste it."

Bai Mingyu scolded everyone in his yard and ran away, making a fuss and refusing to eat dinner. Now his body hurts and his stomach is hungry, so when he heard Xie Jing say it, he asked him to feed it to him.

The cooled rice cake is soft and glutinous, and the honey poured on it has been soaked into the cake, which is sweet and has a special taste.

Bai Mingyu ate a few big pieces in a row, stuffed his stomach and looked for trouble, and asked with a frown while chewing rice cakes, "Have you washed your hands?"

Xie Jing: "It's been washed."

Only then did Bai Mingyu feel relieved, and ate another big piece with his hands.

After waiting for the young master to eat, he poured water for him, and sat there listening to Bai Mingyu pour the bitter water.

"My young master sometimes envies you. You can go anywhere. You don't have to memorize a book and stand on a ruler. A few days ago, a Lao Shizi 'Grandpa' came to the provincial government. He looked old-fashioned and sat sullenly. He didn’t talk to anyone there, he didn’t have any popularity like an ice sculpture, I was annoyed that he didn’t talk yesterday, but today is good, my elder brother is back, and I don’t mind my elder brother taking the exam, he is also a big shopkeeper anyway, how can he not even talk to me? I also care about homework!" Bai Mingyu was so angry that he thumped the bed, and said bitterly: "He sneered and shook his head, and when he came back, I was spanked by my father, such a wide spandrel, it seems that he didn't hit his own son!"

Xie Jing glanced at his back, the thin quilt covered the part, but he could still see the blood, which was really cruel.

Bai Mingyu's eyes turned red, and he asked him, "Did your father beat you too?"

Xie Jing paused and said, "I don't have a father."

Bai Mingyu: "..."

The little overlord of the Bai family turned his head resentfully, lying on the soft pillow and muttering something.

Xie Jing stayed on night duty, and Bai Mingyu was in good health, and he didn't have a fever even after hitting the board for more than a dozen times. He even ate two cages of siu mai the next morning, and he started to be alive and well again.

This time, the master of the Bai family didn't indulge him any more. Bai Mingyu was injured and couldn't go to school, so he asked his husband to come home and read by the bedside.

Xie Jing stood aside and listened quietly. Many of them were things he had learned from Master Jiu before. The gentleman in Qinghe County was knowledgeable, and there were one or two sentences in the book that were wrong. Xie Jing blinked and didn't make a sound.

Bai Mingyu was still angry, and he blocked his ears and refused to listen.

The gentleman said: "Master, if you are like this, I will ask for a ruler—"

Bai Mingyu: "You beat me until I can't get out of bed for ten and a half months!" It happened that he didn't have to kowtow to the grandfather in the east courtyard, he would rather continue to lie down.

The gentleman took the ruler, but turned around and said to Xie Jing, "Kou Peifeng, reach out!"

Xie Jing was stunned for a moment before he realized it, and slowly stretched out his hand, and the ruler fell mercilessly on his palm.

Bai Mingyu scolded: "Why are you beating him!"

The gentleman bluffed and said: "Master, if you don't study well, it must be because the people around you are not enough to supervise you. You are injured and can't beat you. You should take three rulers first to accompany you!"

Saying "Papa" twice.

Bai Mingyu lay on the bed and wanted to make noise again, but Xie Jing squatted down first, half-kneeled beside his bed and held a book for him to read, and stopped him and said, "Young master, read a book."

Bai Mingyu is a domineering person on weekdays, but he also protects his weaknesses the most. When Mr. hit the people around him, it was as if he had slapped him in the face. At this moment, his face was ashen and he gritted his teeth to read the book.

Anyway, nothing went wrong all afternoon.

After the husband left, Bai Mingyu started to worry about things again, not wanting to copy books.

The little overlord of the Bai family threw away the brush, raised his eyebrows and glared angrily: "How can I write lying on my stomach? My body still hurts so much that I can't write a single word!"

Xie Jing looked up and saw that there was no one in the room, and said in a low voice, "I can write."

Bai Mingyu was surprised: "Are you literate?"

Xie Jing nodded, picked up the pen and wrote two, Bai Mingyu's eyes lit up, and said to him: "write more scribbles, yes, that's it, good writing!"

Xie Jing copied the books for Bai Mingyu, turned on the lamp and finished the homework left by her husband overnight.

The candlelight was beating, and Xie Jing sat at the table and took up a pen to copy silently. The left and right lights made the shadow of the pen very long, which made him feel a little more familiar.

He went through wars, when materials were in short supply, not to mention electric lamps, even kerosene lamps were often not available, he carried the tablet in his arms and followed the crowd to hide around, occasionally got a few candles, and lit the only one at night Copying Buddhist scriptures by candlelight.He didn't know if it would be useful to do so, but he always wanted to do something for Master Jiu. This writing has been going on for many years.

When the husband checked the next day, something went wrong.

Xie Jing wrote too much.

Not to mention being injured, Bai Mingyu never finished his homework on time even when he was doing well on weekdays. My husband has long been used to it. This time I handed in a thick stack of paper full of words. It can't be something that the little overlord of the Bai family can do.

With a cold face, Mr. asked to take out the ruler: "Kou Peifeng, stretch out your hand—"

Xie Jing: "..."

Xie Jing took another ten feet.

Bai Mingyu couldn't get up on the bed, and lay there cursing: "You dare to beat him, wait until the young master is well, and you will burn down your school!"

After finishing the beating, the master took away the ruler: "The school is next to the Bai family ancestral hall, if the young master is not afraid, just burn it down."

The matter of doing homework for him was a bit big, and the master of the Bai family was very angry when he heard about it, so he specially transferred the literate follower next to his son out of the yard, locked him in the firewood room, and strictly ordered him to starve him for three days, and no one was allowed to give him food. eat.

Xie Jing was also hungry for a long time, and the servant next to Bai Mingyu secretly came to give him half a roast chicken.

Xie Jing slept in a place with a worse environment, and the firewood room can keep out the wind and cold, so it's not too bad.

He had a full night's sleep, and when it was dark, he opened his eyes and opened the door of the woodshed with a wire.He spent several years in a theater troupe in his last life, and learned a lot of little tricks, so it's no problem to open this kind of lock.

For the past two days, he has been by Bai Mingyu's side, and he has also heard people mention the distinguished guest from the provincial government in the East Court several times. He had no chance before, but now that the night is quiet, he wants to confirm it in person. Maybe it is someone close to the master. It's good to have a look.

There are night watchmen in the mansion at night, Xie Jing has figured out the situation here for a few days, and carefully avoids them, but he did not expect that there are still people guarding outside the east courtyard, who are not dressed in the style of the mansion, all strong men in black leather jackets , Changing shifts every two hours, the defense is tight.

Xie Jing waited in the cold wind for midnight, her teeth clenched, and finally she didn't see a gap to slip in. Seeing that it was getting bright, she could only touch the stable.

The distinguished guest from the provincial capital was not close, but their horses and vehicles were kept with other horses in the mansion, and perhaps the marks on the vehicles could be seen.

Xie Jing touched there, his footsteps were light, and when he approached the stable, he heard rustling sounds, as if someone was rummaging in the hay, Xie Jing accidentally stepped on a dead branch, and he didn't hide , I saw the man jumped up and down as if frightened, and wanted to run in a panic, probably because he was not familiar with the road, he bumped his head against the wooden post!

Xie Jing stepped forward and pressed him to the ground, the man gave two "woo hoots", and heard someone walking over with a lantern and shoes in the distance, took a light in the stable with the light on, and said loudly: "Who is there?" ?come out!"

The stable was quiet, except for the occasional sound of horses moving and sneezing. When the person in charge of the stable came, it caused a little commotion, and a white horse neighed.

The man didn't dare to touch the precious white horses, he looked around and saw nothing unusual, so he left with the lantern.

Behind the horse feeding trough, Xie Jing waited until there was no movement before letting go.

The person held by him took a few breaths, turned to look at him, and asked in a low voice, "Xie Jing?"

Xie Jing had just seen the other party clearly by the faint light, and recognized Kou Peifeng, otherwise he would not have rushed over, nodded and said: "It's me, why are you here?"

Kou Peifeng said aggrievedly: "You bullied students in the apprentice room, and even beat people in charge. I just went there, not to mention heavy work, and those people didn't give me food. I was hungry for several nights. I couldn't bear it today. I ran away. I want to touch a few handfuls of soybeans to eat..." He sniffed, then looked at Xie Jing again, "What are you doing here at night?"

Xie Jing said: "Same as you."

Kou Peifeng was surprised: "You are in the inner courtyard, and you have nothing to eat by the young master's side?"

Xie Jing showed his arm to him. It happened that there was a blood mark made by Mr. with a ruler today. His skin was white, and when he was recovering after waiting for a long time, he was especially bruised and purple. He said softly: "There is food to eat, but there is no easy."

Kou Peifeng originally thought that he was having a good life after being asked to leave by the young master, but now the sourness in his heart has completely dissipated, leaving only sympathy.

The whip in charge of the apprentice's room is not always whipped, but the young master started getting into trouble from the moment he opened his eyes, how can this be a lesson?

He couldn't help feeling sorry for Xie Jing.

After all, Xie Jing replaced his name, thinking that if he was beaten every day and could only steal soybeans in the middle of the night, that would be a miserable life, and now he can steal soybeans without being beaten, but he can still survive.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Bai Mingyu who was beaten crying: Why are you so kind to me?

Xie Jing: The next generation.

Bai Mingyu: ... You are not taking advantage of me anymore, you are also taking advantage of my grandfather.