Republic of China small businessman

Master Jiu looked at her for a moment, shook his head and said, "I can't decide this matter."

Liu Ruyi pleaded: "I don't ask you to say anything else, just a phone call, please let me have a word with Mr. Cao, just one word."

Jiu Ye said: "Before he left, he left a message."

Liu Ruyi raised her head and looked over expectantly: "May I ask what Mr. Cao said?"

Jiu Ye said: "He left some money and said that if any of you don't want to stay here, you can get a silver dollar and leave on your own."

Liu Ruyi's face was pale, her eyes were red, she shed tears in the blink of an eye, and said in a hoarse voice, "He, did he really say that?"

"Yes."

"Didn't you tell me a word?"

"No."

Liu Ruyi knelt there in a daze for a long while, bit her lips a little before making up her mind and asked, "May I ask Mr. Cao when he will leave and when will he return?"

Jiu Ye still shook his head: "I don't know."

Liu Ruyi opened her mouth to say something, but quickly closed it again, hugging the pipa in her arms and bowing her head to express her gratitude, not to entangle her anymore.

Someone outside the door knocked on the wooden door twice, and then a personal guard walked in, ran up to Master Jiu and bent down to say a few words in a low voice.

Master Jiu loosened his brows a little, and asked softly, "Are you really going back?"

The guard said: "Yes, Manager Sun Fu asked me to tell you as soon as he got the news. He is about to enter the corner gate of the east courtyard. The second young master accompanied him all the way. The two of them even went to Liuxiangzhai to buy a box of snacks."

Xie Jing likes to eat meat, and Bai Mingyu is also the master of all kinds of meat. When it comes to Liu Xiangzhai's light snacks, the two of them will only send them to one place on weekdays, and that is the study in the East Courtyard. He serves it with tea.

Master Jiu's expression softened a lot, and he got up to take people back.

He passed by the hall, and passed by Liu Ruyi who was kneeling there. Liu Ruyi waited for everyone to leave, and knelt there without moving.

It's a pity that Bai Jiuye is not a person who cherishes the fragrance and cherishes the jade, so he left without giving her the slightest hope.

East courtyard, corner gate.

Xie Jing held the snack box and walked all the way to deal with Bai Mingyu. He got a headache from Bai Mingyu's noise.

Bai Mingyu grabbed his arm, not allowing him to go in immediately, and said excitedly: "Xiao Xie, let me tell you, everything you guessed has come true! Those friends on your way are quite capable, and of course you are not bad. The news about Mung Bean is actually able to sort out the clues and find such a big deal!" He leaned close to Xie Jing's ear, and said in a low voice: "I wrote the letter as you said, and answered a few things in a row. The numbers are all right, my elder brother has already believed it seven or eight points, and he thought I had someone behind the scenes to give advice, so what should I do next? My elder brother said he wanted to meet with that person and talk about the shochu in detail."

Xie Jing said: "Just write back to him, don't say too much, just write eight characters."

Bai Mingyu: "What?"

Xie Jing: "It's far away in the sky, but it's close in front of you."

Bai Mingyu blinked, but suddenly realized in a moment, stared at Xie Jing with wide eyes and said in surprise: "You mean, let me use—" Those two words mumbled in his throat, and he didn't dare to say it, as if shouting It's awe-inspiring every time.

Xie Jing nodded.

From the very beginning, he didn't intend to take it slowly. This hammer sale must be done quickly and accurately, so it must be relentless.

If he had looked ahead and informed the Lord of the Provincial Government, and reported to the Lord of Heihe, the matter would have made sense, but the meat was eaten by those who smelled it, and the remaining bones were not enough to fit between the teeth. .

The Heihe Baijia firm was the closest to the border, and they were also the first to hear about the trouble. Since they replied in this way, they were sure that it would be profitable and they had moved their minds.At this time, bearing the title of Master Nine is perfect, Heihe is full of Master's people.

Bai Mingyu hesitated: "What should Master Jiu do if he finds out?"

Xie Jing patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "What are you afraid of? It's not a bad thing. I've done the calculations this time, and I won't lose money. Besides, didn't your elder brother write a letter saying that he would like you to experience it, even if you lose some money? Is it okay?"

Bai Mingyu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it for a while.

Xie Jing's heart is like a mirror.

This trip will definitely not lose money. Bai Mingyu seems to have a bad temper, but he is still a bit smart. Otherwise, Master Jiu would not have chosen him in the past and now.

Master Jiu took Bai Mingyu as his successor to train him, and Xie Jing was also willing to help him for a while. In my memory, about a year later, Bai Mingyu won a lot of praise and won a plaque for a time-honored brand for Master Jiu. Respectfully called the big shopkeeper.

Xie Jing just advanced the time by half a year and gave Bai Mingyu a big gift.

Said it was for Bai Er, but also for Master Jiu.

"My elder brother thinks that the tall man is Master Jiu, so Master Jiu doesn't know that I'm going to make a big deal. If they match up, what should we do?" He didn't have the domineering spirit outside anymore, so he discussed the countermeasures with Xie Jing with a frowning face, "No, I can't go back to Qinghe alone, Xiao Xie, can you come with me? Master Jiu loves you the most, if we really meet, you have to Plead for me, most of this idea is yours!"

Before Xie Jing replied, he saw someone coming this way. It was the guards who came back from outside. Xie Jing looked a little strange and asked, "Where are you going?"

It was Wang Su who came back, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to him: "What else can I do, I just came back from Jingshui Lane, hey, I know what is called a 'beautiful beauty', and there are people in the house over there. It's fine to fight it yourself, but you also attracted the local ruffians from outside to make trouble, no, you even ran into Jiuye's carriage, and the master ordered them all to be sent to the government, just came back..."

Xie Jing interrupted him and said, "Master, are you okay?"

Wang Su said: "Of course it's okay. There are people following me, but it's just a shock, so it's okay."

Xie Jing asked again: "Did you go to Jingshui Lane?"

Wang Su: "That's right, I've been there for a while. Our master went there not long after you left, and let Liu Ruyi play the pipa for a long time."

Xie Jing's face was ugly.

Bai Mingyu came over and asked curiously, "Who is Liu Ruyi?"

Wang Su: "It's a woman who lives in a small house in Jingshui Lane."

Bai Mingyu became even more curious: "Did Master Jiu raise a woman outside? Pretty or not, when did it happen?"

Xie Jing said with a dark face: "Don't talk nonsense, there is nothing at all."

Wang Su also said: "It has nothing to do with our master, it was sent from Mr. Cao's home." He roughly talked about the raid of Cao's mansion, and vomited bitterness along the way.

Bai Mingyu listened to it with great interest, and asked about Liu Ruyi: "You said she played the pipa tonight, and there was more than one piece?"

"Yes."

"She used to play the pipa?"

"Well, this, it's alright, second young master don't ask any more questions, I don't know very well." Wang Su hesitated, not daring to spoil the young master in the mansion, so he just bit the bullet and copied other people's words , Responding: "This Liu Ruyi, I used to be the steward in the building, the female steward, she is quite good, the first... the first."

Bai Mingyu asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say that she was still fighting with others and that she was injured?"

Wang Su nodded: "Yes."

Bai Mingyu: "Isn't she in charge, why doesn't she care about anything?"

Wang Su: "..."

Wang Su: "This, my subordinates don't quite understand. Maybe the Jingshui Lane is not her old building, and the people here don't listen to her."

Bai Mingyu nodded slowly: "You're right, but it's a good time for her today. Master Jiu's time is too precious, and it's rare to find time to listen to a few songs. I usually hold my tongue when I talk to you! Hey, thank you, Jing. Say it?"

Xie Jing kept silent, pursed her lips tightly, her eyes were dark and bright, and she tried her best to hide the sharp light inside.

Bai Mingyu had never met Liu Ruyi, but he had.

In terms of appearance alone, she is indeed beautiful.

Xie Jing had also been praised by Master Jiu for his appearance before, and he was not sure whether Liu Ruyi's appearance would be able to catch the master's eyes, and whether he would... stay like he did back then.

Xie Jing only thought about it for a while, and the fingertips holding the snack box turned white.

Wang Su didn't notice it, said a few words to him, and then hurried in to find Sun Fu to take charge.

Bai Mingyu was on the side and wanted to discuss the shochu with Xie Jing, but Xie Jing was already a little absent-minded, and what he said to Bai Mingyu was not as caring as before.His reaction like this made Bai Mingyu a little nervous, and asked: "Xiao Xie, what's the matter with you, what's the matter with you, if you're angry or something, you look impatient, I didn't provoke you." He looked at Xie Jing , with some hesitation, "What's wrong, what did I say wrong just now?"

Xie Jing shook her head.

Bai Mingyu became more and more at a loss: "What's the big deal? Don't scare me, it's the first time I've seen you like this."

Xie Jing frowned and said: "I won't go to Heihe for now, the second young master will go back by himself, at least one month, at least half a month, I will definitely go to find you."

"it is good."

Bai Mingyu agreed, and asked again: "I won't ask if it's inconvenient to talk about your business, but I just ask you, do you want to use money?" He didn't wait for Xie Jing to shake his head, and took out a few banknotes from his pocket, " You take this money, I have nothing to spend after I come here, I have saved a few hundred silver dollars, and if there are too many, I will have nothing more, that's all, you take it for emergencies first."

Xie Jing wanted to say that he was not short of money, but after thinking for a while, he took it and said, "Then I will keep it first, in case of emergency."

After sending Bai Mingyu away, Xie Jing took the snack box and went to the study.

In the study room of the east courtyard, there are still those things Jiuye needs in daily life, only the book has been replaced with a new one. Xie Jing put some light snacks on a small plate, put them on the table for Jiuye, and poured them again. After drinking hot tea, the book also turned to the page Jiu Ye was reading, and put a twisted silk golden luan bookmark there, the bookmark was exquisitely made, the golden luan's beak was stuck on the page, as if it was holding a page in its mouth .

Xie Jing looked at it in a daze, and after a while, he heard footsteps outside, and Master Jiu came back.

After entering the door, Lord Jiu looked at the snacks and hot tea on the table in the study room. Most of the anger in his heart had dissipated. He walked over and sat down slowly. He looked down at the pages of the book and finally lost his breath. Do you remember what page I saw?"

Xie Jing nodded: "I remember, I was sleepy reading in bed yesterday, I closed the book."

Xie Jing went to get refreshments, but Master Jiu grabbed his wrist and dragged him over, lifted his chin, looked him over carefully, and asked, "I'm still so thoughtful, but I always feel that Jing'er is different from the past."

Xie Jing avoided her gaze and looked to the side.

Master Jiu exerted a little force with his fingers, lifted his chin and said in a calm voice, "It seems that he has grown up and knows how to go to see women."

Xie Jing: "!!"

Master Jiu stared at him for a moment, then let go of his hands and said, "Zhi Mu Shaoai, it's human nature, I know you haven't seen so many people in your daily life, and you suddenly saw it, and it's okay to be curious about one or two people in the house. It’s just that Jing’er, you need to know that those people are not lovers, not to mention, there are more tricks than one, and you are not their opponent, so don’t go to Jingshui Lane again in the future.”

Xie Jing looked at him for a moment, then suddenly said: "I listened to the pipa today, does it sound good?"

Master Jiu frowned, his face darkened.

In the house in Jingshui Lane, the most outstanding person is nothing but a pipa player.

He knew that Liu Ruyi couldn't stay!