Republic of China small businessman

Kou Peifeng took out a small handful of soybeans from his pocket and gave them to Xie Jing, "You can eat this, I still have it in my pocket, over there is the nobleman's motorcade, and a lot of soybeans were added to the fodder..."

Xie Jing took it, and weighed it slightly. The beans were plump and heavy. They were newly harvested soybeans this year. The mansion really took good care of the people living in the East Courtyard, and even the supply of fodder for the horses was the best.

Seeing that he was silent, Kou Peifeng covered his pockets and said vaguely, "I've been looking for it for a long time, and this is just one handful, I really can't give it any more."

Xie Jing said: "It's okay, I'll go and have a look."

"It's too close to the night watchman over there, be careful yourself!"

"I know."

Xie Jing touched it, and with a cat-like figure, Kou Peifeng slipped to the opposite stable without seeing the person clearly. All the horses parked there were white horses, and one was unloaded and placed in the ventilated place at the door. The carriage was polished brightly, waiting for the master to come.

Xie Jing pretended to rummage around in the hay trough, and quickly turned his attention to the carriage.

The saddles on the white horse were all removed, and I don't know where to take them, and I can't see any marks.The carriage is different, but the family emblem is still there, and the engraved words can be seen through the faint moonlight.Xie Jing recognized the mark of the Bai family in the provincial capital, but he couldn't tell whose carriage it was. Unwilling to walk around the carriage, Kou Peifeng, who was diagonally opposite, kept gesturing to him and threw After picking up a small stone, he returned the same way.

Kou Peifeng lowered his voice and said anxiously: "How dare you get so close to the carriage, you're going to die!"

Xie Jing asked without answering: "Do you know who is here this time?"

"Who in the house doesn't know, it's the elder from the provincial capital, who came here to check the accounts with our master." Kou Peifeng sat on the haystack and chewed soybeans, "I heard from the group of people in the apprentice room that someone followed Greetings from the East Courtyard, the ostentation, like going on tour in micro clothes, is much better than ours, any gadgets at hand are amazing, the teacup the size of a thumb is inlaid with gold and silver..."

"See what he looks like?"

"That's not true, but I heard that he is an elder with a gray beard and a very old age. When our master saw him, he would help him go." Kou Peifeng told him all the rumors he had heard, and stroked his chest The previous position, "The eyebrows are the same as those of the old birthday stars, and here they are so long!"

Xie Jing thought about it for a long time, but she never thought that there was such a person in the Bai family in the provincial capital.

He vaguely remembered that there was a master Diao next to Master Jiu, who moved south with everyone during the war, and got lost on the way, his beard was good enough, but his eyebrows were not right for his age.Xie Jing thought for a long time, but could only give up.

It was almost dawn, Xie Jing and Kou Peifeng separated and slipped back quietly.

He returned to the woodshed, the door lock was ajar just like when he left, no one came to such a remote place.He came in as it was, locked the door, put away the thin wire close to his body, wrapped himself in a cotton robe and slept all morning to make up for it.

It wasn't until noon that someone came and smashed the firewood door a few times, yelling at people to open the firewood door and shouting, "Kou Peifeng!"

Xie Jing woke up with narrowed eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes."

"Come out, the young master asked me to pick you up!"

The person from Bai Mingyu's courtyard came straight to the woodshed and opened the door to take him back. Without hesitation, Xie Jing patted himself up and stood up. It's better to have a good place to go than to sleep in the woodshed.

Bai Mingyu was still recuperating on the bed, and when he saw him coming in, probably because he felt owed and for his own face, the girl lying on the other side nunu mouthed: "Open the money box on the second shelf on the right, from Take ten silver dollars in it!"

The girl hesitated a little, and was scolded by Bai Mingyu again: "What are you doing, hurry up! The young master can't move you while lying down, can he?!"

The girl took the money and handed it over carefully, Bai Mingyu didn't touch it, and said directly: "Give it to him, I suffered for the young master yesterday, I will reward you."

Xie Jing took the silver dollar and saw Bai Mingyu looking at him proudly, then remembered to thank him.

Bai Mingyu probably regained some face, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, you go down, the young master won't need your service these days, be smart and avoid my father and my elder brother, they don't know that I let you out .”

Xie Jing: "..."

At noon, there was so much momentum, he thought that Bai Mingyu had obtained the imperial decree, and it turned out that he had opened the woodshed privately.

Xie Jing was happy to hide in her room to recuperate for a few days.

Two days later, Kou Peifeng brought him a letter with only the word "Kou" left on the envelope.

Kou Peifeng is in the apprentice room, and he can go home to visit every few days. He is more free than him in the inner courtyard. Since the two of them stole soybeans together, Kou Peifeng and Xie Jing have become much closer.

Xie Jing opened the letter and quickly read it. It was a letter from Grandma Kou. The old lady was illiterate, so she found a scholar on the street to write a letter for someone to bring in. She wanted to see him.The letter was brief, only saying that she would come to the East Corner Gate of the mansion every other day to wait, and let Xie Jing find time to meet her—it was okay to take a look from a distance, and she was relieved.

Xie Jing received the letter and immediately went to the east corner gate.

On the way, by chance, I ran into Steward Zhou. Seeing him running around in the clothes of a servant, Steward Zhou frowned and asked, "What are you going to do? Didn't you hear that you can't mess around here in the East Court?"

Xie Jing lowered his head and only reasoned that Bai Mingyu let him go there. When Steward Zhou asked again, he lowered his eyebrows and said pleasantly: "Master asked me to wait for a grasshopper seller here. Listen to the sound and pick the biggest one."

In winter, a hundred miles around is covered with whiteness, where can I find a grasshopper seller?Even if someone keeps them in gourds in autumn, what price will they sell at this time!

Steward Zhou knew that the little overlord at home might have been cheated out of money again. While feeling sorry for the silver dollar, he didn't dare to say anything more. He smacked his lips and let Xie Jing pass. Although he was the housekeeper, he didn't dare to take care of the young master. go on.

Xie Jing had been waiting at the east corner gate, and in the afternoon, he arrived at Grandma Kou.

Grandma Kou came to the laundry room at the East Corner Gate. The old lady took a bag from the eldest and put it aside to wait for Xie Jing. The old and the young saw each other through a corner door, and they were all a little surprised.Xie Jing stepped out, held her arm and smiled, "Grandma! Why are you here?"

Grandma Kou was so happy that she looked him up and down, stretched out her hands and touched his arms and legs carefully, and then said after making sure that he was okay, "Grandma misses you, no, I took some work and thought I could come over to see you, seeing that you are fine, I am a baby." Feeling at ease." Feeling the thick cotton robe on his body, he asked, "Did you eat well in the mansion? Did you go hungry or get beaten?"

Xie Jing's thick cotton robe hid the scar on the palm of her hand: "It's all good, I just miss you."

Grandma Kou also missed him. After all, she brought up the child with her own hands. She didn’t feel empty in her heart for a few days. She just kept looking at his little face, but she didn’t notice the child’s hidden palm. She stroked it a few times and smiled. Said: "Looks like he's getting fatter, as if he can eat enough."

"I eat three bowls of rice every day."

"Well, that's good."

Xie Jing looked at the baggage beside the old lady and asked, "Grandma, are you doing the laundry? It's too cold in winter, so don't do it in the future." He took out a few pieces from his pocket and wrapped them in a handkerchief while talking. The silver dollar that I lived in was stuffed into the sleeve of Grandma Kou, "Grandma, here are seven silver dollars, you take it."

Grandma Kou was taken aback, "Where did this come from?"

Xie Jing said: "I copied the book for the young master, and he gave it to me. You don't know, the young master at home doesn't like to go to school, but it's cheaper for me. After listening to a lot of knowledge, I even do the homework for the young master, and the master praised it. "

Grandma Kou put the silver dollar in her arms, with Xie Jing's body temperature on it. She knew that it was not easy for a rich family to make a living, so she said distressedly: "Jing'er, grandma has saved this money. Go and tell the manager in front of you to let you come out, I have asked, you only signed a five-year apprenticeship on your contract, we won’t do it for that long, I, Jing’er, have never experienced such hardship..."

Xie Jing hugged her affectionately, and whispered with a smile: "Grandma, I have grown up."

Grandma Kou protected him very well back then. Although life was difficult, she really didn't suffer any grievances. Later, when grandma disappeared, he fell on the muddy ground and was stuck in the mud for several years. If he hadn't met Master Jiu, he might have A lifetime has passed like that.

It's good now that someone is protecting him.

The corner gate couldn't stay longer, Grandma Kou reluctantly said: "Jing'er, just wait, grandma will come to see you in a few days."

Xie Jing shook her head: "Grandma, don't do the laundry. You wait for me at home. I will be able to go home to see you in a few days. Don't worry about the affairs of the house. I know it well, and I won't stay here for too long." It won't be long, let's go when I save up some money."

Grandma Kou thought about it for a while: "It's okay, I haven't seen you these few days, and I'm always restless. We can ask for food wherever we go, and we can walk."

"Grandma, I have learned a lot of skills, I will support you."

Grandma Kou tidied his hair with a smile: "You have only been in the mansion for a few days, what can you learn? If you are good, grandma will be satisfied."

After saying a few words, the two hurriedly separated.

Just as Xie Jing was about to go back from the corner gate, he happened to meet someone from the East Yard coming out. He had no time to dodge and could only stand against the wall, watching his nose, nose and heart, and lowered his eyes not to look much.

A pair of leather boots walked by, and the pattern on them was familiar. Xie Jing stared at those feet with trembling eyes, raised his head and looked over, and the people opposite were surrounded by a group of people, and they passed by in a flash.The man's face was half hidden in the collar of the fur cloak, it seemed that the whole person was sunk in the furry fox tail around his neck, revealing a bit of a tall nose bridge and deep starry eyes, striding past, even with incense Baimei was mixed with the breath of new snow, cold from inside to outside.

He walked over quickly, not noticing the unremarkable child standing in the corner.

Xie Jing stared at him intently, until he was far away, and finally let out a breath from his chest, as if he had just woken up from a dream and could breathe.

The tip of Xie Jing's nose was sore, her eyes blurred for a moment, and she quickly wiped it off with her sleeves, regaining clarity.

His heart had never been so clear, he wanted to cry, but also wanted to laugh out loud, the corners of his mouth twisted a few times, bent into a twisted arc, and finally he smiled.

He found Master Jiu!

Xie Jing seemed to have found his backbone, and was not in a hurry to think about leaving the mansion. When he returned to Bai Mingyu's courtyard, he was only in a daze, thinking about how to get closer to the east courtyard.Now the master is not far from him, but the yard is surrounded by people, and he won't be able to get in for a while... Xie Jing was in a trance when he suddenly heard someone calling him.

Bai Mingyu said impatiently: "What are you thinking? I've told you several times and you didn't respond!"

Bai Mingyu is physically strong and has a good foundation. He can get out of bed within a few days after being hit by the board, but now he can't help but want to be naughty.

Xie Jing wasn't in the mood to play tricks with him, so she said softly, "I want a new style of dim sum."

Bai Mingyu has no interest in dim sum today, and his reaction was mediocre.

Xie Jing glanced at him, thinking that Bai Mingyu was not like this in the past, he thought of ways to collect all kinds of dim sum, tasted it himself, and then picked the light and not greasy ones to send to Master Jiu, that's the best of filial piety.