Republic of China small businessman

Xie Jing spent the night at Lord Jiu's residence.

They haven't seen each other for a year, and Xie Jing gave Master Jiu a surprise as soon as they met.

The young man raised by his side has indeed grown up, and he is very different from before. His temper and temperament seem to have not changed, and he talks less, but he is not easy to provoke.

Master Jiu loves him, he only said that it was not easy for Xie Jing and Bai Er to be in Nanfang this year, and he completely forgot that he threw them here for the sake of experience.

In the master bedroom on the second floor of the bungalow, the bed is soft, and the bathroom has been filled with hot water. There is bursts of steam coming out of the gilded copper bathtub, and soaking for a while is the best way to relieve fatigue.

Xie Jing served Master Jiu to take a bath. He took off his clothes and put them aside, changed into a bathrobe, knelt on the side of the bathtub to wash Master Jiu's hair, and whispered to him what happened in Nanfang this year.

Master Jiu put his hands on both sides of the bathtub casually, closed his eyes and listened.

Xie Jing almost thought that he was going to fall asleep, and asked in a low voice, "Master?"

Master Jiu chuckled, and said, "Here, I'm listening, you can continue."

Xie Jing thought for a while, and said, "There's nothing to say. There are so many things in Nanfang. Except for the few taverns that have just been sold and haven't opened yet, there is nothing to worry about."

Master Jiu said: "Not only that, that's not what Hong'er said in her letter."

Xie Jing helped to say a few fair words: "Miss Bai has a straightforward temper, but she doesn't get along with the second young master. She always has a few words when they meet, but I can think of a place to go in business. This is a tavern that Miss Bai took the trouble to find, she has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and she has helped us a lot this year, and she has been very kind to us." Wei Wei paused, and then said, "Second Young Master actually likes her... Her business methods , I even mentioned it to me twice in private, saying that I want to get in touch more and learn from it.”

Master Jiu: "Learn what?"

Xie Jing racked his brains, and tentatively said: "Let's learn a little about everything, just, close to Zhu Zhechi?"

Master Jiu snorted: "I think the two of them are like 'the wicked will be punished by the wicked'. It would be good to let them get together and sharpen each other's temperament. Hong'er has learned such an old-fashioned manner in Nanfang for many years. , Bai Er is very courageous, dare to take you to the gambling house to make money..." A pair of warm hands dipped in water landed on the temples, gently rubbed, and immediately pressed the small fire in his heart Going down, Master Jiu's Adam's apple rolled, and the heavy words on the edge of his mouth disappeared, he only warned: "Next time, don't go to that messy place again, it's not difficult to win money, but it's not easy to quit if you want to gamble. "

Xie Jing agreed, coaxed him to obey, and then whispered to him about Li Yuan.

Li Yuan is good at arithmetic, so going to a gambling house is not called gambling at all, and saying "gambling money" is considered bullying other people's gambling houses.

Xie Jing's luck is good in itself, and with Li Yuan by his side, one who is good at acting, and the other who silently counts the cards on the table, it is no different from going to a gambling house to get money directly.

Xie Jing was sensitive to Master Jiu's emotions. As soon as Master Jiu's aura retreated, he immediately received it as if he had installed a radar.

Xie Jing got up and rinsed Master Jiu's hair with clean water, put her fingers behind her head, leaned into her ear and asked, "Northern women are straightforward, Lord, how about Russian women?"

Master Jiu didn't speak, just pressed his hand on his shoulder, and said in a hoarse voice: "Be quiet, there are other things to do today."

Xie Jing pressed her fingertips slightly, submerged in the water and slowly descended, and whispered: "What else do you want to do?"

"Injury."

After saying this, he couldn't bear the dishonest little hands on his shoulders, so he simply grabbed them and dragged them into the bathtub. Xie Jing was caught off guard, and the bathrobe on his body was soaked and soaked in the water Extra thick.The bathtub is spacious, but it is a bit narrow to accommodate two men at once. Master Jiu is extremely tall, with a pair of long legs bent up, covering Xie Jing's whole body in it. Jing looked down at the wet bathrobe on her body and said, "Didn't you look very proud when you were fighting just now? If you were injured, you will be fined for not going out for a month and copying books every day."

Xie Jing's body was covered with water, and a large piece of fair skin exposed in the air couldn't help shivering when it came into contact with the coolness.

Master Jiu checked carefully, and read it slowly and carefully.

Xie Jing soaked in the water, put his hand on his shoulder, and did not hide.

Master Jiu rubbed his hands on his waist for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice, "It seems to be green here, come closer, I'll take a look."

Xie Jing's face was full of enthusiasm, she bit her lip and got up.

……

Master Jiu relieved his lovesickness in the bathroom.

Xie Jing's bathrobe was completely wet, and her legs were a little wobbly.

Even so, I still want to stick to the end.

Master Jiu put his arms around his slender waist and coaxed: "Jing'er, don't make trouble."

He kept his hands on Master Jiu's shoulders, and with stubbornness in his eyes, he asked in a trembling voice, "Master, I heard that White Russian women are very hot?"

Master Jiu laughed in a low voice, his voice was hoarse, with a seductive charm that he never had before: "It's not as good as you."

Xie Jing loosened his strength, he was also holding on, he just felt that he had exhausted all the energy of the year just now, his fingers and toes were lazy, he pressed against Master Jiu's chest to feel the other's heartbeat for a moment, the corners of his lips raised a little, He turned his face to the side and took a bite, leaving teeth marks.

Master Jiu scratched his chin, as if teasing the cub, and said with a muffled laugh, "Is it a puppy? He likes to bite so much."

After a while of nonsense, the water in the bathtub has become warm.

Xie Jing licked the small tooth marks left just now, raised her hand to hook Master Jiu's neck, and said in a low voice: "It's cold, Master carry me out."

Master Jiu teased him: "Didn't you still have the strength to mess around just now?"

Xie Jing said vaguely: "No, I came here bravely."

Master Jiu was in a good mood, picked him up in a good manner, wiped him clean, and took him to the master bed.

The guest room was next to it, but Master Jiu didn't intend to let him go, and stayed by his side.

Haven't seen each other for a year, so much to say.

Master Jiu was originally worried that Xie Jing would have a sliver of life since he hadn't seen him for a long time, but after seeing him, he realized that he had overthought. The child he raised, from the moment he saw him, he was the only one in his heart and eyes. .

Xie Jing snuggled into Master Jiu's arms, and talked to him on his arm. After a while, her nasal voice became more and more drowsy, and she slowly fell asleep.

Master Jiu kissed him on the cheek and looked at him for a long time before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The next morning.

Master Jiu is used to getting up early, so he asked the kitchen to make a breakfast, and read today's newspaper. After reading it, it was only after seven o'clock.

The clocks and watches used in Nanfang are all Western-style, exquisitely made, and the time is much more convenient.

The people who served around him were all Jiu Ye's confidantes, and they didn't mention a word about what happened last night. They only asked Jiu Ye after breakfast: "Master, do you want to prepare another copy?"

Jiu Ye said: "I will make another one like this, and send it to the room later."

The subordinate promised and went to prepare.

Master Jiu waited for a while, and went upstairs to the bedroom by himself. He didn't see anyone when he entered the door, but when he went to the bedside, he saw the child with only a bunch of black hair exposed, and the whole body was buried in the quilt. Be a little strict.

Master Jiu laughed, and sat beside him and coaxed: "Why are you only ashamed now? What happened to the energy of making a fuss last night, Jing'er, let go, it was uncomfortable to ride in the car yesterday, what's wrong with covering it with a quilt?"

The quilt was pulled off, but Master Jiu didn't expect that Xie Jing was wearing a piece of clothing underneath.

It was a shirt in Master Jiu's closet, it was a bit too big, Xie Jing put it on and it looked loose, he lay there looking down at the embroidery on the pillow, his fingers were clasped on it, his Adam's apple rolled twice, and he didn't speak.

Master Jiu looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but leaned closer and kissed him. Xie Jing pushed his shoulder, not very cooperative, and whispered: "Master, be careful with your clothes... I, I forgot my clothes yesterday in the bathroom and got wet by the water." I can't wear it anymore, don't wear this one..."

For the first time, Master Jiu was impatient to listen to him, so he pressed his wrist with one hand and blocked his disobedient mouth.

Breakfast was completely late.

It was already noon when Xie Jing got the new clothes, and Master Jiu had a guest come to visit.

Listening to the sound of the car downstairs, Xie Jing hurriedly changed her clothes, but didn't have time to open the window to ventilate. Fortunately, there were still a few bottles of cosmetics that Shang Yulou gave him yesterday in his pocket. Some smeared open.After finishing it, it suddenly occurred to me that this was Master Jiu's bedroom, not the study, and no one would dare to come in for a while - he used to serve a lot in the study, but just now he was in a trance, and he started doing things out of habit.

Xie Jing cleaned up in the bedroom.

Downstairs, Bai Mingyu and Bai Hong stood side by side to visit Master Jiu.

If Bai Er and Bai Hongqi sit together and don't quarrel, they can talk and laugh, and they can only see it in front of Master Jiu. Although the two of them are friendly on the surface, they are competing inside and outside the words.

Bai Er flaunted one sentence of his own merits, and Miss Bai immediately followed up, playing a few words on the side drums, not disrupting the stage, but she also refused to give up her own credits to Bai Er.

Master Jiu listened for a while, and got a headache from the noise, so he put the teacup in his hand on the table.

The two on the other side were silent.

Master Jiu's eyes swept over the two of them. When he saw Bai Mingyu, the second young master straightened his back immediately. When he saw Bai Hongqi, Miss Bai had a look of pleading for praise in her eyes. Both of them stared eagerly. Wait for Master Jiu to speak.

Master Jiu said: "Yesterday's banquet was inappropriate."

Bai Hongqi's face turned red, and she felt uneasy sitting there.

Master Jiu looked at her and said in a low voice: "I know the difficulties you and your aunt are in. You have run Nanfang for many years and you have established your rules, but from today onwards, you just need to remember that our Bai family only cares about the world and our own interests when doing business. Conscience, don't look at other people's faces anymore."

Bai Hong was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes turned red, she said "Hey", and immediately saluted Jiuye: "Hong'er remembers, thank Uncle Jiu for protecting me and grandma!" To be strong, she never shows weakness in front of others, but it is not easy for a woman in this world to do business. If it is not forced by the situation, who would want to be slick in all directions?When Jiu Ye spoke today, he made a precise statement, and wanted to protect them well.

What's more, Jiuye's power in the North is now three points stronger than before.

Master Jiu looked at Bai Mingyu again, frowned slightly, and asked, "What did you say about the tavern near the railway?"

Bai Mingyu was looking at Bai Hongqi, and when he heard Master Jiu ask, he said in a daze, "Oh, that's right, master, those Russians are so unreasonable, what is the name of that railway chief, Holvag, who keeps making a fuss about the prohibition of alcohol, last time Yue also wrote below, saying that "the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages is strictly prohibited within 50 versts along the eastern province railway line." This guy has been driving out alcohol dealers along the road. At the end of last month, he confiscated two carriages of alcohol, although it is not our family. , but they were all sold by our side! Seeing that the momentum is not good, those merchants dare not buy more, for fear of being caught." He became angry again as he spoke, "The Russians only drive away the merchants from our side , Russian businessmen don’t care at all!”

Master Jiu asked: "Can Russian merchants continue to sell alcohol?"

Bai Mingyu said: "Not only that, they opened their own winery here in Nanfang. The Ulublevsky Brewery and the East Bavaria Brewery belong to them. The prohibition order was issued several times, and they neither closed down nor closed down. Move away. I see that the prohibition laws of the Russians only prohibit Chinese alcohol, not foreign alcohol at all!"

Master Jiu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Bring me a copy of the papers he wrote, and I'll take a look."

Bai Mingyu agreed, and got up to go back to get it, but Bai Hongqi on the side was already prepared, took a neat stack of documents from the briefcase on the side, and put them in front of Master Jiu, "Uncle Jiu, I guess you I also want to look at it when I come here, and I have brought it."

Master Jiu looked through it, nodded and said, "I'll take a look today. Bai Er is still going to the tavern to keep an eye on it. Hong'er will go to Boss Shang's place for me. A few people in the troupe were injured last night. You send them to the tavern." Some medicine in the past, also give some money to appease."

Both of them agreed, and Bai Hongqi asked again: "Uncle Jiu, is Xiao Xie okay?"

Master Jiu looked up at her, "Did you have something to do with him?"

For some reason, Bai Hongqi subconsciously shook her head, her sitting posture became more rigid, "No, no, I'm just asking casually. Anyway, I'm someone close to Uncle Jiu. I heard that many tables and chairs were broken in the theater building last night. I'm just worried. The safety of our people here."

Master Jiu said, "He's fine."

Bai Hongqi didn't dare to ask more questions, got up and went out with Bai Er.

When she got to the door, Miss Bai remembered vaguely that Manager Xiao Xie came back with Master Jiu last night, but she didn't see him come out today, what a strange thing.She always felt that there was a trace of something that was about to be caught, but it was just a little bit short. She couldn't help but asked Bai Mingyu next to him in a low voice: "Did you see Xie Jing yesterday? Was he seriously injured?" , I don't think I saw him come out today..."

Bai Mingyu stopped to look at her, with an unhappy expression on his face: "You only ask Xiao Xie, why don't you ask me?"

Bai Hongqi wondered: "What's wrong with you?"

"I was also in the theater yesterday! You didn't go, you didn't see how brave the young master was last night, those people came up and surrounded me, and I punched one by one—" Bai Mingyu was bragging, but the audience wanted Leaving, he said unwillingly: "Hey, you are so boring, don't you listen to others' words!"

Miss Bai perfunctory him: "Uncle Jiu explained something important, and I'm still in a hurry to do it. I'll listen to you next time."

Bai Mingyu suddenly thought of something, chased after her in two or three steps, and squeezed into her car: "Are you looking for Shang Yulou? Coincidentally, I have something to do with him, so take a ride and drop by."

Bai Hongqi: "What do you want him for?"

"Leave me alone, I have something to do anyway." Bai Er sullenly looked at her with red ears and immediately turned his head away, urging the driver to drive.Shang Yulou is handsome, and he has attracted many girls in the provincial capital, and there are girls who hold a large string of pearls and gold rings and throw them on the stage to win his favor!

Bai Mingyu thought to himself, it's not easy for the Bai family to make money, so he has to look after it, lest this little aunt be ignorant and spend money on men outside.

Right, that is it.

Bai Mingyu repeated it in his heart, his expression was determined, and he had already confirmed this truth.

Bungalow.

Master Jiu took the documents and went back upstairs.

A study room has been set up here according to Master Jiu's usual habits. The Four Treasures of the Study Room are placed on the table, and some books are placed on the bookshelf on one side. The preparation is hasty. Although there are not as many as the East Courtyard, it is still enough to pass the time.

At this moment, the study room was bright and bright, and there was no one in it. Master Jiu put down the files and went to the bedroom.

The window in the bedroom is half open, but it is still filled with the rich fragrance of gardenias.

On the small tea table at the side, there was a plate of untouched food.

Master Jiu took a look, heard a noise in the bathroom, looked for it, and saw Xie Jing.

Manager Xiao Xie was bending over to clean the bathtub with bare feet, with a slender waist and long legs, and a half-bent posture focused and serious.

Master Jiu walked over and patted him. Xie Jing was taken aback. He turned around clutching his buttocks, only to find that Master Jiu was stunned and said, "Master, are you done?"

Master Jiu said: "Well, Bai Er and the others came here, and it's nothing serious. Why don't you go to eat, what's there to clean this bathtub?"

Xie Jing's face was hot and he hesitated.

Master Jiu liked him like this, teased him a few words, and coaxed: "The days will be long in the future, so why don't you get up every day to wipe these?"

Xie Jing's face flushed red, her eyes were moist for a moment, and her long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly.

Master Jiu chuckled, lowered his head and kissed his lips: "Silly boy."

Xie Jing kissed him once, and kissed him again for a while, her forehead was pressed against him, with admiration in her eyes.

Master Jiu sighed in his heart.

He never thought that one day he would find the nose-touching aroma of gardenias pleasant.

It's as if he never imagined that one day he would sink so deep.

Shang Yulou was resettled in a new residence, and the Bai family invited a doctor to show it to the theater troupe, and sent many precious medicinal materials, but Shang Yulou refused repeatedly, so they had to accept it.

But after staying for less than two days, people dressed in black came to the door again.

Only two black-clothed thugs came, and they came to pass on a message, probably because the gang had already found out who the new Jiu Ye was, and they didn't dare to touch the younger generation of the Bai family, but for the sake of their own face, they insisted Come to the theatrical troupe to find a place here.The thug called Shang Yulou to come out, and said to him: "Our head of the family said that the day before yesterday, he could not see Mount Tai and offended the boss Bai Jiuye. He didn't come for you two, but the people below him. Irregularity caused a misunderstanding. But if we hurt someone here, there must be an explanation. The head of the family said that talking about money hurts peace. He only handed over the martial artist who beat someone that day. He said a few words, Even if this matter is exposed, all grievances and grievances will be written off."

Shang Yulou looked strange, and asked, "Which martial artist do you guys want?"

The black-clothed thug said: "Naturally, he was the one who beat people the most that day, dress up like a fairy!"

Shang Yulou shook his head: "I can't give it."

Thug in black: "..."

The black-clothed thug: "Boss Shang, we have given enough face, but we are called to give a few words of training, the boss has a bad temper, if you continue to be stubborn, I can't guarantee that the 'Xianjun' will be sent back in one piece! "

Shang Yulou looked at him sympathetically, sighed and said, "Why don't you say this again like Bai Jiuye, that's from Jiuye, not from my theater troupe."

The members of the Azure Dragon Society froze on the spot.

When Jiu Ye heard this that day, he laughed out of anger, "Also give me a word to the head of the family, my people have their own rules, and don't bother others to do it."

In the evening of the same day, five black cars soon drove up outside the foreign building. Bai Hongqi owned a car dealership in her hand. These cars worth thousands of dollars were all used by the people around Master Jiu. She knew that Master Jiu was there. Heihe was in danger, so he was very concerned about Jiuye's safety, sending cars and escorts, and giving what he wanted.

On the other side, the leader of the Azure Dragon Society is puffing away in the smoke hall.

In the past two years, the gang has developed extremely fast, and there are many people who join the club, but most of them are people who work hard at the lowest level, such as coolies on the pier and porters pulling rickshaws. The reason for these people joining the club is also simple. I won't be isolated and bullied too badly, and I will hand in a little copper money every month to buy peace.There are not many people in the upper echelons of the Qinglong Society, and they are divided into seven heads according to their seniority. This group of people is also used to domineering in Nanfang, and they only take it as tea when they hear the news that the Ninth Master of the Bai family has come in person. Yu chatted, never thought that he could have any intersection with the Bai family.

It wasn't Bai Hongqi, the young girl from Nanfang, but the head of the Bai family in the provincial capital.

When the outsiders stumbled into the smoke den to report, the head of the house exhaled a long puff of smoke, and it took a long time before he could hear some words clearly, and asked again: "What did you say, what is the Bai family?"

The voice of the person below trembled: "Yes, it is the Bai family of the provincial capital, the ninth master of the Bai family... brought a lot of soldiers and asked you to go downstairs to talk."

The big master didn't hold the bong in his hand firmly, and it fell on the table with a "clang", and the concubine who was lighting his cigarette was startled, and the big master couldn't care about it at all, and asked: "That Bai Jiuye, Looking for me? Did you read that right?!"

"It's absolutely true, the ninth master of the Bai family is looking for you, I'm afraid the person who came is not kind. Master, why don't I go to the second master and ask them to bring more people—"

Before the man finished speaking, he was thrown at by a cigarette rod from the head of the house. He got up from the couch and scolded: "Who are you looking for? If you bump into that person head-on, I'm afraid you think your life is too long!" After walking around twice, he asked again, "Why did Bai Jiuye bother us, but why didn't he entertain us well?"

"This this……"

"What is this, say it!"

"A few days ago, the seventh head of the family had a conflict with them and had a fight in the theater. The second head of the family didn't dare to seek justice from the Bai family. He only borrowed your name and asked them for the martial artist who beat someone that day. I heard that ...The Wusheng was raised by the ninth master of the Bai family, and the second master knew about it late, so I'm afraid he's here to seek revenge."

"Confused! Confused, the second child and the seventh child have been teased by those foreigners for the past two years and don't know how much they are. Now it's even more outrageous. I'm afraid they don't even know their last names!" Xie took two steps, and said angrily, "Beidi Bai's family, is that something we can provoke! You go out quietly through the back door, hurry up, and find me the second and seventh!"

"But the Seventh Master was seriously injured by the martial arts student in the theater troupe, and he is still bedridden now."

The head of the family gave him a look and scolded: "I don't care whether he is alive or dead, even if he is lying on the bed and coughing up blood, I will carry him with the bed!"

The man responded quickly and hurried away.

The person who was severely injured by Xie Jing that day was named Li Defa. He was beaten by Xie Jing a few times, and when he went back, he caught up with Luoxue. was carried over.

After the head of the family went downstairs, he saw only a group of soldiers with stern faces, who escorted him to a teahouse not far away.

Master Jiu has reserved the place and is already sitting there waiting.