Republic of China small businessman

Bai Jiuye has an unknown hobby. He likes to eat small snacks, but they should not be too sweet or too greasy. It is best to serve a small plate after dinner every day. Four or five plum cakes are just right.

Xie Jing knew how to make it herself, encouraged Bai Mingyu to "be filial", and took some ingredients from the big kitchen to make some plum cakes.He tried his best to think about the pastries that Master Jiu liked to eat, but he hadn't made them for many years. The first few cakes were not in good shape, but the later ones gradually took shape.After it was finished, he picked out a good-looking one and packed it into a small box. Bai Mingyu habitually reached out to eat it. Xie Jing quickly closed the lid and said to him, "This is for the distinguished guests of the East Courtyard."

Bai Mingyu was upset: "Young Master, can't you eat?"

Xie Jing pressed the lid and refused to give it to him: "I keep it for the young master. There is a big plate on the table with hot tea."

Bai Mingyu is now an embroidered pillow, with a bright and beautiful appearance, but a big straw bag inside, he didn't understand the meaning of Xie Jing's words at all, and felt that he left a lot for himself, so he ate it happily.Xie Jing took the time to remind him that the two sides asked him to go to the east courtyard to deliver things. After two or three times of urging, Bai Mingyu got up reluctantly and went to the east courtyard to kowtow.

Xie Jing accompanied the past, and the east courtyard was closely guarded, so he stood at the door and waited.

When Bai Mingyu went in with the snack box in his hands, Xie Jing kept looking at his figure, thinking that it would be great if he sent it in by himself, so that he could see Master Jiu.He felt a little pity, but at present, only in the name of Bai Mingyu can the things be sent there.

He has never seen such a young man.

At first, when he was dawdling in the theater troupe, he had seen him from afar. At that time, Master Jiu was sitting in a box on the second floor with an indifferent expression. It took him a long time to become familiar with him.Seriously, Master Jiu is only a few years older than him, and he should be seventeen or eighteen now.

Xie Jing thought about the side he met in a hurry during the day, smiled, and quickly restrained her smile and stood upright.

After waiting for a while, Bai Mingyu came out of the east courtyard alone, his footsteps in a huff.

Xie Jing went forward to meet her, and asked with some anticipation: "Master...I mean the master inside, what did he say?"

Bai Mingyu glared at him: "What else can I say? Just like usual, I was sent away after saying 'um'!"

Xie Jing was surprised: "Did he not eat plum cake?"

"Eat it, I picked it up and bit the belly of my finger, then wiped my mouth with a handkerchief—" Bai Mingyu became angrier as he spoke, his face turned red when he thought of offering treasures in the room, he had never been so flattering Extraordinary, it was the first time today that he was ignored so much, his nose was crooked in anger. "I've said it all, he's in the provincial capital, and his business is going all over the world. If you haven't eaten any good food, you still insist on letting me deliver it!"

"No way, I've inquired about it. These are specially made according to my inquiring preferences." Xie Jing also found it strange that these were the things he used to cook for Master Jiu most often. Master Jiu used to see him serving them. I was very happy when I came here. Once I ate plum cakes and I was in a particularly good mood. I even gave him the bracelets that I had worn for many years, or put them on my wrists by myself... How did it change?

Xie Jing asked a few more questions, and Bai Mingyu said angrily: "I also gave me two books, and I'm sending them off as beggars!"

Only then did Xie Jing see two books in Bai Mingyu's arms.

Bai Jiuye didn't respond to the plum cake, and only gave a reward and two books to the junior.

"That person is very difficult to please! Don't waste your efforts in vain!" Bai Mingyu returned to his residence, flipped through a few pages of the book, and said, "What kind of broken book is this, I reward you!"

He threw those two books to Xie Jing as a reward, but Xie Jing took them and treasured them very much. During the vigil at night, he lit a small oil lamp and read them carefully word by word.I waited until the oil lamp was almost used up and the sky turned white, and then I fell asleep with my book in my arms.

Bai Mingyu sent things. Although the people in the East Court didn't say anything, they seemed to be more polite to him. When Jiu Ye asked him to go to the school for the academic examination, his attitude was also much more polite.

Xie Jing followed Bai Mingyu, and was fortunate enough to enter the East courtyard twice, and saw Master Jiu from afar.

This time, Xie Jing paid special attention to Master Jiu's feet. He walked very steadily, even if he walked fast, he didn't look like he was limping at all - when he was with Master Jiu, Master Jiu didn't like winter the most. Another is that his left leg has an old disease, which always hurts, and sometimes he needs to rub it for half the night before he can barely fall asleep.

Xie Jing missed him in her heart, and couldn't help thinking when she saw it, two years earlier, there are indeed many differences.

The one who goes to the East Court most often is Bai Mingzhe. He is the big shopkeeper on the Heihe side, and he does business on the border. Bai Rongjiu came here for this business.

Bai Mingzhe is considered the youngest of the big shopkeepers, and compared to his father, he can chat with Master Jiu better. He originally planned to accompany Master Jiu to the Heihe store in the near future, but the weather is not good, and it has been snowing for several days. Now.

Under Xie Jing's urging, Bai Mingyu has been sending things to the East Hospital for the past few days. During the school examination, Xie Jing also helped him think of something in advance, and he didn't know which sentence answered Jiuye's wishes, so he appreciated it again. He did it twice, but it was all about pens, inks and inkstones. Bai Mingyu was not very interested, and he was not as happy as his father giving a box of silver dollars.

In addition to the reward, Bai Jiuye was also polite, and when he went to the Heihe shop, he mentioned that he would take this young master with him to gain some insight.

Bai Mingzhe was ecstatic and packed his brother's luggage overnight.

This is different from the way he took it privately. He could hear that Master Jiu intended to praise his younger brother.

When the young boss takes office, he always has to support one or two capable people around him. Bai Mingyu is a fool, and he has a good time to catch up.

The steward from Bai Mingzhe came over with a bearded man, read the name of the trip, and when he called "Kou Peifeng", the bearded man on the side deliberately nodded Xie Jing, stood up and took a look, "You are Kou Peifeng ?”

Xie Jing nodded, "Yes."

The bearded man looked him over, frowned slightly, and let him join the team.

Xie Jing also looked at the other party calmly. This man's eyes were strange, he was not a person who usually walked around in the White House, his ears were sharp, and he heard the steward talking to the bearded man, and he probably heard that the other party made a special trip from the Heihe company. pick up.

Bai Mingyu had never traveled far, so he was very excited, because he hadn't been in charge of any shop yet, so he wasn't considered the shopkeeper. The eldest brother Bai Mingzhe picked a few smart people from the apprentice room to follow behind his younger brother.

When setting off the next day, Xie Jing found that Kou Peifeng was also among them. The other party saw him from afar and waved with excitement.

Xie Jing squeezed into a carriage with the people in the apprentice's room. The apprentices were divided into two or three groups. Kou Peifeng occupied a corner where there was no wind, and it was obvious that he was squeezed out, but he seemed to be full and looked okay.

After Xie Jing got into the carriage, she went straight to find Kou Peifeng, and they huddled together in a corner of the carriage and talked in a low voice.

"Is the person you offended before the young master?"

"...Is someone looking for you?"

Xie Jing shook his head, just stared at him and said: "I named your name, I don't want to die for no reason, if you know anything, you'd better tell me as much as possible, so you can be prepared." He paused, then lowered his voice, "If something happens to me, third uncle probably won't be able to run away."

Kou Peifeng flinched and hesitated: "It won't be that serious, maybe, maybe it's a good thing."

Xie Jing asked a few more questions before Kou Peifeng whispered in his ear.

Half a month ago, Kou Peifeng accompanied his father, Kou Laosan, to deliver goods to the Bai family. What they delivered was a batch of homespun cloth. Naturally, they can't deliver any valuables because they are used to these things every day. manual labor.

It was also a coincidence that the third Kou had a stomachache that day, and was afraid of delaying his work, so he left his son alone in the northwest corner of the White House to guard.

Kou Peifeng waited for half a day, but before Steward Zhou came to settle the money, he saw several people coming out of a corner door.

A few strong men were carrying the small wooden box, and they didn't know what was in it, which was as heavy as iron bumps. Those people moved it a few times, with a hurried expression.They didn't see Kou Peifeng hiding behind the earthen cloth cart. At first Kou Peifeng was just curious, but those people moved things and put them at the corner gate and left.A few large black lacquered wooden boxes were placed there, probably not stable, and the top wooden box was tilted.

Kou Peifeng waited and waited for no one to come, and with some curiosity in his heart, he went over to help and saw what was inside...

The carriage was bumping, and Kou Peifeng sat in the air vent and his hands and feet were shaking from the cold. He took out a small piece of brass-like thing from his arms and secretly showed it to Xie Jing: "Here, this is it. I saw a box full of it the other day. Huang Chengcheng Yes, I even bit into it, it's copper."

Xie Jing's pupils contracted, and he quickly took it from his hand and stuffed it into his cuffs. Kou Peifeng didn't recognize it, but he did—it was clearly a bullet from a Mauser.

Kou Peifeng let out a "Hey", looked around and didn't want to argue with him in public, so he leaned closer and said, "This is mine!"

Xie Jing pressed his wrist, and asked: "How many boxes of these things did you see? After moving out from the corner gate, did anyone come to pick them up? What kind of people do they look like?"

"I straightened the box, and someone came over just like you now, and asked repeatedly, of course I said—" Kou Peifeng pulled his hand back, shook it twice and complained, "Of course I said I didn't touch it. Ah, Xie Jing, what's the matter with you, you look thin and weak, why are you so strong, my wrist strength is not as strong as yours. "

Xie Jing didn't care about him, and kept asking for the news she wanted to hear.

Kou Peifeng said: "It looks like the person next to the young master. The steward over there brought them here. I can't remember what they look like."

Xie Jing squinted, Kou Peifeng didn't remember the appearance of the other party, but the other party remembered him, this is too unreasonable.

The son of a delivery man, why was he remembered, and his name was specifically named.

Kou Peifeng thought for a moment, and then said: "Those people also said that they asked me to help carry things to the eastern suburbs, and they would give two silver dollars! It's a pity that I have to guard the cart of homemade cloth, or I will follow."

Xie Jing glanced at him, and Kou Peifeng was terrified by him, "What's wrong?"

Xie Jing shook her head, saying something fateful in her heart.

If Kou Peifeng really followed that day, this little life is not far from being confessed.

"Hey, let me tell you, do you know what's available at the Heihe Company?" Kou Peifeng put his sleeves on his sleeves and approached Xie Jing mysteriously, "There are a lot of Western things over there, but Westerners also come from us. Bring in some small things. I heard that brass is quite valuable. Last time, someone exchanged a brass lock for a palm-sized carved silver mirror! I reckon that those around the young master also have their own little ones, My father said 'horses have no night grass and are not fat', and they are all lavish in restaurants outside. I heard that there are many people who resell shochu and tobacco leaves privately. Those few boxes of brass are probably intended to be sold privately to foreigners. ... Xie Jing, you are smart, do you think you will?"

Xie Jing asked: "What?"

Kou Peifeng said with a shy face: "You said, those people under the young master's hand moved their things to remote and secluded places, and they definitely didn't want people to see them. I helped them carry them to the wooden cart that day. They praised me for my strength, Ask me what my name is, do you think they will bring me to make a fortune together?"

Xie Jing: "..."

Kou Peifeng naively daydreamed for a while, and wanted to get back the piece of "brass" from Xie Jing, Xie Jing turned his hands and put it in his body pocket, "I will keep this thing first, you take care of your own." Don't tell anyone else about this anymore."

Kou Peifeng stared at his pocket with some pity in his eyes, but he still nodded and said: "I know, I didn't tell anyone except you and my father."

"That's good."

The snow on the road was thick, and it took longer than usual to get to the Heihe Company.

Xie Jing closed his eyes and rested his mind along the way, and he ate when someone delivered food, and he didn't say a word except for eating and resting.

Kou Peifeng really wanted to chat with him a few more words, but Xie Jing closed his eyes and ignored him. He was bored, and closed his eyes and fell asleep all the way.

When they arrived in Heihe, they were exhausted. In the whole convoy, only Bai Jiuye and his team seemed to have some energy, and the rest were exhausted.

Bai Mingzhe is the shopkeeper of the shop here, and when he arrived, he ordered people to unload the goods and took the distinguished guests from the provincial government to the residence to let them rest.

Bai Mingyu nestled along the way, but he had enough energy. After getting out of the car, he kicked his arms and legs, eager to try the new environment, and really wanted to walk around.

Xie Jing followed him, but looked at the team of vehicles and horses in the provincial government, and suddenly asked: "Master, don't they live with us?"

Bai Mingyu glanced at it, and said lazily: "Of course not, that 'grandfather' has a special residence, although he comes here once a year, my father and the others dare not slack off, they clean him all year round. Let him live alone."

"Just let him live alone?"

"No, he is afraid of the cold. The house has a special earth dragon. It will be warmed up after a short while from the outside, and it will not be particularly hot. It is specially prepared for him, and the windows are inlaid with western glass. Touliang! There are no other rooms." Bai Mingyu became envious again as he spoke. "I've never lived in such a good house. What kind of life is this? I kowtow to him, and I'm still boarded. I can't even sleep in a good room."

Xie Jing said "Oh": "I will vent my anger on the young master."

Bai Mingyu was puzzled: "What can you do?"

Xie Jing didn't answer this time, just followed behind him in silence.

Bai Mingyu only thought he was joking, and many servants around him liked to say these things to make him happy, so he didn't take it seriously.

When the whole team settled down, it was already evening, and it was night in Heihe, and the big guys settled down quickly, and the fires were lit one after another.

Suddenly, there was the sound of "bang bang" glass shattering, followed by a commotion from the provincial team, the torches and kerosene lanterns were lit up a lot, and someone shouted and reprimanded: "Who! Who threw the stone? !"

The backyard of the Heihe Company is small, and the instigator was quickly found.

Xie Jing and Bai Mingyu were brought to the flower hall together.

Xie Jing was wearing a thick cotton robe, and Bai Mingyu was wearing a thin coat and a leather jacket, standing there with a blank expression, "What glass? What's wrong with the glass?"

Bai Rongjiu, who was wrapped in a leather cloak, coughed and was drinking the hot ginger tea that was handed over to him in the main seat of the flower hall.

Bai Mingzhe was so angry that he stood in front of him and jumped: "What's wrong, you smashed it!"

Bai Mingyu: "Why did I smash the glass, no, I didn't smash it, I didn't do it!"

"You didn't do it, you ordered your subordinates to do it!" Bai Mingzhe pointed at Xie Jing, "The stolen goods were captured at the same time. When he caught him, he still had a stone in his hand!"

Bai Mingyu was dumbfounded, turned to look at Xie Jing, and suddenly remembered what he said during the day.

Xie Jing stood there and remained silent.

He figured it out all the way, no matter who the box of Mauser bullets was aimed at, it was a factor of instability. Of all the people, only Lord Jiu lived most conspicuously—he didn’t know what happened that year, but as long as he was the same as before The process is different, the outcome must be different.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Xie Jing: Master, I will vent my anger on you.

Bai Mingyu:? ? ?

Big brother: It really is you, a brat who doesn't live up to expectations!

Bai Mingyu: Don't talk nonsense, it's not me, there really is no QAQ! !