Republic of China small businessman

Bai Mingyu never thought that Xie Jing was so talented.

Xie Jing stood there with his head bowed and accepted the punishment, and said in his mouth: "I did it myself, and it has nothing to do with the young master."

Bai Mingyu couldn't utter the words he wanted to quibble when his mouth reached his mouth. He himself felt like what he usually did, hesitating and hawing for a long time secretly to see his elder brother.

Bai Mingzhe was so pissed off at the moment, he stood there bluffing and begging for family law.

The person in the main seat drank half a cup of hot ginger tea and said, "Forget about the family law, if the child is naughty, it doesn't get in the way."

"Jiuye, my little brother broke the rules and always..."

Bai Rongjiu waved his hand, and said softly: "There are not so many rules when you go out, even if you really have to be punished, you should rest for one night and talk about it tomorrow morning."

Bai Mingzhe was very grateful, he changed the room for Master Jiu, and personally pressed Bai Mingyu and the two to go back.

Bai Mingyu was scolded for no reason, and when he came back to pour tea, he was slapped on the head when the tea was not in his mouth!

Bai Mingyu scratched his neck and shouted, "Brother, what are you doing!"

Bai Mingzhe twisted his younger brother's ear again, hating iron for not being strong, and said: "What are you doing, I will teach you for my father! You are useless, I said why you were so obedient and kept delivering things to the East Hospital a few days ago, and you also endorsed it so honestly , So you’re holding back your energy here? Huh?!”

Bai Mingyu was puzzled: "Why am I holding back my energy?"

"Hold on and play bad, I see you're full of bad water!" Bai Mingzhe snatched the teacup from his hand, drank the tea by himself, sat there and continued to lecture his younger brother. "You stand still, at least you are the second young master in the mansion, what do you look like with your shoulders and hips stretched!"

Bai Mingyu got angry and shook his legs with his clothes on.

He knew that his elder brother would not really ask his family to beat him up like his own father did. His elder brother was fine, and he hadn't touched a finger since he was a child.

Bai Mingzhe taught his younger brother a lesson, then turned around and called Xie Jing over, with a long expression on his face: "You too, I chose you to follow the young master, please persuade me in everything, don't follow the young master to do anything, over there Is the glass you can smash!"

Xie Jing said truthfully: "Young Master didn't tell me to smash it, it was my own idea."

Bai Mingzhe became even angrier: "You still defend him!"

Bai Mingyu: "..."

It's the first time in many years that the little overlord of the Bai family ate Coptis chinensis in Qinghe County.

Early the next morning, a steward next to Bai Mingzhe came over and woke them up, saying that the master above had said, "You don't need to beat and scold children when they are naughty, they are mostly energetic and idle, just run a couple of laps to dissipate their anger." Following the instructions, Bai Mingyu climbed out of the warm blanket and went for a run with a face like a bitter melon.

Xie Jing was only wearing a thick cotton robe. Usually, he would run for a while when it was too cold. He was in good health, and running a couple of laps would not be a problem at all.

Bai Mingyu was different. The second young master who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth had never experienced any hardships at all, and he only managed to survive by gritting his teeth.

At first, he was running in the inner courtyard of Heihe Company. After two laps, Xie Jing was kicking there. sweat.

Bai Mingyu panted twice, and suddenly said, "I don't think something is right."

Xie Jing paused for a while when she moved her hands and feet, but didn't answer.

Bai Mingyu looked at him, and his tone was much firmer: "This is wrong, Kou Peifeng, do you have something to hide from me?"

Xie Jing thought, Bai Mingyu is the same as before, although his brain is not very good, but his intuition is always surprisingly accurate.He pretended to be dazed, looked over and said, "Master, what's the matter? Was it the smashing of the glass last night? Why don't I talk to the young master again, it's indeed what I wanted to smash, and it has nothing to do with the young master."

Xie Jing was eager to try, he wanted to see if Master Jiu had breakfast.

Bai Mingyu grabbed his arm, sternly refused to let him go, and started arguing there.

They were noisy here, the yard was not big, and soon a strong man in a black leather jacket came over.

This time, the people from the provincial motorcade came, and the man walked up to them, glanced up and down, stood still and said loudly: "Master Jiu just watched you run around a few times upstairs, and you don't look tired—" His eyes fell on the hands of the two children who were holding each other, he paused for a while, and then said, "Let you go out and turn right, and run a long circle around the store!"

Bai Mingyu was dumbfounded.

Xie Jing was obedient, she raised her head and glanced in the direction the man came from, and looked at the guest room upstairs with the window slightly opened, and without saying a word, she put on her belt and went out for a run.

Xie Jing ran fast, and Bai Mingyu took a shortcut by the side door to catch up with him. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Xie Jing quicken his pace again, stubbornly chasing him all the way.

After running around for a long time, Bai Mingyu was so tired that his head went blank. He lay on the ground and gasped for breath, unable to utter a single word.

Xie Jing supported his knees with his hands, his heart was beating violently, and he slowly adjusted his breathing. Sweat dripped from his forehead and shook off his long eyelashes. At first glance, he thought he was crying.Xie Jing raised her hand to wipe it, and when her wrist fell, she saw a pair of familiar boots in front of her eyes.

His heart was beating faster, and he didn't feel anything after running so many miles, but now it was like thunder in his ears, and it was full of his unsatisfactory heartbeat, and he couldn't hear anything clearly.

Bai Mingyu got up and kowtowed, and called "Grandpa".

Xie Jing wanted to salute, but his legs and feet were weak and he lost his strength. One fell forward without paying attention. If the other party hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground, but because the other party held his arm and lifted him up, his face was flushed. I just felt a burst of hot air rushing up from the place I touched, and I wished for a burst of hot air to rush out of my forehead.

"You run pretty well, and your body is not bad." Bai Rongjiu helped him and then let go, his eyes fell on the two children in front of him, and finally on Bai Mingyu.

Bai Mingzhe followed behind with a busy smile and said, "Ming Yu is used to being lazy."

Bai Rongjiu said: "I'm a little clever. In addition to writing, I have to run frequently in the morning."

Bai Mingzhe considered what he meant, and asked in a low voice: "Then when I go back, I will arrange for Ming Yu to start running around with the shopkeeper in the shop? Let's learn the basics first?"

Bai Rongjiu nodded: "Well, this is the best."

The two left while talking, Bai Mingzhe's face was flushed, and after walking two steps, he turned his head and winked at his younger brother, telling him to go back to his room to rest.

It took Bai Mingyu a long time to get up, took two steps and found no one to help him, he turned to look for Xie Jing, and found that the other party was still staring at the direction his elder brother was walking away, frowned and said: "What are you doing, let's go! Hurry up Help the young master back, really, I haven't eaten a bite of food this morning, and I'm so dizzy from running."

Xie Jing turned around with some reluctance, and helped Bai Mingyu back.

Xie Jing was annoyed all the way, he felt that he was completely useless, why was he so nervous that he couldn't say a word when he saw the master, even if he yelled, or showed more, he could always leave a little impression... Thinking about it The little things they got along with in the past, the circles of their eyes suddenly turned red.

Bai Mingyu originally wanted to ask him to blame, but when he saw Xie Jing standing there, he seemed to lose his soul, and the curse words went around and swallowed back by himself.Young master Bai is soft but not hard, and he is most afraid of others doing this in front of him, so he scratched his head and sent him out to let both of them be quiet for a while.

On the other side, Bai Mingzhe accompanied Master Jiu to see Heihe, a small border town.

When I arrived yesterday, it was already late, and I didn't see the whole town clearly, so I can see the excitement here.

The side of each house facing the street here is a shop. Walking outside in the street market feels like wandering in a big shopping mall. There are grocery stores, butcher shops, and pharmacies everywhere in the north and south.But there are not many people in the city, and they are the only ones who wander around for half a day.

Bai Mingzhe explained: "Because there are very few goods in the store at this time of year, after all, it is still too remote, and it takes a day and a night to go to the nearest Qinghe County! The supply of goods is not always timely, especially in winter. It arrived in the first ten days, but this year it has been snowing heavily, and the roads have melted slush, so I think it will take a few more days to arrive.”

They only worry about the merchants on the Huaguo side, and they don’t have to worry about those on the other side of the river. They use boats in summer and sleds in winter to transport goods back and forth on the thick ice.In the caravans—especially the Baijia caravan, they are the most valued by all parties. They are involved in the trade and export commodities, such as grain, livestock and daily necessities, and the most are tobacco leaves and shochu.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the large and small businesses in the Heihe area can sell 7000 catties of tobacco leaves a year, more than [-] catties of them belong to the Bai family.Not to mention shochu, there are three wineries nearby, and the wine business is not delayed all year round.

Just as he was talking, ten bells and gongs were heard from the street.

Bai Mingzhe said with a smile: "The market is open, hurry up early today, Lord Jiu will go over with us to have a look, maybe we can catch your lucky spot and make a big deal!"

Bai Rongjiu looked at the square market in front of him, and said with a smile: "I hope to see something good, and spend some money to go out."

Bai Mingzhe vaguely heard what this master said on the way, knowing that he came for a foreigner's machine, his heart was also very hot, and he took him to look for it together.

Heihe Baijia firm.

Bai Mingyu also heard the sound of the gong from a distance, and poked his head out to look at the window on the second floor.

A pile of ledgers and densely written booklets were scattered on the round wooden table at the side. Xie Jing was sitting there immersed in copying. Bai Mingyu couldn't see anything for a long time, so he turned to talk to him: "Hey, Feng'er——"

"The young master just called me by my name, I'm not used to it."

Bai Mingyu squatted on the stool and rested his chin to watch him write, with a frowning face: "What's the use of writing this thing, it's so annoying."

Xie Jing: "I won't be beaten if I write it."

Bai Mingyu: "..."

This is true.

"You can also gain knowledge and be sensible. After you learn how to organize the account books, you can help the master, and the young master can share your worries." Xie Jing turned around halfway through her words, without pausing for a moment.

Bai Mingyu was overjoyed, and praised him: "The young master knows that you are the best! You study hard, and in the future, the young master will take you with you wherever you go, and I will give you a big red envelope every year and festival!"

Xie Jing finished writing a sheet, blew on the ink and put it aside: "Master, let me put the paper in the way."

Bai Mingyu moved his arms a little, and didn't annoy him at all.

The temper of young people has always been like this, like a gust of wind, it comes and goes quickly, there was a quarrel yesterday, but today it is reconciled.

At four o'clock in the evening, the gong was sounded to lock the city.

Xie Jing finished copying those pamphlets, found an excuse and ran downstairs.

Heihe entered the night early, and the wind was strong at night, and the lantern at the door was easy to blow out. Xie Jing froze two pieces of ice early in the morning, found a dagger to dig out the inside of the ice and made it look like a big belly and a small mouth. at the door.

After the ice lamp was placed, the doorway became much brighter.

Xie Jing rubbed her hands and stood there looking out for a while. Hearing the sound of the carriage, she hurriedly stood by the wall to make way.

There were a lot of people coming back this time, the driver gave a "wow", and immediately someone whispered: "Be gentle! Be careful not to damage it."

Several strong men moved a few heavy machines from the carriage and carefully carried them into the house.

Xie Jing thought Master Jiu was also in the car, so she stepped on to look, but no one came down.

A few people from the apprentice room also went to help carry things, Xie Jing grabbed someone he knew and called his name, and asked, "Where is Master Jiu?"

"The one from the provincial government? That master and our young master went to see the winery. It's more than ten miles away from here. I don't think we can make it back at night!" The apprentice said a few words and went to work again.