Republic of China small businessman

Bai Mingyu took the train for a day and a night and returned home.

Everyone in the whole government knew that he went out to see off people this time, thousands of miles away.

Bai Mingyu was a little embarrassed at first, but he was thick-skinned, and he didn't take it seriously after a few days. He even ran to show off to Xie Jing, and said with a little pride: "Xiao Xie, you said something about me and my aunt , do you all know?"

Xie Jing didn't understand: "What's the matter?"

Bai Mingyu blushed, and said, "That's it, it's about the two of us."

Xie Jing didn't say a word.

During this period of time, all he heard were rumors about the "silly second master". As for the guest who was sent out, everyone didn't care too much. Never been so hospitable.

Bai Mingyu didn't realize it. He just felt that the matter between him and his aunt had been recognized and blessed by everyone invisibly, and his face was shining brightly.

Xie Jing was dragged by him to talk for a while, his patience was exhausted, and he found an excuse: "Second Young Master, I have to go out with Master Jiu later, I'm a bit busy, I'm afraid Master Jiu will send someone to come later Looking for me."

Bai Mingyu's ears changed when he heard it: "You don't mention me for a moment, can't you?"

Xie Jing: "...?"

Bai Mingyu said seriously: "I don't know if you worship God or not. Anyway, when you said that, I remembered several times when you took the opportunity to touch Jiuye's hand deliberately in the study. You were too close, and I felt shuddering when I thought of it." Uncomfortable." Although he likes to show off himself, he doesn't want to listen to Xie Jing, the ninth master is in his heart, a figure like a banished immortal, Xie Jing is with his ninth master, it sounds like blasphemy.

Xie Jing looked up at him, no matter what he heard, Bai Er's words sounded very familiar.

In the afternoon, the study room in the east courtyard.

Master Jiu is preparing for the trip to the Shanghai stock market in the past two days, and he is dealing with various affairs in the Northland. Before he leaves, he has seen a lot of people, so there must be an explanation for all matters big and small.

Everyone in the East Yard was also packing their luggage. Steward Sun Fu was busy in the yard, instructing everyone to decorate all the utensils for daily use, and even took the key to open the warehouse. He took some antiques and put them in boxes carefully. .Xie Jing went to the private warehouse together. There were five dark rooms in a row. There was no electric light inside. You can see the splendor with only candles. On the wall, a scroll of gold silk embroidery more than ten meters long shines brightly under the candlelight. , the river above is churning, as if it were real; there are countless jade and emeralds on the ancient racks on both sides, and a box of pearls and jadeites at the bottom is covered with dust, but once the light shines through, the glass box immediately reveals sparkling starlight and jewels; There were more than [-] huge wooden boxes with silver inlaid corners stacked up against the wall, only the top one was opened, and the envelopes of silver dollars inside were neatly stacked...

Xie Jing held the lamp and walked in with Steward Sun Fu.

Steward Sun Fu looked at him suspiciously, Xie Jing was in a daze, and immediately said in a low voice: "Ah, I have never seen so many treasures before, my eyes were dazzled for a while, and I was a little lost in thought, Uncle Sun, don't laugh at me."

Steward Sun Fu had such an expression on his face as expected, and said with a smile: "It's normal, don't talk about you, even though I am in charge of this private treasury, sometimes I am surprised when I come in." He opened another door and took Xie Jing in. , "There is a small agency here, follow me closely, and walk behind me."

Xie Jing agreed and followed steadily.

In his last life, he was often brought here by Lord Jiu. He remembered those small organs better than Sun Fu, and he could walk in with his eyes closed.

The two warehouses inside have fewer things than the three warehouses outside, and they are more obvious at a glance.

There are Wenwan calligraphy and paintings on one side, and antique utensils on the other side. There are still large wooden boxes stacked against the wall, but the corners are inlaid with dark gold, and the thick copper rivets are fixed in a circle, which is very firm.

Steward Sun Fu asked Xie Jing to hold the lamp, and went to the innermost shelf to find a few ancient books, carefully wrapped them in cloth, and took a pair of plum vases with broken branches and Ruiguo pattern.Xie Jing's sharp eyes saw a blue and white Yunlong gourd bottle on the side, and she stood there and asked, "Uncle Sun, why don't you bring this with you?"

Steward Sun Fu glanced at it: "Oh, this is a gourd bottle that my grandfather collected in the capital a few years ago, but there are a few black spots on the bottle. I didn't like it, so I left it here." He took it and handed it to him. Give it to Xie Jing, and said with a smile, "If you like it, you can take it to the Shanghai stock market and put it in your room at that time. It is a serious and good thing, Yongle blue and white."

Xie Jing never knew that Steward Sun Fu understood these things before. In his memory, the old steward always lowered his eyelids when he saw him, and seemed to ignore his answers. They didn't talk much and didn't know each other very well.Among the people in the east courtyard, the old steward was also the last one to leave Jiuye's side. When he left, his head was full of white hair and tears flowed down his face. If Jiuye hadn't sent him to find Bai Mingyu for something important, he would not have left even if he died.

Xie Jing looked at him through the flickering lights. Steward Sun Fu saw him in a daze, stuffed the gourd bottle into his arms, and said with a smile: "Hold it well, this bottle cost six thousand oceans when I bought it. !"

Xie Jing hugged him subconsciously, and Manager Sun Fu had already walked ahead, with his back slightly arched, telling him to be careful when he came over later.

Xie Jing didn't know why, but when she heard his voice sour on the tip of her nose, she agreed and quickly followed.

Steward Sun Fu had the two bottles in his hand, together with Xie Jing's gourd bottle, packed and sealed, and ordered his subordinates to say: "Place the porcelain ornaments in one place, and when we go to the Shanghai market, we have to pack them up and put them on display. This is in the master's room, don't mess it up!" He ordered Xie Jing to go back to Master Jiu, and went to deliver books to Huang Mingyou.

Jiuye's trip this time is more like moving.

I heard that I will live in Shanghai for three to five years. The old man said that anyone who can go will go together, no matter how many people.

That being said, no one in the East Court would like to stay.

Even Mr. Huang Mingyou Huang was packing his bags. He didn't pay much attention to other things, but he couldn't be without books for a day. He asked Manager Sun Fu for a few lonely copies to take with him on the road.

Xie Jing had few things and cleaned them up quickly, but he got the idea of ​​those golden nanmu in the woodshed.

When the ninth master of the last generation went south, war broke out in the Northland, and many other valuables and soft goods were taken out, but these golden nanmu failed to stay, maybe they were burned or someone didn't know who took advantage.

Xie Jing felt it was a pity, but these things would not be able to be transported away for a while.

When serving in the study in the afternoon, Xie Jing was still thinking about the golden nanmu in the firewood room, and was a little dazed. When the tea was refilled, the tea was poured a little too much, so she hurriedly wiped it when she realized it.Water stains dripped along the edge of the table and landed on Master Jiu's clothes. Without thinking about it, Xie Jing subconsciously wiped it with his sleeve twice. Only when he was caught and pressed down did he realize that the tips of his ears were red, and he looked up at Jiu Grandpa whispered: "Grandpa, I didn't mean that, I just saw that there was water and wanted to wipe it..."

Master Jiu pinched his chin, looked at him for a moment before smiling and said: "If you want to, just say so, you don't need to be so careful to cover it up."

Seeing him kissing him down, Xie Jing stretched out her hand to block it, "Master, I didn't."

Master Jiu bit his fingertips, stretched out his hand to touch it, let out a muffled laugh, held his hand and reached down to bring the two of them together, snorting slightly: "I still said no, then what is this?" ?”

Xie Jing couldn't control himself, he was a little distressed, and when he was carried on Master Jiu's lap, he suddenly remembered that these words were familiar.

This is really a serious Bai family, Bai Erdao is still inexperienced, and Master Jiu is the best.

The voices of people in the outer courtyard mixed with the sound of moving heavy wooden boxes could be heard vaguely. Across a hanging flower door, the inner courtyard was exceptionally quiet.

Outside, the willow branches and leaves are swaying, and the wind is blowing.

Most of the curtains in the study room were drawn, and only half of the windows let sunlight in. There were overlapping figures in the room, and occasionally there was an exclamation, followed by another low-pitched laughter.

After doing a little work today, Xie Jing bit Jiuye's skirt in his mouth and it was already wet. He wrapped his arms around Jiuye's shoulders and trembled slightly, closing his eyes and resting.

Jiu Ye lowered his head and kissed him, not caring at all about the thin sweat on his forehead, he kissed until the corner of his eyes and sucked, hugged and coaxed: "It's okay, there's no one else in the room, don't be afraid."

It took Xie Jing a while to recover, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't do this next time."

Master Jiu kissed him a few times: "Well, be lighter next time."

Xie Jing dodged, and Master Jiu could only promise him: "Next time I won't use a brush, and I won't use it again."

Xie Jing then relaxed her body, snuggled into his arms, rested for a while and said, "Master, I want a few things."

Master Jiu knew that he went to the private warehouse with Sun Fu on business today, so he said in a good mood: "What does Jing'er want? I will ask Sun Fu to open the warehouse later, and you can take it as you like."

Xie Jing shook his head, fingered the buttons on his collar, and whispered, "I want those in the woodshed."

Master Jiu laughed: "It's just some wood, what do you want with those?"

"Grandfather?"

"Here, it's the first time you've asked, and I'll just give it all to you." Master Jiu shook his hand and said briskly, "But I have to tell Sun Fu that he has been saving for several years, and he wants to get it all together." A whole set of study furniture, if you just copied his old man, I'm afraid you will cry."

When Xie Jing went to ask Steward Sun Fu for the key to the firewood room in the evening, the old steward was really a little dazed.

Although the key was given, the people also followed Xie Jing to the past, Qiqi Ai said: "Xiao Xie, it's useless if you take this thing, why don't you talk to the master again, open the warehouse, and I'll pick a good bottle for you. No, pick two, and make a pair for you, okay? There are still some blue and white porcelain in it, as well as bowls and plates, I'll pick the ones for you to play with."

Xie Jing opened the warehouse door, checked and said, "No, Uncle Sun, I just want these logs."

Steward Sun Fu watched him go in without saying a word, but his eyes moved with Xie Jing's hand. When he touched a log, he couldn't help shouting: "That is intended to be a top box. Those two I plan to make a set of screens, and a few pieces over there can make an Arhat couch..."

Xie Jing turned to look at him, and Manager Sun Fu also looked at him, his eyes were pitiful, and Ai Ai said: "Xiao Xie, why don't you keep a couple of them and let me pack a few bookcases? This thing has its own fragrance, and no insects will invade it." , whether it is to put clothes or books, calligraphy and paintings, it is the best."

Xie Jing nodded in response: "Okay, then I will leave two for you."

At any rate, he saved a little, and Manager Sun Fu immediately sent someone to carry two logs and go out to order book boxes, for fear that Xie Jing would go back on his word.

Satisfied, Xie Jing took the key to the firewood house and went back to Grandma Kou.

The east courtyard was almost packed, Xie Jing went back to the small restaurant, and he had to take some time to tell Li Yuan and Grandma Kou to pack their luggage.In the past, the family was in trouble, and he never thought of letting the old lady stay alone. Now that the conditions are better, he will naturally take his grandma to the south. Besides, the Northland will be really chaotic in a few years, and it is too dangerous for them to stay here .

Xie Jing returned home, the small restaurant was empty at the moment and there were no customers, the two women who were helping the cook behind were choosing dishes, when they saw him coming, they stood up and said hello.

Xie Jing couldn't find Grandma Kou, so she asked, "Where did Grandma go?"

The two women shook their heads and did not know, Xie Jing went to the front to find Li Yuan again, Li Yuan thought for a moment and said: "Xu went to the post station, grandma went there these days and said she wanted to win trust." He asked Xie Jing again, "Shall I go find it?"

Xie Jing said: "No need, I'll pick it up, it's not far away, I know the way."

Xie Jing was familiar with the provincial government, so he quickly found the inn.

Nowadays, the post has already been closed for postage, but it is still customary to call it a post station. There are many merchants transporting rice and grain, and the sound of people and horseshoes along the way is noisy. When you cross the road, you will see the post office.Since each bureau delivers letters and packages in the morning and afternoon, this is the time when there are the most people.

Xie Jing went in to search around, and soon saw Grandma Kou, who was a little strange to see her asking at the window.

Although my grandma has also followed him to read a few big characters in the past two years, she has never heard of any relatives who can write letters to and from her. Grandma also knows very few friends. For so many years, she has never seen anyone, except Qinghe County. Kou Peifeng's family, Xie Jing doesn't remember any other relatives.

He waited at the side and saw Grandma Kou coming out, so he went up to meet him from the door, took the basket in her hand and said, "Grandma."

Grandma Kou didn't expect him to come, and was a little surprised for a while: "Why are you here?"

Xie Jing said: "I have free time today and want to go home to accompany you. Why did grandma come to the post office? To get the letter?"

Grandma Kou sighed and said, "Yes, I thought you'd grow up too, and you should report a letter to your relatives and walk around."

Xie Jing: "A relative in my family?"

"Well, Jing'er, grandma has never told you about it. In fact, you have an uncle who has the best relationship with your mother." Grandma Kou stroked his hair and said lovingly: "Your mother's family is considered a big family. Originally in Xichuan, when she was not married, I was the one who served her all the time, Madam left early, and your mother brought up the younger brother, so the young master is the closest to her, and the elder sister is the mother, that's all."

Xie Jing was stunned. He had never heard of this before. In his previous life, Grandma Kou died of a serious illness. He started working hard to earn a living at the age of 13. He never thought that there are relatives in this world.Xie Jing's throat tightened, and he asked, "Then, why doesn't uncle come to us?"

Grandma Kou sighed: "Before Miss left, she told me not to go back, saying that I would contact my family after you grew up. I remember Miss's entrustment. I only started writing letters to Xichuan when you were older, and only sent them by mail. Several letters, but no reply."

Xie Jing was silent. Postal routes are blocked in many areas now. Not to mention they are outside the customs, even if they have paid enough postage inside the customs, it is difficult to contact them accurately. In addition, Grandma Kou only remembers an old address from more than ten years ago. Most likely a letter that will never be delivered.

Xie Jing helped her grandma while carrying the basket, and walked home slowly.

Grandma Kou started, talking about the past, she simply opened the chatter box and whispered about his natal family with Xie Jing all the way, Xie Jing listened carefully, suddenly noticed something, and looked behind him slightly out of the corner of her eye.

The crowd behind was bustling, but after passing the busiest section of the road, a strange figure could be seen falling behind.

Xie Jing lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then changed her way.

Passing the corner, Xie Jing suddenly helped the old lady and walked in. Grandma Kou said strangely: "Jing'er is wrong, this is not the way we go home..."

Xie Jing covered her mouth lightly, and said in a low voice: "Grandma don't say anything, you wait for me here for a while, if you don't see me back after a while, don't look back, take a small path from here, and immediately go to the East Courtyard of the White Mansion to find Master Jiu. "

Grandma Kou's face turned pale, she tugged on his sleeve, and whispered with her lips: "Jing'er, don't go, you, you go...Grandma's legs and feet are not good, it drags you down, you run by yourself..." She was trembling with fear, but not for the reason. Instead, he worried about the boy in front of him.How can a child who has been brought up so hard think that he has survived all the hardships, so how could he suddenly be in danger again?

Xie Jing pushed her and said in a low voice, "Grandma, remember what I just said."

After Xie Jing finished speaking, she stepped out of the alley.

Grandma Kou had small feet, and she walked so fast that she didn't want to leave the basket behind. After walking a few steps, she suddenly regained consciousness, gritted her teeth, turned around, and followed.She can't run left or right, why not go out and block a stick or a gun for her Jing'er, risking her old life, and their grandparents and grandchildren will die together!