What a beautiful white lotus

This day Ye Rongqiu accompanied Zhou Bohai out to inspect the business again.The two of them took Zhou's family's Ford car. The car broke down two days ago and was repaired last night, so this was Ye Rongqiu's first time riding.

As soon as Ye Rongqiu sat in the car, he couldn't help feeling sad: his family's car also belonged to Ford.A car is a very expensive thing. At this time in China, only foreigners and very wealthy and well-known Chinese officials or businessmen can use it. Not to mention the original price of the car, because many technologies can only be relied on by foreigners, it is often a little bit expensive. After the damage is sent to the car factory for repair, it will cost the price of a gold bar.The Ye family bought the car ten years ago. Later, because of the bad situation, Ye Xiangmin once thought of selling it for money, but everyone in the Ye family disagreed: the car is a status symbol.Sometimes the identity is not for others to see, but for comforting oneself. Once it comes to the point of selling a car, the morale of the Ye family will definitely be hit.But unexpectedly, Ye Huachun used such a precious car to show Ye Rongqiu to meet his in-laws in Wuhan, but in the end it was blown up by a Japanese bomb and nothing was left.

After the car started, Zhou Bohai complained: "If you want me to say, foreigners are nothing. Look at those foreign businessmen who came to China, how dark their hearts are! My car broke a wheel two days ago. Going to the car factory for repairs is actually just a matter of replacing a small part. Guess how much they charged me? 200 yuan! This car is only worth a few thousand yuan, and it costs 200 yuan for such a small iron part! ancestors!"

Ye Rongqiu had a deep understanding of his words, and sighed: "I know, they must have said that the parts were shipped from the United States, including the freight, so they want you to pay 200 yuan, right?"

Zhou Bohai patted his thigh: "That's right! And it's okay if you don't change it. This part is from the Americans, and it doesn't matter if it's an inch or a cent. They are all mass-produced by the factory, and they are all the same. I just want to make it People make the same parts for me, and the blacksmith also punches me a lot by hand. How can the hand-made parts be the same? If I want to use a factory to produce, I can't stop it just by making a few hundred yuan! Take a step back and say, even if I can get this part, I don’t have the skills of Westerners, so I can’t install it. I’m so angry, but I really have to spend the money that I’ve been taken for!”

Ye Rongqiu repeatedly said: "A car is not expensive, but the money for repairs is really killing people!"

Zhou Bohai said: "Actually, I didn't agree with my father's idea of ​​switching to a comprador, because I didn't like dealing with those foreign devils. But then I figured it out, let's see what happened, now the local business is hard to do, You really have to do what foreigners do to make a lot of money.”

Ye Rongqiu said sadly: "Whoever is strong has the right to speak. Our country is falling behind now, and there is nothing we can do about it."

Zhou Bohai said: "Yeah, you don't know how much I hate these foreign devils who run rampant in our land. They all think of themselves as upper-class people, and we are low-class people in their eyes. Let me tell you, how many people do we have in Greater China?" Thousands of years of history, when our ancestors conquered the country in the past, they were monkeys whose hair had not yet retreated, and I don’t know what to be proud of. But now I am very open-minded, let’s be a comprador, do business with foreigners, and specialize in Learn their skills, throw them away when you learn it, do it yourself, and return our Chinese market!"

Ye Rongqiu smiled: "Brother Bo Hai is right, you say that, and I feel calm."

Zhou Bohai sighed: "We don't lack ambition, but it's really troublesome to do this. My father wants to transfer the current business in his hand as soon as possible, but Wuhan is so deeply involved that he really can't let go of it for a while." .We have a shipment in Anqing, I have to go to Anqing tomorrow, will you go with me?"

Ye Rongqiu said: "Go, I have nothing to do if I stay here."

Zhou Bohai patted his knee with a smile: "That's right, Shujuan ran out early in the morning every day, and she didn't know what she was doing. It should have been over for her studies. She is really ignorant, and she doesn't know how to accompany her you."

Ye Rongqiu cast his eyes out of the window in embarrassment, without saying a word.

Zhou Bohai said: "Look, you and my sister are really the same kind, and you pretend to be deaf and dumb when you talk about it. Brother-in-law, it will happen sooner or later! What's there to be shy about?"

Ye Rongqiu remained silent.

Zhou Bohai had no choice but to change the topic again: "I have too many things to worry about now. Those old guys under my father's ideas can't be beaten. I used to be able to bear them, but now it's getting worse. It's getting harder and harder. We're going to start getting in touch with foreigners now, and those old guys are definitely going to do bad things, so I just want to recruit a few more capable people, but where can I find this person? It's annoying!"

Speaking of this, Ye Rongqiu thought of the black dog.In the past few days, he has been thinking about the black dog all the time, but he can't let go of his airs to find someone.He could see that the black dog really wanted to get rid of him, and even used that method to humiliate him, which made him very hurt.

Coincidentally, at this time, the car drove past the flour shop where Heigou worked.

Ye Rongqiu tried his best not to move at first, but when the car drove nearly [-] meters away, he finally couldn't help shouting: "Stop!" Before the car stopped, he opened the door and jumped out of the car.

Zhou Hongyu was taken aback: "Brother-in-law, where are you going?"

Ye Rongqiu waved his hand: "I have something to do, you wait for me in the car, give me 5 minutes, I will come back as soon as I go, don't follow me."

Ye Rongqiu strode towards the flour shop with arrogance, but when he was five meters away from the door, his momentum suddenly weakened, and he lingered, not daring to approach.Counting this time, he really paid three visits to the thatched cottage. What if the black dog still refuses to go with him?What if the black dog humiliated him again?But he was really unwilling to give up, he really wanted to know what the black dog was thinking.

Just when Ye Rongqiu was hesitating, the shopkeeper of the flour shop came out and saw Ye Rongqiu outside the door in a daze.He recognized Ye Rongqiu, and also knew that Ye Rongqiu had come to poach his corners a few times before, but Ye Rongqiu was well-dressed, and he didn't seem like an ordinary person. He didn't dare to offend, so he could only close his eyes and pretend he couldn't see.He was about to bypass Ye Rongqiu and go out, but Ye Rongqiu stopped his way and asked him, "Is the black dog there?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment: "He didn't go with you?"

"What?" Ye Rongqiu was also stunned.

The shopkeeper Zhang Er was puzzled and said: "He quit the job two days ago and left. I see you keep looking for him, thinking he left with you."

Ye Rongqiu was very surprised: "Gone? Where did he go?"

The shopkeeper shrugged: "I don't know."

Ye Rongqiu was so stunned that he didn't know how to react, the shopkeeper had something to do, so he left him and left alone.After a while, Ye Rongqiu came back to his senses and walked back to the car in a daze.

Zhou Hongyu asked him: "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Rongqiu shrank back decadently and waved his hands: "Leave me alone. Driver, keep driving."

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Zhou Hongyu had no choice but to temporarily shut up tactfully.

Ye Rongqiu was in a very bad mood.He felt that the black dog was avoiding him, and he couldn't think of any reason why the black dog would leave after only two or three days after finding a job.It seems that the black dog is really tired of him.He thought he was ridiculous, because during that difficult time, he regarded the black dog as a very important person, and even secretly vowed in his heart that he would repay the black dog well.He attached so much importance to it, but in the end it was his shaving head that was so hot that the black dog had nothing but dislike for him.

In fact, this truth is not difficult to figure out, because almost all the black dogs are giving along the way. He gave Ye Rongqiu favors, but he didn't get anything from Ye Rongqiu, so Ye Rongqiu felt moved, but the black dog let it go easily. .

Ye Rongqiu didn't want to think about this truth.He felt sad at first, and then he became angry, so that he didn't do anything for a day, only thinking about anger.

At night, Zhou Hongyu and Ye Rongqiu went back to the Zhou mansion.Zhou Hongyu saw that Ye Rongqiu was out of shape all day, and told him: "Go back and rest early, and you will accompany me to Anqing tomorrow morning."

Ye Rongqiu answered absently, and walked towards his room.Zhou Hongyu looked at his back and sighed, and had no choice but to leave by himself.

Ye Rongqiu pushed open the door and went in, stunned for a moment, because he saw Zhou Shujuan sitting in his room.Zhou Shujuan smiled at him, with worry in her smile, she pointed to the tea ceremony on the table: "Are you tired? Have some tea."

Ye Rongqiu walked to the table and sat down, drank three cups of hot tea in one breath, still feeling uncomfortable.

Zhou Shujuan asked hesitantly: "Brother Maoshi, what I told you last time was how are you thinking? My father plans to go back to Chongqing with you in five days, and I will discuss with my uncle about the two of us." .”

Ye Rongqiu's anger suddenly turned into impulsiveness, breaking away from the awkwardness he had been unable to explain.He slammed the table and said angrily, "I've decided! I'll marry you!"