Republic of China small businessman

He Dongting asked someone to arrange a restaurant that specializes in hot pot, and they chose the specialties of Sichuan. When the red oil soup was served, Xie Jing choked on the hot air and sneezed.

He Dongting was a little at a loss, looked at the red oil pot and then at Xie Jing, and tried to ask: "Don't you eat spicy food?"

Xie Jing shook her head: "I've never eaten this kind."

He Dongting let out an ah, sat there for a long time not knowing what to say, he laughed and said: "It's my fault, why don't you change it?"

Xie Jing wanted to change it, because Master Jiu always ate light food.

Master Jiu raised his chopsticks and said, "It's okay, let's try it."

When Master Jiu said so, Xie Jing nodded and agreed.

Fortunately, it is a mandarin duck pot with two kinds of soup bases. Xie Jing only ate the non-spicy one at first, but then slowly tried it out and accepted the taste of red oil soup, making the tip of his nose sweat.

Among the three people at the table, it was He Dongting and Jiu Ye who couldn't eat too much spicy food.Master Jiu is used to eating light dishes every day, so he couldn't get used to it for a while, so he only ate clear soup; He Dongting really can't touch chili, after eating, his forehead kept sweating, and he kept wiping it, but he didn't put down his chopsticks.Xie Jing ate, and Boss He accompanied him. Every time he saw Xie Jing eat an extra bite, he would smile more.

He Dongting ate slowly, looked at Xie Jing and asked, "Does it suit your taste?"

Master Jiu answered, "It's not bad. Boss He chose a good place, and he usually does some research on food?"

He Dongting was stunned for a moment, and said: "It's not really a research, and I don't eat soup very often."

Jiu Ye said: "It's cold in the north, we often eat these on weekdays."

Only then did He Dongting remember that this meal was to invite Lord Jiu to talk about work, and felt a little out of control, so he forced a smile and talked to him a few words about the bank cooperation.It's just that he wasn't fully focused on this, and he was always paying attention to Xie Jing, asking a few questions about Xie Jing's food and clothing preferences.

Xie Jing didn't care about these, He Dongting asked too much and said, "I don't choose."

He Dongting asked again: "Do you usually like to eat sweet or salty?" He took a plate of thinly sliced ​​mutton and scalded it for Xie Jing, "And clothes, I was wearing this when I saw you last time, I like this style ?”

"Food and clothing are included in the house."

"Is this from the government?"

"Ah."

He Dongting's heart throbbed slightly, and he said with pity: "Well, it's better if I let the chef of the restaurant go back with you today? I think you like to eat mutton pot, so let him cook it for you." Xie Jing looked up at him. .

He Dongting also looked at him, hesitated to speak, and finally turned into a kind smile on his face.

After a while, Xie Jing shook his head and said, "Boss He kindly accepts it, but I live in the east courtyard, and the chef in the kitchen is also very good at cooking."

He Dongting probably also felt that he was being overly courteous, so he stopped his movements embarrassingly.

Master Jiu coughed and said, "Jing'er, go get me some cough medicine, it should be in the car."

Xie Jing agreed, put down her chopsticks and went immediately.

As soon as he went out, He Dongting felt uncomfortable, looked at Master Jiu and said: "He hasn't eaten enough yet, Mr. Bai ordered him to run errands, it must be too hard."

Master Jiu said: "Jing'er is used to it."

He Dongting frowned, recalling what he had heard before, and asked, "He has been working in the White House since he was 13?"

Master Jiu wiped his lips with a silk handkerchief, and said flatly, "Boss He may have misunderstood the outside world. He's not a rich young master. He only does errands and chores."

He Dongting sighed and put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: "Mr. Bai, we've met a few times, so we're familiar. Xie Siquan must have told you about my family, right?"

Master Jiu: "No."

He Dongting choked when the words came to his lips, and for a moment didn't know how to speak.He wanted to get Xie Jing back, but it was too reckless to say so. He hesitated and said: "My family suffered misfortune back then, and the youngest son was taken away. I have also got some news over the years and checked many places. You mentioned it in the morning. Is that grandmother of mine surnamed Kou?"

Master Jiu nodded and said, "Yes."

"That grandma, can you let me meet?" He Dongting pondered: "If it's true, she may be the same person as an elder in my family. I should call her Aunt Kou."

Master Jiu didn't answer, and asked him instead: "Why did you see her?"

"I want to ask about Qing Jing'er's life experience and what happened back then."

"Boss He is saying that Jing'er is your son?"

He Dongting looked at him and nodded slowly: "I do have that intention, to be honest, I have been looking for Xie Siquan for the past few days, trying to find out, but I couldn't find it." He smiled wryly, and said, "Actually No need to ask, I can guess a thing or two in my heart, I just hope that Mr. Bai will let me meet grandma and ask a few words in person."

Master Jiu: "Then?"

He Dongting: "Of course I brought Jing'er back. He has suffered a lot outside, and I should compensate him. If grandma is not in Shanghai, it doesn't matter. Why don't you let Jing'er go back with me today? I have a lot of questions to ask." He, by the way, you may not know, Jing'er looks very much like my wife..."

Master Jiu sat down and drank tea, and after he finished speaking, he said: "But as far as I know, there is a young master in Mr. He's house, and I saw him at the last auction." He paused, and said in a calm tone: "A handsome man .”

He Dongting rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed deeply: "Mr. Bai doesn't have to worry about Shuwei, I will arrange it."

Master Jiu didn't answer.

He Dongting frowned: "I don't know what Xie Siquan told you, but I can assure you with my character that I am not the frivolous person he said." What Xie Siquan said about the singer at the banquet that day was completely nonsense.

Master Jiu said: "I know Boss He is not from Meng Lang."

He Dongting's expression slowed down a little, and he heard him say again: "It's just that Patriarch Xie is hurting the loss of his loved ones, and he has resentment in his heart, so he vented a few words. This is not bad, the people in the Northland are fierce, if it's in our place, they might have to move a long time ago." Gun." Master Jiu took a sip from his teacup, shook his head and said, "I can't leave Jing'er to you like this, Boss He only lost one son, how can he accept two by his side now?"

He Dongting had a headache, thought for a moment, and said: "There is something strange about Shuwei, I have to investigate again. He has been back to the He family for more than ten years, it has been too long, and there are many people involved. Time will find out."

Master Jiu sighed, shook his head and said, "If that's the case, it's even more impossible for me to give you someone."

"Why?"

"Boss He has doubts in his heart, but he can't make up his mind. I can't believe that it's true and false. If you want to investigate, it's not too late to come to the Bai family to ask someone after you have found out."

He Dongting still wanted to talk, but Master Jiu raised his glass to signal him, and said softly: "There is absolutely no reason to want both, I will wait for news from Boss He."

Holding the teacup, He Dongting was stunned for a moment.

After a while, Xie Jing came back with the medicine, and he keenly noticed that the conversation between the two on the table had decreased.

Master Jiu looked as usual, but Boss He was in a daze. He accidentally caught the pepper in the red oil pan several times, and coughed a few times.

Xie Jing felt that the atmosphere was delicate, and asked in a low voice while pouring a few mint pills for Master Jiu, "Master?"

Master Jiu put the medicine in his mouth with his hand, and said softly: "It's okay, it's just that the amount of business we're talking about doesn't match up. Boss He is thinking about it."

He Dongting coughed a few times, but there was no cough medicine, so he could only drink water, a large glass of water relieved a little.He looked a little firmer, looked at Xie Jing and then went to look at Master Jiu, and said to him: "At most half a month, not longer."

Master Jiu nodded, his expression relaxed: "Patriarch Xie asked me to bring you a message before leaving. He said, this is the last chance."

He Dongting nodded and sighed: "I see."

Bai Jiu spoke politely, and He Dongting wanted to understand his kindness, and personally sent them downstairs after dinner.He Dongting said politely: "Mr. Bai seems to be a little weak. I also have a doctor at home, and his medical skills are quite good. You can visit Mr. Bai's house some other day."

Master Jiu: "..."

Master Jiu: "I'm fine, but I'm not used to the southern climate."

He Dongting: "Be careful, don't work too hard when you are young, your body is important."

Master Jiu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Alright, please come and show Jing'er together. He is weak. I heard from my grandma that he was born prematurely and didn't take care of it." Xie Jing subconsciously looked up and opened his mouth to think. When he said something, Master Jiu pinched his fingers calmly, and he heard Master Jiu continue: "I would like to trouble Boss He's family doctor to drop by and show you, and prescribe some tonic, maybe you can make up some while you are young."

As expected, He Dongting felt guilty and agreed repeatedly.

After getting into the car, Xie Jing frowned all the way in silence.

Master Jiu reached out to touch him, but Xie Jing didn't hide, he just tilted his head and looked out of the car window.

There was a lot of traffic outside, and among the pedestrians, there were many families passing by on the road, men, women, old and young, walking in a hurry.

Xie Jing looked out the car window and suddenly asked, "Master, is that him?"

Master Jiu understood the nonsensical sentence, and he said after a while: "I had someone check the He family and Xi Chuan, it should be him."

Xie Jing said: "Boss He has a son, I saw him last time."

Master Jiu held his hand: "Yes, when he was three years old, he was brought in by his wet nurse. The He family recognized him and entered the family tree. What do you want to do? I'll help you."

Xie Jing was a little troubled, and frowned a little: "If grandma is here, she must want me to recognize him."

Master Jiu: "What about yourself?"

"I don't care, anyway, I will..." Xie Jing tickled Master Jiu's finger, and said vaguely, "I will have my own home in the future."

Master Jiu clenched his extended hand a little bit, and the words that he wanted to comfort turned into an uncontrollable smile at the corners of his lips.He thought of many ways to help Xie Jing regain everything that belonged to him, but he never thought that what his Jing'er wanted was another thing, and only they could complete each other's affairs.

Xie Siquan was not there, but Hu Da and the others were left to be dispatched by Xie Jing, thinking of ways to please their little master every day.

It's just that Xie Jing is usually busy, either following Master Jiu, or going to the guards to practice boxing and kicking. The little tricks they found to make the dude happy are completely unattractive.

Hu Da thought it was not the case, if the head of the family came back, he would definitely be reprimanded again, so he simply took his group of people to the guards. They were all good hands that Xie Siquan found in Xichuan. excellent.

Xie Jing followed a few masters on weekdays, and the battles were all open and close. He had never encountered such a wild way as Xi Chuan, so he called a few people to fight with great interest.

Hu Da knew Xie Jing's ability, so he didn't warn the brothers around him at first, watching them practice boxing carefully with the little master at the beginning, and after a few strokes, the soft whip wrapped around his hands, feet and throat, and he kept having fun there.

When he went to the Northland to follow the little master, he almost disappeared!

Hu Da sighed in his heart, how dare this group of people release water, they are really not afraid of being beaten.

Several Xichuan people screamed and squeaked from the soft whip, but they also took out a little bit of anger, and said, "Don't use this! Use a gun, dare you use a gun!"

Xie Jing flicked her wrist, nodded and said, "Okay, what are you hitting?"

The men pointed at Huda and shouted, "Hit him!"

Huda: "!!"

Hu Da was dragged over and stood under a broad-leaved loquat tree, with his eyes closed and his face facing death as if at home, his arms spread out, and a teacup supported on his hands and head.

The people from Xichuan selected two masters to compete with Xie Jing with their muskets on their backs. The three teacups shattered!The first one was alright, but the second one hit too fast. When the last shrapnel shattered the teacup, it dropped a little and almost brushed Huda's hand, scalding his palm.

Hu Da was so angry that he cursed at them in Xichuan dialect, but a group of Xichuan men on the opposite side burst into laughter. They were used to this and didn't take it seriously.

Hu Da took the tea bowl again, resigned himself to his fate, and set his eyes closed as a target.

Xie Jing raised his gun to aim, Hu Da closed his eyes and listened to the three gunshots, and his heart trembled. He had seen the young master's whip, but he had never seen him use a gun!

The teacup in his hand exploded twice, Huda withdrew his hands subconsciously and breathed a sigh of relief, but the teacup on his head did not explode. Just as Hu Da was a little puzzled, he heard a slight sound from the tree, followed by a "patta" With a sound, a small bunch of ripe loquats landed firmly on the teacup above his head. There were about two or three loquats, and the teacup almost fell down. Hu Da quickly helped it up with his hands.

Xie Jing laughed loudly on the opposite side: "I missed the third shot, and you won. I invite you to eat loquats, so that you are full!"

A group of stronger Xichuan men were stunned for a moment, and also felt a little embarrassed.Someone went to Huda's side to pick loquats, and a few people came over and lifted Xie Jing up and threw them into the air a few times. Xie Jing hadn't experienced being shocked for a while, but he couldn't escape being thrown. Listening to the excited "Yo Hou" voices of those Xichuan men, he also laughed.

The guards in the East courtyard have never seen such barbarians in normal times. You look at me and I look at you. Someone tentatively asked: "Shall we go too?"

The other person glanced at the location of the bungalow, and said without moving the corners of his mouth, "there is the master's study upstairs, I must have seen it, you have to go by yourself, I won't go."

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the guards stopped moving, and An Nai's heart was about to move.

The loquats are ripe in May, which is the best time to eat them.

The courtyard was very lively. Hu Da and the others picked a lot of loquat fruits, picked the best ones and gave them to Xie Jing and the guards in the east courtyard to share. I went to Xichuan, and I will take you up the mountain to pick them, the loquats there are big and sweet!"

The guards of the East Courtyard didn't know them, and they had long forgotten the previous conflict, and asked curiously, "Do you still have mountains?"

Hu Da raised his eyebrows and said triumphantly: "Yes! It's such a big area, it's all from our Shangcheng Xie family!"

"Uptown? Do you have a Xiacheng Xie family?"

"It's rare and strange. I've never heard of the place name. Could it be that there is only a Bai family in Beidi, and there can't be a Hei family?"

"Hey, I've never heard of the 'Hei Family'. We have a Heihe." The guards of the East Court also became proud, "Most of the docks and ships around the Heihe are ours, and there are also wineries, waiting for you to go." I have left the Northland, I invite you to drink!"

Several people talked lively, Xie Jing picked up some loquats and ran back upstairs to the study, and gave them to Master Jiu to eat.

Sure enough, Master Jiu was standing by the window, saw him waving and said, "Why did you move the gun just now, did you get hurt?"

"No, I was just playing with them." Xie Jing, with thin sweat on his forehead, stepped forward with a smile, "Master, I picked the loquat to eat!"

Master Jiu looked at his forehead lightly, and said with a broken smile, "Not only that, I saw you climbing a tree just now."

Master Jiu took the handkerchief on the table and wiped Xie Jing's hands, and shared the loquat with him.Xie Jing peeled one and held it to Master Jiu's lips. Seeing him take a bite and eat it, she asked, "Is it sweet?"

Master Jiu nodded: "Yeah."

Xie Jing peeled off one of the same branch with confidence, took a big bite, her face was so sour that she wrinkled her face, unable to swallow it in her mouth.

Master Jiu laughed muffledly, pinched his chin, leaned over to eat the loquat, ignored the redness of the other's ears, and licked it again: "It's very sweet."