Republic of China small businessman

Many major events happened one after another in the Shanghai stock market, and the explosion on the Japanese freighter even made the front pages of the newspapers for several days. For a while, the city was under martial law, and inspections were much stricter.

He Dongting wanted to recognize Xie Jing back, but Xie Siquan put forward conditions, he was only allowed to have a family dinner with Grandma Kou and others, and even the customary rituals such as offering sacrifices were exempted, and the name could not be changed, and he still had to write thank you. The word Jing.

The conditions were very harsh, but He Dongting agreed to them all.

Xie Siquan also wanted to understand in a blink of an eye, now that the He family is standing on the cusp of the storm, and it is clear that they want to fight against Japanese businessmen, He Dongting does not dare to let Xie Jing appear in the open, fearing that something will happen to him, use the word "Xie Jing" It's safer.

When writing the genealogy, Grandma Kou hesitated and kept looking at Xie Siquan, waiting for him to say something.

Xie Siquan looked at He Dongting, seeing that he was about to write without changing his expression, he said: "Sister once told me that if I had a son, I would choose the small characters. She thought of a few names, both sons and daughters. .”

He Dongting's pen tip paused slightly.

Xie Siquan said: "My sister said 'drinking water and thinking about the source', the word thinking about the source is good."

He Dongting silently read these two words in his mind, and wrote down the three words "He Siyuan" on the genealogy book.

Writing Siyuan, read as Siyuan.

The three words were written very slowly. He was always steady, but at this moment his fingers were trembling slightly.After being registered in the register, He Dongting wanted to turn around and thank him, but Xie Siquan had already taken Xie Jing away, and he didn't intend to let Xie Jing stay and bow down to their He family.

The elders in the clan looked at each other, only looking at He Dongting.

He Dongting returned the genealogy list to them, and said: "No problem, that's it, please."

A few old people took it and put it back respectfully.

Outside the door, Xie Siquan put his arm on Xie Jing's shoulder, and told him as he walked: "Later, if He... your father cries, you must not soften your heart. If you die, you must go back to Xichuan with your uncle. Do you hear me?" ?”

Xie Jing couldn't imagine such a scene, and asked in confusion, "He still cries?"

Xie Siquan raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Of course! Otherwise, how could your mother soften her heart and be nice to him back then? There are no good people in the Central Plains, especially those who can read. Jinger, you will remember it in the future. Look for this——" Seeing someone running over from a distance, he immediately stopped his voice, lowered his arms and pretended to be a patriarch, and asked sullenly, "Huda, why did you come here alone, where are the others?"

Hu Da bowed with his hands on his chest, and said, "The head of the family is waiting outside, and he even borrowed seven cars from the East Court of the Bai family, so don't worry."

Xie Siquan's face softened slightly, and he took Xie Jing to the hall to have a meal with He Dongting.

He Dongting didn't tell Xie Siquan what he said, his expression was as usual, he just ate a few chopsticks and then looked at Xie Jing, eating a meal very slowly.

Xie Siquan peeled the prawns for Xie Jing. The river prawns are in season at this time, tender and sweet, only slightly smaller in size, delicious to eat, but hard to peel.

Xie Siquan seldom did the work of serving people, he chopped off the head and tail, and even put the shells in a small plate for Xie Jing to eat.

Just as He Dongting was about to speak, he saw Xie Jing pick it up and eat it.

Xie Siquan asked: "Is it delicious?"

Xie Jing nodded: "Yes."

Xie Siquan happily peeled a few more for him, Xie Jing ate a few chopsticks, shook his head and said in a low voice that enough was enough, then he stopped, wiped his hands with a wet handkerchief and said triumphantly: "If you like it, In the evening, uncle peels shrimp for you to eat."

He Dongting sat on the sidelines and watched their interaction, saying in his heart that he was not envious would be a lie.

But he only watched for a while, he peeled a few river prawns, and didn't dare to serve Xie Jing a bite until the prawns were cold.

After eating, Xie Jing went back with his uncle, He Dongting sent him to the door, followed Xie Siquan's call, still called him Xie Jing, and told him to come often when he was free.

Xie Jing nodded and said, "Okay, come back another day."

The corners of He Dongting's lips raised a little, and his mood improved a lot with just one sentence.

On the way back, Xie Siquan said to him: "You don't have to worry about the name the He family changed for you, it's just to occupy a place, and you can't take advantage of those bastards in the future."

Xie Jing didn't take it too seriously, the name sounded more like his father missing his mother than about him.He also had other names when he sang operas before, but no matter how he was called, he was still himself.

In the evening, the East Courtyard of the Bai family hosted a banquet, and everyone from the Xichuan Xie family was left to eat together.

Xie Siquan loves fine wine the most. During the banquet, he drank several altars with Jiu Ye. The wine from Sichuan is soft and has a long aftertaste, while the shochu from Beidi is strong. Once you drink it like a throat, it will be as hot as a knife!

Xie Siquan pulled Master Jiu to fight the wine, and soon he hooked his shoulders together and called him a brother.

Xie Jing was worried about Master Jiu, so she asked the small kitchen to make two bowls of sweet soup and brought them to them herself.

Xie Siquan patted Master Jiu on the shoulder, his footsteps were already shaking when he stood there, but he couldn't help but show off proudly: "Brother, do you see, am I good or not?" He stretched out his hand to grab Xie Jing, and pushed him closer Let Master Jiu see, "Look carefully, have you ever seen someone so obedient?"

He was so strong that Xie Jing was almost pushed into Master Jiu's arms.

Master Jiu stretched out his hand to lift his chin, stroked his knuckles twice, looked at him for a moment and chuckled, "Good boy."

Xie Jing's ears were red, the other party only said one word, but his heart was beating wildly because of the teasing.

Xie Siquan got drunk and stayed overnight in the east courtyard.

Xie Jing didn't go back either, she took care of her uncle for a while, and then got up and went back to the master bedroom on the third floor after he fell asleep.

Master Jiu had already washed and changed into a nightgown and was waiting. Right now, he was sitting by the bed and turned on the light, reading a book. heat.

Xie Jing thought it was hangover soup, but when she walked over, she realized it was a bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls.

Master Jiu put down his book, hugged him in his arms, and fed him the bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls.Xie Jing ate very slowly, so Master Jiu talked to him while feeding him: "How was the lunch at He's house?"

"It's very good. Uncle peeled a lot of shrimp for me to eat." Xie Jing swallowed the glutinous rice balls in his mouth and said in a low voice, "Uncle doesn't know how to peel the shells of shrimps, he just pinched the heads and tails."

Master Jiu chuckled: "No wonder I didn't see how much you ate at night. It turned out that you ate hard vegetables at noon." After feeding a bowl of glutinous rice balls, he reached down and lifted the corner of his clothes to touch Xie Jing's belly, "Is it full or not?" Want to eat more?"

Xie Jing nodded.

But before Master Jiu rang the bell to call someone, he turned over and sat on the other person.

Xie Jing took the small bowl from Lord Jiu's hand and put it on the side cabinet, staring at him with both eyes, and rubbed against him a few times: "Master, I want to eat something else."

Master Jiu's eyes darkened, and he clasped his waist tightly.

……

Xie Jing lived in the east courtyard for three days, and woke up in the master bedroom of the east courtyard on the morning before leaving for Xichuan.

Master Jiu was considerate of his long journey, and he didn't play hard last night. At first, he just wanted to use his hands, but he couldn't bear Xie Jing's repeated provocations, as if it was on purpose.Even so, Master Jiu regretted it when he woke up in the morning. He hugged Xie Jing from behind, kissed him on the shoulder, and asked in a hoarse voice: "If not, let's leave one more day. The weather is not very good today." good."

Xie Jing laughed softly, not knowing whether it was tickled by the kiss, or amused by his words.

Master Jiu hugged him even tighter, and sighed, "I didn't feel it a few days ago, why are you leaving today? I'm so reluctant." Xie Jing played with his fingers and squeezed them a few times , whispered: "Master, you will come to Xichuan to pick me up at the end of the year."

Master Jiu kissed him and agreed, "Okay."

Xie Jing stood up neatly, dressed and went downstairs.

In the yard, Wang Su and the others were already packing their luggage. Some of them were selected by Lord Jiu, and some of them were selected by Xie Jing from the guards. .

Xie Jing didn't look at the luggage, went to the stable and led Bai Shishi out, and rode out for a while.

He went to He Mansion.

He called the butler out from the back door and asked him to inform He Dongting.

The butler knew Xie Jing's identity, because of this young master, the He family was almost turned upside down.After their husband sent Mrs. He back to her hometown to recuperate, there was no one who dared to gossip. Now the housekeeper greeted Xie Jing with a smile, and asked him to come in: "Master Jing, what are you standing here for? Your own home, where do you use communication when you go home, you just come in—"

Xie Jing led the horse and stood there without moving, and said to him: "Please call someone for me, I will only say a few words, and then I will leave."

The butler agreed and went immediately.

But after a while, He Dongting trotted over in a hurry, before he could put on his coat in the future, stood in front of Xie Jing and looked him up and down without any signs of injury, he was relieved, and said with a smile: "Why is Jing'er here? I know you are here today Set off, and plan to see you off later."

Xie Jing shook her head and said, "No need."

He Dongting's face turned pale, and many thoughts flashed through his mind. He stood there thinking for a while and forced a smile: "Yes, I must be very busy, so I won't bother..." Before he finished speaking, he saw Xie Jing took a step forward and stretched out her hand to hug her gently, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back after going to Xichuan for a long time, so take care of yourself."

He Dongting raised his hand to hug him back, but as soon as he raised his hand, the other party returned to its original position, and the temperature in his arms disappeared in an instant.

Xie Jing got on the horse, said goodbye to him, and left quickly.

He Dongting subconsciously chased him a few steps, stood on the side of the street and looked at his figure, his eyes were slightly red.

In mid-June, Xie Siquan returned to Xichuan.

Xie Jing, Grandma Kou and others accompanied them. Xie Jing entered Sichuan by water for the first time, but Grandma Kou returned to her hometown, watching all the way, reluctant to close her eyes.

Grandma Kou looked at the mountains and mountains along the road and wiped her tears several times. Over twenty years later, the scenery she saw on this road has not changed from the one she had seen when she accompanied the young lady to marry far away. When the old lady came back, the lady would never come home again.

Grandma Kou was flicking a photo in her hand, the first ones on it were Xie Yuan and He Dongting when they were young, and she was standing behind the young lady with a nervous expression on her face.

Xie Jing leaned over to take a look, and asked intentionally, "Grandma, is that you standing behind?"

Grandma Kou nodded and sighed: "That's right, when grandma took photos for the first time, the lights flashed too brightly, which frightened me. It was Miss who asked someone to take a few more photos, so I kept this one." She He stretched out his hand and touched it lovingly. This was sent by my uncle when he was about to leave. Apart from the photos, there were also several boxes of items, all of which were carefully prepared for Xie Jing.

Xie Jing coaxed her and said, "Grandma, when I get back to Xichuan, I'll take pictures with you. Let's take a lot."

Grandma Kou was amused by him, and raised her hand to pat his head: "Silly boy, grandma is getting old, and the photos don't look good. My Jing'er is handsome, so I should take more photos."

The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, Xie Jing suddenly remembered something, and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, my mother's tablet..."

Grandma Kou said: "The day before yesterday, your uncle sent him back to the He family in person. Since you have paid homage, I am relieved."

Xie Jing rested his head on the old lady's shoulder and looked at the mountains reflected on the river. The trees were green and there were many mountains, which was completely different from the place where he lived before.

A few days later, the ship sailed to Yangping Pass.

The shipping wharf at Yangpingguan is much larger than other places, and the wooden boats loaded with goods are all gathered here along the river.

The wharf is crowded with merchants waiting to unload goods and boat porters soliciting business. The weather is hot, and the clothes are already sweating on the back after squeezing out of the wharf.

When Xie Siquan arrived here, he had already relaxed for the most part, handed over all the goods on board to Hu Da and the others, and took Xie Jing and Grandma Kou to find a place to have dinner first.Grandma Kou hadn't eaten Sichuan peppers for a long time, and she was too old to be restrained, so she only ordered two dishes of stir-fried vegetables. Xie Siquan took Xie Jing to the back, intending to pick two fish.

This small restaurant is right by the river, and has been in business for more than ten years. Its specialty is making fish, especially the fish from the river are fresh and alive.

Xiao Er came over to help pick the fish, and as soon as he thought of the basket, the boss rushed over and stopped him, and asked him to go to the river to pick up a smaller bamboo basket soaked in the water, and said with a flattering smile, "Thank you, I didn't know you came, I Let people go to see if there are any newly caught ya fish, you go and sit in front and drink tea, and the dishes will be served to you immediately after packing."

Xie Siquan said: "Alright, it's hot, let's cut two more watermelons."

The boss promised repeatedly, and it was delivered to the table in a short while, not only watermelon, but also two plates of melon seeds and two plates of pastries.

Xie Siquan was not heat-resistant, so he sat there wearing a silver-red thin coat and fanning the wind with his sleeves. Seven or eight rings of coral beads were wrapped around his wrists. The beads were as big as soybeans, round and plump, and carefully polished.The Xie family members were already fair skinned, but the red coral beads wrapped around Xie Siquan's wrists made it look like white jade.

It's just that no two people at the table looked at him, so Grandma Kou gave Xie Jing a watermelon, and Xie Jing ate a couple of mouthfuls by himself, then broke off a small piece of pointed melon rind and gave it to the yellow-haired dog at the door.

It was too hot, the weather was like a steamer, and even the yellow dog at the entrance of the small restaurant was lazy. It smelled the melon rind thrown by Xie Jing, took a few bites, and shook its tail slightly.

Xie Jing ate a few mouthfuls of melon by herself, broke off a piece of melon rind to feed the yellow dog, and was about to throw the last bit in her hand when she suddenly moved her ears and looked up towards the door.

Not long after, I heard the sound of carriages and horses, followed by someone getting out of the car and walking towards this side in a hurry.

The bamboo curtain at the entrance of the small restaurant was lifted, and several people walked in. The boss bowed down to greet them, but the leading man ignored them. After looking around, he walked straight to Xie Jing's table.

Xie Jing didn't know where the other party came from. She put her hands under the table and stared intently.

Xie Siquan followed his line of sight and looked back, smiled and said: "Jing'er, don't panic, it's my own." He stood up and waved to the other side: "Xu Jun, here!"

The man came over quickly, Xie Siquan pointed to him and introduced: "This is Xu Jun, a famous abacus in the upper city of Xichuan. I spent a lot of effort to get him here. He has been with me for several years, and everyone outside calls him The second head of the Xie family." Pointing to Xie Jing again, with a proud face, "This is the Jinger I mentioned to you in the letter, how is it, does it look a lot like me?"

Xu Jun had a handsome face, he looked about 25 or [-] years old, and he was much more serious than Xie Siquan. He bowed his hands to Grandma Kou first, then looked at Xie Jing for a moment, and said, "It's very similar."

Xie Siquan hooked his nephew's shoulder, bit his ear and said, "Jing'er, ignore him, this is just a boring gourd."

Xu Jun glanced at his arm, endured it a few times, and said: "This is outside, the Patriarch should be more self-respecting."

Xie Siquan said impatiently: "I didn't cuddle with anyone else, Jing'er is my own."

Xu Jun said coldly: "No rules, no rules."

Xie Siquan glanced at him, Xu Jun's eyes met his, and without moving away, he said, "I remember last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Patriarch was drunk in the lower city, and when Hu Da and I found you—"

Xie Siquan interrupted him repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay, I understand, I just follow your rules!" His face was very unhappy, but he still moved his hand away.

Xu Jun said: "The head of the family should talk about some rules when he is outside, and don't be too aggressive."

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