Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

Yuan Siwei didn't know that these three guests were bankers, and they talked like entertaining other guests.The three of them took a look at the finished earth wall, and at the other bricks and wood materials that had been prepared. The environment was also quite desirable.One of them, who was older, wore a serge suit, looked like a senior employee, and said with a smile: "Probably this is a kind of Western-style earthen house. But according to the environment introduced on the rental post, Then it is not so beautiful. The row of high mountains behind is real, full of grass and rocks, with a few pines and cypresses growing sparsely, which is not unusual. As for facing the clear stream, it is too exaggerated. Here is just a Dry mountain valley. Not only is it not a clear stream, but there is not even a turbid stream." Yuan Siwei was waiting by the side so that he could answer at any time.Immediately corrected this, shook his head again and again and said: "No! Mencius said: There is a drought between July and August. Now is the time of drought. Let alone the water in the mountain stream, even the water in Dongting Lake will also fall into the canal. In spring and summer, this mountain stream is full of water all day long. The gurgling sound of the water described in the Drunkard’s Pavilion is here.” He shook two sentences in succession, indicating that he is not an ordinary landlord who eats rent. , with a smile on his face, shaking his head.Draw several circles in the air continuously.Then he said: "When it's level, it's really interesting to raise a few ducklings to swim in the clear stream. If it rains heavily for a few days and the mountain torrents occur suddenly, the water in the mountain stream will rush down along the mountains, and the waves will hit On the stone, there are thousands of horses galloping, and the sound is very magnificent. At night, when you sleep on the pillow and listen to it, it is very poetic." A young man shook his head and said: "That's not good, it will make people sleepless. My wife When I go to sleep at night, I am afraid of people’s noise. Even the mosquitoes can’t sleep well.” Yuan Siwei said: “No, no, the sound of the clear stream is good here. Those who love to listen, the more they listen, the more interesting they are. Those who don’t like to listen Man, I fell asleep as soon as I heard it."

The man couldn't help laughing when he heard about it, because he said: "This stream is amazing. If you like to listen to it, it can help your poetry, but if you don't like to listen to it, it will become a lullaby." Yuan Siwei said to him After a few words, there was no way to explain them, I just kept saying "this and this".The older man straightened his face and said: "This Mr. Yuan is telling the truth. I have some experience in this matter. Those of us who read numbers all day long, our brains have become mechanical, a little natural There is no meaning. We are close to nature one day, then everything is new. The sound of water waves is indeed not noisy. You have never been on a sea boat. When you hear the sound of waves on the boat, will you lose sleep because of the noise? On the contrary, some people deliberately went to the bottom of the waterfall to listen to the sound. If I asked about the house here, I would have to go to the countryside to sleep for one night in a week." Yuan Siwei couldn't help clapping his hands several times and said: " That's right, that's right! The sound of the river is so wonderful. Everyone can be interested in the sound of the water. No matter what environment you are in, you will not hate it. The gentleman said just now that he is looking at the number every day. , probably..." He pondered for a while when he said this, and he wanted to guess that he was a banker, but he immediately realized that if that was the case, he would be too snobbish, so he changed his tone and said: "The three gentlemen are here. Work in the company?" The older man took out a business card from his pocket and showed it to him.When he took it to look at it, it said "Baishun Bank Assistant Manager Quan Dacheng".At the bottom of the film, there are a few words indicating the place of origin.He didn't have time to look at it, so he immediately said "Hey", nodded deeply to the surname Quan and said: "I have admired you for a long time. You have dealt with your bank before, and we are familiar with each other. When I was in Hankou, I had dinner with him." , this Mr. Zeng is really a master of economics, talking about grandeur, it is really admirable, really admirable!"

When Quan Dacheng heard him say that he knew the manager, it was already a friendship, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Yuan knows our general manager, so it will be easier to talk. Some of our family members really want to move here..." His words were still Before he finished speaking, Yuan Siwei bowed deeply to him, and said with a smile on his face: "Welcome, welcome! If there is anything you need to do on your behalf, you will do your best. Although we are meeting for the first time, but Since we are acquaintances with Manager Gui, we are all acquaintances. As long as brothers can help, we will serve you wholeheartedly. The sun is very bright outside, and the weather in Jiangnan is very good, but in Sichuan, it is still very hot , maybe better than the Sanfu in the south of the Yangtze River. The three of you are all wearing suits, please sit down in the house. Let’s cool off first." Then, he clasped his fists in both hands, and kept on bowing.The three people looked at him so politely, which was different from ordinary landlords.Maybe he really has a good relationship with the general manager.Everyone smiled and followed Mr. Yuan to his house.Mr. Yuan used the old way of hospitality again, calling from afar: "Make tea, let me soak the Dongting Spring that someone gave me. The water needs to be boiled. For that good tea, you need extremely boiled water. Only then can the juice come out. Do you have cigarettes at home? Bring them along the way.” He talked and laughed like this, and led the guests to his living room downstairs.At this time, in order to entertain the housekeepers from time to time, Mr. Yuan must not continue to be so empty and cause people to look down upon him, so he made up his mind on the street and borrowed six frames of cloth from a bankrupt teahouse. chaise longue.I also borrowed two bamboo tea tables, a square table, and three benches from the grocery store.The room is quite full.But this is not like a living room, but like a wild teahouse.Because teahouses in Chongqing have the most cloth-covered chairs.No one else would arrange it this way.

After all, these three bankers are different from ordinary bankers. They have lived through the War of Resistance in Chongqing, and they probably know what the situation in the Sichuan countryside is like.When they came to this village, they had already observed many families, and felt that their families were very simple, far inferior to the teahouse-style arrangement in Mr. Yuan's house.So everyone didn't pay much attention, and each of them dragged away the bench around the square table casually, crossed their legs and sat down.At the same time, everyone put their straw hats on the corner of the table.When Mr. Yuan saw the situation, it looked like he was going to sit in a teahouse, so he was a little bit ashamed.Then he stood at the table and bent his waist into a shrimp style, clasped his fists, and said with a smile: "The hospitality is really poor. There is no place for everyone to sit. To be honest, brothers have a lot of furniture. Chongqing is hard to find. There are hardwood tables, velvet sofas, Xiangfei couch with mother-of-pearl, and green lacquered fish-skin couch. They were all transported to Chengdu by three large trucks. It turned out that the brothers had a plan. I want to live in Chengdu. I don’t want to be tied up in business, and I can’t leave Chongqing. I have built a few houses here, and I can’t move. Now I have to transport those furniture back from Chengdu, and the freight is too high. So brother, I only plan to be safe and secure. Because I still have to go to Chengdu in two or three months, and now I can no longer move furniture. I have to give away all the wooden utensils in the house, so I don’t Add more." The three guests had no choice but to stand up because the master was standing up to talk.The young pilot was a little puzzled; we are here to rent a house, and we don’t pay for your furniture, who asked you this?Therefore, everyone only showed a little smile on their faces, and did not say anything to him.Mr. Yuan came to his senses again, bent over and blew a few mouthfuls of ashes on the bench, and hung out the sleeves of his gown, lightly dusted the bench a few times, and said, "Please sit down, please sit down. How disrespectful!"

The three guests nodded and sat down, Yuan Siwei raised his head and called out to make tea, then took a stool and put it next to the room, sat sideways, and said with a smile: "Three gentlemen, please sit down. Brothers have nothing else to like in life, but they like to make friends. Although the three of you are here to rent a house, brothers don’t treat them as tenants. The house is rented, and we are friends. Please sit down, haha, within the four seas, They are all brothers!" Although the three bankers are sophisticated people, they only feel that the landlord's politeness is extraordinary, but they don't see any role in him, maybe this is the personality of this person?Quan Dacheng is the leader of this industry. He felt that being too polite would make it difficult to negotiate the house price, so he should speak first.So I asked him: "Mr. Yuan, how much does this house plan to rent?" Yuan Siwei said: "There is probably a rule for the houses in this village. The price of a straw house is fifty yuan a month, and the price of a tile-roofed house is half. Double the building." Quan Dacheng said: "That's one hundred yuan per room. There are no houses in Chongqing at this price." Yuan Siwei was sitting on the bench, but when he heard the tone of the man was wrong, he immediately stood up When he got up, he bent his waist into a shrimp posture again, and the vertical and horizontal wrinkles on Lei Gong's face were all trembling as if they had been electrocuted.This trembling was not anger, but a smile on purpose.He clasped his fists and made a few bows: "It seems so, but otherwise, the houses in the countryside must be more expensive than the houses in Chongqing at this time. The reason is very simple. People who live in the city have all flocked to the countryside. Naturally, prices in the countryside rise when demand exceeds supply. If it weren’t for the oppression of life, who wouldn’t be afraid of air raids? The houses in the city are vacant, so naturally they won’t be expensive. But brothers, this house is completely serving the society. It’s enough to recover the cost of building the house. Why do I need to make an appointment for rent? I just want to receive a reservation fee and then use it to build a house in order to expand social services. And..." The young clerk, Hearing this, he frowned deeply.

Seeing this young gentleman, Yuan Siwei was rather unwilling to submit, so he took out the three business cards given to him just now, looked at the cards, and said with a smile, "Are you Mr. Zhao Shoumin?" He nodded twice and said, "Yes, what advice does Mr. Yuan have?" Yuan Siwei said with a smile, "Your name is really elegant. 'Zhao' is the first surname of hundreds of surnames. And the tuba is ' The first people'. In the future, the country will hold elections, and you have the hope of being the president. Your name is a very good omen." When he said this, all the people present laughed.Although that Mr. Zhao would not have the dream of becoming the president, but he was complimented that he could become the president in the future, which is always kind, so he smiled and said, "Ha ha! How can I dare to be this?" Yuan Siwei said: "Otherwise Citizens of any country can run for president. Your elder brother is in his prime. Wait until the end of the War of Resistance and the country’s affairs will be settled. Then we will prepare for elections, and it will take another few years. It may take ten years before and after. It takes ten years , personnel changes are hard to say. How do you know that at that time, your old man was promoted from a bank clerk to a manager, general manager, and became a tycoon in the financial industry? Is it still a strange thing to run for the president? The way is that there is no such thing as a man, and a man should be self-reliant. Your brother is flushed and radiant, and the future is boundless. You should work hard, brother." As he said, he clasped his hands several times.After hearing his explanation, Mr. Zhao felt that it was very reasonable.The presidents of the republics in the world are not seeds sown from the sky. They are at least big citizens themselves, so why can’t they run for president?With such a thought in my heart, a smile appeared on my face.Clasping his fists, he cupped his hands twice and smiled: "If there is such a day. Needless to say, I will be elected president. Even if I can run for president, I will not forget Mr. Yuan's great achievements in word testing." Yuan Siwei laughed loudly He said with a smile, "Of course I invite you to eat shark's fin and bird's nest, right?"

Speaking of which, Miss Yuan brought in an old enamel tea tray with four cups.These four cups show that the Yuan family's way of doing things is not rigid, and the size is high or low, each of which is extremely good.An orange glass cup with octagonal shuttle, a blue-glazed coarse porcelain teacup, a colorful melon-shaped porcelain cup, and a yellow-glazed tureen without a lid.This young lady brought the tea tray to the table first, and she saw that Quan Dacheng was the most neatly dressed and stylish, so she brought the orange cup to him first.Secondly, he sent the blue porcelain teacup to Zhao Shoumin, a melon-shaped teacup, and gave it to another guest.Finally, she handed over the uncovered tureen to her father.Seeing that the lady was clean, Quan Dacheng seemed to be a bit smart, so he asked: "Mr. Yuan, is this your lady?" Yuan Siwei said: "Yes, it is my eldest girl. Bow to the three old men and uncles." The lady knew what her father meant, and immediately took two steps back, lowered her hands, and bowed to the three guests respectively.Although Quan Dacheng wondered in his heart, why is this gift?But when people salute, they cannot be ignored, and the guests stood up one after another.Especially Quan Dacheng had to say a few perfunctory words about this matter, because he said: "This lady is very smart, how old is she now?" Yuan Siwei said: "I am fourteen years old. I have graduated from elementary school and will soon be sent to middle school How many daughters does Mr. Quan have?" He shook his head and said with a smile: "When I see other people's children, I am envious. Not only do I not have girls, I don't even have boys." Yuan Siwei laughed and said: "Sooner or later you will have children. , that doesn't matter. And if the child is born late, that child must be an outstanding person, and you must be a late bloomer." When he said this, he secretly cried out badly: How can girls be late bloomers?When it came to the last sentence, he wanted to take it back but couldn't do it in time, his tongue was just chattering, he didn't know what to say, he just stared at the person.

Quan Dacheng didn't mind what he said.He looked at the eldest lady again, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuan, I encountered a miracle today. You are very similar to a niece of mine. My niece was in my hometown and I didn't bring it with me. I miss her. When I see you, young lady, I feel like I have seen her." Yuan Siwei smiled and said, "Is she also the same age as my girl?" Quan Dacheng said, "When I parted from her, it was like this. I should be a half-adult now." Yuan Siwei smiled and said: "In this case, let her become a miracle. If Mr. Quan doesn't dislike it, I will let this child worship you as a righteous daughter. I still have something to say first. Get rid of all the clichés, don't meet these things. If Mr. Quan wants to make his niece a son-in-law, I will send her to the city to accompany you and your wife." Quan Dacheng did not expect to meet by chance, and Mr. Yuan was willing to admit his marriage.Firstly, it's the kindness of others, and secondly, this girl is very smart, how dare she refuse in front of her?Then he stood up, shook his hands and said with a smile, "I dare not take it, I dare not take it." Yuan Siwei smiled and said, "I don't know if Mr. Quan is being polite, or is he disgusting? If he is, then I can't say anything. If not If you are polite, then there is no need." Quan Dacheng said with a smile: "If I dislike it, how dare I say that your miss and my niece look alike?" Yuan Siwei said with a smile: "Since you are polite, then I will be more honest. Son, come here and kowtow to your godfather." Although this Miss Yuan is only thirteen or fourteen years old, she knows very well that bankers are the most wealthy people in society.It is a very face-saving thing to have such a person as a godfather.While everyone was discussing, she stood by the table, staring at the new godfather with her small eyes, twisting the corners of her clothes just in a daze.Now that her father is calling to kowtow, what else does she have to think about?Turn around, squat down one leg, and kowtow.Quan Dacheng immediately bent his waist and linked his arms, and said repeatedly, "No big courtesy, no big courtesy".

Ms. Yuan has grown up so much that she has not yet been trained to kowtow. Although that leg has already knelt down, that body does not bow down.Now that Quan Dacheng is holding her with both hands, she doesn't have to force her to stand up, and bows to her godfather indiscriminately.Quan Dacheng smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it." After speaking, he reached into his pocket to take out a wallet.Yuan Siwei took two steps forward, gave him two slaps, and said, "My in-laws! This is wrong. I have already said something beforehand, to avoid those clichés, don't meet the ceremony. Now you plan to spend money again, you don't trust my words . " As he said, his hands were separated by three or four feet, and he just acted as a hindrance.Quan Dacheng was afraid that he would stop him, so he turned his body aside, avoiding Mr. Yuan's gestures.Then he took out a stack of banknotes and stuffed them into Miss Yuan's hand.Ms. Yuan held the banknotes in her hand and kept saying "I don't want it, I don't want it".The body twisted according to the three words "I don't want", like a twisted candy.Her two eyes looked at his father from afar, looking for his father's sign.Quan Dacheng smiled and said: "I didn't bring anything, the money is worthless, you can buy two story books and read it." Miss Yuan didn't listen to her father's instructions, and continued to say "I don't want it, I do not want".Yuan Siwei smiled and said: "Since your godfather bought you a storybook to read, and it contains educational things, you can go ahead. Thank you godfather." Miss Yuan looked at the banknotes, twenty or thirty yuan on this day , In addition to making two sets of clothes, you can also buy a pair of leather shoes. This is a rare luck, so I obeyed my father's words and bowed to thank him.Yuan Siwei said: "That's not good, I have to say thank you godfather. How can I do it if I haven't called my godfather after the ceremony?" Miss Yuan obeyed her father's order very much, so she bowed three times in a row, Bow and say "thank you godfather".

Although Quan Dacheng met the Yuan family for the first time, after Mr. Yuan called his in-laws and Ms. Yuan called his godfather enthusiastically, he always felt that it was their kindness, so he couldn't be too indifferent.So she held Miss Yuan's hand and said, "After two days of rain and there will be no air raids in the city, you can go to the south bank to see your godmother, and then let her take you across the river to watch a movie. She will move here in the future Come and stay, we will have more close days. Look at how careless I am, we are married, and I haven't asked your name yet!" Miss Yuan said, "My name is Yuan Xiangxiu." Quan Dacheng said with a smile: " That's very good, fragrant and beautiful." She smiled and said, "No, it's the word 'Xiang' in Hunan Province. Because I was born in Hunan." Quan Dacheng looked at his two colleagues with a smile and said, "This child is very smart. She knows that Hunan is Hunan." Seeing Quan Dacheng praising his daughter and the wrinkles on Lei Gong's face, Yuan Siwei smiled and trembled again.Then he arched his hands twice and said, "My wife, should I introduce my wife to meet you?" Quan Dacheng said, "Of course. I should meet my mother." Yuan Siwei was very happy, and immediately went to the inner room , led his wife out, and introduced them to everyone present.Mrs. Yuan was inside the house, and she had already heard enough of the news from outside.At this time, she changed into a long gown with white linen and red dots. She was barefoot and wore royal blue leather shoes with leaks. It's like being pregnant.Wearing short-sleeved clothes, showing two arms, it looks like two fat lotus roots, like two white wooden poles.However, the face is contoured, and it can still be regarded as over thirty and under forty.She didn't have a perm, and the weather was hot, so she shouldn't have her hair draped over her shoulders. There were two braids at the back of her head, each a foot long, thin and bare, hanging down her back in double strands.Quan Dacheng didn't expect that this female judge would give birth to such a good girl, of course he was a little surprised when he met him.Yuan Siwei paid full attention to this new in-law.Then he introduced: "My wife and in-laws are still from the same hometown. She has entered three universities, and she went abroad if she didn't marry me. In the past two years, she has studied economics very well and knows people in the financial field. She is the most willing to ask for advice." Under Mr. Yuan's introduction, Mr. Quan did not dare to judge Mrs. Yuan by appearance, and he was very perfunctory for a while.When Yuan Siwei waited for his wife to enter the room, he also followed into the room, first carried his shoulders twice, and then laughed in a low voice: "If you are lucky, the door panel can't stand it. You see, for a long time in the cloud , there will be a banker who will fall into our relationship. Look at today's reception, how do we arrange it?" Mrs. Yuan said: "There is a saying in my hometown that if you can't bear cowhide, you can't make plaster. We take out Use the cowhide to boil plaster." Yuan Siwei said: "You are talking about our capital for building the house, use part of it?" Mrs. Yuan did not wait for him to say anything, and had already dragged out a net basket from under the bed.He took out several tattered leather shoes, big and small, from the net basket.There are also a few broken bottles and cans.Then, among a pile of tattered newspapers, a blue cloth bag was found.From the blue cloth bag, he took out a torn sock.Reaching into the threaded sock, he took out a long cloth roll.The long cloth roll is old hemp rope.tied up.He untied the hemp thread layer by layer and lifted several layers of cloth, only to reveal the two stacks of banknotes inside.She counted a few banknotes, handed them to Mr. Yuan, corrected her expression, and said, "Just treat it as if you were suffering from a serious illness and spent money to hire a doctor to save your life. Wan be generous, don't look reluctant." Yuan Siwei said: "Okay, I just saw a sika deer, and I took the money to load the shotgun."

Mrs. Yuan was also very happy, she patted her husband's shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, if people hear it, it will completely overthrow the big thing." Yuan Siwei put the ticket into his pocket, and put his hand After pressing it, he said with a smile: "Okay, I'm going to go fishing for squid now." He had already walked out of the door, Mrs. Yuan grabbed his clothes, pulled him back, and said in a low voice: "Are you still here?" I didn’t get things done completely. Since I’m inviting people, treat it as a bit of a scene, and there is no one who can’t accompany guests. Our neighbors, Mr. Wu and Mr. Shi, are both professors. You should drag them away. In this way, it can show that you are also Professor status." Yuan Siwei said: "I will invite Li Nanquan in the future. He also introduced the tenants to us. As far as the God of Wealth is concerned, he is at least the whip in the hand of the God of Wealth." Mrs. Yuan bowed her head and thought for a while , nodded and said: "That's good. But this person can see everything thoroughly. Let him know about our in-laws. I'm afraid he will laugh at us." Yuan Siwei stretched his neck and turned his head back. Ang, then smiled and sighed: "Ma'am, if you want to talk about the word 'Tao' in making money, you are still far inferior to me. If we want to make a fortune, we should be honest and honest, with the goal of making money, and don't talk about face. It’s all for that reason to ask your daughter to kowtow to others.” As he spoke, he took out the roll of banknotes in his pocket and raised his hand.Mrs. Yuan laughed and said: "When it comes to my daughter kowtow to others, it means I kowtow to others, and I have to pay another bet." Yuan Siwei shook his head with a smile and said: "Your words are not very logical. In the future, my daughter If you marry a son-in-law, then forget about you marrying a son-in-law?" Mrs. Yuan thumped his shoulder heavily with her fist, and said: "You have a chance to make money, and the money burns you to talk nonsense. "Yuan Siwei laughed and said: "We haven't been this happy for a long time, and we should be happy too." Saying this, he made a face to his wife, then walked out with a smile on his shoulders.