Chapter 14 The Fourteenth Chapter Servant Journey Thousands of Miles to See Flesh and Flesh and Idlers Gathering in the Vast Sea of ​​Dust and Guangsha

The traffic was relatively slow at this time, and Yuan Sun took the 4:45 bus, and it was already 8:30 in Beijing, the summer sky was long, and it was not yet dark.Yuansun's brother-in-law, Zhang Zhuo'an, lives in Sitiao, the school field outside Xuanwumen, and has a seventy-year-old mother at home.The ex-wife gave birth to a daughter. Because Yuansun's second sister had been infertile for many years, they adopted a son named Meng Xing, who was very studious and loyal. Both sons and daughters were two or three years younger than Yuansun.The concubine, surnamed Guan, was born in Qimen. Zhou's family forced her to marry Zhuo'an because she had no children. She had only been in the door for four years, and she had a son and a daughter, both of whom were in her arms.Yuan Sun calculated on the way that it would be late in the evening. Although my brother-in-law was a good person, but he had an old mother at home, and my elder sister always looked after her in-laws to save face, but she also discriminated against her half-brother. It's better to find a small inn outside the city and stay overnight, call my sister tomorrow morning, listen to her, or go directly to see her, or invite her to meet at the inn, discuss it before leaving.And how to send the gifts you bring should also be arranged according to what the mother said.

I made up my mind, and when the car was about to arrive, I would go out as usual, put the carry-on luggage aside, hold the ticket and baggage ticket in my hand, sit quietly and wait.As soon as the car arrived at the station, all the passengers in the computer rooms swarmed up, and the passengers also carried their luggage.Some relatives and friends came to pick them up, and some yelled at the waiters, porters, and shop assistants. They all rushed to get off first, as if they would suffer a disadvantage if they were late.The pickpockets and pickpockets take advantage of the mediocrity of disturbing themselves, one uses their hands and the other uses their mouths to steal or cheat, rob or cheat.Yuan Sun kept his luggage and sat there.When the receptionist came to ask if he could stay in the hotel, he just shook his head.After all the customers had cleared, he called a half-old porter to shoulder the luggage and walked down together. He met several people who were picking up the customers. The signboard, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Hantong all have semi-colons, so they won’t deceive people, and they are reliable enough, so they took the shop sign, went to pick up the luggage, walked out of the station, hired a mule cart, and went to the same place Luomashi rushed to.The house price, etc., lights, water, meals, etc., have already been decided when picking up the customer. The shop assistant saw that although he was young, he was an expert customer who often went out, and he had relatives and friends in Beijing. There is nothing to say about hospitality.

Yuansun went to the store, washed up a little, ordered a bowl of Osmanthus rice, and then called Zhang's house.Sure enough, Yuansun's second sister, Ruihua, was not completely sincere about Yuansun's coming to the north. She didn't come to write letters to urge her. After asking who it was on the phone, he said at the beginning: "You don't come, wait until I have a good idea." Yuan Sun replied: "Brother also did not dare to make mistakes because of his in-laws and aunts in the church late at night. Staying in the backyard of the inn temporarily. It’s late today, can my sister come tomorrow morning?” Ruihua replied: “I have two entertainments tomorrow, how can I come to you when I have time? I should stay in the inn for two days first, and discuss it after we meet Let's go." Then he hung up the phone.Seeing that his own flesh and blood were also so indifferent, Yuan Su said a few words in a hurry, not only did he not ask about the family situation in Nanjing and whether his mother was safe, but he didn't even have the air to say anything, his heart was extremely sad, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.I have already arrived in Beijing, but my mother is still looking forward to it. There is no other way out, and my mother is even more suspicious when she knows it. Although there is a friend who is poor and generous, Chen Bojian, after all, is a new friend, and he prefers to Jinan. I have never been here before, and I once said that there are relatives and friends in Beijing, but there is no support here, and I still ask him, which is too unreasonable.Moreover, Bo Jian gave a lot of money during the trip, and his affection was extremely deep. If you ask for anything, you will never get tired of it. Just try to say that if you are not satisfied with this trip, you can find him to stay in Beijing, or send a letter to him. , must be a way of thinking, people always take self-respect as the right thing when they are out in the world, it is rare to make such a good friend, you must cherish the friendship and make it deeper with each passing day, it is really for the sake of the family, there is no other way, and you should wait for him to come back in autumn Jing, we have met each other for a long time, and we are really irresistible.My uncle once said that being poor and lowly is worrying about the poor. The reason why God wants me to be successful is that the more obstacles I encounter during this trip, the better. Don't be discouraged and short-tempered. In the future, you will have to bear the anger of outsiders. She is a real sister after all.The father passed away, and there was only one brother and daughter in the same arms. Most women are small-hearted, so why bother with her?He is not ordered to go, but stays in the store and reads a book, and waits until she comes to meet her to see how she makes plans.Make up your mind, take a little rest and sleep peacefully.If it were an ordinary boy, Nai's sister said on the phone that she was not available, and if she didn't have time to come, she was bored and had nothing to do, and when she came to the Shoushan District, she would never be able to sit in the shop.However, Yuan Sun felt that human nature was evil, and that the coming day would be catastrophic, so he was wary, and made up his mind to use only the Panchuan left with him, and the money donated by Bojian to send home in the future. Knowing that the capital is prosperous, You need money to go out, just sit in the shop and read books, and don't go out.

Woke up early the next day, expecting that my sister would not come to see her that day, she was looking at the window with a copy of "Gong Ding'an's Poetry Collection", when suddenly someone outside asked the shop assistant: "Is No. 9 Master Zhou who came by the night train yesterday? "Yuan Sun hurriedly put down his book, and went out to have a look. A northerner who looked like a errand was talking to the shop assistant in front of him. A lady who was Ruihua came from behind. , and walk into the room together.Both sister and brother shed tears when they thought of their dead father.Yuansun asked, "Why is my sister here so early?" Ruihua said, "Today I introduced Bai to treat guests. He is my son and daughter's in-laws. There is another eldest daughter in my front room who is his daughter-in-law. This person is very good. The secretary of the Qing cabinet, and now the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Tomorrow, Xiao Long will invite you again. He is the best with Zhuo'an, and he is also an old family friend with my family. , medicine is even more subtle, and now the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce also serves as the general office of some kind of industrial lottery. Both of these two are good friends of the family. Originally, I am not free today and tomorrow. I want you to stay away for a few days, and I will discuss it after making an arrangement, lest outsiders gossip about me. I don’t want to go back after answering the phone last night. Your brother-in-law said that there is no reason to live in an inn when relatives are here? Within a hundred years, what taboo? The aunt in law also said it directly. The brother-in-law wants to pick you up in person. I was the one who tried to dissuade him because of the busy court. He urged me to take Lao Shang to take you home. It’s also called Tiancai. Since I’m not at home, I’ll treat you to dinner at Huamei Fancai restaurant at the east entrance of Xijiaomin Lane at 7:00 p.m. The restaurant is famous for its cheap and good quality, and the price of vegetables is calculated in Xiaoyang. Your brother-in-law’s French Concession My friends love to eat there. If Zhuo’an doesn’t come back at 6:30, it must be busy, you and your nieces and children can go on their own.” Yuan Su Juezhuo’an was very fond of friendship, he felt a little relieved, and then talked with each other Not to mention, take out the gift list and ask Ruihua to arrange it.Ruihua smiled and said: "Mom's plan is wrong. Although Li and Wang are old relatives and friends, one is that they are outdated now and are of no use, and the other is that they are not close to us. Why bother to pay homage to him? How about some presents? Zeng Jie’s mother and father also know each other, and there’s nothing like that. Zhuo’an’s second younger brother’s family is here. As for whether the list can be confirmed, I will wait until Beijing to listen to my sister's order, and Zhang's second brother doesn't know in Beijing, so I haven't prepared it. I ask my sister to make the decision, and I can send it to whomever I see." Ruihua Fang liked to say: "Three My brother is indeed older now, and his temper is much better than when he was young."

Yuan Sun felt that although his elder sister usually saw her as a half-brother, it was only because she was seven years old when she married, and she only occasionally returned to Ning to live for a month or two after marriage. So close, so diaphragmatic.After all, my own flesh and blood, judging from the situation that day, it has been a long time, and it is not impossible to get along with each other, and I feel relieved again, so I replied: "When I came, my mother said repeatedly: "My father passed away, and the family was burdened. Fortunately, my sister read it." The love of flesh and blood made you go north to make a living. You are young and don’t understand anything. You must listen to the teachings of your sister and brother-in-law and be a good person.’ How can you not listen to your sister?” Ruihua said: “Actually You and I were both born to my father. You are very knowledgeable, and my brother-in-law even praised you last night. As long as you can be a good person in the future, win honor for your father, and share some tiredness with your brother, will I still wish you well? It's getting late, and I still have to go to Dashilan to collect materials and give them away. If you don't know the way, I will ask Lao Shang to take you home and carry your luggage. Your brother-in-law has gone to the Yamen, and your nephew is going to school. Only the old lady, the official Auntie and Wanjin's niece are at home. When they arrive, they will come to my house first and ask Wanjin to lead her to see the old lady. The second master lives in the front yard, so I will take you there when I come back." Yuan Sun thought, the elder sister's house is full of female relatives, Aunt Guan felt inconvenient when she saw her for the first time, so she asked with a smile, "Sister, when can I go back for shopping?" Except for my niece, I haven't seen them before. I want to ask Lao Shang to go back first. I'll wait in the inn for a while, and I guess I can go when my sister gets home?" Ruihua said: "Because my family is frugal recently, I don't employ many people. Lao Shang There are still many things to do in the morning, and your brother-in-law insists that I come to pick them up in person, so I asked Lao Shang to carry the luggage for you. If you don’t want to go first, then you have to wait until I finish tearing up the clothes.” Yuan Sun Said: "Why should my sister come again? I just go back if I have something to do. Brothers often go out, and they are close to each other. They can't be found. If a brother-in-law meets and asks, he will say that he will go back with his sister." Ruihua said: "Then ask Lao Shang to carry the luggage back for you first, and you can leave in an hour." Then he called Lao Shang in.Except for a suitcase, Yuan Sun handed in the luggage one by one, hired two rickshaws, and transported them to Sitiaozhang's house in the teaching field.Ruihua asked how much the inn cost, and Yuansun said, "It's about one yuan including the dinner last night. If my sister asks you in advance, don't worry about it." The chartered car went.

Yuan Sunyuan's brother-in-law is very kind, and his sister is not bad, so he can comfort his mother and avoid worrying. He is afraid that he will not have time to write letters when he arrives at Zhang's house. When I went to Beijing to live with my sister's house, we treated each other very well, and my brother-in-law was especially concerned. I hope my mother and nurse can rest assured.After I finished writing and sent a quick letter, and settled the store accounts, it was already ten o'clock. I thought that women's shopping is always slow, so it's better to wait a little longer until she gets home.It took another half an hour before I picked up my suitcase and went out to hire a car to go to Zhang's house.When they arrived, Lao Shang was at the door, quickly took the suitcase and led him in. Rui Hua had just arrived, and the siblings met for a while to chat. Then Rui Hua led them to introduce their families, and then arranged a residence in the back room.In the afternoon, Ruihua went to the banquet, and in the afternoon, Zhuo'an called home, saying that the yamen was late, and the Huamei Fancai Restaurant was waiting for him at seven o'clock, so uncle and grandpa were invited to come by themselves.Yuan Sun went with Zhuo'an's family, old and young.Zhuo'an has already come to meet each other first, and he is very earnest in consolation.After dinner, I went home and talked for a while about visiting guests tomorrow morning.

Yuan Sun asked his cousin Xiao Qiushu if he could still live in Yuanlu, Mishi Hutong, Zhuo'an replied, "Exactly, that is the place where Beijing officials and councilors from Sichuan often go back and forth. Li Ji'an and Luo Ziqing both live there. Tomorrow we will meet It’s Sunday, and my third brother and I went to visit them. We went down to Shunzhimen Street to pay respects to Pu Boying, and went back to have lunch. Then we went to my in-law’s Zeng Jiebai, who would definitely stay for dinner. The day after tomorrow, I went to visit Shi Hechu, Gu Julu, Hu Baosheng, Xie Bozhuang and Xiao brothers, Sun Boyue's family is the last to go. The family friends who have to go are no more than 30 families, and the rest will depend on the situation. Although Boyue is said to be rich and famous among his fellow villagers, my family and I He hasn't seen each other for a long time, but I heard that he lives in Tianjin recently, and his third younger brother came from Tianjin, and your elder brother has a good relationship with him, you must have met him?" Yuan Su didn't want to say that Shaozhang was selfish and unfeeling, so he reasoned that his sister had sent a letter to urge him to come quickly. , I only lived in Tianjin for two days, and Boyue was on his way to Beijing, so I didn't see him.This business is busy, and the contacts are all important. My late father and he did not communicate often, and it will be the same when we go again in the future. I carefully observed that Yuan Sunying was full of energy, quite strong, and his conversation was more measured. Things in the pool must be treated with kindness.From the second day onwards, Yuansun paid homage to guests for a few days, and went with Zhuo'an the day before.These councilors, Jingguan and Yuansun, were either family friends, or Qi Yi, a young Yingmin, who was promoted by Zhuo'an on behalf of them, and they valued them more and more, and they became speculative in a few days.From then on, Yuansun stayed at Zhuo'an's house, but the matter had not yet been settled, and Bojian still had no news of coming to Beijing.

Because Yuansun is not very bad, especially the situation in Beijing is not as difficult as expected, he feels that there is still some hope for the future, so he is not worried like when he first came here. Apart from reading books and newspapers at home and paying attention to current affairs every day, Then I went to sit in the homes of my friends and fellow villagers.At first he was reserved, afraid of wasting money, and later he entertained more and more, and sometimes he played small cards with the crowd, or went to Dashilan to listen to operas.In the first two months, he was sure to win every game of poker, thinking that living in Beijing was necessary for business and entertainment. Anyway, Bo Jian didn't take any money from the gift, and using the money he won for entertainment was killing two birds with one stone.On the third month, I went to celebrate my birthday at the home of a family friend in the same township. The master kept it for playing cards. Yuan Sun usually played three hundred and grand slams, and twenty and the bottom of the two. At most, it was ten yuan, twenty, thirty or forty yuan. I saw that most of the people at the same table were top-notch politicians, and they hit 50-and-a-half, ran together, followed suit, bought the top 60 and the bottom, added off the unit, circled the wind, and touched four times. Winning or losing around three hundred is several times bigger than in the past.Because the master had a big hand and no one was willing to play, Zhi Yuansun played well and won several games in a row, so he forced him to make up the number.Yuan Sun is young, with a soft and strong face, and it is inconvenient for him to retreat after he has played. He is also relying on his luck for the past few days, and he plays cards flexibly and cautiously.

It just so happened that when I played as a banker, I drew a Qingping Grand Slam. Because I didn't buy it, I only got 400 draws. I won 144 yuan in a row. I was very happy, thinking that I would win big that day.Unexpectedly, the luck cannot always be strong, after this draw, only two small draws were made in the first four rounds, and the upper and lower two were bound to win every bank, and they lost seventy or eighty yuan after pouring out the winning ones.Yuansun's best friend, who won money on weekdays, most of it was spent on entertaining and entertaining outside the home. Except for the 400 yuan donated by Bo Jian, he only had 145 yuan in gambling capital.Originally, he had taken tonic but could not take medicine, as in the past, he was still not tempted by the cards, but two of the three people in the same room had met for the first time, and the other had only met twice, neither of them had any friendship, and most of them had status It's rare to meet such a character, and after a game, they go their separate ways. Seeing that the first four rounds of cards are not bought, there will be two or three hundred yuan in and out.After moving to the village, I only wanted to win him three hundred and two hundred, but I only wanted to win three or fifty yuan, and I was satisfied.I went up and made two consecutive draws, but I suffered half the loss because I didn't make the draw, otherwise it would have been enough, and I regretted it and was timid.After being provoked by an annoying loser at the same table, he happened to be the banker, so he added the sum, and two of them bought the top, and it became a sum of sixty. Just hit a grand slam like the first time you played, and then you can be victorious without losing.After thinking about it, there was a small peace.Seeing that the difference of less than ten yuan would be enough for the capital, Fang Pan joined the bank, but unexpectedly the next two cannibals hit a slam, and they returned to the original state.

Since he is afraid of losing, he is not as calm as before. He often plays the wrong cards in order to seek peace, so the more afraid of losing, the more he loses.At the beginning, you only buy when you are a banker, and when you lose more and get angry, the more lucky you are, the more you buy with cards.The most irritating thing is that every time I draw one or two small cards, I will eat people and hit the big one. I feel anxious, and the size gets more and more chaotic. Fortunately, I turned some back in the last four rounds. In the end, I just lost all my gambling money, leaving only Next three zeros.Although the style of playing cards on the spot and on the spot was regarded as a peaceful loss, Yuansun couldn't bear it.At that time, he pretended to be generous, endured the heartache and talked and laughed calmly. After saying goodbye, he sat in the rickshaw and regretted it more and more.The gambling is done, and tomorrow will be a gathering of friends from the same hometown. I have won several games in a row, so I have to enter the game. I have been planning all night, and I can only temporarily use the 400 yuan donated by Bo Jian.At the beginning, I just wanted to use at most one hundred yuan as the base. If it wins, it is good. Even if it loses, the money sent home last time is more than that. My mother sent more than a hundred yuan to it, not counting it as a loss, and said something perfunctory for a few times before stopping, so as not to gossip behind people's backs.

After making up his mind, he went to the appointment to join the game as before.But I don't know how the world's affairs can be calculated like a human being. A game of gambling depends on calmness and determination, and you can win without worrying about winning or losing.If you only think about gains and losses, you must lose.Even if you didn't lose at the time, you must lose in the end.The same is true of dealing with people.If you have selfish thoughts all your life, you will not be able to distinguish right from wrong, you will have no mastery over your chest, your position will be out of order, and you will know the benefits but not the harms, so how can you be invincible?When Yuan Sun first arrived in Beijing, he won money because he was young. Most of his friends and relatives were well-known, and they all had a considerable status. , When the opponent is short of hand, he will make up the number, and if he has a little enough hand, he will not enter the game. He has no desire to win, he is calm, and he plays cards smartly.After winning two games, he became more confident. Every time he entered the game, he would lose a few times. He followed the crowd in everything and never lost his mind. Everyone praised him for his good brand and his maturity.After winning several games in a row, I sent money twice and invited guests several times. I felt that I could get out of the expenses with these two cards. I was generous on the surface, but serious in the dark. , this is already a sign of defeat.When you encounter a big situation, you want to get away with it. Although you haven’t lost a big one, you have to use your money to gamble again. You’ve been scheming. You’re discouraged. Several games. It's fine if you lose more than a hundred as originally planned, but I think of my poor mother and old man who loves money and always wants to make money.At first, he was invited by a friend, or when he met a temporary game, all the players in the same field welcomed him to join the game, and he would definitely come to invite him if there was a game, not a daily gamble.At this time, he was in a hurry to lose, and hurried out after dinner every day, looking for people to play cards everywhere. These relatives knew that he came to Beijing for business, and seeing that he would lose every bet, and he was young, they felt embarrassed to invite him again. If he is more straightforward, he also persuades him politely, or persuades him to stop for a while, and fight again in a later day. Yuan Sun is just obedient and obedient, and goes to him.After winning the bet for the first time, Rui Hua was very happy to see him send home, and did not dissuade him.Although Zhuo'an felt that playing cards was not suitable for young people, he was polite and did not express any advice.Later, Ruihua heard that he had lost consecutively, so he came to question the source of the money, and suspected that his stepmother had some private house and he took it out of the house. The boss was upset and gossiped a lot. Yuan Sun lives under the fence, and if he behaves carelessly, he will be dissatisfied easily. Most of the gifts from Bo Jian have gone, and he is anxious, angry and distressed. , many young people are not very sure, reluctant to stay at home for a few days, their hearts can't sink in the end, when they secretly pay to go out, there is no shortage of expenses at home, if they don't send money in the past, there will be less hope, it is not suitable to see how easy it is to get money , the money won may be guaranteed, you can't get it often, just to comfort the mother's heart, and even sent the money several times, so that it will be difficult to continue in the future.Now there is only this little balance left, and I can send it a few more times before the business is settled, but I still can’t continue it in the future. It’s okay to see my sister’s sojourn, but it’s not good to be flexible, and I can’t say it myself, and I’m worried , Suddenly Xiongtu came to see him from Jin, saying that his eldest nephew Xiongfei had been ordered by Boyue to take over the Jingxi Coal Mine, the whole family moved to Beijing, rented a house in Xiangluying Toutiao, and his grandfather and his family had already arrived in Beijing.When Yuan Su received a letter from his uncle, there was news that he would move to Beijing. Unexpectedly, he was so quick and rushed to see him.Yifu heard that his nephew Ai was still alive, so he wanted to work for him.Yuan Sun was arrogant, and because Shaozhang was by his side when he spoke, his words were sarcasm, he was unhappy, and he didn't answer, so he said goodbye and went back. After talking to Ruihua, Ruihua also looked down on this cousin the most, so he became angry when he heard the words, and said to Yuansun, "Your brother-in-law has entrusted you with several houses, and there are two places that can be done. I'm afraid you will I think it's too small, so I didn't tell you." Yuan Sun said: "It's hard to do things now, no matter how big or small, let's do it first." Zhuo'an was walking out of the inner room, and said, "I'm sorry because of my third brother Yingfa. The job you are looking for will not improve much in the future, so I am still thinking about it. It is good that the third brother is willing to submit for the time being, and if there is a chance in the future, I will try again." Yuan Sun asked what was the matter, and Zhuo'an said: "One is the new Ministry of Internal Affairs. The charity lottery department was set up, the head office is Lu Xusheng, the secretary of civil affairs, Jiebai and his colleagues, and Wu Ganhou, the chief, is also the best friend, and has already been entrusted. Because the staff in the department are all part-time members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only the clerks and secretaries can Send someone with a salary of up to 30 to 40 yuan. The place is in Lishi Hutong, Dongcheng. After deducting the car fee and lunch money, there is not much left. If it is the secretary, it is only 20 yuan, or even less. The third brother is willing to meet Jie Baizi tomorrow. I will greet you. There is another one that I did not recommend, but Pu Boying saw that you are talented, and wanted to drag you to the morning newspaper, but because you are young and don't know much about the newspaper, I want to teach you to be a proofreader for a while, although the salary is only 2 It’s more than ten yuan, but it’s close to home. If you can agree, you have to work temporarily, and you will be promoted to editor within a year, and you will have a salary of more than 100 yuan. However, some old-minded relatives and friends say that the newspaper is not suitable for you. Boying loves to offend people, and your future in his department is unpredictable. I think it’s better to be on the safe side, let’s just deal with the lottery department.” Yuan Sun knew that Boying took him very seriously, and he had long talks with him several times, which was quite a trap, and his brother-in-law also made friends with him, but he was a cautious person and the road was not right. That’s right there.” At first I intended to deal with the lottery first, but I didn’t know that the lottery department was not ready yet, and I didn’t hear from him after waiting for more than ten days.Pu Boying came to visit on this day, and the two parties were good family members. When the Zhuo'an couple came to see each other, Boying laughed and said, "The bureaucrats in Beijing are doomed and doomed. It's quite a matter, just come to my newspaper office for a while." Ruihua is eager to see Yuansun's affairs come to fruition, and Zhuo'an has already been favored by Boying's fellow countrymen, and his affection is very warm. I have said this twice, so it is inconvenient to confirm his sincerity. On behalf of Yuansun, he agreed.In the afternoon, when Yuan Sun came back from Bo's house, he went to work at the morning newspaper office that night. At this time, among the major newspapers in central and central Beijing, only the Morning Post was the most successful, daring to speak out, and most advocating new literature. For example, Cai Zimin, Hu Shizhi, Liang Shuming, Lu Xun brothers, Xu Dishan, Xie Bingxin, etc. all published poems and essays from time to time.These scholars have roots in old literature, and their meanings are fluent, and they can write down what they want to say in an orderly manner on paper. People with little literacy can easily understand it, and people with a lot of literacy will not hate it when they read it. It's definitely not like the current group of people who are completely ignorant and ignorant, either copying from east to west and writing up a lot of new idioms similar to slogans to deceive others and themselves, or using Chinese language to imitate European and Western styles, causing a lot of trouble. The paper is full of six-character mantras, um, eh, li, ah, ah, which are awkward and jerky, and the old woman's foot wraps are smelly and long, and she doesn't know what to say.Others have headaches and dizziness when they read it, and they can't finish reading, and I can't understand foreign stereotypes afterwards.With the trend of the trend, the supplement of the morning newspaper was loved by the students, and its reputation was rising day by day, which was unmatched at that time.The job of proofreading was very easy. When Yuan Sun went to the editorial department, he met the editor-in-chief Liu Chongyou, and sent someone to lead him to the proofreading room. After his colleagues explained it, he understood.It was already late at night after school, and I went for four or five nights, and it was after three o'clock when I returned home.After staying up for several nights, the editor saw that he was young, good-sighted and knowledgeable, and ordered him to proofread the supplement.Most of the manuscripts were written by students, who wrote fine characters in red and blue ink. Yuan Sun was new to work and was eager to ask for help. rest assured.Under the electric light, the eyesight will be lost, and redness and swelling will occur. This day Zeng Jiebai came to visit suddenly and said that Yuan Sun's affairs had been recommended, and he only had to go to see Lu Shousheng before he could go on a mission.Because Ruihua introduced that Bai is the in-laws of his son and daughter, please entrust him first, why not?He didn't ask about the size of the matter, so he asked Boyingshang to resign on the grounds that Yuansun stayed up late and hurt his eyes, and urged Yuansun to come to work on the same day.Although Yuan Sun felt that Boying was a generous and talented person, his future was not hopeless if his strengths continued, and he was reluctant to leave, as Ruihua had resigned on his behalf.Since the Chief Office of Chuyi is the best friend of Jiebai's colleague, the matter has been recommended, and he will see you when he arrives. Who knows that Lu Shousheng is the most popular director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Jiebai's sympathy is not enough. Those who are a little better have already been assigned, and ordinary entrusted people like Yuan Sun are all included in the secretarial team.The customs of the officialdom are quite different from those of the newspaper office. Yuan Sun went to the number room to hand over the business card. When the number card was taken in, the boss took it out after a while, and led Yuan Sun to a small room in the backyard to sit down.Yuan Sun saw that there were seven or eight people sitting in the room, some old and some young. They were either in the market or shabby. There were many people in the small house, and there were three or four smoking cigarettes. And the unique smell of onion and garlic. When I first started, I almost couldn't breathe. I endured it and found a square stool with wet red paint that was still sticky to the touch. I sat down and looked at it secretly. There were eight people in the whole room, and five of them sat silently in a corner, ignoring each other with nervous expressions on their faces.There were two young men wandering back and forth in the room with cigarettes in their mouths, vomited all over the floor, and occasionally asked each other a few words. Also come a clerk or something.There was a man sitting at the small table next to the window who was copying documents. There were more than a dozen notebooks piled up in front of him. He walked over and glanced at him. He was about forty years old, and ordinary people ignored him with a high-spirited air. Those notebooks were written on only one red label. There are two words for sending and receiving, and the rest doesn't even have a title. It was clearly delivered from the Nan Paper Store, and the inside was also empty, but the person regarded it as extremely important. Occasionally, a newcomer who didn't know much about it passed by and flipped through it. There was an expression of displeasure on that person's face, he hurriedly hid the ones marked with the word "receive and send" in the drawer, and at the same time tidied up the blank notebooks that the person had turned over, and even dusted them with a handkerchief, as if this was an official business and it was kept secret and could not act recklessly.Looking at what was copied, it was not a document, but the names and addresses of the heads of departments, section chiefs, and important staff under the general office. There were only a dozen people, and there were already six or seven rows of red boxes that were discarded due to typos. open.When Yuan Sun read it, he had just finished writing it, and there was still a patch on it. He thought the red box was finished, so he had to make do with it.As soon as the puppet spit, it saw Yuansun by its side, and hurriedly took a notebook and covered the copied address list.Yuan Sun grew up in a prefectural and county yamen, and he was not an outsider in official business, so he couldn't help being funny seeing him so Zhang Zhi, knowing that this group of people had nothing to say to each other, and it would be impossible to work together in the future, so it would be better if he didn't answer at this time. Yuan Sun stayed there for a while, feeling really uncomfortable, and was about to go outside to the small courtyard to get some air, when suddenly a beautiful young man with pink face, star eyes and neat clothes walked in, and handed a stack of red lined paper to the person at the table, Said: "Mr. Yang, the general office asked everyone to write some lowercase letters so that we can determine the salary. Haven't you copied your address list yet?" After only a few words, the person surnamed Yang had already answered countless "yes" words, and finally said "Mr. Lin, please take a look. I'm the first to arrive. Please speak kindly to the general office when I set the salary." The young man surnamed Lin snorted and walked out.There are fifteen pieces of paper with a red grid surnamed Yang, and there are nine people in the house including him, one piece is given to each person, and the rest are hidden.There are two and a half tables and two sets of stationery in the room, which are not enough for many people.Yuan Sun saw that when he opened the drawer, there were more than a dozen sticks of "oolong water" and two "Yuanzi pens" mixed in.The surname Yang didn't ask others how to write. After hiding the remaining paper, he crawled on the table, pulled out the pen, and planned to write first, but couldn't think of what to write, so he frowned while holding the pen.The other two older ones seemed to have experience. As soon as the one surnamed Lin left, he went to occupy the two sets of stationery first. When picking up the paper, only one person came over, and the remaining six people had no seats for pens and inks. One of the cigarettes in it never left his mouth. He was wearing a thin cotton shirt that seemed to be tied around his body. His face was covered in cream and blue-gray. He looked like a teenager with third-stage lung disease. He walked over and patted Yang on the shoulder. Asked: "Mr. Yang, just now that person hurried away without explaining the vernacular, what should we write? There is not even an accurate word, and there is no space for pen and ink to sit on. You smoke one, and you say this Don’t you want the child to look good? How can you ask someone to write it?” Sui Shuo passed a cigarette to him early, and the co-author saw that the other party looked kind, and used the cigarette as a bribe to gag, and the words became messy.Sure enough, the surname Yang was thinking about the red grid paper, what kind of words should be written, the boy suffering from tuberculosis patted his back quietly, he was startled, the pen almost fell on the paper, and another sheet was scrapped, feeling very unhappy .Just then his face sank, and when he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the young man handing over a powder pack of cigarettes, immediately turned his smiling face, and said, "Please, please, I just smoked it." The cigarette butt was lit, and he took a deep puff before he smiled and said, "Mr. Lin is really busy, so I'll ask a short question. I can't remember what to write. I think it's better to wait for him to come again and ask him to understand before writing. Whether it is necessary or not This time, it’s not a joke. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a pen. I’ll let you write later. My buddies and colleagues in the future, it doesn’t matter how close we are. I’ll go to work as soon as I open it. Ask me, you are right." When they were talking, the two men at the middle table had already written a few lines of lowercase letters, stood up calmly, and called out: "Which one please write?" There were three other people watching, so they scrambled to sit down for two, and one of them, with a beard, gave in. People, but nod to Yuansun.Yuan Sun didn't bother to argue with these people, just nodded and smiled, and didn't go over.But when these two people finished writing and talking, the rest of the people were in a hurry, and they all rushed over to watch. The surname Yang also felt hairy when he heard the words, and hurried over to have a look. Aphorism, I am jealous of divination but not sure about writing such characters. I am willing to wait for the person surnamed Lin to ask me before writing, but I am afraid of falling behind. I am in a dilemma. Seeing the two sitting behind me, I think they have been instructed by their predecessors. I was copying the "Four Books", anxious in my heart, but said cheap words in my mouth, confusing people's hearts, and sneered: "The general manager is just to test us. It must be that Mr. Lin was busy and forgot to explain in detail. Now that he doesn't know the topic, he sent a piece of paper." Paper, copying books casually, what kind of official business is this? Will it be smashed when I take it up? I think you don’t have to be busy, and you have to write according to the number of books that come first. Besides, Mr. Lin is Our boss, I have friendship with me, wait for me to understand before writing, calm down first, so as not to make mistakes, I will rewrite later, I have nowhere to find paper." At this time, people often asked the two old men for advice, and they knew that only lowercase characters were tested, regardless of the articles, only "Meat Futuan" was not copied, and all characters were completed, otherwise the messenger would have explained it long ago, and it would not be so casual.Seeing that the surname Yang can only pretend, he can't make up his mind, he has two or five eyes, and no one will answer when he hears it.Seeing that the surname Yang had finished writing first, he couldn't help but carefully read the three or five lines of small letters written by everyone, and bowed his head to think about it.Those who have not written are waiting to take the seats of the predecessors, with anxious faces, no one pays attention to them, unable to dissuade them, dry anger, and suddenly remember that I have a lot of red grids, and if I write incorrectly, it will only be a bad sheet of paper. Yes, wouldn't it be a waste of time to wait for someone surnamed Lin to ask about it before writing?Feeling anxious, he rushed to the small table by the window regardless of sarcasm. Unexpectedly, the young man with lung disease was quite witty, so he first followed the desk where he was writing to everyone. Hearing what the two-year-old said, he thought it was reasonable. This is a rare opportunity, half of the people have already written the characters, and there are only two sets of stationery, and there are still people waiting for replacements. Unless they finish writing, they will never be able to grab it. Isn't it bad?When I changed my mind, I didn't say a word to the surname Yang, and quietly copied the past. The handwriting was terrible, and I remembered that any poems, scriptures, and books that are suitable for listening to people can be copied. Don't write if you don't remember everything. In case the boss read it and said it was careless and breathless, I have no choice but to have limited ink in my stomach. I usually have a headache when I read books. I remember a lot of dramas. I don’t even have a shadow of any poems and aphorisms. To say a few words, when he came in, he looked down on this group of poor people, especially those two older men who were better than others, who had made sarcasm just now. I'm pretty much the same, begging them to embarrass me, make the old man look down on me, and I'm afraid it will be worse if the surname Yang doesn't take advantage of it.Holding a pen, facing the paper, I was in a hurry, and suddenly remembered that someone said to copy poems. Aren't many opening poems in operas also poems?It's reasonable, it's reasonable, there are poems, so how about writing a word?Among these dramas, only Zhuge Liang is a great ancient man, and also the military advisor of Uncle Liu Huang. The poems he wrote must not be wrong. In Wolong, thousands of miles of heaven and earth are under the control of the four sentences of the finale poem, who knows that the thief has a guilty conscience, and although he has the benefit of giving cigarettes to the surname Yang, he does it out of conspiracy, and is afraid that people will come to interfere. This flustered, so I wrote four There was a mistake in one word, and I somehow strung up the words, stringing Zhuge Liang's "Lost Street Pavilion" to the "Wujiapo" Xue Pinggui's kiln door downboard "Remembering the tears in the past" and waiting for the "no" It took me a long time to write it down before I realized something was wrong.There is no way to make up for it. When Mr. Zhuge was in Wolonggang, wasn't he just planting land and living a life without worrying about rice?I think it was such an honor when Uncle Liu Huang jumped into the Tanxi River and invited Zhuge Liang three times.The old man didn't bother to move, straight to the mushroom, singing and reciting on top of the thatched cottage, it was such a prize, why was he crying?This Mr. Lu has such a title that he must not have even heard of "Empty City Strategies". This mess of random changes is sure to be smashed, so let's start another gong and drum and start again. Talking to himself, seeing the piece of paper surnamed Yang on the table, he wrote on it without asking Sanqi Gan.这次用了点心，头句词居然写完没有出错，念了一遍，心中高兴，嘴和在票房用功一样，边写边哼哼。念到第二句，“万里乾坤”的“坤”字顿了一顿，正想念到中字该用鼻音，姓杨的恰巧赶回，见他爬在桌上正写，自己的纸也给用废，心中老大不快，过去一拍他的肩膀道：“吓吓，你这是干吗？倒言语一声呀，我这儿管着好些个要紧公事，要给弄丢一件出了乱子，这责任倒是你担是我担呀：我这张纸你也给用啦，我拿什么写呀？快请开这儿吧，你不会上那桌上去写？这是怎么会说的？真是岂有此理！”肺病少年脸也真老，一任对方沉着脸数说，只赖在座上不走，一边任往下写，嘻皮笑脸答道：“大哥，你甭着急，你不是说要等林先生来问明白啦再写吗？我想左就座位闲着，咱们哥俩又有个不错，借你座位纸笔使一使，没什么，我就差写一句词就完事，干脆你好人做到底得啦。你说那公事，我早不睃见啦？不就你刚打庶务那儿领来那几本簿子吗？里头连个黑道道都没有，什么公事，别蒙我啦，捅出漏子来算我的。天也不早啦，你容我写完喽，晚上前门吃都一处，我请客，怎么样？”