Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five

The Bu family's old house with the general name of "Wan Chengxing" in Liu Juren Street, except for a flag floating in the air and a plaque on the gate tower, which is new, the rest are old. The main building and east and west wing rooms in the front yard still maintain the old appearance of ten years ago, and even the window lattices are still papered. After a heavy rain in summer, some rainwater always pours in.The room was still dark, and most of the increasingly obsolete furniture was left in place, silently reflecting the depth of the darkness. After the sedan industry flourished, Third Master Qiu wanted to overturn the old house, but Bu Shouru refused, saying that it was as good as it was, and she looked familiar, and if Brother Ba came back one day, she wouldn't feel strange.

From now on, Mr. Qiu will never bring up this matter again. Qiu Sanye knew that Bu Shouru hadn't forgotten Ba Qingda in the past ten years. Especially in the past two years, the business of "Wanchengxing" had been booming and life was getting better. Bu Shouru missed Ba Qingda even more fervently. Bu Shouru said to Qiu Sanye more than once: "Third Master, you are getting old, and there are so many things in the head office. It would be great if you have my brother as a helper..." Whenever Bu Shouru said this, Third Master Chou thought, Bu Shouru's true intention was not to find helpers for him, but to hope that Ba Qingda would come back and see the world he had created in the past ten years, and what he had left behind. This family business.

What Bu Shouru meant could not be concealed. Whenever he returned to the old house, Bu Shouru would always visit the house where Ba Qingda lived. Sometimes he would stay there for a long time and could not help crying... At the end of this year, the stewards of the sedan chair shop went to the old house as usual. At the party, Bu Shouru inadvertently drank a few more glasses because of the flattery of Qiu Sanye and the stewards. After the stewards dispersed, Bu Shouru and Qiu Sanye talked about the business of the sedan chair company for the coming year, and then talked about Ba Qingda. It is believed that Ba Qingda left with the troupe of the Wang Family Opera.

Mr. Chou felt that Ba Qingda had been gone for ten years and there was no news since now. No matter how much Bu Shouru mentioned it, it was just asking for trouble and it was useless, so he persuaded: "Miss Bu, you have to think about it, you have to think about it. Forget about the past, now our 'Wan Cheng Xing' business is so good..." With a gloomy expression, Bu Shouru interrupted Third Master Qiu and said, "Master Qiu, I... I can't forget it. The better the business is, the more I can't forget it." The third master Qiu sighed: "Girl, you have to listen to the third master's persuasion. Don't be stubborn, this is the way things are in the world, if you gain something, you lose it. Think about it, now you have so many sedan chairs, and Liu Zhen guards and envoys." Master Ma Wu is protecting you, more prosperous days are yet to come!"

Bu Shouru said obsessively, "None of these can replace Brother Ba!" Qiu Sanye thinks about it too. Bu Shouru has suffered too much in his heart for the past ten years. He has been fighting among men, but he has never been sincere with a man in his heart. The only one who thinks about it is Ba Qingda back then. , this friendship really moved him. Only then did Third Master Qiu tentatively say, "Miss Bu, how about...or should we send people to Jiangnan and Jiangbei to look for it?" Bu Shouru was startled, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "Third Master, I'm afraid it won't work! Think about it, if you can't find anyone and make a fuss, Liu Zhenshou and Ma Wuye will find out , what should we do? We still can't do without Liu Zhenshou and Ma Wuye."

Third Master Qiu volunteered and said, "Miss, if you don't trust others, I'll go in person. How about it?" Bu Shouru hesitated: "Third Master, are you in good health? Running around in this cold weather?" Qiu Sanye said: "Why not? All right! Except for Sanye and me, you still can't find a suitable person for this matter!" Only then did Bu Shouru have a smile on his face: "That's right, Third Master, it's naturally the best for you to go!" After a short pause, he continued, "If you don't go there yourself, even if you find Brother Ba, he won't come back. I know his temperament."

Third Master Chou slapped his chest: "Miss Bu, you are ready! As soon as I find the little bus, I will slap him twice for you, and then, even if I tie him up, I will tie him back." Qiu Sanye left after the first snow fell, he brought no outsiders, only a nephew from his own family, and only said to the outside world that he had bought a batch of sedan chairs in Shanghai, and he went there for more than forty days. For more than 40 days, Mr. Qiu searched everywhere for the Wang family theater troupe in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, only to find out later that the Wang family theater troupe disbanded five years ago, and the old boss Wang had already opened a grocery store in Yangzhou.

Mr. Qiu found the grocery store in Yangzhou after a lot of trouble, and mentioned Ba Qingda to Boss Wang, but Boss Wang said he never knew there was such a person. Qiu Sanye went to other troupes to inquire again, but there was still no clue, so he returned to Shicheng disappointed. After returning, Mr. Qiu fell ill, lying on the bed and pulling Bu Shouru's hand, crying, saying that he was sorry for the girl. Bu Shouru said: "Third Master, I don't blame you. There is an old saying: people plan things, but heaven makes things happen!" Turning his face away, the tears in Bu Shouru's eyes rolled down... This futile search brought nothing but disappointment and melancholy to Bu Shouru, and the third master Qiu felt that he had harmed Bu Shouru.

He shouldn't have gone looking for Ba Qingda, let alone told Bu Shouru the truth. After recovering from illness, Third Master Qiu wanted to draw Bu Shouru's heart away from Ba Qingda, so he brought Tianci to the old house of Bu's family.Qiu Sanye believed that only her son Tianci could replace Ba Qingda in Bu Shouru's heart. In the past two years, Bu Shouru often told Mr. Qiu that Tianci was instigated by the vicious Mr. Ma and would hide from her whenever he saw her. She always felt very sad when she thought about it. Qiu Sanye coaxed Tianci from the front of Ma's house with two cannons.

Qiu Sanye and Tianci set off firecrackers in the old house together, and even gave Tianci a horse to ride. Tianci said that Mr. Qiu is good.As good as his father and second master Ma. Crawling on the snow, Mr. Qiu panted, and said, "I'm not good, and neither is your father, only your mother is good! Your mother really loves you." Tianci was really taught badly by Second Master Ma, riding on the back of Third Master Qiu, he said: "My mother is not good, she hates my father, and also hates me. She wants to ruin our family!" Qiu Sanye said: "You are her son, why would she hate you? It's not for you, she wouldn't be so desperate to play with the sedan chair!"

Tianci curled his lips and said: "Hmph, that's not true! She doesn't even want her own father, but she still wants me? She didn't build the sedan chair for me, but to spoil my father and me!" Third Master Chou lay on the ground, turned his head and asked, "Your father said this again, right?" God sent a "hmm". Qiu Sanye said: "He is lying to you, don't believe it..." Just as he was speaking, Bu Shouru entered the courtyard gate, and when he saw Tianci riding on the back of Third Master Qiu, his face sank and he said, "Tianci, come down for me!" Tianci's face flushed red, he hurriedly got off Third Master Qiu's back, turned around and left. Chou Sanye got up, grabbed Tianci, and said to Bu Shouru, "It's not Tianci's fault, I am teasing him!" Bu Shouru said: "Third Master; don't spoil him!" He also said to Tianci: "You have to remember, you are my son, and you will have to buy a sedan chair in the future, and you can do it on your own, you can't be a young master!" Tianci lowered his head, rubbed his feet on the snow, and after a while rubbed a hole. Bu Shouru walked up to Tianci, smoothed the messy hair on Tianci's head, and calmed down his tone: "Come in, Tianci! Mother still has something to say to you." Godsend not to move. Bu Shouru said again: "Come in, over there is home, and this side is also home. Mother will make dumplings for you tonight. Your favorite mutton dumplings..." Tianci still did not move, but said timidly: "I...I don't like to eat mutton dumplings..." Bu Shouru forced a smile and said: "Whatever you want to eat, mother will make you whatever!" Tianci lowered his head even lower: "I... I'm not hungry, so... I don't want to eat anything." Bu Shouru said: "Then let's go into the house and talk to your mother. My mother wants to show you the sedan number of our Wanchengxing tomorrow! The sedan chair number of my mother is more than your father's, and the sedan chair is also bigger than your father's." New, you must like it when you see it." Qiu Sanye also said: "Yes! Your mother is more capable than your father. You should really go with your mother to see how your mother handles the sedan chair. Learn from it!" Godsend was silent. Bu Shouru said again: "Mother is a woman, so she shouldn't have a sedan chair. You, a man, should look like a man since you were a child. Learn how to handle a sedan chair..." But Tianci said: "I...I don't do anything, I...I want to go home and find my father, my father is waiting for me!" Bu Shouru became angry, and shouted: "Ma Er is not your father! You...you only have a mother, not a father!" As soon as he said that, he picked up Tianci and walked to the main room. Just at this moment, Second Master Ma arrived in a sedan chair. After the sedan chair dropped at the door, Second Master Ma didn't enter the door, and didn't say much. He just stood on the bluestone steps below the gate and looked at Bu Shouru and Tianci Niang in a gloomy manner. Tianci seemed to have met a savior, and hurriedly called "Father", broke free from his mother's hand and ran out the door, almost falling at the door. Bu Shouru's heart suddenly became cold. Seeing Ma Erye and Tianci getting into the sedan chair, and seeing the four bearers of Ma Ji's old company get up the sedan chair, he just stood in the yard in a daze.