Chapter 5 Chapter Four

The mechanic from Beijing really had two brushes, and he solved the problem of the printing machine in a short time. Sheng Guangzhe and his team thanked him again and again.And since this incident, Ms. Hui's status in the Zili Evening News has also risen suddenly, and she has become a core member of the newspaper, going to Qingyun Hall every day to help edit and proofread the newspaper.As for the Sheng family, the eighth lady, Sheng Guangyun, helped to cover up, and they were all happy with the two young people's success, so they didn't even become suspicious. It turned out that when Sheng Guangzhe was studying in the UK, he saw with his own eyes that the newspaper industry in that country was developed and directly touched the hearts of the people, so he decided to devote himself to the newspaper industry to warn the world and save the people.After returning to the country, he befriended a group of colleagues and exhausted all his savings to start the "Zili Evening News", but he didn't dare to let his family know about it. Fortunately, most of the brothers and sisters of the Sheng family were open-minded and secretly helped him cover up. Hidden so far.By the time Ms. Hui came in person, the newspaper had already achieved some success, and a piece of political commentary published by Sheng Guangzhe under his pseudonym also began to attract the attention of the industry.

That night, Ms. Hui read seven or eight pieces of literary theory published by Sheng Guangzhe in the newspaper at one go. Seeing that his sentences hit the current situation, he laughed and scolded the warlords to the point, but he sympathized and encouraged the people's livelihood. Tossing and turning in bed unable to fall asleep.It was so easy to stay up until the sky turned white, so I couldn't lie down anymore and turned over to sit up. For a moment, I thought that Sheng Guangzhe, who was usually gentle and humorous, could write such sharp words. I felt hot all over my face, so I simply dressed up. The clothes went outside, letting the cold wind in the early morning calm the beating heart.

Ms. Hui's room was not far from the residence of Sheng Guangyun and other young ladies of the Sheng family. She was afraid that someone would see her appearance as a puzzled joke, so she simply walked to the corner of the back wall of the Sheng family's mansion.It is only used to store sundries, and few people usually move around. Standing at the base of the wall, Miss Hui stretched out her fingers to stroke the moss marks on the wall, only to feel that the water stains looked more and more like Sheng Guangzhe's face, she just pulled the corners of her mouth funny, and couldn't help laughing.Unexpectedly, his father's choice was actually good. This Sheng Guangzhe is quite an interesting person, but he doesn't know what he thinks of him in his heart.If I had known that I was thinking about his opinion like this, I shouldn't have had a quarrel with the "deputy editor-in-chief" who was too old for me yesterday because of the format, which caused Sheng Guangzhe to throw away the half-written manuscript and come to persuade him to fight.

Just as her mind was full of wild thoughts, Miss Hui suddenly heard a slight noise, and hurriedly stepped back a few steps and looked up, almost crying out in fright—on the top of the wall, a person climbed up impressively, his hair was dripping wet , a few drops just fell on the stone floor in front of Miss Hui, making black water marks one after another. "Ah!" The man was obviously taken aback, he managed to stabilize his body that was about to fall, gathered himself together, and finally called out in a low voice: "Miss Hui." "Brother Nian?" Miss Hui looked at Brother Nian who was in a dilemma on the wall in surprise, and saw that not only his hair was wet, but his whole body was covered with moisture, and he shrank even more pitifully from the cold spring wind in the early morning.

"Come down." Miss Hui saw that Brother Nian was blushing and did not dare to move, so she stretched out her hand to greet him. Brother Nian nodded, turned his arms to support the edge of the wall, and suddenly jumped off the high wall, almost making people suspect that he would fall and hurt himself.However, I don't know if it's Miss Hui's illusion. Brother Nian's landing speed is a bit slower than ordinary people. It seems that he didn't jump off the wall, but flew down from the top of the wall, and there was almost no sound when his feet stepped on the stone floor. .

"Where did you go?" Seeing that Brother Nian looked like a schoolboy caught by the teacher who made mistakes, Miss Hui smiled narrowly, "Looking at you, it looks like you went to meet a girl at night, but you got drenched A basin of water." "I...I went to the mine..." Seeing that Ms. Hui couldn't understand, Brother Nian hesitated and explained, "I went to a coal mine outside the city to do night work and came back in the morning." "Are you going to be a miner?" Ms. Hui looked at the thin man in front of her in disbelief, and couldn't imagine how his body could withstand the heavy work in the coal mines. The harsh remuneration has long been exposed by Sheng Guangzhe's newspapers—where those places are still coal mines, they are clearly demon caves that eat people without spitting out their bones!

"You don't sleep at night? How can you bear it if this goes on? You will definitely exhaust yourself to death!" Miss Hui looked at Brother Nian's sharper chin and pale face, remembering that he still had to sleep during the day. After struggling to finish the physical work of the Sheng family, I felt that my heart was burning with anger, "Why are you earning money so desperately for your brother? Even if he is kind to you, he has no right to ask you Sell ​​him your life!" "Yeah." Brother Nian waited for Ms. Hui to finish talking before nodding, "Brother is about to graduate from university and is looking for a job in the capital. He urgently needs money...I will give you a copper plate for a cartload of coal from the mine. It can pull more than 30 carts..." At this point, a happy smile appeared on his lips.

"Then what's the matter with you being drenched?" Miss Hui asked reluctantly. "I... I'm afraid that everyone here will find out that they have to wash in the river before they come back, so as not to be covered in soot..." Brother Nian saw that Miss Hui was staring at him without blinking. A heart almost jumped out of her throat, she squeezed her dry lips and said, "Miss Hui, can you not tell my boss? I have never delayed the work here..." "Don't move, let me see." Miss Hui didn't seem to hear him, so she took a step forward suddenly, and put her hand on Brother Nian's shoulder.Brother Nian trembled for a moment, but obediently stopped his backsteps, looked sideways at Miss Hui's slender fingers pulling away from his sight, and faint blood seeped out from under the thin clothes on his shoulders.

"I have the medicine there." Miss Hui took a step away first, and when she turned her head and saw that Brother Nian was still standing there blankly, she said angrily, "Come on." After searching around in the luggage for a while, Miss Hui finally found the bottle of Yunnan Baiyao.With a cold face, she ordered Brother Nian to unbutton his shirt, revealing his swollen and festered shoulders, spread the medicine powder evenly on it, and then wrapped it up with gauze. Ms. Hui is actually not used to doing these things. She doesn't even know whether Yunnan Baiyao is effective for this kind of bruise, but in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, she can only rely on herself.When she applied Nian Geer's wound as gently as possible and stuffed the remaining white medicine into Nian Geer's hand, she was surprised to find that there were drops of water marks on the ground in front of Nian Geer, and his hair was already dry. up.

Suddenly realizing that Brother Nian was crying, Miss Hui was at a loss for a moment, and stood awkwardly beside Brother Nian who buried his head in embarrassment.It was already dawn at this moment, and the sound of people sweeping and sweeping could be heard in the distance. If Brother Nian was seen leaving Miss Hui's room early in the morning, it would be another inexplicable ambiguity. "Miss Hui, thank you." Brother Nian finally realized something, stood up hastily and pulled the clothes that were faded to the crook of his arms. "Don't do heavy work these few days." Miss Hui warned, "Otherwise the root cause of the disease will be left in the future."

Brother Nian responded in a low voice, clenched the medicine bottle tightly in his hand, and while buttoning the button around his neck, he opened the door and walked out: "Miss Hui, I'm leaving." He understood Miss Hui's complex expression, and just Blame myself for causing her trouble and worry, at this moment, I can only leave her room as far away as possible. Knowing that this person would not listen to her advice, but would still work day and night to earn money, Ms. Hui was heartbroken and helpless.Seeing Brother Nian's frail figure walking out of the room, the hand holding the medicine bottle trembling and unable to fasten the top button, Miss Hui thought again, and said: "I will come to find you after dinner tonight. you." "Ah Hui, you woke up so early." The window of the room across the yard suddenly opened, and Sheng Guangyun poked her head out from inside, with sleepy eyes, "Who are you saying goodbye to?" Miss Hui shook her hands in fright, and instinctively wanted to close the opened door. If Sheng Guangyun saw the scene of herself and Brother Nian, she would tell Sheng Guangzhe, right?Then how would Sheng Guangzhe speculate on himself?At that moment, Miss Hui felt all the blood rushing to her cheeks and her heart beating like a drum. Even though she claimed to be a new school, girls in the twenties still valued reputation above everything else, not to mention the vast majority of people around her and the feudal society. What is the difference between the times?She is a big girl's family, and she undressed the man in her room early in the morning and applied medicine, and she didn't know what would happen if it got out? "Ah Hui, who did you say you were going to find just now?" Sheng Guangyun still poked her head out of the window and asked reluctantly. Miss Hui rolled her eyes in despair, her sensitive self-esteem would never allow anyone to make up rumors about herself and Brother Nian, and give those boring people a talk after dinner.But no matter how fast Brother Nian walked, Sheng Guangyun could still see him crossing the courtyard from her side.What's more, Mama Li, who waits on the young ladies to get up early, has already walked in from the gate of the yard, she can block the disheveled brother Nian. However, when Ms. Jian Hui faced everything with determination, she was surprised to find that there was no one in the empty courtyard except Li Ma, as if everything just now was just her own illusion.