Chapter 5 chapter Five

On the kang, Liang has fallen asleep.Xian'er was doing needlework under the lamp when there was a knock on the door.Xian'er asked, "Who is it?" Zhang Dahu's voice came from outside the door, saying, "Xian'er, it's dad, can you come in?" Xian'er got off the kang, opened the door, and saw Zhang Dahu holding a bowl of hot dumplings .Xian'er said: "Father, why are you still making dumplings so late? My mother made them?" Zhang Dahu said: "I made them myself, try it soon." He said and entered the house.Xian'er looked at the steaming dumplings and said, "Father, let's eat together."

Zhang Dahu lit the hookah and said, "I've eaten it, you can eat it quickly, I've already sent it to your brother's place." Xian'er ate the dumplings slowly.Zhang Dahu said: "Xian'er, I have something to discuss with you. I want your mother to take you and Liang to see grandma. I will leave tomorrow. Grandma heard that you and Liang are married, and she is looking forward to you two all day long." Go back and have a look, you two will stay for ten days and half a month, do you think it's okay?" Xian'er said: "I listen to my father. But I have to tell my brother."

Zhang Dahu said: "Ah, I forgot to tell you. Your brother just finished eating dumplings and went to the night market with the long-time workers. How old is he? I still want to have fun. I have to go to the seaside night market to see the scene. As for Xiaobaishili, I won’t be back until tomorrow evening... This kid, didn’t tell you before leaving?" Xianer stared blankly at Zhang Dahu... Early the next morning, Xian'er and Liang got into the carriage.Zhang Dahu waved his hand: "You can leave at ease, I will tell him when your brother comes back." Xian'er was still looking around, and the carriage was already running out of the village.

After Xian'er and the others left for a while, Chuanwen and the long-term workers came back.When Chuanwen entered the courtyard, he called for Xian'er, in the courtyard, in the hut, and then in the new house... searched everywhere, but there was no one there. Chuanwen ran into the main room and asked Zhang Dahu, "Uncle, where is Xianer? Why is Xianer missing?" Zhang Dahu sat down and said, "Chuanwen, sit down and talk slowly." Chuanwen said, "Uncle, Xianer Where did the son go?" Zhang Dahu said: "That's the case, your aunt took Xianer and grain to Hebei to visit his grandma, and they will live there for a while." Chuanwen asked: " How long will you stay?" Zhang Dahu said: "You can live for a year or two, don't worry, Xian'er has something to say before leaving, tell me to treat you well, and leave you twenty silver dollars, you can rest assured Let's stay here, that's about a year or two, if you want to find her, you can, here is the address." Zhang Dahu put an envelope in Chuanwen's hand, and put another twenty silver dollars.

Chuanwen stood there in a daze.Zhang Dahu said: "It's getting late, let's rest, and you will have dinner with me here starting tomorrow morning." Chuanwen was stunned for a moment, took the envelope and the silver dollar and put them into his arms, said "I'll find my sister", and left without looking back.Zhang Dahu was left alone in the room. He squinted his eyes, took a long breath of hookah, and laughed sinisterly. More than ten days later, a cart brought Xian'er and Liang Niang back.Zhang Dahu greeted him attentively at the door.Xian'er bowed her head into the yard and asked, "Father, where's my brother?"

Zhang Dahu shook his head and said: "Hey, this stubborn man, I can't persuade him no matter how much he left. He said he wanted to go to Kanto to find your father. There was no way. I gave him twenty silver dollars..." Xian'er stared blankly at Zhang Dahu, and immediately understood everything in her heart. Xian'er went back to her room, feeling completely regretful.When she closed the door, she couldn't help feeling sad, and even complained about her carelessness.After crying for a long time, Xian'er made up her mind: she has to go, and if she stays, she will win his big family's heart.In any case, she had to go to find Chuanwen.That night, Xian'er coaxed Liang to be happy, but she shed tears and said, "Liang, sister can't live anymore, your father is too ruthless and too cloudy!" I was so anxious to cry.Xian'er said: "Liang, tell my sister to find Brother Chuanwen, and I won't cry when I find him." Liang said: "Father told me to take care of you!" Xian'er said: "Do you believe me or believe in father?" "Liang scratched his head and said, "I believe you." Xian'er scratched his nose and said with a smile, "You're so good, I'll play with you when sister comes back." Liang nodded, his expression rarely became serious, and said, "Xian'er, You go, you will not be well in my life. Mama Liu told me that brother Chuanwen is your man, you can go to him. I will protect you from father and mother, so go away quickly. "

Xian'er hugged Liang into his arms at once, kissed him fiercely, and cried, "Liang, I'm sorry for you, you are a good man, and you will definitely find a better wife than me in the future!" Liang rubbed his face, crying With eyes streaming out, he said, "I only want you." The wilderness in spring is full of vitality, and at a glance, it is full of spring. On the winding path, the carriages of the Wang family opera troupe were slowly moving forward, and several musicians played instruments and sang duets: The carriage stopped suddenly.The class leader Wang Laoyong jumped out of the car and asked urgently: "Why did you stop?" The artist with the stage name "Big Machine" walked around the horse's head and approached Wang Laoyong and said, "Master, there is a girl who is kneeling on the road ahead who is asking for the Tao! "Wang Laoyong said: "Oh? Is she in the way?"

It was Xian'er who stood in the way. She knelt in the middle of the road, her eyes were red, and tears hung on her eyelashes. She called out, "Master." Wang Laoyong helped her up and said, "Girl, get up, this is What are you talking about! Where are you from? What is your name? What are you doing kneeling here?" Xian'er stood up and said, "Master, I escaped from the famine in Shandong. My surname is Tan, and my name is Xian'er. I was separated from my family on the road. I have no way out. Take me." Poor thing, but right now the theater troupe is also in trouble. Nowadays, fewer and fewer opera troupes are invited, and the life of the theater troupe is not easy, and they may not be able to support them if they bring you." Xian'er said: "Master, I don’t eat for free, I can do anything, I can do sewing, mending, washing and cleaning, and I can cook.” Wang Laoyong said: “Girl, that’s not the case. The theater troupe does all these jobs by themselves, and they don’t support idlers. Ah!" Xian'er said: "I want to learn opera from you, so that in the future, the actors who earn money will support themselves."

Wang Laoyong waved his hands and said: "No, no, you can't eat this as a last resort. Besides, this is a troupe of Boom Boom, and it has never accepted female apprentices since ancient times." The big machine said: "Master, this rule has been broken. , Majiaban has recently taken in a female apprentice, which is quite popular." Wang Laoyong stared at the machine and said: "There is nothing you don't know!" The big machine stuck out its tongue and said, "I've heard that too." Wang Laoyong said, "Girl, I don't like to say something, three hundred and sixty lines, it's the most despicable thing to do, and you can't count it. Singing opera is listed in the bottom class, not as good as beggars, even worse than prostitutes, everyone jokes, but don’t come to eat this bowl of rice if you have a chance to survive. My daughter, I’m sorry, I can’t take you in. Don’t blame me for being cruel. Hello."

Xian'er said: "Master, I have no way out. I learn opera from you not only for food. I like opera troupes and singing. I am not afraid of being laughed at. Take me." Wang Laoyong stomped his feet and said, "Your son Children are ignorant, I am an adult, I can't follow you to be confused. Get in the car and go!" The big machine begged Wang Laoyong and said: "Master, Miss Xian'er is so lonely and pitiful, please show kindness and keep her." Wang Laoyong said with a downcast face, "What do you know when you are young! Can you keep me?" Still not staying? As I said, don’t watch us singing on stage, everyone follows the duo, but in people’s eyes, what we do is the most despicable job. What do they call us? Actor! As long as there is a way to survive Who is doing this business? If you count the people in the troupe, which one is not covered with a piece of land without a ridge? Which one is not wandering all over the world without a home? Let’s just say you are a big machine, why did you come to the troupe? Picked up from the pile? We just have to suffer, but do we have to bring the girl with us?"

The big machine said: "She is also lonely now and has no relatives." Wang Laoyong said: "Her way of life has not yet come to an end, at least there is still a way to go." The big machine said: "But now she is a girl, who does she rely on to support her family?" Wang Laoyong said: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, so you don't need to worry about it. Let's go, let's go." The big machine driving the cart raised its whip and said, "Master, look, she is still kneeling on the road." Wang Laoyong stomped his feet and said, "You girl, why did you decide on a road and go to the dark! The troupe What's the point?" Xian'er was tearful, knelt on the ground and lowered her head without speaking.The big machine persuaded again: "Master, Xian'er is sincere, so you can take her in." Seeing that Xian'er is so pitiful, other artists also persuaded: "Yes, master, let her stay." Wang Laoyong said: "Girl, even if I keep you, what can you do? Everyone can do chores." Capable, learning opera, you are so old and too late, I can't raise someone for nothing, right?" Xian'er said: "Master, I have sung opera before, and I can sing a few sections." Wang Laoyong said: "Oh? How many verses can you sing? Sing it for me." Xian'er said, "Why not? Which verse?" Wang Laoyong said: "Look at the tone, it's up to you." Xian'er said: "Then I'll make a fool of myself, let's play "Mu Guiying's Expedition to the West" and click on that part." He sang while talking, although the singing was still immature, but it was still very formal, but it had the flavor of Lu opera thick.Wang Laoyong asked in amazement: "Have you ever sung Shandong's Qinshu?" Xian'er nodded and said, "Yes." Wang Laoyong said: "Oh, girl, it's hard to do what we do. We can only shut up when the chick opens his mouth." Xianer said, "Master, I know, I can bear it!" Wang Laoyong said: "Fuck us It's difficult in this line of work. South waves and north singing and playing sticks, nine tunes, eighteen tunes and seventy-two coughs, it's not easy to learn." Xian'er said, "I know, I will learn from my master." Wang Laoyong said: "If you sing wrong, you will be beaten, and if you are sick and dead, you will leave the class. No one cares about you." Xian'er said, "I'm not afraid!" car." Xian'er kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Master!" Xian'er got into the car and talked with everyone, feeling secretly happy.It turned out that the Wang family troupe was also going to the Kanto region, and they were like migratory birds, returning north when the weather got warmer.Xian'er said to herself: "Brother Chuanwen, I have nowhere to go. I stumbled into an opera troupe by mistake, but I still headed in the direction of Kanto."God let me definitely find you. It was getting late, and the troupe stopped in a carriage shop.Team leader Wang lived in a room by himself, so he tidied up and called Xian'er in.The house was filled with smoke and candles flickered.On the table is the tablet of Tang Minghuang, the patriarch of Liyuan, and next to it are the tablets of the ancestor and master.Wang Laoyong offered incense and prayed: "Master, master, today our theater troupe is going to add another child. It's breaking the rules. It's a girl. There's nothing I can do about it. This child has spiritual roots and is a good seedling. I don't care about it." If you can lose your eyes, the child will definitely be famous, bring honor to our theater troupe, and will never humiliate the master." Xian'er obediently knelt down on the ground, clasped her hands together, and kowtowed three times.The big machine helped Xian'er up and said, "Kowtow to Master." Wang Laoyong sat on the chair.Xian'er came over, knelt down with a plop, and called out: "Master!" He kowtowed three times, then knelt straight again.Wang Laoyong said: "You are a member of the opera troupe after worshiping the teacher today. The state owns the law, the family has family rules, and our theater troupe also has the rules of the theater troupe. When you join the theater troupe, you will be born as a troupe member and die as an opera troupe." The ghost of the troupe, it can be regarded as naturalized. During the apprenticeship period, there are no actors, and you are in charge of eating and drinking. The master will teach you opera, and you will be beaten and punished. No complaints are allowed. After you become an apprentice, you must work for the troupe and get paid according to your effort Actor..." Xian'er nodded and said: "Master, I remember." Wang Laoyong said: "What I said just now is the rules of learning and acting. We singers must first be good people. No one in this world treats us as opera singers." People, but we have to treat ourselves as human beings, and we must not despise ourselves. You are not allowed to talk about marriage when you join the theater troupe, and you have to leave the theater troupe if you want to marry. Why? Thousands of theater fans , praise you, Mini, for what? Because you belong to everyone, they are their dreams. If you are a pig's head in the temple - if you have a master, who will praise you Mini? Then you are the only one in the eyes of movie fans. Dead, worthless. Well, get up. Big machine, send your junior sister back to the house to rest." Xian'er exits the house.Wang Laoyong said: "Wait a minute, there is one more sentence to tell you, do as the Romans do, and change your accent in the future." Xian'er said crisply: "Hey!" The golden ditch is full of spring, and the Hetao waterway is gurgling.There is a splashing sound of water on the Liuzi, and a splashing sound of water on the golden dustpan.After the "hero pile" was set up, the gold men buried a three-meter-long wooden pole in front of the workshop, and gold tied his head with a red cloth devoutly.There is an offering table in front of the temple.Jin Baotou led the gold husbands to kneel on the grass in unison, and performed a pious ceremony of worshiping mountains and water.After the worship, Jin Da Na supported a thin man and stood in front of the crowd and said: "Guys, today I paid a lot of money to invite Lao Jin Luan from Mohe. He is a good expert in panning gold and ravines. Follow him and you will just wait." Get rich." After giving the order, Jin Da Na sang again: Old Jinpiao also sang with his eyes closed: Everyone shouted together: "Get rich, get rich!" Outside the wooden huts where goldmen live in Jinchang, many goldmen are packing their tools.Niu Dejin said to Zhu Kaishan: "Brother Zhu, worshiping mountains and water is really interesting. There are so many people talking about gold panning." What is he capable of? Even the cabinets are respectful to him." Zhu Kaishan said: "This old gold lump is not simple, he is famous for thousands of miles, and it is all up to him to pull the ditch." Niu Dejin asked: "Hey, come here. I heard about Lagou, what exactly is Lagou?” The little gold grain said: "You don't even know this? It's still called gold, it's shit. Let me tell you, pulling the ditch is to look at the water, stones, and the trend of the mountains in the gold field." Dejin asked: "What are you doing looking at these?" Lao Yan'er said: "You say you are a stick and don't want to listen, choose a nest, and if you don't choose the right nest, your work will be wasted." Niu Dejin said: "Oh, I see .” Jin raised a worn-out flag on the wooden pole in front of the door with his head—"flag raised".Xiao Jinli said: "The flag is up, let's go!" All the gold men went to work with picks and shovels.Lao Jinpiao held his stick in his hand and looked at the mountains and waters with a solemn face.Zhu Kaishan and the gold husbands who lived in the same house followed closely.Old Jin Geda said: "Well, this place is good, Mantou Mountain. Where there is a mountain, there is a ditch. The direction of the ditch depends on the direction. There is no gold in the north-south direction, but there is in the east-west direction." Zhu Kaishan asked: "How do you say it?" Old Jin Geda said: "What is gold? An elf! The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the gold follows the sun and goes from east to west. Look at this ditch gate, hold it tight, there must be Gold. Water is fine, but if you choke on water, gold can stand.” Zhu Kaishan said: “There is a lot of knowledge here.” Old Jin Geda took people to Hetao again, bent down and picked up a fat stone and said: "Well, this stone is female, okay." Zhu Kaishan asked: "Stones also have male and female?" Old Jin Geda stared and said : "Don't ask!" He pointed at a place with a stick, "Here, here." The goldmen dared not say anything, and started digging where the old gold lump pointed.Old Jin Liao suddenly sighed and said: "Oh, if He Laosi is alive, how can I be useful! The golden veins of Wudaogou are all in his stomach..." The partner with Zhu Kaishan was a young and strong boy named Shunzi, he had great strength, but he was inexperienced, thanks to Zhu Kaishan's care.The progress of the two was rapid. Others' wells were still shallow, but their wells were nearly two meters deep.At noon that day, Zhu Kaishan was a moment late drinking at the big black girl, and rushed to the river, where he saw Shunzi shaking his arms.Zhu Kaishan smiled, and frowned when he approached. It turned out that Shunzi didn't know the rules of digging gold, so he enlarged the mouth of the well to be square. Da Jinli came over and said, "Hey, boy, can you dig? Make the well square. It's an old rule to dig a round hole. Why haven't you figured it out yet?" Zhu Kaishan ran over and said, "Yes. Can’t stop, he has never drilled a well and doesn’t know the rules. All right, do as you say.” Just as he was talking, Jin Da used it to inspect the work, walked to Zhu Kaishan's well, and said angrily, "Who told you to do this? Huh?" Zhu Kaishan said, "This child doesn't understand the rules." Dana was furious and said, "He doesn't understand you, doesn't he? The reason the well is made square is that I can't pan for gold! Whoever digs a square well will have to go down! You go down the well, immediately!" Jin Fu was startled , Hiding behind Zhu Kaishan in fright.Zhu Kaishan said: "He is still a child, forget it..." Jin ran over when he heard the noise, and said, "What's wrong, shopkeeper?" Jin Dana said, "Look!" Jin was shocked when he saw it, and said, "My god, boy, you've caused trouble. According to the rules, you have to go down the well, go down quickly." Jin Fu looked at Zhu Kaishan in fear.Zhu Kaishan sighed and went down the well silently.Suddenly, the well caved in.The crowd was stunned, exclaimed for a while, and surrounded them. Jin waved his head indifferently and said, "Fill the well! This well is depressing!" None of the Jinfus moved.Roaring, Jin beat Jinfu with a stick and said, "You guys are going to rebel! Fill it for me!" Little Jinli cried, pawing at the well soil and saying, "Brother, you can't be so cruel, he is still alive!" Moved, the gold husbands had no choice but to fill up the square well.As soon as the well was leveled, everyone was stunned—the soil in the well was constantly loosening. After a while, Zhu Kaishan stood up from the soil in the well, and he became a native!Da Jinli and Xiao Jinli stared blankly at Zhu Kaishan.Lao Yan'er exclaimed in surprise: "God, is this a human being? It's a god!" Jin Dana and Jin backed away in fright.Zhu Kaishan walked forward slowly, forcing Jin's head to the side of the stone cliff.Zhu Kaishan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes spit fire.The gold husbands gathered around, wanting to watch a fierce fight.Unexpectedly, Zhu Kaishan cupped his fists and said: "It's not easy!" After saying that, he fell to the ground. Xiao Jinli carried Zhu Kaishan back to the hut of the gold husbands, and ran back and forth.Zhu Kaishan just let out a sigh of relief, and when he relaxed, he suddenly felt weak, and it took him a long time to recover a little.In the evening, Xiao Jinli gave him water and food.Da Jinli leaned over and said, "Old Zhu, I'm sorry, I'll admit your mistake. Your adults don't fight with villains, it's all because of my lack of eyesight." Zhu Kaishan said softly: "Men, we are all people who travel far and wide, and the poor in the world are brothers. Mountains do not turn around, and the two mountains will never meet. If two people break up, maybe they will meet again in the year of the monkey." You have to forgive others and forgive others, the old saying is not wrong." Da Jinli said: "Old Zhu, you are simply a god, what kind of kung fu did you learn? Teach me." Zhu Kaishan smiled and said: " Where did I get the kung fu? People can do anything in a desperate situation, don’t dogs jump over walls when they are in a hurry?” There is something in the words.Of course Da Jinli understood and said, "That is." The big black girl came, stared at Zhu Kaishan and said: "Oh, it's amazing, it's spread in the gold field, saying that you Zhu Laosan doesn't have the strength of a thousand and eight hundred catties and can't get out of the well! You must be sure." I have practiced gold bell jars and iron cloth shirts, I am convinced!" Zhu Kaishan said: "Stop, don't talk nonsense, let me tell you the truth, you really don't know kung fu, it is true that you have strength." The big black girl said: "That's also divine power." Zhu Kaishan avoided the subject and said: "It's been a few days since I went to your place to drink. I will invite our leader to drink with you someday, and you will also be invited." Said: "No, I still invite you to calm your shock." Jinfu are busy.A group of bandit horses came galloping, stirring up dust all over the sky.Behind a horse was dragging the corpse of an old man, bloody and bloody.All the gold husbands stopped their work and approached the stopped horse team from different directions. Xiao Jinli whispered to Zhu Kaishan while walking: "My god, what's going on?" Zhu Kaishan was speechless with a gloomy face. Jin Da Na ran over and talked to the bandits and said: "Who are you?" "I am me." "Press your wrist!" "Shut the fire." "Where did it come from?" "Hulan Haka." "Dry the grass and dry it? The dry grass is rich in water, and the dry grass is connected to the sea. If it is not empty, it is not dry, and the root of the grass is rolled?" The bandit stopped talking nonsense, and said, "Thank you. Are you the big cabinet here?" Jin Dana said, "Exactly." The bandit raised his whip and said, "Well, it's none of your business. Everyone, take care, This is an old gold prospector, Shandong Bangzi, not one of your people. The old man wants to take the alluvial gold he panned for last year back to Shandong, and he is looking for death!" Zhu Kaishan looked indifferent, and the little gold grain next to him looked at the corpse in horror.Da Jinli, Niu Dejin, Lao Yan'er and others listened with different expressions.All the gold husbands looked at each other with different expressions. The bandits were full of reasoning: "No rules, no rules. This is our territory. We want to protect you from panning for gold. You can't hide the gold after panning, and you can't take it out. It's the end if you take it with you!" and go. Jin Da Na was talking to everyone: "Guys, everyone has seen it. Is it easy for us gold diggers? The government is in charge of us, and there are several caravans waiting for us around us. We must not hide the gold after we pan for gold." If you hide it, you have to hand it over to the cabinet and exchange it for wages. The emperor has ordered that gold is an expense of the Qing Dynasty, and even taking out a single piece of gold is a capital crime. Most of you are from Shandong. It has been hundreds of years. How many people brought gold back home? I advise everyone, don’t take risks, and obey the rules. Guys, all the gold diggers from Shandong are buried here. Since the reign of Daoguang, a gold field has been opened here, until now, No one can take the alluvial gold out! Those who don't follow the rules leave these bones, think about it carefully, is gold or life more important?" Zhu Kaishan remained indifferent.But Lao Yan'er, Niu Dejin and others looked terrified. The narrow gully was silent.Zhu Kaishan led the horse and hid quietly behind a tree, looking at the quiet Mizoguchi.After a long time, Zhu Kaishan suddenly stabbed the horse's butt.The horse neighed and ran towards the mouth of the ditch.Zhu Kaishan watched Mizoguchi with concern.At the mouth of the ditch, a row of dense gunshots suddenly came.The horse neighed and fell.Zhu Kaishan leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes in despair... In Chunhe Shengxia's shop, Chuanwu and two assistants were arranging the shelves.Mr. Chang is teaching Chuanjie to identify various goods.Xia Yuanzhang checked the account books at the counter.Mr. Xia walked into the shop.Xia Yuanzhang got up and greeted him and said, "Father, why don't you take a rest and come here? Are you still worried about entrusting the business to me?" He arranged the old man to sit down at the table while talking.Chuanjie hurriedly delivered the tea, and said with a smile: "Old shopkeeper, drink tea. This is your favorite scented tea. I know you can come at this time. I will bring you a quilt and burn your mouth." Mr. Xia concealed I couldn't help my love, and said: "This child has a delicate heart, and there is business on his face and mouth." Xia Yuanzhang said: "It's not wrong, but it's still a little dull." Mr. Xia said: "Don't worry, take your time to practice. Yuanzhang, let me tell you something." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Father, tell me, my son is listening." Xia Yuanzhang The old man said: "Yuanzhang, there are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. Yushu's mother and my grandson are gone. It's time for you to renew your wife. Let's make a fuss about this matter. You can't let the Xia family die." After that, I'm sorry for my ancestors, besides, this family business can't be inherited by Yushu, right?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Father, since I came back from Lushunkou, I have lost all thoughts. Let's let it go." Mr. Xia said: "Don't delay it for too long. I can't hold up my grandson. The third generation of the Xia family will pass it on alone. Don't let it go in your hands." Cut off the cigarette." Xia Yuanzhang said, "Father, don't worry." Mr. Xia said: "Oh, I blamed me for losing my mind. I shouldn't have let you go to Lushun with your father-in-law to do business. If you stay in Yuanbao Town, you will escape this calamity?" Xia Yuanzhang said, "Oh, no one grew up. Front and back, didn’t father-in-law defect to him because he wanted to have something to do with Mr. Li Hongzhang? Who knows..." Mr. Xia said: "Okay, let's not mention this anymore. I feel panicked when I mention it. I also talked about these two children. I am optimistic about Chuanjie and have aura, but I don't know if my heart is right. I have to watch it slowly." " Xia Yuanzhang said: "What do you think?" Mr. Xia smiled and said, "I have my own way." He took out a copper coin from his pocket.Xia Yuanzhang understood, and said, "Can it be done?" Mr. Xia said, "Why not?" Two days later, in the early morning, Chuanwu was sweeping the yard, and found some copper plates in the corner of the wall. He looked around and put them in his pocket.But Chuanjie saw it and dissuaded him, saying: "Second brother, you can't be obsessed with the things on the cabinet, just hand it over to the cabinet." Chuan Wu said: "Obviously I picked it up, why is it on the cabinet? Why not keep it?" it is good?" Chuanjie said: "Didn't the shopkeeper say that? Everything in the store is on the cabinet, and if you pick it up, you should hand it over to the cabinet." Chuanwu quibbles: "I didn't pick it up from the store either, it was in the yard." Chuanjie said: "You won't hand it in? If you don't hand it in, I'll tell the shopkeeper." Chuanwu said, "Say it, anyway, I picked it up, so I'm not afraid to sue the officials." Chuanjie glanced at him and turned back to Xia Yuanzhang's house. walk in. Xia Yuanzhang was chatting with Yushu.Xia Yuanzhang said: "Yushu, a girl who reads so many letters from your family is running out, and can't take the imperial examination. In the future, she will work harder on female celebrities." Yushu said, "Father, I am not for the imperial examination, but just want Learn more knowledge. Why can't we go to school like Westerners for men and women? It's not fair." Xia Yuanzhang said: "We are the Qing Dynasty, we are not like Westerners, and we emphasize equality between men and women. Dad has indulged you enough, I didn't let you bind your feet, look, how can a girl as old as you not bind her feet now?" At this moment, Chuanjie came in and said, "Shopkeeper, I have something to tell you." Xia Yuanzhang: "Oh? There are those who lost money, at most a dozen copper coins at a time." Xia Yuanzhang pretended to be surprised and said: "Is that so? There is nothing to make a fuss about. We have a lot of customers on the counter. Maybe they lost it. You pick it up and keep it. Go on, buy something good to honor your mother." Chuanjie said: "I can't do that, everything here is on the cabinet, according to the rules, whatever you find should be handed in to the cabinet, and I will hand it in." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Okay, that's good." Chuanjie murmured again: "The shopkeeper, my second brother also picked up the money just now, but he didn't hand it in. I persuaded him to hand it in but he refused. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I have to tell you about this, please forgive me." He is more disciplined." Xia Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Oh? What happened? This is a violation of the store's rules, and I must strictly discipline him." Yu Shu frowned when he heard this, and said, "Chuanjie, no matter what, he It's your second elder brother, aren't you betraying your brother?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Yushu, what are you talking about! Brothers who don't obey the rules and become younger brothers should be stopped. To learn to do business, you must first learn to be a human being, and you must be honest. Chuanjie , you did the right thing." After a trial, Xia Yuanzhang felt more measured, and asked Mr. Chang to cultivate Chuanjie more.One day Chuanjie was cleaning the counter, and Mr. Chang beckoned and said, "Chuanjie, come here." Chuanjie asked, "Mr. Chang, what's the matter?" Mr. Chang held a mink fur and said, "Try your eyesight." What kind of leather is this?" Chuanjie said, "Do you still need to ask? Sable fur." ​​Mr. Chang said, "Let's see how it looks." Chuanjie looked at the leather carefully, touched it with his hands for a while, thought for a while and said: "Good leather, high-quality, winter leather." Xia Yuanzhang, who was sitting at the table and always paying attention to Chuanjie, took it and said: "The ones that can be sent here Don’t worry about the sable furs, they are all winter furs, and no one can hunt them except in winter.” Chuanjie said, “Shopkeeper, tell me how to hunt sables.” Chuanwu also came over and said, “The shopkeeper Yes, tell me." Xia Yuanzhang said: "The hunting mink is also called hunting the big skin. This thing is suspicious by nature and it is difficult to catch. The hunters set off just after the first snow in winter. They dig traps and bury barriers in the places where this thing haunts. Then start to drive, and this drive will last the whole winter until the next spring, when the snow on the mountain melts and the mountain road becomes muddy, the mink will return to the old place step by step. In the end, it fell into a trap and became a hunter's bag. The best hunters can only catch one mink a year." The two children were fascinated, and exclaimed: "Ah, minks are so hard to catch!" Xia Yuanzhang said: "It is because they are so hard to catch that they are so precious. The best mink skins are all sent as tribute to the imperial palace, except for the emperor's concubine as a mandarin jacket." , vests and waistcoats are mainly used to make sleeves for the emperor’s ministers.” Chuanjie said: “Sleeves? Such a good thing as sleeves?” Xia Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said: “Is it possible for the emperor’s ministers to eat big fish and meat all day long? Phlegm? They don't like to spit in front of everyone, so they spit in the mink sleeves. The mink sleeves have the same advantage, that is, they don't get mud or water. Shake it, and the phlegm will fly out." Chuanjie said: "Ah, no wonder it is said that mink fur is a treasure of Guandong Mountain, it really is a good thing." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Chuanjie, come with me and show you something." Chuanwu said: "The shopkeeper, I will go and see too?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "It's no use showing you, you go and clean up the warehouse." Clean it up." Chuanwu had no choice but to hang his head and go out. On the shelves in the warehouse upstairs, various treasures of Kanto specialties are neatly and orderly placed.Xia Yuanzhang held something: "Chuanjie, look, what is this?" Chuanjie said, "Is this velvet antler?" Xia Yuanzhang smiled and said, "That's right. Will you look at the quality of this thing?" Chuanjie shook his head.Xia Yuanzhang said: "The top grade of velvet antler is called blood slices. In spring, the deer's horns fade and new horns begin to grow. If you cut them while they are young, they will be blood slices, and they will be worthless when they are old. Is it blood slices?" Identification? You cut off a piece and look at the sun, the red one is the blood piece. Look at this piece and remember the color.” Chuanjie looked at the blood smears of deer antlers in the sunlight, and sighed, "Master, you have too much knowledge about mountain goods!" Chuan Wu tidied up the warehouse, feeling bored, slipped outside the door and saw Hei Niu from Wu's shop next door squatting at the door.He leaned over, pulled Hei Niu and said, "Let's play with bones, and whoever loses will get a lot of money." Hei Niu thought for a while, and agreed.The two of them competed enthusiastically.After a few rounds, Chuanwu lost. Hei Niu said: "You lose, give me a lot of money." Chuanwu said: "I don't have it now, I owe it first. Come on, let's play again." Hei Niu said: "You are lying, I won't play with you anymore." Chuanwu grabbed Hei Niu by the collar and said, "Do you want to play or not? If you don't play, give me back the winner." Hei Niu said: "Why? Pay you back? I won." Chuanwu said: "If you don't pay back, I will beat you!" Hei Niu said: "You dare!" Chuanwu said: "Dare!" The two started fighting in a hurry.The impatient Hei Niu picked up a stone and threw it on Chuanwu's head, causing blood to flow profusely from Chuanwu's head.Chuanwu was also impatient, picked up the broom by the door and rushed towards the window of Wu's shop, poking the window paper to pieces.Shopkeeper Wu went out and shouted: "Shopkeeper Xia, come out and have a look, your guy has gone crazy!" Xia Yuanzhang and Chuanjie upstairs rushed out of the shop.Xia Yuanzhang sternly shouted: "Chuanwu, don't act wild! Go back!" Chuanjie hugged Chuanwu tightly and said, "Second brother, go back." Yu Shu said: "Chuanjie, you don't need to stop, the black cow is too wild! Why did you break your brother's head? You should be right!" Xia Yuanzhang yelled at his daughter, "Stop fanning them, and I will deal with you one by one later!"