Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

Zhu Kaishan went straight to the wooden house where Xian'er lived in the birch forest, and he smashed the pots and pans in the house with a stick.Chuanwen watched silently.After Zhu Kaishan hit enough, he stopped by himself, panting heavily.Chuanwen carefully supported him to sit in front of the door, persuading him, "Father, it's okay, they won't come back here, let's look elsewhere." Zhu Kaishan said tearfully, "Boss, I can't afford to lose it." This man, I really want to kill him head-on! My father killed a foreigner, Lao Jingou fought with officers and soldiers, and horse thieves, shot Lao Guozi with darts, and horseshoe gold sent Jinda to the west, but today he was defeated by this rebellious son Hands, my heart can't handle it!" Chuanwen said: "Father, father and son have not won or lost, don't think about it, let's go find him." Zhu Kaishan said sadly: "I won't look for it anymore, Guandongshan The place is too big, if he doesn't want to come back, it's useless to look for it, think about how to deal with the Han family, this hurdle is not easy!"

Xiu'er sat numbly on the kang head of the new house, weeping silently, staring blankly at the big red happy letter on the window.There was a knock at the door.Xiu'er raised her head, and it turned out to be Ichiro.Xiu'er wiped away her tears and said softly, "Ichiro, why are you still up so late? Go to sleep!" Ichiro stood still.Xiu'er said, "Did you hear that? Go to sleep!" Ichiro slowly moved two steps forward as if he didn't hear, then suddenly took out a handkerchief from his pocket, stuffed it in Xiu'er's hand, turned around and ran away in a panic .Xiu'er looked at the handkerchief and silently wiped her tears.

Xiu Er returned home.Han Laohai paced on the ground, gritted his teeth, and growled, "Zhu Kaishan is not a joke! He is just kidding me, embarrassing me, tearing off my face, throwing it under his feet, and trampling on me!" Again. Girl, I must get rid of this bad breath! If I don’t fart, I won’t be able to see people in Yuanbao Town, and the dogs in Yuanbao Town will laugh their teeth out! I’ll go find him right away!” Han Laohai led the relatives, and the guys copied the belongings, and slammed the door aggressively.All the doors and windows of the Zhu family were wide open, and everyone in the Zhu family stood obediently in the yard without saying a word.Ichiro snuggled into Wen Ta Niang's arms, his face full of fear.Han Laohai's eyes turned red, and he shouted: "Smash it for me, hit it hard!"Chuanwen was anxious, Zhu Kaishan grabbed him.

Han Laohai didn't care about this, he raised his head, and with a "bang", he smashed the Zhu family's pot.Chuanwen yelled, "Father, they are bullying people to the point of bullying, and I will fight them!" Zhu Kaishan lightly raised his hand, threw Chuanwen to the ground, and shouted, "Who dares to move?" I'll tell him not to get up for the rest of his life!" Nawen hurried over to help Chuanwen up, staring at his father-in-law but dared not speak.After a while, Zhu's house was smashed into a mess.Wen Ta Niang said: "Dear family, are you done venting your anger?"

Han Laohai said angrily: "Zhu Kaishan, our family is not finished!" He waved his hands and said, "Guys, this is the first time, let them clean up and come back tomorrow!" The Han family left. The whole family looked at Zhu Kaishan, but they didn't dare to say anything.Zhu Kaishan was silent for a long time and said: "Chuanwen, you go to Han's house to give a message. I will invite him to drink and talk at the tavern in the town at noon this afternoon. I ask him to show his face." Chuanwen cried and said: "Father, he took our family's The pot is smashed, it’s the same as digging our ancestral grave, why should he still invite him to drink!” Zhu Kaishan said: “Oh, we are unreasonable when it comes to this matter, if it spreads on us, it will not relieve our anger, Compare your heart with your heart. I will sit with him and let the elders make a cleanup." Chuanwen said: "Then let's bear with it?" Zhu Kaishan sighed and said: "We from Shandong went to the east of the Guandong and planed on the ground of others. It’s not easy to eat, and there are impenetrable Kanto corn all around, and we have only one Shandong sorghum planted in the field, a single tree cannot form a forest, so we must be careful in everything!”

Zhu Kaishan waited for Han Laohai in a tavern in Yuanbao Town.Han Laohai was still aggressive and brought over the prestigious old man in the town and some Dilong (northeast dialect, villain), and everyone sat down.Zhu Kaishan got up and cupped his fists and said: "Dear family, calm down, we are all so old, and the anger hurts the body. I, Zhu Kaishan, am standing here now, but I am kneeling and talking to you in my heart. My children can't help it when they grow up. , our Zhu family is sorry for you, let alone Xiu'er, I will admit whatever you want, and I will never say anything." Han Laohai said angrily: "Zhu Kaishan, is your family still called someone? Chuanwu ran away , What about my daughter? Are you still married or not? Can a married person marry out? Does not marry make her a widow for the rest of her life? Ah?" Zhu Kaishan said: "My in-laws, what you said is the truth, wait for me to catch you Live this turtle boy and chop him alive in front of you!" Han Laohai said: "Hmph! It is said that Shandong is the home of Confucius and Mencius, a country of etiquette. Is this how you, Zhu Kaishan, raised your children?"

Zhu Kaishan kept nodding his head and pleaded guilty, saying, "It's my father's fault for raising or not teaching." An old man said indignantly, "You Shandong people are just eloquent and full of benevolence and morality. What can you do? It's enough to comment. You crossed the river and came to Yuanbao Town, are we bullying people here? Ah, we don’t bully you, but you are bullying people! Yuanbao Town, what do you say? I think this is unfair.” Long Xiaosan slapped the table and said, "I just see the injustice! Chuanwu, don't let me run into him. If I scratch him, I'll tie him up in the woods and let the beasts dismember him!" One simply grabbed Zhu Kaishan by the neck and said, "Why are you arresting his son? Let him teach him a lesson today!" Zhu Kaishan shouted angrily, "Bastard! You don't have the right to talk here !” After speaking, he secretly exercised the power of his palm and slapped down, only to hear a "boom" and the wine table fell down with his palm, and the wine and vegetables spilled all over the floor.

Everyone was shocked by Zhu Kaishan's divine power, and their faces changed drastically.Han Laohai slipped away with embarrassment.At this time, a member of the Han family ran in panting and said: "No, Xiu'er jumped into the well!" Zhu Kaishan and Han Laohai stood up at the same time and said: "Ah!" The visitor took a few breaths and said: " Fortunately, we have been rescued, Old Uncle Han, go back and have a look!" After half a month, the life of the Zhu family was considered peaceful, and the family sat together to have a stable meal.Wen Ta Niang said: "Oh, these days the matter called Chuanwu is quite noisy. The family didn't have a good meal, so they are more at ease. Let's bake green onion pancakes tomorrow." That Wen said sweetly: " Mother, I will pull the bellows." Wen Ta Niang said: "You can also pull a bellows." That Wen smiled and said: "Mother, I am Yang Paifeng, and I am the Huotou Army." Wen Ta Niang said: "Pull it down, just you, the fire-headed army? Pull up the air box and tighten it for a while, and loosen it for a while, like a moon child convulsing, I can't blame you." The text said: "Mother, our air box is not working well, so I can't complain. That Wen." His mother Wen said: "Look, you protect your wife when you talk about it. Why doesn't our wind box work well? Your daughter-in-law broke it! Damn, she's called Lafeng Crater? Catch up with the big saw, whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, hudrattARDER, grit your teeth and close your eyes, as if you have a grudge against someone." Zhu Kaishan said majestically: "Okay, you can't keep your mouth idle after a meal Where's Ichiro?" Mrs. Wen said, "Huh? I was playing in the yard just now, but my back is gone. Where did he go?"

Just as he was talking, Ichiro walked into the courtyard angrily, with wounds on his face and torn clothes, he kept waving his arms, but didn't say a word.His mother Wen was taken aback, and asked: "It's hurt, my old man, what happened to you? Who beat you? Tell mother, who is it? Who hit him so hard?" Chuanwen also stood up suddenly. Said: "Ichiro, tell big brother, who beat you like this? I told your third brother to clean him up!" Ichiro sat on the stool panting, holding his breath, but still didn't say a word.Zhu Kaishan said: "Don't ask, you must have been bullied by the children in the village. This is not acceptable! Chuanwen, you go and ask me, I have to come to the door to explain this truth in person!" After the words fell, Ichiro bang Lying on the ground with a sound, twitching all over.The whole family was shocked, they stroked their chests and pinched them again.After a long time, he took out a breath and cried loudly.Wen Ta Niang said distressedly: "My old man has lost his temper." Zhu Kaishan said: "This child, why is he so angry!"

After dinner, Chuanwen led Yilang into the courtyard, put on a posture, and said, "Ichiro, may I teach you some tricks?" Yilang said, "Ha Yi!" Chuanwen said, "Tell me about China." Talk!" Ichiro said: "Okay, let's teach!" Chuanwen said while gesticulating: "Remember, this is a unique trick. When someone bullies you again, and you see that you can't beat him, what should you do? You have to Walk slowly on your side, but your eyes can’t be idle. What are you doing? You have to see if there are any stones in the ground. When you go to a place with stones, you first jump up with a cry, lie down on the ground, and slap the ground with your palms... ..." Ichiro asked: "What are you doing shooting the land?" Chuanwen said with a gesture: "Shooting the land, what do you see in my hand?" Ichiro said: "Loess." Chuanwen said: "That's right, The two handfuls of loess were thrown towards his eyes, and he was immediately fascinated. At this time, if you pick up the stone again, you can clean it up as you want. Do you understand? This trick was taught by your second brother. A hundred battles, a hundred victories!" Ichiro thought to himself, and smiled...

Wen Ta Niang is pulling the bellows to cook.Ichiro hugged Wen Ta Niang from behind.Mrs. Wen said: "Little old man, what are you doing? Are you hungry again? Don't worry, there are pig's trotters in the pot. You can eat it first when the pot boils. Don't let your elder brother see it. It's easy to talk about me. I'm biased." Ichiro didn't speak.Wen Ta Niang pulled the bellows and said: "What's the matter? Little old man, talk." Ichiro said softly: "I, I read the almanac. Today is my birthday." Said: "My God, why didn't you say it earlier? Okay, let's change the meal! Let's cook eight hot dishes tonight, and my mother will roll out longevity noodles for you. Let's make some noise!" That night, the Zhu family really set up a sumptuous banquet.After Da Chuanwu left, it was never so lively.Zhu Kaishan blushed and said, "Our Ichiro's birthday wine is almost done, let's go up." Nawen put bowls of steaming Shandong braised noodles on the Eight Immortals table.Wen Ta Niang said: "Ichiro, let's eat noodles." Ichiro stroked his round belly and said, "I can't eat any more." Zhu Kaishan said: "Ichiro, you have to eat this bowl of noodles. We Chinese eat noodles on our birthdays. You have to eat longevity noodles. This is a particular thing. What do you mean? It is auspicious, long-term and far-reaching, and smooth. Look, this is Shandong braised noodles. Let me tell you, you can eat this bowl of noodles for the rest of your life. Remember, look at what’s in this marinade, soy sauce marinated, a layer of egg flowers, bacon slices, day lily, wild fungus, this stew, only authentic Shandong people can make it, no matter you go Where to eat what kind of noodles, it is not so easy to eat a bowl of Shandong braised noodles. Come!" He picked up a long noodle and couldn't help but praise, "It's so long, this is your mother's handicraft. Let's go!" Ichiro opened his mouth to pick up the long noodle, and he ate it so much that the whole family was amused. While it was busy, there was a sudden knock on the door.Chuanwen hurried to open the door.After a while, Chuanwen led a well-dressed middle-aged couple in.The whole family looked at them blankly.Ichiro suddenly became short of breath, and shouted in Japanese: "Mom and Dad!" Weeping, he threw himself into the arms of the middle-aged couple.The Zhu family all understood and were dumbfounded. Ichiro's father kept bowing to the Zhu family, crying in Japanese mixed with Chinese: "Thank you for giving my son a second life. We thought he was dead. After we returned to Japan, we heard that he was killed." A kind-hearted Chinese family was rescued and came to us, and we rushed here from Japan. Thank you, you are his reborn parents, I want to take him away, can you?" Seeing Zhu's family looking at each other, he He hurriedly took out a handful of money from his pocket and said, "This is my compensation. I'm sorry, but if it's not enough, I can still send it. Please accept it." Zhu Kaishan looked at Wen Ta Niang.Wen Ta Niang said: "You can take it away, my child. You can keep the money for me. Don't look down on us!" Ichiro's mother asked in a low voice: "What do you need?" Wen Ta Niang said softly: " Today is the child's birthday, I think according to the Chinese rules, you let the child finish the bowl of noodles before leaving!" Ichiro's parents nodded like a pest: "Of course!" Said: "Ichiro, eat noodles! Eat them all! This is longevity noodles!" Ichiro looked at Mrs. Wen, picked up the bowl, and ate slowly. As he ate, his shoulders shook, and suddenly he put down the bowl, knelt down in front of Mrs. Wen, and cried out, "Mom..." Wen Ta Niang said softly: "The noodles are finished, let's go with your parents." Ichiro said: "Mom..." Wen Ta Niang waved his hand and raised his voice and said: "Go! Go home with your parents! After saying that, he walked slowly into the back room, his face was already covered with tears... Zhu Kaishan helped up Ichiro who was kneeling on the ground, and said emotionally: "Good boy, you are the fourth son of the old Zhu family, and your parents will always miss you..." Ichiro knelt down again and knocked three times hard. Nodding his head, he turned around and ran out the door.Everyone was stunned, Chuanwen wanted to chase after him, but Zhu Kaishan stopped him and said: "Let him go, I think he is thinking of Xiu'er." Ichiro ran outside with tears streaming down his face, knelt on the ground, and shouted towards the open field: "Sister Xiu'er, sister Xiu'er..." Chuanwen cried and ran into the house and said: "Father, it's not good. The horse in our stable has lost a horse, and many pigs in the pen have died. Go and have a look!" Without changing his face, he said: "I've already said it, my wife will not be so safe and sound, and everyone who should come has come." Chuanwen said: "Father, Han Laohai must have done it, I will go to him to settle the score!" Kaishan smiled wryly and said: "Looking for someone to settle accounts with? What about your evidence? Who can prove that he stole our horses and poisoned our pigs? To settle accounts with others is to give them a spanking!" Chuanwen said: "This Do you still need evidence? Who has enmity with our family? Isn’t it clear? I’ll sue the officials!” Zhu Kaishan said: “You think the mouth under your nose is the only thing that grows, and the other’s is not a hole!” Chuanwen said : "Then forget it? I can't swallow this breath!" Zhu Kaishan said sharply: "If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it! Didn't the culture and education teach you the saying of people's hearts? People in our family now go out and they poke their spines. Now you go to them to reason. Everyone in Yuanbao Town will not Talk to you!" The voice became sad and said, "Children, it is not easy to create a good reputation in this life, but it is not troublesome to get a bad reputation, as long as you say a word that cools everyone's hearts, one thing If you do something that hurts everyone, it will be even more difficult to restore your good reputation! Chuanwen, the reputation of our old Zhu family has been thrown into the latrine by Chuanwu, we have to put it Pick it up, wash it, dry it, dry it in the summer sun for a few days, let Laodong’s ice and snow freeze it for a few times, then take it back and smell it, maybe it still smells bad!” Chuanwen stomped his feet and wailed, "Chuanwu, Chuanwu, you were not beaten up by someone, and you ruined our house alone! Catch me and skin you alive!" Jumped out of the room and scolded: "Chuanwen, who are you scolding? I and your father are not human? If you hit the pot, you will talk about the pot, if you smash the pot, you will talk about the pot. If you scold Chuanwu, I can't say anything else. I can't agree! I think you are getting more and more outrageous these days! His father, you let the boss scold us like this? Huh? Don't let a fart go?" Zhu Kaishan got a little angry, raised the copper basin high, slammed it to the ground, stomped his feet and said: "Fuck your mother, I don't care about it!" Who is this scolding?Both Wen Ta Niang and Chuan Wen were confused.The family was arguing, and the village carpenter Huang brought a young apprentice into the yard.Zhu Kaishan hastily smiled.Carpenter Huang asked: "Old master, what kind of furniture do you want to build this time? Could it be that the third son is getting married too? Open boxes and cabinets?" Zhu Kaishan smiled and said: "He? It's still early. Master Huang, I would like you to make ten The plow sticks used by our Shandong people.” Huang carpenter said: “What? The plow sticks used by you Shandong people? Your plow sticks are different from ours?” Zhu Kaishan said: “It’s different, yours is called Man plow , It is very different from ours in Shandong.” Carpenter Huang shook his head and said, “Forget it, we will make full plows. I have never seen what kind of plow stick you mentioned.” Zhu Kaishan said: “Wait Let’s go.” Going back to the room, I brought the blueprints I drew, “It’s not difficult, I’ve drawn a big sample for you, and you just follow it.” Carpenter Huang took the blueprints, looked at them carefully and said, “Just follow the steps. This way, this size?” Zhu Kaishan said, “Yes!” Huang Carpenter said, “Make ten pairs?” Zhu Kaishan said, “One pair must not be less!” Huang Carpenter asked, “Why are you making so many?” Zhu Kaishan Said: "You just hit it, I have my own use." Chuanwen was very puzzled and said: "Father, let's not talk about the materials used to make ten pairs of plow sticks. How much is the salary alone? What are you doing with this unreasonable money? What are you doing?" Talk about it." Zhu Kaishan smiled and said: "Chuanwen, you have to look ten steps ahead for everything, and it will be useful at that time!" It was getting cold, and Zhu's family rested early for the night.Chuanwen lay on the kang, rolled his eyes with his head resting on his arms, and laughed loudly.That text said: "Sir, what are you laughing at?" Chuanwen said: "Nothing." I said, let me handle the affairs of the guys from now on." Nawen said: "What's so happy about this?" Chuanwen said with a stern neck: "Let me take care of the guys today, what about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? In the future, everything in this family... huh?" Na Wen said: "Don't get too complacent, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, you should first think about how to manage the guys well!" Chu said: "The guys in our family are getting more and more shameless now. They played cards all night last night, and today they can't go to work for some reason. Let's talk, everyone's mouth is crackling, and their necks are still stiff. , belongs to jujube thorn, one dozen and one stalk, shaking the head and pulling the horns, it is not easy to straighten, I am so mad!" After speaking, he lay down again. Nawen comforted Chuanwen and said, "There's nothing to be angry about. Back then, our prince's mansion..." suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue.Chuanwen first casually said: "Go on, your prince's mansion back then...huh?" Suddenly reacted, sat up suddenly, stared at the text and said: "If I remember correctly, you This is the second time I have mentioned 'Prince's Mansion', tell me the truth, what did your house do?" Na Wen smiled and said: "Sir, we have lived together for such a long time, you see our house looks like What are you doing?" Chuanwen guessed and said: "Prince's Mansion... Could it be that you are really Gege?" The text tried hard to find Gege's feeling and said, "Do you think I look like me?" Chuanwen looked at his wife carefully and murmured: " My mother! Are you so cute?" Na Wen smiled and said, "Sir, you are so lucky, tell your heart, how have I been doing since I married you?" Chuanwen couldn't help saying: "Okay, it couldn't be better!" Then he couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing, and sighed happily: "Oh, God, I really found a princess!" He hugged that Wen and kissed him twice, and then pretended to be serious, "What's wrong with Gege? Gege is also Zhu Chuanwen's daughter-in-law, and she has to serve me honestly!" While speaking, she happily rolled forward on the kang.Na Wen smiled and said, "Okay, okay, don't go crazy! Let's talk about the buddy." Chuanwen approached the text excitedly and said: "Gege, please tell me, hey, by the way, your prince's mansion used to hire a lot of servants, how did your house manage?" Capture the king first. Don't look at those servants who have the same status in front of the master. There is a boss behind them. If you subdue the boss, the others will obey obediently. Sitou is not easy to deal with, and I, Amalius, managed to make sure he was in good shape." Chuanwen hurriedly asked: "How do you adjust it? You teach me." The text said: "The song taught is not good, our family lacks materials." Chuanwen said: "What materials are missing?" The text said: " Let me tell you how Ama handles Dashang. One night, Ama got Dashang drunk and sent a handsome servant girl to tease him. Waiting to enter the port..." Chuanwen interrupted her: "Wait a minute, what port are you entering? Why are you talking and arriving at the pier?" The text said: "Look at you, I asked you if you saw it and you said you did, how many times did you come back? I remembered, the nineteenth time, it was said that Qin Zhong took a fancy to Zhi Zhier, a little nun in the Mantou Temple, and went to have an affair at night. Said that he was about to enter Hong Kong and was caught by Baoyu. Entering Hong Kong means...understand?" Chuanwen said: "Oh, you also read this kind of book? No wonder I met you for the first time, seeing that you are steady, enter It’s not you after you enter the bridal chamber, you man-eating tiger! It’s all those idle books that have spoiled you. After talking for a long time, where did you go? Tell me how your father subdued Dashang.” Nawen giggled and said, "Ama grabbed Dashang's braid and wanted to sue the officials, Dashang knelt down and begged for mercy, and after that he will be obedient." Chuanwen pondered and said, "Well, this is a good way, But our family is short of materials..." Looking at the text, he stopped talking.That Wen said with a straight face, "What do you want to do?" Chuanwen immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, no matter what, I won't be willing to use you as bait. I was just thinking. Give me the trick you just said Leading a way." Nawen suddenly said coquettishly: "Sir, you already know my true identity, from now on..." Chuanwen hugged her in his arms and said, "I will treat her well for the rest of my life. you!" A young woman sat with her head bowed in the living room of Xia's house, looking quite upright.Xia Yuanzhang looked at her with a smile, then handed him a cup of tea, and the young woman took the cup with her head down.Yushu walked into the living room and said, "Dad, are you calling me?" Xia Yuanzhang said, "Yushu, let me introduce you. This is the Aunt Qiaoyun I told you about. You came from Shandong to join relatives who are not here now. Yuanbao Town, there is no place to settle down, I plan to..." Yushu said: "Dad, don't talk about it, I understand what you mean, you should have a family by now." Qiaoyun said: "Sir, this is Miss Yushu? Cong Jun’er’s man.” Xia Yuanzhang said, “Yushu, I think I’ll get things done in the next few days. I don’t want to make too much noise about it, just invite relatives and friends to sit down.” Yushu said "Dad, you can do whatever you want, I have no objection." Xia Yuanzhang said, "Well, take your aunt to the horse tailor's tailor's shop to make some clothes. Choose the best materials. Don't be reluctant to spend money." "Yu Shu said: "Understood. Aunt Qiaoyun, let's go!" In Yuanbao Town, the tavern business is booming, and there are customers from all over the world.An old artist sang the traditional old jokes of the Kanto Drum with a rich voice and emotion.Boss Wu of Fu Xingxiang opposite Chunhesheng hummed the drums with his legs crossed, but his eyes were fixed on the door. Seeing Xia Yuanzhang coming in, he got up quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Oh, shopkeeper Xia is really golden and jade. It's so hard to please, my pot of wine is warm and warm, and if I don't drink it, the smell will all fly away." Xia Yuanzhang lifted up his long gown and sat down, and said politely: "Wu shopkeeper, how dare you be negligent in inviting wine? The counter just took over a business, and I didn't get away for a while, please forgive me." Boss Wu said: "No, no, I But I don’t mean to blame, it’s just that I’m a little anxious after waiting for a long time. Come, drink, and order a few seasonal dishes, not a meal.” Xia Yuanzhang said: “This is very good, very good. Oh, these few The side dishes are so good, the color is fresh, and you can catch a glutton at a glance. Not bad." The two picked up their glasses to drink, but their eyes were secretly looking at each other. A man in a long gown came into the hotel with a package on his back, sat down in a quiet corner, and gave some instructions to the bartender.The guy serves a plate of peanuts and a jug of wine.The man stretched out his orchid fingers to pinch the wine cup, and took a small sip to drink slowly, very elegantly.Xia Yuanzhang had a panoramic view of every move. Boss Wu smiled and said: "Oh, why didn't you tell me about the reunion a few days ago? You should prepare some congratulations. In the end, you did it secretly, not enough friends!" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Oh, it's not The first marriage, what are you talking about? Besides, she came from Shandong alone to join her relatives, and the relatives have left, and there is no one at her mother's house, and there is nothing to do." Boss Wu said: "I heard that the new sister-in-law is very beautiful. You are also virtuous, but you have never seen her before, even I, who is the opposite door, have not been able to see your beauty. You are really a treasure in a golden house, how long are you going to hide?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Why are you so anxious? Ah, shy, I'm a little shy for newcomers, I don't want to go out, and I won't be able to see it sooner or later? Hey, shopkeeper Wu, you are not going to attack Soochow for this matter today, right? If you have anything to say, please speak face to face. "Boss Wu Said: "The shopkeeper Xia is shrewd, and I can't hide anything from you. Then I will tell you?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "Say it, no one is blocking your mouth." Boss Wu said: "Oh, I didn't listen to you last time, and I fell into a big fall with you raising the price to collect mountain goods. I haven't recovered from my fatigue until now, and I dare not do anything. No, I have two You hold your spare money tightly, so you dare not act rashly. I heard that you are planning to do a big job after autumn, and you are not very handy with money, so you are pulling stocks everywhere. I am also thinking about it. The dry mountain goods company is competing with you It's no use, why don't you invest the money in a stock with you, I don't know if shopkeeper Xia will appreciate it." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Okay, if you have money, everyone earns money. If you buy shares, it is flattering me. Can you not welcome it?" Boss Wu said: "Then let's finalize the deal today?" , the gentleman in the long gown drank the wine with tears streaming down his face, and sighed to the sky.Boss Wu glanced at him and said, "Eh? This guy is very handsome, he doesn't seem to be from this place." Xia Yuanzhang said, "I've never seen him before. I think this person's behavior is very unusual. Either he is rich and poor, or he is unappreciated." Boss Wu Said: "I think it's the same. It seems that there is something worrying about it. Cough, aren't we weeping at the Three Kingdoms and worrying about the ancients? On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, when the new year is over, the Stove Lord of the family will send it by himself. Don't worry about him. Drink our wine." The two chatted for a few words and then dispersed.Xia Yuanzhang went back to Chunhesheng. Seeing that Mr. Chang and Chuanjie were busy, he smiled and sat at the counter with a smug expression on his face. Chuanjie next to him said respectfully, "Shopkeeper, is there something good?" Xia Yuanzhang Nodded and said: "Good thing. I told you that the shopkeeper Wu has handed over his gun today, and he will not compete with us for the mountain goods business. He bought our stock and said that he wants to change to the grocery business in the future. Hee hee." Jie said, "That's good. This way we will have one less competitor, and the business will be much easier." Xia Yuanzhang said in a somewhat flustered tone: "You said that our Yuanbao Town is not a big place. How many houses do you think this mountain product has built? Not counting our spring and prosperity, it will be blessed and prosperous. This street There are also Ganjuhao, Dexingyu, Tiancheng, Fuliande... There are no less than ten companies, and Yamada Yangxing, which is opened by the Japanese, also sells mountain products. Why are there so many mountain products in a town? Kanto Shanwuhua Tianbao, we here Yuanbao Town is located in a good corner, backed by deep mountains and old forests, and facing Dadianzi, which is full of flat rivers. The business is not authentic, either bullying the market, or cheating, making the reputation of our Yuanbao Town a bit stinky. I just want to make our business bigger and stronger, to be a leader, to set up the rules of our industry, and to It’s a blessing.” Chuanjie said: "The shopkeeper's ambition is really big, and he thinks long-term. The current mountain goods business in Yuanbao Town is doing this. Who will suffer in the end? Either the owner or the buyer. The market is ups and downs, cold and hot, and our risks are also high. Sir, it would be great if there is someone from everyone who can take the lead to maintain order. I see that the one who can take the lead in the future is none other than you, the shopkeeper.” Xia Yuanzhang said confidently: “This day will not be too far away. Right?" He raised his head and looked at Guoer, with pride in his heart, he turned his eyes back, only to see the long-clothed guest he met in the hotel just now wandering in front of his shop.Chuanjie also saw it, and said, "This guy doesn't look like a local." Xia Yuanzhang said: "I met this man when we were drinking in Lin Xiangyuan with the shopkeeper Wu who was opposite me. Seeing that his gestures are just right, he is either born in an official or a child of everyone. It seems that he is down and out and has encountered difficulties. Biography Jie, go and invite him to the living room to talk." Chuanjie said: "The shopkeeper, what do you ask someone to do if you don't know him?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "It won't hurt if you make friends with such people. Go." Chuanjie agreed. He walked out of the store with a sound. Chuanjie invited people in.Qiaoyun serves tea to the guests.The man was a little confused and said: "Shopkeeper, what do you need from me? We are strangers!" Xia Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said, "Sir, this is not the first time we have met, we met in Linxiang Garden. Excuse me, Mr. Fu?" The man was stunned for a while and said: "Oh, oh, oh, yes, yes. My name is Tong Chuanxi, whose name is Anguo." Mr. Xia said, "I am the shopkeeper here, Xia Yuanzhang." Tong Chuanxi said: "I have long admired you. Long time ago, shopkeeper Xia, what can I teach you?" Xia Yuanzhang said: "I see that Mr. Tong's speech and behavior are uncommon but depressed, and there seems to be something hard to say. Is there something difficult? Can you tell me, maybe I can help you." Tong Chuanxi bowed his head and did not speak, tears Big drops rolled down cheeks.Xia Yuanzhang was shocked and said: "Mr. Tong, what's the matter? Please tell me if you have something to say, don't cry!" Tong Chuanxi sighed and said: "There is a saying that a man with eyebrows does not flick his tears lightly. That is not to the point of sadness. Is there a problem, or a big problem." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Mr. Tong, why don't you tell me what difficulties you have, maybe I can share your worries." Tong Chuanxi said: "To be honest, I am a banner man, Zheng Huangqi. My father was an official in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty, and the official reached the third rank. No, the emperor has abdicated, and the revolutionaries are at peace, but who knows that my father He was urged to take part in the restoration of the country, and now he has been imprisoned in a prison in the capital because of a lawsuit." Xia Yuanzhang said, "Oh, this is troublesome." Tong Chuanxi said: "That's right! No, my father asked someone to send a message a few days ago, saying that if we move the money, we can avoid the disaster of death. The family that can be sold in the past few years has already been sold out. Where is there any money?" Money? In desperation, I remembered that there was an old wild ginseng tree at home that had been treasured for many years, and I wanted to exchange some money to go to Beijing to campaign to save my father’s life. But my father had a word beforehand, and he would rather die than sell this thing. As a son of man, how could he not save his father's life? Selling is against his father's order, so hard!" Xia Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Mr. Tong, I am in the business of wild ginseng. With all due respect, how much is an old wild ginseng worth if you sell it? It can't save your father's life." Tong Chuanxi said anxiously: "See What did you do? This mountain ginseng was supposed to be a tribute to the court. My father got it by chance and kept it secret. My father said that if it was in the previous dynasty, the emperor would be beheaded if he found out about it. If he took it out now, he might cause a lot of trouble. Trouble. Why? Because I can't find a buyer, and it's so valuable!" Xia Yuanzhang shook his head repeatedly and said, "I'm afraid it's exaggerated. I've been making ginseng for so many years. I haven't seen any big ginseng? The ginseng is worth a lot, so no one can afford it!" Tong Chuanxi was enraged and said: " Well, I won't argue with you, the thing is on me, believe it or not." Xia Yuanzhang said: "Then take it out to make Xia look good?" Tong Chuanxi hesitated again and again, motioning to screen others. Xia Yuanzhang turned around and said, "Chuanjie, you go to the cabinet to take care of it, and close the door by the way. Qiaoyun, you don't have to accompany the guests here anymore, just rest in the room." Qiaoyun and Chuanjie retreated.Tong Chuanxi opened the bundle and said, "Master Xia, please have a look." Inside the bundle was an exquisite satin box. When the satin box was opened, there was an old ginseng tree in the shape of a human lying there, complete with beard and tail, and full in color.Xia Yuanzhang gasped and said, "Ah!" Tong Chuanxi said: "Shopkeeper Xia, seven taels are ginseng, and eight taels are treasures. Is this thing okay?" Xia Yuanzhang took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but there was a greedy light in his eyes and said: "Yes, yes, What is Mr. Tong going to do with it?" Tong Chuanxi said: "It will definitely not be sold, even if it is sold, it will not find a buyer. Is it an exaggeration to say that this thing is priceless?" Mr. Xia said: "It is not an exaggeration, not for But, what do you mean..." Tong Chuanxi said: "What I mean is to use it as collateral to borrow some money, first to get my father out of prison, and after my father is released from prison, ask relatives and friends for some silver and then redeem it. He is an old man in the capital and has made many friends, which is not a problem." "Xia Yuanzhang said: "Then how much do you want to borrow?" Tong Chuanxi said: "Not much, Ocean two thousand, for half a year, and double the principal and interest will be repaid to you when it is due." Xia Yuanzhang said: "If you don't pay it overdue?" 佟传玺说：“东西归您。”夏元璋说：“提前还贷呢？”佟传玺说：“本息不变。”夏元璋说：“别急，东西我再好好看看。”佟传玺说：“随便看。”夏元璋仔细地看着盒里的人参，不住地点头。 佟传玺说：“夏掌柜的，看样您对大货也不太在行，要不要找行家看看？”夏元璋说：“不用，不用。哎，如果到时候我给你掉了包，你怎么能证明东西不是原物呢？”佟传玺说：“说实话，到柜上之前我打听了您的口碑，您不是那样的人。”夏元璋说：“不，我要是那样的人呢？”佟传玺说：“我的东西我当然认得，到时候我自有辨认的办法。”夏元璋哈哈大笑道：“我说的是笑话，我夏元璋决不是那样的人！好，咱们成交。”佟传玺说：“慢，咱们得找个中人立下字据。”夏元璋说：“佟先生办事果然有根底，对过儿吴掌柜的这方面是行家，咱们就请他做个中人。” 生意谈成了，夏元璋心情大好，逗着笼中鸟儿低吟浅唱道：“我本是卧龙岗散淡的人……”巧云说：“先生，您唱戏真好听。”夏元璋说：“好听吗？好听以后就经常唱两句给你听。”巧云问：“先生唱的是《借东风》吧？”夏元璋说：“对对对，就是《借东风》，你也懂戏？”巧云说：“多少懂点，俺爹是个戏迷，小时候经常领着俺听戏。” 传杰进来了说：“掌柜的今天真高兴，又唱上了。”夏元璋说：“高兴，怎么不高兴？哪天不高兴？哎，传杰，想没想着咱们那年在龙口等船，天就是不起风，风船开不了，周大善人急眼了就装神弄鬼儿，扮成诸葛亮祭天，唱的就是这段。周大善人，戏唱得那叫一个好啊！是不是这么唱的？”传杰问：“掌柜的，您唤我来不是要我听戏吧？” 夏元璋说：“咳！你看，我把正事忘了。传杰呀，那天佟先生要把大货拿出来给我看，我把你支走了，有想法了是不？”传杰说：“也没有什么想法。”夏元璋说：“你瞒不过我的眼睛，我看出来了，你当时不太痛快。也别怪人家小心了加小心，这可是件宝啊！”传杰说：“掌柜的，我当时是想看看，想帮着您长长精神，怕您叫假货打了眼。” 夏元璋说：“拿假货打我的眼？谁敢！传杰，这个佟传玺在元宝镇一露面我心里就是一动，就觉得我和他之间会有点什么事，果不其然。其实啊，他的东西没拿出来我就没有怀疑了。为什么？我这双眼睛别看近视，毒着呢，看人看到骨头，一打眼我就看出他是个有来历的人，那言谈举止做派，不是一天两天就模仿得了的，深在骨头里，他就是成了叫花子也掩盖不了。这号大户人家的子弟，就是穷到家了也不会使诈，他们出手的东西你看都不用看，没有假的。”传杰说：“那是，想蒙您可不容易。”夏元璋说：“来来来，我今天高兴，让你开开眼。”说着取了锦缎盒。巧云知趣地走了。 传杰说：“掌柜的，这么好的宝贝人家肯定会回来赎走的。”夏元璋说：“也难。他就是救出老爷子，出来以后凑足两千块大洋也是痴心妄想。有道是人走茶凉，何况一个蹲过大狱的人？人家不会买他的账，避之犹恐不及呢。退一万步说，他就是凑足赎金，咱也不吃亏，半年就赚回两千块大洋，上哪儿找这样的买卖！”他打开了锦缎盒，传杰凑前仔细地看着盒里的山参。 夏元璋说：“传杰，你记住了，棒槌这东西，七两为参，八两为宝，这棵参重七两二钱五，我长这么大个人了，头一遭看见这么大的东西，兴奋得好几天晚上睡不着觉。”传杰看着看着，却皱起了眉头。夏元璋问：“怎么了？”传杰说：“掌柜的，您把放大镜给我使使。”夏元璋把放大镜递给传杰说：“对，好好看看，机会难得啊！” 传杰拿着放大镜看了半天，突然大呼道：“掌柜的，您上当了，这是棵假参！”夏元璋脸色大变道：“什么？不可能！”传杰说：“老山猫爷爷教过我辨别山参真假的方法。他说了，有人专门拿桔梗冒充山参骗人呢。”夏元璋笑了说：“桔梗我还不认得？桔梗长成人型的也有，可不会长出参颅、参须。你看这参颅上的叶痕，你数数，多少处！还有这参须，多长！” 传杰焦急地说：“老山猫爷爷说了，造假参的人都是精心雕刻了假参颅粘到桔梗上，参须也是粘的。这棵参的颅和须都是粘的，您眼神不好没看出来！”夏元璋一把夺过传杰手里的放大镜，仔细地看着，猛地摔了放大镜，大失风度道：“果真叫他妈的骗了！我玩了一辈子鹰，到头来叫鹰叨了眼，丢不起人啊！” 传杰劝慰说：“掌柜的，谁都有走眼的时候，以后注意点就行了。咱不动声色，等着佟先生来赎取就行了。”夏元璋摇着头说：“不会来了，老龟摆脱金钩去，摇头摆尾不再来，他现在还不知躲在哪儿偷着乐呢！就这么认栽了？我这心里过不去啊！”夏元璋在院里踱着步，长吁短叹，转悠了半天回到客厅。 巧云过来送茶说：“先生，你太累了，回屋歇着吧。”夏元璋温柔地抚摸着巧云的手说：“巧云啊，我遇见难事了，脑子有些乱了，让我一个人好好想想。你先去睡吧。”巧云边走边说：“唉，要是能想个办法让那个姓佟的回来赎他的东西就好了。”夏元璋沉思着，蓦地，脸上露出了一丝微笑。