Chapter 4 Personnel in Lujiaping

On the main street of Lujiaping, in the back room of Tonghexiang Huasha, in the side courtyard of the chamber president’s residence, in the small square courtyard, there is a maroon goldfish tank, which is full of clear water, and there is a small and exquisite green fish in the tank. stone mountain.There are several clusters of saxifrage growing on the shaded side of the stone, with round and hairy leaves.The president is a No. 2 fat man in his fifties. He was an apprentice in Huasha Company in Chenxi County. He is good at business management, but he is not very good at socializing.I have been a big boss in a small wharf for too long, so I feel a little secluded and earthy.At that time, he was holding a brocade hookah with ten patterns carved in white copper in his hand, and he was playing bounty goldfish by the fish tank with a steward in the shop, and chatted about feeding the goldfish food.The two talked about the ups and downs of oil and salt prices at the upper and lower wharves in the past two months, the price of flower yarn is bullish in autumn, and the price of tung oil is bearish when new products are launched in winter.A clerk came from the front yard, with an official green cloth buckle flower bag on his shoulder and an umbrella on his back. He was escorted by a cargo ship from Changde last month. The ship had just berthed in Chenxi County and had not yet entered the Mayang River. He came on the dry road first. Reporter.When the chairman saw this fellow, he was extremely happy when he knew that his ship was almost arriving.

"Mr. Tuesday, you have worked hard. Why did you come here today! Did you just arrive? Has the ship arrived?" He asked a series of questions about the downstream of the Yuanshui River one after another. After understanding everything, he smiled.Because when this guy reported the following things, he talked about the implementation of the new life.Walking on the streets of Changde Mansion has become a no-brainer these days. On certain days, there are soldiers armed with guns in various sections of the street, with small red flags and green flags on the muzzles, which read "Pedestrians keep to the left".If you make a mistake, you will be interfered.

Boy scouts from all schools also set off on Sunday, holding eyebrow-level sticks to block the road, educating the citizens on the streets, and banning passers-by with disheveled clothes.People in government offices and schools must abide by the rules, and rowers must also abide by the rules when they go ashore and enter the city.Since Changde is a water terminal, tens of thousands of sailors come and go. As usual, they must go to the city for sightseeing and to buy some minor goods.After going out of the city to the pier, many people seemed to be saved and regained their freedom.The chairman was originally an old "Shenbao" reader, and he knew all the major events in the world in the past twenty years from the old "Shenbao".I have read the speeches of the New Life Movement long ago in newspapers, but now I am laughing because I think of the big wharf in Changde. To what extent will the command and arrangement with the elementary school students be in a hurry.

The steward asked the guy again, "Mr. Er, when you came up, did you see a lot of wooden rafts in Zhouxi, Taoyuan County? Have the goods from the Liu family in Hongjiang arrived? Are the goods on the Hankou Zhuang Youhao up and down?" After the fellows reported one by one, they said to the president softly and seriously: "President, when I went to Chenzhou, I heard that the province is about to transfer troops, I don't know what it is. The troops have been transferred to the top one after another, there are really many people!Don't you know?I'm afraid there will be another war above us, why not fight some kind of war! "

The chairman said: "Is it the central army? The provincial security team?...I'm afraid they will change their defenses." "I don't know. You can't see anything along the river. It's just that Chenzhou Meifu foreign company has a lot of oil. The warehouses in the company can't put it in boxes and barrels. They borrow it from other people's ancestral halls and temples; several ancestral halls are full. Some people say that it is not oil, but safe explosives, just like soap, and it is not dangerous to burn in the fire. Some people say that in May next year, Lao Jiang will lead his troops to fight Japan, and fight well to see victory or defeat. Japan The devils forced the government to surrender, but Lao Jiang refused to surrender. If he did not surrender, there would be a fight. The chairmen of the troops in all provinces agreed to fight! We have been bullied by the Japanese enough, and things will not end if we don’t fight. Some people say that this is all False. Lao Jiang is the best at telling lies to deceive people."

The president couldn't believe it, "How can there be such a thing? If you want to send troops to fight, how can you raise them up? I read the newspaper, and the "Declaration" didn't mention this matter. There is no shadow!" As usual, it takes eleven or two days for the old "Declaration" to arrive. The chairman still believes that important national events will always be seen from the newspaper.What's in the newspaper is the real thing, and if it's not in the newspaper, it's probably unreliable. The person in charge interjected, "Oh, president, there are many things that the old "Shenbao" never said!

At Pingfei Airport, Nanmenwai, Zhijiang County, 30,000 people are digging graves, and the newspapers will not mention it!The newspaper did not say that it was intentionally concealed, so that the Japanese devils would not know.Knowing that things are not easy to handle. " "If you talk about the airport, how can the devils not know about it? The newspapers don't say it, the newspaper interviewers don't know, and the Yamen doesn't let people leak the military plane. The devils are ghostly, and there are spies everywhere!" The steward said, "Naturally, the matter of war and troop deployment will not be published in the newspaper."

The president was a little dissatisfied, and showed the air of a big boss: "I tell you, don't talk nonsense about things you don't know. What kind of war are you fighting? What kind of soldiers are you calling?... A gentleman's revenge for three years, and a villain's revenge in front of him. China and Japan This account must be settled clearly! Take your time, it’s early. I think it’s still very early.” The last few words seemed to be comforting to myself, but I wanted to find some sympathy from myself.But my heart was a little uneasy.So he said to himself: "The world war will take place in the 30th year of the Republic of China, and it is only 25 years now, which is very early! It was mentioned in Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao!"

The steward was disappointed, so he couldn't say anything more, and was about to go to the counter in the outer courtyard, when the chairman suddenly remembered something and stopped him: "Mr. Wu, let me tell you, is the money ready for the team? It's going to come for it today, so get ready: a receipt, too.--Do evil, sir." The steward said, "Is it the money for the gun? It was delivered early, and I forgot to tell you. They still have a blank receipt! The head of the township Wang said that when the team leader sent someone to withdraw the money, they had to stamp it, and the procedures were clear. Please ask the president to take the trouble to say something."

The president asked him to go to the cabinet to get the receipt and have a look.The receipt is written in regular script with a brush: The captain of the eighth unit of the security team has received two hundred and forty yuan in compensation for the loss of guns and bullets from the Lujiaping Township Office of Mingli Township, Mayang County. After looking at the receipt, the chairman sighed softly. With a sigh of relief, "Sin!" He returned the receipt to the steward. Going to the main room, I saw that the fellow who came on the way was still waiting in front of the eaves. The president asked softly: "Mr. Er, who did you hear that the province is mobilizing troops?

Can this really happen? " The clerk said: "Everyone on the Chenxi County ship said that. I'm afraid it was the news from the pastor of the Gospel Church. They have a radio, and the world's news will be known on the same day." The clerk saw that the boss looked a little gloomy, so he turned the conversation to local issues. . "President, how is our Lujiaping in the past two months? It is said that tung oil is still bullish. Until the peach blossom oil is launched next year, it will only rise and not fall. This year, the price of citrus in Hankou starts, and the foreign goods are not available. Let's look at our Mayang all the way. The orange orchard in the river is really prosperous, a piece of gold, a piece of gold!" The president was silent for a while, figuring out the true meaning of the last few words, "It is said that the place is covered by oranges, but how do you know that there are other people who always want to take our light? Not long ago... lived to In an unreasonable world, what can be done!" The guy said, "Didn't you say that can do it?" "It's because you are capable that you can come up with many clever ideas, arrange them like this and that! , this place has nothing but orange trees, it's suffocating! The committee member smiled and said: "Oranges are very nourishing, and they are delicious when squeezed!" Well, everyone will squeeze down. Fortunately, there are many orange trees, and they can't be squeezed. But squeezing them is almost the same! "Can the director be replaced?" "How to change people? Time is not up, I won't change people. They all have backbones. They won't come easily, and they won't move when they come. But this person is not bad, he is bold and generous, and he is very good at playing. Compared with that one The belt is strong. Since it is an arranged system, the teeth are not too long, and the place is Amitabha, and the Bodhisattva blesses you!" "When I went to Chenzhou Mansion to visit the Fourth Elder, I heard from him that the boss who was transferred from Taoyuan really has a trick! What kind of fee, at least half a string, Ding Guaier. Who knows how many shots they fired and hit the target An owl, a nine-headed bird? I don’t know that there are even more powerful players among the strong. Director ×× has a wife with a small waist and long eyebrows. He is romantic, can sing well in Beijing opera, and is good at playing cards. Before long, he and that long-term in-law (whether it is a dry in-law or a wet in-law, only he himself knows), and he carried Yisheng and the young boss' sedan chair with each other, and they were married overnight. I picked up the "two parties", and it was originally agreed to divide it in half... Not long after, the modern man took the soft and hard roll, got in a car, and slipped off to Wuchang without knowing it. The in-laws were very angry. I feel distressed again. I pinched my nose and ate red vegetables. It was so spicy that I couldn’t even open my mouth. Report it now. It’s a serious matter... When I passed Luxi County, I heard that the in-law’s family was still raised by an uncle’s house in Youjia Lane I don’t know what happened in the past few years. Everyone said that once the old president came to China, the country would be fine. The previous year, the boss gave a speech in the province and said that he would shoot more than a dozen corrupt officials with his own hands. It sounds good, saying The promise will never be fulfilled, thinking that the common people are all stupid bastards!" The two of them were discussing national and local affairs in the sky and on the ground, only the sound of leather shoes could be heard. It turned out that there were ghosts, and the captain and a friend came.When the president saw that it was the captain, he put on a smiling face and went forward.Knowing that the purpose of coming here was to raise the money, "Captain, I haven't seen you for a few days. I just wanted someone to report a letter, and your township office has already sent it." Turning around, he told the guy, "Go out and tell Mr. Wu , bring the money and ask the captain to pass it on." While giving up their seats, they asked people to pour tea and cigarettes to serve the guests.After sitting down, the chairman tried to search the captain's face, trying to find something. "Captain, how are you feeling these days? I see your seal is red. " The captain struck a match and smoked the Sanbaotai cigarettes, shook his head, and after taking a puff of smoke, he said in provincial official words: "It's so bad, I always lose my name to the end for four or five games in a row. I'm a person who lives right away." , as if sitting on a sedan chair. Born to be a horseman, martial arts and literary, it is not easy to handle!" He meant that some people cooperated in cheating at the poker table, lifting three times and one, so they always lost in the end. The president said: "Captain, you are joking. Who dares to ask you to sit in a sedan chair, don't mind your head!" How many skulls do they have! " The other guy who came with me looked like a long-sleeved guest who had been temporarily unemployed after having a business meal, and said, "It's okay to lose a card. If I work with a partner to split the game equally, I won't complain about you when I'm a pair of pants." From one moment to another, the scene was laid out vividly and vividly, Zhang Zi from the four families all remembered clearly, and all the cards on the table in their hands were clearly remembered, so let the president comment on it.The president wanted to ask your surname for advice, but this was avoided.So he responded casually and said, "Seriously, this comrade is right. Losing cards is not unreasonable. You can't blame people for this, it's just bad luck." After the captain was praised, he felt a little embarrassed and coy, "Who can tell me when the purse is empty? I'm not lucky this month, so I want to stop!" The man said: "You just come here, I dare to write a guarantee, you must turn over the book!" Just as he was talking, the steward on board brought three small stacks of legal currency and the same paper receipt, and gave it to the president for review, and smiled at the captain, full of flattery: "My lord, how lucky are you these days? Your veteran Zhang Zi is too good." , It’s a trump card, we can’t stand it! It must be from Beijing, isn’t it?” The captain ignored this point of flattery, casually made a social smile, and did not answer.The president handed over the banknotes to him, please take a look at the count.The captain only glanced at it briefly, then stuffed it into his pocket, so he came to check the receipt again. When the receipt was seen coldly by the friend who came with him, the captain pretended to be very unhappy, and frowned the two heroic eyebrows: "What is this? Do you need me to stamp this with a private seal? Chairman, thanks to you In order to save your face, I did an official business. The local government thinks that this money is my surname Zong’s private property, then it’s wrong, wrong. Let me take this thing back to study and study.” The president knew what the captain meant, and he didn't leave the evidence in anyone's hands.As for the country people, they just paid the money, and it doesn't matter if they have a receipt, so they beat the side drum and said, "That's okay, it's okay to deliver it another day. They just need to clear the formalities once, and there is a reimbursement, nothing else." Meaning." Then he diverted the conversation and said, "Captain, the last time you brothers went to the field, I heard that a wild boar was shot at the old camp. It weighed two hundred catties, and it was so big! Disturbing a farmer to sleep uneasy, in this way, it can be said to eliminate a great harm for the people, and it is really a meritorious service! I heard that there are more wild boars!" The president seemed to have touched a taboo, and could not continue. Speaking of wild boars, the captain seemed to have only remembered one thing. "Hey, president, if you don't mention it, I forgot, I was just about to give you a leg of wild boar." Turning to the friend who came with the long shirt, he said: "Sixth brother, you don't know our president, Benevolent and hospitable, the dog meat made at home is so good! The medicinal wine brewed is more vigorous than Beijing Tong Ren Tang." Then he turned to the chairman and said, "The bureau is treating guests today, will the chairman come?" The president pretended not to hear clearly, and only called for tea. After sitting for a while, the captain looked at the platinum watch on his wrist, said that he was busy and had business to do, so he got up and left.Before leaving, the friend who looked like a cleanser lit another cigarette, grabbed his worn felt hat, and when he followed the captain into the courtyard, he admired the stone mountain in the goldfish bowl with an air of connoisseur for a while, and said: "Captain, look, look, this is 'Shuangfeng Chayun', there are yin and yang, take it to the province, I'm afraid it's worth more than three hundred yuan!" Because of this, the captain stopped by the fish tank and looked at it for a while, but said: "President, the saxifrage grows so big on your rocky mountain! This thing sticks to the chicken's eyes, and it will work. Try it, it's very good." !" True to the words of the ancients, what the sages see is different.After the two great men left, the president stood beside the fish tank in the courtyard and just laughed dryly.But I thought of the wild boar in the old camp, as if the stone mountain was a wild boar's head, which was placed upside down on the fish tank. There is only one long street in Lujiaping Town, the oil number, the salt number, and the Huasha number, which decorate the prosperity of this long street.These three kinds of houses, as usual, have the largest business and strong capital, compared with the rest of the business, they are very few.Although the local orange orchards are very large, and although the output of vegetables and miscellaneous grains is quite large, they are all directly shipped from the river wharf to the downstream by the producers, without going through any other farm names.Therefore, although the orange orchard produces a lot and has a large business, it has never joined the local chamber of commerce.In other words, it can be said that it is not regarded as "business" by the local people.Although the dealer mobilized a capital of 1.8 million yuan and prepared to stockpile the goods, when the oranges were on the market, according to the local custom, they never invested in such perishable and worthless goods, and ordered thirty or fifty oranges to be shipped downwards. Compete with the countrymen for profit.The tax bureau always uses ships to transport the goods, and there is often a certain rule when paying taxes: As for oranges and pomelo, it all depends on the interests of the person in charge, and the price can be estimated at will.Because the goods are not listed in the charter, and they are really worthless. As usual, the position of president of the chamber of commerce is assumed by the owners of several local big villages.The main job of the Chamber of Commerce is not to say that it is for the benefit of the merchants, but it is all about passive dealing: dealing with the county, dealing with the various departments in the province, committee members passing through the countryside, and more importantly, dealing with the security team.The president of the Chamber of Commerce does not need troops at ordinary times, but they are indispensable for the army, and they are indispensable for public and private affairs.For all economic relations between the army and the people, although the rural Baojia is responsible for it as usual, it must be transferred from the chairman of the chamber of commerce.Promissory note credit guarantee, only the president of the local chamber of commerce is reliable.The legitimate needs of the army, such as food and miscellaneous supplies, and the improper ones, such as allocating special goods sales to merchants in the province, temporary lending, and the position of the president of the chamber of commerce, have to help in one way or another. The importance of the chairman of the chamber of commerce lies in this and not in that, so any armed figure who is domineering and unreasonable must be polite to the chairman.If the president is a man of bad intentions, he can naturally take advantage of the opportunity to gain some extra money from it. Most of the guild presidents are assigned to their heads, unable to resign, enduring troubles, and messing around in coping situations.There are no accidents in the area, the troops have no excuses, and there are not too many troubles.Things are cumbersome, and when problems come and cannot be solved, I just take a small boat and slip down the river to be irresponsible.Most merchants are foreigners, and their knowledge is higher than that of local farmers as a rule. It is also a trick that the little great man used to use to the country people. When using it in front of people in the business, we must be cautious.Therefore, the social status of the chairman of the chamber of commerce seems to be higher than that of the local gentry. There has been no civil war in the local area for two years, no large groups of bandits have appeared, and no large army has crossed the border. Therefore, although a company of security forces is stationed here, and they get a few small money from the countrymen on various minor issues, the foundation of the place is good, and the business and finance are still active. , I can still bear it, and being the chairman is not very embarrassing. Teng Changshun, the owner of the Radish Creek Orange Garden, is the god-in-law of the chairman of the chamber of commerce.Because the old sailor who guarded the ancestral hall mentioned the matter the day before, even though he knew it was not important, he still went to the town to see the president the next day and asked about the situation of going down the river in Changsha.At that time, after the captain of the security team picked up the money and left for a while, the president was still in the courtyard talking with the steward of the boat escort about going down the river. When the president saw Chang Shun, he said, "Dear-in-law, I was just about to come to Luoboxi to see you. Hello?How many girls are good? " Chang Shun said: "Hello everyone, my in-laws. The weather is fine and the work is not busy. Why don't you go to my house to play for a long time?" When he saw the guy at a glance, he recognized him and knew that he had just returned from handling goods. , why did you come back? What a magician. Have you seen my three black boats?He pretended that the grass smoke on the Dalitong in Chenxi County was lowered, and it started at noon on the 14th, so it was already past Taoyuan County.The water in the lake is dry in October, are there any foreign boats passing the lake? " The steward said: "I saw your San Heizi standing at the back of the rudder at the bottom of the box rock, and the eight sailors sang and swayed the oars all the way down. The boat was as fast as an arrow. I called him: Third Brother, Third Brother, you This man, how do you draw the abacus beads? Why don't you pretend to be your oranges and go to Changde Mansion to do a business? Changde people are waiting for the Mayang goods, 'shit to grab the first section', make a fortune, hurry up! Listen to me That said, he just laughed. If I tell my family, I will come back at the end of the month. According to the helmsman of the Fu family, the second elder brother’s boat has already entered the Hongjiang River, and he will be back soon.” The president said: "Dear family, everyone says that the oranges in your garden are good this year, but the price of oranges in the river is high, and gold grows in the soil, so you don't need to sieve it, just pick it up from the ground." Chang Shun smiled, and deliberately frowned, "Gold grows in the soil, you are right! But there are still people who can grow gold without that piece of soil! (He really meant something, the president understands.) My in-laws, I tell you that you understand, a Ba family like me, with another 30 acres of land, is still a "do nothing" with flowers painted on the urine, which looks good on the outside but is empty inside. of. It was the same thing that happened in the last group meeting. The township chief wanted to send me fifty yuan as soon as he opened his mouth. After all, it was still forty yuan.In the past six months, I have been sent to me twenty or thirty times (he grabbed his claws and made a gesture to indicate that it has passed five hundred), and it was almost the number of "grab old officials" before I was exempted.I don't know how many more times there will be this winter, they won't let us spend a year in peace.Just think about it, if you slap a piece of land as big as your palm, how much oil and water is there to scrape?In-laws, you are at ease, the world is good, stay here to enjoy the blessings;Like us, okay, like an orange tree, rooted five feet in the soil, unable to walk, shaken by people, shaken by the wind, well, shake it, I have to clench my teeth and endure! " The president said: "In-laws, the tree is big enough to withstand climbing. China is progressing. It is well said in the "Shenbao". " "It's just to improve the method of asking for money, money is still needed. We still have to endure it, and let these people squeeze one intolerable!" The president said with great emotion: "My brother, are we still the same, pretending to be fat with a swollen face? I can leave, but the shop cannot. If you want money, you still have to take it out. There is an old saying: "The king always treats guests, and sits on the banquet to collect members. One is one, and the other is two. There is no ambiguity." "Can the money for the gun be taken away?" "It just happened to be taken away, and the captain came to pick it up himself. There is also a receipt in the township office. Please ask him to stamp it. After clearing the procedures, there is a reimbursement. The captain said: "Take it back and process it, the president, trust me." 'Of course I had to believe.He took it back and studied it.At the end of the research, what do you think? " "It's strange that I saw him on the street very proud, his court was red and red, like some happy event. Say hello to me and say you're coming down to Carrot Creek to eat oranges! " "The past few years are finally good. Someone in the government is in charge. The country is unified, and there is no need to fight any more. Everyone can eat a peaceful meal and don't have to worry about sleeping. Amitabha, that's all. Just pay a little money, that's all." Buddy Zhou interjected, "Will that one of us find Wu Chuan this year?" The president smiled and nodded, "I'm afraid it's not Xie Ye He Su?" "Of course!" Chang Shun said, "Even if you want money, you can't disregard your face. There are both good and bad. The year before last, Gao Jianman's family led a team to station at Hengshitan, so don't even give him money!" The guy who escorted the boat went up to Yuanling this time, and was being blackmailed by the marine police. He was angry and said: "The most unreasonable ones are those marine vice-lords who can't do anything. You are young, and you have never fought bandits, and you will only intimidate the people on board at the dock. You need money for everything. If you don’t have money, you can say that your ship is acting suspiciously, and you need to “hold” and move the goods out one by one. On the beach by the river bank, check carefully. Whether it is dry or wet, stick an iron rod. If you talk a little, he will stare at the two drums and ding his eyes and say: "Hey, why, you disobeyed the order and refused to accept the inspection?Detain the boat to me and don't move. 'In the end, of course, that thing will be settled as soon as it comes.Guaranteed, only 'the one' works!A person in ××××, who is straightforward and honest, said to the boat gang: "We came to your ghost place to suffer, why? Not for a few money, I feel itchy in the soles of my feet, and I am exiled to the army." Look for Miao Wang to worship godfather!Most choking sandXingcai from the vast kang, the emperor condemned the father, the father, the Yuanluan, and the blessing. Guo ping  cherry  stole fierce phen lying Wei mo  group 艿 connected to burning ants ℃ round yo ψ   ㄏ  妫  コ 旱  black scar  ├ not ├ dish through  ℃ round seal < suppress heart and shake bad A total of mildew  miscellaneous evil 旆 aL Xuan wake up Γ  uniform gray locust a hanging locust a!* The president said: "Those people are like this. They don't care about everything. They sing operas and sing an antique to borrow their wives. They don't laugh when they watch the opera, because they don't think it's funny. In a word, the people below, the things below, are all like us on the river. They are all different. They have long teeth, know how to change money, and are ruthless. But women are free at home, and give money to horses or servants. Open your eyes, close your eyes, and let everyone relax. You laugh at him as a turtle, and he He also laughed at us for being old-fashioned, brute-forced and arrogant, and unable to understand world affairs." The owner of the Carrot Creek Orange Orchard is obviously not as interested in this kind of social customs and customs as he is in another matter.He asked the boatman, "Boss Zhou, what's the news about going down the river? I heard that you are not allowed to bump into each other while walking. You come and I go each way. Is it true?" The clerk said: "Are you talking about a new life? That's a real thing. The commissioner of Changde Mansion has received official business from the province to start a new life. Red and green papers are posted everywhere on the street, and many clauses are written in one, two, three, four, five. It is said that the boss above wants to do it. If you don’t do it, you will be jailed, beaten, and fined. Some people on the street are fined to stand at attention, and everyone watching the excitement is funny! Those who watch the excitement and laugh at others are also punished to stand at attention. After a while, there will be a large group, standing side by side stupidly On the street, no one knew whether it was serious or a joke. The soldier felt embarrassed, couldn't help laughing, and walked away." "You heard what they said, are you going to come up or not?" The buddy can't understand this matter, but the chairman knows it from the recently sent "Declaration".The president thought that this was something that the whole country should do, so he wouldn't come up for a while. If it is to be done in the vertical river, it must be done first in the big cities, and there is no need to do it in the countryside for the time being.Let's just say that in the province, wherever the boss goes, that place will be run seriously. If the person is not there, the military and party departments will not be lively.His speculation is based on the opinions expressed by the small editorial of the old "Shenbao".Seeing that the owner of the orange orchard was a little worried, he said, "Dear family, you don't have to worry about this. We won't send money. It was already mentioned in the newspaper. There was an order from above, and you are not allowed to use this as a pretext to extort people. It’s been in the newspaper, and you haven’t seen it on July 20?” Chang Shun said, "I thought it wouldn't work in the countryside." The chairman said: "Naturally, what people in the city think of, how many things can be done in the countryside?... I said, my in-laws, how many oranges have you planted this year? I heard from the steward that Changde's mansion is very popular. It's not too long to Hankou, so hurry up and load a few boats down, don't let Huitong Hongjiang and Xupu people get the upper hand!" Changshun laughed, "Let the Xupu people have the upper hand, I can't be busy. I still have to wait for the two Heizi brothers to come back by boat and load oranges. I will also go to see the new life in Changde Mansion and do some New Year's goods." "Is it true that the second girl will go out this year in the twelfth lunar month of winter to be a daughter-in-law at Wang Baodong's house? Then we'll have wine to eat. " "Where is it? It's still early. My uncle wrote in August saying that he is young and won't get married. It is your goddaughter Yaoyao who wants me to take her to Changde Mansion. He said that after two years, the world has changed. If you don’t go and see, you will not know the rules when you walk in the future, and you will be punished to stand at attention when you lift your foot, and you will be laughed at!” The president said: "Will your Yaoyao still be laughed at by others? She is a spirit, a nine-headed bird, a pangolin, what does the sky and the earth not understand? Why not? Last time I was in the shop talking about business with people from Yanxi, She was buying flower thread, the young man had sharp eyes, and when he saw me from a long distance, he called 'Godfather! Godfather!' I said, "Yaoyao, I haven't seen you for a month, you have grown up again.Do you need tens of catties of silk thread for embroidery in a summer?Why don't you come to my house to play with Sister Da Mao? She said: "I'm busy." "You little girl, what do you need to be busy at home? You are busy with the dowry, and the day is early. If the second sister doesn't go out, Daddy won't let you!" She blushed, silk thread If you don’t buy it, you will run away. If you ask her for a cup of tea, you won’t even refuse. This little monster has a lot of ideas, and she is not as good as her godfather!" Changshun felt very happy when the president talked about the daughter's story, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Yaoyaoman, she is born to be a little monkey spirit. She has to do everything. Do things that have nothing to do with her. When it comes to her own affairs, no one is allowed to interfere. You can't do anything. You have to do everything by yourself. Her mother is also afraid of her, so she won't move her. She is really busy all day long, who knows what she is busy with." "Dear family, don't tell me, she is really the leader. As the saying goes: Luoyang Bridge is man-made, and it was built by Master Lu Ban's two hands. Yaoyao's two hands, although small, are strong and strong. The photo book says, It will help the man to start a family. It’s a pity that I’m a little boy, so I’m not blessed, otherwise I would have asked him to kowtow to you and ask you to be my wife!” "In-law, you speak well of her. I'm worried, where will I find someone to subdue her in the future, Tian Jia Liuxi is honest and honest, and will spoil her even more." The two of them were talking about Changshun's youngest daughter, Yaoyao, with warm feelings, thinking that Yaoyao's ears would get hot at home.The security captain, however, brought an inspector from the tax bureau, and a strange military officer who was passing by, came into the house again.As soon as he saw the president, he said, "President, let's play cards and ask them to set up tables in the back hall." And the stranger who came with me introduced: "This is my old classmate. I was a classmate in Mingshi Middle School and graduated from the Military Academy. He is now working in the 13th District Command. He is a great man! We are in the same class!" He raised his thumb that was yellow from the smoke. This kind of introduction made the young officer unable to laugh or cry, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Hey, you, what a rotten one, let the cannon go, it's a headache!" From the tone of his voice, the president knew that this was another bird named Que'er. The house of the chairman of the chamber of commerce is, as usual, a club for local dignitaries. On the one hand, it is easier to prepare food and drink, and on the other hand, when everyone is in the same place for entertainment, playing cards does not violate the rules and will not be criticized by others.Perhaps the main thing is that these government officials and ordinary people and merchants inevitably have some things happen, and the president of the chamber of commerce is in the position of solving problems as usual.The president's personal business must also depend on the military and have special entertainment.Therefore, the president of the chamber of commerce has become the local "Xiaomeng Chang" as usual. In addition to welcoming guests and entertaining them with tea and cigarettes, there are also large dice bowls, Tianjiu playing cards and mahjong cards for the entertainment of the guests.Sometimes a set of opium smoke lamps must be placed on the kang bed.Smoking opium is no longer fashionable in the local area, but just for fun.When it’s time to eat, as usual, there are braised hen chicken, squid fried shredded pork, fried cured meat with red pepper, braised soft-shelled turtle, and other delicate and delicious dishes are served on the table.For the party, easy to take care of when there is something.Now that it has become a habit, even if the president himself is too busy to go on stage, he never refuses guests.But this time there was an exception, I didn't look at the door, but I was emotional, and I said that I had to go across the carrot creek to do some business, while saying "Welcome and welcome", and asking the servants to set the table, but pointing at the owner of the orange orchard. Said: "Captain, I'm sorry today, I can't accompany you! I want to go to their place to see oranges." Although the guests are welcome, three missing one will not be a scene.The owner is at home just to make up the number. If the owner is not at home, he has to find another corner.Several guests discussed for a while, and the one in the tax bureau came up with an idea, thinking that it would be more convenient to go to the tax bureau and it would be easier to fill in the role.So the three sat for a while without drinking tea, and left like a bunch of fish. Chang Shun smiled knowingly at the president after seeing these civil servants leaving.The president also smiled, shook his head and said Changshun: "President, then really go to my house for a drink. I have smoked mussel meat to go with the wine! Fortunately, the river boat can't arrive yet, so you don't have to be busy these days. " The president said: "Okay, let's go to your orange orchard. I'm about to load a boat of oranges to give away to others. You can sell me a boatload of oranges. But, in-laws, we have agreed in advance that we will take my money. Don't allow Yaoyao to be cute, it doesn't look good to return the money!" The owner of the orange orchard smiled and said, "Okay, I will accept the money, we will do a fair deal for a business." Not long after, the two of them really crossed the river and went down to Carrot Creek. On the long street, I saw locals carrying baskets full of oranges. When we got to the river, many oranges and radishes were piled on the dry river beach, waiting to be boarded.The president asked a local man standing by the Orange Mountain: "Brother, how much is one hundred catties for you?" When the man saw the president asking him, he just shook his head and smiled innocently, "President, it's not easy to sell! One yuan and fifty catties, eighteen or two scales, and you can't sell it! If you want, I'll send some big ones to treasures." Call up. The goods from Gaocun in my family are as big as a bowl, as sweet as bee sugar, delicious for you." "You are sour and sweet?" "It's very sweet, President, try it." "Where are the radishes?" The man just laughed dryly.Because the radish is too cheap, it is inconvenient to answer.Carrots transported by water to a place four hundred miles away are only worth one dollar a hundred catties, and this place is only three or four cents a hundred catties. At that time, a few messengers who had traveled a long way were passing across the river. After crossing the river, when they saw oranges on the shore, they also came over to ask the price of the oranges.The local man said: "Master, you can eat as much as you want, and spend whatever money you want. You can take as much as you want!" A few people didn't seem to care much about the kindness of the businessman, thinking that they were afraid of business affairs and would be treated preferentially, so they squatted down to pick oranges with a smile.I picked about twenty of the biggest ones, put them aside, took out a twenty-cent note as the price, and gave it to the local. The man refused to take the money.Unexpectedly, it caused a misunderstanding, thinking that if he didn’t accept the money, he thought it was too little money. After being insulted, he said angrily: "Do you still think 20 cents is too little? How much do you want!" The man originally meant that the things were worthless, so that these running business people could eat for nothing without spending any money.Seeing that they had wronged the person, he quickly squeezed the ticket in his hand, and greeted him with a smile: "Vice lord, it's not that you think it's too little, don't take it for granted! * Just one of them looks cunning, he thinks he is a veteran of military affairs, knows everything, and can't hide it from him.Seeing Changshun waiting beside him smiling, he was still not convinced, so he softly scolded the orange seller, deliberately scolding for Chairman Changshun. "Damn it, it's too little for you! I want you to buy cash with cash, but I don't understand why you people are so cunning!" After this, the local man who sold oranges didn't know what to say. What is good, no more interfaces.Several soldiers wrapped the oranges in handkerchiefs and hats, and exchanged four larger oranges, and left. The orange seller waved a few dirty small bills in his hand, smiled unnaturally, and said to himself: "You don't eat it if you don't eat it, it's weird. It's like a cash to buy a spot. Where did it come from? The wool comes from the sheep, and everyone in Xiangxi has a share. You understand, understand me, a cock!" Chang Shun said, "Brother, forget it. He doesn't understand your kindness and doesn't appreciate it. He must have just come from the province, you can tell by his look.Do you still argue with this kind of person? " 那人说：“他们那么不讲理，一开口就骂人，我才不怕他！ 你是委员长的干儿子小舅子，到这里来也得讲道理！保安队，沙脑壳，碰两下还不是一包水？I fear you?我三头六臂也不怕！ " 两个人看看这小生意人话说的无多意义，冬瓜葫芦一片藤，有把在当地百十年来所受外边人欺压的回忆牵混在一起情形，因此不再理会，就上了渡船。 弄渡船的认得会长和长顺，不再等待别的人客，就把船撑开了。 长顺说：“亲家，你到了几只船？怕不有上万货物吧。” 会长说：“船还在潭湾，三四天后才到得了，大小一共六只。这回带得有好海参，大乌开，大金钩虾，过几天我派人送些来。”渡船头舱板上全是橘子，会长看见时笑笑的问那弄渡船的：“大哥，你哪里来这么些橘子？” 站在船尾梢上用桨划水的老者，牙齿全脱光了，嘴瘪瘪的，一面摇船一面笑。“有人送我的，会长。你们吃呀！先前上岸那几个副爷，我要他们吃，他们以为我想卖钱，不肯吃，话听不明白，正好象逢人就想打架的样子，真好笑。”于是咕喽咕喽无机心的笑着。 会长和长顺同时记起河滩上那件事情，因此也笑着。长顺说：“就是这样子，说我们乡下人横蛮无理，也是这种人以为我们湘西人全是土匪，也是这种人。”