Chapter 9 chapter eight

In the morning, the sky was cloudy and the air was very humid. At the gate of Qingdao Dahua Dyeing Factory, the porter was sweeping the floor with his left hand—his right hand was run over by the machine.People wear short-sleeved clothes, but he still wears a long-sleeved white cloth jacket.The right cuff is deflated and is in the pocket. Shouting picked up a piece of charcoal on the road, which was as big as half a brick. He was very happy and looked at the piece of charcoal as he walked. When the concierge saw Shouting, he greeted him with a smile: "Morning, shopkeeper." He took the charcoal as he spoke.

"I picked up a piece of charcoal, made a small fortune, and sent it to the boiler room." "Hey, I know." Shouting just wanted to leave, but stopped again.He looked at the sky, pointed to the porter's half arm and asked, "It's not a good day, does the broken part hurt?" The concierge smiled: "It just feels tight, but it doesn't hurt. Hehe!" Shouting patted his shoulder, sighed, and left with his head down. The concierge looked at Shouting's back and at his own broken arm, sighed too, and walked towards the boiler room with the piece of charcoal.

Elysee Club, a small signboard in both Chinese and English stands by the gate of the courtyard.The small western-style building is covered with ivy and flowers are blooming. Jia Kui looked at the scenery under the window and put on his tie.He looked into the distance again, and the distance was the sea.On the bed, the new prostitute was still sleepy: "It's only a few minutes before I leave, it's really..." She turned over, turned back, and then sat up, "Your second wife is gone, and you are free. Come back at night ?" Jia Kui sighed feignedly, but didn't look back: "Oh, I can't come at night."

"Then it's still so early for you to leave." He pouted his mouth in dissatisfaction. "You can't be late, Brother Six really hates being late." "I've seen your Sixth Brother before, he's so stupid. I've never seen someone like you, but let the shopkeeper take care of the shopkeeper." "Only if he takes care of it, my father can rest assured." "Is it true that we can't come again at night?" She was still holding on to the last bit of hope. "I can't come tonight! I want to have dinner with Ned from Dehe Yangxing. The sixth brother wants to grow up and needs to add equipment. I have to have an interview!"

The prostitute got out of bed and put on her slippers: "Is it up to you to talk about buying equipment? Who in Qingdao doesn't know that you are the uncle of hands-off?" Jia Kui smiled: "What do you know, it's best to let go." The prostitute snorted softly: "Could it be the third wife who is dating in the future?" Jia Kui smiled contemptuously: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you're looking for the third wife or coming to your place. It costs the same. It's more expensive to come to your place." After he finished his tie, he went to get a suit from the closet. It’s enough. Two wives are messed up. A woman follows me and can’t enjoy the blessings. The family doesn’t know what’s going on now! Alas!” Jia Kui put on his suit, casually turned around to say hello, and walked away unhappy.

The prostitute came to the window and wanted to wait to wave to Jia Kui, but she suddenly changed her mind, snorted disdainfully, turned back and fell back on the bed. Teni was watering the flowers in the small yard of the East Asia Trading Company.The maid knelt there to wipe the door, Miki came out from inside, the maid hurriedly sat back on her feet, put her hands on her legs, and bowed to Miki.Miki also nodded, and walked behind Teng Jing with a piece of paper: "President, the draft of the telegram is ready, please have a look at it." He said and handed it over. Teng Jing took it over to look at it, nodded while looking at it, and then handed it back to Miki: "Well, very good, very good."

"Can I send it now?" "Yes. Mr. Miki, do you think this is good? In addition to Mitsubishi, send a copy to Shusan Machinery Company and Nippon Machine Company to see if they can make this kind of equipment. The equipment that Chen Shouting wants is It is currently the most advanced in the world, and several supporting machines need to be customized." "Okay." Miki raised his head to look at Teng Jing, "President, should we contact Sun Mingzu from Yuanheng Dyeing Factory again? If we buy two sets at a time, domestic companies may offer us a lower price."

Teng Jing put down the watering can and smiled: "He won't want it for the time being. He hasn't recovered from the last blow, and he doesn't want to have any more friction with Chen Shouting. From my observation, he really wants to buy equipment. He won't buy it with Dahua either. He's afraid he will fall into Chen Shouting's trick again." Teng Jing smiled briskly. Miki also laughed, and then he said to Teng Jing: "We also have to be careful of his tricks, this person has too many eyes." Teng Jing plucked a yellow leaf from the plant: "Although this man has many thoughts, he is very polite. In fact, all his schemes are put in front of you, and you can choose by yourself. For example, this time, he has put his own He has told us all the plans, and he is also negotiating the deal with the Germans of Dehe Yangxing. He asked Lu Jiaju to send the list in such detail that he wanted us to quote the reserve price." Teng Jing smiled lightly.

The smile on Miki's face disappeared: "We competed with the Germans, and neither of them may benefit, but Chen Shouting took advantage. I just recalled that since we traded with Chen Shouting, we have obtained from him The profit is the least there. Far less than Yuanheng Dyeing Factory. President, we probably won’t get any benefit from this equipment.” Teng Jing raised his hand to make him stop: "We would rather not get a profit than give up the business to the Germans. Mr. Miki, only when our business volume is large, the government will pay attention to us and our overseas activities. Provide help. The same is true for local companies. They don’t know China and always want to sell their products to China, but they can’t find a good agent. The order for this equipment is a proof of our strength. Mr. Miki, this set On the surface, the price of the machine is not high, about 40,000 yuan in Chinese currency, but China’s currency is based on the silver standard. Its country is very large, but the total amount of currency is very small, so the currency value is very large and very strong. If you put Converting this amount into Japanese yen, the figure is quite astonishing. Such a transaction is meaningful to us, and it will also attract enough attention to domestic companies.”

Miki nodded in conviction, and then asked again: "President, there is a question I wanted to ask you a long time ago." "what is the problem?" Miki asked for advice: "There is such a big price difference between white gray cloth and dyed cloth, why don't we directly dye the cloth locally and then ship it to China? If so, the dyeing factories in China will close down. Including Chen Shouting." Teng Jing sighed lightly: "This is a national policy, and we have nothing to do. White gray cloth belongs to the cotton spinning and silk weaving category in the export industry, and can be supported by the government. Not only the tax rate is extremely low, the government also provides financial support, so our The textile industry is developing rapidly; dyed cloth and printed cloth are civilian industries, and the government has not paid enough attention to it. I have made this suggestion to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and they have not responded to me. However, they do not know that although China’s industry is backward , but its printing and dyeing industry is currently developing faster than its local counterparts. It is this policy of our country that has given China a chance to develop the printing and dyeing industry. What about us? We are at their lower level and only provide them with raw materials. Continue like this , In a few years, the Chinese people will dye our gray cloth and sell it to us, so that we can ship it back to the mainland and sell it.” After Teng Jing finished speaking, he turned to look at the sea, and raised his hand to signal Miki to send a telegram. .

Miki's question was answered, but it caused the president to worry about the country and the people, so Miki bowed vigorously and quickly stepped into the trading company. In Mingzu's office, Mr. Liu was talking to Mingzu.Miss Jia sat on the sofa and read the newspaper. Mr. Liu held the piece of paper: "Chairman, let's go back to the Germans first? Just say we won't add machines for the time being?" Mingzu agreed: "No more, no more. However, if Chen Liuzi gets on this machine, he will really fight against us. Alas! I have wanted to use this machine for a long time, but I was confused for a while and lost a round. Liu Sir, let’s go back to Ned first, and let’s think about it later.” Miss Jia raised her head and glanced this way.Ming Zu knew that she was looking at him, and there was a slight mockery at the corner of his mouth, so he ignored her. Mr. Liu nodded: "Chairman, I don't understand. There are only two sets of this kind of roller machine in China, all of which are in Shanghai. Chen Liuzi doesn't even know a word. How did he know to buy this kind of machine?" This time Mingzu took the initiative to take a look at Miss Jia: "He can't read, but Lu Jiaju studied dyeing and weaving in Germany. Although he can't do it, he still knows what kind of machine is good." Mr. Liu nodded.Miss Jia put down the newspaper and was about to speak. Mingzu stood up and walked to the window, looked at the street below, then turned around and said: "This machine uses few people, takes up a small space, and is very fast. Now that we think about it, we We have already lost to Chen Liuzi. Last year, Chen Liuzi sold us his brand new German Heidelberg printing machine. Iron turned into money..." Before Ming Zu could sigh, Ms. Jia interjected and said, "When he was selling the machine, it was the most difficult time for him. I asked Lu Jiaju. At that time, I told him not to buy it. You and Mr. Li strongly advocated buying it. Mr. Li also said that his classmate reunion was held. Don’t say that his classmates didn’t come, but they came and printed the printed cloth. Is there a market for the printed cloth? Now that I think about it, I regret it, but I should have regretted it long ago.” As soon as Mr. Liu saw that civil war was about to start, he slipped out without saying goodbye and closed the door behind him. Ming Zu was not happy: "What are you shouting about? You are still in front of Lao Liu." Miss Jia stood up and told Ming Zu what she was shouting about: "We can't let it go like this, we can't watch that countryman make trouble in Qingdao. I bought this machine with my own money and fought against him. If I lose, it’s mine, and if I earn it, I’ll count the shares.” Ms. Jia’s hair hasn’t been permed recently, she looks older, and when she talks, her hair flicks back and forth in a mess. Seeing that the suppression was ineffective, Ming Zu hurriedly changed his strategy, walked over and said, "We can afford it, but we don't need it now. Our batch of back-dyed cloth has just been sold out, so we need a time to recuperate. Siya, we Looking further, the market is huge, so there is no need to be angry with Chen Liuzi. Although Dahua is developing very fast, it will take some time before it can really catch up with us. The other dyeing factories are also very small, and the market Basically, we still take the lead, there is no need to fight directly with Chen Liuzi." During Mingzu's speech, Miss Jia waved her hands several times, but Mingzu insisted on finishing the natural paragraph.At this time it was her turn to speak, but she was so angry that she forgot the words, took a breath and said, "I'm so mad! I can't swallow this breath, I have to fuck with him." Mingzu smiled, stretched out his hand to ask Hugging her, Miss Jia refused to let her hug her, and pushed his hand away, "Take your hand away! I'm so mad!" Ming Zu laughed: "I'm not even angry, why are you angry? Dahua's Flying Tiger brand is on the rise, so there's no need for us to fight with him at this time. Besides, it's better to resolve an enemy than to end it. Siya, we Let’s think about how to make full use of the existing machines! Have you written the new advertisement yet?” "No!" Miss Jia said to take her bag and leave.Mingzu hurriedly asked: "Where are you going?" "I'll go to Ned and I'll buy the machine." Mingzu was a little annoyed: "No, even if you buy it, I won't let you install it in the factory." Miss Jia raised her eyebrows: "Then I'll open a dyeing factory myself. I've never seen someone so incompetent like you." Then she walked out. Ming Zu hurriedly went up to hold her back: "Okay, okay! Buy it!" Miss Jia lost her energy a bit, and she wanted to come back.Mingzu then added: "Buying is buying, but not now. Let's wait for Chen Liuzi to install it. Let's go and have a look. We have never seen this kind of machine. I asked Mr. Li yesterday, and he said he didn't either. I've seen it. Don't say it's good, it doesn't work when you buy it, just like the printing machine you bought. Sit down, sit down, and calm down." Miss Jia was sitting back, when she heard this, she played again: "Oh, after all, why don't you buy it?" Mingzu forced her to sit down, and then explained in depth: "Siya, the matter is over, let's not blame anyone. I was bitten by a snake once, and I was afraid of well ropes for ten years. I'm afraid this is Chen Liuzi He knew that we were in trouble for the time being and didn't have much spare money, so he deliberately asked Ned to tell us that he wanted to buy a machine. The little working capital that we had was turned into fixed assets. Without working capital, we couldn’t start working normally. If that’s the case, we can’t blame anyone, we jumped into the fire pit ourselves! Got it, Siya ? Let's recuperate now and wait for the future, or live in peace with Chen Liuzi. What do you think, Siya?" Miss Jia looked at Mingzu with a different look, paused for a while, and murmured: "I really have to guard against him." She took Mingzu's hand and put it on her face, and leaned over. past. Master Lu came to see Shopkeeper Zhou.When he came out of the station, a donkey cart hurried up to solicit: "Master, where are you going?" Master Lu sized him up and saw that the man was in his thirties and looked very honest, so he asked, "How much is it to go to Tonghe Dyefang in Zhoucun Street?" "Hey, it's not more than two cents, maybe you don't need money!" He didn't allow Master Lu to say anything, so he took the cattail bag and two big salted fish in his hand, put them in the back of the car, and helped Master Lu into the car . The little donkey cart started.Zhoucun station is two miles away from Zhoucun city, the man is driving the car in front, and Mr. Lu is watching the scenery behind.After walking for a mile, the donkey cart came to a small stone bridge, and the man stopped the cart.Master Lu immediately became vigilant: "What are you going to do?" The man came over with a stern face and asked, "What are you doing, let me ask your name?" Master Lu panicked even more: "My surname is Lu." The man's expression relaxed, he smiled, and went to lead the donkey again.Master Lu was very puzzled, he grabbed the man's sleeve and asked, "I said, what are you doing?" The man smiled: "Master, don't take offense. My surname is Yang, and I have been driving donkeys at Zhoucun Station for several years. Anyone who rides in my car, I have to ask your surname when they get here. Anyone surnamed Yang, I No money, anyone with the surname Pan, I'll knock him down immediately. Hehe!" "Why are you doing this?" "Because Pan Renmei harmed Yang Jiye, not to mention Yang Qilang, what a treacherous official! The country lost its pillars, and the Yang family became a widow. Taijun She is so old, and she has to take command of the war. This Pan Renmei is really not a thing ! His son Pan Bao is not a good bird either!" Master Lu laughed loudly, and signaled the man to go on: "Haha, you are fascinated by listening to "The General of the Yang Family". This case of Pan Yang did not appear in the official history. Haha, the Song Dynasty has been around for eight or nine hundred years now." .Besides, the surname Pan is a common surname, and it’s not just Pan Renmei’s family. Don’t be like this in the future.” The man also laughed: "When I listen to books, as long as I hear this passage, I won't get angry. I heard this passage again last time, and I was so angry that I came out of the bookcase and kicked the old Pan's family." The tea stall was kicked out, and they even lost 30 cents. Uncle, tell me, why do these treacherous ministers always want to harm Zhongliang? What can they get?" Master Lu looked at the man so persistently, and stopped laughing: "This person named Pan also has many good people in history, such as Pan An, who is not only beautiful..." Master Lu looked at the sky, looking for more powerful people in Chinese history. A person with the surname Pan, "There is also Pan Zhang, a general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, who almost chopped off Cao Cao's head with a single knife." As soon as Master Lu's car arrived, Zhu Zi rushed out to welcome him, took the gift from Master Lu, and let Master Lu go to the main room.In the main room, Mrs. Zhou was pouring tea, looking excited.Shopkeeper Zhou sat at the bottom, also greeted him with a smile.Outside the house, Caiqin held the soles of her shoes and eavesdropped under the window. Master Lu said: "Shopkeeper Zhou, this boy Shouting is capable! It's only been a year and a half, and he earned back his capital, and earned money from two other factories. No, it's time to add machines! I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. This is a letter." "Oh?" Shopkeeper Zhou took the letter and read it silently.After reading it, he returned his hand and put it into the small box on the table, and began to look for the source of his fortune: "It's all the young master who knows how to do it, and Shouting is just contributing." Mr. Lu sighed: "Oh, shopkeeper Zhou, we are not outsiders, and you know it without telling me. Our kid went to Germany to learn this profession, but I heard that he doesn't go to the workshop at all, and none of the machines will work. It's on. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to turn on the machine, and I didn't let him turn on the machine. You don't want seven momos to make offerings - get some gods and three ghosts to come around! No, at home, we married him a wife, he Don’t let me go to Qingdao. If you don’t go, don’t go, hey! In a few days, I found a student there, who had a big belly, and sent him back to have a baby. Tell me, shopkeeper Zhou, what should we do! No She is fine, she still has our child in her belly; treat her well, and we feel sorry for the eldest daughter-in-law. This time has made me very worried! Your old sister-in-law is more difficult than me, that elder sister-in-law The daughter-in-law is her niece." Shopkeeper Zhou knew how to practice Tai Chi, so he used the method of Tai Chi gossip to resolve it: "Master Lu, this is not a big deal. A businessman, he meets people outside all day long. The young master is good-looking, and he is an overseas student. When the female students see it, can they not jump up? Besides, the place in Qingdao is full of feasting, men and women dancing with their arms around each other, and the sulfur charcoal is close to the tinder, even if it is not blown up, it will produce yellow smoke. This is not a big complaint Young Master. Besides, for such a big business, finding a foreign student is not a big deal, it's inevitable, inevitable. Don't take it to heart, it will be fine when you grow up..." When Caiqin heard that the needle was stuck in her hand, she sucked it with her mouth. After Shopkeeper Zhou published the sulfur theory, he tentatively asked: "Is there nothing else in Shouting?" "Shouting's only focus is to make money, and he never touches these bad things." Caiqin smiled outside the window. "Oh, that's okay, that's okay." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a more stable expression. "It's not just that. Shouting and the workers eat together in the factory. Shouting eats whatever the kitchen does; but Jiaju has to be delivered by the restaurant. Shopkeeper Zhou, I don't understand, since I was a child My tutor is so strict, but why didn't it work?" Shopkeeper Zhou was very proud, but didn't say anything. Master Lu went on to say: "I sent Lao Wu, the accountant. Lao Wu wrote to say that Shouting was in the factory all day long, from batching to selling cloth, all by himself. Shopkeeper Zhou, if there is no Shouting, just tease him for that female student, and tell him he eats restaurants every day, and I will call him back." He said and sighed, "Oh, shopkeeper Zhou, you said that our family has been educated and educated for generations, what happened? Such a child! I have figured it out in the past two days, I still have to be in China to go to school, and I can’t go to a foreign country.” Mrs. Zhou came over to refill tea: "Master Lu, don't keep thinking about these little things about the young master. It's not a big deal to be the owner's restaurant. At the beginning, our workshop hired a master. Let Shouting learn it all in just one day. That’s the kind of person who still eats white noodles every day!” Master Lu sighed: "One month after they opened, I went to Qingdao. Sigh, seeing how busy Shouting is, seeing Jia Kui wearing a suit every day, drinking tea and smoking, I feel unjust. When the child was about to give birth, your old sister-in-law had a difficult labor. At that time, I panicked, washed my hands, cast a hexagram, and got a "Tai" hexagram. Shopkeeper Zhou, these sixty-four hexagrams are about whether it is extremely peaceful, this' The hexagram "No" and the hexagram "Tai" are next to each other. I was relieved at the time, but Jia Kui was born in a short while. Just this hexagram, it means that this kid is blessed in this life. He has Shouting's help all his life. It must not fall to the ground. People are fate! Shouting has suffered since he was a child, and now he has made a fortune, but he still hasn't escaped the trouble. This child is good! I like it from the bottom of my heart!" Caiqin laughed outside, thinking that her choice was completely correct.Next is how to keep the fruits of victory. Shopkeeper Zhou didn't quite understand Master Lu's words, but he still said: "I met the young master when he was young. Although he is a son of a rich family, he is not rampant. He is also very nice. He is with Shouting Son, maybe you need to take some anger. Shouting has a quick temper and curses when he opens his mouth, I don't think Eldest Young Master can bear his anger." Master Lu took it over and said, "Boss Zhou, if Shouting is that kind of gentleman, we won't be able to cooperate in this business. I just want to put such a person next to him. I told Shouting when I went to Qingdao, If scolding doesn't work, kick him with your feet." After finishing speaking, the two laughed loudly. Master Lu was busy catching the train back, and left after sitting for a while. Caiqin walked into the house and said to Shopkeeper Zhou, "Father, I'm going to Qingdao by car tomorrow to find Shouting." Shopkeeper Zhou felt sudden: "Qin'er, Shouting is short-tempered, it's better to write a letter to ask, let's talk to him first!" Caiqin's face changed suddenly: "How dare he push me back? Unless he also found foreign students." Caiqin didn't wait for her father to reply, and went back to her room, and Mrs. Zhou quickly followed. Shopkeeper Zhou was helpless. On the train, Caiqin was holding Fuqing, and Zhuzi and his wife were sitting opposite her, also holding their child.Zhuzi asked anxiously: "Caiqin, Brother Six won't scold us back, will he? I'm not at ease in my heart! Let's talk about it first, I didn't let this go, and you have to make the decision for me when the time comes .” Caiqin smiled: "You've asked this question eight times. No way! Not only won't you scold you, but maybe even buy you a drink! It scares you. You even turned against him!" Zhuzi's daughter-in-law said, "Sister-in-law Six, I'm also afraid of meeting Sixth Brother." Caiqin smiled and said, "I've never seen you two so useless. Why are you afraid of him?" Zhuzi's daughter-in-law said: "Brother Liu never scolded me, Zhuzi went back to learn it. He said that when he saw Brother Liu's eyebrows raised, his heart trembled. He missed Brother Liu, so he talked about Brother Six all day long. I'm at a loss." Caiqin laughed angrily: "Let you two say this, I'm married to Hades. It's okay, I'll take care of him." Master Lu and his wife were sitting there drinking tea.Master Lu said: "I think it's better to let the little wife come and live. It's not appropriate to be alone in a manor house and pregnant with a child." The old lady was a little embarrassed: "It's fine to come here, but where can I live?" Master Lu said: "It is said that wives and concubines cannot share the same room, but Jia Kui is not at home, so let her live with Fei Cui. I don't think there is anything wrong with two people talking." The old lady objected: "We have to wait, let her go for a while, let her dry and dry first. Besides, we have to let Fei Cui see it." Master Lu was about to continue speaking when the old lady saw Fei Cui walking out and shouted through the curtain, "Tui'er! Where are you going?" Then she ran into the yard. Fei Cui stood still, with her head lowered, waiting for the old lady to ask her a question.The old lady came over and held her hand: "Where are you going? You just got pregnant, so you can't run around, don't run into something unlucky and rush us away." She said while supporting Jade and walking towards the west room. The two entered the house, Fei Cui asked her mother-in-law to sit down, and sat down herself: "Gu, I want to go to the Zhuang Huyuan to have a look." "Go to see that little woman? What do you want to see her for? You don't need her to eat, and you don't need her to drink." Fei Cui twirled the corner of her clothes, lowered her head and said, "When Brother Jia Kui left, he repeatedly asked me to go and have a look." "He has the nerve to say it too. Huh!" The old lady looked very angry. Fei Cui raised her head and said: "Gu, she has already entered our house and has become a member of our family. I don't think it's good to neglect her any longer. Besides, she can also read and write letters to Brother Jiaju every day. If Let Brother Jiaju know that we neglected her, I'm afraid he will come back and bear me. Besides, Brother Jiaju is in Qingdao, so he can't help you with the business. Seeing Brother Six working alone, I feel sorry. Coupled with the fact that the family is not happy, drinking all day long to relieve worries, and the sixth brother has a quick temper, won't people scold him? Auntie, I can tolerate it, so you should say goodbye. After giving birth, maybe you have to go back Qingdao, it’s not a good thing to accumulate some grudges. Auntie, it’s okay to let her live in the south room, or let her come to my house. She grew up in the city and hasn’t suffered any beatings. She’s just twenty, alone Live in the farmer's courtyard, don't make any troubles." The old lady sighed: "Oh, what's the matter!" The second wife's belly was protruding, but her complexion was in good spirits.Although there is only one person in the farmer's courtyard, they are cleaned very cleanly.She was looking at a book on baby feeding and kept taking notes.At this time, the old lady came in.She got up quickly, called out "Mom!" sweetly, and then helped the old lady sit down on the chair. The old lady cared about the growth of the next generation, and asked with concern: "The child is growing up at this time, why do you only eat dry food and not vegetables?" The second wife said: "Mom, Sister Fei Cui and I are both pregnant, so you ask someone to cook for us alone. I asked, you and Dad Jia Jun only eat pickles, and I can hardly swallow the meat and vegetables." No more. Mom, let me eat the same meal as everyone else, huh?" The old lady slapped her legs anxiously: "Hey, what do you care about that! It's not only for yourself, but also for the child in your belly. My child, now that those things are over, your father and I were talking there, if this happened once What a joy it is to have two big fat boys in succession!" The second wife lowered her head: "Mom, I have really experienced many things during my stay here. For example, you and Sister Fei Cui's kindness and tolerance. Alas, if I didn't love Jia Kui from the bottom of my heart, I really wouldn't have the courage to stay any longer. The nicer you guys are to me, the more wrong I feel." The old lady took her hand: "Don't talk about this. You will move in in a while, and Fei Cui will come to pick you up in a while. Child, you have to understand mother's difficulties. After you pass, I may not be able to give you a good face. I was fake, I was just pretending. Son, when you become a mother-in-law in the future, you will know my difficulties at this moment. Okay, I have to go." The old lady stood up and came out without waiting for the second lady to speak.The second wife walked to the door of the house, looked at the back of the old lady and smiled wryly. In the afternoon, the workshop was steaming, and Shouting was shirtless working with the workers. There was a scar on the place where the incense was pressed, which was shiny, like a breastplate.He ran around, pointing out the country. A very stocky young man came over and said, "Boss, the water in the No. 7 gray dye tank is steaming." Shouting explained the work here and followed the young man.Next to the tank, there is a bucket of squid.Shouting tested the temperature with his hands first, then shook his head and said, "It's still not good, let's heat it up again." The young man nodded, and Shouting came back here again.The workers moved out of space, Shouting stepped forward, and a young man hurriedly handed over a narrow strip of white paper, Shouting held the other end of the paper, and dipped the paper into it.After a while, I took it out, looked at it, and went to the bright place at the workshop door to look at it, and then shouted: "Add one pound and one flat tea bowl of black alum, and a whole rice bowl of sulfuric acid. Be careful not to burn your hands, and put on rubber gloves. Get ready to lay down." The workers responded to the sound and were busy. Shouting walked to the No. 7 trough again.The young man said: "Shopkeeper, I think it's too hot, I can't even put my hands down." Shouting put his hand near the water surface, felt the temperature, shook his head and said, "Reheat." The young man wanted to raise an objection, but Shouting was in a hurry: "Did you fucking hear that? Heat up!" The young man ran over in response and pushed the switch again.After returning, Shouting said to him: "Among all the colors, gray is the most difficult to dye. If there is too much dye, it will become black or dark gray. If there is too little dye, it will not be dyed. It all depends on the temperature. If the water temperature is too low, it will become sticky. I can’t stand it; if the water temperature is too high, the sulfuric acid will be stronger, and the cloth will be burned to pieces. Do you know?” The boy scratched his head and laughed.Shouting slapped him lightly: "You still want to be my master. Since I was in business, the first person I resigned from was my master. Look!" He said, picked up a squid from the bucket next to it, and lifted the tail , Smudge the claws on the head of the fish into the groove.The fish claw rolled up immediately, and Shouting raised his hand and shouted: "Stop heating, half a bucket of cold water!" The young man poured half a bucket of cold water in his hand.Shouting tried again, but the fish tail was still curled up: "Pass me the ladle." The young man scooped up a scoop of water, Shouting took it, added half of it, and tried again, but the fish tail was still curled, so he added the remaining half of the scoop.The fish tail is still curled, but it seems to be rolled more slowly.Shouting shouted: "Start the machine, unload the cloth!" Seven or eight workers got busy, and the machine started to spin rumblingly. The large roll of cloth flowed down from above, and after being soaked into the trough, it was rolled up again by the machine at this end. Shouting called the young man, held the squid in his hand and said, "Try it for a quarter of an hour, and the fish's tail will curl up to this degree. If it's cold, heat it up, and if it's hot, add water. If you mess it up, I'll beat you to death!" What is the owner of the No. 7 tank! Remember, this is the quality." As he said, he pinched off the tail of the squid, and placed the remaining part horizontally on a wooden board. The young man smiled: "Shopkeeper, if only we could dye gray cloth every day, the guys would be able to eat fish every day." Shouting suddenly remembered something: "I said, when the squids that were tested for water temperature were sent to the kitchen, tell those fools who cook that the colored part must be removed. Last time I saw if there was any squid in our soup. Clean up the place. The vitriol and the acid are poisonous. Don't let those fools kill us. Remember?" The young man nodded earnestly: "Remember, shopkeeper, go smoke a cigarette and have a rest!" Shouting took a step back, took out a cigarette and lit it, crossed his hips, watched the guys do it, and said with a sigh: "This is in Qingdao, and there are squid. In the past in Zhoucun, I tried it with my hands. Even Putting it on, burning it with sulfuric acid, my fingers are rotten all day. Alas!" Gu Ying sighed in self-pity, walked a few steps, found a wooden box and sat down slowly. The young man ran over with the squid: "The shopkeeper, is this the quality?" Shouting looked at it: "Well, that's all right, that's it." The young man turned around and yelled: "Go on!" Then he came over with a bowl of water for Shouting, "Shopkeeper, drink some water first and rest." Shouting took the water and gulped it down.The young man said again: "Shopkeeper, I think it's better to use a thermometer, or that thing is more accurate." Shouting put down the bowl: "What? Use a thermometer? Do you know? The water temperature gauge is from Germany, and one is worth three oceans. Last time I listened to the owner, bought ten, and it hasn't been used for a month yet. It was all scalded. The mercury jumped out and fell into the trough, ruining a trough of materials. Ten squids cost thirty yuan. What about this bucket of squid? Besides, if you know how high the temperature is, wouldn’t you be able to do it? What if other factories pay a lot of money and poach us alone? Let me tell you the degree of curling of this squid, so I can trust you bastard. Get out, Give me less advice here!" The boy ran back with a smile. Shouting also laughed. The accountant, Mr. Wu, came, walked up to Shouting and said cautiously, "Master Chen, Ned from Dehe Yangxing is here, and he also brought a translator." Shouting didn't turn around: "Let him talk with the boss first." Mr. Wu murmured, "My boss...he went out again." Shouting dropped the cloth in his hand, turned around and stared, "Where did you go?" "The woman from the telegraph office is here again. The boss was afraid that it would be unpleasant to quarrel in the factory, so he told her to go out." Seeing Shouting's face change suddenly, Mr. Wu was too frightened to look up. "Where did you go? Get him back! This woman is really shameless now. Once she touches her, she won't be able to shake her arms if she wants to. Last time, I almost lost my breath. I came here again while I was away. How shameless!" When the workers saw Shouting yelling at the accountant, they turned their heads to look. Seeing that Shouting turned his head, the workers were so frightened that they hurried back to work. "Don't look for it, shopkeeper, my boss is not in the mood at the moment, even if you call him back, it won't help. Shopkeeper, calm down, you'd better go see the German." Mr. Wu smiled. "Hmph, his mother doesn't know how to raise him. No, you have to call him, tell him this is a factory, not a place to hang your arms. Go call him!" Old Wu said, "I don't blame my boss this time. When I saw my boss let her go, she just refused to leave." Shouting sighed: "Tomorrow I have to talk about him, and I can't wear that rag suit up. " Mr. Wu followed up and said: "Yes, yes, you can no longer wear a suit. Shopkeeper Chen, in fact, the German has talked with the owner and said that he will have a face-to-face meeting with you. The owner told him that he would not do it at all. No Lord." Shouting smiled coldly: "Hmph, I've never seen anything like this. Fetch water and clothes." A young man came running over with a basin of clean water, and Mr. Wu waited with his clothes. Shouting began to wash his face. Shouting and Mr. Wu walked outside the workshop.At this time, two workers were preparing to carry sulfuric acid, one in his twenties and the other in his teens.They put the rope into the nose of the jar, and put it on the pole to carry it. Shouting saw this scene, raised his hand and shouted, "No, that's sulfuric acid!" It was late, and the workers had already lifted the jar off the ground.The nose of the jar was broken, the jar was broken, sulfuric acid was overflowing, and there was yellow smoke all over the place.Shouting strode up and pushed the child away forcefully, the child backed up a few steps and sat on the ground.The young man in his twenties saw the sulfuric acid flowing towards him, he was frightened, and slowly backed away.Shouting took a step forward, picked up the pole and started to pestle him.The young man was stabbed five or six steps away, and he sat down on the ground.Finally, they didn't burn their legs. Other workers gathered around. The two workers were dumbfounded. They sat on the ground with only fear and forgot to stand up.Shouting took the bamboo stick with which the cloth was bound, and shamelessly took it at the young man in his twenties.The young man squatted on the ground, holding his head.Shouting cursed while beating.Mr. Wu hugged him tightly. Shouting was panting with anger: "How many times have I told you to use a mat to lift sulfuric acid, but I don't listen! I just don't listen! Damn it, if it's really hot, how will you ask me to explain to your family!" 吴先生推着他走，他一路骂骂咧咧，边走边回头。 办公室里，内德和翻译坐在连椅上等着。内德有三十多岁，身材高大，穿着格子布的西装。那翻译二十多岁，穿着白衬衣，头戴鸭舌帽，帽顶上还有个小布扣。 寿亭呼的一声撞开门，怒气冲冲地进来了。内德很意外，连惊带礼貌地站起来要握手，寿亭没理他，从他身边走过，坐到自己的椅子上。内德把手一摊，耸一下肩，很尴尬。寿亭冲着吴先生吼道：“让他俩上外间等一个钟头，我正在气头上，什么事也说不了。快让他们出去！” 内德和翻译对视一下，摊摊手。吴先生过来，让着他去了外间。 外间里，吴先生给他俩端过水来，对着内德赔笑脸。“杜先生——”他对翻译说，“你给内德先生解释解释，陈掌柜的就这脾气，一会儿就没事了。刚才工人不按规定抬硫酸，差点烧着。他整天忙里忙外的，也是心焦。陈掌柜的少年得志，十五岁就当掌柜的。” 翻译说：“我听说陈先生过去曾经要过饭……” 吴先生赶紧用手指里面，示意翻译停下：“可别说这！”他又用手指了一下里面，“要是让陈掌柜的听见，你这买卖就别做了。 内德也用眼瞪翻译，翻译赶紧改口：“我是说，我听说过陈先生的本领，也听说过他的脾气。不过内德先生是有身份的人，这样鲁莽很不合适。这不是对待合作伙伴的方式。” 吴先生笑笑：“杜先生担待。陈掌柜的这就给内德先生留了面子，因为是洋人。要是你自己来，他一嗓子就把你轰出去。杜先生，你是不知道，陈掌柜的除了他丈人不敢骂，谁都敢骂。土匪都拿他没办法。青岛码头上的地痞厉害不？可就是不到这里来闹。这你知道。何大庚从自己的腿上往下割肉，他割一块，陈掌柜的吃一块，生吃！何大庚一看镇不住，关上门认了陈掌柜做大哥。你是来谈买卖，谈成了买卖是目的，别挑这些小事，别把大事耽误了。” 内德听得懂汉语，只是说得不好：“嗯，我知道，陈是个传奇人物。” 寿亭想喝水，可搪瓷缸子里没有水，他就过去对着水管子喝了一阵。他抹了一下嘴，大声喊老吴。 老吴闻声而至：“掌柜的。” “你办两件事。” “是！掌柜的，你说。” “从柜上拿两块钱，记到我账上，给刚才那个贼羔子送去。我打了他，事后想想觉得忒重。还是个半大孩子，这事儿也难免。别让我吓得他跳了海。去，替我给他赔个不是，就说陈寿亭错了，给你赔不是。” “好，好，我这就去办。陈掌柜的，你这是打一巴掌给个枣吃。” “你说什么？”寿亭的眼又瞪起来，“打一巴掌给个枣吃？我打他，是因为他错了；给他两块钱，是因为我错了。这根本不是一回事。” “是是是是是……” “第二件，买机器的那个单子在你那里，你抄一张，再给查西汀洋行的英国人送去。咱要货比三家，让他们这些狼羔子争肉。最后肉是咱的，给他们的全是骨头。” “这事儿对，就得让他们争。我把内德先生叫进来吧？” “叫进来吧，好好的，生了一顿闲气。” “陈掌柜的……”吴先生支吾，他见寿亭又把眼瞪起来了就赶紧说，“人家是来谈买卖的，别对人家横鼻子竖眼的。” “老吴，我这气刚消了，你别再激我的火。我不管什么德国人还是他娘的日本人，他们是拱着来和咱做买卖，是想挣咱的钱。你记着，老吴，我在周村，你在张店，咱俩都能吃得上饭。咱之所以跑到青岛来挣钱，就是为了有了钱高声说话。有钱就是祖宗，就是他们的祖宗！” 老吴连连说是，倒着退了出去。 这时，登标满脸喜气地跑进来：“掌柜的，你家大嫂来了。还有个伙计，叫柱子，也带着媳妇。” 寿亭一惊：“在哪？” “楼下吴先生那里。” 寿亭刚想去，接着想起了一件事：“登标，那个叫柱子的不是伙计，是我兄弟。你先下去陪着，说我正和洋人谈买卖。先公后私，我谈完了买卖就下去。” 登标点着头：“掌柜的，东家也回来了，正在下面陪着大嫂说话呢。东家让我告诉你一声，晚上他请客，不让你在厨房里吃饭。” 寿亭想了想：“不用，你让伙房蒸馍馍，炖鱼，大伙一块吃，都高兴高兴。去馆子花钱太多。告诉东家，免了。”