Chapter 8 Against the tide

When the news came, it happened that Hu Xueyan returned to Shanghai with Baosen, who had swam the Six Bridges and Three Zhu Victories on the West Lake.For him, this is naturally good news, and he can't help but arouse a lot of ambitions in his heart. As usual, every time Hu Xueyan goes to Shanghai, it takes at least half a month to deal with the dinners that are lined up day and night to welcome him.Gu Yingchun and Grandma Qigu were "insiders", and it was early October when they became the hosts to treat guests, which was close to the longevity of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Two tables of guests were invited that day, and the accompanying guests were all "our own people", including Liu Bucai - he is now in charge of the Hu Qingyu Tang Pharmacy, and this time he returned to Shanghai to go north to buy medicinal materials for next year. There is Mi Benchang, he is the "big guy" of the Shanghai head office of Fukang Xueji Bank.

In addition, they are also the stallholders of silk accounts and pawns opened by Hu Xueyan's private capital. It's too early for the wine to go away, Hu Xueyan wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Gu Yingchun and his wife about what he had seen, heard and thought in the past few days, so he decided to stay at the Gu's house. The Gu family had prepared a lodging for him, it was a huge apartment in the back room on the second floor, everything was ready, so they sent back his bearers and attendants, leaving only a personal attendant named Ah Cheng Yes, let him live in the Gu family.

"Ying Chun, releasing the two rivers in Xiangyin this time is equivalent to a big fall in Hefei. Look, what can we do?" "Uncle," Gu Yingchun replied, "I don't think you need to make any plans now, you might as well have a look." "Why?" "The matter is clearly there. Hefei and Xiangyin have always been rivals. Xiangyin will release the two rivers this time. First, he will not let Beiyang take care of Nanyang affairs like the previous few Taiwanese; secondly, Xiangyin and Liu Xianshuai is a fellow from Hunan. Liu Xianshuai has suffered from Hefei. As long as Xiangyin has the opportunity, he will naturally take revenge for him. This is Xiangyin's side, and Hefei's side, of course, must be on guard. Hefei is powerful in terms of tactics, maybe pre-emptive strikes , we have to guard against 'eating in between'."

"'Eating sandwiches'?" Hu Xueyan was stunned. He couldn't figure out why he would suffer from the struggle between left and right? "The two sides are fighting each other. There are no more than two strategies. One is to have a backer, to capture the thief and capture the king, and the other is to have a helper, to cut off the wings. Xiangyin is the latter. Uncle, Hefei wants to move Hunan. Yin, you have to cut off the wings first, I'm afraid you are the first to bear the brunt." Hu Xueyan was terrified, but he couldn't help being confused, "Could it be that you want me to surrender the form to Hefei?" He asked, "If I want to do this, how can I be worthy of Xiangyin?"

"Of course, the surrender form says nothing. I think my uncle needs to contact Shao Xiaocun." The famous You Lian from Shao Xiaocun, Yuyao, Zhejiang, can be regarded as a talent for Westernization. He has always been close to Li Hongzhang. The newly opened Shanghai Road—Shanghai Road was originally Li Hongzhang’s confidant Liu Ruifen. Li Hongzhang was arrested and tried to transfer him to Jiangxi vassal.From Liu to Shao, it is enough to see that Shanghai Road, which is in charge of Jianghai Customs, is tantamount to being under the jurisdiction of Li Hongzhang. "Contact Shao Xiaocun, isn't it just to hang Hefei's shoulders? Is it true that you have to kowtow to count as a surrender form?"

"Dangling one's arms" is a slang term in the market. Although the language is vulgar, it is very thorough.Gu Yingchun was silent for a while, and suddenly made an astonishing suggestion. "Uncle, if you don't do it, you will spend two to three hundred thousand silver to attack Shao Xiaocun!" This time, Hu Xueyan was even more astonished, "You mean, you want me to be the leader of the sea?" He asked. "yes!" Hu Xueyan was at a loss for an answer, stood up and paced around for a while, thinking about it for a while, then suddenly shouted: "Seventh Sister, Seventh Sister!"

Grandma Qigu was peeling crab powder and preparing snacks for midnight snack, when she heard the greeting, she came out in a hurry and asked, "Young grandpa called me?" "Ying Chun wants me to do the Shanghai Road. Look at his idea, does it work or not?" Grandma Qigu was stunned for a moment, "Why do I still not understand this?" She looked at her husband and asked, "Isn't Shanghai Dao a new person?" This suddenly reminded Gu Yingchun that he felt that he hadn't thought carefully about the matter. Shao Youlian had not been in office for a long time. If there was no major fault, there would be no reason to open the vacancy, so he nodded and replied: "It doesn't seem to be feasible."

"Besides, I am not an official." Hu Xueyan asked, "Do you think I am a person who gets up early and goes to work?" Although Hu Xueyan wears a "red cap", he is a "businessman" after all.Now that he has made a lot of money and lives extravagantly, he is too princely, and the official position that he should be able to display is just a part of his pomp.If you want to make up for the real shortage, be an official and perform this ceremony, not to mention currying favor with the chief like the alternate Taoism. When you meet the governor, you will rush to the place early to serve on duty. Therefore, Shanghai Dao, as a local official, sent him to welcome him, which he regarded as an errand that he dreaded.

Grandma Qigu understood a little bit. She also heard from Gu Yingchun that Shao Youlian belonged to Li Hongzhang, and Hu Xueyan belonged to Zuo Zongtang, so they were considered hostile.Now Gu Yingchun suggested that Hu Xueyan should become the Dao of Shanghai and replace Shao, not because the Dao of Shanghai would be of any benefit to Hu Xueyan, but only to attack Shao Youlian. "Regardless of whether it works or not, and regardless of whether my uncle is comfortable or not, whether or not he can afford to suffer from being an official, we shouldn't think about it at all!" Grandma Qigu always speaks frankly and profoundly, so Gu Yingchun and Hu Xueyan both asked her to explain why she shouldn't have this idea.

"Let me ask you first," Grandma Qigu asked her husband, "Is Shanghai Road the most fat in the world?" "Do you still need to ask?" Grandma Qigu ignored him, and still asked herself: "Is my uncle the richest man in the world?" There is no need to ask, "Otherwise, why is it called 'God of Wealth'?" Gu Yingchun replied, "Don't talk nonsense." "It's not me talking nonsense. If my uncle becomes a Shanghai Taoist, some people will talk nonsense. My uncle made his fortune in business, but some people say that he made his fortune from an official, and Shanghai Tao is famous. Fei Que, you say, if you don’t pay attention to the "Master Du" who is ripping off money, and insist that the uncle's money came from being a corrupt official, then you will not be able to wash it off by jumping into the Yellow River."

This statement scared Gu Yingchun into a cold sweat. If Hu Xueyan became the Taoist priest of Shanghai, it might really bring him a disaster of ransacking his home. "Ying Chun, listen up." Hu Xueyan said, "That's why I want to ask Seventh Sister for advice." "Uncle, don't put a high hat on me! I have something to say, I—" Grandma Qigu suddenly stopped, and after a pause, she said, "Let's talk slowly!" After finishing speaking, she turned and left. Hu Xueyan didn't pay attention to her hesitant attitude, and resumed the topic and said: "For Shao Xiaocun, I don't want to be perfunctory, and there is no need to attack him. Then, Ying Chun, what do you think? " "Of course there's only non-stop." "Is it business as usual?" "yes." "That's good. Let's talk about what to do after Xiangyin comes." Hu Xueyan said, "I think after Xiangyin comes, I can kill Yihe." Jardine refers to the British merchant Jardine Matheson.This foreign firm's trade in China has developed rapidly, and its relationship with Hu Xueyan is both friends and enemies.Hu Xueyan purchased military supplies for Zuo Zongtang, especially the new Western-style arms, which was quite able to rely on the supply of Jardine, but in terms of silk export, Jardine was Hu Xueyan's number one rival. Originally Hu Xueyan was in the silk business, and "Dongyangzhuang" was targeting Jardine.But Jardine thinks that buying silk through Hu Xueyan is too expensive in terms of price. It is better to send people to the countryside to buy it. The price is higher than Hu Xueyan, and the silkworm farmers are naturally willing to sell it. In Jardine, it is still more cost-effective than buying silk from Hu Xueyan. .In other words, the silkworm farmers traded directly with Jardine and shared Hu Xueyan's intermediate interests with each other. However, Hu Xueyan doesn't care much about this, because he pays attention to fair trade, and he often hangs a saying, "Everyone eats when there is food."The new silk of the sericulture farmer can be sold at a good price, which is beneficial to him and not detrimental to him-wouldn't it be a good thing to be able to recover smoothly the debts that are not accepted, or that are released in a hurry. It’s just that there is a situation in front of us, and we must find a quick solution. In the fifth year of Guangxu’s reign, Jardine & Co., Ltd. set up a silk reeling factory by the Suzhou River. In Gongheyong, there is also a fair silk reeling factory, which is invested by British business fair and foreign company, and it is also under intensive preparation. The two silk reeling factories, Jardine and Gongheyong, have not yet started operation. The main reason is that there are too many people who oppose it.One machine is worth 30 people. In other words, it takes one month of labor to produce the output of a machine in one day.As a result, the livelihoods of many households in the rural areas of western Zhejiang are in danger of being cut off.Therefore, the boycott initiated by the Silk Industry Office was actually initiated by Hu Xueyan, and the managers of the Silk Industry Office were all guided by him. However, these three new silk reeling factories are riding a tiger, especially Jardine and Fair. If they do not set up new silk reeling factories, their customers in Europe will turn to Japan to buy high-quality silk. Because of this, the three new silk reeling factories actually joined together and jointly hired the Italian Maddens as the chief engineer to instruct the technicians of the third factory to operate the machines purchased from Italy or France. At the same time, they sent people to the countryside to pay the price in advance and buy New silk for next year.This time, it can be said that the boycott initiated by Hu Xueyan has entered a situation of hand-to-hand combat. Hu Xueyan's advisers were divided into two factions on this matter, most of them were in favor of boycotting, while a few advocated going with the trend. Gu Yingchun once persuaded him earnestly. "Uncle, it's not the days of the great kingdom of heaven. There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond the people. No matter how hard you are, you can't help but look at the trend. The silk reeled by the machine is always hairless, and the snow is white and shiny. Put it together with the yellowing earth silk. It’s really like the eldest lady standing with the fire girl, it’s incomparable. There’s nothing you can do about it, not many people objected to the invention of the steam engine in England, but what happened later?” "What you said is right, but there are many silk households in the countryside who don't have 'living' in their hands. What can they eat?" Hu Xueyan said, "I will do my best to protect him for a day, and I will do my best for a day. It’s true that the trend is so strong that they can’t stand, and I can live with my conscience.” This is not a matter of conscience!Gu Yingchun was thinking in his heart, if the third factory can really be knocked down and the machines will be closed for auction, then he might as well find a few people to take over in partnership and pick up a ready-made bargain.Of course, if Hu Xueyan is willing, let him take the majority stake, but it is not appropriate to say it at this time. So Gu Yingchun changed into a very enthusiastic plan to boycott. The most important thing was to control the raw materials. Hu Xueyan bought silk at the same price. Based on his past relationship, it was of course better than the factory.Helplessly, the Jardine and Fairness factories have strong financial resources, and later raised the purchase price. Seeing that the situation is not good, Hu Xueyan had an idea, and shipped a large amount of goods. , One out and one in, made a fortune. In this first round, Jardine and Fairness suffered losses. Although they had stocks in hand and started work at the initial stage, they would not worry about not having raw materials, but it would be difficult to continue in the future.And at this moment, Hu Xueyan had another chance. The chance is that Zuo Zongtang will be the governor of Liangjiang. "Ying Chun," he said, "we are talking about fair trade now. Jardine and Fair use machines, and we use hands. Do you think it is fair or not?" "It's unfair and there's nothing you can do about it." "Why is there no way? Of course there is, it just depends on whether the leader is willing to do it. If Hefei only wants to make friends with foreigners and refuses to do it, Xiangyin will do it. Let me talk to him." "Uncle," Gu Yingchun smiled, "I've been talking for a long time, what are you willing to do or not?" "Add cocoons and donate. If you want to teach them that the cost is rising and there is no profit, then you must close the business." Of course, there are differences in donations, otherwise the cost will also increase, and they will still not be able to compete with others.Gu Yingchun felt that it was very powerful to deal with foreign businessmen in this way, but he had to prevent the foreign businessmen from instigating the Englishman Hurd of the General Taxation Department to make representations to the Zongli Yamen through Li Hongzhang's relationship. "No." Hu Xueyan has another opinion, "Hefei has hit two snags, and will no longer be as nosy as before. Besides, our silk industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has nothing to do with his northern style. He If you want to be nosy, do you think Xiangyin will buy him?" Just as we were talking about this, Grandma Qigu came to greet me for a midnight snack.The ancient house is very Western-style. There is a long mahogany dining table and six French court-style chairs in the dining room. However, the seats are still in accordance with Chinese rules. Sit on his right and left side to accompany him, creating a situation where the guest is the main one. The night snack porridge dishes are pickles such as ham, preserved eggs, meat floss, shrimp roe fermented bean curd, and oily radishes. Under the light of the crystal chandelier, the colors are bright and appetizing. "I want to have some wine." Hu Xueyan said, "This Two days later, the muscles and bones are a little sore." If the muscles and bones are sore, you have to drink "Tiger Bone Wooden Claw Burn", which is a well-known medicinal wine produced by Hu Qingyutang.Hu Xueyan's drinking capacity is very light, so Grandma Qigu only poured half a glass into the tall glass for him. "Seventh Sister," Hu Xueyan asked while holding the cup, "When did you go to Hangzhou? The old lady has been thinking about you." "I also miss the old lady." Grandma Qigu replied, "I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time during the year, and I will definitely go in spring." "Oh, there is something I want to discuss with you. The old lady will be sixty-nine next year, and seventy the next year. I want to take advantage of Xiangyin here to do it in nine and ten." Hu Xueyan's followers and subordinates have been discussing for a long time that Mrs. Hu's 70th birthday is going to be a lot of fun. Now Hu Xueyan wants to take advantage of Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Liangjiang, to celebrate Mrs. Hu's birthday next year. Grandma Qigu does not object, but there is a saying that "do nine but not ten", if "do nine, do ten", it is too much. I thought so in my heart, but no matter what, it was always Hu Xueyan's filial piety, so I didn't want to say anything to spoil the scenery, but just replied: "Nine is fine, ten is fine, as long as the old lady is happy." "It's not easy to hold up the scene, and it's also difficult to put it away." Hu Xueyan said, "In the past few years, Westernization has developed, and foreigners have brought a lot of things, some good and some bad, and they learn less from the good and more from the bad. It was bad at first, but after learning tricks from foreigners that we Chinese don’t understand, and playing bad, it really made him sell to Jinshan to be a piggie. I don’t know how he got to a foreign country. Seventh sister, what do you say Is it scary or not?" Grandma Qigu didn't understand his intentions, so she answered vaguely, "Yes." "A man came to me a while ago to ask for help." Hu Xueyan said again, "If you ask for help, you should sue for help. This person has another way of saying it. He said, 'Mr. Hu Da, you should do what you should do. I will gossip about you outside, you can’t do it.” I said: “Life is based on loyalty and filial piety. Apart from this, what else should I do? I just want to be good at five ethics, no matter what I do, no one is good. Criticize me.' He said: 'No. Apart from the five ethics, there is one thing that Mr. Hu Da should do.' I asked: 'What is it?' What do you think he said? He said: 'Spend money. '" According to this person, Hu Xueyan is famous for his extravagance, so when it comes to spending money, that's what he should do.Otherwise, it would not be Hu Xueyan.Next, I want to borrow five hundred taels of silver, and ask him what it will be used for?But there is no answer. "I also know that he has to pay off his gambling debts. If you tell me the truth, a small amount doesn't matter. I didn't know that he said: 'Mr. Hu Da, don't ask me what it is for. There is no need to ask for a reason to borrow money from you. Everyone says that you have been generous all your life, and you don’t know how much money you spent wrongly. Now you want to ask me what I use for five hundred taels of silver. If it spreads, it will appear that you, Mr. Hu Da, are not willing to spend wrongly. money man.' Do you think I should get mad?" "Of course we have to be angry." Gu Yingchun replied, "It's obviously a threat. If you don't lend him the loan, he will go around and say bad things. Damn it!" "Extremely hateful!" Hu Xueyan went on to talk, "I was thinking in my heart, if I don't lend it to him, there is no need to say it. Of course there is no good thing to say. How about lending it to him? This person has always been mean, so he must be cheap and behave, and say yes' You see, I scolded him face-to-face, but he still didn’t dare not to lend it to me. He has such a temper of not lighting a candle.’ Think about it for me, what should I do?” "Call me!" Grandma Qigu said angrily, "Five hundred taels of silver came out, but he doesn't want to use it. I donated it to Shantang in his name." Hu Xueyan sighed, "Seventh Sister," he said, "I wish I had been as smart as you were." "What?" Gu Yingchun asked, "Uncle, what did you do wrong?" "I sneered at the time and said: 'That's right, I don't know how much money I have spent on being wronged in my life, but you alone are an exception. One thousand taels, I said: "Today is doomed to lose money, it's hard to say." I lit a match, and burned the silver note in front of him." "How is he? Angry?" "He wasn't mad at all, but he uttered a word that made me mad." "How did he say?" "He said: 'Mr. Hu Da, you don't want to use this trick to deceive the little boy. You Fukang and Siheng are in the same business. You can report the loss if you burn the bank notes.'" Gu Yingchun and his wife were silent, and then Grandma Qigu said: "Uncle, you have suffered from being dumb." It is indeed a dumb loss.Hu Xueyan never thought of being able to "report the loss", and when this person said it, he must not report the loss, otherwise it would just prove what this person said, and it was "a trick to deceive the little boy". "Later someone asked me, I said there was such a thing, and asked if I had reported the loss? I just smiled and answered him, 'What do you think!'" "It's good if someone asks, at least there is a chance for people to see your uncle's attitude. I'm afraid that people won't ask. As soon as I heard about this, I immediately thought that it must have been reported as lost, so I didn't even need to ask." I asked." Gu Yingchun said, "Ah Qi is right, young uncle, you have suffered a lot for being dumb." "If you suffer a loss, you must learn to be good." Hu Xueyan interjected, "I thought about it later, this man is indeed reasonable, and the matter of spending money is what I should do, and I should not ask him what it is for. If It is said that I spent too much, so what about the money I earned? From my point of view, earning money depends on vision, wrist, and mental strength, but I also have to think about people who are losing money. , what I earn here is wasted money.” "My uncle's argument is getting more and more mysterious." Gu Yingchun said with a smile, "Is it wrong to earn money?" "If you earn money, you won't use it. What you earn is wasted money." Hu Xueyan asked, "There is a kind of 'chime money' in Huaiyang, have you heard of it?" When Gu Yingchun first heard the word "Qingxiangqian", Grandma Qigu had heard that there was a group of rich businessmen who had to compare pennies and bahts, accumulated assets of tens of millions, and poor clothes and food, and had a penny like their lives. The prodigal son, but I have no choice but to control my money tightly, so I have to borrow money everywhere.Interest is of course worse than borrowing usury from "Old Xier", but it has the same advantage. When the prodigal can't pay back the money, he will never come to press for it. "Then when will I pay it back?" Grandma Qigu explained to Gu Yingchun, "It will be the day his father dies. The first thing you do when you die is to invite a monk to recite the 'Daotou Sutra'. As soon as the chime in the monk's hand rings, the creditor will come to the door, so it is called chime ring money." "Rather than being unfilial to your children and grandchildren, it's better to spend it yourself. It doesn't matter if you get it or lose it. But, uncle, you said that spending money is what you should do." Gu Yingchun Said very implicitly, "I'm afraid there is still room for discretion." "I've thought about it several times. Since people call me the 'God of Wealth', I should spend my money, otherwise I will have troubles." If you don't do it, those who hate me will have something to say, how should I say it? Hu has always been good-looking, and now the governor of Liangjiang is Mr. Zuo, and he just uses his prestige to play a show. If he doesn't do it, it's not because he doesn't want to do it. Master Zuo didn't treat him better than before. Mrs. Hu had a birthday gift of course, but an ordinary birthday gift, if you want to save face for him, it won't happen. It's better to know each other yourself Wonderful. Seventh sister, tell me, if I don't do it, will this happen?" Grandmother Qi couldn't help but admit it, but she put it another way: "It's easy to do Jiuyuan." "I will do nine next year, and I will do it the next year." Hu Xueyan said again, "If you don't do it, someone will gossip again, saying that Mrs. Hu's seventy-year-old has already been set. It's just to use Mr. Zuo to show off, so One year in advance. It’s fine if you do it, his situation in the past two years is no better than before, and you can save it if you can. Seventh sister, you have to know, this is worse than not doing it next year!" "why?" "You still don't understand this?" Gu Yingchun interjected, "Once this word spreads, Fukang's savings will be discounted." "It's not just a discount?" Hu Xueyan dropped a sentence, "One pull will move the whole body, and immediately there will be a big storm." Grandma Qigu couldn't imagine what kind of "big storm" it would be, but seeing the rare vigilance on his face, she couldn't help but say a word she had kept in her heart for a long time. "Uncle, I also want to persuade you to accept it. However, what I said has a slightly different meaning from what the old lady said. The old lady said that if you can accept the ostentation, you don't need to put it on. What I said is that you can’t do business if you can’t do it, and you have to do business well.” As soon as this remark came out, Gu Yingchun felt very harsh at first, and couldn't help scolding him: "What did you say? My uncle is doing business, and you are required to criticize him?" "Ying Chun!" Hu Xueyan stretched out his hand to press his hand on the table, stopped him and said, "Now the only one who is willing to tell the truth to me is Seventh Sister. I want to listen!" He nodded emphatically as he spoke. Gu Yingchun originally felt that Hu Xueyan's temperament was not the same as before. He was afraid that Grandma Qigu's words would be too frank and make him unhappy, even if she didn't say anything, it would always be a disappointment.Since he liked to hear harsh words, he certainly didn't need to obstruct him, but he still gave his wife a wink, signaling her to be tactful in her words. "I've kept some words in my belly for a long time, and I wanted to say that there was no chance. Since my uncle wants to listen, I'll tell the truth. I'm not afraid of offending people. As long as my uncle listens to a sentence or two, even if they forget My hatred is worthy of me." From this opening sentence, Hu Xueyan knew that she was going to criticize the people he used.He is very concerned about this point, and he is also very conceited. He believes that the reason why he has established this situation today, which was not as good as in the heyday of Yangzhou salt merchants during the Qianjia period, is due to his ability to know people and be better at employing them. Of course, only through open and unannounced visits can we know where a person's strengths and weaknesses lie.However, when he listens to people, he has his own ups and downs in his chest. He first has to look at the critics, whether he has anything to criticize, and then weigh those criticisms. Which sentence is acceptable and which sentence is the other party's hope? He can listen.Grandma Qigu is one of the very few people he thinks he should admire. Not only does she want to listen to others' criticisms, but she also fears that she won't say enough, so she feels the need to encourage her. "Seventh sister, no one will remember your hatred, because no one will know what you said to me. If you have seen something, just say it, even if I have made mistakes, you don't have to be polite. You told the truth, I only have Thank you, I will never blame you." Such a sincere expression made Grandma Qigu feel that just criticizing certain people is not enough to show her loyalty. "Uncle, to be honest, compared with the past ten years or so, my respect for you has been reduced, but my concern for you, Uncle, has only increased. Thinking about you, sometimes I can't sleep all night thinking about you .” Hu Xueyan was terrified by what he said, "Seventh Sister," he said, "We are friends in need, and I admire you the most as the husband of a woman. I also know that in life, it is not like it was more than ten years ago. However, it’s still not that I’m sorry. Although the scene is a big deal, the people who use it are capable, and they are tight inside and out. I don’t know why Seventh Sister is so worried about me all night.” "What I worry about is that the tree attracts the wind. Uncle, you are the Zhangba lampstand. How many people have been exposed to your light and illuminated a road. They walked fast and steadily. It's a pity that you can't illuminate yourself." The common saying "Zhangba Lampstand" is so used, Hu Xueyan thinks it is very appropriate, so he pays more attention to her hereinafter. "Seventh sister, thanks to you who can see clearly. There are no outsiders today, please be honest, what problems do I need to correct?" Grandma Qigu was silent.She originally thought, you think that the people you use are strong and able to withstand the inside and outside, and this must be changed.But this seems to be completely obliterated, which will make Hu Xueyan disgusted, not to mention the fact that there are difficulties. If he said something like this, according to you, all the people I use will have to be replaced. Excuse me, where can I find so many people in such a short time?Were all the people we found reliable?There is no answer. Gu Yingchun somewhat saw her thoughts, and was afraid that what she said would be too much, which would be confusing and useless, so he suggested to her: "Ah Qi, if you talk about one or two small things, my uncle will naturally know it." "Okay!" Grandma Qigu accepted the suggestion, thought for a while and said, "Uncle, let me tell you about two things that you don't know about, but people have offended someone for you, and they will be charged to your account."