men and women

Early in the morning, Gu Xinyue and Shen Heli went to the pier by car, wearing dark blue gowns, hair tied back, hands on knees, eyes looking out of the car, with a calm expression.

Shen Heli leaned over, "What is Madam looking at?"

"Look at all the sentient beings." Gu Xinyue said casually.

Shen Heli laughed out loud when he heard the words, he laughed so happily, Gu Xinyue turned his head and glanced at him, "What are you laughing at?" He didn't realize that his words were funny.

"Ma'am, why are you so cute?" Shen Heli reached out to touch Gu Xinyue's face.

Gu Xinyue turned her face to the side, "I'm not a casual character, master should do less of this kind of behavior. Going out is no better than being at home. If you let master lose face, it's an unintentional mistake."

Shen Heli looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "Understood, I won't make trouble outside." Gu Xinyue obviously felt that his eyes were a little bored, so he turned his head and continued to look out the window as if he was not there.

In the early morning, the wharf is as lively as the city, with people coming and going, cars coming and going, the sound of hawking, price asking, and fresh river fish bouncing around in baskets and barrels.Seeing Gu Xinyue glanced at the mud on the ground, Shen Heli frowned involuntarily, knocked on the seat in front, and asked the driver to drive directly to the boat.

Western cars are big, and when passing this kind of street with vendors at both ends, it is necessary to keep honking the horn to make people move sideways, which is troublesome and disturbing to the people. Shen Heli always gets off here, and then walks to the boat by himself.But it doesn't matter to be an exception once in a while, Shen Heli thought to himself, as a rich uncle, he is qualified to be presumptuous for a beauty.

Shen Heli took a look and no longer looked out the window, but only looked at Gu Xinyue in front of him. Well, he doesn't necessarily want to be his beauty, and he doesn't necessarily need him to be presumptuous for him.

The pier is very big and many boats are parked. When Gu Xinyue got off the car, the river water slapped on the embankment, bringing damp water vapor. These were all unfamiliar to him, but his expression was indifferent, and he didn't seem interested.Shen Heli's four long-term followers, the four who made a fortune, were already waiting at the place, and there were three other men and a thin middle-aged man, who were probably the ones Shen Heli would bring this time.At the end of the waiting crowd stood two people, one old and one young, a few steps away from the people in front, obviously not in the same group.

"Boss, madam." The waiting people got up and bowed and shouted after seeing Shen Heli and Gu Xinyue getting off the station.Shen Heli naturally took Gu Xinyue's hand and walked forward, "Let me introduce to you, these are my buddies. This Uncle Yin is my father's friend. He has helped me a lot since I entered the industry. Now many daily matters are also dependent on him. Help. This is Wu Fafa, the general accountant of my subordinates. Don’t look at him as a scumbag, but he is a talented student who has studied abroad. This is Huo Fei, this is tall and strong, and they are all my old buddies for a long time."

Gu Xinyue nodded slightly, knowing it.Shen Heli pointed at the last two people and looked at Uncle Yin with some doubts, "This is?"

"To the young master, my uncle." The two bowed their knees forward and saluted, and Shen Heli looked at Gu Xinyue.

"Uncle Xiao, I don't like this anymore." Although Gu Xinyue's expression did not change, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was in a good mood at the moment, "This is Zeng Ma's husband, Gu Xiao, Uncle Xiao, this is my second baby brother , Gu Qi."

Uncle Xiao and Gu Qi bowed their hands to Shen Heli again, and Shen Heli nodded, "I don't know where Uncle Xiao and Brother Qi are here?"

"My uncle called him Gu Qi. The second son always wanted to be an errand runner for the young master. He didn't know anything before, and he didn't dare to show himself in front of the young master. Now he knows a little bit. If the young master wants to go out, he will send it here for the young master. Check it out. If it can be used, it is his good fortune." Xiao Bo said.

Gu Xinyue nodded, "Then let's go." Gu Qi hurriedly saluted Gu Xinyue again.

Shi Qing and Yin Zhu were sitting in the car behind, they arrived at this time, as soon as the car stopped, Yin Zhu and Zeng Ma walked quickly behind Gu Xinyue, Zeng Ma was here to see him off.Shi Qing took out the luggage from the trunk of the car, and Wang Cai had already stepped forward to help and sent the luggage to the boat.

"Ma'am, shall we take this boat? It's so big." Yinzhu sighed, behind everyone was a three-storey wooden boat, and there was a huge sunken character on the vermilion boat, which was very imposing.

"This is not a big boat. When the girl goes to see the real harbor, she will realize that these are just small sampans." A male voice came from the boat. Seeing the attention of everyone being attracted to him, he crossed the side of the boat alone. Zhu thought he was going to jump off such a high boat and exclaimed, but in the end he pulled a hemp rope hanging from the side of the boat and slid down.After stepping on his feet firmly, he walked in front of them, "Boss, I've waited for a long time and you didn't come up, so I'll come down to welcome you."

"This is the guy on the boat, tall and fierce." Shen Heli said to Gu Xinyue, "Everything else is good, but I like to attract other people's attention."

Gu Xinyue nodded slightly to Gao Dameng, the man who was still high-spirited just now suddenly twitched, and did not dare to look at Gu Xinyue's face, he clasped his fists with both hands, but bent one knee, "Greetings to my wife."

"You don't need to be too polite." Gu Xinyue said.Yinzhu pursed her lips and snickered.

Feeling ashamed, Shen Heli kicked him over, "What the hell are you doing?" Clasping fists is a courtesy for people in the Jianghu, but bending one knee is a courtesy for a slave to his master. The combination of the two is neither fish nor fowl.

"It can't be my fault, boss, no one taught us how to salute." Gao Dameng rushed out quickly, glanced at Gu Xinyue embarrassedly and said.

"Master, let's get on the boat." Zeng Ma said, although Gu Xinyue's expression did not change, she could tell that he was still slightly uncomfortable being surrounded by so many people.

Shen Heli gave Gao Dameng a sharp look, and went to welcome Gu Xinyue onto the boat attentively.When everyone went up, Gao Dazhuang said to his brother angrily, "Can you make some progress? It's embarrassing."

"When I see a woman, I can't control it. It's not like you don't know it." Gao Dameng said aggrievedly, "My wife is prettier than a woman. It's the first time I see such a beautiful person, I'm a bit out of control."

"Everyone is like you. No matter how beautiful your wife is, she belongs to the boss. If you dare to look at her more, I don't want to mess around anymore." Huo Fei said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go up, take care of your own eyes and mouth." Uncle Yin said, although he didn't know why Shen Heli took his wife out, but since he brought his wife out, he had to confess.

The rooms on the ship are quite large, and are divided into three rooms by hollow partitions and gauze curtains. The first room is for receiving guests, the second room is for eating and killing boredom, and the third room is a bedroom.Mama Zeng looked around before she said to Gu Xinyue, "It's better than expected, young master, you really won't let me go with you, I brought all my burdens."

"Didn't Zeng Mama say that she came to see me off, why did she bring all the baggage?" Gu Xinyue twitched the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, "I have arranged for my son to guard me, so there is nothing to worry about."

"What use can he be?" Zeng Ma said worriedly, "He can't tell whether the young master is happy or not."

"I'm not that moody." Gu Xinyue said. "Mama Zeng, don't worry."

In any case, Zeng Ma couldn't stay, so she could only step back and get off the boat, and she kept pulling Shi Qing and Gu Qi to explain repeatedly.

When he came back, Shi Qing was called by Wangcai, so only Gu Qi went back to the cabin, the room had already been lighted with light incense, cakes were placed on the table, outdated decorations had been put away, and the cloak and clothes had been changed. The cushion felt completely new, Gu Xinyue sat on the chair and read a book, with a casual expression as if he was not on the boat, but at home.

Gu Qi shook hands a little uncomfortably. Although his father and mother told him that the young master is kind and gentle, as long as the bottom line of the young master is not touched, there is still a lot of freedom in doing things under the young master.But in the past, he could only see him every year when he came with his father to pay New Year's greetings to the young master. Now Gu Xinyue's face is not far away, and the quiet environment feels a little suffocating.

"Aren't there any Westerners at this pier?" Yinzhu asked curiously.

Seeing that the other people present had no intention of answering, Gu Qi cleared his throat and said, "This is the cargo terminal, and the passenger terminal is fifty miles away. There are quite a lot of Westerners there."

"No wonder." Yinzhu said. "Are we going straight to sea?"

"No, Kyoto does not rely on the sea. The ships that come and go rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. You can go directly to Zhongyuan Prefecture. If you want to go to sea, you have to go from Jingshui to Jinggang. It is a deep-water seaport. From there, you can take a boat along the coastline. All the coastal cities in Linhai Prefecture can also go to Donglin Island." Gu Qi said.

"Can I go to Europa by boat there?" Yin Zhu asked.

"Yes." Gu Qi said. "However, the ships going to and from Europa are all foreign. The long-distance ships are all made of steel, which are much larger than wooden ships."

Shi Qing will come in now, "Young master, uncle said that we will set sail soon."

"En." Gu Xinyue nodded to show that he understood.

"Young Master said that everyone on the ship changed their address, and they will call Young Master Mr. when they go out from now on." Shi Qing said.

"En." Gu Xinyue said, turned a page of the book and said to Yin Zhu, "I'll make him a pot of Mansong later."

"Yes." Yin Zhu opened a small drawer and dug out the tea leaves from it. My uncle hit the right door this time. I think the tea that my uncle came to drink in the past was ordinary tea bought from the market. The young master's sarcastic words are still vivid in my ears. , It's just a cow chewing peonies, which peony can he taste better?

Mansong Pu'er is a tribute tea. The young master now has some that were saved when the old man was around. If you drink a little, you can drink less. If you are willing to brew it for the old man, you are very satisfied with the old man.