Stage [Republic of China]

A cart full of water was sent into Jingxi City.

This time, he didn't check his identity and Lu Yinzi again.

When he arrived in Jingxi City, Shui Jiu opened the door to do business during the day, and there was also a long queue for fetching water, no less than the people at the Longyu rice shop next door.Although war has not yet broken out in Jingxi City, the common people are very keen on hoarding rice, grain, and oil.In particular, I heard that the imperial court sent troops to cross the Yellow River in mighty force, about 8 to [-] people!So even though there are a lot of notices posted in the city, the common people are still rushing to buy rice, flour, grain and oil.

In the morning, Shui Jiu rolled up his sleeves and looked at the Longyu rice shop next door. He saw that he still bought half a bag of rice with [-] cash, but at noon, he could only buy one liter with [-] cash.In this way, the people who bought it were still happy, but fortunately not.Because it was later, at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the rice had already been robbed, and there was no way to buy it.

What a dirty shop!Shui Jiu spat angrily.

After about ten days like this, the proprietress finally gave birth to a fat boy.The owner of Shuihang was so busy that he became a hands-off shopkeeper and handed over the shop to Shui Jiu, saying that he would live in the suburbs of the city for a few days.

The boss was over forty years old before he got his son. Shui Jiu understood very well, and nodded his head in a very understanding manner. "Don't worry, Master, I will put all the money for selling water in that box for you to keep!"

In Jingxi City, there is no ocean or copper tin made by the imperial court, but cash.But the cash depreciated too fast, the boss specially hid a big cardboard box behind the counter, just to put the money.Every night with the door closed, Shui Jiu sat under the oil lamp, counting stacks, and tied a knot with a small piece of hemp rope for every [-] cash.

He worked in the shop for seven or eight days, and the boss was very relieved of him.

But there is one thing, when the boss left the city every evening, he had to take all the cash from the store with him.Right now the boss won't come to the store for a few days, Shui Jiu has to ask one more question. "Boss, how to deal with the daily account money next?"

The boss glanced at him. "The shopkeeper of the Longyu rice store next door is my brother-in-law, and every night he will help to come over and count. You just hand over the cash to him."

Shui Jiu answered honestly.

Jingxi is dry and rainless, and the nearby river is used to wash toilets and wash clothes.The river water was scooped up, and it was so cloudy that no one could see it.Anyone with a little bit of family background is unwilling to go to the river to carry water home to drink, so the business of this water store is also very good.Shui Jiu was exhausted from being busy every day. At night, she tied the bundles of money with hemp rope and handed them over to the shopkeeper of Longyu Mihang.

On this day, at about five o'clock in the afternoon, shopkeeper Lu from the Longyu rice store next door still didn't come.Shui Jiu opened his eyes to the sky and saw that it was going to rain, so he picked up a large oil-paper umbrella with 24 ribs from the store and took the initiative to find Longyu Mixing.Shopkeeper Lu was not there, but A Niu, the guy who had looked down on Shui Jiu on the mule cart before, was taking inventory.

The manager, A Niu, still recognized Shui Jiu, and glanced at him up and down. "Hey, why is it you?"

"Brother Aniu," Shui Jiu bowed his head humbly and said, "I'm hungry and come to shopkeeper Lu."

"Oh, shopkeeper Lu, he went to talk to his boss about something." A Niu asked him again: "Why don't you have something to explain to me, and I'll pass it on to him, it's the same."

That being said, after all, it is the account book in the water shop.Shui Jiu was more thoughtful, smiled and said, "It's nothing to worry about, I'll look for him later when I'm hungry."

A Niu nodded, noncommittal, and continued to bury his head in directing people to tidy up the sacks.There are too many people hoarding rice these days, looting those who can’t buy rice during the day, no matter how many guys there are, it’s impossible for someone to take advantage of the gap to cut the sacks containing rice, and the rice grains are dripping down, and those Someone secretly picked it up and went home.

Shui Jiu walked out of Longyumi, and as soon as he reached the door, he heard thunder rumbling in the sky, and the day was like night.Broken, heavy rain is coming!Shui Jiu hurriedly propped up a 24 bone oil-paper umbrella under the eaves, and just as he lifted his foot, he was startled by a crisp sound of clogs.

Shui Jiu turned her head suddenly, only to see a tall man wearing wooden clogs walking towards Longyu rice store without looking back.Just looking at the back, the shoulders are broad and the back is thick, and the man is tall and burly.

Suddenly, Shui Jiu thought of that damned Xu Jishan again.

"Bah!" He spat on the ground, held up his umbrella, and braved the heavy rain to go back to the water shop next door.

At this end, Xu Jishan, who was wearing wooden clogs, just tapped to the back courtyard.Shopkeeper Lu trotted after him while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Hey, master! Slow down, master."

Xu Jishan walked into Longyu rice store, and walked straight to the attic at the back, with a somewhat impatient tone. "I asked you to find someone, why did you search for two or three months, and there was no movement at all?"

"Hey, boss, you also said that as soon as Boss Shui came out of Jibei City, he was robbed by thieves on the way. This, where can I find it! It's all over the world, maybe it didn't come to our Jing at all. Where is the West Mansion?" Shopkeeper Lu complained about the exorbitant price.

"It's such a mess outside right now," Xu Jishan frowned tightly with her bushy eyebrows. "Only Jingxi Mansion is more peaceful. If he doesn't come here, where can he go?"

Shopkeeper Lu kept his mouth shut, and said in his heart, it's hard to say, Boss Shui is a famous opera singer, who doesn't know him, who doesn't know him?Maybe he was rescued by a rich and powerful family a long time ago, so why not go on happily singing his plays?But it was hard for him to say this, he had no need to add fuel to the flames, so he lowered his head and replied with a duplicity. "Yes, the host said so."

Xu Jishan was worried again, and asked: "Has Jibei not believed yet?"

"In these turbulent years, believe me, it will take more than a month to walk on the road." Shopkeeper Lu pondered the time, smacked his lips, and said slowly: "Besides, the ferry has been sealed by the court."

"Didn't a group of people come over a few days ago?"

"Hey, there are only two boats coming." Shopkeeper Lu pointed out two fingers and grinned. "The people who disembarked are all soldiers from the imperial court."

Xu Jishan fell silent.After a long time, he sighed heavily. "Where did the emperor go?"

"It is said that he went to Jibei City."

"Hebei?"

Xu Jishan's thick eyebrows furrowed tightly again.He raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly, his voice hoarse and deep. "Jibei City, it is said that General You Banner is protecting it?"

"Yeah," shopkeeper Lu sighed, and his eyes became blank. "The emperor has run away! How is this going to be good? How can we little people live this day?!"

Xu Jishan didn't bother to listen to what shopkeeper Lu was talking about.A pair of eagle eyes burned behind thin gold-rimmed eyes, looking out the window at the always bright and dry weather.I thought to myself, others may be doing well, but if that person is still trapped in the northern city of Jibei, how can he live his little life...?

The author says:

Shui Jiu calls himself "hungry", Su Bai calls himself "I", and "伲" is "we".I don't know how to translate the word "hungry" in Mandarin.decadent

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◎"Xu Jishan, you are a turtle"◎

Strange to say, just after Xu Jishan had been talking about Ji Bei for so long and didn't believe it, shopkeeper Lu ran up the attic with a panicked expression at noon the next day.When you enter the door, tell him: "My boss, my boss! It's really changed!"

Xu Jishan raised her head subconsciously, adjusted her thin gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and glanced out the window. "It's a good day, it hasn't changed!"

After Xu Jishan finished speaking, she continued to lower her head and cracklingly plan to reconcile accounts, and muttered in a Nanyang accent indifferently. "It doesn't matter if it rains, just let the guys finish work earlier and lock the warehouse tightly."

Shopkeeper Lu's face was sallow, and he walked up to Xu Jishan's side all the way, and then he leaned closer and gasped, "Master, that's not what you said. The capital has been shot down, and the emperor in the palace has all run away!"

Xu Jishan's planning fingers stopped. "Didn't you already talk about this yesterday?"

"Hey, it's different, it's different." Shopkeeper Lu was running out of breath, gasping for breath. "Yesterday, I heard what the brothers said, but today, today, the government notices have been posted. There is a lot of noise, and conscription is everywhere. I am afraid that Jingxi Mansion will not be able to keep it, and it will have to fight!"

Xu Jishan pushed away the abacus, first scribbled down all the accounts that had just been calculated, and then raised her head to glance at shopkeeper Lu. "Is there such a thing? The official notice said who took down the capital?"

"Hey, who else could it be? Foreign devils!"

Xu Jishan was silent, her sharp lips were tightly pursed into a line.After a while, he asked in a deep voice, "Is the news accurate?"

"It's true, it can't be more certain." Shopkeeper Lu began to sigh as he spoke. "Oh, what is this all about, tell me."

Xu Jishan was silent again, and raised her hand to push the thin gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose. Behind the lenses, a pair of fierce eagle eyes gleamed. "Hurry up and stock up on rice. No matter who is in charge in this world, the common people must eat rice."

"Ah, ah...?" Shopkeeper Lu opened his mouth blankly, wanting to ask more questions. "But my boss..."

"I'll leave this to you." Xu Jishan interrupted him hastily, and stood up with a solemn face. "I want to seize the opportunity to go back to northern Hebei. Don't sleep tonight, and check the accounts with me overnight."

As far as Shui Jiu was concerned, he didn't know that Xu Jishan was still thinking about him over there, and even planned to venture back to Jibei City to find him.He didn't find shopkeeper Lu at Longyu Mihang, so he felt a little discouraged. After going back, he checked the account book again and again, but he thought in his heart that since he had already arrived in Jingxi Mansion, Mo Ruo would take advantage of the fact that no one was looking after him at night and the shopkeeper Shuixing was not around. Go find news about the Jiangnan Rebel Army in your free time.

So that night, Shui Jiu washed away