Stage [Republic of China]

I often get used to washing with water, and then open the door to do business.Taking advantage of the time when the crowd was the most crowded, the weather happened to be gloomy and the rain was less, so he used the excuse of going to the toilet and quietly found a little beggar on the street.He said to him: "Send this furoshiki to Longyu Rice Shop."

The little beggar stared at him with wide eyes.

Shui Jiu gave the beggar two big coins, thought about it, and stuffed him with half a sesame seed.

The little beggar suddenly said to him: "Sir, you are really a good person."

Shui Jiu was stunned.

The little beggar grinned, two teeth were missing, and the skin of his lips was split. "Longyu Rice Shop is right next door, sir, you must have come here specially to reward me with two big bucks to buy sesame seed cakes."

After saying that, the little beggar left happily.

Shui Jiu was dazed in place for a while, remembering that there were still many people waiting in line at Shui Xing to hand over his sign, and left in a hurry.

In the Longyu rice shop next door, Xu Jishan was not there today.

The Dongyang people not only want tung oil urgently, but now they even start to ask for rice.Xu Jishan runs the largest rice shop in Jingxi Prefecture, and at the same time, she is being followed by the Gendarmerie of the Orientals and the Oriental Trading Company, and she is very busy.When the little beggar delivered the fur skin, shopkeeper Lu personally picked it up.

Shopkeeper Lu wasn't in the business at first.It's just that shopkeeper Lu has a lot of eyes, and feels that the boss seems to be in a trance for the past two days. Although he doesn't know what the relationship between the boss and the opera boss Shui is, but if he can make the boss care so much, he, as the shopkeeper, can't help it. Also pay attention to it.

The little beggar first swayed back and forth at the door of the store a few times with the fur skin in his arms, poking out his big head, his eyes flickering, for fear of being chased away by the clerk.Shopkeeper Lu spotted him immediately, walked over and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The little beggar held the burden skin and answered him loudly. "Someone asked me to give this to one of your Mr. Xu."

Shopkeeper Lu's heart moved, but his expression remained calm. "Oh, it's for Mr. Xu. Then do you know who is going to give this thing to Mr. Xu?"

The little beggar grinned. "A good man."

Shopkeeper Lu asked a few more questions, but couldn't find anything.

Before the little beggar came, Shui Jiu specifically told him that one big money was errand fees, and the other big money was absolutely not to give him away.After the errand is finished, he will go to the water line to find him every two days, and he will invite this little beggar to eat!So even though shopkeeper Lu was cunning and cunning, he couldn't pry open a small crack in the little beggar's mouth.

Shopkeeper Lu took the bundle, but didn't dare to take it apart, so he hid it behind the counter.When the little beggar ran out happily, he winked at A Niu who was beside him.

Ah Niu understood, and quietly followed the little beggar to see if he wanted to return a message to the messenger.

As a result, A Niu followed for a long time, and when it was time for dinner, he came back empty-handed, and sighed when he entered the door and looked at shopkeeper Lu.Shopkeeper Lu pursed his lips, Ah Niu followed the gaze of Shopkeeper Lu, and it turned out that Xu Jishan, the owner, had already returned.

The lights were turned on in the store, and Xu Jishan sat in the main room with a strong horse and a golden knife, raising her hand to pinch the bridge of her nose, her eagle eyes behind a pair of thin gold-rimmed glasses were slightly closed, and a cup of strong Anxi tea was in hand.

"Going to drink again." A Niu muttered softly.

Who would have thought that Xu Jishan heard it, and began to sigh without raising her head. "Alas! There are endless banquets. Can anyone come over from the store today?"

"Never."

After Xu Jishan came home, the first thing she did was to find the maid Wu Ma to confirm where the black silk shirt was.In the end, Wu Ma told him that when he was carried back last night, only the robe was there, and the black silk shirt was missing.Xu Jishan was secretly delighted, thinking, maybe the night before was not a dream, she really met Shui Jiu and put a black silk shirt on that person.

In this way, the possibility of Shui Jiu being in Jingxi Mansion is even higher.Since the two met in the Longyu rice shop, maybe Shui Jiu will come to the rice shop to look for him again.

When Xu Jishan had a banquet today, she resolutely refused to eat too much, no matter how much the Orientals poured her, she refused.With the last trace of sobriety, he went straight to Longyu Mihang, hoping for some news from Shui Jiu in his heart.

Shopkeeper Lu put his hands in his sleeves, chuckled, and said, "Today, a little beggar came to the store and sent a bundle to the owner."

"Oh?" Xu Jishan lifted her spirits and hurriedly looked up. "What about the furoshiki?"

"Here it is."

Shopkeeper Lu turned around and went to the tall counter, took out the hidden fur skin, and handed it carefully to Xu Jishan.

Xu Jishan took it, and wanted to tear it down on the spot, but it was a dead knot, and it was a weird fishing net knot.This knotting technique is only known to fishermen who live by the sea. Jingxi is not close to the sea, but it is the northern city of Hebei...

Xu Jishan pondered for a while, Jibei City is near the sea.This bundle of skin, maybe it really was a letter from Shui Jiu.

Xu Jishan became more and more excited.

Shopkeeper Lu next to him handed him the scissors, and he waved directly. "No, I can untie this knot."

Shopkeeper Lu and A Niu were both dumbfounded, watching Xu Jishan unpack a bundle for half an hour, still studying there.

A Niu saw that there was nothing to look at, so he quietly said to shopkeeper Lu: "I'm off to work, and there are still some sacks that have not been moved out of the warehouse."

"Well, you take someone to move the rice first." Shopkeeper Lu nodded.

When the pillars were gone, Shopkeeper Lu turned his head and looked outside. It was raining, it was getting dark early, and it was pitch black outside.Shopkeeper Lu was in a hurry to go home, so he urged Xu Jishan, "Boss, are you still reconciling the accounts today?"

Xu Jishan said to him without raising her head: "No, if you have something to do, go back first!"

Shopkeeper Lu couldn't wait for the sound, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and agreed happily. After clearing the counter, he went home to have dinner and set off on the kang.

Before leaving, the shopkeeper Lu did not forget to light the lamps for the owner, and asked Xiaoye's mutton shop at the entrance of the alley to bring a bowl of hot mutton soup.

Under the light, Xu Jishan hummed a little tune to the tangy smell of mutton soup.What he hummed was the part of "Legend of the White Snake: The Order of the Alliance" that his grandfather used to hum when he was in his arms and carried him behind his back.He could only learn five or six points of the babbling accent.As for the lyrics in the opera, he listened to his grandfather sing them all, and he didn't know the exact words, so he just hummed them for fun.

"West Lake happened to meet Xiaojiaoniang,

A ray of love leads to the heart.

Make an appointment today for a door-to-door visit,

I still feel that last night's supper was longer.

Get up before the cock crows,

Dress neatly. "

Until the mutton soup on the table was completely cold, Xu Jishan finally untied the fishing net.He looked triumphantly at the hemp rope in his hand, and grinned grinningly, and the eagle eyes behind the thin gold-rimmed glasses flashed a bright light.

Opening up the dusty furoshiki, inside was a neatly folded black silk shirt that looked like chunks of tofu.

Xu Jishan's eyes lit up, she wished she could put on this black silk shirt on the spot and go back to Shui Jiu's place.Sure enough, that was not a dream last night!He really reunited with Shui Jiu in Jingxi again.

Holding the black silk shirt in her hands, Xu Jishan wished she could jump up and open the door of the shop, walked to the dark Jingxi street, and yelled at everyone who passed by - I found it, I found that person!

But he is 25 this year, and he is no longer a young man.Now when he holds this black silk shirt between his fingers, besides the ecstasy in his heart, he also has a ruthlessness that even his own family has not noticed.

I met him this time, and from now on, I can't let this person slip through his fingers again.

Xu Jishan tightly pinched the black silk shirt with her fingers, her eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her lips showed a savage smile that a ferocious beast only has when hunting.

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◎"Did you pee?"◎

In the evening, Xu Jishan discussed with shopkeeper Lu that they would serve porridge at the door.

"Boss, this is not a joke." Shopkeeper Lu wrinkled his face sadly and complained to him: "Right now, food and rice in the city are very tense. The government has sent people several times, and the Chamber of Commerce has also urged, It is said that each store must truthfully hand in the grain. How many bags and catties of rice do we trade every day, and even how many liters of rice are missing if the sack is broken? If this is to give porridge at the door..."

Xu Jishan raised her hand and flexed her fingers, helped her thin gold-rimmed glasses, and hummed inexplicably.

Shopkeeper Lu said again: "Leaving aside the government office and the Chamber of Commerce, if we really serve porridge at the door in this city... This, this is in Jingxi Mansion, we are the first one. In case there is a looting at the door , the existing manpower in the store is not enough!"

Xu Jishan waved her hand indifferently. "By the way, call the buddy of the tea shop."

"But why, Master?"

Why, of course, to find the little beggar who passed the burden for Shui Jiu as soon as possible.

Xu Jishan restrained her belly full of joy, and said to shopkeeper Lu indifferently: "Nowadays, 20 cash can't buy a liter of rice, and many people in the city are starving to death. Is it a good deed if we serve porridge at the door?" Ha ha!"

The boss laughed, and the shopkeeper naturally didn't dare to say anything.

Shopkeeper Lu held back his grievances and doubts, and went downstairs to discuss with Ah Niu and his staff.

Xu Jishan sat at the stone table in the backyard, tapping the table with her slender fingers, da, ta da.That night he met Shui Jiu here, when Shui Jiu came over wearing a cheongsam, so now he is looking for people in the city, not only looking for men, but also looking for those slender girls.

Tsk, the water boss in his family is really a strange character who "walks side by side with two rabbits, and can tell whether I'm male or female".But, Yaoyi...it's pretty good.

A gleam flashed in Xu Jishan's fierce eagle eyes, and then he slowly raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

The more bewitching he is, the happier he is.

The next day, Longyu Rice Shop under the control of Xu Jishan really started serving porridge at the door.

The people in the city were overjoyed and looted one after another.Lu