Jiu Sheng sent Zi Ming away and rested casually in the study, undressing for a while. When he woke up, it was already lunch time. After that, for several months, there was nothing to do.
One day, Jiu Sheng learned that his uncle had taken leave and went to Suzhou .
Jiu Sheng thought that since my mother went there once, everyone has been very indifferent, so I don’t go there very often. My uncle asked for leave yesterday. I don’t know when he will leave, but he still went to take a look.
When I walked to the door of the mansion to look, I saw a rent notice posted high, but no one was inside. I thought that I had already left. Why should I have informed him, but I left without even telling her. I went home and told my mother, but Jiu Sheng's mother didn't say anything.
A few days later, Mr. Wu came back from the confinement and asked Jiu Sheng to go to the study in the evening and said, "In the past two days, I want you to take a trip to Shanghai for me. Are you willing to go?" Jiu Sheng said: " Why is this so difficult? But I don’t know what to do?” Mr. Wu said: “It’s the birthday of the old lady of Fantai . Please go to Shanghai to make a birthday gift.”
Jiu Sheng said: “Next month. Nineteen, there is still more than a month left, why are you so anxious?" Mr. Wu said: "There is a reason for this. When you came here last year, you sent me five thousand silver. Do you really want to use it? ? I still have tens of thousands of dollars here. I want to build a small business. Because there is not enough money here, I asked you to send me the money. In the first month of this year, I opened a business in Shanghai. I'm a business owner who specializes in handling passenger goods. The total amount is 20,000 silver. It's the Dragon Boat Festival. They sent me an account a few days ago. I don't think I can spare it, so I ask you to go and reconcile the account. He said: I'll put your two thousand in it for you and consider it as a shareholding. The official interest rate of doing business on the first floor is better than that of the banker. There is always some surplus on the second floor. You can't keep the accumulated interest. So, You are also the owner of this font, so of course I don't want anyone else to go. "
" Furthermore, this birthday gift is different from the previous ones. I only have one wishful thing left. Everyone gave me some jade or suet, or even boxwood, rosewood, porcelain, crystal, coral, agate, whatever they were, I wanted them all. It’s the most special one out of the above. The price can’t be very high, so you have to go a few days early so that you can start searching slowly.”
Jiu Sheng said: "A small steamer? What is this for? My eldest brother doesn't go out often." Mr. Wu said with a smile: "Where is this? What I want to build is a small steamer that is about one foot long. Because there is a small steamer in the garden of the feudal lord. The old lady was so happy that the feudal lord bought one in the past. She asked her family to play with the small boat every day.
But this spring, I don’t know why the small boat capsized and sank. It was easy to fish it out. It's already broken. They messed around with it and made a fuss, so I wanted to buy one as a gift to him. "I've never bought this thing before," Mr. Wu said, "about a hundred." It costs eighty yuan. Just pack up and go there in a day or two."
Jiu Sheng agreed, talked about other things, and went to rest.
The next day, Jiu Sheng told his mother that he was going out. After resting at home for so many days, he had rested enough. Jiu Sheng's mother was very happy for him.
At this time, the weather was in May, so I didn’t bring many clothes and very little luggage.
Mr. Wu came over with another silver and asked Jiu Sheng when he would leave. Jiu Sheng said: "I want to leave today." Mr. Wu said: "It's best to ask someone to inquire first. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time to travel all the way." He immediately asked someone to inquire, and sure enough, it was too late today and had to go tomorrow morning. He also said that the river has been very strong these days, and I'm afraid the boat will arrive early, so it would be best to stay in the tent today. So Jiu Sheng made up his mind. After dinner that day, he left the city and rested in a foreign awning. Sure enough, at dawn the next day, the launching boat arrived and was ferried to the steamer by sampan.
I got up early the next day and arrived in Shanghai. I called a trolley to push my luggage to the font store. Mr. Wu had already received a letter to inform him of the incident, so he met with his friends. The person in charge was called Guan Dequan, and he quickly pointed to a room and asked Jiu Sheng to live there. Jiu Sheng then told Mr. Wu that he wanted to buy Ruyi and a small fire wheel. Dequan said: "You can buy small fire wheels, but if Ruyi doesn't want this variety, he doesn't want that variety, and he hasn't specified a name and color. What can he do? I'll go find two jewelry brokers tomorrow and ask. Then. As for the small fire wheel, I'm afraid Fa Chang still has it."
Jiu Sheng stopped in the font.
In the afternoon, Dequan came and made an appointment with Jiu Shengtong to go to Fachangli, Hongkou, Shanghai. There is a small boss there named Fang Yilu, who has specialized in machines since he was a child. Therefore, all manufacturing and other matters must be done very shrewdly. His shop, in addition to selling copper and iron machine parts on the front, also has a factory building in the back. It employs many craftsmen to manufacture various machines by itself. This man named Dequan knew him. Now they met each other and asked about the small fire wheel. Yilu then said: "There is one, but it hasn't been moved for many years. I don't know if I can still get it." After saying that, he asked the clerk to take it down from the shelf. I swept away the dust, took it over and looked at it. I added water and lit some fire wine. The mechanism was still functioning, but it was just too old to look good. Jiu Sheng said: "Are there any new ones?" Yi Lu said: "There are no new ones. In fact, copper and iron things are not old or new. As long as they are taken apart and rubbed, they will be new again." Jiu Sheng said: "Custom-made a new one. "How many days will it take?" Yi Lu said: "The factory is very busy at the moment, there is no time to make these small things." Jiu Sheng asked him the price of this old one, he wanted one hundred yuan. Jiu Sheng said, "I'm afraid it won't work. Let's discuss it later."
said goodbye to Dequan and returned to the font house. The guys had already called for a jewelry broker named Xin Ruojiang. When it comes to buying Ruyi, you want unique ones, and you don’t want any jade, white jade , crystal, coral, or agate.
Xin Ruojiang said: "How much do you plan to offer?" Jiu Sheng said: "We'll talk about it after we see it." With that, Mr. Xin resigned. That day, the weather was very hot. After dinner, Dequan and Jiu Sheng went to Shengpinglou on Sima Road, where they made tea, enjoyed the cool air, and chatted. But there were too many tea-goers and it was noisy. Jiu Sheng asked: "Are there so many people here all day long?" De Quan said: "There are few people in the first half of the day, and when you get up early, there is no one at all." Jiu Sheng said: "Don't he sell tea when you get up early?" De Quan said. Quan said: "But no one comes to have tea. If you want tea, why don't they sell it." After sitting for a while, he went back to rest.
When I got up early the next day, it was even hotter. Jiu Sheng thought of the Shengping Tower he had arrived at last night and felt it was cool. Why not sit there for a while.
In the morning, all the clerks were busy, and Dequan also had to take care of other things, so Jiu Sheng did not disturb them. I walked to Fourth Avenue alone and saw that many shops were not open yet. When I walked to Shengping Building to take a look, the door was open; when I went upstairs, I saw that the stools were turned over and placed on the table. When asked about making tea, the waiter was still rubbing his eyes and replied: "The water hasn't boiled yet."
Jiu Sheng had no choice but to walk out disappointed. When
took out his watch and looked at it, it was already eight o'clock. After wandering on the road for a long time, I returned to Shengpinglou and saw that the place had just been tidied up and there was a waiter sweeping the floor there. Jiu Sheng ignored him and sat against the railing. After resting for a long time, he made some tea. Jiu Sheng held on to the railing and looked down. The gentle breeze was blowing, which made him feel quite cool.
At this time, a large group of people were approaching from east to west on the road. Who were they? Upon closer inspection, it turned out that several patrol officers were escorting a group of prisoners past. Many idle people gathered behind
to watch.
There were seven or eight unkempt prisoners. Two of them were very strange. Both of them were holding small smoked leather hats in their hands. One was wearing a Beijing sauce colored Ning silk fox fur robe and a sky-blue satin Pegasus Chufeng mandarin. It is a pair of blue Ningbo silk lambskin robes, a white and gray Ningbo silk lambskin mandarin jacket, and he wears cotton shoes on his feet.
Jiu Sheng was surprised when he saw the boss. At this time, it was still hot when he was wearing a shirtless fan. Why did the two of them make such a big fuss? This is a strange story through the ages! Look at him walking with sweat all over his face, what a bother! However, there must be a truth in it, but Jiu Sheng doesn't know it. Jiu Sheng thought, go back and ask Dequan, he might know what happened.
After sitting for a while, it was already ten o'clock, so he went back to the tea tent. Xin Youjiang was already waiting there. He took a piece of Ruyi and looked at it. It turned out to be crystal, but there was a flaw hidden in the crystal. It happened that the flaw was on Ruyi's head.
Jiu Sheng saw something was wrong and returned it to him.
Dequan asked Jiu Sheng where he had been just now.
Jiusheng told him. Speaking of the man in leather clothes again, it was really strange.
Dequan said: "I know what's going on. It's not surprising at all. The rules of the patrol room here are: what to wear when you are caught in a crime, and you still have to wear it when you are released. I'm afraid this is a crime in winter. Now "They were released." Jin Jinan, an accountant next to
, interjected: "That's right. In the winter of last year, there was a group of people who broke into rooms, and two of them were sentenced to half a year's detention. It was at this time that they should be released. , it must be them."
Jiu Sheng asked what "beating the room" means.
Dequan said: "Going to a brothel and smashing everything in the prostitute's room is called beating the room. There is a lot of news in the brothel here. The good ones will go to beat up the room, and the dirty ones will steal things. "
Jiusheng said: "I saw that man dressed very decently today. Could it be that if he caused some trouble in the brothel, the police would go and get him?"
Dequan said: "Not to mention that he is dressed decently, but he is just studying? He also wants to be a decent person who is an official. There was a joke a few years ago: a man named Zhu was a county magistrate in Jiangsu for many years; a county magistrate named Yuan also worked in Shanghai. The two went to a second brothel on Qipan Street. According to the rules of the second brothel, all customers, regardless of age, are called young masters. , called him Master Zhu. The man surnamed Zhu slapped him in the face and said: "I am obviously the master, why do you call me master!" The girl started crying and started to make a fuss. The people from the brothel quietly went out to call the police.
The man named Yuan slipped out during the chaos and ran back to the garden alley in the city. The man named Zhu was still there. The "son of a bitch" cursed.
He couldn't help but know that he was taken to the police room and locked up all night. He knew Mr. Zhu and the interrogator at the court. He bowed his hands and said, "It's been a long time." The officer was surprised, and he stood up and said, "It's been a long time!" Mr. Zhu, what are you doing here? '
The police officer who caught him recognized him and quickly left. The people from the brothel, who were supposed to be the accusers as usual, also ran away in fear, holding their heads in their hands. Seeing that he was a friend of Hua Guan, he didn't ask any questions, and the man named Zhu walked away proudly. At that time, someone compiled a story about it, which is: "Zhu Sima was trapped in Qipan Street, and Yuan Daling fled back to Huayuanjie." "
Jiu Sheng said: "There is another kind. In addition to smashing people's things in the brothel room, what about stealing things?" Dequan said: "That's different from case to case." Jiu Sheng said. "Is the one who steals things a professional thief, or is he just a prostitute?" Dequan said: "A thief steals things, but he always pretends to be a prostitute. If it's someone who breaks the windows and digs out the walls, , That's so ostentatious." Zi'an interrupted: "That person who stole the hookah is really a piece of news. This person's resume is not only news, you can write a novel or a play based on him." I'm busy asking about the news. Dequan said: "It's a long story. There are so many things going on right now, and it's boring to talk about them intermittently. It's better to wait until night and let's just talk about it." So everyone went to do their business.
In the afternoon, Xin Ruojiang brought two more people, both holding wishful boxes in their hands, but they all had unsavory things and talked nonsense for a long time. When Jiu Sheng was idle, he asked Dequan for an account book. After checking a few articles, he realized it was too late. After dinner, everyone sat around to enjoy the cool air, and again brought up the matter of stealing cigarette pouches from the brothel. Dequan said: "There was a man who stole a silver hookah in a brothel. The brothel reported it to the patrol room, and was investigated and arrested. Later, he was bailed out by a newspaper chief writer and was arrested. There is no serious punishment, that's all. If you want to know the details about him, you have to ask Zian."
Zian said: "If you want to talk about it in detail, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it until dawn, but don't get tired of it. "Jiusheng said: "Even if we can't finish talking tonight, there will be tomorrow night, what are you afraid of?"
Zi'an said: "Then let me tell you about it from the beginning. Wu." Jiu Sheng said, "I'm confused about the first sentence. Wasn't he called Jing Wu before?"
Zi'an said: "His nickname was Jiwu since he was a child. I studied business in a pawn shop. The owner of this pawn shop was a man named Shan. Zhong Peng's family lived near the pawn shop. Because Shen Jingwu was young, he was called to the inner house from time to time. He fell in love with a girl.
Later, he was promoted to a boy, and he got married and had children, but he could not forget the girl.
Zhong Peng kicked Jing Wu away and took her away. The girl got married.
Unexpectedly, he got married and caused a huge stir. Later, he took off his clothes in front of everyone.
Shen Jingwu tried to get her back after canceling the marriage. He was abducted, took his wife and children with him, and fled to Hubei, where he lived in Wuchang. He actually had one wife and one concubine, just like the people in the ancient Qi Kingdom. His magical powers were really great, and he was captured again. He got acquainted with a current general judge and asked him to open a pawnshop with money. As a result, it collapsed within two years. He was still afraid that the general judge would argue with him, so he took the initiative and attacked the general judge first. He said: "The capital is gone, we have to add capital; if we don't add capital, we will fall." Tongsuan said, "I have no capital to add, so I have to let him fall." He said, "In this case, it will fall." If you want to file a lawsuit, you will inevitably have to reveal your employer; you are the current local magistrate, and you will be punished for doing business. '
The judge was anxious, and after discussing with him, he took the opportunity to borrow three thousand taels of silver to use as a lawsuit. money, and then closed the pawn shop.
He gave the three thousand silver to the kidnapped girl.
When the pawn shop was sued, he served his sentence in Jiangxia County Prison. After taking three thousand pieces of silver from him, he ran away to Shanghai.
His wife delivered meals to the prison on his behalf every day.
He survived for three years, but he couldn't be forced to come out, so he had to be released on bail. After he was released, he left a wife and two sons and ran to Shanghai. Thanks to his ability, he found the girl, but none of the three thousand silver was saved. So the two of them started living together again, renting a small shop in Hu's house, bought some tea, mixed some perilla , windproof and the like, and pasted a piece of paper with the words " Selling herbal tea '.
The two of them sit in the store all day long, and they probably do about a hundred dollars worth of business every day. Unexpectedly, Mr. Shan, the girl's original boss, was called Zhong Peng. Now that he is older, he doesn't care about all the family affairs. Suddenly he is happy and runs from Sichuan to Shanghai for a visit.
Although Zhong Peng was a pawnshop owner, he was also a socialite. As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, he met several newspaper writers. One day, I was wandering on the street.
Passing by the tea shop, he saw the two of them sitting together. He was surprised and walked in. The two of them were also quite surprised. They thought they were here to catch them, the kidnapper Jing Wu, and the dead girl who had escaped. So when they saw Zhong Peng, they both knelt down and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
Zhong Peng was an old man, so he couldn't help the two of them begging for mercy. He sighed and said: "This is your bad fate, and I won't pursue it anymore!" ’ The two of them were relieved.
Zhong Peng asked about Jing Wu's wife, and Jing Wu falsely told her that she was dead. The girl was flattering in every possible way, which made Zhong Peng happy and recognized her as his daughter. The girl could barely recognize a few words, but after Zhong Peng recognized him as his daughter, for some reason, she started talking to Hu Huisheng, a newspaper chief writer. Huisheng Ben was an elegant man. Hearing that Zhong Peng had a literate daughter, he wanted to meet her.
Zhong Peng took him to see him and asked him to be his husband. This was the reason why he later became a thief. From then on, Na Jingwu moved to a house on the main road, a house with one floor and one floor. He made some random pills, hung up a Kyoto Tongrentang sign, and placed an advertisement for Kyoto Tongrentang in the newspaper. Unexpectedly, as soon as this advertisement was published, the real Tongrentang in Beijing saw it. He thought it was a fake sign and immediately sent people to Shanghai to sue him. "
The author's interpretation: Marriage on the fingertips, childhood sweethearts, and private life. The love between men and women has been writing endless chapters of stories since the birth of human society.
There are famous Juliet and Romeo abroad, and Liang Shanbo and Liang Shanbo in China. Zhu Yingtai, many of the literary works of later generations are also related to love.
The most common plot in film and television dramas is that the young master dies early and leaves his wife to take care of the family business. Later, he meets someone who is willing to take care of her, but traditional morality. The shackles prevent them from being together.
Do viewers like this kind of heart-wrenching plot? In fact, everyone is looking for a empathic character or event when they see it. She has a cowardly character, and I feel sorry for her, thinking about whether she was like the heroine when she was not married, and did not persist for her love, and ended up just becoming an ordinary woman, marrying an ordinary person.
Many people did. It is said that particularly vigorous love can only be found in dramas. If a person cannot distinguish between life and drama, then he may never understand love or life.
