"Why don't you think?" said the woman, sighing, "but what if it is inconvenient?"

"At most, we'll run two more steps and go shopping on the Grand Market Street. ”

"It's not that I said, if you go to that kind of big shop with a needle and thread, people don't want to deal with you. ”

"But who made the environment on this street quiet and safe, and all the people who lived here were cultured people?"

"My family said, how many people can't live here, what is this called, living close, even children can be stained with the smell of ink, this is called close to Zhu Zhechi. ”

"Compared to this, those troubles are not troubles. ”

got the eldest sister's answer, and Shao Nian thanked him.

He turned around and walked out of the alley, looking at the place, and thinking about it again.

When he returned to the shop, noon would come.

Because of the meal, there were two or three scattered businesses in the shop.

A few sold oil, and one bought some noodles.

Shao Nian stepped into the shop, and Uncle Jiang in the backyard hurriedly looked forward: "The shopkeeper is back?" I just packed up the food, let's go to the backyard to use it?"

Shao Nianshi just wanted to say yes, but he heard an unfamiliar voice behind him: "Dare to ask, the shopkeeper here is surnamed Shao?"

Shao Nianshi, who listened to the words, hurriedly turned around, looked at the stranger standing in front of the cabinet, and responded: "I am the shopkeeper of Shao, I don't know this ......"

got a positive reply, and the person on the other side snatched the words away.

He neatly took out a letter from his arms and handed it directly to Shao Nianshi's hand: "That's great, this is a letter from the third young master of the first family to you." ”

"If anything, you will know it by reading the letter. ”

After speaking, it was as if he was in a hurry to do something urgent, even Shao Nianshi chased after him, screaming, and did not stop anyone.

"What's going on, shopkeeper?"

The old ginger was very strange, and when the little shopkeeper came back, he asked.

Shao Nianshi was more puzzled than him, but he didn't eat for the time being, and returned to the back of the counter and opened the letter.

It reads:

Shao Manho:

My friend, see the words as you are.

From now on, I will go north with Tian Overseer's public boat to Tianjin Wharf, and then go to Baoding Army Academy with the recommended students of the Tianjin garrison.

The admission procedures and living expenses are all handled with the assistance of Tian Supervisor and temporarily advanced.

Because the quota recommended by the Shandong Governor's Mansion is privately placed, it is not appropriate to make a public announcement of such a major matter, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Such an opportunity must not be lost, so I made a decision without informing my father.

But then I thought that I still have friends like Brother Shao who have not been informed, and if Brother Shao knows the news of my departure, he will be sad and sad, so I write this letter to express my reluctance to part.

If my brother returns to his first home, please let my father know by the way.

Let him not worry.

Brother: Chu Shaomin

I hereby advise Da'an

May 3, the eighth year of the Republic of China

……

Well, Shao Nianshi immediately understood why the messenger ran so fast, and also knew how much trouble Shao Min had caused him.

He took a deep breath, unfolded the letter, read it carefully from the beginning, got up and said to Uncle Jiang: "Uncle Jiang, I have something at hand and need to go to the dock, you can eat by yourself first." ”

After looking around, after seeing that Lu Xiaogui really didn't eat in the shop anymore, he didn't care about the little two anymore, just lifted his robe and hurriedly walked towards the dock.

The letter stated that Chu Shaomin would follow Tian Dujun's military ships north.

I went to the Tangkou Gang on the dock to inquire, and I couldn't tell you about the approximate time of the boat.

If it really doesn't work, hire someone on the docks, and if you see the Jeseongtian Overseer's ship entering the docks, it's good to come to the shop and inform him.

Shao Nianshi, who was thinking about it and walking, came to the main square of Caoyun Wharf in Liaocheng after a while.

After following the inquiry, he came to the warehouse-like building that he had just seen in the morning, which was assigned to the workers.

It's probably food now, and there aren't many workers in it.

Only a thin black man in a shirted shirt with an open collar was bored, sitting on a pile of sacks, crossing Erlang's legs, and dangling a piece of his foot.

Seeing such a decent person coming to him when Shao Nian came, this black and thin man was quite strange.

He turned over and got off the sack, his face was not flattering but just the right amount of politeness, and then he asked: "Sir, but do you want to consign?"

Shao Nian was stunned for a moment, but then took out a string of five money from his arms, and handed it to the other party with a smile: "No, I'm not a merchant who comes and goes, I'm the new shopkeeper in the first grain store on the previous street." ”

"When I first came to the wharf, I wanted to find someone to ask about something. ”

The man on the other side blinked, didn't refuse, and stuffed the big money into his arms, and asked, "If it's something on this dock, there's nothing I don't know." The shopkeeper asked me to do it. ”

Hearing this, Shao Nianshi breathed a sigh of relief, he smiled even more, and then asked: "My young master will go north to school with the Overseer's ship in the next few days. ”

"I had some friendship with him and wanted to say goodbye when he left. ”

It's just that in his correspondence with me, the date is a little vague. ”

"It's only been a recent day, but I don't know what day it is. ”

"I don't know this brother, but do you know when Tian Overseer's ship left the post?"

The thin black man on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and then looked Shao Nianshi up and down.

Seeing this tall and thin young man, he was still a teenager in the strict sense.

His eyes are clear and upright, his clothes are decent, and he is slightly clean, not like a traitor, and after that, this man's face has become a little better.

Thinking about the time the Overseer's ship had approached, he stopped worrying about anything, and raised his hand to point in the direction of the largest ship on the edge of the dock.

"You ask Tian Overseer's boat, and lo and behold, it's just on the shore. ”

"If your friend is really on this boat, then I advise you to hurry. ”

"Just now, the military master on the ship just sent someone down to inform the shipwright. ”

"I said that I couldn't delay any longer, and I had to leave immediately. ”

As soon as this man's words fell, Shao Nian's thanks had already reached the door of the warehouse.

When Shao Nian was anxious, he ran fast, and the hem of the cheongsam was lifted.

It's just that when I got to the edge of the dock, it was a step too late.

The huge half-ton three-story wooden merchant ship was just right in time, and the lap board with the rudder of the dock was retracted.

"Hey, hey, wait!"