After going to the grave, it was lunch at Secretary An's house at noon.

Secretary An has made great efforts to prepare for today's reply.

As soon as I woke up yesterday afternoon, I deliberately went up to Jiulong Mountain and set up a condom to catch pheasants. It wasn't in vain, so the banquet was quite decent.

Young people are active, adventurous, and naturally interested in how to catch wild animals.

And after asking too much, Secretary An said that let's just go up the mountain in the afternoon. I'll teach you how to do it myself, and let's bring a gun and maybe shoot a few rabbits."

In this way, the young people all looked at the elders with their eyes, and although their mouths did not dare to speak, their eyes revealed real expectations.

Wang Yunlin was soft-hearted, and when she saw Hong Yanru and Hong Jun's appearance, she wanted to compromise. The embarrassment is Shou Jingfang, who has been out of consultation for two days, and it is really difficult to stay longer for the sake of the patient.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Hong Yanwu took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he was willing to come to send his cousin back to Beijing first, and then return tomorrow to pick everyone up.

He said that in this way, the eldest brother in the family knows the situation here, and will take an extra day off for his mother, and Shou Zhen does not have to accompany his father to go back in a hurry, how good is it.

So in this way, everyone stays to play for one more day, and there is no problem.

After lunch, Hong Yanwu went to stare at Meimeier for a nap. At three o'clock in the afternoon, after avoiding the most poisonous sun, I got up again and washed my face first, before pushing out a tricycle and asking Shou Jingfang to get into the car.

The young people had already gone to Secretary An to report, and only Hong Lucheng and Yuntai were seeing off at this time.

Wang Yunlin vigorously instructed Hong Yanwu to be careful on the road, don't be too anxious, and turn to his cousin.

Yuntai actually didn't have anything to give, so he brought Shou Jingfang some fresh melons and fruits from home. The mouth is very unhappy.

"Your doctor's visit this time should be the most lost in my life, I didn't have a penny, and I ran so far......"

Shou Jingfang interrupted him with a haha.

"It's boring for you to be so polite. I'm going to let Xiao Wu bring you the prepared medicine tomorrow. Then the next time you see me, will you be so grateful? If you do this again, I will have to avoid you......"

Seeing this, Yuntai swallowed the gratitude back to his stomach.

"Brother, we don't have to say, everything will be in our hearts from then on. By the way, do you still like birds? In autumn, I'll ask Zhaoqing to get you a few "blue-spotted chins" (scientific name: Luscinia svecica, also known as blue-throated song robins, commonly known as blue-throated chins) and "red-spotted chins"? There are a lot of birds here. ”

It's not easy to refuse this kind of heart, not to mention that he really likes it, so he should do it.

"I'll tell you the truth, my birdcage has been empty for a long time. I'm not polite to you, I've been much more comfortable lately, and I'm really in this mood. Okay, I'll pick up the cage and bird food jar when I'm empty, and I'll thank you here first. ”

In this way, Hong Yanwu carried Shou Jingfang and finally embarked on the way home under the attention of everyone.

If you want to say that the road back to Beijing is not close. Even if Hong Yanwu pedaled faster than when he came, he would have to go back at seven o'clock when he got home.

For such a long time on the way, the uncle and nephew can't just sit stupidly, of course, they will inevitably have to chat.

Hong Yanwu didn't say a few words and began to wind around today's grave. Unexpectedly, as soon as this stubble was mentioned, Hong Lucheng could see that his careful thinking was coming.

"Third child, if you have something to say, don't be tempted by me. I almost have a score for what you want to inquire about, let's be clear, did you come to send me for this purpose?"

Hong Yanwu saw that Shou Jingfang was so shrewd, so he didn't hold it around.

I immediately admitted that I really wanted to ask about the past between my parents and my uncle. Because no matter how he looks at it, he feels that several people have some extraordinary stories back then. What's more, Zhaoqing's marriage is still about his mother, which makes him even more interested.

But this kind of thing, since his parents and uncle deliberately avoided it, it would definitely be boring for him to ask. Taking advantage of such a good opportunity, of course, it is like asking Shou Jingfang, an insider.

He also said that he knew that his cousin probably had some concerns, and maybe he didn't want to say it, but he didn't dare to force it.

But now that his mother and uncle have been reunited, some things should be over. What's more, Zhaoqing already knows, presumably it won't be difficult for him to turn around and get the words out of Zhaoqing's mouth.

As soon as he said this, Shou Jingfang laughed.

"You kid is really when you should be real, and happy when you should be happy, which can be regarded as a complete understanding of my temper. Thinking about it, it's also the way to go. There is a sentence that you are really right, since the matter has long passed, it is nothing to look at it today. Your parents and uncle avoided talking about it, because they were afraid of embarrassing each other, and there was no real need to hide it. Then since I'm free today, I'll tell you everything, and it will save you from feeling a loss, and I'll go back and make a fuss in my heart......"

In this way, Shou Jingfang began to tell the story of the past that he knew as he rode forward on the tricycle.

Listening to Shou Jingfang's words and looking at the endless country roads ahead, Hong Yanwu's thinking was also taken to the extremely distant past......

The beginning of everything actually starts with the friendship between the Hong family and the ancestors of the Shou family, the cooperative relationship between the Hong and Shou families and the Wanyan family, and the acquaintance of Hong Yanwu's parents.

And these, in fact, all involve the Hong family's dumpling shop outside Donghua Gate - "Jinlan Zhai".

This "Jin Lan Zhai" is really unusual.

He is not only the only non-"Yan" brand shop under the name of the Hong family, but also the first place to promote the establishment of a cooperative relationship between the Hong family, the Shou family, and the Wanyan family, which can be said to be the origin of the real development of the Hong family.

It turned out that because the Imperial Pharmacy Landlord Pharmacy was close to Donghua Gate, in the Daoguang period, Shouyuan, a seven-pin imperial doctor who was on duty in the East Pharmacy Gongzhi (the medical officer of the Tai Hospital was on duty in the inner court), naturally became a frequent visitor to the "Yanmei Zhai" branch outside the Donghua Gate of the Hong family.

The fifth-generation heir of the Hong family is named Hong Ding, and when he saw that Shouyuan, the old patron, lived far away from the Forbidden City, he took the initiative to lend Shouyuan a spare room in the backyard of the semicolon. Over time, the two also became friends and often drank tea and chatted together.

After the two of them had been in contact for a long time, sometimes Shouyuan would talk to Hong Ding about the situation in the East Pharmacy, and Hong Ding listened to it and was very surprised by the huge profits of the imperial medicinal materials, so he had the idea of co-operating with Shouyuan to set up a ginseng store.

It's just that although Shouyuan is also tempted, he said that ginseng belongs to the royal tribute and cannot be bought and sold privately, and the imperial pharmacy is under the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it must have a backer to operate.

In this way, after the two of them were combined, Shouyuan came forward to make a guarantee and introduction, and Hong Ding promised to repay the effect of forty percent of the dry shares, and finally got through the door of the Yellow Flag Wanyan family of the Internal Affairs Office.

In the end, the three reached a consensus and jointly established the ginseng store "Yanshoutang", which monopolized the ginseng and deer antler offerings in the two imperial pharmacies in the east and west of the palace.

After that, Hong Ding took advantage of the light of the Wanyan family to take over a large number of external work for making confessions from the hands of the internal and external dumpling houses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Then Yanyingzhai was opened in Beixinqiao, and Yanxiangzhai was opened in Xisi.

Since then, the Hong family's dumpling shops have spread all over the four cities of the east, west, north and south, and the food produced has also increased greatly because of the sticky imperial gas.

By the time Wanyan Chongshi, the son of Wanyan Linqing, became a member of the imperial court, Hong Ding had officially established a relationship with the Wanyan family. Subsequently, Tianbao Gold Store, Sanyang Gold Store, Wanqing Pawnshop, Antique Shop Jubao Zhai, Restaurant Yanqing Hall and Yanxi Hall were set up one after another.

Due to the ginseng shops, gold shops, and pawnshops that could not be opened privately, the Hong family soared to the sky and became the most famous official and businessman in the capital, and one of the most powerful super-rich people.

In the future, Hong Ding and Shouyuan also became brothers. It is precisely in order to commemorate this friendship that Hong Ding deliberately changed the name of the "Yanmei Zhai" branch outside the Donghua Gate to "Jinlan Zhai".

Since then, the close cooperation between the Hong Shou family and the affiliation between the Hong family and the Wanyan family has been steadily continuing.

But the world is impermanent, and even the best feast has a time to disperse. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court had ended its rule that had lasted for more than 200 years. Yuan Shikai became the president. The Wanyan family has lost its power and is no longer qualified to be a protective umbrella.

In this way, not only is it difficult to recover the arrears of the court, but parting ways is inevitable.

It should be said that the Hong family is quite kind. Hong Yanwu's grandfather, Hong Xiaoru, did not push the wall down like many merchants, and took advantage of the trend of "full rows" to close the account book, and he did not admit the account if he did not mention it in black or white.

He is a very moral person, remembering the love of his ancestors, not only did he not let the Wanyan family share the deficit caused by the fall of the Qing court, but also paid a huge amount of money to buy the Wanyan family's shares in all the stores at a reasonable price, and continued to undertake the work of providing free "honey offerings" for the Wanyan family every year.

You know, the banner people's gluttony is used for sacrifice, the table is a golden dragon embroidery set, two hundred pieces of pastries per section on the table, thirteen layers are stacked up, there are five or six meters high, and you have to use fruits and silk flowers to make the top. This alone represents a huge amount of money every year.

Therefore, the Hong family's condition for disbanding the gang could not be more kind, which made the Wanyan family still able to maintain the last dignity and maintain the dignity and quality of life of the noble clan.

Contrary to the waning Wanyan family, the Hong family still did not stop after regaining their freedom. Soon, Hong Xiaoru actually used Peking Opera as a medium to first catch up with Yuan Shikai's second son, Yuan Kewen. After the Yuan family lost power, he quickly caught up with Duan Qirui.

Relying on this "Four Sons of the Republic of China", the "old man" of the Jinmen Youth Gang. Relying on this "Tiger of the North Seas".

Hong Xiaoru not only opened Hongshoutang, a pharmacy co-founded with the Shou family, in the northern provinces, but also invested in Yue Qianzhai's Salt Industry Bank, Huang Yizhu's Zhongnan Bank, Wang Zhaofu's Danfeng Match Factory, the Juno Hotel founded by the German James, and the joint-stock Jinmen Northern Steamship Company and Jinmen Lizhong Acid Factory.

In just over ten years, the Hong family has completely reached the peak of their career.

It can be said that at this time, the Hong family does not dare to be one of the best in the northern provinces, whether in terms of business performance or total assets, but it must be ranked among the top three.

But it is precisely because of the fact that the Hong family is in league with the Beiyang warlords that the Wanyan family, who was originally very grateful to the Hong family, has a lot of grievances.

It was not for anything else, the heads of the Wanyan family at that time, Yun Tai and Wang Yunlin's fathers, were all opposed to Yuan Shikai's "constitutional form of government", "new official system", "patrol police department", etc. Later, because of Yuan Shikaifu, he was also called the emperor. He hated him even more, to the extent that he hated him to the core.

So, when he saw that the Hong family was tied to the Beiyang nouveau riche, he became more and more indifferent to the Hong family, and soon transferred his "honey offering" work to the "Yongxingzhai" in Chaoyangmen, and would rather spend a lot of money than touch the light of the Hong family, which means that the two families have completely cut off contact.

But that's how history goes in circles, and at some point, people will step on the footprints of yesterday again.

Although it stands to reason that the next generation of the Hong family and the Wanyan family no longer know each other, they are strangers.

Hong Lucheng, as a young proprietor who travels to and from shops and well-known businesses all the year round, Wang Yunlin is also a young lady who basically does not step out of the door and does not go out, and is a famous family. At this time, their life circles were far apart, and they were completely incompatible.

But on the contrary, these two people who have nothing to do with each other met, this is fate.

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