"Indeed," Lin said, "it's much lighter than fur." ”

"Know the goods", Xu Qingzhi said with a smile, "I have a new one there, which was originally bought for my father, but he said that he didn't want anything, go back to you." ”

"This is too expensive", Lin Hongwen said, "In fact, the price of things is secondary, you bring it back from so far away, and the courtesy is light and affectionate." ”

"It's good to be heavy, expensive or cheap, things are valuable when they are used, and they are worthless when they are put there", Xu Qingzhi said, "It's decided, I'll give it to you when I go back." ”

Lin Hongwen couldn't refuse, so he had to say politely, "Then I'll thank you first." ”

Xu Qingzhi smiled and said no.

Lin Hongwen thought of the three people in the carriage, and he was still a little worried, "Do you want to go back and see your classmates, you invited them anyway." ”

"I only invited Chen Yuexuan alone", Xu Qingzhi said, "Those two people had to come with me." ”

Lin Hongwen thought for a while and said, "I guess Chen Yuexuan's family is in business, and the other two ...... Probably has a status title, right? ”

"You guessed quite accurately, Chen Yuexuan's family is indeed in business, as for the remaining two, Zhenghuangqi is not fake, but the descendants are not filial, and they have already lost that little bit of family background, and now there is no identity left. It's just ......" Xu Qingzhi looked at Lin Hongwen curiously, "How did you guess?" ”

"It is said that reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles, I think this 10,000-mile journey must mean seeing 10,000 kinds of people," Lin Hongwen said, "Although I don't read as much as you, and I don't have to go as far as you, but I don't necessarily see fewer people than you." Chen Yuexuan speaks smoothly and can observe words and feelings, I think most businessmen are like this. And Qin Xiaojie and Jiang Yixin, they talk unscrupulously, which shows that they are used to being pampered, so I guess they should have knighthoods. ”

"What do you think of me?" Xu Qingzhi restrained his smile and asked pretending to be stern.

"You're a good person," Lin Hongwen said with a smile.

"Gone?"

"Ahh

"Say that they are right, and say that I will be dismissed in five words", Xu Qingzhi shook his head, "You are too favoritism." ”

"What, you have to let people praise you sentence by sentence?" Lin Hongwen said with a smile.

"Then you have to see how to praise it", Xu Qingzhi said, "If you don't mean it, forget it." ”

"You say that I am your younger brother in front of them, because you know that Qin Xiaojie and Jiang Yixin are very self-controlled, saying that I am your relative, they will still take care of you, if you don't say it, they may say something", Lin Hongwen said calmly, "So I said that you are a good person." ”

Xu Qingzhi looked at him, but there was no joy on his face, "What's the use of being a good person, I didn't protect you." It's you, who have a good temper, and you don't get angry when you say that. ”

"I treat them like children," Lin Hongwen said, "and they just pay lip service to me, but they can't really treat me well." Besides, you've already spoken for me. ”

The two walked all the way and talked all the way, and it was already dark when they arrived at the medical center. Xu Shihuai sat in the hall and saw them coming back, and asked faintly, "Do you still know how to come back?" ”

As soon as Lin Hongwen wanted to explain, Xu Qingzhi stepped forward and said, "I pulled Hongwen out to play, and my father will blame me." ”

Xu Shihuai just wanted to get angry, but when he saw Lin Hongwen still there, he said, "Hongwen, you go back first." ”

"Doctor Xu, it's my own playfulness......"

"Okay, I know, let's go back", Xu Shihuai interrupted him.

Lin Hongwen couldn't, so he had to go back first.

Xu Shihuai looked at Xu Qingzhi, "Say, why did you go?" ”

"I went to meet a few classmates," Xu Qingzhi said honestly, "they came here to play." ”

"So where did you take them to play?"

"I went to the riverside, China Street, and the Tianjia pot."

"Hongwen also went with you to the riverside?"

"Yes, but he said that he should not blow the wind, and I saw that his face was not very good, so I asked him to wait for us in the carriage", Xu Qingzhi looked at Xu Shihuai, "But what's wrong?" ”

"Of course it's not proper", Xu Shihuai said, "A person died in the river a while ago, that person knew Hongwen and his father and brother, and it was said that the delivery was going to be delivered to the shipyard in Jiangbei on the day of the accident, Xu met Hongwen on the road, and the two went together, but when they were about to reach the center of the river, the river cracked, and the person fell into the water." Although Hongwen called someone to save him, it was still too late after all, and the man froze to death", Xu Shihuai said and sighed, "After that, Hongwen was seriously ill, and the high fever did not go away, and it was only after three days." You led him to the river again today, and it is a blessing that he did not faint. ”

Xu Qingzhi thought that Lin Hongwen's face was blue at that time, but he just smiled apologetically and said that he couldn't blow the wind, and the feeling of guilt lingered in his heart.

"That child's life is hard, his father and brother participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and his life and death are still uncertain", Xu Shihuai said, "You have always been used to messing around, I can't control you, but don't drag him into the water." ”

Xu Qingzhi didn't refute when he heard it, and Xu Shihuai told him again, since he didn't study medicine, he would go and toss a famous place, and go to find errands to do in the spring, and don't always be idle at home. When Xu Qingyi heard it, he was rarely obedient, which also relieved Xu Shihuai a lot. The two chatted calmly for a while, and then went back to the house.

The days before the year were extraordinarily peaceful, Xu Qingzhi would teach Lin Hongwen some of what he had learned in the UK every day after dinner, Lin Hongwen had a good understanding, and the two often chatted with candles until late at night.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Zhou Shiying came to Lin Hongwen and said that this year had been folded for half a year, and it was not easy. Lin Hongwen said yes, but said that he would bring one person.

Lin Hongwen said that the person he wanted to bring was naturally Xu Qingzhi. Xu Qingzhi didn't want to go, but Lin Hongwen said, "You don't go out of the door every day, are you a young lady who hasn't left the cabinet, or is it a confinement?" ”

was so angry that Xu Qingzhi knocked him on the head a few times with a book, Lin Hongwen said, "My friend is a businessman, a very good person, and he also donated money and materials when there was an epidemic in the summer." ”

Xu Qingzhi nodded, "That's indeed a kind-hearted person." ”

"I think you and him must be able to talk," Lin Hongwen said firmly.

As a result, as he expected, Zhou Shiying and Xu Qingzhi hit it off at first sight, and they started chatting from the moment they sat down, which was quite a bit of a hatred of seeing each other. Lin Hongwen glanced at He Mu and said, "Yes, this table of good things can't be wasted, they just have to talk, and we just have to eat." ”

He Mu snickered and said, "It's still Hongwen that you know my mind best, and I can't interject from talking about it, and these foods are what I want." ”

"It's been a while since I've passed, and I'm okay?" Lin Hongwen asked.

"Okay," He Mu said, chewing on the chicken, "the whole Xinxing Street plus the cloth shops on Zhengyang Street have the best business." It will continue when spring begins on the Chinese street, and it is estimated that it will be about the same before summer. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"I also heard from Shi Ying that the public welfare association has a big family", He Mu said, "It is said that it was in Hulan before, somehow, the people who sold houses and land came to us to grab jobs, and recently everyone's eyes have been staring at him, wanting to see where he started?" ”

Lin Hongwen felt familiar when he heard it, racked his brains for a while, and asked tentatively, "Is that person's surname He?" ”

"How do you know?" He Mu looked surprised.

"I saw him in the hospital," Lin Hongwen recalled, "that year the Boxers were defeated, and the Russians entered Hulan City, and their family suffered a big life, so they finally escaped." His daughter's gunshot wound was diagnosed and treated by Dr. Xu. Later, he brought his daughter to thank him, and seemed to have mentioned that he was going to sell the land over there in Hulan and come to us to beg for a living. ”

"That's right," He Mu said, "Shi Ying met with him and said that this person is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with." ”

"Why do you have to deal with it?"

"You know that Shi Ying doesn't mess with him, he never messes with others", He Mu said, "He told me that this surname He was very polite to outsiders, but once Shi Ying saw his little servant driving a carriage parked at the door of the Charity Association, maybe it was a little far away, and the surnamed He shook his hand and slapped him in the mouth when he got off the car." And it is said that He Gui also attracted some people in the public welfare association, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. ”

"Stare at him more, if you can't do it, you can only see the tricks", Lin Hongwen said, "If this person does business in a proper manner, then even if he walks with us, there is nothing to be afraid of. I'm afraid that he has some crooked thoughts, like Yao Shunchang at the beginning. ”

"We think the same way," He Mu said, "I have inquired, he has a wife at home, two concubines, a son and a daughter, a son is fifteen or sixteen years old this year, and a daughter is only eleven or twelve years old this year. ”

Lin Hongwen listened to the music, "Why do you always inquire about other people's family affairs." ”

"It's not just in case", He Mu said, "In case he is not good for us, it is better for us to know clearly than to catch blind at that time." ”