Zhang Ju was older and sensible, so he stayed to take care of An Hongsheng, while pointing out where there was more fine grass and suitable for weaving gadgets. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Huang walked to the bottom of the porch and stood side by side with Peng Jin and Yunwu, smiling and watching the children play happily.

The sun is sunny, the wind is gentle, and it is a grand scene.

"Last night, I heard our lord say that a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner came to the mansion, and he seemed to be in a hurry, but he couldn't speak Chinese, and no one in the mansion could understand his words, but our lord was in a hurry, and he couldn't help if he wanted to, so he had to let people go back for the time being. No, early in the morning, our master went to find someone who knew foreign and Chinese......" Huang took it as an interesting story, told Peng Jin and Yunwu about last night's incident, and sighed curiously at the end: "I really want to see what this foreigner looks like, and it doesn't look like the monster in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". ”

Yunwu was also aroused by Huang's interest, and discussed with Huang with great interest on the side.

Peng Jin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is that foreigner from?" ”

If she spoke English, she might be able to help.

"How do I know?" Huang smiled, "Our master didn't tell me. I think that the foreigner can't speak Chinese, so he can't report himself. ”

Peng Jin thought about it, beckoned Li Lao Er to come over, and asked him to go to the front to see if Zhang Minghua was idle.

Li Lao Er took the order, Peng Jin saw that Huang and Yunwu were puzzled, so he smiled and said: "I came to Quanzhou with my father when I was young, I have met a few foreigners, and I have learned their words. ”

Yunwu was surprised and blurted out, "Foreigners? ”

She also came to Quanzhou with her back then, why didn't she see any foreigners.

Peng Jin "chuckled" in his heart, and then smiled: "You always stayed at home at that time, no more than I often sneaked out to play, naturally I haven't seen it." ”

"Oh!" Yunwu nodded convincingly.

Years of habit have made Yunwu rarely doubt the truth of Peng Jin's words. Besides, now Nuan Nuan is simply a copy of Peng Jin when he was young, climbing trees and climbing over walls, and he can't be idle for a moment. Perhaps, it is because of these reasons that Peng Jin learned the words of foreigners by coincidence.

Yunwu spontaneously found a very convincing reason for Peng Jin in his heart.

Peng Jin secretly said "It's dangerous" in her heart, if she hadn't really come to Quanzhou at the beginning, she really didn't know how to fulfill this lie now!

While talking, Zhang Minghua and Li Lao Er came over together.

"What is the matter with Madame looking for the official office?" Zhang Minghua asked with a smile.

"I heard that a foreigner who can't speak Chinese came to the government yesterday, and I happened to learn a little bit of foreign language when I was young, so I want to see if I can help." Peng Jin said with a smile.

Zhang Minghua glanced at the Huang family on the side, saw the Huang family smiling and nodding, and knew the source of Peng Jin's news, so he smiled and said: "Madam, this is really a charcoal in the snow!" Coincidentally, that foreigner came again early this morning! And I, a person who can speak foreign languages, haven't found it yet! ”

The main thing is that there are a lot of affairs today, and he has no time to withdraw for a while, and now Peng Jin may be able to help, and he doesn't have to go outside to find someone, and there are a lot of things, that's really good!

"Then let's get over there." Peng Jin smiled, "Don't make people wait. ”

"Madame, please." Zhang Minghua gestured and asked.

Peng Jin gave in slightly, and then walked out of the backyard with Zhang Minghua one after another.

Huang and Yunwu looked at their backs enviously, really wanting to see what the foreigners looked like. When I was in the capital, I occasionally saw merchants from small neighboring countries, but they had never seen blonde foreigners.

Peng Jin and Zhang Minghua went all the way to the front yard and saw the blonde and blue-eyed foreigner in the room next to the official house.

"How's it going?" As soon as the foreigner saw Zhang Minghua coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in English, not noticing Peng Jin following behind Zhang Minghua at all.

When the long-lost familiar and slightly awkward and strange English sounded, the scenes of business banquets and business negotiations in the previous life instantly poured into Peng Jin's mind, making her stunned for a while, until Zhang Minghua shouted at her several times before she came back to her senses.

"Ma'am, do you understand?" Zhang Minghua looked at Peng Jin with some concern, and comforted: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the lower officials will ...... later."

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Peng Jin opened his mouth to interrupt Zhang Minghua's words, he hadn't spoken English for a long time, and the tone of his voice was still a little stiff and jerky, but this had already surprised Zhang Minghua and the foreigner!

I just saw Peng Jin come in after Zhang Minghua, the foreigner was just an ordinary woman in the yamen, I didn't expect Peng Jin to open his mouth to come to his native language, although the tone was a little awkward, but this was already very rare.

"My name is Jones, I am from Great Britain, I am an employee of the Reed Comptoir, I came with the comptoir, I got separated from the caravan, I am not familiar with the place, and I came to ask for help from the government." The foreigner hurriedly replied, his eyes sparkling, "Beautiful lady, can you help me?" ”

Peng Jin thought for a while and asked a small servant serving tea on the side: "Have you heard of Reed Firm?" ”

The little guy shook his head and replied respectfully: "If Mrs. Hui is concerned, there is a trading house opened by foreigners in Quanzhou, but its name is Josephine Commercial Bank, not Reed Commercial Bank. ”

Peng Jin asked the foreigner Jones in English: "Does Reed Firm plan to stop in Quanzhou?" ”

Jones hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, we originally planned to rest for a day through Quanzhou and then go south to Guangzhou......"

But he has been lost for a day, and no one has come to the government to report the case, could it be that the caravan has been heading south, and no one has noticed that he has fallen behind?

"That's a pity, perhaps, they haven't found out that you're left behind." Peng Jin spread his hands, and when he saw Jones's flustered face, he hurriedly comforted, "Why don't you stay for the time being, and then notify you when we contact the caravan of the Reed Firm?" ”

Jones shrugged and sighed, "That's all there is to it." ”

However, at noon, the people sent by Zhang Minghua to inquire about the news came back, and unfortunately, the people of Reed & Co., who did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, did not send anyone to find Jones, let alone wait for him, and rushed out of the city directly yesterday evening.

Zhang Minghua couldn't, so he had to send someone to inform Jones on the one hand, and invite Peng Jin to come out as a translator.

As soon as Jones heard that the caravan had not looked for him or waited for him at all, but had gone straight out of the city, he immediately sat down on the ground, his face pale, and then a man eight feet tall began to cry, and raised his head and wailed, and burst into tears, and was simply overwhelmed with grief.

PS: Happy ^_^ Christmas Eve (To be continued.) )