Yuhe Village in the evening is the most beautiful, the sunset is as red as rouge, the low-flying seabirds and the people returning from the boat, and the smoke wafting in the chimneys of each house, quiet and beautiful.

Closing the account book, Li Zhuang rubbed his eyes, and then stretched his arms.

"Fourth brother, it's over, let's go out for a walk." Tiger Head laughed.

"You young people just go, I still have something to do, so I won't go." Li Zhuang waved his hand.

This tone

"Fourth brother, you are only twenty-six years old, where is old?"

"Older than you anyway, that's a fact." Li Zhuang didn't grind with the tiger head, "Go ahead, take care of Miss Liu." ”

"You know all about it?" The tiger head twisted, "Actually, I have nothing to do with her." ”

Do you know what it means to get darker and darker?

"Don't explain, go quickly, don't let Miss Liu wait, I really have something to do later."

Tanabata is approaching, and there are many lanterns in this usually busy small fishing village, and walking on the street every night is as bright as daytime. Three or two couples held hands and talked in a whispered and intimate manner, looking warm and quiet.

Before he knew it, Li Zhuang walked to a low door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

"Uncle, who are you looking for?" A boy of five or six years old, holding a little clay figure in his hand, with bright eyes, was tilting his head to look at him.

Li Zhuang couldn't help but think of the two twin sons in the family, who were about the same age as the child in front of him, but he couldn't see the liveliness and vividness that a six-year-old child should have. He bent down slightly and said with a smile: "Your name is Huzi, is your father and mother at home?" I'm your father's friend. Come and see him, my name is Li Zhuang. ”

"Uncle. Come in. "It can be seen that Huzi is well taught.

"Thank you!"

Cautiously walked through the courtyard gate that was slightly taller than his height. There is a small courtyard with a few rows of vegetables planted against the wall on the left, a few freshly washed clothes on the bamboo poles on the right, and a row of dried fish hanging under the eaves. Li Zhuang took a step forward, and his foot kicked something, which turned out to be a rattle. He picked it up and shook it in his hand, these children's things made him remember, Shi Mingsan still had a little girl who was more than a year old.

"Steward, why are you here?"

Shi Mingsan hurriedly put a handful of green onions in his hand on the stool beside him. patted the dirt on his hands, brought a bench to Li Zhuang, and beckoned: "Sit down quickly, the house is narrow, so I wronged the chief steward to sit in the courtyard." ”

Gujia Shipbuilding naturally also provides food and lodging, in addition to a few stewards, in fact, dozens of people are all crowded on the Chase bunks on both sides of the door, single men can live, and it is naturally inconvenient to drag the family with the mouth. The shipping industry supplies a little money every month. Let them rent their own room outside, which is a comparison.

"It's okay." Li Zhuang shook his hand and sat down, "Brother Shi is helping my sister-in-law prepare dinner." ”

"Yes. Oh, yes. Shi Mingsan was a little embarrassed. I have a daughter-in-law and children, and the old man also cooks, which makes people see jokes.

"Let the chief steward laugh."

"Husband and wife are harmonious. This is the blessing of the family, Brother Shi is a good man. Li Zhuang gave a thumbs up.

"Who is Xianggong?" A woman's voice came from inside the room. "Bring me the green onions first."

"It's just a little green onion. If you don't let it go, you won't let it go. Shi Mingsan felt that he had been swept away, so he turned around and yelled. After saying that, I felt sorry for it. said to Li Zhuang: "Steward, I'll send my mother-in-law first." ”

Li Zhuang naturally did not refuse: "Brother Shi, you are busy." ”

"I'll be back in a moment." Shi Mingsan and a woman wearing an apron walked out.

Shi Mingsan introduced: "The chief steward, this is my inner son, Tang's. ”

Looking at the woman's appearance and age, Li Zhuang understood why Shi Mingsan relented after yelling. Shi Mingsan is already in his early forties, and his daughter-in-law is just over twenty years old, an old husband and a young wife, no wonder she is so favored. Men like them who rely on labor to eat are not very easy to kiss, and finally there is a woman who is willing to follow him, and naturally she is willing to spoil.

"Sister-in-law." Li Zhuang stood up and arched his hand.

"Hurry up and call the big steward." Shi Mingsan shook Tang's hand and urged. Why don't you have any eyesight, that is his immediate boss, the person who can fire him directly.

Tang was a little shy, and shouted in a voice like a mosquito: "Big steward." ”

"Okay, then you can go stir-fry." Shi Mingsan was afraid that the Tang clan would not be able to cope with it, so he pushed her away, "A few more dishes, I want to have a few drinks with the chief steward tonight." ”

"That's what I mean, too." Li Zhuang took out two jars of wine and a pound of dried pork from behind him as if he was playing a trick, and handed them to Tang, "There is Sister-in-law Lao." ”

It was already very late when he came out of Shi Mingsan's house, there was a crescent moon in the sky, lanterns were hung on both sides of the street, and the road ahead was very bright, but Li Zhuang's mood was a little heavy.

Merchants who go to other places to do business will always have such concerns: recruit locals, and they are afraid that the locals will huddle together and gather to make trouble if something goes wrong. Don't recruit it, I don't have so many people, and other outsiders may not be enough. Besides, the locals also know more about the local situation, so there is Liao Steward.

After coming here for a little more than a month, he and Liao Si'an have fought no less than ten times. Liao Si'an's methods are not very clever, they are all some small troubles, Li Zhuang can still solve them, but he is a little bored. He didn't even know what was going on, and the next day Liao Si'an's attitude towards him changed, and he didn't even care about the face on his face, and he confronted him everywhere. The discord between the first and second leaders of the Gu family's shipbuilding industry made the people below panic. Although they also see Li Zhuang's ability, Liao Si'an has a relationship here for more than ten years, and even took away the money to manage things, most people also think that Li Zhuang will not work for long, and it will be a matter of time before he is taken away. Li Zhuang is nominally the chief steward, but what he says is not as good as Liao Si'an's words, so what prestige does he have as a chief steward in the long run? Thinking of Boss Jia's expression before leaving, Li Zhuang rubbed his temples.

Liao Si'an is a very difficult bone to gnaw.

The one he went to today is called Shi Mingsan, who is the invisible leader of dozens of people under his hands, who can speak and behave, except for Liao Si'an's words, everyone is willing to listen to his words. Li Zhuang's original intention was to see if it was possible to bring this person under his banner. But when he pushed the cup at the dinner table, he was split by Shi Mingsan as soon as he got up, and after three or two times, Li Zhuang also understood what the other party meant. He doesn't have this strength, background, others can't believe it. Li Zhuang raised his head slightly and let out a sigh, it's difficult!

"No matter how hard it is, you have to get through." Li Zhuang muttered to himself.

Shaking his head, Li Zhuang closed his eyes and didn't think about anything.

Dozens of seconds later, he regained his usual self-confidence.

"Go home and sleep." He said.

As soon as he took a step, a man fell in front of him. (To be continued......)