Eight

Boss Lin remained silent, read the note, and asked Chunbao where the money came from, Chunbao answered truthfully, and Boss Lin asked him: "Chunbao, I haven't been thin on you in the past three years, right?" "Chunbao said that I will be grateful for the kindness of Boss Lin for a lifetime." So why would you quit your job? Boss Lin asked again.

Resigning is Chun Bao's last resort, he feels that the shopkeeper has a prejudice against himself, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the future, and Baozhu dislikes himself so much, isn't it an emotional torture to stay, but these reasons are not the main one, he pondered it and said: "I have different concepts from Lin Ji." ”

Boss Lin said: "You did this right, but the shopkeeper also has a hard time, so let's do it, this money is borrowed by Lin Ji from your brother, and it will be forgiven for a period of time, and it will be returned with interest, and you don't leave." As he spoke, he took out a jar from the cupboard behind him, which was the salt beans that the cook had thrown away.

"Actually, I didn't throw it, but the jewel was a little angry and hidden." Boss Lin smiled generously, "Nong, don't be like Ira. ”

Chun Bao actually didn't want to go, but since the boss earnestly kept and the salt beans came back, he left the donkey and stayed.

Zhiqiu took the third-class car home, and suffered a lot along the way, except for two photos taken with Chunbao, he didn't bring anything back, and he didn't dare to say that the money filled the hole for Chunbao, only said that he invested in Yunyun, Liu Shao and Dafeng did not doubt him, and only complained that Zhiqiu was too stingy, and how to meet Jinan's in-laws without adding some lines.

The group photo was taken in the Baoji Photo Studio on Avenida Avenue, one was wearing a dress, the other was wearing a long shirt and a folding fan, the two brothers Yushu was in the wind, dignified and chic, Dafeng was not enough to look at it, the central people made a wooden photo frame to hang on the wall, and they had to look at it a few times in the morning and evening.

A few days later, the "Xu Bao" published an explosive news, the Japanese suddenly attacked on the night of September 18, captured the city of Fengtian, the Northeast Army left without a fight, the city was surrendered, Zhiqiu was furious, all day long with a group of literati and writers in Xuzhou Mansion to discuss the current situation, speaking of the anger of the eager to throw pen from Rong, go into battle to kill the enemy, but before he put on the uniform, he first put on the bridegroom's cross and cloak red.

The wedding date has arrived, Zhiqiu went to Jinan to greet relatives accompanied by Liu Shao, and the wedding was also held in the old house of the Liu family in Jinan.

Jiahui herself is better than in the photo, after all, the photo is static, people are active, she is not only a well-informed lady, but also a good cook, the whole family is very satisfied with this daughter-in-law, just waiting for the Liu family to add Ding.

Chun Bao will often write letters, tell the family about their recent situation, at the end of the year, Lin Ji's shopkeeper quit his job, Chun Bao took his place, only twenty-two years old young man, became the big shopkeeper, Da Feng is happy no, Zhiqiu is to spread the good news all over his circle of relatives and friends, most of the classmates who went to private school with Zhu Fuzi have already started a family, and their brothers have fought Zhao Jinjie and Zhiqiu have also become good friends, three or five friends often gather in the Zhao family manor outside the city to drink and chat.

When there were six or seven days before the Chinese New Year, the news of the war came from Shanghai again, the Japanese attacked the 19th Route Army in Zhabei on a large scale, and the battle was fought until March of the Gregorian calendar of the following year, before a truce was mediated by Britain and the United States.

In the early morning of the day of the war, the Lin family moved to the concession to escape the war, the factories and stores in Nanshi were temporarily closed, and the guys were also sent home, even the cooks went back to Chuansha Township, Chunbao was homeless, and the Lin family had no young and strong laborers, so he was left to take care of him at home, in addition to Boss Lin, the Lin family also had the boss's old mother, the seventy-year-old Mrs. Tai, the fifty-year-old Mrs. Lin, and the seventeen-year-old Lin Baozhu. At this time, the skills Chun Bao learned from Aunt Tao came in handy again, he could make a fire to cook, wash and iron clothes, repair electric lights, and even the big cigarette bubbles smoked by Boss Lin were burned by him, in short, it was all up to Chun Bao to Zhang Luo alone.

Since the beginning of the year of the Little Knife Club, the concession has become a haven for war, after the outbreak of the 128 incident, the rent price of the house in the concession has risen rapidly, and Boss Lin's family only rents one or two Shikumen houses, and the residence suddenly becomes smaller, Chunbao and Baozhu look up and don't look down, get along day and night, but never speak, in fact, Chunbao has a faint premonition in his heart, Boss Lin is using himself as a family member, and the next step is to become a son-in-law.

Baozhu is amazing, is a student of Minli Girls' High School, can speak Mandarin and English, the little girl is proud like a princess, see the following helper guys, nostrils are almost to the sky, once Chun Bao on the road door-to-door running street, saw a male student wearing a navy blue student uniform and Baozhu walking side by side, the uniform of the woolen material is crisp and flat, the trouser line is sharp can cut watermelon, and then look at his own wrinkled cotton robe, he can't help but be ashamed, he thought, such a girl is probably going to marry such a man.

In May, the declaration said that the representatives of the Nanjing government had signed an armistice agreement with the Japanese minister, and that Shanghai had been designated as a demilitarized zone, and that the battle had finally been fought, and that the Lin family had moved back to Nanshi from the concession, and that the dismissed men had returned to work one after another.

Spring to autumn, Lin Ji shop ushered in a Fuzhou guest, it is a year of not seen timber merchant Huang Lingjiu, he came to find Chun Bao, the two found a teahouse to sit and reminisce, it turned out that Chun Bao paid out of his own pocket to pay the matter spread all over Shanghai Tang not to say, but also to Fujian, Huang Lingjiu came this time, is to ask Chun Bao to be the shopkeeper of his own branch in Shanghai, the salary is much higher than in Lin Ji, not to mention, but also with dry dividends.

This is a condition that people can't refuse, although Chun Bao is the shopkeeper in Lin Ji, but the salary has not moved, and there is no dividend at the end of the year, follow the Fuzhou people to work, and you can pay back the money owed to the autumn within three years.

What makes Chun Bao tempted is actually an unspeakable point, he likes Baozhu is true, but he can't accept the identity of the prince, and he is even more unwilling to let his descendants be surnamed Lin, so he will not have the face to kowtow to his father's grave when he returns to his hometown, only by jumping out of the Lin family's shop, relying on his own ability to make a name for himself, and then buy a Shikumen house, he can come to the Lin family with dignity and confidence.

But he only thought about these things, and he asked Huang Lingjiu: "When Brother Huang first came to Shanghai, what impressed him the most?" ”

Huang Lingjiu laughed: "Of course, Brother Chen impressed me the most, he kept his word and believed it, so I made up my mind as a friend." ”

Chunbao said: "The first time I came to Shanghai, I heard someone planning to plate on the road, turned my head to look, and saw the signboard of Darentang, the word Ren has been stuck in my mind since then, and I am also fated with the abacus, and this fate is not over." ”

Huang Lingjiu raised his thumb: "Brother Chen, you are really benevolent." And he said no more about poaching.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the fact that Fuzhou people wanted to dig Chunbao and became the shopkeeper of the branch in the past soon reached the ears of Boss Lin, and it was spread with nose and eyes, and the amount of salary was clear. Lin Ji's monthly salary to Chun Bao is thirty yuan, and the people of Fuzhou offer a sky-high price of two hundred yuan, which is almost up to the level of a university professor, and Boss Lin, who has always been light-hearted, couldn't help but panic, and quietly found his wife to discuss, he didn't care about a young shopkeeper, what he cared about was that his future son-in-law should not be pried away.

In fact, Boss Lin has long been in love with Chunbao, he only has a daughter under his knees, and in his early years, he also wanted to marry an aunt wife to continue the incense, but the Hedong lion at home was really fierce, so he had to break his mind and carefully raise the jewels. So as early as a few years ago, Boss Lin was looking for a son-in-law, and his requirements were very simple: no worries, loyalty, and ability. Chun Bao is simply a good son-in-law tailored for Baozhu, everything makes him extremely satisfied, although he is a northerner, he is tall and big, but his mind is delicate, his eyes are lively, and he can speak fluent Shanghainese, and he is a top man when he was an apprentice, when he was an apprentice, Boss Lin noticed it, and since then he has deliberately cultivated, Chunbao is also living up to expectations, no one from Lin Ji up and down said that he is not, except for Baozhu, because once when the two of them talked about their future son-in-law, they were heard by Baozhu, How could a female student from Minli Girls' High School marry a guy in her own shop, Baozhu thinks that Chun Bao is too scheming and has coveted herself for many years, such a person not only can't marry, but she has to be careful with her use.

Boss Lin didn't suspect that Chunbaocheng Mansion was too deep, but the receipt of the Fuzhou timber merchant made his worries disappear, this kid was really kind, and he didn't see the wrong person, so at the end of the year, the shopkeeper automatically took the dividends and quit his job, leaving the seat to Chunbao. Everything is developing smoothly according to Boss Lin's expectations, who would have expected that Huang Lingjiu would be killed halfway, and he would have to cut off his hairy son-in-law who had been trained for four years, how could Boss Lin not panic.

Mrs. said: "Otherwise, Allah will also give him a salary increase, or he will be a little distressed, two hundred yuan is worth the tuition fee of Baozhu for one semester." ”

Boss Lin said: "It's not a matter of money, let's just settle with him now, this family business will belong to him and Baozhu sooner or later." ”

So Boss Lin asked the maid to call Chun Bao upstairs to talk, and explained openly and honestly, hoping that Chun Bao would be a son-in-law, and he would retire in a few years and hand over Lin Ji to him.

This is Boss Lin's last killer feature, he has lived for fifty years, how can he not see that Chun Bao is interesting to his daughter, for him as a foreigner, a beautiful wife and a beautiful family fortune can have the best of both worlds overnight, what is not satisfied.

But Chun Bao really refused, in fact, the answer to this question has been rehearsed countless times in Chun Bao's heart, and he answered very decently: "Boss, marriage is not a child's play, the words of the matchmaker are indispensable, my mother is still here, and the matter of marriage needs to be returned to my mother, but the Chen family is also a single pass, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to obey my fate, and besides, Miss Baozhu is a newcomer, paying attention to free love and freedom of marriage, she does not approve of this marriage, and the twisted melon will not be sweet." ”

Boss Lin was speechless, what Chun Bao said was reasonable, it was something that a man who had no interest to do, Chun Bao had a good future, why bother to join the Lin family, and live a lifetime with a woman who didn't like him, speaking of which, this is his own wishful thinking after all, and the mandarin duck spectrum of chaos.

Chun Bao saw Boss Lin's sadness and loss, and then said: "Presumably the boss already knew about Huang Lingjiu's coming to me, so I resigned at that time, as long as the boss didn't drive me away, I wouldn't leave Lin Ji." ”

Boss Lin said three good words in a row.

Good things come in pairs, Huang Lingjiu came to Shanghai this time, brought a batch of sandalwood to Chunbao, Shanghai fought for three months, the transportation of other cities was basically stopped, the price of all raw materials soared, and the timber also rose, this batch of goods was worth 4,000 when it set off from Fuzhou, and now it has risen by at least 30%.

Lin Ji reopened, there was a shortage of wood, this batch of sandalwood Chunbao was naturally accepted, and the price was paid, Huang Lingjiu did not accept anything, saying that only you Chen Chunbao was loyal and righteous, and he would not be happy for me Huang someone to fight for righteousness and squandering money, Chunbao couldn't resist him, so he had to laugh, and later learned that Huang Lingjiu was actually not a big guy, he was the son-in-law of the Huang family in Fuzhou, the Huang family has rubber forests and sugar factories in Nanyang, and the family has a huge amount of money.

Boss Lin made the decision and counted this batch of timber worth 5,000 oceans as Chunbao's shares, and from then on he was not only the shopkeeper of Lin Ji, but also a shareholder.