() Nested in a grass hut at the base of the city wall, Ha Xiaojing, the big shopkeeper of the old Rongjing, held an empty wooden box that was no more than half a foot square in his arms, and his eyes were full of dejected gods. Although there is a bowl of water on his hand, Ha Xiaojing's lips are still scorched and abnormal, and it is obvious that he is preoccupied, not to mention that he has no teeth for a day and a night!

If you want to talk about the business of Rongjing Laohao, you can count in the number of Sijiu City, and you can account for the top three rankings in the pasting line, which is serious about playing the craftsmanship that has been opened since the Qing Dynasty and passed down for hundreds of years, especially good at repairing those broken ancient books and paintings.

When the craftsmanship of the old Rongjing was passed on to the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the old shopkeeper of the old Rongjing had no children under his knees, and only an old girl was raised at home. Seeing that the craftsmanship of this heir is not passed on to his son-in-law, not to be repaired inside and outside, and to paste and damage ancient books and paintings, the old shopkeeper gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and he also called Yue Xiaojing, the disciple of Rongjing's old number, to enter the Ha family, and since then he has changed his name to Ha Xiaojing, which can be regarded as inheriting this craft.

Although Ha Xiaojing can be regarded as having a skill and an industry out of thin air, when it comes to the end, this reputation is still not so good. Sometimes there is a quarrel with the neighbors, and people say a sentence - your surname of the big shopkeeper? At that time, he could make Ha Xiaojingmian red-eared and speechless.

What's more, the old girl raised by the old shopkeeper is really a little arrogant, and she is even more arrogant in the shop, and she is even more arrogant in the shop, and she takes Ha Xiaojing as a side to urge her, which is really difficult to be a person inside and out. If it weren't for the old girl's luck and narrowness, and after more than ten years of improvisation with Ha Xiaojing, she got a sudden illness and died, I'm afraid that Ha Xiaojing would have to boil these two angry blowers for many more years in his life?

But I have to say that Ha Xiaojing is fateful, originally went to the evil woman around him, relying on the authentic craftsmanship, the business of Rongjing Lao is also passable, and the taste of this big shopkeeper to get the idea of the door is also considered to have been tried for two years, but I didn't expect a fire on Zhushikou Street. The shop of the old Rongjing was burned clean.

Ha Xiaojing finally snatched out the most valuable things in the Rongjing Old in the fire, and led the first two apprentices in the Rongjing Old to settle in the grass shed under the city wall for the time being. I was counting on those few valuable things to reopen and reopen again, and I still relied on my craft to eat in Sijiu City, but I didn't think about it and took a nap in a daze. When he woke up, he saw that there was no trace of several valuable things, and even the two apprentices were gone.

Again and again, the natural disaster ** came to the door together, Ha Xiaojing sat in the grass shed for a long time with an empty wooden box, and finally laughed miserably, raised his hand and threw the empty wooden box to the ground, and reached out to untie his trouser belt. But looking up at the grass shed less than one person high where he was staying, Ha Xiaojing threw his trouser belt aside in a dejected manner.

Stretched out his hand and touched his waist for a long time, and Ha Xiaojing, who couldn't even touch a big child, couldn't help but sigh and laugh miserably: "This god can really play tricks on people!" Why is it so hard for me to die? There is no beam to hang and no money to swallow medicine. Even if I throw myself into the river, I have to smash open such a thick ice first, God, you just tell me to die steadily, can I succeed!? ”

In the miserable laughter with the sound of crying, Ha Xiaojing moved his legs and feet, which were very numb, and moved his legs towards the outside of the grass shed. But before Ha Xiaojing walked to the door of the straw shed, through the grass curtain full of holes, a very tired and hoarse voice sounded at this time: "Lao Ji asked, is Rongjing's old name Ha Xiaojing Ha shopkeeper resting here?" ”

Blinking. It took Ha Xiaojing a long time to understand that the people outside the grass shed were looking for him, and suddenly smiled miserably outside the grass curtain: "There is really no shopkeeper of the old Rongjing here." But there is a Ha Xiaojing who can only jump into the well! ”

As soon as the words fell, the person who spoke outside the grass shed had already lifted the grass curtain full of holes, bent down into the grass shed, and greeted Ha Xiaojing is deep bow: "Hello shopkeeper, I am here to make amends for you!" ”

It's almost because of the habit of doing business for many years, after Ha Xiaojing subconsciously returned the courtesy. Fang Cai squinted his eyes and looked at the figure who couldn't see his eyebrows clearly at all: "You forgive me for being clumsy, I really didn't see who you are here?" ”

As if he had been prepared for not being able to see anyone in the dark straw shed, the figure standing in the straw shed reached out and took out a large butter candle with only half a length left in his arms, lit it with a foreign fire, and held it up in front of his face, and then said to Ha Xiaojing, who was squinting his eyes with the light of the candle: "Hello shopkeeper." I'm Huo Zhengmen Najiu, and I'm here to find you today, just to make amends for you here first."

Slightly stunned, Ha Xiaojing smiled bitterly and waved his hand at Na Jiu Ye who was standing in the grass shed: "Na Jiu Ye, what does it mean if we are still talking about this at this time?" The shops and houses of both of you and I are called to burn a jīng light, and it is estimated that the eldest son can't take out one of them in the waist, and in the future, this rì son Na Jiuye, you will please go back"

Listening to Ha Xiaojing's words of chasing customers, Na Jiuye walked left and right in the grass shed for a long time, but he couldn't even find a place to put down the candle in his hand. In desperation, Na Jiu Ye had to bend down and put the candle in his hand on the ground, then straightened his waist, hugged his fist towards Ha Xiaojing and said, "Ha shopkeeper, you let me finish speaking." Regardless of the origin of this fire, after all, this fire started from the entrance of the main entrance of our fire, and even the neighbors were affected. From the roots, I can't escape the blame for what happened to my fire. Therefore, you can also see that the entrance of the main gate of the fire in front of me is also burned to a white ground, so I can only take out the little public account capital stored in the foreigner's bank first, and make do with the emergency use of the neighbors who have been affected by the disaster. ”

As he spoke, Na Jiuye reached out and took out a fist-sized small cloth bag from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Ha Xiaojing's eyes: "Ha shopkeeper, there are twenty oceans here, you can first find a place to live and settle down." How many belongings and belongings you have burned in this fire in your shop, you will also give me nine. When I am relieved at the main gate of the fire, even if I smash the pot and sell iron, I can't ask the neighbors to eat this hanging! ”

Dumbfounded and looking at the small cloth bag that Na Jiu Ye held in front of him, Ha Xiaojing's throat gurgled, and he held it for a long time before he shouted in disbelief: "Na Jiu Ye, you are just this fire, there must be two hundred small shops and traders on the street of Zhushikou, even if there is no big capital for trading, but if you give twenty oceans first, then you will scatter thousands of oceans at once, right?" ”

Stuffed the small cloth bag in his hand into Ha Xiaojing's hand, Na Jiuye clenched his fists and bowed his hand to Ha Xiaojing, who had not yet come back to his senses: "No matter what, you can bear with and forgive your sins!" After waiting for this bone in front of me, I will be able to do this thing at the main gate! Hello shopkeeper, I don't know if you're in the old Rongjing this time."

Blinking his eyes, Ha Xiaojing didn't answer Na Jiuye's words, but tentatively asked Na Jiuye: "Na Jiuye, I'm saying something here that I don't know the depths, don't take it seriously to your heart - the old saying says that there is no pen, no inventory, no evidence, no settlement, just rely on my mouth to say a number, you will accept it, you are not afraid of my lion opening his mouth?" ”

Shaking his head slightly, Na Jiuye responded to Ha Xiaojing with a somewhat tired look on his face: "Ha shopkeeper, you can say something wrong." I won't hide it from you here, from the second half of today, my two junior brothers and I can go to Sijiu City to look for those neighbors who were burned on Zhushikou Street, and one family came to you, and there were only about 20 families left who were not looking for them. After counting all the way like this, there really wasn't a single neighbor in front of me who opened his mouth indiscriminately, all of them were real numbers! At the end of the day, I am also a bitter master who has suffered from narrow troubles in the main gate of the fire, and this person's heart is full of flesh. The neighbors are also sympathetic to my fire gate! ”

Nodding heavily, Ha Xiaojing carefully put the small cloth bag that Na Jiu Ye stuffed into his hand into his arms, and then he arched his hand towards Na Jiu Ye: "Na Jiu Ye, you are benevolent and righteous, I can't be unruly here, regardless of etiquette!" My old Rongjing account really called this burning thing, and it is not worth a few when you calculate it together, which is a pity that the shop has been handed down for many years. I have a reason here, and I want to ask you to hold it for Cāo? ”

Looking at Ha Xiaojing in surprise, who was full of anticipation, Na Jiuye arched his hand to Ha Xiaojing and responded: "Ha shopkeeper, what do you order?" ”

Stamping his foot very indignantly, Ha Xiaojing pointed to the empty wooden box he threw on the ground and said, "I grabbed a few valuable things from the fire, and those are really important things in my old Rongjing number." But the first two white-eyed wolves in the family took advantage of my nap and ran away with those few valuable things! Na Jiuye, I heard that there are many capable people in your main gate of Huo, and the roads on the scene are also leading in all directions. If you can find these important things for me, then I Ha Xiaojing will only ask you to relax and reward me with another shop. With those few valuable things as a book, plus the craftsmanship on my body that no one can steal, I still don't believe that I can't poke the signboard of the old Rongjing! ”

"Hey shopkeeper about this, I really don't dare to pat my chest and guarantee in front of you! But as long as these few valuable things of yours don't leave Sijiu City, I can take a look at them for you? ”

"Then I'll thank Na Jiuye here! These things, one is a gold-inlaid jade glass snuff bottle, which was given to my predecessor by Lord Qianlong back then. And "

Listening to Ha Xiaojing babbling about the origin and appearance of those valuable things, Na Jiuye nodded slightly, but at the same time, he carefully remembered the appearance of the valuable things that Ha Xiaojing said in his heart (to be continued......