With the victory of the Revolutionary Army's Eastern Crusade, the city of Guangzhou, which was fluctuating in people's hearts, gradually regained its vitality, the streets and alleys slowly became lively, and about half of the major commercial houses reopened for business, and An Yi's life returned to the busy and full life before the Revolutionary Army's Eastern Crusade.

The pomegranate orchard at No. 2 Puji Street, Renji Road, is named after a canopy-like pomegranate tree growing in the courtyard, this exquisite courtyard covering an area of only one acre is a typical representative of Lingnan architectural style, the two-storey blue brick and gray tile building carved beams and painted buildings are intrigued, the exquisite wood carved window lattices and openwork gates are of excellent quality and first-class workmanship, even a row of granite stone foundations at the entrance of the small building are also finely carved and vivid, the courtyard wall is planted on both sides of the four seasons of the moon season and night primrose, the one-meter-high round moon-shaped water well in the west is carved from the whole boulder, There is also a hexagonal pavilion built above, and the whole courtyard complements the main building building beautifully.

In the simple and elegant front hall, Lao Dao slept on a sour branch wooden rocking chair left by the original owner, and a cup of fragrant oolong tea was placed on the low table next to the rocking chair, and the whole person looked relaxed and natural, and enjoyed it incomparably.

"Stop! When you read that the main force of the Eastern Expedition was waiting for the rest of the day in Shantou, ready to launch the final general offensive, why did I sound like there was a lot of work inside? Half a month ago, the "Central Daily" also said so, what is like a bamboo, invincible, etc., why has the Eastern Crusade not ended until now? How many people have been delayed by this remark of reporting good news but not bad news...... If my guess is correct, the revolutionary army must have encountered a problem, otherwise why would it change its original momentum and not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but leave Chen Jiongming's remnants a chance to breathe? Problematic! Xiao Yi, what do you think? Lao Dao opened his eyes and slowly sat up, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to wait for An Yi's opinion.

Since moving into this new house, Lao Dao's body has become much tougher, Lao Dao himself thinks that it is the four pillars and five elements of Feng Shui and the earth qi dark rhyme and the fortune of the year, while An Yi insists that it is the result of fresh air and a good mood.

An Yi still likes to drink boiled water, put down the cup and said uncertainly: "Since the news of Mr. Sun's death came in the middle of last month, there has been no greater record since the various units of the Eastern Expeditionary Army defeated the main force of the rebel army, Lin Hubu, and occupied Wuhua. During this time, I also thought about this question repeatedly, and I always felt that it was very problematic for Yang Ximin's Dian army and Liu Zhenhuan's Gui army to slowly swallow and stop, what kind of army only marched five kilometers a day? The three-year-old has climbed this distance in one day, so I suspect that the Dian army and the Gui army are indeed as separated from Germany as you say, and I am more worried that they will come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salaries, secretly contact Chen Jiongming and the warlords in northern Guangdong, Qinlian and even Guangxi and Yunnan, subvert the regime of the national axe in Guangzhou, cut off the retreat of the revolutionary army, drive the revolutionary army to Fujian, and then fight with the direct warlords in the north and south to completely defeat the revolutionary army, this is not impossible, the Republic of China today is even more chaotic than the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, It's no surprise that anything happens. ”

Lao Dao was taken aback, sat up straight and looked at An Yi silently: "Xiao Yi, you have grown up, and your mind is becoming more and more mature, I am happy in my heart!" What you just said was beyond my expectations, but also in my expectations, most of your views coincide with me, I am much more convenient than you in obtaining news, every day people come to my stall to tell fortunes, I casually talk a few nonsense, whether it is a rich businessman or an officer will obediently tell me certain things, and you are different, the news you get is not from the newspaper or from me, so you just said something to me quite surprised, it seems that these months of reading and practicing words and reading hard work have helped you a lot, Your hand-picked thin gold body brush writing is gradually angular and worth seeing, and your habit of organizing the news before going to bed every day has also benefited you a lot. ”

An Yi laughed: "It's rare for you to praise me twice, haha!" Don't talk about this, when Dongzi comes back, you ask him, what is the discussion inside the political axe? In the past few days, Dongzi has always refused to explain the reason for working overtime, I guess it is their confidentiality system that makes him afraid to say to me, you ask him he will be more relieved. As for me, I will be busy from tomorrow, Mr. Ou sent a telegram from the United Kingdom, the order of a large number of processing machinery and accessories will be shipped to Guangzhou within four months, the telegram specifically told me to assist the Chen shopkeeper as soon as possible to clear the goods and save funds, so tomorrow I have to follow the Chen shopkeeper to walk between the eight major firms, carefully count the family. What about you, if you have time, you can cook by yourself, if you don't have time to eat casually at the street food stalls, you can go down to the restaurant and drink two cups if you are happy, whatever you want, anyway, this distance from the downtown of the Quartet is all about lifting your feet, even if you go to the courtyard to vent the fire, I support it, haha! ”

"Full of nonsense!"

Lao Dao glared at An Yi dissatisfiedly: "Let me tell you, I always feel that something will happen in the past few days, according to your fortune calculation of the past year, there is a catastrophe for twenty decades in the near future...... Feed! Do you hear me speak? Where to go? ”

"Someone knocked on the door, recklessly like Ah Biao, I'll take a look."

An Yi walked quickly through the front yard and opened the gate, Ah Biao was sweating profusely and his face was pale: "Oh no, the trading house is surrounded by the Dian army, they must requisition our car, the shopkeeper Chen is unwilling to immediately attract a beating, the glasses were broken, and his face was covered with blood, Uncle Jiu just rushed over and was beaten without saying a word, those Dian soldiers must let us get out of the car and the driver, and threatened to set fire to the house immediately if no one is within ten minutes." ”

"You go back immediately and let everyone not contradict them, and tell the shopkeeper Chen to agree to their request, otherwise we will lose a lot if we really set fire to it, more than 100,000 yuan of inventory, how can I explain to Mr. Ou?" You go, I'll be there right away when I change my shoes. ”

After An Yi finished speaking, he turned around and ran back to the house, took a few steps up the stairs to the room to change into sturdy rubber-soled canvas lace-up shoes, ran downstairs and said loudly to the nervous old man: "There is an urgent matter in the store, I'll go see it first, don't worry, it's just that the army requisitioned our car, you go to bed early, if I don't have time to come back tomorrow, you just take the second aunt and son over to live, let the second aunt help us look at the house, buy vegetables and cook, save our grandfather and have no meal, let's go!" ”

Lao Dao chased out of the gate: "Boy, pay attention to safety!" Don't fucking be able to make a surname, remember what I told you, I'd rather give in than die......"

An Yi rushed to the gate of the business house with a gust of wind, and as soon as he raised his leg to climb the steps, he was kicked to the ground and rolled twice, and the muzzles of the two Hanyang-made guns immediately pushed against his chest.

An Yi shouted loudly in pain: "Don't shoot!" I'm in the store, I'm the driver! ”

The two guns were withdrawn, and a platoon-commander-like man shouted loudly in Yunnan dialect: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Annoy the uncle and shoot you to death! ”

An Yi immediately pleaded in Sichuanese: "Brother (guo), I am an employee of the store, and I drive...... It hurts me to death......"

When the platoon commander heard An Yi's Sichuan dialect, his face was much better, and he stretched out his hand to pull An Yi: "Are you from Sichuan?" Why didn't you say it earlier? Bai took a kick from Zhao Laoer, get up...... I'll take you to the backyard to meet our battalion commander, if you're too late, we'll fucking burn down this bird building. ”

An Yi thought to himself, are you fucking giving me a chance to speak? Looking at the bunches of burning torches inside and outside the store, An Yi knew that these Dian troops were not scaring people, if they really couldn't satisfy them, they would definitely dare to set fire to the business house, and play a role of intimidation.

"Battalion commander, the driver is here!" The platoon leader reported loudly.

The battalion commander with five short statures and square face and thick eyebrows glared at An Yi fiercely, turned to the trembling shopkeeper Chen and scolded loudly: "Fuck you, toast and don't eat and drink, Lao Tzu is impatient and will kill you first!" What are you doing in a daze, open the storeroom! ”

Under the coercion of dozens of Yunnan officers and soldiers holding torches, An Yi, who was taken aback, walked up to the battalion commander and pleaded in a low voice in Sichuan: "Sir, there are some damaged processing machines to be repaired, and the others are some cumbersome cutting machines, rolling machines, etc., it is useless for the chief to go, why don't you drive away, tell the junior brother the address of your big camp, and how about the junior brother send a few pigs to the commanders early tomorrow morning?" ”

The battalion commander was in a much better mood when he heard An Yi's words, but he still had a vicious look on his black face: "Nonsense! If you are told to open it, open it, and then rub Lao Tzu to order it to be smashed! ”

"Good! Don't be angry, sir, I'll open it right away. ”

An Yi walked quickly to the shopkeeper Chen, took the key to the warehouse from his trembling waist, nodded to the frightened workers on the side, motioned for everyone to flash aside, walked to Uncle Jiu and whispered: "Uncle Jiu, your old man shouldn't come!" At such a large age, if there is a case, how can you let me explain to Mr. Ou...... Ah Biao, help Uncle Nine go home! ”

"But...... Did they let us go? "Ah Biao didn't dare to make a mistake.

Under An Yi's pleading eyes, the battalion commander hesitated a little and nodded slightly, he knew that none of his group of people could drive, and he would need the help of the Sichuan kid in front of him later, and he only came for this truck today, and it was second to see what valuable things were in the warehouse, and it didn't matter if a bad old man let him go.

An Yi bowed to the battalion commander and thanked him, and asked Ah Biao to help Uncle Nine go back quickly, Uncle Nine was moved to tears, and shouted loudly: "Xiao Yi, you have to take care!" You're going to have to help them pull goods and fight the war......"

"It's okay, Uncle Jiu, don't worry."

An Yi was afraid that the battalion commander would be impatient, so he didn't have time to look at Uncle Nine and hurriedly walked to the No. 2 warehouse, the battalion commander saw that this kid was filial and honest, and secretly praised him, and took a few people to follow An Yi and watch him open the warehouse door.

"Raise the torch and go in and take a photo!" The battalion commander gave the order loudly.

Two minutes later, the four creeps came back and reported: "It's all heavy machines, they can't even push, and there is no oil or water." ”

An Yi took advantage of the situation and said respectfully: "Sir, please follow me to the No. 1 warehouse." ”

The battalion commander and a few small soldiers with torches walked into the No. 1 warehouse, and all they saw were some grinders and cast-iron bases, and several huge wooden packing boxes were too lazy to open without tools, and they didn't say anything in disappointment, turned around and went out.

An Yi hurriedly followed: "Sir, please follow me to the No. 3 warehouse in front, and I will open it immediately." ”

The battalion commander shouted impatiently: "Forget it! All the fucking bunch of dead iron to look at the shit? You kid start the car for me immediately, and I'm going back to my life. ”

"Great! The car keys are at our shopkeeper's, I'll get them right away, sir, I'll be there at once. ”

An Yi ran to the stunned, blood-stained shopkeeper Chen, and secretly shouted in his heart that it was a fluke, if he really opened the No. 3 warehouse, the more than 300 new sewing machines in it would not be able to keep it, fortunately, he should be quick at random, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!

An Yi handed the key to the shopkeeper Chen, lowered his voice and quickly explained in Cantonese: "It's okay, I have been blinded, fortunately they didn't hurt you, after I left, you immediately went to Hans of the 'Lu Lin' trading house, and begged him to help us pull all the hundreds of thousands of imported goods from the four trading houses to the Shaji warehouse, it doesn't matter if the rent is more expensive, be fast!" I estimate that the city of Guangzhou is going to change, otherwise this group of Yunnan troops known as the revolutionary army would not dare to come so nonsense under the nose of the national political axe, only the Shaji warehouse rented by foreigners is safe, if Hans does not agree, you will say that I begged him, and I still have important things to discuss with him after dealing with the trouble, remember? ”

"Oh...... Remember, remember! Give, key ......"

Shopkeeper Chen took out the car keys tremblingly, not thinking too much about being afraid that his fingers would not obey the call, and the keys would fall to the ground.

An Yi picked up the key and sighed to the shopkeeper Chen, strode to the truck under the tree and opened the door, and found that dozens of Yunnan officers and soldiers had already climbed into the carriage and waited, An Yi scolded in his heart, but smiled flatteringly at the battalion commander: "Sir, please sit in the cab, it's not so shaky inside, and I'm not afraid of fog, I can still listen to the commander's teachings, I haven't heard our Sichuan-Yunnan dialect for a long time, it sounds kind!" ”

The battalion commander was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Damn, you kid is quite clever, haha...... Good! I'm going to have a good chat with you today, open the door! ”

"Yes!"

The soldier diligently opened the right door and carefully closed it when the battalion commander went up and sat down. An Yi quickly started the car and drove out of the courtyard door smoothly, and dozens of soldiers who could not catch the car followed the car scoldingly, and soon all left the inside and outside of the trading house.

Turning off the road, the car drove smoothly in the direction of Xiguan, and the short battalion commander saw that An Yi's skills were so good and his mouth was so sweet, and he laughed loudly with joy: "The kid has two hits, and he is a talented person." When I returned to the camp, I would use paint to write the number on the door and the front and back, and send you a set of military uniforms, and you will be Lao Tzu's full-time driver in the future! Ha ha! ”

An Yi was taken aback, frightened and at a loss, and the steering wheel was unstable.

In the courtyard of the "Taichang" trading house, Uncle Jiu, who was hiding outside, turned back again, and after asking Ming about the withdrawal of the Dian army, he said sadly in front of more than a dozen guys: "Shopkeeper, look at it, Xiao Yi is for us, for the sake of these hundreds of thousands of goods, he pretended to smile and risked to go with the Dian army, this one is more than auspicious!" But what do you usually do to him? You scolded him for making things difficult for him, when did he say a word about yours? When don't listen to you? The proprietor sent a telegram from the West, asking you to take him to take stock of the goods, but you hated him...... You see today, if it weren't for Xiao Yi, not to mention the loss of hundreds of thousands of goods, who of us would dare to say that we could go back safely? I'm old and can't do it anymore, but before I leave, I want to advise you, you have to have a conscience......