"What, old Caila dysentery? Since when? Han Yong looked at Zhao Dongjia in amazement.

"There are two fathers and sons on this dog day, Lao Cai can't even get out of bed, and Cai Shenju is about the same."

"I will go to sea the day after tomorrow, do you want to postpone it for two days to see what Lao Cai is doing."

Han Yong hesitated. Lao Cai has gone to sea twice with Zhao Dongjia, and the goods on each ship belong to multiple cargo owners, and the value is also high, so it must not be confused, so the deputy of finance is an indispensable role.

Zhao Dongjia shook his head and said: "Now that half of the goods are loaded, this time the goods are nearly 50,000 taels, how can they stay on the shore for a long time." ”

Han Yong said: "Otherwise, let Lao Cai get on the boat, maybe it will be fine in a few days." ”

Zhao Dongjia stared at him twice: "Let him get on the boat, you know if he eats bad things or has malaria, what if he gets diarrhea on that boat." ”

Han Yong said: "Yes, how is this good." ”

Zhao Dongjia bowed his head and walked two back and forth in the house, his subordinates fought and killed okay, only one or two literate, and there were no accounts at all, like this Han Yong opened a silver dumping shop by himself, and also had an account room, but the person was very slippery, and Zhao Dongjia searched for a long time to find an old Cai is more reliable. Now that he is sick, this person is really hard to find.

Han Yong thought for a while, and suddenly said, "How about the new Chen account room?" He still keeps his duty, otherwise he will take him there. ”

"A duty is a duty, but after all, time is still short."

"No matter how long it takes, what else can he do at sea?"

"When I arrived in the country, the goods were sold and received on the shore, and large sums of money were exchanged, and people who didn't know the bottom could rest assured."

"Doesn't he still have a cousin, it just so happens that Cai Shenju can't go, when Chen Accounts goes ashore, he leaves his cousin on the boat, and when he comes back, he will give him more silver, which is not only a favor for him, but also somewhat a constraint."

Zhao Dongjia thought for a moment and agreed: "Well, it's also a way." ”

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In the shop, Lu You looked sorry, "The family has diarrhea, and I can't go to work for the past few days, he said that there may be a problem with the meat he ate last night, and his brother is coming back to take care of it now." ”

Chen Xin looked angry, "This meat seller has no conscience." ”

"Who said no, but seeing that the owner was very angry, he scolded Lao Cai a few words, saying that he made a mistake, what is wrong with this shop, I am a little busy, and it should be no problem to deal with it for a few days."

Chen Xindao: "Let's be lucky these days, help them take care of it, wait for the work, let's go to Lao Cai's house to visit, and I'll go buy some food at noon." ”

"Okay, but don't buy meat."

The two were discussing, and when they heard the sound of the second door, they looked at it and saw that it was Lao Wang who came out, and he went to the shop with an expressionless face and said to Chen Xin: "The owner called you." ”

"Okay, go immediately, please ask Brother Wang to lead the way."

Chen Xin followed behind Lao Wang, he still went to the second entrance for the first time, and looked at it with a dazzling eye, this second entrance is not small, but the layout is the same as other courtyards, but the main house on the north side is divided into a main hall, the door is open, used to receive guests, Lao Wang took Chen Xin to the northeast corner of a door, this is Zhao Dongjia's study, the whole courtyard is sitting in the north and facing south, it is also a Kan house, and the Wenchang represented by the study is located in the northeast.

"Master, Chen's account room is here."

"Well, let him in."

Chen Xin bowed his hand to Lao Wang slightly, this kind of rude person hates others the most and is rude, so Chen Xin still has to be polite, Lao Wang ignored him as always, turned his head and waited outside the door.

Chen Xin didn't care, pushed the door into the study, and went in to see that it was not the study scene he thought at all, there was a pear desk in the room, and there were four treasures of the study on the table, and the ruler paperweight was also readily available, but unfortunately all covered with a layer of ash, obviously not used for a long time, and a drunkard chair was placed in the middle of the study very inappropriately, and there was no half of calligraphy and painting on the wall, but it was full of all kinds of Japanese knives.

Zhao Dongjia stood in the room with his hands behind his back, and when he saw Chen Xin coming in, he said, "Chen has been in my store for one or twenty days, are you still used to it?" ”

"When I go back to the owner, I'm still used to it."

"I heard Lao Cai say that you will be able to do everything in the account room?"

"I can do some, thanks to the guidance of Shopkeeper Cai on weekdays, and the two guys also treat me very well."

That Zhao Dongjia is not good at words, and he broke off after asking a few words, Chen Xin has seen his character, and he doesn't talk nonsense, and the study was silent for a while.

Zhao Dongjia originally wanted to be polite, but he really felt awkward, and simply stopped going around the corner.

"Do you dare to go to sea?"

"To dare or not, the owner commands."

"Not afraid of dying at sea?"

"I'm afraid, but my parents have always taught me to keep my duty and repay my kindness, even if it is a time of crisis, I don't dare to forget it, the owner has the grace of knowing me, no matter what the owner commands, I try to do it."

Zhao Dongjia nodded, "Lao Cai said that you value affection and righteousness, and he didn't misunderstand you." Well, I heard you have a cousin? ”

Chen Xin thought about it for a while, Zhao Dongjia may have two purposes for asking this, one may be to recruit his cousin to come to the shop to calm his heart, and the other is to tell him that he knows that he has relatives and friends in Tianjin, in case he has other thoughts.

"Back to the owner, I have two cousins, and they both live together now."

"Two? Didn't Lao Cai say a cousin? ”

"A few days ago, I brought a letter back to Jizhou, saying that I had a residence in Tianjin, and this cousin surnamed Lu also came."

Zhao Dongjia frowned, this person has more than one cousin. After thinking for a while, he said: "I still lack a man on the ship, is your cousin willing to come and do it, and when he comes back, he can get dozens of taels of silver." ”

When Chen Xin heard this, he understood that this Zhao Dongjia was still not very at ease with himself, but this was not a bad thing for Chen Xin, it was always more reassuring to have an acquaintance by his side, so he agreed without hesitation, "The cousin I just said is definitely willing to come, so I agreed on his behalf first, thank you for the care of the owner, and the younger generation will definitely redouble his heart to do things for the owner in the future." ”

Zhao Dongjia said: "Okay, then you go home and pack your bags and bring your clothes." ”

"Yes, I don't know when I'll leave?"

"It should be the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, going to sea is always a dangerous road, you don't have to go to work tomorrow, arrange your things at home, and lay the shop in the afternoon after tomorrow." He shouted to Lao Wang outside: "Lao Wang asked his wife to take ten taels of silver to Chen's account room." ”

Lao Wang agreed outside, and listened to the footsteps and walked away.

Chen Xin hesitated when he heard this: "Then tomorrow, Lu You is the only one in the store, or I will come." ”

"No need, what money can be made in the shop. You can go back now. Remember, don't talk about it to anyone but your cousin. Zhao Dongjia no longer talked to Chen Xin, and lay down in the drunkard's chair to close his eyes and recuperate.

Seeing this, Chen Xin withdrew from the study, and the opportunity he was looking forward to finally arrived, he stood in the second entrance and took a deep breath, soothing his mood, and was proud, the door of the third entrance suddenly squeaked, Chen Xin looked at it, and a beautiful face with a red flutter appeared in front of him, why is it so familiar.

"It's you!" Chen Xin finally reacted, it was the little woman he met in the Temple of Literature.

The woman also found him at the same time, with a surprised face, obviously she didn't expect to meet Chen Xin here, pointed at Chen Xin with her right hand, and stammered: "You, you, you"

After a moment, a look of surprise appeared on her face, and she looked left and right at no one, and her eyes turned into crooked crescents again.

She whispered: "You little family, didn't you ask you to wait at the Temple of Literature, how did you find my house?" ”

Chen Xin didn't have time to reply, his mind was spinning sharply, and he didn't understand what it meant to let him wait in the Temple of Literature, but now the owner is in the study, and the top priority is to find out the identity of this woman, in view of the frivolous behavior in the Temple of Literature that day, which does not match the steady image he established in the shop, once the owner knows the details, I am afraid that it will not be good, and this matter must be handled properly.

At that moment, Chen Xin also lowered his voice and said: "Who said it was your home, this is obviously my home." ”

"It's full of nonsense again, this yard was bought by my father, how could it become your home."

It turned out to be the daughter of the owner, Chen Xin complained bitterly in his heart, and hurriedly gave a salute: "It turned out to be Miss, Xiaosheng was rude, I am a new account room, called Chen Xin, there was a sudden situation in the Temple of Literature that day, please see that I went to the Temple of Literature to pray for the blessing of the young lady's family, don't be surprised." ”

Miss Zhao didn't believe it at all: "I just want to be weird, I'm still deceiving people, how can I pray for blessings and ask Confucius, and I don't take the top prize." ”

"I'm asking for Confucius's brother."

"Confucius's brother?"

"Yes, his brother is Brother Kong Fang. I begged him to bless the proprietor with good fortune and a rich lady. ”

Miss Zhao covered her mouth and laughed quietly, looking very funny.

Chen Xin took the opportunity and said: "But Brother Kong Fang has a bad habit, he can't let the person being prayed for know about it, otherwise it won't work." ”

Miss Zhao blinked: "It's strange to believe you......"

Miss Zhao was talking, the door of the study creaked open, Zhao Dongjia appeared at the door, looked at Chen Xin coldly, the two of them spoke very lowly, he only heard someone talking, did not hear the content clearly, but a woman who has not left the boudoir and a strange man is always inappropriate. I was a little unhappy with Chen Xin in my heart.

"Daddy! This is the new bookkeeper, huh? Zhao Xiaonu left Chen Xin, walked over and stood beside Zhao Dong's family affectionately.

Zhao Dongjia ignored him and asked her coldly: "Do you know each other?" ”

Chen Xin was afraid that Miss Zhao would talk nonsense, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, after the owner agreed to use me that day, I went to the Confucian Temple to pray for the owner's blessing. ”

"Oh" Zhao Dongjia's face was a little gloomy, and he was as puzzled as his daughter: "What blessing do you pray for me at the Temple of Literature?" ”

Miss Zhao thought that he was going to talk about Brother Kong Fang, but she couldn't help laughing, the corners of her mouth curled, her father didn't like people the most, but it depended on how Chen Xin touched his hair.

"Confucius's disciple Duanmu Zigong is the ancestor of Confucian merchants, one of the ten sages of the Confucian Temple, and the younger generation is to pray to him, asking him to bless the wealth of the owner and a safe life."

Zhao Dongjia's scar face finally brought a little smile, people who go to the sea, like others to say the word "peace" the most, nodded: "I see, it's really a scholar, it's hard for you to know so much, then you go back to the store first, and you will get the money from Lao Wang in a while, and arrange things at home first." ”

"Yes, Xiaosheng said goodbye." Chen Xin gave each of them a salute and hurried out.

Miss Zhao didn't expect Chen Xin to change the answer at all, how wide her mouth was open, and she remembered to make a Wanfu return gift after half a sound.

When Chen Xin came out of the second entrance, Zhao Dongjia asked her with a straight face: "What he said is true?" ”

"He really showed me the way, but I don't see if he prayed for his father."

"Hmph, how can a woman's family always run around outside and talk to men you don't know."

Miss Zhao took Zhao Dongjia's hand and shook it: "Dad, didn't I get separated from Mrs. Zhang that day." ”

"It's okay in the future, just stay at home and accompany your mother, I'll go out again in two days, don't go crazy outside all day."

"Got it."

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Xin walked out of the shop slowly, carrying the ten taels of silver that Lao Wang took in his arms, he was lucky to get by, and Miss Zhao didn't sue him, otherwise this Zhao Dongjia would definitely have an opinion about himself, this opportunity to go to sea may be gone, Miss Zhao is also a strange woman, she speaks headlessly and brainlessly, when did she let herself go to the Temple of Literature again.

Shaking his head, walking all the way, passing outside the Temple of Literature, he subconsciously took a look, it was good, Chen Xin almost stumbled, and there was a big note on the archway pillar outside the Temple of Literature, and a few big words were written: "The king of heaven covers the tiger, and he buys a mother-in-law when he meets him" is the code he said to Miss Zhao nonsense at that time, it should have been pasted two days ago, no wonder he just said that he wanted to go to the Temple of Literature.

Chen Xin opened his mouth wide, and only came back to his senses after half a sound. "It's a date, could it be that this chick has a crush on me? It's okay, but it's too small, and it's not well developed. And it's very stupid, and I don't know how to write a date date. ”