Xiao Niang's face was difficult to cry, and Taoye's brows were easy to worry.

The world is divided into three bright moonlit nights, and the two scoundrels are Yangzhou. Tang Xu Ning "Remembering Yangzhou"

The green mountains are hidden in the water, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered in autumn.

On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridges, where does the jade teach? Du Mu

"Judge Han Xuan of Yangzhou"

Yangzhou, since ancient times, because of its unique geographical location and abundant specialties, is synonymous with prosperity, attracting countless literati and high-rollers to leave footprints in literature and ink, and I don't know how many talented and beautiful people have passed it on as a good story here.

No matter how lush the tree is, there are dead branches, and no matter how powerful the tiger father is, he will also teach dogs, and in the prosperous Yangzhou, there are also poorly managed shops.

In a jewelry store called Jinyu Shijia on Jinshui Street, the shopkeeper Yuan was holding a tough and long rattan stick, and was vigorously whipping a little boy who was only twelve or thirteen years old lying on the ground with his bare buttocks, this was his apprentice, and scolded while pumping:

"Look at you are still lazy, ask you to make silver buttons, two of the five are bad, you are a pig, see if I don't teach you a good lesson today."

"Master, I don't dare"

"Master, spare your life, the disciple must be obedient next time."

"Ah~~ Master, it hurts me to death~~"

The apprentice lying on the ground was still a child, the rattan was long and tough, and when he pumped it was a deep bruise, every time he smoked, it was a heart-piercing pain, but he just cried and begged for mercy, and did not dare to hide or dodge.

The full name of the shopkeeper Yuan is Yuan Fugui, because of excessive drinking, his hair has almost fallen out, and everyone he knows is called bald Yuan, because the business of the store is not good, the lady has a difficult birth when she gives birth to her daughter, she is considered a middle-aged widow, has a very bad temper, and is in a bad mood to take out anger on the apprentices in the store, and often beat or scold several apprentices.

Hearing the apprentice begging for mercy, the shopkeeper Yuan did not sympathize at all, but twitched twice harder, and said angrily: "It's better to be killed, drag it to the mass grave to feed the dogs, so that I can also worry about it." ”

Shopkeeper Yuan was also a little tired, holding a rattan in one hand, and pointing to the two apprentices who were standing aside in fear with the other and said, "If you are disobedient, your senior brother is your role model, do you understand?" ”

When the two apprentices heard this, they immediately lowered their heads and replied like echo worms: "Yes, master." ”

These two apprentices, one is named Liu Yuan and the other is called Li Fang.

In Li Fang's eyes, he was full of awe and mechanical response, and the one named Liu Yuan was only fourteen or fifteen years old, his eyes turned flexibly from side to side from time to time, and he was obviously a very clever little guy, although he lowered his head, his eyes were disdainful, depressed, and a little helpless.

Liu Yuanqi is a senior veteran technician of the 21st century Chinese jewelry giant Jinyu Liangyuan, starting from an apprentice, hand inlay, wax inlay, micro inlay, molding, polishing and other processes have been done, and it is a fine one, he did the minister of the handicraft department at a young age, with a high salary, and got the upper level, and he was in the limelight for a while.

This is a good thing, I didn't expect that a person has a right position, full of obscenity, and the heart is also spent, and the beautiful subordinate eyebrows after a few times, the two of them went straight to the hotel on a weekend night to have a "frank meeting", when it was cool, the door "bang" was kicked by a tattooed strong man, picked up a baseball bat and hit the two of them is to split their heads and cover their faces, while beating and scolding, Liu Yuan then realized that the man was the husband of the female subordinate, and he noticed that his wife was abnormal, so he followed him.

Unexpectedly, just caught in bed, Liu Yuan didn't say a word, he was hit in the head by the strong man with a stick, and then there was a sharp pain, and then the blood on his head kept gushing out, Liu Yuan rolled his eyes, his eyes were white and black, and his consciousness was confused, and then he felt that he was being lifted up and thrown out of the window on the thirteenth floor.

I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect to scream, and when I woke up, I had already traveled to the Tang Dynasty and possessed this apprentice who was also named Liu Yuan, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or the judge of Hades made a mistake, Liu Yuan occupied his body by mistake, and also fused the memories that belonged to a part of the unlucky ghost Liu Yuan.

The shell of the old society has been quietly replaced by the 21st century.

has been possessed for more than a month, Liu Yuan has always been very low-key to do what he should do, without attracting attention, first slowly understand the knowledge and living habits of this society, so as not to expose himself.

More than a month, it is enough for Liu Yuan to find out the current situation, the result is a joy and a worry: the joy is that he has traveled to a good dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the emperor is Tang Taizong Li Shimin, now it is the seventh year of Zhenguan, cattle and horses are all over the field, the people are full of food and clothing, they do not close their doors at night, they do not leave anything behind, they do not forget two or three dollars of rice, they are very rich, Liu Yuan knows that this is the beginning of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and it is estimated that he will die of old age, and there will be no war.

The worry is that his nominal parents in this world died, and he was sent here as an apprentice by his aunt who was not waiting to be seen, and he had a master with low eyes, and when he was in a bad mood, he was angry with Liu Yuan, Li Fang and the senior brother Zhao Yuan lying on the ground, Liu Yuan definitely didn't dare to refute or fight back, it was very simple:

Every apprentice must sign a contract when apprenticeship, in addition to having no salary and unconditionally listening to the master's words, there is also a clause at the end: if you do not listen to the teaching, the master can punish the parents on behalf of the parents, and beat them to death.

This is also the reason why the three apprentices are afraid and dare not resist.

In ancient times, there were two kinds of apprenticeship, one was to spend time to invite him to teach, and the other was the right of rich people, and students did wrong things, that is, they were punished for copying or hitting the palm of their hands with a ring ruler, and they would not be ruthless.

The second is the practice of poor families, who have no money to pay tuition, so they send their sons to the master's house and do everything, which is simply the master's family calling servants without money, what is called what is done, in order to learn a skill, you can settle down in the society, it is good to meet a good master, and when you meet someone like Yuan Fugui, Liu Yuan and the three of them only have their own bad luck.

Just a living example of this.

A free lunch isn't that tasty.

The name of this jewelry store is good, called the Jinyu family, very atmospheric, in fact, in the bustling Yangzhou, it is simply a small shop that does not enter the stream, and the jewelry is low-grade goods, the style is old, the craftsmanship is not refined, and it is mostly to make some worthless jewelry, embellished with some very small worthless pearls or turquoise similar to gemstones, etc., which are specially sold to those girls who have no money and like to dress up.

Not to mention gold jewelry, it is made of silver, in order to save costs, many of them are matched with copper, and the grade is getting lower and lower, and those who have money can't look down on here, and those who don't have money are afraid of being here, so life is not good.

Counting the sky, it didn't make a business for three days, not even a small business, the shopkeeper Yuan was in a bad mood, and found a reason, so he took Zhao Yuan, who was the first to get started, and was also Liu Yuan's senior brother, was angry, that is, the scene just now.

Liu Yuan was depressed in his heart.

Others cross, not the descendants of the king, the general, is a gentleman, rich second generation, wake up immediately can chase chickens and dogs, nothing to do in the room to tease the beautiful girl, the interest comes to take a group of dog legs to the street to tease the good women, how good.

However, Liu Yuan is now just an inferior apprentice, and following a promising but short-tempered master is simply a hardship.

"Dad, I made the good tea you just bought the day before yesterday for you, go drink it, it won't taste good when it's cold for a while." Just when the shopkeeper Yuan still wanted to teach Zhao Yuan a lesson, a girl who was about twelve or thirteen years old, tall and generous, and so beautiful that she was a mess, walked out and said to the shopkeeper Yuan with a smile.

This is Yuan Fugui's daughter, and also his pearl Yuan Kexin, whose name is Xiaoniang, is as beautiful as a flower at a young age, smart and studious, and is deeply loved by everyone.

Seeing his favorite little lady, the original tense face of the shopkeeper Yuan, suddenly turned into laughter.

"Okay, okay, it's still my little lady who is the best, okay, daddy will go drink it." Shopkeeper Yuan said with a smile.

This looks like a mean master and shopkeeper, and it is clearly the image of a loving father.

"You all give you a little care, who doesn't care, be careful that I suck you to death." After the shopkeeper Yuan finished speaking, as if he hated iron and steel, he kicked Zhao Yuan on the ground to the ground, and then went to the back hall to enjoy his superb rain front dragon well.

Seeing that the shopkeeper Yuan walked into the inner hall, the people present were relieved.

"Senior Brother Zhao, you have nothing to do, hurry up, my father has a bad temper, don't be angry." When the little lady saw that her father was gone, she wanted to help Zhao Yuan, who was beaten.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan pushed the little lady away, and he got up a little embarrassed and said coldly: "Don't dare to offend the eldest lady, we subordinates have thick skin and thick meat, and we have nothing to do." ”

said that there was nothing wrong with his mouth, but his eyes were full of resentment.

In his eyes, Yuan's father and daughter, one sings with a red face, the other sings with a black face, none of them are well-intentioned, working here, worse than a servant's family, every day is either beating or scolding, and the most important thing is that the core skills of the Yuan shopkeeper are extremely strict, don't preach, you can't even look at it, every time you do it, you either hide in the secret room or separate the three apprentices.

The defense against apprentices is stricter than the defense against thieves.

Xiao Niang didn't expect Senior Brother Zhao, who has always loved her, to push herself away, the indifference on his face and the resentment in his eyes, as if he had changed to someone else.

It was her father who did something wrong, and he didn't treat his apprentice as a person, and it was reasonable for the little lady to know that Zhao Yuan hated herself, bit her lip, and said softly:

"Senior Brother Zhao, then you wait a minute, I'll help you get the boneless wine."

"No, my cheap life, just take a bit, don't waste the medicine." Zhao Yuan once again rejected Xiao Niang's kindness, turned his head and said to Li Fang: "Xiao Fang, it's time to sweep the floor and carry water, let's go." ”

"It's good, Brother Zhao." Li Fang answered, didn't speak, turned around and went to do the housework with Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan and Li Fang are very close and have a good relationship, Liu Yuan and Xiaoniang are commensurate with brother and sister, but between them, they are commensurate with brothers.

Xiao Niang watched the two senior brothers walk away a little aggrieved, approached Liu Yuan with a small mouth, and called coquettishly: "Senior Brother Liu~~~"