263. Swift's Soul

"Brother, I want to go over there and have a look!"

Han Jin, who was about to take a break in the busy and leaning on the silk goods for a while, agreed without thinking about it, and at the same time did not forget to instruct his sister: "Yes, you are running a business for the first time, if you are fine, you will see and ask more, as long as you don't run out of the protection range of the convoy guards." ”

"Got it," after Han Juan heard it, she hurriedly agreed obediently, and at the same time made a grimace at her brother's back, Joan snorted softly in her nose, turned around and plunged into the direction of the crowd.

"This girl," his arms were pillowed behind his head, Han Jin naturally couldn't see his sister's expression, he was still comfortably adjusting his posture of leaning, this time my father decided to transport soft and high-quality silk cloth, for Han Jin, this is a rare benefit. Coupled with the seven-colored sunlight above his head at this moment, he is paralyzed warmly, which makes people want to be sleepy. Han Jin thought about it, and fell asleep unconsciously.

After leaving her brother, Han Juan first came to a few middle-aged businessmen who were discussing endlessly, and greeted her a few times obediently. For the cute little girl, several middle-aged uncles naturally greeted and responded with a smile, whether it was out of the relationship with her elders, or because they had a little love for this quirky little girl.

It's just business. Several people gathered together, talking about the goods that have been in demand for a period of time recently, as well as some overstocked stocks that need to be sold out quickly before the season. For a while, everyone was talking about it, and it seemed a little noisy.

Han Juan's little girl has a temperament, after listening for a while, she suddenly felt bored, she quietly got up and left, but she didn't pay attention to the rise of the merchants' chat, and she didn't notice it, so she slipped to the end of the caravan.

Han Juan was not in a hurry at the moment, because she was aimless, she looked back from time to time while walking. Without noticing it, when it seemed to have bypassed the last carriage, a string of carriages that were much more "slender" were revealed behind them.

These carriages are completely different from the previous ones, and they have a sense of sophistication, and each carriage has carved wood decorations on the edge of the car, and it is also embellished with things inside the wind chimes, which looks like a simple beauty.

What's more, there are wooden walls on three sides of this carriage, which firmly protects the goods inside, and outsiders will feel a sense of caution and solemnity no matter who sees it.

All of this is different from other carriages. Even the "horses" that pull the cart, like a cow is not a cow, the body is fat, there is no excess fat, and at the same time, the system is uniform, and each head is equipped with special armor, obviously after unloading the carriage, it is a war beast.

The carriages were enclosed and formed a small collective in the caravan. Of course, Han Juan didn't notice all this, because the little girl was already attracted by a burst of singing.

At the first sight of the carriage, the slightly sharp female voice came first: "The wide plain, from the impact of the waves; But I don't know that if the tide does not have a smooth road, how can it have such a huge impulse; Ups and downs, waves, without the waves of the tame plains, where will they rush, maybe still wandering around. ”

"None of them compares to you...... Hold on to that wave and beat the wave. ”

"If you know that there is still an infatuated person in the world, the heart that loves you will never change like a reef, and the heart that loves you will be eternal, so that you know that only the loyal me in the world is the best for you."

Until the woman's voice fell, even if she missed some content, Han Juan still didn't come back to her senses for a while, and stood in place with a stunned gaze.

It wasn't until a light cough came that Han Juan was a little embarrassed to withdraw her gaze to the sky, after all, she was the daughter of a businessman's family, and she was not shy, so she immediately praised generously: "Sister, you sing so beautifully." Of course, if there are singers in this world, I'm afraid that Han Juan will really turn into a "little fan girl" in an instant at this moment.

Having said that, the woman was indifferent when she heard this, she had already put down the instrument in her hand, and then took the other side of the instrument, surrounded by a dragon and a long smoking gun with a phoenix head. The cigarette stick is exaggerated to six feet long, and the pestle can be used as a crutch on the ground. The woman's rose-painted nails dug through the pouch for a while, took out the flint, and then tapped to light the tobacco.

Han Juan's eyes were straight on the side, the little girl was born in a merchant family, and she still has some eyesight, so she naturally recognizes the flint, but it is a very rare treasure; Because of its characteristics of "polishing and carving", it is also called diamond jade. It is made of a very precious animal bone jade.

The beast bone itself is a raw material for flint, looking at the jade beast bone, just in terms of cherishment, it is rare in the world, and it is used to make cheap flint, which really makes Han Juan a little dumbfounded.

"It's a little bit ...... Extravagant," a sentence swirled in Han Juan's head, shocking her a little again.

It wasn't until the woman took a few puffs of cigarette that she focused on Han Juan's body, she looked carefully, and there was a touch of a merchant's philistine in her eyes: "Very smart girl, aren't you afraid that I am a slave trader and sell you." ”

After the woman finished speaking, it reached Han Juan's ears, and the little girl was not very afraid. She boldly took a few steps forward, and sure enough, she saw the woman move to the side, giving up a little bit of the already small number of seats in the carriage.

"Thank you, sister," Han Juan said crisply, sitting in the carriage, her feet hanging in the air, and suddenly she felt that the wood under her was different, and the body temperature generated by the woman after sitting for a while, this wood gave people a very soft feeling. Han Juan subconsciously touched it with her hand, but found that it was hardwood.

"Sister, this wood material is so special." Han Juan was surprised and gave full play to the spirit of "if you don't understand, you have to ask". At the same time, her hand did not leave the plank, and she seemed to be a little addicted to rubbing it a few more times before she gave up.

"This is the only small number of phoenix trees produced in the eastern region of the Tiannan Domain, and it is said that the tree king can also carry some special things; Regardless of anything else, just say that this is wood that is valued by original crystal coins, what do you think," the woman seemed to be a little addicted to smoking, and after saying a few words, she smoked again.

"You're not hiding from me? By the way, I haven't seen you before, are you also a runner? Glancing at the little girl who suddenly broke in, the woman held on to the cigarette stick, which resembled a smoking gun, and seemed to have her elbow on the back of the other arm that was wrapped around her chest due to some weight, and was supported by four bone joints arranged in a row, forming the appearance of a bracket.

"Well, it's my first time running a business, and at this time I realized that there are really a lot of things to learn," turned his face sideways, and at this time Han Juan took a good look at the woman in front of him.

The other party was wearing a dress similar to a cheongsam style, with large pale cyan petals sewn on it. The only difference is that there are a lot of hem pendants, like butterfly wings, or petals that have been stretched to the extreme.

This is the style that most women like to wear in the hot season, which is not bold, but it can show off its temperament. And the patterns on this dress are like dragon boat flowers and honey envy, but Han Juan has never seen two flowers of such a color.

The woman's figure is not good, and there is a slight small belly in the abdomen, as if the skin of the abdomen naturally becomes loose after childbirth. Therefore, the clothes that were not too loose were slightly propped up in the abdomen, tanned in animal skins, cut and carefully sewn with petals that appeared to bloom there.

The black hair on the back of the head was tied together by the woman, making a pattern of a plate flower, and the pink delicacy was slightly applied, and the woman could only be regarded as a good-looking face at most, but after some dressing, it showed a sense of luxury.

"Well, there are some businessmen's courage," the woman's face tilted to the right, leaving Han Juan with the back of her head at the moment. She took a puff of her cigarette and swallowed the mist, her eyes narrowed, revealing a look of great enjoyment. The hand holding the cigarette stick is also like posing, and it looks much slimmer and stronger. After a while, she turned her eyes and looked at Han Juan squarely.

"The first time, I also learned it from the first time, and now that I think about it, it's not easy," the woman didn't mean to put gold on her face, and her eyes were full of remembrance after she finished speaking.

And Han Juan couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart, because as far as she knew, there was only one businesswoman in front of her, and judging from the information revealed from all sides, the woman in front of her was undoubtedly the "leader" among these businessmen.

"You come and tell me, what is a running businessman, and what are the duties of a businessman," the woman asked, it was only Han Juan who noticed that there was a small black mole on the corner of the woman's mouth, which made her lips look sexy.

"Running a businessman," Han Juan thought of what her father told her, and replied: "Running a merchant is to sell things here to scarce places, sell things back from scarce places, and earn the difference from them, it should be like this!" ”

"Drink," the woman gave her a sneer without hesitation, and the sarcasm on her face was not concealed, "Therefore, most of the merchants in this convoy can only do nothing for the rest of their lives. ”

"Why?"

"Have you ever heard the voices of those merchants gathered around to discuss the sale of goods and overstock," the woman finished speaking, and saw Han Juan nodding obediently, so she continued to comment: "To me, it seems like a farmer who has worked hard to grow vegetables, discussing his harvest and loss, which market to go to be more profitable, and which market to go to be more profitable." ”

As the woman spoke, a few small smoke rings came out of her mouth, so faint that she could barely see it: "In that case, wouldn't it be better to go back and be a farmer?" The merchant said a bad thing, that is, to tie his head to the waist pole, because of the rampant wild beasts in this world, there is no completely safe trade route, in this case, he still makes his own life money so cheap, is this what a businessman should do? ”

"Do you know the Swift?" As if opening the conversation, the woman asked Han Juan. slammed the burned soot in his hand against the edge of the carriage; As the ashes fell, the woman added new tobacco, lit it, and continued happily.

Han Juan shook her head helplessly, and the short strands of hair that could not be tied with a headband swayed in the air with this action.

"The swift is said to never fall to the ground, it has no legs, but it is revered as a sacred beast."

"The swift has a peculiarity, the only time it will fall in its life is because there are treasures on the ground, otherwise it would rather starve to death in the sky than fly down and peck at ordinary corn."

The woman seemed to see the puzzlement in Han Juan's eyes, and pointed to the wind chime hanging on the wood carving with a smile, only to see that the bell part of the wind chime was hollowed out, and on it was an abstract figure like a swallow, through this pattern, you could see the special ball falling inside.

"It seems to me that every merchant should have the soul of a swift living in his body," the woman's voice was not at all polite, and with a turn of her free left hand, the knuckle of her index finger struck the wooden door of the carriage, which was noticeably thinner than the convoy in front of her.

"You know what? My box has never been full, but every time I make money, it is ten times or even dozens of times that of the guys in front of me. ”

Han Juan heard this, her eyes were full of little stars, and there was something called worship written on it. But there was another doubt, which made her a little puzzled, and after hesitating for a while, Han Juan mustered up the courage to ask: "But sister, why is no one imitating you, it stands to reason that you have made so much money, it should make them red-eyed, right?" ”

Hearing this, the woman smiled helplessly: "How can there be such an easy thing in the world," there is no word 'transformation' in this world, so the woman thought about it and found a way that Han Juan could easily understand. She pointed to her head, "How long have they been in business?" For years, decades, the thinking has long been rigid, and it is not so easy to accept new things. I wish they listened, and they all know what I'm telling you today, but they can't do it. ”

And the most important thing, the woman didn't say, those businessmen have lost the heart to struggle, and after having a family, they are too involved and dare not gamble anymore.

In the hearts of most businessmen, they only feel that it is not easy to go through every business seriously, and where is there more to seek development.

So despite this, the woman is still an independent individual, without allies.

Hearing this, Han Juan nodded as if she didn't understand. The little girl made a note in her heart, and for the young her, she really wanted to leave a strong mark in the future.

At this time, the woman took down a string of wind chimes from a position close to the side, and took down the bells with a swift pattern on it, handed it to Han Juan, and was firmly held in the palm of her hand by the little girl.

"Little girl, you are still young, and when I was your age, I was not even as good as you. But being young means limitless possibilities, with the possibility of success, but more often than not, failure. If you could, I hope you could be as expensive as a swift to persevere, you know? ”

"Well," Han Juan nodded, her heart had been completely idolatrous, and as for her family's idea of "what is easy to sell", she had long been thrown into a corner.

The woman opposite will not know that her words today have planted a seed in the little girl's heart, and this seed will one day grow into a towering tree, and will become a wealthy businesswoman who "does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles" in the future, making countless businessmen grit their teeth and admire them at the same time.

"As for them," the woman pouted in the direction of the convoy ahead, "some of the poor who don't laugh at the prostitutes." ”

After saying the last sentence without knowing it, and then as if she was out of interest, the woman waved her hand and sent Han Juan away, and her eyes turned to the cigarette stick in her hand again.

The little girl was also interested, and after saying hello, she turned around and walked away with a heavy heart.

"Hey! Hey! Han Jin, wake up, your sister is at that woman's place, you be careful," In a daze, a middle-aged man's voice came, and at the same time, Han Jin felt a push.

"The woman?" As soon as Han Jin heard that it was okay, he was completely sleepy, just like a firelight, he hurriedly got up, and even the middle-aged businessman who kindly reminded him next to him couldn't take care of it. Rounding the wagons of unloaded horses, he walked briskly towards the end of the convoy that he remembered so much.

It is said that it is very impressive, because the goods that fell on the back carriage accounted for more than a quarter of the value of the entire caravan, but they all belonged to one person.

More precisely, a woman!

Han Jin walked in a hurry, in a hurry, when his brother bypassed a few goods, he was about to rush forward anxiously, but he saw a shadow walking equally quickly, who else would it be if it wasn't his sister? Han Jin couldn't stop in a hurry, and almost collided with his sister.

"Bai Mengmeng, are you okay," Han Jin shouted the other party's milk name, grabbed his sister's shoulder a little nervously, and then looked back and forth carefully, as if he was afraid that his sister would lose a few pieces of meat.

"What's wrong, brother?" Han Juan was full of doubts, and she was also a little frightened by her brother's excessive nervousness, and even Han Jin grabbed her shoulder and felt pain, but she temporarily ignored her.

"What's wrong? I heard you ......" Han Jin's voice suddenly rose, but as if he realized something, he quickly looked at Han Juan cautiously, he seemed to have some scruples, and then pulled his sister to his carriage.

"Brother, you let go, you hurt me," Han Juan was a little angry at this time, and kicked her brother's calf angrily. But Han Jin didn't seem to react, only to see him quickly and deliberately lower his voice: "I heard that you ran to that woman, so I hurriedly came to find you......" Han Jin hurriedly turned around while walking, and sure enough, he saw a different color flashing in his sister's eyes, as if he was hiding something.

Now he stopped talking, and walked forward with his head down.

Han Juan didn't know why her brother reacted so much, but she could feel that her brother Han Jin seemed to be really angry. So he could only bury his head in silence and let his brother drag him towards the carriage.

Soon, the two came to the place where several businessmen gathered, but there was no intersection, and Han Jin crossed by.

......Seeing this, several businessmen opened their mouths to say something, probably wanting to say that the problem was not so serious, not so severe. But they didn't know where to start, just in this inner struggle, the Han Jin brothers and sisters had already walked quickly to the position of their carriage, so several businessmen had to give up.

"Hey," at this time, glancing in the direction of the end of the convoy, one of the merchants sighed helplessly, this action seemed to resonate with several people around him, and his heart was mixed, and then several people also sighed.

The carriage of the Han brothers and sisters was located in the middle of the caravan, thanks to the relationship between their father, who was one of the founders of the caravan with the head of the merchants.

It wasn't until he stood in front of his carriage that Han Jin breathed a sigh of relief and put his sister's hand down. Seeing this, Han Juan took out a tried and tested trick, and when her brother Han Jin's eyes looked at her, the little girl had tears in her eyes, and she looked very aggrieved.

"Brother, what are you doing...... Han Juan's tone trembled, this was undoubtedly scratching the itch in his brother's heart, and he also realized that he was too emotional, so he hurriedly apologized and flattered. Of course, it is unknown whether he is afraid that his sister will sue and be punished by his father when the time comes.

Although Han Jin's tone softened, he still said a little stiffly: "That woman has a bad reputation, don't associate with her." Then he specially instructed: "Fortunately, I just saw it, if my father was here, I would have to quarrel with that woman." Saying that, seeing his sister sticking out her little tongue, her miserable appearance was also cute, and she couldn't help but stare and said: "And you, maybe it's also a scolding." ”

"Lie, my father is reluctant to scold me," Han Juan turned her eyes to the front, leaving only Han Jin's back, carefully rubbing her reddened wrist, Han Juan was a little annoyed by her brother's fuss.

"Don't believe it, with that woman's bad reputation, it's really possible for Daddy to go up and have a big fight," Han Jin said cautiously as he stepped forward, almost touching his sister's back. When he was a child, Han Jin would pick up his sister and put it on his lap, this method was used to coax his sister to try many times, but now that his sister is older, he can't do this.

"Why," Han Juan leaned back unceremoniously, leaned into her brother's arms, and pushed her elbow against her brother's heart with some curiosity. The little girl really couldn't imagine that her father's kind appearance that smiled when he saw everyone would suddenly turn his face and quarrel with someone, and moreover, he was still quarreling with a woman, it was really a picture that is difficult to describe in words.

Seeing this, Han Jin had no need to hide it, so he turned his head sideways and whispered in his sister's ear.

"You're running a business road for the first time, and you don't know anything. The woman had been married to an independent businessman, and had been working as a wife in the head of the house, taking care of the merchant's old lady who was too old to get out of bed......"

Independent runners and team runners are two different forms. Compared to the team, independent runners have the advantage of being dispersed and flexible. Most of them choose to sell some easy-to-carry goods, taking the high-end route; And there are also some independent businessmen who choose to go from place to place, and what these people sell is news.

Han Jin said what he heard without missing a word: "There is only such an old man in that merchant's family, and he has always said that this woman is good in the past. It's just that I didn't expect that the image of a good daughter-in-law was just pretended by her. ”

"Pretended?" Han Juan's good-looking brows furrowed slightly.

"Yes, I also listened to the businessman's private conversation, and his words were conclusive." Han Jin said, in the tone of a party.

"One year, the merchant did not return for a long time, and rumors spread in the city that the merchant had been attacked and killed by a beast. And the woman who got this kind of rumor, after a period of fruitless waiting, had to start taking on some work that a woman could do to support her family. ”

"It was fine at first, but it went from a slightly affluent life to the common people. But the woman's attitude towards the elderly at home is getting worse and worse, and she is unwilling to wait for the old man to get up at night, and even has no choice, after the old man can't hold it back, he excretes the filth directly on the bed. ”

This filled the room with a stench, and the woman complained about the old man. Later, she didn't even want to feed the old man, and the old man couldn't move, but she directly put the prepared meal on the table not far from the old man, and then left quickly as if she was hiding something. ”

"That's too exaggerated, isn't it, how can it be like you've experienced it yourself?" Han Juan pursed her mouth, still feeling that her brother was making up stories.

Han Jin snorted inside his nose: "Until one day, the woman disappeared completely." After another seven or eight days, the old man's body was already stinking, the cold wind penetrated the house, and the merchant who returned home in embarrassment smelled that something was wrong, and after breaking down the door, he found that the old man had died. And there is a bowl of rancid vegetarian cold noodles on the table, which has never been touched from beginning to end. ”

When Han Jin said this, he also frowned a little uncomfortably: "Some people even think that the businessman's wife." It is likely that they were starved to death at all. ”

"What about the merchant?"

"Crazy, it is said that the moment I saw the bad news, I went crazy. And the woman took all the merchant's possessions, bought some local products, and began to do business with a caravan. At first, no one recognized her, and mistakenly thought that it was not easy for a woman to go out and take care of her, but later a merchant's friend saw her and found out about it, and the woman's reputation spread completely. The discussion behind it has never stopped. ”

"This ......" Han Juan bit half of her lip, and the inside of her mouth dragged out. Until now, Han Juan has not been able to overlap the image of the woman described by her brother and the sister she has seen before, which is really unbelievable to her.

Seeing this, Han Jin said: "Don't believe it, it is said that the woman's child is still wandering in the city, begging for a living like a beggar, and this woman has never sponsored a single amount of money. It is said that the child is innocent, and Han Jin said this undoubtedly to give a negative image of the woman in his heart, and he raised several steps fiercely.

When Han Juan heard this, her heart moved at this time, and she keenly caught a leak: "By the way, since this woman's reputation is so stinky, why would our caravan still accept her, isn't this asking for trouble." Han Juan grew up in a businessman's family since she was a child, and her father's sentence "The most important thing for a businessman is reputation" has always been engraved in her mind.

When his brother Han Jin heard this, he smiled bitterly: "No way, this woman does have a great talent in business." A large part of the high-end cargo of our caravan is hers. Speaking of this, Han Jin's face was also a little helpless.

At this time, Han Juan pursed her lips lightly, and at this moment, she couldn't help but think of the woman's last words in her heart. "Don't you laugh at the poor?"

*To be continued *

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