I walked to the door and saw that the light was still on, so I knocked softly on the door. After a while, Zhang's mother opened the door for me with a candle! When she opened the door, she could smell the smell of alcohol all over my body and blamed me for not drinking outside so late! I perfunctory Zhang's mother and persuaded her to go back, and at the same time took the candle in his hand and walked into the study! I rummaged through the study for a while, and finally found the letter sent by Zheng Nanpo under a pile of old books!

I couldn't help but hesitate when I saw that the address on the envelope was actually a small county town in Zhejiang, but curiosity and reality finally made me make up my mind! I put the candle on my desk, picked up a piece of letterhead, and sent a reply to the antique dealer thousands of miles away! In the letter, I expressed my admiration for Mr. Nanpo, and told him that I was very interested in the marble mentioned in his letter, and decided to go and investigate, and I hope that I would forgive Yunyun if I disturbed him! At the end of the letter, I told him again and again that he would send someone to greet him! After writing the letter, I glued the envelope to the stamp and put it in my pocket again! Then, I brought a suitcase and stuffed a few changes of clothes into the suitcase. I walked out of the study with a candle, and as soon as I opened the door, I saw Zhang's mother also walking out of the room with a candle, and she asked me, "Sir, are you going to go far away?" ”。

I nodded and said, "I've been out for a few months, and someone asks you that I went to Zhejiang to find Mr. Nanpo!" ”。

Zhang's mother was surprised: "Who...... Who is Mr. Nanpo? ”。

I smiled and said, "You inquired, and you don't know!" You just tell them that, and if they ask you again, you say that you don't know anything else, remember? ”。

Zhang's mother nodded and hesitated with a "hmm". Then he asked me, "Sir, have you eaten?" ”。

I nodded and said, "Eat, you don't have to bother!" ”。

Zhang's mother gently persuaded me: "You better eat something, after drinking so much wine, your stomach should be uncomfortable again!" ”。 I did have a serious stomach problem, although I was diagnosed and treated in many ways, I could not be cured, and I often had seizures and messed with me, so I obeyed Zhang's mother's advice and asked her to pour me a glass of milk!

Mama Zhang is an old mother I have hired for many years, and she has always been very good to me. She was first introduced by Mr. Smith of the British Embassy, and when I first met her, she was standing in front of me with a small blue cloth bag in her head, and I thought that Mother Zhang was old and did not want to hire her. But Mr. Smith, who was the introducer, told me that she had died of her husband and had two sons to raise. I couldn't beat Mr. Smith, so I had to hire her!

Zhang's mother has many advantages, such as she can always cook delicious dishes, she can also clean the room spotlessly, and she speaks very measuredly, as a servant, she is very competent! But there are always two sides to a coin, a good side and a bad side. Mama Zhang has been with me for a long time, and I gradually realized that something is wrong with her!

After a while, I found that the food at home was getting worse and worse, and the money for buying vegetables was getting worse and worse, and what was even worse was that in the middle of the night, she would recruit a young man into the house, and after he had eaten and drunk enough, she slept in the same room with the man! I couldn't help but be furious and determined to kick Mama Zhang out! One night, I heard Zhang's mother let people in again, so I waited for no movement outside, so I quietly walked to Zhang's mother's door, opened the door suddenly, and saw a man lying in the house!

I trembled with anger, grabbed the man, and wanted to send him into the yamen! At this time, Zhang's mother knelt in front of me and begged me to spare him! My eyes were dizzy with anger, and I said in my heart: "How can there be such a woman in the world, leaving her two biological sons alone, but cheating with other men?" ”。

When Zhang's mother saw me gritting her teeth, she quickly explained to me that things were not what I thought, and that the man in front of me was his youngest son, because he was hungry at home, so he was asked to go into the city every once in a while and eat some leftovers!

I saw that Zhang's mother said that her love was sincere, and I saw the man's face full of dishes, so I let him go. Zhang's mother took his son's hand and said, "Ah Er, you kneel down and kowtow to Mr. ......!" ”。 The man called out to Zhang's mother and said, "Mom! ”。

Zhang's mother said softly: "Obedient, kneel down quickly, kowtow to Mr." ”。

Ah Er knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed again and again, and said, "Sir, don't embarrass my mother, everything is my fault, and I will pay back everything I eat...... Please don't embarrass my mother! ”。

Zhang's mother also wiped her tears and said, "Sir...... I don't need you to rush, tomorrow ...... I'll go by myself tomorrow......! ”。

I waved my hand and asked Zhang's mother, "These are nothing, your son can eat again, how much can he eat?" But recently, why did you spend so much money on groceries? ”。

When Mama Zhang heard me ask about this, she couldn't help but cry! Ah Er, who was kneeling beside him, said with a "bah" sound: "Sir, you can't blame my mother for this matter...... She...... All of this is a good thing that Ah Da did! ”。

It turned out that this mother gave birth to two children when she was young, one was called Ah Da and the other was Ah Er! Although they are compatriots, they have very different personalities, the boss is unkind, fierce and arrogant. The second child is empathetic, gentle and filial. The eldest got married early, and when the daughter-in-law saw that there was an old lady who ate white rice at home, she was not happy at that time, and asked the boss to divide the family and property! Zhang's mother couldn't help but make a fuss all day long, so she had to divide the family's old house into two, and the two brothers were one and a half!

As the old saying goes, the emperor loves his eldest son, and the people love his son, and after Zhang's mother broke up, she has been living with Ah Er. The cold came and the summer went by, and after a few years, Ah Er never said that he had a daughter-in-law because his family was poor! The mother's heart is naturally anxious, thinking that she has dragged down the second child, so she asked someone to find an old mother's job in Beijing, wanting to earn a few dollars and tell the second daughter daughter-in-law!

Unexpectedly, the boss found out Zhang's mother's address from there, and when it was time for the farm, he came to ask Zhang's mother for money. At the beginning, Zhang's mother gave him a few times, and after many times, Zhang's mother couldn't bear it, so she avoided the boss. At this time, the boss was addicted to gambling, bought all the houses in the family, and his wife also ran away, and asked Zhang's mother for money every day.

Zhang's mother had no choice, so she only begged her employer, Mr. Smith, to introduce me here, hoping to get rid of Ah Da's entanglement, but it didn't work out, that Ah Da had some ability, and soon found Zhang's mother again, and snatched all the vegetable money on her body with a knife! Zhang's mother was robbed by her son, where do you dare to speak out? She is afraid of losing her job, and she is afraid that the boss will be sued!

After listening to Ah Er's story, I couldn't help but sigh and sigh, not only for Zhang's mother, but also for Ah Da! So I reached out and pulled them up, and told them to go to bed first, and talk about it tomorrow! Later, I introduced Ah Er to an antique shop as an apprentice, and asked Shanzi to teach Ah Da a lesson! Since then, the whereabouts of that poop are unknown, and I don't know where it went!

I drank the milk and sent Zhang's mother back to sleep! I lay in bed and couldn't sleep for a long time! I wonder if everything will go well on this long journey? Early the next morning, I first delivered the letter, hired a carriage, went out of the south gate, and arrived in Nanjing in a few days, abandoned the shore in Nanjing, boarded the ship, and took the ship to Shanghai!

I spent a few days in Shanghai, and then I took a boat up the Shuo River. The turbulent Yangtze River water, in this section of the particularly tame, she swept by the side of the small steamer without panic, the river surface is open and empty, and you can vaguely see the shadow of the sail in the distance! In the sky above the fire wheel, a flock of white water birds danced, and the sound of birds "chirped", echoing in the blue sky!

The little steamer strained itself and struggled to split the turbid river, and black smoke with dark red sparks spewed out from the chimney, and the boat drew a clear and graceful white wave in the center of the river!

I was holding on to the side of the boat, blowing the river breeze, looking out at the riverbank, there were a few foreigners chatting on the deck, two children with snot in tow running behind me, and a ship's handyman carrying a tin leather teapot was walking into the cabin! The sun rose overhead, and a mist rose from the river!

By noon the next day, I had finally reached my destination. I picked up the box and walked briskly off the small steamer. The dock is crowded with people, all waiting to pick up relatives and friends! I stood at the exit, looking around, and I didn't know if that Zheng Nanpo had received my reply? As I looked around, a little old man with two whiskers came up to me and asked, "Are you Mr. Charlie?" ”。 When I saw that the old man was dressed neatly, I asked him, "Are you ......?" ”。

The old man's eyes lit up and he said, "I was sent by the shopkeeper Zheng, and it would be good if Mr. called me old money!" ”。

I was afraid that he would recognize the wrong person, so I asked him again, "Which Zheng shopkeeper?" ”。

He was surprised, "Aren't you Mr. Charlie?" ”。

I said, "The shopkeeper Zheng you are talking about is called Zheng Nanpo?" ”。

Lao Qian hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, my boss's name is Zheng Nanpo, who is the shopkeeper of the Spring and Autumn Fang, and I have been waiting for Mr. here for more than ten days!" ”。

He bowed and took my suitcase. I asked him, "Old Qian, where is your shop?" Not far from the docks? ”。

Lao Qian said with a smile: "It's not far away, it's not close, I see that you have also inquired, just follow me!" ”。

He carried my suitcase, separated the crowd, and led me outside the dock, when the little steamer suddenly sounded its whistle and sailed away from the dock with a "plop", heading upstream! The people on the dock rolled out of the dock like potatoes in their pockets!

Lao Qian hurriedly beckoned to the two palanquin drivers sitting across the street, and the two palanquin drivers lifted the sedan chair and walked over with a "creak"! Old Qian took my hand and said, "Sir, sit down!" ”。

I saw that the style of the sedan chair was strange, that is, a circle chair with two bamboos tied, and there was no grandeur of those officials and masters in the capital, so I couldn't help but hesitate! Lao Qian saw my thoughts, and he explained to me: "Sir, this is not your sedan chair in the capital, this is called a slide bar, if you sit on it, you will not be able to fall!" ”。