When Huo Zuo and Shen Yigong came out before and after, You Yiman had already prepared a meal in the small living room. When she saw people coming, she kept snickering, Shen Yigong didn't come to the table, and stood behind Huo Zuo faithfully, You Yiman invited him, he shook his head very knowingly and stood back a little. Huo Zuo said: "It's okay. You don't have to persuade him, wait for him to eat."

The old mother next to her served them dishes and brought an extra pair of empty dishes and chopsticks.

"It's Cheng Changyu, I called him and said I wanted to come over for dinner, but I haven't arrived yet." You Yiman didn't mention what happened to the two of them just now, but just pointed to the little yellow croaker and said, "That's right, after the white dew to the beginning of autumn, it will be good to eat crabs." Wu's mother is from Suzhou, and when the time comes, let her hometown send hairy crabs over. ”

There are four dishes and one soup on the table, home-style stir-fry, and the fruit is cut watermelon. Huo Zuo took a goose leg and gave Shen a bow, told him to sit down and eat wine, gossip a few words, and came outside to report that Mr. Cheng was here. Cheng Changyu entered the house in a rage: "Let me tell you, just now Old Man Wu couldn't come up in one breath and sent him to the hospital for rescue!" ”

He took off his hat to the servant next to him, rolled up his sleeves and leaned forward to dance: "The housekeeper surnamed Wu called our bank supervisor when he arrived at the hospital, called a group of people, and went over to do property notarization, do you know what's going on?" ”

The two people next to him looked at him. Cheng Changyu slapped the table: "Old man Wu really deserves to share the inheritance this time!" ”

You Yiman clapped his palm: "Okay, the façade that was saved before is about to be handed." ”

"Isn't it? Others really think that Mr. Wu is standing in the big world and has a big family background, but in fact, he has been unable to make ends meet by investing in real estate in the past two years. As soon as he died, the property was liquidated, and the two sons and a young lady were left with a lot of debts or money. ”

The three of them sat down and ate together, drank wine, and held glasses, and were elated by this. After eating, Cheng Changyu organized to play mahjong, but Shen Yigong couldn't do it, so he called You Yiman's subordinate Ziyue to accompany him. On the mahjong table, Huo Zuo briefly told him about today's sixteenth shop here, and when he checked it again, he pulled out the gun supply, and the matter was over.

A few people fought a few rounds, and Huo Zuo saw that he had won a few handfuls, so he got up and said that he would go to explain to Qin Shengzhu early tomorrow morning, and he had to go back first. Seeing that he was leaving, You Yiman was a little stupid, but he didn't stay long.

Before leaving, Cheng Changyu shouted at him: "Big brother! I'll call you if there's any news tonight! ”

Huo Zuo put on his hat and nodded to him before leaving. It was almost twelve o'clock when he and Shen Yigong left the "Flower Manli", and the street was empty and silent.

The car roared, this is You Yiman's car, temporarily lent to them, the old one has been beaten into a hornet's nest and has been pulled away for repair. When he returned to Huo's house, most of the servants in the family had already fallen asleep, and only Xu's mother lit the lamp and guarded in front of the hall. Seeing the old man come in, he ran over with a pair of small feet holding the lamp, and let out a long sigh of relief: "The master is back." ”

Huo Zuo took off his hat and handed it to her: "Well, I'm back." ”

"It's midnight, how about I cook you some supper?"

Huo Zuo looked back at Shen Yigong: "Are you hungry, get something to eat?" ”

Shen Yigong was also sincere: "I'm hungry." Mother Xu, do you have noodles? ”

"Yes! Is shredded pork noodles with pickled cabbage good? ”

"Good!"

Mother Xu turned around and left, and Shen Yigong followed Huo Zuo into the front of the hall. The man laughed at him: "Have you eaten and drunk at night and are you not full?" I watched when you played mahjong later, you went out to eat. ”

"I was full then, but I'm still hungry."

Huo Zuo smiled: "It's the same, when you're still growing your body." ”

He sat down at the table, raised his eyes and signaled, and Shen Yigong was willing to sit down. The man took out the lighter to light a cigarette, and when he saw the guy sitting beside him, he took the cigarette case and handed it to him: "Do you want to smoke?" ”

Shen Yigong shook his head: "The one before was pumped, and my head still hurts." ”

"Normal." Huo Zuo leaned on the edge of the table and squinted at him, "I smoked my head back, and my head let the tobacco leaves smoke." Just get used to it. ”

The two of them sat here for a while, Huo Zuo didn't smoke much of the cigarette he lit, put his hand on the edge of the table, and raised Erlang's legs to look at the acacia tree in front of the hall. Today's sky is clear, a round of lack of moon hangs high, the breeze is coming, and the day is less hot. There were no two of them at the moment, and Shen Yigong looked greedily at the cold appearance of the man's table. He twisted his fingers, and after struggling for a while, he finally stumbled and asked, "Master...... Am I still a chicken? ”

"You?" Huo Zuo dusted off the ashes of his cigarette and put it in his mouth to smoke, then smiled, "Of course it's still true." ”

"But you're not ...... today"

"That's right?"

"That doesn't count?"

"Of course not."

Shen Yigong lowered his head, looking a little lost and muttered, "Then Master still said today...... Tell me not to be a boy chicken anymore. ”

"What chicken? Do you want to eat chicken tomorrow? Mother Xu thought she was telling her, she brought the bowl of hot shredded noodles with cabbage and meat to the table and looked around, Huo Zuo hid his smile and didn't answer, and glanced at Shen Yigong, the kid buried his face in the bowl, and his ears were red.

The man said, "Yes, I want to eat chicken, and I will eat roast chicken at noon tomorrow, Mama Xu." ”

"Okay, no problem."

Huo Zuo pinched his cigarette and stood up: "Shen Yigong, you eat supper first." I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow morning, you get up early, and you accompany me to Master Qin's mansion for breakfast. ”

Shen Yigong buried his face and muffled. Huo Zuo had just taken two steps, the phone in the lobby rang, Xu Ma was about to run over to pick it up, Huo Zuo raised his hand to stop it, and walked over and lifted the microphone himself: "Hey? ”

Cheng Changyu's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Big brother, Old Man Wu is dead." ”

The founder of the big world, Wu Sanzhong, a Shanghai pharmaceutical tycoon who walked through Xianfeng and saw the republic and the warlord melee, died.

Huo turned around on the left side, looked at the blooming acacia flowers outside and said, "It's okay, it's time to start, right?" ”

It said, "It's time to start." ”

After hanging up the phone, Huo Zuo brushed his hair, turned back to Shen Yigong and said, "After eating, go to bed early, get up early tomorrow morning, Mother Xu, prepare a few meat buns for him tomorrow and pad them first, when I am at Master Qin's, I estimate that I will not come back after breakfast." Let's just prepare dinner. ”

Mother Xu answered, and asked again, "How many of you are there?" ”

"Let's do it tomorrow with five people. There must still be quite a few friends. ”

After telling him like this, Huo Zuo went back to the room. Lying on the bed after washing, he thought about turning on the light again, sat up, and took out a photo pendant from the bedside table. A small silver round frame, with splendid flowers embossed on it, naturally popped open with a light press of the small buckle, and by the light, Huo Zuo gently looked at the photo.

In the photo, there is a woman, with a slight resemblance between her eyebrows and eyes to Huo Zuo and You Yiman, with a delicate face and picturesque eyebrows. Huo gently stroked the small photo with his left fingertips, sighed deeply, and then closed the pendant and put it back in the small copper box in the drawer, and turned off the light.

Early the next morning, he took Shen Yigong and the others to visit the Qin Mansion, and when he went, Qin Shengzhu was getting up, and he saw Huo Zuolai leaving him at the table for breakfast, and what was next to him was today's Ta Kung Pao, and the headline was the news of Wu Sanzhong's death.

"Wu Sanzhong is gone, the big world is closed for three days, and he won't do business for his sake. If you want me to say, he owes too much debt, and he can't figure it out for a while, so he can only be locked up for three days. "For breakfast, Mr. Qin ate fried buns, soy milk and fried fritters.

Huo Zuo sat down beside him, Mrs. Qin was not there, and was about to speak, when he heard Qin Mingyue's voice from upstairs: "Dad, I'm not eating breakfast anymore!" My classmates came to pick me up. ”

Listening to the sound of hurried footsteps, Qin Mingyue came down the stairs dressed up fashionably and decently, and when she saw that Huo Zuo was also there, her flamboyant eyebrows and eyes narrowed slightly, and she greeted Huo Zuo with her chin bow: "Brother Azuo, you also come to breakfast." ”

After saying hello, she seemed to remember the previous man's repeated snubbing, and there was a faint amount of complaint in her eyes, Qin Shengzhu asked her to come and sit down and have breakfast with the adults before leaving, but she stomped her feet: "Don't eat, my classmate Qiu Yu drove the car and is already here." It's too late!"

There was a horn outside, Qin Mingyue looked at Huo Zuo and said, "Look, he's coming, I'm leaving." ”

Huo Zuo noticed her gaze, but he still didn't turn his head and put a fried bun in the bowl. Qin Shengzhu doted on his daughter, and he was helpless when he saw this: "Okay, you should pay attention to safety when you go out with your classmates." ”

"I know Dad, I'm not a kid anymore!" After saying this, Qin Mingyue picked up her bag, and before going out, she didn't forget to glance at Huo Zuo again, seeing that he still had no intention of talking to herself, she pouted and ran out of the door angrily. Qin Shengzhu knew the character of this little girl, but he was also like Huo Zuo, and he didn't know it, he smiled with the young man at hand, and said helplessly like an old father: "Look, I have spoiled this little girl." ”

Huo Zuo said: "Mingyue is pampered after all, and it is normal for a young lady to be a little like this." ”

The two talked about these parents, and then they talked about the topic and got back to business. As soon as Qin Shengzhu turned his words, he asked about the matter of the sixteenth shop yesterday, and mentioned Tiyou Yiman.

Originally, one of Huo Zuo's visits today was to make Qin Shengzhu hesitate, and when he heard the words, he pretended to be indignant, put down his chopsticks and scolded: "That You Yiman is really angry with me!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Shengzhu drank soy milk by himself.

"She went everywhere and said that it was my concubine, and I spent a little money on her, but where is there such a familiarity! She borrowed my name and went to the sixteenth shop to be a blessing. Yesterday, I wanted to teach her a lesson, but who thought that she would actually use me as a shield! Are you saying that this red guy is excessive! ”

"That's a bit too much."

"That's it!" Huo Zuo's face darkened, and he muffled as if there was really such a thing.

Qin Shengzhu asked, "Then what about later, how do you deal with it?" ”

"What else can be done? scolded and scolded, if it weren't for seeing that she was a woman yesterday, she would have almost been beaten. But everything has been done, and if it is done, what else can be done? I asked her if she took the money, and the business belonged to the business! ”

"So you two aren't that familiar anymore?"

"If the two of us are familiar enough, then the woman will not give me money, but should give me shares!" Shaking his head, Huo Zuo picked up the chopsticks again, "When I came back, I still couldn't figure out where a kiln sister had such a big breath." Later, I inquired and found out that she also has a leg with Ma Weisan! ”