After eating, the old housekeeper accompanied me to inspect the wharf and the horse peddlers, all these workers knew me, although my grandfather was strict in his life, he had no quarrel with these poor people, and every time he took me to inspect his own property, many people greeted me.

Of course, now that there is no grandfather, these people still respect me very much, and they will shout hello to the boss when they are busy, I smiled and nodded, looking at them dressed simply and even some people are not covered, Zhejiang belongs to the coastal area, and the cold season is even colder, and I can't see anything in my prime when I wear so little, but it is certain that the root of the disease will fall, and it will be enough to toss in old age.

I frowned, beckoned a small foreman in charge, and asked, "Why don't you give them a jacket, or a military coat, where does it look like it's freezing like this?" ”

The little foreman in charge is named Sun Bao, thin and thin, but he wears a lot, he has to stand at the dock all the time shouting on the cargo and unloading, his frozen face is a little dry, he has some kung fu to observe words and looks, and he is afraid of half bending down and answering: "Boss, you don't know, we work at the wharf, we can't stop unloading up and down, and wearing too many clothes will affect the work, and the New Year is over, we have to catch up with the schedule, otherwise the big guy can't even catch up with the reunion year." ”

I was a little displeased, my brows furrowed even tighter, looking at those busy workers like headless flies, none of them had good skin, all of them were frozen and cracked, and some were even bleeding blood and pus, but they still buried their heads in work as if they didn't seem to be in pain, this is only a small part, and there are many more that they can't even eat, and something will definitely happen if they go on like this, which is against my heart, and I am sure that this is definitely not the case when my grandfather is here.

But at that time, I didn't think that one day my grandfather would leave me, and all these things would fall on my shoulders, and I can't think of a good solution now.

"The progress can be slowed down, talent is the most important, notify it, immediately call the room to boil mutton soup, everyone has to be divided, and the warehouse prepares wine, not a lot to drink, drink a bowl of mutton soup before work." Speaking of these, I walked to the end of the dock accompanied by the old butler, looking at the endless, foggy water, my thoughts drifted a little far away for a while, and I said loudly: "This thing must be arranged every day, and in addition, the salary will be doubled for the construction period of holidays after that." ”

The little foreman couldn't convey these new rules to me, but the person in charge who rushed to hear the news had already stood behind me at some point, he was arranged by his grandfather to manage the work of the docks, he was wearing a straight suit, a white fur on the outside, and his hair was combed very neatly.

I don't know why, I was a little annoyed when I looked at his dress, but I didn't express it obviously, but my voice was somewhat low, I looked at him and asked, "How many hours does it usually take to work at the dock?" ”

The manager, who was still a little confused, replied, "12 hours, two shifts." ”

"Daytime?"

"Well, it's all like that."

"From tomorrow onwards, the work will often be changed to three shifts, eight hours, the salary will remain the same, and more people will be recruited."

The manager was a little embarrassed, he said: "But when your grandfather was still there, it was all implemented like this, and now I am afraid that I will ...... if you change the rules rashly."

I was furious and shouted, "I'm the one talking to you now, Chu Liang!" Do you think that my huge Chu-style family business can't afford to pay this meager salary, if so, then I now seriously doubt whether the internal accounts are clear, and I need to check the bills? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" The manager was so frightened that the cold sweat on the cold day was all over his face: "I will arrange it immediately, I will definitely be able to handle it, please rest assured boss." ”

I made a sound from my nose, not that I deliberately posed as a boss, but it was really these people who do management because of their own qualifications, I don't know the hardships of labor, I still remember what my grandfather often said to me, the reason why people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, does not mean that it must be divided into high and low, Comrade Mao's earnest teaching is still in my ears, our new China is everyone equal, but we were born with more luck than others, and the blessings accumulated in the previous life, We must not be complacent because of the huge family business we have earned, think that we are superior, and do that bad thing that loses our conscience.

In addition, I looked at the manager's decent and strict clothes inside and out, even a little more expensive than me, looking at the unclothed laborers, snorted and said: "Next year, we must design summer and winter tooling, unified distribution, our Chu-style industry from next year to unify clothing, and so many managers, if you can't do it, then wear the same as the laborers, every day to come down to experience their work, for three hours, what do you think of my proposal, how about it?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." The manager didn't dare to speak casually, and seeing his low eyebrows and groveling appearance, I was much more relieved, and I was quite arrogant and asked some small foremen to put down the work at hand and gather at the dock.

I looked at the dock workers who gathered one after another, and gradually there were about 500 people, and they also looked at me, most of them knew me, and a small number of them were temporary workers, most of them wanted to take advantage of the few days left in the Chinese New Year to earn some money to buy some New Year's goods, so that the New Year could be more comfortable.

I tried my best to show a gentle smile, exhaled a cold breath and said: "Hello uncles and uncles, I think you all know me, Chu Liang is here to sincerely thank you for your dedication to Chu-style industry, I believe that grandpa will also be relieved in the spirit of heaven, the New Year, the steward foreman has issued a proposal to me, this year's year-end bonus, everyone can go to the headquarters at noon tomorrow to receive a copy, and then double the annual holiday salary, the New Year is still on the job, three times the distribution, although I don't understand these, but I also think that everyone's efforts are worth getting these, So here, I'm agreeing, and the notification report will be sent out soon. ”

Speaking of this, I thought of my grandfather, who used to stand in about this position every year and said these year-end words, but now it is my turn, looking at the swarthy and frozen red and even white dry and thin face, as my words became happy, I was deeply touched, my nose was a little sour, and I couldn't help bending down deeply, and said: "Thank you, Chu Liang is here, I wish you all a happy New Year in advance, I hope uncles and uncles take care of your body, take care of your body!" ”

……

On the way home, my steps were a little heavy, but the old butler was very pleased, walking a little brisker than usual, and from time to time he looked up at me, and the corners of his wrinkled eyes were about to melt, and gave me a thumbs up.

In fact, I don't know why, according to my previous character, I would never say these incendiary words, but the precipitation of two months and these five months of Qinling Bear's Ears Mountain has subtly changed my personality, making me gradually become so sentimental from heartless, especially the preciousness of life, seeing more important than anything else.

At this moment, it suddenly dawned on me, what doubts, what secrets, what conspiracy, and what does it have to do with me? I just need to live this life well, run the property left by my grandfather well, and do my best to bring a trace of light and warmth to this square mansion, isn't it more meaningful? Why do you have to chase those things that are in the past and unrealistic, what is gone, after all, it is gone, just like those things buried deep in the ground, even if they see the light of day again, they are still the same as they were at the beginning?

No, it's not.

At this moment, I completed a big leap in my heart, but some things are often unsatisfactory, I gradually stopped, signaled the old housekeeper to go first, the old housekeeper and I are in close contact, did not stop more, gave me a careful gesture and left.

After watching the old butler walk out of the distance until I couldn't see, I walked slowly, and finally stopped in an alley, right in the middle.

Five months later, near the end of 1997, when the time should have come, it was still here, I turned around and looked at the man who was kneeling on one knee before me by my bodyguard, and asked him, "What happened?" ”

The man didn't speak, his eyes were cold, and his face was resolute, which reminded me of Tu Mu and the third child.

Almost instantly I knew that this man must be someone like them, and I took two steps forward and asked, "You're here to kill me?" ”

The man still didn't speak, but he looked up at me, and I couldn't read the killing intent in his eyes, so I changed my tone and asked, "Are you here to find me?" ”

"Yes!"