"Speaking of which, I originally wanted to go to school, but my mother and her ......, those who lost their conscience, otherwise I wouldn't have come here to work."

Bao Guowei was a little surprised, he vaguely guessed what Zhang Siwu wanted to say, but Lao Bao and Lao Zhang didn't talk to him about it.

If you think about it carefully, Lao Zhang is a small businessman, and he should have saved a lot of savings to open a barber shop, and he should not be reduced to letting Zhang Siwu do coolies.

"If you really want to read, I lend you those books, and you can often come to my house to play, I know a lot of words, if there are words you don't know, I will teach you."

Zhang Siwu chuckled.

"Thank you so much, after finishing your work today, please go down to the restaurant for dinner? You don't seem to like crowds, so let's get together today. ”

"Okay, but what kind of restaurant, don't you have to find Uncle Hu, it's cheap, and it's not easy to make some money."

"It's all up to you today!"

Hu Xiaoshan and others talked about carrying rice, and as a large number of refugees came to Gusu City, the price of rice rose, and many smart people saw business opportunities to transport grain from other places.

Nowadays, the price of grain is getting higher and higher day by day, and there is no rush to sell it, and rice is not a fresh product, so there is no hurry to find a big worker, and it is cheaper to use a small worker.

Bao Guowei carried the rice with everyone, and it was not transported to the carriage, but moved to the unloading area.

They worked until noon, and they didn't go home, so they bought a "construction site meal" at the dock, rotten fish, meat, salt, rice and pickles, which were pure and natural without nuclear pollution.

Everyone else prepared their own lunch boxes, but Bao Guowei didn't have them, but Zhang Siwu took the initiative to let the lunch box for himself first.

People are so nice.

The six of them chatted while eating.

After eating, I had to rest for a while, and then I had to stay at the construction site to load and unload people.

In autumn, it gets dark early, and before six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky is already dark.

Bao Guowei did the least, not because he couldn't endure the hardships of half a day, but because moving things was different from exercising, pressing his knees hurt his waist pole, and he was prone to muscle strain.

Rao is like this, still sweaty, the cotton shirt has long been hot and off, and he is shirtless.

The muscles are a little detached, the heels are painful, and the waist is not very comfortable.

According to the way Zhang Siwu and Hu Xiaoshan's group moved, even if they didn't move every day, they were afraid that they would be left with a labor sickness when they grew up.

It was getting late, and a group of people stopped working and asked the steward for today's share, and the six people added up to get a dime.

The money is temporarily kept in Zhang Siwu's hands, and according to the rules, at the end of each month, Zhang Siwu has to take half of it.

Several people gathered together, stretched their waists and beat their backs, and beat each other to relax their muscles.

The kerosene lamps on the dock were lit, and a group of young men in robes came to the dock, with short knives at their waists and a few with short guns pinned to them, standing neatly on the edge of the large platform and monitoring below.

"Who are those people?"

Bao Guowei squinted his eyes and asked Hu Xiaoshan, who was beating his shoulder behind him.

"That's the Green Gang, the cow, the big gang from Shanghai, come to see the scene at night, and I heard that it has something to do with the government."

"Oh? It shouldn't be the government soldiers who come to see it, how can they let the gangsters come? ”

"I don't know, the Oriental people who watch the field will pay for it. I heard the fourth and fifth brothers say that it may be that the officials and masters are playing tricks on each other and fighting for power and profit, and it must be that the police chief can't compete with others. ”

Bao Guowei turned his head and glanced at it, Zhang Siwu was seriously massaging the muscles on Wang Dazhu's legs.

It doesn't bother him at all, is he really a genius?

Bao Guowei suspects that Lao Zhang himself doesn't know that his son has such a heart.

During the Republic of China, wars broke out, and guns could not be controlled at all, and there were countless guns in private collections.

Even in the Jiangnan area, for the members of the big gangs, it has become the standard to carry short guns to swagger through the market.

However, there are rules and regulations behind these big gangs, and they are inextricably linked with the members of the government, and there will be no random killings.

Bao Guowei enjoyed pinching his shoulders, and glanced at the coveted short gun from time to time: it would be nice to get one, and it would be good to put the whole bullet at home.

It's a pity that a good gun is at least forty or fifty oceans, and Japanese-style pistols can be expensive hundreds of oceans or even more.

Hu Da is a cook in Qinfu, but just cooking can't take up much of his time, so Hu Da has spare time and opens a mansion, and his mother-in-law can also cook.

"Walk! By the way, the three of you are going to have a meal, so let's go home. My fourth and fifth brother Bao Guowei and I played together when we were children, and the three of us got together today to catch up on the old days. ”

"Alright, we'll go home."

Hu Dashan hugged Zhang Siwu with his left hand and Bao Guowei with his right hand, walking together like he did when he was a child.

But compared to childhood, two of the three have matured.

It seems that only Hu Xiaoshan is still a child who has not grown up, and he has no heart and lungs.

After a while, the sky gradually darkened, and the moon and stars were scarce.

Hu Grand Mansion.

The mansion is a bit dilapidated, an ordinary old restaurant, like a courtyard house converted from a house.

"Yo? What is the situation, why did you bring Bao Guowei? Guowei, do you want to eat your uncle's sausage egg fried rice again? ”

Hu Da looked at Bao Guowei and said with a smile.

Although Hu Da is a good person, his friendship with Lao Bao is not fake, he just doesn't want to offend people, so he always says some nonsense and good things to comfort Lao Bao.

Seeing that Bao Guowei seemed to be playing with his son again, he was also a little happy for Lao Bao.

"Uncle Hu! I haven't seen you in a long time! Last time, my dad brought sausage egg fried rice, which was very fragrant! The chef of Drunken Immortal House is not as strong as you! ”

"Oh! Is it! Hahaha, I'm made of lard, half a green onion in lard, stir-fried in the pot! ”

Lao Hu's cooking skills were praised, and he was a little happy in his heart.

"Daddy! Don't talk about it, get some food! I'm starving, I've been carrying things for most of the day today. ”

"Okay, go in, go straight to the back room, and I'll get you ready." But you too, you have to go to the docks to work as a Narausch worker, can't you learn the craft from me? ”

Hu Xiaoshan touched his head embarrassedly, and glanced at Zhang Siwu secretly.

Bao Guowei saw it in his eyes and understood that Hu Xiaoshan was afraid that he would be impressed by Zhang Siwu's charm and become a hardcore follower.

I have to say that Zhang Siwu's guy has nothing to pick on in terms of mentality, words and deeds, and he is not at the same level at all compared to ordinary peers.

Coupled with that unusual little white face - appearance, this thing has a miraculous effect on both men and women, and it is difficult to be an official even if you are not handsome enough in ancient times.

Not only is he handsome, but he is also quite capable of playing, approachable, and seems to be very kind. Coupled with the fact that his peers around him are all headed by him, it is normal for Hu Xiaoshan to worship him.

Hu Xiaoshan took the two into the inner room, which was not only much bigger than Bao Guowei's house, but also looked newer. There will be no musty smell.

After all, Lao Bao listens to errands in the Qin Mansion every day, so naturally he has no time to clean the house.

"Mother! Come on a few benches, this young master is going to drink and have fun with the two brothers. ”

When Hu Xiaoshan came home, he immediately let himself go, ran to a chair with a back next to the dining table, and crossed Erlang's legs.

"Stinky boy, you are still a young master, and you are still drinking, and you will be beaten as a master in a while!"

Hu Niang was about forty years old, wearing a black cheongsam, with a shawl and a disheveled hair, and walked out of the bedroom with her waist crossed.

"Young Master Ben is not afraid of fighting!"

Her feet seem to be a little abnormal, most people of this age are over-wrapped, and it is a very cruel bone-breaking foot binding method.

Seeing the pair of pointed shoes that can almost be used as an awl, even though Bao Guowei has seen a lot of such shoe shapes, he is still a little creepy.

Bao Guowei only glanced at it and stopped looking, it was very offensive to stare at a woman's feet in this era.

Hu Niang didn't play treasure with Hu Xiaoshan anymore, and said softly to Bao Guowei and the others:

"You two wait, I'll go outside and move a stool for you. And this is Bao Guowei, is it still so similar to when I was a child, I heard the old nonsense that you are about to go to school in the foreign school, right? ”

"Well, the kid is Bao Guowei, and he will go to the Foreign Academy to report on November 1st."

Bao Guowei replied.