"Come, you talk first, I'll pour you water to drink."

"Thank you, Uncle Bao."

Bao Guowei's study and bedroom.

"Big brother, there are a lot of basic words in this fifth set of elementary school readers, how many can you know if you look through it?"

Zhang Siwu took the book and flipped through it roughly.

"I don't know much, and I can't guess what it means if I guess a few sentences."

Bao Guowei is not surprised, even a smart person like Zhang Siwu can't rely on the group of old things around him who have no culture to read well.

"If you don't know any words, I'll teach you."

With a lit candle, the two sat together at their desks, flipping through the yellow papers.

"This character is pronounced 畢 (Bi), this Nian Ling (Ling), this is Liu (Liu) ......"

When Zhang Siwu was a student, his memory was very good, and he was a material who could read, and it was a pity that he couldn't go to school because of family reasons.

The candles were almost burned out, and the two of them were a little sleepy, so Zhang Siwu and Bao Guowei squeezed into bed together.

"You still have to exercise before you go to bed!"

"Big brother, the body is the capital of happiness. Stop talking and sleep well. ”

In the morning, Bao Guowei woke up before half past four.

"Why are your arms so numb?"

Bao Guowei saw that his arms were about to turn purple.

Zhang Siwu is so hateful, he occupies most of the bed by himself, which is not enough, and he also presses his arm under him.

Bao Guowei pulled out his arm that was about to disappear and pushed Zhang Siwu, who was still asleep, to shake him awake.

"Wake up, get up, and take a shower together? We went to the bathhouse together, and after a day's work yesterday, my body is now slippery and greasy. ”

"Huh? Oh, wash, wash. I'll have to get my dad to change my clothes first. ”

"Then you hurry up."

"Well, I'll be back to you later."

Zhang Siwu has strong self-control, did not lie in bed, and scratched his somewhat messy hair. One turned over, put on his shoes and went out resolutely.

"Suits, trousers, white shirts, ties, well, leather shoes."

Bao Guowei took inventory of his clothes, he had to take a shower today and go to see Chu Ze again.

When he came out, three meals had been set up on the dining table outside the bedroom, and the meal was ready, and Lao Bao was sitting at the table.

Lao Bao was a little "wary" of Bao Guowei, and Bao Guowei's routine of leaving early and returning late made him very worried.

He knew that his son already had some skills, even the big ones appreciated him, but he always felt that Guowei was a child who didn't grow up, and even worried about the safety of this young man who was already taller than many young people.

He also knew that he shouldn't interfere with Guowei to do his own thing, but at least he knew what his son was going to do when he went out every day, and he didn't let himself worry too much.

"Guowei, what are you going to do?"

"I'll go to Jiatian to stretch my muscles, and I'll go to the bathhouse with four or five to take a bath in a while, do you want to be with you, Dad?"

"Forget it, it costs money to go to the bathhouse, you and Zhang Siwu can go, I'll just wipe it myself in the Qin Mansion, save some money for you to study."

Lao Bao is poor and afraid, he worries about Bao Guowei's school tuition every day, and always wants to save some money.

In addition to not being able to treat Bao Guowei's food for tuition, the old bags in other places are not spent if they can.

"Oh, Dad, don't be so picky. By the way, I'm going to visit Chu Ze today, and I won't be back at noon, so I don't have to cook for me. ”

Chu Ze said that he accompanied his wife to Gusu for a trip.

The day before yesterday and Chu Ze were separated, calculate the time, go just right today, one day earlier is too urgent, one day late is too slow, maybe people can forget themselves.

As soon as Lao Bao heard Chu Ze, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Yes, yes! You must have a good relationship with that Mr. Chu Ze, and I heard you say that he graduated from that or what bridge university. ”

"University of Cambridge, British."

"That's right! British students, the eldest young master has not been able to go, and his family is afraid that he is more powerful than the senior section chief. You've got to get along with him. Do you want me to come with you? ”

Lao Bao's vision is still too small, in this era, those who can send people to study in Cambridge, England are not high-ranking officials or wealthy families, and they can't do it at all.

"No, I don't have such a deep friendship with him, and taking someone to his house casually will make people feel unbalanced."

"Oh, okay, okay, I'm not going, I'm not going."

Lao Bao felt a little regretful: it would be nice to be able to talk to this kind of big man, it would be better to get all his friends together and let everyone watch him talk to the big man.

In this way, the people around you must look up to themselves.

Seeing through what Lao Bao was thinking, Bao Guowei shook his head.

"If you really don't want to go to take a bath, forget it, I'll just call the fourth or fifth brother. But there's really no need to save that money, and taking a hot bath once in a while can also moisturize your bones. ”

"Eh, you've packed up your clothes, I'll go pick up some soap towels for you, by the way, I also hid a pack of milk for you, and you can drink it while you go out in four or five."

Lao Bao still didn't agree, and diverted the topic.

"Hmm."

Bao Guowei didn't have to take the old bag to take a shower together.

After a while.

"Guowei! Let's go? ”

"Let's go."

The two walked together.

At this time, it was not yet five o'clock, the sky was still a little dark, and people were still faint.

Occasionally, you can watch some government soldiers with spears patrolling.

The two of them had not been long gone, and when they reached a fork in the road, suddenly a few young men rushed from the fork in a panic and rushed past the two of them.

Bao Guowei was still a little puzzled about what happened, was it a thief who was caught stealing something or ......

Suddenly, a force pulled Bao Guowei's arm and took him to the side of the street, it was Zhang Siwu.

The two of them will stand by the wall of the street, and in an instant more than a dozen people in black robes will rush out of the fork on the right, holding short knives and chasing after them without saying a word.

The first group of people, Bao Guowei, couldn't recognize it, but when the latter group of people looked at it, they could see that they were wearing the standard gowns of the Green Gang!

The group of people from the Green Gang also saw the two of them, and their speed slowed down slightly.

A bloodstained short knife in one of them pierced Bao Guowei's eye with the faint light of the street.

Bao Guowei's back suddenly began to break out in a cold sweat, and his heart began to beat violently.

Fortunately, the two of them were not stupid people, and they did not do the stupid thing of fleeing immediately, but did not say a word, raised their heads and stood up straight, and showed their straight faces so that the group of people in the green gang could distinguish.

The group of Green Gang members seemed to recognize that the two were not the targets of their pursuit, and chased them down the street with all their might.

If he was still standing there just now, would he have been hacked to death because he was in the way, or was mistaken for an enemy?

Definitely going to be hacked to death!

Getting this answer, Bao Guowei's breathing was a little stagnant.

Killing people in the street? Gang fire and? How did the Green Gang go so rampant that they chased and killed others on the street in an open manner? What is the situation of the soldiers on the street, don't you care?

Bao Guowei looked at Zhang Siwu, and Zhang Siwu also looked at Bao Guowei.

The four eyes were facing each other, and the pupils of both of them were shrunk like pinholes at this time, and each other could see the tension and fear in their eyes.

"Fourth and fifth brother, if it wasn't for you just now, I'm afraid it would be a little dangerous, and the little brother is grateful for the life-saving grace."

Bao Guowei was the first to speak, thinking that it was because of the rapid heartbeat, and his voice was a little uncalm.

"It's just a gesture, what else do you and my brother say thank you."

Zhang Siwu is calmer than Bao Guowei.

"It's a gang fire just now, right? Why don't the government soldiers care? ”

"I guess yes, the Green Gang is a new gang that came from Shanghai not long ago. As soon as he came, he would look at the dock instead of the government soldiers, and usually compete with local gangs for territory and do some obscene business. ”

Zhang Siwu's voice was calmer than Bao Guowei's, and he said:

"Now it can be so rampant, it is estimated that there are people above who support it, or buy off the boss of the government soldiers."

"Grass, no wonder the police saw it as if they didn't see it. Gusu is like this, this world is really getting more and more chaotic, and I can't go out when it's not dawn in the future. ”

Bao Guowei couldn't help but burst into a foul language, as if this would relieve the violent heartbeat.

Zhang Siwu didn't speak, he looked at the government soldier who was hanging a spear, as if he hadn't seen the previous picture, leisurely swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

looked at the back of the Qinggang who was about to disappear again, and his eyes showed some heat.