A Chronicle of the Growth of the General Manager in the Qing Dynasty

In the early summer in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a hint of coolness in the heat. Although it is hot, it is also very cool. There is no scorching sun, and no boredom like dark clouds. The swaying willow branches and the gentle breeze make people feel quiet.

Fourth Master put down the book in his hand, stood up and walked to the window, just in time to see Su Wen and Su Peisheng playing with their two children by the pond, the laughter came to his ears, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

These two children were adopted by Su Peisheng and Liu Wu. In Su Peisheng's eyes, Liu Wu was an idiot and simple person, but in the eyes of Su Wen and the fourth master, Liu Wu was not simple. Only the fourth master knew about it. Well, because Liu Wu has suffered losses before, he is very ruthless in his actions. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as killing people without blinking an eye.

It's just that Liu Wu has a fatal weakness, that is Su Peisheng. In the past, whenever Fourth Master met Liu Wu alone to hand over tasks, he still didn't understand why Liu Wu cared so much about Su Peisheng. He will pay attention to human feelings, and it was not until fourth master fell in love with himself that he realized that Liu Wu's thoughts on Su Peisheng were not pure.

Later, after living in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Wu gave full play to his trick of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger". He always acted quite innocent and stupid in front of Su Peisheng, and at this time Su Peisheng would hate to help him , or to comfort him, Su Wen, Fourth Master and Yi San watched the show on the sidelines.

Not to mention that Liu Wu's movements are really fast, he took down Su Peisheng in just half a year. Every time Su Peisheng faced the teasing gazes of Su Wen and Yi, Su Peisheng would ruthlessly pinch Liu Wu's arm. After suffering a loss, I always thought that Liu Wu was still as simple-minded as before, but I didn't know that I had already fallen into the tiger's mouth.

After the two of them settled down, their days became leisurely, Su Wen and Su Peisheng were even more bored, so the two of them showed kindness and fell in love with their children, and then the two "favorite husbands", Fourth Master and Liu Wu, Let Yi find two orphans and bring them back to Su Peisheng and Su Wen.

One of the two is 'Father's love', the other is 'Mother's love', they look at these two children like eyeballs, they do everything by themselves, so they neglect Fourth Master and Liu Wu, Unable to grab anyone during the day, they put all their energy into the night, and the two of them competed like a competition, but they needed more energy, so Su Wen and Su Peisheng got up later than the other.

The existence of the child also made the mansion more popular, but Yi was secretly worried. Although they brought a lot of silver when they came out of the palace, they couldn't support such extravagant spending. Su Wenhe Although Su Peisheng used to be in charge, he was only in charge of his master's affairs, and did not involve money. And Liu Wu, the hidden guard, never took any money, let alone spent it. It's enough to sleep well and protect the emperor well, not to mention fourth master, you can't talk to the emperor about food money and tea money, right?

So after all the calculations, only Yi was left to worry about money. In fact, Yi didn't know much about it at first, but he couldn't stand being familiar with it. Li Tian is sweet, immersed in love, and only one, in order not to be a light bulb, often goes out to pass the time, and after this, he gets acquainted with the people on the street.

The most people on the street are ordinary people. What do people care about, of course, is food money, so our dignified sticky boss finally got rid of this job with no future, and decided to go to In the vegetable market, the prices of various dishes and the prices of some household items are very clear.

Seeing the huge amount of money flowing out, Yi, this iceberg face that has not changed for thousands of years, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said to the fourth master sadly: "Master, the money in the house is getting less and less. If it is one day, we can't even afford to eat."

The fourth master looked at the sad Yi, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Recently, this Yi didn't know what was going on, and he was always worrying about nothing. Just as you wanted to eat some bird's nest, he started shouting about wasting money. If you want When he wanted to buy a catty of tea, he started to gossip, saying that this tea was more of a waste of money. At first, Fourth Master and Su Wen thought that what Yi said was right, so they reduced the cost.

But later, after looking at the accounts, they found that there was still a lot of money left, plus some filial money sent by Honghui every year, they were extravagant, and there was enough money for this lifetime.

Thinking of this, the fourth master felt that what Su Wen said was right, he must be a bit bored when he was free, so he said: "Since you think we spend too much, then you should use some money to go out and do business. I can earn some money to supplement my family.”

Yi Yi heard that the fourth master was so serious, he felt the great responsibility, nodded quickly and said: "Don't worry, master, the slave must swear to death... Well, if you work hard to make money, you will definitely not let you eat !"

Looking at Yi's vigorous back, Fourth Master felt full of worry, wondering if Yi's single-minded head could survive in the midst of these thoughtful businessmen?

Yi, of course, didn't know how worried Fourth Master was about him. He went to the warehouse, thought for a while, took some silver taels, then went to the vegetable market to chat with middle-aged and elderly women, and finally made up his mind to open a restaurant. The cloth shop specializes in selling cloth, so it can make money quickly, and it can also buy some purses embroidered by the poor and sell them to other people, so that it can also help some ordinary people.

It has to be said that Yi still has a pure heart, but his thinking is too simple. Those who can run a cloth shop have always had to have a deep background, otherwise they will block other people's way of making money , that will be hated.

Of course, although Yi is innocent, Su Peisheng belongs to a clear family. In order not to disappoint Yi, he and Liu Wu took the token left by the master to the government office to negotiate. This token is not actually the fourth master's. After all, the fourth master had passed away to the outside world, so this token was left by Hong Hui when he went to Jiangnan to visit the fourth master not long ago.

Tokens and powers are very useful. People in the government government have become deaf and blind, and they have been immersed overnight. Therefore, the establishment of Yi's cloth shop is very smooth. The cloth shop is called Yisheng Buzhuang. The low price and excellent quality have become a well-known cloth shop, and the other shopkeepers began to get nervous, trying to go to the government office to negotiate, but who would have thought that the usually aggressive government office would meet with Yi's at this moment? But Bu Zhuang turned a deaf ear to it, and repeatedly declined, so everyone was even more startled, only thinking that in this life, Bu Zhuang obviously had a very solid background.

While other people were secretly staring at Yisheng Buzhuang, some people couldn't sit still. This person's name was Lin Tao, and he was a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. They all make a living from the cloth shop. Although other businesses are also involved, the most important thing is the cloth shop business. Although the Lin family's cloth is expensive, it is of good quality and is very famous throughout the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Tao can be regarded as the head of this generation of the Lin family. He is not too young this year. He has only one son named Lin Yin, and he has already begun to slowly accept the business from Lin Tao. Lin Tao is very affectionate. Yi, married a wife in this life, and the wife passed away after giving birth to Lin Yin, but Lin Tao raised his son alone and never married again. This shocked a large number of people at the time, and also caused Lin Tao's The reputation in the south of the Yangtze River is even louder.

Lin Tao looked at the news of the recent investigation and said, "Then, in your opinion, the backstage of Buzhuang is very hard in this life, so you can't act rashly?"

Lin Yin hurriedly nodded and said: "My son sent a lot of people to investigate. It is said that the shopkeeper of the cloth shop in this life is called Yi, and he is one of the heads of the Nasu Mansion. The Su Mansion has been here since a few years ago. They have been silent since they settled down, but this time, their identities are not simple, and the people in the government office seem to keep their origins secret, which shows that we can't continue to investigate."

Lin Tao didn't speak, just nodded, but Lin Tao couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he took his servants to Yisheng Cloth Village the next day, and when he entered the door, he saw a man surrounded by many women, Lin Tao frowned. Frowning, he felt that this man was so shameless that he flirted with girls from good families in broad daylight.

After the crowd dispersed, he looked up and saw Lin Tao with a serious face, and said, "This guest officer wants some fabrics, I'm not boasting, the fabrics in our fabric shop are the cheapest, and the fabrics are all high-quality of."

Lin Tao went forward to look at it, and he also agreed in his heart that these fabrics are indeed very good, and the price he gave is indeed very cheap, at least nearly half of the price of their Linjia cloth shop, no wonder the business So booming.

"Are you the shopkeeper here?"

As soon as he saw that Lin Tao was dressed in high-quality clothes, he felt that he was going to have a big customer. He hurriedly said, "Yes, I am the shopkeeper of this cloth shop. His name is Yi. I don't know what your name is?"

Lin Tao said: "My name is Lin Tao, your name is really interesting, there is only one word."

Yi didn't know anything about the Lin family's affairs, but the two of them got along very well in the end when they came and went, and Yi stopped Lin Tao's shoulder and said, "Okay, today I finally got to meet a bosom friend. Let's go, let's go to the restaurant to have a glass of wine and have a good chat." As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to pack up the shop and start closing.

Lin Tao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't, let's just drink. It's not worth closing the shop. Why don't you let the shopkeeper watch the shop?"

Yi waved his hand and said, "No need, I didn't hire a guy, I'm the one who looks after this shop."

"Oh? Your shop is also very big, why didn't you hire an extra guy? Isn't it too tiring?"

"You don't know, these days, the price of hiring a buddy is too expensive, I'd better save the money, besides, it's enough for me alone."

When Lin Tao heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. He had seen a cheap one, but he had never seen such a cheap one. He opened a shop without hiring a waiter, and now it closed at noon. Wouldn’t it be a loss of a lot of business? I don't know if this one is really stupid or fake.

After tidying up, the two of them came to the restaurant and asked for a private room. Lin Tao saw that this guy drank very boldly, so he couldn't help but tentatively said: "Boss Yi, your accent doesn't look like ours from Jiangnan. , it looks like they are from the capital."

Yi took a sip of wine, wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve casually and said, "Brother Lin is really good, isn't it, we are from the capital."

Lin Tao has always been a bit of a clean freak, and he can't understand Yi's actions. This time, seeing Yi drinking, he saw that he was about to wipe his mouth with that sleeve again, so he quickly took out a plain handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Yi. , Yi looked at the handkerchief in front of him, was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Lin Tao again, then took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth casually, only feeling that the incense on the handkerchief was very pleasant, deliberately After smelling it, he tucked it into his sleeve.

Lin Tao was a little embarrassed when he saw his actions, and he didn't want to come here again, so he said: "I don't know why Boss Yi came to this Jiangnan from the capital city. I went to the capital city once when I was young, and the prosperity there has made it hard for me to come here." Forget it!"

Yi paused and said, "Then did you meet anyone when you went to the capital?"

Lin Tao thought about it carefully and said: "I didn't meet anyone, but I seem to remember that I saved someone at the beginning. You see, this jade pendant was given to me by that person." Show me.

The strings on the jade pendant had changed color, and one could tell that it had been worn all year round. Looking at the jade pendant Lin Tao was holding, his eyes were dim.

Then he ate a mouthful of food, picked up a chopstick and brought it directly to Lin Tao's mouth. Lin Tao was stunned. What does this mean?But looking at Yi's affirmative eyes, Lin Tao opened his mouth involuntarily, and then...then the dish was delivered to his mouth, and Lin Tao swallowed the dish without knowing what it was like, he just felt His face felt a little hot.

Yi smiled and picked up vegetables and continued to eat. Occasionally, he would look at Lin Tao whose cheeks were flushed, and his eyes became darker. Lin Tao was in embarrassment, how could he find Yi's eyes?

So during this meal, Lin Tao was a little confused, and later he was poured a lot of alcohol. Originally, he wanted to test Yi's affairs, but he didn't succeed. I confessed, nothing was missed, only the servant on the side was full of anxiety, but he didn't dare to make a sound when he saw Yi's stern eyes.

Seeing that the night was getting late, and Lin Tao was already drunk, Yi helped him to stand up, Lin Tao was a little silent when he was drunk, and he was very dependent on others, leaning his whole body on Yi's body, yelling He said: "... drink again, and... continue to drink..."

Yi ordered someone to ask for a room, so he carried Lin Tao to the room by himself, and Lin Tao's servant was forced to cry without tears by Yi's eyes and went to the next room.

Lin Tao seemed to be really drunk, lying on the bed dishonestly, moving around, even the clothes on his body became messy, looking at his exposed collarbone, he felt a little thirsty in his throat.

In fact, I knew Lin Tao a long time ago. At that time, he had just pledged his allegiance to the fourth master, so he was not trusted, so some dangerous tasks were done by him. He was seriously injured and fell on the side of the road. When he woke up, he was rescued by Lin Tao. At that time, Lin Tao was also very kind-hearted, and he asked a doctor to treat him. Although the two did not exchange names, they were talking. It was very enthusiastic, and in just a few days, they had a deeper friendship, but in the end, Yi still had to go back to the business, so he left the jade pendant at night, and left without saying goodbye.

Later when I came to Jiangnan, I actually met Lin Tao once, but at that time Lin Tao didn’t know him anymore. At that time, Yi was just sitting at the tea stand drinking tea, while Lin Tao took his son Lin Yin to check in the cloth village. That's all, Lin Tao's appearance didn't change much, and he recognized him at a glance. After careful investigation, he found out about Lin Tao.

Now that I think about the reason why I started Buzhuang, I still hope to meet Lin Tao again in my heart. Sure enough, Lin Tao couldn't hold back anymore, and came to try it out in person, but this person is also simple, and even the words of the test are very obvious, really. interesting.

Thinking of this, Yi smiled, and helped Lin Tao take off his coat, moved Lin Tao's body inside, and lay on the outside by himself, but Lin Tao didn't sleep well, so he quickly put his legs on Yi's body, The whole body also leaned over.

He gritted his teeth, no matter what he said, he was still an adult man. Although he hadn't been able to marry a wife and have children because of his work, he had tasted the taste of love. Coupled with the few years of innocence, Su Wen and the others became a couple. The stimulation and desire were quickly drawn out.However, looking at Lin Tao who was sleeping with a comfortable face, Yi was still discouraged, hugged Lin Tao in his arms, calmed down his desire, and slowly fell asleep.

On the second day, the sun had already risen high. Lin Tao rubbed his eyes, only to feel a severe headache. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. Why did he feel that there was someone around him? Then he almost screamed when he saw this... He actually Be in bed with yourself.

Busy lowered his head and looked at himself, not good, why is he naked? I haven’t married another wife for so many years, mainly because I didn’t like anyone. What a mess, look at Yi's messy clothes that are almost completely taken off, they are inexplicably seductive.

Have you already started to be so hungry?Just thinking about it, Yi opened his eyes and wanted to get up, then he just felt his body go numb and lay down on the bed again and said: "It's so uncomfortable, it hurts to death..."

It’s okay if he didn’t say this, but when he said it, Lin Tao only thought that he was really hungry last night, and even made a quirk, put him to sleep, and hurriedly said: “Shopkeeper, I’m not human, I’m sorry You, I... I'm Lin Tao, a macho man. I will... I will be responsible for you."

I have some doubts. I was just numb because of being pressed by Lin Tao's legs all night. How did I get involved in the aspect of "responsibility"?Yi is obviously very smart, and the two couples in the mansion have been a living example all day long, and they immediately knew that Lin Tao had misunderstood.

However, Yi didn't refute, and said in a soft voice: "You were too rude last night, it hurt me so much... You must be responsible to me."

After saying this, Yi himself almost vomited, but the effect still came to fruition. Lin Tao got out of bed and put on his clothes. With a face full of shame, he said, "Yi...I will definitely take responsibility, don't worry."

So under Yi's intentional concealment, the gossip world in Jiangnan became chaotic, because Lin Tao, known as the golden bachelor in Jiangnan, was finally getting married. Although the marriage was relatively late and he even had a grandson, this couldn't hold back People's curiosity, think about it, Lin Tao is so affectionate. He has kept this guard for so many years since his wife passed away. Now that she can be married and appointed, that girl is a fairy who touched Lin Tao's heart. .

Just when everyone was gossiping, the Lin family became even more chaotic. Lin Yin looked at his father who was in a hurry and was extremely helpless. When his father came back a few days ago, he said with shame on his face that he had slept with one of them, and he must be responsible Yes, Lin Yin didn't take it seriously at first, after all, his father is not too young, he already has a son, and it would be good for his father to marry someone to take care of him, but then he was overwhelmed by the truth.

What?The old man was still sleeping with a man, and that man was the shopkeeper of Yisheng Buzhuang. Lin Yin was moved, and his father was too responsible. In order to save the family's business, the overlord took the bait and took the man directly. It's over, it's all right now, the shopkeeper married Dad, so the business of the cloth village will belong to the Lin family all his life?

It’s because his father’s methods were superb, and he took down the enemy army without bloodshed, so Lin Yin prepared a dowry for his father with a smile on his face. no threat.

This wedding resounded all over the south of the Yangtze River for a while. Their well-known bachelor in the south of the Yangtze River got married, but it was only a man, and this man was still the shopkeeper of the cloth village all his life. People praised it. Sure enough, no matter how the times changed, Marriage in the business world is always a trend, you see, isn't this an example?

Of course, a few years later, ahem... In fact, three days later, everyone who should know the truth will know the truth. Lin Tao finally understands the meaning of a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. He was just eaten, at least he resisted a little before he died, but he, he was fine, the dowry cost so much money, and in the end he washed himself clean and sent him to the wolf's bed, You can't live by doing your own crimes.

As for Lin Tao's son, he vomited blood completely on the third day. It turns out that his father is not married, but married. It's a pity that his huge betrothal gifts are so cheap for others...