Catch the wind

Lin Zisen really wanted to know what Ye Xueshan was planning, asked several times, but couldn't get a detailed answer.Ye Xueshan himself seemed to be hesitating, obviously he wanted to do something big, but he didn't make up his mind whether to do it or not.

The Golden Crane Pavilion suddenly reappeared, haunting every day in pairs with Ye Xueshan.Within a few days, another new face was caught between the two of them.Ye Xueshan returned home at night and said to Lin Zisen: "Mr. Hardy was originally the Hua representative of the British company, and now he will become my partner."

Lin Zisen knew that Mr. Hardy was the new face, so he asked casually first, "Mr. Hardy looks like that, can he still be called Representative Hua?"

Ye Xueshan laughed——Mr. Hardy is in his 30s, tall, black-haired, with deep eye sockets and a straight nose. He speaks Chinese and holds a British passport.In winter, his skin is white, like a rich Russian; in summer, he is tanned, as if he came from India;

His image is ever-changing, and his bloodline is so messed up that no one can tell which country he should be from.He achieved a high position in the British company, had property and connections, so he wanted to start his own business and make another windfall.Ye Xueshan got acquainted with him by chance and knew that he was a person with a history, so he was very enthusiastic.The two sides talked more and more closely, and finally they had the same goal and formed an alliance.

Mr. Hardy is capable and respectable, but his strength alone is not enough; so Ye Xueshan also brought in the Golden Crane Pavilion.Since Jin Heting lost money in Jiating Company, he changed his style of seeing no rabbits and not throwing eagles. However, after an in-depth talk with Mr. Hardy, his spirits were lifted and he became bold.As a result, the business became more and more promising.

One day after New Year's Day, Ye Xueshan came home from outside with snowflakes all over his head and body.Lin Zisen was on the phone in the living room, when he saw him enter the door, he hung up the phone and greeted him: "Master came back early today."

Ye Xueshan took off his hat and coat, his face was red from the cold.Putting his hands to his mouth and exhaling hot air, he bounced to the sofa and sat down.After taking a cup of hot tea from Lin Zisen's hand, he lowered his head and took a sip, then said abruptly, "I bought a ship."

Lin Zisen bent down and looked at him, thinking he had heard wrong: "What?"

Ye Xueshan took another sip of hot tea, and then calmly repeated: "I cooperated with Lao Jin and Hardy, pooled more than 90 yuan, and bought an old ship yesterday."

Lin Zisen walked around the coffee table and sat beside him: "More than 90, buy an old ship?"

Ye Xueshan sucked the hot steam above the teacup: "Of course the ship is not worth 90 yuan, the rest is capital."

Lin Zisen stared at his silhouette: "Master, what are you doing?"

Ye Xueshan turned his head and smiled at him, a little tired, but also a little proud: "What can I do, it is nothing more than doing tobacco and soil business. There are many producing areas of tobacco and soil, but the places we can go to are limited. Rehe is not accessible, and Northwest is not accessible. You can go south!"

Lin Zisen tentatively asked, "Going to... Yunnan?"

Ye Xueshan immediately shook his head: "Fool, do you still use a ship to go to Yunnan?"

Lin Zisen thought for a while, stared at him and asked again: "India?"

Ye Xueshan raised his hand and patted his knee: "Hardy has a way, he can go to Persia."

Lin Zisen was taken aback: "Ah?!"

After Ye Xueshan finished speaking, he continued to drink tea.Lin Zisen asked him a question, and he answered it.It's just that the follow-up plan has not yet been formulated, so Lin Zisen didn't learn any more information at the end of his question.It is not unheard of to go to Persia to sell tobacco; but Persia is so far away that it sounds like another world.If Ye Xueshan said that he was going to Europe and America, he might not be so surprised; after all, there are many people going to Europe and America, so people don't feel too strange.

Slowly put down the teacup, Ye Xueshan's face was still red.Lin Zisen pressed the back of his hand to test the temperature, and then asked, "Do you have a fever?"

Ye Xueshan was actually a little dizzy, but he insisted on denying it: "No, maybe it's because he just drank hot tea."

Lin Zisen asked softly again: "Such a big matter, why didn't the young master tell me earlier? Although I'm just a buddy, but..."

Having said that, he hesitated to speak and fell silent.And Ye Xueshan squeezed his fist and thumped him lightly on the leg: "Zi Sen, don't tell me anything about the boss and the buddy. It's hypocritical and unnecessary. The reason why I don't want to talk about it in advance is because of this step of business. It’s really dangerous, I’m afraid you won’t agree and you’ll be long-winded.”

Lin Zisen looked down at the pale fists on his legs, and found that Ye Xueshan had really lost weight these days, and he could tell from his hands.Stretching out his hand to wrap his fist around his fist, he slowly clenched it tenderly: "Don't worry, young master, I won't be wordy."

Ye Xueshan probably had been working too hard recently, his body was in short supply, and he couldn't stand the cold wind.Lying on the bed and smoking opium for a while, he didn't feel uncomfortable, but his body was as hot as coals.Lin Zisen fed him medicine, and moved two thick quilts to cover him to sweat.He half-closed his eyes and stretched out a hand: "Zi Sen, you want to wake me up tomorrow morning, I'm going to Peiping."

Lin Zisen sat on the edge of the bed and held his hand, leaned down and put his face close to him: "Still going to Peking?"

Ye Xueshan stopped talking, and let out a hot breath.He knew he was tired, but he missed Wu Bicheng in his heart.He hasn't seen Wu Bicheng for a long time, and he misses him a little bit.

After one night, Ye Xueshan's fever did not completely subside, but supported by the opium smoke, he went out in good spirits.Lin Zisen wanted to go with him, but he thought Lin Zisen was an eyesore and refused to agree.

After half a day, he got off the train in Beiping.After going to the hotel to settle his luggage, he went straight to the apartment without thinking.Wu Bicheng was not at home again, but he took the key last time, this time he just opened the door and went in, asking for hot water to make tea and rest.Wu Bicheng's living habits are very good. The three huts are clean and simple, but they are pleasing to the eye.He was still cold, so he went into the inner bedroom, undressed himself and went to bed, spread out the quilt and went to sleep.

At the same time, Wu Bicheng was playing basketball on the playground of the university with his new friends in the apartment.It was indeed cold, but the young people were having fun jumping up and down one by one, and none of them complained that it was cold.The playground is lively, and the classroom is not lonely.Gu Xiongfei put one hand in his trouser pocket, and held the Bende document in the other, reading while walking back and forth between several rows of tables and chairs.There must always be a beginning and an end in doing things. Although he was bored with teaching, after all, he took over, at least until the end.

The light in the classroom is not very good, because there is a row of boys standing in front of the window, all of them are dishonest students, and they are still smiling when they are punished.

Gu Xiongfei got bored and stopped at the back of the classroom, translating the German article into Chinese in a bland manner.A frail student looked at him with his hand on his cheek, smothering mischief in his heart.When he reached a paragraph, the student suddenly raised his hand: "Sir."

Gu Xiongfei shot two gazes from the edge of the book: "What's the matter?"

The student stood up and reached Gu Xiongfei's chest: "I have a question to ask."

Gu Xiongfei replied in a low voice: "Ask."

The student raised his head and said solemnly: "Sir, he has a melancholy expression and a low voice these days. Are you broken in love?"

As soon as this remark came out, the students in the room immediately roared with laughter.Gu Xiongfei didn't smile, just stared at the students for a while, then raised his hand and pointed to the window.

The naughty student obediently walked to the window, sticking out his tongue triumphantly as he walked.

Gu Xiongfei didn't bother to care about it, and continued to study on his own, taking it as his own entertainment.

Wu Bicheng likes to play basketball very much, but he is afraid that he will run into Gu Xiongfei at school.So once the exercise is over, no matter what his companions are, he will definitely never stay and leave as soon as he says.

After having a good time playing, he went back to the apartment relaxedly.When he entered the door, he found that the door was unlocked. He thought it was his negligence and forgot to lock the door.He twisted the towel to wipe off the sweat on his head, and drank a big cup of tea again. After drinking it, he became suspicious, thinking to himself that he had been walking for a long time, why is the tea still hot?Did the guy come in?

Suspicious, he walked into the bedroom, wanting to change clothes and rest for a while.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the bedroom, he saw the bedding on the bed in a mess.Going forward and looking down, he immediately exclaimed in surprise like seeing a baby: "Wow!"