"Uncle Master, look, the store in front of you that is being renovated is the store that Qiu Sheng is planning to open."
Zhang Heng, Jiu Shu, Wencai.
The three of them walked together and arrived in front of Qiu Sheng's shop.
Because it is still being renovated, the shop looks a bit messy.
In addition to Qiu Sheng, there were seven or eight workers busy, and the whole house smelled of new furniture.
"Master, why are you here?"
Qiu Sheng looked outside and saw Zhang Heng and others, and he was very happy to greet them.
“This place is not small!”
Uncle Jiu walked around the store.
"It's not small. It's thirty steps forward and backward and fifty steps left and right. There's a backyard at the back and a second floor above."
Qiu Sheng introduced Uncle Jiu: "After this place is built in the future, I plan to set up twelve sets of counters on the first floor to sell some mid-range rouge, gouache, sachets, purses, and some foreign gadgets."
"The second floor will be turned into a private room to entertain distinguished guests."
"When a distinguished guest comes, you don't have to wander around like ordinary people. When you go to a private room, a maid will bring something to you for the distinguished guest to see in person."
Qiu Sheng followed Uncle Jiu and explained.
Hearing such words, Uncle Jiu had an unreal feeling and couldn't help but ask: "Does it take a lot of people?"
Qiu Sheng said happily: "I have calculated it. At the beginning, two people will be responsible for one group of counters, and about eight people will be enough."
"If the business is booming in the future, I'm afraid the number of people will have to be doubled, but in terms of labor expenses, it won't actually cost much."
"I don't want men here, I only want female clerks."
"In charge of food and accommodation, and if you give me half a piece of ocean every month, there will be many people coming to every village in the ten miles and eighty miles."
These days, there are not many factories, and there are even fewer places to recruit female workers.
If you have a girl at home, you can just cook, wash clothes, and cut pig grass at home. You have no place to go out to make money.
Taking care of food, accommodation, and transportation, it's definitely a good job to steal your brain.
Let's not talk about it. If you do it for a year, you will still have five yuan. If you buy more later, you will be able to add three little piglets to your family in the spring.
You know, it's a big deal for a family to be able to raise three pigs at home these days.
"Brother Heng is here. Are you thirsty? I'll get you some tea."
After walking around for a while, Qiu Sheng's aunt also came.
Qiu Sheng's aunt looks to be in her fifties, on the fat side, wearing a green cheongsam and heavy makeup on her face.
As soon as she saw Zhang Heng, Qiu Sheng's aunt became so enthusiastic that she didn't even care about Uncle Jiu who was standing next to him.
Because she had already asked, even the purchase of the shop and the goods were all paid by Zhang Heng, and she lent Qiu Sheng a thousand oceans in one go without any interest.
From now on, this single-family two-story building at the intersection of Renjia Town will be Qiu Sheng's property.
With this shop here, let alone selling rouge, it just sells nothing. It just collects rent every year and I starve to death.
Now that the financial sponsor is here, who can care about Uncle Jiu? Does Uncle Jiu have such a big deal?
"Auntie, you don't have to be busy, my uncle and I can just take a look."
Zhang Heng was a little uncomfortable with Aunt Qiu Sheng's enthusiasm.
Because she comes from a womanly family and doesn't understand the relationship between senior brothers.
In her opinion, this is Qiu Sheng climbing a high branch.
But in Zhang Heng's view, the return on his investment in Qiu Sheng was far more than a thousand oceans.
In the future, when people like Qian Shui, Zhang DaDa, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai grow up, they will be his good helpers.
As the saying goes, there are three gangs of heroes. Master and the others will eventually grow old, and the future depends on the young people.
With the support of this group of people, he will surely have a place among the top leaders of Maoshan in the future.
Even if you say something unpleasant, you won't be able to choose him or not when the time comes.
If you don't choose, you will cause division.
In the end, a new Maoshan was created, and the founder lost face.
Don't think this is alarmist, you must know that during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Jingming Sect split into the Lushan Sect because of this kind of thing, and people's heads were beaten into pig heads.
At the end of the quarrel, even the ancestor of the upper world was alarmed and issued a decree saying "the tree will be divided into large branches".
Fortunately for this decree, otherwise he would have to fight to the death like the two Sword Qi Sects of the Huashan Sect.
"Not bad."
“It’s a big place and it’s right on the street. It’s a good place.”
Uncle Jiu turned around a few times, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became: "It's done very well."
As he spoke, Uncle Jiu couldn't help but stop and said to Qiu Sheng's aunt: "Qiu Sheng is not young anymore."
The aunt nodded and sighed: "Twenty-four is not too young."
In ancient times, people got married early, and many people got married in their teens.
Those who did not get married at the age of 24 or 5 are just like those who did not get married at the age of 34 or 5 in later generations. Even in a big city, you should get married at this age.
"It's time to arrange a marriage for Qiu Sheng later."
Uncle Jiu knew what Qiu Sheng was thinking about his aunt.
She didn't want Qiu Sheng to practice Taoism all his life, so she kept trying to arrange things for him about his wife.
It's just that these days, we pay more attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.
Qiu Sheng has no parents and works as a handyman in Yi Zhuang, so he is not considered a good in-law.
In the end, several matchmakers failed, and the daughter of a good family refused to marry him at all, saying that he grew up in Yizhuang and was full of bad luck.
The not-so-good ones are not so particular, but Qiu Sheng is also very picky. One moment he said that the girl was not good-looking, and the other moment he said that the girl had body odor, but failed three or five times.
"It should, it should."
The aunt looked back at the shop that was being renovated and choked with sobs: "Qiu Sheng finally has a family and can marry a wife."
Hearing the cry, Qiu Sheng looked helpless: "Aunt, why don't I have a home? Yizhuang is my home, and your home is also my home."
It was okay if I didn’t say this, but my aunt cried even more sadly when she said this: “It’s different!”
Yizhuang is Jiu Shu's home.
In the eyes of my aunt, Qiu Sheng is just an apprentice who works under Uncle Jiu and makes a living with Uncle Jiu. How can Uncle Jiu's home be his home?
As for her.
She also has a family at home, and Qiu Sheng lives with her on weekdays and helps look after the store, which makes her husband's family very unhappy.
Therefore, these two places are not Qiu Sheng's home, he is just living under the shelter of others.
Just because she thought of this, my aunt couldn't help but cry.
She cried not because she was sad, but because she was happy for Qiu Sheng.
With this shop, Qiu Sheng can marry a wife, and he will have a family in the future.
aside.
Zhang Heng saw everything with his eyes.
Different from the laughter shown in movies, reality is reality after all. After the laughter, you are faced with daily necessities.
On weekdays, Qiu Sheng smiles all day long and plays with Wencai, but who knows how much pain is hidden deep in his heart.
In the dead of night, when he heard his uncle's family complaining about him, could he hold back his tears?
People always grow up day by day.
Mr. Zombie is a fantasy comedy film.
But behind the comedy, there is the sadness of people constantly cutting things off and making things confusing.
Zhang Heng watched with cold eyes.
From his perspective, without his intervention, both Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai would have ended in tragedy.
Uncle Jiu is getting older after all.
It is impossible for them not to grow up and hide under Uncle Jiu's protection forever.
"Fortunately, I have everything."
Zhang Heng's eyes flashed: "I bring the future."
noon.
The meal was very sumptuous, and Qiu Sheng was invited to eat together.
At the dinner table, Uncle Jiu and Zhang Heng were drinking together, while Qiu Sheng was talking happily about what happened in the store, with a high-spirited face.
After three rounds of drinking, Uncle Jiu made an exception and poured a drink for Qiu Sheng and the others.
The two of them were a little flattered. They secretly drank Uncle Jiu's wine, but at the dinner table, Uncle Jiu never let them drink it, let alone poured it to them.
They didn't understand Uncle Jiu's intentions.
Zhang Heng understands.
This seemingly inconspicuous action signified that Uncle Jiu no longer treats the two of them as children. Xiaoyan will one day grow up.
It's time for Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to learn to fly on their own.
"Where's Qiu Sheng?"
"Qiu Sheng has gone back. There are a lot of things to do in the store. I can just go back and do the work in Yizhuang."
Drink some wine and sleep again.
When Uncle Jiu woke up, he looked into the yard and saw Wencai alone folding paper ingots. In the past, Qiu Sheng and his two men did this job.
"Where's Ah Heng?"
Uncle Jiu asked again.
"Brother Heng is meditating, he can use the whole day to practice."
Wencai didn't care either.
Uncle Jiu heard the sound and didn't say anything. He returned to the house, took out a black box and walked towards Zhang Heng's room.
Boom, boom, boom!
Zhang Heng was meditating in the room when he heard a knock on the door.
He looked up, stretched out his hand, and the door bolt was pushed open instantly.
When he saw it, the person standing outside the door was actually Uncle Jiu, not the literary talent he imagined who came to talk to him when he had nothing to do.
"Thunderfinger?"
Looking at Zhang Heng sitting on the bed and the door bolt on the ground, Uncle Jiu nodded silently: "It's good that you can apply what you have learned."
"Uncle, why are you here?"
Zhang Heng got out of bed and put on his shoes, and then noticed that Uncle Jiu was holding a box in his hand.
"Send you something."
Uncle Jiu came in and put the box on the table: "You don't have to worry about me and continue practicing. I'm going out to listen to the show."
After saying that, Uncle Jiu walked out.
Before leaving the house, I seemed to have thought of something, so I turned around and said, "Don't tell others."
"Don't tell anyone?"
Zhang Heng had a question mark on his face and subconsciously glanced at the black box.
Close the door, pick up the wooden box and return to the bed.
Zhang Heng sat on the bed and opened it, and when he saw it, there was a Taoist book [Maoshan Talisman Encyclopedia] inside.
He opened it and took a look. Different from the basic Maoshan talismans in his hand, this book even contained advanced talismans such as the Divine Fire Talisman, the Five Thunder Talisman, the Diamond Talisman, the Dream Entering Talisman, and the Netherworld Talisman.
Look again.
There are many notes densely written in the book. After some notes were written, they were deleted twice and new insights were written on them.
"Um?"
I was just reading a book.
After coming back to his senses, Zhang Heng found several banknotes lying inside the wooden box.
Pick it up and take a look.
One banknote with a denomination of 500 and five banknotes with a denomination of 100, which add up to a total of 1,000 oceans.
Zhang Heng read the book and then the banknote.
After a while, he sighed: "Uncle, why is this necessary?"
Uncle Jiu has money, but he can't just spend a thousand yuan casually.
This thousand oceans is probably all Uncle Jiu has saved over the years, including the coffin book.
Now bring it all to him.
You don't need to ask, you know that it was from Qiu Sheng's aunt that Zhang Heng lent Qiu Sheng a thousand oceans, and this was to pay Qiu Sheng back.
In fact, it's really not necessary.
Let the juniors resolve matters among themselves.
Just thinking about Uncle Jiu's character, Zhang Heng thought for a moment and thought it was not surprising.
Uncle Jiu doted on his apprentice and was very considerate.
All fools know that no matter how good the Rouge Shop's business is, it is not possible to repay a thousand oceans. How can he, the master, not contribute.
"Uncle Jiu is such a good master!"
Zhang Heng then thought: "No wonder Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai always get into trouble."
After saying that, he looked at a few more banknotes: "The thing that Uncle Jiu said not to tell anyone should be about these banknotes, right?"
Lower your head and think about it.
Qiu Sheng has an out-of-the-box personality.
If he had known that his debt had been paid off by Uncle Jiu, he would definitely not be as energetic as he is now.
Uncle Jiu, you have good intentions.
evening.
"A burst of chaos fills my form, and the steps of Yu push each other up to Yangming."
"The heavens and the earth turn around and walk on the six armors, and they fight against the nine spirits."
The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow falls on everyone's faces.
Uncle Jiu took Zhang Heng and the two of them to practice the Tiangang Step in the backyard and explained: "The Tiangang Step is also called the Yu Step. It is said that Dayu learned to walk by imitating a bird and it took three years to complete."
"In general, Tiangang Steps can be divided into four types, namely Tiangang Seven Star Steps, Tiangang Bagua Steps, Tai Chi Jade True Steps, and King Wen Bagua Steps."
"Our Maoshan sect mainly studies Tiangang Seven Star Steps and Tiangang Bagua Steps. The key points of cultivation are: the unity of spirit and intention, the union of intention and energy, and the unity of spirit and intention."
Practiced for a while.
Wencai couldn't help but whispered to Zhang Heng: "Brother Heng, haven't we learned these steps? Why do we still need to practice them?"
"You don't want to practice anymore after you know how to do it?"
Zhang Heng replied in a low voice: "If you don't practice for one day, your hands and feet will slow down. If you don't practice for three days, your skills will be reduced by half. If you don't practice for ten days, you will be a layman. There is no end to learning."
"Uncle Nine, Uncle Nine!"
Currently practicing.
There was a knock on the door outside.
"Master, I'll open the door."
Wencai left happily.
When he opened the door, he saw that the person was wearing glasses and had a treacherous look on his face. Who else could he be if he wasn't Ah Wei, the security captain of Ren's town?
"why you?"
Seeing that it was Captain Ah Wei, Wen Cai was a little disgusted: "You want to arrest my master and put him in jail again?"
"That's not a misunderstanding."
Ah Wei acted like one of his own, and walked towards Uncle Jiu in a flattering manner: "Uncle Jiu, I was patrolling outside just now, and I met a little girl who came to see you. She didn't know the way, so I took her to her.
Come here, look, it's right outside the door."
Everyone looked outside.
When he saw it, there was a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old standing at the door, wearing a white dress with purple edges.
"Who are you?"
Uncle Jiu looked at it again and again, but couldn't remember who the girl was.
"Uncle Jiu, my name is Nianying, and my sister's name is Mi Qilian. My sister asked me to come."
The girl said obediently.
"It's Sister Lian!"
Uncle Jiu's eyes shone.
Wen Cai, who was on the side, saw him and came to Zhang Heng's side and whispered: "I heard Qiu Sheng say that Lian Mei is Master's old lover. If Master hadn't gone to the mountain to practice Taoism, I'm afraid his children would be spoiled."
Zhang Heng said nothing and pointed to Uncle Jiu.
Wencai looked up and found that Uncle Jiu's eyes were as wide as those of an ox, and he was looking at him while breathing heavily.
"Master, I'm going to get some tea."
Wencai ran away quickly.
"Your name is Nianying, right?"
"Good name, really good name."
Uncle Jiu looked at the girl with affection in his eyes: "We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Did your sister ask you to come to me for something?"
Mi Nianying has a sweet appearance and a clear voice: "My brother-in-law has recently contracted a very strange disease. His fingernails have grown very long, and he likes to grab things. Because of his special status, he does not dare to look for anyone to see him.
, my sister thought about it and felt that she can only ask you."
"Special status?"
Uncle Jiu was a little confused: "If I remember correctly, didn't he drive someone's carriage?"
Mi Nianying didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uncle Jiu, that's all old history, and my brother-in-law is not driving carriages for others, but for his uncle. Now his uncle has become the Prince of Wuyi, and my brother-in-law has also risen, and is now the commander-in-chief of Rongcheng.
, he has thousands of men and horses under his command."
"Is your brother-in-law the marshal of Rongcheng?"
Zhang Heng couldn't help but interject.
"Yes, have you heard of my brother-in-law?"
Mi Nianying looked at Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "I wanted to invite him to a banquet. I invited him several times, but no one saw him. He even drove my people back. How can I not just hear about him?"
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