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Chapter 213

Hele Building is located in Jingmingfang, outside Donghua Gate. It is a complex of five four-storey brick and wood buildings.

Between each building, there are flying bridge railings connecting each other layer by layer, communicating with each other in the open and in the dark, and it is one of the most luxurious places in Tokyo.

February fourteenth.

Wang Jingrao, editor-in-chief of "Daqi Qiyao Journal", and more than a dozen colleagues came to Helelou for a banquet.

At the beginning of noon, a group of people passed through the grand and luxurious high-ceilinged lobby, and led by the servants to the private room on the third floor.

Looking from the window, the market is like a chessboard, and pedestrians are like ants, which makes people feel heroic and heroic.

"Brother Wang, today is thanks to you."

Deputy editor-in-chief Zou Zhengdao complimented Wang Jingrao who was standing beside him.

Although the office of Qiyao Magazine is only three streets away from Hele Building, most of the people came here for the first time to eat and drink.

The regular editors of Qiyao Journal get paid twice a month. Some time ago, because the Ministry of Rites stopped appropriating funds, they owed two months' salary.

But the cheapest table in Helelou needs to start at two levels. In the private room with calligraphy and paintings of famous masters and Ru porcelain from official kilns, you will be embarrassed to pay for it if you don’t spend enough.

Wang Jingrao, who also entered the elegant room of Helelou for the first time, scanned the layout of the room left and right, and said reservedly: "Hehe, my junior brother, Mr. Liu Chuan, will come later, so I can introduce you."

Wang Jingrao had briefly studied with Chen Jing'an's family uncle, and he could barely be called the same school as the latter.

Chen Tanhua was born in a family and was known for his talents.Such a person does not despise him, an unknown white senior brother, and even sends a post to invite him and his colleagues to a place like Helelou for dinner. How can Wang Jingrao not feel a little proud.

After a while, Chen Jing'an walked into the private room with a middle-aged man with a mustache and a long gown with a lake green copper coin pattern.

There was a commotion in the house.

"I have admired Mr.'s name for a long time, and I will finally see you today, Sansheng is lucky!"

"Mr. Yanagawa, you are safe and sound!"

"Sir, please sit at the head!"

The smiling Chen Jing'an made a group bow, and then stepped forward to Wang Jingrao, and said affectionately: "Senior brother! It has been nearly ten years since Yingchuan said goodbye. I think back in the past that our classmates studied hard. It is so embarrassing." Ah! Now we are old too."

The "senior brother" made Wang Jingrao's bones lighten a few times, and Chen Jing'an's words reminded him of the many years he had spent, and he couldn't help being moved, his eyes flushed.

You see, this is the demeanor of the family!Even though I'm not doing well now, people still love us sincerely!
After exchanging pleasantries, the guest of honor was seated.

The middle-aged man with a mustache sat down next to Chen Jingan.

Everyone was very curious about his identity, and they kept looking at him quietly during the dinner. After drinking three or five glasses of wine, the atmosphere became more and more harmonious. Finally, Wang Jingrao couldn't help but asked, "Junior brother, who is this gentleman?"

"Oh! Blame me, blame me, I forgot to introduce to you all, this is shopkeeper Hu of the Beijing branch of Sihai Commercial Bank."

After Chen Jingan finished speaking, shopkeeper Hu hurriedly got up with a smile and toasted: "I respect you gentlemen."

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The originally warm atmosphere stagnated slightly.

How could a businessman with the smell of copper come in at the banquet where we literati talk?
Damn the scenery, spoil the scenery!
The shopkeeper Hu who was standing there still kept a bright smile, but during the banquet, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and no one responded.

Slightly awkward.

In the end, it was Zou Zhengdao who thought to himself, Mr. Liu Chuan brought the man anyway, so he should give some face.

Immediately hold the cup, Yaoyao responded.

With his lead, the others were perfunctory and raised their glasses.

Shopkeeper Hu didn't care, he drank the wine in the glass with a smile, and sat back.

Chen Jing'an didn't realize it, and said leisurely: "A newspaper can publish news, disseminate the government's decrees in all directions, educate the people, spread the words of the sages, increase knowledge, and enable our generation to know thousands of miles without leaving home."

Wang Jingrao and the others were taken aback for a moment, not understanding why Mr. Liu Chuan suddenly mentioned the newspaper.

But as a practitioner in the industry, his words quickly met with eager conformity.

"Ah, yes yes yes!"

"What Mr. said is very true!"

"Hey! If the lords of the Ministry of Rituals have such insight as Mr., how can I be in such a difficult situation!"

Like the words of solidarity, it also attracted one or two whispered complaints of "the Ministry of Rites has no eyes".

Chen Jing'an smiled calmly, and said again: "My brother works in a local area, and once supported the "Journal of Toutiao" in the local area. Have you heard of this newspaper?"

"Oh? It turns out that Toutiao has such a relationship with Mr. Liu Chuan's elder brother."

Toutiao has a large circulation and covers a wide area. It is a leader in the industry, and Wang Jingrao and others naturally know it.

Chen Jing'an nodded with a smile, and continued: "My brother feels that although the newspaper is good, it is not easy to manage, so he specially ordered the local Four Seas Commercial Bank and other volunteers to set up a non-governmental organization called the 'Newspaper Industry Development Promotion Foundation'."

"Junior brother, what does the Chicken Gold Club do?"

As soon as he heard that this Laoshizihui had something to do with what he was doing right now, Wang Jingrao couldn't help being interested.

"It literally means to promote the development of the newspaper industry."

"How to Promote Law?"

"The foundation has set up special funds to support the development of newspapers, improve the office environment, and promote peer exchanges in various places. In addition, there are also 'Voice for the People Award' and 'Fairness and Justice Award'."

Speaking of this, Chen Jingan smiled and looked at shopkeeper Hu, who continued to explain: "Taking Tongshan Toutiao as an example, the foundation last year subsidized Toutiao's public housing decoration funds of [-] guan, children's school admission subsidies of [-] guan, and winter heating charcoal. Two hundred guan, and one hundred guan for going out to buy and weave shoes. In November last year, a newspaper reporter exposed public officials oppressing merchants and won the 'Voice for the People Award'."

"Good! What a voice award for the people. It is our responsibility to work hard for the people!"

Zou Zhengdao slapped the table and said excitedly, and then asked casually, "Then 'Voice for the People'."

Shopkeeper Hu saw at a glance what he wanted to ask, but smiled kindly, pointed out, and said, "The bonus is a thousand guan!"

"God!"

"My grandma's wonderful grandson!"

"Sigh~"

There was a sudden sound of gasping in the private room.

Everyone has an account in their minds. Just now, shopkeeper Hu said that the renovation fee, children's school allowance, heating fee, shoe and foot fee, add up to [-] yuan!
There are only about [-] people in Qiyao Magazine, and there are dozens of people per head every year!

Not to mention the "Voice Award", "Justice Award" and the like.

Get it once and directly enter a well-off life!

This 'Foundation for Promoting the Development of the Newspaper Industry', isn't it a boy who gives money?

Everyone in the room looked at Chen Jing'an eagerly, thinking in unison that the foundation was established under the leadership of Mr. Liu Chuan's brother, and if Mr. Liu Chuan got involved, our Qiyao Magazine should also be able to get 'support'.

Chen Jing'an showed a refined smile, stroked his short beard lightly, and pointed to shopkeeper Hu, "This shopkeeper Hu is also a director of the foundation and is responsible for the operation of the foundation in the Gyeonggi area."

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The private room became quiet again, even a little awkward.

When people toasted toast just now, everyone didn't count as giving face
At the same time, some people complained in their hearts: How can the foundation that supports our scholar newspaper let merchants do the work.

Totally forgot, people are the patrons
After looking at each other, Zou Zhengdao finally spoke, "Mr. Hu, can our Qiyao magazine also get the support of the foundation?"

"Of course, Chen Tongzhi from Caizhou said that Daqi scholars are one. Mr. Liu Chuan brought me here today to implement the foundation's purpose of serving Daqi newspapers."

As soon as Shopkeeper Hu finished speaking, everyone in Qiyao Magazine was overjoyed.

"Ah! Great goodness!"

"Mr. Yanagawa, thank you very much."

However, the words of thanks were all for Chen Jingan.

It seems that shopkeeper Hu is just a merchant, so he is not qualified to listen to them thank you.

On the contrary, Zou Zhengdao found an opportunity to sit next to shopkeeper Hu with a wine glass in his hand, and asked carefully what conditions were needed to obtain the support of the foundation.

While having fun, Chen Jing'an couldn't help thinking of Chen Chu's words that public opinion is in control, it doesn't necessarily require them all to speak for us, as long as we can grasp the criteria for judging good and evil.

The so-called support is just letting them take our jobs.

And the "Voice Award" and "Justice Award" that sound self-righteous are the fat that is thrown out.

Who is awarded the bonus, who is famous for, and who can gain both fame and fortune, all depends on whose tail wags happily.

On the same day, in the morning, Chen Chu brought Chen Jinyu and Tie Dan to Zaoyuan Street, and asked the two of them to accompany Grandma and a group of children to the market to buy some ready-made clothes so that they could change out of their tattered clothes.

Zhao Tianshi tried to evade at first, but couldn't bear Chen Jinyu's enthusiastic persuasion.

Zhao Tianshi had a good impression of Chen Jinyu, who had a beautiful face and was always generous and decent.

This little girl is very well-behaved, one mouthful of one grandma, the old man is very happy to be coaxed.

At the same time, I was also a little puzzled. This girl, who always looks like a lady, called my grandson-in-law uncle, but followed her grandson-in-law and called me grandma.
So strange.

However, Chen Chu's surname was Chen, and Chen Jinyu's surname was also Chen. Zhao Tian only regarded them as real uncles and nephews, and didn't think too much about it.

At noon, Chen Chu went ahead and left.

Chen Jinyu took the old lady and a group of children with her, and did not return to the Nongyu Lane house until dusk.

In the evening, when Chen Chu came back, he learned that Mrs. Zhao Tian had come to the back house, so he went to pay a special visit.

Under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard, Mrs. Zhao Tian was sitting under the tree, surrounded by two or three cramped female dolls.

Although several people were thin and weak, they were all wearing new clothes, and their complexions were flushed.

It was as if he had just taken a shower.

The old lady wore her hair neatly in a bun, and the silver threads were still shining with water. Compared with the previous few days, she seemed completely reborn.

"Grandma." Chen Chu stepped forward to salute.

Zhao Tian rolled his eyes with a smile, and the wrinkles on his face relaxed a lot, and he spoke with an intimacy, "Good son-in-law, are you done with your business?"

"Busy working."

While speaking, he heard the sound of running water in the bathroom on the first floor, and Chen Chu couldn't help turning his head to look at the closed door.

Mrs. Zhao Tian also happened to look at that place, couldn't help but smile even wider, and said softly: "Good son-in-law, your niece has really worked hard today. After a tiring day, she helped the old woman and the doll buy clothes, and after she came back, she took care of me and the children." bathe themselves"

Can she do the job of serving people?

Just when he felt unbelievable, the bathroom door opened.

In the bathroom filled with steam, Chen Jinyu came out with Xiaomei wrapped in a blanket.

The former wore a red corset, revealing a white and slender lotus root arm, but the beautiful Yunyan sweater was stained with water stains one by one.

I don't know whether it's sweat or the steam in the bathroom, sticking the fine bangs wet and limp to the smooth forehead.

Xiaomei, who is five or six years old, is naturally not heavy, but Chen Jinyu is not active and has little strength. In just a few steps, Chen Jinyu's blushing face, which was already fumigated by the heat, became even more red from exhaustion.

At this time, Chen Jinyu's image was quite different from her previous image, her body lost a bit of coldness and immortality, and a bit more gentleness in the world.

Chen Chu stepped forward and took Xiaomei from Chen Jinyu's arms. Looking around at the girls who looked brand new in the yard, he couldn't help saying: "There are so many children, you must be exhausted."

"Ayu no"

Chen Jinyu, who wanted to be polite, changed her mind temporarily, raised her head and smiled sweetly at Chen Chu, and said in a coquettish tone, "Well, I'm exhausting Ayu, how can uncle thank me?"

At this moment, Chen Jinyu is indeed a little happy, because what she did was just seen by Chen Chu.
On the side, the grandma, who was doting her eyes, suddenly felt that the atmosphere between the uncle and nephew was not quite right!

But he only turned his eyes to the child next to him, his kind smile remained the same, as if he didn't see it.

In the evening, Chen Chuliu, Zhao Tianshi and the children had dinner at the house in Nongyu Lane.

In the past few days, although the children had three meals to eat, they still couldn't help drooling when they saw the table full of chicken, duck and fish.

But all of them sat upright on the chairs, and no one moved their chopsticks.

"Eat." Chen Chu greeted, but the dolls first looked at Mrs. Zhao Tian when they heard the words, and the latter smiled gratifiedly when he saw that the children were not fighting and making noise, and said, "How did I teach you before I came here?"

With this reminder, the dolls climbed down from the chairs with their buttocks pouted, bowed to Chen Chu in a stupid way, and shouted untidyly: "Thank you brother-in-law for the food."

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Although Chen Chu didn't care about politeness, the scene of a bunch of little dolls saluting clumsily with childish voices still made him amused, and he said with a smile, "Okay, let's eat, we'll treat you to dinner after we go to Caizhou. food."

After the words came out, Chen Chucai suddenly realized hey!Why did I say the words to take them to Caizhou?
There is a letter sent by a carrier pigeon, and the cat's reply will probably arrive in two days after tomorrow.

In fact, he felt that there was a high probability that Maoer would let Chen Chu bring the people there, but there was no certainty. Before getting the exact information from Maoer, Chen Chu did not disclose to Zhao Tian the follow-up arrangements of the Zhao family.

Seeing that the children are polite and cute at this time, they accidentally speak out what is in their subconscious mind.

Words spoken are promises made.

Chen Chu was slightly distracted.

After all, children are children, so they could remember to salute and thank them just now, but when it was time to eat, they showed their true colors one by one.

With chicken legs in the left hand and steamed buns in the right hand, the oil and water flow smoothly.

Zhao Tianshi was not restrained at this time, sipping porridge and rice, looking at the children with loving eyes.

"Grandson-in-law, Xiaomei is the great-grandson of your fifth great-grandfather. Hey, she is also a child with a hard life. Your sister-in-law gave birth to her and lost her life. Your widower brother used to be a tenant for Lu Renjia, and it was not enough to support himself. That's how I kept Xiaomei by my side
Xiaolan came from your sixth great-grandfather's family. At the time of Ding Wei, all males in the sixth family died, and Xiaolan's mother was polluted by a golden man. She was thrown into the well when people were not prepared. At that time, Xiaolan was not yet one year old. When I came here, I thought I would not be able to support her, but I didn’t expect this poor girl to have a hard life, and she survived with the porridge from the east and a piece of bun from the west.”

When Zhao Tian said this, Xiao Lan, who was sitting opposite, lowered her head and quietly wiped away two tears.

Seeing this, Zhao Tian also shed tears along with him, but said in his mouth: "In the past, the old man always worried that he would not live for a few years. What can we do with the rest of the girls? I don't want to, the ancestors of the Zhao family did not know what kind of blessings they had accumulated. Son-in-law is such a noble person. Now it’s all right, I don’t have to worry about it even if I die tomorrow.”

These words caused the children to cry during the banquet.

"Grandma, you live a long life, you won't die."

"Grandma"

"Grandmother can't die, old master Lu said you are immortal"

The last innocent words made Zhao Tian, ​​who was not shy, smile heartily, wiped away tears, and seriously told all the children: "If you are a person, you will die. If the grandma leaves someday, you must remember to listen to your brothers-in-law and sisters." If so, do you know!"

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Chen Chuzheng felt something, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Tianshi when he heard the words.

This resolute and responsible old lady is very admirable, but... she is also a very powerful person.

A few words, like Tuogu general.

Not only did Chen Chu feel somewhat connected with this group of children by blood, but he also felt a sense of responsibility to be responsible for these children.
And they don't have any intention of persecution.

After entering the back house three times, the atmosphere is not so harmonious.

Tan sat in her daughter's boudoir with a dark face, without saying a word.

Chen Jinyu sat obediently aside, her mother didn't speak, and she didn't open her mouth either.

Tan naturally saw the scene where she helped the old man and the girl to take a bath.

Just now, because of Chen Chu's face, it's not easy for Mrs. Tan to stop her or say anything on the spot.

Now, with the two mothers left, she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Chen Jinyu! Who are you, that old lady? What does it have to do with you? Are you insane? You have no future like this, and you go to serve others in a humble way! My daughter who was raised in rich clothes and food, is it possible that she wants to give him Be a servant at home!"

Mrs. Tan scolded quite heavily.

Thinking of her spoiled daughter, who took the initiative to curry favor with the old peasant woman, Tan became furious, especially when she scolded her, she couldn't understand her hatred, and poked her finger hard on Chen Jinyu's forehead.

As usual, Chen Jinyu would dodge wittyly, and then act like a baby, shouting a few words of mother.

But this time, Chen Jinyu didn't dodge or evade.

Tan's one finger meditation left a red mark on her daughter's forehead.

Tan could not help feeling distressed for a while, and the scolding turned into complaints, "I don't know what kind of sin I have committed. The daughter who has been raised so hard has never served as a mother, but she is rushing to serve other people's wives and relatives."

Chen Jinyu rubbed her forehead, smiled flatteringly at Mrs. Tan, and hurriedly got up and said, "Mother, I'll boil hot water for you and wash your feet, okay?"

After all, let's go outside.

But the courteous behavior did not make Tan happy, but made her even more angry, "Chen Jinyu! Your father and I raised you, let you study, let you travel and gain knowledge, just to let you Do you do such a lowly job as serving people!"

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Chen Jinyu was grabbed by the arm by Mrs. Tan, her body froze, her eyes looked at the ground, and she retorted in a low voice: "Mother, what kind of cheap work is there? The disgusting dung is cheap, but it is indispensable for farmers to grow crops." I help the old man to bathe his body as a fertile field, how low is it?"

"Don't talk to me! What do you think in your heart? Do you think I don't know? You have nothing to do with him, Chen Chu, but why do you still wrong yourself like this! Mom almost doesn't recognize you now, Is this still my daughter who is smart, knowledgeable, and polite?!"

Perhaps because of her impatience, at the end, Tan cried in a low voice.

Seeing this, Chen Jinyu squatted down and gently pushed her mother's knee, "Mother, don't cry, it's okay if Ayu is wrong."

"Where did you go wrong? Make it clear!"

"I"

Chen Jinyu, who was always sharp-tongued, got stuck.

In fact, she felt that if she was right, she was wrong, and she didn't intend to correct it.

(End of this chapter)