Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 27 Gao Qing's Troubles

Spring in Wuyang City is gradually coming to an end, but the weather is not hot at all.Gao Qing sat in the yard, staring blankly at the sky.It has been almost two months since I became the servant of the Australian gentlemen.

After dialing the matter at the beginning, Master Gao specially instructed him to report every move of the Australian gentlemen to the past, and also promised that if the Australian gentlemen never go back, or if something goes wrong, they will still take care of them. His whole family took them back, and they definitely wouldn't let them live on the streets.

He and his wife also discussed it a few times, so what if the Australian gentlemen want to take them back to Australia.At that time, I didn't know if I could ask the master to keep their family.

These Australian masters treat their servants generously.Knowing that his family was suffering, he gave Yue Mi extra and monthly money to his son.But after all, they are foreign sea merchants, and they will go back one day. If they really want to bring them back to Australia, what should they do?Logically speaking: these lords are the masters of his family, wherever the master is going, the servants must follow, it is only right and proper.But he didn't want to leave his hometown again - when he ran away from his hometown and sold himself, he had already left his hometown. If he really went to Australia, which is thousands of miles away... then Australia is a wild land, even if there are some strange things Objects, how can they compare with China?Although this city of Guangzhou is not his hometown, after living in it for these years, he still misses it very much.

After much deliberation, very distressed.He has been at Master Gao's house for many years, and he knows that the merchants of Flangji will wait for the wind and sail away in June.Most of the Australian maritime merchants will leave at this time-will they take their family away?

He sighed again, squinted his eyes and looked at the door of the backyard, Guanshi Yan will be coming soon, counting the days, the last few days are the days when Australian gentlemen will come.

In the past two months, every half a month or so, the three masters will come and stay for several days.Every time he didn't know when he came here, and how he got into the house, it was always when the sun was bright, and he saw that the gate of the yard where the gentlemen lived had been opened, and piles of goods were piled up in the hall and under the eaves .

This always made him feel very mysterious, and there was a little fear in the mystery.Although Mr. Gao hinted or expressed it, and promised him benefits, and asked him to find out the details of the Australian maritime merchants, he didn't dare to do it-it's not difficult to lurk in the yard, if he sees something he shouldn't see got something...

Gao Qing knows that the most important thing about being a slave is not to know what you shouldn't know.It doesn't matter whether the master is from Daming or from Australia.

Brother Gao didn't understand his father's thoughts, so he trotted all the way over and asked, "Daddy, mother asked you: when will the masters come, so that she can prepare the meals. Last time, Master Wang said that he would make a good meal. dishes."

"It's just a few days, it's almost the end of the day." He raised his fingers and counted for a long time, "Is your account book ready?"

"It's all ready. At the end of last year, the masters read it all, and praised me for remembering everything and being careful." Brother Gao raised his neck a little proudly, "Master Wang also helped me correct the wrong words. That Xiao The master said that he will teach me some Arabic numbers in the future, and the calculation is faster than the accountants."

"Okay, okay, as long as you like it." Gao Qing said vaguely.It is a good thing for the children to be favored by the master. If the masters are all Chinese, it can be regarded as a good place for the children, but——ah!They are foreigners, even if they don't take their whole family away, but only one or two of their sons and daughters, he is reluctant.

"I see that Master Wen likes my sister very much. He always asks her to talk to her, and even rewards her with some things. Will she accept her house?"

These words hit Gao Qing's heart heavily.With a sullen face, he thought for a long time before saying: "Look at her good fortune." But he was unwilling in his heart.

He was bored, but he heard the door knock, it was Guanshi Yan who came.Gao Qing hurriedly went up to greet him, asked him to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard, and sent his son to fetch tea and dried fruits.

"Old Gao, the Australian maritime merchants are coming again these days, what about the master's orders to you?" Manager Yan was not polite and cut straight to the point.

"Responding to your words, I really can't understand the little one." Gao Qing knew that these words were unavoidable, "Those masters are alert and never ask anyone to follow them into the room to serve them. It always comes and goes without a trace.”

"It's been two months, and there are still so many words, you are a fucking trash." Yan Guanshi has always been Gao's confidant, and he has never even considered Gao Qing's qualifications to enter the inner court. Coarse servants take it seriously.It is also unscrupulous to open the mouth.

"Yes, yes, little stupid."

"How do you want me to talk to Master?" Yan Guanshi rolled his eyes, "Master is very dissatisfied with you..."

"Then I have to ask Manager Yan to take care of you more, what kind words..." Gao Qing was a little panicked, and fumbled in his waist for a long time, and found out two coins—this is what he had left over in the past two months. I am going to arrange some clothes for the two children.At this moment, Guanshi Yan's half-truths and half-false words scared him. Although he was no longer a servant of the Gao family, he did not dare to entrust his fate to the Australian gentlemen.

Manager Yan took it over, weighed it for a while, and stuffed it into his sleeve: "Master, let me help you deal with it first. But this matter can be avoided in the first day of junior high school, but it can't be avoided in the fifteenth day. The details of several people have been found out!"

"Yes, yes, little one understands."

"As soon as the sea merchants arrive, invite them over immediately. Anytime."

"Yes, the little one knows."

After Yan Guanshi finished speaking, he walked away.Gao Qing wiped the sweat off his brow, frowning even more tightly.Helping Mr. Gao to investigate is ultimately to offend the owner, not to mention the benevolence of the Australian gentlemen, it is ungrateful for him to do so.Just spying on the level of betraying the master's secret is the crime of betraying the master. It is a felony no matter where you go. Even if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.If you ignore Master Gao's orders, you will have no way to seek refuge in the future, not to mention that it will be effortless for Master Gao to deal with such a slave as him.

Just as he was thinking wildly, he saw Gao Chang, a sworn brother of his from the Gao family, came over, carrying a big food box, all of which were smoked snacks given by Master Gao to the Australian gentlemen.Gao Qingqiang cheered up and asked his wife and daughter to come out to pick up the clothes and go to the kitchen to clean up.

"Guan Yan is here to blackmail elder brother again?" Gao Chang is a strong young man at the age of 25. He and Gao Qing are from the same hometown, and they also came to Guangzhou with nowhere to escape from the famine in their hometown. .Both were doing odd jobs in the outer courtyard, the two were from the same township, and they took care of each other, so they became brothers in private.

"Ah." Gao Qing fell down and spoke.

"Brother, you are too cowardly," Gao Chang said indignantly, "You are now a man of the Australian gentlemen, why do you care about him? The gentlemen are kind, I will save some money for you, and you can use it instead Dog hole!"

"Brother, don't talk about it, I can't say anything." Gao Qing looked at the sky on the courtyard wall, "This family... I'm afraid they will still rely on Mr. Gao in the future." After finishing speaking, he refused to say more.

"It's strange, my elder brother's whole family's deeds have been given to the Australian lords, so why do you want to rely on Mr. Gao again? Is it possible that the lords don't want you anymore?"

"That's not true. The masters really have nothing to say to our family. They are generous and kind. They are all good people."

"Then why do you want to go back to the Gao family? Elder brother is nothing more than a slave in the Gao family. It can't be compared to being a half-manager now. I envy my elder brother for having such good luck."

"But they are always merchants from foreign domains!"

"So what? It's not a red-haired, green-eyed Frangipani. He's stinky and stinky." Gao Chang didn't take it seriously, "Although the masters can't understand what they say, and they dress weirdly, they are Chinese after all. Woolen cloth."

"They will leave one day, what if they want to take this family away?"

Gao Chang suddenly realized that this was what his righteous brother was worried about.He didn't care about this kind of thing: he was an orphan since he was a child, a bachelor, without any care, no matter where he went.However, the righteous brother is dragging his family and his family, and he really looks forward and backward when he thinks about it.

"Brother is worried. But according to my younger brother, let's go. Although this Daming is good, it is not the Daming I was waiting for. He is a slave here, but he is just a slave when he goes to Australia. How bad can it be? Go? These masters are kind-hearted, and my brother and his family will definitely not suffer if they follow him." He smiled, "If I were the elder brother, I would follow if I wanted to, so I could see this little Chinese overseas in Australia. Style."

"Brother is right, but I don't want to die in another country." Gao Qingchang sighed, "When there was a famine in my hometown, in order to survive, I abandoned my old house and ancestral grave to escape the famine. Master Meng Gao took me here, and it has been more than ten years in a flash. Most of the house and the cemetery of my ancestors have been annihilated... I have given up the idea of ​​returning to my hometown..." He said, tears came down, and his voice was choked, "Brother, I am over forty, and the mountains are high. When the water is low, people must go away, and when they grow old, they have to bury their bones overseas.

Gao Jian's brother-in-law felt sad and hurriedly tried to comfort him.But I don't think so in my heart.The servants of the Gao family are dead, and only the respectable servants can rely on the rewards from their masters and their usual savings to do Buddhist rituals in a monastery and buy an underground burial.Ordinary servants are just rewarded with a thin-skinned coffin, carried it to the ground of the cemetery outside the city, and buried it indiscriminately.Brother Yi wants to stay here, is it because he is greedy for the things behind him?Can't help but feel extremely bleak.

For the first time in more than 20 years, this chaotic young man who was a slave had a flash of light in his heart: Maybe this world shouldn't be like this...

(End of this chapter)