Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 59
Finally supporting herself until the shop closed, Ye Zijin heaved a sigh of relief, and pinned a strand of hair behind her ear.She raised her eyes to look at the distant sky, where there were clusters of fiery clouds, like nails painted with bright red Kodan, or red peonies slanted on the temples of a beautiful woman.A few pigeons flew in the sky in the setting sun, and white smoke billowed from the chimney of the house.Under such a quiet and peaceful sky, a flashy picture of bright lights, singing and laughing was about to unfold. She suddenly felt that this shop was so real and simple. Although it was hard work as an apprentice, she felt extremely at ease in her heart.

Ye Zijin was about to clean the shop when Xiaoyue and Xiaowu walked in panting.

"Zijin, we got the letter!" Xiaoyue excitedly grabbed Ye Zijin's hand.

Xiao Wu took out two letters from his pocket and handed them to Ye Zijin, "Here, here are the letters, you can read what is written on them."

Ye Zijin remembered that Xiao Wu and Xiao Yue had never been to school, and could not finish reading the letters, so she took the two letters to read under the lamp.

These are indeed two letters from home, the address above is an alley in Beiping, and the sender's name is Shen Kangtong.

From the first letter, Ye Zijin learned that Master Shen's son planned to live in Beiping forever, and told him that everything was fine in Beiping so that the elderly should not worry.The attitude in the second letter seemed to be colder than the first one, and he only told Master Shen to take care of his health, reduce smoking and other trivial matters.

Ye Zijin guessed that Master Shen did not reply. It seems that the conflict between the father and son is really difficult to resolve for a while.

"I have to go to Beiping to find Master's son, Xiaoyue, you have to take good care of Master while I'm gone." After finishing speaking, Ye Zijin took a note of the address and sender's name on the envelope, and then put the letter back into the envelope Pass it to Xiao Wu, "Put this back quickly, don't let Master find out. Xiao Wu, I will ask you to take care of the shop during this period, and don't let Master make cheongsams anymore."

Xiao Wu took the letter and said coldly: "I will know if you don't tell me, it seems like you have the final say on everything, anyway, I came to the shop earlier than you."

Ye Zijin had no time to entangle with Xiao Wu about these meaningless things, so he turned to Xiao Yue and said, "I'm leaving for Beiping tomorrow, and you can tell Master that I have something to go back to my hometown for a few days."

Xiaoyue nodded, and said a little worriedly: "Zijin, you have to be careful when you go out alone."

"I was born in Beiping, I'm familiar with that place, don't worry." Ye Zijin smiled, but his heart was a little confused.Master Shen's son has been in Beiping for seven or eight years, and this letter was sent four years ago. It is hard to guarantee that the address has not changed. Finding someone in the huge city of Beiping is like looking for a needle in a haystack.Ye Zijin believed that Master still wanted to see his son very much in his heart. Although he has been unwilling to compromise, blood is thicker than water after all.Even if it ends up being futile this time, she will go to Peiping to look for it.

That night Ye Zijin went home to pack her luggage, ready to take the train at [-] o'clock the next morning.

Zizheng suddenly took out a pair of white leather shoes with shallow thick heels and put them in front of her, and said with a smile: "Sister, do you like them? I wanted to give them to you later, but you are in a hurry to go to Peiping to find someone this time. I miss you Walking in these shoes will be more comfortable, and the shoes look great with the cheongsam!"

Ye Zijin folded a violet cheongsam with silver and white ruffle buttons into the rattan box, glanced at Zizheng, and half blamed: "I didn't go out to play, I just wear the old cloth shoes, and you are messing around again." money."

Zizheng shrugged, and pushed the leather shoes to her, "Sister, I hope you are beautiful no matter what, but it's a pity that I can't make much money now. When I work and earn money in the future, I will definitely give it to you." You buy so many beautiful clothes and shoes that you change every day and wear new clothes every day!"

Ye Zijin smiled and stuck out her tongue, "Forget it, you'd better save up money to marry Xinyu, I'm waiting for this day to come."

After the siblings joked again, Zizheng went out to pick up Wang Xinyu.Ye Zijin watched her younger brother and Xin Yu get closer and closer. Although the two did not disclose their relationship, they were already a pair of young couples who had a perfect understanding.Since Wang Luqiu's death, Xinyu has taken over a job in a newspaper office. She goes to work when there is no class, and often has to work overtime at night to catch up on manuscripts.Ye Zijin knew that Wang Xinyu was a girl student with integrity, even after Liang Xiaochuan wanted to help her, Wang Xinyu did not accept any help.Ye Zijin appreciates her very much, a woman's pride is invaluable.

After packing up the box and standing in front of the window sill, Ye Zijin added a little water to the narcissus flowerpot.The fragrance was lingering, and the night breeze was blowing. Ye Zijin took a deep breath, feeling an inexplicable melancholy in her heart.

Above the head, a goose-egg-like full moon jumped out of the clouds, exuding holy light, compassion and pity, as if to give this dark world a ray of comfort and hope.

Lu Cong is white tonight, and the moon is the brightness of my hometown...

Beiping, the hometown that haunts her dreams, Ye Zijin fell into deep thought.

Also admiring the bright moon was Meng Haoxiang who was sitting in the car.

He had just finished dinner with the Wiltons, the representatives of the British foreign company. The business talks went smoothly, and the cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant.In order to show his friendship as a landlord, he drank a few more glasses of wine. He had just sent the Wilton couple away. He was a little dizzy in the car, and his mouth and nose were full of alcohol.

Meng Haoxiang was reclining on the back seat of the car, a few rays of bright moonlight shone in through the gaps in the red velvet curtains on the car window.He opened his eyes slightly, and saw a bright full moon hanging in the sky in the night like thick ink.The moonlight slid over his heart like flowing water, he was slightly absent-minded, and couldn't help thinking of her, thinking of her beautiful face and lake-like eyes, her every frown and smile, and her usual indifference towards him With her bright eyes and the blurred appearance of red lips and pink cheeks after being drunk that day, he actually misses her a little...

At this time, Ah Cheng got into the car, turned around and saw that Meng Haoxiang was already awake, and said, "Brother Xiang, the itinerary to Beiping tomorrow has been arranged. But I don't think you need to accompany the Wiltons in person. Once, just send someone to accompany them to play."

Meng Haoxiang was still looking out of the car window, with a hint of exhaustion in his tone, "Mr. Wilton is a very important guest, and we will have a lot of cooperation with the British foreign company in the future. Only by going in person can we be sincere, and the translator should be notified? "

Ah Cheng nodded and said, "I've informed you, the train at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Well, let's drive." Meng Haoxiang slowly closed his eyes, his image always flashed in his mind in a daze, and he frowned, forcing himself not to think about her.He suddenly laughed at himself in his heart, what kind of woman did Meng Haoxiang want, why did he care about a woman who had no feelings for him?This is not Meng Haoxiang's style
When it comes to women, he never insists, and there is no shortage of women around him who take the initiative to show affection.He never took a second look at those women who flattered and posed in every possible way in front of him, he just thought they were all fake faces with heavy makeup, vulgar and vulgar.Until Ye Zijin appeared, he seemed to have discovered a piece of natural uncut jade, but this piece of uncut jade was noble and cold, as if silently reminding him that he was a man with a stinky body and blood on his hands, and he did not deserve this treasure at all.

He felt like a self-confident fool in front of Ye Zijin, and he actually helped her save her beloved.Thinking of this, Meng Haoxiang couldn't help clenching his fists. He, Meng Haoxiang, is not so generous yet...

In the early morning, a ray of dawn light shines on the roofs of the old houses in the alley, mixed with the cries of children, the housewives of several families begin to bustle in the communal kitchen.Some of them made a few comments from time to time about who used whose sugar by mistake or who used too much soy sauce.The people who live here are very hard-pressed. After staying in the small space for a long time, it is inevitable that they will feel a little depressed, and people will become preoccupied.

Zizheng and Zizheng went out, and Zizheng stuffed the bought dry food into Yezijin's bulging rattan box, and sent Yezijin to the train station.Zizheng has been admonishing thousands of times all the way, wishing he could go to Peiping with Ye Zijin.Ye Zijin patted Zizheng on the shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile, "I have lived in Beiping for 13 years. I know where the candied haws are delicious, and which stalls make good kites. Are you still afraid that I will get lost?"

Zizheng shook his head, "I don't worry about where you go, sister, I'd better go with you, I'll ask for leave from school."

Ye Zijin snatched the rattan box from Zizheng's hand, and flatly refused: "No, you have to teach me well. I'll be back in two days, very soon."

Zizheng watched Ye Zijin enter the train station, but turned and left helplessly.At this time, a black Daimler sedan passed by him and stopped not far away.

Get out of the car, Meng Haoxiang and Qu Xiangtian, and two other foreigners.

"Why hasn't Translator Sun arrived yet?" Meng Haoxiang raised his wrist to look at his watch, and asked Qu Xiangtian beside him, "Is there something wrong with Ah Cheng?"

Qu Xiangtian searched among the people coming and going, and it was only ten minutes before the train left. He was a little anxious but still calmly steadied Meng Haoxiang and said, "Brother, wait a little longer, if in 10 minutes they We haven’t arrived yet, so we’ll wait until we get to Peiping to find another interpreter.”

There was a trace of displeasure in Meng Haoxiang's eyes, but he had no choice but to give up and continue to stand where he was waiting.What's even more embarrassing is that no one here can speak foreign language, and Meng Haoxiang has no way to communicate with the Wiltons, so he can only leave them aside.The foreigner couple didn't know what was going on, but they were polite and stood quietly by the car and waited.

After 10 minutes, I couldn't wait any longer, and Meng Haoxiang was going to take the Wiltons into the station.

At this time, a black car came galloping, Lao Wu stepped on the brakes, and the car gradually stopped beside Meng Haoxiang.Ah Cheng got out of the car with an expression of urgency, "Brother Xiang, Translator Sun suddenly had a high fever and was admitted to the hospital last night. I can't go this time, what should I do?"

Meng Haoxiang had a sullen face, and because he was already very impatient for waiting just now, he said coldly: "Go back and tell her so that she doesn't have to work at Baohui Foreign Firm in the future." He made a gesture of please, and then entered the train station with him.

Qu Xiangtian ordered Ah Cheng to manage the casino business well, and asked Ah Cheng to tell Qian Jiang to keep an eye on Feng Li during Meng Haoxiang's absence, and then hurriedly followed into the train station.

(End of this chapter)