mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1183 Ignore
She rarely saw men with such hairstyle, even cadres did not dress like that.

He was wearing a black shirt, which was bright black, with his sleeves rolled up and a nice watch on his wrist.

This time, Lao Zhao came dressed up.

I was very excited.

At this time, the little girl's elder brother said timidly: "Put my sister down."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him in surprise, but he put the girl down obediently, took out a cigarette, lit it, blew out a huge smoke ring and asked, "Girl, what's your last name?"

The little girl took two steps back in fear: "My last name is Zang."

Zhao Chuanxin seemed stunned and looked at the girl carefully.

After a while, he asked again: "How many brothers do you have in your family?"

"I, there are four of us in my family, I'm the third oldest, the one who just spoke is my eldest brother, and the one standing next to him is my second oldest brother."

Zhao Chuanxin had a strange expression on his face, as if he was a little excited.

He then asked, "Where do you live? Take me to your home to find your parents."

These children are usually very naughty, but they immediately become well-behaved when they see strangers.

The little girl walked in front, Zhao Chuanxin followed behind, and her older brother and a group of children followed far behind.

The road was uneven and the little girl tripped, so Zhao Chuanxin went over and held her hand.

A long, long time ago, Zhao Chuanxin was very young. At that time, an old lady would lead him to the market.

It is said that it is in vain for grandparents to raise their grandchildren, because it is the parents, not the grandparents, who are destined to be filial.

The grandson can remember the person he crossed mountains and rivers to find, but he cannot remember the person who crossed mountains and rivers thinking about him.

However, time was cut in half at this moment.

Zhao Chuanxin asked her gently, "What's your name?"

The little girl grunted and said, "My name is Zang Meiling."

Zhao Chuanxin held her hand and shook it, then squatted down and said, "Come up, I'll carry you."

The little girl didn't dare to refuse.

The man carried her on his back and walked slowly so that the child behind could keep up and let her older brothers feel at ease.

Gradually, the little girl was no longer afraid.

She listened to Zhao Chuanxin humming softly: Just grow old, don't wake up from loneliness, you long to leave, but there is nowhere to stop...

She asked curiously, "Who are you?"

"I'm Zhao Chuanxin."

"Who is Zhao Chuanxin?"

Zhao Chuanxin thought for a moment and said, "You and I are related. I am your junior."

"Ah?" The little girl was stunned. She never expected this result.

Zhao Chuanxin asked her, "How is your family doing?"

The little girl told the truth: "My family, including my four children, lives a tight life. My father said that he wanted to go to Guandong. But some people said that some places in Guandong are not allowed to go..."

Zhao Chuanxin knew that the places where he was not allowed to go were naturally Lugang Town, Lubin Prefecture and the territories under its jurisdiction.

Agriculture is now emphasized. Shandong has a dense population, and the contradiction between population and land is prominent. Farmers all want to go outside the Great Wall to farm.

The outside of the Great Wall was preparing to develop industry, with many iron factories and coal mines, which meant a large number of laborers were needed. The outside of the Great Wall was vast and sparsely populated, with fertile black soil and good crops, so people could survive by planting anything.

This place is across the sea from the outside of the Great Wall, and it is not far away whether by boat or by land.

Another reason is that the climates are similar, and Shandong people can adapt more easily to the climate outside the Great Wall.

Finally, in order to strengthen the border during the Qing Dynasty, a large number of people were relocated outside the Great Wall.

When friends and relatives gain a foothold outside the Great Wall, it will encourage the people in their hometown to move there as well, like a chain reaction.

So they all wanted to go outside the Great Wall.

However, at that time, Lugang Town and Lubin Prefecture were too special, and it could be said that they had not yet been finalized, so people were not allowed to move there, and even if they did, they had to go through various examinations.

Zhao Chuanxin asked her: "Do you want to go outside the Great Wall? What kind of life do you want to live in the future?"

"I want to eat meat. I will refine a lot of oil in the future so that I can put a lot of oil in stews. I will plant a lot of land so that I don't have to go hungry anymore..."

Zang Meiling, who was behind Zhao Chuanxin, suddenly felt warmth on the back of her hand.

Zang Meiling was puzzled. She tilted her head and looked at him. She saw liquid gathering in the corners of the man's eyes, but it evaporated quickly.

She seriously suspected that he had dropped some gold beans just now, and one drop fell on the back of her hand: "Are you hungry too? How can you grow so tall if you are hungry?"

She thinks that people only cry when they are hungry. Why else would they cry?

Zhao Chuanxin recalled the potato chips his grandmother fried when he was a child. There was nothing else but oil.

Half plate of potato chips, half plate of oil.

After she was able to eat meat, even though she was in her sixties, my grandmother still loved meat.

When she was seventy years old, she could still eat two bowls of rice.

She was afraid of poverty.

Even when she was old, she still couldn't rest for a moment, as if if she took half a day off, she would have no food to eat later.

She is old and slipped on the ice while working outside in winter. Osteoporosis is difficult to recover from when you are old.

After finally recovering, I was eager to go back to work.

She fell three times in two years and never got up again.

No matter how much she was persuaded, she was still determined to work.

The logic that if you don't work you'll starve is deeply rooted in our bones.

Zhao Chuanxin is the eldest grandson, and he has been clamoring to give her a lot of money and take her back to his hometown.

As a result, the initial success was lukewarm.

I finally got rich, but she's gone.

He kept slapping himself in the face. How much money can he make? It would be better to be by her side and accompany her through her last few years.

When he was a child, his grandmother carried him like this when she went to the market.

She would only put him down after leaving the market, because there were so many people there and she was afraid that her grandson would get lost or abducted by human traffickers.

Zang Meiling was very thin at this time, not pretty, and looked skinny, not as fat as she was when she was old.

She has always considered fat to be beautiful.

She said, "We are relatives. My family doesn't have any extra food for you to eat. I am starving now. If you eat one more meal, my brother will also starve."

There is a serious preference for boys over girls in the local area.

I would rather let my younger daughter starve than let my older son starve.

Zhao Chuanxin felt a severe lump in his throat.

He swallowed dryly and said, "Why don't you come with me? This way your family can save some food rations, and my family can eat meat every day."

"I won't go with you." Zang Meiling started crying.

The fear of leaving home outweighs the temptation to eat meat.

Zhao Chuanxin hurriedly coaxed him: "Okay, okay, if you don't come with me, then your whole family will come with me, so that we can all have enough food."

Zang Meiling cried when she said she would cry, and stopped crying when she said she would not cry: "Really?"

Zhao Chuanxin repeated: "Really, we are relatives."

Zang Meiling didn't quite understand: "Are you related to our family?"

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "No, we are just relatives. I can provide your family with enough food, but as for you, I will give you whatever you want."

Zang Meiling was puzzled: "Then why are you so nice to me? I don't have anything to give you."

Zhao Chuanxin said: "You gave me a lot."

When Zhao Chuanxin was given, he could not notice it. But when he became the giver, he saw it clearly.

The group of kids that were originally behind me were now ahead.

They looked back from time to time, but then turned away for fear of being discovered.

In this way, we walked all the way to Zang Meiling's home.

What a shabby home it was, made of mud and thatch, with a thick thatch on the roof to protect it from rain.

The yard is surrounded by a fence made of small sticks woven together while there is moisture.

The local trees had been cut down over the generations.

This thing is not for preventing thieves, but for preventing chickens, ducks, geese and dogs from running around.

Unfortunately, there are no poultry or livestock in the yard now.

There is a chicken coop for the chickens to lay eggs, and there are still a few precious chicken feathers in it.

There was a dark-skinned man with chapped skin in the yard. He looked up at Zhao Chuanxin who was carrying Zang Meiling on his back, and his wrinkled old face was full of confusion.

Zhao Chuanxin and Zang Fusheng got straight to the point: "I want to take you away."

Zang Fusheng was not as easy to talk to as Zang Meiling: "Where are you going? Are you trying to trick me?"

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the wicker basket he had woven and thought of the willow trees along the way whose branches were almost all broken.

Then he looked at the bare house.

He sneered: "What else do you have that is worth me deceiving you?"

This question stumped Zang Fusheng.

After a while, he said with a grumble: "Maybe you want to cheat our children, maybe you are a kidnapper."

Indeed, the children in his family might be worth some money.

Two people were talking in the room.

At the door, Zang Meiling was lying on the door frame, peeking and eavesdropping.

Outside in the yard, there was a crowd of children.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a handful of banknotes from his pocket. They were the second set of coins, as well as grain coupons for the unified purchase and sale of grain.

After putting the bill on the table, Zhao Chuanxin looked at Zang Fusheng and said, "Is this enough to buy your family?"

He took out two piles of gold coins with big eyeballs from his pocket: "This is forty gold coins, which was equivalent to four hundred dollars in the past."

Zhao Chuanxin slapped another gold bar on the table: "Look at this again."

Zang Fusheng was drooling as he watched.

The light in the room was dim and it was difficult to see clearly.

He leaned over to take a closer look, but didn't dare to reach out.

Zhao Chuanxin pushed the thing and said, "Look, take a closer look at it."

Zang Fusheng was no longer polite after hearing that.

First count the banknotes, then bite the big eyeball gold coins, and finally weigh the gold bars.

Oops...

The real deal.

Zang Meiling ran in, swung her sleeves and said, "Dad, can we eat meat now?"

"Eat meat, eat meat. Even if you have money, you have to give it to your two brothers first. They still have to get married." Then he looked at Zhao Chuanxin and said, "I think you are targeting our Meiling, right?"

Zhao Chuanxin sneered.

He gritted his teeth and said, "She doesn't want to leave her family, but she is my only relative. So, I have no choice but to take you all away."

He still remembered that his uncle was a very cold-hearted person who was obsessed with power.

His second uncle is a good-for-nothing.

His uncle, Zang Meiling's younger brother, was full of bad intentions.

Maybe everything has changed.

Perhaps, the person is no longer the same as before, but at this moment Zhao Chuanxin only believes what he is willing to believe, and no one can pull him back.

Based on Zang Fusheng's words, no matter how much money Zhao Chuanxin gave him, Zang Meiling would suffer.

She was Zang Fusheng's only daughter, and she was destined to be sacrificed.

Zang Meiling interrupted their conversation, her eyes sparkling as she asked, "Dad, we have so much money, let's just have a meal of meat. I'll just eat one piece, and the rest can be shared with my eldest brother, second brother, and youngest brother."

Zang Fusheng favors boys over girls, and he is not hiding it.

But Zang Meiling was not angry, and there was still hope in her eyes.

Zang Fusheng sighed: "They are going to take you away, why are you still eating meat?"

Zang Meiling cried: "I won't leave."

With anger rising to his head, Zhao Chuanxin stood up suddenly and said, "I'll give you three choices. First, move your family to Lubin Prefecture. Second, move your family to Lugang Town. Third, move your family to a place called Tianshangfei in the northwest. Fourth, your family will follow me! I'll give you one day to consider your choice."

After saying that, Zhao Chuanxin turned and left.

Zang Fusheng was shocked.

Even the village cadres did not have the aura of the man in front of him.

According to this person, this is a multiple-choice question, not a fill-in-the-blank question, and Zang Fusheng cannot express himself freely.

Zang Meiling ran out of the house excitedly, wanting to see where the relative was going.

As a result, as soon as I left the yard, the man disappeared.

At night, she heard her parents discussing something in the room.

"What does that person mean?"

"It's very strange."

"What do you mean?"

"Can't tell."

The couple was whispering to each other.

The topic initially discussed was whether to believe the man.

But the couple found out that the money they received was real money.

It can be trusted for now.

They started to discuss where to go.

You have to leave for sure.

Northwest, they will definitely give up.

It is said that the place is all loess.

Now with three choices, they called the four children into the house and asked them where they wanted to go.

The three boys stammered and couldn't explain what was going on.

Zang Meiling said: "Let's follow him. Wherever he goes, we'll go."

The people at this time had no idea of ​​their own opinion.

Asking their children for their opinions was just a formality. Besides, Zang Meiling was a girl, and they felt that they should not listen to a girl.

So he went to discuss with his tribesmen in the middle of the night.

When the tribe members asked who that person was, Zang Fusheng's wife nudged Zang Fusheng with her elbow, signaling him not to tell the truth.

She thought that those people were stupid and had a lot of money, so it was best for family members to keep this advantage to themselves and not let outsiders know to avoid any complications.

Zang Fusheng understood his wife's intention and made an excuse: "He is a relative, a distant relative."

"This person is very capable."

"What kind of clothes does he wear?"

Zang Fusheng said: "The shirt is black, the pants are also black, and the shoes are white. I think they are made of leather, with holes on the uppers, but they are white. The soles are also white!"

"Isn't this a cadre uniform? No leather shoes? What kind of dress is this? This kind of dress, I'm afraid it's not a foreigner."

"Fusheng, tell me the truth, did he give you money?"

Zang Fusheng hesitated and stammered: "I gave it to you, but not much."

"How much is not much?"

"Yeah, yeah, a hundred bucks."

The tribesmen were in an uproar.

The elders of the clan made the decision and said, "Listen to me, just follow him, wherever he goes you go. As long as the family stays together, why can't we settle down anywhere?"

After Zang Fusheng and his wife returned home, they did not sleep all night and their eyes were as red as rabbits.

"What should we do?"

"Listen to the Third Master."

Zang Fusheng and his wife cook at around ten in the morning and eat at half past ten.

Porridge and pickles.

One bowl per person.

"Mom, why are you eating so early?"

"That person is coming today, and we need to take his share if we eat late."

Zang Fusheng secretly sighed at his wife's cleverness.

At noon, the man came with another burly man.

Zhao Chuanxin came with the Kurds.

Kurd was Yao Bing's childhood playmate and later joined the flying corps.

After the war, Yao Bing retired, and Kurd and his men went to work at the Peace College.

He was sent by Benjamin.

Zhao Chuanxin's aura was restrained, but that was nothing special.

The Kurd is different. He is a Mongolian with a rough face and a strong body. There is a bullet scar on his face. He looks like a bandit.

The whole family was so frightened that they dared not say a word.

The two men drove here in a pickup truck.

Zhao Chuanxin asked as soon as he entered the room: "Have you decided?"

Zang Fusheng didn't dare to speak.

His wife had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "We'll go with you."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "Let's go, get in the car."

"We haven't packed our bags yet!"

"Throw them all away. I'll buy new ones for you."

"How about that?"

Zang Fusheng asked timidly: "I haven't asked yet, where are we going?"

Zhao Chuanxin said in a roundabout way: "To North America."

"North America? I've only heard of Zhongsheng Shenzhou."

"Almost. You'll know when you get there."

"Ah? Can we adapt?"

"I will take care of everything. The house and everything are ready."

Zang Fusheng's wife was rummaging through the drawers and boxes in a hurry.

Kurd looked at the tattered furnishings in the room, and at the fact that there was not a single patched piece of clothing, and said impatiently, "Throw them all away. Be obedient and get in the car."

Zhao Chuanxin's words were relatively polite, but the Kurds were scary.

Even if he spoke normally, his voice would be like thunder, let alone deliberately raising his voice?
Everyone in the room was shocked and turned pale.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a stack of bills from his pocket and said, "This is enough to cover your belongings. Get in the car."

After saying that, he carried Zang Meiling on his back.

The family had no choice but to go out and sit on the truck bed, with confusion on their faces about the uncertain future.

Zhao Chuanxin held Zang Meiling and sat in the passenger seat while Kurd drove.

The children from the village followed behind.

"Zang Shangye, Zang Shangzhi, when will you come back?"

The two boys sat in the truck bed and shouted, "We'll be back next year."

They thought they could come back just by saying so.

The car drove all the way to Qingdao.

Kurd went to buy boat tickets and apply for documents for his family.

Zhao Chuanxin took his family to buy clothes.

At this time, the store has completed the transformation from a public-private partnership.

There are ready-made clothes for sale, but they require cloth coupons.

Zhao Chuanxin had all of these, as Kurd had already replaced them for him.

There are no fitting rooms in the joint-venture stores, only curtains behind the counters, or you can just try on clothes in the corners.

Zang Fusheng rubbed his body and rubbed out a bunch of mud curls.

He was a little embarrassed.

Zang Fusheng's wife grinned and said, "This is too expensive. It's better to buy cloth and make clothes yourself."

After all, Zhao Chuanxin gave her money twice, but she still wanted to buy it with her own money.

Zhao Chuanxin knew what she was thinking: "I'll check out. Choose quickly, from head to toe, whatever looks fashionable."

Zang Meiling bit her patched sleeve and just watched, not moving.

Zhao Chuanxin asked her: "Why don't you choose?"

"I only wear the clothes left by my second brother."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "Okay, I made you a set. You don't want to wear the clothes here. I'll change them for you when we stay in the hotel later. Don't bite your sleeves, it's dirty."

Zang Meiling put down her sleeves.

They chose their clothes very quickly.

Zang Fusheng and his wife both picked gray shirts.

The clothes chosen for Zang Shangzhi, Zang Shangye and Zhang Shangbin were all one size larger, with sleeves covering the hands and trousers that had to be rolled up.

Even the shoes have to be a size bigger.

"Choose, choose."

As expected, they had no intention of choosing clothes for Zang Meiling.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him coldly: "Each person should pick two more sets, and buy them from the inside out."

Zang Fusheng and his wife were shocked.

This person is so generous.

It's so generous that it makes them feel unreal.

However, after they finished choosing, Zhao Chuanxin paid the bill as promised, handed over a handful of bills, and told the cashier: "No need for change, just consider it a tip."

The cashier was also shocked.

But after they left, he spat, "Bah, looking at his thick eyebrows and big eyes, I didn't expect him to be a lackey of capital."

Zhao Chuanxin carried Zang Meiling on his back and walked out. Kurd was already waiting at the door in his car.

The family drove towards the Bada-Guan Hotel.

Don’t say that the country is poor right now.

Ba-Daguan Hotel is unique.

The villas of various formats and styles are located by the mountains and the sea, with beautiful scenery.

Shaded by green trees, elegant and quiet.

It is not inferior to high-end hotels abroad.

Of course, this place is generally not open to the public.

But Kurd just showed a document and the guard saluted and let him go.

The car stopped in front of an American-style villa with a courtyard, and Zang Fusheng and his family were stunned.

"Live here?"

Zhao Chuanxin lit a cigar and said, "Stay one night and leave by boat tomorrow."

Zang Fusheng and his wife were stunned.

Their arrival attracted the attention of others.

They don't fit in here.

When Zhao Chuanxin entered the house, Zang Fusheng and his family just stood at the door looking around and didn't dare to go in. The floor and carpet in the house made them feel unfamiliar.

Zhao Chuanxin said to Kurd, "Go call a waiter and ask him to teach them how to use the things here and how to take a bath."

Kurd chuckled and said, "Sir, can you give me a gun? Like the gun for salvation."

"You little bastard, you dare to bargain with me? Do you believe me if I kick you?"

Kurd was in his forties. When Zhao Chuanxin called him a little bastard, he just laughed and ran away.

Zang Fusheng and his wife looked puzzled.

"How old is he? Why is he calling someone a little bastard?"

"Why does that person call him Sir?"

"I'm not afraid of being criticized."

Two waiters came.

Although they felt strange, they did not dare to act rashly.

Anyone who can come in is an extremely important person.

Zhao Chuanxin said to them while holding a cigar in his mouth: "Take them to get familiar with the room and teach them how to use the things here."

Then he took out two US dollar bills and stuffed them into the hands of the two waiters: "This is your tip."

The two waiters were jealous but refused: "We dare not accept it, we dare not accept it."

Foreign exchange is a good thing!
Zhao Chuanxin frowned and said, "Take it if I give it to you. Go quickly."

He grabbed Zang Meiling who wanted to follow him in and said, "Let this person take you to bathe alone. Madam, please wash her thoroughly from head to toe. I'll put the clothes on the bed and put them on her after washing. Throw away the old clothes."

Zhao Chuanxin put new clothes and shoes, a copper-eye pendant, and a multi-treasure bracelet made of gold and several kinds of gemstones on the bed, and then went out.

He sat down under a parasol in the courtyard and Kurd put on his sunglasses.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a brand new Lugang M1907 and disassembled it.

He took out gold, silver, gems and other things and piled them on the small round table: "What kind do you want?"

Kurd was overjoyed: "Sir, I want something better than salvation."

"Which gods or Buddhas do you like? Or mythological stories of that theme?"

At Kurd's request, Zhao Chuanxin drew a Kalachakra mandala painting on the gun body, which symbolized perfection.

The gun body is inlaid with gold, silver and gems, and the gold carvings are vivid. This gun is named - Jiachi.

Kurd saw Zhao Chuanxin's miraculous skills and exclaimed: "I am Chao."

Zang Meiling and the others had not finished taking a shower yet, but Zhao Chuanxin had already made a gun and handed it to the Kurd.

Kurd couldn't let it go and played with it back and forth, his mouth almost grinning to the back of his ears.

He said, "Sir, the salvation gun you made back then was said to have been offered 10 yuan by a foreigner, but the general refused to sell it. My blessing gun should be more expensive."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I last saw you. If you want to sell it, just sell it."

In the past two years, the Kurds have been active in Jiaodong and have been worried about Zhao Chuanxin's affairs.

"I won't sell it. I'm not short of money. Isn't it my duty to work for the adults?"

This boy Kurd has been smart since he was young.

What Benjamin Goldberg is pursuing now is no longer wealth and power.

His group is the most mysterious and has great power.

It only took Benjamin a word for Zhao Chuanxin to find someone or take someone away.

The people under Benjamin are well-traveled and have traveled to every corner of the world.

They will receive secret training at the Peace Academy and will only go on missions after passing the training.

The quest is usually to find an object, document or creature.

Mysterious and weird.

Just like the Bada-Guan Hotel, the Kurds can come and go freely and no one dares to stop them.

In terms of status, he is far inferior to Sun Yanguang, Zhao Defu, Zhao Hongzhi and others.

But in terms of energy, he, a soldier, is not inferior to anyone.

After taking a shower, Zang Meiling's skin was still very dark, so she changed into a pullover short-sleeved shirt with floral patterns, fitted black straight pants and a pair of clean cloth shoes.

But despite her new look, she is still far from beautiful.

Without long sleeves, Zang Meiling felt very uncomfortable and didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin looked for clues on her face.

Zang Meiling has the same personality as her grandmother: a calculating and petty person, easily satisfied but with a strong sense of crisis, very smart but firmly bound by traditional concepts...

Her features resemble those of a grandmother, but Zang Meiling does not have the mole near the mouth that Zhao Chuanxin's grandmother had.

Zhao Chuanxin's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to ignore it: I didn't see it, I didn't see anything, as long as I didn't see it, it was the same person...

(End of this chapter)