Yu Xu is eighteen years old this year. He came to live with his two brothers at the beginning of winter.

His father, Yu Ben and Yu Men's second uncle, originally wanted to ask them to ask for a favor from Manager Guo of the Lugouqiao Coal Yard to send his son to find a job in the coal yard.

Winter has come early in recent years, and Beijing is getting colder every year, so the coal business is naturally booming.

As soon as the autumn began to cool, Xishan Company started working at full capacity. The 300 coal mines that had already been put into operation continuously transported coal to the Lugouqiao coal yard, where it was processed into coal lotus roots and then sold in Beijing and even Zhili.

After the previous year's reputation, the 'Lugouqiao' brand coal lotus root has become a popular commodity recognized by the people. The coal yard is working day and night, but the supply still cannot meet the demand.

In order to motivate everyone to work hard, the coal yard has been paying double salary since September after reporting to the Xishan Company's board of directors. I heard that there will be a big red envelope equivalent to half a year's salary during the Chinese New Year.

This is the case for ordinary workers, and the management earns even more, which makes those who still remain in the imperial farm jealous.

Especially since Li Wei and his son have been messing around for a year, everyone is struggling to make ends meet.

Many people were directly kicked out of the Huang Store and were unemployed at home. Naturally, they used their connections to find ways to work in Xishan Company or Lugouqiao Coal Yard to make a living.

Yu Men's uncle also wrote a letter, asking "the popular person in front of Mr. Zhao" and "the gatekeeper of Kunshan County" to help arrange something for the boy at home.

The two brothers were knowledgeable and wrote back saying that it would not be difficult to arrange a job for the boy in Xishan Company, but the boy was still very young and the right thing for him to do was to come to Jiangnan to make a living.

Although Jiangnan Group may not earn as much as Xishan Company at present, its prospects are definitely much better than the latter.

Although they, the subordinates, did not understand Mr. Zhao's mind, they could calculate how many new businesses he opened in a year and felt that Jiangnan Group had a bright future. Coming to the south would definitely have more opportunities than staying in Beijing, and there would definitely be more prospects in the future.

His uncle believed Yu Men's words and sent his son to Jiangnan to join the two men.

The Yu brothers planned a career path for their cousin, asking him to first work as a doorman for a year, get acquainted with all kinds of people, and then work for Yu Ben in the group for two years. He would probably be able to gain some experience. Then we'll see how the next step will develop.

If you still can't gain experience, then you are really useless, you'd better go back to Beijing and look after the coal mines...

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Yu Xu is a hardworking and sweet-spoken child. Since he came, Yu Men's life has become much more comfortable.

With his nephew watching outside, he had time to chat with his fellow villagers by the fire. Today, he even praised this child for being sensible...

Unexpectedly, Yu Xu lifted the door curtain and rushed in hurriedly.

The charcoal ash in the charcoal basin was blown everywhere by the wind outside the door, and the chicken wings were also covered with ash.

"What the hell?!" Yu Men glared at his cousin and said, "You are so impatient that you can't help but praise me!"

"Brother, there is an old man who is going to the yamen. He says he is our old grandfather." Yu Xu shrank his neck and repeated in a low voice.

"What? The old man is here?" Yu Men was surprised at first, and then he shook his head like a rattle.

"How is that possible? The old man can't even invite him."

As a doorman, he knew much more about the affairs inside and outside the government office than the average person. Yu Men knew that Zhao Liben had sworn a solemn oath for some reason that he would never set foot in Kunshan.

Therefore, he quickly made a judgment: "Damn it, he must be an imposter, chase him away! If he dares to come again, ask Wang Bantou to arrest him!"

"Okay." Yu Xu naturally obeyed and hurried out.

Qi Ren and the others asked Yu Men with some concern: "Why don't you go out and take a look? What if it's really the old man?"

"Hey, you don't know." Yu Men said indifferently: "In the past six months, all kinds of people have come to the master to seek relatives and ask for favors... what long-lost brothers, classmates from more than ten years ago, old lovers, there are at least eighty of them if not a hundred. Damn, ninety-nine percent of them are fake!"

"That's right." Several people were knowledgeable and thought that if the old man really came, the eldest master would have known the news long ago and was waiting at the government office. The eldest master went to Kunshan to supervise the work as usual today, which meant that there was no trace of it at all.

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There was a carriage parked outside the gate of the county government office.

In front of the carriage stood an old man wrapped in a mink cloak and holding a stove. It was Zhao Liben, who had fled from Yangzhou City because of the princess's fright.

Standing beside him was a middle-aged man wearing brocade clothes, fox fur and a sable hat. It was his eldest son, Zhao Shouye.

"Why is it so damn slow?" The old man was already angry. Seeing that he had to wait outside his son's office, he became even more upset.

"Coming, coming." Zhao Shouye stretched his hand out from his sleeve and pointed into the doorway.

Then the doorman Yu Xu came out with a dark face, and stood on the steps and scolded the two men: "Well, you are so bold, daring to pretend to be the relatives of the county lord. Get out of here quickly, or I will arrest you all!"

"I am his father, why would I pretend to be his father?" Zhao Liben was furious and stomped his feet, cursing, "Or has Zhao Shouzheng grown so independent that he has forgotten that he has a father?"

"Dad, please don't get angry. There must be a misunderstanding here. The second son is not that kind of person." Zhao Shouye quickly grabbed his father and shouted at Yu Xu, "Where is the original doorman? Where did that bastard Yu Men go?"

He had been to Kunshan and lived in the government office, so he naturally knew how depressed he felt.

Hearing the other party calling his second brother a bastard, Yu Xu couldn't help but get furious. But then he thought, the other party actually called out his second brother's name, so they must be acquaintances.

"My brother is not a bastard. He is busy inside. May I ask who you are?"

"Hurry up and ask him to come out to see me and tell him that Zhao Shouye is here!" Zhao Shouye seemed to be angry, but in fact he helped Xiao Menzi out of the predicament.

Hearing the other party's name, it was very similar to the master's. Yu Xu did not dare to be negligent and hurried in again to report.

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After a while, Yu Men finally came out from the gatehouse and took a closer look at the two people outside the gate.

Although he had never met Zhao Liben, he knew Zhao Shouye. Seeing the eldest master's elder brother, he leaned over to support the old man. Yu Men's eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

It’s bad, it’s bad, we’re in big trouble.

Yu Men quickly had the middle door opened, then he stumbled and rolled in front of the old man, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "My little brother has only been here for a few days, and he didn't recognize the great man and blocked the way of the old master and the grandfather. It's all because of me who didn't discipline my little brother well. I really deserve to die!"

"Then you die?" Zhao Liben was like eating dynamite, and his words choked Yu Men so much that he almost died.

"Hey, I'll find a place to die when I get back." Fortunately, he worked as a lobby manager at Xishan Company and worked as a doorman at the county government for half a year. He had already developed a thick skin and a mouth that could talk about the dead as if they were alive. He smiled and said:

"But we have to send the old man and uncle in first and explain everything to them. Don't let anything else happen, or I'll die with regret."

"Hmph..." Zhao Liben didn't expect that this doorman was so good at talking. With a slightly relieved expression, he walked into the county government office with the help of Zhao Shouye.

At this time, a group of managers also heard the noise and came out to kowtow to the old man and the grandfather and greet them. This healed Zhao Liben's self-esteem.

Yu Men asked Qi Ren and others to accompany the old man and walk slowly inside. He quickly sent someone to ask the old master to come back, and also sent someone to Jiangnan Hospital to inform the young master who was hospitalized.

He ran into the signing room and asked Mr. Wu to help entertain the old man first.

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