&;srn&;Old Shadow of the Republic of China 2

The guy knocked outside, "Sir, the hot water you want is here."

Two cents of hot water pipe is enough.

The Fourth Master opened the door and asked someone to come in. The young man came in with two large buckets of hot water. "Sir, you can use it while it's hot. But just say hello."

The Fourth Master nodded, "Thank you for your hard work." As he said, he thought of something and asked, "I see, you can use newspapers to paste the walls, where can we buy newspapers in our town?"

The young man was stunned for a moment before rubbing his hands and said embarrassedly: "Our territory is really too small. Where can I sell newspapers? Some of the newspapers on this wall were left by some customers who stayed in the store. Some were bought by the shopkeeper in the city from the used book stall. They were cheaper than oil paper, and it was better to paste the wall."

The Fourth Master and Lin Yutong looked at each other, and then asked again: "What is the beginning of August today? I've been living a confused life."

"Hehe, what is it for you to study abroad?" The young man smiled understandingly. "We have to live our lives according to the lunar calendar. It's the seventh day of the lunar month today, sir."

It's the seventh day of the lunar month?

When the guy left, there were only two people left in the room. The Fourth Master shook his head: "Let's wash first. Yes, we can't do anything now. This place is not far from Zhoucun. There is a train station in Zhoucun. Let's leave here first. The news in the town is too closed."

The two are now in Shandong, far away from the Northeast?

After inserting the door, Lin Yutong went into the space to wash, and the Fourth Master was washing outside. Looking at the face in the mirror, Lin Yutong was a little unable to adapt for a moment. This face was actually quite pretty, but compared with the face before, it was really not ugly enough. He picked up the scissors and sorted out the messy head. Although Xiaoxiao looked so capable, to be honest, it really made people look a little strange now with such a head. He could not help but rummagate through the boxes and found a lot of top hats. He casually found a tweed and buckled it on his head and looked at it. Then he felt that it was much more pleasing.

Then there are clothes. The Fourth Master's clothes are easy to deal with. Underwear, socks, shirts, autumn clothes, long-sleeved clothes, vests, jackets, leather shoes, all in complete sets. They are all small and small. Although the appearance is a little different from the current ones, it is not a big size. When it comes to Lin Yutong, it is much more difficult. Cheongsams are exquisite, simple, simple, thin, thick, clipped, long-sleeved, short-sleeved, sleeveless, and complete in size. But there is one problem, that is, all cheongsams are slits too big. When she was on the street just now, she also noticed that most women on the street do not wear cheongsams. They have very long side-necked jackets on their upper bodies, and the sides of the jackets are still

They were all wearing long forks. They were all wearing trousers with very wide legs, and then they wrapped them with gaits. They wore such a costume on their body and followed the Fourth Master in suits and ties? Is this a girl or an old lady! She absolutely couldn't accept this! Thinking of Mrs. Guo and Miss Lu's clothes, Lin Yutong chose a plain cheongsam with gray and white plaids, which was quite appropriate to wear. She also chose a green butterfly button and buttoned the slit. She had noticed that Miss Lu's cheongsam had a slit in the middle of the calves, while Mrs. Guo was more reserved as a noble lady, and was slit in the lower part of the calves and a little on the ankles.

It can be matched with Chinese embroidered shoes, but if you want to look better, you still have to wear high-heeled leather shoes.

Lin Yutong was in a hurry to work, holding the cheongsam in her hand, and couldn't help but complain that she was fooled by later TV and movies.

After the modification was made and put on her body, Lin Yutong couldn't help but sigh that this beauty always had a price. The price was to freeze people. If the cheongsam was dressed well, you had to wear stockings. Nowadays, with more exposed feet and only wearing stockings, how can you not freeze people? I saw Zhang Ailing before, and she wrote about frostbite on her legs and feet in winter. It seems that this is really true.

Lin Yutong directly wore flesh-colored leggings and black low-heeled leather shoes, and then turned out a beige tweed coat.

As soon as he went out, the Fourth Master took Lin Yutong's hat and looked at it again. He was wearing a cheongsam with shorts? "Prefer to wear the hat."

Lin Yutong put the hat on the kang, and then he saw the box that the Fourth Master had already opened.

The Fourth Master has made the original body clear at this moment: "The whole fortune of Yin Zhen is in the box."

The two clothes were changed, several foreign books, and passports. When you open the passport, you will see two-inch black and white photos posted on the left page, and below are information about life, age, hometown, etc. The right page is related official documents filled out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with steel and red stamps on it.

Lin Yutong looked through it and found three oceans in the corner of the box. "What's the situation in this family? Since I can support my son to stay abroad, then this is a bit valuable. Why do you bring such a little things when you go out?"

"He came back before graduation." The Fourth Master sighed, "My mother died early. My father was seriously ill a year ago. My brother wrote a letter to ask him to come back. Who knew that he had returned from the United States and his father had been buried for three months. There were only two brothers in the family. The younger brother spent a lot of money on overseas trips, so the brother and sister-in-law were naturally unhappy. In the end, the property belonged to my brother, and he only took away the boxes he brought back by himself, and all these were left."

Lin Yutong handed Dayang over and asked the Fourth Master to put it in his pocket, "Is it enough for us to do the train?"

"Go and have a look first. It really doesn't work. I went to Zhoucun to exchange it there." The Fourth Master weighed the ocean in his hand, "You said that the child is stupid enough. He asked him to exchange all the dollars on his body for banknotes and silver dollars. Fortunately, he knew that he could spend the banknotes first."

Not smart.

There was not much money on his body and he didn't dare to ask for food. Lin Yutong took out the canned buns from the space, and the two of them had a meal together. They didn't close their eyes all night last night, and they rested early after eating. After lying down, Lin Yutong suddenly remembered, "I don't have an identity and other things when I went out, can it work?"

"There is no ID card yet. It seems that it was only in the 25th year of the Republic of China that I had an ID card." The Fourth Master turned over and pinched Lin Yutong's arm like a pole. "Now people with identities need a certificate, an official certificate, and for example that passport is a manifestation of identity. But what you are right is that there must be something that can prove your identity. Tomorrow morning, go to the office and get a marriage certificate."

The marriage certificate was found since the Qing Dynasty, and it was called the Dragon and Phoenix Tie. The marriage certificate in the Republic of China was a kind of continuation. Because of tax payment, there were not many marriage certificates, and the people rarely spent this money in vain. However, decent families would not lose face by saving this money.

The next morning, the two of them dressed in new clothes walked out of the room and the young man was so scared that he sat on the ground. Isn’t this a big turn of a living person? I went in yesterday and a big girl came out today.

After leaving the door of the small hotel, the two of them followed yesterday's road and walked less than twenty minutes before they arrived at the official office.

Because of his relationship with Mrs. Guo, the people inside were very polite when they met the Fourth Master. They heard that they wanted to apply for a marriage certificate, so they hurriedly agreed. Although it is rare for both men and women to come in person, they think it is a custom of foreigners because they are full of fashion. In fact, the marriage certificate was brought by a matchmaker with the birth dates of both men and women.

The other party doesn't want money, "Do you look down on me?"

Lin Yutong opened the small wallet in his hand, took a small box and put it on the table, pushed it over, "Take fun for my sister-in-law at home." It was a white earring that I had prepared to reward the servants. Gifts were very decent, but they couldn't exchange much money when they arrived at the pawnshop. Now they gave it to him, and they didn't owe each other. Besides, don't underestimate the people in this seat. At least if you want to get some legal identity certificate, you have to start from this small place. It's just like making a good relationship. After you come out of the official office, Lin Yutong

I have time to read the marriage certificate. The certificate is surrounded by auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, and in the middle there are four big red fonts, and the marriage certificate is the name, age, horoscope, and origin of the two people. However, the blessings above make people feel that it is very good. "The two surnames are married together, and they will be together forever, and the match will be together. Look at the day when the peach blossoms are burning, and the family is suitable for family, so I can make the melons and flowers bloom in the year, and I will make the melons bloom in the year, and I will write to the Hongbian paper to write the alliance of red leaves and write the mandarinade. This certificate."

Then there was a matchmaker, witness, and proof. Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master knew neither Lin Yutong nor the Fourth Master knew each other. But this didn't matter, just do it. It solved the problem of Lin Yutong's origin.

She was about to put this away, but her eyes fell on the last line: "September 19, 20th year of the Republic of China."

The Fourth Master took it over and looked carefully: "That's right, yesterday was September 18th."

"It's such a coincidence that we came!" Lin Yutong was stunned and held her marriage certificate and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street. The town was still very quiet and had not received any news.

"Sir, Miss, do you want a car?" A timid voice asked behind him.

The Fourth Master patted Lin Yutong, then turned around and said, "What car?"

"Mule cart, be sure to be stable." The person who spoke was a young man in his twenties, bowing his waist and speaking a little nervously.

"Are you going to Zhoucun?" The Fourth Master glanced at the mule cart on the side, and now I am afraid that I can't find any other transportation tools.

"Go! Go!" he said, then stretched out his hand, "50 cents and 50 cents." He felt a little weak, and the price should be higher.

The Fourth Master put the box on the car and pulled Lin Yutong into the car. After a long bumpy ride, he got off the car and saw the train station.

"I don't look like you are dressed up, but you don't look like someone from our small place." The coachman pointed to the train station. "I also went to the train station yesterday and saw the train schedule outside. There was a train to Qingdao at 3:00 this afternoon."

In fact, the Fourth Master and Lin Yutong didn’t expect where to go. Now they just happened to meet the train to Qingdao, so let’s go to Qingdao first.

The two got out of the car and gave the driver a dollar. Seeing him holding the silver dollar in the carriage, Lin Yutong realized that it was someone who was telling the authenticity of the money.

The coachman was looking for money, and the Fourth Master waved his hand: "No need. It's hard-earned money." He took the initiative to bring it to the train station, and this hard-earned money is also worth it.

But when I entered this small station, the Fourth Master felt a little regretful. Because the remaining two yuan was not enough for a third-class ticket. The train ticket was sold two hours before the drive. Zhoucun is a passing station, so the train was not so punctual. When Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master arrived, it was almost one o'clock. When they went in, they didn't expect that there were still many people inside. They were waiting in line to buy tickets. They should be small businessmen, all of them were in long gowns and short jackets. Some of them were wearing casual clothes and some were dressed in a conspicuous manner. They were probably buying tickets for the owner. Before the ticket was sold, these people were all around the ticket gate and couldn't squeeze in at all.

When they saw the ticket price again, both of them were a little stunned. The disadvantage of coming to the train station directly came out because they didn’t have time to exchange for money.

"This matter is a mess." Lin Yutong looked around and said, "Why don't we go to Zhoucun first?"

"No." The Fourth Master reached out and said, "Give me a silver naked son of five taels."

Lin Yutong found someone to hand it over. Before she understood, she saw the Fourth Master walking towards a man wearing a black hat and a thick black shirt at the door. She hurried over and saw the Fourth Master leaking the silver naked son, "Do you have a ticket?"

Love is a scalper.

Sure enough, seeing this man's eyes lit up, he looked at the Fourth Master's hand again. The Fourth Master turned the silver naked son over, with the words "Five liang printed underneath. Seeing that the other party saw it, the Fourth Master held his hand, "I guess you don't have the tickets for the first-class second-class seat, but you must have the tickets for the third-class seat. One person with the third-class seat is two yuan and five yuan, and two people are five yuan. One big ocean weight is seven cents and two cents, and five is thirty-six cents, which is three liang and six cents. I am five liang, which is almost a two extra yuan. Your ticket is only a 50 cent increase and sells it. If this is the case, you are not considered a loss."

The ticket seller laughed, "We only have to work hard. Don't look at the 50 cents price increase, you have to give it to others." He pointed at the station, "Sir, you understand, we really only have third-class tickets. Those first-class and second-class tickets are reserved for people. We can't get two tickets. We will make a deal. But you don't give them." He pointed at the station again, "Don't say it out."

"Trade!" said the Fourth Master, then stuffed the silver naked son directly into his pocket. The ticket dealer then took two tickets and stuffed them quietly, "the seat next to each other."

It seems like taking care of them more.

After buying the ticket, the two of them didn't go to squeeze in. They sat on the bench in the station.

"I didn't expect there will be ticket sellers now." Lin Yutong felt that it was quite refreshing.

The Fourth Master glanced at the station and said, "Half of the tickets are so connected by internal and external forces to pay for high prices. From top to bottom, no matter the level of official positions, there are few who are not greedy."

Even the power of selling tickets has become a tool for making money.

As soon as one minute arrives, the door panel of the window opens. People are crowded and no one comes out to maintain public order. The most popular ones are the windows with third-class tickets, followed by second-class seats, and almost no one is the windows with first-class seats.

Seeing that many people couldn't squeeze in, they turned around and found that ticket seller to buy high-priced tickets. They couldn't afford to pay this money if they were unhappy.

At three o'clock, the car had not arrived yet. Lin Yutong was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back. The Fourth Master looked out, put the box on the chair and took the seat, and then went out. Lin Yutong thought he was going to the bathroom, but who knew that he had come back and got two roasted sweet potatoes, several meat pies, and half a pound of braised meat.

"Is there a food sold outside the station?" She didn't pay attention.

The Fourth Master showed his only big ocean in his hand. "I originally wanted to buy two roasted sweet potatoes to put on the mat, but we went to the restaurant to eat. But two roasted sweet potatoes cost only one cent, so people can't find them. So just buy them for one dollar."

Look at the pitiful one.

Lin Yutong quickly said, "This is donkey meat, I haven't eaten it for so long. It smells quite fragrant. It's just right to eat it on the road."

The two of them ate and drank, filled their stomachs, and they were already four o'clock, and they were allowed to enter the station at this time. The platform was a long corridor and there was no place to sit. They both stood in groups of three or three. After half an hour, they heard the roar from afar.

The train is here.

From afar, you could see the thick smoke rising from the train. When I arrived in front of me, Lin Yutong was startled. Who could tell her what was going on the roof of the train? As the clanging sound stopped, the Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong towards the direction of the locomotive.

"We are third-class seats." Lin Yutong reminded him as she walked.

The Fourth Master looked at Lin Yutong strangely, "It's not cold now, and the third-class seat must be next to the locomotive."

What is the reason for this?

She didn't react for a while, what does it mean that the weather is not cold, and the third-class seat is next to the locomotive?

When she arrived in the carriage, she looked at the black and gray on the seats and the dirt-faced passengers in groups of three or three, and finally realized that the trains are all steam engines, and they are about to burn coal. Isn’t the coal ash very dirty when it comes to rising? The matter of eating dust will definitely not be given to passengers in the first class.

Thinking of this, Lin Yutong took out a handkerchief and wiped the seats. They were all in the color of wood, as if no matter how they were wiped, they were not very clean.

After sitting down, the Fourth Master explained: "When winter, the first-serve seat is in front. You can get the heating in front."

So that's the principle.

Lin Yutong was stunned when she heard this. Before she could speak, she heard the noise outside again. It turned out that the train station was selling platform tickets, one cent per penny.

The Fourth Master hurriedly reached out to close the window tightly. Lin Yutong looked at a circle of people wearing blue and gray clothes, who could not see clearly what color of clothes they had with patches. Some were carrying loads, some were carrying bags, both men and women. Some were holding children, and rushed over and climbed up the roof of the train.

Lin Yutong looked around and saw that the third-class carriage was not full. The carriage is not big now, but the gap between the seats is relatively large, with only thirty or forty seats per carriage. There are still more than a dozen empty seats now. However, the door of the carriage is closed, and there is no intention to ask people outside to come up. These people seemed to never think about rushing in and adhering to this distinctive class. In fact, they just asked them to stand in the carriage, and they would definitely be able to stand when squeezed in.

When the train moved again, it was already an hour later. The sky was slowly getting dark. Seeing so many people on the roof, Lin Yutong guessed that this should be a slow train.

The Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong up and whispered: "Get out a little yellow croaker."

Lin Yutong gave it to the Fourth Master, knowing that he was planning to take her to the first-class seat.
To be continued...