&;srn&;Old Shadow of the Republic of China 3

On the one hand, such a big hotel is comfortable. On the other hand, the people who live here have a lot of identities. Compared with others, they have their own information channels, and the news is faster than those outside know. After washing, the Fourth Master urged Lin Yutong to change his clothes and "go out for dinner."

The cheongsam didn't have time to change Lin Yutong to change into a long shirt and skirt. This is a lot of fashionable women in Qingdao. There are many women with a lace-sided collar, and the buttons on their chests are densely packed in two rows. The long skirt is almost on the ground. Such clothes are actually very popular among younger new women. Because you can wear pants in the skirt without getting cold. Then you can button a lace-shaped hat on your head, and it will be appropriate. Your appearance is not beautiful and your skin is not conditioned, and your body is not fully grown. The only thing you win is temperament.

After coming out of the room, a special waiter came forward to ask what he needed. When he knew that the two were going to the restaurant, he led the way in front and took the person to the elevator entrance until he handed the person over to the waiter who drove the elevator in the elevator. This was the work. Lin Yutong gave a tip of one cent, which could be seen from the envious look of the waiter who drove the elevator. This was not considered as less.

The restaurant is half on the top floor, and half of it is a Chinese restaurant. Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master are both not used to Western food, so they went directly to the Chinese restaurant. As soon as they entered the restaurant, they smelled the fragrance of various seafood. I thought that the specialty dishes here were seafood. After ordering five dishes, it was only one dollar. It is impossible not to say that the prices here are really expensive. You can buy a bucket of squid, shrimp and other things for 5 cents. When I passed by the roadside today, I heard shouts. A plate of dishes here costs 2 cents. It is the same as those of the later generations who sold for 88 yuan. The place was different, so the price followed.

The waiter enthusiastically recommended: "Sir, do you want white wine or Japanese sake, and German beer, and they all have good taste."

The Fourth Master waved his hand: "No, go to the opposite side to drink after dinner."

Opposite is a Western restaurant, with various foreign wines and beer, but it is the cheapest.

This Chinese restaurant is very big, with dozens of tables, and further inside, there are probably private rooms. This is where you can host the table. At this hour, there are not many people eating Chinese food here, and they are sitting in groups of three or three, and they are very scattered. Most of them are wearing long gowns and jackets, with the second button on their chest with gold or silver chains hanging on their chest. The other end of the chain is stuffed into the upper pocket of the jacket, which is actually a pocket watch. Lin Yutong saw an old man across the table taking out the pocket watch from his pocket, lifting the lid on his pocket, raising the pocket watch away with one hand to look at the time, which should be a bit presbyopic. After seeing it, he closed it and stuffed it back. Because there was a chain hanging, he was not afraid of losing it. The lid of the watch also carries a portrait of a beauty, which is very erotic. With the golden chain, the action is really a bit grand.

Lin Yutong found it very interesting. She obviously has a watch, but it is more convenient and the price is not much more expensive than a pocket watch, but these people are more willing to wear pocket watches and gowns.

The Fourth Master whispered: "This is the so-called national quintessence."

While eating, the two listened to other people's conversations from afar.

One said: "The shopkeeper who exchanged fire last night and my semicolon sent me a telegram this morning."

Another said: "It should be no big deal. The Northeast Army has tens of thousands of troops, and the ones they hold are not firewood sticks."

Pure natural seafood in your mouth suddenly loses its delicious taste. The two of them ate in a hurry and came out of the Chinese restaurant. There is no need to pay the bill at the hotel. As long as they say the guest in which room, and then sign the order, the order will be delivered to the lobby. When they are about to check out, the consumption in the hotel will be settled together. Therefore, if you don’t consider the money issue, it is really comfortable. Going to the restaurant is like going to your own kitchen, ordering dishes and eating ready-made. There are always waiters next to you, and someone will serve you to pour a glass of water.

As soon as I entered the Western restaurant, there was a song coming out. The megaphone was not effective, and Lin Yutong couldn't hear what she was singing. She only saw a woman wearing a purple-red sleeveless cheongsam standing in front of an old-fashioned microphone. She twisted her waist lightly and sang quietly. Sometimes she grabbed the microphone and told the microphone to follow her twist. There was a triangle brace under the microphone, which was very firm. In a blink of an eye, she saw a special band on the side of the stage with colorful lights, all wearing suits and ties, and she was very focused on playing. She found a seat and asked for two glasses of beer. Most of the hearings were similar to those heard in the Chinese restaurant. She didn't worry too much about the situation in the Northeast. Many businessmen were worried that the war there would last longer and delay some business.

No one would have thought that the situation would take a sharp turn the next day, and the headlines in the newspaper, on the 19th, Shenyang Changchun fell one after another.

Early in the morning, the waiter brought the newspaper and breakfast in. The Fourth Master looked through it and gave it to Lin Yutong directly, "I remember I asked you to collect a lot of drawings before, so find it."

Most of the drawings are firearms. This thing is different from other things. Lin Yutong collected it alone. As soon as the Fourth Master said he wanted it, she immediately took out the box.

"There are also paper and pen." The Fourth Master flipped through the drawings and said again.

Lin Yutong found out the paper and pen for drawing, "Can't you use it directly?"

"It's not possible to have drawings without technology, it's not possible to have technology without equipment, it's not possible to have equipment without raw materials. Even if there are raw materials, it's not possible to meet the standards." The Fourth Master said, frowned, "Now, we can only improve based on the existing production capacity. These drawings were improved after the equipment was established. Now they can't be used. They can only be used as reference. Even if I re-work, it will take several years. From design to finished product experiments, from experiments to mass production, it will take a few years."

"Can we import equipment?" Lin Yutong asked, "We can use a lot of money."

The Fourth Master shook his head: "Where are imported? These things are prohibited from being exported. The National Government sold weapons in the United States. If the equipment is given, what will people use to make money from war?"

This is the reason. Chiang Kai-shek wants to seek support from the United States, but why do they support you? The most fundamental thing here is interests.

Lin Yutong nodded, this is the reason.

"Then where are we going next?" In such a chaotic era, it is a joke to talk about settlement, but there must be a place that asks him to do his own thing quietly. Especially for design drawings, a small mistake that cannot kill others will hurt himself by mistake. "And I also want to concentrate on researching the potions. How to use the most common medicinal materials to equip trauma medicines with better efficacy." This place in the hotel is definitely not possible.

The Fourth Master put away the drawings again, thought about Lin Yutong's words, and after a long time, he said: "Go to Shanghai first."

I decided to go to Shanghai, but the two of them didn't stay in Qingdao for too long. But this time I bought the ticket, I didn't have to go to the hotel in person. I told the hotel directly, and the hotel would book the train ticket that meets the requirements in advance. The earliest train ticket was in the afternoon of the following day, with a sleeper box. The hotel's friend went to the train station and took the tickets to the train station. I think this hotel and the train station are also a kind of business dealings. Mutual benefits. But the handling fee is only three yuan, which is really not something that ordinary people can use.

After lunch on the third day, I took a car specially for the hotel to take out guests. Along the way, I saw that there were many people in ragged clothes on the streets of Qingdao. The driver honked the horn all the way and explained to Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master: "They all fled from the Northeast. This is a sin! You said that you are having a good life, but what kind of battle are you fighting? The little Japan is really not a thing."

"It's not close to Qingdao from Northeast China, these people," Lin Yutong said, before she realized, "Did you come by catching the train?"

Before the Fourth Master could speak, the car suddenly stopped. A large group of students holding banners and flags in their hands. The male student was wearing a young outfit, the female student was wearing a cheongsam, some were wearing indigo wide-sleeved jackets, and black skirts on the lower body, and all were wearing jackets.

The driver said apologetically: "I have to spend more time on the road today. This is a student protest. You said that this is also a donation this year and that is also a donation, but at the critical time, I was still shooting it. What a fucking coward!"

It would be even harder to leave when the car went further. Some students blocked the doors of the shops and burned Japanese goods.

When I waited all the way to the station, I left the train less than ten minutes. The train was always late, so I got into the station and waited for another half an hour before the train arrived. It might be that it was really cold, and the first-class private room was indeed at the front of the train. Many businessmen on the train were businessmen in the Northeast. They first went to Qingdao from the Northeast and then transferred from Qingdao to Shanghai. Anyway, the situation was not good, so it was okay to catch any train and transfer to the station.

After getting off the train, Chen Xiangdong was waiting under the train. The Fourth Master entrusted the Linhai Hotel to send a telegram to Chen Xiangdong and told him about going to Shanghai. Unexpectedly, this person actually came to pick him up in person.

"I've been going to take this train from Qingdao to Shanghai these days, so I'm here to try my luck. Sure enough, I'm telling me to be right." Chen Xiangdong took the box from the Fourth Master and handed it to a young man who looked like a driver behind him, and then said, "The car is outside, let's go directly to the hotel first. Let's let my sister-in-law rest first."

"It's a blessing for Brother Chen." The Fourth Master smiled and greeted Chen Xiangdong.

Chen Xiangdong hurriedly said, "We don't have to be so polite. I'm asking Brother Yin for help if I have something to do here."

Lin Yutong knew that this should be the matter of the spinning mill.

She looked out through the car window and saw that the streets of Shanghai were as messy as they were. There were protesting students everywhere, and the streets were full of leaflets for publicity.

Settled down at the hotel, Chen Xiangdong held a banquet in the hotel to greet the Fourth Master. Lin Yutong also met Mrs. Chen who came with Chen Xiangdong.

Mrs. Chen looked like an old-fashioned woman, wearing a short jacket with a side-tied collar and an old-fashioned skirt. She didn't shake or sway her figure while walking, and she felt a dignified spirit.

In the private room, the Fourth Master and Chen Xiangdong didn’t know what to say, but only Mrs. Chen and Lin Yutong were left behind.

"Mrs. Yin also likes Chinese food?" Mrs. Chen looked at Lin Yutong's delicious food, then picked up a chopstick and asked tentatively.

Lin Yutong smiled and said, "I feel like I can't eat enough for Western food. It's okay to be a snack for extra meals, but it's absolutely not OK to be a serious meal. Even if a plate of vegetables and a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup, I feel more comfortable than Western food."

Mrs. Chen smiled even more sincerely, "Now there are not many people as honest as Mrs. Yin. They seem to be not a foreigner, but they are not modern women. Every time I go out for socializing with the one in our family, I have to eat again when I go home. The last time I heard that I was going to socialize, I was afraid. This time he told me that you and your wife looked fashionable, but they were actually traditional people in their bones. I didn't believe it at first, but now when I hear you, I really believe it."

Lin Yutong heard that the lady was a little disgusted with the particularly new-style woman. She remembered the woman she saw on the train who was with Chen Xiangdong, who was quite new. So she just smiled and said, "Eating Western food and wearing Western clothes is just to adjust our lives. We should live our lives in everyday life."

The words of life adjustment suddenly came to Mrs. Chen's heart, "I feel relieved when I told you that. I heard from my family that you met in the car. Then I don't hide anything from you. I think you have seen a woman with him, and I'm not afraid of you making jokes. That person is almost the second wife."

Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Chen did not introduce us to him at that time, and I really don't know."

"I force him on a business trip, and I can't get rid of it if I get stuck." Mrs. Chen sighed, "I said I'm pregnant again. Is this a new school? It's not as good as the old-fashioned family before. What rules are there? The wife is a wife and a concubine. Now, I have more people to take my concubine out for social activities. What have you learned when studying abroad? They are all monogamous. Where did he learn this trick? I can't understand what it feels like, love?" As he said, he looked at the Fourth Master, "Men are out there, and they are spending money. You have to be careful."

Lin Yutong smiled, and couldn't say that my man really didn't have to worry about him. But he couldn't express bad remarks to his husband. So he quickly changed the subject, "What is that man's origin? It's so difficult to fight."

"It's not that it's not easy to fight, but I'm afraid that it's not good to look good on my face." Mrs. Chen looked a little contempt, "Her father is a comprador of a foreign company, and it's nothing. But she always feels superior. Her parents-in-law don't like it, so she just asked to buy a house and settle it outside. This is OK, so it's okay to keep it in front of her, so it makes people look uncomfortable." She smiled, "Look at me, I don't know why, when I see you, I feel like you are in love, and I don't want to say anything to you, but I'll talk to you endlessly. My mother's surname is Li, and her name is Liuli. She was born in the first year of the Republic of China. She should be older than you. If I don't think I'm abrupt, we sisters will be like each other."

Lin Yutong said his name and age, and the two of them were summoned, and they just shouted like this.

"You just arrived in Shanghai, and it should be time to go out and walk around." Li Liuli invited Lin Yutong, "I will ask someone to have tea together another day, and you will be together."

"I can't ask for it." Lin Yutong agreed. The two of them said some gossip, which cheongsam is the best, and which dish is the most authentic.

Chen Xiangdong looked here for several times before he breathed a sigh of relief. He was really dating someone, afraid that his wife would be holding a shelf again and she looked like she was not allowed to enter. Seeing that it was getting late, he turned his face to the Fourth Master and said, "Then I will hit someone to pick it up tomorrow. Many things on the textile machine will not work according to the instructions. It would not take a day or two to hire a technician from Germany. It would be a mistake to delay such a delay. There are technicians in other factories, but you know, colleagues are enemies. In fact, how big is the market in China? There are only a few people who do textiles. There is no competition at all. Now in the Northeast, everyone is resisting Japanese goods. The grey cloth we produce ourselves is at this time, and the market demand is huge. Brother! I really want to ask you this time."

The Fourth Master agreed. The two families then stood up. Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master took the couple to the hotel door, watched them leave, and then returned to the room.

Lin Yutong couldn't help but ask about buying a house, "Where is better to buy?"

The Fourth Master waved his hand: "I have already mentioned the house matter to Chen Xiangdong. This time I cleaned up the machine for him, and he always gave a house. He understood this rule more than us. No matter which house I was given, I could just settle down for the time being. Now I want to rent a house in Shanghai and find a suitable house immediately, which is not easy."

The next day, the Fourth Master went out early in the morning, "I guess it will be evening when I come back. If you have nothing to do, go around by yourself. There is a rickshaw at the door, and you have a 20 cent wallet for a day."

Have you even found out this clearly?

Lin Yutong beat him away, "Can I lose myself alone? I'll go out for a walk in the morning and come back in the middle of the afternoon. Don't worry, just go and do your business."

After the Fourth Master left the house, Lin Yutong changed into an inconspicuous plain cotton cheongsam, changed into flat cloth shoes, and came out of the hotel. Outside the hotel, there were many rickshaws. When Lin Yutong waved her hand, someone came over and agreed on the price and gave a cent to the coachman before she could pull her away. She had no destination, just walk around and take a look.

But unexpectedly, the coachman pulled the driver directly to the department store. Lin Yutong looked at the five-story building and saw that the door was not crowded, but it was also very lively. She got out of the car and was about to go inside, when a man in a long gown walked by, hurriedly heading inside, and even hit Lin Yutong hard. Before she could react, she just reached out and rubbed her shoulders, and saw a man in a black uniform passing by, with a bulging waist on her waist, like a gun.

She was stunned for a moment and then realized. Now it should be the period of anti-encirclement and suppression, and the Kuomintang is arresting the **s. She didn't know if what she guessed was right, but she almost instinctively followed in without hesitation.

The man in a long gown and black-framed glasses in front lowered his head and walked into the crowd. The one who followed behind was not slow at all. But he didn't know what was dumping in front, and there were several long queues, crowded.

Lin Yutong took out a handful of fur tickets, pretended that the center of gravity was unstable when he was hit, and threw out the money, "Oh! Don't rob my money."

With this voice, the crowd suddenly became chaotic, and they all looked down at their feet. For a moment, they became crowded.

The man in the long gown looked back at Lin Yutong standing in the crowd, and was slightly stunned for a moment, then quickly left. He didn't know what the other party was, nor did he know why this person helped him! He could confirm that the other party was helping him. She shouted that she had lost the money, but her eyes were not on the money, but on the person chasing him.

Lin Yutong watched the person walk out, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Then, taking advantage of the chaos, he went to the women's clothing area. He bought a suit easily, regardless of the style, and went in and changed it. He took out a pair of silver-edged glasses and put them on, and leisurely came out of the department store.

Behind you could hear someone shouting angryly, "Where is the person? Where is the person who threw the money just now?"

When Lin Yutong encountered this, she couldn't walk around outside. She got on the rickshaw and returned to the hotel.

On this day, my heart was pounding and I was a little restless.

When the Fourth Master came back tonight, it was already eight o'clock. He was still smelling alcohol. He went inside to take a shower, and Lin Yutong followed him, turned on the faucet and listened to the sound of the water, and then whispered to the Fourth Master about what happened today.

The Fourth Master might have drunk some wine and suddenly asked, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Lin Yutong couldn't guess this time, so she shook her head, "What do you think?"

"I miss the old man." The Fourth Master suddenly said this.

Old man?

Who do you mean?

A man sealed Changtian popped out of Lin Yutong's mind!

She thought of the child for a moment, and both of them became silent. Some things were deliberately not thought about, but they did not mean they had forgotten them.

"Do you think there will be such a person? Although he doesn't know who we are this time, if he can still see an old friend." The Fourth Master's words were a bit messy, but Lin Yutong understood, "Let's go and look for it quietly in the future?"

Because of this topic, the two of them snuggled together at night and rested early.

The next day, the Fourth Master talked about the house, "Chen Xiangdong has helped find it. In the French Concession, live there first. It is sometimes more convenient to do business there."

Lin Yutong nodded indifferently: "When will you go and have a look?"

After dinner, the two were about to go to see the house, but as soon as they walked to the lobby, a middle-aged man in a suit came in from outside and walked face to face with Lin Yutong and the Fourth Master. Lin Yutong and the other party were stunned when they met.

Isn’t this the man wearing a long gown yesterday?
To be continued...