Old Movies of the Republic of China(11)

After being stranded in Nanjing for more than half a month, I finally bought a ticket on the black market. The price of a third-class seat doubled, and the price of a second-class seat quadrupled. And the ticket that Fourth Master managed to get was just a small ticket.

It's just a private room. It cost eighty oceans.

The hotel manager sent the ticket over, "We didn't take any part in it. We also used our connections to buy this ticket. Those bastards at the station, except for the tickets for the connections, they will not sell the rest at the station.

It's all thanks to these ticket sellers to inflate the ticket prices. There really aren't any private rooms like the one you mentioned. These government officials went to Luoyang one after another, but many family members felt that Nanjing was unsafe and they went there.

There are them everywhere. Such tickets are out of our hands."

Fourth Master handed the other party a few dollars: "This is not bad. Thank you for your hard work!"

The hottest period has passed, and it's a bit cool in the morning and evening. Even if there is no big box on such days, it doesn't matter. In fact, the small box is not that bad. It is an area of ​​two or three square meters, and the couches are fixed on both sides. Although it is not

It is wide, but the length and width are still enough for one person to lie down on. Between the two sofas, there is a small table. The table is fixed under the car window, and the length is only one-third of the sofa factory.

The fourth master put the box in his hand under the table, looked inside and outside, and opened the box door. Outside was the corridor. The corridor was not wide and could only accommodate two people walking sideways. But even so, there were still people standing in the corridor.

There were quite a few people. I'm afraid these people didn't buy tickets, so they had to stand outside the corridor of the box to make ends meet. People passing by looked into the small box and couldn't help but feel a little envious. If this box is crowded,

Can seat one person.

Seeing many people looking inside, the fourth master pulled the door of the carriage shut. It wasn't that he didn't want to make things convenient for others, but in this chaotic situation, who knew what these people were like. Lin Yutong opened a crack in the window.

At least one side is ventilated. When the car starts to move, the disadvantages of this small box come out. It is not soundproof at all. If there is a little movement outside or next door, you can hear it clearly. This also means that you and yourself

When Fourth Master speaks, others can hear him clearly.

Lin Yutong took out two books and handed one to Fourth Master. The two of them leaned on the sofa, each reading his own book.

It was past twelve o'clock when we got on the bus, and when we got off at five or six o'clock, we were very hungry.

Fourth Master put down the book: "I'm going to the restaurant to buy food. Don't go out in the carriage." Outside, the two of them were always cautious.

Lin Yutong stuffed him with money again. The food in the car was not cheap.

The door of the box opened, and the Fourth Master came out and closed the door directly. There were people sitting in a row outside next to the car opposite. It was really difficult to get through here. It was not easy for people to sit like that.

It's comfortable. I couldn't straighten my legs before, but now I have to retract them even more.

However, one of these people is different from the others. This corridor is between the small box and the carriage wall on one side. Everyone is leaning against the opposite carriage wall, but there is only one wearing a straw hat and a white coarse cloth coat.

The person was leaning outside his private room. If he didn’t know, he thought he was the guy he was taking with him when he went out.

The fourth master looked at the man but didn't see him raise his head. The straw hat blocked his sight and he couldn't see the man's face clearly. He raised his eyebrows and walked over calmly. This carriage is next to the restaurant.

Without much trouble, a few steamed buns and a piece of braised pork came back. The aroma made everyone who smelled it couldn't help but sniff. It was time to eat, and they were all hungry.

After buying the food, Lin Yutong changed it directly. It was more comfortable to eat the food prepared at home.

The two of them didn't speak. Lin Yutong handed over the wet handkerchief and asked Fourth Master to intervene and prepare for the meal. The train roared suddenly and then slowed down. Then it moved slower and slower, and stopped completely after two minutes.

"Where are you?" Lin Yutong looked out the window. She really didn't know what station this was. In fact, the train at this time was quite deceptive, and the service quality could not be improved. For example, the small stations along the way. When they got there, he

The station is not announced. Some people are afraid that they have already sat on the train, so they give the conductor a little courtesy and ask them to call him when they arrive at the station. Therefore, as soon as the train stops, she is used to looking outside first. As a result, at dusk

, the sky is full of sunset, and there are wild mountains and wild grass outside. This is not a small station, this is simply a wilderness. There is no village in front of it and no store in the back. What are you doing here?

"We haven't arrived anywhere." The fourth master opened the door of the box, and everyone in the aisle outside stood up. Everyone was a little restless. No one came to explain why.

At this time, many voices of discussion came over.

"Why am I so unlucky that this happened again?"

"What's going on? Bandits are robbing them? They're digging up the railway, are they?"

"No! It's a shame that you came from Nanjing and don't even know this."

"I know this. We are making way for the nobles."

"Give way? Give way to what way? How about clearing the way? There has been no emperor for a long time. Who has such a big hand?"

"Ouch! You don't know. Hasn't our capital been moved to Luoyang now? But how can Luoyang accommodate so many government agencies? Moreover, Luoyang is a small county town. How can we provide important officials in such a hurry?

Providing luxurious official residences? That special train is much better than the simple one in Luoyang. So, everyone now works on their own special train."

"I know this. It's true. The facilities on the special train are more complete and more comfortable than in Luoyang, and you can move more freely. I heard that few people can see Jiang, Wang, Song and others nowadays. They all live in

On my own special train, I am going back and forth on the Longhai Line. Today I will go to Luoyang, tomorrow I will go to Zhengzhou, and the day after tomorrow I may go to Kaifeng, Xuzhou, or suddenly I will go to Shanghai or Nanjing... We don’t know what these big shots are busy with. However,

Looking at this situation, I'm afraid we are really giving way to a big shot again. Just wait, we can't leave until the special train has passed."

"Now some newspapers have said that our government should be renamed "National and Civil Government on the Train."

"I heard that government chairman Lin Senlin has been staying in Luoyang."

"Isn't that what the government wants to see?"

"What do you know? Mr. Lin means not to fight for power and gain, not to be arrogant, and not to form cliques for personal gain. This is also Mr. Lin's "three no's" principle. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master were eating and listening, and just as they were enjoying themselves, someone knocked on the door of their private room.

The Fourth Master stood up and opened the door completely. He saw a man in his thirties or forties standing at the door, wearing a long robe and a mandarin jacket. When he saw the Fourth Master coming out, he immediately handed over his hand and said, "There's so much trouble, there's so much trouble. It's really boring in the car.

I want to find someone to play cards with. See if my brother is interested. We are a husband and wife..."

"Playing cards?" Fourth Master glanced at Lin Yutong, saw her nodding, and said with a smile: "Okay! It's very boring to stop here without finding something to do."

The man immediately went to the next door with a smile, and in a blink of an eye, he brought in a woman wearing a white background and blue flowers and a red shawl. This woman was not young, and she looked kind-hearted.

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master let the people in, gave the sofa where Fourth Master had just been sitting to their couple, and then closed the door.

"Your guy is pretty good, and his eyes are really sharp." The man who called himself Dong Fan gave Fourth Master a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly.

Dude?

Lin Yutong didn't know who he was talking about. But the fourth master remembered the man squatting by the door with a straw hat and an outfit that was incompatible with everyone else. Listening to Dong Fan's words, it seemed that this man had paid attention to him. This was interesting.

.

The fourth master did not deny it, but just smiled. Dong Fan over there had already taken out his cards.

Lin Yutong thought they were going to touch the leaf cards, but when he saw it, he realized that they were playing cards. Not only playing cards, but also a deck of playing cards with advertisements printed on them.

But as soon as the card was exposed, Mrs. Dong's expression suddenly changed. Lin Yutong took a closer look at the box of playing cards. There was a picture of a beauty on it, with the words Cuilu Pavilion written on it. Only then did she understand that the poker was originally called Cuilu Pavilion.

He came from the brothel in Luge. You don’t need to ask to know that this Mr. Dong should have visited here. Now this brothel is very bold, and there are many kinds of advertising souvenirs. For example, matches, customized ones and matchboxes.

After the people are beaten, they change the matches into a box. Where are the men who go to their place who don't smoke? As long as the men use this little thing, they will never forget it.

Lin Yutong's eyes stayed on the playing cards for a long time. Only then did Dong Fan react and smiled awkwardly. Then while shuffling the cards, he pointed outside, "Brother Yin, you can't even hear what those people said just now."

Alright?"

Fourth Master responded casually: "It's just hearsay, who knows whether it's true or not!"

"Really! It's basically all true." Dong Fan pursed his lips and lowered his voice, "To be honest, brother, I am in the antique business. I saw something interesting in my hand, and I happened to know that a noble man in Nanjing liked it, so I brought it with me.

I brought something to someone’s door.”

"Then I must have made a lot of money this time." Fourth Master smiled, "I'm afraid it's not easy to do this antique business now."

Antiques for great events, gold for troubled times.

Dong Fan nodded: "Isn't it? In the past, if there were good things, we would just sit at home and wait for someone to come to our door... What about now? Take the good things and do what they want... It belongs to noble people.

Is money so easy to make? The purpose is not to gain access to other people’s homes, but to maintain friendship.” He said with some enthusiasm, “The people I have made friends with are different, and the things I know are naturally different. For example,

The one they are talking about...that Mr. Lin. I heard someone from the nobleman’s mansion mentioned it."

"Oh?" Fourth Master answered casually, knowing that this man wanted to show off his abilities, so he handed the message over, "I would like to hear the details."

Dong Fan was no longer in a hurry to play poker. He put down the cards in his hand and handed the Fourth Master a cigarette. Seeing the Fourth Master wave his hand, he started talking to himself: "Speaking of this Mr. Lin, I admire you.

It's really not good. I heard that she lives an extremely simple life and is very low-key. They say she is a rare 'civilian head of state'." He said, stretched out three fingers, and then pointed outside: "It's really like them.

It's the same thing. Mr. Lin has always adhered to the "three no's" principle: don't fight for power and gain, don't act arrogantly, don't form cliques for personal gain... He really only does what he should do. I heard that Luoyang is now

There is a rumor that Mr. Lin said, 'The military attachés should go directly to see Chiang, the civil servants should go directly to see Wang, and don't come to me.' What do people call it... what is 'ruling by doing nothing'."

Fourth Master nodded, as if he agreed with Dong Fan's words, "...peaceful and indifferent."

Dong Fan responded repeatedly, "That's not what you are saying. However, no matter how peaceful a person is, he still has his own temper. If he is serious, he is really serious." He said, his voice lowered, "I heard that some time ago, it was Lin

After reaching Luoyang, Wang was still in Nanjing at that time. If Wang had something to report to Mr. Lin, he ordered that Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan Chu... Chu..."

"Chu Minyi." Fourth Master reminded.

"Ah... yes! That's the name." Dong Fan took a puff of cigarette, puffed out his eyes again, and looked at the fourth master up and down, "Brother Yin, you are a scholar who doesn't go out and can only do the world. These officials, this senior

...The long one...I can't remember it."

"Read the newspaper and remember this trivial matter." The fourth master leaned back and realized that this man may seem rough, but he has a wide range of contacts. Not everyone can know the things he said. So,

He urged: "I am listening very excitedly, but I should hurry up."

Someone was so supportive that Dong Fan's eyes lit up: "Let's talk about..."

"Chu Minyi." Lin Yutong smiled at Mrs. Dong and answered the question.

"Yes!" Dong Fan gave Lin Yutong a thumbs up, "My brothers and sisters have really good memories. It's rare for my brothers and sisters to understand these political matters. I'm afraid I'm already impatient." As he said this, he just said:

He felt a pain in his thigh and knew that he had been pinched by his mother-in-law. He grinned and said quickly: "This Chu Minyi... He said that Wang asked Chu Minyi to send a telegram to Mr. Lin. But this Chu Minyi was ignorant and unskilled, so he directly said at the beginning of the message
To be continued...