Chapter 2:

The shopkeeper was so amused that we were all pawning antiques. Why did you bring something to you and say, "Master, how do you identify this watch?"

"Old sir, it turns out that you can't pawn this thing here? He's pawning, but that's it. Okay, okay, I won't force you. I'd better go to Sanhezhai. I heard that it's the largest pawn in Beijing. It seems that you can't come to this small pawn." The young man's Sanhezhai was another pawn shop on the street, and he and He Baozhai were old enemies. Sanhezhai was a place that specialized in pawnings and was also He Baozhai's old rival.

His loud shout immediately attracted the attention of many people. Most of the shops were young men from Beijing. Several young men carrying birds came over. A young man with a star-like sword-browed star-like young man asked, "This watch... is too exquisite. It's not a few hundred oceans?"

"This guy has the eyesight." The young man handed over the watch and said, "Brother, can you identify which country this watch is from?"

The bird took the watch, looked carefully, and said uncertainly: "Is it French? I heard that French watches are the best, and the word looks like French." He didn't know if it was French. This young master was the nobleman of the previous dynasty. He was ignorant of the flowers, birds, fish and insects. He looked at the same letters in any country. However, he heard that all luxury goods are French goods at present, so he guessed randomly.

The young man immediately looked surprised and shouted, "You have all said this?" He explained, "Wang Maoru, whose name is Xiusheng, just returned from abroad. I heard that the Qing Dynasty changed a lot two years ago. When I returned home, my family had already left the house and disappeared. Alas, although this watch was bought from the UK, it was an authentic French product. It was just that the French used a letter to write the trademark in order to please the UK. My brother's Taiwan can actually point out the origin of this watch from the craftsmanship. I really admire me. I dare not ask my brother's name?"

The young man holding the bird immediately laughed and said, "In Shimoura, the third young master of the Lombelle family in the previous dynasty. If it were the previous dynasty, I would at least be a beef." The man looked proud and saw Wang Maoru just wanted to laugh, but at this time he still praised: "It turned out to be Pu Beile, Pu Beile is auspicious. If it were the previous dynasty, I would not have a home to go back, alas."

"This master," said the long-gown man quickly, "Although we mainly buy antiques here, we don't refuse Western watches. Should we be dead or alive?"

"How to die? How to live?" Wang Maoru asked.

However, Uraji, a son of the royal family, reached out and stopped him, and said magnanimously: "What kind of thing is it? They are people who care about their homeland. I bought this watch, how much does it cost?"

Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Since Pu Beile is going to buy it, I have a fate with Pu Beile. I will count the half price when you bought it. If I bought it for 1,000 taels of silver, I will sell it to you. If Pu Beile hadn't pointed to these 500 taels and then promoted our Wang family, I would have wanted to give it to you."

Uraji turned around and said, "Yao Quan'er, give the money."

The follower Yao Quaner hurriedly said with a bitter look on his face: "Master, we didn't bring so many today."

"Don't bring that much? What are you doing for food? How can I, Pu Beile, go out without money?" Pu Ji kicked Yao Quaner angrily and shouted, "How much money do you bring?"

"Hehehe, Xiaoxiaoqian Beizi dared to come out and hang out?" A young man wearing a Western top hat, holding a folded folding fan in his hand, and with a pair of round-edged glasses walked in, followed by two quite strong men. After a fixed eye, the two men had a vague look of a soldier.

"Yes..." Several young men wanted to talk back, but when they saw the visitor, they quickly lowered their heads, bowed their waists, and smiled, "Second Young Master, it's you, it's you, it's such a coincidence."

Ura Ji hurriedly said: "If the second young master likes it, he should take it first and take it first."

The young man was in a Henan accent with a very proud expression. He came over and took the watch directly from Uraji's hand, put it on his hand, turned around and said, "Miss, give it money." He looked at Wang Maoru with a fixed eye and said, "I won't take advantage of you. I heard you at the door. You bought it for 1,000 taels, and I want it for 700 taels, and 300 taels are counted as wear and tear." He looked like he was not short of money, and the people around him took it for granted. It seemed that the two young man was not short of money.

Wang Maoru received a promissory note of 700 taels of silver from the Bank of Communications, which can be exchanged on all bills in Beijing. Although President Yuan has gradually introduced Guangyang to replace silver, the people are still accustomed to using silver settlement.

Watching the few people walking away, Wang Maoru asked Pu Ji curiously: "Who is this arrogant person?"

"Hmph, Yuan Shikai's second son, Yuan Kewen, used to be our slave, but now he has rebelled and has become his master!" Pu Ji was so angry that Wang Maoru patted his arm and whispered: "Young Master Pu, don't be angry. Actually, I only want to sell this watch for 500 yuan, and I have more than one piece in my hand. Let this kid be the big shot, haha."

When the clan of Pu Ji heard his words, he laughed happily and patted Wang Maoru on the shoulder and said, "Okay, the second young master dares to mess with him, so we brothers and others want to deal with his grandson. Interestingly, let's go to Shouchun Tower, I'll invite you, Yao Quan'er, go to Shouchun Tower to book a private room, and go home to get 500 taels of silver."

Pu Ji felt that Wang Maoru killed Yuan Kewen for hundreds of taels of silver to help him kill the thief. He was very loyal, so he pulled him to Shouchun Tower in the Eight Great Hutongs. It turned out that this Shouchun Tower was a brothel. He called two girls of fourteen or five years old to drink with him, and asked several people to sing a small song. Wang Maoru took out another watch and smiled and said, "Pu Beile, I said before that if it wasn't for the lack of money to buy a family business, I'll give you this watch. Now that I have money, I will collect this watch again. Wouldn't that beating me in the face?"

Pu Ji refused a few times, but still accepted it, saying, "I can't take advantage of you in vain. Our ancestors were also famous princes. In this way, there is a small courtyard next to my family, which is a relative of my family. Unfortunately, he was killed by Yuan Shikai because he was preparing to restore the yard. The courtyard is empty, and our family helped to manage it. It only costs 200 taels of silver. I will give it to you. Change your watch, and we two will be neighbors in the future."

"Okay, I have confidence to have a wonderful person like Pu Beile. In the future, I will be confident." Wang Maoru smiled, and now he talked about everything about Peking with Pu Ji. He said that he had gone abroad when he was a child and had no impression of his family. He heard from the old servant that he was in Dongjiaomin Lane, but he could not go over and ask about the Wang family, or that he would be destroyed by the war when the Gengzi changed.

Uriji is also an old man in Beijing. He talks about all kinds of matters in Beijing, especially when he brags to a person who is growing up abroad. It was a surging river. Before he knew it, it was late at night. Uriji had already been brothers with Wang Maoru. The two of them returned to Uriji's house in a rickshaw car and gave Wang Maoru the deed of the quadrilateral in the backyard. He sent an elderly servant to him to help. Wang Maoru gave Yao Quaner another twenty taels of silver. Yao Quaner was so happy that he said: "If you have any needs in the future, just give me instructions."

Wang Maoru didn't expect that he would be so lucky. He just came to the Republic of China, had a house and a place to settle down.

It turns out that Wang Maoru is not from this era, he is a modern person. He went to a normal school in college. After graduating from university, Wang Maoru worked as a teacher for two years. He deeply felt the dirty filth of the education department and the distortion of these officials' education. He instilled the children's interests since childhood, which made his morality lower and lower after growing up. He was deeply disappointed, so he resigned and went to the sea. Wang Maoru's first girlfriend was a college classmate. He came to the same unit as him. Seeing that he resigned with a firm will, he said that he could not be a human being, nor would he flatter, and had no ambition. After he resigned, she immediately followed others. Wang Maoru was not very sad. He felt that the two of them were just a physiological need, so he started a business with peace of mind.
Chapter completed!