Zhongyin

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Shanghai is located in the water town of Jiangnan, but the appearance of the city is very different from that of neighboring Suzhou and other places. It does not have the common rivers and rivers and alleys and twists and turns in the water city. This is because when building the city, it is considered that, on the one hand, it can make the urban area flat and easy to plan. On the other hand, because drinking water in the city is easy to get sick, the government made great efforts to fill the rivers and rivers in the city. Hundreds of roads, streets, yards and other large roads were planned on thousands of hectares of land, building the framework of the city.

Over the past few decades, with the rise of Shanghai City, the population has increased from the initial tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and exceeded one million a few years ago. With the continuous increase of residential houses, countless internal and external latitudes have appeared, turning the original neat frame of latitude and latitude into a dense and complex spider web. The road is connected to small streets, and the main streets cross the roads, with yards on the streets, and internal trunks, all the streets are connected to the streets, and the streets are connected to the streets... Walking in the small alley, you walk to the end of the tunnel, there is no road, but to the end; turning left or right, there is a road not far away. People outside are just going to be confused and dizzy.

Qin Lei's new residence is in Huaishu Lane near Guangfu Temple in the south of the city. What Lu Zhi originally wanted was a residence in the area of ​​Luxiangyuan. There are many government offices, Taoist temples, si home gardens, large and small shops, hotels and teahouses. The environment and sanitation are the best, and life is convenient and comfortable. Of course, the premise is that you have to afford it. However, in Lu Zhi's opinion, those who can afford to live in the luxury cabin of Ningbo will definitely not be short of this amount of money.

But Qin Lei's bodyguard understood his master's intentions and insisted on choosing this residential house in the city and making peace. The next morning, the two of them took Qin's father and son to Huaishu Lane to see the house. The landlord also arrived at the moment. Seeing that the renting house was a decent man, he naturally felt satisfied and opened the courtyard gate to invite Qin Lei and his son to come in.

When the father and the other two went in, they saw that the courtyard was very suitable. As soon as they entered the door, there was a long patio with left and right sides on both sides, and opposite was a living room with long windows, where guests were met and banquets were held. On both sides of the living room were secondary rooms, with wooden escalators leading to the second floor, and behind was the rear patio, which was only half as deep as the front patio, and there was a well. Behind the rear patio was a single-story sloped house, which was used as a kitchen, a mixed house and a storage room. There were entrances and exits in front of the entire residence, and the front was surrounded by a patio.

The walls are made of gables of the wing room, with stone as door frames and black painted thick wooden door leafs; the back wall and the front wall are roughly the same height, forming a nearly enclosed space. Therefore, although it is in a downtown city, there is still a little high wall and deep yard, which is the benefit of quietness in the noise. The most rare thing is that there is a locust tree in the front yard, which is very lush. In summer, the yard is thick and the yard is thick, and a small table and a bamboo chair are used to make it easy to eat and cool. Moreover, the back yard is close to the well in the kitchen, and it is less than one meter deep, so you can get water without going out.

The items and furnishings inside and outside the house are 90% new. According to the landlord, this yard is a property purchased by his younger brother. Not long after living there, the younger brother's family moved to Luzon and asked him to rent out the house before leaving. First, the rent in Shanghai is noble and idle is really a waste. Second, the house must be popular, otherwise it will soon collapse.

Both parties are in love, so it is naturally not difficult to negotiate a deal. The only difference is that the Qin father and son only want to sign for half a year, but the owner hopes that the longer the better. After a debate, they signed for one year and paid the rent for half a year. After getting the silver notes for the contract and Huilian number, the landlord left happily.

Lu Zhi dried the ink on the contract and handed it over to Nachu to preserve it. It was time to say goodbye. Although the house had not opened fire yet, there was a restaurant in front of the street. In silence, someone ordered takeout, invited him to a table, and gave him another silver note of 100 taels, thanking him for being busy these two days.

Lu Zhi was flattered, and the banquet was happily accepted, but he refused to refuse the silver bill. He said that Mr. Qin was hard to open when he first came, and the prices in Shanghai were high. This money could be kept for a long time, so it would be better to keep it flowing.

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Just hold it, I can't be poor for three or five years."

"Then I'll thank Mr. Qin." Lu Zhi stopped refusing and happily put it away. He said in his words: "Mr. Qin will have something to do in the future, so he will naturally be taken care of by my master, but it's not a big deal, right? Just let Brother Tieshan find me. It's not a big deal that human life is concerned about. I can usually do it." As he said that, he took out his pencil and wrote his address on the paper.

Qin Lei naturally thanked him happily. After eating an hour of wine, Lu Zhi stood up and said goodbye. Qin Lei personally sent him to the street before turning back.

When he returned home, Nachu was already directing two bodyguards Tieshan and Ma Yuan to draw water to clean the house. The two strong young men were accused of making a wandering around. One brought out the tables, chairs and benches in the house, and the other came to the side of the well platform to put down the bucket on the wheel to draw water.

Seeing this scene, Qin Lei smiled, rolled up his sleeves and said, "What do you want me to do? My wife just give me the order." Without outsiders, there is no need to hide it anymore. The so-called Nachu is the full name of Unakhu, which is the name of the third lady.

"I'm not your son, why have I become a wife?" Unachu looked at him charmingly and said, "You have nothing to do at home, go out to buy things with me."

"Ah, life is still long, don't rush to go shopping." Qin Lei... would like to call him his natal life and said silently with a bitter face.

"Can you use the bedding, cups, plates, bowls and chopsticks left by others? The kitchen is empty, and there is no firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. You are ready to order takeout every day!" Nachu scolded and said, "Who told you to live a normal life? There are not so many people who ask you to do it yourself."

"Everyone listens to you, and everything listens to you." Silently raised his hand and surrendered, "I find that you are becoming more and more madam." Taking a step back, the sky is wide open. In the year of retirement, he not only walked out of the shadow of losing his father, but also got rid of the heavy old-fashioned official spirit, and he became much more relaxed and free.

"That's right, my sister is my role model." Nachu raised his eyebrows and smiled proudly: "She asked me to take care of the master, so my maid will do my best." Silence can live a younger life, and of course it is due to the hot third lady.

"Ahem, Tieshan is by the side..." The silent old face couldn't help but say.

"I didn't hear anything." Tieshan, whose real name was Tie Zhan, rushed into the house with two buckets of water flying, and didn't spill out a drop.

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The couple still dressed up in the old days and didn't take a car, so they walked out. Although Nachu didn't let someone follow him, how could Tieshan dare to let them go out like this and leave Ma Yuan to guard the house. He hurriedly followed him, but he didn't dare to follow him too closely.

Walking out of the alley is the noisy street in Temple Front. This is a bustling market, with colorful signs, guitars, trademarks, and advertisements, announcing that shops are lined with each other on both sides of the street, forming a corridor of people that is endless day and night.

Walking on the bustling streets, looking at the traditional buildings with black tiles and pink walls, red columns and eaves, as well as lattice windows, door panels, eaves and dripping laces and horse head walls on both sides, and even Baroque Western styles. These buildings with different styles are integrated together without any discord. Looking at the signs of these shops, such as Chunfeng Tower, Deyi Tower, Deshun Restaurant, Wu Family Old Ao Sheng Pharmacy Store, Ding Niangzi Clothing Store, Tianbao Jinwu Store, Tongshengfa Pawnshop... All three hundred and sixty rows are here. Listening to the noisy hawking, laughing, and the strong atmosphere of life comes to the face, making Chen Si stretch his pores all over his body and squint his eyes comfortably. He can't remember how many years it has been, and he can finally walk among the crowd without any performance elements. This feeling of being down-to-earth and shoulder-to-shoulder is really too nourishing.

As soon as she arrived on this bustling street, the third lady became excited. She forgot her original intention and pulled Chen Si to crash into the cloth shop of Ding, and then... she became embarrassed.

Although they did not state that "male guests should not enter", the whole store was full of female customers, and they couldn't help but look at the two men who broke in with strange eyes.

The third lady realized that she was now a man, so she couldn't help but cry without tears, but wouldn't it be even more embarrassing to withdraw in shame? Fortunately, she had always been anxious and snorted, tingxiong said, "What do you think? It seems that the man didn't stop writing?" As she said that, she pulled her silent sleeve and said, "Dad, didn't you say you wanted to buy my mother a birthday gift? Why didn't you go in?"

I was silent and decent for half my life, and I had never done such a shameful thing. Judging from his experience, the female guests must be frivolous, screaming and avoiding in a panic, and even reporting to the official... However, after a new situation in old experience, after a brief surprise, the female guests boldly looked at the two uninvited guests. They even commented in a low voice: "Well, this old man is so delicious, I have never seen such a handsome guy." Still a young handsome man, if you wear red makeup, you will be a peerless beauty...' As he said that, he started to laugh.

The hot gaze made Chen Mo feel a little overwhelmed, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, thinking that it was indeed the world's downturn, why are women so embarrassed now? But it seems interesting. Anyway, I am not myself now, so I will talk about the young man and follow the third lady in without any expression.

Seeing that the female customers had no objection, the store naturally would not drive people away. The pretty female friend stepped forward and asked, "What do you guys... want something?"

"Look." The three ladies' whole mind was completely attracted by the shiny yarn, silk, silk and satin in front of them. She mocked a piece of fabric as thin as a cicada's wing and said, "It's so thin..."

This time, it was a female voice. The female friend had seen her with ears and eyes long ago and understood that this was a Mulan. She introduced seriously: "This is the yarn produced by Jiangshi Silk Village in Hangzhou. It is as thin as paper and the lining is bright and the effect is great."

"This is also very thin." The third lady mocked another fabric.

"This is a popular Western cloth nowadays. Its characteristics are also slim and light. At the annual Jinling Flower Fair last year, Qinhuai Mingshuli Sanniang made a light shirt with this material, which was made of red as the inside. She wore it on her body without reducing the color of the red dress. She stood in the wind, charming and floating like a fairy, which was amazing. This Western cloth immediately doubled its value. However, although it was expensive, it was fortunately versatile. There must be one in the wardrobe." The female friend repeated this statement many times, and she was all familiar.

"I bought it." The third lady nodded without blinking, and was completely different from the housekeeper who had been slim with the landlord for a few cents of money.

As soon as he saw this, the shopkeeper knew that the fat sheep had come... Oh no, the big customer worked to go aside and personally recommended the clothes to the third lady. Because they had to match them with bright faces, the fabrics were all bright red, crow green, or even bright yellow. The third lady was nothing. She had been watching quietly by the side and finally couldn't help saying: "You store owner is so bold. The court strictly stipulates that the wife of the common people is not allowed to use 'big red, crow green, or yellow'. Violators are judged as a violation. Look at how many violations are there here."

"..." The shop tilted his head and looked at the silence, and smiled, "Did this man just come back from Beijing or Luzon?"

"Luzon, what's wrong?" said silently.

"No wonder, you shouldn't have been back for 20 or 30 years." The shop owner smiled and said, "What you said is the old emperor's experience. He has been in a 57 year old man this year and has been in a clothing store for forty years. If you want to say what women should wear and what they should not wear, you must know more than you." As he said, he dropped his book bag and said, "Emperor Taizu stipulated that men and women should not use gold embroidery, brocade silk silk silk silk silk, silk yarn, jewelry, bracelets, bracelets, gold jade, jade, pearls, jade, and jade, and silver. Boots should not be made into patterns and decorations. Those who violate the crime are also punished by violet dresses. The robes are only purple, but gold embroidered, and robes are only purple, green, peach red and other shallow faces. There is also a 'Discipline of Violation of the Crow Qingming Law, which stipulates that those who are used can have one hundred sticks, and all their utensils and clothes are confiscated. Am I right, this man?"

Silence was a lesson in the cleverness of Shanghai people, and nodded helplessly, "I didn't expect that you still understand the method so well."

"It's not that you understand the Dharma, but that if you enter the industry, you have to memorize these things." The store owner smiled and said, "But take a closer look. If the female customers in the store follow the old emperor's history, will they all be beaten to death?" He said, covering his mouth and laughed: "You won't be rude, don't look at it."

"It's not." Silent smiled awkwardly, and turned to look at the nearby female guests. It turns out that if it were either the disobedient or the disobedient style, some people even took the first-rate life to wear the pearl...

segmentation

This is definitely not a word count, because depicting a new world is definitely more difficult than laying out a plot. I want to use life as much as possible, write down the changes in society, and then gradually lead to the ending so that it will not be considered unfinished.

Many people before felt that some descriptions seemed to be missing, which was the changes in the lives of the citizens. However, the actual situation at that time was that there was a huge difference between the north and the south, and there was almost nothing to write about in Beijing, and the sight could not leave the protagonist and run to the south, so this section was created.
Chapter completed!