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These days, there are two things that are the most heated in Fengtian. One is the "Fengtian Secret Room Murder Case" serialized in "Fengtian Miscellaneous News". This article is only more than 10,000 words, but it tells an unheard-of criminal trick. After reading it, people can't help but admire the vengeful butler.

"If you ask me, the rich businessman is rich and unkind. He harmed the family. It is right to pay with his life. The butler endured humiliation and endured hardships for more than ten years before taking revenge. He is really a hero! I think the butler should not only not be arrested, but also be praised!" Someone said to his friend in a street teahouse.

The friend shook his head and said, "That's wrong. There is a saying that a country has its own laws and a family has its own rules. If everyone acts like the housekeeper, what's the use of the law?"

"Hey! How can you be so pedantic!"

"It's obvious that your ideas are too extreme..."

There are many arguments like these two people. The sentimentalists and the legalists are arguing fiercely. Therefore, "The Fengtian Secret Room Murder Case" has become more and more popular. Even the citizens of the neighboring cities have heard about this argument. While the sales of "Fengtian Miscellaneous News" have increased significantly, Le Jing's debut work "The Fengtian Secret Room Murder Case" has also become famous in several nearby cities. This is a pleasant surprise, but these are all later stories.

As for another thing, it is Li Jingran's "Farewell to My Father" published in "Dajiang Evening News". Although this article is only a short two thousand words, it is sincere and heartfelt. Reading it makes people admire the heart of a child serving the country. Of course, if it was just an article written by an unknown person, it would not have caused much of a stir in Fengtian. Coincidentally, this article happened to be read by a local great scholar, Mr. Sun Qifang. Not only did he read it, he also wrote an article to express his support!

Speaking of Mr. Sun, he is a well-known figure in the Northeast. He was a top scholar in the Qing Dynasty. Later, during the Republic of China, he studied abroad in many countries and devoted himself to studying the theories and propositions of many foreign sages. He is a great scholar who is well-versed in both Chinese and Western learning. He is a hero with a good reputation in the three northeastern provinces.

But how could such a person get involved with an unknown person like Li Jingran? It turns out that the story has to start with another protagonist mentioned in "Farewell to My Father" - Li Jingran's sister Li Shuran. Although Li Shuran was a woman, she also had a strong desire to serve the country. She left her father and mother to travel and study, and even gave up the most important reputation for a girl. Such behavior naturally caught the attention of Sun Qifang, who always advocated women's liberation, so he wrote an article to praise Li Shuran again and again, and Li Jingran was just a by-product.

With such a big figure writing an article to praise her, countless people turned their attention to the brother and sister Li Jingran and Li Shuran, the authors of "Farewell to My Father", and many people were jealous of Li Tingye for having such a good daughter.

However, Li Tingye, who was envied by everyone, is not as good as everyone imagined.

"Bang!" The teacup was thrown to the ground fiercely, and the fragments were scattered all over the floor. Li Tingye was still not satisfied, so he broke the vase next to him.

He looked at the newspaper on the table with a look of doubt and uncertainty. It was the article on which Sun Qifang specifically praised "Farewell to My Father". He gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you all against me!"

What kind of evil soup did Li Jingran have? It was not enough to have Li Tingfang, and now even Sun Qifang, the old man, got involved!

"Evil son! Evil son!" He was so angry that his hair and beard were all erected, and his eyes were bloodshot: "I should have strangled them to death at the beginning!"

Thinking of the scene on that day, he still couldn't calm down.

I don't know what kind of evil soup that evil son gave to Li Tingfang, the old bastard, to make Li Tingfang plan everything for him. If they hadn't acted first and reported later, and had defeated him in the newspaper, he wouldn't have to be so passive now!

Thinking of the day when Li Jingran left and he had to spend two hundred dollars as travel expenses, his heart was bleeding! But he couldn't object! Now everyone outside is praising him for his good parenting and calling him a patriotic businessman. If he dares to oppose, his reputation will immediately become infamous. If there was only one Li Jingran, he would not be so angry. He has more than one son. But he took Li Shuran with him when he left!

He had discussed with Mr. Wu before that he would marry his daughter to him in the middle of next month. Now that evil son has left, how can he explain to Mr. Wu? ! Right now, his business is on the rise, and it is the time when he needs Mr. Wu's help.

He asked himself that he had never lacked food and clothing for the brother and sister. He raised them for more than ten years. Now it is the time when they need to contribute to the family. They actually abandoned their parents and left! ? How could he give birth to such an ungrateful pair of white-eyed wolves!

Li Tingfang, good Li Tingfang! He will remember this grudge!

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Le Jing sat on the bumpy train and missed the modern high-speed rail. From Shenyang to Beijing, it only takes a few hours in modern times, but now they have walked for two days and two nights. When they got off the train at Beiping Station, Li Shuran, who was full of energy, looked like a cabbage hit by frost.

Le Jing was not feeling well either. The trains in the Republic of China were completely different from the clean and bright carriages of modern times. They not only exuded the disgusting smell of diesel, but also the sour smell of the working people and even the feces of livestock. These smells mixed together were as terrible as biological weapons.

After the brother and sister took a few deep breaths of the fresh air of Beiping, they felt that their noses and brains came alive. Le Jing thought to himself that at least there would be no smog in Beiping today.

Le Jing looked around the station and soon found the people holding a sign to greet them. His uncle had previously sent a telegram to ask his old friend in Peking to arrange a place for them to stay in Peking.

The one who came to greet them was the old friend's son, who was in his twenties, handsome, and a decent scholar.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Ye Lian, my father sent me to pick you up."

All of them were young, so they quickly became familiar with each other after a simple greeting.

This was Le Jing's first time in Peking, and the Ye family should have invited them to dinner.

After having a good meal at the Ye family's house, Le Jing asked them to find a place for the two siblings to stay.

"Why do you have to live outside?" Ye's father said enthusiastically: "There are still empty rooms at home. You are the nephews of Wanxiu (Li Tingfang's name), so you are our family, and you can stay at home with peace of mind."

Le Jing declined again and again, and his words were sincere and serious. Only then did Ye's father stop persuading him and asked his son to find a place for Le Jing and his family to stay.

Ye Lian seemed to have been prepared, and agreed at once: "Don't worry, I will definitely find you a perfect place to live." Then he took Le Jing and Li Shuran to take the public tram to check it out one by one.

When queuing to get on the bus, Le Jing felt a sense of time and space confusion. If there were no scholars in the Republic of China wearing long gowns in front and behind him, he would have thought he had traveled back in time.

It was not a pleasant feeling to sit on the tram that could only be seen in old historical photos in the future. The ups and downs along the way made Le Jing's butt hurt. No wonder old Beijingers call this tram a diangdiang car.

When they finally arrived at the station, Le Jing took Li Shuran and got off the bus as if they were escaping.

The first house Ye Lian took them to see was a courtyard house, which was equivalent to the third ring road of Beijing in modern times. There were seven or eight rooms, and the monthly rent was only 20 yuan. Judging from the current conversion rate between silver dollars and RMB, the monthly rent was only about 2,000 RMB.

Unlike the imperial capital in later times, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, the land in Beijing is really worthless now.

Someone in later times did a survey. In the ranking of housing prices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou during the Republic of China, Beijing ranked last, and even Tianjin's housing prices were higher than Beijing.

In 1933, the government of the Republic of China estimated the land price of 2,000 yuan per mu in the four most prosperous areas of Xijiaominxiang, Wangfujing Street, Zhengyangmen Street and Dashilan. At that time, the purchasing power of one dollar in Beijing's urban area was about 50 yuan, and one mu of land was only 100,000 yuan.

You can rent a courtyard house in Beijing's Third Ring Road for more than 2,000 yuan a month. No wonder so many modern house slaves yearn for the Republic of China and wish they could travel through time.

Le Jing walked around the courtyard and thought the house was not bad, which saved him from going to other places to look at houses, so he immediately signed a contract with the landlord and officially started his life as a "snail house" in Beijing.