Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

Shanghai Bund is a place for news.

What kind of weird people and strange things can happen in this adventurer's paradise.

If you want to ask what news at the end of the year is the most eye-catching——

Flour king's son escaped after being kidnapped?This is not a big deal, he escaped after being kidnapped, at least Master Luo has been on a dung boat before, has he?

The famous movie star Phalaenopsis changed her boyfriend again?Oh, doesn't she change boyfriends every three months?Someday it's news that she doesn't change her boyfriend for a year.

The young master of the Liang family of "Qinglongtang" has been "incubating bean sprouts" at home every day recently and won't go out?Tsk, it's not easy to talk nonsense about the Liang family's affairs, otherwise they will be thrown into the Huangpu River one day and become a "floating corpse in the river" and I don't know why!

To say what happened at the end of the year was the most "violent" and "eye-catching"——

That was the year-end promotion of "Shimai Global Department Store"!

You know, advertising campaigns in newspapers and magazines are already routine for Shimai.For this year-end promotion, they even launched a wall calendar!Still sprinkled with gold!

For the well-informed people of Shanghai, the calendar hanging cards sent by cigarette companies, commonly known as "cigarette brands", are nothing new.Well-known tobacco companies such as Hardman, Old Knife, and Beauty brand will give away cigarette calendar cards with beautiful women every year.Many citizens are willing to collect them and hang them in the hall as hall paintings.

But such cards are usually issued one at a time, with a beautiful woman on the side, a perpetual calendar for the whole year printed in small print, and cigarette advertisements.

Good-looking is good-looking, but it is a bit of a waste of eyes.

And this time, Shimai Department Store issued a whole wall calendar, twelve months a year, with twelve pictures of beauties.

Each calendar girl has a different style, some are pure, some are gorgeous; some wear cheongsam, some wear foreign clothes, and some wear Shaoxing opera costumes.The Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar of the current month are printed on the bottom of the painting of beauties in huge black characters on a white background.

Sharp-eyed people recognized it immediately. Isn't this the beautiful saleswoman in Shimai department store?She was actually painted on an advertisement and became an advertisement girl!

Take a closer look, no matter what clothes these girls are wearing in the picture, the background is Shimai Department Store.Some girls are shopping for coats, some are applying lipstick in front of the mirror at the cosmetics counter, some are choosing gifts for their children, and some are getting their hair permed in the department store hair salon!

This calendar is great!Men find it pleasing to the eye, while women want to shop even more.As long as you buy more than 10 yuan in the department store on the same day, you can get a copy at the service counter with your passport.The quantity is limited, only [-] copies will be sent a day, while supplies last.

Moreover, the quality of the calendar is excellent, the paper used is smooth and tough, Shimai Department Store was willing to spend money, and even sprinkled real gold powder on the girl's clothes, hung the calendar under the lamp and took a photo, it seemed that the beauty was about to come back to life Be alive.

So, on a certain day in December 191X, before the door of Shimai Global Department Store on the main road opened in the morning, hundreds of people braved the cold wind and lined up to snap up this "year-end bonus"—— They can't afford a car, so it's okay to make a wall calendar!

The queue is so exaggerated that it can almost line up from the main road all the way to the sixteenth shop.In addition to ordinary citizens, there are also "scalpers" who are ready to resell them at high prices on the black market.This caused confusion at the queue.

In the end, the police from the central patrol room had to be dispatched to stop the commotion of the crowd.

As soon as the reporting reporter received the news, he immediately squatted at the door of the department store to interview the citizens who came to line up.The photos of the smiling citizens who switched to the calendar were waiting on the newspaper the next day, along with the picture of the glittering roll of the calendar.

Who knew that after the news was released, the number of people queuing up doubled compared to the day before, and some citizens actually came to line up at three or four o'clock in the morning!

Do you think this is a novelty?Is it enough to "snap your eyes"?

Shanghainese people like to queue up for a tradition, it started 100 years ago!

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"Uncle."

The strong smell of medicine filled the quaint room. After a series of difficult coughs, the old man lying on the bed took the medicine bowl brought by Gu Hanlin.

"Uncle, let's go to a foreigner's hospital. This gun~ hurts no better than others. Although the bullet was taken out, the wound is still inflamed. It's better to get a few injections of penicillin, the wound will heal sooner."

Gu Hanlin looked at the old man's sallow face and said worriedly.

"I can't go to the hospital, and I don't believe in foreigners' medical skills. What's wrong with the inflammation? I've been using your Gu family's golden sore medicine for a lifetime. How many times have I escaped from death?"

The old man spoke stubbornly, and couldn't help coughing again.

"Father, you should listen to your cousin! Your illness cannot be delayed!"

Liang Shaolong, who had injured his left arm and had a bandage around his neck, said anxiously.

It turned out that the dying old man lying on the bed was the famous boss Liang Jinlong in Shanghai.Now he was lying limp on the bed, his face was like gold paper, his wrinkled skin was an ominous blue-black color, and his thin body, which usually looked quite hale and hearty, now looked extremely thin when he fell down.

"Shut up! I can't teach anyone about my injuries... Cough cough... Hanlin, your uncle is trustworthy in your medical skills. You go and grab the medicine, whatever ginseng, velvet antler, as long as it can hang your life, prescribe it."

Hearing that he even said the word "hanging life", Gu Hanlin and Liang Shaolong looked at each other and exited the room.

"Cousin... my father, can he still hold on?"

The two walked to the flower hall outside, Liang Shaolong waved his servants away, and asked with a look of grief and indignation.

A few days ago, after drinking morning tea in the Yangzhou teahouse in the old city, his father was shot twice by the killer who was ambushing there before he walked out of the teahouse.Fortunately, Liang Shaolong who was following him at that time pulled him behind the pillars in the hall, otherwise he might have died on the spot.

But because of this, Liang Shaolong was also shot in the arm, which is why he didn't wander around during this period of time, causing speculation from the outside world.

"Uncle is getting old, and his health is not as good as when he was young... If he is willing to go to the hospital to see a doctor and get an injection to reduce inflammation, he may be able to survive. But if he drinks soup and medicine like now, and hangs it with old ginseng... he can survive until next spring Even if it's pretty good."

Gu Hanlin looked at a pot of budding wintersweet flowers in the corner, his eyes were dim.

His aunt's boudoir name was Gu Yongmei.

This old house outside the city, named "Plum Garden", was specially built for my aunt after my uncle made a fortune.

When he was a child, his favorite time to come here was winter.

In the twelfth lunar month, the fragrance of wintersweet comes through the window.After the first month, the plum garden is even more colorful, red plums and white plums cherish the spring breeze, and green plums are dark and fragrant.

When winter comes, my uncle will live in this plum garden, and will not leave until the next year when all the plum blossoms fall.

Everyone said that Boss Liang of "Qinglongtang" was cruel and ruthless, but only he knew that he had always cared so much for his deceased aunt.

"'Old Man' trying to throw over a wall after using our house... mean."

Liang Shaolong ruthlessly hit the wall on one side with his still intact right hand.

"The hospital is not safe either, let alone the 'old man', even the two newcomers, they will not let my father go."

"Cousin...you were right in what you told me before. It is impossible to do water transportation for a lifetime. This kind of work of licking blood on the edge of a knife is becoming more and more difficult to do."

Leaning against the wall dejectedly, Liang Shaolong no longer saw his previous arrogant expression.

"Let's close up the stalls little by little. Don't say that the 'old man' wants to take back the waterway. Even if he doesn't have this idea today, it is no longer the Qing Dynasty. Just like Xia Zhi said, the railway will eventually cover the whole country one day. China, let alone planes..."

Refusing the cigarettes offered by Liang Shaolong, Gu Hanlin continued, "I have to go to the charity auction of Shimai Department Store at night, and I don't want him to smell the smoke."

Putting the cigarette in his mouth and lighting it with one hand, Liang Shaolong smiled narrowly, "You really put your heart into this Young Master Luo. Those few have never seen you put so much effort into it before..."

"I have a showdown with my family, and both families have had dinner together."

Gu Hanlin said half-truthfully.

"Ahem, is it true or not? My old-fashioned uncle didn't beat up people on the spot, and agreed to go to dinner?"

Liang Shaolong choked so much that the smoke came out of his nostrils, "No? Xiao Xia actually agreed? When did any of you get together again? Why didn't I know? I thought you hadn't made it yet!"

"I lied to you."

Gu Hanlin leaned against the wall, covered his mouth and smiled softly, "My dad was also deceived by me, thinking that I had been kidnapped."

"...you..."

Liang Shaolong was stunned for a while, then shook his head speechlessly, "Can a person like you really educate the next generation of the motherland?"

"That's right. It's true that I'm not qualified to be someone else's teacher..."

Gu Hanlin bent down, broke off a branch of wintersweet in the corner, put it on the tip of his nose, and gently sniffed the vague fragrance.

The hedgerow chrysanthemum died with the fragrance, and turned into the cold branches of the year.In order to have a light state, there is no light vulgar fragrance.

The aroma was cold, but it made the blood in his body boil.

He knew he was sick, had always known.

"Cousin...the 'that incident' back then..."

Liang Shaolong raised his head guiltily, but hesitated to speak.

"I'm leaving. If I arrive late, Xia Zhi will be angry."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Hanlin hurried out of the flower hall and left amidst the greetings of servants and disciples.

"Sorry……"

Liang Shaolong looked at his gray back, his lips moved slightly.

"It was my fault……"

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"Ladies and gentlemen, here's today's grand finale—look this way!"

On the atrium stage, "Little Feiyan" dressed in an elegant evening dress and with her hair pulled up high, spoke Mandarin with a slightly theatrical accent, pointing to the polished Ford car parked in the center of the stage.

There was thunderous applause from the audience, and almost half of the celebrities from Shanghai Bund came.

They gave up the Christmas dinners held in various clubs and private salons to come here to join in, and of course there are people who really want this car.But more importantly, I want to get to know the third young master of the Luo family who has been famous in Shanghai for a year.

"Son, Mommy is so nervous."

At the VIP table, a white cheongsam embroidered with gold phoenix and a gray sable fur shawl was wearing a white phoenix holding the arm of his younger son nervously, "Mother's heart is about to jump out."

Now the auction is going on fiercely, and many big bosses and wives sitting beside her are raising their placards to bid. Seeing that the price is getting higher and higher, the atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more enthusiastic.

To be honest, she is really "formidable for young people", she also met the little girl who presided over the auction on the stage when she was very young, so it stands to reason that this "Little Feiyan" should call her "Master Aunt".But since he is under 20 years old, he can host such a big scene with ease, and the rhythm is just right.

On the other hand, her nervous ankles were trembling, which was worse than when she first appeared on stage to sing.

"Little grandma, don't be afraid, you are much prettier than her. Xiaoxiao will accompany you up later."

Sitting on her right is Miss Xiaoxiao, who is dressed like a flower girl. Their church school has a week of Christmas vacation, and during this time, she accompanied Bai Fenghuang to recite the lines to say during the speech.

Bai Fenghuang gratefully pushed his head against the smiling forehead, then squeezed his son's hand, then poked his head out to look at Luo Yunze who was sitting on the other side of Luo Xiazhi, who was also looking at her, the two looked at each other laugh.

Luo Xiazhi, who sees everything in his eyes, has mixed feelings in his heart.

There are four members of their family, and their relationship is even more chaotic than in "Thunderstorm".If some so-called "honest gentleman" knew about the complicated relationship between them, it would definitely be said to be violating human relations and obscenity.

But they...everyone was so kind to him, so kind...

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