Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

One early morning in winter, the staff of "Auspicious Pawnshop" removed the door panel early in the morning, opened the gate, and started sweeping the courtyard with a broom.It was freezing cold, and as soon as he took a breath, he saw a cloud of white cold air in front of him, which made him jump up and down.

This is a small pawn shop located in the suburbs of Shanghai, and it has a history of a hundred years.There is such a jingle in the suburbs of Shanghai: Jinluodian, Yinnanxiang, and Tiedachang—it refers to three famous century-old towns between the urban area and the suburbs of Shanghai: Luodian Town, Nanxiang Town and Dachang Towns, ranked them according to their wealth.

This "auspicious pawnshop" is located in "Jinluodian", and further down, it is Taicang, Jiangsu.

"Be something."

Before he finished sweeping the fallen leaves at the door, a man in a light brown English-style double-breasted coat and a felt hat walked into the pawn shop and whispered.

Because the coat was so foreign, and it was so weird to wear a rustic Shaoxing felt hat, the boy couldn't help but take a second look before he went into the back and called out the shopkeeper who was still rinsing his mouth in the yard.

"Come here so early? I'm afraid it's 'unkind people'..."

The shopkeeper spit out a mouthful of tea under the crape myrtle flower, then looked up at the gloomy weather.

"Guest officer, what does Lennon want to be? Let me give Lennon a 'palm eye'?"

The shopkeeper entered the pawnshop, the boy turned and locked the door, walked around the tall screen, stood with him on the tall counter and looked down.

In the old pawn shop, the light was dim, and people who entered had to look up.

The pillars on both sides of the hall of the pawn shop are pasted with slogans such as "Anniversary of Antiques and Jade Wares" and "Lost tickets cannot be redeemed without intermediary insurance".As for the shopkeeper and the clerk, they stood behind the high steps, revealing two pairs of dark eyes that were shining brightly.

There is a saying in the pawn shop industry, "If you don't see your suffering at the height of the stage, don't persuade me to be magnanimous under the stage." You know that this is not a good business. Buying low and selling high is the norm in the industry.Therefore, the people in this pawn shop are all "human essences" among "human essences".

"This, a Swiss gold watch."

The man took a watch from the inside pocket of his coat and put it on the counter.

"And this, this German gold pen, is also very valuable."

The man's Mandarin intonation was strangely blunt, not like the plastic mandarin spoken by people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, nor like the foreign dialect spoken in the north.

The shopkeeper took the gold pen and watch for a closer look, then stood on tiptoe, trying to look down to see the man's face clearly.

The man lowered the brim of his hat as if he wanted to avoid it deliberately.

"How is it? They are all good things, how much can they be worth?"

He seemed to be in a hurry, and after he finished speaking, he added, "I'm in a hurry to use the money, you can just give it as you see."

"Hey, this is a good thing, a good thing..."

The shopkeeper winked at the boy standing next to him, and the latter hurried around behind the screen, and then slipped out through the back door without making a sound.

"I'm here in the countryside. It's rare to receive this kind of 'Western goods'. I see that my uncle is wearing good clothes. He must be a son of a rich family. He has encountered difficulties. Let's do it. Wait a minute, I'll be careful here. Take a look and give Nong a good price."

As the shopkeeper said, he picked up a Western crystal magnifying glass, and carefully looked at the rising sun slowly.He looked at it so carefully, as if he was judging the age of the gold watch, and as if he really understood the foreign characters on the back of the watch, he shook his head and muttered something in his mouth.

"I'm wrong!"

The man waited for less than 5 minutes, and he really didn't have the patience to continue studying with the old man.He jumped up, wanting to take back the gold watch and pen on the counter, but the old shopkeeper subconsciously withdrew his hand, and the man missed it.

"idiot!"

The man scolded, "Do you want to steal my things?"

He is actually an "Oriental man"!

The shopkeeper was taken aback.

Although he couldn't understand Japanese, he could still understand the "Baga".

The scenery here is good. When the weather is hot, oriental people often bring oriental women here to see the scenery and take a walk. If a Chinese accidentally bumps into them, they will often get a word of "baga".

As he thought about it, he secretly cursed how the little guy who went to the town to hire the security team ran so slowly.This pawn shop did not have a telephone, and if he wanted to use the phone to call the police, he had to go to the teahouse opposite the pawn shop, so that the man would definitely be able to see the boy.

On the contrary, the office of the security team is about 600 meters behind the pawn shop, and it only takes less than 5 minutes to run back and forth quickly.

"Here! Here! This guy is wearing the coat that was printed in the newspaper, and he is going to be a gold watch and a gold pen! Yes! That's him!"

At this moment, the boy led a group of members of the security team and rushed towards the "auspicious pawnshop".The security guard kept blowing his whistle, warning the man to stay where he was and raise his hand to surrender.

"idiot!"

The man cursed loudly, then jumped up and snatched back the gold pen that was not held by the shopkeeper.

"Hey, catch him! Grab this 'Oriental red guy'!"

The shopkeeper was lying on the counter, trying to stick his head out.

In the next second, he was so frightened that he almost fell off the counter, and his life was at stake.

It turned out that before the man ran away, probably out of embarrassment, he raised his gun and shot a bullet at the counter.The bullet passed through the high fence and hit the big screen behind the shopkeeper.The violent gunshot not only frightened the shopkeeper, but also frightened the group of people at the door——

You must know that the security team in a small place like theirs has less than ten people in total, and the whole family may only have one bird~gun, and they will never hear a gunshot every year.

While everyone was stunned, the man flew all the way, and after three or two turns, he disappeared.

The shopkeeper crawled out from behind the counter tremblingly, looked at the gold watch he was still holding in his hand, and looked at the boys and security guards who were still stunned outside, and hurriedly shouted: "Call the mayor's office! Take the bounty, take the bounty!"

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Everyone "thawed" one after another, and hurriedly knocked on the door of the mayor's house.

Just a few days ago, Shimai Department Store and the Central Concession Patrol Office issued high rewards. Luo Xiazhi, the third master of the Luo family, was robbed by Japanese ronin on the way to pick up the eldest daughter Luo Wanyi from Hong Kong and was shot in the body.

Now the whole city is looking for this Japanese ronin, and anyone who can arrest him on the spot will be rewarded with ten bounty bars.Those who can provide important clues will be rewarded with 20 to 100 silver dollars according to the importance and accuracy.

The Luo family was determined to seek justice for their third master this time, and not only published the reward order in major newspapers across Shanghai.Their own magazine is not yet officially published, so they just publish a supplement, which is distributed free of charge throughout the city, and even the junctions of cities like theirs have received Shimai's magazines.

The radio is even more amazing. "Tianwaitian Radio" originally had a product advertisement after every half-hour time report.The price of this advertisement is more expensive than the price of inserts in ordinary programs, especially the advertisements before and after several popular singing, opera and storytelling programs are outrageously expensive.

But since the accident, Shi Mai really didn't even want to make any money, and all the hourly advertisements were changed to male and female announcers reading the arrest warrant aloud.

As a result, all the residents in Shanghai, even Suzhou, Jiashan and other places who could receive the broadcast signal, knew the clothes and hats that Luo Xiazhi was wearing on the day he was robbed, and how many things were lost in total.And I also know that the guard room of Shimai Department Store is now open 24 hours, just waiting for everyone to provide clues.

It is said that there are already a group of rascals and bums with the mentality of "rip off" and claiming that they have clues. After entering the patrol room, it was proved that they were just trying to cheat rewards, and they were detained directly. It is estimated that they may have to live in it Spring Festival.

But even so, bums and scoundrels like this still appear at the door of Shimai Department Store one after another.

Everyone has a dream of getting rich—what if?right?

"I'm here to ask for a debt. Your third master Luo owes me 1000 yuan."

A middle-aged man in a middle-aged jacket and a pair of old cotton shoes walked in tremblingly, and sat down on a wooden chair.

"Who is our third master who owes you money?"

In the past two days, in order to deal with these true and false reports, the security captain has already had a big head.I didn't expect not only to provide false clues, but also "new tricks" came out.

"Besides, 1000 yuan? Do you have 1000 yuan? Have you ever seen what 1000 yuan looks like in your life?"

The security captain rolled his eyes in disdain.

"Next, next, the one who said he saw Japanese ronin in Tangqiao, let him in."

Will the third master owe someone money?Why don't you say Citibank, Swiss banks will owe money?

"This, this is really an IOU written by you, Mr. Luo."

He took out a piece of paper and put it in front of the captain of the security team of Shimai Department Store.

"Crazy... Pay the IOU..."

As the captain spoke, he picked up the note, glanced at the signature and private seal at the end, and was speechless for a while.

Although he is not very literate, he can still understand the basic common characters, especially Luo Sanye's signature and private seal - all the final documents issued by Shi Mai have Luo Sanye's signature and private seal. stamp.

Of course he can't see the high-level documents, but he can see a lot of them in the bulletins and notices he will post every month.

This word... the signature is a bit ugly, but it is quite similar.

But this seal is so familiar to him!

There is a small gap between the "Zhi" and "Yin" of this "Rorschach Zhiyin", and when it is printed on paper, there will be a blank space.This gap only appeared three years ago. It is said that the eldest lady was not sensible at that time, and she was playing with the cat with the seal of the third master - a golden chain was tied behind the seal - and was accidentally smashed.

Since then, there has been such a blank space on the private seal of every document. This is a little secret that only Shi Mai who has frequent contact with San Ye's documents will know, and outsiders will never know.

"You...you sit and wait! Come on, pour a cup of tea for this old man, and come in with someone else to accompany him."

He stood up, put on the clothes on the armchair, and prepared to go up to the sixth floor to report—since the third master suffered a crime and was admitted to the hospital, the uncle of the Luo family, who was originally working in the firm, had been stationed in Shimai in person. Come to "sit in town".

"Hey, I'm right."

Seeing that there was "something going on", the old man smiled happily, took a sip of the hot tea from the little security guard, and took a sip.

Standing outside Luo Xiazhi's office, the security captain straightened the collar buttons on his clothes and swallowed nervously.

This third master's office used to be often entered.But this uncle is different from the third master. The third master is kind and often smiles. When he sees ordinary employees like them, he never puts on airs and often jokes with them.When there is no entertainment, I even come to the staff cafeteria in the back building of Shimai to have lunch with everyone at noon.

But the uncle is different.A few days ago, when the uncle brought a group of secretaries and senior managers of Luo's Commercial Company to the office on the sixth floor, his stern expression, proud manner, and unsmiling attitude along the way made everyone in the department store panic. I was shocked.

It's okay for a security captain like him to sit downstairs and work every day, so when the uncle leads people around the floor, he will bow and report on the work situation.

It is said that the group of secretaries, managers, and floor managers on the sixth floor have been held by the third master at least two small meetings a day, and a meeting once a week. They report their work situation one by one, and if they don't check, they will be stared at and questioned for a long time. I was startled.Secretary Zheng Jiesen even said in private that if the third master does not recover, they may have stomach ulcers collectively due to too much mental stress.

"Hello, sir."

After getting permission, the security captain entered the office door, and then felt a gust of cold wind hit.In fact, although Shimai Department Store has not yet installed central heating, there are small stoves in the office to keep everyone warm, and the high-priced anthracite coal is burned, so we must pay attention to ventilation.

But when he saw Luo Yunze looking up at him expressionlessly, the security captain, who had seen the world at least, felt that he was about to freeze.

"what's up?"

"This... This is an IOU from an old man. It says that the third master owes him money. "

His nervous tongue was trembling, and it was not much better than when the old man was talking to him just now, and he looked cowering.

"Tsk... Xia Zhi owes money? These bastards have played a new trick."

Luo Yunze naturally knew about the fact that people came to falsely claim rewards every day.He said mockingly, and opened the note.

His face became serious.

"This... ahem, the seal on it should belong to the third master."

The security captain pointed to the note and said, "After the third master was robbed, his seal was also lost. This seal must have fallen into the hands of someone with malicious intentions!"

"Bring that old man up..."

Before Luo Yunze could say anything, the two little security guards hurriedly opened the door and rushed in, waving the things in their hands while shouting,

"Gold watch! Someone handed over the third master's gold watch!"

"Boss, someone brought the third master's IOU again! This time it's amazing, there are three or four people in total!"

The security captain was about to turn around and scold these two people for not understanding the rules, but after hearing what they said, he was also stunned.

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The old shopkeeper of "Auspicious Shopkeeper" often liked to go to Shanghai when he was young.

Those who live in the suburbs of the city, although their household registration clearly states that they are from Shanghai, have never been ashamed to consider themselves "Shanghaiese", and modestly think of themselves as countrymen and townspeople.

If a few Shanghainese come to the town by chance, especially fashionable little girls, they will gather around to see the strange things.

So when they go to Shanghai to play in their spare time, they will say that they are "going to Shanghai" instead of "going to the city".

Since the old shopkeeper got older, he seldom traveled to Shanghai.

First, the road conditions are not good, and I have to take a scooter and a dangdang car to go there. I am exhausted.What's more, this big Shanghai is getting more and more beautiful. Walking on the road makes people feel "dizzy (dizzy)", and can't help but feel a little scared. So on the one hand, I envy the prosperity of the big city, and on the other hand On the one hand, I don't want to get too close, so as not to show my timidity.

So I came and went again and again, and I didn't go to the city for nearly ten years.

But this time the old shopkeeper went to Shanghai, but he was picked up in a car.This car took him all the way from the countryside of Luodian to the busiest main road in Shanghai, where it was also the most famous Shimai department store.

When he got out of the car, he felt that he was in a dream. This dream was so beautiful and magnificent.

"Old sir, Lennon is here."

Ah, there are "fairies" in the dream!The voice sounded familiar, how could it sound like the voice of the announcer in "Tianwaitian Wireless Broadcasting".

The "fairy" held the shopkeeper's hand and led him into a small room. At the same time, there were many young people with cameras hanging around their necks. They looked at him excitedly, and the gleam in their eyes made him Reminds me of the weasel on a winter night.

The old man was a little stage frightened, he turned his head, and wanted to call his son and the boy to come closer to him, to give him some courage.Unexpectedly, when I turned around, I saw these two handsome young men in the town. At this moment, they were also attracted by Shimai's luxurious decoration and various products that almost piled up to the ceiling, and they were blocked from the crowd. outside.

"Hey, son! Little six!"

He waved his hand struggling.

Xiaoliuzi is the name of that little guy.

"It's okay, they can take an elevator."

The pretty lady with a nice voice comforted her.

"What is an elevator?"

As soon as he said a word, he felt the whole floor tremble slightly, and then he felt as if he was going up.

"Earth, an earthquake?"

He said in a panic, and the hot little girl and the group of young reporters around burst into laughter.

"Old man, this is an 'elevator'. You stand in it, and as soon as the door opens, we'll be on the seventh floor. It's not an earthquake, it's safe and fast."

The pretty lady covered her mouth and smiled, which made the shopkeeper feel embarrassed all of a sudden.

Oh, this is the "elevator" for foreigners. The things made by foreigners are really amazing.

Then, his small-town shyness resurfaced unconsciously.

"This old man is quite honest, he doesn't look like he will lie."

A male reporter secretly whispered to one of his female colleagues.

"That's right. The patrol room has confirmed it before. That watch is indeed Mr. Luo's gold watch. It is guaranteed to be a fake one. The old man has provided important clues, and he will be rewarded soon."

As the female reporter spoke, she looked enviously at the old man dressed like an unearthed cultural relic. She didn't know what kind of smoke was coming out of this guy's ancestral grave, but he still had such luck.

I don't know how many "adventurers" in Shanghai are waiting to make a fortune from this matter, but the first cheap one turned out to be an old country man.

When the elevator reached the seventh floor, it made a "ding", which startled the old man again.Looking at his Coke appearance, it may be out of jealousy, the whole elevator car is full of happy air.

Surrounded by everyone, the old man stepped out of the elevator and was led to a glass house.The outside of the glass house was already full of people, looking at them, they all looked like reporters.

"Here we come, the shopkeeper is here!"

When the reporters saw him, they couldn't wait to surround him, and someone raised a spotlight to light it up. The "boom" sound shocked the old man again.

"Son, little six... Where did you die?"

The old man was about to cry in his heart, but he still maintained a shy and honest smile on his face.

He raised his head and looked at the large golden characters inlaid on the outside of the glass house. His small eyes suddenly widened——"Tianwaitian Radio Station" in Shimai Department Store.

God!Here, here is the studio of the radio station he listens to every day!

He, he's going to be on the radio!

"Old sir, can you tell us about the situation at that time?"

The host, that is, the beautiful woman who helped him up just now, sat opposite him and Xiaoliuzi, and said gently.

"I...can I speak Shanghainese? My Mandarin is very poor. A sentence or two is fine, but if there are too many, I won't be able to compete (no way). You'd better speak Shanghainese, otherwise I can't understand..."

The old man's honest attitude caused the reporters outside to burst into laughter again.

But this further proves the truth of his words.

In the next half an hour, the old man and Xiao Liuzi partnered together, and the two recounted what happened that day like storytelling, including how Xiao Liuzi used his strange behavior when he saw the Oriental man for the first time. The clothes showed that something was wrong with him, and how he cursed people angrily when his deeds were exposed, but they found out that he was Japanese.

"When I was young, I also traveled to many places. This person is not Chinese at first glance. When we Shanghai people curse people, the first reaction is 'Cena'. Ningbo people are 'Niang Xipi'. Nanjing People are 'Dangaoyibi'...that person said 'Baga'! I understand 'Baga', it's the Japanese 'Cenna'!"

After the old shopkeeper got rid of the initial shyness, he began to show his language talent into the microphone, not only the reporters who were writing interviews outside, but also the entire audience listening to the radio program. .

Hey, when he was a young man, if he hadn't been able to speak well, the old shopkeeper would not have married his only daughter to him, and then handed over the pawnshop to him.

"Good viewers, this 'Auspicious Pawnshop' shopkeeper Yang Afa, because he provided important clues, the gold watch he handed over to the patrol room was also proved to be the personal belongings lost by Shimai General Manager Luo Xiazhi. Because he He is the first witness to provide such an important clue. After discussion, Shimai Department Store decided to make an exception and change the reward to a 'little yellow croaker' of 20 taels. We will award it to him now."

The host stopped the shopkeeper's performance at the right time, and then, under the witness of everyone, solemnly handed a small gold bar in a sandalwood box to shopkeeper Yang.

The reporters outside took pictures of the two of them. Just this afternoon, this enviable news will be published in newspapers and magazines of all sizes in Shanghai.Let him become a big hit in Shanghai.

"In addition, in the past two days, Shimai's security department has received a large number of so-called 'IOUs' privately printed by Shimai General Manager Luo Xiazhi. After expert appraisal, the signatures of these 'IOUs' are all imitated by Manager Luo. And all The paper for the IOUs is the most common paper bought in the 'Gongdelin', not the special paper customized by Shimai Department Store and Luo's Firm."

After the host sent the excited shopkeeper to the studio, he showed the reporters the IOUs he had received one after another in the past few days.

"However, as we all know, Manager Luo was not only shot after being robbed, but also lost various personal items including coats and wallets, including this private seal!"

The anchor pointed to the red badge with his slender finger, and said to the reporter.

"Shimai Department Store stated again that this lost seal no longer has any legal effect. When Manager Luo was robbed, he was shot in the arm of his right hand and could not write at all. So if you see any seal with this seal Seal, any document bearing the signature of the so-called 'Rorschach' - it does not have any legal effect!"

"It doesn't even have any legal effect!"

Listening to the firm female voice on the radio, Tsubaki Yingko raised her chin and looked at her Chinese husband coldly.

"Sakura...I didn't expect..."

Luo Muze said in a panic.

"Yeah, you never thought of it every time! Every time!"

The woman laughed back angrily.

"Do you know why this is - your younger brother is more cruel than you! He is too cruel to himself, he doesn't care about your dark thoughts at all! If you have the slightest bit of 'ruthlessness' like him ’, we won’t make wedding dresses for him every time!”

After Tsubaki Yingko finished speaking, she turned and left the office.

Only Luo Muze with a dejected face was left, and the "Share Equity Confirmation Letter" written on the most ordinary paper in "Gongde Forest" on his desk.

The confirmation letter originally written on the special paper of Sakura Department Store had to be voided because Luo Xiazhi temporarily imposed conditions.So the subordinates brought the paper used for keeping accounts in "Yanlai Teahouse"...

And this piece of "Share Equity Confirmation Letter" was finally obtained after painstaking efforts. After today's broadcast, it seems to have become a piece of waste paper.

Naturally, they can also use this contract to go to court with Luo Xiazhi and ask experts to verify the handwriting.However, after Luo Xiazhi resorted to a bitter plan to injure himself, he had already said that he was injured by a "Japanese ronin" when he reported the case.

They jumped out at this time, not to mention whether the contract is true or not, wouldn't that be the same as admitting that they have a connection with that "Japanese ronin" who made it out of nothing? !

Third brother, third brother, you are too ruthless!

Luo Muze gritted his teeth in hatred.

The author has something to say: Guess who is that Japanese guy?

In addition, they may not be friends from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. They feel that Shanghainese call themselves "Allah". Sometimes it is ridiculous to see someone say "Alaxi" and "Allah" in the drama of the Republic of China.

Because "Ala" is actually Ningbo dialect, and because there were many Ningbo people among the early immigrants in Shanghai, it gave everyone the illusion that there is "Ala" in Shanghai dialect.

In fact, in authentic Shanghai dialect and Shanghai country dialect (also known as local dialect), "I" means "wu" or "伲" and "吴伲".Shanghainese people say "Allah" only when they mean "we".

So if you see someone on TV who clearly says he is from Shanghai and says "Allah" in one sentence, it is definitely a joke.

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