Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

The clear sky was as clear as blue, and seabirds flicked overhead.If it weren't for the fallen trees scattered around the villa and the garbage and planks blown from nowhere, yesterday's storm would really be "a dream without a trace".

Luo Xiazhi was standing by the window with a cup of freshly brewed coffee.Gu Hanlin, who was standing beside him, picked up the sugar cubes in the jar on the table, and threw two sugar cubes into his coffee.

"coming."

At the back door of the villa, a bicycle winds its way along the stone road. It is the postman of the town post office who comes every morning to deliver the letters, telegrams and newspapers of the previous day.

The postman rang the doorbell, and the butler greeted him, took the things in his hands, and after the two of them spoke a few more words, the butler turned around and went back to the villa.

On the contrary, the postman, pushing the bicycle, turned his head three times a step, and after looking at the villa for a long time, he rode away as if unwilling to do so.

"Master, this is the woman Axiang's man from yesterday. His name is Shuigen. Because he can read, he works as a postman at the post office in the town."

Aunt Lin took the empty coffee cup and said to Luo Xiazhi.

After a while, the housekeeper came up and brought Ah Xiang and Mrs. Ah Qing along.

Ale stood at the door of the study with a wooden stick in his hands, looking outside vigilantly.

As soon as Ah Xiang entered the door, she was about to kowtow again, but was pulled aside by Aunt Lin, and sat down on the chair.

"Master, it's all ordinary newspaper mail, and there are no telegrams."

The butler checked the things delivered by the postman, and said to Luo Xiazhi.

"What did that man tell you just now?"

"Ask us if there is any loss during the typhoon night, and why we can't see his woman."

When Axiang heard this, she immediately raised her head, her not-so-big eyes were full of fear.

"How do you answer?"

"I said that the woodshed was damp, and Ah Xiang went to clean up the rice noodles, so I won't come out to talk to him."

Gu Hanlin watched the conversation between their master and servant, and turned to look at Mrs. Ah Qing who shrank back and said nothing.

This woman was really courageous yesterday.

"Xia Zhi, after this is the 'family affairs' of your Luo family. I still have to go to the construction site at the school, so I'll take my leave first."

Luo Xiazhi hurriedly asked the housekeeper to take him out, and the door of the study was closed again.

Walking out of Luo's magnificent country house, he returned to the messy school construction site.Although it's not time to go to work, the construction site is already full of workers. It seems that they are also very concerned about the disaster situation at the construction site yesterday.

Gu Hanlin rolled up his sleeves and walked into the crowd.

"It seems that we still need to find a special cook to cook..."

At noon, Gu Hanlin thought from the bottom of his heart while eating a lunch made by some worker.

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That afternoon, the young masters and ladies of the Luo family hurried to the pier on the island, preparing to take the nearest ferry back to Shanghai.

The woman named Axiang and her husband were taken to the town's police station by the housekeeper.

When the potbellied director heard that they dared to murder the young master of the main family, and the witness was his distant niece, he immediately said that he would "handle it impartially" and give the Luo family a satisfactory answer as soon as possible.

As for the pungent Ah Qing, she was left in "Yingzhou Xiaozhu" to replace Ah Xiang's original job, and her salary was several times that of the construction site.

Sitting in the cabin, Luo Xiazhi held a slightly lonely smile and looked worriedly at the yellow sea water outside the window.

There is no telephone in the villa, and only the county government, police station and post office can make and receive calls on the entire island.Just now Ah Le rode his bicycle to the post office, only then did he know that Shanghai had called the day before yesterday to inform them that his master was critically ill, and asked Luo Xiazhi to rush back to Shanghai before the typhoon arrived with a smile.

The postman brought the message, but he didn't say a word about Master Luo's critical illness.They also stayed in the villa.

There was a typhoon yesterday, the Luo family had not waited for news from this side for a long time, so someone sent a telegram to urge Luo Xiazhi to leave as soon as possible, but that telegram was also intercepted by Ah Xiang's man.

"Master, I can't help it. I'm Miss Lan's dowry girl. I thought life would be easier if I married a scholar, but I was trapped on this small island. Miss Lan promised me that if this matter is done Alright, let me and my man go back to Shanghai to work..."

"Miss Lan" is his cheap little mother He Lan.It is said that her natal family was also a wealthy businessman in Ningbo, and they brought a lot of dowry with them when they married into the Luo family.After Master Luo married her, his business expanded to several wharves in Zhejiang.

Therefore, the seventh wife, He Lan, was extremely jealous of Bai Fenghuang, who only brought a change of clothes and won the favor of Master Luo just because of her beauty.

"Master, I still can't figure it out. It's right for Axiang to open the window and let the water leak in. But what if you don't stay up at night, master? If you don't get up and walk to the stairs, her plan will fail Is it gone?"

Ah Le has been angry since last night, and he didn't sleep all night, his eyes were blue.

"There were so many workers downstairs yesterday, and it was very convenient to lure me downstairs if they wanted to 'create' something. No, even if there are no workers, it is not difficult to lure me out."

Luo Xiazhi leaned his head next to Xiaoxiao's little head, closed his eyes and said.Xiaoxiao hugged Luo Xiazhi's shoulders, and whispered "Third Uncle...".

The switch in the villa was also disconnected by Ah Xiang, and everything was done to cause him to be injured—even to die, just to prevent him from going back to Shanghai to see the critically ill Master Luo for the last time.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiazhi once again realized soberly - just like Xiao Xia said, no one from the Luo family can be trusted!

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After all, they did not catch up with Luo Zhenhua for the last time.

The driver who came to pick up people at the pier was completely naked, with red eyes, telling Luo Xiazhi that Luo Zhenhua had passed away in the hospital this morning.

If they set off the day before yesterday, even if they took the ferry in the afternoon, they would be able to meet their father in time!

A road sacrificial shed has been set up outside the Luo mansion, all the way from the intersection to the entrance of the Luo mansion.

As soon as he entered the Luo mansion, the huge black word "Dian" jumped into Luo Xiazhi's eyes, and his eyes were full of white piercing into Luo Xiazhi's chest, reminding him of the majestic appearance, yet generous and gentle elder, The fact that really is dead.

"Oh, our honorable third young master is back."

He Lan, who was dressed in filial piety and knelt beside the coffin in sackcloth, raised her head and said sarcastically, "Master has been hanging on his breath in order to wait for you. Look at how unfilial you are!"

"Ah Xiang and his men have been arrested."

After Luo Xiazhi finished speaking in a low voice, regardless of He Lan's expression on the spot, he went straight to the mourning hall and twirled a stick of incense.

"Xiao Xia is back."

Hearing the servant's report, Luo Yunze came down from upstairs, followed by Luo Xiazhi's mother Bai Fenghuang.

Her eyes were red, and she kept taking out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. Even though she was wearing rough sackcloth, she still looked pitiful and pitiful.

After Luo Xia finished her incense, she put on her filial piety dress under the service of A Le, looked down at her trembling body, and He Lan, who was supported by her two daughters, walked towards Luo Yunze.

Bai Fenghuang saw his son quite excited, and took his hand and rubbed it for a long time.

Luo Xiazhi and Luo Yunze walked back to the study on the second floor, and after listening to Luo Xiazhi's retelling of the reason why he didn't return in time, Luo Yunze nodded and said, "After the funeral is over, the Luo family should be cleaned up. Also, married girls, don't run away to your mother's house all day long."

Hearing him say this, Luo Xiazhi knew that everything that happened that night ended with Ah Xiang and his wife.Even if they confessed to the mastermind at the police station, the Luo family would never allow this kind of family secrets to leak out and become the laughing stock of the upper class in Shanghai.

Patting Luo Xiazhi on the shoulder, Luo Yunze looked him up and down.

"Dark, thin... but also strong. Well-raised!"

Feeling the warmth from the big brother's strong palm, and the real concern in his words, the doubts that the big brother didn't want him to come back gradually dissipated.

"Xiaoxiao is darker than me. I hope that big brother won't be surprised when he sees her."

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and went down side by side to receive the guests and friends who came to worship.

As for He Lan, she was sent back to her room to rest because she was "excessively sad".

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After the "first seven", the Luo family's lawyer read Luo Zhenhua's will under the witness of all the Luo family members, young and old.

The Luo family's property was divided into three.

The eldest son, Luo Yunze, inherited the Luo mansion and Luo's firm.Luo Xiazhi inherited the villa "Yingzhou Xiaozhu" on Chongming Island, a North-South department store on Dama Road, a Cantonese restaurant and a theater on Sima Road.As for the second brother Luo Muze, who is far away in Japan and has not been heard from for a long time, he inherited all the fields and properties in the countryside of Shaoxing.

Master Luo's six daughters have all been married, and each of them took away a generous dowry when they got married. Therefore, apart from a box of gold bars, each of them has no other inheritance.

"Impossible... The old man promised me that He He and Min Min would each have a property on Helen Road, so how could it be possible that they didn't?"

He Lan objected on the spot, and the lawyer put the will in front of her to prove that what he said was true.

"If Mrs. Seven is worried, feel free to find someone to file a lawsuit. The notaries on the will are all famous figures in Shanghai, and they must be able to stand the confrontation."

The lawyer dropped a sentence coldly, which made He Lan unable to recover for a long time.

So after being presented with a villa, Luo Xiazhi gained a shop, a theater and a restaurant in just half a month.

Touching his chin, Luo Xiazhi thought to himself: So this is what it feels like to get rich overnight!

The author has something to say: Master Luo is offline, and the protagonist ushered in the first pot of gold in life