The Jade of the Republic of China

After Shen Yutong saw off the group, he drove Long Jialin back to his room to rest, and went to Shen Xingzhi's room by himself.

Mr. Shen originally suffered from asthma, but tonight he was frightened by the two poisonous snakes at the birthday banquet, and immediately fell ill. He took the pills and lay on the bed for a long time before he recovered.

When Shen Yutong entered the room, the old man was half leaning on the head of the bed and talking weakly to his eldest son, while the old aunt beside him was gently fanning him with a round fan.

"Dad, how are you?"

Shen Xingzhi raised his eyelids to look at his worried young son, and shook his head: "It's just an old problem." Just as he finished speaking, he took two deep breaths.

Shen Yutong hastily stepped forward and patted his back to help him calm down, and finally he calmed down again.

The old man waved his hand, and said in a slow voice, "Our Shen Family Refined Salt Factory has just been established, and we have encountered these things. When the output increases, I am afraid that there will be more troubles waiting. You two brothers must be careful when doing business in the future. , especially Yutong, who is young and inexperienced, and doesn't know many things in the business field, so he has to be cautious."

Shen Yutong nodded and returned: "Father, I understand, don't worry so much, taking good care of your body is the main thing."

He looked at his father leaning on the pillow, his silver hair had long lost a trace of blue, and his wrinkled cheeks were also gray.

Today is his [-]th birthday, and his father is already an old man through and through.

Shen Xingzhi didn't care much about his body, and continued: "By the way, it's thanks to the child Bai Qinghe brought tonight. Since you know him, you have to thank him. If it wasn't for this child, I'm afraid tonight Something big will happen."

Shen Yuan also echoed with lingering fear; "That's right, I just saw that this young man seems quite shy. He is a servant of the Bai mansion. If our Shen family goes to thank you with a big fanfare, I'm afraid it will scare him. Since Yutong If you know him, then you can handle this matter, our Shen family cannot owe anyone favors."

Shen Yutong nodded: "Well, I know, I should thank Xiaomeng well."

The father and son chatted a few more words, the two brothers comforted the old man to rest, and went back to their rooms.

It was getting late, but after the night's farce, Shen Yutong didn't feel sleepy for a long time.For a while I thought of those two poisonous snakes, and for a while I thought of Meng Liansheng.

He thought that he and this person must have some kind of wonderful fate.Although I have only met four times in total, three of them were when the other party helped me.

As the saying goes, there are only three things, and this big favor tonight plus the previous two small favors, he has indeed owed Meng Liansheng a big favor.

Favors are debts that must be repaid.

It's just that based on his superficial understanding of Meng Liansheng, if he offered money directly, the other party would definitely not accept it.But besides money, what else can I use as a thank you gift?

Shen Yutong couldn't think of it for a while, so he could only treat Meng Liansheng to dinner first as he said to Bai Qinghe before, and talk about other things later.

It's just that this meal was not as smooth as Shen Yutong imagined.

First, after the birthday banquet, his father stayed in bed for three consecutive days, and he stayed at home as a dutiful son.When Shen Xingzhi recovered seven or eight points and was able to go downstairs to tease his indigo chin, he had time to contact Meng Liansheng.

He called the Bai mansion three times, two of which were after nine o'clock in the evening, but he never found Meng Liansheng, let alone set a meal time.

When the housekeeper of Bai Mansion heard that he was looking for Meng Liansheng, he was quite attentive. He said that he had recently gone to Lixin to work and was very busy. He left early and returned late every day. Even he hadn’t seen anyone for several days , When you see someone, help convey it.

However, in the next two days, Shen Yutong did not receive a response from Meng Liansheng. I don't know if the housekeeper of the Bai family forgot to convey it, or he still hasn't seen anyone.

He didn't expect that it would be so difficult for him to invite someone to dinner.

As for Meng Liansheng in this room, it is hard to say whether he is busy or not, but it is true that he leaves early and returns late, so that no one in the Bai mansion can see him.

Ever since Bai Qinghe handed him over to Sun Zhidong, the other party has indeed followed his elder brother's instructions and brought him with him every day.But Sun Zhidong actually didn't think much of this country boy who couldn't make a dull fart with three sticks. He thought that such an honest and dull guy really wouldn't have much promise, and naturally he wasn't qualified to work in Lixin.

However, the country boy got shit luck and became his elder brother's savior by accident.In their line of business, the most important thing is the word love.For the sake of the eldest brother, he must take good care of this kid. It doesn't matter if he can't do Lixin's work, just add him to eat, drink and have fun.In addition, although Meng Liansheng was silent about his duties, he was diligent in doing things, and it was very easy to be a follower.

Sun Zhidong is used to eating, drinking and having fun. There are many wives and concubines in his family, all of whom are as beautiful as flowers, but they can't keep him from going home. He still hangs around the Lane of Fireworks and Willows every night, the big restaurants, gambling halls, smokehouses and brothels on the beach, His handsome figure is everywhere.

In just a few days, Meng Liansheng, who followed him, was able to meet the world.

Tonight, Sun Zhidong took a few of his men to the Lanxiang House in Huile to have fun.

The Lanxiang Pavilion is the second hall, and the waitresses there are not as talented as Changsan Shuyu, but the ability to serve men can't be found in Huile.

Sun Zhidong likes to wear a suit and polish his hair on weekdays. He thinks he is modern and decent, but this can't change the fact that he was born as a street bum, and he is still a vulgar hooligan at heart. A coquettish prostitute in Yaoertang.He has an old friend in the Lanxiang Pavilion, named Hongyu, and today he invites his brother to drink, and it is Hongyu who takes a few sisters to serve in the room.

After the lively meal, several drunken subordinates took their girls back to the room, and only Meng Liansheng stayed in the room, helping Hongyu to help Sun Zhidong, who was so drunk, to the couch.

Hongyu is the number one brand of Lanxiang Pavilion, she is only ten years old, but she has been rolling in the wind and dust for five or six years, and her every move is full of style.

Today she is wearing a smoky purple gown with wide sleeves inlaid with gold, with a low bun and a hairpin inlaid with gold and jade. Her powdered cheeks are as white as jade fat, her lips are as red as plums blooming in the snow, and there is a faint wave of wind all over her body. Rich and delicate fragrance, I don't know if it is hair oil or powder.

After Sun Zhidong settled down, she also sat cross-legged on the cigarette couch, stretched out her light-white catkins, lit the cloisonné cigarette lamp on the table in front of her, took out the cigarette paste from a lacquered wood and gold-painted cigarette case, and put it on the lamp Burn it into smoke bubbles, put it into an ivory bong and light it, and hand it to Sun Zhidong who is lazily lying on the cigarette couch.

Sun Zhidong took the bong, closed his eyes and took two puffs, as if he breathed a sigh of relief, slowly raised his eyelids, glanced at Meng Liansheng who was standing aside, and said with a smile: "Xiao Meng, this is a good thing, do you want it?" Take two sips?"

Meng Liansheng quickly waved his hands respectfully: "Thank you Brother Dong, I won't eat."

Sun Zhidong sneered: "Country boy, he doesn't know how to enjoy himself." Then he said to the woman opposite: "Hongyu, my brother is young and doesn't understand human affairs, so arrange a girl to teach him tonight."

While burning cigarettes for him, Hongyu raised her sparkling eyes to look at Meng Liansheng, and said with a smile, "Okay! I'll let my mother arrange it for Mr. Meng."

Meng Liansheng blushed and said, "No need, no need!"

Sun Zhidong, who was leaning on the cigarette couch, saw his panicked reaction, laughed uncontrollably, and jokingly said: "Xiao Meng, brother asked me to take care of you, I will bring you to the Lanxiang Pavilion to see the world, you only drink half a glass of wine, You don't smoke and you don't call me a girl, but when I asked about it later, I thought I treated you badly."

Meng Liansheng said word by word, "Brother Dong treated me very well."

Seeing his dull appearance, Sun Zhidong felt more and more that this country boy was worthless, and he didn't bother to force it, so he waved his hands and said, "Okay, you don't want this or that, stick here like a wooden stake, maybe we have to wait and see I work with Hongyu?"

Hongyu spits at him with a hint of coquettishness and anger.

Knowing that Sun Zhidong was going to stay here, Meng Liansheng said, "Then I'll go first."

Sun Zhidong closed his eyes and nodded: "Well, come here and wait for me tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Brother Dong."

Sun Zhidong didn't care about him any more, he closed his eyes and swallowed the clouds, as soon as he saw that he was about to go to heaven and become a fairy.

Meng Liansheng walked behind the door and was about to open it when he suddenly thought of something again and looked back at the man who was lying on the cigarette couch.

He knows that opium is not a good thing, it can make people happy for a while, but after becoming addicted, his body and money will be gradually emptied by this thing.When he was in his hometown, he had seen a few heavy smokers, all of them were gray and haggard, as if they were the living dead who had been sucked out of their yang energy.

These few days he followed Sun Zhidong, he was surrounded by his brothers when he came in and out, and his hands were very generous, he was a very imposing figure in Shanghai Bund.But seeing him eating opium at this moment, his face is also pale, like a decayed body that has lost its soul.

He thought, so the big shots in Shanghai are nothing more than that.

He walked out of the second door and came to the corridor outside. There were ambiguous voices of warblers and swallows coming from the next few rooms, and inside a glass door on the opposite side, a man and a woman were vaguely entwined.

The dark fragrance floating in the air is the daughter's fragrance that makes men intoxicated.

However, Meng Liansheng was at peace.

He walked to the stairs and looked into the lobby of the Lanxiang Pavilion. There were people eating at the bottom, prostitutes in rich clothes and heavy make-up accompanied the old and young masters to punch and drink.

He stopped and looked at the noisy and flashy scene in front of him.

This is the gentle hometown of men.

It seems to be a matter of course that men love beautiful women.Beautiful women are like the colorful flowers in the garden of Bai Mansion, and he, like everyone else, is willing to admire them.

But he knew very well that he never loved these women, and he could neither be emotional nor lustful towards them.

But if a man doesn't love a beautiful woman, who else can he love?

When Meng Liansheng was lost at the stairs, he saw a slender figure led by two servants into the gate of Lanxiang Pavilion.

His peaceful heart suddenly moved slightly.

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