The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

"Bai Luoqiu... what's your name?" Mr. Li had an unusual expression on his handsome face, nostalgic and restrained.

"My name is Li Quan, and I am the son of the head of the Dechun class." Li Quan said honestly.

"Xie Yan, Boss Bai's young apprentice." Xie Yan answered without asking.

"..." Mr. Li seemed to want to ask something, but stopped when he reached the point of his mouth.

Xie Yan could clearly feel the strong remorse and depression emanating from the elegant middle-aged man in front of him.

"Dechun class... Bai Luoqiu..."

He murmured a few times, then narrowed his eyes for a second, helped the gold-wire mirror frame on the bridge of his nose, and changed the subject abruptly.

"This teahouse is my property, but I haven't been here all the time. The manager of the teahouse is shopkeeper Liu. You can ask him if you don't understand anything." Mr. Li pointed to a rich middle-aged man behind the counter.

"There is a small yard behind the teahouse. It is a corner left when the teahouse was built. Now there are firewood and coal piled up. There is also a small room. If you have no place to live, you can sleep there first. You can work in the teahouse during the day. live--"

"I know how to clean, boil water and simmer the kang, and entertain guests!" Li Quan said quickly when he saw that Xie Yan was the one everyone was looking at before, fearing that he would be rejected.

Mr. Li nodded, "You were brought by Er Shao Wen, and you are still members of my old friend's team. I won't treat you harshly, but I won't be too partial. Before the western restaurant opened, you stayed in the waiter of the teahouse, and your wages Like the other guys, I spend four dollars a month in Oceania, and if Xie Yan is not in good health, she can rest for a few days."

Mr. Li saw his physical condition, and Xie Yan didn't push back.

Four yuan a month is 1000 yuan, including food and lodging. It is really the best choice for the two unaccompanied people. After all, they have seen many beggars living on the streets just now. Refugees, compared to those people, Li Quan and Xie Yan are lucky enough.

Mr. Li stayed and said a few words before leaving. Xie Yan speculated that this teahouse was just an addition to his business. If he hadn't met Er Shao here today, he would not have come here.

"Xiao Li and Xiao Xie, come with me." There were not many customers in the teahouse in the morning, so shopkeeper Liu simply greeted them personally.

"Trouble Uncle Liu." Xie Yan nodded. Although he doesn't talk much, he can speak easily when needed, otherwise it would be impossible to become a partner of a law firm at a young age.

"It's okay. It's not easy for foreigners to take root in Hankou. The two of you have no relatives and no reason. It's also lucky that you met the second young master of the Wen family. Otherwise, you don't know what will happen." Go to the back hall.

"Uncle Liu is also a foreigner?" Xie Yan answered calmly.

"I came to Hankou ten years ago with my wife and children, but at that time I had relatives who took refuge with me, and I still had money with me, so I lost everything. Fortunately, I was favored by the Li family because of my good skills..." Shopkeeper Liu While talking about his old stories, he opened a small door on the side of the back hall and led them to the small courtyard behind the teahouse.

Li Quan and Xie Yan were about the same age as his son, and they came from other places like him back then. When Shopkeeper Liu saw these two young people, he couldn't help but recall the hardships he had suffered back then, and couldn't help being nice to them.

"It's here. It's not a big place, so you can settle down at night. The door is connected to the back hall of the teahouse." Shopkeeper Liu took out a bunch of keys from his sleeve and took one out.

"I'll give you all the keys to the back hall for your convenience, but you must lock the door and never let outsiders in."

Xie Yan looked at the yard as he took the key. Just now Mr. Li said that it is a small yard. It is not an exaggeration at all. Firewood is piled up in the area as big as a palm, leaving only a small gap leading to the small room behind. Comes in square meter size.

"By the way, the shopkeeper." Xie Yan remembered Mr. Li's special reaction when he heard Dechun's class just now, and took the opportunity to inquire, "You said that you are working for the Li family now. What is the origin of the Li family? Mr. Li is in Hankou. Where is the connection with our Dechun class?"

"The Li family is a big family in Hankou. They have been in business since their ancestors, mainly in the grain business. Although their family background is not as good as that of the shipping king Wen's family, they are still very wealthy." Shopkeeper Liu thought for a while.

"As for the Dechun class, you don't know anything. I don't know. Although the Li family is based in Hankou, it also has a few relatives in the capital. I think Mr. Li met him when he went to the capital to visit relatives."

Xie Yan knew that shopkeeper Liu really didn't know the inside story when he heard the words, so he could only keep the current information in his heart and nodded his thanks.

"Actually, our teahouse originally had two waiters, so there is no shortage of manpower." Shopkeeper Liu said suddenly.

"Mr. Li's western restaurant hasn't opened yet. I asked you to work in the teahouse first because I was afraid that you would have no place to go. It's not really what you want to do, but you have a plan in your heart. The help of noble people is only for a while, and you want it in the long run. To stand still, you have to work hard on your own.”

Shopkeeper Liu's words sounded a little harsh at first glance, but they were actually words from the bottom of his heart that he would only settle down as his nephews and descendants.

Xie Yan, as an adult at heart, can naturally hear his good intentions. Li Quan has endured hardships in the troupe since he was a child, and he can tell the good from the bad, so they all nodded yes.

Seeing that they could listen to what the shopkeeper Liu said, he felt more and more that these two young people were good, and after thinking about it, he took out a piece of cash from his sleeve.

"It is reasonable to say that the monthly payment of the teahouse is paid at the end of the month, but you are in a special situation and have no money. I will give you one yuan in cash first, and you go get some medicine for Xiaoxie, and then buy two beddings. You don't need to use them today. work."

"Thank you shopkeeper!" Both Xie Yan and Li Quan hurriedly expressed their thanks.

Xie Yan knew in her heart that if Young Master Wen hadn't brought them here personally, and Mr. Li had said that "people from the old theater troupe", no matter how much Shopkeeper Liu liked them, he would not have been so lenient.

But as the other party said before, the nobleman's help is only temporary. If you want to stand your ground in this turbulent and chaotic world, you must have something you can bring out!

After Uncle Liu left, Xie Yan and Li Quan opened the door to tidy up. This small house should have been lived in for a short time before, so there were not many sundries, but the dust was heavy. Xie Yan coughed again shortly after entering, and Li Quan Seeing this, he couldn't help but push him to the door, took a stool and pressed it down, and cleaned it by himself.

——A Yan is now his backbone, sick and wealthy, what will happen to him if something goes wrong!

Xie Yan couldn't resist him, and this body really couldn't last long, so he had to sit quietly and think about what skills he still had that he could use immediately.

Xie Yan once read some time-travel novels, and also heard the sayings of the three common cheats in time-traveling literature of the Republic of China—soap, pinyin, and penicillin.

However, it's not time to take out the middle one yet. As a master of law, he only knows the surface and can't do it at all.

Don't even think about his old profession of law. Talking about law cannot avoid politics. Although the modern legal system is developed, it is only applicable to a unified and democratic society.

Xie Yan remembered a sentence his legal history teacher said in a class when he was in college—for a king, enacting a law is as simple as deciding what to eat tonight.

Because his personal will can completely determine the content of a law, he can be guilty of whatever he thinks, and he can chop off as many heads as he wants... and no one has the right to amend it.

Disregarding the times to talk about legislation is to play hooligans. Now that China’s warlords are divided and democracy exists in name only, let Xie Yan go to the government and say that I want to give you some suggestions for your legislation, and then come up with the knowledge I have learned. I am afraid that there will be no prison time. He will also be kicked out as a lunatic.

It's hard... Xie Yan looked at his hand, which was blue and purple from the cold, and sighed deeply.

Everyone travels with a golden finger, who will kill all directions with one call, and at worst has a prominent life experience; how come he not only has nothing, but drags his sick body to struggle to make a living?

However, Xie Yan has never been a person who is content with the status quo and content to be mediocre.

He turned over the now thin and fair hands, looked at them for a few seconds, and suddenly held them tightly.

It's just a different world, as long as Xie Yan is still Xie Yan, he can use his own ability to break into a new world.

Xie Yan looked back at the small yard full of firewood and sundries, which was so big that it was hard to get out of his hands, and secretly made up his mind that he would not live here for too long.