Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

On this day, Mu Qiong took out the newspaper first, read the newspaper to Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu by candlelight, explained the meaning by the way, and then continued to teach them how to read.

Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu lived in Beijing. Although they didn't go out very often, they could understand some Mandarin because they had to talk to the people in charge of purchasing. It was not difficult to learn.

It's just that the time Mu Qiong can teach them is really too short... After learning for less than two hours in total, Zhu Wanwan stopped letting Mu Qiong teach them: "Qioner, you have to do something tomorrow, go to bed early."

Mu Qiong did not refuse.

He is still growing now, so he can't sleep less.

Zhu Wanwan was thinking that Mu Qiong would have to get up early for work tomorrow, so she specially asked Mu Qiong to go to bed early, but compared to before, they went to bed late... One mistake, they all overslept the next day, and Mu Qiong didn't catch up. Get on the first tram.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I'm late." As soon as Mu Qiong arrived at the store, he took the initiative to admit his mistake.

Boss Chen glanced at Mu Qiong and sighed: "With so many people, you live the farthest... Forget it, you might as well go to work at ten o'clock in the morning from now on."

There was no business in their store before ten o'clock, so it was okay to ask Mu Qiong to come later... He asked Mu Qiong to come earlier at first, but he actually wanted Mu Qiong to be in charge of the shopping in the store.

"Thank you boss." Mu Qiong didn't expect to have such an unexpected surprise, and was very happy.

"By the way, it's still early. You can tell me about this newspaper first. After the lecture is over, you can take the newspaper back tonight." Boss Chen took out two newspapers, one for the declaration and the other for the report. It is a popular newspaper that is half the price of the declared price.

Although Mu Qiong came a little late, it was only around nine o'clock, which was still early.

Mu Qiong took the newspaper, read it first, and then began to tell Boss Chen.

There are quite a lot of content on the declaration, and there are even more than [-] advertisements, but there is no news about the First World War in it.

Boss Chen was obviously a little disappointed, but he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

After finishing the report, Mu Qiong began to talk about Dazhongbao.

The content of the declaration was very serious, while the Dazhong Daily was biased towards entertainment, and it also published serialized novels, including Mr. Wen Da's novels which were strongly recommended by the newsboy.

This novel has been serialized quite a few times. What Mu Qiong saw was that a person was oppressed by a local official and couldn't survive. In a fit of rage, he killed the official, and wanted to kill the official... On the way there, He meets another gang and joins their ranks...

The background of the article is set at the end of Ming Dynasty. Although Mu Qiong only saw the middle part, he has already discovered that the style of this novel is the same as that of popular novels in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the plot is still very similar to a famous novel.

It can also be regarded as vernacular, but the vernacular is not thorough. After the New Culture Movement, this type of novel is generally called popular classical Chinese. Of course, compared with classical Chinese, it is already well understood.

And to have such a writing style, the author's skills are definitely not bad.

Mu Qiong told the passage he read.

Mu Qiong has read many novels in modern times, and he himself has written many, so naturally he doesn't think this novel is so good, but Boss Chen and the people in the store who listened to his stories were fascinated by it.

"That official is too hateful!"

"They are going to kill the official, and I don't know if they can kill people!"

"Boss, you can buy this newspaper tomorrow."

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After Mu Qiong finished speaking, the people in the store started talking.

Mu Qiong also hoped that Boss Chen would continue to buy newspapers.

Only by reading more can he know what the novels written by people at this time look like, so that he can write it himself.

There are many stories in his mind that can be written, but the reason why he has not started to write is because he still doesn't know enough about this era.

Although he has the memory of the original owner, but the original owner has been studying since he was so old, so he doesn't know much, and he can't remember some things that the original owner didn't remember deeply.

"Okay, I will continue to buy tomorrow, you go to work!" Boss Chen glared at the cook and Xiao Wang who surrounded Mu Qiong: "Didn't you see any customers coming?"

Xiao Wang and the cook hurried to the kitchen, and Mu Qiong also said, "Boss, I'm going to the door." After speaking, he put down the newspaper and trotted to the door.

The business of their western restaurant was still good that day. Mu Qiong thought that Boss Chen should be able to earn about twenty silver dollars in one day.

This money is not too much, but it is not too much, but Boss Chen has not been very happy.

This is quite normal, Mu Qiong thought about it on behalf of Boss Chen, and felt that if his son's life and death were uncertain abroad, and there was still a war there, he would definitely not be happy.

Mu Qiong doesn't know how to comfort others, all he can do is work hard.

Four or five days passed like this.

Because Boss Chen allowed Mu Qiong to go there later, Mu Qiong didn't get up so early in the morning, but he wouldn't go there too late. Usually, he would come to the western restaurant around nine o'clock in the morning, and then give Boss Chen the Talk about the newspaper and start another day at work.

A few days ago, Boss Chen's spirit was not very good, but today, he cheered up.

The three newly recruited employees of the western restaurant have already mastered the work of the western restaurant, and the chef has also practiced the skill of making hamburgers. They plan to launch their new products today.

An advertisement painted by Mu Qiong was hung up early on at the door of the store, and a huge hamburger on it looked particularly attractive. In addition, the helper who woke up was especially good at talking, and was still shouting at the door: "Everyone who passes by should take a look! Our store has a new hamburger! This is a foreign bun from the United States!"

This person's surname is Li, his name is Li Guangming, and he is only this year.He has a very lively temperament, unlike Xiao Wang or the cook who shrinks when facing Mu Qiong, but has a good chat with Mu Qiong, and Mu Qiong has a good impression of him.

Even occasionally, I feel sad.

Because of the living environment, Li Guangming's vision is very narrow, and there are some deep-rooted concepts, and they often have no way to communicate smoothly.

Boss Chen made suits for the two waiters in the store except Mu Qiong. Of course, like Mu Qiong, they can only wear them when they are in the store.

Right now, Li Guangming was wearing a suit.It's just that although he was wearing a suit, he was still very down-to-earth, and he didn't have the western style that people at this time admired.

Mu Qiong is completely opposite to him. Whenever he stops casually, people passing by will think he is very fashionable.

When he was selling burgers in English, he was almost regarded as a foreigner.

Whether it is the down-to-earth Li Guangming or Mu Qiong, they have attracted many customers into the store.It used to be that tonkatsu for two cents was not cheap, but now the price of burgers is much more affordable.

The hamburger with fried egg and minced meat sauce in the middle cost three copper dollars. Although adult men can’t eat enough, it is enough to coax children. In addition, the hamburger with deep-fried pork chops and braised pork chops is also bought by many people.

Most of the people who came to the Concession did not have ample money, and they all brought their families with them.

If there are three or four people in a family, if they all sit down to eat at the restaurant, it will cost a small ocean of sixty seven cents, and if there are more people, it will cost one ocean... Not many people are willing to spend so much.

But buying a burger is different.

Buying a hamburger for a dime can be shared among several children. As for adults...they won’t eat the buns from foreigners anymore. It’s more practical to buy a few Shanghai meat buns for copper.

The business of the western restaurant was very good a few days ago, and it is even better today.

The cook and Xiao Wang were very busy in the kitchen, the chubby cook was panting from exhaustion, and Xiao Wang, he didn't have time to envy the two new waiters who could wear suits.

However, although they were busy, they didn't make any mistakes. Everything was done in an orderly manner. After all, there were only a few items sold in their store, and many items were already ready.

For example, hamburgers, bread and sauces have been prepared a long time ago. If someone wants to buy them, first spread the sauce on the pork chops, then sandwich the pork chops with bread, wrap them in a piece of paper, and hand them to the guests.

After being so busy, Boss Chen called Mu Qiong inside to help make burgers—when there were new products, Li Guangming’s yelling was much more powerful than Mu Qiong’s selling one by one, and now there was even a queue in the store. There was a long queue.

In this way, Mu Qiong no longer needs to stay outside, as long as he sells "foreigner buns" inside.

And Mu Qiong sold it for a while, and was ordered by Boss Chen to buy eggs and meat - the ingredients in their store were not enough to sell!

The vast majority of people like to join in the fun. When they see a long queue at the entrance of an "authentic western restaurant", some people will follow. Under such a virtuous circle, more and more people buy burgers.

Mu Qiong got off the rickshaw with the two big bags of things he just bought, and rushed into the western restaurant. He first sent the things to the kitchen, and then started to help the cook beat pork chops and make bread...

As for Boss Chen, at this moment, he wholeheartedly collected the money.

He would accept the silver dimes and copper coins after checking their quality. As for the silver coins, after accepting them, he would take out another silver coin that he had prepared long ago and knock it against each other to distinguish the real from the fake by listening to the sound.

There are a lot of counterfeit coins these days, and business people have to be careful and careful, otherwise they will receive impure silver coins. The locals call this kind of silver coins, which are called "clip copper foreign tin".

The business of the western restaurant is really good today. Although Mu Qiong went to replenish the ingredients once, they still sold out everything after the sale.

Boss Chen could only apologize to the customers who came later, and then closed the store with a face full of reluctance, and hung up the recruitment notice by the way.

Boss Chen, who had been in a bad mood for many days, finally felt better now. He even gave Mu Qiong two silver dollars as a reward.

As for the others, each received two cents.

No one was dissatisfied, after all, the foreigner's steamed stuffed bun was created by Mu Qiong.

After giving the reward, Boss Chen went to count the money and settle the accounts, but the cook encountered "trouble" at this time: "Boss, there is nothing to eat in the shop... What should we do with our dinner?"

He was too busy before, so he didn't have time to cook, and now there are almost no dishes left in the store.

"Dinner... How about it, I invite you to go to a restaurant." Boss Chen was very generous today, and with a wave of his hand, he took Mu Qiong and others to a nearby Chinese restaurant.

The Chinese restaurant was not big, and although it was still bright, the inside was still dark and gloomy.There is no menu here, people who come to eat go straight in, and when they enter the kitchen, they can see all kinds of ingredients piled up on the chopping board, and the ingredients on it can be made by the chef, and even some dishes, such as roasted pork with dried plums and braised pork intestines And so on, the chef just cooked it and put it there.

After Boss Chen entered, he ordered a white-cut chicken, a plate of sweet and sour fish, and a bowl of roasted pork with dried plums and vegetables. He asked the cook to cut up a bowl of pig intestines, ordered a stir-fried vegetable, and ordered a tomato soup. .

After ordering, he asked Mu Qiong, "What else do you want?"

Boss Chen almost ordered all the meat dishes in the shop, Mu Qiong looked at it and said, "Boss, that's enough, I can't finish more."

Boss Chen didn't order any more food, but ordered a pot of rice wine.

When Mu Qiong heard that Boss Chen wanted a pot of wine, he didn't think too much about it.

He thought it was a pot in a small porcelain pot like those in costume dramas. In his opinion, Boss Chen could finish it all by himself.

In the end... what was brought up turned out to be a large copper kettle for boiling water on a coal stove.

A jug of water in such a jug can probably fill two thermos bottles... Of course, what's in it now is not water, but warmed rice wine.