Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Seeing Zhu Wanwan, Mu Qiong strode over: "Mother, why are you here?"

"Qiong'er, you're back!" Zhu Wanwan looked at Mu Qiong in surprise.

Zhu Wanwan was wearing old clothes, her face was a little dirty, her hair was disheveled, she looked almost like a beggar woman begging on the roadside, and this dress was obviously intentional... Mu Qiong sighed: "Mom, you know It's dangerous outside, what else are you going to do?"

Even in modern times, it is dangerous for women to walk in such an alley without street lights at night, let alone in this era.

In Shanghai in the middle and early period of the Republic of China, public security was considered good in the whole country, but it was many times more dangerous than in modern times... Although Mu Qiong called Zhu Wanwan, she actually regarded her as someone who needed to be taken care of. Watch here at night Seeing her, of course not happy.

Zhu Wanwan's expression was a little unclear in the dark night, but her voice was awkward: "It's getting dark, and you haven't come back yet, so I'll come out and have a look..."

"Mother, I'll be fine." Mu Qiong sighed secretly: "I should come back later...don't worry, don't be like today."

Zhu Wanwan immediately asked, "Are you coming back later?"

"Yes, I found a job." Mu Qiong said.

Zhu Wanwan was overjoyed: "That's great! I knew Qiong'er that you would definitely find a job!"

These days, the concession is considered the safest place. Many people hide in the concessions in Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places when they cause trouble outside. There are also some people who used to be all-powerful, after losing power or retiring, they ran to the concession as an apartment. .

The concession is so "powerful", naturally countless people flock to it, that's why it is not so easy to find a job in the concession, but her son can find it...

"Qiong'er, we will get better and better in the future." Zhu Wanwan's voice trembled a little.

Mu Qiong originally wanted to talk about Zhu Wanwan again, telling her to be safe in the future, but with Zhu Wanwan like this...he changed his words: "Well, we will get better and better."

Mu Qiong and Zhu Wanwan walked home together, and they didn't speak any more along the way.

The door of Yao's house was ajar, Mu Qiong and Zhu Wanwan opened the door and went in, and saw Mu Changyu coming out of the kitchen beside him: "Mother, brother, you are back!"

"I'm back." When Zhu Wanwan spoke this time, her voice was a little choked up.

"Mom, are you okay?" Mu Changyu asked worriedly.

"Mother is fine, mother is happy." Zhu Wanwan said, "Your brother has found a job."

"Ah!" Mu Changyu whispered, covering her mouth again, and then her voice became brisk: "That's great! Mom, come in quickly, brother, I'll warm up the batter for you."

"Put more water in the batter and make it into noodle soup. I brought bread back." Mu Qiong said.

"Brother, is it the bread that... was eaten at that person's house before?" Mu Changyu asked.

There are no foreigners in their hometown, no western restaurants, and no one eats bread, but when they first went to Beijing, they ate bread at Mu Yong's house.

Mu Changyu originally wanted to say "at his father's house", but because of his anger, he finally changed it to "at that person's house".

"Yes, I found a job in a western restaurant." Mu Qiong said.

"Western restaurants, that's where foreigners eat, right? Brother, you are amazing!" Mu Changyu said.

Mu Qiong knew that Mu Changyu had misunderstood him and thought he was working in a very tall restaurant, but he didn't explain.

Let her be misunderstood like this...

"Hurry up and make noodle soup." Mu Qiong said with a smile.

Mu Changyu ran away bouncing, and Mu Qiong and Zhu Wanwan returned to their residence together.

With the moon outside, I could see something clearly, but when I got inside, I really couldn't see anything clearly.

Fortunately, Zhu Wanwan groped around in a box for a while, and found a candle that was the length of a thumb and lit it.

The candle flickered, and there was light in the room immediately.

Mu Qiong took out a piece of ocean from Boss Chen and gave it to Zhu Wanwan: "Mother, take this money and go buy some pots and pans... If it's enough, then buy a quilt."

Mu Qiong had the memory of the original owner, so he was not ignorant of the prices at that time, but he really didn't know how much the pot cost, how much a quilt cost.

"Qiong'er, where did you come from?" Zhu Wanwan was very surprised.

"I helped the boss with an idea, and the boss gave it to me." Mu Qiong stuffed the money into Zhu Wanwan's hands.

"Qiong'er, you have to spend money outside, so you should keep it." Zhu Wanwan refused to accept it: "I'll figure out a way to buy things."

"I'm going to work tomorrow. I'm afraid I don't have much free time in the day. How can I spend money?" Of course Mu Qiong refused to accept it.

The family really needed to buy some things, but Zhu Wanwan finally accepted it, and gave Mu Qiong another twenty copper coins for him to hold.

Mu Qiong accepted the copper coins.

He wants to buy newspapers, paper and pens, and they all need money, so he doesn't know if these copper coins are enough.

Mu Qiong was tired for a whole day today, all supported by hard support, after talking to Zhu Wanwan, he directly lay down on the bed to rest.

Xu was so tired that he fell asleep.

"Qiong'er, eat something first, and go to bed after eating." Finally, it was Zhu Wanwan who woke Mu Qiong up.

Mu Qiong didn't eat anything at the western restaurant today, he was already hungry, but maybe he was too hungry, and now he has no appetite...

Of course, even if he had no appetite, he sat down to eat.

His body must be malnourished. If he doesn't eat more, he might not be able to sustain it.

Each piece of bread is about the size of a fist. Although it is not bad, it is not fresh, and it is a bit choking to eat dry.

But even so, it was already delicious for Mu Changyu who ate the batter for many days.

She took a piece of bread, swallowed it after a few mouthfuls, and then... Choked.

"Drink some soup." Seeing this, Mu Qiong hurriedly said.

Mu Changyu looked pitifully: "Brother... hot!"

The noodle soup was indeed still very hot, so Mu Qiong could only watch her bouncing around and patting her chest.

After a while, Mu Changyu swallowed the bread, and then took a spoonful of noodle soup to drink slowly.

Mu Changyu drank slowly, while Mu Qiong started eating bread with the noodle soup.

This is actually the worst bread Mu Qiong has ever eaten, but he thinks it is delicious.

As for the noodle soup... the noodle soup made by adding more water to the batter is not bad.

Mu Qiong ate two breads in a row, and was about to eat the third one, when he suddenly realized that Zhu Wanwan hadn't eaten any of them, and Mu Changyu had eaten one, and stopped eating.

"Mother, eat some." Mu Qiongsai gave one to Zhu Wanwan, and another to Mu Changyu: "Changyu, you can eat too."

Zhu Wan politely declined: "We've already had dinner, no need..."

"I just ate some batter. Are you all hungry now?" Mu Qiong asked.

Mu Changyu and Zhu Wanwan were really hungry.

"Everything that the restaurant can't eat will be thrown away, and I will bring it back tomorrow." Mu Qiong coaxed them to continue eating.

Mu Changyu and Zhu Wanwan still ate the bread that Mu Qiong gave them.

Mu Qiong brought back a total of eight buns, he ate three, Mu Changyu and Zhu Wanwan ate three together, and there were two remaining, Zhu Wanwan put them away and said they would save them for tomorrow.

Mu Qiong didn't object, and he didn't have the energy to object... After eating, he asked Zhu Wanwan to wake him up early tomorrow, and then fell asleep directly.

Mu Qiong slept soundly and soundly, until Mu Changyu woke him up the next day: "Brother, Uncle Zhao has gone out."

Their family didn't have a clock that could record the time, so they didn't know the time, so Mu Qiong had to get up early, so they came directly like Uncle Zhao who went out to pull the cart early in the morning.

It was still dark, Mu Qiong got up, got dressed, washed up briefly, and Zhu Wanwan brought breakfast over.

Breakfast is batter, bread, and a small piece of salted fish.

There was still some salted fish Mu Qiong bought the day before yesterday, Zhu Wanwan put it on the lid of the earthen jar and gave it to him.

Mu Qiong glanced at Zhu Wanwan and did not refuse.

He ate a small piece of salted fish, a small piece of bread, and a bowl of batter before going out against the cold wind.

When he arrived at the tram stop, it was still dark, but there was already someone waiting for the tram, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.

In fact, it cannot be said that he is young, after all, he is only at this age now.

Mu Qiong was still aching, and when he arrived at the station, he leaned against the wall next to him to rest. The boy didn't have any intention of speaking, and the two waited silently for the bus.

The first tram in the morning came slowly in the morning mist. At this time, there were more people at the station. Everyone got on the tram and went to the concession together.

On the way, the tram stopped many times, and more and more people came up, and finally it was full of people.

Those who came out so early to take the tram were mostly going to work in the concession.

Housing prices in the concession are expensive, and rents are also expensive. At this time, many people live outside the concession and work in the concession.

When Mu Qiong arrived at Boss Chen's western restaurant, the restaurant hadn't opened yet, so he waited for a while before Boss Chen came over.

"Come with me." Boss Chen greeted Mu Qiong.

He led Mu Qiong forward, and said as he walked, "I'll take you around, you remember the way, if you have something to do in the future, you have to come here by yourself."

Mu Qiong was puzzled, so he was taken to a pork shop by Boss Chen.

Boss Chen asked the owner of the pork shop to cut a piece of pork tenderloin into pork chops about one centimeter, and then introduced Mu Qiong to the boss: "He is new to our shop, and he will come over to get the meat in the future. "

"Have you recruited someone? Why did you find a child?" The owner of the pork shop is a middle-aged man with a tall belly and muscular arms. While chatting with Boss Chen, he sliced ​​up the pork quickly. .

"I can't find a suitable one for a while." Boss Chen said.

Mu Qiong: "..." He finally knew why Boss Chen recruited him so easily. It turned out that he was going to recruit...