"Su Zhen, your family, and Tian Yao, my family, got engaged last year. You received a 120 yuan engagement gift plus four sets of magenta (magenta, which the man gave the woman silk and satin clothes during the engagement). Now you say you want to repent!" Zhao Meizhen took a few deep breaths: "Not to mention anything else, Su Zhen last month, if TIANYAO hadn''t rushed into the fire to save her, now she''s over seven years old! And she''s going to marry ah Quan of Bian Guoxing? Your old mother, ah Quan is in her thirties and has a wife. You''re going to send Su Zhen to be his little wife?"
Seeing Zhao Meizhen getting angry, Li Chengzhen and Su Zhen didn''t speak. Aunt Hong smiled and said:
"Sister-in-law Zhen, you can''t say that. Last year, you said that Yaozi would succeed in the police examination. I also wanted my daughter to have a good home, so I nodded in agreement. But now the whole wooden house area knows that Yaozi can''t succeed in the examination and offends the interviewer. You can''t take the examination again in the future. You are also a woman, and I am also a woman. We all know how important it is to marry a good man. Yaozi can only go to the wharf or the hospital in the future The factory started and Su Zhen worked hard all her life. It''s hard to guarantee that she won''t suffer. My three sons, Su Zhen''s daughter, are the most precious. I don''t want her to be poor all her life like myself. Ah Quan has mentioned it long ago. After learning about TIANYAO, we just asked the matchmaker to mention it. We agreed after considering it. There''s nothing wrong with my little wife. At least after I talked to ah Quan, he won''t die There is a fruit shop, which can ensure that Su Zhen has no worries about food and clothing and does not have to suffer from hunger. Moreover, ah Quan''s first wife has no children. When Su Zhen marries and gives birth to a son, all the children of Su Zhen in that fruit shop will be deducted from the 300 yuan I sent the day before yesterday. "
"Su Zhen, what do you think your parents married you to be a little wife? If you don''t agree, I''ll help you out!" Zhao Meizhen asked Su Zhen, who buried her head on her shoulder.
The 18-year-old Li Suzhen raised her head and first glanced at Song TIANYAO wearing shoes in the room. She found that there seemed to be no surprised expression on song TIANYAO''s face. I don''t know why. Seeing song TIANYAO''s calm appearance, Li Suzhen was disappointed. Isn''t she important enough in Song TIANYAO''s heart? He was going to marry others, and he didn''t respond?
She and song TIANYAO have known each other since childhood. Song TIANYAO always protects her from being bullied by other children in the cabin area. If she has delicious food, she will always remember to keep one for herself. Li Suzhen even wants to live with song TIANYAO all her life. At least song TIANYAO really likes herself.
Last year, wife silk and Song Tianyao were delighted to see that Song Tianyao could get the police. She saw the same age girls who married the old policemen to be their wives. They wore silk and satin, jewelry and body perfume. They stood on the street and could float to the end of the street. Everyone went to the flattery and they could become wives of a policeman. Belly days.
But unexpectedly, this afternoon, everything has changed. The people working on the wharf sent back the news that song TIANYAO offended the interviewer, failed to be admitted to the police, and could not participate in the recruitment examination in the future. Song TIANYAO, who was born in the wooden house area, is afraid that he will only have the future of working at the wharf and factory in the future. Many people work at the wharf coolie for a lifetime. They marry a coolie? By a matchmaker and When her mother gave her a little advice, Li Suzhen felt that she could not marry herself out like this. She would rather marry a 37 year old ah Quan as a little wife than marry a coolie and worker to continue to suffer.
"I listen to my parents..." Li Suzhen said and continued to bury her head.
"You..." Zhao Meizhen shook the corners of her mouth, turned her head and yelled at Song TIANYAO who had stood up and was ready to come out: "Hey! Your wife who hasn''t passed the door is going to marry someone else as a little wife! You are a dead man!"
Song TIANYAO came over and took half a cigarette she hadn''t finished smoking from her mother''s hand and smiled at the three people: "you said, before you go through the door, of course it''s not my wife. Calm down and cook porridge."
Zhao Meizhen didn''t expect that her son was not angry at all. She stared at Song TIANYAO angrily and couldn''t speak.
Song TIANYAO said to Li Suzhen''s family in front of him:
"Honest uncle, aunt Hong, don''t worry. I will drink Su Zhen''s wedding wine next month. Congratulations."
Li Suzhen''s family were frightened by song TIANYAO''s tone. At a loss, song TIANYAO looked at the young man he had known since childhood. Song TIANYAO returned the cigarette to Zhao Meizhen''s mouth:
"Don''t go home to eat tonight, make an appointment with friends, and don''t come back to sleep if possible. Don''t wait for me."
With that, he walked past Li Suzhen and went out of his house.
Zhao Meizhen didn''t say anything to the Li Chengzhen family until her son disappeared from sight: "if something happens to TIANYAO! I won''t let you go if I''m a ghost! Stand in my house and wait for me to put wine to see you off? Raise your feet and I''ll clean it!"
As she spoke, Zhao Meizhen picked up her broom and swept in front of the three people''s feet, rolled up a large piece of ash, and drove Li Chengzhen''s family out directly.
Song TIANYAO, who has gone out, is not angry with Li Suzhen''s repentance. In his thirties in the last life, he saw many women with red tops, white heads and the wind. It''s not surprising that there is one more Li Suzhen now. Moreover, although Li Suzhen is beautiful, her gentle personality is not in line with song TIANYAO''s appetite at this time. Women who are gentle and attractive to men must be attractive Amazing beauty, otherwise, it is not more attractive than those women who have their own unique temperament.
Although Li Suzhen is a little beautiful, the level of nightclub dancers is not even the number one in a nightclub. It''s not necessary to be angry about such a woman. Besides, there will be opportunities in the future.
After leaving Jialin side road, song TIANYAO went straight to Feiyue foreign clothes store on Prince Xi Road, opened the door, and the owner of the foreign clothes store immediately greeted him with a smile:
"Sir, do you want a custom-made dress or a long shirt?"
"Boss, I''d like to ask if there is a western suit that can be worn on me right away. It''s too slow to customize." song TIANYAO smiled back at the boss and said politely.
In Hong Kong today, there are no clothing stores. The poor buy their own cloth and make their own clothes. The rich go to foreign clothing stores to ask tailors to make their own clothes. More exquisite rich Chinese will go to Shanghai to pay a lot of money to ask veteran tailors to make their own clothes.
"Of course, there are several sets, but someone paid a deposit in advance..." the boss said in a difficult tone.
Song TIANYAO took out ten yuan and handed it to the other party: "is this ten yuan enough for an urgent fee?"
"Enough, enough! I''ll get it right away." the boss quickly stepped into the inner room and came out with three or four suits and shirts and ties matching Western suits.
Looking at the happy face of the boss, song TIANYAO knew that these suits were not taken by people who paid the deposit in advance. They were all inventory that no one came to take after paying the deposit, but song TIANYAO was too lazy to care about them.
Two suits that were too tight and narrow were rejected by song TIANYAO. Finally, he chose a dark blue suit, matched with a white shirt and a bright blue twill tie. Finally, he put the leather shoes handed over by the foreign dress shop owner on his feet.
Seeing song TIANYAO put on this dress, the owner of the dress shop couldn''t help saying, "Sir, are you the manager of Dayang bank?"
Song TIANYAO''s mouth tilted. He didn''t admit or deny it. Although his appearance in the mirror was still a little childish, with this suit, he gave people a sense of gentleness and heroism. He really looked like the young Chinese managers walking out of the ocean in the boss''s mouth.
"How much is it together? By the way, if you have a leather wallet, help me get one." song TIANYAO said to the boss.
The boss helped song TIANYAO bring an exquisite leather wallet. Then he dialed the abacus and quoted the price: "a total of 243 yuan. Thank you for your patronage, sir."
After song TIANYAO gave him all the money, the boss found a bag to pack the clothes song TIANYAO changed and wanted to return it to him. Song TIANYAO smiled:
"Send it to charity and leave it to those who have no clothes."
The Christian Church of Hong Kong has set up many charity sites in Hong Kong. People will regularly send items such as clothes or toys and tools to help more poor people.
"It''s very kind of you. Take your time, sir. Please come to me if you need it in the future." the owner of the foreign dress shop took song TIANYAO outside the door and said politely.
No pressure on the price, good temper, buy more, this kind of guest is what the foreign dress shop owner wants to see most.
After changing his clothes, song TIANYAO rushed to Tsim Sha Tsui to take the star ferry back to the central pier, and then took a rickshaw from the central pier to the Luyu teahouse in Sheung Wan.
Luyu teahouse is a time-honored teahouse in Hong Kong. The owner of this teahouse came from Shanghai to open this teahouse in Hong Kong in the 1930s. Therefore, the decoration of this teahouse still maintains the old-fashioned style of Shanghai beach in the 1930s, with good sour wood seats, wide mahogany screens, yellow calligraphy and painting scrolls hanging on the walls, waiters in old-fashioned Tang costumes and "big sister", The long sleeved zither player who tunes the piano, painted with light makeup and a Cantonese Opera actress ready to stage for the guests at any time, makes the tea guests who enter the door have an illusory feeling of crossing back to the drunken big Shanghai in an instant.
As soon as song TIANYAO entered Luyu''s teahouse, a smart and agile middle-aged man warmly welcomed him:
"Sir, for the first time? Do you want to go upstairs to the elegant room or are you going to have tea and listen to the opera on the first floor?"
"It''s really my first time here. I''ve just arrived in Hong Kong. I''ve heard the name of Lu Yu''s teahouse for a long time. I''ve come to see it today." song TIANYAO said to the waiter.
Being a waiter in a teahouse in the 1940s and 1950s was not as simple as that in the 1990s. He only knew how to greet guests, deliver vegetables, serve tea and pour water. A waiter in the 1940s and 1950s was more than enough to be a manager of a large company in future generations.
First of all, we should pay attention to eyesight. This guest has been here once and can remember each other''s appearance for at least half a year. This is the eyesight and the most basic Kung Fu of a waiter in a big teahouse like Luyu teahouse.
Secondly, the waiters in this teahouse, both men and women, have a wide network of contacts enough to stunne the business managers of future generations.
Third, he is flexible and sociable. He pays attention to disputes in the teahouse. The waiter can fix everything without the manager.
Moreover, the waiters in this big teahouse do not rely on their salary of 50 or 60 yuan a month to support their family. They can take home at least 150 yuan a month.
"The first time I came to Hong Kong, and I just arrived in Hong Kong? Sir, where is my hometown?" the waiter looked up and down at Song TIANYAO and asked politely when he heard song TIANYAO say that he was new to Hong Kong.
Song TIANYAO said, "I''m from Chaofeng."