Old Movies of the Republic of China()

The boy knocked on the door outside, "Sir, the hot water you asked for is here."

Two cents, enough for a hot water pipe.

The fourth master opened the door and asked someone to come in. The boy came in with two large buckets of hot water, "Sir, you can use it while it's hot. Just say hello."

The fourth master nodded, "Thank you for your hard work." As he said that, he seemed to remember something and asked, "I see you are using newspapers to paper the walls. Where can I buy newspapers in our town?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hands and said sheepishly: "Our area is really too small. Where can I buy newspapers? Some of the newspapers on the wall were left behind by some hotel guests. Some

The shopkeeper went to the city and bought it from a second-hand bookstall. It's cheaper than oil paper and is good for lining walls."

Fourth Master and Lin Yutong looked at each other, and then asked: "What day of August is it today? I've been living in a state of confusion these days."

"Hehe... You studied abroad, so the solar calendar doesn't count." The boy smiled understandingly, "We have to live according to the lunar calendar. Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, sir."

It’s the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?

After the boy left and there were only two people left in the room, the Fourth Master shook his head: "Let's freshen up first. No, we can't do anything now. This is not far from Zhoucun, and there is a train station in Zhoucun. Let's leave first.

Let’s talk about it here. The news in the town is too limited.”

The two of them are now in Shandong, far away from the northeast?

After closing the door, Lin Yutong went into the space to wash up, while the fourth master was washing outside. Looking at the face in the mirror after washing, Lin Yutong was a little unable to adapt for a while. This face was actually pretty, but compared with the previous face

, that’s really not enough to call you Chou Chou. I picked up the scissors and straightened out the messy hair. Although the short hair looks quite capable of you, to be honest, wearing such a head now is really annoying.

It looked a little strange. I had no choice but to rummage through the boxes and find a lot of top hats. I randomly found a woolen one and put it on my head and looked at it, and then I felt that it was more pleasing to the eye.

Next comes the clothes. The fourth master's clothes are easy to handle. Underwear, socks, shirts, autumn clothes, long trousers, vests, suits, jackets, and leather shoes are all in sets. They are available in large and small sizes. Although the appearance is a bit different from the ones nowadays, they are not too big.

Codes. Now that we have arrived at Lin Yutong's place, the problem is much more difficult. There are cheongsams, exquisite, elegant, thin, thick, clipped, long-sleeved, short-sleeved, sleeveless, all sizes available.

But there is a problem, that is, the slits of all cheongsam are too big. She also noticed when she was on the street just now that most of the women on the street did not wear cheongsam, and their upper bodies had very long side skirts.

The jacket, there are long crotches on both sides of the jacket. The lower body is made of trousers with very wide legs, and then the trouser legs are wrapped with leggings. Such an outfit... put it on the body, and then follow it with the suit

Next to the leather-clad fourth master? Is this a girl or an old woman? She absolutely cannot accept this! Thinking of the clothes of Mrs. Guo and Miss Lu, Lin Yutong chose a plain cheongsam with gray and white plaid, which looked good when she wore it.

It was quite suitable. She also chose green butterfly buttons and fastened the buttons on the slit. She had already noticed that the slit in Miss Lu's cheongsam was in the middle of the calf, and Mrs. Guo, as a noble lady,

, more reserved, slit at the lower part of the calf, a little above the ankle.

You can wear Chinese-style embroidered shoes, but if you want to look better, you still have to wear high-heeled leather shoes.

Lin Yutong was busy working in a hurry, holding the cheongsam in his hand, and couldn't help complaining that he was fooled by those TV movies of later generations.

After the modification was completed and put on, Lin Yutong couldn't help but sigh. This beauty always comes at a price. The price is freezing. If the cheongsam looks good, you must wear stockings. On a day like this, the toes are exposed.

, can the calves and ankles wearing only stockings not freeze? I have read Zhang Ling's novels before, and she wrote about frostbite on the legs and feet when wearing cheongsam in winter. It seems that this is really true.

Lin Yutong wore flesh-colored leggings, black low-heeled leather shoes, and a beige woolen coat.

As soon as he came out, Fourth Master took off Lin Yutong's hat and looked at it again. He was wearing a cheongsam with short hair? "You'd better keep the hat on."

Lin Yutong put his hat on the kang and then looked at the box that Fourth Master had opened.

The Fourth Master has now figured out the situation of the original person: "In the box is Yin Zhen's entire net worth."

Two changes of clothes, a few foreign language books, and a passport. The passport was opened, and there was a black and white two-inch photo on the left page. Below it was life, age, place of origin and other information. On the right page was the relevant official document filled out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a stamp on it.

With steel seal and red seal.

Lin Yutong looked through it again and found three oceans in the corner of the box. "What's going on in this family? Since we can support our son to study abroad, we have some wealth at least. Why do we take so few things with us when we go out?"

"He didn't graduate and came back." Fourth Master sighed, "My mother died early, and my father was seriously ill again a year ago. My brother wrote a letter asking him to come back. Who would have known that my father had been buried for three months when he came back from the United States?

There were only two brothers in the family, and the younger brother spent a lot of money to go abroad. Naturally, the elder brother and sister-in-law were not happy. In the end, all the family property belonged to the elder brother. He only took away the box he brought back, and the rest...

…”

Lin Yutong handed Dayang over and asked Fourth Master to put it in his pocket, "Is it enough for us to make a train?"

"Let's go and have a look first. If it doesn't work, we went to Zhoucun and exchanged it there." The fourth master weighed the ocean in his hand, "You said that the child is quite stupid. All the US dollars he had on him were exchanged for banknotes and silver dollars.

.But it’s okay, I know I can spend it with banknotes first.”

That's not very smart.

He didn't have much money on him and didn't dare to order food. Lin Yutong took out the canned steamed buns from the space, and the two of them had a meal together. They didn't sleep a wink all night last night, so they stopped early after eating. Wait.

After lying down, Lin Yutong suddenly remembered, "I don't have any identification or guidance when I go out. Is it okay?"

"There is no such thing as an ID card now. It seems that there was no ID card until the 25th year of the Republic of China." Fourth Master turned over and squeezed Lin Yutong's numb arm. "Nowadays, only those with status need it."

Documents, official certificates, and that passport, for example, are a reflection of identity. But you are right, there must be something that can prove identity. Tomorrow morning, go to the office to get a marriage certificate

go."

Marriage certificates have been around since the Qing Dynasty, when they were called Dragon and Phoenix Tie. The marriage certificates of the Republic of China were a continuation. Because of the tax payment, not many marriage certificates were issued, and people rarely spent this wasted money.

.But a decent family will not lose face by saving this money.

Early the next morning, the two men, newly dressed, walked out of the room, and the young man sat down on the ground. Wasn't this a big change? A little beggar came in yesterday, and a big girl came out today.

After leaving the door of the small hotel, the two followed the same path as yesterday and walked for less than twenty minutes to the official office.

Because of their relationship with Mrs. Guo, the people inside were very polite when meeting the Fourth Master. When they heard that they wanted to apply for a marriage certificate, they hurriedly agreed. Although it was quite rare for the man and woman to come in person, but because of his foreign style,

I thought this was a foreign custom. In fact, the marriage certificate was issued by the matchmaker with the birth dates of both the man and the woman.

The other party didn’t want money, “Are you looking down on me?”

Lin Yutong opened the small wallet in his hand, took out a small box and put it on the table. He pushed it over and said, "Bring it to my sister-in-law at home." Inside was the silver earring that she had prepared before to reward the servant. It was a decent gift.

But when I got to the pawn shop, I couldn't exchange for much money. Now I gave it to him, and he didn't owe anything. Besides, don't underestimate the person in this position. At least if you want to get some legal identification, you have to start from this small place. It's the end.

It was a good match. After coming out of the official office, Lin Yutong had time to look at the marriage certificate. It was the size of a certificate, surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, and in the middle were four big red fonts, the marriage certificate. Below were the names, ages, and horoscopes of the two people.

Birthplace. However, the blessing above makes people feel quite good, "Two surnames are married, and they make a contract together. They will have a good relationship forever, and they will have the same name. Look at the peach blossoms blooming today, and it will be a good place to live in an IKEA house. I predict that the next year will be prosperous and prosperous."

Erchi. I would like to write the promise of Baitou to Hong Jian, so that the alliance of Hongye can be recorded clearly. This is the proof."

After that came the matchmaker, the witness, and the certifier. Neither Lin Yutong nor Fourth Master knew any of the names written on it. But it didn't matter, just get it done. This solved the problem of Lin Yutong's origin.

She was just about to put it away, but her eyes fell on the last line of date: "September 19, 20th year of the Republic of China."

The fourth master took it over at once and looked at it carefully: "That's right, yesterday was September 18th."

"What a coincidence that we came here!" Lin Yutong held the marriage certificate absentmindedly and looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street. The town was still very quiet and no news had been received.

"Sir, Miss, do you want a car?" a timid voice from behind asked.

Fourth Master patted Lin Yutong, then turned around and said, "What kind of car?"

"Mule cart, make sure it's stable." The speaker was a young man in his twenties, who was hunched over and a little nervous when he spoke.

"Are you going to Zhoucun?" Fourth Master glanced at the mule cart on one side, and now he was afraid that he could not find any other means of transportation.

"Go! Go!" he said, stretching out his hand, "Fifty cents...fifty cents." He was a little weak, so the asking price must be too high.

The Fourth Master put the box on the car and pulled Lin Yutong into the car. After a long ride, when he got off the car, he saw the train station.

"I see that you are dressed like someone from our small place." The coachman pointed to the train station, "I also went to the train station yesterday and saw the train timetable outside. It is three o'clock this afternoon.

There is a train to Qingdao.”

In fact, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong had no idea where they were going. Now they happened to catch a train going to Qingdao, so let's go to Qingdao first.

The two got out of the car and gave the driver a dollar. They watched him leave the silver dollar in the carriage. Listening to the crisp sound, Lin Yutong knew that this was someone trying to identify the authenticity of the money.

The coachman asked for change, and the fourth master waved his hand: "No need. It's hard-earned money." They took the initiative to bring it to the train station, and this hard-earned money is also deserved.

But after entering this small station, Fourth Master felt a little regretful. Because he only had two yuan left, which was not enough for a third-class ticket. Train tickets were only sold two hours before departure. Here in Zhoucun

It's a passing station, and the trains don't pass by on time. It was almost one o'clock when Lin Yutong and Fourth Master arrived. When they went in, they didn't expect that there were quite a few people inside. They were all waiting in line to buy tickets. They should all be small traders.

, all wearing long robes and short coats. Some of them were dressed inconspicuously, and it looked like they belonged to the clerks, who were probably buying tickets for the boss. The tickets hadn’t been sold yet, so these people were crowding around the ticket gate, and they couldn’t squeeze in.

Looking at the fare again, both of them were a little dumbfounded. The disadvantage of going directly to the train station came out because there was no time to change money.

"This is a big deal." Lin Yutong looked around, "How about we go to Zhoucun first?"

"No need." Fourth Master stretched out his hand, "Give me a fifty tael of silver."

Lin Yutong found one and handed it over. Before she could understand, she saw that the Fourth Master was already walking towards the door, a man wearing a black hat and a black shirt. She quickly followed him and saw the Fourth Master taking out the silver.

"Do you have a ticket?"

Emotionally, this is a ticket scalper.

Sure enough, the man's eyes lit up, and he looked at the fourth master's hand. The fourth master turned over the silver, and there was the word "five taels" printed on it. Seeing that the other party saw it, the fourth master shook his hand.

, "I guess you don't have tickets for first-class and second-class seats, but you must have tickets for third-class seats. Third-class seats cost 2.5 yuan for one person and 5 yuan for two people. A large ocean weight is 7 yuan and 2 cents, 5

The price is thirty-six yuan, which is also thirty-two-six yuan. I give you fifty-two yuan, which is almost an extra two yuan. Your ticket is also sold at an additional price of fifty cents. In this way, you are not at a loss."

The ticket seller chuckled, "We have worked hard to make money. Don't look at the 50 cents increase in price, and we have to give away the 40 cents we have..." He pointed towards the inside of the station, "Sir, you are a sensible person, we really only have the only money we have."

The third-class seats. The first- and second-class seats are reserved for others. We can’t get them either. Let’s make a deal for two tickets. But don’t give them...” He pointed inside again, “Don’t

Say it."
To be continued...